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Toys of holidays past: Troll dolls and bikes and ataris, oh my
It's the season for sentimentality, so we're thinking back on the toys we most yearned for
(May van Millingen for The Lily)
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Ah, the holidays. Bring on the good cheer, the proliferation of princess-themed Netflix films, the mulled wine and the family time.
And don't forget a heaping dose of nostalgia.
It's the season for sentimentality, so we're thinking back on the toys we most yearned for during holidays past. We asked Washington Post staffers and The Lily's readers to unwrap those memories. Whether you, too, wished for a Furby or desperately desired a lifelike baby doll, you might spot a toy you recognize on this list.
Responses have been lightly edited for clarity.
Lisa Dubler, 31, Washington, D.C., organizational development consultant at The Washington Post
"As a kid, I collected Polly Pockets. I loved them because it felt to me like being in a small, magical fantasy world. I would name the characters and create stories about each one. While I didn't realize it at the time, playing with Polly Pockets helped me explore my creative storytelling side at a young age and was a special bond that I shared with my younger sister. As a teenager, my family moved across the country, and while I had long since aged out of playing with Polly Pockets, it was the one childhood toy I made sure I held onto."
Linda King, 59, Ohio
"When I was a little girl, troll dolls were all the rage. I wanted one so badly. But the year I wanted it, our dad was very sick with cancer and in the hospital. I wasn't expecting anything that year, but I did receive the troll and cherished him deeply."
Kat Brooks, 32, Washington, D.C., digital designer at The Washington Post
"When the Furby was first released in 1998, I thought it was the coolest toy ever. It could talk to you, you could train it and it was so ugly it was cute. I begged my mom for one, but since it was the 'it' toy of the year that year they were nearly impossible to find, and I gave up hope of getting one. My mom did end up finding some by accidentally being in the right place at the right time, and my brother and I both got one for Christmas. I still remember the shocked disbelief and sheer joy of opening that coveted toy."
Suzanne Lucero, Maryland
"Not a toy, exactly, but in 1968 what I wanted most was a bike. We lived in a rural area and a bike meant I could leave my yard and gain limited freedom riding the two roads surrounding the farm. There weren't many houses, ergo few neighbors — and no kids my age to visit — but I had an imagination. I knew I could pedal those generally deserted roads to anywhere in the world I wanted to go. I was convinced that year that Santa existed because I did, indeed, get my bike, though first I had to learn to ride it."
Gabi Dunkley, 29, Washington, D.C., internal communications specialist at The Washington Post
"His name was Jack Skellington. He was all I wanted for Christmas. He wore a pinstriped tuxedo jacket, reinvented Santa Claus, and recited dark, gorgeously existential poetry about his identity crisis. I was a 6-year-old Caribbean girl growing up in America. I volunteered to portray him in a school play — gender norms be damned. I did not get the part in the musical. I did get his doll for Christmas."
Eileen McGill, 54, New York
"The new toy in 1977 was the first Atari game system, ever. I wanted it and never even said it out loud. I got it! It was amazing. I was the only kid on my street to have an Atari. My dad had been a toy salesman and always knew what the hot item was. I still can't believe I got an Atari. I was truly a first-generation gamer."
Sarah Hashemi, 25, Washington, D.C., video graphics editor at The Washington Post
"My father was the chef and owner of a couple restaurants when I was a kid. I was always drawn to the symphony of the kitchen. The crackling of fatty meat right when it hit the pan, the smell of roasted garlic and baked yeast, the warmth surrounding the oven when a lasagna went in. So, I did my research (flipping through toy catalogs) and found something that could make real, edible food. On my 10th Christmas, Santa brought me an Easy Bake Oven. It's still the only appliance I can cook better with than my father."
Sandra Lee, 56, Manitoba, Canada
"When I was 7, I wanted a microscope. I loved to look at nature and wanted a close-up view. I always received art supplies instead, which in turn helped me become a graphic designer (I taught graphic design later). I bought my kids a microscope for Christmas one year; I ended up being the only one who used it."
Sarah Parnass, 29, Washington, D.C., foreign video editor at The Washington Post
"As a child in the early '90s, I desperately wanted (and got) a Baby Born. Young make-believe moms could feed the doll and even make it pee. Looking back, it had a glassy-eyed, vacant expression that should have been haunting, but I remember feeling such warmth for it. I was the youngest, always the one being taught how to do things or corrected or coddled. This doll uniquely needed me to make things better. I relished that role and dreamed about mothering a real baby someday. It's funny how that dream seemed more tangible then than it does now."
Amy Cavenaile, 27, Washington, D.C., deputy design director at The Washington Post
"As a kid, I was obsessed with basketball (as many young Hoosiers are). For my 10th birthday, I took my closest friends to Mackey Arena where we watched the Purdue women's basketball team play and then went home to play a pick-up game of our own. It's only fitting that my Christmas wish list consisted mostly of cheap accessory items from the basketball section at Claire's. During my preteen years, I would come to spend hours in front of that rotating display wishing I owned all the items. That year for Christmas, my parents gifted me shoelaces with 'I heart basketball' written on them. I loved them. But they never made it on to a pair my shoes, because they were too precious to risk getting dirty."
Lena Felton, 23, Washington, D.C., multiplatform editor at The Lily
"I remember poring over the catalog for hours: the eye colors, the face shapes, the haircuts. It was the process, even more than the eventual doll, that thrilled me. My Twinn allowed you to create your very own mini-me, replete with matching outfits — and the company knew how to build anticipation. It was November when a small white package arrived in the mail for 6-year-old me: Inside were two pairs of tortoise-shell sunglasses, one in my size and the other much smaller. When I finally unwrapped her on Christmas Day, My Twinn had my medium haircut, my chestnut eyes. And we wore those tortoise-shell frames everywhere, together."
Chere, 65, Washington
"I wanted a play kitchen. The commercial kind were expensive, so my mom and dad made one. My dad built a little stove, refrigerator and sink out of plywood, and mom painted it pink. The stovetop included painted coils for burners and empty spools of thread for nobs. With a set of tiny dishes, I was in heaven. Now, when I remember this, I know the effort and creativity it took to make it. Such love."
Samantha Mullett, 26, California
"Snowflakes don't touch San Diego. While most shovel ice, we jump into pools. At 6, I wanted something that would cool off the kids who couldn't hurl snowballs at one another; I also wanted to supply an endless array of sweets. I wanted an ice cream truck. Even though my poster board detailed its long-term investment potential and I was drunk with power at the thought of being behind the wheel, I didn't get a motor vehicle that year. I got a palm-sized ice cream truck to 'encourage my entrepreneurial spirit.' Thanks, Mom."
Natalya Yassinskaya, 37, Washington, D.C., human resources manager at The Washington Post
"I grew up in the Soviet Union, which collapsed in 1991. A few years before the collapse, the Iron Curtain became far more porous, and we started getting products and information from the West. That included commercials for Barbie dolls on TV during the Sunday morning cartoon hour. Compared with the Soviet austerity, these dolls and their accessories, like houses or garments or ponies, looked incredible, almost too good to be true. After the collapse, the economy was shuttered, and all the former Soviet Republics struggled to keep people employed. My mom lost her job, and my dad was not paid for months. One winter we ate mostly potatoes. There is no way my parents could afford a lush toy like that. So, I didn't even ask. But in 1998 I came to the States for the first time as a scholarship-sponsored exchange student in high school. Before Christmas time, my host parents kept asking me what I'd like. It seemed presumptuous to ask for things I actually needed or wanted. So, even though I was already 17, I was deflecting these questions by jokingly asking for a Barbie, the first one in my life. They knew I was joking, and it went on for weeks. On Christmas morning, I received six or seven presents, which in itself was shocking — in our culture you'd get one, maybe two. Among those presents was a gorgeous collectible Barbie on a stand and a tiny baby one on a pony that walked! It was incredibly heartwarming, both because my host parents actually did get me a Barbie and because I was surprisingly moved by getting that doll after all, albeit as a young adult. This is one of my most cherished holiday memories."
Nicole Franz, 32, Illinois
"Like many kids, I wanted Legos more than anything else. The kind of Legos my brothers had — the castle, pirate and Robin Hood sets. I was a very disappointed little girl one Christmas when I opened a tub of Dream Builders, the knock-off pastel 'building set designed for girls.' Every year after that when I asked for Legos on my Christmas list, I added in parentheses afterward 'NOT DREAM BUILDERS' in all caps."
Chelsea Lyn Roden, 25, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
"I always had my sights on a rock polisher. This was partially in the hope of legitimizing my hobby of digging through playground gravel, which I'd do silently, as to not disturb the treasures and artifacts I may uncover. Rock collecting was easy and cheap, like DIY self-care for 7-year-olds; I'd fill my pockets with a neat limestone fossil, a cracked pebble of quartz, a slice of slate, then sneak them into a box on my shelf with my quarter-sized chunk of amethyst. This, the gravel, allowed me to foster one of my first introvert habits — stepping away from a loud game of tag to enjoy a couple precious minutes alone, discovering rough stones and wondering what they were, what they could be."
Faroz, 25, California
"When I was growing up, all I wanted for Christmas was to celebrate Christmas. As a Muslim growing up in the practical heartland, our ignorance of Christmas meant my family stuck out. Our house wasn't decorated, there was no beautifully ornate tree in the window, and our holidays always fell at frustrating times of the school year. I had a hard time joining conversations about visiting family for Christmas and wishing for certain presents from Santa. At this time, I asked for the Mall Madness board game because it seemed like what elegant, more sophisticated white teenagers played. My parents were not willing to celebrate a non-religious Christmas. I did not receive the game. I responded in the most mature fashion — I went on an assault of the existence of Santa. Bridges were burned, children cried, but I wasn't reprimanded, surprisingly. Looking back, I think I was upset with the magic of Christmas. We didn't spend time talking about my holidays, or what made my cultural experiences important. There aren't movies, TV specials, constant advertisements, songs with cultural resonance, or even an easy explanation for my teachers on why I celebrated Eid. But after many kids acknowledged the myth of Santa Claus, they still talked about the vacations and the presents. And I was going to be taking a day off in a month with no pageantry, no explanation, no decorations, for a religious holiday. It isn't the same — and so I wished we could celebrate something that had magic like Christmas did. So, every year, I wished on all I had, that we would celebrate Christmas this year. We never did. We still don't. I don't own the Mall Madness game. But we do decorate the house for Eid."
Maya Sugarman, 29, Washington, D.C., video editor at The Lily
"When I was 8 years old, I continually begged my parents for a Chevron Car. These toy cars were part of an advertising campaign, and I remember seeing the ads on television and on billboards. They were designed by the same animation studio that created the Claymation series 'Wallace & Gromit,' which I also loved. For Christmas, my parents got me Pete Pickup (each car had a different name and personality). I was so excited that when I frantically started to cut open the packaging, I stabbed myself in the palm with scissors and started to bleed."
Aviva Loeb, 24, Washington, D.C., digital designer at The Washington Post
"When I was in fourth grade everyone in my class had Razor scooters, and I remember really, really wanting one, and asking for one for Hanukkah. I didn't end up getting one because my parents thought they were dangerous and I would break a wrist. But I saved up my own money and bought one that spring, it had purple wheels. They made me wear wrist and knee pads when I rode it."
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Laura J. Davis wrote a great current comment today about university housing and privatization. One of her better points, and one often overlooked, is that universities simply are not in the housing business. They are educators, and the more they distract themselves with peripheries like housing, the more they disservice students by forgetting why those students are there in the first place – to learn. It is true that they all need to be housed, but that is not why they traveled from around the world to attend that university. If the education is good, though, students will find a way to house themselves, even if, as happened at my university, one or two end up living in the architecture studios.


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Bright Sheng is a composer, conductor, and pianist. In April of 1999, he received a special commission from the White House to create a new work for a state dinner, hosted by the president, honoring the Chinese Premiere Zhou Rongji. In October 2001, Sheng was named a MacArthur Fellow. He was also invited to compose music for the opening ceremony for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
Sheng's music has been regularly and widely performed throughout the world by such prestigious groups as the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Chicago Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Minnesota Symphony, St. Louis Symphony, Los Angeles Chamber Symphony, New York Chamber Symphony, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, San Francisco Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Houston Grand Opera, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, London BBC Symphony Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, and many others. His work has been performed by many distinguished musicians including Leonard Bernstein, Christoph Eschenbach, Kurt Masur, Charles Dutoit, Leonard Slatkin, Michael Tilson Thomas, Yo Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax, Peter Serkin, Yefim Brofman, Evelyn Glennie, Lynn Harrell, Richard Stoltzman, and Edgar Meyer.
Sheng has appeared as conductor and solo pianist with the San Francisco Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra, St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra (Russia), Dortmund Philharmonic Orchestra (Germany), Hong Kong Philharmonic, Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, and China National Symphony, among others, and has appeared at Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, and the Tanglewood Music Center. He has also collaborated with such eminent ensembles and individuals as the Emerson Quartet, Takacs Quartet, Shanghai Quartet, St. Petersburg Quartet, Colin Graham (librettist and stage director), Ong Keng Sen (stage director), David Henry Hwang (playwright/librettist), Andrew Porter (librettist), Stan Lai (stage director), Helgi Tomasson (choreographer), and Christopher Wheeldon (choreographer).
In addition to many national and international awards, Sheng has received fellowships and awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, Guggenheim Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Naumberg Foundation, Copland Foundation, Michigan Arts Award, and a Rackham fellowship and a fellowship from the Institute for the Humanities from the University of Michigan.
Sheng's music is exclusively published by G. Schirmer, Inc. and records on the Sony Classical, Decca, Naxos, Telarc, Delos, Koch International, and New World labels. Among his important teachers were Leonard Bernstein (composition and conducting), George Perle, Hugo Weisgall, Chou Wen-Chung, and Jack Beeson.
He is married to Pam Sophie Chen and lives with their daughter Fayfay between Ann Arbor and Manhattan.
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Missy Mazzoli was recently deemed "one of the more consistently inventive, surprising composers now working in New York" (The New York Times) and "Brooklyn's post-millennial Mozart" (Time Out New York), and has been praised for her "apocalyptic imagination" (Alex Ross, The New Yorker). Mazzoli's music has been performed all over the world by the Kronos Quartet, eighth blackbird, pianist Emanuel Ax, Opera Philadelphia, Scottish Opera, LA Opera, Cincinnati Opera, New York City Opera, Chicago Fringe Opera, the Detroit Symphony, the LA Philharmonic, the Minnesota Orchestra, the American Composers Orchestra, JACK Quartet, cellist Maya Beiser, violinist Jennifer Koh, pianist Kathleen Supové, Dublin's Crash Ensemble, the Sydney Symphony and many others. In 2018 she made history when she became one of the two first women (along with composer Jeanine Tesori) to be commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera. That year she was also nominated for a Grammy in the category of "Best Classical Composition" for her work Vespers for Violin, recorded by violinist Olivia De Prato.
Mazzoli is currently the Mead Composer-in-Residence at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. From 2012-2015 she was Composer-in-Residence with Opera Philadelphia, Gotham Chamber Opera and Music Theatre-Group, and in 2011-2012 was Composer/Educator in residence with the Albany Symphony. Mazzoli was a visiting professor of music at New York University in 2013, and later that year joined the composition faculty at the Mannes College of Music, a division of the New School. From 2007-2011 she was Executive Director of the MATA Festival in New York, and in 2016, along with composer Ellen Reid and in collaboration with the Kaufman Music Center, she founded Luna Composition Lab, a mentorship program and support network for female-identifying, non-binary, and gender nonconforming composers ages 13-19.
Mazzoli has received considerable acclaim for her operatic compositions. Her third opera, Proving Up, written with longtime collaborator Royce Vavrek, was commissioned by Washington National Opera, Opera Omaha, and New York's Miller Theatre. Mazzoli's second opera, Breaking the Waves, a collaboration with librettist Royce Vavrek commissioned by Opera Philadelphia and Beth Morrison Projects in 2016, was described as "among the best 21st-century operas yet" (Opera News), "savage, heartbreaking and thoroughly original" (Wall Street Journal), and "dark and daring" (The New York Times). She is an active television and film composer, and recently wrote and performed music for the fictional character Thomas Pembridge on the Amazon TV show Mozart in the Jungle. Mazzoli's music has been recorded and released on labels including New Amsterdam, Cedille, Bedroom Community, 4AD, and Innova. Mazzoli is an active pianist and keyboardist, and often performs with Victoire, a band she founded in 2008 dedicated to her own compositions. Their debut full-length CD, Cathedral City, was named one of 2010′s best classical albums by Time Out New York, NPR, The New Yorker and The New York Times, and was followed by the critically acclaimed Vespers for a New Dark Age, a collaboration with percussionist Glenn Kotche.
Mazzoli is the recipient of a 2019 Grammy nomination, the 2017 Music Critics Association of America Inaugural Award for Best Opera, the 2018 Godard Lieberson Fellowship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a 2015 Foundation for Contemporary Arts Award, four ASCAP Young Composer Awards, a Fulbright Grant to The Netherlands, the Detroit Symphony's Elaine Lebenbom Award, and grants from the Jerome Foundation, American Music Center, and the Barlow Endowment. She has been awarded fellowships from the MacDowell Colony, Yaddo, Ucross, VCCA, the Blue Mountain Center and the Hermitage.
Her music is published by G. Schirmer.
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The award-winning h2 quartet has been wowing audiences since 2002. h2 takes advantage of the great expressive capacity of their instrument by programming traditional, avant-garde, minimalist, and jazz-influenced works in surprising and compelling ways. h2 has performed throughout the United States, in Europe, the UK, and in Asia.
The ensemble has released five critically-acclaimed recordings: Generations, Times & Spaces, Groove Machine, Hard Line, and Enrapture. Each of these albums introduces audiences to a different side of the saxophone, with the latter three comfortably bridging the gap between the popular and avant-garde sides of American music.
The h2 quartet has been featured on NPR and PBS programs, including the nationally-syndicated Backstage Pass. Along with demonstrating a mastery of traditional quartet repertoire, h2 is dedicated to the commissioning and performing of new works. The quartet has commissioned works by Drew Baker, Claudio Gabriele, Takuma Itoh, David MacDonald, Victor Marquez-Barrios, Roger Petersen, Forrest Pierce, David Rakowski, Jesse Ronneau, Bill Ryan, Matthew Schoendorff, Daniel Wohl, and has premiered works by John Mackey, Marc Mellits, Mari Takano, and Amy Williams.
The h2 quartet has won prizes at the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition (First Prize, Gold Medals) and the North American Saxophone Alliance Saxophone Quartet Competition (first prize), among others. The group was also finalists in the Concert Artists Guild Competition and earned Honorable Mentions at the Plowman Chamber Music Competition, the Chesapeake Bay Chamber Music Competition, and the Coleman Chamber Music Competition. h2 is also the recipient of several Aaron Copland Fund grants.
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Called "contemporary chamber trailblazers" by the Boston Globe, Hub New Music–composed of flute, clarinet, violin, and cello–is forging new pathways in 21st-century repertoire. The ensemble's ambitious commissioning projects and "appealing programs" (The New Yorker) celebrate the rich diversity of today's classical music landscape. Its performances have been described as "gobsmacking" (Cleveland Classical), "innovative" (WBUR), and "the cutting edge of new classical music" (Taos News).
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Williams, Clarence Jr., ""Midway" a sociological study of the peculiarities of the black people in the midway community of Liberty County, Georgia" (1974). ETD Collection for AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library. 541.


Autoblog had the chance to take a 2013 Nissan GT-R Black Edition on a quick spin, and posted their impressions. The Black Edition makes the same 545 horsepower as the Premium model, but adds specific wheels, carbon fiber wing element, seats, and headliner.
Since July, I've been fortunate enough to be in some wickedly quick cars, including an SLS AMG Coupe and Roadster, Camaro ZL1, Corvette 427 Convertible, TT RS, Panamera GTS, 911 Carrera S, E63 AMG Wagon and Shelby GT500. I think that under real-world road conditions, though, this Black Edition has got to be the quickest one of them – and not by a little.
A fast car, a fast car on the track should be easy to drive. If it scares you, if you think you might be headed backwards in a screaming flaming death though the next corner, you will drive and be slower. The GT-R has caught the condescending "easy to drive" thing since the R32 GT-R days. Normally its by the guys that own some other brand, and have to prove some other way that their car is superior, or their driving talents are superior.


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The Diary of a Hounslow Girl - Belgrade Theatre
Set in a non-descript bedroom, on the eve of a pending departure this one-act one-woman show written by Ambreen Razia introduces the audience to Shahida, a 16 year old Muslim girl growing up in Hounslow. Using only basic set, props and minimal lighting effects combined with excerpts of a recorded iphone video diary projected on to a wall, Shahidaretells her story of friendships, fights with her family, exam stress and her first love.
Nyla Levy gives a captivating performance as Shahida, engaging the audience from the outset with just the right balance of wit, street attitude and energy. Switching effortlessly between the characters in Shahida's story, she quickly creates a whole world of people in her bedroom, with the various personalities (Shahida's Mum, Aunty, Sister, her friends, etc) all becoming instantly recognisable from the slightest change of posture or voice.
This is a true coming of age story, told through the rambling thoughts of a 16 year old who is struggling to make sense of who she is and who she wants to be. Razia's script achieves the remarkable balance of telling a complicated story clearly, while still allowing the confusion of her central character to come through, yet making the story instantly relatable to each audience member. Whether it is the memories of a first kiss or the fragile nature of teenage girl friendship groups that strike a chord, or the pressure of having to make up your mind on the role of religion, family ties and your place within society; there is something within Shahida's diary recognisable to everyone.
Notably, many of the audience commented on the way out that it was so true to life, and this is where the real success of this piece lies. For a short while we were transported into Shahida's story, powerless to help her make her decision but involved all the same. This is modern day storytelling at its best.


Long before the arrival in Pakistan, General Director of "Vertical Explorer" named Saeed asked to help the sick people in the his father village, they only heard about the doctors, and no one has ever provided help to them.
A weighty medikit with the half-size of a backpack was gathered, that included with devices for measuring of pressure, heart rate, portable glucose meter (to determine blood saccharum).
Until now, the people of this wonderful village convey greetings and gratitude to us, and we are very pleased to be able to fulfill the mission to help people.


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Sporting Club Rhinos: Disabled Changing Rooms and Playing for GB
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Joan Dunn is secretary at Sporting Club Rhinos, an organisation that provides all sorts of wheelchair sports. Based in Wolverhampton, they coach everything from taster sessions, right the way up to GB level competitions.
Joan uses a wheelchair because of her progressive type 1 diabetes and arthritis. She has two sports-mad kids, who both represented Wales in the 2013 Wheelchair Rugby League World Cup.
Joan was formerly employed as a banking underwriter, but on receiving her son, Josh's diagnosis of cerebral palsy, she decided to investigate complementary medicine. Joan is now qualified in classical homeopathy, has trained in bio-mechanics, massage, aromatherapy and reflexology, and has a degree in Public Health. Joan manages two of the Rhino wheelchair basketball squads, and is a qualified level 1 wheelchair basketball coach.
Dodgy Disabled Changing Rooms and Representing Paralympics GB
In this interview, Joan talks about the benefits of Paralympic sports for young people, progressing to team GB and being told to use a cupboard as a changing room in her local health centre.
Sporting Club Rhinos – More Than a Club
Sporting Club Rhinos have coached Paralympic sports for young people in Wolverhampton and the surrounding areas for 14 years. Their teams compete in all age groups against clubs from around the UK and Europe.
"Our sports are mainly for people physical disabilities and mobility issues. We also do things like boccia, which is a type of indoor bowls for people with more profound physical disabilities, and pan-disability games, which are sports that everyone can get involved with.
"Our most popular sports are wheelchair basketball, tennis and rugby league."
One of the Club's Super League Teams
The club offer its members more than just an opportunity to play sport, says Joan.
"Rhinos is more than just a sports club – it's a whole support network. We help the kids by providing physiotherapy and counselling, and signpost them towards getting help with benefits or housing applications. We do the lot."
Get Kids into Sport and Watch them Grow
Joan isn't the only member of the Dunn household that's involved with Sporting Club Rhinos. Her Husband, Phil, is chairman, and her two sons, Josh and Jonathan, have played wheelchair sports at the club for several years.
Joan, and the other members of the club, are passionate about getting young kids with disabilities into sport because of what it can do for their confidence.
"Speaking from personal experience, if you have a disability, quite often you can be treated like a second class citizen. You can get ignored when you're in a wheelchair, and when you're young it's really hard when all your fiends are running around and you can't join in.
"Our aim at Rhinos is to get kids into sport at a young age, because it makes such a difference. You can see them grow in confidence and that becomes mirrored in every other aspect of their lives. Their skills improve, their social lives improve – it's incredible."
Joan uses her 19 year old son, Josh, as an example of how sport can help a young person with a disability.
"Josh decided to learn sign language to help with his limited speech, so we've been attending weekly classes together. One week I had a fall and couldn't go, but Josh had the confidence to go on his own. He wouldn't have been able to do that if it wasn't for being involved in sport.
"He's an amazing young man. He passed his driving test first time, he's studying for a BTEC level two at college at Coleg Cambria, and he is a Paralympic ambassador. He even got to meet the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson. He shows people that just because you're disabled, it doesn't stop you living your life."
"Josh has limited speech, due to having vertebral palsy, and quite often he gets treated as though he's unintelligent. Often people just don't see the person behind the disability, but what the coaches at Rhinos have done for him is amazing. The way our head coach, Alan Caron, in particular has supported and encouraged him has been incredible.
"Josh decided to learn sign language to help with his limited speech, so we've been attending weekly classes together. One week I had a fall and couldn't go, but Josh had the confidence to go on his own. He wouldn't have been able to do that if it wasn't for being involved in sport. Josh and Jonathan Dunn Represented Wales
Is the Paralympic Legacy Falling Short?
Sporting Club Rhinos works with people from junior age groups, right up to highest levels of disabled sport. Countless members of the Paralympics GB team started out at Rhinos, including Jon Hall, Abdi Jama, Jon Pollock, Dan Highcock, Matt Bryne, Kyle Marsh and Mark Fosbrook.
Joan is concerned that while the London 2012 Paralympics increased demand for disabled sports, the necessary facilities aren't yet available across the UK.
"In general, having the Paralympics in London certainly increased awareness of disabled sports. However, very little has actually been done to move on from that.
"I can't tell you how many people we've had coming into our club in the past three months alone – it's ridiculous.
"But the facilities people with disabilities need to play sport aren't always available. Sometimes we have to travel up to 8 hours, just for a forty minute game, because accessible sports facilities are few and far between."
Told to get changed in a Cupboard under the Stairs
Joan's feels UK leisure centres are not doing enough for disabled visitors, particularly when it comes to changing rooms.
"Sports centres often don't have a bespoke changing area, with a grab rail, special shower and so on. When they do, it's always within the men or women's changing rooms. So if a person with a disability wants help getting changed, it has to be from someone of the same sex. That can make things really difficult for families, but people don't seem to realise."
Joan has experienced all sorts of problems at sports centres over the years.
"Often the grab rails aren't secure or the room is quite dank. The light in a disabled changing room at a centre near us was broken for over six months and no one bothered to fix it, despite numerous requests.
"The lockers are also often far too high to access from a wheelchair and they're too narrow to hold all the extra stuff you might need if you're disabled.
"At one sports centre, we were told the only place they could offer us to get changed was a cupboard under the stairs. Needless to say, we don't go there anymore."
Potential Paralympians Prevented from Playing
Joan has seen some talented sportsmen and women give up on playing sport because of inaccessible facilities at health centres.
"In some leisure centres the gym is upstairs and there isn't a lift. When you're training to reach the top of your field as a GB athlete you need to get in the gym to train, and that's just not good enough."
Sometimes these facilities are so bad they're downright dangerous, Joan explains.
"I've seen loads of talented people drop out of playing sports entirely because of the facilities. One of our players, who had no legs and very limited mobility, sat on a toilet which hadn't been properly screwed to the floor, and fell off and broke his arm. Not only was he in considerable pain, and discomfort – he was left in a position where he needed constant care.
"It put him off playing sport for good, and that's probably just one of thousands of cases."
A Change of Attitude is Needed
Accessibility is a problem across the UK, and it isn't limited sports centres.
"Our players come from every corner of the country and accessibility is a big issue everywhere. It comes down to a lack of thought and it affects every aspect of a wheelchair user's life."
Earlier this year, Joan found herself apologising for the state of public transport for disabled people in UK to the Australian wheelchair rugby league team.
"The wheelchair rugby league world cup was held in Kent in July, and both my sons were selected to play for Wales.
"We were staying in the same hotel as the Australian squad, who decided to go sightseeing in London one day. They researched accessible tube stations beforehand, but when making their way back they were told the station was closed and had to find another one.
"They finally got a train back to Medway where we were staying at about midnight, but the hotel was about three miles away and there were no accessible taxis, so they ended up making their own way back.
"To make matters worse they had a match the next day. It was embarrassing to see international athletes treated like that. I ended up apologising on behalf of the UK government.
"That's just one example, but it's like that every day of our lives. It's an attitude that's present everywhere."
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The very thought of the word evokes feelings of familiarity, security, and comfort. It's peace of mind that we all relate to. Home is where the heart is. Home is where the spirit is. And home is where we most want to be.
At Companion & Home Care, we provide the same type and level of companion care we give our own family members: driving to doctors' appointments, attending the appointment, taking notes, reminders of the results of the visit, reporting the results to adult children unable to attend, checking the refrigerator for expired food, grocery shopping, or simply providing companionship.
Our team of nurses, certified nursing assistants and in-home aides provide support for activities of daily living such as dressing and bathing. We also work with family physicians to ensure support for medically ordered plans of care.
Family members who are primary caregivers often risk burnout themselves. We provide respite to family members who are in need of some well-deserved rest and personal time for themselves.
We operate as a team. While our clients and their families have a primary caregiver, we know that our clients needs may change or caregivers sometimes have scheduling conflicts. Our approach to these possibilities is to have a team of cross-trained caregivers who have met and been oriented with our clients, so if the need arises, we can schedule an alternate caregiver seamlessly. We continually communicate with each other to check on the well-being of our clients and on each other – even when we aren't "on the clock." This degree of care and compassion for our clients and our fellow team members is what sets us apart as stellar caregivers and wellness partners.
Our approach to care is holistic, meaning that while we provide care for a specific individual, we also consider their families to be clients as well. To this end, our mission is to ensure the well-being of our clients while providing peace of mind for their families.
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Molde – the "City of Roses" in Norway – is the new top destination for the "SUP, Spirit & Soul Camps" organised by SUP Teamsport. About 600km northwest from Oslo, the 25,000-inhabitant city is located right on the fjord – not far from the shearing coast of the North Atlantic and with panoramic views of the snow-capped peaks of the Romsdalsalpen.
The accommodation is located about 7km outside the city, in an exclusive secluded location, but with all the advantages of the not too distant urban infrastructure. The perfect base for our daily SUP sessions directly below the cottages or in one of the numerous spectacular areas around. SUP excursions to the nearby Atlantic or to almost untouched mountain lakes are also part of the programme as well as hiking and daily Yoga classes.


Today, I'm on the Author Allsorts blog sharing my top three poems. One of them won't take much guessing (clue: it's the poem that inspired Glimpse), but you can read my post here to find out the other two!
They're all classic narrative poems, a little romantic, and spookily Gothic, just like the books I love to read and the stories I love to write.


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A Character Analysis of Daisy Miller
In Daisy Miller, Henry James slowly reveals the nature of Daisy"s character through her interactions with other characters, especially Winterbourne, the main character." The author uses third person narration; however, Winterbourne"s thoughts and point of view dominate." Thus, the audience knows no more about Daisy than Winterbourne." This technique helps maintain the ambiguity of Daisy"s character and draws the audience into the story.
At first glimpse, Daisy is portrayed as a "pretty American flirt" whose innocence Winterbourne is unsure of, and yet he says he was "almost grateful for having found the formula that applied to Miss Daisy Miller" (James 1563)." Like many people do in first impressions, Winterbourne feels the need to label Daisy right away." In the beginning, the stereotype seems to fit." Daisy is young, unsophisticated, chatty, and brags about all the society, especially gentlemen"s society she had in New York (1562)." She enjoys teasing and getting reactions out of people just for the sake of it." For example, the second time she and Winterbourne meet, late one evening in the garden, she asks him if he wants to take her out in a boat on the lake." Of course, her mother and the courier protest while Daisy laughs and declares, "That"s all I want " a little fuss!"She had no intention of going; she just wanted to get a rise out of someone." Bidding good-night to Winterbourne, she says, "I hope you"re disappointed, disgusted, or something!" (1572)." She is being flirtatious, but this kind of teasing is also just part of her sense of humor.
Daisy Miller may be uneducated, as Winterbourne and his aunt describe her, but she is witty." One illustration of her humor takes place at Mrs. Walker"s party when Winterbourne is criticizing her for her relations with Giovanelli." He says they don"t "understand that sort of thing here"not in young married women."Daisy cries, "I thought they understood nothing else!" and goes on to say, "It seems to me more proper in young unmarried than in old married ones."Daisy typically speaks and behaves frankly, almost in a child-like fashion, but this shows, as the narrator describes it, a "startling worldly knowledge" (1587)." Daisy is somewhat rustic but smart." She has a "natural elegance" and a mixture of" "innocence and crudity," and yet, as seen in her response, her character proves to go beyond the boundaries of this character type of the natural beauty (1564 and 1574).
"A Character Analysis of Daisy Miller." 123HelpMe.com. 17 Jul 2019
Daisy Miller: An Annotated Bibliography Essay
- Baylard, Dana Reece. "Daisy Miller." Masterplots, Fourth Edition (2010): 1-3. Literary Reference Center. Web. 23 Feb. 2014. This article analyzes the traditional social expectations implemented in an ancient European setting that conflicted with the more unorthodox ways of Americans who were traveling in Europe. Baylard depicts Daisy Miller's behavior in the novella as innocent, yet ignorant to the customs of sophisticated Europe. Baylard describes Daisy Miller's repeated misjudgment from Geneva's society and reflects on the positive attributes to her personality that unfortunately are consumed by her conformity during her untimely death by the end of the novella.... [tags: Annotated Bibliography]
Comparison of Daisy Miller and The Yellow Wallpaper
- Society continually places restrictive standards on the female gender not only fifty years ago, but in today's society as well. While many women have overcome many unfair prejudices and oppressions in the last fifty or so years, late nineteenth and early twentieth century women were forced to deal with a less understanding culture. In its various formulations, patriarchy posits men's traits and/or intentions as the cause of women's oppression. This way of thinking diverts attention from theorizing the social relations that place women in a disadvantageous position in every sphere of life and channels it towards men as the cause of women's oppression (Gimenez).... [tags: literary analysis]
Henry James- The Art of Fiction within Daisy Miller: A Study Essay
- Henry James discusses the intricacies of writing in his piece "The Art of Fiction." While the main binary in literature is between that of fiction and non-fiction, however James further distinguishes the category of fiction into romance and novel. While a romance exists for the form of entertainment and is driven by character development, a novel is more of an attempt to create a realistic representation of the current social standard. James declares that fiction is not just a leisure art form but meant to be taken seriously, as a historical text.... [tags: Literary Analysis ]
Analysis Of ' Death Of A Salesman ' By Arthur Miller And ' The Great Gatsby '
- In ' 'Death of a Salesman ' ' by Arthur Miller and ' 'The Great Gatsby ' ' by F. Scott Fitzgerald we are presented with the tragedy of ruined idealism. Willy Loman 's and Jay Gatsby 's dreams are crushed because of their tremendous desire to be meaningful and significant. However, their social status, lineage, and ability to accept reality are incompatible with their dreams. Miller provides the facts that capitalism will not give a chance to ordinary people to get the American dream, and contrary Fitzgerald designates that achievement of the American dream will not bring happiness.... [tags: F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby]
The Character of Daisy in Henry James' Daisy Miller Essay
- What is the purpose of Daisy in the novel Daisy Miller by Henry James? Why did James create such a beguiling and bewildering character? Since the publication of James's novel in 1878, Daisy has worn several labels, among them "flirt," "innocent," and "American Girl." Daisy's representation of an American Girl of the late 19th century is evident. Her free-spiritedness and individuality reflect the social movement of the American middle-class. The question of Daisy's innocence, however, remains unanswered. One of the most interesting aspects about Daisy is her distance from the reader. The reader is not given access to Daisy's inner thoughts or emotions. Instead, the reader mu... [tags: Henry James, Daisy Miller]
Innocence in Daisy Miller Essay
- The story of Daisy Miller, by Henry James, is told by a male narrator. This male figure serves to reveal the deep seated stasis in much social interaction which existed in the Nineteenth Century. Winterbourne is the protagonist and 'filters' through his impressions of the heroine Daisy Miller so that we never see Daisy except through the qualifying prose of Winterbourne himself. Thus by the end of the tale, we feel we have not met Daisy at all. We have only caught glimpses of this transient 'flower' almost in spite of the suffocating prevarications of Winterbourne's 'frozen' eye.... [tags: Henry James, Daisy Miller]
The Innocence of Daisy Miller Essay
- In 1878, Henry James wrote, Daisy Miller, a novella about a young American girl and her travels in Europe. Daisy Miller is a complex short story with many underlying themes such as appearance versus reality, knowledge versus innocence, outward action versus inward meditation, and Nature versus urbanity. In this short story, one is left to judge whether Daisy Miller, the main character of the story, is "a pretty American flirt" or a misunderstood, modern young woman. By probing into the complexities and contradictions of Daisy's character, it is obvious that Ms.... [tags: Henry James, Daisy Miller]
- James' manipulation of appearances in Daisy Miller as well as other character's notions of these appearances provides us with a novella of enigmatic and fascinating characters. Daisy, the most complicated of these ambiguities, is as mysterious as she is flirtatious. James gives her a carefully constructed enigmatic quality that leaves the reader wondering what her motivations were and who she truly was. He structures the novella in such a way as to stress the insights that the supporting characters provide into Daisy's character, weather accurate or erroneous.... [tags: Henry James, Daisy Miller]
Observation in Daisy Miller Essay
- He said to himself that she was too light and childish, too uncultivated and unreasoning, too provincial, to have reflected upon the ostracism or even to have perceived it. Then at other moments he believed that she carried about in her elegant and irresponsible organism a defiant, passionate, perfectly observant consciousness of the impression she produced. (43) The socialites in Daisy Miller's world aspire to a perfection, a nobility, and a superlative of character. But character is a misleading word; interiority is important only insofar as it reflects the assumed depths that come with an appearance of refinement, for the relationships in "Daisy Miller: A Study" are formed by obs... [tags: Henry James, Daisy Miller]
Daisy Miller Essay
- Daisy Miller is a story related by a young, American man named Winterborne, who lives mostly in Europe. Winterborne meets a lovely young lady named Daisy Miller at a Swiss resort in Vevey. He notices her naiveté, having no reservations about talking to strangers. He befriends this young girl very quickly. He would love to introduce her to his aunt, but she thinks that Daisy is common, vulgar, and refuses to meet her. Daisy and her family decide to leave the resort and visit Italy. Several months passe until Daisy speaks to him again.... [tags: Henry James, Daisy Miller]
Emily Dickinson's Faith and Daisy Miller by Henry James
Innocence in Daisy Miller
Personal Narrative: Life after Children
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Personal Narrative: Life Before and After Children
Daisy"s character is complex." She is young and na"ve, but also very independent and confident. This combination of qualities is important to her identity." Her boldness may be due to not knowing any better, but she continues to do whatever she likes even after being advised against it.""For example, Mrs. Walker tries to rescue Daisy from her reckless evening walk with Giovanelli and Winterbourne by pleading with her to get in the carriage." With her usual nonchalance and tone of amusement, she refuses, even after the urging of Winterbourne." She says to Mrs. Walker, "if this is improper, than I"m all improper, and you had better give me right up", and then bids her good night (1582)." Daisy may act surprised that people would get certain ideas about her, but, in any case, she does not let anyone interfere with her decisions. Looking at Daisy"s mother, one can probably guess that Daisy has been allowed to do whatever she pleased all her life." Her mother " weak, sickly, and dependent on her children for company " exerts very little control over young Randolph or Daisy." Daisy " full of spirit and independence " is the exact opposite of her mother." The author may have purposefully contrasted these characters to emphasize their traits." Daisy may be this way naturally, on the other hand, she may have observed her mother growing up and made a conscious decision to be different.
Daisy Miller, in her complexity of innocence and brashness is significant to me, personally, because she is a believable character." There was a time in my life that I was a young girl, wanting to be live more freely but at the same time, bound by limitations and the desire to remain innocent." Just like Winterbourne, many young men are attracted to a young lady when they think she is a little wild and mysterious; however, they want the girl to be an innocent when there is the possibility of a pro-longed relationship." I, like Daisy, experimented with creating a balance between this two aspects and found amusement in the process.
On a broader scale, the character of Daisy Miller is also significant because she embodies the ideas of what it is to be American." She is uneducated and unsophisticated, at least in the eyes of the European society." She is an innocent, natural beauty, full of the spirit of youth and independence." She has her own mind about things and doesn"t hesitate to follow it, but in her naivety and youth, is sometimes vulnerable." Her ambiguity correlates with that of the future of a young America, still carving out its own values and traditions.
James, Henry. Daisy Miller." The Harper Single Volume American Literature."(3rd ed.)" Ed. al Donald McQuade." New York:" Longman, 1999." 1556-1597.


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Events Coming This Weekend!
It's easy to get stuck inside during these cold winter weekends. However, this weekend has some fun and exciting events happening right in Downtown West Chester! So grab a friend and enjoy the beautiful sights and sounds of a winter weekend in West Chester.
Fondue Friday at The Lincoln Room | February 22, 2013 | 7:00pm
Enjoy a cheese fondue followed by a rich chocolate dessert fondue in the intimate candlelit setting of The Lincoln Room from 7 to 9 pm. Adding to the atmosphere are the sounds of classical guitarist Malcolm Johnstone. $40 per couple (gratuities not included). BYOB (no corking fee). Call 610-696-2102 for reservations.
La PASION FLAMENCA at WCU | February 24, 2013 | 3:00pm
Under the artistic direction of Carlote Santana, you will experience the passion and drama of La Pasion Flamenca at the Emilie K. Asplundh Concert Hall. Take a journey back to the cultural crossroads of Andalusia, the birthplace of flamenco, and enjoy vibrant influences of one of the world's most dynamic forms of expression. Ticket information at the Department of Cultural & Community Affairs.
OSCAR EXTRAVAGANZA | February 24, 2013 | Milestone Events
The Academy Awards are presented with the flair of Hollywood at the Oscar Extravaganza through the magic of cable TV and a big screen. Come root for your favorite star and movie (that would be Lincoln, of course) while enjoying food, fun, and stylish entertainment.
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Mark your calendar for the local events coming up in February! Offering something fun for everyone, whether it be a performance at West Chester University or an old fashion Oscar Extravaganza. You don't want to miss out on all these spectacular events coming next month!
H.M.S. PINAFORE at WCU | February 7-10, 2013
Gilbert and Sullivan's popular comic opera about a captain's daughter who falls in love with a common sailor performs at the Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre at West Chester University. Directed by Julie C. May with music direction by Florrie Marks. Ticket information at theGilbert and Sullivan Society of Chester County.
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Lady Gaga House Hunting in Pennsylvania?
News broke back in September that Lady Gaga and "The Vampire Diaries" actor Taylor Kinney were the hot new item in Hollywood after meeting on the set of her "You and I" video. Now the pair have reportedly been spotted around Kinney's home of Lancaster County, Penn. – and maybe checking out local real estate?
WHP TV, a local news station, says sources tell them Gaga has been spotted looking at the Oak Hill Road home, a 6000-square foot mansion on the mark for just under $1.7 million, which is located within the gated community of Bent Creek in Manheim Township (pictured, inset).
Gaga and Kinney have been spotted in Lancaster County several times recently – at local bars, restaurants and a food store in Lititz. Rumors are also running rampant on Facebook that Gaga has already purchased a home in the area. Local real estate agent Marilyn Berger tells the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that so far, it's all just rumors.
"We hear that she may buy a house around here. I know other Realtors who handle higher-end houses, and they haven't talked to her either. But if she's looking for a house, I'd be more than happy to help her," says Berger.
So True? So False? Is Lady Gaga Really House-Hunting With Her Boyfriend in Pennsylvania?! (eonline.com)
Rumors dance that Lady Gaga might buy a home in Lancaster County (pennlive.com)
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In a small saucepan, bring 2 cups turkey stock and the barley to a boil. Lower the heat, cover and simmer until tender, about 40 minutes.
In a large saucepan, bring the remaining 3 cups stock, the tomato sauce, bell pepper and cooked barley to a boil. Stir in the okra and scallions, lower the heat and simmer for 10 minutes. Add the turkey and shrimp and cook until the shrimp is opaque, about 3 minutes; stir in the hot sauce. Serve the soup with dollops of sour cream and more hot sauce.


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Media Debate
Event Start: 16th November 2017, 8:30pm
This House Believes Social Media Undermines Good Journalism
Just as 'fake news' and clickbait, questionable news sources fill our social media with unverified and misleading stories. As traditional media outlets try to respond and reach a bigger audience through social media, have they pursued likes and retweets at the expense of the journalistic quality readers expect?
Speakers in Proposition:
Damian Collins MP - As Chairman of the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee, he leads the parliamentary inquiry into the 'growing phenomenon of fake news'
Steven Erlanger - The London bureau chief for the New York Times, he previously served as bureau chief in Europe, Russia, the Middle East and Southeast Asia
Speakers in Opposition:
Ben Smith - The Editor-in-Chief of Buzzfeed, he is a prominent political journalist described by The Hollywood Reporter as one of the most powerful people in the media today
Adam Boulton - The Editor-at-Large of Sky News, he also is the presenter of All Out Politics & Week in Review, having previously served as political editor
Prior to this debate, the Emergency Debate will be held at 7.45pm on a motion to be decided
With many thanks to the following who have generously donated floor prizes for the Main Debate:


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What Is a Nucleophile?
Ammonia is an example of a nitrogen nucleophile.
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A nucleophile is an atom or molecule that donates an electron pair to make a covalent bond. It is also known as a Lewis base.
Nucleophile Examples
Any ion or molecule with a free electron pair or at least one pi bond is a nucleophile. OH- is a nucleophile. It can donate a pair of electrons to the Lewis acid H+ to form H2O. The halogens, while not nucleophilic in diatomic form (e.g., I2), are nucleophiles as anions (e.g., I-). Water, hydrogen sulfide, and ammonia are all nucleophiles.
The word nucleophile comes from combining the word nucleus with the Greek word philos, which means "love." British chemist Christopher Kelk Igold introduced the terms nucleophile and electrophile in 1933. Prior to this time, the terms anioniod and cationoid were used, which were proposed by A.J. Lapworth in 1925.
Lapworth, A. (1925). "Replaceability of Halogen Atoms by Hydrogen Atoms." Nature. 115: 625.
Mayr, Herbert; Bug, Thorsten; Gotta, Matthias F; et al. (2001). "Reference Scales for the Characterization of Cationic Electrophiles and Neutral Nucleophiles." Journal of the American Chemical Society. 123 (39): 9500–12. doi:10.1021/ja010890y
Helmenstine, Anne Marie, Ph.D. "Nucleophile Definition in Chemistry." ThoughtCo, Aug. 29, 2020, thoughtco.com/definition-of-nucleophile-605429. Helmenstine, Anne Marie, Ph.D. (2020, August 29). Nucleophile Definition in Chemistry. Retrieved from https://www.thoughtco.com/definition-of-nucleophile-605429 Helmenstine, Anne Marie, Ph.D. "Nucleophile Definition in Chemistry." ThoughtCo. https://www.thoughtco.com/definition-of-nucleophile-605429 (accessed January 29, 2023).
VSEPR Definition
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What Are Some Examples of Covalent Compounds?
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Training needs analysis is the initial step in a cyclical process which contributes to the overall training and educational strategy of staff in an organisation or a professional group. The cycle commences with a systematic consultation to identify the learning needs of the population considered, followed by course planning, delivery and evaluation. Although much has been written about training needs analysis in relation to post-registration nursing education, there is disagreement concerning its impact on the training cycle and its potential to influence service delivery. This stimulated the literature review presented below. Initial searches of nursing databases identified 266 works. Twenty three (8.6%) contained empirical findings relating to post-registration nursing education in which assessment of training needs was presented as the major aim. Most of these accounts were concerned with the training needs of nurses in more than one organisation and were classified as macro-level training needs analysis. However, seven studies were concerned with a single, specific organisation (micro-level training needs analysis). Despite their smaller scale and more limited scope, micro-level training needs initiatives demonstrated greater methodological rigour, were more likely to consider the stakeholder perspective, to generate findings which could positively influence the rest of the training cycle and showed the greatest potential for influencing service delivery and quality of patient care. The review drew attention to the similarities between the training cycle and the audit cycle and resulted in the development of a model which could be used to evaluate the effectiveness of the process and outcomes of future training needs analysis initiatives.


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Contested e-literacies in Dutch as a Second Language: Exploring the Interface between Policy and ICT Practices
M. Spotti, J.J.H. Kurvers
Building on an overview of the history of civic integration policy in the Netherlands, we show how – parallel to the development of a stricter integration policy – we see an exponential growth of ICT in the Dutch as a second language sector. While ICT used to be a means for learning support in second language classrooms, it seems to have become a key factor for the newly arrived migrant to manage his own learning and integration. This stress laid on ICT, though, impinges upon (low-educated) migrants as a new obstacle where it is the being literate the precondition upon which someone becomes more easily integrated and through that can stay. To back this claim, our contribution looks at ICT applications and at how they get picked up – or else – by learners. The contribution concludes denouncing that the transformational power of ICT is institutionally adopted in integration classes in that it serves the purpose of becoming a fast track lane for integration exams. The paradoxes emerged from the learner's view, however, stress that the diversity of migrants' own learning development requires diversity in and reflection on 'self-teaching devices' when ICT applications are brought into classes on the basis of policy requirements.
Proceedings of the 7th international Pixel symposium on ICT and Language Learning
Libreria Universitaria.it
ICT and Language Learning - 7th international pixel conference - Florence, Italy
ICT and Language Learning - 7th international pixel conference
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Spotti, M., & Kurvers, J. J. H. (2014). Contested e-literacies in Dutch as a Second Language: Exploring the Interface between Policy and ICT Practices. In Proceedings of the 7th international Pixel symposium on ICT and Language Learning (pp. 1-3). Libreria Universitaria.it. http://conference.pixel-online.net/ICT4LL/acceptedabstracts_scheda.php?id_abs=608
Spotti, M. ; Kurvers, J.J.H. / Contested e-literacies in Dutch as a Second Language : Exploring the Interface between Policy and ICT Practices. Proceedings of the 7th international Pixel symposium on ICT and Language Learning. Libreria Universitaria.it, 2014. pp. 1-3
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Q: Event source connection can not be kept alive on remote host The issue
I've got a Rest API in Spring-Boot where i'm listening to an event-source stream from html like so:
 eventSource = new EventSource("/api/events/receive", {
        xhrHeaders: {
            'Content-Type': 'text/event-stream',
            'Connection': 'keep-alive'
        }
    });
 eventSource.onmessage = function (evt) { ... };

The EventSource returns 503 after a while!

Works perfectly on localhost but not on remote host!

Things i've tried

*

*add keep-alive on the @RestController via HttpServletResponse Object

@GetMapping(path = "/api/events/receive", produces = MediaType.TEXT_EVENT_STREAM_VALUE)
        public Flux<Ambulance> receiveAmbulance(HttpServletResponse resp) {

            resp.addHeader("Connection", "keep-alive");

            return Flux.create(sink -> {
                ambulanceProcessor.register(sink::next);
            });
        }

*

*add to that template a keep-alive header via @Controller
@GetMapping("/dashboard")
    public String getResource(Model model, HttpServletResponse response) {
            response.addHeader("Connection", "keep-alive");
            return "view";
}

Related posted i've visited

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*How SSE Work

*SSE Spring Examples
503 After a few seconds

Note: I've tried almost everything and nothing seems to work for me...

A: I manage to keep it alive by creating a new @Service with this @Bean

@Bean
    public void KeepAliveEvt()
    {
        ExecutorService sseMvcExecutor = Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor();
        sseMvcExecutor.execute(() -> {
            try {
                for (int i = 0; true; i++) {
                    Thread.sleep(120000);
                    ambulanceProcessor.process(new Event());
                    System.out.println("Kept Alive");

                }
            } catch (Exception ex) {

            }
        });
    }

Basically I'm keeping it alive with a Dummy Event every 2 minutes

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