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We live in times of unprecedented turbulence and uncertainty and we are losing faith in our ability to organise ourselves to deal with it. The traditional 'top down' functional hierarchy doesn't feel like it works as well as it used to, and new generations of workers increasingly demand something a better organisational experience and career that their predecessors had to settle for.
But when we look for an alternative, we are faced with a miasma of competing claims for different organising principles. Do we need to be purpose led or profit driven? Focussed or flexible? More centralised or decentralised? Hierarchical or networked? Agile, Lean or driven by scale? And should we all be aiming to become 'teal' organisations?
This situation is confusing, and it is perilous. It is also unnatural - in a very fundamental sense - because it demonstrates that we have failed to learn nature's tricks about how organisations can survive and thrive. In any kind of environment. No matter how turbulent and unpredictable.
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It argues that organisations cannot be managed as if they were a simple mechanical system operating in a predictable environment. And that the variance analyses and data tables typically used to measure and communicate performance are completely inadequate.
Performance reporting should not be a routine, mechanistic process. It should be treated as an act of perception performed to help the organization to assess whether and where intervention is needed to improve its performance, informed by the successful strategies used by the brain to make sense of its own super abundant sensory inputs. In order to make sense of the vast amounts of data available to organizations and to communicate the meaning effectively to decision makers, we need to learn to use approaches that exploit the strengths of our own brains and compensate for its weaknesses.
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Why it is important to bring a dynamic perspective into performance reporting, and how it can be done.
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It is difficult to think of a business process that is as widely unpopular, dysfunctional and discredited as traditional budgeting - yet over a decade after the creation of the Beyond Budgeting movement, many business people are unaware of its existence.
And many of those that have heard of it find the Beyond Budgeting ideas difficult to grasp because they have been conditioned by experience to think in a very narrow way about the process of management.
This book fills in these gaps in awareness and understanding by answering the question 'what is Beyond Budgeting?' in a clear and succinct way to help you make informed choices about the way that you run your business, as an alternative to blindly copying your predecessors.
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How the financial operating model used to organise and run the affairs of an enterprise impacts many aspects of corporate life, not just the level of business performance
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How the Beyond Budgeting process model is better equipped to deal with the complexity of modern organisational life and the uncertainty of the world
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The goal is to help build healthier, more adaptive organisations, better able to meet the challenges and exploit the opportunities thrown up by the modern world.
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Operational forecasting sits at the heart of many businesses because it informs every decision taken to get the right amount of product (or service capacity), in the right place, at the right time.
But is also one of the most misunderstood and undervalued activities.
As a result, most businesses carry enormous amounts of unnecessary inventory while simultaneously failing to offer their customers the level of service that they expect.
At best, the managers in these businesses may suspect there is scope for improvement but have no idea how much process waste 'weight' they can lose or how to go about shedding it. At worst, they assume that trying harder and investing in more clever software will automatically take care of the problem because they are blind to the unnecessary kilos they are dragging around.
This book demystifies operational forecasting through a series of bite sized 'lessons' supported by simple illustrations, that address the fundamental questions that anyone with a stake in operational forecasting needs to be able to answer:
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And the best news of all is the biggest gains come from doing less dumb stuff rather than more clever stuff.
Aimed primarily at forecasting practitioners and anyone responsible for, or reliant on, what they do, this book also is an excellent primer for anyone wanting to understand the principles of good operational forecasting, but not the daunting mathematics.
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The recent crisis in financial markets has also exposed a crisis in management methods – the intellectual bankruptcy of the 'target and incentivise' model of performance management and the failure to anticipate and deal with the consequences of the unfolding collapse. However, what we have recently witnessed is merely an extreme example of what many leaders and managers in business have known for years; in most organisations, the process of forecasting is badly broken. That is why 'forecasting business performance' tops the list of concerns for CFO's across the globe.
The authors of this book argue that it is time to rethink the way businesses organise and run forecasting processes and how they use the insights that they provide. Their key message is that, while we cannot predict the future, with 'good enough' foresight, wise preparation and timely action, we can make our future more predictable. The best analogy is that of the navigator of a sailing ship, not a fortune teller.
This book synthesizes and structures findings from a range of disciplines and over 50 years of their combined practical experience. This is presented in the form of a set of simple strategies that any organisation can use to radically improve their ability to forecast and exploits the insights that it provides.
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How should a forecast be used?
How do you ensure that your forecast is reliable?
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How should you deal with risk and uncertainty
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Defining or even contemplating female subjectivity is a complex undertaking since woman is often positioned as the object. When a woman is photographed she is regularly regarded as a passive body without any control over her own representation. Due to this prevailing notion, it is difficult and even controversial to view the photographed woman in another light.
A Space of Self-Fashioning is an untraditional interpretation of the photographs of Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione (1837-1901). With the exception of a MET exhibition "La Divine Comtesse" and a few academic articles, the estimated 400 photographs of Castiglione have been regulated to the margins of art history. Researchers and historians have dismissed them as "too eccentric and too ambiguous for serious study." (Apraxine, Pierre. La Divine Comtesse: Photographs of the Countess de Castiglione. New Haven, Yale University Press, 2000 (11).) Academic articles have considered them no more than a submission to pre-scripted images of femininity.
This thesis challenges a reductive interpretation of the photographs of Castiglione as an account of female narcissism and self-objectification. Instead, I position them as a rich case study for analyzing the photographic self-portrait as a means of identity construction, appropriation of the power of representation, and subjectivity in the formation of femininity. However, this thesis does not deny the self-surveillance that is part, employing Foucault's concept, of the "technologies of the self" that Castiglione enacts. As both the subject and object of her photographs, Castiglione is both the artist and the work of art; it is on her own body that she self-fashions her image, sexuality, and femininity.


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In 2017, Craig Hayes began his collegiate career at Pitt, eager to combine his passions for music and English. In 2021, the Houston native graduated with a major in English writing concentrated in poetry and a secondary education minor.
"I didn't realize how much I needed to learn and how much I was going to change," said Hayes in a video filmed during his last semester.
Hayes is one of nine students who participated in the Pitt Time Capsule Project, a Division of Student Affairs initiative launched in 2017 to document undergrad experiences over four years. Participants were interviewed, photographed and filmed during the fall and spring semesters of their first and last years, respectively.
While every student has a unique journey at the University of Pittsburgh, the usual complexities of college life were compounded given that the Class of 2021's time at Pitt also spanned a pandemic.
"It's been a long journey," said Hayes. "Both music and writing have been especially important during this last year. I've been able to use those things during really dark times."
The project was led by Vice Provost Kenyon Bonner, who was inspired after reading a New York Times article that profiled nine students around New York City.
"I've always been interested in the stories people tell about their lives," said Bonner, who was also dean of students at the time. "I loved the idea and thought it would be great to see how Pitt students change and grow over time."
The first video was released on Oct. 21, 2021, and featured Anisa Benbourenane, who came to Pitt from Thailand and the United Arab Emirates. Like Hayes, she arrived intent on pursuing one path but discovered another.
"I was always fond of tiny things and wanted to explore the tiny world you can't see with your naked eye," said Benbourenane in her first video. She hoped to study molecular biology.
In her final video, Benbourenane discussed her shift to neuroscience, civic engagement and personal development, adding that Pitt "exceeded my expectations" by enabling opportunities for her to hone her leadership skills.
The making of the series
"This is an internship where students are heavily involved," said Di-ay Battad, video production coordinator for the series and advisor to five interns working on the project. Students assisted with every aspect of production including pitching, interview design, direction and filming.
Delaney Greenberg is an intern and senior film production major in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences who has worked on the project since 2018.
"This has been one of my favorite projects in the almost three years I've worked here," said Greenberg, who described the time capsule content as "positively emotionally charged."
In a way, Greenberg has grown up with the subjects. She's resonated with their challenges, accomplishments and doubts because they've reflected her own.
"Freshman me would've been so pacified watching one of these videos," said Greenberg. "The overall message is that you're not alone as a student, and your entire life doesn't rest on you finding out who you are in one year."
With spring graduation on the horizon, she was comforted to know the nine subjects, recently in her position, didn't have all the answers.
"Putting these videos together and watching other seniors discuss subjects we wouldn't otherwise talk about has been healing and comforting," said Greenberg. "It's been the coolest thing to watch people make changes that led to greater happiness."
Hayes shared insights in his final video that aligned with Greenberg's takeaway.
"I'm still not sure of who I am, the exact thing I want to do or where I want to go," said Hayes, who upon graduating was accepted into New York University's MFA program. "But I'm so much more confident. I can say these last four years were not wasted."
For Battad, the value of the project has been undeniable and personally rewarding.
"Everyone has their hopes, dreams and expectations for the path they're going to follow," they said. "We're telling the stories of individual students and letting others know and see there are many different paths out there. It's something I hope the main audience will take away."
While the videos offer something for every Pitt community member, they are for and about students.
"If you're the kind of student that scrolls past the University Instagram or doesn't pay attention to the ads, if there's any video you should give a 30-second shot, it's one of these," said Greenberg. "It's your peers talking to you about what they've been through and probably what you're going through as well — it's real."
Watch the time capsule series. The final video will be released this week.
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Q: Interop Excel Charts Exported to Image appear incomplete I am trying to export chart to image in .Net Azure functions. I referred this  link. But
the exported image appears incomplete.
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.Net Core 3.1 Azure Function Project
COM Reference used: Microsoft Excel 16.0 Object Library (version 1.9)
Identity: Interop.Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel
Code:
var app = new Application();
var wkBook = app.Workbooks.Open(@"D:\MTA\Project_X.xlsx");
var wkSheet = (Worksheet)wkBook.Sheets["Overall MTA Chart"];
wkSheet.Select();
var charts = wkSheet.ChartObjects() as IEnumerable;
foreach (ChartObject item in charts)
{
    item.Select();
    var chart = (Chart)item.Chart;
    chart.Export($@"D:\MTA\{chart.Name}.png", "PNG", true);
}

A: I am not sure azure functions can support Interop.Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel since this needs excel to be installed.
I suggest you use a different library to achieve this.
(if azure functions can support, this is not the answer for you)
For an example if you use FreeSpire.XLS
var workbook = new Workbook();
workbook.LoadFromFile(workbookFileName, excel version);
var sheet = workbook.Worksheets[0];
var image = workbook.SaveChartAsImage(sheet, 0);
image.Save(chartImageFileName, ImageFormat.Png);

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One of 6 recordings in the title: Spectrum available on this site.
A New Works concert performed at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall.
Robin, Brad, 1969-; Kim, Yea Darm, 1992-; Fellhauer, Ryan, 1991-; Braswell, Keven, 1991-; Melnick, Sam, 1992-; Smith, Oliver Elisha, 1991- et al. November 25, 2013.
May, Andrew for "Lachrimae Novae"
Foist, Joshua Dancer for "Flashback"
Church, Sarah Dancer for "Flashback"
Robin, Brad, 1969- Piano for "Flashback"
Youn, Hanna Soprano for "Uyayi"
Crider, Donald Piano for "Uyayi"
Fellhauer, Ryan, 1991- Trumpet for "quasi-blue: for trumpet without mouthpiece"
Taylor, Raychel Timpani for "Unholy March Through a Trampled Wood"
Carr, Jonathan Piano for "Schrodinger's Cat"
Carter, JJ Box for "Schrodinger's Cat"
Silva, Nicole Soprano for "Ghosts at Cockcrow"
Chernaya, Ekaterina Piano for "Ghosts at Cockcrow"
Kvetek, Josip Violin for "Maike"
Morse, Erin Viola for "Maike"
Rehberg, Cameron Viola for "Maike"
Leboš, Fran Cello for "Maike"
Gause, Mike Trumpet for "Luna Plena"
Brown, Devin Trumpet for "Luna Plena"
Young, Jessica Horn for "Luna Plena"
Grubb, Amanda Trombone for "Luna Plena"
Lyon, Ben Tuba for "Luna Plena"
Greenfield, Leah Violin for "Lachrimae Novae"
Detwiler, Mia Violin for " Lachrimae Novae"
Manfredi, Zo Violin for "Lachrimae Novae"
Hardcastle, Ryan Viola for "Lachrimae Novae"
Newton, Kourtney Cello for "Lachrimae Novae"
Milrod, Julia Contrabass for "Lachrimae Novae"
Sept. 27, 2018, 1:10 p.m.
Robin, Brad, 1969-; Kim, Yea Darm, 1992-; Fellhauer, Ryan, 1991-; Braswell, Keven, 1991-; Melnick, Sam, 1992-; Smith, Oliver Elisha, 1991- et al. Ensemble: 2013-11-25 - Spectrum: New Works from North Texas, audio recording, November 25, 2013; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc917277/: accessed April 24, 2019), University of North Texas Libraries, Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Music Library.


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Isaiah Thomas to play in Celtics' Game 2, then fly to sister's funeral
Isaiah Thomas will play in Game 2 of the Celtics' first-round series before flying home to attend his sister's funeral.
WALTHAM, Mass. (AP) In any sport, the one thing a team can't prepare for is the unknown.
Last week, the Celtics were the toast of the East after outlasting the champion Cleveland Cavaliers for the top seed and home-court advantage. Then, the day before Boston's playoff opener, Isaiah Thomas' sister was killed in a car accident.
It's created a delicate balancing act. This is a team that expected to be riding a big wave of momentum.
Instead, Boston lost 106-102 to Chicago in Game 1, and the possibility looms Tuesday of falling into an 0-2 deficit.
But if there's a group built for such a challenge, it would seem to be this one. There's empathy in the locker room, and a coach adept at navigating rough situations.
''I think the biggest thing is they really care about each other,'' coach Brad Stevens said Monday. ''It's really tough when he's sitting there and some of his family is back in Seattle. ... But I think the next extension of your family is who you're around every day, and your team. ... They care about one another and they support one another. That's what you hope you have in a team, but it's probably not always the case.''
Stevens said Thomas plans to play in Game 2 Tuesday night then head to Washington state to be with his family and help complete funeral arrangements.
Chyna Thomas died early Saturday in a one-car accident outside Tacoma. No funeral date is set, but Stevens said the Celtics plan to attend.
Thomas attended a film session and walk-through Monday, but did not speak with the media. Stevens said that after services for Thomas' sister, the star guard intends to rejoin the team Friday for Game 3 in Chicago. Stevens, however, stressed that all plans are up to Thomas.
Stevens knows firsthand of how the Celtics can embrace one of their own. Last year, he was allowed to miss a game to be at the bedside of Andrew Smith, who played for Stevens at Butler. Smith had cancer and his condition had worsened. Smith died a few days after Stevens visited.
Then there was the team's public show of unity before its preseason opener in October. The players held hands during the national anthem, the display coming at a time when NFL players, notably Colin Kaepernick, were protesting by kneeling.
One of Thomas' closest friends on the team is guard Avery Bradley. The two grew up outside Seattle and played AAU ball together. During Monday's shootaround, TV cameras captured Bradley comforting a tearful Thomas on the bench.
''Me and Isaiah have known each other since we were kids,'' Bradley said. ''So no matter what goes on we're always going have each other's back. We're always going to be there for one another. I think he knows that, and I know the same about him. We're always going support each other. ... We're a family.''
Still, there is basketball to be played. And Thomas, after an unsteady beginning, played admirably in Game 1, scoring 33 points to go with six assists and five rebounds.
Retired All-Star Kevin Garnett said he thinks Thomas will be better for having gone through this.
''I anticipate him playing even more inspired,'' he told The Associated Press. ''I look at this as this momentum carries him and the Celtics. It's going to also carry the city.''
Bradley says it's important now to pick Thomas up on and off the court.
''I feel like it's better to show with your actions than your words, especially after a loss,'' he said.
In a sense, he said, it's following the example Thomas set in Game 1.
''You can say whatever to him, but I think our actions really let him know that we care for him,'' Bradley said. ''This is a sanctuary being on the basketball court. ... As brothers that's what you're supposed to do.''
AP Sports Writer Jon Krawczynski in Minneapolis contributed to this report.
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IPHONE TEXAS HISTORICAL MARKER APP
Oral Interview, Glenn Willeford With Dr. Gerald G. Raun Concerning Walter Prescott Webb's The Texas Rangers: A Century of Frontier Defense (1935).
ELMER KELTON, GREATEST WESTERN AUTHOR OF ALL TIME, PASSES ON
CATTLE AND DUDES: A FAMILY HISTORY OF THE PRUDE RANCH NOW AN EBOOK AT AMAZON
DORWARD DRUG HISTORICAL MARKER DEDICATION
Friday, March 21, 2014, 12:21 PM
In 1897 Andrew Prude purchased three sections of land located not far from Fort Davis establishing the A. G. Prude Ranch. Soon he and his wife Ora moved into a small log cabin on their new property. In 1900 Andrew completed a wooden frame house for his family and in 1902 added 1257 acres to the ranch. In 1911 Andrew built a two story ranch house made of adobe bricks cast in a nearby stock tank. They called it the "Big House". By 1920 Prude expanded his ranch to some forty sections of land which comprised a considerable amount of Jeff Davis County.
In 1921 the Prude Ranch started a guest ranch to share the beauty of the land and cool summer weather of the Davis Mountains with city dwellers from across Texas. Early guests arrived on the Southern Pacific Railroad at Alpine and made their way to the ranch by various means. When a terrible drought and the Great Depression of the 1930's forced Andrew Prude to sell his cattle and most of his land, the Prude family decided to operate the guest ranch full time. Soon a new highway near the ranch came into existence and more and more guests began to show up. New guest houses were built as well as a coaching school. The dude ranch program was expanded to include summer camps for boys and girls and various educational programs. The facilities have expanded over the years to accommodate a wide variety of activities. Prude ranch is well known across Texas as a popular tourist destination and continues into the second century of operation.
How the ranch came into existence and continues to operate today after all these years is a fascinating story of determination and survival. Historian Glenn Justice used many primary sources and oral interviews to tell the story of this now famous Texas ranch.
Cattle and Dudes: A Family History of the Prude Ranch 1897-1997 is now available on Amazon as an E-book. For more information or to order go to: http://www.amazon.com/Cattle-Dudes-Fami ... le%26dudes
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Friday, March 7, 2014, 11:02 AM
David Dorward arrived in Borden County in 1892. He was born December 15, 1872 in Burleson County Texas to David and Anna Dorward. In 1893 David began working as a wagon cook for the Square and Compass Ranch. A year later he went to work for the Magnolia Land and Cattle Company. In 1901 David became a businessman when he opened the Dorward Drug on the courthouse square in Gail, Texas.
Gail was a thriving community in the early 1900's. A week after opening his drug store, he married Minnie Russell who taught school in Gail. To this union came three sons, Russell, Maurice and Kelvin. David did home study for his pharmacist license and had it issued by the Texas Board of Pharmacy on September 17, 1907.
Doward supplied prescriptions for two local physicians, Dr. James Prince and Dr. John H. Hannabass. As the little town began to dwindle in population Doward"s Drug became the meeting place of the community by providing over the counter medicines, refreshments, and even ice for the old time iceboxes of the day. When the local telephone switchboard closed in 1918, Doward's Drug had the only telephone serving Gail and the surrounding farms and ranches until the 1950's. Telephone messages received by Mr. Dorward at the store would be delivered to local residents or to outlying farms and ranches. David Dorward also served by holding the offices of county treasurer and later served as Borden County Judge.
David and Minnie became strong proponents of the Christian faith. David taught adult Sunday school classes for thirty years and Minnie taught classes for over fifty years. Their dedication left a legacy to the residents of Borden County. After their passing, the Doward Drug building went through many years of neglect until 2012 when R. D. "Buster" and Jean Creighton Taylor acquired the property. Much back breaking work ensued hauling away junk that had accumulated around the property. Jean and Buster were able to salvage the original walls, ceiling, shelving, soda machine and safe from eventual destruction. The pharmacy counter and samples of medicines and many other Dorward treasures may be viewed at the Borden County Museum.
The dedication of the Dorward Drug historical marker will take place on Saturday, June 21 at 2 p.m. in Gail A reception will follow at the Borden County Event Center. For more information contact Lisa Mahler at: bordencohistory@gmail.com
Lisa Mahler
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LITTLE KNOWN HISTORY OF THE TEXAS BIG BEND NOW AN E-BOOK!
Thursday, February 13, 2014, 02:40 PM
I am most pleased to announce my book "Little Known History Of The Texas Big Bend: Documented Chronicles From Cabeza De Vaca To The Era Of Pancho Villa" is now available in an E-Book edition at Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/Little-Known-Hist ... e+big+bend
Additional Amazon E-Book titles from Rimrock Press are coming soon!
BLOG READERSHIP SETS NEW RECORD
Monday, September 9, 2013, 04:05 PM
Some ten years ago when I first got the idea to do an online blog about Texas history I had no idea how many folks might be interested in such a focus. Last month Glenn's Texas History Blog set a new record for readership. According to my latest site analytics in August, 38,764 readers worldwide searched out and read at least one page of the blog. This is an average of 1,250 readers per day. Some 18,871 of these readers are located in the United States followed by 4,275 in the United Kingdom, 3,302 in China, 1,013 in Canada, 567 in the Ukrain, 242 in France, 173 in Germany, 138 in Russia, 109 in Australia, with numerous other readers in Japan, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Mexico, Spain and Singapore. A number of these overseas readers are U. S. service men and women stationed around the world.
Most find their way to the blog via Google although there is quite a list of search engines that have been used. A fair number of the readers access the blog with their smart phones something I never dreamed about ten years ago. Recently my internet guru Mike Middleton updated the blog software and I have a feeling he had something to do with the recent upsurge. I cannot thank Mike enough for all of his fine work through the years. Anyone needing a really first class web page design and IT work can contact Mike at: Austin-12@att.net.
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Tuesday, August 27, 2013, 04:34 PM
On Wednesday, August 14, 2013, 08:48 PM, Sanjay Nasta wrote:
I thought your readers might be interested in the Texas Historical Marker App for the iPhone. The Texas Historical Landmarks app gives you access to detailed historical information to over 14,000 historical markers designated by the Texas Historical Commission.
We built this app because when driving through Texas, I always wondered what a historical marker on the side of the road said, I didn't always have time to stop and look at each marker. We decided to build this app to answer that question and to help educate people about our state's rich history.
The app provides an easy to use map interface that allows you to pinpoint what historical markers are close to you, retrieve driving directions to each marker, keep a tally of the markers you have visited, and even record photos at each visited marker. While traveling, you even have the ability to receive notifications anytime you are closing in on a landmark.
Texas Historical Landmarks is currently available in the app store at: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/texas-historical-landmarks/id598634992?mt=8
(there is a free version available with less data if you want to play)
To learn more about the app including screen shots, features, and video see here:
http://atomicaxis.com/company/texas-landmarks/
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HISTORY AT HEREFORD
Dear Friends and Members of the West Texas Historical Association (WTHA)
It is not often that we have news that needs to be sent forward by itself owing to its importance. Many of us who love history and are involved in this association and others like it occasionally rue the seemingly diminished awareness of history. However, there is a center of history excellence alive and well in the heartland of West Texas that is incubating and nurturing the love of history in the next generation. Mr. Richard LaMascus a Social Science Teacher at Hereford High School has guided an award winning Special Projects social science program that has exhibited state and national excellence. The WTHA encountered him with his students at a recent Quanah Parker Trail installation where one of them, Matthew Wilhelm, helped organize and raise money for the arrow installation. He is a member of a much larger program that built on the good work of long-time educator and school board member Carolyn Waters.
The current Special Projects program has expanded the horizon of social studies among the high school students in Hereford, Texas. The list of accomplishments are extensive and they include Hereford winning the Texas UIL Team Social Science Championship two of the last four years and one student, Andrew White, took first place this year at State with his Interpretive Web Site--Devils Rope [barbed wire]-- and advanced to the National History Day Competition in College Park Maryland. Mr. LaMascus said that West Texas is a hot-bed for educational excellence, ". . . our region encompassing El Paso to Fort Worth including the entire Texas Panhandle has been the most competitive in the State of Texas."
Congratulations to the students and teachers at Hereford ISD. All of West Texas applauds you. For LaMascus' comments about the Hereford High School Special Projects Social Science program please see the note below.
Best wishes, Tai
Tai Kreidler
West Texas Historical Assn
E. Richard LaMascus
Hereford high School
Social Studies Department Head
UIL Academic Coach
richardlamascus@herefordisd.net
Thank you for your interest in the History program here at Hereford High School. My name is Richard LaMascus and I am starting my 14th year as a Social Studies Teacher at Hereford High School and my second year as the High School's Social Studies Department Head. One of the first people I met upon moving to Hereford is Carolyn Waters. She has been and continues to be a wonderful teacher/mentor, school board member, and supporter of the History programs in and around Deaf Smith County.Reflecting on the photos taken of last year's Special Topic's History group, I truly did not realize how much we participated in and/or accomplished this past school year. Among the places visited and programs participated in include:
•Museum of the Plains – Perryton TX, Lecture and question and answer session with S.C. Gwynne, Author of "Empire of the Summer Moon".
•Presentations to Hereford's Lion's Club twice, and the Quanah Parker Trail committee.
•Touring the Crosby County Museum, Deaf Smith County Museum, Panhandle Plains Museum, Palo Duro Canyon and Blanco Canyon.
•We visited and toured several Texas Forts including: Fort Phantom Canyon in Abilene, Fort Concho in San Angelo, Fort McKavett outside of Menard TX, and the still being excavated Spanish Presidio along the San Saba River.
•We competed in several different area, state, and national contests including: The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Columbus essay writing contest, and in History Day and UIL Academic competitions in Canyon, Lubbock, Abilene, Austin, and College Park Maryland. Andrew White and I also spent three days touring Washington D.C., Gettysburg PA, and Harpers Ferry WV.
•Eagle Scout Matthew Wilhelm helped organize and raise money for the Quanah Parker Trail Arrows placed in Hereford.
Two years ago, Hereford High School began a Special Topics/Research class aimed at providing an option for but not exclusive to GT students' grades 10 thru 12. The TEKS (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills) for this class encourage students to research, analyze, and create projects under the Social Studies theme. Simply put, we research analyze and write at a much deeper level than our normal survey classes. We began creating projects for the Texas History Day competition where the requirements for research, annotated bibliographies, and in-depth study fit perfectly with the requirements for this class. The students also study and work towards our UIL Competitions specifically, Current Issues and Events, and Social Studies.
Each of the past two years, Hereford High School has qualified seven to eight students to the Texas History Day competition in Austin Texas. This past May one student, Andrew White, took first place at State with his Interpretive Web Site entitled "The Devil's Rope" advancing to the National History Day Competition in College Park Maryland. His success has inspired many of my Special Topics students to give it their all this upcoming year wanting to equal or surpass what this fine young man accomplished in 2013.
I also have the privilege of coaching our State winning UIL Social Studies Team. We have won almost every competition entered the past seven years. Our accomplishments include:
•Seven straight District Championships and numerous invitational tournament championships.
•Three Regionals Championships where for the past decade, our region encompassing El Paso to Fort Worth including the entire Texas Panhandle has been the most competitive in the State of Texas
•Five straight years qualifying for the UIL State Academic Tournament winning two State Championships in 2010 and 2013.
Our assigned topics varied greatly including the American Revolution, The Supreme Court, Sub-Saharan Africa, American Civil War, US Space Exploration, Latin America, and last year's Native American History. This year's topic may be the most challenging yet, Australia and Oceania; with the assigned book, "Commonwealth of Thieves" the Birth of Australia, by Thomas Keneally. Many top students in Hereford High School will once again compete for one of the final four spots on this great Academic team.
Just a note, over the past decade, Hereford's UIL Social Studies team has included many of our Valedictorians and Salutatorians and numerous others who have gone on to prestigious universities including the Air Force Academy, Notre Dame, Texas A&M, and of course Texas Tech. Five or more students from past teams have entered Texas Tech's Honor's program majoring in Engineering. Student scholarships are far too numerous to count.
http://www.notevenpast.org/websites/devils-rope Andrew White's Website as discussed in Not Even Past
BIG SPRING HERALD NOW ONLINE
Monday, June 10, 2013, 05:08 PM
The Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library (SWC/SCL) at Texas Tech University announces the availability of the Big Spring Herald online at http://collections.swco.ttu.edu/. In a cooperative project between the Howard County Library and the SWC/SCL, the newspaper is available to anyone who has access to the worldwide web. In addition, to the Big Spring Herald, the Big Spring Enterprise from 1908 to 1911 is also available.
Many thanks go to Ms. Hollis McCright, Director of the Howard County Library, Ms. Jennifer Spurrier, Assoc Dean of the SWC/SCL, Ms. Freedonia Paschall, Coordinator of Newspaper Digitization, and Matt McKinney, Director of SWC/SCL IT.For more information on the newspaper digitization project at the Southwest Collection please phone or email the Newspaper Digitization Group at 806-742-3749 and ask for Ms. Freedonia Paschall(Freedonia.paschall@ttu.edu<mailto:Freedonia.paschall@ttu.edu>), Tai Kreidler(tai.kreidler@ttu.edu<mailto:tai.kreidler@ttu.edu>) or Jennifer Spurrier (jenny.spurrier@ttu.edu<mailto:jenny.spurrier@ttu.edu>).
FUNDING FOR TEXAS STATE ARCHIVES AND RECORDS COMMISSION
Wednesday, May 15, 2013, 05:34 PM
Dear Friends and Members of the Association:
Please find a message below from one of our members asking for assistance in lobbying to have sufficient budget for the Texas State Archives and Records Commission to properly preserve official digital documents. Apparently, the welfare of digital records are at risk and the matter has been languishing for a number of years until the recent vote that is looming.
As one of the supporters of the states I made the analogy that if Travis had written his letter 10 years ago in a digital format it's likely it would no longer exist in Texas.
Please review the note below and help if you are able.
Dear Historical Association members and leaders,
Now is the time for all concerned with Texas future and immediate past to come to the aid of the Texas State Archives and Records Commission (TSLAC). I received an urgent recommendation from a well-versed legislative source that we should QUICKLY muster all supporters to call the offices of Texas Senator Tommy Williams and Representative Jim Pitts and recommend passage of the special budget item pertaining to the need for developing an electronic archive.
1. As of now, the Texas State Legislature is not providing funds in the appropriations bill that the TSLAC needs for the preservation of electronic records designated as permanent by law or by regulation.
2. This is at least the seventh session that this budgetary request has been deferred, i.e. kicked down the road.
3. We have been losing electronic records since the 1980s with the situation being so bad that we do not know the totality of what is irretrievably lost or what is at risk. But, we know that the records include databases, e-mails, and reports submitted digitally. And, we know that all oil and gas reports are all now electronic. The situation is so bad, that the State Archives cannot receive the legislative archives electronically.
4. Edmund Burke taught us that it is governments duty to preserve national monuments. Texas PERMANENT electronic records are monuments to our State and to our era and the State Legislature should ensure their preservation.
Please call the following numbers: Mr. Rob Orr, at 512-463-0370, who is the liaison for Texas Senator and Finance Committee Chair Tommy Williams, and
Ms. Brady Vaughn, at 512-463-1096, who is the liaison for Texas Representative and Appropriations Chair, Jim Pitt on the House side.
Follow the protocol below:
1. State your name, residence, and the organization that you represent.
2. Ask to speak with the given representative or their legislative and budgetary liaison.
3. Then tell that individual that: State agencies are creating records in electronic formats that must be retained permanently for legal, administrative and historical reasons. Right now, the Texas State Library and Archives Commission has no means of transferring and preserving these records. TSLAC needs the exceptional item funding of $450,000 for the biennium to begin developing a digital archive in order to transfer, manage, preserve and provide access to those records in accordance with state law.
4. Thank them for their time and kindly ask that your comments be passed along the representatives on the budget conference committee for their consideration.
Thank you for your assistance and for your prompt action in regard to these important matters.
COYAME: A HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN SETTLER
Thursday, February 7, 2013, 05:25 PM
I just finished reading a new book; "Coyame A History Of The American Settler" by Dr. Francisco Javier Morales Natera. Although this is a first book for Dr. Morales who is an optometrist presently living in Andrews, it is a most interesting regional history and one that very much needed to be done.
Morales was born in Chihuahua City and raised in Odessa. He traces family roots beginning in the tiny community of Coyame located a short distance west of the Texas-Mexican border in northern Chihuahua. The author spent more than a decade researching the history of the Coyame area and the fascinating past lived there by his ancestors. Morales offers his readers a refreshing view of history offered from the Mexican perspective.
According to Morales, Coyame had human presence for thousands of years before the arrival of the Spanish. People were attracted to the place by fertile soil and a plentiful supply of water. The Mexican Conchos River flows just outside Coyame and pre-European natives used the river as a route to find their way through the rugged Chihuahuan Desert. In later times the Spanish also made use of this important Concho River route to the Rio Grande. Coyame has a rich and remarkable past and Dr. Morales has done a fine job of chronicling its story. Having said that I should also point out that the author's research efforts are somewhat diminished by his use of most unconventional references. Also, the book could have been much better had the author chosen to include an index. The book, ISBN 978-1-4797-3453-5, is available in hard and soft cover editions as well as a Kendel e-book.


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Ashmore Drive in Trench, Telford consists predominantly of semi-detached houses. Properties on Ashmore Drive typically have values around £150,000 - £200,000, ranging upwards of £200,000 for larger semi-detached houses.
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Shoppers still want skinny jeans, and that's a problem for retailers
Apparel retailers selling jeans are eager for a new trend in the space—but, despite fashion gurus who say skinny jeans are out, consumers are hanging on to them, according to Bloomberg News[1].
March data from trend forecasting firm WGSN shows that skinny jeans made up 54% of stores' new full-price jean assortments, and other jean styles are failing to compete.
In fact, stores are selling under 10% of bootcut and slouchy "boyfriend" styles, according to that report. Flared styles have seen a boost (11%), thanks to a resurgence of 70s-influenced style, and slim fits are at 14%. But even sought-after cropped styles, faring well at 25%, include skinny versions.
On a conference call with analysts last week, Urban Outfitters founder-CEO Richard Hayne put his finger on a problem that is vexing many apparel retailers these days: there's no real reason[2] for women to fill their closets with new clothes, and jeans are a major part of that.
"The last major fashion shift was 10 years ago when the skinny bottom returned to popularity," he said. "Since then we've had all varieties of skinny…Today, the customer has a closet full of various skinny bottoms and she has many many long tops and sweaters to go over them. Without a fashion need to drive her purchases, the customer can easily defer her apparel spend."
The situation for retailers, he also said, is a "major fashion shift."
"I'm not predicting exactly when that change will come, but I'm certain it will," he said.
WGSN retail analyst Sidney Morgan-Petro told Bloomberg that skinny jeans are here to stay, and that, if anything, retailers face more competition selling them because all have boosted their jeans offerings. According to Bloomberg, Urban Outfitters' sister brand Free People has tried to move the needle towards other styles like wider legs, but to no avail. Skinny still reigns supreme.
"At the end of the day, the skinny jean is still the top-selling, top-ranking, most stocked style," said Morgan-Petro. "And it's probably going to remain that way for some time."
^ according to Bloomberg News (www.bloomberg.com)
^ no real reason (www.retaildive.com)
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Report Card 2011: Matt Vogrich
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In his first college basketball game, against Division II Northern Michigan, Matt Vogrich hit five three point shots, he was also crossed over several times and looked completely overmatched defensively. The latter turned out to be a much bigger factor in Michigan's 2009-10 season. Vogrich seldom played after that first game, severely limited by his lack of quickness defensively, and made just six more three point shots over the next 31 games of his freshmen season.
There were serious concerns over whether Vogrich could play at this level, even as a shooter off the bench. In his sophomore season, Vogrich tripled his playing time and improved his shooting numbers, seeming to provide Michigan with an opportune boost off of the bench in several key moments.
Three Point Shooting: Vogrich finished the season with a team best 38.7% three point shooting percentage on 62 attempts. He hit an even more impressive 48% of his triples in Big Ten play. Michigan seemed to run a number of sets designed to get Vogrich open shots and by the end of the season he was knocking them down with consistency.
Back door cuts: Zack Novak is probably the best Michigan player at throwing the back door pass, but Vogrich is the best at making the cut and getting open. This is a natural relationship because defenders have to respect Matt's three point shooting stroke. He'll improve finishing inside the arc as he gets stronger but he still made a respectable 51.7% of his twos.
Energy: Matt first showed the ability to inject energy off the bench during his freshmen year during a home win versus Ohio State. He demonstrated a similar quality this season and it's no surprise that he was frequently featured in our Five Key Plays pieces. It wasn't just hitting threes, Matt came up with some big jump balls, rebounds, steals and other energy plays as well.
Ball handling and passing: Vogrich began the season playing almost exclusively at the three position but, as the season wore on, he began to spend time at the off guard as well. He's not a great ball handler, which makes facing pressure defense a chore, and he rarely creates for others. His assist rate (percentage of U-M field goals that he assisted while on the court) was just 6.1%, which is closer to Jordan Morgan's (4.9%) assist rate than players like Evan Smotrycz (8.1) or Zack Novak (8.7).
Quickness: Vogrich is still a liability defensively against quicker guards. The problems might not be as dramatic as a year ago and he has certainly improved, managing to keep most players in front of him, but he is still a liability defensively.
Shining Moment: 11 points (5-5 fg), three rebounds and one steal in NCAA Tournament win over Tennessee. Vogrich spearheaded a first half run that earned Michigan a small halftime lead before the Wolverines were able to break the game open in the second half. Video.
Vogrich proved that he can come off the bench and hit open threes. He's far from a perfect player, and he's probably only capable of doing half of the things that Tim Hardaway Jr. can do at the same position, but he fills a specific niche on the offensive end. Michigan is able to run a variety of sets for him when he's in the game and if he ends up with an open look, there's a good chance it's going in.
With two freshmen guards arriving in Ann Arbor this summer, there has been heated debate over Vogrich's role on next year's team. There is certainly a log-jam developing in the backcourt – Morris, Burke, Douglass, Brundidge, Novak, Vogrich and Hardaway all play the 1-3 positions – but Vogrich has some distinguishing traits. First off, he's able to play two positions, the two and the three, while most of the freshmen will likely be groomed into specific roles. That versatility coupled with his shooting ability should guarantee that he finds some minutes somewhere. It'd be crazy to expect Vogrich to play more minutes next season, but I don't see why he can'y play a similar 10-15 minutes per game off of the bench.
Related Items:Matt Vogrich, report card
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Notebook: Strong recruiting response to postseason success, NBA draft decisions loom
Mailbag: What Bates-Diop & Tate to Ohio State Means for Michigan, Non-Conference, Vogrich or Stauskas, More


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DJ Khaled's Beat-Making Video Backfires As His Production Skills Get Roasted
Published on: Feb 2, 2022, 10:23 AM PST
DJ Khaled entered the Hip Hop industry as a local disc jockey in Miami, Florida, and over the years has evolved into a full-blown record executive. However, Khaled also spent time crafting beats for himself and others as a producer.
On Tuesday (February 1), the We The Best boss decided to remind people he still gets busy behind the boards by posting a video of him doing precisely that. The clip shows Khaled sitting in front of his prized MPC3000 beat machine and cooking up a beat from scratch.
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DJ Khaled's on-the-spot production rattled speakers with its pounding bass and percussion, but some fans weren't impressed by the beat and proceeded to roast the Major Key don for his dated-sounding production chops.
"Tell him go find KRSONE & give it to him cause nobody else want that shit," one fan joked, while another added, "1984 techno ass beat fuck wrong wit this lemon."
A third person likened to beat to a Run-DMC song while someone else referenced The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air theme song, commenting, "Now, this is a story all about how My life got flipped-turned upside down."
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Even though his production skills may need a little improvement, DJ Khaled isn't letting that stop him from working on new music. Last month, the Miami mogul hinted at another collaboration with Drake in 2022.
"Me and Drake — first of all, we brothers, that's family," he said in a social media clip. "And 2022, if you're [asking] does Khaled and Drake have something? Of course, we're always going to have something … But it gotta come out a certain way."
Drake Returns To The Studio As DJ Khaled Promises Another 'Special' Collab In 2022
Khaled also hit the studio with Kanye West for a sneaker-shredding session last month, announcing to the world, "The Ye vocals are in."


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Ефект Міхеєва — Смирнова — Вольфенштейна (ефект МСВ) — перехід нейтрино одного сорту (покоління) в інші в середовищі зі змінною густиною електронів. Ефект був запропонований  в статті, опублікованій в журналі Physical Review в 1978 році і радянськими фізиками   та   в 1986 році.

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Ефект виникає внаслідок перетину енергетичних рівнів станів нейтрино різних поколінь. При русі нейтрино в середовищі, де присутні електрони, що слабо взаємодіють з ним, у нього виникає ефективна маса, яка залежить від густини електронів і від покоління нейтрино. При повільній зміні густини електронів ефективні маси нейтрино різних поколінь змінюються по-різному і при певних значеннях густини можуть збігатися. Це призводить до резонансного підсилення нейтринних осциляцій.

Перехід народжених у ядрі  Сонця електронних нейтрино високих (понад кілька МеВ) енергій в мюонні і тау-лептонні внаслідок ефекту МСВ розв'язує проблему сонячних нейтрино.

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September 20, 2013 September 20, 2013 Thuy Smith Outreach International Reflections by Thuy
I have seen the rain- Vietnam vet reflects with his daughter
I have seen the rain- Vietnam vet sings with his daughter
December 17, 2012 December 20, 2012 Thuy Smith Outreach International My Father's Notebook
My Father's Notebook: Christmas in Vietnam
The holiday season has always been my favorite time of year. Growing up in a Christian family, I have such fond memories of Sunday school programs, family gatherings with lots of food and treats, candlelight service on Christmas Eve, and a long vacation from school to play with all those new toys. Some of my best memories of the holidays are the ones that took place in our home: putting up the tree, helping my Mom, Sally, to bake cookies and other traditional Norwegian goodies like krumkakes and rosettes, wrapping presents, and watching Christmas specials together. My parents, Glen and Sally Johnson, worked so hard to make these holiday memories and traditions for us.
On some of those cherished days off from school, Dad would come home from work and with a twinkle in his eye call us "school skippers" and ask why we weren't in school. Because it was winter, and Dad's off-season, he wasn't working nearly as much. So the holidays also meant more time with Dad. Mom, my sisters, and I would spend entire days baking up Christmas goodies. Mom had to remind us all from time to time to keep our "snitching" to a minimum, as we needed to save the cookies for later. Dad was wise and could get around this rule by milling around the kitchen, watching and waiting for one to turn out not-quite-right. "Let me get this one out of the way, for you," he'd say.
But like all aspects of life, the burden of his service in Vietnam was ever-present. We loved the twinkling of the Christmas lights, and Mom would pack as many sets onto the tree as it would hold. Dad was a very easy-going person, and could tolerate more than any other person I know. But one thing he could not tolerate was blinking lights. In fact, he preferred they be off altogether, and if he was in the room alone, he'd unplug the tree.
I had always assumed he simply found the lights distracting or perhaps wanted to conserve energy. Mom knew the truth, though. Flashing lights triggered memories of the war. The vast majority of fighting at Tay Ninh Base Camp and at Buell Fire Support Base occurred under cover of darkness. Both sides of the fight utilized tracer rounds, colored rounds interspersed with the regular rounds to help determine if the rounds were hitting their intended targets and to adjust their aim if they were not. The night sky was streaked with red and green lights as the bombs fell around them. So the flashing lights of 4th of July fireworks and even simple Christmas lights can be unbearable.
Christmas in Vietnam, 1968
It was early December of 1968 that 19-year-old Glen Johnson arrived in Vietnam. Within a couple of weeks, Dad was settling in to Tay Ninh Base Camp in Southeast Vietnam. It was his first Christmas away from his family. The memories of that Christmas was so vivid that three decades later, as he recorded his memories of Vietnam in his simple notebook, his account of that Christmas. It reads as if he had written it while he was in Vietnam. This is what he wrote:
"Well, maybe cause of lack of snow and 1 day no different than the next, Christmas has gone by. Repairs during the day and watch for Charlie at night. They do have a chapel type building in camp here but we forget its even Sunday and a little busy to get there anyway. So every once in a while the Chaplin gets to this end of the base camp and we have church on whatever day it is when he gets here. Being that it's still close to Christmas he wants to sing Christmas songs. I have seen before on TV, Bob Hope shows and the guys crying. Now I know why. I can't sing anyway, but when they sang Silent Night, no words come out and I see the guys here in church have tears in their eyes "too." It's good to hear from home and the brownies and cookies from Sal."
Right now, servicemen and women are stationed away from their families this holiday season. Please remember them and all veterans. For information on ways to let them know you care during the holidays, you can go to the Red Cross website to learn more about the Holiday Mail for Heroes program at http://www.redcross.org/ca/los-angeles/ways-to-donate/individual-gifts/holiday-mail-for-heroes.
And a great resource for finding ways to help military personnel and their families any time of year is the White House's Joining Forces program: http://www.whitehouse.gov/joiningforces/get-involved. It provides information on how to send messages to servicemen and women, a directory of organizations that help military personnel and their families on both national and local levels, and information and guidance to help citizens to start their own volunteer project.
Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, New Year's, or any other holiday, I wish you all great joy, peace, and love this season.
October 25, 2012 January 2, 2014 Thuy Smith Outreach International My Father's Notebook
My Father's Notebook: One Name on The Wall
Eau Claire recently welcomed the Moving Wall, a smaller scale version of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial—the Wall. Held in conjunction with a local organization's Field of Honor, the Wall stood amongst trees next to a field of hundreds of flags each dedicated to the memory of soldiers who had died since 2001. Small dog tags attached to each flag bore the names of lost loved ones; three different flags bore the inscription "Glen Johnson, Army"—my Dad.
The day was beautiful, with plenty of sunshine and a light breeze fluttering the hundreds of flags dotting the field. We walked together as a family towards the large slabs of black, just as we had done nine years ago. Only this time we did so without Dad. And this time I knew one of those names etched in the stone.
Taking a rubbing of William H. Clevenger from the Moving Wall in September 2012. Sgt. Major Clevenger was one of Dad's superiors, and as Dad said, "He was like a father to us."
Finding Clevenger
We first visited the Moving Wall when it last stopped in Eau Claire in 2003. I was so surprised that Dad agreed to go with us—my Mom tells me it took much encouraging. Dad avoided any discussion of Vietnam, avoided anything that could remind him of his time there. But somehow he was there with us, and I felt honored to be able to show my respect to him, to other veterans, and to all those whose names appeared on the Wall.
Dad was there, but he stood as far back as he could. He never touched the Wall, nor got any close than ten yards from it, the anxiety and sadness painfully evident. But he pulled from his wallet a piece of paper with a name written on it and handed it to us. With Dad far off waiting, we searched for the name but couldn't find it. All these years later, I don't remember now why we were unable to find it, maybe a misspelling, but we were unable to find the name that day. I was horribly disappointed, as I so wanted to be able to be able to take an etching to give to Dad. I know now that it wasn't meant to be that day; this was just a rehearsal.
In 2007, my sister Melissa and her husband, Shawn, took my parents to Washington, D.C. With much patience, Dad was able to visit the Wall, the full Memorial. Though Dad still couldn't get close enough to touch the Wall, this time they were able to find the name he was looking for: William H. Clevenger.
Dad arrived in Vietnam at the age of 19 having lost his father from cancer mere months before. So it was understandable that Dad looked up to his superior, Sergeant Major William Clevenger. Dad was first stationed at Tay Ninh Base Camp with Clevenger, a seasoned soldier who had served in World War II, was Dad's superior at Tay Ninh Base Camp where Dad was first assigned. Dad looked up to this man, saying "He was like a father to us."
In the early morning hours of June 6, 1969, another attack on Tay Ninh Base took place. Warrant Officer Albert Major of the 187th Aviation Company described it as "a night to remember in Tay Ninh." The camp was hit with over 200 rounds of rockets and mortars. The base suffered shrapnel damage and some buildings started on fire. It would prove to be a sad day for Dad and his unit.
Decades later, Dad would write about what happened to Sergeant Major Clevenger:
"In the middle of the morning when we didn't normally get mortar and rockets in base camp, they shot some in and one exploded by our battalion Sgt. Major and killed him. He was so cut up from shrapnel that they had nothing they could do to save him."
After Dad's passing, Mom shared with us that it was Dad who found SGM Clevenger's body outside the bunker. William Clevenger was 48 and would have been eligible to return home two months later, in August of 1969. He left behind a wife, Lois. His name now appears on Panel 23W Line 084 of The Wall. You can find out more about him and others who gave their lives at http://www.virtualwall.org.
Many More Than 58,261
A picture may be worth a thousand words, but a black wall with 58,261 names is worth a million pictures. Each of these names brings to my mind pictures of the man or woman represented there, of what their lives were and could have been. No memorial or statue I have ever seen can compare to the power of the images the Wall brings to my mind.
In his iconic painting "Reflections," Lee Teter shows an aged veteran touching the Wall while in the reflection lost comrades reach to touch his hand. And I feel that, too. Standing before it and resting my hand against the smooth black stone, it feels a thin veil separating the living on this side to all those lost on the other. I like to imagine Dad standing among the other soldiers behind the Wall. They had been separated for a few decades, but now they are together sharing a cup of coffee. And this time, there are no wounds, visible or otherwise.
The Wall represents those 58,261 precious lives lost, but please remember that one name on the Wall represents so very many more lives touched by the war. For each name on that Wall, countless lives have felt the impact of that life and its loss. There are the fellow soldiers who served alongside. There are perhaps medics, nurses, doctors who tried to save this life, even if all that could be done was to say a prayer. There are the millions who served with them, some who came home with disabilities and illnesses, some with the wounds that cannot be seen, but all who came home changed.
And back home, each name on that Wall represents generations of friends and family that will never be the same. They were sons, daughters, siblings torn away from their families. Some were husbands and wives and parents, whose loss leaves a terrible hole. There are the families left without a husband or wife, son or daughter. They are the children left without a parent.
When I see the Wall, I am also very thankful. In Washington, D.C., my brother-in-law Shawn pulled my Dad aside and said, "We're sure glad your name isn't up on that wall." We are so blessed that Dad came home, so blessed to have had all those years with him. I am deeply grateful to the fellow soldiers whose friendship, or bravery, or simply commitment to duty, made it possible for Dad to come home.
As the daughter of a Vietnam veteran, I can't look at the Wall and not imagine in some way how life would have been different if Dad's name had been etched on the Wall. You see, had my Dad not come home from Vietnam, I would never have been born. Four of us—Melissa, Eric, Scott, and I—were all born after Dad came home. Mom and my sister Shelley, who was born while Dad was in Vietnam, would have been left alone. So you see, I not only owe these men and women my gratitude for my time with my Dad, but for the very chance at life.
The Wall is a moving tribute to the 58,261 precious lives whose names are etched in the stone, but it is also a tribute to the web of people whose lives are forever linked to them. They are the fellow soldiers, the families, the friends, the spouses, the children. They are the lives that could have been. The least that we can do is remember them—all of them.
Related Post- My Unknown Soldier (Reflections from the woman whose grandfather served with Tracey, and who recently discovered this post about her Grandfather)
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[i] Major, Albert A. 1969 Annual Supplement: History of the 187th Aviation Company. http://www.187thahc.net/incidents/inident_69.htm (last accessed December 2011).
[ii] U.S. Army Data Survey Center. Personnel Roster, Active Army Personnel as of 30 April 1969, 0011 FA BN 7th 105T. 1969. San Francisco, CA. Page 2.
July 8, 2012 December 3, 2013 Thuy Smith Outreach International My Father's Notebook
My Father's Notebook: The Man Behind the Words
My Dad is a difficult person to describe. Not because he's complicated, but because in words he just seems too good to be true. Who would believe anyone is so amazing as he? Granted I'm very biased. But as we heard many times in the days and weeks after his passing, so many people share our thoughts of his character and kindness and the impact he has made on this world. So before we delve into Dad's experiences in Vietnam, let me tell you more about this man I'm blessed to call my Dad.
Glen Johnson was born July 3, 1949, on a very hot day in a maternity home in Colfax, Wisconsin. He was the 8th of 9 children. Grandma would take a couple of months to decide on the name "Glen" for him, but by then his siblings had already dubbed him "Pete." From then on, everyone knew him as Pete. Only Grandma called him Glen, with the exception of Mom on those occasions when she was particularly upset with him.
Dad's humor was legendary. The kind of wit my teenage self was mortified by, my young adult self found goofy, but my middle-aged self now finds endearing. He took great joy in sharing the latest jokes he had heard. He was partial to a good blonde joke, and being the grandson of Norwegian immigrants, spread the best of the Sven & Oley jokes throughout the family. My sisters and I all married men with Dad's sense of humor, and when we were together there was much laughter. After one of their zingers, Dad would often look at me and say, "Oh, he's gooood!"
Dad was an excavator at heart and owned his own business for many years. From the time the ground thawed in the spring until it froze again in the winter, he was at work. Seven days a week he would be at work as the sun rose and not return until after it had set once again. And even then, it wasn't time to rest yet, as paperwork and phone calls would need his attention.
Even in the winter, the off-season, Dad would be working. Early on he would plow snow and drive oil truck. Later, as his business got busy, he spent most of the winters working on his equipment. Dad would never get rich for all his hard work, but he provided for his family, saw that his children could go to college, and took time to make the life of those around him a little better.
Like generations before him, Dad worked very hard for everything he had. But he gave of him-self and his time as though he were born of great privilege. If one of his customers was having a hard time, he wouldn't charge them. Dad served as a volunteer firefighter and EMT for the Colfax Fire Department and Rescue Squad, also serving as President of the organization for several years.
After Dad passed away last summer, people from the community came forward with some of the most precious stories. One man, a customer of Dad's, had lost his young son in a farm accident. Every day after work, Dad would stop in to see if there was anything he could do for them. Sometimes it was just to talk, other times he would help milk cows. Upon their son's passing, they were given a tree, which the family couldn't bring themselves to plant even when Dad offered to dig the hole for them. Every night for about two weeks, Dad would ask if it was time yet to plant the tree. But they would always respond, "No, not today."
Then, early one evening, as Dad was heading home, he saw a beautiful rainbow. He turned his truck around and went right back to the farm. He told them the rainbow was a perfect sign: this was the time to plant the tree. And so the tree found it's permanent home, and it still thrives there today.
Another lovely story came in a card of sympathy from another former customer of Dad's. More than a decade earlier, Dad had been working on their farm moving dirt to prepare the site for a new shed. Many years before, this same area had been the site of an old farmhouse and barn. The homeowner had often found bits of glass and even unbroken old bottles around the site.
She wrote, "I jokingly told Pete to try not to run over any of the bottles he might dig up when he was working. When I got home from work that night, there were two unbroken old bottles on my steps. I was so surprised! Pete must have stopped his bulldozer, jumped down and retrieved the bottles for me, if not once, two times. I was so impressed by that little act of kind-ness."
This one-act of kindness would prove, about five years later, to touch another person. As the homeowner explained, "An 82-year-old woman who lived in that old farmhouse came up here to see what the area looked like since her childhood. Right before she left, I gave her the two bottles that Pete had rescued. Pete's small act of kindness from years before put a smile on her face as she recognized an old perfume bottle and an old cough syrup bottle from when she was a little girl. Pete was a kind man."
And so, that was my Dad. He touched so many lives. Mother Teresa once said, "We can do no great things—only small things with great love." And indeed, that was what Dad spent his life doing for anyone in need, one little tree and one unbroken bottle at a time
Read Tracey's Other Posts:
My father's Notebook- The Enlistment Question
My Father's Notebook- Christmas in Vietnam
My Father's Notebook- One Name on the Wall
My Father's Notebook- My Unknown Soldier


This year Studio Marcia Baraldi has already entered two Contests as a Semi-finalist!The Quilt selected is from Marcia Baraldi together with her sister Valeria Baraldi and will be traveling around Daytona Beach and Lancaster next March! If you are one lucky quilter that will participate in one of this shows you can check the Semi-finalist quilt at the Quilts Exhibits! And let´s cheer for this quilt to be selected for AQS Paducah Quilt week on April as well!


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Encourage the Child, Heal the Horses, Strengthen the Family and Share the Message of Hope.
Meet the Dare to Dream Board of Directors
Jim Buck | Executive Director
Jim brings 25+ years of skills and experience from his position at leading marketing, communications, and training agency, LABOV. As a graduate of Taylor University with a degree in Pastoral Ministries, and seven years with Dare to Dream Youth Ranch as a volunteer, leader, feeder, and Board member, Jim has applied his talents with the goal of building the ranch into a sustainable model of nonprofit success.
Diana Martin | Chief Financial Officer
Diana is Controller at a leading Fort-Wayne-based construction firm. As Board CFO, Diana contributes her formidable CPA credentials and experience to manage the finances of Dare to Dream Youth Ranch. Her thoroughness, attention to detail, and wealth of knowledge make Diana a perfect fit for the Mission of the Ranch.
Lynn Nelson | Director of Community Service
With more than four years' involvement with the Ranch as a volunteer and three years as a Board member, Lynn applies her background as a former mental health professional to create relationships with troubled youths. As a devoted volunteer and Board member, Lynn invests her time and effort to be the liaison to agencies such as the Allen County Sheriff's Department, and her calm and approachable spirit make her perfect for the role.
Sarah Baum | Director of Communications
Sarah's position as Director Marketing and Communications at a multinational firm makes Sarah well-suited for her role as Director of Communications for the Ranch. A volunteer at the Ranch for two years now, Sarah coordinates, packages and promotes the Ranch's Mission, messaging, and value to the community. Also, as a former member of the Purdue Equestrian Team, Sarah shares her equine skills and knowledge to work with the Ranch's horses.
Michelle Buck | Director of Operations
Michelle is an Administrative Assistant to the President for a leading Fort-Wane-based construction firm. With over seven years as a Ranch volunteer, she fulfills her role as Director of Operations by overseeing and managing all aspects of Ranch programs, outreach, events, volunteer scheduling, veterinary and farrier care, barn, and grounds upkeep and more.
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After years of making my best friend Dorothy's chocolate torte I decided to put my spin on it for a fun Christmas dessert. My husband loves Rumplemintz and I love peppermint chocolate- when these two ingredients collide… WOW! A fun & minty dessert that is so easy to make with a great holiday presentation!
Divide cooled cake into 3 sections. Start by Crumbling 1/3 of the cake and put in the bottom of the bowl; sprinkle the cake with the Rumplemintz…. Spread 1/3 of the prepared pudding on top of crumbled cake. It's important to be mindful of the edges of the bowl- you want this to look pretty!! Next, spread 1/3 of the thawed cool whip over pudding. Sprinkle 1/3 of the Andes crunch baking chips on top. Repeat this whole process 2 more times. Finish by carefully cutting the Ghirardelli squares in half and poking them in on top. Insert large spoon and watch it disappear!!!
*Try using peppermint coffee syrup in place of the Rumplemintz for a non-alcoholic dessert.


WIELS will face new challenges during these very competitive times for art institutions in Belgium and the rest of Europe. It is thanks to the support of patrons and partners that we can expand our programme and develop new, unique and ground-breaking exhibitions, while further broadening both our artist-in-residence and education programmes with a highly creative and comprehensive range of activities.
By way of engaging encounters with curators and artists, WIELS PARTNERS, along with the WIELS CLUB & Business Club, bring together a dynamic group of supporters who ensure the on-going vitality of WIELS and who share a passion for the latest developments in the contemporary art world.
By joining the WIELS Club or the WIELS Business Club, you provide WIELS with crucial support to continue offering both a rich, creative programme and a meeting platform for passionate art lovers, while contributing to its national and international recognition. You can benefit from a comprehensive and varied programme of exhibitions, lectures, private views, exclusive visits and tailored trips that bring you in touch with artists, collectors and key players in the international art scene.
If you wish to sponsor a specific exhibition, the accommodation of an artist in residence or a particular educational project, please contact us for additional information. We will be happy to assist you with a tailormade arrangement to make sure your contribution makes a difference in the field you care about.


In the cooperation of the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, we provide Graduate coursework to support the Master of Education and AA certification in secondary education. These courses are offered by the departments' languages and literature, history and political science and sociology and criminal justice.
ASU faculty, including Department of History and Political Science faculty members, taught as well as fought to secure full citizenship rights for all. Department historian L. D. ([Paul] Lawrence Dunbar) Reddick became, in the words of Dr. King, the "historian of the Montgomery Bus Boycott." English faculty Jo Ann Robinson and Mary Fair Burks founded in 1946 the Women's Political Caucus, the lead organization in the 1955-1956 Montgomery Bus Boycott.


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Catalyzing Transfer Initiative: Our First Year in Review
By Sarah Belnick, Senior Program Director, College Success
In addition to earning an associate degree, an important appeal of enrolling in community college is the opportunity to eventually earn a bachelor's degree, usually by transferring to a four-year college or university. Yet while 80 percent of the more than 4.5 million students enrolled in public two-year institutions begin with this goal, less than a third (29%) transfer at all within six years, and even fewer (17%) actually complete their desired degree. For students of color, those from low-income backgrounds and first-generation college students, transfer and completion rates are even lower.
Students — and their course credits — frequently fall through systemic cracks when there isn't sufficient guidance or formal agreements between institutions. Along the way, students can lose 37% of their credits in public-to-public transfers and a staggering 94% in public-to-private transfers — losses that hinder or halt degree completion and pile costs onto students who can least afford them.
ECMC Foundation's College Success program launched the Catalyzing Transfer Initiative (CTI) in January 2021 to equitably turn the tide, repair the broken transfer pipeline, and fuel our national economic recovery. Comprised of five grants totaling $4.5 million, CTI aims to streamline and better connect multiple aspects of the transfer process, from enhancing individual student experiences and outcomes to aligning institutional policies and statewide procedures. CTI's goal is to realize clear and equitable transfer agreements at institutions and within states around the country and to specifically increase the number of Black and Latinx community college students entering and completing the transfer path with minimal credit loss.
For its CTI cohort, the College Success team identified five grantees with different approaches. Each is off to a promising start.
Identifying Opportunities in the Transfer Policy and Practice Reform Space, a national landscape scan conducted by Education Commission of the States (ECS), explores historic and current transfer reform efforts, priorities, and outcomes — with a focus on policy and practice improvements. ECS recently completed its initial scan, which included reviews of five transfer improvement programs from the last decade. The scan's authors found that close, long-term coordination among multiple key stakeholders — from policymakers and institutional leaders down to administrators, faculty, and students themselves — was key to boosting better and more equitable outcomes.
The Equity Transfer Initiative (ETI), launched by the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), supports academic program transfer pathways between two- and four-year institutions nationally to strengthen intermural partnerships and enable transfers and degree completion for underrepresented students. In collaboration with its project partners, the American Association of State Colleges and Universities and the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities, AACC selected 17 community college/four-year college transfer partnerships composed of 25 community colleges and 18 four-year colleges and universities in 13 states. Each partnership established a workplan with approximately five degree pathways. Several participating institutions have already reported that elevating equity has helped create space for broader work. Early data indicates over 2,500 community college and university students are enrolled in one of the designated transfer pathways.
Transfer BOOST (Bachelor's Opportunity Options that are Straightforward and Transparent) is a reform effort by the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) that advances the timely completion of a Transfer Affordability Guarantee (TAG). At its core, a transfer affordability guarantee seeks to marry transfer articulation agreements with clear communications and pledges about cost and time-to-degree that attract students and support their transfer success. In its first year, IHEP and its partner HCM Strategists selected Arizona, Illinois and Virginia to advance TAGs for students and began working with those state leaders to create and scale at least two guarantees by engaging at least five public institutions that enroll a high percentage of students of color. Each state is taking a unique approach, with Arizona's participants building on an existing longstanding transfer partnership while Virginia and Illinois designated state leads who then recruited institutions. Throughout, IHEP and HCM provide technical assistance and other expertise to advance everyone's TAG development.
Transfer Policy Standards for Equitable Attainment, a project of the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO), is developing state- and system-wide transfer standards leading to equitable outcomes and degree attainment in Colorado, North Carolina, South Carolina and Washington. Already, SHEEO and its partner, the John N. Gardner Institute for Excellence in Undergraduate Education, have begun modifying the Foundations of Excellence (FoE) Transfer Focus process and Transfer GPS tools to implement a vision for a more equitable and efficient transfer experience in each of the participating states. Working through state project leadership teams and affiliated task forces over the first year of the project, a self-study is now underway in all four states, and the FoE process will next turn to auditing state-level resources and leveraging data to create a community of practice experience for its initial cohort.
Lastly, the Interstate Passport, a program by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE), aims to expand acceptance of block transfer of lower-division general education attainment based on student learning outcomes, rather than on specific courses and credits and increase institutional membership of the Interstate Passport Network. Following a Call to Action with more than 200 supporters in July 2020, WICHE assembled a proactive advisory group, recruited 15 institutions to send Letters of Intent to join the Network, and expanded resources and partnerships for the existing Network. The resulting 20 percent increase in membership will help thousands of students avoid repetition by enabling the transfer of lower-division general education as a block.
At ECMC Foundation, we are so proud of these initial successes and remain optimistic about the future of this initiative and its grantees. These commonsense-yet-critical systemic changes will enhance outcomes at the individual level and enable a truly national sea change. Visit the CTI webpage for more information on our philosophy and programs, and stay tuned for more updates as we move into our second year.