In case you're not already acquainted with the concept, the Bechdel test is a measure to assess the portrayal – or lack – of women in any work of fiction, although most commonly in films.
Something other than their fellow male characters.
Although the test may not sound particularly demanding, there are considerably fewer films than you'd think that meet this seemingly unchallenging criteria.
Critically acclaimed masterpieces from Avatar to the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy fail to script a half-decent conversation between their female characters. Shocking as this may be, upon close examination you do begin to notice the transparent nature of a disturbing number of women in films.
Their character development and identities rarely extend beyond their relation to their male counterparts. After putting on your Bechdel-tinted-glasses, much of today's cinema becomes a parade of men's escapades, with the brief contribution of their mothers, daughters, sisters or girlfriends.
Another issue is the physical portrayal of women. Recently, a Tumblr user managed to draw social media attention to the fact that although male animated characters have a range of different facial features, females are restricted to a cute buttoned nose, big round eyes and peachy cheeks. Not only does attractiveness come in just one form, but beauty seems to be a 'must' for female characters.
It isn't entirely bad news however, as there has been an emergence of stronger female roles, particularly in animated films. Take Frozen for example: although one of the two main female characters does have a love interest, the key theme of the award-winning animation – and the fifth largest grossing film ever – is the bond between two sisters. It has been acclaimed for its empowering implications for young girls, who can be influenced by the damsel-in-distress characters that films often offer.
The Bechdel test merely highlights the call for films to offer stronger, more independent female roles that aren't contingent on the existence of a man.
Some argue that the test is limited in its purpose. Whilst films such as Legally Blonde pass because Reese Witherspoon and her co-star have a discussion about their dogs, Gravity, where Sandra Bullock plays an astronaut, doesn't pass the test because she is stuck in space and can't communicate with other women.
However, it doesn't detract from the value of the measure in highlighting today's cinematic representation of women. Until passing the Bechdel test becomes the norm, not an exception, it will continue to be essential to the discerning film viewer.


Sir Frank also conveyed his best wishes to His Excellency, President Mauricio Marci and wished the Government and people of the Argentine Republic prosperity and peace.
"We are miles apart in terms of distance on the map. Despite this fact, we are all part of humanity. There are numerous differences between us but this one common factor does bind us together as part of the world community," Sir Frank said.
Sir Frank also informed the Argentine diplomat that Climate change is a major issue in the world today that has affected every country in one way or another.
He said Solomon Islands, for that matter, is no exception as the rise of sea level is of major concern.
"The atolls, being the low lying island communities, are directly in the firing line. For the larger islands, the erosion of the coastlines is the major concern," Sir Frank said.
He also highlighted that the Paris Agreement signed in 2017 is a step in the right direction on the issue of climate change saying Solomon Islands is waiting to see how its implementation plays out during the course of time.
Meanwhile, Ambassador Gobbi has expressed his gratitude for the opportunity to represent his country in Solomon Islands and assured Sir Frank that he will endeavor to strengthen the links of friendship that already existed between the two countries.
"Solomon Islands can count on having a loyal friend in Argentina. We will keep working btogether to strengthen this line of work," Ambassador Gobbi said.
Sir Frank assured the Argentine diplomat that Solomon Islands is ready to give assistance as and when required during his term in office.


The Italian Grand Prix is the thirteenth race on this season's F1 calendar. It will be held Sunday 6 September 2015. Two days prior are practice sessions, followed by final practice and qualifying on Saturday. This article is last updated a month before the season began. Although it is too early to give driver specific predictions, this page does have helpful information punters can use when considering their wagering selections. It includes circuit information, historical results, and other information gamblers should want to know.
Monza is a wide open, incredibly fast circuit with just a few hard turns. With that said, drivers can get caught out at the Variante del Rettifilo (turns 1 & 2), and more notably at the Variante della Roggia (turns 4 & 5). The Variante Ascari (turns 8, 9, 10) can be dangerous as well because drivers carry a lot of speed into this area.
Aside from the sections noted above, this is a very simple circuit that doesn't require a high level of skill. For the most part, this circuit requires drivers to stomp on the gas, stomp on the brake, stomp on the gas, stomp on the brake… the entire way.
The skill required at Monza is within the engineering, where engines, brakes, and gearboxes take more punishment than anything else. From a betting standpoint, look to bet on constructors rather than drivers. Punters will want to choose cars that have proven to be reliable under all conditions, then pick the best driver on the team of your favoured constructor.
The Italian Grand Prix winner has come from the pole position the past 5 seasons in a row and in 7 of the past 8 seasons. Obviously this is a race that heavily favors the pole sitter, but it's hard to find value on that driver. Instead of taking inevitable 1/3 or worse odds, I prefer to bet before qualifying, trying to pick the eventual pole sitter. When I do this, I can usually get somewhere around even odds on the favourite. If I'm wrong and my driver qualifies in P2 or P3, I might be locked in at lower odds, but I still have a shot at the win.
As mentioned above, this is a circuit that favors high qualifiers more than most. P1 and P2 consistently have podium finishes, but it's not uncommon to see drivers starting lower on the grid make the podium. For value, I prefer looking in the P3-P5 area, looking for a driver who has had success here in the past. I might take a shot at someone in the P7 or P8 area as well, if it's a top driver who had a poor qualifying session. In this case, I'm getting greater odds and hoping his team gets the car dialed in before race time.
For top 6 bets, we can easily look down to P10, or even lower. In most races at the Italian Grand Prix, at least two drivers starting in P8 or lower end up in the top six positions. This is a great time to look for two types of drivers. I look for someone experienced who had a low starting position, or an up and comer who has enough car to move up a few spots. I stay away from guys who qualified better than expected, and prefer to let the cream rise to the top.
At the Italian Grand Prix, I don't mind taking a larger risk than I normally would, because the odds often allow it. We can usually find more attractive odds for P7-P12 than normal, so it's a better time to roll the dice.


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"Military Lacked the Required Equipment to Fight Insurgents" – Alex Badeh
Immediate ex-defence chief of staff, Air Chief Marshall Alex Badeh, while speaking during his "pulling out" ceremony from the military in Abuja, has claimed the armed forces under him lacked the required equipment to prosecute the war against terrorism.
Badeh however, said despite the challenges, laudable achievements were recorded by the military under his watch.
However, this claim is the exact opposite of his posture just six months ago; when he said it was impossible for any Nigerian soldier to claim that he was inadequately equipped, as all of them had riffles.
"The task of coordinating the military and other security agencies in the fight against the insurgents is perhaps the most complex and challenging assignment I have had in my over 38 years in service. For the first time, I was head of a military that lacked the relevant equipment and motivation to fight an enemy that was invisible and embedded with the local populace," he said.
"Added to this was the exploitation of a serious national security issue by a section of the press and the political class to gain political mileage.
"Furthermore, the activities of fifth columnists in the military and other security agencies who leaked operational plans and other sensitive military information to the terrorist, combined to make the fight against the insurgents particularly difficult.
"The activities of these unpatriotic members of the military not only blunted the effectiveness of the fight, but also led to the needless deaths of numerous officers and men who unwittingly fell into ambushes prepared by terrorists who had advance warnings of the approach of such troops. The decision by certain countries to deny us weapons to prosecute the war also added to the challenges we faced.
"Despite these challenges, I am glad to note that a lot was achieved during our time in the fight against terror. The achievements recorded are largely due to the commitment, patriotism and fighting spirit of our men and women in uniform who saw the fight against terror as a task that must be accomplished no matter the odds and inspite of the campaign of calumny against the military by a section of the media with their foreign collaborators."
Back in January while speaking with the Nigerian Defence Magazine, Badeh was asked for his comments on the spate of mutiny in the country and the claims of the soldiers that lacked the equipment to fight Boko Haram, and this was part of his response:
"The Nigerian military is very well taken care off. We live in houses we don't pay accommodation for. We have buses that bring troops to work every day and take them back home. We don't pay for light; we don't pay for water. Our salaries are good compared with what is paid in the civil place. If someone with school certificate joins the army, by the time he is five years in the service, his salary has doubled that of a graduate. Why do you think Nigeria is doing that for us?
"Nigeria is doing that for us because we have vowed that we will defend our nation if need be with our blood. So for a soldier to come up and say 'I'm not well equipped' yet you have a riffle; what do you want? You want APC, you want tanks? The basic weapon of an infantry man is riffle, so why should there be mutiny? Why should you accuse your commander of leading you into an ambush? Come on! How can your commander lead you to an ambush? If they kill my soldiers, then of what use will I be? No commander will do that deliberately.
"This is the time for Caesar, all the time has been for God, all the time we have been taking salaries, we go and do exercise saying we I do this, I will do that; I will fly like this ad fly like that. All those ones you are preparing for, the day Caesar will come and demand for his pound of flesh, and Caesar has come now and he is saying, look come and do your work, and you are saying you are not going? No, it does not work like that."
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The Dow Jones industrial average extended its winning streak to 10 days and the S&P 500 closed near a record high on Thursday as investors were encouraged by data that showed the labor market's recovery was improving.
The S&P 500 was just two points away from its closing peak of 1,565.15, following in the footsteps of the 30-stock Dow Jones industrial average, which has been setting record highs since last week.
The Dow hit its 10th day in a row of gains, which matches a string of advances last seen in late 1996.
U.S. equities have accelerated their rise since the start of the year, driven by improvement in the economy and the Federal Reserve's continued easy monetary policy.
'It's simply a natural progression for prices to move to new highs in order for the market to advance. I don't think it's scaring investors' said Tim Ghriskey, chief investment officer of Solaris Group in Bedford Hills, New York.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI was up 83.86 points, or 0.58 percent, at 14,539.14. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX was up 6.8.71 points, or 0.56 percent, at 1,563.23. The Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC was up 13.81 points, or 0.43 percent, at 3,258.93.
Earlier in the session, the Dow reached yet another lifetime intraday high - at 14,528.79.
Three months into the year, the Dow has shot up more than 10 percent, while the S&P 500 has gained 9 percent.
Data on Thursday offered fresh signs of strength in the U.S. labor market as the number of filings for new unemployment benefits fell for the third week in a row.
The U.S. Producer Price Index rose in February by the most in five months as gasoline prices spiked, the Labor Department said in a separate report. There was, however, little sign of a broader increase in inflation pressures that could force the Fed to tighten monetary policy.
Ten of the Dow's 30 stocks hit at least 52-week highs on an intraday basis, while International Business Machines (IBM.N) climbed to a record intraday high, rising 1.7 percent to $215.59. It closed slightly higher at $215.80.
Energy shares led the Dow and the S&P 500 higher, with the S&P energy sector index .SPNY gaining 1.2 percent. Chevron (CVX.N) was among the Dow's biggest percentage gainers, rising 1.4 percent to $119.99, after earlier hitting a fresh 52-week intraday high of $120.26.
But on the downside, shares of Amazon (AMZN.O), the world's biggest Internet retailer, fell 3.4 percent to $265.74 after JPMorgan cut its rating on the stock to 'neutral' from 'overweight' and lowered its price target to $300 from $333.
E*Trade (ETFC.O) shares lost 8.2 percent to $10.85 after Citadel LLC, its largest investor, said it is selling its entire stake in the discount brokerage and bank company.


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S.T.A.L.K.E.R : Lost Alpha news
Thread starter michael.pa2
michael.pa2
The long awaited mod to STALKER:SoC is being released April 26. It's not the commercial,GSC backed release the developers had been hoping for,due to the actions of some jackass who leaked an earlier build,but at least we'll soon get the chance to get back to the Zone.
http://www.pcgamer.com/2014/04/03/s...-leaked-april-26-release-date-announced/#null
Strange. According to the official STALKER facebook page, they posted a message from dezodor saying "Now we should delay an other year and remake the game to make it interesting again"
https://www.facebook.com/officialstalker
CrimsonKnight13
Lord Stabington of [H]ard|Fortress
Mixed signals for a project is never good.
shifty68
Dezo updated the lost alpha mod db page saying that it would be released on the 26th of April. so that's what i am going by. or this is just the most dastardly April fools joke ever conceived.
on one hand i am glad that its being released, the other i am rather disappointed that we won't be getting the polished version that dezo envisioned.
edit: Dezo said that they will be supporting the mod after launch. Even though LA won't have a commercial release, now that the leaker asshole leaked a near final build.
NickJames
This mod reminds me of Knights of the Force for Jedi Academy.
Porter_
[H]F Junkie
I've been lusting after this mod for so long that I'm just happy it's being released, regardless of the circumstances. I'm excited. GET OUT OF HERE STALKER!
Krenum
Gahhh!
"early access" Bullshit! Just release the full product for christ sake!
Deleted whining member 223597
Har Har Har,
Get out of here , Stalker!
What is the purpose of a Beta test, if you're just going to release the game as "Early Access" AKA a Beta, anyway? It is getting ridiculous.
Krenum said:
its basically going to be a full release. the reason it was taking them so long was because they were working with gsc ( stalker devs) to have commercial release as an official stalker game. So they needed everything to be perfect. but now since the pos leaked the near final build the gsc won't help them/ allow them to do a commercial release. so they are just going to release LA like any other mod.
Dezo have never mentioned " early access" as far as i know. through i would love it to come out on steam so i could give them a few bucks.
shifty68 said:
Dezo have never mentioned " early access" as far as i know.
Apparently he did in this article.
"The silver lining here, maybe, is that Dez0wave decided to release an official version of Lost Alpha on April 26. While it's better than the leaked version, Dez0wave said we should think about it as "early access," meaning it will keep patching and updating after release".
CptVague
I am skeptical that it was "leaked" by anyone outside of the dev team. This thing was never likely to see the light of day as anofficial release given the whole GSC/Stalker licensing debacle, so this is simply a good excuse.
It's a shame GSC backed out of releasing it commercially,it's another dumb move on their part after cancelling STALKER 2. The developers deserve financial compensation after all their hard work,and perhaps after it was successful it would get GSC off their asses to continue the series. Or at least convince some other publisher to buy the license off of GSC.
CptVague said:
It was leaked by one of the beta testers,neither Dezowave or GSC had anything to gain by leaking it. For the dev team it was an opportunity to see some profit from their work,likewise GSC,they haven't exactly been raking in the cash lately.
fleggett
I've heard of Lost Alpha, but never played it. Is it something like the SoC version of Misery?
LA is fully standalone game. Which was designed to be the game that stalker should have been before it got cut back. it has all the maps that were removed from the original stalker plus some new ones and a totaly new story. you won't need to have stalker installed to play it either.
michael.pa2 said:
I don't see how a leak precludes them from profit, who the hell wants to play some old beta build? Just seems like an overreaction for a leaked build
Hopefully they move forward
evilsofa
"This unfortunate event crosses out any chances to release LA as an official addon to S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series. LA will be released as an addon for free."
My interpretation of this is that Lost Alpha has been in an unreleasable limbo because they made the mistake of talking to Sergei Grigorovich at some point, and that releasing an unusable build was the only way the dez0wave could break themselves away from "GSC backing".
GSC, by the way, has some issues, like not existing. To say nothing of the fact that it was a Ukrainian company, and I don't know if you've noticed but just being there is a bit of a problem lately. So I'm really unclear about what anyone could mean by "GSC backing".
At least dez is apparently in Hungary and the rest of the dez0wave team is mostly not in Ukraine, so hopefully this new release date is a real thing.
I'm convinced that the release date is real,and that they intend to support the game with future updates and any necessary patches. It was stated before the leak they were aiming for an October release,so the game must have been very close to complete. They've also hinted that they already have a future project in the works.
Bigbacon
i read that as
"it got leaked, so we are going to push out a new beta, called the official version, let you beta test while we continue to work on it"
Wow! That sounds like...wow! SoC v2.0!
I vividly the final assault on the CNPP and trying to avoid that damn emission. The interior of the plant was the stuff of nightmares.
Are you sure you won't need the base game, though? I thought this was an add-on.
I think I'm actually giddy to play it... my last fight with mutants was in Metro Last Light.
fleggett said:
No base game needed,it's a stand alone game with an updated engine and original storyline.
Lost alpha comes out tomorrow!!!! can't wait.
oh man i'm excited. it's been about two years since i've played any STALKER game so i'm ready to get back into it.
I just hope this (mod? revision? expansion?) isn't a bugfest. As much as I love the Stalker series, all three were almost unplayable without serious patching. Even then, the official patches were still riddled with game crashing bugs.
Not trying to be Debbie Downer. I really am looking forward to this.
If you can't deal with bugs then this mod may not be for you. It comes with the territory I reckon.
I can deal with >some< bugs. I can't deal with game shattering ones, though. For example, I had one helluva scare last night with Misery. After investing probably close to 75 hours, I inexplicably ran into an issue where the game would immediately CTD after loading saves. My last usuable save was around 20 hours ago. I eventually worked around the problem by making my way back to the Skadovsk and sleeping for 24 hours (game time), but I had to keep retrying because, at that point, I was 1) nowhere near the ship, 2) low on health with no stims or medkits, and 3) being stalked by two bloodsuckers. I also kept getting jumped by bandits and other critters.
Point is that some bugs are fine, like Beard selling protein bars for 20,000 RU. When you've got gigantic bugs that do obscene things like corrupt savefiles, that's another beast entirely and is ruinous to the experience.
Thats not the mod thats Stalker its been a problem since day 1 . any one who has ever played stalker knows to save more than once in 20 hours, more like every 10 min or less.
Yes, you should save more than that, but the point is that a mod can go one of two ways - it can either fix a bunch of mites (e.g.,. the Stalker Complete series), or it can generate a host of new ones. Vanilla Stalker (any of the three) is already riddled with bugs. To do a complete rework like this sounds very exciting, but also fairly worrisome.
This is mainly why I waited for Misery 2.1 to be released before pursuing the game with any gusto. When Misery 2.0 was distributed, the forums lit up with bug report after bug report after bug report, some of which were VERY serious. I ran into some of these myself when I was simply futzing around with it. The answers were usually of the, "Sorry, you're screwed. Go back to a previous save." type.
This situation is exacerbated by the fact that auto and quicksaves are particularly prone to corruption, which necessitates saving the "manual" way.
There is a particularly nasty bug in Clear Sky right after the Red Forest that, if you are unlucky enough to spring it, you're virtually done. No amount of backloading works. And I don't think any mod fixes it.
These are the types of bugs which are of paramount concern. Will Lost Alpha help or hinder in this regard is anyone's guess. We'll certainly see.
FYI CoP had pretty much zero issues stock. I actually had more problems with mods in that one. The other 2 are pretty bad stock though. (I did manage to play through Clear Sky completely stock without any bugs, very lucky I guess )
Maybe I was just lucky,but I had very few problems with any of the STALKER games,other than the occasional CTD,and not many of those. Certainly much fewer than the Fallout games.Can't wait to try out Lost Alpha.
Mortuus
is it out? the websit http://www.dezowave.com/ isnt working for me...
not yet in the next 3 hours dezo said. moddb wont let them upload it for some reason, so they are setting up a torrent
The dezowave.com site is now password protected. Anyone know what's going on?
BTW, moddb posted the first of apparently 13 parts of LA. I presume they're trickling-out the archive so the servers won't get pummeled.
that was a mistake they took it down.
D4rkn3ss
"ATTENTION!
We are experiencing some difficulties uploading Lost Alpha installer to ModDB site. It's a huge file. Please bear with us, we are trying to sort it out.
Sorry for the inconvenience caused and please be patient.
Dez0wave Team"
AW C'MOOOOOON!!!!!!
ah fuck it! back to dark souls!
its starting to get uploaded to mod db, parts 3 and 4 are available for dl.
edit: part 2 is up
edit: part one is up
gl dl'ing it, the moddb servers are swamped.
Official torrent http://gameupdates.org/details.php?id=5770
Dezo said it was legit.


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By Scott Swanson
Ongoing pandemic threatens Sunshine Industries
Sunshine Industries team members Mark Wind, Christian Morris and William Young clean up leaves at Linn Haven Apartments as team leader Jeremiah Kaniaupio, center, keeps an eye on the action.
Brittany Maudlin has a very clear memory of the day the COVID-19 pandemic hit: Friday, March 13, 2020.
Maudlin, executive director of Sunshine Industries since 2015, has been on a vicious roller-coaster ride ever since. That was the day the state first shut down the organization, which has served local disabled adults since 1974. What followed was a sequence of heavy restrictions that severely curtailed its ability to serve clients and keep staff working, to the point that, Maudlin said, a month ago she saw the end nearing rapidly.
"We are losing $20,000 to $27,000 per month," she said...


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What Happened to the Saskatchewan Health Information Network (SHIN)?
By Mario deSantis, June 11, 1999
Beginning in 1992, the Department of Health concluded that the Wellness Model of health care
being implemented in Saskatchewan needed new information systems. In 1995, the blueprint of
the Saskatchewan Health Information Network (SHIN) was completed and its development
was being based on stringent computing standards, and proven, progressive, low risk technologies.
SHIN includes the development of individual electronic health records and its most important
technological features are the linking of all the health care providers through e-mail, and the use
of the technologies of Local Area Networks (LAN) and Wide Area Networks (WAN). The
economic integrity of the implementation of SHIN was supported by a Benefit Analysis
conducted by Ernst & Young which identified savings in the order of $58 Million to $114
Million annually.
As a result of the stringent and low risk authoritarian leadership of our politicians and health care
leaders, the Wellness Model went aground; however, no word has been publicized about SHIN.
The 1998 Fall Report of the Provincial Auditor states that $40 Million would be spent by
December 1999 for the SHIN project. Today, we know that SHIN is working on providing
e-mail support services to health providers, and that at least $1.5 Million has been spent on the
obsolete and not implemented technology of Telehealth. Will we ever know how much money
has been spent on SHIN and how much money we have been saving because of it?
-----------References:
- Managing Information Technology-A Vision for the Future-Information Technology Architecture, Saskatchewan Health, April 1995
- A Historical Perspective of The Saskatchewan Health Information Network, by Mario deSantis and James deSantis, March 1998 http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/desam/paper-SHIN.htm
- Report of the Provincial Auditor, 1998 Fall Report. Refer to Saskatchewan Health Information Network, Chapter 5, pages 86-98, http://www.auditor.sk.ca
- Technological changes in Saskatchewan health care: an abysmal disaster, by Mario deSantis, May 27, 1999
[5] Website of the Saskatchewan Health Information Network (SHIN) http://www.shin.sk.ca
[6] Website of Saskatchewan Health, Government of Saskatchewan http://www.gov.sk.ca/health


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I-SS honors long-time coach, teacher for 50 years of service
Posted on March 13, 2021 March 13, 2021 by Mike Fuhrman
Iredell-Statesville Schools retired teacher, coach and driver's education instructor Gary Sherrill (left) was presented a plaque in recognition of his 50 years of service to the community by Superintendent Jeff James and the Board of Education on March 1.
BY KARISSA MILLER
Gary Sherrill has helped influence the lives of thousands of students through continuous teaching, coaching and driver's education instruction to Iredell-Statesville Schools students.
Sherrill, who worked his entire career in the I-SS system, retired with more than 50 years of service. He was honored by Superintendent Jeff James and the Board of Education on March 1.
While there were other basketball coaches who had more wins during their careers, you would be hard pressed to find someone who loved coaching as much as Sherrill did.
"I enjoyed coaching some of my teams that did not have such a good win-loss record because it was a challenge to me. It was a chance to build character in my players," Sherrill explained.
One of his favorite memories is coaching with Bill Mayhew, his closest friend, at Troutman High School and South Iredell High School.
During his five-plus decades with I-SS, Sherrill served in several coaching capacities, including boys freshman and varsity basketball coach, assistant football coach and golf and track coach.
Coaching Highlights
Sherrill coached freshman and varsity basketball for 37 years at Troutman and South Iredell high schools, compiling an overall record of 393 wins and 383 loses.
Sherrill was named coach of the year eight times by the North Piedmont, Western Piedmont, Foothills and Central Piedmont 4-A conferences.
Other coaching accomplishments include:
• NCHSAA All-Star Game in Greensboro in 1985,
• Marion All-Star Game in 1970,
• 19 basketball players who went on to play college basketball,
• 8 players who scored more than 1,000 points,
• 11 conference champion teams,
• Western North Carolina playoffs 16 times,
• NCHSAA playoffs 15 times.
In addition to basketball, Sherrill was the head golf coach at South Iredell for 25 years. The team won seven conference championships and he was named coach of the year seven times.
He also was the assistant football coach for 30 years and track coach for eight years.
Education Highlights
Sherrill, a 1956 graduate of Scotts High School, attended Mitchell College and Erskine University. He graduated from Appalachian State with a bachelor's degree in Physical Education and History in 1962.
Sherrill began his teaching career at Troutman High School and then moved to South Iredell High when it opened in 1966.
He earned his principal certification, safety and driver's education degree from N.C. A&T University in 1978. He taught Driver's Education at South Iredell High and Lake Norman High.
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4 thoughts on "I-SS honors long-time coach, teacher for 50 years of service"
Linda D Bollinger says:
Congratulations Gary. We miss you.
Dreisa Sherrill says:
Thanks to the Iredell Free News and Karissa Miller for capturing this event. It was a very special moment for my husband Gary to be recognized for his career with the Iredell-Statesville Schools.
Pete Hatten says:
I look up to this man, even when I was a stubborn kid who thought he knew it all, I respect you coach and still think about the talks from time to time God bless. Enjoy your retirement champ…
Eric Patterson says:
Congratulations, Coach Sherrill! You always have and always will be someone I look up to. Although I never played for you, you always took me to basketball camp and other special places. Thanks!


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The Code of Conduct is an expression of the core values and principles that will be upheld at Silikamva High School. The code is a statement that governs all of the day-to-day behaviour, interaction and decision making at the school.
Each learner and parent must sign the Code of Conduct to indicate acceptance of it and an undertaking to support it and follow the behaviour indicated by it. Learners are encouraged to understand its implications both at school and outside of school. They are encouraged to assimilate it into their lives in all contexts.
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Q: How to convert string formed by numpy.array2string back to array? I have a string of numpy array which is converted by using numpy.array2string
Now, I want back my numpy array.
Any suggestions for how I can achieve it?
My Code:
img = Image.open('test.png')
array = np.array(img)
print(array.shape)
array_string = np.array2string(array, precision=2, separator=',',suppress_small=True)

P.S My array is a 3D array not 1D and I am using , separators, not the default blank

A: This is kind of a hack, but may be the simplest solution.
import numpy as np

array = np.array([[[1,2,3,4]]]) # create a 3D array
array_string = np.array2string(array, precision=2, separator=',', suppress_small=True)
print(array_string) #=> [[[1,2,3,4]]]

# Getting the array back to numpy
new_array = eval('np.array(' + array_string + ')')

Since the string representation of the array matches the argument we pass to build such array, using eval successfully creates the same array.
Probably is best if you enclose this in a try except in case the string format isn't valid.

A: numpy.array2string() gives output string as : '[1, 2]' so you need to remove the braces to get to the elements just separated by some separator.
Here is a small example to extract the list elements from the string by removing the braces and then using np.fromstring(). As you have used ',' as the separator when creating the string, I am using the same to delimit the string for conversion.
import numpy as np
x = '[1, 2]'
x = x.replace('[','')
x = x.replace(']','')
a = np.fromstring(x, dtype=int, sep=",")
print(a)

#Output: [1 2]

A: Update: I just tried this and it worked for me:
import numpy as np
from PIL import Image

img = Image.open('2.jpg')

arr = np.array(img)

# get shape and type
array_shape = arr.shape
array_data_type = arr.dtype.name
# converting to string
array_string = arr.tostring()

# converting back to numpy array
new_arr = np.frombuffer(array_string, dtype=array_data_type).reshape(array_shape)
print(new_arr)

For converting numpy array to string, I used arr.tostring() instead of arr.array2string(). After that converting back to numpy array works with np.frombuffer().

A: import numpy as np

def fromStringArrayToFloatArray(stringArray):
  array = [float(s) for s in stringArray[1:-1].split(' ')]
  return np.array(array)

x = np.array([1.1, 2.2, 3.3, 4.4])
y = np.array2string(x)
z = fromStringArrayToFloatArray(y)
x == z

You can use a list comprehension to split your array into different strings and then, convert them to float (or whatever)

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When asked about writing ambitions and book journeys, often, with a starry twinkle in their eyes, people reminisce about a fiery childhood passion, or a goal they have been chasing with utmost determination. My inspiration on the other hand, came to me amidst diapers and zombie like fatigue. A time which is associated with people not being in possession of their faculties was the odd time I chose to write my first book. When I had just delivered a baby! Goes to show how different everyones starting point and respective journeys can be.
Of-course I was always in love with the written word, my most enduring love affair being with the books that lined the walls of various rooms I occupied while growing up (My father was in government service as a result of which we were constant nomads!). I wrote a lot of poetry and even published a book of some 50 odd poems that I particularly loved in 2017. Some short story experimentations saw me participating in writing contests as well, such as the brilliant platform by TOI. It helped me find publishers for my book and started me off on a road I had never imagined myself on. It has now been a year since the launch of my first book I Didn't Expect to Be Expecting, which you must have guessed by now, is a humorous book on pregnancy and my second book, which is a humorous thriller is due for a September launch. It all seems a bit surreal even today. I still remember pinching myself when I went for my first book signing. I think it was the first time I cried out of happiness!
Something else that gives me great pleasure is helping writers who are sitting on the brink of their own writing journeys. It is an exciting but scary place and I've been there. And bing a fellow blogger, I'm especially delighted to be a part of EbookCarnival (Season 4) by Blogchatter. I don't blog nearly as often as I'd like to, but I think blogging is one of the most organic ways of making your way to a book. And if a blogging platform is giving you the tools, know how and support to get you started, then don't put that idea away to another day. Dive in to this experience and emerge with a book and a dream coming true all at once.
A friend recently put up a blurred picture of a mother walking around in a restaurant, trying to entertain her baby. Apparently she was away from the table for the entire duration of the meal while the remaining family was at the table laughing away, enjoying theirs. Does this dynamic represent those within every family? No. Does this mean that every mother single handedly bears the burden of child care?No. But the reality is that there are enough cases even within urban and semi urban families, not just rural ones, where all eyes and expectations are turned on the mother.
More than the physical burden, my friend was trying to highlight the mental implication of this solitary process. There are millions of women worldwide who suffer from post part depression. I too went through it. And this, despite still having a job to go back to, stellar support from my parents who I had moved to stay with at the time, very helpful in-laws who used to visit often, and my poor husband who drove 400 kms back and forth every weekend just to be with us. I don't think feeling lonely is singularly subject to the number of people around you. You can have 15 people milling around you in a joint family and still feel like you are on your own island. The most disconcerting thing I remember about that terrible phase was one particular afternoon, in the middle of a reunion of sorts where my entire family, with their families, possible 25 of us had come together to celebrate the arrival of my little daughter. And all I felt, sitting amongst the very people who make me whole and complete, was an utter sense of despair and loneliness. I couldn't connect to the conversations and visited the washroom very often to shed tears for reasons I couldn't even fathom!
I often think about how privileged we are that in this country, we can still assume it is our right to depend on the army of nana nanis and dada dadis to help us raise our children. Something I've heard is acutely lacking as an assumed support system in the west and even within Indian families settled in the west. But there needs to be more awareness towards the needs of the caregiver and not just the tiny ward. 'Handling the baby' helps. But talking to the mother, encouraging her to take some alone time, a walk, a shower, some time off with friends, having interesting discussions about the world beyond the crib, talking about reintegration post maternity breaks, helping her figure out how to manage life and emotions incase she is returning to work helps her deal with the tide of hormones and the faceless and nameless monsters that form in the head when there is so much change and uncertainty. The solutions might sound simplistic but they will go a long way towards ensuring that the nurturer feels nurtured as well.
I feel women have some innate qualities that make them empathetic and natural caregivers. Towards children, husbands, parents, people working with them, the world in general. But when that sincerity and indulgence gets taken for granted, neither does it feel good, nor can it be sustained without puncturing the mind and soul of the one who is making it all happen. Roles of women and resulting expectations won't change over night. But a little bit of sensitivity and understanding is the least we all deserve, irrespective of gender.


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An innocent man's life was knowingly, wholly and intentionally shattered to advance the political goals of a party that had lost an honest election. A nation was thrown into turmoil for years by a collection of elected officials and strategically placed bureaucrats who believed that they had the right to engage in underhanded efforts to reject the will of the people.
The actions of people like Adam Schiff, Nancy Pelosi, Charles Schumer, John Brennan, James Comey, Andrew McCabe, and Peter Strzok, and the pundits in the media that aided and abetted their illicit efforts reflect the direct legacy of the utter corruption of the Obama Administration, which turned the machinery of government into a partisan attack dog. The extent of the foul play that has prevailed since the advent of the Obama-Biden White House is unprecedented.
The actions of Loretta Lynch, who used the Justice Department to terrorize those who merely disagreed with Obama, and those of Lois Lerner, who openly utilized her position at the IRS to harass conservatives, were vicious and worthy of jail time.
But of course, no prosecutions occurred, just as no criminal charges were brought against Hillary Clinton, who authorized the sale of the basic ingredient of nuclear weapons to an enemy nation in return for cash considerations to her "foundation."
Perhaps, in a nation now 244 years old, it was inevitable that at some point the heights of dishonesty would occasionally be scaled. Even a document as brilliant as the U.S. Constitution, the greatest work of political genius in history, could not prevent every act of criminal intent.
If that were the sole problem, it would be relatively comforting to recognize the challenge, and work diligently in election cycles to prevent individuals of low character from again gaining elected or appointed office. But the problem is far deeper.
The issue is the tolerance of evil in the name of partisan politics, and the loss of any concept of objective morality.
Consider how differently the nation reacted to the current scandals than to the far lesser Watergate matter. Watergate involved a break-in of a Democrat National Committee office and the wiretapping of phones. Nixon failed to take proper steps to expose the wrongdoing and punish the perpetrators. For those sins, he was appropriately vilified and driven from office.
The actions of the Obama Administration were far worse. Rather than employing a few scoundrels, whole branches of government were morphed into partisan tools. This was not just an assault on political adversaries, it was an assault against morality itself and the entire constitutional order. It reflected the worst practices of the worst regimes in history. It's the same type of practice that the Nazi Party did to the German government, and what the Communist Party did to the Russian government. The Party's interest became more important than the nation's, and horror ensued.
There is no act too outrageous, no statement too untrue, for party-above-nation believers to engage in. The Democratic Senator from Connecticut, Chris Murphy, alleges that Trump is more to blame for the COVID-19 crisis than China, a statement so absurd it should have been met with total ridicule. But, in an election year, it helps his Party, so it goes un-responded to by many Democrats and their media allies. The damage to America and the help to an enemy nation is not a consideration, as long it achieves partisan goals.
The absence of not only patriotism but morality itself has led to this juncture. America's national soul will not be expunged until the citizenry rejects the placement of partisanship above honesty, morality, the rule of law, and the nation itself.
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As the branded podcast sector becomes ever more crowded, many businesses are considering how the poorer sibling to all-dominant video, audio, can elevate their messaging.
There is no doubting the popularity of commercial podcasts and podcasts in general; more than five million podcasts exist, with the global audience estimated to reach 465 million listeners this year, many of whom consume multiple broadcasts and numerous audio ads.
Read more on Press Gazette: Branded podcasts: How marketers can cash in on the audio publishing boom
This saturation means brands and media agencies are beginning to explore how to maximise their sound output without relying on the humble podcast.
Hannah Campbell, co-founder and managing director of One Twelve Agency recommends a deep-dive into the power of audio.
"In 2023, audio will continue to become an increasingly present element of our day to day lives. Driven by the explosion of sound-on apps such as TikTok, the increasing ubiquity of voice search assistants such as Siri and Alexa, and the ability to constantly be plugged into audio through true wireless earphones, the way marketers look at sonic branding needs to catch up.
"Sound can evoke strong emotions, feelings, thoughts and memories when used correctly. Brands will start to innovate their approach to audio, thinking deeper about how to use sound to represent their values and brand identity while connecting with their audiences across different platforms.
"This will not only include music choices (hopefully maturing out of stealing trending TikTok songs) but also how voice is used in their adverts and technology. Brands will need to be more scientific with their approach to sound and consider elements such as deliberate use of certain frequencies, tempo, use of silence and composition to evoke emotions and meaning in their campaigns."
Inside and outside a brand
Companies tend to divide their audio strategy into two distinct categories, internal and external.
Outputs such as sonic logos (an audio equivalent to a graphic logo), soundscapes within stores and the music played in a business environment, either via in-store or on-hold are important considerations for the former.
The latter can include audiobooks, voice search through smart speakers and virtual assistants, audio ads and branded playlists.
Managing director of Embryo, Ross Green, is a big fan of audio, not least due to its relatively inexpensive nature.
"The reasonable costs of audio advertising allow brands of multiple sizes to incorporate the channel into their strategy without utilising too much of their budget.
"Actionable audio adverts will also enable businesses to combine data insights and their creativity to increase brand awareness and drive revenue."
There are also specific industry sectors where marketing audio tends to break through the noise most effectively, as Ross confirms.
"As well as podcasts, brands can also look to succeed with audio ads in the ever-growing gaming sector. This can be proven by a YouGov survey that found 75% of mobile gamers prefer audio ads over video as it is less likely to disturb their gaming."
Perhaps the biggest revolution in the use of audio in marketing and industry in general will be as the technology and AI in particular evolves further.
Text to speech synthesis – where the written word is converted into audio – is a growing sector where imitation of speech is set to improve the world for those with vision impairment or literacy issues who might miss out on traditional marketing.
Big-hitters Microsoft appears to have discovered such technology that can achieve this process speedily and with very little training – as little as three seconds of words are needed for their robot VALL-E to continue the sentence, accurately mimicking the original speaker's voice.
"We introduce a language modelling approach for text to speech synthesis (TTS)," they announced in a statement. "During the pre-training stage, we scale up the TTS training data to 60K hours of English speech which is hundreds of times larger than existing systems. VALL-E emerges in-context learning capabilities and can be used to synthesize high-quality personalised speech with only a 3-second enrolled recording of an unseen speaker as an acoustic prompt."
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Durk Derrick Bank, known by his stage name Lil Durk, was booked into the Fulton County in connection to a February 5, 2019 shooting at The Varsity in Atlanta. (Courtesy: Fulton County Jail)
ATLANTA (FOX 5 Atlanta) - Rapper Lil Durk, whose given name is Durk Derrick Bank was arrested Thursday.
The rapper faces several felony charges in connection to a shooting at The Varsity.
Lil Durk turned himself in at the Fulton County Jail Thursday night.
Atlanta Police said he shot a man outside the midtown Atlanta restaurant on February 5.
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Investigators said the victim, a man whose name was not released, was found on the ground by officers outside the popular Atlanta landmark. Police said he was suffering from a gunshot wound to his leg. He was taken to Atlanta Medical Center in serious condition but has since recovered.
According to police, the shooting happened after some type of argument broke out between two men.
Several shell casings were found in the parking lot, police said.
FOX 5 Atlanta spoke to Banks' attorney Thursday night, who described his attitude as he went to surrender.
The attorney said Banks is on tour right now and that he plans to continue the tour once he's released.
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The Child Rescue Coalition shared a list containing more than 100 common hashtags that pedophiles often search to find photos of children. Some of this include #bathtime, #kidsbathing and #pottytrainingfun, among others.
The Florida-based nonprofit, which rescues children from sexual abuse by building technology for law enforcement, stated that 90 percent of children have been featured on social media in some form by the age of 2.
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When he retired from the Supreme Court on June 29, 2010, he had served for 34 years and six months, making him the second-oldest serving justice in the history of the court, and the third-longest serving Supreme Court justice in history. Had he served just three days more, he would have tied for the second-longest serving justice in history.
Stevens was known during his tenure on the Supreme Court to be one of the more liberal voices, even though Stevens said, "I don't think of myself as a liberal at all ," in a 2007 interview with the New York Times .
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Alicia Brown Phillips was curling her little sister's hair for church one morning when she experienced what she called one of the scariest moments of her life. Her little sister Gracie experienced seizure-like symptoms as a result of getting her hair curled, which led to diagnosis of a condition called hair-grooming syncope .
Phillips posted about the experience on Facebook in the hopes that parents might be able to avoid similar situations by knowing what signs and symptoms to watch for.
At first, Phillips thought that her sister was getting sick to her stomach, "I was maybe about five minutes in and she starts to gag a little and looks kind of pale. I asked her if she was going to get sick and she shook her head yes."
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In 1958, The Music Man won the Tony Award for Best Musical. Opening on December 19, 1957, at the Majestic Theatre in New York, the show ran for an astounding 1,375 performances.
The Music Man became such a phenomenon that it beat WestSide Story for Best Musical!
Based on a story by Meredith Willson and Franklin Lacey, The Music Man follows the adventures of Harold Hill, a travelling con man selling band instruments and uniforms. When he brings his talents to the unsuspecting town of River City, Iowa, he encounters a stubbornness and honesty that leaves him wondering whether he got his foot in the door... or whether it's stuck.


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Each Logic Links puzzle uses a series of clues to instruct a player where to place colored chips to solve the puzzle, requiring deductive reasoning--a ...read more
Each Logic Links puzzle uses a series of clues to instruct a player where to place colored chips to solve the puzzle, requiring deductive reasoning--and determination! Logic Links Puzzle Box includes 166 puzzles and 32 plastic game chips.
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Rated 3 out of 5 by AJ from Question on downloaded cards I love doing Logic Links with my students; however, it would be great if I could download the cards so they could view them on their iPads. Two Questions: 1) Is a downloaded version of the cards available? 2) If not, is it against copyright to scan the purchased cards for use on the iPads?
Rated 3 out of 5 by Gail22 from Great Idea, Mediocre Execution I bought these puzzles to use during free time in my classroom. I was disappointed that only a couple children at a time can work on them due to the limited number of chips provided. More chips should come with a game that has so many puzzles. I bought more paper chips which were labeled as "Logic Links chips" but they are too big and can't be used on the pictures provided with this set. I looked online for bingo chips but couldn't find a set that had all the colors needed for these puzzles. I also found a typo on puzzle 165 - "blue" should be "red". Not a big deal, but could get frustrating for a little one trying to solve the puzzle. Overall, would be a 5 star product if ample chips were included, or even available for sale, and the typo I found was corrected.
Rated 4 out of 5 by Spouse from Nice Logic Puzzles for Stroke Recovery My husband recently had a stroke and the Occupational Therapist used the Mindware Book version of this these puzzles which is no longer on the Mindware website. The puzzle box is an easier format because unless the book pages are copied, the chips tend to move off the page. I was so glad to see that the Logic Puzzles were still available.
Rated 4 out of 5 by JD from Needs more chips The puzzles themselves are great and students really enjoy the challenge they provide. I just wish there were more chips! Can you please sell more plastic chips? I see that you sell paper chips but those will never last in the classroom.
Rated 1 out of 5 by Beata8 from Not enough chips for three kids to play This is a great game and I would have given it 5, but there not enough colored chips even for three kids to play, no to mansion 5 or more kids ....the problem is the cards have circles to solve the puzzle but if you get to higher levels, there are not enough chips for the colors needed.. I tried to order extra chips and waisted my money, because they were big and did not fit this game.
Rated 5 out of 5 by Anonymous from My Grand son loves playing this game and when he gets with his cousin who has the Logic Links book, it makes an easy day for childcare.
Rated 5 out of 5 by Anonymous from Great for geriatric cognitive therapy! My only suggestion would be to make the print a little larger.
Rated 5 out of 5 by Anonymous from I'm a school counselor and am using Logic Links in my hands on career unit with 4th graders. The kids love them!
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Influence of the topmost two layers on the collective excitations of a finite superlattice
T. Tsuruoka, Y. Uehara, S. Ushioda
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We have analyzed the influence of the topmost two layers on the properties of the collective excitations of a finite superlattice structure. For semi-infinite superlattices the effect of the topmost layers on the collective excitations was discussed by Streight and Mills [Phys. Rev. B 29, 6337 (1987)]. We extend the discussion to the case of a superlattice with a finite number of periods, in which the thickness and the dielectric constant of the topmost two layers may differ from those of the layers below. A general dispersion relation for the finite superlattice is derived and applied to finite GaAs-AlAs superlattices. The dispersion curves and the electrostatic potentials show that several modes change in character with varied thickness of the topmost two layers. This change of the mode character is reflected in the electron-energy-loss spectra calculated in the framework of the dielectric theory.
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Tsuruoka, T., Uehara, Y., & Ushioda, S. (1994). Influence of the topmost two layers on the collective excitations of a finite superlattice. Physical Review B, 49(7), 4745-4751. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.49.4745
Influence of the topmost two layers on the collective excitations of a finite superlattice. / Tsuruoka, T.; Uehara, Y.; Ushioda, S.
Tsuruoka, T, Uehara, Y & Ushioda, S 1994, 'Influence of the topmost two layers on the collective excitations of a finite superlattice', Physical Review B, vol. 49, no. 7, pp. 4745-4751. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.49.4745
Tsuruoka T, Uehara Y, Ushioda S. Influence of the topmost two layers on the collective excitations of a finite superlattice. Physical Review B. 1994 1月 1;49(7):4745-4751. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.49.4745
Tsuruoka, T. ; Uehara, Y. ; Ushioda, S. / Influence of the topmost two layers on the collective excitations of a finite superlattice. In: Physical Review B. 1994 ; Vol. 49, No. 7. pp. 4745-4751.
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Campus Update - 100th Homecoming: Sept. 30, 2021
I hope you are staying safe and healthy and enjoying the very best of a beautiful fall in Michigan!
Next week marks Eastern Michigan University's 100th Homecoming. As the second oldest public university in Michigan, Eastern has rich traditions and an alumni base of more than 169,000 people. If there was ever a time to celebrate our history and traditions, it is at homecoming. And this year, the University's Centennial Homecoming Celebration provides an even greater reason to take stock of where we've been, where we are today, and our hope for the future.
So today, my message is one of congratulations!
Congratulations to our many alumni who have made EMU a part of their lives and have Eastern to thank for part of their success in life and in their careers.
Congratulations to our current students for being a part of something truly special – Eastern's centennial homecoming. You are why we are here. We hope you will take full advantage of the upcoming festivities while also remembering the thousands of students who have come before you.
Congratulations to our faculty and staff who work hard every day to innovate and expand all that Eastern has to offer -- fostering our welcoming, diverse and supportive community, while maintaining our wonderful University assets, including classrooms, grounds and support services.
Finally, congratulations to our neighbors and supporters in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, the state of Michigan, across the country and around the world. The EMU community is large and diverse. As always, your support is vital to our success.
When you view Eastern through this kaleidoscope-like lens, the montage is a reflection of the many individuals, groups and organizations who are integral to our University and who, for decades, have collectively impacted it in positive ways. You get a true sense of the very special place we call home. And, that's what makes our Centennial Homecoming Celebration so special.
Our 100th Homecoming officially begins on Monday, Oct. 4, and is highlighted by the homecoming football game versus Miami (Ohio) at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 9. Students, faculty, staff and alumni are offered a number of events to celebrate. Visit the Homecoming website to learn more about the many in-person and virtual programs. While you're on the website, please also check out this year's limited edition Spirit Box in celebration of the Centennial Homecoming. It is filled with the best in EMU swag.
Don't miss the announcement of the Homecoming Court tomorrow at 7 p.m. Student voting will open Monday at noon. On Thursday, Oct. 7, the Court will participate in a "campus beautification" project. And, of course, the two "Royals" will be announced during halftime of the football game.
I am looking forward to the beginning of homecoming week on Monday (Oct. 4) and am excited to join with the rest of our community in celebrating this special time in Eastern Michigan University history. Let's have fun. Let's celebrate. And, let's be thankful for all we have.
Go Eagles!


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