Assistive technologies enable individuals who are visually impaired to write and edit papers, conduct research, gain access to information, communicate and develop job skills (Abner & Lahm, 2002). No matter the diversity of learning needs, technology features prominently in the lives of persons with visual impairments and its utility is not only key to bridging visual impairment, but also as an integral part of life in Singapore. This study is particularly pertinent given that Singapore is ranked the world's second most networked economy (Global Information Technology Report, 2010) and evidence show students with visual impairments are not adequately equipped in skills in assistive technology (Wong & Cohen, in submission).
1.	In what ways do students with visual difficulties respond to an on-going intervention regarding the use of assistive technology?
2.	What are the enablers and barriers to the use of assistive technology by students with visual impairments?
This study describes the introduction and implementation of assistive technologies in a special school for primary-age students with visual difficulties. The observation framework is grounded in the research literature of design ethnography (Barab, Thomas, Dodge, Squire, & Newell, 2004; Barab & Roth, 2006). Despite research-based evidence on the benefits of using assistive technology by students with visual difficulties, a special school in Singapore had not used assistive technologies until 2009 when researchers introduced assistive technology to students and teachers. A series of training sessions in using assistive technology were conducted for students with visual difficulties and their teachers. Observations were conducted to understand how students use assistive technologies during and after the training sessions. Observations were coded and reviewed by three researchers. The video records were supplemented by field notes of the same lessons taken by researchers as in situ observers.
The results revealed that the majority of students and their teachers were not using nor had much knowledge of assistive technologies. Although Singapore is a country in which technologies are pervasive and intensively utilized by most of the population, students and their teachers lack access to training and relevant technologies, particularly technologies that support teaching, learning, and employment. On-going trainings of teachers demonstrated that assistive technologies can be incrementally integrated into the school curricula. Implications for interventions and potential changes in policies and practices are discussed. The results of this study are a unique contribution to the research literature on assistive technology use in Southeast Asia.
keywords: assistive technology, visual impairments, students, singapore.
L. Cohen, M.E. Wong, D. Tan (2011) A STUDY OF ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY USE BY STUDENTS WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS IN SINGAPORE, INTED2011 Proceedings, pp. 5029-5031.


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This episode contains a parody of a THX pre-movie bumper (in which a man's head explodes ala Scanners and Grampa shouts to "turn it up!"). The THX executives liked it so much they had the scene redone in a widescreen aspect ratio and used it as an actual trailer before movies.
This episode taught me about the Falklands War, after Krusty delivers a pizza to Bart at Burns' mansion and we see a rerun of his show that he put on in his place, which first aired after the British invaded the islands in 1982. It's also the first time I heard the "Let's All Go to the Lobby" jingle.
Homer teaching Bart and Lisa that the takeaway from their failed auditions is to never try gets repeated by me quite often, along with Milhouse's plaintive "but my mom says I'm cool".
Milhouse: I have nothing to offer you but my love.
Burns: I specifically said, no geeks!
Marge: I think Bart and Lisa are feeling a little upset right now. Isn't there something you'd like to say?
Homer: There sure is. Kids, you tried your best, and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.
Mr. Burns: Now that you've agreed to reap the windfall of my death, I must return to my large, empty mansion to rattle around and await the inevitable -- alone.
Homer: Yeah. Let's push him down the steps.
Bart: And I had the greatest time! Mr. Burns' house has everything -- a hedge-maze, a moat, bleached hardwood floors, and a bottomless pit.
Lisa: It couldn't possibly be bottomless.
Bart: Well, for all intents and purposes.
Homer: Bart, you're coming home.
Bart: I want to stay here with Mr. Burns.
Homer: Or what? You'll release the dogs, or the bees, or the dogs with bees in their mouths and when they bark they shoot bees at you?
Lionel Hutz: And as for your case, don't you worry. I've argued in front of every judge in this state -- often as a lawyer!
Though he's been featured in episodes since season two, season five is really a banner year for Mr. Burns. In addition to strong supporting roles "$pringfield" and the forthcoming "Lady Bouvier's Lover", he also gets a pair of spotlight episodes, the all-time great "Rosebud" and this one. Bart and Mr. Burns is a pairing that had never really been explored before (Burns had hit the boy with his car once upon a time, but that's about it), and this episode succeeds in part for the way it draws parallels between the two characters, the idea that, if Bart is pure id checked only by the limitations of his age, then Mr. Burns could be viewed as the id unchecked, free to do whatever he wants thanks to his tremendous fortune. It also succeeds thanks to its examination of Bart's place within the Simpson family. Just as the family realizes it needs Bart and his random acts of destruction to keep things interesting, Bart discovers a certain emptiness when he's faced with no limits, a rebellious prankster unable to rebel against anything.
The season's second great Mr. Burns episode, as well as a strong one for Bart. Plus, it's continues the season's trend of big laughs throughout, including some more frequently-quoted lines.
Without taking away the merits of this episode, I would say that I preferred the theater-sound-system spoof ("Thud") in TINY TOONS: HOW I SPENT MY SUMMER VACATION ("The audience is now deaf").


Scholarly writing is almost as corrupting a trade as play-acting. The great majority of one's colleagues are vulgar and petty and devoted to the business of bringing these characteristics to ever fuller bloom. Anyone who enters it with any idealistic notions will have a hard time controlling his disgust and hatred.


Unique environment with beautiful nature and scenery – fresh clean mountain air – visit a working sheep farm – feel the pure Norwegian wool – visit the yarn factory outlet at Rauma Ullvarefabrikk – see yarn being produced – inspiration and ideas for new knitting projects – finish projects that haven't been completed – share your creativity with others.
Accommodation and delicious meals at Grand Hotel Bellevue.
Our workshops will be held at "Skolestua" – a school house from 1827. Skolestua is situated on Bakke farm with view towards the mountains. The house was restored in 2010 and is frequently let by tourists.
We arrange different activities according to the season, weather and your personal preferences, for example: Sightseeing, the viewpoint Rampestreken, hiking along the mountain rivers, having lunch outdoors and visiting local places like Tuen vineyard, Sødahlhuset, Haun'håndlaga, Rosvang gaard.
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[Ok-sus] A sci fi look back in the form of "history of our	collapse".
attracting wide notice these days for a work of science fiction.
explaining how "the Great Collapse of 2093" occurred.
listed last week as the No. 1 environmental best-seller on Amazon. Dr.
the conversations.  (Much more that is worth reading at the link).


This two circles necklace (diameter 24mm), comes in a green gift box with a certificate, including the silver chain (42 cm).
The material used is dark green jadeite. This is the hardest type of jade and therefore needs carving with diamond tools.
In Maya culture, jade represents 'eternity'. The two rings symbolise a connection. This pendant, therefore, represents an eternal bond.


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Province changing approach to moose management
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The, Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry has announced the province "is taking action to improve the system for moose harvest management and ensure a sustainable moose population."
In a press release MNR Minister John Yakabusk stated "We're taking a smarter approach to moose harvest management to deliver on our commitment to make moose hunting fairer and more accessible while ensuring the sustainability of our moose population," said Minister Yakabuski. "
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"Our government recognizes the importance of moose hunting to Ontario families and communities, and we want to ensure Ontarians have opportunities to get outdoors and enjoy our natural resources today and long into the future."
According to the release "the changes were informed through consultation with the Big Game and Management Advisory Committee (BGMAC) and include:
further restrictions on calf hunting so more calves have a better chance of reaching adulthood
moving from a draw to a points-based system that will give preference to applicants who have been unsuccessful in getting a tag for the greatest number of years fee restructuring for licences and tags
Ontario will continue to conduct moose aerial inventory surveys in specific areas each winter, which will help estimate moose population status and trends to ensure continued sustainability of moose in the province.
"We know a healthy and sustainable moose population is critical to support continued hunting opportunities for generations to come," said Mike Harris, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry. "Decisions on moose hunting are based on what we know of the current population numbers to ensure sustainability across the province."
"We are pleased to see the government moving forward with changes to Ontario's moose management program," said John Kaplanis, Chair of BGMAC. "We feel the changes will strengthen moose harvest management in Ontario and provide latitude to adapt to the variety of challenges that are inherent in moose management. We look forward to continuing our work with the government and providing valuable advice to the Minister on the management of big game in Ontario."


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When you're sitting with your map on the dining room table planning your RTW trip, it's tempting to keep adding dots to your route. There are so many places to go, and a year seems like a very long time to travel. Except that it's not, really; it goes by alarmingly quickly. Knowing that, you resolve to see as much as possible, and you pour over the maps, not wanting to "miss out" on anything really good.
Pour yourself another glass of wine, and let's take a second look at your plans, and mine.
I recently came across my planning lists from 2007, the fall before we took off for what we thought would be a one year trip across Europe, North Africa, and maybe the fringe of Asia on the Turkish coast. It's a relatively small geographical area. Perfect for our plan to cycle. Very "realistic," we thought.
We over estimated our capacity for moving forward on bicycles, with kids, camping.
We underestimated the number of fascinating things we'd encounter (and detour for) once on the road.
We didn't account for falling in love with Vienna and staying 3 weeks instead of three days, or Marseille and spending half a month instead of a long weekend, or Prague.
Nor did we account for an opportunity to serve in Germany that took up a few weeks of our time.
But the biggest thing we didn't account for was our own exhaustion.
The first month we were in Tunisia I took four pregnancy tests. I didn't know whether to pray for one line or two. I was so bone tired deep down that I knew I was either pregnant or dying of something horrible. Turns out it was neither. We'd been cycling for seven months, moving forward every day or two, and had criss-crossed a continent under our own steam, literally dragging half of our kids and all of our gear. That wears a girl out, evidently.
When we hit Africa, we hit the proverbial wall along with it. We rented a house half a block from the Mediterranean, and we proceeded to sleep it off for two of the three months we had. We were learning a lot of things at that point of our journey, and we were in the process of taking it from a one year lark to a lifestyle, but perhaps the most valuable thing we learned was that we needed to pace ourselves and slow down.
I made friends with Monya, the veiled mama who ran the bread store beneath our apartment. I became known as "Canada" to the taxi drivers who patrolled our strip. One would wheel an illegal U-turn anytime he saw me and holler in french, "Hey Canada! Where we goin' today?" He taught me about Islam, a nifty trick for inflating the skin around your sheep sacrifice on Eid Al Kebir, making it easier to skin out, and the finer nuances of making a living around the margins in a "benevolent dictatorship." This was before the Arab Spring swept the land.
The kids settled into a routine of barefoot stickball in the street with neighbor kids, and we ate our weight in clementines (thirty cents a kilo) and artichokes (thirty cents a piece!). It was a good winter. We dug in. We learned. We experienced Tunisia in a way that isn't possible when you're just passing through, no matter how intentionally. When we pushed our bikes back onto the ferry, headed for Marseille, in the spring, we were rested, renewed, and ready to tackle the road again.
Since then, we've developed a pattern of moving forward a few months at a time, and then dropping anchor, renting a house somewhere, and digging in for a bit. It allows us to work, and to school, and to cultivate the routines that are important to us while still adventuring on and seeing new places.
We've come to have a real appreciation for our three to six month stints in homes away from home. There's a depth that's added to your experience when you get off of the hotel strip and into a community, when you begin shopping where the locals shop, walking, eating, and sleeping where the native population does. There are things that we discover three, four, eight weeks into a place that elude a traveler on the first pass, or the fiftieth.
It's also been our experience that kids travel better when they're allowed to travel slowly. Anyone who has tried to rush a toddler through a week's vacation with a hectic itinerary knows what I'm talking about. Kids need time to rest. They need time to detox. They need time to play and be kids. They need parks to hang out in and other kids to rub elbows with. Sometimes they just need to spend a month of mornings building pillow forts, watching Knight Rider with Arabic subtitles, and perfecting their consumption of couscous as a breakfast cereal without anyone harshin' on their mellow about museums or historic sites.
I almost wrote, "The smaller they are, the more true this is," but in reality, I think the teens need it as much. Don't get me wrong, my kids are fantastic travelers, better than I am in lots of ways. They take all night bus trips and long Mekong boat rides in treacherous flood stages in stride. They've been raised on the road, largely. They're down with long waits, weird food, lost in translation moments, and the full array of travel discomforts. They rarely complain; someone will just burst into a lusty chorus of "You can't always get what you wa-ant!" They laugh, and tough it out.
But I've noticed something. When we get a house for a few days to a few months, something happens. They spread out, and they relax. All of a sudden boys start laying in their beds reading until nine in the morning. Lego is spread like a thin carpet through the entire dwelling, and kids can be heard telling space stories to one another as they build big ships. Hannah starts baking, even if she has to walk a couple of miles to find a whole pumpkin to cook down as the base for her signature range of pumpkin themed goodies. Movie nights spontaneously re-emerge, like mushrooms after a rain. After a few days of cocooning, they'll start venturing out in pairs, exploring their new "home," and coming back with stories of discoveries and adventures. They love to move forward, but they also love to have a home base to adventure from.
Slowing down and renting a house or apartment in a particular place has also proved a perfect opportunity to share our journey with friends and family. Grandparents have joined us in Guatemala and Tunisia. Friends have stayed with us in Thailand and on Cape Cod. Those visits are so much more enjoyable for everyone in a home instead of a hotel!
Take another look at your map. Those inches between dots make the world look deceptively small, don't they? It seems like no problem to zip between them, and breeze through the world on a perpetual honeymoon high of globe trotting bliss. Perhaps you could do that. But what might you miss if you do? Have you considered what you might miss by seeing more? The longer we stay in one place, the more we realize what we haven't seen yet. It's why we travel so slowly, because more and more we realize that the way to see more, is to see less.
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March 2017 Current Events: World News
Updated June 4, 2017 | Infoplease Staff
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The world is a very busy place, and it's hard to stay on top of everything. Infoplease has got you covered. Here are the 15 world news events you need to know for March 2017:
Hosni Mubarak Acquitted of Protester Deaths in 2011 Revolution
Mexico Opens Legal Aide Centers Across United States
South Korea Boosts Incentives for Defection From North
U.S. Begins Deployment of THAAD in South Korea,
South Korean President Park Geun-hye Removed From Office
Diplomatic Incident Arises Between Netherlands and Turkey
Khamenei Criticizes Foreign Investments and Iran Nuclear Deal
International Criminal Court Makes First Ever Ruling for Reparations
Belarusian Citizens Protest New "Social Parasite" Tax
Peace Talks Stall in Mali as Tuareg Groups Boycott Conference
$4.5 Million, 220-pound Coin Stolen From Berlin Museum
United Kingdom Begins Formal Separation From European Union
Simone Gbagbo Acquitted of Crimes Against Humanity
Mass Protests After Venezuela Supreme Court Expands Presidential Powers
Protestors Set Fire to Congress of Paraguay
On Mar. 2, the former president of Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, is declared not guilty in the case of several hundred deaths during the 2011 Egyptian revolution, part of the larger Arab Spring. Military and Police forces clashed with anti-government protesters leading to widespread loss of life. Mubarak is currently hospitalized for unrelated causes, but will soon be officially released from prison after six years. (The Guardian)
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On Mar. 4, legal aide centers open in all of Mexico's 50 U.S. consulates to offer legal advice to Mexican citizens in the United States as the Trump administration cracks down on undocumented immigration. Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray Caso releases a video saying that although Mexico supports following the law, the current state of affairs emphasizes the importance of serious immigration reform. (Reuters)
Photo Source: AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File
On Mar. 5, the Republic of South Korea declares an increase in the monetary reward for information out of the North, from $217,000 to $860,000. Information about the reclusive country is hard to come by, and defectors are a major source of valuable intelligence about the actions of the North Korean government. As tensions increase in the region, South Korea and its allies are placing a premium on classified information. (The Guardian)
Photo Source: Pool Photo via AP/Ed Jones, File
U.S. Begins Deployment of THAAD in South Korea
On Mar. 7, the controversial Terminal High Altitude Area Defense missile defense system (THAAD) starts deployment in South Korea by the U.S. Military. The system is meant to deter missiles from North Korea, but many in the South believe that the deployment is going to lead to an escalation of the conflict rather than an improvement. Protests being outside of the U.S. embassy in the capital of Seoul. (BBC)
Photo Source: AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon
On Mar. 10, the impeachment of South Korean President Park Geun-hye is upheld by the Constitutional Court, resulting in her formal removal from office. Scandal broke recently of large-scale corruption and mismanagement of funds, prompting the impeachment. Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn assumes her presidential powers in the interim. (Reuters)
On Mar. 11, a diplomatic incident arises between the Netherlands and Turkey after a plane carrying Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu is denied landing permissions. Çavuşoğlu was going to speak in Rotterdam, calling for support for the upcoming April referendum in Turkey to revise the constitution. The revised constitution will expand the powers of the sitting president Erdogan after last year's coup attempt. (BBC)
Photo Source: Pool Photo via AP/Yasin Bulbul/Presidential Press Service, File
On Mar. 21, the Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei (better known by his religious title Ayatollah) speaks on Nowruz about the economy and the nuclear deal with the United States. Khamenei criticizes the economic record of President Rouhani his deal in advance of upcoming elections. Rouhani has attempted to increase foreign investment in the country, but been opposed by Conservatives under Khamenei who want to implement a self-reliant model. (Reuters)
Photo Source: Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP, File
On Mar. 24, in a first, the International Criminal Court has ruled that warlord Germain Katanga must pay reparations to victims in the Congo. Katanga was put on trial for murder and pillaging after a 2003 attack on the village of Bogoro, wherein over 200 civilians were killed or assaulted. He was acquitted on additional charges of rape, trafficking, and the use of child soldiers. (BBC)
Photo Source: Pool via AP/Toussaint Kluiters
On Mar. 25, protests erupt across the capital of Belarus, Minsk, in response to a new tax passed on unemployed citizens. The tax targets "social parasites" in the country. Protests are banned in Belarus, and the police swiftly and violently disrupt protests and arrest protesters. Belarus has been governed by the same president for twenty years, and critics accuse the government of being an effective dictatorship. (BBC)
Photo Source: AP Photo/Sergei Grits, File
On Mar. 25, peace talks in Mali face a new obstacle as Tuareg groups, the Coordination of Azawad Movements and Platform, boycott an upcoming peace conference saying the talks aren't inclusive enough. The Tuareg are a largely nomadic ethnic group in Mali (and Algeria), who have been at conflict with the government of Mali. The talks are aimed at reining in the conflict for mutual security against extremist groups like Al Qaeda. (Al Jazeera)
Photo Source: AP Photos/Baba Ahmed, File
On Mar. 27, thieves break into the Bode Museum in Berlin, Germany, and steal the Big Maple Leaf. The Maple Leaf is a 220 lb Canadian coin of 99.999% pure gold, valued at $4.5 million (with a face value of $1 million). The coin is one of five such coins in the world minted and sold by Canada, with an original kept in Ottawa. Some are concerned that since the unique coin would be difficult to sell, it might be melted down and made irrecoverable. (The Washington Post)
Photo Source: AP Photo/Lilli Strauss, File
On Mar. 28, the United Kingdom officially notifies the European Council that it is invoking Article 50 of the Treaty of the European Union, divorcing itself from the EU. Until this point, the decision to leave was internal, and could be halted at any point by an act of Parliament. Prime Minister Theresa May submits a letter that will formally begin the UK's withdrawal from the European Union, a process that may take up to two years to complete. (BBC)
Photo Source: AP Photo/Sam Wells
On Mar. 28, an Ivory Coast court acquits former First Lady Simone Gbagbo of crimes against humanity. She was charged with orchestrating violence against opponents of her husband, then-President Laurent Gbagbo, when he refused to accept defeat in the 2010 elections. Her husband is currently on trial at the International Criminal Court. Simone Gbagbo is serving a 20-year sentence for offenses against the state in 2015. (The New York Times)
On Mar. 30, the Supreme Court of Venezuela makes a ruling authorizing the sitting president Nicolás Maduro to establish business ventures without approval by Congress. Large numbers pour out in protest, and neighboring Peru recalls its ambassador in response to the court's decision. Venezuela currently faces food shortages and impending financial collapse, further aggravating the political situation. (Reuters/BBC)
Photo Source: AP Photo/Fernando Llano
On Mar. 31, during widespread protests against a current bill that would remove the presidential term limit in Paraguay, the Congress of Paraguay is set ablaze. Some protestors break a police line and set fire to papers and furniture on the ground floor. The police use rubber bullets and water cannons to turn back protestors while they try and contain the fire. Protests have increased since an opposition Liberal activist was killed by police in his office. (BBC)
Photo Source: AP Photo/Jorge Saenz
January 2020 Current Events: World News


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Zelda Fitzgerald – The Lost F. Scott Fitzgerald
So, you have all heard of F. Scott Fitzgerald, right? Well, if you haven't, then you have certainly heard of The Great Gatsby. A sad tale of love lost, it has remained one of the enduring tales of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, having become the subject of numerous films and other forms of entertainment, and the subject of the study of literature at many schools worldwide.
It is no doubt then that you have to have heard of F. Scott Fitzgerald or his infamous work. But how many people know of his wife? Zelda Fitzgerald. How many people know anything about her? How many people even know that she exists?
Sadly, like many women behind great men, she remains just that – behind the 'great' F. Scott Fitzgerald. And like many before her, and many after, she is as great, if not greater, than the man overshadowing her.
So, more about Zelda Fitzgerald
Her tale is a tragic one. As tragic as her husband's masterpiece. A novelist, ballerina and painter, she was great in her own right.
But, to paint the picture of her marriage, one needs to go back to the beginning. An encounter that was strangely reminiscent of the meeting of Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan, the meeting of Zelda and Francis inspired the male Fitzgerald in his writing of that scene. He was also 'inspired' by many of Zelda's own writings in her diaries, taking them verbatim to use in his stories.
But for all the romance one expected of this young rendezvous, one that would create the most renowned Jazz couple in history – Francis and Zelda being prolific socialites, and Francis calling his wife 'the first American flapper' – Zelda's life would forever be marred by her famous spouse.
Yearning for escapes, and suffering from schizophrenia, she struggled in her pursuit of literary creativity – her husband increasingly infuriated with her very presence. Eventually confined to a psychiatric facility, she and Francis became increasingly estranged. To paint the picture of their loss of love, when the male Fitzgerald learnt of the female Fitzgerald's novel, Save Me the Waltz, he was further infuriated. He found disdain in her use of their marital history as material, not only for its portrayal of him, but because he had intended to write an autobiography himself. He no doubt saw his wife's success as his loss. He thus forced her to remove many parts of the novel – parts that he would go on to use in his autobiography.
Sadly, her novel did not reach success. This was not aided by her husband's berating of it. He called her plagiaristic, a third rate writer. This would only add to her struggle to emerge from her husband's shadow. Something which she would never come to do. Something which she has still not come to do.
By her husband's death, they were separated. She was confined to a facility. She would come to die in a fire in one of this facilities. And would history remember her name? It would not. Her name would only touch those who sought it out.
And thus, she became one of the many women drowning in the shadow of their husband. It sounds uncannily similar to the tale of Daisy Buchanan. Strangely, many of the stories written by the Fitzgeralds mirror their own lives. But, in The Great Gastby, Daisy abandoned her love. Sadly, Zelda's lover abandoned her. And thus, history abandoned her too.


A third baseman should have a firm understanding of double play and relay positioning, as well as mastering several specific defensive skills.
The articles on this page were written exclusively by professional baseball players. If you like them, we hope you'll share them with your friends!
Click on the red links to get the step-by-step breakdown for each skill, as well as some advanced fielding third base tips to help you take your game to the next level.
1. Fielding Tips and Instruction NOTE: Sections 1 – 4 are found on all infield pages. If you've seen them before and are ready to move on, skip to #5 for 3rd base specific skills and positioning.Whether you want professional third base tips to fine-tune your game, or basic instruction on fielding mechanics, click here to learn how to consistently secure routine ground balls and make outs.
2. Throwing Mechanics Throwing the ball around the infield is the second part of making plays. After we field and secure the ball we need to be able to throw it to the base that will give us an out.
5. Double Play Feeds As the third baseman, it helps to know how the second baseman likes to take the feed, and how you can help make the double play turns easier.
Where is double play depth, infield-in, no doubles, and other infield positioning? Situational positioning for 3rd basemen. Includes diagrams and pro third base tips.
Did you know there is an area near 3rd base where everything is harder? Learning where this "no fly zone" can improve your range, making more plays and reducing errors.
Learn where to properly align yourself as the third baseman in bunting situations. Third base tips include the different types of bunts and how to position yourself and defend them properly.
The 3rd baseman's role and positioning for balls thrown from outfield to home plate, or cut-off for a play at 3rd base.
12. Relay Positioning: Part 13, Double Cuts This article discusses the following: What is a double cut relay? What is the 3rd baseman's role in each scenario, and particularly for every ball hit to an outfielder where there is a potential play at home plate? Includes diagrams for clarity.
14. Pop Fly Priorities Everyone needs to know the chain of command so players won't be fighting over who will catch a pop up – or having dangerous collisions. Visit this page to learn who the third baseman can call off and who you should defer to when a high pop fly is hit, as well as some other important protocols you will be expected to know.
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Wayne worked in the telecommunications and internet network infrastructure industry for more than 35 years, living in 6 different countries and doing business in more than 30 countries.
After completing his M.S. degree in 1976, Wayne began his professional career at Bell Laboratories, the research, and development arm of AT&T. His career at AT&T and their subsequent spin-off, Lucent Technologies, spanned a period of 28 years. During that time, Wayne worked in a variety of business units and divisions, serving in almost every type of management position and role, including, product development, customer services, sales management and business/regional unit general management. The vast majority of his career with AT&T/Lucent was associated with establishing, developing and managing international business ventures. His last position at Lucent was VP, Worldwide Services, Asia/Pacific and China based in Beijing, China. After retiring from Lucent, Wayne moved to Singapore to become VP, Asia/Pacific & China for Tekelec, a mid-sized U.S. based network infrastructure equipment provider. Wayne left Tekelec to launch an entrepreneurial career. He co-founded and managed a company that assessed the market, business, and investment opportunities for U.S. and U.K. companies in China. He conceived, created, co-founded, procured "angel investment" for and served as CEO of ZGS Corporation, a start-up company based in Beijing China that provides software, systems, and apps for mobile messaging and voice services. Also, as another entrepreneurial venture, together with his brother, he conceived and produced an independent documentary filmed on location throughout the Tibetan Himalayan mountain region that was nominated for best documentary cinematography at the AOF International film festival in 2007.
Wayne is now retired but still works on new market and business development opportunities between the U.S. and China. He is also active in several not-for-profit organizations that provide consulting services to both the non-profit and for-profit industries.


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Horsfield announces retirement
by Dan | May 4, 2012 | Uncategorized | 0 comments
Former Fulham striker Geoff Horsfield is to quit the game at the end of the season to run his own building business.
The 38-year-old former Halifax Town, Fulham, Birmingham City and West Bromwich Albion striker was brought to Vale Park by Micky Adams in his first stint in charge in July 2009.
"It's a good job opportunity for me," he said.
"I've always been interested in the construction side. It's the chance to start a business and make it grow."
The big, bustling Horsfield made his name in the 1997-98 season, scoring 30 goals in 40 games to help Halifax into the Football League, while still working part-time laying bricks.
That earned him a move to Fulham, the first big money move move in a career that eventually saw him clock up £7m in price tags.
But, although he scored in both derby games in one season for Birmingham City against Aston Villa in 2002-03, his most famous strike came a season later when he scored the goal that kept Albion in the Premier League to complete the Baggies' 'Great Escape'.
Horsfield joined Vale as player/assistant manager three summers ago just months after being given the all-clear following treatment for testicular cancer.
"As a footballer, you're always selfish. And the gaffer understands I've got to look after me and my family"
He then enjoyed a happy first season working alongside fellow Yorkshireman Micky Adams, his friend and former Fulham team-mate.
Adams then headed off his ill-fated stay with Sheffield United, to be replaced by Jim Gannon, with whom Horsfield did not see eye to eye.
And, although Adams was to return to the club following Gannon's 74-day stay, Horsfield admits that was the moment when he first thought about returning to life outside professional football.
And Vale's well-chronicled financial struggles, although close to being sorted by prospective new owners, made up his mind.
"When we went into administration and the gaffer left, then we had a new manager who I didn't really get on with and I thought then that there might not be a future in the game for me.
"I've wanted to tell the gaffer about this for the last seven or eight days," adds the man widely as 'The Horse'.
"He's not just my manager, he's a friend. He was disappointed as I'm a bubbly character around the place.
"People say I'm loud but I'm always trying to get the lads going and have a bit of banter.
"Some of the players are wondering why I've gone but, as a footballer, you're always selfish.
"And the gaffer understands I've got to look after me and my family.
"My only disappointment is that I never got to play as many games as I'd have liked for Vale. I thought I could play on for another season or two.
"But I'll go with happy memories and I'll always look for Vale's result."


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PACCAR 10 Quality Award to Meritor
Source: Meritor announcement
TROY, Mich. — Meritor, Inc. (NYSE: MTOR) announced that it has received PACCAR's 10 PPM Quality Award at six of its plants. The award recognizes suppliers that have outperformed PACCAR's "10 parts per million" quality standard, or the equivalent of 10 defective parts for every million components shipped to PACCAR.
For 2020, Meritor received the award at six of its sites: Franklin, Kent.; Manning, S.C.; Monterrey, Mexico; Laurinburg, N.C.; Lindesberg, Sweden, and Osasco, Brazil. The Franklin and Manning plants both achieved a defect level of 0 PPM.
One Millionth Air Disc Brake Produced at Meritor Plant
"We're honored that our commitment to quality in 2020 was recognized by PACCAR during a challenging time for our industry," said Linda Taliaferro, vice president of Global Quality for Meritor. "The award reinforces our commitment to meet PACCAR's rigorous expectations not only for quality, but also for safety, performance and reliability."
PACCAR's 10 PPM Quality Awards recognized 369 suppliers across 27 countries.
About Meritor
Meritor, Inc. is a leading global supplier of drivetrain, mobility, braking, aftermarket and electric powertrain solutions for commercial vehicle and industrial markets. With more than a 110-year legacy of providing innovative products that offer superior performance, efficiency and reliability, the company serves commercial truck, trailer, off-highway, defense, specialty and aftermarket customers around the world. Meritor is based in Troy, Mich., and is made up of more than 8,600 diverse employees who apply their knowledge and skills in manufacturing facilities, engineering centers, joint ventures, distribution centers and global offices in 19 countries. Meritor common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol MTOR. For important information, visit the company's website at www.meritor.com.
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Debbie was an adorable child, with blond ringlets, skinny legs and knobby knees, always festooned with band-aids from adventures gone slightly wrong. She had big dimples on either side of her mouth, like our father, and hazel eyes in a striking honey gold color. She loved rough housing and anything physical, and never quite took to my sedate interest in playing with dolls. She was happiest on the swing set in the back yard, pumping her legs to achieve lofty heights, or hanging from the strong vines of the Banyan tree nearby, pretending to be Tarzan.
Debbie was younger than me by two years. We shared a bedroom from the time I was four or five until I turned ten or so. Carolyn had just been born, and she stayed in Greg's room for all of the night time feedings and general care of an infant. In our room, there was an imaginary line down the center. Debbie had drawn it out. She liked to have control of things, and this was just one example. It was easier to go along with her plan, than to try and change it. I was her big sister, but I was generally more tractable, and it was clear that Debbie needed control, even at this young age. This "centerline" existed in many other areas of our relationship and Debbie's general interactions with the world. I simply accepted that this was her way. She needed to be the boss, and being older myself, it simply didn't mean as much to me most of the time. Later on, I protested when my mother shared with me that I was her favorite, but I silently carried that burden of guilt for Debbie's sake, which colored all the interactions I had with her forever afterward.
My sister had been born with a chip on her shoulder, but from my young point of view, she'd earned it. Mom always blamed her for causing her kidney problems, as Debbie'd "sat on them" during her whole pregnancy. It was also Debbie's birth which had coincided with it my mother's hearing problems. She never lost an opportunity to remind Deb of this in the many years to come. Debbie felt her outsider status acutely. She was always being compared to me. And it never went well. It was always, "Look, Helen is dancing, go dance with her.". Then there would be giggles at her sweet and childish attempts to imitate me, accompanied by not so quiet whispers about Debbie's less than swanlike delivery. It was, "Look at Helen's drawing, isn't it wonderful? Let her show you how to do it." My parents appreciated my skills, while athletic prowess, one of Debbie's skills, didn't interest them. I was the pretty and talented little girly girl; Carolyn was the amusing and adorable baby; Debbie was the inscrutable and defiant tom-boy. Our roles were cast early, our value as members of the family too.
Thus, she was overseer of the goings on in our bedroom. The toys and closet with more toys were on her side, the bathroom was on mine. Whenever I wanted a toy, I would have to wait until she needed to use the bathroom. This resulted, as planned, in my having little to do but sit on my twin bed and wait, playing with whatever toy was already on my side, until she broke down and had to go. She made a point of waiting as long as she could, tickled by the idea that I had to wait to claim a new amusement. "Don't you need to use the bathroom yet?, I'd wheedle, clearly pained by the desire to get another toy. "Nope.", she'd say grinning her devilish grin. She had no interest in the baby dolls or tea set I possessed that resided on her side. Her preference was for the stuffed animals and blocks and games that filled our room. I simply complied. I had to wait to gain access to them, as these were the rules. There was tremendous humor in this, which we both recognized, to be sure, along with a slight flavor of retribution, which I accepted as fair. Debbie was the boss, and that was that, as long as Greg was occupied elsewhere and wasn't there to intervene.
When we played games outside Debbie laid down the ground rules. Whether it was tag, hide and seek, or Marco Polo, we went by Debbie's rules, no matter how we protested. Even when the rules were stacked in her favor- and they often were, complaints were shrugged off. As we grew, this mode of interaction never changed.
During typical sibling scuffles, if she felt I had gotten the upper hand, she would pinch herself until it left a mark, and then run to our mother saying I had done it. While I got the prodigious spanking, Debbie would crouch somewhere within eye sight and smile at me. The mark was proof enough for my mother, and I was beside myself with remorse- not for having done anything, but for allowing my sister to put me in this situation.
She could be fiercely protective too. From her very beginnings, she stood up for what she felt was right. Once, when we were quite small, she and I had been out in front of the house when a neighbor boy approached us. I was around eight and she had to be about six, the same age as the boy approaching. The boy had flame red hair and a face so full of freckles that there were no breaks in the pattern. He was somewhere between Debbie and me in height, and was sporting a baseball jacket covered in insignias of all description, lending him a kind of tough guy aspect, at least to us at the time. The boy spoke, addressing me, "Do you know what I'm going to do with you? I'm going to tie you up and throw you in our motor boat and drive you out into the middle of the lake and throw you in!". His eyes were on fire to match his hair and I was duly impressed and frightened. At the moment in which he'd managed to take my breath away and I was verging on tears, Debbie much smaller than him, replied, "Oh, no, you won't!", and socked him solidly to the solar plexus, turning on her heel as the boy crumpled on the pavement. I followed along, her wimpy big sister, grateful and proud of her guts in the face of such a threat.
When she was at her best, she was funny. She had a wry sense of humor mixed with a devilishness grin that made us all laugh. She loved to stir the pot, declaring with some regularity that one or another was cheating at a board game, often just for the rise she would get. She loved games of all kinds, Mousetrap, Monopoly, Yahtzee and cards, which never failed to raise her spirits. Competition was her comfort zone. As a pre-teen, Mad Libs were a great favorite, and she never failed to think up the best and most appropriately appalling words to fill in when asked for a noun or verb. At times like these, her laugh was hearty and unreserved. As she got older, she never lost that appreciation for a bawdy jokes and black humor. I always made sure to send her a funny card on the holidays as she didn't appreciate the sentimental stuff as much.
She was very territorial. When we were teens, it was Debbie who could demand the most unbelievable gifts at Christmas. One year, Debbie asked for sunfish, a small sailboat, to use on the inter-coastal waterway! To our amazement, Santa delivered. Debbie would not allow either of us to use it. Her territorial nature forbade any such activities when it came to things she valued. She never used it beyond the first few days of possession and still, she would not loan it out. It was a peculiar kind of selfishness, which she never viewed as anything more than what was right and fair. We had our stuff. She had hers. Ownership was all.
Above all things, Debbie loved animals. Aside from our family dog and a parakeet, and various gerbils and fish, she had her own personal pet. There was a cat she'd discovered living in the neighborhood who had no owner. It was a lanky and underfed creature with dirty longish fur in mixed tones of black, gray and brown. Every day for months, she lured the cat in with treats and bowls of food until the cat finally allowed Debbie to pet her long coat. From there, with more food and incredible patience, she was able to pick the cat up and bring her indoors. Debbie named her Toto, and they became fast friends. No one else could befriend Toto. True to form, Debbie would not allow it, and as the cat was already skittish, the cat remained hers and hers alone. For most of the time, Toto lived outside, doing what she liked, going where she wished. When Debbie was home, all she needed to do was to call to her, and she would magically appear out of the greenery, ready to greet and spend time with her friend. By then, her general appearance had improved remarkably, and she was obviously grateful for Debbie's ministrations. She allowed Debbie to brush and fuss over her in every way. Toto even took to delivering mice in a neat line to our side door for Debbie; a tribute to their closeness. At dinnertime, she would take Toto back outside, where Toto preferred to be. It was around then that Debbie confessed to me that she liked animals better than people. I could not blame her, even as her actions often pushed others away.
Debbie had a horror of her first baby picture. She often compared it to mine. I had been born with a full head of hair, and the picture of me was of a child who had a mild and not unpleasant expression. Carolyn's too was mild and sweet. By contrast, Debbie's photograph was of a completely bald baby, not unusual, as she was a very blond child, but the photographer had caught her at an unfortunate moment in which she appeared to be gazing down at something very scary just out of view. Her eyes were open wide and staring , while the baldness added to the impression Debbie described as the enormous cranium of an alien. She hated the unflattering picture, but seemed to be drawn to it. I recall many times she would bring it up as proof of the fact that she was different, I was never quite sure why. I did not blame her feelings about it, although I did my best to reassure her that it was just a bad picture, not some indication of anything else. Debbie never relented on this point, and I suspect it was because she was trying in her way to express something more troublesome.
There was something else. The bad photo aside, there was something different about Debbie. She was extremely willful and could be selfish, to be sure. She was also shy with strangers. She was territorial and could be almost tyrannical with Carolyn and me. But those things didn't describe it either. It was that Debbie was never really joyful. She took small difficulties harder, and the good things were always less so. I knew it then, but could not have put words to it. The problem wasn't only the family we were born into. I knew where our family had left its scars. But this could not explain it all. Carolyn and I found ways to find moments of happiness even in the household as it was. It is a coping skill which we all must devise, no matter our situation, for survival's sake. As far back as I can recall, I have no memory of Debbie ever expressing true happiness at anything. She kept virtually everyone but Toto at arms length and was never quite satisfied, no matter what. She showed great gleefulness at winning during any kind of competition, yes, but it was not the kind of happiness that comes with feeling good within one's own skin or with solid contentment among one's fellows. Back then, as her older sister by only two years, I could not say how I knew that there was something wrong with Debbie, but I knew it the way you know the sky is blue. You just know.


Black Tobiano filly by Epik out of Coloured Beauty.
A wonderful pattern of a brood mare, easy breeder and excellent mother. Has foaled every year, since 4 years old. Two blacks and eigth black Tobianos, and has an approved son in Germany.
For Sale, as I have retained her daughter and son, who are both homozygous.
Tested in foal to Honeybrook Gold.


The case of a Beijing woman who alleged she was disfigured by an exploding glass she bought from IKEA, the Swedish furniture retailer, began in court on Monday.
Wang appeared in the court in Daxing district, Beijing with her face fully covered with sunglasses and a black mask.
According to media, the glass disintegrated and caused her to faint when she tried to drink cool water from it on the morning of June 20, 2016. She alleged that one of her front teeth was shattered and her lip was left bleeding.
She claimed she bought the glass from the IKEA store in Beijing's Xihongmen branch. She sued IKEA for 1 million yuan (9,124), claiming costs for medical fees, disability and emotional damage. The claim was rejected by IKEA. The case was undecided on Monday.
Wang was the only Chinese person who claims to have been injured from IKEA's Stelna series of glasses. There have been three incidents related to this product so far, IKEA had said on its Weibo in 2017, according to Kanfa News, a news platform affiliated with Legal Mirror.
The glass was still on sale in IKEA websites and stores as of press time. An IKEA representative who was in court on Monday said Wang is demanding an outrageous price, Kanfa News reported.
There was no evidence to show that Wang bought the glass from the Xihongmen branch in Beijing and no obvious proof that showed Wang's injury was caused by the IKEA glass, the representative said.
When the Global Times contacted IKEA on Monday, the press staff said the Stelna glass meets national standards, since it passed IKEA's interior quality assessment and tests from a third organization.
Apart from Wang, no customers have complained about the glass since it started going on sale in October 2014. More than 610,000 Stelna glasses have been sold in China so far, the representative argued in court.
IKEA explained that tempered glass might break hours or even days after receiving an impact from external forces.
A Beijing-based citizen surnamed Meng told the Global Times that he is now a little bit worried about IKEA products, since he purchased whole set of furniture including dining bowls and chopsticks from IKEA when he decorated his new apartment in January.
"I hope IKEA will give an appropriate answer to the issue. I wish that it is a reliable company with a sense of responsibility," he said.
News and posts about IKEA's exploding glass were widespread, Wang argued. About 130 net users on Sina Weibo and Zhihu.com claimed that IKEA glasses disintegrated when they were used, Kanfa News reported.
IKEA told the Global Times that they cannot comment on the case as the trial is still underway.
Regardless that news of IKEA's products having quality problems are common, customers have not found it easy to safeguard their rights.
In 2016, IKEA was forced to recall its "Malm" drawers in North America after they were found to have caused the deaths of six children.
Under the pressure from Chinese quality officials, the Sweden-based company professed to a recall later of 1.66 million chests and dressers in China. The company will provide equal treatment to consumers worldwide, Chinese consumers and experts argued.
However, IKEA fails to deliver their recall promises and continues to sell the "Malm" drawers in China till these days, China Business Journal reported in March.
"As an enterprise that is always driven by profits and the market, they are reluctant to improve their complaints system," Xu Bin, a lawyer, was quoted by China Business Journal as saying.
The cost for individual complaints is high, which has resulted in customers having to express their complaints through media or consumer associations. Customers are fighting the battle alone, Xu said.
The company can easily deal with customers by offering compensation and refund deals when individual rights are violated, explained the legal professional.


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Halfway alternative bands
Whether you're a fan of Pearl Jam, Radiohead, Spacehog, or any of the other classic bands of the 90s, you'll be glad to know GigMasters has a wide selection of Alternative Bands that you can book for your next event in the Halfway, OR area. Start your search here!
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Following the Army Corps of Engineers announcement that the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) will be rerouted, the next question many people will likely have is where exactly the pipeline will be rerouted. While an environmental impact assessment still has to take place before rerouting decisions can be made, the rerouting generally seeks to ensure that the pipeline no longer crosses the Missouri River.
As originally planned, the pipeline was supposed to cross under the Little Missouri River and the Missouri River, as well as beneath Lake Oahe, which is located close to the Standing Rock Sioux reservation. The Sioux opposed this pipeline route because the Missouri River constitutes the primary source of their drinking water, and, if the pipeline should leak or rupture in any way, it could threaten their health and the habitability of their reservation. While a dysfunctional oil pipeline may seem unlikely, issues with oil pipelines occur much more often than one would think. Indeed, according to TIME, over 3,300 oil and pipeline leaks have been recorded by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) over the past six years.
In addition to concerns about the safety of their drinking water, Standing Rock protesters also indicated that the initially planned pipeline cut across some of their sacred ancestral grounds. Cannonball Ranch, which is part of the planned route for the pipeline, contains Native American burial grounds as well as reportedly thousands of artifacts.
The priority for the pipeline's rerouting seems to be especially focused on avoiding the Missouri River crossing, in order to ensure that drinking water safety is not compromised. The Army Corps of Engineers has indicated that it needs to complete an "Environmental Impact Statement with full public input and analysis," in order to find the best alternatives for the route. This means that, while the pipeline might not cross under the Missouri river in the area near the Standing Rock reservation, we probably won't know for quite some time what exact path the new pipeline will take. Vox indicates that this environmental review could take at least a year.
While the rerouting of the pipeline is certainly a victory for the DAPL protesters, it is still important to keep in mind that the administration will change in January with the inauguration of Donald Trump, who supports the construction of the pipeline. While it would be difficult for Trump or Congress to overturn the Army Corps' decision, it is not impossible. Therefore, vigilance is needed to make sure that the planned environmental impact study and rerouting still occurs. Indeed, many DAPL protesters plan on staying at the site to make sure that this happens.


If my life was a pie, illustration would eat one quarter of it. Another quarter would go to writing and the third one to random free time activities, hundreds of movies, tea drinking with friends and occasional sports. The last quarter would go to magazines. Magazines and books. Thinking, talking and dreaming about them.
In the past year, I've been working on my own very first independent magazine Dear Fashion Journal, which I have mentioned here a few times. However, next to that there has been also another baby in the making! This time, I've been lucky to be in the project with a good friend and colleague of mine, Laura de Jong, and a Dutch publishing company BIS that makes great books...awesome books, to be honest (and not even one teeny bit biased)! One of my favourites in their collection is a book series called Ridiculous Design Rules, which never fails to make me chuckle and nod my head in agreement.
Anyway, the book we have been working on is called Dear Fashion Diary, and it's name stands pretty much for what it is: a fashion diary and an offline blog letting you document your fashion life, discover your taste and become your own style curator. It consists of over 50 illustrated assignments that allow the readers to grab their scissors, pencils and glue sticks and get creative.
We wanted to make the diary to create a fun tool for people to get to know to their wardrobes and learn how they express themselves through fashion. Me and my wardrobe have been in a bit of a fashion slump for quite some time now, so I really can't wait until April when the diary comes out and I get to start using it myself as well!


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RELEASE: Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons Joins CAP as a Fellow in the Faith and Progressive Policy Initiative
Press Release Jan 30, 2020
Washington, D.C. — The Center for American Progress announced today that Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons is joining the organization as a fellow in the Faith and Progressive Policy Initiative, where he will help advance the team's progressive vision of religious liberty, including LGBTQ equality and religious exemptions.
Graves-Fitzsimmons is an expert on the role of faith in progressive politics and the author of the forthcoming book Just Faith: Reclaiming Progressive Christianity. He comes to CAP from ReThink Media, where he worked with Muslim, Arab, Sikh, and South Asian activists as the associate director of the Rights and Inclusion Collaborative.
"Guthrie will be an amazing asset to our team," said Maggie Siddiqi, director of the Faith and Progressive Policy Initiative at CAP. "He has worked at the intersection of religion and progressive advocacy for close to a decade, and he's one of the most influential progressive faith voices today."
At CAP, Graves-Fitzsimmons' work will analyze the role of religion in the progressive movement, from racial justice and reproductive rights to LGBTQ rights, immigration, and climate change. He will collaborate with CAP experts across these issue areas on original research and media engagement.
In just the past month, he has made national news by working with religious leaders opposed to war with Iran and by drawing attention to White House faith adviser Paula White's remarks about "satanic pregnancies."
Earlier in his career, he served as faith coordinator at the National Immigration Forum. He is also the founder of "The Resistance Prays," a daily devotional for progressive Christians, and a deacon at Highland Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky.
Graves-Fitzsimmons is a graduate of American University and holds a Master of Divinity degree from Union Theological Seminary, where he was the William Sloane Coffin Scholar.
For more information or to speak with an expert, please contact Sam Hananel at shananel@americanprogress.org or 202-478-6327.


In practice since 2013, Dr. Joshua Blanchard opened Core Chiropractic Clinic to serve families in the Prairieville and Baton Rouge communities.
Dr. Josh helps all ages regain their health, staying out of pain for a better future free from medications and surgery. Growing up in Napoleonville, Louisiana, he learned the importance of caring for your neighbor, southern hospitality and the desire to help those around you at a young age. He brings these values to his practice, offering a caring, professional place where people can get the support they need to feel their best.
Core Chiropractic Clinic's philosophy is based on the notion that the nervous system runs the body. If we optimize this core system, you can have optimal health. Dr. Josh helps you heal from within, so you can feel better than you ever thought possible.
Your body is capable of powerful, even miraculous, healing. Misalignments in your spine can prevent the body from letting these incredible capabilities take over. Dr. Josh works to correct these misalignments so that you can live without limitations.
One of Dr. Josh's patients was a pregnant woman who came in with her baby in a breech position. Well-versed in the Webster Technique, Dr. Josh gave her an adjustment. Amazingly, the baby got into the correct position for delivery, right then and there!
Another of Dr. Josh's success stories is that of a baby who wasn't crawling properly. Seeing their child drag his leg across the floor, the parents were worried about his development. Dr. Josh gave him a gentle adjustment appropriate for babies. Then, the baby was put back on the floor to see what he would do. He started crawling like crazy — in the perfect position, no leg dragging behind! Seeing the parents' excitement over their son being able to crawl are the type of results that keep Dr. Josh passionate about helping the families in our area.
Are you wondering what chiropractic might be able to do for you? Contact the practice today and book a free consultation!


Skating to Billy Joel's Movin'Out, Team Excel's Collegiate team, coached by Merita Mullen, and representing The Skating Club of Boston has qualified for a spot to compete at the U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships. The team qualified during the U.S. Figure Skating Eastern Synchronized Skating Sectional Championships held in Hershey, PA this past weekend.
The US Synchronized Skating Championships will take place from March 1st – 3rd, 2012 in Worcester, Massachusetts at the DCU Center and is hosted by Team Excel and The Skating Club of Boston and sanctioned by U.S. Figure Skating. The nationwide competition showcases the top synchronized skating teams from the Eastern, Midwest and Pacific Coast sections.
"We are extremely proud of all six teams that competed this weekend at Eastern Sectionals," stated David Wolfe, President of Team Excel. In addition to the Collegiate team's placement, Team Excel's Open Collegiate earned a fourth-place medal in their division and the Excel Crystals, coached by Mandy Curtin, Kelly Richall, and Johanna Jackson, advanced to the Championship Round, finishing in fifth place in the Preliminary division for the East Coast.
Our Open Collegiate Team with their Eastern medals.


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From Dearborn, to the White House: Iranian Imam Posts Letter to Trump
Ali Elahi, a Shia cleric and interfaith leader born in Iran, posted this open letter Sunday on Facebook. It's lightly edited for clarity and style.
By Imam Mohammad Ali Elahi
Mr. President!
This is New Year, which is supposed to be about peace, reconciliation, forgiveness and friendship, not about war, violence, bloodshed and terrorism.
I didn't vote for you, but now that you are the U.S. president and speak on behalf of our country, I have to share my feelings as an American citizen.
I am deeply hurt and disappointed with the way you are running our beautiful country.
In the last three years, the majority of us, the American people, have been suffering from many of your contradictory, misleading, false [tweets], talks and actions.
Many of your racist, hate-filled and demonizing statements against minorities, women, African Americans, Latinos, Muslims and other communities and countries, lacked any sense of wisdom, responsibility, respect, trustworthiness and leadership.
The way you treat your predecessor, President Obama, and anyone who may disagree with you, such as the late Congressman [Elijah Cummings] and his district has been so disgraceful. In your recent trip to Michigan, your statement about our late Congressman John Dingell was extremely shocking and shameful.
Your political path not only inspired the Islamophobic forces, but it also emboldened the supremacists who screamed anti-Semitic slurs in Charlottesville and other places.
The most tragic and irresponsible parts of your expressions and actions are related to your foreign policy.
You didn't take any positive steps to win the minds and hearts of other nations that look up to America as an example of democracy, rule of law and respect for justice and human rights.
Out of all leaders in the Middle East, you paid attention only to Benjamin Netanyahu, who has been indicted by an Israeli court on three major crimes and to the kingdom of Saudi Arabia that is known as a corrupt and repressive regime with zero tolerance for any civil rights and freedom of expression.
You showed no sense of American integrity, empathy and consciousness for the suffering people in Yemen, Gaza, Libya, Afghanistan, Syria and now in Iraq and Iran.
Regarding the unbelievable slaughter of Jamal Khashoggi, you traded morality with money and supported the murdering monarchy against a poor journalist.
Among your most awful, insane and contradictory positions are the ones related to Iran.
Diplomacy and [dialouge] was working with Iran. The nuclear negotiations united America and [world powers] and promised peace in the region, but out of your disliking to your predecessor, President Obama, you withdrew out of the treaty, violating an international agreement.
You mentioned your admiration of the Iranian civilization and said that you love Iranians, but at the same time, you imposed a travel ban and maximum economic sanctions that have killed Iranian children with cancer because they have no access to their needed medicines.
On Jan. 2, you said: "I have deep respect for the Iranian people. They are a remarkable people with incredible heritage and unlimited potential. We do not seek regime change." But today [Jan. 5], you threatened to "target 52 Iranian sites, including some that are "important" to the Iranian culture."
Wow, really?
Are you familiar with the 1954 Hague Convention that considers targeting cultural sites as a war crime? Do you remember that only ISIS in this century was blamed for these kinds of crimes?
You said general Soleimani and his forces "targeted, injured, and murdered hundreds of American civilians and servicemen". Really?
How come for the first time we hear this?
Mohammad Ali Elahi: How do you expect the Iraqi people and government to react?"
(Photo: Facebook)
Please show us your evidence! We remember you saying that on 9-11, thousands of Muslims were celebrating in Manhattan! No one saw such a thing and no pictures or video from such a scene were ever produced.
If you truly hate ISIS and you are serious about fighting ISIS, you would have known for sure that Soleimani was the real force behind defeating ISIS. He should have been rewarded as an honest ally in fighting terrorism and saving American lives.
Today, the Iraqi parliament voted to end the presence of the American army in Iraq. They called the killing of Soleimani and Abu Mahdi as political assassinations over the sky of a sovereign state.
UN Special Rapporteur Agnes Callamard questioned the legality of the assassination, and UN Secretary General expressed his opposition to the U.S. strike. Of course, we heard many of our congressional leaders' opposition to the president's reckless rhetoric and actions as well.
As President Lincoln said, you can't fool all the people all the time. You publicly said that you want to take Iraq's oil and disregard Iraq's sovereignty, but how do you expect the Iraqi people and government to react?
As a man of faith who loves America, Iran, Iraq and every part of God's planet, I am saying that you were absolutely wrong in what you said and did in the last few days about Iran and Iraq.
It was not worth it to create this mess to distract our nation from the impeachment process or mobilize your political base for the November election. This life is too short and political pleasures are so petty to be exchanged with moral values and principles.
The funeral processions of those two generals and carrying their burned bodies are creating so much energy, solidarity and unity even among the groups who were located in opposite sides of their governments.
Even the Iranians, who disagreed with their government in Iran, have rallied around the government and consider the assassination of Soleimani as an attack on their pride.
This unjustifiable and foolish attack turned the moderate religious leaders, such as Ayatollah Sistani of Iraq angry. The slogans of revenge and retaliation can be heard from every corner in Iraq and Iran. Among the world leaders, only Netanyahu praised your action and only the Saudi monarchy media and ISIS celebrated the assassinations.
You may see Soleimani as a terrorist, but now tens of millions of Iraqis and Iranians marching behind his coffin are honoring him as a charismatic leader, and collectively condemning your action and they categorize it as act of terrorism. So, I can see a lot that you lost out of this killing and wonder if you accomplished anything!
There was no need to escalate tensions in the Middle East, which already suffers from decades of death and destruction.
Even if you hate Barack Obama, listen, learn and remember this sentence from him: "Just because we have the best hammer does not mean that every problem is a nail."
If you are honest about lack of interest in war with Iran, and interested in ending the endless wars, and care about our men and women in uniform and still remember your pledge to bring our troops back home, not to send more, then this is my suggestion:
1) Please express your regret of what has happened since Jan. 3. Send a comforting condolence to the victims' families.
2) Issue a courageous statement ending all illegal economic and travel bans and sanctions on Iranian and Iraqi and other targeted people and renew your call for dialogue and diplomacy.
3) You already saw that the worse economic sanctions followed with military operations didn't make Iranians submit to your maximum pressures and pains. If you truly mean respect for the Iranian people and their intellect, integrity, hearts and heritage, please express it with your actions. I am sure they will respond to logic and love the same way.
Mr. President, you may never read my letter, but I am sure someone will read it. If we [escape] from the court of our conscience and the court of our country, there will be a day to be questioned in the court of our Creator on the day of resurrection, day of return, day of accountability and answer. On that day we will hear this call from our Lord : Stop them, they must be questioned!
Let's pray for peace, understanding, wisdom and the end of war, violence and terrorism in the entire of our global village!


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Also I'll doing a short guest appearance on the Bruno Boys and FantasyPros911.com's Fantasy Gridiron Live radio show on Sunday morning at about 10:10 am ET - listen in here for their hour-long show! I'm also hoping to spend tomorrow morning dispensing my final start/sit advice so if you e-mailed me or left a comment and don't have a response yet, don't worry, I'm still working on it!
Love the site. I check it EVERY day.
I'm having a tough time picking my #2 back. MJD is #1. I've got Pierre Thomas, Julius Jones and C. Buckhalter to pick from.
I could put one in my flex spot, but I've got R. Wayne, G. Jennings, and J. Cotchery. They seem like solid plays.
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Jon - I'd go Thomas with your RB2 and I like your WRs so I wouldn't mess with the flex spot for Jones or Buckhalter.
Dave - Portis will be active but I just am not convinced he'll do very much. I think I'd go with Buckhalter here, who will probably be able to put up 70-80 yards or so.


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A: Make sure that your lexer returns '[' when it sees an open bracket.
Mixing single-quoted tokens like '[' and named tokens like COLON is confusing and suggests you are copy-and-pasting from different sources, rather than actually designing a program. Since the lexer and parser must agree on the handling of tokens, this form of creating programs is error-prone. I recommend using single-quoted single-character tokens throughout, since it is more readable and simplifies the lexer.
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SHAAN has recently been confirmed as the first Indian DJ to play at Tomorrowland 2014: The world's #1 festival.
Before this, he was the first Indian DJ to play The BOX (mainstage) at Ministry Of Sound, London in Dec 2013. Invited back for a second time in April 2014, SHAAN's set was live streamed across the entire world.
In 2013, SHAAN was signed up as the brand ambassador for super-trendy ICE-Watch. It was the FIRST TIME an INDIAN DJ is ENDORSING an INTERNATIONAL BRAND, and the impact has been exceptional.


No matter how famous you get, your mom is still your mom, and she's still plenty capable of embarrassing you. Just ask Seth Rogen. His mom Sandy Rogen has a popular Twitter account where she's proven to be just as funny as her comedian/actor son.
It's a fair question! Do you speak up, and risk further embarrassing the unfortunate yoga pants wearer? (And possibly even creep her out?) Or do you keep quiet, and allow her to be subject to more embarrassment the rest of her day? If you're the one wearing the yoga pants, would you want to be told, or would you be offended? Valid options on both sides!
To her credit, Sandy Rogen didn't back down, she doubled down.
As you can see, these Tweets got thousands of likes, retweets, and responses. Naturally, people had opinions on the subject and wanted to share. Lots of people were in favor of speaking up.
But just as many were in the "don't tell" camp.
This person made a convincing case for why we should never go to yoga again.
But most people realized they now have a new favorite member of the Rogen family.
What's your opinion? If you ask me, though, no way in hell do you speak up. It's not like she has spinach in her teeth; there's not much the woman could do to fix the problem, so speaking up would probably be extremely awkward. If it were me, I'd just pretend not to speak English.
And if you find yourself in yoga class in front of Sandy Rogen, I hope you wore an extra pair of undies.


By Dr. Robert Puff, Ph.D.
William Shakespeare goes on to describe the seven ages that humans go through, from birth to death. But his words are not merely those of a playwright; his words are those of an enlightened being because he describes who we are.
Everything is one. There can only be that which is permanent. That which is permanent has always been and always will be. So, everything arises from that oneness, that non-dual, that supreme self or supreme reality.
Anything that is impermanent will change. It won't last so it cannot be that which is real. It can only be a reflection or, in this case, it can only be a play. It is a play that we're playing and it's being played so well that we've forgotten that we're the director, the players, the stage, the words and everything.
Forgetting this important information has caused suffering upon ourselves. If we awaken to the reality that life is but a stage on which everyone is playing their parts and that all that we are is a witness to that play, then the suffering can end. We may roar out with laughter during the happy parts of our life play and we may cry out with pain during the suffering parts, but we stand back and we realize it's just a play.
All the world is a stage and we are merely the players. We are that out of which everything comes. When we awaken to this truth, then we discover who we are. When we do this, we cause life to become a joyful play that we can deeply enjoy. We enjoy the comedies, we enjoy the tragedies and we enjoy the dramas. We can enjoy them because we don't identify with the players anymore. We realize that life is being played and we awaken to the fact that we are the dreamer of this play as well as its playwright. Ultimately, we are the William Shakespeare of the Universe and all we have to do is play our part, witness who we are, and enjoy the journey of life which has gone on forever and will go on forever.
New universes will be created, new plays will be enacted, but we will remain the playwright and the players, the ultimate supreme reality of everything. We create our lives, we preserve the stories and we also destroy or end them. We are the creator of an infinite number of universes and we will continue to create an infinite number of new universes that will come and go.
When we identify with ourselves as that out of which everything comes, we awaken to who we are. We can then be the supreme reality out of which everything arises, ever will arise and ever will be. The only thing that can ultimately be is that which is permanent. On our world stage that we call life, the only thing is our awareness and witnessing of the play of life. When the play ends, or when we sleep at night, we return to the supreme reality out of which everything comes, everything is and everything will be. Wake up and see the world is a stage!
Our suffering begins when we identify with the players and we attach to their desires and fears. The same is also true that the suffering comes to an end when we stop identifying with our part that is being played. We realize who we really are, and yes, there is still pain and pleasure, but because we don't identify with these parts, they come and go – we, however, remain the true self of who we are.
When we identify with our true selves, our natural state of happiness and bliss is how we live our lives and it becomes who we are. Without the stories of attachments, pain, suffering and all the stories we create with these experiences, the suffering ends. We end the stories and just be with life; we flow with it and accept it.
Our lives are being completely played and they have been written long before we were born. Perhaps our role in this play called life is to wake up to who we are, and to discover that we are the director, producer, player and the ground on which the play is being played. We are every part of the play. Ultimately, we are that which proceeds and precedes the play, out of which every play in this universe and every universe that ever will be, arises. We are merely players; we have our exits and our entrances. We are playing all the parts of the play, and all the world's a stage.


LENOIR, NC (September 15, 2018) — Captain Josh Potter of Caldwell County EMS has been deployed to Kinston, North Carolina this morning with no definite answer of when he will return.
Potters wife Audrey told us, "I'm so proud of him for always answering the call of duty." She said he actually loves it!
This is his 2nd deployment to the coast to help with hurricane aftermath. He also helped with Hurricane Matthew in 2016.
It really is a special thing to see a person sacrifice time with his family and enter into a dangerous environment to go serve people in need.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to Josh and his family…Stay Safe!!!


There is no category for forceps or vacuum deliveries. Where do I put my assisted vaginal deliveries on my OB list?
You are correct. There is no category for these cases. We typically would like to promote a discussion on any of our assisted vaginal deliveries. Consequently, it is advised that rather than place them in the last category, ''All other cases'', try to find another reason that will get the case into another category that will lend more prominence than the last category on the list. If there was preeclampsia, place the case in the hypertension category, etc.


One out of every three adults has trouble sleeping, are you one of them?
In this webinar, Naturopathic Doctor, Amanda Tracy, will explain the connection between nutrition, lifestyle, habits, and hormones with a great night's sleep. She'll teach you how to naturally and effortlessly enjoy sleep by using her SECRETS of Sleep method.
Join us for this two hour workshop where you will have an opportunity to experience psychometry and practice developing your psychic/intuitive abilities with Certified Spiritualist Medium Julie A. Picardi.
The day will start with a restorative yoga class taught by Katie Schroeder. Then benefit from a talk/workshop with our integrative life coach helping us align with our purpose, Rebecca Brockelman. Our holistic chef, Jenny Byrne will cook and provide a healthy & delicious lunch, which will adhere to participants' dietary needs. End the day with mini sessions with energy healers Kerry Jones & Donna Mills and ion foot baths from Active Healing.
Life Coach Rebecca Brockelman is leading a free, four-week webinar series for people looking to create lasting, sustainable change. At some point, we feel "stuck" or dissatisfied with some or all aspects of our life. Rebecca delves into the topic of creating lasting change and being intentional about how your life unfolds.


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We'll come to you… Whether it's a cocktail masterclass for you and a few of your friends, or the launch of your newest model, allow our professional team to take the stress out of organising the event. We offer customised cocktail lists to meet your needs, the highest levels of training, or help in making sure your brand is being represented correctly. Whatever it is you're looking for, the team at Bar In A Box can help.
We cater for different events & venues to suit your entertainment needs. We have our most popular options below but please contact us for something a little more tailored.
You may find your perfect venue, but need a bar & entertainment. This package comes with an acoustic singer for your arrival drinks and reception, band with DJ & don't forget the bar.
Masterclasses are a great way to kick off your Hen party, birthday party, team building or corporate event. During our Masterclass you will learn how to make cocktails just like a pro.
We give you a list of alcohol needed, you invite your friends, we bring everything else. This includes a bar, bartenders, glassware, fruit, mixers & essential cocktail ingredients. We make the drinks so you can enjoy.
You tell us the venue and we bring the rest. Bars, bartenders, fruit, mixers, glassware and most importantly, the alcohol.
We require 2 months notice for the license. However, we can run fully functioning bars at any venue. If you find your perfect venue for a birthday party, wedding or any other occasion we promise to bring you the 5 star services you deserve.
At Bar In A Box we offer many different styles of bars at every different event. Every bar is neatly tailored to make your party, the party!
We've been privileged to work with some of the most prestigious brands.
We make a point of finding out the impact you want to have. Is it a launch for your newest model, or simply just a thank you for your loyal customers, or training the trade on your product? No matter the reason, we will design a bespoke event or training session, based around the ideas and message you wish to send.
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Google Zoo teamed up with MediaMonks to provide a platform to enhance fans' enjoyment of the 2016 Olympic Games.
GLOBAL - In collaboration with MediaMonks, Google Zoo has launched O Brasil Inteiro Joga Brazil Plays. The platform has been in development over the course of the past year and provides video, gaming and geographic content to Olympics fans leading up to the games and on the ground in Rio.