helping others know and discover their greatest joy and fulfillment in Him.
Our Lead Pastor served as General Superintendent of The Wesleyan Church for seven years, prior to his call to Brooksville Wesleyan in 2012. An experienced church planting and church growth consultant, he has led congregations in South Dakota and Kansas, and also supervised 75 local churches in eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York City as a district superintendent. He is a graduate of Oklahoma Wesleyan University (B.A.), Nazarene Theological Seminary (M.Div.), and Fuller Theological Seminary (D.Min.), and was ordained in 1975 by the Kansas District of The Wesleyan Church.
Pastor Jerry is passionate about seeing "Lives Made New," and his biblical preaching, innovative leadership, creative teaching, and compassionate counseling focus on the hope and holiness we can all experience as Christ-followers.
He and his wife Calene have two adult sons and two beautiful daughters-in-law (Kris and his wife Kehulani; Kory and his wife Kristen), and three grandchildren - all seven of whose names start with the letter "K." He enjoys writing, water gardening, graphic design, and mountain-stream trout fishing. His "life verse" is 1 Timothy 1:12 - "I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength, that he considered me faithful, appointing me to his service."
Ryan Hansard is the youth and young adult discipleship pastor at Brooksville Wesleyan Church. Ryan is married to Jen Hansard, and they have two children, Jackson and Clare. Ryan is passionate about helping people learn to read and understand the Bible. Ryan values relationships and connections with people and feels that encouraging and helping one another follow Jesus is so important.
Ryan graduated college from Cal State Long Beach and earned a BFA in drawing and painting. After feeling God calling him into ministry, he began attending Nazarene Theological Seminary. It was at seminary that Ryan developed his love of reading and studying the scriptures. He graduated from seminary in 2011 and earned a M. Div.
Ryan enjoys living in Brooksville, playing softball, and coaching Little League. If you are interested in youth ministry, having fun and making a difference for the kingdom of God, he would enjoy getting to know you.
Having served churches in Indiana and Pennsylvania, the Staley family moved to Florida in June of 2013, when Jim began serving as Worship Arts Pastor. He's a graduate of United Wesleyan College and counts Rev. Ken Masterman and his wife, Betty, among his many mentors in music ministry and worship. At UWC he traveled with various vocal groups, and while working on behalf of the college at Vassar Camp in East Michigan, he met Caroline Gafford, who was traveling with His Instrument from Marion College. Jim and Caroline were married at Lakeview Church in Marion, Indiana, and worship arts and music ministry has truly been a team effort, eventually involving their children, too. Caroline also has her degree in music and is a skilled vocalist and pianist, who enjoys teaching music and accompanying for choirs and music students.
The Staleys have five children: Lauren Jones (wife of Jeffrey and mother of Kai, currently living in Conway, Arkansas), Landon (a senior music major at Indiana Wesleyan University), Kyle (a high school senior interested in Russian history) and Cherilyn and Benjamin (high schoolers who love music and musical theatre).
Dan grew up in north-central Ohio and studied Christian Ministry at Indiana Wesleyan University where he met his wife, Erin. Upon graduating in 2012, he moved to Tampa, FL as an assistant pastor of a Wesleyan church plant, and he faithfully served there until he moved to Brooksville in April of 2016. He has been an ordained minister of The Wesleyan Church since 2015.
The top priorities for Dan and his role at our church are to continue developing and leading the contemporary service worship team, heading up creative expressions of worship and Brooksville Wesleyan Church's online presence, and equipping people to join in the mission of building God's Kingdom here in Brooksville.
He enjoys spending time with friends, working on creative projects, playing sports of any kind, and exploring new places. His "life verse" is the Lord's Prayer, which can be found in Matthew 6:9-13: "Your Kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven."
Raised in a Wesleyan pastor's home, Barry became a follower of Jesus at the age of 7 in a winter revival. At the age of 10, he experienced a call to missionary service during a presentation by a missionary from Africa. He began preaching at the age of 19, a "stammering preacher," as Barry testifies. As he continued preaching, God healed him, sermon by sermon, until at the age of 25 he was preaching without stammering. Barry was ordained to the Christian ministry in 1965.
Barry served as a missionary teacher under The Wesleyan Church for 21 years in Asia. During these years, he preached and taught in Japan and some ten other Asian and Pacific nations. For 10 years, he also served as Asia Director for Global Partners. Barry has taught at United Wesleyan College (PA), Azusa Pacific University (CA), and most recently (1999 to 2011), at Anderson University School of Theology (IN). During the summers from 2000 through 2012, he taught Old Testament and Biblical Hebrew in Wesleyan Bible Colleges in India, Mozambique, and Jamaica.
As Teaching Pastor at Brooksville Wesleyan Church, Barry's love of Jesus and the Bible is apparent in his teaching and preaching. He holds academic degrees from Houghton College (B.S.), Asbury Theological Seminary (B.D., M.Th.), The University of Michigan (M.A.) and Drew University (Ph.D.). He has published two devotional books which were translated into Japanese, study notes for Genesis in The Wesley Bible: A Personal Study Bible for Holy Living (1990, Thomas Nelson), a commentary on Isaiah 1-39 (2016, NPH), and is currently co-authoring a commentary on the latter portion of the Psalms (NPH).
Barry lives with his wife Dorcas in Wesleyan Village, Brooksville, FL. Together they have two married sons and two married daughters, twelve grandkids and three great-grandkids, living in California, Utah, North Carolina and Ohio.
Steve gave his heart to the Lord at the tender young age of four. After graduating high school, he met his wife Debbie at church and they married in 1970. Steve was a journeyman machinist for 9 years until God called him to pursue a college education. He graduated from Ball State University, Muncie, IN in 1982 with a BS degree in music education. After graduation, his home church asked him to come on staff as Minister of Music and Youth. During his five years in ministry there, he did post-graduate work from Global University, Springfield, MO, receiving his ministerial credentials.
During the next 15 years, Steve ministered part-time as music minister and/or choral director in four different churches in Ohio and Illinois, while simultaneously working full-time in corporate management. In 1994, Steve and Debbie moved to Bolingbrook, IL, a suburb of Chicago, and he became Vice-President of Human Resources for Eby-Brown Company.
In 2000, God spoke to Steve to give up his corporate position to once again enter into full-time ministry to assist the church they were attending. So he retired from his corporate position and became Executive Pastor at Living Water Community Church, Bolingbrook, IL. While ministering there, he completed more post-graduate studies at Global University, renewing his ministry credentials. Due to some medical issues, Steve retired in 2010 and he and Debbie, moved back to Muncie, IN. In January 2016 they moved to Brooksville, FL and began attending Brooksville Wesleyan church in October 2016. He joined our staff as Executive Pastor in January 2018.
Our Youth Pastor has served in ministry for three years before coming to Brooksville Wesleyan in 2018. He is an Oklahoma Wesleyan University alumni with a degree in Leadership and Biblical Studies.
Pastor Shannon has both a vision and passion for helping the current generation be the church of today. His desire is to see lives change and transform into greatness- greatness that can only be found through seeking Jesus Christ.
He enjoys graphic design, music and outdoor sports. His verse of concentration is Hebrews 11:1, "Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen" (ESV).


OAK BROOK, Illinois - February 8, 2016 - Presidential candidates, and indeed most politicians, know the power of a good smile on the campaign trail. But what style of smile does the public prefer—the toothy grin of John F. Kennedy or the wry smile of Ronald Reagan?
Newly released data by Delta Dental Plans Association may be of interest to the candidates as it provides a detailed look at the presidential smiles most liked by the public.
"When a president smiles, they connect with so many people," said Jennifer Elliott, vice president of marketing for Delta Dental Plans Association. "A great smile is something that leaves a long-lasting impression and, clearly, people have strong opinions about which presidents had the best smiles."
While John F. Kennedy only took a slight 2% edge with women (46% vs. men: 44%), Barrack Osama had an 11 point difference with women (30%) over men (19%). However, the opposite rang true for Bill Clinton with more men (22%) thinking he had the best smile than women (12%).
Ronald Reagan was the clear front runner with older generations (66%) who thought he had the best smile vs. less than half of Millennials (48%). One-fourth of Millennials (25%) are likely to view George W. Bush as having the best smile compared to only 12% of their older counterparts.
"A healthy smile is a powerful thing," added Elliott, "whether on the campaign trail or not, it can have a positive impact on those around you."
Results taken from a Fall/Winter omnibus survey conducted for Delta Dental Plans Association by Kelton Global between October 26th and 29th, 2015 among 1,013 nationally representative Americans 18+. The margin of error is +/-3.1 percent.


Do children from low-income background benefit from living in economically mixed communities? Professor Candice Odgers says that growing up in the shadow of wealth may have a surprising effect on a child's development.
Odgers talks with Sanford's Dean, Kelly Brownell.
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My favorite Nintendolife member was banned.
PrinnyDood
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Eureka seems to have been banned at Nintendolife for some reason. I'm not Eureka there FTW.
Re: My favorite Nintendolife member was banned.
Don't feel bad Eureka, because I was once banned from NintendoLife. Just wait a month or so until your IP address resets, and register again under a different username. You'll have to create an alternate email address for registration as well.
You'll never be able to reveal your true identity, but it's still worth it. Especially if you need or want to post on the forums, for some reason. Although, you'd still be able to rekindle any friendships in secrecy.
You're not banned though.
GameInvaders
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Check out the games I'm "Now Playing" to see what games I'm reviewing next!
My blood seriously boils everytime I hear someone has been banned from Nintendo Life. It's a great site for news and reviews but that's about where it stops for me.
"Pro-Wrestling is real....People are fake!"
"A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at."
"My wife and I were happy for 20 years. Then we met."
I think they've banned almost everyone but the trolls.
NintendoLife is full of low class trolls that sit in chat all day. I sort of feel bad for them.
OK people, I've said this before and I'll say it again, try to keep this discussion as sane as possible, if this gets too far, there's going to be some issues with your accounts, remember that we must not look as bad (or worse !) as that site that you guys have issues with.
But so far, it's decent so keep it as is...
Sorry to hear this, Eureka. I stopped following Nintendo Life a real long time ago. I created an account but stopped using it after the first day. I don't agree with how the admins and moderators operate on there. They always kill off the wrong person without evidence or investigation.
But Eureka on NintendoLife isn't banned? I saw him/her posting on NL yesterday after this topic was created...
She was banned when I checked her profile a few days ago, so our Eureka probably thought Eureka B was still banned.
That's sad to hear, but at least the said Eureka is unbanned now.
NintendoLife is alright, but I kinda miss the writers of VC-Reviews and WiiWare World. All except Corbie and occasionally Marcel and Darren seemed to get cannibalized during the shift over and several of my favorite members like Rexy disappeared after the merge. Not sure why I still go there when my reasons for doing so are almost nonexistent.
Tendoboy was banned and Mickeymac was unbanned after a several week ban he got for absolutely no reason. D:
Who can forget the infamous banning of one of the old NL moderators because theblackdragon didn't like him even though he didn't do anything wrong.
Huge Prinny fan.
Wii friend code (4897-0912-9121-1999)
Prinny Dood.
Prinnies Forever!
@PrinnyDood wrote: Who can forget the infamous banning of one of the old NL moderators because theblackdragon didn't like him even though he didn't do anything wrong.
Who was that?
I think I remember back in 2008 there were 2 mods one was TBD the other was a guy who was very casual and nice, but those two couldn't stand each other so he left, but I didn't know he was banned.
I wonder what he said to TBD.
TBD didn't join until 2009. And I think it was until shortly after that is when she became a moderator.
Do you guys remember his name?
@Phoenix
Mickeymac asked to be banned. I don't know all the details, but I do know he intended to quit.
I hope his Animé loving self would come here already.
I want more animé enthusiasts to chat with.
Well, I was recently ratted on by somebody who knows who I am. I've once again been banned from NintendoLife. theblackdragon may have been the one to ban me, but at least she didn't stab me in the back. With friends like that, who needs enemies. I'm very disappointed in the lack of maturity someone has apparently shown, and now I have to wonder who exactly double crossed me. I just wanted to release some frustration and express myself. There will be no further discussion of this matter, from here on out.
Edit: I would also just like to thank whoever went behind my back and did this. Really classy my friend, really classy!
Komicturtle
Rule me out. Haven't been on there for a awhile and have no intention going back- either by begging, requesting or making a new account. And I don't know your name there. Not all is lost though- you're still here.
Also, someone from over there could have lurked around here to see what people have to say or something. I remember seeing 18 guests here at one time... Crazy.
The end of the komicturtle saga? No babe, it never ends
Not I, I don't even report the people I think should be reported let alone someone I actually like on NL
Honestly I am surprised that you got away with it as long as you did Nintenbro. I remember that you were banned once from there and I was surprised to see you back over there. Ah well whatever and no I didnt say anything to anyone even though I knew who you were. Its probably like Komic said I have seen a bunch of guest on recently so one of them could have been someone from NL and figured it out.
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Il Vedovo (The Widower)  is a 1959  Italian  comedy film directed by Dino Risi.

Plot
Alberto Nardi (Alberto Sordi) is a Roman businessman who fancies himself a man of great capabilities, but whose factory (producing lifts and elevators) teeters perennially on the brink of catastrophe.
Alberto is  married to a rich and successful businesswoman from Milan, Elvira Almiraghi (Franca Valeri) who has a no-nonsense attitude and barely tolerates the attempts of her husband to keep his factory afloat with her money.
Alberto tries to "keep up" with his wife and her rich and successful friends but he only manages to ridicule himself. Amused by his antics Elvira publicly treats her husband as a silly clown, confident that he'll never leave her in the hope of profiting from her fortune.
One day a train on which Elvira was supposed to be traveling (to pay visit to her old mother) suffers a horrible accident falling off a bridge and no survivors are reported.
Alberto is overjoyed and in a veritable ecstatic rush plans to liquidate most of Elvira's assets, brings his mistress in her country villa and starts dreaming of a bright future only to be frustrated when Elvira appears alive and well: a last-minute phone call from his own accountant and handyman (Marquis Stucchi) prevented her from boarding the doomed train.
Frustration and anger throw Alberto in a nervous breakdown from which he emerges with a diabolic plan: to sabotage the elevator in the city attic he shares with Elvira to have her killed and inherit her fortune for good.
The German engineer working in his factory agrees with Nardi's plan and with the help of unlikely accomplices like Marquis Stucchi and his own uncle (who acts as Alberto's chauffeur) the murderous project is set in motion, with an unintended and tragicomical result.
The movie is a splendid example of the commedia all'italiana which Risi directs on an unusually black register where Sordi depicts an outrageously sleazy character (arrogant to his subjects, megalomaniac, a bigoted unrepentant fascist who yet longs for recognition from the businessmen who envies). It is also a period piece, showing the contradictions and miseries lying behind Italy's postwar economic miracle.

Cast
Alberto Sordi: Alberto Nardi
Franca Valeri: Elvira Almiraghi
Livio Lorenzon: Marquis Stucchi
Leonora Ruffo: Gioia
Nando Bruno:  Nardi's Uncle
Nanda Primavera:  	Italia, Gioia's Mother
Mario Passante:  Lambertoni
Enzo Petito:  Fritzmayer
Ruggero Marchi:  Fenoglio
Gigi Reder: Girondi
Enzo Furlai: Giordano
Angela Luce: Margherita
Ignazio Leone: Doorman
Alberto Rabagliati: Himself
Rosita Pisano: Nardi's Secretary

Censorship

When Il Vedovo was first released in Italy in 1959, it was subject to review by the Committee for Theatrical Review of the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities. Before being screened publicly, the Committee recommended the removal of the following: 1) Father Agostino, who took part in the funeral as a priest, is shown sipping a glass of wine; 2) Elvira's line "She is a fool, an Anita Garibaldi type of fool… but instead of a hero she found my husband."

The reason for the restriction, cited in the official documents, is because the aforementioned scene was considered immoral and the line running against national reputation and decency.

The official document number is N° 3036; it was signed on 17 Nov 1959 by Minister Domenico Magrì.

Remake
A remake entitled Wannabe Widowed, starring Luciana Littizzetto and Fabio De Luigi, was released in 2013.

References

External links

1959 films
1959 comedy films
Films set in Italy
Films set in Milan
1950s Italian-language films
Italian black-and-white films
Films directed by Dino Risi
Films scored by Armando Trovajoli
Commedia all'italiana
1950s Italian films

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One of UK's smallest homes goes on sale for £275,000 despite being three metres wide
"The house is unlike anything I have come across before. You couldn't get a detached house much more narrow"
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House-hunters are being given the opportunity to snap up Britain's smallest detached property which has gone on the market for £275,000.
Rose Cottage, in Knighton, Leicester, is just three metres (13ft) wide and seven metres (26ft) high and covers 338 square feet over two floors.
The cosy residence, which is about the width of a tennis court, was built in 1900 and was sold at auction last year after its elderly resident passed away.
The property fetched £155,000 - less than half the average £379,000 for a detached UK home - when it went under the hammer in September 2019.
A property developer snapped up the premises, in one of the most desirable areas of Leicester where house prices average over £300,000, before renovating the tiny house.
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It is now back on the market after being "thoughtfully modernised throughout" - with the front lounge being extended and a patio laid in the back garden.
The 120-year-old two-bed house also has a new roof and central heating system along with a newly-fitted modern kitchen.
It is marketed as being in high demand because it's located near schools, parks and boutique shops and only two miles from the city centre.
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It features a living room, (4.46m x 3.38m) kitchen (2.24m x 1.84m), dining room (3.38m x 3.65m), family bathroom and an enclosed rear garden.
Richard Chesterton, senior sales valuer at estate agents Newton Fallowell, said the unique home is perfect for a first time buyer or as an investment opportunity.
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He said: "This one-off home was built on its own like this. It's one of the rarest properties you will see. You don't get them like that anymore.
"At the time it was bought by our client there were significant refurbishment works required to bring the property up to standard.
"It is a modern, yet quirky and niche property. There is now a new roof and central heating system and completely refurbished kitchen and bathroom.
"It's pretty much been taken back to a shell and started all over again. It required a thoughtful touch to maintain the character features while providing a contemporary feel.
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"They have extended ever so slightly the front room. That is the only structural alteration which is all internal.
"We believe it's one of the narrowest detached houses in Britain, offering the opportunity to acquire a wonderful home within a desirable location.
"Inside it feels like a two-bed terraced property, a typical two up two down. But when you step back onto the road it surprises everybody there is nothing either side.
"It's the similar size as a terrace but it's fully detached and that's the way it's been for over a hundred years."
Photographs show how the narrow house stands alone on the residential street and features just one upstairs window looking out onto the street.
Richard said their private client, who is not from Leicester, bought the quirky house at auction in September last year.
He added: "We have been working with them for the past 12 months to fully and thoughtfully restore the property to keep its character features while bringing it into 2020 to attract what we would consider young buyers who want a niche, 'look at me' property.
"The kitchen is very modern with chrome fittings everywhere and still has the space at the back, which is really nice.
"It brings character in a modern way. I think we have done a great job.
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"It provides a perfect first-time buy or investment opportunity close to well-regarded schools and boutique shops, the property is a real talking point.
"We anticipate a strong level of interest due to the unique nature and popular location and would advise any potential purchasers to view what is a superbly presented detached home."
Senior valuer Carl Finch, of SDL auctions, previously said: "The house is unlike anything I have come across before. You couldn't get a detached house much more narrow.
"It's near some great schools, close to Victoria Park and the city centre and train station are within only two miles. Plus there's lots of boutique shops close by."
The house is 21 sq ft smaller than a property in Sheffield which was billed as Britain's smallest detached house in 2014.
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- Starting Wednesday, March 25th through Friday March 27th (Wed and Thur, 10am-6pm, Fri, 10am-3pm), the IGF and IGF Mobile Pavilions will be open on the show floor in the Moscone Center. All GDC attendees will be able to play the Independent Games Festival Main Competition, IGF Student Showcase and IGF Mobile finalists, and the developers will be on hand to talk and demonstrate the year's leading independent games.
- Finally, on Wednesday, March 25th, the Independent Games Festival Awards will be held in the Esplanade Room starting at 6.30pm, with thousands of developers on hand to see this year's IGF Awards given out, before the Game Developers Choice Awards take place.
Once again, Pocketwatch Games' Andy Schatz (Venture: Dinosauria) will be giving out the IGF Awards, with video skits from Mega64, introductory comments from IGF co-content directors, Flashbang Studios' Matthew Wegner and Steve Swink, and last year's Grand Prize winner, Crayon Physics' Petri Purho, giving away this year's $30,000 Seumas McNally Grand Prize.
- BONUS: other indie happenings at GDC that I'll note in this blog post include Student IGF Postmortems on Tuesday as part of the IGDA Education Summit, plus Experimental Gameplay Sessions, Jon Blow's unmissable 'extending the boundaries of games' session on Thursday 26th from 3pm-5pm (check out the speaker list!) And LOTS more, I'm sure.


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Andy Murray, 11th September and Scotland's feelgood factor
Scotland's 116 year wait to win a tennis Grand Slam is finally over. In a nail-biting 5 set victory over Novak Djokovic at Flushing Meadows in the early hours of this morning, Dunblane's Andy Murray became the first Scottish born winner of a tennis Grand Slam title since Harold Mahony in 1896. It's not OTT to say that this ranks as one of Scottish sports greatest ever achievements. Well done Andy Murray from all at Bella Caledonia
As an aside, after Andy Murray's great victory today, I've also been thinking this is an important historical date for Scots. Recall, it was on this day in 1297 that a victorious Scottish army led by William Wallace and a certain ANDREW MURRAY defeated an invading English army at the Battle of Stirling Bridge.
It was also on 11th September in 1997 – exactly 700 years after Stirling Bridge – that Scots overwhelmingly voted for the return of our Parliament. The date of the 1997 referendum was no coincidence. Following the Oscar-winning triumphs of Mel Gibson's much-loved and critically acclaimed movie Braveheart – it won 5 Oscars in 1996 for Best Picture, Best Director, Cinematography, Sound Effects Editing and Makeup – a little historical synchronicity was deemed acceptable, even by Devolutionists like Donald Dewar and co.
Of course, not everywhere associates 11th September with good fortune – Chile and New York especially come to mind – but for Scots its been a talismanic date. So here's some morning-after-the-night-before thoughts:
Alex Salmond: how about making 11th Sep 2014 the date for our Independence Referendum?
Andy Murray: how about some more grand slam victories for us to celebrate. Wins at Wimbledon and Flushing Meadows in 2014 would be especially appreciated for the pre-referendum feelgood factor…
Craig Levein: see the World Cup finals in 2014? Ach, never mind.
By Kevin Williamson
stephenod72 says:
Nice one Kevin, and a good perspective. This piece chimes with my own blog earlier today. Being a proper journalist, of course, you have more actual facts than me.
PS. My blog here. http://ayeright.com/2012/09/sporting-loyalties-and-andy-murray/
Juteman says:
Andy won on the 10th. US time. Sorry.
muckletoon says:
11 years since the most outrageous and blatant fascist coup in America, still shocks me we went to war and killed over a million people all because of those pathetic pictures of fake cartoon planes melting into the World Trade Centre like it was made from butter, then the 3 buildings subsequently blown to kingdom come by high powered explosives. Interesting to note also that 3,000 of the alleged victims don't show up on the social security index in the US.
Anyway, back to the tennis….
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muckletoon – Have just read/watched the following link re
the 9/11 attacks.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32421.htm
Tocasaid says:
Feelgood factor… just let Craig Levein ruin that one.
Well done Andy Murray though. Good auld Scottish grit.
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alister7 says:
September 11th is also the day when Catalans celebrate their national day – the Diada. This year one and a half million people came onto the streets in Barcelona calling for independence – Catalunya, a new state in Europe.


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Q: Fixing Originating Point of a logarithmic spiral. Three spirals , Snapshot is taken from Desmos ,link is shared below
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Consider these 3 spirals(Logarithmic spirals) defined by equation :
[r=aEXP(θ.b)]
b=cot(g.pi)
Limits of first Spiral(yellow/orage):
0  ≤  θ  ≤ 3.pi
Limits of second Spiral(red):
(2/3).pi  ≤ θ ≤  (5/3).pi + 2.pi
Limits of third Spiral(purple):
(4/3).pi  ≤ θ ≤  (7/3).pi + 2.pi
Each spiral is undergoing 1 and half rotations .i.e 3.pi rotations and they are all originating from points which are at an angle 120 degrees to each other.
Because of Limits originating point of first spiral(yellow/orange) is fixed and is defined by "a" .i.e. value of "a" defines starting  point of first spiral.
But the Originating points of 2nd and 3rd spiral are not fixed since thier minimum limit is not zero. If I change thier minimum to limti to "0" they lose the ability to be at an angle of 120 degrees to each other which is my question/problem.
---->I want to model all three spirals in such a way that thier Originating point stays fixed no matter what "b" is and I also want the Originating points to be at an angle of 120 degrees to each other.
1st spiral (yellow/orange ) does exactly that,but the other two red and purple dont.
I am attaching a picture and link of online Desmos File(which is an online graphing calculator) have a try at it if you feel like it.
https://www.desmos.com/calculator/bmtpirsmza

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Oklahoma State Releases 2018 Football Schedule
Thursday, October 26th 2017, 11:45 am
A seven-game home slate that includes visits from Boise State, Texas, West Virginia, Texas Tech and Iowa State headline the 2018 Oklahoma State football schedule.
The Cowboys open the season with a trio of non-conference home games against Missouri State on Sept. 1, South Alabama on Sept. 8 and Boise State on Sept. 15. The Cowboys and Broncos have never met on the gridiron, but this marks the front end of a home-and-home series between the two schools, with OSU currently scheduled to make the return trip to Boise in 2021.
The Big 12 slate opens on Sept. 22 when Texas Tech visits Boone Pickens Stadium. A Sept. 29 date with Kansas in Lawrence will be followed by an Oct. 6 home matchup with Iowa State in Stillwater, meaning that five of OSU's first six games of the 2018 season will be played at home. The Cowboys travel to Kansas State on Oct. 13 before an Oct. 20 bye week. The October schedule concludes when Texas visits Boone Pickens Stadium on Oct. 27.
Of Oklahoma State's four November contests, three will be played on the road. The Cowboys travel to Baylor on Nov. 3 before making the short drive to Norman for a Bedlam clash with Oklahoma on Nov. 10. A Nov. 17 visit from West Virginia puts a cap on the 2018 home schedule, with a Nov. 24 trip to TCU serving as the regular season finale.
The Big 12 Championship Game is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 1 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington.
2018 Oklahoma State Football Schedule (dates subject to change)
Sept. 1 Missouri State
Sept. 8 South Alabama
Sept. 15 Boise State
Sept. 22 Texas Tech
Sept. 29 at Kansas
Oct. 6 Iowa State
Oct. 13 at Kansas State
Oct. 20 Bye week
Oct. 27 Texas
Nov. 3 at Baylor
Nov. 10 at Oklahoma
Nov. 17 West Virginia
Nov. 24 at TCU
Dec. 1 Big 12 Championship Game (Arlington)
OSU faces a back-loaded schedule in 2018.


One of the highlights of my visit to Lebanon in the Middle East would have to be the Roman ruins at Baalbek, a place that dates back to ancient times and can be visited on a day trip from the Beirut area.
The Baalbek valley has been settled since at least 9,000 BC, and in Bible times it was the site of gory human sacrifices to Baal, the Canaanite god of fertility. Some of the remnants of this ancient civilization can still be seen here.
Baalbek was renamed 'Heliopolis' after being conquered by the Greeks, and then it was later used by the Romans as a foundation for a new temple complex that took 250 years to build. The most notable Roman buildings in the complex were the temples of Bacchus, Jupiter, and Venus. Together, these made up one of the largest temples of the entire Roman Empire.
Over the years, the temple of Baalbek (aka Heliopolis) was damaged pretty extensively by earthquakes, and occasionally plundered for stone. At different times in history, it's been occupied by the Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Ottomans, and even the Mongols.
Interestingly, some of the Corinthian columns were even disassembled by the Byzantine Empire and used in the 537 AD construction of the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey, which is known today as one of the most famous wonders of the ancient world.
Today, Baalbek is recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and it's generally regarded as one of the best archaeological attractions to see in Lebanon.
That may be a bit of a stretch, but Baalbek was definitely the highlight of my trip to Lebanon, so you shouldn't miss it if you happen to be in the area!
There are a lot of neat things to see in the Baalbek temple complex. We spent at least a couple hours exploring everything (until a storm started to roll in), but if you're a big fan of history and architecture then I'm sure you could stay even longer!
In my opinion, the best thing to see at Baalbek today is the Temple of Bacchus. This Roman temple is incredibly well preserved and still looks grand today, with its huge 65 foot columns still standing tall, and many of its sculptures and reliefs still intact.
If you only have a limited amount of time at Baalbek, definitely head over here first!
The remaining six columns of the Temple of Jupiter can still be seen at Baalbek too, but sadly they seem to be covered with scaffolding all the time (for restoration work), so I wasn't able to take any pictures during my 2018 visit.
Back in its day, the Temple of Jupiter probably would have been the most impressive part of the whole Baalbek complex, but time and the elements just haven't been kind to it over the centuries.
There are still some partial columns on the eastern side of the complex that are absolutely massive, though, and it's fun to stand next to these or sit on the big stone blocks for a sense of scale.
Cool side note: one of the stone blocks found at Baalbek is believed to be the largest stone ever quarried in human history, weighing 1,650 tons — over 3 million pounds (that's not a typo!).
It's a bit of a mystery how the temple was engineered with such massive stones, and how they could ever be manipulated into place. There are even fringe theories that aliens may have been involved!
One of my favorite things at Baalbek, though, was the Roman inscriptions scattered around the temple complex. Some of these are still in pretty good condition, and together with the huge stone columns they give the ruins an atmosphere that is pretty awe inspiring.
Baalbek is about 55 miles (90 km) northeast of the Beirut area.
You can do this drive in a rental car, but I wouldn't recommend it unless you're familiar with driving in the Middle East. Traffic in Arab countries can be a bit dangerous and chaotic, so you'll be much better off going with a driver who's familiar with how the traffic works here.
Viator has prearranged day tours to Baalbek that also include stops at the Anjar and Ksara archaeological sites, along with free lunch and hotel pickup/dropoff included.


Editor's Note: Mike Few continues his investigative series, "Rethinking Revolution" with a look at reconstruction as insurgency conducted as an interview with civil war historian Dr. Mark Grimsley of The Ohio State University.
The Civil War did not end when the guns fell silent at Appomattox and Durham Station. It continued, in a different guise, for another decade. True, white southerners had abandoned their attempt to sustain an independent Confederacy, but the Confederacy had been only marginally the creature of a preexisting southern nationalism. Its component states separated from the Union primarily to protect themselves from northern encroachments, especially those that threatened the institution of slavery. The Confederacy was therefore just one of several mechanisms by which white southerners, at various times in the American experience, sought to enact what historian Ulrich B. Phillips would later term "the central theme of Southern history": "that it shall be and remain a white man's country." Earlier attempts to maintain the South as a "white man's country" had played out politically in efforts to shield slavery from challenge—in the debates on the Constitution, in the attempt to balance slave and free states, in efforts to create a selective, self-serving theory of states' rights, and most dramatically in secession. If the Confederacy perished, the determination to maintain white supremacy did not. It would survive for at least another century. Vestiges of that determination linger even to this day.
The following is an interview with Dr. Mark Grimsley to discuss his research into examining the Civil Rights Movement and Southern Conservative Whites Movement as insurgencies. He explores this in greater detail in the forthcoming article "Wars for the American South: The First and Second Reconstructions Considered as Insurgencies" in the March 2012 issue of Civil War History.
Mike Few: Traditionally, social scientists, viewing conflict through the lens of the state, prefer to quantify wars as resulting in a win, loss, or tie; however, history shows that the construction, reconstruction, or deconstruction of the state following a conflict is often a long process with mixed results. Why did the Civil War not end after Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston surrendered to Union Gen. William T. Sherman at Bennett Place, Durham, NC and General Robert E. Lee surrendered the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia to Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant, at the home of Wilmer and Virginia McLean in the rural town of Appomattox Court House, Virginia?
A more clunky response, since you mention social scientists, would be to point to the Correlates of War Study, which defines a war as any event that results in a thousand or more battlefield deaths each year. If you substitute "deaths from political violence" for "battlefield deaths," then several years during Reconstruction would come close to meeting this standard. In Louisiana alone, for example, an estimated 2,500 people perished between 1865 and 1876.
MF: How did the United States Government attempt to reestablish control in the South at the conclusion of the Civil War?
MG: To repeat, the most important component was to require the former Confederate states to give African Americans the vote. This allowed them to play a major role in sustaining the Republican state governments created throughout the former Confederacy. In this task they were joined by Southern Unionists—whites who had militantly opposed secession—and Southern businessmen attracted to the Republican party because of its support for business, the creation of infrastructure, etc. A secondary component was the disfranchisement of high-ranking politicians and officers who had supported the Confederacy. The U.S. Government—which for all practical purposes meant the Republican party—sought to sustain these governments. A third component was the prohibition of any attempt by Southern states to repay creditors who had supported the Confederate war effort.
To ensure compliance with these requirements, Congress divided the former Confederate states (except Tennessee) into five military districts, each commanded by a major general, but essentially these generals monitored the Southern political process. They had neither the authority, the inclination, nor the troops to conduct a military occupation. In October 1868, for example, U.S. Army strength in the former Confederacy stood at just 17,657, of which 4,612 were in Texas, mostly to watch the Mexican border. That number dwindled sharply in the years that followed, averaging about 8,000, half of them in Texas.
MF: Did the Southern Conservative Whites from the dissolved Confederate States of America covertly form an insurgency to resist Northern Occupation?
MG: That's right. However, it was not necessary to do this in every Southern state. In some states, such as Virginia, Southern conservatives regained control within a year of readmission to the Union, and were able to do so through the normal political process, but on average, it required four and a half years to regain Home Rule. The more difficult it was to achieve Home Rule through politics, the more political efforts were supplemented by violence. In three states—Louisiana, Mississippi, and South Carolina—violence was the predominant tool by which Home Rule was achieved.
MF: How were the Southern Whites organized and structured, and what was their modus operandi?
MG: Southern whites never created an insurgency in the Maoist sense of a centrally directed people's war. The Invisible Empire of the Ku Klux Klan was a myth. What you had instead was a complex insurgency of local groups who conducted terrorist campaigns of intimidation and assassination. These efforts were uncoordinated but had the effect of undermining the Republican state governments.
Some of these groups operated under the guise of the Ku Klux Klan, but in most instances the Klansmen were effective only in curtailing attempts by African American families to assert some degree of economic independence. Only in South Carolina did the Klan become a major threat to the state government. The largest and best organized of these groups were the White Leagues in Louisiana, the Rifle Clubs in Mississippi, and the Redshirts in South Carolina. The latter two succeeded in "redeeming" their respective states. The first came close to doing so, and would have succeeded had the U.S. government rendered their efforts unnecessary, by abandoning Reconstruction and simply handing them Home Rule.
MF: During the Reconstruction Period, did the United States Government have a monopoly on the use of violence?
MG: Never. For one thing, it did not disarm white Southerners, most of whom owned at least one firearm. For another, it expected state governments to defend themselves using militia. However, these militias were seldom up to the job, and their widespread employment would have exacerbated rather than reduced the hostility of Southern conservatives.
MF: How did Southern Whites use violence to achieve their political goals?
MF: What was the impact of lawfare or forced government intervention through the judicial system during this conflict?
MG: Lawfare was not a major factor and indeed, one might almost say it worked in reverse. The striking thing about Reconstruction was how fidelity to the Constitution and a belief in limited government restricted the federal government's freedom of action. The U.S. Supreme Court handed down several decisions that emasculated the bases for enforcement of Reconstruction.
Moreover, the federal government became less and less interested in the enforcement of Reconstruction as time went on. One reason for this is that the Democratic party in the North, which looked askance at Reconstruction, grew in power over time and gained control of the U.S. House of Representatives in 1874. Another is that the Republican party increasingly viewed conservative control of the South as a non-problem and turned its attention to other concerns. One of these was control over a restive labor force as the country began to industrialize. This made many Republicans sympathetic to the desire of Southern conservatives to control their own labor force.
MF: What was the impact of Plessy v. Ferguson?
MG: Plessy v. Ferguson gave a green light to legal segregation. However, the most significant development was a wave of disfranchisement laws that swept the South at the turn of the century. These laws got around the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments by imposing measures such as poll taxes and literacy tests designed to remove African Americans from meaningful access to political power. The successful Reconstruction insurgencies provided the opening for such laws, but for several decades white conservatives had utilized voter fraud to control election outcomes. Ironically, the disfranchisement laws were an attempt to restore honest elections by eliminating the need for dishonest elections.
Between them, legal segregation and disfranchisement created a totalitarian order in the American South, enforced by lynchings, mob violence, and in several instances the use of the National Guard to crush African American efforts to unionize or attempt to achieve a degree of economic independence. This order persisted for a half century, until it was destroyed by a second insurgency: the nonviolent resistance and African American self-defense groups that comprised the modern Civil Rights Movement. But that's another story.
Dr. Mark Grimsley is a Research Affiliate at the Mershon Center for International Security Studies for THE Ohio State University. He is a renowned Civil War historian and author of The Hard Hand of War, And Keep Moving On: The Virginia Campaign, May-June 1864 (Great Campaigns of the Civil War), and Civilians in the Path of War (Studies in War, Society, and the Military). Currently, he is examining both the Civil Rights Movement and Southern Conservative Whites Movement as insurgencies.
If the purpose of the American Civil War was to "modernize" the South -- such that it (the South) might come to offer the more-industrial/more-business-oriented interests in the North (1) fewer barriers-to-entry and other such problems and (2) greater utility/usefulness instead -- then was the purpose of the American Civil War and Reconstruction (to wit: state and societal transformation for business/industrial [aka "national security"] purposes) largely fulfilled before the modern Civil Rights Movement began?
Is it from this same general perspective that we should view our efforts to transform and incorporate less-modern external states and societies today?
WHAT ABOUT TUNISIAN REVOLUTION ,?
A very interesting perspective on US Reconstruction - the period of reconstruction that followed the US Civil War. In effect, looking at it from the other side of the COIN - no pun intended. I'm no historian, so my observations and conclusions are suspect, but it's been my experience, that "US Reconstruction" has almost always been viewed thru a myopic lens - a Union lens. It was the North's attempt to reconstruct the South, physically, economically and more importantly politically and socially. During this period the US military was, to varying degrees at different times, the federal government's instrument to enforce their Reconstruction policies and programs on a (seemingly) recalcitrant and recidivist Southern society. In short, while the period from 1861 to 1865 resolved two critical issues of the Civil War: 1.) the Union was preserved - the right to secede was resolved, and 2.) slavery was abolished - the right to own slaves was resolved, many critical issues remained. These equally divisive issues played out over the course of Reconstruction. 1.) How to reconstruct (rebuild) the South and ensure their future loyalty to the federal government? 2.) Under what terms and conditions should ex-Confederate states be permitted back int he Union? 3.) Should punishement/war retribution be meted out to those individuals who had led their states out of the Union? 4.) Were the nearly 4 million freed slaves entitled to the same rights as white citizens? 5.) Who had responsibility to direct the resolution of these problems, the President or Congress? Again, these issues played out over the course of Reconstruction with the President (Andrew Johnson) and Congress generally in opposition.
The broadly misunderstood and underappreciated conclusion that Mr. Few's interview with Dr. Grimsley so superbly highlights is that: The North may have won the Civil War in 1865, but the South won Reconstruction by 1877. Southerners had, in the end, regained not only their self-determination but more importantly, control of their society despite their overwhelming conventional defeat on the battlefield... Southern "sovereignty" was not again effectively challenged until the African-American civil rights movement began in the mid 1950s... itself a mass movement which may in fact meet some of the slippery slope definitions of insurgency currently being proposed.
Thanks to SWJ for this interesting and thoughtful series.


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HUD AND FHFA ANNOUNCE COLLABORATION TO ADVANCE FAIR HOUSING AND FAIR LENDING ENFORCEMENT
Washington - Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) (collectively, the Agencies) entered into a first-of-its-kind collaborative agreement regarding fair housing and fair lending coordination. Under the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), the two Agencies will focus on enhancing their enforcement of the Fair Housing Act, which HUD is primarily charged with administering and enforcing, and their oversight of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac (the Enterprises), and the Federal Home Loan Banks (collectively, the regulated entities), all of which FHFA regulates.
The MOU is an important mechanism that strengthens the Agencies' ability to enforce fair housing and fair lending requirements, by promoting information sharing, coordination on investigations, compliance reviews, and the ongoing monitoring of the Enterprises. The Agencies anticipate that the MOU will lead to stronger oversight that will help advance vigorous fair housing enforcement that can begin to redress our nation's history of discriminatory housing practices.
"Today's signing is an important and historic step to advance and strengthen the enforcement of our nation's fair housing and fair lending requirements," said HUD Secretary Marcia L. Fudge. "FHFA oversees entities that have significant control over a large share of the mortgage market. Stepping up our collective fair housing oversight of their activities will make an enormous impact on lives and communities. I am proud to partner with Acting Director Thompson on this effort and advance the work that President Biden called upon us to do. We are prioritizing the work required to remove barriers that have created separate and unequal neighborhoods and limited access to housing opportunity and wealth building. I look forward to working with FHFA to make a meaningful impact in this space."
"FHFA does not tolerate housing discrimination," said FHFA Acting Director Sandra L. Thompson. "Today's MOU allows FHFA and HUD to share information and resources to improve fair lending oversight over the mortgage finance system. I am pleased to work with Secretary Fudge on the important work of fulfilling the Fair Housing Act's promise of equal access to safe, decent, and affordable housing for all Americans."
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Ibb Al-Khatib Hospital serves patients with severe cases of Covid-19. According to the Associated Press, He attributed the cause of the fire to the negligence of the authorities From the hospital. Initial reports indicate that the fire started when an oxygen cylinder exploded in the intensive care ward.
In response to the fire, Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi sacked the Director General of the Baghdad Health Department in the Rusafa district where the hospital is located. The hospital director, as well as the director of engineering and maintenance, were also dismissed, according to a memo from the Ministry of Health and his office.
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Taming a Frenzied Office, Part II: Mopping Up Meltdowns
Jay Leonard Last updated: November 13, 2012
Another manager in a creative industry wrote in to ask why she should put up with a colleague who regularly throws hissy fits, all of which follow a similar pattern.
The Hisser has a periodic and appropriate need for certain staff resources, but he never discusses them in advance. Then, because it's so late in the process, the Hisser dramatizes the request with actual yelling and screaming, as if there will be truly horrible outcomes if he doesn't get what he wants
The request is always so last minute that other members of the organization have to run around in a panic to find people. If there were no emergency it would actually be unreasonable to try to fulfill the request, but the Hisser's drama amps up the level of risk and makes it feel like an emergency so the request gets fulfilled in an "all hands on deck" last-ditch effort.
Worse, once staff members are finally found and assigned, the Hisser petulantly announces that they've come to the project too late — so the newly assigned staff members are confused and uncomfortable and the staff providers feel abused and unappreciated.
The Tantrum Temptation
Why do some people need to throw tantrums? Usually it's because they don't trust that the organization with attending to their simple request; they don't have confidence that the request alone will be addressed without using drama to beef up the importance of their role or their need. And some people habitually "hiss" due to an excess of emotion that they don't know how to regulate.
What's amazing is how frequently senior managers who are aware of the drama don't move to quell it; in the case of someone like the Hisser, perhaps they think it's a normal part of being "creative."
Draining the Air Out of a Hisser
Some people have developed such a habit of drama that they function better when they can have a periodic storm and recovery. It may be too difficult to teach them emotional self-regulation so channeling the frenzy may be the most productive thing to do.
If this is the situation, then the Hisser's manager or a friendly colleague might help him throw his fits in private so that they don't disrupt other staff. Meanwhile, colleagues can compassionately reframe the situation as "just Hisser being a hisser" instead of tying themselves in knots.
Some tantrum-prone folks, though, use their eruptions, which only look like a loss of control, as a way of maintaining control — as a power tool for applying pressure to others who might not otherwise respond favorably.
If that's the pattern, any organizational intervention should both sustain the person and constrain the behavior.
Sufficiently authoritative colleagues could hear out the Hisser's needs, promise support, and actually detail a plan that shows they mean it. They might also plan something like a monthly check-in with an internal supplier to standardize the process, timeframe, and assignments that comprise an effective resource solution; this will demonstrate the importance the organization places on the Hisser's work and should build his confidence.
Either way, the point needs to be made that the fits are not the reason the Hisser get what he wants, but that he should and will get what he needs because it's appropriate — or, conversely, that he doesn't actually need what he wants, and that he'll have to come to terms with that fact and find a new approach that is mutually acceptable.
Whenever a damaging, time- and resource-wasting behavior becomes a pattern, you can assume that it's working for someone — even if it isn't working for everyone. Figuring out alternatives to the tantrum-throwing should be the first step for the mop-up brigade.
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The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) School of Medicine strives to create and sustain a spirit of diversity, inclusion, and enrichment that fosters an environment of cultural competency, sensitivity and awareness. The UTRGV SOM goals stem from the School's unique geographic location at the border of U.S. and Mexico, a place with rich bicultural and family traditions, but also one burdened by health disparities. It inspires the SOM's dedication to research, the generation of new knowledge, public service, culturally aware care, and increasing underrepresented minorities in medicine. This cross-cultural understanding allows students, faculty and staff to embrace and celebrate distinctive perspectives and viewpoints that enrich all members of the UTRGV SOM. With a critical focus on the benefits of diversity in medicine and biomedical sciences, diversity and inclusion are essential to strengthening the communities that we serve and improving the health of the public.
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This policy will cover the faculty, residents, students, and senior administrative staff in the UTRGV SOM.
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Senior Administrative: Individuals with title of Director and above who do not hold a faculty title or position.
Faculty: The group of individuals (both physician and non-physician) assigned to teach and supervise learners.
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UTRGV SOM is committed to providing a diverse environment for faculty, students, residents and staff. Diversity at our SOM is defined as a community that appreciates values and seeks the different dimensions that all groups have to offer. In addition, we believe that education, research, and clinical endeavors are enriched and enhanced by a diverse environment. The Chief Diversity Officer and Associate Dean of Special Programs oversee the development of recruitment and retention programs that encourage and promote an environment that welcomes and embraces diversity in the faculty, staff, residents, and students.
UTRGV SOM is committed to recruiting and retaining students, faculty, residents, and staff from a variety of backgrounds. Differences in beliefs, opinions, perspectives, experiences, lifestyle, gender, sexual orientation, culture, and race/ethnicity all enrich the academic environment and thus are considered in the selection process.
UTRGV SOM uses a holistic approach in its admissions selection process to ensure a diverse student body that encompasses female gender, and race/ethnicity of any groups historically underrepresented in medicine (i.e. Black or African American; Hispanic or Latino - particularly of Mexican or Puerto Rican origin).
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UTRGV SOM employs a standardized process for faculty and administrative staff (including senior administrative staff) recruitment, employment and retention, designed to enhance diversity from the following groups:
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UTRGV SOM prioritizes systematic training of search committees, oversight of all faculty recruitments, strategies to increase pools of diverse faculty and staff applicants, and retention activities (e.g., pipeline programs and partnerships to achieve mission-appropriate diversity outcomes in its students and data collection).These strategies will assist UTRGV SOM in achieving measurable mission-appropriate diversity outcomes.
By embracing all communities (e.g. faculty, residents, senior administrative staff, students) and enhancing the cultural competency of all the current- and future-physicians it educates, UTRGV SOM provides an educational environment that is welcoming and respectful of diverse ideas, cultures, and people, while improving access to care for its underserved populations.
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A medical school has effective policies and practices in place, and engages in ongoing, systematic, and focused recruitment and retention activities, to achieve mission-appropriate diversity outcomes among its faculty, residents, students, senior administrative staff, and other relevant members of its academic community. These activities include the use of programs and/or partnerships aimed at achieving diversity among qualifies applicants for medical school admission and the evaluation of program and partnerships outcomes.
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Home Special ArticlesArchived Articles Rye Defeats Harrison in The Game, And Then Does It Again in the Playoffs
Rye Defeats Harrison in The Game, And Then Does It Again in the Playoffs
Rye Defeats Harrison in The Game,
And Then Does It Again in the Playoffs
By Mitch Silver
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It was Mr. Cub, Ernie Banks, who — throughout his long baseball career — was famous for grinning happily and saying, "Let's play two!" Well, that's exactly what the Rye and Harrison teams just did, first at Harrison High and then, a week later, at the Garnets' place. In the end, it wasn't close either time.
Two days after Coach Dino Garr's Rye Garnets wore down the Harrison Huskies to win the 85th edition of The Game by 28-14, the scheduling committee decreed unbeaten and top-seeded Rye would face the 16th and lowest seed in the Section 1 playoff opener. That team just happened to be Harrison.
But when they met again Saturday morning at Nugent Stadium, it was all over on the first play of the game. Senior Santi Mascolo's low liner of a kickoff was bobbled by the Huskies and recovered by the Garnets' Andy Bach. Less than 90 seconds later it was 7-0, Rye. Twenty-two minutes after that, when the teams headed off to the locker rooms for halftime, it was 34-0.
In fact, it could have been worse than the final 34-6 rout. Junior quarterback T.J. Lavelle had the ball stripped by the last defender on a breakaway run in the first quarter. (Lavelle did have a touchdown toss to senior Drake Turcotte.) Later, a holding penalty called back a 70-yard Garnet TD strike.
All together, the Garnets outgained Harrison 251-46 in the first half. Harrison managed a late 20-yard scoring pass from Mike Nannariello to Jared Silber, but that was it.
Actually, the rematch was a continuation of the second half of the game (sorry, The Game) at Harrison. Once the Huskies scratched and clawed their way to a 14-14 tie at the half, Rye's defense completely shut them down, allowing only 26 yards while the Parsons Street Boys ran roughshod in attack for two scores and the win.
That game saw junior Jamie Chabot come into his own, gaining 82 yards on 15 carries. In the replay, he ran for more than 100 yards and put three rushing touchdowns on the board. His running mate, senior workhorse Chase Pratt, had to carry the ball just once.
On the other side of the ball, Pratt & Co. forced six Harrison turnovers. Bach, Tim Hale, and Peter Chabot each had an interception, while senior Will Gladstone had two of Rye's five sacks.
After the first game, Garr spoke highly of Gladstone's contribution. "When Patrick Hull was injured in the Lourdes game, we asked Will to step in and go both ways on the line. You saw what he did, opening holes on offense, making important tackles when Harrison had the ball, and forcing the fumble that started our winning drive. Will deserves a lot of credit."
The Coach enlarged on his praise for the line after the rematch. "We wanted to take off from what we had established in the second half of the first game. To the players' credit, especially the offensive line, we did just that. It was a super job by all five linemen and our tight ends in blocking Harrison."
Where do the 7-0 Garnets go from here? They stay at home for round two of the playoffs when they take on ninth-seed Hendrick Hudson tonight at 7 p.m.
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High school teachers of students with dyslexia face unique instructional challenges. Students' with dyslexia experience levels of difficulty in reading and writing tasks that have now transmigrated into the digital realm. These teachers are working to collaborate with and teach students that are dyslexic, using technology tools. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to gain an understanding of how these teachers are using technology to support the learning of students with dyslexia. Two research questions guided this study: How do the teachers of high school students with dyslexia perceive the use of digital technology to assist in the learning process? What are the experiences of teachers who use digital technology to teach high school students with dyslexia? The sample was a purposeful sample consisting of 8 high school teacher participants. Participants taught a variety of subjects including English, mathematics, history, and science at a charter school in western North Carolina. The data collection instruments were face to face interviews, observations, and member checking sessions. The typological analysis model was used to analyze data collected from interviews and observations. The constant comparative strategy was used during analysis to effectively determine commonalities among these data. These strategies ensured data were being analyzed beyond the surface level. The key findings of this study were that participants view digital classroom technology favorably and are using technology frequently as a teaching tool for all students. The teachers expressed the need for professional development and training sessions to more fully develop technology skills as a way to specifically engage with students with dyslexia and their learning needs.
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Granzen, Tara, "How High School Students With Dyslexia Use Assistive Technology; A Teacher's Perspective" (2018). Ed.D. Dissertations. 116.


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Brass knuckles, also sometimes called knuckles, knucks, brass knucks, knucklebusters, knuckledusters, or a classic, are weapons used in hand-to-hand combat. Brass knuckles are pieces of metal shaped to fit around the knuckles. Despite their name, they are often made from other metals, plastics or carbon fibers. Designed to preserve and concentrate a punch's force by directing it toward a harder and smaller contact area, they result in increased tissue disruption, including an increased likelihood of fracturing the victim's bones on impact. The extended and rounded palm grip also spreads across the attacker's palm the counter-force that would otherwise be absorbed primarily by the attacker's fingers, reducing the likelihood of damage to the attacker's fingers.
History and variations
Legality and distribution
Metal ring and knuckle style weapons date back to ancient times and have been used all over the world for many hundreds of years. The Nihang Sikhs used an early variant called Sher Panja in the 18th century. Cast iron, brass, lead, and wood knuckles were made in the United States during the American Civil War (1861–1865). Soldiers would often buy cast iron or brass knuckles. If they could not buy them, they would carve their own from wood, or cast them at camp by melting lead bullets and using a mold in the dirt.
Some brass knuckles have rounded rings, which increase the impact of blows from moderate to severe damage. Other instruments (not generally considered to be "brass knuckles" or "metal knuckles" per se) may have spikes, sharp points and cutting edges. These devices come in many variations and are called by a variety of names, including "knuckle knives."
By the late 19th century, knuckledusters were incorporated into various kinds of pistols such as the Apache revolver used by criminals in France in the late 19th to early 20th centuries. During World War I the US Army issued two different knuckle knives, the US model 1917 and US model 1918 Mark I trench knives. Knuckles and knuckle knives were also being made in England at the time and purchased privately by British soldiers. By World War II, knuckles and knuckle knives were quite popular with both American and British soldiers. The Model 1918 trench knives were reissued to American paratroopers. British Commandos even had their very own "Death's Head" knuckle knife, featuring a skull-shaped brass knuckle handle.
A notable knuckle knife still in use is the Cuchillo de Paracaidista, issued to Argentinian paratroopers. Current-issue models have an emergency blade in the crossguard.
Brass knuckles are illegal in Austria, Belgium, Bosnia, Croatia, Cyprus, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia ("кастет", from French "casse-tête", which means "head-breaker"), Spain, Turkey, the UK, Greece and Singapore.
Import of knuckle dusters into Australia is illegal unless a government permit is obtained; permits are only available for limited purposes, such as police and government use, or use in film productions. They are prohibited weapons in the state of New South Wales.
In Brazil, brass knuckles are legal and freely sold. They are called "Soco Inglês," which means "English Punch."
In Canada, brass knuckles, also referred to as "brass monkeys", or any similar devices, are listed as prohibited weapons; possession of such weapon is a criminal offence under the Criminal Code. Plastic knuckles have been determined to be legal in Canada. Similar legislation has been instituted in Russia and Australia.
In France, brass knuckles have been illegal for twenty years. They can be bought as a "collectable" (provided one is over 18), but it is forbidden to carry or use one, whatever the circumstance, self-defense included. The French term is "poing américain", which literally means "American fist".
In Italy and Mexico, brass knuckles are legal and freely sold to people of legal age (over 18 years old), but carrying them is forbidden.
In Sweden, brass knuckles are legal to purchase and own (for people over 18 years old), but are not legal to sell or carry in public. The carrying of brass knuckles carry the same penalty as carrying a knife, and falls under the same law. They are called "knogjärn", literally "knuckle iron".
In Serbia, knuckles are legal to purchase and own (for people over 16 years old) but are not legal to carry in public. They are called "боксер" literally "boxer".
In Finland, it is illegal to manufacture, import or sell brass knuckles. It is also illegal to carry them in public. The word for brass knuckles in Finnish is nyrkkirauta which literally means "fist iron".
In the United States, brass knuckles are not significantly regulated at the federal level, but various state, county and city laws prohibit their purchase and/or possession. Some state laws require purchasers to be 18 or older. Most states have statutes regulating the carrying of weapons, and many specifically prohibit brass knuckles or "metal knuckles." Where they are legal, brass knuckles can normally be purchased online or at flea markets, swap meets, and at some sword and weapon shops. Some companies manufacture belt buckles or novelty paper weights that function as brass knuckles and are sold "for entertainment purposes only". Brass knuckles made of hardened plastic, rather than metal, have been marketed as "undetectable by airport metal detectors." A number of states that ban brass knuckles also ban plastic knuckles. New York's criminal law statutes list both "metal knuckles" and "plastic knuckles" as prohibited weapons but provide no definition for either.
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"strata corporation" has the same meaning as in the Condominium Act.
2	(1) Any party to a residential construction action may initiate mediation in the action by serving a Notice to Mediate in Form 1 on every other party to that action.
(2) A Notice to Mediate may be served or delivered under subsection (1) at any time after the action has been commenced and, unless the court otherwise orders or the parties otherwise consent, no later than 180 days before the date set for the commencement of the trial.
(3) Unless the court otherwise orders, not more than one mediation may be initiated under this regulation in relation to any residential construction action.
3 Within 21 days after the Notice to Mediate has been served on all parties, the participants must, directly or with the assistance of an independent, neutral person or organization, jointly appoint a mutually acceptable mediator.
4 (1) If the participants do not jointly appoint a mutually acceptable mediator within the time required by section 3, any participant may apply to a roster organization for an appointment of a mediator under this section.
(5) If the mediator selected by the roster organization under subsection (2) (d) is unable or unwilling to act as mediator, the selected mediator or any participant may so notify the roster organization and the roster organization must, within 7 days after receiving that notice, select a new mediator in accordance with subsection (2) (d).
5 (1) Within 60 days after his or her appointment, the mediator must hold a pre-mediation conference unless the pre-mediation conference is waived by agreement of all of the participants and that agreement is confirmed by the mediator in writing.
(i) providing a Statement of Facts and Issues to the mediator before the mediation.
(3) The mediator must give notice of the pre-mediation conference to all parties.
(b) each party must attend a mediation session in relation to the action.
(iii) the party is a resident of a jurisdiction other than British Columbia and will not be in British Columbia at the time of the pre-mediation conference or the mediation session, as the case may be.
(3) A party or representative who attends a pre-mediation conference or a mediation session may be accompanied by counsel.
(4) Any other person may attend a pre-mediation conference or a mediation session if that attendance is with the consent of all participants.
(b) in any other case, have full authority to settle, or have immediate access, during the mediation, to a person who has full authority to settle, on behalf of the party on whose behalf the representative attends.
7 (1) Parties to a residential construction action need not attend a pre-mediation conference or a mediation session if all of the parties to the action have already been involved in a mediation session in relation to the matters in issue in that action.
(b) the participants agree that the party need not attend the pre-mediation conference or the mediation session, as the case may be, and that agreement is confirmed by the mediator in writing.
(c) one or more of the parties is exempt from attending one or both of a pre-mediation conference and a mediation session if in the court's opinion it is materially impracticable or unfair to require the party to attend.
(b) is ordered by the court.
(b) may make an order referred to in section 8.
(b) the matters in issue in the action.
(2) Promptly after receipt of all of the Statements of Facts and Issues required to be delivered under subsection (1), the mediator must send each participant's Statement to each of the other participants.
11 (1) Before or at the pre-mediation conference to be held in relation to a residential construction action, the participants must complete a fee declaration in accordance with subsection (2).
(ii) on any other specified basis agreed to by the participants.
(3) A fee declaration completed under this section is binding on the participants.
(4) Despite subsection (3), nothing in subsection (2) or in the fee declaration under this section precludes there being included in the costs awarded to a party in the residential construction action an amount to compensate the party for the share of the cost of the mediation that that party paid under the declaration.
12 The mediator may conduct the mediation in any manner he or she considers appropriate to assist the participants to reach a resolution that is timely, fair and cost-effective.
13 Any participant may file with the court a Declaration of Default in Form 4 respecting any other participant who fails to comply with a provision of this regulation.
(f) make any order it considers appropriate with respect to costs.
(2) The court may consider the existence of a Declaration of Default in making any order about costs, whether that order is made following final disposition of the action or otherwise.
(b) any offer or admission made in anticipation of, during or in connection with a mediation session.
(c) the mediation session is completed and there is no agreement to continue.
(2) When a mediation is concluded, the mediator must deliver a Certificate of Completed Mediation in Form 5 to each of the participants who requests one or to their counsel.
TAKE NOTICE that this claim is to be mediated in accordance with the Notice to Mediate (Residential Construction) Regulation (B.C. Reg. 152/99).
WITHIN 21 DAYS after service of this Notice on all parties, the parties who have not been exempted from attending the mediation session must jointly appoint a mutually acceptable mediator. Otherwise, any of those parties may apply to a designated roster organization for appointment of a mediator.
This mediation takes place under the Notice to Mediate (Residential Construction) Regulation (B.C. Reg. 152/99).
WE MAKE THIS DECLARATION under section 11 (2) of the Notice to Mediate (Residential Construction) Regulation (B.C. Reg. 152/99).
I DECLARE THAT .................................. has failed to comply with section ......... of the Notice to Mediate (Residential Construction) Regulation (B.C. Reg. 152/99).


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Building a solution that lasts: Thorogood helps a prominent CPG firm reap dividends from a decades-old investment
Case study by Jai Pradhan
When it comes to winning market share, understanding one's competition is as important as understanding one's own customers. Today's successful businesses are those that were best able to anticipate and respond to yesterday's competitive landscape.
More often than not, the secret to that success is the ability to process and analyze widely available data in a way that paints the most accurate and timely picture of market conditions.
Nearly two decades ago, well before the business world fully understood the potential of Big Data, consultants at Thorogood set out to build an analytics solution for a prominent CPG firm that would both place it ahead of the curve and keep it there throughout the future. Today, the application and its underlying software serve as a testament to the enduring value that an investment in analytics can have when it is made with the proper foresight.
A tool to grow on
Then as now, the client in question was competing in a hotly-contested and highly-regulated product space where brand recognition and price points were among the most significant variables in driving consumer behavior. The company's Strategic Insights team envisioned a world in which it could follow the purchasing habits of consumers in as close to real time as possible. By monitoring the sales performance of its competitors' products, the team would be able to anticipate changing market conditions and take steps to adapt to them.
To accomplish this, the CPG firm enlisted Thorogood to develop a tool that would aggregate sales data from each retailer in which its products were sold and enable its Strategic Insights team to analyze that data from a variety of points of view. Accomplishing these goals required a keen understanding of the capabilities of front end and back end technology and the nature of the client's volatile business. It also required the foresight to build the tool in such a manner that would enable it to grow and scale up as the requirements shifted.
Using a collaborative, iterative design process that is the long-standing hallmark of Thorogood's approach, the consultants developed an application that would be built atop a robust back-end architecture that would facilitate the aggregation of the company's array of sales-related data coming from a wide number of external data providers. Not only would the tool automatically load and reconcile the requisite data sources, it would also include a component to allow users to recognize and match to its internal systems, any new products and stores that arrived with the data. This latter functionality was an example of the way solutions can be built with the future in mind. Our client didn't just want a tool that would meet its present needs. It wanted one that was agile enough to adapt over time.
Building on the past
The fundamentals of the tool in question remain very much the same. The client's main source of data comes from Information Resources, Inc., one of the authorities on market intelligence in the retail sector. But due to the nature of our client's business, IRI's data cannot capture everything. Filling in these gaps means relying on data from a number of smaller sources. To rectify the lack of uniformity between these sources, Thorogood designed to tool to utilize SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) pipelines to automatically transform and load the pertinent Excel files into a SQL Server Data base. By including an attribution component, the tool allows users to manage the 20 to 25 files that are loaded into SQL each week.
User friendliness is a key point of emphasis when developing a solution that has lasting value. Our client needed a tool that gave it the ability to manage and structure data so that it could tailor toward specific analyses. The SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) reporting that the Strategic Insights team performs utilizes sales metrics such as volume, price and quantity sold to keep tabs on the flow of products in the marketplace. These analyses are crucial for any company hoping to keep pace with its competitors and adapt its offerings to changes in demand. For instance, our client might be experiencing a decrease in sales over a series of weeks. Using the Thorogood-developed tool, analysts can quickly and accurately pinpoint any factors that are contributing to the change. If each of its competitors are experiencing similar declines, one might conclude that the market itself – or the overall economy – is retracting. But the type of powerful analysis the tool provides can also reveal that a competitor has introduced a new product or reduced the price on an existing product, and that these changes are siphoning away sales volume from one of their own products. Users needed a tool that was capable of adapting to these changes.
Until we actually got to play with the tool, it was very hard to know what it was capable of." – Strategic Insights team member, user of the tool.
A tool that grows with business
One of the reasons our client enlisted Thorogood in the initial project was our consultants' long history of developing present-day solutions with an eye toward the future, thereby limiting the need for substantial perpetual reinvestment in new technology.
Over the last 17 years, Thorogood has worked diligently to expand the tool's capabilities to respond to new technologies and business realities. That work has included the expansion of an SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) cube that gives users an ability to structure their reports to their liking. By building a scalable solution, Thorogood has enabled users to consistently expand the number of data sources it incorporates into its analyses. Recently, the tool underwent a complete facelift with a redefined user journey and a future ready architecture, along with constant additions to the number of data feeds reported. Future integration with Power BI will open up a new frontier in visualization capabilities.
The foundation of all of these things was a smart, forward-thinking implementation of back-end technology that continues to lead to the insights that lead to business success.
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Contact Jai Pradhan for more information. Jai is a Data & Analytics Consultant at Thorogood based in the UK.