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The Saint Louis University Department of Theological Studies is a community of scholars inspiring students to examine religious and ethical commitments, to practice a faith that does justice, and to face the world with discernment and empathy.
We, the faculty in the Department of Theological Studies at Saint Louis University, mourn the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery (1994-2020), Breonna Taylor (1993-2020), and George Floyd (1973-2020), among too many others lost to racial violence.
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Rooted in the Catholic, Jesuit intellectual tradition, the department is committed to interdisciplinary research, collaborative programming, and innovative pedagogies that reflect the best research on student learning. The department houses experts in religion across the globe, with a special focus on Catholic and other Christian traditions. Our faculty are trained in a range of disciplinary methods, emphasizing philological, historical, literary, ethnographic, philosophical, and digital approaches. We examine theology and religion in all its diversity and wrestle with today's living issues in dialogue with our complex histories.
Together we aim to transform lives — our own, our students', and those we encounter within and beyond the university.
Theology Degrees at SLU
Bachelor of Arts in Theological Studies
Bachelor of Arts in Catholic Studies
Bachelor of Arts in Greek and Latin Language and Literature
Undergraduate Minor in Theological Studies
Undergraduate Minor in Catholic Studies
Undergraduate Minor in Greek
Undergraduate Minor in Latin
Master of Arts in Religious Education (M.A.R.E.)
Master of Theological Studies (M.T.S.)
M.A.R.E/M.T.S Brochure
The Graduate Experience in Theology
Saint Louis University's graduate programs in theological studies train students to excel as educators, scholars, intellectuals, pastors, and leaders. Our faculty serve as mentors and develop graduate students in a program that balances shared knowledge of a field and the individual projects and career aspirations of its students. Our students acquire advanced research skills and disciplinary breadth through topical seminars and area-specific courses. Alongside SLU's cutting edge graduate curricula, the programs enable students to develop strong bonds with one another and with mentors, which sets a foundation for future work in a variety of institutions both within and outside the academy.
Dissertations and Placements
During the past ten-year period, 22% of our Ph.D. graduates have accepted tenure-track positions within a range of institutional contexts, and an additional 36% have accepted teaching or administrative positions at research universities, religiously-affiliated colleges, and schools of religion and ministry. Our graduates have also gone on to direct non-profit organizations, teach religion and language courses at prestigious high schools, and serve as priests, pastors, and ministers in a variety of denominations.
Isaac Arten, "'To Remove Want and Tame this Ferocious Spirit': Property and Possession in Nineteenth-Century British Protestant Missionaries' Theological Anthropology" (Director: Mary Dunn)
Alec Arnold, "The Technologization of Sexual Desire and the Future of Ecstatic Embodiment: A Catholic Response to Transhumanist Sexuality" (Directors: Michael McClymond and Jeffrey Bishop)
Stephen Lawson, "Overcoming the Abyss: Erik Peterson's Eschatalogical Ecclesiology against Historicism and Anti-Historical Theology" (Director: Grant Kaplan) Assistant Professor of Theology, Austin Graduate School of Theology, Austin, TX
Charles Kim, "From Orator to Piscator: St. Augustine's Preaching of the Humble Word in the Sermones ad Populum" (Director: David Meconi, SJ)
Joshua Schendel, "'A Learned Dispute Among Friends': William Twisse (1578–1646) and John Owen (1616–1683) on the Necessity of Christ's Satisfaction" (Director: Michael McClymond) Executive Editor, Modern Reformation Magazine
Yvonne Angieri, "Honor Femini est in Matre Christi: Augustine of Hippo's View of Women Through The Lens of His Mariology" (Director: David Meconi, S.J.)
Stephen Lawson, A.B.D. (Director: Grant Kaplan)
Assistant Professor of Theology at Austin Graduate School of Theology, Austin, TX
Benjamin Winter, "Renewing Disciplines of the Mind: Philosophical Errors, Virtue, and the Soul's Journey to Wisdom in Vision One of Bonaventure's Collationes in Hexaëmeron" (Director: Jay Hammond)
Assistant Professor of Theology at Divine Word College, Epworth, IA
Scott Dermer, "Magna Gratiae Commendatio: Augustine's Teaching on Grace in the Tractates on the Gospel of John" (Director: Kenneth B. Steinhauser)
Chair, Department of Christian Ministry and Formation, MidAmerica Nazarene University, Olathe, KS
K.J. Drake, "Etiam Extra Carnem: The Origins and Development of the extra Calvinisticum from Zwingli to Early Reformed Orthodoxy" (Director: Michael J. McClymond)
Assistant Professor of History, Redeemer University College, Hamilton, ON
James A. Lee, "Neolutheranism and German Theological Wissenschaft: Adolf Harleß, August Vilmar, and Johannes Christian Konrad von Hofmann" (Director: Michael J. McClymond)
Assistant Professor of Church History, Concordia University Chicago, River Forest, IL
Adam Messer, "God and Gift in Origen of Alexandria" (Director: Peter Martens)
Gina Noia, "Reassessing Revisionist-Traditionalist Deadlock: A Dual Typology Toward More Fruitful Dialogue in Catholic Bioethics" (Director: Tobias Winright)
Assistant Professor of Theology and Resident Bioethicist, Belmont Abbey College, Belmont, North Carolina.
Becky Walker, "'Queen of the Virtues': Pastoral and Political Motivations for John Chrysostom's Exaltation of Almsgiving" (Director: Peter Martens)
T. Alexander Giltner, "The Lightness of Being: Illumination in the Philosophy and Theology of Saint Bonaventure" (Director: J. A. Wayne Hellmann, OFM Conv.)
Assistant Professor of Franciscan Theology, University of Saint Francis, Fort Wayne, IN
Blake A. Hartung, "'Stories of the Cross': Ephrem and His Exegesis in Fourth-Century Mesopotamia" (Director: Jeff Wickes)
Adjunct Professor, Saint Louis University & Kenrick-Glennon Seminary, St. Louis, MO; Fall 2019 update: Instructor of History of Christianity, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Zachary L. Kostopoulos, "Constructing Origen: Christian Biography in Late Antiquity" (Director: Peter Martens)
Upper School Faculty, Religious Studies Department, School of the Holy Child, Rye, NY
Matthew Muller, "The Inspired Bible in the Anglican Career of John Henry Newman" (Director: Ken Parker)
Assistant Professor, Benedictine College, Atchison, KS
Luke Townsend, "In genere signi: The Development of Thomas Aquinas's Doctrine of Sacramental Signification" (Director: J. A. Wayne Hellmann, OFM Conv.)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Theology, Marian University, Fond du Lac, WI
Jacob N. Van Sickle, "The Meaning of 'Male and Female' in St. Maximus the Confessor"
(Director: Peter Martens)
Priest-in-Charge, Protection of the Virgin Mary Orthodox Church (OCA), Crown Point, IN
Chih-Yin "Annie" Chen, "'Baptize the Trends': A Historical-Theological Analysis of Vincent Lebbe's Missiological Vision, 1900-1940" (Director: Ken Parker)
Mandarin Teacher, John Paul II Catholic School, Ridgeland, SC
Andrew Creighton Chronister, "Doctor traditionum: Augustine and Appeals to Tradition in the Pelagian Controversy" (Director: David Meconi, S.J.)
Assistant Professor, Kenrick-Glennon Seminary, St. Louis, MO
Elissa A. Cutter, "The Early Modern Abbess as Théologienne: The Theology and Spirituality of Mother Angélique Arnauld" (Director: Ken Parker)
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Georgian Court University, Lakewood, NJ
Jonathan S. King, "Theology under Another Form: Hans Urs von Balthasar's Formation and Writings as a Germanist" (Director: Ken Parker)
Theology Teacher, Fenwick High School, Oak Park, IL
Ryan "Bud" Marr, "To Be Perfect Is to Have Changed Often: The Development of John Henry Newman's Ecclesiological Vision, 1845-1877" (Director: Ken Parker)
Adjunct professor, Mercy College of Health Sciences, Des Moines, IA
Erick H. Hedrick-Moser, "The Formation of Jean Daniélou's Vision for Catholicism in Secular France, 1925-1950" (Director: Ken Parker)
High School Teacher, Central Catholic High School, San Antonio, TX
Rev. Michael Pahls, "School of the Prophets: John Henry Newman's Anglican Schola and the Ecclesial Vocation of the Theologian" (Director: Ken Parker)
Adjunct professor of theology, Christian Brothers University, Memphis, TN; († May 29, 2019, requiescat in pace)
Alden Bass, "Fifth Century Donatist Catechesis: An Introduction to the Vienna Homilies of ÖNB lat. ms. 4147" (Director: Kenneth B. Steinhauser)
Assistant Professor, Oklahoma Christian University, Edmond, OK
Christine Baudin Hernandez, "From 'supernaturlizing' to Liberation: The Maryknoll Sisters in Nicaragua, 1945-1975" (Director: Angelyn Dries)
Theology Faculty, St. Agnes Academy, Houston, TX
Jared Isaac Goff, "Caritas in Primo: A Historical Theological Study of Bonaventure's Quaestiones Disputatae de Mysterio Ss. Trinitatis" (Director: J. A. Wayne Hellmann, OFM Conv.)
Professor of Theology at Mount Angel Seminary; on-line instructor for the Distance MA Program, Cyril and Methodius Byzantine Catholic Seminary
Gerardo Rodríguez, "Movements in the Soul: The Appropriation and Transformation of Stoic Theories on Impressions in the Theology of Philo, Clement and Origen" (Director: Kenneth B. Steinhauser)
Assistant Professor, Carroll College, Helena, MT; Fall 2017 update: Assistant Professor, St. Norbert's College, De Pere, WI
Andrew C. Russell, "None of Self, and All of Thee: The Keswick Movement at Home and Abroad" (Director: Michael J. McClymond)
Adjunct Professor, Bethel University, St. Paul, MN
Kyle Anthony Schenkewitz, "Dorotheus of Gaza and the discourse of healing in the monastic school of Gaza" (Director: Kenneth B. Steinhauser)
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Mount Saint Joseph University, Cincinnati, OH.
C. Michael Shea: "Newman's Early Legacy: Giovanni Perrone and Roman Readings of 'An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine,' 1845-1854" (Director: Ken Parker)
Core Teaching Fellow, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ
Ben D. Wayman, "Pronoia and Diodore of Tarsus' Theological Exegesis of Psalms 1-50" (Director: Kenneth B. Steinhauser)
James F. and Leona N. Andrews Chair in Christian Unity & Assistant Professor, Greenville College, Greenville, IL
Eric R. Wickman, "The Development of the Soteriology of Hilary of Poitiers" (Director: Kenneth B. Steinhauser)
Adjunct Professor, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Belton, TX; contracted writer for the Bible Study series with BaptistWay Press
Hudson Russell Davis, "The Negro a Beast: Nachash Theology and the Nineteenth Century American Re-Making of Negro Origins" (Director: Michael McClymond)
Assistant Professor, Jordan Evangelical Theological Seminary, Amman, Jordan
Lisa-Marie Cipolla Duffield, "Alcuin's 'Vitae' of Saints Willibrord, Vaast, Riquier, and Martin: Conversion in the Carolingian Expansion" (Director: James Ginther)
Daniel Dewayne Dunivan, "Toward a Re-Envisioned Baptist History: Manipulation and Marginalization in the Union of Historiography and Identity" (Director: Belden Lane)
Dean of the Chapman School of Religious Studies and Chapman Seminary, Oakland City University, Oakland City, IN
George E. Faithful, "Mothering of the Fatherland: Basilea Schlink's Ecumenical Sisterhood of Mary and Her Anti-Nazi Theology of Intercessory Repentance" (Director: Michael McClymond)
Assistant Professor, Dominican University, San Rafael, CA
Daniel John Handschy, "Eucharistic Sacrifice and Apostolic Order: American Contributions to the Ecclesiology of the Oxford Movement" (Director: Ken Parker)
Director of Episcopal Studies, Eden Seminary
Donna R. Hawk-Reinhard, "From Christianoi to Christoforoi: The Role of the Eucharist in Christian Identity Formation according to Cyril of Jerusalem" (Director: Kenneth B. Steinhauser)
Professor, Institute for Worship Studies, Orange Park, FL
Timothy R. LeCroy, "The Role of Corpus in the Eucharistic Theology of Paschasius Radbertus" (Director: James Ginther)
Senior Pastor of Grace and Peace Fellowship, St. Louis, MO
Noël Wayne Pretila, "Re-Appropriating 'Marvelous Fables': Justin Martyr's Strategic Retrieval of Myth in '1 Apology'" (Director: Kenneth B. Steinhauser)
Department of Religion, Chaminade College Prep, St. Louis, MO
Inta Ivanovska, "The Demonology of Saint Augustine of Hippo" (Director: Kenneth B. Steinhauser)
Paul Andrew Patterson, "Visions of Christ: The Anthropomorphite Controversy of 399 CE" (Director: Kenneth B. Steinhauser)
Assistant Director, Workday & Summer Teams, Restore St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
Tomás O'Sullivan, " 'Predicationes Palatinae': The Sermons in Vat. Pal. Lat. 220 as an Insular Resource for the Christianization of Early Medieval Germany" (Director: James Ginther)
Teaching Fellow in Theology and Religious Studies, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, Ireland
John Halsey Wood, Jr., "Going Dutch in the Modern Age: Abraham Kuyper's Struggle for a Free Church in the Nineteenth-Century Netherlands" (Director: Michael McClymond)
Catherine Anne Scine, "Early Dominicans on the Apocalypse: A Reading of the 1260s Apocalypse Commentary of Peter of Tarentaise" (Director: James Ginther)
Latin Teacher, Veritas Classical School, St. Augustine, FL
Jonathan Hall Barlow, " 'Read This That Others Read Not Thee': Francis Spira and Apostasy in the English Reformed Tradition (1618-1652)" (Director: Ken Parker)
Associate Director of Software Architecture and Development, National Strategic Planning and Analysis Research Center, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS
Recent Seminars in Christianity in Antiquity
Facility in ancient languages is an essential skill for sophisticated research into Christianity in antiquity. We help our students acquire these skills by offering advanced, seminar-style reading courses in Greek, Latin and Syriac. Students spend two semesters studying late antique Greek, and a third semester studying late antique and early medieval Latin. In their fourth semester, students have the option of taking a second semester of Latin, or a semester of Syriac (introductory, intermediate, or advanced, depending on student needs).
Alexandria and Antioch: Late Antique Exegetical Cultures (Peter Martens)
Antiochene Scriptural Exegesis (Peter Martens)
Atonement: Past and Present (Peter Martens and Eleonore Stump)
Church and State (David Meconi, S.J.)
Ephrem and the Syriac Bible (Jeff Wickes)
The Fall of the Soul: Origen and Early Christian Anthropology (Peter Martens)
Judaism & Christianity in Antiquity: Textual & Comparative Approaches (James Redfield)
Literature and the Late Antique Cult of the Saints (Jeff Wickes)
The Psalms in the Early Church (David Meconi, S.J.)
Wilderness Traditions in Early Judaism and Christianity (Daniel Smith)
Recent Seminars in Christian Theology
Black Theology and Its Critics (Leonard McKinnis)
Catholic Theological Bioethics (Tobias Winright)
Foundations, History, and Methods of Catholic Moral Theology (Tobias Winright)
Intimacies: Intersubjectivity and the Formation of the Religious Subject in the Modern Christian West (Mary Dunn)
Modern Virtue: From Aquinas to Emerson and Beyond (Emily Dumler-Winckler)
Global Pentecostalism (Michael J. McClymond)
Political Theology (Ruben Rosario-Rodriguez)
Professional Development Seminars
Our department takes seriously the professionalization of our students. We recognize the contemporary academic environment demands that students negotiate in an increasingly competitive and diverse world, in which the acquisition of a Ph.D. can lead to a variety of careers. With this in mind, we require our Ph.D. students to attend biweekly professional development seminars that occur during our regular Tuesday brown bag lunch hour. These seminars cover a range of topics, such as navigating conferences, publishing a first book or article, and preparing for the academic job market, as well as how to translate and transfer skills honed in the course of Ph.D. work within professional contexts beyond the tenure track.
Presentations from the 2018-19 series, "Alt-Ac," sponsored by the Carpenter Foundation, are available on the SLU Theology Youtube channel.
Colloquia in Christianity in Antiquity and Christian Theology
Training students to carry out academic research at the highest levels is one of the primary tasks we set for faculty as mentors and teachers. Much of this development takes place in the classroom, but we have crafted additional spaces in our department for advanced reading and development of graduate student work. Each semester students from the two areas of the doctoral program meet in faculty homes to discuss student work. Students submit a paper in advance—either a piece for an upcoming conference, an article in preparation, or a chapter from the dissertation—and gather with their peers and faculty over a potluck meal for a rigorous and collegial discussion.
Required Undergraduate Courses in Theology
Most undergraduate students at Saint Louis University are required to take theology.
The first course, THEO 1000: Theological Foundations, introduces students to the God of revelation within the Judeo-Christian tradition. They examine faith and its implications for living a human life, respecting creation and pursuing beauty and truth. This is done within an ecumenical and global context, examining other world religions and various social realities.
Subsequent courses focus more on specific aspects of Christian or other religious traditions and address the important social and moral issues of our day.
Beginning in Fall 2022, all incoming SLU undergraduates—regardless of major, program, college or school—will complete the University Core curriculum.
Learn More About the SLU Core Curriculum
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Counterpart International's Opening Launch for USDA-funded McGovern-Dole and Local and Regional Procurement Projects
By Jessica Kanya-Ngambi
After a year of meticulous planning, the day finally arrived for the launch of Counterpart International's USDA-funded McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition (McGovern-Dole) and Local and Regional Food Aid Procurement (LRP) projects on April 18th, 2019.
Celebrated in the heart of Senegal's former capital, Saint-Louis, the much-anticipated full-day workshop gathered over 200 critical project stakeholders, including U.S. Ambassador Tulinabo Salama Mushingi, Counterpart President and CEO Dr. Joan Parker, Ministry of National Education members, USDA staff, the Counterpart team, and partner representatives from NCBA-CLUSA, Associates in Research & Education for Development, and Save the Children. Saint-Louis community leaders, teachers, and students were also in attendance to discuss the importance of sustainability and graduation for this second phase of the project.
The McGovern-Dole project will focus on improving student attendance rates across the previously-targeted 270 preschools and primary schools by providing nutritious daily school meals; improving dietary practices, school infrastructure, access to sanitation, and literacy skills; and building the capacity of government personnel to guide, implement, and maintain school feeding programs.
The LRP project, which supports Counterpart's USDA-funded feeding program, will increase the capacity of schools and the government to efficiently procure local commodities. The project's objectives are to strengthen the producer group's ability to provide high-quality, nutritious goods, improve the nutrition of students, and procure cow pea and millet to support the capacity of selected communities to produce orange flesh sweet potatoes and mung beans for purchase by schools as a part of providing school meals.
Both McGovern-Dole and LRP projects support the overarching goal of ensuring that school management committees can serve as a sustainable pathway to community-led school feeding, even after support from USDA comes to an end. This will involve establishing a national-level implementation strategy to expand the capacity and commitment at all levels, from schools to districts to the national level.
The crisp and sunny morning began with a moving skit by preschoolers from Fidei Dagana preschool, a Counterpart beneficiary school in Saint-Louis, depicting the importance of school meals for their learning and development. In the scene, while a "teacher" is repeating his lesson, one "student" faints from overwhelming hunger, unable to continue. It is not until Counterpart's school meal intervention that the student was able to be adequately fed and could now excel in school. The skit ends with a standing ovation from the audience as the students expressed gratitude to Counterpart for their continued support, chanting "thank you" in their local language Wolof, "Jërejëf Counterpart International," a sentiment that was continuously expressed throughout the event by community members.
Soon after the performance, the moderator, Mr. El Hadji Ndiaye, introduced the aforementioned stakeholders and provided the background of the project, addressing the graduation and sustainability focus. Following this introduction, Dr. Joan Parker, thanked members of the Senegalese government, USDA, U.S. Ambassador Mushingi, as well as the Saint-Louis community stakeholders, for working with Counterpart to promote inclusive and quality education in preschools and primary schools. She noted that since 2008, the McGovern-Dole projects have served over 18,000,000 meals to 45,000 children in 270 schools and have trained over 800 cooks on safe food preparation and storage, child health, and nutrition. She reinforced that:
"It is only through efficient collaboration and cooperation, that we will be able to achieve our shared objectives. Building a sustainable school feeding system brings us to the core of Counterpart's vision and work around the globe and to the main objective of today's workshop. We are all gathered here to lay the foundation, exchange ideas, and discuss ways to turn this vision into a reality. A reality that will provide thousands of children with daily meals with high nutrition values, and more importantly a fair chance to succeed not only in school but as active members of society. A lot has already been done for school feeding in Senegal, but many challenges remain. We are convinced that our approach of working together from conception through the project life cycle will yield results and allow us to achieve the objectives that brought us together."
After Dr. Parker's speech, Ambassador Mushingi warmly greeted the audience in French, Wolof, and English, making sure that all present were welcomed. Ambassador Mushingi continued by thanking Counterpart and the Senegalese government on behalf of the U.S. government and reiterated the graduation expectations of this launch. "Each U.S. government administration that has come understands the benefits of such programs like McGovern-Dole but also realizes that the U.S. government cannot be there indefinitely, which is no secret," said Mushingi. He congratulated the Senegalese government for their efforts and willingness to improve the country's educational system and referred to the children's skit:
"The children that we just saw, even if they did not say it, hope to one day be where we are. We all know that when nature will eventually take its course we will not stay in our positions forever, and inshallah it is these children that will replace us. For this to happen we will have to take care of them now. By improving the educational system, you are giving the children of the world the chance to dream of a better future."
Following the Ambassador's inspiring remarks, the representative from the Ministry of National Education's School Canteen Division, Mr. El Hadji Seck, reminded the audience of the unfortunate reality that often happens too many times in communities after projects like these come to an end: a sense of dependency that halts all previous efforts. He reinforced the importance of an autonomous communal mindset and continued engagement to exceed expectations after the project ends.
To achieve sustainability, Katheryn Lane, Counterpart Sustainability and Graduation Consultant, advised that three components must be met: successful resource mobilization, management, and logistics by the Senegalese government.
As the event ended, a USDA representative shared lessons learned from other McGovern-Dole projects around the world. She noted that Kenya's success story as the leader in school canteen sustainability was due in part by the government's requirement of its schools to allocate at least 16.4% of its budget to school feeding programs. When asked by an audience member why Kenya was so successful, she stated, "at the end of the day, it all came down to politics." The Kenyan national and local government's strong collaboration and engagement facilitated the passing of this law, which allowed Kenya to achieve this success.
Upon hearing this, community members in the audience began expressing the need for a school canteen law to the representatives from the Ministry of National Education, prompting a much-needed dialogue that will hopefully continue throughout the life of the project.
The opening launch and graduation workshop in Saint-Louis provided a unique and much-appreciated opportunity for peer learning and sharing for the project's stakeholders. Participants could not stop raving about the quality of the discussions. These included topics covering the gradual shift towards exclusive use of locally-produced commodities in school feeding to sharing lessons learned from various McGovern-Dole projects, demonstrating the power of collaboration for the common good.

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A Day in the Life of Mrs. Bettie Kennedy-Watts
by Sheila Adams | Nov 15, 2018 | Homepage Featured, Lufkin ISD | 0 comments
Mrs. Bettie Kennedy-Watts is a constant in the lives of the students at Dunbar Primary. She has been in the front office as secretary/administrative assistant for the past 19 years.
She said, "I couldn't see myself anywhere else. It's a great place to work. I didn't realize it had been that long!"
She began working at Dunbar the year after the campus changed from a seventh grade campus to a first and second grade campus. Mrs. Watts, along with so many others, went to Dunbar in seventh grade, and she fondly remembers the trek across the road to go to speech class.
Dunbar Primary has been home to Mrs. Watts and her family for many, many years. Her parents, the late Rev. Bettie Kennedy and the late Oscar Kennedy, were teachers when it was Dunbar High School.
She said, "My dad was a coach. They also went to school there before integration."
Mrs. Watts was a 1985 graduate of Lufkin High School where she was in the band directed by the late Mr. Waymon Bullock, the namesake of the current band hall. She played the clarinet and the bass clarinet.
She said, "I was the band historian. I learned how to play clarinet in the seventh grade."
After high school, she got married and moved to Colorado then England, because her husband at the time was in the military. They were stationed in England for three years.
She said, "It was wonderful. It was great. I was a coordinator for the before-and-after-school program on the military base. I had to learn how to drive on the wrong side of the road. I scared my mom to death, because I tried to drive on the wrong side of the road when I got back into the states. Thankfully, it was a two-lane road!"
At the time, they lived on the air force base. During the summer, she would create events for the school program. She eventually moved to New Mexico for two years, then to East Texas where she worked at Lufkin Day Care in the classroom and as a van driver taking kids to and from school.
Her first job with the school district was a custodial job at Kurth Primary. Being at Kurth Primary gave her opportunities to get into the clerical business and to start working with children.
She said, "The principal was Ken St. Ama. He hired me to work with at-risk kids and as an at-risk coordinator. I loved that. Georgia Balch and Annette Tompkins were there then. If it weren't for those two, I wouldn't be where I am today. I owe them a lot of gratitude. Georgia was the secretary, and Annette was the receptionist. I would fill in for them when they were out."
She spent four years at Kurth Primary and came to Dunbar Primary in 1998.
Mrs. Watts was one of ten children, being number nine in the line up. She says her siblings would say she was the bossy one. Mrs. Watts has four adult children of her own, two boys and two girls.
Arriving at 7:30 a.m., Mrs. Watts has a very important job first thing in the morning.
She said, "I go straight to the cafeteria and make coffee for the grannies who work at Dunbar. I'll be in trouble if I don't get their coffee made. They're like family."
Currently, there are four grannies working at Dunbar Primary. After her coffee duty, Mrs. Watts hits the ground running.
She said, "It's a new day every day. We have events, we get kids where they need to be, help them to stop crying. I bond with these babies. Some kids, I'm the only one who can help them to stop crying. I just talk to them and love on them. Sometimes they need to talk or just need a hug."
Outside of the school day, Mrs. Watts spends most of her time working with the church through youth and women ministries. She sings in the choir at Abundant Life, and she loves to spend time with her family. She and her husband, Anthony, a US Air Force veteran, have been married 15 years.
Mrs. Watts, "Boo" as her parents called her, is also known for her giving heart and compassion for others, lessons that she learned from her parents.
"Both my parents instilled the scriptures in me, that love of God. My mother was a church minister at Collins Chapel. My mother grew up doing and giving, that was what her life was all about. She learned that from her mother. We didn't have a choice. I've told my children the same thing," she said.
While reminiscing about her mother, Mrs. Watts said that this is a hard time of year. Her mother would be busy getting names of the needy to give boxes of food for the Lufkin Community Food Drive for Thanksgiving.
She said, "I may have her name, but I could never fill her shoes. It's going to take a whole community to fill her shoes."
Her mother was known for doing dramatic portrayals of key historical figures like Harriet Tubman and Corretta Scott King at schools and community events. Mrs. Watts said she was so convincing that some people thought that Martin Luther King was her daddy.
Mrs. Watts loves to participate in the women's ministry at church. The ladies meet each month for fellowship and devotion.
She said, "As women, we are tugged and pulled in so many directions. We have to learn how to be flexible, sit, and breathe."
What a gift to our Dunbar Primary family to see the face of Bettie Kennedy-Watts in the mornings. We thank you for your example of giving and gratitude.


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Mullaperiyar water level touches 142 feet
Kumaly: After a gap of three-and-a-half decades, the water level in the Mullaperiyar dam touched the 142-ft mark in the wee hours of Friday.
The rising water level has raised concern over the safety of thousands of people living downstream. The situation has deteriorated further as Tamil Nadu slowed down the intake of water from the dam.
On Thursday morning, the water level in the reservoir had stood at 141.85 feet with storage capacity of 7,599 mcft.
Meanwhile, Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharati has called a meeting of water resources ministers of Tamil Nadu and Kerala to discuss the issue of rising water level in the Mullaperiyar dam.
"I have called for a meeting of both the states' representatives Saturday (in Delhi) and have also decided to include the Central Water Commission to discuss the rising water level in the Mullaperiyar dam," she said in New Delhi.
Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said Kerala always had very good relations with Tamil Nadu and he would seek the help of the Supreme Court and the National Green Tribunal to find a solution to this problem.
"Certainly fears are there for the people who live in and around the dam. We are sure that we will be able to defuse the crisis," said Chandy.
Kerala has been insisting that the level be maintained at 136 feet while Tamil Nadu wants to raise it to 142 feet. Tamil Nadu takes water from the reservoir for irrigation purposes in five districts.
The Supreme Court had earlier this year rejected Kerala's demand for a new dam in place of the 120-year-old reservoir and upheld Tamil Nadu's stand to peg the level up to 142 feet.
Political parties in Tamil Nadu have been pressing the AIADMK government to increase the level, while expressing concern over Kerala knocking at the doors of the apex court again on November 15, seeking to lower the level and divert the surplus to Vaigai dam near Madurai.


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nature neuroscience
Receptive field structure varies with layer in the primary visual cortex
Luis M Martinez1,
Qingbo Wang2,
R Clay Reid3,
Cinthi Pillai2,
José-Mañuel Alonso4,
Friedrich T Sommer5 &
Judith A Hirsch2
Nature Neuroscience volume 8, pages 372–379 (2005)Cite this article
Here we ask whether visual response pattern varies with position in the cortical microcircuit by comparing the structure of receptive fields recorded from the different layers of the cat's primary visual cortex. We used whole-cell recording in vivo to show the spatial distribution of visually evoked excitatory and inhibitory inputs and to stain individual neurons. We quantified the distribution of 'On' and 'Off' responses and the presence of spatially opponent excitation and inhibition within the receptive field. The thalamorecipient layers (4 and upper 6) were dominated by simple cells, as defined by two criteria: they had separated On and Off subregions, and they had push-pull responses (in a given subregion, stimuli of the opposite contrast evoked responses of the opposite sign). Other types of response profile correlated with laminar location as well. Thus, connections unique to each visual cortical layer are likely to serve distinct functions.
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Figure 1: Receptive fields with a push-pull arrangement of synaptic inputs.
Figure 2: Receptive fields with push-push or push-null configurations.
Figure 3: The spatial arrangement of On and Off subregions in cortical receptive fields.
Figure 4: Excitation and inhibition within single subregions of the receptive field.
Figure 5: Correlation between receptive field structure and cortical layer.
Figure 7: Laminar distribution of receptive fields with push-pull.
Figure 6: Comparison of subregion overlap and push-pull.
Figure 8: Morphology and receptive field structure.
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Department of Medicine, Campus de Oza, Universidad A Coruña, 15006, Spain
Luis M Martinez
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, 3641 Watt Way, Los Angeles, 90089-2520, California, USA
Qingbo Wang, Cinthi Pillai & Judith A Hirsch
Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, 220 Longwood Ave., Boston, 02115, Massachusetts, USA
R Clay Reid
Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York College of Optometry, 33 West 42nd St., New York, 10036, New York, USA
José-Mañuel Alonso
Redwood Neuroscience Institute, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park, 94025, California, USA
Friedrich T Sommer
Qingbo Wang
Cinthi Pillai
Judith A Hirsch
Correspondence to Judith A Hirsch.
The authors declare no competing financial interests.
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Proposed Classroom Set-Up Draws Protests From Teachers
The issue of whether 3 feet is adequate spacing between desks in certain instances caused the Board of Education to seek further clarification from the DOE.
By Suevon Lee / July 9, 2020
Dozens of teachers protested school reopening plans at the Hawaii Board of Education's meeting Thursday. The teachers say the school reopening framework is lax and unsafe at a time Hawaii is seeing record daily highs of new coronavirus cases.
Among the concerns that drew nearly 3,000 pages of written testimony in recent days is a plan to let students sit 3 feet apart when they return to the classroom next month.
A memorandum of understanding between the Hawaii State Teachers Association and DOE reached two weeks ago says "schools and worksites shall work to minimize the risk of COVID-19 spread" by "maintaining six feet or two arms' length (whichever is longer) of separation between and among students and staff members in meeting spaces, hallways, and exterior school grounds whenever possible."
But last week, when the DOE unveiled a school reopening plan that indicated 3 feet between desks facing the same way was acceptable, and that a face mask was not required in the classroom, HSTA president Corey Rosenlee shot it down as "ludicrous" and "dangerous."
A classroom that reopens in the fall will likely hold more students than a summer school classroom as seen here at Kaneohe Elementary last month. Cory Lum/Civil Beat
He called upon the state's 13,700 teachers to "inundate" the education board ahead of its meeting Thursday with testimony to mandate the 6-feet rule. The meeting ended up lasting more than four hours.
Some board members were clearly uncomfortable with the outpouring of testimony, grilling school Superintendent Christina Kishimoto on the conflicting guidance from DOE and the MOU on appropriate spacing between students.
"It was my understanding, 6 feet whenever possible — that 6 feet would be the norm, and anything other than that would be the exception rather than the rule," board member Kaimana Barcarse said during the meeting.
Kishimoto said the DOE was relying on a state Department of Health "sign off" that "3 to 6 feet is still possible under health and safety conditions with the right modifications."
DOE Superintendent Christina Kishimoto. Cory Lum/Civil Beat
Indeed, in a DOH webinar for school principals and administrators hosted by state epidemiologist Sarah Park last week, Park — a pediatrician — directly addressed the spacing confusion, saying less than 6 feet was OK as long as they're "all facing the same direction and in their seats."
"It's a controlled setting. They're faced all in the same direction and in that instance, we felt we could be comfortable with 3 feet of distance," she told the participants. "If they're facing each other, then we're talking about 6 feet of distance."
Guidance at all levels is mixed. Even the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Academy of Pediatrics — which made an official statement this week urging students to be physically present in school as much as possible — diverge on what is appropriate.
CDC recommends desks be spaced 6 feet apart while AAP said 3 feet is OK if a greater distance is not possible.
In written testimony to the board, the Hawaii chapter of AAP underscored that its parent organization favors reopening of schools due to the "health and social risks to keeping children at home."
But the organization recommended masks be worn especially for older children.
Kishimoto acknowledged Thursday that the spacing issue needs clarification and "more conversation outside of this board meeting."
"We know we're going to turn away a lot of families from that in-person opportunity as we reopen schools," she said. "This is one of those things that if there are two different ways we are looking at that item, we need to meet again."
The board on Thursday deferred approval of the MOU between DOE and HSTA, saying the two groups need to hash out a better understanding of what is safe and expected.
In a statement afterward, HSTA's Rosenlee said the deferral "doesn't stop the memorandum of understanding which is already in effect" and that HSTA is "still committed to protect the health and safety of our keiki and educators by maintaining six feet of social distancing and ensuring face coverings as both parties agreed to."
Schools Announce Reopen Models
The board's discussion of the DOE's school reopen framework took place a day after all 257 DOE schools decided which instructional model they'll use for the 2020-21 school year, which officially starts Aug. 4.
Many schools are opting for a blended instructional model, in which alternating groups of students switch between virtual and in-person learning to minimize the number of people on campus on any given day.
Many DOE schools have chosen to go with a blended model of in-person and virtual instruction for the 2020-21 school year. Cory Lum
Some schools, especially those at the elementary level, have opted for a full in-person instructional model, meaning all students will be at school full-time during the week.
One of those schools is Manoa Elementary, a K-5 school with about 500 students and 32 teachers, whose strong academic reputation draws 20% of the student body from outside the geographic district of the school.
The DOE has advised that in-person instruction be prioritized for lower grade levels, such as PreK-2, and also high-needs students.
In a July 8 letter posted to the school website, Manoa Elementary Principal Ryan Kusuda wrote that "with the cooperation of our amazing teachers, we will be able to open up our school year with all students on campus, every day, during normal school hours," with "significant modifications to school procedures" to account for health and safety concerns.
A survey circulated among DOE parents received 32,000 responses, Kishimoto added at Thursday's meeting, with 84% expressing a preference for in-person instruction over distance learning.
She remarked on the parents' concerns of social and emotional issues after having their kids out of school for so long.
"While we are making these difficult decisions around how many kids we can educate every day in person, we have had kids out of school since March 16, when they went on spring break," she said.
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Oh language! Do we want to go down the route of there being no rules, just a few nebulous suggestions which change over time? Are we like the freethinking parents at sports day who declare that every child wins because they are all special? Or are we on the side of traditionalists who don't split infinitives and who think anyone using a preposition at the end of a sentence should be publicly flogged?
The problem is that there are so many examples of the rules of English changing over time, or being very different depending on who is doing the speaking, that it's almost impossible to give a simple yes or no answer to any grammatical question.
So when we ask, Which is correct, on foot or by foot, it's not all that easy to say.
Ask Michael Swan the grammarian and he will tell you we go on foot also. Ask Google n-grams and it will tell you that around 90% of writing prefers on foot.
And check n-grams again and they tell you about 10% of modern English writing has by foot.
So which is it to be? You are in your TEFL class and a student asks you. What do you say?
then there's a strong possibility that they could be marked down. Who knows if the teacher sitting there marking their exam paper is that same traditionally minded professor, doing some extra work for the glory of it?
So let's keep this simple and say that on foot is never wrong and by foot could be wrong and could cost your student marks.
Descriptive vs Prescriptive Grammars – Talking about language and making rules. Or not.


Chocolate chip cookies are the number one dessert request in our house - hands down they are Justin's favorite cookie. He would have no problem eating cookies for breakfast, lunch and dinner....come to think of it he sometimes does. Years ago, when we first started dating he bought me a Kitchen Aide Stand Mixer under the one condition that I bake him chocolate chip cookies once a week. I didn't quite live up to that promise, it's more like once a month, sometimes every other week in the Fall + Winter months.
When baking chocolate chip cookies I like to experiment a bit // different combinations of flours and add ins mostly. I have had a bag of almond flour from NOW Foods that I haven't been quite sure what to do with - so I tossed a bit into my standard cookie recipe, replacing the quick oats it calls for. I also had some dates on hand and thought why not - a couple, nicely chopped went in too.
It was a good call - for both equally. I love the caramel undertones of the dates and the almond flour gives nice structure to the cookies.
Justin prefers a softer cookie so I made this batch with brown sugar. Often times I will use a combination of brown sugar and white sugar for a crisper cookie. For a super crisp cookie you can use straight up white sugar.
Since we moved I cannot tell you how many times I have relocated my box of homemade Pure Vanilla Extract...now I can't find it. Since I ran out about a month ago and can't find my stash, I have bee relying on my ground vanilla from Laza that I received in my Globe In Box - it has been a lifesaver.
Mini chocolate chips, chocolate chips or a chopped up chocolate bar work in this recipe. I just so happened to have a bag of mini chips on hand so that is what I used.
The nice thing about these cookies, they bake up in no time - perfect for when you want to surprise someone you love with a plate full of cookies.
scrapping down sides if needed..
flours are integrated into the butter sugar mix. Slowly stir or fold in the chocolate chips+dates.
baking sheets may be needed.
crispy. Remove from oven and allow to cool on the pan for at least 5 minutes prior to serving.
Beautiful photos for a great recipe!
What happens to the dates when you bake them in the cookies?
They taste like little bits a caramel!
Looking forward to making these! Have not cooked with dates before.
Was wondering if other flours would work besides Almond?
Thank you 😄 looks grate!!


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Vic Mensa's 'The Autobiography' Paints A Poignant Portrait Of An Artist In Progress
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Before there was Chance The Rapper, there was Vic Mensa.
While Chance and Vic both came under the wing of Kanye West, and have similar tales of succumbing to the pitfalls of sudden fame and wealth, Chance emerged all the brighter for his time spent in the crucible, releasing Coloring Book to mass acclaim (and eventual, inevitable backlash). However, Vic languished on a label that couldn't seem to figure out what to do with him, dropping a series of EPs and mixtapes that didn't seem to go anywhere, and ended up in a downward spiral of legal issues and personal crises, even coming to seemingly resent his one-time friend and musical partner. Thankfully, it seems he's finally shaken off the depression and addiction that had almost taken him and his musical brother off the path to stardom to create The Autobiography, on which he details the trials that tested his resolve, pushed him to the edge, and forged him into a stronger musician and person.
Vic was the original Chicago wiz kid, by way of teenage blues/rock band Kids These Days. Forming in 2009 with members Liam Cunningham, Macie Stewart, Lane Beckstrom, Greg Landfair, Nico Segal (aka Donnie Trumpet), J.P. Floyd, and Rajiv Halim, the Kids stunned with a mashup garage rock fusion that sounded like if Jay-Z had made Collision Course with The Black Keys instead of Linkin Park, and it came with a smooth shot of Coltrane laid on top. Unfortunately, the band dissolved in 2013, right around the same time Chance dropped Acid Rap and began his ascent into rap's stratosphere. Meanwhile, Vic's Innanetape barely made a splash, and his career began to sputter.
The Autobiography is aptly titled; from its opening tracks, Vic details the ups, downs, crises, and successes of his life so far — as well as their effects on his psyche. "Memories On 47th St." is the most straightforward of these efforts, as Vic launches into a pair of narratives of formative experiences: The first time he encountered racial profiling from the police, and his first time getting high with classmates who may not have had his best interests at heart. "Rollin' Like A Stoner" extends this into its natural end: Vic's eventual addiction to pills and alcohol as he tried and failed to escape his problems instead of coping.
The album really picks up at "Homewrecker," with the unlikely feature of alt-rock band Weezer, as Vic addresses his past relationship with ex-girlfriend Natalie Wright. Spooling off a yarn about getting caught cheating, he turns the title into a clever pun, calling himself the home wrecker in the traditional sense, then flipping it as his partner "flipped the kitchen table and broke a water glass," in her pursuit of the other woman. Patrick Cuomo comes in at the very end with his home-brewed brand of strained emoting, turning the refrain into a plaintive appeal: "I wanna go back, home wrecker."
Vic continues to spill about Wright on "Coffee & Cigarettes," with gut punches like, "We wrote our names beneath the bridge / To be sure that the city never forgot us / Who woulda known you'd be so quick to forget about me?" demonstrating his gift for reeling in listeners' emotions and making them resonate with his own. He takes a page out of label boss Jay-Z's page, confessing his own shortcomings even as he exhausts the full range of regrets that normally comes with a break-up.
The highlight of the album, however, comes on "Heaven On Earth," the most affecting track on the thirteen-track effort (fifteen, including bonus tracks). Framed as a series of letters to and about his murdered friend Cam (aka DARE), "Heaven On Earth" takes the perspectives of three people involved and synthesizes them into an apology, an indictment, and an absolution all at once. In the first verse, he writes to Cam, saying, "I'm tearing up man, it's hard to put this sh*t in words / It's like Macklemore at the Grammy's, man / I just feel like you got some sh*t you didn't deserve." In the second, he writes as Cam, admonishing himself to "stay off them drugs man/ They no good for you / I see you in that bathroom stall, suicidal with that gun in hand / How could you wanna die? Sh*t is so good for you." The third verse is the real kicker, though, as Vic writes from the perspective of Cam's killer in a bid to humanize and sympathize with someone he has every right to hate. Many rappers have addressed survivor's guilt, depression and suicide, but rarely in such as a way as to evoke humanity and empathy for all parties involved and with so much accountability for their own irresponsible failures to cope in the aftermath.
But Vic finds a way to acknowledge his failures, his pain, his guilt, and his sense of feeling destined for greater and turns it into a fire, motivating himself on "The Fire Next Time," borrowing the title from James Baldwin's 1963 collection of essays about racism and religion in America. He sings the hook as a benediction, "Out of the fire I found a fire inside / You can see the pain still alive in my eyes / I've loved and I've lost, through heaven and hell / Turn they back on me too many times to turn back now."
With a murderer's row of producers including 1500 or Nothin', BOOTS, Carter Lang, DJ Dahi, Da Internz, Larrance Dopson, Mike Dean, No I.D., Om'Mas Keith, Papi Beatz, Pharrell Williams, Smoko Ono, The-Dream, Tricky Stewart, and Young Chop, The Autobiography is Vic's fullest product to date, yet it still feels… unfinished. Despite growling guitar solos, and soaring strings, there is a prevailing sense that Vic is still searching for a sound, a persona, a complete being through this album that he never quite finds by the end. But maybe that's the point; if The Autobiography is about Vic Mensa finding himself, then it makes perfect sense that the album doesn't feel quite complete. Vic, like all of us, sees himself as a work in progress.
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import { ALL_COCKTAIL_PER_PAGE, cocktails } from '../constant'
import { normalizes, delay } from '../services/tools-fun'

const res = normalizes(cocktails)
// const total = Math.ceil(idList.length / ALL_COCKTAIL_PER_PAGE) - 1

export default {
  namespace: 'cocktail',
  state: {
    list: res.list,
    idList: res.idList,
    page: null,
    // currentList
    cls: [],
    total: 1,
    hasMore: true
  },
  reducers: {
    updateCLs(state, action) {
      const { idList, total } = state
      const { page } = action.payload
      return {
        ...state,
        page,
        cls: idList.slice(0, (page + 1) * ALL_COCKTAIL_PER_PAGE),
        hasMore: total > page
      }
    }
  },
  effects: {
    *init({ payload }, { call, put, select }) {
      const cls = yield select(state => state.cocktail.cls)
      if (cls && cls.length) return true
      yield call(delay, 100)
      yield put({
        type: 'updateCLs',
        payload: {
          page: 0,
        }
      })
    }
  },
  subscriptions: {
    setup({ dispatch, history }) {
      return history.listen(({ pathname }) => {
        if (pathname === '/cocktail') {
          dispatch({
            type: 'init'
          })
        }
      })
    }
  },
};

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Terry Adkins Last Trumpet 1995
Last Trumpet, an ensemble of four eighteen-foot-long horns that are both monumental sculptures and functional musical instruments, exemplifies Adkins's aim to bridge the realms of sculpture and music. The artist's sculptural compositions were guided by a process he called "potential disclosure," a summoning of the innate value within the discarded materials he had assembled. Adkins fabricated Last Trumpet's colossal, valveless horns, or "Akrhaphones," by attaching the severed bells of used trombones and sousaphones to conical sections of cast brass. "I made [the horns] on the scale at which I thought angels would play them," Adkins explained. "And so the Akrhaphones actually represented the horns of the first four angels of the Last Judgment."
Originally titled Silver Sonic, Last Trumpet was first presented in an exhibition dedicated to the artist's deceased father, Robert Hamilton Adkins, an educator and musician whose initials are embedded in the word Akrhaphone. In the work's debut musical performance, in 1996, the instruments were played by members of the Lone Wolf Recital Corps, a performance collective, consisting of a rotating group of artists and musicians, that Adkins had founded in 1986. Adkins kept the Akrhaphones until the end of his life, including them in his installations, where they were displayed and activated in commemorative multimedia performances he called "recitals," accumulating new meanings as they circulated.
Publication excerpt from MoMA Highlights: 375 Works from The Museum of Modern Art, New York (New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2019)
Last Trumpet exemplifies Adkins's attempts "to make music as physical as sculpture might be and sculpture as ethereal as music is." It comprises four eighteen-foot-long horns that are both monumental sculptures and functional musical instruments, which Adkins called "Akrhaphones." The artist fabricated the horns by affixing conical tubes of cast brass to found and collected sousaphone bells. The debut musical performance of Last Trumpet in 1996 by a quartet drawn from the members of the Lone Wolf Recital Corps was dedicated to Adkins's then recently deceased father, Robert Hamilton Adkins, an educator and musician whose initials, "RHA," are embedded in "Akrhaphone." "I made [the horns] on the scale at which I thought angels would play them," Adkins explained. "And so the Akrhaphones actually represented the horns of the first four angels of the Last Judgment." Adkins kept the Akrhaphones until the end of his life, including them in his installations, where they would be displayed and activated.
Gallery label from Projects 107: Lone Wolf Recital Corps, August 19-October 9, 2017.
Brass and sousaphone and trombone bells, four parts
Each 216 × 24 × 24" (548.6 × 61 × 61 cm)
Gift of David Booth; and gift of Mr. and Mrs. Murray Thompson (by exchange)
497.2017.a-d
© Terry Adkins. Courtesy of the Estate of Terry Adkins
Terry Adkins has 4 works online.
There are 1,607 sculptures online.
We have identified these works in the following photos from our exhibition history.
Projects 107: Lone Wolf Recital Corps Aug 19–Oct 9, 2017
Projects 107: Lone Wolf Recital Corps Aug 19–Oct 9, 2017 2 other works identified
Projects 107: Lone Wolf Recital Corps Aug 19–Oct 9, 2017 1 other work identified


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London Walk
A circuit from Trafalgar Square
County/Area - London
Ascent - 100 feet / 30 metres
Start - OS grid reference TQ300804
Postcode WC2N 5DP (approx. location only)
This walk includes many points of interest many of which are not on the usual 'tourist trail'. The walk can be commenced at any point on the route but Trafalgar Square does offer a convenient starting place.
Trafalgar Square is usually busy with tourists and initial orientation can be confusing for a newcomer. To make sure you start correctly stand at the foot of Nelson's Column with your back to the plinth and look towards Big Ben. Turn left and cross onto the north side of the Strand. Continue along this major London street soon passing Charing Cross Station on your right. Reaching the Adelphi Theatre (the first of many London theatres passed on this walk) cross to the south side of the Strand and continue past the Savoy Hotel where you may just get a glimpse of someone rich and famous!
Cross over the approach road to Waterloo Bridge and continue along the Strand to reach the church of St. Clement Danes located on a traffic island. Now the central church of the Royal Air Force there are statues of Lord Dowding, victor of the Battle of Britain, and Sir Arthur (Bomber) Harris, Marshall of the RAF outside its western front. Shortly after this church on your right is the original Twinings tea shop with a rather nice frontage with the Royal Courts of Justice opposite. A short way further on is the Temple Bar Memorial and it here where the Strand becomes Fleet Street and you enter the square mile of the City of London.
Just after Temple Bar cross to the north side of Fleet Street and then turn left down Chancery Lane. On your left are some of the many historic buildings that form Lincoln's Inn which provide the professional home for the practicing bar. Continue north to reach High Holborn. Turn left and then left again down an alley named Great Turnstile. Go straight ahead to enter the pleasant square of Lincoln's Inn Fields with the Victorian Gothic Great Hall on your left.
Turn right and walk along the south side of the square continuing into Sardinia Street to reach Kingsway. You need to cross this busy road and head slightly left into Kemble Street which leads you to Covent Garden with the Royal Opera House on your right as you cross Bow Street. Covent Garden is always busy with many shops and street performers to keep you busy.
Walk through the old market hall to reach a forecourt. Turn right and then left into King Street. Continue along New Row and cross St Martin's Lane into St. Martin's Court. Cross over Charing Cross Road into Bear Street to reach Leicster Square the 'cinema capital' of London. Cross Leicester Square to reach Wardour Street. Turn right and then left into Gerrard Street which is the heart of Chinatown. The sights, sounds and smells are in complete contrast to streets visited earlier on this walk and provide an interesting but brief view of the orient.
Near the end of Gerrard Street turn left into Gerrard Place to reach Shaftesbury Avenue. Turn left and continue to Piccadilly Circus with its iconic statue of Eros. Care is needed with navigation here but you need to continue south on Haymarket and then left into Pall Mall East to reach Traflagar Square. Although this is the end of the walk some time spent exploring the Square is recommended especially if you did not linger before starting this walk.
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Resolution of vocal cord nodules with individualised homoeopathic treatment
Suraia Parveen, Ranita Nath
Dr. Anjali Chatterjee Regional Research Institute (H), Kolkata, West Bengal, Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy, New Delhi, India
Dr. Suraia Parveen
Dr. Anjali Chatterjee Regional Research Institute (H), 50, Rajendra Chatterjee Road, Kolkata - 700 035, West Bengal
DOI: 10.4103/ijrh.ijrh_5_19
Vocal Cord Nodules (VCNs) are localised benign, superficial growths on the medial surface of the true vocal folds resulting primarily from voice abuse, overuse or misuse and clinically manifested by progressive hoarseness of voice, with increased effort required to produce the voice, vocal fatigue and discomfort or pain in the throat. Conventional treatment methods include conservative voice therapy and surgical intervention. Both treatment methods are required for the resolution of VCNs with improvement of clinical symptoms. Here, a 44-year-old male teacher presented with a history of progressive hoarseness with vocal fatigue, discomfort in the throat during talking and bilateral VCNs since 8 months. There was no improvement after voice rest and voice therapy interventions for 5 months and he was finally advised for surgery, which he denied. He was, instead, successfully treated by individualised homoeopathic single medicine Hepar sulphuricum (30C, 200C and 1M) selected on holistic approach. Over the period of 5 months of homoeopathic treatment, the patient's presenting symptoms of VCNs were improved and with resolution of it. This case report suggests that homoeopathic intervention may be the treatment for the resolution of VCNs with its presenting symptoms.
Parveen S
Nath R
Hepar sulphuricum
Vocal cord nodules
© Indian Journal of Research in Homoeopathy | Published by Wolters Kluwer - Medknow
Online since 05 July, 2013


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New USC report finds most veterans return to Los Angeles unprepared for civilian life
Few veteran services focus on prevention of chronic conditions, like unemployment and homelessness
LOS ANGELES — Many service members leaving the military and returning to Los Angeles County are not prepared for the transition home and have a range of needs that cannot be easily provided by a single organization, according to a new University of Southern California School of Social Work report released Tuesday.
"The State of the American Veteran: The Los Angeles County Veterans Study" by the USC School of Social Work's Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans & Military Families outlines the findings of a survey conducted fall 2013 of more than 1,350 veterans living in Los Angeles County. This first comprehensive study of a large urban military population, which also included follow-up focus groups with 72 veterans, explored numerous areas, such as transition challenges, employment and finances, housing, health and access to veteran services.
"The main thing we learned with this study is that separating service members leave the military, and they enter civilian communities with a myriad of issues. There is not a singular need. No one says, 'I just need a job' or 'I just need housing,'" said Carl Castro, lead author and assistant professor at the USC School of Social Work.
"Similarly, we have to take a multiple, holistic approach to helping veterans transition."
More than two-thirds of all surveyed veterans reported difficulties adjusting to civilian life, and specifically 69 percent of post-9/11 veterans indicated they needed time to figure out what they would do after the military.
The study found many veterans leave the military without having lined up some key elements that could complicate their transition home.
Nearly eight in 10 veterans left the military without a job, expecting to quickly find meaningful employment.
About 40 percent of veterans left the military unsure of where they would be living.
Many left active duty with untreated physical and mental health issues, which was higher among post-9/11 veterans. Among the most recent veteran population, one-third had made a plan to commit suicide but did not seek help, compared to 24 percent of pre-9/11 veterans.
Robust public awareness campaign needed
The study also found that significant barriers exist for all veterans preventing them from seeking help; however, post-9/11 veterans reported higher perceptions of them, especially in regards to concerns about confidentiality and potential harm to their careers. More than half of post-9/11 veterans did not know where to go or who to see for help. More than a third of post-9/11 veterans thought they could handle their challenges on their own (37.2 percent) or had difficulty scheduling an appointment (37.1 percent).
Surveyed veterans noted they needed a wide range of services. For post-9/11 veterans, more than six in 10 respondents identified assistance needed for employment, education and Veterans Affairs benefits. The top three areas identified by pre-9/11 veterans were for assistance for VA services, healthcare and education.
Key among the report's recommendations was an expansion of the military's mandated transition program, which veterans are required to take prior to exiting the military, that could focus on ensuring veterans have lined up a job and housing in their community. Also recommended was a robust community public awareness campaign that would include family and friends of returning service members to address some of the main barriers to accessing care, such as identifying assistance programs and reducing the stigma around health care, especially mental health.
Mayoral support
Most of these recommendations included a coordinated approach with the U.S. Departments of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and local civic and community organizations.
"This groundbreaking study will help ensure our policy making is better aligned with the needs of our veterans and show us how best to allocate scarce resources. With this data, we will design improved initiatives to do more to reduce unemployment, homelessness and other transition challenges," said Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti. "As a Navy reservist, it's especially important to me that those who wear our nation's uniform are fully supported when they come home. And as mayor, I understand that pays dividends for all of us."
The timing of this study and its recommendations is critical. Each year, about 12,000 veterans return to Los Angeles County, already home to the nation's largest veteran population with more than 325,000 veterans, and many will need coordinated services upon return.
"This study has provided actionable data that can drive prevention and early intervention strategies to ensure our returning service members can make a successful transition home," said Anthony Hassan, the center's director and clinical professor.
"With this data, Los Angeles is now poised to be an example for other communities across America on how to come together to support the holistic needs of veterans when they return home."
The Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans & Military Families (live-usc-cir.pantheonsite.io) aims to strengthen the transition of veterans and their families into the community through research, education and training, and global partnerships. The center is focused on rapidly increasing the number of clinical social workers and behavioral health providers trained to treat the challenges service members, veterans and their families face, as well as mental health research that can be directly and quickly translated into clinical practice.
By Claudia Bustamante|2014-10-02T10:33:29-07:00October 2nd, 2014|News|1 Comment
About the Author: Claudia Bustamante
Breaking down walls and building connections with military-connected families
USC conference tackles issues facing today's veterans
Suicides by Veterans Expose Holes in Mental Health System - VoiceofOC - IT Support Experts Orange County California (714)975-3656 October 8, 2014 at 11:15 pm
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Inherent to the Basic Skills Initiative is an Institutional commitment to equity for all students. How can California Community College administrators lead the effort to support students with basic skills needs by allocating funding and providing instructional and student services? Join the discussion with leaders in these efforts – Rita M. Cepeda, President San Diego Mesa College, Bernadine Chuck Fong, President Emerita, Foothill College, and Martha J. Kanter (dependent on schedule).
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Guard dogs 2 is an open world activity enterprise diversion made by Ubisoft Montreal and distributed by Ubisoft. Guard dogs 2 discharge date was November fifteenth, 2016 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Microsoft Windows PC.
We tried Watch Dogs 2 PC with all settings on Ultra, the amusement commences inside San Francisco Bay Area. You get the chance to play it from a third individual point of view by exploring by walking or vehicle. Assume responsibility of the amusement as Marcus Holloway, a programmer who related with hacking bunch Dedsec to get through city's observation framework. You encounter diverse approaches to finish missions. Completing a task brings about expanding the supporter tally of DedSec! The Multiplayer licenses you to participate in one-on-one battles and interface with various players; this kills players causing destruction in the amusement.
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The World Cup 2018 Fixtures for All Friendlies Game has been schedule and we think is best for you to know which country you favourite World Cup 2018 Team is playing in this International Pre-World Cup 2018 Friendlies Fixtures that will be taking place this March.
A total of 210 national team registered for the competition.For the first time in the history of FIFA World Cup, all the national teams registered for the preliminary competition, but Zimbabwe and Indonesia were disqualified before playing their first matches.
NOTE: The importance of this pre-World Cup friendly matches against the main competition; is to get them acquainted and ready for the competition. So below is the World Cup 2018 Fixtures for All Friendlies Games that will be starting on March 21, 2018.
There are more friendlies to play, but the above friendlies cover for the month of March. The main competition, i.e. FIFA World Cup 2018 competition in Russia will commence fully on June 14, 2018. Opening leg will be between host country, Russia and Saudi Arabia in Moscow, while defending champions Germany will start against Mexico. Five-time winners Brazil will face Switzerland in their first Group E match with Costa Rica and Serbia making up one of the harder groups.


So, that must mean wizards are too.
Harry goes to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Harry takes the Hogwarts Express to get to Hogwarts.
The Hogwarts Express is home of the Honeydukes Express food trolley.
If I'm being completely honest, I really just wanted an excuse to finally buy a frog-shaped chocolate mold. And it took me about 0.02 seconds to decide that, yes, I was, in fact, going to do the thing. Now, I know the chocolate frog thing has been done before, but I haven't seen it done dairy free. All of the recipes I've come across have those milk chocolate wafers—not good for Jessica. No worries! As I said before, I have a go-to chocolate recipe. I absolutely LOVE Zuzka Light's Low Carb Coconut Chocolate Bonbons recipe. Each time I've made them, I've adapted it a little bit to better fit the ingredients that I have easy access to—in other words I've made it 100% definitely not low carb. Feel free to check out the original low carb recipe on Zuzka's website and you can see a step-by-step of how she makes the chocolate on her YouTube channel. Seriously, if you don't know who this girl is—check her out!
These turned out so much better than I had expected! I was honestly expecting semi-frog shaped chocolates. But I knew I was getting chocolate at the end of the day—and Harry Potter inspired chocolate, at that—so I was 100% okay with the possibility of not-really-frog-shaped-chocolate-frogs. I also had some chocolate leftover after filling the frog molds, so I decided to make some actual chocolate bonbons that were a little bit more grown up. I put pecans, pumpkin seeds, and pumpkin spice coconut flakes into the ice cube tray and then poured the rest of the chocolate on top.
Once you have all the hard* word done and you're waiting for your chocolate to harden you can take that extra step, like I did, and design and color your own chocolate frog packaging! I just did a quick Google search and came up with this image!
*I use You can make your own coconut manna by putting unsweetened shredded coconut [1 bag] and coconut oil [1 TBS] into a food processor for 5-15 minutes. The natural oils in the shredded coconut will come out and blend with the coconut oil, making coconut become more smooth and turn into butter. If you do this make sure to stop the food processor and scrape the sides when needed.
**You can also use almond butter. If you don't like nut flavored chocolate feel free to leave out the nut butter!
2| Add all ingredients to a medium size bowl and mix until combined and smooth.
5| If you have dogs, like me, make sure to pick out all of the 8,000,000 furs that have wingardium leviosa'd their way onto your chocolate frogs.
7| Turn tray over onto a flat surface. The chocolate frogs should fall right out, but you may need to add a little pressure to get them to pop out.
*This step is an absolute pain, but just think of the chocolate!
**If you don't want the frog shape and just want chocolate, an ice tray works perfectly!


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Q: How to create my own table using EF in asp net core identity Currently, I have EF working perfectly fine with asp net core identity. My web app allows users to login in 2 ways: using their local account and using their azure active directory account. However, only the allowed azure directory accounts are allowed to log in. Therefore, I need to create another table to hold those accounts to cross check when they log in.

A: If you want to create a new table for the Identity project, I suggest you could try to modify the identity EF's dbcontext with the new create model class.
More details, you could refer to below codes:
public class UserRelationship
{

    public int UserId { get; set; }
}

Modify the ApplicationDbContext :
public class ApplicationDbContext : IdentityDbContext
{
    public ApplicationDbContext(DbContextOptions<ApplicationDbContext> options)
        : base(options)
    {
    }

    public DbSet<UserRelationship> UserRelationships { get; set; }
}

Then you could enable the migration and update the database like this article shows.

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Q: Rails - How to FIND record having FIELD which LIKE a given string MOST Currently I have already inserted a lot of data into my database in past via Admin console using active admin gem.
However, for now my client wants me to update data from his google sheet file. In this file, there are some data that has already been inserted before but the inserted record data does not 100% match the sheet file. ( but the sheet data matches the database 80%-90% and there's no 2 cells in the Sheet file have data with that match )
For pseudo code
Question.order('title LIKE MOST ?', "%#{Sheet_cell_data}%").first.update_attributes(title: "%#{Sheet_cell_data}%")

Is there a way to solve my problem. In my knowledge I only know LIKE but it doesn't seem to be the solution.

A: As I know, you should use Elasticsearch, and that is what I am using.
In addition, there is Gem for Elasticsearch, searchkick. https://github.com/ankane/searchkick