Healthy living is the norm of the moment. People all over the world are changing their diets and are going for healthier lifestyles which include a healthy diet. Among all such healthy diets, Mediterranean diet recipes are one of the healthiest ways to stay fit and healthy.
These Mediterranean diet recipes are medically proven for providing the best advantageous effects on the human body and mind.
The Mediterranean diet is said to be a combination of wholesome diet with a healthy lifestyle approach. It continues to be the best prescriptions of a healthy and long life.
The Mediterranean Diet is considered to be the most delicious of all that stood the test of the time and keeps you healthy in the coming years of your life.
The Mediterranean diet recipes consist of high level nutrients in the dish. It mainly consist of veggies and fruits.
Consumption of fruits and vegetables in the Mediterranean diet is made really great, due to the fact that they are rich in antioxidants, minerals, vitamins, and fiber.
Antioxidants as we all know are very good for the human heart because it provides anti-carcinogenic benefits and cardio protective measures.
These antioxidants absorb the phenolic compounds, ascorbic acids and carotenoids present in the human body; thus, leading to a clean system.
Typical Mediterranean diet recipes consist of food items which contain lots of nutrients.
These include unrefined cereals, fish, eggs, meat products, dairy products, wine, vegetables and fruits. The main component of these recipes being olive oil.
Secondarily, the consumption of cereals, fruits and veggies are in high levels.
Combine these with olive oil, and you have a great dietary system ready to go.
Wine is an integral part of Mediterranean diet recipes. Grapes and wines contain different types of phenolic compounds. These are good part of Mediterranean diet recipes. Consuming them on a regular basis can decrease the cardiovascular problems.
Seafood too, is very effective for the human body and is a great Mediterranean diet. It contains polyunsaturated fats, which is a part of Omega-3 acid group. It prevents serious cardiovascular diseases. Regular consumption of seafood (primarily fishes) helps in many ways.
Mainly Phenolic compounds present in fishes can manipulate the cholesterol levels in one's body – increasing the good levels while decreasing the bad ones.
What Is The Basic Difference Between Mediterranean Diet and Master Cleanse Diet?
10 Oz of pure water.
Unlike Mediterranean diet, during the fast, one is only allowed to drink lemonade that is prepared from the mixing of fresh lime juice, maple syrup, cayenne pepper and water. It can be taken 6 – 12 times in a day. In addition herbal laxative tea and salt water can be consumed in order to flush out toxins and wastes.
The toughest part of this diet is the person is not allowed to consume any solid foods. One going on with master cleanse diet is only allowed to take juices and liquid form of foods which makes it a tough decision for anyone to plan for this diet.
On the other hand when compared to the MC diet, the primary aim of the Mediterranean diet isn't about restricting food and losing fat which is an unhealthy way. Rather the diet focuses on choosing healthier types of fat. The diet completely discourages hydrogenated oils and saturated fats.
The only advantage offered by master cleanse lemonade diet is its more effective and fast to give you weight loss results that you desire to get. You can expect getting faster visible results which are more adorable.
Below Infographic will tell you in detail about advantages and disadvantages of master cleanse and Mediterranean diet.
Why Mediterranean Diet Is Easier and Better?
If you are looking to have a diet plan that doesn't gives you hungry pangs, than considering Mediterranean diet could be the wise decision for your healthy heart.
Mediterranean diet has a different approach towards weight loss. It doesn't ask you to crash diet or to consume certain food items only. Rather the diet comprises of those recipes that are rich in vitamins, minerals, calcium, and various other antioxidants.
In short it is more inclined towards providing the healthy lifestyle rather than fast weight loss.
Mediterranean diet believes dieting in a healthier way. The recipes are delicious and can be cooked as per the taste buds. The diet not only helps you to lose weight naturally in a healthy way slowly and steadily, but also provides you with glowing skin and healthy heart.
Below mention are the core reasons behind making Mediterranean diet stand exclusive from the rest.
Eating Veggies & Fruits: The diet provides you with the variety of fruits and veggies that are the key components of any meals. It asks you to switch to the whole grain and opt for cereals instead of canned food items.
Say No-No To Butter: Instead of gathering fat in your body by eating processed butter and cheese, the Mediterranean diet program will insist on using healthier products such as olive oil. You can also add a little of garlic and green onions for the flavoring.
Say Yes To Nuts: Nuts are one of the sole food items that are considered rich in anti-oxidants, vitamins and minerals. It plays a vital role in maintaining a healthy heart. As by every means you are eating healthy it is obvious your heart is going to come up with the glowing health.
But if you are in a process to feed your body slowly with the healthy and nutritious food and want to get the fat free attractive body in a long term, planning a Mediterranean diet can be the best way for you.


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United Way launches new fall fundraising strategy in hopes of exceeding last year's revenue
'Changing workforce' may be to blame for steadily decreasing revenue, United Way of East Central Iowa CEO says
"When it comes to Collins (Aerospace), we're always going to have their support and work closely with them," United Way of Central Iowa's Amy Geiger says. (The Gazette)
Hundreds of volunteers line up Saturday to spell out United Way at the kickoff rally for the group's fundraising campaign in 2014. The supporters lined up across a lawn just north of Kingston Stadium, where the rally was held. (Gazette file photo)
Amy Geiger, United Way of East Central Iowa vice president of resource development.
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CEDAR RAPIDS — United Way of East Central Iowa is changing its fall fundraising strategy by using a campaign cabinet of 20 volunteers to be the face of its campaign rather than having only one to three campaign chairpersons.
The United Way of East Central Iowa generated $8,605,824 in campaign revenue from 2017 to 2018 it used to help 23 organizations in Linn, Jones, Cedar, Benton and Iowa counties, according to its fiscal year 2018 report.
Some of those organizations are the Area Substance Abuse Council, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cedar Rapids and East Central Iowa, the Community Health Free Clinic and the Arc of East Central Iowa.
The fiscal year 2019 report will not be available until January.
The not-for-profit had both campaign chairs and a campaign cabinet of 14 volunteers in 2018, said Tim Stiles, United Way of East Central CEO, and had planned to do the same for the 2019 campaign. However, when one of the three chairs — Brad Buck, then-superintendent of the Cedar Rapids Community School District — took the superintendent's position in Waukee, the board decided to reconsider the structure.
United Way pivoted strategy and included the other two campaign chairs into a 20 member campaign cabinet instead.
Dennis Jordan, United Way campaign cabinet member and senior business development manager at Mortenson Construction, said the campaign cabinet will enable United Way to extend its outreach and connect with donors in more meaningful ways.
United Way's fundraising goal in 2018, Jordan said, was to do better than the year before. That didn't happen, he said.
According to United Way of East Central Iowa's annual report, it raised $10,319,317 in campaign and grants in fiscal year 2016. Campaigns and grants raised $9,506,696 in fiscal year 2017, and in fiscal year 2018 its campaign revenue was $8,605,824.
United Way distributes funds to other organizations through program grants and directed donations. According to United Way's fiscal year 2018 report, 96 percent of the campaign revenue raised went to other organizations.
One of the ways United Way raises money is through workplace campaigns. However Stiles said that the "changing workforce" is driving the agency to change its traditional model of running a campaign. For example, some companies no longer allow payroll deductions that can automatically be directed to United Way.
This year, United Way will ask companies to increase their donations by 10 percent. The campaign will run mid-August through November.
Amy Geiger, vice president of resource development at United Way of East Central Iowa, said the organization is in the process of setting a campaign goal by meeting with company representatives and talking about company goals.
"We're still collecting information," she said.
One of the companies United Way is working with is Collins Aerospace. Geiger noted that, as Rockwell Collins, its employees had a long history of supporting United Way.
"They are still our No. 1 donor ...," Geiger said. "When it comes to Collins (Aerospace), we're always going to have their support and work closely with them."
Collins Aerospace was formed after United Technologies Corp., based in Connecticut, purchased Rockwell Collins, Cedar Rapids' largest employer.
Geiger said that while United Way probably will recruit campaign chairs again in 2020, it will likely maintain a campaign cabinet.
Other cabinet members include representatives from the city of Cedar Rapids, Skogman Realty, the Cedar Rapids Community School District, CRST International, Inc., U.S. Bank, Cedar Rapids Bank and Trust, Collins Aerospace, the Eastern Iowa Health Center, Shive-Hattery and Nikeya Diversity Consulting.
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Running battles break out in Cairo - mob attacks democracy protest while army watches
Date: Wed, 2011-02-02 14:08
Following the refusal of Mubarak to resign a mob of his supporters attempted to fight their way into Tahir square in Cairo where anti-Mubarak protests demanding democracy have rallied over the last week. Some of the mob who have been captured were carrying police ID's. The intention appears to be to either drive the democracy protesters off the streets and/or create an excuse for army intervention to 'restore stability,' something the official opposition is now calling for. The UN has issued a statement fearing that 300 have been killed and 500 injured, its unclear if this refers just to today's events.
Live broadcasts from Al Jazeera indicate that there have been serious injuries including a journalist who has been stabbed. Footage showed the attack opening with men mounted on camels and horses charging into the square and into the line of anti-government protesters that had linked arms with some people being trampled and some attackers pulled off their horses.
A member of NEFAC our East coast USA Anarkismo.net sister organisation recorded this interview with a revolutionary in Tahir square late in the evening
Around two million demonstrate in Cairo demanding that Mubarak go - general strike declared
After a week of popular revolt two million people are demonstrating in Cairo today demanding that president Mubarak and his son leave the country and that the regime be changed. An indefinite general strike has also been called by organisers of the movement.
The revolt which started last Tuesday with small groups in their hundreds marching and meeting up has now engulfed all of Egyptian society, resulting in the collapse of the police force and the deployment of the army. Ordinary Egyptians formed Neighboorhood Defence Committees to patrol their streets and a new Federation of Unions has been declared. In the streets today the mass of people are debating what the next steps are as opposition groups struggle to be seen as the leadership of this essentially leaderless movement.
Egypt: One Million to march in Cairo, Trade Unions Federate
As protests continue in Egypt the people are becoming more organised and creating their own structures. After a few days of unsuccessfully trying to smash the movement for change through violent repression, the police were withdrawn from the streets and the army ordered in. The largely conscript army however was unwilling to use violence against the population, whom the majority of soldiers clearly sympathise with.
Mubarak's Egypt - 'End this Corrupt Regime'
Date: Fri, 2011-01-28 17:23
'End this Corrupt Regime' - That's what one young man screams into a camera as thousands of people clash with cops on the streets of Cairo. Just how corrupt is this regime. Mubarak may have started his career commanding an air force against Israel, but in the 30 years in power, he has become another champion of enterprise and the neo-liberal open economy. Democracy occasionally held up like some beacon has constantly been promised but never really acted upon. 2011 is the year that has scheduled Presidential Elections, but obviously the Egyptian masses aren't happy with the promises of something better to come.
Egyptians take to the Streets to oppose Mubarak dictatorship
Tens of thousands of Egyptians have taken to the streets to demand an end to the dicatorship of Hosni Mubarak. The protests echo the recent overthrow of the dictator in Tunisia. Today is a national holiday in Egypt to celebrate the police, a brutal force and a key component in keeping Mubarak in power.
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Personal injuries cases can also be known in legal circles as "torts." A tort is understood to be a wrongful act which leads to injuries towards the person, property, or status of some other, that the hurt party may seek compensation in the court. Thus, the minimum requirement of this type of situation is a thief was injured in some manner because of the wrongful conduct of some other. Personal injuries law enables a person to file a lawsuit the party accountable for causing their injuries inside a civil action.
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New York, New York – January 22, 2019 – Iconix Brand Group, Inc. and G-III Sports are extending their longstanding licensing agreement for STARTER, the iconic premium athletic brand. The deal includes both STARTER Black Label and all co-branded STARTER collections and extends the current agreement for a five-year contract with an additional five-year renewal, effective January 1, 2019. Iconix and G-III have collaborated on Starter since 2012.
Under the new agreement, Iconix and G-III will work together on the design, development and marketing of both STARTER Black Label and all co-branded STARTER product lines for major professional and college sports leagues including the NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB and NCAA. Additionally, STARTER will be returning to the football field through a new partnership with The Alliance of American Football (AAF), a professional football league debuting February 9, 2019. STARTER will be the official on-field apparel and game day uniform supplier for all eight Alliance teams in the newly formed league.
In addition to co-branded sports apparel, the G-III and Iconix partnership also extends to STARTER Black Label, a premium lifestyle brand extension, focusing on a fashion-forward collection of logo branded apparel and accessories. STARTER Black Label regularly releases collaborations with high-end streetwear designers, global fashion labels and various creative partners.
STARTER's co-branded collections and the STARTER Black Label line are available at a wide range of retail partners including SIX:02, Fanatics, Pac Sun, Urban Outfitters, top specialty stores and Macy's, among others.
Established in 1971, STARTER is one of the most iconic global sports brands in history. The brand pioneered the fusion of sports clothing with popular culture, including logo apparel, and continues to produce apparel that honors its heritage and emphasizes quality and style.
STARTER, a premium athletic brand established in 1971 and owned by Iconix Brand Group, pioneered the fusion of sports clothing with popular culture by forging partnerships with the major professional basketball, football, baseball and hockey leagues. STARTER launched STARTER Black Label in 2012 as a premium lifestyle brand extension focusing on a fashion-forward collection of logo branded apparel and accessories. Shortly after, STARTER re-launched the legendary STARTER jacket, quickly becoming a wardrobe staple for sports fans, athletes and entertainers to express their team pride and street style. In addition to Pro and NCAA outerwear, Starter expanded its NCAA collection to include apparel and headwear categories for more than 120 top NCAA programs. Starter continues to produce the iconic satin jacket, in addition to expanded apparel offerings, including an exclusive line available on Amazon.com. For more information, please visit Starter.com.
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The First Nations Tax Administrators Association (FNTAA) is holding its National Forum and Annual General Meeting at Osoyoos First Nation on Sept. 26-28, 2012.
The association will be calling for a special resolution to amend their by-laws and constitution, which will include proposed changes to their membership rules.
One of the main proposed changes is to provide special designation to graduates of the Tulo Centre of Indigenous Economics, which provides academic programs for First Nations tax administration and economic development through a working relationship with FNTC and the Thompson Rivers University.
As one of the first graduates of the program, FNTAA President Ernest Jack says his educational experience has inspired him and other graduates to build better networks in the wider business community.
"Most communities don't realize that First Nations tax administrators have a new way of looking at economic development," says Mr. Jack on the Tulo program.
He says he hopes FNTAA will also attract professionals in fields other than tax administration.


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Annual White House ornament commemorates Calvin Coolidge
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The Coolidge Christmas tree ornament sells for $18.95
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The White House Historical Association's annual Christmas tree ornament commemorates the 1923 – 1929 presidential administration of Vermont's Calvin Coolidge, who began the custom of lighting a large Christmas tree in the Ellipse near the executive mansion.
At 5 p.m. on Christmas Eve 1923, Coolidge pressed a button in the White House and lighted more than 2,500 electric bulbs on the balsam fir that had been donated by Middlebury College. Since then, the lighting of the national tree has been an annual event.
The 2015 White House Christmas ornament is a depiction of that first National Christmas tree, illuminated from within by an LED light and hung with 14 ornaments that represent events of Coolidge's life and presidency.
These include the Coolidge store in Plymouth, a kerosene lamp representing the story of Coolidge's swearing in by his father after President Harding's death and the Distinguished Flying Cross he presented to Charles Lindbergh after his 1927 flight across the Atlantic Ocean. When the ornament is lit, the windows of the White House glow from within on the front and back.
Calvin Coolidge, center, with the first national Christmas tree in 1923. Courtesy Library of Congress.
Sales of the ornament support the work of the White House Historical Association, a non-partisan, non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the historic rooms of the executive mansion and educating the public about its history. The Coolidge ornament — and others — can be found on the association's website.
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BBC1 orders Bandicoot's strategy gameshow
British pubcaster BBC1 has commissioned a strategy gameshow from Argonon Group-owned multi-genre prodco Bandicoot.
Hosted by English journalist and television presenter Dan Walker (pictured), Chase the Case features five players, each given a case containing a secret amount of cash. The contestants answer questions to win visits to a soundproof vault where they learn more about about what's in their opponents' cases.
Never allowed to see the contents within their own case, the 20 x 45-minute series will see players attempting to steal the other's case in head-to-head challenges. The challenger that crosses the finish line first will open their case and take home the cash prize.
Bandicoot's Daniel Nettleton and Derek McLean serve as executive producers on the series, which was commissioned by Jo Street, BBC commissioning editor of entertainment and daytime.
The commission marks the first between the recently launched production studio and the BBC.
"The format encapsulates all the drama and tension of a smart strategy quiz show with flashes of reality TV when we get to know our players and their game-plan better in the 'sound proof vault," added McLean and Nettleton in a joint statement. "The show will be high on drama and brinksmanship, with a nail-biting race to get your case across the finish line in every show."
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Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt said today that he will hand over to the Leveson Inquiry all his texts and emails to his special adviser Adam Smith relating to News Corp's BSkyB takeover bid.
Mr Hunt said he believed that his contacts with Adam Smith would show that he handled the BSkyB takeover bid by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp empire with "total integrity".
"I will be handing over all my private texts and emails to my special adviser to the Leveson Inquiry and I am confident that they will vindicate the position that I handled the BSkyB merger process with total integrity," he told reporters outside his London home.
Mr Smith was forced to resign on Wednesday after details of his contacts with a News Corp executive were released by the Leveson Inquiry, prompting accusations of a secret "back channel" between Mr Hunt's office and News Corp.
Last night Liberal Democrat deputy leader Simon Hughes joined calls for an inquiry into whether Mr Hunt breached the ministerial code of conduct.
The senior figure said he could not understand why Prime Minister David Cameron had ruled out referring the controversy over the actions of Mr Hunt's special adviser to a regulator.
Labour claims email contacts between Mr Hunt's special adviser and a News Corp lobbyist about the media group's proposed takeover of BSkyB were in contravention of three parts of the code.
Number 10 insists Mr Hunt will answer for his role to the Leveson Inquiry into media standards, which exposed the explosive messages.
It points to a statement from Lord Justice Leveson, asked about the pressure for separate investigations, that ''the better course is to allow this inquiry to proceed''.
Mr Hunt has asked that his appearance be brought forward.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has backed the No 10 stance but Mr Hughes questioned why there should not also be an probe by Sir Alex Allen, the independent adviser on the ministerial code.
''What I cannot understand is why the matter of the ministerial code of conduct, which is to do with do you take responsibility for your special adviser, is not something the Prime Minister should immediately refer to the person who has been given the job of doing that, Sir Alex Alan,'' he told BBC1's Question Time last night.
Mr Hughes broke ranks as Labour maintained pressure for a full investigation into Mr Hunt - who leader Ed Miliband said should be sacked.
The Opposition demanded the publication of emails and text messages between the Cabinet minister and Mr Smith.
Shadow culture secretary Harriet Harman said it was not ''credible'' that Mr Hunt was unaware of the nature of Mr Smith's contacts with News Corp lobbyist Frederic Michel.
She also raised questions about Mr Hunt's suggestion that the top civil servant at his Department for Culture, Media and Sport, permanent secretary Jonathan Stephens, authorised Mr Smith to act as ''point man'' with News Corp.
Mr Stephens refused to answer questions on the affair when he appeared before the Commons Public Accounts Committee, but the DCMS said in a statement that he was ''aware that Adam Smith was amongst a small number of individuals in the department who were in contact with News Corp and was content with that arrangement''.
Ms Harman demanded publication of those requirements - and emails and texts between Mr Hunt and his special adviser.
Backing for an investigation by Sir Alex also came from senior Tory Bernard Jenkin, who chairs the Commons Public Administration Committee.
There had been a ''breakdown of good process and good governance'', he told the BBC.
''It is extraordinary that any special adviser should have anything to do with a secretary of state's quasi-judicial role in a matter such as a takeover bid.
Sir Jeremy spoke to Lord Justice Leveson on the evening of the release of the Michel emails, to inform him that MPs were pressing him for an investigation.
The growing row is the latest to cause rifts in the party. Liam Fox is leading a group of right-wing Tories calling for more radical economic reforms to try and kickstart the econonmy.
Writing in The Telegraph Dr Fox said: "It is a measure of the true horror of the situation that, since the general election, £225 billion worth of debt has been added to the £779 billion inherited from Gordon Brown."


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Mariela Rodriguez, professor in the UTSA Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, and Dr. Elsa Diego-Medrano from West Texas A&M University won the Texas Association of Chicanos in Higher Education (TACHE) Mentorship Program Award: Professional Pair of the Year 2018-2019 at the TACHE Awards banquet in Austin on Feb. 19.
"Dr. Diego-Medrano and I maintained consistent contact and meaningful interaction throughout the year," Rodriguez said. "Each month we talked about a variety of topics related to our teaching, research and service as university faculty members. Our interactions were documented by the mentoring program coordinator. This is a great program for TACHE members. I encourage other faculty members and students to participate."
Their partnership and collaboration never aspired to receive the award. They purely enjoy engaging in academic discourse with one another. The award will remind them both why they became teachers in the first place: to help their students.
"This award came as a surprise for doing something that I enjoy doing—participating in a professional mentoring relationship," Rodriguez said. "The award serves as a reminder to me to continue being available for students and colleagues who seek advice. That way my colleagues and I can continue to learn from each other's successes as well as our challenges." This is not the first time that Rodriguez has been honored by TACHE either. She was honored with the 2018 Distinguished University Faculty Award at last year's TACHE State Conference.
Rodriguez believes that this award will be used to better help the community. "This award reinforced my motivation to help others," Rodriguez said. "I will continue to build professional relationships and networks. I'll use the mentoring skills that I've developed to continue to provide support for the graduate students that I work with, both at UTSA and those at other institutions." Rodriguez, who worked as an elementary school teacher, a bilingual education teacher and a reading specialist, has been teaching for more than 25 years and truly deserves this reward. She wants to promote positive outlooks for her students.
"I like to serve as a role model for my students," Rodriguez said. "It's fulfilling when I see former students engaged in the leadership positions that they desired. I hope that my actions demonstrate my spirit of care and service. I take time to get to know my students because it's through authentic relationship building that respect and trust are established. Then professional relationships flourish and are maintained years after students have graduated." Rodriguez claims that her biggest role model is Dr. Diego-Medrano, her mentoring partner and close friend. "We have been friends for several years, but only recently participated in the formal mentoring program through TACHE.
Dr. Diego-Medrano recently concluded her service on the TACHE State Board, and I began my service as board secretary this month. It's important to always give back," Rodriguez said.
They both will use their time on the board to improve the lives of students and continue to be role models for them.
Rodriguez offered an ounce of wisdom for future students. "Dream big then make a plan to guide you towards that dream," Rodriguez said. "I would encourage students to understand their strengths and identify the areas they need support with.
Then students can develop a list of persons and services that can provide support in the areas where they need to grow. These are important pieces because we need a 'safety net' while jumping from one journey to another."
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The Great Red Spot looms in this Juno image of Jupiter. Credit: NASA / SwRI / MSSS / Gerald Eichstädt / Seán Doran
Photo: NASA / SwRI / MSSS / Gerald Eichstädt / Seán Doran
The Juno spacecraft at Jupiter just keeps on keepin' on.
It's been orbiting the ridiculously huge planet since 2016. It swings out as far as eight million kilometers — a long way — then dives back down for a harrowing plunge that takes it just 4,200 kilometers over Jupiter's north pole, practically parting the planet's hair. The planet is so massive that its gravity grips the spacecraft and accelerates it to 200,000 kilometers per hour.
The science we're getting back from the spacecraft is amazing. We're learning about how deep the Great Red Spot is, the forces sculpting bizarre vortices swirling around both poles, and how the thick atmosphere behaves deep inside the planet's interior. It's fascinating and very, very cool.
But oh, those images from JunoCam. This was a brilliant move by the mission designers; it's not really a scientific instrument, but instead built to take images with unprecedented detail for the public's consumption. The images are sent back to Earth and put online for anyone to see and to process, simply to show people what Jupiter is like up close and very personal.
One of the masters of creating mosaics from JunoCam is artist Seán Doran. He takes images (generally processed by Gerald Eichstädt) and does what he told me is "an aesthetic pass" over them, balancing colors and such, creating, well, artistry.
Like, say, this:
The southern hemisphere of Jupiter goes from orderly to chaotic closer to the pole. Note the Great Red Spot on the left, tens of thousands of kilometers away. Credit: NASA / SwRI / MSSS / Seán Doran
Photo: NASA / SwRI / MSSS / Seán Doran
Ye GADS. Well, literally. Jupiter was, after all, a god.
This image was taken on April 1, 2018, when Juno made its 14th dive over the planet (the 12th one engaging in science), which is called Perijove 12. Juno was about 50,000 km over the southern hemisphere of the planet at the time the images used to make this mosaic were taken. The cloud bands so familiar to us in pictures taken from Earth are to the lower left (north), but give way to turbulent chaos closer to the pole. Dozens of vast storms are visible… including the iconic Great Red Spot seen near the planet's limb.
Oh, you want to see that closer? Well then, here you go:
This is a combination of three images, which is a difficult task. The spacecraft is moving so quickly that images taken minutes apart have different orientations and resolution, and show different parts of the planet. They have to be remapped to match each other and combined with care and skill.
But it pays off. Even though the Red Spot was far away from the spacecraft, the detail is amazing. I love the red cloud tendrils off to the right. As winds flow around the spot they can drag material with them, whipping it around and creating these lovely, swooping curves. You can see some of that above and below the spot as well.
Mind you, the Red Spot is roughly 16,000 km across — comfortably larger than Earth.
Speaking of big storms:
A huge anticylonic storm in Jupiter's southern hemisphere swirls… and it's bigger than our Moon. Credit: NASA / SwRI / MSSS / Gerald Eichstädt / Seán Doran
That is "Anticyclonic White Oval WS-4," which is over 3,500 km wide — bigger than our Moon. Juno was about 8,700 km above Jupiter when it took that. Look at the detail! The shadowing hints at pop-up thunderstorms in the feeder bands of the anticyclone, ranging from 10 – 20 km across, by my eye.
Storms as big as worlds. And some people wonder why I am so awed by astronomy.
There are many more images from Juno by many more people, of course. This is just a taste. But you can see more on the Unmanned Spaceflight Forum, for example, or by searching on Flickr. I will not be responsible for the time you lose poking around there.
By it's not time lost, it's never time lost, appreciating the Universe. Yes, the science is amazing, but so are the images, and it's OK to dive into either, or both. Jupiter is big enough for everything.
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Bob Gibson, A Stranger No More (from my Omaha Black Sports Legends series, Out to Win: The Roots of Greatness)
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Omaha's produced many black sports legends, and I've had the privilege of meeting, interviewing, and profiling most of them. Arguably, the biggest name of this group is Bob Gibson, the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher. The following story for The Reader (www.thereader.com) introduced me to Gibson, who had agreed to an hour or so interview and thereupon shocked and delighted me when he ended up giving me almost five hours. The occasion for the interview and story was a charitable golf tournament he was starting up. He had no idea who I was and by rights I had no business getting that much of his time, but I believe he indulged me because, one, he was motivated to get the word out about his new event, and two, I had done my homework, which I assume he respected. Also, not long before the interview his second autobiography had come out, and so he was probably also interested in promoting that. He also had me and a photographer over his home for another couple hours. Whatever the reasons, I'm glad he did share himself with me so generously, as it led to this quite extensive piece and a few others. Look for more Gibson posts. There is a second Gibson story already on the site, entitled "My Brother's Keeper," which details the story of how his older brother Josh schooled him to become the great competitor he became. Another, titled "Master of the Mound," goes into the dominance Bob Gibson displayed out on the field.
Bob Gibson, A Stranger No More
From my Omaha Black Sports Legends series, Out to Win: The Roots of Greatness
Originally published in The Reader (www.thereader.com)
Homegrown baseball icon Bob Gibson normally shuns the media spotlight. Even during a Hall of Fame pitching career with the St. Louis Cardinals (1959-1975), this sober, wary, intensely private man barely tolerated reporters' intrusions.
But the Omaha native is letting his guard down now to promote the Bob Gibson All-Star Classic, a June 14 charitable golf tournament at the Quarry Oaks course near Mahoney State Park. The event will benefit two groups he's long been involved with – the American Lung Association of Nebraska and the Baseball Assistance Team, an organization helping indigent ex-baseball personnel. He serves on BAT's board of directors.
He will host an impressive array of sports figures and celebrities at Quarry Oaks, including fellow baseball Hall of Famers Willie Mays, Lou Brock, Sandy Koufax and Stan Musial, basketball Hall of Famer Oscar Robertson, actor Bill Murray and former NBC sportscaster and Today Show host Bryant Gumbel. He'll also welcome some high-profile Omaha natives, including former NBA players Bob Boozer and Ron Boone, football Hall of Famer Gale Sayers and world-class investor Warren Buffett.
Gibson's return to the public arena is apropos given this is the 50th anniversary of the late Jackie Robinson's breaking of major league baseball's color barrier. Growing up in Omaha's Logan Fontenelle Housing Projects, Gibson idolized Robinson. "Oh man, he was a hero," he told The Reader. "When Jackie broke in, I was just a kid. He means even more nowthan he did then, because I understand more about what he did" and endured. When Gibson was at the peak of his career, he met Robinson at a Washington, D.C. fund-raiser, and recalls feeling a deep sense of "respect."
A baseball-basketball standout at Tech High and Creighton University, Gibson became, in 1957, a two sport pro athlete – playing hardball with the Cardinals' Triple AAA club in Omaha and hoops with the famed Harlem Globetrotters. After making the St. Louis roster in '59, he concentrated solely on baseball and within a few years became a premier pitcher.
Gibson was in the forefront of black athletes who, following Robinon's lead, helped secure African-Americans' foothold in professional sports. Like Robinson, he's distinguished himself as a fiercely proud, highly principled man with, as author David Halberstam put it, a "samurai" sense of honor and duty.
"He has certain beliefs and he sticks with those. He doesn't waver one way or another in his decision-making. I admired him as a young man and teammate, and I admire him as an individual to this day," said Jerry Parks, a teammate of Gibson's at Tech, who today is Omaha's Parks, Recreation and Public Property Director.
"Not only as a baseball player, but as a man, he's got a lot of dignity," said Preston Love, Sr., an Omaha musician who's known Gibson for years. "He's really an exquisite man. An elegant man. A class act. is private life, during and after his years in baseball, has been just exemplary."
Friends appreciate the fact that Gibson has never left the area or abandoned his roots. He and his wife, Wendy, and their 12-year-old son, Christopher, live in a spacious home in Bellevue's Fontenelle Hills.
"He didn't get big-headed and go away and hide somewhere," said Parks. "He continues to stay in communication with all of his teammates."
"What I admire about him most is that he's very loyal to people he likes, and that's priceless for me," said Rodney Wead, a close friend. Wead, who grew up with Gibson and became a noted social services director, is president and CEO of Grace Hill Neighborhood Services in St. Louis.
In a recent interview at a mid-town Omaha eatery, Gibson spoke about Robinson's legacy, about racism in and out of baseball and about his own pitching prowess. A trim, handsome man of 61, he arrived promptly, sans entourage, dressed in a sweater and slacks. At times he displayed the same no-nonsense, I don't suffer fools gladly, bluntness of his 1994 autobiography, "Stranger to the Game," and at other times revealed an engaging, shy congeniality that suits him well.
To Gibson's dismay, media coverage of the Robinson anniversary has focused on the paucity of blacks filling managerial roles in baseball and not on the larger issue –- that 50 years later blacks continue facing widespread discrimination. He feels it's hypocritical to make baseball a scapegoat for what's a systemic problem.
"This is a perfect opportunity for anybody to cleanse their soul through baseball," he said. "But the problem with racial prejudice goes far beyond baseball. And as soon as this Jackie Robinson thing wears off, everybody's going right back to where they were before. That's why when people talk about the lack of black managers and coaches, I just laugh, because we're talking about a sport where we're supposedly accepted. But you get into the business world, and we're not accepted. We're only able to go so high and then we're limited to making some lateral movements."
Gibson's playing career coincided with the nation's civil rights struggle, when change in baseball, as everywhere else, came slowly. When he joined the Cardinals the franchise adhered to custom at its spring training complex in St. Petersburg, Fla. by having black and white players stay in separate quarters. By the time Gibson firmly established himself in the early '60s, he and his black teammates had begun confronting even the hint of racism head-on, fostering a progressive, tolerant attitude throughout the organization that led the Cardinals to flaunt existing Jim Crow laws.
In his book Gibson describes the camaraderie on the club as "practically revolutionary in the way it cut across racial lines." Perhaps the best testament to it is his friendship with former Cardinal catcher and present FOX network sportscaster Tim McCarver, a Southern-born and bred white, who credits Gibson with helping him move beyond his bigotry.
Gibson said the brotherhood the Cardinals forged then could be a model for America today, if we only let it: "Just like it happens in sports, it can happen in other aspects of our lives, but people won't allow it to. They just won't allow it. A couple of my best friends just happen to be white. Now, I don't know if I hadn't been playing baseball if that would be possible. It could be…I don't know." He adds the special feeling between him, McCarver and their old teammates "will always be there."
His St. Louis experience wasn't always blissful, however. He and his first wife, Charline (with whom he has two grown daughters), were discouraged from moving into predominately white areas during the '60s. They met similar resistance in Omaha.
He confronted blatant racism during a brief '57 stay with the Cardinal farm team in Columbus, Ga. "I was there for three weeks, but that was a lifetime," he said. "I've tried to erase that, but I remember it like it was yesterday. It opened my eyes a little bit, yeah. You can see movies, you can hear things, but there's nothing like experiencing it yourself."
He acknowledges the progress made in and out of baseball, but sees room for improvement: "Some of the problems we faced when Jackie Robinson broke in and when I broke in 10 years later don't exist, but then a lot of them still do. I think people are a little bit more sophisticated now in their bigotry, but they're still bigots."
He cautiously welcomes the recent pledge by acting baseball commissioner Bud Selig to hire more blacks in administrative roles. "I'm always encouraged by some statements like that, yeah. I'd just like to wait and see what happens. Saying it and doing is two different things."
He's encouraged too by golfer Tiger Woods' recent Masters' triumph. "What's really great about him being black," he said, "is that it seems to me white America is always looking for something that black Americans can't do, and that's one other thing they can scratch off their list." Gibson's All-Star Classic will be breaking down barriers too by bringing a racially mixed field into the exclusive circle of power and influence golf represents.
When the very private Gibson announced he was holding the very public event, it took many people aback. Gibson himself said at a press conference: "I have never done anything like this before." "I was as surprised as anyone," said Wead, "but so pleased. He has so much to offer." Why then is he returning to the limelight? "The golf tournament is not to get back in the public eye," Gibson elaborated for The Reader. "That's not what it's for." The purpose is "to raise money" for two causes very close to him and do it via an event "unlike any Omaha's ever seen before." Efforts to treat and cure lung disease have personal meaning for Gibson, who's a lifelong asthma sufferer. A past Lung Association board member, he often speaks before groups of young asthma patients.
"I've been going around talking to kids with asthma and trying to convince them that you can participate in sports even though you have asthma, as long as you have a doctor who's on top of everything. The kids listen. They ask questions. They're interested. A lot of them are frightened when they're out running around and they get a little short of breath and don't quite understand what it's all about…when, a lot of times, all they need is a little TLC. I think it's helpful to have somebody there that went through the same thing, and being an ex-baseball player, you get their attention."
His involvement with BAT dates to its 1986 inception. The organization assists former big league and minor league players, mangers, front office professionals, and even umpires, who are in financial distress. "Unfortunately, most people think all ex-players are multimillionaires," Gibson said. "Most are not. Through BAT we try to do what we can to help people of the baseball family."
Gibson hopes the All-Star Classic raises half-a-million dollars. The event will feature, arguably, the greatest gathering of sports idols in Nebraska, something Gibson takes obvious pride in, but characteristically doesn't dwell on. An indication of his standing in the sports world is that no one he contacted to participate turned him down, although some have since bowed out due to scheduling conflicts. It promises to be an event befitting a living legend like Gibson, even if he winces at being called one.
But living legend he is. His career marks support it: 251 wins, including 56 shutouts; 3,117 strikeouts; and a lifetime 2.91 ERA. The two-time Cy Young Award winner and perennial All-Star was also a superb fielding and hitting pitcher. His record-setting feats in three World Series earned the admiration, even the awe, of hard-bitten fans, sportswriters and players. He was named Series MVP in '64 and '67, each time leading the Cardinals to the title.
Then there's Gibson's legend-making 1968 season, when he won the Cy Young and MVP awards, threw 13 shutouts and posted the lowest ERA (1.12) in modern baseball history. Many observers consider it the greatest season ever by a pitcher and rank his performance alongside Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak and Roger Maris' swatting of 61 homers as an all-time standard. In that Year of the Pitcher, no one was more dominant than Gibson, and baseball's rulesmakers responded by lowering the mound and shrinking the strike zone to level the playing field.
But statistics alone can't capture his brilliance. What set him apart, beyond great stuff and superb control, was a fearsome burning intensity. He exuded a commanding presence on the field unlike anyone else's. He simply gave no quarter. His competitiveness was reflected in an inscrutable game-face whose icy glare bore in on batters as ruthlessly as his searing fastballs. He pitched with an attitude. He messed with opponents' minds.
His book is full of testimonials about the daunting figure he cut on the mound, including this one by Richie Ashburn, the Tilden, Neb.- native and former Philadelphia Phillies great: "…Gibson dominated…with a vengeance that savaged the batters….His fastball was equal to Koufax's and Ryan's, and his slider had no equal. And more's the pity, Gibson was mean on the mound. He had a menacing, glowering intensity that more than occasionally deepened into a sneer. His intimidating demeanor, his lack of concern for the welfare of the hitter, combined with his almost-unhittable pitches, put Gibson in a class by himself."
Gibson swears his bad-ass persona was not a facade he developed. "No, I didn't cultivate that. That's the way people perceived me. It was strictly business with me, and that's the way it was. They (opponents) saw it some other way, which was fine, and I didn't do anything to try and defuse it, but just leave it be. If I had known they felt that way, I would have been a lot worse than that. I would have really played the part," he said, smiling.
His equally sharp, direct manner off the mound, especially with the press, got him saddled with a reputation for being "difficult." Looking back, he feels he was "respected" by the press, "but not liked," adding, "I wasn't concerned whether they liked me or didn't like me."
He resents the public's and media's expectation that he explain or expose more of himself. It's why he's never been interested in managing.
"Well, I don't think I need to be understood, and that's the whole thing. Yes, they misunderstood what they saw, not that I was concerned about it. When you're in the public eye people want to know all about you,…and I'm not so sure it's their business. But that's the only time they want to understand you. If you're not in the public eye, they could care less."
Wead said Gibson's occasional aloofness and curtness stems, in part, from an innate reserve: "He's shy. And therefore he protects himself by being sometimes abrupt…but's it's only that he's always so focused."
Gibson suspects he's paid a price for being a black man who's dared to speak his mind and go his own way. It's why he chose "Stranger to the Game" as his book's title. "I've found out that people don't want you to be truthful about most things. People don't like honesty. It hurts their feelings. But I don't know any other way. I've been basically like that all my life – blunt. Definitely."
It's an apt description of the way he pitched too. He epitomized the hard-nosed style of his era, a style dictating whenever a batter cheated –- by leaning too far out over the plate – the pitcher felt obligated to throw inside. In classic brushback tradition, Gibson hummed a 95-plus mile per hour dart toward the batter's ribs, sending the guy bailing out for cover. The idea then or now wasn't to hit somebody, although a wild pitch occasionally did, but instead make him feel insecure up there. To plant a seed of doubt for the next swing, the next at-bat, the next game. To gain "an edge" in the confrontation with the batter.
"What you want him to think about is the ball inside," Gibson said. "He can't look for a ball inside and away at the same time. That's why you throw in there…to make him think about it. You can actually see guys thinking. They give it away with their body language and everything."
Gibson, who admits to having strong opinions "about everything," dislikes the "kinder-gentler" version of baseball played today, when the brushback is frowned on. e said rulesmakers have essentially taken the purpose pitch away from today's hurlers. To the point that when pitches sail too far inside, fights often ensue and umpires eject offending pitchers and their managers. He said the reason pitchers get lit up for more runs these days isn't due to lack of talent, but to changes which penalize pitchers and favor hitters (the near ban on brushbacks, the lowered mound, the reduced strike zone, more tightly wound balls, the Designated Hitter, smaller parks).
"They've screwed with the game enough where it's taken away a lot of the effectiveness of pitchers," he said.
If it was up to him, he'd raise the mound and do away with the DH. Despite its changes, he still savors the game. He even dreams baseball: "Oh, I dream all the time about it," he said. "It drives me crazy. I guess I'm going to do that the rest of my life." After a certain restlessness, he said, he's grown more "mellow" in retirement –- devoting his energy to hobbies and home improvement projects. He enjoys working with his hands.
Although he's kept a hand in the game, he's never found a permanent niche within the baseball establishment. In the '80s he served as pitching coach for the New York Mets and Atlanta Braves (each time under current Yankee skipper Joe Torre, a close friend and former teammate) and as an expert commentator for ABC and ESPN. He was a full-time coach with the Cardinals in '95, and the past two spring training camps has worked as a special instructor with the club's pitching staff. During the season he performs PR duties at special club functions –- "schmoozing" with officials and VIP guests at Busch Stadium.
He also conducts baseball clinics, including one last fall at the Strike Zone, an indoor baseball academy in Omaha. Strike Zone general manager Joe Siwa said Gibson was a hit with participants: "He did a fabulous job working with the pitchers. The kids really enjoyed being around a Hall of Famer. He did a big autograph session afterwards."
Whether working with Little Leaguers or professionals, Gibson stresses fundamentals. What made him such a successful pitcher? His velocity? Control? Intensity? "All of those things," he said. "Ability doesn't hurt. But I think it's concentration, as much as anything. eing able to focus and block out everything else going on around you. I think you're probably born with it. There's a lot of guys with great ability –- with more ability than I had –- but they don't master it because they can't focus."
It's a quality others have noted in him off the field. Countryside Village owner Larry Myers, a partner of Gibson's in a now closed bar-restaurant, said he often marveled at his "ability to focus on the task at hand and devote all his energy to that task. Mentally, he's so disciplined."
Parks recalls even as a youth Gibson demonstrated the qualities he later displayed as a pro. "Bob was very dedicated and conscientious. As far as that drive, he always did have that," he said. "I know his brother Josh worked him real hard too."
Gibson credits his late brother Josh, who was 15 years his senior, with instilling in him an indomitable will to win and a strong work ethic. Josh, a beloved YMCA coach in North Omaha, was father figure to his younger brother (their father died months before Bob was born). Josh coached and Bob starred on the Y Monarchs, a youth baseball squad that traveled to all-white Iowa burgs for games. Gibson recalls how whenever Josh felt the team was getting homered, his big brother would "walk out to the middle of the field and challenge to fight everybody there. He was very competitive. And we'd all be sittin' there thinkin' we're going to get killed…You see enough of that, and that gets in back of your mind. You think, 'Is this the way it's supposed to be? Maybe you're supposed to fight like that.' Well, I had no problem fighting."
Gibson's fought "the racist thing" during his remarkable life's journey -– from the projects' poverty to college privilege to minor league limbo to major league stardom. He's never backed down, never given up. His tenaciousness has seen him through tough times, like his divorce from Charline, and the loss of his mother Victoria, brother Josh and close friend and former Cardinal teammate Curt Flood. It's helped him endure various slights, like being denied a promised Anheuser-Busch beer distributorship by former Cardinals' owner, the late August Busch. Or waiting 20 years before being brought back as a coach. Or finding employment-investment opportunities closed to him in his hometown and then seeing various business interests go sour. His book's dedication sums it up: "To my son… May your life be as rewarding as mine, and, I hope, a little easier."
If Gibson is sometimes standoffish, Wead said, it's understandable: "He's been hurt so many times, man. We've had some real, almost teary moments together when he's reflected on some of the stuff he wished could of happened in Omaha and St. Louis."
Publicly, Gibson's borne the snubs and disappointments with characteristic stoicism. Through it all, he's remained faithful to his hometown. "He's helped a lot of charitable causes very quietly and without a lot of fanfare," said Myers. "He likes helping people. He's certainly given back to Omaha over the years. He's very sincere."
Some question Omaha's commitment to him. The city threw a parade and day in his honor years ago, but there's no lasting monument. "Omaha has never recognized him the way it should," said Wead. "For instance, there's no question the North Expressway should be the Bob Gibson Expressway." Efforts by Wead and others to name a park, street or facility after him have come up empty. If it happened, Gibson would undoubtedly be annoyed by all the fuss, but probably secretly cherish the sentiment.
Until then, the June 14 golf classic is Omaha's chance to embrace one of its best and brightest. To let him know he's a stranger no more.
Gibson (joeposnanski.si.com)
It's finally the Year of the Pitcher again (denverpost.com)
National League Treasures: The Best Players in Each Franchise's History (bleacherreport.com)
Book Review: Sixty Feet, Six Inches by Bob Gibson & Reggie Jackson (othemts.wordpress.com)
Long Live Roberto Clemente, A New Exhibit Looks at this Late King of the Latin Ball Players and Human Rights Hero (leoadambiga.wordpress.com)
Lifetime Friends, Native Sons, Entrepreneurs Michael Green and Dick Davis Lead Efforts to Revive North Omaha and to Empower its Black Citizenry (leoadambiga.wordpress.com)
Categories: African-American Culture, Authors/Literature, Baseball, Bob Gibson, Creighton University, Omaha, Omaha Black Sports Legends, Out to Win: The Roots of Greatness (a series), Social Justice, Writing Tags: 1968: Year of the Pitcher, African-American Culture, Baseball, Baseball Assistance Team, Black Sports Legends, Bob Gibson, MLB Hall of Fame, Nebraska Black Sports Hall of Fame, North Omaha Nebraska
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Eskind gift to boost research on autism spectrum disorder
Sep. 17, 2020—Donna and Jeffrey Eskind, whose generous gifts have advanced Vanderbilt research that is improving lives, have made a new commitment of $2 million to endow a new chair in autism spectrum disorder research in the School of Medicine.
Vanderbilt students recognized for support of Children's Hospital
Jul. 29, 2020—Vanderbilt University was recently awarded the 2020 Community Service Award by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) and the Fiesta Bowl for its Dancing Dores program and Dance Marathon. Both programs raise funds for Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt.
Reed family's gift helps support new fetal clinic space
Jul. 9, 2020—Brenda and Colin Reed, chair and CEO of Ryman Hospitality Properties, are thankful they get to watch their two curious, blue-eyed, 3-year-old twin granddaughters, Olivia and Alice Reed, grow up.
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May. 7, 2020—Metro Nashville Vice Mayor Jim Shulman and Dena McCormick, vice president of Vanderbilt Health Purchasing Collaborative, pose for a photo after picking up boxes containing thousands of masks that were donated to VUMC by the Ferrell McDaniel Company.
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Dolly Parton makes generous gift to advance COVID-19 research at Vanderbilt
Apr. 2, 2020—Legendary country music singer-songwriter Dolly Parton has made a generous gift to Vanderbilt University Medical Center that will increase scientific knowledge and advance the battle against COVID-19.
Advocacy group's gift boosts lung cancer research efforts
Feb. 13, 2020—An advocacy group for patients with anaplastic lymphoma kinase positive lung cancer has awarded a $500,000 grant dedicated to overcoming treatment resistance to the cancer.
Jackson's gift to help children with hearing loss
Feb. 13, 2020—In honor of her parents, Joyce Jackson established The Hazel J. and George W. Fellendorf Childhood Deafness Fund at the Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center to support programs that benefit children with hearing loss.
Radiothon results
Dec. 19, 2019—The 15th annual River of Hope Radiothon event raised $136,552 for Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt.
Couple's bequest allows them to reciprocate the gift of life
Nov. 21, 2019—Larry and Sue Hill, of Norris, Tennessee, decided after Larry's life-saving kidney transplant at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in 2012 that they weren't satisfied just saying thank you and moving on. They wanted to pay it forward.
Nashville Predators honor late CEO of Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt at Hockey Fights Cancer game
Oct. 31, 2019—When the Nashville Predators hockey team hits the ice Saturday, Nov. 2, the players will take on an important opponent: childhood cancer.
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Let $\theta:R\to S$ be a surjective ring homomorphism. Show that if every ideal of $R$ is principal, than every ideal of $S$ is also principal.

I really just have the assumptions.  Take an ideal $I$ in $S$ and show that it is principal.  Could someone help please?

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