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Scottish Climbs: Redstone Rigg
John Gilliat toils up Redstone Rigg in East Lothian in the 60s, racing for Edinburgh Comet RC. The image is courtesy of Jennie Wells and I've previously featured images of Comet riders that she posted on flickr. Continue reading →
This entry was posted in Routes / Rides and tagged climbing on August 22, 2014 by Owen.
Scottish climbs: Kingscavil, West Lothian
As the road season nears a close, it enters its final, very violent death throes with the hill climbs. Peculiar to Great Britain, these short uphill time trials are some of the most intense races you can do, but with a decent crowd and a tough hill to conquer, can be very rewarding for anyone who enters them.
Kingscavil hosts one of these hill climbs, run by the West Lothian Clarion and club member Debbie Pollard has kindly contributed this piece on the hill and the event.
Cycling is a huge part of my life, my main hobby, the only sport I have ever loved, a source of great pleasure, and one of those precious things that helps keep life in balance. But it has a dark side. Climbing. I am not a natural climber.
Kingscavil Hill occupies a special place in my mind. A dark wee place of hidden fears. A place of nightmares and panic. I shudder a little each time I pass the turn-off for Kingscavil. Two or three times a year, however, I allow the hill out of that place so that I can challenge it.
The hill is just less than a kilometer in length. The gradient maxes out at 20%. But mere statistics don't do it justice.
This entry was posted in Routes / Rides and tagged climbing, Scotland on September 14, 2013 by Owen.
Racing and riding in the Alps – of Scotland
I saw that one of the Scottish Classics – the Davie Bell Road Race – was in danger of cancellation due to a low entry list.
Entry to the race closes on 4th August and is available on British Cycling.
Everyone has their own commitments in life, work and cycling but since the Davie Bell race has always made the life of a blogger such as me easier, by providing pictures, press releases and information, I thought I ought to help out by highlighting things.
In 2011 the race included some sections of dirt road and in 2012 it was run as a National A level event, competing against teams like Rapha and Herbalife. This year it is back to National B, but maybe it's tough reputation has put people off? Usually, an epic parcours tends to entice the riders, but perhaps it's later slot on the calendar has clashed with people beginning to get tired after several months of competing. This is the sort of race you can be proud to finish, let alone win.
Entries are scheduled to close on the 4th August. The event has secured several sponsors and with cycling booming, but grass roots road racing struggling a bit, it would be a great shame to lose this event.
If you hold an Elite, 1st, 2nd or 3rd Cat Licence you can enter now at Britsh Cycling.
It is a great race with tons of history, many well-known Scottish riders have won it such as James McCallum, Evan Oliphant, Graham McGarrity, Richard Moore (now an author) and one Robert Millar.
This entry was posted in Amateur cycling and tagged amateur racing, climbing on July 26, 2013 by Owen.
Scottish Climbs, Nic O The Balloch, Ayrshire
One climb that the now-defunct Davie Bell road race used in the past is the Nic O' The Balloch in Ayrshire.
It is one of the Ayreshire Alps, that have been promoted as a South Ayrshire 'road cycling park'. The 3.5km, 7.6% climb is one of the hardest in the area.
The Ayrshire Alps website promotes the area as an on-road trail centre, with climbs graded green to black, to attract new cyclists and also to appeal to new sportive riders and experienced racers. Information on all the climbs including downloadable GPS files, journey planning details, details on local facilities and the option for cyclists to log on and register each climb they complete is there to access any time of the day or night.
The official launch took place in the car park in Straiton, where many people start their cycle ride when tackling the famous Nick o' the Balloch cycle route.
The site showcases the fantastic cycling in and around the South Carrick area, with 15 categorised climbs in total, including Tairlaw and the Screws. The cycling festival will show case some of the lesser known climbs in the park area including Carleton and Knockgardner.
The concept for the park came from Christopher Johnson, a local race organiser.
He explained how the idea came about: "I was speaking to partners in the Council about creating a legacy from the cycling events in the South Carrick area when it struck me that there is nowhere else in Scotland that offers the same fantastic road cycling. Within a fifteen mile radius we have an amazing selection of testing hill climbs, on quiet roads and in beautiful scenery − far more than even most local cyclists are aware of. It is not unusual for me to cycle 40 miles in the park and come across less than 10 vehicles – that's one for every four miles travelled."
The area is well known to racing cyclists, with top professionals including Mark Cavendish and Chris Boardman, having competed in the Girvan Stage Race and more recently the Tour of Britain, which visited the area.
This entry was posted in Routes / Rides and tagged climbing on July 25, 2013 by Owen.
Scottish Climbs: Logie Kirk, Stirling
This climb, local to me, is a short steep narrow road that takes you from the church at the bottom to the Ochil Hills. The church sits in the Forth Valley, in the lea of the Abbey Craig hill, site of the Wallace Monument. Otherwise, the base of this climb is surrounded by the flat farmland of the Forth Valley, with the Ochils range rearing up along the 'hillfoots' villages of Menstrie, Alva and Tillicoutry.
The Logie church that sits at the bottom is in the shadow of the Witches Craig, a set of cliffs that were said to be the site of pagan rituals.
Starting from the car park, the first section, past the cemetery, seems easy in comparison to the rest, but in fact the bumpy, gravelly road makes it hard to get a decent head of steam up.
This entry was posted in Routes / Rides and tagged climbing, Stirling, time trials on September 30, 2012 by Owen.
Scottish Climbs: The Crow Road
I picked up Ian Banks' The Crow Road again recently – I couldn't remember whether the road named in the title was the Scottish cyclists' favourite, or the urban Crow Road in the Anniesland area of Glasgow. It turned out to be the latter, but the book is worth a read anyway.
Heading north, out of Lennoxtown, it's a fairly long climb with changes in gradient that can be your undoing- overcook it on the long straight section after the golf course, and you will pay the price after the road turns right and steepens after the scenic car park. Most club cyclists won't be looking back over their left shoulder to take in the beautiful views- to enjoy it properly you'd have to ride at a more leisurely pace. But where's the fun in that?!
To most riders this climb is a stiff enough test, and riding up it once is enough, but Robert Millar would ride a dozen reps of it as training in preparation for the Tour. It is part of the Robert Millar sportive, a new challenge ride that took place for the first time last weekend.
The Tour of the Campsies Time Trial is one of the classics of the Scottish Calendar and takes in this climb with a timed section making up a separate prize within the main race.
Davy Miller climbs the Crow Road in the Tour of the Campsies, late 80s. Pic Harry Tweed
You can still expect a view like the one below, from an old photo. The landscape changes little but the road much more so. In fact it is arguably a poorer surface in many places today than as seen in this image.
Alex Hendry riding a hill climb up the Crow Road. image: Harry Tweed
An image from the ever-popular Paris-Roubaix flickr account (below) shows that road races were run here in the 1960s:
A soaking for Chryston Wheelers Tom Jardine from clubmate Dougie Melrose on a road race over the Campsie Fells via the Crow Road in the 1960s. Ice cold water from Jamie Wright's Well! Not recommended. Note the unusual braking arrangement on Tom's Flying Scot, with both back and front cables going into one lever, this was due to a cycling accident.
picture originally from Tom Jardine.
From welcometolennoxtown, I learned that the well sits high up the Crow Road, around the bend beyond the car park. I have ridden this road many times but never knew about the well until researching this peice. It was used to slake the thirst of weary travellers, and no doubt coal horses and other animals would also have appreciated it. The water is clear, cold, spring water, which filters down the hills into the well.
The road above will be recognisable to cyclists as the foot of the Crow Road, but the main difference is the lack of traffic and parked cars.
The built-up towns and villages around the foot of the Campsie Fells make a road racing up here more difficult to organise these days. But there's no reason why, without good marshalling and careful riding, that it can't be so. And with a rolling road block, a Tour of Britain stage could go over here, through Fintry and back down past Glengoyne to finish in Glasgow – if we ever see the ToB come this far North.
And this year, a road race will go up the Crow again. GJS Racing, a (relatively) new outfit based in the Falkirk area are organising a race O'er the Crow 'n' Doon – 1st July 2012 and entry is via British Cycling website.
Two laps of a 40km circuit, that is flat/undulating, apart from the Crow road.
July is a good time to hold the race- although some people will be on holiday there is not a massive amount of events at this time, and it's great to see a new club/team getting involved and putting an event on.
This entry was posted in Routes / Rides and tagged climbing on May 28, 2012 by Owen.
Scottish Climbs: Cadger's Brae
I have not ridden Cadger's Brae, which is situated in between Kennoway and Freuchie in Fife, and part of the Dave Campbell Memorial Road Race, but with that name I imagine it as a long drag that you can 'cadge' a tow up. This couldn't be further from the truth- it is a steep nasty climb that can be the decisive point in the race or hurt the legs of any cyclist out for a training or leisure ride.
My misguided assumption led me to wonder why it is called Cadger's Brae and a couple of people offered suggestions. Derek Hoy said "cadger was old Scots for a caddie or carrier", while Dave Mackay checked the dictionary definition: "15th century origin unknown. Originally in the sense 'itinerant peddler', modern meaning evolved via 'beggar, opportunist'."
A search online has led me to a Cadgers Brigs in Linlithgow and Biggar, a Cadger's road in Forfar, a Cadgers Gate in the hills near Dollar and a cadgers ford in Aberdeenshire.
This entry was posted in Routes / Rides and tagged amateur racing, climbing on May 9, 2012 by Owen.
Scottish Climbs: The Khyber, Mugdock
"The Khyber" is a steep short climb in an area to the north of Glasgow. The hamlet of Mugdock has three stiff climbs leading into it, plus the Cuilt Brae. If you are looking for a tough ride, you could could get plenty of bang for your buck by heading north from Glasgow.
The climb starts from from Stockiemuir Road on the road between Hilton & Milngavie golf courses, taking you to Mugdock.
This climb has been used by the Glasgow Nightingale CC for a hilly TT, with Cuilt Brae, making for a pretty stiff circuit.
It is is tougher due to a poor surface.
This entry was posted in Routes / Rides and tagged climbing on December 3, 2011 by Owen.
Scottish Climbs: Cuilt Brae, Mugdock
Cuilt Brae is the B821, a 2 mile stretch of road from pictureque, well-heeled Strathblane to Carbeth, to the North of Glasgow.
It seems to have several names- coming out of Strathblane/Blanefield, it is signed for Stockiemuir. I have heard people refer to it both as 'Cuilt Brae' and 'Stockiemuir'. The top is at Carbeth, where there is an Inn.
The Glasgow Nightingale and Ivy cycling clubs both use it for their club hill climb championships.
In the photo above, behind the idling riders you can see the road climbing up.
It has steep but steady gradient and a couple of nice hairpins, where the gradient rises to 15%.
Turning right at the top will take you towards Drymen Hill, another good climb that I will have to cover another time. Turning left takes you back along the Stockiemuir Road towards Glasgow, and taking another left after passing the Hilton Park Golf Club, you will find an unclassified road that is known as the "Khyber Pass". Another short sharp climb beloved (or hated) amongst Glasgow cyclists that is also on my list to look at.
If you ride the Khyber Pass, you'll pass Mugdock Park, which plays host to a Scottish Cyclocross series race. Back down into Strathblane, you have the option to go east to tackle the Crow Road or the Tak-Me-Doon. North of Glasgow certainly has a great deal of climbs to offer.
This climb on Google maps.
photos by Jamie Forbes Glasgow Ivy(Ivy gallery)
Glasgow Ivy CC website
This entry was posted in Routes / Rides and tagged climbing, Glasgow on December 3, 2011 by Owen.
Endura Racing 2011 – Tour of Britain
Having had a successful racing season so far, with strong results at international as well as national events, Endura Racing are now in the final stage of their preparations for the Tour of Britain which will start in Peebles, Scotland on September 11th.
I'm disappointed not to be watching the Scottish stage of the ToB this year, having enjoyed being a roadside spectator in 2008 and 2009, but the start in Peebles is sure to be a spectacle, with the borders town having fully embraced the race over the past few years.
Endura's Jack Bauer, former NZ champ
This entry was posted in Pro cycling and tagged climbing, Endura Racing, pro racing, Scotland on September 8, 2011 by Owen.
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Paul Lovatt-Cooper hangs up his sticks to create more time for new ventures.
After 16 years of playing percussion at the highest level Paul Lovatt-Cooper has decided to take 'early retirement' to enable him to devote more time to his burgeoning teaching, composing and conducting career.
Integral part
After nine great years with Fairey, Paul joined Black Dyke in 2003, and went on to become an integral part of the band's successes under the direction of Dr Nicholas Childs both as a player and latterly as the band's composer in residence.
Tremendous asset
Dr Childs told 4BR: "Naturally everyone is disappointed that Paul has called time as a percussionist with the band. Paul's personality always shone through as a committed and diligent player.
With this new direction I am sure he will be a tremendous asset to the brass band world and further afield with his creative skills."
I have had a fantastic time and the last eight years at Dyke have been some of the most memorable everPaul Lovatt-Cooper
Paul calls time on a playing career that has see him enjoy victories at Brass in Concert, the European and English Masters, as well as three British Open and four National Championship successes.
He told 4BR: "It has been a very tough decision but one I have been thinking about for some time now. However, I have found that there aren't enough hours in the day to get everything done and so unfortunately my playing has had to give way."
Fantastic time
He concluded: "I have had a fantastic time and the last eight years at Dyke have been some of the most memorable ever. I want to take this opportunity to thank Nick and the band for all their help and support and I wish them all the very best for the future."
Even though he is retiring from playing, Paul will remain in post as black Dyke's Composer in Association.
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The Women Rising 2019 conference is a holistic, interactive day of connection for women from the Finger Lakes and beyond where we will foster dialog, build skills and consider specific strategies to improve our leadership. Regardless of the leadership positions we may hold, we are the leaders of our own lives with the ability to influence our communities and workplaces for the better. By discussing ideas, strategies and skills to build our resilience we can more readily bring our gifts to local, national and global issues that call for resistance against unjust systems to begin to create deep, radical connection among people from all backgrounds and lived experiences to benefit all.
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The Power of Authentic Leadership
Ritu Bhasin is a women's empowerment and diversity and inclusion consultant and author of The Authenticity Principle.
With a global reputation for her work in leadership development, diversity and inclusion, and women's advancement, Ritu is committed to disrupting the status quo to build a world in which we celebrate our own differences and the differences of others.
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Setting Intention and Finding Purpose
Danielle Ponder is a musician and attorney. A native of New York she performs internationally with her band Danielle Ponder & The Tomorrow People. She is a Professor in the Department of African American studies at The State University of New York College at Brockport, where she teaches Legal Rights of the Disadvantaged.
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Jessica Fragnoli
Follow the Fear: Speaking Up, Speaking Out and Owning Your Expertise
Caitlin Drago
Imposter Syndrome: How to Thrive When you Feel Like You Don't Belong
Jamyra Young, Amanda Wickham
Inquiry: The Path to Understanding and Radical Connection
Miranda Wilcox
Leading at the Intersections: Owning Our Identities and Leading with Pride
Sady Fischer
Mindfulness: Heal Thyself
Dr. Lynda J. Dimitroff
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Laurie Riedman
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Maria Caton
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Michelle Pedzich, Allison Hildebrandt
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Angela Stockman
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What a day that will be when my Jesus, I shall see. Our beloved mother, mother-in-law, and grandmother, America Elizabeth Wright Sexton, 89, of Rush went to be home with her Lord. On Monday, January 21, 2019, her hope and faith was made sight when America entered her brand new heavenly home.
She was the daughter of the late Charles and Madeline Holly Wright.
She was a member of the Wilson Creek Missionary Baptist Church and the women's prayer group. She retired from Cinderella Sewing in Ashland.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Kenneth T. Sexton, and one brother, Charles William Wright.
She is survived by two sons, Kenneth Wayne Sexton (Renata) of Rush and Dennis Eugene Sexton (Patricia) of Rush; four grandchildren Rebecca Sexton Crum (Lauren) of Carter City; Brent Eugene Sexton (April) of Grayson; K.W. Sexton II (Belicia) of Grayson; Lacee Sexton Blevins (Jason) of Cannonsburg. She has ten great-grandchildren: Owen, Abby, Cadee, Cole, Jaxson, Knox, Emerson, Kellen, Candace, and Amber; three sisters, Ruth Burns of Catlettsburg KY, Maggie Mae Hicks (Ralph) and Mary Ellen Davis both of Ashland KY.
A Celebration of her life was conducted Friday, January 25th 1:00 p.m. at Wilson Creek Missionary Baptist Church with burial followed at the East Carter County Memory Gardens. Friends called Friday, January 25th from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. at Wilson Creek Missionary Baptist Church.
We know and trust in the Lord that we will join her by and by. "I am the resurrection and the life; he that believeth in me though he were dead, yet he will live."
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A: A login shell would read .bash_profile and an interactive shell would read .bashrc. So, aliases would be used in an interactive shell thus put into .bashrc or a separate dot file such as .bash_aliases and sourced from .bashrc. Read the bash manual under the heading INVOCATION.

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JERUSALEM—Prince William is set to arrive in Israel and the Palestinian territories this week for the first official visit of a member of the British royal family, ending the monarchy's decades-long mostly hands-off approach to one of the world's most sensitive regions.
Though the trip is being billed as non-political, and places a special emphasis on technology and joint Israeli-Arab projects, the Duke of Cambridge will also be meeting with the Israeli and Palestinian leaders and visiting landmark Jerusalem sites at the heart of the century-old conflict.
The prince kicks off his Middle East visit Sunday in Jordan where he will meet refugees from the civil war in neighbouring Syria and tour the famous archaeological site at Jerash, where his wife, the former Catherine Middleton, once visited when her family lived in Jordan.
On Monday he will arrive in Israel and stay in Jerusalem's King David Hotel, the elegant British-era edifice. From there he will visit coastal Tel Aviv, Israel's financial and cultural capital, and Ramallah in the West Bank, seat of the Palestinian autonomy government. On the docket are scheduled meetings with young entrepreneurs, visits to Israel's vibrant tech and media sectors and meetings with young Jewish and Arab football players.
Israel captured east Jerusalem from Jordan in the 1967 Mideast war and annexed it in a move not internationally recognized. Israel considers the city, home to holy sites sacred to Jews, Christians and Muslims and the emotional epicentre of the conflict, as an inseparable part of its capital. The Palestinians claim east Jerusalem as a future capital.
Britain has deep roots in the region, having governed Palestine from 1920 to 1948 under a League of Nations mandate. But it has since taken a back seat to the United States in matters of mediating war and peace efforts. The royal family has mostly steered clear of politics.
One way of doing so has been to avoid any official visits. William's father, Prince Charles, attended the 2016 funeral of former Israeli President Shimon Peres but in a private capacity. During that trip, the heir to the throne paid a low-key visit to the grave of his grandmother, Princess Alice. William will also visit her final resting place in Jerusalem's Church of St. Mary Magdalene above the Garden of Gethsemane on the Mount of Olives.
The prince will also visit the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem, where his great-grandmother is recognized as a Righteous Among the Nations for her role in rescuing Jews during the Holocaust.
Princess Alice, the mother of Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, hid three members of the Cohen family in her palace in Athens during the Nazi occupation of Greece in World War II. Thanks to her, the Cohen family survived and today lives in France. The princess died in 1969 and in 1988 her remains were brought to Jerusalem. In a 1994 visit to Yad Vashem, Prince Philip planted a tree there in her honour.
Unlike his father and grandfather, Prince William will be arriving in Jerusalem at the request of Her Majesty's government. As such, he'll be meeting with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Both sides seem to be looking forward to the first-ever royal visit.
Though William is not expected to comment on the long-standing conflict and stalled peace talks, his visit is being lauded by Palestinians as recognition of their occupied status.
In Israel, many are excitedly awaiting the pomp and pageantry that accompanies the visit of the second in line to the throne. At the King David Hotel — the site of a lethal bombing by Jewish nationalists in 1946 against the British administrative headquarters that left 91 dead during the lead-up to Israel's fight for independence — preparations are already underway. Prince Charles also stayed at the hotel and his signature is among those of many dignitaries adorning the walkway into the lobby of the hotel.
Sheldon Ritz, the hotel's director of operations, said he has yet to receive the prince's preferred menu but will encourage his staff to have him try the local cuisine of homemade hummus, tahini and falafel.
"I'm sure he'll love that and we're bringing in the best quality tea from England and we're going to offer scones and clotted cream and strawberry jam. So hopefully they'll have a bit of England here as well," he said.
Ritz said the staff was also instructed about the proper etiquette regarding the royal guest.


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The 2013 MLA convention in Boston featured the first Presidential Forum panel consisting entirely of faculty members off the tenure track. "Avenues of Access: Non-Tenure-Track Faculty Members and American Higher Education" sought to put non-tenure-track (NTT) faculty issues front and center at the MLA convention, both for MLA members and for the national higher education press. The MLA had not neglected these issues beforehand—on the contrary, it had taken the lead, among scholarly organizations, in collecting data on the employment conditions of college faculty members and issuing guidelines and recommendations for their working conditions on and off the tenure track. But as we learned over the course of my presidential year, those guidelines and recommendations are still insufficiently disseminated and understood; and of course their implementation and enforcement can be undertaken only at the local level, at individual institutions. Still, the MLA believes that part of its mission is to address and try to improve the working conditions of faculty members teaching off the tenure track, not only because so many in English and the modern languages are doing so but also, and more simply, because it is the right thing to do.
Josh Boldt's essay, "Free-Market Faculty Members," opens with a chilling report of a contingent faculty member teaching at two institutions and learning, only one week before the start of the term, that his only assigned class at one of those institutions had been canceled. "What bothers me," writes the anonymous faculty member, "is that no one had the decency to tell me that my only section was being cancelled." Here, the job loss is understandable; what is inconceivable—and unforgivable—is the affront to professional dignity.
This story has become part of Boldt's Adjunct Project, a grassroots (and social-media-driven) attempt to crowdsource information about the working conditions of contingent faculty members nationwide. Boldt began the Adjunct Project on learning of the 2012–13 MLA recommendation (which has since been updated) that NTT faculty members be paid at least $6,920 for each standard, three-credit, semester-long course, and the project went viral; it has since been picked up by the Chronicle of Higher Education, and insofar as the project allows (or, better, encourages) all faculty members to share information (anonymously) about salary, benefits, governance, and policy, Boldt suggests that it might contribute to "a new era of strength and solidarity for university faculty members." Together with the MLA's Academic Workforce Data Center, which serves a similar purpose while providing national data from 1995 and 2009 for every institution of higher education in the United States, Adjunct Project 2.0 invites contingent faculty members—who usually cannot speak about their working conditions for fear of losing their jobs—to create a collective voice and become a national force.
Maria Maisto's essay, "Addressing the Scarlet A: Adjuncts and the Academy," offers strategies for contesting the representation of contingent faculty members as less competent and talented than their tenure-track and tenured colleagues. As Maisto acknowledges, when people find out about the staffing ratios at many colleges, they are likely to respond in ways that reinforce neoliberal student-as-consumer rhetoric: "So you mean I'm paying for steak and getting hamburger?" It is an understandable, if regrettable, reaction: for twenty years, tuition has been skyrocketing even as faculty salaries remain stagnant and the ranks of underpaid contingent faculty members expand. What am I getting for my money? seems an appropriate question, and few students or parents are pleased to hear, You are getting more administrative positions, athletic facilities, sponsored-research buildings, and student-life amenities. Maisto's reply is deft: "No, you are getting steak, but you need to call the health department, known as accreditors in higher education, to expose colleges' lack of safe food-handling practices." The point, of course, is not that contingent faculty members can give you salmonella or E. coli poisoning but that the academy is not observing what should be basic industry standards for its employees. In that respect, institutions of American higher education are behaving like many other post-Fordist employers.
Maisto wittily adduces a contrasting example of a post-Fordist employer: the National Football League, which hired replacement referees during the lockout that ran from June through September 2012. That labor dispute produced the usual competing narratives: the referees insisted that the league had planned to hire replacements all along (jeopardizing the integrity of the game, as they saw it), and the league maintained that it had negotiated the collective bargaining agreement in good faith. Unlike most labor disputes, however, the NFL referee lockout was resolved partly because it became painfully obvious that the replacement referees were unable to do their jobs. That kind of manifest professional incompetence can't be found in the work of contingent faculty members, because they are real faculty members; they're just not treated like real faculty members. Maisto thus urges all faculty members—tenured and nontenured—to inform themselves about unemployment insurance policies at their institutions and to become literate in the distinction between exempt and nonexempt employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Additionally, all should be vigilant about the possibility that institutions may cut back the hours of contingent faculty members to avoid having to provide them with health insurance under the Affordable Care Act.
Beth Landers reminds us, however, drawing on experience at her former institution (she now has moved to a tenure-track position) and with the MLA Committee on Contingent Labor in the Profession (CLIP), that even in the context of national politics all policy is local: treatment of contingent faculty members varies widely from institution to institution, precisely because the contingent labor markets, unlike the tenure-track system, are local. The difficulties Landers and other committee members encountered reflect my own experience with NTT issues: the well-meaning desire that contingent positions be decreased in favor of more tenure-track hires runs into the stubborn reality that the faculty members in those contingent positions will not be considered for the new tenure-track jobs and may resist the otherwise unimpeachable change in policy; the well-meaning desire that all contingent faculty members be converted to the tenure track runs into the stubborn reality that many contingent faculty members hold the MA as their highest degree and may resist the idea that they have to complete a doctoral program in order to be rehired at their current institutions; and the well-meaning desire that all part-time positions be converted to full-time positions runs into the stubborn reality of contingent faculty members who report not wanting to teach full-time.
Robert Samuels rounds off the forum with a comprehensive, ambitious proposal for American higher education. Opening with the claim that "[t]he problems facing higher education cannot be resolved in a piecemeal or institution-by-institution process," he proceeds to set forth an overhaul of the entire funding system at the national level. The foundation of his proposal involves making all public higher education free. It sounds utopian—and, like all utopias, thoroughly unrealistic—until Samuels does the math, whereupon it becomes clear that a $128 billion federal subsidy for public higher education would actually constitute a savings compared with the $35 billion we now spend on Pell grants and the $104 billion we spend on student loans, not to mention the $40 billion in lost revenue due to tax subsidies and credits. "[R]eplacing the current mix of financial aid, institutional aid, tax subsidies, and grants with direct funding for public institutions," Samuels argues, "would give the government a way to control costs at both public and private universities and colleges." Of course, it would give the government a way to control costs that seems directly at odds with what the Obama administration has in mind when officials (including Obama himself) address themselves to higher education: reduction in labor costs—in other words, cuts to the faculty. Under a Samuels administration, by contrast, the University of California system would be extrapolated nationwide, not only because "this system is known to have the best contract and compensation structure for non-tenure-track faculty members in the United States" but also, and more broadly, because such a national system "would increase the pay and job security for most teachers in United States higher education—yet it would be less expensive than the current haphazard use of graduate students, part-time teachers, and research professors." That such a system is unrealistic—it is extremely unlikely to be adopted by any administration currently conceivable in the landscape of American politics—is not a principled argument against it with regard either to justice or to efficiency. One is tempted to brush off the old Situationist slogan and conclude that Samuels's plan asks us to be realistic and demand the affordable.
My thanks to all these colleagues for their work, in this forum and in American higher education at large.
Michael Bérubé is Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Literature and director of the Institute for the Arts and Humanities at Penn State University, University Park, and a past president of the Modern Language Association.


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A Guest is a Gift from God
Travels in Georgia
By Conor McKeever
196 Pages, 5.75 x 8.25
Trade Paper, $19.95 (US $19.95)
Merlin Press (Aug 2012)
Green Print
Georgia is an enchanting land, its scenery breathtaking. Few places on earth can match the snow covered High Caucasus that separate Georgia from Russia in the north, and that contrasts with the gentler valleys and exuberant rivers of the Lesser Caucasus bordering with Turkey. To the west is the spectacular Black Sea coast, and to the east, where Georgia merges with Azerbaijan and Armenia, there is the beautiful stark semi-desert landscape tailor-made for poetry and contemplation.This is a story of Georgia—of hard work and play, serious feasting, bizarre happenings, nail-biting journeys, poignant moments and constant fun. It tells how I, an innocent Irish fellow, threatened the life of Georgia's President on my first evening, but finished the evening introducing his body-guards to the delights of Irish Whiskey. I attended a dinner where Jesus was a guest; had a close encounter with Stalin's bed and bathroom; walked on the grave of a 12th Century king, helped to cure a sick cow in the High Caucasus, travelled through the Valley of the Devil to the Gates of the Alans, and survived that magnificent Georgian institution, the never-ending supra. I hope to introduce you to Georgia's generous friendly people, to its delicious food and wine, its mystical Christ-ianity, its triumphs and troubles.
Conor McKeever is a former history professor at Portadown College and an assistant chief inspector for the Education and Training Inspectorate of Northern Ireland. He has served as an international education and training consultant and has been elected to the Royal Society of Arts.


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====== A guide to the Sundering Shadows Setting ====== //**Disclaimer:** This guide to the setting of Sundering Shadows is a WIP. Please contact Kismet via discord or in-game mail if you have comments, questions, or thoughts!// Sundering Shadows is a high magic, low-tech fantasy setting. While originally based on the Dungeons and Dragons Forgotten Realms setting, it is now a highly unique world with its own lore, history, pantheon, and geography. In this guide, we will cover important aspects of the setting and mention things that every character living in our world would know and be impacted by. ===== Law and Lands ===== Sundering Shadows has a large established world and an even larger continent that is not yet coded. These [[mainland_map|maps]] of the mainland and the known [[island_map|islands]] show you the most important regions in the coded world. Generally speaking, a Kingdom's jurisdiction reaches a few miles outside the walls of its main city, up to the last farm that pays their allegiances to it. The roads are considered somewhat safe for travelers, but bandits have been known to frequent the main trade routes. The forests, hills, and mountains, however, are riddled with beasts and should be explored with care. A city is unlikely to investigate a crime committed outside its area of influence unless the victim is of some importance to the authorities. Normally, such investigations fall to temples and other organizations. The rules within each city vary, but most will have a sign set up at their main gates listing the important ones. Among the actions most commonly considered crimes are: Murder, assault, thievery, property damage, using offensive and/or dangerous magic, wielding weapons and displaying tools most often associated with thieves (lockpicks, etc.), and assuming a dangerous form, such as a dragon, wolf, bear, weretiger, etc. Note that most of these crimes aren't hard-coded. Unless an actual fight occurs, your avatars won't know you've broken the law. We ask you to consider the setting and your character when entering a city and think logically about things. Your character may not care about the law, but how would the guards react if a werewolf with whirling swords surrounding it suddenly stalked into town wielding twin battleaxes? Would they attack? Ask it to leave? Runaway? Likewise, if you see someone doing this, react accordingly to help increase immersion. If an avatar is available, you could use the //<thought>// command to let us know if you see something that the world should react to. ===== Magic, religion, and technology ===== Magic is an abundant and living force in the world. While mastering it takes talent, dedication, and/or practice, it is common enough to play a role in day-to-day life. City lights are powered by magic, city guards have magical equipment, and entertainers use it to bedazzle and impress. Cities employ healers, wizards, and telepaths to aid both citizens and visitors. There are mage and psionic guilds in many major cities, as well as magic portals (also known as nomadic portals) that connect allied cities. Religion is an important part of everyday life in the world. Every city has one or more churches where people can seek aid, guidance, and enlightenment. Priests are often called upon to help with childbirths, injuries, illnesses, and funeral rites. Religion is very much real in the world of Sundering Shadows. Deities exist beyond doubt, clerics wield the divine power of their patrons and even a commoner may pray and have their wishes heard by their chosen god. It is just as common to pray to many gods as it is to pray to one, and very few individuals pray to none. Given this reliance on magic, the advancement of technology has been slow, and in most cases, technology has a magic component. Examples of this include running water, clockwork toys and one known early-model version of a spelljammer. The recent decade has seen the rapid progression of technology, with the introduction of pistols and more advanced clockwork/steam-powered engines. As such, the pre-industrial era of the late 1600s is a good real-world frame of reference. ===== History ===== The history of Sundering Shadows is marked by the many brave adventurers and villains who have inhabited it through the years. It is riddled with war, dragons, demons, allegiances, gods, destruction, and renewal. The faith of the world has hung in the balance many times, but the forces of good have always prevailed. Thus far. In recent years, a few events have had such world-reaching consequences that they would be known by most people: (To be elaborated on.) The destruction of Daggerdale The Attack of the Tarrasque The Liberation of Tharis The Shade Invasion The Silence The First elemental storm The Second Elemental Storm and the ascension of Ryorik The Days of Eternal Night The Awakening of Edea and the taming of the storm. ===== Language and idioms ===== There are many languages spoken in the world and most races have their own tongue. The human tongue, known simply as common, is the most widely spoken language and is used by traders on the surface. Undercommon, by contrast, is a language spoken by many that trade in the Underdark and/or in criminal circles. Some races, particularly elves, dwarves, and fey, are hesitant to teach their language to other races, preferring to learn common instead. Note that humans all speak common, though there may be regional differences in speech patterns and expressions. When roleplaying, please refrain from using modern abbreviations (//such as lol, brb, idk, etc.//) and words/idioms that would not make sense in a fantasy setting (//big as a truck, Christ almighty, etc.//) Beyond that, the language used on Sundering Shadows is contemporary English. When referring to game mechanics, such as character levels, spell levels, weapon enchantments, and exp for instance, we ask that you use terms a character would relate to, instead of the OOC terms. Sometimes, this means we have to speak in a roundabout way to express ourselves. Experience points //(exp)// is an out-of-character term //(OOC)//. It can represent the amount of training it takes to learn a new ability (feat or stat point). It can also represent the relative strength of your soul and/or mind. Examples include: * //"This weapon took a lot of exp to create!" = "Crafting this weapon has taken a toll on my soul."// * //"This monster is good exp!" = "Fighting this monster is good for my training."// Spell levels and character levels (CL) are OOC terms that represent your character's general power as opposed to others. Instead of asking someone their level, you could ask them which monsters they fight or what areas they normally adventure in. Spells can normally be divided into minor spells (0-2), average spells (3-5), and strong spells (6-9) or similar. Spell levels have also been referred to as circles: A 1st level spell can be a spell of the first circle. Similarly, a + 5 axe can be referred to as //"an axe enchanted 5 times"// or //"a powerful axe"// and a + 2 strength bonus can be referred to as //"an axe that increases your strength by a small degree"//. ===== Races and racism ===== Racism abounds in the world of Sundering Shadows. Your race determines your strengths, weaknesses, and in many cases your demeanor and potential allies/enemies. Racial enmity is as old as creation and it runs deep. Elves abhor orcs and drow, gnomes have a special hatred for goblins, and vice versa of course. Traditional fantasy tropes apply: Dwarves and elves are suspicious of each other but can collaborate, halflings have a tendency towards kindness and thievery, gnomes are mechanically inclined, orcs and goblins are savage, and trolls are generally dumb and like to hit people with clubs. Though there is only one human race, some animosity exists between the human ethnicities, stemming from past events. Tonovi and Antioch are in opposition, for instance, and the Morinnen and Maalish tribes have long been at odds. Additionally, half-breeds (half-elf, half-orc, etc.) and planetouched (tiefling, aasimar, genasi) are often viewed with suspicion, contempt, and/or pity. In some cases, racism is structural and systematic: Beast races are banned from most civilized cities and Tonovi considers any race not human or drow as potential slaves. If a crime is committed in a village, the tiefling passing by is easily accused. It is important to differentiate between the game and the real world. The Sundering Shadows community is open to people of all ethnicities and real-life racism in any form is not allowed or supported. Similarly, real-life racial slurs have no place in a fantasy setting. ===== Gender equality and LGBTQ+ characters ===== Equality varies greatly from region to region, and between races. In most human cities, people of all genders are considered equal under the law, but traditional gender roles often apply: There are more male blacksmiths and female tailors, for instance. The kingdoms of Tabor and Antioch have male-only monarchs, while the Duchy of Tonovi has a long tradition of female rulers. Drow society has long been ruled by women, but the system is threatened by the death of their former goddess. In human lands, nonbinary and openly trans people are uncommon, but not unheard of. They may be met with curiosity or plain bigotry by some and accepted without question by others. Conservative cities such as Tonovi and Antioch are less accepting of nonbinary people than the more liberal states of Shadow and Seneca. The savage races value strength above all, and actual gender rarely matters, with the exception of goblinoids which enslave their women. Elves and dwarves rarely concern themselves with traditional gender roles, which may well have influenced human opinion. Magic potions that change someone's gender exists, but are quite rare and expensive. Jarmila, the Goddess of Love, does not discriminate based on sexual preferences, nor do most legal systems in the realm. There are factions that may disagree, but the world at large sees homosexuality (and similar) as natural. Note that there is no LGBTQ+ movement in the realm of Sundering Shadows, just as there is no organized feminist movement. Many modern terms would make no sense in the setting. Again, it is important to differentiate between the game and the real world. Characters (both PC's and NPC's) may possess and express hurtful and bigoted opinions in-game. The Sundering Shadows community is open and friendly towards people of all genders and preferences, and any real-life discrimination is not allowed or supported.
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Video: Adventures in B2B Episode 5 – The Power of Content
By Madison Logic Team
Content marketing is here to stay. It's increasingly the most important part of any B2B marketer's practice. But it isn't easy. How can you make your content marketing better? What can you do to make your content stand out from your competitors? Let Madison Logic's SVP of Product, Sonjoy Ganguly, break it down for you.
TRANSCRIPT: Hey there, it's Sonjoy Ganguly again, and welcome to episode 5 of Adventures in B2B Marketing. Today's episode THE POWER OF CONTENT. It should go without saying that content is essential for b2b marketers.
According to About.com, a whopping 74% of consumers trust brands that provide useful info without trying to sell them something. And what's the best form that useful info can take? Videos, whitepapers, webinars, infographics…in short, CONTENT. Content marketing is continuing to become an integral part of any marketer's portfolio. Marketo informs us that 70% of executives rely more on content now than they did a year ago
But there's a lot of content out there, 90% of executive feel overwhelmed by the amount of content available today. Content marketing is jamming LinkedIn, crowding Twitter, filling up Facebook, even outliers like Snapchat and Instagram are vying for a prospects attention, so it's no wonder that it's hard to get people download your whitepaper.
BUILDING A CONTENT STRATEGY
According to the Content Marketing Institute, that only 30% of B2B companies feel their organizations are effective at content marketing (down from 38% last year). That means that more than 2/3 of us are not doing our jobs and we're getting worse at it! That's not a good stat.
And while nearly half of b2b marketers (32%) have a well defined content marketing strategy. 55% of marketers don't even know the effectiveness of their content!
Content marketing without a strategy is like baking a cake without following a recipe. Without it, you'll add too much sugar, leave out the vanilla, forgo the baking powder… in other words, your result will be far from satisfying.
Here's 3 things you can do to get started building a content strategy:
Define your Key Performance Indicators – What constitutes success? These are your goals. It may be site visits, or engagement, but ultimately its leads and conversions. KPIs help yoou understand how your content is performing at each stage of the buyer's journey.
Define your Audience – What is your Ideal Customer Profile (ICP)? If you don't know who your audience is, how do you know you're reaching them? They may watch your webinar, but that doesn't mean they're right for you. An ICP helps you understand who is a lead and who is not/
Write an Editorial Statement – An editorial statement is a sort of litmus test to determine how you will create content. An editorial mission defines: Who you are as a company. Who you are trying to reach. How you're going to reach them. What you want to accomplish when you do
In other words, if your content sounds to sales-oriented, it gets thrown out.
Buzzfeed founder, Jonah Peretti says "Content is King, but distribution is queen… and she wears the pants." So how are marketers distributing their content?
Primarily: Search. Engine. Optimization.
Content marketing is a prime SEO strategy. Google loves content that is actually helpful. The closer it comes to answering the question your prospects are asking; the better results you'll have in search.
But SEO is hardly enough. Here are three best tactics for content promotion and delivery:
Social Media – LinkedIn, Twitter, and yes even Facebook are powerful tools for a B2B marketer. Using a tool like LinkedIn casts a wide net, but at least you can define the fish that are in the net. You can define the tiles, industry, and even the companies that you've defined as your ICP. This strategy works best at the top of the funnel, when you're trying to peak interest.
Targeted Advertising and Content Syndication – This may sound self-serving coming from Madison Logic, but hear me out. With deep pools of data behind your targeted advertising and content syndication program, you can put your content in front of the prospects who are actively researching products and services like yours. This strategy works well to reach prospects across all phases of B2B buying process.
Email – Email can be successful at any point in the funnel, but you have to consider the content you're delivering. At the top of the funnel, begin with something light: a newsletter or a video, something that peaks interest but isn't overbearing.
LISTENING TO YOUR AUDIENCES
Marketers can be egocentric. Often the expectation is that both content and marketing collateral must tell the brand story, breakdown the benefits of products, proclaim your superiority over that of your competitors. This is wrong, wrong, wrong. Content should be about the customer, their issues and concerns. According to the CMO Council 78% of prospects believe that organization providing custom content are more trustable.
To succeed, content marketers should not be talking; they should be listening.
But how? I have four points for you
Social Media – You should already be using it to move your content. But are you using it to listen to your prospects? Hashtags, trending topics, and blog posts are key to informing content creation.
Search Engine Optimization – You know the topics that are important to you, but tools like Google Trends help you understand the topics that are actually being searched.
Site Analytics – Your site is a great resource. What are the terms people are using to get to your site? Are they interacting or bouncing away? Take a lesson from your analytics. If they're not downloading that whitepaper, dump it for something new.
Intent Data – The points above are all essential, but they're really only your best guess as to what your prospects are researching. By using data, by contrast, can pinpoint exactly what topics users are researching in the marketplace. With this information in hand you don't want to create content about the "finance," instead you can focus on the terms "investment software" and "online and mobile investing" which are surging in the marketplace. Create content here and you're on your way to success.
Multiple data – you don't want one data source, to be effective, you need to look at many data sources to build a truly scalable and effective audience pool that drives your ROI.
That's it for today. Clearly content is the future. Your audience responds to it, and its often the best part of a marketing campaign. It can be smart, savvy and fun to make. If I'm going to leave you with one thing it's this from motivational sales guru, Zig Ziglar, it's time to stop selling…and start helping. If that's your mantra, then you're halfway there.
Tune in next month for Episode 6 of Adventures in B2B Marketing where we'll talk about how Account Based Marketing is demanding a change in the metrics we measure.
See you there.
Madison Logic Team
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Tuesday 25 – Saturday 29 September 2018, Civic Theatre, Chelmsford
Following its tremendous success in the West End and recent UK tour winning three Olivier awards, CAODS is proud to bring the Essex premiere of 'Top Hat' to the Civic Theatre stage – with the glamour of Hollywood's golden age and the glorious, tap-dancing magic of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, one of the greatest dance musicals of all time.
Packed full of Irving Berlin's greatest hits including 'Cheek To Cheek', 'Top Hat, White Tie & Tails', 'Let's Face The Music and Dance' and 'Puttin' On The Ritz', 'Top Hat'' tells the story of Broadway sensation Jerry Travers who dances his way across Europe to win the heart of society girl Dale Tremont. An uplifting and hilarious romantic comedy celebrating 1930s song and style. 'Top Hat' dazzles with beautiful costumes, dazzling dance routines and riotous comedy that will leave you with a smile on your face and a song in your heart.
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Photography by Jordy Van Zanten
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Q: Dynamic search, producing search result links (reverse routing) Just pimping my cms and trying to simplify some usual tasks like searching. The cms has many different modules, each of these modules can be masked with dynamic routes.
The whole system is pretty solid and really flexible but this is where search result pages are causing a headache.
To keep things flexible i'm throwing basic data to my search class like this:
$search->addTable('content', array('title', 'excerpt', 'body', 'meta_keywords', 'meta_description'));
$search->addTable('event', array('title', 'description', 'tags'));

Then, my search class is generating one sql query from these variables which will find the results nicely (er, maybe 'nicely' isn't the best word now because the result set contains rows from different tables so i can't tell which row belongs to which table because all of the results are in a single array)
The problem is when i want to display the results page i need to take care of crafting appropriate urls for each result which is very difficult because of the systems flexibility i mentioned above (any content/module can be masked with anything).
I understand my question is very localized and maybe too vague to answer it in its current form so i'll try to clarify my problems a bit. I don't ask you about best practices or a simple answer for my problem but i'd be very thankful if you can provide me some good tips about these fundamental issues:

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*Looks like producing a single query isn't the best approach because i can't tell which row belongs to which table (different tables could mean different url crafting methods). Another approach would be to query each table separately and store results in a multidimensional array (table name for the key). AFAIK querying sql within a foreach loop isn't an accepted method. Is it possible to mark each result row to reflect it's table name within a single query?

*Will it hurt my SEO if i won't craft the real (masked, routed) urls for these results but i display the very basic ones like (example.com/content/nice-url-slug). Google may punish my sites because of duplicates - which isn't okay for me.

As always please ask instead of clicking close maybe i can clarify the scenario a bit more. Thank you, fabrik.

A: The short answer is that it is perfectly OK to do multiple queries, so long as we're not talking dozens of them.  This also means the results returned are going to be a set of sets, structured like your array above, with a table name being the key to a set of results from that table.
I have to figure that there is a point somewhere in the code where that array is assembled.  When it is assembled, you can loop through it and query each table exactly once.  Within that loop you have all of the context you need: the table name.
Then you return that array of arrays to whatever client is assembling it into results.  If the tablename is enough to construct the URL you are good to go.  If you need more information about each table, such as what its ID column is named, structure the results array to contain needed meta-data about each table.
Overall, it looks like you've got this structured well, and are getting tripped up trying to avoid multiple queries.  Don't worry about that.  The problem with multiple queries is when the same *table* is queried over and over in a loop, when that is the pervasive design pattern then performance tanks.


1. How Meditation unleashes the power of your Subconscious Mind?
Our brain is a complicated subject of study with years of resources put behind it to understand its complexities and capabilities. Our brain functions in a certain way for different scenarios, especially our instincts and reflex behaviors are a product of our subconscious mind which has been training itself. Your conscious behavior is a part of your volunteer movements and only a tip of your brain's capacity.
On the other hand, your subconscious mind is always in a training mode with an enormous amount of memory visuals and things which you notice but do not pay attention to. Everything you see, hear, smell, taste, experience, learn, and even imagine gets stored in this internal hard drive or subconscious memory of yours. So what is the correct way to train our subconscious mind and make a greater use of the capabilities of the mind? One such element which has been proven to highly beneficial is Meditation. Meditation is a deeper soul-searching and proper gateway to your subconscious mind.
You connect to yourself. As you get used to it and follow a daily routine, you will start realizing the great effects it has like your way of thinking will become clearer, your mental fatigue level will be curbed down and you will feel charged up and fresh for the most part of the day. In the beginning, phase while you're sitting calmly, certain random thoughts will pop up, mind you these thoughts are not random but something your unconscious mind has attained which the conscious part is not able to relate to. So why not start with a simple method of empowering oneself and routinely practice it for at least 15 min on a daily basis. A small step today will reap you a lifetime worth of power and utilization of your subconscious brain.
Meditation is nothing but calming yourself down and concentrating on a single point of reference or a thought for a certain period of time. The best part is you do not need any fancy types of equipment and trainers to make you good at it. All you need to do is find a quiet place sit down, close your eyes, do not think about anything in particular and just breathe in and breathe out. That is it!
If you do this daily for 10-15 minutes and increase it slowly if you feel the need then you will notice the changes it had brought in your life. Meditation will make you think more vividly and make you calm and composed.