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Posted byOkanagan Valley View - Views on the Go March 19, 2021 April 1, 2021 Posted inOn the Go at Okanagan College, Uncategorized
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What is domestic violence?
The Cambridge Dictionary describes domestic violence as "The situation in which someone you live with attacks you and tries to hurt you."
Violence is often seen through the victim's eyes; however, the mind, mouth and other senses fail because abuse is not defined by others or by the state's history. It isn't defined by social structures, physical structures or even by culture. What does that mean? Domestic violence isn't defined except for those abused; even then, it isn't clear due to post-traumatic stress disorder. Those who are being abused cannot recall events properly because most suffer from traumatization. That is why we have a rabbit hole that systems of "state" cannot resolve.
Understanding Domestic Violence through an Okanagan College Student's Experience
I interviewed Cecile, a mature student at Okanagan College, on March 7-9, 2021. "There is a rabbit hole when it comes to defining hurt," Cecile explained. She is a victim of domestic violence.
Cecile is a mother to her 15-year-old son, who was taken from her when he was 7 years old. Cecile was accused of thwarting access for over 8 years. Her abusive ex-husband was granted full custody and was able to take him to another Province by the Judge's order in Supreme Court before any proper trial was set.
"My son, who was 7 years old at the time, was ripped from his home, his school, his appointments, piano classes, Tae kwon do, minor baseball, first communion and from all his friends with no formal investigation, and no evidence. My lawyer said to me in a little meeting room at the courthouse, "all you have to do is tell them that you will never go to the police again, and you will keep your son." I left the courthouse with a final order in a matter of minutes. My ex-husband got approval by the court to move our son out of the province without any regard to our son and the implication this would have on him.
"We finished packing his toys and things from home that my son wanted. We both had a few minutes together before his dad was coming to pick him up. I looked at my beautiful son and asked him if he wanted anything else in his bag. My son fell to the floor, lost his air and said, "but mommy, you won't fit in the bag." I held and rocked him until it was time for him to go. I looked at him and said, "where there is a goodbye, there is always a hello." That was the last I saw him at home. After that, I battle to communicate with him ever since. I see him for 2 to 3 weeks in the summer and every other Christmas, that is until COVID 19," Cecile said.
This is what her ex-husband did once her son was out of the Province:
He cut the landline phone.
He got a cell phone.
He explained that their WIFI connection was poor where they live. Cecile understood this since she fled with their baby from that very home to the women's shelter.
COVID 19 and Interprovincial Parenting
"Since they took my son, I have been at the mercy of his dad and the institutions that keep the abuse going. Covid adds to the stress because when there are lockdowns and not hearing from them creates further concern. At least I felt comforted knowing he was safe at school. Still, with the pandemic, my son is home with poor WIFI service and no landline phone, every time I try to communicate to my son's father, I am coming up against my own trauma, but I push through that and keep trying to communicate," Cecile said.
The current Covid pandemic has changed all access for Cecile and her son. Her son suffers severe anxiety due to the pandemic and post-traumatic stress disorder.
"My ex-husband has stated that travel is not a good idea due to Covid. My son also expressed to me in brief moments of connection that he is too afraid to travel and come to another Province. He hasn't gone to school consistently since the Pandemic. I signed forms for my son to have therapy for his anxiety. I am left in the dark. I bought my son a cell phone which includes unlimited data, but my calls don't get through. I send text messages, but hardly any response," Cecile shared.
What Cecile has learned about her situation is that state systems will not put a majority of people at risk by revealing the corrupt system we have here in Canada.
"The only thing that works for me is my faith in God. Despite oppression and abuse. God's love for us will take care of my son going forward during the pandemic.
Why is Domestic Violence so Puzzling?
Abuse is puzzling. The degree of violence becomes more confusing, especially when the institutions themselves deny any abuse. It was abuse when Cecile's ex-husband, the agencies and courts stripped her of her finances, her communication with her son, and her visits. Their child has become the tool her ex-husband uses to get back at her, with the systems' approval that should have protected them. The violence continues.
"I am told I can see him anytime in the town and Province where he lives. The court order reads that I have generous access. What that does not solve is domestic violence or how the violence is affecting my son and me. It does not solve the fact that my ex warned me that I will not see him anymore than I do now if I move closer," Cecile explained.
The court order forces Cecile to make access arrangements with her ex to see their child. This puts more stress on Cecile, who must follow the court order. Why? "Because I have to deal with my ex, who is abusive, to agree when and if I can see my son," Cecile said.
The political stance on structural violence is the core where internal family violence becomes the violence of the structure in which we are governed. Stein says it well,
"Value and legitimacy of the various kinds of states and state agencies and of the state as such. Careful consideration of the standard theories leads repeatedly to findings that state values are secondary and derivative. Value accrues primarily to personal and community characteristics such as liberty, conscience, cultural creativity, and religious conviction. The state puts itself at risk whenever it goes up against those." (XIV, Stein)
"Stopping the violence" slogans are misleading.
Cecile's experience in finding help reveals that many hotlines, societies, and non-profit agencies read that they can call a number and get help immediately. Cecile stated that she does not doubt that abused mothers get help, but the slogan, 'Stop the Violence,' is misleading.
"There is no such thing as stopping the violence When I went to the women's shelter, they had me fill out a detailed form so that they could assess the level of risk. They provided help and a plan to get housing and direction to stay safe. However, these very agencies do not help when it comes to custody and access within the legal system. Legal Aid is what parents use who cannot afford a lawyer. These institutions fail so many who are domestic violence victims," Cecile said.
What do Mothers and their children need when they are threatened by violence?
They need the following:
Changing the law on how MCFD (Ministry of Children and Family Development) is governed.
Financial support for proper legal counsel.
Better Government systems to work with parents, who are trained professionals to assess and work with both parents so that therapy is mandatory for the whole family.
Donations/funding to help mothers see their children who are far away.
Ways to communicate and co-parent safely with an abusive ex-husband, this is not possible; however, the courts and institutions force it.
Cecile could not afford the travel costs there and back for her son's flights and her own. Planning vacation time around her ex-husband's access dates (which were not negotiable) was a problem for her when she had to book her vacation time. This added more stress, made her sick where she had to go on sick leave numerous times.
"It is costly to pay for travel, lodging, medicine and food. I couldn't carry on with the salary I was making. I decided to go back to school to gain better employment so I can afford to see my son."
What Can a parent do to keep the Connection with their Child when there Is power imbalance?
Cecile shared what she does to keep hope alive and ways she communicates:
"I keep trying to call and tell my son I love him and goodnight. When I have seen my son before Covid, he told me he gets those messages even if it does not show.
Letters/Journal
I keep a journal of letters to my son. Words of inspiration and words that express my love for being his mother. Information about me, traditions we celebrated, memories we share. One day he will read them.
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Blessings/Gratitude
I continue to pray for my son and his dad every day. I pray blessings over my son every night. I write and speak of my gratitude for the gift of my son. I rely on my faith in God while my son and I are oppressed.
I keep a box of treasures that I find that my son will smile over for the different stages of his life. Treasures he will have. I also have a keepsake of memories to help him remember the loving and fun moments we had. I also kept his milestones in sports and the special CD he made in his Grade 1 piano class.
Hope for a change of Systems and Agencies when it comes to domestic violence.
We can change state agencies and state systems; however, the challenge I have for all of you is how? The Community of families is our politics. And if there is violence within the community, the very political platforms that allow violence because it's riskier not to what does that say about our laws? What does that say about MCFD and the Courts?
The truth of what matters is that Cecile did the right thing. She did everything she could legally and within the system to protect herself and her son. The structure failed her son, but as a mother, she did not.
"The state structures failed us. My ex-husband who hurt us, has my son. The very structure and laws silenced my son and I," Cecile said.
Here is a piece of Cecile's writing that she wrote in one of her classes:
(Dialogue between a mother and her son)
I tried to write a dialogue with you, little one—but I erased it. Too much emotion flooded my heart. I had your toys and boxes of memories in my car, sitting in the front seat. You always wanted to sit in the front seat. In the box are toys that made you smile; I can still hear giggling. It's the joy of Christmas lying inside the box, your favourite toy Sheriff Woody beside the other toy Jessie from Toy Story. I parked my car at Value Village—me and my box of memories.
The sign read: OPEN AT 11:00 AM. It was 10:30 AM
It took courage to go to Value Village, little one.
I sat in front of the closed doors—it was hard to drive there.
I even took a picture of our memories,
A story to be told
You warned me that you would be going far, far away.
That I would be alone
I didn't understand
You told me so
Yet, I did not know
I held you, caressed your forehead.
"Mommy, I'm afraid you will be on the street with no money. What will happen to you?"
Oh, dear, my little one.
"Mommy has God, and He will take care of me."
"I'm not ready to be a saint, aren't I too little?"
I take one of your finger puppets.
"Let go of everything, take the picture and then let go," I remember my friend Anne saying that to me.
There were five finger puppets.
I kept one. It was the little chicken because it had a loose string.
"Can you fix it, mommy?"
"I can fix anything."
The little chicken said the sky is falling.
The sky fell for us, when you were taken.
I kept the little chicken.
Stein, Edith, translated by Sawicki, Marianne. "An Investigation Concerning the State." Edith Stein. An Investigation Concerning the State. Washington Province of Discalced Carmelites, Inc.: 2006. SBN 0-935216-39-1. Book.
Cecile, (remains anonymous) is a mature student at Okanagan College who was willing to share her experiences living with domestic violence.


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Asuna names two strongest contenders in Americas VCT next season
And he has a strong argument behind them.
Two North American teams have been putting in work ahead of the VCT Americas 2023 season, and 100 Thieves' Asuna sees them as the strongest squads in the competition so far.
The player pointed out Cloud9 and his team, 100 Thieves, as the fiercest competitors next year due to the work both teams have been putting into preparations, he said in yesterday's interview with Inven Global.
When asked which teams stand out the most to him, he simply answered "us and Cloud9, probably." He added that the main argument behind that fact is the amount of practice both squads have been having since last month. "Cloud9, just because they've been practicing since as early as us. […] Both of us have been practicing since November, and no other team is doing that. Every other team is taking a break," Asuna said.
When going into details regarding the bootcamp 100T have been having this year, Asuna underlined that the team members are trying to get on the same wavelength to produce the best synergy possible. "We're just trying to get up to speed and understand how we're all thinking. Obviously, we are better," he explained.
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Sandy Jeffs was born in Ballarat and grew up there in the 1950s and 1960s. She graduated from La Trobe University in the 1970s and came to terms with her sexuality as part of an alternative family. She has lived with schizophrenia for 39 years.
She has published five volumes of poetry and a memoir. Much of her writing has been about exploring her madness and its challenges but she has also set her sights on the mad world, the even madder world of midweek ladies' tennis and her family.
Sandy has been a very public advocate for those living with schizophrenia for many years presenting a human face for this often misunderstood condition. She lives with her friends and animals in a place where it is Christmas every day.
Her collection The Mad Poet's Tea Party is to be released in 2015 by Spinifex Press..
Originally published on ABC OPEN, 19 September 2014
In 1976, I was diagnosed with schizophrenia, the most enigmatic and controversial mental illness.
It was tantamount to a death-sentence. There was no presumption of capacity, no concept of recovery. It was seen that, with every psychotic episode, I would go further into unreachable madness from which I would never recover.
I was 23 and my trajectory was one of a downward spiral: from studentship, to dole, to sickness benefits and the final descent to an invalid pension. I was on the scrapheap of society, a society that was accustomed to hiding the mad in loonybins, places for the unwanted cast-offs, the embarrassments to a public that cared only for those who achieved.
It was an ignominious fall from grace as I descended into turbid madness. Since then, there have been many meetings with my madness, it's pall hung over me in a shroud of discontent and delusional fantasy I was unable to share with others.
I am a relic from the old days, the days of long incarcerations in madhouses that resembled little villages where one was contained in a paternalistic world which revolved around being mad, being medicated and having most of one's needs cared for.
The saying in those days was: never let yourself be put in a loonybin, you'll never get out. And it was true. One would be in hospital for months, if not years.
I have lived feeling that hope had abandoned me. Where does one find hope in the mire of deep distress?
For some, it is seeing the way others deal with their hopelessness. For others, it is the simple act of kindness from a nurse in a hospital setting, the kindness of a stranger, the kindness of family and friends.
Relapse and hospitalisations can cause hope to haemorrhage. Just getting out of bed is an act of hope. How do we hold hope when it so easily falls though our hands?
I don't hold hope, I fumble it.
Sometimes, I am able to grasp its powerful force and soften my despair, but it ebbs and flows. Holding hope in our hearts helps us to face the world. Without hope, we turn away from the world. Perhaps we are here to witness each other's affirmation of hope and, in doing so, reflect on our own strategy to kindle it.
Words can barely convey an experience so remote and profoundly personal as "madness". Yet, words are powerful tools, and in my writing I seek to do the impossible; to illuminate for everyone what it means to have been mad, to describe those strange and bizarre times when a cruel monster inveigles itself into my psyche and I become the morbid dreamer.
I only have words and they have taken me on journeys beyond anything I have known and to places I never knew existed. In my poetry, I aim to move angels to tears and make a stern God laugh.
I bear witness to my mad comrades and write poems that celebrate our survival.
Sandy Jeffs has lived with schizophrenia and all its moods for over thirty years. She is a SANE Speaker and community educator who speaks to schools, universities and community groups about what it's like to live with a mental illness. She has been published widely and is a prize-winning poet.


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From safe drinking water to critical phone and internet connections, many remote communities struggle to access things most Australians take for granted. Engineers Without Borders (EWB) is doing vital work to change this.
One reason for this inequality is the complex challenges involved in delivering solutions to communities that are hundreds of kilometres away from the nearest town.
And these communities — from the remote outback to the top end of Australia and the Torres Strait — all have different needs, which means there is no one-size-fits-all solution.
To address this, EWB Australia works with remote communities to pilot programs and projects that will help First Nations people live and thrive on Country.
One such project involves working with the Nyaliga community in the Kimberley, Western Australia. EWB is developing a solution to allow community members to regularly test their water quality themselves rather than relying on intermittent government testing.
Another project aims to refurbish the grounds and outdoor learning spaces for the 100 children who attend one of Australia's most remote schools.
An independent school in the Pilbara region of WA, Rawa Community School was established in 1983 with shipping containers and classrooms made from spinifex. Its two campuses are at Punmu, about 600 km inland from Port Hedland, and another 170 km further east at Kunawarritji.
These two communities were once forced off Country but have since returned, developing a multilingual school that integrates the state curriculum with traditional knowledge.
EWB will deliver pro bono engineering advice and design on both campuses.
"Our partnership with Rawa Community School will provide them with the engineering design services they need to ensure that these projects go ahead," said Kim Axworthy, EWB's Engineering On Country Manager
"The partnership will lead to the construction of essential infrastructure for a very remote school. This will ensure that their students have safe and fit-for-purpose facilities and buildings."
But providing infrastructure and technology that delivers the right solutions to the right communities is costly and time consuming. This is why EWB Australia has launched its First Nations Giving Day appeal, which aims to raise $100,000 to deliver projects over the next 12 months.
As part of the campaign, on Giving Day — 30 November — each donation will be multiplied by four, meaning a donation of $20 becomes $80, or $500 becomes $2000.
"Wherever you are in Australia, wherever you walk, you're walking on traditional lands," said EWB Fundraising Specialist Craig Goddard. "But the things we enjoy, that we can take for granted, are not the same wherever we walk.
"EWB's Giving Day seeks to raise funds for our tech and infrastructure work — and the promotion of First Nations engineering careers — with remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities for the coming year."
To donate or take part in EWB's Giving Day, click here.
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Engineer Veena Sahajwalla named 2022 NSW Australian of the Year
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Following a passage on the New Covenant, the Apostle Paul, wrote "Therefore, since we have this ministry". Therefore is such a powerful word in Scripture. Paul is saying, since we have the ministry of sharing the Good News of the Gospel, we do not lose heart, or abandon your commitment to the Gospel like a coward. That is the ministry of Tammy and Cletis Titus. Their hearts are so committed to sharing the Gospel that obstacles are not roadblocks to ministry but platforms on which to proclaim the goodness and love of our God. As I pray for them, I thank God for giving them the ministry that they have. The difficulties that they encounter, have not served as reasons to walk away, but as opportunities to show the grace and mercy, power and strength, love and care of our mighty God. They face difficulties and discouragement but don't lose heart because they rest in Him. Please God, remind them of your power and love when struggles come. I also want to pray, thanking you for their faithfulness in proclaiming God's Word. They share a love for the Word, and love to share that love with those they are ministering. From faithful preaching of God's truth, to the training of new converts, they give God's Word. Please God help them when sharing Your Word. Then God, I pray for those to whom they minister to have the light of the Holy Spirit cast upon the Word. I pray that the influence of Satan, the god of this world, would be curtailed and that You would prepare hearts to hear and receive the Gospel. Help Cletis and Tammy be guided by Your light and give them wisdom to see life the way You are looking at it. Help them to continue to preach Christ and to make Him the star of their ministry. The One who spoke light into existence, will shine in our hearts to give knowledge of the glory of God as that glory was in the face of Jesus. Help Cletis and Tammy see Your glory and never let them get over each encounter with You. God continue to use the Titus' and expand their ministry as You desire. God, use them and empower them to do amazing things for Your glory.


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Here are AIN volunteers Areta and Russell Crowell at San Marino Community Church's Mission Market. Be sure to visit AIN's table if your congregation includes us in your market. If not, you can go to the website and make a donation as a gift for friends or family http://angelinterfaith.net/donate.html. Then print a card to let them know about your gift.http://angelinterfaith.net/occasion.html.
Mitzvah Ministries, which includes Glendora Sewing Guild, Temple Beth Israel in Pomona, Claremont Presbyterian Church and Claremont United Church of Christ, held their annual joint baby shower for AIN. Anne and Elaine collaborate on beautiful quilts. Leno, who was born at County Hospital "many years ago", weighing only three pounds, now uses his woodworking talents to make lamps and bookends which he donates to AIN .
Thanks to all who were part of our annual HARVEST OF LOVE. We don't have a final tally yet, but your generosity and creativity is on track to surpass last year's total.
Cindy is the sole provider for her family of five. When her youngest daughter was hospitalized, Cindy was by her side, but missed work, endangering the family's fragile hold on their finances. Her social worker requested food certificates, pampers and shoes for two of the children. We were glad to be able to help.
Federico was assaulted and robbed with the family's rent money in his wallet. He was unable to return to work right away and he, his pregnant wife, and their toddler faced eviction. Angel Interfaith Network was able to provide a small amount to keep them in their home until Federico was able to return to work.
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There could be about 40 of these services, and it's also possible that the fields may change i.e. new fields may be added. The client would be a VB6 application that would call the remote web service, and let that web service update the remote database. The web services will be written in VB.Net 2008.
Would it be advisable to replace all these web services with a single generic service e.g. ImportRecords(recordtype, blobofdata). I think this can be done in theory by just passing an XML string as the blob of data and letting the web service unravel this depending on the record type, but is there actually any advantage to this, and is it good practice to do so? I've read somewhere that passing XML chunks in this way, as a single parameter, isn't recommended, and I can see this also seems to be somewhat contrary to standard web service usage in that in effect I'm bypassing the web service definition.

A: If you have a parameter as a string that just takes any old XML, how is anyone supposed to work out how to use your service without consulting some documentation?
Taking in a complex type might offer you better options as to what users can and can't pass in.

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Over at Uncommon Descent, helper-honcho DaveScot has a post up claiming that Richard Lenski's now famous E Coli. evolution paper commits a fatal error right in the first paragraph.
In case you missed him repeating it for emphasis, DaveScot has recently begun to refer to scientists as "chance worshipers," proving that if you can't argue on par with someone, your best fallback is to ridicule them with cutesy names that belittle their arguments by implying that they are mere dogma.
But why is it that scientists like Lenski so often speak of "random" mutation? Because that's exactly what they observe when they look at how variation emerges in genomes over time. While it's true that selection could, in theory, work on non-randomly selected traits, that's just not what we see happening in practice, and not particularly relevant to what Lenski is describing in any case. In fact, the whole point of Lenski's paper is about the power of contingency: the way even random events open or close doors of possibility.
Part of the problem, perhaps, is that DaveScot doesn't quite understand what scientists mean by "random" in this context. No biologist literally means that events like mutations occur with no causal explanation: that literally anything can happen to anything. What they mean is that the mutations that do occur, caused by all sorts of different processes, copying errors, and so on, are not correlated in any observable way with the outcomes they generate.
The Scripps researchers, in a nutshell, discovered that E. coli, when stressed (such as running out of food as in Lenski's experiment or in the presence of antibiotics in the Scripps experiment) selectively increases the mutation rate on certain genes. Thus the mutations in this case are not random but rather directed at a certain area in an attempt to solve a certain problem.
But the paper in question does not, in fact, suggest that the mutations in question aren't random. What it describes is a particular mechanism E. Coli have for essentially inducing more copying error (reducing the fidelity of inherited traits) in response to environmental pressures. There's no evidence that the E Coli. are actually specifically choosing certain mutations over others based on any foreknowledge of whether those mutations will be beneficial or not. All they're doing is tossing the dice more often on a particular set of genes.
And while the fact that a particular set of genes is singled out for modification is certainly interesting an interesting feature (though not unlike many other genetic known features that conserve certain parts of the genome), it's still just a mechanism within the E Coli. itself, not a mark of intelligent intervention, intelligence, or foreknowledge.
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No amount of scientific evidence will ever convice creationists and ID'ers. There minds are tightly closed by 4-5 thousand year old myths and superstious nonsense.
Well, that's because unlike scientists, creationists aren't looking for the truth. They are *defending* the truth as they believe it to be, acording to their religious beliefs and dogma. Many's the skeptic who ended up banging his or her head against the wall because a creationist couldn't accept what seems so clear. This is because it is exceedingly difficult to employ evidence, facts, science, logic, reason, etc., to change beliefs that weren't formed by logic, reason, evidence, etc., in the first place. And that's just the sincere-but-woefully-wrong believers. Advocative creationists actively and knowingly obfuscate, confuse, and otherwise mangle the evidence for evolution in defense of what they feel is their already held truths concerning evolution, speciation, etc.
Grendel: Sweeping generalizations are bound to be untrue, no matter who makes them. Most creationists I've met actually are interested in the truth but are just extremely underinformed. In most cases, everyone they have ever respected was a creationist, and they've never met someone who presented them with a significant amount of evidence in a clear way. I've also known creationists who changed their minds after their first bio class in college. Though there does seem to be a different demographic when you just look at commenters on blogs.
Point well taken, Pat. I shouldn't have generalized about 'all creationists'. When I did I was in fact thinking about the media-seeking advocative sort, the most of whom I'm convinced are well aware they've no leg to stand on and seek only to obfuscate and confuse things, not for evolutionists or skeptics, but for the people who consume their media. A good example is Egnor, who Dr. Novella has been debating of late. I think it's no accident his site has no comments section so the only voice his readers see is his own. But thanks for pointing that out.
For religious believers, from creationists and fundies on down, changing beliefs involves far more than, um, changing beliefs. I think their respective sets of beliefs spread far wider and deeper in their lives than the tentatively held beliefs of the scientist or science-minded people do in their lives. The science-minded are prepared to change their beliefs when the evidence compels it, and those beliefs aren't likely to involve so much of the other areas of life as it does for the religious believer. If a religious person comes to drop belief in God or in God's 'works' it could change everything for them, including what they do every Sunday morning. If new evidence came along that changed some fundamental scientific holding (I struggle to think of an example) I'd change my beliefs accordingly, but it wouldn't change much else in my life. If my premise is true, it must make changing beliefs much harder for the religious than simply reading the new evidence and adjusting accordingly.
Argh & d'oh. I've cross-blogged. Thought I was on Dr. Steve Novella's excellent Neurologica blog where he's had a recent run of debate posts with creationist Egnor.
Ah pleads intoxication on pain meds I've taking after minor surgery on Tuesday morning. lol. Hydrocodonicus, you are a fickle master!
Creationists think they are defending God, but they are only defending one interpretation of God (the God who created the world in 7 days). They have difficulty accepting that evolution could have been the mechanism for God to create the world.
It could also have been the mechanism for the Flying Spaghetti Monster to create the world. 'Could' doesn't count for much. Evidence does.
Besides, evolution has absolutely nothing to do with the creation of the world. Evolution explains speciation, the origins of new species. Evolution purports nothing about biogenesis, the beginning of life on Earth, and nothing about the creation or formation of the Earth.
An important point you make in your post is that selection pressure increases the rate of mutation on certain genes. I've not heard that before. Is this what is really happening or is this based on hindsight. That is, of the organisms that survive under a certain selection pressure, we can readily see an increased mutation rate in specific genes. If there is no design or foreknowledge, then shouldn't mutation rate be the same across all genes?
It may mean that mutation rates are variable and when species are pressured, those with the highest rate of mutations are more likely to experience mutation(s) which alleviate the pressure before extinction may occur.
I can see how selection pressure acts as a filter for genes with higher mutation rates, though there must be something about them that makes it easier for these particular genes to have copying errors, deletions, insertions, etc. Of course, not being an expert in such matters, there may in fact be a characterization of these "traits" that I'm not aware of.
So, I'm just trying to get at the mechanism behind "inducing" in "What it describes is a particular mechanism E. Coli have for essentially inducing more copying error (reducing the fidelity of inherited traits) in response to environmental pressures." Selection pressure filtering may be all that is meant.
skepTick: It could be any one of a number of possibilities as to how certain genes became favored sites for modification in certain environments. I'm not sure the scientists in this case know exactly which of the possibilities was true in this case: doing things like that is very hard in the case of a bacterium simply sitting there as is in the lab: we have little real historical evidence to work with in that case with which to rule out some possibilities so as to make some more certain.
It's pretty common, on the other hand for sectors that have high mutation rates to be somehow involved in chemical interactions that work sort of like a lock and key. For instance, abalone sperm and eggs have such a system, and the general chemical code for abalone sperm to enter another abalone's eggs is shifting all the time, which occasionally creates speciation events based purely on some populations lock/key drifting away from others. A high mutation rate along these lines could get selected for based on its ability to break into other pockets of "locks" by chance, and hence found new lines of abalone that most other ablaone are "locked out" of.


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Pharma industry faces pressure to increase drug price transparency
By Ruud van Hilten
Combating high drug prices is a contentious issue. It is not easy to see how prices can be capped but over the last few months, politicians and campaigners across the globe have become more vociferous about the need for transparency in the pharmaceutical industry. Historically, the cost to research, develop and manufacture drugs has been shrouded in mystery but as healthcare systems creak under the pressure of treating ever growing and ageing populations, questions are being asked as to why certain drugs cost so much and also why prices vary so widely.
Pressure building on pharma companies worldwide
In 2017, more than 30 American states proposed bills on drug pricing. Vermont, one of the first states to pass a transparency law, now issues an annual "Drug Price Hall of Shame" and highlights ten drugs whose wholesale price has risen 50 per cent or more over the previous five years. Other states have attempted to limit price increases through fines. In Maryland, the attorney general can issue a fine to any manufacturer that raises the price of a generic drug 50 per cent or more in a year.
Some of these initiatives are having an impact – a number of big pharma companies recently cancelled planned price hikes in response to new legislation in California. However, many commentators are sceptical and believe that getting companies to actually lower prices is a lot more complex than just naming or shaming.
In May, President Trump announced his 'American Patients First' initiative, which aims to reduce the high costs of prescription drugs at a federal level by increasing competition, improving negotiation and creating incentives to lower prices.
In the UK, we have seen national headlines calling for Vertex to lower the price of its Orkambi drug which helps patients with cystic fibrosis. Campaigners were encouraging the firm to make the drug more affordable so it can be readily available on the NHS. This follows comments from Jeremy Hunt, the former UK Health Secretary, who previously called for drug manufacturers to stop monopolising medicines and hiking prices.
One development that many believe will have a massive impact on the industry is the rumoured arrival of Amazon on to the pharmaceutical scene. As with most new markets that Amazon moves into, if it does establish itself within the sector, costs will inevitably be driven down. According to Goldman Sachs, Amazon could shed light on the pricing strategies of pharma companies, providing insight into the profit margins which can be made, in turn creating further transparency within the industry.
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As pressure mounts for greater transparency, pharma companies should see it as an opportunity to innovate and streamline costs wherever possible. This will help them prepare for whatever legislation comes their way and to remain competitive and agile in the face of new market entrants such as Amazon.
While the costs associated with each stage of the drug development and manufacturing process are revealed and scrutinised, finance teams can also use that data to forensically analyse their supply chains, ensuring a competitive price is achieved with the companies they do business with. Promoting transparency will make it easier for everyone in the supply chain to get a good deal.
The first step is for Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable departments to ensure back office processes are automated so that everyone can have greater visibility of the supply chain and finances. Not only can going digital reduce the costs of handling invoices by more than 50 per cent, but it is an exceptionally efficient way for a business to reduce friction along the supply chain. It also gives businesses real-time data which they can use to optimise spending and negotiate better prices. This information means teams are more able to have honest conversations with their suppliers, building trust on both sides of the transaction in the process and creating closer communication channels.
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PMU (PLL-Based, Positive-Sequence)
|u|
∠u
Nominal frequency fn (Hz)
Sampling rate Nsr (point/cycle)
Reporting rate factor [k]
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Implements a phasor measurement unit using a phase-locked loop
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The PMU (PLL-Based, Positive-Sequence) block implements a phasor measurement unit (PMU) using a phase-locked loop (PLL), which computes the positive-sequence component of the input abc signal over a running window of one cycle of fundamental frequency given by input abc. The signal can be a set of three balanced or unbalanced signals which may contain harmonics. The PMU (PLL-Based, Positive-Sequence) block is inspired by the IEEE Std C37.118.1-2011.
The PLL (3ph) block tracks the frequency and phase of a sinusoidal three-phase signal (abc) by using an internal frequency oscillator. The control system adjusts the internal oscillator frequency to keep the phase difference at 0.
The Positive-Sequence (PLL-Driven) block computes the positive-sequence components (magnitude and phase) of a sinusoidal three-phase input signal (abc) over a running window of one cycle of the fundamental frequency tracked by the PLL (3ph) closed-loop control system. The reference frame required for the computation is given by the angle (rad, varying between 0 and 2*pi), synchronized on zero crossings of the fundamental (positive-sequence) of phase A. The angle is also tracked by the PLL (3ph) closed-loop control system.
Because the block uses a running average window to perform the Fourier analysis, one cycle of simulation must complete before the outputs give the correct magnitude and angle. For example, the block response to a step change in the positive-sequence component of a three-phase signal is a one-cycle ramp. For the first cycle of simulation, the output is held constant at the values specified by the initial input parameters.
The three outputs of the PMU (PLL-Based, Positive-Sequence) block return the magnitude (same units as the input signal), the phase (in degrees relative to the PLL phase), and the frequency of the positive-sequence component of the abc input at the fundamental frequency, respectively.
The sample time (Ts) of the block, in seconds, is a function of the nominal frequency fn and the sampling rate Nsr.
Finally, the reporting rate (Rt), that determines the length of the interval over which an event will be reported, is related to the sample time using a reporting rate factor k, as follows:
Rt = k × Ts
Under subsynchronous conditions, the phasor estimation may present erroneous results.
Time synchronization from the common time source of a global positioning systems (GPS) radio clock is implicit in the model.
abc — Signal
Three-phase sinusoidal voltage or current.
Data Types: single | double
|u| — Magnitude
Magnitude of the positive-sequence component of the abc input at the fundamental frequency in the same units as the input signal.
∠u — Phase
The phase, in degrees, relative to the PLL phase of the positive-sequence component of the abc input at the fundamental frequency.
F — Frequency, Hz
Frequency, in Hz, relative to the PLL phase of the positive-sequence component of the abc input at the fundamental frequency.
Data Types: single | double | int8 | int16 | int32 | uint8 | uint16 | uint32 | Boolean | fixed point | enumerated | bus
Nominal frequency fn (Hz) — Frequency
60 (default) | 50
Nominal frequency, fn, in Hz, of the three-phase input.
Sampling rate Nsr (point/cycle) — Sampling rate
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Sampling rate, Nsr, in point/cycle.
Reporting rate factor [k] — Reporting rate
Sampling rate of the PMU. This parameter multiplies the sample time to calculate the reporting rate. The reporting rate factor must be equal to or greater than 1.
PMU (PLL-based, Positive-Sequence) Kundur's Two-Area System
The use of the PMU (PLL-Based, Positive-Sequence) block within the Kundur's Two-Area System.
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The use of a phasor measurement unit - PMU (PLL-based, Positive-Sequence) in a benchmark circuit.
[1] IEEE Standard for Synchrophasor Measurements for Power Systems. IEEE Std C37.118.1-2011 (Revision of IEEE Std C37.118-2005), pp. 1–61, 2011.
[2] P. Kundur, N. J. Balu, and M. G. Lauby, Power system stability and control. Vol. 7. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1994.
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Total No Of Questions: 30.
1) One pipe can fill a tank 3 times as fast as another pipe. If together the two pipes can fill the tank in 36 minutes, then the slower pipe alone will be able to fill the tank in________
a. 81 min
b. 144 min
c. 108 min
d. 192 min
2) Two pipes P and Q can fill a cistern in 60 minutes and 80 minutes respectively.Both the taps were opened simultaneously but Q is turned off after 20 minutes. Find the total time required to fill the cistern.
b. 35 min
c. 45 min
d. 1 hr
3) Two pipes P and Q can separately fill a cistern in 12 minutes and 15 minutes respectively. While a third pipe R can empty it in 6 minutes. The pipes P and Q are kept open for 5 minutes, then the pipe R is also opened. In what time the cistern be emptied?
d. 45 min
4) Three pipes P, Q and R can fill a tank in 6 hours. After working at it together for 2 hours, R is closed and P and Q can fill the remaining part in seven hours. The number of hours taken by R alone to fill the tank is ________
5) Two pipes can fill a cistern in 20 minutes and 24 minutes respectively. And a drain pipe can empty 3 gallons per minute. All the three pipes working together can fill the tank in 15 minutes. The capacity of the tank is ________
a. 60 gallons
b. 100 gallons
c. 120 gallons
d. 180 gallons
6) Two pipes P and Q can fill a tank in 40 and 60 minutes respectively. When the tank will be filled, if the pipes are opened in alternative minutes starting with pipe P?
7) Two pipes P and Q separately fill a cistern in 7 ½ and 5 minutes respectively and drain pipe R can carry off 14 litres per minute. If all the pipes are opened, when the cistern is full, it is emptied in one hour. How many litres does it hold?
a. 40 litres
b. 55 litres
c. 45 litres
d. 60 litres
8) Two pipes P and Q can fill a cistern in 10 minutes and 15 minutes respectively. But an empty pipe R can empty it in 5 minutes. The pipes P and Q are opened for 4 minutes and then the empty pipe R is also opened. In what time is the cistern emptied?
9) An electric pump can fill a tank in 3 hours. Because of a leak, it took 3 ½ hour to fill the tank. In how much time the leak can drain the full tank?
a. 21 hrs
b. 20 hrs
c. 32 hrs
d. 25 hrs
10) If two pipes functions simultaneously, the reservoir will be filled in 12 hours. One pipe fills the reservoir 10 hours faster than the other. How many hours does it take the second pipe along to fill the reservoir?
c. 6 hrs
11) Two pipes P and Q can fill a cistern in 24 minutes and 32 minutes respectively. If both are opened simultaneously, after how much should Q be closed so that the tank is full in 18 minutes?
a. 8 min
12) Three taps can fill a cistern in 10, 15 and 18 minutes respectively. In an empty cistern all the three taps are kept open and after three minutes the third tap is closed. In how many minutes more will the cistern be full?
b. 3 min
c. 2 min
d. 4 min
13) Two pipes P and Q can fill a cistern in 24 minutes and 32 minutes respectively. If both are opened simultaneously, after how much time Q should be closed, so that the tank is full in 18 minutes?
14) Two pipes P and Q can fill a cistern in 12 minutes and 18 minutes respectively, while a third pipe R can empty it in 9 minutes. In what time will the cistern will be full, if they all work simultaneously?
15) A pipe can fill a tank in 20 minutes and another pipe in 30 minutes, but a third pipe can empty it in 10 minutes. The first two pipes are kept open for 8 minutes in the beginning and then the third pipe is also opened. In what time is the cistern emptied?
16) Three pipes P, Q and R are connected to a cistern. P and Q together can fill the cistern in 12 hrs, Q and R together in 20 hrs and R and P together in 15 hrs. In how much time will each pipe fill the cistern separately?
a. 10 hrs; 15 hrs; 30 hrs
b. 20 hrs; 15 hrs; 60 hrs
c. 20 hrs; 30 hrs; 60 hrs
d. 20 hrs; 30 hrs; 45 hrs
17) A cistern normally takes 7 hours to be filled by a tap, but because of a leak it takes one hour more. In how many hours will the leak empty a filled cistern?
18) Two pipes P and Q can fill a cistern in 12 minutes and 15 minutes respectively, while a third pipe R can empty the full cistern in 6 minutes. P and Q are kept open for 5 minutes in the beginning and then R is also opened. In what time the cistern is emptied?
19) Two pipes P and Q can fill a cistern in 15 and 20 hours respectively, while a third pipe R can empty the full tank in 25 hours. All the three pipes are opened. After 10 hours R is closed. The tank will be full in how many hours?
d. 6 hrs
20) Pipe P can fill an empty tank in 5 hours while pipe Q can empty the full tank in 8 hours. If both are opened in that empty tank, in how much time the tank will be filled?
c. 40/3 hrs
21) A tank has a leak, which could empty it in 8 hours. A tap is turned on which admits 6 litres a minute into the cistern and it is now emptied in 12 hours. How many litres does the cistern hold?
a. 8840 litres
b. 8540 litres
c. 8000 litres
d. 8640 litres
22) Two pipes can fill half of the tank in 20 minutes. If one of the pipe fills the whole tank in 60 minutes, find the time taken by the other pipe to fill the tank individually?
23) Two pipes P and Q can fill a cistern in 1 hour and 75 minutes respectively. There is also an outlet R. If all the three pipes are opened together, the tank is full in 50 minutes. How much time will be taken by R to empty the full tank?
24) Two pipes P and Q can fill a cistern in 12 minutes and 18 minutes respectively. They are turned on at the same time.If the tap P is turned off after 4 minutes, how long will tap Q take to fill the rest cistern?
25) A tank can be filled separately by two pipes P and Q in 45 and 36 minutes respectively. A tap R at the bottom can empty the full cistern in 30 minutes. If the tap R is opened 7 minutes after the two pipes P and Q are opened, find when the tank becomes full.
26) An empty cistern has three taps P, Q and R. P and Q can fill it in 3 and 4 hours respectively. R can empty it in one hour. If P, Q and R are kept opened at 1 P.M., 2 P.M., 3 P.M., respectively, find when the cistern will be empty?
a. 3:20 PM
b. 5:20 PM
c. 5:12 PM
d. 6:20 PM
27) A tap can fill a cistern in 20 minutes. And another can fill it in 30 minutes. If both are opened simultaneously, find the time when the cistern will be full?
28) Bucket P has thrice the capacity as Bucket Q. It takes 60 turns for Bucket P to fill the empty drum. How many turns will it take for both the buckets P and Q having each turn together to fill the empty drum?
29) Two taps can fill an empty tank in 36 minutes and 60 minutes respectively. A third tap can empty the full tank in 90 minutes. At what time will an empty tank be filled if all the three are opened simultaneously at 8.50 A.M.?
a. 9:00 AM
b. 9:20 AM
c. 9:30 AM
d. 10:00 AM
30) A tap can fill a cistern in 16 hours and another can empty it in 32 hours. If both the taps are opened simultaneously,find the time (in hours) to fill the tank.


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Blair Horner: NY May Have Just Taken A Step Toward Reform
By Blair Horner • Jul 8, 2019
Last week, New York may have taken a step toward significantly changing the way elections are financed. Currently, candidates for state office in New York – like much of the rest of the nation – rely on private contributions to fuel their campaigns. Not surprisingly, many of those who give those contributions are expecting that their donations will help their interests – be they personal or occupational – after the candidate wins elective office.
New York law makes it easy to pull in donations from those with deep pockets; the state has the highest campaign contribution limits (of any state that has limits) in the nation. Under state law, one can make a legal campaign contribution of over $115,000 to a political party and can donate nearly $70,000 to candidates for governor.
Who writes those checks? The wealthy and those who have business before the government.
For those seeking – or holding – elective office, hitting up those who are most interested in contributing makes good economic – and campaign – sense. Under state law, making one phone call to a possible $10,000 contributor is a more efficient approach than making 100 calls to potential $100 contributors.
While it is clearly more efficient, it raises the risk of corruption. A big campaign donor with an economic interest before the state is expecting an elected official to be responsive, or that donor may contribute to a challenger.
And New Yorkers have seen the corruption that has resulted from a campaign financing system that relies on a relatively small number of big contributors.
What can be done to reduce that risk? Under various U.S. Supreme Court decisions, there isn't too much that can be done to reduce the influence of the wealthy and powerful, or to reduce the risk of the corruption that stems from some of those relationships.
There are two approaches, however, that can reduce those risks and meet constitutional muster. First, the state can dramatically restrict the ability to make campaign contributions from those seeking government contracts or from professional lobbyists seeking government action. Roughly half the nation has some form of "pay-to-play" limitations; New York should too.
Second, the state should do all it can to remake its campaign finance system from one that relies on a small number of large donors – and the resulting higher risks of corruption – to one that relies on a large number of small donors. New York should drastically reduce the size of its legal campaign contributions and establish a voluntary system of public financing. A public financing system typically allows for a public match for small contributions. In New York City, for example, every $1 raised in small contributions is matched with an $8 donation in public resources. New York City's system was approved overwhelmingly by voters as part of a city government overhaul after a series of scandals and it's been steadily improved over more than 25 years.
Which brings us to last week. As part of the budget agreement last March, the governor and state lawmakers agreed to establish a commission that would be charged with setting up a voluntary system of public financing, thus setting up an alternative to the private contribution system.
The budget was approved on March 31st and the commission was charged with establishing the public financing system by December 1st of this year, giving the commission eight months to do its work.
In all-too-frequent Albany fashion, the governor and the legislative leaders failed to choose the commission members until last week, frittering away more than three months of the eight months available to the commission.
The nine members now have to hit the ground running in order to set up the public financing system. As mentioned earlier, they don't have far to look for a model of how it is to be done (see New York City's program, which is three decades old).
But it must do its work in an open and transparent way, not simply follow the dictates of Albany's top political leaders.
Nevertheless, it is a start. And once their work is concluded, the commission members may have offered candidates a clear alternative to the state's "pay-to-play" campaign financing system. An alternative that relies on clean public resources and one that relies on the support of a large number of small contributors. A system that reduces the risk of corruption and is far more likely to engage voters of average economic means. Last week was an important step. Now the commission must quickly get to work to come up with a proposal and engage the public. For New York's ailing democracy, there's not a moment more to waste.
Blair Horner: The Supreme Court Deals Another Blow To Representative Democracy
The U.S. Supreme Court wrapped up its session and examined one of the most problematic issues facing American democracy: how best to draw political boundaries to ensure fairness and equality. The question facing the justices was what role should federal courts play in correcting overtly partisan gerrymandering.
Blair Horner: The 2019 Legislative Session Is In The Books
Last week, state lawmakers wrapped up the 2019 legislative session and it represented a big change from what New Yorkers have seen in the recent past. Sweeping changes to the state's law regulating home rental apartments, an impressive expansion in the state's voting laws, decriminalization of marijuana possession, and other important issues were approved.


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The Jacksonville Icemen are a minor league ice hockey team in the ECHL in Jacksonville, Florida, that began play in the 2017–18 season. The team is affiliated with the New York Rangers and plays their home games at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena.

History
The Icemen were formerly known as the Muskegon Fury from 1992 to 2008, the Muskegon Lumberjacks from 2008 to 2010, and the Evansville IceMen from 2010 to 2016.

On November 16, 2015, Evansville IceMen owner Ron Geary wrote a letter to the fans that the team's operating lease with the Ford Center was ending after the 2015–16 season. Despite attempts to negotiate a lease extension with the city since February 2015, the two parties had not yet come to an agreement on new terms. The City of Evansville and Geary were unable to come to an agreement. Geary then agreed to terms with the city of Owensboro, Kentucky, to relocate the team to the Owensboro Sportscenter if the IceMen were forced to leave the Ford Center.

On February 8, 2016, the City of Evansville announced that it had secured an expansion team in the Southern Professional Hockey League to play at the Ford Center beginning in the 2016–17 season, thus displacing the IceMen franchise from Evansville. Finally, on March 14, the IceMen and the ECHL announced the franchise's relocation to Owensboro had been approved but the franchise would have to go dormant for the 2016–17 season to allow time for the necessary renovations on the Owensboro Sportscenter to be completed. However, by September 2016, Geary still had not taken over management of the Sportscenter and the City of Owensboro announced a different management company would take over the Sportscenter on October 1. On the September 30 deadline, Geary sent a letter to mayor Ron Payne stating he would not be purchasing the Sportscenter because of too much cost to convert and refurbish the arena.

In January 2017, Geary sold part of the franchise to an ownership group based out of Jacksonville, Florida, and the relocation was approved by the ECHL on February 8, 2017. Geary remained as the primary owner. The team hired Jason Christie as their first head coach and then affiliated with the Winnipeg Jets (NHL) and the Manitoba Moose (AHL), the organization familiar with Christie from his time as the head coach of the Tulsa Oilers.

In the team's second season in Jacksonville, the franchise qualified for the ECHL playoffs for the first time since it joined the league in 2012. Following the season, Geary sold his shares of the team and the controlling interest was acquired by SZH Hockey LLC, a group led by Andrew Kaufmann on July 16, 2019.  On December 1, 2020, the team added three members of SZH Hockey LLC, all past or present NFL players with a connection to the area: Tim Tebow, Myles Jack, and Reggie Hayward.

After four seasons as affiliates of the Jets, the Icemen switched their affiliation to the New York Rangers of the NHL and their AHL affiliate, the Hartford Wolf Pack, beginning with the 2021–22 season. On July 29, 2021, head coach Jason Christie was hired by the Buffalo Sabres as an assistant coach and was replaced by Nick Luukko as head coach of the Icemen.

Season-by-season records

Players

Current roster
As of December 19, 2022.

See also
Sports in Jacksonville

References

External links
 Jacksonville Icemen (official website)

ECHL teams
Ice hockey teams in Jacksonville, Florida
Ice hockey clubs established in 2017
Ice hockey teams in Florida
2017 establishments in Florida
Winnipeg Jets minor league affiliates


Education, Middle School Education (Grades 6-8) Concentration, M.A.T.
Satisfied all requirements for admission to teacher education.
Submitted Virginia passing Praxis Subject Assessment scores for at least one content area to the JMU Education Support Center prior to beginning more than six hours of M.A.T. graduate coursework.
Submitted Virginia passing Praxis Subject Assessment scores in two content areas to the JMU Education Support Center prior to beginning more than 12 hours of M.A.T. graduate course work.
Exhibited and demonstrated personal qualities and dispositions that reflect effective development as a professional educator.
Post-baccalaureate students must submit Virginia passing scores on the Praxis Subject Assessment for both intended licensure areas and passing scores on the Virginia Communication and Literacy Assessment upon application to JMU.
All candidates in the middle school education M.A.T. program must have an undergraduate major or its equivalent in interdisciplinary liberal studies (IDLS) from JMU. The IDLS program, with its expanded approach to the general education core, and its dual concentrations in English, social sciences, the natural sciences or mathematics, meets the licensure requirements for a two-subject endorsement for teachers licensed in middle school education.
The mission of the middle school education M.A.T. program is to prepare highly qualified professionals for educational roles in middle schools through advanced coursework and field experiences.
value lifelong learning, engage in professional development and conduct educational research.
The Master of Arts in Teaching in middle school education is designed to lead to initial teacher licensure with endorsements in two content areas. The fifth-year format forms the last phase of the five-year teacher licensure programs. This format is designed to serve candidates who have completed the appropriate prerequisite requirements in an undergraduate education program at JMU. Candidates should check with their adviser frequently to be apprised of changes in the offerings and requirements listed that may affect them.
As undergraduates, candidates must first complete 37 credit hours of middle education pre-professional course work along with the IDLS major. All middle education pre-professional course work must be completed with grades of "B-" or better with the exception of PSYC 160 which must be completed with a grade of "C" or better. Candidates must apply to and be admitted to graduate school for the Middle Education M.A.T. program (see Admission Criteria). Finally, candidates must complete 32 hours of graduate course work which includes student teaching and a final research project.
This program is for candidates who hold a bachelor's and/or master's degree in an appropriate academic content area and wish to be licensed to teach in that area.
Candidates admitted to this program of study are expected to have completed an arts and sciences undergraduate major from an accredited college or university with a 2.7 grade-point average or above (on a 4.0 scale). Candidates are required to provide transcript evidence that they have completed liberal studies and specialty area courses comparable in content and total hours to those expected of an undergraduate major at JMU. Candidates in the middle education program must have the requisite content coursework in two areas (mathematics, sciences, language arts, social science). Those applicants not having such coursework will be required to complete any specifically required undergraduate-level general education and/or subject matter content courses under terms of provisional admission to graduate study as a non-degree-seeking candidate.
Candidates must also submit Virginia passing scores on the Virginia Communication and Literacy Assessment (VCLA) and Praxis Subject Assessment in the intended licensure areas and meet all requirements of admission to The Graduate School. Candidates must complete all undergraduate middle education and content area prerequisite coursework prior to enrolling in M.A.T. graduate coursework.
Candidates must also apply to and be admitted to teacher education at JMU. Candidates must initiate their application by contacting the Department of Middle, Secondary and Mathematics Education. Criteria for admission to teacher education are described in the Undergraduate Catalog.


La segunda vez que me alojé en Hydrangea House y fue fantástico. El propietario y el personal eran maravillosos y te hacían sentir como en familia. La comida era excepcional. No puedo decir lo suficiente sobre lo positiva que fue la experiencia. La ubicación no puede ser mejor.
HHI es un lugar muy fresco y pintoresco. Está muy bien ubicado en Bellevue, así que si estás preparado para ello, puedes caminar a la mayoría de los lugares turísticos de Newport. La habitación y el personal y el servicio eran geniales. Definitivamente regresaremos.
Hello! How far is The Breakers from the Inn? Can you walk there, take a trolley or bus or do you need to drive? Thank you very much.
It's about a mile and half from Hydrangea House to the Breakers. I would walk, but I know that's not for everyone. Honestly don't know about the trolley. We didn't take it while we were there.
My wife and I will be staying with you guys next weekend for our 10th anniversary. Was wondering if you guys had any recommendations for a nice dinner on Saturday and any bar/restaurant recommendations for Friday evening? Also we would like to see a mansion or two Saturday. Do you recommend one over the other. Thanks in advance!
Hello -- we just recently celebrated our tenth anniversary at the Hydrangea House. Outstanding choice for a B&B. We had our anniversary dinner at The White Horse Tavern. The food was quite good, but I wouldn't consider the service to be "fine dining". It was fine, not great. If you only have time for one mansion, go to the Breakers. It is spectacular, and I'm sure it's even better with the holiday decorations. I am unable to recommend a second restaurant, as it rained our our second evening and we stuck close to the B&B.
I will staying at the Hydrangea House October 13th to 15th. I have Celiac and was wondering if they would be able to accommodate that allergy.
I'm sure they would accommodate your dietary needs if you let them know ahead of time. We actually ate breakfast during our stay with a man who was given a special breakfast because of dietary needs. I'm not familiar with celiac but Hydrangea House Inn's breakfast was not just your typical continental fare. We were given a full breakfast every morning with many choices. And the dining room! Who ever eats breakfast with such glamour? Enjoy!
Was wondering about the breakfast - is there a choice, or is there 1 breakfast entree each day? I eat dairy free, and don't know if that will be a problem. Thank you!


Stephen Crum earned his Masters of Physician Assistant degree at Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia. He holds a Bachelors in Applied Science from the University of Dayton in Dayton, Ohio.
Stephen enjoys hiking, biking, and exploring Oregon's great outdoors, as well as trying new and authentic whenever he has the opportunity. He especially enjoys spending time with his family and his friends.


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The music of leadership
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Too often our world seems filled with bits and fragments that don't make sense. But then we hear the music that tells the story and our world feels coherent and whole again.
Two thousand years ago Plato wrote about how "rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul". His words reveal the extent to which music has stirred our imaginations since the beginning of time. For Plato music was even more important than physics and philosophy…" for it is through these patterns of music and the arts that we find the essential keys for learning."
For over twenty years I have been integrating musical performances into my work with leaders. What has been most memorable for many is to listen to the music from under the piano. It has been in the intimacy of this felt experience of the music that we realize what Plato first observed - there is no one single part of the brain that is stimulated through sound. Instead the whole body and mind lights up and comes alive through the musical experience.
From the moment my aunt first set me on her lap and helped guide my fingers on the piano keys I have been fascinated with music. I particularly enjoyed how music could co-mingle with the sounds of nature around me. During my years at a summer wilderness camp, I often found delight in creating musical soundtracks for the thunderstorms that would sweep over the camp on hot humid summer afternoons. I would play to the rain, to the wind and to the thunder, taking care to play to the feeling of the elements rather than simply idea or concept of them. So music has always been an intimate and personal creation, often conceived in response to the feeling and need of the moment rather than repeating a formal composition conceived in advance.
In the future, music will be seen not only as background or entertainment but also as a force for healing, change and transformation. The field of neuroscience is delving deeper into how the musical elements of time, pitch and volume correspond to the bodily experiences of pulse, breath and movement, which in turn are an echo of the heart's expressions and joy, sadness and exhilaration.
Perhaps it helps to understand the power of music if we think of it as a vibration. The sound waves emitted through its performance directly alter the tone, atmosphere and feeling in the room. In this respect sound is energy. The music enters the body. It is the language of breath and aspiration and as such awakens us to seeing new possibilities and brings together the fragmented parts and make them whole again.
One of the reasons that music holds such power in that in the Western world, where our cues are almost all visual, is that it reawakens our ability to truly hear. And while we can only see one thing at a time, we can hear everything at once. Furthermore, what we see may be dead or inert but to hear something it must be fully alive. So music itself is a language of life. As we listen, our senses act as a giant ear and the body becomes a symphony, which equips us to respond to the music's most subtle cues.
One executive I worked with told me, "after listening to you play, my team was inspired to have the conversation we have never had before." Too often we hear a leader say in response to the challenges of sudden and unanticipated change, "we didn't see it coming!" Music offers us the gift of prescience. It helps us anticipate and prepare for what is emerging on the far horizon. In this respect, music is the key to our future and not only a nostalgic journey into the past.
And this reflects the power that music has on us; it slows our pulse rate, calms the mind, relaxes the body and releases the emotions. It equips us to tune into the vibration world, one ripe with meaning and insight and one which holds critical information that is not as available to the linear or rational mind.
Elena Mannes's film The Music Instinct includes an interview with musician Bobby Mc Ferrin, who shares a story about his close friend and globally-acclaimed cellist, Yo Yo Ma. On a trip to Africa, Yo Yo wanted to learn how to be more improvisational and responsive to the moment in his playing. He visited a Shaman who he was told could help him learn how to do this. In his first meeting the Shaman sang a song. It was a very beautiful song and Yo Yo started writing it down. But he was not able to complete his notation so he asked the Shaman to sing it again.
When the Shaman sang the song again, it was different.
"That's not the same song that you sang before," Yo Yo said.
The Shaman laughed. "Well the first time I sang it, there was a herd of antelope in the distance. And the cloud was passing over the sun. In the few minutes that have passed since I first sang the song, the wind had shifted and the people were feeling different: the song could not be the same the second time."
As a communicator, when my speaking originates from the same place the music comes from, what I say and how I say it will always be different. My voice cannot be separate and apart from the larger vibrational field that is unfolding continuously within and around me. Yet still we live a fragmented existence in the notes and miss the music.
So when we do listen the music, we may also hear again the rhythm and harmony that offer the inward path to the life of our own soul.
Michael Jones is a leadership educator, author and Juno-nominated pianist/composer. His most recent book, The Soul of Place: Re-imagining Leadership Through Nature, Art and Community, is the third in a series asking how leaders can re- imagine places as living systems inspired by nature, art, community and our deepening humanity.
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And now for Henny Youngman. "We saw and heard him when he came to Milwaukee and performed at the Pfister's Top of the Pfister's Hotel Room". He was extremely funny and entertaining and performed a clean show. It was non stop laughing. As Milton Berle once said about Henny Youngman "The only thing funnier than Henny's jokes is the violin playing".
He often told jokes to the audience and when a regular comedian failed to show Henny took over. This proved to be a success and he began polishing his one liners to perfection, keeping audiences in stitches for decades.
His biggest break came in1937 when Ted Collins, manager for Kate Smith saw and heard him perform. He invited him to do a ten minute routine on her show. It was so successful that he remained on radio to make numerous appearances and became a great hit with the audience.
Youngman never really retired. He worked nightclubs and parties until his final days. He is remembered as a legendary performer and proud of his clean, class act. He died February 24,1998 at the age of 91.
Just to leave you laughing a few of Henny's 'one liners'.
Henny says he had a very fine doctor. If you can't afford the operation, he'll touch up the x-rays.
I just got back from a pleasure trip. I drove my mother-in-law to the airport.
My Mother-in- law rarely goes without saying.
I've been married for fifty years and I'm still in love with the same woman. If my wife finds ever finds out, she'll kill me. You get the point.


An experimental burn in October 1986 tested the effects of fire on vernal pool vegetation of the coastal mesas of San Diego County. In the two following years, both of which were unusually dry, pool species declined on both burned and unburned areas. In 1987, however, total plant cover was reduced significantly more in burned than in control areas. Within burned basins, relative cover of pool species declined less than in control pools, which showed greater invasion of exotic upland annuals. Pogogyne abramsii and Psilocarphus brevis- simus declined more in burned than in control pools in 1987, but recovered in 1988. Burning appeared to increase mineralization and flux of N and P into basins.
Cox, George W. and Austin, Jorja (1990) "Impacts of a Prescribed Burn on Vernal Pool Vegetation at Miramar Naval Air Station, San Diego, California," Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences: Vol. 89: Iss. 2.


➥How formal is this ceremony?
➥I will send our formal agreement to you.
➥We need some formal instruction in literature.
➥She has legally divorced her husband.
➥He recognized his son as lawful heir.
➥His official title at the company is Assistant to the President.


We asked women at BuzzFeed to finish the statement, "I wear makeup because ______." These are their answers.
"I wanna see all the versions of myself I can possibly find."
"Because it's ~fun~ and also ~none of your business~."
"I think I just look better with it, tbh."
"I don't think I look like 'me' without it. (Like today.)"
"I like the ritual and the precision and the power."
"The 10 minutes I spend applying in the A.M. is my true ~zen~ time. Plus, red lipstick makes me feel like a badass LADY."
"Because it makes me feel like me! (And it's fun.)"
"Because it makes me feel more confident!"
"It's a form of performance and gender play."
"Because it can be FUN! And when it's not, I don't wear it."
"Because I've loved beauty + glamour since I was 3 years old... it's just fun to play with!"
"Because it's my time...to catch up on TV."
"Because it makes me feel FRESH to DEATH."
Now it's your turn! Why do you wear makeup?


prehm modellbahn shop - Art. Nr. 500600 - worker with pallet truck – called "ant", The worker and the pallet truck are both made of metal and painted in weatherproof colors. An interesting addition to any industrial business (for example sawmill, brewery), railway station or coal shop. The finely detailed and hand painted model of the pallet truck has a movable drawbar.
The worker and the pallet truck are both made of metal and painted in weatherproof colors. An interesting addition to any industrial business (for example sawmill, brewery), railway station or coal shop. The finely detailed and hand painted model of the pallet truck has a movable drawbar..
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The well-known chimney sweep is now supplied in metal.
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Suitable for the rowing boat is the seated angler made of metal.