text:
Remi Garde's Aston Villa exit 'latest episode in story of crisis'
By Phil McNultyChief football writer
Last updated on 29 March 201629 March 2016 .From the section Footballcomments273
Remi Garde has the worst win rate - 10% - of any Aston Villa manager in Premier League history
The departure of manager Remi Garde after less than five months in charge is the latest desperate episode in a story of chaos and crisis that will soon end in Aston Villa's relegation.
Garde's exit is just another piece of the wreckage piling up around Villa Park as they lie hopelessly adrift at the foot of the Premier League with 16 points from 31 games, 12 points from the safety of 17th place with only seven matches left.
The Frenchman follows chief executive Tom Fox and sporting director Hendrik Almstadt out of the club.
Villa's demise is a shocking tale of mismanagement that is taking the club into the Championship with no guarantee of a swift return - and Garde leaves after an ignominious and short reign.
How the Garde gamble failed
How does Garde's record compare?
When Garde was appointed to replace Tim Sherwood on 2 November, he came with a glowing reference in a rare public utterance from owner Randy Lerner.
Lerner said: "Remi arrived with honesty, humour and a steely sense of what it will take for Aston Villa to be what it is meant to be - hard working, tireless, creative and unwilling to concede."
Hollow, almost ironic words now as Garde leaves with only two wins and 12 defeats from 20 games, that 10% win ratio the lowest for any Villa manager who has been in charge for at least 15 games, even worse that the 18.4% for Alex McLeish, who won only seven of his 38 games.
Past six Aston Villa managers
Manager Days in charge Games W-D-L Win %
Martin O'Neill 2006-10 1,465 152 61-53-38 40.1
Gerard Houllier 2010-11 255 33 10-11-12 30.3
Alex McLeish 2011-12 332 38 7-17-14 18.4
Paul Lambert 2012-15 984 101 25-26-50 24.8
Tim Sherwood 2015 251 23 6-2-15 26.1
Remi Garde 2015-16 147 20 2-6-12 10
For all Lerner's supportive words, Garde can rightly point out the backing was not there when it mattered, namely when not a single player was signed in the January transfer window at a time of desperation as Villa's fate already looked sealed.
Garde was hopeful of doing deals for Seydou Doumbia, the CSKA Moscow striker who ended up on loan at Newcastle United, and a move for Croatian goalkeeper Lovre Kalinic also failed to materialise. It sealed his fate.
His spirit was soon sapped and Garde's body language and rhetoric has taken on the air of a defeated man in recent weeks.
Whether Garde was given a fair chance is open to debate but it can be added to the list of ill-fated decisions by Villa's hierarchy.
Worst Premier League performance after 31 games
Team Season W D L Pts Final place
Derby 2007-08 1 7 23 10 20
Sunderland 2005-06 2 4 25 10 20
Aston Villa 2015-16 3 7 21 16 -
Bradford 2000-01 3 9 19 18 20
Watford 1999-00 5 4 22 19 20
Villa's demise has been coming
Aston Villa have repeatedly sold their best players, albeit for big transfer fees
Villa's decline has been coming for years - although this season the pace has changed from a stroll towards the abyss into a Usain Bolt-style dash towards the drop.
It can be traced to the shock walkout of manager Martin O'Neill just days before the start of the 2010-11 season. Since then, the club's story has been a tale of managerial instability, poor appointments and a seemingly inevitable march towards the Championship.
They finished ninth that season under Gerard Houllier but his reign was short-lived. He stepped down in June 2011 after only nine months as he needed time to recuperate from heart problems that had troubled him the previous season.
Since then the graph makes grim reading. In the past four seasons Villa have finished 16th, 15th, 15th and 17th - if the danger signs were there they have not been heeded despite being written in large red numbers.
The appointment, in June 2011, of Alex McLeish - the man who had taken fierce rivals Birmingham City into the Championship while winning the League Cup the previous season - was a PR disaster and was symptomatic of the erratic, sometimes inexplicable, decision-making under Lerner.
The longevity - or lack of it - of the managers brought in by Lerner also shows the drift and decline being suffered at a club that has all the infrastructure to be a Premier League superpower, with a magnificent stadium perfectly situated right off the M6, rich history with a European Cup win in 1982 and a huge fanbase in the second city.
Since O'Neill's departure after 152 Premier League games, Houllier lasted just 33, McLeish a full season of 38, Paul Lambert a relative lifetime of 101 before Tim Sherwood's tumultuous 23 matches, which at least included the sideline of an FA Cup final appearance last season, albeit a 4-0 thrashing by Arsenal.
There has also been a talent drain away from Villa Park since the summer of 2009 - although Villa have almost always received top dollar in exchange.
Powerful statements, such as the £18m deal for Sunderland's Darren Bent in January 2011, have been rare, with most of the other heavy traffic travelling the other way.
Gareth Barry left for Manchester City for £12m in June 2009 and was joined by James Milner in a £26m deal in August 2010. Ashley Young went to Manchester United for £17m in June 2011, while Stewart Downing went to Liverpool for £20m in July 2011.
And only last summer, main goalscorer Christian Benteke joined Liverpool for £32.5m and captain Fabian Delph was another off - to Manchester City for £8m - mostly good business financially but not necessarily the actions of a club high on ambition.
Ex-England manager Graham Taylor, a former Villa boss who continues to live in the area, told BBC Sport: "I am like a lot of the supporters - I can't believe what I'm watching. I don't know where it is going to end other than in relegation and it doesn't mean to say it will be the signal for automatic promotion back either.
"I have never known it so low at Aston Villa. Both the club and its supporters are at such a low ebb.
"Somewhere along the line the feeling around the club, with the owner wanting to sell and not being able to, has crept into the dressing room. It is like a slow death in football terms.
"For me there are too many non-football people running football clubs in this country and one of those is Aston Villa."
Where does this leave Randy Lerner?
Relegation to the Championship is likely to hamper Randy Lerner's attempts to sell Aston Villa
Villa's American owner is a distant and disconnected figure - rarely seen at games and still searching for a buyer for the club after putting it on the market 20 months ago.
He has become increasingly unpopular as Villa remain rudderless, that white flag of Premier League surrender effectively being waved since the inaction and inertia of that January transfer window.
Lerner has been shuffling Villa's boardroom around, inviting quips about deckchairs and the Titanic - and Villa fans will need to see hard evidence of progress before they regard it as anything else.
West Midlands businessman Steve Hollis is now chairman, while former FA chairman David Bernstein and ex-Villa striker and manager Brian Little have joined a revamped board. Former governor of the Bank of England Mervyn King is also a director while former FA executive Adrian Bevington has been working with the club.
Lerner's presence remains a problem, however, because he clearly wants to sell, but the lack of takers means he is stuck in a loveless marriage at a club for which he once had such high ambitions.
Lerner agreed his purchase of the club from Sir Doug Ellis for £64m in August 2006 and estimates of his current asking price range from between £150m to £200m, but there are no potential buyers in sight and relegation will surely drive away any big-money interest.
"When you have owners who are looking to sell and the results on the pitch aren't going well, it leaves a distaste about things," added Taylor.
"The owners at the moment haven't been able to sell and I don't think, particularly with the threat of relegation, that they are going to get the money they're asking. Would a potential buyer risk a lot of money on a club in the Championship? I don't think so."
So it seems, through thin and thin, Villa's fans and Lerner are currently stuck with each other.
Is Lerner the man to blame?
BBC Sport's Pat Murphy: "Remi Garde is the latest manager to feel let down by Lerner. No-one would've blamed Garde if he'd walked out when the January transfer window closed after he'd been promised new signings when he was appointed in November.
"But Garde ended up lumbered with the same squad that got Tim Sherwood the sack in October.
"Lerner must take major responsibility for Villa turning from relegation sleepwalkers into headlong dashers towards the rocks.
"When he took over in 2006, he accomplished many good, well-intentioned things, exuding respect for the club. Above all he was ABDD - Anyone But Deadly Doug - but Lerner has achieved the improbable feat of making many Villa fans realise that the old boy wasn't so bad after all.
"At least 92-year-old Sir Doug Ellis still turns up at matches, home and away. The absentee Lerner's made it clear for a long time that he wants out.
Lerner has been in charge of Aston Villa for the past decade
"Putting the club up for sale in May 2014 was a serious misjudgement. He was counselled against it by several close advisors but many billionaires have an obdurate streak - how else to justify hiring the former Birmingham manager McLeish, amid great scepticism and hostility?
"Why else has Lerner ruled out giving a press conference since May 2010? He is an articulate, voluble man but sees no need to communicate with the supporters via the media, other than occasional banalities via the club's press office.
"Once the club was on the market, with a failure to secure a quick deal, the impression has solidified of drift, inertia and delusion that it will all come right soon enough. Lauding Villa's enviable history, stadium and status while the roof's falling in is just averting the eyes to reality.
"It was a major failing not to have experienced footballing nous on the board until Bernstein and Little (the latter in an advisory capacity) were recently brought in.
"In nine years in charge, Lerner has got through four chief executives and six managers and counting - three of those in 2015, hardly the acme of stability. He and his cohorts may coo over increased commercial turnover and promising revenue streams, but that means nothing to the fans.
"Lerner cannot be held totally responsible for the current mess, but the key appointments he has sanctioned in recent years have not improved results on the field. As the Sicilian proverb notes, the fish rots first at the head."
The worst season to go down?
There is never a good season to get relegated - but with vast riches about to float into the Premier League as a result of a new TV rights deal next season, a departure now will be acutely painful in football and financial terms.
The Premier League announced the new deal, worth a record £5.136bn, in February, a 71% rise on the last agreement.
It means that even the club that finishes bottom of the Premier League in 2016-17 will pocket £99m and the champions will earn more than £150m, even before additional fees are paid to clubs that stage more TV matches than others.
The vast majority of the Premier League clubs could break into the top 30 richest in the world as a result - Villa are now destined to miss out.
View Comments273
To use comments you will need to have JavaScript enabled.
These comments are now closed.
LatestOldestHighest RatedMost Replied
Comment posted by steve_harmisons_middle_finger, at 21:53 29 Mar 2016steve_harmisons_middle_finger
Impossible situation for Garde, or anyone for that matter, to come in to. Worst run club in England by a distance. Feel sorry for fans.
Comment posted by Vox Populi, at 22:02 29 Mar 2016Vox Populi
It's also pathetic how Villa tried to bury this news during an England game and its aftermath in order to limit the fallout. Just sums up the way the club is being run.
Comment posted by JamTay1, at 22:36 29 Mar 2016JamTay1
What is saddest of all is the last part of this article. Remember when we supported football teams rather than business balance sheets?
It's sad that Villa are going down because they are a great club with great fans. NOT because they will miss out on been one of the 30 richest football businesses.
Despise the greed is good league.
Love the game. Hate the business.
Comment posted by A football genius, at 22:07 29 Mar 2016A football genius
Good to see Villa giving Blackpool a run for their money as the worst run club in England....
Comment posted by cmac, at 21:59 29 Mar 2016cmac
go down to championship, regroup with a decent manager, get rid of dross, play the youngsters and come back stronger, or go the way of others
Comment posted by U16284734, at 23:20 29 Mar 2016U16284734
It could have all been so different if they'd given O'Neill the money he wanted to break into the top 6 on a regular basis
The truth is it has been going downhill since he left
A biscuit tin board has ended up with the crumbs
Proud club, proud fans, great stadium, always felt welcome there. And Lerner's ruined it, running it into the ground. Hopefully, Villa will regroup in the Championship, find a new owner, new manager and some hardworking players and come back up in better shape.
Villa could be in the Championship for years sluggging it out with Rotherham, Brentford, Burton and their ilk for league survival.
Comment posted by Walt78, at 10:47 30 Mar 2016Walt78
157. Sonmi_451
Not always true. My club Stoke are a prime example
1. Chairman who loves club, builds local business
2. Employs solid manager
3. Gets promotion
3. Buys stadium
4. Invests in youth set up and training facilities
5. Gets to cup final and Europe
6. Achieves consistent top half finishes
7. Invests in World Class players
8. Becomes blue print for all new Prem teams
Comment posted by Jeff Harris, at 22:43 29 Mar 2016Jeff Harris
There will be no easy escape.The Championship is 46 games ,weekend ,midweek ,almost all season and competitive.It is littered with great clubs ,Leeds United one of the biggest are still their 12 years after leaving the premier league.Villa better be ready to hit the ground running.
Clear out the squad starting with those with a clear attitude problem (I mean you, Grealish and Lescott), sack the board, cut ticket prices to tempt fans back and get a moderately competent manager in and Villa might make it out of the Championship some time in the next five years.
Comment posted by Ahnaf, at 06:39 30 Mar 2016Ahnaf
Not sure what's going on inside the board room, but the players should take responsibility for this mess. The likes of Grealish let the club down big time and most of them looked like they are not interested to play. Time to get rid of these players and start again in the Championship with a proven Championship manager.
Comment posted by steve clark, at 23:17 29 Mar 2016steve clark
Although Villa clearly have huge problems with regard to the policies of the club owner isn't it about time the players accepted some of the blame for the club's situation?At present they seem to have been happy to hide behind both Tim Sherwood and Remi Garde. At the end of the day if players don't have any professional pride they don't deserve to be in the game.
Villa are historically a great club with superb stadium to match, but have even been outspent by promoted Bournemouth. It was a gamble that hasn't paid off, and i fear they will struggle in the championship.
Comment posted by Feldybhoy, at 09:23 30 Mar 2016Feldybhoy
I remember arguing with Villa fans on this very forum that Martin O'Neill was a brilliant manager and him walking away was a disaster, their point of view was that O'Neill played boring, one dimensional football........... how they would settle for that now!
Comment posted by Chris, at 08:55 30 Mar 2016Chris
You can substitute the words 'Aston Villa' and 'Lerner' in the article with 'Newcastle' and 'Ashley' and the result will still be the same...
Comment posted by ThaiTim, at 23:21 29 Mar 2016ThaiTim
Never understood why they never went with Pearson after what he achieved with Leicester last season.Garde never looked like being the right man to get them out of trouble.
Comment posted by TheGMen, at 23:19 29 Mar 2016TheGMen
This is a classic case of cause and effect.
Where Villa are where they are now is down to a specuative owner trying to cash in on the riches of the Premier League without a clue of what he's doing.
Effectively allowing MO'N to fall on his sword was madness.
They haven't a clue and a case of the blind leading the blind.
Or the idiotic leading the plain stupid.
Sorry for the Villa fans.
No heart in the players for the shirt. Lerner clearly does not want the club relegated but I think it could probably be best for them and encourage him to walk away and swallow the loss. Unfortunately I think he won't and I don't expect the club back in PL any year soon.
@54 sickandtired "These days life in the PL is all about money and who is prepared to spend the most. All the others are there to give the top 6 someone to play each week."
In a few weeks time I suspect Leicester might just prove you wrong.
Australian Open: Home hope Barty starts title bid - radio & text
Premier League reaction, Everton latest and transfer news
'A complex and unorthodox tennis star'
How has Novak Djokovic's career been marked by divisiveness?
What happened after the storming of the Capitol?
Ros Atkins updates you on where the 6 January investigations and political fallout have got to


Don't panic, your baby hasn't grown 10 cm in a week! He/she will now be measured from head to heel (before 20 weeks it is measured from head to rump) so technically your baby is now actually 10.5" (26.6cm) as he or she starts to uncurl during the second half of pregnancy. That's right you're halfway - whoop!
Starting to feel big yet? Well your womb is now the size of a football! But your baby only weighs 1.5lbs and is roughly 34cm (13.5") long now.
Your baby has eyelashes now and will start to blink this week! (36.5cm, 14.4") It might be time to start browsing for all the things you need for your new arrival - check out our preparing for baby list.
Or any shoes for that matter... Can your poor swollen feet still fit into them though... your baby is about 38cm (15.2") Have you started kitting out the nursery yet? Have a look at our nursery essentials list.
In length only, don't panic! Your little one is 45cm long now (17.7") and is starting to run out of space to manoeuvre in there! We'd start thinking about what to pack in your hospital bag around now.
Yes, we know, this one's the same as the fruit chart, but it's such a good comparison to your baby's weight at 'full bake' (6lbs to 9lbs on average) and about 52cm (20.5") long. Not long till you get to meet your little watermelon!
We don't currently have a comments feature but if you would like to comment, please tweet us @babylistsUK - thanks!


Your Owasso urgent care we can absolutely say that the kitchen is the most hazardous realm in the entire house. From scrapes to cuts to bearings there is always a reason that the kitchen might send you to your local urgent care. We absolutely love that you love spending time in the kitchen and are hopefully preparing a beautiful healthy meal for you and your family. We don't want the fear of getting a cat or burn to keep you from your passion.
Wayne one of these accidents happen we would love for you to come visit us because we can get you in and out and back into the kitchen as quickly as possible. Most other Owasso urgent care will make you sit for hours and hours before being seen but we put you as our first priority because our highest priority is delivering the best customer service possible. Making sure that you get the right treatment is only half of the job as your experience is equally as important. We want you to feel comfortable throughout your entire time with us.
We offer a lot of services that are specifically driven to treat burns scrapes and cuts. You will have complete confidence that you are in the right hands when you come to visit this Owasso urgent care. We understand and five having to give stitch as or bandaged at four burn might be very intimidating that we promise you that you will feel completely comfortable in the environment that we have cultivated specifically for you. Do not guess on how severe the problem is that come to us that we can give you a clear answer.
When you are bleeding have severe burn you might be eager to go into an emergency room. If this is a very serious circumstance we highly recommend that you do so however if it is a little more minor we would encourage you to come visit us because will be able to see you quicker and probably give you a higher quality experience. Have confidence that you are and that absolute best hands because we have an amazing staff on our team. From certified nurses to extremely experience doctors you will get the care that you deserve.
We want you to absolutely enjoy the time that you spend the kitchen and encouragement you take extra precautions to make sure that you do not injure yourself in the process of making a healthy home cooked meal. However because they are humans accidents do happen and are pretty much unavoidable which is why we would but for you to come visit us the next Sunday you have a little slip up. Click steps are some cream for that Brian might be all you need in order to get back in the kitchen whipping up a feast for your family. Sysop by or give us a call today at summation point.


Kit Harington and Rose Leslie are set to tie the knot very soon!
The former Game of Thrones co-stars are getting married on June 23 in Scotland, according to BBC News. "A 23 June date has been posted at the Huntly registration office in Aberdeenshire. The actress's father, councillor Seb Leslie, owns a castle in his West Garioch constituency," the outlet reports.
Back in Sept. 2017, the couple's engagement was announced in The Times paper. "The engagement is announced between Kit, younger son of David and Deborah Harington of Worcestershire, and Rose, middle daughter of Sebastian and Candy Leslie of Aberdeenshire," the announcement read.
Shortly after their engagement was revealed, Harington admitted on the Jonathan Ross Show that he botched his proposal to Leslie.
"I was going to string up some lights in some trees and do all the romantic stuff but we were in the country and we were under this beautiful night sky and had a log fire burning and red wine and I blew my load early," Harington said. "Sorry that's a really bad expression!"
After realizing what he just said, the actor then explained, "What I meant to say was, I popped my question a bit early. Not blew my load."
Back in March, Leslie dished to E! News about how wedding planning was going amid her filming schedule for The Good Fight and Harington's for Game of Thrones.
The actress admitted that figuring out "tiny little details" over FaceTime or email "is hard" and the distance "does make things a little bit trickier, but no, for the most part we agreed on most things," she said with a laugh. "Which is good."
Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke also recently opened up about the couple's upcoming wedding, telling Vanity Fair, "Their wedding is going to be siiiiick."


text:
Home/Entertainment/Jim Carrey would love to do 'The Maskara 2'
Jim Carrey would love to do 'The Maskara 2'
In an interview with Comic Book, Jim Carrey talked about the possible return after "The Máskara", and was excited about the idea.
"I would definitely come back. But just to get involved with a very crazy visionary director, "he says.
According to him, it will all depend on who Warner Bros. choose to lead the project.
"[Para eu retornar para uma sequência] of "La Máskara", it would depend on the filmmaker. It really depends on the filmmaker behind the project. I don't want to go back to a streak just to come back, "he continued.
Recently, rumors indicate that Warner Bros is developing a sequel and that the studio would be delighted to work with Carrey again, and that he has already started negotiations to reprise the role of Stanley Ipkiss.
Despite the novelty, nothing is officially confirmed.
Plot details have not been revealed, so it's unclear if the film will be a sequel to the original adaptation or if it will be an independent story.
Released in 1994, the original film grossed $ 351 million at the global box office, on a modest budget of $ 23 million.
The plot tells the story of Stanley Ipkiss, a decent guy who works in a bank but is socially awkward and doesn't do very well with women. When he meets the strange mask of Loki, a Scandinavian god, he transforms into The Maskara, a green-faced being who has the courage to do the riskiest and fun things Stanley is afraid to do, including flirting with him. Tina Carlyle, the beauty and sensual singer who performs at Coco Bongo, the nightclub of the moment. The Máskara has superhuman speed and unconventional humor and, meanwhile, gangster Dorian Tyrrell, who is dating Tina, strives to destroy the Maskara and grab the mask to use his powers for evil.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


at aluminum crack tips in agreement with experimental observation.
the formation of an intrinsic-extrinsic fault pair was observed.
It was also found that the response at the crack tip can depend on the crack-tip morphology in addition to the applied loading and crystallographic orientation.


We report the IFN-induced dynamics in murine splenic B cells. Male C57BL/6 mice were injected subcutaneously with 10,000U IFNa and spleens were removed at 90min. B cells were negatively isolated using magnetic beads and profiled for the chromatin configuration by ATAC-seq. Profilings of chromatin configuration by ATAC-seq (0 and 90min, biological duplicate for each).


Enchanted Rose Studio: PINK SATURDAY ~ YOU ARE MARVELOUS!
PINK SATURDAY ~ YOU ARE MARVELOUS!
If you haven't already, do wander over to Beverly's blog and say hello. Then grab a cuppa, sit back and enjoy all the fabulous pinks the other wonderful and clever participants have posted.
When I started blogging a couple of months ago, I had no idea what a delightful experience it would be. I have met so many wonderful, caring, talented, sweet, thoughtful, and very clever people! Even more surprising is that so many of you have found my blunderings and blathering worth following. I am truly humbled.
for taking the time to visit me. I cherish your visit and want you to know how much I love reading your comments.
I feel like Sally Fields the night she won..."You like me! You really like me!" ha!
Thank you so very much for your interest, your support and your thoughtfulness.
I'm off to see what the other fabulous participants have posted for Beverly's Pink Saturday! C'mon along! Everyone is always welcome!
What a beautiful post, Tina! The pictures are gorgeous . . . wish I could have a piece of one of those cakes! LOL!!
Have a terrific Pink Saturday!
Your Pink is so pretty ...love every photo.
I keep coming to you for help...here is another thing I am wondering...(I'm not too swift with the works of blogging and am always running into a wall).
On my compose page where I write up my posts...my font size has suddenly quit working. I used it a lot for larger words and etc. and today, it won;t change when I click on Large. Now, what in the world could cause that?
Very beautiful, and cleverly presented!
I did save your page so I might can try this...maybe in the fall.
YOU PUT AN ELEGANT TOUCH TO EVERYTHING.
AMY'S SURGERY WILL START AT 1:30PM MONDAY...SHE IS IN BASS HOSPITAL IN OUR TOWN RIGHT NOW RECEIVING HYPERAL TO BUILD HER UP FOR SURGERY.
Posts like yours keep me going over it a few times - it's a 'feel good' post. Everything here is Gorgeous!
It's time dear heart to tell you how sweet your pink saturday is and how delightful your pics are to look at.
Love those cakes, watches and blooms! ... truely!
Tina, your mosaics are beautiful! I love every minute of visiting your beautiful blog! I thank you!!! Happy Pink Saturday!
Well, simply said that if you didnt go to a lot of time and thought you wouldnt have the great followers.
Its stunning ... and fun to stop by.
Tina, what scrumptious pinks! Love them all! Happy Pink Saturday and enjoy your weekend.
What a fun sweet pink post you put together. You are truly a mosaic master ;-) I just love my blogland friends, too!!!
Thank you for your kid comments and warm welcome to Pink Saturday. I love that funky cake in the middle of your collage!
This are beautiful collages .
Oh, Tina, you've put together the prettiest collection of pinks! The pink watches are each so wonderful. Most of all, your kind words and your sense of humor are a treasure. Have a very happy Pink Saturday and thanks so much for stopping by to visit me!
AWWW...that is so sweet of you, Tina! I've only been in blogland for about a month, and I feel exactly the same way! What wonderful men and women I've met. Not only are their blogs inspirational, entertaining, and creative, but they themselves are truly the gifts! You put it so well...it is humbling. I only hope to give back as much as I receive! God bless you, Tina!
Great post! I love watches and sweets, such a bonus to be in Pink, Dear <3! Happy P.S. to you and Thank you for your visit also.
Thank you for bringing all of this beautiful mosiac happiness into my world. I love your posts and today was no exception. Your delivery and graphics are always gorgeous!!
Have a fantastic Pink Saturday!!
How did you squeeze so much pinkness in one post! It is all soooo lovely!
Such pretty displays you created of pinks! Nice job.
Tina, your mosaics are gorgeous! Who knew there were so many heart shaped watches out there! Happy Pink Day and have yourself a loveleigh weekend!
Beautiful Pink post Tina. Have a wonderful pink saturday.
Wonderful Pinks! I especially like the cakes. Hope you are having a great Pink Saturday.
Loooove your beautiful blog and pink thingys...and your mosaic, did I tell you my sister is as mosaic artist...Jacqui, perhaps you have come across her work?..
WOW! What a pink treat alltogether!
Well, no wonder you have lots of company over there at the cottage...you're a sweetie!
That was a beautiful pink post Tina!
I'm so glad you enjoy blogging. It really opens up a whole new world!
Thank you for the great post. Just one of many reasons to keep people coming back.
I know I will be one of them.
thank you for the visit to my site and the wonderful words there as well.
What a pretty pink post, I love your work !!Have a great week .
I need to figure out how to do the photo tiles like that! GREAT pictures!! Especially the flowers!! SO pretty!
Oh pretty pictures. And I am looking forwward to reading the How To adding grout!!! Will save it for the moment I can relax and enjoy AND learn.
Your pinks are beautiful! I especially love the cake in the middle. Thanks for visiting me. Happy PS!
Thank you Tina! It is always a delight to visit your beautiful blog!
Love visiting you......thanks for sharing..
P.S. Your banner is fantastic ! I love it.
I loved your post...I want a fun watch like one of those and the cakes look scrumptions!
Hi Tina, Your blog is so pretty, and your Pink Saturday post is gorgeous. I need to come back and check out your other posts. Looking at your side bar pictures surely some eye candy. I love your tablescape photo!
wanted to come by and welcome you to my blog. I look forward to gettting to know you so Don't be a stranger!
Your blog is just wonderful and so beautiful. I always enjoy my visits here. Happy Pinks..have a most lovely week.
Hi! your work is beautiful and so are the pictures, I need to learn how to put then in the collage.
Tina, your blog is terrific. thank you for your visit on PS. I am late answering as Sat. was a busy day.
Your post is so sweet to appreciate your blogging friends in such a beautiful way. So pretty in pink mosaics. THANK YOU.
The pictures are all so gorgeous!!!
Really I loved your post...I want a fun watch like one of those and the cakes look amazing!
METAMORPHOSIS MONDAY ~ HOO YOU LOOKIN AT??
TWO FABULOUS GIVEAWAYS YOU SHOULD NOT MISS!!


If you have time, this essay (How to Say Nothing in 500 Words) is packed with invaluable advice that will help you make your college essay sing–and NOT bore those college admissions folks. An English professor wrote it in the 1960s after reading probably a zillion mind-numbingly dull essays during his long career. It's long–and ironically a little yawny in places (revenge?)–and I mainly skimmed it for the juicy stuff.
Look at the work of any professional writer and notice how constantly he is moving from the generality, the abstract statement, to the concrete example, the facts and figures, the illustrations. If he is writing on juvenile delinquency, he does not just tell you that juveniles are (it seems to him) delinquent and that (in his opinion) something should be done about it. He shows you juveniles being delinquent, tearing up movie theatres in Buffalo, stabbing high school principals in Dallas, smoking marijuana in Palo Alto. And more than likely he is moving toward some specific remedy, not just a general wringing of the hands.
It is no doubt possible to be too concrete, too illustrative or anecdotal, but few inexperienced writers err this way. For most the soundest advice is to be seeking always for the picture, to be always turning general remarks into seeable examples. Don't say, "Sororities teach girls the social graces." Say, "Sorority life teaches a girl how to carry on a conversation while pouring tea, without sloshing the tea into the saucer." Don't say, "I like certain kinds of popular music very much." Say, "Whenever I hear Gerber Sprinklittle play 'Mississippi Man' on the trombone, my socks creep up my ankles." By Paul McHenry Roberts.
It's time to let go of the 5-paragraph essay format that most English teachers have pounded into your DNA by now.
College admissions essays are very different from the formal academic essays you wrote in high school.
Well, most are called "personal narratives," which use the first-person to tell a story or explore a personal insight about yourself or something you value. The majority are written in a more casual style (tone, voice and structure).
Like the 5-paragraph essay, however, they still need to make a "main point," and they require a structure, although one that is much looser.
Here is one simple technique that can give your essay a structural "spine," yet keep it engaging and breezy in style.
It's really a simplified version of another writing approach I outlined in an earlier post, called The Ladder of Abstraction.
This is how you do it:When you write, make sure to go back and forth between "showing" the reader your point to "telling" the reader what it means.
Write a Show paragraph, then write a Tell paragraph, then switch back to a Show paragraph, etc. (Most 5-paragraph essays start by Telling, whereas this approach starts with Showing.
When you Show, you are focused and specific, often by providing examples and supporting details.
When you Tell, you are broad and general, and explain the meaning.
Use your senses to describe: What do you see, hear, taste, smell and feel?
Use anecdotes or "mini-stories" to put the reader in the middle of the action.
Zoom in. Like a zoom lens, take a closer look at what you are talking about, show/describe the little things close up.
Summarize a group of smaller ideas.
Zoom out. Step back from your points and examine the Big Picture.
When you read other students' sample essays, see if you can spot when they are Showing and when they are Telling. It might make more sense. Then, give it a shot with your own essay.
Check out How to Write a College Application Essay in 3 Steps to get started on your college application essay!
Got questions? I LOVE comments!
Once you get the idea of how this Ladder works, now find some sample college admissions essays that you like. See if the writer shifts back and forth between the specific and the abstract. (Just jot down "show" when they are specific, and "tell" when they get abstract.) In general, the major shifts will occur between paragraphs, but you can vary within sentences as well.
When you go to write your own essay, review your outline and rough draft to make sure you are making the shifts. If you start with a specific incident or describe something, then make sure your next paragraph or so you shift into the abstract to explain it or reflect upon it. Then make sure you shift back to the specifics. And so on. If you start with a broad, general statement or paragraph, make sure you quickly shift into specifics.
In general, the specifics are the juicier writing. Who doesn't like a good story, or a vivid example or a powerful description? The abstract, however, may take a bit more patience, but that is what gives meaning to your juicy writing.
Sorry, here's another metaphor: The specifics are like candy, they go down easily and quickly, whereas the abstract is more like ice-cream, yummy but very rich. Too much of either and you can start to feel sick.
It's really a matter of balance. Too many specifics and you get overwhelmed, buried in the details. Too much abstract discussion and you start to float away in the clouds, and drift off to sleep. The best place is to just keep moving—up and down that ladder.
Write a College Application Essay That Rocks!
"The Ladder of Abstraction" is one of my favorite writing tools, especially for writing narrative pieces such as college admissions essays. It is a wonderful way to give structure to an essay without imposing one of those five-paragraph essay formats.
"The Ladder" is a lot simpler than it sounds: Basically, it is making sure you vary your writing to go back and forth between the specific and the abstract.
The "Ladder" image means you go down the ladder into the specifics (the gritty details), and up the ladder into the abstract (the ephemeral clouds). To write well, you need to go up and down constantly.
The shifting between the specifics and the abstract makes your writing engaging and dynamic.
To be specific, you use details (Remember those "concrete details?") you describe, you tell stories/anecdotes, you give examples, you use dialogue/quotes, statistics, you use descriptive language to create images, feelings, you use the Who, What, When, Where and Hows, etc.
To be abstract, you explain, you reflect, you interpret, you address the metaphorical or figurative (comparisons, similes, etc.), you are more general, broader, you explore the Why.
When you are specific, you SHOW the reader what you mean.
When you are abstract, you TELL the reader what you mean.
Going up and down the ladder in writing means you Show in a paragraph, then you Tell in the next paragraph, then you shift back to Showing, then again to Telling, etc. You can start an essay by either Showing or Telling, but make sure to shift right away. In essays, I prefer Showing in the introduction because that's usually more compelling "grabber" writing.
To throw in yet another metaphor: This process is like using a camera. When you get specific, you zoom in close to your subject so you can "show" the reader all the little details. When you get abstract, you zoom out and take in the larger picture so that you can "tell" the reader what these details mean and why they are important in that broader context.
More later…if you can't tell, I love this approach! If you want to learn more on your own about how to use the ladder of abstraction in your writing, check out this powerful list of Writing Tools by Author Roy Peter Clark, which includes my favorite writing tips from his amazing writing guide, Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer.
Ready to write? Start with my Jumpstart Guide!


Ray- Ban is the world's leading brand of sunglasses with a history dating back to 1937. Having conceived iconic designs such as the Aviator or the retro Clubmaster, Ray- ban over the years has grown in acceptance with celebrities, politicians, Athletes and socialites the world over preferring the most expensive Ray-Bans to make a fashion statement.
Although lay people too love the trendy designs of a perfect but affordable Ray-Ban, there is still the most expensive line-up of that can well qualify in a top ten list as the world's most expensive ray ban sunglasses.
This Ray-Ban Aviator brought out in 2013 still remains the world's first solid gold sunglasses. As Ray-Bans most expensive Aviator design, it is made entirely from 18k gold and is a collector's item. Only 1200 pairs were manufactured as part of a Ray-Ban exclusive collection.
One of Ray-Ban's exclusive limited edition brands manufactured from pure titanium and 18K gold plating. Manufactured from extremely strong anti-corrosive Titanium, its anti-UV lenses feature oleo hydrophobic coating for prevention of moisture residue and perfect color vision.
The caravan Ultra is another of Ray-Ban's exclusive limited edition designs. With 18k gold plated titanium frames. Its lenses also feature improved polarization with hydro-oleophobic coating. Truly a collector's item if youre someone with a fad for unique sunglasses.
One of Ray-Bans earliest and boldest of styles, the wayfarer was made famous by Jimmy Dean. Ray-Ban's latest design, the modified wayfarer is expensive due to the pure leather frames and polarized lenses that come in two colors, green and brown.
Although Ray-Ban sunglasses are expensive, they are a symbol of an iconic brand that has featured on every glamorous face since its inception. A ray-Ban oozes style and with the highest standards of manufacturing quality, each piece is well worth the price.


text:
Gerund or Present Participle?
"Which is exactly what you don't want your programmers learning."
Is "learning" gerund or present participle in the above sentence?
gerunds present-participle
TrevorD
VelvetVelvet
Both. 'Present participle' is the name of the verb form ending in -ing. 'Gerund' is the name of a particular complement construction that uses the present participle form of the verb. And learning in the example sentence is a gerund, the direct object of want. Since want can also take infinitive complements, what you don't want your programmers to learn would also be grammatical, though it wouldn't use either gerund or participle form. – John Lawler Apr 17 at 14:25
@JohnLawler, 'present participle' is not so much the name of the verb forms ending in -ing as it is one of two functions such forms represent. learning out of context is not a present participle any more than it is a gerund. – Toothrot Apr 17 at 16:49
It is a participle predicatively adjected to programmers. If it were a gerund, it would have to be capable of being interpreted as a noun substantive, which it is not.
It may help to expand the sentence into
Which is exactly what you don't want your programmers to be learning.
What you don't want is a situation where
Your programmers are learning ...
Here, learning is clearly a predicative adjective. The fact that what is the object of learning qua verb does not prevent the latter from also having the function of an adjective.
Note that, as far as the distinction between participle and gerund is concerned, one needs only consider that participles are adjectives while gerunds are substantives. If the progressive aspect associated with present participles is here absent, this does not mean that learning is not a present participle, but rather that the progressive aspect does not always follow present participles.
ToothrotToothrot
I don't care if you want to call it a participle or a gerund. But if you're saying that learning is a predicative adjective, you're wrong, because it's not an adjective but a verb. Note that it takes an object what. – JK2 Apr 19 at 5:13
@JK2, no. adjective can refer to a word class; it can also refer to words with a certain syntactic function. the fact that you have been taught in a certain terminology does not mean that this is the only terminology in existence. besides, it is not at all unheard of to regard participles as adjectives derived from verbs. consider also that, in Greek grammar (see for example Smyth), what one might otherwise call gerundives are called verbal adjectives. – Toothrot Apr 19 at 12:01
@JK2, perhaps you could try to elaborate on why you think this is a problem. does it help to think of 'Which is exactly what you don't want your programmers to be learning'? – Toothrot Apr 19 at 16:19
@JK2: Participles can be both verbal and adjectival at the same time. Externally, they are adjectival, in that they depend on the noun or pronoun which they modify; internally, they can be verbal, in that typically verbal arguments can depend on them, such as direct objects. So Toothrot's analysis is by no means wrong, nor yet controversial; it's just that different school of academics use different terminology and different systems. As long as each system makes and and is consistent enough, it isn't 'wrong'. – Cerberus Apr 19 at 16:56
@Toothrot I disagree that learning has a progressive meaning to it in the OP. You don't want them learning it does not mean "You don't want them to be learning it". It's got virtually the same meaning as "You don't want them to learn it". – JK2 Apr 20 at 1:07
The OP's sentence is unnecessarily complicated in that it involves a fuse relative construction. So I'll use a simplified example, (1a):
(1a) You don't want them [learning it].
This is a raising construction in that them is the object of the verb want, syntactically but not semantically. That is, in (1a) it is not them that you don't want but the accusative case them shows that them somehow is the syntactic object of the verb want. This is because syntactically them raises to the matrix clause as object even though semantically it is subject of the subordinate clause learning it. Hence, the raising construction.
The same raising construction is found in (1b):
(1b) You don't want them [to learn it].
Note that (1a) is virtually equivalent in meaning to (1b) but not to (1c):
(1c) You don't want them [to be learning it].
(1a)'s learning doesn't have a progressive meaning whereas (1c)'s learning does.
This can be proved by the fact that, while (2a) is grammatical, (2c) is ungrammatical because the verb know cannot be used in the progressive aspect.
(2a) You don't want them [knowing it].
(2b) You don't want them [to know it].
(2c) *You don't want them [to be knowing it].
Therefore, knowing in (2a) doesn't have a progressive meaning.
When a V-ing form functioning as a verb doesn't have a progressive meaning, it is labeled as a gerund in traditional grammar unless the verb phrase containing the V-ing form post-modifies a noun, as in:
(3) People [knowing him] tend to like him.
Here, knowing functions as a verb and doesn't have a progressive meaning. But in traditional grammar, it is not a gerund but a present participle because the VP [knowing him] post-modifies the noun People.
Except for this post-modifying case, a non-progressive V-ing form functioning as a verb is labeled as a gerund in traditional grammar.
But labeling (1a)'s learning as a gerund is also problematic. If it were a gerund, (1d) would have to be grammatical, which it isn't:
(1d) *You don't want their learning it.
All in all, the OP's example is one of those cases where the traditional dichotomy of a gerund and a present participle doesn't work.
edited Apr 20 at 6:43
answered Apr 20 at 4:14
JK2JK2
do you mean that them rises or is raised? – Toothrot Apr 20 at 10:16
@Toothrot You can say either them raises or is raised. – JK2 Apr 20 at 15:30
these are two different things – Toothrot Apr 20 at 17:48
@Toothrot 'raise' here is not an ordinary verb. So it can be intransitive. – JK2 Apr 21 at 0:05
In a comment, John Lawler wrote:
Both. 'Present participle' is the name of the verb form ending in -ing. 'Gerund' is the name of a particular complement construction that uses the present participle form of the verb. And learning in the example sentence is a gerund, the direct object of want. Since want can also take infinitive complements, what you don't want your programmers to learn would also be grammatical, though it wouldn't use either gerund or participle form.
tchrist
Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged gerunds present-participle or ask your own question.
"…would have trouble imagining…": Is this present participle or gerund?
Difference between gerund and present participle
Nobody was surprised at John being absent (present participle or gerund?)
Participle and gerund
Gerund or Participle?
Gerund vs Present participle: "We're depending on him finishing the job by Friday."
Is there any logic behind continuing to distinguish 'gerund' from 'present participle' in traditional grammar?
Present Participle versus Gerund
Is "Wanting" a Gerund or Present Participle?
Gerund and participle comparison


text:
import { FolderMoveTo24 } from "../../";

export = FolderMoveTo24;

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


text:
package org.apache.tomcat.util.net;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.Reader;

import javax.net.ssl.HandshakeCompletedEvent;
import javax.net.ssl.HandshakeCompletedListener;
import javax.net.ssl.SSLContext;
import javax.net.ssl.SSLSocket;
import javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
import static org.junit.Assert.fail;

import org.junit.Assume;
import org.junit.Test;

import org.apache.catalina.startup.Tomcat;
import org.apache.catalina.startup.TomcatBaseTest;
import org.apache.tomcat.util.buf.ByteChunk;

/**
 * The keys and certificates used in this file are all available in svn and were
 * generated using a test CA the files for which are in the Tomcat PMC private
 * repository since not all of them are AL2 licensed.
 */
public class TestSsl extends TomcatBaseTest {

    @Test
    public void testSimpleSsl() throws Exception {
        TesterSupport.configureClientSsl();

        Tomcat tomcat = getTomcatInstance();

        File appDir = new File(getBuildDirectory(), "webapps/examples");
        tomcat.addWebapp(null, "/examples", appDir.getAbsolutePath());

        TesterSupport.initSsl(tomcat);

        tomcat.start();
        ByteChunk res = getUrl("https://localhost:" + getPort() +
            "/examples/servlets/servlet/HelloWorldExample");
        assertTrue(res.toString().indexOf("") > 0);
    }

    @Test
    public void testKeyPass() throws Exception {
        TesterSupport.configureClientSsl();

        Tomcat tomcat = getTomcatInstance();

        File appDir = new File(getBuildDirectory(), "webapps/examples");
        tomcat.addWebapp(null, "/examples", appDir.getAbsolutePath());

        TesterSupport.initSsl(tomcat, "localhost-copy1.jks", "changeit",
                "tomcatpass");

        tomcat.start();
        ByteChunk res = getUrl("https://localhost:" + getPort() +
            "/examples/servlets/servlet/HelloWorldExample");
        assertTrue(res.toString().indexOf("") > 0);
    }

    boolean handshakeDone = false;

    @Test
    public void testRenegotiateFail() throws Exception {

        // If RFC5746 is supported, renegotiation will always work (and will
        // always be secure)
        if (TesterSupport.RFC_5746_SUPPORTED) {
            return;
        }

        Tomcat tomcat = getTomcatInstance();

        File appDir = new File(getBuildDirectory(), "webapps/examples");
        // app dir is relative to server home
        tomcat.addWebapp(null, "/examples", appDir.getAbsolutePath());

        TesterSupport.initSsl(tomcat);

        // Default - MITM attack prevented

        tomcat.start();
        SSLContext sslCtx = SSLContext.getInstance("TLS");
        sslCtx.init(null, TesterSupport.getTrustManagers(), null);
        SSLSocketFactory socketFactory = sslCtx.getSocketFactory();
        SSLSocket socket = (SSLSocket) socketFactory.createSocket("localhost", getPort());

        socket.addHandshakeCompletedListener(new HandshakeCompletedListener() {
            @Override
            public void handshakeCompleted(HandshakeCompletedEvent event) {
                handshakeDone = true;
            }
        });

        OutputStream os = socket.getOutputStream();
        os.write("GET /examples/servlets/servlet/HelloWorldExample HTTP/1.0\n".getBytes());
        os.flush();

        InputStream is = socket.getInputStream();

        // Make sure the NIO connector has read the request before the handshake
        Thread.sleep(100);

        socket.startHandshake();

        os = socket.getOutputStream();

        try {
            os.write("Host: localhost\n\n".getBytes());
        } catch (IOException ex) {
            ex.printStackTrace();
            fail("Re-negotiation failed");
        }
        Reader r = new InputStreamReader(is);
        BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(r);
        String line = br.readLine();
        while (line != null) {
            // For testing System.out.println(line);
            line = br.readLine();
        }

        if (!handshakeDone) {
            // success - we timed-out without handshake
            return;
        }

        fail("Re-negotiation worked");
    }

    @Test
    public void testRenegotiateWorks() throws Exception {
        Tomcat tomcat = getTomcatInstance();

        Assume.assumeTrue("SSL renegotiation has to be supported for this test",
                TesterSupport.isRenegotiationSupported(getTomcatInstance()));

        File appDir = new File(getBuildDirectory(), "webapps/examples");
        // app dir is relative to server home
        tomcat.addWebapp(null, "/examples", appDir.getAbsolutePath());

        TesterSupport.initSsl(tomcat);

        tomcat.start();

        SSLContext sslCtx = SSLContext.getInstance("TLS");
        sslCtx.init(null, TesterSupport.getTrustManagers(), null);
        SSLSocketFactory socketFactory =
                new TesterSupport.NoSSLv2SocketFactory(sslCtx.getSocketFactory());
        SSLSocket socket = (SSLSocket) socketFactory.createSocket("localhost",
                getPort());

        OutputStream os = socket.getOutputStream();

        os.write("GET /examples/servlets/servlet/HelloWorldExample HTTP/1.1\n".getBytes());
        os.flush();

        socket.startHandshake();

        try {
            os.write("Host: localhost\n\n".getBytes());
        } catch (IOException ex) {
            ex.printStackTrace();
            fail("Re-negotiation failed");
        }

        InputStream is = socket.getInputStream();
        Reader r = new InputStreamReader(is);
        BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(r);
        String line = br.readLine();
        while (line != null) {
            // For testing System.out.println(line);
            line = br.readLine();
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void setUp() throws Exception {
        if (!TesterSupport.RFC_5746_SUPPORTED) {
            // Make sure SSL renegotiation is not disabled in the JVM
            System.setProperty("sun.security.ssl.allowUnsafeRenegotiation", "true");
        }
        super.setUp();
    }
}


THE Strawbs have pulled out of Village Pump Folk Festival after singer Dave Cousins suffered an accident.
Good wishes have been sent to Dave for his recovery by the Village Pump Folk Festival team and has announced that the Strawbs' place on the bill will be taken by rising stars Keston Cobblers Club.
The festival is held at the White Horse Country Park, Westbury, from Friday, July 24 to Sunday, July 26, and the Strawbs were due to play on Sunday night before headliners the Oysterband.
Keston Cobblers Club have just released the acclaimed album Wildfire and will be supporting Bellowhead on the first part of their farewell tour in the autumn.
Festival patrons Show of Hands will be recording a live album of their Saturday night concert.


text:
Departments and Contact
Departments and Contact Submenu Toggle
Assessment and Professional Development
Cook Counseling Center
Cranwell International Center
Hokie Families
Hokie Wellness
Housing and Residence Life
Inclusion & Belonging
Learning Partnerships
Living-Learning Programs
Schiffert Health Center
Student Engagement and Campus Life
VT Engage: The Center for Leadership & Service Learning
You're in...Now What?
This Year. Best Year.
ExperienceVT
Student Affairs Leadership
Give to Student Affairs
Aspirations for Student Learning
Student Affairs' Task Force Reports
Employee Quicklinks
Work for Student Affairs
Student Affairs /
Student Affairs Advancement /
Student Affairs Advancement
Alumni Advisory Boards
Current page: Scholarships
Hokie Family Annual Fund
Support Student Life
Student Affairs administers a number of scholarships to currently enrolled undergraduate students who demonstrate outstanding leadership.
These scholarship awards typically range from $1,000 to $4,000.
Apply on Scholarship Central
Henry Dekker Student Leadership Award
The Henry Dekker Student Leadership Award was established to honor Henry J. Dekker '44 and to acknowledge his outstanding service to the university. This award recognizes a rising sophomore or junior who has demonstrated outstanding leadership service within Student Affairs. The following guidelines are required for this award:
Rising sophomore or junior
Demonstrated outstanding leadership service within Student Affairs
GPA of 2.8 or higher
One scholarship will be given to an eligible undergraduate student.
Edward F.D. and Norrine Bailey Spencer Leadership Scholarship
The Edward F.D. and Norrine Bailey Spencer Leadership Scholarship was established to honor Edward F.D. Spencer, vice president emeritus for student affairs, and in memory of his wife Norrine Bailey Spencer, who served as associate provost and director of undergraduate admissions. The recipients of this scholarship will be known as Spencer Scholars. The following guidelines are required for this award:
Undergraduate student in any field of study
Demonstrated outstanding leadership potential
Preference given for individuals with financial need
Multiple scholarships may be given annually to eligible undergraduate students.
Robert Edward Nance '50 Memorial Scholarship
The Robert Edward Nance '50 Memorial Scholarship was established in memory of Robert Edward Nance, a graduate of Virginia Tech in the Class of 1950. The following guidelines are required for this award:
Resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia
Demonstrated financial need
Outstanding leadership potential
Preference given to current or newly selected members of the German Club
Benedetti Student Leader Scholarship
Brothers Stephen '85 and Mark '86 Benedetti created this endowment to provide support to students who wish to pursue leadership activities as part of their experience at Virginia Tech. The following guidelines are required for this award:
Leadership service at Virginia Tech
Demonstrated fnancial need
Preference will be given to a student in the Pamplin College of Business or the College of Engineering.
Robert C. and Emily S. Jones Family Scholarship
Mr. Jones '83 created this endowment, on behalf of his wife and five children, to set an example of philanthropy and to provide support to students with financial limitations that wish to pursue leadership activities as part of their experience at Virginia Tech. The following guidelines are required for this award:
Preference will be given to a student in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences.
Stulb-Heffner Motivation Matters Scholarship
In gratitude for the encouragement received from the VT community during her own personal and academic challenges, Barbara Stulb-Heffner '77 established this endowment. It is meant to provide continued incentive for students who may have had difficulty during their first years at the university, but through perseverance and commitment have been able to make steady academic improvement. The following guidelines are required for this award:
Full-time academic status
Rising junior or senior status
Demonstrate personal challenge(s) while showing academic improvement throughout their time at Virginia Tech (personal statement and letter of recommendation should reflect individual experience)
Ellen and Ben Ames Leadership Scholarship
Ben Ames '48, with his wife Ellen, established this award to recognize an outstanding student leader. While a student here at Virginia Tech, Mr. Ames served as a cadet, vice-president of the German Club, and the student body president. The following guidelines are required for this award:
Demonstrated student leadership experience in a program of Student Affairs
The Bible "Dream Big" Scholarship
The Bible Family "Dream Big" Scholarship was established to honor the spirit of service of Bible family members who have attended and served the university, both while students and later as alumni. As the second endowed scholarship established by Bible family members at the university, it challenges its recipients to a lifelong leadership journey to Invent the Future. This award recognizes undergraduate students in the College of Engineering with demonstrated financial need.
Adam Ward '11 Memorial Scholarship
The Adam Ward '11 Memorial Scholarship was established to honor Adam's legacy at Virginia Tech to help students who, like Adam, are true Hokies and are persistent, active, caring, and willing to reach out and help others. The following guidelines are required for this award:
Preference will be given to students who demonstrate caring compassion and service to others; residents of the Roanoke Valley; and students in the Department of Communication.
Student Government Association Leader Scholarship
The Student Government Association Leader Scholarship was established to recognize the leadership and contribution a student leader has made to SGA and the student body. The following guidelines are required for this award:
Undergraduate student who is a current member of SGA and who holds a leadership position within the organization and a 3.0 GPA at the time of application.
The recipient must maintain a leadership position to remain eligible for any additional awards.
Charles W. Schiffert and Dolores S. Schiffert Scholarship
The Charles W. Schiffert and Dorlores S. Schiffert Scholarship was established to provide scholarship support for a current undergraduate student who plans to pursue a career as a medical physician. The Schifferts moved to Blacksburg in 1968 from Craigsville, Virginia where Dr. Charles Schiffert served as a family practitioner. He was Associate Director of Student Health at Virginia Tech from 1968-1971 and served as Director from 1971 until he retired in 1986. The following guidelines are required for this award:
Undergraduate student enrolled in a curriculum that will prepare her/him for a career as a medical physician
341 Squires Student Center (0510), 290 College Ave, Blacksburg, VA 24061 | 540-231-5111 | SAAdvancement@vt.edu


text:
When It Comes To Durable Materials
As of now, Billie Eilish and Olivia Rodrigo are the artists with more Music Awards with three awards every. For $19.95 a month, I have far more advantages as a substitute of paying $9.99 monthly for Spotify particular person plan or $16.Ninety nine for a household subscription that solely contains the music service. Current house owners of AirPods or Beats have up to ninety days from the time that they upgraded to the most recent iOS model. With iOS 15, you get a small label above the play/pause button indicating whether the music is streaming in Lossless, Hi-Res Lossless, or Dolby Atmos. However, even if you're already an Apple Music subscriber, you will get an extra month of subscription at no cost by way of the identical page. Some movies have been much more explicit about how altering times left some with nowhere left to name dwelling. Rap, for example — there's more detail around lyrics within the rap genome than there's in the pop genome as a result of rap is so far more lyrically centered.
Only some years earlier than Cher's "Consider," the pop duo Milli-Vanilli had been charged with fraud after audiences discovered that the band's two members had truly been lip-syncing vocals performed by totally different musicians. Synopsis: Years ago, Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone) co-based the Expendables with Conrad Stonebanks (Mel Gibson). Apple loves music. Apple revolutionized the music expertise with iPod and iTunes. Are you at the moment a skateboarder that just loves to pick the big journey no matter what the value? Their our bodies are sometimes retouched in photos to look more good. You'll be able to learn more about it right here. Apple Arcade, and Apple Music, and i can share all of those services with my family. These public playlists you may share with everybody and you may see who provides your record to their library, which is good. The company plans to integrate "Primephonic playlists. Apple Music Periods kicks off in Nashville with a host of unbelievable nation artists already lined up, including Ronnie Dunn, Ingrid Andress, and lots of others, and Apple additionally plans to expand the collection into different genres of music in the future. Apple Music plans to launch a dedicated classical music app subsequent year combining Primephonic's classical user interface that fans have grown to love with extra added options.
Be certain that you could have open-toed shoes in case it is a hot day. If that is the case for you, there are only some steps it's worthwhile to observe. You must click on on your picture, then "View Profile." In this section, there are your public playlists, what you just lately listened to, who you comply with, and who follows you. The quote proven above was mentioned by Tamatoa the Crab, the primary villain in the film, "Moana." He is an enormous blue crab who used to have 10 legs but now has nine after Maui ripped one out. Take a look at the The lyrics massive database consists of half one million songs all indexed by title for easy search. Apple Music Sessions formally launches today with releases from Carrie Underwood and Tenille Townes, recorded out of Apple Music's new state-of-the-art studios in Nashville, Tennessee. "Apple Music is dwelling – it's dwelling to artists, it's residence to fans, and it's residence to incredible music," said Zane Lowe, Apple Music's global creative director, and host. In relation to durable supplies, artists, architects and homebodies might have to look no additional than terracotta (sometimes referred to as "terra cotta"). Are you a true Harry Potter fan?
Empowers him to play high school soccer on this drama based on a true story. You possibly can benefit from the "lyrics view", AirPlay your song utilizing your speaker, Apple Television, Smart Television, wireless headphones, and see what's going to play subsequent. You'll be able to search on Apple Music and in your library. With iOS 14.5, Apple introduced its Metropolis Charts, a bunch of playlists with the highest 25 songs of over 100 cities world wide. At the highest of the "Listen Now" part, there's your Profile. At the tip of the web page, you could find the Replay section with your top songs by annually. By the end of August of 2021, Apple introduced it was acquiring the music streaming service Primephonic. Exclusive audio content" into Apple Music. These unique performances are also filmed, resulting in a particular, bespoke stay assortment comprised of brand-new Spatial Audio tracks and companion dwell performance music movies that will all be out there completely to Apple Music fans worldwide. Apple additionally encourages artists to edit music videos with Ultimate Cut Pro.
comes, durable, materials


text:
Left out of playoff, Ohio State faces USC in high-profile showdown
Ohio State's JT Barrett and USC's Sam Darnold will take their final collegiate snaps on Friday in the Cotton Bowl. Darold could like be selected by the Browns with the No. 1 pick, while Barrett closes the chapter on a storied Buckeye career.
Left out of the title race, Ohio State is instead returning to the stadium where the Buckeyes won the first national championship in the four-team College Football Playoff system.
The Big Ten champion Buckeyes will play in the Cotton Bowl on Dec. 29 against Pac-12 champion Southern California in a matchup of 11-2 teams that flashes back to past Rose Bowls. This will be the eighth time they play in a bowl but the first time outside of Pasadena, California.
Ohio State, which last year became the first team without winning a conference title to make the playoff, was the first team left out Sunday even after beating previously undefeated Wisconsin 27-21 in the Big Ten title game. Alabama (11-1), which didn't make it to the SEC championship game, was selected instead.
CFP rankings: Clemson tops final poll; Alabama edges Ohio State for last spot
"Did I expect? I hoped. To expect, I didn't study it that much," Ohio State coach Urban Meyer said about the playoff. "The whole conversation with our players has been ever since that loss (to Iowa) was laser focus on our opponent, laser focus on your job responsibility. And they've done that."
In 2014, the first season of the four-team CFP, Ohio State made it to the national championship game and beat Oregon 42-20 at AT&T Stadium, the home of the NFL's Dallas Cowboys that has hosted the Cotton Bowl since the 2009 season.
The Buckeyes have won all four games since that shocking 31-point loss at Iowa a month ago. Their only other loss was 31-16 at home to Big 12 champ and playoff team Oklahoma the second week of the season.
"They're probably devastated," Meyer said of his players. "But that's one thing families do. How do you handle devastation? Get around those you love and let's go back to work."
Meyer said he sunk in his chair at home when he saw the bracket, "Because I really thought we were in."
Quarterback J.T. Barrett said he feels like the Buckeyes are one of the top four teams and is hurt by them not getting into the playoffs.
"And it's going to sting for a minute. But at the end of the day, you do what you're supposed to do," Barrett said. "Go beat Wisconsin in the Big Ten championship, and we were able to do that. And it was up to the committee to make the decision."
College football bowls: New Year's Six matchups announced
Southern California is coming off a 31-28 win over Stanford in the Pac-12 championship game on Friday night.
It has been 33 years since the last Rose Bowl matchup between USC and Ohio State.
"It's extremely special for our team as well as our fan base," USC coach Clay Helton said. "This is a classic matchup between two legendary programs."
QB MATCHUP
Helton, a quarterback coach by trade, said he is a huge fan of Barrett. "The matchup between J.T. and Sam (Darnold) is something that's going to be really fun to watch," Helton said. Barrett has thrown for 2,929 yards, run for 732 and accounted for 45 touchdowns (35 passing, seven rushing). Darnold has 3,787 yards passing and 31 USC touchdowns (26 passing, five rushing).
ONCE BEFORE
Ohio State and USC have both played in the Cotton Bowl only once before, when the game was still played in the historic Cotton Bowl Stadium on the site of the state fair of Texas in Dallas. The Trojans beat Texas Tech 55-14 on Jan. 1, 1995. Ohio State won 28-12 over Texas A&M on Jan. 1, 1987, when Meyer was on coach Earle Bruce's staff.
CFB: A full list of all 40 bowl games, times, dates, and more
NOT FOR THE ROSES
Southern Cal has won the last seven games in the series against Ohio State, including four regular season games since they last faced each other in the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day 1985. The two teams last played early in the 2009 season, when the Trojans won 18-15 at Ohio Stadium.
ROLLING ON OFFENSE
The Trojans had 501 total yards in the Pac-12 title game. Darnold threw for 325 yards and two touchdowns, and Ronald Jones II ran 30 times for 140 yards and two TDs. Michael Pittman Jr. set a Pac-12 championship game record with 146 yards receiving on seven catches.
BIG TEN IN COTTON
This is the fourth year in a row — all since the current CFP system went into place — that a Big Ten team will play in a Cotton Bowl. The game matched Big 12 and SEC teams before that.
This article was written by Stephen Hawkins from The Associated Press and was legally licensed through the NewsCred publisher network. Please direct all licensing questions to legal@newscred.com.
MICHELLE PATTERSON IS A CHAMPION FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS
The 'Woman,' The 'Mother' of Humanity Must Have 'EQUAL RIGHTS'
NOW IS THE TIME FOR THE NATION TO FULFILL ITS PROMISE Women must have Equal Rights…
KWANZAA celebrated at Beachwood City Schools
A Brief Perspective A Year in Review, 2019
Car Chase Ends in Tragedy in East Cleveland
One on One with Deputy Assistant to the President of the United States
Black News Channel in 'The Red Zone' ready for launch
All About Your Health 9th Annual Girls Health Summit


If you are interested in this position, please send us your CV along with the description of your achievements. You can also register through our website: www.peopleconsulting.cz.
If there will be no answer within 2 weeks after acceptation of your CV, our client preferred another applicant, who has better fulfilled, according to the sent CV, our clients requirements.
By replying to this job offer, you agree with the processing of your personal information and confirm that you have had the opportunity to learn about personal data handling here. If you do not want to give us your GDPR approval, please let us know this information when sending your CV. If you do not give us your consent, we can not offer you any other suitable work profile, such as those we do not advertise.