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Acqua Colonia Coffee Bean & Vetyver
Acqua Colonia Coffee Bean & Vetyver 4711 2017
Acqua Colonia Coffee Bean & Vetyver is a limited perfume by 4711 for women and men and was released in 2017. The scent is spicy-sweet. It is being marketed by Mäurer & Wirtz. Limited Edition
Coffee, Vetiver
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Coffee To wake up, enjoy and... possibly do a bigger business! :D
Coffee... yes... Coffee is probably one of mankind's greatest luxury foods. Hardly anyone can do without him any more. If you are too dependent on coffee, some even call this drink a drug! But mostly coffee is not about just waking up, nor is it drunk to be able to quickly do his bigger business in the bathroom in the morning, although some people drink coffee for that very reason. Like a friend on vacation who used to brew coffee every morning from cheap hotel coffee powder, especially in Thailand, where there wasn't a coffee shop in every corner.
I'm like, "Ah, you making coffee?"
She said, "Yeah, I gotta take a shit!"
I: "... ah yes... you could have said that like a lady! :D"
She said, "Uh, I gotta take a real shit?"
I'm like, "sigh... take a shit, man!" :DD
Hmm... well, that's nice vacation memories, isn't it? Hey hey.
Be that as it may, my point was that coffee is mostly drunk simply because of its great taste, just for enjoyment. Didn't I? I've got it that way. I mean, after a while it's like you're getting used to coffee anyway, so you're not wide awake with a normal cup, right? And then you hardly get really strong coffee down :D What do you do then in this case? Right, one could reach for tea, whose active ingredients unfold more slowly, but keep you awake longer. Stupid only if you are also a notorious tea-drinker and the tea hardly shows its effect here either...
But anyway, I've got the ultimate pick-me-up anyway! I'll tell you more about it right away, but first of all I'll describe the scent for a scent with a delicious coffee taste,... um... coffee scent, I meant of course :D
The fragrance:
The scent begins sweet and soft, the sweetness reminds a little of tonka beans. The great coffee scent comes over quickly. Of course the coffee smells a little different here than if you put your nose in a bag of coffee or if you smelled freshly made coffee, because the coffee smells together with a powdery sweetness (and therefore "smells more perfumed"), but nevertheless you recognize that it is coffee, and everyone who likes this scent will like it here as well. Anyway, I like this scent :)
Gradually you can smell the vetiver. It doesn't smell too earthy or grassy yet, but this fragrance is still recognizable. I myself hope that the vetiver will not become even stronger, but we will see. I have nothing against vetiver, but only find it suitable in a few scents. And to a sweetly soft coffee smell I would find it rather inappropriate... but well, as I said, you'll see how it becomes later.
The fragrance remains soft and sweet and powdery for as long as you like. And of course it still smells of great coffee.
And somehow it stays that way. Even after a few hours the Vetiver fortunately remains weak, so that it doesn't get annoying in the end. The sweetish scent becomes a little stronger and smells like a mix of the tonka bean and vanilla mentioned with a hint of slightly tart coffee. Yes, I like the scent very much!
The Sillage and the shelf life:
The Sillage is quite good for a 4711 Colonia, but goes down after a few hours. But the shelf life is really good, because the scent lasted more than ten hours.
The bottle:
The bottle has the shape of the typical 4711 Molanus bottles, but this one is cylindrical and has patterned glass, which makes it look like antique or old-fashioned bottles. It looks nice, even if the label isn't so special.
Hmmm... you know, the scent reminded me a little of Valentino Uomo (EDT) at the beginning, who also has a coffee scent, which is even softer than the 4711 here. The 4711 also becomes softer and softer, but it takes a tick longer to do so, as the coffee smells like coffee a little longer before it blends too much with the soft and sweet notes. In any case, Coffee Bean & Vetyver is a very simple, but very nice coffee scent for cool days, which you could occasionally spray on during the day, at work and so on, because it won't bother anyone (on the contrary, as I said it smells good, but most people won't notice it from a long distance anyway because of the quickly decreasing sillage). Too weak to go out, but otherwise quite nice, especially at the low price. Yes, if you like coffee in scented form, you should sniff in here!
So, and now quickly to my ultimate wake-up call, of which I spoke earlier in the introduction and which shows its effect especially in the cold winter: Every morning at 5 o'clock I have to get up one way or the other, that's how it is with me, no matter if during the week or at the weekend. What do you mean? Because every morning at 5 a.m. (but sometimes also at 6 p.m.) in the morning a certain furry guy thinks that he has wandered around enough in the night and it is time to return to the apartment. And in winter it's particularly bad, especially since he often waits at least two more three minutes in front of the window, while the freezing winter transforms the entire apartment into an ice sculpture in this short time. Yes, it ALWAYS wakes you up :DD
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The project, Arctic and Alpine Stream Ecosystem Research (AASER), started within EU's Climate & Environment Programme and now continues with national funding, primarily Norway, Italy and Austria. The objective is to study dynamics and processes in rivers systems in Arctic and Alpine regions. Emphasis is given to the relationships between benthic invertebrates and environmental variables, especially in glacier-fed systems and in relation to climate change scenarios. On Svalbard research is concentrated around Ny Ålesund, particularly Bayelva and Londonelva. In 2004 the focus will be on the use to stable isotopes to detect transfer processes within and between ecosystems.
Sea ice is a dominant feature of marine ecosystems in the Arctic. Its presence directly or indirectly impacts Arctic marine ecosystems, especially on the shelves where benthic and pelagic systems are extensively coupled. If the extent and thickness of sea ice continue to decline, we predict a shift in the type of algal material reaching the benthos (from ice algae to phytoplankton), which will potentially impact the food requirements of the benthos. We have several pieces of evidence showing that both types of ice algae (below-ice ice algae dominated by Melosira arctica and within-ice ice algae dominated by Nitzchia frigida) presently reach the benthos in significant quantities. What we don't know, and what we propose to address is: "What is the digestibility of ice algae and phytoplankton-derived organic matter by the Arctic macrobenthos?" From the perspective of a macrofaunal organism, digestibility includes three separate components: 1) selection (is encountered organic material ingested or rejected?); 2) absorption (is ingested organic material absorbed during passage through the gut, or does it get egested in the feces?); and 3) assimilation (is absorbed organic material assimilated into biomass?). We propose a series of hypotheses to guide our assessment of digestibility: H1: There is no difference in the quality of ice algae and phytoplankton as food for benthic organisms. H1i: There is no difference in the long-term assimilation of ice algae and phytoplankton by benthic organisms of different trophic groups (suspension feeders, deposit feeders, omnivores). H1ii: There is no difference in the short-term absorption efficiency among different trophic groups feeding on phytoplankton and ice algae. H2: The response of benthic organisms to ice algae and phytoplankton as food sources is the same when assessed on a Pan-Arctic scale. Assessment of long-term assimilation of the various types of algae (within-ice ice algae; below-ice ice algae; and phytoplankton) will be conducted by determining lipid biomarkers and their isotopic ratios, and by determining CHN and protein signatures of organisms collected during all aspects of the work (summer '02; spring '03; fall '03; and summer '04 in both Norway and Kotzebue, Alaska). Assessment of short-term absorption will first use the ash-ratio method in a whole core delivery experiment. Following the whole-core experiments, dominant taxa from each trophic group will be identified and used in a comparison of 1) absorption efficiencies as calculated by the ash-ratio method, and 2) carbon retention efficiencies as calculated using a pulse-chase radiotracer approach. Finally, we will repeat the dominant taxa absorption efficiency experiments in both Svalbard, Norway at the Ny Ålesund lab and in Kotzebue Sound, Alaska.
Arctic animals utilize periods with high food availability for feeding and lipid deposition, whereas they rely on stored lipids during unfavorable periods. Hence, many arctic inhabitants exhibit profound seasonal cycles of fattening and emaciation. In the Arctic, feeding is associated with fat deposition and contaminant accumulation. When lipids are mobilized, accumulated contaminants are released into the circulation. Consequently, blood contaminant concentrations may increase markedly and result in a redistribution of the contaminant(s) from "insensitive", adipose tissues to sensitive organs, and increased contaminant bioavailability. Such variations complicate interpretations of pollutant toxicity, both in effect studies and in monitoring programs, and remains an important future reseach area. In the present study, we will use arctic fox (Alopex lagopus) as a model species for investigating tissue distribution and bioavailability of organochlorine contaminants (OCs) in relation to natural variations in lipid status (field study). These data will be supplemented and validated through a contamination study with blue fox (A. lagopus), where the seasonal changes in lipid status of wild fox are simulated in the laboratory. In both the field and laboratory study, possible effects of OCs on steroid hormone synthesis, and plasma levels of hormones, vitamin E and retinol will also be assessed.
9. ARCTAPHID: biology and ecology of aphid populations in arctic environment.
The aim of this programme was to study the physiological and behavioural adaptations to the incubation fast in the female eider. This leads to study fundamental questions about three complementary field researches described below. 1. Evolutionary and ecological approaches: energetic costs of reproduction during incubation In long-lived birds as Eider, there must be trade-offs between the energy allocated in growth and in reproduction. Therefore, individuals develop different reproductive strategies in relation with biotic and non biotic factors to maximize their fitness. Among factors tested, we will first measure the effects of animal density on female reproductive success. Additionally, we will measure, thanks to genetic tests, 1) the characteristics of eider populations (dispertion) by comparing birds originating from several islands and several locations on the same island, 2) the frequency of intra-specific nest parasitism and 3) extra-pair copulations to link these events with female behavioural decisions. To link reproductive effort with female immunocompetence, we will then perform PHA (phytohaemagglutinine) skin tests at different stages of the incubation period. Finally, we will perform clutch reductions at different stages of the incubation period in order to highlight decision rules controlling nest desertion in females. 2. Physiological and ecological approaches: parental investment in reproduction We will also focus on the implication of prolactin and corticosterone in the control of parental decision at the hatching stage. Implantation of exogenous hormones will be done on nesting birds to evaluate the respective role of these two hormones in the control of parental decisions in eiders. Parental investment in incubation can be regulated by the reproductive value of the clutch size. To further understand the mechanism underlying nest desertion, we will measure the induced-changes in prolactin and corticosterone concentrations after clutch size manipulation overall the incubating period. 3. Physiological approach: regulation of body fuel utilization during fasting The aim will be to study the mechanisms of the regulation of body fuel utilization and energy expenditure during fasting. For this purpose, the ability of eider duck to withstand long periods of starvation will be studied by measuring the variations in plasma of major substrate concentrations (as index of lipid or protein breakdown) and hormones (e.g., leptin, glucagon, corticosterone, T3, ...). The study of duck's adaptation to extended fasts occurring at specific stages of their life might help to understand important underlying mechanisms, such as reduction in energy expenditure, long-term regulation of body fat storage and mobilization, as well as long-term control of food intake.
The project investigated small-scale biotic interactions between laminated microbial communities and meiofauna at light-exposed sediment-water boundaries of estuarine lagoons. The production and biological structure of these systems is mainly determined by complex processes at the sediment-water interface which depend on finely scaled patterns, requiring appreciation of how the biota interact within these scales. We tested whether changing light conditions and active emergence of the harpacticoid species Mesochra lilljeborgi and Tachidius discipes are mediated by the activity of benthic oxygenic and anoxygenic phototrophic microbes. Two hypotheses were tested which addresses to the question of causality between changing light conditions and active emergence of the harpacticoid copepods. (1)The harpacticoid copepods T. discipes and M. lilljeborgi will enter the bottom water during daylight when oxygenic photosynthesis of cyanobacteria and eukaryotic algae is blocked and conditions at the sediment-water interface have turned anoxic. (2)Both species will not emerge during dark exposures when transferred to sterilized sediments.
17. Life cycle strategies linked to adult development and reproduction in the Northern krill, Meganyctiphanes norvegica. Study of the Gullmarsfjorden population.
The main objective was to investigate the importance of the sediment as a nutrient source for blooms of nuiscance filamentous algae. Nutrient fluxes from the sediment were hypothesised to be of greater importance in maintaining algal biomass than were nutrients originating from the overlying water column. We aimed to assess the relative importance of algal mats on sediment geochemistry and nutrient release under stillwater and controlled flow conditions. Using nutrient fluxes as a surrogate for ecosystem function, we wished to investigate the role of species richness in maintaining the integrity of nutrient diagenesis. In this context, it is not necessarily the number of species that is important in maintaining nutrient supply to algal blooms, but the contribution individual species make to mediate nutrient release.


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KINGS 6, CALGARY 2: Joy of six? Not with these…
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KINGS 6, CALGARY 2: Joy of six? Not with these Kings, even with easy win over Flames
By Elliott Teaford | eteaford@scng.com | Orange County Register
Six Kings scored goals during a 6-2 rout of the defenseless Calgary Flames on Saturday night at Staples Center. Two had three points apiece in the team's eighth victory in its last 10 games. The goaltender needed to make only 17 saves in a bounce-back performance.
Jeff Carter, Jake Muzzin, Trevor Lewis, Justin Williams, Anze Kopitar and Colin Fraser scored for the Kings. Slava Voynov matched his career high with three assists, Williams added two assists and goalie Jonathan Quick made 17 saves in a winning return to the Kings' net.
So, naturally, the Kings were all smiles after winning so handily, right?
They won in comprehensive fashion, but their game was far from complete.
"We're still trying to play a complete game," Kings coach Darryl Sutter said. "We're coming off a game when we didn't, and the game prior to that we had to score (four) goals in the third period, which you're not going to do very often. Or ever again."
Sutter referred first to the Kings' dreary 5-2 loss Thursday to the Dallas Stars, after which he criticized the team's goaltending and defensive play, and then to their rally from a 4-1 deficit Tuesday to defeat the St. Louis Blues 6-4.
The Kings certainly had their moments Saturday against the Flames. On the plus side, they turned a tight game at the end of the first period into a rout only a few minutes into the third. On the minus side, their intensity and attention to detail seemed to ebb and flow.
"Obviously, we were happy with the six goals, but we kind of got into a little track meet a little later on there in the third period, and that's certainly not what the Kings are about," Williams said. "The Kings are about a sound defensive team and I thought the first period we were way too loose."
Carter got the Kings' pointed in the right direction by scoring his team-leading 17 th goal and 13 th in the last 13 games with a power-play strike 4:18 into the game off tic-tac-toe passing from Voynov to Dustin Brown to Carter.
"It's kind of funny," Quick said when asked about Carter's goal-scoring binge. "Every time he has the puck, he shoots (and) it doesn't matter where he shoots it from. It could be from the neutral zone. I feel like the fans expect it to go in.
"So, he's playing great hockey for us. You know he's scoring big goals and he's one of the leaders on the team and we need him to do that, and he's one of the biggest reasons why we are in the standings where we are right now."
The Kings began the day in fifth place but moved into fourth after improving to 13-8-2. They reach the midway point of the lockout-shortened 48-game season with a rematch against the Flames on Monday at Staples Center.
"Got lots of work to do," Sutter said. "As a team, individually, we have lots of work to do. If you break it down by position, by who plays with who, they've got lots of work to do."
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Elliott Teaford | Sports reporter
Elliott Teaford covers the Anaheim Ducks for the Orange County Register and the Southern California News Group. He's covered the Ducks since 2005, including their Stanley Cup season in 2006-07, for the Los Angeles Times and the Daily Breeze before returning to the beat in 2018-19 for SCNG. He also covered the Lakers for five seasons, including their back-to-back NBA championships in 2009 and 2010. He is a Long Beach State graduate.
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The 78-Story Treehouse
Moo-vie Madness!
The Treehouse Books (Volume 6)
Andy Griffiths; illustrated by Terry Denton
352 Pages, Ages 6-10
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New York Times bestselling author Andy Griffiths invites readers to come hang out with him and his friend Terry in their 78-Story Treehouse—the sixth book in the illustrated chapter book series filled with Andy and Terry's signature slapstick humor!
Andy and Terry live in a 78-story treehouse. (It used to be a 65-story treehouse, but they just keep building more levels!) It has a drive-thru car wash, a courtroom with a robot judge called Edward Gavelhead, a scribbletorium, a combining machine, an ALL-BALL sports stadium, a high-security potato chip storage facility, and an open-air movie theatre with a super-giant screen . . . which is a very useful thing to have now that Terry's going to be a big-shot movie star!
After Andy gets cut out of the movie, he and Terry have a big fight and decide they don't want to be best friends anymore. But with a herd of sneaky spy cows out to steal all their story ideas, can Andy and Terry make up before it's too late?
Praise for the Treehouse series:
"Anarchic absurdity at its best. . . . Denton's manic cartooning captures every twist and turn in hilarious detail." —Publishers Weekly, starred review, on The 13-Story Treehouse
"Will appeal to fans of Jeff Kinney and Dav Pilkey. . . . The wonderfully random slapstick humor is tailor-made for reluctant readers. . . . A treat for all." —Booklist on The 13-Story Treehouse
"Twice the treehouse, twice the fun? You bet. . . . Denton's furiously scrawled line drawings milk the silly, gross-out gags fo… More…
"Twice the treehouse, twice the fun? You bet. . . . Denton's furiously scrawled line drawings milk the silly, gross-out gags for everything they're worth. Kids should be flipping pages faster than a pair of inflatable underpants can skyrocket the young heroes to safety." —Publishers Weekly, starred review, on The 26-Story Treehouse
Read the whole series!
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Hi, my name is Andy.
This is my friend Terry.
We live in a tree.
Well, when I say "tree," I mean treehouse. And when I say "treehouse," I don't just mean any old treehouse—I...
Praise for The 78-Story Treehouse
Andy Griffiths and the Treehouse series:
"This zany sequel, as much cartoon illustration as text, is an almost nonstop adventure." —Booklist on The 26-Story Treehouse
New York Times-bestselling author Andy Griffiths, who wrote the Treehouse series, Killer Koalas From Outer Space, The Big Fat Cow That Goes Kapow, The Cat on the Mat Is Flat, and The Day My Butt Went Psycho! is at his best in these wild storytelling adventures, perfect for readers of all ages.
Terry Denton has worked with Andy on many books, including the Treehouse series and Killer Koalas From Outer Space. He lives in Australia with his wife and three kids.
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Hugh Horatio Knocker RN (1829-1869)
The Last Illness and Death of Commander Knocker,
according to the Diary of John George Cox (1839-1875).
Cox was a Royal Navy engineer and started a diary on 16 December 1868 when he joined HMS Fly in Hamoaze, the Naval Docks area of the Tamar at Devonport where his parents lived.
On January 19 1869, HMS Fly steamed out of Plymouth Sound heading for West Africa.
Jan 30: Thank God we have a Captain who thoroughly understands his profession and is never out of his place when required.
March 15: I am very sorry to say our Captain was taken with a fainting fit. He fell on the deck and in falling severely cut his left eyelid. He lay insensible for nearly half an hour and after recovering was taken with a severe attack of ague. I am very much afraid he will not be able to stand the climate of the West Coast of Africa. He has served for nine years on the West India station. He is very unwell but I hope soon to see him recovered.
March 16:The Captain still continues unwell. He has a very good spirit and I hope he will soon recover.
May 14: The Captain very unwell but better than he has been for several days.
May 16: Sunday. The Captain did not go over the ship; he appeared by far too ill. He is a great sufferer and deserves all pity for the sad complaint he is afflicted with. I believe it is a cancer in the stomach.
May 24:The Captain was too unwell to accompany us, having been suffering great pain from a decayed tooth. I heard him groaning several times during the night.
June 19: The Captain has also been down with it, being taken four days after myself. He was removed to the "Vindictive" this morning. Very ill indeed with rheumatics and fever.
June 26: I am sorry to say that the poor old Captain does not improve very fast. There appears to be little improvement since he came on board.
June 27: I was astonished on going on deck this afternoon and enquiring for the Captain from Mr Haines to hear he was dying. The shock was so great to me that I nearly fainted…As soon as I recovered I went into the cabin where the dear old gentleman was laying, and I immediately saw it was but too true… For years he had been a great sufferer from the effects of long service in the West Indies, and a severe cold caught during his service as Inspecting Officer of the Coast Guards. For days I have seen him continually sick, vomiting dreadfully for hours together. He really should have been invalided from Sierra Leone. But to speak to him of invaliding was enough to put him in a bad temper for a week. Well, considering he had a wife and six young children – one only four months old, which he never saw – one cannot wonder at his strong desire to serve, so as to be able to support them better. For 8/6 per diem is but a small allowance to rear children, and keep up an appearance as a Commander of the Royal Navy…
The whole of the officers came on board the "Vindictive" returning to the "Fly" at five thirty for dinner. A little before six p.m. Mr Haines made a signal for them to return. At ten minutes after seven this evening our beloved Captain quietly slipped away without a murmur or a groan… So passed from among us one of the best officers it has been my good fortune to serve under…The whole of our men grieved for him as they would have for a brother…
June 28: The funeral of our late lamented Captain is to take place today. He is to be buried on shore at a place called Quita, about three miles from Jellah Coffee. It is a German mission station and consecrated ground.
Just and upright in all his dealings, he was a man who feared and honoured his God. Nearly his last words to me were: "Without God we cannot live. Without God we dare not die." With the consent of Mrs Knocker we shall erect a stone to his memory. It will be a sad, sad blow to her, poor woman, with so many children to bring up. We shall endeavour to obtain the full pension for her, which is a hundred and twenty pounds per annum.
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Researcher Gets Time Served for Lying About Smuggled Vials
He will not be allowed to return to the U.S. for at least 10 years.
BOSTON (AP) — A medical researcher won't serve more time behind bars after pleading guilty to lying to a federal official about 21 vials of lab material inside his luggage as he prepared to fly to his native China, a judge ruled Wednesday.
Zaosong Zheng, 31, who was locked up for nearly three months after his December 2019 arrest, was sentenced to time served during a hearing held via videoconference due to the coronavirus pandemic. He has been ordered to leave the U.S. and is scheduled to board a flight to China on Wednesday, his lawyers said.
Zheng was initially charged with with smuggling the vials that were related to cancer cell research, but pleaded guilty only to making false statements in an agreement with prosecutors.
His lawyers deny that he stole the material from the lab at the Harvard-affiliated Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston where he was conducting cancer cell research. His attorneys say he took the vials with him to continue the research he was doing.
When asked by a federal agent whether he had any biological materials in his suitcase, Zheng lied and said no, authorities said. Authorities found the the vials hidden in a sock inside one of Zheng's bags, prosecutors said.
Zheng entered the U.S. in August 2018 on a Harvard University-sponsored visa and conducted cancer cell research at Beth Israel from September 2018 until December 2019. The hospital fired him after his arrest. He has been held in home detention since his initial release from custody.
Zheng will not be allowed to to return to the U.S. for at least 10 years.
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A damaged residential building is seen after an earthquake hit Hualien, Taiwan, February 7, 2018.
HUALIEN — Scores of aftershocks hampered rescue efforts on Thursday as emergency personnel combed through collapsed buildings in search of survivors after a powerful earthquake killed at least 10 people near Taiwan's popular tourist city of Hualien.
A Reuters witness said people rushed out of a residential building and rescue workers looked up from piles of debris after another strong aftershock rattled the city at around 11 a.m. on Thursday.
Rescue workers used ladders and flashlights as they searched for survivors among the rubble on Thursday.
"I've never actually experienced an earthquake before but I'd heard people say that there were often earthquakes here, so at first I didn't really react, but later when all the lights started smashing – the floor was covered in glass – that is when I realized it was really serious," said tourist Zhang Hongcong.


"What Are the Craziest Things You've Done From Teacher Exhaustion?"
I found a stick of butter in my purse when I got to school.
This time last year, I asked my readers how tired they were. They did not disappoint. I laughed, I gasped, I shouted "NO!" out loud alone by myself. I knew almost immediately that this question would be a yearly tradition.
I'm so tired that I ______.
Here's what they had to say this year. I've organized it for you by category.
***note: another reader followed up and asked whether she'd meant "car." Nope. She meant dog.
If you want to read more teachers being tired—especially some particularly hilarious comments that weren't quite "school appropriate" enough for this article—check out my original thread here.
Oh, teachers. I'm so thankful for you and the work you do that makes all of us so dang crazy.
Check out "There's No Tired Like Teacher Tired" here.


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Campus mourns Professor Ted Bick '58
Theodore Avery "Ted" Bick '58, a professor emeritus of mathematics known for his enthusiastic and loyal support of the College, died Aug. 1, 2016. He was 86.
Bick joined the faculty as an associate professor in 1966, retiring in 1998 as a full professor. A mathematician who specialized in analysis, he taught calculus, differential equations, algebra, topology, mathematical biology, statistics and even a course called "Mathematics for People Who Hate Mathematics."
Widely respected as a teacher, Bick was equally admired as a colleague.
"From the moment I arrived here I was taken with Ted's deep, abiding commitment to Union and its students. He helped me realize very quickly that I was in a special department with caring, committed people," said Kimmo Rosenthal, professor of mathematics. "He was an important mentor in my early years, helping me adapt to the College, and imparting the invaluable lesson that it is possible to be devoted to one's work as a teacher and scholar without taking oneself too seriously."
"Ted was one of those thoroughly delightful personalities that you don't encounter very often," said Arnold Seiken, professor emeritus of mathematics. "He had an engaging smile, a ready wit, was smart and loyal. He was also capable of, and delighted in telling, the most atrocious jokes."
Seiken credits Bick with laying the foundation for the distinguished math department the College has today. Bick helped recruited Bill Fairchild, Alan Taylor, Bill Zwicker and others, Sieken said. And when each of these men became chair, they in turn, recruited a number of the people still in the department.
Outside the classroom, Bick led Union's cross country team from 1972 until 1982, and also mentored the 1993 team.
An avid and talented runner himself, he competed in 21 marathons, 13 in the Boston Marathon, with a best time of 2 hours, 46 minutes.
"Ted was one of the first great masters runners (age 40 and over) in the Capital Region," recalled Taylor, the Marie Louise Bailey Professor of Mathematics. "At age 53, he ran a 2:49 marathon ('Not my day Al,' he told me at the 20-mile mark!), and at the same age he ran the Stockade-athon 15 kilometer race at faster than a six-minute mile pace."
His love of running, it seems, was contagious.
"For me, the memories of Ted that will most endure are those associated with Ted introducing me to long-distance running in about 1980. We spent many, many hours doing long runs together," said Julius Barbanel, professor emeritus of mathematics. "When I first started running with Ted, it was difficult, but he knew how to get me through. When I would tire, he would recite old radio routines (often by Jack Benny), just to keep me entertained. Since I got a little too old to run, I've become a serious cyclist and cross-country skier. I don't know that any of this would have happened without Ted's influence decades ago. I shall miss him."
Bick is also remembered for his presence at home football games. For many years, he sat with a number of alumni near the 50-yard line. Whenever the Dutchmen scored a touchdown, he would play the fight song, "It's Union's Game," on his trumpet.
As a student at Union, Bick participated in basketball and track. He was inducted into the Union College Athletics Hall of Fame in 2008.
Bick also supported Union in many other significant ways.
"Ted was, throughout his career, an active member of the College community, serving as chair of the Science Division and chair of the Faculty Executive Committee," Taylor said. "He also wrote two text books in mathematics, one quite early in his career and one quite late in his career."
A veteran of the U.S. Marines who served in Korea, Bick was involved with Alumni Council and received its Faculty Meritorious Service Award in 1988. He was a mentor in Union's Academic Opportunity Program and a valued leader in the Union College Academy for Lifelong Learning (UCALL), serving on its steering and curriculum committees.
Bick also achieved some international notoriety during the College's commencement on June 12, 1971.
Political unrest over the Vietnam War had swept campus. During the ceremony, a scuffle broke out when protesters interrupted speeches and waved a Viet Cong flag. Bick was sitting with the rest of the faculty. Outraged, he leapt through the yew bushes, and with academic robes flowing behind him, seized the flag. A photo of the incident would appear in newspapers around the world.
Bick held a B.S. in mathematics from Union, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Rochester. He was a communicant and choir member at St. Kateri Tekakwitha Parish.
"Ted was the ideal college professor of an earlier age, when loyalty to an institution was as valued as academic achievements," said Frank Gado, professor emeritus of English. "His devotion to Union was complete and unstinting. He loved teaching mathematics, but he was also ever the student in his intellectual curiosity. The best friend one could wish for. He occupies a large space in my memories of my life at Union."
Bick is survived by his wife of 42 years, Joan A. Bick; children, Nancy Bick of Kansas City, Mo., Sandra (Michael) Tritt of Oneida, Tenn., Jonathan Bick of Colonie, N.Y., Andrew (Kristin) Bick of Asheville, N.C., and Lisa Spano (Jan) Zadoorian of Halfmoon, N.Y.; eight grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Calling hours will be Friday, 4 to 7 p.m. at Daly Funeral Home, 242 McClellan St., Schenectady. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations may be made in Ted's memory to the Union College AOP Fund, College Relations, 807 Union St., Schenectady, N.Y., 12308.
Click here to read the obituary in the Daily Gazette.


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Feb 08, 2012 • By Maerenn Jepsen
General Mills earns NAFE Top Companies honor
General Mills earned a spot on the National Association of Female Executives (NAFE)'s annual Top 50 Companies for Executive Women list for the ninth consecutive year, released yesterday.
According to NAFE, the Top Companies for Executive Women lead corporate America in attracting, retaining, and advancing women.
General Mills ranks within the top ten on this year's list along with Johnson and Johnson, IBM, and Procter & Gamble, to name a few.
Carol Evans, president of Working Mother Media and CEO of NAFE, and General Mills Chairman and CEO Ken Powell, appeared on Bloomberg Television's "Street Smart" program to discuss the progress that has been made in the advancement of women to executive roles in corporate America.
At General Mills, we're proud of the robust pipeline of talented women that we have in leadership positions. Here are a few stats that reflect the progress the company has made in advancing women into executive positions over the years:
*Women represent 36 percent of the company's U.S. corporate officers, more than double the 16 percent in 1988.
*Four of the 13 General Mills Board of Directors are women.
*The gap between female and male turnover has been eliminated. Five years ago it was 8 percent.
*The majority of General Mills' U.S. Retail businesses are led by women.
Learn more about NAFE and the findings of the Top Companies for Executive Women report at NAFE.com. The results are also featured in the February/March issue of Working Mother magazine.
Maerenn Jepsen is a senior manager in Global Communications at General Mills, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She shares a variety of stories externally about products in North America and our Convenience & Foodservice business. She began her career at General Mills in 2006 More posts by this author
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Kruger National Park loses first field ranger to a poachers bullet
Wildlife Guardianship, Bathawk
It is with great sadness that we learnt of the passing of Respect Mathebule who succumbed to a poacher's bullet in the line of duty. Trained by Ruben de Kock who has over two decades of experience in field ranger training, Respect is the first of Ruben's students to have been killed in the line of duty.
"Respect was a willing student who gave of his best. Having completed a year long Nature Conservation Resource Guardianship course at the Southern African Wildlife College 30/09/2013 – 26/09/2014 as part of the National Treasury's Jobs Fund project, he did his practical workplace experience in the Kruger National Park where he was then deployed," said de Kock.
"During his theoretical training and practical workplace experience, it became clear that he knew the bush well, and could stay calm in Big 5 encounters. He was born to become a good a Field Ranger because of his belief in doing the right thing," de Kock added.
The 34-year old Field ranger, Respect Mathebule was out on patrol in the Kruger National Park when his unit came under attack by poachers. He was shot and' despite attempts to get him to hospital' he died on the same day on July 19, 2018.
Mathebule's death also marks the first instance in 50 years of a ranger being killed by poachers in Kruger National Park. Yet given the intensity of rhinoceros poaching in the region, the milestone is as surprising as it is tragic.
Home to roughly 80 percent of the world's rhino population, South Africa has seen poaching explode over the past decade. In 2007, 13 rhinos were killed by poachers. Last year, that number was 1028 down from a peak of 1215 three years earlier.
According to records from the International Ranger Federation(IRF),Mathebule became the 269th field ranger killed in Africa since 2012. He is said to be 70th ranger killed in Africa this year alone. To mark World Ranger Day on September 22, the Game Rangers' Association of Africa(GRAA)' a non-profit organisation with close ties to the College and a member of the IRF said, "At least 176 of the brave rangers that have been killed, have been gunned down by militia groups' unknown assailants or armed poachers working for multinational wildlife crime syndicates."
The escalating aggression of poachers, who are widely reported to be connected to criminal syndicates in Asian countries, where rhino horn, valued for its purported medicinal qualities, trades on the black market for tens of thousands of dollars per pound, means rangers face even greater risks in the field. This is largely as a result of wildlife agencies militarising the conflict with poachers. The real problem being a demand-driven, globalised black-market trade fuelled by powerful transnational criminal organisations.
Mathebule was based at Crocodile Bridge Section. He joined SANParks in February 2015 as a field ranger at Shangoni Ranger Section, then the following year in July he moved to Crocodile Bridge Section. Respect leaves behind his wife, Wisdom Ndlovu, their four children, five brothers and two sisters.
Fundisile Mketeni, SANParks CEO said,"Very few people have the courage and necessary skills to perform this important task, other than rangers, which Mathebule was and will forever be part of. Respect, may your soul rest in peace. You upheld the ranger values and flew the SANParks flag high with honour. We are poorer with your absence, but will continue where you left off.
"When paying her respects to Mathebule, Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa was quoted as saying, "The murder of one of our rangers is an act of aggression by unscrupulous individuals and gangs. His death at the hands of alleged rhino poachers is an indication of the severity of the threat our rangers are faced with on a daily basis."
We at the Southern African Wildlife College express our sincerest condolences to the Mathebule family and friends. Respect will always be remembered as a true conservation hero who was passionate about conservation and protecting our endangered wildlife. May he rest in peace.
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