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Anjum Nayyar
With many of us working from home our kids are likely getting a unique look into our daily work lives as professionals. Some of us have had our kids drop in on a meeting (by accident or on purpose) or have had their own schedules for online learning impacted by shared space and technology. They may have even seen us lead a zoom brainstorm, a team meeting or watch as we navigate the new norm with new technology under time constraints.
But can watching parents juggle and fumble at home have a positive impact on these young minds?
For one university professor, the experience has given her two school-aged girls a rare glimpse of the education profession.
"They have seen me sending emails or on calls previously but conducting a class or meeting over zoom is something they haven't seen me do before," says Anchal Malik, an Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine. "I think more than what we do, the whole platform of our work being done virtually while they are around is something new for them. My eldest has developed an appreciation for the hard work her teachers have to put in to create an online learning session or assignment because she is seeing me doing similar work although at a university level."
For some on the front lines of healthcare during this pandemic, seeing parents do their jobs at a different level has offered insight into what it takes to do more with competing priorities.
"They have a deep respect for the fact that practicing medicine is not a 9 to 5 job," says Dr. Paramjeet Singh, a family physician in Ontario, Canada. She says her teenage son and daughter have seen her adapt to virtual care during the pandemic with fascination.
They are amazed at how my office has adapted to virtual care while still seeing those patients that need in-office visits. They also acknowledge the background work and endless hours of meetings and organization that go into implementing these changes, says Dr. Singh.
While the goal of juggling successfully is helpful, it's equally impactful to watch parents struggle or adapt to new rules and ways of doing their work, says psychiatrist Dr. Shimi Kang, and author of The Dolphin Parent: A Guide to Raising Healthy, Happy, and the upcoming book Tech Solution: Creating Healthy Habits for Kids Growing up in Digital World.
Before the pandemic we were seeing a rise of perfectionism in kids. The school system had evolved into a very evaluative system. During this whole moment we have had to adapt, and we are learning from mistakes, says Dr. Kang.
She adds the ability to be comfortable with uncertainty is also a teachable moment.
Dr. Shimi Kang, author, psychiatrist
Kang, whose expertise lies in the neuroscience of mental health, addiction, motivation, relationships, and optimal performance, has spent over 20 years researching, treating, and working with people from all walks of life says this pandemic provides an opportunity to help kids understand uncertainty and is helpful for a growth or play mindset.
"It's an open-ended approach to the uncertainty of life with this idea that you're going to try new things, you're going to make mistakes you may fail and that's key to the future success of kids."
Recently, Dr. Singh's hospital's ICU department was featured on John Krasinski's, "Some Good News," and that also encouraged conversation at home with her teens.
"My family was thrilled and also inspired to ask how they could help," says Dr. Singh. "They recognize how valuable my Family Health Team's work is in supporting the mental and physical health of our community. With a full household some days run more smoothly than others, but we know we are all on the same team and here to support each other. Some strategies that have helped us keep balanced include family walks, game time and open discussions about our hopes, fears and goals for the near and distant future."
Dr. Kang says watching parents do their work at home can be an empowering experience for children of all ages and may even build empathy.
"They are realizing now that parents are humans too, we get stressed, we need help and they are getting an inside view on work life. I think that kids don't always appreciate that. We can tell them at the dinner table, 'oh I had a very busy day' but when they're actually seeing it in real-time, it can be more impactful."
Mangala Rao-D'Sa, a Vice President, Marketing & Innovation/Supply Chain at Second Cup and a mom of two, agrees.
My kids have definitely realized how much time I spend guiding and coaching others. They hear me on calls and have noticed how I speak to teammates," says Rao-D'Sa. "My son and daughter are my new co-workers! We share workspaces so we are reminding each other to stay focused.
"They are helping more, especially with the dishes. They're more considerate at lunch and ask if I have eaten and if they can make us anything."
Experts say doing chores and being a contributor in the day-to-day of the home is really important for kids. "It's linked to their feeling of motivation and feeling that they're mastering something," says Dr. Kang.
In Zannat Reza's household, her children have been watching her juggle multiple meetings as a health communications expert. These days they clean the house every Saturday together.
"This has allowed them to appreciate the work our cleaning lady used to do." She adds working together also led to more time for bonding as a family. "We've been going for walks every day. And have had more time for bike rides, board games, art and watching shows together. These are big accomplishments when you have teens."
Dr. Singh says her children, inspired by her medical profession, have modelled some of their insight for peers and taken it to heart.
My biggest source of pride is when I hear my daughter encouraging her friends to keep busy and happy but to also stay safe," Singh says. "She helps to provide reliable sources of information about the virus to family and friends. She has reached out to grandparents and older family members to ensure they are safe. As a family we are delivering groceries to elders who are at higher risk from the virus.
Interacting with parents' work-life as they navigate this new norm, may also expose them to other ways of looking at how they will see themselves in their own careers. Click To TweetInteracting with parents' work-life as they navigate this new norm, may also expose them to other ways of looking at how they will see themselves in their own careers.
"Kids still tend to think about the traditional careers, so this is an opportunity for them to really look broadly at what is out there and also what the gaps are," says Dr. Kang. "On the flipside though of course, there is a lot of stress, in terms of job security and income. Kids who are not doing well with remote learning are falling behind. We can look for those opportunities that we didn't have before and bring that as a positive in our lives."
Planning, patience and resilience can all be skills children may reflect on during this time, whether your job sparks an interest for them or not.
"They see me discussing business plans and don't understand why it takes so many meetings to make a decision!" says Rao-D'Sa. "I don't think it has sparked an interest, but maybe an appreciation of how much work it takes to launch new products."
As we navigate this pandemic as families, learning those important life skills has become more important now than ever.
"Learning the life skills like time management, 'how do I manage my day', 'plan ahead for the week', 'how do I build structure and routine'; these life skills are more linked to personal professional life-long success than any academic skill," says Dr. Kang. "Although, they're indirectly developed in school, they're not directly developed in the way that we know we need to and that's why we're seeing a crisis on campuses when students have to actually have those life skills. I think for the kids that have experienced this pandemic; this is a defining event of their generation. It is going to change them in many ways, and in some ways I think it will be positive."
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Anjum is the publisher and editor of masalamommas.com. She has extensive experience in in television as a News Anchor, Reporter, and Health beat reporter. She began her career in Chicago, where as a Masters Journalism student at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, she covered the juvenile court house in the city's south west side. She specialized in broadcast journalism. After working behind the scenes and as a reporter at local Toronto and national TV news stations, Anjum went on to become a reporter/back up anchor at OMNI NEWS in Toronto as well as reporting, writing and producing a health segment for the South Asian News program. Here she won several awards for her coverage of health stories including the runner-up Journalism Award for Excellence in Women's Health Reporting from the Society of Gynecologists of Canada for her story on "Breast Cancer Misconceptions in the South Asian Community," as well as Best News Story 2004 from Toronto EMS for her story on its multilingual emergency services.She's been a TV journalist for over 12 years and a communications specialist and freelance writer for over 15 years. Recently Anjum was nominated for the HotMommas Project, an award-winning social venture that pairs the world's largest digital case study library of female role models for her work on launching masalamommas.com. She's a mother of two with a love for chocolate and chai, in that order!


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SPD arrests 1 in car chase from Hamilton
By Editor | September 19, 2019 | 0
A Mississippi man was arrested Sept. 16 after a car chase that started in Hamilton and ended up in Slaton.
Issac James Massingill, 21, was arrested on charges of Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle, Possession of a controlled substance, Penalty Group 1, between four and 200 grams, two charges of Possession of a controlled substance, Penalty Group three less than 28 grams, and Fraudulent Use or Possession of ID Information.
Slaton Police Sergeant Steve Dekraker said Massingill was in a vehicle that was stolen in a burglary in Hamilton.
It was being tracked by GPS and ended in Slaton. Police caught Massingill and arrested him.
He is currently in Lubbock County Jail.

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Professor Ní Aoláin Started UN Special Rapporteur Appointment
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PSRP researcher Fionnuala Ní Aoláin (TJI, University of Ulster) started her appointment as UN Special Rapporteur on the 1st of August. She is the new Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism.
Professor Ní Aoláin's appointment follows an outstanding international academic career dedicated to international law, human rights law, national security law, transitional justice and feminist legal theory. She has previously been inter alia a representative at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia at domestic war crimes trials in Bosnia (1996-97), a Special Expert appointed by the UN Secretary General on gender equality in times of conflict and peacemaking, an OCHR and UN Women consultant in preparation for a study on reparations for conflict related sexual violence and an International Criminal Court's Trust Fund for Victims' appointed lead of an expert review on reparations to victims.
Professor Ní Aoláin has received numerous awards and honours for her outstanding research and scholarly activity.
We wish her all the best in her new function!


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Things That Go "Alt-Ac" in the Night
October 25, 2016 / Praxis Admin
Boo. ("Boogeyman" from Wikimedia Commons).
I've always had difficulty explaining to my parents what exactly I do in graduate school. They've always been incredibly supportive, of course, but there are some things that get lost in translation. Discussions of what my research is, or the parameters of my teaching load, or the rigors of publishing are met with smiles-and-nods before the subject is changed--"Are you going to move back home when you're done?"
It's not that they're simple or bumpkins; they just lack context. My father, for example, immigrated from rural Mexico with barely a high school diploma, and he has scraped by in one agricultural job after another since I was a child. He believes that the longer one spends in school, the better and the more stable their job and income will be. "Politicians and lawyers spend a long time in college," he told me, as though a PhD in medieval literature were the same as a Master of Laws. "You will be fine," he says. "You are getting your degree."
Education: the panacea of social mobility.
But saturated as I am in graduate-school culture, I know too well the expressions Adjunct Hell and The State of Academia; my colleagues and I dwell on dwindling tenure-tracks and phased-out departments in masochistic terror. Mention The Job Market to a graduate student and watch variegated coping mechanisms frantically kick into play. There's no need to elaborate--the phrases are household boogeymen in my little corner of academic culture. But that's the way of it, we tell ourselves: it's just the price we pay to join the professorate.
Perhaps it's no surprise, but it's far easier to explain to my father what I do at the UWC. He understands why I'm helping students with their writing much more easily than why I'm reading what someone in the '50s wrote about an old poem from the 1300s. "Ah, like a tutor," he says, and I can almost hear him nodding over the phone. "You can do that here, right? There are schools here."
My father is very concerned that I will live too far away.
It didn't take me long to realize that I liked my writing center work more than my research, that I found it far more interesting and rewarding. By that point, I had begun to volunteer for project groups--notably, the Presentations Committee. I continued to consult with students on their writing projects, but I also oversaw more general writing workshops.
I began to reconsider my resignation to Adjunct Hell.
When I was one of the Presentations Co-Coordinators, it was like having my cake and eating it, too: I still consulted, still delivered presentations, but now I was getting a peek at the inner clockwork of the UWC itself. After I left Presentations to join the Assistant Program Coordinator team, taking on yet more responsibilities, I had already made the choice to go into writing center administration.
However as soon as I made that decision, I encountered a strange turnabout. While my father was no longer confused by my career, I felt swamped with the need to justify my choice to my academic advisors. I was going into alt-ac? But why?
One of my advisors was especially less than thrilled, trying to reassure me that I wouldn't really have to go into alt-ac and she has one student at a top university who out-earns her. I couldn't help but note the implications, and I had the distinct impression that my choice wasn't just a failure to her, but some kind of self-flagellation. It felt as though alt-ac were a sort of gallows--something one is forced into when they cannot be Good Scholars.
When I mentioned more specifically that I would be quite happy in writing center administration, her response a deeply sympathetic, "Oh, Pax, that would be so sad."
I was at a loss for words. She sounded like I'd just told her my dog was dying. Tragedy, thy name is alt-ac.
As my boss often points out, writing centers aren't really "alternative-to-academic" employment--they are academic work. However, while a handful of my professors have acknowledged it as a very practical and sound route, they do so only as an academic alternative. It's a "smart choice" in this Job Market, but not necessarily independent of that context.
It's as though no one really chooses to go alt-ac. And while I know it's leftover imposter syndrome, I fear that my choice somehow casts doubts on my academic abilities: I'm not a Good Scholar who would not succeed on The Job Market, so I have to go into administration. After all, no one in academia is supposed to want to work in a writing center. But I do, and I have every intention of doing so.
My father is still convinced I'll be making the big bucks, living comfortably in a nice, nearby house that he can visit during holidays. But his optimism, a little too silver-lined perhaps, is vastly preferable to academia's funeral dirge.
~Pax Gutierrez-Neal (Assistant Program Coordinator for the University of Texas at Austin)
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Trending: actress and style icon Ana Girardot
With only an overcoat, the actress Ana Girardot weaves an enchanting stylistic story
"I LOVE the power of clothes," she says. "It's fascinating how much a person's clothes say about their attitude and personality." Paradoxically, in our photo Ana Girar- dot appears nearly nude, with nothing on her skin but a sheepskin coat.
As an actress, Ana pays minute attention to each item in a character's wardrobe. As a woman, she dresses according to her mood: "I love getting dressed—and having fun with it. Every day a new inspiration leads to a new outfit." Today a bomber jacket with leggings and sneakers, yesterday jeans and a trench coat, tomor- row perhaps a dress… This purposeful unpredictability is right in step with the bohemian nonchalance of the shearling coat, whose 1970s connotations represent a major trend for winter 2017.
A host of images come to mind, and not only in black and white. But the spirit is clear: it's about evoking the graceful insouciance of the sixties and seventies—ele- gant without a trace of bling. The coat in question is the fruit of a collaboration between Ana and the Pablo label, taking, at her insistence, the role of muse and model into creative territory. A true woman of today, she envisioned a wardrobe of an artist ("A painter—why not?"): plush overalls, an outsized shirt, a cape… "The elements for composing a look, through which she can express herself and explore her creativity." And that, in a word, is chic.
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LAMBORGHINI AVENTADOR LIBERTY WALK from Indonesia!
I think that there is no need to emphasize the fact that when it comes to Indonesia, supercars are something that is pretty much common in this far South East Asian country. Me personally, I have never been over there, but taking into an account that we have seen so many videos with absolutely awesome cars that are coming from this great archipelago state which is consisted from thousands of islands, I can easily come to this conclusion. Well, today`s video that we have prepared for this article is not with many hypercars at one place, but only with one, absolutely jaw-dropping model of Lamborghini Aventador Liberty Walk that will take your breath away.
Most of the times when we are watching the above mentioned Indonesia video clips, the biggest buzz is coming from its capital city, Singapore. I`m sure that those of you who are following us on regular basis can remember quite well on some of the numerous gatherings of Nissan GTRs, or on that hottest spot in that great city, fulfilled with many different models of Lamborghini.
Just watch the LAMBORGHINI AVENTADOR LIBERTY WALK video and you will find out what I`m trying to tell you. Simply irresistible supercar! And if you want to see other videos with Liberty Walk Lambo models, go to this link.


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Police: Speed, impairment appear to be factors in deadly Reading Road crash
One person was killed and two injured in a crash in the 2000 block of Reading Road Sunday night (Source: WXIX)
MT AUBURN, Ohio (FOX19) - Cincinnati police say excessive speed and impairment appear to be factors in a crash Sunday night in Mount Auburn that left one person dead and two others injured.
The Cincinnati Police Department's Traffic Unit responded to the 2000 block of Reading Road around 8 p.m.
Officers say Zikeem Peppers, 27, was driving a 2008 Buick LaCrosse south on Reading when he failed to control his car, crossed over the double yellow line, and hit a traffic light apparatus.
Peppers is being treated at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center for non-life threatening injuries, according to police.
Authorities say the front seat passenger, Dia Thomas, 32, died as a result of her injuries at UCMC.
Christian Kennedy, 30, was riding in the backseat and is being treated for non-life threatening injuries at UCMC, according to police.
Officers say none of the occupants were wearing their seatbelts at the time of the crash.
The traffic unit is still investigating and asks any witnesses to the crash to call them at (513) 352-2514.
Crash slows SB I-75 at Lockland split
Delays are at least 30-minutes long
Cincinnati launches the "Vision Zero" plan to help eliminate traffic-related concerns
Cincinnati has officially launched a new plan to help drivers and pedestrians alike, but they say community feedback is vital for them to accomplish their goal.
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The Finance Bill 2018 and the Legal Rules
RoGGKenya Editor Send an email October 1, 2018
During voting the MPs are required to remain seated
The fiasco that occurred in Parliament during the passage of the President Uhuru Kenyatta's memorandum on the Finance Bill, 2018 has left many wondering whether MPs acted within the law.
The National Assembly passed the Bill that contains a raft of punitive taxation measures, including the introduction of an eight per cent Value Added Tax (VAT) on petroleum products.
Did the Finance Act, 2018, as passed by MPs meet the legal and constitutional thresholds as enshrined in the House Standing Orders and the Constitution?
What does the law say about a memorandum on Bill when the President refuses to assent and fires it back to Parliament for MPs reconsideration?
We cite the rules for you to assess this.
Not without Precedence
A similar matter arose in the same House in 2016 when MPs opposed the passage of the controversial Security Laws (Amendment) Bill and again in 2017 when lawmakers fought over the Electoral Laws (Amendment) Bill following the nullification of the August 4 presidential election results by the Supreme Court.
Rules for a Bill that was referred back
If the President refers a Bill back for reconsideration, Parliament may, following the appropriate procedures amend the Bill in light of the President's reservations or pass the Bill a second time without amendment.
So, the Constitution, ( in Article 115 (3 and 4), direct link into Article ), requires that Parliament, after considering the President's reservations has two ways to pass a bill:
either without amendment or with amendments only that do not fully accommodate the President's reservations.
This would require a vote supported by two-thirds of members of the National Assembly by a vote supported by two-thirds of members of the National Assembly, Para 3, Article 115 of the Constitution
or with the amendments that would fully reflect the President's reservations. That would require a simple majority vote only. Para 4, Article 115 of the Constitution
If Parliament has passed a Bill, either of the ways mentioned above, the appropriate Speaker shall within seven days re-submit it to the President and the President shall within seven days assent to the Bill.
Then, it is up to the President. We quote para 6 of Article 115: "If the President does not assent to a Bill or refer it back within the period prescribed in clause (1), or assent to it under (5) (b), the Bill shall be taken to have been assented to on the expiry of that period."
Rules for Voting in the Assembly
So, did the House follow its own rules during the chaotic debate on the Finance Bill, 2018? Section 69 to 74 of the Standing Orders of The National Assembly (document on RoGGKenya) elaborates how voting on a matter in the House should be undertaken. (External link: Standing Orders on Parliament Website)
The House rules stipulate that unless otherwise provided under the Constitution, a question arising in the House shall be decided by a majority of the Members in the House, present and voting.
In ascertaining the results on a question arising in the House, the Speaker shall, in the first instance, collect the voices of the "Ayes" and the "Noes" and shall declare the results accordingly.
Electronic Voting is the Rule
Section 70 of the rules provide for electronic voting and unless the Speaker, for the convenience of the House otherwise directs, voting on a division in the House shall be by electronic voting.
Curiously, the electronic gadgets failed during the chaotic vote on Finance Bill with screens showing that 352 MPs were present when the total number of lawmakers in the House is 349.
The rules says when the Speaker directs that an electronic vote be taken, the Division Bell shall be rung for not more than ten minutes and the House shall proceed to a vote at the expiry of the ten minutes, or such further time as the Speaker may, for the convenience of the House, direct.
During electronic voting, Members cast their votes by pressing either the "Yes, "No" or "Abstain" button.
At the expiry of five minutes or as soon as the result of the voting appears on the indicator board, the Speaker or the Chairperson, as the case may be, shall announce the results of the division forthwith.
Roll Call is the Second Choice
In the event of a technical failure, confusion or error occurring in the course of voting which in the opinion of the Speaker cannot otherwise be corrected; the Speaker may direct the House to another round of electronic voting or proceed to a roll call voting. (71 of the Standing Orders)
The rules states that the Speaker shall direct a division to be taken in every instance where the Constitution lays down that a fixed majority is necessary to decide any question. (72 of the Standing Orders)
The Procedure for a Roll Call is laid down in Standing Order no. 73: When the Speaker directs a roll call voting to be taken, the Division Bell shall be rung for ten minutes.
The names of one teller for the "Ayes" and one teller for the "Noes" shall be submitted to the Speaker, and the Speaker shall direct the tellers to take seats at a designated place.
At the end of ten minutes, the Speaker shall direct the doors to be locked and the Bar drawn and no Member shall thereafter enter or leave the House until after the roll call vote has been taken.
When called out, each Member shall, thereupon rise in his or her place and declare assent or dissent to the question in the following manner; "I vote Yes" or, "I vote No" or, "I Abstain," or use appropriate Kenyan sign language.
After the Clerk has read the last name in the Division list, the tellers shall present the result of the roll call vote to the Speaker who shall thereupon announce the result of the vote to the House.
During division, Members are required to maintain order in the House and shall be in their designated seats and must remain seated until the result is announced.
Irregularities on Sep 21, 2018
This was not the case on September 21, when the Finance Bill 2018 was voted upon.
On TV, we even saw the Deputy Speaker call for a vote by acclamation. We heard that the "No"-Votes were much louder during that acclamation vote, whereas the Deputy Speaker declared the "Yes"-Votes to be stronger. Link to NTV report (video).
All this seems not to be documented in the electronic version of the Official Hansard Report that is online on the Parliament Website (external link, This Hansard on RoGGKenya.org, downloaded Oct 1)) .
Also, in The Standing Orders , in its Part XV on voting and divisions, there is no mentioning at all of an acclamation vote . Why has Hon. Soipan Tuya then chosen to try it out?
NTV and others have even reported that Majority Leader Aden Duale and Minority Leader John Mbadi led MPs out of chamber to prevent the necessary quorum to be present for any vote that would be able to run counter against President Kenyatta's memorandum about the Bill. (link to the report)
Were the proper procedures followed during the Finance Bill, 2018? We do not find this to be the case. And this is only one reason why the outcome is being challenged in the courts.
But meanwhile, you yourself can start comparing the reality with the rules by looking at the documents and other sources linked in the text.
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American Airlines resumes non-summer flight schedule on Aug. 22
Released:Apr 24, 2017
(STILLWATER, OKLAHOMA / April 24, 2017) – The City of Stillwater and Oklahoma State University are pleased to announce that starting Aug. 22, 2017, American Airlines will resume its non-summer commercial flight schedule from Stillwater Regional Airport. This schedule features an early morning departure time of approximately 7 a.m. to DFW and a late evening arrival time in Stillwater.
City Manager Norman McNickle and OSU President Burns Hargis are grateful that American Airlines addressed the community's concerns about flight times.
McNickle said, "Commercial flight from Stillwater Regional Airport has been a game changer for our business community and for the University. We appreciate the support we received from Transportation Secretary Gary Ridley as the airport continues to develop."
Hargis agreed, "You can see how important this service has become to Stillwater and to the University since it began last August. Our elected officials also understand this. Governor Mary Fallin, Senator James Inhofe and Congressman Frank Lucas have been invested in the Airport from the beginning and have continued to show their support for its success."
Airport Director Gary Johnson said that bookings since August had been well above what had been projected. "We discovered that the early flight time was part of that success, and our customers let us know how much that time was a major factor in choosing to fly from Stillwater."
Customers took to social media to express how much they appreciated the early flight time. Many said they loved flying from Stillwater because of the ease of meeting connecting flights from DFW.
Mayor Gina J. Noble said, "I love that so many residents have benefited from commercial flight out of our airport. It's so easy when you can make your connecting flight. We are grateful that American Airlines understands this and continues to serve our community."
"We have had a wonderful experience working with our partner American Airlines, and we look forward to our future successes together," Johnson said. "If you have not flown out of Stillwater yet, now is a great time to do so."
Stillwater Regional Airport offers two direct American Airlines flights both to and from Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) every day. The airport features free parking, shorter security lines and competitive rates.
For a full flight schedule or to book a flight from Stillwater Regional Airport, go to http://aa.com and use airport code SWO. American has announced a summer flight schedule that starts June 4 and will run through Aug. 21.
For media inquiries, contact the Office of Marketing and Public Relations at 405.742.8219 or email news@stillwater.org.
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American Airlines updates flight schedule beginning June 4
(STILLWATER, OKLAHOMA / March 17, 2017) – In anticipation of summer travel, American Airlines is updating its flight schedule at Stillwater Regional Airport (SWO) beginning in early June.
The airport will still offer two direct American Airlines flights both to and from Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) every day.
Travelers leaving from or arriving in Stillwater can choose from the following flight times beginning June 4, 2017:
Departs DFW: 10:48 a.m.
Arrives SWO: 12:06 p.m.
Departs SWO: 12:31 p.m.
Arrives DFW: 1:45 p.m.
Departs DFW: 4:25 p.m.
Arrives SWO: 5:40 p.m.
Departs SWO: 6:05 p.m.
Travelers who have questions regarding their flight schedules should contact American Airlines at 800.433.7300.
More information about the airport is at http://flystillwaterok.com/.
Book flights with American Airlines at https://www.aa.com/.


Amanda D'Amico is a member of Simmons Perrine Moyer Bergman where she is engaged primarily in business law, corporate law, taxation, mergers and acquisitions, contracts, estate planning and probate law.
Corporate Transactions and Business Counseling. Ms. D'Amico advises businesses of all sizes and their members regarding entity organization, operations, governance and planning, which includes the review, negotiation and drafting of contracts related to mergers, sales and purchases of assets or stock, reorganizations, redemptions and buy-sell agreements.
Taxation. Ms. D'Amico advises individual and business clients regarding the tax aspects of various corporate entity transactions and with respect to the use of pass-through entities (limited liability companies, partnerships and S corporations). In addition, she represents clients regarding issues related to qualified and non-qualified deferred compensation.
Estate Planning, Wills, Trusts, Probate and Wealth Transfer. Ms. D'Amico advises clients regarding gift and estate tax planning, succession planning for family businesses and charitable gifting. In addition, she drafts wills, revocable and irrevocable trusts, powers of attorney, and estate and gift tax returns and assists clients through the probate process.


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Yukpa Chief Sabino Romero Killed2 min read
By David Smilde and Hugo Pérez Hernáiz, Mar. 4
Mar 4, 2013 | Analysis
David Smilde and Hugo Pérez Hernáiz
Sunday March 4 at approximately 7:00 pm Sabino Romero was shot dead while traveling on a road of Perijá, Zulia state. His wife Lucia Martinez has also hurt but survived the attack. Romero was on his way to vote in a local Head Chief election.
Sabino Romero was a known Yukpa leader engaged in the indigenous struggle for land rights. He often denounced the complicity between local government authorities and landowners against the indigenous of the Perijá area.
Romero was part of a conflict over land concessions that began in 2008. In recent years the Yukpa have organized to demand a homeland as stipulated by the 2005 law on indigenous peoples. However there are powerful economic and strategic interests are at play. The land is a key agricultural area, sits on top of massive coal fields, and is nestled between Maracaibo Lake and the Colombian border. As a result the Yukpa are sandwiched between local economic interests including ranchers and their armed defenders, and the government which has hedged on conceding strategic territory.
This has divided the Yukpa community as some have been willing to accept a patchwork of land concessions while others, including Sabino, have demanded that they stay unified to demand a unified territorial homeland.
In a press release Provea denounced that Sabino Romero had "suffered permanent harassment by police officers". According to Provea, since 2012 six indigenous yupka have been reported murdered by sicariato.
As commented in a previous post, human rights organizations Provea and Homo et natura are currently facing trial for their support on July 2010 of yukpa manifestations in front of the Supreme Justice Tribunal. The third round of hearings on that trial is scheduled for tomorrow March 5th.
Today there is a demonstration in front of the Attorney General's office in downtown Caracas. Homo et Natura director Lusbi Portillo will be making a statement.
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Tom Chaplin performing The Wave Tour at The Symphony Hall Birmingham on Tuesday 23rd May 2017.
Review by Kevin Cooper
Best known for being the front man of alternative rock band Keane, Tom Chaplin was at The Symphony Hall in Birmingham last night for the penultimate night of his tour in support of his recently released debut solo album, The Wave.
Taking to the stage a much slimmer version of himself than the Keane days, it was his voice that was the star of the evening as he opened with a single from the new album, Still Waiting. Old Keane songs such as Bend And Break, and Silenced By The Night sounded as good as they did on their release back in 2004, whilst new track I Remember You proved to be full of energy and showcased Chaplin's dynamic vocal acrobatics.
Joined by four talented multi-instrumentalists, tracks were adapted for the live environment with added strings to set them apart. The violins on Bedshaped were an unexpected unique way to present a classic Keane song, whilst guitarist Tobie Tripp and keyboardist Beau Holland provided the acoustic backing to Chaplin's soaring vocals on Better Way.
With a fairly simple stage setting with street lights and a backdrop depicting the sea, Chaplin let his voice take centre stage. The chance to see this accomplished vocalist was appreciated by a passionate crowd and when his band left the singer alone at a piano for a beautiful version of ballad Worthless Words, it demonstrated that he was more than a great singer.
Taking an opportunity to comment on the Manchester atrocities, he delivered a very moving and touching version of Bob Dylan's Blowin' In The Wind, before settling into a good old weepy with acoustic guitar and violin for new song Solid Gold.
The River was the surprise of the set with its funky guitar and synth and is certainly heading for the dance floor. Finishing the main set with the entire band joining him on the harmonies for the inspirational track, The Wave, the encore saw the massive Keane hit Everybody's Changing.
Bringing the whole evening to an end with the exquisite See It So Clear, this solo business is clearly not a vanity exercise for Chaplin; it is a new and genuine career and one to look out for.
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Ex-UFC Champion Cody Garbrandt Trains With Ramzan Kadyrov's Son At AllStars MMA In Sweden
Mandatory Credit: Carmen Mandato
Former undisputed UFC bantamweight champion, Cody Garbrandt, has been pictured training with Ali Kadyrov, the son of sanctioned Republic of Checnya leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, as the former prepares for his return to the Octagon next March.
Garbrandt, 31, a former undisputed bantamweight champion under the banner of the Dana White-led, UFC, has taken his talents to Sweden where he is currently training at AllStars MMA in the country – ahead of a return to active competition.
Suffering five losses in six of his most recent UFC walks, Ohio native, Garbrandt has yet to return to the Octagon since he dropped a first round knockout loss to recent interim flyweight title challenger, Kai Kara-France at UFC 269 back in December of last year.
This year, the former bantamweight champion has seen multiple scheduled fights with Brazilian grappling veteran, Rani Yahya fall to the wayside. And is set to make a return to active competition at UFC 285 in March of next year against Julio Arce at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
A former trainee at Team Alpha MMA where he clinched the bantamweight title during his tenure with the Sacramento outfit, Garbrandt's latest move has seen him travel to Sweden to prepare for his fight with Arce at AllStars MMA.
Sharing a picture with Garbrandt on his social media, Ali Kadyrov, the teenage of Ramzan Kadyrov, captioned the post "Another champion arrives at camp" – with UFC welterweight contender, Khamzat Chimaev bringing Kadyrov's teenage sons to Sweden to train. (H/T Bloody Elbow)
Ali Kadyrov (left), Cody Garbrandt (center), and Khamzat Chimaev (right) pictured in Dubai this month
Kadyrov, a heavily scrutinised and sanctioned leader, has been accused of multiple human rights abuses during his time as the leader of the Republic of Chechnya, as well as sanctioning abductions, torture, assassinations, extrajudicial murders, and the targeted purging of the LGBTQ+ community in the country.
Recently, UFC bantamweight contender, Sean O'Malley revealed he rejected an offer to travel to a military training complex alongside former UFC champions, Kamaru Usman, Justin Gaethje, and Henry Cejudo at the behest of Kadyrov – labelling the dictator a "murderer" and friend of Russian president, Vladimir Putin.
Cody Garbrandt won the UFC bantamweight crown in 2016
Back in December 2016, boasting a then undefeated 10-0 professional record, Garbrandt clinched the undisputed bantamweight title against Dominick Cruz with a unanimous decision win in the co-main event of UFC 207.


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REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
AT SCREENING OF VICE DOCUMENTARY, "FIXING THE SYSTEM"
South Court Auditorium
5:36 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody! (Applause.) Hello, hello, hello. Everybody, please
have a seat. Have a seat. Well, I just wanted to stop by and just say thank you, because we have in this audience some people who are doing outstanding work on behalf of criminal justice reform. I want to thank Angie for the introduction. I want to recognize a couple of members of Congress who are here, who have been great champions of this. Congresswoman Frederica Wilson from the great state of Florida. (Applause.) And a great champion of this issue, he is working tirelessly in the Senate to advance some important legislation, Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey. (Applause.)
We also have former Attorney General and buddy of mine, Eric Holder. (Applause.) I know our current Attorney General I think had to leave a little bit earlier, but obviously is deeply involved in these efforts. I want to thank Shane Smith and everybody at VICE for the great work and efforts that they've made in the production of what you're going to be seeing here today. (Applause.) And then there's a guy named Al Sharpton over here. (Laughter.) What's up, Al? (Applause.) He's been working on these issues for a while.
America spends $80 billion a year keeping folks locked up. We represent 5 percent of the world's population, 25 percent of its inmates. That's not an indicator that we want to be the leader in. Keep in mind that I'm the father of two kids, and I care about them being safe and I am fiercely protective of them. And I think it is important for all of us to recognize that in too many communities crime destroys lives and hope and opportunity, and we cannot diminish the impact of crime. And I think everybody here recognizes that we have to have a criminal justice system that is effective and that prosecutes individuals in a fair way to ensure that we as a society are able to maintain peace and order and security. That's not something that anybody here would argue against.
But what we also know is that for too many individuals, particularly nonviolent offenders caught up in an environment in which drugs are pervasive and opportunity is lacking, the punishment does not fit the crime.
Too often, prosecutions, arrests are not being applied in a
way that reflects our belief in equality under the law. And the effects of this mass incarceration ripple through families and communities, especially communities of color in ways that are not just a problem of the here and now, but continue across generations. So as a society, we have to acknowledge that there is something wrong when we are locking up this many folks with this kind of frequency, concentrated in a handful of communities in cities and towns and counties across this country.
And that's why, in July, I visited the El Reno federal
penitentiary in Oklahoma — the first President, apparently, to have ever visited a prison — because the people in these prisons are deserving of our attention. They're human beings with hopes and dreams, who in many cases have made profound mistakes but are American citizens nonetheless. (Applause.)
It was interesting during that visit, we had a chance to
meet with corrections officers and wardens and those who manage the system. They have an extremely difficult and often dangerous job. And we expressed our appreciation for what they do. But they also recognized that we could be doing better in how we administer justice.
And I met with a group of prisoners, and what was striking
was the degree to which so many of these young people — and many of them were young; there were some older ones who were there, often because they had been serving time for mistakes they had made during their youth. And I said at the time — I think you may hear me say it in this program — that they weren't so different from me. I made mistakes when I was young. I didn't always follow a straight path. The primary difference between me and them was I had more of a cushion. I had second chances. In some cases, I had resources or I was in an environment in which when I made a mistake as a teen, that I could recover from it.
And these young people didn't have any margin for error.
And that notion that as a consequence of youthful mistakes they could end up in a lifelong cycle of crime, where the prospect of them being able to recover and reenter society with gainful employment and the ability to be part of their children's live and to be citizens appear remote — the notion that that's how we think our criminal justice system should work, that that should be the end result, there's something un-American about that.
This is a country that believes in second chances. And
right now we've got millions of people who aren't getting it. So we've got to make sure that our criminal justice system works. We've got to make sure that our criminal justice system keeps people safe. We have to respect the incredibly difficult job that police officers have, and remind ourselves that they are protecting and serving us, and they have a right to go home too. We have to recognize that there are prosecutors and judges throughout the system who want to do the right thing and feel compassion, and understand the human stories that are involved in this thing, but are bound by laws that all too often have been created because of politics or misguided theories as opposed to being based on the evidence and what's required to keep people safe.
The bottom line is we've got to make sure that our criminal
justice system does not perpetuate a cycle of hopelessness, but rather lifts people up. And there's no contradiction between us being concerned and vigilant when it comes to keeping our streets safe and our children safe, and also making sure that our system is fair and just and does not consign an entire class of people to a life on the margins.
And that means that we've got to support sentencing reform
efforts, like the one that these members of Congress are supporting, so that we can more effectively use our resources to protect the public. It means that we have to stay focused on prevention programs and alternatives like drug courts that can intercede with young people before they're locked into a path from which they cannot recover. It means that providing education and job training and focus inside of prisons is not being soft on crime; it is being smart about — (applause) — what is needed in order to make sure that people can recover from their mistakes.
And the good news is that people from federal, state and local governments, from law enforcement and the judiciary, from business and entertainment, and local communities are finding common ground on this issue. What's encouraging is this is one of the few areas where we're seeing some really important bipartisan conversations taking place, and members of the faith community stepping up alongside civil rights advocates in really significant and meaningful ways. And so I'm encouraged by it.
You represent the possibilities of shaping a coalition that makes this aspect of America more consistent with our ideals and our values. And for your extraordinary work, I want to thank you. But recognize this is going to be hard work. It is not going to be easy. It is not going to happen soon. We are just going to have to keep on pushing at the federal level, but also at the state and local levels. We've got a great Attorney General currently, and we had a previous Attorney General who cared deeply about this.
But we need states attorneys and local prosecutors, and sheriffs, and departments all across this country to internalize these issues as well, because the federal system is just a very — is a small portion of our overall criminal justice system. And it's not something that I can direct by fiat to change. This is something that's going to have to be a collaboration with everybody.
So that's enough talking. Thank you for the great work you're doing. And enjoy the show. (Applause.)
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Evelyne Baert est une ancienne cycliste belge, née le  à Courtrai.

Palmarès
 1995
  de Sinaai
  de Oudenburg
  de Bernimont
 1996
  de Zellik
 1997
  de Oostduinkerke
  de Waasmunster

Championnats nationaux
1993
  Championne de la poursuite
1994
  du 500 mètres
  de la course aux points
1995
  Championne de la poursuite
  Championne de l'omnium
  Championne de la course aux points
  du 500 mètres
1996
  Championne de l'omnium

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Coureuse cycliste belge
Coureuse cycliste sur piste
Naissance en octobre 1975
Naissance à Courtrai

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MSU Today, the university's news and information television show, features the research of Neil Carter, center doctoral candidate, in Nepal.
Carter talks about how his research to identify conditions that will allow both people and tigers to coexist -- and thrive -- long into the future. View the MSU Today segment.


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Kinnsibba () – miejscowość Syrii, w muhafazie Latakia. W spisie z 2004 roku liczyła 514 mieszkańców.

Historia
Według danych z 2006 roku Kinnsibbę zamieszkiwali zarówno chrześcijanie jak i muzułmanie.

Podczas wojny w Syrii miejscowość była zajmowana przez islamistów, 18 lutego 2016 odbita przez syryjską armię.

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Miasta w muhafazie Latakia


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Divergent - Teaser Trailer
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Director: Neil Burger
Genre(s): Action, Adventure
Tris Prior is a 'divergent' in a world where everyone is split up in accordance to their dispositions. This means that she is no one of any faction of virtue, but a combination of all of them; something that makes her particularly powerful and unreceptive to the manipulative powers of the government. Given her position, she is warned not to reveal her circumstances to anyone, but to pick one faction and hope that nobody discovers her, otherwise she will be hunted down and killed. Determined to know just why divergents are such a threat to the world, she sets out to find out more about herself and her capabilities while becoming increasingly close with her faction initiation instructor, Four.
'Divergent' is a dystopian story about a futuristic society; a story rather in the vein of 'Ninteen-Eighty Four' and 'The Hunger Games'. It has been directed by Neil Burger ('The Illusionist', 'The Lucky Ones', 'Limitless'), written by Evan Daugherty ('Snow White and the Huntsman', 'Killing Season') and Vanessa Taylor ('Hope Springs', 'Jack & Bobby'), and is based on the 2011 novel of the same name by Veronica Roth; the first of a trilogy. It will hit cinemas in the UK on March 21st 2014.
Click here to read - Divergent Movie Review
Starring: Shailene Woodley, Kate Winslet, Theo James, Zoe Kravitz, Miles Teller, Ashley Judd, Ansel Elgort, Maggie Q, Tony Goldwyn, Ray Stevenson, Jai Courtney, Mekhi Phifer, Christian Madsen, Ben Lloyd-Hughes, Justine Wachsberger, Ben Lamb, Casimere Jollette, Parker Mack
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Smart TV hack embeds attack code into broadcast signal—no access required
Demo exploit is inexpensive, remote, scalable—and opens door to more advanced hacks.
Dan Goodin - Mar 31, 2017 9:07 pm UTC
Enlarge / A screen shot showing the exploit taking control of a Samsung TV.
A new attack that uses terrestrial radio signals to hack a wide range of Smart TVs raises an unsettling prospect—the ability of hackers to take complete control of a large number of sets at once without having physical access to any of them.
The proof-of-concept exploit uses a low-cost transmitter to embed malicious commands into a rogue TV signal. That signal is then broadcast to nearby devices. It worked against two fully updated TV models made by Samsung. By exploiting two known security flaws in the Web browsers running in the background, the attack was able to gain highly privileged root access to the TVs. By revising the attack to target similar browser bugs found in other sets, the technique would likely work on a much wider range of TVs.
"Once a hacker has control over the TV of an end user, he can harm the user in a variety of ways," Rafael Scheel, the security consultant who publicly demonstrated the attack, told Ars. "Among many others, the TV could be used to attack further devices in the home network or to spy on the user with the TV's camera and microphone."
Scheel's exploit relies on a transmitter that's based on digital video broadcasting—terrestrial, a transmission standard that's built into the vast majority of TVs. TVs that are connected to the Internet, are currently tuned to a DVB-T-based station, support the hybrid broadcast broadband TV standard, and contain at least one critical vulnerability that can be exploited without showing any outward signs anything is amiss.
The exploit, which Scheel developed for Swiss security consulting company Oneconsult, was demonstrated in February at the European Broadcasting Union Media Cyber Security Seminar. Once completed, the attack gave Scheel the ability to remotely connect to the TV over the Internet using interfaces that allowed him to take complete control of the device. The infection was also able to survive both device reboots and factory resets. A recording of the talk is available below:
Smart TV Hacking (Oneconsult Talk at EBU Media Cyber Security Seminar).
How an Internet-connected Samsung TV can spill your deepest secrets
The demonstration opens the door to Smart TV hacks that go well beyond those that have been commonly seen so far, including this proof-of-concept exploit from 2012 and another one called Weeping Angel (Weeping Angel is described in a cache of CIA documents recently published by WikiLeaks). A key limitation with those exploits is that they require physical access to the targeted set. That not only exposes the attacker to the risk of being caught, but it also limits the number of sets that can be hacked.
Scheel's approach, by contrast, can work against many TVs at once and eliminates the need for the attacker to physically control the device. Instead, the hacker need only turn on a transmitter that's within range of a large number of sets, say, in a densely populated apartment building or from a balcony that's near a TV of interest. The approach could also be modified in ways that give it greater reach. For instance, in the event a TV station or network was compromised—for example, a more extreme version of the 2015 hack that blacked out 11 channels belonging to French broadcaster TVMonde5—the attackers could surreptitiously embed malicious code into the signal being broadcast to millions of TVs. Embedding malicious commands into broadcasts from cable or satellite providers is also theoretically possible. A 2014 research paper written by Yossef Oren and Angelos D. Keromytis discussed embedding the exploits into various types of broadcasts.
The hacks underscore the risks of so-called "Internet of Things" devices, the vast majority of which are given network access and computing functionalities without being adequately secured. TVs and other Internet-connected appliances almost universally lack application sandboxing and other exploit mitigations that are a standard part of computer and mobile operating systems. Even worse, most devices run old versions of Linux and open source browsers that contain critical vulnerabilities. While patches are generally available on the Internet for the individual components, manufacturers rarely give customers a way to install them on the devices in a timely way.
Oren, one of the authors of the 2014 paper, told Ars:
This research is significant because TVs are used by a fundamentally different demographic than computers. People who use TVs don't know/care about security, they aren't used to getting security prompts from their TVs, they don't have the discipline of installing security updates, and so on.


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Manatee factory vows work for 50
A British plastic component maker plans to create 50 jobs in the next three years in its Palmetto-based U.S. division.
Global Components Inc., a division of Surrey, England-based TCB-Arrow, designs, engineers and manufactures injection-molded plastic components as a contract manufacturer. The company also does high-tech assembly and produces its own automotive ignition components.
The company, which plans to begin hiring early next year, is getting $60,000 in performance-based incentives from Manatee County government, matching a $240,000 commitment from Florida's qualified target industry tax refund and enterprise zone incentive programs.
Global qualified for enterprise zone incentives because its operation is on 17th Street East in the Palmetto/Manatee County Enterprise Zone.
"We have identified a number of excellent growth opportunities in the U.S. market and want to be close to vendors, suppliers and customers in the automotive, aviation, medical and high technology sectors," said company President Lindsay Rolfe. "Manatee County is also a great jumping-off point for our expansion into Central and South America."
The 16,000-square-foot plant in Manatee County will include a "clean" room that will be Food and Drug Administration-compliant so that the company could serve customer in the medical industry and others requiring a controlled production environment.
Economic developers are excited by the company's international connections. Global's automotive ignition components are sold worldwide.
"In addition to the jobs it will create, Global Components should be a magnet for the company's partner customers, subcontractors and suppliers," said Sharon Hillstrom, interim executive director of the Manatee Economic Development Council.
"The international relationships the company brings to Manatee County could pay substantial dividends in the future."


Upon playing for a couple of hours on Monster Galaxy, I have reached a level where you have to grind a little bit in order to advance easier in Monster Galaxy. Here are my thoughts about the best way to level up fast. This blog post will only apply to those of who do not spend real money on Blue Coffee. If you do spend real money, simply buy all the blue coffee and level fast. However, this guide will help you to get the most bucks out of using Blue Coffee.
Health points can be a huge issue when it comes to leveling up. If you consistently run out of health before you run out of attack points. You may need to switch to a different map with Moga that is weak against yours, or downgrade a level. Your goal is to minimize the use of Blue Coffee or napping.
Check my enemy Moga appearance list for the different encounters. I have included the amount of EXP gain for each encounter. You could do a simple calculation on how many attack points you spend before killing the enemy Moga to get those experience points.
Rule of thumb for efficient killing is that your Zodiac attacks should finish enemies with one shot. Two shot is ok but not really acceptable. For the regular attacks, you should finish off the enemy Mogas with 1~3 shots. If you overkill the enemy by a lot of additional damage, try to up the stake by fighting higher level enemies.
If by fighting higher level enemies you either find you out of health points fast or use more attack points than my recommendation. Just drop down one notch to level up before you proceed again.
More will be added as I play through the game.
You can notice that the higher the enemy Moga, the much higher your Moga must be in order to kill them fast. This is because your attack ability does not increase the same rate that enemy Moga's health points do. Your goal is to be able to kill the enemies within 1~2 shots to get the most bang out of your limited number of attack points.


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Engagement session in Rome
Probably one of the things I've ever done that gave me the most joy. We shoot a session in Rome, and the story behind it is everything!
I don't know if you've seen it by now but we were in Italy to shoot a destination Tuscany wedding. The couple was living in Switzerland but they got to know each other in Siena while doing Erasmus, and because of this they wanted to get married in that area. After everything was arranged for the wedding, me and Isabel found some days to spend just for us and visit Rome before the wedding – we were flying there and drive to Tuscany – and then some more days in Cinqueterre after the wedding.
We were enjoying Rome like we hadn't before. We were both in Rome already when we weren't even together, but we both felt this time was different. We ran away from the most iconic places, only visiting them during the night and this way they weren't packed with people (the only exception was when we went to the Colosseum since I didn't enter the first time I was in Rome, but even that we didn't find it stressful).
We were spending the days like locals, taking the time to relax in some nice trattorias for dinner or enjoying a beer in the afternoon, talk to the people there and ask where we should go that no one else goes – and I believe this was what gave such a great time in the city.
The night we heard about the proposal
And then, on our second night we were out for dinner in one of the many trattorias we tried when something happened that made us feel so good with ourselves. We were sitting outside and there were like 6 tables only, when, as we were enjoying a tiramisu (1 a day, keeps the doctor away!), a couple sat on the table not next to ours but the other one after.
I mean, you could totally feel their energy and their happiness, everyone could see that – we were mesmerized by them and we couldn't figure out what happened. Did they just won the Lottery? And then, a couple minutes later they were making a video call with probably some friends or close relatives and even the guy serving them joined the video call – they just got engaged during the sunset, like one hour ago. Their happiness was contagious, I can't even explain how we felt! Everyone was really happy in that trattoria from that moment on, it felt amazing!
And then we started wondering, maybe we should say something to them, but what?! After all we were wedding videographers! I mean, we were in Italy to shoot a destination wedding, so we couldn't help ourselves but to feel good for them. I asked Isabel if I should address them and of course she told me to go for it. We asked the bill, paid and got up, and I went to their table with Isabel.
That's it, we want to do a photo session in Rome with the two of you!
We told them we noticed what just happened (I mean, who wouldn't?!) and that we were there to shoot a destination wedding in Tuscany and we would love to offer them some photos to register this moment and do a kind of photo session in Rome. I told them I was not a photographer by any means, we were just videographers but we love to take pictures and after all, movies are just moving pictures right?
They looked at each other and then to us with some serious doubts about what we were talking about. We then told them they didn't have to reply straight away, we were going to stay in Rome for two more nights, and we gave them our Instagram for them to check our work and see that we weren't trying to scam or hurt them (ahah) and left the place so they could enjoy the rest of their meal.
When we arrived our hotel I already had a pm on instagram saying that they would love to meet us the next day for some photos so they could keep these memories and show to their friends their session in Rome.
We met around 6pm for a walk over the city, I told them I didn't want to have them much time since they should enjoy the city and the recent engagement but we managed to take some pictures so they can keep these memories for a long time. I don't think we will be able to express how we felt that day, but we were so so happy. It just felt right to do it, you know?
And that light in Rome, oh my god.
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How Optimizely helped Code.org sign up 15 million students in 5 days
Rebecca Grant	 January 31, 2014 3:29 PM
Above: Fourth grade girls teach kindergartners during Hour of Code.
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Code.org got more than 15 million signups in five days for its Hour of Code campaign, with the help of Optimizely's A/B testing tools.
It took Facebook three years to get this many users.
Optimizely makes web optimization tools. Companies use them to experiment with how variations in their site's design might impact their business. It claims to be the third-highest-valued startup to graduate from Y Combinator and now has more than 6,000 clients, including Starbucks, Disney, and Salesforce.
Code.org is one of the most well-known organizations out there that promotes computer science education, making it more available in schools and encouraging participation by women and minorities. It participated in a nationwide campaign in December called "Hour of Code" in an effort to drum up attention for Computer Science Education Week.
Code.org used Optimizely to figure out how to market the campaign. The original variation on its site said, "Welcome to the 21st Century. Help us introduce 10 million students to computer science. All it takes is one Hour of Code. Learn More."
It used Optimizely to test multiple versions of its Hour of Code signup page, highlighting different facets of the campaign as well as "learn more" versus "join us." It found that "join us" was more effective, as was messaging that emphasized how computer education is the foundation of modern education. The final version (to the right) led to a 29 percent increase of signups, and Code.org cofounder Hadi Partovi credits Optimizely with driving more than 8 million user signups.
Hour of Code ended up being a major success — students wrote more than 500 million lines of code in a single week.
"The night before it started, we had 4.5 million students registered, and we were up at 2 a.m. wondering whether our servers could handle the load," Code.org cofounder (and Hadi's brother) Ali Partovi told VentureBeat. "And we held up, handling 3 million kids on day one and 15 million by the end of the week. I don't know of any new product or service in history that has opened its doors to that kind of traffic."
Code.org has a wide reach, and the Hour of Code garnered support from celebrities and politicians in the highest echelons of government. President Barack Obama even issued a video statement encouraging students to participate.
Hour of Code would certainly have attracted millions of signups without Optimizely, but this is one of many examples of how small tweaks can make a big difference.
Optimizely also shared a few more of its interesting case studies.
Upworthy used Optimizely to test adding a recommended content module to the website and learned that this would increase engagement and social shares.
USell used A/B testing to gauge customer interest in new product verticals before expanding their business.
Fab.com A/B tested its "Add to Cart" button. The original had a cart icon with a "+" symbol. The first variation said "Add to Cart," and the second variation said "+Cart." It learned that the "Add to Cart" option increased clicks by 49 percent.


Maine College of Art and Hewnoaks present "Meet the Residencies." at MECA on January 22, 2019 at 6pm.
The winners of the 2018 Joseph Fiore Painting Prize are MECA students Elijah Dion '19, Audrey Robidoux '19, and alum Emma Whitaker '17. Each will be awarded $1,000.
Annual Art Sale Features Original Contemporary Works by Students, Faculty, Staff, Alumni, and Friends to Benefit MECA's Student Scholarship Fund.
Curious Nature brings together a diverse group of artists who draw inspiration from the natural world. Employing various mediums, from painting to sculpture, photography, and installation, their works are . . .
MECA Community Members Receive Kindling Fund Grants Maine College of Art is excited to announce the following MECA community recipients who were awarded Kindling Fund Grants: Salt Visiting Instructor of . . .
This year's Holiday Sale at the Maine College of Art (MECA) will be held on Friday December 1, 2017 from 5pm–9pm and Saturday, December 2, 2017 from 10am–5pm. In its 23rd year, the MECA Holiday Sale is . . .
Congratulations to Ted Lott '06 (Woodworking & Furniture Design)! Ted is featured in the October/November issue of American Craft magazine. He is one of this year's recipients of the Shortlist Artist . . .
Congratulations to Jack Mauch '06 (Ceramics/Woodworking & Furniture Design double major)! The Society of Arts and Crafts announced Jack as this year's Mineck Foundation Furniture Fellow. This fellowship . . .
Each spring, Maine College of Art reviews applications for our summer residency programs made available through the College. One is offered at the Stephen Pace House in Stonington, Maine and the other, Baie . . .
Our recent 2017 COLLECT Summer Art Sale was an enormous success, which raised money for MECA's student scholarships while also benefiting participating artists. Thanks to the time, talents, and . . .
In Maine profile, VICE highlights work by Jenna Crowder (BFA '09), Edwige Charlot (BFA '10), Faculty Hilary Irons, and Artist-in-Residence Ayumi Horie.
Monhegan Artists' Residency supports the creative growth of dedicated Maine artists by providing them time and space to work free of interruption.
Mark Marchesi '99 recently published a new book, Evangeline: A Modern Tale of Acadia, the culmination of four years of research and artistic exploration. Originally inspired by his experiences during his . . .
Congratulations to Alum Vivian Beer '00, current MFA faculty member Lauren Fensterstock, and Anna Hepler (former MFA Non-Resident Studio Advisor) for achieving this amazing milestone! Each received $50,000 . . .


The Samson Society is a fellowship of Christian men who are serious about authenticity, community, humility & recovery. Serious, not grave.
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With the Samson Society app, you can connect with anyone you've met in a meeting. You can initiate or terminate a Silas relationship, track check-ins with your Silas, and check on your brothers. With the approval of your group admin, you can even sign in from time to time as an Available Pirate Monk [APM] and take phone calls from strangers who need a listening ear. Service to others is a great way to take your recovery to the next level.
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I've been having chronic pain in the left front of my hip. The pain prohibits me from bringing my knee up towards my chest. It makes it impossible to put on a shoe independently. When I lay on my back, I can feel how much more tough it is compared to the other side. This has been going on for about a year and a half.
Previously, Dr. Parvizi thought it was a TFL spasm or arthritis. But if I got replacements, there is not arthritis to cause pain. I just feel like that muscle or tendon is torn...something is off about the severity of the pain I feel.
I decided to email Dr. Parvizi about the pain I've been having. I also ask him about my right hip indentation and overall stiffness in the sides of my hip.
I am about 6 months post op, but wonder if I'm expect too much?
He emails me back to say that I'm not asking for too much for this time past the bilateral THR. He suspects the pain is from the iliopsoas muscle.
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The only way to tell if its torn or inflamed, is to do an ultrasound. Then, the doctor will determine if I need an injection. I have to go to Philly to do this and I luck out with the increase nice temperatures. So, I make an appointment to go January 9th and also make an appointment to see Dr. Parvizi after the ultrasound.
When you get an ultrasound for your muscles, it is very similar to a regular gynecological ultrasound. You lay down in a dark room with no pants on. The tech comes in to put jelly onto the ultrasound wand and proceeds to take photos of your muscle and tendons.
I did get a little weird for a moment because the last time I got an ultrasound was when the baby died. I kinda reverted back to that moment when that sadness happened. Part of me had to be strong and change my mindframe to think: "This is only for your hip."
This is NOT me. It just shows you an iliopsoas ultrasound.
I remember laying there and trying to relax. It felt like I was laying there a while for the techs aren't allowed to tell you what they see. She asked how I got to getting bilateral hip replacements, and then I had to go into my entire medical history, for just one sentence answer does not explain it.
She left the room and was going to get the doctor. The doctor would look at the images and then determine whether I needed a cortisone shot or not.
I tried to nap, but it was difficult for some reason. I figured this was the only time that I would be relaxing and laying down before another 6 hour drive home, but I couldn't.
The doctor came in with 2 doctoral students. She was young and very nice. She asked me the same thing about how I got to having bilateral THRs. So...again I went into my summary.
As I stated I had bilateral dysplasia, FAI (cam), and acetabular retroversion, she kept looking back at the doctoral students and nodding. I did like how she wanted to make sure they heard me. She asked me my initial symptoms and then kept shaking her head.
She then stated that the iliopsoas was intact and nothing looked 'wrong' with it. I was relieved but also surprised...what was wrong with that area then?
She said she did she a lot of scar tissue there and it must be from the left FAO. She said it could be the problem, but she didn't think I needed a cortisone shot.
She asked me if I could make the pain: oh yes, I could. I laid back and tried to bring my knees to my chest. I needed to grab the back of the table for leverage. She then put the ultrasound wand there and pressed hard.
I let out a little yelp and said that was the spot. She then said it was up to me whether I wanted the cortisone shot or not.
I wanted it. I drove 6 hours and I needed a change. I was willing to try this and see if it improved the area. I wasn't going to leave the hospital not knowing if it would've worked or not.
They left the room to get the injection and paperwork that I had to sign. Once back, I signed consent for a musclosketal injection and I read the possible side effects.
The doctor then asked me where I was from and when I stated that I lived near the Ohio border, they both repeated "OHIO!". I was like "Well, yeah...there's no where else in the country for someone to work on me. Dr. Parvizi was one of just a few. He is amazing and looks me into the eyes every time!"
I mentally prepared myself for the injection. She put a lot of betadine solution on me and it ran down the side of my leg. I knew that it was going to be a pinch. She started with the numbing shot and that didn't hurt much.
She then used the ultrasound wand to pinpoint exactly where the pain was. When she found it, she put the needle in.
THAT NEEDLE WAS HUGE. I mean freaking HUUUUGGGEEE!
I grimaced and made a couple of moans and she put it in there the whole way I think for I stopped looking.
Once again, not me, but just a photo of the guided injection.
She put a band-aid on the injection site and then wanted me to get up and do something that caused the pain to see if the injection worked.
I had no pants on and when I got up, I had to get them on. It was hard putting my leg into them. The left quad felt numb and weird.
Then when I tried to lift up the left leg, I couldn't do it...like at all. It kept wanting to go back down as though it was 500 lbs.
I told them it was worse and they were disappointed. I thanked them for at least trying to do it.
They left and the nurse stayed with me to explain that I might feel flushed after the injection. She said that it would throw off my menstrual cycle, which made me kinda mad. She said I would get my period later possibly.
I went back into the waiting room for they said they would print off the report and I could go back and give it to Dr. Parvizi.
As I sat in the waiting room, I kept lifting up my left leg. It was normal. Like zero pain.
I kept doing it. I would lift up the right and then lift up the left. No pain.
The tech came out to give me the report and I left quickly to get back to the medical building for my appointment with Dr. Parvizi. I read the report in the elevator.
It said there was no significant damage to the iliopsoas muscle. Cause of pain is suspected to be from the Femoral acetabular osteoplasty in June 2011.
When I finally got a chance to see Dr. Parvizi, he read the report and said that I could rub Vitamin E lotion or gel-capsule into the area. He said that stretching and Vitamin E would break down the scar tissue. I told him that I did feel better after the shot, but it was still a little weird in that leg.
He said as for my other areas of stiffness, it would be strengthening the muscles that would balance back the looser areas. He said that I could do more physical therapy to train those particular weaknesses.
The right leg has an indent in it and he said a plastic surgeon could remove the fat and inject it into the dented area.
He said that my next appointment would be a year from today.
Then I went on my 6 hour drive back home. I was starving!!!
The next day, I couldn't believe how normal I felt. I kept showing my husband how I could bring up my knee to my chest.
I lifted more weight on the leg extension machine. Previously for a LONG time, I couldn't do more than 2.5 lbs for 3 reps. I put on 10 lbs and could do 5 reps!
I squatted with 30 lbs on each side whereas before, I couldn't squat with any weight.
I jogged! Yes, I jogged! I walked a lot too because I was breathing in some cold air. My muscles the next day after jogging were fine!
I sprinted in my driveway! Before, I didn't have that acceleration. It was difficult to just run. It always felt weird!
I emailed Dr. Parvizi and told him about how great I felt. He said that was great and that I might have had illiopsoas impingement. He said he could do more injections when I needed them.
I was literally almost in tears thinking about how normal I was now! My body is back to good even it it doesn't last long!
If you'd like more info on cortisone shots, please click here.
Also, I started doing this! I feel so much more positive! Of course, click on the link to be directed to the website. Pinterest rocks!
Well...prancing and dancing around outside and in the house was short lived.
That pain free quad/hip flexor area was good for about 10 days. That's all I got. I went to Physical Therapy and got on the Pilates machine.
I laid back and put my feet into the straps to do legs out and in extensions. Then I felt something almost slide and felt off.
I told my PT that I felt off...we iced as usual and she told me to take it easy.
From then on, it didn't hurt as badly, but definitely 'lost' some of the feel goodness. Damn that Pilates machine!
I can still lift up the leg, but cannot hold it as long I as could right after the cort shot. It's about a 3-4 on the pain scale now. I guess I'll take it.
When I had the cortisone shot done, right after, the nurse said that my period might come a week late or early. Grrrrrreat. That is what every infertile person wants to hear: something else to mess with my cycle even more.
I was on CD6 when I got the shot on January 9th. I started spotting on CD19. Then got a full on period 2 days later. Here I was thinking that this is the 'week' early, but actually 13 days early. I didn't get a + OPK in January.
But what I didn't expect, was that after 9 days of bleeding! Yes 9 days...my periods are always 4-5 days....I kept on spotting & bleeding for a total of 44 DAYS!
In the meantime, I called my OB-GYN at 12 days of bleeding and their response was that irregularities are normal. Ok.
Then when I got to day 20...I called my primary physician and they said they give cortisone shots all the time for allergies and they've NEVER had anyone with prolonged menstrual bleeding.
So then I called the hospital where I got it done and told them. Again, this was unheard of by them. They did seem genuinely caring that this happened and wanted me to call them back when I had finally stopped or figured out what was going on.
How am I going to stop bleeding? Wearing liners every day drove me insane! My temps were normal and not low, so I didn't understand how the cortisone shot COULDN'T have messed it up...I mean your body makes cortisol and if cortisone is a steroid, can't that throw something off?


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Conan's Emmy gig sparks salary talk
NBC Entertainment President Jeff Zucker crowned late-night talk show host Conan O'Brien as host of NBC's Sept. 22 telecast of the 54th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at the Television Critics Association press tour in Pasadena, Calif., last week. Mr. Zucker said that before approaching Mr. O'Brien about hosting the Emmys, he had gone to "Tonight Show" host Jay Leno to receive his blessings. "We wanted to go to Conan because it's Conan's turn to be seen by the biggest audience that will ever see Conan," Mr. Zucker said, "and Jay was thrilled with that."
The cue for Conan to host the Emmys ignited the general topic of late-night salaries among the critics, some of whom wondered how David Letterman's new $30 million-per-year contract with CBS compares with Mr. Leno's less public current contract with NBC. "With regard to Jay's salary, Jay likes to refer to what he does as `great food at cheap prices,"' Mr. Zucker said. "It's all relative, of course. Jay has never once brought up the fact there's a disparity between what he and Dave make. I think he's incredibly well compensated and I think it's fair and equitable."
Mr. Leno last extended his contract in January 2001 and it expires in December 2005, with Forbes magazine estimating his previous salary at $17 million annually. However, talent agency sources estimate Jay's pay was since boosted 40 percent to 60 percent, to about $24 million to $27 million per year under his current pact. By comparison, lead-out stable mate Mr. O'Brien signed a new four-year deal last February valued at $8 million annually.
ABC O&Os renew `Fortune,' `Jeopardy!'
King World has added two more years to the run of its reigning game show tandem, "Wheel of Fortune" and "Jeopardy!" The syndicated strips have been renewed on key ABC owned-and-operated stations for the 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 seasons and have now pinned down the top five markets. The ABC stations, covering more than 21 percent of the country, include WABC-TV, New York; KABC-TV, Los Angeles; WLS-TV, Chicago; WPVI-TV, Philadelphia; KGO-TV, San Francisco; WTVD-TV, Raleigh-Durham, N.C.; and KFSN-TV, Fresno, Calif.
Fox revival in the offing?
Fox Entertainment President Gail Berman said at the TCA press tour last week that Fox has renewed "American Idol" with new episodes to air sometime in the first quarter of 2003. Since live Tuesday and Wednesday editions began airing three weeks ago, Fox has won three consecutive weeks in adults 18 to 49, Ms. Berman said, claiming "Idol" has helped improve female demo ratings by as much as 180 percent vs. year-ago levels.
Ms. Berman also announced that "24's" season-opening episode Tuesday, Oct. 29, at 9 p.m. (ET) will be commercial-free and sponsored solely by Ford Motor Co. In addition, she confirmed that Counter Terrorist Unit agent Jack Bauer's (played by Kiefer Sutherland) wife, Teri (Leslie Hope), did die in last May's season finale.
Network age gap closing
The age gap among broadcast networks is narrowing, resulting in a "more competitive network landscape among several key demographic segments." That's the conclusion of "The Median Age Report," written by Steve Sternberg, Magna Global USA's audience-measurement guru. "Five years ago, ABC and NBC had median ages [the point at which half the audience is older and half is younger] about 12 years younger than CBS, while Fox and UPN were about 9 years older than WB," Mr. Sternberg's report said. "Today both of those gaps have been cut in half." The report also notes that ABC, which grew older as a result of its reliance on multiple "Millionaire" airings, should "lower its average median age by at least a year" with its new fall schedule. NBC has been "aging by a few years" as a result of its one-hour dramas. CBS, still the oldest-skewing of the Big 4, "could move enticingly closer to that 50-year [median age] mark next season." Fox's "average median age should remain about where it is in the fall," at around 36 years old. The WB "should continue to grow older next season, but will remain the youngest broadcast network," at around 31 years old. UPN's median age also is expected to remain the same this fall, at around 34 years.


An overview of the Spotfire DecisionSite data analysis software.
We have extensive experience in the development of custom software modules within the Spotfire data analysis system. Spotfire DecisionSite offers a wealth of sophisticated data visualization and analysis tools. However, there are often needs for additional customization for particular applications. The Spotfire system is very open, allowing customized software development on multiple fronts. Most of our work has been with Spotfire DecisionSite client, with only limited work using the new TIBCO Spotfire product.
First, Spotfire offers the ability to capture difficult analysis workflows into a step-by-step "Guide" that can be executed by any user using their dataset. We have developed many of these guides, for analyses involved in high-throughput screening, dose-response curve analysis, gene expresssion studies, etc. These guides are made even more powerful by the inclusion of specific custom analysis tools (seel below).
Spotfire Information Links allow users to retrieve data from databases without needing to understand SQL.
Secondly, the Spotfire Information Interaction Designer system offers a quite sophisticated way to link to one or more corporate databases. The data can be exposed to the DecisionSite users as "folders", from which the users can pick which data they want to retrieve, and to be prompted for specific filtering criteria. Furthermore, specific data retrievals can be pre-packaged into an Information Link, which allows even the least sophisticated users to retrieve real-time data directly from the database by simply selecting the link and answering some simple filtering questions. All of the complicated data access code is automatically generated. We have designed many of these Information Links; in some very complex situations we need to do a small amount of manual modification to get the desired result from the links.
Universal Data Importer: A general tool for import of text-based data from instruments. For new instruments, an Excel template sheet is defined to harvest the desired data. Excel formulas can be used to pre-condition data before importing, as desired. User of tool can select multiple files, assigning to different groups if desired. Data files are read, extracted and transformed, and then transported into Spotfire automatically.
Ranking: A ranking column is created based upon sorting the dataset on columns selected by user. Ranking numbers can span entire dataset, or can be reset based on another column (for example, you could rank from 1…96 the response of the wells on each plate in your dataset).
Plate Layout: A graphical interface to allow definition of well layout on microtiter plates. Allows user to define control wells, test wells, compound identifiers, concentrations. Special tools for quick definition of dose-response concentration gradients. If launched from within Spotfire, will send layout back into Spotfire. Also can save layout for future use in Spotfire without invoking tool.
Z/Z' Calculator: Computes the Z or Z' for each plate. Requires proper definition of control wells (i.e., plate layout).
Flag Bad Data: Floating window to allow user to quickly mark of bad records, using standard Spotfire marking techniques. Bad record selections are accumulated as the user proceeds with the data review. Many other tools in the BioAutomatix Spotfire tool suite offer the option to ignore records marked as bad in their calculations.
New Column from Grouped Data: This tool allows the aggregation of data from multiple related rows. A typical usage would be computing the Mean & StDev of a group of replicates. Supported functions include: Mean, StDev, Median, Sum, Max, Min, MAD. Special filters can be applied to limit the rows utilized for aggregation (for example, only Control wells).
Curve Fit: Automates the use of Excel Solver or GraphPad Prism functionality to perform curve-fitting of dose-response curves. Uses Sigmoid dose-response model, allows user to control fitting parameters. User can re-fit selected data. Additional curve models can be written if desired.
Reset Ranges: Under some conditions, selecting "Reset to All" does not again display all records. This tool ensures that all record filters are removed.
Rename Pivoted/Normalized Columns: After pivoting or normalizing, column names become ugly. This renames to more logical names.


LA GRANGE — North Lenoir's DECA finalists are hoping to compete on the national circuit.
Karrie-Lyn Deaver and Gracie Herring are looking to advance further after being named finalists in the N.C. DECA Career Development Conference in Greensboro, which was held March 14-16. Five students placed in the proficiency test — the aforementioned duo, along with Trey Barnes, Briana Carmon and Savion White — with Deaver and Herring qualifying for the international competition, held in Orlando from April 26 through May 1.
North Lenoir is in its first year with DECA — Distributive Education Clubs of America — and focused toward preparing leaders and entrepreneurs in marketing, finance, hospitality and management. Ashley Heath is the leader of the organization and said it's an important factor in student development.
Currently, the finalists are looking to raise money for the trip. The county has agreed to pay for some expenses, but the students are trying to raise about $2,000 for others. Deaver said there are ideas in the works.
Heath said it would be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Deaver and Herring if they're able to go.
"You have to be at a certain level to be invited, and they'll also go to a leadership academy for two days," Heath said. "They've put in a lot of time and effort to get here, from putting together the blood drive event (in December), the presentations, the research paper.
For those looking to send donations, contact Heath at aheath@lenoir.k12.nc.us.


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A new term, and there's lots of children's reading news and views to catch up on, illustrated with a lovely scene in a bookshop yesterday.
'Digital text is changing how kids read, just not in the way that you think' looks at the differences between online and print reading, and their relative merits.
'Yes, teens are texting and using social media instead of reading books' explores the impact and the prevalence of online reading in relation to teenagers.
In 'Skim reading is the new normal' reading expert Maryanne Wolf (author of Proust and the Squid) discusses the effect of digital reading on the brain.
A new study shows for the first time that heavy use of social media by children has been linked to lower levels of literacy.
'Can you really teach children to love reading' has lots of very useful tips. Libraries are rightly given a high profile.
There are loads of great ideas in children's author Andy Seed's Reading for Pleasure Manifesto. Highly recommended.
Have a look too at Elizabeth Hutchinson's valuable blog on reading initiatives.
I found 'How drama helps primary children understand books and stories' interesting and useful.
'Make sure your class book is age-appropriate' examines the potential harm of teaching books that are beyond children's age range.
'Don't bloody bore them: a guide to picking books for your class' is well worth a read.
Finally, an inspiring story courtesy of the Guardian: 'No turban, no sermon, just books for kids: meet Iran's travelling cleric'.