I was reading this post written by an intern, which in my opinion is a scary place to be.
It's one thing to be in journalism and try to hold on, it's another to be entering the field and have hope.
I'm glad Jessica has hope. I agree with her that things have to and will change. We will all have jobs, we will all still be journalists, but we'll be doing something different.
I am tired of hyperlocal being toted as the savior. Innovation is the savior. I've watched hyperlocal fail.
We need to find a way to deliver the news to people, quickly, instantly and well.
Does it mean Twitter will be a newsroom or that papers will all be on the Kindle? No idea.
I think first, we need to think about catching up. Media needs to start hiring people (ahem, me) that use the web the way that the next generation does. We need to stop being afraid of change and "scaring readers." It's great to hold onto the things that the rapidly aging stereotypical newspaper reader likes, but really, they will not be the ones buying ads and subscriptions in 20 years.
Make your site mobile friendly. It's ridiculous how many sites are not. I, and most people I know have a Blackberry or iPhone or at least Internet on their phones. Get used to it.
Get a Twitter feed and use it well. Establish a presence, even if it's not the best, on all the other social networking sites.
Fix your RSS feeds, for God's sake. Make sure they all work, and there is one for every section, every blog, every columnist.
Redesign your site so you don't look like you came from 1995.
Train all your photographers to do video, and while you're at it, the reporters too.
Have everyone try liveblogging and at least understand what this new fangled social media is about and how it works.
One of my friends recently told me her newspaper didn't even have blogs. Really? And you ask why people won't log onto the site?
Let your staff try new things and let them fail. Know when to give up, when to try again and when to start.
Maybe it's because I'm an idealist, 25 and want to have hope that this will all come out for the better, but I don't see why this is so hard. This is not a curmudgeon versus rookie debate. Let's stop fighting. It's ridiculous the amount of space and time that journalists spend arguing about why we are failing. I don't care. Figure out who is succeeding and ask yourselves why they can do it, but you can't.
It is worth it, if you take the time to try.
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Dublin is famous because it's a really beautiful and well conserved Georgian city. We have selected some of the most beautiful Georgian spots so you can appreciate the beauty of our city.
You should enjoy the last sunny days and go for a stroll around the Dublin's Georgian Quarter. First a jaunt through Merrion Square, one of Dublin's most beautiful Georgian squares, home to the statue of Oscar Wilde, the National Gallery and the newly renovated Victorian Natural History Museum.
If you are a fan of architecture go to the East side of Merrion Square, it's the start of Dublin's famous Georgian mile and is home to No.29, a fully restored home, which shows the daily life of an eighteenth century Georgian family. Not far from there, just in the middle of the road is the Pepper Canister Church made famous by U2's video The Sweetest Thing.
Keep walking along the Merrion Square east towards Baggot Street and take a coffee in one of the busy cafés and bars. Then continue your stroll onto Fitzwilliam Square the smallest Georgian Square in Dublin. Now it's only accessible to the public once a year on Bloomsday (June 16th) and the houses surrounding it are wonderful.
The end of the Georgian Mile is at Lesson Street, you can turn left and walk towards the Grand Canal or you can turn right towards the city centre and St Stephen's Green. With sumptuous flower gardens, a Victorian bandstand and a busy duck pond, the St Stephen's Green is by far the most popular of Dublin's city parks and the perfect place to enjoy a sunny day. It's also surrounded by grandiose Georgian and Victorian buildings and great hotels such as the O'Callaghan Stephen's Green hotel one of the best accommodations in Dublin.
A saunter to bustling Grafton Street, just after the Stephen's Green Shopping Centre, will bring you to College Green and Dublin Visitor Centre so you can enjoy the Georgian Dublin by twilight.


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Warriors' Nedovic might have stress fracture in…
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Warriors' Nedovic might have stress fracture in foot
By Bay Area News Group |
PUBLISHED: August 5, 2014 at 1:48 p.m. | UPDATED: August 15, 2016 at 5:30 a.m.
The Warriors were informed guard Nemanja Nedovic suffered a stress fracture in his right foot and are awaiting confirmation of the severity of the injury, a Warriors spokesman said Tuesday.
Nedovic injured his right foot while training with the Serbian national team for the FIBA World Cup. The Warriors are waiting to review X-rays to confirm the fracture after Nedovic reportedly suffered the injury while scoring five points in eight minutes in Sunday's 82-69 exhibition win against Bosnia in Italy.
A team doctor told Mondo.rs that Nedovic would return to Belgrade for an MRI exam on what's believed to be a fracture of the fifth metatarsal and that he would need to have it immobilized for three to four weeks if the fracture is confirmed.
The latest injury for Nedovic is unrelated to right foot inflammation he suffered from last season, according to the Warriors. Nedovic missed 22 games because of health-related issues during his rookie season while appearing in 24 regular-season games.
Nedovic, 23, could be the second Warriors player on the Serbian team to miss the World Cup, as center Ognjen Kuzmic has already been ruled out because of a stress reaction in his left leg suffered during NBA Summer League.

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A Fresh Pair Of Eyes Moodscope blog.
I asked a friend to read the draft of my first Moodscope blog, after having proofread it myself multiple times. She pointed out that I had made a glaringly obvious typo. In my mind, I had typed the correct information so it didn't even register in my brain that it was wrong, despite having reading it out loud to myself. This made me think about how we so often either see what we want to see or imagine what is right in front of our eyes, rather than what is actually there.
Depression is often associated with phrases such as 'black and white thinking' and 'catastrophizing'. A large part of the illness consists of the unhelpful ways in which we think and how we view the world. We need to take the time and effort to step back and take a fresh look around us to assess whether we are really registering and interpreting our surroundings correctly.
At the weekend, I went to see the Monet exhibition at the National Gallery. The Impressionists were influential in the art world, changing the way in which artists recorded the world onto canvas. They were met with much disdain but ignored the criticisms and are now regarded as some of the greatest artists of all time. Monet tended to paint scenes and landscapes, using brushwork and colour to create a visual representation of what he saw rather than a faithful like for like recording. His work was much more about ideas arising from immersing himself in his environment.
One painting which really struck and overawed me in the gallery was La Rue Montorgueil. This painting depicts a national holiday, with crowds in the street and masses of French flags practically obscuring the buildings. I initially viewed the painting from a distance, noting the vibrant colours and the detailed crowd. However, upon closer inspection, I was very surprised to see that the individuals in the crowd were mere brush marks and bore no resemblance to human beings at all. Apart from admiring Monet's genius in being able to create a realistic human representation with a mere flick of a brush, I became aware of how things appear differently depending on our perspective. Had I not taken a closer look, I would not have appreciated his artistic genius and had I only looked closely, I would have missed the overall amazing composition.
To improve the quality of our lives, we need to learn to stop and take stock of where we are and how we view the world, our relationships, thoughts, and interpretations. Are we missing what is staring us straight in the face? Can we step back and gain a new perspective on what we thought we already knew? Maybe there are multiple permutations and new ways of seeing things if we continually view the world with a fresh pair of eyes.


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Wild 'Furious 7' ups ante for the series
What's in with Justin
Improbable stunts are the mainstay of the Fast and Furious franchise. - photo by Studio photo
Movie reviewer
Updated: April 10, 2015, 4 p.m.
"Furious 7" might've seemed like an arbitrary continuation of the franchise were it not for the death of co-star Paul Walker in November 2013. His death occurred right in the middle of production, causing the filmmakers to put the movie on hold until they could restructure the story.
Nevertheless, this sequel provides us with perhaps the most insane action ever in the series; humorous, cheesy dialogue; and a strong emphasis on family, which is very much overt throughout the film.
It all begins with Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) and Brian O'Conner (Walker) reuniting to avenge the death of Han (Sung Kang) after he was killed by Deckard Shaw (Jason Statham), the brother of Owen Shaw from "Fast & Furious 6."
It isn't long before the gang is brought back together: Dwayne Johnson's Agent Hobbs, Michelle Rodriguez's Letty, and Tyrese Gibson and Chris "Ludacris" Bridges again providing the majority of comic relief. Together, they go halfway across the world, from London to Abu Dhabi, to chase dawn Shaw.
Kurt Russell is another new kid on the block here as an agent who needs Dom and Co. to retrieve a device called "God's Eye," which can pinpoint Shaw's exact location at all times. It's not like this device really advances the plot; its only point is to put the characters into some overblown action.
And, boy, does it come in spades. The action sequences always defy both gravity and logic, including a climax that requires you to throw caution to the wind as far as the plot is concerned and do your best to keep up with the action.
For all of its exhilarating spectacle and ironic one-liners, "Furious 7" contains a great deal of heart amongst its characters, and the closing scenes involving Walker's character are sure to bring tears from rabid fans. This is a highly sensational, satisfying conclusion to not only his character, but I'm also hoping it can be said for the franchise in general. I don't think the cast and filmmakers can — or should — ever top this one.
(Rated PG-13 for prolonged frenetic sequences of violence, action and mayhem, suggestive content and brief strong language.)


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.PL Domain Name Regulations as of 18 December 2006 (In force as of 1 December 2015)
This version of Regulations is only for informational use – the only valid version is the Polish one ».
1. These Regulations set out the conditions of providing services by NASK within the scope of .pl domain names maintenance.
2. The definitions used in these Regulations shall have the following meanings:
a. NASK is 'Naukowa i Akademicka Sieć Komputerowa – instytut badawczy' [Scientific and Academic Computer Network – research institute] with its registered office in Warsaw, entered in the Register of Entrepreneurs of the National Court Register at number: 0000012938. Detailed information on NASK is available at NASK's Website: www.dns.pl.
b. Regulations are these regulations.
c. Domain name is a set of characters in .pl Domain. The characters that can be components of a domain name, number of characters and the conditions of their inclusion have been specified in the NASK's Website.
d. .pl Domain is a domain of the world-wide system of domains added to a database of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority that corresponds to a two-letter code of the Republic of Poland, in accordance with the standards used by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority.
e. Partner is an entity bound with the NASK by a co-operation agreement on the Administrative and Technical Service that has been put on an up-to-date list of Partners included in the NASK's Website.
f. Tenderer is an entity or natural person who has submitted a tender through a Partner in order to enter into the Agreement.
g. Subscriber is a party in the Agreement concluded with NASK.
h. Tender is an offer to enter into the Agreement, specifying the domain name, the Subscriber and servers intended to maintain the domain name and other data necessary to enter into and perform the Agreement, specified in the NASK's Website.
i. Maintenance of the Domain Name is making possible for the Internet users to use the data specified by the Subscriber necessary for the communication on the Internet and stored in the memory of a device intended for that purpose by the NASK. The use of data consists in replies to requests from the Internet users.
j. Administrative and Technical Service is a set of actions performed by the NASK necessary for the Maintenance of the Domain Name. The actions include in particular the maintenance of data transferred by the Subscriber and making data processing systems available.
k. Agreement is an agreement between NASK and the Subscriber, including the Maintenance of the Domain Name. NASK's services on the Administrative and Technical Service shall be regulated in a separate agreement to be entered into between the NASK and the Partner.
l. Change of the Subscriber is the transfer of all the Subscriber's rights and obligations to a third party under the Agreement.
m. Dispute is a legal action initiated by a third party in the Arbitration Court or any other court to protect that party's rights that could have been infringed by the Subscriber by entering into or performing the Agreement.
n. Change of Delegation is a change of information on the servers intended to Maintain the Domain Name.
o. Arbitration Court is one of the permanent Arbitration Courts operating at organizations which are bound with the NASK by co-operation agreements on disputes resolution, specified in the NASK's Website.
p. NASK's Website is NASK's website, available at www.dns.pl, designed in particular for Agreement purposes.
ENTERING INTO THE AGREEMENT
3. The Agreement between the NASK and the Subscriber shall have been entered into when the NASK has accepted the Tender, submitted through a Partner, but no later than at the time the Maintenance of the Domain Name has started. The Tender, irrespective of the form in which it has been submitted to the Partner, shall be sent by the Partner to the NASK in the form agreed between the NASK and the Partner in a separate agreement.
4. By submitting the Tender, the Tenderer guarantees that the data included in the Tender is accurate and that the submission of the Tender and the performance of the Agreement do not infringe any third parties' rights or the law, and in particular that the domain name will not be used to distribute malicious software, manage botnets and phishing.
5. The NASK shall not examine whether by entering into or performing the Agreement the Subscriber has infringed the third parties' rights or the law. The entering into the Agreement does not mean that the Subscriber shall be given any rights concerning the Domain Name except for those clearly resulting from the Agreement nor that the Tender or the performance of the Agreement by the Subscriber infringes the third parties' rights.
6. The NASK can refuse to accept the Tender, in particular, if:
a. the Tenderer has not met any technical conditions specified in the NASK's Website,
b. the NASK is bound by the Agreement on the Maintenance of the same Domain Name which has been indicated in the Tender or the entering into the Agreement is underway unless the Tender has been an option whose meaning has been specified in the separate regulations published in the NASK's Website.
PERFORMANCE OF THE AGREEMENT
7. The NASK shall execute the Maintenance of the Domain Name for the Subscriber and provide the Administrative and Technical Service for the Partner.
8. NASK shall perform the Agreement and the activities related therewith basing on the data of a Domain Name and a Subscriber referred by a Partner. The NASK shall include the Subscriber's data, referred as specified above, in the data base of the subscribers of the Domain Name that is publicly accessible through the NASK's Website. NASK may demand additional documents and information on the data related with the Offer or the Agreement. Natural persons' consent shall be required to include personal data, in accordance with the law.
9. The Partner shall pay the fee in the amount and in accordance with the rules specified in a separate agreement between NASK and the Partner. The amount of the fees pertaining to the Administrative and Technical Service has been specified in the breakdown of the fees, collected from the Partners, published at the NASK's Website. The duty to pay the fee shall be imposed on the Partner and the Subscriber shall be exempted from that duty.
10. The Subscriber, through the Partner, shall notify the NASK of each change of data concerning the Domain Name or the Subscriber. In case of non-notification, the NASK shall perform the Agreement and the activities related therewith using only the previous data.
CO-OPERATION WITH THE PARTNER
11. The Subscriber shall give his consent to the provision of the Administrative and Technical Service for the Partner and to the Partner's carrying out of other actions related to the Agreement but any actions or omissions of the Partner shall have an effect directly on the Subscriber. By giving his consent, mentioned above, the Subscriber shall be responsible towards the NASK for the Partner's actions or omissions connected with the Domain Name which the Agreement concerns.
12. The Subscriber, in the place of the previous Partner, under the rules laid down at the NASK's Website, may designate another Partner, giving the consent specified in Article 11. After such a designation, the consent given to the previous Partner shall expire in respect of NASK.
13. If the Co-operation Agreement in the field of the Administrative and Technical Service with the Partner, who has been given the consent by the Subscriber in accordance with Article 11, has been terminated or expired, the Subscriber shall submit, in the form and time stated by the NASK, a statement on the term of the Agreement, and in particular on giving such a consent to other Partner under the rules laid down at the NASK's Website. During the time period, mentioned above, the Administrative and Technical Service shall not be executed. The non-submission of the statement in the form and time stated by the NASK or lack of consent, given within the time period, specified above, shall entitle NASK to terminate the Agreement by ceasing to Maintain the Domain Name. The activities regarding the cessation of Maintenance of the Domain Name may be preceded by suspension of its Maintenance, however, when during such suspension the consent, specified above, is given, the Agreement shall be continued.
14. The NASK is not represented by the Partner nor is responsible for any actions or omissions of the Partner.
15. The NASK shall be liable towards the Subscriber for any damage being the consequence of improper performance or non-performance of obligations by the NASK. The amount of the compensation shall be limited to fifteen-fold amount of the highest of fees specified in the breakdown of fees collected from the Partners, published at the NASK's Website on the day of commencing the compensation procedure. The limited liability shall not apply if the damage has been done willfully as well as in other cases determined by the binding law.
16. The Change of the Subscriber shall be effected through the Partner without prejudice to the circumstances determined in Article 17 of these Regulations.
17. In case the NASK has been notified about a Dispute, the Change of the Subscriber of the Domain Name that has been the subject matter of the Dispute shall be suspended until the time of the Dispute resolution but no later than a year after the NASK has been notified about the Dispute. This period of time can be extended by the NASK on condition that the party of the Dispute proves that the Dispute has not been resolved yet. The suspension of the Change of the Subscriber shall not influence the articles of these Regulations concerning the termination of the Agreement.
18. The Change of Delegation shall be made through the Partner.
19. Articles 3 to 6 shall apply accordingly, except for Article 6.b. concerning the Change of Delegation.
20. In case a third party initiates a legal action in the Arbitration Court against the Subscriber claiming that the Subscriber has infringed the rights of that person by entering into or performing the Agreement, the Subscriber shall submit to that Arbitration Court a duly signed arbitration clause to the Arbitration Court in due time stated in the summon to sign this arbitration clause.
21. The non-signing of the arbitration clause specified above shall result in the termination of the Agreement three months after the time stated to sign this arbitration clause, and this time limit shall be shortened to the date of terminating the Agreement on the basis of other provisions of the Regulations, if this date occurs before the end of the three month-period after the time stated to sign this arbitration clause. If the NASK has been informed during the time period specified above by the Arbitration Court about the delivery of the signed arbitration clause to that Court, the Agreement shall not be terminated. The provisions of this Article and the preceding Article shall be enforced in cases specified by universally binding law.
22. A legally valid decision of an arbitration court or the common court stating that the Subscriber has infringed a third party's rights shall be a basis for the termination of the Agreement by the NASK with that Subscriber without the period of termination. Execution of decisions and actions, described in the preceding sentence, may be effected on the basis of the procedures published at the NASK's Website.
VALIDITY PERIOD OF THE AGREEMENT
23. The Agreement shall be entered into for an unlimited period of time and can be terminated at any time by the Subscriber without the period of termination. The termination of the Agreement shall be made through the Partner without prejudice to Article 13. Partner's failure to pay the fee, specified in Article 9, regarding the provision of Administrative and Technical Service after the first year of Domain Name Maintenance, shall be in particular deemed as the termination of the Agreement, subject to the second sentence in Article 26. NASK shall not demand the payment of such a fee from the Subscriber.
24. The NASK can terminate the Agreement in writing with a three-month period of termination.
25. Irrespective of the reasons specified in other articles of these Regulations, the NASK can terminate the Agreement without the notice if the provisions of the Regulations have been infringed by the Subscriber.
26. Ceasing of the Maintenance of the Domain Name by the NASK is equivalent to the termination of the Agreement, however, actions related with ceasing of the Maintenance of the Domain Name can be preceded by the suspension of the Maintenance of the Domain Name. In case the Partner has paid the fee, specified in Article 9, regarding the provision of Administrative and Technical Service after the first year of the Maintenance of the Domain Name, during the suspension of the Maintenance of the Domain Name, which has been a consequence of failure to pay the fee, the Agreement shall be continued.
27. When NASK has determined that the Maintenance of the Domain Name causes, may cause or affect the emergence or development of danger of security and stability of global domain name system or the .pl Domain, NASK shall be authorized to suspend the Maintenance of the Domain Name or Change of Delegation.
28. The termination of the Agreement shall not be the basis for returning by NASK in whole or in part the fees, specified in Article 9, whereby NASK shall not demand from the Subscriber the payment of any fees regarding the termination of the Agreement. NASK shall not interfere in the settlement issues between the Subscriber and the Partner.
OTHER PROVISIONS
29. The consequences of submitting false statements, giving incorrect, not complete, or untrue data to the Partner or NASK shall burden the Tenderer and the Subscriber.
30. The NASK can use e-mail addresses given by the Tenderer or the Subscriber to communicate in cases concerning the Tender or the Agreement. E-mails sent at the above addresses shall be deemed duly delivered. The Subscriber's correspondence can be sent by fax or as an attachment to a message sent by e-mail, however, NASK can require the document to be delivered in original.
31. The provisions of these Regulations shall not infringe consumers' rights arising out of the binding law in the Republic of Poland.
32. These Regulations shall constitute a part of the Agreement, and if any discrepancy arises between the provisions of these Regulations and the Agreement, the provisions of the Agreement shall apply.
33. The Subscriber shall be informed of any change in the Regulations, in accordance with the law. The NASK can, in particular through the Partner, inform the Subscriber of a change in the Regulations in an electronic form. The Regulations changed shall be binding to the Subscriber unless he/she terminates the Agreement within two (2) weeks of the day on which he was notified of the change. The period of the termination of the Agreement shall be one (1) month. The provisions of this Article do not affect other provisions of the Regulations regarding the termination of the Agreement.
34. The Regulations in this wording shall take effect on 1 December 2015, whereby as for the Subscriber bound by the Agreement on that day, the Regulations in this wording shall be binding, unless the Agreement has been terminated under Article 33, from the date mentioned above or the date resulting from Article 33, depending which day comes later. As for the Subscriber, bound by the Agreement on execution of the Administrative and Technical Service for him/her, the Regulations in this wording shall take effect pursuant to the rules specified above, unless the consent, referred to in Article 11, has been granted previously for the execution of the Administrative and Technical Service for the Partner, whereby, that consent shall be granted under the rules specified at the NASK's Website (hereinafter referred to as: « Partner's Choice »). In case the Partner's Choice is not made before 1 December 2015, the provisions of Article 35 shall be applied.
35. Using the Administrative and Technical Service provided by NASK for the Subscriber shall only be permitted to the end of the Subscriber's billing period, set on the basis of the Price List and started before 2 December 2015. Lack of Partner's Choice before the expiry of the period, specified above, shall entitle NASK to terminate the Agreement by ceasing to Maintain the Domain Name, however, this termination may be preceded by the suspension of the Maintenance of the Domain Name after the lapse of the period specified above. When the Partner's Choice is made during the suspension, the Agreement shall be continued and the Regulations in this wording shall be effected for the Subscriber with the moment the Partner's Choice is made.
36. Irrespective of the above arrangements, the provisions of Articles 34-36 as for the Subscribers, bound by the Agreement, shall be effected from the date resulting from Article 33 of the Regulations, unless the Agreement has not been terminated under the provisions of that article.
37. In cases not specified by the Regulations and the Agreement, the provisions of law binding in the Republic of Poland shall apply. Any Disputes concerning the obligations arising from the Agreement between the Subscriber whose place of abode or registered office is situated outside the territory of Poland and the NASK shall be resolved by common courts competent due to the NASK's registered office location.
http://www.dns.pl/english/regulations20151201.html
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Forest Grove High School to pause in-person learning
With 18% of school staff absent due to illness, Forest Grove High School will switch to remote learning beginning Tuesday through January 21. "To be clear, our decision to pause in-person is because we do not have enough staff to safely run the high school at this time," FGSD Superintendent Dave Parker said. It's hoped that the move will keep other schools in the district from closing their doors.
By Chas Hundley - Gales Creek Journal
January 10, 2022 at 8:39pm
The Forest Grove High School. Photo: Brenda Schaffer
Forest Grove High School will pause in-person learning, switching to online learning in the face of teacher absences due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The pause will last from Tuesday, January 11 to Friday, January 21. The hope is that the school will reconvene in-person instruction on Monday, January 24. On Tuesday, January 11, there will be no instruction for students grades 9 to 12; high school teachers will instead use the day to set up for remote learning.
According to Forest Grove School District Superintendent Dave Parker, 18% of the school's staff are absent, and almost one-third—32%— of Forest Grove High School's students, drawn from Forest Grove, Cornelius, Gales Creek, Dilley, and other communities, are out sick.
No other schools will close their doors at this time, Parker said in a statement Monday afternoon.
"To be clear, our decision to pause in-person is because we do not have enough staff to safely run the high school at this time," Parker said.
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During a regularly scheduled school board meeting held Monday evening, Parker went directly to the challenges facing the district.
Asked to go over that month's correspondence and celebrations, a traditional opening part of the board's agenda, Parker demurred, after noting there were none.
"We've got kind of bigger news to talk about," he said during the meeting.
In an update largely covering postponements at the high school, FGSD School Board Student Representative Sonja Postma discussed the impact the omicron surge was having on students.. "Basically, everyone was just kind of really stressed out about COVID," Postma, appointed to the role in September 2021, said.
"There are people who weren't sick, and they just weren't going to school because they were scared. But I think that people are definitely relieved with going back to online for the next couple of weeks."
Nearly one-third of the student body being absent couldn't stave off a similar trend in those employed there.
As cases began to rocket upward in Oregon, the district began to lose staff due to COVID-19 cases.
"Over the past several days, our staff has worked diligently to cover the mounting number of staff who are absent due to illness. To this point we have covered absences and kept students in classrooms. We have utilized all available substitutes and staff members in the buildings and the district office," a statement attributed to Parker read.
During Monday's school board meeting, which can be viewed online, Parker gave the latest update on the district's efforts to grapple with the spike in cases.
"We're struggling to manage the surge right now," Parker said. Around 65 staff and around 300 students across the district had COVID-19, according to Parker.
Neil Armstrong Middle School was another school facing staffing challenges, Parker said. At that school, 7% of staff and 27% of students were absent Monday.
In the end, the decision was made to pause in-person learning at Forest Grove High School only.
"What we're currently doing isn't sustainable," Parker said.
He described efforts to push educators and staff into different roles to try to cover gaps in staffing, a move that still left the high school with 23 unfilled absences.
Counselors, district office staff, and Parker himself have found themselves stepping into new roles as illnesses mount.
One benefit of closing the high school, Parker said, is that substitute teachers that were filling in at the high school can be shunted to different schools across the district to cover losses there, where in-person learning is still ongoing.
"We'll evaluate each day, we'll meet and kind of evaluate where we're at with our subs, and figure out if this needs to be expanded, or whether it doesn't. That's our hope, that we can weather this by doing this," Parker said.
Parker noted that current estimates of the current coronavirus surge project case numbers to drop toward the end of January.
High school students can pick up a cold lunch starting Wednesday, January 12 from Harvey Clarke Elementary School or Echo Shaw Elementary School between 10:30 and 11 a.m. each school day during the school's closure. Students who need a lunch are asked to knock on the exterior door closest to the cafeteria.
Athletics at the high school are also paused, albeit for a shorter time.
All athletics will be paused January 11 and 12, with practices only resuming January 13 through 15. Competitions are expected to resume January 17. "Our goal is to reschedule as many of our contests as possible in the weeks ahead," the district said.
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Ah what an interesting challenge Marianne has set us this month! "Repetition". My first reaction on seeing the topic was one of panic. Did I understand it? Could I find anything that would fit? A plan emerged, and my hopes were pinned onto a visit to take place the following Saturday.
But then, totally unexpectedly, the metaphorical lightbulb lit up and I saw it. In El Museo de Miel in Colmenar, showing friends round, there it was. And suddenly I understood completely what "Repetition" could be.
I put my hands up to the fact that this is a "fake" photograph. Well it's a real photo, but of course it is a model of a beehive. Believe me, I wouldn't have got in that close if they were real! It's part of the display at Colmenar's Museo de la Miel. Very fitting for me, as colmena is the Spanish for beehive – see my blog post about the museum at http://bit.ly/TRk71V. I'd been in the museum shop many times to buy caramelos de miel, honey sweets, and of course the honey itself. I finally went around the exhibition part this week and this picture is the result. Although the contents of the hive cells are different, the repetition comes from the exactly repeated shapes.
Right. Back to the theme. A few days after the visit to the honey museum, the planned trip took place when I was convinced I'd get my perfect "repetition" shot.. Saturday was the Día de las Pasas in the village of La Viñuela. The Festival of Raisins.
Taking Gordon, my visitor, to the raisin festival was the ideal opportunity to visit "the other side" of Lake Viñuela for the first time. I think the event livened up later on, but we were there near the start. The benefit of that was that the tasty displays on all the stores were untouched, enabling me to get the picture I wanted. Like the honeycomb picture above, the repetition comes from the large numbers of the same item, but at the same time I like being able to notice the differences as well as the similarities between the raisins, showing in fact that (just like fingerprints) none of them are the same at all!
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What a splendid entry to the Challenge, Tamara! I think, as with many challenges, the theme is totally open to your own interpretation of the word. When I have seen other people´s entries I have sometimes been surprised with what they have come up with – but that´s the nature of life. We are all different!
OK, I´ll hop over and have a look at your featured blogs and say hello to Bob and John.
Love the beehive, even if it is a model.


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Winter and Spring Lectures
The Autobiography of Irving K. Pond
Lecture by David Swan
Wednesday February 24, 2010 at 7:00pm
Irving K. Pond was a distinguished Chicago architect, author, gifted storyteller, and national president of the American Institute of Architects. His richly anecdotal autobiography, published for the first time in 2009, gives us an irreverent account of Chicago architecture and its architects at the turn of the last century. It should be read alongside the autobiographies of Sullivan and Wright to remind us that seminal developments in architecture, like those of the Italian Renaissance, emerge from a collaborative environment, and are not the product of an individual genius working alone. The lecture is presented by Chicago architect David Swan, who along with Terry Tatum (Supervising Historian and Director of Research for the Landmarks Division, City of Chicago) edited the text of the autobiography and gathered several hundred photos and line drawings that accompany it. Copies of the book will be available for sale following the lecture.
Edgar Miller and the Handmade Home
Lecture by Richard Cahan and Michael Williams
Wednesday March 24, 2010 at 7:00pm
Edgar Miller was a Chicago artist who used recycled material to turn old homes into works of art. He called it a "social adventure." His four apartment complexes in the Gold Coast have changed over the decades, but much of Miller's work and the spirit he brought to each home remains. They offer lessons about beauty, creativity and honesty. Now, for the first time, Miller's life and the homes that he built are documented in a 400-page book by architectural historians Richard Cahan and Michael Williams, with stunning photography by Alexander Vertikoff. The book carefully details the forces that shaped an artist who was called "the blond boy Michaelangelo" in the 1920s, "a new luminary" in the 1930s, and "one of the most versatile artists in America" in the 1940s. The illustrated lecture will shed light on "Chicago's forgotten Renaissance man" who is a legend in the Chicago architectural community. Copies of the book will be available for sale following the lecture.
White House Interiors, 1865 – 1902
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Tuesday May 11, 2010 at 7:00pm
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I used to spend my summers as a kid in North Dakota. My family is from there so I had many relatives to hang out with. I went to a lot of movies the summer of 1987 with my cousin Kevin. My favorite movie out of all the ones we watched that summer was La Bamba. I loved the music and the sad story. My cousin Kevin's favorite of the summer was Dirty Dancing, I think also because of the music. I think we saw both of these movies the week they were released. (There's not much to do in North Dakota.) It turns out that Dirty Dancing became a big hit that summer. Groovy.
Dirty Dancing, in case you've been living under a rock, is about Baby (played by Jennifer Grey) who goes with her family to some fancy snotty resort for the summer. She falls for Johnny (played by Patrick Swayze), the dance instructor bad boy at the resort. They dance all proper during the day, but the dirty nasty dancing happens at night. Sexy. There's an illegal abortion and Baby's daddy thinks Johnny is the father. Stupid soap opera stuff like that. I love the sweet relationship between Johnny and Baby. I remember laughing at Baby's stupid older sister. She played dumb really well. The movie has a lot of great music, dancing, and Patrick Swayze's hot body.
In the scene where Baby keeps laughing when Johnny runs his arm down hers was real. Jennifer Grey was actually laughing and Patrick Swayze was really pissed. It was kept in because it was so realistic.
The dancing that Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze do during the love scene was the same dance they did for the screen test. It wasn't originally going to be in the movie.
The scene where Johnny and Baby are crawling towards each other on the floor also wasn't originally part of the movie. They were just messing around, but the director liked it and kept it in the movie.
Jennifer Grey was not happy when she learned that Patrick Swayze had won the role of Johnny. I guess they didn't get along when they worked together in Red Dawn. Apparently they worked everything out.
Val Kilmer was offered the lead role but turned it down. Gross.
Billy Zane was considered for the lead role but he sucked at dancing.
Sarah Jessica Parker auditioned for the role of Baby.
Jennifer Grey was 10 years older than the character she was portraying.
She's Like the Wind was written and performed by Patrick Swayze. It was originally written for the suckfest movie Grandview, U.S.A.
The choreographer of this movie, Kenny Ortega, went on to direct High School Musical.
There are no close ups when Baby & Johnny are practicing at the lake because it was so cold that the actor's lips were blue.
Max Cantor, who played Robbie, died of a heroin overdose when he was 32.
The crew only had two weeks to rehearse and only 44 days to film.
Surprise Hit
The movie was one of those surprise hits. It was a low budget film with not a lot of time to rehearse or shoot. The weather didn't cooperate with them. Seems like it was way too hot (over 100) or super cold. The reviews were bad. Roger Ebert gave it a thumbs down saying it had an idiot plot. Hey Roger, you're an idiot! The plan for Dirty Dancing was to release the movie for a weekend in the theaters and then send it straight to video. Way to be positive, people. It turned out to be a huge hit, earning over $214 million worldwide.
The Coda
Jennifer Grey had a nose job in the early 90's that made her unrecognizable to many, including myself. She was on Friends and even though I had seen her episode many times, I never realized it was her until I read about it somewhere. She won Dancing with the Stars at the age of 50. That was pretty cool. Grey also was on the TV show Red Oaks from 2014-2017. So, it appears she's keeping busy.
Patrick Swayze continued on with more success than his co-star after Dirty Dancing. One of his biggest films was Ghost with Demi Moore in 1990. Sadly, he was diagnosed with stage four pancreatic cancer in January 2008. He fought hard but lost the fight on September 14, 2009. I loved the way he looked. His face wasn't movie star handsome, but it was gorgeously unique. His body was perfection. I hope there's a lot of dirty dancing going on wherever he is…..and I hope he's naked.
The dance scene at the end of the movie is my favorite. I love the excitement of the music and the hips of Patrick Swayze. I love the sweet smile on Jennifer Grey's face. It all makes me want to dance. It's a sweet feel good movie that makes you smile. Nobody puts Baby in a corner, bitches.
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White Christmas in Dixie
It was Christmas Eve as she stood in the front door with her bags. Everything on the inside was familiar but the outside was a foreign place to Lacey. After living on the outskirts of New York City most of her life, her parents decided to pack up and move to New Bern, North Carolina. A small coastal town and the kind of place Lacey's mom, Susie, had always dreamed of living. Now instead of snow on the ground and brightly colored lights, there was browning grass and white lights that seemed to get lost among the plantation-style homes. This was the first Christmas Lacey had off in years, and this wasn't what she was picturing.
For the past five years, Lacey worked as a producer at a television station in Cincinnati, Ohio. Many people think it's an exciting, interesting job, but what many people don't realize is that it's a 24/7 job. The news does not stop during the holidays. So for the past four Christmases, Lacey spent the day inside the newsroom, putting together shows. Then either her family would come see her or she would spend the rest of Christmas day with friends. But finally Lacey had climbed up the producer ladder and was able to get a few days off around Christmas this year. She was excited to go home and go into New York City, walk along Madison Avenue with her mom and look at all the famously decorated store windows. Then they would go by Rockefeller Center and marvel at the beautiful Christmas tree while snow fell all around them. It was tradition and it was all Lacey had ever known in her 27 years.
But then on November 2nd she received the phone call from her dad, Mark, saying that they sold their home and they would have to be out by the end of the month. Lacey knew her parents put the house up for sale, but with the economy the way it was, she assumed it would take a few months before her childhood home would sell. She at least thought she would be able to spend one more Christmas in the home she grew up in. Then a week later, she received another call from her parents. After spending a weekend visiting friends down in New Bern, they found a home they fell in love with and put money down on it! So to recap, in just the matter of a week, Lacey's parents sold off her childhood home and instead of staying up north, her parents were going to fly south to a small town call New Bern? Lacey couldn't hold back at that point. Tears welled up in her eyes thinking that everything was changing and she couldn't seem to catch up. She never even heard of New Bern, but there was one thing she did know, for the first time in her life she wasn't going to have a white Christmas.
The news just seemed to be the cherry on top of a year that hadn't gone exactly the way Lacey wanted. Her job as a producer was starting to wear on her, there wasn't any signs of a promotion and her attempts to find another job yielded nothing. Her love life was also less than stellar. She had fallen in love with one of her best friends, Aaron. But after years of flirting and the potential signs of them being more than just friends, he pretty much spelled it out for her and told her she didn't have that special something that he wanted in a girlfriend. Even though she was going to a whole new place, Lacey needed this Christmas to get away from everything and everyone in Cincinnati.
"What do you think?!" Lacey snapped out of her daze and saw her mom walking toward her. "It's cute," said Lacey as she set down her bags on the bench right next to the front door. She took off her jacket and pulled her long, brown hair out of her scarf. Not like she really need those extra layers since the temperature was just around 50 degrees.
"We still have a lot of work to do, but all the furniture is set up and we made sure your room is all put together for you," Susie smiled, trying to make her daughter feel at home, even though she could sense her sadness.
"Great. Where is Bryan," asked Lacey. Her brother Bryan decided to move down to New Bern with her parents since he was laid off from his fancy Wall Street job during the financial crisis, and he hadn't fully recovered. Bryan figured starting over in a new place was for the best.
"Oh he's off at the store with your dad getting everything for dinner tomorrow night. C'mon let me show you the house," said Susie.
Lacey carefully wandered around and saw all the Christmas decorations her mother put up every year. Presents already started to fill up under the Christmas tree.
Her mother showed her around. The kitchen was beautiful with all new appliances, and there was an island, which is something her mother always wanted in the kitchen. The two of them went through each room, her mom going into every detail like always, but Lacey just stared at all the familiar furniture from her old home. Her favorite room had to be the sunroom on the second floor that had a balcony that looked over the harbor.
Lacey heard the door close downstairs and peered over the railing and saw her dad and brother come in with their arms full of groceries. She ran downstairs, hugged them both and exchanged the usual how are you's and how do you like the house questions.
"Well I better go unpack," Lacey said as she grabbed her bags and headed to the back bedroom that also looked over the harbor. She put her bags down next to her dresser, sat down at the edge of her old bed and pulled out her phone. There was text message from Aaron.
I MISS YOU! REBECCA'S PARTY ISN'T GOING TO BE THE SAME WITHOUT YOU!
She could feel the tears starting to form and thought this is exactly why I needed to get away. Even though Aaron made it clear they would never be a couple, he still said these things that gave her hope.
She looked under her "favorite people" on her phone and found Aaron's number, and despite her head telling her not to call, her heart moved her thumb over the phone icon and soon she heard Aaron's voice on the other side.
"You are never allowed to leave me again!" Aaron shouted at her. Lacey laughed while a small tear trickled down the side of her face. "How is the new house? Are you in the middle of nowhere? Have you heard banjoes yet?"
"It's actually a cute house with a great view of the harbor. And believe it or not, no banjoes yet but I'll keep my ear out for you. And of course no snow," said Lacey.
"Oh you and your snow. You are crazy obsessed!"
"Well there are worse things that I could be obsessed about. Are you going over to Rebecca's for the party tonight?"
"Yeah, Rebecca told me her best friend who just moved to Cincy is going to be there, so she's hoping me and her will hit it off," Aaron said with some excitement in his voice. Hearing him talking about another girl made Lacey's stomach turn and she could feel her voice start to shake a bit.
"Oh wow… sounds like fun," Lacey said as she tried to cover up her shaky voice.
"I probably shouldn't have said that. You know I'm so use to telling you everything Lace, that I sometimes forget… you know."
"I know, I know. Seriously don't worry about it. Remember we told each other that things wouldn't change between us after the talk and I want you to still be able to come and talk to me about anything."
But Lacey had hoped that wouldn't include other girls. It was typical of Lacey to put others feelings before hers, especially Aaron's. "Listen," said Lacey, "let's not bring it all up again, I just wanted to give you a quick call since I got your text message." Lacey wanted to get off the phone as soon as possible. "I'll talk to you tomorrow and you can fill me in on the party."
"Ok sounds great. Miss you love and have fun down in the deep South," said Aaron.
"Miss you too bye," Lacey quickly hung up the phone and just closed her eyes and let a couple of tears run down her cheek. She had to get out of the house. She could start to feel herself lose control with all the changes in her life. Lacey didn't want her family see her red eyes, so she shouted that she was going on a walk and headed straight out the door.
She had no idea where she was going, but all Lacey knew was that she needed to get some fresh air. She walked for about a mile and looked at all the plantation homes. While they were beautiful, she couldn't help but remember the homes in her old neighborhood. She could picture them all lit up with multi-color lights and with tacky Christmas statues in the front yard.
Lacey found a bench looking out on the water and decided to take a seat there. She looked out onto the water and her thoughts went back to her old home. She could see the Christmas tree set up in the living room, a roaring fire in the fireplace right next to it and snow completely covering the ground outside. Lacey would give anything to be back in that house right now.
Then suddenly her thoughts went back to Aaron. How could he not give her a chance? Didn't he see how great they would be together? The two of them made each other laugh and they shared moments together that she never had with any of her other friends. Lacey had been told multiple times by people that it was hard to hangout with the two of them because they had their own little world together.
Tears started to fill her eyes again. There had always been a glimmer of hope that her and Aaron could be together. But ever since their talk, all of those hopes were dashed. She would never know what it would be like to hold his hand and never know what it would be like to kiss him. And Lacey knew it was because she wasn't the skinny, blonde hair bimbo that Aaron always went for.
Lacey put her face in her hands and just started crying uncontrollably. The holidays are suppose to be filled with cheer, but she couldn't even muster up a smile.
"Excuse me, do you mind if I sit down?"
Lacey looked up and saw an old man with a cane. His hair was completely white and she could see a smile behind his full beard.
"Oh of course you can sit down," said Lacey.
"Thank you young lady. My name is Nick," he said as he carefully sat down on the other side of the bench.
"I'm Lacey."
"I'm sorry if I surprised you, but such a pretty lady shouldn't be crying," Nick said with a thick, Southern drawl.
Lacey tried to put a smile on her face. "Well, thank you. I guess I'm just having one of those moments," she said.
"So are you from around here?"
"No, my family just moved down here from New York City, and I'm here visiting them for Christmas."
Nick chuckled, "I knew it. New Bern is a small town where everyone knows everyone. Plus with that accent there's no way you live below the Mason-Dixon line."
"Well you caught me. New Bern is beautiful but it's definitely weird being down here," said Lacey.
"Weird?"
"Well for starters it's the end of December and I'm not even wearing a coat out here. And I also have a slight obsession with snow, so it's going to be weird not have a white Christmas for the first time," Lacey replied.
"Well you never know, Christmas miracles do happen," Nick said with a slight smirk.
Lacey shook her head, "I guess I don't really believe in miracles happening for me this year." She looked over at Nick and he had a confused look on his face. "It has been one of those years where nothing has gone my way, so not only will I not have snow this year, but the love of my life will never love me back." Lacey couldn't believe that she was spilling her guts out to a man that she hardly even knew. But she figured she needed to let it all out, and who better than a man that she would probably never see again.
"Well young boys these days just don't know a good thing when it's staring them right in the face. Why would you want to be with a fool like that anyways," said Nick.
Lacey let out a little laugh as a small tear trickled down her face.
"Plus, maybe you shouldn't focus on what you don't have and instead look at what you do have. You have a family to spend time with on Christmas Day and who are probably wondering where their daughter is now," said Nick.
Lacey looked over at Nick. He was right. This is the first year in a while that she would be able to spend Christmas morning with her family. She would be able to enjoy opening gifts and watching her family unwrap their presents without having to rush off to work. Her co-workers would kill to be with their families, instead of working on Christmas Day. At that moment, she realized just how petty she was being.
"You know what Nick, you are right. I shouldn't let a boy or a snow-less ground ruin my holiday," Lacey replied. She got up from the bench, took a look at the sun starting to set around the water and then looked down at Nick. "Thank you Nick, that's something I needed to hear."
"You're welcome Lacey. Now go on out of here and go see your family. And have a merry Christmas," said Nick with a sparkle in his eye.
"Merry Christmas to you too Nick," Lacey said. She started walking and took a final look back at Nick, never knowing if she would ever see him again.
The next morning, Lacey woke up with a smile on her face. She could smell the coffee brewing and just like every Christmas, her mother's famous pancakes were on the griddle. Lacey got up out of bed and turned toward the window and couldn't believe her eyes!
There it was, snow was falling from the sky and covering the ground. How was this even possible? It had been in the 50s and sunny the day before. She rushed downstairs to see the Christmas tree lit up and a fire roaring in the fireplace.
"Merry Christmas sweetheart," said her mother as she flipped another batch of pancakes on the griddle.
"Merry Christmas! I can't believe it! It's snowing!" said Lacey.
"I know it's some kind of Christmas miracle," her mother said.
The words "Christmas miracle" stuck in Lacey's head and her thoughts instantly went to Nick. She shook her head and smiled thinking about that wonderful, old man she randomly met on the park bench.
Her thoughts were interrupted by the door bell ringing. She glanced over at her mom with a confused look on her face and started toward the front door. She figured maybe it was neighbors stopping by to say hello, but this early in the morning? She swung open the door and there he was.
Aaron was standing on the front porch, with a small bag in his hand. "Surprise! Merry Christmas" he said as he held open his arms.
But Lacey couldn't move. Why was he doing this? Why was he here? "What are you doing here," she said with a frown on her face.
"Well that's not the hello I was hoping for," said Aaron.
"Well what do you expect? You knew I needed this time to get away from you after our talk. Remember I'm not special enough to be with you, those are your words… not mine," Lacey fired back.
"Listen Lace, I'm an idiot and should have never said that to you. You were only gone for one day, but I've missed you like crazy. While I was at Rebecca's party last night all I could think about was you, and wishing you were there with me. So I paid a fortune to get a flight early this morning, because I had to be here with you and tell you I made a big mistake," said Aaron.
Lacey couldn't believe what she was hearing. "So does this mean you want to give this relationship a chance? Is that what I'm getting from that big speech of yours?"
"Yes, I want to give this a chance, unless you have changed your mind about everything," Aaron replied.
A big smile grew across Lacey's face. "No I haven't changed my mind. All I've ever wanted was for you to realize what a great couple we would be together." Lacey jumped into Aaron's arms, looked up at his face and finally landed the kiss that she wanted to give him for years.
The two stood outside on the front porch in each other's arms and looked out at the snow. Lacey couldn't believe everything that had just happened to her in the past 24 hours, and she knew that Nick was the one that she had to thank for the Christmas miracles.
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Middle Earth: Shadow Of Mordor Announced For PS4 And Xbox One
"Players will explore the dark and very personal theme of vengeance"
Posted By Richie Reitzfeld | On 13th, Nov. 2013 Under News
Earlier today Warner Bros Interactive announced a brand new installment in the Lord Of The Rings-centric game-verse: Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor. The game will release on both current and next gen consoles, and will feature an entirely original story; a first for the Lord of the Rings game series.
Players will take on the role of Talion, a ranger who witnessed the murder of his family before his very eyes at the hands of Sauron and his army. Though Talion was murdered as well, he has been resurrected by a spirit of vengeance, and has gained the abilities of a wraith. As Talion, you will go forth into Morder to exact your revenge, and in so doing, unearth more information about the rings of power, and the spirit that has resurrected you.
"In Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, players will explore the dark and very personal theme of vengeance in a world where decisions have a consequence, and those consequences persist even after death. The game introduces new gameplay mechanics to the action genre, creating opportunities for emergent and customized gameplay that will be rewarding for players," says Samantha Ryan, Senior Vice President, Production and Development, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment.
Source: Gameinformer
Tagged With: Middle Earth Enterprises, Middle Earth: Shadows of Mordor, monolith productions, ps3, ps4, Warner Bros Interactive, xbox 360, Xbox One
Developer: Monolith Productions
Platforms: PC, PS4, PS3, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Linux, Mac


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Hans-Guenter Heumann
Born: December 29th, 1955
Hans-Günter Heumann (*1955) first studied at the Hanover Musikhochschule (piano with Hans Priegnitz and Konrad Meister, composition with Einar Steen-Noekleberg, as well as music education and musicology) and then later studied composition in New York and New Orleans. As a piano teacher and composer, he has primarily focused on the publication of educational piano literature. His principal concern was to teach music in a comprehensible way and make it accessible to a large audience.
He has composed and arranged piano music in all musical genres for beginners through to advanced musicians; developed piano methods for students of all ages; and published books and sheet music editions which serve to introduce certain composers and their works using text and pictures. The large number of internationally successful publications from Schott Music reflects the approval and popularity of his work.
Drawing from his many years teaching children, young people and adults, in 1995-96 he wrote two of the most important German piano methods which were extremely well received by adult re-learners, piano teachers and pupils alike.
His Classical Piano Method as well as the multi-media piano method for children, Piano Junior, have become established publications in the English-speaking market. His best-selling German-language edition Klavierspielen – mein schönstes Hobby is also used with great success in French piano lessons under the title À vous de jouer! PIANO. His Piano Kids method and the German version of Piano Junior are also very popular in German-language lessons.
In addition to his educational piano literature, the 'Heumann programme' Easy Piano Music includes very easy arrangements of jazz, rock, pop, and folk music, as well as 'composer themed editions' with easy arrangements and original works of easy to medium difficulty. They are suitable for young and adult beginners as well as for advanced players and music lovers. These include, for example, the Get to Know Composers and Get to Know Classical Masterpieces series. Containing background information and details about the composers' lives and a list of their most important works, including contemporary colour illustrations, they provide easy access to the respective composer and whet the musician's appetite to expand their piano playing repertoire. The volume Piano Classics - The most beautiful piano pieces from Bach to Satie - contains a special selection of works for lovers of piano music.
In 2011 he published Live Your Dream, a book with his own compositions which were inspired by spiritual aphorisms. He also composed pop melodies for beginner's lessons which are included in editions like Fantasy Piano, Mystery Piano or Piano Playground.
Hans-Günter Heumann now works as a freelance composer and author and lives in South Germany.
www.heumannpiano.de
Position	Title	SKU	Price	Order No.	Publication date
from: Te Deum
Download Edition
Composer : Charpentier, Marc-Antoine
Editor : Heumann, Hans-Guenter, Heumann, Hans-Guenter
Instrumentation : piano
Order No. : ED 20764 Q7544
from: Goldberg Variations
Composer : Bach, Johann Sebastian
Order No. : ED 20573 Q6
The Harmonious Blacksmith
from: Suite in E
Composer : Handel, George Frideric
Solfeggietto C minor
Composer : Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel
Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman
12 Variatons on the French Song
Composer : Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Alla Turca
Piano Sonata A major. 3rd movement
Order No. : ED 20573 Q10
Fantasia in D minor
Rondo in D
Sonata in C
Pathéthique
Piano Sonata C minor. 2nd movement
Composer : Beethoven, Ludwig van
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Borg Life is short, art is long
Dan Waters' art is a constant push-pull between the macabre and the illuminating, between death and life, between black and white.
by Liam Casey
in 141, December 2019
Dan Waters, or Borg as you may know him if you're familiar with his work already, is an artist who knows there can be a fine line between horror and beauty.
With Bosch's eye for detail and Bacon's sensitivity, I find that in these monochrome beauties there is a constant push-pull between the macabre and the illuminating, between death and life, between black and white. Dan told us more.
At first glance it's tempting to describe your art as gothic. Is that a generalisation or something you identify with?
I do love the patterns and attention to detail in gothic art and I certainly try to make drawings that are visually satisfying.
I find the decorative and the macabre to be a fascinating juxtaposition. For me it can create an atmosphere or a mood of intrigue and mystery in a drawing. So in that sense my work could be described as gothic. While I do take inspiration from many different styles of art, gothic included, it's not a deliberate identification of mine.
Is working in black and white effective in a way that a more vibrant colour palette would not be?
I love the look of black and white and when I get ideas they're almost never in colour.
Working with black ink on a white page is limiting, but it's freeing too. Removing the choice and being constrained to black and white is something that suits me, at least for now. I think the binary approach saves me from worrying too much about how to draw, so I can focus on what to draw. That's where the fun is.
When I started drawing I was influenced by Adrian Baxter, Sin Eater and other folk artists. Seeing their work set me on this path, making black ink drawings, and I've been developing my style in this medium for a few years. That's not to say I'll never make colourful art. It just hasn't happened yet.
To me it seems that there's a deep kind of pagan mysticism running through your work. Is this reflective of your own philosophy or is it simply a point of inspiration?
It's a bit of both. I like drawing organic elements and animals because they're nice to look at, but I like to try and suggest something with these things too, or tell a story. It's about combining something beautiful with something meaningful. Many of us, myself included, find meaning and mystery in nature. I think that's where I'm coming from at the moment, as an artist.
Lots of visual folklore finds its way into my drawings and I guess some of this could be seen as pagan. Most of my work is about the tension between life and death, and the fine line between the two. Philosophically something along the lines of 'memento mori' and the Mexican Day of the Dead. Hares and snakes and their skeletons are both reminders of death and celebrations of life. I think that's quite a pagan idea.
Are there others who inspire you creatively or stylistically - artists, musicians, writers and thinkers?
The artists Shitjesus and Nazusk are big creative inspirations in a bit of a departure from my own style. Many of the poems in Falling Awake by Alice Oswald have been a strong influence on my most recent drawings. The novelist Haruki Murakami and the album End Of History by Fionn Regan are lifelong inspirations.
Currently, my biggest stylistic influences are Gands and Jas Helena, who both make really stunning black ink work. Since I moved to Sheffield in 2015 the creative communities here have been inspirational and supportive. This city is fantastic for that. It's wonderful to be part of such a diverse range of expression.
Do you have anything in the near future that fans should look out for?
I'll be releasing more screenprint editions and digital prints in the next few months which, along with my current offering, will be available on my webshop. Plans for a Sheffield exhibition of many of my original drawings are also in the pipeline.
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Ads and Body Image Don't Mix
Decades ago women were cherished for their overtly round hips, plump buttocks and full, natural breasts. However, in the 21st century the idea of naturally occurring beauty has all but disappeared, leading to an incessant need to alter bodies in order to have "normal" appearances.
"Clearly, there's an idealized breast out there, round and very full. Trouble is, it doesn't quite go with another ideal — the slim, slim torso," Canadian freelance journalist Judith Timson states in her article "Breast Stroke." "Those Victoria's Secret models, for instance, with their slender bodies and major boobage — this is not an anatomically normal set of events. No exercise, diet or potion can produce those contradictory proportions for most women. But surgery can."
The reality is that people, namely women, are consulting plastic surgeons to obtain ideal bodies whether or not their bodies are anatomically correct. In the 21st century, American society has done away with uniqueness and created a norm which most women feel the need to conform to.
"Comedian Joan Rivers was asked on an A&E documentary to come up with one word to describe breasts today," Timson continued in her article, "and, ever succinct, she replied 'plastic.'"
Breast augmentations aren't becoming increasingly popular alone; aesthetic surgeries are becoming popular as a whole.
"In 1999, American women had 167,318 breast augmentations, 120,160 blepharoplasties, 201,083 liposuction procedures, and 66,096 face lifts," Debra L. Gimlin stated in her article "Cosmetic Surgery: Paying for Your Beauty." That was 13 years ago; can you imagine what the numbers must be now considering the technology that allows for the portrayal of the perfect female body in advertisements?
But that's not all. Now there is a widespread infatuation pertaining to labia reduction and reshaping surgery. As Simone Weil Davis states in "Loose Lips Sink Ships," women are not only hoping for the boobs and bronze of porn stars and models but for their vaginas as well.
After being exposed to literally thousands of advertisements everyday, it's no wonder why women feel inferior in their own untouched bodies. Once upon a time such sightings didn't occur, and bodies were left up to the imagination. Now scantily clad, well-endowed women are spanning the pages of every magazine, are on every billboard and in every television show and movie. These ideal bodies are inescapable.
Women are going to extreme lengths to obtain the perfect body that the media often portrays. Serious complications, even death, are not enough to keep ordinary people from attaining a socially acceptable body.
When we think about socially acceptable bodies, we begin to question what makes one such. Is it a body that gains attention? Does a body need to be altered to maintain a relationship? Will an alteration diminish anxiety and self-consciousness?
Surprisingly, Gimlin reveals in her article that many women approach the idea of plastic surgery in order to match their outer appearance with their inner spirit. If that's the case then it's a wonder why so many women are void of unique qualities. If they are trying to conquer their inner sprit with lipoed thighs, larger breasts, smaller labia, injected lips and raised eyebrows, what makes them any different from the other women that routinely go under the knife?
Rebecca Norris / Opinion Editor