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Blog Tour: Finding Serenity by Eden Butler
Title: Finding Serenity (Seeking Serenity, #2)
Author: Eden Butler
Genre: NA / Contemporary Romance
Tour Organized by: As the Pages Turn
Mollie Malone's mom skipped out on her. Her biker dad, always loose and easy with the law, still was able to make her feel loved, and to keep her safe. But thirteen years ago, when his luck finally ran out and he landed in prison, Mollie found herself a new family - a group of friends in the sleepy little college town of Cavanagh, Tennessee, where now they all attend the local university. These girls know about the rotten roots of her family tree but accept her anyway, and the bond between them is so strong and supportive that Mollie is finally able to see past graduation to a future that is bright and secure.
But sometimes the past doesn't stay buried.
Suddenly, inexplicably, there's a shadow behind every step Mollie takes. Someone is lurking in that shadow, threatening not only Mollie, but also the new family she has claimed for herself.
And it isn't just the past that has Mollie's life in upheaval. Hunky former Marine Vaughn Winchester - who Mollie really would like to get to know much better - thinks Mollie is just a kid; he's made it clear she wouldn't ever be able to understand the demons haunting him. But if that's what he believes, then why does he keep sticking his nose in her business? And if he thinks she's such a kid, why does he keep trying to kiss her?
Vaughn's mind games are frustrating, especially since Mollie knows enough about secrets to be convinced that there's something he isn't telling her, something he's so far been able to keep hidden. But when that secret is revealed, Mollie is forced into a situation that tests her loyalty and threatens even her closest friendships - just when the shadow of her past returns, and she's going to need them the most.
Finding Serenity is the second book in the Seeking Serenity series. We first met Mollie in Chasing Serenity, the first installment.
Mollie grew up with her biker father and while most people would say that is no life for a child, there was no doubt how much her father loved her. she always felt loved, protected and safe with her father. She loved him just as much. It was just her and her dad and their biker family, until he was arrested and she was forced to go live with her mother and sister. Mollie is the complete opposite of her mother and sister. Her mother left her and her father, taking her sister with her. She didn't like the lifestyle that he lived and wanted nothing to do with it, so she left. Mollie and her mother never had a relationship and even now that she is living with her there is still no connection there at all. The only people that she can actually rely on are her three best friends whom she met when she moved to live with her mom. Her closest friend is Layla. She has three amazing friends who completely make up for her shitty relationship with her mother.
Mollie meets Vaughn Winchester, when her and friends are competing in the Dash. Vaughn is a sexy former Marine who Mollie wants to get to know better. And while Mollie seems to think that there is something there between them, she finds out how completely wrong she may be. Vaughn thinks of her as a little kid and makes it very clear that he has no intention of being with her. Vaughn knows nothing about Mollie or what she has experienced throughout her life. But regardless he has no intentions of being with her. But what confuses Mollie is no matter how much he says that he does not want to be with her he certainly seems to care. Someone is out to get Mollie and after each incident that occurs Vaughn is right there making sure she is ok. The attraction between the two of them is there, they both feel it. But Vaughn is hiding something and that something is the reason why he cannot give into any feelings he may have where Mollie is concerned. He needs to push her away but at the same time protect her. Being with her will cloud his judgement, distract him and cause him to lose focus. Which can in turn hurt her. But staying away from someone who makes him feel the way Mollie does is not an easy task. Will Vaughn continue to push Mollie away to protect her or will he give in to his feelings?
Vaughn was sweet, caring, sexy and had his own demons and a past that has had an affect on who he is today. He is falling for Mollie no matter how hard he tries to convince himself that he isn't. But aside from having to protect her and keep her safe there is a part of him that feels that he is not worthy of being loved by someone like her. He feels like he is nothing more than a screwed up former Marine with a past. Mollie wants Vaughn but the truth of the matter is that she feels maybe she doesn't deserve him. In her mind she is the daughter of a biker, who happens to be in jail. These two could not be more perfect for each other. I loved them and wanted to see them work pat their issues and insecurities and be together.
Finding Serenity was a great read that had drama, suspense and two very lovable characters. I loved that Mollies best friends were very much a part of her story. And I especially loved that we got to see more of Declan, Oh how I love that man. Declan was the hero in the first book and his fiancé Autumn is one of Mollie's best friends. He loves Autumn and family is very important to him. He He was very protective of Mollie and I loved him for that. Another great book in a fantastic series.
Finding Serenity - Excerpts
"Right. Enough of the G.I. Joe bullshit." She looks at Declan, then to Donovan. "Take him down, boys." And in an instant, both men have wrestled Vaughn to the ground flat on his back. He begins to fight them, to get their hands and arms away from him, but the pain must strike him fast; his winces and low curses tell Mollie that the pain is cresting.
When she straddles his waist, Vaughn's protests slow to mild complaints. Around them, the players back off, giving Mollie room to work.
"Fine." His voice is nothing more than a growl, "but if you're going to do this be sure you get your knee in…"
"Hey, Semper Fi, shut it." Mollie's bare legs move along his ribs, dragging his shirt with them so that her smooth skin slides against his body. She rests her hands on the ground around his head, hovering just above him. There's a small blink of time where she catches Vaughn's eyes and they stare at each other, their breaths heating between their open mouths. "I know what I'm doing so can the instructions." Vaughn wets his lips, eyes drifting down to her chest which is only millimeters from his mouth before he focuses back at her face. "This isn't my first time."
Despite the pain and the awkward tension building in front of their small audience, Vaughn manages a smile. "Well, will you be gentle?"
"No." Mollie climbs onto Vaughn's chest, lifting her knee just below the dislocated shoulder. Before she pushes her leg up, she leans down, catching a whiff of his sweat-slick skin to whisper just above his mouth. "Baby, I'm always good, but I ain't never gentle."
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*About Eden*
Eden Butler is an editor and writer of New Adult Romance and SciFi and Fantasy novels and the nine-times great-granddaughter of an honest-to-God English pirate. This could explain her affinity for rule breaking and rum. Her debut novel, a New Adult, Contemporary (no cliffie) Romance, "Chasing Serenity" launched in October 2013 and quickly became an Amazon bestseller.
When she's not writing or wondering about her possibly Jack Sparrowesque ancestor, Eden edits, reads and spends way too much time watching rugby, Doctor Who and New Orleans Saints football.
She is currently living under teenage rule alongside her husband in southeast Louisiana.
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denise226 April 25, 2014 at 11:32 AM
book looks really good thanks denise smith
kitten sinclair April 26, 2014 at 2:52 AM
I read the Chasing Serenity and I love it...can't wait to read Finding Serenity!
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Inova Health System selects Novant Health exec as first physician chief: 4 notes
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Falls Church, Va.-based Inova Health System tapped Steve Motew, MD, to serve as its first chief physician executive, effective May 13.
Four notes:
1. Dr. Motew most recently served as senior vice president at Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health and president of Novant Health Institutes and Innovation Centers.
2. He was previously president of Novant Health's Winston-Salem market.
3. A vascular surgeon, he earned his medical degree from the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago.
4. He also holds a master's degree in healthcare administration from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
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Can I just sign up for Obamacare once I'm sick?
You can only sign up for insurance on the Obamacare exchanges through March 31.
There are many assumptions about what the effects of Obamacare will be. This series aims to separate myths from realities and answer questions surrounding the Affordable Care Act.
Myth: I'll just sign up for Obamacare when I get sick.
Reality: Actually, it doesn't work that way.
We've heard from many readers, particularly those in their 20s and 30s, who say they plan to forgo getting health insurance in 2014 and just pay the annual penalty of $95 or 1% of their income, whichever is higher, next year.
Coverage on the state-based exchanges can cost $200-$300 a month for many people. That's why some young adults without any major health issues think that it's only worth signing up for Obamacare if they get really sick or wind up in an accident.
But Americans can only sign up for coverage and subsidies on the exchanges during a specified enrollment period. For 2014, it runs through March 31.
If a person misses that deadline, they can still get health insurance next year, though they won't be eligible for an exchange policy or a subsidy. People can enroll in individual policies outside of the exchanges at any time.
There are some exceptions though. If you experience a major life event, such as marriage, divorce, birth of a child or job loss, you can enroll for Obamacare at any time.
And those eligible for Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) can also sign up at any time of the year.


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It's Chriiiistmas, and time for Spain's world famous El Gordo Xmas Draw!
Here's your chance to win approximately £3.5 million
Lottoland.co.uk are offering all new customers in Manchester a free £4.99 bet on the "Fat One. One lucky Lottoland customer scooped £3m on El Gordo in 2015.
The idea behind the Spanish Christmas lottery is to spread as much wealth to as many people as possible. Unlike draws like EuroMillions, which pays one lucky winner the lion's share of the prize pool, El Gordo distributes millions to hundreds of winners- which it can do, with a prize pool of over £2.1 billion!
The top prize, "El Gordo", is worth approximately £3.5 million, and there are 17 different prize tiers in total.
Another way in which the Spanish Christmas Lottery sets itself apart from other lotteries is its format, which is more like an old school raffle, rather than a lottery draw.
In the main draw, lines are sold with different numbers, with each line consisting of five digits. They are printed in series of hundreds. So say you have a ticket number 12345, there would also be dozens other people with the exact same numbers as you – and potentially you could all win a big prize!
A full bet line with Lottoland would cost you a whopping £249.99, which is why in Spain people tend to club together and buy smaller shares. Not only does it split the cost, but it also means you have the chance to win together.
This is why you often hear stories of multiple winners living in the same town or village, or whole families banking the big prize.
How to bet on El Gordo with Lottoland
Traditionally betting on the Spanish Christmas Lottery was for residents of Spain only, but luckily, times have changed. Here at Lottoland we offer the best and biggest international lotteries, and that includes the gigantic Spanish 'El Gordo'.
Entry via Lottoland is a little different to the standard way of taking part, so I'll explain exactly how to bet with us.
1. Click on this link for your free El Gordo bet
2. Select which numbers you want to bet with: a sequence of 5 numbers from 0-9.
3. Then it's time to sit back and join the rest of Spain to wait for the magical Christmas Lottery draw on Friday December 22nd.
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A blockchain course is now offered in an Australia primary school which aims to provide the younger generation with the exposure of emerging technology of blockchain and cryptocurrency. The Wooranna Park Primary School located in the eastern state of Victoria is conducting an educational cryptocurrency program in collaboration with Victoria's Melbourne Blockchain Centre.
Seoul School of Integrated Sciences And Technologies, a business school in South Korea, have announced that they now begin to offer a "Crypto MBA" inspired by other prestigious educational institutions that also offer a blockchain-course. In an official statement, the school explained that the aim of the blockchain-related course introduction is to increase the academic research on emerging industry.
The New York University is the first to provide a major in blockchain technology. The NYU Stern School of Business also provides undergraduate courses on the blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies. A professor also expressed that they would develop the groundwork for students under the new course to help them understand the implications and use cases.
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The one day course called 'Cryptocurrencies for Investigators' has been launched by the City of London Police's Economic Crime Academy. It is aimed to enhance the skills and wisdom of officials to understand and manage cryptocurrencies during the investigations. It would also provide insights into the detections, seizure, and investigations pertaining to cryptocurrencies.


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Students in Wisconsin demonstrate in favor of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in 2016.
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Young immigrant scientists anxiously await Trump's DACA decision
By Maggie Kuo Sep. 1, 2017 , 7:43 PM
*Update, 5 September, 12:05 p.m.: Attorney General Jeff Sessions anounced today that the Trump administration will wind down the DACA program in March 2018, giving Congress a window in which to pass legislation that would formalize the program. The government will not accept any new applicants to the program, but will renew work and other permits held by those in the program that expire within the next 6 months. Here is our story that was posted before the decision was announced:
Biomedical researcher Yuriana Aguilar, a postdoctoral fellow at Rush University in Chicago, Illinois, is feverishly working to compete in the cut-throat race for a tenure-track faculty position. To catch the eye of prospective employers, she's been trying to do the best science she can.
But Aguilar might soon have to prove she has another qualification: a legal right to work in the United States. That's because the 27-year-old is one of an untold number of scientists and engineers who are undocumented immigrants, and have been able to get jobs and degrees thanks to a federal initiative that President Donald Trump has threatened to end.
Today, Trump said that no later than Tuesday he will announce how his administration will handle the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program created under former President Barack Obama. DACA enables undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children to obtain renewable, 2-year work permits and avoid deportation, as long as they meet certain conditions. Trump has sent mixed signals about DACA's future—criticizing the program during his campaign but expressing sympathy for those it covers after taking office. Earlier this summer, 10 Republican state attorneys general issued a letter threatening to sue the administration if it doesn't end DACA by 5 September, arguing it violates the Constitution.
Aguilar, who has been living in the United States since she was 5, is just one of some 800,000 people covered by DACA. She earned a bachelor's degree in biology, but before Obama created DACA in 2012, she wasn't sure how she would be able to continue her career in the United States. She couldn't get a Social Security number or work permit, and thus couldn't qualify for many of kinds of financial support offered to graduate students or find employment worthy of her training.
Once DACA began, however, Aguilar qualified for university work-study programs, and she entered the quantitative and systems biology doctoral program at the University of California, Merced. She completed her Ph.D. last year, and is soon to complete her first year as a postdoc.
Now, as Trump ponders DACA's future, Aguilar's career plans are again in limbo. She still has a year until her next DACA work permit renewal. Even if DACA is abolished, she plans to spend as much time as she can collecting data. She's also been saving money; in the worst case, she says she'll move back in with her parents—with her husband and young daughter—and try to hold out until a favorable change in the political climate.
If she is forced out of her job, Aguilar says she'll try to stay focused on writing up her research for publication and keeping up with the literature. Although she may have to pick up odd jobs to make ends meet, she'll probably try to continue doing some research as an unpaid volunteer at a local university—as she did in the year between college and grad school.
That's what's at risk here, my career that I worked so hard for.
Yuriana Aguilar, Rush University
"Even though I might not be able to work legally, I could still volunteer and still be publishing and still hold on to my career," Aguilar says. A full stop is not an option, she says, "because that's what's at risk here, my career that I worked so hard for."
It is not clear how many scientists, engineers, and students in related fields are facing similar uncertainties. Based on the DACA guidelines, the oldest beneficiaries are now 36 years old, and many of the recipients are in their 20s. Aguilar says she knew of just two other DACA students during her doctoral studies. The Association of American Medical Colleges says 113 students with DACA status applied to medical school in 2016; overall, it estimates there are 65 DACA students among the 83,000 medical students in the United States.
The University of Washington (UW) in Seattle says 50 to 75 of the roughly 12,000 students in its graduate and professional schools self-identify as undocumented. Fifteen to 20 of those are in science and engineering fields, says Gabriel Gallardo, UW's associate vice president for minority affairs and diversity. At the undergraduate level, the university had 336 students who self-identified as undocumented status in the last school year, Gallardo says, and he estimates that one-third are in science and engineering fields.
DACA has enabled UW to give undocumented students financial support, including paid research experiences, Gallardo says. But if the program is ended, "we're going to have to rethink our approach," he says. Marisa Herrera, executive director of community building and inclusion at UW, says that rethink could even include helping undocumented students with legal fees.
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Freddy Krueger Makes a Dream Come True via the Make-A-Wish Foundation
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The Make-A-Wish Foundation has been helping those with life-changing critical illnesses to experience incredible, once-in-a-lifetime opportunities for over 39 years.
Each patient, like their wish, a unique request the foundation strives to grant. From connecting patients with individuals like celebrities and athletes to funding trips to Disney, the organization has granted hundreds of thousands of wishes worldwide since 1980.
So when 18-year-old Henry shared his wish with the Illinois chapter of Make-A-Wish, the group mobilized to made it happen. A super-fan of horror flicks, Henry wanted nothing more than to meet the man behind iconic big-scream sensation, Freddy Krueger.
Nightmare on Elm Street alum, Actor Robert Englund, immediately answered the call. The man who wore the famous fedora for almost 20 years was happy to lend a hand… or claw. The two met back in August – the organization capturing photos and posting them to their social media.
18-year-old Henry watched A Nightmare on Elm Street while coping with his rare disease. After being referred for a wish, Henry knew he wanted to meet his favorite horror icon @RobertBEnglund, who famously portrayed Freddy Krueger! @advocatekids pic.twitter.com/qQzu1LuQhb
— Make-A-Wish Illinois (@WishIllinois) August 29, 2019
Englund debuted as the deranged Springwood Slasher back in 1984, reprising the role another 5 times in what has become one of the quintessential horror franchises of all time. Although Englund hasn't played the creepy character on film since 2003, he returned in full garb more recently for a special appearance on ABC's hit sitcom, The Goldbergs.
Whether it's a famous celeb or just a random stranger who gave the gift of life, Make-A-Wish encounters often touch so many more people than just those directly involved. They remind us all how precious life can be, and how a simple gift of someone's time can often make a world of difference.


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This usually takes between 1 and 2 hours depending on a customers knowledge and past motorhome experiences. However, we take as much time as a customers needs - many customers often opt to stay over-night at the Bo Peep campsite or Barnstones campsite and return the following day to continue the handover after gaining an insight into their new motorhome.
Barnstones caravan site, which is on the outskirts of Banbury in a little village called little Bourton. There are some excellent views from this campsite and also a pub within 5 minutes walk called the Bell Inn.


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Taishi Ci (太史慈), Großjährigkeitsname Ziyi (* 166; † 206) war ein General der Wu-Dynastie zur Zeit der Drei Reiche im alten China.

Taishi Ci stammte aus der Kommandantur Donglai, wo er nach seinen Studien als Geistlicher wirkte. Nach einer Auseinandersetzung mit dem Provinzverwalter (186) setzte sich Taishi Ci nach Liaodong ab. Dort setzte sich der Gouverneur von Beihai, Kong Rong, mit ihm in Verbindung. Während des Aufstands der Gelben Turbans (193) half er Kong Rong, indem er während einer Belagerung der Gelben Turbane die feindlichen Linien durchbrach und bei Liu Bei Unterstützung anforderte.

Nach dem Aufstand der Gelben Turbane schloss sich Taishi Ci seinem Landsmann Liu Yao, der südlich des Jangtsekiang gegen den Kriegsherrn Sun Ce kämpfte. Taishi Ci erhielt zunächst kein Kommando, sondern wurde mit der Aufsicht über die Vorräte beauftragt. Bei einem Angriff von Sun Ce kam es zu einem ergebnislosen Duell der beiden Kontrahenten.

Nach einigen Niederlagen zog sich Liu Yao nach Yuzhang zurück, während Taishi Ci im westlichen Danyang blieb und seine Stellung ausbaute. Er ernannte sich zum Gouverneur und verbündete sich mit den Nachbarstämmen im Hügelland südlich des Jangtsekiang. Im Jahr 198 wurde Taishi Ci von Sun Ce besiegt und gefangen genommen. Der Kriegsherr ließ ihn nicht hinrichten, sondern ernannte ihn zu seinem Leibwächter. Taishi Cis erster Auftrag war Aufklärung in Yuzhang, wo Liu Yao kurz zuvor verstorben war. Auf seinen Bericht hin eroberte Sun Ce dann Yuzhang.

Wenig später ernannte Sun Ce seinen Leibwächter zum Kommandanten von Jianchang im Westen von Yuzhang. Dort verteidigte Taishi Ci die Region gegen die Überfälle des benachbarten Gouverneurs Liu Biao. Nach Sun Ces Tod (200) gab sein Bruder und Nachfolger Sun Quan Taishi Ci ein erweitertes Kommando, das auch die Südgrenze von Yuzhang umfasste.

Nach der Überlieferung in den Chroniken der Drei Reiche war Taishi Ci sieben Fuß groß (1,78 m) und ein exzellenter Bogenschütze.

Literatur
 Rafe de Crespigny: A Biographical Dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms (23–220 AD). Brill, Leiden und Boston 2007, S. 781, ISBN 978-90-04-15605-0

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Inspired by those 'Choose Your Own Adventure' chapter books I loved reading as a kid, this stems from that exciting concept of not knowing where you're going to end up next, but in this case, not knowing where the next part of the sentence is going to head. Their fate is determined by rolling three dice to discover their sentence. Once students have written their sentence, they then draw a picture to match their crazy sentence. There are 20 different topic sheets included with black and white and colour options available. My students have loved this resource, developing their ability to craft sentences in a hilarious way. It makes your most reluctant writers engaged!


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There is great diversity in housing in this neighbourhood, from old estate homes to modern condo apartments. Parkside Drive and High Park Avenue feature large, late 19th and early 20th century mansions, many of which have long since been converted into multiple-family dwellings. Elsewhere, along High Park's charming streets, one can find small, older, starter-size homes, large, contemporary residences, newer condos to buy and apartments of all vintages to rent. There is something for everyone in the High Park neighbourhood.
This west-end neighbourhood is named for the almost 400-acre park that is situated to the south and west of the area's homes.
With Toronto's largest public park at their doorstep, residents of High Park take full advantage of the park's walking and cycling trails, fishing in Grenadier Pond, and the park's playground and zoo, which are favourites with children. Bloor Street West, in nearby Bloor West Village, offers many options for shopping and dining. Public transit is excellent, with three subway stations on the Bloor line servicing the neighbourhood. Lake Shore Boulevard and the Gardiner Expressway, both to the south of High Park, provide residents with direct routes by car, to the downtown core and to Pearson International Airport.


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For Pros By Pros: Wiring A House Book
Here's the completely revised and updated version of the classic reference book on home wiring for homeowners, electricians, and apprentices. Since it was first published in 1996, Wiring a House has become the standard reference on residential wiring - with its first two editions selling over 100,000 copies.
Updated to the latest National Electrical Code, this fourth edition features revised information on backup generators, AFCIs, GFCIs, tools, and room-by-room wiring - plus a new chapter on home security wiring. As part of our For Pros By Pros series, this valuable reference is an indispensable tool for professionals who need to stay up to date. And it also gives apprentices and homeowners a quick, accessible way to find the most current, accurate information. For anyone who wants to wire a house, here's a complete, easy-to-understand guide that takes you through every step in detail - written by a master electrician with over 25 years of experience.
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Hood: A Place of Honor and Respect
The Academic Honor Code and Code of Conduct
Religious and Spiritual Life at Hood
The athletic department at Hood College is proud to adhere to the philosophy of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, Division III. Hood College is a member of the Middle Atlantic Conferences, competing in the MAC Commonwealth. The MAC sponsors 22 conference sports that include student-athletes from 17 schools spanning two leagues - the MAC Commonwealth and the MAC Freedom. As a member of the MAC Commonwealth, Hood will compete against Albright College, Alvernia University, Eastern University, Lebanon Valley College, Messiah College, Stevenson University, Widener University and York College in the sports of baseball, basketball, field hockey, lacrosse, men's golf, soccer, softball, tennis and volleyball. The sports such as cross country, women's golf, swimming and track and field, will compete against both the MAC Commonwealth schools as well as the MAC Freedom schools. The MAC Freedom is comprised of Arcadia University, Delaware Valley College, DeSales University, Eastern University, Florham Campus - Fairleigh Dickinson University, Kings College, Lycoming College, Misericordia University and Wilkes University, Stevens Institute of Technology and Wilkes University.
Hood College athletics are designed to contribute to the student's overall educational experience. Each athletic program is conducted in a manner designed to protect and enhance the physical, educational and spiritual well-being of the student-athlete.
Those interested in women's intercollegiate competition can compete in basketball, cross country, Esports, field hockey, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and field and volleyball. Men's intercollegiate sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, Esports, golf, swimming, soccer, lacrosse, indoor and outdoor track and field and tennis. An equestrian team is offered as a club sport.
Three full-time certified athletic trainers and one certified strength and conditioning coach work with athletes and coaches in all phases of sports medicine including off-season and in-season strength and conditioning. The intercollegiate athletic program at Hood College complements and enhances the learning experience inherent in a liberal arts education. The program provides the opportunity for athletes to excel physically, emotionally and spiritually. Each athlete is challenged to appreciate and respect individual differences, to work collaboratively to achieve a common goal and to strive for excellence.
To be eligible to participate in intercollegiate sports, a student must be enrolled for at least 12 credits, be in good academic standing and, beginning with their sophomore year maintain a cumulative 2.0 GPA. Students on academic or social probation are not permitted to participate in varsity or club sports.


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Obama Hands Romney Bitter Defeat
By David A. Patten | Wednesday, 07 November 2012 01:55 AM
President Barack Obama declared "the best is yet to come" for the United States of America, after accepting former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's congratulations on winning re-election.
Declaring America an extended family, Obama said to raucous applause that "the task of perfecting our unions moves forward."
The president also called for bipartisan cooperation, and said he looked forward to meeting with Romney in the weeks ahead to see how they could work together on behalf of the nation.
A joyous crowd greeted the Obama family as they took the stage just after 1:30 Wednesday morning in Chicago.
The major wire services and networks had named him the winner of the election shortly after 11 p.m. Tuesday.
The victory made Obama the first president since FDR to be re-elected with the official unemployment rate hovering near 8 percent.
The Romney campaign initially refused to concede the election. But just before 1 a.m. the former Massachusetts governor telephoned President Obama to offer his congratulations on winning a hard-fought campaign.
"I have just called President Obama to congratulate him on his victory," Romney said in his concession speech. "His supporters and campaign also deserve congratulations… this is a time of great challenges for America, and I pray that the president will be successful in guiding our nation."
In a brief five-minute speech, Romney assured his supporters that he and vice presidential choice Rep. Paul Ryan had "left everything on the field" in their efforts to win the White House. The GOP standard-bearer said with obviously reluctance that wife Ann "would have made a great first lady."
Romney also urged leaders in Washington to reach across the aisle to get things accomplished for the American people.
But with a looming "fiscal cliff" and the nation sharply divided, overcoming partisanship will be difficult indeed. One indication of just how divided the nation remains: At 12:30 a.m., with 98 million votes tallied nationally, CNN reported that Romney was leading Obama in the popular vote by all of 345 votes. Romney's lead represented .00000352 percent of the popular vote cast at that point.
Wall Street Journal editorial board member, columnist, and economic writer Stephen Moore told Newsmax that Obama's use of wedge issues targeting class and demographic differences proved successful.
"I hate to say it," Moore added, "but it was sort of a takers' coalition that Obama stitched together. It worked, and the concern that conservatives always had is we're getting close to that tipping point where more people want government than paid for it.
"I'm not ready to say we're there yet," he adds, "but what Obama did I think offered people the safety net of government, where Romney was talking a lot about growth."
What initially appeared to be a promising night for the Romney campaign began to slide at 9:17 p.m., when Fox News projected Pennsylvania to remain in Obama's grasp, despite the fact that only 7 percent of the vote was in at that point.
A second body blow landed just minutes later, when Fox declared Obama the winner in Wisconsin. The Romney campaign had hoped to pick off one of those two states in case it as unable to overcome the Obama campaign's vaunted firewall in Ohio.
By the time Fox called Ohio for Obama at 11:15 p.m., Romney's fate appeared to be sealed. But Fox News commentator Karl Rove took to the network's airwaves to insist Ohio's outcome was not yet settled.
"I think this is premature," Rove said, noting that about 23 percent of the vote in the Buckeye state was still outstanding.
But just before midnight, longtime Republican Kenneth Blackwell, who served as Ohio secretary of state, told Newsmax that while Fox may have jumped the gun, the voting trends showed the die was cast.
"It probably was a rush to make a call based on their understanding of trends," Blackwell told Newsmax. "… but based on what I know about Cuyahoga county, it was probably premature but probably not the wrong."
The Romney campaign knew all along that winning Ohio and Wisconsin would be difficult. But losing Colorado, a state that was once a safe harbor for Republicans with a significant Mormon vote, and the only one in which Romney led in early voting, was an eye opener for the GOP.
Obama also shocked Republicans by putting Virginia in the Democratic column for the second election in a row. Florida remained too close to call late into the morning, with the president holding on to a narrow lead.
Moore credited Democrats with doing "a much better job at getting out their voters than Republicans did." He says Democrats essentially adopted the 2004 playbook designed by the Bush re-election campaign.
"Just like Republicans drove out their voters by demonizing Kerry, Democrats drove out their voters by demonizing Romney," says Moore. "And it worked."
But Moore conceded the obvious difference was that Obama had won re-election despite sky-high unemployment.
"I think the other thing that Obama was able to do, which was really very discouraging actually for our country, is that Obama won by stitching together special interest groups," Moore tells Newsmax. "It was classic identity politics. He went after single women, he went after students who wanted student loans, he went after minorities, he won the Latino vote through the immigration policies … While Romney was talking about generating growth in the economy, Obama was talking about giving away things to people."
With Florida's outcome in doubt, the night ended with Obama controlling 303 Electoral College votes to Romney's 203. The number needed to capture the presidency is 270 votes.
As the full scope of the GOP's political setback gradually emerged, the Monday-morning quarterbacking of the Romney election strategy was soon in full swing. Some pundits cited the last minute impact of Hurricane Sandy. Others complained that Romney waited way too long to counter the Obama campaign's brutal attack ads in May that characterized him in Ohio as willing to ship jobs overseas and indifferent to the concerns or ordinary people.
Fox News commentator and Democratic pollster Doug Schoen told Newsmax the results showed Republicans must go back to the drawing board politically. Schoen said the GOP lacked "a positive pro-active message on growth and job creation." And he predicted continued gridlock and dysfunction in Washington during Obama's second term.
The election is sure to provoke GOP soul searching, especially over its rhetorical approach toward Latinos and immigration reform. President Obama won the Hispanic vote by 69 percent, compared to his 67 percent margin in that demographic in 2008.
During the GOP primary, Romney tried to protect his right flank politically by calling for illegals to "self deport." Leading Republicans such as former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush have urged the Grand Old Party to adopt a softer, more welcoming tone toward Latino voters.
For many African-Americans, the election outcome in some ways may offer an even greater sign of racial reconciliation than Obama's 2008 victory.
"Sitting here as a black person," remarked Fox News commentator Juan Williams, "it is amazing to think that he just got re-elected, with all of the problems that we've been talking about.
"Yes, there is a lot of racial polarization in the electorate as we see it tonight," Williams said. "But here's a guy who had difficulties, now does not have the savior magical aura he had back in 08. He's an average guy trying his best, arguably, but up against it and in some instances failing. Nonetheless, he was able to win re-election. I think that's a very special moment."
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Neil Gaiman: My dad would pat me down for hidden books at family gatherings
The writer told Desert Island Discs that his father would confiscate books to stop him reading constantly.
Neil Gaiman has said he was always reading as a child (Ian West/PA)
By Mike Bedigan, PA
November 27 2021 02:45 AM
Writer Neil Gaiman says his father used to pat him down for hidden books at family gatherings to stop him from reading constantly.
The Sandman comics creator said he used to view his overactive imagination as his "big weakness" and did not realise that it would become a "superpower".
Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, he said he had found "comfort" and "friends" in books which made him such a voracious reader.
"I wasn't very good at friends when I was a kid," he said.
Books didn't let you down. Books wouldn't make fun of you. Books were sensible Neil Gaiman
"Books didn't let you down. Books wouldn't make fun of you. Books were sensible.
"It was only after I had been a father three times that I finally came to the conclusion that actually kids don't automatically alphabetise their bookshelves, that was just me."
Recounting being frisked for contraband literature at family gatherings, he continued: "(It was) always my dad
"He would literally pat me down because I had been known to hide books under my jumper and he would lock them in the car.
"It never really worked because wherever we were I could normally find something to read, it just wouldn't have been what I wanted to read.
Being brave doesn't mean you're not scared. Being brave means you're scared and you go on and do the right thing anyway Neil Gaiman
"But I'd be at a family gathering and I'd be off in the corner reading The Joys of Yiddish by Leo Rosten or something because it was the book I found."
Gaiman admitted he found lots of things frightening as a child, which had an impact on his writing.
Asked what he was afraid of he said: "You name it, definitely the dark, shadows, witches, anything that really did exist and anything that didn't.
"I used to genuinely envy kids that didn't have imaginations who weren't populating the shadows with things.
"I couldn't switch that off and I thought of that as my big weakness and did not realise that one day I would grow up and that would be my superpower.
He added that the darker elements of some of his works, including Coraline, were ways of reassuring his younger self.
"I just wanted to be able to tell myself as a seven-year-old, terrified of the dark, it's ok to be scared.
"Being brave doesn't mean you're not scared.
"Being brave means you're scared and you go on and do the right thing anyway."
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Goodbye Guillem
The most celebrated dancer of the age is hanging up her shoes. Sarah Crompton asks Sylvie Guillem why, watches her in rehearsal and consults her collaborators
By Sarah Crompton
A chill wind is blowing across north-west London, sending litter scattering over the railway tracks and used-car lots of Willesden Junction. Inside a windowless, white-fronted building, next to a printer's and overlooking a cemetery, it is nearly as cold. The ancient blow heater has broken down and a cavernous space is warmed only by electric lights, hanging from the ceiling like glowing caterpillars.
A rake-thin figure is at one side of the room, grasping a scaffolding tower for support. Rhythmically, she pushes her feet forward, standing on first one leg, then the other. The toes flex and furl, brushing the ground, every muscle at work. Slowly the movements increase in intensity. She raises her legs to the front, to the rear, to the side, letting them fly ever higher, twisting out from the hips so they mark circles in the air.
For 39 years, a variation of these exercises has started Sylvie Guillem's day. This routine of tendu, rond de jambe, and port de bras began when she was a "little rat" at the Paris Opera Ballet School, her bright hair tied back in a neat bun. They continued through her rise to become the youngest ever étoile in the company, through her gleaming years as a ballerina at Covent Garden and as a guest star around the world. They have sustained her as she ventured into daring new terrain, performing works from contemporary choreographers, and extended her career beyond any normal expectations.
Now, the most important dancer of her generation, the woman who changed ballet for ever, is coming to the end of that life. In December, at the age of 50, she will retire, never to dance again. Having built an entire career on sticking to her guns, she has made one final choice. But first there is one last tour, with two all-new works to create and learn. "I didn't want to do a Best Of," she says, smiling. "I wanted to carry on exploring. I like creation even if the process is always a bit difficult. It's always very exciting, and also less sad than just to go back. Why do again what I have already done?"
So here she is, in icy January, in this big, bare room, muffled up in layers, topped by dungarees with braces, a big white shirt, loose jacket and scarf, her long red hair pulled back in a plait, working from 10am to well past 7pm with the choreographer Russell Maliphant, who is creating a new duet for her and the Italian dancer Emanuela Montanari. Guillem puts on and strips off garments depending on the level of exertion and the temperature in the studio; as each section of dance is made, Maliphant records it on a laptop. At regular intervals they pause to watch and analyse its effects, reading glasses perched on their noses, like two professors.
"They are hinged into my life, those people": In PUSH, by and with Russell Maliphant, a regular collaborator, at Sadler's Wells in 2005
This as yet untitled piece is their fourth collaboration. Guillem approached Maliphant in 2003 because she liked the way he made people move; her interest in creating new work has always been propelled by a desire to feel, in her bones, different ways of moving and seeing. It's an impulse that has made her commission the other choreographers whose work features in her farewell bill: Mats Ek, William Forsythe, Akram Khan. "They are hinged into my life, those people. They are creative people and I want to go into their world, into their mind and also the way they see me. That is what is important."
Today, getting into Maliphant's mind is proving a struggle. "You want to give me shit?" she asks, when he suggests a complicated turn. But she laughs as she says it, and carries on endlessly repeating the moves until they are both satisfied. Then she talks to Montanari—in Italian—working through the steps with her, acting as teacher and translator. At times they look like Pippi Longstocking and her little sister, heads together, giggling and grimacing as they strive to learn. Occasionally, they both lean forward, hands on knees, to catch their breath. The atmosphere is one of calm concentration—a mood broken by the arrival of Michael Hulls, lighting designer and Maliphant's constant collaborator, who brings the dark news of the Charlie Hebdo shootings. "What a world we live in," says Guillem, as they break for lunch.
Sitting at a formica table, eating crackers and kale soup, she talks about violence and the political situation in France with dismay in her voice. It is not the kind of conversation you often hear in the etiolated world of dance, but Guillem likes to engage with society. She is vegan, on the grounds that "I do not want an animal to die for me", and a strong supporter of the eco-campaigners Sea Shepherd, who use direct action to draw attention to illegal whaling and the destruction of the oceans. She uses her fame as a weapon to highlight such causes—her last tour, "6,000 Miles Away", visited tsunami-stricken areas of Japan to point to their plight and raise funds.
In "Sacred Monsters", the duet she made with Khan in 2006 which was the first time she had spoken on stage, there is a moment when she tells the story of Sally in the "Peanuts" cartoon. She is skipping happily away, then suddenly bursts into tears. Guillem says she knows how Sally feels—both the exhilaration of the skipping, and the sudden realisation of pointlessness.
"It's the balance," she says. "Yes, it's futile what we do, but it's part of a positive thing. We are not doing wrong, we are not killing, we are not hurting people, we are not exploiting people, we are not lying. There is something true and genuine about it, so in the end it is important. But the thing is, you must do it as well as you can."
So that is what she does, dancing on under the lights Hulls has assembled, tracing the steps with Montanari when everyone else has left. Even in a drab rehearsal space, she shines; movement seems to spring from the centre of her being and flow to the tips of her fingers. "That line doesn't stop at the end of her body," says Maliphant. "It goes out into space. She has been thinking about aesthetics and line and how she looks since she was very young. She can make extraordinary shapes with such ease. It is just part of her."
S ylvie Guillem never wanted to be a ballerina. She was a gymnast who ended up at the Paris Opera Ballet School on a year-long exchange programme, designed to give athletes added polish. "I was lucky because I had a different status. In the boarding school, from Sunday evening to Friday evening, you are watched all the time. But there were three of us who, three times a week, could escape, take the Métro, go to the National Institute of Sport and train as gymnasts. So we had this little different life, and didn't have the same mentality of the others. I didn't really understand that mentality. It was a strange tension. The notion of pleasure was not there at all."
She describes the teachers, with heavy emphasis, as "witches", but she didn't care. Unlike her two friends, she found ballet class easy, and then one day she was invited to take part in the end-of-year performances. "Curtain up. That was it," she says, with ringing simplicity.
We are talking on Saturday at 7pm in a crowded hotel bar; Clerkenwell is getting geared up for a night on the town. For Guillem it will be supper, a massage and bed. She has been in rehearsal all day. Even at lunch in the Sadler's Wells café, she didn't get the chance to relax: she had to clean up a table to make herself space to sit down. Now, make-up free and relaxed, she looks tired but seems happy to look back on her career with the honesty that is her hallmark.
From that moment of revelation at 11, she was destined to be a ballerina. She fixed her eyes on the prize and coped as best she could with the restrictive discipline. "You learn about people, and betrayal and stupidity," she says, pulling a wry face. "But I knew something was there for me. I really enjoyed the stage. The rest, no, but if you have to go through that to get there, OK fine, you do it. Also it was not very difficult for me. I was lucky. Every year, I came top in the exams. What was in my mind was passing every test, and then getting into the company to see what was interesting there. Just that."
At 15, she went on tour to Japan with the Paris Opera Ballet School and her virtuosic performances made audiences laugh with pleasure. "It was the moment I discovered the impact I could have. It was like, wow, what have I done? And this I like. This I really do like."
Nureyev soon saw that, hidden in the corps de ballet, he had a generation of dancers who could shake the world
Then in 1983, Rudolf Nureyev arrived as director of the Paris Opera Ballet, determined to shake up a venerable institution that had become sclerotic. He soon saw that, hidden in the corps de ballet, he had a generation of dancers who could shake the world. They were waiting their turn for promotion, but Nureyev was having none of it. He understood that time is never on a dancer's side. On December 29th 1984, after a matinée performance of "Swan Lake", he called everybody on stage and announced that he was making Guillem an étoile. At 19, she was the youngest in the company's history.
What did she feel? "Relief. It was like, OK," she claps her hands, "I've done it, now let's start the serious thing. It was really the beginning."
And what a beginning. This young woman, with beautiful green eyes, and a body that was strong and supple at the same time, was about to start a revolution, throwing open the closed shutters of ballet to let in some new, fresh air. William Forsythe vividly remembers the first time he saw her. "My assistant said, 'You've got to see this girl,' and we went to peer into the studio through a little window at the back. There she was, doing her barre exercises at the piano. She was amazing."
In 1987 he put her at the centre of "In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated". Its extreme neo-classicism was like an electric shock: Guillem strutted across the stage with a kind of insolence, holding off-kilter poses with power and panache. "She had a gift so large that it defined and instigated a new epoch of how we perceive possibility," Forsythe says. "But she never just whacked her leg up because she could. It was an idea, an aesthetic choice that she consciously made and she changed the ballet world with it."
The effect of Guillem's line, her ability to stretch one leg up to her ear like a clock striking six, has been endlessly debated. For a handful of critics, it was vulgar, a distortion of the academic perfection of classical ballet. But for audiences it was thrilling, and for other dancers it was inspiring. "How can you ask an artist, someone who had this ability, not to use it?" says Tamara Rojo, then a Covent Garden colleague, now director of English National Ballet. "It is like saying we all know we can fly on a plane, but let's take a horse and carriage instead because that's what we have done before. Her decision has changed how we dance, the speed of how we dance and the range of emotions that you get from a body using all of its power. I don't think people realise the emotional impact it had."
"Curtain up, that was it": Guillem at 20, in her dressing room for "Swan Lake" at the Paris Opera, 1985
Guillem is both unperturbed and quietly defiant about the fuss. "I wasn't trying to use my legs in an ordinary or vulgar way. Sometimes I went over the top, but only when it was funny to do it, like in the Grand Pas Classique, which is a ballet that is completely kitsch," she says, with some force. "But I never used it as a trademark. I always had respect."
Anthony Dowell, then director of the Royal Ballet, remembers the impact she could have in the Grand Pas Classique. When she came to London as a guest, he was watching from the wings. "It was a complete surprise. There she was in that black lace tutu with a red bob wig; it was slightly irreverent but done with this incredible wit and subtlety. And this phenomenal technique. I remember, at the end, putting my hand round that lace waist and saying 'Dear Sylvie, perhaps you could give the Royal Ballet a little more of your time.'"
That was in 1988 and Guillem was ready to move. For all the adulation, her rise to the top of the Paris Opera Ballet had not been easy. "When you start, you have no brain, you are a kid. It's fine. But then I started to be scared. I was scared of judgment—not as a dancer, but as a person—and I was really uncomfortable with people. And it lasted for a very long time. People thought I had no feelings, that I was hard. But really I was extremely sensitive to everything."
She adored Nureyev. "He was a great man. I am happy to think we understood each other." But they clashed about the choices he made for her. "I liked to fight back because, for me, it was not a challenge but an automatic response to something I thought was unfair. I can't stand what is unfair."
Their arguments were exacerbated by her determination, from the first, to take charge of what she wanted to do as a dancer. This is rare enough in life; in dance companies, which are built on compliance and obedience, it is almost unheard of. "She was the first ballerina to take her career into her own hands," Forsythe says. "I think that alone is worth gold."
So when the Paris Opera refused to allow her even a minimum of freedom, and Dowell and the Royal Ballet offered a contract that gave her choices, she jumped. In 1989, like Nureyev before her, she became Principal Guest Artist with the Royal Ballet.
A nother week, another rehearsal room. This one is at the headquarters of English National Ballet, tucked into a mews behind the Royal Albert Hall. That makes it sound rather more glamorous than it is; this building too has seen better days. Faded photographs of famous dancers hang on the walls, but the girls in tutus who peer through the window know they are watching a living legend. What they see is a woman who has refined her life to its essentials. There are monks who live more lavishly than Sylvie Guillem.
Each day, she arrives with the minimum of clutter: a bag, shoes, elastic tape to wrap around her toes and her knees, a battered iPod full of teach-yourself-Japanese and Italian lessons, a Rolex watch on a heavy silver bracelet, a water bottle, her phone, her glasses.
She cooks her own lunch. She runs her own diary. She has no assistant. The nearest she comes to an entourage is the occasional presence of her partner
She cooks her own lunch. She runs her own diary. She has no assistant. The nearest she comes to an entourage is the occasional presence of Gilles Tapie, the photographer who has been her partner and support for more than 20 years. Together they celebrated her 50th birthday on February 25th with a quiet dinner in at her London hotel.
Today, she is working with Akram Khan on a piece about the relationship between humans and technology. At this early stage it involves Guillem and a microphone stand in the Heath Robinson tradition, with plugs and wires taped hair-raisingly across the studio floor. The choreography is sharp and fast, and created at the same time as the music—so three musicians are nestled in a corner of the studio, squeezed between stacked chairs and an unused piano, with computers, microphones, a violin and an Indian drum kit. Both the sounds and the steps are fantastical, requiring Guillem to make complex shapes with her hands and then rear like a racehorse.
At the end of the first run-through, including one passage where she rolls around the floor, she falls at the foot of the microphone, panting. "I like that ending," says Lucy Carter, the lighting designer. Guillem laughs. She has great lightness, making fun of herself, defusing tension with self-deprecation. "I'm trying to do it right, that's what's so tragic," she says, as Khan queries her timing. Later that day, she tells the musicians that the problem for ballerinas who retire is that they end up looking like bumblebees, with skinny legs emerging from rounded bodies. She mimics their splay-legged walk as she speaks. But this good humour comes with a steely resolve and a capacity for hard work. She is always the first to start and the last to finish, repeating steps relentlessly until she is satisfied. Most days, her attitude takes its toll; she limps around clutching an icepack on her hip or ruefully examining her bruises.
When you see her rehearse, you wonder how she ever acquired a reputation as a diva. She is not just different from her reputation; she bears little resemblance to it. "She is insanely generous," says William Forsythe, "and has one of the finest work ethics I have ever encountered."
Tamara Rojo agrees: "It was a privilege to be in the same studio as her. She was more demanding with herself than with anyone else. For her the art is something that demands all of you, your emotional commitment, your physical commitment, your intellectual commitment and your passion."
"For young dancers watching her, it was incredible," says Dowell, of Guillem's time at the Royal Ballet. "To have such an inspiration in one's midst." Yet it was he who called her Mademoiselle Non—a nickname that has hung around her career like a bad smell. Does he regret it? "It was done in jest," he says, with some emphasis. "I adore the woman and I hope she knows that. It was just the British sense of humour."
It is true that Guillem herself has taken it in good part; she admires Dowell and invited him to dance with her on tour after his retirement as director in 2001. She found the repertory of the Royal Ballet rich and rewarding, putting her own stamp on roles such as the bored housewife Natalya Petrovna in Frederick Ashton's "A Month in the Country" and—famously—becoming the first ballerina since Margot Fonteyn to dance "Marguerite and Armand", his dramatic miniature about the doomed courtesan Marguerite Gautier.
"They wanted to make me feel a bit small," she says. "But I don't care. I had the right to say no—why would I move from Paris to do the same thing?" She feels she is more patient and more tactful now. But as a young dancer, in a strange country and a new language, she struggled. "I was not happy in that I didn't understand the English way. They asked me to come and then they didn't use me as they could have."
This was particularly true with Sir Kenneth MacMillan, the choreographer who was the most respected figure in the Royal Ballet when she joined. She was a magnificent interpreter of his Manon and Juliet—among her favourite parts to this day—yet their lack of communication was legendary, and revealed to all in a vicious clash that was accidentally broadcast over the tannoy. Part of the problem, Dowell feels, was that Guillem did not see that in the Royal Ballet the choreographers "were gods and they ruled the roost". She could be implacable. "I didn't have any impression of her being vulnerable," Dowell says. "She was out for what she felt she wanted and she had quite a brusque, blunt way of dealing with things."
The relationship with MacMillan foundered from the start. "What went wrong was that I said no to some of his ballets," Guillem says, "and then he started to insult me. He said I was a boring French star. Each time I went to rehearsal, he put on his glasses. I think I was like an intruder in the family." But why did she change his choreography, and so incur his wrath? "To make it logical, to adapt it to me, so I could do something with it. It's like wearing something that doesn't fit"—she pulls at her T-shirt. "You can't work like this in ballet. You have too much responsibility to make it work. You are responsible for what you are doing at that moment on stage."
This belief lies at the heart of Guillem's dancing life. She has an almost Platonic image of what dance should be and she wants to communicate it. It comes back to that truthfulness again; she will fight for what she believes. Anything else isn't worth the candle in her eyes. "I feel I am lucky to have the facility that I have, and I am doing it for a good reason. People want to see me, they buy their tickets. They deserve my honesty towards the work I am doing. I don't want to disappoint them. I really care about that."
O ne of the first words Alistair Spalding, the director of Sadler's Wells, said to Sylvie Guillem was yes. "I remember it quite distinctly. It was when she came to dance 'Broken Fall', the first piece choreographed for her by Russell Maliphant. I walked on stage and she made a beeline for me because there was something she wanted. And I did it. From then on, there was a sort of trust. I make sure she gets what she needs to do what she needs to do.
She makes demands because she has high expectations of herself and everybody else. They are never unreasonable. She's not a diva
She makes demands because she has high expectations of herself and everybody else. They are never unreasonable. She's not a diva, she's just very focused."
That was in October 2004, when Guillem was beginning to find herself at odds with the artistic decisions of the Royal Ballet's new director, Monica Mason. In 2006 she became an associate artist at Sadler's Wells. In 2007, without fanfare, she left the Royal Ballet for good—and devoted herself to the last surprising flowering of her career. For Guillem herself, there has never been any difference between what she is doing now in contemporary dance and what she did in the world's great ballet theatres. She returned to the three-act classical ballet when she danced "Manon" at La Scala in 2011, revealing an undimmed ability to give physical realisation to thinking and feeling. But the contemporary works she has commissioned and developed in the past decade have allowed her searching intelligence new and fascinating play. "Sylvie would not be Sylvie", says Khan, fondly, "if she weren't trying to throw herself into the deep end."
Now that too is reaching its conclusion. She decided to retire quite suddenly, as her half-century approached. "Time is time, age is age, when you finish a book you don't need to go back through the pages again," she says, with just a hint of sadness. "That's it, that's the story. I have made it as long and as beautiful as I could. Now I want to end it beautifully."
Her future, after December, is not planned. She may return to the theatre in some way. She may involve herself more in environmental campaigning. She may do nothing at her homes in Italy and Switzerland. "I wait and see. I like nature, I like animals. I also like peace, to be in the middle of nowhere with my dogs, working the soil to plant my seeds, taking care of my olive trees. I do love that and maybe I will be happy with that. I don't know."
Now she has simply to build enough stamina to take her through a long evening, in which she will perform three out of the four works. "It's a huge discipline to say OK, I need to go through this over and over again. And if you are dying, you know that tomorrow you won't die so much. It is painful but it gets easier. It is like banging yourself on the head until you don't feel the pain any more. It's the only way." A huge grin breaks across her face.
Ten to six: Guillem with Nureyev in the Seychelles, 1986
For all the bruises, it is clear that Sylvie Guillem is enjoying herself. As she tours the world, to Europe, China, Japan, America, she is letting everyone say goodbye to her singular talent. The concluding work on the programme is "Bye", a solo to Beethoven's final piano sonata, choreographed by Mats Ek, who is also retiring this year. It is a work that combines joy and sorrow, a reach for freedom with a kind of rueful acceptance that one day it will end. Guillem fills it with drama, nuance and affection, loading each gesture with meaning. "It was just a given", she says, "that this would be the last piece."
Ek, who has made three works for her, calls her "a blue flame". It is the right image for both the woman and the dancer, cool and passionate simultaneously. She burns with integrity, with a pure vision of who she is and what she can achieve. Hers has been one of the defining careers of dance, one that flared so brightly that it altered the landscape. When she stops dancing, the world will be a little darker.■
Sylvie Guillem: A Life in Progress Lodz International Ballet Festival, May 15th-16th; Sadler's Wells, London, May 26th-31st; Athens & Epidaurus Festival, June 3rd-4th; touring to December 20th
IMAGES: Arena Pal, Laurie Lewis, Getty, Rex
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Raising Boys to Be Good Men: A Parent's Guide to Bringing up Happy Sons in a World Filled with Toxic Masculinity by Aaron Gouveia
"If you are the parent of a boy . . . this is the book you need . . . insightful, enlightened, practical." —Peggy Orenstein, New York Times bestselling author of Boys & Sex
From the dad who created the viral tweet supporting his son wearing nail polish, this essential parenting guide shares 36 parenting tips for battling gender norms, bringing down "man up" culture, and helping sons realize their potential.
Our boys are in a crisis. Toxic masculinity and tough guy-ism are on display daily from our leaders, and we see anger, dysfunction, violence, and depression in young men who are suffocated by harmful social codes. Our young sons are told to stop throwing like a girl. They hear phrases like "man up" when they cry. They are told "boys will be boys" when they behave badly. The "Girl Power" movement has encouraged women to be whoever and do whatever they want, but that sentiment is not often extended to boys. Just watch the bullying when boys try ballet, paint their fingernails, or play with a doll.
But we can treat this problem—and the power lies in the hands of parents. It's not only possible to raise boys who aren't emotionally stifled and shoved into stereotypical gender boxes; it's vital if we want a generation of men who can express their emotions, respect women, and help nurse society back to a halfway healthy place. We can reframe manhood. From Aaron Gouveia, who gained viral fame after tweeting his support for his son's painted fingernails (and who knows toxic masculinity very well), learn practical and actionable tips such as:
Don't accept different standards for moms and dads
Teach boys that "girl" is not an insult and retire phrases like "boys will be boys"
Show boys that expressing their emotions and being physical is a good thing
Let boys pursue nontraditional interests and hobbies
Talk to boys about consent and privilege
Model healthy and respectful relationships for boys to emulate
Penned with equal parts humor, biting snark, and lived advice, Raising Boys to Be Good Men is the essential parenting guide for raising sons to realize their potential outside the box.
Aaron Gouveia is the author of Raising Boys to Be Good Men and Men and Miscarriage. He's a former award-winning journalist with bylines in TIME, The Washington Post, Parents Magazine, and the Huffington Post. He has also been featured on the TODAY Show, CNN, Good Morning America, People, Mashable, and USA Today to discuss parenting and politics.
He started the website The Daddy Files in 2008 to promote involved fatherhood, has contributed to a host of online and print publications on the topic of fatherhood, and is a regular speaker at parenting conferences.
His content on topics like gun control and abortion has been seen by millions around the world. When he's not going to Gillette Stadium as a season ticket holder to fanatically cheer on his New England Patriots, he's working as the Director of Public Relations for a land conservation and preservation non-profit. Aaron resides in Franklin, Massachusetts with his wife, three sons, beloved dog, and two not-so-beloved cats.


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By Paul Farley Dec 10, 2014
Jysk reports record results
Jysk Group, comprising more than 2200 Jysk/Dänisches Bettenlager stores in 36 countries, has published its results for the past year, reporting earnings of €396.5m before interest and tax and a turnover, reaching €2.8b for the first time ever
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Jysk Group, comprising more than 2200 Jysk/Dänisches Bettenlager stores in 36 countries, has published its results for the past year, reporting earnings of €396.5m before interest and tax and a turnover, reaching €2.8b for the first time ever.
A significant investment in customer-oriented activities has yielded a record increase in turnover of 10%, so that turnover now stands at €2.8b. The company's earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) amount to €396.5m, an increase of almost 25%.
This development is due in large part to a clear focus on four key areas: investment in internal training programmes, resulting in better advice to customers; an increase in special customer-oriented activities in the stores has resulted in greater visibility of Jysk's expertise in key sectors; a significant increase in marketing investments has increased the number of customers considerably; and investment in ecommerce and online activities in general.
"It has been a fantastic year, and I would like to thank all our dedicated employees for their efforts. Naturally, customers have always been what's most important to us here at Jysk, and this past year's development is an expression of that attitude," says Jysk Group owner Lars Larsen.
Over the course of the year, the group has opened more than 100 new stores and currently has more than 2200. A similar development is also expected in the year to come – Jysk previously announced its decision to open up in Greece next year, and a decision has just been reached on another country – soon Montenegro will get its first Jysk stores via a franchise agreement. By next year Jysk Group will have stores in 38 countries.
The Jysk Group is by far the largest segment of Lars Larsen Group, the umbrella name for all of Lars Larsen's companies which includes, among others, Bolia.com, IDEmøbler and Ilva.
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Horrifying pictures show her body being cut out of the snake after her kids found her sandals, machete and torch around 30 metres from a patch of bushes that appeared ruffled.
The victim, named as Wa Tiba, was last seen at about 6.45pm when she went out to tend to the family garden.
Her sons then saw an enormous python lounged on the ground barely able to move – it had swallowed the 54-year-old housewife head first.
Neighbour Ayu Kartika said: "Everybody was crying, everybody was shocked. The poor woman. This is like a horror movie. People are terrified.
Cops were called and by 9am on Friday hundreds of villagers had gathered round the patch of grass in the remote Mabolu Village in the Lohia Regency of Muna province.
The snake's skin was sliced open to reveal the slime-covered corpse of the housewife – she was still wearing her brown leggings and dark red top.
The knife she had gone out with the previous evening was found on the floor – suggesting she had dropped it after being set upon by the killer python.
Have snakes eaten humans alive before in this part of the world?
Sulawesi is an island in Indonesia that is home to some of the biggest and most deadly wild pythons in the world.
In March last year, a young farmer was found dead having also been swallowed by an enormous killer snake.
Footage showed him being cut from the python's stomach after going missing the night before while harvesting on a rubber plantation.
Farming, forestry is and fishing are the two main industries in Sulawesi, meaning many residents have to spend large amounts of time in the wild – increasing the risk of them being attacked by predators.
Police superintendent Agung Ramos from the Muna district Indonesian National Police said Wa Tiba had went out to check her garden the previous evening and never returned.
He said: "Children and residents had been looking for Wa after she did not return home.
"Some items belonging to victim, sandals, machete, and flashlights, were found but the victim was not there.
"The family then reported this to the police and the search reached its conclusion at 9am. Residents found a python that looked like it was unable to move.
"Residents then suspected the snake swallowed Wa Tiba.


Meet Actor Bally Gill, Coventry born and raised, currently playing the iconic role of Romeo in the Royal Shakespeare Company's Romeo and Juliet.
We have to admit that we're thrilled to see a fellow British Asian from the West Midlands take on such an exciting role! And honestly, we've never seen a British Asian Romeo, so it's cool to see, especially at a world-famous theatre such as the RSC.
It's been really cool. It's been a bit of a whirlwind of people just really enjoying it, whether that's on social media, reviews have gone really well and just word of mouth – I didn't realise how strong word of mouth is. Our shows have been packed out, and Romeo and Juliet is also on the syllabus as well. It's been pretty great to be fair.
How is it playing Romeo?
You know what it is… it's the shock of it all, it's an incredible role with so much history. What I'm coming to find is that I'm getting more comfortable with the version we're doing, it's so diverse and my character for me is very much a young man from Coventry. Using a lot of what I have, as Bally, in that character – I'm still discovering what I can do with the role. Each night, while it's not massively different, really does vary because how much we're learning from just doing the play every night.
Do you ever get nervous before you perform?
I get nervous when I know someone is watching that I know, one of my family members or friends. I don't know why! I think it's because I think that they know who I am. When I know no one I know is in, I'm a little more playful and free. I think it's really good to be nervous, shows that you care about it.
I got into acting around 17. I remember talking to my dad, we watched a lot of musicals together. I remember coming back on the train from watching a show, and I said: "I think I really want to do that job". My dad said, "well you need to get some sort of training and experience", I then applied as a writer on a programme at the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry. Eventually worked through to the senior youth group as an Actor, I had a teacher there, who I'm still friends with now, who convinced me it should be something professional and convinced me to go to drama school and behold I'm here now.
How is it working with the other cast?
It's incredible! Honestly, I trust them all, so when we go on stage and do something a little bit different, it's really nice we can bounce off each other and just go with it. We hang out so much too, we're like 'do you want to go breakfast, hang out for lunch or drinks after the show', they become your family. I love them all, they're all really talented.
The thing is when you're here, you're surrounded by talent all the time – what's great about that is that I feel like I'm nicking stuff off the best people in the world – always learning and ready to put stuff into my own work.
Have your friends and family been quite supportive of your career?
Yeah, particularly from back home I'm the only one who's done this from my area in Coventry, Foleshill. I think I was always scared to tell people what I did, especially with some of my pals because of the stigmatisation of acting. When I eventually owned it, I said yeah I'm acting, they all embraced it and were like yeah man! They loved that they knew an actor. I was always scared of being an anomaly of what 'a typical job an Indian person' would do. But now I just own it. I do act and I do Shakespeare, and it's a real talking point. I still find it's interesting that we're in 2018 and it's still something so different.
Do you think it's important British Asians are represented in Theatre, Film & TV?
Oh hell yeah! Whether it's us being in Shakespeare, telling our own stories, being on stage… I think we have a lot further to go. We're making the right steps but we need to be writing our own stories a lot more, rather than depending on others to write them for us – it's not true or reflective that way. We are making the right steps, so many people coming through in terms of Asian films and theatre.
Who would have thought in 2018 that a Sikh boy from Coventry would be playing Romeo at the RSC? In my own voice and everything! There are so many talented people, so it's nice to see this progression happening.
How cool is it that Riz Ahmed is doing Hamlet for Netflix, who would have thought that? I've been trying to get through to Riz to maybe do a Romeo VS Hamlet. Maybe we could do a really cool Q&A, I don't know, I'm trying to think of an idea.
Side note: British Bindi girls 100% want to see this happen! This would be insanely awesome, someone please get through to Riz!
Hmmm, dream role? I don't think I really have a dream role. There are loads of roles I would love to do. Everyone keeps laughing at me, as in a lot of interviews I've done I keep mentioning Harry Potter… but yeah [laughs] something in Harry Potter.
What can audiences expect from this Romeo and Juliet?
I think they're going to get something that, in terms of what you think Shakespeare is and how it's been done, our version is so fresh! (without giving too much away). We're all from everywhere using different dialects. It's really relevant to what's happening in London at the moment with the knife crime and violence, which is at the forefront of the show.


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20 things you don't know about me: Ryan Lorey, Fulton County Area News
Kristi Gustafson Barlette
Ryan Lorey went from relative unknown to having his video content go viral on social media in a matter of hours.
Lorey was visiting a friend in Albany earlier this month when he decided to check out the protests downtown. He pulled out his phone and filmed for Fulton County Area News, his news-focused Facebook page.
The Facebook Live chronicling what he saw in the city lasted for more than three hours and generated more than 1 million views. People now come up to him and ask if he's the 'Fulton News guy' when he's covering events. His Facebook page gained more than 25,000 followers in a weekend.
He was also in Troy on Sunday filming the protests live.
Lorey didn't set out to be a reporter. Since high school, he's held a variety of jobs, including two years as a police officer. The Fulton County Area News site, which he started several years ago, is free. He's the only reporter and he's the one who manages the Facebook page - and responds to the comments - and the website.
His job at a local transportation company pays the rent.
"I've worked in a number of very interesting professions and I've seen a tremendous amount of life's experiences. I can't say enough how grateful I am for all of the things I've seen and experienced," Lorey says. "There have been some very bad times and there have been many great times and, looking back, I'd do nothing different. The bad gave me the strength to never be afraid and to know that I am never alone even during my hardest days."
Today, in addition to the news site and his day job, Lorey focuses on volunteering and says he relies heavily on his faith.
He's never been married and does not have children. This, he says, allows him to dedicate "time to helping to tell the stories that make my part of the world turn one day at a time."
Some see Lorey's approach - both his coverage of the demonstrations, as well as additional content on the site - as controversial, while others view it as a value-added benefit to the community.
"Some people like what I do. Some don't," says Lorey, when asked about detractors. "Either way, I will continue to do my best to report independently and to help give the people a voice."
You can follow Lorey, who is today's 20 things, on Facebook.
Courtesy of Ryan Lorey
Scroll down for 20 things you don't know about Ryan Lorey, founder of Fulton County Area News.
1. I never had kids, but I have the most beautiful goddaughter in the world. Sa'fyre Terry has taught me so much about how precious life really is. I love her and her family so much.
2. I love ice cream. I'll even go outside in my bathrobe to catch the ice cream truck. I very proudly worked on an ice cream truck called Sno Kone Joe from ages 11 to 20. It was my first job.
3. I love volunteering. Life isn't about money. It's about enjoying the things that make you happy.
Picasa, Courtesy of Ryan Lorey
4. Halloween is one of my favorite times of the year. I love the historic 1898 Knox Mansion in Johnstown. Many say it's haunted. Do you believe?


The need for proactive mutual understanding between different faiths, beliefs and cultures has never been greater. Universities are uniquely placed to help meet this need.
With this in mind, the ACU has partnered with Heriot-Watt University and Common Purpose to deliver a leadership programme for 30 students from member institutions on the theme of respect and understanding.
The ACU Residential School, free for participants (excluding travel), will bring a diverse group of students together to explore practical measures to promote tolerance and better intercultural relations at their home institutions and beyond.
The programme will support students in driving positive social change in their institutions and communities by looking at a practical challenge: What can be done to create tolerant and inclusive communities in your institutions and beyond?
Through immersion and experiential techniques, participants will have a unique opportunity to gain the leadership skills required to lead in situations where they have no formal authority, and learn and practice the skills required to quickly understand and address complex issues.
Students will then create a plan to take back to their home universities to promote respect and understanding within the institution. By the end of the Residential School, participants will be given exclusive access to a forum where they will be able to share their progress and exchange ideas.
As part of the programme, participant will meet senior leaders in Kuala Lumpur such as the Country Head of Asylum Access, a Senior Lawyer at the Malaysian Bar Council, and the Founder of Better Cities, to name a few.
Common Purpose runs leadership development programmes that inspire and equip people to work across boundaries. This enables participants to solve complex problems in organisations and in society.
Applications will be open to undergraduate and postgraduate students from all member institutions, studying any subject.
We are looking for students who can demonstrate an ability to lead (i.e. experience in a student society, students union, or community organisation), and with the capacity to affect change on their return to their institutions.
In their application, candidates will be asked to outline their opinion on how universities should be involved in promoting respect and understanding between people of different faith, beliefs and culture. This should describe the challenges and opportunities involved in diverse university settings, including examples from their home university.
Applicants will be expected to endorse the ACU's Statement of shared values as part of their applications.
Access to utilities and facilities at accommodation, e.g. swimming pool, WiFi, etc.
Nominations closed on Tuesday 3 October 2017.
Member universities were asked to conduct their own internal selection process, inviting undergraduate and postgraduate students to apply using this editable PDF application form. Member universities then selected one candidate per institution and sent their nomination via this online form, attaching their candidate's application form and references.
Please note that the home institution will be expected to fund their nominated student's return flights to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. A limited number of travel bursaries will be awarded to students whose institutions are unable to contribute towards the cost of travel (please indicate this in your nomination form).


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CAUGHT ON CAM: NBA star gives shoes to 17-year-old fan
Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo gave a gift after a game that was sweeter than a game-winning shot.Hunter Peterson, 17, who helps the team greet fans, received the player's shoes, got a picture with him and had the special moment caught on camera for the world to share."I think that's when Hunter was taken by complete surprise," his father, Craig Peterson, said. "The sneakers were still warm when Hunter brought them home that night."It happened after the team defeated the Charlotte Hornets.Hunter has been keeping the shoes on his nightstand so they're always close.Tap the video above to find out more about the story.
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Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo gave a gift after a game that was sweeter than a game-winning shot.
Hunter Peterson, 17, who helps the team greet fans, received the player's shoes, got a picture with him and had the special moment caught on camera for the world to share.
"I think that's when Hunter was taken by complete surprise," his father, Craig Peterson, said. "The sneakers were still warm when Hunter brought them home that night."
It happened after the team defeated the Charlotte Hornets.
Hunter has been keeping the shoes on his nightstand so they're always close.
Tap the video above to find out more about the story.