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Tom Hanks Calls Prop. 8's Mormon Supporters 'Un-American'
By James Hirsen Tuesday, 20 January 2009 07:49 PM Current | Bio | Archive
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1. Tom Hanks Calls Prop. 8's Mormon Supporters 'Un-American'
2. Oliver Stone Hails Hugo Chavez
3. Extreme White House Makeover
4. John McCain Stomps on Cindy's Dancing Shoes
5. Hollywood's Obama Obsession
While at HBO's recent "Big Love" premiere party, Tom Hanks illustrated why he needs writers to script his words for him.
"The truth is this ['Big Love'] takes place in Utah," Hanks said. "The truth is, these people are some bizarre offshoot of the Mormon Church, and the truth is, a lot of Mormons gave a lot of money to the church to make Prop. 8 happen."
"There are a lot of people who feel that is un-American and I am one of them," he declared.
Hanks is executive producer of the polygamist television series.
Remember not that long ago when some of Hanks buddies in Hollywood were scolding people for even thinking about questioning their patriotism?
But according to Hanks it's a-OK to refer to an entire religious denomination as un-American for lending financial support to a political cause they believe in.
Looks like Hanks may be readying himself for a sequel to "Forrest Gump."
Oliver Stone is quite a fancier of despots.
In the past, the filmmaker has attempted to use his talents and resources to put a softer light on Fidel Castro's disregard for human rights.
Now Stone is making a documentary on another dictator, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.
After two weeks of filming Chavez, Stone sang his praises to The Associated Press.
"There is something going on here, and it's outside the IMF, it's outside American control — that's what interests me," he said.
Stone conducted interviews with Chavez's left-leaning allies in Argentina, Paraguay, Ecuador and Bolivia; countries that are, according to Stone, participating in the region's "liberation from the United States."
The documentary, which will be released in a few months, has not yet been given a title.
"This is what I like about Chavez," Stone explained.
"He's a big man; he thinks big," Stone said, claiming that Chavez is a "world-changer."
He also had a recommendation for newly inaugurated President Barack Obama, saying that he "should meet with Chavez."
In Hugo's Venezuelan jail cell perhaps?
Guess when times are tough you have to grab for stimulus wherever you can.
The Obamas are stimulating the beleaguered Southern California economy by hiring an interior decorator to the stars who has worked for Michelle Pfeiffer, Dustin Hoffman, Cindy Crawford, and Steven Spielberg, among others.
With so much design talent in Washington, D.C. and Chicago, the California designer was an unexpected choice.
The Obamas chose Michael Smith, who took classes in interior design at L.A.'s Otis College of Art and Design and continued his studies in London. He returned to California to open a home furnishings store and his own design firm.
Smith lives in the upscale community of Bel Air and has his office in Santa Monica.
Michelle Obama's press office referred to Smith as having a "family-focused and affordable approach."
"Michael shares my vision for creating a family friendly feel to our new home and incorporating some new perspectives from some of America's greatest artists and designers," the first lady said.
By the way, Smith also plans to bring change.
Actors, singers, and sports figures have been featured on the hit television show, "Dancing with the Stars."
So why not bring on the wife of a man who ran for president?
It turns out that Cindy McCain had been in talks with the producers of the show for months, according to the New York Post's source.
The source indicated that the talks began "just before Thanksgiving" and claimed that "she [Cindy] wanted to do it very badly."
Cindy's hubby apparently had other ideas.
The source said that John McCain "put the kibosh on" Cindy's becoming a dancing queen.
Wonder if the show had any phone calls out to Wasilla.
It's a love affair like no other.
Celebrities are absolutely head-over-heels for Barack Obama, and their passion seems to grow stronger each day.
Hollywood has been in love with a president or two before. There was JFK, a soul mate who, when tragically lost, left the stars with broken hearts and feelings that no one would ever take his place. And there was Bill Clinton, the bad boy who made them break out in goose bumps and gush endlessly.
Tinseltown's past reactions now look more like childhood crushes when we compare them to the torrid romance that is presently taking place.
Celebrities who jumped at the chance to walk the red carpet that stretches from Hollywood to D.C. include the following: Oprah Winfrey, Tom Hanks, Will Smith, Bono, Scarlett Johansson, Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony, Samuel L. Jackson, Jack Black, Marisa Tomei, Rosario Dawson, George Lopez, Steve Carell, Demi Moore, Ashton Kutcher, Faith Hill, Ashley Judd, Sting, Jessica Alba, Anne Hathaway, Rihanna, Kate Walsh, John Cusack, Steven Spielberg, Tim Robbins, Susan Sarandon, Lisa Marie Presley, Ron Howard, Spike Lee, Dana Delany, Ellen Burstyn, and too many others to mention.
With the statue of Abraham Lincoln in the background, a two-hour concert was held in D.C., "We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial," which featured marquee names like Beyonce, Mary J. Blige, Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder, James Taylor, Jon Bon Jovi, Shakira, U2 and Garth Brooks.
In between performances, Queen Latifah, Jamie Foxx, Denzel Washington, and Martin Luther King III read historical passages.
Why the obsession with the new president?
Well, for one thing the Hollywood crowd is overjoyed to see President Bush leave office. What sweetens things further is the perception that they've been part of a huge win after suffering a series of embarrassing losses.
But an even bigger reason why Hollywood has gone gaga over Obama is that celebrities see a fellow star in him, one whom they long to be and over whom they themselves are completely starstruck.
Living the Hollywood lifestyle promotes a certain degree of narcissism. The excessive interest that celebrities must take in themselves and their physical appearances as part of their jobs may cause a distortion of reality and feelings that life has taken on a surreal quality.
Because media have defined the persona of many of the famous, celebrities often lose touch with their genuine inner selves and find that they are striving to live up to the way in which they are perceived. Stars may even frequently feel like imposters.
Obama is an individual who is poised to become the most powerful figure in the world. He has star power beyond imagination. In fact, he is the most famous person alive, No. 1 on the global A-list.
In Hollywood's eyes, he represents the ultimate — rich, telegenic, living out his dreams, adorning magazine covers, his every move photographed, millions of fans, power beyond measure.
His image has been honed and fine-tuned, a fitting leader for the Hollywood Nation.
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I am working in the Live Animal Unit, having recently become a weekend manager. Behind me, I hear the sounds of someone walking into the room, talking as he enters.
I turn to see who he's talking to, and am surprised to find that he's more or less talking to me.
I stop working and watch him move around the room, talking the whole time as he checks in on certain animals, fiddles with other stuff, grabs some things he needs, and leaves via the back entrance to the room.
I blink. I'm not sure who he is, if he was allowed to be in here, or what exactly just happened.
This is my first introduction to Anthony Paino.
It's Memorial Day weekend, and one of our skunks in the Crazy Critters exhibit is having a grand mal seizure.
I seriously have no damned clue what to do. I've crawled into the exhibit space and am cradling the unresponsive skunk. His name is Classic, I've helped raise him from a baby, and he's in shock.
Ant runs up. "I'll go get a carrier." He runs off do that.
Visitors are commenting on how nice it is that I'm keeping the skunk company.
I'm so glad Ant is here to help me.
Our animal center's coyote, Chinook, has gone to live in Maine, away from cities and concrete enclosures. Ant has put together a trip to visit Chinook in his new home. It is a frenetic adventure and of the four of us, only one will ever make this trip again. More than once. And that person is Ant, because he loves Chinook enough to drive into the wilds of Maine over and over again to check up on his friend.
Ant and I are walking to Starbuck's to get a mocha before the museum opens for the day. He is not someone that one would say needs coffee; he's always animated, always seems to be moving. But he's introduced me to the joy that is Starbuck's, and this quick walk down the street to get an overpriced mocha is maybe one of the best parts of my day, because he's kind and friendly and makes me feel included in a way I generally don't feel.
This is the Ant that lives in my head, in a snapshot of a world that no longer exists. If you've ever visited the Academy of Natural Sciences up to about 2011 or so, you've probably encountered Ant in Dinosaur Hall, doing a natural history demonstration, working with the Women in Natural Sciences program, or handling one of the myriad small jobs a museum manager encounters every day on the job.
A few weeks ago, I learned that he's been struggling a lot. The doctors don't know what's wrong with him, but they suspect it's a rare condition called chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) – his immune system is attacking his nerves, leaving him so weak he is struggling to do things as simple as eat, or stand up if he falls down. You probably haven't heard of this condition before, but it looks a little like MS..or stress. Which is why his doctors are having a hard time actually diagnosing him. His health has deteriorated over the past few years and he needs help. A lot of help.
There's a fundraiser for him here: https://www.youcaring.com/anthony-paino-your-favorite-former-non-profit-naturalist-458373 You'll see that the request is for money, and for other things as well.
Tis the season, of course, where we are inundated with pleas for help. And honestly, too many of us are a paycheck or two, or just one health crisis away, from needing help ourselves. I'm boosting the signal for this request because Ant is truly one of the best, kindest, most dedicated people I've ever known. I have zero doubt that he would do anything in his power to help his friends. So we, his friends, are doing everything in our power to help him.
Because of Ant's health, he's been unemployed for too long. We all know how terrifying hospital costs are even if you *do* have a job.
So. This your daily chance to do good, y'all. Even donating the cost of a Starbuck's mocha would help.
If you can't help? Please consider boosting the signal.
This past Sunday was what might be my last 5K of the season – maybe my last one ever. Not because of this experience, but because overall I feel…well, a little silly. A little defeated. More than a little convinced I could be getting the same actual workout by going disc golfing with my husband.
Sunday was World Run Day. I signed up over a month ago to do the Dirty Herd 5k up at Pretty Lake, Mattawan, partly because it was sorta kinda local, partly because money raised goes back to Pretty Lake Camp and its work with at-risk kids, and partly because the name of the group made me laugh. Bones had a thing to go to as well and somehow from agreeing the night before that us leaving at 8:30AM was fine to when we actually started to leave, I panicked and announced I would never make it on time.
This was to be true in ways I couldn't anticipate at that point.
We got Bones to his thing a bit early, and me to my thing on time. As in, the runners hadn't left yet. But by the time I figured out where registration was ("Oh, we already shut down! Hold on…"), confirmed that yes I still wanted to do the walk, and made it back outside, everyone was gone.
"Oh! Sure! You're just..let's see…about 11 minutes behind the group.
I started down a road. As it turned out, this would be the only paved path for the entire walk. Initially there were white arrows painted on the road, but as I turned onto a dirt road, that wasn't the case. I fairly quickly found my path blocked by plastic orange tape, with no obvious markers telling me where to go next.
This was the…well, the fifth time that morning that I seriously considered not doing this silly thing. I could have totally ditched and no one except Bones would have known. I next considered crying out of frustration. I finally decided to just duck past the ribbon and keep walking. Worst case scenario, I figured, was that I'd have a nice walk around Pretty Lake.
I hadn't seen any blue ones yet, but I thanked them and continued..and finally did find where the path broke off. This album gives you an idea of what the start of this event looked like. (I never saw this many people. Alas.) What isn't shown is that the trail took us off road and into the woods. It was gorgeous and just hilly enough to make my calves ache for a day or so afterwards….and honestly, it was a little nerve wracking to be alone in the woods so afraid of falling. My right foot is still not fully healed from all my falls last month. 😦 But! I did not fall!
A lot of the trail followed ones they clearly use over the summer, and people that know how to read trail markers would have felt more comfortable than I did, as those trail markers were frequently placed and highly visible. And it was honestly so lovely. Even with my feeling nervous about falling, I loved this location and trail, and kept thinking that Bones should be there because he would have really enjoyed the hike. At the same time, I started thinking that yeah, I could probably get the same benefit from walking along with him while he's disc golfing…so, there's that.
I did finally start to encounter people doing the 10K, and I passed one walker (!!!!), so I'm pretty sure I wasn't DEAD last. We didn't have timing chips on our bibs, but I think my total time was probably my worst one yet – just over an hour. OTOH, it was hilly and I got lost and I'm actually ok with my time being not too speedy. I had a lot of time to think about my 5K fixation and just as I was thinking to myself, 'This is really stupid. Everyone knows you're slow. You'd rather be riding a bike. You're not ever going to run. Hell, walking is a challenge! What the hell are you doing? This is your last one,' a 10K runner passed me and said hi. I looked up and saw he had a prosthetic foot.
I assume he also managed not to fall on this trail.
Will I do another 5K? Maybe.
Is it in part because I got another medal?
Several years ago, the ever-magical SJ Tucker found herself in need of emergency medical care and, being an uninsured musician, this was a pretty scary financial monster to face down alone.
Fortunately, she didn't have to. A collection of varied bits of creativity was put together under the title Ravens in the Library and all proceeds from the sales went directly to help cover s00j's medical costs.
It was an amazing act of love..and it was a smashing success.
Pre-orders for Angels of the Meanwhile are being taken now, in a pay-what-you-wish format, here: http://alexandraerin.dreamwidth.org/636831.html. Please note that the final e-chapbook won't be available until June; pre-orders are being taken for some emergency fundraising in relation to Elizabeth's surgery, so you're very encouraged to order NOW, but you'll have to wait a bit to actually get your hands on the finished product.
I'm very happy to be a very small part of this project. Popelizbet has done a lot of really good things for a lot of really good people…it's lovely to see her community coming together to help her now.


The Benzene trailhead is located near the oil terminal. Drive approximately 4.5 miles down Dayville road and park in the plowed pullout on the south side of the road. Start skinning up the groomed pipeline access for a few hundred vertical feet until you hit the pipeline. Turn right, go about 100 yards, and then head south down the snowmobile trail. The snowmobile trail cuts south just as you start to lose elevation - don't keep heading down the pipeline, as this takes you into the restricted space of the oil terminal. After crossing a clearing - which is a horrible bushwhack in low snow conditions - stay in the drainage. Once you are in the bowl, gradually contour back toward the ridge, as shown on the topo and in the photo below. Once you get the route dialed in you can get to the top of the line without a single switchback.


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The Lady: Twenty-one Years After
Aung San Suu Kyi gives her Nobel lecture
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" Often during my days of house arrest it felt as though I were no longer a part of the real world. There was the house which was my world, there was the world of others who also were not free but who were together in prison as a community, and there was the world of the free. Each was a different planet pursuing its own separate course in an indifferent universe. What the Nobel Peace Prize did was to draw me once again into the world of other human beings outside the isolated area in which I lived, to restore a sense of reality to me. This did not happen instantly, of course, but as the days and months went by and news of reactions to the award came over the airwaves, I began to understand the significance of the Nobel Prize. It had made me real once again; it had drawn me back into the wider human community. And what was more important, the Nobel Prize had drawn the attention of the world to the struggle for democracy and human rights in Burma. We were not going to be forgotten.
We are fortunate to be living in an age when social welfare and humanitarian assistance are recognized not only as desirable but necessary. I am fortunate to be living in an age when the fate of prisoners of conscience anywhere has become the concern of peoples everywhere, an age when democracy and human rights are widely, if not universally, accepted as the birthright of all."
~ Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel Peace Prize speech in Oslo City Hall, Norway, on Saturday, June 16, 2012 (source: The Washington Post).
Sometimes Good prevails over evil, as also demonstrated by the video below. Today was a great day at Oslo City Hall.
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Surviving New York City's Summer (Without Air Conditioning)
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Hey, fellow Europeans, have you ever been in New York in July and/or August? It's unbearably hot and muggy, even to those who are familiar with the sweltering, humid summers in the Po Valley, Italy.
As far as I am concerned, I will never forget that August day when streams of sweat were flowing down my fingers while I was walking across the Brooklyn Bridge—I had never seen anything like that before and thought I was going to die of …desiccation!
Well, have you ever wondered how New Yorkers handled it several decades ago without air conditioning or even fans? If so, here is the answer, or at least part of an answer…
HT John Podhoretz, our special (Facebook) correspondent from the Big Apple.
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CASE LAW DIGEST
Entitlement to Enhanced Credit
The accused is only entitled to credit for "any time spent in custody … as a result of the offences" upon which he is being sentenced. This precludes the offender from receiving credit where the pre-sentence custodial period in question is credited against sentences imposed for other offences: R v Hayes, 2016 ONCA 47 at para 6
If the accused is on bail and arrested on new charges but his original bail is not revoked, the accused entitled to enhanced credit for the time spent in pre-trial custody after his arrest on the new charges: R v Johnson, 2016 ONCA 69
In determining whether enhanced credit should be given in light of the unlikelihood that the accused would, because of his behaviour, receive early parole, it is not enough to show that the appellant has been far from a model prisoner while incarcerated. Section 130(3)(a) of the Corrections Act requires a determination of whether it is likely that the offender, if released before the expiry of the warrant, will commit an offence involving serious harm to another before the expiry of the warrant: R v MO, 2016 ONCA 236 at para 30
Treatment of Pre-trial Custody
Time spent in custody by an offender on unrelated charges cannot be "banked"
the exception arises in cases where the accused was refused bail on a second set of charges - charges that were later withdrawn - because he was already on bail for the first set of charges: R v Perkins, 2017 ONCA 152 at paras 29-32
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URGENT: Christians fleeing the Taliban in Afghanistan still need help
LifeSite's Jim Hale met with Jones and an Afghan Christian refugee who is desperately trying to save the lives of hundreds of fellow believers.
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(LifeSiteNews) — Christians in Afghanistan are facing a winter of extreme hardship as the constant threat of Taliban attacks is compounded by freezing temperatures and food shortages. Jason Jones' Vulnerable People Project has now arranged to provide Afghan families with safe houses, food, coal, and wood if the charity can raise urgently needed funds.
$250 will cover a family of five's needs for food and heating for the winter, while $2,000 will provide a safe house to multiple families for a month. Jason Jones told LifeSiteNews that his organization has been overwhelmed with requests for help from Afghan Christians threatened by the Taliban, having already evacuated many others from the country.
"We've created a system to deliver food, wood, coal, and propane for people because it's getting very cold," Jones told EWTN over the weekend. "We have Christians in safe houses all over Afghanistan and it's getting very cold. So that's become the big challenge for us now."
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When cold weather hits, it's more important than ever to create a cozy and comfortable living space. This is the time of year where weekends are spent bundled up at home with a great book or Netflix series. Use the following tips to combat the chill of winter and make your home extra cozy this season.
Looking for a way to better utilize space? Add a reading nook! First, locate a corner or an alcove. Add a piece of furniture like a comfy chair, a small couch or a daybed. Top it off with pillows, throws, a floor lamp and some wall art. For an added touch, consider adding a shelf filled with your favorite books. Your nook will be the perfect homey niche for reading, relaxing and more.
Introduce warm tones to your home's color palette to instantly make the space more inviting and add to the ambiance. You can achieve this by painting the walls or simply adding warm-toned accents. Consider shades like cranberry, gold, rust or mustard. Festive greens and reds are also perfect for the season.
Nothing says cozy and comfy like some soft throw blankets on your couches and chairs. With blankets placed throughout your home, you will be well equipped to take on the cold winter months ahead. Not only are throws great for keeping warm, but they can be used for decoration. A blanket ladder will easily organize your throws as well as put them on display.
Nothing beats the warmth of a fireplace on a cold evening. The warm glow of a fire is the perfect component to increase the cozy factor in your home. And if your home doesn't have a fireplace? No problem! This is a great opportunity to try out an electric fireplace. There are several sleek, modern models on the market so your family can curl up in front of the "fire" in style.
Floor pillows, poufs and ottomans are a comfortable alternative to traditional furniture like chairs and couches and come at a fraction of the cost. If you're feeling crafty and have some old sweaters lying around, check out this DIY Sweater Pouf Ottoman.
Incorporating soft textiles and fabrics in your home will warm it up right away. Plush rugs and cushioned pillows will easily accomplish this. If your floor is starting to feel cold, add an area rug. Try out materials like cable knit, shag or something fuzzy like faux fur for a luxurious feel.
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Putting up family photos is an easy way to add comfort and familiarity to your home. A mantel of holiday cards and fond photos of loved ones will warm your home and your heart. Consider creating a photo wall by hanging frames of various sizes for a mixed array.
This characterizing accessory serves multiple purposes such as providing privacy, adding a sense of comfort and filtering the excessive light. Curtains will not only soften a room, but they will also add another layer of insulation to your home and block cold air from getting through. Opt for a heavier, thicker curtain fabric this time of year.
To stay warm in your home this winter, fix your favorite hot beverage. Whether you prefer to put on a tea kettle or a pot of coffee, both are sure to warm you up. If you're looking for something less caffeinated, prepare a warm cup of hot chocolate. Feeling creative? Try out one of these homemade hot chocolate recipes that your whole family is sure to love.
With these tips and tricks, your home will transform into a warm and inviting winter retreat.


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Bradford to offer free support classes
By Neal Wagner
Published 3:11 pm Monday, February 15, 2010
A local health services company will begin offering free weekly help Feb. 17 to those facing substance abuse or behavioral problems.
Alabaster's Bradford Health Services will hold the free family support groups every Wednesday night from 7p.m.-8 p.m. at its office at 101 Aviators View Drive.
"We try to provide certain services free as a resource to our community," said Lonnie Layton, community representative at Alabaster's Bradford Health Services.
"We are a private business, but we want to give back to the community whenever we can," he added.
The support groups will be tailored for those experiencing behavioral problems with a child or teen, anyone who has a family member with drug or alcohol problems and anyone who needs help making a decision on how to help a family member, according to Layton.
"It's mostly for parents or relatives of anyone facing drug or emotional problems," Layton said. "Because a lot of the signs of emotional problems and depression are the same as the signs of substance abuse."
A licensed counselor will lead every group meeting, and Layton said he hoped the groups would reach many who are in need.
"Unfortunately, when it's free, people think it's not worth much," Layton added. "But that's not the case. Every group will be run by a licensed therapist."
For more information about the groups, contact Layton at 621-4429.
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Well done to our most recent Hot Chocolate Award winners for great manners, a super work ethic and great behaviour.
So very proud of our Primary 5 pupils who worked so hard over the past few weeks with Helen and Beverley our two amazing artists. The children produced Art work relating to their environment as part of the 'Live Here, Love Here' funded project. We are very graeful to both of the artisits for their vision and enthusiasm, and to Antrim and Newtownabbey Council for the opportunity. Thanks also goes to Amanda who organised everything so well.
Highly Commended at Ballymena Festival - well done Connie!
Primary 6 are learning all about special numbers - they loved investigating Square Numbers yesterday. Of course writing on the desk is always a highlight!
Charity Committee gave out prizes today for their Design a Christmas Bauble competition. There was a prize for each class, well done to everyone who participated! All of the money raised will go to NI Children's Hospice along with money from the Movie Duvet Day on Friday.
Inter schools Show Jumping Final at the Meadows, Lurgan- Holly represented Groggan at the final on Saturday with her pony Spring Lane Fire Cracker. Unfortunately there were no prizes this time round, but she did brilliantly and we are so proud of her!!
Well done to this P7 star who cleaned up at the Honda Cadet Awards night at the weekend, where he received awards for points for a great season in the Ulster Go Karting where he races at Bishipscourt, Kirkiston, Nutts Corner and White River in Dundalk.
STEM CLUB- this week we were testing our Bee-Bot mazes that we designed in small groups. It was a lot trickier than we thought it might be!! This was our last week of clubs before our Christmas holidays.
P7 Treat Day- best day ever apparently! So proud of this bunch and their excellent behaviour today. Thank you to Miss K and Mrs McK for accompanying them today.
Do you know what happiness looks like? Our Primary 7 pupils are off on their well earned Treat Day. They have a day of fun, relaxation and food ahead of them! So well deserved!
Primary 5 singing with Mrs Wilson at the switching on of the Christmas lights in Randalstown.
Primary 4 singing at the launch of the NI Hospice Jingle all the Way campaign.
STEM CLUB- this week is the first part for our Coding Week activity. In small groups we designed our own themed BeeBot maze for another group to complete next time. We had a farm, colourful, rainbow and city theme. We tried to use lots of obstacles to make it a bit more difficult.
Have a look at our egg zip line, all the children worked really hard on this. More information below.
STEM CLUB- in Stem Club this week we were doing an egg zip line! Children in groups had to design a way of getting the egg safely to the end of the line with only a food bag, a spool, sellotape, a piece of string and 2 straws. They all worked well together this week, all managing to transport their egg safely. The winners were chosen on skill of design. Well done everyone!!
STEM Club- this week, the children worked in three groups to design a newspaper trophy to hold a golden basketball for at least 30 second. The children had lots of ideas but there was only one winning team. Well done everyone!!
Interschools Show Jumping- Holly represented Groggan PS in the third leg of Interschools Show Jumping at The Meadows Equestrian Centre on Saturday. She competed in both the 50cm and 60cm class with her pony The Longhouse Gale. She did really well in both classes, bringing home rosettes, treats for her pony and sweets for herself. Well done Holly!
STEM CLUB- this week we were making different types of paper aeroplanes by following instructions. We tested them in the assembly hall to see which one flew the furthest, Lewis was our winner. Well done!!
STEM Club- this week we did an Egg Drop. We used some cotton wool, straws, sellotape, sandwich bag and an egg. We had to protect our egg so it wouldn't break when it was dropped. All teams worked really well together but unfortunately none of our eggs survived!!
Macmillan Coffee Morning - we raised £590 - thank you to everyone who supported us.
Interschools Show Jumping at the MEC- A MASSIVE well done to Holly Logan who represented Groggan Primary School on Saturday jumping in the 50cm and 60cm with her pony The Longhouse Gale. Holly did really well, getting a double clear in the 60cm and winning Tack and Turnout for how well Holly and her pony looked. Fantastic!!!
STEM Club- today's challenge was to construct a boat using only tinfoil, 5 straws and sellotape. This boat had to be able to hold as much weight as possible. Our winning team used the clever idea of wrapping their straw frame alternate directions each time in order to make it more water tight. Their boat was able to hold nearly 1.6 kg before sinking, WOW!!! Well done everyone!!
STEM Club- our first challenge was to build the tallest tower from spaghetti and marshmallows. The tower had to stand unaided for 20 seconds. Only one team succeeded with a tower height of 85cm. Well done everyone! It was lovely to hear lots of discussion amongst the children and see them work together so well!
This was our winning team!!
Our First Assembly was all about rules and looking out for each other. We even had a 'Baby Shark' competition, Mr Robinson may have enjoyed it a bit too much!
End of term treat - even the Postman got an ice cream!
P5 Swimming Star- Mid Ulster Swimming Gala Success - 1st in Front Crawl and Butterfly, 3rd in Back Crawl and Best Boy Award!
Three Groggan stars who won awards at their recent GB and BB Displays.
P4 used practical resources to learn how to subtract using decomposition.
Primary P5/6 are loving their Pushkin work this term, the theme is, 'Opening Ground'. from one of Seamus Heaney's poems. The chidlren have been exploring mud, planting and even painting with mud!
Primary 1/2 had a great surprise yesterday when Mrs Coulter brought in some day old chicks as part of their 'Down on the Farm' topic. The children were so excited and wrote some brilliant reports on chicks.
We are having a great time celebrating World Book Day today! Some very impressive and creative costumes.
P2/3 Have been using IMotion to make animations - what a great start!
P1/2 have been using their report writing skills to make 'missing' posters for their friend Harry. His T-Rex had gone missing! They seem to have done the as trick as Harry's T-Rex turned up at Randalstown library.
These two very thoughtful girls made my day - kindness costs nothing but means so much. Well done girls.
Tuesday was National Handwriting Day, so we all worked very hard on our handwriting to produce a beautiful piece and tr our very best. These are our winners, it was a close call in Primary 2 so we just couldn't make a decision! Well done everyone.
Thank you so very much to Ben Vista Garden Centre who presented the school with some bird feeders and bird food for the BBC Big Bird Watch and a generous gift voucher which our Eco Committee are very excited to spend!
Some of our Primary 5 superstars have been working very hard on their fractions.
Today Cancer Focus visited school to teach all how to stay healthy.
We have been working hard in Primary 5/6 on our animations - there has been so much excitement!
We love ICT at Groggan, these pupils have just started Code Club with Mr. Robinson.
Want to know the time? Ask this wee Primary 4 star who has worked so hard! She made my day!
P1/2 are really enjoying their new topic 'Them Bones, Them Bones'. So far we have made dinosaur fossils using play dough, painted T-Rex dinosaurs, played dinosaur phonics games, had fun using a Numeracy Sorting App on the iPads, built dinosaurs using 'Sticklebricks', developed our scissor skills by cutting out dinosaur shapes and we have also turned our Role Play Area into an Archaeologists' Digging Site!
Johnny and Simon from @c4cni putting P2/3 through their paces! Watch out Steven Davis you have competition!
P2/3 have been learning all about the difference between facts and opinions.
Yee-ha - Mental Maths - P2/3 style!
Look what Primary 1/2 have been up to, they have been learning their phonics and tricky words by doing lots of fun activities!
Welcome to the Photo Gallery for each class - we hope you like the pictures!


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Betting Picks For 2022 MotoGP Austria Grand Prix
Tony Castle | August 18, 2022
The second-half of the MotoGP season roars on come Sunday, August 21 at the Austrian Grand Prix. Before you lay a dollar on the upcoming race, you'll want to read our complete breakdown of the event. We have free-of-cost betting picks on who could win the 2022 Austrian Grand Prix right here!
The best of the best MotoGP betting sites have released odds to win on the looming race. At the moment, these drivers are most favored to win among the entire racing grid:
Francesco Bagnaia +150 +150
Fabio Quartararo +300 +300
Jorge Martin +660 +660
Jack Miller +1000 +1000
Maverick Vinales +1000 +1000
Johann Zarco +1000 +1000
Enea Bastianini +1200 +1200
2022 Austrian Grand Prix Preview
After a month-long break, MotoGP finally returned to the grid last week with the British Grand Prix. Before we preview what lays ahead in Austria, let's recount how Silverstone circuit treated the world's best riders.
No one was treated better than Ducati's Francesco Bagnaia. He held off Maverick Vinales (Aprilia Racing) to capture the win by just under half a second. That's now four wins this season by Bagnaia — the most in the whole grid. It keeps Bagnaia alive in the MotoGP world title race with only eight. Ore races to go.
Bagnaia is now third overall in the standings with 131 points. He remains 49 points behind the leader, Fabio Quartararo, who had a forgettable day at the British GP. A long lap penalty hurt Quartararo's chances greatly, as he placed in P8. The defending world champion was running away with another title before two back-to-back bad outings have made things interesting again. Second to him in the standings is Aleix Espargaro, who underperformed himself with a P9 finish in Silverstone.
You have to believe Ducati is feeling good right now. Not only do they possess a 91-point lead over Yamaha in the Constructors Championship (virtually locking up a threepeat title for them), but the next race is in Red Bull Ring in Austria — familiar turf for the team. Ever since this race returned to the MotoGP schedule in 2016, a Ducati rider has won every single time but once. Last year, KTM's Brad Binder snapped Ducati's five-year win streak.
Obviously, that recent success means plenty for Ducati. Not only for a possible back-back win for Bagnaia, but the team's other drivers too — Enea Bastianini (who owns three wins this season), Jorge Martin, and Marco Bezzecchi.
Best Bets To Win 2022 MotoGP Austrian GP
Per usual with this sport, we'll be making two bets on who to win the 2022 Austrian GP. MotoGP is more unpredictable than, say, Formula 1 race betting so the two-bet approach is natural risk management. With that said, here's the two riders we're throwing money on:
Is there any rider more incredibly frustrating in all of MotoGP than Bagnaia? Yes, he has a grid-high four victories but at the same time, he's gotten DNFs on three separate occasions too. Bagnaia is the quintessential boom-or-bust bet. But in Austria, we're of the belief Bagnaia booms, hence why he draws a bet from us.
Everything we've said about Bagnaia already is true: when he's on, he's as good as anyone in MotoGP. Racing at Red Bull Ring should help Bagnaia be "on" come race time. While none of the team's five wins in six years have come courtesy of Bagnaia, that isn't stopping us from hammering a bet on the Italian. His current momentum and confidence should catapult him to victory position.
Francesco Bagnaiato win the 2022 MotoGP Austrian GP
This may come to a surprise to many but Bastianini is our backup bet — not Quartararo. That may sound unconventional but hear us out for one second. Bastianini should also benefit from Ducati's familiar success at Red Bull Ring. Like Bagnaia, Bastianini is incredibly volatile on the track, but his upside is huge when things are going right.
But here's why we're fading Quartararo: he's cold. Ice cold. Before finishing P8 in England, he DNF at TT Assen. And at this event a year ago during his championship season? Only P7. There's just no momentum with Quartararo going into this one and it's best to avoid him altogether.
Enea Bastianinito win the 2022 MotoGP Austrian GP
How To Bet & Watch 2022 MotoGP Austrian Grand Prix
Ready to bet on the 2022 Austrian GP? You should be if you've read up until now. To lock in your bet — whether that's on our picks or not — you can do so easily at one of the popular online sportsbooks listed in the underneath table. Any one of 'em will have up-to-date betting lines, not just for Austria, but the rest of the season. Eight more MotoGP races remain so you don't want to pass up on the accompanying betting opportunities.
And for those who want to follow their bets on television, you can watch the Austrian action exclusively on CNBC if you're inside the United States. The NBC sister network will air the race at 5 pm EST — which is actually not live. It's on
tape delay given the huge time differences between the United States and Austria in Europe (six to nine hours depending on where you live in the US). Be aware of that if you don't want to "spoil" if your bet pans out or not.
Tony Castle
Tony Castle is one of the best out there, an excellent writer with a true love for sports. He learned his craft at University study English writing, before moving into his current role as an independent sports writer and journalist.
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Vol. VII Number 2, Spring 2007 Alexander in Afghanistan
Vol. VII Number 2, Spring 2007 Book Reviews
Alexander in Afghanistan
Viewing Alexander's campaign in Afghanistan through the eyes of a footsoldier.
by Ronald Cluett
The Afghan Campaign: A Novel
A review of The Afghan Campaign: A novel , by Steven Pressfield
Alexander the Great ran one of the shrewdest media operations in history. His entourage included men whose job it was to chronicle his exploits, both for dissemination among his contemporaries and for posterity. While their works have not survived the passage of time, their influence has. Alexander is one of the select figures from classical antiquity who continues to excite the popular imagination, not just in the West but in Central Asia and India as well.
Spin control thus has an ancient pedigree. In antiquity as in the present, broadcasting a preferred interpretation of a leader's prowess involved the suppression of inconvenient perspectives, whether dissents from Alexander's strategic vision or the enormous suffering and sacrifice exacted by that vision's implementation. Each perspective—the strategic vision and the human toll—sheds light on Alexander's boldest gamble, the invasion of Afghanistan, which is the subject of Steven Pressfield's gripping fictional recreation in The Afghan Campaign.
Alexander's strategic rationale for conquering Persia had been clear, defensible, and popular: by leading a Greek army to victory in the heart of Persia, he would avenge the Persian defeat of the Greeks on Greek soil over a century earlier. Conquering Afghanistan, however, was another matter entirely. The rationale was never clearly or persuasively articulated, and whatever might have motivated him—his own further glorification, ambition to conquer any territory not yet subject to his rule, or insatiable curiosity about the peoples and places "at the edges of the world"—he failed to rally his increasingly polyglot troops to fight with the unwavering dedication they had displayed during the Persian campaign.
Moreover, those troops faced in Afghanistan conditions that would test invading armies for the next two millennia. The harsh mountainous terrain and brutal weather were only part of the challenge. The Afghans themselves were no less formidable than their environment. Riven by internal divisions and tribal loyalties, they nonetheless proved more than capable of rallying to resist the designs of a foreign invader. As a result, Alexander spent more time conquering Afghanistan than he did Persia, and with less to show for it: not only did Afghanistan offer no comparable symbolic and strategic victory, but constant revolts undermined whatever glory he could claim for his defeat of Spitamenes, his primary Afghan foe.
Pressfield's The Afghan Campaign is a vivid, compelling tale about the challenges of the war, as recounted by Matthias, a young Macedonian infantryman in Alexander's army. While Alexander himself makes important appearances and remains the charismatic leader for whom Matthias and his fellow soldiers are willing to die, the story focuses on the daily struggles of the footsoldier. Pressfield's training and skill as a screenwriter are evident in many superbly constructed, briskly paced, and dramatically engaging scenes. Matthias and his fellow soldiers never doubt Alexander's brilliance as a commander, despite his absence from much of the day-to-day fighting. The strategic purpose for which Alexander is fighting matters less to them than their service to Alexander himself. At the same time, Matthias had initially joined Alexander's army to follow a family tradition, to prove himself a man, and to see the world (while profiting personally in the process, he hopes). In this sense, Alexander's army is a vehicle for realizing personal ambitions. Alexander's leadership is thus both crucial to Matthias's story and ultimately of secondary importance to it.
While Matthias's direct contact with Alexander is infrequent, his encounters with the Afghan people, on and off the battlefield, are routine. These encounters raise the important question of how well we ever understand the enemy. Matthias would like to believe that he comes to understand the enemy quite well. Certainly, he comes to respect the tenacity of the foe he faces in battle. He forms a rough friendship with an Afghan porter, Ash, whose harsh treatment of women initially confounds and disturbs Matthias. More significantly, he falls in love with and marries an Afghan woman, Shinar. In doing so he both fulfills Alexander's policy of encouraging marriage between his troops and local women and incurs the wrath of Shinar's brothers, who seek to avenge the dishonor the marriage has brought on their family. But Matthias's exposure to Afghan life only deepens his perplexity, incomprehension, and sense of otherness. The more he learns, the more he realizes how little he knows, beyond the sometimes painful, sometimes happy, realization that he will always remain an alien in an alien land.
Such hard-won self-knowledge is one aspect of the central question that animates this story: how war tests and in the process transforms the individual. The tests are obvious: exhaustion, illness, hunger, suffering, death. The transformations are subtle, often unwelcome. Surviving extreme conditions against seemingly impossible odds can become a point of pride, particularly for a young man eager to assert his manhood to fellow soldiers. Finding love in such a setting can be even more unexpected than survival itself. At the same time, relentless exposure to violence numbs and alienates: the distance between witnessing the brutality of others and committing acts of brutality oneself, Matthias learns, often proves disturbingly short. And the decision he makes at the end of the novel raises perhaps the most profound question of all: after all that you have experienced, can you ever really go home?
His story, then, is an everyman's story—not only about Afghanistan in the early 320s B.C., but about men wherever they wage war. Unfortunately, The Afghan Campaign is least successful on this level. There are, for example, some jarring archaisms of dialogue and prose. Matthias and his "mates" get "varnished" on cheap booze, condemn "outrages" upon women, and begin conversations with "howsoever." They sound neither like 4th-century Macedonians nor 21st-century grunts. If anything, they have a Victorian cast that can make them sound like figures in a boy's adventure novel. However charming, such language confers upon them an air of innocence utterly out of keeping with the novel's insistence that war imposes a harrowing loss of innocence.
And yet it is this very possibility of retaining one's inner innocence while surrounded by horror that may explain the enormous popularity of Pressfield's work among the rank-and-file soldiers of the American military. Matthias holds out to the reader the promise that every soldier wants to believe: not only will you survive and grow in the crucible of the battlefield, you will emerge from it with your peacetime decency and goodness intact. No general, of course, has ever been able to deliver completely on such a promise, and no amount of spin control has ever successfully concealed the failure to do so—not even Alexander's.
Ronald Cluett is an Assistant Professor of Classics and History at Pomona College.
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The underlying agenda behind the program is to implement a health and wellness plan within the community. There are several significant facets to the program. These include enhancement of primary health care provision, promotion of mental wellness through reduction of substance abuse, improvement of environmental health, and harnessing of information technology to enhance the community's ability to access health care services (Frieden, 2014 p.18). This program and the entrenched activities have necessitated the development of a plan, which is as laid down below.
Partnering with environmental health officers within the community to help formulate guidelines that can assist the community to foster a healthier environment (Norton, 2014 p.537).
Carrying out a scan of the community's environment to determine the available and most appropriate technological platforms that can help improve health (Frieden, 2014 p.20).


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The Allbound Podcast #15: Growing a Referral Partner Program with Joe Durfey at Grow
by Ali Spiric | Feb 13, 2017 | Podcast
Ali Spiric
Growing a Referral Partner Program with Joe Durfey at Grow
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Joe Durfey, Director Strategic Partnerships at Grow, joins me to discuss how to create and maintain successful referral partner relationships, the importance of content in the partner channel, and more on this episode of The Allbound Podcast.
Share with us a little bit about what that partner makeup looks like. Do you lean towards onboarding one kind of partner over another? Do you have any initiatives for targeting a certain kind of partner?
We have referral partners, technology integration partners, and value-added referral partners. We're young in building this out. One of the things that is important to us in this stage, and I think as we advance this will change, but right now we want to be able to control the sales process all the way through the onboarding, and the implementation, and the support. We love to have our partners ride shotgun with us through that process, and that's really the best way that we've found at our stage to train our partners. So we're not doing a lot of true reseller partnerships right now. More of what we are focused on are value-added referral partners or partners that provide a complimentary service. For example, a company that goes in and helps prep data or helps organize data and get it in a good place, so that they can then plug it into a tool like Grow, those are great partners for us. Consultancy organizations, business coaches, people that are really focused on the metrics, and the KPIs, and helping companies to become more data-driven, those are great partners for us. So that's one channel that's a priority right now.
The other big channel that's priority is technology integrations, and we do that two different ways. Sometimes we find companies, SaaS companies, that have great products, but have a product gap in terms of the way that their product allows their users to interact with their data from a reporting standpoint and from a visualization standpoint. So we go in and help fill that gap, whether if it's through a somewhat embedded or OEM model, or by simply having a link to Grow and sending customers to set up their own accounts with Grow, where they can go and connect to that data source and then build the reports that they want. Both of those paths are good for us. Then we also do a lot of co-marketing partnerships with companies that we've built integrations with. That's been our focus and is our focus right now. I suspect over time that will remain the focus, but we'll probably add some new ones in there, some more layers to what we're doing right now.
What are some of the tactics you've employed to help train partners so they can be successful in sharing Grow's value proposition with prospects?
It's a challenge that we talk about all the time. I think that the two most effective things that we found are, one, co-selling together with our partners. One of the struggles that we've seen some partners have is feeling like they have to be experts on the platform to just tee up a conversation for us to get involved and help them close the deal. We let partners know, "Hey, we're here for you, and nobody knows Grow better than we know Grow, and nobody can sell it better than we can sell it." We give them a few talking points that we've found have been successful at teeing up conversations. We really like to have our partners learn and train as we go through the process with real clients. So, content is important and having things like the internal-facing battle cards for sales reps and CS reps, and public-facing battle cards for their customers and different content that they can use, is all really important. What I've seen is we're all so busy with our primary job and our primary responsibility that even when we share these things with partners, some of them get in and really use it, others say "Hey, I just don't have a lot of time to train and use all this content. I'd really just like to bring you guys in and let you guys do what you do best." So the best thing that we found is the co-selling and just having our partners learn as we sell with them and as we onboard and implement with them.
Then the second thing is we treat partners a lot like we do customers. Every one of our customers gets a dedicated CS rep. Every one of our partners gets a dedicated CS rep. Our CS reps are experts on the platform, they're data analysts, and they're also very nice, friendly, and helpful. So every one of our partners gets one of these analysts that whenever there's a question on, "Hey, can the product do this, or can it do that?" they have a direct line to that rep. A lot of what we've found to be successful in terms of the way we do our customer success, we've taken that and done the same thing with our partners. Those are the two things that have been the biggest help to me in terms of getting our partners trained and knowledgeable on our platform.
Imagine it's your first day on the job of building this partner program, what would you would have liked to tell yourself?
I thought coming in that I would need to be selective. I would go back and say that I need to be more selective and do even more work on partner profiling and partner personas to target the right partners. I mentioned earlier that we're casting a pretty wide net right now, and we're doing that knowing that we're going to probably onboard partners that don't produce initially. But because we're building it, and we want to make sure that we don't miss out on a partner persona that we didn't think about or we thought might be good, that's just sort of something that we've looked at and a risk that we're willing to take. But we're six months in now, and I'm starting to see the types of partners that I think are going to be really good long-term partners for us are fewer and far between than I originally thought. I would tell myself to be selective and put in the time to identify the right kinds of partners before you going too crazy bringing on whoever wants to partner with us.
Every company has bottlenecks and resource constraints. One of the things that I didn't really think too much about was how important content is to the partner and channel relationships. A little plug here for the CO:LLABORATE conference that Allbound puts on that I went to earlier this year, and one of the things that I heard there that just really resonated after a few months in the job was content isn't the key, it's the kingdom. I can't remember who said it or what presentation it was, but that is something that I've just found to be so true with our partners. We have partners that are more than willing to help promote Grow, and what we do, and how it works well with their products, but they have the same bottlenecks and resource constraints that I do. So if I'm waiting for them to create a webinar outline, or write a blog post, or come up with some content or some messaging for targeted e-mails, it just doesn't happen, because they're so focused on their own businesses.
So, I think one of the things for anybody that's new coming into a partner channel is to think about that it really is more than being a channel manager, it's an organization-wide commitment. I've got to work with my product team, and my dev team, and my marketing team to really give our partners the tools and the resources that they need to be successful. That's something that I don't think I fully grasped coming into this role.
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Gujarat: 13% rise breast cancer cases in three years
The figure rose from 8,001 in 2016, recording a 13% rise in the number of registered cases. India's average is 12.4%.Parth Shastri | TNN | December 14, 2019, 13:42 IST
AHMEDABAD: The data tabled on Friday in the Lok Sabha suggested that the number of women with breast cancer in Gujarat was 9,414 in 2018. The figure rose from 8,001 in 2016, recording a 13% rise in the number of registered cases. India's average is 12.4%.
In an answer to a question posed by MPs Dr Amar Singh and Chandeshwar Prasad about the rise in cancer cases among women, the health ministry quoted the National Cancer Registry Programme (NCRP) data of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
According to the data, estimated breast cancer cases in India rose from 1.42 lakh in 2016 to 1.59 lakh in 2018. Cervical cancer cases rose from 99,099 to 1.01 lakh in the same period.
The answer mentioned that the central government is strengthening tertiary care for cancer patients under which 18 state cancer institutes and 20 tertiary cancer centres will be approved.
Senior officials at the Gujarat Cancer Research Institute (GCRI) said that breast cancer is among the most common cancers in women. They added that in the majority of cases, patients come in late.
"The most susceptible group is between 30 to 40 years. The second highest prevalence can be seen in the 40-50 age group," said Dr Shefali Desai, a city-based breast surgeon. "We used to see three to four cases a month about 10 years ago. Today, we see about five to eight new patients every week." Desai said that while genetic factors are surely at play, hormonal changes induced by lifestyle, increased stress and environmental factors are also responsible for the rise in the number of cases.
"Compared to western countries, the population in India develops breast cancer about 10 years earlier. We of course see younger patients compared to five years ago," said Dr Rushabh Kothari, a city-based oncologist. "But on the plus side, women have started coming to hospitals and clinics which was not the case a few years ago. Reporting of the breast cancer cases has gone up."
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Jochen Albrecht, National Advisory Council, jochen@hunter.cuny.edu
Dr. Jochen Albrecht is an associate professor for computational and theoretical geography at Hunter College, City University of New York. Prior to that, he has taught at the universities of Maryland, Wisconsin, and Auckland, New Zealand. He is author of one textbook and over fifty refereed articles. Jochen has taught GIS to thousands of students and supervised over 20 masters and six PhD theses.
Jochen has been editor of Transactions in GIS and the URISA Journal. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of URISA as well as of the Board of the Cyberinfrastructure Specialty Group of the AAG. He is a former Chair of AURISA and the Environmental Perception and Behavioral Geography Specialty Group of the AAG.
Jochen's main interests in the GeoTech Center is the use of open source tools (not just GIS but RS, visualization, stats, etc.), GIS articulation between 2- and 4-year colleges, and the role of practitioners on advisory committees to academic programs – which not coincidentally is also his agenda for the URISAS Board of Directors.
Max Baber, National Advisory Council, max.baber@usgif.org
Max Baber is Director of Academic Programs at the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF), stewarding accreditation of collegiate Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) programs and supporting development of professional GEOINT analyst certification. Dr. Baber received a Ph.D. in Geography from the University of Georgia in 1999 and an M.A. in Geography from Georgia State University in 1993. He has served in faculty appointments with the Master of Science in Geographic Information Systems program at the University of Redlands and Departments of Geography at Samford University and the University of Northern Colorado. He has developed and implemented a number of funded pedagogical GIScience projects, including support from the National Science Foundation. He has served on the US National Committee to the International Cartographic Association, the executive boards for the Cartography and Geographic Information Society (CaGIS) and the North American Cartographic Information Society (NACIS), and he is a Fellow of the British Cartographic Society (BCS).
Mark Greninger, National Advisory Council, MGreninger@cia.lacounty.gov
Mark Greninger is the Geographic Information Officer (GIO) for the County of Los Angeles.
He graduated from Stanford University in 1996 with a degree in Environmental Geology, but quickly became passionate about GIS and has been in the field since then, starting with command line Arc/Info. He began his GIS career by building an Enterprise GIS System for the Environmental Protection Agency in San Francisco. After the EPA, he moved to Los Angeles County, where he has been for over 10 years.
He is the County's first GIO, a position he has held for the past 5 years. As GIO, he oversees the development, governance, and activities of the County Enterprise GIS Program and Enterprise GIS infrastructure. He leads collaborative efforts with other jurisdictions to acquire region-wide datasets, and develop standards recommendations for adoption and implementation, in order to ensure the deployment and effective use of geography and geospatial technologies for the County's 100,000 employees and 10 million residents.
Marguerite Madden, National Advisory Council, 706-542-2379, mmadden@uga.edu
Dr. Marguerite Madden is a Professor in the Department of Geography at The University of Georgia (UGA) and Director of the Center for Geospatial Research (CGR). She received her B.A. and M.A. degrees in Biology from the State University of New York and her Ph.D. in Ecology in 1990 from UGA. Her research for over 30 years has focused on geographic information science (GIScience) and landscape ecology. She is a Past President of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) and Past Technical Commission President of the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS), Commission IV, Geodatabases and Digital Mapping, (2008-2012). She currently servies as Second Vice President on the ISPRS Council (2012-2014) and is the Editor of the 2009 ASPRS Manual of Geographic Information Systems.
Twyla McDermott, National Advisory Council, 704-451-0555, tmcdermott@charlottenc.gov
With over 27 years of experience in GIS technology leadership, consulting, research and analysis for a number of retail, urban development, health care and government agencies, Twyla McDermott is a war torn yet grounded GIS veteran. Twyla currently works at the City of Charlotte with executive leadership responsibilities for enterprise GIS and other corporate technology programs that span the City departments. Twyla holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Geology from the University of North Carolina, a Masters degree in Geography from Appalachian State University and a degree in Accounting from King's College. Outside of GIS, Twyla enjoys the adventures of traveling, learning and working as part of her family's wine business.
Rich Serby, National Advisory Council, 719-575-9100, rich@geosearch.com
Mr. Serby founded GeoSearch, Inc. in 1988 after 18 years as an educator and career counselor. He decided to specialize in the mapping industry because of the tremendous growth in GIS and photogrammetric technologies. Mr. Serby has worked with hundreds of companies and public agencies. He continues to focus his recruitment efforts on the geospatial sciences as they are used in mapping, business, health care, insurance and other industries. "I consider this a very exciting time for the mapping applied sciences".
Sheila Wilson, National Advisory Council, 918-513-9124, smcgintywilson@select-engineering.com
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The Advanced Council will advise the GeoTech Center on the changes they see in the geospatial field. The Council membership will be experts in the field from numerous locations and sub-fields of study and work.


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