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PHILS INSIDER
/ by Jim Salisbury
Jim Salisbury
Few know the new boss quite like one of the old bosses.
Ruben Amaro Jr. was the Phillies assistant general manager or general manager from 1998 to 2015 and in that time dealt with Dave Dombrowski as he presided over baseball operations in Miami and Detroit.
Later, Amaro worked under Dombrowski as Boston's first base coach during the latter's time as president of baseball operations for the Red Sox.
Amaro, who joined the Phillies Talk podcast on Thursday, thinks the Phillies made a "great hire" in bringing Dombrowski aboard. The 64-year-old was hired last week, 2½ months after Phillies ownership stripped Matt Klentak of his general manager's duties.
"I think it's a good hire on a number of different levels," Amaro said. "Clearly, the old regime was not moving the ball forward and he's a guy who can move the ball forward. He's had the reputation and the experience of being able to do that.
"Hopefully, it's a positive for the organization and I think it will be."
Dombrowski, with a push from ownership, used free agency and a shrewd managerial hire (Jim Leyland) to build a World Series champion in Florida in 1997. Not long after, ownership forced him to strip down that team. He moved on to Detroit and transformed a 106-loss team into a two-time World Series participant. In Boston, he won the World Series in 2018 and was fired when it all fell apart a year later.
The Phillies have not had a winning season or been to the postseason since 2011, the last of a run that included two National League pennants, a World Series title and five NL East championships.
Amaro sees Dombrowski as someone who can get the Phillies back to the postseason — eventually. Amaro spent the 2020 season as part of the Phillies broadcast team on NBC Sports Philadelphia. He sees a team with holes that might be difficult to completely fill in one offseason. Dombrowski has essentially acknowledged as much, saying the Phillies are in a "retooling" period.
"There are some pretty big pieces that need to be filled," Amaro said. "Working through the middle of the field, who plays shortstop, second base, center field, and who catches? You have a lot of holes in the middle of your field and that poses a big challenge.
"Depth in the rotation is an immediate concern. You have three good guys at the top (in Aaron Nola, Zack Wheeler and Zach Eflin), but you need a lot more to be a contending club. You need depth pieces. That's critical for the organization."
On top of it all, Dombrowski needs to address what was the worst bullpen in the majors and the team's fatal flaw in 2020.
Dombrowski favors having a lockdown closer and so does Amaro. But for now, Amaro sees a team that needs bullpen depth, multiples of competent arms.
Amaro recalled what it was like to talk about potential trades with Dombrowski. They once talked about Marlon Byrd but never got the deal to the finish line.
"I like to describe him as like the kind killer," Amaro said with a laugh. "He's very, very kind, but he's got ulterior motives and he's got a lot of things going on in his head. He knows exactly what he wants when he makes a phone call.
"He's pretty direct and I like that. I don't like beating around the bush. I like executives who say this is what I need, this is what I want, and this is how I want to get it. Sometimes it works out and sometimes it doesn't."
While working on Boston's coaching staff, Amaro dealt with Dombrowski on a whole different level. Amaro was impressed with the way Dombrowski consulted staff members about roster construction and needs. But when it came time to make a decision ...
"When it comes to really being the boss, you know who's the boss," Amaro said. "He's collaborative, but he'll make the call. He's aggressive. And he's always accountable."
Part of that accountability is being available to the media and by extension, the fans. Dombrowski is around the team and the field, available to reporters, home and away, before games. Not that long ago, all GMs operated this way.
"There's an accountability some of the old-school GMs have," Amaro said. "They know they're stewards of the organization and they need to sell their team and I think Dave understands that. He was always around the team in Boston. He was interested in all the mechanics going on with the club. He's going to be involved and be there and be accountable.
"As far as the media, which I'm part of now, it's kind of refreshing to be able to have a conversation with someone. He's going to be available and he understands the importance of that. It takes a little heat off the manager, too."
Dombrowski is confident and has a presence. Amaro recalled seeing him take the floor at the annual general managers' meetings and thinking Dombrowski might make a good commissioner one day.
But running a team's baseball ops is where Dombrowski wants to be. The Phillies are the fifth different team he's run.
"Dave is very confident and that bodes well for this city," Amaro said. "You've got to have some tough skin here. You have to deal with some difficulty here. It's not the easiest place in the world to be an executive. But it's always really gratifying and challenging if you're confident and you believe in your skill set and he certainly does.
"He's going to get passion here. He lived it in Boston. People will demand excellence here. People want to see the organization try to win. I do think the typical Philadelphia fan is smart enough to understand there's a time to go for it and a time to build. But it's to the point now, after the last several years, it's time for them to have something to look forward to as far as winning is concerned.
"So be prepared, even though they do understand that you have something to build here, in the meantime, you better be winning some games."
For more of Amaro's perspective on the hiring of Dombrowski, check out the Phillies Talk podcast.
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When Eddie Van Halen Joined Brian May for 'Star Fleet Project'
Eduardo Rivadavia
Eduardo Rivadavia Published: October 31, 2015
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The Star Fleet Project blasted off on Oct. 31, 1983. No, this wasn't a NASA initiative, but the brainchild of Brian May.
It all started when the Queen guitar god and astrophysicist's son hooked his dad onto the Japanese television series X Bomber, which was renamed Star Fleet in the U.K. This inspired the elder May to re-record the show's theme song with some friends.
Luckily, May's pals included rockers like REO Speedwagon drummer Alan Gratzer, journeyman keyboardist Fred Mandel (Alice Cooper, Pink Floyd), session bassist Phil Chen (Jeff Beck, Rod Stewart), Queen colleague Roger Taylor (who provided backing vocals) and Eddie Van Halen.
Together, this formidable wrecking crew ripped through an extended hard-rock arrangement of the "Star Fleet Theme," cut an unused May composition called "Let Me Out" and then jammed on a 12-minute tribute to Eric Clapton that they fittingly titled "Blues Breaker." According to Van Halen News Desk, the whole thing was done in two days.
VHND also notes that there were no plans to release the sessions at first. "I could have put these tapes in a bottom of a drawer and kept them as a private record of one of the best experiences of my life," May said at the time.
But fortunately the collection of stars, eventually billed as Brian May + Friends, released the Star Fleet mini-album to document not only one of Eddie Van Halen's rare musical field trips outside the Van Halen compound, but a clash of guitar titans for the ages.
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'Saturday Night Live' zings Susan Collins in opening skit
Her opponents say the television comedy show has Maine's longtime senator pegged.
By Steve CollinsSun Journal
Candidates aiming to unseat Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins hope voters were watching over the weekend when "Saturday Night Live" ripped into Maine's senior senator.
The opening skit of the long-running comedy show featured a parody of "Meet the Press," with the host questioning three leading Republicans about what they are willing to do to rein in President Donald Trump, including one pretending to be Collins.
Cecily Strong portrays U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, in a parody on "Saturday Night Live."
Seven-year SNL veteran Cecily Strong, portraying Collins, responded she would "be the first to admit that some of the things this administration is doing make me want to shake my head vigorously, and wag my finger once — perhaps twice,"
Asked what she would do if special counsel Robert Mueller testified to Congress that the president had obstructed justice, Strong's Collins answered, "Well, I'd have to write a strongly worded email and send it straight to my draft folder."
During the sketch, host Kyle Mooney, playing newsman Chuck Todd, interviewed Strong and two actors portraying Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina.
Skewering all three GOP leaders ruthlessly, the skit showed Collins as a senator who says she dislikes the president's actions but will not do anything to hinder him.
"It was spot on. It was perfect," said Derek Lavasseur, a Fairfield Republican who is waging a primary against Collins.
Collins, who faces re-election next year, did not respond Monday to requests for comment about her portrayal.
Bre Kidman, a Saco lawyer who is seeking the Democratic nomination to take on the senator, said Monday, "It's sort of wild to me that Sen. Collins, who was such a solid voice for so long, has become the sort of senator who makes for a punchline like that."
Kidman said, too, "I suppose if we didn't laugh at our legislators' lack of conviction in the face of increasingly absurd circumstances, we'd be crying — or running for office."
Danielle VanHelsing, an independent U.S. Senate candidate from Sangerville, said Monday that Strong's "voice acting was spot on," and captured Collins' "indecisive flip-flopping very well."
VanHelsing said the senator she hopes to replace "saves any solid decisions for the last moment to try and make herself look loyal to whomever benefits her at the time."
Lavasseur said he thought the skit was funny and expressed hope the show might add him to the mix someday. He said he loves humor so he would not mind if SNL were to make fun of him.
In the television skit, Strong has Collins answering her reaction to an absurd policy initiative from Trump by saying, "That would be the most outrageous, ridiculous thing that I'd ever end up definitely voting for."
Saturday's show was not the first time Strong has portrayed Collins. During the hoopla over the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court, she showed a Collins character promising to "party like it's 2020" after backing the controversial judge.
Collins is running for a fifth term in the Senate — though she does not plan an official announcement until autumn — and has been raising money to get ready for what could be a tough re-election battle.
Kidman is the only active Democratic challenger, while VanHelsing is the only independent. Lavasseur is the only GOP challenger in the contest.
Other possible candidates are eyeing a run, including state House Speaker Sara Giden, a Freeport Democrat; Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap; former Lewiston Mayor James Howaniec; and Democrat Betsy Sweet, a lobbyist who ran an unsuccessful race for governor last year.


The drive for cost-efficiency and the slow steaming trend in the current shipping market makes it the perfect environment for ABB's FiTS2 turbocharger system which it has developed in collaboration with engine maker Winterthur Gas & Diesel (WinGD) and was launched at Marintec China.
WinGD has developed a special tuning for the FiTS2 system and WinGD sales & marketing vp Rolf Stiefel told Seatrade Maritime News that "the market is ready for it".
While there are some who believe that owners will stop slow steaming once the market recovers, ABB Turbo Systems Global Turbocharging Sales senior gm Arie Smits believed that the slow steaming, low load trend is here to stay for the foreseeable future.
Thus with engine sensors and other new features of electronically controlled engines from WinGD's side, which was not previously available and ABB's new system, the opportunity for the market to take advantage of the new technology is there.
"By combining the competences of ABB and WinGD we have been able to create something that is pretty unique," Stiefel said.
ABB claims that fuel savings of 3% to 5% compared with fuel consumption levels of typical conventional turbocharging systems on low speed diesel engines can be achieved.
"We can optimise the system to the load profile of the shipowners," said Smits, while Stiefel added that the best results will be achieved if they work with the system manufacturers to tune it to their specific needs.
Through this full pay back can be achieved in two years at current fuel prices, Smits suggested. ABB says that over ten years, depending on the load profile and price of fuel, savings can come up to $500,000 for a VLCC and over $1m for a container vessel.
Stiefel believed the market segments where the technology would be best applied would be bigger sized engines in 15,000 kw to 60,000 kw range. He added that it is particularly suitable for ship types which have variable operations such as VLCCs which typically have a major laden headhaul component and a ballasted portion on the way back or iron ore trade bulkers which would have a similar load profile. Likewise they could also function well on container ships which may have widely varying voyage speeds at different stages of their services and thus also wide load windows.
"We expect the first order to come out of these segments," Stiefel concluded.


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Two men have pleaded not guilty to the murder of a Burnham-on-Sea resident.
Dominic Lacey, 21, of Newham Place, Patchway, Bristol and James Hobbs, 43, of Churchill Close, Burnham-on-Sea appeared in Exeter County Court today (August 25) charged with the murder of Joseph Pearce on July 10.
Lacey and Hobbs were remanded in custody and were refused bail in connection to his murder. The accused pair entered a joint not guilty plea in Exeter Crown Court.
Pearce, 40, died from a single stab wound at a property in Churchill Close on July 10. Emergency services attended the scene but he was sadly pronounced dead at the scene.
The trial is listed for trial at Exeter Crown Court on January 29, 2018.


>> Snapchat, the messaging app loved by millennials for the messages that vanish after you open them, now getting another $1.8 billion investment. While Snapchat didn't disclose its valuation in its filing. News website, TechCrunch reporting that the latest round of funding could value the company at about $20 billion.
Reuters reporter Heather Summerville in San Francisco.>> Just last year the company started making ad revenue, it didn't really have any revenue to speak of prior to that. What Snapchat is trying to do, is it's trying be a very effective targeting ad platform, the way Facebook is without really getting intrusive in its users.
So the real question is, can Snapchat strike this balance?>> In addition to simple chat messages, Snapchat users can snap videos and photos, which they can write over, or add funny filters to, and they don't have to worry about an embarrassing moment living on. And Snapchat's been getting creative in pushing advertisers to fit into its unique format as well, suggesting vertical video ads, offering ads through filters in targeted locations.
And this week it even started selling movie tickets for the first time with X-Men: Apocalypse, which opens Friday. Users also got to transform their faces into nine different characters from X-Men using Snapchat lenses for a day as well. Snapchat says it has over 100 million daily active users but there is a danger that it's all a fad.
>> Part of the funding comes from Fidelity which has been a repeat funder. But keep in mind that Fidelity has marked up and marked down its stake in Snapchat, suggesting that its own investors do have some questions about the valuation, and about the future of this business.>> It's all a bit of a head scratch, of course, for those beyond the core Snapchat user age of 13 to 34, and that may also be the appeal for the young to use it even more.


Since becoming Auburns head coach in 1999, Karen Hoppa has guided the program to seven SEC Western Division Championships and 13 NCAA Tournament berths over the past 16 seasons, including a current string of 14-straight appearances in the SEC Tournament and an NCAA Tournament appearance in eight of the last nine seasons. Her coaching since arriving on The Plains has turned Auburn into a force every season.
A head coach since 1993, she became the 51st womens soccer coach to reach 200 career wins and just the 10th female head coach to reach that milestone when Auburn claimed a 2-1 overtime win over Alabama in the final regular season match of 2010.
As illustrious as her 300 career wins are, one of her biggest coaching achievements came towards the end of the 2011 season when she guided Auburn to the SEC Tournament title and the leagues automatic NCAA berth, the first ever won by an SEC Western Division team since the start of the league tournament in 1993.
Ben Madsen was named assistant coach on Feb. 29, 2012. Madsen joined Auburn from Iowa State where he was an assistant coach for four years and served as the Cyclones head assistant since 2009.
In 2014, Madsen guided Alyse Scott, who started in the net for all 22 matches of Auburns season, tallying 76 saves and only allowing 22 goals for a 0.96 goals against average. That GAA was the fourth-best average in the conference. Scott also garnered 10 shutouts in 2014, tying for the most in the SEC last season.
Working with defenders and goalkeepers, Madsen helped the Tigers post the most saves in the Southeastern Conference in 2013 with 135 and register the third-best saves percentage at 82.4.


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Case Study: Middle School Principal Achieves Success with Standards-Based Report Cards
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Ellington Middle School (EMS) is one of five schools that make up the Ellington School System in Tolland County, CT. Ellington Middle School, comprised of approximately 425 students in grades seven and eight, is dedicated to cultivating a community of learners in an environment that is safe, supportive and nurturing, and which promotes academic, social and emotional growth for all.
The Ellington School System relies on the AdminPlus Student Information System to effectively manage student data, communicate with parents and students, and produce report cards.
City / State: Ellington, Connecticut
School Type: Public
Number of Schools: 5
Implemented: 2006
David Pearson has revolutionized the instructional systems and structures at EMS since his appointment there in 2005. The traditional junior high model has been transformed to one based on effective teaming practices, integrated instruction and parent engagement. By minimizing leveling practices there has been a dramatic increase in the number of eighth grade students completing Algebra 1 and English Language Arts, and mathematics test scores are consistently at the top of the District Reference Groups (DRGs).
Pearson is the first administrator in Connecticut's history to have received the Assistant Principal of the Year Award, Outstanding First Year Principal Award and Principal of the Year Award. He was named the state's top assistant principal in 2001 when he was associate principal of Timothy Edwards Middle School in South Windsor; and, he was selected as the middle level outstanding first-year principal in 2003 as principal of Two Rivers Magnet Middle School in East Hartford.
In 2010, the Connecticut State Board of Education (SBE) adopted new national academic standards known as the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) in English language arts and mathematics that established what Connecticut's public school students should know and be able to do as they progress through Grades K-12.
Since the SBE's adoption of the Common Core, districts across Connecticut have implemented the standards and made preparations for the next generation of assessments. As part of this process, David Pearson, principal of Ellington Middle School, sought a more accurate system of reporting skills students must demonstrate to meet each grade level's standards.
As part of the Common Core State Standards initiative, Pearson spearheaded what became a three-year endeavor to develop a report card that would not only keep students, teachers and parents focused on student learning goals, but closed the gap in achievement among different groups of students. He sought to have a reporting system that would also provide more accurate information about a student's progress toward meeting specific content standards for the various subjects taught at the seventh and eighth grade levels.
Pearson launched the project by forming a Performance-Based Learning Committee (PBLC) to plan out the details of the new grading method. Made up of a team of teachers and administrators, they researched how to best introduce a new standards- based report card. Faced with a myriad of questions - among them being how they would calculate grades, how they could link assignments to standards, and how rubrics could be customized in the system – the committee sought a solution that would address them all. The district used Rediker's AdminPlus to collect data and create report cards, and these challenges would truly test the system's capabilities.
Knowing that going from a traditional to a standards-based reporting system would be a significant shift for any school community, Pearson framed the new grading system as "report cards plus – everything in a traditional report card, plus more detailed and actionable standards feedback".
The PBLC agreed that Rediker's report card system was part of the solution as it allowed them to customize standards and skills to meet their needs, then design and print the report cards. Customization would also allow for a letter grade to be added to each subject along with the standards associated with it. In addition, Rediker's customization allowed the school to reach its goal of creating a report card that separated academic achievement from feedback on students' effort levels.
With the help of the AdminPlus Student Information System, Ellington Middle School introduced their new standards-based report card at the end of the 2013-14 school year. The report cards identify a student's level of progress with regard to each standard as well as provide an overall letter grade. The successful implementation of the standards-based grading system promotes self-directed learning and student acquisition of 21st century skills. In addition, the new standards-based report cards were a natural lead-in to digital portfolios and student-led conferences.
"With the new standards-based reporting system, students can be evaluated more objectively according to consistent grade-level standards," Pearson explained. "The new system will help close the gap in achievement among different groups of students. And, the new report cards will provide the added benefit of keeping teachers and parents focused on student learning goals from the very beginning of the year."
Where letter grades used in traditional report cards are a more subjective reflection of individual teachers' expectations for student effort and achievement, Rediker's report cards provide detailed information about how a child is doing in each subject. Parents will be able to see whether their child needs extra help in certain areas or when they need to be challenged more.
"By using these clearly defined standards, teachers and parents can work together to ensure that students succeed," Pearson said.
Ellington Middle School Report Card Sample
The front side of each report includes this statement:
"The purpose of this report card is to communicate with parents and students about achievement of specific learning standards. It identifies students' level of progress with regard to these standards, areas of strength, and stresses where additional time and/or effort are needed."
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Watch Red Hot Chili Peppers and George Clinton Play 'Give It Away'
Red Hot Chili Peppers recruited George Clinton for a powerful performance of "Give It Away" during a launch event for the band's new album, Unlimited Love.
The joyous version, available below, highlighted the group's rejuvenated energy since the 2019 return of guitarist John Frusciante, who was clearly enjoying it as much, or more, than everyone else. "And so it begins," frontman Anthony Kiedis said before leaving the stage, presumably referring to the band's upcoming tour dates.
The performance took place at the Fonda Theater in Los Angeles, after the Chili Peppers had been honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame earlier on April 1. Clinton, who officiated, said (via Spin): "I always knew they'd be the most successful group in the world. … They had that fire in their eyes when I looked at them."
The group ensured that all former members were named during the ceremony. Bassist Flea commented: "I know this street inside out, and this street knows me, and whenever we've traveled around the world, this street has always been a part of me. I'm grateful that now we can be a part of it." Kiedis added: "To me, this is not a story of individuals. I love Chad [Smith], I love Flea, I love John greatly. They're amazingly talented — Flea's at one with the bass, John is my favorite guitar player of all time and Chad Smith is the finest drummer in the land. But, really, something happens when we come together which is much greater than the individual parts. The sum total of our parts is that we were able to find something that we love doing and communicate with the entire world." He then became the first person to tread on the newly placed star, saying: "May as well start stepping on it."
The Chili Peppers also appeared on two late-night TV shows, performing new track "These are the Ways" on Jimmy Kimmel Live and "Black Summer" on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. Those performances can also be seen below.
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Guest Column: Albion Student Was Unjustly Evicted
December 10, 2021 Guest Writer Opinions 0
Students protested on the Campus Quad on Friday in support of Diana Tomka, Moscow junior (Photo courtesy of Tori Conklin).
The following is an opinion article written by Matthew Jacox and Thomas Trueax. Jacox is a senior English major from Lebanon, Ohio. Trueax is a senior communications major from Rochester Hills.
There are expectations held by the students, staff and general community of a liberal arts college, and above all, it is expected that a student's value to their community should be held at a higher level of importance than the institution's fear of being liable for the students they swear to protect.
We believe the expectation of a healthy and progressive environment held by the students has been failed by Albion College. On Nov. 8, while in a mental hospital, Diana Tomko, Moscow junior, says she received communication from the college, giving her the choice of either being academically suspended or taking a voluntary leave of absence.
According to Tomko, she was taken straight to her dorm by Campus Safety. Tomko was forced to pack up within a three hour period. During this time, Tomko says she was closely supervised by the Area Coordinator, even just to go to the laundry room, and was denied the request to say goodbye to their partner, who had to wave to them through a window.
From their dorm room, Tomko says she was taken to the Campus Safety Office to be taken to a temporary residence off campus.
When attempting to gather information about how to recuperate and regain stability after being kicked off campus, Tomko says she directly communicated with the Dean of Students, Leroy Wright, who had power over the direction of Tomko's current life since she is a dual citizen student and the school was being used as a source of income and housing for her.
The Dean of Students has an extensive career in college environments, and has said in his closing statement in the Albion College website's article announcing his induction into the position, "I want to find a place I can call home and which will allow me to walk to work and be actively engaged in the community." which is something students can say is worth wanting in an institution. Yet, this basic need of consistency and home that Albion College portrays, was not met in our view.
Instead, the Dean of Students denied every request that Tomko made to attend one class, on-campus housing, the ability to work and even shut off her student ID card in order to prevent the use of college facilities.
We believe the bureaucratic boundary placed by the Dean of Students enforced by supposed college policies is incongruent with Albion's heart and soul.
Tomko was finally informed on Dec. 8 that they would have to wait for a decision to be made during a review from Jan. 3 through the 16. Until such time that the Dean of Students reviews the case, Tomko says she is left stranded without income, without classes nor any idea as to when they can get back to classes, no ability to register for future classes and no ability to live anywhere on campus.
Tomko has dual citizenship and does not permanently live in the United States. Being in the United States means this student has the opportunity to earn a higher wage than they could possibly earn in their native country. To get therapy in her native language, her only option was to pay out of pocket for a therapist. The amount refunded to her for compensation did not even come close to allowing her to effectively reorient herself, according to Tomko.
This ultimately resulted in Tomko saying she has no choice but to stop therapy altogether. The only alternative option Tomko says she was given was to be granted a prepaid plane ticket back to her home country, to send her away with little to no explanation or justification.
According to Tomko, she needed the campus for financial and physical stability, neither of which the college provided. Due to the actions taken by the college, she says her mental health circumstances have been subjected to further deterioration.
We believe it is unacceptable for the Dean of Students to force Tomko to leave Albion College––given almost no option but to leave the United States entirely, seemingly encouraging her to leave––while also neglecting to provide any information indicating the possibilities of continuing her education and employment upon which they depend.
Seeing students as an easily-shed liability is not any of the proposed values of Albion College, but the actions taken and the supposed legislation that justified them would indicate otherwise. We hope that the support shown at the demonstration will indicate this student's value to their community, and effectively portray what a rash, unnecessary and cruel decision this was.
Correction: The original publication of this guest column misspelled Tomko's surname. We apologize for any confusion.
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I love basketball. I play as often as I am able to, I also watched a lot of NBA growing up. Which lead me to my passion. Talking about what I see with my eyes, my feelings, and the beauty of the game we all grew to love.


Shweta Kawaatra started her career with the daily soap 'Kahaani Ghar Ghar Ki', where she met her future husband.
She has worked in many TV ads and has ramp modeled for many big brand names.
Shweta Kawaatra is a member of the Soka Gakkai (Buddhist religious movement).
She participated in the second season of 'Nach Baliye' (2006) with her husband.


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Did you know that you can do your internship at EULEX? Let Anže Močilnik, our former intern from Slovenia share his experience about this opportunity!
It is no wonder Anže became a lawyer as he has always seen law as the art of the good and righteous. During his university years, his main focus was on the Kosovo conflict and the international community's response. Not surprisingly, after he finished his Master of Laws (LLM) in the University of Utrecht, he took the chance to come to Kosovo and do an internship at EULEX.
Anže was an intern at the Human Rights and Legal Office in 2014. Looking back at his time in the Mission, it is difficult for him to pinpoint any routine duties as he interned for such a dynamic office. "My work ranged from drafting legal memoranda, amending standard operating procedures, conducting legal research on various human rights issues, and draft legal opinions," says Anže.
He is confident that his internship in EULEX shaped his skills and made him competitive in the job market. "Being completely immersed in a fast-paced international organization strengthened my awareness for cultural diversity and helped me develop into a tactful professional," he stresses. Moreover, living in a completely new environment – in the heart of the Balkans – was a unique period for him; he learnt a lot about the people, experienced their heart-warming hospitality and got first-hand insight into the whole region.
The internship was not the only time Anže has worked with the Mission or dealt with the region. Shortly after this opportunity, he worked as a Legal/Admin Officer for EULEX. Furthermore, he worked for Human Rights Watch where he also focused on the Western Balkans. Anže is now EULEX's Knowledge Management Officer responsible for organizational learning and for safeguarding Mission's knowledge.
In short, to whom and why would Anže suggest the internship at EULEX? "I would recommend it to every young professional and student who wants to learn more about the rule of law. Having had the opportunity to work together with professionals from different backgrounds is another highlight of the internship. Last but not the least, you also get to live in Pristina, one of the liveliest European cities!"
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The first audiobooks I listened to are still my favorite - the Harry Potter series, by J.K. Rowling, read by Jim Dale. I've been waiting till the right time to post a review, and even now this is less of a review and more of a blog entry.
Some of my favorite childhood memories are of when I was little and my older sister and I would lay in my parent's waterbed and my dad would read to us The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien. I loved his voices as he read the three trolls arguing over how to cook the dwarves, as Bilbo taunted the giant spiders that had captured his friends, while he busily dispatched them with Sting, his short sword, and as he risked enchantment by dragonspeech to find Smaug's weakness. It takes me back to childhood every time I read the book, and for this reason, it will always be my favorite single work of fiction.
Well, now I have five sons, and it's my turn to carry the baton. As each successive son has reached the point where he can follow a complex story without pictures being read to him (usually around age 5) I've read the Harry Potter series to them and the next older brother has followed along for school credit. It's always so much fun for all of us. Tonight I finished reading book 7 to my now 6-year old son. As we read the part where Neville takes up Griffindor's sword, and then when Harry cast "expelliarmus" at Voldemort, my cute boy was so excited he stood up in bed and hooted and cheered.
There's not much that I enjoy more than escaping into a good work of fiction, and it is one of those choice experiences of parenting to get to share that with my kids. Thanks, J.K. Rowling, for writing such an amazing series of wholesome, rich, enthralling, and engaging books to teach our children the joys of reading.


Aircraft are not implemented, and the media and information you are shown here is purely for historic purposes.
Do not ask your Commander to build Aircraft, as he will not be able to.
During the early days of the mod there were plans to add aircraft. They planned fighter planes, bomber planes, and transportation aircraft. Aircraft would be built at an Aircraft Factory.
Flying the aircraft was planned to be difficult.
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NBC Correspondent David Shuster is mourning a loss for "true conservatism." That would be all well and good, but he is upset over the victory of traditional marriage. Not the best way to mourn a loss for true conservatism.
I'm sure he is a terrific guy. He is one of my favorite reporters. But, his statement is a bit ridiculous.
In fact, the support for traditional marriage — approved in 11 states on November 2, 2004, is a victory for true conservatism. The measures pre-empted liberal judges from imposing their will by giving the people the right to decide the issue.
That David does not like the forces of conservatism defending traditional marriage is all well and good. But, he should not try to make the case that it is a loss for conservatism.
What won on Tuesday was the slowing down of a process that activists have tried to accelerate without much public debate. There was a backlash against it. David and Andrew Sullivan and a host of others will have to accept that our nation tends to lash out at those who want to rapidly progress society, damn the consequences. Rightly or wrongly, red staters (and more than a few blue staters) slowed that progress.
I disagree, Shuster is not that good. I followed David Shuster's reporting for "Hardball" throughout the election and I found it to be consistently biased.
He has a way of injecting criticism of the Republicans into almost every single piece he files for Chris Matthews.


You recently won a contract or got signed up to head a team on a particular project… How do you ensure that your work projects are completed on time and within a stipulated budget?
One of the biggest challenges businesses across all industries face is getting projects, tasks, and contracts done on time, all while managing to stay on budget.
It can be a very fine balance between the two, and often one ends up out of whack. The problem is that if you can't deliver products and services on time, and within a set budget, it will be impossible for the business to be successful in the long-run.
So, what can you do as a manager or team leader to ensure that all work projects are completed both on time and on budget? Here are 4 tips that can help you in delivering any project on time and within budget.
Often when you're stressing over an issue or problem at work, people tend to make the solution much more confusing than it needs to be. At the end of the day, making things as simple as possible is often the smartest and more direct route.
The work breakdown structure is an excellent example of keeping things simple, but at the same time, finding a way to stay on time and on budget.
With this process, you begin by identifying the project, work, task, or vision. The next step is to outline the various phases of the project.
Next, you want to articulate the deliverables that can be achieved during the progress, almost like using milestones. Finally, you need to outline the tasks that make up each of those deliverables.
It's all about taking one large idea and then breaking it down into all the steps, right down to the smallest ones.
You will also need to track all steps of the project along the way. This is the only way to get a sense of where you are in the project, and how much time will still be required to complete it.
Tracking the work project can also act as your early warning system should you veer off track and appear as though you may not make your initial deadline. It gives you a chance to course-correct.
There are a couple of different project management software you could use to keep your team on track. There aren't that expensive.
Another tip is to make sure your budget is realistic, to begin with. Even with the smoothest project there can still be surprises along the way, so it's a good idea to factor this possibility in and create a contingency fund. Should a surprise pop up, at least it won't end up blowing your budget out of the water.
When you're working in a team environment, it's also important that everyone is on the same page, working on the same goals, and are all aware of the deliverables, deadlines, and budget restraints.
Never miss a moment to communicate and re-emphasize the vision of your project to your team so that they will also treat it to be as important as you would do.
A startup team that is as passionate about a given project like the team leader is will always go out of their way to ensure that their work projects are completed on time and on budget. Such team are always looking for ways that the company will cut cost without sacrificing excellence.
Delivering projects on time and within budget is possible if the leader of the team did a proper work breakdown of how everything will go, keep track of the project and ensure that your team members are motivated to do the work.
By using these simple tips and sticking to them, you'll find that staying on time and on budget is more than possible. It's just about having a plan and making sure that everyone sticks to it.
Plan, budget and proper report indeed helps to complete task on time.
Lovely post. It is paramount for any business to finish their projects on time. Once you are able to provide quality service or products on time, you will have happy customers coming back for more.


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One of the all-time-best cordwood construction practice projects is building the cordwood outhouse. Not only do you get to hone your cordwood mortaring skills, but you get a functional addition to your homestead. This outhouse (above) was the first cordwood building constructed before the owners cordwood cabin. This delightful structure is located in Wisconsin. Marcus Grossman built this yurt style cordwood outhouse in New Jersey before moving to Central America. He used a cob mortar and topped it off with a living roof.
Julie decided that she was going to make her outhouse look like cordwood, so she took here paintbrush and her artistic talent. This is what she created. Nice work Julie.
Don't be afraid to let your imagination run wild when you build with cordwood. It lends itself to unique and one of a kind features.


SANCHEZ, M. C.; ISOLANI, Paulo Celso; ZUKERMAN-SCHPECTOR, Júlio; VICENTINI, Geraldo. Characterization and structure of hydrated scandium(III) picrate. Complexes with sulfoxide ligands. Anais.. Campos do Jordão: [s.n.], 2001.
Sanchez, M. C., Isolani, P. C., Zukerman-Schpector, J., & Vicentini, G. (2001). Characterization and structure of hydrated scandium(III) picrate. Complexes with sulfoxide ligands. In Abstracts book. Campos do Jordão.


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Home Opinions Revitalizing the Imbalanced US-Malaysia Relations
Revitalizing the Imbalanced US-Malaysia Relations
In all, US-Malaysia relations are skewed towards the security dimension relative to the other two dimensions, political and economic
By Anbound Malaysia
After swearing in as the new Secretary of State for the US, Anthony Blinken spared no time to reach out to its two Southeast Asian allies, the Philippines and Thailand, on the need to reaffirm their defense alliances against the backdrop of an emerging China in East Asia. To his counterpart, Teodoro Locsin Jr., in Manila, Blinken stressed the role of the Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT) between both countries as the cornerstone against any armed attack of the Philippines in the Pacific (including the South China Sea). Unlike the Philippines, however, Blinken's call to his Thai counterpart, Don Pramudwinai, resulted in a watered-down consensus that has less specific goals in mind. Apart from affirming the importance of their bilateral defense alliance, both sides also pledged to work together in advancing the shared prosperity, security and values in the Indo-Pacific region conveniently, without naming China as their raison d'etre of cooperation as had been the case with the Philippines.
The Context of Malaysia
For Malaysia which is not an ally of the US, such reaffirmation of defense alliance certainly does not apply to this country that has its own China policy as well as its long-standing stance on the South China Sea dispute. That said, this does not mean that there is no avenue for both US and Malaysia to work together as equal partners in the three dimensions of politics, economics and security. In fact, the largely security-skewed US-Malaysia ties will be revitalised if the Biden administration plays its cards well in the next four to five years.
In light of Malaysia's ongoing political uncertainty, it is fair to say that any attempt by the new Biden administration to foster long-term ties with Malaysian political elites will be challenging to start with. As such, Washington must continue engaging with the Malaysian politicians from three main divergent camps of the day, namely, Perikatan Nasional (PN), Barisan Nasional (BN) and Pakatan Harapan (PH). Needless to say, such an approach will help the political elites from the US and Malaysia to recognize each other's perceptions and stance on security and foreign policy issues in comprehensive terms while at the same time, also conducive in fostering mutual trust with whoever will rule the Southeast Asian nation after the incoming snap election.
Similarly, economic ties between Malaysia and the US will remain important as the latter is the former's third largest trading partner and largest foreign investor in 2019. As such, the new Biden administration could intensify its economic engagement with Malaysia by injecting new dynamism to SelectUSA initiative and the Malaysian Global Innovation and Creativity Centre program that is established during the Obama administration. What the Biden administration should acknowledge here is that there are two opportunities for the US to revitalize existing business linkages with the Malaysian counterparts at this juncture.
First, the US can attract more Malaysian small and medium enterprises to invest in the country by having special policies for the latter to engage in the medium to lower supply chain of green technologies – a crucial factor for the Biden administration's pivot to a green economy in consideration of Washington's return to the Paris Climate Agreement. The other is for the US to allocate a certain number of Malaysian youth entrepreneurs who can partner the American multinationals for business start-ups, be it in Malaysia, wider ASEAN or the US. With a special program, both countries can decide for a certain number of Malaysian young entrepreneurs selected for this purpose annually and with this platform, the former can tap on the capital of the American multinationals for their success and expansions while the latter can own their stakes on the future technologies that matter in Malaysia, wider ASEAN or the US.
Unlike political and economic relations, Malaysia-US security ties remained to be the landmark of overall bilateral relations due to the China factor in the South China Sea. With Beijing continued to be dominant in the contentious sea, security cooperation with the US would remain significant and necessary for Malaysia in the long run. In this regard, it is not surprising to see Malaysia continuing its participation in the annual Cobra Gold military exercise as one of the beacons of defense cooperation between Putrajaya and Washington. On the other hand, the window of opportunity is also there for Malaysia to obtain more maritime assets from the US to boost its capability and capacity in the South China Sea. With 12 ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)) delivered in batches from 2019 to 2022, more security cooperation of such nature are expected as both countries can utilize Washington's Maritime Surveillance Initiative (MSI) program for their respective goals.
In all, US-Malaysia relations are skewed towards the security dimension relative to the other two dimensions, political and economic. If the Biden administration is serious in revitalizing the overall bilateral relations that was largely focused on the security dimension during the Trump era, Washington needs to balance such tilted relationship via meaningful and tangible engagements with wider segments of Malaysian society in both political and economic dimensions. This will then path the way for stronger bilateral ties in the coming years.
Anbound Malaysia is part of Anbound China, a leading independent think tank based in Beijing. The think tank is also a consultancy firm working with the corporate players in China-ASEAN cooperation. For any feedback, please contact: [email protected] http://www.anbound.my/
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The public Prosecutor's office in Braunschweig has collected in the scandal of illegal defeat devices charges against the former Volkswagen boss Martin Winterkorn and four other Accused persons, as the authority announced. The suit is against five leaders who "have committed in a single criminal action realized the majority of Offences". This is a particularly serious case of fraud and a violation of the law against unfair competition. Winter grain is also maintained infidelity, because he the 25. April 2014 have not been announced, to the knowledge of the unlawful manipulations of Diesel engines immediately. The competent regional court of Braunschweig has now to decide on the admission of the charges.
wood in Bavaria, continues The search for the 42 missing Monika fresh. Forces of the police began in the Morning with trenching to a further possible location of the body, investigators said. This is the information according to the edge of a forest South of the small town of Waldkirch in Flossenbürg in the upper Palatinate, near the border to the Czech Republic. Only a few metres, the police had removed spacests last week, dug. The twelve-year-old schoolgirl Monika fresh wood from Flossenbürg had the knowledge to on 25. May 1976, in the afternoon, her parents leave home. A little later, their trail was lost. The investigators believe that the girl was murdered.
In the case of the Manhole cover-attack on regional trains in North Rhine-Westphalia, the investigators have no evidence of a terrorist attack. "For a terrorist attack, there is according to the current state of the investigation no evidence," said a spokesman for the police. Because of a bridge, several Manhole covers to a knit construction on the railway line between Erndtebrück to Bad Berleburg hung, it was but to Act as planned. Therefore, a homicide had been set up. "We conclude anything for the moment," said the police spokesman.
The trade Union Verdi has announced that the Easter business and strike at online retailer Amazon. At the locations in Rheinberg and Werne in North Rhine-Westphalia, the employees laid down already in the night the work, the strike is scheduled to last until Thursday, as Verdi said. The business is on strike before the Easter holidays, and also other locations it can come during the Easter season "at any time to work stoppages," announced the Union. For years, Verdi calls for a payment of Amazon employees to the retail tariff. Amazon rejects this previously and repeatedly stressed, in its logistics centers, will be paid at the upper end of what is customary for comparable activities.


A film by Kurt Sensenbrenner, a 2015 MFA graduate of the Lawrence Herbert School of Communication, was named an official selection of the 2016 Harlem International Film Festival.
From Mass to the Mountain was shot in eastern Panama, and tells the story of the tireless efforts of a local priest who has worked to build infrastructure, protect watersheds, and conserve the rain forest in a region impoverished by decades of government corruption and neglect.
The documentary, co-directed by Sensenbrenner and Colin Sytsma, will have its U.S. premiere on Friday, Sept. 16 at 6 pm at MIST Theater in New York City.
Sensenbrenner was also the director of photography for the documentary short The Game Changer, directed by Hofstra graduate Indrani Kopal'15, which was also named a selection of the Harlem International Film Festival in 2014 as well as many other festivals worldwide.
The 11th annual Harlem International Film Festival runs Sept. 14-18, 2016.


Micro-algae are used to make multiple commercial products and also being to put work in cleaning up wastewater. Algae-derived products include nutritional supplements, foods, dyes, textiles, biofuels, oils, and vitamins. In an algal cultivation program, students learn about controlled environment requirements for successful cultivation of various algae species.


As we already know that how much of an ardent furniture lover he already is. When we went to the main room of his house in Karachi, we saw a very special and a very unique kind of a sofa lying there in the room. First we thought that it was some of his new project but then we realized that it was some ancient sofa that he had brought from somewhere. We got surprised and wanted to know more about the beautiful sofa that he had. So when he came down the stairs we asked him to tell us more about.
He said that the origin of this sofa is in the midst and haze of Cairo, and this sofa was used by none other than the best of the best rulers that came. Though the sofa had the age of 200 years attached to it over which we couldn't help ourselves get astonished to. But the more astonishing fact was that this sofa was only discovered 200 years back when its actual age is well over 2000 years. It was used by the Pharaohs in their kingdom and at their time.
When asked about the fact that how did that sofa maintained such a good state, he said that he was embalmed by the Kings of that era, that era which consisted of rulers which were so bank upon keeping things safe with them. The embark on this magnificent journey couldn't help the best of the best. It was put in the chemicals later on it was resettled it so that it could be bought by the people who loved it. So that's how it remained in such a solid and best state of the art.
When asked SaqibSoomro about the price tag associated with it, he smiled and laughed and said these things are priceless, but when we said that we want to know and insisted so he told us that he bought it at the price tag of one hundred thousand million dollars. And he said that he would have paid even a higher price than that because of the value and heritage attached to the sofa.
He told us that since this sofa was of so much in value and was so much close to his heart, he had to make special measures to get the sofa to himself in Pakistan. He told us that he hired a cruise ship to bring it to Pakistan. Booked the cruise ship all by himself just to that it reaches its final destination at the end.


Traffic Violations are some of the most common violations across the United States. We've almost all had one, and know what a nuisance they can be. But for what often seems like a small crime, they can reap frustrating, expensive and long lasting consequences.
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Saskatoon, Western Producer Prairie Books, c1983.
As part of an eight-page introduction, the translator describes the author and the period of nineteenth-century Ukrainian history about which the stories were written. The Ukrainian lands were then under the Russian Empire, and the people, free peasants but especially serfs, were subject to numerous repressive regulations. Though Russian born, Vovchok lived in the Ukraine for almost a decade with her ethnographer husband. Helping with his work brought Vovchok into close contact with the peasantry which, in turn, resulted in her developing a great sympathy for their suffering. The sixteen stories in the present collection were drawn from two of Vovchok's works originally published in 1856 and 1862 in which she made strong anti-serfdom statements.
Though the book's title and cover illustrations suggest a juvenile audience, the contents are definitely adult. The stories are "about" rather than "of the folk. Ranging in length from four to thirty-eight pages, the stories, which are usually told from the perspective of a female peasant and which often revolve about romance, generally end sadly. For example, in "The Kozak Girl," Olesya, a free peasant girl of sixteen, falls in love with a handsome serf. Because the marriage would mean Olesya's losing her free status, her community attempts to dissuade her. Olesya marries but suffers even more sorrow than had been predicted. Because of harsh treatment, Olesya's husband dies, and her three sons are taken to serve distant masters. "So, as she lived weeping, she died weeping."
Called "the outstanding Ukrainian prose writer of the second half of the nineteenth century" by Pedan-Popil, Vovchok has not been known in English until this translation. Pedan-Popil claims to be "faithful to the original except in the few cases of Ukrainian folk sayings and proverbs which have no equivalents in English..." Highly recommended for collections needing materials on the Ukraine or about oppressed peoples.
Dave Jenkinson, Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB.


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This structure is known as the Vesica Pisces or the first day of creation. It is a symbol of the infinite consciousness which is in all of us, learning and experiencing itself through creation.
This simple structure consists of two crossed circles, by which one can extract the geometrical and mathematical laws that represent our reality.
The triangular structure with 10 points on the bottom of the pendant is called the Tetractys, a symbol used by Pythagoras from which one can extract mathematical laws of music, beauty and harmony.


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George Pilkington was a Church Missionary Society (CMS) lay missionary in Uganda. A graduate of the University of Cambridge and strongly influenced by the Keswick movement, he arrived in Buganda (now Uganda) with Bishop Alfred Tucker's party in 1891. There he found a militarized society, rent by religious factionalism and the conflicts of the colonial scramble. Pilkington's remarkable linguistic ability enabled him quickly to get alongside the Baganda soldiers and to realize their spiritual hunger and desire for literacy. In 1893, troubled by the confusion of Christianity and politics, he went on retreat to Kome Island, where he had an experience of the Holy Spirit. This sparked off a religious revival that profoundly affected the life of the Ugandan church, an inspiration to the Balokole revival of the 1930s, which looked back to Pilkington as a role model. Pilkington's other great contribution was his translation of the Bible into Luganda. Ironically, despite his desire for a purely spiritual understanding of Christianity, he was a firm believer in the benefits of British colonialism. In 1897 he accompanied his beloved Baganda soldiers as they went to quell the mutiny of Sudanese troops in eastern Uganda. Pilkington's death in battle was universally mourned.
C. F. Harford Battersby, Pilkington of Uganda (1898), J. V. Taylor, The Growth of the Church in Buganda (1958) gives a memorable account of the period.
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Hearing about your child's diagnosis of growth restriction can be confusing and scary. You are not alone. Every year in the United States, more than 200,000 babies are born smaller than they should be.
Written by Erin Zinkhan, M.D., a board-certified Neonatologist, Tiny But Mighty Baby: A Parents' Guide to Navigating Your Child's Diagnosis of Intrauterine Growth Restriction combines medical knowledge with intimate parent stories to guide you through the complex medical terminology, technology, and loss of normalcy associated with a diagnosis of growth restriction.
Tiny But Mighty Baby covers topics such as:
* What growth restriction is
* How growth restriction is managed during pregnancy
* What happens after a growth-restricted baby is born
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* How growth restriction impacts health from childhood through adulthood.
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Hagiography > the study of saints lives and works.
Field Guide to Flying Saints > a field guide, much like a guide to birds, to aid out-door determination of Saints.
Introduction to Flying Saints > general introduction to Saints, the Athletes of Christ.
Flying Saints > an article about Joseph Cupertino written for Tout-Fait, the site for Marcel Duchamp studies.
Saint Francis > more about this Jesus impersonator, and patron Saint of ecology.
Martin Brolin > eco-stuntman and survival engineer who guides us through his strange world of invention.
Tsunami Pants > see Mr. Brolin in action.
Meteorological Disasters > full list of extreme weather that results from climate change.
Storm > what fast moving air does to a country; a case study with pictures.
Survival Engineering > full visual guide to ways to survive situations most horrid.
Research Report Theun Karelse > for the more bureaucratically inclined reader.
Historic Armor > safety in the ancient world.
Collision Impact > in case of things crashing into you during hurricanes etc.
Biohazard Disease > can be useful in the aftermath of disasters.
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Adapted Transport > vehicles to get you out of trouble.
Remotely Operated vehicles > going to places you don't want to go yourself.
City Nomads > how refugees survive in Amsterdam bushes.
Joseph Merrick > notes and images of this project.
Wind Tunnels > living-room for the immortal.
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Judgment Stones > being sentenced by the wind.
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Jonathan has written a great deal in his life.
He's had three novels published - Bible Two, in 1980, by WH Allen and then Star paperbacks, was stolen as an idea and made into the film Mannequin, with even the hero's name (Jonathan) being retained.
His second novel, The Booker Prize Winner, was published by John Blake.
Both are available through E-Bay online.
And on Amazon - where you can also buy his third novel - Beware The Monkey Man - under the pseudonym Rex Kenny.
65 My Life So Far is his autobiography, also available to be bought from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk and most good book sellers.
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700 pages with eight 12 page sections of photographs, it is more a chronicle of the past 65 years than a diary of one person. Both Kenneth King and Jonathan are well covered as is the worlds they have lived in, ranging from the private and public schools of Britain in the 50s and 60s to the pirate radio ships, beating the Beatles to the top of the chart, dominating television and radio and press and the more recent amazing details of his wrongful convictions.
The Second Season of his autobiography, 70 FFFY, is also available through Amazon and other retailers. It goes into greater detail on many topics merely touched upon in 65 My Life So Far and continues the adventure from the successive five years.
Also, Three Months - his diary for 2012 whilst filming in Europe and North Africa for The Pink Marble Egg movie - is available as paperback and E Book through Amazon and topped their Pop Culture chart.
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Червените скали на запад () е филмов криминален трилър от 1993 година, режисиран от Джон Дал с участието на Лара Флин Бойл, Никълъс Кейдж и Денис Хопър.

Филмът, по сценарий на братята Дал, е издържан в типичната стилистика на жанра нео-филм ноар. Творбата разказва историята на освободения от флотата – морски пехотинец Майкъл Уилямс (Кейдж), който скитайки се с колата си по пътищата на южните щати, в търсене на някаква работа, попада в градчето Ред Рок Уест. Там вследствие на поредица случайни съвпадения, той се забърква неволно в заплетена криминална интрига.

Попадайки в групата на т.нар. "независимо кино", филмът е приет с положителни отзиви от филмовите критици и е показан с успех в програмата на поредица филмови фестивали. В ревюто си за вестник Вашингтон Поуст, Ричард Харингтън го възхвалява наричайки го "...съкровище, чакащо да бъде открито."

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Бележки и Източници

Външни препратки

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Q: R: plm individual and time fixed effects but no other regressors I want to run a regression including only time and individual fixed effects (i.e. no other right-hand side variables).
I try to do this with plm:
plm(y ~ -1,data=data, effect="twoways", model="within")

However, the syntax is not correct, nor does it work to just suppress the -1 from the model formula.
The error message is: Error in uniqval[as.character(effect), , drop = F] :
  incorrect number of dimensions
What is the correct syntax with plm for a regression of y on only time and individual fixed effects?
Thanks!

A: Seems to me to be not supported by plm. Use a lm approach instead:
library(plm)
data(Grunfeld)

# not possible with plm
mod <- plm(inv ~ -1, data=Grunfeld, model="within", effect = "twoways")

# use lm instead
mod2 <- lm(inv ~ -1 + factor(firm) + factor(year), data=Grunfeld)

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I read a lot as a child; read everything I could lay my hands on. I fact, it is possible that virtually all I did until I was twelve or thirteen was live people's lives through fiction. Nothing seemed to matter more. I still read a lot, though more discriminately, and without the sense of wonder I had then. Very few books are able to remove me from myself. So I guess it is the periodic book that leaves me in a fever of excitement for one reason or another that affects my writing directly these days. In the past year, a few books have been influential: Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Froer. I loved the fresh cocky voice of the writer, and the way the novel spoke to something very common in literature: visitors speaking about you as if they know you better than you know yourself. I call this the Kapuscinsky Complex: people who make themselves powerful in the West, by turning Africa or some other place into their very own territory – one which anything and everything is possible – except the truth. This marvelous book addresses this idea in a very satisfying way. I have also rediscovered James Baldwin's short stories, and Saul Bellow's earlier short stories, which are marvelous. I tried to read Henry James, and found him boring. He may be the Master, but I have no interest in Tea Parties and life among the English gentry. I have too little time to read to have to endure them. The Dubliners, by James Joyce still moves me, unbearably.
I have had a particular gripe this past year, maybe because of being in England. Reading European or American Writing on Africa, I have discovered that many writers use the continent cynically to examine their own light, or their own liberalism; and the end result is often books that treat African characters as cardboard cut-outs; exotic backgrounds to their own quests. To me this violates a deep respect I have for the humanity of writing. Rychard Kapuscisnky is the most arrogant and visible of the Big Men in Africa. In his latest book, Shadow of the Sun, he distorts fact so much, claims so much that is unclaimable that he becomes a sort of Kurtz, a man who has so much of a sense of his own literary power, he has lost perspective and believes he can get away with any claim. Reportage becomes myth and he is the mythmaker. Here is a little sample of a quote by him in an article for Granta.
'The European mind is willing to acknowledge its limitations, accept its limitations. It is a skeptical mind. The spirit of criticism does not exist in other cultures. They are proud, believing that what they have is perfect.'
Paul Theroux's recent book, Dark star Safari spend hundreds of pages seeking an epiphany, and finally, in Malawi, he tells us His Solution For Africa: That Africa needs to ignore donors and do things for itself. Two seconds on Google would have given him this answer, even unprogressive donors came to this conclusion over a decade ago. What has he been reading?
I find myself valuing VS Naipaul's work more and more. Although his dislike of black people and Muslims and Africans is now legend, many of his works display a close and honest examination: he prefers to tell things are his blighted eyes see them; and he takes nothing for granted – a skill that seems easy, but is possibly the hardest to acquire, and the most important, especially for writers who do not belong to the trajectory of European history, but write in European languages. English carries within in many assumed cultural values that we sometimes use without context.
Under the Skin By Nina Bawden, a book that is out of print, rescued me from a particular cynicism. It is the only work of literature written by white person about Kenya, where black Kenyan characters are believable and meaningful. Bawden spent only six months in Kenya on the early sixties and was able to see through the dynamics of power in Colonial Kenya. This comedy of manners is beautifully written, timeless, a masterful study of race politics; of the naivety of the independence middle classes of Kenya; and a withering attack on liberal vanities.
Decolonising the mind, by Ngugi wa Thiongo, which I read when I was seventeen, changed by view of Kenyan forever. The Road, by Wole Sonyika is an all time classic for me; as is Camara Laye's lyrical and sad The African Child. Mongo Beti wrote what is for me, the funniest book written on the continent, about the pretentious Jean Marie Medza. Recently I have been reading Noni Jabavu's Red Ochre People, which is unique: she has found a way of rendering Xhosa dialogue in English without losing much meaning. Noni Jabavu, maybe because of her unique and quite startling history, is able to render a kaleidoscope of world views in one little scene; her insights into the ways South Africans digested the influences of Europe during colonial times is unique and deeply insightful. Her books should be read by every African creative writer writing in English.
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Horse Racing: Graeme Johnston's best Saturday selections for Newcastle and Curragh
By Graeme Johnston on	 Jun 17, 2017 Horse Racing Tips, Other Sports, Tips
RACING expert Graeme Johnston (@GraemeJ_83) picks out his best bets from Saturday's action at Newcastle and Curragh.
15:30 Newcastle | Northumberland Plate | ITV
The Northumberland Plate is one of the big staying handicaps of the season and the switch to all weather has added a whole new dynamic to this.
A field of 20 line up and as ever the draw and luck in running can have a huge say on the outcome here, but there is one in this who falls into the "could be anything" category and I've backed him here.
It's Brian Ellison's birthday week and he would love to win this huge race at his local track. He is a solid stayer and has been favourite for the past two renewals of this.
He is likely to run his race and this is probably his target for the season, but I don't think he'll make this third time lucky. He looks good value to place but just always seems to find something too good.
As much as this is a big field it's not overly competitive and viable win options are a little scarce. Clever Cookie is now 9 and is anything but unexposed.
However, this is his all-weather debut and as a horse who appreciates soft ground, he may take to it. I'm not backing him myself but he may well run above his odds.
The one I really like here is the Mark Prescott-trained Flymetothestars.
He's 2 from 2 at the track and after only 4 starts he has quickly established himself as a stayer of real potential.
His trainer loves to win big handicaps but it's rare for him to send one in that's so inexperienced without good reason.
Last time out he effortlessly beat Endless Acres who was subsequently second in the Ascot Stakes and I'm quite confident he will win this.
17:20 Curragh | Irish Derby | ITV
The Irish Derby is run over very different conditions to its Epsom equivalent and as seems to be the way these days Ballydoyle are responsible for over half the field.
Tactics will prove crucial and it's hard to work out whether they will make this is a test of stamina or speed, but I think the prize will be leaving Ireland.
Aidan O'Brien has five in this and I genuinely don't think there is a great deal between them. Wings of Eagles is clearly his number one after his Epsom win, however, I feel the race rather fell into his lap and personally I wouldn't make him favourite for this.
He stays well and is a very good horse, however, he is a vulnerable favourite in my eyes and I won't be backing him.
Waldgeist was a group 1 winning juvenile and on has come second in both starts as a three-year-old, last time in the French Derby and this step up in trip looks ideal.
Andre Fabre doesn't send across runners for no reason so he has to be taken seriously, however, I just don't think the French form stands up so far and I will swerve him.
The one I have backed, and quite frankly I can't understand why he's not a short price favourite is Cracksman. I didn't fancy him in the Derby but he ran a huge race and out of all the horses who raced prominently he performed best.
John Gosden was worried he lacked experience and I fully expect a more streetwise horse here.
Pat Smullen takes over and that's a positive for me and I expect Cracksman to win this.
15:30 Newcastle – Flymetothestars (4/1 Ladbrokes)
17:20 Currah – Cracksman (11/4 SkyBet)
Graeme Johnston
I grew up watching Hearts games with my dad and playing football at every opportunity so betting on it was the logical next step! Football coupons became a Saturday ritual and it introduced me into the world of horse racing. I started watching it on a regular basis, and after Galileo's Derby win in 2001 I was hooked. I follow both flat and national hunt racing attending the northern meetings when possible.


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Arntzen Receives Letters of No Confidence and Support
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A pair of public school board trustees from Missoula and Kalispell emailed a letter to state Superintendent Elsie Arntzen this week, refuting recent criticisms of her leadership of the Office of Public Instruction.
On December 9th, the superintendents of Montana's AA school districts sent Arntzen a letter stating that they have "no confidence" in her leadership, and listing several points of contention, including a high rate of OPI staff turnover, and a backlog in applications for teacher certification. They also took issue with Arntzen's expressed support for parents opposed to some school district policies, including mask mandates. The letter accused Arntzen of vilifying public educators.
Click HERE to read the AA Superintendents' Letter
Arntzen at the time dismissed the letter, and subsequent public criticism, as a political stunt, noting that none of the signatory superintendents had ever contacted her to discuss their concerns.
Missoula County Public Schools Trustee Michael Gehl told the Montana Free Press that he felt that
Missoula County Public Schools Superintendent Rob Watson's signature on the letter was "totally inappropriate." "He is an employee of the school board, of the district, and he's kind of overstepped his bounds," Gehl said.
Gehl said he felt a response was needed, so he and Smith Valley District 89 Trustee Jim Riley wrote to commend Arntzen's job performance, crediting her with "eradicating waste, fraud and abuse from the tired and entrenched OPI bureaucracy," and stating that if that has caused a high rate of staff turnover, it was long overdue. They also praised her support of parents and local school boards.
Click HERE to read Gehl and Riley's letter
Gehl and Riley's letter was also signed by several Republican state lawmakers, two in-state parental rights groups (Stand Up Montana and Montana Parents' Rights in Education), and more than 500 Montana citizens.
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Pollution exposure in infancy may impact health and development, study finds
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New research suggested that pollution exposure during the first six months of life can alter levels of gut bacteria, potentially leading to increased risk for disease as well as delayed neurodevelopment.
The research was published in the journal, Gut Microbiomes, and led by Tanya Alderete, PhD, assistant professor of Integrative Physiology at University of Colorado at Boulder (CU Boulder). For their study, Alderete and a team of researchers aimed to analyze the impacts of pollution exposure on microbial health during infancy.
According to the study, during the first two or three years of life, various factors including a mother's milk, solid food, antibiotics, and environmental influences shape a child's gut microbiome make up. Microbial health, according to researchers, can influence bodily systems such as appetite, insulin sensitivity, immunity, as well as mood and cognition. While many gut bacteria can be beneficial to health, certain microbiome compositions have been linked to chronic illnesses such as Crohn's disease, asthma and type 2 diabetes, according to the study.
"The microbiome plays a role in nearly every physiological process in the body, and the environment that develops in those first few years of life sticks with you," said researcher, Maximilian Bailey, MS, a medical student at Stanford University in Stanford, California, who recently obtained his masters in Integrative Physiology at CU Boulder in a statement.
The study involved fecal samples from 103 healthy, primarily bread-fed Latino infants enrolled in the Southern California Mother's Milk Study. Using data from the United States Environmental Protection Agency's Air Quality System, researchers obtained hourly data on pollution rates near each infant's home address. Researchers estimated the infants' exposure to PM2.5 and PM10, fine particles released from sources such as factories and wildfires, as well as nitrogen dioxide (NO2), a gas emitted mostly from cars, according to researchers. Then, through genetic sequencing, scientists analyzed the infants' gut-microbial profile.
The study showed that infants with the highest exposure to PM2.5 had 60 percent less Phascolarctobacterium, a bacterium known to decrease inflammation as well as support gastrointestinal health and neurodevelopment, compared to those with the lowest exposure to the toxin. In addition, infants with the highest exposure to PM10 had 80 percent more Dialister, a microorganism associated with inflammation.
"Overall, we saw that ambient air pollution exposure was associated with a more inflammatory gut-microbial profile, which may contribute to a whole host of future adverse health outcomes," said Alderete.
According to the study's authors, it's important to note that racial minorities are at higher risk for toxin exposure. Study's have shown that racial minorities and those from low-income communities are more likely to live, work, and attend school in areas closer to sources of pollution.
"Our findings highlight the importance of addressing the impact of pollution on disadvantaged communities and point to additional steps all families can take to protect their health," said Alderete.
Alderete said she hopes this study and future research, will help influence policy makers to distance schools and affordable housing from polluted areas. To avoid toxins in the meantime, Alderete advised that everyone,
Avoid walking outside near high-traffic zones
Invest in a low-cost air-filtration system
Open the windows while cooking
For new mothers, breast feed for as long as possible
Study finds consuming extra virgin olive oil during pregnancy increases level of antioxidants in rats' breast milk
Living with dogs as a child may protect against Crohn's disease
Study shows racial and ethnic minorities and low-income groups in U.S. experience higher levels of air pollution
Research shows air pollutants increase risk of dysmenorrhea