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EMILY ERY
Responsibility: Head Varsity Cheerleading, 4th year
High School: Emily graduated from Otsego High School in 2009.
College: In 2013, Emily received a Bachelor of Science degree in Education from Bowling Green State University. In 2015, she received a Master's Degree in Classroom Technology from Bowling Green State University. Emily is also currently working on a Master's Degree in School Counseling.
Experience: Emily began her coaching career in 2009. She has coached all levels of cheerleading including youth, middle school, high school, and all-star. Prior to coaching at Maumee, Emily coached for 3 years at Springfield High School. While coaching at Springfield, the competitive cheer squad qualified twice for State Competition and was a National qualifier. While at Maumee, Emily coached the 2016-2017, 2017-2018, & 2018-2019 (5th at state) state qualifying competitive cheer squad.
AMANDA NYE
Responsibility: Head Dance Team, 5th year; Maumee Assistant Cheerleading Coach, 4th year.
High School: Amanda is a graduate of Trinity High School. During high school, Amanda was a varsity cheerleader, OASSA State Champion 2013, and a Jazz Energy dancer and Dynamic Dance Force dancer at Studio 82.
College: Amanda is a graduate of Bowling Green State University with a degree in Dance Education in the College of Movement and Development. Amanda was also on the BGSU Dance Team for one year and Vice President of University Dance Alliance. She is currently working on her Masters in Early Childhood at the University of Toledo.
Experience: Amanda started her coaching career in 2008 at St. Francis De Sales Elementary/Junior High in Parma, Ohio. Amanda's coaching accomplishments include: CYO 2nd place Team and Duet Champions (2009-10); OASSA State Championship-5th Place-Jazz (2016); OASSA State Championship-9th Place-Jazz (2017); 10th-Place Pom (2017); OASSA State Championship-16th Place-Jazz (2018); OASSA State Championship-11th Place-Pom (2019) and 13th Place-Jazz (2019). Amanda is currently a teacher/choreographer at Tahyah's Dance Studio and a teacher at the Toledo School of the Arts. Amanda opened her own dance studio, Nye Dance Productions, in Oregon, Ohio.
LINDSEY DREWYOR
Responsibility: JV Cheerleading, 1st year
High School: Lindsey is a 2014 graduate of Milan High School.
College: Lindsey is graduated from Bowling Green State University with a Bachelor's Degree in Exercise Science. While at BGSU she was on the BGSU Cheerleading team and National Team for 5 years.
Experience: Lindsey's coaching experience includes being an assistant cheer coach at BGSU.
KATE KARCHNER
Responsibility: Freshman Cheerleading, 1st year.
High School: Kate is a 2009 graduate of Maumee High School.
College: Kate is a 2013 graduate of Denison University. Dr. Karchner just received her Ph.D. at the University of Michigan.
Experience: This is Kate's first year coaching cheerleading. She is also an assistant coach for Maumee Track and Field.
Family: Kate is married to Brendan ('09 grad). Their dog Nellie is also a Panther Fan!
KAREN BREBBERMAN
Responsibility: Head Varsity Men's and Women's Cross Country, 2nd Year
High School: Karen is a 1983 graduate of Maumee High School. During her four years, Karen was a standout athlete earning many accolades in cross country and track & field. She served as team captain for both cross country and track her senior year. While running for MHS, her teams won five out of eight possible opportunities to be N.L.L. champions. Karen also was on the Panther basketball team for three years. Karen was a four-time All-NLL selection for cross country and track & field. She earned First-Team all four years in both cross country and track & field. Karen finished 25th in the state in cross country her junior year. Karen was awarded the Most Valuable Runner all four seasons in cross country and three seasons in track and field. During her time on the cross country courses, she earned four varsity letters, was a two-time all league champ, state qualifier and earned league and district honors. Karen was also an individual runner up while on the cross country team. At the OHSAA State Championships, Karen finished 25th in the state her junior year. In track & field, Karen also earned four varsity letters, earned all league honors and earned seven individual NLL championships in the 400 meter run, the 1600 meter, and 3200 meter relays during her four-year career. Karen still holds the record in the 1600 meter relay at MHS (4:09.5). Karen is a 2018 Maumee Athletic Hall of Fame Inductee.
College: Karen graduated from Ohio University in 1987, earning a degree in elementary education. She earned her Master's degree in Library Media at the University of Toledo in 1992.
Experience: Karen continues to give back to Maumee in her free time by coaching middle school track and holds the position of intramural advisor at Gateway Middle School, which she began in 2000. Karen also held the position of the MHS varsity girls cross country coach in 2012-2015.
Family: Karen has two daughters, Kelsey (2013) and Morgan (2014), who also graduated from Maumee and ran on both the cross country and track teams as well as swam for MHS.
CAM COUTCHER
Responsibility: Varsity Head Football, 1st year
High School: Cam is a 1997 graduate from Maumee High School. While at Maumee from 1993-1997, he played four years of baseball and football earning two letters in each sport. Football Awards: As a senior he was voted captain of the football team. Cam also earned 1st Team All NLL as a wide receiver, 2nd Team All NLL defensive back, and Honorable Mention All District wide receiver. He was voted the team's most valuable player and played in the Black and Gold All Star Game in Perrysburg. As a junior Cam was a 2nd Team All NLL defensive back. Baseball Awards: As a senior, Cam was a 1st Team All NLL catcher, Honorable Mention All District, and he played in the Local All Star game at The University of Toledo. As a junior, he was a 2nd Team All NLL outfielder.
College: Cam is a 2001 graduate from Defiance College. While at Defiance from 1997-2001, he played one year of football and four years of baseball. Awards: Cam was a four-year starter on the Defiance College baseball team. As a senior he was named team captain. Cam was also voted 1st Team Heartland Conference as an outfielder. As a sophomore, he was voted 2nd Team All MIAA designated hitter, he was named player of the week twice, and he was invited to play for a U.S. National Team in Europe. Cam can still be found in the offensive record books at Defiance College.
Experience: Cam spent 17 seasons as the head varsity baseball coach at Maumee. In his tenure at Maumee, he has had the pleasure of coaching 1 Northern Lakes League Championship team (2004), 6 Sectional Championship teams (2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017), 1 District Championship team (2017), and 1 Regional Championship team (2017). Cam was awarded NLL Coach of the Year in 2004, and in 2017, he was awarded Defiance College Alumni Coach of the Year. Several of Cam's players have gone on to play college baseball at all levels, been selected as All NLL, All District, Academic All-Ohio, All-Ohio, and have been selected to the MIZUNO All-Ohio baseball series; in addition, two of his former players were drafted out of college into MLB. Cam has also coached football in the Maumee School District for the past 18 years. He was a freshman coach for three seasons, has coached eighth grade coach for six seasons, and had previously been on the varsity staff for nine seasons (three as offensive coordinator).
Family: Cam lives in Waterville with his wife, Nancy, and daughters Julia (10 years) and Blake (7 years).
KEN WALCZAK
Responsibility: Varsity Head Wrestling, 18th year; Assistant Football Coach, 32nd year
High School: Ken is a 1984 graduate of Maumee High School. He was 1st team all Northern Lakes League Conference in football and a two time Northern Lakes League Conference champion in wrestling. Ken was wrestling team captain when Maumee was the Northern Lakes League Conference champions.
College: Ken graduated from Ashland University in 1988. He played football there for 4 years. His accomplishments include a 2-year starter in 21 games, 2-time offensive lineman all Heartland Conference, and a member of the 1986 National NCAA Division II playoff team.
Experience: Ken has 17 years' experience as the head wrestling at Maumee High School. He also has 6 years as an assistant wrestling coach at Maumee High School. Ken was also an assistant wrestling coach at Rossford High School for 4 years. Ken coached 2 years as a wrestling coach at Gateway Middle School. Ken has been an assistant football coach with Maumee High School for 27 years. He also spent 4 years as an assistant football coach at Rossford High School. Ken coached 1 year of track at Gateway Middle School. In 2003 Ken was the Ohio Division 2 wrestling coach of the year. He was head wrestling coach of the 2002, 2003, 2008 & 2009 Northern Lakes League Conference championship teams.
NICK MILLER
Responsibility: Assistant Varsity Football coach, 2nd Year
High School: Nick graduated from Maumee High School with an honors diploma. While at Maumee he earned 10 varsity letters in football, wrestling, and track. Nick was all earned all league honors in football, wrestling, and track his senior year along with all academic honors.
College: Nick is a graduate of the University of Toledo.
Experience: This is Nick's 3rd year coaching at the varsity level. He previously coached both football and wrestling at the middle school and freshman level. This is Nick's overall 11th year of coaching.
Family: Nick has been married to his wife for 5 years and have 1 son.
CONRAD KOLBOW JR
Responsibility: Assistant Varsity Football coach, 11th year
High School: Conrad is a 1975 graduate of Maumee High School. He earned All League honors in baseball.
College: Conrad attended the University of Toledo in 1976, 1980-1981 and Bluffton University in 1977-1979. While at Bluffton University Conrad was a baseball letter winner.
Experience: Conrad has 19 years of coaching football. He coached 2 years at Ottawa Hills High School as a varsity football assistant, 2 years at Rogers High School as a varsity football assistant, 3 years at Cardinal Stritch High School as a varsity football assistant, 1 year at Cardinal Stritch High School as head coach, and 11 years at Maumee High School as the varsity assistant and freshman coach.
Family: Conrad has been married to wife Kim ('80) for 36 years. They have 3 children Bridgett ('06) , Erick ('08), and Kurt ('11). Bridgett and her husband Chad have two children Camden & Bennett.
Responsibility: Assistant Football coach, 2nd year
High School: Rafel is a 2008 graduate of Fisher Catholic High School.
College: In 2013, Rafael received a Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmaceutical Science from the University of Toledo. In 2014, he received a Master's Degree in Education from the University of Toledo.
Experience: Rafael has coached basketball for 3 years at Maumee Valley Country Day School. While at Maumee, Rafael has coached 1 year of football and freshman girls basketball.
ADAM JUNGA
Responsibility: Assistant Football coach, 1st Year
High School: Adam is a 2005 graduate of Maumee High School.
College: Adam is a graduate of the University of Toledo, where he earned a Bachelor's Degree in Education. He is currently finishing his Master's Degree from BGSU.
Experience: Adam has been coaching football for 14 years including at Maumee High School, Gateway Middle School, the University of Toledo, and Anthony Wayne High School,
Family: Adam is married to Meghan for almost 10 years. They have 4 children, Graham (9 years), Oliver (7 years), August (5 years), and Lindsay (2 years).
TIM WILHELM
High School: Tim is a 2009 graduate of Maumee High School. While at Maumee Tim played 4 years of football and Track & Field.
College: Tim graduated in 2013 from the University of Toledo with a Bachelor's Degree in Middle Childhood Education, Math & Science.
Experience: Tim's coaching experience includes 9 years of football at Maumee (3 at the varsity level, 3 at the freshman level, and 3 at the middle school level) and 2 years of coaching Track & Field at Gateway.
TOM BURZINE
High School: Tom is a 2005 graduate of Connetquot High School (Long Island, New York). He was the Most Outstanding Male Athlete is 2005, All League/All County Player in 2004-2005, and is an Athletic Hall of Fame Inductee.
College: Tom is a 2010 graduate from the University of Toledo. While attending UT, Tom played Tight End on the football team from 2005-2009.
Experience: Tom brings 9 years of coaching experience to Maumee. He was an assistant football coach at Ottawa Hills HS (2010-2013), St. Francis HS (2014-2015), and Geono HS (2015-2018).
Family: Tom has been married to Amanda for 2 years. They have a daughter Kennedi (12 years), son Jet (1 year), a baby boy due October 2019, and dog Brady.
JAKE TAPLEY
Responsibility: Head Varsity Men's Golf, 3rd year
High School: Jake is a 2005 graduate of Lake High School. He was a 4-year varsity letter winner in golf.
College: Jake is a 2009 graduate of The Ohio State University and 2015 graduate of BGSU.
Experience: This is Jake's 3rd year coaching at Maumee. Jake was previously the JV golf coach at Bowling Green.
Family: Jake is married to Sarah. They have a 4-year-old daughter Carolyn and a 20th month old son Owen.
Responsibility: Head Varsity Women's Golf, 1st year
High School: Allison is a 2009 graduate of Rossford High School.
College: Allison is a 2013 Magna Cum Laude graduate of Bowling Green State University earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Education.
Experience: This is the beginning of Allison's coaching journey!
Family: Allison and her husband Blake have one son, Parker, who is 4 months old.
CHAD KAIN
Responsibility: Head Varsity Men's Soccer, 2nd year
High School: Chad is a graduate of Maumee High School. While at Maumee Chad played soccer. He earned 1st Team NLL Honors and All State Honors.
College: Chad is a 1990 graduate of Tiffin University. While at Tiffin University he played soccer.
Experience: Chad has been coaching soccer at Maumee for 2 years. His other coaching experience includes 1 year at Northview High School, 4 years at Pacesetter Soccer Club, and Ohio North Youth Soccer Association Coach.
Family: Chad has been married to Alissa for 22 years. They have 3 children, Avery (senior), Ethan (freshman), and Harper (3rd grade).
KEITH NIELSEN
Responsibility: Varsity Assistant Men's Soccer, 2nd year
JEREMIAH McNUTT
Responsibility: Head Varsity Women's Soccer, 1st year
High School: Jeremiah is a 1995 graduate of Toledo Central Catholic High School. His soccer honors include being 3 years varsity starting goalkeeper, and two year captain.
College: Jeremiah attended The University of Toledo where he graduated with a Bachelor in Psychology in 2001.
Experience: Jeremiah's coaching experience covers over 20+ years on the sidelines, with stops at Toledo Central Catholic Women's Program (1996-2001), Toledo Celtics Soccer Club Men's and Women's Program (1996-2003), Owens Community College Men's Program and Women's Club (2002-2010), Northeastern Junior College Men's Program (2010-2013), Toledo St. John's Men's Program (2014-2018) and Maumee Express (2019-Present). He has held the following positions along the way: Head Goalkeeper Coach, JV Head Coach, Assistant Head Coach, Program Director, Head Coach and Player Development Head Coach.
Family: Jeremiah is the father to one daughter, 11 year old Jessi.
LUCAS TOLAR
Responsibility: Varsity Assistant Women's Soccer, 1st year
ELIZABETH MOULTON
Responsibility: Head Varsity Women's Tennis, 8th year
High School: Elizabeth is a graduate of Birmingham Groves High School (Michigan). She was a 4 year Girls Varsity Tennis Team.
College: Elizabeth graduated with a Bachelor's of Science Degree from Marquette University.
Experience: Elizabeth is United States Tennis Association (USTA) trained to teach kids the sport of tennis. She has been coaching 8 years for Maumee High School. Elizabeth works for the USTA/NWOTA as the Junior Tennis Coordinator for Northwest Ohio.
Family: Elizabeth has been married 23 years to Rob. They have two children, Logan and Lucas.
LINDSAY VANNETT
Responsibility: Head Varsity Women's Volleyball, 8th year.
High School: Lindsay graduated from Bowling Green High School in 2004.
Lindsay was a 2-year varsity letter winner in track, 3-year varsity letter winner in basketball, and 2-year varsity letter winner in volleyball. In volleyball, her team was district runner-up in 2002 and 2003. In 2004 Lindsay earned the Most Improved Player in Volleyball and Basketball. She also played in the district's all star game.
College: Lindsay graduated from Bowling Green State University in 2008. She played club volleyball from 2005-2008 placing 3rd in the nation in 2006 and 2007. She was club president from 2007-2008. She also has received her health certification and will finish her masters in athletic administration and coaching in the spring of 2019.
Experience: Lindsay has been coaching varsity volleyball for 14 years. She has also coached 8 years of middle school and high school basketball. Lindsay has also been an assistant athletic director for 2 years. While coaching at Bowling Green High School her team was NLL Champs in 2005, 2006, and 2007 and were regional qualifiers for 2 of those seasons. Also the Cleveland Volleyball Company in 2009 were national runners up.
Family: Lindsay has been married for five years. She and her husband had their first child, a son, Noah in the fall of 2017. She is also expecting baby #2 in the winter of 2020.
LEXIE CURTIS
Responsibility: JV Volleyball Coach, 2nd year
High School: Lexie started her high school career at Eagle River High School (Alaska.) She was a first team all conference in volleyball and a scholar athlete. Lexie graduated from Bedford High School where she was a scholar athlete.
College: Lexie received her Bachelor of Science degree in Early Childhood Education from Lourdes University. While at Lourdes University Lexie was a 4 year scholar athlete and hold the record for most aces in a season.
Experience: Prior to coaching at Maumee High School Lexie has coached club volleyball for 5 years. Lexie still plays and competes in volleyball tournaments today.
Family: Lexie credits her parents Dave & Katie Nigh for teaching her everything she knows about volleyball. Recently Lexie has gotten engaged and is getting married next summer!
DANAE WEDGE
Responsibility: Freshman Volleyball Coach, 1st Year
High School: Danae is a 1994 graduate of Toledo Christian.
College: Danae is a 1998 graduate of Asbury College.
Experience: Danae's coaching experience includes Toledo Christian (1999), Maumee Freshman (2003) Maumee JV (2004-2007), Toledo Christian Varsity (2014-2016), and Whiteford Varsity Assistant (2016-2017).
Family: Danae is married to Chris. They have 3 children, Colin (Junior), Camy (Freshman), and Caris (6th grader).
ANGIE WANNEMACHER
Responsibility: Volunteer Assistant Varsity Women's Volleyball
High School: Angie is a graduate of Elida High School. She earned 10 varsity letters, All-League selection and All Ohio Honors for volleyball, basketball, and softball.
College: Angie received her Bachelor's Degree in Athletic Training from the University of Findlay. While at the University of Findlay she played volleyball and softball.
Experience: Angie was a volunteer assistant coach last season for Maumee but overall has 16 years of coaching experience. Angie is co-director at Toledo Beach Volleyball Club. She is proud to say she has grown the game of beach volleyball and the first to do in the Maumee/Toledo area. She also has coached at TVC for 5 years. Angie is a BCAP II certified coach and has been part of coaching many teams into the junior beach national volleyball tournament. Angie still trains and competes in professional beach volleyball tournaments.
Family: Angie is the daughter of John & Judy Wannemacher. She is the oldest of 3 and her family is her everything.
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Q: Splunk integration with Oozie We need to capture Oozie workflow Failure events in Splunk - HTTP Event Collector (Example: https://qa.splunk.organization.com/services/collector).
To achieve this, we created a separate Oozie Java action to log the failure event to Splunk. The problem with this approach is, we have more than 100 oozie workflows and adding a new workflow action for Splunk is not feasible.
Is there any better approach to capture Oozie workflow failure in Splunk HTTP Event Collector?

Workflow.xml

    <start to="Input_Check" />
    <decision name="Input_Check">
        <switch>
            <case to="Input_Move"> ${fs:dirSize(source_hdfs_path) gt 0} </case>
            <default to="end"/>
        </switch>
    </decision>

    <action name="Input_Move">
        <java>
            <main-class>com.org.FileMove</main-class>
            <arg>${source_hdfs_path}/</arg>
            <arg>${destination_hdfs_path}</arg>
        </java>
        <ok to="Process_File" />
        <error to="Splunk_Log" />
    </action>

    <action name="Process_File">
        <java>
            <main-class>com.org.FileProcessor</main-class>
            <arg>inputPath=${destination_hdfs_path}/</arg>
            <arg>outputPath=${output_hdfs_path}/</arg>
        </java>
        <ok to="end" />
        <error to="Splunk_Log" />
    </action>

    <action name="Splunk_Log">
        <java>
            <main-class>com.org.SplunkLog</main-class>
            <arg>https://qa.splunk.organization.com/services/collector</arg>
            <arg>auth-token</arg>
            <arg>Workflow Failed</arg>
        </java>
        <ok to="fail"/>
        <error to="fail"/>
    </action>

    <kill name="fail">
        <message>Test Splunk Workflow failed</message>
    </kill>
    <end name="end" />
</workflow-app>

Java Class

import java.io.*;
import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
import java.net.URL;

public class SplunkLog {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {

        if(args.length!=3){
            System.exit(-1);
        }

        String URL = args[0];
        String authToken = args[1];
        String data = args[2];

        String jsonData = "{\"event\": \"" + data + "\", \"sourcetype\": \"manual\"}";

        URL url = new URL (URL);
        HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
        connection.setDoOutput(true);
        connection.setDoInput(true);
        connection.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/json; charset=UTF-8");

        connection.setRequestProperty  ("Authorization", "Splunk " + authToken);
        connection.setRequestMethod("POST");
        connection.connect();

        OutputStream outputStream = connection.getOutputStream();
        BufferedWriter writer = new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(outputStream, "UTF-8"));
        writer.write(jsonData);
        writer.close();
        outputStream.close();

        if (connection.getResponseCode()==HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK) {
            System.out.println("SUCCESS");
        }else{
            System.out.println("data : " + jsonData + "token : " + authToken);
            System.out.println("ERROR : " + connection.getResponseMessage());
        }

    }
}

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"%&#$!" makes you feel better
Although the news probably won't stop parents from washing kids' mouths out with soap, it turns out that cussing a blue streak may be a good thing. A study appearing in the August 5 NeuroReport suggests that four-letter words may help alleviate pain.
"Swear words are unique," says Timothy Jay, a psychologist at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in North Adams, who has studied the role of naughty words in linguistics. "They're really the link between the language system and the emotional system."
Inspiration for the new study came to psychologist Richard Stephens as he listened to his wife let loose with some unsavory language during the throes of labor. So he and his colleagues at Keele University in England conducted an experiment to test whether uttering emotion-laden choice words can actually change the amount of pain people feel. Undergraduate students (38 males and 29 females) each immersed a hand in cold water (about 5º Celsius) for as long as they could stand it, while repeating either a swear word or an innocuous word.
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Articles / Applying to College / Is Applying to College DURING a Gap Year a Disadvantage?
Is Applying to College DURING a Gap Year a Disadvantage?
Written by Sally Rubenstone | Nov. 5, 2012
Question: I want to take a gap year and apply to college during my gap year. Will I be at a disadvantage? I'm looking at top schools! I'm in my last year of A levels right now which is equivalent to 12th grade in high school. I emailed Princeton and they say it's alright with them but I just need some reassurance!
I used to tell students aiming for a gap year that it would be wise to finalize their college plans while still in high school. But, over the eons, I've changed my tune. For some students who know where they want to be or who are going to be far from civilization during the gap year, it can make sense to apply to colleges while still in high school and to then request a deferral once admitted.
Increasingly, however, I see the wisdom in postponing the application process until the gap year, as you propose. Why?
For starters, the world has gotten smaller or at least more accessible. In the old days, students who waited until after high school graduation to apply to college found that it could be tough to access teachers and counselors in order to request recommendations, send transcripts, etc. But now, the tentacles of the Internet have solved that problem for all but the most remote travelers.
Secondly, parents often fretted that a student who left high school with no college plans would be less likely to return to school when there's no paid deposit luring them back. Yet studies have shown that "gappers" do typically head to college after their time off and often arrive with more determination, focus, and energy than those who matriculated straight from high school.
Finally, I've observed that the college that seems "perfect" to a 12th grader may lose its luster to a gapper who has had new experiences during the intervening months. Gap years can especially change priorities when it comes to college location and prospective major.
Note, however, that applications will still have to be filed fairly early into your gap period, especially if you are considering Early Decision or Early Action options. Thus, your gap year will give you some extra time to make college choices, to complete applications, and to take standardized tests as required, but you won't get a full year to do this, of course.
Even so, waiting until you're out of school to select and apply to colleges will not put you at any disadvantage with admission folks and might even be a plus because it could give you something more interesting to write about than the big soccer final or the senior class trip to Spain. ;-)
So I hope I've given you all the reassurance you need. And good luck to you.
(posted 11/5/2012)
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Sally Rubenstone
Sally Rubenstone knows the competitive and often convoluted college admission process inside out: From the first time the topic of college comes up at the dinner table until the last duffel bag is unloaded on a dorm room floor. She is the co-author of Panicked Parents' Guide to College Admissions; The Transfer Student's Guide to Changing Colleges and The International Student's Guide to Going to College in America. Sally has appeared on NBC's Today program and has been quoted in countless publications, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Weekend, USA Today, U.S. News & World Report, Newsweek, People and Seventeen. Sally has viewed the admissions world from many angles: As a Smith College admission counselor for 15 years, an independent college counselor serving students from a wide range of backgrounds and the author of College Confidential's "Ask the Dean" column. She also taught language arts, social studies, study skills and test preparation in 10 schools, including American international schools in London, Paris, Geneva, Athens and Tel Aviv. As senior advisor to College Confidential since 2002, Sally has helped hundreds of students and parents navigate the college admissions maze. In 2008, she co-founded College Karma, a private college consulting firm, with her College Confidential colleague Dave Berry, and she continues to serve as a College Confidential advisor. Sally and her husband, Chris Petrides, became first-time parents in 1997 at the ripe-old age of 45. So Sally was nearly an official senior citizen when her son Jack began the college selection process, and when she was finally able to practice what she had preached for more than three decades.
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Early 2014 Stanley Cup Odds
By Ken Hill NHL July 23, 2013
Though the NHL playoffs finished up only a little more than a month ago, the betting world has already turned their eyes on who will win the Stanley Cup next season. These are of course a very preliminary look at who the favorites are, and odds may change nearer to and during the NHL regular season. All odds courtesy of Bodava (America) and Bodog (Canada).
Top Five:
Pittsburgh Penguins 13/2: Despite the Penguins brilliant flameout to Boston in the playoffs last year, they are once again considered the front runners to win it all in 2014. I for one am always hesitant to take the Pens in the playoffs, especially with their shaky goaltending. That being said, it's hard to image that with a healthy Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin in the lineup that they won't be back in the Final again soon.
Chicago Blackhawks 15/2: Not much really needs to be said about the Hawks. They were quite simply the class of the league last season and have as good a chance as any to make it out of the West again this year. Be cautious though, they did lose a few valuable members of this year's championship team to free agency. One fact that really worries me is that the Hawks may send more key players to the Sochi Olympics than any other NHL team, so fatigue may become a real factor.
Boston Bruins 9/1: The Bruins are in a very similar situation as their 2013 Final opponents. They dominated the Eastern Conference, but also lost some key players in free agency and may suffer from fatigue down the stretch. However, one thing the Bruins did which the Hawks didn't, was manage to shore up those holes in the lineup. Bringing in Jarome Iginla and Loui Eriksson gives Boston a formidable top 6, while netmider Tuukka Rask is just entering his prime. If it were my choice, I'd give the Bruins a better chance to win the Cup next year than the Hawks.
St. Louis Blues 12/1: Some people might be a bit surprised to see St. Louis ranked with the second best odds in the Western Conference, but they shouldn't be. While lacking a true superstar, the Blues have depth in all positions and play coach Ken Hitchcock's systems perfectly. This is a team that has been on the cusp of becoming real contenders for a few years now, and they might just take that step next season, especially with Detroit out of their division. This is a bit of a long shot in my opinion, I don't like the odds much, but I wouldn't be surprised if they fooled me in 2014.
Los Angeles Kings – Vancouver Canucks 14/1: It's no surprise to see either of these teams once again among the favorites. LA boasts a very similar team to the one that took home the Cup in 2012. Combine that with a roster built for the rigors of the playoffs and one of the best goalies in the world in Jonathan Quick, and we've got a real contender on our hands. Vancouver though, I'm not as confident about. There's no doubt that the Canucks are an impressively skilled team, but they're not getting any younger and their window may be closing. Making it even harder for them is the fact that divisional realignment arguably hurt them more than any other team. If I had to chose between the two, my money's on the Kings.
Other Notables:
New York Rangers 16/1: The Rangers were one of the favorites entering last season, but fell flat during the regular season before being eliminated by the Bruins in the second round. Don't be decieved, this is still one of the best teams in the East, and with a new coach in Alain Vigneault that will push a more up-tempo style, they stand a very good chance of winning it all next year.
Detroit Red Wings 16/1: For years the refrain has been, "the Wings are too old, they can't win the Cup again". This couldn't be more untrue, as Detroit has slowly evolved into one of the younger teams in the league. Adding Daniel Alfredsson and Stephen Weiss through free agency was a coup, and Mike Babcock is consistently one of the best coaches in hockey. If it were my money, I'd be putting it on the Wings for next season.
Darkhorse Picks:
New York Islanders 33/1: Every year the Isles get overlooked, but I have a feeling that is going to come to an end very soon. The gave the heavily favored Penguins a real scare in the first round last year, and are very close to becoming an elite force in the East again. John Tavares, still only 22 years old, may be one of the top five forwards in the world. There's some concerns about their goaltending and their relative inexperience, but it might just be worth it to take a flyer on the team from Long Island.
New Jersey Devils 40/1: Yes the Devils lost Ilya Kovalchuk, leaving a gaping hole in their forward corps that is likely unfillable. Still, this is nothing new for a Devils franchise that is built on the foundation of team defense and goaltending. They're a longshot to be sure, they may not even make the playoffs. But if they do, Cory Schneider and Martin Broduer are both goalies capable of stealing a series or two and the Devils could cause some serious damage.
Phoenix Coyotes 50/1: How the Coyotes got worse odds than any team other than Florida is beyond me. Yes, they struggled and missed the playoffs last season, but this is a team only two years removed from a Western Conference Final appearance. Also, now that the ownership situation appears to finally be settled, the players can put all their focus back onto the ice. With Mike Ribiero coming in as a true number one center, and an expected bounce back season from goalie Mike Smith, the Coyotes could make someone look like a genius if they picked them to win the Cup.
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L'île, de petite taille, est située à environ 200 mètres à l'est de l'île Bianki.

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This year, Geneva Peace Week emphasizes the urgency of finding peaceful solutions for the growing risks of violent conflict, building on the lessons from history and the needs for future peace-building practice.
Collective security and peace practice represent a rich tapestry of challenges and achievements, as well as devastating failures. Geneva Peace Week reflects on the lessons of a century of liberal internationalism in the service of peace and focuses on the roles that every person, actor and institution can play in building peace and resolving conflict. Awareness of the potentials and pitfalls of these roles is ever more important to build and sustain peace in a turbulent world and to broker the partnerships necessary to address them.


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Q: Why is the Burrow so cramped on the inside? Why is the Weasleys' house so cramped on the inside? I understand that, from a plot device perspective, having their house be cramped (as was described a few times like Ron and Ginny's rooms) further connects the reader to their poverty.
I was hoping for an in-universe explanation as to why the Weasleys (or any magical family) would not magically enlarge the inside of their house. It has been shown several times that things like cars and tents can be magically enlarged so why not houses?

A: I think it's important to remember that Molly Weasley wasn't a fan of enlarging charms, so it may have been that The Burrow was made only as big as was possible through plain old manual labor. (Note: Mrs. Weasley doesn't seem to be opposed to using magic at all when it comes to home construction -- Harry notices, when he first arrives at the Burrow, that magic seems to be holding the Burrow upright and keeps it from falling down in on itself).

Harry couldn't see how eight people, six large trunks, two owls and a rat were going to fit into one small Ford Anglia. He had reckoned, of course, without the special features which Mr Weasley had added.
  'Not a word to Molly,' he whispered to Harry as he opened the boot and showed him how it had been magically expanded so that the trunks fitted easily.
Chamber of Secrets - page 53 - Bloomsbury - chapter 5, The Whomping Willow.

Some may ask, "Well, what about the magically expanding tent the Weasleys used at the Quidditch World Cup?" I think it's important to remember that Molly didn't go to the Quidditch World Cup in Goblet of Fire; she stayed home at the Burrow. As well, the tent the group used at the World Cup wasn't even the Weasleys' property -- Arthur borrowed it from a co-worker (Perkins, who, unfortunately, had been rendered unable to camp much, due to a magical malady called lumbago) and even then the tent wasn't super big. It had three modest bedrooms, a kitchen, and a bathroom.
The Weasleys took pride in their few precious possessions (for example, the Weasley clock and Molly's brother's watch that she ultimately gave to Harry for Harry's seventeenth birthday -- in the book, JKR makes sure the reader knows the watch is well worn and a bit beat up). So, while the Weasleys may have been able to use the extra room an enlargement charm or an undetectable extension charm might bring, one might argue that the Weasleys would reject utilizing magic of this kind -- they are proud of what they have and may not feel like they needed to use magic to appear wealthier than they really are.
And it really may not have to do with perceived wealth. Molly Weasley uses a lot of magic in cleaning and organizing (see chapter 6, The Noble and Most Ancient House of Black in Order of the Phoenix -- well, most of the chapters in Order of the Phoenix that take place at Grimmauld Place feature a lot of cleaning spells and magic) -- perhaps she simply didn't feel she needed a larger home.

A: The Weasleys did not use an Extension Charm because it was illegal to do so.
From JKR's writing on Extension Charms on Pottermore.

The Extension Charm ('Capacious extremis!') is advanced, but subject to strict control, because of its potential misuse. Theoretically, a hundred wizards could take up residence in a toilet cubicle if they were sufficiently adept at these spells; the potential for infractions of the International Statute of Secrecy are obvious. The Ministry of Magic has therefore laid down a strict rule that capacity-enhancement is not for private use, but only for the production of objects (such as school trunks and family tents), which have been individually approved for manufacture by the relevant Ministry Department. Both Mr Weasley and Hermione Granger were acting unlawfully when they enhanced, respectively, the interior space of a Ford Anglia, and a small handbag.

With Arthur working for the Ministry it would be highly risky to enchant the entire house! He was lucky that no one from the ministry discovered the enchantments on the car.

A: The one documented larger-on-the-inside spell I can find is the Undetectable Extension Charm, used by Hermione on her bag in book 7.  It's noted in the book that this was a very advanced spell, and something Hermione was quite proud of.  If enchanting something as small as a bag with this spell is difficult for even Hermione to handle, it stands to reason that casting the spell on entire rooms is beyond the skill of most wizards.
It's likely that a similar spell was used for the tents the Weasleys use at the World Cup (later used by Harry, Ron, and Hermione in book 7).  These tents were not owned by the Weasleys though - they were borrowed from one of Arthur's coworkers at the Ministry.  If they had to borrow someone else's enchanted tents, it stands to reason that the enchantment is too complex for the Weasleys to perform on their own, and that enchanted tents are fairly expensive.  I think it's reasonable to assume that having their house enchanted with the same spell would be beyond the means of the Weasleys.

A: They don't need a BIG house. They can enlarge storage spaces if necessary (closets etc...); and smaller rooms make it more cosy and means less space to clean (and hopefully, less junk around, since junk tends to fill all available space).
All we know is from Harry Potter Film Wizardry, elaborated on in HP Wikia:

In the place The Burrow came to stand, once stood a little Tudor building with a large stone pigpen on the side. It's unknown what happened to the building, but after Arthur and Molly Weasley's marriage, the family settled in the pigpen. As the family grew over the birth of their children, the couple started building upward with add-on bits of architectural salvage they picked up wherever they could find.1 By the 1990s, the house was several stories high, with four or five chimneys on the roof, with all the appearance of being held up by magical means.

So it can be speculated that it's the same reason people don't refactor and re-engineer old spaghetti code - you never know what you'll break.
Frankly, I'm not aware of any better "reason" in-universe. We can speculate, but JKR never addressed it in books, interviews or as far as I can tell Pottermore so far, though that may get addressed once Pottermore catches up to book 7.

A: One possibility is that things like the car and the tent are enchanted in such a way that they interact with other things as though they themselves are smaller than they really are. Neither the car nor the tent belonged to the Weasleys, so it's entirely probable that they are, by their nature, larger, more expensive and exorbitant items that the Weasleys would have been otherwise unable to afford, but were able to magic into appearing small. They cannot afford a large house, so being able to magic it smaller or larger is moot. As for Hermione's bag, an explanation could be that the bag itself remains the same physical size and the magic is actually imposed by the bag onto the items placed within.


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The Journal of Japanese Studies
Empire of Texts in Motion: Chinese, Korean, and Taiwanese Transculturations of Japanese Literature (review)
Richard F. Calichman
Society for Japanese Studies
Volume 38, Number 1, Winter 2012
10.1353/jjs.2012.0002
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Empire of Texts in Motion: Chinese, Korean, and Taiwanese Transculturations of Japanese Literature
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Empire of Texts in Motion: Chinese, Korean, and Taiwanese Transculturations of Japanese Literature. By Karen Laura Thornber. Harvard University Asia Center, Cambridge, Mass., 2009. xiii, 591 pages. $59.95.
One cannot but feel a certain hesitation in reviewing a book that has already received such widespread recognition for its importance in the field. This book has, according to the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies website:
won two major international awards: the 2011 John Whitney Hall Book Prize from the Association for Asian Studies, for the best book on either contemporary or historical topics in any field of the Japanese humanities or social sciences; and the International Comparative Literature Association's 2010 Anna Balakian Prize, for the best book in the world in the field of Comparative Literature published in the last three years by a scholar under age 40.1
These are high honors indeed, and any reviewer who does not quite share in this acclaim runs the risk of being accused of iconoclasm, of deliberately calling into question the criteria of value as established by the disciplines of Asian studies and comparative literature. In order to avoid this charge, it seems useful to first state very clearly what the strengths of the book are—and this will not be difficult, as its strengths are many—before proceeding to an examination of its more problematic aspects.
Empire of Texts in Motion is a book of considerable ambition, and while the scope of its accomplishments is far more horizontal than vertical in nature, the immense scale of research involved and information amassed must not be overlooked. The numbers alone bear repeating: the book totals 591 pages, contains over 1,000 endnotes, cites over 1,000 texts, and ranges over materials written in a staggering number of languages. (Thornber helpfully lists these languages in the book's front matter: "Unless otherwise indicated, translations from Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish are my own" [p. xiii].) It is expertly organized, especially considering the great wealth of facts and data it must confront in its reckoning with the literary flows running throughout the Japanese empire, and written in consistently handsome prose. The book's monumentality calls to mind two other works that have been of great service to teachers and students [End Page 154] alike in the field of Japan studies in the United States: Donald Keene's Dawn to the West (Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1984) and Katō Shūichi's three-volume A History of Japanese Literature (Kodansha International, 1979–83). Whereas both Keene and Katō give priority to the literary relations in modernity between Japan and "the West," however, Thornber focuses on the transculturations, or rewritings, of Japanese texts across Asia. She recognizes the serious imbalance that has existed in Japanese literary scholarship that privileges "the West" above all else and admirably attempts to correct this fault by highlighting the enormous complexity—historical as well as literary—that can be found in fictional texts disseminating throughout Asia during the course of Japanese imperialism.
Thornber's sensitivity to the shifting power relations that inhere in the literary transculturations between colonizer and colonized brings into focus the work's main theoretical achievement, but her engagement with these more general theoretical or methodological issues remains very much a vexed one. In the U.S. field of Japan studies as a whole, one often detects a certain anxiety on the part of scholars whose training and temperament hew closely to the archival—that is to say, to the empirical, where the ground appears more stable. This anxiety is directed toward larger conceptual questions and frameworks that cannot be settled by mere recourse to empirical phenomena, and despite the considerable import of these questions it is not uncommon for scholars to reveal their anxiety by simply listing the names of authors and works that carry a recognized critical cachet, thereby giving the illusion of theoretical engagement, as opposed to actively grappling with these issues on their own, often elusive terms. Thornber does not entirely escape this trap, unfortunately, as can be seen by the plethora...
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Art De Vie: Visual Artist, Bryson Boutte
Thelisia S. Davis
Visual artist, Bryson Boutte, (appropriately nicknamed Munk given his cool & quiet demeanor) has always had love for the visual arts. He started painting in high school during art class but didn't get serious about his talent until the summer of 2013.
"When I first got interested in art, it was rooted in graffiti and I was searching for a tag. I cycled through a few until I found myself watching a documentary on monks in Southeast Asia," Boutte said. He was absorbed by their quest for inner peace and as a reminder, "I took the word monk on as my moniker."
Having the name Munk, he says, helps keep him keep his ultimate goal of inner tranquility and humbleness in mind.
Boutte says he learned a little about art on his own at the beginning of discovering his talent, but he isn't at ease with saying he is completely self-taught. He gives major credit to Allan Jones and John Hawthorne at the University of Louisiana–Lafayette. The two have helped enhance his skills as an artist and advance his expression across a broad array of art forms, including digital art, topography, animating, sculptures, even "the human spirit," he adds.
Boutte created an original piece at Bits of Baton Rouge. Photo credit: Tamara Williams.
Currently he has a series that focuses somewhat of the human spirit. The "Human History" series "…draws a parallel between the present and the past, the physical and the metaphysical, the mind and our shared experience."
His favorite medium, acrylic. "Its drying speed lets you create layers," Boutte said. "Layers on top of paint and if I ever mess up, I can just work on another part of the piece and paint over it."
His favorite art form, "Painting definitely. I mix a lot of my colors and do the blending on canvas so I'm constantly surprised by the results, I can get lost in a painting for hours."
Visual artist, Bryson Boutte displays his finished artwork at Bits of Baton Rouge. Photo credit: Tamara Williams
At the time of this interview we discussed the popularity of live art performances. In 2014, we saw a surge in events inviting artists like Bryson Boutte to create signature artwork on location. I asked him what he though about the development of these types of pieces. He answered, "When I started to see all the shows come up I was amazed then and even more now that I know who organizes these events. You always see these paintings online or on display but the process is an amazing experience that not too many people get."
Some of the events Bryson has performed includes; Art Has a Home, Build the Fire by Modern Day Scribe and Bits of Baton Rouge.
Beyond that, Bryson just wants to keep on creating. He is currently living in Los Angeles. "This is my dream and to see so much support growing behind what I'm doing only pushes me to continue to chase it."
Editor's note: The description of Bryson's current series come from his website, artbybrysonboutte.format.com. This article was originally published in The Rouge Collection's January 2017 issue.
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Weekend Thoughts Around The Northwest – The Good, Bad, And Ugly
By John D. Hunter on	 September 11, 2019 Seattle Mariners, Washington Huskies, Washington State Cougars
Looking back on the sports' scene from this past weekend for the Washington teams, I can only think of three, simple descriptors: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
First off, the Good. The Washington State Cougar football team continued to roll through their powder-puff early schedule with a 59-17 beating of Northern Colorado on Saturday. The Cougar game scheduler clearly needs to step up his game.
I realize these games are scheduled years in advance, but in what realm of reality was Northern Colorado ever going to be any kind of a test for a team with Pac-12 title aspirations? Same with the Cougars' first game against New Mexico State. Come on!
To be taken seriously on the national landscape of college football, the non-conference schedule needs to be a better test. The Cougs' first two games, not so much.
However, they did dismantle both teams as they should. The team put up 58 and 59 points respectively, and their new fifth-year-senior quarterback, Anthony Gordon, has looked fantastic. He has patiently waited his turn behind Luke Falk and Gardner Minshew the past four seasons, and those are two quarterbacks currently playing on Sundays. Ok, Falk is on the Jets practice squad.
Gordon picked up right where Minshew left off when the Cougs won a school record-best 11 games last season. Gordon already has nine touchdown passes and 884 yards in the two games. But again, look at the opponent and pump the brakes. We'll check back once the Pac-12 schedule starts and see how the team looks. Two games into the season, so far so good.
The Bad has to be the Washington Husky team's loss to the Cal Bears for the second year in a row. I attended the game, for the first 10 minutes, before thunder and lightning sent me home and out of the rain.
I do have to say that storm was like nothing I have ever seen before. I'm from Montana where lightning is quite common, but Saturday night was otherworldly. It went on and on, and the weather service said there were over 2,200 lightning strikes. Wow!
Unfortunately for the Huskies, the two-and-a-half-hour delay did them no favors. Yes, both teams experienced the delay, and both had to play deep into the night. But the Huskies had a 15 home-winning streak on the line and just came out flat.
Their play was sloppy with fumbles, interceptions, missed tackles, and dropped passes, which is very un-Chris Peterson-like. Usually the head coach's teams do a great job of protecting the football and forcing the other team into costly mistakes. Not Saturday.
I do have to say seeing new transfer quarterback, Jacob Eason, in person is quite a sight. That is one big human. He is not only huge; he is also a genuine athlete. He can move around in the pocket and has a rocket for an arm. I think once he gets more comfortable with that team, he is going to be really good. He'll need more help from an experienced crop of receivers, but the sky is the limit.
On paper all the ingredients are there for a successful season: great running game, stud quarterback, and a daunting defense. Putting it all together seems to be the challenge. On a very strange evening, Saturday just wasn't the Huskies' night. Dropping the Pac-12 opener makes a championship run even more difficult.
The truly Ugly part of the weekend in Seattle, however, was the Seattle Mariners. Ugh.
When I looked at my phone to check their score on Saturday, I thought I was still on the college football scoreboard.
21 to 1.
The Houston Astros continue to play big-brother to the Mariners and swept them over the weekend. They are 16-1 against the M's this season, and they still play two more times. Ouch.
Felix Hernandez continues his farewell tour …… wait, what? That hasn't been announced? Oh, my bad.
The King continued his slide into the scrap heap, giving up 11 runs in just two innings. He has been so good for the Mariners for so long, doesn't he deserve to go out with a little more respect than leaving him in the game when he obviously doesn't have anything? Just saying.
The throw-away, step-back, tanking or whatever you want to call this season can't get over fast enough in Seattle. There is nothing to play for other than getting young players some game-time experience. But what are they really learning when every game is nowhere near competitive? The poor kids have to look at the standing every day and see the team 36+ games out of first place. Demoralizing.
Let's hope this season doesn't leave a scar on some of the promising prospects in the organization. Only time will tell, but right now calling the Mariners "ugly" is being kind.
It was truly a strange weekend for our state's college football teams as well as the Mariners. The football teams have the whole season in front of them, so their future is bright. What comes of the Mariners' season remains to be seen. For all those fans, fingers crossed.
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Democracy / June 20, 2018 by Helena Swanson-Nystrom
The final episode in our series discusses how citizens can rewrite the social contract through participation in the democratic process. We hear from Larry Lessig, professor of law at Harvard Law School and 2016 presidential candidate; Eric Liu, founder and CEO of Citizen University; Charlotte Alter, national correspondent at TIME Magazine; and Amanda Nguyen, founder and CEO of Rise.
For additional information on the issues we briefly examine, we recommend the following resources:
E.J. Dionne & Kayla Meltzer Drogosz, The Promise of National Service: A (Very) Brief History of an Idea, Brookings (June 2, 2003), https://www.brookings.edu/research/the-promise-of-national-service-a-very-brief-history-of-an-idea/.
Lawrence Lessig, Republic, Lost: Version 2.0 (Twelve 2015).
Lawrence Lessig, I'm Trying to Run for President, but the Democrats Won't Let Me, POLITICO Mag. (Oct. 1, 2015), https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/10/lessig-lawrence-democrats-debate-2016-213215.
Eric Liu, You're More Powerful than You Think: A Citizen's Guide to Making Change Happen (PublicAffairs 2017).
Eric Liu & Nick Hanauer, The Gardens of Democracy: A New American Story of Citizenship, the Economy, and the Role of Government (Sasquatch Books 2011).
Eric Liu, How Donald Trump Is Reviving American Democracy, Atlantic (Mar. 8, 2017), https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/03/how-donald-trump-is-reviving-our-democracy/518928/.
Charlotte Alter, The School Shooting Generation Has Had Enough, TIME (Mar. 22, 2018), http://time.com/longform/never-again-movement/.
Charlotte Alter, A Year Ago, They Marched. Now a Record Number of Women Are Running for Office, TIME (Jan. 18, 2018), http://time.com/5107499/record-number-of-women-are-running-for-office/.
Amanda Nguyen, TED: Re-Writing Laws to Help Sexual Assault Survivors, YouTube (Dec. 20, 2016), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBJBi8oyG18.
Diana Pearl, How a 24-Year-Old Rape Survivor Is Pushing Congress to Change the Way the U.S. Handles Sexual Assault, People (Aug. 30, 2016), https://people.com/celebrity/amanda-nguyen-and-rise-profile-passing-sexual-assault-bill-of-rights/.
Patrick D'Arcy, How to Turn a Cause into a Law, TED (Nov. 17, 2017), https://ideas.ted.com/how-to-turn-a-cause-into-a-law/.
This episode was produced by Mareva Lindo.
Thanks to Doctor Turtle for the music:
"Lullaby for Democracy" (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Doctor_Turtle/The_Double-Down_Two-Step/lullaby_for_democracy)
"Go Tell It On the Molehill" (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Doctor_Turtle/Flush_Your_Rolex_1416/go_tell_it_on_the_molehill_2)
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Q: Generate Entity Framework code for SQL Data This is weird but is it possible to generate c# EF code from existing database to insert data, Similar to generating data scripts from SQL Server?
Instead of raw SQL, I want to generate code which uses EF models to insert data.
Something like
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                Name = "Test",
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Victims of the payment protection insurance (PPI) mis-selling scandal could potentially have been under-compensated by an estimated £1 billion, a BBC investigation has found.
Customers who may possibly have been affected had PPI on credit cards issued by Lloyds Banking Group, Barclays, MBNA and Capital One, Radio 4's You and Yours programme says. All these banks claim to make every effort to pay the correct amount of compensation (see our Reclaim Credit Card PPI guide for help on reclaiming).
The issue has arisen because providers paid out the premiums and interest on mis-sold policies, but their calculations may have failed to take into account any charges or fees incurred by users tipped over their borrowing limit as a result of paying PPI.
The BBC says one complainant, Mark Pascoe reclaimed £5,800 from MBNA. However, the report alleges MBNA's calculations didn't account for the £600 Pascoe paid in fees and charges since taking his card out in 1997.
If this figure was included in the original calculation, Pascoe would have received £13,000 in compensation, a shortfall he calls "almost robbery".
How do I know if my PPI offer is correct?
The simplest way to check if your PPI offer is correct is to contact your provider to check. If you're unhappy with its response, you can take your complaint to the Financial Ombudsman Service. See our PPI help leaflet for more info on how to check your redress offer.
How many complaints have there been?
MoneySavingExpert.com contacted the indepdendent complaints arbitrator, the Financial Ombudsman Service. It says there have been a "small number" of complaints about this specific issue.
We also spoke to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). It says anyone who incurred fees or charges as a result of paying for PPI and going over their borrowing limit should have them refunded, plus interest.
The regulator adds that it's keeping a close eye on how firms continue to handle complaints and will intervene if necessary.
If you've ever had a loan or credit card, check now to see if you were mis-sold PPI. A common complaint is that consumers are told they must buy PPI in order to be accepted for the loan. This is mis-selling.
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All the banks named in the BBC's story told You and Yours they make every effort to pay customers the right amount on their PPI claims.
Here's what each bank told MoneySavingExpert.com.
Lloyds: "When a customer receives redress on their PPI policy we send them a letter detailing the calculation. The customer will be asked to inform us if they have suffered any consequential or additional loss as a result of the sale of their PPI policy. Upon receipt of additional information we will investigate and refund where appropriate.
"We are committed to doing the right thing for our customers and this includes ensuring that each PPI case we receive is investigated on an individual basis."
Barclays: "We work to provide the best outcomes for our customers and review each case on its individual merit, in line with industry redress methodology laid down by the FCA and align this to guidance from the Financial Ombudsman Service.
"In the case of late and over-limit fees, where it is possible to identify that fees have been triggered by the customer taking PPI, we have already repaid them and in recognition that we may not have been able to identify all fees, we have paid additional interest to more than mitigate any customer detriment."
MBNA: "Fees of this nature are required to be refunded when they are 'caused' by the mis-sale of PPI. Not all credit card fees and charges are the same between issuers and there are aspects of MBNA's fees and charges and the way they are charged (or not charged) which are highly relevant to whether MBNA might be liable to refund them.
"Our system operates so that the cost of PPI is only applied after the customer has gone over limit and after the over limit fee has been applied. As such, PPI could never cause our customers to be over limit or cause the fee to be applied."
Capital One: Capital One hasn't responded to our request for a comment.


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Over 55s embracing 'pay-as-you-go' lifestyle so they're not tied down with commitments
Astrid Hall
THE over 55s are embracing a 'pay-as-you-go' lifestyle because they don't want to be tied down to any commitments – including relationships.
Research of 1,000 over 55s found that despite the perception of older generations seeking a more settled and secure way of life, nearly half (47 per cent) prefer to be flexible with their commitments.
A third of over 55s have no interest in getting marriedCredit: SWNS:South West News Service
Only 13 per cent are dedicated to one specific sports team, less than a fifth are committed to their job and, staggeringly, more than half say they aren't even committed to their relationship.
In fact, nearly a fifth of the age group would go as far to say they lead an easy-going bachelor or bachelorette lifestyle, and nearly a third (32 per cent) have no interest in getting married whatsoever.
The study was commissioned by Bulb to celebrate the launch of its Smart Pay As You Go offering.
Bulb co-founder, Amit Gudka, said: "It's great to see over 55s embracing a lifestyle with fewer commitments and more options for flexibility and spontaneity.
"Whether they're managing their personal finances or topping up their energy on the go, it's clear the over 55s are seeking more freedom to control their everyday spending."
The study also found this care-free attitude to life has seen 21 per cent quit their job spontaneously and 16 per cent make the impulsive decision to dye their hair.
A further 14 per cent have inked themselves with a tattoo, and 19 per cent have bought a new car on a whim.
It also emerged nearly a third of over 55s are not tied down to any monthly subscriptions.
More than six in 10 (62 per cent) like to have the flexibility to change things as and when they please, while a fifth like to live spontaneously and make a decision in the moment.
Nearly two thirds of over 55s (63 per cent) said that being able to pay for things at their own pace also helps keep their spending habits under control.
Nearly half of over 55s prefer to be flexible with commitmentsCredit: SWNS:South West News Service
And being able to manage their personal finances is still important to 92 per cent of the age group.
Amit Gudka added: "When we founded Bulb, we recognised the importance of providing our customers with a simple, easy way to manage their energy without being tied down to long, inflexible commitments.
"As well as being 100 per cent renewable, Bulb's Smart Pay As You Go is flexible, accessible and affordable.
"You can top up directly through the Bulb app from anywhere at any time and stay in control while looking out for the planet."


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Shrivers Leave 'Solid' Legacy
Sons Of Eunice Kennedy Take Part In The Family Legacy
2004 Dec 20
Correspondent Rebecca Leung
For years, the sons of Eunice Kennedy and Sargent Shriver have been driven to change the world through public service -- while loving every minute of it.
"You believed that they wanted two things, and I can relate to this," says rock superstar Bono. "You believe the Kennedys wanted to have fun, and change the world."
It was the family business.
"We were all raised that you can make a difference, and that you must make a difference in your life," says Maria Shriver, former television reporter and current first lady of California.
Maria Shriver sat down with anchor Lesley Stahl to discuss a subject she cares about deeply – her family.
"I was surrounded growing up by an extraordinary group of guys," says Maria. "My brothers always say, 'Oh, we prepared you for the world of journalism, we prepared you for Arnold, we prepared you for everything, and in a way they're right."
Bobby Shriver, 49, is the oldest of the five Shriver kids. He says, with a slight edge, that Jack and Robert weren't the only Kennedys to make history.
"In our family, the Shrivers, my mom never ran for office and she changed the world. Period. End of story," says Bobby about his mother, Eunice, JFK's younger sister and founder of the Special Olympics. "My mother's a very, very, very hard worker."
Eunice's husband, Sargent Shriver, ran for vice president in 1972, and for president in 1976. "He did the Peace Corps, the Job Corps, Head Start, legal services for the poor, foster grandparents, neighborhood health services. He started all of those," says Maria.
"I'm so hopeful that people will understand the Shriver legacy, not as much as the Kennedy legacy, because it doesn't have the same sex appeal. But it's a solid legacy."
Sargent was also a strong father, and author Laurence Leamer says that's why the Shriver house in Virginia was by far the most stable home in the Kennedy family.
"Having a father, having that caring family. That's the difference," says Leamer.
Bobby Shriver and his cousin Bobby Kennedy were the young champions of their respective clans. They have been close but competitive since their childhood summers when all the Kennedy cousins congregated at their compound in Hyannis Port.
"It made no difference whether you played varsity football for Yale. It only mattered when you beat the Kennedys at touch football. That counted," says Bobby Shriver, laughing.
Leamer says their paths diverged in 1970, when at age 16, they were caught with marijuana. Bobby Kennedy's dad was already gone, but Bobby Shriver's father was there to help.
"Bobby Shriver's father says he understands the problem here," says Leamer. "He gets his son out of that."
"It meant a lot to me when he said, 'You stick with me. You're a good kid. You're not a bad kid,'" recalls Bobby.
"Bobby Shriver goes on to have a very different kind of life than Bobby Kennedy," says Leamer, whose book, "Sons of Camelot," describes how Bobby Shriver and his brothers tried to carve out their own spaces in the family's legacy.
"I think you're always struggling in a family like ours, to find yourself, to find your own road," adds Maria. "What can you do that they haven't done?"
Bobby says he found his interest in a field completely foreign to the Kennedy clan: producing records.
"He was pursuing me, you know," says rock star Jon Bon Jovi. "Madonna, U2, Springsteen, no one could say no."
Bobby persuaded Bon Jovi and some of the biggest names in music to be on a first Very Special Christmas album -- with the proceeds going to his mother's organization, the Special Olympics.
"We recorded a record, a Christmas rap record, with Run DMC. And that's how we became friends," says hip-hop entrepreneur Russell Simmons. "He's very animated. He's over the top. He's got this edge and energy that you see. But his heart is peaceful. His thoughts are peaceful."
Bobby found that peace through yoga. Now living in Los Angeles, he's practiced daily for the past 10 years. Today, he's finally calm enough to get married for the first time.
He's also devoting himself to other projects, and teaming up with rock superstar Bono to raise billions of dollars for third-world debt relief and the AIDS crisis in Africa.
"We see our work, Bobby and I, as just an evolution. It's the same journey that Jack and Teddy and Bobby and Eunice took in the '60s," says Bono. "I would not say Bobby sees the Kennedy thing as any kind of burden. Baggage, yes. Something you carry around and you need to be conscious that it comes with you wherever you go. But he wants to see what he can do with it."
Bobby's younger brother, Tim, 44, may quite possibly be the son of Camelot most eager to free himself from the bondage of great expectations.
"Sometimes, the thing that's got you tight, the thing that's got you restrained, is what other people want you to be," says Tim.
After graduating from Yale in 1978, Tim moved to another world -- less than two miles away from campus. He says he spent the happiest days of his life helping school kids in inner city New Haven who hadn't had any of his advantages.
"To this day, I don't think most of the people I worked with knew [that I was a Kennedy.] It just wasn't relevant," says Tim. "...Who the heck cares what your last name is? I mean, get off your white horse, roll up your sleeves and stop the pipes from leaking if you want to make a difference. That's what's going on. That's what I liked."
Maria says, "He was very proud of living that life. And I think he misses living that life."
After 15 years in New Haven, Tim moved with his family to Washington, where he now runs the Special Olympics.
"It was a tough decision for me, in some respects," he says about working for his mother's business. But he has given the organization a truly international presence.
"He has done an extraordinary job with Special Olympics," says Maria. "He has taken it to new heights."
This month, Tim and his mother were in Japan, planning the first Asian games. "I have the best job in the world," says Tim. "It's the only job I can imagine where almost every day, someone tells you you helped change their life. Pretty good."
In Miami, Tim's youngest brother, Anthony, is hard at work and play.
During the weekends, it's common to see Anthony, 38, on the water with his wife and four children, and a special friend named George.
George and Anthony are "Best Buddies" – that's the name of the mentoring program Anthony started 15 years ago. He says he was inspired by his aunt, Rosemary, JFK's severely disabled sister: "What she did for me is develop that sense that every person has a gift. And that every person can contribute."
In order to expand Best Buddies, Anthony has been less hesitant than some of his brothers to throw his name around.
"He's smart," says Leamer. "He knows the Kennedy name would help in raising money."
"I'm not using it to get into a nightclub; I'm not using it to get a better deal on a car. I'm using it to raise money for people with intellectual disabilities, and I think I'm using it in the right way," says Anthony.
Could there be a run for office in the future?
"I mean, anything's possible," says Anthony. "I haven't closed off tomorrow," adds Tim.
And what about Maria? "Who knows who might run for office," says Bobby. "You know, Maria Shriver might run for office. How'd you like to run against Maria Shriver?"
But ironically, the most successful politician of this Kennedy generation isn't really a Kennedy at all. It's Maria Shriver's husband, California's new Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
"He certainly is the one running and, God love him, being elected to elective office," says Bobby. "You know, we'll see whether he can run the programs."
"He's not, you know, Arnold Shriver or Arnold Kennedy. I mean, he grew up with different values than we did, and he's not one of us," adds Anthony, who joined Schwarzenegger on the podium during election night to celebrate his victory.
"He's my brother-in-law. And, you know, we were taught that family's the most important thing. And loyalty is a very, very important thing."
It's that loyalty, ultimately, that has sustained the Kennedy legacy through its hardship.
"All the tragedies in my family have left me with a sense that you can carry on," says Tim. "At the end of the day, we are a family."
These Kennedy sons, whether or not there's a future president among them, say they're trying to stay true to the words of those who went before them.
"My grandfather used to say this. Fight as hard as you can for what's right, and the you let God take care of the results," says Bobby Kennedy. "I have to make it to the end of my life without stopping fighting, you know? I have to die with my boots on. And I know I'm gonna do that."
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Deaf And Unemployed: Taking Matters Into Their Own Hands
Amanda Morris / NPR
Photo by Madeleine Cook NPR
Co-founder Mark Burke signs with patrons at Streetcar 82 Brewing Co., in Hyattsville, Md. "My goal is to make the best beer," Burke said. "But the impact and magnitude of how this influences the Deaf community is inspiring."
The clock was ticking when Angie Bedoya held up a pair of inside-out jeans to five judges, exposing the different sizes of each pocket. She pushed her phone deep into the left pocket — almost down to the knee — as her business partner, Emely Rodriguez, dramatized in American Sign Language, "Look at these big, glorious pockets!"
At Gallaudet University's recent Bison Tank contest in Washington, D.C. — a college version of the popular TV show Shark Tank — the two students pitched a pocket-tailoring company called "Super Pockets," in hopes of joining the growing ranks of deaf business owners nationwide.
Faced with widespread, chronic unemployment but also improvements in technology that enable better communication, deaf people are creating their own businesses and pushing employers to become more deaf and sign language friendly.
In Maryland alone, there are now more than 75 deaf-owned businesses. Kelby Brick, who is director of the Governor's Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, says this "deaf ecosystem" is growing rapidly, economically empowering deaf and hard of hearing individuals. Deaf-owned businesses are popping up nationwide, too — including Mozzeria, a California pizza restaurant; Deaf Friendly, a Yelp-like platform that can tell you where to find bartenders who sign or places that play the music loud enough; or DeafTax.com, which provides tax preparation services in American Sign Language.
These deaf-owned businesses often hire other deaf people, helping to grow a sort of deaf economy. Owning a business also improves confidence and social skills among deaf people, says Ryan Maliszewski, director of the Gallaudet Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute.
"Deaf people need to improve their soft skills of leadership, collaboration, confidence and teamwork," he said. "My goal isn't just to help them develop a business to make money but really to develop their soft skills."
Deaf-owned brewery debuts
One of the newest deaf businesses in Maryland is Streetcar 82, a Hyattsville brewery co-owned by three deaf men.
On the front of the crisp, white building hangs a sign with a logo featuring a green streetcar. The logo is also plastered on workers' apparel. Both were made by other deaf-owned businesses. Like many deaf-owned businesses, the owners at Streetcar 82 said they try to prioritize deaf sources for any contract work.
Most of the repair and material workers they hire are deaf. All of their staff is deaf.
The idea for the brewery originally came to co-founder Mark Burke after two years on the job hunt.
Burke had worked in the education field, as an athletic director at the Model Secondary School for the Deaf. He applied for hundreds of education jobs, but got only two interviews. He received no offers.
During this time, Burke earned cash by bartending and made beer at home for fun. Making beer was just something Burke saw as a hobby until one day, a friend suggested that he open a brewery to sell his beer.
The suggestion came in June 2016, one week before Gallaudet University's first-ever Bison Tank contest. Burke recruited two interested friends to throw together a business pitch. Though they didn't win the competition, they won the most votes, earning them a crowd favorite prize of $250. They never looked back.
Two years later, the brewery became a reality.
"My goal is to make the best beer," Burke said. "But the impact and magnitude of how this influences the deaf community is inspiring."
Though starting the brewery took a lot of hard work, Burke said it was easier than it would have been in years past. Burke credits technology improvements as the reason he was able to research how to start a business.
"Twenty-five years ago, deaf-owned businesses were not a thing because the resources were not there," Burke said.
Technology such as video relay service (VRS), a video-based interpreting call service, made it easier for the company to communicate with the Small Business Administration and get a loan, he said.
And though all the staff is deaf, Streetcar 82 also has a phone number — another added benefit of VRS. With technology like that, Streetcar 82 is catering to both deaf and hearing customers, Burke said, bridging the gap between what are sometimes thought of as separate worlds.
Left out of the "hearing world"
In the so-called "hearing world," many deaf people NPR spoke with say they feel left out — and for individuals who were mainstreamed, it's an experience that often mirrors their childhood. Chris Soukup, the CEO of Communication Service for the Deaf (CSD), says this is detrimental for their career development.
"People who come to us from corporate jobs have often worked in isolation, in a box all the time closed off from opportunities for promotion," Soukup said. "They don't have the same social opportunities and experiences at the corporate hearing world."
Knowing this, Gallaudet junior Meghan Hatfield has concerns about working in the "hearing world." Hatfield is a friendly, unassuming redhead from Eagan, Minn., with a strong deaf identity. Both of her parents are deaf. Her mom works in the "deaf world" — at a deaf school. Her dad works in the "hearing world" — at a post office.
Watching her father struggle to find a job in the "hearing world" gave Hatfield a desire to work for a deaf-owned business, where she knows she will not be overlooked for her disability.
"Hearing companies lay off people like us," she said. "I can do a lot of things, but I feel there's a barrier."
Though she is a communications major, Hatfield said she lacks confidence when trying to communicate with hearing people.
Fostering communication between the deaf and hearing is exactly what Soukup and his company are trying to do. A towering man with a self-assured voice and steady signing hands, Soukup has been fighting against the perception of deaf people as "lesser" his whole life. His company, CSD, firmly believes that the only way this misconception will change is through a larger conversation.
Bridging the deaf and hearing worlds
Established companies are increasingly making efforts to accommodate, include and support deaf employees and customers. CSD preaches the idea of "One World," where deaf and hearing alike can come together. This world became a reality in one new coffee shop.
Starbucks' first store run entirely in ASL opened this fall. On the day of the grand opening, the line for coffee stretched back past a deaf artist's colorful cubist mural to the front door, where ASL letters spelled out S-T-A-R-B-U-C-K-S.
Deaf and hearing customers alike ordered at the register. Non-ASL-using customers used touchpads or wrote their orders. But those who knew ASL simply had to rub one fist over the other in a circular motion, mimicking manual coffee grinding — the sign for "coffee."
At many of the tables, customers stole sips of coffee whenever their hands weren't flying rapidly in conversation. Television news crews came to cover the grand opening and trained their cameras on a discussion between Hatfield and some fellow students.
Hatfield held her palms parallel to the floor, bent both her ring fingers downward and bobbed them up and down — the sign for "awkward."
She was agreeing with her friends that it felt like they were being watched by hearing spectators. The cameras kept rolling, oblivious to her words.
Despite the zoolike atmosphere, Hatfield said she was excited about the Starbucks. Many of her friends were, too.
"I know a lot of deaf people who want to apply here, but they only have a few jobs open," she said.
All of the staff members at this Starbucks location are fluent in ASL. Some are deaf, including store manager Matthew Gilsbach.
Prior to this job, Gilsbach was used to feeling alone in the hearing world. He grew up in Michigan, where he went to a mainstream school but felt left out by his peers. He then got a bachelor's in communication studies from Gallaudet and a master's in higher education supervision from the University of Vermont.
After getting his master's, he started looking for a job in his field but wasn't having any luck. He decided to work at Starbucks in the meantime.
"I need to find a company that's willing to take a risk. I've been met with 'is this going to require an interpreter? This is going to cost money,' " Gilsbach said of his job-hunting experience. "Starbucks was willing to take that risk."
At first, Gilsbach worked in a store in California, but when he found out about plans to open an ASL Starbucks, he knew it was a perfect opportunity for him. In his new role, Gilsbach now enjoys full accessibility, and he said he really feels like he is a part of the team.
Not waiting for "change to rain from the sky"
Rather than creating their own "deaf ecosystems," some deaf employees and organizations are pushing employers and their industries for better accommodations. Some jobs — like driving a passenger bus, screening for TSA and flying commercial planes — still require hearing ability. But deaf employees say those requirements are, in some cases, based on outdated stereotypes, not the actual ability to do the job.
Deaf pilot Jackson Busenbark is only allowed to fly small, private airplanes. He doesn't have a first class medical certificate, required by the Federal Aviation Administration to fly larger jets and make a living as an airline pilot. Under FAA regulations, he can't get one because larger airports and airlines rely on radio communication.
However, Busenbark and other pilots in the Deaf Pilots Association, numbering over 200, argue that the FAA's multibillion-dollar effort to modernize U.S. airspace, dubbed NextGen, will eliminate the need for radio communication. Under NextGen, flights will be satellite and GPS based, using data communication such as texting to supplement voice communication.
Busenbark was featured in CSD's "Let Us Work" campaign, showcasing deaf individuals who would be able to perform jobs that they are barred from doing.
Texting would actually be safer than voice communication, especially as flights grow increasingly global and numerous, Busenbark believes.
"Radio communication has its disadvantages. People tend to have misunderstandings all the time," he said. "Accents can be a problem for communication, and when two pilots try to contact the tower at the same time, it messes with the transmission, so critical information can be misheard, resulting in death."
Despite NextGen changes in technology, an FAA spokesperson said that there will still be a hearing requirement for a first class medical certificate.
"Some voice could be necessary as a backup," the spokesperson said in an emailed statement. "Currently, the technology to allow a deaf pilot to fly safely as an air transport pilot does not exist."
Busenbark disagrees. He said the problem is not a lack of technology, but rather what he called the FAA's culture and stigma against the deaf.
"There's a paternalistic view of deaf people where they think that because deaf people can't hear, it's dangerous," he said. "But there's this thing called deaf gain — a concept that deaf people have an advantage that hearing people don't. For example, studies show that we have a better response time to visual stimuli."
CSD used the idea of "deaf gain" to launch its #DeafEffect campaign, where it invited deaf workers to share stories of times their hearing loss was advantageous.
Soukup hopes these campaigns change the social perception of deaf people, but he said he understands it takes time. In the meantime, CSD also runs a Social Venture Fund, which provides deaf-owned businesses with money and support.
"We've adopted this mindset of fighting by land, by sea, by air," Soukup said. "Rather than waiting for change to rain from the sky, it's about creating changes with deaf businesses."
He added that CSD's work will be done only when it's common to see successful, employed deaf people.
"I'm most surprised when there are success stories, and that's the opposite of what it should be," Soukup said.
When asked how long he thought it would take for deaf people to be equally employed, it was the only time Soukup was truly speechless.
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Heidenheim, Germany
The trip that the Colonel, Mattie, and Wally took was apparently a most enjoyable one for all, particularly for Mattie. They visited Jena and Weimar. Mattie, you see, had gone to school there not so many years ago. He said he was dismayed when he saw the city and figured that all his old friends at the Clinic were most likely killed, buried under all the rubble that used to be the city of Jena. However, much to his surprise, when he got to the district where the Clinic had been, he found that only one of its buildings had been demolished, and that one had been immediately adjacent to the Zeiss works. Our boys apparently have really perfected their pin-point bombing. We've seen other evidence of it also.
Anyway, when Mattie went into the building it was dark, and he heard a voice yell down some stairs, "Who is there?" He recognized the voice as being that of the Professor's nurse and merely answered back, "Ja, who is there?" With that came the exclamation (of course all this was in German) "Ach, Herr Mathewson, at last. So long we have awaited his return!"
It is difficult to give you, this way, second hand, what Mattie had to tell us on his return, concerning the things he was told, his reaction to these people whom he had known very well a few years ago, etc. One of the things that stands out, however, is that they kept telling him that he had told them so – i.e. that things turned out as he had told them they would when he was there, etc. Mattie says he doesn't remember being quite as vehement as they seemed to think he had been, but he does remember the arguments he had with them at the time re: Hitler and the new regime. As a matter of fact, they hadn't been arguments, for the Professor had agreed with him then and, in fact, later, was going to commit suicide — but because he would be leaving his wife and children to fend for themselves, tho't better of it and continued in his same position.
One interesting thing, too, was that, despite the fact that we had heard how advanced the Germans were in the surgical field and care of the wounded, they never did have the blood banks as advertised. They never, in fact, gave a patient more than 500 cc of blood, no matter what the condition. They didn't have plasma, but had some other sort of blood substitute, which apparently wasn't very good, and, of course, they didn't have any penicillin. Another thing, they gave a lot of direct, instead of indirect, transfusions and never used the universal donor system – giving only blood type for type.
Our three travelers also visited the concentration camp at Weimar [probably Buchenwald, which was liberated on April 11, 1945], tho' the place was cleaned up by then. (Ferris had told us about it too, having seen it before it had been cleaned up much and, as a result of it, having lost several good meals). They were told many a harrowing and astonishing thing by the attendant that took them thru — strangely enough, a Jewish fellow who had been there sort of as a trusty for four years. Of course, one never quite knows how much to believe, but even if 'tis only 50% true, it is horrible.
FLASH — Bill Reiss, who stopped in for lunch today, and who is now staying the night, just came in our tent with the news that the War is over!!
Oh, oh, just checked and found that it is only the capitulation of Denmark, Holland and Northwestern Germany to Montgomery that was announced! The actual end over here, however, is going to seem like an anti-climax at best. It's only a matter of days now, anyway, but virtually it has been finished for a few days now. What next???
In Jena, Mattie (Carleton Mathewson) went into the Clinic in Jena where he had gone to medical school "not so many years" before. Only one of the Clinic's buildings had been demolished – the one immediately adjacent to the Zeiss factory – shown in the photo above.
Mattie (Carleton Mathewson) visited the medical clinic in Jena, where he did his medical training in the 1930s, and, miraculously, one of his professors and the professor's nurse were there!
René tells his parents that in addition to visiting Weimar and Jena, Colonel Bolibaugh, Mattie (Carleton Mathewson) and Wally (Greene) visited the concentration camp at Weimar – almost surely Buchenwald — a few weeks after its liberation by General Patton's 7th Army. This photo above shows former prisoners and U.S. army soldiers standing behind the main gate of Buchenwald on which it is written 'Jedem das seine' (to each his just deserts).
Here are some observations Dr. Phil Westdahl noted in his journal…
"By the 5th of May, all [German] troops in Northern Germany and Denmark had surrendered, leaving only troops in Western Czechoslovakia and eastern Austria holding out against American and Russian forces. Admiral Dornetz, appointed by Hitler to succeed him, had ordered all German U-boats to return to their bases. The world was told to stand by for the announcement of the cessation of all hostilities in Europe."


The character that represents superego in Lord of the Flies is Piggy. Piggy always follows the rules or even sometimes creates new ones. He can be referred to the good innocent boy that not many listen to because it is not as fun following the rules. Piggy and Jack are always disagreeing while Ralph is trying to balance out the superego and id. It's like having an anel on your shoulder and a devil on the other, always arguing trying to convince the ego what they believe is the right thing to do.
mSigmund Freud's theory provides a lens showing you how William Golding created Lord of the Flies main characters along with their actions. In Lord of the Flies, you can read prime examples of Freudian psychology and the boys initialing being good people until they are tempted by evil, supporting Goldings and Freud's theory.