Dante M. de Tablan (right), Executive Director of the Ben Franklin Center for Community Schools and Heather Chapman, Deputy Director (center) pose with TCC member, Imani Williams.
About a year ago, at a conference led by Dr. Ken Ginsberg on Building Resilience in Teens, several Thriving Communities Collaborative (TCC) members had the opportunity to meet Chris Battaglia, the principal of Ben Franklin High School. It was apparent right away that Chris cared a lot about his students and his staff. He talked about putting love first and building a program around that principle of love. It was only natural that when the TCC went looking for updates on how institutions and organizations in the community were faring in implementing trauma-informed practices, Chris Battaglia came to mind. Chris connected us with key members of his team at the Ben Franklin Center for Community Schools, a.k.a The Ben Center. Then, one incredibly sunny and warm Friday in November, Imani and I had the opportunity to stop by and meet with a few of the people spearheading the initiatives at The Ben Center, Dante M. de Tablan, Executive Director; Heather Chapman, Deputy Director; and Kelly Oglesbee, Community School Coordinator. All radiated the same warmth and concern for their students that I had observed in Chris — the love for their work that makes transformation possible.
In order for communities to thrive, individuals and families must thrive. And when fostering thriving communities, it's important to remember that how we treat people matters. At Benjamin Franklin High School at Masonville Cove, we see an example of trauma-informed policies being put into action. Not only do school leaders understand that it matters how they treat their students and families, but they know the many ways in which a school can serve as the hub of a thriving community.
While the typical function of schools in today's society is to educate and socialize children, Ben Franklin's community school model allows it to do much more than that. The school uses trauma-informed practices to address the needs of its students and their families and to provide resources, support, and essential services to its community.
Also important is the trauma training that occurs as part of Ben Franklin's Mental Health initiatives. This training provides teachers with the understanding that they cannot just react to symptoms such as anger. Instead, they learn to consider the root of an issue. Classroom environments can be full of triggers that elicit fight or flight responses. Something as simple as a seating chart can be a problem for students who are triggered by having their backs turned away from the door, and a hand on the shoulder may derail an otherwise positive teacher-student interaction. When instructors know to look at their classroom through a trauma-informed lens, they are better equipped to create an environment in which students have the opportunity to engage and learn.
Ben Franklin's mental health program extends beyond the classroom in its engagement with students. Trauma-trained counselors prioritize relationship building as they regularly interact with students in hallways, the cafeteria, and other non-classroom settings. This provides counselors with a more complete picture of their students. Daily face-to-face interactions help reduce the stigma associated with seeking treatment and allow counselors to connect with students who are internalizing trauma.
The time students spend at school is limited, so family engagement is necessary. Ben Franklin understands that in order to care for their students, they must care for their families. Counselors in the mental health program primarily engage with families via home visits, and within this community school model, listening is crucial. Communication with parents can be difficult, especially if they are used to schools only calling home to report problems. Ben Franklin's staff addresses this obstacle by taking the time to listen to parents and gain an understanding of their needs. In this way, the school is able to establish a more complete support system for its students and their families.
Towards the end of 2014, United Way opened a Family Center within Ben Franklin. This program is an important example of the school's comprehensive approach to supporting the student population and their families. The center provides parenting classes and childcare for teen parents and also provides job-readiness classes for community members including parents, neighbors, and former students. Evidenced-based programs are used to help build stability in the lives of students and community residents. The positive impact of this program is particularly evident in behavioral changes of the daycare attendees. Children at such crucial stages in their development have a lot to gain from a nourishing environment. When a toddler who initially wouldn't socialize now spends his time smiling and happy, it is clear that something is going right.
contributors to the health of the community overall.
Within a community school, collaboration is essential. In this model, the school's community coordinator takes on the responsibility of building and maintaining partnerships with local organizations. These connections allow Ben Franklin to provide essential services that combat the impact of environmental and social toxins which threaten thriving communities.
Through a partnership with the Baltimore City Health Department and The Well, for instance, Ben Franklin helped bring Baltimarket to Curtis Bay. This grocery service, run by the Baltimore City Health Department in partnership with ShopRite, operates online, is staffed by community members and does not require a delivery fee. For residents who live an hours walk from the nearest grocery store, services like these prevent them from having to rely on corner stores and takeout. In helping create pathways to nutritious food, this community school helps prepare students' brains for learning and helps create opportunities for local families to have a better quality of life.
Ultimately, it is important for Ben Franklin to serve as a resource to its community. One of their goals is to create a network that begins with an academical village but expands beyond the walls of the school. Thus far, their community school model has seen success through markers such as greater attendance and school connectedness, growing enrollment, and decreased chronic absence, suspensions, and mobility. Success among families and the community is evident in different forms. Parents now understand that they can turn to the school for support when they are facing challenges like eviction, and residents know the school is a resource where they hold meetings, attend programs and galvanize support for community initiatives.
Like anything else, community schools come with their own set of challenges. On the academic level, the biggest issue is time. Counselors have to share limited time with teachers and faculty have to work to balance curriculum goals with goals related to overall well-being. However, the culture of respect and commitment to student and community success help keep everyone on the same page.
Despite these challenges, Ben Franklin has seen enough success to know that their community school model is worth replicating. By continuing to listen to and address the needs of students, families, and community, the school ensures that students will stay enrolled, partnerships will stay intact, and their impact will continue to grow. They're currently working with nearby Bay-Brook Elementary & Middle School to learn about their unique needs and assets and to hopefully implement the community school model there as part of the 21st Century Schools Plan.
The work that Ben Franklin is doing teaches us that when looking for examples of trauma-informed policy in action, we don't have to go any further than our own backyard. Their success lets us know that how we treat people matters, and the ideas they've put into action should influence higher level policies as we move forward in building healthy, thriving communities.
A special thanks to Dante M. de Tablan, Heather Chapman, and Kelly Oglesbee for meeting with us to share their work.


Happy Valentine's Day! We have been having a wonderful time in Napa and will be heading to San Francisco today. In honor of our trip, I wanted to feature an interior designer from the Bay Area today, so this beautiful living room was designed by my friend and fellow blogger and designer, Grant K. Gibson. I was immediately drawn in by the glamorous space featuring pretty jewel tones and gold accents against a neutral backdrop. While the more significantly sized pieces--the rug and sofa are grey, they are far from boring. The rug features a large-scaled Greek key pattern and the sofa has beautiful tufting detail. I love mixing bold patterns and infusing rooms with a pop of color, so my eye is also drawn to the beautiful, peacock blue slipper chairs and tiger print ottomans.
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The New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) has been the voice of the legal profession in New York state for more than 140 years.
Our mission is to shape the development of law, educate and inform the public, and respond to the demands of our diverse and ever changing legal profession. NYSBA advocates for state and federal legislation and works tirelessly to promote equal access to justice for all.
The New York State Bar Association rented space in a number of Albany locations before acquiring its own headquarters at 99 Washington Ave in 1953.
The Association's Objectives
Originally stated in its constitution adopted in 1877, are the same today. The are: to cultivate the science of jurisprudence, promote reform in the law, facilitate the administration of justice, and elevate the standards of integrity, honor, professional skill and courtesy in the legal profession.
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Now occupies numbers 1 through 6 Elk Street facing Academy Park. It was formerly dedicated on September 24, 1971 and rededicated on November 10, 1990, as part of a $6.8 million expansion program.
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G.B. (Gladys Bertha, later Gladys Bronwyn) Stern was born in London, England to a cosmopolitan, assimilated Jewish family. She wrote her first novel at age 20 and continued to produce one novel every year until 1964. She also wrote plays, including The Man Who Pays the Piper (1931), which was revived by the Orange Tree Theatre in London in 2013.
With Sheila Kaye-Smith, she wrote two books about Jane Austen, Talking of Jane Austen (1943) and More Talk of Jane Austen (1949). She also published short stories, literary criticism, biographies of Robert Louis Stevenson, and 10 volumes of memoirs and autobiography. Her 1938 novel The Ugly Dachshund was made into a film in 1966.
In 1919, she married Geoffrey Lisle Holdsworth, and sometimes collaborated on works with him.
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Australia 'Implementing Tony Abbott's Policies' at COP21 Says Opposition Leader
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Bill Shorten, the Labor leader, attacked Australian climate policy as lacking in ambition today at the Paris climate conference.
Shorten held an impromtu press conference among surprised reporters at the COP21 conference moments after the country's new prime minister Malcolm Turnbull announced his commitment to the second stage of the Kyoto Protocol.
"Today Malcolm Turnbull has turned up and played it safe," he said. "He's keeping the right wing of his own party happy. He is really basically, with a slightly different rhetoric, implementing the substance of Tony Abbott's climate change policies which were notorious for not being serious."
He added: "The whole point of gathering is not just to do very little and just commit to the second stage of Kyoto, it's to move beyond that," he continued.
Abbott has long been known to doubt the science of climate change. Naomi Klein went so far as to call him a climate "villan".
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But then this past September Turnbull challenged Abbott for the leadership of the Liberal Party and within half a day, had been voted the new leader. Environmentalists heralded this as an important win against climate denial.
However, Shorten argued today that despite this change in leadership, the country's policies have remained the same. "It's a pretty low bar this Australian government had to measure up to," he said.
"The fact of the matter is what Australia's government is saying is we're not Tony Abbott but the truth of the matter is we've still got Tony Abbot's policies. What has changed other than the prime minister in terms of Australia's climate change efforts?
"Nothing has really changed. Australia is playing it safe … and in the meantime we're seeing for instance the Canadians who… not only have they changed their prime minister but they're doubling the amount of money they're putting into adaptation and climate fund programmes globally, and that's not the case in Australia."
When pressed on whether this still marked an improvement given Abbott's notorious climate inaction, Shorten said: "Most Australians if they were replacing Tony Abbott would have done more than Tony Abbott has done. Using Tony Abbott as your benchmark on serious climate change policy is not really setting much of a test is it?"
Kyla is a freelance writer and editor with work appearing in the New York Times, National Geographic, HuffPost, Mother Jones, and Outside. She is also a member of the Society for Environmental Journalists.


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Old-New Synagogue
The oldest of Prague's Jewish Quarter sights, the Old-New Synagogue is the oldest surviving Synagogue in all of Europe, and is surrounded by history, mysteries and legends; its attic is purported to be the home of Prague's Golem, a creature created and animated by Rabbi Loew to protect the Jewish citizens of Prague, another legend claims that its foundations stones hail from the ruined Temple of Jerusalem and were loaned by angels on condition that they be returned when the...
Spanish Synagogue
The Spanish Synagogue is by far the most spectacular temple in the Jewish Quarter. It was inspired by the Alhambra in Spain, hence the title Spanish Synagogue. The Synagogue is stunning with an abundance of Moorish tile motifs of flowers and geometric patterns in brilliant reds, blues and greens with gold trim. The interior boasts color on the ceiling, walls, and stained glass windows.


Toyo Ito was the sixth Japanese architect to become a Pritzker Laureate. Throughout his long career, Ito has designed residential homes, libraries, theaters, pavilions, stadia, and commercial buildings. Since Japan's ruinous tsunamis, Toyo Ito has become an architect-humanitarian known for his "Home-for-All" initiative.
The Taichung Metropolitan Opera House, Taichung City, Republic of China (Taiwan) was begun in 2005 and is under construction.
After the earthquake and tsunami of March 2011, Ito organized a group of architects to develop humane, communal, public spaces for survivors of natural disasters. "The Sendai Mediatheque had been partially damaged during the 3.11 earthquake," Ito told Maria Cristina Didero of domus magazine. "To the citizens of Sendai, this piece of architecture had been a beloved cultural salon....Even without a specific program, people would nonetheless gather around this place to exchange information and interact with one another....This led me to realize the importance of a small space like the Sendai Mediatheque for people to gather and communicate within disaster areas. This is the starting point of Home-for-All."
Every community has its own needs. For Rikuzentakata, an area devastated by the 2011 tsunami, a design based on natural wooden poles with attached modules, similar to ancient pole or pile dwellings, was exhibited at the Japan Pavilion of the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale. A full-scale prototype was built onsite in early 2013.
Ito's public service work with the Home-for-All initiative was cited by the 2013 Pritzker Jury as "a direct expression of his sense of social responsibility."


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Lester Young, Billie Holiday, and Sax in the Afternoon
Sometimes there is no correlation between the size the audience and the quality of the music. This past weekend, that was true at concert halls across the metro. JazzMN Big Band, surely one of the most talented large jazz ensembles in the Midwest, welcomed virtuoso saxophonist Ernie Watts and always-ebullient vocalist Debbie Duncan to its season opener in Hopkins, and while the crowd was respectable, it should have been a sell out. I'd track down Watts to hear him again in a minute. And his playful duel with Dave Karr should be on You Tube.
Not too far away, Arne Fogel presented a revue in honor of Johnny Mercer. I couldn't be in two places at once and neither could anyone else. I heard the hall was about half full despite the marvelous voices of Fogel, Nancy Harms, Sheridan Zuther and Connie Evingson. Maybe they will do a reprise sometime soon.
Sunday afternoons are often preferred for concerts—no conflict with Friday and Saturday nightlife, no late night before a work day, etc. So the Twin Cities Jazz Society always plans at least a couple of its Jazz From J to Z concerts on Sunday afternoons. The season opener at the newly renovated Capri should have been a big draw—the seldom-heard JAZZAX Saxophone Quartet, the Laura Caviani Trio, Charmin Michelle and Dave Karr. Try to squeeze more talent onto a small stage! Aside from the musicianship, the program itself was intriguing, a salute to the great but somehow underrated Lester Young and his partnership with Billie Holiday. The small theater was probably less than half filled. Excuses abound—a Vikings game, a Twins game, a shooting on the north side, too much music already over the weekend. Maybe all of the above.
Those who did turn out at the Capri were rewarded over and over through two long sets of familiar and less familiar tunes, written by, performed by, inspired by Lester Young and/or Billie Holiday—"Lester Leaps In," "Jumpin' at the Woodside," "When You're Smiling," "Tickle Toe," "One O'Clock Jump" were all familiar yet freshly arranged, expertly played. One of the unique contributions of an ensemble like JAZZAX is the wide variation in color produced by the different combinations of horns. Put four tenor saxophones together and you seemingly get a 15-piece big band; put four tenors plus a bari and you have the heavy-weight edition of a big band; put four different sax voices together (soprano, alto, tenor and bari) and you get a full orchestra. Yet other combinations yielded different orchestras-- two tenors versus two altos versus a soprano against the big guys. And often the blend of voices changed within a single tune. In essence, the JAZZAX Saxophone Quartet is the brass equivalent of a jazz choir with multi-part, ever transforming harmonies.
For most of the program there were at least seven, often eight voices on stage, JAZZAX in collaboration with the Laura Caviani Trio (Gordy Johnson and Phil Hey). Their mutual admiration as well affinity for the music and soul of Lester Young yielded one sparkling tune after another, punctuated by multiple savory solos.
JAZZAX leader Dave Milne, who alone is a sax quartet, penned two compositions as well as an arrangement of Young's "Tickle-Toe." And he brought far more than music to the stage through his engaging commentary that filled in some of the details and intrigue of the life and times of Lester Young. Part of that intrigue was his relationship with Billie Holiday, channeled at the Capri by the warm voice of Charmin Michelle. Charmin is no Billie imitator, which by itself is refreshing, offering her own charm and silky interpretations of the well known "When You're Smiling" as well as mining some lesser known gems deserving more attention—particularly "Sailboat in the Moonlight." You can give me Charmin Michelle and Dave Karr in duo any day, any night.
For me, one of the highlights was the performance of Laura Caviani's 3-part "Suite Basie," commissioned a few years ago by JAZZAX and filled with trademark Caviani bluesiness, sweet balladry, and ferocious swing. Everyone had a solo op on the closing Basie tune, "Boogie Woogie." There was enough energy and enthusiasm to fill a stadium. Too bad the area jazz audience couldn't fill this small theater.
For those who made it out last weekend, spread the word. Our local musicians are more than worthy purveyors of Lester Young, Billie Holiday, and Johnny Mercer.
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Q: Why do only IPv6 autoconf services get listed from wlan I've installed squid-deb-proxy on a server which is connected to my router's LAN.
If I browse available zeroconf services from my laptop connected directly to the LAN, I see both IP4 and IP6 squid-deb-proxy advertised:
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But if I disconnect my laptop and try again via the WLAN, I only see the IPv6 service:
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I can still ping the IP4 address without problems, it seems to just be the mdns? Also, the server (on the LAN) can see all the IP4 mdns entries for the other (WLAN) machines. Why do I only see the IPv6 services from the wlan?

A: I found this happening when I had an iptables firewall blocking UDP port 5353 on my laptop. This blocked the incoming mDNS registration broadcasts for IPv4 addresses, which are normally only carried over IPv4, from reaching my avahi-daemon and being registered in the cache.
I had not configured ip6tables, so the IPv6 packets carrying IPv6 addresses were not being blocked, and were arriving at the avahi-daemon and being stored in the cache. So I could see those in my cache, but not the IPv4 addesses.

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About NLCC
The Natchez Literary and Cinema Celebration (NLCC) is a time-honored tradition in the state of Mississippi with a well-deserved reputation as one of the state's most significant annual conferences devoted to literature, history, film, and culture. Each February, the NLCC chooses a new topic related to humanities in the American South and brings nationally known scholars and authors to Natchez for our award-winning conference. The annual celebration is sponsored by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Mississippi Humanities Council, and Copiah-Lincoln Community College and supported by the city of Natchez, Adams County Board of Supervisors, and National Park Service.
Notable speakers at past NLCC festivals included writers Eudora Welty, Margaret Walker Alexander, William Styron, Willie Morris, Ellen Douglas, Ernest Gaines, Elizabeth Spencer, Nikki Giovanni, Myrlie Evers-Williams, and Maya Angelou; the Richard Wright scholar Michel Fabre of Paris; and historians Robert V. Remini, David Sansing, William Scarborough, John D.W. Guice, Jay Gitlin, John Blassingame, Michael Wayne, and Douglas Lewis.
The goals of NLCC are simple: to inspire a lifelong love of and commitment to the humanities in the public at large, to educate its audience on a variety of topics within the humanities, and to serve the local community. Our events, with very few exceptions, are free and open to the public.
NLCC co-chairmen are Emily Williams, learning resources coordinator, Copiah-Lincoln Community College; and Lance Harris, site director, Grand Village of Natchez Indians.
The conference has won many awards, including the Governor's Award for Tourism Achievement; Cultural Olympiad award for outstanding programming from the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games; Most Outstanding Festival or Event in Mississippi from the Mississippi Tourism Commission; Public Humanities Achievement Award from the Mississippi Humanities Council; Mississippi Historical Society's Award of Merit; and Governor's Award for Excellence in Arts.
2019- The Great River Road
2018- Southern Gothic
2017- Mississippi: A Literary Journey
2016 – Natchez at 300: A River Runs by It
2015 – Bigger Than Life: Extraordinary Mississippians
2014 – 60 Years and Counting: Voices of the Civil Rights Movement
2013 – Fiction, Fact, and Film: The Civil War's Imprint on Southern Culture
2012 – Legends, Lore, and Literature: Storytelling in the South
2011 – Fields of Dreams: Sports in the South
2010 – Humor in the Deep South
2009 – Southern Women Writers: Saluting the Eudora Welty Centennial
2008 – Richard Wright, the South, and the World: A Centennial Celebration
2007 – Southern Accents: Language in the Deep South
2006 – Biscuits, Gumbo, Sweet Tea, and Bourbon Balls: Southern Food and Drink in History, Literature, and Film
2005 – Between Two Worlds: Free Blacks in the Antebellum South
2004 – Scoundrels to Statesmen: Politics in the Deep South.
2003 – Exploration and Discovery Then and Now: Saluting the Bicentennial of the Louisiana Purchase
2002 – Creativity in the South: A Living Legacy
2001 – Fiction, Fact, and Film: The Genius of the South
2000 – The Sacred South: Literature from the Bible Belt
1999 – Music of the South: Lyrics, Literature, and Lagniappe
1998 – The South: Its Land and Its Literature
1997 – Famous Southern Families in Fiction and in Fact
1996 – Southern Women: 300 Years of Influence
1995 – King Cotton: Its Enduring Literary Legacy
1994 – Mississippi's Literary Heritage: Black and White and Read All Over
1993 – The Three R's: Readin', Ritin', and the River 1992 Spain Comes to Natchez
1991 – From Provincial Outpost to National Treasure: Natchez Celebrates Its 275th Anniversary
1990 – The Natchez Trace: Its Literary Legacy
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Elizabeth Dee Shaw Stewart Stadium, Ogden, Utah Attendance: 3,242
Weber St. uses three pick-6s to unravel N. Colorado 48-17
OGDEN, Utah (AP) Weber State set a program record with three interceptions returned for touchdowns, and the Wildcats clinched their seventh-straight winning season by beating Northern Colorado 48-17 on Saturday.
It was the first home victory for the Wildcats (6-5, 5-3 Big Sky Conference), which closed the regular season winning five of its last seven.
Desmond Williams, Braxton Gunther and Conner Mortensen returned interceptions 65 yards, 47 and 50 respectively.
Northern Colorado led 10-3 midway through the second quarter, and Williams tied it when he intercepted Alec Lewis.
The Bears went back up when Lewis threw a 63-yard touchdown pass to Dylan Thomas with 6:02 before halftime. Weber State proceeded to go on a 38-0 run from there.
Lewis threw for 185 yards a two touchdowns for the Bears (3-8, 2-6).
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int data-type represents the whole number (i.e., integer) quantities. Integers are required not to contain a decimal point or an exponent.
The qualifier short, when placed in front of the int declaration, tells the C++ system that the particular variable being declared will be used to store fairly small integer values.
On the other hand, the qualifier long, when placed in front of the int declaration, tells the C++ system that the particular variable being declared will be used to store fairly large integer values.
In case of signed int (or even in case of ordinary int, short int, long int as by default every int is signed int), the leftmost bit (of computer memory) is reserved for the sign. However in case of unsigned int, there is no such kind of reservation and so all the bits are used to represent the numeric value. Thus, an unsigned int can be approximately twice as large as an ordinary int.
char data-type is used to represent individual characters. Hence, the char type generally requires only one byte of memory. Just like signed int and unsigned int, C++ language permits signed char and unsigned char.
float data-type (also called as floating point) represents values containing decimal places. A floating point value is distinguished by the presence of a decimal point. It is permissible to omit digits before the decimal point, or digits after the decimal point, but obviously not permissible to omit both.
The values 3., 125.8 and -.001 are all valid examples of floating point values.
Floating point values can also be expressed in so called scientific notation. The value 17.e4 is a floating point value expressed in this notation, and represents the value 1.7 x 104. The value before the letter e is known as the mantissa while the value that follows the letter e is called the exponent.
double data-type is very similar to float data-type. It is used whenever the accuracy provided by a float variable is not sufficient. Variables declared to be of type double can store roughly twice as many significant digits as can a variable of type float can store.
This is a new addition to C++. The data type bool gets its name from George Boole, a 19th century English mathematician who invented the concept of using logical operators with true or false values. These values are often called boolean values.
This data type can take only two values true or false. It is commonly used to hold the results of comparisons.
Here, a gets a value true. whereas, b gets a value false.
By definition, true has a value 1 (when converted to an integer) and false has a value 0 (when converted to an integer).
enumerator-list stands for a list of names for integer constants.


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Beware of 'Author Services' Shops in 2013
Filed under: authors,authors bypassing traditional publishers,e-book publishing,e-books,John R. Austin,self-publishing,self-publishing lessons — gator1965 @ 10:13 pm
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"Need some author services, buddy?"
The burgeoning self-publishing world has exploded a need for so-called 'author services' — you know, the services that used to be provided by the traditional publishers (TPs) if your manuscript was chosen from a gazillion other entries. Services such as editing, proofing, book production, packaging, and distribution, as well as back office tasks such as accounts receivable, accounts payable and year-end tax reporting.
These 'author services' shops exist now to some degree but will propagate wildly in the coming year.
So, before you spend ANY money (and most probably needlessly) heed this insight from Smashwords founder, Mark Coker, in this article by Jason Boog:
Mark Coker Predicts: 'More money will be made in author services than in book sales.'
In his 2013 Book Publishing Industry Predictions, Smashwords founder Mark Coker included this warning for aspiring writers: "In the self-publishing gold rush, more money will be made in author services than in book sales."
All independent writers need to remember this advice as we head into the new year. We asked How Much Should Self-Publishing Cost? in November and received a wide-range of responses. Indie authors can pay everything from nothing to $50,000 in an effort to publish their work.
Here's more from Coker: "With the shift to self-publishing, writers must carry the publishing burdens once borne by traditional publishers, such as the cost of editing, proofing, book production, packaging, and distribution, as well as backoffice tasks such as accounts receivable, accounts payable and year-end tax reporting … With this burgeoning demand for professional publishing services, thousands of service providers will open up virtual author services shops in 2013. The challenge for writers is to procure the highest quality services at the lowest cost. Plenty of scamsters and over-priced service providers will be standing by to help."
Coker also included two tips for keeping your self-publishing work at a respectable cost. Here is his first tip:
As I write in Secrets to Ebook Publishing Success, pinch your pennies. As a self published author, you're the publisher. You're running a business. The lifeblood of a business is profit, because profit generates cash. If you run out of cash, you go out of business. Since profit equals sales minus expenses, and sales are difficult to predict and often minimal, it's important to minimize expenses. DIY as much as possible, especially when you're starting out. Invest your sweat equity (your time and talent) first. If you can't afford editing, barter for editing, and leverage beta readers. Once you start earning a profit, then carefully reinvest. Never borrow money to finance your ebook publishing adventure. Never spend money you need to pay the mortgage or to put bread on your table.
Decoding the Business-Side of Being an Author
Filed under: Amazon,authors bypassing traditional publishers,book marketing online,book stores,bookselling,bookstores,digital book sales,digital books,digital media,Digital publishing,digital publishing growth,John R. Austin,Kindle — gator1965 @ 10:06 pm
Online booksellers are continuously working on new platforms that make the publishing and selling of books easier for authors of all grades. Amazon and other onliners have come up with all kinds of dashboards that give author-clients instant, realtime info on their books' sales, campaigns, visits, sample reads, etc…Data that traditional publishing furnished to its authors much more slowly and with less detail through BookScan.
Sarah Lacy of TechCrunch wrote the following article giving more details:
First Amazon Took Down Booksellers…Are Publishers Next?
It's not that Amazon set out to destroy small book stores. They just offered a better option for a large number of people. Now, Amazon is increasingly offering small features here and there that taken together may start to make a traditional publisher a lot less necessary for authors.No one is more shocked by that sentence than I am. While I've jumped firmly from old-media to new-media when it comes to articles and videos, I've remained a big believer that self-publishing via eBook isn't yet a viable option for most authors, assuming you want a lot of people to read your book. It's just not personally satisfying either. A book is something I spend years of my life writing– usually for a comparatively small amount of money — and I want to hold it once all the pain is over. I want it to sit on my coffee table. I want it reviewed in the New York Times. And I want to walk in a book store and see it on the shelf. In most cases, only a traditional publisher can do that for me.
Don't get me wrong– I'm sure I will sell more eBooks than physical books this year and over my lifetime. But without the vetting, marketing, distribution and clout of a major publisher, I doubt I'd sell many of either. The first question anyone asks an author is, "Who's publishing you?" Much like how the WashingtonPost.com relies on the brand and legacy of the Washington Post, unless you are a huge name, you need the anchor of a "real book" for your eBook to do well and be taken seriously. That's just reality.
But it won't always be reality, and Amazon has quietly been doing small things on Author Central to help authors take more control. My second book comes out later this month, so I've been taking a close look at the services Amazon offers to authors. It's changed dramatically since my last book was published in 2008.
Best-selling Author Dumps Traditional Publishers
Filed under: authors bypassing traditional publishers,Digital publishing,Seth Godin,traditional publishing,Wall Sreet Journal — gator1965 @ 3:00 pm
The publishing and book world is ABUZZZZZ with the news that Seth Godin, a top selling marketing author, is dumping his traditional publisher because they take too long to get his product to his readers AND he has developed a close enough relationship with his readers, through his online blog, that he feels he can sell directly to them and dispense with the laborious publishers.
Phew! That was a long and laborious sentence, I'm out of breadth…It says a lot though:
First, it points out the importance of blogs to establish an author's online platform and relationships.
Second, life is too short to waste it jumping through the traditional publishing hoops.
Third, the internet can tell you just who your readers are (and provide better tracking).
This from Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg of the Wall Street Journal:
In a significant defection for the book industry, best-selling marketing author Seth Godin is ditching his traditional publisher, Portfolio, after a string of books and plans to sell his future works directly to his fans.
The author of about a dozen books including "Purple Cow" said he now has so many direct customer relationships, largely via his blog, that he no longer needs a traditional publisher. Mr. Godin plans to release subsequent titles himself in electronic books, via print-on-demand or in such formats as audiobooks, apps, small digital files called PDFs and podcasts.
"Publishers provide a huge resource to authors who don't know who reads their books," said Mr. Godin in an interview. "What the Internet has done for me, and a lot of others, is enable me to know my readers."
It's unclear how many, if any, best-selling authors will follow Mr. Godin's lead. However, his departure from Portfolio, an imprint owned by Pearson PLC's Penguin Group (USA), comes at a critical juncture for the industry. With many new titles spending less time on best-seller lists and in bookstores, publishers are increasingly dependent on brand-name authors such as Mr. Godin to deliver significant book sales.
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Big-Name Authors Sign Directly with E-book Retailers
Filed under: authors bypassing traditional publishers,Digital publishing,e-book retailers,e-books,iPad publishing — gator1965 @ 7:11 pm
Is big publishing getting the boot ?
At first, lesser-known and newbie authors were signing with E-book retailers; but now big-name authors are joining the trend and by-passing the middleman traditional publishers and signing directly with eBook retailers like Amazon, Smashwords and other companies !
More and more established authors are signing on the digital, multi-media publishing bandwagon…The latest is Ryu Murakami, author of Coin Locker Babies among others.
This report from the Wall Street Journal by Yoree Koh goes into more detail:
Ever since the arrival of the slim and snazzy electronic book devices, the magnates of the traditional publishing industry have feared the worst: that precious big-name authors might sign directly with e-book retailers, relegating the old-school publishers as the dispensable middleman.
Let the nightmare begin. Novelist Ryu Murakami plans to release his latest novel exclusively for digital bookworms through Apple Inc.'s iPad ahead of the print version. Mr. Murakami, the acclaimed author of over 15 novels including "Coin Locker Babies" and "In the Miso Soup", replaced the publishers with a software company to help develop the e-book titled "A Singing Whale," or "Utau Kujira" in Japanese. The digital package will include video content and set to music composed by Academy Award winning composer Ryuichi Sakamoto, according to the Japanese business daily Nikkei. The newspaper reports the e-book will cost 1,500 yen ($17) and will be ready to download pending Apple's approval. Apple Japan and Mr. Murakami did not respond to requests for comment at the time of publication.
Mr. Murakami's decision is the latest step taken by well known authors in re-writing the business model of the publishing industry – but it's a step beyond what others have done. In April, the master penman of suspense, Stephen King, released the e-book edition of his newest work "Blockade Billy" one month before the hardcover version published by Scribner, an imprint of New York publishing giant Simon and Schuster, hit retail outlets in the U.S. and Canada. Mr. King also published a story, UR, exclusively for Kindle, the popular e-book reader produced by Amazon, around the time a newer version of the device was released in February 2009.
In December of last year, Amazon scored another success when business guru Steven Covey granted the online retailer exclusive e-book rights for two of his best-selling books for one year. Until recently, Mr. Covey's move to shift older titles, also known as backlist titles – the warehouse of past best-selling books with strong staying power that provide publishers a steady revenue stream each year – to the digital sphere has been the more common rebellion among successful wordsmiths. Brazilian writer Paul Coehlo and the estate of the late American novelist William Styron also moved the rights to sell e-book editions of older works to Amazon.
But in offering fresh material only in an electronic format, Mr. Murakami's plan has basically removed the traditional book publisher from the calculation entirely. Mr. Murakami's past novels have been published by venerated Japanese companies like Kodansha. The company wasn't immediately available for comment. The new equation, in theory, would give authors a bigger chunk of royalties. Mr. Murakami said his initial goal of 5,000 downloads would cancel out the investment costs, and if the plan is approved, Apple will receive 30% of the revenue with the rest to be parsed among Mr. Murakami, Mr. Sakamoto and the software company, according to the Nikkei.
UPDATE, 14:05 p.m. JST: Kodansha, Murakami's publisher responds, saying it's talking to the novelist about releasing a hard copy version of "A Singing Whale", though nothing has been finalized.
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Of these factors, trail impacts should generally be the least significant. Trail runners—especially 100 mile trail runners—perform far more trail work than any other class of trail user, even when adjusted for trail mileage. This is a point we must continually reinforce in the minds of public land and forest managers. In the second of these two articles, I will address some aspects of service/trail work requirements and race volunteers as they affect maximum race size. Here I want to focus on the use of crew by runners and its relationship to maximum race size.
There are really two different components of crew: pacers and motorized food/equipment/medical support that travels from aid station to aid station. These two components have overlapping, but different, impacts on races. Pacers contribute (slightly) to trail damage, and depending on race rules may raise the number of aid station supplies and volunteers needed. Commonly, pacers also rely on motorized access to aid stations, but this doesn't necessarily need to be the case. Motorized support crew contribute to aid station congestion, parking congestion, and sometimes traffic congestion on access roads. This latter can be an especially significant problem when cars share the road with runners (e.g. the 2-3 miles before Upper Big Water aid station at Wasatch).
Many 100 mile runners use crew (pacers and/or roving motorized support). Crew often help to keep a runner motivated. Some runners use crew as a means to involve their family in their running. A few runners use pacers as a way to train their runnning partners to ultimately participate in races. Some runners use motorized crew as a way to deal with the uncertainty about how they may feel or what they may need at different stages of a race. A few runners use motorized crew as a way to avoid having to plan drop bags or carry extra food/gear on the trail. First-time runners usually need crew, and I have often argued that every first time 100 miler should be 'issued' two experienced pacers!
Nevertheless in my experience, there are a significant number of runners who DO NOT rely on crew. This offers an opportunity to expand the size of some races in which crew access to aid stations is a primary limitation on race size.
For such races I propose capping the number of runners who are allowed to use crew (at specified places) and letting the total number of runners be determined by other factors (trail impacts, number of volunteers, etc.) Most races have plenty of aid stations where crew access is not a problem. In practice therefore most runners would be able to have crew—just not perhaps at every aid station they might desire. Many races already exclude all crew from certain aid stations that are difficult to access. Allowing crew, but capping the number simply provides a finer degree of control for the race organizers and shifts some of the limitations on race entry to limitations on use of crew.
Here is how this could work. Race directors would need to begin by determining a maximum race size based on factors OTHER than crew access. They would next need to determine the maximum number of crew they could accomodate (either overall or at specific aid stations). Race applications would also need a check box for entrants to specify if they want crew. Race directors would then accept runners as usual (including a lottery if necessary). They would then hold a very simple lottery for crew passes among accepted runners who desire crew. More complex scenarios are also possible—e.g. separate (perhaps mutually exclusive) lotteries for a few different critical aid stations.
I know firsthand that race directors don't like to deal with a lot of extra complexity. Therefore to simplify all this, I am offering to write software that could be used to carry out the necessary lotteries with an absolute minimum of fuss. (In my other life I specialize in statistical computer simulations.) The software could be available for download or I might offer it as a service on one of our web servers. The same software could be used for either a main runner lottery or a crew lottery. It would require as input only a list of names, along with an optional weighting number (the famous or infamous number of tickets).
This approach would have a number of side benefits. Some crews would begin carpooling. Many runners would begin sharing crew. Some pacers might gain access to/from aid stations on foot. (When I paced someone last year at Wasatch, this worked fine; my wife dropped me off 3 miles below the Upper Big Water aid station before runners come onto the road.) Some runners who believe themselves dependent on crew might try running without crew. The software could also simplify the operation of existing lotteries. Race directors could even implement statistically better lotteries, by giving higher weights to runners who have been turned down more than just a few times. This could, for example, be important for older runners who might have only a few good years left to run something as challenging as Hardrock.
Although new 100 mile trail races appear every year, an increasing number of existing races find it necessary to limit runner participation through lotteries, caps, or very early registration deadlines. Capping the number of runners allowed to use crew for critical aid stations would permit many races to increase the overall number of runners allowed into the race. This would allow greater race participation for us all.
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Cultural tour - Nature and culture in Romania
15 days / 14 nights
Romania - Transylvania - Moldavia Bukovina - Car Tours
price from	780 € per pers.
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Romania offers a wide range of attractions. Because you choose to travel differently, we choose the best for your holidays.
You will discover traditional areas, landscapes and people in a country where devotion to the land and nature is rooted deep down in people's hearts. In the countryside a lot of people live by hand-craft and in harmony with the nature. It is a country where farming and field working have been the main activities for centuries and where history left a diverse heritage.
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Reception in Bucharest
The trip starts in Bucharest. Depending on your arrival hours you can stop to Peles castle, placed in an idyllic setting in the Carpathian Mountains, on a medieval route linking Wallachia to Transylvania. This castle was the summer residence for the royal Romanian family. Continue your route to Brasov. Night in a 2** hotel in the city centre of Brasov (~ 170km).
Visit of Brasov. This city (Kronstadt in German) was founded in the XIII century when the Teutonic Knights were sent here by the order of Andrew II of Hungary to defend the border. At that time, throughout the Middle Ages, when Transylvania was part of the Kingdom of Hungary, the region was repeatedly invaded by various groups, including the Mongols and Tatars. Accommodation in the same place as the night before.
Fortified churches
Today you leave Brasov to visit the fortified churches around the city: first Herman, then Prejmer which is surrounded by a 12m high wall. These walls include 270 granaries and rooms in which villagers were taking shelter against attacks. You'll continue your ride to Lazarea, a small village at the foot of the Eastern Carpathian Mountains, in the Szekler (Hungarian) country where you can visit Lazar castle, built in 1450. Night in guesthouse (~180km).
Monasteries of Bukovina
Today you continue driving through the Carpathian Mountains to Bucovina. In this region, you will discover painted monasteries listed as UNESCO World Heritage sites. With their painted exterior walls, decorated with 15th and 16th century frescoes that are considered masterpieces of Byzantine art, these churches are unique in Europe. You can visit today two of them, Humor and Voronet monasteries. You will drive on spectacular routes along mountain lakes and beautiful gorges. Night in guest-house in Manastirea Humorului village (~230km).
Cacica
Today you visit other two important monasteries, but you can also visit a particular place, the salt mine of Cacica. Founded by Empress Maria Theresa's order, the salt mine was manually dug out and opened in 1791. Inside you will discover a chapel, a salty lake, a ball room and a tennis and volley court. Accommodation in the same place as the night before (~ 220km).
Villages of Maramures
Today you leave Moldavia and you make your way towards Maramures. On the route you can stop at the Prislop Pass (1416m), the highest pass in Romania. In Maramures, the woodwork, result of a secular tradition, will fascinate you. This know-how transmitted from father to son is now perfectly mastered by the craftsmen. You will visit a few centuries old wooden churches (among which some are UNESCO world heritage sites). Night in an old wooden house in Breb village (~200km).
The Wonders of Maramures
Yoday you continue visiting Maramures. You will start with Sapanta, a village known for its unique "Happy Cemetery". Every grave is accompanied by a wooden sculpture and painted stela, with very vivid colours, which describes the life of the deceased person. Then, you visit "the Memorial of the Communism victims" in the ancient capital of Maramures, a museum situated in the former political prison, which will give you a sad testimony of the Romanian dark years.
The last main visit today is the incredible Barsana Monastery. A convent set up in the 1990s, observing the style and the traditional methods of construction. The result is a masterpiece of Maramures crafts. Night in guesthouse in Botiza (~ 90km).
The last steam train
During your last day in Maramures you take the last functional steam train in the country! This forest train will allow you to discover, thanks to its plan and its casual rhythm, a wild nature which shelters an extremely rich flora and fauna. (~80km).
Today you leave Maramures to explore the town of Sighisoara. This medieval citadel, known as one of the best preserved in Europe, will give you the feeling of travelling back in time, while walking through the narrow cobbled streets. Tailor's tower is a real wonder of the medieval architecture. Night in guest-house/small hotel in Sighisoara (~260km).
Traditional Saxon villages
Today you drive in the fortified heart of Transylvania - you will visit its Saxon churches. From the top of the towers you will have beautiful view on the surrounding country side and coloured traditional houses which gives "post-card landscapes". You will cross villages like Biertan, with its double wall fortification, Slimnic and Valea Viilor. This last small village was founded in the 13th century and shelter a magnificent charming fortified church surrounded by 1.5m wide walls, listed as UNESCO World Heritage site. Mrs. Müller, the dean of the village and the last German there will be delighted to talk to you about its history. Night in guest-house/small hotel in Sibiu (~95km).
Visit of Sibiu, the most beautiful city of Transylvania, a medieval city outstandingly well preserved and restored. Its unique architectural style and the atmosphere floating in this city, the European capital of the culture in 2007, will definitely seduce you. If you really feel like driving you can go to the open-air village Museum or you can do it tomorrow, when leaving the city.
The Southern Carpathian Mountains
You can visit the surrounding villages (e.g. Cisnadie, Cisnadioara, Rasinari) and their fortified churches and small nice streets. Then, you continue driving along the highest peaks in Romania, Fagaras Mountains. On your way you can stop at Sambata de Sus, the only monastery in Transylvania build in a Wallachian style, and at the medieval fortress of Fagaras, transformed in the 17th century in a Renaissance fortified castle. You drive forward and arrive in Magura, a small traditional village at the foot of Piatra Craiului Mountains. Accommodation in a traditional guesthouse (~ 160km).
Today you visit Bran Castle, better know like Dracula Castle. For many years the castle was home to Queen Marie of Romania, the grand-daughter of England's Queen Victoria. Then you continue driving to Rasnov, a citadel built in the 13th century to defend Transylvania from the Turkish attacks. It is built on the top of a hill and offers an impressive overall view on the surroundings. In the afternoon, from Magura village you can make an easy walk in the middle of the highest straggling villages from Romania (2-3h, +/-150m). The way of life here make us think that local people are not touched by the passing of the time. Many of the inhabitants are livestock breeders and shepherds. Night in the same place as the night before (~70km).
Today you drive further to discover the Romanian capital. Bucharest, "the Eastern Paris" will surprise you with a mix of 18th and 19th century buildings, socialist blocks, and modern buildings. The gigantic "House of the People", second biggest building in the world will also be a part of the program. Night in a 3*** hotel in the city centre (~180km).
End of the journey
Breakfast. Transfer to the airport. End of the trip (~20km).
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From April to the end of October.
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Bucharest train station.
Double occupancy in hotels or guest-houses
Minimum of 2 people.
8 days, around 2000km
You will take the luggage in the rented car.
Car rental - type Renault Logan (for other types, please contact us) : 495€
Single supplement : 135€
14 breakfast, 6 picnics, 8 dinners, the nights, road-book, maps, permanently contactable local assistance.
Transfer to the meeting point and from the drop off point, the car rental, the fuel, the insurances, the meals like indicated, the drinks and the personal expenses.
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Three takeaways: St John's moves the ball, made Creighton work
Defense steps up to complement balanced scoring of starters... but what about the reserves?
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The pregame questions, of course, were "will Shamorie Ponds play" and "will Ponds' injury hold him back in any way"? No one knew but most St. John's Red Storm fans were optimistic. They extolled the performances of Justin Simon and LJ Figueroa in the DePaul game, whether pr not Ponds got on the floor.
Another, though, questioned about the ceiling for Sedee Keita.
Was there an offensive side in his game? He demonstrated his ability to protect the rim by blocking four shots in 18 minutes of the DePaul game. But is he able to hold his ground against the stronger post players in the Big East? Can he shoot? Can he score in traffic inside?
The consensus on the St. John's big man Keita was that he needs time. One fan summarized, "Keita's experience so far this year is like being in Spring Training."
As we walked from 1870 Court to the arena one young lady exclaimed, "There he is… and he's in uniform."
He was, and is Shamorie Ponds. Ready to go.
Red Suit Guy & Stripes
Creighton won the tip and the students behind the basket immediately began chanting "Defense!… defense!" The student fan base, settled in from winter vacation/ semester break, kept up the cheers throughout the game.
The Red Storm opened in a two-three zone which Creighton beat easily, feeding the post to Martin Krampelj under the basket for a layup.
Despite a promising start, with Shamorie Ponds dribbling into the left wing, then dishing to Justin Simon for a jumper, there were clouds.
Mustapha Heron had an ominous start. At 17:34 he slipped to the floor and was called for his second foul.
Heron defends
Two minutes in, and Sedee Keita replaced him, replacing one of the team's best scorers with an offensive question mark.
Keita started well; on their next possession Justin Simon fed Keita in the low post who quickly pitched out to Figueroa for a three. Figueroa then drove through the paint and hit a six-footer for a 7-6 lead.
Then, quick ball movement found Keita 18 feet from the basket at the top of the key. He stroked a two-pointer and St. John's regained the lead. It would be his only two points of the game — and the only two points scored by any of the reserves.
Creighton found success moving the ball quickly and finding teammates open under the basket, but five minutes in, had only attempted one three-pointer. The Bluejays take nearly half their shots from deep, normally.
The Johnnies controlled the defensive boards. The first offensive rebound for the Bluejays came at the 12:20 mark. Unlike past games, the Red Storm, were effectively boxing out.
With a mix of first and second stringers on the floor (Greg Williams Jr. and Bryan Trimble Jr. on the floor, at this point) the Johnnies began to lose their intensity on offense. Creighton regained the lead. That lead was eight after a Krampelj dunk. Mullin called a time out. Creighton had eight assists to three for the Johnnies and clearly had a more fluid offense to this part of the game.
After the game Ponds reported that Coach Mullin told him during the timeout that "it was time to go."
Ponds drives against a double team
And go he did. Ponds hit a turnaround twelve footer to be followed by a Figueroa put back of his own miss. "Defense!… defense...!" filled the arena. A Ponds three cut the lead to six at 28-22. Thirty seconds later he hit a jumper and the Bluejay lead was down to four.
The Red Storm defense began to tighten. The Bluejays were no longer finding uncovered teammates under the basket for easy layups.
After a Creighton turnover, Ponds hit a cutting Simon with a pretty over the shoulder pass. Simon was fouled but missed the foul shot. However, today was the day for the Johnnies to take down offensive rebounds; Marvin Clark got the board and laid the ball into the basket and the Creighton lead was no more with the game tied at 31.
At 4:05 it was Simon's time to demonstrate his skills. He uncorked a 30-foot pass to a driving Figueroa, who hit a reverse layup and the Johnnies took the lead 33 to 31. It was the play of the game.
With 40 seconds to play in the half Ponds beat a double team with a drive to the basket and a pull up ten footer from the right corner The Red Storm led by five, 39-34.
Both the team and the fans were ready as the second half began.
Heron, who had not scored in the first half, fought for an offensive rebound and was fouled giving the Johnnies a second chance to score.
Mustapha Heron Strong.
Ponds took advantage driving to the hoop and was fouled, hitting one out of two. The lead was now six, 40-34.
The Bluejays continued to compete, and seven points by Damion Mintz brought them within one at the 16:11 media timeout.
Anxious fans were now murmuring about a close game. But the Johnnies were leading the Bluejays in one significant statistic – overall rebounding at 24 to 19. The Bluejays had few offensive rebounds, unlike the ability of opponents to control the boards in the losses to Villanova and DePaul.
Coming out of the timeout the Johnnies ran a play featuring Heron setting up low, taking a pass from Marvin Clark and powering his way for a short turnaround and a three-point lead. Heron attacked the basket a minute later in a similar play and the Johnnies were up, 46-41.
The defense tightened, and the ball movement was prevalent as the game progressed.
Three, sometimes four Red Storm players touched the ball on all possessions and good shots were being taken.
After a media timeout at 11:18 the Johnnies went into a zone. The zone, at first, slowed the Bluejays down, but the Jays found their rhythm and their freshman forward Christian Bishop eventually was open and hit a two. On their next possession, Mintz hit an open three over the zone.
The zone experiment was over and the Red Storm were back in their aggressive man-to-man thereafter for the rest of the game.
The Bluejays were hanging within comeback distance until just after the 7:44 media timeout.
Another stirring performance by the dance team had energized the crowd, who responded with a loud ovation after the performance. The energy carried over to the team.
Joy in Carneseccaville
Over a 15-second span Figueroa scored on two offensive put backs sandwiched around a Ponds steal of the Bluejays' inbound pass. The lead was now double digits. Mustapha Heron joined in; in the last five minutes, he scored 10 points.
Creighton attempted to press the Johnnies with several minutes to go and a fan exclaimed, "they cannot press us. It plays into our hands!"
Ponds and Simon joined Heron in late scoring, each Johnnie taking turns breaking the press and finding easy basket opportunities.
Balanced scoring including ball movement: The Red Storm offense was impressive and entertaining.
Ponds showed ballhandling magic, with over the shoulder and behind the back passes, on target. Simon made a beautiful length of the court throw to Figueroa for a dunk and, during Heron's 10-point outburst at the end of the game he was first assisted by Ponds then by Simon, by Clark and finally by Figueroa. Every starter played a role.
The final stats for the game also demonstrated the balance on the team. Ponds led with 22 points and five assists, followed by Simon with 16 and three assists.
Figueroa also had 16 points with two assists and led the team with 13 rebounds. Marvin Clark II had seven points, two assists and 10 rebounds. Heron was the second leading scorer on the team with 18 second half points and took down three rebounds.
The team was able to get good shots on almost every possession, particularly from the 8:00 mark of the first half through the end of the game. The Johnnies shot 48% for the game and hit 44% of their three point attempts. The only concern was the lackluster 67% on free throw attempts.
The defense that makes opponents work: The Johnnies opened with a zone defense for one Creighton possession and it was easily beaten. Quick passing and a disciplined Bluejay team continued to find teammates open under the basket for easy layups but, as the game progressed, the Johnnies' defense tightened.
Creighton entered the game averaging 81 points per game, and the Red Storm held them to 66.
The Johnnies, despite Creighton trying to run, held them to only a couple of fast break buckets as the team regularly got back on defense. The three possessions against the zone were effective for Creighton, but the Red Storm did not lean on the zone for long.
St. John's held Creighton to 31% shooting on threes; they were hitting 42% coming into the game. The deficiencies of covering particularly the open corner threes, so prevalent earlier in the season, seem to have been worked out.
Chris Mullin, perplexed?
Waiting/ hoping for the reserves: The reserve unit scored two points, took down three rebounds and assisted on one basket.
Sedee Keita and Bryan Trimble each played fourteen minutes with Greg Williams Jr. logging four minutes. Marcellus Earlington and Josh Roberts joined an all reserve unit for the final minute of play.
If Mustapha Heron had not gotten his second foul two and a half minutes into the game these numbers may have been less.
The Johnnies front five logged in an average of 33 minutes for the game. They did not appear winded and the performance of the starters impressively became more efficient as the game progressed.
The concern is, of course, for the future — the Big East Tournament and the postseason. Games are played on consecutive days and support from the reserve unit will be necessary.
Sedee Keita backs down Creighton's freshman forward
Questions about Sedee Keita's production remain.
He had no blocks but Creighton, after the first few minutes, was not attacking the glass with regularity. The visitors took 58% of their field goal attempts from three point territory for the game.
Keita hit an 18-foot jumper earlier in the game and one fan remarked "Blocks shot and hits long distance three… reminds me of Tariq Owens."
Perhaps Keita will continue to develop an offensive game — and become a devastating defensive presence — as Owens did during his two years with the Red Storm.
Greg Williams appears to have potential to contribute and it is hoped that he will receive the opportunity to develop his game before the upcoming tournament.
On to Butler, who ran DePaul off the court, as the Johnnies were battling Creighton.
Away games in the Big East are always challenging. Games at Butler have been a huge challenge, with the Johnnies losing by an average of 23 point in the last four games.
Butler provides an opportunity to obtain a needed victory away with a week's long rest afterwards. As long as Ponds is healthy, this team should compete at Butler on January 19th.


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45 school girls got pregnant in Wassa East during the lockdown www.EweGhana.Net
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Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Hurds Foundation, Eva Ankrah has disclosed that 45 students got pregnant during the closure of schools.
Founder of Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Hurds Foundation, Eva Ankrah has disclosed that 45 students got pregnant during the closure of schools in the Wassa East district of the Western Region. Out of this number, she said, 35 have recently delivered.
In March 2020, schools in Ghana were closed down to curb the spread of the COVID-19.
After schools reopened in January 2021 however, many girls have not reported to school yet in Daboase, the capital of the Wassa East district.
To address this situation, the District Assembly is collaborating with some NGOs working in the district to get the girls back to the classroom.
In an interview with Nhyiraba Paa Kwesi Simpson, on Connect FM's Omanbapa morning show, Eva Ankrah disclosed that "45 girls got pregnant during the COVID-19 schools break, 35 have given birth while 10 are expectant mothers.
She indicated that such circumstances should not halt their education as the Ghana Education Service (GES) has made provision for such situations.
"They can apply for leave of absence which is a duration of 3 months", she stated.
She also cautioned young girls to take their studies serious in other secure to their future.
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EweGhana.Net Inspiring Our Culture: 45 school girls got pregnant in Wassa East during the lockdown www.EweGhana.Net
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A member of the Massachusetts Agricultural College class of 1919, Ervin Sidney Stockwell, Jr. (1898-1983) was born in Winthrop, Mass., to Grace Cobb and E. Sidney Cobb, Sr., a successful business man and owner of a wholesale dairy. Entering MAC as a freshman in 1915, Stockwell, Jr., studied agricultural economics and during his time in Amherst, took part in the college debate team, winning his class award for oratory, and dramatics with the Roister Doisters. He performed military service in 1918 at Plattsburgh, N.Y., and Camp Lee, Va. Stockwell went on to found a successful custom-house brokerage in Boston, E. Sidney Import Export, and was followed at his alma mater by his son and great-grandson.
The extensive correspondence between Sidney Stockwell and his mother, going in both directions, provides a remarkably in-depth perspective on a typical undergraduate's life at Massachusetts Agricultural College during the time of the First World War, a period when MAC was considered an innovator in popular education. The letters touch on the typical issues of academic life and social activity, Stockwell's hopes for the future, his military service and the war. Following graduation, Stockwell undertook an adventurous two year trip in which he worked his way westward across the country, traveling by rail and foot through the Dakotas, Wyoming and Montana, Washington state and California, taking odd jobs to earn his keep and writing home regularly to describe his journey. An oral history with Stockwell is available in the University Archives as part of the Class of 1919 project.


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If you know anything about heavy equipment for construction you're familiar with the name Kubota. The company was founded in 1890 in Osaka, Japan and for much of its first 50 years was known primarily as a foundry, producing cast iron water pipes and the like. In 1953 they began making construction equipment and shortly thereafter, tractors for rice farming.
Once the company was firmly established in the agricultural machinery business it wasn't a huge leap for them to expand into lawn mowers, which they did in the 1970s. Today, they produce an array of gas powered lawn mowers, with an emphasis - as you might imagine given their background in construction equipment - on riding mowers. In our Kubota lawn mowers reviews we'll take a look at their mower offerings.
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History of Kubota Lawn Mowers
Kubota is one of the largest industrial concerns in modern day Japan, but it had modest beginnings in the late 19th century as a foundry that produced things like cast iron water pipes. During the early part of the 20th century growth was slow and the company made only cautious forays into agricultural machinery and oil-based engines.
In the aftermath of World War II, however, Kubota adopted a more expansive view of its potential and began producing heavy equipment for the construction industry and tractors for agriculture. This became the company's primary focus and they quickly gained substantial market share in both areas at home and abroad.
Expanding into riding lawn mowers during the 1970s seemed like a natural move for the company and they did so with typical determination. As their lawn care machinery gained more visibility in North America the company decided to follow the lead of Honda by opening a plant in the US to produce mowers for sale in the American market.
Today, the company employs 40,000 people worldwide and is a major player in both the heavy construction equipment business and the lawn mower sector. Their riding mowers in particular are very highly regarded and are popular with both professional landscapers and homeowners. If the company can be said to have a weakness it's in their failure to follow current environmental trends and embrace electric mower technology.
Still, their gas powered mowers and lawn tractors are typically well-engineered, well-built, reliable machines that have a dedicated following, and we take an in-depth look at them in our Kubota lawn mower reviews.
Where are Kubota Lawn Mowers Made?
As already mentioned, Kubota saw the kind of brand goodwill Honda produced by shifting production of their lawn mowers to America, and followed suit in the 1990s and early 2000s. Today, almost all Kubota lawn mowers sold in the United States are produced in the company's massive 600,000 square foot factory in Gainesville, Georgia. That factory has undergone near continuous expansion and today provides good jobs for more than 1,200 Georgia residents.
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Many experts say that periodontal diseases can often lead to more serious diseases like heart disease and other conditions. If you battle gingivitis or other periodontal diseases, and if this information discomforts you, seeking dental treatment is in your best interest. Simply brushing and flossing your teeth is not 100% preventative. A little prevention goes a long way, but not all the way. If you are concerned about your gums, make an appointment today.


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My courses and workshops, use exercises, discussions and simulations to help attendees embrace the principles of Scrum and Kanban. The simulations are among the most challenging to create. Finding the best way to--for example--simulate a sprint in 15 minutes to creative game developers is not easy. So I try variations of games other trainers use and invent some of my own.
Over the past six months, one simulation I've used is called Movements of a Hypnotic Nature (see slide 14 for more details). Good things were said about it, so I tried it. The simulation requires play-doh, golf balls, string, straws, etc: lots of interesting things used to build a simple product that moves and has an aesthetic quality.
Airline security is enough of a hassle right now without this being seen by a baggage inspector. Sorry future workshop attendees, but play-doh based Scrum simulations are now off the menu!


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