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Corinne Manogue
Weniger Hall 493 corinne@physics.oregonstate.edu (541) 737-1695
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Corinne Manogue studied black holes from Denis Sciama and the interface between quantum theory and general relativity from Bryce DeWitt, obtaining her PhD in physics from the University of Texas at Austin in 1984. After postdoctoral positions at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton (1984-86), the University of Durham in England as an SERC Fellow (1986-87), and at both the Institute of Mathematical Sciences (Madras) and the Tata Institute for Fundamental Research Bombay as an Indo-American Fellow (1987), she joined the physics faculty at Oregon State University in 1988.
From its inception in 1996 until 2022, Prof. Manogue was the driving force behind the Paradigms in Physics project at OSU, a complete redesign of the physics major involving the creation of 19 new courses, as well as a shift from traditional lecture to active engagement. This project has been continuously supported by NSF since its inception. The project website articulates the details of many of the new courses, as well as the more than 500 group activities.
Recent Courses: PH422 Paradigm: Static Fields, PH426 Paradigm: Central Forces
Research Interests in Theoretical Physics
Dimensional Reduction and Octonions
My long-term goal in this research is to describe the fundamental symmetries of physics by exploiting the symmetries inherent in exceptional mathematical structures involving the octonions, a non-commutative, non-associative extension of the complex numbers.
My results have included:
a demonstration that the non-linear Virasoro constraints of bosonic string theory and the superstring equations in 10-dimensions are both simple restatements of the octonionic multiplication rule;
an explicit alternative to exponentiation for the description of finite Lorentz transformations which evades the twin hazards of non-commutativity and non-associativity;
a proposal to use the octonionic formalism to reduce ten spacetime dimensions to four, without the usual compactification required by superstring theory;
the application of this symmetry breaking to the Dirac equation resulting in a particle spectrum with the correct number of generations and spin/helicity properties to describe precisely three generations of leptons.
Representative Publications in Theoretical Physics
David B. Fairlie & Corinne A. Manogue, A Parameterization of the Covariant Superstring Physical Review D 36 (1987) 475-479.
Corinne A. Manogue & Anthony Sudbery, General Solutions of Covariant Superstring Equations of Motion, Physical Review D 40 (1989) 4073-4077.
Corinne A. Manogue & Jörg Schray, Finite Lorentz Transformations, Automorphisms, and Division Algebras, Journal of Mathematical Physics 34 (1993) 3746-3767.
Paul Davies, Tevian Dray & Corinne A. Manogue, Detecting the Rotating Quantum Vacuum, Physical Review D 53 (1996) 4382-4387.
Corinne A. Manogue & Tevian Dray, Dimensional Reduction, Modern Physics Letters A 14 (1999) 93-97 (invited paper).
Tevian Dray and Corinne A. Manogue, The Geometry of the Octonions, World Scientific (2015).
Robert A. Wilson, Tevian Dray, and Corinne A. Manogue, An octonionic construction of E8 and the Lie algebra magic square, Innov. Incidence Geom., (invited, submitted), https://arxiv.org/abs/2204.04996.
Corinne A. Manogue, Tevian Dray, and Robert A. Wilson, Octions: An E8 description of the Standard Model, J. Math. Phys., (submitted), https://arxiv.org/abs/2204.05310.
Research Interests in Physics Education Research
The Paradigms in Physics Project
In 1997, I became PI on a major NSF grant to create and implement a ground-breaking new upper-division curriculum designed to improve students' analytical and problem-solving skills. The redesign involved both a rearrangement of the content to better reflect the way professional physicists think about the field and also the use of a number of interactive pedagogies that place responsibility for learning more firmly in the hands of students. The project has been supported continuously through 12 grants from the NSF. The project website articulates the details of many of the courses, as well as more than 300 group activities. The Paradigms project has attracted attention at national meetings of the AAPT and APS in sessions on ``Revitalizing Undergraduate Physics'' and international attention, especially in Canada, Sweden, Colombia, India and South Africa. Articles on the Paradigms project have been published by the American Journal of Physics and Physics Today. Since my formal retirement in 2022, I no longer lead the project, but I am remain an active member of the OSUPER group.
My curriculum development/research interests are in helping students make the difficult transition from lower-division to upper-division physics. Research questions that fascinate me are:
How do students learn to "think like physicists"?
How do students develop professional, metacognitive habits of mind?
How do students learn to use multiple representations, geometric and harmonic reasoning in their problem solving?
How do students' personal epistemologies change as they enter the upper division?
How do faculty learn to teach in ways that foster the changes listed above?
What are the rich concept images of physics/mathematics concepts that are held by experts?
How can we help students build the same rich concept images that are held by experts?
Representative Publications in Physics Education Research
Corinne A. Manogue, Philip J. Siemens, Janet Tate, and Kerry Browne (Department of Physics) & Margaret L. Niess and Adam J. Wolfer (Department of Science and Mathematics Education), Paradigms in Physics: A New Upper-Division Curriculum, American Journal of Physics, 69 (2001) 978-990.
Corinne A. Manogue and Kenneth S. Krane, The Oregon State University Paradigms Project: Re-envisioning the Upper Level, Physics Today, 56 (2003) 53-58.
Corinne A. Manogue, Tevian Dray, & Barbara Edwards, Why is Ampere's Law So Hard? American Journal of Physics, 74 (2006) 344-350.
Paul J. Emigh, Elizabeth Gire, Corinne A. Manogue, Gina Passante, Peter S. Shaffer, Research-based Quantum Instruction: Paradigms and Tutorials, Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res. 16, 020156 (2020, invited).
Mary Bridget Kustusch, Corinne Manogue, Edward Price, Design tactics in curriculum development: Examples from the Paradigms in Physics ring cycle, Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res. 16, 020145 (2020, invited).
Tevian Dray and Corinne A. Manogue, Vector Line Integrals in Mathematics and Physics, IJRUME (2022, invited, to be published).
A complete list of PER publications including links to most articles can be found on the OSU PER site.
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 1984, Physics
A.B., Mount Holyoke College, 1977, Mathematics and Physics
College of Science, Oregon State University: F.A. Gilfillan Memorial Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Science (2017)
Oregon Academy of Science: Outstanding Educator in Science and Mathematics, Higher Education Award (2016)
American Association of Physics Teachers: Fellow (2014)
American Association of Physics Teachers: Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Physics Teaching (2008)
Oregon State University: The Richard M. Bressler Senior Faculty Teaching Award (2008)
American Physical Society, Fellow (2005)
Oregon State University: Elizabeth P. Ritchie Distinguished Professor Award (2002)
College of Science, Oregon State University: Frederick H. Horne Award for Sustained Excellence in Teaching (2000)
2020-21 College of Science awards: Celebrating excellence in teaching and advising
Serving science and OSU for more than 25 years
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President Obama is being urged by LGBT advocates and allies to sign an Executive Order to prohibit job discrimination by federal contractors based on sexual orientation or gender identity, the case for which I explained in detail last week.
In MetroWeekly, Chris Geidner reported this week that Candidate Obama said he fully supported and would sign such an order. And now, a letter has been issued by Members of the House of Representatives urging President Obama to sign the ENDA Executive Order. The text of the letter is after the jump.
Bilerico readers: Help us get as many members of the House as possible to put their name on that letter to the President.
Tico Almeida, Executive Director of Freedom To Work, has been working with some of our friends in the U.S. House for the past few weeks on drafting a Congressional letter from US House members to President Obama respectfully urging him to sign the LGBT Executive Order banning workplace discrimination at federal contractors. He reports that it has been a good team effort with multiple House offices and multiple LGBT organizations, and that he senses real momentum on the issue.
3) big federal contractors like Lockheed Martin, Boeing, and Raytheon have had LGBT non-discrim policies for years, so this really is far from revolutionary, and we're only affecting the hold-outs.
The proposed EO would add four words "sexual orientation, gender identity" to the current text of EO 11246.
gender identity. But, as you know, more work needs to be done.
goal that we share with you.
of transgender people have experienced workplace discrimination.
orientation and gender identity to their non-discrimination policies.
live up to its great ideals.
And here is the list of the 101 members of the LGBT Caucus in the 112th Congress -- these especially you should call if you are from their district. Feel free to call your Representative not on the list if you think they're LGBT-friendly. Take a look and see if your Representative is on the list. You can find your U.S. House Representative and contact info here.


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#Imoca
Beyou shines in the light to win inaugural New York –Vendée
mercredi 8 juin 2016 – Redaction SSS [Source RP]
After three days of twists and turns in teasingly light conditions in the Bay of Biscay, Jérémie Beyou on Maître CoQ won the inaugural New York – Vendée (Les Sables d'Olonne) Race presented by Currency House and SpaceCode at 14:37:52 (French time) today (Wednesday).
"This win is super important in itself, because the New York - Vendée is a big ocean race, but it is also important for the Vendée Globe : it's going to be hard for me to hide now." Beyou said. "I felt I could afford a smile when I realised that I was able to keep Seb (Josse) at bay. I was up to speed with the best, it was a good sign. I really felt that it was possible when we ended up as a trio, and then I realised that it was pretty much done after his gybe yesterday morning towards the north Spain. That didn't work and I was left out in front. I knew there would still be some soft stuff, but that everyone would suffer."
The race between what is arguably the financial capital of the world to what is indisputably the capital of offshore racing, was won by one of French sailing's favourite sons. The 39-year-old skipper from Lorient Lorient L'actualité du port de Lorient et de sa région. , who learned to sail with his father in the Bay of Morlaix in Brittany, showed why he regards this stretch of water as his playground.
With the spotlight on them ahead of the start of the 2016-17 Vendée Globe in November, Beyou held off the challenge from his fellow French sailor, Sébastien Josse (Edmond de Rothschild), who should finish second later today, ahead of British sailor, Alex Thomson (Hugo Boss).
Beyou covered the course in 9 days 16 hours 57 minutes and 52 seconds. He sailed 3,460 miles at an average speed of 14.85 knots. Except for two brief spells, Beyou has led the race since he deposed Thomson on Saturday afternoon. His advantage was never greater than 30.9 miles, but it was notable that of the three he happily declared that he was used to managing leads of 0.3 of a mile for four days and he relished this close-quarter combat.
"I know that there was an abandonment, and some damage [to other boats], but I held out against skippers who are real champions," Beyou said. "Alex Thomson is reference-point in the IMOCA Imoca #IMOCA class, and I'm not even going to try and sum up Sébastien Josse, who has incredible ability."
The 41-year-old Josse led the race for only 15 minutes in total, on Saturday, June 4, and he tracked Beyou across the North Atlantic. The hunt was on, but it was it was Beyou that kept striking. Thomson, 42, rallied from the north to take back the lead for an hour yesterday (Tuesday) morning. But Beyou found the wind as Thomson stalled and from then on he seemed uncatchable.
Beyou is already in exalted company as one of the few people to win French solo sailing's finishing school, La Solitaire du Figaro Solitaire du Figaro #LaSolitaire , three times. But this was his first win in a solo IMOCA Imoca #IMOCA race. After being forced to abandon during the last two Vendée Globes, Beyou will hope this bodes well for third time lucky.
Victory will be doubly satisfying for Beyou because he has an old generation boat (the former Banque Populaire, which finished second in the last Vendée Globe in 2012-13), which has recently been retrofitted with foils. He was able to beat Josse and Thomson, both of whom have new boats designed with foils.
Voir en ligne : Info presse www.ny-vendee.com
#Imoca : Transat New York - Vendée 2016 : Jérémie Beyou winner in Les Sables d'Olonne
#TheTransat : The Transat bakerly : Le Cleac'h takes a convincing win in the IMOCA 60 class
#Imoca : Transat Saint-Barth - Port la Forêt : Sébastien Josse takes line honours
#Imoca : Alex Thomson : "We are all very excited about the new Hugo Boss"


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Dr. Prescott was appointed to the Tennessee Board of Regents by Governor Bill Haslam, representing the eighth congressional district.
Dr. MaryLou Apple was appointed by Governor Bill Haslam to represent the 6th congressional district, completing the term recently vacated. She has 37 years of service with the Tennessee Board of Regents system – first with Walters State Community College as an associate professor of nursing, dean, and eventually vice president for Academic Affairs, and later as president of Motlow State Community College (2006-2015).
Danni B. Varlan was appointed to the Tennessee Board of Regents on September 29, 2010, representing the second congressional district and was reappointed to serve a second term in 2013.
Emily Reynolds was appointed to the Tennessee Board of Regents on September 30, 2010, by Governor Phil Bredesen and was appointed to serve another term under Governor Bill Haslam's administration.
Reynolds was formerly the Senior Vice President of Government Relations for the Tennessee Valley Authority, serving there for just over six years. She has an extensive career in public service dating back to 1980.From 2003 to 2007, she served as the 31st secretary of the U.S. Senate, where she managed the legislative, financial, and administrative operations of the Senate.
Joey Hatch was appointed to the Tennessee Board of Regents by Governor Bill Haslam in 2017, representing the 7th congressional district.
Before retirement, Hatch served as Skanska USA's Executive Vice President/General Manager in the Midwest United States, overseeing offices in Tennessee and Ohio.
Greg Duckett was appointed to the Tennessee Board of Regents on July 14, 2006, representing Tennessee's ninth congressional district and was reappointed to serve a second six year term (2012-2018).


I managed to get some time this weekend to make some changes to this blog. You can now subscribe more easily using Bloglines and Feedster. I've also added a Directories section with links to all (or at least many) of the leading blog catalogs. Incidentally, while doing that I came across Taylor McKnight's blog which has a veritable button-fest for those wanting to add directories, navigation, humorous or just plain bizarre buttons to their blog.


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A look at minorities in previous Disney productions
(Photo: Vatapuia Maiava )
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — "Coco" is earning praise from Mexican American audiences for its portrayal of Mexican culture and the holiday, "Day of the Dead." The Disney-Pixar animated production hauled in an estimated $72.9 million over the five-day weekend and features an almost entirely Latino cast.
It comes after Disney's "Moana" — a computer-animated movie featuring a girl from a Polynesian village — garnered mostly positive reaction from Polynesian audiences in 2016.
Both "Coco" and "Moana" used consultants to make sure the films were culturally sensitive.
Disney productions haven't always received praise for their portrayal of ethnic minorities. In fact, some popular films have been attacked for reinforcing stereotypes or for simply being racist.
Here's a look how ethnic minorities have been portrayed in previous Disney productions:
In Disney's 1941 film "Dumbo," the leader of a pack of crows is named Jim Crow. The poor and seemingly uneducated crows use slang and black vernacular while calling each other "brotha." That portrayal drew scrutiny for stereotypical depiction of African-Americans. "I'd be done see'n about everything, when I see an elephant fly," the jive-talking crows sing.
"Song of the South," a 1946 Disney musical about post-Civil War Georgia, came under intense criticism from black civil rights leaders for its depiction of African-Americans. They said the Uncle Remus collection of black folklore stories was based on racial caricatures. The film has not been released on home video in the U.S.
Disney CEO Robert Iger has previously said that the company had discussed releasing the movie on home video but decided against it.
The 1953 animated film "Peter Pan" featured the song "What Made the Red Man Red" in reference to Native Americans. A very red and obese American Indian with two teeth is shown on screen while a peace pipe is passed around. A group of Indians dance among teepees while Peter Pan wears a headdress.
More than four decades later, Disney released a film focusing largely on myths surrounding Pocahontas. The character tries to fight off the assumptions from her white male friend that she's an "ignorant savage," and the film attempts to tackle the conflict between Native Americans and white settlers. The movie was criticized for over-sexualizing of Pocahontas and for ignoring the true sacrifices she made to keep peace between her tribe and whites.
The Siamese cats, Si and Am, in the 1955 "Lady and the Tramp" used stereotypical Asian speech and had features to resemble Asians. They were villainous and deceitfully sneaky with their broken English and lacking of individuality, all stereotypes about Asians in the U.S. coming out of World War II and the Korean War.
The 1998 "Mulan" was attacked by scholars for relying on U.S. stereotypes of Asians in a retelling of a Chinese popular legend. Villains were darker skinned in comparison to the heroes. The film did not do well in China over Mulan's foreign-looking depiction and a vastly different story from the original myths.
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The 1992 "Aladdin" drew protest from the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee for its opening song, "Arabian Nights." The song's lyrics: "Where they cut off your ear/if they don't like your face/It's barbaric, but hey, it's home." The lyrics were later changed. Film critic Roger Ebert said the film was laced with racial stereotypes about Arabs.
"Most of the Arab characters have exaggerated facial characteristics — hooked noses, glowering brows, thick lips," he wrote, "but Aladdin and the princess look like white American teenagers."
Associated Press writer Russell Contreras is a member of the AP's race and ethnicity team. Follow Russell Contreras on Twitter at http://twitter.com/russcontreras
Weak Netflix results send US stocks lower
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Author Gary B Rohrabaugh just sent me some preview pages for this new book called Exploring Illusions. It's a book on optical illusions, not the M.C. Escher type but more on spatial relationship and contrast between shapes. I didn't even know that there are different categories of optical illusions, like using circles, white space, motion, curves, etc.
The book features over 30 painting illusions together with the working process. It's quite interesting. I didn't know that to paint black, you still need to add a layer of colour beneath it. The selected ones are actually from Computer Aided Design (CAD) before they were painted.
Readers interested in optical illusions can check this book out.


Stranded and badly wounded, Aitken had to find his way back to safety while avoiding German shell fire.
Alexander Aitken was born at Dunedin on 1 April 1895, and attended Otago Boys' High School. He became Head Boy and won a scholarship to Otago University, where he studied languages and mathematics.
In April 1915, Aitken enlisted in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. He left New Zealand for Egypt in August that year, and served with the Otago Battalion in the later stages of the Gallipoli campaign. He then sailed for France with the First Battalion, the Otago Regiment.
Badly wounded near Goose Alley, close to Flers, Aitken had to survive being left out in no-man's-land. Taking shelter in a crater, he contemplated his survival.
Bullets still hissed above my shell-hole, a raised hand would have been perforated at once; it was out of the question to think of crawling back.
Aitken was soon forced to move from the safety of the bomb crater and find his way back to his own lines.
I watched carefully, and saw that shells from a 5.9 or a 4.1 howitzer were coming closer every two minutes, apparently in a straight line.
I visualised the German gunners lowering their howitzers by a fraction of angle each time; I reckoned that in about ten minutes one of these shells would fall near my crater, possibly on it.
Being blown to pieces or killed by blast seemed worse than the machine guns. Using what cover I could, I crawled from my shell-hole over to our original right, now my left, out of line of fire.
Narrowly avoiding the shellfire creeping towards him, Aitken collected himself.
Luckily for Aitken, the rain stopped and the sky cleared. He recognised some constellations and used the stars to guide him southwards. Mustering all of his remaining strength, he continued to crawl back to his lines.
At length I saw outlined, in black against the rain-washed night sky, the figures of two men on a mound, digging. I recognised them, Alf Ellis of my old section and Lou Mylchreest, a Manxman, also of the 10th Company, which had evidently come up from supplies to hold the line.
They bent down, recognised me, and returned to the trench for a stretcher; but all the stretchers must have been in use. Here the picture fades still more, but since the next thing I remembered is the earthy parapet, I had evidently crawled the last fifteen yards.
Aitken spent three months in a military hospital in London, before returning to New Zealand in January 1917.
The following year he returned to his university studies, then headed to Scotland where he became Professor of Mathematics at Edinburgh University.
Left with physical and mental scars, he went on to write one of New Zealand's best First World War memoirs, Gallipoli to the Somme, published in 1963.
He was also a very talented musician, and the violin he carried throughout the First World War is now a treasured artefact at Otago Boys' High School in Dunedin.


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A grandmother's heart has to be made big and grand.
So she can fit each little one in with room to expand.
A grandmother's arms have to be made sturdy and strong.
So they can comfort and hug away every wrong.
A grandmother's lap has to made readily available and clear.
So she has room for any who are needing to be near.
A grandmother's mind has to be sharp and conscise.
So she can keep track of whose turn it is; who gets the next slice.
A grandmother's prayer life has to be feverent, availing much.
So her little ones are covered with the Almighty's touch.
A grandmother's walk with God has to be consistent that never sways.
So her little ones will walk in her footsteps all of their days.
Hi it's a good post but I'm sorry it's hard for me to read mine is home with Jesus remember the first funeral I had that's who died.
It's ok if you can't read it without it hurting. Thanks for always reading and reposting my stuff. I appreciate that.
Thank you I know I will see mine again at the Rapture. Your welcome I hope all grandmas on here continue to love and spend time with their grandkids.
A wonderful legacy for a godly grandmother!
I had a very distant relationship with my paternal grandmother, whom was called home a few years ago.
My maternal grandmother has been in my life since I was a tiny one.
With the poem?! Print it and frame it.
You're putting it to good use now. You're sharing it with us. That's great!
Yes. I've been praying asking the Lord what to do now? What does He want me to do with it…til then. I wait! Lol…hmm sounds like another poem!
I'd have them available for purchase on Etsy. Make a sample and print it on card stock in a pretty color, take a picture and sell it. The 'grandmother' poem is absolutely amazing! I'm sure it'll do well.
I buy my pictures for my families DIY shirts I make, for our Disney trips on Etsy and it's send to me by pdf format – so easy.
Of course! Just do it Amy, it's your original work. You'll never know how it'll go, until you try it.
This is especially appreciated by one who has been a grandmother three times.
The next step is great grand parenting. I'll have to put your post on my refrigerator in case I forget by then.
Sharing is Caring. Here is to all grandmothers out there.
This looks personal. You wrote it with someone in particular in mind? It is a grand-blessing.
Yes a fellow blogger was looking for a poem to give to someone.
My mother in law is everything this poem says to my children. Even my daughter from a previous marriage never gets overlooked by her. I hope I can be a good grandmother when the time comes. How are you Kathy?
Aww, I am so glad you have such a warm blessing and role model.
Amen to that scripture. Sorry to hear about pending loss. Not an easy thing.
This was very sweet Amy…….loved how it puts Grandmother's in GOD'S light! I am not one yet, but hope to be someday! Blessings friend!
Blessings to you too! This is the grandma we all wished to have and the grandma we all wish to be.
Amen and so agree with you!!
Entirely sweet and good, Amy! So glad for you that your Mom-in-law is loving to all your children!


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The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has taken a swipe at the South African Football Association (SAFA) following the ruling by FIFA in the protest against Ghana.
SAFA lodged the protest after Bafana Bafana suffered a 1-0 defeat against the Black Stars in the final round of games of the 2022 World Cup qualifier in early November, accusing the referee of manipulation.
However, SAFA's failed to prove their claims of match-fixing, hence FIFA decided to rule in favour of Ghana.
"The protest lodged by South Africa has been declared inadmissible by the Disciplinary Committee as it did not meet the requirements under art. 46 of the FIFA Disciplinary Code and art. 14 of the Regulations of the Preliminary Competition of the FIFA World Cup 2022."
FIFA added, "the decision is subject to appeal" and opportunity for SAFA to provide the right evidence if they have any.
Reacting to the decision by FIFA, the General Secretary of the Ghana FA, Prosper Harrison Addo said SAFA knows nothing about football, adding that he believes they wanted to just frustrate Ghana.
"The South African Football Association knows nothing in football and this case clearly shows how incompetent they are; they want to frustrate Ghana and we are focused on the Afcon and the FIFA World Cup playoff," he told Kumasi-based Light FM.
"The GFA and Ghanaians will be happy about this FIFA ruling against the South Africans and I believe this decision will silence them because they disrespected us and this decision will let them respect Ghanaians," he added.
Ghana booked a place in the playoffs following an Andre Ayew lone strike in the first half.
The Black Stars are seeking to return to the Mundial having missed out on the last edition in Russia in 2018.
The draw for the playoffs has been scheduled for January 2022.
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UK police detain second blast suspect
A second man has been arrested in connection with the investigation into Thursday's attempted London bombings, the city's Metropolitan Police says.
23 Jul 2005 09:06 GMT
A manhunt has been mounted for suspects
A police spokesman said the man was arrested in Stockwell, the south London neighbourhood where another suspect was detained on Friday and another man was shot dead by police in an underground station.
The first suspect, who has not been named, was being questioned at a high-security London police station.
Police said the second arrest occurred late on Friday and was "in connection with our inquiries" into Thursday's attacks.
A huge manhunt has been mounted for the attackers who tried to bomb three underground trains and a bus, two weeks after similar bombings killed 52 people and four bombers.
The bombs in the latest attacks failed to detonate fully, and no one was injured.
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The Canada-based fast food restaurant, Tim Hortons, is considering opening outlets in Bangladesh capital, Dhaka, the Daily Star reports.
In a move that the restaurant giant sees as an opportunity to expand its business abroad, Tim Hortons remain interested in increasing its 5,000 worldwide stores.
Iqbal Roshd, a Bangladesh-born Canadian entrepreneur who now runs 12 Tim Hortons outlets in Toronto, said: "Running at least 40 outlets is possible in Dhaka and other parts of Bangladesh."
"A certain group of people have the ability to enjoy the products of Tim Hortons as their income has grown over the years."
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It has been confirmed that Mr Roshd met officials of the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority in Dhaka in order to establish a plan to create outlets in Banani and Gulshan.
Speaking to the Daily Star, Mr Roshd added: "I have spoken with Tim Hortons' Director of Operations Qasim Islam about the possibilities of bringing the restaurant chain to Bangladesh."
"If the market is big enough and all the logistics challenges are met, it will be great to have our world-class, legendary coffee and fantastic baked goods in Bangladesh. Hope that someday would be soon."
It is anticipated that Tim Hortons earns $25mn every year and serves over 7mn customers annually.


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Origin and function of stomata in the moss Physcomitrella patens.
Chater, C.C., Caine, R.S. orcid.org/0000-0002-6480-218X, Tomek, M. et al. (13 more authors) (2016) Origin and function of stomata in the moss Physcomitrella patens. Nature Plants, 2. 16179. ISSN 2055-026X
Stomata are microscopic valves on plant surfaces that originated over 400 million years (Myr) ago and facilitated the greening of Earth's continents by permitting efficient shoot-atmosphere gas exchange and plant hydration(1). However, the core genetic machinery regulating stomatal development in non-vascular land plants is poorly understood(2-4) and their function has remained a matter of debate for a century(5). Here, we show that genes encoding the two basic helix-loop-helix proteins PpSMF1 (SPEECH, MUTE and FAMA-like) and PpSCREAM1 (SCRM1) in the moss Physcomitrella patens are orthologous to transcriptional regulators of stomatal development in the flowering plant Arabidopsis thaliana and essential for stomata formation in moss. Targeted P. patens knockout mutants lacking either PpSMF1 or PpSCRM1 develop gametophytes indistinguishable from wild-type plants but mutant sporophytes lack stomata. Protein-protein interaction assays reveal heterodimerization between PpSMF1 and PpSCRM1, which, together with moss-angiosperm gene complementations(6), suggests deep functional conservation of the heterodimeric SMF1 and SCRM1 unit is required to activate transcription for moss stomatal development, as in A. thaliana(7). Moreover, stomata-less sporophytes of ΔPpSMF1 and ΔPpSCRM1 mutants exhibited delayed dehiscence, implying stomata might have promoted dehiscence in the first complex land-plant sporophytes.
Chater, C.C.
Caine, R.S. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6480-218X
Tomek, M.
Wallace, S.
Kamisugi, Y.
Cuming, A.C.
Lang, D.
MacAlister, C.A.
Casson, S. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5702-6947
Bergmann, D.C.
Decker, E.L.
Frank, W.
Gray, J.E.
Fleming, A. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9703-0745
Reski, R.
Beerling, D.J.
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Home News Sign Up To Safety – Jeremy Hunt's push to reduce NHS mistakes
Sign Up To Safety – Jeremy Hunt's push to reduce NHS mistakes
Head of New Claims and Senior Solicitor
By Simon Wilson, medical negligence expert and senior solicitor at Neil Hudgell Solicitors
Jeremy Hunt, the current Health Secretary, has urged NHS hospitals and trusts in England to put safety first, with a new initiative aiming to halve incidences of avoidable harm to patients, and save as many as 6,000 lives over the next three years.
"The fairest healthcare system in the world"
In an article published by the Department of Health on the 28th March, Mr. Hunt proudly described the NHS as "the fairest healthcare system in the world", and expressed his hope that it will soon also be one of the safest, an ambition he is confident that all front line NHS staff must share.
The politician, who has been Health Secretary since 2012, launched his Sign Up To Safety initiative in the belief that improving the safety standards of the nation's hospitals is not only a vital step forward in patient welfare, but also a means of streamlining and enhancing NHS services indirectly, by saving money that would otherwise be spent on longer hospital stays, further treatments and higher rates of re-admission.
High cost of preventable harm
Altogether, the NHS spends around £1.3 billion every year on litigation claims.
Hunt highlighted several "startling" payouts such as North Cumbria, which recently paid £3.6 million to just one individual, and Tameside, which paid out a total of £44 million in compensation to patients over just four years.
In a speech during his visit to Seattle's Virginia Mason Hospital – widely regarded as one of the world's safest hospitals – Mr. Hunt cited the example of Salford Royal, where it is estimated that £5 million per annum, and 25,000 bed days have been saved by the introduction of safer care.
Sign Up To Safety: A voluntary initiative
Sign Up To Safety is designed as a voluntary initiative, reliant on individual trusts identifying the number and nature of their mistakes, and coming up with plans to reduce them by at least half over the coming years. Mr. Hunt hopes that "avoidable harm" to patients, which most typically takes the form of medication errors, blood clots and bed sores, can be cut down to 50% of its current total by 2016/17, and anticipates this could eliminate a third of preventable deaths.
The push, while primarily aimed at hospitals, is also being marketed towards mental health trusts and those providing community services, in the hope of improving safety standards across the board. The trusts that take action will be rewarded with reduced premiums for insurance cover, helping them to streamline their budgets even further.
Alongside Sign Up To Safety, a number of other measures are being introduced, with the intention of improving overall safety standards and practices in the health service. Among these will be a 'duty of candour', which will compel the NHS to be open and honest with the public about mistakes committed by its staff. This was proposed in the aftermath of the Francis Inquiry into the Stafford Hospital scandal, where investigations uncovered "a culture of secrecy and defensiveness" that was seriously and constantly compromising patient safety and well-being.
5,000 safety champions
Mr. Hunt also announced that the NHS will be recruiting 5,000 safety champions, whose job it will be to identify areas of unsafe care at a local level, and developing solutions to address these. The safety champions will be supported by national team called Safety Action For England (SAFE), made up of doctors, managers and patient representatives, who will work together to improve safety levels.
There are also plans to launch a new section of the NHS Choices website this June, provisionally titled 'How Safe Is My Hospital?', which will enable patients to compare the relative safety of hospitals across a range of indicators.
Mixed reception
Hunt's announcements were given a mixed reception. Peter Walsh, chief executive of the campaign group Action Against Medical Accidents and a long-term champion of patient safety, praised Hunt for his decisive leadership on the issue, and optimistically singled out the 'duty of candour' as "potentially the biggest advance in patients' rights and patient safety since the creation of the NHS".
However, Shadow Health Minister Jamie Reed criticized Hunt's attitude towards streamlining spending, accusing the government of "failing to learn the lessons of the Francis Review", and warning that over 50% of nurses consider their wards to be "dangerously understaffed", and believe that patient safety is still getting worse.
It will remain to be seen whether Sign Up To Safety can halt the decline in patient safety in England's hospitals, and whether, despite the reduction in staff numbers, along with other cuts, Jeremy Hunt can realize his ambition of making the NHS the safest health system in the world.


1. Pick one past sketchbook assignment to edit and improve. Take a " before" picture for comparison and to show your improvements.
2. Create 5 different backgrounds on five pages in your sketchbook. Use different materials and color schemes.
You will be creating an abstract work of art that combines three correctly rendered cubes in one point perspective.
Create a drawing of three cubes in one point perspective.
Create a pattern on each cube that shows accurate perspective.
Add a background of your choice.


'Don't get squishy because time has passed," President Obama told members of Congress.
"Now is the time," the president said.
But the time was actually three months ago.
Obama made an impassioned bid last week to revive prospects for gun-control legislation, but it's difficult to escape the conclusion that his efforts have come too late. His fellow Democrat, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, has killed plans for bans on assault weapons and large ammunition clips. Republicans appear to have enough votes to block any meaningful expansion of background checks. Public support for new gun controls is fading with memories of December's Newtown massacre.
To counter the fade, the White House Thursday assembled cops, ministers, children and families of gun-violence victims in the East Room, and Obama departed often from the script on his teleprompter to make an emotional appeal.
"The notion that two months or three months after something as horrific as what happened in Newtown happens, and we've moved on to other things -- that's not who we are," he told his audience. "Less than 100 days ago that happened," he added, "and the entire country pledged we would do something about it and that this time would be different. Shame on us if we've forgotten."
Well, shame on us. A CBS News poll out last week found that support for stricter gun-control laws has dropped to 47 percent, down from 57 percent just after the Connecticut slaughter. Even among Democrats, support has slipped to 66 percent from 78 percent in February.
There is no pleasure in I-told-you-sos on such a wrenching issue, but the failure of the gun proposals was easy to predict. Three days after the Newtown shooting, when Obama was talking about action in "the coming weeks," I argued against the White House's slow walk: "In the case of gun control, a pattern has become persistent: A tragedy sparks an outcry for common-sense gun laws and gun groups are set back on their heels, but by the time Congress gets around to taking action, the National Rifle Association has regained its legislative stranglehold."
Back then, White House press secretary Jay Carney said there was no hurry. He predicted that "in a few weeks or a few months," the pain from Newtown will "still be incredibly intense." Not intense enough, apparently.
Obama's failure to strike while the iron was hot offers a lesson in presidential leadership that goes beyond gun control. On almost every topic, from budget negotiations to national security, Washington seems only to act these days in response to crisis, if it acts at all. Obama erred in trying to use Newtown to build support for his positions on taxes, energy and immigration. And he compounded the error by sending Joe Biden off to conduct a study -- an unnecessary delay when solutions were obvious. Once the president took his foot off the accelerator, no other action -- not even Michael Bloomberg's ad campaign -- could maintain the momentum.
Even on the issue of background checks for gun purchasers -- a concept that still has 90 percent approval in the CBS poll -- the gun lobby appears to have prevailed. The NRA, which once supported the checks, reversed its position, and talks on a bipartisan compromise stalled. Now Reid doesn't appear to have enough votes to break a Republican filibuster of the gun-control measure he is bringing before the Senate next month with background checks at its core.
Senate Republicans, led by Chuck Grassley of Iowa, are at work on an alternative gun bill that would only increase penalties for gun trafficking and improve school safety. Those are good ideas, but nothing like the comprehensive reforms that seemed possible after Newtown.
So I watched with sadness at the White House Thursday as a Marine pianist played and guests, including families of Newtown victims, took their seats. Some wore badges or green ribbons and filmed Obama as he tried to rekindle enthusiasm.
"There are some powerful voices on the other side that are interested in running out the clock, or changing the subject or drowning out the majority of the American people to prevent any of these reforms from happening at all," he said. He called on Americans "to remember how we felt 100 days ago and make sure that what we said at that time wasn't just a bunch of platitudes, that we meant it."
Maybe those memories will be enough to overcome congressional inertia. But there's no substitute for decisive presidential action.


Weekends always arrive in the nick of time. Admittedly it's only been a 4 day working week here but I am drained. Part of the fatigue has come from the anxiety of starting at a new hospital. Things are a little different. Everyone is really lovely but it takes a few weeks to settle in and feel part of the team. I am one of the only female ATs to have completed the exams in my department which makes things a bit strange in the group dynamic. I miss the girls. We are all obsessively organized in our own way and have this inexplicable urge to nest in the office. There is only one calender, one box of tissues, one jar of hand cream, one pot of lip balm and one tube of disinfecting wipes in the office - and they are all mine.
It's proving to be a bit controversial when we chat socially (it gets busy at times but there is also plenty of chat time). We often talk of the future, where we plan to work (this is officially our final year of training) and there is pressure to hit private practice, be a staff specialist etc etc. Which is about the time I come up with my line, 'I'm planning to start a family next year'. This does little to extend to range of the conversation, I am embarrassed to say. It's different for R, somehow. His clients ask about me and it seems perfectly okay to talk about trying for a baby with them.
I miss the small talk, the natural respect for boundaries in conversation. Bizzare that I should say this at all. For years (my numerous single years) I saw myself as 'one of the boys', thinking I was more at home with the boys and their approach to friendship. Don't know what's happened. I reckon it's being married. It's changed me.


The first of the NFL International Series events kicks off at on Sunday evening at 6:05PM. The 0-3 Vikings take on the 0-3 Steelers at Wembley Stadium. The Exeter Demons are holding a casual social at Walkabout from 545PM, all are welcome and we'd love to see you there, whether you are a Demon, a Student or an Exonian. We will also have the marvelous NFL RedZone channel on, bringing you all scoring plays from every game around the league. It's sure to be a great evening, come down and join us for a pint and a burger.
As always, if you want to join the club, find us on Facebook and send us a message. We'd love to have you.


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KANSAS CITY, KAN. – Sitting royally in the heart of Atlanta's prestigious Buckhead section is the five-star St. Regis Hotel. And, sitting atop the roof of the hotel's famous Paces 88 American Bistro restaurant are weather-resistant synthetic roofing tiles from DaVinci Roofscapes®.
"We got the call in early 2009 that the St. Regis wanted to add a small one-story addition to the front of its property to house a small caf?-type restaurant to the right of the main entrance," says Todd Spencer, president/architect at Spencer Roofing & Construction, Inc. in Kennesaw, Ga. "The goal was for the roof addition to complement the roof on the main section of this prestigious hotel. This desire immediately brought DaVinci products to mind.
"We installed 15 squares of 12-inch DaVinci Dark Green authentic slate tiles in a mansard application on this restaurant roof. The match is ideal. When the doors opened to the 26-floor hotel in April of 2009 the roof and the entryway looked perfect."
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Across the country in Carlsbad, Calif., the Beach Terrace Inn is also sporting a new DaVinci roof.
While guests checking into the 48-room hotel may initially be drawn to the oceanfront views, their gaze soon wanders to the fully-renovated hotel itself. And, that's when they're likely to notice the structure's unique design and low-pitch roof.
When renovating the oceanfront hotel, the owners searched for a low-maintenance roof that could hold up to both the salt air and the harsh rays of the sun. They also wanted a roofing product that would add to the design of the overall design of the structure. After extensive research, they selected Valley Roofing to install synthetic roofing tiles from DaVinci Roofscapes in an Aberdeen blend to provide them with a variety of stone, gray, brown, green and purple shades on the low-pitch roof.
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From Fall 2012 ~ An old blog post before the current re-launch and so many FREEBIES!!!
I am known as a teacher with positive, engaging, and motivating classroom management techniques. But where did I learn these awesome techniques? By way of Whole Brain Teaching formerly known as Power Teaching.
Back in the good old days, when I first started teaching, a colleague invited me to a free class on these amazing strategies. Thank goodness she did as I was beginning to feel disillusioned with the profession and worn out after only a few years of teaching. Suddenly, I felt renewed and inspired to continue in the teaching profession because the techniques revolutionized the way I taught and made teaching "easy cheesy, lemon squeezy" as my students would say. The best part... my entire class was engaged in learning fun and I had entered teaching heaven!
Check out the Whole Brain Teaching website here with tons of free resources to help you motivate your most challenging students. They also have numerous links to how-to videos and demos on YouTube. Here is my version of the main WBT tool the Happy Sad Point Score Board. This tool is what help you to motivate students to follow the rules and learn with enthusiasm.
I have mentored many new teachers on classroom management as a seasoned teacher, BTSA provider and even presented on Whole Brain Teaching. These techniques are rooted in brain development, Eric Jensen, and Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences, capitalizing on the importance of kinesthetic learning and student partnerships. In other words, when students can gesture, move and talk about concepts they are learning with a partner, they learn a lot more, in a short amount of time!
Over the past few years, Whole Brain Teaching has spread around the world. Finally, the gurus that be, have returned from their restless travels back to their roots in Southern California. Recently I was able to attend another free conference, offered in Yucaipa, California near my hometown. I got to see the fam and refill my back pocket with the best teaching tools around!
It was great to get a refresher on the basic techniques the first Saturday I attended in October and then to get even more training on the advanced levels this past Saturday. They have many online tutorials like this one, with an introduction to the basic rules and techniques. I recommend subscribing to all the videos Chris Biffle has posted on YouTube to get a better idea of the techniques and to see their use in other classrooms.
While there are few versions of the Whole Brain Teaching Rules out there this is a picture of my behavior plan poster and rules that I prefer to use.
It also enables me to provide direct communication with parents on what rules their children are having difficulty following using the "Go For Blue" note. The best part is that the students fill it in themselves and they are checked before being sent home on Fridays. I have a special stamp with my initials that I put over Friday's colored in box, so that students know they can't get away with just coloring blue when they earned other colors that week. Here's a link to this awesome behavior note FREEBIE that comes in both English and Spanish, with a behavior plan (see pic above for content) for both students and parents to sign at the beginning of the year.
I took away a lot of information presented by Chris Rekstad, another WBT founder, on a new level/technique called Super Improvers Wall. We were told at the conference to Google "Super Improvers" and free examples would come up. I found this cute ocean themed one created by Pinetreelia at her blog and chose it because it goes with my school mascot, which is a dolphin. I can't wait to try it! I will be blogging about it here and on other WBT techniques in the near future!
Another free resource I'd like to share with you is something I learned about from one the first Whole Brain Teachers I worked with, back when it was Power Teachers. It's a way to label the parts of grammar when you are completing DOL or Daily Language Practice. Well since my school has been using the Teacher's College Reading and Writing Workshop lessons for some time I wanted to find a way to better incorporate grammar. Through Growing Educators, I attended a workshop that talked about the importance of mentor sentences, and the book Everyday Editing by Jeff Anderson which shows students how they can take a look at an author's word choice and craft to build their own sentences, all while analyzing the various components and structure of a sentence. This also pairs well with Free Mentor Sentences by Jivey. Click here to get this FREEBIE or click on the image below.
For loads more free WBT resources and behavior management tips check out my Pinterest board here.
Finally, if you are interested in Chris Biffle's Whole Brain Teaching book, I read it from cover to cover as soon as I received my copy from AMAZON! This is truly a comprehensive Classroom and Behavior Management bible. Click the hyperlinks on the titles below to get your copy and help support a guy who has given away thousands of free workshops in the interest of making teacher's lives easier. Affiliate links below.
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Geely, one of China's biggest automakers, has announced strategic partnerships with Tencent, Baidu and Faraday Future. Li Shufu, founder of Geely, argues that these partnerships are inspired by the School of Vertical and Horizontal Alliances, a school of thought from ancient China's Warring States period that urges weaker organizations to cooperate in order to compete with incumbent powers. It may be difficult to determine whether Li's vision is markedly different from regular strategic cooperation between companies. However, there seems to be a unique quality to the cooperation of Chinese tech firms. Geely, Tencent, Baidu and Alibaba create collective business models to an extent that U.S. tech firms such as Amazon, Google, Facebook and Apple do not. Besides the School of Vertical and Horizontal Alliances, the idea of guanxi capitalism, which assigns high importance to interpersonal relationships, further adds to the importance of such cooperation within the Chinese economy. Furthermore, the developmental state tradition of China places the Chinese state at the center of facilitating such cooperation. In the coming years, Chinese business alliances will likely gain importance and could increasingly come to create a global competitive advantage for Chinese tech firms.
To what extent do Chinese business alliances create a competitive advantage over the U.S. and Europe?
Does Li's reference to the School of Vertical and Horizontal Alliances reflect the growing tensions between the Chinese state and Chinese tech firms?
EU's digital strategy: where are we now and where do we go from here?
We should be strategic as we make strides toward digital sovereignty.
Is Texas becoming too self-confident?
Texan rebellion is likely to shake up federal politics in the U.S.


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In This Article Religion and Politics in Contemporary Africa
The Third Wave of Democracy and Regime Change in Africa
Religious Leaders and Political Change in Africa
The Role of Civil Society, Including Religious Actors, in Political Change in Africa
External Pressures for Regime Change in Africa
Good Governance and Religion in Africa
Religion and Conflict in Africa
Jeffrey Haynes
LAST MODIFIED: 27 March 2019
This entry examines the relationship of religion and politics in Africa in the context of Democratization over time, with particular focus on the roles of religious leaders. Two main issues form its focus. The first is the relationship of senior religious figures to the state in Africa and the role of the former in the region's recent attempts to democratize in the 1980s and 1990s. The second aim is to examine a more recent development: Islamic militancy in Africa in the 2000s, and its relationship with politics, political change, and democratization. During the 1980s and 1990s Africa experienced something it had not seen for decades: widespread popular calls for democratization, part of a wider package of demands for improved economic and political, including human, rights. Demands for democratization had both domestic and external roots. Domestically, demands for reform reflected an awakening—or reawakening—of an often long dormant political voice for various civil society groups, with trade union officials, higher education students, businesspeople, civil servants, and religious (mostly Christian) figures initially leading and coordinating popular demands for reform. Professional politicians later made such demands integral parts of their programs for election. The widespread expectation was that popular efforts would force long-entrenched, often venal governments from office. A second factor was that Africa's democratization was the 'road map' for political change preferred by key external actors: Western governments who provided Africa with the bulk of its foreign aid. In sum, demands for democratization in Africa in the 1980s and 1990s are best explained through the interaction of domestic and international factors, with the former of most importance. During the 1980s and 1990s, religious figures, notably Christian leaders, added their voices to the clamor for fundamental political changes in Africa. Leading Catholics were frequently involved in national conferences on the political way forward in a number of French-speaking, mainly Christian, countries, including Congo-Brazzaville, Togo, Gabon, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo), and Chad. In addition, in South Africa, apartheid rule came to an end in 1994 and a democratically elected government followed. And in Muslim-majority Niger and Mali new political leaders and democratically elected governments emerged. In sum, during the 1980s and 1990s involvement of religious leaders, including Catholic leaders in national democracy conferences and other means of democratization, reflected the fact that many religious figures became convinced of the need for democratically elected government in Africa.
Comparatively speaking, there are relatively few scholarly sources covering the interaction of religion and politics in contemporary Africa, compared to, for example, the Middle East or South Asia. Nevertheless, over the years, especially since the 1980s and 1990s, a number of useful overviews have appeared seeking to link the role of religion in politics in Africa, including political changes, such as Democratization. Bratton and van der Walle 1992 is an early but still useful overview of the regional shift toward democracy in Africa in the 1980s and 1990s. Ellis and ter Haar 1998 is another useful overview of that same shift, with a focus on religious actors. Ellis and ter Haar 2012 updates the story of the interaction of religion and politics in Africa. Freston 2001 provides a comparative overview of the role in politics of Christian evangelicals in Africa, comparing that region with Asia and Latin America. Haynes 1996 provides a pioneering study of the interaction of religion and politics in Africa over time, from the colonial era to the phase of democratization in the 1980s and 1990s.
Bratton, Michael, and Nic van der Walle. "Towards Governance in Africa Popular Demands and State Responses." In Governance and Politics in Africa. Edited by Göran Hydén and Michael Bratton. London: Lynne Rienner, 1992.
Useful overview of the shift to more democratically oriented politics in Africa in the 1990s.
Ellis, Stephen, and Gerrie ter Haar. "Religion and Politics in Sub-Saharan Africa." The Journal of Modern African Studies 36.2 (June 1998): 175–201.
DOI: 10.1017/S0022278X9800278XE-mail Citation »
Useful overview of the shift to more democratically oriented politics in Africa in the 1990s, linking the developments to religious involvement. Available online by subscription or purchase.
Ellis, Stephen, and Gerrie ter Haar. "Religion and Politics in Africa." In The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to African Religions. Edited by E. K. Bongmba, 457–465. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, 2012.
DOI: 10.1002/9781118255513.ch32E-mail Citation »
Relatively up-to-date and useful overview of the shift to more democratically oriented politics in Africa in the 1990s, linking the developments to religious involvement.
Freston, Paul. Evangelicals and Politics in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Comparative focus on the political impact of Christian evangelicals in three regions of the global South.
Haynes, Jeffrey. Religion and Politics in Africa. London: Zed Books, 1996.
Pioneering and wide-ranging study of the interaction of religion and politics in Africa.


Got and opponent who likes playing these cool special lands who provides them with other colors?
Is it the only multicolor card on their side?
This card can eliminate their advantage by blowing up that land, unlike ghost quarters, this card doesn't allow them to tutor for a basic land.
The downside to this is that it only works on nonbasic lands, but those are the lands you gotta worry about anyways right?
Hell yeah I got this tonight!!!!


What is the difference between the standard 25 and the premium 35 package.
Ability to stream on multiple devices simultaneously I think.
Edit: 2 devices on basic, 3 on premium.
Number of simultaneous streams. $25 is 2 and $35 is 3.
Apparently Hodgey picked up a minor niggle yesterday. One of only 3 players not at the Melb family day today, due to managing injuries. Archie also not there and the third player escapes me. Hopefully he is right for round 1.
Just signed up to Kayo and downloading Lions/Dees game VERY slowly. Chuffed that they also have tennis.
I thought your boys looked good yesterday, they play quite an enjoyable brand of footy to watch.
J Bez there? Not too knocked around?
Was about to ask the same........hope he's alright.
Hopefully one of our players starts to even the score with May next time we play.
If his knees are 100%, I think Skinner would be a good choice to even the score.
Don't care who it is.....someone needs to inflict some pain on this prick or else he will continue to take cheap shots at our players.
Hopefully the Lions will put out an extended highlights package in the next few days.
I presume you meant reamed?
In any case you seem to be certain that we are doomed at least relatively speaking compared to the general optimistic bent around here atm ... at what point would you concede that you were incorrect ie if we win x games or our percentage is >y etc?
ie What would Billy consider to be a acceptable season and what would he consider to be a good season and at what point would his lid be removed should we get there?
Has to have a vendetta against the Lions. Hope some of our bigger players at least try and knock him on his arse the next time we play the Dees.
From 5 wins in a season (although a solid percentage) to 12. That's a seriously big jump for a pass mark. Not saying we can't do it, but damn. Do you have kids Billy? They must tremble when handing over their report cards.
The other player was Starcevich mate. Who went off yesterday in the curtain raiser with a hammy.
Berry had a big bandage on his left leg but assured me he was fine.
Cam Rayner was super with everyone and boy has he got some powerfully built legs. He is a going to be one seriously big unit in a few years.
12 wins would be an outstanding result, its crazy to call it a pass mark.
For me, pass would be 8-9 wins with an excellent result being 10-12.
Good to know regarding Gardiner, hope he will be match fit.
Robbo is interesting as l thought he did his hammy and was listed 3 or so weeks away?
I've done the ladder predictor more times than I should have. Pessimistic me (yeah I know, I'm a horribly optimistic person) has us with 9 wins, optimistic me has us making finals.
Thanks mate, forgot about Starc.
Good little summary there, much appreciated. Funny you say that about Cuts, I also told him that I had him in my best 22 and he said to make sure I let Fages know haha.
I also had a chat with Cam Rayner's Mum who was a lovely lady. Said she couldn't have asked more from the club and Cam now considers Brisbane 'home'. Said they have bent over backwards to ensure the family gets every opportunity possible to see Cam and he considers many of the other players as brothers. Can't believe there was so many negative rumours about him pre draft. He is such a great kid and will tear the competition apart sooner, rather than later.
Was a great day and so good to see so many young (and old) Lions fans there. The players really are a great bunch of lads.
I don't think I'm quite that optimistic yet! Having said that, I would be over the moon with us getting to 10-12 wins as it has been such a long time since we've even been close to that mark.
The other key indicators of a successful season for me would be winning a majority of our home games (essential if we are going to get into double digits) and starting out the season no worse than 2-2 - we haven't won 2 games before the bye since 2013 (when we went 2-8). Our first month doesn't have any gimmes but it does have winnable games, and then the draw evens out after that.
If we win say 9-10 games, plus the majority of our home games and we start the season well I'd consider that a success. Anything more than that is just icing on the cake for this year.
Yeah I though Cutler looked a bit disillusioned. Fingers crossed he forces himself back into the 22 sooner rather than later. He is too good a player not to be in the seniors.
Josh Walker and Ryan Lester both said yesterdays game was very physical but a perfect work out and result. Two really nice guys. Can see why Ryan is well respected.
Personally I doubt we'll be 2-2. It's possible, but we'll have to do well. I actually think 1-4 is a very likely scenario. Still think we'll get 9 wins minimum though.