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What Are The Browns Getting With UDFA DB Jameson Houston
By Adam Lowenstein May 21, 2020 @StatsAdam
(Photo by John Rivera/Icon Sportswire)
On April 25, the Cleveland Browns signed undrafted free agent Jameson Houston.
#Browns sign Baylor DB Jameson Houston.
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) April 25, 2020
Houston, who redshirted in 2015, majored in health, kinesiology, and leisure studies at Baylor.
The cornerback, who is 5-11 and 200 pounds, played four years with the Bears in college.
He was First-Team Academic All-Big 12 during his senior season.
He grew up in Austin, Texas, and will be playing in Cleveland for the first time.
Jameson Houston's Early Years at Baylor
After redshirting, Houston played his first season with Baylor in 2016.
In just eight games, he made an impact for the 7-6 Bears.
He had 15 tackles and defended four passes.
During that season, he also forced the only fumble of his collegiate career.
Even with just a .500 regular-season record, the Bears made the TicketCity Cactus Bowl against the Boise State Broncos.
Houston played in the 31-12 blowout victory, but he had just one tackle in the contest.
Overall Houston had a strong freshman year, but the next two seasons were not as successful for him.
He played 23 games over the course of those two years.
Houston amassed 27 tackles, one tackle for loss, and four passes defended combined in 2017 and 2018.
At the end of his junior season, Baylor was successful in yet another bowl game.
The Bears once again were 6-6, as they headed into the Texas Bowl against the Vanderbilt Commodores.
Baylor won, 45-38, but Houston had just one tackle in the contest.
Houston's Senior Season at Baylor
Heading into the 2019 season, Houston's draft stock was not rising.
He then made a big jump in his senior year, and the Browns are hoping that he continues this momentum into his rookie year.
Baylor head coach Matt Rhule, who is now coaching the Carolina Panthers, had confidence in Houston.
Rhule named Houston a team captain for the season opener against Steven F. Auston on August 31.
He went on to start all 14 games of the 2019 season.
Houston, who had 42 tackles in his first three college seasons, had a whopping 44 tackles in his final one.
He also ranked in the top 10 in the Big 12 with eight passes defended in 2019.
Continuing the theme of defense in this game, how about this rep by Baylor CB Jameson Houston? Lock down coverage throughout and a nice hands play at the end to knock the ball away. Big play for the Senior CB on third down as he builds on an already strong Senior year.#WNSFilm pic.twitter.com/hWiRWntjbX
— Mark (@HeaneyNFLDraft) November 5, 2019
His strong senior year led to an All-Big 12 honorable mention.
On October 31, the No. 12 Bears moved to 8-0 behind a strong defensive performance, including Houston's only career interception.
Houston was responsible for the only interception of the game.
On January 1, 2020, the 10-3 Bears faced off against the No. 5 Georgia Bulldogs in the Sugar Bowl.
The No. 8 Bears were overpowered and lost, 26-14, but Houston was one of the best defensive players that game.
He had five tackles and one pass defended in the contest.
The Browns' Expectations for Houston in 2020
Fortunately for Houston, his expectations will not be high in 2020.
As an undrafted free agent, he will have to work hard to make an impact though.
While Houston will not be a starter, he will be able to get some reps during the preseason, which begins August 15.
Browns fans will give him some time to get acclimated, but in regular-season games, they will be expecting Houston to continue his strong 2019 performance.
Houston was one of the best cornerbacks in the Big 12 during his senior season, and he hopes to continue his strong performance in the NFL.
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About Adam Lowenstein
Adam Lowenstein is a freelance sports journalist. He is also a dental student at Tufts University. While completing his degrees, Adam wrote for numerous websites, covering various professional sports. Adam is a native of Massachusetts, and he attended Washington University in St. Louis when the St. Louis Rams were actually a thing. Adam recently completed his master's and doctorate degrees. In sports, Adam has spent the last couple of years covering the NBA, specifically the Boston Celtics.
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Strategy and Tactics the key difference between old-school and new-school D&D
Much has been said about the difference between the old and new schools of Dungeons and Dragons and similar games. A good place to start looking into this subject would be Matthew Finch's Quick Primer for Old School Gaming which is available for free on LULU.COM. However, the more I play games of both schools, the more I think that the difference between them boils down to strategy vs. tactics. That is, seeing the whole dungeon, or, indeed, the whole campaign as a battlefield, as opposed to focusing on the specific combat encounter in one or another room.
New School D&D, exemplified by the 3rd, 3rd and a half and 4th editions, is tactical. It focuses much on what happens in the particular encounter, and gives the characters many options for making interesting tactical choices in it. The 4th edition goes so far as to focus nearly exclusively on encounter tactics, while providing relatively free-form options for the wider campaign. Furthermore, in the 4th edition, and to a lesser degree the 5th edition as well, many (if not all) of the characters' resources regenerate between encounters, removing a large chunk of the resource management portion of the game in order to facilitate the transition from one tactically-interesting encounter to the next.
The Old School such as that presented in the Original and B/X (or BECMI) editions of D&D, AD&D 1E and 2E and the many retro-clones such as ACKS, Swords & Wizardry and BFRPG, on the other hand, is all about strategy. Sure, combat can be very exciting and varied, and even tactical, but the core of the game does not focus on the particular combat encounter, but rather on the dungeon, or even the entire campaign world, as a whole battlefield. One key here is resource-management; your characters have limited hit-points, light sources, food and water, and even time itself is a valuable resource as light sources run out, food and water get consumes and there is the ever-present risk of wandering monster encounters if the characters spend too much time in a dangerous area (such as a dungeon). Strategy is important - a combat encounter can rob you of critical resources, and because monsters can cause permanent damage or even instant death, it is highly important to know when to enter a battle and how to enter the battle on your own conditions.
The same goes to "high-level" campaign play, which is relatively emphasized by old-school games and much less present in newer rulesets. The epitome of this are of course sandbox-oriented games such as ACKS and Stars Without Number where you actually have rules to build your own kingdom, empire or criminal syndicate. The idea is, again, that characters "play the world" and see it as their playground, rather than focusing on encounter-level tactics and abilities. So in an old-school game, the individual combat encounter is not the central focus of the game, but rather one of many strategic goals - one of many battles in a prolonged war, and in many cases the characters will choose to avoid that battle or to engage it in their own terms...
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Most of the Black Panther #1 cover art variants are produced by comic book artists. They compose the images based on their imaginings of T'Challa/Black Panther in multiple contexts. The KABAM Game/Disney Infinity variant cover, however, places the Black Panther toy figure and video game character at the center of the action.
The costume design of the toy and video game character, not coincidentally, resemble the suit worn by Chadwick Boseman, who played Black Panther, in the recent Captain America: Civil War film.
The cover shows Black Panther leaping in the air with a city backdrop. The scene situates T'Challa in a New York City-like metropolis. Ta-Nehisi Coates, the writer for Black Panther, however, presents T'Challa in his homeland, Wakanda.


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Faf du Plessis credits Test captaincy for his current run of form, including his record-breaking 185 at Newlands against Sri Lanka (2:20)
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Faf du Plessis has credited his promotion to the Test captaincy with his current form, which has seen him rack up two hundreds in three innings, including today's record-breaking 185 at Newlands, to complete his most successful summer in ODIs, and it's not over yet.
In 10 matches, du Plessis has scored 640 runs at 71.11, including three hundreds and two fifties, more than other period. South Africa still have one match against Sri Lanka later this week and five in New Zealand later this month, for du Plessis to add to those numbers.
"Being a captain makes me play better. That's possibly been a reason for [my good form] ," du Plessis said after recording the second-highest score by a South African in ODI history.
"The confidence and the momentum of that definitely helps. It just makes you raise your own bar of performance, you want to be a better player. My challenge to myself was to be a good player and now it's to become a great player. So it's just about lifting the bar and making a mind shift."
Du Plessis batted from the second over until the last, when he was caught on the long-on fence while seeking to overhaul Gary Kirsten's 188 not out. He said the record was not on his mind, neither was a first double-century by a South African in ODIs.
"I didn't know about the record. I am very happy that I got to 180," du Plessis said. "The record is something that would have been nice but not for one second did I think of it and 200 was also not on my mind. I was just trying to get as many runs as possible."
Apart from the two century stands that du Plessis shared with Quinton de Kock and AB de Villiers, a hallmark of his innings was strike rotation, particularly with de Villiers. They were together during a six-over period in which Sri Lanka did not give away any boundaries, and they still managed to score 32 runs in the process. South Africa totalled 151 singles and, in a game of small margins, that was one of the differences between them and Sri Lanka - who ran 103. Du Plessis explained it was a deliberate tactic to keep the scoreboard moving.
"That's my game, which is to not give many dot balls. I try and make sure I take pressure off myself by just rotating the strike and running well and, luckily in our team, we've got amazingly quick guys between the wickets and we've put a lot of pressure on the opposition," he said. "Our ones and twos stats right through the series have been incredible - we've got two or three times the number of the Sri Lankans. That is so difficult to bowl to - when you get guys that continuously run you off your feet."
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Interestingly, the partner with whom du Plessis' enjoyed the most success in singles and overall terms was de Villiers, whom he succeeded as Test captain and whom he plays under in ODIs. The pair are childhood friends and, although du Plessis appears to have taken to the captaincy quicker than de Villiers did, he does not mind being relegated to working under someone else for a change. "Since AB has come back, we've worked really well together. I can feel that on the field we talk from the same mouth almost," du Plessis said.
What they will both be saying for the next few days is that a whitewash over Sri Lanka is their main goal. Not only will it see them overtake Australia at the top of the rankings but it will also prove their ability to win consistently, which South Africa insist will be crucial when it comes to major tournaments.
"Five-nil is important now to get to No. 1. For a while we have targeted to get back at the top in all formats, and we are getting there very quickly. Five-nil would be a great achievement, no matter who you play against."
As hard as Sri Lanka fought in the fourth ODI, they have not given South Africa as much of a challenge as they would have liked, except during the T20s against an experimental host outfit. Still, du Plessis was happy with South Africa's ruthlessness, although he would like to see their attack engage in more contests like the one they had on Tuesday night.
"You have to beat who is in front of you and you have to do it well and I think that's something we have done very well," he said. "Our skills have been very good right through the series. We haven't taken our foot off the gas.
"From a bowling point of view, yes, Sri Lanka's team are possibly not the best batting line-up in the world, but we're still doing what's required. Today was a pressure situation, we know that they are very top-heavy and score runs up front, and the bowlers possibly didn't start as well as they would have liked but they came back.
"It's important that we get pushed. Especially with a young bowling unit, we want to get those bowlers in some pressurised moments because that's what big games are all about. That's the difference between winning tournaments and not - the pressure."


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New Government must ensure a skills shortage does not impede the momentum of fast-growth companies
London, 8th May 2015, – Paul Statham, CEO of London-based technology company Condeco Software, a global leader in workspace utilisation technology has achieved an annual turnover of $25m and created new wealth and jobs in 10 years of rapid growth, said: "Throughout this election campaign the Conservatives have trumpeted full employment during their time in power but there remains a real likelihood that a skills shortage could impede the momentum of fast-growth businesses.
"It is vital that the new government does everything it can to empower businesses with access to the skilled workforce they need to fuel expansion.
"David Cameron must not take his eye off the ball – there must be a focus on nurturing talent and supporting innovative businesses to drive growth if the UK is to remain competitive on the global stage.
"Fast-growth businesses like Condeco Software offer the UK so much in terms of growth and job creation. For instance, mid-size businesses now contribute £165bn to the UK's GDP, up 33 per cent in five years.
"The importance of these businesses is made even clearer in the tech sector, with UK technology companies' hiring reaching a record high.
"Fast-growth businesses need to be made a priority or there is a real risk of impairing these hugely successful companies' growth, which would have a knock-on effect on the economy and job creation.
"The establishment also need to ensure that they do everything they can to stop the impending skills shortage. It should be a priority for the next government to enable our young people to fulfil their potential as our next generation of professionals and leaders.
"Opportunities such as apprenticeships are enormously beneficial for young people and businesses alike, and should be a central policy in both keeping youth unemployment down and ensuring future economic growth."


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Esmark, K., Sigurdsson, J. V. & Vogt, Helle, 2020, Nordic Elites in in Transformation, c. 1050–1250, Volume II Social Networks. Esmark, K., Hermanson, L. & Orning, H. J. (eds.). Routledge, p. 11-32 22 p.
Modéer, K. Å. & Vogt, Helle, 2020, Law and the Christian Tradition in Scandinavia: The Writing of Great Nordic Jurists. Modéer, K. Å. & Vogt, H. (eds.). Routledge, p. 1-4 4 p.
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Legal reforms around 1200 in Denmark: Archbishop Absalon 1128-1201 and Anders Sunesen (d. 1228)
Per, A. & Vogt, Helle, 2020, Law and the Christian Tradition in Scandinavia: The Writing of Great Nordic Jurists. Modéer, K. Å. & Vogt, H. (eds.). Routledge, p. 18-33 15 p.
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This report describes the outcome of the event titled "In vivo, in vitro, in silico: why computer modelling is the next evolution of the healthcare sector" that took place on 4 Sep 2018 at the European Parliament, hosted by MEP Lieve Wierinck.
Avicenna Roadmap: "in silico Clinical Trials: How Computer Simulation will Transform the Biomedical Industry"
The ultimate aim of the Avicenna support action was to create a research and technological development Roadmap outlining a strategy for in silico Clinical Trials (ISCT). As project partner, VPHi contributed to the development of this important document that over 11 chapters describes the route by which in silico techniques of computer simulation will be introduced into clinical trials, the studies that are routinely conducted to establish the safety and efficacy of new medical interventions.
White Paper on Big Data: "Big data, big knowledge - big data for personalised healthcare"
On Oct 2014, a White Paper on "Big Data for Personalized Healthcare" is presented to the European Commission. The paper is edited by Marco Viceconti, Peter Hunter, Keith McCormack, Adriano Henney, Stig W. Omholt, Norbert Graf, Edwin Morley-Fletcher, Liesbet Geris, and Rod Hose.
On Jan 31st, 2014 the VPH Institute releases a second position statement on this topic, which proposes computer simulation as the best option to reduce, refine and partially replace animal testing in scientific research.
Presented during the networking session hosted by the VPH Institute at the ICT 2013 conference (6-8 Novermber, 2013 Vilnius), this document exposes the vision of the VPH community on the role of in silico medicine as one of the priorities of H2020.
The Digital Patient Roadmap is a comprehensive document currently being written for the European Commission that sets out a research agenda for the realisation of the Digital Patient. The responsibility for the delivery of this roadmap was given to the DISCIPULUS project, funded by the EC under the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013).
The Institute wrote a formal position statement to fully support the amendments to the LIBE Committee Report on the Data Protection Regulation, which adequately take into account the needs of public health researchers. This statement -in the form of an email- was sent to all relevant MEPs.
In November 2012, the VPH Institute contributed to the public consultation on directions for Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) research, highlighting the potential of the VPH technology.
WHITE PAPER: "VPH, Molecular Systems Biology (MSB), and their ITFoM"
Produced by the ITFoM (Future of Medicine) consortium, this paper describes the contribution of VPH and MSB to the ITFoM vision and the collaboration between the two founding streams.
Father of the IUPS Physiome Project and very active in the VPH initiative since the very beginning, Prof. Peter Hunter has invested a great amount of energy this year in the international activities related to the VPH Institute.This document contains all the details.
This is an open access version of the proceedings of the conference. The conference was technically co-sponsored by IEEE-EMBS and funded by the European Commission through the Transatlantic TUMOR Project in the Framework of the Virtual Physiological Human (VPH) Initiative.
The Policy Affaris Work Group of the VPH Institute produced a position statement on the animal experimentation topic, supporting the thesis that the principles of virtual modelling technologies provided by the VPH can be applied to animal experimentation and help reducing the number of animals used.
This is the first draft of the Digital Patient Roadmap, based on 1st Consultation meeting (Barcelona, March 30th, 2012) and early results.
"Advanced Technologies for the Future of the Virtual Physiological Human", Editors: Marco Viceconti, Gordon Clapworthy – September 2011.
GREEN PAPER: "From Challenges to Opportunities: Towards a Common Strategic Framework for EU Research and Innovation funding"
This is the position paper written by the ARGOS consortium, the the Transatlantic Observatory for Meeting Global Health Policy Challenges through ICT-Enabled Solutions. The document emerged from the consensus discussion organised by the VPH community in Europe and the MSM/IMAG community in USA.
This is the Policy Brief on the establishment of a joint VPH Cyber infrastructure between Europe and United States, elaborated by the ARGOS transatlantic observatory in 2011.
This position paper presents the outcome of the First International Workshop on Virtual Tissues: v-Tissues 2009, which was held in April 21-22, 2009, at the EPA Campus in Research Triangle Park, NC, USA.
This is the final report produced by the Interagency Modeling and Analysis Group (IMAG) as a result of the IMAG Futures Meeting held on December 15-16, 2009 in Bethesda -Maryland.
"A Vision and Strategy for the VPH in 2010 and beyond"
This document written by the VPH NoE (Network of Excellence) consortium supplements the original STEP Research Roadmap with the vision for the next 5-10 years.
Pharma 2020: Virtual R&D - Which path will you take?
This is the second paper in the PwC Pharma 2020 series. Produced in in June 2008 it explores how pharma companies could dramatically improve the R&D productivity.
This report produced by PricewaterhouseCoopers in June 2007is the first in the series. It indicates that the current pharmaceutical industry business model is both economically unsustainable and operationally incapable of acting quickly enough to produce the types of innovative treatments demanded by global markets. In order to make the most of these future growth opportunities, the industry must fundamentally change the way it operates.
A Roadmap to the Virtual Physiological Human, produced by the STEP consortium in 2007.


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Australia vs. England: Joe Root Says England Needs to Find "Inner Belief" After Losing the Ashes
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Australia vs. England : Joe Root Says England Needs to Find "Inner Belief" After Losing the Ashes.
After losing the Ashes series in a disastrous fashion on Tuesday, England captain Joe Root said England must "face up" and preserve some honour.
Australia vs. England: Pat Cummins' hosts ripped through England's batting to dismiss them for a meager 68 and retain the urn by an innings and 14 runs in the third Test in Melbourne. It came after a 275-run flogging in Adelaide and a nine-wicket battering in Brisbane, with two Tests left to preserve face in Sydney and Hobart.
"We have to make sure we take use of our opportunities to pull ahead," Root said, adding that England could have scored 250 or more in their first innings rather than 185 all out.
"Had we done so, we would have been well into the game and staring at a totally different game."
"But their assault bowled brilliantly last night, and all you have to do now is figure out how to get through it. It's okay if it's only an hour of hard work."
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Australia vs. England
Australia basically won the match in the last hour of Monday's play, dropping England to 31 for four, still 51 runs behind.
"We have to put our best foot forward, keep focused, work on improving all aspects of our game individually and collectively, and have a really strong inner belief in our ability to bounce back," he stated.
"We need to reclaim our pride. We're devastated to be 3-0 down with two Test matches remaining. We need to make sure we finish this tour with a couple more victories."
Australia vs. England: Despite acknowledging that they had been "totally outplayed" thus far, Root took encouragement from their Jimmy Anderson-led bowling effort, which limited Australia to 267 in their first innings, which he described as their greatest day of the series thus far.
He said, "They have obviously outplayed us in the three games; we were not good enough."
"I also thought our bowling performance yesterday was great. I'm disappointed for the bowlers because they kept us in the game; all we have to do now is keep trying to improve."
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Breakfast at Barneys
By admin Last updated Sep 12, 2022
Breakfast at Barneys is an indulgent affair, and the all-day menu is a treat for any foodie. The menu features a variety of savoury dishes, as well as drinks and smoothies. The restaurant also features a full bar, so you can get your morning caffeine fix while enjoying the breakfast buffet.
1 Mansa Musa tower
1.1 Yard bird platter
1.2 Fried lobster and grits
1.3 Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label Brut
Mansa Musa tower
Breakfast at Barney's offers an extravagant brunch menu. The buffet has everything from 24 Karat gold pancakes to Lobster Mac & Greens. There's even a tower of fried lobster. Guests can also order premium champagne. Unfortunately, however, the restaurant does not accept reservations.
Two former AUC students started the restaurant. It is part breakfast/brunch eatery, part daytime social club. It offers decadent comfort food in a stylish setting with good vibes. You can dine in or order to-go.
Guests can also order the Mansa Musa tower, named after the tenth Mansa of the Mali Empire. The Mansa Musa tower costs $1000 and serves up to four people. The meal includes a yard bird platter, fried lobster, and Armand De Brignac's "Ace Of Spades" champagne. The restaurant also offers specialty drinks such as Kombucha and a variety of juices.
Yard bird platter
Barneys Breakfast is a black-owned restaurant located in downtown Atlanta. It serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner and has a full bar. The restaurant is owned by Barney Lee Berry, Jr., who hails from Glenville, GA. The menu is full of southern comfort food with a modern twist.
Yard Bird specializes in various breakfast favorites, including chicken and waffles. You'll also find a Yard bird platter on the breakfast menu. This dish is fried chicken tipped with a pecan sage compote. Yard Bird also offers fried lobster, a grits platter, and a Soul Roll.
Barney's also serves up some of the best breakfast food in Jacksonville. You can start with a Yard Bird platter – fried chicken wings served with a pecan waffle and bourbon apple maple syrup. Alternatively, you can try the Savannah fish & grits, which feature a cornmeal-crusted catfish, creamy grits, and fried lobster. You can also pair your meal with a bottle of wine or champagne.
Fried lobster and grits
Barney's breakfast is a southern comfort food restaurant with a hip downtown Atlanta vibe. This black-owned restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner and has a full bar. The owners are Morris Brown College graduates, and the menu features southern comfort food with a hip, urban edge.
Barney's has been a corner post for breakfast, brunch, and daytime socializing since last summer. The breakfast menu features bourbon apple cider syrup, creole-sauced salmon croquettes, cornmeal-crusted catfish, and grits. The restaurant also serves Kombucha on draft.
A favorite brunch item is Lobster Mac & Cheese, a decadent dish featuring fried lobster and mac & cheese. Other local favorites include:
The Sweet Chick breakfast.
A breakfast sandwich with Swiss cheese.
Chicken sausage.
House jam.
A side salad.
The breakfast menu also features salads and boozy drinks.
Located downtown, Breakfast at Barneys is a new restaurant that replaced the beloved Bada Bing's in Atlanta. The menu features southern-inspired dishes and is priced by size. You can enjoy lobster and grits, chicken and waffles, and 14-karat gold pancakes, but be warned: this dish is pricey. Fortunately, you can enjoy a delicious meal and a glass of premium champagne on the side.
Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label Brut
Breakfast At Barney's is a new restaurant offering a delicious brunch menu and a luxurious atmosphere. This boozy brunch restaurant is located in Atlanta and features a variety of specialty dishes. Among the highlights are the 14-karat gold-topped pancakes and the $1,000 Mansa Musa tower, which includes fried lobster, yard bird platter, and Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label brut.
Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label is the signature Champagne of the House and features a perfect balance of finesse and structure. The iconic blend of three primary grapes produces fine and delicate champagne. The house's expert winemaking team guides the creation of each label. The result is a unique combination of flavour, freshness, and silkiness. It is an excellent pairing for breakfast, lunch, or dinner.
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Il monte Soro (1.847 m s.l.m.) è la cima più alta dei monti Nebrodi. Il rilievo è situato nei comuni di San Fratello, Acquedolci e Cesarò, nella città metropolitana di Messina, e segna il suo punto più alto.

Descrizione
Sulla vetta del monte si trova un ripetitore per la Tv terrestre Rai il cui segnale copre, grazie all'altezza a cui è posta l'antenna, una vasta area.

Dalla vetta del monte Soro è possibile vedere da nord a sud le Isole Eolie e l'Etna (3.340 m), ad est il rilievo Serra del Re (1.754 m) che occlude la vista ai Monti Peloritani, a sud-ovest il Monte Altesina (1.192 m) sui Monti Erei e ad ovest la catena dei Nebrodi e le Madonie.

Situato nel cuore dei Nebrodi, quasi al centro dell'appennino siculo, il monte è raggiungibile dalla Strada statale 289 che congiunge Sant'Agata di Militello  e Cesarò attraverso il bivio in corrispondenza di Portella Femmina Morta.

È tra le vette più elevate della Sicilia dopo l'Etna (3.357 m), Pizzo Carbonara (1.979 m) e alcune altre cime delle Madonie.

Il clima in cima è pressoché appenninico. In inverno è tra le prime vette dell'isola ad essere coperta dalla neve che a volte può durare da novembre fino ad aprile. In estate le temperature massime arrivano a 20-22 gradi, in inverno scendono sotto lo 0 e possono raggiungere anche i -12 gradi.

Voci correlate
Parco dei Nebrodi

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Soro
Soro
Soro
Alcara Li Fusi
Cesarò
Militello Rosmarino
San Fratello
Soro

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Ole Christian Eidhammer (ur. 15 kwietnia 1965 w Molde) – norweski skoczek narciarski, brązowy medalista olimpijski, srebrny medalista mistrzostw świata oraz mistrzostw świata juniorów.

Przebieg kariery
W Pucharze Świata w skokach narciarskich zadebiutował 20 lutego 1983 podczas zawodów w Vikersund, gdzie zajął 10. miejsce. Miesiąc później, na mistrzostwach świata juniorów w Kuopio zdobył swój pierwszy medal, zajmując drugie miejsce w konkursie indywidualnym.

W lutym 1984 wystartował na mistrzostwach świata w Engelbergu i Rovaniemi, gdzie wspólnie z Ole Gunnarem Fidjestølem, Vegardem Opaasem i Perem Bergerudem zajął szóste miejsce w konkursie drużynowym. W tym samym roku odbyły się także igrzyska olimpijskie w Sarajewie, gdzie Eidhammer zajął 18. miejsce w konkursie indywidualnym na dużej skoczni. Był to jego jedyny występ na tych igrzyskach. Niecały miesiąc później po raz pierwszy stanął na podium zawodów Pucharu Świata, 11 marca 1984 zajął trzecie miejsce w konkursie na skoczni Holmenkollbakken.

W sezonie 1984/1985 wystartował tylko w zawodach 33. edycji Turnieju Czterech Skoczni. W swoim najlepszym występie, w konkursie w Bischofshofen uplasował się na 25. pozycji. Nie wziął także udziału w mistrzostwach świata w Seefeld w 1985.

Podczas mistrzostw świata w Oberstdorfie (1987) w konkursach indywidualnych był dwudziesty szósty, a na normalnym obiekcie zajął 37. miejsce. W konkursie drużynowym wraz z Hroarem Stjernenem, Ole Gunnarem Fidjestølem i Vegardem Opaasem wywalczył srebrny medal. W Pucharze Świata dwukrotnie znalazł się w pierwszej dziesiątce zawodów, jednakże na podium nie stanął. W klasyfikacji generalnej sezonu 1986/1987 zajął 63. miejsce.

Najlepsze wyniki w Pucharze Świata osiągnął w sezonie 1987/1988, kiedy zajął 14. miejsce w klasyfikacji generalnej. 6 stycznia 1988 po raz drugi i ostatni w karierze stanął na podium zawodów PŚ, ponownie zajmując trzecie miejsce. W lutym tego samego roku wystąpił na igrzyskach olimpijskich w Calgary, gdzie razem z Ole Gunnarem Fidjestølem, Jonem Inge Kjørumem i Erikiem Johnsenem zdobył brązowy medal w konkursie drużynowym. Na tych samych igrzyskach był indywidualnie siedemnasty na dużej skoczni oraz dziewiętnasty na normalnej.

W sezonie 1988/1989 tylko raz znalazł się w pierwszej dziesiątce zawodów, 11 grudnia 1988 był szósty w konkursie w Lake Placid. Wystąpił także w czterech pierwszych konkursach sezonu 1989/1990, jednak słabe wyniki skłoniły go do zakończenia kariery w wieku zaledwie 24 lat.

Osiągnięcia

Igrzyska olimpijskie

Mistrzostwa świata

Puchar Świata w skokach narciarskich

Miejsca w klasyfikacji generalnej
 sezon 1982/1983: 53.
 sezon 1983/1984: 27.
 sezon 1985/1986: 35.
 sezon 1986/1987: 63.
 sezon 1987/1988: 14.
 sezon 1988/1989: 44.

Miejsca na podium chronologicznie

Mistrzostwa świata juniorów
 Indywidualnie
 1983 Kuopio (FIN) – srebrny medal

Przypisy

Linki zewnętrzne
 Profil na stronie FIS

Medaliści Mistrzostw Świata w Narciarstwie Klasycznym 1987
Medaliści Zimowych Igrzysk Olimpijskich 1988
Norwescy medaliści olimpijscy
Norwescy skoczkowie narciarscy
Urodzeni w 1965
Ludzie urodzeni w Molde


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HBSMR WEB/API > HBSMR WEB: Maps
HBSMR WEB features three kinds of interactive map:
The main map through which users can browse all spatial data.
The search results map, which will show the results of free-text searches for Monuments.
Record details maps, which can be configured to appear on any record details page where the record has a mapped representation.
These maps are developed with OpenLayers, the leading open source mapping library.
Which basemaps and data layers are included in the interactive maps, and how they are symbolised, is fully configurable during an implementation of HBSMR WEB. Each kind of map can have its own configuration, though in practice it is sensible to keep them as similar as possible.
Basemaps are typically brought in from other web services, potentially including:
Bing Maps (which can include Ordnance Survey 1:50k and 1:25k raster mapping, and aerial photography, typically free for HBSMR WEB scenarios).
Mapping services hosted by the HER's parent organisation (e.g. full Ordnance Survey mapping and other corporate datasets).
3rd party services (e.g. aerial photography from commercial providers).
Historic mapping (e.g. from National Library of Scotland, or other providers).
OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMap with hill-shading (available from Exegesis at a small annual charge).
Virtually any other source, e.g. relayed through the HBSMR API MapServer installation.
The gazetteer function in HBSMR WEB uses GeoNames by default. An account is required before the free API web services can be used. It is possible to use other gazetteer services.


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Schools are getting hit hard with funding cuts these days. Unfortunately many of the programs that are getting cut are those fine art programs such as music and art. This is the areas where shy students or student who may not excel academically can build some confidence. It is where young students can build up their fine motor skills that are important in order to form letters correctly on paper. Art sparks creativity and has been shown to boost improvement in other academic areas. It is something that we should be funding, not cutting.
Purchasing art supplies can get expensive. Most of the supplies you need are consumable and need to be replaced every year. While there are some things that are sent in from home from a supply list, I spend a lot of personal money in my classroom. I would imagine that it is over $500 every year that comes out of my pocket.
Recently I was introduced to Blick Art Room Aid. Blick Art Materials, Art Room Aid is helping teachers across the country enlist the aid of parents, families, friends, and other art advocates to fund their art projects. . Teachers post a project that they would like to have funded, and willing donors visit the Art Room Aid website and help the teacher raise the funds for his/her project.
This is a place where I feature some of my students' best work. I like to showcase something from each child at least once a quarter. They feel so special when they see their work up on the wall. It is a great motivator when I say that I am looking for Personal Best work.
I wanted to expand on this idea and bring the confidence home with my students by making Personal Best Frames that they can display their best work in at home. I would use them in my classroom all year and then at the end of the school year they would pick their favorite piece of work from their first grade portfolios to take home in their frames. You can donate by visiting the Art Room Aid website here.
The money that I would be raising would purchase real wood frames for my students to paint to showcase their work. I plan to have this hang in a display outside my room with their personal best work in it throughout the year. At the end of school, they will have a wonderful keepsake to remember their first grade year! I know that parents would also love to keep these for memory purposes. I don't think I would be able to create this project without the help of donors.
If you would like to help keep our students creativity blooming by donating to my project or one that is local to you please visit www.dickblick.com/ara. I know a bunch of teachers who would be very grateful for the help!
This is a sponsored post for Blick Art Room Aid and The Motherhood . All opinions are my own. These are actual pictures from my first grade classroom!
This is a wonderful idea! I just made a small donation–I wish it were more. As luck would have it, I am a former teacher, who spent a lot of my own money for my classrooms. I don't think everyone understands this about teachers.
And in an even stranger bit of luck, my son and his family will be moving to Indianapolis in June, and my littlest grand-daughter will be in first grade! I don't know yet where they will live. My son will be doing his residency at a university hospital downtown. My DIL will be doing concert piano at another university there. None of us have ever lived there–they have only visited once to start looking at neighborhoods–so it will be an adventure.
I think it's sad art is being taken away from a lot of schools.
I love the Personal Best wall you made. 🙂 My friend is an art teacher and she's always spending her own money on supplies for her classroom. I was shocked when I found out she was doing that and even more shocked to find out that it's a common thing.
I would have failed miserably in school if not for art. I'm glad there are programs around that are helping keep art in our schools.
Wow, this is great information. Thanx for sharing.
What a great way to help out, since art supplies get expensive fast!
I love your idea and I have to say I think I have always been a bit of an artist at heart.
I like the Personal Best wall. My kids race to be first. That's a cool infographic too!


To me, having it all means knowing what you want, working for it, and being content with what you've built. While striving for more and being happy with your reality, rather than striving for what for is not attainable.
In less than two years, I went from the fast-paced life of having a full-time job (while attending graduate school and going out with my friends at night), to being married and a full-time stay-at-home mother. My life took a sudden 180-degree turn, and at times felt like it was standing still.
My mother was a stay-at-home mom to me and my two sisters. She enjoyed it. But I felt guilty, because unlike her, I didn't enjoy the stay-at-home experience. I was bored and found myself craving the outside stimulation of the working world. I missed being in the company of other adults. I felt the conflicting emotions that most women feel when trying to navigate the delicate balance of life versus career.
The most powerful emotion most women experience is overwhelming guilt. Am I losing myself? And who am I if I stay home full-time for the next twenty years to raise my family? Am I disservicing my family financially by not working, in order to have a better life?
If you have talents you enjoy, you can do them, but you can't do them for 12 hours a day, especially when you've got small kids. A woman with five kids can't realistically expect to be able to spend as much time doing the things she prefers and wants to do. It is a reality we all face, but there is a bonus: we're planting seeds and building human beings! There is truly no greater project we will ever pursue.
My kids are slightly older now, and they're in school most days. This year, I cut down to working part time 2-3 days a week. I do have some free time when they are in school on the days I am not working, but that is also restricted by inevitable responsibilities that come up like food shopping, cooking, medical appointments, or someone that has to come home early from school because they are sick. On days I don't have those circumstances, I make the most of every minute, and I savor every millisecond! I try to do things, I enjoy. I write, work on my doctorate, bake, exercise, etc. It's refreshing and it recharges my batteries, so when my kids come home, I feel renewed.
I think the art of balance is a very personal, individualized journey. Each of us has our own interests, talents and resources. To me, having it all means knowing what you want, working for it, and being content with what you've built. While striving for more and being happy with your reality, rather than striving for what for is not attainable.
Right now, I have everything I need. Do I want more? Sure. Am I going to aim higher? Absolutely. But that doesn't mean that I'm going to rock the boat and throw my life out of balance to get it this second. If it's meant to be mine, I will have it with time. The most important goal for now is to maintain equanimity and be satisfied with where I am now at this point in my life.


I know at times you feel so helpless and alone as you watch your child struggle. When we give birth and hear our babies cry for the first time from that moment on we want to help them and make everything right for them.
We don't want them to be ill.
We don't want them to be unable to eat.
We don't want them battling for breath.
We don't want them in pain.
We don't want them to be the last to meet milestones.
We don't want them emotionally or physically or socially struggling.
There is something about watching your child struggle that tears your heart in two. That feeling of uselessness, helplessness, having no control over things. That feeling that you should be the one to fix it all for them, comfort them, make it all better…but you can't. That feeling of not being able to meet your child's needs, whether that's feeding them, holding them, carrying them or teaching them. That feeling of having to accept help for the sake of your struggling child.
I know that feeling of failure well. That gut wrenching feeling as a parent when a nurse, therapist, teacher or doctor is the one that gets your child's first eye contact or enables your child to say their first word. I understand that feeling of being robbed of something that should have been your privilege, not theirs. I've experienced that feeling of despair, the wanting to give up, the inadequacy that comes with having a child who is struggling.
I've cried so many tears and I'm sure you have too.
No-one wants to be the parents of the child who isn't talking when all their peers are. No-one wants to be the parents of the child who has failed their six week check up, two year check up and even their pre-school check up. It's a kick in the teeth for all the hard work and investment in your child when all they see is still a struggling child.
I know the fights. The fights to prove you are a good parent and your child's struggles are not due to neglect. The fight to get your child help. The fight to be listened to. The fight for the right educational environment for your child to thrive. The fight for basic equipment to help. The fight for support. The mental fight to get through each day.
I know the fears: for the future, for their education, because they are so vulnerable.
When you are the parent of a struggling child it means you struggle too.
Too many refuse to understand.
Having a struggling child is lonely. It's isolating. It's heartbreaking.
But I also know you are doing everything you can and more. Your determination, courage and strength shines through you. No-one could love, encourage or support your child more than you do.
My child struggles too. Their struggles may not be the same ones your child faces but that doesn't matter. We are still in this together.
Stay strong my friend. There will be better days ahead.
Your child may be struggling but that's not your fault. Hold your head high and show the world who you are.
You are not a failure for having a struggling child.
You are a wonderful parent.
A fellow parent of a struggling child.
As his twin sister races downstairs eager to open another door on her advent calendar, excitedly counting down the days to Christmas Day, you watch TV flapping like any other day.
As your twin sister practices Christmas songs after school in preparations for her Christmas show in two weeks time you watch the same ten seconds of lifts on you tube and rock in your seat as you always do.
Christmas means nothing to you.
No letters to Santa, and definitely no visits to any grottos.
No decorating a tree with the family or even any concept of what tinsel is.
No singing Christmas carols or dancing to seasonal pop songs as they play in the shops.
It all means nothing to you.
Your world is oblivious to the hype, the busyness, the traditions that consume society at this time of year.
You would eat turkey and all the trimmings if it's put in front of you, but you would equally eat any other meal presented too. It's just food to you, nothing more, nothing less.
My autistic ten year old has no understanding or interest in Christmas. He is still consumed by his own world, dependent entirely on routine, not communicating verbally at all.
Honestly, some days that breaks my heart. I know we should not compare children as each child is unique and individual but at Christmas you want your child to be excited, happy, expectant. Instead my son is uninterested, unconcerned and unaware.
Christmas isn't his 'thing'. Neither is Easter, his birthday, the tooth fairy or any other number of occasions you can think of. None of it enters his world.
He won't write any Christmas cards (he can't write any letters let alone his name) and he likely won't receive any either, family events and get togethers are too much for him so I stay home with him. The only Christmas event he will come to is the church service but even then he gets very upset because it's different to how he perceives church to be. He doesn't know Christmas carols and he wants the usual songs he is used to back.
He doesn't like the changes.
He doesn't like new stuff.
I can't change that. It's who he is and how he is. I could cry my eyes out every day for years but it won't change things. I've had a decade of crying and wishing things were different. I have accepted that Christmas just isn't something my ten year old understands nor does he wish to partake in it.
Even if I bought him presents he would never open them. He's never opened a birthday or Christmas present in his life.
I could pretend it's all ok. I could move a tree near where he is and take a picture and pretend he's part of it all. I could put seasonal clothes on him and imagine he chose them. I could buy and wrap stuff for him and dream that somehow the magic of Christmas would change him overnight. All that would do is break my heart more.
I don't need that. He doesn't need that.
So while I decorate my daughters bedroom with her and revel in her excitement, while I buy and wrap gifts for her eagerly looking forward to seeing her face on Christmas morning, while we sing and laugh together as we practice Christmas songs the other side to my life is that I am playing down everything as much as possible to keep my son at ease.
I walk a fine line of trying to celebrate and embrace Christmas with one twin whilst ignoring it's very existence with the other.
My son has severe learning difficulties, severe autism and epilepsy. He can't speak. He can't care for himself.
He is full of life, full of fun and the love of my life.
But at ten years old he still doesn't know what Christmas even is…and he most likely never will.
Six and a half years ago when I took my toddler to a clinic and left with a diagnosis of severe non verbal autism , pica and global developmental delay my heart broke. It didn't end there either. Six months later he was diagnosed with a progressive genetic condition. A year later he added vision impairment to his list. At seven he added an optic glioma, a form of brain tumour and at nine, epilepsy.
As I write this he is ten, with the developmental age of a one year old, the speech of a nine month old baby (he is non verbal), he isn't yet potty trained and requires round the clock care. He has to be medicated twice daily to keep major seizures at bay. He needs six monthly MRI tests to monitor his brain tumours.
On paper his future doesn't look good.
I have spent so much time breaking my heart for my son and all he will miss in life. He likely won't fall in love, get married, have a family, have a job, learn to drive, attend college or university or live independently; all the things parents expect from their children as they grow. He can't yet write his name, he's never attended mainstream education and his care needs are so high I have been his full time carer since he was born.
So given all that information how can I possibly say my son has a bright future?
Quite simply this: Quality of life isn't determined by what other people think.
I thought my child should find a partner, perhaps have a family of his own, get a job, drive, contribute to society in some way and make a difference. I thought he should go to school, perhaps onto college or university then find happiness and fulfilment in a career of his choice.
But who says any of this is a bright future? Who determines these things as quality of life?
In actual fact my son has an amazing future ahead of him, one very different to how I imagined, but even more incredible!
He's never going to carry the burden of responsibility so he won't stress about interest rates, taxes, mortgages or company shares.
He's never going to become embroiled in complex relationships so won't experience the heartache of divorce or family breakups.
He will remain blissfully sheltered from many of the awful things that life carries with it like murder, abuse, political turmoil, homelessness, drugs or wars.
His simple life will be the envy of many.
His needs will be met, either by carers or myself, for as long as I live. He has a sister who adores him and who I know will do all she can to make sure he is looked after too.
He will spend his future not in the drudgery and stress of daily commutes to work or long shifts but in doing what he loves most. He'll be taken swimming, the cinema, cafes, shops, garden centres and day trips. It will be like he's retired without ever having to have done the fifty plus years employment first.
Clothes and food will be provided for him. Other people will arrange whatever finances are required, drive him or support him in transport and make sure he is happy and well.
His future is, in fact, what so many of us would dream of. He will watch what he wants on TV, explore the world via google street map and see family often.
He will, as he already does, be surrounded by love, respect and support.
I'll take him to as many lifts as he wants because his years of education will be complete.
I am not deluded. I am not just looking at life from rose tinted glasses. I am fully aware that my son will always need a huge level of care and that I may not always be around to give him that. I, more than anyone, understand how vulnerable and naive he is and always will be. I know i will fight budget cuts, endless complex forms to have control of his finances and health needs and that I will likely get little to no respite when he passes from children's care teams to adult care teams.
This won't be easy for ME but for HIM the future is bright.
We are so quick as a society to assume that anyone with learning disabilities, severe autism or complex needs is a burden. We see their quality of life as somehow less because it doesn't follow the tradition path of higher education, work and raising the next generation. We see their inability to pay taxes as somehow awful and view them as beneath others.
My son, and thousands of others, walk a different path in life. They face a future quite different to that which we see as 'normal'. Yet their future, their existence, their needs, are not in any way less or second class.
My severely autistic son's future is full of life, love and fulfilment. That to me is the epitome of a bright future and quality of life.
I am looking forward to it and if he understood what the future was I know he would be excited too.
I know you can't ever read this but maybe one day I will read it to you. Maybe one day you will understand.
Tonight when you moaned and screamed when I was trying to watch a video you made me grumpy. I still love you even when I got mad at you and I am secretly glad you are well enough to scream and moan now.
The last two days I have watched you have lots of seizures and I have been so worried about you. I worry you might go to hospital or you might faint. When you have lots of seizures I don't like going to school or leaving you. I call your name to try and wake you up. I prefer you wide awake and acting normal. I miss your screaming and being noisy when you have seizures. It's like you are there but not there. You scare me but I still love you. I pray God will stop your seizures soon because I want you better.
One time I counted you had at least 7 naps in one day. I played card games with mum and dad and still you didn't wake up. That made me sad. I missed you that day so much.
When you have a bath I really want to play with you and have fun but just as I start to have fun with you you push me away and makes me cry. Why do you do that? I wish you could talk to me and tell me. I would understand. I love you.
I love going on trains with you and going to the park. You are always happy in those places. I know you love me pushing the roundabout for you. I like seeing you on the swing too because I got you that swing for you, though I know you will never understand that. I did it because I don't think life is fair to you and its better when you are happy. When you are happy I am happy too.
You keep me awake with his noises at night and wake me up early. I forgive you. Always.
You kill my fish by feeding them. Feeding fish is good Isaac but maybe not with talcum powder, toothpaste, trains and bubble bath! You do lots of naughty things like use felt pens on the armchairs, tipping bins, pulling pictures off walls, wandering away, and you always have to be first in the house. You make mummy and daddy sad but I want to tell you it's ok. We all forgive you. We all love you. Sometimes we might be mad but we always forgive. We know you don't mean it, though I have some baby fish now so it would be good if you just let ME feed them. Would that be ok?
Sometimes you get more attention. Mum is always bathing you because you scream and throw things if she doesn't. You always want to go out even if I don't want to and it sometimes feels like you always get your own way. It's not really fair but I still love you.
You can scream very loudly. You hit me all the time. Please can you be gentle? Until them I will be patient while you learn.
There are things you can't do. You can't talk or write or read. I know you can't read this but maybe you will understand if I read it to you. Maybe.
You can play just in a bit of an awkward way like tipping things on the floor or eating teddies. You only sometimes cuddle me but that's ok.
You can be funny though. You try to push the roundabout AND get in it at the same time! You throw your fork away when you have finished eating because you forget we can wash them. You put your fork in-between your toes and then pick up food with your fingers. That's clever and funny. You put your iPad behind your bed and think it will magically charge there. You chew charging leads and then wonder why they don't work anymore. You make me smile and I really love you.
You never walk to school because it's 14 miles away. You get star of the week more than me because there are less children in your class. That's unfair! You get it for silly things too. But you never have show and tell. That would be funny because you can't tell anything anyway. That must be hard because I know you want to say so much.
You are always on google maps. I think that's amazing and clever. Some people don't think you are smart but you are.
You never get to be secret student like me. My school is doing secret student now and I was secret student today in my class. When I was chosen I thought of you. Would you know what that is? The more I get bigger the more I wonder about things that you might never do or understand. You know what though, I think they chose me deliberately because I was having a bad day. I went to school crying today because you had some of those seizure things again and I want to make sure you are ok. I can't be a good sister if I am at school can I? I'm sorry I left you.
My friends don't understand what it's like having a brother like you.
Sometimes I don't want them to even know about you. I worry they would say nasty things about you because you are different or say nasty things about me. My best friend knows about you though. She worries that you may hit me but I don't like her questioning things about you. It's hard to explain about you because you are just, well, you are just very special and sometimes precious things are best kept secret. Is that ok?
Sometimes I love you Isaac. Sometimes I hate you. It's hard having a brother like you but it's also easy having a brother like you. It's hard to live with you but its easy to love you. Really easy.
You are my friend sometimes and a bully other times. I wish we could be friends more. I am going to try and help you do that.
You teach me how to be patient and that it's ok to be different.
I want to be there for you when you are bigger. I want mummy to teach me to care for you. Please let me do that will you?
Please try and keep learning. I believe in you. I will teach you. I can do dividing with remainders now and everything! But what I am most happy about doing is making you smile.
You are the best brother in the world even when you make me cry. I know I make you cry too.
You help me. I help you. How does that sound?
If you can't say yes just sign it please.
It's ok because I understand.
1. It reminds me just how far behind he is academically.
It's a sobering thought that my son has been at school five and a half years and is still working at pre-school levels in many subjects. The very fact he still has no idea that star of the week is any sort of aspirational incentive to even aim for says it all. He isn't being modest or shy in not showing me his certificate; he honestly still doesn't get the whole social aspect of celebrating achievement in any way. His twin sister commented on his award saying 'well done Isaac but…' and she went on to ask why he is still so far behind her. That's hard. You see I live with my child daily and I know he struggles but seeing it on paper seems to somehow make it raw. It hurts. I am proud of my son but sad that he is behind so much. I don't think anyone wants their child to be 7 or so years behind their peers in any way.
2. It makes me scared for the future.
I try not to think of the future. I live everyday and enjoy the moment but wisdom would tell me that I do need to plan for the future too. I shared my sons achievement on social media and today someone asked me in person what happens to children like my son when they finish education. The reality is my son will likely not be suitable for college and academically will never reach the level required for university. Employment is pretty unlikely too so our current options include him living at home and attending day care services. That's not what I planned for my child when I conceived him and carried him for nine months, and although I do need to be mentally prepared for this seeing his star of the week award just feels like his future is all planned out and that is scary. His options are limited and seeing his academic ability on a laminated sheet makes that a stark reality. I won't lie, that is hard to accept.
3. It makes me feel he is being defined by his ability to learn.
When I think of my child I think of am energetic, fun loving, teddy chewing, mischievous little brown eyed boy who does the best squeezy hugs and who loves his food. I think of the child who has incredible gifts in communication despite having no spoken language. I get so much joy from singing along to the songs he plays on his iPad and going to lifts with him. I see a child who gets so excited every time Bing Bunny comes on the TV that he bounces in the armchair he is sitting in. I see a child who could go hundreds of miles to places on google street map even though he has significant visual impairment. I don't see his lack of ability to read or write or speak as an issue and none of those difficulties define him. So when I see his star of the week award I hope that this is not just how society sees my child either.
My son will always struggle with some things. Professionals and medical specialists have told me it is unlikely my son will ever speak to me. Education have told me he won't ever attend a mainstream school and college or further education is unlikely. It's a very sobering thought but with that comes my absolute determination that my son should never ever be defined by his struggles.
So I will stick his award on his bedroom wall and smile. It's great he has been recognised. It's great he is making progress but I never forget that for everyone of us life is much more than our ability to learn or how far we go in education.
I struggle when my son gets star of the week because his ability to achieve should never be limited to traditional education. I am raising a remarkable, brave and wonderful child who is breaking the mould in life. He is a star in so many more ways than just trying to write the digit 2. One of the many reasons I write about him is to help others see beyond his academically ability (or lack of) so I will stick that award up and get back to celebrating my son in every other way I do daily.
Don't ever let educational achievement define anyone. We are much more than our ability to learn.
It's Easter Sunday, the very centre of my beliefs as a Christian, that my Lord and Saviour not only died for me on a cross to carry my sin, but he rose again on the third day to beat death once and for all to enable me (and everyone else who believes) to have eternal life.
I sat in church today and heard the gospel message preached with my beautiful children beside me, just the same as my parents did the generation before. I never tire of hearing the message of Jesus crucified and at 15 it impacted me personally on such a level my life has been rooted and grounded in my faith ever since.
Yet here I am faced with a massive question that has caused me to question my faith in a way I never ever expected: if he wanted to, could my disabled son ever become a Christian?
Why would I ask this? Well every tract I have ever read (there have been hundreds), every gospel message I have heard preached (there have been many) and every evangelist I have listened to have all taught a way to salvation that is fundamentally impossible for my child to ever achieve.
This is Isaac. He is, like everyone of us, made in the image of God. He is the most beautiful and incredible gift ever given to me. He is a true miracle having been prayed for and believed for against all odds. I was given medically less than 1% chance of ever having children yet after ten years of infertility God blessed me with not one, but two, babies. Isaac was the first born of twins. He has soft dark brown hair, hazel eyes that shine light and sparkle with life even if one of them doesn't work and the other hides a tumour on its optic nerve. He makes noises, though at 9 and a half none of these noises form words that you and I can distinguish. He has severe autism. He has severe learning difficulties. He is epileptic. He has a brain tumour that means he will forever function as a very young child, most likely no more than aged 2 to 3 years.
Can my disabled child ever be saved?
But what if someone has such significant learning difficulties they will never understand and they can not speak their own name let alone say 'Jesus is Lord'. What happens then?
But what about those who are cognitively unable to believe?
I could go on and talk about sin, baptism, the work of the cross, bridging the gap between God and man and all sorts of things that preachers and tracts talk about. Not one of these things will ever be understood by my son.
If he can't understand the story can he ever believe in God?
He is never going to raise his hand at an alter call. He will never go forward for prayer to turn his life around, he will never hold a microphone and testify to how he was once an addict and now he is a Christian.
The fact of life is, for my son, and so many others, we need to see salvation in a different way.
Maybe I am tearing up the theology books here, maybe I am shaking traditions, but I believe my baby boy will always be saved. He will never be the lost sheep that the Shepherd longed to find. He will never be the prodigal son. He will never sin. The acts of the sinful nature (according to Galatians chapter 5 verses 19-20) are sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery, idolatry and witchcraft, hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions, envy, drunkenness, orgies and the like…one thing I can category say is that my son will never do these.
He embodies innocence. As Psalm 139 says he is fearfully and wonderfully made. Like us all he was made in the image of God. But unlike us, he can not choose to sin, neither can he choose to believe.
He can flap as we sing praises, he can make a joyful noise, he can rest in the presence of God. He can feel peace, experience joy and love deeply. I believe he can know God in his Spirit even if his mind and body don't function as well as we would all like.
I believe he is in the palm of Gods hand.
I believe in grace that a loving God has searched my son and knows his heart, that he is familiar with all his ways. He alone created his inmost being.
Can my son ever get saved when he can't believe and confess like every preacher and tract says he has to?
I can't quote you scripture but my mother's heart cries out to a God who hears my prayers and is carrying my son both now and forever.


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20 Aug VN students shine at robotics competition
MEXICO CITY — A group of four Vietnamese students brought home a bronze medal for their impressive robotic design at the "2018 FIRST Global Challenge" international robotics competition in Mexico last week.
Besides the medal, the Vietnamese team was ranked 12th out of 165 teams joining in the event.
In three days, the FPT high-school students gained 6,350 points after eight games in the qualifying round with seven wins.
The Vietnamese juniors, who were teamed up with students from Estonia and Eritrea in the playoff, lost to those from the UK, Georgia and Qatar.
Head of the Vietnamese delegation Lê Ngọc Tuấn praised the team for improving their ranking, which jumped from 58th place out of 175 teams at the previous event organised in the US.
FIRST Global Challenge is a non-profit organisation established in 2009 which aims to inspire science and technology leadership and innovation in young people from all nations in order to increase understanding.
It invites each country to send a team to compete in the robotics Olympics, which takes place in a different nation each year.
The theme for 2018 is "Energy Impact". — VNS


1950 - Paratroopers from the 187th combat regimental team board C-47 and C-119 planes at the Kimpo Air Field.
Paratroops board and, later, parachute out of C-47 Skytrain and C-54 Skymaster military transport aircraft and a strafing run is shown and as well as a bombing during the invasion of Southern France in World War 2.
Historic military transport aircraft, Douglas C-47 Skytrain and Lockheed C-60 Lodestar flying together. Recorded in 4K, ultra high definition.
1942 - A C-47 tows gliders at an air field and lifts off as a "sky train" with them in tow.
An expedition to Antarctica called Operation Deep Freeze and Rear Admiral George Dufek reaching the South Pole in a Douglas C-47 Skytrain are shown, in 1956.
Two C-47 WWII transport aircraft flying in formation.
Shiny C-47 Skytrain, WWII transport plane, taxiing towards the runway.
1942 - American paratroopers jump out of a C-47.
1943 - The Berlin Sleeper warplane is flown on a bombing mission and North American B-25 Mitchell and Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft are stuck in the mud in North Africa during World War 2.
Silver C-47 WWII transport plane flying across clouds and patches of blue sky.
Douglas C-47 Skytrain in flight. Recorded in slow motion at 60fps and partially speeded up to normal speed, clip includes a speed ramp as the plane goes past the camera.
Pan to the cockpit of a Douglas C-47 Skytrain historic military transport plane, parked at dawn at an airfield. Also known as the Dakota in the UK. Recorded in 4K, ultra high definition.
United States Naval Construction Battalions construct an airstrip and Douglas C-47 Skytrain transport aircraft drop supplies to troops during the Bougainville Campaign in World War 2.
1942 - A Douglas C-47 Skytrain lands, a native boy smokes a cigarette and Lockheed P-38 Lightning pilots tell war stories at a camp in Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea in World War 2.
BELLEVILLE, MI, USA � AUGUST 2014: Pan to a side view of a Douglas C-47 Skytrain historic military transport plane, parked at dawn at an airfield. Also known as the Dakota in the UK. Recorded in 4K, ultra high definition.
Douglas C-47 Skytrain historic military transport plane flying in cloudy sky. Also known as the Dakota in the UK. Recorded in 4K, ultra high definition.


We all know a brand new car won't stay brand new for too long! We expect there to be acceptable wear and tear on the car, but if there are big dents or severe scratches on the body work, or if the interior is really damaged in some way, you may be charged.
There is a degree of fairness in this and they will not charge for general wear, so if you look after the car, there usually won't be a cost.


We love Spring time at She Inspires and our She Blooms event at Erin Condren on March 16th was the perfect way to say Hello to the Spring season. We gathered upstairs at the lovely Erin Condren flagship store. If you've never been in the store you are in for a treat. The store is full of color and you can't help but smile the whole time you are there. We love the colored stairs!!!!
Our Sponsors and Speakers made this event a treat from the very start. The Oh Happy Day Booth greeted our guest upon arrival, and made for the perfect introductions.
The She Inspires team had a BLAST in the booth can you TELL!!!
And our prayer time before every event is such a BIG deal.. It truly sets the tone for every event..
These stairs at Eric Condren always bring all the heart eyes..
Blooms by Lindy Floral were a nice touch to the event and made for the perfect spring touch, along with the wrapped blooms that we gave to our attendees.
We Loved being able to meet so many lovelies for the afternoon and listening to all our panelist and keynote speaker..
God truly allowed us to talk about some things that women struggle with on a daily from anxiety, to comparison to just living out our calling and purpose.
Come back at the end of the week as Nycia shares her talk from the She Blooms event.. Stick With It!!


How to design an extraordinary template for digital magazines?
Q: How to design an extraordinary template for digital magazines?
You publishers who follow publishing industry trends must have heard of the popularity of the page-flipping eBooks technology. Or maybe you have been tried of some page-flipping eBook create tools already. Do you want to use a totally different program to design different styles for digital booklets or magazines with amazing 3D vision?
1. Run the program, you can click Template Button on top of the Design Setting panel to take our default templates as reference, or just click "Background Config" to set your own templates totally by yourself.
C. Background Config: you can use image or color directly as background of your 3D eBook. Check "Image" option and then insert your company brand image or some other ad or promotion image as background of your eBooks, or just design background image based on your book style.
3. You can also click "Option > Flash Information " to define "Book Info" which can be used to show your own publisher or company details, such as Author name, Web Site name, E-mail address and introduction of your book or company etc..
4. Back to "File" column in the top tool bar, click "Export Current Settings as Theme" to output all of the defined settings as a Template Configuration file. You can design many different styles of templates for different uses. When you want to use later, just click "Files > Import Theme " to choose the one directly without designing again.


4048 Pages | 637 illus.
The Encyclopedia offers scholarly material on Medieval art in intelligent, well-written, and informative articles, each of which is followed by a bibliography to support further research. These include a mixture of shorter, more factual articles and larger, multi-section articles tracing the development of the arts in major regions. There are articles on all subject areas in Medieval art including biographies of major artists, architects and patrons; countries, cities, and sites; cultures and styles (Anglo-Saxon art, Carolingian art, Coptic art, Early Christian art, Romanesque, Gothic, Insular art, Lombard art, Merovingian art, Ottonian art, and Viking art); ivories, books and illuminated manuscripts, metalwork, architecture, painting, tapestries, sculpture, mosaics, reliquaries, and more.
Part of the acclaimed Grove Art family of print encyclopedias, The Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture is lavishly illustrated with more than 460 halftones and 170 color plates. The 6 volumes are organized into a cohesive A-Z format, with a comprehensive index.


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Tag: exploring color
Color is the Thing for Me
"ZOUNDS!!!" Oil on canvas 6″ x 6″ © 2009 Marilyn Fenn
I am getting very excited about my upcoming solo show. I'm painting like a madman, and I'm beginning to be very happy with some of the results.
When I made arrangements months ago to do this show, I had no fear about showing my work, as I had just come off of a long period of intense and successful creation, and was (and still am) very happy with the work I had created.
But I was ready to move on to the next thing creatively, though I wasn't sure what it was.
So I began this year by doing lots of tiny sketches and many small paintings, searching for a satisfying direction. I attempted a few larger paintings, but they went awry. At a workshop, I created some new work in encaustic, though in the end I wasn't happy with most of them. To date, I have completed about 70 pieces this year — which is a lot for me — though most of them are sketches and small paintings.
Then, finally, the realization that color is the "thing" for me, and as long as I'm true to that, I'm happy, and my work succeeds. The other issues – the other elements that go into an abstract painting (shape, form, surface quality, etc.) I continue to think about and work on as well.
How Do You Know When You're Done with a Painting?
"Bubbling Up" Oil on canvas 6″ x 6″ © 2009 Marilyn Fenn
I was in a class several years ago in which another student complained about painting abstractly because she didn't know where to stop. She said when she worked representationally, at least she knew when she was done — for her, it was when the painting looked like the thing she was representing. Of course, it's not as simple as that for many representational painters, but often it seems when one is just starting to draw and paint, success is measured by how close one's piece gets to looking like the object or scene one is depicting.
It's so different when you give up representation. The answer to the question, "how do you know when you're done?" becomes more elusive.
Is it when you achieved what you set out to achieve or perhaps when you discovered something you didn't know you were looking for?
For me, it's a bit of both — I like to keep my goals pretty loose so that I can explore an area of the process of painting that fascinates me (like color), and still discover something new in that process.
Sometimes — in a glorious moment — a piece just comes together. Everything seems to work — the colors sing, the composition works, the texture and brushstrokes are interesting and well-integrated. One more stroke and you could really lose it.
At other times, there's something not quite right that keeps nagging until you figure out how to make it work. I had a wonderful moment yesterday when I reworked a small painting from earlier this year that never really sparkled, and suddenly, I got it right! Oh, the thrill!
Sometimes though, I lose interest in a piece before I feel I am done…and then it may languish in my studio until I regain interest and work on it some more, possibly finishing it…or it may just be added to the stack of unfinished pieces.
What about you? How do you know when your piece is finished?
A Painter's Obsessions
"Orange Crush" Oil on canvas 6″ x 6″ © 2009 Marilyn Fenn
For the past year or two, I've been thinking a lot about what really matters to me as an artist. What matters most…and what doesn't?
Let me start with a list, and if all goes well, I will explore these issues in depth over the coming weeks:
Seriousness
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Thoughts Three Years After Art School
"Abstract #12″ oil on canvas 46″ x 56" © 1994 Marilyn Fenn
(written in 1996)
It's been 3 years since I left art school. I've been painting and drawing nightly for a while — it's amazing how I'm starting to really 'get' some of the things I heard in art school, but somehow didn't make it all the way through from my ears and eyes to my brain to my hands and brushes.
It was such an immersive and exciting experience to be in art school in Chicago, always doing, thinking, breathing, reading, seeing, smelling, tasting art, and always surrounded by others like me. At times it seemed like I was experiencing a sensory overload – I was like a kid in a candy store – there was so much I wanted to do and see – so much I DID do and see – our museum (hundreds of times), other museums, galleries, artist talks (like Ross Blechner and John Cage), school art openings and art openings in galleries, participating in some art shows, art camp at Oxbow, watching the beautiful iron-pour from the roof of the painting studio there, the sunset over Lake Michigan just like the painting we had seen in a slide just days before, parties, cheap dinners at great ethnic restaurants, a few nights out on the town, listening to great Chicago Blues, the occasional movie, the zoo, free music at Grant Park, riding my bike along Lake Michigan, riding the El, sliding on ice, trying to drive through snow. Getting in touch with the language and culture of my ancestors (which is so easy to do in Chicago, and so hard to do in Texas); having gobs of friends of so many ages from all over the world.
Lessons Learned (Belatedly)
With all that going on, plus full-time classes and part-time working, it's great to discover years later that somehow the lessons I kind of missed then were planted somewhere inside that didn't manage to get lost.
Simplify! Simplify shapes, strokes, colors.
Use any color you want for anything – experiment, see how far you can go — it's your little painted world, after all. Why be constrained by the colors of reality? OR, why not aim for the colors of reality, if that puts lead in your pencil, so to speak.
Enjoy what you do…don't let it get tedious, don't have shoulds or should-nots (hmmm, is that a 'should-not?'); explore, discover, expand, have a blast! Allow yourself to be filled with the excitement of enjoying and immersing yourself in the process and the moment…get lost in your creations…
Style is a capitalist invention. It's a trademark. It's very useful in the world of commerce to have a good trademark, but it wasn't my first concern. I got restless…
— Art Spiegelman


Everyday Rails Testing with RSpec is my first book! Learn how to test your Rails applications the way I did and test with confidence, by focusing on core technologies and simple, readable tests that pass. Learn more.
Everyday Rails is a blog for people who need to build stuff with Rails and get on to their next project. I started it in 2010 to help beginner and intermediate Rails developers be productive while still learning the ropes.
Sound Refound is an online gallery of promotional flyers for concerts. I've collected these over the years, primarily in the Lawrence, Kansas, and Seattle, Washington areas.
Rock Chalk Nation is a convenient collection of headlines from Kansas Jayhawks-related news sources. I made it to be useful to me; perhaps you'll find it handy as well.
atom-everydayrails-rspec is package of snippets to speed up and simplify writing tests in the Atom editor, as taught in my Rails testing book. I use these snippets every day to speed up writing tests!
What I'm up to right now.
I'm Aaron Sumner, of Astoria, Oregon, USA; by way of Lawrence, Kansas, Seattle, Washington, and Jersey County, Illinois.
I'm a Senior Software Engineer at O'Reilly Media and have blogged there a few times, too.
When off the clock and away from the text editor, I like outdoor cooking, baseball (go Cards), college sports (Rock Chalk Jayhawk), woodworking, and running.
I still learn new things every day. Sometimes I share them here. Thanks for following along.