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- Garrett Mock, Willie Harris and Alberto Gonzalez will be better than they were last year.
- Nyjer Morgan and Josh Willingham will be worse.
- Cristian Guzman will get 550 at bats.
- Ryan Zimmerman will again win the gold glove and silver slugger.
- Stephen Strasburg will make 20 starts and will not disappoint.
- Adam Dunn or Josh Willingham will miss extended time with injury.
- Aaron Thompson will end the year with more Wins Above Replacement than Chien-Ming Wang.
- Matt Capps will lose the closer job at some point, compiling an ERA over 4.00, but he will get it back and finish the season with the most saves on the team.
- Chris Coste will get as many at bats as Josh Bard did last year.
- The Nationals will not pay the highest draft bonus in the 2010 draft.
- On September 1, Tyler Walker and Miguel Batista will be former Nationals.
- Brian Bruney will finish the season with an ERA over 5.00.
- Ian Desmond will take some lumps, but at the end of the day, he'll solidify his role as the starting shortstop for 2011.
- Manny Acta's Indians will finish over .500.
- Cy Youngs: Roy Halladay and Felix Hernandez
- MVPs: Albert Pujols and Alex Rodriguez
- Rookies of the Year: Stephen Strasburg and Brian Matusz
- NL playoff teams: Phillies, Cubs, Dodgers, Rockies
- AL playoff teams: Red Sox, White Sox, Angels, Yankees
- World Series: Red Sox over the Dodgers
- And Nationals record: 68-94.
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FJB's Official 2010 Big Predictions Post
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The only one I have problems with is that a Manny Acta led team will finish over .500. That won't ever happen. That guy is not a good manager. At least Jim Riggleman inspires confidence in me because he doesn't make as many boneheaded decisions as Manny Acta does.
- April 4, 2010 at 2:48 PM
Batting Guzman 2nd 550 times a guy who hates to walk and so has a miserable OBP isn't boneheaded? Well if that isn't boneheaded then what is?
- April 4, 2010 at 3:12 PM
- John O'Connor said...
The prediction that Guzman will have 550 at bats seemed nutty to me until I realized that he only needs about 558 plate appearances to get there.
- April 4, 2010 at 3:51 PM
No way will Acta have a winning record with that pitching staff. The Nationals wtll win at least 74 games and the Indians will lose 95+ and will finish LAST in the AL Central behind the Royals!
- April 4, 2010 at 5:19 PM
- Shraf said...
Cubs? Really? They are awful
- April 4, 2010 at 6:30 PM
- Steven said...
I like the Cubs' starting pitching. You can hide a weak bullpen when you have 3 200 IP starters. They have a lot of age on their hitters, but I think they still have enough. And I think Piniella knows this is a last chance.
The Indians aren't good, but I think they have enough offense to be .500, and Manny's short hook will work well with the pitching staff they have. It's a bit of a long-shot prediction, but I figured I had to throw a few long-shots in there. I could predict good ratings on ESPN for the Yankees-Red Sox opener, but where's the fun in that?
- April 4, 2010 at 7:17 PM
- JayB said...
"I like the Cubs' starting pitching. You can hide a weak bullpen when you have 3 200 IP starters"......I must have missed these pitchers when you "educated" me on projecting 200 innings for pitchers a few posts back.
- April 4, 2010 at 7:48 PM
- Wally said...
Can we add some of our own? I'll take that as a yes.
-Stammen makes 30 starts with a FIP under 4.50
-Dunn gets traded
-Hammer hits 30 HRs
-Bruney saves 20+ games
Desmond hits .270/.330/.450 with 20+ errors
-Morgan plays 120 games
-Neither Mock nor Olsen finish the year in the Nats organization
-Wang makes less than 10 starts with a FIP over 5.00
- April 4, 2010 at 8:45 PM
- Steven said...
Wait, the Nats will NOT have the highest draft bonus this year, even though they have the first pick? Do they pass on Bryce Harper or does he not sign for as much as someone else?
- April 5, 2010 at 11:59 AM


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The common mistake at dating sites is to send templated first messages. This is completely wrong. Instead, you should enter such a creative state where you invent your first message each time you find a member that you like. Each time this should be something new and unique. This message should be relevant to him/her somehow. Find something you like about his or her profile. This can be funny "about me" field, or some pictures, or something else. Then compose a quick first message and mention those things. You will be surprised how much more efficiently these personalized introductions will work.
The next common mistake is to stay online for too long period of time. After you have exchanged a few messages - go invite him/her for a date. Do not wait, do not postpone. This is like "Veni, vidi, vici", a Latin phrase which stands for "I came, I saw, I conquered." You should feel this kind of spirit while exchanging messages and inviting him/her for a date. Of course, this straightforward behavior is more suitable for men. However, women can use the same proactive attitude but with a difference actions, like to make a man to invite you for a date. If you online communication lasts too long, then your chances to meet in real and spend a good time together seem to go down. Each day you stay online with your new partner without meeting him/her in real makes you "that online guy". Probably you saw a movie or two, where they corresponded for 6 months and then met and fallen in love.. but in reality its just not like that. Veni, vidi, vici!
And the last but not least mistake which most of online daters do to conduct a sales-like scenario. They usually perceive online dating as a sales funnel where the more messages (sales offers) they send out, the more responses (leads) they get, then the more people they met in real (client in the office), the more potential dating partners (clients) they get. In other words, they perceive the whole process of date search like a kind of sales funnel. So in order to increase their success chances they try to maximize the number of online "candidates" to send messages to, and then they "interview" as much as possible in real and finally hope to find a special one. Wrong, wrong, wrong! It simply does not work. Come on, we are talking about love and romance, not business. A really good scenario here is related to your internal state. How confident you are. How optimistic you are. How much happiness you feel you deserve. This is your starting point. You should not aim for many "potential candidates". Your profile on a dating site is not a company job advertisement, neither is your CV. You should aim for one and the only one. One shoot - one hit. Dream about him/her, think about him/her, aim to meet him/her and the only him/her. Veni, vidi, vici!
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Suddenly, almost naturally, she becomes a daily visitor in my office, and I'm helping her with one crisis after another. She demands that I stop everything to listen and talk. And then, without my offering, she starts eating half of my sandwiches, making chains out of my paper clips, and storing her books in my desk drawers.
And then one day, this kid who has been the highlight of my workdays for more than a year, who has made school her home, is absent.
It turns out that she has been thrown out of her house and placed in a group home in Manhattan. Friends are not allowed to visit; only family members--family and teachers. It is Christmastime. She is 15, and she is alone.
Alarms go off in my head as I walk down 17th Street with a gift-wrapped Walkman. It is the first day of Christmas vacation. Teachers need vacations. "She's a little upset,'' the sister at the front desk says with a faint smile. "She was expecting you at 12 o'clock.''
"Jeez. Oh, sorry. I told her 1 o'clock.'' It is 12:43. My heart is pounding. The elevator makes a screeching sound as it bounces onto the lobby floor. She walks out, red blotches under her eyes. She mumbles, "Hi,'' while staring at the floor. We sign out at the front desk. I promise to bring her back by 3. I put my hand on her shoulder as we head out for hamburgers. She flinches. I have crossed the line.
Mike Frenkel The author is an adviser and English teacher at Westinghouse Vocational and Technical High School in Brooklyn, N.Y.
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+ Nickelodeon will celebrate spring with new special of preschool series Peter Rabbit and the launch of a new animated pre-k series, Lalaloopsy, on Friday, March 29 at 7 p.m. ET/PT and 7:30 p.m. ET/PT, respectively.
Peter Rabbit airs regularly weekdays at noon; Lalaloopsy will air weekdays at 1:30 p.m. on Nickelodeon.
The half-hour Peter Rabbit special "The Tale of the Start of Spring" kicks off the evening as Jemima's new egg goes missing, and only Peter Rabbit can put together the clues in order to find the culprit—but he must hurry to find the egg before it hatches and outwit the devious newcomer Samuel Whiskers to save the day. Nick.com will complement the special with an online sneak-peek and print-out spring themed Peter Rabbit activities, plus a new game "Peter Rabbit's Downhill Dash" will launch in April.
Lalaloopsy, based on the award-winning toy line that celebrates diversity and friendship, stars the Lalaloopsy rag dolls—Crumbs Sugar Cookie, Mittens Fluff 'n Stuff, Bea Spells-a-Lot, Rosy Bumps 'n' Bruises, Jewel Sparkles, Peanut Big Top, Spot Splatter Splash and Dot Starlight—who magically came to life when their last stitch was sewn. Each character's personality reflects the fabric used to make them and has a special pet. In the series premiere "Batter Up!" Berry Jars 'n' Jam tries to break the Lalaloopsy Land record for tallest stack of pancakes but is soon overwhelmed and turns to her doll friends for help.
+ Canadian indie house Guru Studio has just signed its first multi-territory deal with Internet TV outlet Netflix for its 2D preschool series Justin Time. Netflix has acquired subscription VOD rights for the show in the U.S. and U.K. (seasons 1 & 2, 52 x 11) and Latin America (season 1, 26 x 11). The series will launch in the U.S. and U.K. on April 1, 2013 and in Latin America this June as part of the Netflix Just For Kids portfolio.
The series, based on an original concept by Brandon Scott, follows Justin and his imaginary friends on their fantastic adventures through time. The show has already been acquired by broadcasters around the world which include Disney Junior (Canada), Disney (Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Italy and Canada), SRTL (Germany), Discovery Familia (Spanish-speaking U.S.), Nick Jr. (France), Tiny Pop (U.K.) and Hop! (Israel). Justin Time airs in over 70 countries and was a multiple Annie Award nominee this year.
+ Montreal's Sardine Productions and TVO (Ontario's public educational media organization) have partnered to turn British writer/illustrator Neal Layton's book series The Mammoth Academy into an animated kids' show. The series will follow woolly mammoths Oscar and Arabella—along with their many friends—as they embark on an exciting adventure beginning school at the famous Mammoth Academy. The series is planned as a 52 x 11 package.
+ PGS Entertainment will be bringing comic-book legend Stan Lee's first animated movie trilogy, Stan Lee's Mighty 7, to the MIPTV market. The 3 x 75 offering from Stan Lee Comics—a joint venture between Lee's POW Entertainment, A Squared Entertainment and Archie Comics—will star the co-creator of major comic characters like Spider-Man, The Hulk, the Avengers and X-Men as a writer hired by Archie comics to create a new group of superheroes who then gets caught up trying to save a group of seven crash-landed aliens from the military. Stan decides to train the E.T.s to act like superheroes and soon finds his hands full keeping them on task.
The all-star cast is set to be announced later this year, with the first of the three movies set for a Q4 2013 delivery. PGS can be found at MIPTV stand #25.02.
+ Foothill Entertainment has a variety of pre-MIPTV announcements and updates on animated shows to track. The company will be finalizing presale deals for Boy and the Dinosaur (CG, 52 x 11) which was the third most-viewed show at MIP Junior and boasts an award winning creative team—director Paul Couvela (Bob the Builder), producer David Bunting (Shaun the Sheep) and writer Davey Moore (Octonauts). The show is produced by 1461 Limited. Delivery is set for Winter 2013; worldwide rights are available.
Foothill has sealed a deal for its alien-fighting comedy G.U.N.K. Aliens (52 x 11 or 26 x 25), based on the books from HarperCollins and co-produced with Moody Street Kids, Gallus Entertainment and Title Entertainment. Network 10 Australia has commissioned the series and will kick off pre-production starting Fall 2013—the animation will be produced by Malaysia's Vision Animation with a planned Fall 2014 delivery. Foothill and partners are seeking additional pre-sales at the market.
The company also looks forward to announcing finalized partners for its stereo 3-D CG rodent-buddy comedy Raz & Benny (52 x 11), animated by DQ Entertainment—the show is created by Simon Hodgkiss of Rockkiss DME. Foothill and DQE handle international distribution. Plus, a new season of Spike Team (52 x 26) is in pre-production and a new Paralympic special (half-hour) is available. International rights are available for the 2D series produced by Lucky Dreams and RAI Fiction. Contact Jessica Fentonto to schedule an appointment at the market.


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Registration for BT2017 is now closed.
A forum for presentation and discussion of developing theory and practice in Bible translation
The Bible Translation 2017 Conference will be October 13-17, 2017.
This academic conference is co-sponsored by the Dallas International University (Dallas International) and SIL International; the Eugene A. Nida Lecture Series is sponsored by the Nida Institute. The BT Conference will be held at or near the International Linguistics Center (Dallas International campus) in Dallas, Texas, USA.
THEME: Tradition and Innovation in Bible Translation
Our six sub-themes
- BT Theory and Practice
- Educating and Empowering Translators
- Engaging Local Communities with Scripture
- Relevance of Tradition in BT
- Innovations in BT
- Theology of/in Translation
HERE are some topics that may be covered.
Titles of about 1/4 of the papers that will be presented:
- Engaging African Multilingualism with Scripture
- Four Cultural Cognitive Schemas of Spirituality
- Thomas in Doubt: Best Practices for Rendering Paired Alternate Names in the New Testament
- Through a Hebrew lens or a Western filter?
- Artistry & Theology Meet in Biblical Hebrew Poetry
- Case Study of a Render Oral Bible Translation Project
- Effective Consulting Using ParaTExt 8 Tools
- Consultant Session Evaluation Matrix
- Translating Hebrew Feminine
- Global Hebrew Training from Israel
- Implications of Multilingualism on Scripture Engagement
- Arts Development for Scripture Engagement
- The Marks of the City: Making Meaning with Post-Religious Millennials
- The Georgian Psalter: tradition, acceptability and intelligibility
- "Signing off", "Giving input": The changing role of Bible translation consultation in the 21st century
- Translation Principles – Best Recipe for Mediocre Translation is Translating as If by Recipe
- Remote Translation Consulting through Skype
- Group Checking as a Training Environment: What works and what doesn't
- Deep-Rooted Scripture: Exploring a theology of agency and identity in Bible translation
- Translators as catalysts for mother-tongue theology: Insights from a NT project in Chad
- Do multilinguals have multiple hearts? Evaluating the usefulness of the Heart Language metaphor
- Challenges in the translation of motion events
- Principles for Making a Good Diglot Translation
- Luther's Use of Paratextual Materials in his New Testament
- John 3, Translating "being born again" in a Culture with Reincarnation Beliefs
- Old Testament Textual Helps: The View from Here
Beekman Lecture Series (Friday/Sunday evenings):
Dr. Margaret Muthwii, Vice Chancellor of Pan Africa Christian University
Margaret Muthwii earned her MA and PhD from the University of East Anglia. She is the Vice Chancellor of Pan Africa Christian University in Kenya. She has worked for the United Bible Societies as a Translation Consultant, Translation Coordinator (Africa), and a Global Translation Advisor. In addition, she has been a Senior Lecturer of linguistics and Head of University Admissions at Kenyatta University. She has authored numerous publications.
Eugene A. Nida Lecture Series (Monday evening):
Dr. Issa Diab, Professor of Semitic and Interfaith Studies
Issa Diab is a Translation Consultant with the MENA Bible Societies, and a professor of Semitic and Interfaith Studies in Saint Joseph (Jesuit) University and the Near East School of Theology in Lebanon. He is seconded to UBS and ABS (Nida Institute). He specializes in Middle Eastern Christianity and Islam. His core field of research is "Semitic Fundamentalism." Dr. Diab holds a ThD, a Doctorate in History of Ancient Semitic Religions, a Doctorate in Islamic Culture and Societies, and a Doctorate in Biblical Philology.
Public Banquet (Tuesday evening):
Dr. Tim Laniak, Dean and Professor of Old Testament at Gordon-Conwell, Charlotte
Tim Laniak is Dean, Professor of Old Testament, and Mentor for the Christian Leadership Doctor of Ministry Track at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Charlotte, North Carolina. He is the creator of the BibleJourney program. Tim and his wife Maureen have worked as short-term missionaries on most continents and among international students and immigrants in the US. His writing combines cultural anthropology and Bible interpretation.
Commemoration of the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther's 95 theses and his translation of the Bible into German (Monday morning):
Dr. Erik Herrmann is Associate Professor of Historical Theology at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, and director of the Center for Reformation Research. He received his Ph.D. from the same institution in 2005 in Renaissance and Reformation Studies. His area of interest and research continue to be in Luther and the patristic and medieval antecedents to his thought and exegesis, as well as the modern reception and interpretation of Luther since the Luther Renaissance of the 19th and 20th centuries. His most recent publications are in The Oxford Handbook of Martin Luther's Theology, The Oxford Encyclopedia of Martin Luther, and The Annotated Luther.
Additional Plenary Speakers
Dr. Deborah Shadd, Manager of Translation Research and Training, Nida Institute
Deborah Shadd is Manager of Translation Research and Training at the Nida Institute for Biblical Scholarship. She holds a Master's degree in Applied Linguistics and Exegesis, and a PhD in Translation Studies. Prior to taking up her current role, Dr. Shadd taught at the Canada Institute of Linguistics. She currently sits on the Board of Directors for Wycliffe Canada.
Dr. Rondal Smith, Director of European Recruitment and Development, Pioneer Bible Translators
After serving Pioneer Bible Translators as the Chairman of the founding Board (76-81) and President (88-06), Rondal Smith continues to serve PBT as the Director of European Recruitment and Development and Assistant Director of PBT's Eurasia Area. Rondal received his Ph.D. and M.A. at Indiana University. He has taught NT Greek and/or Linguistics at several universities. Rondal and his wife Janice have been married 55 years.
The Conference schedule is expected to be as follows:
- Registration will be at DFBC from 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Before this, it will be at the Linguistics Center Welcome Desk.
- The opening event will be a plenary session on Friday evening starting at 7:00 p.m.
- Papers will be presented Saturday.
- The only scheduled event on Sunday will be a plenary session in the evening starting at 7:00 p.m.
- There will be additional conference events or plenary presentations on Saturday and Monday evenings.
- Papers will be presented on Monday and Tuesday, with a concluding Public Banquet on Tuesday evening starting at 7:00 p.m.
This schedule includes time for paper presentations (oral and poster), discussion, individual interaction, and networking.
BT2017 Costs and Registration Deadlines:
– General rate (includes Banquet)
Early Registration (August 19-September 22): $180
General Registration (September 23-October 4): $200
– Student rate (includes Banquet)
Early Student (August 19-September 22): $65
Student Registration (September 23-October 4): $75
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The overqualified coach. The high-powered passing scheme that could serve as an immediate equalizer.
Sound familiar?
But now here we are, and New Mexico State limps into town at 0-6.
Sure, Hawaii coach June Jones had to come back from an 0-12 season when he first arrived in 1999.
But Hal Mumme doesn't have a Dan Robinson waiting in the wings.
That was huge. Jones had a guy who could step in and run his system. Mumme has openly admitted he's juggling quarterbacks out of necessity. He's joked he might get better results if he told one guy he'd be the starter, then turned around and went the other way.
We've seen a couple of these guys' games on TV. They give you glimpses, make you think, Hmm, maybe, just maybe ... until that next interception or sack or another dropped pass.
One of NMSU's biggest highlights of the season was when Mumme used all three of his timeouts to ice Cal's kicker Sept. 23, resulting in a missed field goal at the end of the first half.
That's where the Aggies are, at 0-6.
The postgame quote sheet from last week's loss to Fresno State pretty much sums it up. In fact, forget the quote, the set-up itself sums it up:
On NMSU's scoring drive: "We did a pretty good job on that drive," Mumme said, "but we need to do it more than once a game."
This may have been a tougher situation than anyone realized.
But seven years ago, Hawaii had Robinson ready to step in at quarterback, and that made all the difference. It's even easier to see that now with New Mexico State at 0-6 and playing musical chairs at the position.
"When I was sitting on the sidelines, I could see all the things Joey (Vincent) was going through out there and he had a lot of bad breaks," Aggies quarterback Royal Gill said at his team's press conference this week. "This offense is tough to run at times, a lot of checking off.
"I now see some things that I didn't see before, though," he said. "I've learned some things."
We all have. Namely, that it's a lot easier to be an offensive genius -- as Mumme was, not so long ago -- when you've got guys who can step in and play.
Jones had Robinson. And the renaissance was on its way.
Mumme is still juggling, at last check. "(Gill's) the guy for this week, I can tell you that," he told the Las Cruces Sun-News. "With as much indecision as we've had, we may as well be consistent."


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Friday 8 May, 2020 will mark the 75th anniversary of the formal end of the Second World War in Europe. Known as "Victory in Europe Day", or just " VE Day" it commemorates the six years of misery, sacrifice, courage and endurance of millions of men, women and children around the world.
This brand new program features interviews with those who were there and recollect on what the day was really like. Interspersed with archive footage of the event & VE Day in Colour, a 20 min exclusive colour featurette
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Among the kids, it was known as Rug Burn City, a reference to the injuries they sustained when guards at the Gossett juvenile prison in upstate New York routinely pinned young offenders face down on the carpeted floor. The restraints were supposed to be an infrequent last resort, but according to a damning recent Justice Department report, they ended up being used regularly as part of a culture of intimidation and control, sometimes for the slightest infractions, such as speaking out of turn, slamming doors and not properly making a bed.
As disturbing as they are, the allegations of abuse are just one of many in the federal report focusing on four of New York State's worst juvenile-justice institutions. The report, which warns that the Federal Government could take over the system if the "constitutional deficiencies" are not remedied, is a shocking indictment of both excessive force and mangled, unprofessional mental-health treatment; one 15-year-old, with no agreed-upon diagnosis, was found to be on six psychotropic medications at once. The unions for the guards and professional staff both say they also want to see improvement but insist that it must be made while recognizing the challenges of dealing with kids who can often become violent.
But while nearly everyone can agree that the conditions at these youth facilities need to be changed, there is much less consensus about how best to go about doing that. "Nobody said this was going to be easy," says New York State assemblywoman Barbara Lifton, an Ithaca-area Democrat who helped uncover a gross lack of oversight of the entire system. "This is like turning the Queen Mary around."
It may not be easy, but reform advocates like Gladys Carrion, who took over as commissioner of the state's nearly $4 billion Office of Children and Family Services at the start of 2007, think they know what the broader solution is: changing the culture of a juvenile-justice system that currently uses a correctional model detaining youth in facilities with varying degrees of security up to prison-like settings to one more focused on treating the traumas at the root of their bad behavior. Many of the estimated 100,000 young offenders across the nation are from troubled families in which there was parental abuse and neglect. Most have drug- or alcohol-abuse problems, more than half have mental-health problems, and many suffer educational disabilities. No wonder Fred Cohen, a professor emeritus of law and criminal justice at SUNY Albany, says the juvenile facilities have become dumping grounds for society's "throwaway kids."
Since taking over, commissioner Carrion has tried hard to fix what she says was a "broken system." In addition to hiring 37 mental-health professionals, the feisty Bronx attorney has significantly restricted the use of physical restraints, created a 24-hour hotline for kids to report abuses and reinvigorated oversight mechanisms, like an ombudsman and independent review board which most observers (including the state inspector general) agree had been terribly neglected under her long-serving predecessor, John A. Johnson. (Reached at his home in Buffalo, Johnson declined to discuss his tenure or the DOJ report he claimed not to have heard about. "There's the truth, and then there's God's truth, and I believe in the latter," he told TIME.)
As many other states have already found out, changing the juvenile-justice culture is easier said than done. Shifting to what is called a "trauma-based" or "sanctuary model" means training guards (who are formally known in New York as youth-division aides) to better understand how to deal with disturbed kids. But this is a three-year process that has only just begun at some of the state's most troubled institutions, and many of the staff are not particularly well-educated themselves. The transition can also aggravate existing problems, including what the union says is severe understaffing. Training takes staff away from their posts, as do the frequent injuries guards suffer from kids attacking them. Roughly a third of staff are injured in the course of a year, though state officials say many staff injuries occur in the course of resorting to excessive force.
Guards and other facility staff also say that what they view as the new commissioner's more permissive regime has undermined their authority and made their already stressful, dangerous jobs that much more so. Small infractions like verbal abuse cannot be as readily disciplined by withdrawing privileges or adding time and this leads, they argue, to an escalation by kids who feel empowered. "The staff feel alienated from state officials, who they feel are not supporting them enough," says Stephen Madarasz, spokesperson for the New York Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA; Local 1000), which represents the guards and operational staff. State officials, for their part, express frustration that despite retraining, too many of the staff continue to over-rely on force. Most observers admit that the conflict is at least in part a cultural clash between minority kids, mostly from tough New York City neighborhoods, and a largely white, nonurban staff thrown together in a combustible setting.
Staff feelings are still raw over the death last summer of Charles Loftly, 60, after he was attacked during an overnight shift at Tryon Residential Center in Johnstown, N.Y., where he was the sole person watching over 10 kids. According to his union, Loftly responded to a resident's feigned vomiting, only to find himself assaulted by three others who smashed his head with a piece of wood they had ripped from a desk. A colleague in an adjoining wing helped foil the escape attempt, but Lofty suffered headaches for weeks. While out on leave, he had a stroke and died last August. The local Fulton County coroner ruled his death was not work-related, but colleagues are convinced otherwise, said Madarasz. Similar complaints are raised by the New York State Public Employees Federation (NYSPEF), which represents the state facilities' counselors, doctors and other professionals; it reports a spike in assaults against staff and in resident-on-resident violence since the reforms were started.
The dispute is also spilling over into the new commissioner's plan to shift all but the most dangerous, violent kids (estimated to be 10%-20% of the total) from some form of detention to community-based programs. These are far cheaper, and if adequately funded and well-run, they have proved to be more effective in shrinking recidivism rates; currently it costs as much as $200,000 a year to keep a kid in a facility, and 80% of those are rearrested before they turn 28. (More than half of those still in detention are in for misdemeanors.)
Unions say the commissioner's reforms are moving too fast there are now 1,000 kids in detention, down two-thirds from a few years ago before there has been a sufficient shift of resources. "We are concerned that the commissioner has made this her personal crusade ... and we think it needs to be slowed down," says representative Darcy Mills.
State administrators say the facilities want to continue justifying the need for detention to retain upstate jobs. But unions point to the case of Renee Greco, a 24-year-old supervisor in a halfway house in western New York, who was clubbed to death while playing cards with some of her charges. Her assailants, ages 17 and 18, have pleaded not guilty to charges of second- and first-degree murder, respectively.
Still, for every horror story like that of Renee Greco, there are others like that of Darryl Thompson. A 15-year-old from the Bronx, Thompson died last November at the Tryon boys facility after he pushed a staff member (in anger over being denied recreation time) and was held down in a bathroom by two guards who together weighed over 400 lb. When Thompson stopped breathing, the guards radioed for medical help but did not administer CPR themselves, as state officials say they are trained and required to do. Though the county medical examiner ruled it a homicide, an upstate grand jury declined to indict the two men. Thompson's mother is suing the state, which is answering the complaint but offered TIME no comment about the case. "There are some tough kids in the system, but Darryl was a basically good kid," says Bob Keach, who is representing the family. "He died because of an argument over rec time the highlight of his day. That should never happen to any kid, and we're suing so that never happens again."


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The Golden Ticket to the Wonka Imaginarium
|Have you received the Golden Ticket? :)
Remember the movie Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory? Well, his Imaginarium is in a frenzy and the only way to turn the lost wishes and forgotten dreams into the happiest of all candies, is to find the magical rainbow. So from December 1-4, Candy Corner, in partnership with Wonka invites us to the doors of an enchanted factory that harvests dreams and turns them into candies!
The Grand Atrium of the Shangrila mall will hold a four-day exhibit that puts the spotlight on Wonka candies by the Wonka Imaginarium. This will allow us to bring our candy fantasies to life. You will be walking into a magical forest and enter a tunnel of lost wishes and forgotten dreams.
|Entering the magical forest
|The kind witch :)
But once you see the kind witch, you can learn magic from her where she will lead you to the rainbow that finds your wishes and dreams back to life.
Mr. Ricky Andres, President of Candy Corner Philippines says, "The Wonka Imaginarium is the first of its kind in the Philippines, and we're happy to be doing this in time for the holiday season. More than just giving everyone a chance to get to know more about Wonka candies, our main goal is to give people of all ages a great avenue to feed their imagination and to find a different, unique activity for the whole family to share this Christmas."
|Candies! :)
Candy Corner is proud to bring the candy brand that uses licensed materials from Roald Dahl's Charlie & the Chocolate Factory and its two movie adaptations. With Wonka's distinct packaging and colorful taste, it has been a favorite of many Filipinos over the years. I am actually addicted to Nerds and Tootsie Roll and couldn't get enough of it everytime I see a Candy Corner store.
|I want them all! :)
With its traditional packaged and novelty sweets, Candy Corner is the first candy store in the Philippines to have its customers choose and combine their own selections of treats and other international confectionery brands. Since its humble beginning in 1996, the company has expanded immensely and has numerous branches nationwide.
|Wonka's products at Candy Corner
So what are you waiting for? Visit the Wonka Imaginarium today, December 1 from 2:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M and December 2-4 from 11:00 A.M to 9:00 P.M. Bring your kids and your love ones who are kids at heart and witness the magical world of Candy Corner and Wonka!


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Using computer algorithms to understand and process natural languages
Dr. Noah Smith's fascination with computers began at an early age, but his first attempt to write code dealing with language stemmed from his seventh grade homework. Intrigued by the regularities and irregularities of French, Smith wrote a program that would conjugate the verbs for him. This early excitement about computer code and what makes human languages easy or difficult to learn has grown into a successful career that merges Linguistics and Computer Science. Early research opportunities as an undergraduate student revealed the applications of this connection, providing hands-on opportunities for Smith to explore and think like a scientist.
Today, Smith's research program at Carnegie Mellon University develops algorithms that process language data in order to extract information and make useful inferences. Vast amounts of text are produced every day as a by-product of every human pursuit: science, finance, government, and social communication. The ability for computers to "read" this data and offer human-interpretable analysis of what is going on in the world depends critically on natural language processing.
Though we all use natural language every day, the seemingly simple task of decoding a piece of text to find the meaning that its author intended is a challenging one. Smith considers this problem from different angles, such as: parsing sentences into simpler syntactic representations (not unlike sentence diagramming (subject/predicate) that many of us were required to do by hand in grade school), interpreting those sentences based on various semantic theories, and identifying the choices an author has made in framing the matters being discussed. This research builds on theoretical foundations in Computer Science, Linguistics, and Statistics, marrying theories of computation and language with a data-driven mentality.
Adding to the inherent challenges of natural language is the fact that the data are changing fast. More and more of our communication happens on the Internet through emails, blogs, and social media sites. The rise of platforms like Twitter and Facebook offers an unprecedented view of how a huge part of the population really uses language: unedited, with unconventional spellings, infusion of dialect, colloquialism, and blends of different languages and styles. Some of the algorithms Smith has contributed in the past few years are specially designed to cope with the challenges of casual communication on the Internet using robust machine learning on very large datasets. In addition to "wrangling" this wild data, Smith has performed statistical analyses to understand how language varies geographically and changes over time. A recent study revealed the importance of demographics, in addition to geographic closeness and city size, in the spread of new words between population centers in the United States.
In developing text processing algorithms, Smith works closely with collaborators in the social sciences. One example is a collaboration with political scientists to automate the measurement of ideological content of political speeches. The team found that presidential candidates' language in speeches shows clear movement toward the center (a more moderate political stance) after winning a primary election. Other projects have explored the political nature of censorship in Chinese social media, quantified the information content in financial disclosures before and after Sarbanes-Oxley reform, and predicted the success of bills in Congressional committees.
Research developments like Smith's are also central to advances in recognizable technologies. Automatic translation between languages is becoming more useful and reliable for more languages than ever before. Computer programs that answer questions are becoming an everyday presence, not just in feats to awe the public by winning Jeopardy, like Watson, but to help navigate daily tasks, like Siri. In the next few years, anyone who faces the challenge of making sense from a heap of messy, unstructured text will have the opportunity to use new tools that improve understanding and save time. Smith and his team are active contributors to these technologies.
Before completing his graduate studies at Johns Hopkins University, Dr. Noah Smith received two bachelor's degrees, a B.S. in Computer Science and a B.A. in Linguistics.
Dr. Smith uses this dual training to not only write computer code and create technology that decodes text into its intended meaning, but also to contribute to the analysis of these findings.
During his undergraduate study, Dr. Smith was a recipient of the Banneker/Key Scholarship. He was also awarded a Fannie and John Hertz Foundation Fellowship for his graduate studies.
Outside of the laboratory, Dr. Smith enjoys listening to and playing classical music, swimming, and dancing the Argentine tango with his wife, Dr. Karen Thickman.
In the News
2013 Five-year Retrospective Best Paper
Presented by the Workshop on Machine Translation
2011 National Science Foundation CAREER Award
Presented by the National Science Foundation
2010 SAS/International Institute of Forecasters Grant
Presented by the International Institute of Forecasters
2009 Best Conference Paper
Presented by the Proceedings of the Joint Conference of the Annual Meeting of the Association of Computational Linguistics and the International Joint Conference on Natural Language Processing
2008 Best Student Paper
Presented by the Proceeding of the International Conference on Logic Programming
Fannie and John Hertz Graduate Student Fellowship
Presented by Fannie and John Hertz Foundation, Awarded 2001-2006


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When the leaves start falling, fourth quarter results are coming due, and the holiday season is around the corner, many people start experiencing stress at work and if these can be identified early, action can be taken before the pressure builds and becomes a problem. The average direct cost of absenteeism to the Canadian employer is $3,550 per employee per year (Watson Wyatt). The annual cost to Canadian companies due to stress-related disorders is $12 billion; In Canada, absenteeism due to stress has increased by over 300% since 1995.
How do you know if you or your employees are stressed and if action should be taken? As stress can show itself in many different ways, managers need to keep their eyes open for changes in the way people behave that could be linked with excessive pressures.
Signs of stress in individuals
I have outlined below a few symptoms to watch out for in your employees who may be suffering from or feeling the effects of stress. If you observe that work or aspects of your employee's work brings on or make these symptoms worse, make sure you address it with the employee. It may be that some action taken at an early stage will ease the stress and reduce or stop the symptoms. Deal with the issue before it becomes a bigger problem.
Emotional symptoms
- Negative or depressive feeling
- Disappointment with yourself
- Increased emotional reactions – more tearful or sensitive or aggressive
- Loneliness, withdrawn
- Loss of motivation commitment and confidence
- Mood swings (not behavioural)
- Confusion, indecision
- Can't concentrate
- Poor memory
- On-the-job 'absenteeism'
Changes from normal behaviour
- Changes in eating habits
- Increased smoking, drinking or drug taking 'to cope'
- Mood swings effecting behaviour
- Changes in sleep patterns
- Twitchy, nervous behaviour
- Changes in attendance such as arriving later or taking more time off.
It is not up to you as a manager to diagnose stress, leave that to the professionals, but if you observe that something is not quite right with your employee, you should take prompt action by meeting with your employee, and focusing on his or her job performance by pointing out that there has been a change in the performance. Identify what you have observed, and ask the employee what has changed to affect performance. The employee will usually be forthcoming about the circumstances that have affected the work performance and created the stress. Provide support to the employee by offering the employee the opportunity to address the issue with for example, a professional counsellor. Do not focus on the personal problem but on the effect of the problem on the employee's performance. You and your employee can mutually agree on a period of time where you will meet again and revisit the work performance. Your employee will see that by attending to his or her personal issue will lessen the experienced stress and eventually increase productivity.
How About You?
Do you think your employees are experiencing symptoms of stress? If so, whom do they normally reach out to? I look forward to hearing your feedback in the comments below.


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Apply to Become a Peer Advisor
Mar. 18, 2011 by dphillips
The Deans' Office is looking for talented and motivated students to become SARN Peer Advisors for the 2011-2010 academic year. SARN Peer Advisors are juniors and seniors who work throughout the academic year to support Wesleyan's faculty advising program, enhance student access to academic resources through the Student Academic Resource Network (SARN), and give individual peer advice and facilitate workshops on public speaking, time management and academic skills strategies. A job description and application can be found at www.wesleyan.edu/deans/peeradvising/.
Applications, which include a faculty reference form, are due Monday, March 28, 2011 at 5:00 p.m. Questions should be directed to the Associate Dean for Student Academic Resources, Sarah E. Lazare (x2332, email@example.com).


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Did you like the video? Go to Activekidsclub.com for tips and tools to create your own outdoor playgroup where you live. Be inspired to get you and your kids to go out and play!
Follow them on twitter: http://twitter.com/activekidsclub
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Are trigger warnings spoilers? Short answer, no.
I saw someone screaming this on Twitter when I am writing this (in August) so I decided to pick up my laptop and write up a discussion post which may be controversial. I also had some 60-year-old man comment on my review and tell me that triggers are ruining people or something like that, so I am fired up. If you're someone who thinks that trigger warnings are spoilers, this discussion will have spoilers for All The Bight Places, One of Us Is Lying and Thirteen Reasons Why. Keep that in mind if you do choose to read ahead.
Trigger warnings are something that need to be included in day to day lives when it comes to the media we choose to consume. A lot of people see these things as the world growing more sensitive. However, people have always had triggers and been affected by certain things. They have always felt that content hurt them or they won't mentally prepared for it. As the world has changed to become more accepting rather than tolerant, our mentalities towards mental health has shifted.
Which is amazing.
These content and trigger warnings have arisen in order for us to create a world where everyone can feel they have a chance to consume the best media for them. Obviously, it is difficult for us to know all of someone's triggers, example some people have a trigger towards fishing. Not animal cruelty, just the act of fishing. This isn't something that everyone would know to include when writing up the warnings. Including the triggers you are aware of in the text is incredibly important though.
Ultimately, I don't believe trigger warnings are spoilers. You are not spoiling anything, you are giving a heads up to the people who may need it to determine whether this book will affect their state of mind. I have read a lot of books on release day and been shocked when they've contained abuse, one of my biggest triggers. No one who read an ARC mentioned anything so I simply thought I was safe. Due to this, I have now tried to wait at least a few days before reading a book due to the fact I don't want to be triggered.
Talia Hibbert, a romance author whom I adore, included trigger warnings at the beginning of all her books. I've noticed she has started to specify which chapters the content happens on as well which is amazing. I know that Michelle Hodkins, author of The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer, made a joke about trigger warnings at the beginning of her most recent release and treated them in a very insensitive manner. I know which author I'd prefer to support. I can't think of any other authors who include trigger warnings at the beginning of their books, I'm sure there is a few. Let me know in the comments if you know any authors who include trigger warnings in their books!
I think the biggest book I've seen for the argument that trigger warnings are spoilers is from people talking about All The Bright Places by Jennifer Niven. If you don't know how I feel about that train wreck of a book click here. The book contains many triggering themes and one of them is a suicide that happens while the book is happening. Many view this as a spoiler since it is a 'twist'. However, mentioning that there is an active suicide in the book isn't exactly a spoiler. It is informing the audience of the content within. It is not telling you who, when, or why. Those are all things that will be found out throughout the book. If someone battling suicidal thoughts or depression was thinking about reading that book they would then be informed on what content is within the book and be somewhat prepared if they choose to dive in.
As a young adult reading was all I had to escape and if I had read a book like All The Bright Places it would have been incredibly damaging to my mental health journey. Thankfully for me, the book wasn't around then. What I'm saying is another person could feel that way and pick up All The Bright Places unknowingly. These trigger warnings are needed.
Thirteen Reasons Why (the book) by Jay Asher contains triggering content throughout that could also be considered spoilers. To see my full thoughts on that train wreck click here. Again the content is already triggering being that it is revenge suicide and not something that should be highlighted. However, with themes of rape, bullying and sexual assault throughout these triggers are necessary so an individual accidentally gets triggered. I know that the term triggered is used as such a joke these days but it is a serious side effect to life. I even feel weird typing it because of the fact that the word has become such a joke to many.
Another example is One Of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus. This book is rarely talked about despite the incredibly triggering content in it. It has suicide, it has cheated, and I'm pretty sure it has homophobia – don't quote me it's been some time since I've read it. The best review I've found for this is by Trina @ Between Chapters, there is a spoiler section in this review that contains basically all my thoughts and feelings towards the 'twist' that this book contained.
If you don't need trigger warnings or you believe they are spoilers, simply don't read them. They aren't for you. People typically include them with the words 'trigger/content warnings' before a review. You don't need to read them. These warnings have the ability to help the recovery of many and save the lives of more. Screaming that trigger warnings are spoilers and useless isn't going to change anything. I'm going to continue to include trigger warnings in the beginning of all my reviews.
Overall, life isn't easy and we should be able to make people's experiences with their hobbies/passions/escapes as easy as possible. Why make it any harder? Just because nothing triggers you doesn't mean you can't have empathy and think of others.


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Tune in for 'Teenage Kicks' ever Monday 2-4pm, where Adam brings the hits and forgotten classics from the world of Indie and Alt. Rock.
Every Friday you can hear Adam's alter-ego, Viscera, as one half of the 'Mideon & Viscera Show' from 4-6pm. Featuring such wacky features as Celebrity Birthday Corner, The Time Capsule, Movie Reviews and Latest Boro Footy News.


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I recently added a new collection to my website entitled still lifes in collodion. These are my first venture in this captivating process that seems to have a mysterious allure to me. The chemicals seem to have interpretation all its own. I feel each plate reveals an elegant simplicity that draws the observer in.
Also here's my first landscape done in the same process.


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Being the eldest member of The Tree House Hardwoods team has given me an eclectic background in retail management, sales and purchasing. I worked in store management right out of high school and progressed up the managerial ranks running stores throughout New England. After 21 years of retail management I went to work at Columbia Forest Products in Newport VT, North America's largest veneer and plywood manufacturer. At CFP I started in the Veneer Division, working in the splicing department and then quickly moving into sales. I handled CFP's Cut to Size veneer sales selling to some of North America's largest cabinet and furniture manufacturers. I then coordinated CFP's veneer shipments to their intercompany plywood plants, working closely with material managers.
After 10 years at CFP I moved into a purchasing manager position for a local hardwood lumber/plywood and custom milling retailer where I learned and developed a deep understanding of Vermont's forest products industry. I am very proud of our state and the world class lumber it produces.
I am excited about bringing my passion for local lumber to The Tree House and look forward to helping you pick the perfect hardwood lumber for your project!


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Ali and I are both home at the moment and it is fantastic! We were both fortunate enough to make it home just before one of the worst winter storms in 20 years hit New Zealand. Luckily, we could fly to our North Island homes, no problemo, but some of our friends have been stuck in Dunedin, their flights delayed or cancelled by heavy rain, gale-force winds and snow flurries down to sea level!
Needless to say, Ali and I are super glad to be in our warm homes with all this going on and so we thought we would do a post each about our five favourite things from home. I am going first this week, and Ali will do the tutorial and next week we will swap.
1) Baking and Tea
When I go home I love to bake. There is an endless supply of ingredients and I don't have to pay for them; thanks Mum! Being home for me is all about the small luxuries, using the best tea set or erring on the side of extravagance with the butter and jam.
2) Cosy places to read and endless cups of tea
Mum always stocks up on books for me before I come home and I love to spend my days curled up somewhere reading, keeping multiple cups of tea on the go at once. This is one of my favourite places to read, I can snuggle up here all day long.
3) My bedroom
This is my room and I think it's super cute! I have amazing views across the valley and I get wonderful afternoon sun. If you look closely you can see my electric blanket control. I would have taken a photo of this as my all time favourite thing about home but it wouldn't have made as pretty a picture.
4) Baths
This one is obvious. Who doesn't enjoy a steaming hot bath with a good book on a cold winters night? I'm currently reading "Freakonomics" and I can't believe I haven't gotten around to reading it sooner, it is so good.
5) Sewing corner
This is my mum's sewing corner and it is brilliant. It has everything you could need stocked away in the cupboards, endless amounts of fabric and threads of all colours. On the table is a shirt that my mum is currently working on.
We hope all our New Zealand readers have managed to keep warm and safe over the past few days!


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Thursday, 1 May 2014
Yarn along - crochet strawberries.....................
I think they are adorable......................
talk soon x
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I agree! I need more crocheted strawberries, and that pattern is very cute...CxReplyDeleteReplies
Hi Chrissie I have to admit I do love them and the pattern is very forgiving xDelete
So sweet!! Even got the little pips!ReplyDeleteReplies
I have been busy with my yellow straight stitches - don't look closely as they are a bit wonky xDelete
Utterly utterly adorable!!!!!! The cutest thing that I have seen in ages, can't wait to get my copy of the magazine! xxReplyDeleteReplies
You will love making them Amy you will have a mini crop in no time xDelete
They look good enough to eat!ReplyDelete
Thank you Meredith - not quite as tasty xDelete
I think they're adorable too, Sue, you've made them up beautifully! Pity you can't eat them . . .ReplyDelete
Joy xReplies
Thank you Joy and at least they will keep fresh longer xDelete
Those are just darling! I want to make up a whole bunch of them!!!!ReplyDelete
xo KrisReplies
I know I can't stop xDelete
yes, they are!!!!ReplyDelete
xxxxxx Ale
So cute! Love it!!!ReplyDelete
Thank you Lisanne - hope you make some too xDelete
These are so cute and look edible xReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you I am so pleased you like them xDelete
These are so sweet, and strawberries are my favourite fruit! xReplyDelete
So beautiful, and literally sweet!! ♥ReplyDelete
Happy Weekend greetings
Thank you Nata - hope you have a fun weekend xDelete
- Anonymous2 May 2014 at 22:42
I agree with Joy...pity you can't eat them. Cute.ReplyDeleteReplies
I can't stop making just one more - cute and addictive xDelete
Your strawberries are lovely - sweeter than the real thing I think.ReplyDelete
Thank you Lorna xReplyDelete
What a super little pattern, it would make great little key rings. Jo xReplyDelete
That's such a good idea Jo - I must have a go at making one xReplyDelete
omg! strawberry goodness!ReplyDelete
i went: oooh! aaaah! when i saw this blog post of yours! :) actually today at tesco i bought this very issue of simply crochet just for that strawberry pattern! (and also for some other stuff too, as it turned out) i'll be definitely crocheting these, yours came out dead cute!
Oh I just love these! They are wonderful, they look so tactile and like they would feel good in your hand. Gorgeous. xReplyDelete
MUITO CUTE,PARABÉNS.VALÉRIA.(BRASIL).ReplyDelete
Hey...knitted food....great idea, I'm back on the Slimmimg World healthy eating plan (don't like the D word), and a few knitted chocolates and pastries would be rather welcome...and syn free!ReplyDelete
Thank you so much for taking the time to leave me a comment.
I read them all and always try to get back to you x


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The Klipsch KS-525-THX surround speakers deliver the power, detail, and immersive effects you'd expect in a big, high-end movie theater — only sized just right to enjoy in the comfort of your home. That's because Klipsch uses the same technology found in their professional-grade cinema models to give these speakers their intense, realistic sound.
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THX Ultra2 Certification: Because of its THX Ultra2 certification, the Klipsch KS-525-THX surround loudspeaker works well with multichannel movie and music presentations playing up to reference levels in rooms of 3,000 cubic feet or larger.
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Eddie Izzard refuses to be pinned down by any one label. The English actor, writer, comedian, transvestite and marathon runner took to the stage of the Fred Kavli Theatre in Thousand Oaks on Friday, March 2, with something a little different: the story of his life and how he developed his unique personality, from childhood to the present.
The Thousand Oaks show would be his last on a long leg of a tour promoting his recently released Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death and Jazz Chickens. As he took the stage, wearing a black blouse and knee-high high-heeled boots, sporting a bright blonde 'do and what appeared to be breasts (later confirmed with a question from the audience), Izzard oozed confidence. This is a man who ran 43 marathons in 51 days in 2009 in honor of Nelson Mandela. That's 26.2 miles times 43; you do the math. He's been referred to as the "Lost Python" by John Cleese himself and has appeared in a wide variety of films and television specials, including my personal favorite, Hannibal.
It can be sometimes difficult to understand how someone like Izzard can accomplish so much while railing against, well, the odds. He's an atheist and has described himself as a "lesbian trapped in a man's body." In Thousand Oaks, the first words out of his mouth were to disparage Donald Trump, to uproarious applause. He knows his audience, but more importantly, he knows himself.
What followed was a series of events one had to pay very close attention to, to fully comprehend. His accent, coupled with a fast-paced delivery that borders right on the edge of rambling, packs in a lot of information with no breaks. The almost two-hour-long show, replete with pictures and even an interactive map of locations, had no intermission, and the breaks to show a video clip from the documentary Believe: The Eddie Izzard Story felt like permission to catch a breath.
The details shared about his tragic upbringing — from his birth in the then-British colony of Aden in Yemen to the death of his mother from cancer and frequent moves across all of the United Kingdom — shaped his point of view and gave him an outlet for his creative energy. His repetition of one particular line from his first acting gig, a small part as a street urchin boy at the boarding school he attended, became an anchor for the rest of his life's story. Just when the weight of Izzard's tale seemed to sway too much toward making the audience shed a tear or two, he'd utter, "Oh, Beauty, don't go," and laughter would drown it out, bringing lightness back into the theater.
This is where Izzard exceeds expectations and the reason that he is much beloved not only in his native United Kingdom but the world over. His struggles are real, his persona is genuine; what you see is what you get. In the end, Izzard is the embodiment of what we all strive to be: human, on our own terms.


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Hardy's third novel, A Pair of Blue Eyes, follows the story of Elfride Swancourt. The daughter of the Rector of Endelstow, a sparse sea-swept parish in Cornwall, Elfride is caught between two suitors of very different backgrounds: Stephen Smith, a young architect restoring the old parish church, and the respectable, older man of London society, Henry Knight. The blue-eyed and high-spirited protagonist must untangle the conflicting messages of her heart and her mind.
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Know When to Hold (and When to Fold)
An integral part of your working life requires knowing whether to keep climbing the ladder -- or take your talents elsewhere.
Keeping your job or earning a promotion means becoming an indispensable employee. Volunteer to take on new responsibilities without overextending yourself. Show up earlier, leave later and make sure your boss notices the hard work you accomplish in the hours in between. Keep a running record of all your accomplishments, add to it every time you've solved a problem or met a goal at work, and call upon your achievements when you talk with your boss about a promotion.
You should also heed the signs that it's time to move on. Are you spinning your wheels on the same mundane projects while the best assignments consistently go to your coworkers? Is the company in poor financial shape with rumors of looming layoffs? Do you feel you are underpaid? Is the office culture rife with unethical behavior? Do you feel physically ill as a result of your job? Is it simply time for a change to rekindle your enthusiasm? If so, it's time to start a job search.
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