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It's not a Tuesday, but I recently had a chance--and a good reason--to make Dorie's Honey Peach Ice Cream (you can find the recipe on Brown Interior, since it was Tommi's TWD pick recently). It is prime PRIME peach season right now, and I happen to still have lots of premium Tupelo honey still from my Apalach trip, so Peaches and Tupelo Honey Ice Cream it was.
I've kept my ice cream freezer ready and waiting in the freezer, so it was no big deal. Peaches get peeled and chopped then briefly cooked with the honey, bringing out tons of flavor. Blend it up (with my handy Kitchenaid stick blender. I've said it before, I'll say it again: Best. Kitchen. Tool. Ever.)...cool. Make a quick custard of egg yolks, sugar, cream and milk. Mix with peaches. Chill all then pour it into the freezer.
As for the photo? I couldn't snap quickly enough. This is what was left when I finally managed to break out the camera.
This is a keeper of a recipe.
Brandy, email me (barb[at]barbfreda[dot]com and I'll send you the recipe. I cannot find Tommi of Brown Interior anywhere...so sorry that link no longer works...seems her blog is history.
Thanks Babette, I found another blogger that sent it to me. I tried it but my fam thinks it has too much honey. I think I'll try it again w/o as much honey. Thanks again!


Any Commissioned Rank, any Material any Unit all the same price GUARANTEED!!
The Highland Cavalry Regiment (HCR) from the USA. These embroidered ranks are in amazing detail with the Kings crown instead of the Queens crown. They are normal rank slide size and look fantastic.


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Van DardenKatrina Webber
Published: July 5, 2013, 11:01 am
Tags: Local, News, Crime Fighters
San Antonio police officer arrested after holding woman at gunpoint
SAPD: Off-duty Officer Daniel Lopez, 42, charged with aggravated assault with deadly weapon, deadly conduct; Wife not injured
SAN ANTONIO – An off-duty San Antonio police officer held a gun to his wife's head in front of their children during a domestic disturbance at their home, Police Chief William McManus said Friday.
Officer Daniel Lopez, 42, was arrested and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and deadly conduct following the incident, San Antonio police spokesman Roger Zuniga said. Lopez was also placed on administrative leave.
Police were called to Lopez's home in the 100 block of Whitecliff near Southwest Loop 410 and Valley Hi at 11:30 p.m Thursday.
"Officers arrived there and found that one of our officers, officer Daniel Lopez, was in the house and he had apparently been holding his wife in the house," said McManus.
Witnesses said they saw Lopez hold a gun to his wife's head. Police surrounded the house and blocked off several streets, and about 20 minutes later, Lopez came out of the house and was taken into custody without incident.
"I think (the wife) had some minor injuries, but nothing serious," said McManus. "And the children were not injured."
McManus said Lopez already was on administrative duty following an incident at his home in June. McManus said in that earlier case, Lopez fired a gun into the air. Lopez's service weapon was taken away in that incident. He had a different gun Thursday night, McManus said.
There was also another incident with Lopez four years ago.
"I don't know if it was at this address or not, but there was some type of incident," said McManus. "I'm not sure what it was, but we did do an administrative review on it."
Lopez is an 11-year veteran of the department. He is being held on bonds totaling $85,000.
Reporter Stephanie Serna contributed to this report.

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Bubble Raps – Toronto makes quick work of the under matched Nets
The High 5 – Round 1 – Game 1
The High 5 is where I review the last week of Toronto Raptors basketball including how the team did, who were the impact players as well as some news and notes from around the league.
The Thumb – How was the game?
Years ago, beating the Brooklyn Nets would have been the pinnacle of achievements for this franchise, now they seem to be the first step on the road to bigger and more important battles. Though the Nets are decimated with injuries, and outmatched in every position, they were ready to leave it all on the floor to challenge the defending champs.
Series record (1-0)
Toronto Raptors v Brooklyn Nets – W 134 – 110
Despite the early tip, Toronto started the game with an energetic run that put the Nets on their heels. When Lowry hit a full court pass to a streaking Siakam in the first quarter, it was apparent that Brooklyn's defense was in for a long game. Toronto shot well and took a sizable lead into the second half off the inspired play of Lowry, Siakam, VanVleet and Ibaka. The Nets mounted an improbable comeback to evaporate Toronto's advantage. Caris LeVert produced at a high level and got his teammates involved in the action despite added pressure. The Nets worked extremely hard to get back into the game but down the stretch, Toronto's talent was way too much.
The Index – The Leader – Player of the Game
Photo Courtesy: Joe Murphy/NBA Getty Images
Fred VanVleet
VanVleet was a man on fire from distance. He not only burned the Nets with blistering shooting, but he also hooked up his teammates earning a double double in the process. The Nets had no answer for VanVleet. He dissected the defence like a surgeon and felt very little resistance on his way to a game high 30 points. Until the Raptors get Siakam on track, they will be looking to VanVleet to help fill the scoring gap. He looks more than ready to answer the call.
Points Rebounds Assists Steals Blocks FG 3PT FT
v Nets 30 2 11 2 1 11/15 8/10 0/1
Series Avg 30 2 11 2 1 11/15 8/10 0/1
Season Avg 17.6 3.8 6.6 1.9 0.3 41.3 39% 85%
Honourable Mention: Pascal Siakam
The Middle – The Enemy – Best Opposing Player
Photo Courtesy: Kim Klement/Pool Photo via AP
LeVert is an underrated talent, if the Nets were not set on building around KD and Kyrie, they would have a real player in Caris. Come next season, he may not have the ball in his hands as much, but in today's game, he is Brooklyn's number 1 option. Though some of his teammates had better scoring numbers, LeVert was the centre of attention and the catalyst to Brooklyn's attack.
v TOR 15 7 15 1 0 5/14 0/2 5/6
Honourable Mention: T. Luwawu-Cabarrot
The Ring – The X Factor – Standout Performance
Kyle Lowry
A year ago, Kyle was thoroughly outplayed by DJ Augustine in the Raptors first game of their playoff run against the Magic. This year he looked like a completely different player, one that is all business and brimming with confidence. Lowry was omnipresent on the floor, seemingly everywhere at once picking up charges like loose change and shooting with confidence. The Raptors are a different kind of animal when Lowry is locked in.
Honourable Mention: Serge Ibaka
The Pinky – The Unsung Hero – Key Contributor
Photo Courtesy: Kim Klement/Poo Photo via AP
Pascal Siakam
Despite some high scoring games, Siakam has not had the easiest time in the Bubble. As the definitive number 1 option, he is seeing more defensive schemes than he did all last season. But like last years playoffs, Pascal is looking to elevate his game again. He had to work hard for his points (18) but he complimented them with a team high 11 rebounds. His superstar credentials may be questioned but Pascal is motivated to prove doubters wrong.
Honourable Mention: Marc Gasol
7 Deep – The Raptors had a balance attack with 7 players scoring in double figures.
From a Distance – In support of the Raptors, the City of Toronto will light their popular Toronto sign in black and red.
Family Matters – In a surprise, the Raptor players were introduced by their families via video entries. Kyle Lowry's sons were easily the most exciting and he was loving every second of it.
Heritage Moment – The Canadian national anthem was sung by recording star, Jessie Reyez, from the ledge of the CN tower.
Photo Courtesy: @tompowercbc/Twitter
Bigger than basketball – Though it left a big hole on the Utah Jazz, Mike Conley did the right thing by leaving the bubble to be present for the birth of his child. He will hopefully return to the team before the end of the first round.
Serbian Flop – Kings General Manager Vlade Divac stepped down from his responsibilities after the Kings failed to make the playoffs again. Vlade did not have a good track record in Sacramento, picking Marvin Bagley Jr. over Luka Doncic is especially painful.
The Raptors will get a day to rest and reset. Game 2 is scheduled for an early tip on Wednesday afternoon.
Dante Waechter
Dante has been following basketball since Latrell Sprewell's been collecting rent. His love is reserved for those who put in the work and prove that nothing is given; everything is earned. Dante puts focus on the details of basketball – the growth of a player, year to year improvements, efficiency on the court and professionalism off it. All the while, Dante will be evaluating on the decisions of the franchise, the direction of the team and reporting on the results. Dante offers a unique opinion that will not only capture the basketball content but also the human element of the Raptors throughout the season and into the playoffs.
High schoolNPA
LaBASE Amérique: Four Women's Mission to Help Africa's Future Basketball Stars Shine
Top 10 Prospect Aboubacar Traoré Transfers to North Star. Talks Decision, Move from Ivory Coast, & Recruitment.


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This elegant volume of Tagore's poems, translated, is copiously illustrated by colour photographs from John Berridge, Professor of Religion at Xavier University, Antigonish, Canada.
William Radice, who has translated Tagore for years, is a Professor at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London. He is also a poet in his own right.
The second translator, Ketaki Kushari Dyson, was born in Calcutta in 1940 and educated at Calcutta and Oxford. In 1963 she became the first Indian woman to gain a First in English Literature at Oxford. She also has a doctorate from Oxford. Based in Britain since her marriage to an Englishman, she maintains close links with the literary life of her native city and is regarded as a significant Bengali writer of her generation.
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£2.2billion building & contents reinstatement cost assessments on British Airways' largest properties across four countries.
Insurance valuations on British Airways portfolio on properties with a declared value over £10million including Terminal 5 and associated Heathrow hangers in UK, Germany, Italy and India. The timescale was tight with two months delivery from instruction. Part of the challenge was the vast size and specialist nature of this portfolio. The other challenge was that our assessment was to include the contents. This included Heathrow's worldwide automated cargo handling equipment, plane fuselages on hydraulics within training facilities, de-icing facility and data centres. This instruction required our specialist knowledge in the airports and airline industry to provide accurate assessments.
Step 1: Data collection. We met with British Airways and their insurers to establish exact inclusions and exclusions, and researched available information on each site in their data rooms.
Step 2: Gear up of workforce and site inspections. Given the tight timescale this required a methodical approach to team organisation and inspections coordinated around British Airways occupational requirements and specialist access arrangements made to operate airside.
Step 3: Quality Assurance process and delivery. Given the size of the portfolio and specialist nature of the contents, we obtained a second opinion working with an independent quantity surveying firm as part of the QA process. Reports were delivered on time and a follow up client meeting was arranged to review own findings and answered clients clarifications.
Cushman & Wakefield provided building reinstatement cost assessments on 550,000 sq m, 41 properties, across four countries in two months. Our declared value amounted to over £2.2 billion.


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Art & Entertainment calendar for April 18 - 24
Posted Wednesday, April 17, 2019 7:24 pm
READINGS, WALKS, TALKS
Baker Street Readers: Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Man with the Twisted Lip," $5, 7 p.m., 139 Main St.
Marina Restaurant: Open mic with guest host Jonny Sheehan, no drums please, 6 to 9 p.m., 28 Spring Tree Road, Brattleboro. Sign up for a 20-minute slot: 802-257-7563.
West Townshend Pizza Night: Design a pizza, $12 a pie, 5 p.m., music by Ray Mason starts at 6 p.m., West Townshend Country Store, 6573 VT-30, West Townshend.
Hooker-Dunham Theater: Charles Monette's "Running on Top of the Water," $15, 8 p.m., 139 Main St., Brattleboro.
Evening Star Grange: Contra dance, Andy Davis and Louisa Engel calling, music led by David Kaynor,$8, $5 children, $20 families, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., 1008 East-West Road, East Dummerston.
FAIRS, FESTIVALS, FAMILY
River Gallery School of Art: Walter Hagedorn and The Love Sheep are sponsoring a Mini Makers Spin Art Machine workshop from 1 to 4 p.m., 32 Main St., Brattleboro.
Next Stage Arts: Bread and Puppet Theater presents "Diagonal Man: Theory and Praxis," $15, 7:30 p.m., 15 Kimball Hill, Putney.
Community Circle Dance: All dances taught, no partners needed, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., Aikido Studio, 11 Cottage St., Brattleboro. Information: 802-257-9108 or 603-631-0768.
Wendy's Jazz Soiree: Bob Stabach 4tet honors Earth Day with jazz and haiku by Basho and Kerouac, $15-$20 suggested donation, 2596 Tater Lane, Guilford.
Hooker-Dunham Theater: Charles Monette's "Running on Top of the Water," $15, 3 p.m., 139 Main St..
Brattleboro Museum & Art Center: Jackie Abrams and Deidre Scherer will discuss their collaborative work in the exhibit "Connections," free, 7 p.m., 10 Vernon St., Brattleboro.
Bellows Falls Opera House: "Labyrinth," $5, 7 p.m., 7 Square, Bellows Falls.
Marlboro College: Marlboro Slipstream Group concert, featuring Marlboro music faculty Matan Rubinstein and three artists-in-residence, free, 7 p.m., Ragle Hall in Serkin Center for the Performing Arts, 2582 South Road, Marlboro.
Antidote Books: COCKTAIL
CONTINUUM: An Evening of Expanded Poetics with poets Bianca Stone, Seth Landman and Ben Pease, 8 p.m., Wunderbar, 22 Rockingham St., Bellows Falls.
Brattleboro Museum & Art Center: The latest installment in the "Dialogue" series of collaborative exhibitions, "Connections," on view through June 16, 10 Vernon St., Brattleboro.
Gallery in the Woods: "Guatemalan Tapestry: Contemporary Mayan Tribal Artists," paintings from the Art Community of Lake Atitlan, Guatemala, 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily, Sundays noon to 5 p.m., 145 Main St., Brattleboro.
Dance Festival offers excitement through movement
Sharing Khmer cuisine, from Phnom Penh to Putney
Artists will open studios for annual tour
Circus Us stitching a tapestry of talents


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A picture of health at 82 years young
John S. Ritchie, 1959, BS, Industrial Engineering, of Lebanon, Ohio, doesn't let anything slow him down. Despite a hip replacement, arthritis and stents, Ritchie is committed to staying strong through exercise.
A rocky replica
Carl Antonelli, 1967, thought the structure in Natural Chimneys Park in Virginia looked familiar, but it wasn't until he read a story about Jones Hall in YSU Magazine that he made the connection. The retired Warren City Schools teacher and his wife, Gladys, travel around the country to see natural wonders.
Robert Veltri of Lancaster, S.C., 1963, BS, Biology, has retired from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Veltri served as associate professor of Urology and Oncology, studying biomarkers for prostate and bladder cancer. He also managed R&D at a diagnostic company where he developed in vitro diagnostic devices and co-founded a therapeutics company that created nine patents.
Herman R. DelPrato Jr. of Formia, Italy, 1964, BSBA, Advertising, served four years in the Navy before working in sales at Western Union Corp. in Pittsburgh and Savin Corp. in Dallas, Texas. He also worked at the University of Arizona and Pacific Institute.
James Guidone of Greensboro, N. C., 1969, BA, Psychology, is a decorated Vietnam war veteran earning two Distinguished Flying Crosses and a Purple Heart during his service. He was previously president of Novartis Animal Health and has volunteered with the Red Cross in disasters such as Katrina, Sandy, Matthew and Irma.
University of Our Fathers
Stan K. Sujka, 1978, BA, Biology, of Orlando, Fla., is a practicing physician who writes poetry to cope with the challenges of working in the medical field. He wrote this poem as a tribute to steel workers past, many of which sought refuge at YSU. The YSU Magazine thanks him for his submission:
From the river of goo
Brown steel man made mountains grew
Spewed sulfur and ash from their hearts of fire
Men feeding the beasts iron dreamed their children
A life away from the inferno
With hope, prayers, steel lunchboxes in hand,
they marched into the flames
Away from their shifts in hell
They built a garden for learning
Filled it with red, pink, yellow, and white tulips to make us stop and stare
They carpeted the brown ground with green grass so we could lay on our backs,
and let our imagination take rides on parading clouds
They planted trees to drape their back gray world from our eyes
They built a place that we could lift ourselves above the chimney smoke
And Light the black night with dream filled stars
Dave Bayowski of Mineral Ridge, 1972, BSBA, Marketing, is a Certified Master Appraiser of Antiques, Rods and Custom Cars. He is also the owner of Mahoning Auto in North Jackson. He and his wife Terry are active members of the Mahoning Valley Olde Car Club.
Elizabeth Nocera Davis of Akron, 1975, BA, English, has been named among "The Best Lawyers in America" for 2019 in the area of Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants. Davis has provided defense for major medical institutions, hospitals, physicians, nursing homes, major product manufacturers, and has tried living mesothelioma asbestos cases to defense verdicts in her 33 years as a lawyer.
Janet Holliday 1976, BA, Psychology, and Tom Holliday, 1976, BA, Mass Communications, both of Columbus, have retired from American Electric Power. They have traveled to more than 60 countries, including Russia, China, Turkey, Croatia, Cuba and Slovenia. For the past 36 years, they have called St. Maarten their second home.
Michael J. Hudak of Akron, 1976, BS, Criminal Justice, has been named among "The Best Lawyers in America" for 2019 in the area of Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants. Hudak focuses on the defense of medical malpractice lawsuits, medical care providers and medical facilities.
James McCollum of Mount Joy, Pa., 1977, BSEd, Education, has published his first book Oh God, Where Art Thou? The Great Conundrum. McCollum is a retired higher education executive.
Robert L. Dunn of Boardman, 1980, BA, Psychology, and 1982, MSEd, Counseling, has published four books—68 Spiritual Solutions for Managing Anger, Powerlifting Training Log, The 8 Commandments Of Anger Management and Anger Management Guided Journal: A Path To Peace. Dunn is a local mental health counselor with 35 years of experience.
Pamela Gent of Boardman, 1980, BSEd, Special Education, has been named provost of Clarion University. She began at Clarion as assistant professor in the department of Special Education and Rehabilitation Sciences in 1988 and later became full professor and department chair. As interim provost, she led the approval of eight new degree programs and 43 new minors.
Mark Cornman of Austintown, 1982, BSBA, Accounting and 1988, MBA, has been promoted from corporate controller to vice president of corporate finance at Compco Industries. Cornman began working for the company in 2017 after 30 years in accounting roles with various manufacturing facilities. He is a CPA and a certified management accountant.
Joe Tarantino of Louisville, Ohio, 1982, MS, Chemistry, worked in the aerospace industry for 35 years under PCC Airfoils and upon retirement pursued his dream to bicycle across all 50 States. He published a book called Bicycling Across America's Great Northwest: When Fear and Faith Collide.
Terrence S. Finn of Akron, 1984 B.E., Civil Engineering, has been named among "The Best Lawyers in America" for 2019 in the area of Litigation – Environmental. Finn focuses on environmental compliance counseling and litigation in administrative, state and federal forums representing both private and public clients.
Greg Ball of Wooster, Ohio, 1985, BM, Music, has retired from Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas, where he taught woodwinds and jazz for 27 years. He and his wife, Betsy, spent nine months travelling through Europe last year. Along with their daughter, Chelsea, the couple has launched the Euro Travel Coach company.
John Carr of Dayton, 1985, BE, Electrical Engineering, has received the Stanley B. Hall Executive Management Award by the Association of Old Crows Electronic Warfare Professional Society. Carr serves as chief of the spectrum warfare division within the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson AFB. He is head of research, development, and transition of technology for the Air Force air and space platforms that assure missions in contested and denied environments against threats that exploit the electromagnetic spectrum.
Lisa Medovich of Kerrville, Texas, 1986, BSBA, Accounting, is the chief financial and compliance officer of Peterson Health. She is a board member of the South Texas Chapter of the Healthcare Financial Management Association and was appointed by the Association to be on the Audit and Compliance Committee in 2017.
Roslyn Torella of Lowellville, 1988, BA, and 1990, MBA, recently published her first book, Lowellville, Ohio: Murders, Mayhem & More. Torella says the book is a collection of articles from the 1850s to the 1920s that shed a light on Lowellville's dark history.
Doris Briggs Zimmerman of Warren, 1989, MS, Chemistry, 1992, MS, Engineering, has been named a Fellow of the American Chemical Society. Fellows are recognized for their achievements and contributions to science and for their service to the ACS. She has served on the executive committees for Penn Ohio Border Section and Central Regional Meeting for over 27 years, and she has taught at several high schools and colleges.
Debora Flora 1989, BA, English, has been named a board member for the newly formed Ohio Land Bank Association. The group will support the work of county land banks across the state. Flora was among those who started the Mahoning County Land Bank in 2012 to focus on removing blighted, unused properties from neighborhoods and business districts across the county.
Julia Bush of Henderson, Nev., 1990, BSEd, Special Education, has been named Counselor of the Year for 2019 by the Nevada State School Counselor Association. She received the award at a special gala in Washington, D.C.
Diane Psaras of Mentor, 1991, BA, Business, is the chief human resources officer for VITAS Healthcare and oversees more than 12,000 VITAS professionals. VITAS is the nation's leading provider of end-of-life care. She previously was senior vice president of HR at Darden Restaurants and held an HR role at specialty materials firm Avery Dennison.
Stephanie L. Shaw of Warren, 1992, BA, Telcommunication Studies, has been inducted into the Trumbull County African American Achiever's Association Hall of Fame. She is executive director of the Eastern Ohio Education Partnership.
John J. Stilliana of Chardon, 1996, BA, History and Political Science, has been named vice president for government and external affairs at Northeast Ohio Medical University, where he served as associate director of government relations for the past 11 years. He previously worked for elected officials for more than two decades.
Jeremy VanNess of Warren, 1998, BSBA, and 2004, MBA, is the new vice president for finance and chief financial officer for AVI Foodsystems and serves as a member of the company's leadership team. VanNess has been with the organization for 21 years, is a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Fraud Examiner and member of the Ohio Society of CPAs.
Adam Mamula, of Goodlettsville, Tenn., 1999, BM, Music Performance, has joined the music faculty at Volunteer State Community College as adjunct instructor of percussion. Mamula also graduated from Volunteer State with an associate's degree in Logistics and Supply Chain Management. He serves as operations coordinator at FedEx Ground in Nashville and is a member of the Nashville Symphony Chorus.
Rick Kaglic, 1991, BA, and 1992, MA, both in Economics, is the new vice president and senior regional officer of the Cincinnati branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. Kaglic is responsible for managing relations with its Cleveland headquarters and key constituents.
Gary Wagner, BA, 1995, Economics and Political Science, who has been named the Acadiana Business Economist Endowed Chair at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. In this role, Wagner monitors the regional economic environment, conducts research and analysis, and disseminates results with the business community.
Sean Jones of Baltimore, Md., 2000, BM, Music Performance, has been inducted into the Trumbull County African American Achiever's Association Hall of Fame. The internationally-acclaimed trumpeter is chair of the Jazz Studies department at the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
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As a student, Kaitlin Rohrs-Cordes, 2013, BSBA, Marketing Management, had a full scholarship to play basketball with the Penguins, but an illness and injury meant she would never play in a YSU game. She was diagnosed with Chronic Exertional Compartment Syndrome in both legs and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, which ended her basketball career early. She would later learn the root cause of her leg issues were two genetic blood clotting disorders and Left Popliteal Vein Entrapment Syndrome, a rare vascular disorder.
But that was only the beginning of a new relationship with sports. She went on to earn a Master's degree in Education in Sport Administration from Bowling Green State University in 2015. She currently works as an academic advisor at Northwest State Community College in Archbold, Ohio, and coaches sports at two nearby high schools.
Most recently, Kaitlin learned that two of her research studies from her graduate program have been accepted for publication. One paper, which evaluates an NCAA online support group for athletes who suffer career ending injuries, appears in the Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education. A second study investigates current policies and procedures related to handling career-ending injuries at 23 Division I NCAA university athletic departments. The article will appear in the International Journal of Sport Management. The results from both studies suggest the need for more supportive resources to improve the well-being of college athletes who suffer career-ending injuries and need to transition out of collegiate sports.
Ryan Beil of Valley View, Ohio, 2012, BSBA, Accounting, has received his bank examiner commission. Beil is an operational risk and information technology examiner with the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. He serves as a regulator of financial institutions in four states. Prior to joining the Federal Reserve in 2014, he was an examiner with Department of Treasury - Office of the Comptroller of the Currency in Milwaukee.
Michael Brand of Canton, 2013, BSBA, Accounting, is now a Certified Public Accountant. He was also promoted to General Accountant 2 at the Stark Metropolitan Housing Authority. He does bookkeeping for properties and reports financial statements to the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Bill Dungee of Hermitage, 2013, MBA, is the new head football coach Hickory High School in Hermitage. Dungee previously served as the offensive coordinator at Farrell High School and co-offensive coordinator at Sharon High School.
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I have always been interested in puppets of all kinds. The way one can make these in-animate objects appear to come to life with hidden hands is something I still find delightful (Although I know many folks who find it creepy!) My toy-making adventures as a child included hand puppets with felt bodies and heads made from styrofoam balls covered in fabric or paper mache, and full-bodied animal puppets stitched from my own patterns made with plush fur, in addition to the childhood puppetry standards-paper bag puppets and sock puppets! My brother had a fantastic clown marionette when we were young and I wanted one of my own, but never thought of making one. In recent years though, I started a couple of times to create a marionette bear, but became side tracked with other projects (as I often do).
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The Teddy Bear Extravaganza at www.teddiesworldwide.com has begun! Visit the show to see new work from 75 talented bear artists from all around the globe.
My studio is buried in bits and parts from all the projects I have had going --bears for this show, bears for the show in Philadelphia-- an online marionette class (I'll share about that here soon), and even a couple of dolls! My mind feels just as cluttered, but it's all fun stuff and now that the online show has started, I'm going to take a moment to clean up the studio and I'm going to take a walk in the nice sunshine to clear my mind!
I also enjoyed working with a new little classic style design I made for this show. "Happy! Happy! Joy! Joy!"
The Teddy Bear Extravaganza preview has begun!
Introducing Happy! This traditional style teddy is my preview bear for the Teddies Wordlwide online show! He's named for the song by Pharrell Williams that was in my head all day the day I finished him, and decked out for a birthday celebration--mine! visit www.teddiesworldwide.com to see the preview and vote for your favorite bears! Then, be sure to come back March 21-23 to see the show!


Theobald Grimm, an accountant at the RFU, today admitted that he was to blame for the current pay dispute between his employer and the England rugby team.
England players are currently paid £9,000 per game regardless of the result and are reportedly unhappy with RFU proposals to make pay more dependent on win bonuses and how the England team perform in the Six Nations and World Cup.
However, Grimm - who has worked at the RFU since qualifying as an accountant in 1898 - today confessed that it had been his idea in 2003 to get rid of win bonuses and pay the England players an upfront fee.
"Five years ago England were beating everyone they played," he said. "It occurred to me that we could save a few shillings by not paying win bonuses and by giving the players a lump sum instead. I took the idea to Francis Baron who nearly bit my hand off - he was delighted with the idea and soon claimed it as his own.
"Unfortunately the England team has been more or less rubbish ever since which has meant that we've effectively overpaid the players - we'd certainly have saved more if they'd been on a performance related package," he continued. "And sadly for me Mr. Baron now says that it wasn't his idea at all and the blame has been squarely laid at my door."
It is expected that Grimm, who is on a rolling one year contract, will be removed from his position shortly and offered the role of Head of Pocket Money for the England Under 16 squad.


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The recent changes in the school
Last week the states agreed to the implementation of changes to the national school curriculum brought about by the National Curriculum Review undertaken last year. Of the 30 recommendations, the government ultimately followed through on only four: Reduce curriculum crowding Address the needs of students with intellectual disabilities Increase phonics in the curriculum So what does this mean for what our kids are learning in schools?
David Gonski was the architect of the needs-based funding model that the Labor party hobbledand which the Liberal party then sent right down the gurgler.
Did this mean we were back to a funding model that was apolitical, sector blind and all about a distribution of money based on need? Well, there is good news and bad news, and then some more bad news.
They say they need that promised money to deliver on education programs they have already put in place, and which they argue are already making a real difference to students. Fairer and sector blind The good news This funding deal returns to the original Gonski principle of one funding formula for everyone.
This is in contrast to the multiple deals done with systems and states back in as the Labor government tried to get a Gonski take-up around the nation.
They gave out lots of money, and promised that everyone would be a winner.
This deal-making did not solve the problem of funding inequity between the schooling sectors. Poor schools got more money, but so did rich schools.
The bad news The federal government inexplicably remains the benevolent benefactor of the private sector. It will rely on the goodwill of the states to fund the remaining amounts.
So it is only the private schools that are getting an iron-clad guarantee for most of their funding into the future. Not fair and certainly not sector blind.
Needs-based The good news The government claims their new funding proposal returns us to the absolute crux of the original Gonski review - it will be truly needs-based. This means there will be extra loadings for students who need more support to achieve. There will be loadings for low socio-economic status, Indigenous students, students with a disability, students with limited English language proficiency, school size, and regional or remote locations.
The bad news - and this is really bad news The government has no proposal for the allocation of those loadings. As a consequence they have no idea how much money it will cost to fund them.
Who will be eligible for the disability loadings? Each state and sector defines disability differently. The government says it will come up with a national definition. But it does not have one yet. Who will be eligible for the English language loadings?
How would this be measured? Nobody knows, including the government. And there is nothing in the budget papers or the Education Acts to indicate that the money will actually be delivered to the students who attract the loadings.
States, instead, could just spend the money on the general business of running an education system. The original Gonski report said that it was imperative an independent body, a National Schools Resourcing Body, be set up to answer these questions, and to monitor how those loadings are distributed.
The latest Education Council changes to the curriculum have not flagged a change to this three-dimensional structure, although the exact nature of change remains to be seen. The Clark County School District is teaming up with the justice system to combat the school-to-prison pipeline under a new program being unveiled Friday. With this change, teachers with a supplementary certificate will have more time to complete the requirements for their initial or professional certificate in the new certificate area. The Notice of Proposed Rule Making will be published in the State Register on Jan. .
However there is no indication that body will ever be instituted, and without it this funding proposal cannot claim to be needs-based and it will not successfully address educational disadvantage. Very bad news indeed. A new review - Gonski 2. This new review is to decide what good teaching and learning looks like.
Ken Boston, a member of the Gonski review panel, observedWe concluded that the issue in low-performing schools is not the quality of teachers in these schools but the magnitude of the task they are facing.
These teachers work in the emergency wards of Australian education, yet they lack the battery of specialist support typical of an emergency ward in a hospital.Other factors include changes in school purposes and populations, new school construction, the addition or elimination of busing, and the overall physical infrastructure, street layout, and traffic signs and signals surrounding a school.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Tulane University-based research group says New Orleans public schools saw sustained improvement in achievement scores, high school graduation rates and students' college.
In , the state legislature removed the cap on the number of charter schools, made changes that weaken charter accountability and oversight, and limited the ability of local districts to address negative impacts of charters on regular public schools.
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package com.kubakhov.vaadin.ui.field.impl;

import static com.kubakhov.collections.provider.factory.CollectionProviderFactory.getCollectionHelper;

import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;

import org.apache.commons.beanutils.PropertyUtils;
import org.vaadin.viritin.LazyList;
import org.vaadin.viritin.fields.CaptionGenerator;
import org.vaadin.viritin.fields.LazyComboBox;

import com.vaadin.data.Property;
import com.vaadin.server.ErrorMessage;
import com.vaadin.ui.ComboBox;

public class LazyComboBoxExt<T> extends LazyComboBox<T> {

	private static final String INVALID_ERROR_MESSAGE = "Invalid property type";

	private String itemCaptionPropertyId;

	@Override
	public void setPropertyDataSource(Property newDataSource) {
		if (!getCollectionHelper().canHandle(newDataSource.getType())) {
			setError(newDataSource.getType());
			return;
		}
		List<T> list = getCollectionHelper().getList(newDataSource.getType());
		initList(newDataSource.getType(), new FilterablePagingProviderImpl(list, LazyList.DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE),
				new FilterableCountProviderImpl(list), LazyList.DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE);
		super.setPropertyDataSource(newDataSource);
		super.setCaptionGenerator(new CaptionGeneratorImpl());
	}

	@Override
	public void setRequired(boolean required) {
		setNullSelectionAllowed(!required);
		super.setRequired(required);
	}

	private void setError(Class propertyType) {
		setReadOnly(true);
		setComponentError(new ErrorMessage() {

			@Override
			public String getFormattedHtmlMessage() {
				return INVALID_ERROR_MESSAGE;
			}

			@Override
			public ErrorLevel getErrorLevel() {
				return ErrorLevel.ERROR;
			}
		});
		Logger.getLogger(LazyComboBoxExt.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, INVALID_ERROR_MESSAGE + " {0}",
				propertyType);
	}

	public ComboBox getComboBox() {
		return (ComboBox) getSelect();
	}

	private class CaptionGeneratorImpl<T> implements CaptionGenerator<T> {

		@Override
		public String getCaption(T option) {
			if (itemCaptionPropertyId == null || itemCaptionPropertyId.isEmpty())
				return option.toString();
			String error = null;
			try {
				return String.valueOf(PropertyUtils.getNestedProperty(option, itemCaptionPropertyId));
			} catch (IllegalAccessException | InvocationTargetException | NoSuchMethodException e) {
				Logger.getLogger(LazyComboBoxExt.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, e.getMessage(), e);
				error = e.getMessage();
			}
			return error;
		}
	}

	private class FilterablePagingProviderImpl<T> implements FilterablePagingProvider<T> {

		private final List<T> list;
		private final int pageSize;

		public FilterablePagingProviderImpl(List<T> list, int pageSize) {
			this.list = list;
			this.pageSize = pageSize;
		}

		@Override
		public List<T> findEntities(int firstRow, String filter) {
			return list.subList(firstRow, firstRow + pageSize > list.size() ? list.size() : firstRow + pageSize);

		}
	}

	private class FilterableCountProviderImpl implements FilterableCountProvider {

		private final List<T> list;

		public FilterableCountProviderImpl(List<T> list) {
			this.list = list;
		}

		@Override
		public int size(String filter) {
			return list.size();
		}

	}

	public void setItemCaptionPropertyId(String itemCaptionPropertyId) {
		this.itemCaptionPropertyId = itemCaptionPropertyId;
	}

	public String getItemCaptionPropertyId() {
		return itemCaptionPropertyId;
	}
}


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Q: Textured cube renders blank in DirectX I am trying to apply textures to a cube in DirectX 9, so far I have made it to draw it with vertex colors and light as well as with a material and light, but now with the texture I get a blank cube, in my application it renders white, in PIX it renders black. I know the texture is loaded correctly as I can see it from PIX and as I have made sure I can detect any error the loading function may return (through the HResult) Edit: it was the same image on a surface, but with a breakpoint I see the texture has an address, and thus exists, whether it is right or not I cannot tell, should I be able to see it in PIX? I also know that I've got the UV's right as they appear right in PIX as I select the vertices, and they are indeed in clockwise order (at least one face is, but that should be enough to draw something).
I have removed the light code so the code is:
pd3dDevice->BeginScene();

setMatrices();

pd3dDevice->SetTexture(0, tex);
//pd3dDevice->SetRenderState(D3DRS_WRAP0, D3DWRAPCOORD_0);
pd3dDevice->SetTextureStageState(0, D3DTSS_COLOROP, D3DTOP_SELECTARG1);
pd3dDevice->SetTextureStageState(0, D3DTSS_COLORARG1, D3DTA_TEXTURE);
pd3dDevice->SetTextureStageState(0, D3DTSS_COLORARG2, D3DTA_DIFFUSE);

//pd3dDevice->SetRenderState(D3DRS_LIGHTING, FALSE);

// select which vertex format we are using
pd3dDevice->SetFVF(CUSTOMFVF);

// select the vertex buffer to display
pd3dDevice->SetStreamSource(0, v_buffer, 0, sizeof(CUSTOMVERTEX));

pd3dDevice->SetIndices(i_buffer);

// copy the vertex buffer to the back buffer
pd3dDevice->DrawIndexedPrimitive(D3DPT_TRIANGLELIST,
                                0,
                                0,
                                8,
                                0,
                                12);
pd3dDevice->EndScene();

setMatrices() does the transformations, it worked well before I added lights so it should be fine. I commented out the call to the light handling function, so it shouldn't meddle with the current code.
I notice that if I remove pd3dDevice->SetTextureStageState(0, D3DTSS_COLOROP, D3DTOP_SELECTARG1); I get a black unshaded but transformed cube, which to me seems reasonable.
The commented out lines of code, I have tried with and without them, they do not seem to effect the situation as far as I can see. I have tried a couple more render state settings but no luck - after all they were mostly educated guesses and not something that was supposed to work.
The FVF has XYZ, normal vector and UV.
Again, PIX shows the cube as black, I have it white in the application. Perhaps there's a hint there?
Thank you for any attempt to help out, much obliged.

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Robert Inklaar is a Professor of Economics at the Faculty of Economics and Business of the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. His research has focused on international comparisons of economic growth and productivity and their driving forces. This research has resulted in numerous publications, in the American Economic Review, American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Econometrics, European Economic Review, Journal of Economic History, Economic Policy and the Review of Income and Wealth, as well as a co-authored book at Cambridge University Press. He is also one the developers of the Penn World Table and the Maddison Project Database.


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Äteritsiputeritsipuolilautatsijänkä is a bog region in Savukoski, Lapland in Finland. Its name is 35 letters long and is the longest place name in Finland, and also the third longest, if names with spaces or hyphens are included, in Europe. It has also been the longest official place name in the European Union since 31 January 2020, when Brexit was completed, as the record was previously held by Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, a village in Wales, United Kingdom.

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A pub in Salla was named Äteritsiputeritsipuolilautatsi-baari after this bog region. According to an anecdote, the owner of the pub tried two different names for it, but both had already been taken. Frustrated, he registered the pub under a name he knew no one else would be using. The pub also had the longest name of a registered commercial establishment in Finland. The bar was in practice known as Äteritsi-baari. The pub was closed in April 2006.

The etymology is not known, although the name has been confirmed as genuine. Other than jänkä "bog", lauta "board" and puoli "half", it does not mean anything in Finnish, and was probably never intended to be anything else than alliterative gibberish.

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Doherty pledges continued Sinn Féin support for undocumented Irish
Sinn Féin Senator Pearse Doherty has commended the Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform (ILIR) in the US for keeping the issue and the plight of the undocumented Irish in America to the fore. Senator Doherty was commenting today after ILIR Chairperson Niall O'Dowd met with new Taoiseach Brian Cowen.
He said, "I want to commend the Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform for their continued persistence in keeping the plight of the undocumented Irish in America to the fore.
"This is an issue that is deep in the hearts of Irish people both here and in the US and I want to pledge Sinn Féin's continued support for the campaign.
"I recently proposed that an all party motion be passed in the Seanad in support of the undocumented Irish so that the people championing the rights of Irish people in America would be able to argue that both houses of the Oireachtas in this state are in support of their campaign. This motion was passed unanimously.
"The undocumented Irish in America play a full and positive role in US society and contribute to the economy. They have made good lives for themselves and are very much at home in the US. However the fear of not being allowed return means visits home are out of the question. This puts a huge strain on both the Irish in the US and their families here at home as they cannot return for family get-togethers, weddings or even funerals. They are effectively cut off from their families.
"Every effort must be made to keep this issue to the fore of politics both here and in the US." ENDS


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US$1 billion LA plaza work restarts
By Joe Sargent2019-03-26T12:12:00+00:00
Impression of what the LA Oceanwide Plaza will look like opposite the Staples Center
Construction on a US$1 billion plaza project in the US has been restarted following contractor liens payments by Chinese developer Oceanwide Holdings.
When a company files a lien it is a claim to keep possession of property belonging to another party, until the debt owed has been settled.
The project, known as the Oceanwide Plaza in South Park, Los Angeles was brought to a halt in January as general contractor Lendlease suspended work.
The contractor has not disclosed how much it is owed, neither has it filed a lien, but it is likely to do so in the near future.
Nine active liens have been filed by the subcontractors totalling US$98.6 million according to local news source Curbed Los Angeles.
After just one month of the work being brought to a standstill the total liens amounted to US$62 million. The largest claim filed was for US$53 million by subcontractor Webcor Construction.
Some payments have been made by Oceanwide Holdings, but new claims were filed just days after construction workers returned to the site.
The project itself is designed to contain a shopping mall and offer high-end condos. The development will be made up of three towers up to 49 stories high.
Before construction stopped the project was predicted to be ready to be open to the public in 2020 but it is unclear whether this timeline has been affected.
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Lindera reticulosa is a species of plant in the family Lauraceae. It is a tree endemic to Peninsular Malaysia.

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Endemic flora of Peninsular Malaysia
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Daviess County Historical Society
Carlow — Booze Capital of Daviess County (1926)
Sheriff B.B. Houghton and Deputy Novia Doak, accompanied by several others, capture two men in a Carlow booze raid in October. Five gallons of corn whiskey was seized for evidence for use in the prosecution of the men.
Upon arriving at the scene of action southeast of Carlow, the posse divided and approached while the still was going. A lookout on duty discovered that intruders approached, saying "Boys, it's time to go" and three of them proceeded to go as fast as their legs would carry them.
The sheriff succeeded in capturing one, Jess Rader, who with one of the largest whiskey plants that has been found was brought to town.
Previously, in January, 1926, Sheriff Houghton led a raiding party to Carlow country and captured a big still along with 12 or 14 barrels of mash. Search warrants had been issued to houses in Carlow. The still was discovered by Deputy Doak, Farley Burge and Ralph Cox on the bank of Little Muddy Creek, just east of Carlow. As they approached, three men made a getaway in the weeds. The third, Loren French, stopped after going about 100 yards. The officers were firing shots lively around the fleeing men.
French was winded from the run, and stated he was coming in from looking after horses over in the pasture. He claimed he knew nothing about the still.
No liquor or evidence was found in any of the houses that were searched. Empty jugs, however, were found thrown in the weeds around a house. Althought the jugs smelled of liquor, none contained any spirits.
The officers report the still operations on the creek bank were quite extensive. The still itself was a big one and would probably handle 50 to 60 gallons. Stoves, funnels, and necessary adjuncts were also present. Only a few hours later and a big quantity of corn liquor would have been confiscated. The mash was poured into the creek.
Former Sheriff Frank Gildow, C.K. Connell, Harrison Worrelll and Taz Helm also accomanied the sheriff to Carlow, and it was reported that ex-sheriff Gildow fell in the creek two or three times making his way around with the search party.
Reprinted from the Gallatin North Missourian, Oct. 27 and Jan. 7, 1926 editions
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Pro Rugby Manager est un jeu vidéo de gestion et de simulation de rugby, développé par Cyanide, édité par Focus Home Interactive et commercialisé à partir de 2004.

Système de jeu
Le jeu permet de prendre part à différents championnats, comme le Top 16 et la Pro D2 français, la Zurich Premiership anglaise, ou encore des championnats néo-zélandais, sud-africains ou italiens. Les compétitions internationales ne sont pas en reste avec par exemple la Coupe du monde ou le Tournoi des Six Nations. Au total, le jeu permet de prendre les commandes de plus de 180 équipes.

Réception
La presse spécialisée salue les efforts d'originalité de l'éditeur, Focus Home Interactive, et du studio de développement, Cyanide, de travailler sur des thématiques alors peu représentées dans le monde du jeu vidéo, après la voile avec Virtual Skipper et le cyclisme avec Cycling Manager. Le résultat est toutefois mitigé, avec des matchs qualifiés de brouillon et une partie gestion trop simple.

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Jeu vidéo sorti en 2004
Jeu vidéo de gestion sportive
Jeu vidéo de rugby à XV
Jeu Windows
Jeu vidéo développé en France
Jeu Focus Home Interactive
Jeu Cyanide


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Q: A curious 433 MHz signal to decode I bought a cheap set of remote controlled power sockets and I want to integrate them into my home automation system. So I got a 433 MHz receiver for 1€, connected it to my Arduino and tried to decode the signal from the remote using the rc switch library. This gave me ambiguous codes (and pulsewidths and "protocols") as output if I pressed the same button multiple times. My device is probably not compatible with this library.
So I hooked the receiver up to my soundcard and recorded the raw signal with 48 kHz in Audacity. This is the result for pressing the "D off" button:
1 bit = 72 samples = 1.5 ms
24 bit = 1728 samples = 36 ms

zero bit = 12 samples high + 60 samples low
one bit  = 42 samples high + 30 samples low

[3x] 010100110100100101110010 0 + 55 samples low
[4x] 010100110100100101110010   + 140 samples high + 360 samples low
[1x] 010100110100100101110010 0 + 55 samples low

[3x] 010110110000101010110010 0 + 55 samples low
[4x] 010110110000101010110010   + 140 samples high + 360 samples low
[1x] 010110110000101010110010 0 + 55 samples low

[3x] 010100001011000100110010 0 + 55 samples low
[4x] 010100001011000100110010   + 140 samples high + 360 samples low
[1x] 010100001011000100110010 0 + 55 samples low

[3x] 010101111100100001000010 0 + 55 samples low
[4x] 010101111100100001000010   + 140 samples high + 360 samples low
[1x] 010101111100100001000010 0 + 55 samples low

repeat

So I was wondering:

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*Why would the manufacturer decide to send 4 different codes for a single button?

*Why in this weird pattern?

*What's up with the extra zero on the short lines?

I'll probably be able to do this analysis for each button and get the transmitter to send the codes. (Although it's a lot of work.) I'm just curious if there is a logic or a pattern behind this that I'm not seeing. Maybe someone has a hint to how I can achieve my goal more easily.
Also maybe interesting to know: The sockets "learn" which of the buttons (A-D) they are associated with. They listen to the first ON button you press after plugging them in. To unset the link, you have to press the OFF button after plugging them in.


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Home Football Halftime Reaction: Penn State 20, Indiana 14
Halftime Reaction: Penn State 20, Indiana 14
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Happy to be in Happy Valley for Today's Big Ten East showdown between Indiana and Penn State. At the half, Indiana trails Penn State 20-14. Let's break this one down:
Mistakes will kill you in the Big Ten
The game opened up with Indiana receiving a punt following a forced three-and-out. The punt was muffed by Whop Philyor, and Penn State would take over and get a score to start the ballgame with a 7-0 lead. Later on, in the first quarter, a pass interference call on Juwan Burgess would lead to a 41-yard completion on the very next play for the Nittany lions. Listen, I know it is extremely cliche but those kinds of mistakes kill you in games, especially in this conference.
They kill you because those are the kind of opportunities a top team in the nation like Penn State won't give back to you. They will take what you give them and try and capitalize on you in a matter of plays after the fact. Bottom line: you have top limit mistakes. Especially on the road. Especially against Penn State.
The defense needs to find more confidence
I could write a book about Indiana's defensive effort today. The simplest way to sum it up: it was either very good or very bad. This Indiana defense has shown growth all season long. It is almost hard to believe that this is the same unit we saw in week one against Ball State. The defense has forced two turnovers today and has challenged Penn State's offense is a way we really haven't seen a lot of teams do to it this season.
However, the defense isn't flawless. Penalties on third downs and big plays have been given up at crucial moments. A 38-yard touchdown by Sean Clifford on a scramble cost the Hoosiers the lead early as they continue to try and gain it back. Simply said, this defense needs to have the confidence to ride the highs and the lows that come along with playing in the Big Ten conference. A lot of that comes with age, but much of it comes with discipline in games like today.
Give Stevie Scott the ball and get out of the way
Scott over the past few weeks has been an absolute beast. His last outing was so impressive, it earned him Big Ten offensive player of the week honors. Now usually, when Ramsey is Indiana's starter, Scott will get even more carries however today that has not been the case. At the half, Scott has recorded 8 carries for 38 yards. Sabermetric stat of the day: you can't rush for a lot of yards if you don't have a ton of carries. I fully expect Scott to be used more in the second as the Hoosiers try and capitalize on the fatigue of Penn State's defense.
Something to note: It isn't just Scott's strength that makes him such a strong back for Indiana: it is his IQ. Watch the end of his runs in the second half. Scott rolls while being tackled. But what seems like an awkward rotation for the 6'2, 231-pound sophomore usually means an extra yard or two at the end of a play. Something to watch in the second is how the Scott workload is increased to help the Hoosiers regain momentum in this one.
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"I'm a Lover (Not a Fighter)" is a song written by Ronny Light and recorded and released as a single in 1969 by American country artist, Skeeter Davis. A song by the same title was also written by Jay Miller much earlier in 1958 which The Kinks covered on their 1964 debut album.

The song was recorded at the RCA Victor Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, United States on October 1, 1969. The session was produced by Ronny Light as well. The song was released as a single in November 1969, reaching the top-ten on the Billboard Magazine Hot Country Singles chart in 1970. Additionally, it became Davis' second single to chart on the Canadian RPM Country Songs chart. "I'm a Lover (Not a Fighter)" reached #7. The song was her first top 10 country hit in Canada. In 1970, the song was issued onto her studio album A Place in the Country.

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For those unfamiliar with the Dunning-Kruger Effect (DKE), it is a psychological phenomenon where certain individuals have a cognitive bias that prompts them to over-estimate their abilities because they can't grasp what they don't know. In simple terms, these people think they are smarter than they really are. In mortgage banking, DKE individuals can be frustrating to manage because they are closed-minded when it comes to making changes in their sales models that would enable them to be more successful.
In my recent conversations with experienced mortgage executives, many were in disbelief that their originators didn't want to improve their selling performance by learning something new. Why wouldn't an individual or a group not want to do better? It seems incomprehensible!
Although much has been written about this topic, current research in psychology has shed new light on it. Carol Dweck, a Stanford University professor, claims in her best-seller "MindSet" that success is a mental choice made early in life in how an individual approaches new experiences. According to Dweck, the good news is that mindsets can be changed. She notes that a fixed mindset is based on fear of failing. Conversely, individuals with a growth mindset are willing to learn and take action. If they fail, they don't take it personally.
Individuals with a fixed mindset have an internal dialogue that has them constantly judging themselves in a negative manner. As a result, learning something new presents a risk to their mental state and causes them to feel that if they don't understand what they are learning quickly or it doesn't come to them easily, they are "losers." As a result, they avoid any circumstances that create this experience of feeling like a fraud.
As a sales trainer, I often see companies putting in a training class for fixed mindset sales professionals that will never properly correct the issues at hand. DKE sales professionals require personal attention by a professional coach to address their underlying problems. Even better, I advise my clients to determine during the interview process whether a sales candidate has a growth mindset before the individual is hired.
This made me think, is it even possible to have a sales organization comprised of fixed mindset individuals? Where the environment is such that the sales organization does not accept or encourage individuals to learn and to fail? Where changing your selling techniques is not encouraged or invested in? The simple answer is yes. I certainly see mortgage groups that are stuck in this holding pattern. They have chosen to stay the course while everything around them is undergoing dramatic change. They make minor adjustments to the group's practices but avoiding making any substantial changes. A perfect example is companies whose policies on social media marketing for their originators do not reflect today's selling methods. They resist social media like the plague and do not recognize that communication tools have changed.
Another example of stagnant thinking is when a company fails to prioritize continuing education and learning new selling skills. I have even seen companies boast to potential sales candidates that they don't have to attend any training, as if that were a good strategy! Their pitch is join them and originate loans and we won't bother you by asking you to get better and improve your selling habits.
Learning something new by definition requires failing. No one gets a skill right the first time when putting new learning into practice. As Michael Jordan has often said, the reason for his success was that he kept shooting baskets even when he was missing them initially in a game. He had the mindset to not take failing personally.
I think selling and sports share many of the same characteristics. Both disciplines ask individuals what behaviors they will deploy— will they have a growth or fixed mindset? Both selling and sports require a commitment to be constantly changing and learning in order to win. Staying the same is not an option, even if the individual has been successful in the past.
With the decline of interest rates last week, mortgage bankers will be tested again to see if they have learned anything from the refinance years. At the company level, will the industry hire more originators to add "warm bodies" or will they chart a better strategy with something new and different? Will originators say they are too busy to learn new sales strategies and improve their results? Will they make social media part of their prospecting efforts even when their pipelines are full of refinancing volume?
In my view, DKE sales professionals won't survive long-term in our world of constant change. This is the ultimate quandary for every company and originator: Are they operating with a fixed-mindset or embracing a growth mindset?
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MEMOIRIST: SANFORD ORKIN
INTERVIEWER: KIM COHEN
Sanford Orkin was born to Otto and Miriam Orkin, their third child and first son. His older sisters were Bernice and Gloria, and his brother was Billy. He graduated from Druid Hills High School after which he attended The University of Georgia for three years and was a member of the Tau Epsilon Pi fraternity. He was drafted into The Army due to the Korean War, but remained stateside for the duration of his service. Afterwards he went into the family exterminating business. He married Barbara Hartman, and had two daughters, Sherry and Laurie, as well as two sons, Michael and Kenny. Between them there are ten grandchildren. Sanford became president of Orkin exterminating and oversaw the sale of the company to Rollins, after which he became an investor, primarily in local real estate and the stock market. Sanford was at various times on the board of Ahavath Achim, Pace Acadamy, The American Jewish Committee, and a member of the Chamber of Commerce and several political campaigns. Sanford was also named in suit his father filed to be declared sane reversing an earlier declaration of insanity that stripped Otto of the ability to manage his personal fortune.
Scope of Interview:
Sanford opens with discussing how his family came to America and how his father got into the exterminating business. He also tells of how his parents met. Sanford then describes growing up in Atlanta, school, and then his experience in the family business. He goes on to cover his family and life after the company was bought out, and how the city, particularly the Jewish community, has changed.


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We arrived under the gilded eye of the moon. "Let's go down to the sea!" I said.
We trundled our suitcases to the bottom of our street and to the edge of the shore. The midnight wind whipped our skin, and the waves crashed in the dark beyond our sight. We stood and breathed in the tang of sea air. We were home.
The train from King's Cross that first evening hurtled us through the cities and suburbs and fields, and finally, across the Scottish border until we reached Edinburgh. One short journey further, and we arrived at our new home minutes from the sea.
As a Scot, I lived in London for twenty years, balancing the swarm and hustle with walks in parks and heaths: listening to birdsong, naming leaves and flowers, absorbing the green of the grass and the leaves. There I could breathe. I was spellbound by the city: the river, the neon, the multi-cultural buzz, but I was only surviving day to day. I needed time to write, and to heal.
Here, in Scotland, my home, I walk kilometres every day along our coast. The wind stings and the mercury freezes. I see starfish and seals. I bring back seashells and stories warmed in my palm. I brush the sand and the chill from my clothes. I am alive.
This nature writing blog journeys with me as I continue to recover from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. In Wild Soul Walks, I will explore how walking in and writing about the windswept raw of Scotland's coasts, green spaces, countryside, and urban lungs can better mental health and improve well-being.
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About Ajmer District (Rajasthan)
Historically, Ajmer was earlier known as Ajayameru meaning 'Invincible Mountain'. It was founded in the late 7th century A.D. by Shakambhari Chahamana (Chauhan) king Ajayaraja II (ruled c.?1110–1135 CE). During the 12th century, Prithviraj Chauhan (1149-1192 CE), the ruler of the Rajput Chauhan dynasty ruled Ajmer along with Delhi. In 1193, Ajmer was conquered by Muhammad of Ghor who founded Delhi Sultanate, in the same year. In 1365, Ajmer regained independence under the ruler of Mewar. In 1509, control of Ajmer was disputed between the Maharajas of Mewar and Marwar. Finally, Ajmer was conquered by Marwar in 1532. In 1553, the state was ruled by Hemu, who was killed in 1556 in the Second Battle of Panipat. In 1559, the city was conquered by Emperor Akbar in 1559. In the early 1700s, control passed to the Marathas. In 1818, the British forced the Marathas to cede the city for 50,000 rupees, whereupon it became part of the Province of Ajmer-Marwar in the colonial British Raj.
Historian Dasharatha Sharma notes that the earliest mention of the city's name occurs in Palha's Pattavali, which was copied in 1113 CE (1170 VS) at Dhara. This suggests that Ajmer was founded sometime before 1113 CE. A prashasti (eulogistic inscription), issued by Vigraharaja IV and found at Adhai Din Ka Jhonpra, states Ajayadeva (that is, Ajayaraja II) moved his residence to Ajmer. The later text Prabandha-Kosha states that it was the 8th century king Ajayaraja I who commissioned the Ajayameru fort, which later came to be known as the Taragarh fort of Ajmer. According to historian R. B. Singh, this claim appears to be true, as inscriptions dated to the 8th century CE have been found at Ajmer. Singh theorizes that Ajayaraja II later enlarged the town, constructed palaces, and moved the Chahamana capital from Shakambhari to Ajmer.
Bhanu Bharti (born in 1947) is a veteran Indian theatre director, choreographer, playwright and founder-director of Aaj Rangmandal theatre group. He was awarded with National Award for his contribution to the field of theatre and Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in the year 1997 for contribution in Dance Music and Drama. He was also honored with Rajasthan Sahitya Akademi Award and Rajasthan Sangeet Natak Akademi Award. Manohar Shyam Joshi (1933-2006) was a Hindi writer, journalist and scriptwriter from Ajmer. He got Sahitya Akademi Award for Kyap.
Geographically, Ajmer is the fifth largest city of Rajasthan. It lies at 26045'N latitude, 74064'E longitude and 486 m altitude. The district extends to a geographical area of 8,481 square kilometers and ranks 14th in the State and 83rd in India on basis of this size. As per data recorded in the year 2019, the forest cover extends to 3.60% of the total geographical area of the district. There is flat and broken portion in the East of the district. Aravalli Range lies in the western parts, from north-west to south-west. The district is the part of the Thar Desert. There is an artificial lake which is protected by the massive walls of the Nagpathar range or Serpent rock. The main river of the region is Banas River which runs through the South-Eastern boundary of the district. Sagarmati, Saraswati, Khari and Dai are the four small streams rivers which also pass through the district. The actual rainfall in the district was 423.5 mm in the year of 2018-19.
Administration wise, the district is divided into nine sub-districts. It has 11 towns and 1,111 villages. Hindi is its administrative language. The district of Ajmer came into existence on the November 1, 1956 in the state of Rajasthan with its district headquarters located at Ajmer which is located at a distance of 131 km. from the State Capital.
Demographically, the district has a total number of 4,83,931 households with a total population of 25,83,052 including 13,24,085 are males and 12,58,967 are females. The density of population of the district is 305 persons per sq km. The population growth rate during the period 2001 to 2011 was 18.40% including 17.18% were males and 19.70% were females. The sex ratio is pegged at 951 females for every 1000 males while child ratio stands 901 girls per 1000 boys. The schedule caste population of the district was recorded as 4,78,027 including 2,43,750 are males and 2,34,277 are females. The schedule tribe population was 63,482 including 32,408 are males and 31,074 are females. As per 2011 census the major religion in the district is Hindu and Muslim with 85.23% and 12.16% of the total population. According to 2011 census the principal language in the district is Hindi with 96.43.%. In the year 2017 the number of live births in the district was 74,413 out of which 39,302 were males and 35,104 were females. In the same year the number of deaths in the district was 22,481 out of which 13,947 were males and 8,531 were females.
As per 2011 census the literacy rate in the district is 69.33% including 82.44% are males and 55.68% are females. Government Engineering College, Ajmer (ECA) is one of the engineering colleges in Rajasthan. It was established in the year 1997. Another engineering college is Government Mahila Engineering College, Ajmer, is said to be the first women engineering college in north India.
Har Bilas Sarda (1867-1955) was an academic, judge and politician. He is famous for having introduced the Child Marriage Restraint Act (1929). He was elected as a Member of the Central Legislative Assembly in January 1924 and was re-elected to the Assembly in 1926 and 1930. Neena Vikram Verma, born 19th October, 1960 in Ajmer, is an Indian politician. She belongs to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). She is a member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly for Dhar Vidhan Sabha Constituency.
There are a number of historical and religious places which are great attraction for the tourists. During the year 2018, there were 1,63,234 foreign tourists and 91,89,040 domestic tourists who visited these places of the district. These places are Ana Sagar Lake, Taragarh, Pushkar Lake, Akbar's Palace and Museum, Bhagchand ki Kothi, Durga Bagh, Mayo College and Museum, Delhi Gate, Archaeological Museum, Rani Mahal, Foy Sagar Lake, Dargah Shariff, Shah Jahan's Mosque, Adhai-Din ka Jhonpra Mosque, and St. Mary's Graveyard.
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