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Interview: K.D. Edwards, Author of The Tarot Sequence
Wherein Kristen does an interview, because she has all kinds of questions, and needs to KNOW THINGS!
Right, so, if you've looked at my blog or twitter for more than 5 seconds, you'll hardly be surprised that my first interview of all forevers is that of the author of one of my favorite books of all time.
I stumbled upon The Last Sun at my local library (books, check 'em out), and it caught my interest instantly entirely because of the cover (don't judge me… for uh… judging. It has a gorgeous cover). A quick skim of the blurb was all I needed to know that this book would be entirely up my alley. An urban fantasy based around the major arcana of the tarot? Uh, yes please, sign me all the way up for reading that. What basically followed was a bit of an obsession with this series and its characters. It's been awesome to see my friends read it too and get just as obsessed.
So, with the impending release of the sequel, The Hanged Man, I thought…. time for some answers to some of my own curiosities!
And I do need to give many, many thanks to K.D. Edwards for being my first ever blog-interviewee. ^_^
First of all, tell us a little about The Tarot Sequence for those not in the know. Book 2, The Hanged Man comes out soon. Are you… hanging in there (#sorrynotsorry)? Getting nervous? Super excited? Bit of both?
The TAROT SEQUENCE is set an an alternative modern world where Atlantis has always existed, and now thrives in a city on the island of Nantucket, off the coast of America. The powers in the city are based on the major arcana of the tarot deck, and the hero (and his lifelong bodyguard) is the last prince of the Sun Throne, one of those Arcana. These novels are the stories of their adventures.
I am….Er…Yeah. All of the above. A few readers got together and created a massive promotional effort on my behalf, which is flattering as hell, and has really, really engaged other readers in the lead-up to the launch date. A lot of people are interested in the story now, which is nerve-wracking. And they are people I've come to genuinely appreciate & like through social media, which means their opinions mean SO DAMN MUCH.
I really hope I got HANGED MAN right. It's my sophomore novel, and the second in the first trilogy, which means it's like the middle child of a middle child, in a way? Fortunately, a lot of really motivated readers have seen an early version, and feedback has been overwhelmingly kind.
There are lots of similarities between the tarot, and your world based on it. For example, The Tower card sometimes indicates the destruction of something giving the opportunity to rebuild. That Rune ends up with The Tower just as he had hit rock bottom seems either a hell of a coincidence or a remarkable bit of worldbuilding. Or that Lord Tower is credited with basically holding everything together to allow Atlantis to rebuild after the war. Have you always been interested in the tarot, or did the idea for the Tarot Sequence come first?
I've always been interested in the major arcana, more specifically — and how they are archetypes for the human condition. I've been obsessed with the Tower card longest: it's the card of deception and spies, and always indicates something big in a reading. (When I was in college, there was a famous story related to a local Maine psychic, who helped reveal the spy Aldirch Ames to his wife during a reading — it's a big cold war story. She did a reading for me once, too.) I can't promise that the incarnations I create are always true to the card, but I've tried to make sure the theme of the story is reflected in the card in some way — or it's reverse. I have a lot of plans in the future for the Devil, the Wheel of Fortune, and the Star….
That said, I'm still learning a lot about tarot decks. My readers, in particular, are really knowledgeable. I hope to create my own one day based on my series!
The city of New Atlantis is built of abandoned buildings, moved to the city by magic. Are you interested in architecture? What made you choose such specific buildings for the displaced city of New Atlantis? Do they require a lot of poking around to find?
I'm interested in ruins. I love, love websites that have to do with urban exploration and abandoned human ruins. I love photos of them. So much elegance and disrepair — and, a lot of times, so many dramatic stories tied to their past. You'd be surprised how many websites talk about this. Especially RECENT ruins. Ancient archeology requires a lot of supposition and research; but there's just as much excitement in abandoned Olympic Parks, or carnivals flooded after hurricanes, or old Cold War bunkers. What a setting for a story! And I have a city stitched together from them.
Addam fills his sigils by listening to music. What are some of the songs on his playlist? Are there different songs for different spells? Different genres for the type of spell?
I bet there are, though I've never dived into that. I've always imagined his taste in music heavily frozen in the 1990s. I can see him listening to SOUP DRAGONS, SPIN DOCTORS, HOOTIE AND THE BLOWFISH, NIRVANA, U2, OASIS….
That said, do sigils function as a physical tether for magical spells, or is it more of a focal point for energy to gather? Is it possible to use digital memory as physical space to store spells? For example: can spells be tethered to apps on a smart watch?
A focal point and storage decide both. While a sigil can be shaped as anything, it took a phenomenal amount of time to create one — hundreds of hours of effort by master magic-users. It's a dead art now, though. There are no computerized sigils, for instance — the ability to create them predates modern technology. That said…. who knows what the future holds?
Humans and Atlanteans have warred with each other in the past. How do humans see Atlanteans now, after everything that has happened? Are they reviled, feared, worshiped?
Humanity's perception of Atlanteans has improved tremendously thanks to the efforts of economic powerhouses like Lord Tower, Lord Magician, and Lord Chariot. It's rare for Atlantis to share its magic with the human world, with one pronounced exception: their portal magic. There are portals scattered about the human world, and New Atlantis serves as a transit hub. Lord Magician's magic, and Lord Chariot's logistics, have made this an exceptionally lucrative operation. And Lord Tower invests in the human world heavily — he's made an empire out of it.
But all of this is largely a smoke screen. The veneer is barely skin deep. Deep down, Arcana still run everything behind the scenes. They can be violent and lawless, and highly manipulative. And some of them have NOT adapted well to the modern world. If humans were aware of even a fraction of the things that Lord Hanged Man had done, they would turn on Atlantis in a heartbeat. It's a very, very precarious political & social balance — and one that I refer to heavily in HANGED MAN. To be honest, it's a huge part of Rune's own growth as a "young power". As he sees more and more of how Atlantis is really run, he'll find more and more occasions to break the status quo.
Do the USA take responsibility for New Atlantis, so to speak, since they are so close, or wash their hands of them completely? Meaning, if another country or countries tried to wage war (however ill advised that'd be), would the USA join the Atlanteans to try and avoid collateral damage to US soil, given the proximity, or would they be more likely to join forces with the attackers? Or, be Neutral? How about vice versa? Would they aid the US if it was invaded?
No — there was a treaty that ceded the land to Atlantis, but only after Atlanteans secretly bought up nearly all of the property on the once-wealthy little Massachusetts island. But America hasn't washed their hands of New Atlantis entirely. They keep a close eye on the island. As powerful as Arcana are, they wouldn't be able to stand up to the entire human world, if the human world turned hand against them.
I will say this: the way New Atlantis interacts with humanity will be a pivotal part of the second and third trilogy.
You've said you're planning 9 books in The Tarot Sequence in 3 cycles: If you were to give a general, non-spoilery theme to each arc of the whole story, what would it be?
I can do that! In the first novel, THE LAST SUN, I hint to the reader that Rune is not always a reliable narrator. Something happened the night his court fell, and he's keeping it from everyone. The first trilogy involves that secret — and it will ALL come to a head in TAROT 3.
The second trilogy involves the secrets that have always been kept by Rune. Who really destroyed his home? What are their plans for the city? This is the trilogy where Rune operates on a city-wide scale.
The final trilogy is all endgame. Nothing left off the table. The role that Atlantis plays in the human world; the remains of old Atlantis…. Everything is important.
Welp. I don't know about you guys, but now I need every book in this series in my eyeholes right this second.
Thank you again so much to K.D. Edwards for giving me all of the answers I could hope for.
Also, good to know that Addam and I have pretty much the same playlist. ^_^
You should definitely get your hands on a copy of The Last Sun if you haven't already! The Hanged Man releases on December 17th, 2019 (which is almost now, but there's still time to preorder!)
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K.D. Edwards lives and writes in North Carolina but has spent time in Massachusetts, Maine, Colorado, New Hampshire, Montana, and Washington State. (Common theme until North Carolina: Snow. So, so much snow.) Mercifully short careers in food service, interactive television, corporate banking, retail management, and bariatric furniture have led to a much less short career in higher education, currently for the University of North Carolina system.
You can find him on twitter – @KDEdwards_NC
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#AudioBookBlogTour "After the Fall" by Brad Graber
November 10, 2019 November 8, 2019 ~ Felicia Denise
Author: Brad Graber
Narrator: Kebba Button
Publisher: Dark Victory Press
Released: Aug. 21, 2019
Genre: Young Adult Fiction; LGBTQ
Rikki, a teenager being raised by her grandmother in Queens, has a secret. She can't remember her mother. Whenever Rikki asks her grandmother about her mother's death, the older woman refuses to answer. Desperate to learn the truth, Rikki finds a hidden album with family photographs. Can the boy in the picture with her mother be a long lost uncle? Determined to unlock the mystery, she embarks on a journey to meet Harry, a writer who is struggling with his own issues of identity.
From the award-winning writer of The Intersect comes After the Fall, a fast-paced, engaging listen, with twists and turns that will surely surprise. After the Fall: an emotional roller-coaster of a mystery packed with personality and charm. Once you start the journey you won't be able to turn back.
Brad Graber writes novels because he grew up in a family where no one ever listened to him – so he made up stories about them.
After the Fall, released in May 2018, is Brad's second novel. The story follows Rikki, a teenager being raised by her grandmother in NYC, who goes on a journey to learn the truth about her family. Eventually, she crosses paths with Harry, a writer in Phoenix, who is struggling with his own issues of identity. Brad's debut novel The Intersect, released in 2016, tells the tale of strangers reaching out and finding love, friendship, and lasting connection in Phoenix. Both novels have won multiple awards and garnered rave reviews. Brad also writes a humorous blog on the human condition: There, I Said It!
Born and raised in New York City, Brad obtained a B.A. in Biology from the State University of New York at Buffalo and an M.H.A. from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. A former healthcare executive, Brad has held a number of management positions and has been a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and a Certified Medical Executive through Medical Group Management Association. Though he no longer works in healthcare, he continues to volunteer with local non-profits.
Brad has lived in Highland Park, a suburb of Chicago; West Bloomfield, a suburb of Detroit; and Mill Valley, a suburb of San Francisco. He currently resides in Phoenix with his husband Jeff.
Kebba Buckley Button has a passion for helping people find vitality and inner peace. Kebba teaches practical, memorable techniques for satisfied living. She emphasizes oriental and yogic philosophy, NLP, and energy balancing in addition to standard Western models and modalities. She is also a major advocate of both chocolate and coffee. Kebba has a holistic healing practice, speaks and writes award-winning books in addition to being an audiobook narrator.
CHARACTERS OF AFTER THE FALL
Rikki Goldenbaum
Rikki is a fifteen year-old high school sophomore who is being raised by her grandmother, Rita, in New York City. She's fashioned herself to look like Darlene Conner from the television show Roseanne. Rikki considers herself a Midwesterner after being raised in Birmingham, Michigan. She's awkward and shy, and despite a psychiatric hospitalization, still can't remember any details of her mother or her death. The doctors have assured Rikki that her memory will slowly return, but after four years, Rikki is now desperate to remember.
Rita Goldenbaum
Rita is Rikki's 75-year old grandmother. Bold and brash, her red hair and red finger nails hint at the edgy nature of Rita's character. She's very protective of her granddaughter though she prefers that Rikki call her Rita. She struggles with her raising Rikki in light of her past failings as a mother. But she loves her granddaughter deeply – and stonewalls Rikki about the family. She is afraid what will happen if Rikki's memory returns.
Barbra Winer
Barbra is Rikki's best friend. She lives in Rikki's building with her father and the step-mother who she bitterly resents. She has transformed herself from dorky into an Amy Winehouse look-alike. She distrusts the adults in her life.
Barney Appleton
Barney is the attractive boy in high school who has captured the attention of both Rikki and Barbra. He's shy and withdrawn, which they at first mistake for being aloof. But Barney is being raised in a foster home after a history of physical abuse.
Evelyn Sherman
Evelyn is the Michigan neighbor who looked after Rikki as a child when her mother worked. Evelyn adores Rikki and though she has tried to stay connected, Rikki has never seen her letters or been allowed to take her phone calls.
Harry Aldon
Harry is a successful mystery writer in his mid-fifties who lives in Phoenix with his wire-hair fox terrier, Beetle. Harry has a fairly solitary existence, writing during the day while maintaining an ongoing inner dialogue with a lost lover. Beetle is the central figure in Harry's life. His energy and focus are on his very senior dog.
Edward Heaton
Edward, is Harry's New York City editor, who keeps Harry on pace with the development of his novels.
Lil Turner
Lil is the yoga instructor who lives down the street from Harry. She is vivacious, extremely attractive, and doesn't listen very well. She has set her sights on Harry and is determined to bed him.
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Taiwan's missile development institute has come in for criticism after it sent a measurement device used for antiship missile production out for repairs – and it ended up in mainland China.
Taiwan's National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) designs and builds the nation's antiship missiles, including the heavyweight Hsiung-Feng III (Brave Wind III). This supersonic missile is land- and naval-target capable, and it delivers a 500-pound armor-piercing warhead out to a range of 250 miles – an adequate distance for covering the width and length of the Taiwan Strait. The missile is a key element of Taiwan's plans for defending against a Chinese invasion, and the institute is building 70 units a year to equip mobile launchers Taiwan's naval vessels.
On its production line for the Hsiung-Feng III, the NCSIST uses a precision theodolite to take measurements of the missile, the launcher and other elements related to missile setup and testing. The device of choice is built by a Swiss manufacturer and is commonly employed in aerospace, shipbuilding and other manufacturing industries for the precise measurement of large objects.
NCSIST purchased two theodolites in 2021. While the units were still under warranty, the institute decided to send them back to the Taiwanese distributor for factory service. The data cards containing measurement information were removed, and the equipment was shipped to Switzerland for repairs. The theodolites came back in good working order some months later.
However, the device's repairs were actually carried out somewhere else – a regional service hub in Qingdao, China. When the delivery of two antiship missile test instruments to the mainland was discovered, it came as unwelcome news for Taiwanese security officials: any accidental release of data on the Hsiung-Feng III's systems and capabilities could allow China to engineer better defenses.
"Taiwan must be more strict and careful in its contract management," Dr. Su Tzu-yun of Taiwan's Institute of Defense Security Research told the BBC. "Of course we would not want such equipment to be sent to China for repair."
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FACTORS AFFECTING THE PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS IN WEST AFRICAN EXAMINATION COUNCIL (WAEC)
September 8, 2017 admin Education 0
of WAEC
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The Purpose of
REVIEW OF RELATED
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Procedure for Data Collection
DATA ANALYSIS AND
This is a research that cantered on
factors affecting the performance of students generally in the West Africa
Examination Council which has become a great concern to various stakeholders in
the educational sector, most especially in Nigeria. The researcher argued that
poor performance of students in WAEC could be traced to several factors that
can be compartmentalized into the domains of parents, students, teachers,
schools, the language of instruction, government and the society among others.
In other words, the causes of poor performance of students in WAEC are
multi-dimensional in nature. The researcher concluded that poor performance of
students in WAEC constitutes wastage on investment in secondary education. The
researcher recommended that since academic performance is a virile instrument
to the national development of any nation; all concerned stakeholders must be
responsive to their roles in order to restore hope to the current grotesque
academic performance of students in WAEC in Ilaje Local government area of Ondo
state, Nigeria.
The West African Examinations Council
(WAEC) is an examination board formed out of concern for educational
development in Nigeria and West Africa at large. Ambali S. (2003) noted that
the council has developed a team of well trained and highly-motivated staff
that conducts examinations at local and international levels. In 1948, a
meeting was held to discuss the future policy of education in West Africa; at
the meeting Dr. George Barker Jeffery was appointed to visit some West Africa
countries such as Sierra Leone, Gambia and Nigeria; at the end of the visit,
Jeffery's recommendation for the establishment of WAEC in1952 was adopted WAEC
(2007). Pathetically, shameful failure in students' academic performance in
Nigeria is no longer news in the recent years. This axiomatically noted in the
public's unhappiness which becomes more prominent following the annual release
of the West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination results, since the
student outcomes do not match the government and parental investments both at
the senior secondary schools and tertiary institutions. The situation is so
pathetic that stakeholders keep on wondering why this level of education has
persistently failed to meet them earnings and aspirations of the society. Apart
from the fact that the Poor performance of students in public examinations
constitutes wastage on investment in secondary education, it puts a big
question mark on the quality of secondary education in the country. Each time
the results of students in Senior school Certificate Examination (SSCE) are
released, it has been a tale of woes and national embarrassment.
However, stakeholders have continued to
trade blames on the causes of poor academic performance of students in public
examinations. Some people shifted the blame on government, some on parents,
some on society and students themselves with the teachers having lion share of
the blame. As accusations and counter-accusations on who to blame on the
performance of students will persist, the fact remains that all the
stakeholders have roles to play in solving the problem of abysmal failure of
students in public examinations. Nevertheless, there is need to identify the
major factors of the problem with a view to providing lasting solutions. It is
against this backdrop that this study investigated the performance of students
in WAEC from the perspective of the teachers who appear to have the lion share
of the blame.
Brief history of WAEC
1948, the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate and the
University of London School Examinations Matriculation Council discussed with
the West African Departments of Education the future policy of school
examinations as would be best suited to the needs of West Africa.
Following this discussion, the late Dr. G. B. Jeffery, F.R.S., Director of the
University of London's Institute of Education, was invited in October 1949 by
the British Secretary of State for the Colonies to visit West Africa to study
and advise on a "proposal that there should be instituted a WEST AFRICAN
SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL".
After a three-month visit to
West Africa, touring The Gambia, Sierra Leone, Ghana (then called The Gold
Coast) and Nigeria from December 1949 to March 1950, Dr. Jeffery submitted a
report (since known as the Jeffery Report) strongly supporting the proposal for
a WEST AFRICAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL and making detailed recommendations on the
composition and duties of the Council. The four West African governments
adopted and published the report in late March 1950, without reservation and an
ordinance establishing the Council as a corporate body was drafted by the West
African Inter-Territorial Secretariat in consultation with the governments.
Lagos, in 1953, the Government of Nigeria also made available a large block of
offices at the Technical Institute, Yaba, which became the seat of the Deputy
Registrar. In Sierra Leone and The Gambia, the Council, in the meantime,
worked through the Department of Education.
An office was opened in Freetown in 1958, the year in which the Council's
London Office was also opened. The national office of the Council in The
Gambia was opened in Banjul (then Bathurst) in January 1973.
The first meeting of the Council
took place in Accra from 24th to 27th of March, 1953. It was attended by
three nominees of the Secretary of State, namely the Chairman of the Council,
Mr. A. N. Galsworthy; Chief Secretary of the West African Inter-Territorial
Secretariat, Dr. G. B. Jeffery (representing the University of London); and Mr.
J. L. Brereton, Secretary of the Cambridge Syndicate (representing the
University of Cambridge).
March 2002, the Council celebrated its 50th anniversary in Abuja, Nigeria, with
the theme 'WAEC: 50 Years of Excellence'. The highlight of the celebration was
the launching of a book on the history of the Council- The West African
Examinations Council (1952-2002): Half a Century of Commitment to Excellence
and Regional Cooperation
Statement of Problem
The ultimate aim of education is to provide knowledge to
the world. In an effort to achieve this, knowledge has been divided into a
system of studies called syllabus with contains all elements of the each
Schooling in developing countries like Nigeria can be
tedious and difficult. Imagine where schooling takes place under conditions
that are very different from those in developed countries. Students are likely
to attend schools that are poorly constructed and under miserable equipment
like no windows or doors, no place for student to sit but cracked cemented
dirty floor, some times teaching and learning takes place under the trees with
very bad chalkboard, that students can hardly see what is written on the board
The curriculum is poorly designed, learning environment
typically has few resources and class rooms would have students to accommodate,
many of whom are chronically undernourished, parasite ridden and hungry. The
job of educating these students is significantly more difficult, with the use
of inexperienced, untrained and unqualified teachers in the teaching of the
subjects in our different schools can be discouraging, teachers who are not
masters in the subject, they tend not to motivate the student in to seeing the
importance and wonders they are to see and gain in the knowledge of subjects,
thereby making students take to play rather than studying.
Teachers neglect the use of instructional materials in the
teaching and learning of subjects. They engage themselves with chalk and talk
method of teaching, which lives the students with little or no understanding.
The Purpose of the Study
The main purpose of this
study is to determine the factors affecting performance of students in WAEC
over period of years.
To investigate whether there
is fall in the level of performance of students (quantitatively) in WAEC over a
period of year in Ilaje local government Area of Ondo State.
To show the frequency of performance of students in WAEC
over period of years and also to determine those who are
responsible for the poor academic performance of students in West African
Examinations Council (WAEC).
What is the performance of
students in WAEC in Ilaje local government area of Ondo state over a period of
year?
What is the trend of performance of
students in West African Examinations Council
(WAEC) over period of years?
Are the numbers of those
passing WAEC between the years of study higher than those failing?
Who are responsible for the poor
academic performance of students in West African Examinations Council (WAEC)?
There is a significant
difference in performance of students in WAEC over a period of year.
There is no significant
difference in trend of performance of students in (WAEC) over a
period of year.
There is significance
difference between factors responsible for the students' performance
in West African Examinations Council
Significance of the Study
research study will be of great help to students, teachers, curriculum planners
and the society at large in the following ways;
findings of this research will help students who are directly concerned to
appreciate the each subject, encouraging them to put more effort in the study
since it is inevitable. This research study will expose the importance of the
each subjects, it wonders and the fun and happiness it gives, making them
understand that each subject is an easy subject so as to remove every negative
sentiments, attitudes and fear students have towards their study.
This research will expose areas the teachers
need to put more efforts in the teaching. It will further help teachers in
employing better techniques and methods of teaching to the best understanding
of the students.
study will be of immense help to the prospective and present curriculum
planners. It will enlighten and widen their knowledge towards making an
effective curriculum that will be better understood by the teacher who is to
implement it, to achieve its objectives.
research study is an eye opener to the general public in making people see the
importance of study and it's usefulness in day-to-day activities and the
indispensable contribution of study in nation building.
Factor:
one of the elements contributing to
a particular result or situation, or a
fact that influences
of something
School: A school is an institution
designed for the teaching of students (or "students") under the direction of
Academic performance – Knowledge attained or skills
developed in school subjects by test scores.
Secondary school- is a term used to describe an
educational institution where the second stage of schooling, known as secondary
education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place.
WAEC:
means West Africa Examination Council
FACTORS INFLUENCING TEACHERS EFFECTIVENESS IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN NIGERIA.
FACTORS MILITATING AGAINST THE EFFECTIVE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF COMPUTER STUDIES EDUCATION IN NIGERIAN SCHOOLS.


All of my life I have lived by the ocean. I have been a surfer, a sailor, a swimmer. Salt water has been my constant. But my relationship with the ocean has changed profoundly while making the film Blue.
I chose to tell the ocean's story through every-day people who aren't celebrities or recognized scientists – those who aren't resourced with million dollar yachts or cutting edge technology. But those whose commonality is that they are passionate about saving the ocean and are doing something about it. In them, we see the people we strive to be. They represent the best part of ourselves and remind us to live as that better person is entirely achievable.
To my mind, watching Blue is like diving. It is a descent into the unknown. And it does become darker the deeper you go. But we return to the surface, with hope and where it is light. And that first breath we take at the end of the film feels restorative.
There is no time more urgent than the present to protect the natural systems that sustain us. Already the film has inspired a global ocean guardian movement, showing us change is possible if we all work together. Blue is a film I urge you all to engage with and share what you learn with your friends and family. It's more than mere storytelling for film's sake. It's about engaging with the future of our planet and our own fate.


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Ledisi Explains Why She Needs To Connect With The World Through Her Music
Written by Sonya Eskridge
Ledisi doesn't want to just deliver a song when she performs, she wants to give music lovers something that will leave an impression on their souls.
"I always feel like songs should tell a story. And if they don't it's not really a song," Ledisi explained. "I'm a singer. I'm a storyteller, and I love emotional singing. It feels good on me."
She added "I think my audience needs that. They look for that from me."
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(Bloomberg) — The private equity owners of Genesys have selected underwriters for an initial public offering that could value the call-center technology provider at more than $30 billion, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
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Permira and Hellman & Friedman are working with Goldman Sachs Group Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Morgan Stanley, among other underwriters for a U.S. listing of the company this year, said the people, who asked not to be identified because they weren't authorized to speak publicly.
A final decision hasn't been made and the company's owners could elect for the company to remain private or pursue other options.
Representatives for Permira and Hellman declined to comment, as did those for Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley. A spokesperson for Genesys, based in Daly City, California, couldn't be reached for comment.
December Valuation
The company was valued at $21 billion in a funding round last month led by Salesforce Ventures. ServiceNow Ventures and Zoom Video Communications Inc., also backed it along with BlackRock Inc. and D1 Capital Partners. Its owners have been weighing an IPO since last year, Bloomberg News previously reported.
Genesys helps retailers, software firms and other companies offer their customers a wide variety of call-center services, from software that handles phone and online inquiries to chatbots that run on artificial intelligence. It has worked with companies including Microsoft Corp. and PayPal Holdings Inc., according to its website.
It's run by Chief Executive Officer Tony Bates, a technology veteran who previously worked at companies including GoPro Inc., Skype Technologies SA and Cisco Systems Inc.
Permira acquired Genesys in 2012 from Alcatel-Lucent in a deal that valued the company at $1.5 billion, according to a statement at the time. Hellman invested $900 million at a valuation of $3.8 billion in 2016.
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Leader, I bless you with a deep experience of God's abundant nature – He even thinks extravagant thoughts about those who believe in Him. I bless you with His generous heart focused on you. God did not just like the fact that Abram believed in Him, giving him a thumbs-up for a job well done; He raised the bar of His regard and awarded Abram a title that would remain his throughout all eternity. He saw Abram as being in right-standing with God and, without Abram having to work for it or in any material way deserve it, He set His cosmic plan in motion with a promise to Abram of an inheritance that would change the course of the world and herald in His salvation of all those who, like Abram, believe in Him. I bless you with believing in God and with seeing His limitless regard and plans for you come to fruition. I bless you with enjoying this journey and being attentive to the fingerprints of your Creator in every area of your life.
1 Corinthians 2:9 "But as it is written: 'Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him.'" Isaiah 64:4 "For since the beginning of the world men have not heard nor perceived by the ear, nor has the eye seen any God besides You, who acts for the one who waits for Him.


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Why Vonderrit Myers matters
The following piece is from MSNBC. It was written by Trymaine Lee.
By: Trymaine Lee
Vonderrit Myers is no Michael Brown. Myers, the black 18-year old shot and killed by a St. Louis police officer last week, is also no Trayvon Martin or Jordan Davis or any of the others on a growing list of slain unarmed black men who have invigorated a new generation's fight for racial justice.
But Myers doesn't have to be.
Unlike Brown and others who were clearly unarmed during their fatal confrontations with white antagonists, police say Myers shot first, and the officer he shot at returned fire and killed the teen. Lab results found Myers had gun powder residue on his right hand at the time of his death. He was also facing trial on earlier gun charges and was wearing an ankle bracelet as a condition of his bond in that case.
Myers at 16 was arrested for another shooting but was never charged. And photographs have gone viral on social media showing him posing with guns just days before his death.
Myers, in other words, may not be the model victim in the ongoing story of police brutality and white violence against young black men. But his death nonetheless has sparked an important wave in the burgeoning movement built around the notion that black lives matter. All black lives – not just those that draw the most public sympathy.
"Vonderitt Myers matters because we are still talking about a fundamental question of the value of black children and the value of black life," said Brittany Packnett, head of Teach for America in St. Louis. "The circumstances may be different, but there's the recognition that if we don't come out early and often to demand justice for African-American children, quite often it doesn't come."
"He has no incentive to engage the police in a shooting"
Brown's death in Ferguson on August 9 sparked weeks of rage and protest, in large part because he was unarmed and witnesses say had raised his hands in surrender when he was fatally struck.
Myers's family insists that he too was unarmed when he was shot on October 8, packing little more than a sandwich at the time. They remember Myers as a beloved teenager who had hopes of getting his life back on track.
Protesters took to the St. Louis streets in the hours and days after Myers's shooting, just as they had a dozen miles away in Ferguson. They marched and chanted. There were showdowns with police and some burned American flags. The unrest became something of a parallel protest to what had happened to Brown.
Myers's family and their supporters say they don't trust the police. They've poked holes in the police account of how the teen was killed and have highlighted over and again how often that account has changed.
"A lot of people believe St. Louis police compromised this case by doing things that I hate to think they could have done in this situation," said Jermaine Wooten, an attorney for Myers' family.
Brown's killing was highly symbolic, another name on the tragic roll call of unarmed black men gunned down by white men and cops. The list includes Sean Bell, killed the morning of his wedding in Queens, New York in 2006; Oscar Grant, shot by a transit cop on an Oakland, California subway platform in 2009; Trayvon Martin, shot to death by neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman in Florida in 2012; and Jordan Davis, gunned down by motorist Michael Dunn in 2012 in a scuffle over loud music.
Brown's killing was also among a string of similar cases across America this summer, where cops killed unarmed black men under mysterious circumstances.
They include Eric Garner in Staten Island, New York on July 17, killed in a police chokehold after being confronted over selling untaxed cigarettes; John Crawford in Beavercreek, Ohio on August 5, shot down by police at a Walmart as he talked on his cell phone and toyed with a plastic gun he'd picked up off a shelf in the toy department; and Ezell Ford in Los Angeles on August 11, felled by police bullets after they stopped him on a sidewalk, at which point they say he made "suspicious movements" before attempting to take an officer's gun.
The protests sparked by Brown's killing only grew more emboldened by what happened to Myers weeks later. But while Brown's killing fits a much neater narrative, with multiple eyewitness accounts and forensic evidence, the Myers case is murky.
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BUHARI IS CONTROLLING HIS GOVERNMENT; SAID, PRESIDENCY
Published by Olamide on July 20th, 2020.
The Presidency has lashed out at influencers and celebrated columinists over some opinion articles and critical newspaper editorials which insinuated that President Buhari is not in control of his administration.
In a statement disclosed by the President's Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity Garba Shehu, the presidency insisted that the fact that the President did not cover up any of the alleged acts of graft showed the anti-graft war was on course.
He noted that though Nigerians are bound to hold divergent opinions on corruption in agencies such as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), many of the comments were "disguised as objective criticisms but are merely speaking the language of the opposition – the people who ruined the country during their 16 years of corruption on an industrial scale".
The presidency said;
"As many detractors have done lately, these 'influencers', 'celebrated columnists' and 'editorial comments' do no more than endorse the opposition's utterly wrong and fallacious position that the President is not in charge of his government.
"Sometimes, we are forced to wonder whether some writers are mindful of the implication of words for the strategic and territorial interests of the nation.
"The fact that these baseless and appallingly mischievous attacks can freely be aired is itself evidence of the right to freedom of expression prevailing in the country today.
"The government was the first to point out the obvious embarrassment that potential acts of wrongdoing by the EFCC leadership would cause the administration.
"The question to ask is: did they expect the President to draw a curtain over these suspected scandals by not ordering audits and investigations? And for them to turn around to accuse him of a cover-up?
"To cover up and not order audits and investigations as the President did would amount to a historic betrayal of the mandate and the faith placed in him by Nigerians.
"President Buhari's integrity, uprightness and probity are intact and well known. Let us remind these so-called editorial writers that ECOWAS, Africa Union and the international community at large recognised President Buhari as Champion of the Anti-Corruption Fight in Africa.
"Nigerians are convinced that he is honest. They voted for him as President against the background of corruption, public policy paralysis and growing menace of terrorists threatening to take over a sizable portion of the nation's territory.
"In his five years in office, there is not a single charge of corruption against his person.
"As the leader of the country, President Buhari fully understands and bears the full weight of the solemn oaths he swore to defend the nation's constitution, its citizens and territory.
"Disinformation is not a viable option for opposition. The Buhari government has done nothing to warrant these criticisms. "
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Another rant about music, production and business?
Why I finally decided to start another blog about music, production, studio work and music business.
I've been asked one too many times, why I don't start a blog where I write about my production techniques or give tips and write about what's happening in a composers life. And to be honest I didn't think there's so much I can tell, maybe apart from the odd rant about the music business or make lists of favorite plugins, albums, artists… Also I'm (still) not sure if I can teach others anything new. So I was reluctant for a long time.
But recently more people come up to me and ask about production advice or just would like to see how I do certain things in the studio. And I guess sometimes it might really be interesting – just like I want to see how others work or achieve a certain sound or effect (admittedly it's more interesting to see how Hans Zimmer or any other big name works, but maybe it's not all boring stuff I will post).
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Students are gearing up to head back to school. Many of them are making that giant leap from high school to university.
As a way of making this transition a little easier, members of the St. Thomas community have spent the summer preparing a rocking week of orientation events to welcome our new students.
The theme for this year's welcome week is 'STU Hero' which was originally styled after the popular game, Guitar Hero.
But welcome week chair Andrew Lockhart says the idea has taken on a whole new identity.
"I thought was interesting but then I noticed you could stretch it to the music genre, and rock and roll in general. And then Andrew Titus took it and he's going to turn it into students becoming heroes as they leave the room at Titusfair. They'll get the chance to be turned into heroes. They're going to wash away their past and be welcomed to the new university life" he said.
Lockhart thinks welcome week is a great opportunity for new students to open up and embrace their new community. For him, it's about coming out of your shell, making friends and finding your place at STU.
Lockhart and his dedicated team of organizers and leaders will keep the new recruits busy all week with events like a corn boil with UNB frosh, lazer tag and bowling at Kingswood, a hypnotist, and a concert this Saturday featuring Two Hours Traffic.
Lockhart says there has been a good turnout of students for events so far. He says he doesn't want students to feel pressured to come out to events, but instead to feel encouraged to come out and have fun.
Chris Fournier is a new student. He is at STU to get his bachelor of arts, which he then hopes to put toward an education degree. But he's not just looking forward to the education he'll receive here, but for the friendships and the campus life.
Many new students like Fournier are very excited about the events that await them this week.


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Reuters Aims 'Live Stream' Video Service At News Site Partners
David Kaplan May 4, 2011 - 9:00 AM CDT
Reuters (NYSE: TRI) is officially launching an online service offering live video access to breaking and scheduled news events to outside publishers as it attempts to challenge the Associated Press and burnish its profile as more than provider and financial news and data.
The service, dubbed Live Stream, has been tested with launch partners The Tribune Company and Australia's Fairfax Media. It got its big debut last week when the NYTimes.com (NYSE: NYT) made use of the live video from the Royal Wedding in the UK, even though the New York Times has not officially signed on as a regular client. (Though the NYT is considering doing so, one source told paidContent.)
For the past few years, Reuters has been working to build up its multimedia offerings on both the general news and financial professional sides. Video has played a big part in that.
Most recently, the company a deal to distribute paparazzi-style video site Hollywood.TV's content to its clients. Before that, for the more professional, not-necessarily-financial market oriented users, Reuters introduced a Rocketboom-like video series.
And to make sure that it hasn't forgotten its roots, a year ago, Reuters unveiled "Insider," a VOD platform intended only for investor-audience subscribers.
"We don't have a one size fits all model," said Chris Ahearn, president of media, Thomson Reuters. "Most of our clients have different needs. They are thinking about their web presence in a different way, and video is a big part of that. But unlike broadcast operations, they don't have video from around the world that's easily accessible. It's something we're making widely available. I think it's fair to say the US market has been dominated by one provider for a number of years and our clients have said, they want additional services and more content and more flexibility."
That other "provider" Ahearn was referring to is the AP, which has found itself increasingly challenged not only by Reuters, but by Bloomberg as well. To beat back those threats and maintain its position among newspaper and other outlets, the AP has also moved aggressively into video and multimedia.
Among the services the AP has offered in recent years is AP Live, a packaged player offered to websites that's themed to major events, such as the Oscars, Fashion Week, the royal wedding. It's also overhauled its video production in HD, to make it more attractive to TV networks. For years, the AP online video news service has been embedded in hundreds of newspapers' and other members' websites as part of the Online Video Network, which completed a switch to a new platform at the end of March.
As for Reuters, it's planning still more video offerings over the next few months.
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Budgetary bias in the Finnish public hospital system
Alpo Karila, Jarmo Vakkuri and Juhani Lehto
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the dynamics of budgetary biasing in the context of public hospitals.
The study applies theories of accounting and budgeting behaviors in the specific institutional context of health care systems. Based on the theoretical framework, data from interviews with hospital budget officers were analyzed using qualitative content analysis.
A typology of biases is provided. It proved to be useful and highlighted the central empirical assumptions and preliminary results of biasing dynamics.
Understanding the logic of budgeting actors and the drivers of bias may help explain why bias so often appears in health care budgeting. It further contributes to understanding whether the bias is functional or dysfunctional.
The concepts of budgetary bias are rarely used in the context of health care budgeting, so the study fills a gap in research knowledge.
International Journal of Public Sector Management, vol. 33 no. 4
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPSM-07-2019-0184
Typology of biases
Budgetary bias
Public hospital system
Budget actors and budget community
Doctor‐managers as decision makers in hospitals and health centres
Viitanen Elina, Lehto Juhani, Tampsi‐Jarvala Tiina, Mattila Kari, Virjo Irma, Isokoski Mauri, Hyppölä Harri, Kumpusalo Esko, Halila Hannu, Kujala Santero and Vänskä Jukka
This paper describes factors influencing doctor‐managers' decision making in specialised health care, health centres and at different levels of management.
Data were collected as part of a survey on physicians graduating in 1977‐1991 as drawn from the register of the Finnish Medical Association. The study sample was formed by selecting all physicians born on odd days (n=4,144) from the baseline group (n=8,232). The category of doctor‐managers comprised physicians reporting as their main occupation: principal or assistant principal physician of hospital, medical director or principal physician of health centre, senior ward physician of hospital, and health centre physician in charge of a population area.
Independent of gender, all doctor‐managers responding to the survey reported that the most important base for decision making was personal professional experience. Position in organisation (first‐line manager, principal physician) had no impact on the base of decision making. Doctor‐managers in primary health care utilised knowledge on norms and knowledge available from their organisation in support of their decision making to a greater degree compared with doctor‐managers in specialised health care.
Research implications
Evolution discourse from public administration is not yet receiving much response in Finnish doctor‐managers' activities, instead, they still act as clinicians.
Facing the growing challenges of the future, the paper shows that doctor‐managers should reconstruct their orientation and to act more like managers.
Journal of Health Organization and Management, vol. 20 no. 2
Betting on a different horse: a qualitative analysis of mental health in health promotion policies
Pia Solin and Juhani Lehto
The aim of this study is to analyse the position and role of mental health in health promotion policy. Policy documents from Finland, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands…
The aim of this study is to analyse the position and role of mental health in health promotion policy. Policy documents from Finland, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, England and Portugal indicate that, although mental health is considered a serious issue, it is problematic in policy terms. A range of arguments are put forward, making the case for the importance of mental health within the health promotion agenda, including the classification of mental illness as a public health problem, socio‐economic and individual costs of mental health problems and the view that mental well‐being is a crucial element of overall health. However problems of definition, measurement and a traditional focus on treatment and care continue to make mental health promotion problematic for policy makers.
Journal of Public Mental Health, vol. 3 no. 3
Integrating public and private home care services: the Kotitori model in Tampere, Finland
Liina‐Kaisa Tynkkynen, Kari Hakari, Timo Koistinen, Juhani Lehto and Sari Miettinen
This case study aims to introduce a novel home care service integrator model called "Kotitori". In the model the City contracts with a private provider, which, in turn…
This case study aims to introduce a novel home care service integrator model called "Kotitori". In the model the City contracts with a private provider, which, in turn, works with public, private, and third sector providers in order to meet the customer needs in a personalised way.
The case study draws from key policy documents and stakeholder interviews.
The study introduces a unique form of public‐private partnership in Finland, and describes the basic elements of Kotitori, the development process of the model, and the model's distinctive features compared to more traditional ways of home care service delivery.
The Kotitori model is still in its early stages of implementation and reliable data on performance are limited.
The transferability potential of the Kotitori model is good both nationally and internationally. The model is potentially beneficial for countries with an interest in developing integrated care in general, as it reflects a form of "accountable care organisation".
This is the first study describing the Kotitori model for an international audience.
Journal of Integrated Care, vol. 20 no. 5
Public‐private partnership
Broker organization
Accountable care organization
Targeting suicide ‐ qualitative analysis of suicide prevention strategy documents in England and Finland
Pia Solin and Pirjo Nikander
Suicide as a stigmatising issue presents a huge challenge for prevention policy. Also, policy itself is often difficult to turn into action. This research describes the…
Suicide as a stigmatising issue presents a huge challenge for prevention policy. Also, policy itself is often difficult to turn into action. This research describes the interpretative repertoires found in the suicide prevention strategies of England and Finland, and explores their potential functions and audiences. It was found that the political repertoire was formed from four sub‐repertoires: the public health epidemiology, the everyday, the preventive action and the reflective repertoires. This paper discusses the polyphonic and multilayered nature of these policy documents and how different repertoires may be used for various functions. The polyphonic nature of policy documents is necessary to reach a wide readership and to capture suicide as a controversial phenomenon. However, the downside is that the argumentative style may also undermine some of the measures and actions recommended.
Mental Health Review Journal, vol. 16 no. 1
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5042/mhrj.2011.0175
Mental health policy
Qualitative content analysis
Interpretative repertoire analysis
Knowledge sources affecting decision‐making among social and health care managers
Outi Simonen, Elina Viitanen, Juhani Lehto and Anna‐Maija Koivisto
The purpose of this paper is to investigate how managers in social and health care evaluate the knowledge sources affecting their decision‐making, and how the evaluations…
The purpose of this paper is to investigate how managers in social and health care evaluate the knowledge sources affecting their decision‐making, and how the evaluations were associated with the managers' professional background, activity sector, gender, age and management experience.
The study data are gathered from a questionnaire survey to the middle‐line doctor, nurse and social managers (n=404) within the responsibility area of a Finnish university hospital. Assessed the proportions of individual knowledge sources in the complete data set and their associations with the subjects' background data. In addition, grouping of individual knowledge sources variables are made using factor analysis.
The findings indicate that social and health care managers attempt to utilize diverse knowledge sources. Overall, professional experience and education, organization budget, and action plans of one's own unit are estimated as knowledge sources with the greatest impact. Manager's professional background and activity sector are associated with the kind of knowledge affecting their decision‐making. Some differences are noted between genders, but differences with respect to age or management experience are non‐significant.
Social and health care organizations represent expert organizations where decision‐making is steered by professions and management tasks.
This paper suggests that the future decision‐makers will be required to identify versatile knowledge areas across cultural barriers, and to be capable of making comprehensive decisions affecting the entire organization.


Photographer Reed Carlson presents "Wrapped in Light", a solo exhibition at the Archibald James tasting room in Leavenworth, WA. Join us for the artist's reception, February 8th from 5-7pm.
Archibald James is proud to exhibit the work of local artists in our Leavenworth tasting room. Reed's photographs will remain on display through the end of February.
"Reed Carlson has lived and worked behind a camera lens in Washington State for over 30 years. His work is the visual expression of the awe and love he has for the varied life and nature of the Northwest. The people, social organizations, mountains, coastal beaches & dry lands of these places have become his photographic subjects.
Reed currently teaches Photography at Wenatchee High School in the Career and Vocational Education program.
Reed also photographs weddings, does portraiture, and provides commercial work for business and social organizations.
Reed and his wife, Amy, a writer/editor, live in the Icicle Valley near Leavenworth, Washington."


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Update: Vaccinations by appointment at Lake Square Mall, Pfizer 2nd shots at Groveland site
Tuesday, January 26, 2021 by Joe Byrnes (WMFE)
Aaron Kissler, health officer for the Lake County Health Department, speaks to the County Commission on Tuesday. Image: Lake County video
Second-dose vaccinations with the Pfizer vaccine are underway at the Amazon Distribution Center in Groveland. Doses begin at 8 a.m.
Seniors seeking first doses can get in line until the car line is filled in the morning. Afternoon vaccinations are reserved for second doses. The line had reached capacity by 7:22 a.m. Wednesday and was open again by 9:45 a.m.
Also, coronavirus vaccinations have begun by appointment only at Lake Square Mall. They can be scheduled by calling 866-201-6909 (or 833-476-1031 for TTY users).
Pieces falling in place for increase in Lake County's mass vaccination effort
Key pieces are falling in place for the COVID-19 mass vaccination effort in Lake County.
Lake County started the day Tuesday with 23,000 doses in the freezer but a lot of that is going second shots.
The health department is doing those now and, in the short term, is looking for a new first-dose drive-in site as well.
Meanwhile, the county has leased the old Sears at Lake Square Mall for a state vaccination site.
Emergency Management Director Tommy Carpenter told county commissioners the store is the, quote, "perfect site" for vaccinations by appointment.
"With the Sears site large facility, county staff, department of health staff working together, I think that we can certainly ramp that up to be a high-volume-distribution vaccination center," he said.
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And Lake County will soon start using Florida's new vaccination appointment system.
Health officer Aaron Kissler says the shots will ramp up.
"I believe we put in for 700 a day starting out," he said. "And then we hope to get 2,000 and then up higher than that. And then at our second-dose sites, we're probably going to do somewhere between 15 (hundred) and 2,000 people a day."
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So far, at least 32,000 Lake County residents have gotten a shot.
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About Joe Byrnes
Joe Byrnes came to WMFE/WMFV from the Ocala Star-Banner and The Gainesville Sun, where he worked as a reporter and editor for several years. Joe graduated from Loyola University in New Orleans and turned to journalism after teaching. He enjoys freshwater fishing and family gatherings.
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Wabash Castings Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry Celebrate New Partnership
Wabash Castings, Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry Celebrate New Partnership
Wabash County, IN __Grow Wabash County had the honor of joining Wabash Castings LLC and Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry (WAF) for a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Wednesday, June 16 to celebrate the successful acquisition of Wabash Castings by WAF.
Wabash Castings was acquired by WAF on April 1, 2021 in the interest of expanding the foundry's production growth, primarily in the markets of electric vehicle and consumer goods.
"We are thrilled to bring Wabash Castings into the WAF family," Sachin Shivaram, CEO of Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry, said. "The depth of talent and know-how at Wabash is impressive. Their facility forms a perfect complement to our existing breadth of production lines, giving us an exciting new option to offer customers as part of our portfolio of solutions. We are looking forward to being an active member of the Wabash community."
Following the acquisition of Wabash Castings, WAF announced the expansion of 401k benefits for all employees and an immediate wage increase of $2 per hour for hourly employees. The company has also agreed to pay medical insurance premiums for all employees for the remainder of 2021 and monthly $400 childcare reimbursements for employees with children.
"It is a new beginning for us to be part of the WAF family and the Wabash Castings' employees are excited and happy about it," Pat Meredith vice president and general manager for Wabash Castings LLC, said. "The WAF culture and values are driving a renewed family atmosphere in the plant. We will continue to produce and provide high quality aluminum castings to the market place and with WAF we have new and different markets and customers and look forward to the future growth with them."
Starting June 14, the company also transitioned to 10-hour, 4-day work week model and WAF has emphasized a desire to become engaged with the Wabash County community.
Wabash Castings is also currently hiring for general foundry production and maintenance positions. Interested candidates can apply at www.wabashcastings.com/careers.
Grow Wabash County Hosts Annual WACCY Golf Outing
Wabash County, IN __Grow Wabash County hosted its annual WACC-Y Golf outing at the Honeywell Public Golf Course on Wednesday, June 9. After the cancellation of the 2020 outing, the green was filled with golfers, sponsors and investors ready for a good time! On Wednesday afternoon, 21 teams teed off acros...Continue Reading
Grow Wabash County Welcomes MU Intern, Bridget Nash
Wabash County, IN __Grow Wabash County would like to welcome Manchester University student, Bridget Nash, as the organization's newest summer marketing intern. Bridget is a senior at MU and is double majoring in Digital Media and Marketing. Her strengths include social media and videography. At MU, Bridget is a member of th...Continue Reading
Spark a New Career Path With Upcoming Welding Certification Program
Wabash County, IN __Grow Wabash County announces registration closings at the end of May for a welding certificate course offered through Ivy Tech Community College that starts Tuesday, June 8. This course will be held in the welding lab at Heartland Career Center located at 79 S 200 W, i...Continue Reading


"The economic contributions of agricultural tourism in Michigan" by Gregory Veeck, L Hallett IV et al.
Veeck, G, Hallett IV, L, Che, D & Veeck, A 2016, 'The economic contributions of agricultural tourism in Michigan', Geographical Review, vol. 106, no. 3, pp. 421-440.
Family farms have long generated income from agricultural tourism including U-picks, wagon rides, corn mazes and petting zoos, but contemporary agricultural tourism reflects much greater sophistication in terms of product variety, services, activities, and marketing. In Michigan, farm operators have moved beyond classic products and activities and the traditional consumer base. New sources of revenue derive from classes on beer, cider, mead and wine making, yarn spinning, perfume/soap-making, farm markets, fishing, educational classes, school tours and hospitality including weddings and on-farm restaurants. This case study of Michigan agricultural tourism reports results from a systematic survey of 154 agritourism operations conducted throughout the state during summer and fall of 2013 with a focus on the economic benefits of the fast-changing sector. This study summarizes tax revenues, sales and employment trends for the farm operations participating in the survey but also quantitatively assesses the contribution of agricultural tourism to Michigan's economy through an extrapolation of the sample to estimate state-wide totals. Results from OLS multivariate regression analysis intended to identify relationships between employment, advertising and scale to gross sales per day are also reported. These analyses show the importance of agricultural tourism to rural and peri-urban places in Michigan and throughout the nation, while raising concerns about a growing division between large and small operators and what this growing gap may mean for the future of the sector.


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School Leadership Teams (SLTs) are vehicles for developing school-based educational policies and ensuring that resources are aligned to implement those policies. SLTs assist in the evaluation and assessment of a school's educational programs and their effects on student achievement. SLTs play a significant role in creating a structure for school-based decision making and shaping the path to a collaborative school culture. New York State Education Law Section 2590-h requires every New York City Public School to have a School Leadership Team. In addition, Chancellor's Regulation A-655 (CR A-655) establishes guidelines to ensure the formation of effective SLTs in every New York City public school.
At I.S. 235Q, our meetings are held once a month. The committee has decided to hold three in-person meetings and the rest of the meetings virtually this year. All meetings will take place on TUESDAYS in the school library or via Google Meet at 3:00PM. Below are SLT meeting dates for the 2022-2023 school year:
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2022 (In-Person)
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2022 SLT/PAC
TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2023 (In-Person)
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2023 SLT/PAC
TUESDAY, APRIL 18,2023
TUESDAY, MAY 16, 2023 (In-Person) SLT/PAC


On March 14, 2018, the Senate passed the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act which has been billed as Dodd-Frank reform. Some refer to it as the "Crapo bill", which is a reference to its sponsor, Republican Michael Crapo from Idaho.
Some characterize the Crapo bill as providing needed regulatory relief for smaller banks while others call it a Wall Street gift.
Some of the provisions Representative Hensarling is seeking to include are discussed in this Forbes article.
The current debate also indicates the Financial Choice Act is doomed, which was sweeping Dodd-Frank reform legislation previously passed by the House on which the Senate never acted.


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UN envoy backs 'World Day' to stop violence against children
A global initiative to protect children from abuse and violence has received the support of the United Nations envoy dealing with the issue, who stressed that much more needs to be done to safeguard millions of young people around the world.
In a message delivered in Geneva on the anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Marta Santos Pais expressed support for adopting 19 November as a World Day for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Violence against Children.
"Violence against children remains hidden and socially accepted, and it has a serious and lifelong impact on the lives of children, compromising their physical and emotional health, development and education," said Ms. Pais, who is the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children.
"This anniversary reminds us that much more need to be done and prevention is crucial in protecting children from violence in all its forms."
She said that violence and abuse remain difficult to survey because of their sensitive nature, despite existing international standards.
The Special Representative highlighted three critical goals which she will be pursuing, which are the development of national comprehensive strategies against violence worldwide, a global legal ban on violence against children, and the promotion of a national data collection system and research agenda.
In spite of the challenges, Ms. Pais also noted some positive developments, including the fact that various countries have built significant legal prohibitions on violence against children.
"At present, 29 countries have a comprehensive and explicit legal ban on all forms of violence against children," she said.
"Several countries have reinforced their legislation to address specific forms of violence and to protect children from ill treatment and abuse in schools, from child trafficking and sexual exploitation, as well as harmful practices, including female genital mutilation and early and forced marriage."
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The SapTrap Toolkit is a collection of plasmids that streamlines the production of targeting vectors for tag insertion using CRISPR/Cas9 and the selection of C. elegans strains.
SapTrap, a Toolkit for High-Throughput CRISPR/Cas9 Gene Modification in Caenorhabditis elegans. Schwartz ML, Jorgensen EM. Genetics. 2016 Feb 2. pii: genetics.115.184275. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 26837755 .
SapTrap is a modular toolkit for building CRISPR targeting vectors to insert genetic tags in the C. elegans genome. The SapTrap reaction produces a single plasmid targeting vector that encodes both a guide RNA transcript and a repair template for an individual tagging event. The kit contains 26 plasmids; 21 of the plasmids are for use in SapTrap reactions for targeting vector assembly, and the remaining 5 plasmids include Cre and FLP expression vectors, a general cloning plasmid, and a prebuilt Unc-32::GFP targeting vector.
Plasmid Assembly Pipeline. Figure S2 from Schwartz et al, 2016. PubMed PMID: 26837755 . Courtesy of Genetics Society of America.


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Open House This Friday at Carvle Bevis Education Center
Wayne County Tourism Task Force Launch Meeting is January 6
Home Sports WCHS Wildcats and Lady Cats Play in Pensacola, FL Holiday Tourney
The WCHS basketball teams spent last week in Pensacola, Florida, participating in a holiday event. The Lady cats found little competition as they cruised through their 3 games. The Wildcats found stronger competition, winning their first game and then dropping their next two. With the wins, the Lady cats are now 15 – 3 on the year. The Wildcats now stand at 8 – 7. District basketball action will crank up this week as Richland comes to Waynesboro on Friday night.
The Lady cats matched up with Sillman from Louisiana in the first contest. The Lady cats jumped out to a 21 – 8 first quarter lead in route to a 61 – 41 win. Blair Baugus hit for 24 points. She was 11 of 13 from the field with 8 rebounds, 2 blocks, and 2 steals. Savanna McClain scored 11 points and had 8 rebounds, a steal, and 2 assists. Lauren Bryant hit for 10 points with 4 boards, a steal, and 2 assists. Michaela Gallian had 6 points, a rebound, a steal, and 2 assists, and Cambree Camfield had 5 points with 3 rebounds, a block, and 2 assists. Jac Keaton had 3 points, a rebound, a steal, and 2 assists, and Isabel Luedeke had 2 points with a rebound. Kenzie Griggs had a block and 2 assists. Jamie Lauren Hickman had a rebound, and Annie Lee had a rebound and 2 steals. Lauren Prater had a rebound. The Ladycats forced 23 turnovers in the contest.
The second day in Florida, the Lady cats matched up with Gellico from Tennessee. Again, the Lady cats dominated defensively, allowing only 11 points in the contest and taking the 69 – 11 win. Lauren Bryant and Savanna McClain each scored 10 points to lead the Lady cats. Bryant had 5 steals and 2 assists, while McClain had 4 rebounds and 2 steals. Blair Baugus had 9 points with 8 boards, a steal, and an assist. Jac Keaton had 8 points with a rebound, 2 steals, and an assist. Lauren Prater had 7 points with 3 steals. Emma Bryant had 6 points with a steal, and Kenzie Griggs and Michaela Gallian each had 5 points. Griggs had 3 boards and 3 steals, while Gallian had 5 rebounds and a steal. Annie Lee had 3 points, a rebound, and a steal. Cambree Camfield, Kylee Brewer, and Isabel Luedeke each scored 2 points. Camfield had 2 rebounds and 3 steals, while Brewer had a rebound and an assist. Luedeke had 3 boards and an assist. Jamie Lauren Hickman had 3 rebounds and a steal, and Lauren Prater had a rebound and a steal. The Ladycats forced 33 Gellico turnovers.
The third game saw the Lady cats match up with Sillman from Louisiana again. The results were the same as the Lady cats jumped out to a 30 – 13 halftime lead and went on to take the 56 – 35 win. Blair Baugus had another big game with 23 points. She pulled 14 rebounds, blocked 3 shots, and had 3 steals and an assist. Lauren Bryant scored 14 points and had 2 steals and 2 assists. Savanna McClain hit for 8 points with 7 rebounds, 4 steals, and an assist. Michaela Gallian had 4 points with a rebound, 2 steals, and an assist. Jac Keaton scored 3 points with a block, a steal, and 2 assists. Kenzie Griggs and Kylee Brewer each had 2 points. Griggs had 2 rebounds and a steal. Emma Bryant had a steal, and Cambree Camfield had a rebound, a steal, and an assist. Annie Lee had 2 rebounds and 2 assists. Isabel Luedeke had 2 rebounds. Jamie Lauren Hickman had an assist. Lauren Prater had a rebound and a steal. The Lady cats came up with 16 steals but hit 0 for 10 from long range.
Blair Baugus, Savannah McClain, and Lauren Bryant, pictured with Coach Molly Ashley, were named to the All Event Team
The Wildcats took on Sillman from Louisiana on Monday in Florida. The Wildcats went out to a 25 – 5 first quarter lead and extended it to 38 – 15 by halftime. They won the battle of the boards, 49 – 15, and won by the final score of 67 – 30. Tyler Moser had a big game with 28 points. He was 11 of 19 from the field with 11 rebounds, a steal, and an assist. Preston Stegall came off the bench to hit 3 three pointers for 9 points and had 2 rebounds and an assist. Justice Bell scored 7 points and had 8 rebounds, and Ethan Camfield and Cooper Shamer each scored 5 points. Camfield had 8 boards, and Shamer had 4 boards, 4 steals, and 4 assists. Avery Wilson and Landyn Prater each scored 3 points, and Wilson had 2 rebounds. Prater had a rebound, a steal, and an assist. Ryder Butler, Sayler Skelton, and Jesse Dixon each scored 2 points. Butler had 5 rebounds and 3 assists, while Skelton had 3 boards. Dixon had 2 rebounds and a steal. Will Robertson scored one point, and Isaac Hampton had a rebound. Austin Whitson had 2 rebounds.
On Tuesday, the Wildcats faced AIB. The Wildcat offense got off to a slow start, scoring only 4 points in the opening quarter. They trailed 25 – 19 at the half and went on to lose by the final score of 57 – 45.
Tyler Moser scored 23 points on 8 of 18 shooting. He had 9 rebounds and 3 assists. Ethan Camfield scored 16 points, including hitting 5 three-point goals. He had 3 boards and a steal. Ryder Butler and Eli McClain each scored 3 points. Butler had a rebound. Justice Bell and Landyn Prater each had a rebound and an assist. Jesse Dixon had a rebound, ad Cooper Shamer had 2 boards and 3 assists. Sayler Skelton had 5 rebounds.
On the last day, the Wildcats matched up with Pickett County from Tennessee. The Wildcats managed 12 points in the opening quarter, as Tyler Moser scored 11 of those. In the second, they managed only 3 points. The third period saw the Wildcats score 4. They finished the game with 8 points in the fourth and 28 for the game, losing to Pickett County. Tyler Moser finished with 15 points. Justice Bell scored 4. Ryder Butler had 3 points, and Will Robertson and Landyn Prater each scored 2. Cooper Shamer and Eli McClain had one point each. (Stats unavailable for this game).
Tyler Moser and Ethan Camfield, pictured with Coach Ryan Franks, were named to the All Event Team.
Come out Friday as the teams face the Raiders and Lady Raiders from Richland. Game time is 6:00 p.m. "WORK HARD 'CATS AND LADY CATS!"
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School of Celtic Studies / Scoil an Léinn Cheiltigh catalog › Details for: Tales of the elders of Ireland = Acallam na senórach / translated with an introduction and notes by Ann Dooley and Harry Roe.
Details for: Tales of the elders of Ireland = Acallam na senórach / translated with an introduction and notes by Ann Dooley and Harry Roe.
Tales of the elders of Ireland = Acallam na senórach / translated with an introduction and notes by Ann Dooley and Harry Roe.
Published by : Oxford University Press, 1999 (Oxford) Physical details: xliii, 245 p. 20 cm. ISBN:0192839187.


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You are here : Home > News >Madaa Center participates in the Revival of Heritage Day at Wadi Al Joz Girls School
Madaa Creative Center - Silwan participated in the activities of the revival of the heritage day at Wadi Al Joz Girls Primary School on Tuesday October 15th 2019, in the presence of more than 200 people, among them were school students, their families, school staff and Palestinian official figures. The activities aimed to introduce these Jerusalemite students to the Palestinian heritage in order to enhance their Palestinian identity and engrave it in their soul.
The activities varied between Palestinian folktale storytelling which was narrated by one of the teachers who told a famous folktale entitled "Jibiena" to the students and the attendees. In addition to the Palestinian folk art performances, such as the folkloric dance performance and the scouting performance performed by the students of the school. A heritage exhibition was organized containing several corners, which included one for displaying Palestinian garments and one for displaying popular Palestinian tools such as the Babour, the mill and the grinder, another one was the corner of old musical instruments such as the fiddle and clarinet. As well as the popular Palestinian game corner with games such as jump roping and hopscotch, in addition to a corner that served traditional Palestinian dishes such as Mujadara, Rashtaya, and lentils as well as desserts such as Hareeseh and Hilbeh that have been made by the students' mothers. The corners were all supervised by the students.
The women's group of Madaa Center participated by demonstrating traditional Palestinian wedding events to the audience, beginning with the Palestinian Zaffeh and then singing and folk dancing to the tunes of popular Palestinian songs with the participation of the students and their mothers. They also made the wedding dinner which was famously known for the Jresheh dish which is a traditional meal that Silwan was known for as well as other Palestinian villages. They explained its ingredients, which are meat, jresheh and yogurt as well as a tomato and onion sauce. They also showed how it is made by cooking it in front of the students, and finally they distributed plates of the Jresheh meal to the audience who liked the taste of it.
This activity is part of the Palestinian heritage day event that Madaa celebrates in October for the Center's participants which are children, youth and women, with the aim of enhancing their Palestinian identity and securing it in their minds.
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Is this the first time that Vivienne and Mathilde have worked together? I think it is. Mathilde did provide the entertainment at the ball back in Chapter 12 so it's possible they met there. Either way, Mathilde would immediately recognize Vivienne, and Viv is used to giving orders.
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Ms de Tilly got off lightly. I was expecting them to be taking her home in a matchbox. I suppose there's still time.
I was kind of hoping for a Merry Melodies-style collision between Talons and the closing rock door.
Unfortunately, I don't think there's any way we got rid of Jassart that easily. Something is going to happen to let him out, mark my words.
Oh, I'm sure he'll get out. Though him being stuck in there forever has an entertainingly anticlimactic appeal.
On the other hand, I kind of like the idea of him being stuck there for centuries. We know, for example, that Mathilde is going to live a super-long life due to Cienan's teachings. I kind of like the idea of Jassart escaping in a couple hundred years, and Matti having to be the one to put him back.
The last time Talons-That-Seek got shut in, it didn't have a human to dig a way out. Now there is one. And he's pretty angry.