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Towards a global doctorate?
07 September 2020	| Hans-Joachim Bungartz, Technical University of Munich
Against the backdrop of the Covid-19 crisis, EUA-CDE Steering Committee Member Hans-Joachim Bungartz looks at the world of doctoral education and reflects on the importance of location, the institutional context and local supervision as meetings can be organised online anywhere. This piece briefly depicts the issue and launches a very relevant discussion on global doctorates.
As in almost all sectors, the experiences of the higher education system in the Covid-19 pandemic are manifold and ambivalent. As an example, at a first glance, internationalisation suffered, with so many guest invitations, conference visits, or research exchanges and internships being suspended. At a second glance, however, the introduction of online defences almost overnight suddenly allowed for the inclusion of experts from more or less everywhere as examiners. Beyond the question "Should online be the new normal" – a question intensely discussed in one of the online sessions of this year's EUA-CDE Annual Meeting – there is a, maybe even more provocative, second one: How important is the location and the institutional context, how important are the local supervisors, if supervision meetings can be organised ad-hoc, involving the candidate and the leading experts in whatever is currently on the agenda of the doctoral project?
Doctorates have always been something special – for science and for society. There was a time when doctorates where just kind of a "pair product", based on the close scientific collaboration and exchange of an experienced researcher and his, or her, eager-to-learn counterpart. At that time, the latter went to the university or institution where the former currently had a position. If it was a renowned institution, the better. Later, the institutions took over, introduced some structure, moved to a more study-like scenario of "doctoral studies" – typical in the Anglo-American education system and broadly introduced in Europe in the Bologna context ("third cycle"). In that world of doctoral studies, candidates apply to a doctoral school or a doctoral program, and the "pair finding process", i.e. the assignment of the supervisor of an admitted candidate, frequently happens later. Hence, here, the eager-to-learn young researcher primarily goes to a university or to one of its doctoral schools.
In Germany, the situation is a bit in-between. In principle, doctoral education is not considered as the third cycle of studies, but rather as a first activity in professional life. And from the organisational point of view, the bilateral construction still clearly dominates structured programs. However, in the last decade, many graduate schools have been introduced, coming along with at least some structure (frequently with a particular focus on transferable skills training).
Hence, there are different models – probably with different levels of identification: It would be interesting to see who answers the question, "Where did you do your doctorate?", by responding "with Professor Einstein", "at the Princeton University Department of Mathematics", or "at Princeton University". Moreover, throughout all the models, two (maybe a bit contradictory) issues of quality assurance are present. On the one hand, a lot of emphasis is put on a high-quality local supervision, meaning the regular and intense contact of supervisor and candidate. A strong local interaction is seen as most beneficial for the scientific outcome of the doctoral project. On the other hand, when it comes to the thesis evaluation, a lot of regulations require some or even all examiners to be external or even international – now, non-local interaction is considered as most beneficial for the scientific quality.
But to come to the point: Why not further extend that external evaluation regime in a consequent way to a variable ad-hoc supervision regime? That would mean that a university would just play the role of the home institution of a doctoral project, which includes handing out the certificate and issuing the degree at the end. The candidate, however, would not have to be physically located at that university. A team of supervisors from different universities could be formed, with the intention of gathering leading experts of the respective field, dynamically in the sense that if a new sub-topic pops up, additional supervisors may join the team. This extended collaboration on a regular basis could increase the quality and bring in external expertise during the doctoral project, not in the "post-mortem" style in the review reports.
At first glance, this looks similar to what we already have in collaborative formats – all the joint, dual, double, or other schemes, including cotutelles. But the depicted idea of a global doctorate goes one important step further: There would be no limitation to a specific university partnership or alliance; the team of supervisors could dynamically change; the focus would shift from institutions to individuals; and there would be some increased level of democratisation. A candidate from the community college of Nether Addlethorpe who did not get admission to Stanford could, nevertheless, build from his location a supervision network including a scholar from Stanford. He or she would still get the degree from Nether Addlethrope only, not Stanford; but the thesis and the underlying research might become far less local.
Of course, this could probably not become the "new normal" format, since we all know that face-to-face guidance is important. And, also obviously, this regime would fit less in fields or topics with a strong lab or facility component. And there are many evident questions – including the one of whether and why institutions or researchers should want that. Nevertheless, the idea of "global doctorate" came up during the EUA-CDE discussions on online defences – and I think it is worth taking notice.
"The Doctoral Debate" is an online platform featuring original articles with commentary and analysis on doctoral education in Europe. Articles focus on trending topics in doctoral education and state-of-the-art policies and practices. The Debate showcases voices and views from EUA-CDE members and partners.
All views expressed in these articles are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of EUA Council for Doctoral Education. If you would like to respond to this article by writing your own piece, please see The Doctoral Debate style guidelines and contact the CDE team to pitch your idea.
Hans-Joachim Bungartz
Hans-Joachim Bungartz is Professor of Informatics and Mathematics at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) in Germany and holds the Scientific Computing chair in TUM's Informatics Department. He has degrees in both Mathematics and Informatics. Since 2013, he has been both Dean of the Informatics Department (with about 6,500 students) and TUM Graduate Dean, with the responsibility of doctoral education for about 8,000 doctoral candidates TUM-wide.
Hans-Joachim Bungartz has served on various editorial, advisory, and review boards. Currently, he is chairman of the German Research and Education Network (DFN), a board member of Leibniz Supercomputing Center, and a member of EUA-CDE's Steering Committee.
Credits: Technical University of Munich.
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Love Your Voice Quotes
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"I think youre beautiful, the only beautiful person Ive ever seen. I love your voice and everything to do with you, down to your clothes or the room you are sitting in. I adore you."
— E. M. Forster —
"It's wonderful how, the moment you talk about God and love, your voice becomes hard, and your eyes fill with hatred. No, Margret, you certainly haven't the true faith."
"You trap yourself sometimes, by thinking desire and need is love. Love is something far more precious, but something far more fragile. As fragile as one of our tiniest, most intricate, most delicately crafted toys. Hold on to it too tightly, and it will crumble on your fingers, but hold on to it loosely, and the wind might blow it away and shatter it on the cold ground. Listen to the voice comes from your heart, but be absolutely sure the voice comes from your heart."
— V.C. Andrews
"In books, in songs, in stories, love is floating thing. A falling thing. A flying thing. A good-bye to all your little earthbound worries, as you soar heart-first toward a light pink sky and your dangling feet forget the feel of the ground.
Only I know, now: it isn't like that at all.
Love is a sense of place. It's effortless balance, no stumbling, no stammering. It's your own voice, quiet but strong, and the sense that you can open your mouth, speak your mind, and never feel afraid. A known quantity, a perfect fit. It's the thing that holds you tight to the earth, fast and solid, and sure. You feel it, and feel that it's right and true, and you know exactly where you are:
— Kat Rosenfield
"... It's breadth, and the strength between us to know that we're ready for the next step. I want to do it this way so it lasts, and I need you to understand that for me."
"I understand."
"Do you?" Hunter asked him closely. "Then why do I still hear rejection in your voice?"
"Because I'm impulsive, and immature, and ... in love with you."
— Brandon Shire
"Yeah, well, if it wasn't your birthday and I wasn't so madly in love with you- his voice trailed off ..."
— Gretchen De La O
"We could go back," he said. In the dome light of the car, his face looked hard as stone. "We could go back to your house. I can stay with you always. We can know each other's bodies in every way, night after night. I could love you." His nostrils flared, and he looked suddenly proud. "I could work. You would not be poor. I would help you."
"Sounds like a marriage," I said, trying to lighten the atmosphere. But my voice was too shaky.
"Yes," he said."
— Charlaine Harris
"May you listen to the voice within the beat even when you are tired. When you feel yourself breaking down, may you break open instead. May every experience in life be a door that opens your heart, expands your understanding, and leads you to freedom. If you are weary, may you be aroused by passion and purpose. If you are blameful and bitter, may you be sweetened by hope and humor. If you are frightened, may you be emboldened by a big consciousness far wiser than your fear. If you are lonely, may you find love, may you find friendship. If you are lost, may you understand that we are all lost, and still we are guided-by Strange Angels and Sleeping Giants, by our better and kinder natures, by the vibrant voice within the beat. May you follow that voice, for This is the way-the hero's journey, the life worth living, the reason we are here."
— Elizabeth Lesser
"Ask yourselves, young people, about the love of Christ. Acknowledge His voice resounding in the temple of your heart. Return His bright and penetrating glance which opens the paths of your life to the horizons of the Church's mission. It is a taxing mission, today more than ever, to teach men the truth about themselves, about their end, their destiny, and to show faithful souls the unspeakable riches of the love of Christ. Do not be afraid of the radicalness of His demands, because Jesus, who loved us first, is prepared to give Himself to you, as well as asking of you. If He asks much of you, it is because He knows you can give much."
— Pope John Paul II
"Where will I find you now that my heart is yours?
Where should I search? I don't know where to look.
You fill my heart with desire and love,
The perfume of the lotus, the grace of a dove.
But then the dove flies far, far away,
All that is left is a song for my harp strings to play.
A voice in my memories like an angel of grace,
Where can I find you? Do you know how I pray?
Where will I find you now that my love belongs to you?
Wherever your heart beats, I'm dreaming of you.
Now and forever my love belongs to you ...
— Bjorn Street
"Are you seeing anyone, Maggie?" My mother's voice is low, the whisper reserved for talk of scandal-like premarital cohabitation and non-procreative sex. "Are you even trying to find love? Or do you intend to continue fornicating with random men outside the sanctity of marriage?"
"So if I were married I'd have your blessing to fornicate with random men? Maybe I should reconsider my stance on marriage." The words are out of my mouth before I can stop them. I'm batting zero on the New Me plan."
— Lexi Ryan
"Max is going through my overnight bag when I get back to Wink Hotel. My favorite part about this is that he doesn't stop when I walk in the room.
"Hey," he says. He pulls out my black Hugo Boss dress hirt, then holds it up to his nose and sniffs loudly.
"Dude. Stop." I pull the shirt from his hands and toss it on the bed.
"I just love your scent," he says in a chick voice.
"You and everyone else, my friend."
— Victoria Scott
"She stared up at him, and her eyes were so large they looked like blue mint candies. 'I get to stay?'
'You're damn right you're staying, and I don't want to hear another word of disrespect.' His voice broke. 'I'm your father, and you damn well better love me the same way I love you, or you'll be sorry.'
The next thing he knew, he was grabbing her, and she was grabbing him, and all the bozos coming down the jerway trying to get past them were jabbing them with bags and briefcases, but he didn't care. He was holding tight to this daughter he loved so desperately, and he wasn't ever going to let her go."
— Susan Elizabeth Phillips
"If I could give one message to the bullied, it would be this: You are not alone. You are strong. You have a voice. You are beautiful. You are intelligent. There are many kids who want to speak up for you, but they don't because they are afraid of becoming bullied themselves. There are many of us in the world who love you. I love you. You have the power to end this now. That power is in your voice. Find it. Once you use your voice, bullies want no part of you. If you feel that you lack the courage, fake it until you do. Finally, I know it's hard to see a life that exists beyond high school. It is there, and it is beautiful."
— Dan Pearce
"Is it the sea you hear in me?
Its dissatisfactions?
Or the voice of nothing, that was your madness?
Love is a shadow.
How you lie and cry after it."
— Sylvia Plath
"There then occurred the first and only paranormal incident of my marriage. Charlie shifted in his sleep, opened his eyes, looked at me and, without preamble, said, "You have to forgive yourself for killing that boy." ... "For your own sake but for mine, too," he was saying, and his voice was hoarse from sleep yet also certain and insistent. "If you don't forgive yourself, you're making that accident too important, you're making him too important." Charlie paused. "And I want to be the love of your life."
— Curtis Sittenfeld
"When love beckons to you, follow him,
Though his ways are hard and steep. And when his wings enfold you yield to him,Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you. And when he speaks to you believe in him,Though his voice may shatter your dreams as the north wind lays waste the garden."
— Kahlil Gibran
"This is the swamp as I see it, but what I can't capture on canvas is you as I see you. No brush or paint will ever show the hero that you are. It will never be able to portray the sound of your voice when you whisper my name. The way my skin tingles when you touch me. The passion of you inside me. I love you, Talon. I know that I can't keep you. No one can ever tame a wild beast. You have a job to do and so do I. I only hope that when you think of me, it'll bring a smile to your face. Love always, Sunshine. (Sunshine's note)"
— Sherrilyn Kenyon
"I love you Layla. Do you hear me? I've loved you since the first moment I heard your voice and I will continue to love you. No matter what. I love you."
— Jennifer L. Armentrout
"Give me hunger,
O you gods that sit and give
The world its orders.
Give me hunger, pain and want,
Shut me out with shame and failure
From your doors of gold and fame,
Give me your shabbiest, weariest hunger!
But leave me a little love,
A voice to speak to me in the day end,
A hand to touch me in the dark room
Breaking the long loneliness."
— Carl Sandburg
"Who have our fighters been?" Calvin asked. "Oh, you must know them, dear," Mrs Whatsit said. Mrs Who's spectacles shone out at them triumphantly, "And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not." "Jesus!" Charles Wallace said. "Why, of course, Jesus!" "Of course!" Mrs Whatsit said. "Go on, Charles, love. There were others. All your great artists. They've been lights for us to see by." "Leonardo da Vinci?" Calvin suggested tentatively. "And Michelangelo?" "And Shakespeare," Charles Wallace called out, "and Bach! And Pasteur and Madame Curie and Einstein!" Now Calvin's voice rang with confidence. "And Schweitzer and Gandhi and Buddha and Beethoven and Rembrandt and St. Francis!"
— Madeleine L'Engle
"If you have a great love of singing, supported by others' fondness for your voice, then it is worth making every effort, of making every sacrifice, to achieve your goal. A great voice will easily find teachers who are willing to help a struggling young talent, and the ways of the Lord are infinite."
— Andrea Bocelli
"Don't make me out to be something worth saving. We both know I'm a waste." His voice was so quiet. "I wish I was better at telling you why you have to stay here. I wish I could put into words the part of my heart that has your name written on it. That part hurts right now. You have to be here. You love life too much. You're so important. I wish I could make you understand this." He tried to smile at her valiant efforts. "I would keep you if I could. You can sleep here, right on this couch. Beckett, I will let you hold this baby when it comes." She touched her stomach. "Does that tell you how much you mean to me? It's the only thing I can come up with." He shrugged. "Mouse would be disappointed. He'd feel like he didn't do his job if you died ... Eve loves you. Wherever she is-in this strip club-is that what you've been wishing for?" Beckett shook his head. "No, right? She loves you. You can't kill someone she loves. You just can't."
"Kelly, Kelly, Kelly. I love your voice man, you give me chills ... Brilliant."
— Randy Jackson
"Years ago I read that grief is the place where love and pain converge.
For a long time they stood there and simply clung to each other. They didn't feel the need to kiss, and she believed that was because what they shared transcended the physical. This understanding-that they'd both lost what they'd treasured most-brought them together in a more profound way than mere attraction.
But I don't know what my instinct's saying, she muttered. Yes, you do. Just relax, sit back and listen to your inner voice."
— Debbie Macomber
"Before I go to sleep tonight; I will speak a nice prayer, I will let my worries leave my mind as silence fills the air.
If I have a bed; to curl between the sheets,
I am an inch more blessed; than the man, on the street.
If I have a love to cuddle; in the comfort of my home,
I am grateful, I still have their presence to tell them, I love them so.
If I have healthy eyes, that I can choose to close;
I am grateful for my sight, because some will never know.
If I have a voice & glistening ears to listen;
Than in all my glory, I am grateful for this livin'
All that really matters; is what, most don't have the courage to see,
Who you became; from the day of your birth, the dash and the final chapter that makes your story complete."
— Nikki Rowe
"You use your real voice with those you love, and you cannot be phony with those who know you well."
— Frederick Buechner
How can I keep my soul in me, so that
it doesn't touch your soul? How can I raise
it high enough, past you, to other things?
I would like to shelter it, among remote
lost objects, in some dark and silent place
that doesn't resonate when your depths resound.
Yet everything that touches us, me and you,
takes us together like a violin's bow,
which draws one voice out of two separate strings.
Upon what instrument are we two spanned?
And what musician holds us in his hand?
Oh sweetest song."
— Rainer Maria Rilke
"I lost myself immediately in one of the books, only emerging when the phone rang.
"Dashiell?" my father intoned. As if someone else with my voice might be answering the phone at my mother's apartment.
"Yes, Father?"
"Leeza and I would like to wish you a merry Christmas."
"Thank you, Father. And to you, as well."
[awkward pause]
[even more awkward pause]
"I hope your mother isn't giving you any trouble."
Oh, Father, I love it when you play this game.
"She told me if I clean all the ashes out of the grate, then I'll be able to help my sisters get ready for the ball."
"It's Christmas, Dashiell. Can't you give that attitude a rest?"
"Merry Christmas, Dad. And thanks for the presents."
"What presents?"
"I'm sorry-those were all from Mom, weren't they?"
"Dashiell ... "
"I gotta go. The gingerbread men are on"
— Rachel Cohn
"And what are your sins?" the voice demanded. "Confess what you've done." That was harder, but I still managed the words. If it got me closer to Adrian and freedom, I could say anything. I took a deep breath and said: "I fell in love with a vampire."
— Richelle Mead
"No one knows we're there, no one sees us. We never leave the room. I think about the secret voice you use when you make love. No one but that person will ever hear it. And here, we listen to each other, but we lock it in with touch, and the room vacuum seals it to stay fresh until we can breathe together again. When he breaks the silence it is to say, I want you to know that, when you get pregnant, nothing is going to change except your dress size."
— Emma Forrest
"Sol! Take your daughter, your only daughter Rachel, Whom you love, and go to the world called Hyperion and offer her there as a burnt offering at one of the places of which I shall tell you." Sol hesitated and looked back to Rachel. The baby's eyes were deep and luminous as she looked up at her father. Sol felt the unspoken yes. Holding her tightly, he stepped forward into the darkness and raised his voice against the silence: "Listen! There will be no more offerings, neither child nor parent. There will be no more sacrifices for anyone other than our fellow human. The time of obedience and atonement is past."
— Dan Simmons
"Sol, listen," came the Voice, modulated now so it did not boom from far above but almost whispered in his ear, "the future of humankind depends upon your choice. Can you offer Rachel out of love, if not obedience?" Sol heard the answer in his mind even as he groped for the words. There would be no more offerings. Not this day. Not any day. Humankind had suffered enough for its love of gods, its long search for God. He thought of the many centuries in which his people, the Jews, had negotiated with God, complaining, bickering, decrying the unfairness of things but always-always-returning to obedience at whatever the cost. Generations dying in the ovens of hatred. Future generations scarred by the cold fires of radiation and renewed hatred. Not this time. Not ever again."
"Stop feeling useless and worthless. Stop drowning in regret. Stop listening to the persistent voice of your past failures. You were that child once, who Margo would have killed for. Fight for yourselves. You have a right to live, and to live well. You'll inherit flaws; you'll develop new ones. And that's okay. Wear them, own them, use them to survive. Don't kill others; don't kill yourselves. Be bold about your right to be loved. And most importantly, don't be ashamed of where you've come from, or the mistakes you've made. In blindness, love will exhume you."
— Tarryn Fisher
"Where's your dog?" Peter's voice came from within the gushing stream of water. Justin thought he must have misheard.
"Pardon?"
"Your dog."
"Yes?"
"Isn't he with you today?" Justin looked at Peter.
"Ha bloody ha." Peter stuck his head out of the stream of water, features dripping. He smiled shyly.
"I love greyhounds." Justin stared.
"My dog is imaginary."
"Oh." Peter looked interested. "That's unusual." Justin put his head under the water. When he emerged, Peter was still looking at him.
"Less work," Peter offered, cheerily. "If the dog's imaginary, I mean. Not so much grooming, feeding, et cetera."
— Meg Rosoff
"You act one way in front of everyone else, but at night when I'm on the phone with you, I get the real Charlie. It's going to be absolute torture not dialing your number and hearing your voice before I go to sleep each night, but I can't do this anymore. I can't only love that part of you-the real part of you. I want to love you when I talk to you at night and I also want to love you when I see you during the day, but you're beginning to show two different sides of yourself."
— Colleen Hoover
"Body of a woman, white hills, white thighs,
you look like a world, lying in surrender.
My rough peasant's body digs in you
and makes the son leap from the depth of the earth.
I was lone like a tunnel. The birds fled from me,
and nigh swamped me with its crushing invasion.
To survive myself I forged you like a weapon,
like an arrow in my bow, a stone in my sling.
But the hour of vengeance falls, and I love you.
Body of skin, of moss, of eager and firm milk.
Oh the goblets of the breast! Oh the eyes of absence!
Oh the roses of the pubis! Oh your voice, slow and sad!
Body of my woman, I will persist in your grace.
My thirst, my boundless desire, my shifting road!
Dark river-beds where the eternal thirst flows
and weariness follows, and the infinite ache."
— Pablo Neruda
"You are alive tonight for a reason. You were created to love and to be loved. You were not meant to be alone. You are not alone. You were meant to do life with other people. You need people who know you. You need to know people. Your voice matters. We are certainly strong. But we are also certainly fragile."
— Jamie Tworkowski
"Be gentle with me, new love. Treat me tenderly. I need the gentle touch, the soft voice, the candlelight after nine. There's been so many who didn't understand so give me all the love I see in your timid eyes but give it gently Please."
— Rod McKuen
"An artist's voice, communication, that's very important. The learning, the building of your energy to communicate deeper and deeper even without words, the expanse of your source-spark energy to reach people at deeper energy levels is very beautiful to learn about since it's our mission here as artists to help beings transcend limitations and any feeling, thing keeping their love down to show them that we are all artists with very special sides of energy light from the creator."
— Giuseppe Andrews
"The Lord greatly loves the repenting sinner and mercifully presses him to His bosom: "Where were you, My child? I was waiting a long time for you." The Lord calles all to Himself with the voice of the Gospel, and his voice is heard in all the world: "Come to me, my sheep. I created you, and I love you. My love for you brought Me to earth, and I suffered all things for the sake of your salvation, and I want you all to know my love, and to say, like the apostles on Tabor: Lord, it is good for us to be with You.""
— Silouan The Athonite
"I think you're beautiful, the only beautiful person I've ever seen. I love your voice and everything to do with you, down to your clothes or the room you are sitting in. I adore you."
— E. M. Forster
"I love my nation, I cannot see you degraded, weakened any more than you are now. Therefore I am bound for your sake and for truth's to cry, "Hold!" and to raise my voice against this degradation of my race. Give up these weakening mysticism and be strong ..."
— Swami Vivekananda
"There are some songs we do, like "Last Chance," I love it! But sometimes you just don't like your voice on certain things."
— Ginuwine
"I was gearing up for it. I took some singing lessons. And I opened my mouth, and Atom promptly said, 'That's not going to happen. We love your voice, but maybe we could use some of your English wit.' He had doubts about it from way back. For starters, we weren't going to be doing the Italian-American crooning thing."
— Colin Firth
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Next on the Chopping Block: Illinois State
By Rodger Sherman Updated Sep 7, 2010, 9:00am CDT
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Four times this year, and, well, every year, NU plays an out-of-conference opponent. The question arises: who are these guys? Some people only want to know who they are in a football sense, but, to truly understand our opponents on the gridiron, you have to know where they come from, so football strategy can wait. I plan on getting to know these universities a little bit better with posts on each college, mainly with info gleaned from their wikipedia pages.
This week's victim: The Illinois State Redbirds
Where: Normal, Illinois. Jesus, there's a place called Normal, Illinois? Look, I've never been to Normal, and I don't know anybody from there. All I know is that if I lived there, I'd be terrified. Axe murderers always, always, ALWAYS, live in places with very generic place names. I'm sure it's a great place, but I'd move. You're going to die. The only things I can think of more dangerous than living in a town called Normal are going back into that creepy room in an abandoned house looking for your hot blonde girlfriend and being a black guy in the woods. Don't do either of those things, and don't live in Normal, Illinois. Unfortunately, 50,000 people do live there, and they're all doomed. Normal is located in the fascinating middle of the state of Illinois, and, no, well, they couldn't have come up with a better name.
Size: Illinois State has 18,344 undergrads, or 2.158 Northwesterns.
Stadium: Hancock Stadium seats 15,000, and, much like the rest of the things related to Illinois State, has essentially nothing interesting about it. Oh, wait, hold up, it used to host the Illinois High School Championships and a semi-pro team plays there! Oh, wait, sorry, no, that wasn't interesting. My bad.
Mascot: The Redbirds. Because Illinois' state bird is the cardinal, and the team didn't want to confuse people over the nearby St. Louis Cardinals. I'M SO BORED. Oh, wait, here's something: the team used to be called the Teachers until 1923, because ISU's specialty was teaching people to be teachers. Teacher might be almost as uninspiring as a school based in a place called "Normal, Illinois", but, well, at least it had some unique flavor. Stale flavor. Like a week-old cracker, or melba toast.
Mascot if I ran the school: Because I can't find anything interesting about the school and they play in Normal, I'd go with the Illinois State Risk-Aversites. Or something about white bread and mayonnaise. The Illinois State Coldplay Albums. I'm curious to check this school's CollegeACB just to see how uninterested I am.
Notable Alums: If you're asking me, the three most prominent human beings not just to attend Illinois State, but in the history of mankind, are these three: Craig Robinson (not Barack Obama's brother-in-law, the black dude from Pineapple Express and The Office), Michelle Williams (the chick in Destiny's Child who wasn't Beyonce or the one who was in that song with Nelly) and Doug Collins (on the short list of best NBA color commentators, also, a No. 1 overall pick in his day by the 76ers.) Other people who I know are famous, but absolutely don't care about are John Malkovich, Gary Sinise, and Richard Roeper. (See? Boring.)
Current NFL Players: One. Laurent Robinson, who, unbeknownst to even many people who do follow the NFL, is the No. 1 wide receiver for the Rams now with Donnie Avery's injury. Did you know that Donnie Avery was injured? Did you know he was their No. 1 wide receiver? What happened to Torry Holt? And Isaac Bruce? And Az-Zahir Hakim? Are the Rams in some weird vacuum or land before time where NFL news neither leaves nor enters?
Difference between the amount of times Illinois State has been to the NCAA tournament and the amount of times Northwestern has: Six. Incidentally, they never made it with Doug Collins, and wouldn't until after all three NBA players in school history - Collins, Robert Hawkins, and Jeff Wlkins - had all left the school. But between 1983 and 1998, they'd earn six berths in the tourney, and end up knocking off higher ranked opponents three times. The only way anybody reading might remember them is from a 1998 overtime 82-81 victory over Tennessee, followed by a loss to Mike Bibby and the Arizona Wildcats the year after they won the whole shebang.
Elsewhere in Illinois State sports: In continuing Illinois State's consistency in the field of boring me, ISU doesn't have a sport that randomly dominates some sport like every other school I do this for. Actually, on second thought, the Wikipedia article has a section on nationally ranked teams. And they are... the forensics team, who won the 2005 championship, and the co-ed cheerleading squad, who placed 2nd in 2002 in the co-ed division. So, not teams in sports that are actually sports, but there's that.
Tidbits:
If I wasn't a guy, I'd be...: Illinois State is home to the world's oldest collegiate circus, which isn't saying much, because there are only two of them. (The other is at Florida State). Founded in 1929, it's called the Gamma Phi Circus, because it used to be a fraternity called Gamma Phi (obviously not related with the sorority at NU referred to as Gamma Phi). If you're a student or faculty member, you can perform and do weird circus stuff, and the circus performs not only around Normal but also tours the country. Some of their shows attract 16,000 spectators, which considering stadium size, means that Illinois State's circus is more popular than it's football. If only their running backs had unicycles or wore face paint that scared kids.
JUST HOW BORING IS IT: Look, maybe this place is actually really exciting, but the Wikipedia is not exactly trying to make it seem that way. For example, the fact that the page on the entire school has big sections on the library and the quad. Take it away, wiki!
The Illinois State University campus quadrangle is compact compared with other large universities, with buildings spaced closely together around a rectangular center lawn.
The quad is a popular site for dissemination of campus information including notifications of events or meetings that are taking place around campus.
Thank goodness for this haven of free information. The Wikipedia, that is. I'm done with this post.
Northwestern men's basketball recruiting update: No Brumbaugh, single commit for 2022 There is a Hunger for additional commits.
Against all odds, Northwestern stunned No. 10 Michigan State, and might have saved its season in the process This may go down as the best road win in the Collins era.


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Q: Should "differentiate" be plural in this sentence? What we know how to do and what we have done differentiate us from others.
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What we know how to do and what we have done differentiates us from others.

Can anyone explain to me which is correct and why?

A: Only nouns have plurals, and differentiate is a verb, so it is never plural.
What you are referring to is the third person 's', which is applied when the subject is he, she, or it:
I walk
you walk
he/she/it walks
etc
In your example, the subject is "What we know how to do and what we have done", which is an it, hence:
What we know how to do and what we have done differentiates us from others
is correct.

A: The choice of whether to use the 's' changes the meaning of the sentence. The answer is thus, it depends on what you're trying to communicate. Do you want to imply that "what we know how to do" and "what we have done" are two different sets of things? Or one and the same?

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Add squash, green onions, carrots and shrimp into the batter and mix well.
In a frying pan, heat oil just enough to deep fry 2 fritters at a time. Deep fry fritters 2 at a time until crispy and lightly brown.
Once cooked, drain each okoy fritter on a paper towel. Top with grated Eden cheese while hot. Serve immediately.
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I've been so stressed with school and other stuffs too these past few weeks..
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You may hear the word organic on a daily basis, but what does it actually mean? Organic implies that produce and other ingredients are grown without the use of pesticides, synthetic fertilizers, sewage sludge, genetically modified organisms, or ionizing radiation. Organic meat, poultry, eggs, and dairy products come from animals that are given no antibiotics or growth hormones. Keep reading to find out when and what is most important to buy organic!
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You may see the labels 'Made with Organic' and 'Organic Ingredients', don't be fooled! 'Made with Organic' only requires that 70% of the ingredients are organic, while 'Organic Ingredients' has no specific % assigned. Although 'Made with Organic' must be non-GMO ingredients that comply with the National List and must be certified, 'Organic Ingredients' does not have to comply with either.
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Sarah Vine: should we be taking testosterone for menopause?
Sarah Vine 18 October 2016
A leading gynaecologist is calling for testosterone to be given to menopausal women; why not, if it boosts energy, libido and bone density - and combats middle-aged spread? Sarah Vine books an appointment
The menopause seems to be having a bit of a moment. I wouldn't quite describe it as fashionable; but it's not the taboo subject it used to be.
Why is not clear. Perhaps it's a side-effect of feminism, in that more and more women of a certain age find themselves in positions of influence, and therefore the topic takes on a certain degree of heat.
After all, if young women like Amy Schumer can bang on endlessly about periods, it only seems fair that those of us at the other end of that particular biological conveyer belt should be allowed to discuss our stuff too.
Anyway, fact remains that last week the menopause got itself a two-day nutrition special in the Daily Mail before landing itself a bona fide news story in the shape of a comment made by Nicholas Panay, Britain's most eminent gynaecologist and a specialist in this field.
Panay is THE man to see if you've got a bit of a hot flush going on. He's also the man who recently captured the imagination of the nation's headline writers when, earlier this month, he told a GP's conference that adding testosterone to traditional HRT could help boost flagging libido in women.
The resulting coverage was excitable to say the least (one suspects that most national news editors are middle aged men with vested interests in this field). Which was somewhat surprising, since it wasn't the first time Panay - or for that matter other experts in the field - has highlighted the positive effects of testosterone in dampening the effect of the menopause.
Testosterone is generally associated with hirsute, somewhat pungent, young men. In fact your average teenage girl produces almost as much as a boy - only in females an enzyme called aromatase converts it into oestrogen. When our hormone levels fall overall as a result of the menopause, testosterone drops off too - by roughly 50 per cent.
This contributes to the striking loss of energy and enthusiasm for life that many menopausal women experience, as well as a the aforementioned lack of interest in sex.
The most prominent advocate of taking testosterone is probably Jane Fonda, who credits supplements of the hormone with restoring her libido. And you can bet your bottom dollar that the likes of Sharon Stone and Madonna are on the stuff too.
But testosterone isn't just about sex. It has been clinically proven to also help restore bone density and combat the dreaded middle-aged spread (after all, testosterone is the reason men's muscles are larger and their bones denser and why men are far less likely to get osteoporosis).
It can even improve cognitive function: in 2013 a study found that post-menopausal women who were given a testosterone supplement showed improved memory function and greater verbal skills.
Oh, and one more advantage: it protect against cardiac disease and breast cancer. In fact - and this is important - when used in conjunction with conventional HRT, which carries a slightly elevated risk of triggering breast cancer, the addition of testosterone appears to cut that risk significantly.
Given all that, why did Panay's comments come as such a surprise to the wider world? Why aren't women already being given testosterone as part as their overall treatment during menopause? Surely an easily obtainable hormone with such clear beneficial effects should be provided as standard?
Well, that is the problem. No one prescribes it. The whole reason Panay mentioned testosterone in his speech to the GPs is because awareness of the benefits of testosterone in female HRT is very low; not only that, the only company providing patches for use in women ceased production for the UK market in 2012. Why? Not cost-effective enough. So even if you did manage to persuade your GP of the benefits, you wouldn't actually be able to get it.
If Panay is right, a sea-change in treatment policy would seem long overdue. As luck would have it, I have a long-awaited personal appointment with the man himself next Monday. I look forward to finding out more.
Read Sarah's menopause diary and her experience of HRT
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Posted on March 5, 2020 by Delaware Gazette
OC Kevin Wilson talks RB, WR depth
By Dillon Davis - cdavis@aimmediamidwest.com
Ohio State offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson meets with the media following practice on Wednesday.
Ohio State hit the practice field on Wednesday for day two of spring practice. Following the practice, offensive coordinator and tight end coach Kevin Wilson met with the media to discuss what he has seen from the offense thus far.
Wilson, who head coach Ryan Day has said will share some of the play-calling duties, will have a plethora of weapons at his disposal this season as quarterback Justin Fields enters year two as a starting quarterback with perhaps the most talented group of receivers the program has ever seen.
The running back position, however, is a much less known commodity for the Buckeyes as 2,000-yard back J.K. Dobbins heads off to the NFL.
What's left is a relatively shallow pool of candidates to replace an all-timer such as Dobbins, and that pool may have taken a major blow with speculation of presumed starter Master Teague III suffering a significant lower leg injury on Monday.
No official announcement has come from the program regarding his long-term outlook, but Teague, who ran for 789 yards as a redshirt freshman last season, has already been ruled out for the remainder of the spring after just one practice.
With sophomore Marcus Crowley, whose arm is currently in a sling, already out for spring practice, Ohio State has been relegated to entertaining any and all options to give out reps behind redshirt freshman Steele Chambers, who figures to be the biggest beneficiary of Teague's absence.
"The deal is we don't need to over-rep Steele," Wilson said on Tuesday. "Marcus is coming back off his injury, Xavier Johnson has been back there playing. We'll end up having three of four (backs) by the time (Miyan Williams) comes back and guys are healthy."
Wilson said guys like redshirt junior tight end Mitch Rossi, who has played in the backfield in his career, and fifth-year senior Demario McCall, who came to Ohio State as a running back, but has been working with the receivers this offseason, are both candidates to factor in at running back in the meantime. He said both are guys he's wanted to develop packages for in the past, but those packages have never materialized for various reasons.
While Ohio State as a program is steadfast in not discussing the nature of injuries, Wilson appeared to at least be optimistic that Teague could return before the start of the season.
"I would think so, but time will tell," Wilson said when asked if he thought Teague would be ready in the fall.
Wilson said that regardless of when Teague is back and healthy, there will be a hurdle to overcome in not having been able to practice and participate in workouts, which could hinder his development as a guy who is still fairly inexperienced.
Among the bigger surprises from Monday's opening practice was sophomore Garrett Wilson's move to the slot receiver position. Asked about the decision, Wilson said he believes receivers coach Brian Hartline feels the presence of Chris Olave, Jaylen Harris, and incoming freshmen Julian Fleming and Gee Scott Jr. allows for Garrett to be more dynamic playing inside.
Kevin Wilson went on to say the matchups slot receivers can find themselves in, oftentimes against a slower linebacker or safety, can mean big things for Garrett Wilson, who showed the ability to pick up big yards after the catch last season. Kevin Wilson also mentioned freshman Jaxon Smith-Njigba as another guy who has flashed early in the slot.
Kevin Wilson cautioned, however, that it remains to be seen if the freshmen will continue to hold up through their first set of spring practices and on into their first preseason camp. If not, Garrett Wilson may still find himself back outside, opposite Chris Olave.
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К врачу приходит больной с жалобой на боль в горле, которому ставится диагноз — сифилис. Однако он не воспринимает его всерьёз:

Спустя некоторое время на приём к врачу приходит женщина в слезах: муж приезжал в гости, а потом прислал письмо, в котором упоминал, что болен сифилисом. Первичных признаков у неё не находят, дают указание раз в неделю приходить на осмотры. Женщине повезло: в итоге она оказывается не заболевшей. Однако, она единственная, кто в тех краях серьёзно отнеслась к заболеванию. Большинство пропускают первичную язву, небрежно относятся к лечению. Доктор, изучив книгу с записью приходов больных и их диагнозов, с ужасом обнаруживает, что в районе свирепствует повальная эпидемия сифилиса, от младенцев, до глубоких стариков. Он принимает решение открыть маленький стационар для сифилитиков.

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A. Generally a 25%+ deposit will secure you the best rate of repayment interest as mortgages work on the basis that those with the biggest deposit get access to the more affordable mortgage rates.
However, the Government's Help To Buy Equity Loan scheme – where a buyer puts forward a 5% deposit and the Government loans the buyer a 20% deposit for the purchase of a new build property – is an option for first-time buyers buying some brand new properties. The remaining 75% of the purchase price must be funded by a mortgage, and the Government loan will need to be paid back.
Help To Buy also has a Mortgage Guarantee element, which applies to first-time buyers purchasing resale homes as well as new builds. Under the new Mortgage Guarantee scheme, the buyer would only need a 5% deposit. The Government and the bank then jointly guarantees up to the next 15% of the property's value, in return for a fee paid for by the lender. This takes the risk away from the banks, making them more inclined to lend money. We will see a return of the 95% mortgage and lower rates of interest on other high loan-to-value lending.
There are some conditions, however: the purchase price must be under £600,000; the property must be the only home the buyer owns and the property being purchased should be their primary residence and not let out. Mortgage 'stress tests' will be used to ensure the purchasers can afford the mortgage repayments and anyone with historical difficulties relating to debt repayment maybe refused participation.
Q. Can I benefit from Help To Buy even though I'm not a first-time buyer?
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The Equity Loan scheme has expanded to include all buyers – whether it's your first or fifth property move. This equity loan element is reserved for the purchase of new build homes only.
However, the new Mortgage Guarantee element of Help To Buy is open to all home movers, whether they are first timers, moving up the property chain, buying a new build or buying a resale property.
The Help To Buy Mortgage Guarantee element involves a buyer putting forward a 5% deposit. The government and the bank then jointly guarantees up to the next 15% of the property's value, in return for a fee paid for by the lender. This takes the risk away from the banks, making them more inclined to lend money. We will see a return of the 95% mortgage and lower rates of interest on other high loan-to-value lending.
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Fantastic levels of insulation for lower energy bills – some new homes are even built 'air tight' with heat recovery systems so they are as close to carbon neutral as possible.
A blank canvass on which to make your mark – the walls will be freshly plastered and painted a cream colour, ready for you to move in and decorate straight away.
Low running costs and little initial maintenance – because a new build is brand new, there are none of the niggles and DIY chores associated with buying an older property. The kitchens, bathroom suites, central heating and windows will be newly fitted with a long life ahead of them.
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Stay safe on those long weekend/holiday roads, my friends!
Wishing you and yours a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend!
That is really cute, Sandra!! Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours, hope you had a wonderful holiday!
Very cute! Hope you have enjoyed your Thanksgiving weekend and that you were able to make that trip to JoAnn's, too... I went there yesterday and was going to buy some fabric, until I found out the piece I wanted was not on sale... so, no thank you. I'll go back and hope it's still there when I have a 50% off coupon.
You certainly got my interest at zero-calorie Sandra:) What a great gift.
Turned out really well, Sandra. Time with the family is the best, what ever the celebration.


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Discussion in 'Trying To Conceive' started by Wobbles, Jan 16, 2007.
You still on a break?
Im not too bad hun! Feeling sorry for myself still one off the mums at school had her baby last week an she came up with him this morning i felt a tad jealous (he was gorg) i felt guilty for feelin it though!
Anyway i got AF last thurs an finished on sat but this morning ive woke up to spottin again!
Hows it goin with u hun?


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Q: Getting Error creating window handle in C#.net application Brief Overview of the project:
I am a relatively junior programmer.  My application is written in C#.net using VS2008 and targeted to .net 3.5  It is a rather large program(by my standards) of approximately 200 forms + 30 classes and 50K lines of code.  One of the parts of the program imports data from a text file, calculates a bunch of stuff, and writes the result into an Access database.
The import process can often run for 20 minutes or more depending on the number of lines in the text file.  Eventually, the program crashes and I get the "Error Creating Window Handle error - always at different locations in my code.  As it runs, it seems to continually get slower as well. (Paging issues maybe?)  My OS is XP w/ SP3, 32 bit, 3Gig RAM if that matters.  The problem also happens on my W7 64 bit machine with 4Gig of RAM.
I have read up on the error and have done some detective work with task manager, and clearly I am experiencing a memory leak.  Here is some of the data I have gathered.
startup - memory usage = 48M / Handles = 428 / Threads = 17 / User Objects = 111

1 minute memory usage  = 65M / Handles = 520 / Threads = 22 / User Objects = 523

2 minutes memory usage = 81M / Handles = 520 / Threads = 19 / User Objects = 952

3 minutes memory sage = 98M / Handles = 510 / Threads = 19 / User Objects = 1359

4 minutes memory usage = 113M / Handles = 510 / Threads = 18 / User Objects = 1766

This continues until the program crashes..
From looking on the web for an answer. I was expecting to see the number of handles growing to cause the issue.  It appears that the issue is the number of User Objects is eating up my memory and maybe that is eventually causing the crash?  When the crash happens, the memory usage is generally between 450M and 600M.
I have tried adding some .Dispose() code in one of the classes I call multiple times during the data processing process, but that had no effect. (Maybe because I didn't do it right...)

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*Is the growing number of objects / memory usage causing the issue?

*How can I find out what User Object (class or form?) is growing?

*Once I find it, how do I fix it?

Any advise would be welcome.

A: If you are using main form-child form (or mdi form) structure and registering to the main form events, you may cause the closed child windows to live forever.
You may also use a memory profiler to see which objects are created excessively.

A: I would recommend using a memory profiler such as ANTS Memory Profiler. I've used it with great success to track down exactly which objects are growing.
They have a free trial and a walkthrough to get started. They also have some good technical papers that provide a better understanding on .NET memory leaks.


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'Creatures Of Will And Temper' Is A Slow-Burn Slide Into Deviltry Molly Tanzer gives us a seductive, alternate version of Victorian England in her new novel — by turns smoky and smutty, wondrous and louche. And then, embedded carefully in that world, demons.
'Creatures Of Will And Temper' Is A Slow-Burn Slide Into Deviltry
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Creatures of Will and Temper
by Molly Tanzer
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The biggest problem with most urban fantasy is that, by nature, it becomes alternate history. It's Renaissance Italy, but with vampires. Or Victorian England, but everyone wears cool goggles and has an airship!
And there's nothing wrong with that. There are stories out there that have done wonders with their skewed versions of our shared past. I'm just saying it's rare for a writer to be able to do one (insert a fantasy element into a historical setting) without doing the other (letting the dragons eat the townsfolk, thereby giving rise to Bert the Dragonbasher, hero of West Crudwell, or whatever). And when someone pulls it off as well as Molly Tanzer in her new novel, Creatures of Will and Temper, it's worth checking out just to see the restraint and careful worldbuilding gymnastics required.
Honestly, if that was the only thing Tanzer accomplished here, I'd be impressed. She has created a Victorian England which is, in all noticeable ways, exactly the Victorian England we know — the mother of our modern world, by turns smoky, smutty, gross and backward, then beautiful, wondrous and louche with the turn of a corner. And yet, embedded in it — woven so closely into the fabric of normalcy that almost no one can see it — Tanzer has given us ... demons.
Not churchy demons, but sensualist demons, poorly understood save by a few, existing mostly as folklore or as watered-down sermon-fodder, but real, dangerous as hell, bound to humans as the vessels through which they experience this world, and sort of Lovecraftian in their other-dimensionality.
'Vermilion' Finds New Magic In The Old West
Reading Gaol, Where Oscar Wilde Was Imprisoned, Unlocks Its Gates For Art
And while this is a neat trick — a slow slide into diabolism stretched out over half the book, giving us another world hidden right inside the one we've always known — it isn't Tanzer's only one. What she has done with Creatures is offer a gender-swapped Picture of Dorian Gray, with Wilde's sense of class-outrage-as-humor intact but a more meaty feast of reward and punishment.
Her story concerns sisters Evadne and Dorina Gray. Evadne is older, rigid in her manners, careless of pretty dresses or lovely gardens. She is a fencer — a warrior who, early on, has her heart broken by the boy she's loved since they were children and carries that spite with her for a hundred pages. Dorina is the opposite — young, beautiful, excited about everything. She dreams of going to London and becoming an art critic. She is also gay, and though she's done her best to hide her true self from those around her, when Evadne spots her having a fling with the latest in a series of local girls (and then tells their mother about it), Evadne is sent with Dorina to London as her chaperone for a trip to visit their uncle Basil — an artist about whom Dorina intends to write.
Tanzer's slow, languid steps through her Victorian England give the novel a slow-burn quality that can lull you.
And okay, I get it. Some of this sounds a bit trite. Evadne has a miserable time looking at gardens and galleries and loathes Lady Henrietta "Henry" Wotton (Uncle Basil's friend and the book's window into diabolism) even though Dorina instantly falls in love with everything London has to offer, Henry included. But trust me when I say that the languorous pace and Tanzer's exceptional grace with writing complex female relationships make it all a lot less operatic than it sounds.
It's actually the pacing in particular that makes Creatures work so well. Tanzer's slow, languid steps through her Victorian England give the novel a slow-burn quality that can lull you. There's the lovely countryside, the gardens and manors and artist's studios, ginger-spiked cigarette smoke and the smell of a man's cloak, lunches and teas and suppers in London, fine rapiers and earned sweat. And then, suddenly:
"I am perfectly serious when I tell you that we here, in this room... We are committed to stamping out fell being who influence this nation's citizens, who turn them from God and from country, who infiltrate and insinuate themselves into our hearts and minds. I'm speaking of ... demons."
Yup, demons. It happens just that fast. Until you think a moment and realize that, no. Tanzer has been teasing this for a long time. That they figured into the first pages of the book. That we knew they were there all along, but had forgotten about them (at least a little) while she was showing us the sights.
That line comes from a speech about midway through the book and, from that point on, everything accelerates considerably. The three women at the center of Tanzer's story each entered into it looking for something. They're each more than they appear at the start, and less of the worst things you think of them. They all grow and change by their relationships with each other, are altered irrevocably by books and blades and paintings.
And by the end, none of them will find (or be) exactly what you expect.
Jason Sheehan knows stuff about food, video games, books and Starblazers. He is currently the restaurant critic at Philadelphia magazine, but when no one is looking, he spends his time writing books about giant robots and ray guns. Tales From the Radiation Age is his latest book.


When I recently switched jobs, I was very excited to find that my new company offered a corporate discount for Crunch, with a location adjacent to my office. I had been a 24 Hour Fitness member since 2010, and with a location a mere five blocks from my apartment, the convenience of the location had kept me a happy customer. I joined Crunch mainly for the classes. I started this job shortly after finishing my second San Francisco Marathon, and I was more than eager to add bootcamps, spin, and yoga to my routine.
Taking a break from races to spend some time in the gym.
The only downside to my new gym membership is that I have to lug my gym bag to the gym's Financial District location after walking for almost 40 minutes, or I can choose to walk about 15 minutes to exercise at the gym closest to home. I almost always choose lugging my heavy bag because the morning classes and the times at Crunch New Montgomery are better than the classes at Crunch Polk.
Crunch is known for their classes, and they surely do not disappoint. I love Killer X Training, Ultimate Conditioning, Heated Vinyasa, and Spin. The only class I haven't loved was a morning yoga class. There wasn't anything wrong with the class, it just wasn't my style (difficult, heated) of yoga.
The only class I took at 24 Hour Fitness was spin, and I thoroughly enjoyed the instructor's fast-tempo class and electropop soundtrack. 24 Hour is much more limited in its classes than Crunch.
The Crunch locker rooms contain shampoo, conditioner, body wash, hair dryers, lotion, q-tips, and mouthwash. At 24 Hour Fitness, your option is soap…and only soap. Crunch's amenities are a step up from 24 Hour Fitness, but no where near Equinox caliber. I'll let Jesse explain his love for Kiehl's and steam rooms on a different post.
Kettlebells, TRX, wall balls, and other functional training equipment is all over Crunch, giving everyone the opportunity to work out the way they want. 24 Hour Fitness had just installed a set of TRX equipment, but other than that, the equipment was fairly bare bones.
In the gym showdown, Crunch surely wins out, but I think the most important aspect in choosing a gym is to choose a gym you're going to go to frequently. There's no point in paying a membership if the gym is too far away/awkwardly laid out/lacking in classes if those certain aspects make or break your gym rat status.


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Q: How to get geometric shapes with specified sizes? I would like to get geometric shapes in TikZ whose size is independent of any text I may have in them. Consider this MWE:
\documentclass[tikz]{standalone}
\usetikzlibrary{shapes.geometric}
\tikzset{trap/.style={shape=trapezium,draw=black,minimum width=1.0cm,
  minimum height=1.0cm,shape border uses incircle}}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\tikzset{trapezium stretches=true}
\node[trap=green] (trap) at (-1,0) {};
\node[trap=green] (trap) at (1,0) {A};
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

It produces the following:

(The top being cut off has nothing to do with TikZ, but with Apple's Preview when I export ...)
How can I get the size to be independent of any text that may be in the shape?

A: One way of getting the size independent of the text is to place the text as a label. For your convenience I slightly redefined trap such that the first argument really gets used and the second argument is the above-mentioned label. Needless to say that if the text gets too wide, it will overshoot. (And preview does not cut the picture on my Mac.)
\documentclass[tikz]{standalone}
\usetikzlibrary{shapes.geometric}
\tikzset{trap/.style 2 args={shape=trapezium,draw=black,minimum width=1.0cm,draw=#1,label=center:#2,
  minimum height=1.0cm,shape border uses incircle,}} % text width=0pt,text height=1em,align=flush center
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\tikzset{trapezium stretches=true}
\node[trap={green}{}] (trap) at (-1,0) {};
\node[trap={green}{A}] (trap) at (1,0) {};
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

A: You could use also text width=width("<put here your larger text>") to have all the nodes with the text width of the lager text.
I also put #1 after draw= in the definition of your style, as you're using that parameter.
\documentclass[tikz]{standalone}
\usetikzlibrary{shapes.geometric}
\tikzset{trap/.style={shape=trapezium,draw=#1,minimum width=1.0cm,
  minimum height=1.0cm,shape border uses incircle,
  text width=width("A"),%put here the larger text
  text centered}}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\tikzset{trapezium stretches=true}
\node[trap=green] (trap) at (-1,0) {};
\node[trap=green] (trap1) at (1,0) {A};
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}