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The Book John Boyd Would Have Written
by William S. Lind
Colonel John Boyd, America's greatest military theorist, never wrote a book. But as a Marine friend of mine said, Lt. Col. Frans Osinga's new book, Science, Strategy and War: The Strategic Theory of John Boyd, is the book Boyd would have written if he had written a book. (As someone who worked with Boyd for about 15 years, I think the reason he did not write a book is that he loved giving his briefings, and he feared that if people could find his work in a book they would not ask him to brief.)
The central point Osinga makes is that, contrary to what is widely believed, Boyd's work cannot be summarized in the concept of the OODA Loop. The OODA Loop concept says that in any conflict, all parties go through repeated cycles of Observing, Orienting, Deciding and Acting, and whoever can go through the cycle consistently faster will win. At the tactical level, this is often true.
But as Osinga points out, as soon as one moves up into the operational, strategic and grand strategic levels, Boyd's theory grows far more complex. There, accuracy of observation and especially of orientation become at least as important as tempo. Attaining accuracy requires far more than "information." In Boyd's own less-than-simple words,
Orientation is an interactive process of many-sided implicit cross-referencing projections, empathies, correlations, and rejections that is shaped by and shapes the interplay of genetic heritage, cultural tradition, previous experiences and unfolding circumstances.
Orientation is the Schwerpunkt. It shapes the way we interact with the environment — hence orientation shapes the way we observe, the way we decide, the way we act.
In this sense Orientation shapes the character of present observation-orientation-decision-action loops — while these present loops shape the character of future orientation.
To make sense of all this, and more, Osinga begins by studying what Boyd studied. He works his way through Boyd's vast bibliography, which includes not only military history but also scientific thought and epistemology. Boyd immersed himself in multiple disciplines, applying his own prescription of analysis and synthesis, intellectual openness and constant cross-referencing to the creation of his military theories.
Osinga then proceeds to describe, discuss and analyze Boyd's vast briefings in chronological order, that is to say in the order in which Boyd developed them. Boyd's most famous briefing was Patterns of Conflict, with its contrast between attrition warfare and maneuver warfare. Again, Osinga notes that there is far more here than speed through the OODA Loop. Of key importance to Fourth Generation war, Boyd introduces his three levels of war: not the traditional tactical-operational-strategic but physical-mental-moral. As Osinga writes,
In Patterns of Conflict Boyd has thus offered his audience a new look at military history. With the conceptual lenses science offered him, with uncertainty as the key problem organisms and organizations have to surmount, he sheds new light on the dynamics of war …
Gradually he unfolds a novel conceptualization of tactics, grand tactics, strategy and grand strategy that revolves around the process of adaptation in which open, complex adaptive systems are constantly engaged.
Boyd's next briefing, my personal favorite, was Organic Design for Command and Control. It offers a devastating implied critique of the way the U.S. military is using technology to "improve" command and control. Boyd argues that, from a maneuverist perspective, you don't even want command and control, but rather appreciation and leadership.
From this point on to the conclusion of Boyd's work, each briefing becomes more theoretical and abstract. He offers one of the few useful definitions of strategy: "The Strategic Game is one of Interaction and Isolation." He describes a "conceptual spiral" that leads to a deeper understanding of how we can cope with uncertainty. Finally, he offers "the real OODA Loop," which is far too complex to present here but supports Osinga's assertion that there is more to it than speed, at least above the tactical level.
The John Boyd who emerges from this outstanding book is the John Boyd I knew. He was the opposite of the narrow technician, the type our armed services seem to prefer and promote. He ranged across a vast intellectual landscape, drawing from the most unlikely places ideas he could assemble in new ways to reveal more about the nature and conduct of war. (I must relate one anecdote, one of the few occasions where I saw Boyd get shot down. Over dinner with General Hermann Balck, Boyd thought to pay Balck a jocular compliment. He said to him, "General, with your extraordinarily quick reactions (still evident despite Balck's 80+ years), you would have made a great fighter pilot." Balck instantly replied, "Ich bin kein Techniker" — I am not a technician!)
I say unreservedly, "Buy this book!" Yes, it costs more than $100. But Lt. Col. Osinga (Royal Netherlands Air Force — truly, no prophet is honored in his own country) told me that if he can sell just a few more, his publisher will bring it out in paperback. So let the kids go hungry for a few nights and plunk down the cash. If you have any interest in war, this is a book your library cannot do without. Just as America cannot do without John Boyd's ideas, although our military has not yet figured that out.
WILLIAM S. LIND, expressing his own personal opinion, is Director for the Center for Cultural Conservatism for the Free Congress Foundation.

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As an organisation we are committed to producing research which helps us improve the service that we provide and which is of use to the wider community of education policymakers and practitioners. In this section you will find a variety of recent research and analysis which has been developed by researchers at WJEC.
In order to ensure a fair assessment process and to maintain consistent standards year on year, UK awarding organisations use a combination of senior examiners' expert judgement and statistical analysis to set grade boundaries and to 'award' high stake examinations. Influenced in part by changing regulatory requirements, UK awarding bodies have placed increasing emphasis on the use of statistical information to arrive at decisions relating to grade boundaries (Baird and Morrissey, 2005). This, to a large extent, has been a result of extensive research showing examiner judgement to be unreliable (cf. Baird and Dhillon, 2005). Nevertheless, the involvement of experts in standard setting remains crucial in preserving public trust in the UK examination system (Jones, 2009).
At WJEC, one of the UK's main examination boards, we are undertaking research to design alternative, more reliable methods of capturing expert judgement, and to clarify the role that such evidence should play in the process of maintaining educational standards in the UK's high stake examinations. To do this, we draw on psychological perspectives on judgement and decision-making which point to a wide range of heuristics and biases limiting experts' ability to make valid judgements on standards (cf. Hardman 2009, Kirkebøen 2009, Kerr and Tindale 2004). We are employing a 'design thinking' approach (cf. Brown, 2009) utilising these insights to develop prototype methods for testing and review.
To date, our study has showed that only examiners who have experience of marking a particular paper are able to provide confident and reliable judgements. This means that general subject knowledge might not be sufficient. In addition, examinee-centred methods were shown to be more accessible for experts as those allowed them to draw on their experience more easily. It was difficult, however, to break experts' habit of applying their expertise in a way that deviated from how they use it in their daily practice. This underlines the need for a high-quality training of examiners on standard setting methods that they are not familiar with. Furthermore, removing marks from scripts reviewed at award may reduce identified biases, but increase the level of cognitive load associated with the task – in the test phase, experts often fell back on re-marking scripts as a starting point for assessing its worthiness for a given grade. Comparative judgement of scripts may overcome this issue; however, experts also found it difficult to compare scripts holistically when candidates were stronger on different aspects of the assessment.
The next stage of research aims to draw on the aforementioned insights and prototype other standard setting approaches.
In England, Northern Ireland and Wales a system of "Comparable Outcomes" is used to set predictions for how many candidates should receive different grades during their main exams at 17 (AS level) and 18 (A level). Candidates are split into deciles depending on the mean of their exam results at 16 (GCSEs) and predictions for outcomes are set so that each decile is expected to perform to the same historic standard. In French, Spanish and German the numbers entering AS and A level exams has dropped significantly and this may be affecting comparability.
In addition to looking at the Mean GCSE of candidates taking foreign language AS and A levels we also looked at how they did in the GCSE that corresponded to the qualification they were taking. Analysis was undertaken to see how this relationship changed between 2010 and 2016.
We found that candidates in lower deciles were more likely to have received top grades (A* or A) in 2016 than they were in 2010. This puts into question the assumption that candidates in these deciles were comparable between the two periods.
This poster (presented at AEA Europe in 2017) shows our findings.
Wales is a bilingual country with candidates sitting exams through either the English or Welsh languages. For most subjects an original paper is professionally translated so that there are two papers and candidates can pick which one to sit. Considerable effort is exhorted to ensure that the translation produces questions in both mediums which are of identical difficulty. However until very recently no work has been done to use the data produced during marking to empirically measure differential item functioning.
These slides, originally presented at AEA Europe in 2017, use differential item functioning analysis for polytomous items to compare the performance of candidates on different items who took the papers through different languages. The analysis is performed across a number of different subjects.
Some of the analysis based on summer 2017 examinations. However pilot work shows that variation between languages, whilst statistically significant, has tended to be well under 5% of the marks available for an item and implies that these effect sizes are not educationally significant. The results are in the context of an evolving wider DIF strategy whereby flagged items are submitted for qualitative review.


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Violation of condition of suspended sentence by probationer
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NRS 211A.127 – Effects of Violation of Condition of Suspended Sentence by Probationer or Supervised Releasee
It is important for any person who has served time in jail and is now out on parole to do all they can to avoid getting involved in any illegal or nefarious activities. Why? Because if they fail to adhere to the strict provisions of their parole, they could wind up back in jail and triggering the activation of their suspended sentence.
The ramifications of violating parole when the parolee had a suspended sentence is set forth in NRS 211A.127. This statutory provision specifically states:
If a probationer has violated a condition of his or her suspended sentence, the court may, upon its own motion or upon the report and recommendation of the chief or an assistant, do any or all of the following:
(a) Modify the conditions of the suspension of the sentence.
(b) Modify and extend the suspension of the sentence, in whole or in part, for a period of not more than 1 year after the date on which the court finds that the probationer has committed the violation, unless a longer period is authorized by specific statute.
(c) Revoke the suspension of the sentence, in whole or in part, and cause all or part of the sentence to be executed.
If a supervised releasee has violated a condition of his or her pretrial or presentence release, the court may, upon its own motion or upon the report and recommendation of the chief or an assistant, do any or all of the following:
(a) Modify the conditions of his or her pretrial or presentence release.
(b) Revoke his or her pretrial or presentencing release.
(c) Consider the violation at the time of sentencing.
Before taking any action described in subsection 1 or 2, the court shall provide the probationer or the supervised releasee with notice of the proposed action and an opportunity to be heard.
When is a Parolee said to be in Violation under Nevada Law?
According to NRS 213.1243, this is when the Parolee defies the terms and conditions set before him or her by the court when he or is given a supervised releasee. Committing a crime, while on parole status, or failure to inform the parole and probation officer about their current locations is as good as having violated conditions.
What Happens after a Parolee is Arrested?
According to NRS 213.15105, the Chief Parole and Probation Officer may order any parolee who is arrested to be placed in residential confinement instead of detention in county jail. Meanwhile, a board sets out an inquiry to determine whether there is probable cause to believe that the parolee has committed any act of violation as per the report by the peace officer.
The inquiry engages an inquiring officer who carries out all-inclusive research, which would constitute enough grounds that the Parolee was in violation. Once this is done, the Parolee is informed through a notice of the intended inquiry and is invited to defend him or herself.
What does the Board do after Determination of a Possible Violation under the Nevada Law?
According to NRS 213.1517, the determination of a possible violation of conditions by a Parolee opens room for various actions. The board can: –
Order the parolee to be placed in residential confinement.
Suspend his or her parole and return the parolee to confinement.
Release the arrested parolee again upon parole.
Consider a forfeiture or restoration of the credits.
What Other Punishments Can Be Levied Against a Parolee for Breaking the Law?
According to NRS 213.1519, there are many other penalties the court can impose on a Parolee whose parole is revoked by decision of the Board for a violation of any regulation governing his or her conduct:
The Parolee must serve the entire unexpired maximum term or the maximum aggregate term
He or she may not again be released on parole during his or her term of imprisonment under subsection 2 of NRS 213.1215 but may be considered for release on parole under NRS 213.1099
Depending on the situation and circumstance of the violation, the Parolee may be asked to pay some fine
If it is proven that you committed another crime, you may be prosecuted afresh but alongside the original crime.
Have Questions? Speak with a Las Vegas Criminal Defense Lawyer
If you or a family member has been charged with a crime in Las Vegas, or have been charged with allegedly violating the terms of your parole, take action now by contacting an experienced Las Vegas criminal defense attorney with our law firm.
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DOB: 1/1/2013 -- My New Years Baby Boy! Best New Years Resolution I EVER made!!
"Bachelor Party" from Alethia Homestead in Southern California! Born early New Years morning! Thank you Dana and Siena!! Take a look at those udder pics from his 2 grandma's below! Can you say... MILK MILK MILK!! This boy is going to bring some INCREDIBLE udder capacity to his kids!! I am so incredibly happy to have him here! He is extremely long bodied, very open ribbed, very angular and dairy, and just a real sweetheart to boot! Both of his Champion grandma's have recently passed on, so his genetics here are even more special, since it is with those genetics that we got our start. We look forward to all the milk and incredibly beautiful body structure that BP will bring into our herd. His first 2014 kids are just GORGEOUS!!
- BP's full brother is CH Algedi Farm JD Shotgun Wedding *B VVE 87 who easily earned his Permanent Championship his first season in the ring!
UPDATE: I am loving my BP kids! They are so beautiful, dairy, ultra showy with beautiful dairy structure! I've retained a gorgeous flashy buckskin doeling out of my Sweet Alyssum (Bellafire BP Flower Girl) and she placed 1st in her doeling class at the NWODGA show, then went on to win her Jr Grand Champion leg at the 2014 Oregon State Fair! She also won 2015 Yamhill County Fairy Grand CH Jr. Doe as well, and 2015 Oregon State Fair Jr CH!
2/11/2018 - ADGA search revealed that CONGRATULATIONS ARE DUE FOR ALETHIA JD BACHELOR PARTY "+*B!
BP earned his "+" in late 2017 - YAHOO!
Pictures below are property of Alethia Homestead, do not copy without permission of Alethia Homestead.
Jasper is LONG as a freight train, with a very long wide loin. He has beautiful proportions, is long, lean, and flat boned. A very sharp dairy buck w/long legs and an extra long body. I would like to see him wider throughout, from front to back. He is as gentle and sweet as any buck I've ever owned. A real love-bug with a heart of gold.
-- Jasper is returning to Castle Rock Farm in fall 2016! Thank you Sarah, I just know you will be so happy to have Tanzanite's brother back home!
- sold to Tres Rios Farm - as you can see, he is very 'food motivated' lol!
HetlandCreek TT 8 Second Ride "Ryder"
Ryder has put some VERY lovely and SUPER refined and dairy kids on the ground this year! I am very impressed! Unfortunatley Ryder injured/broke his front leg in an accident & was euthanized.


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ATHENS, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- Greek society has sent a clear message of solidarity to people seeking a better life away from their homelands, Greek officials told a press conference here on Tuesday on the occasion of International Migrants Day, observed on Dec. 18 each year since 2000.
During the eight years of the debt crisis, Greece has been working systematically towards the smooth integration of migrants in difficult circumstances. The country is seeking prosperity for all without discrimination, Greek Minister for Migration Policy Dimitrios Vitsas said at the event.
"Greece, as a country which has migrants all over the world (the number of Greeks living abroad is as big as its population) and which has received tens of thousands of migrants (over 560,000 are currently living here), is opening its arms and acknowledges their rights and tries to help them," the Greek minister told journalists.
Vitsas reiterated a plea to address xenophobia and boost cross-border cooperation to effectively solve a common challenge.
"Europe's problem is not migration, but inequality, social inequality," Vitsas stressed, decrying the rise of racism, while welcoming the first ever Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, which was adopted by the United Nations Intergovernmental Conference on Migration in Marrakech, Morocco, earlier in December.
"The international community has made a decisive step in the right direction to manage the global phenomenon of migration," he said, underlining that "the solution to the migration issue is legal and safe migration flows."
With more than half a million people, mainly from Balkan and eastern European countries, migrating to Greece since the 1990s, the country faced a major challenge in the past three years, when more than one million refugees and migrants from Asian and African countries landed on its shores.
People fleeing war zones and extreme poverty, seeking a better future, passed through Greece to the countries of central and northern Europe. Hundreds perished in the Aegean Sea as victims of smugglers, while thousands suffered in overcrowded reception camps on the Greek islands amid squalid conditions for several months.
After the closure of borders along the Balkan route in February 2016 the influx dropped dramatically, but still thousands keep trying to reach Greece from Turkey and 60,000 have been stranded here, according to official figures.
Greece "conveys a strong message against fear, hatred and racism against the foreigner. The stance most Greek people held in recent years in the management of the refugee-migrant issue fills us with pride," said Fotini Pantiora, special secretary for crisis communications management at the Ministry of Digital Policy, Telecommunications and Media.
Greek officials and representatives of international organizations acknowledged that numerous problems still need to be solved, but the trend was positive.
"Greek society is more and more ready to the task of offering dignified reception places for refugees and migrants," UNHCR Representative in Greece Philippe Leclerc said at Tuesday's event.
"Greece is committed and understands the problem of migration," added Gianluca Rocco, chief of the International Organization for Migration's (IOM) mission in Greece.
"Dreams do not have one home" was the main slogan of the event in Athens.
Mohammand Mahdi Hossaini, 18, a refugee from Afghanistan made the perilous journey to Europe with his family and reached Greece in March 2016. He saw people perish in the waters while they were crossing the Aegean Sea.
At the event he talked about his dream in fluent Greek and introduced himself with the Greek name he adopted: Orpheas.
"We had a country, we had homes, but we were forced to leave our motherland... We did not come here to steal anybody's country," he said.
"Those of us who wish to stay in Greece want to live in houses, see our children go to school, we want to become a work force for the country which welcomed us... There should be more cooperation between locals and migrants and refugees so that we can build a better country here," he stressed.
Orpheas has been staying in a reception center near Athens. He volunteers as a translator at the camp's clinic. He wants to become a neurosurgeon and hopes that soon he will be able to embrace his father again in Germany, as his request for family reunification is being assessed.


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Using a wrench on the crankshaft bolt rotate the engine until the timing mark on the crankshaft pulley is aligned with the 0° mark on the timing scale.
Verify the distributor rotor is aligned with the index mark on the distributor housing indicating the rotor is in position to fire the number one cylinder. If not, rotate the engine another full turn.
Remove any components or accessory drive belts that interfere with removing the timing belt cover.
NOTE: This varies by model; consult your service manual to determine which parts need to be removed from your vehicle.
Check for proper alignment of the crank and camshaft timing marks.
NOTE: Many engines have a dot or index line on the pulleys or sprockets that must be lined up with corresponding marks on the block, cylinder head, or accessory shaft. On some engines, the index mark on the camshaft sprocket aligns with the parting line of the first camshaft-bearing tower. This is very important if you're replacing a timing belt that has broken. Consult your service manual for the correct alignment procedure for your vehicle and correct any misalignment before installing the new timing belt.
CAUTION: Check the area around the belt for signs of oil or other fluid leakage at seals, cam cover and oil pan. Leaks must be repaired before the new belt is installed.
Loosen the mounting bolt(s) holding the belt tensioner but do not remove it.
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With the tension on the timing belt relieved, the belt should slide easily off the sprockets. Timing belts that have been used for a long time may stick in the pulley grooves and require some gentle prying with a screwdriver to release.
CAUTION: Do not rotate the crankshaft or camshaft after removing the timing belt unless it's necessary to correct a timing mark misalignment. This could cause engine damage on an "interference" design engine.
Compare the old and new timing belts. Compare the shape of the belt teeth, the spacing between the teeth, and the width of the belt.
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Loosen the bolt(s) holding the timing belt tensioner and allow it to contact the belt.
Proper timing belt tension is essential. Adjust the timing belt to the correct tension, following the procedures for your specific vehicle as outlined in your service manual.
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With a wrench on the crankshaft pulley, turn the engine over by hand at least two complete revolutions in its normal direction of travel returning to the 0° mark. This will help seat the new belt into place on the sprockets. On "interference" engines, it will also allow you to feel for any hard resistance that may indicate pistons and valves coming into contact.
Verify the position of all timing marks.
Reinstall the timing covers and tighten the attaching bolts or screws securely.
Reinstall the components and drive belts that were removed to gain access to the timing cover.
Start the engine and verify proper operation.


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League Of Ireland Files - David O'Connor (Shamrock Rovers)
Over the next couples of months we will be hearing from and talk to former Belvo players now playing/managing in the League of Ireland. This week, former Belvedere player Dave O'Connor looks back on his time with Belvo.
Written by David O'Connor, questions and edited by Jamie Moore
Having played for my local club Trim Celtic up to Under 13 level, my move to Belvo came about in 2005 on the back of representing the North Eastern Counties Schoolboys League in the prestigious Kennedy Cup in Limerick. After a personally successful tournament with the N.E.C.S.L, I was invited to attend a trial with Belvedere FC in preparation for the upcoming Under 14 DDSL season. My earliest memories of that time were without doubt my very first training session in my new surroundings, which revolved a series of intricate passing drills used to examine the technical ability of each of the trialists. Thankfully, after successfully negotiating my way through a series of 'one touch, pass and move' drills (the 'Belvo Way'!) I was asked to sign on the dotted line with Belvo and so began what would become an incredibly successful schoolboy career!
One of the most startling things that immediately struck me upon joining Belvo was how high the standards were at my new club. From training sessions, team mates, and coaching staff, it was clear to me that I was at one of the best clubs in the country. Leaving a very successful local Trim Celtic team had provided me with a solid foundation, however the standard of football and players at Belvo was strikingly obvious to me from the outset.
Travelling up from Trim was always going to be a huge challenge for me, from training several times a week during my Junior Cert and Leaving Cert, to having to try gel into a Dublin team as a proud Meath man!! To be honest though, settling into the new dressing was made particularly easy for me as I soon realised that I was one of several new signings of players from outside the capital. This group soon became known as the Belvo 'culchies', and included some very talented players from throughout the country including Jason Finn, Stephen Relihan, Neil Harney and Garvan Broughal, all of whom signed alongside me in 2005.
My first few seasons at Belvo were by no means an easy ride. In fact during my first two seasons my playing time was very limited such was the quality of our squad. After only a handful of appearances in my first season, as an attacking left winger I might add, I was faced with the decision of whether or not it was worth my while to continue playing in Dublin and instead search for a club at a lower level where perhaps I would have played more often. However, such is my stubbornness, and also my confidence in my own ability and ambition, I decided to remain at Belvo and what a great decision that turned out to be! The beginning of the Under 16 season marked me cementing a place in the team on a full time basis at left back. In the end staying at Belvo, even during the first couple of seasons was a no-brainer, playing with the best young players in the country and receiving the very, very best training coaching and management in the whole country.
Throughout my time at Belvo we were lucky enough to be involved in a number of team trips and pre-season tournaments. Trips which stand out vividly in my mind were our trip to Sunderland academy where we played twice against the best underage players that Sunderland could throw at us. Another trip which stands out is the 2006 Milk Cup where among others we played against CSKA Moscow, Crewe Alexandra and Everton, taking more than a few considerable scalps along the way before eventually ending the tournaments as winners of the Milk Cup Shield.
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Without doubt the most abiding memory of my four seasons at Belvo was the 2006 SFAI Cup All Ireland Final against our closest rivals, Crumlin United. Having started the game on the bench, and having sat through what was an incredibly tense 80 minutes of end to end football from the two best schoolboy teams in the country, I was sprung from the bench to try to make an impact.
The game was poised at 3-3 in extra time, and both teams were running on empty. With a minute of extra time remaining and both teams seemingly content to let the game be decided by the dreaded penalty shootout, the script was suddenly altered drastically. A hopeful long ball forward resulted in a flick on by our centre forward Dave Lodola which seemed destined for the Crumlin goalkeeper's arms as he came storming out of his goal. Luck was obviously on our side the faithful evening in Whitehall, as the ball somehow hung in the air, giving me just enough time to leap (all 5 foot nothing of me!), close my eyes and get the slightest of touches on my head, enough to glance the ball over the on-rushing keeper and into the unguarded net for the winning goal. Cue a terrible goal celebration by myself (see pic), and an eruption of celebrations from our dug out!
The following seasons brought further success and medals. The Under 16 and 17 seasons brought with them 2 DDSL Premier League titles. The Under 17 season was particularly successful as not only did we go the entire DDSL season unbeaten, we also had our second FAI All Ireland triumph, as we beat Kilmallock of Limerick 3-1 in the final in Tolka Park. Although it may not have been quite as dramatic as our 2006 final, no last minute extra time goal required thankfully, our second All Ireland success was equally as sweet as it was our final game together as a group.
The Under 17 All Ireland win reinstated our position as the most successful team of our age group in the country but it also acted as a fitting end for an incredibly successful group of players and management that won two DDSL League titles, Two All Ireland winning cups and a prestigious Milk Cup medal over a four year period!!
Over that four year period I was lucky enough to play with some brilliantly talented players, many of whom now are scattered throughout the League of Ireland, including Gary Burke (UCD), Stephen Traynor (Bohemians) and Neil Harney (Athlone Town), and also the likes of Paul Corry and Jimmy Keohane who are both plying their trade in England with Sheffield Wednesday and Exeter City respectively. Playing with players of that standard throughout my days at Belvo undoubtedly helped develop me enormously as a player. However, while my team mates played a significant role in our successes as a group and my own individual development, I would not be anywhere near where I am today without the incredible management team that guided us all the way from Under 14 to Under 17. Among 'Dream Team' of management we were lucky enough to be under were John and Jamie Moore, Gerry Brown, Kieran and Darragh O'Reilly and of course the Alex Ferguson of Irish schoolboy football, Mr Belvedere Jimmy Jackson.
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My post Belvo route has thankfully brought me down a successful path into the League of Ireland, while also enabling me to further my education. On the back of the successful Under 17 season with Belvo, I secured a soccer scholarship in UCD. During my four years at U.C.D I managed to obtain an Honours Degree in Geography, History and Economics and also a Masters Degree in Geography which I completed last August. While completing my college academics, I also pursued my football career. The scholarship system at UCD allowed me to obtain my degree and master while also allowing me to play at the highest level in the country with UCD AFC. in the League of Ireland, under the astute guidance of Martin Russell and Dermot McNally.
Four seasons with UCD brought with them numerous successes, including three Collingwood Cup victories (the All Ireland competition for universities), four successful years in the top flight of the League of Ireland and almost 100 first team appearances, during which I was converted to a centre back. As with my Belvo days, I was lucky enough to find myself in a UCD dressing room that was crammed with some of the best young players in the country. This in turn resulted in four very successful years as a group of young players, under a management staff, who like Belvo, promoted playing an attractive style of football which let each player express themselves and develop to their full potential.
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The end of the 2013 season marked the end of my playing days with UCD and began a new chapter in my footballing journey. Last December I signed with Shamrock Rovers under the management of Trevor Croly. Trevor was a huge factor in me joining, like Martin Russell, he is a former Belvo player. They are both very similar managers in terms of their ethos on playing football the right way, and in the quality of their training sessions and how they deal with their players. For the last ten years, I have only ever played under Belvo people, with John and Jimmy at Belvo, and then Martin at UCD and now Trevor at Rovers.
Having signed a two year contract with Rovers, we completed a challenging, yet thoroughly enjoyable pre-season. The League of Ireland season is just under way, and so-far so-good! Thankfully we remain unbeaten in our opening round of fixtures and sit at the top of the table.
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The History of a Wonderful Thing We Call Insulin
Since the dawn of time, we have searched for ways to make life easier for us. The modern age has given us some amazing technological advances—what we would do without the internet, our iPhones or high-speed travel?
For many people, surviving life without these things sounds rough. However, if you have diabetes, no doubt you're also a big fan of one particular 20th-century discovery: insulin.
Before insulin was discovered in 1921, people with diabetes didn't live for long; there wasn't much doctors could do for them. The most effective treatment was to put patients with diabetes on very strict diets with minimal carbohydrate intake. This could buy patients a few extra years but couldn't save them. Harsh diets (some prescribed as little as 450 calories a day!) sometimes even caused patients to die of starvation.
So how did this wonderful breakthrough blossom? Let's travel back a little more than 100 years ago.…
In 1889, two German researchers, Oskar Minkowski and Joseph von Mering, found that when the pancreas gland was removed from dogs, the animals developed symptoms of diabetes and died soon afterward. This led to the idea that the pancreas was the site where "pancreatic substances" (insulin) were produced.
Later experimenters narrowed this search to the islets of Langerhans (a fancy name for clusters of specialized cells in the pancreas). In 1910, Sir Edward Albert Sharpey-Shafer suggested only one chemical was missing from the pancreas in people with diabetes. He decided to call this chemical insulin, which comes for the Latin word insula, meaning "island."
So what happened next? Something truly miraculous. In 1921, a young surgeon named Frederick Banting and his assistant Charles Best figured out how to remove insulin from a dog's pancreas. Skeptical colleagues said the stuff looked like "thick brown muck," but little did they know this would lead to life and hope for millions of people with diabetes.
With this murky concoction, Banting and Best kept another dog with severe diabetes alive for 70 days—the dog died only when there was no more extract. With this success, the researchers, along with the help of colleagues J.B. Collip and John Macleod, went a step further. A more refined and pure form of insulin was developed, this time from the pancreases of cattle.
In January 1922, Leonard Thompson, a 14-year-old boy dying from diabetes in a Toronto hospital, became the first person to receive an injection of insulin. Within 24 hours, Leonard's dangerously high blood glucose levels dropped to near-normal levels.
The news about insulin spread around the world like wildfire. In 1923, Banting and Macleod received the Nobel Prize in Medicine, which they shared with Best and Collip. Thank you, diabetes researchers!
Soon after, the medical firm Eli Lilly started large-scale production of insulin. It wasn't long before there was enough insulin to supply the entire North American continent. In the decades to follow, manufacturers developed a variety of slower-acting insulins, the first introduced by Novo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals, Inc., in 1936.
Insulin from cattle and pigs was used for many years to treat diabetes and saved millions of lives, but it wasn't perfect, as it caused allergic reactions in many patients. The first genetically engineered, synthetic "human" insulin was produced in 1978 using E. coli bacteria to produce the insulin. Eli Lilly went on in 1982 to sell the first commercially available biosynthetic human insulin under the brand name Humulin.
Insulin now comes in many forms, from regular human insulin identical to what the body produces on its own, to ultra-rapid and ultra-long acting insulins. Thanks to decades of research, people with diabetes can choose from a variety of formulas and ways to take their insulin based on their personal needs and lifestyles. From Humalog to Novolog and insulin pens to pumps, insulin has come a long way. It may not be a cure for diabetes, but it's literally a life saver.
So, what's next for insulin? Scientists aren't sure (though they're working hard on it!), but one thing is certain: insulin is a medical marvel in the world of diabetes.
For more interesting information about insulin, we suggest reading The Discovery of Insulin by Michael Bliss.
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"In 1910, Sir Edward Albert Sharpey-Shafer suggested only one chemical was missing from the pancreas in people with diabetes."
Except insulin is not the only thing diabetics are missing! Diabetics are also lacking amylin! Even a lot of Type 1s don't know this!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amylin
I will be researching amylin next. I believe it is the drug that is in Victoza. Is that true?
Lori Reffett says:
debb052, no the drug that provides amylin is called Symlin. Victoza and the like are GLP1 agonists. This injectible allows the GLP1 hormone to act longer which encourages the pancreas to secrete insulin in the presence of food.
Anthony Lucca says:
When will the price of insulin come down to an affordable amount? If a person can't afford medical insurance they have to lay out 250.00 for five pens. This stuff costs way to much!
Norah Carmichael says:
Interestingly Banting, Macleod, and the rest of the team patented their insulin extract but gave away all their rights to the University of Toronto, which would later use the income from insulin to fund new research. Discovering insulin could have made Banting very rich, but he decided to give the patent away for free. He wanted insulin to be available to everyone, not held out of reach at exorbitant prices. Unfortunately his wishes that the cost be controlled and low has now changed. Luckily in Canada there are ways we can get cheap, almost free insulin paid for by our province.
where do you stay in canada
Wal mart sells old fashioned bottled Insulin, which works very well, thank you, for 25 dollars,a bottle, needles less than 20 for 100. It has kept me alive.
Diabetic Survival Kit says:
Sometimes the little things adding up provide incredible benefits. After insulin use became widespread, complications from diabetes became a major factor determining the quantity and quality of life. As insulins improved, and ways to measure control were developed life span kept increasing. Today, a person with type I diabetes has an excellent chance to have a normal life span. This is a great piece of history.
Margaret Turner says:
I read with interest your article "The History of a Wonderful Thing We Call Insulin". If I recall correctly, my twin brother was the 5th person to be given Humulin Insulin during a research project at Emory University. This would have probably been in the late '60's. Would this be correct?
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Nicole McEwen says:
Wow, great post! I had no idea how insulin treatment was discovered. Type 2 diabetes can be prevented in a lot of cases, if you catch it early. Thankfully, the variety of insulin therapies available makes it easier to treat diabetes if you do develop the disease.
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great discovery.
Not great research on your article, though.
Banting and Best stood on the shoulders of Nicolae Paulescu, who synthesized aqueous pancreatic extract in 1916 (before being drafted to serve in WWI).Today nobody remembers him, because he wrote a couple of (very stupid) anti-semite articles. Good-bye Nobel-Prize, good-bye Street-bearing-his-name.
He revolutionized medicine, though, and together with Banting and Best helped save more than 16 million lives.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolae_Paulescu
William Banks says:
Mahai Thank you for the information about Dr. Nicolae Paulescu. I was just leaving an article about having type one going on sixty two (62) years. August 1953 to August 2015. Bill
Edster says:
Not everyone bows to your talmudic overlords.
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Nancy Williams says:
Insulin is a life saver. I think the problem is we come to depend on these substances too much instead of looking for ways to completely reverse the condition.
Type 2 diabetes is proven to be reversible, I'm proof of that. I had t2 diabetes for over 15 years and am currently in remission simply from changing my diet!
My good friend told me about a segment on Oprah which featured a doctor who developed a program to reverse t2 diabetes (it might work for type 1 as well but I'm not too sure..) she told me about his website http://goawaydiabetes.org.
Within the first week my blood glucose levels dropped 20-30 points.
In the last four weeks it dropped even more and I have maintained within 80-110 on my morning checks.
Have used all the advice in this program and amazingly I've eliminated the nightly dosage of Metformin. My goal is to eliminate all medications.
I'm so disappointed my doctor never told me about this vital information. Instead he would have me monitoring my blood sugar and taking insulin shots for the rest of my life!
Please help spread the word.
-Nancy Williams
I wish type 1 and type 2 diabetes had different names: they cannot be treated the same, Nancy. People lump them together, not knowing that type 1s must take insulin or they will die, and no amount of metformin will make us not have to take insulin. Type 2s' pancreases still make insulin; type 1s make none or not enough insulin. Less than 10% of people with diabetes have type 1, and consequently most information addresses those with type 2.
THANK YOU. I'm so tired of type 2s saying that type 1s just "néed to adjust their diet" – Type 1 diabetes mellitus is not a diseas of affluence or lifestyle. It is a genetic condition that can't be controlled by diet, fatal without insult treatment.
Well said. I'm a 40 year type 1 and my daughter was diagnosed type 1 nearly two years ago. I phoned my local radio station when my daughter heard that " Diabetes in children was often caused by bad diet." This upset me more as I didn't want my daughter to hear that there was any blame attached to her and her type 1. I phoned the radio station however they had to move on before I had a chance to advise on air the differences. It is sad that two very different conditions are named so similarly that the those that don't have it don't get how different the two conditions are.
Nacy, type 2s generally make plenty of insulin but their bodies have trouble using it. They are often called insulin-resistant. Type 2 can be reversed (better to call it remission) for many. It is also a completely different disease.
It is very important to understand that with type 1 our body's immune system have mis-fired by mistaking the insulin making cells in our pancreas as an enemy and destroyed part of our pancreas. That cannot be reversed, no more then you cannot "reverse" a limb that has been amputated. All of us (type 1 & 2) are very fortunate to live in a time when we have so many great treatment options.
Google, 'the diabetes solution' This will lead you to a path of real answers to all questions. Dr. B, a practicing endocrinologist and t1 diabetic himself. read his book, watch his lectures on youtube, connect with patient community on facebook. lots of avenues to learn and survive.
Jim Jennings says:
Outstanding article. Until now, I was most aware of the revolution in treating infectious diseases, in the early 1900's. This adds immeasurably to my understanding. We should all be thankful to be living in this century. Meanwhile, I've never heard any mention of the horrors of diabetes, prior to 1921. I do know that the condition was known in ancient Greece. Until 1921, young patients' tragic struggles with untreated Type 1 Diabetes (+ Terrible Electrolyte Imbalance) must have been fatal in less than 1 year.
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It needs more details about the insulin
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I recommend the book "Breakthrough" if you want to learn more about the discovery of insulin. You can buy it used on Amazon.
The true inventator of insulin was Nicolae Paulescu , a Romanian scientist who discovered it in 1916….before Banting and the other Canadian, who got the Nobel Prize for it. All the world know that was the Romanian Paulescu and the Canadians stole it , and took the prize. What a shame for Canadian History ! I hate when others get credit for someone's work.
Karl Leopold says:
Paulescu discovered insulin before Banting and Best, as did Zeuzler in Berlin. But while Zeuzler discontinued work on his discovery because he mistook hypoglycemic seizures in the patients he tested it on for anaphylactic shock in reaction to the foreign protein, Paulescu's only excuse for not developing his work was that he "got distracted by World War I." Also, since Banting and Best knew nothing of Paulescu's work, they cannot be said to have stolen his discovery.
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Barbara Bell Payne says:
My father, William John Bell 11, 1921 to 2016, passed away March 25, 2016 in Georgia after using insulin 87 YEARS. He has been given awards by Eli Lilly and was an inspiration to everyone battling this disease. By the way, diabetes was NOT the cause of death!
Sheila Hatch says:
I am so inspired and hopeful hearing of your father. My son was diagnosed as a type 1 three years ago at age 19 and I am very proud and impressed at how well he takes care of his health and diligently takes his insulin shots.
Knowing that your father lived a long life with type 1 makes this mother feel both relieved and encouraged that my son will live a healthy life as well.
Thank you for sharing that with me.
Studies of the minority of patients who have survived 50 years or more with type 1 diabetes show that most of them have a genetic oddity which preserves their DNA from the effects of hyperglycemia. Those who survive this long with the disease but without that oddity suffer with a myriad of diabetic complications and often wish they had not lived that long. So it all comes down to whether you are genetically lucky or not.
Are they looking for that genetic oddity in patients who are younger or older and recently diagnosed?
Is there a link between care or blood glucose control with this genetic finding?
Sometimes relationships between cause and effect can be misleading. I am curious about other similarities the Type 1 patients in the study had.
If you can, please point me to where you found this info.
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Nicolae paulescu discovered insulin first, Unfortunately World War 1 an military patrolclosed his laboratory
Deac Alexandru says:
Write about Nicolae Paunescu, please. He is the real discoverer of this medicine.
Why are you trying to hide his big contribute?Because he is Romanian and you hate gipsyes? Romanian are not gipsyes, about 3% of Romanian's population is gipsy and we hate them, because they made a lot of bad in our country and in your countryes.
Write here about Nicolae Paunescu:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolae_Paulescu
And write here about my country, Romania: http://m.9gag.com/gag/ay8OZdb?ref=fbp
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I once vacationed at the Islets of Langerhans.
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When the country opened up to foreigners in the late 19C, the cool summer weather and high altitude of Lake Chuzenji (1 200m) quickly won the hearts of Western tourists, diplomats and writers. The resort offered an escape from the stifling heat of Tokyo, without visitors having to travel too far.
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What began as a modest garden nestled among avocado and lemon trees at Catalina View Gardens has evolved into splendid culinary offerings at Terranea that are a local salute to sustainability. Vice President of Culinary Experiences and Executive Chef Bernard Ibarra has had a love affair with the earth and the sea since his childhood near San Sebastián, Spain, and his reverence for nature's gifts has been a mainstay of his life and his career. With his contagious adventurous spirit, he has opened community doors and inspired the Terranea team to embrace his passion for both farm-to-table and sea-to-table programs at the resort.
Growing fresh produce was naturally at the forefront of Chef Ibarra's vision. Much to his delight, an off-property garden took root in the fall of 2013 after a chance conversation with Rancho Palos Verdes landowner and farmer Jim York.
"Mr. York was having dinner at mar'sel the first time we met. When we talked, we realized that we shared a passion for farming. By the end of our conversation, he offered some of his land for Terranea to use for a garden," he recalls.
Chef Ibarra bought seeds and plants from nearby nurseries and planted tomatoes, leeks, lettuces, chili peppers and herbs. During the first year he personally cared for the garden in between his regular resort responsibilities.
"One day I forgot to turn the water off before returning to Terranea. When I went back and discovered a small lake, I realized that I needed help," he says with a smile.
Other chefs were recruited from his staff, and in 2015 a special projects position was created for sous chef Blake Hale to oversee the garden. Kale, strawberries, onions, potatoes, eggplant, squash and more greens were added to the original crops. Beekeeping was implemented for pollination purposes, which not surprisingly evolved into Chef Ibarra donning a beekeeper's suit and tending to over 120,000 bees.
With the farm-to-table program established, Chef Ibarra soon set his sights on bringing more than fish from the sea to the resort's tables. He began to collect water from the ocean for in-house sea salt production, which led to the official inauguration of the resort's salt conservancy on Earth Day in April 2015.
Roughly 300 pounds of nutrient-rich salt are now produced each year—some of which is infused with Meyer lemons, sage, rosemary, pinot noir wine and strawberries. It is used in cooking for special events like monthly Sea Salt Workshops, gifts in VIP welcome packages, salting margaritas and is for sale at sea beans.
While gathering saltwater, Chef Ibarra was always mindful of the kelp at his feet. "Like anyone who goes to the beach, I used to pick up things without giving it much thought—as I did with kelp a while ago," he says. "We buy kelp and seaweed from suppliers, and it suddenly occurred to me to harvest it as food from the beach below the resort. One day last summer I took a bucket and filled it with kelp, and I took it to the salt conservatory where I washed it and dried it. It looked great and smelled like the ocean!"
After the kelp was dry, Chef Ibarra decided it would be great to use for fish stock and cooking. Then, according to him, a "kelp angel" suddenly crossed his mind.
"I wondered if I should check to see if what I was doing was OK. So I called the Department of Fisheries in Sacramento, and I was surprised to learn that you must have a permit to harvest kelp," he explains. "When I heard that, it felt as if I was on the freeway and slamming on the brakes!"
He continues, "A fisheries representative explained to me how kelp is a very important part of the ecosystem. When I responded that it was already broken and lying on the beach, I was told that there is a distinct purpose for it … such as food or a home in the natural world. That is when I realized that we humans do things that we think are right because it suits us. But in reality, that is not true. The kelp gave me an additional level of respect for the sea and nature."
Terranea's permit is expected in 2018. When it is finalized, Chef Ibarra is looking forward to using kelp for seasoning in savory and sweet dishes, to jellify ingredients, for bread-making, in vegan recipes and eventually for spa treatments. "It is very rich in iodine, so cooking with it not only makes a great seasoning but it also makes a dish healthier. There is no limit to what we can do with kelp creatively!"
Chef Ibarra is always exploring ways to expand Terranea's already rich sustainability program. Six chickens recently joined the Terranea family and took up residence at the nearby Catalina View Gardens. The flock was a gift from a local family and is comprised of three Rhode Island Reds, one Australorp, and two Orpington chickens; they are named Parmesan, Fricassee, Chicken Little, Chick-a-dee, Benedict and Chicklet.
There are plans to triple the size of the flock by summer. The eggs are used for special dishes at Nelson's and mar'sel and are offered as an in-room dining option.
Given his Spanish roots, it was simply a matter of time before Chef Ibarra's culinary journey included olives. In 2017 the Terranea chefs rolled up their sleeves and assisted with a full day of harvesting five varietals of olives (Frantoio, Moraiolo, Amfissa, Leccino and Manzanillo) at a local orchard owned by the Bizoumis family for the resort's first olive oil production.
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Clearcast has also taken over management of the Attribution System from the board of TV Eye, as well as managing additional commercial and administration contracts and services going forward.

The BACC process

Advertising agencies submit pre-production scripts before any significant expense is incurred in the production of a TV commercial to the BACC. Once submitted the agencies allocated Copy Group Executive will give initial comments on the script detailing broadcast timing restrictions, advice on the appropriate use of specific shots or imagery and requesting substantiation. An agency will then either adapt the script (because it does not comply or contains a claim which cannot be 'backed up') and submit relevant substantiation documents to the BACC executive.

A process of second-reading then takes place whereby the executive may request further information or approve the script.

The process of script submissions is to reduce the risk of agencies spending a significant outlay on a TV commercial which is later rejected because it is unacceptable.

Once a script submission is accepted an agency will produce a final (or 'clocked') TV commercial which also needs to be submitted for approval to the BACC. The agency can submit the 'clocked' ad in a variety of ways including on VHS, DVD or digitally via FTP using the digital copy clearance system.

Once received and ingested into the BACC system the ad is first checked for supers, a process which measures the height (in television lines) of required legal text ('the small print') to ensure it complies. The legal text height is 16 TV lines, measured on a flat-topped, lower case letter and anything less will be rejected. Legal text is also timed to ensure it is legible to the viewer.

Some ads fail at this point and the agency is forced to change the legal text to ensure it complies. After this stage the ad is subjected to a 'flash test' which ensures it will not cause health implications to sufferers of photosensitive epilepsy.

After this stage the commercial is screened by a Traffic Assistant who checks the ad and accompanying post-production script and relevant consignment details are full, valid and correct. Consignment details include relevant music, artists names and voice-over names.

Once this process is complete the ad is allocated to the relevant Copy Group Executive where it is viewed and placed 'on the reel' for the following day's morning meeting. The term 'on the reel' relates to a viewing which takes place every morning at 10am where a group of executives view each commercial and pass comments on whether it complies with the BCAP code. Most ads comply (because they are as per the initial script) but this viewing serves as a point of spotting otherwise unforeseen problems such as music which is not permitted or a style of cutting which does not show the product in an accurate light.

After the morning meeting, usually at 11:30am the copy group return to their desks and pass on feedback to the agencies and approve compliant commercials.

See also
 CAP Code
 Ofcom
 Radio Advertising Clearance Centre

References

External links
 Clearcast
 https://web.archive.org/web/20040704014500/http://www.adconsult.info/framework/existing_regulation.cfm?menulink=true

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Keep America Beautiful recently awarded the Keep Cincinnati Beautiful (KCB) program both its Civic/Nonprofit award and its America Recycles Day Award.
KCB won the recycling award because of their One Stop Drop event. They set up a day partnering with 2TRG, the Cincinnati Zoo, Hamilton County, City of Cincinnati and Whole Foods. The day allowed recycling of electronics, batteries, dried out pens and markers, plastic bags and number 5 plastics.
The other award winning program was Sustainability in Action (SIA). This program worked with Cincinnati Public Schools, including Dater High School, Rees E. Price Academy, Roselawn Condon, Rockdale Academy and Silverton Padeia. It was funded by P&G, Hamilton County Recycling and Solid Waste District, and City of Cincinnati Office of Environmental Quality.
That program seeks to teach students "green" habits using hands-on activities. They saved tons of waste from going into landfills. These pioneering programs will no doubt be replicated around the nation to spread the word on recycling!


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Oh Yeah, Life Goes On in Indiana
Singer John Mellencamp shows "GMA" around battleground Indiana.
By KATE SNOW and COURTNEY CHAPMAN
Nov. 1, 2008 — -- Sometimes the best way to see a state is with a local. So when ABC News' 50 states in 50 days project rolled into Indiana, we called up favorite son, singer John Mellencamp.
We all know he was born in a small town (Seymour, Ind., to be exact), and while chart-topping songs have helped him realize the American dream, he hasn't left the heartland behind. He and his third wife, former supermodel Elaine Irwin, now call Bloomington, Ind., home.
He can be stopped driving around in his 1956 Chevy Nomad. He says there's an authenticity to these back roads that you don't find in the big city, even if he disagrees vehemently with most of his neighbors.
"I never did really want to fit in, " Mellencamp said. "I enjoy being the outsider. You know I'm a loud talker and always have been even before I had a guitar and record deals and hit records."
He calls himself a political outcast in his home state. But he has never been shy about voicing, or singing, his politics.
"If I was to vote my interest I'd be a Republican. I don't vote my interest. I vote for what I think would be the best and most compassionate for the country," said Mellencamp. "You know, America used to be a great place. It's not now, and we will be again, but right now it's not a great place."
Mellencamp's career has spanned 32 years and 23 albums. And while he still writes a lot about changing tradition, he no longer cares what other people say.
"I'm an old man. I'm long past worrying when I sit down to write a song what people are going to think of it."
The lyrics to one of Mellencamp's most memorable tunes, "Jack and Diane," were inspired by his experiences growing up in Seymour, Ind. And while the line "suckin on a chili dog outside the Tastee Freeze" lives on, the actual Tastee Freeze is long gone.
"I see small towns across America going out of business," he said. "The town I grew up in, there's no stores in there anymore. Corporate America moved in and put all those stores out of business. I don't like the fact that we're now all the same."
Three years after the success of "Jack and Diane," Mellencamp recorded "Scarecrow," an album that dealt with the problems facing small towns and small family farms. On the heels of its success, Farm Aid was formed.
"You know, since we started Farm Aid there has been 300,000 small farms going out of business. Over a million acres lost to urban sprawl," Mellencamp recalled. "That's not the kind of compassion you want to show the people who grow the food and support basically this country and the world."
Though he hasn't performed there in more than 20 years, the auditorium at Indiana University is still one of Mellencamp's favorite venues. It was there where he went from performing in bars to the big time.
"When I played here in 1984, we were rocking this place so hard the balcony almost fell down," he said.
He long ago lost his stage fright, and now he always gets excited about performing in front of an audience -- kind of how he feels about election night.
"I think that if a guy had any hope at all," he said, "I think better times are in front of us."


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How many women CEOs has the AVMA had?
By Good News For Pets on March 8, 2019 Pet IQ
The AVMA has had one woman CEO to date. The current CEO, Dr. Janet Donlin, was selected as executive vice president and CEO of the AVMA in 2016. This marked the first time a woman has held the highest staff leadership position in the AVMA since the office was created in 1922. To read the full list of female veterinarians honored by the AVMA for International Women's Day in our story, click here.
Donlin is the first veterinarian to earn the Certified Association Executive credential from the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE). She is a former trustee of the former AVMA's Group Health Life Insurance Trust (known as AVMA LIFE), and she is a former board member of the American Association of Corporate and Public Service Veterinarians.
The AVMA, founded in 1863, is one of the oldest and largest veterinary medical organizations in the world, with more than 93,000 member veterinarians worldwide are engaged in a wide variety of professional activities. Visit www.avma.org for more information.
Janet Donlin named executive vice president/chief executive officer of the American Veterinary Medical Association


My weather vanes this week are a bit of a departure from the normal. They are miniature and on my mantel atop one of the houses in my Christmas Village.
The village houses, shops, church and lighthouse were first displayed at my parent's home. When they moved a few year's ago they didn't have enough room for all the Christmas decor and I was the lucky recipient of the village.
I love this photograph. It clearly shows the two weather vanes on the ironworks shop. This Christmas village brings me much joy every holiday. Thanks Mom!
Weather vanes are very cool–and your Village is awesome!
I love your village, and those weathervanes are so cute!
Thanks so much…I was happy to have them to use. Things are getting busy and I didn't have time to go out on a search for vanes this week.
what a WONDERFUL KEEPSAKE to keep in the family, are beautiful on your mantel great to pass on to one of your boys.
Yes, I hope to do that. Thanks!
Really love your Christmas village!


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Once you bring awareness and ask yourself: 'how am I feeling in this moment?' You can now ask yourself: 'Can I act differently to get a different outcome?' ...By shifting things within yourself, you're able to shift things outside of yourself.
TAKE SIMPLE YET POWERFUL ACTION EACH MORNING.
Raana breaks down the four principles from her book on how to start off your morning right. The first is setting an intention. How do you want your day to go? Start with a simple intention and make it believable for yourself. For example, you can say "My day will be productive at work." Will it always be as you say? Most likely not. However, it's the intention you set that gives you some ownership of your day, rather than allowing your day to just happen to you. Raana shares that YOU get to create your reality, which requires intention. Instead of reacting to life, create your path.
Second is gratitude. Gratitude and negative feelings do not mix. Gratitude brings you with this high vibrating and expanding energy, and it's one of the easiest ways to feel good. Get out of the stress and strain cycle by switching those thoughts into things you are grateful for. Third, practice detachment. After you've set your intention and thought or wrote down your grateful thoughts, detach from outcomes and let it go. You can control your effort, but you can't always control the outcome. This frees up your energy for the things that matter. Lastly, take action. Align your behaviors with your intentions. Do your actions align with your goals?
2. TAKE YOUR DAILY PRACTICE WITH YOU EVERYWHERE YOU GO.
Intention: I want to have fun in my presentation and educate my audience.
Gratitude: I am grateful that I get to present this new research to my team.
Detachment: If I let go of being perfect at the end of presentation. All I do is focus on being myself and teaching what I know, even if I mess up.
Action: I am going to speak slowly and have my notecards with me. I have rehearsed this before and I am ready.
TAKE PERSONAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND MAKE CHANGES.
It's easy to blame others around you for how you feel at work. If you work with a team that's constantly perpetuating negative beliefs like it's their job, then it's easy for you to absorb that energy, even unknowingly. If you're not happy at work because you feel this energy drainage, bring a gratitude practice to the workplace. A great idea is starting off every meeting by having each employee share things they are grateful for in life, including at work. There can be a gratitude board at work, where employees take turns writing empowering statements. When you focus your energy on something, you can be intentional about nurturing whatever that is.
If you focus on revitalizing your team, your energy and attention will go into showing appreciation for the hard work your team does. Think about how your actions can be contagious (in a positive way!) and how you can role model for your team. Even if you know that you have to get another job somewhere else because there is no longer a fit between you and that setting, you can still approach your day with your meaningful intentions until the right opportunity comes your way.


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