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I am certain that my fellow Americans expect that on my induction into the Presidency I will address them with a candor and a decision which the present situation of our Nation impels. This is preeminently the time to speak the truth, the whole truth, frankly and boldly. Nor need we shrink from honestly facing conditions in our country today. This great Nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper. So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself—nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance. In every dark hour of our national life a leadership of frankness and vigor has met with that understanding and support of the people themselves which is essential to victory. I am convinced that you will again give that support to leadership in these critical days.
In such a spirit on my part and on yours we face our common difficulties. They concern, thank God, only material things. Values have shrunken to fantastic levels; taxes have risen; our ability to pay has fallen; government of all kinds is faced by serious curtailment of income; the means of exchange are frozen in the currents of trade; the withered leaves of industrial enterprise lie on every side; farmers find no markets for their produce; the savings of many years in thousands of families are gone.
More important, a host of unemployed citizens face the grim problem of existence, and an equally great number toil with little return. Only a foolish optimist can deny the dark realities of the moment.
Yet our distress comes from no failure of substance. We are stricken by no plague of locusts. Compared with the perils which our forefathers conquered because they believed and were not afraid, we have still much to be thankful for. Nature still offers her bounty and human efforts have multiplied it. Plenty is at our doorstep, but a generous use of it languishes in the very sight of the supply. Primarily this is because the rulers of the exchange of mankind's goods have failed, through their own stubbornness and their own incompetence, have admitted their failure, and abdicated. Practices of the unscrupulous money changers stand indicted in the court of public opinion, rejected by the hearts and minds of men.
True they have tried, but their efforts have been cast in the pattern of an outworn tradition. Faced by failure of credit they have proposed only the lending of more money. Stripped of the lure of profit by which to induce our people to follow their false leadership, they have resorted to exhortations, pleading tearfully for restored confidence. They know only the rules of a generation of self-seekers. They have no vision, and when there is no vision the people perish.
The money changers have fled from their high seats in the temple of our civilization. We may now restore that temple to the ancient truths. The measure of the restoration lies in the extent to which we apply social values more noble than mere monetary profit.
Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. The joy and moral stimulation of work no longer must be forgotten in the mad chase of evanescent profits. These dark days will be worth all they cost us if they teach us that our true destiny is not to be ministered unto but to minister to ourselves and to our fellow men.
Recognition of the falsity of material wealth as the standard of success goes hand in hand with the abandonment of the false belief that public office and high political position are to be valued only by the standards of pride of place and personal profit; and there must be an end to a conduct in banking and in business which too often has given to a sacred trust the likeness of callous and selfish wrongdoing. Small wonder that confidence languishes, for it thrives only on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection, on unselfish performance; without them it cannot live.
Restoration calls, however, not for changes in ethics alone. This Nation asks for action, and action now.
Our greatest primary task is to put people to work. This is no unsolvable problem if we face it wisely and courageously. It can be accomplished in part by direct recruiting by the Government itself, treating the task as we would treat the emergency of a war, but at the same time, through this employment, accomplishing greatly needed projects to stimulate and reorganize the use of our natural resources.
Mariesha Klos at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial in Washington DC.
Hand in hand with this we must frankly recognize the overbalance of population in our industrial centers and, by engaging on a national scale in a redistribution, endeavor to provide a better use of the land for those best fitted for the land. The task can be helped by definite efforts to raise the values of agricultural products and with this the power to purchase the output of our cities. It can be helped by preventing realistically the tragedy of the growing loss through foreclosure of our small homes and our farms. It can be helped by insistence that the Federal, State, and local governments act forthwith on the demand that their cost be drastically reduced. It can be helped by the unifying of relief activities which today are often scattered, uneconomical, and unequal. It can be helped by national planning for and supervision of all forms of transportation and of communications and other utilities which have a definitely public character. There are many ways in which it can be helped, but it can never be helped merely by talking about it. We must act and act quickly.
Finally, in our progress toward a resumption of work we require two safeguards against a return of the evils of the old order; there must be a strict supervision of all banking and credits and investments; there must be an end to speculation with other people's money, and there must be provision for an adequate but sound currency.
There are the lines of attack. I shall presently urge upon a new Congress in special session detailed measures for their fulfillment, and I shall seek the immediate assistance of the several States.
Through this program of action we address ourselves to putting our own national house in order and making income balance outgo. Our international trade relations, though vastly important, are in point of time and necessity secondary to the establishment of a sound national economy. I favor as a practical policy the putting of first things first. I shall spare no effort to restore world trade by international economic readjustment, but the emergency at home cannot wait on that accomplishment.
The basic thought that guides these specific means of national recovery is not narrowly nationalistic. It is the insistence, as a first consideration, upon the interdependence of the various elements in all parts of the United States—a recognition of the old and permanently important manifestation of the American spirit of the pioneer. It is the way to recovery. It is the immediate way. It is the strongest assurance that the recovery will endure.
In the field of world policy I would dedicate this Nation to the policy of the good neighbor—the neighbor who resolutely respects himself and, because he does so, respects the rights of others—the neighbor who respects his obligations and respects the sanctity of his agreements in and with a world of neighbors.
If I read the temper of our people correctly, we now realize as we have never realized before our interdependence on each other; that we can not merely take but we must give as well; that if we are to go forward, we must move as a trained and loyal army willing to sacrifice for the good of a common discipline, because without such discipline no progress is made, no leadership becomes effective. We are, I know, ready and willing to submit our lives and property to such discipline, because it makes possible a leadership which aims at a larger good. This I propose to offer, pledging that the larger purposes will bind upon us all as a sacred obligation with a unity of duty hitherto evoked only in time of armed strife.
With this pledge taken, I assume unhesitatingly the leadership of this great army of our people dedicated to a disciplined attack upon our common problems.
Action in this image and to this end is feasible under the form of government which we have inherited from our ancestors. Our Constitution is so simple and practical that it is possible always to meet extraordinary needs by changes in emphasis and arrangement without loss of essential form. That is why our constitutional system has proved itself the most superbly enduring political mechanism the modern world has produced. It has met every stress of vast expansion of territory, of foreign wars, of bitter internal strife, of world relations.
It is to be hoped that the normal balance of executive and legislative authority may be wholly adequate to meet the unprecedented task before us. But it may be that an unprecedented demand and need for undelayed action may call for temporary departure from that normal balance of public procedure.
I am prepared under my constitutional duty to recommend the measures that a stricken nation in the midst of a stricken world may require. These measures, or such other measures as the Congress may build out of its experience and wisdom, I shall seek, within my constitutional authority, to bring to speedy adoption.
But in the event that the Congress shall fail to take one of these two courses, and in the event that the national emergency is still critical, I shall not evade the clear course of duty that will then confront me. I shall ask the Congress for the one remaining instrument to meet the crisis—broad Executive power to wage a war against the emergency, as great as the power that would be given to me if we were in fact invaded by a foreign foe.
For the trust reposed in me I will return the courage and the devotion that befit the time. I can do no less.
We face the arduous days that lie before us in the warm courage of the national unity; with the clear consciousness of seeking old and precious moral values; with the clean satisfaction that comes from the stern performance of duty by old and young alike. We aim at the assurance of a rounded and permanent national life.
We do not distrust the future of essential democracy. The people of the United States have not failed. In their need they have registered a mandate that they want direct, vigorous action. They have asked for discipline and direction under leadership. They have made me the present instrument of their wishes. In the spirit of the gift I take it.
In this dedication of a Nation we humbly ask the blessing of God. May He protect each and every one of us. May He guide me in the days to come.
When four years ago we met to inaugurate a President, the Republic, single-minded in anxiety, stood in spirit here. We dedicated ourselves to the fulfillment of a vision—to speed the time when there would be for all the people that security and peace essential to the pursuit of happiness. We of the Republic pledged ourselves to drive from the temple of our ancient faith those who had profaned it; to end by action, tireless and unafraid, the stagnation and despair of that day. We did those first things first.
Our covenant with ourselves did not stop there. Instinctively we recognized a deeper need—the need to find through government the instrument of our united purpose to solve for the individual the ever-rising problems of a complex civilization. Repeated attempts at their solution without the aid of government had left us baffled and bewildered. For, without that aid, we had been unable to create those moral controls over the services of science which are necessary to make science a useful servant instead of a ruthless master of mankind. To do this we knew that we must find practical controls over blind economic forces and blindly selfish men.
We of the Republic sensed the truth that democratic government has innate capacity to protect its people against disasters once considered inevitable, to solve problems once considered unsolvable. We would not admit that we could not find a way to master economic epidemics just as, after centuries of fatalistic suffering, we had found a way to master epidemics of disease. We refused to leave the problems of our common welfare to be solved by the winds of chance and the hurricanes of disaster.
In this we Americans were discovering no wholly new truth; we were writing a new chapter in our book of self-government.
This year marks the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the Constitutional Convention which made us a nation. At that Convention our forefathers found the way out of the chaos which followed the Revolutionary War; they created a strong government with powers of united action sufficient then and now to solve problems utterly beyond individual or local solution. A century and a half ago they established the Federal Government in order to promote the general welfare and secure the blessings of liberty to the American people.
Today we invoke those same powers of government to achieve the same objectives.
Four years of new experience have not belied our historic instinct. They hold out the clear hope that government within communities, government within the separate States, and government of the United States can do the things the times require, without yielding its democracy. Our tasks in the last four years did not force democracy to take a holiday.
Nearly all of us recognize that as intricacies of human relationships increase, so power to govern them also must increase—power to stop evil; power to do good. The essential democracy of our Nation and the safety of our people depend not upon the absence of power, but upon lodging it with those whom the people can change or continue at stated intervals through an honest and free system of elections. The Constitution of 1787 did not make our democracy impotent.
In fact, in these last four years, we have made the exercise of all power more democratic; for we have begun to bring private autocratic powers into their proper subordination to the public's government. The legend that they were invincible—above and beyond the processes of a democracy—has been shattered. They have been challenged and beaten.
Our progress out of the depression is obvious. But that is not all that you and I mean by the new order of things. Our pledge was not merely to do a patchwork job with secondhand materials. By using the new materials of social justice we have undertaken to erect on the old foundations a more enduring structure for the better use of future generations.
In that purpose we have been helped by achievements of mind and spirit. Old truths have been relearned; untruths have been unlearned. We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics. Out of the collapse of a prosperity whose builders boasted their practicality has come the conviction that in the long run economic morality pays. We are beginning to wipe out the line that divides the practical from the ideal; and in so doing we are fashioning an instrument of unimagined power for the establishment of a morally better world.
This new understanding undermines the old admiration of worldly success as such. We are beginning to abandon our tolerance of the abuse of power by those who betray for profit the elementary decencies of life.
In this process evil things formerly accepted will not be so easily condoned. Hard-headedness will not so easily excuse hardheartedness. We are moving toward an era of good feeling. But we realize that there can be no era of good feeling save among men of good will.
For these reasons I am justified in believing that the greatest change we have witnessed has been the change in the moral climate of America.
Among men of good will, science and democracy together offer an ever-richer life and ever-larger satisfaction to the individual. With this change in our moral climate and our rediscovered ability to improve our economic order, we have set our feet upon the road of enduring progress.
Shall we pause now and turn our back upon the road that lies ahead? Shall we call this the promised land? Or, shall we continue on our way? For "each age is a dream that is dying, or one that is coming to birth."
Many voices are heard as we face a great decision. Comfort says, "Tarry a while." Opportunism says, "This is a good spot." Timidity asks, "How difficult is the road ahead?"
True, we have come far from the days of stagnation and despair. Vitality has been preserved. Courage and confidence have been restored. Mental and moral horizons have been extended.
But our present gains were won under the pressure of more than ordinary circumstances. Advance became imperative under the goad of fear and suffering. The times were on the side of progress.
To hold to progress today, however, is more difficult. Dulled conscience, irresponsibility, and ruthless self-interest already reappear. Such symptoms of prosperity may become portents of disaster! Prosperity already tests the persistence of our progressive purpose.
Let us ask again: Have we reached the goal of our vision of that fourth day of March 1933? Have we found our happy valley?
I see a great nation, upon a great continent, blessed with a great wealth of natural resources. Its hundred and thirty million people are at peace among themselves; they are making their country a good neighbor among the nations. I see a United States which can demonstrate that, under democratic methods of government, national wealth can be translated into a spreading volume of human comforts hitherto unknown, and the lowest standard of living can be raised far above the level of mere subsistence.
But here is the challenge to our democracy: In this nation I see tens of millions of its citizens—a substantial part of its whole population—who at this very moment are denied the greater part of what the very lowest standards of today call the necessities of life.
I see millions of families trying to live on incomes so meager that the pall of family disaster hangs over them day by day.
I see millions whose daily lives in city and on farm continue under conditions labeled indecent by a so-called polite society half a century ago.
I see millions denied education, recreation, and the opportunity to better their lot and the lot of their children.
I see millions lacking the means to buy the products of farm and factory and by their poverty denying work and productiveness to many other millions.
I see one-third of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished.
It is not in despair that I paint you that picture. I paint it for you in hope—because the Nation, seeing and understanding the injustice in it, proposes to paint it out. We are determined to make every American citizen the subject of his country's interest and concern; and we will never regard any faithful law-abiding group within our borders as superfluous. The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.
If I know aught of the spirit and purpose of our Nation, we will not listen to Comfort, Opportunism, and Timidity. We will carry on.
Overwhelmingly, we of the Republic are men and women of good will; men and women who have more than warm hearts of dedication; men and women who have cool heads and willing hands of practical purpose as well. They will insist that every agency of popular government use effective instruments to carry out their will.
Government is competent when all who compose it work as trustees for the whole people. It can make constant progress when it keeps abreast of all the facts. It can obtain justified support and legitimate criticism when the people receive true information of all that government does.
If I know aught of the will of our people, they will demand that these conditions of effective government shall be created and maintained. They will demand a nation uncorrupted by cancers of injustice and, therefore, strong among the nations in its example of the will to peace.
Today we reconsecrate our country to long-cherished ideals in a suddenly changed civilization. In every land there are always at work forces that drive men apart and forces that draw men together. In our personal ambitions we are individualists. But in our seeking for economic and political progress as a nation, we all go up, or else we all go down, as one people.
To maintain a democracy of effort requires a vast amount of patience in dealing with differing methods, a vast amount of humility. But out of the confusion of many voices rises an understanding of dominant public need. Then political leadership can voice common ideals, and aid in their realization.
In taking again the oath of office as President of the United States, I assume the solemn obligation of leading the American people forward along the road over which they have chosen to advance.
While this duty rests upon me I shall do my utmost to speak their purpose and to do their will, seeking Divine guidance to help us each and every one to give light to them that sit in darkness and to guide our feet into the way of peace.
Third Inaugural Address
ON each national day of inauguration since 1789, the people have renewed their sense of dedication to the United States.
In Washington's day the task of the people was to create and weld together a nation.
In Lincoln's day the task of the people was to preserve that Nation from disruption from within.
In this day the task of the people is to save that Nation and its institutions from disruption from without.
To us there has come a time, in the midst of swift happenings, to pause for a moment and take stock—to recall what our place in history has been, and to rediscover what we are and what we may be. If we do not, we risk the real peril of inaction.
Lives of nations are determined not by the count of years, but by the lifetime of the human spirit. The life of a man is three-score years and ten: a little more, a little less. The life of a nation is the fullness of the measure of its will to live.
There are men who doubt this. There are men who believe that democracy, as a form of Government and a frame of life, is limited or measured by a kind of mystical and artificial fate that, for some unexplained reason, tyranny and slavery have become the surging wave of the future—and that freedom is an ebbing tide.
But we Americans know that this is not true.
Eight years ago, when the life of this Republic seemed frozen by a fatalistic terror, we proved that this is not true. We were in the midst of shock—but we acted. We acted quickly, boldly, decisively.
These later years have been living years—fruitful years for the people of this democracy. For they have brought to us greater security and, I hope, a better understanding that life's ideals are to be measured in other than material things.
Most vital to our present and our future is this experience of a democracy which successfully survived crisis at home; put away many evil things; built new structures on enduring lines; and, through it all, maintained the fact of its democracy.
For action has been taken within the three-way framework of the Constitution of the United States. The coordinate branches of the Government continue freely to function. The Bill of Rights remains inviolate. The freedom of elections is wholly maintained. Prophets of the downfall of American democracy have seen their dire predictions come to naught.
Democracy is not dying.
We know it because we have seen it revive—and grow.
We know it cannot die—because it is built on the unhampered initiative of individual men and women joined together in a common enterprise—an enterprise undertaken and carried through by the free expression of a free majority.
We know it because democracy alone, of all forms of government, enlists the full force of men's enlightened will.
We know it because democracy alone has constructed an unlimited civilization capable of infinite progress in the improvement of human life.
We know it because, if we look below the surface, we sense it still spreading on every continent—for it is the most humane, the most advanced, and in the end the most unconquerable of all forms of human society.
A nation, like a person, has a body—a body that must be fed and clothed and housed, invigorated and rested, in a manner that measures up to the objectives of our time.
A nation, like a person, has a mind—a mind that must be kept informed and alert, that must know itself, that understands the hopes and the needs of its neighbors—all the other nations that live within the narrowing circle of the world.
And a nation, like a person, has something deeper, something more permanent, something larger than the sum of all its parts. It is that something which matters most to its future—which calls forth the most sacred guarding of its present.
It is a thing for which we find it difficult—even impossible—to hit upon a single, simple word.
And yet we all understand what it is—the spirit—the faith of America. It is the product of centuries. It was born in the multitudes of those who came from many lands—some of high degree, but mostly plain people, who sought here, early and late, to find freedom more freely.
The democratic aspiration is no mere recent phase in human history. It is human history. It permeated the ancient life of early peoples. It blazed anew in the middle ages. It was written in Magna Charta.
In the Americas its impact has been irresistible. America has been the New World in all tongues, to all peoples, not because this continent was a new-found land, but because all those who came here believed they could create upon this continent a new life—a life that should be new in freedom.
Its vitality was written into our own Mayflower Compact, into the Declaration of Independence, into the Constitution of the United States, into the Gettysburg Address.
Those who first came here to carry out the longings of their spirit, and the millions who followed, and the stock that sprang from them—all have moved forward constantly and consistently toward an ideal which in itself has gained stature and clarity with each generation.
The hopes of the Republic cannot forever tolerate either undeserved poverty or self-serving wealth.
We know that we still have far to go; that we must more greatly build the security and the opportunity and the knowledge of every citizen, in the measure justified by the resources and the capacity of the land.
But it is not enough to achieve these purposes alone. It is not enough to clothe and feed the body of this Nation, and instruct and inform its mind. For there is also the spirit. And of the three, the greatest is the spirit.
Without the body and the mind, as all men know, the Nation could not live.
But if the spirit of America were killed, even though the Nation's body and mind, constricted in an alien world, lived on, the America we know would have perished.
That spirit—that faith—speaks to us in our daily lives in ways often unnoticed, because they seem so obvious. It speaks to us here in the Capital of the Nation. It speaks to us through the processes of governing in the sovereignties of 48 States. It speaks to us in our counties, in our cities, in our towns, and in our villages. It speaks to us from the other nations of the hemisphere, and from those across the seas—the enslaved, as well as the free. Sometimes we fail to hear or heed these voices of freedom because to us the privilege of our freedom is such an old, old story.
The destiny of America was proclaimed in words of prophecy spoken by our first President in his first inaugural in 1789—words almost directed, it would seem, to this year of 1941: "The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the republican model of government are justly considered ... deeply,... finally, staked on the experiment intrusted to the hands of the American people."
If we lose that sacred fire—if we let it be smothered with doubt and fear—then we shall reject the destiny which Washington strove so valiantly and so triumphantly to establish. The preservation of the spirit and faith of the Nation does, and will, furnish the highest justification for every sacrifice that we may make in the cause of national defense.
In the face of great perils never before encountered, our strong purpose is to protect and to perpetuate the integrity of democracy.
For this we muster the spirit of America, and the faith of America.
We do not retreat. We are not content to stand still. As Americans, we go forward, in the service of our country, by the will of God.
Fourth Inaugural Address
Mr. Chief Justice, Mr. Vice President, my friends, you will understand and, I believe, agree with my wish that the form of this inauguration be simple and its words brief.
We Americans of today, together with our allies, are passing through a period of supreme test. It is a test of our courage—of our resolve—of our wisdom—our essential democracy.
If we meet that test—successfully and honorably—we shall perform a service of historic importance which men and women and children will honor throughout all time.
As I stand here today, having taken the solemn oath of office in the presence of my fellow countrymen—in the presence of our God—I know that it is America's purpose that we shall not fail.
In the days and in the years that are to come we shall work for a just and honorable peace, a durable peace, as today we work and fight for total victory in war.
We can and we will achieve such a peace.
We shall strive for perfection. We shall not achieve it immediately—but we still shall strive. We may make mistakes—but they must never be mistakes which result from faintness of heart or abandonment of moral principle.
I remember that my old schoolmaster, Dr. Peabody, said, in days that seemed to us then to be secure and untroubled: "Things in life will not always run smoothly. Sometimes we will be rising toward the heights—then all will seem to reverse itself and start downward. The great fact to remember is that the trend of civilization itself is forever upward; that a line drawn through the middle of the peaks and the valleys of the centuries always has an upward trend."
Our Constitution of 1787 was not a perfect instrument; it is not perfect yet. But it provided a firm base upon which all manner of men, of all races and colors and creeds, could build our solid structure of democracy.
And so today, in this year of war, 1945, we have learned lessons—at a fearful cost—and we shall profit by them.
We have learned that we cannot live alone, at peace; that our own well-being is dependent on the well-being of other nations far away. We have learned that we must live as men, not as ostriches, nor as dogs in the manger.
We have learned to be citizens of the world, members of the human community.
We have learned the simple truth, as Emerson said, that "The only way to have a friend is to be one."
We can gain no lasting peace if we approach it with suspicion and mistrust or with fear. We can gain it only if we proceed with the understanding, the confidence, and the courage which flow from conviction.
The Almighty God has blessed our land in many ways. He has given our people stout hearts and strong arms with which to strike mighty blows for freedom and truth. He has given to our country a faith which has become the hope of all peoples in an anguished world.
So we pray to Him now for the vision to see our way clearly—to see the way that leads to a better life for ourselves and for all our fellow men—to the achievement of His will to peace on earth.


(TEHRAN) -	 Robert Naiman is Policy Director at Just Foreign Policy. Mr. Naiman edits the Just Foreign Policy daily news summary and writes on U.S. foreign policy at Huffington Post.
Naiman has worked as a policy analyst and researcher at the Center for Economic and Policy Research and Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch.


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Home Chemistry Scientists develop semi-liquid metal anode for next-generation batteries
Scientists develop semi-liquid metal anode for next-generation batteries
Credit: Carnegie Mellon University.
Scientists from Carnegie Mellon University have developed a semiliquid lithium metal-based anode that represents a new paradigm in battery design.
Lithium batteries made using this new electrode type could have a higher capacity and be much safer than typical lithium metal-based batteries that use lithium foil as anode.
The interdisciplinary research team published their findings in the current issue of Joule.
Lithium-based batteries are one of the most common types of rechargeable battery used in modern electronics due to their ability to store high amounts of energy.
Traditionally, these batteries are made of combustible liquid electrolytes and two electrodes, an anode and a cathode, which are separated by a membrane.
After a battery has been charged and discharged repeatedly, strands of lithium called dendrites can grow on the surface of the electrode.
The dendrites can pierce through the membrane that separates the two electrodes.
This allows contact between the anode and cathode, which can cause the battery to short circuit and, in the worst case, catch fire.
"Incorporating a metallic lithium anode into lithium-ion batteries has the theoretical potential to create a battery with much more capacity than a battery with a graphite anode," said Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, J.C. Warner University Professor of Natural Sciences in Carnegie Mellon's Department of Chemistry.
"But, the most important thing we need to do is make sure that the battery we create is safe."
One proposed solution to the volatile liquid electrolytes used in current batteries is to replace them with solid ceramic electrolytes.
These electrolytes are highly conductive, non-combustible and strong enough to resist dendrites.
However, researchers have found that the contact between the ceramic electrolyte and a solid lithium anode is insufficient for storing and supplying the amount of power needed for most electronics.
Sipei Li, a doctoral student in Carnegie Mellon's Department of Chemistry, and Han Wang, a doctoral student in Carnegie Mellon's Department of Materials Science and Engineering, were able to surmount this shortcoming by creating a new class of material that can be used as a semiliquid metal anode.
Working with Krzysztof Matyjaszewski and Jay Whitacre, Li and Wang created a dual-conductive polymer/carbon composite matrix that has lithium microparticles evenly distributed throughout.
The matrix remains flowable at room temperatures, which allows it to create a sufficient level of contact with the solid electrolyte.
By combining the semiliquid metal anode with a garnet-based solid ceramic electrolyte, they were able to cycle the cell at 10 times higher current density than cells with a solid electrolyte and a traditional lithium foil anode.
This cell also had a much longer cycle-life than traditional cells.
"This new processing route leads to a lithium metal-based battery anode that is flowable and has very appealing safety and performance compared to ordinary lithium metal.
Implementing new material like this could lead to step change in lithium-based rechargeable batteries, and we are working hard to see how this works in a range of battery architectures," said Whitacre.
The researchers believe that their method could have far reaching impacts.
For example, it could be used to create high capacity batteries for electric vehicles and specialized batteries for use in wearable devices that require flexible batteries.
They also believe that their methods could be extended beyond lithium to other rechargeable battery systems, including sodium metal batteries and potassium metal batteries and might be able to be used in grid-scale energy storage.
Written by Jocelyn Duffy.
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2019.05.022.

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Pine Tree Team Grows with 15 Recent Hires
By Pine TreeOctober 28, 2020Front Page, News, Team
NORTHBROOK, Ill. (October 28, 2020) – Northbrook-based Pine Tree, LLC today welcomes 15 new staff members hired between 1Q2020 and 4Q2020 in keeping with the company's focus on expanding its national shopping center portfolio and elevating its best-in-class management services.
Recently joining the full-service retail real estate company are:
Jazmin Figueroa, Transaction Accountant. Before joining Pine Tree, Jazmin worked in accounting for Senior Lifestyle Corporation, an industry-leading senior living real estate owner, operator and developer. Prior to that, Jazmin worked with the Inland Real Estate Group of Companies.
Antonia Romero, Transaction Accountant. Before joining Pine Tree, Antonia was an Accounts Receivable Specialist with JLL.
Melody Johns, Paralegal. Before joining Pine Tree, Melody was a Paralegal for Keogh & Moody, P.C., a Chicago-based law firm specializing in representation for residential real estate homeowners' associations and not-for-profit corporations.
Jasmine Bishop, Tenant Services Coordinator. Before joining Pine Tree, Jasmine was an Assistant Leasing Manager for JMG Realty, Inc., a multi-family real estate company headquartered in Atlanta, GA.
Stephanie Nelson, Transaction Accountant. Before joining Pine Tree, worked as an Accounts Payable Specialist for Seyfarth Shaw LLP, a Chicago-based law firm that provides advisory, litigation, and transactional legal services. Prior to that, she worked for Starwood Retail Partners as an Accounts Receivable Specialist.
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The commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks reported Wednesday that Osama bin Laden met with a top Iraqi official in 1994 but found "no credible evidence" of a link between Iraq and al-Qaeda in attacks against the United States.
Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden speaks at a news conference in Afghanistan in this May 26, 1998 file photo. [Reuters]
In a report based on research and interviews by the commission staff, the panel said that bin Laden explored possible cooperation with Saddam even though he opposed the Iraqi leader's secular regime and had, at one time, supported "anti-Saddam Islamists in Iraqi Kurdistan."
The commission staff said that bin Laden, at the urging of allies in Sudan eager to protect their own ties to Iraq, ceased the support in the early 1990s. That opened the way for a senior Iraqi intelligence officer to meet with bin Laden in 1994 in Sudan, a session at which bin Laden is said to have requested space to establish training camps in Iraq as well as Iraqi assistance in procuring weapons.
But Iraq apparently never responded to bin Laden's request, the staff report said.
No 'collaborative relationship' seen
It said that reports of subsequent contacts between Iraq and al-Qaeda after bin Laden had returned to Afghanistan "do not appear to have resulted in a collaborative relationship," and added that two unidentified senior bin Laden associates "have adamantly denied that any ties existed between al-Qaeda and Iraq."
A policeman takes a look at a member of Indonesia's Muslim hard-line group Jemaah Islamiya (JI), wearing a T-shirt printed with the face of Osama bin Laden. [AFP/File]
The report concluded, "We have no credible evidence that Iraq and al Qaeda cooperated on attacks against the United States."
The panel's findings were released two days after Vice President Dick Cheney asserted that Saddam had "long-established ties" with al-Qaeda. President Bush defended the statement in a news conference Tuesday, saying the presence in Iraq of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who is accused of trying to disrupt the transfer of sovereignty as well as last month's decapitation of American Nicholas Berg, provides "the best evidence of connection to al-Qaeda affiliates and al-Qaeda."
In making the case for war in Iraq, Bush administration officials frequently cited what they said were Saddam's decade-long contacts with al-Qaeda operatives. They stopped short of claiming that Iraq was directly involved in the Sept. 11 attacks, but critics say Bush officials left that impression with the American public.
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Supreme Court ruling on political redistricting could embolden gerrymandering in Utah, critics say
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This story originally appeared on deseret.com. Read it in its entirety here.
In wake of the Supreme Court's narrow ruling Thursday deciding federal courts have no role to play in the dispute over partisan gerrymandering, backers of the voter-approved Proposition 4 are calling on Utah politicians to let the Better Boundaries initiative stand.
The Supreme Court ruling may create complications for the Utah initiative — which establishes an independent redistricting commission in an effort to combat gerrymandering — if the Utah Legislature makes district changes Proposition 4 backers may want to challenge in court. The ruling, however, only relates to federal courts, not state courts, so it doesn't rule out a potential state court case.
"Just because you're allowed to do something, doesn't mean you should," said Chase Thomas, executive director for the left-leaning Alliance for a Better Utah, a Proposition 4 supporter, said Thursday.
"Now that the Supreme Court has abdicated its responsibility of ensuring fair elections, it is even more important that Utah lawmakers take a stand against partisan gerrymandering and the role it plays in further dividing our communities and nation," Thomas said. "For the sake of Utahns' trust in government institutions and the fairness of elections, it is imperative that lawmakers respect the people's vote on Proposition 4 and the independent redistricting committee it created."


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using ITCC.Logging.Core;
using ITCC.Logging.Windows.Loggers;
using TicTacToeGame.BotCompetition.Competition;
using TicTacToeGame.BotCompetition.Utils;
using TicTacToeGame.Common;

namespace TicTacToeGame.BotCompetition
{
    internal class Program
    {
        private const int PairCompetitionCount = 1000;
        private const int FieldWidth = 30;
        private const int FieldHeight = 30;
        private const int BotTurnLength = 1000;

        private static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Logger.Level = LogLevel.Debug;
            Logger.RegisterReceiver(new ColouredConsoleLogger());
            Game.Mute();

            var score = new GlobalScore();

            foreach (var botPair in BotPairBuilder.GetAllBotPairs())
            {
                var firstBotKind = botPair.FirstPlayer;
                var secondBotKind = botPair.SecondPlayer;

                var competitionConfiguration = new CompetitionConfiguration
                {
                    BotTurnLength = BotTurnLength,
                    FirstBotKind = firstBotKind,
                    SecondBotKind = secondBotKind,
                    Height = FieldHeight,
                    Width = FieldWidth,
                    RunCount = PairCompetitionCount
                };

                var competitionRunner = CompetitionRunner.CreateRunner(competitionConfiguration);
                if (competitionRunner == null)
                {
                    Logger.LogEntry("COMPETITION", LogLevel.Error, "Failed to create competition");
                    continue;
                }

                var competitionResult = competitionRunner.Run();
                score.Add(botPair, competitionResult);
                Logger.LogEntry("COMPETITION", LogLevel.Info, competitionResult.ToString());
            }

            score.Done();
            score.Print();
        }
    }
}

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Q: Angular 2+ How to get dynamically added images after angular build I am working on an application using Angular 5 as a front-end and Node.js as a back-end which uploads images to the server.
The problem is that after I upload an image to the server I cannot display it in angular.
My folder structure is like this:

AppName/client/src/app/app.component.html <- Here I want to display
the images; AppName/server/public/images               <- Is the place
where the images are stored

Does anyone have any idee?

A: You have to configure your server in order to serve the right image when required. The problem is not about Angular.
If you are using express, you can add the following rule before serving the webapp:
app.use(express.static('server/public/images'));

Fix the above code with your relative path.
In this way, when your web server will receive a request, he will firsty see if it's an image contained in your folder, otherwise it will serve Angular.

Note
In this way, if you try accessing a not existent image, you will receive a text/HTML result with your webpage as content and 200 as status code.
You may need checking the extension of the file, if it is jpg, jpeg, png or gif you search in the folder, if the image exists you send it as response and if it doesn't exist you send 404 status code.
If the extension is not one of the above, then you serve the webapp in any case.
app.use(express.static('server/public/images'));
app.get(/\.(jpg|jpeg|png|gif)$/, function(req, res) {
  res.status(404).send('Not found');
});

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Kansas defeats Harvard, 75-69
2:15 p.m., Dec. 5, 2015
'Real-game pressure': Jayhawks handle Harvard's heat
Photo by Nick Krug
Kansas guard Frank Mason III (0) celebrates with Kansas guard Devonte' Graham after Grahams' dunk during the first half, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015 at Allen Fieldhouse.
There certainly was angst in the Allen Fieldhouse stands during crunch-time on Saturday, with No. 4-ranked Kansas University and 22 1/2-point underdog Harvard tied at 56 with 7:35 to play.
No trepidation existed in KU's huddle, however.
The (6-1) Jayhawks actually relished the opportunity to win a nail-biter against the (2-6) Ivy League school.
"Coach (Bill Self) was smiling. He was like, 'Embrace it. Smile ... Enjoy these dogfights because this is what we need,''' KU junior forward Landen Lucas said after the Jayhawks' 75-69 victory.
Kansas basketball v. Harvard
Images from the Jayhawks' matchup against Harvard on Saturday at Allen Fieldhouse
"That's the stuff coach does," Lucas added after grabbing eight rebounds in 24 minutes on a day the Jayhawks were out-boarded, 39-31. "He likes competing. That was a competitive game and we won. It wasn't a pretty game, but we got it done."
Senior forward Perry Ellis — he scored the first five points as the Jayhawks built a 16-point first-half lead — accepted a pass from Lucas and hit a bucket and foul shot to bust the 56-56 tie with 7:17 left.
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Bill Self on KU's trouble in putting away Harvard
Kansas basketball coach Bill Self speaks with the media about the Jayhawks' 75-69 victory over Harvard, a game which included the Crimson tying the game late in the second half and KU getting out-rebounded 39-31.
Ellis then hit a jumper to up the lead to 61-56 at 6:22.
The game was far from over, but KU never saw its lead dip below three points (:26.8 seconds) the rest of the way.
"Fans will think I'm nuts ... I thought we played pretty well," Self said. "We got the ball exactly where we wanted it. We didn't have any big guys score the ball very well today (Ellis had 12 points off 5-of-11 shooting and Lucas five, 2-2 shooting). We missed a lot of free throws (KU was 13 of 25; Harvard 12 of 15) that obviously could have made the game less interesting late.
Mason, Graham, Lucas discuss KU's narrow win over Harvard
Kansas basketball players Frank Mason III, Devonté Graham and Landen Lucas speak with media members about the Jayhawks' tight 75-69 victory over Harvard, Saturday at Allen Fieldhouse.
"(But) we needed some late-game pressure put on us and real-game pressure. We had some individuals that didn't have great games. As a team I didn't think we played awful. I thought our defense was pretty good (Harvard hit 43.9 percent to KU's 47.5 mark). We didn't rebound the ball other than Landen. (But) I don't leave here discouraged at all because I know we can make free throws and I know we can make layups," Self added.
The closeness of the game made Self tighten his rotation the final half. Lucas, who missed Tuesday's 94-61 win over Loyola because of a big toe injury, played 19 minutes the final half, grabbing six rebounds while guarding rugged Zena Edosomwan, who had 10 points and 11 boards.
Box score: Kansas 75, Harvard 69
Ellis played 17 minutes the second half, while Jamari Traylor played one minute and Cheick Diallo two, Carlton Bragg and Hunter Mickelson none.
"Landen was by far the best player in the game," Self said. "He did a great job on No. 4, Zena. He's a monster. Landen didn't even need traps for the most part."
Lucas — he said his left big toe was "a little sore, but not giving me too much trouble," — knew his job was to get some rebounds on a day the Crimson dominated the boards.
"It's something I really take pride in," Portland, Oregon junior Lucas said of rebounding. "I really enjoy it. Whenever we are kind of struggling in that area, I feel he (Self) knows when I get out there that's going to be one of my top priorities, just going after the rebounds. Making sure my man doesn't get it is Part One. If it's an opportunity for me to get it myself, it's Part Two."
Frank Mason III (career-high tying 21 points, five assists, four steals) and Devonté Graham (12 points, four boards, three assists, three steals) played 20 and 19 minutes respectively the final half to go with Ellis' 17 minutes. Wayne Selden, Jr., who had foul problems went 10 minutes the final half, finishing with nine points and four assists in 22 minutes.
"Me being here so long, I can kind of tell how coach is feeling in certain situations. I think that was the way the game was flowing," Lucas said, not surprised at all by his second-half playing time. "When I got in there I was able to defend No. 4 and try to help out on the glass. It's something we needed. I felt like he (Self) recognized that and kind of rolled with it after that."
Self was asked about the use of the bigs.
"I love Cheick, but Cheick couldn't guard No. 4 as well as Landen," Self said. "We can say Cheick and Carlton are the two best prospects we have with our big guys without question. You go 2-for-8 (combined) and you are not great defensively and the majority of shots are in pretty tight. They had some opportunities. Probably the game situation is the only reason they didn't play more. We decided to go with three bigs the second half for the most part. Fortunately Landen played as well as he did defensively and rebounded the ball."
Lucas said the youngsters will benefit.
"This is good for them," Lucas said. "Cheick's last game ... after the first half we cruised through it. This was his first time out there really against a solid team, a really good team. Guys like Carlton and him ... they will learn. This is what we need because we know we need them going forward, going into March. If we can come out with a win we can learn, they'll learn and they'll grow."
Lucas said KU, in the final analysis, should have built on its early 32-16 lead.
"If you give any team confidence, they are going to end up being more aggressive," Lucas said. "They did a great job with that. We can't let teams stay in it that long, especially with the home-court advantage we have. We shoulda cut them out in the first half. We didn't. They got confidence and stuck around. They're a good team."
KU did have receive clutch play from Graham, whose three gave KU a 64-58 lead at 5:41 and Mason, who stretched a four-point lead to 67-60 with a three at 4:31.
Lucas hit a shot to up a five-point lead to 71-64 at 1:44. Graham and Mason went four of six from the line in the final :36 seconds as KU held on.
"Frank and Devonté's perimeter defense was exceptional," Self said. "Frank and Devonté were good. Everybody else ... we kind of pieced it together. We've got to tighten some things up and have got to be able to throw it into somebody and be able to make a basket," he added.
KU will next meet Holy Cross at 7 p.m., Wednesday in Allen.
— See what people were saying about the game during KUsports.com's live coverage
Baseline View: Kansas beats Harvard 75-69 by KUsports.com
Frank Mason describes how Harvard limited KU's 3-pointers by KUsports.com
More news and notes from Kansas vs. Harvard
Real-game pressure: Jayhawks handle Harvard's heat
Column: Perry Ellis hasn't been himself
Banged-up Perry Ellis keeping head up
Notebook: Wayne Selden Jr. plagued by fouls
Composed Harvard comes close in upset bid
Jayhawks survive scare from Harvard
Keegan Ratings: Mason leads Kansas past Harvard
By the Numbers: Kansas 75, Harvard 69
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David Robinett 4 years, 1 month ago
I just don't believe that Lucas would have more rebounds than Hunter for the same amount of minutes played. Plus we would definitely get more offense from Hunter.
Aaron Paisley 4 years, 1 month ago
Numbers don't lie, Landen Lucas is a far superior rebounder than Mickelson is. Mickelson has always been a terrible rebounder even when he was at Arkansas.
Steve Zimmerman 4 years, 1 month ago
The title or content or somewhere in HCBS wording,.. I'm sure there's a term "Harvard's freshmen" somewhere. Real Game Pressure by Amaker's Freshmen perhaps? Pathetic... they played 3 freshmen, 20-30 minutes, shooting 30%-60% against our Juniors, Seniors. Diallo? Might as well hand him back over to NCAA! Our bigs got dunked here & there? This is good for our youngsters? My goodness. I do think HCBS is nuts. Even if we won in the end. Bragg might as well think to transfer. He won't develop his game here. This is going back to HCBS system which will not prioritize or use players skills, but rather make them stick to his game plans.
Joe Ross 4 years, 1 month ago
The problem with anticipating wins against what you perceive to be lower-caliber opponents is that you get out of the mindset of stepping on the gas. Then when big games come, you are out of the habit of playing at your best, and you get overcome by talent more on your level.
Kansas needs to take every opponent seriously, value every possession in every game, and always...always push to play to your potential.
Someone might ask, "Do you think they're tanking on purpose?" No, but that isn't the point. The point is that they are not approaching the game with a purposeful mindset. Just ASKING for an upset in March, and all this talent going to waste.
Brett McCabe 4 years, 1 month ago
This team has enough veterans to know better. Not sure what's going on right now.
When has this group demonstrated that ability in their careers?
Rodney Crain 4 years, 1 month ago
Excellent post Joe!
Mark Lindrud 4 years, 1 month ago
I put a good part of this on coaching. You get your team to have the mindset that you step on your opponent's throat and not let up until it is over. Too many times we play down to lower competition, instead of crushing their spirit early.
Suzi Marshall 4 years, 1 month ago
I'm reminded of the veteran team with the Morri that lost to VCU in San Antonio. The inability of this team to finish at the rim and poor fT is unnerving. There is no way any team can consistently win against top competition, such as in the NCAA tournament, with the FT and rim numbers we often produce.
I agree. I saw it again in the 2nd half, Self kept looking down his bench for an answer and there just wasn't one. He finally found 5 players who did just enough to win but that was rough to watch.
Barry Weiss 4 years, 1 month ago
We do struggle with finishing at the rim. The only one who shows he can, in his limited time, has been Cheick. I suspect he will get more minutes like Embid did as he gains some more experience. Our FT percentage was horrid and having Selden go out with foul trouble all made this a close game.
Diallo was 1-5. Three of the misses were at the rim. Diallo is the worst FT shooter on the team and we certainly don't want him on the court during crunch time because of it.
Sam Burns 4 years, 1 month ago
How do you break down game film and teach the young players if they're sitting on the bench watching "too slow"- Landen play? How do you decide they're playing poorly in 1 or 2 minutes playing time? Another thing I don't understand is when we played 3 bigs. Is Svi a big now? Yes, he switched and started playing against one of their bigs on defense, but that doesn't make him a big. We have six bigs, Perry, Cheick, Carlton, Hunter, Jamari, and Landen. No three of them played together at any time during the second half. I watched the game three times to see when I missed it. Svi played when Wayne was out. I would be really interested in seeing Carlton, Cheick and Perry play together if we're needing rebounds. Just thought some of you may be wondering that too. I'm afraid Harvard's freshmen will be experienced and awesome by Feb.......Ours will be trying to decide whether or not to transfer! And the top recruits will be noticing.
I think recruits already know Sam.
Watching Diallo and Bragg play together has gotten me excited and should be happening a lot more. It is almost like a no fly zone for basketballs trying to get in the bucket.
Joe Joseph 4 years, 1 month ago
Like other commenters, I'm not sure what to make of this team right now.
The entire front court plays so small on offense. There's literally no one you can throw the ball to on the block without expecting some horrendous outcome. And yet Self continues to clog the lane with them making it all the more difficult for KU's guards to penetrate. He has recruited himself into playing a style that doesn't fit the strengths of this team.
Harvard got easy buckets near the rim because they spread the floor and unclogged the paint. Their bigs actually rolled aggressively to the rim. Of course, lazy defense didn't help either.
Diallo and Bragg have to find ways to stay on the floor for this team to be at its best. Diallo for defensive purposes and Bragg for offensive.
Mike Tackett 4 years, 1 month ago
Sad part, Harvard didn't have their best player. Will be a long, long season. Don't see a Fina Four in this groups future.
Sadder truth, we have ailing players (Ellis, Lucas) and healthy & athletic freshmen - but the coach chose to bench the later. What's the point? Some might argue our coach is a genius. It doesn't take a genius to figure out something's wrong in his system, fortunately. Perhaps I don't see his plan, but why playing your seniors that are not 100% healthy, and not anxious, athletic, talented recruits against a team full of freshers & sophos?
Jonathan Unruh 4 years, 1 month ago
I believe Hunter Moves quicker and rebounds better. Plus his shot blocking ability is far superior than other two post players. Why can't coach play him more? He was outstanding this summer.
James Smith 4 years, 1 month ago
Cmon we have BS one of the greatest coaches in the game right now. He will lead us to the promise land! He knows what he is doing.
Yes, James, we do still have Bill. We miss Danny and the other assistants that we had. Someone needs to be helping out. That was quite possibly the worst job of player substitution and development we've had since the Topeka YMCA game!!!! (sorry, I couldn't pass up the YMCA quote)
Tony Bandle 4 years, 1 month ago
Celebrating my 60th year as a Jayhawk [being a native Missourian I should get extra credit for not going over to the "Dark Side"].
This is early December and hopefully we have 33 more games to go. Let's give these guys a little more time to find themselves before we force them all to transfer, fire Bill Self and turn Allen Fieldhouse into a terrarium.
This was Chieck's SECOND game and Brannen wasn't even suited up. I know they're off to a horrible start by some posters standards [Maui Tourney Champion, probable #2 ranking, 6-1 record with only loss to likely undefeated @1 team which they could have beaten] but life is sometimes a S@@T Sandwich without the bread.
Settle back and enjoy the ride.
Jesse Doll 4 years, 1 month ago
THANK YOU TONY! I literally created an account so I could reply to your post. I find it a little ridiculous how "fans" can write off this team when it's the first week in December. I think HCBS knows what he's doing. I'm glad someone else feels the same way I do. We're not going to destroy every team by 30. Take it easy and enjoy the season. I for one still think it's going to be a great one.
Hard to enjoy the ride when you know how a bumpy start eventually ends up. Am hoping for the best but I am just not seeing anything different than the last few years so far.
I will go with Rodney on this. We are talked about being a Final Four team, but not playing like one. A team with a losing record and we don't overpower them, but keep them in the game. That worries me.
Kent Richardson 4 years, 1 month ago
I will grant you extra credit for your becoming enlightened. I was born and raised in Kansas and have lived in Misery for many years. The politics in both states is so screwy I am constantly saying, what the f***?
The Harvard game was like one of many by the top teams so far this year. I find myself saying the same thing.
Of course we will improve but this early it's hard to say what the ceiling will be.
We post on this forum because we are truly passionate about the Jayhawks. The prettier or more sexy the wife or girl friend is the more we like it! When she is plain or ordinary we still love her but seldom think "I'm glad she's homely."
Harlan Hobbs 4 years, 1 month ago
This time last year, Kelly Oubre was never going to break into the starting lineup and was going to transfer at the end of the season due to lack of playing time. KU was losing Connor Frankamp who many thought should have been starting over Frank Mason and others.
As usual, Joe and Tony sum things up pretty well. This will end up being the best KU team since 2008. The defense is back, the pace is up, the talent is off the charts, and we have experience. Oh, yeah, we also have certainly one of the best coaching staffs in the country.
Will check back with you in March and see what you are saying then.
Oh, by the way, I am with you Tony as a 60 year + Jayhawk. Did you ever think that we would live this long? As my father used to say, "If I knew that I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself."
Keep brightening up our days, Tony.
Jared Reeves 4 years, 1 month ago
HCBS is delusional. He would rather us not score points, just to get us in tight games. I think he played Lucas on purpose so we wouldn't score inside (yet scoring on the inside was still the focus). Lucas did fine on defense, one-on-one; but can't defend the pick and roll, which is how they attack him. So, his benefit of defense is somewhat negated.
"(But) I don't leave here discouraged at all because I know we can make free throws and I know we can make layups," Self added. HCBS doesn't understand the strength of his team is the guards, not Perry Ellis (at least not when playing good big guys). Our bigs have never been able to score close against good competition. We will not make layups in this situation in the future. Also, one game of poor free throws isn't a big deal, but two in a row is a trend.
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Katherine Ewing is Course leader and internal verification lead for HNC/D in Sport. Katherine has taught at Hertford Regional College and Redbridge College before joining Colchester Institute.
Katherine's most recent research is an investigation into the effect of a nutrition education intervention on nutritional knowledge of university performance basketball athletes, carried out as the research aspect of an MSc course in Sport and Exercise Nutrition at the University of Ulster.
She has been a lecturer at University Centre Colchester since 2013. She also works at the University of Essex, providing lifestyle and nutritional advice to the Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme (TASS) athletes.
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Michele Fuller is the course leader for UCC's Cert Ed, PGCE and MA Education programmes. She also contributes to the BA (Hons) Education degree and is a personal tutor for under- and postgraduate students.
Her identity as a practitioner is what motivates Michele's work in Higher Education. She has a particular interest in History of Art, specifically the representation of animals in both European and African Art. Current research focus is on teacher motivation and how this can be considered as part of a teacher training process.
Michele is currently conducting research into mentoring and coaching in both England and South Africa, which is linked to her doctoral studies.
Dr Catherine Duxbury is a lecturer in Health and Education and teaches a range of modules across the following BA (Hons) programmes: Health and Social Care, Early Years, Education. She is an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA).
Catherine joined Colchester Institute in 2009, initially teaching Health and Social Care subjects in Further Education. She also has experience working as a graduate teaching assistant for the Department of Sociology and the Department of Philosophy and Art History at the University of Essex. She has worked as a lecturer at University Centre Colchester since 2011.
Initially qualifying and experience with counselling adults, her practice evolved and with further CPD and expanded to working with young people. Her specific area of interest and experience is working with individuals in care and those affected by adoption.
Charlie Fouracres is the course leader for the BA (Hons) Early Years. Charlie has completed all her qualifications at UCC, benefiting from the personalised learning experience as a mature student after a break from Education to raise a family.
Charlie's background is in Early Years Education, having worked in Nurseries, Primary Schools, Sure Start Centres and supporting roles with the NHS in the community.
Previous to her current teaching role, she ran a successful childcare provision before returning to her teaching roots here at University Centre Colchester
She completed her MA in Education in June 2018 which focuses on the connection between student feedback and improving the quality of educational provision for students.
Clare Rhatigan is a lecturer in Early Years Education and teaches modules in Childhood in society, Looked after children & young people, Children's rights and Domestic abuse.
Clare has worked for many years in social work, Early Years and education. She has experience of working within education and care as an Early Years practitioner as well as the voluntary sector as a social worker and as a trustee for a charity. She is particularly interested in how theory relates to practice.
Interested in children's rights, both nationally and internationally: the needs of children in care, the impact of domestic abuse on children, historical and contemporary childhood, the impact of poverty on childhood.
Linda Goldie is programme Leader, BA (Hons) Health and Social Care. Prior to working in Education at Colchester Institute she worked as a social worker in child protection and psychiatric services for children in Scotland, then Southern Ireland and finally in London.
All of Linda's varied teaching career has been at Colchester Institute, firstly teaching on the Preliminary Certificate in Social Care to 16-18 year olds, then moving into Higher Education with the Supported Open Learning Foundation Degrees in Health and Social Care to her present programmes namely the BA(Hons) Health and Social Care.
Her main subject interest is child and family work. Linda's MA dissertation focussed on domestic violence – the impact on the physical and mental health of women.
Carlene Cornish is a Lecturer in Health and Social Care. She is also part of the Association of Research in Post-Compulsory Research in FE (ARCPE), the British Education Research Association (BERA), and the British Sociological Association (BSA).
Carlene is a member of the Health & Care Professional Council (HCPC), a fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA), a member British Association of Social Workers (BASW), a member of the Society for Education and Training. Carlene has worked full time as a child protection social worker, as a social worker in child protection, and subsequently in the youth justice sector.
Originally from South Africa, she has both local and international experience in social work, probation and research in to education matters, previously working for Essex County Council, the National Probation Service, Essex Youth Offending Service and Barnardo's.
Myrtle Munro is a lecturer in in Health and Social Care and teaches the following modules:
The social and political context of Health and Social Care; Safeguarding and Risk; Ethics and Values; Law and Ethics; Mental Health; Domestic Collaboration; Change; Advocacy.
After gaining experience working in residential child care she completed a social work qualification at the University of Edinburgh. After working in a range of adult social work settings in England and Hong Kong, she worked as programme lead for the Approved Social Worker Programme in Essex.
For a number of years, she worked independently as a trainer and in consultancy, specialising in mental health and social care. Myrtle has taught at Anglia Ruskin University before joining University Centre Colchester.
Lindsay Horsley in lecturer in Counselling and teaches the following modules: Counselling/professional practice; Working with Children & Young People; Mental Health. She is a personal tutor and a dissertation supervisor. Lindsay joined University Centre Colchester as a lecturer in Counselling in 2015.
Lindsay is a registered accredited member of the British Association Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP), a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA) and a Barnardo's LINK Counsellor. In addition to lecturing, Lindsay continues to work in private practice.
Neil Barnes is Head of School of Social Sciences and UCC Director of Teaching and Learning. As an academic, he contributes to PGCE and MA Education programmes.
Neil has taught in an independent school and public service organisations as well as having five years' experience as a course leader in Further Education. He was a physical training instructor in the Army and new probation police officer trainer for Suffolk Constabulary.
His research interests centre on motivation. Neil has recently conducted studies into Further Education student success, Initial Teacher Education in easing the transition of moving from industry to teaching and the importance of induction.
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"Having studied science at Masters level, I wanted to transfer my skills towards a career in teaching. The PGCE gave me a really good advantage as I was able to get lots of practical experience to complement the theory I was learning. The lecturers were really supportive and I enjoyed the refreshing learning environment. I am now Course Leader for Science at Colchester Institute and get so much out of my rewarding career."
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It's Throwback Thursday! Today we are going way back to 1971 for the #tbt song.
Today I got to spend the day with a dear friend of mine who I don't get to see nearly often enough. It was such a sweet day and I loved the time together. We spent the morning walking the entirety of Central Park, talking and catching up on life the entire time. During the conversation we both mentioned that the one show we were dying to see on Broadway is "Beautiful – The Carole King Musical." If you are not familiar with the show," it is the story of Carole King's life and it is currently one of the most popular shows on Broadway, with tickets that are nearly impossible to obtain. It just seemed to make it a fitting day to use one of her song's as my TBT song.
Carole King is one of my all time favorite artists. She is literally one of the most talented songwriters and singers of this generation, and just an all-around classy lady. Plus, what about that piano! I would have to credit my parents with introducing me to Carole King back in my growing up days. We used to listen to her music around the house all the time.
One of my very favorite albums of all time is Tapestry. Today's song is from that album, which was released in 1971. It was difficult for me to pick just one song! Once I got started playing the album, I kept saying "Oh, this is the one. No, I am going to do this one. Wait … maybe this one." This went on for a solid hour as I just sat and enjoyed listening to this amazing album. I finally decided on this song because it was one of her biggest hits as a singer and it is a great example of what she is so well known for … honest, powerful, emotional music that just really connected with the listeners. It is still as powerful today as it was when it was released so many years ago.
Carole King started as a songwriter, penning songs for other artists. It was thanks to encouragement from her friend, James Taylor, that she began singing her own songs. What an incredible decision that was, as she has since become one of the most prolific singer-songwriters of all time. The album, Tapestry, has been listed by Rolling Stone Magazine as #36 in the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. This is really no surprise … is there anyone out there who can't sing along with at least one of the songs on this album? My son was amazed that I could sing every single word to this album while we were listening to it tonight. It is a Masterpiece!
Enjoy this throwback today! I hope it inspires you to go back and listen to the entire Tapestry album.