So something very interesting happened last year that I was made aware last night. Every year or so around this time, for some reason, there's this part of me that wants to visit the old forums again, to see if old friends are still actively playing CM, to see if there are any up and coming CM players with really good potential. It's this excess water in my chart that does crazy things to my head during winter. My annoying god is water, yet my nobleman resides in it. It's not a very helpful nobleman. It usually just gives me headaches, troubles, it's really just mah q fan <--- cantonese.
I'm looking through forum posts and start to see comments about disputes with certain people with high karma points. Meanwhile, I'm thinking, yeah, I hated the karma points from the beginning because I find it distracting from real learning. I still prefer the old forum way where people have meaningful exchange in posts visible to the public and good or bad karma is built based on your exchange with people. People are not dumb. They can judge for themselves who have good intent. Who have good skills. Who is willing to teach. Who have crap skills but pretend to be master. If they can't judge, what can I say.... This is my personal feeling about the system but I never said anything about being against it to Sunny. After all, it's his house, his rules. He has to find ways to make the forum engaging and sustainable and I can tell he's very dedicated to the forum. So I applaud him.
Then I see the announcement post to separate from Facebook affiliated page, and I vaguely remember seeing it before but didn't pay much attention to it at the time. I was one of the moderators but inactive and practically missing for years by choice. I wasn't surprised that I was removed as moderator or have other privileges removed. In fact, I thought, what took so long!? As this announcement mentioned FB page, I went to check on FB and saw what was originally fivearts.info was changed to .org. Who is .org? Did Sunny change forum extension? Of course after scrolling down, I start to see a whole lot of posts from Jlim and Pdstelle. I went on .org and saw who's the owner. My memory is starting to come back to me.
Around the same time of the announcement, Pdstelle messaged me to join .org and mentioned .info/sunny directed some words towards me and Jlim. Okay, not sure what she meant since I haven't been in touch with Jlim for about the same length of time I was MIA in .info but whatever. She then said something about .org will give 25% profit to practitioners. I knew immediately I don't want to be part of money making CM. This has been my long standing belief for myself, once money is involved, my learning is interrupted and contaminated.
I can't remember if I ever joined. I read through my message with her and I did jokingly tell her I was going to hurry and reserve my hellokitty id before someone else takes it but honestly, at this moment, I can't remember nor am I interested in checking if I did signed up or not since it's really not the point right now.
Last night I messaged Sunny and asked him what does he want me to do with fb page. I told him I can kill it off. I didn't suggest to him that if he wanted me to take it back and clean it up, I would do it too. He told me to delete it.
The original .info fb affiliated page was created by me for Sunny's fivearts.info. No one ever asked for my permission to redirect .info fb to another forum. I can only remember giving admin rights to Pdstelle as it was requested by Sunny in the beginning. After she was granted access, I stopped monitoring the page. It was only about a month or so from creation to handover. Why they feel they have the right to do this is beyond me. I don't agree with it. As of last night, I shut it down.
Don't rely on the unknown to help you. Use your common sense and judge for yourself.
Ok, I locked this topic to prevent further escalation or argument.
The way I understand is hellokitty is trying to clear the air and possibly her name as well.
Past actions cannot be undone, I wish everyone including current and ex-members of fivearts.info forum is well, happy and fortunate always.
And welcome back @hellokitty, many members here are missing you.
Eh, today is Winter Solstice Festival !
What a nice day for you to return and post.


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It was a bold move and his courage to believe in his vision for the future still drives the company's direction, innovation and growth.
Networking to find like-minded people with shared values and complementary goals, Michael has built a strong company based on designing projects for win-win solutions.
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'There is no design to being a role model': Dustin Lance Black on parenthood and growing up gay in a Mormon family
American screenwriter and film producer Dustin Lance Black Credit: Andrew Crowley
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Growing up in a Mormon family in a deeply conservative military town in Texas in the early 1980s, Dustin Lance Black was told repeatedly and unambiguously that homosexuality was "akin to murder". Yet he already knew that he was attracted to other boys. The only way he could square the circle, he recalls, was to retreat into silence.
"I wanted to disappear. I didn't want to be noticed. I feared any careful examination. And so I didn't speak for about three years, from age six to nine. Isn't that 'Wow'? Now I can't stop talking."
He certainly can't. In his brick-walled warehouse home in south London, the 44-year-old's words come tumbling out, the twang of the southern United States in his accent...
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Rochester New York Football Club, anteriormente conhecido como Rochester Raging Rhinos e Rochester Rhinos, é um time de futebol dos Estados Unidos, com sede em Rochester, no estado de Nova Iorque. Fundada em 1996, a equipe joga na MLS Next Pro. Suas cores são o preto, branco e verde.

No dia 30 de novembro de 2017 a equipe anunciou que entraria em hiato e só retornaria em 2019.. Porém, sua volta aos gramados foi oficializada em 2022, para disputar a recém-criada MLS Next Pro.

História
A equipe foi fundada em 1996, quando entrou para a A-League, até que em 1997 esta se fundiu com a USISL, porém permanecendo o nome. Em 2005, a A-League mudou de nome para USL First Division. Em 2006, o Rhinos passou a utilizar o recém-concluído Paetec Park, estádio com capacidade para 13.768-assentos. A construção do estádio está em curso e, uma vez concluído, este terá capacidade total de  cerca de 20.000 lugares. Em 2011 a liga mudou de nome novamente para USL Pro.

A equipe fez os playoffs de todas as temporadas até dezembro de 2013. Chegou à final do campeonato sete vezes (1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2015).

O time foi considerado um candidato para entrar na MLS quando seu estádio estava na fase de planejamento.

Em junho de 2021, o atacante inglês Jamie Vardy foi anunciado como co-proprietário do Rhinos juntamente com David e Wendy Dworkin. Desde março de 2022, manda seus jogos no John L. DiMarco Field (que recebe jogos de futebol e lacrosse), situado no Monroe Community College, em Brighton, e com capacidade para 1.500 lugares. Anteriormente, jogou como mandante no Fauver Stadium (1996), no Frontier Field (1996 a 2005) e no Marina Auto Stadium (2006 a 2017).

Em 10 de março de 2023, o Rochester New York FC retirou-se do MLS Next Pro e encerrou as operações citando um "modelo de negócios insustentável".

Elenco e comissão técnica

Títulos
 United Soccer Leagues: 1998, 2000, 2001 e 2015
 US Open Cup: 1999

Clubes de futebol fundados em 1996
Clubes de futebol em hiato dos Estados Unidos
Clubes campeões da Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup
Equipes da USL Championship

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A minicab firm says it has received notice that it will not be prosecuted despite getting more than 200 tickets for driving in the M4 bus lane.
Addison Lee said it had been contacted by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to say the tickets, and 130 court summonses, had been dropped.
On Friday, the government announced that the bus lane would be scrapped.
The CPS has not commented on Addison Lee's claim.
Only buses, coaches, motorbikes, emergency vehicles and licensed taxis can use the 3.5-mile (5.6km) lane, which runs between Heathrow Airport and central London.
Transport Secretary Philip Hammond has said the bus lane is "not effective" and will be scrapped at the end of the year.
The bus lane will be suspended from 24 December for 18 months when the lane comes back into use for the Olympics, after which it will be scrapped for good.
All motorists will again be able to use the lane which operates on the London-bound carriageway from near Heathrow Airport.
Mr Griffin said: "I'm very pleased that people are starting to realize that the current anti-competitive bus lane rules are not workable.
The bus lane was introduced by then Transport Secretary John Prescott in 1999.


This is a page I created to document Edward's first plane trip, for my Project Life album. I took a lot of photos that day, so I decided to tackle it digitally. I originally made this for a Design House Digital 4-Play challenge, so it used just the four specific kits from the challenge, and then I later added the compass under the title.
...the Life Paper Scrapbook Project Life Challenge #1: Layering in Project Life! How exciting!
I've used lots of layers on this page: the patterned papers as a base layer, transparency and text over a photo for the title, and then many clustered and overlapped photos to fit as many in as possible. The pictures are jostled a bit to get a sense of movement, and the order they're in shows the progression of our journey.
On the TV channel ABC4Kids, there's a cute little show called "Little Ted's Big Adventure". Yep, it's Little Ted from Play School, he has his own show! Actually I just saw today that Jemima now has her own show too: Jemima's Big Adventure :) Anyway, because our son Edward's nickname is Ted, that's what we called this holiday from the start!
This was the first time we used the car DVD player, so I have pics of that (VERY thankful that it kept him calm, as we'd hoped). Although Edward was able to walk from 15 months, he rarely did until Christmas, so going for a long walk was still a big deal, and I took a bunch of pics of him walking along. He has a little toy that we call "Pizza Man" as he looked to me like a little pizza chef (but someone pointed out he is probably a traffic controller - oh well, the name has stuck!) So it was pretty cool to see a real live Pizza Man - he was such a nice guy too. Edward fell asleep before we took off, so he probably didn't realise we went up in the air at all!
I followed the configuration of Becky Higgins' Design F page protectors, which I love, and used InDesign to create the entire layout, as it's much easier work in a grid and to crop images to frames than in Photoshop. I'm trying to avoid Photoshop for my Project Life, as it's a major time sucker for me! I only edit photos if they really need it, and I'm a lot less tempted to edit when designing with InDesign.
There were four DHD kits used originally, but I later removed a stylised flower (from Mary Moseley's Reminisce-Flowers, Frames & Borders kit), and replaced it with the compass, so there's nothing from that kit on the final layout. The flower was quite geometric and resembled a compass, so that's where I got the idea, but I wanted a proper compass to complete the look.
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How the Two-Adult Rule Can Save Your Child From Abuse
by lnetwork | May 25, 2017 | Blog | 0 comments
The hard truth that all parents have to accept is that abuse does happen and it happens in youth leagues.
We don't want our kids to miss out on the all the fun, learning, and exercise they will get from participating in youth sports. But we also fear that our child may become the victim of abuse.
We want to assume the best of people in general. We want more than anything to entrust our children's coaches with their safety and assume that their passion for the sport and love for teaching kids is genuine. Unfortunately, the reality is that many people out there do use youth leagues as a means to get close to children for all the wrong reasons.
Sexual predators exist, and the most important step you can take as a parent to protect your kids is to make sure they are never alone with their coach or another adult in the organization.
You may have known your child's coach for years or even be friends with them. They may even feel insulted that you would ever suspect them of such behavior. However, enforcing the Two-Adult Rule is as much for your kid's protection as it is for the
The Two-Adult Rule requires that no fewer than two adults be present at all times when with a child.
The Two-Adult Rule is good because it:
Protects the child: Children are vulnerable to sexual abuse because they naturally trust their coaches. They're often not given any reason not to. Parents don't usually give their kids the sexual abuse talk until they start to feel it is necessary or begin to suspect something. Unfortunately, by that point, it may already be too late.
If the coach is never left alone with the child, they are protected from becoming a victim of grooming, molestation, or abuse.
Protects the coach: If the league has a rule that a coach and player can never be alone together, the coach will never find themselves in a situation where they have to defend themselves.
The smallest of accusations of any inappropriate behavior, touching or language on the part of the coach could potentially destroy their reputation and end their career. Even if the alleged behavior were later proven false, the emotional damage has already been done. And people may always be suspicious of that coach which will ruin their career in youth sports.
No opportunity for inappropriate behavior to occur means no opening for a sexual predator to strike and no allegations can be made. As parents and coaches, protect yourself and the kids by enforcing the Two-Adult Rule.
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Our tailors also specialise in costumes and outfits for advertising and T.V commercials. One of our clients, Angela Schnoeke-Paasch, gave us the opportunity to provide costumes for documentary films on the Abu Dhabi Museum, Al-Ain Museum and more recently the opening of the Yas Waterworld in Abu Dhabi. Working with her is a daunting yet, exciting experience. This is because her requests come usually in the early hours of the morning or during the day, and must be completed over night. Our dedication and competence allows us to meet her demands, working the extra hours if necessary.
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The success of small ruminants production is directly linked to the husbandry practices adopted on the farms.
To foster better husbandry practices, two husbandry training workshops were conducted, featuring participants from ten Caribbean territories.
The first training programme was a 4-Day Regional Small Ruminants Capacity Building workshop, which ran from the 14th to the 18th March 2016.
The second training programme was a 5-Day Regional Small Ruminants Capacity Building workshop, which was held from the 13th to the 17th June 2016.
These training workshops were conducted as part of the NZ/CARICOM Regional Small Ruminants Development Project. This is a 2-year programme (funded by New Zealand), which focuses on building the region's capacity in the development and application of improved husbandry practices and reproductive technologies for small ruminants.
This module focuses on the various approaches being promoted in the Caribbean as a response to Global warming. Special emphasis is given to climate change resilience by crop selection and methods to protect both crops and animals.
This section will present an overview about good management practices (GMPs) for a sheep and goat farm.
Regionally, it is recognized that small ruminants production has been the mainstay of the farm family and efforts are being made to expand the economic impact and profitability of the sector. Goats and sheep have the capacity to adapt to a wide range of environmental conditions. They are hardy animals that can be kept on marginal land or rough terrain that is unsuitable for other types of livestock. They are well adapted to the climatic conditions of the region. Goats and sheep may be easy prey for predators and must be kept guarded from harm.
As the sector grows, producers have begun to explore new and better ways to help improve their herd / flock management and increase individual production factors and productivity.
This Production Manual is addressing a need in the industry and seizing an opportunity to provide proven, practical and efficient approaches for producers to effectively manage their animals and farms in order to produce a nutritious and high quality product for consumers. The instructions can also be used for self-assessment and/or benchmarking of individual producers.
Supporting this manual is the Information Communication Technology (ICT) Resource covering several aspects of Small Ruminants' Production and Management Systems. Information is configured and uploaded to a MOODLE platform which is currently operational and accessible via website http://csrp.cardi.org. Over the short term the platform will offer certification at varying levels based on competencies developed by studying and applying the information provided.


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Bang the Pan Chocolate Chunk Cookies
October 18, 2018 / By Matt
This cookie, the Pan-Banging Chocolate Chip Cookie from Sarah Keiffer, does not really need much of an introduction as it has already whipped much of the social media universe into a much-deserved frenzy. I made a mental note to make this cookie back when it was showcased in the New York Times (and a zillion Instagram posts), but I was in the middle of a move and all of my mental notes shattered into a million little pieces. I don't move well.
This lovely, large, wrinkled and wave-like chocolate chunk cookie recently resurfaced again via a friend's Instagram, and after I glanced at the ingredients and directions, I realized it perfectly conformed to my current living situation. At the moment, I am "in-between" apartments which is a nice way of saying "glorified couch surfing". All of my prized kitchen things are still (hopefully) tucked away in some random New Jersey storage facility. And though I am staying in some quite lovely Airbnb's during this forced transition time, none of them are set up for baking. In fact, 9 out of 10 Airbnb's have barely usable knives, let alone a baking sheet or a brownie pan.
So, even though the Pan-Banging Chocolate Chip Cookie instructions mention a stand mixer, I am here to tell you that you can mix the dough the old-fashioned way: with a wooden spoon and a large bowl and a fair amount of elbow grease. And even though I really wanted to bake these cookies on human-sized baking sheets, I managed to bake these off in "two-at-a-time" batches utilizing a tiny tray I pilfered from a sad toaster oven.
But the important thing to note here: these cookies are so incredibly good, so perfectly caramelized on the edge with a near molten chocolate center, that I would find a way to assemble these over a campfire if I had too.
My two recipe notes overlap with Sarah's much touted wisdom. One, make sure you use chocolate chunks here. Chocolate chips will just not have the safe gooey effect (and to be honest, they won't be as Instagram-worthy if you care about that sort of thing). Second, make sure you give these cookies a lot of room to spread. They spread more than your typical chocolate chip/chunk cookie, and more than I anticipated as my first batch melded into one super cookie. While the "super cookie" did not have the same optical effect, it was quite delicious in its own right.
Pan Banging Chocolate Chunk Cookies from the Vanilla Bean Baking Book by Sarah Keiffer
2 cups (284 g) all-purpose flour
¾ teaspoon salt
2 sticks; 227 g unsalted butter, room temperature
1½ cups (297 g) granulated sugar
¼ cup (50 g) packed brown sugar
1½ teaspoons pure vanilla extract
6 ounces (170 g) dark chocolate (60%-72%) , chopped into chunks
Preheat oven to 350°F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
In a small bowl, whisk the flour, baking soda, and salt.
In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat the butter on medium speed until creamy (alternately, you can do this work by hand with a large wooden spoon, but it will take a bit longer). Add the sugars and beat on medium until light and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Add the egg, vanilla, and water and mix on low to combine. Add the flour mixture and mix on low just until combined. Add the chocolate and mix on low into the batter.
Form the dough into 3½-ounce (100g) balls (a heaping 1/3 cup each). Place 4 balls of dough an equal distance apart on a prepared pan and transfer to the freezer for 15 minutes before baking. After you put the first baking sheet in the oven, put the second one in the freezer.
Place the chilled baking sheet in the oven and bake 10 minutes, until the cookies are puffed slightly in the center. Lift the side of the baking sheet up about 4 inches and gently let it drop down against the oven rack, so the edges of the cookies set and the inside falls back down (this will feel wrong, but trust me). After the cookies puff up again in 2 minutes, repeat lifting and dropping the pan. Repeat a few more times to create ridges around the edge of the cookie. Bake 16 to 18 minutes total, until the cookies have spread out and the edges are golden brown but the centers are much lighter and not fully cooked.
Transfer the baking sheet to a wire rack; let cool completely before removing the cookies from the pan.


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2. Immediately following the slack, the arena must be cleared of all animals and contestants.
2. Grand Entry where it would be appreciated that contestants with horses participate.
a) Friday 3pm- 5:30pm for pre-perf warm up.
Please note: Other then the times stated the building will be locked down and off limits to contestants. No exceptions. Absolutely no riders in the arena or running of stock in the arena one and a half (1.5) hours prior to performance and one hour before slack time. Pre-perf warm ups including pre-slack, running of the barrels or barrel patterns is absolutely not allowed.
4. Each event day leaders will make a victory lap around the arena. If the contestant does not have a horse, the committee will supply them with one.
5. Limited stalling available in Barn B/UFA pavilion. Please keep area clean.
6. Rodeo telephone: (780) 672 3640. All calls will be transferred to the rodeo office on site.
7. Contestant gates are located on the East gate off Exhibition Drive- this allows contestants access behind the arena. Entry to the arena is ONLY through the designated doors on the WEST end of the building.


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Kickstarter for mechanical Atari Pong game table enters its final days
Dean Takahashi@deantak
Atari Pong mechanical table.
Image Credit: Calinfer
Tabletop versions of Atari Pong used to be the rage in the 1970s. And now a team at Calinfer in Uruguay is reproducing what was once an electronic game as a real-life mechanical game that is akin to an air hockey table.
The Atari Table Pong Project is now in its final days of its Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign. So far, 214 backers have pledged more than $223,000 of its goal of $250,000 in an all-or-nothing campaign. Clearly, some people are in love with this retro idea that brings the past back.
Gerardo Orioli, who lives in the Bay Area and is working on the project with Daniel Perdomo at Uruguay-based Calinfer, said in an interview with GamesBeat that the project is an homage to the retro days of gaming, based on the process of taking the digital to the physical.
"What I liked about the Pong games was that a lot was left to the imagination," he said. "You could fill in the blanks. At first, this was just a hobby. This was more like an accident. We never planned it, but we were fans of Atari and here we are."
They built the original as a tribute to Pong, and they loaded it with retro sounds, bouncing lights, and mechanical game, uh, mechanics that mimicked the original.
It uses a combination of magnets, electric motors, mechanical system of rails and poles, leads and electronics. The motors drive the magnets under the play-field with a mechanical device on rails and pulleys. On the surface, the short bars and square simulate the two-dimensional interface of the original game.
Above: Atari Pong Table Project
The challenge was to control the ratio between mechanical forces and speed against the magnetic fields so the ball remains engaged, and to recreate the illusion of the movement as close as possible to the original 2D game.
"It's a physical representation of a digital game," he said. "It's almost like a sculpture of a good painting, in a different medium. We created the motion with the mechanics and magnets underneath. It's not that we are against digital. But this is more like a step back. Like a statement, that we want something we can touch."
The coffee-pong table comes not only with the game but also a classic digital clock displayed on its top, USB ports mounted on the rack, and a way to play streaming music via Bluetooth. Atari licensed Pong to Calinfer.
Calinfer is also planning new products that are in the early stages of design. The company will use the same magnetic and mechanical design to expand its family of tables to something it calls "big boss," as well others called "high top" and "double double."
The latter will have a survivor mode or doubles games where players will have to team up with a partner to beat the competition. This Pong version departs slightly from original game, the design twist will have a surprise that makes the game more challenging and fun.
Above: Atari Pong Project Table
Calinfer was founded in 2014 and it has nine employees. The company started making an air hockey machine. After it completed that, it shifted to work on a coffee table game. That's how the Pong table evolved. The company had a seed investment from ANII, Uruguay's National Agency of Innovation and Research, as well as the hardware support accelerator of Sinergia Tech, together with a private investor.
"We used to go to the arcades and play Pong and Ms. Pac-man and Donkey Kong," Orioli said. "The real reason of this 3D homage to Pong is that, as much as we are fans of the modern stuff, the hyper-realistic games, we like the platform games that you can play with kids. It's a challenge to find games for the whole family, and that is what we like about the good old days."
Orioli said he was proud that, so far, much of the support from backers has come from Latin America, including Uruguay.
"That means a lot too, as we owe a lot to our roots," Orioli said. "We grew up in a place where technology was very scarce. Now there is a huge gaming industry in Uruguay exporting games around the world."


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We are looking for highly motivated Cloud Ops engineers to build our Next Generation Object Model in AWS. Our current model uses a tiered storage solution that leverages a robotic tape backup system in conjunction with a disk based cache on a clustered file system. We are building a new cloud version of this tiered storage system utilizing S3 and Glacier. We'll employ machine learning models that optimize our cost and availability between S3 and Glacier in addition to providing key usage analytics.
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To start this card, I stamped the milk can in StazOn black ink onto a piece of Crumb Cake cardstock. Next I stamped the florals "into" the can...because this set is photopolymer, it's super easy to line them up without having to mask! I used the middle-sized tag from the Stitched Seasons framelits (available only until the end of August...don't miss this one!) and the Big Shot to cut out the image, then used Watercolor Pencils and a Blender Pen to color. Doesn't that cotton look fantastic with the white watercolor pencil??!! I brushed the edge of the tag with a sponge inked with Soft Suede and also flicked some ink from the Rich Razzleberry marker over the image. I stamped the "hello" image in StazOn black onto a scrap of Rich Razzleberry cardstock and trimmed it out with Paper Snips before adhering it with glue dots to the front of the can.
The card base is Crumb Cake, layered on the right side with a piece of the Country Lane Designer Series Paper. Wait 'til you see this beautiful paper!! It's printed in the deep, oh-so-rich colors of Blackberry Bliss, Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry, Early Espresso, Mint Macaron and Old Olive, with a splash of Whisper White. I love it, love it, love it!!
And then we get to my favorite part...that embossing folder, my very most favorite EVER. For this project, I ran it through the Big Shot with a piece of Crumb Cake cardstock...but wait until you see it in any of the metallic papers. Oh my gosh, it's amazing! To really pick up all the detail, I distressed it by rubbing a sponge inked in the Soft Suede over the embossed image. You'll be able to distress it on the metallics, too...sooooo cool!
To finish up the card, I layered the tag onto the card front with Stampin' Dimensionals and added a Braided Linen Trim bow with a Glue Dot.
Whew, sorry if I got a little carried away there...if you can't tell, I'm just really excited about this suite, and I hope you love it as much as I do! Are you ready to move on to the next blog? Just click on each link below and you'll be on your way! Thank you so much for stopping by...we'll be back to hop again next month!
I'll be back tomorrow with another project to share!


I think this week's inspiration image is just so adorable. I love the subtle combination of prints (polka dots always read fun to me), and that shade of yellow is my favorite. It's all incredibly down-to-earth and wearable, something that I feel like I could pull out of my closet and put on tomorrow, while still being sophisticated.
I love the mixing of those colors! Great combo!
How funny, your inspiration pic is/was a kindergarten teacher at my daughter's school. Looks like she's a pretty cool blogger chick. She always did dress super awesome.


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Canada's New and Irresponsible Encryption Policy: How the Government of Canada's New Policy Threatens Charter Rights, Cybersecurity, Economic Growth, and Foreign Policy
August 21, 2019 August 22, 2019 / Christopher Parsons
Photo by Marco Verch (CC BY 2.0) https://flic.kr/p/RjMXMP
The Government of Canada has historically opposed the calls of its western allies to undermine the encryption protocols and associated applications that secure Canadians' communications and devices from criminal and illicit activities. In particular, over the past two years the Minister of Public Safety, Ralph Goodale, has communicated to Canada's Five Eyes allies that Canada will neither adopt or advance an irresponsible encryption policy that would compel private companies to deliberately inject weaknesses into cryptographic algorithms or the applications that facilitate encrypted communications. This year, however, the tide may have turned, with the Minister apparently deciding to adopt the very irresponsible encryption policy position he had previously steadfastly opposed. To be clear, should the Government of Canada, along with its allies, compel private companies to deliberately sabotage strong and robust encryption protocols and systems, then basic rights and freedoms, cybersecurity, economic development, and foreign policy goals will all be jeopardized.
This article begins by briefly outlining the history and recent developments in the Canadian government's thinking about strong encryption. Next, the article showcases how government agencies have failed to produce reliable information which supports the Minister's position that encryption is significantly contributing to public safety risks. After outlining the government's deficient rationales for calling for the weakening of strong encryption, the article shifts to discuss the rights which are enabled and secured as private companies integrate strong encryption into their devices and services, as well as why deliberately weakening encryption will lead to a series of deeply problematic policy outcomes. The article concludes by summarizing why it is important that the Canadian government walk back from its newly adopted irresponsible encryption policy.
Vancouver's Human Flesh Search Engine
June 17, 2011 August 18, 2022 / Christopher Parsons / 20 Comments
I don't like violence, vandalism, or other actions that generally cause destruction. Certainly there are cases where violent social dissent is a sad but important final step to fulfil a much needed social change (e.g. overthrowing a ruinous dictator, tipping the scale to defend or secure essential civil rights) but riotous behaviour following a hockey game lacks any legitimating force. Unfortunately, in the aftermath of game seven between the Vancouver Canucks and Boston Bruins a riot erupted in downtown Vancouver that caused significant harm to individuals and damage to the urban environment.
The riot itself is a sad event. What is similarly depressing is the subsequent mob mentally that has been cheered on by the social media community. Shortly after the riot, prominent local bloggers including Rebecca Bollwitt linked to social media websites and encouraged readers/visitors to upload their recordings and identify those caught on camera. In effect, Canadians were, and still are, being encouraged by their peers and social media 'experts' to use social media to locally instantiate a human flesh search engine (I will note that Bollwitt herself has since struck through her earliest endorsement of mob-championing). Its manifestation is seemingly being perceived by many (most?) social media users as a victory of the citizenry and inhabitants of Vancouver over individuals alleged to have committed crimes.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, I have significant issues with this particular search engine. In this post, I'm going to first provide a brief recap of the recent events in Vancouver and then I'll quickly explain the human flesh search engine (HFSE), both how it works and the harms it can cause. I'm going to conclude by doing two things: first, I'm going to suggest that Vancouver is presently driving a local HFSE and note the prospective harms that may befall those unfortunate enough to get caught within its maw. Second, I'm going to suggest why citizens are ill-suited to carry out investigations that depend on social media-based images and reports.
Who Decides 'Analogue' Citizenships?
February 27, 2008 May 17, 2021 / Christopher Parsons
Typically when asked 'who is responsible for setting citizenship rules' there are two general answers that fall out. On the one hand we might hear 'the government is responsible for setting down citizenship regulations,' and on the other we might hear 'the people are responsible for establishing membership guidelines.' The latter explicitly locates power in the hands of the people, whereas the former recognises legitimised political bureaucracies and machinations are responsible for citizenship. In this post, I want to briefly look at some of the processes and theoretical discussions surrounding citizenship and immigration, and in particular how they relate to 'Fortress Europe' and a recent British controversy surrounding citizenship tests.
The Boundaries of Citizenship
Western nation-states have developed around liberal conceptions of citizenship. As a consequence, citizenship is associated with a particular legal status that requires members to fulfill a set of legally enforceable requirements. These requirements can include holding a certain amount of money, it may involve active participation as a citizen (i.e. remaining active in communities that one is being naturalised by volunteering, being active in local politics, etc), or being born in a geographic area.
Copyfraud, the Corporation, and College Publishing
July 18, 2007 July 13, 2022 / Christopher Parsons
This posting is motivated by Jason Mazzone's paper "Copyfraud", where he investigates copyfraud. Copyfraud is defined as "claiming falsely a copyright in a public domain work" (3) and after discussing instances that copyfraud is both perpetrated he reflects on ways to alleviate it. Mazzone, an American, generates his account from within the American political and judicial system but his insights can be generally applied internationally to any nation that either accommodates or has adopted US and British copyright principles.
Copyright is intended to let authors receive financial compensation for the works that they create. In the US, copyright exists in an antagonistic relationship with the First Amendment because it limits how people can use words that they have received – an author's speech cannot be used wholescale by others when they generate their own creative works that are derived or inspired by the author's work. The only exception to this limitation stem from fair use policies, which assert that small parts of a copywritten work can be used to facilitate discussions between writers/performers. Fair use, however, is a protection that is being banished by corporate groups that are striving to protect their profits and avoid lawsuits rather than encouraging the growth of the public domain.


Awwwwwyeaaaahhhhh, Casey Affleck. Ok, so he is not the star of this movie, but I'll take a supporting role.
I think the concept is very Ocean's 11 of them and a smidge overdone (and by smidge I mean enormously). Another movie about stealing something but making the robbers look legit - I will add it to my list of the 10,000 other movies that have the same story line.
Demonize the person being stolen from.
The people stealing are being forced by an antagonist who has the power to ruin their lives or their loved ones.
They are super poor and need the money.
Hollywood can always make the thieves in heist/thieving movies look good by using one of these formulas...even though they are still stealing - which is wrong and illegal. If that last one worked in real life I would go rob some Oil execs and expect to get off scot free.
I'm gonna call this right now...this one is a renter.


Poor Mojo's Classic Rant: the_Giant_Squid "On the Meaning of Thanksgiving;the full text of a speech given by the Giant Squid to the assembled orphans of Our Lady of Fatima."
the full text of a speech given by the Giant Squid to the assembled orphans of Our Lady of Fatima.
The holidayland of your fine nation has been of interest to me for sometime. If you are interested, you might peruse two of my other statements regarding the Giving of Thanks, one from this year, to which this essay is attached, and one of last year which is of a more historical nature.
My Column of this Year on this Subject.
My Column of last Year on this Subject.
Assembled children who lack living parents, or whose parents have decided you are not worthy of love; and to the adults who have assembled here either out of love of unloved children, or for want of weekly compensation even though this not be your job of choice; and finally to the criminals who are here for the service of the community, you minors who have possessed unlawfully the alcohol, and you Boy Scouts working shamefully for your badges of merit, and for the odd few here on both accounts, I bid you good afternoon and welcome.
This is, for you at least, the Thanksgiving Day.
Those who have families and who are loved have their day of thanks tomorrow, but for you the day is today because those who have family are busy tomorrow forming lifelong memories of happiness and closeness with their genetically similar grouping of lifeforms while you rest cold and alone here in the orphanage.
But today is your Thanksgiving, and I have come here to honor it with you.
I too lack a group of genetically similar lifeforms to share my trying time. I once had a brother, but he was killed by whales. And I once had a mother, but I do not know now where she is. And I once had a father, but he I slew for breaking several things that I owned and I resented his having driven my mother away . . . or perhaps that is not how that proceeded . . . I am unsure. But regardless, like you, I lack a family, nuclear or otherwise, though I have been known to be radioactive on occasions, and am thusly unsure if those occurances of irradiation might possibly place me into some manner of middle ground.
Regardless, of course, I am here. And I have brought with me a feast to share, for it is the giving of thanks time and I am to be growing full in my magnanimous largesse, like an emperor who has suffered the slaves to live another day.
But first, it is your custom that I honor when I ask the yearly question: For what have we thanks to give on this cold November day?It is indeed a trying question, and for you especially it must trouble you to your soul. I have come, in part, to help answer that question.
Why should you be thankful? You are unwanted curs, barely maintaining selfs in a society that turns blindly away, your dirtied cheeks, your gaunt sides that reveal ribs, your snotty, sniveling noses like pus-filled little buttons. For what could you possibly be happy to have received in this world?
Your parents have abandoned you, as I have been made to understand, either by way of death most cruel and painful or by way of disconsolate drug addiction, or by way of general neglect. It is likely that more than half of you were born to mothers and to fathers who did not want you. Many of you will never be wanted in this world, from the day you are conscious to the day you slip away aged and insane, sleeping under the concrete pillars of some magnificent super-expressway that leads rich and en-loved citizens from their warm and luxurious homes to the walled and fortified shopping malls that they leisurely wander wearing silks and cashmeres and wools you will never know the touch of, and eating chocolates and candies and succulent roasts you will never now the taste of. For what can you be thankful?
You are cold in the night, not only in your flesh— which is weak— but also your souls— which are so very much weaker. There is every day the reminders of your singular aloneness, and you know in your hearts that even if you rise to the highest most extravagant wealthy successes, you will still be drafty in the chest from that lacking of unanswerable love that can only come from a caring family, a mother, a father, a brother, a sister. How can you go on living?
Well, my children, it is the day of thanks. And do you know what we are thankful for this fine day?
Do you know what joy has given us all this happy place in the world and in history, as Americans, whether loved or not, happy or not, rich or not, fed or not, squid or not? What are we thankful for?
Like pilot fish before a great and phlegmatic shark, it was Cholera and her brothers that foreshadowed the coming of the white man to this country. On the wind which was pushed just ahead of Columbus, John Smith, the Mayflower, the oar-boats of Leif Erikson, came the multiferous and multitudinous diseases of Eurasia and Africa, a richer cocktail of cleansing death never having been seen before or since, above the sea or below it.
And so, like the blunderbuss affixed to the front of my vehicle here before you, the firearms of the white men were nary if ever used in anger. And the native peoples, like the flies in a cloud of the glorious Raid can, fell before the whispering eastern breeze that came in foul from the sea.
Millions fell before a single leather boot, a single silver buckle, a single felt hat, came ashore.
And it was as though HUMAN-GOD himself had opened the land to the ghost people of Europe.
And I cannot say He— to whatever degree He might exist— did not do that, for it freed those pasty despots to conquer the land as they saw fit without shedding nearly one-one thousandth of the blood it would have otherwise required. And so they could take the land violently, but also in way virtually free of guilt, and it was glorious, and it is now your honor to live starving and alone in this happy, free, cholera-founded nation.
So, join with me now, you solitary whelps, in a moment of prayer where we might give thanksgiving to such a quixotic HUMAN-GOD on high- provided he exists in more than a negligible degree— for His creation of this land, and for his creation of cholera with which it could be pruned free of the vermin that had inhabited it for so long.
God bless America, and her diseases which make her strong, and her people who can live blithely through any nightmare or holocaust and lose not one wink of sleep over it, as children such as yourselves, and the world over, many who die starving and motherless, only so that a few might grow up and take upon themselves greater and more indefatigable blunderbusses than this, assailing our shores with our own jetliners and exotic bio-engineered super-diseases.
This world is manifold in its glories, and for that we give thanks.
Now, to the eating. You shall all relish what I have prepared for you this day.


Looking from my balcony, I see awesomeness. Wow! There. And there. And there. And there. Can you see it? I wonder what I'll see if I look in the mirror. Hmm?
There is something quite unique about awesomeness: the whole is far greater than the sum of its parts. Yes.
There is something else unique about awesomeness: regardless of its complexities there's beauty in its simplicity. Mhm! Hold a sec! Something is missing. Oh, dear!
Oh, boy! You're still here.
O.K. Step with me for a moment. In the beginning - do you remember what happened then - you were there, weren't you? I was. It was awesome. AWE-SOME!
OK, so you don't think I was there. Peace! Brings me back to that pesky little question: why am I here? Why am I here in this moment of time? I've done a little checking around - well, more than just a little - way more than that! This keeps popping up. CREATED 2 CREATE. Ringing any bell? No? What about this? CREATED IN (fill in your blank). No bell yet? Check this out: BORN 2B AWESOME. U like? I like 2.
Let's speculate for a moment. Let's presume you have an enemy out there. I'm not saying there is one. We're just presuming! Enemies? Really? Okay, let's say you've got enemies out there: a cross between The Big Bang Theory's Dr. Sheldon Cooper and Howard's mother teamed up with the teenage daughters of Reality Housewives. Let's say, they want well only for themselves; they really don't want anything good for you; they want to invade your space; they want your hands for their bidding, your mouth to fetch their lies and your head on their trophy wall. Or war! Well! Let's say, they own a thousand well-practiced weapons that can turn you into an obedient zombie. Impotent! What do you suspect will be their first target? That's right - boom-boom - your nut-package. They will crimp your style, stifle your creativity; frustrate your awesomeness. You say, yes; they'll shout, NO. If that's their goal why in the name of tarnation (there's a word for you) are you aiding and abetting their diabolical mission by crawling under their feet? STAND UP! BEHOLD WHO YOU ARE! STEP OUT! BE CREATIVE! BE AWESOME! Light beams! Into their faces. Right between the eyes. Don't get in a drag-down with them. Well (pssst, don't tell the Big Guy I told you this) if you're going to go down there in a drag-down with them then at least be way more awesome at it than they are: give 'em hell. Ay-yai-yai! But what if while you're down in that mock giving them hell you discover that they are lodged right between your two ears? Now what? Just sayin! You were born with potential. You were born with trust. You were born with greatness. You were NOT created to crawl. Find your wings. Fly on up.
Reclaim your awesomeness. BE CREATIVE! I'll show you how.
First, there are a few lessons in creativity well worth noting. May I introduce you to Ms Julie Burstein? She is way better than I am at revealing these, so pay attention while I slip aside to take in more of my awesomeness. See you in a wink.
Hi. U like? Second. Know that it's being done, daily, even in the most unexpected of places, and in most unexpected ways, transforming lives. It is being done, lifting many to higher places. It's filling in cracks. It is shining a guiding light along many journeys. Even whilst bombs are falling from clouds and minds are being booby-trapped for battles that will always be lost, some are picking up the broken pieces and creating newness. And through it all the lad is learning. He is growing in the stepping out: finding beauty in the cracks and joy in his laughter. Examples he comes across are so awesome they inspire him. Behold how it is being done in this space. Take careful note that the lesson here is about creativity - not about a place! Imagine! His name is Immanuel. And I am the dreamer.
2B AWESOME! Third. My man is the Master. Knowledgable. Ingenious. He was young then, early thirties, caring, impassioned, a man making things happen in this world - feeding, healing, uplifting, re-building, counseling, reasoning, inviting - exemplary love, a sample of God. Whoah! The son of a marvelous woman. I am His and He is mine. His name is Provider. Some call him Jesus. As leader of The Great Adventure, his fame was spreading far and wide and up into the palaces, as was too the wonderful works of The Twelve Gathered, which kept astonishing thousands, so much so, some in high places grew jealous and envious and resentful, as is the nature of ego, and such that when King Herod was celebrating his daughter's birthday and he offered her whatever she wanted, her mother told her to ask for John's head - John, the cousin of Jesus, the forerunner, whom Jesus loved - and Herod for the sake of his reputation, sadly granted it. John was for that reason captured then beheaded, and his head was delivered as a gift on a platter. Who-ah!
And The Rest buried John's body.
Immense grief did not stall Jesus. He told The Rest to let the people stay and be fed, for these people were hungry having followed him out of the city and into the evening. But there was not enough food, just five loaves and two fishes. Jesus took that and blessed it and gave it to The Rest. And they fed everyone full. The leftovers filled twelve baskets.
He needed to rejuvinate himself. He told The Rest to sail to safety. "Cross the sea." Meanwhile, he went up the mountain to talk to His Father.
These - The Rest - must surely have needed to grieve.
But the sea was rough. The winds were strong and the waves were high, as would any storm barking like a runt from a distance.
In the wee hours of morning - the fourth watch - The Rest spotted what they reckoned to be a ghost - the ghost of Jesus - walking on the sea. Who-ah! This so frightened them, they screamed. But Peter! Oh, the mandingo! The BFF! He knew his Jesus well. Jesus said, "It is me." And Peter said, "If you are my Jesus, you will invite me to walk on the sea with you and I will walk on the sea with you." So Jesus did exactly that. He said, "Come." Peter went. Peter walked on the sea. Yes, Peter walked on water. But he saw the height of the approaching waves. He heard that runt barking, so loud, its waves rolling rough, he got scared. So he began to sink. Who-ah! "Oh, Peter," Jesus said, "Why do you doubt?"
AND WHEN THEY WENT INTO THE SHIP THE WINDS CEASED!
"R U the light or the watchman?"
This is your life; only YOU can live it.
Stop it right there! Keep your hand steady. Let me take in that bit.
Did you see that? Did you hear that? Did you know that? OMG! Who said that? Did ya, did ya, did ya, oh, really! Got to be a whole lot more whereever that came from. OMG, I am persuaded, but don't just stare at me when you can discover with your eyes and ears and heart and mind what kind of inseparable love this is . . . then think on those things; lest you suffer needlessly the violations and condemnations of envious nobodies.
Why do you think creepy critters are always digging out some quirky detail and stretching it out to scare you?
Runts barking in the distance!
Wolves ripping out hearts and spitting into jars! Foxes on the prowl!
Why go there to endure half-a-life?
Some words feel good. Rolling off the tongue. Sliding through the air. Slipping into the mind.
Some words taste good. They are fresh and full of fragrance. They are wonderful. Marvelous. Simply amazing. Awesome.
Some words look great. The way they stand. The way they dance. The way they swing you smoothly into a dream.
I have, ever since I was a wee boy, and one of those adorable words is balm. I like calm too. And psalm. And palm. But I was never as mesmerized by alms. Something always seemed oddly broken about it, which is strange, because I didn't so mind broken at all; there's a weird kind of music in broken.
I know this must seem all kind of odd, but words have always had weight and texture to me. They are not empty. They are not meaningless. They are not bland.
I like the sound of that phrase too. And I like the word Gilead, ever since I was a wee boy.
I know; that sounds all wrong; but it is true.
Never mind that for the moment, let's get back to the beauty of my two words, balm and Gilead.
You see, someone decided to put those two words into a sentence. 'There is a balm in Gilead.' I don't know who did; there is just something about it.
The sentence came to me via a song. Now I must tell you that I did not like the song. I tried hard to like the song. Trust me, I tried hard. Boring. No, not boring. Laborious. With all my trying - hundreds of times - I felt like a mule harnessed to a loaded cart having to drag the load through mud.
However, old church ladies swayed, singing it like it is a rope, a longed-for rescue. 'There Is A Balm In Gilead.' One woman on the radio almost made me like the song - Mahalia Jackson. There Is A Balm In Gilead used to stick in my head like a recurring loop. There Is A Balm In Gilead.
And now I was about to make a huge mistake.
You see, my mother was a teacher, in every way you'd understand that word. Yes, I am the son of a teacher. And not that bright, come to think of it, despite plaudits and degrees from many colleges and universities, for I doubt one who keeps falling into the same old trap repeatedly is really that bright, but I was curious. Supremely curious. On this particular day someone had the brilliant idea to have some old-fashioned genius with a very deep voice drag that old song across the airwaves, like a tired slave pulling a cane punt, so slow, it occured to me I had no idea what a balm and a Gilead were. Forthwith, I shot up the stairs to my mother - the teacher - to inquire what these were. Dear God! Oops, I Did It Again! Just as the first sounds were steaming through my chops I realized my mistake.
True, she had already taught me this little gem: He who asks a question is a fool for a second; he who doesn't remains a fool for life.
Well, I was a fool for so many seconds, I must've remained a fool passed puberty. And I should've known questions like this would put me in the same old box: "Mommy, what is a balm?"
"You don't know what a balm is?"
"Uh, er, em, ahem, no, mommy."
"And what are we going to do about it, so that we will always know from now on what a balm is?"
No such thing as the INTERNET then. I knew the drill, though. I got the dictionary.
"Do you know how to spell balm?" she asked.
Its peculiar 'L' was not going to trick me this time. "B A L M," I said.
"Wonders never cease. My boy is learning. Finally." And I was super carefull in my search. Any misstep could prolong my lesson. "Boy, what is taking so long? Can't you read?"
"Mommy, balm is an ointment," I said boldly.
Trust me, I saw all those other explanations, but I was not about to admit seeing 'aromatic, fragrant ointment' or 'resinous substance of medicinal value,' - all of them traps to turn my word-class into a worldclass laboratory.
"And we do know what ointment is used for, don't we?"
As confident as a medic I answered then made a dash for the door. "Where are we heading? What about Gilead?"
I didn't find Gilead in our little dictiorary. Perhaps, I didn't spell it correctly. Maybe it wasn't there. Not finding it cost me my Saturday. Off to the library to find its details. Life got interesting there.
It hadn't occurred to me whether folks my size were ever in that library. I told the librarian what I came for and she gave me a huge book. My lord. It was not a page turner and there was no way to get through one page full of such weird words - much less the entire book - no matter how long before my mother returned. My gut was churning when she arrived, for I was none the wiser coming out than going in, but I put up a brave front.
On our way home, I percieved she was about to ask me to share my learning, so I jumped on the offensive. "Mommy Gilead is a huge poem, way bigger than the dictionary, bigger than the bible. Mommy, it is huge."
"A huge poem, mommy. Mommy, you should see the words. They are not words like our words."
My mother burst into laughter. I figured that was good, though I didn't know what was funny.
"Boy, how do you spell Gilead?"
I answerd boldly. "I L I A D." No mistake, because it was on the cover of the book the lady gave me.
My mother kept laughing for a while. "Iliad is a poem, indeed," she said. "Gilead is a place."
It turned out to be one of those worthwile mistakes - a door opener - leading to memorable lessons. She took me into the gardens and showed me the Balm of Gilead. Did you know it is a plant? She told me lots about Homer, who authored The Iliad. Though, for a good while, whenever someone mentioned the term homo, I'd think, I know that guy. He is a genius.
Of several valuable lessons that error led me to, the one I want to share at this moment is one that didn't crystalize until years later whilst with a group who gave of themselves, their time, their talent, to live in an English village as one with the folks - lifting and loving, no questions asked - a beatiful life-affirming story that needs its own space and time. Being privileged to be in the midst of that joy made me remember one of my mother's lessons in that beautiful garden - A rose does not try to be a hibiscus; a hibiscus does not strain itself to be a rose; they become the best of what they are. Camouflaged creatures and camouflaged plants behave the way they do because they are under attack or because they are preparing to prey on another, and we are robbed of their natural beauty and joy. - Then she made me look at the entire garden, as a whole. Wow! This very lesson is being continually reinforced. It is a lesson in the ILIAD and brilliantly retold in the BIBLE, books which serve us best read, not in bits and pieces, dribs and drabs, but from top to bottom, inside and out - reading it ALL. And this is the caption of her lesson: THE WHOLE IS FAR GREATER THAN THE SUM OF ITS PARTS.
And I like the word WHOLE.
It doesn't sound the same as hole, yet some ears would never know it.


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RENTAL ASSISTANCE DEMONSTRATION GENERATES $4 BILLION IN PUBLIC-PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN DISTRESSED PUBLIC HOUSING
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RAD doubles capital in one year; $19 in private investment for every taxpayer dollar
WASHINGTON – (RealEstateRama) — Each year, thousands of units of public housing are demolished and thousands more sit vacant because they are no longer decent, safe or sanitary. Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced that its Rental Assistance Demonstration officially surpassed $4 billion in capital investment in order to make critical repairs and improvements to this segment of the nation's affordable housing stock.
This level of capital investment in public housing is double the levels HUD announced just last year. Today, RAD is leveraging $19 in capital for every $1 of public housing funds, significantly expanding the ability of local public housing authorities (PHAs) to improve their public housing properties. Without RAD, it would take 46 years for these housing authorities to accomplish the same level of repairs and renewal.
"Through our innovative RAD program, housing authorities can begin to address the backlog of capital repairs needed in their public housing stock," said HUD Secretary Ben Carson. "Reaching this $4 billion milestone means expanding opportunity for more families and ensuring they have access to quality, healthy, affordable housing."
RAD allows PHAs to access private investment through public-private partnerships to help preserve and improve public housing properties and address the growing nationwide backlog of deferred maintenance, estimated at $26 billion in 2010. Each year, roughly 10,000 units of public housing are lost due to disrepair. By stemming the loss of these units, RAD helps ensure more low-income families can secure a quality affordable home.
Under RAD, public housing authorities convert some or all of their developments to a project-based Section 8 platform. This change in regulatory platform allows public housing authorities to identify creative ways to solve their capital needs through public-private partnerships, and with no new federal funding. The new, long-term Section 8 contracts that these properties transition to guarantee that the units remain permanently affordable to low-income households. This model is proving to be a versatile tool for PHAs to preserve affordable housing, to serve more eligible households, and maximize the impact of the existing commitment of federal resources. While most conversions involve the modernization and stabilization of existing properties, many PHAs have demolished severely distressed properties and replace them with new, permanently affordable housing. PHAs are also using RAD to help families move from blighted or isolated locations to neighborhoods of greater opportunity where they will have better access to jobs, transportation and good schools for their children.
For example, the public housing authority in DeKalb County, Georgia used RAD to redevelop a 50-year-old public housing site into mixed-income apartments and single family homes for families and seniors, providing long-term financial stability needed to maintain, preserve, and even add units. Read other case studies here where RAD is working to successfully preserve and improve public housing for low-income families.
HUD has made awards to PHAs across the country for all the 185,000 units currently authorized to participate in RAD and estimates an additional $6 billion in new, largely privately funded construction investments will be made in the public housing units currently authorized to participate in RAD. In response to high demand from housing authorities to utilize RAD, the FY17 omnibus budget signed by the President on May 5th raises the RAD cap to 225,000 from 185,000 units. This will allow additional eligible public housing properties to be preserved and improved through RAD.
Read more about RAD's $4 billon milestone.
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PLU'TO (Lat., from nk. TIXoUrcol, Mouton, from IrNoii.ros, p/olitos, wealth). The Boman name for the Greek god of the lower world, properly TIADEs. Two conceptions may lie distinguished. (Me chiefly prominent in poetry represents him as the grim and Implacable ruler beneath the earth: an enemy of all life, invisible, terrible, not to be appeased by sacrifice or prayer. His king dom. though provided with palace and all else that belong to his state, is gloomy and full of horrors, while from it none ever escape. The other conception seems rather found in some aspects of his cult and in popular belief. It is best expressed through his name Pluto, and con siders the ruler of the lower world as the owner and bestower of the products which are hidden in his kingdom. especially of the grain. This aspect seems prominent in the (nit of Eleusis, and it is significant that the name Pluto first ocenrs in Attic poets of the fifth century TC. Naturally Hades is not prominent in the myths. lie was considered a son of Crones and brother of Zeus and Poseidon, to whom the depths of the earth and the kingdom of the dead were assigned after the overthrow of the Titans. From the Cyclops he received his cap of invisibility, which belongs to him as the thunderbolt to Zeus and the trident to Poseidon. In his chariot he suddenly burst from the earth and Parried off Persephone (see Cetus), who became his queen and regularly shared his cult. Tt should be noted, however. that this cult
is directed to Pluto, and to the milder aspect of the god. So far as can he seen only at l'vlas in Elis was there a sanctuary of Hades. This was only opened once a year. and then could only be centered by the priest. In art Hades is not a fre quent figure. alul 110 distinct type was developed to distinguish him. In general he differs from Zeus only in his expression. which is (lark and stern, with his hair hanging heavily over his brows. Ile is also fully and even heavily draped. Of course in such scenes as the rape of Perse phone modifications appear, and sometimes a wolf's head helmet seems to represent the cap of invisibility.
In Rome the worship of Dis Pater and Proser pina was Mtrodueed in m.o. 219 in consequence of various omens, and games were held on three nights in the Campus :Martins, aecompanied by the sacrifice of black cattle. These games, ac cording to the vow, were repeated in 13.C. 116, and later were inoditiol by Augustus. • The place where the sacrifices were offered was called Ta rentum, and the altar was twenty feet below the level of the ground and only exposed to view on these occasions. Proserpina may have been an Italian goddess, but this joint cult is certainly of purely Greek origin, and almost certainly bor rowed from Tarentuin.


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Rosenberg: Transgender bill deal 'ready to pop'
By State House News Service | July 6, 2016, 6:44 EDT
Printed from: https://newbostonpost.com/2016/07/06/rosenberg-transgender-bill-deal-ready-to-pop/
Video courtesy of State House News Service
A compromise transgender protections bill could emerge from a conference committee and land on Gov. Charlie Baker's desk this week, Senate President Stanley Rosenberg said Tuesday.
The six lawmakers who are negotiating House and Senate versions of the bill banning discrimination against transgender people in public accommodations met for the first time last Wednesday. Rosenberg said a deal is "just about ready to pop."
"According to the Senate chair of the conference committee, they're very close to an agreement, and that could mean a report both to the House and the Senate this week and then onto the governor's desk," Rosenberg said during an interview on Northampton's WHMP radio.
Chaired by Sen. William Brownsberger and Rep. John Fernandes, the committee also includes Sens. Sonia Chang-Diaz and Bruce Tarr and Reps. Sarah Peake and Sheila Harrington.
The bills (S 735, H 4343) have different effective dates, with the Senate bill taking effect immediately after it is signed into law and the House allowing until January 2017. The House bill also calls on the attorney general to determine how to enforce laws against anyone "who asserts gender identity for an improper purpose."
Rosenberg said the bill will count as one of the major legislative accomplishments this session if Baker signs it into law. Baker has previously said he would sign the House version of the bill.
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Back in August, I went to BlogHer.
I met some bloggy friends.
Who I follow on Twitter and read their blogs.
Picking up initial order of GS cookies – pls buys some so I dont eat them all and end up having a 12 lb baby. Free ship if u get 5 boxes!
And I love girls scout cookies. Back in Indiana when I taught dance classes, I always stocked up. There were a ton of girl scouts. And someone was always selling outside of Wal-Mart or Kroger if I forgot to order.
Then I moved to New York. And no Girl Scouts (well there are scouts here, but they are hard to find, and I don't know any) so no Girl Scout Cookies.
So I tweeted back. And placed and order. And after two blizzards delayed shipping.
Different names for some of the cookies. Peanut Butter Patties instead of Tagalongs and Caramel Delights instead of Samoas. But they still taste the same.
Rob tried to eat a whole box of my PB Patties. I told him those were for me and his baby. The Caramel Delights were all his (I don't like coconut). The Thin Mints are for sharing.
Even if I never have a Girl Scout of my own, now at least I can get some cookies.
Thank goodness for bloggy friends.


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Yakuza Graveyard
Title: Yakuza Graveyard
Subject: Kinji Fukasaku, Meiko Kaji, 62nd Venice International Film Festival, Tetsuya Watari
やくざの墓場 くちなしの花
Kazuo Kasahara
Toshiaki Tsushima
Toru Nakajima
Yakuza Graveyard (やくざの墓場 くちなしの花, Yakuza no hakaba: Kuchinashi no hana?) (aka Yakuza Burial: Jasmine Flower) is a 1976 film directed by Kinji Fukasaku.
A police investigator cracks down on yakuza business, but once he realizes the police are in negotiations with certain factions, he sides with his own syndicate of choice.
Tetsuya Watari as Kuroiwa
Meiko Kaji as Keiko
Seizo Fukumoto
Takuzo Kawatani
Hideo Murota
Tatsuo Umemiya
Review of the film
Vista Records Review of the film
Films directed by Kinji Fukasaku
Wandering Detective: Tragedy in Red Valley (1961)
Wandering Detective: Black Wind in the Harbor (1961)
Black Lizard (1968)
The Green Slime (1968)
Black Rose Mansion (1969)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (with Richard Fleischer and Toshio Masuda, 1970)
Sympathy for the Underdog (1971)
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun (1972)
Street Mobster (1972)
Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973)
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Hiroshima Deathmatch (1973)
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War (1973)
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics (1974)
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode (1974)
Graveyard of Honor (1975)
Yakuza Graveyard (1976)
Hokuriku Proxy War (1977)
Doberman Cop (1977)
Shogun's Samurai (1978)
Message from Space (1978)
The Fall of Ako Castle (1978)
The Gate of Youth (1981)
Samurai Reincarnation (1981)
Dotonbori River (1982)
Fall Guy (1982)
Theater of Life (1983)
Legend of the Eight Samurai (1983)
Shanghai Rhapsody (1984)
House on Fire (1986)
Sure Death 4: Revenge (1987)
A Chaos of Flowers (1988)
The Triple Cross (1992)
Crest of Betrayal (1994)
The Geisha House (1999)
Battle Royale II: Requiem (with Kenta Fukasaku, 2003)
Tetsuya Watari
Japan, Authority control, 1979 In Television, 2002 In Film, 2005 In Film
China, Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War, Empire of Passion, Actor
62nd Venice International Film Festival
Venice Film Festival, Hayao Miyazaki, Zatoichi, Tsui Hark, Peter Chan


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End of an era: Kardashian clan will close their apps in 2019
by Sorcha McManigan
The Kardashian crew has signalled the end of their apps.
The change is coming in 2019 and you can kiss goodbye to all the extra Kardashian-Jenner goss.
Those who have subscribed to their $2.99 per month charge for the app – are about to save three dollars-ish every month.
A post shared by @kardashians on May 1, 2017 at 6:38pm PDT
On Kim Kardashian's website, she made a statement on behalf of herself and her sister Kourtney, Khloe, Kylie and Kendall.
It read: "We've had an incredible experience connecting with all of you through our apps these past few weeks but have made the difficult decision to no longer continue updating in 2019."
"Truly hope you've enjoyed this journey as much as we have, and we look forward to what's ahead," she added.
Subscribes of the app were able to see exclusive content from each of the sisters.
Kendall's segment was all about fashion and Kylie's contribution was, of course, about make-up.
Kim's content was around beauty, whilst Khloe was the in-house fitness guru and Kourtney's posts were all about health.
A post shared by Kim Kardashian West (@kimkardashian) on Dec 17, 2018 at 5:40pm PST
It doesn't come as a major surprise that the app has come to an end.
In August, the Kardashian ladies announced that their DASH clothing stores would be closing their doors.
The change-up in business comes as their empires expand and their demands draw them elsewhere.
A post shared by Kourtney Kardashian (@kourtneykardash) on Oct 21, 2018 at 9:06pm PDT
In a statement released in late summer, Kim said: "We've loved running DASH, but in the last few years we've all grown so much individually."
"We've been busy running our own brands, as well as being moms and balancing work with our families."
"We know in our hearts that it's time to move on," she ended.
We can't wait to see what's in store for these ladies for 2019.
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Kim K is releasing three new perfumes just in time for Christmas
Earlier this year, Kim Kardashian made her mark on the world of beauty with the successful launch of her KKW contour kits.
The hugely sought-after product sold 300,00 units in just three hours – earning the reality star over $14 million almost instantly.
So naturally, the 37-year-old mother-of-two has decided to expand the KKW collection.
Crystal Gardenia, Crystal Gardenia Citrus and Crystal Gardenia Oud available worldwide 11/15 kkwfragrance.com @kkwfragrance @mertalas @macpiggott #MertAndMarcus
A post shared by Kim Kardashian West (@kimkardashian) on Nov 3, 2017 at 12:03pm PDT
Taking to Instagram, Kim revealed that she would release three new perfumes later this month.
Crystal Gardenia, Crystal Gardenia Citrus, and Crystal Gardenia Oud, will be available from kkwfragrance.com from November 15 and if the contour kits are anything to go by, we're guessing stocks won't last long.
Crystal Gardenia, Crystal Gardenia Citrus and Crystal Gardenia Oud available worldwide 11/15 kkwfragrance.com @kkwfragrance
A post shared by Kim Kardashian West (@kimkardashian) on Nov 3, 2017 at 11:38am PDT
Fans were also treated to a sneak peak of the product's packaging which features a sleek frosted bottle emblazoned with the simplistic KKW logo.
Of course, this isn't the first time the star has released a fragrance under her name. Glam, Pure Honey, and Kim Kardashian Love are just some of her most popular scents to date – though all seven releases came before the launch of KKW Beauty.
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Adorable sterling silver penguin stud earrings are guaranteed to brighten your day! Featuring small round clear crystals in penguins' eyes, these little guys make a delightful addition to any jewelry box! Featuring crystals from Swarovski.


BILOXI, Miss. – St. Patrick Senior Horatio Parker will be signing to play on the Meridian Community College Eagles basketball team next season. During the two years Parker played at St. Patrick, he scored 917 points. The signing will take place in the library of St. Patrick Catholic High School at 3:15 p.m on April 16th. Family and the St. Patrick men's basketball team are expected to join Parker as he signs with the Eagles.
"Jay is an outstanding young man that has represented the Fighting Irish basketball program well over the past few years. He has been a great ambassador for St. Patrick Catholic High School and is more than deserving of this opportunity to play at the next level." said St. Patrick Athletic Director, Eddie Burger.
Parker comes off a breakout season with St. Patrick Catholic High School scoring a team high 624 points. During his senior season, Parker averaged 21.5 points per game, 2.8 assists per game, 5.9 rebounds per game, and 2.7 steals per game.


Dr. Williams manages the University of Wisconsin's Clinical Research Unit (CRU) located within the university's acidemic medical center. In her leadership role, Dr. Williams has administrative responsibilities for a diverse portfolio of Phase I and II clinical trials, in addition to federally funded and investigator initiated research.
She currently serves on the UW's Human Subjects IRB. She has taught undergraduate Research and Evidence Based Practice at the UW School of Nursing. Dr. Williams is a founding member of the International Association of Clinical Research Nurses IIACRN) with a purpose to "…to support the professional development of registered nurses who directly or indirectly impact the care of clinical research participants across all clinical specialities".
Tamara has over 21 years of nursing and clinical research experience. She earned her BSN from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and her Masters in Nursing Education from Edgewood College in Madison, WI. Tamara has worked as a Clinical Research Nurse in several capacities; clinical research coordinator, staff nurse, Care Team Leader, and is currently the Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) on the Clinical Research Unit (UW-CRU) at University hospital in Madison, WI.
Tamara draws on her knowledge of clinical research along with her various CRN experiences in her current role as the UW-CRU CNS. In this role Tamara leads the CRU Protocol Implementation team to operationalize research protocols on the UW-CRU. She is a resource for staff RNs on the CRU and the interdisciplinary research teams. Tamara enjoys her role in new CRN orientation and onboarding, competency demonstration for new and experience CRU staff, and the variety her role allows. Tamara has been a member of IACRN since 2010 serving on the Scope and standards committee and the Education Committee.


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Edward Kizza (born 17 December 1998) is a Ugandan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Pittsburgh Riverhounds in the USL Championship.

Career
Born in Kampala, Kizza moved to the United States with his parents when he was 14. He spent his first year of high school at Carlisle School before joining the Montverde Academy near Orlando, Florida. With Montverde, Kizza was part of the SIMA program and was ranked as the 41st ranked player nationally by topdrawersoccer coming out of his senior season.

On 17 March 2017, Kizza committed to playing college soccer with the Pittsburgh Panthers, despite looking at offers from the Clemson Tigers and Wake Forest Demon Deacons. He made his collegiate debut for the Panthers on 25 August 2017 against the Ohio State Buckeyes, coming on as a substitute in a 0–1 defeat. He completed his freshman college season with 4 goals in 15 matches, earning an ACC All-Freshman team selection. During his sophomore season, Kizza started in all 18 matches for the Panthers, scoring 15 goals. He then scored 12 goals during his junior and final season with the Panthers, appearing in all 20 matches that season.

On 8 October 2020, it was announced that Kizza had parted ways with the Pittsburgh Panthers, despite appearing and scoring in two exhibition matches. He would go on to not play his senior season with the Panthers.

New England Revolution
On 21 January 2021, despite not appearing in the 2020 NCAA season, Kizza was selected with the 24th overall pick by the New England Revolution in the MLS SuperDraft. Despite being selected late in the first round of the draft, Revolution head coach Bruce Arena, stated that Kizza is "a proven goal scorer the collegiate level" and that "we feel very fortunate that we got him as late as we did in the first round". Arena said that he had spoken with Kizza's Pittsburgh Panthers coach Jay Vidovich prior to drafting him.

On 5 March 2021, Kizza signed a professional contract with the New England Revolution after impressing the coaching staff in pre-season. He made professional debut for the Revolution on 17 April 2021 in their season opener against the Chicago Fire, coming on as an 83rd-minute substitute in the 2–2 draw and hitting the crossbar with a header.

Following the 2022 season, Kizza was released by New England.

Memphis 901 (loan)
On 30 March 2022, New England announced that they had loaned Kizza to USL Championship club Memphis 901 for the remainder of the 2022 season. Kizza was recalled from his loan in July 2022.

Pittsburgh Riverhounds (loan)
On 15 July 2022, USL Championship club Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC announced that they had acquired Kizza on loan for the remainder of the 2022 season.

Pittsburgh Riverhounds
On 13 January 2023, Kizza made his move to the Riverhounds permanent.

Career statistics

Honours
New England Revolution
 Supporters' Shield: 2021

References

External links
 Profile at New England Revolution

1998 births
Living people
Ugandan footballers
Association football forwards
Pittsburgh Panthers men's soccer players
New England Revolution players
New England Revolution II players
Major League Soccer players
USL League One players
Ugandan expatriate footballers
Expatriate soccer players in the United States
Sportspeople from Kampala
Memphis 901 FC players
Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC players


Tech came and did something to the box and it now works. Apparently the box needed to be recalibrated. All channels and shows are back. If yours is still not working I would contact Rogers and ask for a tech to come out and fix it.
I have been watching The Gifted on CityTV on demand, and Future man on FXX on demand, and have had similar issues with audio blipping randomly throughout the show. No rhyme or reason as to when it decided to blip. Does anyone else have that same experience using on demand? My fear is that if I subscribe to Crave, as it uses a similar interface, that it will also have audio issues on playback. When watching live programming or from PVR on the aforementioned channels the quality is fine, it's only on demand that it's an issue. Would a tech coming out fix that? I can't see how. Have the 4k box for reference.
Audio issues can certainly take away from your viewing experience to say the least, I'm sure this would definitely drive me nuts. We can certainly check though to confirm if this is being caused by a signal level discrepancy. Can you confirm for me if the audio issues are limited to just those two programs? Or more widespread,like any program on those two networks or across all On Demand content?


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Somewhere Over The Spectrum
Ghostbusting, Anxiety And The Battle Against Green Slime
October 17, 2016 October 17, 2016 ~ somewhereoverthespectrumsite	~ 1 Comment
My boys' obsession with Ghostbusters began one afternoon when I was trying to do yoga alone in my bedroom. The movie's theme song came on, having somehow made its way onto my Soothing Instrumentals playlist. The boys stormed in. Soon the three of us were flying around with towels and blankets thrown over our heads, spooking one another and shouting out, Who Ya Gonna Call?
Since then we've listened to the song countless times, purchased Ghostbuster action figures and even built a model of the Ecto I. Perhaps against my better judgment, I let the boys watch a snippet from the original movie: the scene when Slimer – the putrid green ghost with an obscene pink tongue – first makes its appearance. At the instant Slimer charges Dr. Venkman, ensnaring him in green goo, Ted ran out of the room screaming. Tommy grinned and said, "I like Slimer."
Although he hasn't asked to see the movie again, Ted's preoccupation with the paranormal continues. He has endless questions: What are ghosts made of? Where do they live? Are they real? He is both intrigued and unnerved by these invisible beings floating through space, haunting us and wreaking havoc on the material world, somewhat similar to the anxieties he must face every day.
I didn't know until recently the extent that Autism and anxiety can overlap. Many of the bizarre and disruptive behaviors exhibited by A.S.D. kids are actually rooted in anxiety. The list of my son's anxieties is ever-expanding: the dark, crowds, unexpected noises, changes in routine, odd foods, and now, thanks to his mother, green ghosts that slime people.
Anxiety is also a big part of raising a child with a disability. My own fears often well up at night, like the ginormous Stay Puft marshmallow ghost. I am visited by apparitions from the future: Ted, five years from now, still trying to correctly identify the letters of the alphabet, stuck in a self-contained classroom or kicked out of school altogether because he's "too difficult" to manage. Ted, age twenty, struggling to complete high school with no job prospects and unable to live independently. Then I move onto Tom who's showing some of A.S.D.'s telltale signs: massive meltdowns, food and auditory sensitivities. Oh no! my inner ghost taunts, What if he's on the Spectrum too?
I wake up from these restless nights in a state of sticky paralysis, as if I've been slimed. I'm liable to transfer this viscous anxiety onto my children. There are times when I push them to perform in order to alleviate my anxiety, forcing Ted into more handwriting practice (another area of delay) or insisting Tom eat everything on his plate just to prove to me he's not a picky-eater. In my desperation to be reassured that they will be okay, I end up communicating to them that they are somehow not okay.
These moments call for some serious ghostbusting. For me, that means refocusing on what's real. What's real is Ted's smile, his laughter, his sly sense of humor and his wicked morning breath. What's real is that, yes, he has some significant challenges but we're working on them and he's showing progress. What's real is that Tom is a stubborn three-year-old who throws fits and sometimes refuses to eat. He's also sociable, confident and positively gleeful. When I get the slime out of my eyes and focus on the real flesh and blood children before me I see that, in actuality, they're doing just fine.
Yesterday, the kid's "Deluxe Ghostbuster Costumes" arrived via Amazon. These full-body jump suits, complete with ghostbuster emblem and inflatable proton pack, promise to take their ghostbusting to a whole new level. Now the boys can suit up, turn on the theme song and zap away all those pesky ghosts that keep us up at night – while I try to do yoga.
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Sewanee News
Welcome to the Class of 2025!
The University began welcoming new students to campus during the second week of August. Classes begin in the College on Wednesday, Aug. 25.
The University began welcoming new students to campus during the second week of August. International students were among the first to arrive, followed by Finding Your Place mentors and then about 200 FYP participants and some student-athletes.
Finding Your Place is a program that introduces new students to campus, course work, professors, and classmates. Its place-based approach combines knowledge and experiences across many disciplines and prepares students for an engaged life in and beyond Sewanee. Participants enjoy plenary sessions, smaller individual sections, and numerous field trips around middle Tennessee. This year's field trips ranged from canoeing on Lake Dimmick and hiking in Lost Cove to visits to the Chattanooga Food Bank, Old Stone Fort State Archaeological Park, and the Whitwell Coal Miners' Museum.
PRE leaders and other student leaders were the next to return to the Mountain, then first-year students in PRE and more student athletes. PRE-Orientation offers incoming students the opportunity to spend three days making friends and exploring Sewanee's 13,000-acre Domain through activities such as rock climbing, canoeing, and community service. More than 210 new students will experience outdoor trips that are available on and near campus.
About 750 College students were on campus before the official move-in day and start of Orientation for new students on Saturday, Aug. 21. From Aug. 21 through 24, the University of the South will officially welcome and prepare the 476 members of the Class of 2025. The first-year students this year hail from 40 states and 12 countries.
Academically, the Class of 2025 is the strongest in recent history. Their orientation includes both virtual and in-person elements. Vice-Chancellor Reuben Brigety and Dr. Leelie Selassie will host a move-in lunch for new students and their families, and a Saturday evening "YSR Picnic" on the Quad will celebrate the beginning of a new school year. The four-day orientation includes residence hall meetings and activities; information sessions, meetings and meals with academic advisors; and a class photo followed by the signing of the Honor Code. The Honor Code signing is both solemn and celebratory, and marks the official matriculation of students into the University of the South. The signing of the Honor Code will be live streamed.
Classes begin in the College on Wednesday, Aug. 25.