As the year draws to a close this last half term we are learning all about water and how we use it in our topic Splish Splash Splosh. This science based topic allows us to spend time having lots of fun with water in many different ways. As sand and water play works alongside each other so well we shall be messing around with sand too, learning lots along the way.
Week one begins with looking at rain using umbrellas, welly boots and rain macs while we splosh around in puddles. We shall create an indoor cloud and raindrops using our window as a backdrop while in maths we will be filling and emptying, using containers of all sorts of sizes. Our songs we shall be learning for the first couple of weeks are "I hear thunder" and a counting song "5 little raindrops".
Week two moves onto ponds, rivers and lakes and the creatures we can find there. We shall be counting fish in maths, messing around with hook a duck and making a variety of splashy marks using squirty bottles and our fingers. The week will culminate in a trip to the park to see the ducks on the pond.
Next our focus will be boats and things that float (and sink). We shall be testing a group of objects in a tank of water to see what happens, making boats from paper and in maths, matching boats by colour and shape. We shall begin our story for the half term which will be "The Flying Bath", a story about how water is used for many purposes.
Taking our lead from the story the following three weeks will be covering using water to wash with, water to drink and water for plants. We shall also look at the creatures that live in water and in the sea.
The first part of the summer term saw a topic focus of Down on the farm. We learnt all about farm animals, the noises they make and the places they live. We enjoyed a trip to the farm and the children had great fun feeding the animals. The goats were very greedy and the rabbits were soft and cuddly.
In order to encourage the children to play with a greater range of toys we also explored play dough and lego. We are very keen for the children to learn to occupy themselves in a positive way. These free activities that are available most afternoons help the children to explore through play.
In maths lessons we used animals to help us count, to learn about big and small and to match and sort animals into different types. Some children are getting very good at making groups of up to three animals and recognising the numbers to match the quantity.
Our story this half term was "What the ladybird heard" and the children experienced using switches to take part in the story telling by making the animals sound at the appropriate time. Some of the children were able to mimic the animal noises and a few were able to join in at the correct time without prompting.
Spring 2 - Leave your mark!
This half term is a very short one, so not much time in which to squeeze lots of fun activities. This topic is an art and DT topic and will include plenty of mark making in various ways.
We shall be making a class sculpture and will try some junk modelling. The art projects will combine the use of materials with using our senses; smelly paint and smelly play dough; materials that feel different to the touch, some messy, some not; painting while listening to different styles of music to see if this effects how the children approach their art; and creating (and quite possibly tasting) art with food.
The story for this half term is "Monsters love colours" by Mike Austin, this may well lead on to "The Dot" by Peter H. Reynolds.
We shall be learning about colours and how to use red, yellow and blue to make orange, green and purple. We will then move on to the different kind of marks we can make using a variety of tools, and exploring colour in various mediums, such as corn flour, shaving foam, play dough as well as paint, of course!
This half terms Science is returning to exploring the world using our senses. Starting with touch and a mixture of wet and dry materials, moving on to smell which will include good and bad smells.
Week three will cover taste, so we are hoping to provide a selection of items sweet, sour and savoury for the children to choose from and demonstrate to us whether they like or dislike the foods.
Finally we shall explore sounds, playing a sound game with environmental and animal sounds, creating and playing with musical instruments.
We shall be using the story as a basis for our performance and will use music to act out being a Wild thing, sailing a boat and having a wild rumpus. We shall be making some masks, boats and crowns as props for our story and will be learning to sequence the story.
children will be able to name the material as soft or hard, smooth or rough.
will also aid their development in holding and manipulating a pencil.
The second half of the autumn term is a science based topic that covers light and dark. This also allows us to take a closer look at all the festivals at this time of year. We shall be celebrating Halloween, Bonfire night, Diwali, Hanukah and Christmas.
The science part of the topic will lead us to explore dark places and use glow sticks, torches and fluorescent gloves. We will be learning about shadow puppets and trying to re-create the cbeebies shadow puppet story of Rama and Sita. http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/stories/lets-celebrate-diwaliperformance .
The children will help us to decide what activities we do in the daytime and what we do at night and also the things we can see in the daytime and creatures that come out at night. On a sunny day we hope to go outside and play with our shadows.
Our story this half term is Jack and the Beanstalk, we shall be learning all about the story in a sensory way to help the children understand the sequence of events. There will also be lots of sensory activities, collaborative artwork and links into the topic by making puppets.
We shall have more puppets in our Expressive Arts session, where we shall be encouraging the children to engage with the puppets, copy their actions and perhaps having a go at leading the play.
We will have a play based focus on construction this half term to help the children develop their play and be able to occupy themselves in an appropriate way with bricks and lego. We hope to develop this over the course of the year so the children have a variety of activities they recognise and know how to play with. It is also important to help them along a little with their play as this helps their learning and encourages a curious, creative and explorative nature.
I hope you all had a fabulous summer and the children are excited to return to school. This term our topic is "All About Me" and includes some fun activities for the children to learn all about themselves.
We shall be using photographs of the children and their families to build a family tree for each child so will need some family photos sent in from home. We shall also be looking at what the children looked like as babies and what they might look like when they are older (so we also need baby photos sent in please).
We shall be creating a topic book that will include all the things the children like in terms of food, toys and activities and it will also include some activities such as making a jigsaw of their face and learning about eyes, nose, mouth etc.
In science we are learning all about our senses and shall explore a variety of things we can see, hear, touch, smell, taste as well as moving in a variety of ways.
Cookery this term explores bread and dough making and the children will learn to mix the ingredients together and to knead the dough. Hopefully they will then be happy to taste a little of what they have made.
We will be trying to teach the children to label their feelings using symbols, makaton and some physical demonstration of their emotion eg stamping their feet for angry and clapping hands for happy. In addition to this we shall be teaching the children to recognise their name using a variety of exciting and interesting activities.
We shall also be working very closely with the children to help them use PECS for the vast majority of the day, but we shall also be using Makaton to help with their understanding. We shall continue to send home pictures of the makaton signs we are learning in the home school books to use at home. If you would like any PECS symbols or schedule symbols to use at home, please make a list of them in the book and we shall get to them as soon as possible.
We are looking forward to another year of learning and development.


camping | i love my burg.
Some debts are simply too large to repay. Sometimes, "thank you" falls impossibly short. Sometimes, a person's influence, impact, and value are too large to accurately measure.
By now you've likely heard the news: our beloved Eddie Bumbaugh, the 12-year Executive Director of the Harrisonburg Downtown Renaissance, will retire from the position as 2015 draws to a close. However, and thankfully for all of us, from the sounds of it, he's not retiring all the way. In hopes of getting all the juicy details, Brandy and I decided to take his wife, Jane, and him out for dinner recently.
Alas, even after a belly full of delicious Food Bar Food dinner and a cocktail, he wouldn't expound specifically on his next step, stating only that he'll "remain involved in the Harrisonburg community." Brandy and I, happy to simply be breathing again, decided to be satisfied with this answer and just enjoy our evening with them.
I did come prepared with a few additional questions. When I asked Eddie what he'll miss the most about HDR, he replied immediately with "the staff." He delivered several heart-warming compliments about his co-workers (not his underlings or subordinates or minions, but his co-workers) and their commitment and passion and enthusiasm that have made reporting to work each day joyful. He also revealed a real fondness for the excitement of new ideas and the planning of events – indeed, his eyes twinkled a bit when he spoke of these things.
He counts the Alpine Loop Gran Fondo, a 100+ mile bicycle group ride, race, and festival that runs through and around the Burg, among his favorite Harrisonburg events because it allows him to experience our community through the eyes of people who aren't from here. The race draws cyclists from all over the United States – many have never seen, Eddie says, "Old Order Mennonites or our beautiful skyline." He likes the event because he likes to meet new people, and he likes anything that will encourage people to visit the Friendly City. Oh, and he likes to bicycle, too.
From there, most of our dinner conversation centered around travel and nature. You may or may not have known that Eddie is an avid cyclist and runner, a lot of which he does right here in the Shenandoah Valley because of its natural eye candy. He and Jane have hiked a hefty portion of the Appalachian Trail. The four of us had a lot of fun sharing hiking and road trip stories. Jane, too, is quite adventurous.
Jane took a trip to Iceland with a bunch of seventh-graders, prompting Brandy and me to shout things like, "What?!" "Are you crazy??" "Are you OKAY??" at her. They were there about a week, which seemed to me to be a very short amount of time to visit a foreign country, given all the travel time involved. But guess what? It's only like a five-hour flight! Anyway, what an amazing experience for those youngsters!! Thank goodness for people like Jane! So brave and generous, even though she will tell you it's not all that hard and anyone can do it. These two seem to be a match made in heaven with their incredible kindness, their willingness to try new and even risky ventures, and their ability to listen and compromise. Even in our relatively short conversation with the couple, Brandy and I could see those traits, shining clear as the candles on the table.
So now I'm finally getting to what I've wanted to do since I heard the news about Eddie's impending departure: say Thank You.
Harrisonburg and its citizens will never be able to repay you for the transformation that occurred under your leadership. I remember Harrisonburg twelve years ago, before you took the job. I remember seeing Dokken at a downtown establishment that was trying, really trying, to get on its feet. I remember when the Dodger, Joker's, and The Little Grill were the only nightlife downtown, and no one walked to those places, at least not leisurely. I remember it felt like a lost cause. Thank you for ignoring all those who told you that the armpit of the city would never be the heart. They told you, "Don't bother getting involved. We've tried it before. It'll just be a waste of time, a disappointment." Thank you for being the type of person to take those comments as a challenge. Thank you for also being the kind of person to listen, to contemplate and reflect, to consider the opinions and needs of others, and to bring everyone together with open communication and constructive conversations.
The evidence of your hard work shines for all to see now, twelve years later. Today when I go downtown, the streets are lit up. Delicious aromas waft out of dozens of restaurants. I can hear live music around every corner. There's a good beer waiting for me about every five steps. And I am perfectly comfortable letting my kids wander around on their own – watching the ducks behind Clementine and SBC, walking to the library for new books, swinging into Bella Gelato for a treat, buying blueberries at the Farmers Market, and finding old Mom reading a book at Pale Fire when they're all done with their adventure. :) Thank you for making my city safe for my children. If it weren't, we would have left long ago.
I don't know what's harder when taking a new job: inheriting a mess that you have to clean up, or inheriting something beautiful that you have to maintain and somehow improve upon. We know your successor cannot replace you, and we would not expect that. I imagine we'll all expect more good things, because that's what you've shown us. But we do not expect the accomplishment of "more good things" to happen in a vacuum. Those of us who live, work, and enjoy our downtown know that community growth happens through community involvement. We'll stay involved, we'll support local businesses, we'll remember all that you've done to get us to this place, and we won't let you down. We might not be able to pay you back, but we'll pay it forward. We promise.
Cheers to you! Wishing you and Jane all the best, all the time! And don't be a stranger.
All of Us. The Whole Dang Town.


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Playing Tackle Football Before Age 12 Increases Depression & Behavioral Issues
Published on: October 2, 2017 | Levin & Perconti
The New York Times has reported that a physician-led study at Boston University found that playing full contact football before age 12 leads to a 3 times greater risk of depression and a 2 times higher risk of behavioral problems and diminished executive function in the brain. The study followed 214 former football players with an average of 51 years old. Of the participants, 43 played throughout high school, 103 played throughout college, and 68 went on to play in the NFL.
A similar study at Wake Forest University found that playing just one season between the ages of 8-13 years old was enough to reduce brain function. Why is the age of 12 considered a magic number? Experts know that between the ages of 10-12, a child's brain goes through rapid development and growth and that head trauma, such as hits during tackle football, can cause irreparable damage to the brain.
A prior Boston University study, conducted on the brains of 111 NFL players, also found that playing contact football before age 12 increased the risk of behavioral issues and depression. That same study found only 1 brain that did not have CTE, chronic traumatic encephalopathy, the formal name for the brain disease that afflicts those who have sustained repeated head injuries.
Changing the Rules of the Game
The NY Times article notes that the number of football players between ages 6-12 has gone down 20% since 2009. For unknown reasons, the number went up slightly in 2015, but the overall total of football players is still decreasing.
As parents, coaches, and players become increasingly aware of the dangers of playing the sport, programs from youth football to collegiate divisions to major football leagues are beginning to change the rules of the game in order to minimize hits and tackles. According to the Times, Ivy League colleges and the Canadian Football Leagues have both recently banned tackling during regular season practices. Pop Warner, which describes itself as 'the largest and oldest youth football & cheer & dance program in the world,' also changed rules, banning kickoffs during games. Kickoff returns cause nearly 1/4 of all concussions in football.
The recent increased scrutiny has also led to more rigorous testing of the safety of football helmets. The Today show's Jeff Rossen reported that studies on football helmets have only measured linear force, or the movement of the head from front to back. It turns out that the ability of the head to move from side to side or in a swivel movement is the largest cause behind concussions, and a helmet's ability to reduce that force and movement would cut down on the number of head injuries. Beginning in November 2018, all new helmets must pass stricter testing that specifically measures their ability to restrict rotational movement and force. It's unclear whether rules will be passed that require football programs to replace old helmets.
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Tangedco Technical Assistant Electrical And Electronics.
Study Materials & Objective Type Question and Answers.
100 POSTS OF JUNIOR ASSISTANT (ADMIN) – DIRECT RECRUITMENT 2015-2018 SELECTION CUT-OFF MARKS.
Eigenvalues and eigenvectors – Reduction of quadratic form to canonical form.
coefficients – Simultaneous first order linear equations with constant coefficients.
of linear higher order PDE with constant coefficients.
Divergence, Curl and Laplacian – Green's, Gauss divergence and Stroke's theorem.
transform – Solution of difference equations using Z– transform.
Continuous distribution – Moments – Moment generating function and their properties.
Two-Dimensional Random Variables – Covariance – Correlation and Regression.
Couples – Displacement, velocity and Acceleration – Friction – Moment of Inertia.
Equation of state – Heat and Work.
Interference Fringes – Planck's quantum theory – Laser and Fibre Optics.
Semi conductor materials – Ceramic and Super conductor materials.
– Transformers – Synchronous machines – Instrumentation.
defined function – C program.
– Spectroscopy – Fuels and Combustion.
indeterminate structures (Slope deflection and Moment Distribution) – Matrix Method.
Structures. Plastic Analysis of Structures.
Methods – Losses – Deflection – Design.
Members – Beams, Column Bases – Plate Girders and Trusses.
retaining walls – stability analysis of retaining wall.
Design of flexible and rigid pavements. Drainage of roads, maintenance of roads.
channels. Rapidly varied flows. Turbines and pumps and positive displacement pumps.
measurements. Abstractions. Runoff estimation. Hydrograph analysis. Unit Hydrograph.
Hydrologic extremes floods and droughts. Rainwater harvesting. Properties of aquifer.
Groundwater development. GEC norms. Well hydraulics. Steady and unsteady flows.
water requirements. Irrigation scheduling and methods. Duty, delta and base period.
Irrigation water quality. Irrigation water management. Participatory approach.
treatment of sewage, sludge disposal, sewage disposal.
meteorology, air pollution control, air quality standards and limits.
measurement of noise and control of noise pollution.
Mechanisms, Gears and Gear Trains, Friction, Force Analysis, Balancing and Vibration.
Gears, Design of Gear Boxes, Design of Cam, Clutches and Brakes.
Conditioning, Boilers, Cogeneration and Waste Heat Recovery.
fractional horse power motors; permanent magnet and stepper motors.
speed dc and ac drives.
Chebyshev filter design-IIR & FIR filter design and Realisation.
Sinusoidal steady state analysis, Transient and resonance in RLC circuits.
amplifiers, Power supplies, Feed back amplifiers, Oscillators, Pulse shaping circuits.
Digital Electronics: Logic gates, Combinational circuits, Sequential circuits.
regulators, A/D and D/A converters.
8086 architectures and interfaces, Micro-controller and applications.
Transmission line equations, impedance matching, Filters.
EM waves and waveguides: Guided waves, Rectangular and cylindrical waveguides.
Antennas and Propagation: Aperture antennas, arrays, Propagation of radio waves.
Quantisation, PCM, DM, ADM, Multiplexing.
Network interconnection. Message routing technologies, End-End protocols.
Optical Communication: Optical Fibers, optical transmitters and receivers.
Laplace transform, Discrete time signals and systems-DTFT, DFT, Z-Transform.
Slideways, Spindles and spindle supports, Machine Tool Dynamics.
Matrix Composites, Ceramics Matrix Composites, Advances in Polymers & Composites.
Layout, Design and Development of Dies.
standard deviation, Random variables, Poisson, Normal and Binomial distributions.
Estimation of Material and Labour Costs, Estimation of Operational Cost.
measures, IT in supply Chain.
of Programming Languages – Programming Paradigms.
Distributed File Systems, Distributed Object Based Systems.
and Priority Queues, Sorting, Graph, Heap Search.
Algorithms, Advanced Algorithms, NP Completeness and Approximation Algorithms.
ix) Digital Signal Processing : FFT, Filter Design.
x) Computer Networks : Data Communication Systems, Applications.
Relational Databases, Data Mining and Data Warehousing.
Function Point Models, Software Configuration Management, Software Maintenance.
circuits, time, phase and frequency measurements, digital voltmeter, digital multi-meter.
iii)Digital Electronics : Combinational logic circuits, minimization of Boolean functions.
Chromatography, NMR & X-ray Spectroscopy.
Communication and Internet of Things.


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FSU football dominates with 31-14 victory over St. John Fisher
Leighah Beausoleil/THE GATEPOST
By Danielle Achin
The Framingham State football team secured their first victory of the season in the home opener against St. John Fisher University on Sept. 10.
Despite the Cardinals' previous victory in an intimidating 62-21 blowout against Buffalo State, the Rams charged the field with determination to win on their home turf.
First quarter opened up with a pair of touchdowns for St. John Fisher putting them up 14-0, but their luck would soon run out.
With less than a minute in the first, wide receiver Manny Lara connected with quarterback Nicholas Goffredo for a 29-yard touchdown for the Rams.
In the second, FSU managed to tack on the single touchdown of the quarter and tie the game 14-14 with a three-yard run from quarterback Noah Leonard.
After a scoreless third quarter, Goffredo opened the fourth with another completed pass to wide receiver Nick Gordon for the touchdown.
Despite the touchdown being revoked due to an unsportsmanlike penalty against FSU, Rams kicker Matthew Farley converted a 22-yard field goal, giving the Rams a 17-14 lead.
With just over eight minutes on the clock, linebacker Dylan DeWolfe recovered a fumble and returned it 43 yards until he was pushed out at the 12 yard line.
This ultimately set the Rams up for another scoring opportunity.
A touchdown run from running back Devaun Ford and another completed kick from Farley left the Cardinals trailing behind 24-14.
With just over two minutes in the game and the Cardinals a few yards shy of the endzone, defensive end Gerell Boyce intercepted St. John's pass and returned it 20 yards.
At the 1:50 mark, defensive back Luis Sulham completed the three yard run, pushing the lead to 31-14.
The Cardinals managed to add to their score in the last minute of the game, but the game would conclude with the Rams victorious by a 31-20 score.
The home-opener victory proved not only to the other opponents but the Rams as well what can happen when players are in sync with one another.
Lara complimented his team for coming together when they needed to most.
"We did leave a lot of points out there, but the defense came in and did what they had to do," he said. "Offense came in as well and we played as a team. We did what we had to do."
Lara said there is a lot of improvement needed on both sides, such as continuing to work as a team and cutting down on penalties, but the team is more than ready to progress.
Captain Cully Curran praised his team for coming back from a slow start and answering with aggression and determination rather than letting defeat set in by the first quarter.
"I really liked the way we responded - it's a great way to respond as a team and it builds confidence going forward," he said.
Curran said as long as his team comes out "firing on all sides" from the start, they should have no problems moving forward with the league.
The Rams look to capitalize on their victory when they will be traveling to UMass Dartmouth facing off against the Corsairs on Sept. 24
UMass Dartmouth
Women's basketball falls short to Salem State comeback
Men's basketball drops conference matchup to Salem State
FSU women's basketball soars past Curry 74-56


Back when I thought knitting might be a fad for me, I was very conscious of each project I made. If I quit knitting tomorrow, I wanted to make sure I had an awesome collection of items to show for all the time I was "wasting" with my needles.
When I wanted to tackle Intarsia, I decided to tackle the Dark Lord himself. Darth Vader! My son was a bit obsessed, I was reliving my memories of the Star Wars franchise and I was determined to make things my Grandmother would never think to make (Love ya Great Gram!) so I found photos of Darth Vader, and made my own pattern (for more details on how I do this see: Ninjago Lunch Bag Challenge.
I decided to make Darth Vader into a pillow and although the chart I created used 39 stitches, I cast on 59 to account for the edges. I then knit 10 rows of black before starting my chart. To make the back, I knit a black square 59 stitches wide and 72 rows high to match the size of the front. Then I found a pillow form at my local craft store that fit. You could also tear apart an old pillow and use the stuffing if you can't find a pillow form that matches your finished size exactly.
You can turn Darth Vader into anything you'd like by using The Force (of math). He could be a Lunch Bag like my Ninjago guy, a sweater, basically anything that has an extra 39 stitches x 52 rows that could use a little bit of the Dark Side.
Feel free to use and share this Chart. I've included a few details to help you make your math work.
Directions: Cast on 39 (plus edge stitches depending on required size) Center and work the chart from the bottom to the top using color suggested for each block.
Wollmeise Spring Sale – Knit Wits on location.


Historic charm with all of the modern amenities! Full renovation on this all brick two story including brand new windows - new roofing - new kitchen with quartz countertops and stainless steel appliances w/gas range - all refinished heart pine hardwood floors throughout - 10 ft ceilings - first floor laundry room - new hot water heater - newer furnace and air conditioner - new privacy fenced rear yard - custom self watering window boxes - custom lighting - full leaded glass front door - off street parking! Only minutes to downtown Cincinnati and all river cities.


Eat real, fresh food, not processed food, as the latter is more often than not filled with unhealthy things such as high-fructose corn syrup, high amounts of salt, and a variety of heart-clogging oils.
Eat normal sized, nutritious meals at Sahoor and Iftar.
Avoid foods high in fat, salt and sugar.
Choose a diet rich in fruit, vegetables, beans, lentils, rice and grains.
Drink an abundance of fluids and stay away from caffeinated beverages like coffee, tea, energy drinks and cola.
Break the fast with a healthy snack like dates, which provide a nutritious rush of natural sugar.
Save sweets and sugary foods for Eid ul Fitr to avoid any sugar crashes. If you must have something sweet, use real honey or natural raw cane sugar in your recipes.
Hydrate your body by making juices out of fruits and soups out of vegetables in order to provide your body with the additional water it needs.
Sip on water throughout the evening. Aim for eight glasses by bedtime.
Don't skip Suhoor, even though an extra hour in bed can seem appealing. Breakfast, as they say, is the most important meal of the day, and during Ramadan it becomes even more important!
Your diet during Ramadan should not differ significantly from your normal healthy balanced diet, which should be followed all year round. Your eating patterns (times) may be very different to normal, but it should contain food from all the major food groups. And if you are not currently happy with your diet, the month of Ramadan is a great opportunity to focus on bringing back a balanced and healthy lifestyle by enjoying good, nutrient-rich food that provides the energy necessary for the priorities of daily life.


"Available to help and put me on the right track, they must have the patience of saints"
Whilst having one of those defining "That's it, I've had enough" moments after spending the best part of 15 years in the military, I started exploring the different routes into teaching, a direct result of finding different ways to inspire my own children to enjoy learning. With no further or higher education qualifications or recent educational experiences behind me, I came across DistanceLearningCentre.com and quickly started a Level 3 Access to High Education Diploma in Primary Teaching with Science; but not before completing Maths, English and Biology GCSE Equivalents.
I was required to undertake a placement at my local primary school, helping to achieve and develop practical skills, which confirmed my decision to move towards a rewarding career change.
Straight from the off, the course was intense, whilst juggling the deployable demands of a military career as well as a wife and two children aged 3 and 7, I set myself some hard targets, smashing out an assignment every two weeks. Don`t get me wrong, this is achievable, but you need to be disciplined, strong willed and dedicated, even when frustratingly sat in the middle of some random exercise with no internet connection or phone signal for days and weeks on end.
May I be given the opportunity to say a BIG thank you to all the DistanceLearningCentre.com staff, especially my very patient tutors who have made my next step studying at university with the end goal of becoming an inspirational teacher possible.
After years of contemplating whether or not to pursue a career in Midwifery I started to look into the options of how I could meet the entry requirements. When I came across DistanceLearningCentre.com I knew this was it. The flexibility of the program enabled me to combine work, kids and my study. This way I didn't have to make any sacrifice before actually securing a place at University.
Nevertheless I was quite concerned about taking the access course, as I had not studied in over ten years. Moreover, I thought that being Dutch and lacking native English writing skills would prevent me from achieving the very much-needed distinctions.
Starting with DistanceLearningCentre.com after being out of the educational system for 35 years was daunting, but all my assigned tutors were brilliant, if I had any problems there were readily available to help and put me on the right track, they must have the patience of saints.
It was a really massive decision for me to embark on an Access to HE course, I really didn't think I would be able to do it. I work two administration jobs in the NHS, I have two children who have their own commitments and I don't have any friends or family who live close by for support. I got married at 16 and had my children young and it was always a dream to go to university, although I genuinely thought it was an unrealistic one.
I stumbled by accident across DistanceLearningCentre.com when I was trying to find some local Access Courses that I could do in an evening, the only one I found was on days that I worked and about a 30 minute drive from where I work to the college. Quitting my jobs wasn't really an option either as we have a mortgage and other financial commitments. I bit the bullet after a difficult few months and just thought 'It's now or never'! Starting my Access to Social Work course is one of the best things I ever did. I loved the course content, although the Psychology, mainly the research, is quite hard going, it's not a walk in the park. The UCAS support I got from DistanceLearningCentre.com was absolutely invaluable too, I feel like I got as much support as I would of done had I been attending a full time college.
I really wanted to enhance my qualifications in order to attend university to become a Paramedic and DistanceLearningCentre.com was the perfect option for me. The structure of the Access Diploma meant that I could manage my own time while studying and the tutors were on-hand to answer any questions and support me through the process.


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Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
This beautifully written, heartfelt memoir touched a nerve among both readers and reviewers. Elizabeth Gilbert tells how she made the difficult choice to leave behind all the trappings of modern American success (marriage, house in the country, career) and find, instead, what she truly wanted from life. Setting out for a year to study three different aspects of her nature amid three different cultures, Gilbert explored the art of pleasure in Italy and the art of devotion in India, and then a balance between the two on the Indonesian island of Bali. By turns rapturous and rueful, this wise and funny author (whom Booklist calls "Anne Lamott's hip, yoga- practicing, footloose younger sister") is poised to garner yet more adoring fans.
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Joseph Smith Death, Net Worth, House, Wife, Books, Bio
Name Joseph Smith
Date of Birth December 23, 1805
Place of Birth Vermont
Joseph Smith was born on December 23, 1805 in Vermont. He died on Jun 27, 1844 (age 38). American religious figure who is credited with the translation of the Book of Mormon as well as founding the Latter Day Saint movement.
After establishing settlements of followers of the Latter Day Saint faith in Kirtland, Ohio, and Independence, Missouri, Joseph went on to found Nauvoo, Illinois, which became the city's political and religious epicentre. He claimed that he had visions while he was living in upstate New York that lead him to a set of gold plates that contained messages from God. He found the plates while he was residing there. He was the eleventh kid out of a total of twelve that he and his wife Emma Smith produced. He was born in Vermont to Lucy and Joseph Smith, Sr. Polygamy, coupled with his suppression of a press that was critical of his lifestyle, eventually led to his arrest, which was followed by his assassination at the hands of an angry mob. He was a polygamist in his adulthood. This practise, coupled with his suppression of a press that was critical of his lifestyle.
Joseph Smith was an American religious leader and founder of the Latter Day Saint movement. Smith's net worth is estimated to be around $30 million. He is considered to be one of the most influential religious figures in American history.
Joseph Smith's house is a large, white house located in Nauvoo, Illinois. The house was built in 1843 and was the home of Joseph Smith, the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, and his family. The house is now a museum and is open to the public.
Joseph Smith is the author of many books, including the Book of Mormon, the Pearl of Great Price, and the Doctrine and Covenants. He was also a prophet and the founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. His books are revered by Mormons and provide insight into the religion.
Emma Hale Smith was born in New York in 1804. She met Joseph Smith in 1825 and they were married in 1827. Emma was a strong and faithful wife to Joseph. She was also a great help to him in his work as a prophet. Emma was very active in the early days of the Church. She helped to organize the Relief Society and served as its first president. Emma also helped to establish the Church's system of polygamy. She was a loving mother to her children and was a great example to all who knew her.


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Епархия Кутанса (– Авранша) (, ) — епархия в составе митрополии Руана Римско-католической церкви во Франции. В настоящее время кафедра епархии вакантна. Почётный епископ — Жак-Луи-Мари-Жозеф Фие.

Клир епархии включает 255 священников (252 епархиальных и 3 монашествующих священников), 33 диакона, 12 монахов, 300 монахинь.

Адрес епархии: 6-8 rue du Pertuis Trouard, B.P. 129, 50201 Coutances CEDEX, France.

Территория
В юрисдикцию епархии входит 63 прихода в департаменте Манш во Франции.

Все приходы объединены в 3 архидьяконата и 15 деканатов.

Кафедра епископа находится в городе Кутанс в церкви Нотр Дам де Кутанс. В городе Авранш  находился бывший собор Святого Андрея, разрушенный в 1794 году.

История
Кафедра Кутанса была основана в V веке. Первым известным по имени епископом Кутанса является святой Эрептиоль. Список епископов первого тысячелетия не полон. Имена архиереев, занимавших кафедру до VIII века указаны в единственном источнике – регистрах кафедральной церкви.

После вторжения норманнов в 911 году, епископ Тьерри перенес епископскую резиденцию в Руан. В 1025 году епископ Эрбер переехал из Руана в Сен-Ло и, наконец, во второй половине XI века епископ Жоффруа де Монбрэ вернулся в Кутанс, где в 1056 году начал строительство собора.

В средние века епископам Кутанса была дарована привилегия носить паллий, который, как правило, носили архиепископы-митрополиты. В 1978 году Папа Павел VI лишил их этой привилегии.

В 1510 году последним епископом, избранным капитулом, стал Адриен Гуффье де Буасси. Затем, право поставления епископов Кутанса перешло к королям Франции и Святому Престолу.

В 1562 году гугеноты захватили город Кутанс, откуда были изгнаны католиками в 1575 году.

В 1569 году юрисдикция епископов  Кутанса распространилась и на Нормандские острова.

В XVII веке собор Нотр Дам де Кутанс стал первой церковью в мире, в которой был установлен алтарь, посвященный Святейшему Сердцу Иисуса. Инициатором установления алтаря был святой Иоанн Эд.

После конкордата 1801 года буллой Qui Christi Domini Папы Пия VII от 29 ноября 1801 года в состав епархии Кутанса вошла территория упраздненной епархии Авранша.

12 июля 1854 года епископам Кутанса было позволено носить также титул епископов Авранша.

В 1995 и 2005 годах было утверждено новое административное деление епархии.

Ординарии епархии
 святой  (430 – 460);
 святой Экзуперат (473 – 500);
 святой Леонтиан (500 – 512);
 святой Поссессор (512 – 09.01.523);
 святой   (525 – 565);
 святой  (566 – 586);
 святой Урсин (VI век);
 святой Ульфоберт (600 – 610);
 святой Лупицин (610 – 640);
 Неп (VII век);
 святой Карибон (640 – 650);
 святой Вальдомар (650 – 660);
 святой Ульдерик (660 – 674);
 святой  (677 – 690);
 святой Вильберт (Альдеберт) (693);
 святой  (VII/VIII век);
 Ливин (VIII век);
 Вильфрид (VIII век);
 Иисус (VIII век);
 Лев (VIII век);
 Ангулон (VIII век);
 Губерт (VIII/IX век);
 Виллард (820 – 840);
 Эрлоин (840 – 862);
 Сигенанд (862 – 880);
 Лист (880 – 886);
 Рагенард (886 – 890);
 Эрлебольд (упоминается в 906);
 Агеберт (X век);
 Теодорик (911);
 Герберт (X век);
 святой Альгеронд (X век);
 Гиллеберт (X век);
 Юг I (989 – 1025);
 Эрбер (1025 – 1026) – назначен епископом Лизье;
 Робер (1026 – 1048);
 Жоффруа де Монбре (1049 – 02.02.1093);
 Рауль (1093 – 1110);
 Роже (1114 – 1123);
 Ришар де Бри (1124 – 1131);
 Альгар (1132 – 07.11.1150);
 Ришар де Боон (1151 – 1179);
 Гильом де Турнебю (1183 – 1202);
 Вивьен де л'Этанг (1202 – 15.02.1208);
 Юг II де Морвиль (1208 – 27.10.1238);
 Неизвестный по имени (30.04.1244 - 1244/1245) – бенедиктинец;
 Жильон (22.02.1245 – 1246);
 Жиль де Кан (1246 – 01.12.1248) – доминиканец;
 Жан д'Эссе (1251 – 31.10.1274);
 Sede vacante (1274 – 1282);
 Эсташ Ле Корделье (1282 – 07.08.1291) – францисканец;
 Робер де Аркур (1291 – 07.03.1315);
 Гильом де Тьёвиль (1315 – 31.10.1345);
 Луи Эрпен д'Эркери (09.01.1346 – 1370);
 Сильвестр де Ла Сервель (24.03.1371 – 03.09.1386);
 Николя де Толон (05.10.1386 – 26.08.1387) – назначен епископом Отена;
 Гильом де Кревкёр (26.08.1387 – 20.04.1408);
 Жиль де Шам (02.10.1409 – 05.03.1413);
 Жан де Марль (02.04.1414 – 12.06.1418);
 Пандольфо Малатеста (07.10.1418 – 10.05.1424) – назначен архиепископом Патрасс;
 Филибер де Монжё (10.05.1424 – 20.06.1439);
 Жиль де Дюремор (1439 – 29.07.1444);
 Джованни Кастильоне (02.09.1444 – 03.10.1453) – назначен епископом Павии;
 Ришар Оливье де Лонгей (03.10.1453 – 19.08.1470);
 Николя Маффе (Николо Маффеи) (1470);
 Бенуа де Монферран (1470 – 15.07.1476) – назначен епископом Лозанны;
 Джулиано делла Ровере (15.07.1476 – 03.12.1477) –  назначен епископом Вивье, после избран Папой под именем Юлия II;
 Галеаццо делла Ровере (03.12.1477 – 03.07.1478 – назначен епископом Ажена;
 Жоффруа Эрбер (03.07.1478 – 01.02.1510);
 Адриен Гуффье де Буасси (15.04.1510 – 06.06.1519) – назначен апостольским администратором Альби;
 Бернардо Довици Биббиена (09.09.1519 – 09.11.1520) – апостольский администратор;
 Рене де Бреш де Ла Тремойль (28.07.1525 – 19.11.1529) – бенедиктинец;
 Филипп де Коссе-Бриссак (09.03.1530 – 24.11.1548) – бенедиктинец;
 Пайен Ле Сюэр д'Эскето (09.01.1549 – 24.12.1551);
 Этьенн Мартель де Баквиль (16.09.1552 – 26.05.1560);
 Артюр де Коссе-Бриссак (02.10.1560 – 07.10.1587);
 Лансело Гуайон де Матиньон (1587 – 1588) – избранный епископ;
 Джон Лесли (16.12.1592 – 31.05.1596);
 Николя де Брируа (15.09.1597 – 22.03.1620);
 Гильом Ле Блан (21.06.1621 – 1621) – избранный епископ;
 Жак де Карбоннель (1621);
 Николя Бургуэн (10.05.1623 – 19.04.1625);
 Леонор I Гуайон де Матиньон (29.03.1632 – 1646);
 Клод Оври (03.12.1646 – 1658);
 Эсташ Ле Клерк де Лессевиль (13.01.1659 – 03.12.1665);
 Шарль-Франсуа де Ломени де Бриенн (12.12.1667 – 07.04.1720);
 Леонор II Гуайон де Матиньон (01.12.1721 – 03.04./29.05.1757);
 Жак Ле Февр дю Кеснуа (18.07.1757 – 09.09.1764);
 Анж-Франсуа де Таларю де Шальмазель (04.02.1765 – 20.03.1798);
 Франсуа Бешерель (1791 – 1802) – антиепископ;
 Sede vacante  (1798 – 1802);
 Клод-Луи Руссо (09.04.1802 – 03.08.1807) – назначен епископом Орлеана;
 Пьер Дюпон де Пурса  (03.08.1807 – 17.09.1835);
 Луи-Жан-Жюльен Рибью де Ла Треонне (06.12.1835 – 1852);
 Жак-Луи Даниэль (09.12.1852 – 04.07.1862);
 Жан-Пьер Бравар (12.08.1862 – 27.11.1875);
 Абель-Анастас Жермен (19.11.1875 – 12.11.1897);
 Жозеф Герар (08.07.1898 – 19.07.1924);
 Теофиль-Мари Лувар (31.10.1924 – 08.04.1950);
 Луи-Жан-Фредерик Гюйо (08.04.1950 – 28.04.1966) – назначен архиепископом Тулузы;
 Жозеф-Гюстав-Франсуа Викар (02.09.1966 – 03.11.1988);
 Жак Луи Жозе Фиэй (22.04.1989 – 02.10.2006);
 Станислас Лаланн (4 апреля 2007 — 31 января 2013), назначен епископом Понтуаза;
 Лоран Ле Бульш (с 5 сентября 2013 года)

Статистика
На сентябрь 2013 года из  человек, проживающих на территории епархии, католиками являлись  человек, что соответствует 81,4 % от общего числа населения епархии.

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| 1950 || 416.000 || 426.238 || 97,6 || 741 || 695 || 46 || 561 ||  || 160 || 2.075 || 668
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| 1969 || 452.000 || 464.406 || 97,3 || 583 || 534 || 49 || 775 ||  || 94 || 1.280 || 317
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| 1980 || 439.000 || 456.700 || 96,1 || 556 || 527 || 29 || 789 ||  || 42 || 920 || 670
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| 1990 || 466.000 || 485.000 || 96,1 || 400 || 380 || 20 || 1.165 || 12 || 35 || 708 || 670
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| 1999 || 447.000 || 502.000 || 89,0 || 301 || 301 ||  || 1.485 || 27 || 15 || 527 || 128
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| 2000 || 449.000 || 505.000 || 88,9 || 300 || 300 ||  || 1.496 || 26 || 15 || 534 || 74
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| 2001 || 400.000 || 479.636 || 83,4 || 300 || 296 || 4 || 1.333 || 28 || 15 || 438 || 75
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| 2002 || 400.000 || 480.000 || 83,3 || 342 || 324 || 18 || 1.169 || 32 || 34 || 412 || 74
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| 2003 || 400.000 || 480.000 || 83,3 || 284 || 269 || 15 || 1.408 || 32 || 29 || 379 || 73
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| 2004 || 400.000 || 480.000 || 83,3 || 261 || 257 || 4 || 1.532 || 31 || 17 || 351 || 71
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| 2006 || 405.000 || 486.000 || 83,3 || 252 || 3 || 255 || 1.588 || 33 || 12 || 300 || 63
|}

Источники
 Annuario Pontificio за 2007 и предыдущие годы на сайте Сatholic-hierarchy.org, страница
 Официальный сайт епархии Кутанса
 Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Leipzig 1931, pp. 542–543
 Konrad Eubel, Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevi, vol. 1 , p. 205; vol. 2 , pp. 134–135; vol. 3 , p. 176; vol. 4 , p. 161; vol. 5, p. 169; vol. 6, p. 179
 Границы епархии Кутанса на сайте gcatholic.org
 Булла Qui Christi Domini, в Bullarii romani continuatio, Том XI, Romae 1845, pp. 245–249

См. также
 Епархия Авранша
 Собор Святого Андрея (Авранш)

Кутанс
Епархия Кутанса

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The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/2003/03/24/cornellians-spend-break-volunteering/)
Cornellians Spend Break Volunteering
By wpengine | March 24, 2003
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While some Cornell students spent their spring breaks sunning themselves in the tropics, others spent their time volunteering. The Cornell Chapter of Habitat for Humanity sent five student-led volunteer groups to building sites in Johns Island, S.C.; Charleston, S.C.; Valdosta, Ga.; Jacksonville, Fla.; and Washington D.C. to participate in the Collegiate Challenge Program.
The Cornell students worked with Americorps volunteers, Habitat for Humanity homeowners, local volunteers, and other collegiate groups as they helped build the Habitat for Humanity homes in every step of the building process, from digging ditches and laying the foundations of the homes to roofing and insulation.
According to the web site for Habitat for Humanity International, the Collegiate Challenge Program began in 1989 and "is one of the country's largest year-round alternative break programs. More than 9,000 high school and college students participated in Collegiate Challenge during Spring Break 2001, while an additional 1,100 students participated during other seasons this past year."
Stephanie Judd '05, the Habitat for Humanity Spring Break coordinator and co-leader of the Charleston Trip, began planning the trips early in the semester. Judd organized two informational meetings in early Feb. for people interested in participating. She also set up a lottery system to determine where students would be placed.
"We basically had everything set by March 1," Judd explained. "After the trips were determined the student leaders of each trip took over from there."
According to Judd, the student leaders needed no prior Habitat volunteer experience, and their responsibilities included communicating with the Collegiate Challenge Team and host affiliate, arranging transportation, and orienting other volunteers with the workings of the project. The cost of the trips varied from $200 to $350 per person, depending on whether the students provided their own transportation or rented vans. Included in the cost was a $90 donation to the Habitat for Humanity local affiliate.
The 13 person Charleston group worked alongside groups from the University of Vermont and the University of Wisconsin in the Rosewood Development of downtown Charleston, a unique Habitat neighborhood designed specifically by the American Institute of Architecture.
Pam Spier '03 participated in the Charleston trip.
"Habitat for Humanity was an amazing experience. I really enjoyed volunteering my time to build houses for a great cause and spending time exploring an unfamiliar city. Killing the University of Vermont group in a Ben and Jerry's Vermonster Contest was also an added bonus," Spier said.
The Charleston group also spent time exploring downtown Charleston with the Cornell students from the Johns Island trip located fifteen minutes away. The 12 person Johns Island trip was led by Habitat for Humanity President Matthew Moake '04.
The Johns Island affiliate, Sea Island Habitat for Humanity celebrated its 25th anniversary on March 15, and the Johns Island group participated in the celebration. Habitat for Humanity President and founder Millard Fuller spoke, along with "numerous homeowners, volunteers, and other people whose lives had been touched and benefited by the actions of Habitat," Moake explained. "I think I speak for the whole group when I say that it was a truly moving experience to see how influential Habitat could be by building safe, quality communities for people to live in."
Deborah Sunter '06 co-led the nine person Jacksonville Beach, Fla. trip along with Ming Ni '06. Before heading to Fla., Sunter participated in one local work trip.
"This trip really gave me a great opportunity to get involved with Habitat at a higher level," Sunter explained. The Jacksonville Beach group worked at four different sites, and their work ranged from building foundations to roofing and installing windows.
The 13 person group that traveled to Valdosta, Ga. stayed in two cabins at a local camp sight and worked at a Habitat for Humanity warehouse building various parts to be used later in the building process, such as walls and doors.
Seth Green '06 participated in the Valdosta trip and enjoyed touring Crescent Mansion in Valdosta during the group's free time.
"This was my first trip to Ga. and my first time on a 20 hour car ride," Green said. "I got a lot of mosquito bites and met a lot of new people. It was a really great experience."
The Washington D.C. trip was led by Craigsky Johnson '04 and geographical coordinator Dan Tischler '03. The group worked on roofing, siding, and according to Matthew Nagowski '05, "applying extremely thick and gloppy glue to drywall" on a two house sight in the south side of Washington D.C. The Washington D.C. trip was also fortunate to have a delicious dinner of lasagna provided by the generous Cornell Club of Washington D.C.
This was the first Habitat for Humanity trip for Nagowski. "One of the great things about doing a spring break trip for Habitat is you can have all of the fun and excitement that students have on a 'traditional' spring break trip while also helping to address the social difficulties of our nation — a perfectly Cornellian mix of pleasure, work, and social responsibility," Nagowski said.
The group received a warm welcome from the Americorps team working at the sight and developed an intimate relationship with the team by the end of the week. Dan P. Moore, a Cincinnati native and Americorps volunteer, explained that "working with the Cornell kids was like eating a Tootsie Roll. They are hard as rock on the outside, but once you get to the middle they're all sweet and pleasant."
William and Mary graduate Andy Dietrich '02, also an Americorps volunteer, added that the Cornell group "arrived as amateurs and left us as professionals. I'm so proud."
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Polo Teams Dominate In Eastern Regionals
By wpengine March 25, 2003
The Red riders have once again shown their dominance in the field. This past week in the Eastern Regional tournament both men's and women's polo scored two victories to continue on the road to the national championships. The women began by slaughtering Skidmore 32-4. The Red was the expected winner, having already defeated Skidmore handily at the beginning of the season. Head Coach David Eldredge '81 took advantage of the match-up to play seven riders on the team. The sound victory gave the women confidence for their game against UConn. While the women experienced some difficulty finding the goal, Eldredge described the outset of the next match as complete dominance. "We felt confident going into the game," said Eldredge, "and absolutely dominated in the first chukker but only came out ahead 3-2. UConn has young but good riders and [they] stuck with us well." UConn's luck did not prevail in the second, however, as the Red jumped ahead on an 8-1 scoring run to put the riders up 11-3 at the half when Eldredge pulled Harriet Antczak to substitute in Molly Buck. Again Cornell continued to increase its lead to finish off with a 19-5 victory. Eldredge also pulled senior Taylor McLean in the last chukker to avoid a repeat of her injury. The two victories put the women in the No. 1 seed for the rest of the tournament. On April 3, the riders will ride against U.C. Davis, who they beat by 10 goals in the Fall. The women then await either Colorado State or UVA. Eldredge could not decisively predict who his squad would face in the finals but noted that Colorado State, while not favorites on paper, might have an edge in the game. The men riders also had a "delightful" weekend in the words of Eldredge. "It was a very tough game for us," said Eldredge of the men's second game. "[Jacob] LeClair and [Senter] Johnson had a lot of trouble and their top player played an unconventional game. We had a lot of trouble pulling away, but ended winning 20-14." The mood going into the Valley Forge game was uncertain. Eldredge expected a win, but after the tight UConn game was unsure of the future. In a rather unexpected turn of events, though, the men turned their play around to crush Valley Forge. "I expected the Valley Forge game to be a close game," said Eldredge, "but was pleasantly surprised that the guys were able to turn around 180 degrees and dominate the game." The men outscored Valley Forge 8-3 in the first chukker and 6-2 in the second, finishing with a crushing 28-11 blowout. According to Eldredge, Johnson and LeClair turned their game around entirely and were able to play at the top of their game, assisted by the consistent play of Jeff Markle. "We put together four strong chukkers and blew the doors off Valley Forge," said Eldredge. "They were surprised, coming in confident after the UConn game, but we came out strong and they tried to stay with us but lost their momentum after the half."Archived article by Josh Dormont
Weekend Sports Poops and Props
This past weekend was one of the best for Cornell sports in the three years that I've been here. And on top of that list, of course, is the work that the hockey team put in at Albany. So in the space below, I give credit where it is due, and rip those who deserve ripping. Props Big props go out to the men's hockey team. The Red capped off a magical ECAC season by capturing the postseason tournament with a heart-stopping 3-2 comeback win. I was about to toss my cookies when Harvard's Tyler Kolarik gave the Crimson the late lead. And the replays of Kolarik's championship-winning double-overtime goal on the big screen made my stomach churn even more. But Mark McRae — who became my favorite person in the world on Saturday night until Sam Paolini stole that honor about 20 minutes later — made my heart stop with 32 seconds remaining in regulation. And did anyone else see that Paolini's goal was ESPN SportsCenter's Play of the Day on Saturday night? The laser from the faceoff dot beat out plays from all those college basketball games to earn top honors. Oh, and it had this fan cheering… Pa-o-li-ni, clap, clap, clap clap clap. Poops Harvard, of course. The Crimson played well, and had the partisan crowd at Pepsi Arena stunned, but hey, the good guys won in the end. Mark Mazzoleni, Dom Moore, Kolarik, Noah Welch


The culmination of a historic journey in U.S. shipbuilding history ended today with the announcment that General Dynamics NASSCO delivered Isla Bella, the world's first liquefied natural gas (LNG) powered containership, to TOTE Maritime. While TOTE has been making world headlines of late for the recent, tragic loss of its ship El Faro, the technical achievement of this new ship construction program is significant.
The ship was delivered nearly two months ahead of schedule by NASSCO, and it is a part of a two-ship contract signed in December 2012 with TOTE. The 764-ft. Marlin Class containerships will be the largest dry cargo ships powered by LNG, making them the cleanest cargo-carrying ships anywhere in the world. This green ship technology will dramatically decrease emissions and increase fuel efficiency when compared to conventionally-powered ships.
The delivery of this historic ship, also demonstrates successful collaboration between industry and regulatory bodies. TOTE, NASSCO, the American Bureau of Shipping, and the U.S. Coast Guard worked hand-in-hand from the beginning of the project to the delivery of the Isla Bella. This included collaboration during the design approval, construction and commissioning the ship to safely and effectively operate on natural gas. The Jones Act-qualified ships will operate between Jacksonville, Florida, and San Juan, Puerto Rico.


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Q: How to call a function with values returned from other function I have a main function from where I call other functions which are present in my project. In a function getNumberOfShelves I successfully get numberOfBooks and numberOfShelves values(console log works). But when I try to call the next function
createManyShelves(arr, numberOfBooks, numberOfShelves)

with these values I get 'undefined'. How could I fix it?

var numberOfBooks;
var numberOfShelves;
var widthOfOneImage = 100;
var arr = ['1.jpg', '2.jpg', '3.jpg', '4.jpg', '5.jpg']

window.addEventListener("resize", function() {
  mainFunc()
});

function mainFunc() {
  getNumberOfShelves(arr, document.querySelector('.axis').clientWidth, widthOfOneImage);
  createManyShelves(arr, numberOfBooks, numberOfShelves)
}

function getNumberOfShelves(arra, width, imageWidth) {
  var numberOfBooks = (Math.floor(width / widthOfOneImage));
  var numberOfShelves = Math.ceil(arra.length / numberOfBooks);
  console.log(numberOfBooks, numberOfShelves); //work
  return numberOfBooks, numberOfShelves;
}

function createManyShelves(arra, books, shelves) {
  console.log(books, shelves); //doesn't work
}

A: Change the return statement to pass the both values wrapped in object.
function getNumberOfShelves(arra, width, imageWidth) {
  var numberOfBooks = (Math.floor(width / widthOfOneImage));
  var numberOfShelves = Math.ceil(arra.length / numberOfBooks);
  console.log(numberOfBooks, numberOfShelves); //work
  return { numberOfBooks, numberOfShelves };
}

Change mainFunc to capture the return values, So that you can pass to createManyShelves.
function mainFunc() {
  const {numberOfBooks, numberOfShelves} = getNumberOfShelves(arr, document.querySelector('.axis').clientWidth, widthOfOneImage);
  createManyShelves(arr, numberOfBooks, numberOfShelves)
}

Also you dont need the global vars
var numberOfBooks;
var numberOfShelves;

Hope this helps.

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Stephen King is the author of some of the world's scariest books, so it only makes sense that he'd have some of the scariest covers to go with them. But how do you decide which ones are the scariest Stephen King covers?
King has written over 50 novels, and that's not even counting his short story collections and works of nonfiction. Most of his books have come out in multiple editions with different covers over the decades. And then there's the international releases, which often bring a whole different kind of scary to the mix. The Shining alone has nearly 300 editions on Goodreads.
When I began compiling this list of scariest Stephen King covers, I went through every single edition and cover I could find on Goodreads. When I was done I had over 100 contenders. (14 of them just for It. What can I say? Clowns are terrifying?) To make sense of it I divided them into a few different categories to account for all the different kinds of scary they represent.
I also made a few observations about trends in scariness. The '70s and '80s had much scarier covers than today. They also weren't afraid to throw as many scary things on a cover as possible, whereas more recent covers tend to be minimalistic. More recent books tend to have more consistent covers in international editions, especially in the last decade. Asian editions are almost always my personal favorites, with very few of them actually being scary, but instead going for elegant yet unsettling covers. Eastern European covers are horrifying in ways it's hard to describe in words so I'll just let you see for yourselves.
What I personally classified as "scary" for purposes of this list is the kind of image I really don't want to have show up in a nightmare. This may mean it's less classically frightening and more ominous. I am also a little biased having grown up in the '80s where King covers were impossible to miss and some of them stuck in my brain and still haunt me.
From left to right, we have a Japanese edition of Cycle of the Werewolf, the 1987 US edition of IT from New English Library, a Slovakian edition of Night Shift, a Spanish edition of 'Salem's Lot, and the 1978 paperback edition of The Shining.
This was the only IT cover I saved that doesn't feature a clown but is still pretty scary. And of the many covers of The Shining, which had the most interesting selection, this is the one that gives me the shivers the most. I remember walking by this book as a kid and knowing that there was something terrifying inside.
The foreign editions here all bring something drastically different to the table. It's a good mix of scares, from quiet to in-your-face.
If these five covers are too much for you, I recommend leaving now. It only goes downhill from here.
L to R: Chinese edition of Finders Keepers, 2016 edition of IT, 1979 edition of Night Shift, Swedish edition of The Shining, 1986 edition of Skeleton Crew.
This edition of Finders Keepers gets credit for the most effective usage of the written-in-blood image. The IT cover is very similar to several other recent editions, but there's something about the pointy teeth here that makes it one of my favorites of these 2016 reissues. I cannot explain what it is about this Night Shift cover that makes me desperately not want to look at it ever again.
I know that my inclusion of this edition of Skeleton Crew will be controversial, there are actually a huge number of editions of Skeleton Crew with creepy-as-hell covers, and this is where my 80's kid won out. I remember seeing this cover and I remember knowing that this monkey was evil and whenever I saw it I looked away as quickly as I could.
L to R: Polish edition of The Bazaar of Bad Dreams, Finnish edition of Pet Sematary, Turkish edition of Different Seasons, Portuguese edition of Skeleton Crew, Croatian edition of Skeleton Crew.
Some of the most common themes on the scariest Stephen King covers are people in bed, scary animals, and skulls, all of which are represented here. They really show the variety and diversity of scary the foreign editions bring to the table.
L to R: Ukrainian edition of Bazaar of Bad Dreams, Russian edition of Desperation, Turkish edition of Four Past Midnight, Italian edition of Insomnia, Swedish edition of Misery.
I didn't expect amputated fingers to be a theme but here we are. Yet again, the international covers are on their A game and honestly I wish they would take it back a few notches.
I don't think I really need to provide much commentary here.
But honestly, I would be very happy if I never saw that cover of Insomnia again. WTF is that.
L to R: Original edition of Cujo, Swedish edition of IT, Serbian edition of IT, Italian edition of Nightmares & Dreamscapes, Original edition of Pet Sematary.
I feel pretty comfortable with these originals of Cujo and Pet Sematary as the scariest American entries. The Cujo cover gets extra bonus points for being terrifying AND gross AND encompassing the entire plot of the novel quite succinctly.
Scrolling through Pet Sematary covers proved to me that cats are scarier than you think they are, and this one is a very quintessential American King cover: scary letters, scary colors, scary animal.
I stared at a whole bunch of creepy clowns and ended up with these two on opposite ends of the spectrum for IT's scariest entries: one very simple and the other one detailed and grotesque.
That Nightmares & Dreamscapes cover, though. I think I actually said, "Gah!" aloud when I saw it enlarged. That is one creepy creeper, and a bedroom closet is the absolute last place it should be.
The only thing missing from these entries is something under the bed, otherwise I think we have Horror Bingo.
I'm not going to tell you it's a good idea to go out and buy these and put them in your house. I'm not going to tell you nothing bad will happen to you if a bunch of these are on your shelf. I make no promises when it comes to covers this scary.


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R.I.P. DOGHOUSE RILEY.
As Lance Mannion said today, "Weird this internet world we've built. Didn't know Doghouse but feel like we've lost a old colleague with an office just down the hall." After I got over the shock of hearing Doghouse Riley, aka Douglas Case of Indiana, was dead, I suffered an aftershock to realize that I'd not only never met him, but had only read his blog and corresponded with him a few times; his last email was an appeal to help some other blogger who was down on his luck. Yet I felt as if I knew him, because his presence as a writer was so vivid.
It helped that he wrote long. He could be quick and slashing, as he often was in the comments section here. But usually when he got into a subject, he'd stretch out comfortable and give, along with needed details and logical abutments, a sense that he was talking to you, rather than composing some polemic that would wow the wide world. And even if his talk led, as often, to some scorched earth, his was in the main a friendly voice, one you could listen to awhile.
Here's a bit of Doghouse from a few years ago, on a column by David Brooks, who in a just word would be scrawling his received wisdom onto sheets of cardboard in a subway station while Doghouse wrote for the Times. Brooks was as usual telling people how "American culture was built on the notion of bourgeois dignity" and how the lesson of Ben Franklin was that we should all tighten up our assholes and get religious about the Free Market. Doghouse wasn't having Brooks' argument, and he also wasn't having Brooks, nor the whole horrible tradition Brooks represents:
Today it's Ben Franklin: Champion of the Suburbite; we might note right off the bat that the case consists of Brooks declaring it, three-quarters of the way through the piece, and then steadfastly ignoring anything that might qualify as nuance, say, or biography, or evidence. I suppose it's possible Brooks at some point opened Franklin's autobiography, in which the great man comes across as a callow, money-grubbing young printer at a time when running a printing press was the equivalent of owning the rights to a wildly popular video game title today. That's not the Franklin we revere, or at least it's not the one we used to revere before Texas re-wrote the history books.
It's not important, because Brooks has about as much interest in Franklin--even the sort of Franklin who might be invoked the way another hack might put Don Quixote on Wall Street or Hamlet in the Republican caucus--as the Texas legislature has in History. No, we are gathered here today to hear the surprising tale of how Global Capitalism just keeps making the world better for everybody, especially the American Middle Class, which really needs to lighten up on the expectation of being paid more than Mexicans, but should stick with the Hard Work/Don't Ask Questions/Vote for your Betters program which got it this far...
I know I may have said this before, but Th' fuck makes these guys go on about this shit interminably? And why are they so quick to chalk it up to the thoughtful generosity of 19th century English mill owners? The major improvement in the quality of life since 1810 is public health. Sewage disposal. Safe drinking water. Vaccinations. Food inspection. Y'know the entire litany of stuff the Brookses in this country oppose, obstruct, and applaud Ronald Reagan for gutting before turning the remnants over to industry groups to regulate for themselves. The sort of thing they spend half their allotted annual column inches trying to convince the lower classes to elect Republicans to prevent. The sort of thing they expect will be provided for themselves, gratis and regardless, of course.
Mine isn't a partisan argument--although the argument it opposes is--it's an epistemological one. Back in the perfect 50s we didn't teach children that All The Modern Advancements they enjoyed were due to a reasonable rate of return, free from confiscatory taxes. We taught them they were due to Louis Pasteur and Jane Addams, to Helen Keller and Joseph Lister and John Snow and Jonas Salk and Sara Josephine Baker. All of whom, nowadays, would apparently be running hedge funds or operating import/export businesses or social networking sites.
This is not only absolutely right, it's also a pleasure to read. And there never have been that many who could make the bitter truth go down so easy. At least, not so many that we can afford to lose one.
ChrisV82 10:06 PM
I only really knew Doghouse through his comments here and around the blog-o-sphere, plus the occasional time I would read his blog. It is certainly my loss for not following him more closely. However, when I heard of his passing, I couldn't help but think about how much I still miss Jon Swift, and also how I have been negligent in keeping up with the blogs I used to read daily. Roy, stick around for a little while longer. I'm back for more.
deggjr 10:20 PM
I rarely commented on his site because the comments couldn't add to what he wrote and would more likely detract.
Jon Swift and now J.B.S Riley; I hope you're feeling OK Mr. Edroso.
LookWhosInTheFreezer 10:47 PM
Yeah. His rants would often leave me googling old names from the Reagan administration just to try and keep up, but when I did get the references man was he funny. Especially his obliterations of McMegan. Perhaps a best-of thread would be a good tribute. I remember telling a friend about Doghouse and I think i said something like "He's like Charlie Pierce but goes even MORE 'out there.'" I will definitely miss his snark.
I didn't really start reading Jon Swift until after he passed and boy do I regret it. I spent a weekend laughing hilariously at his work even though much of it was a couple years old by then. I sure could have used those laughs during the W administration.
zuzu 10:48 PM
I'm still in shock.
The crime is that Mr. Riley was more erudite and more eloquent than anyone on the NYT's opinion page. A prophet is not without honor etc.
Spaghetti Lee 11:23 PM
It sucks hard. He was way too young to go.
mgmonklewis 11:27 PM
A toast to Doghouse Riley. In the Great Beyond, may he finally (metaphorically) find out who iced Shawn Regan.
My apologies for the tagging snafu. The comment was intended to be a tribute, not an HTML comedy of errors on my part.
AGoodQuestion 11:38 PM
That's not the Franklin we revere, or at least it's not the one we used to revere before Texas re-wrote the history books.
Said as well as anyone could possibly say it. This one hurts. I looked forward to reading Doghouse's words of wisdom - equally warm and acerbic - just about every day.
timb117 11:49 PM
Do any of ou recognize how rare smart voices are HERE in Indiana. He paid attention and wrote well. This Hoosier feels a little more adrift without him
synykyl 12:46 AM
I enjoy reading everyone here at Alicublog, but Doghouse was very special to me. May he rest in peace, and may we all stay healthy and take up the slack as best we can.
Odder 12:53 AM
Damn, that news is so depressing that I'm using it as an excuse for a rare firing-up of the ol' corncob pipe tonight in tribute.
Gern Blanston 12:54 AM
Ye gods. Fellow Hoosier seconding this. This is the first I've heard of it. Have to say, when the Bennett story broke (short version: former GOP superintendent, big supporter of charter schools and "reform," discovered last week to have tried to change the grade of an underperforming charter school created by huge GOP donor), I went to Bats Left/Throws Right and found it odd that he of all people hadn't commented. RIP.
Djur 12:56 AM
What a fucking thing to come home to. What a loss. God damn it.
Gabriel Ratchet 1:05 AM
A real tragedy. I read him regularly and was always impressed with his humor, insight, and ongoing refusal to suffer fools gladly. That imbeciles like Brooks, MacArdle, or Douthat got major media platforms for their blather, while he didn't is one of the major injustices of our fallen age.
I was giddy as a schoolgirl when Doghouse 'liked' one of my comments here. I feel a personal loss in the sense that his blog was one of my main stops, day in and day out, which sounds stupid to me but is nonetheless true, and I will miss terribly his view on, well, pretty much every goddamn thing. His post about the Zimmerman verdict was the best thing I ever read about that travesty: " George Zimmerman is the fucking walking embodiment of America: we've got the gun, and the guy we don't like the looks of is supposed to jump when we say jump. And then, we it all goes wrong, we change the rules, congratulate ourselves on a job well done, and pretend it never happened."
R.I. fuckin' P.
mortimer 1:53 AM
I'm going to miss Doghouse for all the reasons given here and then some: the breadth of his knowledge about history, his lawyerly skill at building perfect arguments, and because, like our genial host, he could also be screamingly funny. Whether tossing off a perfect one-liner to caption a picture of Michael Douglas: "The good news is that we know ass-kissing doesn't cause cancer, else there'd be fewer Americans now than in the 15th century," or a tour de force of pure stand-up on the Bush Museum, his generous wit generated LOLs like it was a public service. Hell, the only way I could get through a David Brooks column was knowing that I might get to read Doghouse shredding it to pieces later -- there's no way I can do it solo now.
But for all that, and his blistering rants on Indiana politics, he came across to me as a guy with a big heart in the right place. I can't find it at the moment, but a few years back he wrote a post (or two) about a student in his wife's school who died for lack of a working heater (IIRC) that was righteous, angry, and terribly moving. Despite having never met Douglas Case or corresponded with him, I feel like I just lost someone who was great to know, which is a sad but marvelous thing on these Internets. I'm glad I got to "know" him.
Thanks, Roy. A fine tribute, and an excellent piece of his to showcase. I linked his stuff a number of times during my C&L stints, and Anne Laurie at Balloon Juice linked him often, but I wish more people had read him. His pieces on Indiana politics and the layers of Mitch Daniels's hackery were especially incisive as well.
MBouffant 4:48 AM
I'm still mad about this.
Y'know, I'm betting that Mitch Daniels breathed a sigh of relief when someone read Doghouse's obituary to him.
HMDK 6:12 AM
The guy was an extraordinary beast. He made local politics universal. He made people like me, from half a world away, informed and engaged, and did it better than any journalist ever could. And what I loved, and still love most, was his lack of pettiness. The man was a mensch.
Barent Wagar 6:56 AM
Sometimes I wonder if the Mayans were right, and the world did end last year, we just didn't notice the transition. What a frickin year...
Goddamnit. All the fuckwits that are still sucking air, and Doghouse dies. Damnit.
I'd be surprised if a smug prick like Daniels even knew who Doghouse Riley was, such is the state of our political journalism these days.
Believe you me, the "Bantam Menace" (sobriquet courtesy of Doghouse) is breathing a sigh of relief. Because it's because of him that I know about the logrolling and backscratching that got the "Bantam Menace" a sinecure at Purdue at the end of his term, instead of a jail sentence (where he belongs).
Doghouse gave me a nice shout-out a couple years back.
I didn't even know he read the Wonkette comment section.
cleter 8:20 AM
Well, now I'm sad. Doghouse was the best.
We got your point and share it, drinking among the orchids.
Pablo 8:33 AM
Nice remembrance. Did you ever do one for Steve Gilliard in 2007?
Yes. RIP. We lose the good ones too young.
ice weasel 9:03 AM
Steve Gilliard, Jon Swift and now Doghouse.
It's fucking really hard to take sometimes.
Godfuckingdammit. One of the best commenters here for years, and that's
saying something. You'd see his name and know there was good stuff
ahead; funny, outraged, always so human, and so spot on. Nevermore.
BigHank53 9:24 AM
Doghouse was a gentleman. I tossed off a one-liner here back in January; he borrowed it and credited me. I'm glad I took the time to thank him.
Don't forget Joe Bageant. More uneven than Doghouse, but the man could summon some righteous fury.
Doghouse RIley, dead at 59, while Dick Cheney continues on after countless heart attacks and a second heart. "Karma" is just wishful thinking.
Kurzleg 9:33 AM
Heard this yesterday. I was surprised by Doghouse's age in a couple ways. 59's way too young to die, IMO, and yet it seemed much too old for someone with such a distinct and youthful writing voice. What was evident about Doghouse's blogging - and what I admired most about it - was that for all the time, effort and talent that went into it, he clearly blogged for the joy of doing it. Would that we likewise find something we enjoy doing that also edifies others. RIP, Doghouse.
M. Krebs 9:33 AM
Jesus. What happened? Does anyone know?
edroso 9:35 AM
And Jim Capozzola.
No. I missed writing on him and Capozzola. Sloth can never be ruled out but I think it was also in part denial. How could they be dead? Alas, it's becoming plain that good-guy bloggers die too.
Uncle Kvetch 9:40 AM
Indeed. "One of Roy's best commenters" is a high bar indeed, and he cleared it every time. Hail and farewell.
DavidInChicago 9:45 AM
I will miss him a lot. He and Roy are the two writers who could consistently make me laugh out loud even as they ignited my righteous fury. RIP, Doghouse.
whetstone 11:05 AM
"Bantam Menace" never ceases to kill me.
Bethany Spencer 11:09 AM
Oh geez, that's fucking tragic. I always enjoyed his comments. How sad.
I'm broken-hearted. I haven't been this sad about a blogger since Steve Gilliard's death, or since Billmon went into retirement. I'm in the journalism industry, where there's a fair amount of hostility towards nom-de-plume pajama-wearing bloggers, and Doghouse was one of the examples I'd use as what's good about blogging: an anonymous guy, whose real name and background I didn't know, who could out-write most of the people who get paid to write.
usually when he got into a subject, he'd stretch out comfortable and
give, along with needed details and logical abutments, a sense that he
was talking to you
This. What a gift for timing and texture. Getting a like in the alicublog comments section from DR was an honor.
chuckling 11:37 AM
Yes, that expresses what I want to say. That, and both the state of Indiana and the internets just got significantly dumber.
catclub 11:50 AM
On a finance note: Tanta. Doris Dungey.
parsec 11:51 AM
They're playing Schumann's 1st symphony on XM right now. I was always amazed how Schumann could achieve his effects, too. I will miss Doghouse.
hellslittlestangel 11:54 AM
Long one of my favorite commenters and bloggers, not least for namechecking Philip Marlowe. RIP.
hellslittlestangel 12:00 PM
Me, I hope he finds out who killed Owen Taylor.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038355/faq#.2.1.3
Fearguth 12:13 PM
I first entered the online world in 1986 and, since then, I have discovered only a handful of truly great writers who (mainly) publish therein. Al Weisel (Jon Swift) was one of them, Douglas Case (Doghouse Riley) was another. Still alive and kicking are Lance Mannion, James Wolcott, Tom Boggioni (TBogg), Charles Pierce, Jon Talton (Rogue Columnist), Driftglass, Scott Clevenger (World O'Crap), and Roy Edroso (Alicublog and Village Voice). If I were forced to rank them, Doghouse Riley would be near---if not at---the top.
skippy 12:56 PM
i'm not familiar with joe or doris's work, but at skippy we have a sidebar category for our fallen compatriots, also including aaron hawkins and melanie mattson
marindenver 1:18 PM
Damn this is sad. I still haven't gotten over Jon Swift. You're taking good care of yourself, Roy, right?
A real tribute to a blogger is when you find yourself missing what they'd have to say about current news. DR on IN politics has been mentioned, and seconded by me. Being perplexed about the NYC mayoral race, I'd love to have Gilliard around to explain it.
And Jon Swift, to see how satire can keep pace with the trajectory of the GOP—it was a constant battle for him, and what impressed was how he managed to stay one step ahead of reality.
Harry Cheddar 1:54 PM
Man, that's depressing. He was brilliant, funny, and an irreplaceable voice on Hoosier politics.
He probably lived less than 10 miles from me. I never met the guy, and would never presume to impose, but somehow felt like I knew him. Funny how the internet can create the illusion of personal contact where there is none. Requiescant in pace Mr. Case.
ice weasel 1:54 PM
A huge loss. Yes, her work was amazing and influential.
montag2 1:58 PM
Ah, well, let's put it this way. If the Great Equalizer ever catches up to Lord Cheney, shit, I hope there's video.
me6310 1:59 PM
It'll be at an undisclosed location, that's how the Dark Lord rolls
Someone needs to start a memorial website where we can immortalize our lost friends and make sure that their writing doesn't disappear.
I'd give anything to hear what Gilliard has to say about the rightwing racist freakout over Obama.
Thanks Skippy.
will_f 2:22 PM
Well damn.
Gentlewoman 2:27 PM
Doghouse Riley was one of the best. I will miss reading his blog and his comments here and elsewhere. "Bantam Menace" still makes me laugh.
Mr. Wonderful 3:27 PM
I know. Come on, God, at least give us one for one. Somewhere Jonah Goldberg literally does think that the fact that he's still alive, and Doghouse is dead, proves that conservatism is correct.
Zencomix 3:34 PM
May he be in heaven a half hour before Dick Cheney knows he's dead.
skippy 3:47 PM
welcome, al. i just today added doug/doghouse to the list. it saddens me that so many great voices, whose logic and wit far exceeded the paid punditry of the chattering classes, have left us.
D. Sidhe 4:02 PM
This one just *hurts*.
Doghouse was a doll. And while he might haunt me for saying that, I kind of hope he does.
redoubt 4:13 PM
Charlie comes back from vacation to say what needs to be said.
Derelict 4:21 PM
And, as was pointed out up-thread in these comments, all the rightwing morons flourish and grow.
So sad. So unfair.
A voice stilled forever while we, the living, grope for meaning.
LookWhosInTheFreezer 4:35 PM
I could live with a thousand Golbergs if the trade was for the "loss" of just one Roberts and Scalia.
Swift was so good at eluding wingnuts' sarcasm-detectors that I wouldn't be surprised if he were cashing paychecks from the National Review by now. Or at least some sort of columnist post at Twitchy.
Tiny Hermaphrodite, Esq 7:01 PM
*coughs* With the possible exception of Krugthulu.
stiv kit 8:36 PM
MikeJ 9:09 PM
The Big Sleep is on TV right now and every five minutes I hear "Doghouse Riley" and have a start.
Haystack 9:24 PM
Yup. Amen to all of this.
Both here and at his blog, the man was formidable. Just heard the news, feeling a little lost now. Damn.
Don't be so glum, chum. I heard on NPR the other morning that it's possible to hack pacemakers, insulin pumps, and the like these days. All we need to do is get Cheney in the same room with a 12 year old computer geek with a social conscience...
Really glad to see this tribute here after hearing about Doghouse elsewhere. He was one of the best.
Ben 2:10 AM
I've never read any other news commentator who had at the same time such righteous fury and such obvious kindness. Maybe the kindness fueled the fury. That he made so much goddamn sense all the time, about decades of politics and all kinds of people, was just kind of a bonus.
The George Saunders of blogging. I've never thought that before but the above combined with the wordplay, it's perfect. I can't even describe how happy and jealous and just in awe I was the first time I read the word "punditaster".
My God. May he be in a better place and his family find peace.
pippinpippin 9:33 AM
I'd been stopping by the Doghouse to see how he would respond to the latest Indiana scandal (the former superintendent fixing the "grades" of a charter school owned by his biggest donor), and couldn't figure out why the Dog wasn't commenting. I'm sorry to learn the reasons. Condolences to his wife and family. His blog, among other things, was one way he showed love for them. I always felt like I knew his "long-suffering wife" from his comments.
D. Potter 10:11 AM
It would be measured, scathing, pungent, and accurate, with deep historical parallels and at least one FTFY.
Hatte 2:52 PM
I was kind of with Brooks until I read this:
American culture was built on the notion of bourgeois dignity.
Yes, my raggedy ass forebears were ever so dignified.
Been absent a while, and I come back to this. It's a goddam tragedy, compounded by the fact that, in a just world, the entire roster of NRO hacks should develop ebola... and they don't. I hope Mr. Doghouse's stuff stays up for a while. I'd like to go back and re-read it. Pace, sir.
Damon Poeter 8:50 AM
What an unwaste of a life spent being mostly always funny and and always mostly right, mostly always more of the time than us eyeballs in the ether ever deserved ... God bless and safe travels, Doghouse
TheSailor 8:50 PM
"I rarely commented on his site because the comments couldn't add to what he wrote and would more likely detract."
I always wondered why he had so few comments, and then I realized I never commented because, like you, what was there to add?
kiptw 1:40 PM
I didn't know. Damn.