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Teaching the Word
1. Beginnings
2. A New College
3. The Hub of the University
4. Reaching Beyond the Classroom
5. Continuing Contributions
Richard O. Cowan, "Beginnings," Teaching the Word: Religious Education at Brigham Young University (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, 2008), 1–20.
Beginnings: 1875–1959
Religious Education faculty and staff members identify with those whose commission it was in ancient times "to teach the word of God among all the people" (Helaman 5:14; see also Alma 23:4; 38:15; 2 Timothy 4:2). Therefore, it has been their desire, as it was with two of Lehi's sons, to "teach . . . the word of God with all diligence" (Jacob 1:19). Religious instruction has been a central part of Brigham Young University's unique mission since the beginning.
Brigham Young's Charge
President Brigham Young, founder of the university that bears his name, believed that all branches of education were important but that religious instruction needed extra emphasis. In 1852 he declared, "There are a great many branches of education. . . . But our favourite study is that branch which particularly belongs to the Elders of Israel—namely, theology. Every Elder should become a profound theologian—should understand this branch better than all the world."[1]
Specifically, Brigham Young Academy's 1875 deed of trust directed that "all pupils shall be instructed in reading, penmanship, orthography, grammar, geography, and mathematics, together with such other branches as are usually taught in an academy of learning; and the Old and New Testaments, the Book of Mormon and the Book of Doctrine and Covenants shall be read and their doctrines inculcated in the Academy."[2]
The next year, when Karl G. Maeser was sent to Provo to head the school, President Young instructed him: "Brother Maeser, I want you to remember that you ought not to teach even the alphabet or the multiplication tables, without the spirit of God. That is all. God bless you. Good-bye."[3]
The influence of President Young's philosophy has continued as a vital force in the twentieth century. In 1940 the Church Board of Education declared that its educational institutions and activities were maintained for three major reasons. First was "to provide the youth of Zion with religious training such as cannot be obtained in public schools; to teach the doctrines of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; to help establish within the students the testimony of the truth of the divine work established through the instrumentality of Joseph Smith, the Prophet; and thus to fit them for useful life in the Church, as intelligent, faithful, active Latter-day Saints."[4]
Consistent with this direction, BYU's 1981 mission statement affirmed that the university was to "assist individuals in their quest for perfection and eternal life." Similarly, "spiritually strengthening" was listed as the first among the "Aims of a BYU Education," adopted in 1995.
Early Religious Curriculum
From the beginning, the religious character of the curriculum was apparent. In 1879, James E. Talmage, who that year became a teacher at the academy, one month before his seventeenth birthday, reminded his class: "All our conduct in this academy, of teachers as well as students, all our discipline, all our studies are conducted according to the spirit of the living God."[5]
During the 1880s, there were daily religion classes and devotionals. Furthermore, President John Taylor affirmed, all other subjects were to be taught in such a way that faith in the gospel would not be undermined. "It is this feature of teaching the principles of our religion, and embodying all other studies in them, which constitute one of the chief excellencies of the system of education at the B.Y. Academy."[6]
During the early years of the twentieth century, however, there was increasing tension between traditional beliefs and new scientific ideas. Unfortunately, an investigation in 1911 found that three BYU faculty members employed the "higher criticism" of the Bible and questioned the historicity of certain events of the Restoration. As a result, the Board of Trustees recommended their dismissal. In the wake of this divisive controversy, President Joseph F. Smith advised against teaching any concepts that could be misleading or undermine faith.[7]
The 1912–13 catalog emphasized that the courses in theology were based on the standard works, the aim being to give the students a "theoretical understanding," as well as practical application, of gospel principles in the light of latter-day revelation "in order that students may have faith in God and develop a religious character." The curriculum consisted of yearlong courses, each meeting four times a week, in Book of Mormon, New Testament, Old Testament, and Church history and doctrine.[8]
A decade later, the "theology" offering was expanded and substantially changed because the basic questions facing the youth were not the same as in former generations. Most of the fifty-one listed courses were in the Bible, philosophy, Christian and other world religions, and even such related areas as teaching children, hymnology, Scouting, public speaking, and recreational and dance leadership. There was only one course each in such uniquely Latter-day Saint subjects as the Book of Mormon, Church history, and Mormon theology, even though these courses were the most appealing to students.[9]
A religion major was offered from 1927 to 1935. Students who wished to prepare for working with children, youth, or adults in the auxiliary organizations of the Church were permitted to major in theology, supplementing the regular courses in that department with additional classes in education and psychology.[10]
Graduate Program Initiated
The first graduate program of any kind at BYU began in 1916, and graduate offerings in religious education came six years later in 1922. At first, graduate religion courses were offered by various colleges on campus, but they were not taught by regular faculty members and were held only during the summer. In 1922, for example, the Education Department brought Dr. Charles Edward Rugh from the University of California to teach classes on religious education and the Bible.
The 1927 program was more directly aimed at seminary principals and teachers. Elder John A. Widtsoe, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve and former president of the University of Utah, offered a course in "Current Problems," including the "higher criticism" of the Bible and the relationship between science and religion. Adam S. Bennion, superintendent of Church schools, also offered a course in the social and ethical aspects of religion.[11]
In 1929 Joseph F. Merrill (who became a member of the Twelve two years later) became the Church commissioner of education. He was convinced that "men of strong spirituality" as well as "good scholarship" were needed in the Church's seminaries and institutes; therefore, he organized a special religion offering during the BYU summer session in 1929. He called Sidney B. Sperry, a doctoral student in Old Testament languages and literature at the University of Chicago and former seminary teacher, to give two courses in Old Testament.[12] Merrill then asked Sperry to recommend other scholars who might be invited to come in succeeding years. During the next four summers, classes were presented on the BYU campus by world-class scholars from the University of Chicago, such as New Testament translator Edgar J. Goodspeed and Christian history professor John T. McNeill.[13] "But there was a limit to what they could contribute," noted Elder Boyd K. Packer of the Quorum of the Twelve, because they lacked the priesthood and inspiration of the Spirit.[14]
Beginning in 1929, graduate classes in "religious education" (which that year replaced the designation "theology"), were offered during the regular school year. The first students to receive master of science degrees with majors in religious education graduated in 1930. This honor went to Victor C. Anderson and H. Alvah Fitzgerald; the latter returned a quarter of a century later as a faculty member in the College of Religious Instruction.[15]
A Distinct Religion Faculty
From the beginning until 1930, religion classes were taught entirely by BYU faculty members who accepted this assignment in addition to work in their own disciplines. The expansion of the religion curriculum, and especially the introduction of graduate courses during the 1920s, made a change in this pattern advisable. Hence, the first full-time religion teacher at BYU, Guy C. Wilson, began his work on the campus in 1930. Even though others, including Joseph B. Keeler and George H. Brimhall, had the title professor of theology, a review of their teaching load and other university assignments indicates they were not full-time teachers of religion.
Guy C. Wilson earned the bachelor of pedagogy degree from the Brigham Young Academy in 1902 and then pursued graduate studies at four schools, including the University of Chicago and Columbia University. After serving fifteen years as principal of the Juárez Academy in northern Mexico, Wilson organized the Church's first seminary at Granite High School in Salt Lake City in 1912. He later presided over the Latter-day Saints University (also in Salt Lake City) and from 1926 to 1930 served as the supervisor of religious education for the Church Department of Education. It was from this last assignment that he came to BYU as a professor of religious education until his retirement in 1941.
To meet the need for qualified teachers of religion, Commissioner Merrill encouraged a number of promising young seminary and institute teachers to go east for advanced training. Unfortunately, lamented Elder Packer years later, "some who went never returned. And some of them who returned never came back. They had followed, they supposed, the scriptural injunction: 'Seek learning, even by study and also by faith' (Doctrine and Covenants 88:118). But somehow the mix had been wrong, for they had sought learning out of the best books, even by study, but with too little faith."[16] One who both received advanced training and came back was Sidney B. Sperry, who joined the faculty on a permanent basis in 1932.
The Division of Religion
Although BYU catalogs from as early as 1902 listed religion classes under the heading "Department of Theology," there was no official organization until 1940. In January of that year, the Board of Trustees organized the "Division of Religion" under the immediate direction of the president of the university. It was to have "co-ordinate academic standing with the schools of the University" and was to be "a general service division to all university departments in the field of religious education." In addition to supervising "religious instruction," the division was also responsible for "all religious activities on campus," including devotionals, Sunday School, and the Mutual Improvement Association.
Students were required to take six quarter hours of religion each year, and the division issued certificates to those who completed thirty-six hours of religion as was being done in the institutes. Actual degrees in religion were offered only on the graduate level.[17]
J. Wyley Sessions, who had joined the faculty as director of religious activities in 1939, assumed leadership in the new division. While working on a master's degree at the University of Idaho, he organized the Church's first "Institute of Religion" there in 1926.[18] He supervised the construction of an attractive building which would meet the students' social as well as spiritual needs. He later served as Institute director in Pocatello, Idaho; Laramie, Wyoming; and Logan, Utah, traveling widely as a consultant for similar programs and buildings at other western campuses.
When he came to BYU, Sessions found teachers of religion scattered all over campus. Without central direction, the professors taught as they pleased. His goal was to form a curriculum that would provide the strongest possible religion program. He did not see the teaching of religion as being "set off or apart" but believed the Division of Religion should be "tied to, affiliated with, and supported by all the colleges of the University."[19] Within the division, there were four subject-area departments, each headed by a chairman.
The Joseph Smith Building
As religious activities and instruction expanded, the need for an adequate facility to house them became increasingly apparent. BYU president Franklin S. Harris, for example, lamented that only one-third of the student body could be accommodated in College Hall on lower campus where the regular devotional assemblies were held: "Thus the majority were denied much of the very things that make Brigham Young University unique. Students coming from far away primarily to secure the spiritual advantages of the Institution were able to obtain these advantages only in part."[20] The General Authorities were particularly concerned with the students' spiritual welfare. President Heber J. Grant, for example, felt that the next building built on the campus should be a chapel and that no other construction should take place there until the religious character of the school was well established.[21]
Church commissioner of education Franklin L. West had assigned J. Wyley Sessions, who was still consulting on new institute buildings, to design an institute building to serve thirty-five hundred to four thousand students. Sessions did not know where the large new institute building was to be built but thought it was for the University of Utah; it was not until he came to BYU in 1939 that he learned the structure would be for BYU.[22] Fred L. Markham of Provo was appointed architect, and a faculty committee supervised the project. Construction began in the fall of 1939 on what would become the original Joseph Smith Building.
The General Authorities decided to make the construction of this building a Church welfare project. The bishops in the twelve cooperating stakes were responsible for procuring the required workmen. When this supply of labor from the wards was insufficient, BYU students stepped in to help, contributing many days. On "Y Day" in 1941, all the male students participated in constructing the walks around the building. Provo businesses contributed three thousand dollars. Funds from a special fast day were used to buy produce to pay the workers.[23]
The building was dedicated on Founders' Day, October 16, 1941. President Harris reminded the assembled congregation of the sacrifices made by the many individuals who had assisted in the construction and given "thousands of voluntary days of work."[24] President David O. McKay, Second Counselor in the First Presidency, affirmed that "it is fitting that there should be on this campus an edifice bearing the name of the Prophet Joseph Smith. . . . Without revelation given to Joseph Smith there would be no Brigham Young University. In all classes here at this school there should be connoted [the] great truth: that God lives, that Jesus is the Christ, and that Joseph Smith was the divinely inspired Prophet of the Lord, chosen to establish Christ's Church on earth in this latter day." He described the new edifice as "a place of worship, a temple of learning, and a place of spiritual communion," which stood for the "complete education of youth—the truest and the best in life."[25]
At the time of the new building's dedication, university officials anticipated that it would have a significant impact on the school's programs: "The need of this building and the contributions it will make to the future of Brigham Young University and to the entire Church cannot be over-estimated."[26]
In addition to providing the badly needed auditorium and classrooms, the new Joseph Smith Building included other facilities that accommodated a variety of campus activities. Behind the auditorium was a large, beautiful ballroom that doubled as an overflow area. The campus's main cafeteria was located in the basement of the building's south wing. A "banquet hall" occupied the building's southeast corner. A special meal service was also offered in the adjoining "Club Room" at noon for members of the faculty and others—a precursor to the service later offered in the Sky Room. Beginning in 1952, major dramatic productions, including many of Shakespeare's plays, were presented on the JSB auditorium's stage.
Postwar Growth
From 1939 until his retirement in 1947, Sessions served as director of Religious Activity, and Hugh B. Brown served briefly in the same office. In 1949 the office was discontinued because responsibility for social and related activities had been shifted from the Division of Religion to the recently created Church branches on campus (these branches would be organized into the first BYU stake on January 8, 1956). In 1947 Sidney B. Sperry was called to fill a new post, director of Religious Instruction, clearly in charge of only academic work.
Even though Sperry received his bachelor's degree in chemistry and began teaching high school math and science, in 1922 he made the decision to become a seminary teacher. Following his doctoral training as one of the young men who went east for graduate education, in 1932 he became BYU's second full-time religion teacher. Sperry's contributions were not limited to the BYU campus. His pioneering lecture series in Utah, Idaho, Nevada, California, Washington, and Alberta anticipated the far-flung "Education Week" and Know Your Religion lectures of later years. His dozen books and countless articles also served to spread his influence. He even had the distinction of leading the first BYU Travel Study tour in the Holy Land in 1953.
As Dr. Sperry assumed his role as director of Religious Instruction, he had "great hopes for the Division of Religion; he had the desire and vision that some day it would become spiritually and scholastically the greatest in the world."[27] To this end Sperry sought teachers who had both a thorough command of their subjects and a firm testimony of the gospel. Under Dr. Sperry's leadership, the religion faculty experienced a dramatic increase from only four in 1947 to twenty-nine a decade later. Following the example of Commissioner Merrill twenty years earlier, Dr. Sperry encouraged promising potential teachers to seek further training in the leading universities of the country. David H. Yarn, a future dean of religion, paid tribute to Sperry's leadership and personal example and affirmed that "to him more than any other person goes credit for the confidence the Brethren have established in this college for both individual and collective effort in preparation of manuals, handbooks, teacher supplements, etc."[28]
The religion curriculum also felt the impact of Dr. Sperry's influence. Under his direction, the number of undergraduate courses in the modern scriptures increased from three to ten. Similarly, by 1958, graduate courses expanded from six to ninety-two, including forty-two in languages. The Bible courses increased from one to twenty-one during this period, and where there had been no graduate courses on Latter-day Saint scriptures or Church history in 1938, the offerings in these areas reached six and ten classes, respectively.
As early as 1929 the catalog had referred to a master's degree with a major in religious education. In 1958 the Division of Religion began offering the PhD in scripture and Church history and also launched the new master of religious education (MRE) degree. Five years later the doctor of religious education (DRE) degree was added. Unlike the PhD, the DRE was a "service degree" designed especially to meet the needs of seminary and institute teachers.[29] In 1963, Melvin S. Tagg was the first to earn a PhD in religion.[30] Over the years more than two hundred theses and dissertations were written on religious topics. "There is a definite need in the Church for scholarly research," Sperry explained. "I hope to develop young scholars, especially those with a flair for languages." He hoped to make it possible to pursue advanced degrees in the atmosphere of their own religion and not have to travel great distances to do so.[31]
In the fall of 1953 the responsibilities of leadership separated. The major administrative responsibility passed to B. West Belnap, who became director of the Undergraduate Division of Religion. Sperry was appointed to the new office of director of Graduate Studies in Religion.
[1] Brigham Young, in Journal of Discourses (London: Latter-day Saints' Book Depot, 1854–86), 6:317.
[2] Deed of Trust, quoted in John P. Fugal, "University-wide Religious Objectives: Their History and Implementation at Brigham Young University" (PhD diss., Brigham Young University, 1967), 36.
[3] Reinhard Maeser, Karl G. Maeser: A Biography by His Son (Provo, UT: Brigham Young University, 1928), 79, as quoted in Fugal, "Religious Objectives," 36.
[4] Quoted in Fugal, "Religious Objectives," 26.
[5] "Theological References," October 13, 1879, book 2, p. 9; University Archives.
[6] Letter to stake presidents and bishops, Inquirer, June 10, 1887.
[7] Ernest L. Wilkinson and W. Cleon Skousen, Brigham Young University: A School of Destiny (Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 1976), 200–212.
[8] Annual Catalogue, 1912–13, 82.
[9] Ernest L. Wilkinson, ed., Brigham Young University: The First One Hundred Years (Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 1965), 2:289–90.
[10] Annual Catalogue, 1927–28, 187; see corresponding entries in the following eight issues.
[11] Wilkinson, The First One Hundred Years, 2:287.
[12] Sidney B. Sperry, "History of a Graduate Religion at BYU," unpublished paper delivered November 15, 1969, 3.
[13] Sperry, "Graduate Religion," 3–4.
[14] Boyd K. Packer, "Seek Learning Even by Study and Also by Faith," in Religious Education Foundational Readings (n.p.: Religious Education, Brigham Young University, June 2005), 28.
[15] 54th Annual Commencement of the Brigham Young University, June 4, 1930.
[16] Packer, "Seek Learning," 28.
[17] Executive Committee of the BYU Board of Trustees, minutes, January 5, 1940.
[18] A. Gary Anderson, "A Historical Survey of the Full-time Institutes of Religion" (PhD diss., Brigham Young University, 1968), 44.
[19] J. Wyley Sessions interview, June 29, 1965.
[20] Souvenir of the Dedication of the Joseph Smith Building, Brigham Young University Quarterly 38 (November 1, 1941): 1.
[21] Fred L. Markham, interview by M. Ephraim Hatch, November 1, 1973, in "History of the Brigham Young University Campus and Department of Physical Plant," manuscript, 4:25, University Archives.
[22] Sessions interview.
[23] Souvenir, 5.
[24] Founders' Day Report, October 16, 1941, manuscript, University Archives.
[25] Founders' Day Report, October 16, 1941.
[26] Souvenir, 6–7.
[27] Sperry, "A Graduate Religion," 10.
[28] Yarn, "A Tribute to Sperry," 3–4.
[29] Catalog, 1958–59, 365.
[30] College of Religious Instruction graduate faculty meeting minutes, January 3, 1963.
[31] 88th Annual Commencement Convocation, 24.
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Lorenzo Pellegrini: 'Pogba gets you off your seat'
Monday 26 June 2017 by Alessandro Massimo in Krakow
Italy midfielder Lorenzo Pellegrini talks to UEFA.com about the growing family vibe in the Azzurrini camp, semi-final opponents Spain and how Paul Pogba "gets you off your seat".
Lorenzo Pellegrini pictured at the Italy team hotel in Krakow ©Sportsfile
Italy midfielder Lorenzo Pellegrini sat down with UEFA.com to discuss the Azzurrini's run to the U21 EURO semi-finals as well as the players he admires most.
Spain v Italy facts and stats
Italy beat Germany but both teams go through
Having reached the semi-finals, how important would you say this EURO has been for your personal development?
Very important, because there are some really good players here. Going up against other players from different countries at European level is always important for the development of a young guy like me. I think it's the best thing you can do.
Pellegrini or Mandžukic? Which was your favourite overhead kick?
What would winning the tournament mean to you?
It's always nice to win, right? But I think that to do so with this team and this group of players would be exceptional – and I think you can see that every time we play we're becoming more of a family than anything else.
You've got Spain up next – have you been impressed by them?
We played against Spain in March, so I remember them very well. They have some great players, like Marco Asensio and Saúl Ñíguez, so we know that they're a top side, and they breezed through their group. However, anything can happen in a knockout game.
Have you been able to watch any other matches so far? Is there a player in particular that has caught your eye?
Asensio is the player that everyone is looking out for. He has just won the Champions League and plays for probably the best team in the world, so it's understandable that he's the centre of attention. If I had to pick out a player, I'd choose him. But just as Spain have great players, so do we.
You've already made your debut for the senior side – is there anyone in that squad that you have a close relationship with?
Daniele [De Rossi]; he knows I hold him in very high regard. I spoke to him after my debut. He asked me how everything was here, if things were going OK. And there's also Federico Bernardeschi, who in my eyes is more like a first-team player that has joined us here.
Apart from De Rossi, who are your favourite midfielders?
I like a lot of different players, and it's not always because I see myself in them. I really like De Rossi, just as I like [Paul] Pogba. I love watching him play because I think his ability is unbelievable and he gets you off your seat when you're watching him. If I had to pick out two, I'd say those two.
How the U21 EURO group stage unfolded
And then there were four – England, Germany, Italy and Spain are through to the U21 EURO semi-finals. UEFA.com explains how the group stage unfolded.
Federico Bernardeschi's first-half goal earned Italy a 1-0 win that puts them into the semi-finals as Group C winners, with Germany also through as best runners-up.
The two most successful nations in U21 EURO history go head to head in the Krakow semi-final as four-time champions Spain take on five-time winners Italy.
U21 EURO final tournament: Every result in Poland
From England's 0-0 draw with Sweden in the tournament opener to Germany's title-clinching 1-0 final defeat of Spain, check out all the U21 EURO results right here.

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Is Trump's goose cooked on the economy?
Read the whole thing here. But, let me make a few points of my own first.
What Politico is saying is very much in line with what I was telling you two days ago about the political economy I expect in 2020. Like Shepherdson, I start with the Fed as well. And, as I stated on Tuesday, the calculus at the Fed has become more dovish because the economic outlook is now weaker.
Federal Reserve officials appear to believe they can keep raising US interest rates well into 2020.
There's just one problem: Financial markets think a slowdown in economic growth from this year's stimulus-boosted pace will force policymakers to rethink their monetary tightening as soon as early next year.
Here's the Fed's most recent "dot plot," which sketches out officials' individual forecasts for the likely path of rate increases and shows a median estimate for several hikes next year and into 2020.
Steven Blitz, chief US economist at TS Lombard, says a December rate hike is basically a done deal but "the question is 2019. Here, the outlook is less certain than the dot plot suggests."
After a November meeting that yielded no shift in policy, the Federal Open Market Committee "noted the slowdown in business spending and long ago the statement stopped mentioning the slowdown in housing – which continues to weaken..."
One of Pedro's sources says the Fed may end up declaring victory in March and call it a day. That's essentially two hikes away, one in December and one in March, where the Fed is talking about 4 more by the end of 2019 and more in 2020.
My view: we would have to see the macro outlook deteriorate materially from here for that to be the case. Moreover, Powell doesn't want to look like he's caving to Trump's bullying. I'm sceptical of the concept that we are done 50 basis points from now.
Deutsche Bank estimates that fiscal policy will remain mildly positive in 2019 but turn into a drag of about 0.3 percent on the economy by 2020. "You should expect GDP growth to slow as we get into the second half of 2019 and in particular in 2020," said Torsten Slok, Deutsche's chief international economist.
In terms of both direction and order of magnitude, this is on the money. We should expect slowing. And when that slowing occurs, it will do so against a negative backdrop fiscally since the Democrats will control the House. And Nancy Pelosi is even talking about bringing Pay-go back, meaning a fiscal rule that requires new spending to be met with incremental tax revenue. And, of course, the Fed is raising rates. Not all of that tightening has worked its way through the system.
So, 2019 is the time when we will see whether tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy can lead to increases in business investment that permanently bolster growth into the 3% range. That's what the White House has been saying would happen.
My view is that the White House will be disappointed. And so with the stimulus petering out, on the economy, Trump's goose is cooked.
P.S. - I am due to have drinks tonight with Jonathan Tepper of Variant Perception. He has a new book out called "The Myth of Capitalism" which chronicles how increasing industrial concentration is eroding the dynamism of economies and contributing to income inequality. I have been reading the book and will be writing a review for it in the coming days. Expect it soon!


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This report is intended to support clinical teams in the implementation of appropriate IGRT strategies within their service
A Guide to Understanding the Implications of the Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations in Radiotherapy - BFCO(08)3
Guidance to help employers and clinical colleagues understand IR(ME)R 2000 legislation which was designed to protect patients from the hazards associated with ionising radiation.
Implementing in vivo dosimetry - BFCO(08)4
This guidance document on implementing in vivo dosimetry (IVD) is available for information only.
Towards Safer Radiotherapy - BFCO(08)1
The aim of this report is to contribute to the delivery of an even safer radiotherapy service.
The effects of cancer treatment on reproductive functions. Guidance on management - 2008
Guidance on the management of gonadal toxicity resuting from cancer treatment.
Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations (IR(ME)R) 2000. Advice to Fellows and members of The Royal College of Radiologists - RCR(07)2
The Royal College of Radiologists' revised guidance on indemnity cover.
The Retention and Destruction of NHS and Private Patient Records: Updated Advice - BFC0(06)2
For current advice on retention of oncology records please go to the CO Faculty's position statement (https://www.rcr.ac.uk/posts/statement-retention-oncology-records) and the Records Management Code of Practice for Health and Social Care 2016 (https://digital.nhs.uk/article/1202/Records-Management-Code-of-Practice-for-Health-and-Social-Care-2016), produced for the Department of Health by the Information Governance Alliance
Radiotherapy Dose-Fractionation - BFCO(06)1
This publication has been withdrawn and replaced by Radiotherapy dose fractionation, second edition
Equipment, Workload and Staffing for Radiotherapy in Scotland 1997–2003 - BFCO(05)1
This survey complements previous surveys conducted by The Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) in 1992 and 1997, and the UK-wide survey of 2003.
Equipment, Workload & Staffing for Radiotherapy in UK 1997-2002 - BFCO(03)3
This survey complements those conducted in 1992 and 1997 and found that investment in machines and staff had not been sufficient to keep up with demand.


There is much to discover in the vast Chattahoochee National Forest such as plenty of forest trails and the highest mountain in Georgia. BBOnline is happy to explore the park with you.
Most people think of the Chattahoochee National Forest as a haven for hikers. After all, you can find a slice of the Blue Ridge Mountains, celebrated for their beauty, and there are more than 430 miles of trails here that meander through mountains, hills and rivers.
The forest spreads across 18 counties in north Georgia, and spans nearly 750,000 acres. There are waterfalls galore, lakes, streams filled with trout, and whitewater rivers. Two of the most popular trails here are the famous Appalachian Trail, Pinhoti Trail and Benton MacKaye trail.
The 79-mile Appalachian Trail winding along the eastern ridge of the Appalachian Mountains traverses rugged, often rocky terrain through forests of oak, poplar and hickory. The trail climbs to more than 4400 feet. Wherever you may be on this trail, you'll never descend below 2500 feet. In Spring you'll see wildflowers like azaleas, bloodroot and trillium, while summer brings on the rhododendron and laurel.
So get those mountain boots out and experience the widely-loved delights of this trail in the Chattahoochee National Forest from your Chatsworth Bed and Breakfast.
The highest peak in Georgia (Brasstown Bald at 4,784 feet) is criss-crossed with hiking and biking trails. The magic begins from the cloud forest at the foothills, the only one in the state. The north and east slopes are carpeted with wildflowers and yellow birch covered with lichen.
Cycling the Bald in the early morning hours is a memorable experience with the fog dispersing over the lake as the sun rises over the mountains. You'll find yourself surrounded by a red and orange glow. Cycling is the best way to see this mountain in the Chattahoochee National Forest, as you can stop and marvel at the scenery whenever you like. The downhill adrenalin-pumping ride is worth the climb.
Along the Chattahoochee River which runs through the park, you'll find an incredible variety of flora and habitats. There are shade loving plants like algae, moss and ferns. There's the Common Cattail with roots muskrats love to eat. The plants create a refuge for wildlife such as marsh rabbits, wild turkeys, Eastern cottontails and waterfowl.
You'll see Pickerel Weed with its lovely blue flowers and Sweetgum with leaves that exude fragrance when crushed and seeds on which the squirrels, chipmunks and songbirds feed. You'll also come across American Holly, the tall Red Maple, American Wisteria and many more plants and trees to delight you.
The falls begin their journey as an underground spring on the summit of Tray Mountain which is part of the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains. A favorite haunt of hikers in the Chattahoochee National Forest, it is lush with mountain laurel, rhododendron, white pine and poplar.
The climb to the falls is via an easy paved trail which crosses the Smith Creek at several points. What you'll see is actually rare - a double waterfall cascade formed by Anna Ruby Falls and the Curtis and York Creek behind the falls. It's a sight worth seeing during a trip away from your Chatsworth Inn.


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Landing fees considered to raise Wicomico airport revenues
Aug 9th, 2017 · by Greg Bassett · Comments:
County officials in charge of the Salisbury-Wicomico-Ocean City Regional Airport are examining whether landing fees assessed to Piedmont Airlines would be a viable way to raise money for airport improvements, and fire and safety needs.
In a meeting last week with the Wicomico County Council, Airport General Manager Dawn Veatch said contract negotiations will soon begin in earnest with Salisbury-based Piedmont, which flies regional passenger aircraft for American Airlines.
Piedmont will begin flying jets from the airport on Tuesday, Aug. 22, marking a new era for the county airport.
Veatch said landing fees are only one of several options being considered to increase revenues. Piedmont has asked the county to extend its main runway by 600 feet, so the jets can take off in hot weather, when a longer exit path is needed.
The Federal Aviation Administration could ultimately be a runway funding source, in addition to other grants. County officials have even mulled whether to commit to the expansion and forward-fund it, with the expectation that federal monies and other revenues would pay the funding back.
Veatch, who assumed her new post in February, said she had met with Piedmont President and CEO Lyle Hogg to discuss a new lease. She said Piedmont signed a 20-month agreement when American Airlines merged with USAir, but that she wants the airline to make a commitment of at least five years.
"Under the current lease, I don't think it's worth doing the runway extension. We've asked them to take a look at signing a new lease that would also include — not only going five years forward instead of 20 months — but it would also include landing fees. That would now cover airport rescue, fire retention and recovery."
She said that Hogg serves as the spokesman for the American Airlines Operating Agreement, which covers use of terminal airport and facilities to conduct the business of the airline.
While Veatch didn't state any details on how such fees would be priced, she said the fees might cover 75 percent to 100 percent of the fire and safety costs.
Dave Ryan, Executive Director of the Salisbury-Wicomico Economic Development Corp., has historically been the county's point man when dealing with big contracts at the airport. Ryan will continue that role as negotiations ramp up.
Though Veatch reports to the County Executive's Office, she is advised by a citizen-driven Airport Commission. The council could not be involved in negotiations, but does have approving any lease that bonds the county for more than a year under its area of authority.
Council members appeared concerned that they've been left out of the loop on many of the details and changes under way at the airport. Councilman John Hall is the council's airport liaison and also serves as the Airport Commission chairman. Hall is widely credited with finding Veatch — who has a long career in airport and flight service — and getting her to accept the manager's job in Salisbury.
Council President John Cannon told Veatch to remember to keep the council informed.
"If the new fees are going to change the degree of funding of the airport, then somehow the council is going to have to come into play with that," Cannon said.
"And I certainly wouldn't want to get ahead of ourselves and create a new lease with American Airlines that hasn't been vetted 100 percent with the council before we take it there and get it signed."
Veatch stressed that the process was in its early stages.
"We've asked them to take a look to see if it's feasible," she said of Piedmont, "because of the landing fees to cover it. That's something they need to look at first."
Hall told Cannon that any lease would be brought before the council at the proper time.
Reversing status quo
Veatch has been winning a lot of attention and praise for her quick and decisive action in just six months at the airport's control stick.
She aggressively confronted the FAA over its failure to maintain crucial radar systems which caused some American flights to be canceled last spring during a week of rainy and foggy weather.
She has rebranded the airport — another concern raised by the council — and launched a new website. In early summer, she hosted a huge Open House at the airport called "Wings & Wheels" that attracted more than 1,000 people. She has tackled problems with the airport's restaurant space, is working on ways to get local restaurants to offer food at the airport and has embarked on a project to modernize the restrooms.
She said she is close to solving one of the longtime complaints voiced by passengers: The lack of an ATM machine at the facility.
Last month, she held a public reach-out session with airport neighbors concerned about the noise the new jets will bring. This summer, two aircraft taxiways will be repaved and resurfaced.
"The past 12 years have pretty much been status quo," she told the council. "There hasn't been a lot of outreach for new business, nor has the economy really been in the mode of starting new business. The opportunities are there now and we want to be able to capture the opportunities as we move forward."
Veatch said she has been talking to a flight school in Trenton, N.J., about operating 10 planes and 16 students out of Salisbury. The county's airport, she said, is one of only four in the country certified by the FAA to allow drones to operate — and drones are considered a wave of the future for the aeronautical world.
Concerning the 600-foot extension, she said a runway feasibility study under way and is being handled by Delta Engineering. "That will take 18 months and then go to FAA, then an environmental assessment needs to be done."
"There hasn't been a complete environmental assessment or master plan update since 1993," she said; council members seemed surprised by that news.
Rebranding efforts
Some members seemed concerned that the airport's official name was changed without their consultation. Veatch explained that Sby Airport was chosen for simplicity. The airport's website is the easily memorable "flysby.com." As part of the logo, Wicomico, Salisbury and Ocean City remain visible.
Although Veatch didn't say so, the airport's clunky and too-long name has been an issue for years.
She did point to an example, however: Baltimore-Washington International — Thurgood Marshall Airport is the correct name for the state's largest airport, but most everyone simply refers to it by its flight code: BWI. Salisbury's flight code is SBY.
She said she would spend more money this year to market the airport and will also engage in a "leakage study" that examines where passengers fly to from Salisbury and why some passengers bypass Sby Regional and drive to Baltimore, Washington National of Dulles.
Veatch explained that county personnel would have to soon assume fire protection duties at the Airport Road facility. Under a previous agreement, Piedmont supplied the manpower and the county supplied the equipment.
Piedmont wants to end that arrangement and the county is agreeable because of liability issues.
Airport fire protection has been an element in the county's overall discussions about fire services.
She said it will not be the first time the county staffed a fire team at the airport — she said Piedmont had only been offering personnel for the last 10 to 12 years.
Greg Bassett is editor and general manager of Salisbury Independent. Reach him at gbassett@newszap.com
Tags:Airport · Featured


Celebrations are taking place across the region to mark the birth of the Sikh religion.
Vaisakhi also celebrates the beginning of the Sikh New Year.
John Ryall reports from Gravesend in Kent - home of one of the biggest Sikh temples in Europe.
Celebrations will take place across the south east - this weekend to mark the birth of the Sikh religion.
Vaisakhi also celebrates the beginning of the Sikh New Year. Each year hundreds of people take part in parades on the most important day of their calendar.
The biggest ones will centre on the Gurdwara at Gravesend - one of the biggest Sikh temples in Europe.
After several decades of asking, planning permission has finally been granted for a permanent Sikh temple in Oxford. The city council ordered the community to stop using a three-bedroom house as a place of worship. Now there will be a permanent temple in London Road, Headington.
The Sikh festival of Vaisakhi has been celebrated across our region. Signalling the start of the Sikh New Year, 5,000 people took part in a procession in Gravesend. Roads in the town centre were closed, allowing the procession to pass.
Five thousand people gathered in Gravesend today to celebrate the Sikh festival of Vaisakhi.
Five thousand people met in Gravesend to watch the Nagar Kirtan procession. It celebrates the founding of the sikh faith and the holy book is placed on a float, heading a procession through the town. The town has one of the most established Sikh communities in the country.


Candle stick charting can allow an investor to observe different patterns which describe current market conditions; and can guide investors to the potential future direction of a security.
When opening prices and closing prices are equal to one another, the bar is called a Doji. A Doji can have many definitions and the length of the tails (the high and the lows relative to the open and the close) described the Doji.
By themselves Doji's are considered neutral patterns but when added to other patterns, they take on meaning.
When a Doji is accompanied by long wicks it shows that market participants are experiencing indecision.
Long wicks reflect that the prices during the course of a trading session traded away from both the opening and closing price, before returning to equilibrium.
The bulls had control for part of the day, pushing prices higher, but their reign was short lived as the bears took control moving the market lower.
Eventually prices returned to their opening values, reflecting indecision by both bulls and bears.
The relevance of a Doji depends on the preceding prior price bars, trends or consolidation.
For example, after the Nasdaq 100 gapped down, a Doji was created showing that market particpants were neutral and prices moved back toward their equilibrim levels.
The Doji can be seen in the chart (from Alpari.com) above circled in green.
After a strong market climb a Doji would symbolize that purchasing pressure is beginning to weaken.
The Doji would also reflect indecision after a large decline.
A Doji after a red bar would symbolize that selling pressure is beginning to wane.
The Doji indicates that the forces of supply and demand are in equilibrium.
One of the most prominent Doji formations is the Dragon fly Doji.
This type of Doji is created when the open, high and close are equal and the low creates a long tail which is referred to as the shadow.
The resulting candlestick looks forms a "t" shape as prices were rejected from lower levels after spending most of the trading session below the open.
The "dragon fly Doji" shows that by the end of the session, buyers took control of price action and pushed prices back to the opening level which closed at the session high.
This is a sign of a reversal, but before a trader places a bullish bet they will need confirmation.
The Doji is one of the most interesting of the candle stick patterns, and also one of the easiest to recognize.
The Doji shows market indecision, were supply and demand for prices are equal.
Doji patterns are used in conjunction with other price action and candlesticks to determine their value to an investor.


My Little Pony is one of the biggest 80s reboots. It has quickly become a pop culture phenomenon, spawning a hit cartoon, toy line and dozens of other products. Following the same pattern are the 2012 Enterplay My Little Pony Friendship is Magic trading cards. The initial launch quickly sold through, which led to a product back order.
The set has an 84-card base set that is divided into several subsets. Besides character cards for the ponies, their pets and enemies, there are highlights from the cartoon and location cards. These location cards, which fall one per pack, double as an online sweepstakes. All cards come with rounded corners, similar to playing cards. Base cards also have a thin black border.
Every pack also has two insert cards. Twelve FunTats (1 per pack) are mini tattoo sheets, most of which have Cutie Marks, the icons on the side of each pony's back. Every pack also has either a Pop-Up Standee or a Foil card. Basic foil cards have several subsets and puzzle themes, but all are numbered together. There are also four rare Gold Series cards and four Gold Series Box Toppers.
An album that is sold separately comes with an exclusive six-card foil puzzle.
The most popular 2012 Enterplay My Little Pony Friendship is Magic cards are a pair of Foil cards available only at shows. F40 was given out at the 2012 Brony Con in New Jersey. On the secondary market, they have been consistently selling for more than $150. F37 was first given out at the 2012 San Diego Comic Con but Enterplay said it would also be offered at other shows. That hasn't stopped the promo card from soaring, with one surpassing $400.
36 The Great and Powerful Trixie!
47 A Party of One?
48 "Come on and Smile!"
49 "Chaos is a wonderful thing."
54 "You're not scientifically possible!"
55 "My little Spikey Wikey!"
59 Meet the Apple Family!
61 "Hush Now Quiet Now"
64 "I hate being a model."
72 "I really AM a doormat."
34 cards. Inserted 1:2 packs.
F29 Twilight Sparkle in Chaos!
F30 Pinkie Pie in Chaos!
12 cards. Each is a small sheet of tattoos featuring pony Beauty Marks.
Four cards. Numbering continues from pack-inserted Gold Series cards.
Inserted 1:2 packs. Nine cards.
Available only at select shows and conventions.
EMPTY ALBUM MY LITTLE PONY REYAUCA VENEZUELA + (200) UNOPENED PACK VERY RARE.


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Meeting may end impasse
Deals could be close on water, tax
Two simmering issues between Cumming and Forsyth County will be the topics of a joint meeting this morning.
The governments have listed possible ratification of agreements on water and the distribution of the local option sales tax, or LOST, on the agenda for the 10:30 a.m. meeting at the county administration building.
Unable to reach agreements independently, the city and county entered mediation on the subjects Oct. 15 and 16, and also met on Wednesday.
The talks were mediated by former Georgia Chief Justice Norman Fletcher, whose fee will be shared in an amount determined the parties.
Attorneys had deemed the sessions exempt from the open meetings act, so both were held behind closed doors.
Officials have cited a gag order, issued by Fletcher, forbidding discussion of what occurred in the mediation sessions.
However, no agreements are binding until approved in open meetings by both parties, which appears to be the possible outcome of today's meeting.
The issue of agreeing on a new water contract has been a focus for much of this year.
Forsyth has a permit allocation from the Georgia Environmental Protection, but no way to draw water from Lake Lanier.
As a result, it purchases most of its untreated as well as some treated water from Cumming.
The two reached an informal agreement on terms of a new contract in May, just days before the expiration of the previous 25-year agreement, but could not formalize the deal.
In late August, the city stated it would end the sales of untreated water to the county on Oct. 1 if an agreement wasn't signed.
The county and city agreed to enter mediation in late September, which led Cumming to delay the moratorium on selling untreated water to Oct. 31.
Forsyth still would be able to buy treated water for its customers at a higher rate in that case.
Discussions on LOST began in late June, following a schedule set by the state.
The county and its cities, in this case only Cumming, must agree on a percentage split of the revenues from the 1-cent sales tax, which is often based on services provided by each government.
Cumming currently receives 15 percent of collections, and Forsyth gets 85 percent from LOST, which is intended to roll back property taxes.
That 10-year agreement will end Dec. 31, and the tax will continue only if the county and city reach a new agreement.
Unable to determine the split within the first two months, the governments entered mediation as required.
They must agree on a split by Saturday to avoid the next step, in which either side can ask the Superior Court to select one of two proposals.
Forsyth County opens local employee "Health and Wellness" medical center
Outgoing councilman Lewis Ledbetter looks back at 49 years in office
Cumming Police Department awards and more from this week's city council meeting
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Little Manhattan: Hilarious, clever, insightful and adorable take on a boy's life in NYC and his first love.
Enchanted: A failed attempt at snarky parody of Disney princess movies.
I am Legend: NYC would be a really scary city if it were overrun with vampire-like mutants ... then again, ANY city would be scary if it were overrun with vampire-like mutants; fortunately, Will Smith is kicking A and not taking names (except of his sweet dog).
Cloverfield: Blair Witch Project meets Godzilla meets Outbreak and JJ Abrams totally pulls it off.


After clicking on the Edit options and closing the window, the scrolling disappears and only comes back after selecting deign and closing.
Other than that, the BEST free application i've ever come across.
When it comes to the issues you are experiencing on Google Chrome, I'm not sure if I understand which edit button you are referring to - there is a rather large number of edit buttons and edit options we have within the form builder, as well as with other functions.
In order to better understand the issue you are experiencing, could you please share with us the exact URL of the page where you are experiencing the issue?
Additionally, could you please share a screenshot of where the scrollbar is missing? Since our forum software cannot accept inline images sent through email, you can upload images to your post by opening your support thread directly in the browser, and then upload the image in the manner described on this thread.
We look forward to your response with more details about where scrolling is failing on your end, and we will be happy to help. Thank you.
Are you indicating that when you press the the properties of the HTML field, the scrollbar disappears? I have tested Chrome and FireFox and I could not replicate the issue.
Can you try clearing your cache and cookies and see if this resolves the issue.
Thanks for keeping us posted, oitent.


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"extraction"
THE STORY - A black-market mercenary who has nothing to lose is hired to rescue the kidnapped son of an imprisoned international crime lord. But in the murky underworld of weapons dealers and drug traffickers, an already deadly mission approaches the impossible.
THE CAST - Chris Hemsworth, Rudhraksh Jaiswal, Randeep Hooda, Golshifteh Farahani, Pankaj Tripathi, Priyanshu Painyuli & David Harbour
THE TEAM - Sam Hargrave (Director) & Joe Russo (Writer)
THE RUNNING TIME - 117 Minutes
THE GOOD - A competently made action film that is beautifully shot and generally fun to watch. Chris Hemsworth does a good job with what he has to work with.
THE BAD - The thin characters and the predictable script leaves something to be desired. Too often the movie feels like a video game with its visual style and the terrible sound editing can make it a difficult watch.
By Kt Schaefer
For years video games strove to reach a certain level of realism that allows players to fall into the world they are exploring. We have now reached a point where game makers have become so good at it that certain games feel like movies, which can be fantastic. Unfortunately, it rarely works well when the situation is reversed, and a film feels like a video game. From the frenetic action scenes that often mimic a 3rd person over the shoulder viewpoint to the predictable script and characters, "Extraction" lands squarely within this territory.
Set in the bustling city of Dhaka in Bangladesh, Ovi (Rudhraksh Jaiswal) is the teenage son of an imprisoned, but still powerful, crime lord. When a rival snatches the boy, the crime lord tasks his head employee, Saju (Randeep Hooda) with rescuing him alive or facing dire consequences. Saju calls in a team of professionals to assist with getting the boy back and despondent mercenary Tyler (Chris Hemsworth), is tasked with being the man on the ground to bring the boy in. Things go wildly wrong within the first ten minutes of the job, as it quickly becomes clear that there is more going on than the team was initially told.
Tyler is left with limited resources and a seeming army of men chasing him and Ovi across the city while he scrambles to find them a way out and stay alive. While Tyler and Ovi are being pursued, the rival kingpin Amir (Priyanshi Painyuli) is raging at his staff about his missing kidnapped victim. From the group of children he has working for him, to the long term enforcers he terrorizes and demands with quiet violence and ruthless efficiency, hoping to recover Ovi before he can escape for good. As Tyler's options continue to dwindle, he grows desperate and is forced to make hard decisions about who will survive this job.
Technically, "Extraction" is a seriously mixed bag. The cinematography is interesting, and it avoids the common editing mistake of thinking fast cuts are the way to make an action scene exciting. Instead, it chooses to use a handheld camera and stays close to the actors, giving each scene an intensity that doesn't come through in wide shots. It also takes advantage of the setting by shooting in the crowded streets and cramped apartment buildings spread throughout the city, as well as the gorgeous wildlands that exist just outside the bounds of the metropolis. Sadly, the sound doesn't come anywhere near the visuals. The sound mixing is atrocious, with the dialogue being lower than I have heard in a long time in comparison to the overblown sound effects and background noise. Subtitles were necessary in order to watch it without constantly adjusting the volume, but even with them, it was still a frustrating watch because of the sudden changes in sound quality.
Chris Hemsworth has proven himself to be a good actor who can work with a wide variety of material, but he is at his best when his comedic sensibilities and irreverent style are given free rein. Considering he is the clear draw to this film, it's so unfortunate that his character has such little depth. Tyler is almost an archetype with how closely he hues to obvious tropes and the deep grief that is meant to make us empathize with him instead feels tired and predictable because of how clearly the film broadcasts it from the beginning. All of the other characters are paper-thin and while the actors do a fine job they are limited by the script. The only exception to this was Rudhraksh Jaiswal as Ovi. His acting skills allowed him to surpass those limits and humanize the privileged child of a crime lord.
"Extraction" is fun and easy to watch. It offers nothing revelatory or new, but it also doesn't fall into the common traps of cookie-cutter action movies. It embraces the gory nature of the genre but would be much better served with practical effects rather than average CGI it uses which ends up contributing to how much it feels like a video game. While it is beautiful to watch, the style also feels too similar to most current military based video games. The handheld camera enhances the intensity but also mimics the feel of playing through an encounter with an enemy. The poor sound editing significantly detracts from the experience of watching and the lack of character development leaves the story flat and uninteresting. "Extraction" is worth watching for those who are action junkies, but for the casual viewer, it will probably leave something to be desired.


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Вишки канал је морски канал у Јадранском мору. Налази се између Паклених отока на северу и острва Вис (по којем је и добио име) на југу, док на истоку и западу нема праве природне границе.

На западу се излази на отворено море, а на истоку се налази Корчулански канал.

Канали у Јадранском мору

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As the 2014 Risk Management Program (RMP) wraps up, grain and oilseed customers are receiving post-harvest payments including any final adjustments to the interim pre-harvest payment rate.
Customers enrolled for direct deposit will receive their payments directly into their bank account. To enrol for direct deposit, go to www.agricorp/maketheswitch.
RMP helps producers manage risks beyond their control, like fluctuating costs and market prices. The program is available for the cattle, edible horticulture, grain and oilseed, hog, sheep and veal sectors.


Walt Fantasy Cricket now LIVE!
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I started this afghan in April of 2012. We are now in June of 2016! Yeah....that's a long time to have a work in progress. I was so excited when I first started my zigzag. I thought for sure I was going to have it done by Fall. But I got bored with it and put it aside. I've done that several times. Excited to have it finished, bored when I had been knitting on it for days! We have a beach trip coming up in early July and I'm DETERMINED to get this done before then. I would love to take finished pictures of it on the beach. I just think these bright colors would look awesome on a sandy beach.
Hmmmm...just had a case of deja vu. I think we had a beach trip before when I said the exact same thing. This time I'm going to make it happen!
I will not get bored. I will not get bored. I will not get bored.
Previous zigzag afghan posts here.
Joining in on the Yarn Along and Frontier Dreams.
wait....that's MY mantra, too.....I will not get bored, I will not get bored....and guess what??? (hee hee!) I do love those happy colours!!! Good luck with THIS deadline. I think it really will awesome photographed on a beach.
What great colors. Blankets tend to go like that - for years and years. I have one in progress too!
what a huge commitment!! i love the colors, it will be a one of a kind, handed down from generation to generation!!! it's so beautiful!!!
I'm working on an old blanket right now too, I feel like I wanted to finish it other times I picked it up but this time I feel serious determination. I love the colors of your zig zag, they're seriously fun!
ZigZag Afghan - all weekend!


"Meta" refers to something which is above or about something else. You can usually recognise when someone is has gone "Meta" when they use the words about or bring to bear on.
What this basically means is that to go "Meta" on something you go a level above it where you can talk about it. Metaphilosophy is to philosophise about philosophy. To be involved in an argument and then to talk about it later would be to go "Meta" on the argument. Human beings are the only ones that can engage in self-reflective thought, that is, we think about our thinking, or we go "Meta" to our thoughts. We get angry about being angry (meta-anger), we get curious about our attraction, and we bring a sense of anticipation to bear upon our joy of doing something great.
Metafeeling refers to the way, just as we always have thoughts about our thoughts ( i.e. thinking about whether our decision making was correct), we nearly always have feelings about our feelings, for example we could feel ashamed about our fear, which usually makes it worse, or we could feel curious about our fear which usually lessens it.
There are many, many combinations of emotions and some combinations will not be useful in making you happier, while some combinations will break apart negative emotions and can also increase the positive ones.
Some of our most basic and powerful meta-feelings are those of Denial, Doubt and Acceptance on a very basic level, and above that are Affirmation and Rejection. No matter what it is we are experiencing, we will have one or more of those feelings. We can deny something is happening, but then we never get to decide whether to Affirm it or Reject it in our lives. However once we accept something is happening, we can then deicide to affirm it and make it stronger or we can reject it as part of our lives and weaken it.
A lot of people limit their enjoyment of something by bringing a sense of doubt to bear upon their happiness (i.e. should I really be enjoying this? would others accept me if I expressed my enjoyment? I'm not sure if I should be enjoying this…). And a meta-level of doubt about will dilute the feeling it is about, which can limit our good emotions but at the same time can be useful when applied to negative emotions. For example, doubt can be very useful when applied to a negative emotion such as anger (am I really angry? I'm not so sure if I'm really angry…). Thinking like this tends to pull the carpet out from under the dominant emotion.
There are as many variations to this as there are ways of thinking, and each of us have our own preferences, both useful and hindering. The purpose of the CDs I'm creating is to use the power of these levels of thought and feeling so that people may become familiar with more useful and powerful ways of thinking and feeling.


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The 7th annual Winter Classic Under 11 Hockey Tournament is returning to Apex Mountain this weekend to raise money and awareness for BC Children's Hospital....
Penticton teens and their kindergarten buddies revisit the best of childhood in heartwarming music video
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Q: NDSolve Stiffness and Strange Behaviour with Dirichlet Conditions I working with the following semiconductor potential equilibrium equation for a diode
$$\psi(x)''=e^{\psi(x)}-e^{-\psi(x)}+10^6\text{sgn}(x-(l+r)/2)$$
where $l$ and $r$ are left and right boundaries respectively. The boundary values are chosen exactly so that $\psi''(l)=\psi''(r)=0$. Or
$$e^{\psi(l)}-e^{-\psi(l)}=10^6\implies \psi(l)=\sinh ^{-1}(5\cdot 10^5)\text{
 also }\psi(r)=-\psi(l)$$
This is essential from preventing the equation from blowing up
Here's the NDSolve workflow
{l, r} = {0, 1};
bval = ArcSinh[500000];
ode = f''[x] == 2 Sinh[f[x]] + 10^6 Sign[x - (l + r)/2];
F = NDSolveValue[{ode, f[l] == bval, f[r] == -bval}, f, {x, l, r}]

Which gives a stiffness warning

but when I specify the boundary conditions like this
F = NDSolveValue[{ode, DirichletCondition[f[x] == bval, x == l],
   DirichletCondition[f[x] == -bval, x == r]},
  f, {x, l, r}]

I get a solution with no warnings. And it seems not very accurate i.e the PDE residual is far from zero
Plot[{F''[x] - (E^(F[x]) - E^(-F[x]) +
     10^6 Sign[x - (left + right)/2])}, {x, l, r},
 PlotRange -> Full]

If I change the scale to say {l, r} = {0, .02/0.0033837837}; (a number from the actual physics)
I get another error and a non-sense solution from the second method

Can anyone help clear up whats going on? I'm not even looking for a miraculous solution I just want to understand this behaviour.
Thanks

A: If the solution is received with options Automatic , then checking the number of elements shows
F["ElementMesh"]
(*Out[]:ElementMesh[{{0., 1.}}, {LineElement["<" 20 ">"]}]*)

Use the options here.
<< NDSolve`FEM`
l = 0; r = 1;
bval = ArcSinh[500000]; ode =
 f''[x] == 2 Sinh[f[x]] + 10^6 Sign[x - (l + r)/2]; F =
 NDSolveValue[{ode, DirichletCondition[f[x] == bval, x == l],
   DirichletCondition[f[x] == -bval, x == r]}, f, {x, l, r},
  Method -> {"FiniteElement", "InterpolationOrder" -> {f -> 2},
    "MeshOptions" -> {"MaxCellMeasure" -> 0.0001}}]

Plot[F[x], {x, 0, 1}]

Plot[{F''[x] - (E^(F[x]) - E^(-F[x]) + 10^6 Sign[x - (l + r)/2])}, {x,
   l, r}, PlotRange -> Full]

Now check
F["ElementMesh"]

(*Out[]= ElementMesh[{{0., 1.}}, {LineElement["<" 10000 ">"]}]*)

Thus, a poor solution to the equation was obtained on a grid of 20 elements.

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NEW! A special Kids' Night Out program created to include kids younger than our typical grade school aged program!
This program was created so that kids younger than Kindergarten can participate in our famous Kids Night Out program. We widened the age group so that siblings can come and be dropped off together.
This is a drop off program designed to keep your kids entertained while you, the parents, can have 4 hours to yourself to get things done or just have some precious alone time!
Your kids will play games in the gym, arts/craft projects in the Rec center and play on the playground. A pizza dinner will be served around 5:30pm.
We can only take a maximum number of 20 kids so sign up now to hold your spot.
Potty trained or working on it please!
Run by Beth McShane and Northborough Rec staff.


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The James A. Rawley Prize is given by the Organization of American Historians (OAH), for the best book on race relations in the United States.
The prize is given in memory of James A. Rawley, Carl Adolph Happold Professor of History Emeritus at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.

See also

 List of history awards

External links
 http://www.law.ucla.edu/faculty/all-faculty-profiles/emeritiprofessors/Pages/kenneth-l-karst.aspx Last viewed on March 18, 2011.
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 http://www.boldlysustainable.com/BardaglioCV.com Last viewed on March 18, 2011.
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References

American history awards
History of African-American civil rights
Political history of the United States


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Q: Why is the XUnit plugin not working with Jenkins? I launched the tests IDE (selenium) from jenkins and I uploaded the XUNIT plugin for having a nice report of test but at the end I obtained this message of ERROR :
Tests failed, see result file for details:
D:\FTP\stm_atos_automatisation\rapports\ff39\rapport_ff39.html ERROR: Build step failed with exception java.lang.NullPointerException: The types section is required.
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.xunit.XUnitProcessor.<init>(XUnitProcessor.java:65)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.xunit.XUnitPublisher.perform(XUnitPublisher.java:111)
at hudson.tasks.BuildStepMonitor$1.perform(BuildStepMonitor.java:20)
at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.perform(AbstractBuild.java:779)
at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.performAllBuildSteps(AbstractBuild.java:726)
at hudson.model.Build$BuildExecution.post2(Build.java:185)
at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.post(AbstractBuild.java:671)
at hudson.model.Run.execute(Run.java:1766)
at hudson.model.FreeStyleBuild.run(FreeStyleBuild.java:43)
at hudson.model.ResourceController.execute(ResourceController.java:98)
at hudson.model.Executor.run(Executor.java:381) Build step 'Publish xUnit test result report' marked build as failure Finished: FAILURE

Is there any way to solve this problem?

A: I was getting this error too when I first enabled the XUnit plugin.
I hadn't realized (or had forgotten) that I needed to add a report type to the XUnit build step configuration. To do so, click Add and then select the type of report you want parsed (for me it was PHPUnit-3.x). See this screenshot. You'll also have to specify the path to the XML report files that you want parsed. (I'm using Codeception, so it was tests/_log/*.xml.)


To ensure that everyone makes the best use of the delightful summer, we gathered together a list of our four favorite beer gardens, all of which sit in or near the Rocky Mountains. The best feature of this list is that these beer gardens usually remain inviting for three seasons (if not for a fourth season during those warmer winter days Colorado often boasts).
Palisade Brewing Company: We think the Western Slope is too often overlooked by Front Range natives and tourists alike, though we always enjoy our time in Colorado's peach and wine country. And while our focus might include picking fruits and sipping wine, Palisade Brewing provides a lovely malted beverage relief. And it's definitely the hot spot for locals. Out on the patio, it seems like everyone knows one another by name. They do, but don't be intimidated, the staff will invite you up to the bar with welcoming hospitality.
Pagosa Springs Brewing Co. and Grille: We wandered into their very Munich-style beer garden over two years ago, and it was one of the first places that reminded us how lovely outside seating can be for the wary traveler. While it might not be the best idea after boiling in the hot springs, Pagosa Springs Brewing is definitely worth the stop on your way to or from Durango. And who needs hot springs anyway? Put a pint of award-winning beer in my hand, a picnic table beneath my seat, Bavarian pretzels and cheese sauce within reach, and I'm in spa heaven.
Golden City Brewery: This is where the minds from the School of the Mines gather. In comparison to its neighbor, Coors, Golden City Brewery is the town's 2nd biggest brewery, but most definitely its best. I could sit here all day (and I have) looking up at the foothills and sharing a pitcher of their beer. If you're hungry, they offer baskets of pretzels in addition to selling local pizzas and brats boiled in beer. You're also welcome to bring in a picnic of your own . . . for a delightful beer/food combo, we recommend burritos from Santiago's, just off the 58 on your way into Golden.
Revolution Brewing of Paonia: We awarded Revolution a customer service award earlier this month for their exemplary website. It turns out that they are as inviting with their outdoor seating as their on-line presence. And don't be confused, their beer is awesome as well. Surrounded by a fence created from old skis, Revolution's Beer Garden has a classic, welcoming feel. It's the type of place that if you show up alone, you are sure to make friends. If you don't, worry not, the beer continues to be delicious.
Excited yet? We hope so. While there are many places to choose from in Colorado with exceptional beer gardens, these places pack the perfect combo of tasty beer and food, welcoming atmospheres, and fresh air. Enjoy!
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Q: value of $\delta$ for which the sequence converges A sequence $a_n$ is defined by $a_1=1$ and the induction formula $a_{n+1}=\sqrt{1+{a_n}^{\delta}}$ where $\delta \gt 0$ and is a real number. What is the condition on $\delta$ for which the sequence converges?
If the sequence converges then suppose $\lim_{n\to \infty}a_n=l$,then $l^2=1+l^{\delta}$ which is not helping.
Thanks in advance!!

A: The equation $l^2=1+l^{\delta}$ is helpful. For it is clear that $a_n\ge 1$ for all $n$. Thus the limit, if it exists, is $\ge 1$. But if $\delta\ge 2$, then $x^2=1+x^{\delta}$ has no solution $\ge 1$. Thus we cannot have convergence if $\delta\ge 2$.
We show that if $0\lt \delta\lt 2$, we have convergence.  First we show the sequence $(a_n)$ is increasing. Certainly $a_2\gt a_1$. The rest is done by induction. Suppose that for a certain $k$ we have $a_{k+1}\lt a_{k}$. Then
$$a_{k+2}=\sqrt{1+a_{k+1}^{\delta}}\gt \sqrt{1+a_{k}^{\delta}}=a_{k+1}.$$
It remains to show that if $0\lt \delta\lt 2$ then the sequence $(a_n)$ is bounded. Let $r$ be the positive root of $x^2=1+x^\delta$. We show  that $a_n\lt r$ for all $n$, or equivalently that $a_n^2\lt 1+a_n^\delta$.
So suppose that $a_k\lt r$, meaning that $a_k^2\lt 1+a_k^\delta$. Then
we need to show that $a_{k+1}^2 \lt 1+a_{k+1}^\delta$. So we need to show that $1+a_k^\delta\lt 1+a_{k+1}^\delta$. This has already been done, since we have seen that the sequence $(a_n)$ is increasing.
Since for $0\lt \delta\lt 2$, the sequence $(a_n)$ is increasing and bounded above, the sequence  converges for these $\delta$.