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Creech: Boring Super Bowl still provides historic off-the-field moments
Jenny Dial Creech , Houston Chronicle Feb. 4, 2019 Updated: Feb. 4, 2019 9:19 a.m.
DANA POINT, CA - OCTOBER 14: Tackle football phenom Sam Gordon answers a question during the espnW Summit 2015 at St. Regis Monarch Resort on October 14, 2015 in Dana Point, California. (Photo by Mpu Dinani/Getty Images)
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Although the game played Sunday night was forgettable, a few other things that happened during the Super Bowl were far from it.
From male cheerleaders performing at the event for the first time in history to an NFL commercial that gave a nod to a female football player making big changes for female athletes, Super Bowl LIII scored a lot of points off the field.
The commercials are generally a highlight of the game and on Sunday, there were a handful of pretty good ones. One that stood as a favorite for many was the NFL 100 ad. It's set at a banquet and features several generations of NFL greats from Jim Brown, Tom Brady, Patrick Mahomes, Deion Sanders, Mike Singletary, Joe Montana and many many many more.
Toward the end, a young lady in a red dress holds up the gold football and taunts Richard Sherman with it for a moment.
She stood out in the sea of stars and left a lot of people wondering who she is.
The young woman is 15-year old Sam Gordon.
The NFL posted a video about her on Feb. 2, which you can watch here.
She's a longtime football player in Utah and was always the only girl playing on her youth football team.
She did something about it. In 2015, she started the Utah Girl's Football League. There were 50 players then and nearly 400 today.
"I can see girls' confidence growing as they're playing, and I can see girls having so many more opportunities," Gordon says in the video. "Not only can they be players, they can be coaches, they can be commentators, even be the NFL commissioner."
Everyone who was prompted to look up "the girl in the red dress" from that commercial found an inspiring story on the other end.
Gordon wasn't the only one making strides for gender equality on Sunday.
For the first time in the NFL's 99-year history, two male cheerleaders performed at the Super Bowl.
Napoleon Jinnies and Quinton Peron were among the 300 people to audition for the Rams cheering squad last March. The two made the team and along with Jesse Hernandez of the New Orleans Saints, became the first male cheerleaders in the NFL.
The game - a 13-3 Patriots victory over the Rams- wasn't a thrilling one, but these moments association with the 2019 Super Bowl are historical and important ones.
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Jenny Dial Creech, a native of San Antonio and a graduate of the University of Oklahoma, started at the Houston Chronicle in 2005 as a high school sports reporter. She has since covered an array of beats and served as an assistant sports editor and senior editor of Texas Sports Nation. Creech is the president of the Association for Women in Sports Media and was awarded the 2015 APSE Diversity Fellowship. In addition to her role at the Houston Chronicle, Creech also works with several high school and college journalists at Columbia University journalism conferences and workshops.
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Did Covid crackdowns mean 50,000 at-risk youngsters fell off the radar?
By Andy Dolan
NEARLY 50,000 vulnerable children may have 'dropped off the radar' of social services during the pandemic.
The number of new cases referred to children's services departments fell by 45,220 - or 7 per cent - from 2019-20 to 2020-21. The total dropped to 597,760 for the year to March 2021, the lowest figure since records began in 2013. By contrast, the total for 2018-19, before the pandemic, was 650,930.
The Department for Education said the sharp reduction was driven by a fall in referrals from schools, which were closed for most pupils during lockdown.
Tim Loughton, a former children's minister, said the pandemic had put vulnerable children such as Arthur Labinjo-Hughes at greater risk.
'There was an increase in child abuse because of course they were off the radar,' he told the Daily Telegraph. A former children's commissioner also suggested the lockdown helped Emma Tustin and Thomas Hughes carry out their reign of terror largely unchecked.
Anne Longfield joined the detective who led the investigation into Arthur's murder in pointing to the Government's strict order for people to stay at home in March 2020 as a contributory factor.
She told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: 'The children, and this child in particular, Arthur, wasn't in school. It's much easier for families who want to evade view to do that when they haven't got someone in the room.'
She said in such circumstances 'there are children who are going to slip from view' and stressed the importance of face-to-face contact. Speaking after Tustin, 32, and Hughes, 29, were convicted, Detective Inspector Laura Harrison suggested it was likely Arthur would still be alive if it was not for lockdown.
Hughes and Arthur had been staying in an annexe at his parents' home in Solihull until they moved in with Tustin just before lockdown - three months before Arthur's death in June 2020.
Det Insp Harrison, of West Midlands Police, said: 'The lockdown meant professionals didn't have the opportunity to monitor him in the same way they would do with children normally. I do think that lockdown contributed.'
Nikki Holmes, a former West Midlands Police officer and founder of the Safer Together child protection consultancy, said the case showed how lockdown 'ramped up the risk in some families'.

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When Commencement ends and young alumni leave the comfort of campus, they are hurled into an unfamiliar world of new jobs and experiences. This is the life of 20-somethings, an age of rent and romance, dreams and doubts. It's a scary time, but also exhilarating, as people strive to find their place in the world.
On a sunny afternoon in Manhattan, Edlyn Wang '12 looks for a bench. She walks in Central Park, which is overloaded with people clamoring for green and open space.
Passing a violin player, caricaturists, and men offering rides in rickshaws, she finally finds the perfect spot to watch the world go by. A few benches down, a man sings and strums a guitar. "I like to people watch and guess their stories," says Wang, 23, as a never-ending parade of horses and buggies trots past, the drivers pointing out sights to their passengers.
Edlyn Wang '12 has a full life in New York. She dances, dines out, and works a rewarding job. But Wang wonders what more she should be doing with her life. "I want to do cool things," she says.
Wang has just come from one of her favorite restaurants, The Meatball Shop, which as the name suggests serves not much more than meatballs. Now she sits in Central Park, one of her favorite places, thinking about a dinner party she's hosting that evening in her apartment.
Such is how Wang spends her free time in New York City. Since moving here shortly after graduation, she has surrounded herself with good friends, good food, and good times. She works for Ross Stores as an assistant buyer in ladies sportswear, a job she enjoys, and the former president of the Babson Dance Ensemble still rehearses and performs as part of a dance company in the city. "It's like BDE all over again," she says. New York has presented her with challenges, but, all in all, she is a young person, barely two years out of college, who is enjoying herself in the greatest city in the world.
She and her roommates found a 25th-floor apartment in Lower Manhattan's Battery Park neighborhood, but it didn't have enough rooms for the five of them. So at the cost of several thousand dollars, they put up temporary walls to divide rooms. That solution worked, except privacy became nonexistent. Late at night, the roommates couldn't even type on a laptop without disturbing each other. "You could hear everything," Wang says. "It was ridiculous." Striking a few months after they moved in, Hurricane Sandy brought even more serious inconveniences, knocking out power in their building for weeks. Wang became an exile forced to crash on friends' couches. She kept a suitcase of her clothes at work.
Last year, Wang and three of her remaining roommates (the fourth left New York for Boston) moved into a third-floor walk-up in Manhattan's Hell's Kitchen, a once-gritty neighborhood that's gentrifying. ln her modest bedroom, Wang hung two class portraits from Babson over her bed. "It feels like a dorm," she says. "We're all best friends." Wang hopes they stay put for a while, but she knows that inevitably their rent will go up or one of her roommates will leave, so she could be on the move again.
Wang and her friends spend many bustling nights in bars and restaurants, but there are quieter moments, too. Like her, Wang's friends are trying to hash out the weighty questions that nag them. Late at night in their apartment, they talk of work, love, and life. "What makes us happy?" they ask each other. "Does money make us happy, or what we do? Are we happy with work? Do we want to start our own business?" Wang always wanted to work in fashion, but, while she likes being a buyer at Ross, a job that takes her all around New York's Garment District to visit vendors, she wonders if it's something she wants to do the rest of her life. Should she think bigger, maybe try to change the world in some way? She volunteers at a soup kitchen, but she feels she should do more. But what?
For now, the big existential questions in Wang's life remain unanswered. As she sits on the Central Park bench in the late afternoon, she has a different issue to figure out: What should she make for the dinner party tonight? It's at 7, so she needs to hustle off. As the horses and buggies and the many people of New York still parade before her, she stands up and heads to the grocery store. What she'll eventually make for dinner is still undecided, but she knows that sooner or later, inspiration will strike her.
For Dan Ustayev '12, the second floor of the Newton Free Library is a sanctuary.
Every afternoon, the 24-year-old takes an hour out of his workday for a bit of peace. Sometimes he stops at a coffee shop, but often he comes to the spacious library. "It keeps me tranquil," says Ustayev, who doesn't look at his phone during these visits but instead grabs books and magazines and plops himself in a comfy chair. In front of him, a large window looks out on a busy street and cemetery. A nearby sign asks for quiet.
Dan Ustayev '12 has opened two burrito restaurants, one in Boston and one in Newton. He enjoys being the boss, though the eateries tire him out and leave him with a meager social life. "Not every person can do this," he says.
Ustayev needs this respite because the rest of his day is one long, hectic haul. He is the founder and owner of Los Amigos, a burrito restaurant with two locations, one in Boston's West Roxbury neighborhood and the other in Newton's Newtonville section. At Babson, he had considered going into finance but decided that he wanted to be his own boss, just like his father, who owns a successful pizza shop. "You're doing your own thing, instead of following the corporate world," Ustayev says.
Being your own boss, though, comes at a cost. "It basically takes up my life," he says. "I sometimes feel like I'm missing out on my early 20s." The restaurants are always on his mind, from the moment he wakes up at 8 a.m., looking at his phone to see if any workers aren't coming in, or if the refrigerator is malfunctioning, or if anything else could possibly be wrong, until 10:30 p.m., when he finally drags himself home, the workday mercifully ended unless he still has payroll or scheduling to finish. That's the way it goes, day after day, 70 to 80 hours a week.
His social life is lacking. The early 20s can be a responsibility-free time, perfect for hanging out and happy hours, for late nights and late weekend mornings. Not for Ustayev. "I don't tend to go out," he admits. "I'm just too tired. I'm on my feet all day." Ustayev went to the movies on Christmas because it's one of the four days all year his restaurants are closed, but otherwise he can't remember the last time he did that. When friends call, saying they're headed to the bar, Ustayev usually begs off. On the rare times he joins them, he's always watching the clock, making sure not to stay out too late.
Then there's the matter of his girlfriend. She wants to spend more time with Ustayev, but there's not more time to be had. She'll hang out at Los Amigos, but sometimes, just sometimes, she would love to go out, the two of them together, to a restaurant where Ustayev is being waited on and not the other way around.
The West Roxbury Los Amigos now runs efficiently on its own, so Ustayev spends most of his time at his Newtonville location, which opened last December. Every day he arrives at the restaurant after first buying fresh produce at the Restaurant Depot. He and his staff, wearing green Los Amigos T-shirts with the words "eat more burritos" written on the back, prepare to open the doors at 11 a.m. Vegetables are chopped, salsa is made, and beans, rice, and meat are cooked. As customers file in, Ustayev floats between the cash register and the prep line with its bins of guacamole, sour cream, and cheese. He calls out orders, stirs big pots of rice and beans on the stove, watches the burritos and tacos being put together, and dashes across the street to the bank if the cash register needs dollar bills.
The pace is fast, especially if nearby Newton North High School is in session, as a horde of hungry teenagers will descend upon the restaurant. Once the lunch-rush dissipates, Ustayev seeks the solace of the Newton library. "It's not just physically exhausting, but it's mentally exhausting," he says. "My mind is moving in a thousand different directions." Ustayev is always thinking of the customers and whether they're enjoying the food and service. He knows that just one unpleasant experience can cause bad word of mouth to spread. "Customers are my bosses," he says.
Nik Beisert '11 sits outside at a table at Google headquarters, otherwise known as the Googleplex, in Mountain View, Calif. Ever-present tourists wander around the sprawling campus, and families near Beisert are playing volleyball on the quad. As usual, the sky is clear. "The weather is always perfect," Beisert says. It's a Sunday, and he's here to do a little work and partake of the many amenities Google offers its employees. He'll hit a company gym, eat free food in a cafe, and do some laundry.
Formerly of Dedham, Mass., Nik Beisert '11 now lives in San Jose, Calif., and likes working on motorcycles in his garage. "The move here triggered a lot of things for me," he says.
It's an enviable place to work, but the 25-year-old hadn't planned to land a job at the tech giant and move to California. He had been living in Dedham, Mass., engaged to his long-time girlfriend, and working at PricewaterhouseCoopers. At the time, he hadn't been out of Babson a year yet, but his life seemed set. His career trajectory at PwC looked good, and on the side he had a startup, Earthworm Soil Co., that he found challenging but rewarding. Beisert was, in short, a young man who was content and in love. But then in early 2012, Google sent him an email. His life would soon be upended. "Everything was flipped on its head and went through a hurricane," Beisert says.
At PwC, Beisert worked with mergers and acquisitions, performing due diligence before purchases and then helping companies integrate their operations after one acquired or merged with another. As for Earthworm, Beisert started the company while at Babson, buying an old garbage truck and collecting food waste to be made into fertilizer. The truck proved unreliable with frequent breakdowns, and he once was pulled over and given a safety inspection. The truck failed. "When I look back, I think, how was I crazy enough to do that?" he says. Eventually, he sold the truck and stopped collecting waste, focusing instead on helping farms set up their own fertilizer-making capabilities.
The Google email came as a surprise. The company was looking for someone with operations experience who spoke Portuguese (Beisert is Brazilian). For a year Google had been looking to fill a position in People Operations, or what most companies would call human resources. Google contacted Beisert after coming upon his LinkedIn profile. "The guy emailed and said, 'You want to talk?'" Beisert recalls. "I said, 'Sure, let's talk.'" Beisert assumed the conversation would be casual, a getting-to-know-you chat, but the interviewer peppered him with brainteasers. A second interview, conducted in Portuguese to test Beisert's knowledge of the language, followed.
Up to this point, Beisert was hesitant about these interviews. He liked PwC, and he thought his odds were long at ultimately landing the Google job. But then he was flown out to Mountain View for on-site interviews. The campus, to put it mildly, impressed him. "That was a mind-blowing experience," he says. Beisert's hesitancy faded, and after yet one more interview and an offer review process, he was hired. Leaving behind his fiancee in Dedham, he moved to California in June 2012 and found a place to live in San Jose with a garage, which was critical. Beisert is a car and motorcycle guy, and he likes space to tinker. "I always need to be doing something with my hands," he says.
The cross-country move behind him, Beisert was excited for the new chapter in his life. That is until he began at Google. Introduced to his co-workers, he found them to be a quiet, introspective group to which he couldn't relate. He suddenly felt alone, a stranger in a strange place. "It was one of the worst feelings in my life," he says, thinking to himself, "What am I doing here?" But what seemed unsettling became an opportunity for self- discovery. His entire life, Beisert had surrounded himself with a community of friends. He was an extrovert who thrived in the company of others, or so he thought. "Being out here forced me to be by myself," he says, and, to his surprise, he realized that he liked it. Maybe he wasn't such an extrovert after all.
Beisert did meet like-minded people in the coming months, and a new circle of friends gradually has grown around him. They go to concerts and barbecues, take trips to Las Vegas. But Beisert also spends a lot of time by himself, particularly in his garage working on a new venture. Beisert ended Earthworm Soil Co. when he moved to California, but he now wants to start a business that sells kits for making custom-built motorcycles. He currently is building a prototype, so, after coming home from Google, he puts in an hour or two in the garage, stopping work at 10 p.m. so as not to disturb the neighbors. On weekends, he works longer stretches, as many as eight hours at a time. "Who knows what it will turn into?" Beisert says. "I would be happy with a steady income building bikes all day." Not that he's leaving Google any time soon. After the rough start, he has grown close to his colleagues, and the work, which involves developing and improving HR processes, is fulfilling.
All this change—the new job, the new friends, the bike business, the self-discovery—was happening as Beisert's wedding date grew closer. He had known his fiancee since high school, and he cared deeply for her, but doubt had crept into his mind. He had built an interesting life in California. Would marriage hamper that? The wedding was set for August 2013, but by early 2013, he felt anxious and uncertain.
During Easter 2013, Beisert traveled to Brazil to spend time with family. His impending marriage was a frequent topic of conversation. What would you do, he asked family members, many of whom had gone through divorce. His aunt advised him: "Nik, you should focus on yourself. Do what you want to do." His brother, on the other hand, warned caution. "I saw you two as the perfect couple," his brother said.
The wedding was off, but Beisert still wanted his fiancee in his life. After such a painful conversation, though, how could their relationship go on? How could he heal the damage he had done? It has taken months, and he still feels guilty about the hurt he caused, but the couple seems to be working through the fallout of that Skype conversation. "I think it'll work out," he says. "I ran a huge risk of losing her." And so, as he sits at a table on the Google campus, the tourists milling about, Beisert reflects on how the tumultuous life set in motion by that momentous email has finally calmed down. He's up for a second promotion at Google, he's looking to buy a house, and he's committed to the woman he loves. Above him, the California sun shines down, as it almost always does.


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Q: Attach PersistentVolume in a new node in Kubernetes I try to describe my scenario:
I have a MariaDB from bitnami installed in an EKS Kubernetes cluster.
I'm deploying my database using helm with the following command
helm install mariadb bitnami/mariadb \
     --set primary.persistence.enabled=true \
     --set primary.persistence.size=1Gi

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*This command creates a PVC in my environment.

*The problem comes when every night I destroy the node in order to save money.

*I reduce the ASG to 0 and then the node is destroyed.

*Every morning I extend de ASG to 1, and then a new node is created, my MariaDB is deployed but doesn't attach the PVC.

Is there any way to get the volume could attach again to a new node every day?
Thanks
SOLUTION
The problem was the AZ where my node and the volumen were created in every recreation, because I'm using multi-AZ. In my case, as is development environment, I forced to use just one AZ and the problem is fixed.

A: You don't get back the volume because the node you launched every morning is not guaranteed to be in the same AZ as yesterday; which the volume was last created. Switch to single AZ will work for you as you only need to launch one node everyday. On the console goto the ASG and edit the Network -> Availability Zones.

A: Your volume is not begin persistent because it is not attached to an underlying volume in AWS.
Please have a look into attaching a EBS or EFS to eks node
https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/knowledge-center/eks-persistent-storage/

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European Commission President at Yad Vashem Tomorrow
The President of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, will visit Yad Vashem tomorrow, July 9, 2012. He will tour the Holocaust History Museum, participate in a memorial ceremony in the Hall of Remembrance and visit the Children's Memorial before signing the Yad Vashem Guest Book and meeting with Avner Shalev, Chairman of Yad Vashem.
There will be photo-ops in the Hall of Names, Hall of Remembrance and the signing of the Guest Book.
Media who are interested in covering the visit should arrive in the Hall of Names by 11:00.
Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center, is the ultimate source for Holocaust education, documentation and research. From the Mount of Remembrance in Jerusalem, Yad Vashem's integrated approach incorporates meaningful educational initiatives, groundbreaking research and inspirational exhibits. Its use of innovative technological platforms maximizes accessibility to the vast information in the Yad Vashem archival collections for an expanding global audience. Yad Vashem is at the forefront of unceasing efforts to safeguard and impart the memory of the victims and the events of the Shoah period; to document accurately one of the darkest chapters in the history of humanity; and to grapple effectively with the ongoing challenges of keeping the Holocaust relevant today and for future generations. More...


Many couples would love to be married by a friend or family member. Unfortunately, and surprisingly, it's not easy to do in Ontario. This is a long-overdue post to demystify 'non-official' officiants in Ontario.
Here's the source of the confusion. Trusty Google will tell you that in Quebec, anyone can be an officiant. In some parts of the US, just like here, one has to be a priest to be an officiant – but it's super easy to get ordained just for the purpose of becoming an officiant. But Google never went to law school, and at the end of the day you want to be legally married. You know how everyone elopes to Vegas because it's easy to get married there? Regardless of where you are from, it's the laws at the place where you get married that matter (and if you're not getting married at the place where you live, you'd also need to make sure that your home province or country recognizes marriages from over there). If you are getting married in Toronto, GTA or anywhere else in Ontario, you have to make sure you follow the rules that apply in Ontario.
As much as we try to give you accurate information, just like with anything on the Internet, don't blindly trust what you read here. Maybe we didn't go to law school either. We give you a starting point, based on our research in 2018, and then it's your turn to ask questions and make phone calls.
Judges and Justices of Peace. If you want to know the difference, judges in Ontario wear a scarlet / burgundy sash, whereas justices of peace wear a green sash.
Employees in city clerk offices in various municipalities (ie, each municipality of the GTA would have one). That's the people you would see conduct city hall weddings.
Priests, ministers, rabbis, etc – ie, clergy – who are registered with the province and keep their license in good standing. Some p eople don't know that members of the clergy do not automatically qualify as wedding officiants. For that reason, it is always a good idea to check the regularly updated list of registered religious officiants in Ontario. Alternatively, you may call the Ontario Office of the Registrar General (toll free at 1-800-461-2156 or in Toronto at 416-326-1234) and request verbal confirmation that their officiant's license is in good standing.
Have a quick legal ceremony in a city hall just before the wedding, with only the minimum guests (you will need witnesses), so that you'd be legally married as far as Ontario is concerned. Then you can do whatever you want on the actual wedding day.
Find and book an officiant who will attend your ceremony and ensure all the legalities are done, while letting someone else officiate the ceremony.
It is tricky, costly, and time-consuming, but is possible for a layperson to become an officiant, and that is to become ordained as 'clergy'. More on this follows.
Some religious and even non-religious institutions, which are officially recognized in Canada as churches, allow laypersons to follow a certain path to getting ordained and become wedding officiants. However, this route is fairly expensive and time-consuming, and not something to be taken lightly.
Non-religious option is offered by the Humanist Association. One has to understand and subscribe to the Humanist principles and be a member of the Humanist Society for a year or more, and one has to pass an interview and specialized training. The training will cost around $500, and will be in addition to membership fees and additional dues.
Another fairly popular option is to go through a Christian church called Celebrating Life Ministries. A candidate officiant is not required to conduct a religious ceremony, but has to agree with Christian values. The church offers full ordainment and limited one-off licenses to those who complete its mandatory training ($425 for the temporary license and $625 for the full ordainment, in addition to other dues).
These are, of course, not the only options – there are many official churches in Canada. However, watch out for institutions that present themselves as churches on their website – some may be registered churches in the US but not in Canada, and others are, plain and simple, a scam. As a side note, you'd never go wrong with verifying the credentials of your officiant.
Would you officiate a wedding?
Let's look at it from the perspective of the friend you asked to officiate your wedding. The costs and the time required to become an officiant, as well as the requirement to formally associate yourself with a strongly opinionated institution – there are many reasons why your friend may be reluctant to become ordained only for the purpose of officiating your wedding. But these are not the only concerns that may arise in their mind.
A wedding ceremony requires someone who can speak with authority, grapple with serious issues, and tactfully deal with others' emotions. Professional officiants have the distance and the experience; they can give advice without sounding preachy; they can be serious but not somber, they can find the right words to support the overwhelmed bride and the speechless groom.
Even if your friend has no problem speaking in front of a crowd, most people are uncomfortable talking about serious emotional matters, and devolve either into tears or into levity. Doing an amazing wedding ceremony for two people one really cares about is a big responsibility. Your friend wants the best for you. If it means that they'll say no, it's in your best interest.
Don't take it personally, and make sure that you plan for this contingency. Begin talking to them early enough, give them an opportunity to think it through, and manage your timeline carefully so you are not left without an officiant.
How to help an inexperienced officiant.
If they agree, this is really awesome. Do your part to set them up for success.
Make the time to write the cerem ony script and discuss everybody's thoughts on the matter. Your officiant friend does not have a set way of doing things, and together you could devise a completely custom ceremony you will love – but only if you put in the time. Don't forget to check any legal requirements for the ceremony. Remember that, for example, using the official languages of Canada is not required – you could have your ceremony in any language as long as both bride and groom understand it (or have an interpreter).
Discuss what the officiant will wear. They need to look formal yet different from the wedding party, and they need to look good for the photos. Discuss their props – for example, how will they hold the script? A black binder works well. What else you need them to have at the ready? For example, if the bride and groom are reading their vows, or if your ceremony will include inspirational readings, the officiant's binder is the perfect place to keep the notes until they are needed.
Figure out what sound equipment will be necessary. You want your guests to actually hear every word of your perfectly unique ceremony! Some people who have no practice speaking with a microphone feel that their voice sounds artificial or recorded. With a bit of practice, everybody will get comfortable with the sound amplification. A conversational tone, albeit amplified, is much more engaging and intimate than, you know, yelling.
Spend extra time practicing at the location. Do at least one rehearsal, with some audience and your microphones. Ask someone to take pictures, so that the officiant can take a look at them and anticipate where to stand or move during picture-taking. Practice your entrances, because the wedding party will not have an experienced officiant to guide them on the logistics. Ask your wedding planner-coordinator, if you have one, or your photographer for pointers.
The officiant has to be one of the first guests to arrive at the venue. Ensure you are accessible to them before the ceremony in case anything last-minute comes up.
Ensure someone brings the marriage license to the venue for the wedding, and then make arrangements for its safekeeping during the wedding day. Bride and groom are NEVER to be entrusted with valuable documents on the day of their wedding. Finally, be sure to have it filed, correctly and on time. It is usually the officiant's job to do so.


Is Apple's Tim Cook Changing His Mind?
The company's CEO has repeatedly criticized Microsoft for making this decision, but now Apple could be about to do something that could hit Intel hard.
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) CEO Tim Cook has, on many occasions, attacked Microsoft's (NASDAQ:MSFT) Windows 8 strategy. With Windows 8, Microsoft created a hybrid operating system -- one that could adequately power both a tablets and traditional PCs -- which Cook has criticized repeatedly.
But reports have indicated that Apple could be about to do the same. Apple is said to be working on a larger, 12-inch iPad, one that could come with a keyboard and double as a sort of hybrid device. If Apple takes that step, it would suggest that Microsoft, despite failing with the Surface, is on to something. It could also weigh on chipmaker Intel (NASDAQ:INTC).
Although he's never referred to Microsoft directly, Cook has made a steady stream of statements critical of Microsoft's current operating system. Last year, he remarked that any two devices could, in theory, be combined, though it doesn't always make sense to do so. A toaster/refrigerator combo is possible, for example, but not likely to please users.
Then, when Cook unveiled the iPad Air, he said Apple's competitors (read: Microsoft) were "confused," making tablets into PCs and PCs into tablets -- a clear reference to Microsoft's decision to give Windows 8 dual-interface functionality.
And so far, Cook has been right. There's been a fair amount of backlash to Windows 8 among consumers, while sales of Microsoft's own Surface tablets have been lackluster -- the company took a $900 million writedown on Surface hardware back in July.
But is Apple about to do the exact same thing? It has a patent on such a device, and analysts at Nomura believe that Apple will unveil an iPad hybrid next year. A report from a Chinese tabloid said Apple is currently testing an iPad with a display around 12 inches, which would be an ideal screen size for a hybrid device.
There are other signs that Apple is gearing up for such a launch. Consider the name of its new iPad, the "iPad Air" -- just like the Macbook Air. Extending that naming convention, an "iPad Pro" seems like next the logical next step.
Also, consider that Apple has started to bundle its Microsoft Office competitor, iWork, with its iOS devices. Without a keyboard, iWork is hard to use, yet it's useful to some iPad owners -- the ones with third-party keyboards. By pushing iWork, Apple obviously understands that there's a market for people who use its iPad like a traditional laptop.
If Apple does release a hybrid tablet in the form of an iPad Pro, it would, in a sense, validate Microsoft's strategy: Apple would be conceding that there's a market for hybrid devices. That's not to say it would benefit Microsoft -- it would be even more competition for Microsoft's Surface tablets (and other hybrid tablets running Windows 8), but Intel, not Microsoft, would be the company for investors to watch.
Apple's iPad Air contains the A7 processor, the first 64-bit ARM-based mobile chip Apple has used. That extra power is largely superfluous for mobile computing, but it could be useful for traditional PC applications. If Apple releases a hybrid, it will almost assuredly use one of these 64-bit chips, and that's not good for Intel.
Intel has made little headway in the mobile market, as most tablets and smartphones use chips based on its competitor, ARM Holdings, designs. Intel's chairman admitted that the company had "lost its way" earlier this week, and Intel's new CEO has vowed to change that. But, at least for now, Intel remains far behind its competition. Yet Intel retains the majority of the traditional PC market, which has limited its share depreciation.
But an iPad hybrid could cannibalize many sales of traditional PCs. More dangerous would be Apple's Android-based competitors that would surely follow. In short, if Apple's iPad Pro triggers a wave of larger mobile tablets with hybrid laptop functionality, the market for Intel's Ultrabooks could shrink dramatically. However, that isn't to say that all hope would be lost for Intel. Last week, Intel announced that it plans to release chips that can run 64-bit Android next year.
Apple's management has promised to release new devices in 2014, and one of those could a hybrid tablet. If Apple does release such a device, it could contradict Cook's stance on hybrids, though Apple has done similar things in the past. Steve Jobs famously criticized small Android tablets -- and then Apple released the iPad Mini.
Hybrid tablets have found little success so far, but if Apple is thinking about entering the market, the hybrid story is far from over.


Ladies and gentlemen may I introduce the Elphel Model 323 camera. Which is the camera currently being used by Google (yes that GOOGLE!) for their Google book search project which aims to scan in 15 million books and make them accessible to the masses!
It is capable (drumroll please!) of scanning 1000 pages per hour! at 11 megapixel! I must admit the thing looks freaking cool! I mean its using a Nikon 85mm f/1.8 with what looks like an adapter to allow the use of nikon lenses on a Mamiya body?! I would love to see how it works as well as it in action!
I also applaud google for their bold effort of making information from books available to the masses, although not everyone agrees with their endeavor. But still that is absolutely one cool piece of gear!
Hey thanks for the info! I did find it odd they would be using such a lens for this when a macro lens like the Nikon 60mm f/2.8 would have been better. But seriously, what do they use?
you can make some educated guess about lens focus length and depth of field appropriate for such application.
Interesting and absolutely great! thanks for the info again!


SANTA CLARA, Calif. (KGO) -- Santa Clara County is paying a big settlement to the family of a jail inmate, who died after a violent confrontation with guards that included the use of a riot gun at close range. The I-Team's Dan Noyes first broke this news on Twitter.
Walter Roches' mother knows that no amount of money will bring her son back, but she hopes the settlement brings about change in the way inmates are treated-- especially those suffering from mental illness.
The settlement agreement obtained by the I-Team shows that Santa Clara County is paying the family of Walter Roches $700,000, after he died at the Main Jail in San Jose, September 2015.
Sarah Marinho, the Roches family attorney, told us Tuesday, "This amount reflects that the jail messed up and the sheriff office is responsible for his death."
The county did not admit liability or wrongdoing, as part of the settlement.
Walter Roches was 32 when he arrived at the Main Jail in San Jose with a documented history of mental illness. After he said he was sad and possibly suicidal, deputies tried to move him to another floor, but he wouldn't respond, falling into what jail sources told me seemed like a catatonic state.
Guards opened the food port in his jail door and shot pepper spray several times, then a more potent tear gas. No response. Then, they shot him at close range with metal-bead filled plastic projectiles from an FN-303 riot gun "three times". Still no response. So, the jail sent a cell extraction team to take him down.
"He was beaten head to toe, in fact, contusions from the top of his scalp all the way down to his feet," said Marinho. "And of course we know the one on his abdomen 12 inches in length."
Roches refused medical treatment and died a week later.
Sheriff Laurie Smith refused an interview about using the riot gun at such close range, against manufacturer guidelines. But Dan Noyes caught up to her at a news conference in December 2015.
Dan: "Have you now banned the use of the FN303 riot gun with a mentally-ill inmate as other facilities have?"
Sheriff: "We have banned it entirely."
But then last year, a source inside the sheriff's department sent me these photos-- a pallet of FN303 riot guns, being used, once again at the Santa Clara County Jails.
Walter Roches' mother keeps his high school diploma on the wall of her Central American home. Her attorney says she knows the settlement won't bring her son back, but she hopes it sends a message.
"She sent her son to America to have a better life, not to be killed by the people who were supposed to be taking care of him," said the family's attorney.
The sheriff's department declined to be interviewed about today's settlement and referred us to county counsel's office, but they too have not provided a comment.


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BREAKING: Top DEMOCRAT Resigns After Being BUSTED Stealing $600k In COVID Money According To New Report
When our country was rocked by the biological weapon developed by the Chinese Communist Party with the help of the pile of garbage Dr. Fauci the government blindly handed out billions of dollars to every Tom Dick and Jose without any way of tracking exactly where the money was being distributed.
The fraud that took place and is still taking place is rampant on small scales as well as massive scales.
Freaking BILLIONAIRES were getting massive checks while regular Americans including our VETERANS had to jump hoops just to get their 'stimulus checks' and many small businesses never received ANY help because let's face it- the government is completely incapable of implementing anything as complex as making sure the right people get the money they were supposed to get.
IT WOULDN'T SURPRISE ME IF NANCY PELOSI GOT MONTHLY CHECKS AND GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE FOR HER BUSINESSES FOR GOD'S SAKE.
Anyways, rampant fraud is still taking place and here's a perfect example of another corrupt DemonKRAT ripping off the American public- this filthy punkass scumbag should be thrown in prison.
The Beltway Report has the 411:
There are two types of Democrats. Smart ones and dumb ones. In some ways they are similar and in others, they are quite different. Both types of Democrats are corrupt and not above breaking the law.
The difference is the smart ones stay out of prison. (Although that does not explain Maxine Waters.) But, evidently Democratic State Rep. Michael DiMassa falls into the latter category. He is facing charges that he stole over $630000 from the city of New Haven.
The money came from the CARES ACT and was given to New Haven for COVID relief. DiMassa and an unnamed co-conspirator set up a dummy consulting firm that then began billing New haven for work that was never done.
In all, DiMassa was paid $636,783.70, DiMassa then wrote checks to himself, many coming just before he made massive chip buys at Mohegan Sun, a large, beautiful casino along Rte 95 in Connecticut.
An affidavit from the FBI agent working on the case describes the allegations in detail. According to the agent:
"From February 12, 2021 through April 30, 2021, seven checks were made payable to COMPASS INVESTMENT GROUP, LLC from the City of West Haven and were deposited to the business account. The checks ranged in value from $11,847.50 to $87,650.0. These funds were then used for twenty-one cash withdrawals that were conducted by MICHAEL DIMASSA, ranging from $8,000 to $10,000, for a total of $178,150."
His affidavit continued describing how a check for $85,595 was written out to Compass Investments Group. That check was deposited on May 7th. DiMassa then made a cash withdrawal of $8200 and then still on May 7th, Mohegan Sun recorded a cash buy-in by DiMassa of $9,800.
From The Daily Wire:
The affidavit lists several other instances where DiMassa executed large cash withdrawals and then made large buy-ins at Mohegan Sun.
If "DiMassa broke the public's trust and his oath to protect and serve his constituents, and is found guilty of fraudulent activity, I am demanding that he and any other individual(s) involved be held accountable and prosecuted to the full extent of the law," said West Haven Mayor Nancy Rossi in a statement. "If convicted, all individuals involved should go to jail." Rossi recently announced an investigation into the possibility of fraud committed with money granted to the city by the CARES Act.
"The allegations against Mike DiMassa are serious and very troubling," wrote Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont in a statement. "If the allegations are true, he has not only broken the law but also betrayed the public trust. He had no choice but to resign. The citizens of West Haven and all of Connecticut deserve honest government."
VERY TROUBLING?
NO- HE'S A FREAKING DEMOCRAT THIEF WHO BELONGS IN PRISON.
IF BIDEN'S CORRUPT AND CLUELESS MERRICK GARLAND HAS ANY SAY IN THE MATTER THIS DOUCHEBAG WILL SKATE.
I'M SICK OF THESE LEFTIST PILES OF CRAP.


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Loving 'Doctor Who' as a Black Woman
By Bayana Davis June 22, 2018 July 3, 2018
I came to Doctor Who in 2013, after my cousin Robyn came to my house to commandeer the television for the 50th anniversary of the show. I had only vaguely heard of Who at the time and was wary about delving in deeper because I was sure I would get overwhelmed by the sheer amount of episodes there were. However, after sitting with my cousin to watch "The Day of the Doctor" — and with her assurance that I could start with New Who and not wade all the way back through episodes from the '60s — I decided to take the leap into time and space.
From the beginning, one of my favorite things about the show was the whimsy and fun the Doctor carried with him, especially in a time where so many shows rely on darkness and gore to make them interesting and keep you invested. I'm someone who doesn't shy away from those kinds of shows — and often embraces them — but watching Doctor Who was a nice change of pace. And while there were still some dark episodes, especially in later seasons when I was already hooked, overall the show tends to keep a humor that I think is important when fighting aliens with plungers as weapons.
Given the way the world and the main character are set up, Doctor Who has been able to reinvent itself multiple times. Every few seasons the Doctor regenerates, or changes companions (and/or showrunners), giving us a new way to enjoy the universe through their eyes. In the last 13 years alone, we've had four Doctors (and have gotten our first glimpse of a fifth), and six full-time companions. Of those six, two have been Black.
I loved Martha Jones from her introduction. While there were issues with her writing, especially given that she came right after the first New Who companion Rose Tyler, the fact that there was a Black woman traveling in time and space was amazing to me and allowed me to look past the way she was often treated by a grief-stricken Doctor or the way the writers lazily addressed her being Black whenever she ended up in the past. When Bill Potts was announced seven seasons later, I was excited to see a Black queer companion actualized on screen and was eager to see how or if they would attempt to address some of the things that had been ignored during Martha's run.
In some ways, they did better with Bill than with Martha. They more or less ignored Martha's Blackness, besides casual racism that was never truly addressed while they were in the past. With Bill, they acknowledged the dangers of traveling in time while Black, often addressed the fact that Bill was lesbian, and the Doctor even punched a racist in the face. While the show has never dared to explore racism in the present or even the future, it was nice for them to at least acknowledge that it exists. But then Bill's treatment spiraled from there, ending in a way that was insensitive at best and deeply harmful at worst. Her fate at the end of season 10, including a transformation into a Cyberman, which was recycled from another Black character's fate two seasons prior, was the least of the problems with the symbolism of the end of her run. Where her introduction evoked a cautious optimism, her ending left a bitter taste in my mouth.
Sometimes, thinking back on moments of the show that weren't great, I wonder why I love it so much. But then I watch episodes like "The Girl in the Fireplace" or "Silence in the Library" and I remember. While in hindsight, some parts of the show have been problematic, overall, it's a show that makes me happy. There are episodes I continuously go back to, especially when I need to be cheered up. Even with the flaws in the writing of women and people of color, it still has storytelling that I appreciate and is good for confusing you about timey wimey wibbly wobbly stuff.
This isn't to say that I stay silent about my issues with the show. It's in part why I started the podcast Who Watch: Time and Relative Blackness in Space with my co-hosts Robyn and Connie. While this show has done a lot for me, it should still be held accountable, and our podcast addresses those issues while celebrating the fluff. I think it's important for us to be able to do both, to make our voices heard in fandom, both about the good and the bad. We are excited to bring TARBIS to the Hard NOC Podcast Network because we want all Nerds of Color to join us in looking at this beloved show through a critical lens.
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Art / Museums / Theater Arts and Culture Nonprofits to Receive $5 Million in State Relief Grants
Posted By Margaret Grayson on Tue, Jul 7, 2020 at 1:00 PM
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"Youth Triumphant" sculpture in Barre
The Vermont Arts Council and the Agency of Commerce and Community Development will distribute $5 million to arts and culture nonprofits, as part of legislation signed by Gov. Phil Scott last week to provide $96 million in emergency economic recovery grants to Vermont businesses.
Applications opened Monday on the ACCD website for all the agency's Economic Recovery Grants. Arts and culture nonprofits are eligible for up to $50,000 in funding. The arts council will partner with ACCD to review the applications.
"It's an incredible boost for the nonprofit cultural sector," said Karen Mittelman, executive director of the arts council. "It's important as a recognition of the economic stress our sector is experiencing … And we also know it will not be enough. That's true across the board [in every sector]."
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Art / Museums / Theater Vermont Arts and Culture Organizations Awarded $600,000 in Relief Funding
Posted By Margaret Grayson on Fri, Jul 3, 2020 at 3:26 PM
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'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' at the Weston Playhouse in 2019
Ten Vermont arts and culture organizations received more than $600,000 in direct grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities, as part of the federal coronavirus relief package.
The NEA awarded $50,000 grants to Kingdom County Productions, Dorset Theatre Festival, the Vermont Folklife Center, the Community Engagement Lab, the Yellow Barn and the Weston Playhouse Theatre.
The NEH awarded $133,512 to the Vermont Historical Society, $69,263 to the University of Vermont, $29,362 to the Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History, $53,036 to the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum and an additional $97,017 to the Folklife Center.
Tags: coronavirus, Vermont Arts Council, arts and culture, theater, performing arts, NEA, NEH, Vermont Humanities, Weston Playhouse, Web Only, Image
Art / Dance / Education The Flynn Cancels Its Teaching Artists Program for Fall
Posted By Margaret Grayson on Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 10:55 AM
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Students at the Integrated Arts Academy in 2017
The Flynn has canceled its teaching artists program for the fall semester, putting a halt to a program that employs about 10 artists to work in Burlington schools.
"At the heart of the matter, it's a public health consideration," said the Flynn's interim executive director Charles Smith. "The complications are just too great."
State guidelines for Vermont schools are explicit: "No outside visitors and volunteers except for employees or contracted service providers for the purpose of special education or required support services, as authorized by the school or district."
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Art / History / Technology Middlebury College Students Create Website for 3,000-Year-Old Assyrian Panels
Posted By Amy Lilly on Fri, May 15, 2020 at 1:23 PM
Middlebury College digital methodologies class
Detail of the NW x NE website home page
On May 4, the 10 Middlebury College students in Sarah Laursen's course on digital methodologies for art historians held their final class of the semester on Zoom. That wasn't unusual, because Middlebury, like other colleges around the state and country, had sent their students home to help slow the spread of the coronavirus.
However, the guests Laursen invited to the Zoom call were notable: Sarah Graff, an associate curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City; and Sean Burrus, the Andrew W. Mellon postdoctoral curatorial fellow at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art.
While Seven Days listened in, Laursen's students presented to the two art historians their semester-long project: a website examining one of Middlebury College's first art acquisitions, which is a carved stone panel nearly 3,000 years old. The detailed relief, depicting a muscular, winged man with an impressive beard, is one of hundreds that once adorned the interior walls of the Northwest Palace, built by the Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II (who reigned from 883 to 859 BC), in Nimrud (near present-day Mosul, Iraq).
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Art The Mask Is the Message on a Barre Sculpture
Posted By Pamela Polston on Fri, May 8, 2020 at 6:49 PM
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"Youth Triumphant"
Face masks have been appearing on public artworks since the pandemic began, from Wuhan to Rome to New York City to … Barre. Sue Higby, director of Studio Place Arts in Barre, took this shot of "Youth Triumphant" — a sculpture that presides over the intersection of Main and Washington streets downtown — and sent it our way.
As symbols go, a mask over the mouth would seem to suggest being silenced, and yet this masked man has something important to say.
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Art / Comics A Virtual Welcome to Vermont's New Cartoonist Laureate, Rick Veitch
Posted By Pamela Polston on Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 11:59 AM
Self-portrait by Rick Veitch
Today, April 2, current Vermont cartoonist laureate Alison Bechdel officially passes the laurels to West Townshend resident Rick Veitch. He is the fourth, following Bechdel, Edward Koren and James Kochalka.
But Veitch is the first cartoonist laureate to be inaugurated via livestream — and in the middle of a pandemic. The ceremony that usually takes place in the Vermont Statehouse this time foregoes a congratulatory handshake from the governor, and the audience is virtual. A link to the 3 p.m. ceremony is here.
Gov. Phil Scott, of course, is battling the biggest opponent of not just a career but a lifetime: the coronavirus. Even so, he managed to issue a short message to Veitch: "Congratulations, Rick. Your honor is well deserved."
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Art Middlebury Gallery's Nip Slip Results in Instagram Ban
Posted By Margaret Grayson on Thu, Sep 26, 2019 at 9:19 PM
Olivia Oh @byoliviaoh
The director of a photography gallery in Middlebury said the gallery's Instagram account was banned after posting a photo of a nude woman's breasts on September 5.
James Barker of PhotoPlace Gallery said the photograph, a fine-art shot by Olivia Oh of New York City, was posted by gallery manager Megan Owen, who he said failed to notice its content. That same day, the Instagram account @photoplacegallery was shut down, and PhotoPlace staff have been unable to access it since.
According to Barker, attempts to contact Instagram have gone unanswered. He noted that PhotoPlace had never received any warning or disciplinary action from Instagram before.
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Art Overnight Projects Installation Addresses U.S. History of Separating Families
Posted By Bridget Higdon on Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 7:39 AM
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Inside the "library" of "Liminal States"
The heavy doors of the shipping containers creaked as Chris Thompson opened them one at a time. After lifting a spool of thick yellow extension cord from inside each container, he walked the plugs about 10 yards to an outlet.
As soon as connection was made, projector screens inside the two containers whirred to life, and soft voices soon echoed against the trees.
"Liminal States: What Were Some of the Things You Missed From Home?" is a two-channel video installation and library located outside of Generator, the makerspace in Burlington's South End. Thompson is the nonprofit's executive director.
The exhibition, which examines the long history of separating families and incarcerating children in the U.S., opened August 9. It's on view just through Friday, August 16, 5 to 9 p.m.
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Art What's That New Mural on King Street?
Posted By Margaret Grayson on Thu, Aug 1, 2019 at 2:53 PM
Courtesy of Turning Point Center
A mock-up of what the mural will look like when completed, and the beginning stages of the mural on August 1
A new mural-in-progress on the corner of King Street and South Winooski Avenue will include themes of housing, community and hope for people recovering from addiction. Turning Point Center of Chittenden County recently purchased the building from the Champlain Housing Trust.
The Turning Point Center provides a space and support for substance abuse recovery groups to meet and hold activities. According to its executive director, Gary De Carolis, the center officially purchased the building at 179 South Winooski Ave. on Tuesday. The center has occupied the space since December, after spending four months renovating the office building into larger spaces suitable for groups. It's roughly 60 percent bigger than the center's previous home on Bank Street.
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Art Whale Tails Return to Randolph
Posted By Bridget Higdon on Fri, Jul 19, 2019 at 4:20 PM
Installing "Whale Dance" by Jim Sardonis
With a panoramic mountain range as a backdrop, a beloved sculpture came home, in a sense, to Randolph today. "Whale Dance," a new work by local artist Jim Sardonis, was unveiled at noon just off Interstate 89's Exit 4.
"Reverence," a similar sculpture by Sardonis, was originally sited on the land in 1989 and remained for a decade. When the farmland was sold to developer Jesse "Sam" Sammis in 1999, the sculpture was moved to a spot along I-89 in South Burlington.
Thanks to a group of local fundraisers, the Preservation Trust of Vermont and the Vermont Community Foundation, Randolph residents got their whales back. Sardonis was commissioned to make another pair.
Tags: Sculpture, public art, Jim Sardonis, Randolph, Preservation Trust of Vermont, whales, Web Only, Image
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You've heard the phrase, "hurry up and wait"? Although that term first surfaced related to the military – as in, hurry to your post, then wait hours for your instructions – it's an apt description for job search as well.
For example, you might hurry to set a networking meeting, only to have it scheduled weeks away, or postponed multiple times for the same effect. Hurrying to complete an application or submit a resume is a classic example: More times than not, weeks will elapse between hitting "send" and attending your first interview – or, sadly, learning that you're not going to be interviewed after all.
And of course, the interview process itself is nothing if not an exercise in patience. Waiting in the lobby for an interview to begin, waiting between each interview for word of the next one, waiting post-offer for the paperwork and start date…it's not an easy sequence for impatient or anxious people.
Since I frequently hear from candidates seeking advice about the waits they're involved in, it seemed like a good time to present some guidelines and tips. Of course you know that any generalized information needs to be revised for your own situation. But here are a few things to consider next time you find yourself stuck in a hurry-up-and-wait loop.
…while waiting to be scheduled for an interview – if you're waiting for an initial screening interview after sending your materials, touch base every 7 days "just to check on the scheduling, and to be sure you have what you need from me." When waiting for a second or third interview, follow the timeline they provided, then contact them 3-5 days after the date they said you would be hearing back.
…while waiting for an interview to start – nothing. As difficult as it may be to just sit when someone parks you in a waiting room, remember there's a reason these spaces aren't called check-your-email rooms or Angry Birds rooms. Skip the nervous multi-tasking and practice quiet observation instead; if you do, you'll be better prepared for the meetings when they do start.
The best antidote to the frustration of waiting is to occupy yourself with something else. In the case of job search, that means having more than one position near the front burner at all times. Ideally, you'd be pursuing at least three or four opportunities every week, whether they be networking conversations, job interviews or some other aspect of the process.
Why is this so important? Because distributing your attention more broadly lessens the likelihood of getting into mischief. When candidates have only one shiny opportunity to focus on, they tend to obsess more, sometimes leading to over-contacting other people.
Which brings us to the odd time-warp related to job search: A week in the life of an employer feels like a month to a candidate. That is, when an interviewer says "We'll get back to you in a week," the 8th day feels like day 31 to the job seeker. That just is what it is, as the saying goes. Since you can't change the nature of time and how it feels to both sides, your best strategy is to find ways to cope with the "hurry up and wait" aspect of job search.
Amy Lindgren owns Prototype Career Service, a career consulting firm in St. Paul. She can be reached at alindgren@prototypecareerservice.com or at 626 Armstrong Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55102.


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Search for the charge-conjugation-forbidden decay ω→ηπ⁰
Starostin, A. and Nefkens, B. M. K. and Ahrens, J. and Annand, J. R. M. and Arends, H. J. and Bantawa, K. and Bartolome, P. A. and Beck, R. and Bekrenev, V. and Braghieri, A. and Branford, D. and Briscoe, W. J. and Brudvik, J. and Cherepnya, S. and Downie, E. J. and Filkov, L. V. and Glazier, D. I. and Gregor, R. and Heid, E. and Hornidge, D. and Jahn, O. and Jude, T. C. and Kashevarov, V. L. and Kondratiev, R. and Korolija, M. and Kotulla, M. and Koulbardis, A. and Kruglov, S. and Krusche, B. and Lisin, V. and Livingston, K. and MacGregor, I. J. D. and Maghrbi, Y. and Manley, D. M. and Martinez, M. and McGeorge, J. C. and McNicoll, E. F. and Mekterovic, D. and Metag, V. and Micanovic, S. and Ostrick, M. and Pedroni, P. and Pheron, F. and Polonski, A. and Prakhov, S. and Robinson, J. and Rosner, G. and Rost, M. and Schumann, S. and Sikora, M. H. and Sober, D. and Suarez, I. M. and Supek, I. and Tarbert, C. M. and Thiel, M. and Thomas, A. and Unverzagt, M. and Watts, D. P.. (2009) Search for the charge-conjugation-forbidden decay ω→ηπ⁰. Physical review. C, Nuclear physics, Vol. 79, H. 6 , 065201, 4 S..
A new upper limit of 2.3x10(-4) on the branching ratio of the decay omega -<eta pi(0) has been obtained using the Crystal Ball multiphoton spectrometer at the Mainz Microtron MAMI. This decay is forbidden by charge-conjugation invariance of the strong and electromagnetic interactions. We have also obtained the upper limit of 2.3x10(-4) for the forbidden decay omega -< 3 pi(0) and the upper limit of 2.4x10(-4) for omega -< 2 pi(0).
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Krusche, Bernd
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Variant title: Search for the charge-conjugation-forbidden decay omega -<eta pi(0) -- Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.79.065201
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Henry or Harry Potter (October 4, 1881 – January 24, 1955) was an American golfer who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. In 1904 he was part of the American team which won the silver medal. Potter was the best player for his team together with his teammate Francis Newton he placed sixth in this competition. In the individual competition he finished 15th in the qualification and was eliminated in the first round of the match play.

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Business-Managed Democracy »Introduction » Inner Circle » McKinsey and Co.
Reference: 'World's best companies for leaders', CNNMoney.com, 19 November 2009.
McKinsey & Company is a global management consultancy that is a launch pad for some of the top executives in transnational firms around the world. It claims to have 20,000 former employees in leadership positions globally.
Reference: Andrew Ross Sorkin, 'McKinsey & Co: Are they worth it?', Sydney Morning Herald, 4 September 2013.
The secretive firm has been the go-to strategy consigliere for the globe's top companies - from Procter & Gamble to American Express - as well as governments for more than a half century. Its influence is staggering. Consider this: More current and former Fortune 500 CEO's are alumni of McKinsey than of any other company.
McKinsey business missionaries not only whisper and advise at the highest levels, they have a propensity for moving from the consulting world into the executive suite. IBM, Sears, AT&T, American Express, the list could stretch for pages, all huge companies that first bought McKinsey's top dollar advice, and then saw McKinsey veterans shift loyalties and join executive ranks, frequently turning back to their old employer to buy consulting services. It is one of the world's greatest old-boy networks. Job placement is only part of the point. When a Fred Gluck moves from directing McKinsey to running Bechtel Corp., in San Francisco, he takes along McKinsey values, experience, and most important, contacts. There are signs of these connections almost everywhere now, the legacy of decades of consulting and executive contacts.
It is often goes unmentioned, but McKinsey has indeed offered some of the worst advice in the annals of business. Enron? Check. Time Warner's merger with AOL? Check. General Motors' poor strategy against the Japanese automakers? Check. It told AT&T in 1980 that it expected the market for mobile phones in the United States in 2000 would amount to only 900,000 subscribers. It turned out to be 109 million. The list goes on.
These people are also board directors of other companies and members of influential business coalitions and policy groups.
Reference: 'Alumni', McKinsey & Company, 2011.
Our alumni number nearly 23,000 and work in virtually every business sector in 120 countries. Through formal events and informal networking, former McKinsey consultants make and sustain professional relationships. This dynamic network is a lasting benefit of a McKinsey career.
Reference: 'About Us', McKinsey & Company, 2011.
We go to extraordinary lengths to support the people we hire to succeed. We provide them with unrivaled opportunities for growth and global impact. This passion to help continues in our alumni, who remain connected to and engaged with our firm and its people.


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When a LaRoux Industries security breach interrupts Gideon and Sofia's separate attempts to infiltrate their headquarters, they're forced to work together to escape. Each of them has their own reason for wanting to take down LaRoux Industries, and neither trusts the other. But working together might be the best chance they have to expose the secrets LRI is so desperate to hide."
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using System;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
using Titanium.Core.Factors;

namespace Titanium.Core.Numbers
{
	internal class Float : Number
	{
		internal readonly double Value;

		internal Float(double value)
		{
			Value = value;
		}

		public override string ToString()
		{
			// Should be a setting
			const int showDigits = 6;
			var showInScientificNotation = ValueAsFloat() >= (10 ^ showDigits);

			string value;
			if (showInScientificNotation)
			{
				value = ValueAsFloat().ToString(string.Format("G{0}", showDigits), CultureInfo.InvariantCulture).Replace("-", "⁻");
				value = Regex.Replace(value, "(E\\+0*)", ".E");
				value = Regex.Replace(value, "\\.$", "");
			}
			else
			{
				value = ValueAsFloat().ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
			}

			value = value.Replace("-", "⁻");

			return value.Contains(".")
				? StripTrailingZeros(StripLeadingZeros(value))
				: string.Format("{0}.", value);
		}

		internal override double ValueAsFloat()
		{
			// Coerce to 0
			return Math.Abs(Value) < Constants.Tolerance ? 0 : Value;
		}

		internal override Number AbsoluteValue()
		{
			return new Float(Math.Abs(Value));
		}

		internal override bool IsNegative => Value < 0;
		internal override bool IsZero => Math.Abs(Value) < Constants.Tolerance;
		internal override bool IsOne => Math.Abs(Value - 1) < Constants.Tolerance;

		public override bool Equals(Number other)
		{
			var f = other as Float;
			return f != null && Math.Abs(Value - f.Value) < Constants.Tolerance;
		}

		internal static bool IsWholeNumber(double f)
		{
			return Math.Abs(f % 1) < Constants.Tolerance ||
				double.IsInfinity(f) ||
				double.IsNegativeInfinity(f);
		}

		internal static bool IsWholeNumber(Float f)
		{
			return IsWholeNumber(f.Value);
		}

		private static string StripLeadingZeros(string value)
		{
			return value.TrimStart('0');
		}

		private static string StripTrailingZeros(string value)
		{
			return value.TrimEnd('0');
		}
	}
}

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Judge Orders Microsoft, DOJ To Settle
By rbarrett on September 28, 2001 at 1:56 pm
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly today ordered Microsoft and the government into settlement talks and refused to narrow the scope of possible punishments in the antitrust case.
Kollar-Kotelly was polite but firm in her debut hearing on the case, and made it clear that an out-of-court settlement is her preference.
"This case should be settled and this is an optimal time to do so," Kollar-Kotelly said. "I expect you to engage in discussions around the clock."
Kollar-Kotelly was chosen to oversee the 3-year-old landmark case against Microsoft after an appeals court in June overturned an order that the company be broken up and removed the original judge, U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson, for bias.
Kollar-Kotelly was ordered to further review some of the claims against Microsoft and to decide appropriate punishment for one Jackson ruling the appeals court agreed with – that Microsoft acted illegally to protect its Windows monopoly.
During the one-hour procedural hearing, the judge ruled from the bench on Microsoft's earlier request to limit consideration of punishments before any evidence had been presented. Microsoft argued that since portions of Jackson's original monopoly ruling was struck down, Kollar-Kotelly should limit the scope of possible remedies to reflect that change.
Kollar-Kotelly strongly disagreed. "The purpose of evidentiary hearings is to inform the court about the contours of a remedy. The court will not rule on the scope of relief in the abstract," she said.
The judge ordered a new schedule for the trial that she said will keep the pace moving as quickly as possible. The Department of Justice will submit its relief proposal on Dec. 7, to be followed by Microsoft on Dec. 12. Hearings in the case will start March 11, unless a settlement is reached. In addition, both sides will conduct evidence discovery Nov. 2 to Feb. 22.
On this point, Microsoft attorney John Warden asked Kollar-Kotelly for three weeks to deliver documents to the DOJ during discovery, instead of the 10 days she ordered, citing the difficulty in serving up subpoenaed material so quickly.
Kollar-Kotelly rejected the proposal, pointing out that there were 28 lawyers present in the courtroom for both sides.
"If you don't want to use these resources, settle the case," Kollar-Kotelly said.
All in all ,the day was a rebuke to Microsoft, said Robert Lande, a University of Baltimore antitrust professor. "She wasn't going to let Microsoft delay things," he said.
After the hearing, neither Warden nor another Microsoft counsel, William Neukom, had any comment.
Charles James, the assistant attorney general for the DOJ's Antitrust Division, was upbeat. "We are certainly pleased with the court's determinations," he said.
Connecticut and Iowa Attorneys General Richard Blumenthal and Tom Miller seconded James' remarks


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Carson Wentz returns to 11-on-11 drills, and what that means for Eagles' opener
Carson Wentz took part in team 11-on-11 drills for the first time since July 28. Does that leave him on pace for the season opener?
Carson Wentz returns to 11-on-11 drills, and what that means for Eagles' opener Carson Wentz took part in team 11-on-11 drills for the first time since July 28. Does that leave him on pace for the season opener? Check out this story on delawareonline.com: https://www.delawareonline.com/story/sports/nfl/eagles/2018/08/19/carson-wentz-returns-knee-drills-nick-foles-doug-pederson-eagles-opener/1036478002/
Martin Frank, Delaware News Journal Published 1:22 p.m. ET Aug. 19, 2018 | Updated 3:07 p.m. ET Aug. 19, 2018
Nick Foles also discussed his play after the Eagles' 37-20 loss to New England. Delaware News Journal
Carson Wentz, left, shown during a recent practice, is still hoping to play in the Eagles' opener on Sept. 6.(Photo: Jerry Habraken, The News Journal)Buy Photo
PHILADELPHIA – For the first time in more than three weeks, Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz took part in 11-on-11 team drills in practice.
Eagles coach Doug Pederson confirmed that Sunday morning before practice, saying that "it's big" for Wentz's recovery from two torn knee ligaments suffered last December. He also left open the possibility that Wentz could open the season as the starting quarterback on Sept. 6 against Atlanta.
Pederson was quick to add that Wentz isn't going to take the full complement of snaps in the 11-on-11 drills, at least for now, and that he will be sprinkled in with the other quarterbacks. He said the same is true of Nick Foles, who suffered a shoulder injury Thursday night in the Eagles' 37-20 loss to New England.
Foles practiced Sunday as well.
Wentz, of course, had taken part in the 11-on-11 drills the first three days of training camp, from July 26-28. But the Eagles scaled back his workload after that, with Pederson saying he saw enough from Wentz to know his rehab was going well. He also said he didn't want to expose Wentz to any possible setbacks or incidental contact from defenders.
During the interim, Wentz did take part in individual drills and team 7-on-7 drills without any linemen present, or what Pederson referred to as a "more controlled environment."
Pederson said one benefit of this plan is that Wentz is fresh heading into the final 2 1/2 weeks before the season opener.
"His arm is live, he hasn't had all the reps, obviously, that Nick has had, that Nate (Sudfeld) has had," Pederson said. "So his arm is live. He's fresh, and that's all the things that we wanted him to be at this stage."
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Pederson said that for now, he is preparing both Wentz and Foles for the season opener. He said there are enough reps to go around for both, at least for now.
Wentz and Foles were not available to the media on Sunday.
"We're still in training camp," Pederson said. "Normally, in the past, we would kind of do the same thing whether it was Carson/Nick or Nick/Carson. We're still evaluating. This is all part of the process and the plan that we've established for Carson moving forward."
Pederson seemed to suggest that Wentz won't play in either of the two remaining preseason games. Wentz has yet to be cleared by the medical staff for contact. But Pederson also said he wants Wentz to have at least a week of full practice participation before putting him in a game situation.
But the Eagles have liked what they have seen from Wentz so far.
"He looks great," Sudfeld said. "Just always had it mentally, always had it physically. He looks like the same old Carson Wentz."
That was evident early in camp when Wentz was doing the team 11-on-11 drills. On July 28, the team was in full uniform and pads, and there was live contact (not on the quarterbacks). Still, there was one play where two linemen fell in front of Wentz, who had to step away and then sprint out of trouble.
Wentz sprinted out on a few other plays that day. After that, the Eagles scaled him back. Now, they're building him back up.
Eagles face Patriots in preseason matchup
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Nate Sudfeld, right, celebrates his touchdown pass to wide receiver Shelton Gibson, left, during the first half of a preseason NFL football game against the New England Patriots, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) Charles Krupa, AP
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Nick Foles (9) passes to wide receiver Kamar Aiken (81) during the first half of a preseason NFL football game against the New England Patriots, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm) Mary Schwalm, AP
Keith Blackburn, right, of Gardiner, Mass., photographs Noah Blackburn, left, of Westford, Mass., outside Gillette Stadium before a preseason NFL football game between the New England Patriots and the Philadelphia Eagles, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) Charles Krupa, AP
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, right, speaks to Philadelphia Eagles running back Darren Sproles while warming up before a preseason NFL football game, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) Charles Krupa, AP
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Nick Foles warms up beside quarterback Nate Sudfeld (7) before a preseason NFL football game against the New England Patriots, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm) Mary Schwalm, AP
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Nick Foles warms up before a preseason NFL football game against the New England Patriots, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm) Mary Schwalm, AP
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Nate Sudfeld warms up before a preseason NFL football game against the New England Patriots, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm) Mary Schwalm, AP
Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Avonte Maddox (29) speaks to teammates while warming up before a preseason NFL football game against the New England Patriots, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm) Mary Schwalm, AP
New England Patriots quarterback Brian Hoyer warms up before a preseason NFL football game against the Philadelphia Eagles, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) Charles Krupa, AP
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Nick Foles leads his team onto the field before a preseason NFL football game against the New England Patriots, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm) Mary Schwalm, AP
Philadelphia Eagles offensive tackle Jordan Mailata warms up before a preseason NFL football game against the New England Patriots, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm) Mary Schwalm, AP
Philadelphia 76ers' Joel Embiid, left, watches from the sideline as teams warm up for a preseason NFL football game between the New England Patriots and the Philadelphia Eagles, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm) Mary Schwalm, AP
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Christian Hackenberg warms up before a preseason NFL football game against the New England Patriots, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm) Mary Schwalm, AP
Philadelphia Eagles defensive end Josh Sweat warms up before a preseason NFL football game against the New England Patriots, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm) Mary Schwalm, AP
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady warms up before a preseason NFL football game against the Philadelphia Eagles, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) Charles Krupa, AP
New England Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman fires up the crowd before a preseason NFL football game against the Philadelphia Eagles, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) Charles Krupa, AP
Philadelphia Eagles players stand for the national anthem before a preseason NFL football game against the New England Patriots, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm) Mary Schwalm, AP
New England Patriots players stand for the national anthem before a preseason NFL football game against the Philadelphia Eagles, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) Charles Krupa, AP
Philadelphia Eagles running back Jay Ajayi carries during the first half of the team's preseason NFL football game against the New England Patriots on Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) Charles Krupa, AP
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Nick Foles (9) passes under pressure from New England Patriots defensive end Deatrich Wise (91) during the first half of a preseason NFL football game Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) Charles Krupa, AP
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) throws a pass under pressure from Philadelphia Eagles defensive tackle Haloti Ngata (94) during the first half of a preseason NFL football game Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) Charles Krupa, AP
Philadelphia Eagles head coach Doug Pederson, left, and defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz watch from the sideline during the first half of a preseason NFL football game, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm) Mary Schwalm, AP
Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Avonte Maddox defends against the New England Patriots during the first half of a preseason NFL football game, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm) Mary Schwalm, AP
Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Avonte Maddox, rear, tackles New England Patriots tight end Will Tye during the first half of a preseason NFL football game, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) Charles Krupa, AP
Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Jordan Hicks, rear, tackles New England Patriots running back James White during the first half of a preseason NFL football game, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) Charles Krupa, AP
New England Patriots defensive tackle Adam Butler, right, sacks Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Nick Foles during the first half of a preseason NFL football game, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm) Mary Schwalm, AP
New England Patriots linebacker Ja'Whaun Bentley (51) runs from Philadelphia Eagles tight end Zach Ertz (86) for a touchdown after recovering a fumble during the first half of a preseason NFL football game, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) Charles Krupa, AP
Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Shelton Gibson receives attention on the field after an injury during the first half of a preseason NFL football game against the New England Patriots, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) Charles Krupa, AP
New England Patriots wide receiver Riley McCarron runs with the ball during the first half of a preseason NFL football game against the Philadelphia Eagles, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) Charles Krupa, AP
Pederson insisted that is all part of the plan.
The team drills are no longer open to the media. Pederson admitted that some of that, along with keeping Wentz out of the preseason games, is part strategical so the Falcons don't know exactly how to prepare for Wentz.
"It doesn't hurt to not put it out there who's going to start right away," Pederson said.
But Pederson stressed that was not the main motivation.
"It's big to evaluate him and see where he's at, and get him back in there with the guys," Pederson said. "Again, it's still a slow process, but at the same time, it's exciting for him and for us to get him back out there."
Pederson updates injuries
Pederson said TE Richard Rodgers, who hurt his knee against the Patriots, is "week to week," a sign that he might not be ready in time for the start of the regular season. Pederson said RB Donnel Pumphrey, who has missed the last few weeks with a lower body injury, won't return this week. Also, RB Corey Clement (lower body) and WR Nelson Agholor (lower body), who have missed more than a week of practice, are day to day. Neither practiced Sunday. CB Jalen Mills practiced on a limited basis. WR Mack Hollins returned to practice after missing more than a week.
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