our commitment to ensuring competent, high-quality CPR through the implementation and broad adoption of the Resuscitation Quality Improvement Program (RQI).
"The Resuscitation Quality Improvement® (RQI) program speaks to some of the top priorities in healthcare today – improving patient safety and outcomes, increasing staff CPR competency and confidence, staff satisfaction and the need to effectively reduce operating expenses."
Kathy Gray, AHA Training Center Coordinator | RQI Administrator and Brandy Spoon, MSN Ed., RN, Clinical Nurse Education Coordinator for leading the charge and ensuring that this program was a success for KCH and our community.
Photo (L-R) Rod Kimble, BA, CCEMT-P, Impact Manager, RQI Partners, LLC; Brandy Spoon, MSN Ed., RN, Clinical Nurse Education Coordinator; Jeff Scott, Marketing/Development; Kathy Gray, AHA Training Center Coordinator | RQI Administrator and Chief Nursing Officer, Carol Emery, MSN, RN, CENP.


Airline Consumer Engagement Marketing Essay Abstract This paper discusses how airline companies engage with their consumers. It discusses the modes of consumer engagement and the process of engagement. Most companies use integrated marketing approach to engage consumers because of the diversity of needs in the market.


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The deck system and shock absorption is not on par with the higher end brands like True, Precor, and Life Fitness.
Very solid unit that is feature laden and offers a lot of new technologies that will keep the users engaged during workouts.
AFG came out with this line a few years ago and they really brought a lot of new features to the table. With a solid deck and large motor this treadmill is made for running and is a non folding tank of a unit at the new $1699 price point.
The Passport feature that AFG 7.1AT treadmill offers is really cool and worth trying out at your local dealer. It will actually project a high definition course onto a connected TV and match your pace to progression thru the course. A lot of out door runners who prefer chasing a horizon really like this and others could care less. It is one of those features that I describe as either love or hate. Even if the courses aren't your bag the ability to put your treadmill info as an overlay to your tv shows is a nice headsup feature for users watching tv while on the unit.
This unit compares well to the True and Precors in the same price range with its full range of features, but the other brands shock absorption is a bit superior in my opinion. This is why I always suggest running on a unit before buying because only you can decide what you like to run on.
The unit also has a very solid warranty backed by one of the largest companies in the industry. With five years on parts and 2 years labor the really is no need for an extended warranty.
Begin your workout in your living room, finish in the Italian countryside. Equipped with the interactive Passport media player, the AFG 7.1AT features 2 different trails throughout the American Southwest and Northern Italy which engage you with stunning video footage and ambient audio soundtracks right through your TV. From the cliffs of the Grand Canyon to the Venetian cityscape, Passport delivers a dynamic workout experience unlike any other; no plane ticket required. This easy-to-use workout accessory is included with the AFG 7.1AT treadmill at no additional cost, and requires no wires or connections between your treadmill and TV.
The AFG 7.1AT offers more tools to meet your needs. This treadmill is Made for iPod, so you can dock and control your iPod directly from the console. The easy-to-read, 16-digit alphanumeric LED provides more of the instant, at-a-glance feedback you need. And you'll always stay motivated while the dynamic, built-in speaker system lets you blast your favorite workout tunes.
Join one of the world's biggest running groups with Nike + iPod, which automatically saves all your workout data directly to your iPod® so you can track your progress on nikerunning.com. Simply connect your iPod device to the Made for iPod connector and begin your workout while your pace, distance, time and calories burned are saved to your device. Once you've finished, connect the iPod to your computer, where iTunes syncs your workout data directly to nikerunning.com. Every workout and every run is there, ready for you to review.
A very solid unit that is worth trying in this price point and has a lot of cool features that may keep you coming back for more miles. The unit is made for running and has a good feel and actually feels like a more expensive unit. This unit is definitely worth a run if you are in this price point, especially after its recent price drop to $1699.
Mike is the co-founder of Treadmill.com and all around fitness enthusiast. When not out playing tennis, Mike is usually working away while at his treadmill desk.


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The thyroglossal duct is an embryological anatomical structure forming an open connection between the initial area of development of the thyroid gland and its final position. It is located exactly mid-line, between the anterior 2/3 and posterior 1/3 of the tongue.

The thyroid gland starts developing in the oropharynx in the fetus and descends to its final position taking a path through the tongue, hyoid bone and neck muscles. The connection between its original position and its final position is the thyroglossal duct. This duct normally atrophies and closes off as the foramen cecum before birth but can remain open in some people.

Clinical significance
A thyroglossal duct that fails to atrophy is called a persistent thyroglossal duct, a condition that may lead to the formation of a thyroglossal duct cyst.

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Meet Team AG: Q&A with American Girl Author and Lifestyle Editor Andrea Debbink
As a journalism and history major at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Andrea Debbink worked for three years as an editorial intern at American Girl magazine, the very publication she loved as a child. Years later, when the editorial team sought a new lifestyle editor, Andrea applied for the position.
That was nearly a decade ago. In that time, Andrea has become a leader in developing meaningful nonfiction content for girls, including crafts, recipes, games, and activities that encourage girls' creative expression.
When you are developing content for girls, what drives and inspires you?
I'm an American Girl fan from way back. I found the historical books at my library when I was eight years old and started subscribing to American Girl magazine when they released their first issue in 1993. Shortly afterward, I received my favorite Christmas gift of all time: my first AG doll. It was Kirsten, and she stands proudly next to my work computer today.
It's a privilege to be a part of encouraging and empowering the next generation of girls, and the content development team and I take our responsibility to our readers seriously. I'm always interested in and inspired by what girls have to say. Young readers are so uninhibited and honest in their feedback. I love it when girls send us photos of crafts and recipes they've made, share their thoughts on something I've written, or simply tell us something about themselves.
Making a positive difference in girls' lives is why I do what I do—truly, the greatest joy is getting feedback from readers and seeing the difference our content makes in their lives.
To that end, your new book, Spark: A Guide to Ignite the Creativity Inside You, celebrates the notion that everyone is creative: from artists and writers to inventors and builders, from scientists and coders to athletes and engineers. That's a message that is, to use your words, incredibly "encouraging and empowering." How did this idea, and the book, come to be?
Spark is an idea that's based on my work for American Girl magazine, feedback from readers, and my own fascination with the concept of creativity.
Back in 2016, I dug into the letters we receive from our magazine readers to look for common questions and themes related to creative expression. We receive over 1000 pieces of mail from girls following each new issue, so I had a lot to work with. I was somewhat surprised to discover that girls were dealing with a lot of the same issues that adults face in the area of creativity: lack of inspiration, the inner critic, perfectionism, etc. I wanted to find a way to respond to these questions and concerns, but that seemed impossible to do in a short magazine article. In order to do the topic justice, a creativity guidebook seemed like an ideal solution and a natural fit for the advice and activity books American Girl publishes.
As I further explored this book concept, I noticed a gap in the marketplace. There are many wonderful picture books about creativity and many books on this topic for adults, but very few (if any) for a middle-grade audience. Not only did the topic seem right, but the time seemed right, too. I developed a concept and shared it with our executive editor, Barbara Stretchberry, and editorial director, Jodi Goldberg. They were early champions of the idea, and they gave the initial green light for this book.
Encouraging creativity in girls has long been a value of American Girl as a company, so it wasn't difficult to gain internal support for the book. Still, from initial book pitch to final proofing, the book development process took about a year. Then it was a long wait for it to be printed and released!
So Spark guides girls through the creative process and offers them tools and encouragement to "dream up brilliant ideas and turn them into brilliant things." In truth, then, you were actively doing the very thing you were writing about. What was that process like for you as you developed this book?
I started writing Spark on sticky notes in my living room. The structure of the book comes from my own experience and creative process as a writer and maker. To be honest, until I had to articulate it, I didn't think very much about my own creative process—at least not explicitly. But once I got started—I don't want to say it was easy, but the book seemed to write itself.
After the manuscript was written, art director Dan Nordskog and illustrator Emily Balsley came on board. That's when the book really began to take shape. I love Emily's bright and whimsical illustration style and the way she embraces creativity in all parts of her life. So I wrote words and Emily created beautiful art, but Dan is really the book's architect and visionary.
Art directors tend to have a behind-the-scenes role in publishing, so they don't get a lot of fanfare, but putting those two elements—words and art—together into a book is an art unto itself. Dan is the book's unsung hero.
And then of course there are so many other people that help bring a book into being, from copy editors to marketers to production artists. One thing this process taught me was the incredible number of skilled people it takes to bring a book into the world.
Your extensive body of work for American Girl has taken up everything from chemistry to crochet! What challenges do you find in writing for these young readers?
The greatest challenge is to strike an age-appropriate tone and deliver complex information in a way middle-grade readers can understand. I never want to be patronizing, but I also don't want to talk over readers' heads. It's an interesting balance. I think sometimes there's a mistaken belief that it's easy to write for children and that you just have to "dumb down" what you'd write for adults. I couldn't disagree more. I think that to write for children, you don't merely simplify, you distill. The best children's writers can distill an idea to its essence. That's what I aspire to do when I write for this audience.
Finally, what would you most like the adults in your readers' lives to know about you?
Even though I create a lot of fun content, I see a deeper meaning in the work I do. Crafts and recipes and games aren't just interesting ways to pass the time. I think this type of nonfiction content is important because at its core, it's about skill-building and creative expression. And skill-building and creative expression lead to empowerment and confidence for children . . . and adults!
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This tiny 1962 Volkswagen Microbus is a wonder in itself. Its bright orange color and shiny look are sure to catch anyone's eye. It is a super cool collectible that any real car lover would love to get their hands on. It has an open sunroof and is so finely detailed, you will definitely be left mesmerized.


The Chief Justice of the Gambia Hassan B. Jallow has urged members of the Bar to come forward to be judges in order to strengthen the capacity of the bench.
The Chief Justice made those remarks while introducing four justices of the Supreme Court and two justices of the court of appeal who were sworn in by the President of the Republic of the Gambia Adama Barrow earlier yesterday morning.
The Justices of the supreme court namely Nicholas Colin Browne-Marke from Sierra Leone and currently serving as the deputy chief justice of Sierra Leone. Cherno Sulayman Jallow, Mary Mamyassin Sey, the first Gambian High court judge and the first female to have served in the high court. Abubacarr Datti Yahaya, a Nigerian and former president of the Gambia Court of Appeal. Omar M.M Njie, a former vice president of the Gambia Bar Association and justice of the court of appeal and Nacessay Sallah Wadda former Director of Public Prosecutions, former High court judge and court of appeal respectively.
He welcomed all the justices of the superior courts and wished them a successful career. According to the Chief Justice, all of these justices have had a distinguished legal career both in the Gambia and abroad.
This, according to the Chief Justice, will bring a much added value to their work within the legal system in the Gambia.
"Capacity continues to be a challenge despite the numbers that have been sworn in. The most serious challenge continues to be in the high court where we are very much below capacity and I do hope and look forward to more members of the bar coming forward to take up places as judges of the high court.", he said.
The Chief Justice said the Supreme Court had resumed work yesterday afternoon. He urged the Bar especially the veterans to seriously consider coming forward and join the bench.
For his part, Mr. Cherno Marena, the Solicitor General, deputizing the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, said the appointment of the chief Justice of the Gambia is a new dawn for the respect for the rule of law, a new dawn for the independence of the judiciary and that has been reaffirmed today with the appointment of erudite and distinguished justices.
"This is a future that is anchored on the rule of law, good governance and the future that is anchored on the independence of the judiciary and I believe that we are on the right track to have set the future that will be of benefit to the Gambians in general and the legal fraternity", said the Solicitor General.
He said the success of any legal system depends on the investment that is put into the legal system. He said the bedrock of any legal system is the human capacity, the human resources of the system and that the Ministry of Justice is very much committed to investing in this capacity.
"We pledge our allegiance and our firm adherence to the rule of law and for that reason we will make sure that all the resources that are necessary to attract the very finest brains in our country will come on board in order for us to be able to have a judiciary that we are all proud of. The Attorney General has pledged his personal support to this and his team behind him is also committed to this effort, the necessary incentives and the facilities that are necessary for the effective functioning of the judicial officers would certainly be ensured so that we would be able to have the people that we need for the advancement of our judiciary", he said.
Ms. Yassin Seneghore, delivering a statement on behalf of the President of the Gambia Bar Association, said the judiciary is at the centre of governance in the country and that they have heard the cry of the people for justice, which according to her is a clarion call, which both the bench and the bar must respond to positively, honestly and with commitment.
"Over the years since independence the Gambian judiciary has enjoyed the services of outstanding and distinguished non Gambians and Gambians. Your lordships Chief justice and Abubacarr Datti Yahaya and your ladyship Mary Mamyassin Sey have been such judges. ", she remarked.
She said the judiciary of the Gambia can now look forward to the future with great hope. On behalf of the Gambia Bar Association, she congratulated the new superior court judges for accepting the mantle of honor. She said as officers of the court they will endeavour to support them to facilitate their work.
Justice Mary Mamyassin Sey said what they are looking for is fraternity and full cooperation from the bar. She said it is not an independent task because the two go together.
She said they look forward to good precise briefs not briefs that are written for the sake of being written.
"We are talking about briefs that will be logical that would address the issue. Some lawyers have this practice of just saying I have submitted my brief but that is not the point. You could write twenty pages submissions but only one page matters. We would rather look at concise briefs that deal with the point and that helps the bench if not we will be rambling all over a hundred page judgment which doesn't make sense. We would rather have judgment that is logical and address the issue because when we finish writing judgments and we have not addressed the issue then it is injustice; because we are here to make sure we deliver justice to the best of our abilities without fear or favor, affection or ill will; we are here to do what is right. I know most of the members of the Bar but, when it comes to delivery of justice I don't know anybody, I know what is on paper and that is what we are going to deliver", she said.
Other Speakers included Justices Nicholas Colin Browne-Marke, Cherno Sulayman Jallow, Abubaccar Datti Yahaya, Omar M.M Njie and Naceesay Sallah Wadda, each pledging to deliver justice in accordance with the law.


On writ of error or appeal, the first and fundamental question is that of jurisdiction, first of this Court and then of the court from which the record comes. This question the court is bound to ask and answer for itself, even when not otherwise suggested, and without respect to the relation of the parties to it.
"An act authorizing the formation of partnership associations in which the capital subscribed shall alone be responsible for the debts of the association, except under certain circumstances,"
the litigation, to be one by or against citizens of the state creating the corporation. It is not sufficient that the association may be described as a quasi-corporation or as a "new artificial person." The rule does not embrace a new artificial person that is not a corporation.
Under the circumstances disclosed by the record, the circuit court should allow an amendment of the pleadings upon the subject of the citizenship of the parties, and the case should proceed to a final hearing on the merits in the event the pleadings as amended show a case within the jurisdiction of the court.
"members of the limited partnership association doing business under the firm name and style of Jones & Laughlins, Limited, which said association is a limited partnership association organized under an Act of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania approved June 23d [2d], 1874, entitled 'An Act Authorizing the Formation of Partnership Associations in Which the Capital Subscribed Shall Alone be Responsible for the Debts of the Association, except under Certain Circumstances,'"
"and who 'Have Their Office and Principal Place of Business in the City of Pittsburgh,' and which association is 'a Citizen of the Pennsylvania.'"
The defendant first named in the bill is the Great Southern Fire Proof Hotel Company, a corporation of the State Ohio, and some of the defendants are corporations and citizens of states other than the State of Pennsylvania.
the City of Columbus and State of Ohio, the individual partners thereof being William D. Taylor, James P. Beall, and William J. Keever."
"Sturgeon, Ford & Company is a partnership doing business in the City of Columbus and State of Ohio, the individual partners thereof being unknown to your orators."
"Meacham & Wright is a partnership doing business in the City of Columbus and State of Ohio, the individual partners thereof being Floras D. Meacham and Frank S. Wright."
"Sosman & Landis is a partnership of Chicago, Illinois, doing business in the State of Ohio, the names of the individual partners thereof being unknown to your orators."
"Dundon & Bergin is a partnership doing business in the City of Columbus, State of Ohio, the individual partners thereof being Thomas J. Dundon and Matthew J. Bergin."
"H. C. Johnson & Company is a partnership doing business in the State of Ohio, the names of the individual partners thereof being unknown to your orators."
"Schoedinger, Fearn & Company is a partnership doing business in the State of Ohio, the individual partners thereof being F. O. Schoedinger, W. A. Fearn, and J. R. Dickson."
"L. Hiltgartner & Sons is a partnership doing business in the City of Columbus, State of Ohio, the names of the individual partners thereof being unknown to your orators."
By written agreement between Jones & Laughlins, Limited, and W. J. McClain, dated December 13, 1894, the former agreed, upon certain terms, to furnish structural steel for use in the erection of the Great Southern Hotel at Columbus, for the construction of which McClain had previously contracted with the Great Southern Fire Proof Hotel Company. Under the above contract, Jones & Laughlins, Limited, shipped and furnished to McClain structural steel of the value of $43,296.74. All of that sum was paid by McClain except $11,410.02, which was due to the plaintiffs with interest from January 28, 1896.
were delivered to McClain, Jones & Laughlins, Limited, filed with the recorder of Franklin County, Ohio, an affidavit containing an itemized statement of the amount and value of such materials. The object of the filing was to conform to the provisions of sections 3184 (as amended April 13th, 1894, 91 Ohio Laws, 135), and 3185 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio, both sections relating to mechanic's liens, and thereby obtain, in behalf of Jones & Laughlins, Limited, for the amount due them, a lien upon the hotel and the opera house connected with it, as well as upon the land on which they stood.
After stating that the defendants each claim to have some interest in the property in question as lienholders or otherwise, the exact nature and extent of which was unknown to the plaintiff, the relief asked was: 1. That the defendants be required to answer and fully set forth their respective interests in the property, and failing to do so that they be barred from asserting any claim thereto. 2. That a receiver be appointed to collect rents. 3. That the plaintiff's demand be declared a valid and subsisting lien on the property. 4. That all the liens be marshalled, the premises sold, and the proceeds distributed.
The Great Southern Fire Proof Hotel Company demurred generally to the bill as insufficient.
The defendants Sosman & Landis filed their answer and cross-bill, claiming a lien upon the property for a balance due under a contract made between them and McClain pursuant to which they furnished scenery, stage work, and fixtures for the improvements contemplated by the contract between McClain and the hotel company. To that cross-bill a demurrer was also filed.
The cause was heard in the circuit court upon the demurrers, the only question argued being the constitutionality of the Ohio statute of April 13, 1894. That court sustained the demurrers and dismissed the bill and cross-bill upon the ground that the provisions of the mechanic's lien law of Ohio, under which the plaintiffs and cross-plaintiffs proceeded, were unconstitutional. 79 F. 477.
the circuit court was reversed, the former court holding that the statute of Ohio in question was not void. 86 F. 370. The hotel company then applied for and obtained this writ of certiorari.
Justice Marshall in Brown v. Keene, 8 Pet. 112."
"This averment is not sufficient to show jurisdiction. It does not appear from it that the Lafayette Insurance Company is a corporation, or if it be such, by the law of what state it was created. The averment that the company is a citizen of the State of Indiana can have no sensible meaning attached to it. This Court does not hold that either a voluntary association of persons, or an association into a body politic, created by law is a citizen of a state within the meaning of the Constitution. And therefore if the defective averment in the declaration had not been otherwise supplied, the suit must have been dismissed."
of that state. But the express company cannot be a citizen of New York within the meaning of the statutes regulating jurisdiction unless it be a corporation. The allegation that the company was organized under the laws of New York is not an allegation that it is a corporation. In fact, the allegation is that the company is not a corporation, but a joint-stock company -- that is, a mere partnership. And although it may be authorized by the laws of the State of New York to bring suit in the name of its president, that fact cannot give the company power, by that name, to sue in a federal court. The company may have been organized under the laws of the State of New York, and may be doing business in that state, and yet all the members of it may not be citizens of that state. The record does not show the citizenship of Barney or of any of the members of the company. They are not shown to be citizens of some state other than Illinois. Grace v. American Central Ins. Co., 109 U. S. 278, 109 U. S. 283, and authorities there cited. For these reasons, we are of opinion that the record does not show a case of which the circuit court could take jurisdiction."
"It is alleged that the United States Express Company, the defendant in the suit, is a foreign corporation formed under and created by the laws of the State of New York. The obvious meaning of this allegation is that the defendant is a citizen of the State of New York."
name in a court of the United States is conclusively presumed to be one by or against citizens of the state creating the corporation. Louisville, Cincinnati & Charleston Railroad Co. v. Letson, 2 How. 497; Ohio & Miss. R. Co. v. Wheeler, 1 Black 286; Steamship Co. v. Tugman, 106 U. S. 118, 106 U. S. 120. The rule that, for purposes of jurisdiction and within the meaning of the clause of the Constitution extending the judicial powers of the United States to controversies between citizens of different states, a corporation was to be deemed a citizen of the state creating it has been so long recognized and applied that it is not now to be questioned. No such rule, however, has been applied to partnership associations, although such associations may have some of the characteristics of a corporation. When the question relates to the jurisdiction of a circuit court of the United States as resting on the diverse citizenship of the parties, we must look in the case of a suit by or against a partnership association to the citizenship of the several persons composing such association.
"shall be construed to include all joint-stock companies or associations having any of the powers or privileges of corporations not possessed by individuals or partnerships."
Const.Pa. art. XVI, § 13. The only effect of that clause is to place the joint-stock companies or associations referred to under the restrictions imposed by that article upon corporations, and not to invest them with all the attributes of corporations.
creation of "a new artificial person to be called a joint-stock association, having some of the characteristics of a partnership and some of a corporation."
"We cannot assent to the plaintiff's claim that the defendant company is a corporation and restricted, in the adoption of bylaws, rules, and regulations for its government, to such as it is within the power of the latter to prescribe. It may be conceded that the defendant company has some of the qualities of a corporation, but it is nevertheless a partnership association, governed by the statutes and articles under which it was organized and the rules and regulations it may prescribe in execution of the power with which the statutes have invested it."
That a limited partnership association created under the Pennsylvania statute may be described as a "quasi-corporation," having some of the characteristics of a corporation, or as a "new artificial person," is not a sufficient reason for regarding it as a corporation within the jurisdictional rule heretofore adverted to. That rule must not be extended. We are unwilling to extend it so as to embrace partnership associations.
We have not overlooked the case of Andrews Bros. Co. v. Youngstown Coke Co., 86 F. 585, in which the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, speaking by Judge Lurton, held that limited partnership associations organized under the Pennsylvania statute were corporations within the jurisdictional requirement of diverse citizenship. For the reasons stated, we are unable to concur in the view taken by that court.
We therefore adjudge that, as the bill does not make a case arising under the Constitution and laws of the United States, it was necessary to set out the citizenship of the individual members of the partnership association of Jones & Laughlins, Limited, which brought this suit.
Another question as to jurisdiction arises on the record. The citizenship of the members of the several partnerships that are named as defendants does not appear from the pleadings or otherwise. An allegation as to the state in which those firms were doing business is not sufficient to show the citizenship of the individual partners. The relief sought is the marshaling of all the lien debts on the hotel and the opera house of the Great Southern Fire Proof Hotel Company, the sale of the property, and the distribution of the proceeds among the parties according to their respective rights. As no allusion was made to this latter at the argument before us, we do not now express any opinion upon the question whether the citizenship of the individuals composing the defendant partnerships doing business in Ohio is material to the jurisdiction of the circuit court. We leave that to be determined by the court below if an application be made to amend the pleadings as to the citizenship of the parties.
Without considering the merits of the case, we are constrained to reverse the judgments of the circuit court of appeals and of the circuit court and remand the cause for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.
Under the circumstances, the plaintiffs should be allowed, upon application, to amend the bill upon the subject of the citizenship of the parties. If the amendment shows a case within the jurisdiction of the circuit court, the parties should be permitted to proceed to a final hearing; otherwise, the bill should be dismissed at the plaintiffs' costs without prejudice to another suit in a court of competent jurisdiction.
* Hancock v. Holbrook, 112 U. S. 229, 112 U. S. 231; Thayer v. Life Asso., 112 U. S. 717, 112 U. S. 720; Ayers v. Watson, 113 U. S. 594, 113 U. S. 598; King Bridge Co. v. Otoe County, 120 U. S. 225, 120 U. S. 226; Metcalf v. Watertown, 128 U. S. 586, 128 U. S. 587; Morris v. Gilmer, 129 U. S. 315, 129 U. S. 325; Chapman v. Barney, 129 U. S. 677, 129 U. S. 681; Stevens v. Nichols, 130 U. S. 230; Graves v. Corbin, 132 U. S. 571, 132 U. S. 590; Parker v. Ormsby, 141 U. S. 81, 141 U. S. 83; Martin v. B. & O. R. Co., 151 U. S. 673, 151 U. S. 689; Mattingly v. N.W. Va. R. Co., 158 U. S. 53, 158 U. S. 57; Powers v. Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. Co., 169 U. S. 92, 169 U. S. 98.


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FC Cincinnati draws Orlando City, 1-1, for third tie in a week
Pat Brennan
Taken in isolation, there's nothing wrong with FC Cincinnati drawing, 1-1, against Orlando City SC, the No. 2 team in the Eastern Conference standings.
In context, though, Saturday's tie between Cincinnati and Orlando at TQL Stadium was another frustration in a week where Cincinnati tied three games and left plenty to be desired.
FC Cincinnati improved to 3-7-7 with the draw but dropped a spot in the standings, and dropped the points on Saturday from a winning position again.
Brenner Souza da Silva opened the scoring in the 42nd minute with his fourth goal of 2021, and the first Cincinnati goal in the south end of TQL Stadium.
More:FC Cincinnati, GM Gerard Nijkamp 'part ways' after 3-6-7 start
The lead was squandered carelessly in the 55th minute when an errant no-look pass by Cincinnati's Allan Cruz was intercepted by Orlando's Luis Nani, who dribbled in past Nick Hagglund and scored on goalkeeper Kenneth Vermeer for 1-1.
That score held as Orlando (8-4-6) salvaged a point to remain in the No. 2 position in the East.
"At the end of the day, we scored a very good goal at one-nil, and then you want to keep on going. You want to push forward," FC Cincinnati head coach Jaap Stam said. "Also, second half, we tried to do the same thing knowing that they might change something. You see that the game opens up a little bit more in terms of there's more transition for us going forward but also again then when you lose, spaces become bigger and they come out in transition. They made a couple of subs with their DP's as well coming in and you see when you're not careful enough on the ball yourself and you make a mistake yourself, then you give away a goal and that's harsh because I think we've been doing very well."
Nani entered the match about one minute before scoring. He was part of wave of substitutes that revitalized the visitors' attack for a brief period.
Nani's goal was the first FC Cincinnati had conceded since the July 24 match at Nashville SC. It was also the fourth of his career against FCC.
Vermeer was lifted in the 65th minute due to injury. Przemysław Tytoń, who last played May 1 at Orlando, finished the match in net for Cincinnati.
After a shaky aftermath to conceding the game-tying goal, FC Cincinnati steadied itself and closed out the contest on the front foot.
Defensively, FCC was sound.
"I feel like we've been defending very well recently," FC Cincinnati center back Gustavo Vallecilla said. "We did defend well tonight but errors like this happen in a match and, you know, you just have to focus on the next moment and continue to defend well.
There were numerous opportunities in the attack over the final 30 minutes for FCC, including Isaac Atanga's one-on-one opportunity in second-half added time.
Atanga attempted to dribble past Orlando goalkeeper Mason Stajduhar only to see Stajduhar poke the ball away to safety.
"You can see that we could have won it until the end, you know, because we created opportunities," Stam said. "This is all second half. So, there were still a lot opportunities for us to finish off to score goals. Unfortunately, we couldn't. After that 1-1, of course, they've got the ability as well to make it difficult for the opposition. They've shown it not only against us but also against other teams but you need to stay in the game and that's what we've been trying to do. Even after that 1-1, we still had opportunities to make it very difficult for them and to score ourselves and unfortunately that didn't happen.
"Of course then you can say, yeah, you're happy with a point but we also, again, were very close to three (points)."
FC Cincinnati returns to play Aug. 18 against CF Montreal at TQL Stadium. The match is scheduled for a 7:30 p.m. kickoff.


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AFC Bournemouth New Stadium
AFC Bournemouth plans for a
new stadium at Kings Park
Club Open Forum
'Keeping Athletics at Kings Park'
A Club Open Forum is being held at 7.30pm on Thursday 20th July. All members and parents of younger members are welcome to attend.
Updates Page is Here
You may have seen a press release from AFC Bournemouth issued on the evening of 13th June. If not, you can find it here: http://www.bournemouth.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=497488
AFCB is planning to develop a new stadium on the land currently occupied by the Kings Park Athletic Stadium. Home of Bournemouth AC for over 50 years.
The decision on building a new football stadium rests with Bournemouth Borough Council. They are the planning authority and AFCB will need planning permission. They also own the land on which our stadium is built.
Members of your committee have been in discussions with staff from the Council for several weeks. We have been looking at options which would allow an athletics stadium to remain at Kings Park in the long term. If necessary, a new fit for purpose stadium.
The push to ensure athletics remains at Kings Park starts now. A working group has been set up to work with the Council, including Tim Hughes, Zac Kerin, Tim Ward and Robin James. Your support will help in our fight to keep athletics in Kings Park.
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Apple's Next Disruption: Subscription Based iPhones & Other Gadgets For All Users!
By Shreya Bose Last updated Mar 25, 2022
The idea is still in the works and has not been announced.
It is being reported that Apple may launch a subscription service for the iPhone and other Apple hardware.
1 Revenue Contribution
2 New Trend
3 How It Will Work
4 Launch
Revenue Contribution
The subscription service will make owning a device similar to paying a monthly app fee.
For the company, subscriptions have been extremely important as they contribute heavily to overall revenue.
So far subscriptions have been available on Apple's software services, such as Apple Music, iCloud, Apple TV Plus, Apple Fitness Plus, and Apple Arcade.
It also offers the Apple One bundle that combines subscriptions of some of its software services into a single subscription for a monthly fee.
However, it has not ventured into hardware products yet.
In the last few years recurring revenue took off, with startups, investors, and companies all giving it a go.
The model allows consumers more flexibility to pay for items in installments.
Apple has a financing option through its Apple Card but the service would be Apple's biggest push yet into automatically recurring sales, allowing users to subscribe to hardware for the first time.
How It Will Work
Consumers will likely be able to opt for subscription through existing Apple IDs.
The highlight is that instead of paying installments that equal the price of the device, the charge would be a yet-to-be-determined monthly fee that depends on which device the user chooses.
It would involve the option to upgrade to new hardware as it is released for an amount that is not clear yet.
In other words, Apple will charge a fee that will include a part of the cost of the iPhone and a fee that would let one upgrade to a new iPhone next year without having to pay the full amount.
This is the iPhone Upgrade Program available in select countries through which customers can spread the cost of an iPhone over 24 months and upgrade to a new model every 12 months.
The subscription model is set to launch at the end of 2022 but could be pushed to next year or scrapped altogether.
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module Wiki
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    if not defined? WIKIWORD_MOVIE_PATTERN
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    end

    def pattern
      WIKIWORD_MOVIE_PATTERN
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    def to_o(match, object, lang)
      convert_to_object match, object, lang, :movie
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It's just something that washes over you. It's a day by day process. It hasn't even really struck me yet. People talk about Michael Clarke Duncan and the Oscar. That's just weird to me. To me, I just hope that I'm not in some hospital somewhere, in a coma, and somebody's gonna say, man, you were in a coma for six months and I'll be like 'No! I was in the Green Mile!'
Michael Clark Duncan
You know, the only thing that was distracting was when you have your emotion up and they're changing the lights or they're changing the camera angles. You have to realize the emotion has to stay up. You can't go in the corner and say, 'I'm gonna cool out for a minute. Let me know when you want me to cry again.' I can't do that.
The first thing I do is let people know I'm not Ving Rhames. Once I do that, everything else is cool. Every place I go, people think I'm Ving Rhames. They're like, 'I love Pulp Fiction, I love Rosewood, I love Mission: Impossible.' And I'm like, "Uh, that's not me". So if I can get people past that, the Oscar doesn't matter. If I can get them to know my name, Michael Clarke Duncan, and not Ving Rhames, man, that will be enough for me.
I always say YCDA: you can do anything. If you want to be a successful actor, you have to believe in yourself more than anything else, and don't let anybody tell you that you cannot do it, because you can.
My mother told me years ago, 'You're gonna be an actor.' So I could not play football, I could not wrestle, I couldn't do anything physical but play basketball. And I wasn't really that good. I'd just kind of knock people around on the court, that was my little claim to fame.
When something happens, we always say it happens for a reason.
The person that's always talkin', you don't have to worry about that person. The person that while you're in his face, he's just lookin' at you with a smile on his face, that's the guy you worry about.
David Boreanaz is actually a very good director and he directed one of our episodes. Excellent director, knew exactly what he wanted. We never had long days with David. He was great, he knew exactly what he wanted and he's a fantastic director.
I was up around 340 pounds because the producers said they wanted a really big guy, and I'm not that big, you know! I've lost it all now though. I'm 285 pounds, my sexy weight!
My sister used to say I had a frail chest and she 'd beat me up all the time.


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What GMAT prep should I do?
What other MBA admission tests are there?
Your GMAT score is an important part of your MBA application, so it's vital that you understand how the test works and what you need to do to prepare.
Even if the exam isn't an official entry requirement for your chosen MBA course, a strong performance can give you an edge over other candidates.
The GMAT is organised by the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) and is used by universities to help them decide whether you have the academic ability to study for an MBA. It is also used for entry onto some other postgraduate business and management courses.
The exam itself is a three-and-a-half hour paper, taken in the English language.
Analytical writing assessment (30 minutes, one question) - tests your ability to think critically, understand an argument and communicate ideas.
Integrated reasoning (30 minutes, 12 questions) - tests whether you can analyse and evaluate information presented in different formats.
Quantitative reasoning (62 minutes, 31 questions) - tests your skill at drawing conclusions from data that you have analysed.
Verbal reasoning (65 minutes, 36 questions) - tests your skills in reading, understanding, evaluating and correcting written English.
You can choose the order that you complete the sections, from three available options, and you're allowed two eight-minute breaks.
The exam is computer-based and adapts to your ability. This means that in multiple-choice sections, your answer to one question will determine the difficulty of the next, and so on.
To take the GMAT you'll need to book a place at an assessment centre. These are located around the world, and you can search for your local centre on the GMAT website.
It costs $250 (about £190) to take the GMAT. Rescheduling or cancelling your exam also incurs a charge. Find out more about how much the GMAT costs.
You'll receive individual scores for each of the four sections, and an overall score. The total score ranges from 200 to a maximum of 800. Two-thirds of candidates achieve an overall GMAT score of between 400 and 600.
Learn more about how the GMAT score works.
University of Cambridge - does not specify a required score, but the average for successful applicants is 696.
London Business School (LBS) - the average is 708, the minimum is 600.
The University of Manchester - does not state a minimum, but it's 'rare' for a candidate to be successful with a score below 500.
University of Oxford - scores of 650 or above are 'considered competitive'. The current average is 690.
City, University of London - looks for a 'well-balanced minimum' of 600.
Don't forget, your GMAT exam is only part of the MBA application process and a good score does not guarantee entry onto a course. Equally, a lower than average performance does not necessarily exclude you.
Business schools will consider all elements of your application, including essays and your academic and professional achievements. In some cases, you may be asked to retake the exam to improve your result.
To be successful in the GMAT you must spend time familiarising yourself with the types of questions involved, and taking practice tests.
She adds that it's a good idea to get hold of official textbooks and guides, which have thousands of questions in them, or the GMAT 800 book, which includes some of the hardest questions. 'Keep practising. It will help you recognise what the questions wants from you and what type of question it is,' Claire says.
If English isn't your first language, read publications such as the Financial Times, The Economist and the Wall Street Journal as often as possible. Improvements in the verbal score generally have a bigger impact overall,' Claire explains.
When it comes to the day of the test, remember that algorithms change the questions depending on your previous answers. 'If you're getting harder and harder questions, this usually means you're doing well - so don't panic,' she says.
If English isn't your first language, read publications such as the Financial Times, The Economist and the Wall Street Journal as often as possible. 'Improvements in the verbal score generally have a bigger impact overall,' she explains.
When it comes to the test, remember the algorithms change the questions depending on your previous answers. 'If you're getting harder and harder questions, this usually means you're doing well - so don't panic,' says Claire.
Many business schools accept alternative admission tests for MBA courses. The most common besides the GMAT is the Graduate Record Examination (GRE), which is provided by the Educational Testing Service (ETS).
The GRE is used for a wider variety of postgraduate courses in addition to the MBA, especially in the USA, and consists of three sections: verbal reasoning, quantitative reasoning and analytical writing. You can take the GRE at test centres around the world.
Meanwhile, some business schools have their own admission tests. For example, Cranfield University accepts a GMAT or GRE score, but candidates who are able to attend an interview in person can take a Cranfield admission test. This is made up of two paper-based exams testing your numeracy and problem-solving. The University of Manchester also has its own admission tests for those attending their interview on campus.


Below you find abstracts and excerpts from Essays and Books by Integral Psychologist and Associate Academic Director for CIW Dr. Elliott Ingersoll. You need to be logged in to download the essays and book excerpts.
Elliott has been inspired and influenced by the Free Thought movement of the late 19th century and particularly by Robert Green Ingersoll, a leading freethinker of that time. He believes the most important skill for a human being is critical thinking seasoned with compassion. Elliott also is a singer/songwriter and creator of "FreeThought Folk Music" which he performs throughout Northeast Ohio. His CD "American Infidel" was released in 2013.
He has worked with Ken Wilber and the Integral Psychotherapy Team at Integral Institute since 2004 developing the Integral Psychotherapy approach. Integral Psychotherapy draws upon all validated psychotherapeutic approaches to help clients deal with psychological symptoms or live more fulfilling lives by removing barriers that come from living unconsciously. As an Integral Coach, he helps clients take action through motivation, methods of inquiry, and assisting clients in using the Integral Model to achieve their goals and improve their lives.
The authors introduce the integral model of the self-system and, using that model, describe the dynamics of healthy growht and the development of psychogenic pathology. Self-identification is described as "sliding" in nature, and stage theories for self-related lines are outlined to help clinicians understand the characteristics of each stage the self may slide into. The authors outline K.Wilber's (2000a) metaphor of ladder, climber, and view to describe both healthy development and the development of pathology. Constructs of translation and transformation are described in the context of ladder, climber, view, and the authors conclude by summarizing clinical approaches to problems in translation.
Ingersoll, R. E. & Cook-Greuter, S. (2007). The self system in Integral counseling. Counseling & Values, 51 193-208.
Spirituality is a dimension of humanness and spiritual wellness is a construct that reflects spiritual health. This article describes how Wilber's (1995) Integral Model can be used to integrate spiritual wellness into school counseling settings. This includes behavioral, psychological, cultural, and social dimensions accross lines and levels of development.
Ingersoll, R. E. (2004). An integral approach to spiritual wellness in school settings. Professional School Counseling, 7, 301-308.
Although United States culture is experiencing a resurgence of interest in spirituality, little work has been advanced that specifically operationalizes definitions of spirituality or discusses the relationship between spirituality and religion. In addition, there is an absence of literature addressing how counselors may work with explicitly spiritual issues in the counseling session. This article aims to describe spirituality, discuss spirituality in relation to religion, and approach spiritual issues in the clinical setting.
Ingersoll, R. E. (1994) Spirituality, Religion, and Counseling: Dimensions and Relationships, Counseling and Values, 38, 98 - 112.
Psychologists and other students training to be mental health professionals are required to learn how to use the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association. Needed, however, are approaches to the instruction and practice of diagnosis that incorporate the transpersonal domain as well as holistic perspective of clients. This paper describes an approach to supplement the standard 5-axis DSM diagnosis using Ken Wilber's Integral Model.
Ingersoll, R. E. (2002). An Integral Approach for Teaching and Practicing Diagnosis. The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, 34, 115-127.
I tell my students and clients that life is a combination of magic and effort. If you put forth the effort, the magic usually meets you half way.
I am not claiming that there are guarantees, that life can be controlled, or even that everyone gets a fair shake. Some people seem to put forth no effort and get more magic than David Copperfield. Others seem to give 110 percent, and the magic moves slowly. I am not claiming to have some secret, esoteric insight. I am stating, based on my experience, that there is magic and there is effort. I call the combination of the two "life" and the process of tuning into the magic "spirituality." Since counselors' main job is helping clients get more deeply in touch with life, it only makes sense that they integrate spirituality into their work.
Ingersoll, R. E. (2007). Spirituality and counseling: The dance of magic and effort. In O. Morgan (Ed.). Counseling and spirituality: Views from the profession (pp. 230-247). New York: Lakasha Press.
This article recounts the author's counseling relationship with a client who was a nursing home resident. The article describes the client's spiritual experiences and their impact on both the client and the counselor.
Ingersoll, R. E. (2000). Gentle like the dawn: A dying woman's healing. Counseling and Values, 44 129-134.
This article reviews the constructs of religion, guilt, and mental health and explores relationships between these constructs as they pertain to the counseling profession. General therapeutic approaches are identified and summarized for counseling practice.
Faiver, C. M., O'Brien, E., & Ingersoll, R. E. (2000). Religion, guilt and mental health. Journal of Counseling & Development, 78, 155-161.
Great human suffering exists in the world. Some of this suffering is endemic to the existential givens of the human condition (aging, disease, and death). Some is the result of complex human dynamics that lead to conflict on various levels--in our homes, in our schools, on our streets, and between our nation states. As many spiritual leaders have taught, suffering seems to be woven into the fabric of life. Many of us become counselors to ease human suffering, accepting that we will never erase suffering from the human condition. Some suffering, far from being caused by esistential givens, is clearly unnecessary and deeply malevolent.
From: Faiver, C. M., Ingersoll, R. E., O'Brien, E., & McNally, C. (2001). Explorations in Counseling and Spirituality: Philosophical, practical, and personal reflections. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks Cole.


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Introducing Elo to College Curling
By Jack Schroeder
While most people only hear about the sport once every four years, College Curling has grown rapidly over the past decade, now encompassing over forty schools across the country. The quality of play is admittedly lower in college curling than in professional leagues due to the amount of newer curlers, but with Nationals coming up this weekend, I decided to create an Elo rating system for the sport.
The Times of London put together an infographic explaining the rules of curling back in 2010: There are two major differences between college and Olympic curling: college games are eight ends long (instead of ten) and are played without an umpire. The general sense of sportsmanship around curling is referred to as the "spirit of curling" and involves calling one's own infractions and "broomstacking" (socializing with one's opponents after each game), among other things.
Currently, College Curling uses a points-based system to determine team quality. Four points are earned for a win, and two for a loss. Games for points occur at bonspiels (tournaments) and through head-to-head scrimmages. Points can also be earned in other ways, such as host points for organizing a bonspiel, or extra "victory points" for winning a bonspiel. Additionally, if a school is located in an "emerging region," where weekly travel to bonspiels would be prohibitively expensive, they can earn points through non-college bonspiels or league play at their home club. While this allows schools located in nontraditional environments to compete, it can also distort their quality relative to schools who compete in leagues but cannot get points for those games. These points are accumulated through the regular season (traditionally October-February), and then the top 16 teams qualify for Nationals.
Using points alone to judge team quality is problematic because they are not given at constant rates. While a traditional curling team fields four players at a bonspiel or scrimmage, schools are allowed to compete with three-player teams. However, as an incentive to field full teams, three-player teams only earn 3/4 of the possible points (3 for a win, 1.5 for a loss). Moreover, schools only earn points for their top two teams at a bonspiel. In the event that a school sent three teams that each went 2-1, that school only receives 20 points, and the other 10 points are left on the table. This is to discourage teams from oversaturating bonspiels with their own teams, since successful teams from the same school can end up "playing" one another in the later round. Finally, in the event a team plays more or fewer games than another at a bonspiel, overall points gained can be "normalized" as if each team played the same number of games.
In addition, College Curling has the unique dynamic of split teams. Most bonspiels permit schools to pool together players into a unified team that can compete. However, the schools only gain points on a fractional basis determined by how much of the split team they comprised. Combined with the two-team rule, there is a heavy incentive to stack talent on full squads to maximize points gained, since a split team has to essentially win the bonspiel to have their points count toward qualification. Although the sample is small, split teams tended to do worse than full squads as a whole this season.
I think the points system manages these complications decently well. It incentivizes the growth of the sport through the "emerging region" rule and by freeing up bonspiel slots through the two-team rule. Split teams are also a fun part of the sport and are in line with the spirit of curling. However, it is tough to gauge team quality through points given the problems outlined above, which is where Elo comes in.
For those unfamiliar with Elo, it is a statistical measure of quality originally developed for use in chess. It has been applied in areas as varied as NBA and eSports. Traditionally, an average Elo rating is 1500, with a standard deviation of 200. It is a closed system, so points gained by one team are lost by another, and a constant called the k-factor determines how volatile the system is. A small k-factor yields rankings that barely ever change, and vice versa. There are many methods to determining the correct k-factor, and some models vary this k-factor based on difference in quality, margin of victory, etc.
To start calculating Elo ratings in College Curling, I had to gather results from each bonspiel (tournament) and head-to-head scrimmage in the regular season. Although head-to-head results are posted online, only the points accrued from each bonspiel are made publicly available. As a result, I had to individually reach out to each bonspiel organizer and ask for the completed draw. The organizers of the UW-Green Bay/St. Norbert bonspiel never got back to me, so those results are not incorporated into the ratings. While it was a small tournament, it would have been useful to get a larger sample of games from the Midwest teams, given they played almost 200 fewer games than their Northeast counterparts (331 to 517). The head-to-head scrimmage data was easily accessible, though, and all of those results were included.
After gathering results, I had to set initial Elo ratings. While it appeared game results were impossible to come by (since only points gained at each tournament were published, not the complete draw), the final standings from previous years were accessible through Archive.org. I used the 2017-18 final standings to calculate initial ratings. Since a rule change this year essentially doubles points gained through bonspiels and scrimmages, I doubled each team's points. In order to translate points into Elo ratings, I then z-scored the standings, which returns a measurement of how many standard deviations each school was from the mean. I made Elo ratings out of the z-scores by assuming a mean of 1500 and a standard deviation of 200. I felt using only last year's results would be the most efficient way to set initial ratings, but in the future, it may be worthwhile to explore using multiple years to set initial ratings (discounted by time, since even curlers must graduate).
I had to decide how to give initial ratings to new schools. Team USA's success at the 2018 Winter Olympics encouraged seven schools to start competing this year, and they needed initial ratings as well. I z-scored these schools as if they had earned 0 points last season, which yielded an initial Elo of 1230. Split teams also posed a challenge. I thought about averaging both teams' Elo ratings together to create a combined rating. However, since split teams performed worse than full squads, and there is an incentive to keep talent on full squads, I settled on treating each split team like an expansion school, entering a bonspiel with a 1230 rating.
I then created an Elo model in R that updated ratings after each game. I had to determine the best k-factor for the system. The sample was too small to run an optimization, so I first ran the model with a k-factor of 20 (which is the optimal rating for club soccer and NBA). However, this factor was slightly biased against expansion teams like North Dakota State and Syracuse, who qualified for Nationals and won a majority of their games. I tried out alternatives before deciding on a k-factor of 30, which gave Syracuse (who had the highest win percentage of any Northeast school) enough room to improve and left Harvard with an average rating of 1500. Any rating higher than 30 tended to overweigh the most recent bonspiel. Only three teams moved over a standard deviation with this k-factor: North Dakota State, Syracuse (both positive), and RPI (who were negatively impacted by the two-team rule). These ratings were highly significant in predicting win percentage this season (p<0.001).
Plotting Elo ratings versus win percentage allows me to see which teams the model over/underweights. Schools outside the trendline's confidence interval are outliers. Some, like North Dakota State, are outliers because they are new to the system and had an initial rating that was too low. Others, like Unity, played too few games to get an accurate sample. Newer teams and low-sample teams tended to be underweighted, though. Teams overweighted by the model were those that either started with an inaccurately high initial rating (like Maine) or, through a combination of the two-team rule and heightened competition, were not as successful this year but are benefitting from the k-factor not being higher (like RPI).
The distribution of initial and current ratings is similar, once expansion schools are filtered out of the initial distribution. This implies that the spread of ratings has remained relatively equal even as new schools have entered the league.
Each school can also be ranked by Elo and traditional points. For some schools, these ranks are relatively equal. SUNY Poly, for instance, is the strongest school by both metrics. But some schools are undervalued points-wise, particularly midwestern teams like St. Norbert and UW-Green Bay. Indeed, UW-Green Bay (along with Penn and Villanova) would qualify for Nationals in an Elo-based qualification system, but the points system is still better for determining qualification because it helps spread the game (due to the benefits for "emerging region" schools), avoids Elo-based incentives (like refusing to scrimmage in order to maintain a high rating), and rewards participation (as schools would likely only let their strongest curlers compete in an Elo-only system). This is all besides the model's two main flaws: it is still relatively slow to rank new schools highly and does not take into account which team plays from each school. While the model allows one to better judge relative quality, points are still useful administratively.
The model can also analyze the pools at Nationals. Pools A and D are the toughest, with average Elo Ratings of 1640. This makes sense, given that Pool A has the strongest northeastern school (SUNY Poly) and Pool D has the strongest midwestern school (UW-Stevens Point). Pool B is the easiest, with an average Elo of only 1565. That said, given North Dakota State is the only school underweighted outside the confidence interval, Pool B will not be a cakewalk. Pool C has the largest gap between the second and third-ranked schools, with St. Norbert rated 140 points higher than Nebraska. Since only the top two teams advance into the championship bracket, this may be indicative of a relatively stable pool.
I intend on maintaining this model next season through an R Shiny page on the HSAC website (updated after each bonspiel). In order to do so, and to improve the model, I think the following changes need to be implemented in the College Curling reporting process. First, scores should be reported for every game along with LSFE (last stone in first end). Scores in every game would allow margin of victory to factor into the ratings (such as through a mobile k-factor), whereas currently many bonspiels do not report final scores. In addition, given the advantage of LSFE, initial hammer could be incorporated into the model similar to home-field advantage in other sports. Moreover, team quality varies widely based on who plays, which the model should take into account. While it would be impractical to report each position for each game, scrimmages and bonspiel roster forms already require teams to identify their skips. Naming each bonspiel team by skip (ex. Harvard (Schroeder)) would sharpen the model and eliminate the confusion that surrounds numbered teams (ex. Harvard 2) at bonspiels (and in reporting points). Finally, and most importantly, completed draws should be published at the completion of each bonspiel. This not only allows teams to check whether points have been accurately recorded, but it also opens up game results to casual observers. Curling has made leaps and gains this year in participation, quality, and outside interest. It would be unthinkable for results from midseason college basketball tournament to not be published. If we want people to take curling seriously, we need to follow suit.
Rick Kawleski says:
Very interesting read. Since the six-game championship has concluded will you be producing an update of the charts in the next couple of weeks? Curious how much the rankings fluctuate with the input of these additional games. Good curling.


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The New York Times Admits It's Stoking Racial Division in America
August 3, 2018 Thomas Müller Articles by Thomas Müller, Business, Culture, Media, US News, Winter Watch Articles 5
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That purveyor of fish wrap, The New York Times (aka The New York Slimes), once again demonstrates its true colors. "Somebody" in NYT's human resources department recruited and hired an extreme bigot, an Asian woman named Sarah Jeong. But apparently Jeong's overt open racism is okay, because it's directed at white people. Jeong, an "oppressed" Harvard grad, is one of the NYT's "newest in a fab group of recent additions" to its editorial board of empty suits.
The Daily Caller's Amber Athey notes that Jeong previously wrote for The Verge and authored an inverted book about online harassment and free speech titled "The Internet of Garbage."
It seems some "online harassers" have done us the service of collecting a sampling of this "fab" new influencer's tweets.
Now, you might be thinking that maybe the NY Slimes simply overlooked these tweets when hiring her. Nope. She was hired not despite her racist tweets but BECAUSE of them. The Slimes admitted, "We had candid conversations with Sarah as part of our thorough vetting process, which included a review of her social media history."
In fact, demonstrating for all to see why the Slimes deserves our "full-blown Lugenpresse" label, a lame statement was issued that claimed that she was "counter trolling" and "imitating the rhetoric of her harassers." This is shadow language for engaging in online shit storms with those she pissed off with her bigotry on social media.
Yes, "I imitated Internet commenters" is really the kind of editorial decision-making fit for America's self-proclaimed "top" newspaper.
In the Slimes' statement on the matter, note that they claim that it was "the fact she is a young Asian woman" that drove trolls to target her, not the obvious evidence that she is a extreme anti-white bigot. The Slimes defines this racist bigotry as "her journalism."
At this stage, you could be cut some slack for suspecting the Slimes of playing a key role in The Anti-White Conspiracy. If you do some additional research, you will quickly find that more shit storms are spewing forth from Jewish twitter "opinion makers" and from Jewish-owned media outlets.
A collection of tweets in support of Jeong shows that a cadre of usual suspect Jews wholeheartedly support and promote anti-white sentiment, lending further credence to the Conspiracy. The truth, as the saying goes, is antisemitic.
Additionally, came a slew of tweets parroting the neo-Marxist meme that it's impossible for minorities to be racist.
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6 out of 9 New York Slimes management are Jews versus 2% of population.
New York Times Company: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times_Company
Arthur O. Sulzberger, Jr.(Ashkenazi Jew) – Chairman, The New York Times Company; Publisher, The New York Times http://www.nytco.com/company/executives/Arthur_O_Sulzberger.html
Michael Golden(Ashkenazi Jew) – Vice Chairman, The New York Times Company; President and Chief Operating Officer, The New York Times Company Regional Media Group http://www.nytco.com/company/executives/Michael_Golden.html
Janet L. Robinson(Ashkenazi Jew) – President and Chief Executive Officer, The New York Times Company http://www.nytco.com/company/executives/Janet_L_Robinson.html
Scott Heekin-Canedy(White European) – President and General Manager, The New York Times http://www.nytco.com/company/executives/Scott_Heekin-Canedy.html
Bill Keller(White European) – Executive Editor, The New York Times http://www.nytco.com/company/executives/Bill_Keller.html
Andrew M. Rosenthal(Ashkenazi Jew) – Editorial Page Editor, The New York Times http://www.nytco.com/company/executives/Andrew_M_Rosenthal.html
Jill Abramson(Ashkenazi Jew) – Managing Editor, The New York Times http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Abramson
John M. Geddes(White European) – Managing Editor, The New York Times http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Geddes
William E. Schmidt(Ashkenazi Jew) – Deputy Managing Editor, The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/20/business/media/20times.html?ref=william_e_schmidt
Brabantian August 3, 2018 at 9:52 am
Another funny aspect here in Sarah Jeong's twitter contact history, is that she had some quite warm banter with Andrew Auernheimer aka Weev, the clever computer – hacker whiz, who co-runs Andrew Anglin's 'neo-Nazi' Daily Stormer site with all its 'gas the kikes' jokes
Weev is the brilliant guy who kept the Stormer online for the last year, cycling thru a whole series of domain names whilst under continual savage seizures of url names and hosting platforms, and on gap days using Tor and web-to-Tor links and other work-arounds for their huge numbers of readers
And, as Thomas Müller has previously covered on TNN, this man Weev who co-runs the 'neo-nazi' Daily Stormer, is Jewish (!) … and thus maybe the Daily Stormer is US-Israeli gov-run 'controlled opposition', which Weev maybe agreed to do after a mysterious 'surprising legal victory' on hacking charges, that let Weev out of prison
Château Heartiste is speculating that Sarah Jeong is 'Weev's heartbroken waifu' or at least wanted to bed him … Here is Weev's online statement about his relationship with Sarah Jeong
Obviously a lot of people read Weev's Daily Stormer … Stories first seen there often show up some hours or a day later on finance news mega-site ZeroHedge … And Sarah Jeong is a fan of Weev!
An aspect of Asian cultures is that they tend to be conformist … Sarah Jeong seems just to have chosen the SJW, anti-white idiots, as the group to which she seeks to conform … here's a photo of her looking much cuter https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/913dd0c09d971ca8a67732ee641cbf4a53bd409b124c7fbfcc9b6727d5c35cbc.jpg
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Further insights into aspects of the EU illicit drugs market: summaries and key findings
Trautmann, F. and Kilmer, B. and Turnbull, Paul J. and May, Tiggey and Mcsweeney, Tim and Skrine, Oonagh (2013) Further insights into aspects of the EU illicit drugs market: summaries and key findings. Project Report. European Commission, Luxembourg.
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This publication presents key findings and summaries of selected reports from the study 'Further insights into aspects of the EU illicit drugs market' (Trautmann, Kilmer and Turnbull, forthcoming 2013), which provides an analysis of characteristics and operations of the EU's illicit drugs market, as called for by the European Commission. This study is a follow-up of the earlier European Commission study, which presented an analysis of the developments of the global illicit drug markets, the drug problems and drug policy responses in the period 1998-2007 (Reuter and Trautmann 2009). The discussions of that study resulted in a number of further research questions. Some of the questions considered most important by the European Commission have been put together in a call for a further analysis of the EU illicit drugs market and responses to it, focusing on a number of aspects in the following four areas: A. An analysis of specific characteristics, mechanisms and factors that govern the EU illicit drugs market, including a conceptual framework for thinking about the structure of drug suppliers in the EU, an assessment whether there have been significant shifts in how drugs are supplied in the EU and an assessment of the extent to which drug suppliers are involved in different drugs and other criminal activities. B. A detailed analysis of the size and share of the EU illicit drug market, providing an estimate of the volume of the 'EU market' in illicit drugs (production and trafficking), providing an estimate of the profits generated by this market, analysing whether the EU drugs market is more supply or demand driven and exploring various aspects of drug use: user types, availability and consumption estimates. C. A detailed analysis of a number of potential policy impacts on the EU drug market(s) in recent years, assessing the impact of opioid substitution treatment (OST) on the European heroin market and the impact of policy changes on two EU drug markets. D. Scanning the future – trends in the market and policy responses, exploring expert views on future key trends of the illicit drug markets and policy responses in the EU.
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A oclusiva velar surda é um tipo de fone consonantal empregado em alguns idiomas. O símbolo deste som tanto no alfabeto fonético internacional quanto no X-SAMPA é k. Este som ocorre no português em palavras como "corpo" e "queijo".

O som [k] é um som muito comum entre línguas. A maioria dos idiomas tem pelo menos um [k] simples e alguns distinguem mais de uma variedade. A maioria das línguas indo-arianas, como hindi e bengali, tem um contraste de mão dupla entre aspirado e simples [k]. Apenas alguns idiomas carecem de uma plosiva velar muda, por exemplo, Taitiano.

Algumas línguas têm a plosiva pré-velar surda, que se articula um pouco mais frontalmente em comparação com o local de articulação da plosiva velar prototípica, embora não tão frontal quanto a plosiva palatina prototípica.

Por outro lado, algumas línguas têm a plosiva pós-velar surda, que se articula ligeiramente atrás do local de articulação da plosiva velar prototípica, embora não tão atrás quanto a plosiva uvular prototípica.

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 Sua forma de articulação é oclusiva, ou seja, produzida pela obstrução do fluxo de ar no trato vocal.
Como a consoante também é oral, sem saída nasal, o fluxo de ar é totalmente bloqueado e a consoante é uma plosiva.
Seu local de articulação é velar, o que significa que se articula com a parte posterior da língua (dorso) no palato mole.
Sua fonação é surda, o que significa que é produzida sem vibrações das cordas vocais. Em alguns idiomas, as cordas vocais estão ativamente separadas, por isso é sempre sem voz; em outras, as cordas são frouxas, de modo que pode assumir a abertura de sons adjacentes.
É uma consoante oral, o que significa que o ar só pode escapar pela boca.
É uma consoante central, o que significa que é produzida direcionando o fluxo de ar ao longo do centro da língua, em vez de para os lados.
O mecanismo da corrente de ar é pulmonar, o que significa que é articulado empurrando o ar apenas com os pulmões e o diafragma, como na maioria dos sons.

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 Consoante velar

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Today I'm thrilled to share an interview with a young friend of mine. She was raised overseas, and has now transitioned into adulthood in the States. I was excited to ask her some of the questions that burned on my heart as I considered raising my children as TCKs. Please note that no name is used, to protect my friend's identity.
Q: Was your childhood overseas a good experience, one you look back on with good memories?
A: Yes, it was. Like any child, I had good times and bad ones. But overall I had a very happy childhood. I think the single most important thing was that our home was secure. My parents were unified, my brothers and sisters were my best friends. There was love in the home. We always had each other's support, loyalty, and love.
Q: Was it hard to have your father in ministry and gone a lot? Did you feel frustrated or bitter about that?
A: Sometimes, yes. More in my teen years than as a young child. The hardest thing was that his schedule was unpredictable, so we couldn't count on having him there for the family times and things we felt he ought to be there for. But we had weekly family nights and daily family devotions. He did make his family a priority.
Q: How were furloughs for you as a child?
A: They were a difficult time. We didn't just stay in one place, we traveled a lot and that was hard. The hardest thing was not wanting to make friendships because I knew they wouldn't last since we were leaving again in a few months.
Q: What are some things your parents did to help you grow up "well-rounded" while you were living overseas?
A: My parents made our home a "mini America" - they didn't throw away their American culture when we moved overseas. When we were at a local friends' house, then of course we adopted the local customs. But when we were at home, we were expected to use American manners, speak proper English, and so on. Also, my parents made our education a priority. My dad took the time to teach us music and other things that were important to him.
Another thing I really appreciate, is that my parents knew they would be letting us go, and didn't try to hold onto us or make us take up their calling or vision of missions. They blessed us to each find our own way.
Q: How was the transition from your home country to the States? What helped you the most through that transition?
A: That transition was very overwhelming. My parents were here with me the first year, and I don't know how I could have done it without my family. They knew where I was "lacking" and worked to fill in the gaps and teach me how to do things. I felt like a little child again, I had to re-learn everything. Banking, driving, cooking - all those things I knew how to do in my home country, I had to learn how to do here in America.
I also really needed people who genuinely wanted to be my friend, and weren't just curious about my life overseas. In the beginning, I needed people who were willing to come my way - I didn't have the energy to pursue relationships or even figure out how to get places.
Q: How do you feel that being a TCK has impacted you as an adult? Positive in what ways? Negative in what ways?
A: NEGATIVE - There have been some things to work through. One hard thing is not knowing how to maintain relationships. I've never had the opportunity to be friends with someone "long-term" before, and I'm learning how to do it. Overall, the negative things are minor, and I am learning to work through them and overcome them.
POSITIVE - I have compassion for immigrants! When I see someone trying to order at a restaurant or something like that, I just want to help them - I know what it feels like to be lost in a new culture. I have different values. A lot of the fads and fashions don't mean anything to me - of course, that can make it harder to relate to my peers, but it's also a good thing. I realize there's more than one way of doing life. That takes some of the pressure off. I'm not afraid to be different - I've been different my whole life.
Q: Do you have any words of advice or encouragement for mothers who are raising their children overseas?
A: 1) Watch your attitudes. Your children will pick up on your attitudes, especially toward your host country and the local people. If you express distaste, frustration, fear, etc they will either pick that up and also be discontent and frustrated, or (as they begin to identify with the local culture) they will get bitter towards you for your attitude.
2) Understand how hard it is for your adult children to transition back to the States. Don't pity them, but be there for them. Remember what it was like for you when you first moved overseas - and realize it's that hard or harder for them. Give them the support they need, help them fill in the gaps.
Great words of wisdom for us as moms raising TCKs! Many thanks to this brave friend for sharing her heart!
Thank you for this post, and thank you to your young friend for being willing to share. With grandchildren overseas, it is an encouragement to me that it is possible for young people to grow up in a totally different culture and still come to the states to adjust and prosper.
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Charles Nagel, né le  dans le comté de Colorado (Texas) et mort le  à Saint-Louis (Missouri), est un homme politique américain. Membre du Parti républicain, il est secrétaire au Commerce et au Travail entre 1909 et 1913 dans l'administration du président William Howard Taft.

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Secrétaire au Commerce et au Travail des États-Unis
Membre du cabinet du président William Howard Taft
Personnalité du Parti républicain (États-Unis)
Étudiant de l'université Washington de Saint-Louis
Étudiant de l'université Humboldt de Berlin
Naissance en août 1849
Naissance dans le comté de Colorado
Décès en janvier 1940
Décès à 90 ans
Décès à Saint-Louis (Missouri)


The owner of this Tribeca loft was persuaded he'd been a Buddhist monk in a previous life. Over several decades he had collected a suite of Chinese antiques along with a collection of fine art that included two Andy Warhols and a Mark Tansy. Thus, the Laight Street loft became a study in the collision of two cultures. Ebonized wood floors, evocative of eastern residential architecture, were installed throughout. White walls provide a gallery like back drop for the art collection. A sculptural gold leaf spiral, inspired by the Wat Pho reclining buddha, dominates a central open core that is carved out of the center of the loft. A limestone temple gate stone, mounted flush with limestone lined walls, hovers above the master tub and is engraved with the Chinese characters "polite" and "amiable" to symbolize, in combination, peace. A sleek Poliform platform bed with a low-profile headboard is combined with sprawling hand painted Edo period gold leaf Japanese screen to create a room scaled headboard. A solid black granite Botero Buddha presides contemplatively over the entry.


On Saturday 12th March, the GCHSS Team Bubble participated in the JA-YE Trade Fair which took place at The Point, Sliema. Around fifteen JA-YE teams were present representing their respective sixth forms. All teams were promoting and selling their creative and innovative products. Judges visited the fair to view the stands, question the teams and take notes of every team's entrepreneurial efforts.


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The removal of the 210-foot-tall Glines Canyon Dam on Washington's Olympic Peninsula was completed in 2014, allowing salmon to access their traditional habitat in the upper Elwha River watershed. The dam's spillway, in the upper left of this photo, still remains, but does not impede the river's natural flow. Photo: Mark McInnis
Patagonia is an unusual workplace in many ways, and the fact that employees are encouraged to incorporate environmental activism into their daily work is just one of the characteristics that sets our company apart. The realities of running a business are important, but we're always aware that our business has to serve the more pressing goal of keeping our planet habitable in the present and the future.
The third clause of Patagonia's mission statement asks us "to inspire and implement solutions to the environmental crisis." We're all still learning to act on that in our own ways, and for Chris Teig, our Director of Graphics and Illustration, it has recently meant incorporating more art-based activism into the colors, textiles and graphics that appear on our clothing. Including six T-shirt designs and a range of patterns and prints, the new Wilder Waters collection is one of the first results. Paying tribute to the important work of dam removal and river restoration, the Wilder Waters artwork began with a trip to the Elwha River in Washington State, the site of the world's largest dam removal project to date.
Healthy, undammed rivers—like the recently freed Elwha—are the arteries that keep our planet's circulatory system alive, and it's Chris' hope that this collection will help inspire more people to support river restoration and rewilding projects in their own backyards.
Chris Teig watches the sun set after a fun session at Hobuck Beach. The team spent an evening on the Makah Reservation where they caught great surf, cooked halibut over the campfire and prepared to explore the Elwha River. Neah Bay, Washington. Photo: Lauren Tasugi
There's no art without imagination, but this collection began at a very real and specific place. Why did you choose a trip to the Elwha as a starting point?
Most environmental issues are super depressing, and they almost seem to make people even less convinced that change can happen. The Elwha restoration is a massive effort that began with the removal of two huge dams, and it's still ongoing with smaller projects like the re-introduction of native plant species and the construction of debris fields to protect salmon smolts. It's been a massive success story, and we wanted to celebrate the achievement through the art in the Wilder Waters collection. It's a story of hope, and our goal is to inspire more dam removal and river restoration around the world.
An aerial view of the Glines Canyon dam site. The bed of Lake Mills, the reservoir created by the dam when construction was completed in 1927, is now being restored and revegetated. Photo: Mark McInnis
Patagonia has produced plenty of graphics over the years that highlight particular issues. With Wilder Waters, how did you hope to advance the environmental aspects of your work?
I think the company does an amazing job at improving the social and environmental aspects of manufacturing, but those of us in the art department saw an opportunity to add another layer of activism. We wanted to see what would happen if we sent a group of designers to an environmental hotspot, rather than taking seasonal inspiration from art trends or retail markets. The designers and their work were super inspired by the experience, and the collection began to have a more cohesive voice as they worked on the art. Most us came to Patagonia to have a direct influence on the environmental crisis, and with this collection it felt like we could really make change with the art we were creating.
From misty mountains to salty sea, the influence of a river reaches well beyond its banks. Removing dams helps restore natural sediment flow, and the formation of new sandbars promises long, peeling waves on the best days of the year. But guess what? The locals were here first, they're always on it, and they demand respect. Featured: Men's Pods On It Cotton/Poly T-Shirt
Rivers aren't only ecosystems: They're also places of culture and memory. In honor of the stories that remind us what we must work to protect, the Trout Tales print is based on the traditional weaving arts of the Pacific Northwest. Featured: Women's Lightweight Synchilla® Snap-T® Fleece Pullover
What was the most vivid aspect of the Elwha trip for you?
It's really amazing how quickly the river has rebounded. When we walked into one of the former Elwha dam sites, at first it was hard to even see where the dam had been. We were all blown away by how wild the river had already become. Patagonia was instrumental in the dam removals, so we all felt like somehow we'd played a small role in bringing this river back. It was a proud moment.
The Elwha Dam was a true deadbeat dam—when construction began in 1910, its builders failed to provide any way for fish to pass. Now, barely any trace of it remains, and the river runs free once more. It's a success story that will hopefully be repeated on many more rivers around the world. Photo: Mark McInnis
After your trip, what was the design process like?
We wanted to narrow in on a few themes that would give a consistent direction to the collection, so we focused on running water, salmon and the flora and fauna of the Olympic Peninsula. The Patagonia textile team creates art in-house, by hand, so we can really go after these themes in an authentic way. For the T-shirts, we wanted to create and source artwork that connected to the Pacific Northwest, but still conveys a message that matters everywhere. In this case, it was taking inspiration from the success of the Elwha to promote river restoration around the globe.
Since time immemorial, salmon have been a primary source of sustenance for those living along the coasts and rivers of the Pacific Northwest. The repeating Indigo Fish print celebrates how wild waters provide habitat for the keystone species that so faithfully bring us life. Featured: Men's Wavefarer® Boardshorts
Our geometric Wish Tails pattern was originally inspired by the streamlined tails of returning salmon. The removal of Washington's Elwha dams has allowed wild salmon to reclaim their traditional spawning habitat in the upper river. Featured: Women's Baggies™ Shorts
What action do you hope people will take to help restore rivers in their own areas?
I think we need to win the battle of apathy first. If people see that change can happen, it opens up all sorts of possibilities. And that's the beauty of the Elwha story. It doesn't hurt that the beauty of the area has been greatly enhanced by the dam removals—and that's probably the biggest motivation to get people to support river rewilding in their backyards.
For over a century, the Elwha dams blocked the river's conveyer belt of natural sediment. With the river now running free to the sea, the rivermouth and nearshore environments are bouncing back. Photo: Mark McInnis
Are you planning more initiatives like Wilder Waters that connect art and activism?
Absolutely. It's an approach that not only inspires great work from the design teams, but it also creates opportunities for our design and environmental teams to collaborate on projects that can make real change in the world. We've already got two more seasons coming up, next spring and next fall, with visual themes based on specific environmental issues.
Wilder Waters prints and graphics can be found throughout the new fall 2017 line. Visit patagonia.com or your nearest Patagonia Retail Store to see them firsthand.
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