First and foremost, Thank you for all the support I have received so far on my blog. I highly appreciate every single comment (even the negative ones and I am not being sarcastic here). I appreciate the time everyone took to share my words with your friends and loved ones. I am forever grateful.
I apologize for my absence. I had a bad case of writer's block. I want to make sure that everything I write is as transparent and relatable as the first. Anywho….let's get to it!
I often see people as well as myself trying to still figure out what their overall purpose in life is. Have you ever asked yourself this question? What's my purpose? What am I really suppose to be doing?
Sometimes you find yourself dwelling on that thought. The thought of not knowing. Self doubt causing fears to arise allowing you to believe you are not ready to pursue your purpose. People consistently telling you what you should and need to pursue does not help the situation what so ever. You are then forced to over think things and go down a different path that you did not begin for yourself. What makes matters worst you start wasting time thinking and doing things you wasn't built to do. Later, you will find yourself settling for what is told by others rather than what your inner being is telling you to do.
My story is simply this. I wanted to be a dentist in kindergarten. Later, I found out that I don't like teeth like that so…yea. A big no to dentistry. I also wanted to pursue fashion design.. I wanted to be a fashion designer for barbie (lol). I drew clothes and created them for my babies using a CD software game. I often look back on that. I still think about that to this day. My mother pushed me to pursue interior design, so I did. I went to college in the interior design department butI was often mistaken for a fashion design major because of the way I dressed. Nope, I was an interior design major. A creative individual making C's in color and composition and drafting. My rendering professor told me that I should become an illustrator because I put my heart and soul into my renderings. He also told other as well as myself that I needed to learn how to tone down my renderings but the other students needed to learn how to put themselves in their drawings like myself. It was a compliment to me. I knew how to do things others couldn't seem to grasp. I was different, however I wasn't fitting in this interior design world. Everything I seemed to produce was not near to perfection as my professors wanted. In other words, I was too creative for interior design but perfect for interior decorating. Even during my internship, I was told I should be a sales rep and that I knew how to find ways to display home accessories. (Basically, you should sell for vendors and do some visual merchandising. Spoiler alert: visual merchandising is what I do now for a furniture company. Yes, I am pretty much the interior decorator but for a store.) Not something I wanted to hear during my senior year of college. A sales rep? Really? You gotta be kiddin' me.
Long story short, I graduated college Thank ya Laude with a Bachelors degree in Home Furnishings because they closed down the interior design department.
Fast forward to the present, I am now being to told to start my own design consulting business and pursue modeling. Even though, I work full time now and I am only a close to 30 year old woman that so happens to be too short to model. Eh, we will see people.
We are pushing it a bit with my age and height.
How do you find your purpose when others are constantly telling you what you should do?
There are ways to figuring out what you should be doing my simply listening to yourself. In my story, you will notice that I listened to some advice. I ran towards what seemed logical. I did not however let comments of other to dictate what I decided to do for myself. Listen to yourself. Listen to your intuition. Follow your gut. God gave us free will and our inner voice for a reason.
Do not listen to everything people say, but to some. Some advice given you have to take with a grain of salt. You have to pay attention to people's motives. They may be giving you this advice to steer you in the wrong path. (In other words, steer you into the path THEY see you in). They could also be helping you find something that you do well. My professor said that I should consider becoming an illustrator because of something I did well. He was not saying " You should not be an interior designer." He was simply pin pointing something I did well. Also, things being said by others could be confirmation as to what you really need to be doing. Let's just say, you prayed on something and a few days later someone points out "Girl/Gentlemen, you should be doing this!" God, could be using that person just to give you the confirmation that you needed. You just have to know when to listen and when to ignore.
When you figure out your purpose make sure to ask God for clarity. I do not believe in jumping into anything without confirmation from God. Finding your purpose is not easy. Fear will take over your mind causing you to doubt, but keeping God in that journey will insure you that everything will be okay.
Your purpose is in something you naturally do. Something you are born with that others can not do as well as you. Are you doing what you love? or Are you doing what is comfortable? Your comfort zone is not a good place to be. If you are not challenging yourself you are not living in your purpose. If you are just clocking into a job and not fulfilling that gift that was given to you then you my friend are not living in your purpose. Your purpose may not just be one thing. It could be multiple things. Most of us are gifted in many things you just have to mentally decide to just do it. Everything you do well is not by consequence.
Continue to dream and live in your purpose.
And if you aren't living in your purpose yet, you will once you decide in your mind that you are good enough to just do it.
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I love the message here. Sometimes it's hard not to question my purpose or calling in this world. I know I have to keep the faith and not give up. Thanks for sharing!
It's very hard not to but you gotta keep pushing until you get there!
Very timely piece, thanks for sharing. I'm currently experiencing the frustrating process of figuring out my calling. I invested in classes in an area I'm interested in (graphic design), so I'll see how it goes.


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Varjak Paw
SF Said (Author) Dave McKean (Illustrator)
'Stylish, original and inventive, Varjak Paw is a modern children's classic' Jacqueline Wilson
This cat must learn to fight!
Varjak Paw is a Mesopotamian Blue kitten. He lives high up in an old house on a hill. He's never left home, but then his grandfather tells him about the Way - a secret martial art for cats.
'There are Seven Skills in the way of Jalal,' whispered the Elder Paw. 'We know only three of them. Their names are these. Slow-Time. Moving Circles. Shadow-walking.'
Now Varjak must use the Way to survive in a city full of dangerous dogs, cat gangs and, strangest of all, the mysterious Vanishings.
With stunning illustrations from acclaimed graphic artist Dave McKean, this much-loved story won the Smarties Prize Gold Award and has become a modern classic.
'A beguiling tale that sticks in the memory. The cat's whiskers' The Sunday Times
'Dazzling' The New York Times
'The cat magic mystique is brilliant' - Richard Adams, author of Watership Down
'A story of finding your true strengths by learning to trust your instincts and think for yourself. Striking, edgy illustrations' Financial Times
'Pacy, invigorating and quietly wise' Time Out
'Imagine The Karate Kid directed by David Lynch' Bookmunch.co.uk
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The blowback from division is worth trying… unity to stand!
then the goal is the US to weaken!
Is there such a thing as a "Qualified immunity" and how would it look… other than uber alis (above the law)? Sure there is… seen here! Is there a "Mistake of law" and yes here is also the proper answer… seen here. Then there is "Secret law" and an implied squabble present today in all three branches of Government- see an abstract (from here) below.
Since about 2015 the branches of the United States federal government have accused one another of creating secret law. Journalists, scholars, and anti-secrecy activists have also made similar allegations. Scholarly analysis has shown that secret law is present in all three branches.
How about "Fidelity, Bravery, and Integrity" for basic reference to mission and conduct becoming of an agent for the FBI? Please keep in mind… "Investigation" is part of the title for the FBI; which does not include: judgement, due process or decision to be applied: through, by or from a bias perceived- justice is supposed to be blindly applicable to us all… as Americans.
When you think of the FBI… is it as unbiased as they should be?
integrity… completeness, fulness. Innocence, simplicity.
Thus a lawful excuse may be acknowledged by a court to arise when a person honestly but mistakenly believes that the actions are necessary and reasonable.
Prevention to access is innocence maintained, isn't it? Yes, it looks suspicious but is it to hide something or to maintain a faux sense of legality… limit disclosures undesired?
When cries of "racist' abound… and people confusing: migration with immigration, opposition to belief is considered the "reason" acceptable to slander anyone with "a racist label" or to deny equality of its barest essence for the sake of political gains… we should beware of the consequences to our actions. So let's not act so offended by the truth being wrung out before us.
To which would you strive for in this life, your own satisfaction or God's?


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Jake Owen Receives The Arnie Award
Country singer Jake Owen is one of many golfers who give back and has been awarded The Arnie Award this year. Owen along with retired NFL player, Peyton Manning, and four-time AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am champion Phil Mickelson, received Golf Digest's highest honor this month.The sport lost its...
See How These Country Stars Celebrated Super Bowl LI
It was a country music take-over at Super Bowl 51 on Sunday. The lineup of stars included Luke Bryan, Scotty McCreery, Lady Antebellum, Thomas Rhett, Darius Rucker, Kenny Chesney, Dustin Lynch, Tyler Farr, and more.It was a pretty fair game when it came to which singers were rooting for the New...
Steve Belichick Opens Up About Working for His Dad
It's not very often Steve Belichick speaks to the media, but the Patriots safeties coach was available during Super Bowl Opening Night at Minute Maid Park. Belichick has been working for his dad and the Patriots for four years, but this was his first season as safeties coach. Prior to this year he...
Lady Antebellum Sings Their Way to NASCAR Daytona 500
Lady Antebellum will be making their third appearance at Daytona International Speedway in Florida on Sunday, February 26. The leading country trio will perform at the pre-race show for the 59th annual Daytona 500.The Daytona 500 is the opening race of the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series...


In this episode, Eric continues his discussion on Split Consciousness and why you must learn to see yourself as a perspective of consciousness. Gain insight on how to comfort the brain so you can achieve these states more easily. Then, learn to split your consciousness more than once by holding multiple perspectives.
Within this physical reality, there are millions of micro-realities which mold your consciousness. Eric refers to these micro-realities as "bubbles" of reality and warns that these bubbles have the potential to crystallize your consciousness and ensure that you remain a product of this matrix.
Explore the bubbles that shape your thoughts and perception and learn how to make them work for you rather than allowing them to control and direct your life.


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Cinema
 Dive!! – film giapponese del 2008 con Kento Hayashi

Geografia
 Dive – fiume francese, affluente del Thouet
 Dive du Sud – fiume francese, affluente della Clain

Musica
 Dive – gruppo musicale svedese
 Dive – album dei Dive (Belgio) del 1990
 Dive – album dei Burning Heads del 1994
 Dive – album dei Dive (Svezia) del 1994
 Dive – album di Sarah Brightman del 1993
 DIVE – album di Maaya Sakamoto del 1998
 Dive – singolo di Usher del 2012
 Dive – brano musicale degli Ikon del 2020

Pagine correlate
Diva

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SAY HOLA
Once Upon A Vow
How To Legally Get Married during COVID-19
Photos by Judson Rappaport Photography
It's no surprise by now that we are living through a global pandemic. Literally! Chances are, this has affected your life and the lives of loved ones drastically.
While we're all trying to figure out what this means for our livelihood and our communities, many are wondering how to STILL legally get married even if their wedding is officially postponed.
With a valid marriage license . . .
We are here for you to accurately complete your marriage license and officiate a "City Hall"-style mini-ceremony complete with "I Do's" and a ring exchange ($250). While we specialize in personalized ceremonies, we can not in good conscious conduct those since it's important for us to comply with the social distancing guidelines and regulations.
We will only perform this ceremony with the mutual trust and agreement that we have each other's health and safety as our shared #1 priority. That means:
1) None of us have or are exhibiting symptoms. If you're experiencing cold or flu-like symptoms whether it is confirmed or unconfirmed coronavirus, please follow the CDC guidelines and stay home. We, of course, will do the same for our collective safety.
2) All parties must wear masks and gloves. We know that many can carry the virus while being asymptomatic so we are behaving as though we are 'positive' in order to reduce any potential community spread.
3) The couple, witness, and officiant must bring their own black-ink pens to sign the license in order to reduce the need to touch shared surfaces. The only shared surface we will all touch (with our gloved hands) should be the marriage license. Please bring hand sanitizer; we will have some on hand, as well.
4) We all must stand about six to ten feet apart at all times. If you find us progressively moving further and further away from you, please understand that this is the new normal. We value your lives and ours, and want to respect our shared need to feel safe.
5) We perform the mini-ceremony and license signing in an outdoor location like a local park or parking lot so as to limit the potential spread in confined spaces.
Okay, your marriage license is accurately completed. Now what?
Now it's time to get your marriage certificate. Yup, you're not done yet!
But wait, what's the difference between a marriage license and a marriage certificate?
Your marriage license is the document that says you want to get married. Think of it as the engagement ring; it's the promise to lock this baby down. The completed marriage license by a registered wedding officiant includes all the appropriate signatures and basically states that you got married on this date, time, and location by this officiant with this witness. (Remember: you only need one witness in NYC even though there's space for two)
Now, the marriage certificate is the wedding ring! It's the official and legal confirmation that the Marriage Bureau has registered your marriage. Ya officially locked this baby down and can do all the legal things! Like changing your name, adding your spouse to your health insurance, adopting a baby, etc.
So how do you get your marriage certificate during the COVID-19 era?
The NYC Marriage Bureau recommends that couples HOLD ONTO their completed marriage license until the Marriage Bureau reopens. UPDATE: As of, April 25th, we've learned that the Marriage Bureau now recommends MAILING your marriage license.
You may notice in fine print on your marriage license that there is a requirement to return it within 5 business days of its completion. During this time, that requirement has been waived. Please continue to listen to the daily briefings of Mayor de Blasio and Governor Cuomo to learn more about the potential re-openings of the New York City Marriage Bureaus.
HOT TIP: Only one of you needs to go in person to trade in the marriage license for the marriage certificate.
Reach out to us if you have any questions whatsoever. We're here to help, even if it's from afar. Stay safe and take care of each other, amores!
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DURA Outdoor Pickleballs also known as DURA Fast 40 Pickleballs are the original seamless plastic whiffle ball specially designed for pickleball by "the company that invented the game" Pickle-Ball, Inc. They are designed to perform well in outdoor conditions but can be used both indoors and outdoors.They have thick walls to increase the life span and playability of the ball in rough outdoor conditions. The name of the ball is short for "durable" and these balls live up to their name.
The ball is made by injecting hot liquid plastic into a mold. The mold is closed and rotated multi-directionally to spread the plastic evenly around the walls of the mold creating a strong one piece ball. When the mold has stopped spinning it is opened and the new ball is removed from the mold. Sometimes there is a minor parting line from the seam of the mold, this is not a true seam and does not affect the play or durability of the ball. Look inside the ball and you will not see a seam.
Once the plastic has cooled and hardened 40 holes of two sizes are post-drilled into the ball. This patented hole configuration was engineered for strength as well as performance providing a ball that bounces and flies true even in outdoor conditions.
Weighing 0.92 ounces these balls fly straight even in windy conditions. The weight also makes them a fast ball, compared to the softer and lighter Jugs Indoor Pickleball. The ball measures 2.9375″ in diameter. The ball has an average bounce height of 32″, promising lively response to every hit.
THE ORIGINAL PICKLEBALLS – Many of Pickleball's top players prefer the Dura Pickleballs – made by the company that invented the game.
BALL LIFE – Ball durability is affected by weather, play style and court surface. Anticipate ball life of 3-10 games under harsh conditions or in cold weather, longer in ideal conditions. Performance pickleballs do not last forever however testing indicates life of Dura pickleballs to be equivalent or longer than competing USAPA approved outdoor pickeballs.


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"Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet," Mark Lynas
Caspar Henderson
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"Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet"
Fourth Estate | March 2007 | ISBN 0007209045
What we are seeing now, in regard to climate change, are the consequences of what we did some time ago. We cannot see directly the impact of what we are doing right now.
What the scientists are saying is complicated, of course, but generally it boils down to this: Anything more than a rise of something like 2 degrees Centigrade (3.6° Fahrenheit) in average global temperature is bad news. (For graphics that say it all, go to the fifth page of this document or the second page of this one.)
The good news is that many sane people and some large institutions recognise this. The European Union, for example, has championed 2°C for some time. Empty words from politicians or part of a basic charter for the twenty-first century? As long as everyone else gets serious about reducing the probability of a temperature rise exceeding about 2°C, there's a chance that climate change will be manageable.
So much for the theory. In practice, what to do?
One of the things that can help change minds and society is a good book. Silent Spring by Rachel Carson is probably the best-known example. Writing in 1962, Carson warned that the reckless use of artificial pesticides and herbicides over the previous twenty years risked devastation for life on Earth. Today the greatest environmental threat stems not from complex artificial chemicals but from an excess of a naturally occurring, simple compound - carbon dioxide.
Shelf-loads of books warn of the dangers of CO2 and how to deal with it. Six Degrees by Mark Lynas is one of the better recent efforts. Lynas, whose earlier High Tide was noted on openDemocracy here, structures his new book around what could be the impacts of increases in average global temperature of one degree through six degrees. It is a clever presentational device, and will help general readers get to grips with the issues.
Easing in, Lynas explains: "...most people have [no idea] what two, four or six degrees average warming actually means in reality. These sound like very small changes when the mercury swings by fifteen degrees between day and night ... it doesn't mean the end of the world, it means we can leave the overcoat at home ... But six degrees of global average change is an entirely different prospect.
"Consider this: 18,000 years ago, during the deepest freeze of the last ice age, global temperatures were about six degrees colder than today ... Where I sit writing, in [southern England], would have been just a dozen miles from the southern edge of the ice sheet, a freezing polar desert blasted by dust-laden winds and suffering winter temperatures as low as -40°C."
Six Degrees is a handy and pretty heroic summary, in accessible language, of several hundred peer-reviewed scientific papers relevant to rapid climate change. In describing vividly, and in one place, the likely and the possible consequences of our actions, the book helps to concentrate the mind. Although the prose isn't helped by some clichéd writing - "The choice is ours ... the clock is ticking" - I recommend Six Degrees, with caveats that include the following six.
First, the cover illustration is unhelpful. It would take sea-level rise of about 60 metres (190 feet) to submerge St Paul's Cathedral in London to its dome. As far as I know, no serious scientist is suggesting this will happen over the next few years or decades, which is how the cover is likely to be interpreted. (Some modelling indicates that if global average temperatures stabilise two degrees higher than those of the pre-industrial era, sea levels could rise by more than 50 metres, but that rise would take many thousands of years.)
Caspar Henderson is contributing a background paper to the 2007 United Nations Human Development Report, which will focus on climate change. His most recent article on openDemocracy is a review of Coral by Steve Jones
The melting of the Greenland ice sheet - which many scientists consider one of the more likely climate-change tipping points - could raise sea levels by five to seven metres. Until recently it has been thought this could take millennia; now, however, some scientists argue that it could take much less time. A five-metre sea-level rise would be enough to devastate large areas of London and many other major cities, but not to wipe them out completely.
Second, to say a "degree by degree guide to the planet's future" is "unique" is not right. A version goes back at least to the "burning embers" graph in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) Third Assessment Report of 2001. The environmental group WWF has used a similar approach, and did the British government's 2006 Stern Review on the economics of climate change, which includes the two graphics mentioned at the top of this article. Six Degrees does, however, give a compelling narrative form to the whole.
Third, a little too much of the uncertainty in the science and the complexity of the context in which climate change is taking place is sometimes ironed out in the interests of a good story. Take the account of Amazon "dieback", a finding that if the global temperature rises by more than about 3°C, then the remaining rainforest dies, releasing more CO2 and driving global temperatures another 1.5°C higher.
Scientists consider some dieback to be more likely than not if present trends continue. But my impression - based on what some researchers are saying, and on observing and talking to delegates at a recent major conference on the future of Amazon (see here and here) - is that a lot, including aspects of the modelling, is still uncertain.
This is not to say the future of Amazon basin looks bright. Direct human impacts, including those associated with expanded ranching and ethanol production, may be even greater threats. But if these challenges are tackled effectively, the forest may be more resilient, under certain circumstances, to climate change. This slightly more subtle message is unlikely to be one the general reader will take away from this book.
Fourth, Six Degrees lays itself open to being read as if a 6°C rise over the twenty-first century is inevitable if emissions increase at the rates that currently seem likely. Lynas acknowledges this pitfall in his introduction: "...a temperature-based approach makes giving dates very hazardous. The world could become two degrees warmer by 2100, or it could already have hit that level as soon as 2030". But he is bound by the straightjacket of the book's structure. On page 102, a temperature rise of 0.4°C per decade is described as a "likely scenario"; page 127 points to a 3°C rise by 2050; on page 223, 5°C is "a few decades from now"; and chapter 6 outlines a scenario for 6°C by 2100.
Such a rate of change is possible. The summary of the IPCC's Fourth Assessment Report, for example, indicates a rise by 2100 in the range of 1.1 to 6.4°C, depending on various factors. The IPCC says that with a doubling of atmospheric CO2, the most likely rise is between 2° C and 4.5°C, with a best estimate of about 3°C. Warming over the next two decades, the climate panel says, is likely to be about 0.2°C per decade.
But even if climate sensitivity is at the higher end of the predicted range, that does not necessarily mean the consequences will play out over the next ninety to one hundred years. And climate change doesn't have to happen before 2100 to be bad news. Climate tipping-point guru John Schellnhuber gives the example of an unstoppable mobilisation of methane clathrate. It could, he says, be set in motion this century, but could about take a thousand years to fully play out.
Fifth, Six Degrees makes only a brief contribution on perhaps the biggest of all questions: what humanity needs to do. It notes, correctly, that some official statements by the British government regarding emissions reduction have been excessively cautious.
There was, for example, an inconsistency between some work commissioned for the landmark 2005 conference Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change - which suggested that a target for atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases of 450 parts per million C02 equivalent would be prudent - and statements in 2006 by the British government's chief scientist, David King, that stabilisation at 550 ppm would be acceptable. Six Degrees does not mention that the influential Stern Review also finessed this issue.
The book makes the familiar and, in my view, correct criticisms of biofuels as likely to provide only a small contribution to a solution, and with significant downsides. It concludes that individual carbon rationing is the key to progress. Rationing is a fashionable idea, and may have some merit, but is not itself a solution. An individual rationing system can only make a useful difference once substantial emission reductions, and the means to achieve them, are agreed.
The sixth and final caveat concerns how this book and other alarming projections may shape feeling and action. The author writes that it does not occur to him to get depressed. He compares the situation to finding a fire in your kitchen: you don't just sit there getting depressed as the fire spreads; you do something about it. The analogy is beguiling, but not adequate. Climate change is bigger and more complicated, and can drive some very good minds to extreme statements.
Feeling overwhelmed and pessimistic is a rational first reaction following any thorough review of evidence and trends. This is why it is not always helpful to frame psychological reactions through the lens of denial: for many people, acceptance and fatalism would be more like it. It is also important to acknowledge fear and grief at what looks likely to the continuing loss of countless living forms.
It is probably necessary to work through all of these feelings to find hope that is well grounded, if there is any. Being solipsistic may help: having perceived and experienced even a fraction of wonderful existence is a good start. At least that experience has been real, something to give thanks for, and a place to start looking for hope.
A longer version of this review appears on Grains of Sand


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MILLENNIUM MANAGERS: Houston leads United to cup glory as Rae takes hot seat at Dundee
by Tom Duthie
The late Dundee United chairman Eddie Thompson.
By the time it had become clear things were not working out for Craig Brewster at Dundee United, it was just as apparent this time owner Eddie Thompson had to get it right when choosing a manager.
In just four years in charge he'd had four of them and appointed Paul Hegarty, Ian McCall and Brewster without achieving anything like the hoped for success.
With that in mind, he went for experience in the shape of ex-Hearts boss Craig Levein.
Craig Levein with Sean Dillon when the Irishman signed for United.
In doing so, he pulled a rabbit out of the hat that would lead to one of the best periods in the Tangerines' history.
After success at Tynecastle, troubled times in charge at Leicester City meant Levein was a man with a point to prove.
Bringing trusted assistant Peter Houston with him, he wasted no time in doing exactly that.
United were stuck at the bottom of the Premier League and without a win in eight games when he arrived, so a first game against Rangers looked a daunting prospect.
The man fans would come to call "Sir Craig" worked his magic straight away as his new charges pulled off a shock 2-1 win.
And, for the next three years, the only way was up as Levein quickly transformed his team into permanent top-six fixtures and also serious contenders in the cup.
Sadly, though, that rise in the team's fortunes coincided with a rapid decline in the health of Thompson, who was fighting, but losing, a brave battle with cancer.
Thompson would pass away in October 2008 and, just a few months earlier, Levein came agonisingly close to giving him the silverware he so coveted.
In what's become known as the Eddie Thompson final, United and Rangers were locked together after 120 minutes of a classic Hampden League Cup showdown the Tangerines had the better of.
The late Dundee United chairman Eddie Thompson. The club went on to rename the East Stand in his honour.
Sadly, the lottery of penalties saw them miss out on the trophy but Levein's success in the league continued to the extent it was no surprised when Scotland came calling at the end of 2009 and the job was handed to assistant Houston.
That would lead to the greatest moment in the Thompson family's time in control – son Stephen was now chairman – as Houstie led United to a memorable Scottish Cup Final triumph over Ross County in May 2010.
For three more years he would continue to maintain high league finishes but an increasingly strained relationship with his chairman saw Houston depart early in 2013.
If the arrival of Levein heralded a golden era for United, at Dundee the troubles continued.
Administration had taken a massive toll and, even by the time Alan Kernaghan succeeded Jim Duffy in September 2005, life at Dens Park was a weekly struggle to survive.
Alan Kernaghan.
The former Irish international was able to lead the team to the Scottish Cup semis but they were well beaten by Gretna, another club that would quickly pay the price of extravagant spending.
Stuck in the second tier, his limited budget meant despite fan and board expectation, promotion was never an option.
Even so, finishing seventh, some 33 points off the top-of-the-table pace, meant the likeable Kernaghan had to go.
With a recently-appointed chief executive in place in the shape of Dave MacKinnon, the Dark Blues took the bold step of appointing Alex Rae as their new player-manager.
Assisted by close friend Davie Farrell, the former Rangers man set about making his team serious promotion contenders once again and, in his first season, did a more than creditable job in securing a third-place finish in the second tier.
He went one better the following year and, given the money available to him, was doing an excellent job.
Former Dundee manager Alex Rae.
Again, though, board and fan expectations that were less than realistic, meant a poor start to his third season would cost him his job in 2008.
To this day, and even for a club that's disposed of many managers quickly, that seemed the harshest of decisions.
In the next part of Millennium Managers – Dundee fall into the administration mire again despite Melville money, while Jackie McNamara oversees a young and talented United group.
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ARX Arquitectos
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ARX is a Portugese architecture studio founded in 1991 by the two Brothers José Mateus and Nuno Mateus. ARX´s work has obtained several prizes and mentions such as the International Architecture Awards The Chicago Athenaeum, USA (Ílhavo Library), International Association of the Art Critics, Prize in Architecture 2003 (Maritime Museum), and Nominations for the Sécil and Mies Van der Rohe Prize, 2002 (Maritime Museum). Beyond projects, articles and references in specialized newspapers and magazines, three monographic books were published on ARX´s work: A Second Nature (Blau 1993), Realidade-Real (CCB 1993) and Ílhavo Maritime Museum (Caleidoscópio 2004).
ARX say about themselves: "Our architecture doesn't follow a lexicon or a stabilized language. In every new project we try to find the "vocables" for a specific language to the new context. More than searching common points between each new project and the previous, our interest focus more on finding differences. It is as if we were always returning to zero. And, at a certain level, that is our conception of innovation.
Evidently this approach also opens up a vast research field. Not having to work within rigid precepts, we search an experimental path where we can test new concepts starting from what interest and fascinates us. Meanwhile, wise seem to us the words of the Brazilian poet and philosopher António Cícero that once said: "what is interesting, it is not much writing something new, but writing something that the reading doesn't date it."
Nuno Mateus
Born in Castelo Branco (Portugal), in 09 of August 1961, has graduated in Architecture from Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade Técnica de Lisboa (FAUTL) in 1984. In 1987 obtained a Master of Science in Architecture and Building Design at Columbia University in New York. Has worked among others with Peter Eisenman in New York from 1987 until 1991 and with Daniel Libeskind in Berlin in 1991.
He has taught in several Architecture schools, national and international. Currently teaching Final Project - Master Thesis in FAUTL (Universidade Técnica de Lisboa - Faculdade de Arquitectura) and Project VII and VII at UAL (Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa), Nuno Mateus as also been UAL's Director of the Architecture Department from 2004 until 2007, having teached also Project III and IV. He was as well visiting professor in Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (ESARQ-UIC) in Barcelona and followed Architectural thesis projects at ESAP (Escola Superior Artística do Porto).
In 1991, together with José Paulo Mateus, he founded ARX Portugal Arquitectos. The office work is wide spread from private to public commissions in Portugal and abroad as well as several international competitions. Some of its major projects are built and a few are currently under construction.
ARX´s work has obtained several prizes and mentions such as the International Architecture Awards The Chicago Athenaeum, USA (Ílhavo Library), International Association of the Art Critics, Prize in Architecture 2003 (Maritime Museum), and Nominations for the Sécil and Mies Van der Rohe Prize, 2002 (Maritime Museum).
Beyond projects, articles and references in specialized newspapers and magazines, three monographic books were published on ARX´s work: A Second Nature (Blau 1993), Realidade-Real (CCB 1993) and Ílhavo Maritime Museum (Caleidoscópio 2004).
José Mateus
Born in Castelo Branco in 1963, has graduated in Architecture from the Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade Técnica de Lisboa (FAUTL) in 1986. Currently President of the Director's Board of Lisbon Architecture Triennale, was also Executive Director of the events Trienal 2007 and Trienal 2010. Currently a member of Babel's Editorial Board. Was President of the Southern Regional Assembly of the Ordem Arquitectos, as well as Vice President of the Direction of the same Regional Section between 2005-2007.
Guest professor at the Instituto Superior Técnico, in Lisbon, he was teacher at the Escola Técnica Superior d' Arquitectura of the Universitat Internacional da Catalunya (ESARQ-UIC), in Barcelona; at the Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa (ISCTE) and at the Escola Superior de Artes Decorativas de Lisboa (ESAD).
Author/coordinator of the magazine Linha (Architecture, Design and Landscape) of the weekly newspaper Expresso. He was also author/coordinator of the two television series Tempo & Traço for SIC Notícias channel. He was a regular participant on the radio program Na Ordem do Dia on TSF.
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Interior Elevation of One Bay in North Aisle of Nave in Holyrood Abbey. Signed "J.W." u.d.
Elevations of Bays in South Aisle and Nave of Holyrood Abbey. u.s. u.d.
General view of West end of Holyrood Abbey (Chapel Royal) Insc. "Chapel Royal, Holyrood. 531. AI."
View of face mortar (previously in Holyrood Abbey, now in storage).
General view of Holyrood Palace and Abbey looking South.
General view of East end of Nave in Holyrood Abbey Insc. "Chapel Royal, Holyrood. 52. AI."
Holyrood Abbey. Elevation of nave arcade.
Photographic copy of proposed Restoration of East Elevation of Holyrood Abbey and Conventual Buildings u.s. u.d.
Interior Elevation of One Bay in South Aisle of Nave in Holyrood Abbey. Signed "J.Watson" u.d.
South Elevation of Nave of Holyrood Abbey. u.s. u.d.
Oblique aerial view of Holyrood Palace and Holyrood Abbey, looking WNW.
View of architecturel details on exterior of Holyrood Abbey.
View of sculpture fragment in Holyrood Abbey.
View of Milne memorial, on exterior of Holyrood Abbey.
View of W facade of Holyrood Abbey, showing carved angel frieze on lintel of doorway, and a pair of masks supporting the lintel.
Holyrood Abbey. Sketch of south aisle.
Oblique aerial view centred on Holyrood Palace, Abbey, new Parliament Building and 'Our Dynamic Earth' , taken from the ENE.
Scanned image of engraving showing Interior view of Holyrood Abbey Original inscribed: "Interior of Holyrood Chapel. Drawn & Engraved by Edw.d Blore. London, Published July 1, 1821, by Rodwell & Martin, New Bond Street. Printed by McQueen & Co."
Photographic copy of proposed Restoration of West Elevation of Holyrood Abbey and Conventual Buildings. u.s. u.d.
Photographic copy of perspective View of part of Nave and South Aisle of Holyrood Abbey From "The Building News. Nov. 30 1906." Insc. "From measured drawings by T.Forbes Maclennan. Photo-lithographed & Printed by James Akerman, 6 Queen Square, W.C."
Oblique aerial view of Edinburgh centred on both 'Dynamic earth' and the Scottish Parliament under construction, and a view of the Canongate, Holyrood Palace and Holyrood Abbey, taken from the NNE.
Oblique aerial view of Edinburgh centred on both 'Dynamic earth' and the Scottish Parliament under construction, and a view of the Canongate, Holyrood Palace and Holyrood Abbey, taken from the ENE.
Oblique aerial view of Holyrood Palace and Abbey, Edinburgh, with fountain also visible.
Sketch view of interior of Nave of Holyrood Abbey. Signed and Dated "Geo. D. Macniven. May 99."
Details of Pier Arcade of Nave in Holyrood Abbey. u.s. u.d.
Oblique aerial view of Holyrood Palace and Holyrood Abbey, looking NW.
View of monument to Robert Douglas, Viscount Belhaven, inside W tower of Holyrood Abbey.
View of monument to Euphemia Stewart, on inside of S wall of Holyrood Abbey.
View of monument to Jane, Countess of Eglinton, against inside of N wall of Holyrood Abbey.
View of two carved medallion heads, between ground floor arches on S side of tower on W facade of Holyrood Abbey.
View of two carved medallion heads, between ground floor arches on W facade of Holyrood Abbey.
Aerial view of Holyrood Palace and Abbey.
Holyrood Abbey. Details of capitals.
Oblique aerial view showing Holyrood Palace and Abbey, plus part of Abbeyhill.
Photographic copy of plans and Elevations of Bay in South Aisle of Holyrood Abbey "Measured and drawn July '35 by James A. H. Mottram"
Oblique aerial view of Edinburgh centred on both 'Dynamic Earth' and the Scottish Parliament under construction, and a view of the Canongate, Holyrood Palace and Holyrood Abbey, taken from the SSW.
Oblique aerial view of Edinburgh centred on both 'Dynamic Earth' and the Scottish Parliament under construction, and a view of the Canongate, Holyrood Palace and Holyrood Abbey, taken from the WSW.
Details and Elevation of Triforium in Nave of Holyrood Abbey. u.s. u.d.
Photographic copy of engraving showing interior view of Holyrood Abbey. Copied from Vitruvius Scoticus, Plate 5. Engraved by P Mazell; drawn by Wyck.
View of architectural details on exterior of Holyrood Abbey.
View of coat of arms of Graham and Stewart, aginst inside of N wall of Holyrood Abbey..
View of panel with angel's head and grotesque mask, above W door of Holyrood Abbey..
Photographic copy of engraving showing interior view of Holyrood Abbey Insc. "Chapel Royal at Holyrood. Restored as it was in the reign of James VII. Restored by N.Tennant, Archt. Engraved by J.West. Drawn & Engraved for D.Anderson 1849."
Oblique aerial view centred on Holyrood Palace, Abbey, new Parliament building and 'Our Dynamic Earth', taken from the SW.
Oblique aerial view centred on Holyrood Palace, Abbey, new Parliament building and 'Our Dynamic Earth', taken from the NE.
Photographic copy of proposed Restoration of North Elevation of Holyrood Abbey and Conventual Buildings u.s. u.d.
Elevations of Bay on South side of Nave of Holyrood Abbey. u.s. u.d.
(Centred NT 2696 7398) Ruins of Abbey Church AD 1128 (NR) Nave (NR) Choir (NR).
The Abbey of Holyrood was founded in 1128 by David I for Augustinian Canons.
All that survives above ground is the ruined nave as repaired and consolidated by HMoW in 1911. Foundations of vanished choir and transepts were found in course of this work and left open for inspection. Within the area of the choir and nave remains of the original 12th century abbey church were found.
In the latter part of the 12th century it was decided to rebuild the church on a more sumptious scale which was developed during the next two centuries. It comprised a nave of 8 bays with western towers; N and S transepts each of two bays with an E chapel-aisle; and an aisled choir of 6 bays including a lady chapel.
In 1544 and 1547 the abbey was burnt and looted by Hertford's troops and in 1570 the choir and transepts were pulled down and the remaining portion of the nave was repaired and the church reduced to its present dimensions.
NT 269 740 During the upgrading of the Victorian boilerhouse, human remains were uncovered. Excavation by GUARD revealed the remains of a minimum of 38 individuals from two main phases of burial which form part of the medieval and post-medieval cemetery at the abbey church. The initial phase of burial was badly disturbed by a large pit. After this filled up, a layer of building rubble and debris covered the site; this included fragments of mortar, stained glass, lead came and architectural fragments. Through this a second phase of burials were dug.
Two coins from the reign of Edward I/II deposited c.1330 were recovered including one from a burial. A copper jetton or counter was also recovered; this was minted in France in the 14th-15th centuries.
NT 2696 7398 An area in the NW corner of the nave was excavated in May and June 2001 to ascertain the nature of the upper deposits and the cause of drainage problems. Features excavated and recorded included gravels, drainage, graves, a medieval deposit and wall foundations. Recommendations were made to alleviate the drainage problems.
c NT 269 739 A watching brief was undertaken in April 2005 during the excavation of extensive trenches in the gardens around the Palace of Holyroodhouse (NT27SE 35.00) and the abbey (NT27SE 35.01). The archaeological potential of these areas was somewhat limited by the extensive landscaping works undertaken in the gardens over the last two centuries, although there was a higher chance of encountering buried features near the ruinous abbey. There were no finds or features of archaeological significance.
NMRS Photographic Survey of drawings for Holyrood Abbey in the collection of Ancient Monuments branch, SDD and transferred to the Scottish Record Office including: survey drawings by James Gillespie Graham 1832; designs for restoration and additions by James Gillespie Graham and A W N Pugin 1837 and a set of working drawings for the restoration by James Gillespie Graham 1837.
Peal of bells for the Church of Holyroodhouse. Royal letter to the Earl of Mar, Treasurer, about the use of two broken cannock to make a peal of bells.
Restoration of the Chapel of Holyrood Palace. Letter to the Marquis of Breadalbane from James Gillespie Graham, architect. He asks that the matter of Restoration be drawn to the Queen's attention.
Oblique aerial photographs of Holyrood Palace and Abbey, Edinburgh, by Mr John Dewar in 1971.
The site chosen for the Abbey was at the lower east end of the rocky ridge that tails down from the castle. It was fairly level ground, but boggy, infertile and unhealthy until foirly recent times. The original structure that was laid out in 1128 was apparently cruciform in shape and unaisled except for a chapel aisle on the eastern side of each transept.
In the second half of the twelfth century, it was decided to rebuild the abbey church on a much grander scale. That project took two centuries to complete. The new building comprised a nave of eight bays with western towers, north and south transepts, each of two bays with an eastern aisle. In addition, there was a large choir of six bays including a Lady Chapel two bays wide (RCAM, 1951, 130). The site also included the necessary domestic quarters, infirmary, offices, guest house, and abbot's house (Richardson, 1950, 4).
In 1544 the Abbey was burned and looted by the English, and it suffered further damage during an attack in 1547. After 1570 the commendator of the Abbey allowed the ruinous choir and transepts to be pulled down and money arising from the sale of the material to be used to repair and refurbish the nave which contained the parish church. With that, the church was immediately reduced to its present proportions (RCAM, 1951, 131). Further alterations were carried out on the church in preparation for Charles l's coronation there in 1633. His son, James VII, declared the church a chapel royal and fitted it up as a Catholic place of worship. Canongate residents were thus denied the right to worship in their centuries-old parish church. Upon the news of the Glorious Revolution and the fall of James VII, a mob stormed the chapel, destroying every emblem of the Catholic faith as well as desecrating the royal tombs (Bryce, 1914, xliii). In December 1768, the roof, which had been rebuilt ten years earlier, suddenly gave way bringing down also the clerestory, the roof of the northern aisle and most of the flying arches (Bryce, 1914, .xliv).
A Desk-Assessment of below Ground Archaeology in the Nave of the Abbey Church focusing on the problem of drainage in the Abbey.
NT 2696 7398 An area in the NW corner of the nave was excavated in May and June 2001 to ascertain the nature of the upper deposits and the cause of drainage problems. Features excavated and recorded included gravels, drainage, graves, a medieval deposit and wall foundations.
Recommendations were made to alleviate the drainage problems.
NT 269 739 A watching brief was undertaken in April 2005 during the excavation of extensive trenches in the gardens around the Palace of Holyroodhouse and the abbey. The archaeological potential of these areas was somewhat limited by the extensive landscaping works undertaken in the gardens over the last two centuries, although there was a higher chance of encountering buried features near the ruinous abbey. There were no finds or features of archaeological significance.
NT 2690 7396 A watching brief was maintained, 22 February–20 March 2008, during the excavation of a service trench running N from the N wall of the Palace of Holyroodhouse past the W end of Holyrood Abbey. The trench followed the line of a previous pipe trench as closely as possible to avoid disturbing any previously unbroken ground.
Towards the S end of the trench there was a concentration of human bone in the backfill. An E–W aligned grave was also recorded at the SW corner of the N tower of the abbey. This burial had been cut through by the earlier pipe trench. It is likely that more than one grave had been cut by the initial pipe trench but only one definite grave was identified with fragments of bone visible in both sides of the trench. At the SW corner of the N corner tower an area of concrete was revealed below the foundations which may represent a repair to the corner of the foundations of the N corner tower.
NT 26940 73964 The most interesting stones in this collection are the late medieval tomb-slabs, and although some are very weathered, some well executed details remain on others. HOL/ts/1a+b forms the top left hand and right hand corners of an incised slab. This would have belonged to a churchman, with the remains of a cross-head, together with a chalice and a shield containing three fleurs-de-lis(?). The identity of the individual is unknown, as an inscription running around the outer edge is illegible.
The upper part of another slab is found in a pair of stones, HOL/ts/6-7. Together, the late medieval fragments depict a tree set above a shield of arms. The quartered shield bears three florettes and a ship. The shield has a crown above and is flanked by a pair of stags, each of which wears a harness, the lower ends of which entwine in a decorative knot below the shield.


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ExxonMobil joins Canada LNG fray
on: June 22, 2013 In: Gas
22 June 2013 – ExxonMobil applied on Thursday to export up to 30 million tonnes per annum of liquefied natural gas from the western Canadian province of British Columbia, according to regulatory documents.
The US supermajor, which controls Imperial Oil and WWC LNG, said a plant to be built in the Kitimat and Prince Rupert area will process up to 1.46 trillion cubic feet of natural gas for a 25-year term.
"The LNG terminal will be designed to take delivery of natural gas primarily from the Western Canada sedimentary basin and liquefy it for export to markets outside China," the filing submitted Thursday says, adding that an exact site has not been selected.
Western British Columbia is emerging as a hotspot for LNG in Canada, which has ample feedstock and a clear shot across the Pacific to hungry markets in Asia.
Among other players, Malaysia state oil firm Petronas said it plans to spend up to $20 million on its Pacific Northwest LNG proposal, which could export as much as 18 million tonnes per annum in three trains in the region with initial startup targeted for as soon as 2018.
ExxonMobil holds 340,000 shale acres in western Canada's Horn River basin where it believes there are significant gas resources to be exploited.
Shell Canada and its partners are amid an environmental study for a $3.85 billion proposal also on the country's western coast.
In the US, ExxonMobil is working with Qatar Petroleum to advance an export proposal from the Golden Pass facility in Texas, among the more than 20 projects queued up with regulators for potential clearance.
Among other LNG projects, ExxonMobil also operates LNG trains in Qatar.
*Kathrine Schmidt, Upstreamonline
Nigeria's LPG consumption crosses 1mmt, emerges top in W'Africa -PPPRA
Two LNG tankers bound for Australia's Prelude facility divert-shiptracking data


From NYC using Mass Transit: Take NJ Transit Train from Hoboken or Penn Station – NYC to the Waldwick station. (Note, the train from Penn Station requires a transfer at Secaucus Junction.) The Koch Center is two blocks away from the train station.
From NYC using Mass Transit: Take NJ Transit Bus #166 from Port Authority Bus Terminal NYC to the corner of Dean St. South and Palisades Ave. The Koch Center is 2-3 blocks away from the bus stop.
Using Mass Transit: Take NJ Transit Montclair-Boonton line train from Hoboken to the Walnut Street station. The Koch Center is four blocks away from the train station.


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Sugar Rush: A Couple of Gulab Jamuns at Curry Up Now, San Francisco
Published: April 9, 2013 Last Updated: August 9, 2018
Like seemingly everyone else on the planet right now, I love food trucks. When you stumble on one, it's an unexpected treat of delicious food at (usually/ideally) rock bottom prices. The flip side of that coin is, of course, locating the darn thing. If it's an actual roving truck, that means that when a certain craving hits, you can't be assured satisfaction. That's why I was happy to see San Francisco's beloved Curry Up Now truck open a brick and mortar store on Valencia Street.
At the restaurant, Curry Up Now kept that ideal combination of reasonable prices and great food, which, given the portion sizes, means it can be hard to save room for dessert. But I'd advise getting a couple of Gulab Jamuns ($3) anyway. (By the way, that's verbatim: the menu reads "A Couple Of Gulab Jamuns", which I love).
And that's what you get: two balls of milk dough that are fried and doused in a sweet syrup. The Gulab Jamuns are soft and moist—there is no breading or crust, just squishy dough. Equally key, they're not greasy or suffering from an overly thick, goopy syrup. Sliced almonds add a nice bit of texture and their flavor helps to highlight the floral scent of cardamom. For a fried dessert, these are pretty light, and after the first bite I don't think you'll have a problem finding room.
Curry Up Now
659 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA (map) 800-536-0000; curryupnow.com
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WEEKLY TIP If you are close to retirement age, think twice about financing major purchases with debt. The less debt you retire with, the better.
Last week's riddle: A palindrome is any word, phrase, or number that reads the same either forward or backward. Can you think of a palindrome word that, when spelled in all capitals, looks the same backwards, forwards, or upside down?
THIS WEEK: The data stream is light. No major releases are scheduled for Monday, but Fed officials Jeffrey Lacker, James Bullard and Richard Fisher will all speak at different conferences. Tuesday brings earnings from H&R Block and AutoZone, plus the October wholesale inventories report from the Census Bureau. Nothing major is scheduled for Wednesday. On Thursday, the Census Bureau provides retail sales figures for November and an October business inventories report; new initial jobless claims numbers will also arrive. Friday sees the release of November's Producer Price Index.


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UChicago Faculty Members Demand Reparations, Critical Race Studies, and Defunding UCPD
This image depicts demands of student groups such as #CareNotCops and UChicago United, for whom the "More than Diversity" faculty statement demonstrates support.
In an August 6th statement titled More than Diversity—A Call to Action from University of Chicago Faculty, professors associated with the University of Chicago's Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture (CSRPC) demand "critical reflection and concrete action" in response to the University's alleged "history of white supremacy and racial hierarchy."
The statement outlines five categories of demands: increased autonomy of the CSRPC, the creation of a Department of Critical Race Studies, changes to the structure of governance for the University's Diversity and Inclusion Initiative, defunding the University of Chicago Police Department (UCPD), and the enactment of reparations at UChicago.
In the statement, the co-signers lament the UChicago's lacking support of the CSRPC, as purportedly evidenced by the University's failure to recruit a CSRPC director and its 50,000 dollar budget cut for next year. The statement's faculty affiliates call for complete independence of the CSRPC and a minimum annual budget of two million dollars. Part of this budget would go toward "build[ing] a race core for undergraduates."
Next, the statement's faculty affiliates demand the creation of a Department of Critical Race Studies: "Previous University of Chicago Provosts have actively discouraged the formation of such a Department here. This absence is particularly egregious in a university that prides itself on continuously questioning and challenging knowledge formations and their institutional groundings." According to the statement, a Department of Critical Race Studies should be created by an External Advisory Council of faculty at peer institutions, and members should be selected by faculty affiliates of the CSRPC.
Faculty members also call for the restructuring of leadership at the University, so that the role of Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is separate from the role of Vice President for Academic Leadership and Advancement. And they demand that "equity" be officially stated as an objective of the University, alongside Diversity and Inclusion.
Additionally, the statement's co-signers affirm their support for the student-led UChicago United and #CareNotCops campaigns, which call on the University to disarm and defund UCPD. The co-signers call for the University to hold a public meeting between representatives of #CareNotCops and Provost Ka Yee C. Lee.
Finally, the statement demands an acknowledgment of the University's "debt to the enslaved people" and the creation of a truth and justice committee to "determine appropriate reparations for the University's connections to slavery, Jim Crow, and other ongoing forms of racial exploitation, exclusion, and discrimination." According to the statement, this committee should be run by community organizers from Chicago's South Side.
The statement's co-signers include five former directors of the CSRPC, over fifty current faculty affiliates—of whom the most popular academic disciplines are English, Literature, History, and Media Studies—and a number of current UChicago students as well as professors at other universities. The co-signers claim that if their demands are not met, they will refuse to participate in new faculty searches and all Diversity and Inclusion related committees. They will also refuse to allow the University to use their accomplishments for its promotion.
Provost Ka Yee C. Lee responded to the letter, affirming a commitment to ensuring that "the Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture, and related efforts of University faculty, have the support needed to 'become an even more vital part of the University of Chicago community.'" However, there has been no public response to the other demands outlined in the original August 6th statement, and the degree to which the Provost and the statement's co-signers have corresponded remains unclear.
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Emily Dow
Emily Dow is a Contributor to the Chicago Thinker. As a sophomore at the University of Chicago, she hopes to major in Economics and Mathematics. Outside of politics, Emily enjoys playing the cello, public speaking, and writing.
jaye els says:
"The statement outlines five categories of demands: increased autonomy of the CSRPC, the creation of a Department of Critical Race Studies.. defunding the University of Chicago Police Department (UCPD), and the enactment of reparations at UChicago."
I respond:
These are not sensible, intelligent suggestions by reasonable protesters – they are terrorist demands. Terrorists make "demands" and if we the sensible, honorable U of Chicago students, faculty, administrators, alumni and Hyde Park Chicago community do not meet their "demands" then what happens? Will we be kidnapped, tortured, killed like the famous/infamous terrorists that brought down civilizations like the Pax Romana?
Here's a short Monty Python video clip that uses humor to just "noticed" the ridiculous, anti civilization demands of open terrorists like the ones we have here on University of Chicago campus.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ozEZxOsanY
That was a very well written article Miss Emily Dow.
I think it would now help if someone here would tell us exactly who these U of Chicago Cult marxist terrorists are, what are their names, what are their positions, do they actually teach real subjects or are they full time Cult Marxist terrorist, eternal "students" who never become responsible grown ups?
I m fairly confident the University of Chicago alumni network is going to strongly oppose the dismantling of traditional education at our U of Chicago, so what needs to be done is to identify the terrorists and not let them hide in the dark of anonymity.
hello jay else, chicago has good hotdogs. one time i went to portillos and ate a mouthful of hot dog. i said to myself, wowee, that's a good hot dog.
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Are you joking? A judge who is openly against most of the major civil rights victories of the past half century gets criticized by civil rights advocates and your best objection is "but she is a woman. you can't do that >:(" Look, guys, tokenism may work that way in the Republican party and some of the more uneducated elements of the Democratic party (yes, they do exist), but vaguely gesturing at imagined hypocrisy is a rhetorical tactic that only works on other Republicans/conservatives. Yeah you can feel good that "those dumb democrats can't criticize women because they are required to never say anything possibly bad about them haha" but seriously, to any remotely skeptical viewer, you look childish and embarrassingly bankrupt of actual criticism. This is why flat earthers and conservatives aren't taken seriously anymore in wider academia… "token woman can't be bad >:("
catherine williams says:
I am slightly confused about this article. As a democrat, I can confidently say that we support women in power. I believe you might be understanding the definition of feminism. As Miriam Webster states "fem·i·nism
/ˈfeməˌnizəm/ noun
the advocacy of women's rights on the basis of the equality of the sexes."
As you can see it says "equality of sexes" not favoring one over the other. If we look into the definition further, it means that gender should not matter. Yes, we do not approve of her. Leave gender out of the equation. The feminist act focuses on erasing gender from contributing to a decision. It is great that a woman was appointed to this position, and I love to see the advancements women have made in the federal system, but this does not eclipse the fact that she is a far right-leaning person. Regardless of all of this, it is unreasonable for you to expect that everyone from one political ideation will like a certain person.


We've barely received any new music from Young Dro this year. The rapper dished out his last project, Day 3 in November 2017, but since then, he's been relatively quiet. However, that's clearly a sign that he's been locking in some studio time and cooking up some heat. While mixtapes these days can essentially qualify as an album, Dro returns with his new project, Adderall Flow and dished thirteen new songs over some of the hottest production in the game.
Young Dro is "jackin' for beats" on his new project. Adderall Flow. The rapper's latest project runs for thirteen tracks and Dro dishes us new freestyles over some of the hottest tracks from Tekashi 6ix9ine, Future, Gunna, Lil Baby, Moneybagg Yo, Ella Mai and more. It's another excellent effort from Dro. Hopefully, we receive more music from him before the end of the year.


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Let's begin with an example based on a real case and put you in the middle of it. You have been drawn into a bitter fight between your boss and Terry Worthen, a former colleague whom he fired eighteen months ago. Terry subsequently sued your company and your boss personally for age discrimination.
You have nothing to do with the circumstances that triggered Terry's termination. You are friendly with each of these people, both of whom clearly like and trust you. In fact, each of them has privately asked for your help resolving this dispute before it goes to trial.
You separately told them each that you're not comfortable getting involved, but each insisted that you're the only one who can help. (It's ironic that that's the only thing they seem to agree on.) Obviously, you have no power to force them to come to an agreement, but each is still pressing you to make the other "be reasonable." If they continue to ask, might you be willing to try to play an active role in resolving this dispute?
Some years ago, Harvard Business School Professor Jim Sebenius created a series of short dispute resolution cases with the considerable help of Marjorie Aaron, an accomplished mediator. Indeed, she mediated this case. The names of the parties have been changed to respect people's privacy. Other than that, the facts that follow are unchanged. You'll see the video interview in a moment, but here's a little more background on the case.
The company provided secure data storage for small companies in its area. Its gross revenues were about $10 million annually, with annual profits around $1 million at that time. Terry Worthen, age 63, was a 15-year employee of the company, working as a commissioned salesman. When he was fired—ostensibly for poor sales performance—he was told that the company had a mandatory retirement age of 62.
Shortly after being terminated, Terry informed the vice president of sales that he had learned from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that federal law prohibits mandatory retirement policies. Terry was then reinstated, but was warned that his performance would be closely monitored. A year later he was fired again on the grounds that his sales figures were lower than those of other salespeople.
Terry subsequently brought suit, claiming that he had been taken off his old accounts and given poor leads. He was convinced that he was set up to fail, and that his age was the real reason for his firing. The adversarial process got under way with the taking of depositions by both sides. The boss was outraged that Terry's suit alleged "bad faith" and "intentional wrong doing." Terry sought $1.8 million in damages, almost twice the two-year profits of the company.
Terry was represented by a lawyer who took his case on a contingency basis, so if he prevailed in court, Terry would have to pay a third of whatever judgement he was awarded to his attorney. (If he lost, he would owe nothing.) For the company, pretrial costs were already $35,000. Going to trial was expected to cost it an additional $40,000 to $50,000.
Nudged by the court, the parties agreed to try mediation. That is where Marjorie Aaron came into the story. Let's see what happened next.
There are many other forms of third party dispute resolution, beyond this kind of mediation. They fall along a spectrum ranging from simple facilitation—where someone convenes the parties and perhaps chairs a meeting—to binding arbitration where the intervenor has the power to declare who wins and who loses.
According to Frank Sander and Stephen Goldberg's classic article "Fitting the Forum to the Fuss," choosing the right process rests on diagnosing the obstacle that is preventing parties from reaching agreement on their own. In highly emotional disputes—like the one you just considered—the relationship-building skills of a mediator may be called for in.
Feelings may matter less in other instances, say where parties have an honest disagreement about the facts in question or their consequences. In those situations, an arbitrator may be called in to hear the evidence and make a ruling.
The parties can select a neutral expert who specializes in construction and can make an informed decision, rather than rely on a generalist judge to decide a technical question.
Arbitration cases can often be heard quickly so that construction can move ahead efficiently.
Sometimes (but not always) arbitration can be cheaper if the parties agree to fast-track the process.
Arbitration may be preferable if the parties don't want business practices or trade secrets to be revealed in open court.
In ongoing business relations, it's common for contracts to specify in advance that the parties will attempt to resolve possible future differences through mediation before taking them to court. There is controversy, however, over the legality—and certainly, the propriety—of so-called contracts of adhesion that attempt to prevent dissatisfied consumers from going to court and instead compel them to through an arbitration process tilted in favor the company.
Parties that have equal bargaining power sometimes come up with clever dispute resolution rules that are intended to discourage each other from using them. Years ago, Major League Baseball and the Player's Association designed a process called Final Offer Arbitration. It governs contract disputes with players who have several years of experience, but who do not have enough tenure to be free agents with the right to negotiate with competing teams.
When a player and his team are deadlocked over salary, they must take their dispute to an arbitrator who specializes in these kinds of cases. Data about the player's performance is presented, as is other information, then the player states a demand and the team counters with an offer. Here's the twist: the arbitrator must pick one number or the other—he can't split the difference.
Pause for a moment and consider why anyone would agree to such a process. After all, the arbitrator may regard the player's demand as too high and team's offer as too low. And yet he or she must pick one number or the other one, rather than impose the correct one.
The rule is intended to motivate both sides be more reasonable. When each party figures what to put on the table, they strive to put out a number that will look more plausible. As the parties negotiate in anticipation of this process, they should inch ever closer to one another. In theory, at least, they should reach agreement without ever getting the arbitrator involved.
In practice, though, the system doesn't work perfectly. In the baseball context, both parties may be risk-seeking rather than risk-averse. A player who has already been offered $5 million may be willing to gamble that the arbitrator will give him $6. (If he loses, he'll still be rich.) The team, thinking ahead to negotiations with other players, may prefer that the arbitrator make the award, even an adverse one, rather than setting a bad precedent themselves.
Finally, the dispute resolution process can evolve as it unfolds. A prominent Boston-based mediator was once called in to help resolve a dispute between partners in a big real estate deal. The construction project had gone well, but serious issues arose about managing the property or possibly selling it. The parties were in court to dissolve the partnership and divide the assets. The battle was over who would get what.
The litigants had already spent a combined $1 million on legal fees. Going to trial would cost at least that much, likely more. The presiding judge strongly encouraged them to try mediation rather than to continue to deplete the value of the contested resource by squandering still more money on legal costs.
The mediation proceeded in fits and starts over several weeks. The mediator met with all the parties together and then caucused privately with each one. Finally, though his efforts, they got to a point where, when the mediator added up the four demands, the total was only $250,000 more than the agreed value of the asset.
A quarter of million dollars is a lot of money but compared to what was at stake in this case, it was peanuts. Nevertheless nobody would budge. Each of the parties told the mediator that the number that they had given him was firm and final.
Think about why. First, this ritual allowed everyone to save face. Nobody had to back down. Second, win or lose, it allowed each of them to be able to tell a great story about the day they flipped a coin for a quarter million dollars.
The mediator paired them off for a semi-final round. The coin was flipped and two of them advanced to the finals. It was flipped a second time and a winner was declared. He smiled broadly. The other three laughed even harder.
Disputes arise not just between businesses and nations, but also among friends, family members, and neighbors. The conflict described just below was between condo owners in an apartment building. If you have already seen the Brinksmanship module in the Critical Moments unit, you may choose to skip it or read through it quickly to refresh your memory and see how it relates to closing negotiations, as well.
Some years ago, the Wall Street Journal reported on a battle between the owner of a New York co-op and his neighbors on the governing board. The board had passed a rule requiring all owners install bars on their windows to prevent children from falling out. The owner refused. He had no children and felt it was unfair (and pointless) to compel him to pay the $902 cost of installation.
Just as strongly, the board felt that its mandate must be honored. After all, children might visit the apartment at some point and might be sold to someone else with kids. Moreover, if the board made an exception in this case, other apartment owners might opt out as well.
This owner ignored the bill, so the board hired a lawyer to write a "demand letter" warning the owner that if he did not pay, it would take him to court. The lawyer charged $315 for this service. Naturally, going to court would cost everyone much more.
The owner still did not budge so the board took him to court, where the trial judge ruled in its favor. The process wasn't cheap for either side, however. The owner paid his lawyer $5,000 and the board's costs were almost twice that.
The owner didn't give up. Instead, he challenged the trial court's ruling in appeals court. This time he won, but the victory wasn't cheap for him and, as before, the process was even more expensive for the board.
By this point the parties had spent a combined thirty times what would have been the cost of installing the window bars. The Journal's account does not mention attempts of settlement or the use of a third party. But it's likely others were concerned, since they would have to pay—in assessments—for the board's costs however the case came out.
Perhaps one or more of the other neighbors tried to intervene, but if so, they weren't successful, as you can see by revealing the hidden comments below.
The board appealed the second court's decision to a still higher tribunal and it reinstated the judgment that the owner must pay for and install the window bars. Now their combined costs had more than doubled once again.
This time the owner did not contest the installation order. But as you'll see by clicking here, that was not the end of the dispute or of skyrocketing legal bills. You can see what happened by revealing the next set of hidden comments.
Now the parties found something else to fight over. The board sought to have the owner pay all its legal costs. The judge named a referee to decide that issue. He ordered the owner to pay $30,000 of the board's fee, making the board swallow the balance.
That seems like a dubious (and self-interested) claim. If at the outset, the board had a crystal ball and could have foreseen with perfect clarity that this minor dispute was going to cost them so much, would they really have plowed ahead? And what of the bystanders—the other owners who must foot the ultimate bill? Might one of them have found it wise to slip $902 in cash into the board's mail slot, an anonymous payment of the recalcitrant owner's bill? Doing so would have been a lot cheaper.
If just one person on the board had asked that second question, they might have recognized that the owner could prove to be as just stubborn as they were.
Perhaps at the outset they were right in retaining a lawyer to write a letter insisting that the owner pay his share. You might even argue that if the principle of not making any exceptions was worth defending, maybe going to court was necessary, as well. Most owners probably would have relented by then. But at some point—long before the costs rose to six figures—there should have been a Plan B that would have allowed a faster and far cheaper resolution.
In the 1990s there was a business dispute between Stevens Aviation, a service and maintenance company, and Southwest Airlines, in which far more seemed at stake. The dispute easily could have escalated into a legal battle costing millions.
Stevens began an advertising campaign built around the slogan "Plane Smart" in its ads. A couple of years later, Southwest launched its "Just Plane Smart" campaign, prompting Stevens to claim trademark infringement. Instead of taking the airline to court, however, Stevens' chairman Kurt Herwald proposed a different idea: He'd arm-wrestle Southwest CEO Herb Kelleher. The winner would get the rights, and the loser would have to donate to a charity of the other's choice.
Kelleher lost the two-out-of-three match and sent a $10,000 check to the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Herwald, in turn, generously allowed Southwest to keep using its slogan. Both companies got great publicity from the stunt. Herwald said later that it was a factor in the subsequent threefold growth of his company's business.
It's estimated that 90 percent of lawsuits in the United States are settled before trial. (Actually, that number may be low.) But even when agreements are reached, the cost of disputes can be high for all concerned. There are transaction costs—legal fees and wasted time—of course. Beyond that, relationships can be stressed or even destroyed. Uncertainty about who owes what to whom can also hamper business planning and contaminate other transactions. Accelerating the resolution of disputes is thus almost always in everyone's best interest.
Many of the same concepts and techniques that apply to deal-making also extend to resolving disputes. In both settings, parties need to consider their walkaway alternatives, weigh their full set of interests, and explore creative solutions. But there are critical differences, as well. In transactional negotiations, parties can usually walk away from a deal unilaterally. That's often not the case with disputes (you can't, on your own, decide not to be sued). So, in disputes, this a lack of control can frustrate each party and deepen their differences.
Moreover, disputes typically involve allocating loss. (In the windows case, either the owner was going to have to pay for windows he didn't want, or the board was going to have change its policy.) Rather than being win-win, many cases like the windows story are lose-lose. Deals, by contrast, involve finding an outcome that benefits each side. Parties might bargain hard to get the larger share of that benefit, but that isn't the same as suffering a loss.
Perhaps most important, perceived leverage in many disputes comes from being able to inflict pain or withhold valuable items. Party A may not like writing checks to their lawyer, but be convinced that by doing so, Party B will feel compelled to settle. But that second party may so resent the assault that they retaliate even more strongly. Like the litigants in the windows case, they dig themselves into a hole and then look for more shovels.
By contrast, wise negotiators like Herwald and Keller avoid sunk cost traps and instead transform disputes into deals to generate mutual gain.
The point is that if disputants believe that they found the solution without help, then they will own and implement it. And if the mediator is deft, perhaps without fully realizing it the disputants will have learned a bit about managing negotiation constructively from their example. They will have had an up-close demonstration of the importance of listening, exploring, and guiding the process with a light hand. If each side is alert, it may be able apply those lessons to settle future differences without the help of a third party.
Of course, neutrals can do some things more effectively than those with obviously partisan interests. A mediator who wins the confidence of disputants can encourage them to rethink their priorities. In private conversations with a mediator, disputants are more likely to reveal the issues on which they can compromise and others that are truly non-negotiable. A mediator can also offer a disinterested assessment of the situation and the likely consequences if the parties fail to agree.
Nevertheless, there are mediation approaches and techniques that negotiators with an obvious stake in the matter can emulate and adapt. Imagine two old friends, for example, one of whom is selling his family homestead to the other. Neither is rich, so they must both be mindful of money, but neither wants to take advantage of the other. Haggling is out of the question. What should they do?
One option would be for each of them to separately write down a walkaway price, on the understanding that they will split the difference if there is an overlap. If the most the prospective buyer is willing to pay is less than her friend, the owner, can accept, there won't be a deal. Still both will know they each were willing to go to the limit for the other.
The overlap between negotiation and mediation skills is especially important dealing with colleagues in the workplace. To secure what you want and gain support for initiatives you favor, you will often have to resolve problems between other people over entirely different issues. The age discrimination case that began this module is such an example. The quiz put you in the position of someone who had nothing to do with Terry's termination, but if a dispute like that is not resolved, it can negatively affect other parties and raise tensions within an organization. Getting involved may entail risks, but staying on the sidelines could be even more perilous.
Some years ago, David Lax and James Sebenius wrote a landmark text that is still in print, The Manager as Negotiator. There is still space on the bookshelf for a companion, The Manager as Mediator.
Deborah Kolb and Jessica Porter, Negotiating at Work: Turn Small Wins into Big Gains, Jossey-Bass; 1st edition, 2015.
David Lax and James Sebenius, The Manager as Negotiator, Free Press, 2011.
Frank Sander and Stephen Goldberg, "Fitting the Forum to the Fuss: A User-friendly Guide to Selecting an ADR Procedure," Negotiation Journal, January 1994.
Jeswald Salacuse, Real Leaders Negotiate!: Gaining, Using, and Keeping the Power to Lead Through Negotiation, Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.


Have we opened a ticket for the dojo-plugin?
I'd like to close WW-1477 as a related issued.
> the simple theme, probably through a Java rendering engine.
> and add new parameters, then we'll make it so.
>  - Dojo.  We'll pull all the Dojo files out of core.
> Java for superior performance, but that part of the proposal can wait.
> that used DWR will remain in the old tags and be moved to the xhtml theme.
> I'd like to move on this quickly and have it completed within two weeks.


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When it comes to real estate, how can you differentiate the deals from the REAL deals – you know, the one's that graduate you from dabbler, to legitimate investor?
Here's the thing, successful investors have one thing in common; they don't buy everything that comes across their desk.
They shop for the deal that makes sense to them.
See, the secret is there's no single definition of a real deal. A real deal is completely subjective.
There are two parts to determining if you've got a great deal in front of you.
First is, know your criteria.
You've got to define the standards of your great deal.
Am I looking for lump sum or cash flow? This will greatly affect your purchase price and deal type.
Why type of property do I want? Are you looking for commercial, single family, duplex? You've got to know.
Where am I looking? Don't say anywhere. Narrow your hunt down to specific areas; you'll be more successful that way.
What am I willing to pay? You need to know your price, and stick to it.
You need to write down the answers to those questions and have them on your desk at all times. Then, when something comes across your desk, you'll know if it's a deal for you.
It's easy to stray from your standards and chase shiny deals around if you don't have your criteria cemented in your mind.
Another secret we'll let you in on, great investors always master one deal type at a time. Focus, master, repeat.
The second part to finding a great deal is know your terms.
Your terms could be an specific dollar amount you need to make, or a percentage, or a time frame.
For example, maybe you only do flips where you profit a minimum of $30,000, or maybe you need a 18% return on your money and to be out of the deal in 90 days.
When you know your terms, you can better evaluate your deal. If it doesn't meet your terms, then it's not a deal for you.
Solid criteria and terms are what separates the buyers from the shoppers, the dabblers from the pros.
Don't be a dabbler, don't gamble with real estate. Gamblers tend to lose. Know your parameters and stick within them.
Not only do they keep you focused and make it easy to spot a deal when you do see it, they set you up for success in a way that most people never achieve.