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The impact of BSIS
Ramon O'Callaghan and José Varejão outline the positive effects of a BSIS study.
Unlike most universities, Portugal's University of Porto has delegated its mission to educate future business leaders to two schools: the School of Economics and Management (FEP) and the Porto Business School (PBS). FEP is a regular school of the University of Porto. PBS was set up as a separate legal entity – an association of the university and 36 organisations, including some of the largest companies in Portugal. While FEP offers undergraduate, MSc and PhD programmes, PBS targets working professionals and corporations through its MBAs, executive education and customised in-company programmes.
Though FEP and PBS are autonomous schools, as we think about impact in its multiple dimensions, it becomes clear that the two schools are not de facto, independent. The full extent of their educational impact cannot be identified separately. With non-overlapping programme portfolios and target groups but partially overlapping resources (part of FEP faculty also teach PBS programmes); and alumni networks; financial, educational and business development impacts; as well as the impact on the regional ecosystem the two schools are deeply intertwined. For us, thinking in terms of impact was tantamount to thinking about how the strategies of the two schools were linked and how they should be aligned for maximising impact.
The Porto BSIS study
In 2017 both schools participated in an EFMD Business School Impact System (BSIS) study that assesses schools' impact on several dimensions from financial and educational to business development, intellectual impact within its local ecosystem, and societal and image impact. Completed in September 2017, the BSIS report concluded that FEP and PBS had a combined financial impact of €85 million and highlighted some "remarkable features" of the schools:
an unparalleled reputation in bachelors degrees in Portugal
a solid position in executive education, with good international exposure
a quality partnership with companies in the region
active alumni associations with graduates proud of their schools
quality of students
full-time faculty producing high-quality intellectual contributions
exemplary faculty pedagogical success in executive education and MBAs
highly motivated administrative officers
The 'impact' of the BSIS process on our schools
The most remarkable effect of the BSIS process is that it led us to rethink the notion of impact itself, what impact really is and what it meant for our schools and our stakeholders. In both schools, impact was predominantly considered for its effects on students' lives and careers. Although financial impact, intellectual impact and impact on the regional ecosystem have always been perceived as important, the truth is that the focus was on the educational impact with the other dimensions being given a relatively low status.
PBS, for example, independently of the BSIS process, was engaged in a rebranding effort. The previous positioning emphasised the school's impact on students. "We change lives", the slogan used to say. While this was certainly true (many MBA alumni indicated that the school had indeed changed their lives), it was too restrictive a view. PBS was clearly also having an impact on organisations, given that a third of its turnover came from customised programmes for corporate clients.
Thus, at that point, we could have modified the slogan into something like "changing lives and transforming organisations", but the BSIS process made us realise that the sphere of impact went beyond organisations and that the school was making a difference at a societal level in many other ways. So, there was no point in trying to be explicit about the "target" and circumscribe the impact to a given domain. PBS's slogan today ("make change happen") is an invitation to take the lead and a call to action, to make a difference. And it is applicable at all levels: individual, organisational and societal. Beyond the question of rebranding, BSIS has helped both schools reach a better understanding of how the respective impact domains are structured and who the key stakeholders are.
This reflection has had a positive effect in developing an overall comprehensive view of the total portfolio of management education at the University of Porto, including undergraduate, pre-experience, post-experience, specialised postgraduate and non-degree executive education programmes, irrespectively of the schools where specific programmes are offered. Moving forward, we believe that the external communication of this comprehensive view of the full portfolio of programmes and activities can lead to significant synergies in terms of communication, brand equity and overall reputation.
Another consequence of the BSIS process has been the collaborative spirit that it created. For the first time, the two schools, which had generally worked independently, were talking to external stakeholders with a single face and single goal – to educate future business leaders and, thus, improve the management capabilities of Portuguese businesses and society, especially in the north of the country.
For the external stakeholders, the process, and most particularly, the interview with the team leaders, was a rare opportunity to think jointly about the two schools and their stakes in them. Internally, the BSIS process has already made change happen: for the first time, faculty and staff of the two schools (and university staff) were working together and not just at the operational level, as they typically used to do. In the process, they came to take stock of the current state of co-operation (or lack of it) and to assess the domains where co-operation made sense and should be developed further. This is already enhancing efficiency and creating synergies in key areas of the two schools' activities. Regarding intellectual contribution and its external communication, BSIS has led both schools to proactively disseminate the managerial relevance of research output to the business community by means of research reports, newsletters, trade publications and to organise topical seminars and discussion events.
Although career progression is monitored for MBA alumni, the schools do not have sufficient data for other alumni. BSIS has encouraged both schools to systematically collect data about alumni of all programmes in order to measure career progression as well as the extent to which their learning experience at our schools has helped them in their professional advancement. More broadly, the idea of developing an "Impact Information System" is now being considered. Such a system will centralise data on alumni, career services, corporate relations, publications, media presence and so on.
In addition to these specific initiatives, a more subtle consequence of BSIS has been the gradual development of an "impact culture". Increasingly, management, staff and faculty are recognising the importance of measuring impact and thus becoming aware of their own contribution and of the collective impact of the schools' activities. This is key for designing impact-oriented programmes.
The BSIS process has been of great value to the University of Porto, and more specifically to its two management schools. It has offered the opportunity to assess the impact that we produce on the local community and beyond, and to reassess the expectations of our main stakeholders regarding our activities. For both schools, BSIS has been a powerful instrument not only to raise internal and external awareness about impact but also to influence the management agendas, both at operational and strategic levels, while developing an impact-oriented culture in the schools. Subsequent to the BSIS process, the schools now envisage further collaboration, better alignment and joint projects for greater societal impact. While the schools will continue to operate in different and non-overlapping domains, there is a growing consensus that many synergies can be obtained through closer relationships and joint strategies, which in turn will lead to greater impact and recognition.
Ramon O Callaghan
Ramon O'Callaghan is Dean, Porto Business School, University of Porto.
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The impact of BSIS - October 18, 2018
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José Varejão is Director at School of Economics and Management, University of Porto.
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Published on October 18, 2018 | BSIS, impact
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Back in 1996, Rickson Gracie of the famous Gracie Jiu Jitsu family taught a seminar in Chicago Il. I had the pleasure of being there. It was my first in person experience in that art. After watching the first few UFC's, like many people, I became very interested in Gracie Jiu Jitsu, so when I had the chance to go to a seminar I jumped at it!
I still remember how I felt during the experience. Rickson was the real deal! It was a huge seminar. A gymnasium full of a few hundred guys. Rickson could have beat us all, yet, he was the humblest one there!
A long time ago, Rickson gave Graciemag a long, thorough interview about his career, ideas and philosophies. He spoke about the role of instructors and the essential mission of those responsible for teaching the art.
"The life of the martial artist is, first of all, to serve. It's to help, it's to be a person who participates in the community," he taught. "The martial artist, therefore, has to be a positive person, and not an individual who feeds war and confrontation. A person who, through this power — which is the power of technique and the power of ideas — manages to benefit all of society, and not just their circle of students."
Rickson went into more detail:
"I see that my functions as fighter and teacher have always been similar. The distorted image that the fights carry makes people believe that our goals are just a knockout, a win, a trophy. But when you learn to see the martial art as a whole, you then learn to accept a defeat, to forgive an opponent, and to be more patient and levelheaded. You also learn to apologize just the same as you don't run from a fight if it comes to that."
To Rickson, all that is learned at the gym, training, asking or teaching, can be carried over to life at large.
"That's when you understand the essential mission of the teacher," he added, "by realizing that the weakest person at the gym is also the one who needs help the most, and is the student whose life will be most gratifying to alter. Sometimes, in the midst of all our wealth of information about jiu-jitsu, teachers bypass these moments of joy and only focus on teaching the guy to win championships and get tough — but our mission goes far beyond."
Wise words indeed!
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I won a Groot! Funko ran a twitter giveaway called PSH Happy Hour. They asked for pictures of a GOTG pint size heroes to win a Pint Size Hero Prototype.
I submitted my pic of tiny Groot. I was one of five winners that day. Funko runs PSH Happy Hour contest on twitter. They ask for pics let fans submit for an hour and then give away some cool prizes. I usually see the hashtag on Wednesdays but this one was the opening day of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol2.
I've been trying to enter the contest for a while but always missed it. In fact just the week before I had been shooting and was uploading my images when I saw the #PSHHappyHour. I ran outside and took a few pics of Groot in the garden. But by the time I could upload that day's contest had ended. But my timing just right this time.
And here is Groot and Prototype Groot!
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Thinking About Do It Yourself Wedding Flowers?
From June through until late SeptemberThe Flower Farm offers buckets of seasonal and sustainably grown flowers for DIY wedings, Christenings and other events.
Each bucket contains a seasonal mix of freshly cut flowers and foliages and are priced at £50 per bucket (2017 price).
Are DIY Flowers An Option For Us?
Do you have enough time? The week of your wedding can be a hectic time for many couples, and it is easy to underestimate the time you'll need to complete your floral designs—from flower pickup and preparation to final set up and placement at your event. Make sure you have sufficient time, and help available to complete the tasks at hand.
Do you have enough people to help put together the arrangements? Floral design for weddings isn't something you'll want to tackle alone, especially for beginners. We typically have a team of three experienced designers working on wedding flowers for 2-3 days prior to weddings.
Do you have a workspace to do the design work? Floral design is messy work, so you'll need a space that is cool, has access to water and where it won't matter if the space gets wet and dirty from all the cut leaves and stems.
Do you have all the tools you will need?You'll need good scissors, knives, secateurs among other key sundries.
Do you have the ability to transport and store the designs once you have created your designs? If you are doing the design work somewhere other than the venue, you'll need to figure out how to safely transport lots of vases filled with flowers and water.
If you answered yes to all of the above, then DIY designs with fresh, local, seasonal flowers can be a great option for you!
How do I order buckets flowers?
Please complete our contact form or email clare@theflowerfarm.co.uk to confirm availability of buckets of flowers for your date and any specific colour requests along with the preferred pick-up date. Once confirmed, we ask for a non-refundable deposit of £50. With the balance being due two weeks before the big day.
The number of stems will vary and will depend on what the varieties that are in bloom at that time. We estimate that buckets will have at least 50 – 70 stems.
How many arrangements can be made with each bucket?
It depends on your vases. As a reference, you could fill at least 10 jam jars depending on how full and lush you make them.
If you have a particular favourite, we will do our best to accommodate you, but our buckets of flowers are purely seasonal and contain a mixture of what is in bloom at that time.
It depends on the variety, but most will last for a week if cared for properly. Sweet peas are one of the exceptions as they have a shorter vase life only lasting 3-6 days, but their beauty and scent makes up it! We recommend for a wedding that you would get your flowers 2 days before the event.
Where do I keep the flowers?
It is recommended to keep them in a cool room or garage, out of direct sunlight and away from food and pets.
When can I pick up my flowers?
For Saturday weddings, most people pick up their flowers on Thursday mornings, but with enough advanced notice, we can accommodate your schedule. Please note that flowers should be transported in an air-conditioned vehicle that has seats that fold down flat.
Should I bring my own buckets?
Bringing your own buckets is not required, we provide the flowers fully conditioned, in florist buckets filled with water containing flower food.
Can you provide basic design tutorials?
Floral design assistance and planning is not included with your bucket flower purchase, however we do run workshops tailor made to your needs if required.


In the Spring/Summer catalogue, Stampin' Up! feature Brusho's which are an intense paint powder that is water-based an non-toxic. The colours are brilliant and transparent with unique qualities that make it a great medium to look and impressionistic work. Use wet-on-wet, sprinkling, spritzing and other techniques. I have owned Brushos for some time now and love getting messy with them so I was really pleased to see that Stampin' Up! have added these to their product offering.
They have added 5 colours so far which inlude Gamboge, Yellow, Brilliant Red, Moss Green and Prussion Blue. You will definitely see me using these alot in my work and I'm looking forward to demonstrating these to you!
On this card, I have used the Brilliant Red. I have added a few sprinkles of the powder, spritzed with some water and used a Heat Tool to dry. I usually find that leaving it to dry naturally gives you a better finish but I wanted to make the most of my hour in the craft room!
The powder is really fine and you honestly don't need much so the pots will just last and last!
As it is Valentines Day next month I thought this card was very appropriate and even though me and the husband don't actually celebrate the occasion, I might just send it to him!
I have used the Brushos with Watercolour Paper. Click here to watch a brief video on how to use these powders.
Using Heart Happiness Stamp Set, I have stamped using Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad onto Very Vanilla Cardstock and cut out. This has been attached to the card using Stampin' Dimensionals.
The glittery heart and "love" come from the Sunshine Wishes Thinlits and has been cut from Silver Glimmer Card, and Basic Black Cardstock.
The red heart shape comes from the heart die within the Mini Treat Bag Thinlits set.
Thank you for reading, these products are all currently available in our Spring/Summer and Annual catalogues and until March, when you spend £45 or more, you can choose a free item from the Sale-a-Bration catalogue!
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Europe News - Upsurge in extra judicial killings in Balochistan
As the Baloch National Movement for liberation gains momentum, atrocities by Pakistan army against Baloch political leaders, students and intellectuals are on the rise.
Mehran Baluch addresses UN Human Rights Council
"The attack on Baluchistan's cultural landscape is serious. On June the 1st, Professor Saba Dashtiyari was killed by Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency in Quetta. The victim was a cultural icon of Baluchistan and an institution by himself...He was also called the Noam Chomsky of Baluchistan because of his liberal outlook on life and society...."
AHRC: To-date 206 disappeared persons have been extrajudicially killed in Balochistan during the past 15 months
The situation of Balochistan is no different to that of the former East Pakistan (Bangladesh) when the military carried out operations and killed more than 300,000 people in the guise of protecting ideological boundaries.
Balochistan mourns: 9 bodies recovered in 3 days
The Baloch can't wait for the world's human rights organizations to achieve some kind of critical mass of support, or for Pakistan and its institutions to reform itself. The Baloch are dying.
In Pakistan, a pattern of disappearances
The open secret of disappearances illustrates the grip the military establishment retains over Pakistani society, including its dysfunctional justice system and feeble civilian government, which has repeatedly vowed to stop the problem.
Four Baloch youth abducted from Pasni; Operations continue in Dera Bugti & other regions of Balochistan
Four Baloch youth, including a Levis officer, have been abducted by Pakistan security agencies from Pasni town of Balochistan.
Amnesty International: Balochistan: Pakistan's response to crisis failing; Advocate Abdul Salam assassinated
Yesterday, Baloch politician Abdul Salam was assassinated in the city of Khuzdar by unknown assailants. Abdul Salam was a human rights defender who worked on behalf of hundreds of victims of enforced disappearance in Balochistan.
Urgent Appeal to United Nations: SAVE Balochistan-based newspaper 'Daily Tawar' from Pakistan Military
Daily Tawar a leading Urdu language Newspaper in Balochistan is the only Newspaper that exposes Pakistan's atrocities against Baloch people and extends the voice of the voiceless people of Balochistan.
Law enforcement agencies abduct man for second time, along with nephew
A man is missing for the second time along with his nephew after being abducted by the law enforcement agencies
Baloch sister urges international human rights organisations to help recover her brother
The sister of missing Baloch Students Organisation-Azad (BSO-Azad) leader Zakir Majeed Baloch asked international human rights organisations to help recover Baloch missing persons, including her brother, who was allegedly whisked away by intelligence agencies two years ago.
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Author: Susan Mallery
Series: Blackberry Island #2
Narrator: Natalie Ross
Unabridged: 10 hr 9 min
Genre: Fiction - Contemporary Women
After Andi Gordon is jilted at the altar, she makes the most impetuous decision of her life—buying one of the famed Three Sisters Queen Anne houses on Blackberry Island. Now the proud-ish owner of the ugly duckling of the trio, she plans to open her own pediatric office on the first floor, just as soon as her hunky contractor completes the work. Andi's new future may be coming together, but the truth is she's just as badly in need of a major renovation as her house.When Deanna Phillips confronts her husband about a suspected affair, she opens up a Pandora's box of unhappiness. And he claims that she is the problem. The terrible thing is, he's right. In her quest to be the perfect woman, she's lost herself, and she's in danger of losing her entire family if things don't change.Next door, artist Boston King thought she and her college sweetheart would be married forever. Their passion for one other has always seemed indestructible. But after tragedy tears them apart, she's not so sure. Now it's time for them to move forward, with or without one another.Thrown together by fate and geography, and bound by the strongest of friendships, these three women will discover what they're really made of: laughter, tears, love and all.
by Susan Mallery
Back in high school, Liz Sutton was the girl from the wrong side of the tracks. Then she'd stolen the heart of the most popular boy in town, and their secret romance helped her through the worst of times. Until Ethan Hendrix betrayed her and e...
Wind Chime Point
by Sherryl Woods
When life gets complicated, New York Times bestselling author Sherryl Woods proves family — and love — can make all the difference Facing a personal crisis, ambitious and driven Gabriella Castle retreats to the welcoming arms of her fam...
Narrator: Shannon McManus
Only His
Wedding bells are ringing in Fool's Gold, but not for Nevada Hendrix. Her triplet sisters are engaged, and even her mother has a more active love life than she does. Determined to make a fresh start, she applies for her dream job, only to disc...
The Perfect Hope
by Nora Roberts
Ryder is the hardest Montgomery brother to figure out—with a tough-as-nails outside and possibly nothing too soft underneath. He's surly and unsociable, but when he straps on a tool belt, no woman can resist his sexy swagger. Except, app...
Narrator: MacLeod Andrews
Hot on Her Heels
Dana Birch vowed never to put herself at the mercy of a powerful man. She became a deputy so that she could take care of herself and protect those she loves. Especially her best friends, the Titan sisters. Twenty years ago, Garth Duncan swore reven...
Only Yours
Montana Hendrix has found her calling — working with therapy dogs. With a career she loves in a hometown she adores, she's finally ready to look for her own happily ever after. Could one of her dogs help her find Mr. Right... or maybe Dr...
New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery welcomes listeners back to Fool's Gold, where a onetime fling could become the real thing.…Felicia Swift never dreamed she'd hear a deep, sexy voice from her past in tiny Fool's...
Thrill Me
Meet the Mitchell brothers of Fool's Gold, California—five gorgeous men who've left a trail of broken hearts in their wake.…Maya Farlow learned the hard way to depend only on herself, so when she fell too deeply for the bad-boy charms of...
A Fool's Gold Christmas
A classic heartwarming tale for the holidays from New York Times bestselling author Susan MalleryThe cheer in Fool's Gold, California, is bringing out the humbug in dancer Evie Stryker. An injury has forced her to return home to her estranged family...
Author Susan Mallery is a New York Times best-selling author, and has written more than 80 Harlequin and Silhouette romance books, and a number of full-length romance novels. Unbelievably, she began writing in this genre after taking a class offered st a local community center entitled, "How to Write a Romance Novel". It seems almost too simplistic to believe. She now has more than 25 million books sold worldwide. She is known for creating characters who are as familiar as the people next door. They are usually involved in emotional, funny situations that the reader can easily identify with in their own lives.
Susan Mallery grew up in southern California, and admits to moving so many times that her friends used a pencil so her address could be easily changed. She is very much interested in animals and their well-being, so she incorporates various pets in her stories. Mallery's books have been translated into 28 languages. She lives in Washington state with her husband, two cats, and a small poodle who, as she describes it, "has delusions of grandeur".
An interesting side Story is that her friend, author Debbie Macomber gave her a bottle of champagne to open when she had her first New York Times #1 selling novel. In August 2015, she finally made the #1 list with her novel, Thrill Me, which debuted at the #1 spot. Mallery opened the champagne the night she found out the news, and raised a toast to Debbie and to her great readers who helped her reach that goal.
Susan Mallery always promises another year of happy books, and wishes her fans happy reading!
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FALSE BAY RUGBY CLUB
The FIFO preseason began in early January and it was clear from the start that the team was eager to build on what they had achieved last season. It was great to see so many familiar faces attending practices but what was more pleasing was to see the new faces that had been recruited during the off season. A vital factor in the success of the FIFO's has been the ability to continually recruit new faces each season, this season was no different.
Included in the sweat and tears of preseason was the team spanbou day. This has now become an annual event on the FIFO calendar and is seen as the proper start to our season. Goals were set, members of the team were selected in various important positions and most importantly the vibe in the team was at an all time high. With preseason and spanbou out the way it was time to get down to the real reason we play for False Bay Rugby Football Club.
The season started with a tough away fixture to Helderberg which we managed to come out on top. We continued to grow from there with victories over Villager and Goodwood but it was Dur-Bell away that would be our first real test. Unfortunately we came unstuck in the last move of the game but this only served to pull the team tighter and more determined. We managed to pick ourselves up after that agonizing defeat and string victories together whilst other teams dropped points and saw us head into the break sitting pretty on top of the log.
The second half of the season got off to a very frustrating start as our first game back was washed out due to torrential rain and then Goodwood couldn't field a team. This was not the ideal preparation for a top of the table clash as we faced Dur-Bell in the return fixture at home. Thankfully the rust was shaken off very quickly in that game and we managed to get home, albeit by the narrowest of margins. Hard fought victories over UCT and our fellow club mates put us in the ideal position heading in the back end of the season as we pilled the pressure on the chasing pack. There were just a few more obstacles to overcome before we could call ourselves champions again!
Victory over bottom of the log Villagers and UCT losing to the other False Bay team put us one victory away from securing the title. Unfortunately we came short, again losing in the dying minutes of the game to UCT. Thanks to some results during the week we headed into our final game against Villager as league champions as we put in one of our better performances to finish off the season with a victory.
Back to back Reserve League champions has a great ring to it and you can bet the new management staff of 2016 will be aiming to emulate what has been achieved. We bid farewell to Marc Douglass who has been part of the team since 2011 and took over the coaching position in 2013. His record reads played 48, won 39 lost 9. He will certainly be missed but we look forward to his support and those inspiring team talks.
2015 will certainly be a season to be remembered both on the field and off it. We look forward to the challenge of 2016 and know what awaits us as we now have an even bigger target on our back.
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Alberto Bienvenú (23 October 1916 – 24 January 2004) was a Mexican basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

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A Bridge to Health
One of the world's leaders in finding the link between nutrition and chronic disease is working at the University of Alberta to improve the health of Aboriginal communities
Carissa Halton - 19 December 2015
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Sangita Sharma has always been interested in food. Or, more accurately, she has always been interested in nutrition. "I like nutrition," she says. "While it's a neutral topic, you can learn so much from people and about people."
One of the world's leading experts in nutritional epidemiology, dietary assessment and nutritional and lifestyle interventions, Sharma has studied the health of nearly 30 ethnic groups across the globe - from Jamaican to Nepalese - in an effort to learn how a culture's food affects its risk for a variety of diseases. But her research on a project called Healthy Foods North in Canada's Arctic was the catalyst for her work as the University of Alberta's Endowed Chair in Aboriginal Health.
"The first time I arrived [in the Arctic], people laughed because even my teeth were cold!" Sharma remembers. The Inuit and Inuvialuit people, however, were the warmest she had met in her career, excited to share their culture and food, introducing Sharma to the taste of muskox and polar bear. But globalization and global warming are gradually pushing these traditional foods out of fashion in the North, replacing them with processed foods high in sugar and fat, low in fibre and nutrients. Obesity, heart disease, diabetes and cancer are on the rise, and even accessing treatment is a major challenge for northern indigenous people. "Consider that from Nunavut you have to fly almost a day for treatment. Who wants to fly when you're sick?" asks Sharma. "There is an emotional and financial cost to chronic diseases in the North."
Sharma's consultation with community members and collaboration with local grocery stores worked to reverse this trend. Limp produce, expired cereals and processed foods were replaced with fresh vegetables, lentils and skim milk powder. Free taste tests and cooking demonstrations featured healthier alternatives, and the nutritional benefits of traditional meat were promoted. People lost weight and their vitamin intake increased. This initial work in Arctic nutrition opened the door to a variety of new projects in the North: an exploration of maternal health, a study into obesity prevention and, recently, research into how northern indigenous communities access cancer screening services.
Consultation and collaboration are a key part of her responsibilities as Endowed Chair in Aboriginal Health. Sharma will form a bridge between health services and communities, but she will also bring to the table other University of Alberta faculties and other academic institutions worldwide as well as governments, policy-makers and private-sector partners. This kind of collaboration is vital to creating programs that incorporate indigenous knowledge to improve the population's health. "The communities know what needs to be done; they just need support facilitating."
Sharma has also been working with a number of Edmonton high schools on Why Act Now?, a project to better understand the health of urban Aboriginal youth. Preliminary data from her study suggests that more than 90 per cent of the Aboriginal youth surveyed don't get enough dietary fibre and exceed acceptable sodium intake. As with her experience in the North, education will be critical to transforming the teens' diets. By working with Aboriginal youth, elders and other members of the community, Sharma hopes her research will inform existing Aboriginal health programs and lead to the development of new programs to fill any gaps. She is working with Elder Francis Whiskeyjack (centre, facing page) at amiskwaciy Academy in Edmonton to guide the program.
"In Canada, there is a large health disparity between the Aboriginal population and the non-Aboriginal population. There is an up to 12-year lower life expectancy and we need to eliminate that gap," Sharma says.
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Home AI/ML Chris Lattner cuts last ties to Swift project
Chris Lattner cuts last ties to Swift project
Chris Lattner, the mind behind compiler infrastructure project LLVM and Apple's Swift language, has left the Swift core team and the Swift Evolution community – a group dedicated to taking community voices into account when improving the programming language.
Apparently, Lattner hasn't been part of the core team since autumn 2021, when he tried discussing what he perceived as a toxic meeting environment with project leadership after an especially noteworthy call made him take a break in summer. "[…] after avoiding dealing with it, they made excuses, and made it clear they weren't planning to do anything about it. As such, I decided not to return" Lattner wrote in his explanation post.
Back then, he planned to keep participating via the Swift Evolution community "but after several discussions generating more heat than light, when my formal proposal review comments and concerns were ignored by the unilateral accepts, and the general challenges with transparency working with core team, I decided that my effort was triggering the same friction with the same people, and thus I was just wasting my time."
Lattner had been the steering force behind Swift since the language's inception in 2010. However, after leaving Apple in 2017 and handing over his project lead role, design premises like "single things that compose" seem to have fallen by the wayside, making the decision to move on completely easier for language-creator Lattner.
"Swift has a ton of well meaning and super talented people involved in and driving it. They are trying to be doing the best they can with a complicated situation and many pressures (including lofty goals, fixed schedules, deep bug queues to clear, internal folks that want to review/design things before the public has access to them, and pressures outside their team) that induce odd interactions with the community. By the time things get out to us, the plans are already very far along and sometimes the individuals are attached to the designs they've put a lot of energy into. This leads to a challenging dynamic for everyone involved."
Probably as a consequence of the move, the Swift core team is currently looking to restructure project leadership. According to Swift project lead Ted Kremenek, the coming weeks will see the introduction of a new language workgroup, which is going to focus on the evolution of the Swift language. "The intent is to free the core team to invest more in overall project stewardship and create a larger language workgroup that can incorporate more community members in language decisions."
Kremenek also used the announcement to thank Lattner for his leadership throughout the formative years of the project, writing "it has been one of the greatest privileges of my life to work with Chris on Swift."
While appreciative of the plans – after all Lattner knows about the problems of keeping processes transparent from LLVM – they don't seem to have helped convince the LLVM creator to rethink his decision. He probably wouldn't have lots of free time anyways, as Lattner is known to always be "very busy". His latest endeavour is AI infrastructure company Modular.AI.
Chris Lattner isn't new to the field of machine learning, as he helped bring Google's Cloud TPUs to market and worked as a senior director and distinguished engineer for the company's TensorFlow Infrastructure and Technologies division from 2017 to 2020. Before that, he had a brief stint at Tesla, helping out with its autopilot software.


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I am an aspiring artist with experience using multiple programs such as Autodesk Maya, Photoshop, After Effects (mostly for editing), Toonboom, Zbrush, and many more though I prefer to work in traditional pencil and paper. As for Professional experience, I have only done a few commissions at this point; I am currently working on an animated short idea that I have been wanting to do for a long time now which I have been doing all the Pre-viz/Layout for the characters, backgrounds, props and more.
Another character sketch to help me flesh out more bandit designs for each of the tribes/clans. This particular design is part of Kurzag's group who specialize in rapid-deployment of their forces that strike with the unyielding ferocity their leader is known for ensuring the foe's first sight of them is also their last. The design was fun though the pose was tricky to make it look correct as the character is supposed to be on the side of a vehicle readying for an attack run.
A new concept sketch for a younger version of one of the bandit characters that was made due to a rework and reorganizing of the events taking place for the Bandits during the time of the short. Which brought on the problem that the main character I would use to convey most of their side of things was still somewhat in his early years of operating out in the Dead Wastes so I had to reel in some aspects of his design.
Some more faction designs I have been cleaning up for the Bandits. The tribes have the most diverse range of weapons, armor, and vehicles due to each one surviving the wastelands in their own way. Most are seclusive groups preferring to hide in their hovels scraping by but some are a formidable force on the battlefield having beaten back several advances from CDF and rival tribes with great brutality; it is even rumored that the bodies of the wounded and soon to be dead are taken from the battlefield to be used in foul experiments.
I have been cleaning up and organizing the different factions of the universe so I have all my cards in place to make it easier to refer back to it when I need to. This first one is of the City Defense Force or CDF as they are referred to in the universe by the inhabitants of Old Toronto and are responsible for defending and maintaining the cities defensive fortifications. They also act as the police force as well as forward scouts sent out to listening posts throughout the Dead Wastes to act as the cities eyes and ears beyond the protection of the wall where the Bandit Lords battle for dominance.
Revisited this one to update the clouds as the other variants on this were really just placeholder ideas and these better represent what I was going for. Cities of Dust takes place in a world where Volcano's such as Yellowstone have been set off on purpose as part of a worldwide attack by the organization known only as W.O.R.M after the attacks which crippled the world the followers of the cult went into hiding working from the shadows waiting for their leader to rise from the ashes to lead them to final victory. These 3 represent the active agents who work in the shadows of Old Toronto in the hopes of burning the fledgling Fortress City to the ground.
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Morning Brew #015: Downtown Nemuru Ultimate Anime Sleepytime Challenge Summer 2018 Edition
No excuses this time, it's just slow coz we're slow! But no longer! It's officially time for the DOWNTOWN NEMURU ULTIMATE ANIME SLEEPYTIME CHALLENGE SUMMER 2018 EDITION! Hold onto your seats, because it's time for a life or death struggle where Graziella's mettle is put to the absolute test as she wends and winds a labyrinth of real and user-submitted anime titles in an quest to determine the very essence of Reality and Falsehood! With these things I have a note that says "Always include a Fate title real or fake," and I both don't think there has ever been an anime season where there wasn't SOME Fate thing, and I also don't think that I could ever write an anime title that rivals what Fate titles actually are IRL. You think you could do this stuff, that anyone could do this stuff, but it takes a very specific kind, I guess.
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THE SCHLAGER SYSTEMS: BUCKS FIZZ IN REUNION AND PLASTIC SURGERY HORROR!?!
BUCKS FIZZ IN REUNION AND PLASTIC SURGERY HORROR!?!
Shock news from that reliable source 'the Sunday Mirror' that all four original members of Bucks Fizz are to reunite for a one off concert for a TV show called 'PopGoes The 80's', where Bobby, Mike, Cheryl and Jay will have plastic surgery to wind the clock back 27 years. Reporter Lara Gould informs readers that a source "close to the band" say that the band wont let old differences get in the way this time! Apparently Bananarama, Visage and 'soul diva' Chaka Khan will also appear in the series. No word from any of the Bucks Fizz camps at the moment as to the truth of this report but considering both Bucks Fizz and the Original Bucks Fizz have busy touring schedules, it seems highly unlikey if not rediculous!
Mike, Cheryl and Shelly Can be seen on Saturday night at the Scala as the Original Bucks Fizz as part of the Eurovision Winners Party. Bucks Fizz (official) featuring original band member and lead singer Bobby Gee will be appearing in the Schlager Systems home town of East Kilbride on June 28th. The Schlager Systems will be covering both events!


Just before spring, my mother began to suffer from frightening blackouts and dizziness. With all the signs of aging, she became old and unhealthy. Before long she required surgery. Soon she was in Jeanes Hospital in Northeast Philly, the same hospital that had been practically a second home to my father. With the exception of one overnight scare from uremic shock, she recovered with impressive ease. She had turned seventy that year. The prescribed inactivity that followed placed her somewhat out of shape physically. When her doctor and personal judgment permitted, she began to apply herself to the regaining of her strength and mental health. It was during her first few days of her recovery that I responded to an unusual desire to visit her in the middle of an afternoon on a work day.
I saw her through the windshield of my car. She was in the garage and had walked out to see who drove in. She relaxed when she saw me and the objects in her hands must have moved a bit catching my attention. She had a small board in one hand and a saw in the other.
"Hi, Jonathan," she said, turning back into the garage.
We studied the assembled parts she had been working on and then those boards still in need of work. I said nothing about the crudeness of her work, but it was obvious she was doing everything the hard way. I couldn't believe it, but she had somehow burnt out the entrance hole on one end of the birdhouse. Now she was pushing an ice pick into a board to create a screw hole. I picked up the wood she had been trying to saw into roofing slats. I discovered she was attempting to get a hacksaw blade through it. She always did things her own way and made her handyman accomplishments mostly through determination.
Selecting the least rusty of the old saws hanging nearly hidden on the wall behind us, I picked up the parts for the roof and walked out across the yard. There was an old steel worktable out there and it offered more workspace than the cramped little garage. I sawed the first board to the size she had designed. Reaching for the second, I noticed that the late afternoon sunlight was identical to the lighting on the day my father died. I remembered leaving the hospital after he died and walking into a church under the same afternoon sunshine. For an instant I saw the church and then the huge tear that dripped from my eyes onto the church floor when I got up to leave. It was so strange to watch a tear fall all the way from your face to your feet. She came up beside me to observe my progress as I sawed the second roof plank.
"Do you see that sunlight?" I asked.
We walked back into the garage.
Her words surprised me. Only she could think of him as a young man, it was her own private memory. I became convinced that somehow he had sent me over to help her with the birdhouse. I suddenly remembered he had a saber saw somewhere that we could use to cut the opening on the other end nice and round.
"Oh yea, the saber saw." She emitted a short humming sound while trying to think where it might have been left. I had the feeling he was instructing me the way he used to when he was alive. I began to hear his commands.
"That's perfect, Jonathan," she said.
I still hadn't said a word about the oversized burnt out hole on the other end. It was too great a struggle to criticize. I examined the old rusty saw blade wondering why it hadn't snapped under the strain.
I picked up a piece of broken corner molding and sawed it to the same length as the roof. She was forcing screws into her ice pick holes. The birdhouse was taking shape. She tested its strength by pushing against the walls; it looked firm. I was surprised. She was quite pleased. I knew she would prefer to finish it herself, so I left and went back to work. My father was already gone.
I went back a week later and as soon as I turned the motor off in the car, I noticed the new birdhouse hanging in an old hemlock at the head of the driveway. It was freshly painted barn red. I liked it, and walked under it to examine it closer. I felt myself smile wide when I noticed a small piece of screen had been placed over the big hole she had burnt out and that the proper sized saw hole had been chosen and set in the tree as the front end. She had framed the screen in tiny, popsicle-sized sticks. The whole thing was simple and sturdy looking and cute actually. Nothing could describe it better, except maybe that it was the only birdhouse in the world with a screened window.
I met her at the back door. We said hello from opposite sides of the locked screen door. For a few seconds, she just stood looking at me until she realized the door was locked. She flipped the latch with pinching fingers and a squint. She came out talking enthusiastically about her cleanup work in the big yard, and we walked together to see what she had done.
"Mine," she said with embarrassment.
"The birds are coming around and looking at it," she said with that tone of promise people use about good things that might happen soon.
"I cleaned up the whole yard," she exclaimed.
"I sleep well at night from this work and my muscles are coming back." She said. You could hear it in her voice; she was dedicated to her recovery. The surgery was behind her now. I had walked off with the big branches, and after throwing them down into the woods, I turned, and looking across the untilled garden, I saw her standing in the yard under the new bird house. She looked sweet to me. She had been to the hairdresser and the sunlight was doing something unusual to the true color of her hair. As I came closer, I discovered it was the amount of gray in it that the sun was playing off.
She led me into the house and stood behind me talking while I washed my hands. When I turned around, I put my arms around her saying, "I love you, Mom." I walked out of the kitchen and reached for the back door knowing the rest of her life had begun and wondering if it was really possible for him to be looking after her. It suddenly occurred to me that affection, like what just happened, had not been practiced between us since my early childhood. It was some kind of Irish trait.
That evening, I took an unusually long walk. I was on the quiet block where no houses faced the road. As I passed out of the illumination from a streetlight, I began to think of my children playing at home and my wife's great desire to have their father play with them. I walked in the dark, and saw my Mother's gray hair shining in the sunlight that afternoon. The red birdhouse was hanging in the tree behind her. I was home again and I felt strange to think I have kids of my own who may one day learn how it is that people get cared for.
John McCabe, a lifelong writer in all genres, is an active member of the Writers Guild at the Pearl S. Buck Writing Center. His novel The Sanctity of Remembering centers on his experience as a young soldier undergoing atomic bomb testing in Nevada and is actively seeking a publisher.


The 19th floor, that is where we were headed. Before we got there we had to take the elevator. Patiently we waited for the elevator to reach the ground floor. It took so long! Finally, it made it. We were waiting with Uncle Javier, seven of us (or a number close to that). Kids that is. Uncle Javier was always patient with us and pretty tolerant. We hopped into the elevator, set for our destination, Grandma's apartment. Six excited kids and one who, well, let's say always added a little adventure. We, the kids loved it–the adventurous one! Uncle Javier could have done without the adventure. "Okay, press the button," Ready to press the button, Jason saw the whole panel of them! He ran his hands up and down both columns! The elevator button panel was lit up like a Christmas tree! Uncle Javier, was less than impressed. "Jason, why did you do that?!?" We stopped at every floor, the elevator door opening and closing at every stop. Finally! We made it to our destination! Happy kids, nerve wracked Uncle.


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While in life the saying "It's not about the destination, it's about the journey" may hold true, in business travel terms, it is all about the journey. Flying is definitely not becoming more fun, so I take trains whenever I can. It's more environmentally friendly, easier to do work, no security control, and you leave the city centre and arrive in the city centre. Hard to beat — but unfortunately not so practical for me living in Berlin as it would be if I was in Brussels, Basel, or Paris.
When travelling for work, I don't need an airport with great shopping possibilities; I want speed and efficiency. If I need to connect to flights, Amsterdam Schipol is one of my favourite airports, with Zurich and Munich also worth a mention. "Gate-to-Taxi" times are also important especially when landing late or needing to get to another appointment — and it is hard to beat my own home airport Berlin Tegel (Terminal A) for that. I often do it in under 10 minutes.
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Earthworks Garden Center has been closed down. Thank you to all of our customers over the years. I closed to take on other opportunities and to reclaim my weekends. I definitely have mixed emotions about it, but overall I am excited about the future. Thanks again to everyone.
Our Garden Center was located in the Cleveland School Community of Johnston County in Clayton, NC.


2016 was all sorts of crazy for me and it wasn't an easy feat. There were a lot of challenges and roadblocks along the way – each of them pushed me to my limits and made me question every decision I made. But in retrospect, I would say it was one of my best years yet.


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To Reform or Not Tort Reform
August 28, 2018 | Jim Coogan
Car Accidents, Constitutional Law, Insurance, Legal Justice, Medical Negligence, News
Laws Capping Damages Hurt the Injured
Patients, Consumers, and Victims pay the price when Juries are Capped.
It is one of the most difficult questions for an injury lawyer to answer: "what is my case worth?" So, if lawyers who do this work on a daily basis cannot answer it, how is a jury of 12 people (who probably are not lawyers) supposed to do it? The reality is that a jury is the conscience of the community. And their judgment about how much money would balance the losses to an injured person is always going to be subjective.
But that does not mean that anyone is well-served by putting "caps" on damages.
What does the jury do?
Caps on jury awards for money damages in injury cases are laws passed (usually by the State you live in) that limit the amount for pain and suffering or punitive damages. "Pain and suffering" is the amount of physical pain and emotional suffering that a person endures as a result of an injury. "Punitive Damages" are special damages ONLY awarded when the jury believes that the harm was knowing and/or reckless (as a result, they are very rare). When a jury hears the evidence in an injury case, they hear about the incident where the person got hurt, then they hear evidence about the injury, the medical treatment, the doctors' opinions about how the injury occurred and how serious it is. They get a lot of information.
And every case is unique. And after hearing all of that evidence, if they believe that the Defendant was responsible (by failing to obey traffic laws and causing a crash or failing to obey practice guidelines and harming a surgical patient), then they decide the amount of money balances out the past and future losses to the Plaintiff. A Plaintiff who might not be able to bend down to pick up their grand child any more, or who will never be able to work again, or who has lost a loved one.
What are caps?
"Tort reform," as it is called by groups that are trying to save money for Corporations and Insurance companies, includes a very crude and unjust method, putting a cap on the jury's award. This means that a person who was hit by a bus and now must use a wheelchair for the rest of their life will not receive a $3 Million award for all they have lost, but instead get whatever number the Law says: be it $1 Million or even $500,000. Those are completely arbitrary amounts that have nothing to do with the facts of that person's case. And slashing the amount the person gets does not serve justice.
It also hurts some people more than others. Consider the comparison between a husband and wife. If only the wife works and was earning the family's income when she was paralyzed, her lawyers can present evidence of those lost earnings and that number would not be 'capped' by a limit on Pain and Suffering damages. So, the family will get the full amount of future lost income. But if the husband was caring for the couple's children and not earning and was paralyzed, there is no lost income to claim. His value is much more difficult to define. And a cap will slash that amount. This is unequal and unjust.
Why is this News now?
Illinois has seen "tort reform" measures made into law in the past. These laws do not "reform" anything. Juries hear all the facts in a case. Lawmakers do not. Juries see the faces of the injured and of the Defendants. Lawmakers do not. The idea that these groups of 12 strangers are just passing out ridiculous amounts of money is just a product of media hype. Every Defendant accused of negligence for serious and catastrophic injuries gets the best legal representation that Insurance and Corporate money can buy. They are there at trial. They get to examine all the evidence before trial in "Discovery." They can offer money to 'settle' a case before trial. There are really no surprises.
So, when they know that they will be forced to pay real money to compensate people for serious and life-changing losses, they want to change the rules. They want to pass laws like the one being considered in Missouri. There, a surprising political development has emerged. A Christian religious group there is taking a stand against a Missouri proposal to cap Pain and Suffering verdicts at $500,000. This is notable because conservative and Republican groups are often united in supporting pro-business proposals like Damages caps.
However, they are apparently making the same case that Injury lawyers have always made: these caps disproportionately harm the most vulnerable members of society. And they do so when the person is already injured, already down, and has already lost.
What Damage do Caps cause?
The reality is that an arbitrary cap of even $1,000,000 has wide-ranging effects. When the Insurance company for a hospital or a trucking company knows that even if a jury decided $5 million was fair to balance a family's losses, they will never pay a fair value before trial. So, all injured people, not just those who have to go to trial, will be faced with settlements that are not just. And in serious and complex medical cases, where the costs to the Plaintiff's lawyer can be in excess of $200,000, lawyers may simply be forced to not take cases and not file lawsuits when they know that after all the costs and the hundreds of hours of work, that an injured person might walk away with very little (especially after Health Insurers also get reimbursed for bills they paid out of a Verdict).
This is the real cost: people will lose their access to justice and the Court system. If caps make it economically unfeasible for a private, Personal Injury lawyer to take the case, and believe that they will be compensated for all of the hours of work that will be necessary (because we do not get paid until we get a settlement or a verdict paid), then Corporations, Insurance companies, and Hospitals will escape justice.
It should be obvious that this is extremely dangerous. Without the incentive to be safer, all companies will make more mistakes. It is not because they are bad people or that they want to injure anyone. But anyone who has worked in a large company knows: policies and protocols that are not enforced from the top will not be followed by everyone. It only takes one medication error or one faulty lug nut to cause a catastrophic injury.
That is why the lawyers at Coogan Gallagher will always oppose caps that arbitrarily limit a person's damages and take away justice from the Courts, juries, and the injured. A justice system that serves the most vulnerable serves us all.
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TEN AWAY WINS EQUALS CLUB RECORD
Martin Allen's side equal 1984-85 record
On Saturday Martin Allen's Gillingham equalled a club record of ten away wins in a season thanks to Cody McDonald's second-half strike against Bradford City at the Coral Windows Stadium.
While goals are of course important in any victory it also helps to be strong at the other end and there have been six clean sheets recorded in these wins.
The Gills have only previously won 10 games away from home once before which was in the 1984-85 season, under the management of Keith Peacock.
However research shows that back then it took until the last away game of the campaign, when goals from Tony Cascarino and Dave Mehmet completed a 2-0 Division Three win over Reading at Elm Park, that the tally actually reached double figures.
That season's previous wins had come at Orient (4-2), Wigan (1-0) and Swansea (1-0) all of which came in September, then trips to Lancashire in November saw both Burnley (1-0) and Bolton (2-1) defeated then a 1-0 win at Doncaster in December saw the total at six at the turn of the year.
It took until March that the Gills tasted success on the road once again but a 3-0 victory at Newport was followed by a 2-1 triumph at Cambridge United before Walsall succumbed to a 1-0 loss in April.
What with nine away games remaining this season, including tonight's trip to York City, there is a great chance of the record being broken along the way.


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Q: Google Domain transfer to Google Cloud I am having an issue with registering a Google Domain as a Google Cloud Domain safely. Even after switching to cloud DNS there is nothing on how to transfer the domain itself to GCD registrar. I've tried googling this but so far no question seemed to be the right one to get my answers.

A: Currently, based on the use cases of Cloud DNS, you can delegate the control of your domain in GCP but the registrar will maintain in Google Domains, to delegate the control of your domain in GCP configuration are expected from both sides , you can follow the migrating procedure, where you have to create in GCP a managed DNS public zone and take note of the NS servers, then, in Google Domains, switch the DNS configuration from Google Domains (Active) to Custom (Active), click on "change to this configuration" and set the NS servers provided by GCP in the public zone created, after that you successfully delegated the control of your domain to Cloud DNS, the next steps are add your records as you needed


Description: Lula Bowman has finally achieved her dream: a teaching position and a scholarship to continue her college education in mathematics. But when she receives a shocking telephone call from her sister, Jewel, everything she's worked for begins to crumble. After the sudden death of Jewel's husband, Jewel needs Lula's help. With a heavy heart, Lula returns to her Oklahoma hometown to do right by her sister. But the only teaching job available in Dunn is combination music instructor/basketball coach. Neither subject belongs anywhere near the halls of academia, according to Lula! Lula commits to covering the job for the rest of the school year, determined to do well and prove herself to the town. Reluctantly, she turns to the boys' coach, Chet, to learn the game of basketball. Chet is handsome and single, but Lula has no plans to fall for a local boy. She's returning to college as soon as she gets Jewel back on her feet. However, the more time she spends in Dunn, the more Lula realizes God is working on her heart--and her future is beginning to look a lot different than she'd expected.
My friend and fellow author, Alicia Willis, has been telling me what a talented writer Mateer is. So, when I was given the opportunity to review one of her books, I was eager to try. Sure enough, I found that she is an excellent story teller.
At first, I thought this book was going to be very typical. Girl in man's world shows everybody that she is even better than the men in her field. However, this book was far from typical. The twists and turns of this sweet story made me feel very happy.
Lula is a very smart girl who loves math. Mateer made her feel very real and pulled me into her inner struggle. Chet also was very well developed, with his own struggles and heart aches. Their romance was a big part of the story and was very honorable. Together, they kept me reading their story with a happy sigh at the end.
The setting was also so nice and different. High school basketball in during the world war? I don't think I have even heard of another book like that. I really loved that some of the story was even based on the author's family history.
This was my first book by Mateer, but it will not be my last. Her style is so sweet and God-honoring. It is the kind of book that leaves you feeling good, as well as causes you to examine your own life and faith.
I highly recommend this book for those who love historical fiction, sweet stories, and unique plots.