I was meeting with a CMO who indicated he had over 1,500 emails in his inbox. To better understand what the productivity killers are, I turned to the CMO of Workfront, a cloud-based enterprise work management company. What follows is a summary of productivity killers that prevent leaders from maximizing their time and some thoughts on how to stop them from Joe Staples, the CMO of Workfront. Whitler: What are the top productivity killers? Status meetings. Tech that doesn't work. How To Stop The Productivity Killers Staples: 1. Automate the Work: The best way for marketers to avoid productivity killers is to use technology that will help them automate the work that is being done. Instead, a good work management software application will allow team members to effectively collaborate and to automate knowledge work from initial requests through to final completion of the project. A huge productivity killer is constantly going to your email inbox and wading through the barrage of messages – most of which aren't essential.
I was meeting with a CMO who indicated he had over 1,500 emails in his inbox. In the same meeting, the CEO of the firm said that he doesn't have more than 40. Interestingly, I sent a similar email to both as a follow-up and the CEO responded within a few hours while the CMO didn't. They both have different systems for driving productivity. In this case, one quickly responded to the email and moved on and the other either never saw the email or decided it needed no response.
Figuring out how to increase productivity is something on the list of most C-level leaders. To better understand what the productivity killers are, I turned to the CMO of Workfront, a cloud-based enterprise work management company. What follows is a summary of productivity killers that prevent leaders from maximizing their time and some thoughts on how to stop them from Joe Staples, the CMO of Workfront.
Kim Whitler: What research have you done to understand different productivity killers?
Joe Staples: We conduct an annual State of Work study that looks at a lot of productivity killers. I also regularly meet with hundreds of customers who provide great insight into the challenges they have in the workplace relative to efficiency and productivity.
Whitler: What are the top productivity killers?
1. Overloaded inbox. This results from people who cc all; sales pitches; report summaries that you never read; etc.
2. Status meetings. These are so unproductive… except for the five minutes of the sixty-minute meeting where the person actually provides a status update.
3. Cubical drive-byes. The friendly person who always, "just thought I'd stop by to say hi".
4. Tech that doesn't work. You go into a conference room for a video conference and spend the first ten minutes trying to get the technology to work.


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JUST IN! Obasanjo Escapes Plane Crash
May 29, 2019 abloaded News 0
Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo and 392 other passengers, on Wednesday, escaped a plane crash in Lagos due to bad weather.
It was gathered that the aircraft, ET-901, departed the Bole International Airport, Addis Ababa, this morning, but found it difficult to land at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos.
A NAN correspondent who was among the passengers, said rather than landing on the first touchline of the runway, the pilot overshot it, due to rain and heavy wind, landing on the third touchline. .
On realising this, the pilot quickly manoeuvred the plane back air, flying out of the Lagos airport. After hovering around between Lagos and areas suspected to be in Ogun, causing panic in passengers and crew members, the plane landed in Lagos airport, some 20 minutes after the initial false landing.
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Pełtew (, Połtwa) – rzeka na Ukrainie, w całości położona na terenie obwodu lwowskiego, lewy dopływ Bugu.

Rzeka o długości ok. 70 km, której źródła znajdują się na wysokości ok. 350 m n.p.m. we Lwowie w dzielnicy Żelazna Woda. Pełtew przepływa przez południową część Roztocza i uchodzi do Bugu w okolicach miasta Busk, na wysokości około 220 m n.p.m. Najważniejszym miastem, przez które przepływa, jest Lwów.

Warunki hydrologiczne

Rzeka o niewielkim spadku (ok. 2 m na 1 km) i niewielkim przepływie. Wody rzeki rozlewają się szeroko w dolinie, tworząc liczne obszary podmokłe. Rzeka posiada zasilanie śnieżno-deszczowe. Ważnym elementem zasilającym są także liczne, niewielkie dopływy:
 lewe (spływające z Roztocza): Dumny Potok, Jaryczówka, Żelazna Woda
 prawe (spływające z Gołogór): Gołogórka, Przegnojówka z Hanczówką, Biłka, Pasieka

Budowa geologiczna
W dnie doliny dominują utwory nieprzepuszczalne (m.in. gliny), co sprawia, że rozwinęły się tutaj gleby bagienne i torfowiska.

Znaczenie gospodarcze
Rzeka silnie związana z lokacją Lwowa, pełniła funkcje fosy miejskiej. Dzięki rozlewiskom i bagniskom skutecznie utrudniała dotarcie do miasta od strony zachodniej i północnej. Źródła historyczne wspominają o niewielkich barkach spławianych rzeką do Bałtyku. Pod koniec XIX w. władze miejskie zdecydowały o zasklepieniu rzeki na odcinku śródmiejskim i włączeniu kanału w system kanalizacji miejskiej jako główny kolektor. Decyzję o zasklepieniu argumentowano zagrożeniem malarycznym dla miasta (w 1621 roku nieznośny zapach z rzeki spowodował przeprowadzkę króla Zygmunta III z Niskiego Zamku do Kamienicy Królewskiej).

Od 1886 roku rzeka płynie podziemnym korytem pod dawnymi Wałami Hetmańskimi i ulicą Akademicką. Pozostałością po dawnym biegu rzeki we Lwowie jest kształt obecnego placu Mickiewicza, gdzie Pełtew rozwidlała się i tworzyła niewielką wysepkę, na której znajdowała się kapliczka Matki Boskiej. Dzięki kanalizacji możliwe było wybudowanie gmachu Teatru Wielkiego (co i tak wymusiło przeniesienie podziemnego koryta kilkanaście metrów w kierunku Teatru Skarbkowskiego). W środkowym i dolnym biegu rzeki dominują łąki kośne i pastwiska.

Zobacz też
 Rzeki Ukrainy

Linki zewnętrzne

 Pełtew we Lwowie (mapka pierwotnego przebiegu)

Przypisy

Topografia Lwowa
Dorzecze Bugu
Rzeki na Ukrainie
Rzeki podziemne

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otherwise, we'll be providing their meals!
Copper actually "looks up and watches" for them!
Thanks, Linda, just a little nature fun!
fantastic how u manage to paint a picture with just three lines Lauren.
Haha, cute stories! How are the dogs handling being "invaded" by deers? My grandmother's dog used to go ballistic and chase everything.. Even elks/mooses!
Enjoyed this one very much, Lauren, especially Copper doing a major role! God bless you, sis!
Thanks, again, Sis, and yes, Copper watches for those squirrels; it's funny! Hugs and blessings to you, too!


What do you get when you cross a Mexican taqueria with the sterling reputation of Justin Carlisle and his wife, Lucia Muñoz, and sprinkle in some gentrification for good measure? The Laughing Taco.
The little counter service restaurant, located in the corner space of the brand-new Trio Apartments building in Walker's Point, is owned and operated by Muñoz and modeled after taquerias from her home city of Monterrey, Mexico. When I imagine what a taqueria there might be like, I figure they're quaint little spots that specialize in a couple of taco options, served quickly to a wide cross section of locals. The Laughing Taco delivers on all those points, but at a moderately higher price than other Walker's Point taquerias—perhaps that's the price of renting a spot in a new mixed-use building. Judging by how busy the restaurant was at lunch on a weekday, plenty of people are willing to pay it for a seat in a space that's sleeker and more austere than any other taqueria on the South Side.
The tacos, the only thing they serve besides drinks, are delicious. While there are seven varieties on the menu, they really only have four fillings: two meats, and two vegetarian options. Trompo, what they call their marinated pork, is essentially al pastor. Pork steaks are coated in bright orange seasoning, layered on a vertical spit, and roasted. When it's time to serve, meat is cut off the spit. The marinade is heady with mild dried chiles, achiote and spices. It's quite tasty, but I found myself missing the roasted pineapple that usually accompanies al pastor.
Bistec, the other meat option, is one of the best versions of steak tacos I've had. The chopped beef—which comes from Carlisle's parents' farm, same as the meat at Ardent—is seasoned so well that you're not going to need to reach for the salsa bottles immediately after your first taste. There's no gristle or fat to be found, just tender beef chopped into just-the-right-size pieces.
Of the vegetarian options, the papas are described as "potatoes in a tomato sauce (non spicy)" and that's an apt description of their mildness. The more unusual nopalitos combines chopped cactus paddles with a mild red chile sauce. It's better than the potatoes, thanks to a more flavorful sauce and still-crunchy texture.
All four fillings can be ordered in doubled corn tortillas ($2.50-$2.75). The tortillas are fluffy and light, and relatively small. Only the meat fillings come with onion and cilantro on top, leaving the mildest options without toppings. For those, you'll want to utilize the salsa bottle labeled "hot" that's filled with creamy green sauce made with puréed fresh chilies.
Unless you're a purist or gluten intolerant and must have corn tortillas, the best option here is the larger flour tortilla tacos ($4.75-$5). They come in three combinations of the meat fillings, avocado and toppings, along with something ingenious: cheese griddled onto the tortillas. A pile of white cheese is placed directly on the griddle and allowed to melt before the tortilla is stuck on top of it. You end up with a gooey layer of cheese in between a warm tortilla and savory cheese crisp. It's infinitely more satisfying than some cold shredded cheese thrown on top of the taco, but they can get a little greasy. Wash them down with a refreshing paloma or margarita slushie from the machine that greets you when you walk in. Alcohol is a nice addition that many taquerias don't have.


Since 2010, the San Juan Island "Know Your Island" Walk series has helped residents of the island to explore their history, parks, trails and public infrastructure. Each walk lasts approximately 2-3 hours and features a guest leader from the community who talks about the history, character and environment of the featured location. The walks are free to attend and open to all ages and abilities. The walks provide not only opportunities to exercise and to experience the beauty of San Juan, but also to create long-lasting and vital connections between members of the San Juan Island community.
A full overview of the Know Your Island Walks program is available here (pdf).


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This is the most full spectrum barberry root formula available. It contains the high amounts of the naturally occurring berberine alkaloid needed for reliable effectiveness. But more importantly, it also includes besides the actual complete natural root, standardized extracts of the main active ingredients, as well as rhythmically prepared ashes and salts derived from the root. The result is a truly holistic formula to help all three: body, mind and spirit.
Take two capsules once or twice daily or as suggested by your health care provider.


Webinar - "STEM Teaching Methods That Work"
The Science Learning Center will host a one-hour webinar offered by "Inside Higher Education" and supported by the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AACU). The webinar will consist of a 30-minute presentation by Steve Benton, senior research officer at the IDEA Center, where he conducts reliability and validity studies. A 30-minute question period will follow. Benton will explore the relationship between teaching methods and learning objectives in STEM education. Among the topics to be covered: Which learning objectives are emphasized in STEM classes? How much learning are students reporting on those learning objectives? Which teaching methods might be employed to support greater student learning? What are student and course characteristics in STEM courses? How can this analysis be used to improved the success and learning of students enrolled in STEM courses?


I stopped on my way out leaving to take this picture of a row of cabbage as the colors were so beautiful. This cabbage must be in the red family, but I've never seen this lavender and aqua form before now.
Bryan and Corinne were fascinated with my garlic scapes. I made pesto with mine, and Corinne steadily inhaled it over the next few days. Sadly, I could not taste it as it has aged cheese in it–Parmesan–which would trigger my Histamine Intolerance, which went off the charts this winter. More on that later. Maybe. I am doing much better after eating a low histamine diet since November and have lost 35 pounds.
Here are some Hope's Edge scapes. And look at the color of that lettuce. I can't wait to eat it.
My own lettuce in my cold frame is thriving, but beginning to bolt. I has fed so many of us for weeks and weeks now.
I reseeded, and some of those seeds have sprouted. It is VERY dry. The "D" word is on people's lips, as in Drought.
I picked some of the last strawberries at Hope's Edge this morning. They are tiny, due to having no rain and being among the last to ripen.
Meanwhile, another BIG HAUL of raspberries here this afternoon.
The garlic looks good. The veggie plantings are light this year in terms of crops as I'm not sure if I can eat beans or not. I have tomatoes for the visitors and squashes (yes, I can eat) planted. And that's my Georgia grandmother's mint on the right front. I almost lost this mint a few years back. I've had it for about 50 years and in three houses. One of my childhood memories is being sent out to her garden to get mint for the sweet ice tea served at "dinner," in the middle of the day.


In accordance with government directives, an IDF aid delegation has departed to the area of the collapsed dam in Brazil.
The delegation consists of approximately 130 IDF soldiers and officers in mandatory and reserve service from the Home Front Command. Amongst them are engineering experts, doctors, search and rescue teams, firefighters of the Israel Fire and Rescue Services, soldiers of the Israeli Navy's underwater missions unit (YALTAM 707), representatives of the Foreign Ministry and the Israeli Ambassador to Brazil, Mr. Yossi Sheli.
The delegation is led by the Commander of the National Search and Rescue Unit in the Home Front Command, Col. (res.) Golan Vach.
Locating and rescuing missing people is the main need that arises from the area of the disaster in Brazil. Therefore, search and rescue teams will undertake extensive efforts in the area of the disaster, using equipment that includes advanced means of cellular location, underwater radars and drones in order to establish an understanding of the situation.
As part of the preparations for the delegation, the necessary equipment was provided to the members of the delegation, including the provision of vaccines and medical equipment.
The delegation left a short while ago from the Ben Gurion International Airport and is expected to land in Brazil within 14 hours.
Last November, the "INSARAG" test was completed, in which the Home Front Command's National Search and Rescue Unit was found qualified and joined a limited and prestigious international community of search and rescue units from around the world.
This delegation is the first one to which the National Search and Rescue Unit has been dispatched after its qualification.


Coaching is not mentoring. — If you've ever been a coach or have been coached, and the conversation has steered towards advice on technical or job specific concepts, then you aren't being coached – you are being mentored. Mentoring is defined as, "A situation where a senior or more experienced individual is assigned to act as an advisor, counselor or guide'' (Business Directory, 2014). Yes, mentoring is crucial in any role, however, it is equally as important to understand what mentoring is and why it is being done. Perhaps I will tackle that concept in an upcoming article since it is intimately related.
Coaching is not managing. — If your manager provides a coaching session for you, and gives you advice on ways to perform your role in a greater capacity, gives you ideas on how to make your sales quota, or tells you how to achieve KPIs, then you are being managed. And if your manager does this with you frequently and in a positive way, then you have a great manager. However, a great manager is not necessarily a great coach. It's not that they are bad at what they are doing – quite the opposite. It's just that they are doing what they are employed to do – manage their team members and ensure that they deliver on the targets set by their manager.
In a coaching relationship, it needs to be made clear that the coach will not be personally responsible for the coachees acquisition of the new skills or the performance of them. Just as in athletic coaching, it is the athletes who must compete. The coach will work with them, and demonstrate for them, and practice skills with them. But in the game, it is the athlete that will compete for the prize.
It should also be understood that coaching may sometimes arrive at what some may consider to be "negative" outcomes (i.e. someone may realize that their current role or environment is not right for them and consequently leave the business or specific enterprise that they are currently leading). These outcomes, however, are more often than not beneficial to both parties in the long term.
Effective coaches will ask open-ended questions: How, Why, or What? This will quite often uncover issues that the coachee thought wasn't causing the initial problem. For this to be most effective, it is crucial that the coach does not make assumptions in the relationship – this will tend to block any valuable insights being discovered. I learned this technique from my father-in-law. He was an absolute Jedi master at this method of coaching. And I benefitted from his expertise for almost 30 years before he passed away.
Effective coaches will often ask the tough questions that you feel uncomfortable answering. Objectivity and distance afford them this ability. Push someone far enough, and they will challenge their own perceptions. They will, however, not get to this stage until a strong relationship is formed. You probably wouldn't share your personal feelings with someone you just met – and a coach/coachee relationship is no different.
I am not the greatest coach in the world by any stretch of the imagination. But I regularly collaborate and fellowship with some guys who are better at this than I am. They are making me better day by day. I have given up the pride that often is rampant in leadership and coaching circles. I am actively engaged in activities that are making me a better leader, a better coach, a better mentor, a better husband, a better father, a better grandfather, a better friend, a better employee.
What are you doing to be better? I am available for 1-on-1 coaching. And I am plugged in with some guys who are available for coaching and are really good at this as well. Take some time and do a little self-examination. Is there an area of your personal or professional life that you want to work on? Reach out to us and we can get you plugged into some excellent coaching services.


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Currently located in a historic 1850's building centered in the Village of Rhinebeck, New York, Albert Shahinian Fine Art (ASFA) is celebrating its 23rd Year as one of the region's premier fine art venues. It has established a respected and distinguished reputation as a full-service gallery with its focus on quality original contemporary, regional, 20th Century, and Hudson River art. The gallery represents primarily living mid-and late-career artists, and shows both representational and non-objective work. It offers, also, curatorial, installation, delivery and art consultation services. While a majority of exhibiting artists are drawn from the greater Hudson River Valley region and New England, a significant minority of works on hand (and shown) come from outside the area. The gallery's diverse exhibitions, curated by Director Albert Shahinian, continue to receive praise and recognition for their diversity, thoughtful presentation and consistently high caliber of artistic expression.
Changing exhibitions - primarily solo or duo - range from 5 to 10 weeks each. Media shown include works on canvas (primarily oils), pastels, and hand-pulled artist prints. A smaller percentage of work draws from mixed-media assemblages, photography, sculpture and ceramic art. The holdings gallery features an ongoing selection of Hudson River regional artists - new work done in traditional representational styles and often influenced - directly or indirectly - by the historic Hudson River School; a cross-section of contemporary and modernist works; and a growing selection of historical work drawn from several estates and private collections. To compliment its visual arts program, the gallery organizes and hosts a Meet-The-Artist series and other arts-related symposia. (Past programming has included a Performance and Spoken Word series.)
"The Luminous Landscape" is an annual national invitational created, curated and mounted by Albert Shahinian to promote a broader and deeper understanding of - and appreciation for - contemporary realism (and its historical precedents) in landscape painting. Now in its 23th year, The Luminous Landscape aims to showcase original, non-commercial, thoughtful, and well-crafted work. It seeks to expand the definition of what landscape painting is and to help free it from more literalist notions and historical constraints or stereotypes that may keep artists shackled to staid and tired aesthetics or expected stylistic approaches. It honors past traditions but encourages a broader, changing definition to unfold. To date, more than 40 painters from across the United States have participated in this major event.
Since its founding in 1998, the gallery has had a number of New York locations and satellites, including: Poughkeepsie (10 years), Hudson (2.5 years), New Paltz (1 year), and - currently - Rhinebeck (11+ years). Albert Shahinian founded and directed Poughkeepsie Art Museum from 2004-2005 as a separate exhibition-based venue. The gallery has organized and installed traveling versions of several exhibits in additional off-site venues including The Desmond Fish Library, Garrison, NY; The Museum of the Hudson Highlands, Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY; Columbia-Greene Community College (NY) galleries; Yale Institute of Sacred Music Gallery, Yale University, CT, (for a major exhibition honoring Frederick Franck). Shahinian also organized, curated and installed Frederick Franck's memorial exhibition for its tour in England and Holland in 2006.
The Gallery's primary represented artists are listed in the vertical area at left (you can 'click' names to enter their artist pages). For the many additional artists whose work is included in our current offerings/holdings, as well as sales and specials on special gallery items, please see our "For Purchase" section, the link to which is available in the naviagation bar at the top of this page. Please let us know if you have any questions. We look forward to seeing you at the galleries! _________________________________________________________________
Gallery Location and Viewing Hours...
We have consolidated our several former exhibition spaces into our lovely, intimate Upstairs Galleries. The third floor space includes three rooms (galleries) - two for our changing exhibit program, and one for our holdings.
Rhinebeck Upstairs Galleries
Albert Shahinian Fine Art
22 East Market Street, Suite 301, Rhinebeck , NY 12572
Gallery Phone: (845) 876-7578.
Albert's Mobile (For Curbside and Off-hour Appointments): (845) 505-6040
Additional/Emergency Phone: (845) 758-0335
Galleries are open with the following Seasonal Hours:
Thursday, Friday, & Saturday, 11-5; Sunday, 11-45
and by appointment or chance.
(Call for updated schedules as we "learn" our way through the pandemic.)
For off-schedule appointments and curb-side pickup please call or email us.
(Off-schedule or by-chance walk-ins welcome, but best to contact gallery first.)
All visitors are asked to WEAR FACEMASKS during their visit in the gallery.
We will observe best safety practices during the pandemic period, including limited
number of visitors at one time, social distancing, and the provision of hand sanitizer.
We appreciate our visitors and thank them for their kind observance of these health and safety measures.
(Unfortunately, we are not able to accommodate wheelchairs; we are a third floor walk-up. If access is an issue for our visitors, please call ahead to work out any possible viewing alternatives. Thank-you for your understanding!)
Rhinebeck , NY 12572
(We are currently working to upgrade this section and will be adding detailed directions shortly. Please refer to any number of on-line mapping resources - like Google Maps - for directions or call the gallery directly.)
Albert Shahinian Fine Art is located in the heart of Rhinebeck, just east of the Village's main crossroads. Quaint period architecture, over 25 exceptional restaurants, numerous and diverse shops and boutiques, weekly farmers' market, home of the historic Beekman Arms Inn and home of Upstate Films, a premier independent art theater, define this historic village, a Dutch settlement incorporated in 1688. Besides easy access from the New York Thruway, the Taconic State Parkway and Route 9, the Village is serviced by Amtrak train via the Rhinecliff station. Taxis are available for the two-mile trip into town.
Please contact gallery with any questions or comments...
A BIOGRAPHY OF ALBERT SHAHINIAN:
A former educator, music conductor, and sailor, Shahinian sees his current venture as part of a personal mission - not only to make a positive qualitative difference in the immediate community but also to provide vital links to a richer inner life. He strives to engage his audience by providing them with the personal tools needed to access, apprehend, and appreciate the visual arts and the artists who create those works. To cross-pollinate among the other arts, Albert produces performance and arts-educational events at the gallery. This activity is part of a vital and continually growing arts scene in the Hudson River Valley. Since 2001 he has been part-time staff in the Preparator's department at the Hessel Museum/Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College doing exhibition installation/deinstallaion/lighting and collection management work for the center's extensive contemporary art program.


For a long time, I didn't want to write – as I felt I was writing only for me – and there was nobody on the other side to meet me.
My lesson is to love, to BE LOVE (that means I won't want or need for anything) – to wholly inhabit LOVE unconditionally. This is actually Christ consciousness, not just as a theory, as an embodiment. To embody the Christ energy, is to love unconditionally all beings, yet also see the Christ within every person, whether they're labile, open, closed, gripped by light or dark.
So – I have this desire to be loved. That is my weakness, my vulnerability – my desire for being met, for being approved of.
This is a universal human desire to be approved of – that keeps us safe or safer from external threats.
Yet the eternal threat is more dangerous – the threat that my ego will lead me into falsehood, drama and darkness.
There is partly a universal story here, a universal archetype.
Like in all of our lessons.
They are common to all people.
When one learns to love oneself, one doesn't need anything on the outside.
Yet that is when one will receive it.
I was suffering in dark and desolate places, so much so from about 13-25.
I was a virgin and didn't have any romantic relationship, so I was never touched/ held.
I believe that also adds to the desolation and ISOLATION, that sense of being alone and not being held, not feeling desired or desirable, feeling so separate.
It takes a brave soul to come out of these phases.
We are now awakening so fast – and this is an ASCENSION.
There is a big soul EXPANSION, and so much SOUL energy being remembered, recalled and INTEGRATED into each individual body.
Go with the flow. Go with your soul.


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Will 2016 Finally be the Year for the White Sox?
The Washington Nationals were hands down the most disappointing team of the 2015 season, but the White Sox weren't all that far behind. After picking up Jeff Samardzija last offseason, along with David Robertson, Adam LaRoche and Melky Cabrera to go along with their already decent rotation and lineup, the White Sox were given a great shot by many people to make it back to the playoffs (at least via a Wild Card spot) for the first time since 2008.
But a number of things happened that kept the White Sox from ultimately reaching the postseason.
Samardzija, who had posted a stellar 2.99 ERA in 2014 and was being counted on to help the White Sox win a lot of games, was simply a bust this past season, plain and simple. Posting an 11-13 record with a 4.96 ERA, Samardzija did little at all to help the Sox. (Even so, the Giants have signed him to a 5-year, 90 million dollar contract.)
Their other big pickups for 2015 didn't fare all that much better. David Robertson posted a decent 3.41 ERA, but wasn't the dominant closer he's been in the past. In addition, Adam LaRoche hit only 12 homers and batted .207, and Melky Cabrera, while he had a decent year, hitting .273 with 12 homers and 77 RBI's, didn't do quite as good as many felt he would.
It wasn't just the newcomers who performed poorly, however. Of all the players on the roster who played in a full season worth of games, only Jose Abreu (Abreu's 30 homers and 101 RBI's were the only true stellar stats of any White Sox player in 2015), Adam Eaton and Melky Cabrera hit above .270. With such a poor offensive showing, the Sox placed 22nd in all of baseball with a mere .250 team average.
On the flip side, the Sox 3.98 team ERA wasn't terrible, but it was still only good enough for 14th best. When you have a lineup that's hitting on all cylinders, you can make up for a lack of dominant pitching. But when you have a lineup perform like the White Sox did in 2015, a near four team ERA on the year simply doesn't cut it.
But there is a bit of hope for the White Sox heading into next season. Despite losing Jeff Samardzija to the Giants, they still have Jose Quintana who posted a team best 3.36 ERA in 2015, as well as their Ace, Chris Sale, who recorded a 3.41 ERA. Rookie Carlos Rodon should also be a big piece of the puzzle next season, as while he posted a 3.75 ERA in 2015, he has all the talent in the world to become a dominant starting pitcher.
Furthermore, the White Sox have made several key additions already this offseason that will inevitably help improve their offense immediately beginning on Opening Day 2016. The pickup of catcher Alex Avila will be a nice addition to their lineup, as should the trade they made for Brett Lawrie. But there is one key player the White Sox acquired this past week that has many people abuzz around the baseball world.
In a three-team, seven-player trade on Wednesday, the White Sox picked up Todd Frazier from the Reds to man the hot corner for them in 2016. In return, the White Sox sent Frankie Montas, Micah Johnson and Trayce Thompson to the Dodgers who then sent Jose Peraza, Scott Schebler and Brandon Dixon to the Reds. All in all, I see it as a good trade for everyone, though the loss of three good prospects could wind up hurting the White Sox down the road.
But the White Sox aren't concerned with "what may have been" a year or two down the road. They're focused on right here, right now. The pickup of Frazier, in addition to several other smaller pieces, makes the statement that the White Sox are looking to win in 2016. They certainly have the pieces if all of their players can simply live up to expectations.
As we know, however, that hardly ever happens. Teams who seemingly have everything all figured out are usually are the ones who turn out to be the biggest disappointments. Even so, if the White Sox can make a few more moves to better their team in the several months remaining until the start of the 2016 season, I really like their chances of making it a special year when all is said and done.
Then again, I said that about several teams last season . . . .
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Oakland Athletics Continue Their Offseason Overhaul
It may be a brand new year, but it's proving to be the same old Athletics.
A team known in recent history for their offseason trades and signings that leave them with a completely different looking ball club from one year to the next, the A's have once again used the offseason to this point to make a lot of moves (some good, some bad) to change up the overall structure of their team.
The most recent case coming on Saturday with the trading away of John Jaso and a couple of top prospects, in Daniel Robertson and Boog Powell, to the Rays in exchange for Ben Zobrist and Yunel Escobar, who will both help what has the potential to be a good A's team in 2015.
Despite losing John Jaso, who was a solid player for the Athletics in 2014, as well as Robertson and Powell, the A's got back a fairly good package in return.
After an extended period of trade rumors surrounding Ben Zobrist, a transaction for him finally occurred, sending Zobrist off to the A's. Two years removed from back-to-back 20 homer seasons, Zobrist hit a mere 10 bombs in 2014, but is still more than capable of impacting any team he's on, as he has over the course of his All-Star career with the Rays.
Other moves the A's have made so far to go along with the Zobrist and Escobar trade that could turn out to have major impacts began with the pickup of Billy Butler on a three-year, thirty million dollar contract. The Athletics then proceeded to swap their All-Star third baseman, Josh Donaldson, for fellow hot corner defender, Brett Lawrie, from the Blue Jays.
While the Butler deal was applauded by many, the Donaldson move was one that left many people scratching their heads. However, they weren't done there.
Following the initial offseason additions of Butler and Lawrie, the Athletics kicked off the 2014 Winter Meetings, trading slugger Brandon Moss to the Indians, and almost immediately after departed ways with Jeff Samardzija for a few potential valuable but unproven players from the White Sox.
Even though there are some things the Athletics have done that I don't agree with, for the most part I like where the A's are headed.
Losing Yoenis Cespedes to the Red Sox via a trade for Jon Lester, and knowing they wouldn't likely retain Lester upon the end of the season, the moves the A's are making should help them in their attempt to make up for those losses.
Even after losing Lester, the Athletics' rotation will still be decent, with Sonny Gray leading the way, along with Jarrod Parker who is set to return to health, and their lineup always seems to find a way to produce runs. Having finished with a win-loss record above .500 for each of the past three seasons, things are seemingly lining up to make it four.
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Recap of the 2014 Baseball Winter Meetings
For the most part, I like to write about big time trades and/or signings within a day of when they occur. I feel that waiting too long to give my thoughts on a particular transaction causes it to become old news and therefore not really relevant to the everyday fast developing topics around baseball.
However, for the 113th annual baseball Winter Meetings that took place this past week in San Diego, things were happening so fast and at such a high volume that I would've been blogging multiple times a day to keep on top of the action. I didn't have time to do that, nor did I want to do that. And thus, I decided to post this recap upon the conclusion of the Winter Meetings. (Keep in mind, not every single signing or trade is included in this post; just the major ones, in my mind.)
Ending on Thursday, this years meetings saw an unprecedented amount of teams signing or trading players. Practically every ten minutes news broke of a new deal or trade that was sure to shake things up in 2015 and beyond. Seeing more trades go down over the past week than the last three Winter Meetings combined, a lot of exciting things look to be in store for the 2015 season.
The Winter Meetings were kicked off with a trade of Brandon Moss by the Athletics on the very first day. Getting sent to the Indians in return for minor leaguer Joe Wendle, Moss will certainly add a bit of pop to Cleveland's lineup, having hit 25 or more home runs each of the last two seasons.
But the A's weren't done parting with players. Following the departure of Moss, Oakland traded away pitching prospect Michael Ynoa to the White Sox along with breakout pitcher Jeff Samardzija, whom the A's gave up a few of their extremely promising prospects for in a trade back in July. In return for Samardzija, the White Sox simply had to toss a few prospects to the Athletics, in Marcus Semien, Chris Bassitt, Josh Phegley and Rangel Ravelo.
In my opinion, and the opinion of many others, the Athletics didn't get back quite enough in that deal. All of this coming after the trade of Josh Donaldson to the Blue Jays, many are really questioning the A's logic.
No one, however, is questioning the White Sox. After acquiring Samardzija, a lot of people began to talk about the White Sox' playoff chances in 2015 with their improved pitching staff. But those talks only increased when the Sox announced a four-year, 46 million dollar signing of David Robertson. After the past few seasons Robertson has been able to put together, saving 39 games last year for the Yankees, he was near the top of available free agent relievers. The White Sox adding Robertson to their roster gives their fans hope for a promising upcoming year.
The White Sox aren't the only Chicago based team that's setting themselves up for a nice 2015 season, however. Across town, the Cubs are also in line to be much improved. Following the addition of veteran catcher Miguel Montero to their lineup in a trade that sent two minor leaguers, Jeferson Mejia and Zack Godley, to the Diamondbacks, the Cubs obtained one of the biggest free agents heading into the Winter Meetings.
While it took awhile for him to decide on the Cubs, Jon Lester made the choice to head to Chicago for the next six years, signing a contract worth 155 million dollars. Combined with a new manager in Joe Maddon, and a talented young roster of players, it should be fun to watch the Cubs moving forward.
But although there were large deals such as the one Jon Lester signed with the Cubs that went down over the course of the Winter Meetings, there were also multiple smaller deals that could end up having large impacts on the given team(s) involved.
Francisco Liriano resigned with the Pirates on a deal worth 39 million over the next three years; and the Twins picked up Ervin Santana for the next four years, set to pay him a total of 55 million over that span. But the smaller signings I like the most are the ones the Astros made by adding Pat Neshek and Luke Gregerson to their struggling bullpen, which had the worst ERA (4.80) in all of baseball in 2014. After not getting David Robertson or Andrew Miller, the Astros had to settle with these two relievers, but Neshek and Gregerson will go a long way in helping a bullpen that had 26 blown saves in 2014. Even so, the Astros aren't likely to make the playoffs just yet.
Just the opposite, the Dodgers have been a playoff team for the past two years and seemingly would be so again in 2015 regardless of if they did anything to change their roster. But that didn't at all stop them from making moves — big moves.
After making an impactful 4-year, 48 million dollar signing of free agent starting pitcher Bandon McCarthy, who was terrific in the second half of 2014 with the Yankees after an up and down career, the Dodgers proceeded to reshape a good portion of their team.
Coming after weeks of rumors that the Padres were interested in Matt Kemp, the Dodgers complied with the Friars, sending Kemp and Tim Federowicz to San Diego for Yasmani Grandal, Joe Wieland and Zach Eflin.
The fact that this trade went through came as a shock to many, as Kemp is a superstar when healthy, and the Dodgers didn't get much in return, but it needed to be done with the overcrowded Dodgers outfield.
Although the Dodgers were quoted as saying that their All-Star second baseman, Dee Gordon, was not being considered for a possible trade, the baseball world did in fact see Gordon, along with Dan Haren and Miguel Rojas, leaving the Dodgers. Unlike the Kemp trade, Gordon and company getting shipped off to the Marlins in a trade for Andrew Heaney, Chris Hatcher, Austin Barnes and Enrique Hernandez made sense, as this swap seemingly would help both sides.
Part of the trade, though, wouldn't last even an hour. A brief time after obtaining promising pitching prospect Andrew Heaney, the Dodgers flipped him to the Angels in exchange for Howie Kendrick. In addition, the Dodgers also flipped Zach Eflin, whom they received for Matt Kemp, and another prospect to the Phillies, in a swap for Philadelphia's franchise hits leader, Jimmy Rollins.
Doing so subsequently fills the holes left by the loss of Hanley Ramirez and Dee Gordon, and now gives the Dodgers a double play combo of Rollins and Kendrick. That's certainly not bad at all, especially with Kendrick basically coming over for free with the trade of the newly acquired former Marlin Heaney.
But the Andrew Heaney deal with Los Angeles didn't quiet the Marlins. After locking up Giancarlo Stanton to a 13-year, 325 million dollar deal last month, the Marlins made a promise that they would surround Stanton with talent capable of winning a lot of ballgames, and so far they're keeping good on it.
Following the addition of Dee Gordon, Dan Haren and Miguel Rojas, Miami later made a trade for another key piece to place in their starting rotation — Reds' solid pitcher, Mat Latos. Getting Latos for the price of Anthony DeSclafani and Chad Wallach, the Marlins could very well be setting themselves up to be a playoff contender as soon as 2015.
That's what the Red Sox are attempting to do. Going from last to best to last over the past number of years, logic would tell you that the pattern indicates that 2015 would be another up year. Unfortunately, things don't always follow patterns. And thus, things have to be done to actually improve the Red Sox' team and not leave them merely hoping for a miracle season.
The main need for Boston heading into the Winter Meetings was pitching. Signing Justin Masterson to a 9.5 million dollar contract for 2015; trading away Rubby De La Rosa, Allen Webster and another prospect for Wade Miley; and acquiring Rick Porcello from the Tigers by trading off Yoenis Cespedes, Alex Wilson and Gabe Speier; the Red Sox quickly added three solid pitchers to their poor rotation in a matter of days. Those three should drastically help them next season, as they already own a great lineup following the signings of Hanley Ramirez and Pablo Sandoval.
So there you have it — a recap of the majority of the deals and trades that took place at the 2014 baseball Winter Meetings, and the possible impacts each move will have for each given team. As many have pointed out numerous times, this was one of the most active Winter Meetings in their long history. But nonetheless, there are still a number of valuable free agents that remain on the market.
From James Shield and Max Scherzer to Melky Cabrera and Chase Headley, there are multiple impact players that are available to any team that does what it takes to get them. With every free agent having to find a home somewhere, the exact ball club they wind up with could have a big effect on the outcome for teams in 2015.
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Top Ten Contracts I'd Give to Young Stars
With Clayton Kershaw recently receiving a 7-year, 215 million dollar deal from the Dodgers, I thought I'd go over the top young players Kershaw's age (26 at the start of the season) or younger without extended contracts, with at least 100 games played or 100 innings pitched, that I feel would be worth a large deal (not necessarily of Kershaw's magnitude).
Keep in mind, the players on my list might never get contracts of this amount, or they could be offered larger ones — depending on what their respective team can afford. I'm not trying to project what the future holds for each player money wise, I'm just giving my take on what I feel they're worth, and over what period of time. Also, the players are in order of total dollar amount, not necessarily their talent level, as some positions are simply worth more money than others.
With all that said, here is my top ten list:
1.) Mike Trout — 22 years old: Contract of 10 years, 310 million dollars
There's no doubt in my mind that Mike Trout is eventually going to receive a massive contract. After winning the 2012 American League Rookie of the Year award and going on to have an even better 2013 season, Trout is worth every dollar. At just 22 years old, Trout is the only player on my list that I'd give a 10 year contract to, with my contract coming out to 31 million a year, which would make him the highest paid player in MLB history. But he's just going to get better and better.
2.) Giancarlo Stanton — 24 years old: Contract of 6 years, 130 million dollars
If Giancarlo Stanton had been completely healthy over the last couple of seasons, he'd probably be receiving more money in my contract. But citing the health issues, especially last season, I decided to give him just under 22 million a year. When healthy, he is a 30-40 home run player, and is just as deserving of a huge contract as Mike Trout.
3.) Freddie Freeman — 24 years old: Contract of 6 years, 100 million dollars
Many had Freddie Freeman in the running for the 2013 National League Most Valuable Player award, but while he didn't win (Andrew McCutchen ended up taking home the honor) that doesn't take anything away from the season Freeman had. At just 23 years old, Freeman recorded his first 100 RBI season last year, and should continue to be that type of player moving forward. Therefore, I'd lock him up until age 30, providing him with just under 17 million a season.
4.) Jose Fernandez — 21 years old: Contract of 5 years, 100 million dollars
If Jose Fernandez can perform all next season the way he did in 2013, he will be worth even more than this. Fernandez blew away the opposition last season, going 12-6 with a 2.19 ERA, and winning the National League Rookie of the Year award — even placing third in Cy Young award voting. At just 21 years old, Fernandez is going to be very good for a very long time, but I played it safe, for now, giving him 20 million a season (yes, I know that's a ton for a player of his age) for the next five years. After that, sky's the limit.
5.) Manny Machado — 21 years old: Contract of 6 years, 85 million dollars
Manny Machado could end up being worthy of the second largest contract of the players on my list, as he is capable of turning into a complete, superstar player a few years down the road, but for now he sits at number five. That's no knock to him, however. He's just 21 years old, and has already shown flashes of being one of the top two or three players in all of baseball. But if I had to offer him a contract tomorrow, I'd give him roughly 14 million a year until he turns 27.
6.) Stephen Strasburg — 25 years old: Contract of 5 years, 80 million dollars
Though he's had a few good seasons (after undergoing Tommy John surgery in 2010) Stephen Strasburg hasn't yet broken out as that super dominant pitcher many feel he can be, going 8-9 with a 3.00 ERA in 2013. Therefore, I have him at number six on my list, with a contract of 16 million a year until he turns 30. But a few good seasons could easily move him way up.
7.) Craig Kimbrel — 25 years old: Contract of 5 years, 75 million dollars
There is, arguably, no one better at closing out games at the moment (now that Mariano Rivera has retired) than Craig Kimbrel. Posting 40 or more saves each of the past three years, Kimbrel has overpowering stuff, and should continue to dominate as the Braves' closer for years to come. I don't normally like relief pitchers getting big contracts, but Kimbrel is the exception, with me giving him a contract worth 15 million a year.
8.) Bryce Harper — 21 years old: Contract of 5 years, 70 million dollars
This was difficult for me, putting Bryce Harper all the way down at number eight. He's been hyped since the age of sixteen, and it hasn't slowed since Harper reached the majors in 2012. But he's just a bit "out of control" for me to place him any higher; at least for now. If he can get everything together, he has the potential to be a true five-tool player, and earn a mega-contract. From what I've seen so far, however, I'd give him five years to figure things out, giving him 14 million a season.
9.) Addison Reed — 25 years old: Contract of 5 years, 65 million dollars
Addison Reed — recently traded to the Diamondbacks from the White Sox — is one of the most dominant and reliable closers in all of baseball. Though he is somewhat of a question mark in terms of earned runs allowed per outing, Reed has very dominant stuff, and recorded 40 saves last season. He should remain a feared ninth inning man for years to come, earning him 13 million until he turns 30, in my book.
10.) Matt Harvey — 25 years old: Contract T.B.D.
The fact that Matt Harvey missed the last few games of 2013 and will miss the entire 2014 season, due to Tommy John surgery, and yet still makes my top ten speaks volumes for the type of player he is. Getting the start for the 2013 All-Star game, Harvey had a magnificent year, going 9-5 with a 2.27 ERA, and really put his name on the map. Once healthy, he should get a hefty contract. (It's hard to say for sure how much he's worth, which is why I left that to be determined down the road.)
Do you agree or disagree with my top ten? Leave a comment below.
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Rohtak Army Open Bharti 2018-19: Indian Army recruitment board had issued the notification for the open rally for teh recruitment of various staff post like Constable GD, Nursing Staff, Clerk/SKT and for various other post. The rally will be conducted in the Rohtak district of Punjab. There will be other rallied in the state too for which dates will be announced later. The other districts where the Ambala, Rohtak, Hisar, Hamirpur.
Guys, the Indian Army is the institution who is responsible for maintaining peace around the country and secure the land border of this vast country. There are many regiments in the country and time to time they conduct various recruitment. This time the recruitment for the post of ARO is going to be conducted in the Rohtak district. As the Khalsa regiment have mainly cadets of Punjab state. So this rally is a great opportunity for the young student to get a job.We like to inform that the recruitment will be conducted through an open rally and the rally will be conducted in the Rohtakdistrict. The ARO open recruitment is conducted once or twice every year.
The candidates those who are not able to attend the rally at the given time they do not need to worry because later on various rallies for the same post will be conducted at the various districts too. This can be the good news because for some candidates there will be more and more chances for them t apply for the recruitment. if they got failed they can get to apply for it again. Indian Army is a very big institution which have many departments like ZRO's, BRO's and ARO's to recruit the candidates.
These are the post in the army which do not require any type of higher education. There are many post like Constable GD, Nursing dtaff and many other in which you need to have the education at the school level only so the number of candidates who apply for the post is very high and only those who are physically fit and stand according to the norms of the department they will be allowed to follow the further procedure of the exam.


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Lee forfeits all wins, out of playoffs
A. Stacy Long
Robert E. Lee's football season came to an end Monday when the AHSAA ordered the school to forfeit all of its victories.
The Generals have been stripped of all six wins for using an ineligible player. The unidentified player was a transfer who did not leave his previous school "in good standing."
Lee self-reported the violation, the AHSAA said.
Lee was 6-3 on the field and had qualified for the Class 7A playoffs, but the Generals will have an 0-9 record recorded in their history.
With the forfeits, Jeff Davis (5-5) will go to the playoffs — and play a first-round game at No. 1 McGill-Toolen.
Park Crossing also benefits.
The Thunderbirds have the first perfect regular season in school history. Park Crossing (10-0) will host a first-round Class 6A playoff game next week.
Neither Lee, JD or Park Crossing play this week.
Preliminary AHSAA, AISA playoff pairings
Lee's forfeits are just the latest in a slew this season ordered by the AHSAA, including another last week.
Ellwood forfeited two victories, the AHSAA announced last Monday, for using a transfer student who was not in "good standing" at his previous school.
AHSAA rules require a transfer to have been eligible at their previous school.
In 2011, Clay-Chalkville went from 9-0 and No. 1 in the state to 0-9 for violating the same rule. A resulting lawsuit reached the Alabama Supreme Court, which upheld the forfeits.
Also this season, Prattville, Alabama Christian, Mobile Christian and New Brockton have forfeited games due to ineligible players.
Prattville and ACA's violations involved a transfer not making a "bona fide" move to be immediately eligible. Both players later gained their eligibility.
Lee's forfeits are the first known for a Montgomery public school since 2005 when Jeff Davis forfeited five games and Lanier three games for ineligible players. That year's JD-Lanier game was officially a double-forfeit.
Lee last had football forfeits in 2002 when it handed over three wins for using an academically ineligible player. The Generals went from 4-6 to 1-9.
In 2011, St. Jude and Wetumpka, along with Clay-Chalkville, were among seven schools hit with forfeits for using ineligible players. From 2012-2015, just five schools combined had ineligible-player forfeits.
Lee Generals shocked, saddened at forfeits


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Research Areas and Initiatives
Scots and English in Scotland
Research Review 2010-11
School of Critical Studies
Glasgow has a claim to being the leading institution in the UK for the study of Scots and English in Scotland. Many colleagues work on topics in this area, making links between the study of Scots (and Scottish English) and our Modern and Historical English Language clusters, e.g. work on the sociolinguistic study of Scottish dialects. Research in Scots and English in Scotland also includes work on the handling of these varieties in literature, on historical pragmatics with reference to Scottish texts, on documents and letters in Scots and Scottish English, on Scottish book history, on the grammar and accents of modern Scots and Scottish English, on the history of the lexicon and of lexicography, on Scottish place-names, and on the use of corpora for research into Scottish language. There are important synergies with the Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies, and with School research into Scottish literature, e.g. through the Centre for Robert Burns Studies.
Major AHRC-/ESRC-funded projects are a feature of this cluster, e.g. the Scottish Toponymy in Transition project (in collaboration with Celtic and Gaelic); corpus projects such as the Corpus of Modern Scottish Writing (CMSW) and the Scottish Corpora of Texts and Speech (SCOTS); and Stability versus Change in a Shetland Dialect. New ventures include a pilot Historical Thesaurus of Scots, in collaboration with Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd and funded by an AHRC 'big data' award, and the ESRC-funded One Speaker, Two Dialects project.
New ventures include a pilot Historical Thesaurus of Scots, in collaboration with Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd and funded by an AHRC 'big data' award, the ESRC-funded One Speaker, Two Dialects project, and the AHRC-funded Scots Syntax Atlas (SCOSYA) project, which aims to map syntactic variation across dialects of Scots to address questions about the nature of variation and the theory of grammar.
Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies
Centre for Robert Burns Studies
Glasgow Digital Humanities
Corpus of Modern Scottish Writing, 1700-1945
Editing Robert Burns for the Twenty-First Century
Enroller
Is Television a Contributory Factor in Accent Change in Adolescents?
Mapping Metaphor
Rhythms in Scotland
Scots Syntax Atlas project
Scots Words and Place-names
Scottish Toponymy in Transition
Scottish Corpus of Texts and Speech (SCOTS)
Stability versus change in a Shetland dialect
Sounds of the City
Textual Afterlives
Timing in Accents of English
Association of Scottish Literary Studies
Dictionary of the Scots Language
Scottish Text Society
Associated staff:
Professor Marc Alexander
Professor of English Linguistics (English Language & Linguistics)
Research interests: Semantics, Lexicology, Digital Humanities, Corpus Linguistics, Historical Thesaurus Of English, Stylistics, Cognitive Linguistics, Lexicography, Dictionaries, Thesauri, Metaphor, Pragmatics, Computational Linguistics, Historical Linguistics, Legal Interpretation
Professor Wendy Anderson
Professor of Linguistics (English Language & Linguistics)
Research interests: Semantics, Metaphor, Conceptual Metaphor Theory, Corpus Linguistics, French Linguistics, Lexicography, Historical Thesaurus Of English, Discourse Analysis, Genre Analysis, Grammar Of English, Digital Humanities, Language And Culture
Dr Rhona Brown
Senior Lecturer in Eighteenth-Century Scottish Literature and the Periodical Press (Scottish Literature)
Research interests: Eighteenth-century Scottish literature and the periodical press
Professor Carole Hough
Professor of Onomastics (English Language & Linguistics)
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Hi! My name is Nino Russo, and I am a Sicilian-American, but, as the song says, a true Sicilian. I have been in the States for a long time, and I feel very attached to this land, for all she has given me, for how she has treated me, and because there is no other land like this. My kids were born here, and their kids, and now I am a proud "Grandpa" of nine of the most beautiful and handsome grandchildren.
America is blessed by God, not just by the usual blessing, but by a particular blessing, a different blessing, a unique blessing. It seems as if God made her last by using all the experience that He had acquired in making all the other lands, all the other countries. This is a mystery to me, and I do not want an explanation for it: Do not look in the mouth of a gift horse.
We all come from somewhere, most from long time ago, others from just sometime ago, and others from a little while ago. As you can see, the country is on the move, as it has always been. Fresh new blood is added continuously to old blood, mostly from here now, but still some from elsewhere. And as we all come from somewhere, we all have ties to a country, to a culture of our own, to a distant land that gave me and others a reason for leaving that land, a concrete reason, in most cases, and not just a whim. One adores the mother he/she has, and longs for her when she is away, and many do not know who or where their mother is. But, non the less, still our mother, and we still love her.
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If a DNA could be taken from our souls, and could tell us where we come from, then, I am sure, all of us will feel more humble and we will be kinder to one another, and the world could be a better place for this, and life could be much easier for all. Our soul longs to know who we are, this is the reason that pushes man to develop and use is mind, all the time, to the point, at times, of insanity. This is the reason for which, for sometime, I have been almost obsessed in a search of my roots.
I came from Sicily, and came in the middle of my life, I was at a good age. I grew up in my home town of Sicily, went to school there, I played and studied there, I laughed and cried there, and have lots of memories, mostly good memories, of my Mother land. Here in the States (and this is the irony), I came to know the most beautiful part of Sicily: The history and literature of Sicily, the passions and sufferings of its people.
Through this I came to a better understanding of the traditions, the customs, the psychological make up of my people: Hard working, sincere, faithful, generous people. At my time, when as a child and then a boy, and as a young man, I went to school, I never heard anything mentioned about Sicily. We studied Italian language, and all that was Italian, and, don't get me wrong, it was beautiful, I loved it and still do, but we were told nothing about Sicily, and nobody ever complained, nobody ever even had a thought about it. It was as if we had been brain washed. Sicily was the land where we were, wasn't this good enough for Sicily? What had Sicily ever given us? Wasn't it enough that we consented to live there? What else Sicily wanted from us? We had other and more important things on our mind. After all it was Sicily's duty to give us all we needed or at least, all we could get. In the high schools we studied the history of Italy, starting lightly with the foundation of Rome; the Italian literature, and all that pertained to the interests of Italy, but very little was dedicated to the Sicilian literature, and even that was in passing by.
These omissions in the school programs worked with our young minds, where we failed, due to lack of exposure, to see and recognize the jewels of Sicily, be these natural, historical, philosophical or literary. To understand this one must undergo a long study of the history of Sicily, its place in history, and the external and internal forces that Sicilians have fought for centuries... no, for thousands of years, just to be able to endure and stay alive. I do not have the knowledge to explain to others what I am beginning to just barely see now, but we can do this together little by little.
I will do all I can to bring to you much "ancient" news, and at the same time I will try not to be monotonous, and, I hope, to make what you read light and playful, but always try to listen to what I am telling you. With the advent of Mussolini to power, the emphasis, more so than before, was given to the Italian language, and the Sicilian language was regarded crude and in bad taste. Nobody said then, or maybe knew, that if Frederic II, King of Sicily, would have lived twenty more years, and maybe even less, (he died at 56), the Italian national language today would have been the Sicilian language.
By the end of World War II, you could tell that a very strong and semi-voluntary substitution of the Sicilian language, in to the Italian language, had started. I say semi-voluntary, because while the new generations were taking as a "cool thing" to speak the Italian language, the teachers and/or any school authority did not do anything to block this outrageous progress, this genocide of a language, on the contrary, they required that we did not speak the Sicilian language at all. Unfortunately this was the fruit of politics and other dirty factors including, but not limited to, insensitivity and close mindedness of most high placed officials. This conversion of language is still going on, and it is not the natural evolution of language: it is a conscious and voluntary slaughter of the Sicilian language. To day, in Sicily, the school programs push some of the Sicilian literary agenda, but it is very little and maybe too late.
I happened to come across some Sicilian literature when I was a teenager: some poems of G. Meli (one of our greatest Sicilian poets), like "L'Origini di lu munnu", The Origins of the World, a comical poem where Jupiter, the father of men and gods, explains how he is going to create the world; and "Sarudda" a dithyramb, where the wines of Sicily are praised and a group of hard drinking friends, drink themselves to kingdom come. But what mostly caught my attention was a poem from the 16th Century, about the untimely death of the Baroness of Carini (La Barunissa di Carini). I did not have yet any interest for knowledge about Sicily, and I never took anything seriously about Sicily. I visited a couple of places, but with no interest, and I did not see what was clearly written over those ancient ruins.
In 1986 I had back surgery. Being idle for about two years is not a good thing, but it almost was a blessing to me. Unable to do any physical work, I dedicated myself to reading. It was in this occasion that I, in searching my library, came across, again, the Baroness of Carini. Together with this booklet, I found other copies, of the same poem, from other authors. I became curious and I started to compare the different editions. It was clear that all the different authors had different sources of information. The poem had been sung from generation to generation and never written. It was Salvatore-Salomone Marino who was the first to get interested in the poem and started a search by interviewing many, many people, who knew some of the poem. In 1870 he published the first edition, and in 1872 published the second edition reviewed and corrected, which is the most known in Sicily and elsewhere.
Anyway, soon I noticed that the differences among them all was, at times, great, as far as the story goes, and the actions was not keeping together with the times. One author would have some of the beginning and another had some of the end, and so forth. So, I thought, what if I tried to rearrange all and make a poem from start to finish? This will give the poem a chronological aspect, and may sound a little more interesting. My interest wasn't literary, but only practical: give the people a beautiful poem, where they could follow the story from start to finish, and enjoy it.
It took me some time to finish the project, even because I did not have all the material that I needed at my disposal. So, for some time I let it go. In the mean time something else happen: I had come in contact with other Sicilian poems, other Sicilian literature, and around 1990 or '91 I came to know of a Sicilian cultural club, in New York city, called Arba Sicula (Sicilian Dawn), and I subscribed to it. The publications that I received from Arba Sicula, opened my eyes and humbled me at the same time. Suddenly I saw how much I had missed. Suddenly my life seemed whole but too short at the same time. I had found the missing link. Was it too late to enjoy all the treasures of Sicily, that have always been there? We'll see.
Sicily is an incredible country. Its history is carved in the most deep corner of time. To follow Sicily throughout its history is the most satisfying experience anyone can have, even if one happens not to be a Sicilian. W. Goethe in visiting Italy and then Sicily said that "Italy without Sicily is nothing, here is the key to everything". Such are the diversions of its history, that it is of global interest and importance. Beside the help from books, I found another helper many years ago: the computer! With the computer I have been able to help myself a little more rapidly, and it gives me a place where to store my information and not to lose them.
I have been thinking, for quite some time, how I could share my love for Sicily and my enthusiasm and my pride for its history and poetry with the many Sicilians in United States, and I found that, again, the computer might be my best means. I am not a cyber traveler, I struggle with this monster that many times tells me that I am wrong, or that does not want to do things that I tell it to do..., but I hope I will manage. Now I ask you. Help me to put out, to divulge, the jewels and the glories of Sicily. Come and show to all our Mother land. Let us give our faith and our love to America, of which we are adoptive sons and daughters, but let us not forget our blood Mother.


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Dietary Supplement Industry Prepares for GMO-Labeling Law

Industry executives anticipate that manufacturers of dietary supplements will be required to comply with the federal law since supplements are regulated as a category of food.

Josh Long | Jul 20, 2016
In Vermont, the nation's first state to require labeling of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in foods, the state attorney general excluded dietary supplements from the required disclosures. The dietary supplement industry doesn't expect the same outcome if President Obama signs into law a GMO-labeling bill that was passed last week by Congress.
Industry executives anticipate manufacturers of dietary supplements will be required to comply with the federal law since supplements are regulated as a category of food.
"Therefore, when legislation or laws refer to food broadly, dietary supplements are included," said Mike Greene, vice president of government relations with the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN).
A number of dietary supplement ingredients are made from GMO crops such as corn, soy and sugar beet, explained Alan Lewis, who manages government and regulatory affairs with Natural Grocers, a specialty retailer of natural and organic groceries and dietary supplements.
"These include ascorbic acid (Vitamin C), maltodextrin (a filler), soy isolates and soy lecithin, sucrose (sweetener) and starches, among others," Lewis explained in an emailed statement. "These ingredients can just as easily be made with non-GMO crop material, but the price of non-GMO raw material tends to be significantly higher—at least for now."
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) would be responsible for establishing a GMO disclosure standard within two years of the law's passage. The agency did not specifically answer whether dietary supplements would be subject to the standard when asked the question by INSIDER.
"In anticipation of action by Congress and signature by the president, a working group has already been established to begin the important work of crafting rules to properly and promptly implement the new law," a USDA spokesperson said in an emailed statement.
Greene vowed the industry would comply with the law if dietary supplements are subject to USDA's standard.
Reflecting concerns raised by lawmakers and the Grocery Manufacturers Association that a "patchwork of state laws" would burden the food industry, Senate Bill 764 would pre-empt state GMO-labeling laws—namely Vermont's Act 120, which took effect July 1, 2016.
"We have been generally supportive of a federal pre-emption," CRN's Greene said in a phone interview. "The idea of state-by-state patchwork of labeling laws was not going to be helpful for any manufacturer of any type of food … Whether you want to label [the] absence of GMOs or presence of GMOs in your products, we believe that … the FDA and Agriculture [Department] need to be behind that looking at the science of the products."
The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) expressed support for a federal labeling standard, although the trade association also identified a flaw in the legislation: a lack of complete transparency. Critics of the legislation have raised concerns that allowing food manufacturers to make disclosures through a QR code could disadvantage poor people without access to smartphones and be less transparent than a label on a product clearly stating that a food had been genetically modified.
"From an industry perspective, there is significant relief in knowing there will be a single regulatory obligation for disclosure of GMOs in foods sold in the United States, rather than having to deal with various state laws," said Michael McGuffin, president of AHPA, in an emailed statement. "On the other hand, many of AHPA's members view the law's allowance of disclosure of presence of genetically engineered ingredients through a QR code as lacking in transparency and not sufficient to completely inform consumers."
McGuffin said there will be an opportunity "to influence how the law is implemented" during the rulemaking process, and AHPA intends to be involved when USDA commences the proceeding.
Karen Howard, executive director and CEO of the Organic & Natural Health Association, blasted the legislation. If the bill is "signed into law as is expected, consumers won't have a clue what the intention of USDA or the FDA is, what the definition of genetically engineered means, or what products contain genetically engineered ingredients given the lack of transparency associated with the likely use [of] foolish QR codes on labels," Howard said in an emailed statement.
Vermont's law requires a disclosure on the label if food has been genetically modified. If passed, the federal legislation would give manufacturers more options for disclosure, including via "a text, symbol, or electronic or digital link."
"I would not expect a single mainstream dietary supplement company to disclose the use of genetic engineering in their product ingredients—except opaquely via the QR code," said Lewis of Natural Grocers. "The landing page for the QR code will likely provide a long and circuitous explanation of how some ingredients may be made with genetically modified crops or cultures to produce specific ingredients that cannot otherwise be made cost effectively using other processes."
FDA, which oversees dietary supplements and shares responsibility over foods with USDA, said it has not taken a position on the bill.
"In reference to this draft legislation, the FDA defers to the U.S. Department of Agriculture on its interpretation of the legislation since the legislation would ultimately be implemented by USDA," an FDA spokesperson said. "The FDA will work with USDA and other federal partners to help implement legislation enacted by Congress."
FDA, however, identified concerns with the draft legislation in a June 27 letter to Congress offering technical assistance. For instance, FDA raised some of the following concerns:
· the bill could conflict with its labeling regulations;
· includes a definition of bioengineering that would exclude from the required disclosures many foods from genetically engineered (GE) sources such as oil from GE soy; and
· features ambiguous language in some of the provisions.
USDA challenged claims that the bill could exclude many items, according to The Des Moines Register, which obtained a letter the agency sent to Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Michigan) before the Senate voted on the bill. Stabenow, a ranking member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, said she asked USDA's general counsel to confirm the agency's interpretation of the definition of biotechnology.
"As the response clearly states, this agreement would provide the USDA with the authority to label everything that is on the grocery shelf that contains ingredients from GMO commodity crops," the senator said in the article.
Looking for more on GMO labeling and consumer expectations? Join us for the GMOs: Today's Challenges, Tomorrow's Opportunities panel discussion on Thursday, Oct. 6, at SupplySide West 2016.
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