Wanted to share the other half of the upstate photos. These feature the beautiful Jessica and a couple more with Apneet. The first half we were in the pouring rain, but we still went out and shot a look. The other half is from our pit stop on the way back to the city. We came across a small antique shop that had so many treasures. Not to mention the light was perfect, so I took Jess aside and made some magic happen. Shooting these looks for Anne Klein was a bit different for me. I made it fit the style I shoot and edit in, but it was a lot more refined then I usually shoot. Sometimes you have to shoot for the demographic of the brand and not for yourself. It reminds me of being in school.
Example from then would be: My Photo Journalism teacher was V E R Y different from my Commercial teacher. With the PJ teacher you knew if you didn't shoot exactly what the assignment and examples portrayed you were digging yourself into a lovely F pot hole. Eventually I realized he was teaching you time management. He was giving you 12 assignments at once, but didn't care about things being "pretty" and "perfect." ......HA.....(perfectionist Emma dies a little inside...) I remember him saying "You will have time in second year to be creative and shoot what you want..." I would be thinking, well yea...but I have to make it to second year first. Let's just say after that first assignment...(which I got an F on..) I never thought about "pretty" photos once. After I realized you can't always do what you want..in terms of my style or really what I see..I got A's from then on out. I started to see through his eyes, and got multiple things done in a VERY tight time frame.
I wanted to go back to that scenario because in the past couple projects I have had ( GAP and this one..) your focus is on the brand. Yes they ultimately picked you for how you see things, BUT they still want their viewers to be somewhat nodding their heads like "This is so GAP, but like very personal and real." I still want you all(whomever follows along my journey) to be like "Emma really paid attention to what the brand is about, but still stuck to her style as well." Sorry for this long rant. Not really a rant just me relaying school to real life situations. Like that bell goes off in your head like "OH this is way he/she told/taught us that!"
Also there are awesome opportunities where you have total creative freedom to do what you want! HA...in which case we call "Personal Work or Portfolio Work." Usually though most brand work is about well...the brand. I am still learning with every job I have been lucky to be apart of. I really like to treat every new project as a learning tool. Also a way to push me. Push me to think creatively even in tight/strict situations. Also being able to produce great material in not so lovely timeframes. If there is one thing I have noticed with clients, it's that they love when you turn around images in one or two days. Anyways....I have talked and blabbed enough tonight....more to come soon.
Hey guys! So glad I finally get to share these photos. A couple weeks ago I had the opportunity to go upstate and photograph a couple bloggers. I have never been upstate while in New York. Catskills was one of a kind. It provided us with nature and chilly/snowy weather. Also everywhere we ate was ever so kind with their portions of food. I felt like I was back in North Carolina for a second.
After the talented blogger/stylists were done styling looks with Anne Klein clothes and accessories. I then got to photograph them in some amazing places. First up is my adventure with Apneet. So glad I got to shoot in the Phoenicia Diner as the sun was rising over the mountains. That sweet light was sweeter then ever, and having Apneet as my model was the cheery on top.
Here are some of my favorites from that beautiful morning. Also in a couple days I will be putting up another round of photos. They will feature the lovely Jess from Prosecco & Plaid.


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PolyGlot is a tool that is designed to help in the design, creation, and publication of constructed languages, or "conlangs." When I first got into language creation, I realized that there were no tools available that really met all of my needs. So I made one! Below, you'll find a list of its features, and if there's functionality you would like to see added, please feel free to request a new feature! PolyGlot is free and open source software that contains no advertising or other gross stuff. Please enjoy!
Formatted publishing to PDF, generating dictionaries (both conlang to natural language, and vice versa), chapter format for all grammar sections, gloss keys, orthographic rules, etc.
I plan on continuing to develop and refine PolyGlot so long as there's a healthy conlanging community and people who seem to be enjoying the program. Please feel free to suggest changes/enhancements, request new features, or just drop me a line to show off what you've created with the tool!
The author of this software can be reached at Draquemail@gmail.com. All content included in this page and in the PolyGlot program is copyright (©) 2012-2019 Draque Thompson unless otherwise noted.


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Obituary for Leah Rachelle Wiedeman
Leah "Cookie" Rachelle Wiedeman of Sardinia, NY passed away on Thursday, January 7, 2021 at the Wyoming County Community Hospital in Warsaw at the age of 83.
She was born April 16, 1937 in Charles, Pennsylvania a daughter of the late Ellis J. and Lois (Naugle) Dick.
She always had a big heart. In her early years, she worked for a family in Springville as an in home babysitter and caregiver. She had also worked at Our Lady of Victory as a care aid. Prior to retirement, she worked for Fisher Price in Holland and Steuben Foods in Elma as a production worker.
For most of Leah's life, she did what she did best. She was a wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. The love that she showed her family was like nothing else. She took her job of being the head of the family very seriously. Whether she was lending a shoulder to cry on or being a personal taxi cab, babysitter, banker or being there to give a hug or lending an ear to listen to, she did it with a smile.
Leah enjoyed reading, playing Bingo, going to the casino and always enjoyed listening to some good Old Conway Twitty or George Jones. Most importantly, she enjoyed her family. For Leah, family was everything and it was important for her family to always be together which is why she hosted the family Christmas at her home into her 70's. Cooking, baking and hanging stocking with everyone's names on them, various camping trips, family vacations, parties in the park or in her yard were just all ways for her to show her family how much they all meant to her and to instill the importance of family to all of her loved ones. Her love was unconditional and felt by all.
Her husband, Norman A. Wiedeman who she married on February 2, 1957 in Sardinia, passed away on June 12, 2019.
Leah is survived by her children: Joanne (Dennis) Allan of Elton, Cindy (Jim) Wolcott of Yorkshire, Cathy (Phil) Petri of Arcade, Michael (Valerie) Wiedeman of East Aurora and Judy (Jerry) Rodgers of Arcade; her siblings: Shirley (late Bill) Rhoades of Yorkshire, Dennis (late Violet) Dick of Sardinia, Wanda (late Jack) McKeown of Arizona, Sharon (Jack) Tousley of Yorkshire, her sister-in-law: Dolores Chriss of Machias, and Sylvia (late Ronald) Dick of Randolph; 17 grandchildren: Chris (Rosemary) Warner, Jason Petri, Patty (Greg) Palmisano, Nick Wolcott, Amber (John) Wente, Katelyn (Amos) Milewski, Hailey Rodgers, Marc, Mason, Damian, Greyson, Jennifer and Jacqueline Wiedeman; 16 great-grandchildren: Ryan, Nathan, Samantha, Carsen, Austin, Ethen, Skyler, Jax, Isaac, Keira, Brayden, Reece, Meredith, Dean, Max and Benjamin; also survived by several nieces and nephews.
She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband, her siblings: Janet (Bruce) Kramer, Don (Marva) Dick, Ronald Dick; infant Brenda Dick and Charles "Chuck" Dick; sister-in-law, Audrey (Donald) Dick
There will be no calling hours. Due to Covid-19, A Celebration of Life will be held announced at a later date. Interment will be held in Sardinia Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the Arcade Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 303, Arcade, NY 14009.

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Former California gubernatorial candidate John Cox (R) discusses how PG&E may face $30 billion in legal liability from the recent California wildfires.
Hedge fund BlueMountain Capital Management LLC last month demanded the complete removal of the embattled Californian power company's board, saying the bankruptcy filing was unnecessary and harmed the interests of the company's shareholders.
A heated court hearing in San Francisco at the end of last month saw U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup hold off on changing the terms of the company's probation from its conviction for a 2010 natural gas pipeline blast.


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Ephraim's glory is like the firstling of his bullocks and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth.
~ Deuteronomy 33:17
Stephen's Smith Family - Ancestors, Descendants and Cousins
James John Gilmore was born in Ireland. He died in Kings Mountain, Virginia.
He had the following children.
M i John Gilmore was born about 1776.
F i Agnes Gilmore was born about 1788.
M ii Robert Gilmore.
M iii James Gilmore was born on 15 Jul 1791. He died on 31 Mar 1863.
Elijah Smith [Parents] was born in 1784 in , Sullivan, Tennessee. He died in 1874 in , Jasper, Illinois. Elijah married 1 Agnes Gilmore on 25 Oct 1806 in Pulaski, Kentucky.
Elijah was confirmed a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on 30 Mar 1940%. He received initiatories on 25 Jul 1940% in MANTI.
Agnes Gilmore [Parents] was born about 1788 in , Pulaski, Kentucky. Agnes married 1 Elijah Smith on 25 Oct 1806 in Pulaski, Kentucky.
Agnes was confirmed a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on 30 Mar 1940%. She received initiatories on 16 Apr 1940% in MANTI.
They had the following children.
F i
Tabitha Smith was born in Pulaski Co., Ky..
Tabitha was confirmed a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on 13 Apr 1940%. She received initiatories on 9 May 1940% in MANTI.
Reuben Smith [Parents] was born in 1778 in , Rowan, North Carolina. He died before 1822. Reuben married Unknown.
Unknown died. Unknown married Reuben Smith.
M i Anderson Poker Smith was born about 1806. He died before 1880.
Robert Gilmore [Parents]. Robert married Mary Rebecca Poteet.
Mary Rebecca Poteet [Parents] was born on 6 Jan 1792 in Lee County, Virginia. Mary married Robert Gilmore.
Andrew Turner [Parents] was born on 5 Apr 1762. Andrew married Comfort about 1785 in , Rowan, North Carolina.
Comfort was born on 18 Dec 1766. She died on 8 Apr 1832 in , Morgan, Illinois. Comfort married Andrew Turner about 1785 in , Rowan, North Carolina.
Andrew Smith VIII [Parents] was born in 1759 in , Rowan, North Carolina. Andrew married Sarah McKee on 10 Mar 1784.
Sarah McKee. Sarah married Andrew Smith VIII on 10 Mar 1784.
Thomas Smith [Parents] was born on 15 Oct 1752 in , Rowan, North Carolina. Thomas married Mollie Mackie on 21 Jan 1775 in , Rowan, North Carolina.
Mollie Mackie. Mollie married Thomas Smith on 21 Jan 1775 in , Rowan, North Carolina.
[Marriage Notes]
M i Robert Smith was born on 10 Feb 1776.
F ii
Anna Smith was born on 6 Jan 1778 in , Rowan, North Carolina.
M iii
Andrew Smith IX was born on 31 Jul 1779 in , Rowan, North Carolina.
M iv
Thomas Smith was born on 21 Mar 1781 in , Rowan, North Carolina.
M v Cornelious Smith was born on 23 Dec 1783. He died in 1837.
F vi
Sarah Smith was born in 1785.
Andrew Smith VII [Parents] was born on 30 Dec 1718 in Hopewell, Hunterdon, New Jersey. He died on 8 Aug 1759 in St Luke, Rowan, North Carolina. Andrew married Annata McGuire "Anna" about 1742 in , Rowan, North Carolina.
Andrew's will was probated on 14 Dec 1773 in , Rowan, North Carolina.
Annata "Anna" McGuire. Anna married Andrew Smith VII about 1742 in , Rowan, North Carolina.
F i Rebecca Smith was born about 1746. She died on 11 Jan 1776.
M ii Cornelius Smith was born in 1747.
F iii Charity Smith was born about 1749.
M iv Thomas Smith was born on 15 Oct 1752.
F v
Catherine Smith was born in 1755 in Hopewell, Hunterdon, New Jersey. She died in 1781.
M vi Andrew Smith VIII was born in 1759.
Cornelius Smith [Parents] was born in 1747 in Hopewell, Hunterdon, New Jersey. Cornelius married Rachel Lynn on 26 Aug 1768 in , Rowan, North Carolina.
Adams, Winnie
Rachel Lynn was born about 1751. Rachel married Cornelius Smith on 26 Aug 1768 in , Rowan, North Carolina.


The Central Gulf Coast Chapter of ASBPA received its official Charter on Tuesday, March 20, 2018 at the Coastal Summit in Washington, DC. Our regional chapter was well represented with 11 members present throughout the Summit. Our region also took home a lot of hardware! Between Congressman Garret Graves receiving the Friend of the Coast award, and Mayor Collier receiving one of the Best Restored Beaches awards for the Town of Dauphin Island, our region received some long overdue recognition for its hard work and dedication to coastal restoration. By the way, you should watch this YouTube video that describes Dauphin Island's award winning East End Beach and Barrier Island Restoration project.
In spite of the many travel and meeting snafus associated with Winter Storm Toby, the Coastal Summit was a complete success. There were lots of required technological improvisations, with some giving presentations by web conference, cell phone, etc. Carrier pigeons were not used because of the obvious time delays, but just about every other form of communication was utilized to keep the Summit agenda moving along. The presentations and panel sessions were informative and the federal agency advocacy meetings were productive. The social events were also a hit. Tuesday night's "chill out" event really lived up to its name as rain changed over to snow. The Wednesday evening Coastal Reception in the Hart Senate Office Building was excellent and very well attended.


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ACA Rep: Q&A with Director Alec Wild
Spring means Rep Season for the Academy for Classical Acting, STC's intensive one-year MFA in Classical Acting program with George Washington University. See the Class of 2018 before they graduate in Shakespeare's Pericles, Prince of Tyre and Julius Caesar. We sat down with Alec Wild, who is not only Director of the Academy but co-director of Pericles.
Tell us more about the ACA Repertory Season. What is it and what do the students get out of it?
The ACA is a unique program, in that we train intensively for only one full year — although we match the training hours of most two- and three-year MFA programs. The Reps are an opportunity for our actors to put their year-long training to work in a true rehearsal process — not necessarily to "show off" what they've learned, but to incorporate their new training into their rehearsal practices.
Why did you choose Pericles and Julius Caesar this year? How do the two Shakespeare plays work with each other?
Lately I've been thinking more and more about Shakespeare's romances — Cymbeline, The Winter's Tale, The Tempest and Pericles. We're seeing these plays produced a lot this year, and I don't think that's a coincidence: the themes of redemption, rebirth and finding what's been lost are important to us in a time when many of us feel that our country is in crisis. I think we relate to Julius Caesar right now for the same reasons, albeit from a different perspective. Political ethics — the questions of how far we'll go to achieve legislative ends, how much power one leader should have — these are the important questions of the day. Cameron Knight, the director of Caesar, has decided to gender-reverse the play, so that the women are the ones in power, the ones making the major political decisions. It's an interesting (and contemporary) take on the play.
How are rehearsals for Pericles going? What's it like to co-direct with Jef Awada?
Jef and I have worked together on nine or ten shows now, so for us it feels natural and fun. We never approach a play with an idea about how it should be done, but we always come up with a set of questions that we think need to be explored. We also try to stick with a set of theatrical "rules": we use only live music and sound, performed by the cast; we try to honor the story of the play without sending it up; and we ask the audience to use their imaginations to help create the world of the play. Our way of working usually leads to something exciting and fresh — although we occasionally court disaster as well!
How are you, Jef and Cameron Knight incorporating music and movement into the plays?
Cameron's Caesar is a contemporary production, complete with tweets and cell phones, contemporary clothes, music and weapons. Pericles is set in an imagined world, but one in which ships were the main form of intercontinental transportation, and letters were the only option for long-distance communication. So music and movement is very different in these shows. Our adaptation of Pericles includes several songs, and lots of music performed by the cast: we have two guitars, a violin, mandolin, cello, two drums and a set of handbells we borrowed from a local D.C. church. The original music is truly original. Caesar, on the other hand, relies on a more contemporary soundscape — although there is a guitar played for one live song!
What should STC's audiences know about the ACA Rep?
I think it's an opportunity for STC audiences to see Shakespeare in a much more intimate setting, and with a completely different aesthetic from the shows they'll see at the Lansburgh and Harman. We approach these plays with the idea that all we've got are our actors, our imaginations and our collective resourcefulness. It makes for exciting theatre and for a very different experience for our audiences.


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Halfway into 2017's oil supply cut, Asia remains awash with fuel
By Metro Posted on March 17, 2017
By Florence Tan and Henning Gloystein
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Halfway into an OPEC-led oil supply cut, Asia remains awash with fuel in a sign that the group's efforts to rein in a global glut have so far had little effect.
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and other suppliers including Russia have pledged to cut production by almost 1.8 million barrels per day (bpd) during the first half of this year to rein in oversupply and prop up prices.
Yet almost three months into the announced cuts, oil flows to Asia, the world's biggest and fastest growing market, have risen to near record highs.
The Asian surplus will pressure global oil prices and weigh on the budgets of major oil producing nations but may also help spur growth in demand needed to soak up the excess.
Thomson Reuters Oil Research and Forecasts data shows around 714 million barrels of oil are being shipped to Asia this month, up 3 percent since December when the cuts were announced.
Responding to rising production, benchmark crude prices are down 10 percent since January, and analysts warn that more falls could follow.
"Cuts are not enough to re-absorb the world's excess supply. So, unless oil demand growth rebounds to record levels in 2017, oil prices could head for another substantial fall," said Leonardo Maugeri, senior fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.
Not only are supplies from the Middle East and Russia to Asia still high despite the pledge to cut, but record volumes are flooding into Asia from the Americas and Europe.
The result is a market awash with fuel. More than 30 supertankers are sitting off the coasts of Singapore and southern Malaysia filled with oil, despite a price structure that makes it unattractive to buy oil now and store it for sale at a later date. Crude for delivery in January 2018 is only 70 cents more expensive than that for delivery next May, making those floating storage vessels unprofitable.
OPEC'S DILEMMA
The ongoing glut poses a predicament for OPEC. Its members need higher oil prices to balance government budgets, but cutting back production to prop up prices means losing market share as other suppliers step in to fill the gap.
OPEC's cuts early in the year pushed up Middle East Dubai crude price against the international benchmark Brent, allowing oil from outside the Middle East to head to Asia.
Traders are shipping competitively priced crudes such as Russian Urals, Kazakhstan's CPC Blend, North Sea Forties and U.S. West Texas Intermediate to replace Middle East staples from Oman to Abu Dhabi.
A record 10.5 million barrels of Russian Urals will arrive in Asia between April and June, Eikon data shows.
Oil from Kazakhstan, the North Sea, Brazil, and the United States arriving in Asia in March is expected to reach 45 million barrels, double the volume in the same month a year ago.
"The uptick in arbitrage has not gone unnoticed by the large Middle Eastern (OPEC) producers," analysts from consultancy JBC Energy said in a note to clients this week.
In a move to beat off competition but which contradicts the announced cuts, OPEC's de-facto leader Saudi Arabia unexpectedly cut light crude prices last week.
State-owned Saudi Aramco has also given additional supplies to Asian customers in April, trade sources said.
Stiff competition and ample supplies have depressed prices for Middle East and Asia-Pacific grades, some of them to multi-month lows.
May-loading for Qatar Marine crude sold at discounts to its official selling price for the first time in four months while spot premiums for Russian and Malaysia's flagship Kimanis crude have also hit lows.
With few signs that producers will cut supplies deeply enough to end the glut, and indicators that output is rising in the United States, traders say only strong demand can eventually rein in the surplus.
"Demand growth in Asia is about 700,000 bpd, so the glut will eventually clear," said Oystein Berentsen, managing director for oil trading company Strong Petroleum in Singapore.
Not all are as confident.
"Enduring excess supply could be eased by a robust demand growth," said Maugeri of the Belfer Center. "But preliminary data and analyses do not portend such a development, especially because of a significant slowdown in demand growth in China and India – the two major engines of world oil consumption growth."
(Reporting by Florence Tan and Henning Gloystein; Additional reporting by Mark Tay; Editing by Lincoln Feast)
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Arconic shareholder throws support behind Elliott's directors
Ship operator Toisa files for bankruptcy
Tempur Sealy scraps contracts with biggest customer Mattress Firm


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Tuesday 5/21, 2:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Wednesday 5/22, 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Wednesday 5/22, 11:00 am
Dal George Lawrence, who advanced a teaching profession around excellence, pride, collegiality and performance, died on Tuesday, May 14 at Hospice of Northwest Ohio in Perrysburg. Mr. Lawrence, president of the Toledo Federation of Teachers from 1966 to 1996, was 86 and lived in Sylvania, Ohio, with his wife of 46 years, Francine Lawrence.
Mr. Lawrence was born on August 10, 1932. He grew up on a farm between McComb and Findlay, Ohio and spent his childhood doing what country boys do, mastering the art of running a farm. There were plenty of chores to be done and Dal learned the skills needed to raise hogs, chickens and steers. School was okay, and he liked sports (he won nine letters on high school teams), but except for history, Dal wasn't really enthralled with the subjects his teachers deemed important. He planned to be a farmer, like his father. He became the first in his family to finish high school. He didn't expect to go to college until the last semester of his senior year of high school. Some of his friends were going to college so he gave it a try. He ended up doing things that he never anticipated.
He graduated from Findlay College in 1954 with a B.S. degree in education and from Ohio State University in 1955 with an M.A. in history. While at Findlay College he helped pay his tuition through full-time employment at the Old Dutch Brewery. While studying at OSU graduate school, Dal was graduate assistant to Foster Rhea Dulles who taught 20th century America, through 1950. He considered Dulles, first cousin to CIA Director Allen Dulles, as one of his heroes and mentors. He described him as a great lecturer and presenter and a man with high standards. Dal took pride in preparing a paper and delivering a verbal presentation twice each quarter about a topic related to 20th century America. Dulles would extort his students to follow the facts, get the facts right.
In January 1956, he started teaching at Grove City High School. He left teaching after one year because he could not support a growing family on a teacher's salary. From 1956 to 1961, Dal was a successful salesman for Chemi-Trol Chemical Company, traveling throughout the mid-west selling herbicides to county and state highway departments and steel propane tanks to LP gas dealers. During the summer months, he also managed work crews that applied herbicides along highways and at industrial sites. He soon realized that this was not what he wanted to do for the rest of his life.
He recognized that his passion was teaching, specifically World and American history and government. The boy who was a reluctant student in high school discovered a love of reading and learning and pursued a special interest in the history of the Italian Renaissance.
In 1961, Dal was hired by Toledo Public Schools as a history teacher and taught at DeVilbiss High School from 1961 to 1968. The DeVilbiss faculty included lawyers and teachers who were accomplished in their subject discipline, including teachers of Russian and Chinese. He observed that faculty conversations were like going to a New York Chautauqua gathering.
Dal was elected to the Toledo Federation of Teachers Board of Directors in 1964 and was placed on the collective bargaining committee. When Dal was elected president of the Toledo Federation of Teachers in 1966, the union could claim only 250 members, a rather unimpressive figure compared to the membership of the rival Toledo Education Association. But as the folksinger Bob Dylan observed, times were a-changin', and Toledo teachers were beginning to look for an organization more responsive to their interests than the Association, with its mixed membership of teachers and administrators. TFT offered teachers a vision about what teaching could be and about how schools should perform. The union would speak for teachers and work to empower them as professionals with an effective voice in matters related to teaching and learning.
Dal was the embodiment of that vision. He worked tirelessly, carrying the message to every school in the system: teachers must be treated as professionals and teachers must act as professionals. In 1968, following two previous attempts, TFT won the support of the majority of the teachers in a secret ballot election and became the bargaining agent for contract negotiations. Beyond the strength and support of its members, Dal knew that nothing is more important to the success of a union than the right to bargain collectively and the right to binding arbitration. He negotiated the first binding arbitration public employee contract provision in the state of Ohio. He led two teacher strikes against Toledo Public Schools in 1970 and 1978. The Federation grew to over 3,000 members and negotiates contracts for three major employee groups – teachers, paraprofessionals, and substitute teachers. Dal's quest to ensure that teachers be respected and that public schools excel became concrete reality in contract language that was often truly revolutionary and provided Toledo teachers with unique professional opportunities. Many of the programs and contract provisions that he developed gained national recognition.
During his tenure as president of Toledo Federation of Teachers, Mr. Lawrence's vision was to build a profession for teachers around the key issues of excellence, pride, collegiality, and performance. He observed that "we not only improve our professional lives, we also elevate the quality of the instruction we deliver and improve student achievement. Everyone is a winner and public education is strengthened." He believed that professionalization, restructuring, and instructional change were at the heart of education reform. He was passionate about the union's educational reform agenda and was the driving force behind numerous innovative projects.
The keystone of Dal's efforts was peer review, a process in which experienced, accomplished teachers mentor and evaluate the performance of intern teachers and experienced teachers who are deficient in their performance. The Toledo Plan became a nationally acclaimed union/management initiative and was the nation's first peer review teacher evaluation system. Implemented in 1981 and jointly administered by the Toledo Federation of Teachers and the administration of Toledo Public Schools, the Toledo Plan was the winner of the 2001 "Innovations in Government" award sponsored by the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard and the Ford Foundation. This trailblazing program gave teachers the ultimate responsibility for policing their own ranks, a major step toward professional credibility. It has been copied and implemented by numerous school districts throughout the country."Toledo teachers can now show the public," Dal was quoted as saying in the book Teachers, Schools and Society," that they care about quality and that they will not tolerate unacceptable performance. It is important for teachers to accept the ultimate responsibility for policing their profession." Speaking about the Toledo Plan, Dal also said, "In fact, peer review's real value is not found in a better way to evaluate. Its beauty lies in the creation of a union/management panel that presides over the process. After all, no one has a vested interest in incompetent performance." Under his presidency, Toledo became a leader in union-management collaboration. Dal practiced "solution driven unionism" before it became a national standard. He provided consultation and served as a mentor to teacher union presidents and superintendents as they established peer review programs in their school districts. Following his retirement, he served as an American Federation of Teachers Consultant for Peer Assistance and Review.
Dal negotiated new pay concepts aimed at keeping teachers in the classroom and pushed his members toward accountability and responsibility for student learning. Dal established a Career Ladder plan that offered teachers the opportunity to increase their salaries by meeting a series of performance objectives while being evaluated, once again, through a process of peer review. The State of Ohio endorsed the program by providing special funding for the extra compensation awarded Career Ladder teachers. He negotiated additional pay for a master's degree in a liberal arts field to incentivize teachers to acquire knowledge in their subject discipline. He considered instructional expertise and leadership as the province of teachers in Toledo. Math and science instruction at the junior high involving teacher leaders who coached peers in collaboration with Michigan State University, ungraded primary education, site based management and a Chinese-Russian Study Center were introduced successfully through Lawrence's leadership. The Toledo Area Writing Project and courses in critical thinking and classroom management were additional initiatives that emphasized teacherleadership. Dal cultivated talented teachers to advance instructional initiatives. Toledo teachers controlled staff development and made all curriculum and textbook and other district committee appointments through their union contract.
Mr. Lawrence authored 133 monthly columns about public education, "Speaking for Teachers" in the Toledo Blade and is the author of Don't You Want to Be a Professional?, a book detailing the struggle of Toledo teachers to build a teaching profession. He also published The Toledo Plan – Peer Review and Peer Assistance – Practical Advice for Beginners. He also authored articles about labor, peer assistance review and education reform in The Peer Assistance and Review Reader, Journal of Law & Education, Education and Urban Society, and Profiles in Leadership. "Toledo: Intern and Intervention Programs in a Union Town" was a feature in Teacher Evaluation – A study of Effective Practices prepared by the National Institute of Education. Ray Marshall, Secretary of Education in the Carter administration, authored The Case for Collaborative School Reform – The Toledo Experience, a publication of the Economic Policy Institute. A chapter was devoted to "Toledo: A union takes the lead." Dal was a member of The New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce which culminated in a report published by the National Center on Education and the Economy: Tough Choices or Tough Times.
He served as Vice President of the American Federation of Teachers from 1988 to 1996 and was President of the Toledo Area AFL-CIO Council from 1994 to 1998. He was active in the area AFL-CIO Council beginning in 1969. He was a long-time member of the Ohio Federation of Teachers Executive Committee. He helped establish the TheOhio 8, a coalition of superintendents and teacher union presidents from Ohio's largest urban districts. He was a co-founder of Great Lakes Regional Teacher Union Reform Network (TURN) and founding member of the national Teacher Union Reform Network, a nationwide network of union locals from the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association.
Dal was the first teacher recipient of AFT's QuEST Award in 1987. Albert Shanker, longtime president of the American Federation of Teachers, presented the honor to Dal "for his courage in pursuing his convictions about fundamental education reform; for his pioneering work in peer review, induction and career ladder programs for teachers; and for his enduring commitment to quality education and teacher unionism." Dal served as a member of the Task Force on the Future of Education for the AFT. He was a member of the Educational Testing Service Visiting Committee and the Ohio Department of Education's "Classroom of the Future" project and a member of the validation committee for Standards for Evaluations of Educational Personnel.
Dal received the University of Findlay Distinguished Alumnus Award in June, 1992 and was inducted in the DeVilbiss High School Faculty Alumni Hall of Fame in October, 2013. In 2018, the Toledo Area United Labor Committee presented Dal with its Legacy Award for his leadership and dedication to organized labor.
Most people knew Dal as a teacher and teacher union president, but he was so much more than that.
Dal was a voracious reader of books – hard cover only – that were historic and political, rarely fiction. Hundreds of books filled shelves in his home, nearly all of which he read and would then imprint his initials on the title page.
His love of jazz started before he was even in junior high school. His childhood friend Hogan, a tenor sax player, introduced him to jazz listening to 78 platters. Jazz became the only music Dal would listen to growing up and through his 'senior season' in life. He loved the dissonance sound. He treasured his high fidelity speaker. Dal and his teenage buddies would travel the Midwest to listen to the music of Stan Kenton who told his people that if there weren't seats for the boys, he would make room on his piano bench for them. Dal would say in jest that if he became president, that Kenton's "Peanut Vendor" would be the national anthem. Candy Johnson, music teacher at Spencer Sharples and TFT union building rep, called Dal one day and said "Boss man, I'm picking you up. We're going to Defiance to hear Count Basie" whose band was playing there that night. Candy put Dal on the piano bench next to Basie for a several minute conversation. Candy played during summers with Basie and other jazz greats. Dal negotiated a Toledo Public Schools salary stipend for Toledo All City Jazz Band/Youth Jazz Ensemble conductor.
Dal wasn't always a Democrat. His father Parley was a Republican county commissioner in Hancock County for about 20 years. The Republican party did not endorse him on his first run for office but he won and led the ticket. He died in office. Dal's mother wrote his wife, Francine a letter soon after they were married to tell her that Dal wasn't always a Democrat! In 1956, he first voted for U.S. President – Adlai Stevenson who was defeated by Dwight Eisenhower. Dal said that his study of history changed him from R to D. Over the years however, he endorsed a few non-democrats. He supported republican George Voinovich for Ohio governor and independent John Anderson for U.S. president who ran against democrat Jimmy Carter.
Dal was an enthusiastic fan of the Ohio State Buckeyes. He saw every OSU Heisman trophy winner play beginning in 1942 with Les Horvath, number 22. OSU was undefeated that year and won the national championship under the leadership of coach Paul Brown. He described himself as a life long suffering fan of the Cleveland Indians and Cleveland Browns.
Dal was a proud left-hander. Vanilla was the only flavor of ice cream worth eating or making. His dad made ice cream on the farm on most Sundays. Dal made ice cream through last summer. He shared it with few people. He was the consummate storyteller. He often entranced colleagues and friends with vivid and animated stories about past events.
Toledo teachers and paraprofessionals remember Dal as the friend and colleague who took them on a journey from recognition of their rights and responsibilities all the way to national acclaim for their achievements. His real legacy is found not in the ink and paper of a contract or the bricks and mortar of an office building, but in the people he inspired, the ideas he nurtured, and the lives he influenced. Always a teacher, always a learner, Dal Lawrence leaves challenged colleagues near and far to match his devotion to the causes of improving public education and professionalizing teaching.
Mr. Lawrence is survived by his wife, Francine; four children, Cheryll, Douglas (Cindy), Christy, and Andrew (Julie); grandchildren, Andrea (Chris) Creamer, Emily Lawrence, Greg Preciado, Betsy Lawrence, Lindsay Lawrence, Patrick Lawrence, Kelsey Lawrence; great-grandchildren, Tru Creamer, Layla Cranston, Max Creamer, Lydia Cranston; sister, Sue (Gene) Lee; nieces and nephews, many friends, colleagues and former students. He was preceded in death by his father, Parley; mother, Margaret; and sister, Jeanette (Kenny) Waaland.
Family will greet friends to celebrate the life and legacy of Dal Lawrence on Tuesday, May 21, 2019 from 2:00 – 8:00 P.M. at Walker Funeral Home, 5155 W. Sylvania Avenue, Toledo. Visitation will continue at the funeral home on Wednesday, May 22, 2019 at 10:00 A.M. followed by a memorial service at 11:00 A.M.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations are suggested to the Toledo Jazz Orchestra, P.O. Box 353123, Toledo, Ohio 43635 or a tax deductible contribution to the Albert Shanker Institute, 555 New Jersey Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20001 or online at www.shankerinstitute.org. Shanker Institute is dedicated to funding research and fostering candid exchanges on policy options related to public education, labor, and democracy.
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Dal George Lawrence, who advanced a teaching profession around excellence, pride, collegiality and performance, died on Tuesday, May 14 at Hospice of Northwest Ohio in Perrysburg. Mr. Lawrence, president of the Toledo Federation of Teachers from 1966 to 1996, was 86 and lived in Sylvania, Ohio, with his wife of 46 years, Francine Lawrence. Mr. …
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Susan Rowe-Finley left a message on May 21, 2019:
Dal was a key person on our Governing Board while Mr. Gary Thompson was the Director here at Toledo Technology Academy. As I read all of his accomplishments, I realized what a loss for me that I did not have the honor of meeting him in person. What a legacy he has left. I am terribly sorry for your loss but what a blessing you had in your lives to have been married to him and for your children to have had him as a father. my sincerest sympathies.
Georgie Parker left a message on May 21, 2019:
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Janet left a message on May 20, 2019:
In 1975 as a Social Worker in a Central City School, TPS made the decision on the last afternoon of the last day of school to 'fire' those of us(about 8). Dal and the TFT came to our rescue and made our case based on an unjust dismissal(we WERE members of bargaining unit thanks to his/Francine's efforts). We WERE rehired the last Friday afternoon before school resumed in Sept. As a result, a;ll of us were able to continue to work an extended number of years serving teachers, children/families, and the community. This is one small example of the many many ways Dal extended himself to work on behalf of all members of the TFT during his tenure. And for this I, personally, have been eternally grateful. My deepest sympathies to Francine and the Lawrence family; may he AND you BE at peace. God Bless.
Mary Tober left a message on May 20, 2019:
To Fran and the family of Dal - I was one of the fortunate teachers to be chosen as an Intern Consultant. It was truly an experience which changed my life in so many ways. My passion for teaching grew as did my confidence as a professional. Yes, there were times I was nervous standing before the Board of Review and especially Dal Lawrence! My respect for Dal grew but I also came to know him as a man of great intelligence as well as a man with humor and great wit. We have lost a great man who inspired me and the teaching profession. Peace to you Fran and family of Dal's. I am so sorry I am unable to attend the funeral as I am out of town.
Jennifer Brunner left a message on May 18, 2019:
Sorry to read of Mr. Lawrence's passing. My favorite teacher at DeVilbiss High. School. He was a terrific History teacher. Rest in peace, Mr. Lawrence, and thank you for sharing your knowledge and enthusiasm for history with countless students over the years
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Gary Thommpson left a message on May 17, 2019:
Having been a Union member for the last 50 years I have had the incredible fortune to work for and with some of the Great Leaders who truly shaped history. Dal is certainly one of these. Dal was an integral part of forming, shaping, and governing the innovative Toledo Technology Academy in the late '90s. I came to work there in 2004 and was incredibly fortunate to get direction, advice, support, and counsel from Dal. He was a founding member of the Academy's Governing Board which enabled the school to use innovative approaches that have set a standard in Career Technology Education. That model is being copied around N.W. Ohio and in other systems. I will miss his quick wit, advice, and clear insight. Dal Lawrence, a great Leader, Visionary, Mentor, and Friend.
Bob Duris left a message on May 16, 2019:
Dear Francine, my sincere condolences on the passing of Dal. I went to this website of Walker Funeral Home to read the obit of somebody else & I saw Dal's name & picture. Just TODAY, I had IN MY HANDS the copy of his book that Dal signed & gave me several years ago, "Don't You Want To Be A Professional?" May God bless you now and in the days ahead as you remember and celebrate his life legacy.
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An NYC DIY Tour for 30 Rock Fans
On 07 September 2018 by Merrill Lee Girardeau
The near-perfect sitcom 30 Rock follows grumpy, sweatshirt-prone TV writer Liz Lemon and her colleagues who make a weekly live comedy show at 30 Rockefeller Plaza. Use this guide and you'll find the New York of your 30 Rock-inspired dreams.
It's all in the name, people: start your tour at 30 Rockefeller Plaza. You can tour the studios of NBC where the show is set (though most of 30 Rock was filmed in Queens at Silvercup Studios, which aren't open to the public). A cheery page like the immortal Georgian Kenneth Parcell will guide you through studios where shows like The Tonight Show and Late Night are filmed, and—if you're lucky—Studio 8H. This is the legendary filming location of Saturday Night Live, the show on which the fictional TGS is based. 8H is also the location where they filmed both live episodes of 30 Rock! Then tour Top of the Rock, where Kenneth nearly shot Tracy Jordan while under the influence of noxious gas and Alec Baldwin gave the best meta-monologue of all time during the 100th episode. Once your tours are over, walk around the plaza and try to find a hot dog cart, so you can recreate Liz Lemon's freak-out from the pilot of the show. (Note: if you really want to commit to this bit, you have to buy all the hot dogs).
Visit Liz Lemon's Neighborhood
Throughout the show, the awning of Liz Lemon's building in exterior shots sometimes reads "160" and other times reads "168." In fact, 160 Riverside Drive at the corner of West 88th Street is the site of Liz's bilevel apartment, the second level of which she buys with a bottle of Sun Tea. Walk the streets of the Upper West Side where Calvin Klein offers Jon Hamm a modeling job on the sidewalk and Liz commits a hate crime against a Jewish tree. Finally, visit nearby Riverside Park, where you can see the Eleanor Roosevelt monument Liz uses to confront female comic Abby Flynn about her "sexy baby" persona.
Enjoy the City!
30 Rock depicts New York City as alternately magical, exasperating, dirty, spectacular, and silly. With that in mind, find a Barnes & Noble bathroom and meet your new Liz Lemon-y best friend. Visit the wondrous Hall of Ocean Life at the Museum of Natural History, which reawakens Jack's love of marine biology. Then take a horse-drawn carriage through Central Park like Jack and Colleen Donaghy toward the end of Season 7 (though we hope the results are much less tragic!). And if you see any bucket drummers in the subway, give them a hearty tip on behalf of their former colleague Tracy Jordan.
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Even with Tina-Fey-produced shows like Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and Great News on the air, sometimes you need a little more than that to refuel your 30 Rock tank. The show's cast and crew are still at work, and many of them still live and perform in New York! We recommend you check the schedules of actors you love from the show. You never know if you can catch an appearance while you're in town. While Fey doesn't perform live very often, you can see her Broadway musical adaptation of the film she wrote, Mean Girls, which continues to knock em dead at the box office. Enter the lottery or wait in the epic stand-by line for Saturday Night Live tickets, and you have a good chance of seeing Alec Baldwin play the president on the show. See the real-life Lutz and Pete at John Lutz and Scott Adsit's hilarious show John and Scott, which they improvise as a two-man team, at the Upright Citizens Brigade. Judah Friedlander (Frank Rossitano) also frequents comedy venues around the city, performing standup in his signature trucker hats, as does the one and only Tracy Jordan—er, Morgan.
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The Mack's Max Julien dies on birthday as wife finds body on New Year's Day
The Mack's Max Julien has passed away after his wife found his body on New Year's Day.
The actor died on his birthday and was 88 years old.
Many celebrities have poured tributes to the star following the tragic news of his death.
His PR team told TMZ that Julien's wife found him dead early this morning (January 1).
In a statement they paid tribute to the star's life, saying: "During Julien's decades-long career, he was known for being bold, honest and straightforward.
"He would live and speak his own truth both professionally and privately. He was thought of as a rare 'man among men'."
The tragic news of his death was broken by comic book writer and producer David F Walker.
He had posted a tribute to the star online.
He wrote: "Max Julien Jan. 1, 1945 – Jan. 1, 2022, I met Max back in 1996. He was a great human being, and we had so many amazing conversations. He was brilliant and hilarious and charismatic… R.I.P"
His cause of death has not yet been disclosed by his family or PR team.
Julien was known for his role as Goldie in The Mack, but he appeared in many hit TV shows and films.
He portrays an ambitious up-and-coming pimp in Oakland, who faces off with corrupt cops and a drug kingpin after being released from prison in the 1973 cult classic character Goldie.
He builds his roster of women with his sidekick, Slim, who is played by Richard Pryor, before he made it big as an actor.
Iconic lines and scenes from The Mack had also been embedded into popular culture.
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Snoop Dogg, Mobb Deep, Too Short, LL Cool J, MC Ren, Public Enemy, and Jadakiss have paid tribute.
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He also appeared in Thomasine & Bushrod, Def Jam's How to Be a Player as well as Cleopatra Jones.
Julien was seen in notable movies such as The Black Klansman, Psych-Out, Uptight, Getting Straight, and Mod Squad.
Fans also paid their respects online after hearing the news.
One Twitter user wrote: "I met Max back in 1996. He was a great human being, and we had so many amazing conversations. He was brilliant and hilarious and charismatic… R.I.P."
Another said: "2022 done already gone and killed The Mack!"
The star was born on January 1, 1933, and was aged 88 at the time of his death.
Julien is survived by his wife Arabella.
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Starting the week the 10-spot MegaKeno Progressive stood at nearly $2.2 million and will continue to rise until it gets hit, at which point it will reset to $1 million. The game is available with the better pay tables in Las Vegas at the Excalibur, El Cortez and Plaza. It is also available in some Reno casinos and a few other Las Vegas casinos with a lower paytable on the lesser hits.
Today we shall look at some action tickets for low-level play. The best place with the highest return is The D, using their Deano rate, which allows a minimum of 10 cents per way, 40 cents per game and $4 per ticket.
The return is about 85% on most of the tickets written at this Special Rate. This is anywhere from 5% to 25% better than competing casinos.
Let's look at some action way tickets.
Play a 1-2-3-4-5 grouping at 15 spots. We have 31 possible ways if all spots are played. There is a 15-spot, a 14, 13, two 12's, two 11's, three 10's, three 9's, three 8's, three 7's, three 6's, three 5's, two 4's, two 3's, a 2, and a 1. At a dime a way (minimum required) the cost is $3.10 per game. Play at least two games and you have met their minimum of $4 per ticket.
The beauty of this ticket is it is the minimum number of ways that you can play all possible ways. Just look at the action it will give you! If you hit no spots at all you will even get some of your money back as this rate pays on "no spots" for tickets from 11 through 15 spots. Take the rate card pays and divide by 4 as they are based on a 40-cent bet. Thus, you will win $1 on the 15-spot, 50 cents on the 14, 25 cents on the 13, 15 cents twice on the 12 (two ways to make a 12), and 10 cents twice on the 11 (two ways to make an 11 spot) for a total return of $2.25. If you miss it all you get two-thirds of your bet back.
The real fun comes if you hit one or more groups solid (catching all the numbers in that particular group). You will have a solid pay and a plethora of partials.
Usually I do not advise playing so many spots as the odds of hitting 11-15 spots are very high – but at $3.10 per game, why worry? If you want action this is it! You get slot club credit for every keno ticket you play, so always give your card to the keno writer when purchasing your tickets. There is the possibility of a relatively large win (for a dime per way) should you hit three or more of the five groups solid.
This playing technique can be modified for playing the 20-card keno machine, albeit for fewer numbers as you can only have 20 ways and keno machines usually do not offer more than 10 spots. You will of course have to figure out each group when you input the desired numbers you wish to play. I would write them down and check your work before playing to see that you have 20 different ways using the same 10 numbers.
The simplest option is 15 ways by grouping 1-2-3-4. This gives you 15 total ways – a 10, 9, 8, two 7's, two 6's, two 5's, two 4's, two 3's, a 2 (deuce) and a 1-spot (king). Use the same 10 numbers for each letter on the 20-card keno machine. The letters there are the number selections you wish to play on that particular card. Each letter will be slightly different from the next. Check out the 20-card keno machine.
As an example I shall use the numbers 1-10. The letters are for the cards you play. Our groups will be 1-2-3-4, thus 1 in the first group, 2 and 3 in the second, 4, 5, 6 in the third and finally 7, 8, 9, 10 in the fourth.
A: 1 (your one-spot); B: 2, 3 (your two-spot); C: 1, 2, 3 (one of two 3-spots); D: 4, 5, 6 (your other 3-spot); E: 1, 4, 5, 6 (one of two 4-spots); F: 7, 8, 9, 10 (your other 4-spot).
G: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 (one of two 5-spots); H: 1, 7, 8, 9, 10 (your other 5-spot); I: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 (one of two 6-spots); J: 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10 (your other 6-spot); K: 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10 (one of two 7-spots); L: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (your other 7-spot).
M: 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (your 8-spot); N: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (your 9-spot); O: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (your 10-spot).
You can play a penny per way on many of these machines, thus for 15 cents a game you can have a ball. If you have any questions write me at the email at the end of this column. Playing this way will simulate a live keno game where you would mark the four groups and all the ways on one ticket.


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The topics discussed included Women in Advertising and Men writing women characters. The first two sessions of the day were not only the most interesting with different viewpoints coming to the fore but were also the most applauded. Each session had a moderator and the speakers happily obliged the audience with photographs at the end of the session.
The first topic was Women in Advertising. The speakers included Sushmita Mukherjee, Manjima Bhattacharjya.
Each of them bought a different perspective on how women were expected to be in the fashion/beauty industry. The facts and the myths associated with what beauty really meant. Manjima is the author of the book Mannequin: Working Women in India's Glamour Industry. She said on the occasion,"There is a material basis for everything in the modeling world. There was a very fair model who actually did dusky makeup as that was required of her. So perhaps dusky works more than fair".
Sushmita Mukherjee television and film actress said that one should not aim for perfection as it is very demeaning. "Beauty is who you are. We never ate salads and diet food to look a certain way like today's youth which is so diet conscious," opined Sushmita who is also an author.
While the second session was equally informative with the men authors on the panel. They discussed what it was to write female characters and the kind of research that went into it.
The genre ranged from women in mythology to horror and writing a desi Sidney Sheldon. One of the speakers said that his editor wanted him to have sympathy for the women when he wrote. While the second speaker said that being a horror writer was a rather unique experience for him and that he did a lot of research on women and learned through interaction before writing.
Mythology has been a hot favourite among our Indian writers and so this was discussed as well. One of the authors presents there rightly spoke about how mythology and the women characters in mythology have influenced Indian writing. He explained by narrating Satyavati's character's in the Mahabarata.
Indian writers like Arundhati Roy have won international acclaim like the Booker's Prize; and also some have won the Pulitzer prize in writing. And Literature events and festivals like the Jaipur Literature Festival have also taken India on the global platform.
So events like the Women Writer's Fest help authors in connecting with their audiences and also provide them with an opportunity to speak about their writing.
Never heard of this Writer's one but it certainly seems interesting. Good information!


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How can a top-heavy structure that is twice as high as the Oslo Plaza Hotel float steadily through high waves and in strong winds?
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Q: Asymptotic matching of a first order ODE Consider the following ODE:
\begin{equation}
\frac{\mathrm{d}y(t)}{\mathrm{d}t} = \varepsilon y(1-y)+y^2-\varepsilon \frac{y^2}{1-y} \quad \quad \text{for} \quad \quad t>0, \tag{1}
\end{equation}
where $y(0)=c$ and $\varepsilon\ll1.$ I would like to find an asymptotic solution that is valid for all $t>0.$ I have attached a figure of the numerical solution for $\varepsilon = 0.01$ and $c=0.5.$

For the outer solution (the solution that satisfies the initial conditions), I take $y(t) \sim y_0(t) +\varepsilon y_1(t)$ and substitute this into equation (1), which at leading order, gives
\begin{equation}
\frac{\mathrm{d}y_0(t)}{\mathrm{d}t} = y_0^2, \quad \quad \text{where} \quad \quad y_0(0)=c. \tag{2}
\end{equation}
Solving yields
\begin{equation}
y_0(t) = \frac{c}{1-ct}. \tag{3}
\end{equation}
Im relatively comfortable that this is correct outer solution.
Now, I need to find the inner solution which matches with this outer solution. Taking $y_{\infty}$ to be the steady state solution to (1), I make the variable transform
\begin{equation}
\tau = \frac{t-t_0}{\varepsilon^{\alpha}} \quad \quad \text{which provides} \quad \quad \frac{\mathrm{d}}{\mathrm{d}t}= \varepsilon^{-\alpha}\frac{\mathrm{d}}{\mathrm{d}\tau},\tag{4}
\end{equation}
for $\alpha>0.$ Here $t_0$ is the overlap between the outer and inner solutions; this can be estimated by seeing when $y_0(t)$ first meets $y_{\infty}$, meaning we just solve $y_0(t_0)=y_{\infty}.$ Doing so yields $t_0 = (y_{\infty}-c)/y_{\infty}c.$ For the inner region, the numerical simulations suggest that we take $Y(\tau) \sim y_{\infty}-\varepsilon Y_1(\tau). $ Substituting this into (1) yields
\begin{equation}
-\varepsilon^{1-\alpha}\frac{\mathrm{d}Y_1}{\mathrm{d}\tau} = -2\varepsilon y_{\infty} Y_1+\mathcal{O}(\varepsilon^2). \tag{5}
\end{equation}
This is where I'm stuck. There is no possible balance except from taking $\alpha = 0$, which is not allowed. Furthermore, say if $\alpha=0$, equation (5) solves to give $Y_1 = k \exp (2y_{\infty}\tau),$ which is clearly secular.
Am I using the wrong variable transform? I'm clearly doing something wrong, since $Y_1\rightarrow \infty$  as $\tau \rightarrow \infty$.
Thanks for any help in advanved.

A: As you approach $y=1$, or better $y=1-ε$, the next term to become "active" is the third one. So try $y=\frac1{1+εu}$ with $u>1+O(ε)$ to get
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This is a rather short segment of width $ε$ around the $t_0$ given in the question.

Then even closer to the asymptote, set $u=1+δv$ and insert in (1)
$$
-εδv'=ε^2(1+δv)+1-\frac{1}{1+δv}-ε=ε^2(1+δv)+\frac{δv}{1+δv}-ε.
$$
This balances on the right for $δ=ε$ to give in the leading order terms
$$
-εv'=v-1\implies v(t)=1+Fe^{-tε},~~~ y(t)=\frac1{1+ε+ε^2+ε^2Fe^{-tε}}
$$

Now select the constants so that all fits together...

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We're getting ready to leave Taos tomorrow. Picked up Daisy, the cat, from Deborah and Thomas's last night, along with a plant they'd been tending, and a pile of mail. What great friends to take care of our stuff like that. Next stop, Kathleen and Kat's, for a wonderful dinner in their outdoor kitchen. They're having major remodeling work done on their house, and have been cooking on the back porch all summer. It's really quite charming, and of course, it's always good to see them.
So no worries. Bet he won't even need the Kitty Xanax. Think I'll save it for myself. And tomorrow we'll head north, thinking we'll breeze through the Grand Tetons and Yellowstone on our way to Seattle. See you out there!
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Before you book your hotel rooms for Spain, consider the surprises that Richard Starks and Miriam Murcutt discovered sleeping in monasteries.
My only experience with cloistered nuns was also in Spain, but instead of sleeping in their cells, we ate their cookies. When we were in Granada, we wandered down Carrera del Darro, which winds along the river, headed for the Archaeological Museum (highly recommended, by the way).
Next to the museum, which is housed in a beautiful building, we saw a plain facade with a very small sign identifying it on the outside. I had heard about the marvelous treats baked by the nuns at the Monasterio de Santa Catalina de Zafra, and since we live in Tucson in the shadow of the Santa Catalina mountains, it seemed appropriate to stop for a treat.
The experience is distinctly odd for someone not used to it. The street door opened to a small, dim, cool room. A wooden cabinet that looked like it had been stuck into a doorway interrupted the plain white wall facing us. A shelf faced the room. The device, a torno, allows transactions with the outside world, without revealing the nun to the world or vice-versa.
We pushed the door-bell like buzzer and heard a young voice, in Spanish, asking what we wanted. We wanted cookies, I replied. Then she stumped me with "how much?" (or ¿how much? as they punctuate in Spanish). They sell the cookies by weight, and I had no earthly (or heavenly) idea how much I wanted. I made a guess, she told me the price. I put the money on the shelf and the wooden cabinet rotated. A few minutes later, it rotated again and the shelf held a box of dulces. (sweets) Since my Spanish is less than basic, I was not sure how much I was getting, or what the price actually was, but a nun wouldn't cheat me, would she? We left feeling that we had been speaking to a ghost, or perhaps experienced the miracle of the cookie.
As I sat at a table in the nearby Plaza Nuevo and nibbled the fantastic cookie, we speculated about the life of that voice behind the torno.
In A Room With a Pew, Richard Starks and Miriam Murcutt repeat our unsure transaction with an unseen nun ten fold when they set out to learn more about the cloistered life. Not all of the monasterios the couple visit are inhabited by nuns–some are for monks. And certainly not all are cloistered. Although silence is not the rule everywhere they stayed, quiet prevails in all the historic digs. Starks and Murcutt travel from northern Spain, above the line where the Moorish rule penetrated, all the way south to the Costa del Sol and Malaga.
But then came the Council of Trent–a reformist body that was meant to redeem a Catholic Church that, by the sixteenth century, had become thoroughly corrupt, exhibiting the sexual mores of a Casanova and the moral probity of a Goldman Sachs.
…a Baroque altar backed by a gold-encrusted retablo, which has at its center–on a pedestal flanked by neoclassical gold columns–the blue-robed figure of a seated Virgin supporting a disproportionately small, brown-frocked Jesus, who is standing upright, precariously balanced on her knee.
They took side trips to see things like this Roman wall in Carmona, where Ken and I also visited.
Despite the lack of any great personal religious revelation, when they join in the daily schedule of one of the monasteries, they find peace for a time in the daily routine. But they also realize that it is not for them. They are there as tourists, observing. They come away with a deeper respect for people who choose the cloistered life, and gratitude for the many treasures they discovered in the historic buildings–dating back as much as 500 years, and museums attached to some of the monasteries.
I say "they" although the book is written in first person. They attempt to explain that away in an author's note that says using first person plural would have been clumsy since they are not "joined at the hip." However, my literalist mind kept wanting to know which one of the "we" was the "I" that had this thought, or asked that question. Particularly since parts of the book deal with personal soul searching.
But that small quibble aside, this is a very entertaining book that sheds a lot of light on an important element of Spain and gives very practical information about the way you might go about sleeping with nuns.
For an overview of many destinations to visit in Spain, see Around the World L. If monasterios don't seem to be your speed, The World of Deej has some hotels in Barcelona to recommend.
Have you ever stayed at a convent or monastery during your travels? Tell us where.
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The photos here are my own, scanned from slides taken ten years ago. Nevertheless, I appreciate your respecting my copyright.
Years ago I stayed in a youth hostel in Vezelay that had previously been a monastery. When I was there, Catholic young people ran it as a service project. It was the most memorable place I stayed because hospitality was the service these French students were offering.
I don't think I'd stay in an active cloister myself. As a non-believer, I wouldn't feel comfortable. And my husband, who has serious monk-envy, would probably stay behind.
that is good to know, Vera, thank you. it seems to be easy for some folks to see a way of life that seems strange to them and forget that thee are *people* living it.
I've had family members and friends who became nuns and monks, so my experience of visiting monastic guest houses for overnight stays and/or meals comes from a different perspective. these are people called to a certain way of life, just as you are called to your writing and travel. seems that the authors of the book may not have thought about that aspect very deeply?
On the contrary, Kerry. Although the authors are not religious themselves, as I said in the review "They come away with a deeper respect for people who choose the cloistered life…" Perhaps my review did not focus on it, but they spent a great deal of time contemplating the source of the faith and choice that the nuns and monks made.
I checked into a convent hostelry in Haifa only to find that the nuns had moved elsewhere, leaving behind an old male caretaker who fussed over me incessantly—not the experience I had hoped for, but memorable nonetheless.
Your experience is like some of the monasteries this couple checked out. They had been converted to modern hotels. They eliminated all facilities that were not being actively occupied by cloistered nuns or monks before they set out on their journey. Somehow a convent in Haifa sounds like the perfect spot for a stay in that charming city.


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The Kentucky Derby is over, but you can still get memorabilia from past races and start stocking up on your Derby gear for next year. Go to Old Louisville this June to do a little shopping at the Derby Festival Yard Sale, and walk away with some new stuff.
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