It all started last summer when Miranda, then age 12, had a major FOP flare in her left leg. Prior to that point, we had known that a wheelchair-accessible vehicle was in our future, but it was kind of hazy, far off in the distance. And then, when Miranda's left hip and knee became entirely fused in 2017, it suddenly became much, MUCH harder to get our daughter in and out of our existing car and minivan. It turns out that working hips, knees, and ankles are surprisingly vital for this process – who knew? Anyway, we could still travel with Miranda in each of our two Hondas, but it was getting quite a bit more difficult. What sprung into focus was that we really needed a vehicle which could hold a person already seated in a wheelchair. The need for a wheelchair-friendly means of daily travel had sprung profoundly into focus.
We began our quest in early 2018. My first question was hey, why couldn't we simply convert our existing Honda Odyssey? Ha – that was a pipe dream, as it would cost $80,000. 80 K, and you don't even get a new vehicle! Obviously that wasn't the way to go. We would need to buy a vehicle which was already adapted.
My first foray into looking at "conversions", as they are referred to, was to meet with a sales guy who specialized in Dodge and Toyota minivans. We looked at various issues, including: do we want back or side entry? Automatic ramp vs manual ramp? How much internal space for maneuverability does the vehicle have? I asked also about new vs used minivans, and was told that used minivans are hard to come by. Hmm, there was lots to think about.
Next up I met with a sales person for a vehicle called an "MV-1″. This is a different sort of vehicle – looks kind of like a small SUV, and its claim to fame is that it's not actually "adapted" for wheelchair use, but instead is designed to be wheelchair accessible right off the factory floor. No conversion required.
Now interestingly, it turned out there were a few used models available for sale in Canada. This was good to know, because OMG, new vehicles (whether the converted minivans or the MV-1s) cost between $70,000 and $90,000 – staggeringly expensive.
At the end of the day, we decided to buy a 2014 model MV-1. This price was right – significantly lower than a new one – but that wasn't the only factor. Without going into detail, there were a number of features which we especially liked.
This is not the vehicle we bought, but ours is basically identical to this one.
The wheelchair sits in the front passenger position, with sturdy straps which anchor to the floor.
The vehicle had to be shipped out from Ontario, and then just over a week ago, the big day came. We were to take possession! My husband and I drove out to the dealership, got the sales and insurance documents finalized, got a tutorial on how to hook up a wheelchair inside, and then I was finally ready to drive it away. With a sense of real excitement, I put the key in the ignition, turned it over, and – nothing. Dead! Well, this was a shock… I went back and told our sales guy, who tried it himself, and also couldn't get it to start. So, they jumped the battery, and the vehicle started right up. Our sales guy said he hoped this was just a fluke, but said that if it happened again, their dealership would of course replace the battery.
With that assurance in mind, I set off to drive 50 minutes across the city (plenty of time for charging) to take Miranda to her art class. The MV-1 turned out to be very pleasant to drive, and easier than I had expected to handle. But – upon arrival, I turned off the vehicle, and then decided to try and turn it back on. Nope, no go, dead again! I couldn't believe it. I ended up spending the next hour waiting for the BC Automobile Association roadside assistance to come and help.
Now interestingly, when the BCAA guy arrived, he tested the strength of the battery, and it turned out to be fully charged. Huh… OK, so maybe not the battery. He tried a few things, but also couldn't get the vehicle going. Through this process, we also noted that the vehicle wasn't responding to the computer-chip key, and I had to lock the door manually. This made me wonder if the problem somehow stemmed from an improperly programmed key? Anyway, BCAA towed the vehicle back to the car vendor, and I alerted our sales vendor (who was extremely apologetic).
Our new MV-1 has spent the past 10 days being assessed and repaired at a garage in Burnaby (not on our dime, but rather the car sales company's, thank goodness). Our sales guy told us the problem turned out to be a crack in a battery post (??), which caused intermittent starting difficulties, plus a key which was somehow not programmed. Both issues were supposedly fixed, and we were to have the vehicle delivered to us late this past week.
There was, however, no sign of the vehicle by Friday. I contacted our sales guy, who said he would look into it. He did so, and then told me that in fact the garage had had to order one additional new component from "back east"; supposedly this bit is to be shipped to them early this coming week and installed, and then the vehicle will be ready for us by mid-week.
Hoo boy. All I can say is that it's a good thing we didn't urgently need this vehicle, since Miranda can still get in and out of our existing cars, albeit with difficulty.
Here's hoping this week will be the charm, and the end of this tale!
Congratulations on getting Miranda's W/C van. It looks great and should serve you for many years. After years of getting down on the floor to tie down, we got an "EZ Lock" which is a box in the floor of the van and a post attached under the wheelchair. The chair locks in and no tie-downs are needed, only a seatbelt. It was installed by a conversion dealer for a few hundred $$. You could add that anytime.


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Trump defends handling of economy, China at New Hampshire campaign rally
MANCHESTER, N.H. – President Donald Trump on Thursday defended his handling of the U.S. economy and trade war with China as recession fears have suddenly cast doubt on his central claim for re-election – that he has made the economy great again.
Trump spoke at a packed campaign rally in Manchester, New Hampshire, a state that was pivotal to his winning the Republican presidential nominating race in 2016 and could prove important to his re-election chances in 2020.
Trump said his trade pressure tactics are working on China, even though the two sides remain far apart on a deal with a resumption in talks scheduled for September.
He said Chinese currency devaluations are "going to hurt them badly" over time and force Beijing to make concessions.
"They're going to make a deal," he said.
Many analysts believe the tariffs he has imposed on Chinese products are responsible for a slowing of the U.S. economy because the increased costs are being passed on to American consumers. But Trump disagreed.
"They're eating the tariffs, by the way," Trump said of the Chinese. "There's no price increase."
Warning of policies that would lead to tax increases if a Democratic candidate beats him in November 2020, Trump said the markets would have crashed if he had not won in 2016 and would do so again if he were defeated in 2020.
"You have no choice but to vote for me, because your 401(k) would go down the tube… Whether you love me or hate me, you've got to vote for me," he said.
Trump lashed out at the leading Democratic contenders, saying he believed former Vice President Joe Biden might "limp across" the finish line and win the nomination fight.
"I sort of hope it's him," Trump said of Biden, while adding, "I don't mind any of 'em."
Some U.S. Treasury yields have hit record lows and the stock market has plunged in recent days over fears of a recession, undermining Trump's claim that he has resuscitated the economy.
On a working vacation at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, Trump has blamed the economic woes on Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's hesitation to cut interest rates.
"Jay Powell should be cutting rates," Trump told reporters in Morristown, New Jersey, before flying to New Hampshire.
One view inside the White House is that the media is also to blame for overplaying the possibility of a downturn, which could end up encouraging consumers to slow spending, a source familiar with the discussions said.
The U.S. economy is the most closely watched indicator of a presidential election. Economic woes prompted voters to turn against Republican incumbent George H.W. Bush in the 1992 election won by Democrat Bill Clinton, and doomed Republican Senator John McCain's campaign in 2008 against Democrat Barack Obama.
Trump said in an interview with New Hampshire conservative radio talk show host Jack Heath that "we had a couple of bad days" on the stock market, but "we're going to have some good days because we had to take on China."
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Vașcău (en ) és una ciutat del comtat de Bihor, Crișana (Romania). Administra cinc pobles: Câmp (Vaskohmező), Câmp-Moți, Colești (Kolafalva), Vărzarii de Jos (Alsófüves) i Vărzarii de Sus (Felsőfüves).

Segons l'últim cens del 2011, hi havia 2.315 persones vivint a la ciutat.

D'aquesta població, el 96,63% són de romanès ètnic i l'1,8% d'altres.

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Asia-Pacific Microbiology Testing/Clinical Microbiology Market was valued at USD 0.70 billion in 2018 and is projected to be growing at a CAGR of 11.45%, to touch USD 1.20 billion by 2023. Medical microbiology is a branch of medical science concerned with the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases. In addition, this field of science studies various clinical applications of microbes for the improvement of health.
The growth of the Asia-Pacific Microbiology Testing/Clinical Microbiology Market is driven by factors such as technological advancements, increasing incidence of infectious diseases and rising outburst of epidemics; growing healthcare spending across the world; and growing funding, research grants, and public-private investments in the field of life science researches. Furthermore, refining healthcare infrastructure across the developing markets and growing market demand for advanced molecular diagnostic products provide opportunities for players in the clinical microbiology market. Operative barriers for diagnostic test usage and bundled sales by market giants across major markets are the key challenge restraining the growth of the Asia Pacific clinical microbiology market.
The Asia-Pacific Microbiology Testing/Clinical Microbiology Market is segmented on the basis of Application, Clinical Application, Product, and Geography. Based on Product, the Microbiology Testing/Clinical Microbiology market is divided into Pharmaceutical, Clinical, Manufacturing and Energy. The Clinical Application or Disease Area segment consists of Respiratory Diseases, STD and UTI. The Microbiology Testing/Clinical Microbiology Product segment is categorised into Instruments, Analyzers, and Consumables.
The Asia-Pacific region is geographically segmented into China, India, Japan, South Korea, and Australia. Asia-Pacific is expected to outpace all other regions by clocking the highest CAGR during the forecast period majorly because of the rising number of hospitals and clinical diagnostic laboratories in India and China; expanding research capabilities for the development of innovative and affordable clinical microbiology testing procedures across India, China, and Japan; and rising incidences of infectious diseases.
The significant players in the Asia-Pacific Microbiology Testing/Clinical Microbiology Market include Danaher Corporation (U.S.), Becton, Dickinson and Company (U.S.), Cepheid (U.S.) Abbott Laboratories Inc. (U.S.), Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc. (U.S.), F. Hoffman-La Roche Ltd. (Switzerland), Alere Inc. (U.S.), Bruker Corporation (U.S.), and Hologic, Inc. (U.S.), among others.


Thank you all for an inspiring Annual Meeting!
Among the fifty-five attendees on Saturday, October 31st we welcomed several Christian Science Practitioners and Nurses from across northern Ohio and as far south as Lima and Columbus, including Glenmont Christian Science Nursing Facility's Director of Christian Science Nursing, Helvi Paasinen. This year's theme, "Make Channels for the Streams of Love...,"* a call to be ready to accept Love's bounty, was met with warm hearts and eager ears.
President Jon Ferrell presented the Board Report entitled "Make Channels: For the Streams of Love," taken from the first line of Hymn 182 of the Christian Science Hymnal, and he discussed the myriad ways each attendee might engage himself or herself in the Missions of Overlook House and Upward Wing. Mr. Ferrell showed us how the particular gifts we cherish, and for which we are grateful, can be shared in gratitude through our unique and individual expressions of support. Visit our Annual Meeting page to view this PowerPoint presentation.
Anita Lange, Upward Wing Christian Science Nurse and Volunteer & Training Coordinator, expressed her gratitude for the conscientiousness and generosity of the Upward Wing Volunteers. She discussed one of the "channels" Upward Wing is providing by its having offered this year two Home Helper Classes enabling the Love expressed by graduates of these classes to answer the need whether found in their own homes or in their church community. Kimberly Thorndike, Upward Wing Director of Christian Science Nursing, shared the past year's service activity, bringing to our thought Mrs. Eddy's directive to the Christian Science Nurse and Upward Wing's readiness to follow this Manual Bylaw and to serve.
Former Overlook House President, Beth Eggers, CS, conveyed in her keynote address her "heartfelt gratitude for Upward Wing, which provides our Christian Science community the opportunity to experience the tireless expression of Christly love and comfort that the Christian Science nurse brings to 'the broken-hearted'" ("The People Wanted a King," p. 1). You can read Ms. Eggers address describing how through Love we are made "kings and priests unto God" -- as the Bible declares -- right here on our Annual Meeting page.
Following the meeting, the Overlook House Board Members, Upward Wing Christian Sciences Nurses, and attendees enjoyed a luncheon together.
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...A time to celebrate those who dedicate their time to be stewards and nurturers through volunteerism. Upward Wing recognizes its volunteers as a supportive link to its Field as well as the activities they engage in as expressions of gratitude from its Field.
National Volunteer Appreciation Month also encompasses National Volunteer Week, April 12 - 18, 2015. President Richard Nixon established National Volunteer Week with an executive order in 1974, and every sitting U.S. president since Nixon has issued a proclamation during National Volunteer Week, urging Americans to give their time to community outreach organizations. While originally sponsored by The Points of Light Institute, the week has grown to include hundreds of organizations, and thousands of volunteer projects. This year marks its 40th anniversary!
The Overlook House Board would like to express its gratitude for the loving service provided by the Upward Wing Volunteers!
Find us in The Christian Science Journal!
Upward Wing received in January 2015 a full three-year accreditation from The Commission for the Accreditation of Christian Science Nursing Organizations/Facilities, Inc.
As an accredited organization, Upward Wing Visiting Christian Science Nursing will be listed in The Christian Science Journal beginning this April.
Overlook House President, Jon Ferrell, joins with his fellow board members to warmly thank Christe McGraw of First Church, Rocky River for graciously completing two terms of board service. Ms. McGraw brought her expertise in finance and business administration to Overlook House during its financial restructuring and organizing of the Upward Wing Visiting Christian Science Nursing service.
The Board of Trustees warmly welcomes Barbara Warsinskey of First Church, Rocky River to a three-year term of service on the Overlook House Board. Ms. Warsinskey's skill and experience in teaching is propitious as the Overlook House Board moves forward this year in growing both the Upward Wing service and field participation through expanding Upward Wing's education and field training programs.
Thank you Christe and Welcome Barb!
Thank you all for a successful meeting!
The 2014 Overlook House Annual Meeting held at LockKeepers Restaurant in Valley View, OH, on November 8th, during this national month of thanksgiving, brought together an enthusiastic group of supporters representing 10 Northern Ohio churches.
The Board Report's theme of history as inspiration for the present and future of Overlook House and the Upward Wing Visiting Christian Science Nursing Service was presented through a question and answer format engaging with the audience. We learned about Christian Science nursing through the keynote speaker's historical talk focusing on Christian Science nursing's spiritual foundations. Board President, Jon Ferrell, remarked that the venue's warm and lovely atmosphere and luncheon were an expression of Soul. Reminding us of those chilly, but faith-filled days in November 1947 when The Northern Ohio Trustees gathered to incorporate Overlook House.
You can help support the mission of Upward Wing by volunteering with our service.
Send us an e-mail from our Contact Us page or call our business office at (216) 795-3550 to find out more about becoming a Volunteer!
At its first-quarter board meeting on February 2, 2014 the Overlook House Board of Trustees welcomed Arleen Gardner of First Church, Cuyahoga Falls as the fifth member of its five-member Board.
Thank you Arleen for generously accepting our appointment to serve on the Overlook House Board, and we look forward to working with you in continuing to fulfill the missions of Overlook House and Upward Wing!
Thank you to All who attended the first Overlook House Annual Meeting in conjunction with Upward Wing!
Keynote speaker, Catherine Shiel, CS of Port Charlotte, Florida presented to an inspiring group of more than sixty members of our Field on Saturday, November 9th, at LockKeepers Restaurant in Valley View's lovely and centrally-located historic district. Support for this event extended to Upward Wing's service borders with guests attending from as far east as Erie, PA and as far south as Columbus.
The Overlook House Board of Trustees and the Upward Wing Christian Science Nurses shared reports of gratitude for the year's bounty and for the Field's dedication.
Please visit our website's Media Library to view the Overlook House Board's PowerPoint presentation to the Field and return there later this month to read a transcript of Catherine's enlightening talk entitled "God, the Christian Science Nurse, and You."
You can help support the mission of Upward Wing by volunteering with our service. Send us an e-mail from our website's Contact Us page or call our business office at (216) 795-3550 to find out more about becoming a Volunteer!
The Overlook House/Upward Wing 2012 Annual Report was mailed to the field in July. In this letter we share how Upward Wing did in 2012, our goals for 2013, how you can help, an invitation to our Annual Meeting 2013, and the Upward Wing CS Nursing Report with patient testimonials.
Would you consider serving on the Overlook House Board?
Helping to meet the needs of fellow Christian Scientists, in 2012 we sent our complete set of Bound Volumes to First Church of Nairobi, Kenya. This loving church, which itself has a strong outreach program, was one of the stops for The Mother Church Board of Directors during their visit to Africa in March 2012.
Clive Madifali, Clerk of First Church, Nairobi, has shared with us his fellow members' gratitude for the opportunity to place these beloved books in their well utilized Reading Room library.
Upward Wing sponsored Lynne Scheiern's visit to Cleveland, Ohio to teach a four-day continuing education course to its Christian Science nurses August 14th-17th, culminating in a free community workshop Saturday, August 18th from 10AM-3PM.
Lynne Scheiern, Director of Christian Science Nursing Development at Broadview in Los Angeles, California spent the week with the Upward Wing CSNs instructing them in the care for mother and infant in a home-birth environment as well as care for young children. Saturday's workshop entitled: Caring for Infants and Young Children, a Christian Science Approach, held at The Alcazar Hotel in Cleveland Heights, focused on the spiritual interpretation of conception, pregnancy, birth, and children as a guide for the expectant mother, her family, and friends through the practical stages of childbirth and care.
On-site childcare, organized by the Upward Wing CSNs, was available during the workshop, and the day included a luncheon, compliments of Upward Wing. Attendees enjoyed their boxed lunches, catered by Zagara's, in the sunny courtyard of the historic Alcazar Hotel.
Upward Wing provides its CSNs annual education reimbursements for their continuing education to keep them abreast of both the latest technology and methods of Christian Science care in order to help them provide their patients with the highest standard of care. Upward Wing CSNs provide training to the field with workshops like this one, and also through presentations about the Upward Wing service and how you, your church care committee, and your church membership can better support and care for family, friends, and fellow church members.
We look forward to our 2013 program and seeing what unfolds for both our CSNs and for you. Let us know if your branch church would like the Upward Wing Christian Science nurses to introduce our service to its care committee and/or membership. Call 855-CSN-4YOU (855-276-4968) to schedule a date, and watch our website's calendar for our next community event.
The Overlook House Board of Trustees announces its contracting Walthall, Drake & Wallace (WD&W), Certified Public Accountants, to service Overlook House, Inc. and Upward Wing, LLC.
WD&W is a mid-size firm chosen for its ability to provide both one-on-one personalized service and a team well versed in the tax laws and complex reporting requirements that affect our unique not-for-profit organization.
We look forward to WD&W assisting us in meeting our fiduciary responsibilities together with growing our Christian Science nursing service.
The Overlook House/Upward Wing 2011 Annual Report was mailed to the field in April.
In the mailing we have included a refrigerator magnet with Upward Wing's toll-free number in bold print for easy reference, and a contribution envelope with information on how to send your tax-deductible contribution in support of Upward Wing. To give us your mailing address or update your contact information please click here.
To view the online version of the 2011 Annual Report visit our site's Media Library.
The new Upward Wing website is live. Please check back often as we will be posting our newsletters and upcoming events on the site. You can also visit the Contact Us page to be added to our mailing list.


This 2-day training for Shaft and Bearing design focuses on sizing and optimization of shafts and their supports using the calculation modules in KISSsoft and learning about the underlying theory of the calculation procedures. The target audience are engineers working in gear transmission design or manufacturing.
Topic: The focus of the introduction is placed on the handling of the software and its user interface. The objective of the first day is to understand the input fields including the underlying theory, the messages created during the calculation process and how to interpret the results in graphics and reports. The second part goes deeper into the sizing and optimization of shafts and bearings. The extended calculation possibilities in KISSsoft such as coaxial shaft systems, thermally critical speed and even tooth trace modifications based on shaft deflection will be explained. The determination of bearing service life and stiffness will occupy a significant part. Participants will get an insight into different service life calculation methods including inner geometry, taking into account bearing stiffness and tilting under load and even contact stress in ring material.


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What makes Popovich Pop
Coaching is in the details like this.
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In Tuesday's post contrasting the Spurs and Patriots, Marilyn included this video Spurs first round pick Derrick White speaking with Gregg Popovich:
If you missed this during the NBA Draft, you missed a defining moment of why the Spurs are the Spurs. Gregg Popovich called and welcomed his newest draftee into the fold. And White's family and friends were there to share in the moment.
Can you imagine graduating from high school and going on to college with no scholarship offers; then playing three years of Division II basketball before transferring to the University of Colorado Boulder? Getting drafted would seem like the golden ring. Being drafted by the Spurs —for most NBA hopefuls— takes it up a notch. So what does it mean to have Gregg Popovich personally call you and welcome you to the best franchise in all of major sports over the last two decades?
White was clearly overwhelmed. And rightfully so.
And for us Spurs fans, we know. That is what defines this team. Volumes have been written on how Pop would yell at Timmy the same way he would yell at the rookie at the end of the bench. Everyone gets equal treatment. But one of the things that sets Pop apart is that he takes time to get to know his players — swimming with Duncan in Saint Croix, acknowledging Eddie Mabo Day with Patty Mills, or calling the team's newest addition and making him feel special.
Pop is what makes the Spurs the Spurs, but it goes beyond just the coach. That is how a small market team becomes larger than life. When the heart of your leader is in the right place, everyone goes beyond themselves for him and each other, and that's the way an organization accomplishes the kinds of things the Spurs have.


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Thomas E. Strunk, History after Liberty: Tacitus on Tyrants, Sycophants, and Republicans. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2016. Pp. x, 221. ISBN 9780472130207. $65.00.
Reviewed by Caitlin Gillespie, Columbia University (cg3004@columbia.edu)
In History after Liberty, Thomas E. Strunk utilizes modern theories of republicanism in order to move the discussion of libertas in Tacitus forward. While Tacitus depicts the Principate as depriving society of the type of libertas enjoyed by those under the Republic, he also offers a path out of deprivation. Strunk explores Tacitus' political thought through case studies of those who resisted political corruption and sought to restore a sense of civic engagement, concluding that Tacitus' writings themselves are intended as an act of restoring liberty. Strunk's main contributions to current scholarship include his explication of lesser-studied exempla in the Annals, and his concluding chapter on Tacitus' work as a political act of libertas.
The work is divided into an introduction followed by five chapters. Political thought and the theme of libertas in Tacitus have been topics of scholarly concern for over half a century, and the introduction and first chapter require a fair amount of scholarship review. In his introduction, "History after Libertas", Strunk establishes that Tacitus' continual efforts to illustrate the lack of continuity between Republic and Principate suggest that the Principate is an autocracy, that there is a clear disjunction between Principate and libertas, that Tacitus himself is writing after the fall of libertas, and that he is not a "subversive politician" but a "revolutionary writer" (4). Examining Tacitus through the lens of libertas brings the author's didactic aims to the fore: Strunk's Tacitus illustrates the necessity of resistance to tyranny and his exempla are intended to teach readers how to create a just, republican polity to replace the current autocracy.
Chapter one, "Libertas and the Political Thought of Tacitus," introduces Tacitus' idea of political libertas. Strunk places his work in opposition to those who have suggested biographical facts about Tacitus' life can and should be used as evidence for the interpretation of his political thought. On Strunk's reading, Tacitus' life cannot be assumed to have had a great impact on his writings. Strunk contextualizes his assertion that Tacitus was a republican in relationship to those who have debated whether Tacitus was a republican, monarchist, or something in-between, and situates his study of libertas as a partial response to the seminal work of Wirszubski, cited throughout the book. 1 Sailor's Writing and Empire in Tacitus is also addressed in many of Strunk's assertions, although Sailor's analyses of rhetorical techniques are not always apropos to the current study. 2 One wonders whether a closer engagement with Liebeschuetz's account of the consequences of the loss of libertas in the Agricola would not be helpful at the outset; the work is cited once (49 n.30), yet is fundamental to the study of libertas in Tacitus.3 Strunk begins by comparing Agricola 42.4 and Annals 4.20, passages seen as indications that Tacitus was a "middle-way" writer offering an apologia for his career, and reinterprets both as evidence that Tacitus was a republican: both passages emphasize the individual's choice to act for the common good of the state rather than for personal gain, a characteristic of republicans. Strunk suggests Tacitus viewed his own writings as also benefitting the common good, and "therefore participating in the restoration of a republic" (22). This claim is argued fully in chapter five, but the initial proposal guides readers to look for hints of this final reveal throughout the intervening chapters.
The first chapter concludes with a discussion of Tacitus' positive and negative conceptions of political libertas, defined on the one hand as, "freedom from domination (dominatio), the absence of a master (dominus)," and as, "the freedom to participate in the politics of a free state," on the other (23). Strunk's definition expands Wirszubski's primary understanding of libertas as "the status of a liber" by considering scholars of modern republicanism, Philip Pettit and Quentin Skinner above all (24 n.45 provides helpful background; see Wirszubski 1950, 1 for the former definition). He embeds libertas in the actions of individuals rather than policy, while recognizing that the Principate had a clear impact on individual libertas. According to Strunk, Tacitus considered the princeps as a dominus and the Principate as a dominatio whose citizens were "reduced to servitude" (25). This revelation is itself a "political act" made by Tacitus (33). By establishing his two-part definition for libertas, Strunk sets up the parameters for his following chapters.
Chapters two through four focus on three areas in which Tacitus' portrait of the Principate as corrupter of libertas is manifest: military service, public service, and public speech. The sheer number of exempla provides partial proof of argument, although the wealth of citations also requires a fair amount of summary. Well-known models are reviewed with an eye towards connecting exemplarity, service to the state, and the restoration of libertas.
Chapter two, "The Principate and the Corruption and Restoration of Military Libertas", opens with Domitius Corbulo, whom Tacitus uses to illustrate the corruption of a traditional military career by the Principate. The princeps constrained Roman generals, limiting their freedoms and imperiling their lives. Suetonius Paulinus in Britain and Publius Cornelius Dolabella in Numidia join the ranks of the repressed. The chapter's central comparison aligns Agricola and Germanicus as generals who fell under the suspicion of the emperor, and extends scholarship on Germanicus as a foil to Tiberius to suggest he also provides a foil to the Principate (52). Strunk's fluency with the Tacitean corpus is admirable, although at times this leads to problematic parallels and generalizations. For example, Strunk uses Tacitus' association between martial virtues and imperial virtues (Agr. 39.2) to argue for a fundamental incompatibility between general and emperor and to claim that, "The princeps alone could possess [martial virtues], or else the one who did possess them could threaten to become princeps" (49). One wonders, can every princeps from Augustus onward be evaluated equally as an "enemy of Rome" (62)? Corbulo closes out the chapter, and Strunk rejects Ash's discussion of ambivalence in Tacitus' portrait of Corbulo in favor of claiming him as a counterpoint to the princeps and his corruption of the state: Corbulo's service to the res publica and fulfillment of his duty meant acting "as a free citizen of Rome with a spirit of libertas" (67), and his life exemplifies the means by which libertas could be restored. 4
In chapter three, "The Corruption and Restoration of Libertas Senatoria", Strunk applies his model to the senate, denouncing the rise of delatores and charges of maiestas, and celebrating those who resisted. Suillius Rufus and the trial of Gaius Silius are paradigmatic of the critique, while Marcus Lepidus, Thrasea Paetus, and Helvidius Priscus serve as exemplars of libertas. Tacitus' negative portrait of delatores is well attested, although Strunk goes further than most in claiming the historian "relishes the opportunity" to detail an informer's "fall from grace" (91). The discussion of M. Aemilius Lepidus, the only sapiens in Tacitus (98), adds insight into the oft rehearsed models Paetus and Priscus. Lepidus in the Tiberian hexad of the Annals finds a parallel in Paetus in the Neronian books; here, Strunk avoids a discussion of Stoicism and the concept of the libertas of the spirit in favor of Paetus' identity as a Roman citizen and libertas as a concern of the political community. Priscus takes up the banner after Paetus. Together, these men show how senators could resist the delatores and "provide an alternative mode of political behavior that was founded upon libertas and was oriented toward the common good" (131).
Chapter four, "The Corruption and Restoration of Libertas as Freedom of Speech and Expression", turns to libertas as free speech, which was lost during the Principate due to adulatio and dominatio. Tacitus begins this discussion in the prologue of the Agricola, and it culminates in the trial of Cremutius Cordus (Ann. 4.34-35). Much of this chapter reviews the arguments of others, opening with analyses of Tacitus' denunciation of adulatio and book burning before focusing on Cremutius. Strunk's reading brings together useful comparative material and serves as a necessary step on the way to his summative argument in chapter five.
In the final chapter, "A Historian after Libertas", Strunk claims Tacitus' writing was an act of libertas and that Tacitus' understanding of political libertas, as outlined in the prior chapters, clearly marks him as a republican. This chapter poses the strongest of Strunk's arguments, beginning with Tacitus' prologues as indicators of his desire to continue in the vein of pre-Augustan historians, those who operated with libertas. Book one of the Annals demonstrates the trajectory from libertas to servitium under the Principate, and the breakdown of the annalistic format in this work reflects the dismantling of Republican institutions. Strunk argues, "It was the institution of the Principate, not the princeps alone, which determined the status of libertas" (179). Strunk builds on Syme's study of obituaries in Annals book three to illustrate that these passages indicate the Principate's misunderstanding of how to bestow honor and dishonor.5 Tacitus undermines the Principate by honoring the jurist Antistius Labeo rather than Ateius Capito (Ann. 3.75.1-2), and the synkrisis of the two men juxtaposes incorrupta libertas with obsequium dominantibus (173). The chapter concludes, "The writings of Tacitus are a monument to the struggle for and the survival of libertas under the Principate" (181).
Strunk ends with a brief epilogue, "Our Tacitus," formulated as a response to Syme's evaluation of Tacitus as a republican in his writing but a monarchist in his life and politics.6 The concept of a republic remains difficult to determine, but Strunk defines libertas as its "essence" (185).
In its focused argumentation and expanded analyses of Tacitean exempla, History after Liberty is a helpful addition to scholarship on Tacitus and the concept of libertas as represented by Roman historians. Strunk is clear in his intention and in his relationship to prior scholarship throughout, providing insight into Tacitus' self-positioning as a champion of libertas in his own right.
1. Wirszubski, C. 1950. Libertas as a Political Idea at Rome during the Late Republic and the Early Principate. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
2. Sailor, D. 2008. Writing and Empire in Tacitus. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
3. Liebeschuetz, W. 1966. "The Theme of Liberty in the Agricola of Tacitus." CQ 16: 126-39.
4. Ash, R. 2006. "Following in the Footsteps of Lucullus? Tacitus's Characterisation of Corbulo." Arethusa 39: 355-75.
5. Syme, R. 1970. "Obituaries in Tacitus," In Ten Studies in Tacitus, 79-90. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
6. Syme, R. 1939. The Roman Revolution. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 517.


The machinery for spinning threads and yarns has evolved from hand spinning flax into linen using a spindle in Egypt as long ago as 4,500 B.C.E. to computer-controlled open-end spinning in 2000 C.E. The evolution of textile processing has been a major contributor to technical development in general. The Romans founded colleges, essentially the first agricultural experiment stations, at which enhancements of the methods for flax and wool production were developed and disseminated throughout their empire. Yarn spinning is needed to impart strength and continuity to collections of fibers, particularly if they are dis-continuous. Fibers as short as one inch (2.5 cm) can be formed into continuous yarns by twisting them around each other and, if the fibers have a natural twist, such as cotton, the limit can be as short as 3/8 inch (1 cm).
By around 3,500 B.C.E. the Egyptians started using cotton as a fiber and a parallel development occurred in Peru around 3,000 B.C.E. Since the cotton fibers are round while growing but flatten and become ribbonlike when dry, the shorter fibers can be twisted into a yarn using a supported spindle. However, since cotton was difficult to spin prior to the development of more mechanized spinning techniques, it was not used extensively in Europe until the industrial revolution.
An important early mechanical innovation for spinning was to attach a whorl, or flywheel, at the lower end of the spindle in order to facilitate rapid rotation, which resulted in an increase in the production rate. In India around 750 C.E. the Charkha, or Jersey Wheel, was developed by mounting the spindle on a frame, and rotated by connection to a wheel, with a treadle being added by the Chinese. Still, the spinning process was discontinuous because the drafting, that is drawing out of the fibers, and twisting were carried out in separate steps. Leonardo da Vinci contributed the flyer, which allows the twisting and winding to be carried out continuously and simultaneously, leading to development in the sixteenth century of an efficient way of spinning that was used for a long time. Subsequently the feeding and drafting of the fibers became the rate-limiting steps in the spinning process, until significant improvements occurred in the eighteenth century: John Wyatt introduced the concept of drafting rollers in 1733, being incorporated by Richard Arkwright into the Water Frame spinning machine. In 1770 James Hargreaves invented a spinning machine named the Spinning Jenny in which the stretching and twisting were mechanized. In 1779 Samuel Crompton combined the concepts of incorporating the drafting rollers, stretching, and twisting into an enhanced spinning machine-which he dubbed the Mule-but it was still a discontinuous process. Charles Danforth's throstle and John Thorpe's frame and traveler are the precursors of the modern continuous ring spinning machines, which revolutionized textile machinery. As a result the spinning speed was limited only by the maximum traveler speed, determined by heat generated due to friction in ring frame.
Until the development of the break spinning, or open-end spinning, drafting and twisting took place concurrently. In open-end spinning, drafting, twisting, and winding are completely separated. The drafting stage ends up with the creation of a stream of individual or single fibers at a point on the spinning line where the air velocity is at its maximum. Subsequently, twisting begins in the "condensation stage," where the velocity is decreased enabling the assembly and twisting of multiple fibers to form yarns, of which fineness depends on the drafting ratio. The most important advantage of open-end spinning is its very high productivity, the package size depending on the winder and not on the spinning device, as is the case with ring spinning.
There are many ways to perform open-end spinning, but rotor spinning seems to be one of the best airmechanical ways to enhance the technology. As of the early 2000s high performance rotor spinning units can run at speeds up to 150,000 revolutions per minute, delivering yarn are the rate of 235 meters per minute. They produce large packages of yarn in contrast to ring spinning bobbins that are limited by the size of the spindle.
A critical aspect of yarn spinning from the early spindles to the modern ring spinning and open-end methods is imparting twist to the fibers making up the yarn to provide cohesion and strength. In all cases, that is imparted by taking up the yarn on a rotating device with the collection of fibers being fed either parallel to the long axis of the rotating device or at an angle less than 90 degrees to it. If the fibers were fed perpendicular to the axis of the rotating device, no twist would be imposed. This twisting is accomplished with a spindle by having the fibers fed almost parallel to the long axis of the spindle. For the early spinning wheel this was accomplished by feeding the fibers at an angle onto a mule (a rotating rod), so that they would move toward the opposite end of the take up. In ring spinning the traveler is a guide that spins around the take up guiding the lay down of the fibers (sometimes under computer control) and the traveler is fed nearly parallel to the long axis of the take up. In open-end spinning the fibers are deposited on the inside of a rotating drum after being fed into one end of the drum.
Baines, Patricia. Spinning Wheels: Spinners and Spinning. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1977.
Benson, Anna P. Textile Machines. Aylesbury, U.K.: Shire Publications, 1983. Shire Album 103.
Catling, Harold. The Spinning Mule. Newton Abbot, U.K.: David and Charles, 1970.
Dyson, Eric, ed. Rotor Spinning: Technical and Economic Aspects. Stockport, U.K.: The Textile Trade Press, 1975.
English, Walter. The Textile Industry. London: Longmans, 1969.
Lord, P. R., ed. Spinning in the '70s. Watford, U.K.: Merrow Publishing Company, Ltd., 1970.
Wilson, Kax. A History of Textiles. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 1979.


The analysis of market risks indicated within the IFRS 7 framework, in relation to price changes of financial instruments, is included in the broader context of financial risks defined in the Group Risk Map.
Financial risks include equity risk, interest rate risk, foreign exchange risk, real estate and concentration risk. Equity risk arises from unexpected movements in stock prices and also includes changes in equity volatility. Interest rate risk derives from unexpected changes in interest rates and also takes in account interest rate volatility. In addition, risks related to changes in property values, exchange rates and finally, concentration risk are considered.
Unexpected movements of interest rates, equities, real estate and exchange rates can negatively impact the economic, financial and capital position of the Group, both in terms of value and solvency.
Assets subject to market movements are invested to profitably employ the capital subscribed by shareholders and to meet contractual obligations to policyholders; consequently, financial market movements imply a change both in the value of investment and insurance liabilities. Therefore, oversight through analysis of the impact of adverse market movements implies an adequate consideration of volatility, correlations among risks and the effects on the economic value of the related insurance liabilities.
Within the processes of investment management, Group companies are required to apply the Group Risk Guidelines.
At year-end 2012 the investments whose market risk affects the Group were of € 320 billion at market value(1).
The exposure to fixed income instruments, expressed as percentage of investments bearing market risks, as defined above, increased to 87.7% (85.4% as at 31 December 2011) while the exposure to equity instruments decreased to 4.9% (6.0% as at 31 December 2011). In decrease also real estate investments that moved from 8.6% to 7.5%.
As mentioned above, the economic impact of changes in interest rate, equity values and the related volatilities for the shareholders will depend not only on the sensitivity of the assets to these shifts but also on how the same movements affect the present values of its insurance liabilities, which may absorb a portion of risk.
In life business this absorption is generally based on the level and structure of minimum return guarantees and profit sharing arrangements. The impact of the minimum guaranteed rates of return on solvency, both on the short and long terms, is assessed through deterministic and stochastic analysis. These analyses are performed at company and, if necessary, at single portfolio level and take into account the interaction between assets and liabilities helping to develop product strategies and strategic asset allocations aiming at optimising the risk/return profile.
portfolio and pricing management rules, coherent with sustainable guarantee level.
The currency risk arising from the recent issuance of subordinated debts in British pound sterling has been mitigated with a specific hedging strategy.
(1) Investments whose market risk affects the Group are total investments excluded investments back to policies where the investment risk is borne by the policyholders, investments in subsidiaries, associated companies and joint ventures, derivatives, mortgage loans, receivables from banks or customers and other residual financial investments different than equities and or loans as well as land and buildings used by third parties and cash and cash equivalents. Instead, self used properties are included.


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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;

namespace NetMud.Commands.Attributes
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Details what keywords match a command
    /// </summary>
    [AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Class, AllowMultiple = true)]
    public class CommandKeywordAttribute : Attribute
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// The keywords in question (exact word match, caps agnostic)
        /// </summary>
        public string Keyword { get; private set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// All the alises of this keyword
        /// </summary>
        public IEnumerable<string> Aliases { get; private set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Is this keyword also the "subject" paramater for the command (see UseExits for the primary example)
        /// </summary>
        public bool IsAlsoSubject { get; private set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// When using Commands and Help should this keyword show up
        /// </summary>
        public bool DisplayInHelpAndCommands { get; private set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Fairly obvious, stops this from being turned into a verb by the dictionary hoover
        /// </summary>
        public bool PreventBecomingAVerb { get; private set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Creates a new keyword attribute
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="keyword">The keywords in question (exact word match, caps agnostic)</param>
        /// <param name="isAlsoSubject">Is this keyword also the "subject" paramater for the command (see UseExits for the primary example)</param>
        /// <param name="displayInHelpAndCommands">When using Commands and Help should this keyword show up</param>
        public CommandKeywordAttribute(string keyword, bool isAlsoSubject, string[] aliases, bool displayInHelpAndCommands = true, bool preventBecomingAVerb = false)
        {
            //Way easier just to load them all into lowercase so we don't have to move the cost to runtime
            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(keyword))
            {
                throw (new ArgumentNullException(string.Format("{0} Command accessor keyword blank on implimentation.", GetType().ToString())));
            }

            Keyword = keyword.ToLower();
            IsAlsoSubject = isAlsoSubject;
            DisplayInHelpAndCommands = displayInHelpAndCommands;

            List<string> aliasList = new List<string>() { keyword };
            aliasList.AddRange(aliases);

            Aliases = aliasList.Distinct();
            PreventBecomingAVerb = preventBecomingAVerb;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Creates a new keyword attribute
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="keyword">The keywords in question (exact word match, caps agnostic)</param>
        /// <param name="isAlsoSubject">Is this keyword also the "subject" paramater for the command (see UseExits for the primary example)</param>
        /// <param name="displayInHelpAndCommands">When using Commands and Help should this keyword show up</param>
        public CommandKeywordAttribute(string keyword, bool isAlsoSubject, string alias, bool displayInHelpAndCommands = true, bool preventBecomingAVerb = false)
        {
            //Way easier just to load them all into lowercase so we don't have to move the cost to runtime
            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(keyword))
            {
                throw (new ArgumentNullException(string.Format("{0} Command accessor keyword blank on implimentation.", GetType().ToString())));
            }

            Keyword = keyword.ToLower();
            IsAlsoSubject = isAlsoSubject;
            DisplayInHelpAndCommands = displayInHelpAndCommands;
            Aliases = new string[] { keyword, alias };
            PreventBecomingAVerb = preventBecomingAVerb;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Creates a new keyword attribute
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="keyword">The keywords in question (exact word match, caps agnostic)</param>
        /// <param name="isAlsoSubject">Is this keyword also the "subject" paramater for the command (see UseExits for the primary example)</param>
        /// <param name="displayInHelpAndCommands">When using Commands and Help should this keyword show up</param>
        public CommandKeywordAttribute(string keyword, bool isAlsoSubject, bool displayInHelpAndCommands = true, bool preventBecomingAVerb = false)
        {
            //Way easier just to load them all into lowercase so we don't have to move the cost to runtime
            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(keyword))
            {
                throw (new ArgumentNullException(string.Format("{0} Command accessor keyword blank on implimentation.", GetType().ToString())));
            }

            Keyword = keyword.ToLower();
            IsAlsoSubject = isAlsoSubject;
            DisplayInHelpAndCommands = displayInHelpAndCommands;
            Aliases = new string[] { keyword };
            PreventBecomingAVerb = preventBecomingAVerb;
        }
    }
}

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Gingrich's powerful, driving double-leg takedown set him up to tilt McClure for two nearfall points, and coupled with an early escape, clinch the 5-3 win.
A sophomore from Bald Eagle Area, Gingrich was all smiles after his match, especially considering Lawson upstaged him earlier this month at the Southern Scuffle in Chattanooga, Tenn. There, Lawson went 4-2 and placed seventh while Gingrich didn't place, going 2-2.
The disappointing start to the new year fueled his rugged training sessions over the last few weeks, Gingrich said.
Although his performance at the Scuffle wasn't up to his own standards, Gingrich has excelled in duals for No. 1 Penn State (5-0, 2-0). He beat Indiana's then-No. 8 Adam Chalfant 6-5 earlier this season.
No. 1 125-pounder Nico Megaludis got the ball rolling with takedown after takedown in a 19-6 win over Brenan Lyons. Jordan Conaway and Bryan Pearsall added wins at 133 and 141 pounds, respectively. Conaway beat Brandon Fifield 7-2 while Pearsall added a 10-2 major decision over Nick Trimble.
English shut out Dan Osterman 6-0 at 149 pounds before James Vollrath added Penn State's first win over one of Michigan State's two ranked wrestlers.
Filling in at 157 pounds for Dylan Alton, who is suspended until Jan. 22 along with his brother Andrew, Vollrath gave up an early takedown to No. 19 David Cheza before escaping prior to the end of the first period. In the second, Vollrath gave up an escape, then took Cheza down to tie the bout. But Cheza escaped to regain his lead.
Vollrath chose down to start the third period, escaped and repeatedly worked for a takedown. He got it via a high-crotch sweep with just 10 seconds remaining to post his first dual-meet win of the season, 6-4.
It was an encouraging bout for Vollrath, who stepped in for Dylan Alton at the Southern Scuffle and made it all the way to the finals, where he lost in sudden victory to No. 14 Jedd Moore of Virginia.
No. 2-ranked 165-pounder David Taylor dominated Nick Proctor. Taylor worked for three takedowns and two nearfall points before he pinned Proctor in just 1:23. No. 3 Matt Brown followed suit at 174 for Penn State with a dismantling of Jordan Wohlfert. Brown earned a 23-7 technical fall with nine takedowns and three nearfall points in 6:17.
No. 1 Ed Ruth made quick work of John Rizqallah at 184, cradling the Michigan State sophomore for a fall in 1:37. No. 3 Quentin Wright kept the offense coming at 197, racking up three first-period takedowns in a 13-4 major decision against Luke Jones.
Gingrich followed with his win over McClure to preserve the shutout.
Notes: It was Penn State's second shutout in its last three duals. The Nittany Lions blanked Indiana 52-0 on Dec. 9. Penn State won the takedown battle 33-1. Gingrich won the Ridge Riley Award, presented to the most outstanding wrestler in a home dual. Ruth (16-0) and Wright (15-0) remained unbeaten on the season. Members of the State College youth wrestling program wrestled during intermission. Penn State football coach Bill O'Brien took in the action from the bleachers.


We all have seasons where busyness threatens to consume us. We're so busy that our homes become a dumping ground as we finally get back to the house because we are too exhausted to even entertain the idea of cleaning things. Dentist appointments, doctor visits, family pictures, music lessons, play dates, and field trips have a way of landing right on top of each other. From morning till dinner the family is out of the house.
As a homeschooling family, the chaos can get even worse when school supplies are left out as you run from one thing to the next. The science project just sits there begging to be completed.
I like to call these seasons survival mode. We do the bare minimum to get us through each day. We know that the season will end soon enough to get things back under control. These seasons can be as short as a week or last as long as a month or more.
There isn't a specific timeframe–it's simply when life is too busy to get everything done that we would normally get done. The laundry may pile up, the dishes might need to sit longer, the floors may not get swept every night as you are running from one errand to the next.
Busy seasons make you thankful for the mundane chores.
It's the mundane chores that we do every day that make the biggest impact.
Yet during a busy season, we can't do it all. Hence, the term survival mode. So we need to decide what it is that we should do and what things we have to let slide. This will be different for everyone, but here are the three things I have learned that are a must in the midst of chaos.
This is a must. My whole day is better if I have spent time with the Lord. I find myself impatient, snappy, lacking joy and peace if I don't fill myself up on the Word each morning. I have tried telling myself that I'll get to my Bible reading later in the day when there is more time, but honestly, in a busy season there isn't more time in the day. I've learned to just get it done first thing in morning.
This doesn't look like a 30-minute-long Bible study devotion time. Busy seasons don't offer us that luxury. It may be just a few verses and a quick prayer. It could be 10 minutes reading a chapter. It could mean listening to your YouVersion app while you do your makeup. Make it a priority to get God's Word into your heart before you face the crazy day ahead.
Most everything else can get out of hand, except the dishes. Every night before I go to bed I am sure to load and start the dishwasher. Even if I can't fit all of the days worth of dishes into the dishwasher, at least the majority of them are being washed while I sleep. It may take 10 minutes that you could be collapsing into your comfy bed but having an empty sink when you wake up makes you feel like you have something under control when everywhere else you turn seems to be getting out of control.
If you let dishes sit too long, they're harder to clean and sooner or later you will have no dishes to eat on. How frustrating would that be to come home to make dinner to find you have no cookware or clean dishes to use? Don't let it get to that point, do one load of dishes a day even during a busy, especially during a busy season.
When we are constantly on the move, finding time (or energy!) to fold laundry doesn't usually happen. But we can't be walking around naked either. I've found that washing and drying one load of laundry a day is a happy middle ground. The clothes will get folded eventually, but if someone needs a clean pair of pants, they can at least know they have some clean. They just have to find them in the laundry mountain.
Life isn't always going to be calm. There are going to be seasons where you need to dump and run. Life shouldn't always be a busy season because living in survival mode is not healthy. But when you find yourself in the midst of a busy season, making time to read your Bible and doing one load of dishes and laundry a day will save your sanity and make life feel less chaotic. I can't skip them because I've learned that it makes me feel unbalanced and out of control if I do. As wives and homeschooling moms, we need to have some control. Otherwise our homes become places where nobody wants to be. Don't get to that point!
Anastasia is the wife of her High School sweetheart and mama to three little ones. In between the craziness of laundry, meals, and homeschooling she enjoys reading, writing, sewing, crafting and anything pink! She has the desire to inspire women to pursue holiness in their everyday lives, and you can find her doing just that over at Ana Wins! You can also find her over on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest!
With a four-year-old, a three-year-old, and a 5-month old, I needed this. I would also suggest audio Bible time!


Hi, it's me, Lily – again!
Today, we had Gavin's T-Ball game. I saw my friend, Esther, there. After that I asked my mom and dad if I could have a play date with her and they said YES! I had so much fun with her. We dressed up, watched movies, had snacks and played games. Then, I had to go home and my mom and I made some GAK. I made turquoise, Gavin made green and Evie made hot pink. It was so fun!!
Today, I'm showing you something me and mommy made last week. You're gonna throw your hats off for this idea – it's Graduation Hat Toppers and Straws! Did you know I'm graduating on June 2nd from Kindergarten?? Then, I'm going to be a first grader!! You can make these if you kid is graduating from any grade. I think they'll love them.
2. Then we hot glued the strips into circles. Then we put that circle on the bottom of our square and added to dabs of hot glue and held it there until it dried.
3. Then we added another dab of glue and attached the striped straw and held it there til it was almost dry.
And to make the straws we just hole punched a hole in the middle of the square before we added the circle underneath it. The straw fit in it just perfectly!
I can't wait to graduate and sing the songs we've been practicing. We are singing 3 of them – You are My Sunshine, Planting Seeds, and Start Spreading the News. It's going to be awesome!!
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Super cute! My daughter is graduating this year. I can't wait to make some!


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'Game Of Thrones' sets new viewing Guinness World Record
Sam Ashurst
Yahoo Movies UK 3 May 2019
Game of Thrones is the most popular show on television right now. Not only has it set a record for taking home the most Emmy Awards in a single night (37), the show has also broken the record for the most pirated show ever (credit: HBO)
If you feel like it's impossible to get away from Game Of Thrones this season, that's because it actually is – basically more people than ever are watching it.
The global demand on the day of Game of Thrones' 8th season premiere exceeded the global premiere demand of every other TV series – including Game of Thrones' own season 7 premiere. That's across all platforms and markets under measurement.
Read more: This is why the lighting is so bad in 'Game of Thrones'
Parrot Analytics, a TV content analytics firm, who know basically everything there is to know about global audience demand measurement, teamed with Guinness World Records to track the demand and declare it officially Most in-demand TV premiere.
Parrot uses global, real-time and platform-agnostic TV demand measurements. Guinness and Parrot charted worldwide demand for all series premieres from April 2015 to the day of Game of Thrones' season 8 premiere ('Winterfell') on April 14 to determine the measurement.
"Game of Thrones amassed a per capita global audience demand of 25.46 on 14th of April 2019, its season 8 premiere day. Compared to its per capita global demand of 24.74 on the day of its season 7 premiere, the latest and final season has premiered 2.9% higher globally. Premiere day demand has been particularly strong in the United States, United Kingdom and France," Samuel Stadler, VP of marketing said.
Read more: Fans mock new 'Game of Thrones' waxwork
Craig Glenday, editor-in-chief at Guinness said Game Of Thrones "looks like it's going to continue breaking records right up to the final, undoubtedly devastating episode."
We haven't had the results in for 'The Long Night' yet, but we'd definitely expect Game Of Thrones to break its own record again before the season finale.
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Thematic Issue 40 (September 2021)
Becoming-Dog. Multi-species Ethnographic Approaches Around Companion Animals
Guest Editors:
Celeste Medrano
Anthropological Sciences Institute / Conicet
celestazo@hotmail.com
Leonardo Montenegro
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid / Universidad Colegio Mayor de Cundinamarca
l.montenegro@revistatabularasa.org
We are approaching the end of the second decade of the 21st century, and humankind —or at least a part of it— has reached an unprecedented technological development. In the same line, habitable settings have evolved towards scenarios of deep climate crises and planet-wide transformations putting at risk life forms known and yet-to-be-known as a whole.
However, deep relations between human beings and other living beings have remained almost the same. Particularly in modern collectives, and especially in the Western world, those bonds validate the culture/nature split, and ponder upon practices according to which human beings make part of the cultural sphere, while animals are a part of the natural sphere, the latter justifying mistreatment, exploitation, and/or annihilation. Parallel to this overview, certain relationships with animals are undergoing changes, especially those involving companion animals, conceivably, cats and dogs. Thus, in the last two decades, relationships between human beings and non-human animals have dramatically changed. This is observed particularly when we study dogs, who get involved in varied ways with human collectives: as companion species, as objects of consumption, as new families' members, as market objects and targets, as new gamechangers, as vehicles and subjects of medical therapies, promoting social changes, in rights, ethics, philosophical thinking, medicine, social work, and anthropology, to quote some subject areas and social life instances. In this sense, we are interested in asking about the place dogs occupy in people's lives, dogs' role in contemporary social theory, and particularly in research methods that help us approach these interspecies relationships.
During the 1980s and 1990s, several fundamental questions concerning other living beings, and particularly other animals came under the spotlight: What is an animal? Do animals have rights on their own? Are we humans another animal? And of course, some questions about how human being, animals too (except for some cosmological views), have put distance so as to be situated out from animality and out from nature. In that line, we need to explore those conceptions between Western and non-Western groups, the first being framed within Modernity, one of whose pillars is the opposing binomial culture/nature. That «big dividing line» has given rise to great debates, and, as it happens when we focus on important questions, this gap has not been closed, but enlarged. At the same time, the above mentioned deploys in a context where we ask ourselves about animals (and we stumble into questions about different animals, all animals, and some animals that are deemed to be more important than others, which raises questions like Why are they more important? For whom are they more important? Responses can come from history, social work, anthropology, from each of social sciences and, even, from the more diverse natural sciences. In this Tabula Rasa monographic issue, we aim to address the abovementioned issues, from questions and theoretical proposals to modern approaches to address this complex human-animal relationship, as in the case of multispecies ethnography, and we are interested in inquiring into interactions between species in the modern/colonial world-system(s).
In this line, we specially encourage works exploring human relationships with dogs, as the latter are often forced to work, in many cases enslaved, as watch dogs, rescue dogs, assisted therapy dogs, shepherd dogs, dogs used for human entertainment in circuses, in dog fighting, in children's parties, as sexual objects, along with dogs as members of interspecies (human-dog) families, where they are considered as pets, buddies, sons, or objects of consumption or entertainment.
By studying human-dog relationships, we bring into question the relationships between companion species, the notion of «animal», from various disciplines Are animals —particularly dogs— objects or subjects? As Donna Haraway points out, dogs are not surrogates for theory; they are not here just to think with. They are here to live with.
Thus, we are also interested in the ways how those interspecies interactions are deployed, how ethnography has become a tool for this, and what is the difference between multispecies ethnography and classical ethnography. Additionally, we aim to catch a glimpse of the potential in creating the concepts that will build this kind of ethnography, allowing us a more in-depth analysis and insight of the worlds of social relations between companion species. To get more information or submit your manuscript complete with an abstract (in English, Spanish, or Portuguese languages), please contact Celeste Medrano celestazo@hotmail.com or Leonardo Montenegro (l.montenegro@revistatabularasa.org).
The deadline for manuscripts submission is June 1, 2021.
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