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Boosting Brand Reach in a Mobile World
February 06, 2013 By Sophie Rayers | Brightcove
Are brands headed in the right direction when it comes to mobile? The latest research from the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) would suggest so, having revealed that more than half of the top 100 UK brands now offer a mobile-optimised website – a dramatic rise on the 37 percent mobile adoption rate of six months ago. Mobile marketing is becoming a priority, with fast-moving consumer brands leading the way; they saw a huge 267 percent increase in mobile marketing across the last six months, trumping media organisations which experienced growth of 150 percent.
But with more than 40 percent of the UK's top brands still not optimised for mobile, there's clearly still a lot of work needed. Many brands have yet to truly integrate mobile into their wider marketing strategies at a time when research increasingly underscores the scope of the mobile opportunity. Today, smartphone owners make up the majority of mobile phone owners and 37 percent of the UK mobile audience are using their mobiles to go online more than to call or text. What's more, 69 percent of consumers expect their mobile usage to increase 'dramatically' by 2015 as the rate of mobile device use continues to outpace that of PC growth.
What's clear is that the growth in content consumption across mobile is still not being matched by a comparable level of brand investment in mobile optimisation, marketing, and monetisation. And yet employing a mobile strategy to engage with consumers on the move, wherever and whenever they are choosing to consume content is vital. This is especially true when you consider, for example, that site dwell time is proven to be higher with mobile-ready and video-rich sites.
Video itself must play an important role in any brand's mobile marketing mix. It's an unmatched medium for attracting and sustaining consumers' attention, conveying information, and for social sharing. Compelling video not only attracts visitors to a website, but it helps keep them there, and as their time on-site grows, they remain within the branded environment and available for further messaging and offers.
Take a look at some of the brands that are getting mobile video right:
Leading fashion retailer Warehouse is delivering high-quality, branded video across mobile with in-player purchase options to help convert that engagement into sales
In response to the growing number of England team fans looking for the latest news and video clips on mobile devices, The FA launched an app to grow its video offering and enable fans to keep in instant touch with the England team when on-the-move
Cantos, a market leader in online investor communications, was prompted to launch a mobile strategy when it discovered that its users were overwhelmingly more inclined to watch video content from their mobile device than on the web. Users are now able to watch in-depth interviews with CEOs and industry experts at their convenience
Whatever a brand's goals with mobile – whether it's to boost company awareness, drive engagement, trigger an action, or help retain an audience – it's proven that mobile-optimised, video-rich content experiences are delivering positive results.
Sophie Rayers
Sophie is the Director of Marketing, EMEA at Brightcove. She is a highly experienced international marketer with extensive knowledge of both the digital marketing and media landscapes and is a frequent speaker at industry events across EMEA.
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Can We Just BE Chrissy Teigen?
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By now, if you know who Chrissy Teigen is, you know how much she loves cooking. She started with a food blog, which was followed by her first cookbook, Cravings. She even has another book on the way. And if you follow Teigen on Instagram (which we really hope you do), you've seen many of her favorite recipes at work.
If you haven't read her cookbook in full, you're missing out. Her recipe intros make us feel like we're right there in the kitchen with her and her squad of food-lovers (which of course includes her mom, husband John Legend, and now baby Luna, too). They range from notes about what comments she receives when posting Insta photos of the meals to anecdotes about the cooking tricks she learned from her mom. She also sprinkles in some of her most clever, lesser-known tips and hacks.
Even if you're an amateur chef, you will feel like you can execute these dishes, because of the way Teigen talks to her readers, like she's emailing a recipe to an old friend. Click through for 29 things we learned from reading Cravings and get ready for some major cooking inspo.


The Weed Berean Church was blessed by the Lord with wonderful results in its Capital Campaign – we exceeded our campaign goals!
Having never done a Capital Campaign before it was critical to have professional consultation in order to conduct a successful campaign.
There are two things that most churches don't seem to have an abundance of; people to do the work and the money to fund the ministry. Properly done, the development of a culture of generosity can solve both of these issues. That is because each of the issues of giving of time, gifting, and money flow originate in the same place – the heart. If we can address the heart and help everyone recognize their calling and gifting for good works, generosity will flow.


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Lucas Giolito Dominant Again as White Sox Down Blue Jays
Giolito allowed one run in seven innings of work
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Lucas Giolito allowed one run in seven innings to win his second straight start, Tim Anderson and Yonder Alonso homered and the Chicago White Sox beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-1 on Sunday.
Giolito (4-1) gave up four hits, matched his season high with eight strikeouts and improved to 2-0 with a 1.64 ERA in his past four games. He pitched 7 1/3 shutout innings to beat Cleveland in his previous outing.
Four of Toronto's first seven batters got hits, but Giolito allowed just two batters to reach.
Rowdy Tellez hit an RBI single in the first inning. Teoscar Hernández hit a leadoff single in the second and Randal Grichuk walked to begin the fourth, but those were the only blemishes in a stretch that saw Giolito retire 20 of 22.
Ryan Burr and Aaron Bummer each pitched one inning to complete a four-hitter in the finale of a seven-game trip.
Toronto lost for the 10th time in 12 games and dropped to a season-worst eight games below .500. The Blue Jays have scored two or fewer in eight of their past 10 games.
Anderson hit a three-run homer in a five-run fourth that included Alonso's two-run homer.
Aaron Sanchez (3-4) lost his third straight start, allowing five runs in six innings. He struck out 11, one shy of his career high, including five of his first six.
White Sox center fielder Leury García stayed down after crashing into an unpadded section of the outfield wall as he hauled in Justin Smiak's deep drive in the third. Garcia finished the inning, but was replaced in the batting order by Carlos Rodón in the fourth.
Toronto's Vladimir Guerrero Jr. doubled in the first, extending his streak of reaching safely to five plate appearances. Guerrero went 0 for 3 the rest of the day.
Anderson was caught stealing second in the third, a call confirmed by replay review, the first time he was thrown out in 13 attempts this season.

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Netflix's Signs Season 2 Review: Sadly, Back at it Again
Archi Sengupta
Signs season 2 comes out two years after the first season. The series is created by Przemysław Hoffmann and Błażej Przygodzki and stars Andrzej Konopka, Helena Sujecka, Piotr Trojan, Magdalena Żak and Mirosław Kropielnicki.
Plots that go nowhere
I think my first review of Signs summed up how meandering this series is. If it wasn't clear enough in that review, I introduce you to Signs season 2, which contains more unnecessary plots that lead to nothing. There's a thing about this series that's so infuriating that it takes away from the little you feel about it – the season finale gives you no answers. Don't get me wrong, cliffhangers are fine. However, you can't just leave your audiences without any answers. That's just plain disrespectful.
So, Signs season 2 picks up after the incidents of the first. Nina is able to escape her captors, thanks to Priest Roman. There's a plot about a Nazi UFO thing that they hinted at in the first series, but season 2 contains entirely too much of it. They also focus too much on the mayoral election that honestly no one cares about, not even the residents of Sowie Doly. The season also introduces truck loads of new characters who honestly have no purpose either.
As I mentioned earlier, the season is filled with plots. Every character, no matter how insignificant they are, have their own plot points, on which the series focuses on. But don't worry, they won't focus on it for too long. Signs season 2 introduces a plot, goes along with it for a few minutes, and then just leaves it in the middle. There's no resolution of their problems and you get no answers. Take for example Priest Roman's plot point. He's shown to be someone rescuing Nina, but then the series forgets about him. We again see his backstory very randomly, and again he is forgotten. He then he again resurfaces somewhere, only to faint infront of a glowing architecture (?).
And don't even get me started on the Nazi UFO thing, I have no idea what that is or why it was included. Signs season 2 starts off with old footage of Nazi soldiers, we see a few more clips for the first few episodes (very randomly scattered), and then we see a (hilarious) Nazi soldier popping up on a camera in the last episode – and yes, that's the last shot.
Additionally, the series focuses on Blazej and the mayoral elections for too long, I have no idea why. Blazej's character is absolutely pathetic, you feel nothing for him, nor for his "struggles". He is not relatable and his character has no depth. We also follow two new characters, Twerski and Kaja, whose presence wasn't really required because their roles were confusing and unnecessary. In addition to this, we also focus on Agata for a while, only to conveniently forget her after the first few episodes. It's so sloppy that it's honestly embarrassing.
There are much more things that take place in Signs season 2 that make no sense. Plots come and go, people just die for no reason, and new characters are introduced to take their place – only that none of those characters have any depth. Trela and Ada have the most depth in the series, and that's also saying a lot.
The music just comes and goes all of a sudden, adding nothing to the minimal amount of mystery that the series is able to create. Cinematography is fine, although they decided to go with this parallel, side-by-side split-screen thing that adds nothing to the series. It's done at times when there's honestly nothing happening of interest in the story and thus, adds nothing to it.
Summing up: Signs Season 2
If, for some reason, you decided to watch the first season, then please heed my warning and don't waste around 8 hours watching Signs season 2. It will only frustrate you to no end. The sheer number of plots slows the show down because the series is not able to balance all of them, and the lack of any resolution of even one of those plots is just insulting to the viewers.
Signs season 2 is streaming on Netflix.
You can read the season one review here, or check out our other reviews here.
Netflix's Signs season 2 is just as meandering and directionless as its predecessor, with plots and subplots coming and going with no resolution in sight.
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Wrongful death lawsuit filed against Tony Stewart on behalf of the family of Kevin Ward Jr.
Recently, a wrongful death lawsuit was filed against race car driver Tony Stewart. Although the loss of life was tragic, this is going to be a tough case for the family to win. If you saw the news clip, it appears that the young man got out of his car on the race track and walked towards Stewart's car as it was coming down the track. Apparently, the young man was mad at Stewart for the way he was racing. Regardless, I really believe a jury will have a hard time finding that Stewart is more to blame for the tragedy than the young man who got out of his car and walked towards the oncoming race car.
This lawsuit alleges that Stewart "wrongfully caused Mr. Ward's death by acting with wanton, reckless and malicious intent and negligence." The lawsuit also states that, "As Stewart's car approached Ward, who was standing on the track, Stewart climbed up, gunned his engine, causing his 700-horsepower vehicle to slide and strike Ward with his right rear tire, crushing Ward and flinging his body an estimated 25 feet down the track." The lawsuit goes on to claim that Stewart could have easily acted more reasonably and avoided hitting Ward just like all the other drivers did when the passed Ward during the yellow caution flag warning. The Ward family, which is seeking punitive damages, has requested a jury trial. The lawsuit does not specify the amount of damages the family seeks. Stewart-Haas Racing had no comment.
Many factors can contribute to a car accident. It is not always just the driving of other people that may be involved. If roads are poorly designed or maintained or if street signs are obstructed or damage, these kinds of things can also lead to accidents that involve serious injuries or even death.
A short while ago, The Tennessee Department of Transportation examined the I-40 corridor near mile marker 226 in Wilson County at the request of state and local law enforcement after there were several car accidents involving wet road conditions. This examination included crash data, roadway design plans, and an additional road survey known as Light Detection and Ranging, or LiDAR.
That portion of I-40 was widened not long ago , from west of SR 171 (Mt Juliet Road) to east of SR 109, as part of a design-build contract with Lane Construction Corporation. Design build means that a project delivery method was used that allowed for one contractor to provide design and construction services.
Commercials, Billboards, Websites…. how can you pick a car accident lawyer that is right for your case? The key to choosing the right lawyer for you and your case is to do your homework. It is always good to ask around. If you know someone that has used a lawyer in a similar case ask how they liked the car wreck attorney and how their case turned out. When discussing the matter make sure to ask questions about the communication with the lawyer. Did his or her office return calls promptly? Did they keep the client informed as the case progressed? Did they include the client on decisions regarding the case?
– Any photographs of the accident scent, damage to vehicles and of any injuries you sustained as a result of the car wreck or other accident – A copy of your health insurance card and your automobile insurance card – A copy of the accident report. If you have not obtained this report our office can obtain it for you.
Finally, when you are ready to make your choice and think there is one final yet crucial element: trust. It is difficult to describe but the needs to be a level of trust and comfort between the lawyer and client to ensure the case progresses as it should. The client needs to feel free to discuss any portion of the case with their lawyer and the lawyer needs to give straight forward and honest answers. The answers are not always easy or what the client wants to hear but these cases can be difficult and everyone involved needs to know that each can trust the other to be candid.
So your lawsuit has been filed, depositions take and a trial date set. You are preparing yourself to tell the jury what you have been though and then an offer to settle comes from the defendant. Do you take it or go to trial? What a hard decision to make but a decision that our injury clients have to make all the time. As a lawyer when this happens I feel it is my job to make sure my client makes an informed decision. They need to know what is involved at trial, what do I think will be a likely outcome and why I see it the way I do. However, it is ultimately my client's decision. They are the boss.
TIME: Lawsuits take time and we all know that a dollar today is worth more than a dollar a year from now. As such, everyone needs to consider how long the litigation will take when considering an offer. Is it likely worth the wait? How far away is trial? These are all questions that come into play when considering an offer.
COSTS: The Higgins Firm will front all the costs on our car accident cases, however, not all of the costs are recoverable at trial. As such, the costs can reduce the net recovery. Because of this we don't spend money unless we feel it will make our client more money but again these are factors in that need to be considered.
STRESS: Jury trials can be stressful. Car Accident Trial Lawyers love going to court but most of our clients had rather be with their family or at work than explaining their life to a jury full of strangers. That being said it is a wonderful system. We have found over the years that when we have a case that needs to go in front of the jury most juries can tell our clients are good honest people who have generally never been in a lawsuit. Regardless, this is a factor that will be considering when determining whether to settle a serious injury lawsuit or taking it all the way through trial.
FUTURE LOSSES: When considering whether an offer is fair we also need to consider whether the money will cover future damages. These may include future surgeries, time off work, lost wages, pain and suffering. Sometimes it may be difficult to know if future medical treatment will be needed so we rely on medical experts to help us with this question. Obviously there is no crystal ball but a good doctor can tell us whether surgery or future medical problems are likely.
FAIRNESS: This one is hard to explain but there is often a component of does the offer seem "fair" in light of what you have been through and what you are going through. Obviously, all of my clients would have rather of never been injured in the first place so to some extant there is no amount that is "fair". However, you need to consider what a jury would likely think is reasonable. That can be a tough call but something you must consider when determining whether to accept an offer.
Unfortunately automobile accidents occur on the roadways every day. Being in an accident can be both confusing and overwhelming. Knowing how to handle the consequences of an accident can ensure that you make the best of a bad situation. We have provided a few tips that you should follow if you are involved in an accident.
Call 911 for medical attention if anyone is hurt in the accident.
Call the police so that they are able to document the accident.
Exchange information with the other party. Be sure to exchange addresses, phone numbers, insurance information, driver's license numbers, license plate numbers, and any information regarding what type of vehicle is involved.
Document the scene of the accident with any photographs. Photograph the damage to the vehicles.
Do not panic. It is important to remain as calm as possible.
Do not leave the scene of the accident without exchanging information and talking with the police.
Do not forget to document the scene of the accident with photographs, notes, or other evidence.
Do not agree to any settlement until you have spoken with a Tennessee car accident attorney.
Tennessee has lost out on a considerable amount of federal funding because of its weak Driving and Texting Laws. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has determined that Tennessee will not get hundreds of thousands of dollars reserved for only those states meeting certain specifications in their texting while driving laws. Congress provided strict standards in determining which states would receive the federal grant money. Tennessee does not meet the specifications set forth by Congress because it has narrowly defined texting while driving and the penalty for violating the law does not increase for repeat offenders.
The current law which was passed in 2009 bans sending or reading electronic messages only while the vehicle is in motion. However, to qualify for the grant, the state law must make it illegal to send or read electronic messages regardless of whether the car is in motion or not. In addition, the current fine for texting while driving in Tennessee is $50 without an increase for repeat offenders.
Although there are mixed feeling about a state receiving federal funds, there should not be any mixed feelings on whether our law on distracted driving need to be improved and enforced.


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The Navy Cross brings respect — and burdens — to the 34 Marines who have earned it
Check out our interactive graphic detailing the heroism of each Navy Cross recipient from Iraq and Afghanistan: marinecorpstimes.com/navycross
In the early days of the Iraq war, a U.S. Army unit took a wrong turn into the city of Nasiriyah and paid a heavy toll. Iraqi forces ambushed a convoy from the 507th Maintenance Company, killing at least 11 U.S. soldiers and capturing six more, including, famously, Pfc. Jessica Lynch.
Called upon to help, Gunnery Sgt. Justin LeHew launched his amphibious assault platoon on a daring mission to rescue the convoy. Under constant enemy fire, he and his Marines assisted in the evacuation of four soldiers, then set their sights on the city itself. They launched a company-sized attack on the eastern bridge of the Euphrates River, facing withering enemy fire in a street fight in which LeHew worked for nearly an hour to recover dead and wounded Marines from another amphibious assault vehicle that was rocked by enemy rocket-propelled grenades.
LeHew, now a sergeant major, received the Navy Cross in 2004 for his actions that day. He is one of 34 Marines approved to wear the Navy Cross for actions in Iraq or Afghanistan. The award is second only to the Medal of Honor in recognizing combat valor, but does not lead to the same kind of fame outside the military. Its recipients are far from anonymous in the Corps, however.
Those who have earned a Navy Cross say they are greeted by fellow Marines with a mixture of respect, curiosity, and occasionally, skepticism about their willingness to keep working hard. None of it is easy, they say, considering the award symbolizes actions on some of their most difficult days.
LeHew recalled a situation in 2006 or 2007 when he was approached by a Marine while he was attending a course for first sergeants at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va. The man, whom he had never met, pointed at the Navy Cross ribbon on LeHew's service uniform and asked jokingly, "What do I have to do to get that?"
"One of my buddies almost laid him out on the floor," LeHew told Marine Corps Times. "He was like, 'Hey man, really? That's the question you're going to ask?' It made me feel uncomfortable, and I told him, 'You know what, man? This is really the last ribbon you'd ever want to have. Because while it's blue and white … it comes with a lot of bloodshed."
With the U.S. war in Iraq over and combat operations in Afghanistan winding down, Marine Corps Times gathered information on all of the Marine recipients of the Navy Cross since 9/11. The picture that emerged shows this generation of Navy Cross recipients includes 20 recognized for actions in Iraq and 14 for valor in Afghanistan. Most served in the infantry, but the recipients also include two Marines from the motor transport community (Gunnery Sgt. Juan Rodriguez-Chavez and Cpl. Todd Corbin), an artilleryman (Sgt. Christopher Farias) and a combat engineer officer (Capt. Ademola Fabayo).
Fourteen modern recipients remain on active-duty, including one infantryman who elected not to accept his award for heroism in Iraq, and chooses to remain in the shadows to this day, a Marine official said. Marine Corps Times does not identify him in this story out of respect for his wishes.
All of the recipients on active duty hold at least the rank of sergeant. Three of them — Master Sgt. Willie Copeland III, Gunnery Sgt. John Mosser and Sgt. William Soutra — are members of the Corps' elite special operations command. LeHew and Sgt. Maj. Bradley Kasal attained the Corps' highest enlisted rank, while Chief Warrant Officer 2 Anthony Viggiani chose to become an infantry weapons officer, commonly known in the Corps as a gunner.
Eleven Marines who earned the Navy Cross in Iraq or Afghanistan have left the service. Many of them found relative anonymity within a year or two of receiving the award, but others left the service recently after longer careers. They include Maj. Brian Chontosh, who retired in October after 20 years of service, and Corbin, who left the Corps in July after about 11 years of service. They earned the award for heroism in Iraq in 2003 and 2005, respectively.
The list of modern-day recipients also includes eight fallen Marines, six of whom were killed in the actions that earned them the Navy Cross. The other two, Sgt. Matthew Abbate and Lance Cpl. Christopher Adlesperger, died in subsequent battles within a couple of months of the actions in Afghanistan and Iraq, respectively, that earned them a hero's recognition.
Ready for the drill field
Staff Sgt. Aubrey McDade Jr. is one of several Marines who earned the Navy Cross for valor in the ugly urban fighting that occurred in Fallujah, Iraq. On Nov. 11, 2004, Marines from his platoon in Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marines, out of Camp Lejeune, N.C., were ambushed in an alley by insurgents armed with machine guns and small arms. In the opening seconds of the engagement, three Marines were seriously wounded and others were pinned down under fire.
McDade, then a sergeant and machine gun squad leader, rushed from the rear of his element toward the kill zone and gave orders to his Marines to provide suppressing fire on the enemy fighters. Several attempts to reach the wounded Marines were driven back, but McDade refused to give up, dashing through the alley three times under intense fire to recover the casualties, according to his award citation. His actions saved the lives of two of them, it says.
McDade received the Navy Cross for his actions that day while serving as a drill instructor at Parris Island, S.C., three years later. His tour at the recruit depot was cut short, however, when his chain of command decided he was pushing recruits too hard, he said. He was cut orders to Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, out of Twentynine Palms, Calif., rather than finishing his three-year stint at Parris Island.
"I lost sight of the mission of the Marine Corps," McDade told Marine Corps Times. "Coming straight to the depot from the battlefield, I thought I could train recruits better than they were being trained. I should have been trying to make sure they were basic-trained, rather than training them for combat. The Marine Corps saw it best that I should go back to the fleet, so I did two deployments and here I am again."
By that, McDade means that he is again a DI. He graduated as the honor graduate from his DI school this spring, and will soon be on the drill field at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego after recovering from a recent surgery. He has unfinished business in making Marines, he said, and likes to think the recruits he will train could someday become senior enlisted Marines or officers.
McDade said he wears the Navy Cross for all the Marines who "made the ultimate sacrifice" in combat, and still struggles with some of the things he saw while at war. He drapes a cloth over a table in his home from November until January, when 1/8 saw some of its stiffest combat. He lights a candle for each Marine in Bravo Company who died.
"It's just a part of me," he said. "It's something I deal with. I don't think it will ever be easy. I don't think it will ever be over."
As a DI, McDade wears his ribbon rack regularly. He does not have a predefined way that he handles questions about the Navy Cross, but said he is a people person and does not have any difficulty with it. He described an interaction earlier this year with an older man he met in a store on base.
"I looked up and I looked at the guy and he just hugged me. And he said, 'Thank you,' " McDade said. "I looked at him and said, 'Sir, I wasn't the drill instructor for your kid,' and he said, 'Yeah, I know — but that's a Navy Cross on your chest.' And I said, 'Yes, sir.'
"He was about to start crying, and I said, 'Sir, don't do that in here.' And he said, 'No, brother, I just want you to know that I understand. Thank you for your service.' I was at a loss for words. I didn't know what else to say."
'I could feel their eyes'
Master Sgt. Brian Blonder earned the Navy Cross for actions in a firefight in Afghanistan in 2008. Then a gunnery sergeant, he was platoon sergeant for a Force Reconnaissance unit attached to 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, out of Twentynine Palms, as it faced fierce combat in southwestern Afghanistan.
Blonder, now the reconnaissance and surveillance training specialist at Marine Corps headquarters, and his platoon were dispatched to the Taliban-held village of Shewan in Farah province on Aug. 8, 2008. The Marines came under intense fire from rocket-propelled grenades, mortars and machine guns that destroyed a vehicle and trapped several Marines in a kill zone about 150 meters from the enemy, according to his award citation.
Blonder's platoon commander at the time, Capt. Byron Owen, told Marine Corps Times in 2011 that Blonder responded "like a gunslinger," dropping an RPG gunner from about 100 yards away with his rifle. Over the next eight hours, the Marines remained in heavy combat, and Blonder led a flanking attack through a hail of fire on heavily armed insurgents in a trench. He is credited with being a driving force in the battle in which the Marines killed more than 50 enemy fighters and forced others to abandon the battlefield.
The fight yielded numerous valor awards, including three Silver Stars, but Blonder was singled out above the others. He received the Navy Cross in May 2011 in a ceremony attended by Navy Secretary Ray Mabus and a number of the Marines he fought alongside that day.
"When I was up there actually receiving the medal from Secretary Mabus ... I could feel their eyes watching me," he said of his fellow Marines. "It's a tremendous responsibility, I think, to be a Navy Cross recipient. Not because of anything I did, but I feel like the medal is a representation of those Marines that day, and on numerous other days on battlefields in both Iraq and Afghanistan, where guys showed a lot of valor, a lot of sacrifice and a lot of heart. They gave their all, and it's a representation of those actions."
Blonder also wears a Bronze Star with "V" device for valor in another battle a few months later, on Oct. 27, 2008. In that engagement, the Marines targeted a compound in Helmand province's Now Zad district where insurgents were making improvised explosive devices. In that mission, his vehicle hit an IED that killed his intelligence officer, 1st Lt. Trevor Yurista.
"I use the attention from the medal to try to tell the stories of Marines that I think are sometimes lost," Blonder said of the Navy Cross. "You know, heroic actions on the battlefield go unnoticed because it's commonplace."
Not all Navy Cross recipients are able to shoulder the responsibilities that Blonder describes. Nearly 25 percent of the present-day honorees died in combat.
Most famously, they include Sgt. Rafael Peralta, who was put up for the Medal of Honor by the Marine Corps for saving the lives of several Marines in Fallujah, Iraq, on Nov. 15, 2004.
Then-Defense Secretary Bob Gates declined to award him the Medal of Honor in 2008, saying forensic evidence did not prove conclusively that Peralta, who already had been hit in the head with a ricocheting round, had the cognitive ability to cover the grenade before it exploded. His family has refused to accept the Navy Cross, and Marines across the country have rallied around them.
Five other recipients earned the award in Iraq, four of whom died in the actions for which they were recognized. The fifth, Lance Cpl. Christopher Adlesperger, was a private first class on Nov. 10, 2004, when his squad was ambushed while clearing buildings of insurgents. He is credited with braving machine gun fire to allow wounded members of his squad to be evacuated, killing several insurgents in the process with his M203 grenade launcher and his rifle.
He, too, was nominated for the Medal of Honor, according to a 2006 report in the Los Angeles Times, but ultimately received the Navy Cross posthumously. He died Dec. 9, 2004, after he was mortally wounded in another operation — a month after the heroic actions that saved his fellow Marines.
Cpl. Michael Ouellette's mother, Donna, said she still hears regularly from the Marines who served with her fallen son. He died March 22, 2009, in Now Zad, Afghanistan, after stepping on an improvised explosive device.
Michael Ouellette is credited with directing his squad to prepare a hasty defense from an ambush while treating his own traumatic injuries. Ouellette then guided his radio operator through the process of calling for fires from attack helicopters that arrived on the scene, while his corpsman worked on him. He succumbed to his injuries shortly afterward — but not before guiding his Marines out of chaos.
Ouellette's family has become active in charity work in his home state of New Hampshire, including the Easter Seals, which provides assistance to individuals with disabilities or special needs and their families. The fund set up in the fallen Marine's name specifically benefits service members, veterans and their loved ones, Ouellette's mother said.
The work done in Cpl. Ouellette's name doesn't bring him back, but it does give the family a chance to honor him, she said.
"I guess the real reason we do it," she said, "is to find a way to make some good come from something so horrible."
Handling the responsibilities
LeHew is now the senior enlisted adviser at Training and Education Command at Quantico. Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Mike Barrett selected him for the post in the two-star command earlier this year — a significant boost, considering he worked previously for a colonel at 3rd Marine Regiment in Hawaii.
As one of the first Navy Cross recipients of the post-9/11 era, LeHew said he was "totally ill-prepared" for the attention that goes with the award in the Marine Corps. He credits members of the Legion of Valor, an organization comprising past recipients of the Medal of Honor and the service crosses, with providing him guidance on how to handle it.
"They kind of helped me understand what kind of responsibilities that I was probably going to find as people found out [I was] a holder of the Navy Cross," he said. "They kind of helped me through, you know, 'Some people are going to want certain things [from you], and you're going to have to be very careful with that. And they're going to want your endorsement on things.' "
LeHew said he has written notes to subsequent Navy Cross recipients offering support.
He believes that even more Marines could have received the award for actions early this century if senior Marines had written up awards differently.
"The simple fact is, nobody even knew how to write up any of that stuff, and it never crossed anybody's mind," LeHew said. " … If I'm writing, and I look back at what I wrote in my hip-pocket notebook in the middle of combat on some of these guys, my guys are wearing [Navy and Marine Corps Commendation medals with "V"] for what some guys got Silver Stars for that were out there.
"Nobody knew how to write up a Silver Star. Nobody knew what the left and right lateral limits for any of that were."
The sergeant major said he is actually more proud of his Bronze Star with "V" than his Navy Cross. He earned it as a first sergeant with Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, in August 2004 as it engaged in heavy fighting in the city of Najaf, Iraq. He was the senior enlisted adviser for the unit's Charlie Company, and earned the award fighting alongside Marines he still admires, he said.
"Even in those crappy situations, the stuff that you saw other people doing — the young Marines around you, the corpsmen, and everything else — those memories that you're really so proud of sort of subdue those other memories."
Defense lawyers worked to sow doubt about the prosecution's theory that former Green Beret Rick Rodriguez died because of his head injury.
Department leaders say the are confident the increases won't lead to longer wait times for appointments.
An airlift team quickly and successfully transported a premature baby from Kuwait to Germany for emergency medical care.
Northrop is wary of inflation and said more companies are pushing back on fixed-price contracts.


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It is with great sadness that we record the deaths of two valued members of our club who have died in the past week.
He became President of the club from 1977-1978 and was elected as a Paul Harris Fellow in 1997, to be followed by a Paul Harris Sapphire award in 2011. Always ready to do anything to support the club and the community, his was a cheery countenance that will be remembered by a huge number of people and our deepest sympathy is extended to his wife, Ann, and to his family.
A service in celebration of his life will be held at Oakley Wood Crematorium, South Chapel, at 11.30 am on Monday 25th March.
John Taylor joined Warwick Rotary in 2012, having previously been a member at the Chorley Astley Rotary Club in Lancashire since the mid 1980's. A retired police officer, he was a most enthusiastic and very 'hands-on' member who led by example, and brought out the best in other people. He was a Trustee, and later Secretary, of the Rotary National Shoebox Scheme and on joining the Warwick club headed up many initiatives. From 2016-2017 he was a very popular and active club President, despite the onset of serious health problems.
He had been elected as a Paul Harris Fellow by his previous colleagues in Lancashire in 2001, and in 2018 his fellow members at Warwick gave him a Paul Harris Sapphire Award. His final months were plagued with bad health, which he bore with typical strength and good humour, and he will be remembered for all the good works he did for others.
His wife Joan, and his extended family, who he cared for deeply, are very much in our thoughts.
The funeral will be held at Oakley Wood Crematorium (South Chapel) at 12.30 pm on Tuesday, 9th April 2019.


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The Samsung Galaxy Note series has always been known for the stylus that comes with it. The smartphone is an ordinary mobile device but because extra-ordinary with the addition of an S Pen that is proprietary to Samsung. Making the Note more popular is its productivity features and massive screen size. The stylus helps users conduct their businesses or even express their creativity. The S Pen feature isn't regularly updated because how else can you improve the accessory that is used for "touching" the screen with more precision.
There are some minor improvements including adding S-Pen integration and capabilities. There's also now the ejectable S-Pen. A brand new one was released in 2015 and we were reminded not to put the S-Pen wrong as it will damage the Galaxy Note 5. More functions were added and by the time the Note 7 was out, the S-Pen was still considered as the star of the Galaxy Note 7.
The Galaxy Note 8 S Pen is now water-resistant. For the Galaxy Note 9, it may not be needed as much because Samsung is believed to have just applied for a patent for the operation of a touchscreen display with both finger and the S Pen.
The Galaxy Note 9 will have a new S Pen functionality. According to a document, the phone shows a user interface with a quick menu that lets phone owners configure if you want to operate with your finger or S Pen or both. The new S Pen is shown in two variants—one used with the Note 8 and another one with an Eraser.
Finger operations can vary from a simple touch, tap, multi-touch, double tap, drag, long tap, push, flick, pinch-in or out, or a scroll. Finger patterns can also be done .
We can't tell the specs of the display but it could be AMOLED or LCD. We don't think anything will be confirmed soon related to the Note 9. It really is too early to tell. The Galaxy S9 isn't even announced so it may take a while.


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Q&A with "Breakthrough Boys" author Jaime Aron
By Matthew Schulz
In 20 years with The Associated Press, Jaime Aron has covered the Super Bowl, World Series, NBA Finals, Stanley Cup finals, Summer Olympics and Winter Olympics, and the World Cup.
He's also a prolific author of non-fiction books, all of which focused on Dallas-area sports teams. His fifth and latest, called "Breakthrough Boys", is the tale of the tumultuous season of the 1971 Dallas Cowboys — the first Cowboys team to with the Super Bowl.
I asked Jaime — who I've known for more than two decades, dating back to college at the University of Texas — for his insights on what it takes to be a successful non-fiction author. Here's what he had to say:
Once you decide on a book topic, what happens next? Do you outline first, or do the interviews come first?
This was my first "real" book, meaning one big story about one subject. I didn't really know what to do, so I studied other books I admired. I came up with the game plan of, essentially, "research, interview, write." Then, I emailed [a friend who is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author] for his thoughts. His response was so great that I printed it up and taped it to my computer monitor:
"… The more you know, the better your interviews with the key characters will go. The more detail you get, with a purpose in mind, the more you will be able to bring the events alive to your readers. The more you bring it alive to your readers, the more you can teach them something at the same time, subtly and easily. There's a point, which is hard to define, when you know you know enough to start writing. But even as you start to write, keep reporting until the day you are done with the project."
The reality is that I could've spent three years researching everything and interviewing everyone about everything. At a certain point, I realized I was getting bogged down, so I put together an outline of the overall arc of the story and a detailed outline of each chapter. I needed this to narrow my focus. The 1971 football season gave me a natural timeline, which helped, but then I needed to pick my main
characters.
How many people do you speak with for a typical book?
There's no one-size-fits all answer. But this much is always true: conduct as many interviews as possible. The subject and – especially – the deadline will determine how many are needed, and how many are realistic.
As for how many interviews make it into the book, that depends on what they say, who they are, how much insight they offer. Ultimately, something everyone says will wind up in the book one way or another – not necessarily as a quote, but something that steered your thinking, or even a phrase you borrow, consciously or not.
What's an example of a mistake you made or a trap you fell into when writing the earlier books that you've been sure to avoid when writing later ones?
Hours and hours of wasted interviews. There were guys who were captivating speakers or fun to talk to, but who didn't enhance the narrative, either because they veered too far off the subject or their 'facts' were so far off.
What's the key to writing great, compelling non-fiction?
Readers will know what happened (won the Super Bowl, became President, ruined Enron) from reading the dust jacket. You want to explain why, how and – most of all – who were the people behind these events. You start by selling the reader on the people through details and anecdotes. Then, you have to find the most germane ones and string them together.
A writing coach once described this as collecting gold coins in the research/interview phase, then tossing them out during the writing phase – not too many all at once, just a steady stream that keeps the reader hunting for more.
Matthew Schulz is writing his second novel, working toward fulfilling his lifelong dream of becoming a published author of fiction. He has written for the Houston Chronicle, Associated Press and other major publications, but his current day job has him working as a Managing Editor at Bankrate, Inc., where he helps lead an award-winning news team. He has even helped coordinate a video town hall with the White House. You can follow him on Twitter @matthewschulz and learn more about him at MattSchulz.com.
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Help Clean the Ocean and Coastlines | Don't Waste My Energy!
Today we want to show you how much plastic is swimming in the ocean and how ugly and unclean the coastlines are. We're going to tell you what a single person can do to help clean the ocean.
We noticed an advertisement on Instagram of some bracelets made out of collected trash. This has aroused our interest, so we started searching about these special bracelets. Our research has revealed that there is an organization called "4Ocean", which removes one pound of trash from the ocean and coastlines if you buy a 4Ocean bracelet.
"The story of the organization "4Ocean" begins when Alex and Andrew take surf trip to Bali Indonesia that would inevitably change their lives and the fate of the ocean. Devastated by the amount of plastic in the ocean, they set out to find out why no one was doing anything about it.
One afternoon they came across an old fishing village where fishermen were literally pushing their boat through piles of plastic that had washed up on shore. The two surfers realized that the proliferation of plastic threatened both the ocean environment and the fishermen's livelihood. Could the fishermen use their nets, they wondered, to pull the plastic from the ocean? This idea stuck with the 2 surfers and they knew it was time to hit the drawing board. After realizing that the demand for seafood was driving the fishermen to focus on fish instead of plastic, they knew they had to create something that could fund the desired cleanup efforts. This is how the 4ocean Bracelet was born. Made from recycled materials, every bracelet purchased funds the removal of 1 pound (=0.45 Kg) of trash from the ocean and coastlines. In less than 2 years, 4ocean has removed 1.256.250 pounds of trash from the ocean and coastlines.
We noticed an advertisement on Instagram of some bracelets made out of collected trash.
We contacted a few people and asked them a few questions about microplastics, but we only received one answer in time. The answer is from Dr. Montserrat Filella (unige.ch), she is a teacher at the University in Geneva. She also does research on physio-chemical processes regulating the behavior of chemical components in environmental and biological compartments, mainly by combining computer modelling with field and laboratory measurements.
Like all plastics, microplastics are man-made. There are 3 types. The first one produces small plastic, which in this form is used directly in products (for example in cosmetic products). The second type is caused by reduction (for example, in the sea) of larger pieces of plastic. The last type produces fibers (microplastics) from textiles.
How does microplastics affect our health?
The exact effects on human health are still unknown today.
What can we do to clean up the pollution and stop further pollution?
The current pollution can not be reversed, in the current state of research. On the other hand, care can be taken to generally use less plastic and then dispose of it more carefully.
What would happen if we did not change our behavior and the ocean pollution would increase?
Since the exact effects of microplastics are still unknown, this question is difficult to answer. However, it is certain that the additional contaminants will surely add up to the existing contaminants, which will greatly increase the potential impact of microplastics.
We made a video slide show about what you can do to help clean the ocean. Have fun watching it.
Unfortunately, we couldn't get much information from organizations and experts. We contacted at least 5 organizations (Ocean Care, 4Ocean, Stoppp, The Ocean Clean Up, plastic pollution coalition and Clear Blue Sea) and only 1 organization answered in time (Ocean Care, they are included in our video). We contacted people from universities to hear what they think about microplastics and the future of the plastic pollution, but they didn't react to our phone calls and only one person took time to answer our email. It is difficult to communicate when we don't get any answers. Since we tried to communicate with people and organizations from all over Switzerland and all over the world we couldn't visit them. 4Ocean for example is based in Florida USA. Next time we would choose organizations and people who are easier to reach. So we can do an actual face to face interview. At least we donated some money for 4Ocean and got bracelets in return.
I enjoyed to read this article as it isn't as scientific as a lot of the rest, it still had a lot of facts, I also think that the polluted oceans are a terrible thing. You make me think about buying a bracelet myself maybe… How many braclets did you buy? And are there other people you could convince of buying a bracelet?
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Don Edwards the Vice Chairman took the meeting and welcomed those present. He expressed his and the committee's disappointment at the poor turnout again this year, (seventeen including wives). He also said that, although not on the agenda, the Constitution needed to be addressed.
S/M's Dennis Patterson, Peter Edmonson and Michael Gilboy.
The Vice Chairman said the Constitution was ambiguous over terms in office, but that we would go with what we have and look at it later.
Chairman – The Vice Chairman gave thanks to the previous Chairman, Mike Crowe, for all he had done. S/M Derek Moore asked S/M Don Edwards if he would have any objections to taking on the role of Chairman, and upon receiving confirmation that he had none, proposed he be elected as Chairman, this was seconded by S/M Geoff Goat and was unanimously carried.
Vice Chairman – The Chairman asked whether we needed a Vice Chairman, as this position is not referenced in the Constitution, but the meeting felt that it would be advisable to keep this position. S/M Derek Moore said he was willing to help and was asked if he would take on this role, he affirmed he would. The Chairman proposed he be elected, and this was seconded by S/M Geoff Goat and was unanimously carried.
S/M Derek Moore proposed the minutes be accepted, and S/M Geoff Goat seconded the proposal and it was unanimously carried.
There was a lengthy discussion on the subject of poor attendances and Reunion locations. Many people are paying subs but get nothing to show for it! Resulting from the Committee Meeting last October, S/M Roger Birkett analysed the distribution of the membership, and found that the bulk came from the South East. Eighty attended the Sittingbourne reunion, therefore should we hold them in the South East? (Further discussion on venues will be conducted at agenda point 11 below). It was suggested we send a 'direct question' to all members 'Do you want to attend reunions?' Many members are no longer able to travel, and one who was present said how difficult it was on the train, especially when travelling to a location where changes of trains are necessary – it's a real hassle! He also pointing out that many associations were dying out due to the age of the members.
The Chairman thanked S/M Dennis Patterson, in his absence, for the great job he is doing as Treasurer and presented the report Dennis had provided. See Attached.
S/M Ken Waugh reported that he had lots of boxes full of old photographs, many of which he has on memory stick, and these were shown during the reunion. He has lots of group pictures from the official photographer; unfortunately however, most of them are undated. There are basic training photographs, but with no class numbers. S/M Roger Birkett said it may be possible to get in touch with the HMS Collingwood photographic department, and obtain class photographs.
S/M Ken Waugh also said he was going to get the Standard back from the person holding it in Hemel Hempstead.
S/M Roger Birkett apologised for being late with the first issue of this year's Shipmate. He has now put the spring edition on the website, but has had so little material provided to him for it, that he had resorted to writing about what he had done! More material is needed as the Shipmate has gone down to ten pages from twenty. Please let him have anything, e.g. runs ashore ditties etc.
S/M Roger Birkett reported on behalf of S/M Peter Edmonson, saying that the stock holding amounted to £1,648 – all that had been sold in the last year is one blazer badge and one polo shirt!
Last year at Southsea numbers were down.
S/M Ken Waugh proposed Portsmouth, as it is the home of the RN and close to HMS Collingwood. All those assembled considered this a good idea. He also highlighted the fact that the main problem was getting from the station to the hotel. It was stated that it would be very difficult to go down the route of helping with transport as everyone arrives at a different time.
Reimbursement of the costs to those who attend was discussed, in order to help those who found the cost of reunions prohibitive. This will have to be put to the whole membership for consideration.
We need to go to the whole membership, to ask if Portsmouth should be the venue for all future reunions, and ask whether is March/April is the right time of the year to be holding them.
It was also suggested that we hold our reunions at the same venue and time of year as the 'Greenie Association', to boost numbers and keep the reunion viable. Their reunion is held in the autumn. Merging with the 'greenies' could also be an option, but that would mean the loss of identity of one or other of the Associations. One person present said we should merge, as we are all people who have passed through HMS Collingwood.
The Chairman said the Constitution needed to be addressed, but added that we had run out of time to do this now. It was suggested we have a brief meeting about it after dinner on Sunday evening.
Early April 2019 was decided for the next reunion, and that we keep the format the same, and that also go the dockyard church for the Sunday morning service, and arrange to visit the local RNA afterwards.
The Chairman thanked all those present for attending and closed the meeting and announced 'Up Spirits'.
Peter Lacey, Secretary & Membership Secretary.
We currently have 120 registered members.
The committee met at the Union Jack Club to discuss the poor attendance at recent reunions, the response to the survey and ways of invigorating the Association. During the meeting it was discovered that IOW Tours had done nothing to arrange this year's reunion, and when challenged they advised us they had not been asked or requested a venue! Action was taken to rectify this, but it proved difficult to find a suitable venue at what was effectively short notice.
A number of actions were identified, to try to resolve the current problems and grow the Association, some of which have been completed. A large number of actions fell on the Secretary, and I must apologise that, due to personal circumstances, I have not been able to progress them properly.
We clearly need the support and help of the membership to enable the Association to survive!
During the AGM it been suggested that we meet after dinner on 22nd April to discuss the Constitution. There were ten who gathered around the table, which included all the committee members who were at the reunion.
A statement on data protection is required.
Periods in office need to be looked at.
The office Vice Chairman should be added? Covered by 'catch-all' note at the bottom of page 3!
Election of Chairman/Vice Chairman should not be in the same year.
Election of Secretary/ Treasurer should not be in the same year.
Newsletter Editor should be amended to reflect Website/Shipmate.
Voting right should be given to Associate Members.
Should all fee paying people be considered as full members?
Need to get data protection forms out to all members.
Amend list of committee members.
The Secretary agreed to amend the Constitution and circulate it to the Committee for comment prior to it being submitted to the next AGM for approval.


I recently held a charity auction during the Drivetime show to raise funds for Cancer Research UK as I had been diagnosed with Skin Cancer, had 2 operations and then was subsequently given the all clear so my wife Kerry and I are running a 5k on 12th October in Holyrood Park and fundraising on the way.
Some of the items up for grabs were a signed Hibernian Football Top kindly donated by Solid Gold Sunday presenter Alan Stuart after he had won the top in a raffle at Sainsbury's Meadowbank so a massive thanks to Alan and to the staff at Sainsbury's, Alan asked if I fancied having a raffle and after a good chat we both decided a charity auction live on air would be a laugh so after several donations of items we went ahead and done it and thanks go to Stuart James who popped in to help out on the day you can hear the show here: http://m.mixcloud.com/basher1969/my-drivetime-show-auction-special/ but remember the auction is over and done with and thanks to some very generous listeners we raised a grand total of £235 which is amazing and put with all the other donations Kerry and I have received we are well I've the £1,000 mark which is way over our target of £500.
The person in the picture above is David Johnston from Johnstons Plumbing Services a top man indeed.
Other lots up for grabs included 2 tickets to Hibs v Queen of the South and R.E.M Unplugged double cd as well as some beautiful bags decorated by the fab Samantha E.
A huge thanks to everyone who took part in the show.


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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi witnesses Republic Day parade
Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, as the chief guest at the Republic Day celebrations, watched the colourful parade at the majestic Kartavya Path along with President Droupadi Murmu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and a host of other leaders.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi on Thursday joined a select group of world leaders to have graced India's Republic Day celebrations.
Sisi, as the chief guest at the Republic Day celebrations, watched the colourful parade at the majestic Kartavya Path along with President Droupadi Murmu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and a host of other leaders.
It was the first time that an Egyptian president is the chief guest at the Republic Day celebrations.
Sisi held wide-ranging talks with Modi on Wednesday, a day after he arrived here on a three-day visit. Every year, India invites world leaders to attend its Republic Day celebrations. There was no Republic Day Chief guest in 2021 and 2022 in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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At the culinary Academy Gastronomicom, students can do an internship (under certain conditions) in one of our partner gastronomic establishments referenced in the Michelin Guide. Monika MACIULAITYTE, a Lithuanian student, made this choice. She followed a 7-month training (3 months of course at Gastronomicom followed by 4 months of internship). It was a great opportunity for her to put into practice the techniques learned during the courses and to see the reality of the job.
Monika has done an internship in the beautiful establishment "Auberge de Cassagne", a 5-star luxury hotel and gourmet restaurant near Avignon. Our trainee was quickly assigned responsibilities as a demi-chef de partie. Monika takes care of the cooking of all meats, the preparation of sauces and garnishes, the plating of dishes. The service starts around noon for a big rush up to 2:30pm. And in the evening the activity does not fall, quite the opposite. She can count on Chef Philippe Boucher and his right hand chef Olivier Charmadiras who provide her valuable advice. "The most important thing is the taste, there must be emotion in what we do," says Chef Boucher. Monika loves "her beautiful cuisine".
Before joining the Auberge de Cassagne, Monika learned a lot of techniques during her training at Gastronomicom with the cooking chef Samuel Breux. "Beautiful courses" she confides. She also improved her language practice with French teacher Stéphane Massin; an important asset of her training because in the kitchen everything goes very fast and it is necessary to quickly integrate the instructions. "I learned the vocabulary of cooking and even slang terms that are very useful to me today" she says. Now she feels at home at the Auberge de Cassagne. Her motivation, her seriousness and her desire to learn were rewarded in August when Monika won a permanent contract at the institution and she is expected to evolve as a chef de partie next January. It's a wonderful reward for this passionate cook. "I'm very happy, the team is great, I'm learning all the time," she says. Congratulations Monika, Gastronomicom, is proud of you!


The Department of Chemistry offers several scholarships to majors in chemistry at the University of Maine. All current majors are considered automatically each spring for awards that become effective the following fall semester. The exact funding of each scholarship depends upon the performance of the University's investment pool; amounts quoted below are approximate values.
The Charles A. Brautlecht Scholarship was established in 1978 by a bequest from Louise I. Brautlecht in memory of her husband, former Professor of Chemistry, Charles A. Brautlecht. The award is based on character and scholarship in the department, and is made for a student's senior year. It may be divided among several students. The current value of the award is approximately $2,784.
The Paul Louis Goodfriend Scholarship was established by the Department in 1995 in memory of the late Paul Louis Goodfriend, Professor of Physical Chemistry. The current value of the award is approximately $570.
The James L. and Helen J. Wolfhagen Award was established in 1987, initially by a gift from then Department Chair R. C. Fort, Jr. Subsequently, the Award was endowed by the Wolfhagens themselves. The award is made to upperclass chemistry majors based on overall GPA, chemistry GPA, and performance in any independent work. Previous awardees remain eligible. The current value of the award is approximately $558.
The Charles R. and Diana E. Russ Sophomore Scholarship was established with donations from the faculty in 1992 and subsequently named for and endowed by the Russes. Charles R. Russ taught general chemistry at UMaine for more than 30 years. The income from the fund is used to provide assistance to sophomore chemistry majors. The current value of the award is approximately $840.
The Donald M. Sylvester Scholarship was established with a grant from the estate of the late Mr. Sylvester, who was a UMaine chemistry graduate more than 50 years ago. The current value of the award is approximately $1,827.
The Robert C. Petterson Research Fund was established at the University of Maine Foundation in 2016 for the benefit of the University of Maine, Orono, Maine with a bequest from Robert C. Peterson '44. The current value of the fund is $5,574.
The ACS – Hach Land Grant Scholarship provides financial support for chemistry majors who are in pursuit of becoming high school chemistry teachers. Recipients shall have a GPA of at least 3.0, be currently enrolled as an undergraduate chemistry major, or in a Masters program having earned an undergraduate degree in chemistry, biochemistry or chemical engineering with a commitment to become a chemistry teacher. Financial need will be considered but shall not be the determining factor in the selection. The current value of the scholarship is $26,298. This scholarship involves an application process, which you may download below or see the Chair for more information if you have trouble downloading the scholarship application.
For more information about these scholarships, contact Professor Alice Bruce, Chair, Department of Chemistry; 207.581.1168 or abruce@maine.edu.


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The Archives holds only the administrative records of the University itself. These date from 1214 to the present and include charters, statutes and title deeds; records of the Chancellor's Court; records of the University's legislative and executive bodies (Congregation, Convocation and Hebdomadal Council); financial and central administrative records; records of past members of the University; records of University delegacies and committees; and departmental and faculty records. The majority of our present holdings date from the 19th and 20th centuries and are in paper format. We hold very little audio or audiovisual material and few photographs.
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New Yorker's Idea of America
1930s Pictorial Map
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A New Yorker's Idea of the United States of America
Columbia University Press, New York: 1937 (Encore edition)
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This humorous map of the United States takes the perspective of a chauvinistic New Yorker for whom the rest of the country is irrelevant, at best, with New York State shown in oversized proportion to the entire country. Place names throughout the states are often incorrect or fictitious, satirizing a New Yorker's lack of knowledge and interest in other parts of the country, for example, Minneapolis and Indianapolis are humorously shown together in Michigan as "The Twin Cities." Decorative details include ships in the oceans, and various Art Deco views and images in the borders such as the Empire State Building and a Fifth Avenue Coach bus. Explanatory text is in two blocks on the left. This map predates by almost 40 years the well-known Saul Steinberg 1976 New Yorker cartoon titled A View of the World from Ninth Avenue that had a similar satirical point.
Wallingford's map was first published by The Columbia University Press in small format, like this example, for the 1936 Times Book Fair. At that time, his address was listed as 54 Falmouth Street, Boston. A small format "Encore" edition was printed for the 1937 Times Book Fair with a note printed on the back by the publisher that it had "appealed so strongly to Fairgoers of 1936 that we have been persuaded to offer it again." At this time, the address of Wallingford, the copyright holder, was listed as 222 Marlborough Street, Boston. These small format maps were issued in black and white, but sometimes hand-colored at the time or later.
The map was later redone in color in a larger format on glossy paper, apparently in connection with the 1939 New York World's Fair, substantially similar, but with the addition of the New York World's Fair grounds shown in Queens, New York. Wallingford's address on this map is given as 452 West 144th Street. The Columbia University Press does not appear to have been involved in this publication. Wallingford also published a Bostonian's Idea of the United States of America, similar in concept, in the 1950s, then at the address 64 West Ohio Street, Chicago, 10, Illinois. The Boston map was, in turn, reissued by Margaret G. Wallingford, 664 N. Dearborn St., Chicago, in the 1960s.
An example of the 1939 New Yorker's Idea map, from the collection of the George Glazer Gallery, appears in the book You Are Here by Katharine Harmon, New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2004, p. 102.
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2021 Buick Enspire Specs, Price, Photos, & Latest News
2021 Buick Enspire Specs, Price, Photos, & Latest News. A couple of years ago, Buick presents a concept of a crossover called Enspire. This concept was characterized by a very stylish layout and the reception was pretty good. Therefore, it's no wonder that the production version is on the way. The new model will represent the brand in the segment of compact luxury crossover and many believe that this could be a real breakthrough to the premium segment and that the new model will be able to compete in this class successfully. We expect that the new model will come as the 2021 Buick Enspire.
Although GM still keeps many details as secret, there is also a number of things we know for sure. First of all, we know most of the mechanical aspect, including the powertrain. Also, we know details about dimensions. On the other side, we are still waiting for the details about the styling, interior design etc. The new model should hit the market sometime in the last quarter of the years.
2021 Buick Enspire Engine
While some details of design characteristics are still to come, the powertrain department is pretty much a certain thing. The new 2021 Buick Enspire will use the same setup as the XT4, which means you may count on a new version of GM's familiar turbo-four engine. It is a 2.0-liter unit, which is good for about 237 horsepower. It comes in pair with a 9-speed automatic transmission, which sends power to front wheels, while AWD models should be in the offer.
This engine delivers pretty solid performances but we expect that fuel economy will be at a pretty high level. We expect similar ratings to the XT4, which returns around 24 mpg in the city and 30 mpg on the highway.
Read: 2020 Buick Encore Redesign, Price, Specs, and Interior
2021 Buick Enspire Redesign
One of the things we certainly know about the new 2021 Buick Enspire is the overall design. Of course, that leads us to the platform, which will be shared with the Cadillac XT4. We are talking about the latest version of an E2 platform, which already underprints a plethora of Buick and Opel models. For this occasion, we won't see bigger modifications, so you may count on pretty much the same layout as in the XT4. This means an engine mounter at the front, with front-wheel drive, though AWD models will be in the offer as well.
When it comes to the exterior design, we will start with things we know for sure. The new crossover will come as a replacement for the Envision. You may count on typical dimensions for the class of compact luxury crossover. Interestingly, the 2021 Buick Enspire will be slightly shorter than the Envision, with around 182.3 inches in the overall length. The model will also be lower and wider. Still, the most important thing is a little bit longer wheelbase, which will go around 109.4 inches. This is a nice increase which will certainly have a positive impact on performances, interior space etc.
When it comes to the styling, it's still early to talk about details. The 2021 Buick Enspire has been spotted on the road but the test mule still wears a camouflage. Still, we have no doubt that the new model will take a lot of inspiration from the concept version, which features really amazing styling. Of course, everything will be toned down for a bit, in order to provide some savings in terms of production costs. More details about the styling should be known in the near future.
Read: 2021 Buick Envision Price, Interiors and Release Date
As we already mentioned, the test mule has been spotted on the road. Interestingly, spy photographers have managed to take a couple of shots of the interior as well. Although the dashboard is still mostly covered, we can easily see a large infotainment screen at the center stack, which will certainly be one of the highlight points of this cabin, which should look opulent and very luxurious.
When it comes to the interior space, exterior dimensions clearly indicate that the amount of passenger room won't be significantly bigger compared to the Envision. Still, a slightly longer wheelbase may provide a couple more inches of legroom. On the other side, we will probably see a little bit less headroom in the second row, due to the sloping roof design. For the same reason, the cargo volume could be also smaller compared to the Envision.
2021 Buick Enspire Release Date and Price
We expect that the 2021 Buick Enspire will hit the market sometime in the last quarter of the year. Base models will go somewhere between 35.000 and 40.000 dollars when it comes to the price. The new crossover should be able to compete with models like Acura RDX, Lexus NX, Audi Q5, BMW X3 etc


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London Metropolitan University Accommodation
London Metropolitan Uni is home to a diverse community in the heart of London. At urbanest, we are proud to provide London Met accommodation for both undergraduates and postgraduates within walking distance of campus, as well as the main attractions of London. Our two closest properties are urbanest King's Cross and urbanest Hoxton, both of which offer an array of benefits for students.
Urbanest King's Cross boasts a convenient location for London Met students, being just 1.3 miles from campus. This equates to just an 18-minute tube journey, or a 26 minute walk if you'd like to take in the sites of London. On top of this, our King's Cross property is very central and therefore close to a range of transport links, taking you across London, or even the UK.
Urbanest Hoxton is our other London Met accommodation in central London, housed in one of the capital's trendiest areas. From this university accommodation, you can reach campus in 17 minutes via tube or a 40-minute walk. This area also boasts close by markets and parks for days where you'd like a break from studying.
To book, please fill in our booking form. For viewings, you can simply drop in between 10am – 6pm Monday – Friday.
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As stated, urbanest King's Cross is the closest accommodation for London Met students, being only a 26-minute walk from campus. On top of that, the main sites of London are all close by, so you're never short on things to do.
King's Cross Transport Links
One of the main advantages of living in this London Metropolitan student accommodation is you're very closely connected. King's Cross station is just a 13-minute walk from your door. Here, you can use the Northern or Victoria line to get across the city in minutes. This also allows you to get to campus in roughly 18 minutes.
If you'd like to venture further, the King's Cross St Pancras station is home to the Eurostar, so you can travel across Europe easily if you fancy a weekend getaway.
Things to Do Near King's Cross
One of the main attractions in King's Cross is the platform 9 and ¾ which is located in King's Cross Station. Harry Potter fans often flock here for the perfect photo op and it is just 13 minutes from your door. If you'd rather avoid the tourist traps, why not venture down to Camley Street Natural Park to get your fill of nature? This is just 18 minutes from urbanest King's Cross, and the riverside views offered here are perfect for a Saturday picnic.
Urbanest King's Cross Facilities
As well as being one of our most central properties, urbanest King's Cross offers a lot of internal features that may make you never want to leave your accommodation. For example, the rooms vary from a private en-suite to a luxury studio apartment offering panoramic views of London. All rooms come equipped with underfloor heating, a luxury shower room and superfast broadband.
Our second closest London Met accommodation is urbanest Hoxton, which is just 1.9 miles from campus. This allows you to get to lectures in a quick 13-minute bus ride or a leisurely 40-minute walk. This accommodation is in a vibrant district, full of things to do and see, such as art galleries, bars and quaint cafés.
Hoxton Transport Links
The closest station to urbanest Hoxton is Old Street Station. This allows you to access the Northern line in just 5 minutes. This can take London Metropolitan students to central stations such as London Bridge or Euston on days where you'd like to sightsee. Old Street Station is also connected to the National Rail line, so if you'd like to explore cities across the UK during your weekends, this is ideal.
Things to do near Hoxton
One of the most popular things to see near urbanest Hoxton is the notorious Columbia Road Flower market, which is a 20 minute walk from your door. Here, you can spend a lazy Saturday taking in the floral sights or enjoying one of the many Hoxton cafés and eateries. If you're an art fan, why not venture to Whitechapel gallery? This is just 15 minutes via bus and boasts an eclectic range of artworks.</p>
Urbanest Hoxton Facilities
Finally, this London Met accommodation also boasts a range of rooms, including en-suite or large studio apartments. All London Met Students will have access to communal study areas within the building, as well as relaxation spaces such as gaming areas.


An EduBrisk Signature Workshop crafted and designed by team of Memory Experts, Knowledge Analyst, Educationist, Pedagogist and Neuroscientist.
EduBrisk SCOrE Workshop delves into the holistic improvement of a child through developing Learning Skills and thereby getting a GRIP on their Academic subjects. The workshop will focus on three aspects of developing Learning skills- Logic, Memory, and Concentration (LCM).
A crisp and short session spiced with experiential learning at Edappally.
Interactive learning session demonstrating techniques of learning... "Learn to Learn" at Gregorian Public School, Ernakulam.
Mr. Saiju Aravind,  Founder & CEO of EduBrisk, one of the eminent speakers at TiECON Kerala 2018.
Sri. Gokulam Gopalan, Management, Principals and Teachers of Sree Gokulam Group of Schools.
You taught your child to walk. You can teach your child to learn.
The EduBrisk video shows how parents, who teach basic skills to children, can also teach them the most fundamental skill of learning, to make them independent self-learners.
Mr Saiju Aravind has been awarded the "International Achiever's Conference Award" on the occassion of 9th summit at Bangkok from the former Deputy PrimeMinister of Thailand for the "Best Fastest Growing Company in India"
Implanting the seeds for future Civil Service prospects of St. Aloysius Higher Secondary School, Athirampuzha.
The EduBrisk CEO in animated discussion with the active participants in the course of a "Learn to Learn" session at the EduBrisk center.
Bishop Pereira Memorial school, founded in 1979 by Ms. Teresa Desmond to provide quality education, celebrated its fortieth anniversary. EduBrisk, knowledge partner to the school, congratulates the Founder and the Team at BPMS for serving the cause of education for four decades and more. "
12th January 2019 where our CEO Saiju Aravind spoke on the importance of 'Learning to Learn'.
A rewarding experience for the participants and the EduBrisk math team !! - Kinesthetic Math workshop at our center.
Enthusiastic students keenly responding to the instructions during a workshop at The Choice School, Kochi.
Mr. Saiju Aravind was one of the speakers at the 31st Principal's Conference of the CBSE Gulf Council, held in Bangalore from 2- 5 January 2019. As a prominent Educationist and Governor for Inclusive Education in a number of schools in the Middle East, Saiju reiterated the need to teach children how to 'Learn to Learn' and help them rekindle their thirst for learning and 'Celebrating Knowledge'.
An absorbing and fortifying workshop at our center.
EduBrisk is proud to be associated with The Oxford School in Dubai, part of the IQRA group of institutions, UAE. As part of the preparations for the school's upcoming KHDA inspections, EduBrisk is doing a teacher audit and relevant CDP sessions.
We are delighted to share some pictures from the icebreaker session where the focus was on 21st century teaching/learning practices and the 'Features of an Outstanding Lesson'.
Students of The Rajagiri School, Kalamassery attending an enlightening session of EduBrisk features by the CEO.
A brisk training armed with EduBrisk methods for the NWWA Quiz competition... At the NCS Kochi Campus.
Mr Saiju Aravind Speaking on the 6th edition of Kerala's largest Entrepreneurs Convention "TiEcon Kerala 2017" at Le Meridian Convention Centre Kochi, Kerala, India.