When you're 50, you're not supposed to go mountain biking. So I did.
When you're 50, you're not supposed to ride something called a GolfBoard on a golf course. So I did.
When you're 50, you're not likely to get a glimpse into your future by sitting down at a bar that serves gourmet healthy food and swapping stories two nights in a row with an 89-year-old former rancher and entrepreneur who has outlived most of his friends and defines wellness as "making new friends every day to replace the ones he's lost and to keep life fresh and interesting." Not everyone gets that kind of glimpse. I did.
I did all of this at a magical place called Tetherow Resort (www.tetherow.com) in Bend, Oregon September 6 & 7 – State #47 in my 50-State golf journey. Tetherow is a place that brings out the best in people. It does it naturally, by the sheer energy of the place. There are many beautiful resorts, but most of them have a manufactured quality that, while not taking anything away from the aesthetics or their efforts, doesn't do anything for the soul. Tetherow connects with you and feeds your soul. It is one of those rare resorts that has truly world-class 4-star quality without being stuffy. It's a place that's at peace and harmony with nature and it's a place that encourages you to live boldly, out loud. Tetherow encourages you to bend the rules.
Mountain biking for the first time in many years, I felt alive! Riding a GolfBoard while playing Tetherow's otherworldly magnificent golf course, I felt alive! Getting an energy treatment in my room by my new friend (a new brother in wellness, really), an amazing healer by the name of Bill Turner (www.handsonthehorseguy.com), I felt alive! I appreciate the ultimate irony of a healer who does energy balancing for horses helping to unlock important things in a man whose wife loves horses. The treatment was done during my last morning there and it was at the end of that session, while we were sharing life's stories and talking about purpose, destiny and legacy, that I realized that the book I was "saving" to be my opus when the right time came later in my life… needed to be written now because "later" might be too late for the people who need to read it. The wellness book I thought was to come from this journey through America's 50 states is only a part of the story that needs to flow forth in the coming months. "L.O.V.E. Is The Answer," the book I was saving for a "wiser" time in life, is the one I was inspired to start that sunny morning at Tetherow while looking out at the golf course and the Three Sisters mountain ranges that provide a stunning backdrop for beautiful Bend. That powerful shift in focus was the result of a fitting moment of enhanced clarity and heightened purpose, during a connection with a new friend whose life vision mirrors mine in so many ways. It was ironic that Bill was introduced to me by another new friend with whom I felt a special connection — Jade Schneringer, the Guest Services Manager at Tetherow — who just KNEW that he and I needed to meet and made a special effort to make that happen. At every great hotel, restaurant or golf course, there is always one person who is so passionate about the place that he or she makes you feel the same level of enthusiasm whenever they are around. Well, Jade's love of Tetherow was infectious with everyone she came in contact with. I truly admired how the team operated as one and I appreciated Jade's attention to detail and heartfelt desire for others to experience during their stay what she feels every day at work. An accomplished skier, she has turned that same level of focus towards her work while giving herself permission to appreciate the beauty of the place. A guest notices when someone loves their job, and it enhances the experience of the stay.
Tetherow Lodges offers 50 eco-friendly, luxurious rooms that are designed in perfect harmony with the surroundings. Open the blinds and drapes and you'll feel as if the rooms were designed by nature itself. There is a harmony that both draws you outside and comforts you within. And they go the extra trail mile in other ways as well. Instead of a mundane offering of snack and beverage fare you would find at most places, including others that are 4-star, Tetherow goes the extra mile by stocking the pantry with coffee, tea and chocolate crafted in or near Bend.
My suite, overlooking the course, practice area and some of the custom homes located on the resort, was spacious, warm and very comfortable. I actually turned the temperature down in the room for a little while just so that I could turn the fireplace on. The ambiance was inviting enough to make me want to come back during the wintertime. For a hard-core summer lover like me, whose idea of a perfect winter is being able to wear shorts on the beaches of Malibu and Kailua, it's nothing short of a miracle for me to even think about going somewhere cold during the winter months. My suite felt more like a luxury studio apartment than a resort room, which made it easy to love and very hard to leave.
Jade was very good about drawing me out of my normal routine (if you can call traveling to and golfing in every state a routine) and into experiencing one of the other outdoor pursuits available in the area. I opted out of the paddle boarding this trip, but that's on my list for my next summertime visit. I went for the mountain biking and I did it with gusto, even opting to travel on some of the harder trails, albeit slowly and without catching air between the jumps. There were no 360's, no bar spins and there definitely were no superman's. I did manage to pop a wheelie though, which was good enough for me. My grand reward after climbing the mountain (ok, it was a large hill) and riding through the trails to an opening in the trees was an unbelievable view of the majestic snow-capped mountains off in the distance. After that initial look, I ventured a couple more miles through trails to a clearing where a log served both as bike rack and grandstand as I sat there mesmerized by the sheer beauty of Bend, Oregon's backyard. Sitting there, my mind clearing with every exhale, the rhythm of nature filling my being. I felt alive.
GolfBoard is like an electric skateboard, but it's bigger, more stable and comes with a handle to which your golf bag is mounted (if you own a board, you can also choose to ride "freestyle," that is, with your golf bag over your shoulder without the use of a mounted handle). I was lucky enough to have been around the GolfBoard team off and on through 2013, and enjoyed being privy to some of the planning meetings in Malibu. I was there when a prototype caught on fire and I was there when one of the boards got a mind of its own and took off until it jumped a sand trap and crashed into a fence. The thing that struck me most was the sheer joy I saw in the faces of the engineers when that happened because they had an opportunity to fix one more thing to make it better. It was that attitude, along with piles of cash from the investors, that has given them the staying power to persevere through a long and difficult launch period to bring the safest and best possible product to market. I was one of a few golf insiders who recommended to Co-Founder Paul Hodge that they go big with a display at the 2014 PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando. I remember confidently telling him that the product would sweep the awards. I was there with them at the show when the GolfBoard won Best New Product. That was a special night, as if there had been a shift in the golf paradigm. All of the industry's talk of doing things differently had manifest in this product. It's funny to me how it took a group of surfers, of both land and sea, to bring golf to the next level. Historically stuffy married anti-establishment and that strange mix worked gloriously well.
Tetherow Golf Club was designed by David McLay Kidd, an award-winning architect. He did a masterful job of taking advantage of every view, angle, elevation change and the incorporation of the rugged high desert terrain in unique ways that made me forget I was on a golf course and made me think I was in a nature preserve at times. In a sense, I was, because Tetherow was the first golf course in Oregon to be named an Audubon International Certified Signature Sanctuary. There were moments when I would catch myself just staring at the landscape and wishing I could put it into a frame and take it with me. It was strikingly beautiful. When I'd snap back to golf reality, there I stood with a challenging, thought provoking and wonderful shotmaking opportunity in front of me. Time and time again, I thought, "how in the world did he think of doing that? Brilliant!" The Cascade peaks, including Three Sisters and Broken Top, served as a navigational reference for some of the blind shots as well as an awe-inspiring backdrop. Golf Magazine, Golf Digest, Links Magazine, Golfweek, T&L Golf and the Robb Report are among the many publications that have honored Tetherow with accolades and high rankings. I personally place Tetherow among the top five courses I played during my Wellness 101 50-State Challenge – and in the top five courses I've played my entire life.
Hole #1 at Tetherow is a 381-yard par 4. Immediately I recognize this golf course is unlike any other I have ever played. The course looks like it was designed for someone to surf the earth, with green waves inviting you to drop down into them. Your approach is to an elevated green that is heavily guarded. The green slopes in many directions and on the right side the green ends on the hill which slopes down into a very, very gnarly trap. The rugged desert flavor of this course is truly astonishing. Everywhere you look there is something wild. Squirrels, lizards, birds, (friendly) bees and many critters are everywhere. This place hums, buzzes and chirps. This place is alive.
#2 is an impressive par 5. If you play the right side, the hole plays a little shorter, but from that side you might wind up with a blind shot. Out here, executing blind shots requires some local knowledge. At one point, the fairway is split by numerous outcroppings of shrubs and wildflowers. Getting down into a postage stamp sized green, there are plenty of challenges on this hole and also plenty of beauty and opportunity. Hit a good second shot and your ball could roll down a long hill for an additional 50 or 60 yards of distance, a big reward for good ball striking.
The drive from the second green to the third tee box is more than memorable It's masterful. You cross over a bridge that is beautifully designed artwork and which opens up to a bird's eye view of the third hole. The tee box area is at one with the natural terrain of wildflowers, cattails, wild bushes and an incredible array of colors. Prior to playing my shot, I had a discussion with a guy who was talking about how much fun it was out here with the ability to play using the GolfBoards. His closing comment was that he's had the pleasure of playing some of the best courses in the world and this experience, this golf course, was his favorite by far anywhere. I was already starting to see why.
#3 is a par 3 over a pond. The links stylings of this course couldn't be more apparent than on this par 3, especially around the green. The green is massive and slopes in various shapes and degrees in at least six or seven places. There are mounds with native grasses in the fairway leading up to the green, with one bunker on the front side and a large waste bunker on the rear. Shots hit on the left side of the green with a draw may wind up rolling down one of the slopes into the cattail filled pond. Looking at the green, it could be treacherous if you hit it on the wrong side of its 75-foot width. I hit an 8-iron to a good spot 20 feet from the flagstick and two-putted for par.
#4 is a slight dogleg left off of the tee — an uphill terraced par 4 with an expansive waste bunker on the right and front of the green. The green itself is comprised of several swells and rolls that give just about any putt away from the center great challenges.
The mystical view from the fifth tee box will make you want to quit your job and become a photographer, or an oil painter. At the time of day I played, with the sun thinking about setting, the lights and shadows and complexities and colors and shapes out here are enough to make your pupils dilate and your jaw ease wide open. There are no mechanical sounds here. No cars rushing by on highways, no radios blaring from homes, no horns blowing… no mechanical anything. The only sounds are hundreds of different animals and birds and other living things going about their daily living. Living! This place draws you in, becomes your friend. Every view, every step, every glance is a thing of beauty. It was enough to make my eyes water. As I've said many times before, if God is not a golfer he surely is a friend of those who do. Standing on this tee box, having hit a superb drive down the right side of this fairway that has been fashioned into rolling beauty, my glance to the right reveals a mountain range of soft shadows under the setting sun. The green, made up of several rolling hills, was very intimidating, especially with the wild, wild brush right behind it and a menacing bunker in front.
#6 requires a lot of thought on your drive. You can go down the right side of the fairway and wind up with a blind shot to the green or you can choose to go longer left and contend with a pond that runs the length of the fairway. Going in that direction can reward you with a clean view of the flagstick. Along the right side there's a split fairway that you can aim for as a landing area that is fairly safe. The green is shaped like a heart but it probably won't show you much love. It rolls and turns and twists and is complete with a couple of grass bunkers guarding the front.
The tee shot on 8 dishes out a surprise. A lone pine splits the fairway. This fairway is rather wide but optically gets smaller each time I look at the tree. On the left there's something that appears to be a grass volcano that you definitely want to avoid hitting the face of at all costs. If you do, it could be the equivalent of a one-stroke penalty because you'll surely waste a shot getting your ball back into a playable position. Fly above the volcano, however and you will find yourself with a good angle into the green. Given that the tree is, after all, 90% air it shouldn't be a factor so just swing away. The green is guarded by two deep pot bunkers on the front — one left and one right.
#10 is a par 4 with a downhill tee shot. My friend Bill the energy healer was just shy of driving the green. He must have put some extra mojo into that ball by doing an energy session on it prior to teeing off — an unfair advantage if you ask me, but a great guy to have on your scramble team! Ten is one of those holes that members must love when they are playing against unsuspecting guests. Know where to place your tee shot on this hole and you'll have an easy chip to the green. Finding a way to get an easy putt on this green (or most of the others for that matter) is an entirely different story.
#11 is dogleg right with a downhill tee shot and a group of trees to the right that will do their best to block your shot to the green. Trust me, I know. Been there, done that. The play is on the left side of the fairway.
#15 is a par 4 with a downhill tee shot and an uphill approach. There is a pond on the left on your tee shot, which happens to be a well that serves the property. I felt a surge of calm energy around this particular area, which carried me through the final holes of this magnificent golf course.
#17 is called the "Quarry Hole." This par 3 is unique in that it has been built in an old pumice quarry. The trick with this hole is to play it along the left side, into the slope and allow that slope to feed the ball onto the green.
What the final hole lacks in bunkers, it makes up for in distance. This is a long par 5 that finishes uphill and gives you a decent chance for par. While some of the previous holes are more artistically designed, this is a classic grip it and rip it par 5 perfect for using up the energy you have remaining. Leave it all on the course, give it all you've got, and you'll still likely get there in three.
Another unique thing about Tetherow is the food. I wish every 19th hole in America would borrow from a page of Tetherow's menu. The casual atmosphere in The Row is warm and friendly, while the subtle refinement of the Tetherow Grill is just formal enough for any occasion to feel special while remaining in keeping with the nature-forward feel of Tetherow. Views from both the Grill and The Row, and from the patio between them are stunning. Drawing a regular crowd of locals, both of these places could stand on their own. Chef Zac Hoffman, an Oregon native with a passion for fishing, has members and guests raving about The Row and Tetherow Grill. The menu grabbed my tastes hook, line and sinker with a masterful selection of locally sourced products that are both healthy and sinfully delicious. My favorite regionally inspired dish was the Half Trout & Quinoa entree. The fish was perfectly seasoned and prepared, with a very light pan fry in a wonderful white wine herb sauce. Accompanying the main attraction were a selection of local in-season vegetables and a delicious cranberry-almond quinoa pilaf. During my stay at the resort I also tried, and enjoyed immensely, a variety of their flatbreads — with the El Toro Grande! being my favorite. El Toro features pulled elk, mozzarella, jalapenos, dried cranberries and feta cheese, which was a delightful mixture of tastes that woke up, inspired and danced the samba with my taste buds. The food was hearty, but not heavy. Creative without pretense. I would go back, and I intend to again and again. And yes, I even look forward to going in the cold weather. It's that good.


My anticipated work will combine a thorough analysis of historiography, assembled this semester in preparation for the more dedicated nature of the formal project. I will combine this segment with direct historical analysis supplemented by the statistical excavation of empirical trends in my period of study, oriented toward the theoretical formulation of the relationship between state and society in achieving practical legitimacy. The ambition of the project gives me great cause consider the value of this early summer start.
My work this summer is entering its final stage; I have completed the revised write-up of my theory of institutions and political agents and supplemented it with illustrative examples and disambiguating glossary entries. These documents represent the culmination of many weeks' reading into the thicket of related theoretical material and the development of my own nucleus of ideas into a fuller conceptual spectrum built on revision and adaptation. Though each element has been exciting to undertake and satisfying to complete, the core theoretical piece has certainly been the most important and fulfilling component of my work. At this juncture, the only remaining item from among the objectives that my adviser and I devised for this summer period is the comparative orientation of the original theory I have produced within the existing scholarship. I look forward to adding this final dimension to the theoretical stage of my thesis.
My thesis will be a composite product; fundamentally, it is a work that proposes a political and social theory whose salient claims are applied with the sensibilities of a historian to a demonstrative instance. This summer has been reserved for establishing the theory, leaving essential time in the upcoming year for the historical project of assessing the theory through the lens of the reign of Francis I. The opportunity to focus entirely on the theory has enabled me to adopt a more conceptually contained working style whose clear objectives enable depth without sacrificing the intended scope of the project and which have produced a workable theory ready for implementation within a distinctly subsequent phase demanding a refocused mindset as much as an appreciation of the running threads of the thesis.
I find the greatest challenge of work of this nature, reading and constructing theory, to be the marshalling of sometimes disparate inspirations into a cohesive (and coherent) work. A firm concept of the project is indispensable to this effort, and I continue to find great value in the clarity provided by the weekly meetings I began holding with Dr. Modell before the beginning of the summer.
Working during this time on a topic of my choosing has been a liberating process of welcome rigor and novelty, and the development of new understanding has been complemented by the mentorship of a knowledgeable and experienced adviser nonetheless party to the project as a learning enterprise. In this respect, I felt considerably greater ownership over the thesis as an object of scholarly innovation rather than a demonstration or reinforcement of current learning. I near the conclusion of this first experience with independent research enriched by my work and excited by plans and possibilities for the next year.


✨ A born artist/maker. You may not make art right now, but you're always drawn to art & always love to make things.
✨ See bloggers/authors/influencers share their stories with an engaging following; you think "I wish I can do that"
⚠ Haven't found your authentic "voice"
If this description fits you, "Dare to Inspire" is for you.
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In the last 5 years, I've built a community of 40,000+ followers, 4,000 email subscriptions, 6,000 monthly blog readers.
More importantly, I've built what I call a "Personal Brand that Changes Life".
💌 read emails that thank me for giving them the courage to pursue a new career.
That's why I created "Dare to Inspire".
💫 To help creators, change-makers, story-tellers, artists like you to stop hiding and start sharing your story with the world.
💫 "Dare to Inspire" is an interactive workshop that helps you learn to tell your life story so that it resonates with the hearts and minds of thousands, build a personal brand that changes life.
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- Please sign up ONLY IF you genuinely want to learn and willing to give 100%.
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An app used to connect skilled health care professionals with young refugee mothers in their native language.
Mama works by bridging the gap between trained volunteers and young refugee mothers through a simple text. Young mothers with questions text the platform using SMS and are subsequently routed to appropriate volunteers and professionals based on the type of ailment reported and the age of child. Recommendations are sent back within hours, supplying young women with the education needed to live a healthy life, raise healthy children, and contribute to their surrounding communities. Meanwhile, prospective volunteers with access to WiFi can register to become trained Mama members, allowing global citizens to remotely impact burgeoning communities through the power of technology.
I worked in a PM role and developed the design and vision for the project, developed the survey page, and did other various front-end tasks.
I worked on integrating the Twilio API onto our platform, and on the front-end side to display the API data on the chat platform.
I designed the platform's logo and desktop interface, coded the first three homepages, and contributed to other front-end tasks.
I offered my experience in working first-hand with refugees that had fled their home countries and were integrating into Spanish society. I also worked a bit on the front-end and a little bit on the back-end, where I mostly learned how to integrate the Twilio API onto our platform.
I helped with the back end implementation of the chat platform and twilio API integration.


TRIQ164 is a 4-track, 16-step trigger sequencer.
Four track buttons select the track to be edited; with 16 buttons each step of the track can be activated an is then displayed by an LED.
For each step in each track a "repeat" can be activated, resulting in repeated triggers within one step. The number of repeats can be selected from one to eight by the REPEAT knob. Additionally, the repeat count can be CV controlled by the REPEAT CV input.
Each of the 16 steps has a separate trigger output for additional control for certain steps or limiting the sequence length by connecting one of the outputs to the RESET input.
Use it for any kind of rhythmical patterns, typically for triggering drum sounds or evelope generator!
No, it has no pattern load/save features; this will be part of a future, much more complex sequencer. TRIQ164 is designed as improved replacement for the STEP10.


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Are DAC pins useful for anything besides working with audio?
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The NICE Quality Standard (2010)suggest that people with dementia and their families should have the opportunity to discuss advanced decision making at an appropriate time in the care trajectory. Advanced care planning is viewed as important in that it helps people with dementia and their families to plan for their future care and assists in making important decisions, such as the potential for medical interventions, financial and care preferences. Whilst it is important for such practices to exist, it is unclear what people with dementia and their families think about how these very difficult conversations should be undertaken and at what point in the person's condition they should take place and what challenges staff face in facilitating such discussions.
2. To inform the wider development of an intervention to be used with NHS staff, to be evaluated in future proposal to NIHR or other portfolio source.
Over the next six months we will be undertaking a range of activities which include: focus groups with people with dementia, their family caregivers and staff who work in services; comprehensive literature reviews; an audit of current practice; partnership developments.


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From creating product requirements and 2D concept design, to enabling engineering design reviews with suppliers and customers, PTC Creo Sketch can help multiple stakeholders capture information that can improve a design. In addition, data from the 2D sketch can be reused in PTC Creo for creating the 3D model, which further increases design productivity.
Sketch is the easiest way for anyone to quickly sketch out product design ideas and share them electronically with customers, suppliers and coworkers. It lets you add color and other visual enhancements to transform quick sketches into finished artwork. What's more, 2D images created with this app can be imported into other Creo apps and used as the basis for improved 3D CAD designs.
Replace traditional hand-drawn sketches for concept design, industrial design, illustrations and design reviews.
Create compelling, finished artwork easily by adding color or other special effects to sketches.
Leverage 2D sketch data in other Creo apps such as Creo Parametric.
Use sketches in conjunction with tablet devices to further increase production speed, convenience and productivity.
Enable marketing, suppliers, customers and designers to communicate their ideas more easily, including those using Apple OS.
Enable rapid idea generation from anyone on the product development team.
Sketch allows you to instantly email different sketch designs for review to colleagues or customers.
Directly open into Creo Parametric using images and use the concept sketch as an underlay to build your 3D model to.
Import curves created in PTC Creo Sketch into PTC Creo Parametric as a style feature for use in building surfaces.
Ability to use several different brush effects including: blur, sharpen, lighten, smudge and darken.
Open and save your sketches into different common file formats, including TIFF, BMP, JPG, and PNG.
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Turkish Mythology or the "Ergenekon Legend"
Category: Mythology
Emerging from the merger of various nomadic tribes around 500 AD, the tribal federation of the "Turks" was initially more of a community of interests that campaigned for the expansion of their pastures and control of the few oasis towns in Central Asia.
The Turks performed vassal services for the nomadic organized tribes of the Xiongnu and the Ruanruan. With the refusal of the last Ruanruan prince to give the Turk Khan "Bumin" a princess to wife, he submitted to the suzerainty of the Chinese empire and with their help Bumin smashed the Ruanruan empire in 552, the vast steppe areas along the Chinese border, present-day Mongolia, Xinjiang and the Caspian Sea. This was the beginning of the development of the tribal federation of the "Turks" into a Central Asian power factor, from which the Gök-Turks once emerged.
Constant uprisings and disputes with the Chinese then led to a devastating defeat for the Göktürks and the collapse of their empire. For the survivors, the only chance for a new beginning was to flee, from which the Ergenekon legend developed.
Göktürks return to their old way of life as wandering shepherds
In their flight from the Chinese, the surviving Göktürks wandered into rough mountainous terrain until they came to a fertile valley surrounded on all sides by high mountain ridges. Only one entrance led into the valley. After the clans decided to stay in the valley, the leftover weapons and other iron parts are forged into a strong gate that closes the only entrance to the valley. In the seclusion of the mountains and the absolute security of the inaccessible valley, the clans can recover from the flight and gather new strength.
After a few generations, the clans have multiplied so much that there is a risk of overpopulation in the narrow valley. After deliberations of the clan leaders, it is decided to open the gate, to forge weapons out of iron again and to try the way to the steppe again. The clan leaders quickly notice, however, that none of the current generation knows the way out of the mountains, so that you wander around in the mountains for days and weeks. One day a strange encounter occurs: the gray mother wolf Asena appears in front of the train and shows the clan leaders the way out of the mountains.
Back in the steppes, the Göktürks return to their old way of life as wandering shepherds, becoming more powerful in numbers until they almost regain their original importance through revenge campaigns, without being able to maintain the unity of the clans among themselves, however. In this way, tribes form from the former clans, which over time develop into their own states. The Asena (mother wolf) became the heraldic animal of the Göktürks.
Almost without exception, all of the Turkic states that exist today trace their origin back to the fragmentation of the Göktürks. When the first Central Asia summit of the Turk republics took place after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the incoming heads of state hit a piece of iron with a hammer in the symbolism for the iron gate of the Ergenekon Valley, which was thus symbolically reopened: the Turks take participate again in world affairs as independent, free states.
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Formula 1 hasn't seen a female driver attempt to compete since 1992 and 1980 was the last time a woman actually took part in a race. Susie Wolff is Scotland's female representative on the big stage and despite her connections she's still not competed in F1. Her work with Girls on Track and Dare to be Different is encouraging more youngsters to get into the sport at competing level as well as behind the scenes. But with the introduction of the W Series and Lynne Jordan competing in this year's Formula Women competition, the future for women in the sport is looking brighter than ever.
Lynne was only a child when she first became interested in motorsport. Coming from Greenock and being a woman meant that none of her friends were interested in going to races together. She was also the first in her family to get a driver's licence.
"I work better under pressure than having time to prepare for things", Lynne opened up when I asked her if she was looking forward to the first stage of competing in Formula Women in November.
Formula Women is a competition that gives women the opportunity to get into motorsports, given that it's really difficult to get into the sport if you are female and not to mention expensive. People like Lynne, who have always been fans of motorsports have the opportunity to meet people in the industry and get contacts so that even if she doesn't go all the way, (am I guilty of being bias if I say, we 100% believe she will get all the way) she can still find opportunities to get involved at a competing level.
Considering Lynn hasn't even competed yet, she's been hard at training. Having started PT sessions means she has managed to focus on her fitness. We had a chat during our interview, discussing whether we reckoned we could fit into a race car with big boobs, *spoiler*, we don't believe I can, but after Lynne's fitness adventure over the past three months, she has reassured me that it is no longer a concern for her.
Lynne with her PT – Cameron Mangan
Motorsport is one of the most expensive sports to compete in, so even to take part in Formula Women, you need sponsors: "Formula Women has provided us with so much support. They have given us contacts for everything you could think of, so that you know exactly where to go when you need help. At one of the events, they were giving out packs with a template sort of thing, with how to find sponsorships, how to approach them, what are the right things to say to get them to pick you." Lynne showed me the leaflets she made for potential sponsors. Using all the information and tools given to her by Formula Women, she secured a sponsorship with Sharp Tuning, which will get their logo printed on Lynne's helmet or car when she starts competing, along with lots of other local businesses that have helped with financial sponsors.
"Even though I've not started competing, there are lots of costs, like one-to-one car training sessions and karting. I've done simulator training through Formula Women as well.
"I travelled down to Silverstone, and the people who are down there are the ones teaching the guys from Formula 1, so you feel really professional. It's the best, but the costs build up, just like all motorsports". Knowing that Lynne has her sponsors behind her means she can focus on her performance and getting the best results. After all, it's about time that women got the same opportunities from local businesses as men and the local football team.
"A big thing for me is equality in the sport" Lynne works with people with disabilities, she wants to prove that having a disability doesn't have to be a barrier to get into sports and hopes to encourage more diversity in motorsports. "That's my aim, for the end of this, to introduce more people with disabilities to the sport and make sure there are equal opportunities."
Enter, W Series.
"In setting up the W Series, I wanted to create a pathway for female talent that focuses purely on ability rather than wealth, which is why the competition is entirely free to enter." Said Catherine Bond Muir, CEO and Founder of W Series. I'm not messing around here, we got the main women to give us the low-down on what it's like to be the one levelling out the playing field for women's motorsports.
For myself, growing up, on the weekends the TV was constantly turned to F1, at first I didn't get it, they were just going round and round in a fast car, where's the talent in that? Fast forward 10 years, I am obsessed and my dad is honestly surprised with my knowledge. But now I'm wondering why is it only men driving those cars?
I've recently come across the W Series, which as Catherine said, is giving women, globally, the opportunities to take part in racing at the same F1 tracks. After leaving Corporate Finance, Caroline had a similar thought to my own, why aren't female drivers visible in mainstream motorsport?
The W Series was thus created; "I set about raising the substantial capital needed to get a motor racing series off the ground and was lucky enough to meet Sean Wadsworth – our Chairman – who became the cornerstone investor."
Naomi Schiff (RWA), and Catherine Bond Muir, CEO, W Series
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In the past 46 years, we have not seen a single woman compete in F1; "Women have not historically had the same opportunities as men when it comes to progressing through the ranks of motorsport. In theory, I believe women can absolutely compete on equal terms with men in F1. However, there is not one female driver today who has received the same funding and training that any F1 driver has. Women have competed in Formula 1 races before, but it's never been equal when it comes to women in motorsport and W Series is here to level it out.
"When they're not competing in the W Series, our drivers are racing predominantly against men, and many of them have come top of their class in other junior competitions." What Catherine is saying, is that we know women can compete against men, because it's been done before. But all too often sponsors favour the male side, because it means more exposure. This is seen in all sports and one of the reasons that female sports struggle for funding, in turn making it harder to diversify women's sports.
There are young women who are winning titles at big events, competing against men. Alice Powell, a British racing driver competed and won the Asian Formula Renault Series in 2014. She was the first woman to score points in the GP3 Series in 2012. Only five years before George Russell won the title; "The issue is that funding often dries up at a crucial stage of a driver's development and sponsors have always considered male athletes a safer bet. When women receive as much support as men, motorsport will be truly equal."
"Put simply, because it's a mixed sport and there are a lot of ambitious female drivers out there who deserve as much visibility and support as the male drivers do. It's also part of a wider issue and that's gender equality. We have seen a fantastic – if overdue – boom in the popularity of women's sport in recent years and motorsport should be included in this. The sport will continue to be made up overwhelmingly of male drivers unless we give young girls visible role models to look up to."
As a woman from Greenock, there wasn't much encouragement for Lynne to get into motorsport at a young age. Her taking part in Formula Women will change that. Giving hard-working women like Lynne the platform and funding makes young girls and women believe it's possible for them to do the same. In a sport where money and status are equally important as talent, seeing someone from the most impoverished town in Scotland (Children in poverty Inverclyde) taking part in the international sporting stage will bring new and talented people to the sport.
It's going to take women like Lynne to encourage girls with an interest in motorsports to see that they can do that. With the help of Formula Women and the W Series, we will see more women getting to the top level. And we are well on to see women compete in the top levels of motorsport.
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1 Solicitors that specialise in conveyancing in North Finchley have a grasp oflocal concerns specific to North Finchley and therefore you may benefit from better advice and faster conveyancing.
5 Retaining the services of a high street Solicitor usually means that you will receive a more bespoke service. Sometimes when dealing with a an online conveyancing factory, your transaction is dealt with by a team of people who check what is happening on the file by determining whether the 'computers says no'.
I instructed a local solicitor for our conveyancing in North Finchley recently. Upon checking the terms of engagement it is apparent thatI am responsible for charges even if our purchase doesn't happen. Would I be best advised to use an on-line solicitor practice promising no move no charge conveyancing in North Finchley?
It is usually a trade off in that if "No Completion No Fee" is offered then the conveyancing charges will generally be more expensive to offset those cases that do not go ahead. Please beware that such offerings tend not to protect you from disbursements by way of example North Finchley conveyancing search costs.
What does my ID and proof of funds have anything to do with my conveyancing in North Finchley? Is this really warranted?
North Finchley conveyancing solicitors as well as nationwide property practitioners accross the UK have an obligation under money laundering regulations to verify the identity of any client with a view to satisfy themselves that clients are who they say they are.
Conveyancing clients will need to supply two forms of certified ID; proof of identity (typically a Passport or Driving Licence) and proof of address (usually a Utility Bill less than 3 months old).
Confirmation of the origin of monies is also necessary under the money laundering statutes as solicitors have a duty to check that the monies you are using to purchase a property (whether it be the deposit for exchange or the total purchase amount if you are a cash purchaser) has come from an acceptable source (such as an inheritance) as opposed to the proceeds of criminal behaviour.
This question may be naive but I am unseasoned as FTB of a two bedroom flat in North Finchley. Do I collect the keys to the premises on completion from my solicitor? If this is the case, I will appoint a High Street conveyancing solicitor in North Finchley?
On the day of completion you will not be required to go to the conveyancers office in North Finchley. Your solicitors will electronically transfer the completion advance to the seller's lawyers, and once they have received this, you should be able to receive the keys from the property Agents and move into your new home. Usually this occurs early afternoon.
I am buying a property in North Finchley. A rare aspect is that the roof has a solar panel. Solicitors conducting should look into this right? Will my lender Nationwide be concerned?
As your lender is Nationwide your lawyer must comply with the conveyancing instructions contained in Section 2 of UK Finance Lenders' Handbook for Nationwide. The Council of Mortgage Lenders' Handbook sets out minimum conditions for solar panel roof-space leases, and conveyancing practitioners are required to report to Nationwide where a lease fails to comply with these provisions. The requirements relate to the installation of panels on properties countrywide and is not isolated to North Finchley.
We expect to receive a AIP from Lloyds this week so we know how much we could potentially offer as otherwise we only have online calculators to go by (which aren't taking into account credit checks etc). Do Lloyds recommend any North Finchley solicitors on the Lloyds conveyancing panel, or is it better to find our own lawyer?
You will need to appoint North Finchley solicitors independently although you'll need to choose one on the Lloyds conveyancing panel. The solicitor represents both you and Lloyds through the process.
What can a local search tell me regarding the property we're buying in North Finchley?
North Finchley conveyancing often starts with the submitting local authority searches directly from your local Authority or via a personal search organisations for example Searches UK The local search is essential in every North Finchley conveyancing purchase; as long as you wish to avoid any nasty once you have moved into your new home. The search should reveal data on, amongst other things, details on planning applications applicable to the property (whether granted or refused), building control history, any enforcement action, restrictions on permitted development, nearby road schemes, contaminated land and radon gas; in all a total of 13 subject headings.
I got the keys to my flat on 9 August and my personal details is not yet on the land registry website. Any reason for this? My conveyancing solicitor in North Finchley expressed confidence that it should be dealt with inside ten days. Are properties in North Finchley uniquely lengthy to register?
As far as conveyancing in North Finchley registration is no quicker or slower than the rest of England and Wales. As opposed to being determined by geographic area, timeframes can adjust depending on who lodges the application, whether it is in order and whether the Land registry need to notify any other persons or bodies. As of today approximately 80% of such applications are completed in less than three weeks but occasionally there can be extensive hold-ups. Historically registration is effected after the new owner is living at the property therefore 'speed' is not usually an essential issue but where there is a degree of urgency associated with the registration then you or your solicitor can communicate with the Registry to express the reasoning for the application to be prioritised.
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Application of Electronic knowledge in industry for rectification of polyphase supply voltage and for control of motor speed and for thermal heating.
• To study about power electronic circuits for voltage and current control and protection.
• To learn the switching characteristics of transistors and SCRs. Series and parallel functions of SCRs, Programmable triggering methods of SCR.
• To learn controlled rectification AC supplies.
• To study of converters and inverters.
• To learn about motor control, charges, SMPS and UPS.
SCS, GTO, PUJT – power transistors – power FETs – LASCR – two transistor model of SCR – Protection of thyristors against over voltage – over current, dv/dt and di/dt.
Turn on circuits for SCR – triggering with single pulse and train of pulses – synchronizing with supply – triggering with microprocessor – forced commutation – different techniques – series and parallel operations of SCRs.
Converters – single phase – three phase – half controlled and fully controlled rectifiers – Waveforms of load voltage and line current under constant load current – effect of transformer leakage inductance – dual converter.
Voltage and current source inverters, resonant, Series inverter, PWM inverter. AC and DC choppers – DC to DC converters – Buck, boost and buck – boost.
DC motor drives – Induction and synchronous motor drives – switched reluctance and brushless motor drives – Battery charger – SMPS – UPS – induction and dielectric heating.
1. Muhamed H.Rashid : Power Electronics Circuits, Devices and Applications, 3rd Edn. 2004 PHI.
2. Singh and Kanchandani : Power Electronics, TMH, 1998.
1. Sen : Power Electronics, TMH, 1987.
2. Dubey : Thyristorised power controllers, Wiley Eastern 1986.
3. Vithayathil : Power Electronics – Principles and applications McGraw-Hill, 1995.
4. Lander : Power Electronics, 3rd Edition, McGraw-Hill, 1994.


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Neil Gorsuch pens a devastating takedown of his own most important opinion
Ian Millhiser Senior Constitutional Policy Analyst, Think Progress
The Supreme Court sided with a worker over a corporation in a case involving the Federal Arbitration Act on Tuesday. For those unfamiliar with the Court's arbitration decisions, that happens about as often as a unicorn wins the Powerball lottery while simultaneously being struck by lightning.
And, as further evidence that Beelzebub awoke this morning to discover thick layer of snow on his lawn, the Supreme Court's decision in New Prime v. Oliveira was written by Neil Gorsuch — the author of a decision holding that the Arbitration Act permits employers to engage in small-scale wage theft with impunity.
As Slate's Mark Joseph Stern writes, New Prime "marks the triumph of the Gorsuch brief—a highly technical argument designed to nab the justice's vote by fixating on the text of a statute and its meaning at the time of passage." But it is also a hollow triumph. New Prime is an important case because it is one of a few rare examples where this Supreme Court read the Arbitration Act consistently with its explicit text, but it also dealt with a fairly minor issue that carves out a narrow exception to the Court's decisions enabling wage theft.
In Epic Systems v. Lewis, a much more significant wage theft decision that Gorsuch penned last year, Gorsuch blithely ignored the text of the Arbitration Act — while simultaneously holding that his atextual reading of the Arbitration Act trumps the explicit language of a law enacted to protect workers' collective action.
Read together, New Prime and Epic Systems show that Gorsuch is willing to follow the text of a statute to liberal outcomes when those outcomes do not significantly burden big business. But when the stakes are high, Gorsuch is happy to set aside the law's text to serve ideological goals.
Indeed, the reasoning Gorsuch deploys in New Prime is so inconsistent with Epic Systems — and with many of the Court's arbitration decisions from the last two decades — that a lower court could plausibly argue that New Prime represents a sea change in the Court's jurisprudence that justifies taking the law in an entirely different direction. There's little chance that this Supreme Court would endorse such a project. But if Gorsuch wants to be taken seriously as a judge who places the text of the law before his personal politics, he will need to overrule much of the Court's prior work.
Enabling wage theft
The Federal Arbitration Act is a nearly century-old law that, as Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg explained in 2015 dissent, was intended to enable "merchants with relatively
equal bargaining power" to resolve disputes before a private arbitrator rather than through potentially costlier litigation.
Beginning in the 1980s, the Supreme Court started to read the Arbitration Act to allow large companies to force much weaker individuals to sign away their right to sue that company as a condition of doing business with it. Some of these decisions were arguably consistent with the law's text. But two of the Court's most significant arbitration decisions did such violence to the statute that it's easy to suspect that the justices in the majority acted in bad faith.
These decisions, moreover, had devastating impacts on workers. As the Economic Policy Institute demonstrated in a 2016 report, arbitrators are significantly more likely than judges to favor employers over workers. And, in the rare cases where workers do prevail before an arbitrator, such workers receive significantly less money.
Under the Arbitration Act's plain text, most employment disputes shouldn't even be heard by arbitrators in the first place. Often, workers are forced into arbitration after their employers inform them that they must either sign away their right to sue their bosses or immediately lose their jobs. In some cases, workers are even forced to agree to arbitration as a condition of applying for a job. Thus, many workers are forced to choose between giving up their legal rights and unemployment.
The Arbitration Act requires courts to honor contracts mandating arbitration, but it also contains an exception for "contracts of employment of seamen, railroad employees, or any other class of workers engaged in foreign or interstate commerce." Nevertheless, in Circuit City v. Adams, a 5-4 Supreme Court held that the Arbitration Act applies to contracts of employment involving workers engaged in foreign or interstate commerce.
Circuit City reached this holding by twisting two interlocking provisions of the Arbitration Act. The first was the provision quoted above, which exempts workers engaged in interstate commerce. The second is a provision of the law establishing that the Arbitration Act only applies to "a written provision in any maritime transaction or a contract evidencing a transaction involving commerce."
The Court's understanding of the word "commerce" evolved significantly over the last century or more. In Hammer v. Dagenhart, a 1918 decision striking down a federal ban on child labor, the Supreme Court read the word "commerce" very narrowly to exclude nearly all employment contracts. Two decades later, the Court read "commerce" more expansively to encompass nearly all employment contracts.
The Arbitration Act was enacted in 1925, when Dagenhart was still good law. So the word "commerce" should be read in that statute the way it was understood in 1925. That is, when the Arbitration Act states that it only applies to "a written provision in any maritime transaction or a contract evidencing a transaction involving commerce" that should indicate that nearly all employment contracts are beyond the scope of the Act.
Alternatively, the Supreme Court could have read the word "commerce" using the modern definition of that term. But that would have meant that, when the Arbitration Act states that "workers engaged in foreign or interstate commerce" are exempt, that exemption should be read expansively to exempt pretty much all workers.
Yet, instead of reading the word "commerce" consistently throughout the statute, Circuit City held that the word should be read expansively in the provision laying out of the scope of the Arbitration Act, but that it also should be read narrowly in the provision laying out the exemption for workers. That's an utterly bizarre way to read a statute. When the same word appears twice in the same Act of Congress, courts presume that Congress intended for the word to have the same meaning throughout unless there is very strong evidence to the contrary.
The Court compounded its error AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion, which held that forced arbitration agreements may also include a provision prohibiting individuals from joining a class action lawsuit against the company that drafted the agreement. The Court did so, moreover, despite the fact that the Arbitration Act makes no mention whatsoever of class actions.
The practical impact of Concepcion is that large companies can now effectively rob their customers and workers, so long as they do so only a few dollars at a time. The Concepcion case itself involved an allegation that a cell phone company unlawfully charged many of its customers $30.22. Class actions allow all of these customers to join together in a single lawsuit — and hire a single team of lawyers to litigate that lawsuit. Without class actions, however, virtually no one will sue the company because the cost of litigating a $30.22 lawsuit will be a whole lot more than $30.22.
Thus, the choice between a class actions and no class actions is not the choice between one lawsuit or thousands of individual lawsuits. It is the choice between one lawsuit and zero lawsuits.
Gorsuch's Epic Systems decision effectively combined the Court's decisions in Circuit City and Concepcion. It held, contrary to the text of the Arbitration Act, that workers engaged in foreign or interstate commerce may be forced into arbitration agreements. And it held, despite no language whatsoever in the Arbitration Act which supports such a result, that workers can also be forced to sign away their right to bring a class action.
Epic Systems did so, moreover, despite the fact that the National Labor Relations Act provides that "employees shall have the right to self-organization, to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and to engage in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection."
Joining together in a class action is a concerted activity that workers engage in for their own "mutual aid or protection." Yet Gorsuch determined in Epic Systems that the Court's atextual decisions in Circuit City and Concepcion trump the explicit text of the National Labor Relations Act.
The Court gets one right
In light of this history, the Court's unanimous, pro-worker decision in New Prime is surprising, not because there's any question that it is correct, but because the Court so often ignores the law in arbitration cases that it is odd to seem them pay attention to it.
New Prime involved Dominic Oliveira, a trucker who alleges that he was paid less than the legally required minimum wage. Much of this dispute hinges on whether Oliveira was properly classified as a "contractor" — and thus outside the scope of minimum wage laws — or whether he should have been classified as an "employee" who should receive the minimum wage.
Like many workers, the trucking company made Oliveira sign a forced arbitration agreement. Yet, recall that the Arbitration Act exempts "contracts of employment of seamen, railroad employees, or any other class of workers engaged in foreign or interstate commerce." Even under the very narrow definition of the word "commerce" embraced by decisions like Hammer v. Dagenhardt, a trucker counts as a worker "engaged in foreign or interstate commerce." So Oliveira should have been safe from the Arbitration Act.
And yet the trucking company still claimed that Oliveira was bound by the forced arbitration agreement. It even claimed that the threshold question of whether or not Oliveira is bound by this agreement must be decided by an arbitrator.
According to the company, the Arbitration Act's exemption for workers engaged in commerce only applies to "contracts of employment." But, if Oliveira was merely a contractor and not an employee, he did not have a contract of employment, and therefore could be forced into arbitration.
In any event, the Supreme Court rejected the trucking company's confusing and convoluted claim. In 1925, when the Arbitration Act became law, "all work was treated as employment, whether or not the common law criteria for a master-servant relationship happened to be satisfied." Thus, it didn't matter whether Oliveira is an "employee" or a "contractor." So long as he agreed to work for the trucking company, his agreement to work is a "contract of employment."
Gorsuch began his analysis with a broad claim. "It's a 'fundamental canon of statutory construction,'" he wrote, quoting from a recent Court decision, "that words generally should be 'interpreted as taking their ordinary . . . meaning . . . at the time Congress enacted the statute.'" Thus, New Prime turned on what the words "contracts of employment" meant in 1925. And since those words had an expansive meaning then, they should be given an expansive meaning today.
It's a perfectly sound legal argument. But if you've read this far through this deep dive into federal arbitration law, you should immediately spot the implications of Gorsuch's "fundamental canon of statutory construction." If the words of the Federal Arbitration Act must be read as they were originally understood in 1925, then the word "commerce" must be read as Congress would have understood it in 1925. That means that Circuit City was wrongly decided. And it means that all workers should be exempt from the Arbitration Act.
Stare decisis
In fairness, there is one legal principle supporting Gorsuch's opinion in Epic Systems — the principle of stare decisis.
Broadly speaking, stare decisis, means that judges should be very reluctant to cast aside old precedents. In cases involving federal statutes, moreover, judges are even more reluctant to overrule precedents — on the theory that if Congress didn't like the old precedent, it could have passed a new law overturning it.
Thus, Epic Systems can be read as an application of stare decisis. Whatever the law should have been when Circuit City and Concepcion reached the Court, those cases are on the books now, and the Court should be reluctant to overrule them.
But the problem with this argument is that Gorsuch emphatically does not believe in stare decisis.
Consider Gorsuch's approach in Perry v. Merit Systems Protection Board. Perry involved a mind-numbingly opaque statute governing where certain complaints by federal employees must be filed. The statute is so poorly drafted that, during oral arguments in Perry, Justice Samuel Alito wondered if it was drafted by "somebody who takes pleasure out of pulling the wings off flies."
Ultimately, seven justices, in an opinion by Justice Ginsburg, held that the disputes at issue in Perry should be filed in a federal district court. Gorsuch authored a dissent, joined only by Justice Clarence Thomas, arguing that these disputes should be filed in the Merit Systems Protection Board. Ginsburg's opinion largely relied on past precedents.
Yet, both in the Perry oral argument and in his dissent, Gorsuch not only appeared convinced these prior precedents got the law wrong, he openly mocked the idea that the Court should continue to follow erroneous precedents. "At the end of a long day, I just cannot find anything preventing us from applying the statute as written," Gorsuch proclaimed in his dissent, "or heard any good reason for deviating from its terms."
"Congress already wrote a perfectly good law," he added. "I would follow it."
The point here is not that Ginsburg was right, and that Gorsuch was wrong, about how the statute should be read. Gorsuch may be the only lawyer on the planet who thinks he is certain how this sadistic statute should be read. Rather, the point is that Gorsuch was completely unmoved by prior precedents in his Perry dissent.
Gorsuch's dissent stands for the proposition that laws should always be read as they are written (or, at least, as Neil Gorsuch thinks that they are written) regardless of what other judges have said in the past. It is a direct attack on the principle of stare decisis.
Yet, if Gorsuch had applied that principle in Epic Systems, he would have overruled Circuit City. There is simply no way to square the holding in Circuit City with Gorsuch's statement in New Prime that the words of a statute generally should be read as they were understood "at the time Congress enacted the statute."
The picture that emerges from Gorsuch's opinions, in other words, paints him as a man of very flexible morality. He adheres to stare decisis, except when he smugly mocks his colleagues for doing the same. He is a loyal textualist in small cases, but doesn't give a damn about what the law says in major disputes.
Ultimately, Mr. Gorsuch needs to make a decision. Is he a judge, or is he an ideologue? Does he believe, as he often claims, that the only way to read legal texts is to interpret the words the way they would have been understood when they were written, or will he ignore this principle whenever powerful conservative interest groups have too much at stake?
Gorsuch could prove his critics wrong by writing an opinion explaining why his own opinion in Epic Systems must be overruled — indeed, he could copy much of that opinion from what he wrote in New Prime. Until he does so, however, the notion that he is a neutral judge who merely applies the law is impossible to take seriously.
Ian Millhiser is a Senior Constitutional Policy Analyst at the Center for American Progress Action Fund and the Editor of ThinkProgress Justice. He received a B.A. in Philosophy from Kenyon College and a J.D., magna cum laude, from Duke University. Ian clerked for Judge Eric L. Clay of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and has worked as an attorney with the National Senior Citizens Law Center's Federal Rights Project, as Assistant Director for Communications with the American Constitution Society, and as a Teach For America teacher in the Mississippi Delta. His writings have appeared in a diversity of legal and mainstream publications, including the New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, U.S. News and World Report, Slate, the Guardian, the American Prospect, the Yale Law and Policy Review and the Duke Law Journal; and he has been a guest on CNN, MSNBC, Al Jazeera English, Fox News and many radio shows.


Upon investigating the current global economic climate it is clear that the intricacies of global monetary funds have advanced far beyond the means to control them. These intangible (for most) assets that float through virtual space create risk that is far beyond the physical risk of gold/monetary storage of pre-digital era.
Previously, economic security was keeping track of how much gold or other tangible reserves a country/organisation had, but now with the advancement of our global networks and virtual trading these physical resources are much harder to control and often inconsequential.
We are faced with not only a crisis of cash but also the intangible assets that come with an age that is heavily reliant on digital resources. The industrial revolution was one of huge expansion but with that brought 'stuff' – buildings, machinery, 'things' in which to invest.
The current appetite for information/data creates value out of [essentially] thin air.
The uncertainty as to how/where these assets exist leads to instability and ultimately to them falling from the 'sky'.
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Home Sports Volleyball program violates NCAA rule
Volleyball program violates NCAA rule
John Pohl
In the spring of 2010, the Webster University women's volleyball team played in matches that violated NCAA rules. According to the NCAA, volleyball participation in the spring is limited to 15 practice dates and one date of competition over a five-week period.
"The women's volleyball team participated in scrimmages last spring that were in violation of an NCAA rule," said Webster Athletics Director Tom Hart. "They played in games that were beyond NCAA acceptance."
A player currently on the team, who asked to remain anonymous, said the Gorloks broke the rules by playing additional spring matches against Maryville and Lindenwood in the Lincoln Land tournament last spring. The coaching staff falsely believed that as long as coaches were not involved, the team's additional games could be played, the player said.
"I can't comment on a specific situation," said Will Wolper, the commissioner of the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. "But generally speaking, volleyball teams are allowed one day of competition during the spring. They can play up to three matches and 15 games in total during that day."
Hart said he became aware of the situation when the softball team was looking at legislation for potential scrimmages in September 2010.
"When we looked at the information for softball, it made us look at the volleyball situation," Hart said. "When we realized something was wrong, we addressed it."
According to Hart, the NCAA must be informed, and action must be taken when it is determined that an NCAA rule has been broken..
"The first thing we did was alert the NCAA," Hart said. "The second thing was we eliminated some dates from the spring season. We eliminated three practices and the date of competition as a way of self-policing for this spring."
Hart said Webster reported to the NCAA in a timely manner.
"We can report these things to the NCAA in one of three ways: once a year, once a quarter, or as it happens," Hart said. "We responded to the NCAA in November of 2010."
Hart said even though he goes to regional seminar meetings frequently, the NCAA rulebook is thick, and new rules and applications are added all of the time.
"It's important to realize that institutions have different operating guidelines," Hart said. "For example, Division l and ll basketball start dates are different from Division lll. It's very confusing."
Wolper said that if a school played additional matches as described, it would be considered a level two violation, which is a minor violation.
"It's not right to break the rules, but this violation would be very minor compared to other violations you hear in the media today," Wolper said.
Webster has not heard back from the NCAA on disciplinary action it may take, but it is unlikely any further action will be taken.
Attempts to reach volleyball coach and NCAA compliance coordinator Merry Graf were unsuccessful.
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Whenever a book prints two sentences and says it is based on one verse in the Bible, it's probably a good idea to go see why it was too difficult to print the actual Bible text. In this case, the text reads "for you are all sons of light and sons of day" (NAB) Oh, the anguish! Only sons are mentioned and all your little daughters are going to Hell! Thank goodness the authors saw fit to improve on the Bible.
Finally, the Eucharist or simply "Eucharist" as is currently in vogue is not a meal we share with Jesus. It's the sacrifice of Calvary where Jesus gives Himself to us. I'm sure that's what they meant to say.
The page ends with a walkthrough of the Baptism ceremony using the one-year-old baby and the Granite Box of Death mentioned in part one. The second picture has the following caption "The priest or deacon makes the Sign of the Cross on the child's forehead. He does this with blessed oil." Why, oh, why couldn't they have added "This oil is called Chrism Oil"? Little kids are great at memorizing things and Chrism Oil is a distinctive oil used at Baptism. There are many other kinds of blessed oils including "St. Joseph Oil" which one of the Cistercian priests at my college used to bless people with. Fortunately, the teacher did tell the kids the proper name for the oil.
Does anyone notice a problem with the BAW definition? Hint: The BAW definition doesn't actually define what a sacrament is.
The next page has a "Prayer Celebration" which actually has good things for the children to pray for such as keeping the flame of Confirmation alive. The picture that covers the entire page behind the prayer is of a Gothic church interior at the Easter Vigil with (Warning! Liturgical Gestapo Alert!) a woman in the congregation wearing a veil. I don't know how that slipped through, but there it is.
Together, pick out an admirable quality or virtue possessed by each family member, and then have a "saint-making" ceremony. Someone might be the saint of car repairs, and someone else might be the saint of kindness. Make a badge for each family saint with the person's name and "saintly" quality. Then present the badges at your ceremony.
I realize that to some, the ability and willingness to fix a car may be considered holy, but why couldn't the activity have focused on, oh, I don't know, the virtues? the gifts of the Holy Spirit? or even the virtues exhibited by real saints? Oh, and while we're at it, maybe the title of the activity could actually suggest what the activity is about.
The other two activities are actually good. The first is a research project to go figure out which saints your family members are named after and what dates the saints' feasts are on. The second explains how to make a shrine to a saint.
There was a time when those who had medical training wouldn't stop because they were afraid of being sued. This law protects the "Good Samaritan" from being sued, while requiring them to use their training to help the injured.
And there you have it – the Church's heritage in literature.
When Adam and Eve sinned, they lost the gift of God's life in their souls, called grace. They could not get to Heaven. Their children were born with Original Sin, too. They had no grace in their souls.
Remember, some of the biggest problems with most religious education texts is not what they contain, it's what they omit. BAW doesn't use the word grace once in its explanation of the sacraments. It also fails to mention that Original Sin keeps us out of Heaven.
At Baptism, Original Sin was washed away, and your soul was filled with God's life of grace. Now you are able to go to Heaven and be with God.
Baptism is like being born again. The first time we were born into the family of our mothers and fathers. At Baptism we are born into God's family, the Church. Then the Blessed Trinity comes to live in us.
Notice that the BAW explanation doesn't mention "grace" or membership in the Church, leaving it to sound very much closer to a Protestant understanding of Baptism than a Catholic one.
The next page in FL is a full color, full page picture of a Baptism with a baby that does not look newborn. Aren't there any pictures available or even prop babies available that actually look like newborns? What kind of message do these pictures send?
Okay, so this week in BAW we learned that there are three sacraments of "belonging" and that a sacrament is a special celebration that shows God is with us. We learned that original sin makes it hard to do what is right. We also learned that Baptism takes away all sin and fills us with the Holy Spirit. In the parents' section we learned that saints came from "various social and economic circumstances" and that equating car repair talent with saintly virtues is okay. We also learned that the Catholic contribution to literature is a law that keeps people from getting sued for helping accident victims.
BONUS MATERIAL: While trying to match up content this week, I found that chapter 31 in FL is devoted to the concept of the Body of Christ, a topic covered in last week's BAW lesson.
The Church makes us holy. It brings the grace of God to everyone. Each of us can receive that grace and become holy. We can also bring God's grace and love to others.
The section ends with the Apostle's Creed which is prefaced by "Everything we believe is in a prayer called the Apostles' Creed. The word "creed" means what we believe." This is a very poor way to preface the prayer since it only contains the fundamental beliefs of the Church and certainly not everything we believe.
Again, the take away in this section is what BAW doesn't mention – the hierarchy of the Body of Christ and the fact that the Body of Christ is actually visible in the Catholic Church.
Question for discussion – How come BAW doesn't capitalize words like "original sin" and "faith"?
#1: Capitalizing might call unnecessary attention to words that aren't important and we don't really want them to know anyway!
#2: Calling it "Eucharist" makes it sound more like a verb rather than a noun. Heaven forbid we actually think of the Eucharist as a real flesh and blood person, you know, the Second Person of the Trinity who apparently never spoke of or to women.
Another great comparison. Can't wait to tune in next week, same time, same channel.


A patient complained that a procedure was performed in an insensitive manner. In response, the physician reviewed his technique, and noted that a nurse attended throughout. In reviewing the matter, the Committee could find no indication of improper behavior. Physicians should always attempt to be sensitive to anxiety or discomfort on the part of patients.
A patient had a urological procedure and presented to the Emergency Department several times with poor urine flow. His principal complaint appeared to be difficulty voiding, which responded to catheterization on several occasions. A urologist was involved throughout. The patient subsequently presented with renal failure due to ureteric obstruction. A further procedure was necessary. In reviewing the matter, the Committee could not find evidence that the physicians involved had failed to properly assess the situation. Based on the information available, and in consideration of the consultant's opinion, the care provided appeared to be appropriate.
A patient raised a number of issues against a family physician. One complaint dealt with well baby care to her infant son. It was alleged that the physician failed to properly assess the child on each visit. The physician responded that the child was already being weighed by another service and, in any case, repeated examinations would fail to disclose any abnormalities. In responding to the complaint, the Committee reminded the physician of the appropriate standards for well baby care.
A family complained that a physician failed to properly assess a patient with uterine cancer. In reviewing the matter, the Committee agreed that investigations had been done in an appropriate and timely fashion under most circumstances. However, the patient had a rare, and very aggressive, tumor to which she succumbed quickly.
A patient had injured his ankle. Recovery was extremely slow and eventually he was referred for an arthroscopic procedure. He alleged that the procedure was performed improperly resulting in other injuries. In reviewing the matter, the Committee could not find any evidence of deficient care. Furthermore, there was no evidence that the patient's difficulties arose from the procedure in question.
A patient attended the Emergency Department with a friend. The attending physician complained that the friend smelled strongly of cigarette smoke. The patient complained that, as a result, the physician failed to properly assess her. The physician responded that, even after the companion left, the odor was so strong it was difficult to proceed. In reviewing the matter, the Committee also noted that the physician had made a number of comments which were overheard by the patient. These caused the patient to question the adequacy of the care provided. The Committee noted that the patient in this case had not done anything which would have warranted the physician's reaction. The physician was reminded to respond more appropriately to similar situations.
A patient had been discharged from a psychiatric ward where a medical condition was uncovered. He presented to his family physician with a note from the hospital, but the family physician could not determine what the issue was. As a consequence, it was alleged that the patient's care was delayed. In reviewing the matter, the Committee did not feel the physician had responded appropriately to the circumstances. If he could not obtain direct information from the patient, or could not read the discharge note, he should have made greater effort to contact the physicians involved in treating the patient previously.
There was an allegation from a patient that a disability assessment was improperly performed. It was alleged that the physician's conclusions were not supported by the evidence. In reviewing the matter, the Committee noted that the observations the physician provided were similar to those done at the same time by other physicians. The principal difficulty appeared to be in the conclusion. The Committee felt this difference of opinion did not represent deficient care.
A patient had been seeing another physician whose practice was taken over. He had been well and had not had a reason to see the new physician. Nevertheless, after some time, he did make two appointments solely for the purpose of getting acquainted. However, he had to cancel these. He subsequently became ill, and was granted another appointment. Before he could attend, he was advised that the physician had now closed the practice. The Committee noted that similar circumstances had arisen on several other occasions when practices have been taken over and not all the patients were seen within a period of time. The Committee feels there is some responsibility to communicate with patients regarding the possibility that they may not all be accepted by the new physician and should begin to make alternate arrangements. Ideally, this could be communicated by the departing physician. The new physician could also make some effort to determine which patients could continue to expect to be seen, notwithstanding that they have not yet attended the office. To some extent, this may also assist in identifying patients who have already chosen to see other physicians.
There were two separate complaints regarding confidentiality. In one case, a family physician communicated with a company physician regarding the patient's work environment. In another case, a physician communicated with a school regarding a child's behavior problems. In reviewing these matters, the Committee could find no evidence of ill intent, but felt the physicians did not have clear authority to communicate with others. While, in many circumstances, verbal consent for such is acceptable, in both cases here, there were reasons to believe that the patient or family may not have wished such communication to take place. Under those circumstances, physicians may be wise to obtain written consent to avoid questions arising later.
In other provinces there have been circulating suggestions regarding the value of prescribing generic hydromorphone as opposed to Dilaudid. Apparently the solubility of Dilaudid makes it advantageous for misuse in intervenous form. In contrast, the generic preparation is insoluble and cannot be so easily taken improperly. For that reason, it is being suggested that, where possible, patients be offered the generic preparation. It is noted, however, that because of these characteristics, even bona fide patients may need a higher dose. For that reason, this advice may be principally for patients receiving an initial prescription for hydromorphone.
Noted that the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario had agreed to limit their onsite evaluation for foreign-trained physicians applying for licensure in Ontario. Such should no longer involve direct patient contact by the assessor.
Reviewed recently audited financial statements for 2004 which showed the College continued to produce a surplus. This will likely preclude the need for a fee increase. Council considered various options for the surplus funds.
Noted new guidelines from the pharmaceutical industry designed to reduce the inducements offered to physicians.
Received reports that some family physicians were still being asked to sign consultation requests which they themselves had not initiated. Council determined to review whether signing such a request could be considered "falsifying a record" and possibly a form of misconduct.
A plain reading of this provision suggests that physicians are now obligated to disclose to patients involved in research whether the physician is being compensated for such, and the amount of same. Before advising members as to its interpretation, Council wishes to hear any comments regarding this. It is assumed the major impact would be on those situations where the physician is compensated specifically for each patient enrolled in a study.
If physicians have any views on this issue, please forward them to the College by any appropriate means.
In 1915, Council granted emergency examinations for physicians who were going overseas with the military, advised a hospital in Woodstock to quit employing an unlicensed physician, and declined to refund the registration fee of a physician who had decided to become a priest. There were two hundred and fifty three physicians registered.
In 1945, Council determined that no physicians from outside New Brunswick would be granted licensure until all local physicians had returned from the war, and determined to grant free licensure for two years for any such returning physicians.
In 1975, Council discussed the legality of acupuncture, noted the opposition of the Medical Society to Council's request for billing profiles from Medicare, and determined to increase the annual fee to $42.


The university conducts two fire drills per semester: one scheduled fire drill in every residence hall and one randomly scheduled fire drill. The local fire department is involved.
The university conducts a room inspection in each residence hall each fall semester.
All fire/safety policies and rules are listed in detail in the resident handbook. Checklists and dorm safety guidelines are also posted on the Safety Web site at http://www.usm.edu/safety/residence-halls.
The university conducts mandatory training for all hall directors and RAs. They are trained in all aspects of fire safety. Fire safety classes, fire extinguisher classes and general safety classes are available upon request.
In addition to monthly inspections, the fire/safety department conducts classes upon request for university departments and organizations.
The fire/safety departments also conduct fire drills throughout the year in dorms and fraternity/sorority houses. Twice a year we meet with all hall directors, their staff and fraternity/sorority officers. During this time we fill a residence with theatrical smoke and let them see what it would be like to be in a smoke-filled building.
Fire drills are also a part of the alarm systems test.


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The point here is the mainstream politicians and media elites love to live in glass houses and throw stones at the folks in bigger glass houses...
Who are "They????
The point here is the mainstream politicians and media elites love to live in glass houses and throw stones at the folks in bigger glass houses…
It's hot outside. Too hot for a summer stroll or any sort of outdoor activity. So last Sunday morning, I settled in for some riveting Washington talk show action.
Aside from the usual histrionics surrounding the Sherrod racial episode and the "necessary dialogues" on race the mainstream media feels compelled to hold every other month just so it can sleep well at nights, the latest argument to follow in Washington is what to do over the expiring Bush tax cuts.
Specifically, in a matter of months, the tax rate cuts President Bush and the Republican-led Congress pushed through in 2001 are set to expire, returning the top bracket to its 39.6% rate up from today's 35%. That's right, at a time when our economy is as fragile as ever, this administration is pondering tax increases. As if the race baiting by the White House weren't enough, it's now in full-throated class warfare, pitting this faceless rich no one seems to know, against the poor, who seem to be on every corner in President Obama's mind.
I laughed out loud when talking heads such as Sam Donaldson of ABC News dismissively said of those who would be affected, "They don't need the money. They won't miss it." Then others cackled in unison on the various shows. Talks of "them" and "they" and occasionally, the disdain in the pundits' voices of the "mega wealthy."
Even on FOX News, commentators such as NPR's Juan Williams scoffed at the notion that somehow these tax hikes would leave any lasting harm, implying "they" make so much money, the zillionaires won't possibly miss it. Once again, in a town that excuses its gluttony by referring to every spending orgy as a "rounding error" these same ivory tower denizens attack those with wealth as if it were ill-gotten and criminal. And if tax collectors took a little more, it would represent merely a fraction (a rounding error) of their treasure.
So just who are these folks that Donaldson, Williams and others refer to as "they"? I presume these journalists-turned-social judges are referring to top 1% earners in America, particularly those making over $250,000 as a family.
Folks, in Washington, DC and other major urban areas, that's a lot of money, but it's not "mega wealthy." It might surprise our president that $250k jumps up real quickly, even for two GS-14 federal employees here in town. Would the labor unions really like to see federal workers be referred to as the uber wealthy?
It wasn't but a few months ago when Speaker Pelosi was forced to order those Democrats drafting her health reform bill to revise the income threshold upwards because some Americans might not feel Democrats were targeting the richest of the rich. Loosely translated, someone got to her and said she could inadvertently be targeting a key Democratic constituency. Bottom line, there is no line of income demarcation by which, with just one dollar more, an individual steps out of middle class obscurity and into the pearly gates of wealth, forced now to pay his "fair share."
I'd wager that Sam Donaldson and many of his colleagues fall into the richest Americans category themselves. Yet how come we never hear of Sam saying, "I'd be willing to pay more for more government…"? He won't, because it undermines the value of his point and those like him if prime time journalists start referring to themselves as part of this elite income class. There's something surly about that, and prevents them from attacking said profiteers.
If they remain silent, these Tony journalists can parrot the Marxist rhetoric of Speaker Pelosi and others when referring to "Wall Street bankers" who cashed in million-plus bonuses. Yes, those payouts do occur. But it's more the exception than the rule when identifying who benefits year in, year out from the Bush tax cuts.
Recently, House Republican leader John Boehner (R-OH) released excerpts from Congress's nonpartisan tax analysts stating the effects of repealing the 2001 tax relief plan would fall squarely on the shoulders of small businesses.
The point here is the mainstream politicians and media elites love to live in glass houses and throw stones at the folks in bigger glass houses, disregarding the glass while fixating on their relative size.
What apologists such as Donaldson fail to realize is that thousands of small business owners don't pay corporate income taxes. Their businesses aren't big enough or structured that way. Instead, they earn "millions" on the books and are pushed into the highest individual tax brackets.
How will that spur investment and job creation? Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said Sunday that tax hikes on the richest Americans will have a negligible negative impact on this economic recovery. If I were advising President Obama, I'd fire him before some USDA employee. This is the same cabinet member who told a congressional panel he was an expert on the Great Depression, yet still managed to keep us in the ditch of America's Great Recession.
It's time to stop the politics of pronouns and start putting a face on "they." It might surprise all of us that those individuals are the same ones we sat next to in church last Sunday, and they don't deserve what Obama wants to give them.
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Pompeo was scheduled to make his fourth visit to North Korea next week to follow up on a framework agreement Trump reached with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
The decision marks a rare admission from Trump that North Korea's denuclearization is not going as well as hoped.
Trump also said that "Secretary Pompeo looks forward to going to North Korea in the near future, most likely after our Trading relationship with China is resolved" which however in light of the collapse of this week's trade talks, may take a while.
After the Singapore summit with Kim, Trump proclaimed that North Korea is "no longer a nuclear threat." It was not immediately clear, if North Korea is again a threat, but in kneejerk reaction, the dollar pushed higher, regaining almost all of its post-Powell losses, the USDJPY dropped, and stocks dipped modestly.
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