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By Ashley Dunkak
After carrying the load in the running game for the Detroit Lions last season, Mikel Leshoure would reportedly welcome a trade to a team that would have more use for him this season, according to ESPN.
Detroit's second round pick in 2011, Leshoure has not dressed for either of the Lions' games this season after rushing 798 yards and scoring nine touchdowns for the team in 2012. The Lions' number one and number two backs are Reggie Bush and Joique Bell, respectively. The Lions dress a third running back for games, but so far they have chosen Theo Riddick because Riddick can be used on special teams as well as in the run game.
According to ESPN, Leshoure would be like to be on a team that runs the ball more.
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Spiced Lamb, Couscous and Spinach Salad
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1-1/2 teaspoons sugar
1 teaspoon sweet paprika
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 small fresh red Thai chilli, chopped finely
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For several months now, I have set aside Thursday to bring Titus out for dinner. It can be nearby or somewhere further depending on our schedule for the day. This has been something that he looked forward to as he liked to take MRT or buses to get to places. So during that time, we get to enjoy the "lovely view" in his own words. Likewise, we get to spend time together and sometimes listen to what is happening in his class or his life in the childcare.
It is interesting to know what might come out of his mouth literally that can just sweep you off. Sometimes he can just say that someone is misbehaving in class and he dislike it or he don't like a friend anymore due to an issue and etc. These things may seem small or trivial to us but it meant the whole world to him now.
More so, it is a time to see how much he has grown, from the conversation that he can hold to the things that he understand. Even the big words that he used such as "enormous" that he learnt in childcare being able to put it to use and in a rightful manner is all part of his life and a big milestone forward.


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Dale MacKenzie
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Dale studied drawing, painting and sculpture at the Saidye Bronfman School of Art (Comprehensive Art Program) in Montreal. She also completed a mentorship program in the Independent Studies Program at the Visual Arts Centre in Montreal specializing in multi-media work. She has also studied clay sculpture at the Manitoba Institute of Sculpture.
Fishbone Studios are located on Eagle Lake in N.W. Ontario and in Nelson, B.C.
Solo Exhibitions
• "Legacy of Eagle Lake II" (Paintings & Sculptures), Riverview Lodge, Dryden, ON, 2011-2012
• "Fish Out of Water", Manitoba Travelling Exhibition: Watson Art Centre Gallery, Dauphin, MB, June 2010; McCreary Manitoba, July 6 – July 28, 2010; Neepawa Manitoba, The Manawaka Gallery. August 11 – August 27, 20; Carman Manitoba, The Golden Prairie Arts Council, August 31 – September 30, 2010
• "The Fishing Series, Continued" Paintings (new works), Law Office of Nasmyth Morrow & Bogusz, Nelson, BC, 2010
• "The Lure of Fishing" (Paintings & Sculptures), Portage and District Arts Centre, Portage La Prairie, MB, 2009, artist fees
• "Guides & Dollies" (Sculptures), EPCOR Centre, Calgary, AB, 2008
• "Legacy of Eagle Lake" (Paintings), Riverview Lodge, Dryden, ON, 2008
• "Of Fish and Fishermen", (Paintings), Rodmay Heritage Hotel, Powell River, BC, 2008
• "Something's Fishy" (Paintings and Sculptures), Arts On Atlantic Gallery, Calgary, AB, 2007
• "Focus On Art", (Paintings and Sculptures), Business and Art Project, Calgary, AB, 2007, 2008
• "Days Gone By", (Paintings and Sculptures), Dryden Region Culture and Educational Centre, Dryden, ON, 2006
• "Heads or Tails: A Fishy Story" (Paintings, Collages, and Sculptures) Dryden District Museum, Dryden, ON, 2005
• "A Body of Memory" (Paintings), Golden Prairie Arts Council, Carman, MB, 2004
• "Cruising the Cosmos" (Paintings and Sculptures), The Red Igloo Gallery, Lachine Canal Complex, Montreal, PQ, 2003
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• Municipality of Machin 100th Anniversary, Group Exhibition, The Fort, Vermillion Bay, ON, September 2009
• Dryden and Region Arts Council, Annual Exhibition, Dryden and District Regional Museum, September 2009
• "Expose Yourself To Art", Vermilion Bay, ON, 2007, 2008
• "Hat-Story", McMullen Gallery, Juried Exhibition, Edmonton, AB, 2007
• Professional Walleye Trail, Two person exhibition at International Fishing Tournament, Dryden, ON, 2007
• Dryden Regional Studio Tour, Dryden, ON, 2007-2009
• "Images in Scarlet: Remembering the Mounted Police", (Sculpture), Juried Exhibition, Fort Calgary, Calgary, AB, 2006
• "Three Artists" (Paintings), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, 2004
• "Thursday's Artists" (Paintings), Lachine Canal Complex Gallery, Montreal, PQ, 2003
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• Oxygen Art Centre, Nelson, BC, 2010
• Kootenay Gallery of Art, History and Science, Castlegar, BC, 2010
• Portage and District Arts Centre, Portage La Prairie, MB, 2009-2010
• Mentoring Artists for Women's Art (MAWA), Winnipeg, MB, 2004-present
• Visual Arts Alberta Association, 2006-2009
• The Alberta Society of Artists, Juried Member, 2006-2009
• Burns Visual Arts Society, Calgary, AB, 2004-2009
• Dryden Regional Arts Council, Dryden ON, 2004-2009
• Wildflower Arts Centre, Calgary, AB, 2004-2006
Artist's Talk and Publications
•Bob Izumi's Real Fishing Magazine, Featured Artist: "The Art of Angling", Fall Issue 2011
•The Cottager Magazine, "Fight the Good Fight", July-August, 2011 Issue
• Dryden Observer, newspaper article, 2011
•Bob Izumi's Real Fishing Magazine, Featured Artist: "The Art of Angling", Summer Issue, 2009
• The Country Register (Ontario), Featured Artist, Sculptures, July-August, 2009 Issue
•Portage La Prairie and District Arts Centre, Artist's Talk, August 2009
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• Shaw Television Interview, NW-ON, 2008
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• Coordinator, East Side Studio Crawl, Calgary, AB, 2007-2008
• Vice President, Burns Visual Arts Society, Calgary, AB, 2007-2009
• Creator/Organizer: "Expose Yourself To Art", Multi-Artist Exhibition, The Fort, Vermilion Bay, ON, 2008
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One of the most common questions founders ask us is how to structure their next financing round.
Typically, early-stage startup financing takes one of three forms – convertible preferred equity, convertible debt or an alternative instrument such as a simple agreement for future equity (SAFE). The structure appropriate for a startup depends on a number of variables, such as the stage of financing, the investor composition, the size of the raise, the particular terms being offered by investors and the timeframe available to the company.
As a general rule of thumb, seed rounds (often defined as $750,000-$2,000,000 financing rounds) will be done through preferred stock while most smaller "friends and family" and angel rounds will use some form of convertible security, whether debt or an alternative instrument such as a SAFE.
At all pre-Series A stages, understanding (and having counsel that understands) various financing instruments that are available, and their features, can be extremely important.
In this article, we offer a very condensed summary of key advantages and disadvantages with each type of financing.
Convertible Preferred Equity
Raising a round of preferred stock is a traditional form of startup financing. Angel and venture capital investors generally like preferred stock because it typically provides favorable economic rights (such as a liquidation preference, dividends, anti-dilution protection against down rounds) and control rights (such as board representation, access to financial statements, right to consent to certain major decisions).
From a founder's perspective, the primary benefit of issuing preferred equity is that, unlike debt, there is no maturity date and hence no obligation that the investment be repaid. Preferred equity rounds are also priced or priced with a floor, which can give some certainty of valuation.
However, particularly for a company in its early stages, valuations can be difficult to negotiate. On top of this, the parties' negotiation of the parameters of the economic and control rights referred to above can prolong negotiations and add execution risk to the process. Closing on a preferred equity round also will place some more administrative burdens on the company as one of the main conditions to closing will be amending the company's charter, which requires the company to obtain stockholder consents. However, if the company is at an early stage with a simple cap table, this may be more straightforward to obtain.
Convertible Debt
As an alternative, capital providers and founders sometimes seek to structure seed-stage investments as convertible debt, even though for founders it means offering their investors a more senior position in the company's capital structure. Convertible notes are also often used to bridge two rounds of equity financing.
An advantage of convertible debt is that a higher position in the capital structure and the forcing mechanism of a relatively near-term maturity can give investors greater comfort to forgo certain protections that are a typical feature of preferred stock (such as board seats). As a result, the documentation required to complete a convertible debt round can be simpler, with fewer terms to negotiate, resulting in lower legal fees and a faster timeline to close.
In terms of downsides for founders, because a convertible note is a loan, it will either have to be repaid or, if the investor is willing, restructured at maturity if no conversion event has occurred. Often, investors will have significant negotiating leverage in those restructuring discussions because an early-stage company may lack the funds to make repayment leaving agreement with the investors the only alternative to avoid a forced sale or liquidation of the company. To avoid this scenario, founders will often attempt to include a mandatory conversion feature upon maturity. Investors will often resist such a provision as it can make the benefits of a convertible debt instrument illusory relative to a convertible preferred.
Finally, in structuring a convertible debt instrument, founders and investors must engage in a valuation negotiation similar to that in a preferred round and a negotiation as to the terms of the conversion triggers.
In recent years, certain alternative instruments have been introduced to the startup financing landscape. Perhaps the most common of these is the SAFE. If simplicity is the goal, the SAFE can be an attractive option. It often postpones the valuation discussion and converts into equity based on the valuation in the next financing round (though often at the lower of a discount or a cap to the round's valuation). Like equity, the SAFE does not have a maturity date so founders are not under the pressure of a looming maturity. Although investors frequently demand investor protections in a SAFE document, SAFE negotiations and implementation often occur more rapidly than that with convertible preferred or convertible debt.
Finally, and favorably for reducing execution risk in start-up finance generally, there has been a trend towards standardized terms and open source documents, such as the Y Combinator SAFE and Series Seed preferred equity documents. While these documents do not always address all circumstances or key risks for investors or founders, they can be a very useful starting point.
For more information regarding early-stage startup financing, please contact the Olshan attorney with whom you work regularly or one of the Olshan attorneys listed below.
Mitchell Raab is a Corporate partner at Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP who focuses on finance, M&A transactions, and general commercial counseling. Mitch routinely represents early-stage technology and growth companies, their investors and their major industrial partners in transactional and general commercial matters.
Erik Syvertsen is Of Counsel at Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP and specializes in representing early-stage technology and growth companies on capital raising and transactional matters. Erik is also General Counsel to AngelList, where he is focused on fund product structuring, risk management, securities law and legal affairs.
Honghui Yu is a Corporate associate at Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP who advises early-stage technology and growth companies on issues involving formation and financing and engages in general corporate and securities law transactions.


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Tuesday, October 09, 2007
Cymru Rouge Citizenship Test
Nonetheless, standards is standards, so the Edjucation (and Fighting) Committee of the Cymru Rouge Great Angka (myself, Ta Moq, Huw Samphan and Paul Pot), have devised a series of questions to assess the suitability of these massed huddlers for Welsh citizenship, bringing as it does many rights as well as obligations.
So here's the first section. Watch this video, and answer the following questions:
1. Is Charles Bukowski a Welsh?
2. Is Rheinallt H Rowlands right to want to be like him?
3. The countryside in the video lies near Llanfihangel-y-Pennant. Which side of the road should Rheinallt be driving on?
4. Those Welsh girls look lovely, don't they?
5. But what if they're dirty?
6. How come Rheinallt has such a lovely deep Welsh voice if his pods don't look like they've dropped yet?
7. What will Rheinallt's mam say when she gets hold of him?
Answers will be assessed and sentences passed in the coming week.
17 comments:
- Modo said...
1. Yes but not a natural Welsh speaker.
2. Anything would seem to be better than being Rheinallt H Rowlands.
3. Trick question! There is only one side.
4. Oes.
5. Diolch yn fawr.
6. Drinking Tovali pop from a young age.
7. Sgleinio fel ceilliau ci.
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- No Good Boyo said...
Croeso. By being the first happlicant you will, if successful, also be awarded the Order of the Charred Lung of Llwchwr (II Class), previously worn by Minister of War and Chairman of the Miss Welsh Selection Board, Iago Anffawd (fab Gwil Goll).
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- Gorilla Bananas said...
I only know the answers to 4 and 5, but I'm not that fussed about being Welsh. Tom Jones is an honorary gorilla, so we've already got a finger in that pie.
- 5:12 pm
- M C Ward said...
1. He drank himself to death like one.
2. Judging by this performance, yes.
3. The side without the sheep.
4. Mmm.
5. Mmmmmmm.
6. He's sampling Bryn Terfel.
7. Paham mae dicter, O Reinhallt, or something similarly Welch.
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- No Good Boyo said...
Mr Bananas,
Our axis is strong. Forget not the other ape-Wales link of old:
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- No Good Boyo said...
Vossa Excelência,
I can say in advance that your sampling of "Myfanwy" and use of the correct spelling of Welsh push you up the slag-heap of aspiration already.
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- Andrew Zalotocky said...
1. No, just a drunk tosser
2. See above
3. Take any side you like, there's nobody around
4. Oh yes
5. See answer to 3
6. He went to stage school, see
7. Stop being a poncey actor and get a proper job, see
- 10:56 pm
- No Good Boyo said...
Zalotocky, Witamy! You're in.
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Well I guess I would count as a 'Brummie white-flighters, Giro head' not that you can throw stones as you life in my promised land! ;)
Hopefully you can make up for our brain drain.
1. No (but I liked the answer 'He drank himself to death like one.')
2.Any nation should be proud to have him on there team. So ofcourse.
3. The left assuming the road is wide enough.
4. Yes- Welsh girls are lovely.
5. I'm a dirty punk so who would i be to critise. Their Lovely, they are Welsh girls.
6. You lot can be a funny bred.
7. Well done boyo your better than Tom Jones.
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The U.S. Army announced today that Command Sgt. Maj. Daniel A. Dailey will replace Sgt. Major of the Army Raymond Chandler III as the service's top non-commissioned officer.
"We have the utmost confidence in Command Sgt. Maj. Dailey and look forward to having him join our leadership team," Secretary of the Army John McHugh said in an Army release.
"His experience, leadership, devotion to soldiers and commitment to our Army make him especially suited to assume this important duty, one that Sgt. Maj. of the Army Chandler has masterfully performed for the last four years."
Chandler will remain in the post until Jan. 30 when Dailey will be sworn in as the 15th sergeant major of the Army during a ceremony at the Pentagon.
"I'm passionate about the Army, and I'm passionate about taking care of soldiers," Dailey said in the release. "This is truly a humbling opportunity."
Dailey is currently the command sergeant major for U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command. A native of Palmerton, Pennsylvania, Dailey is a combat veteran with four deployments to Operation Iraqi Freedom and one in support of Operation Desert Storm. He was a command sergeant major for most of those tours, responsible for training, leading, mentoring and developing soldiers into leaders, Army officials said.
Dailey's awards include a Bronze Star Medal with Valor, Ranger Tab, Expert Infantryman's Badge and Combat Infantryman's Badge, according to the release. Dailey graduated at the top of his class from Excelsior University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree.
"Command Sgt. Maj. Dailey epitomizes the competence, character and commitment we require of our soldiers and leaders," said Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond Odierno. "I have every confidence in his ability as a visionary leader to help guide our Army through this time of great complexity and rapid change – he is a trusted Army professional."
Dailey will serve as the Army chief of staff's personal adviser on matters affecting the enlisted force. Much of his time will be spent traveling throughout the Army to observe training and talk to soldiers and their families.
The sergeant major of the Army recommends quality-of-life improvements to Army leadership and sits on councils that make decisions affecting enlisted soldiers and their families. The SMA also routinely testifies before Congress on these issues. Dailey will be the public face of the U.S. Army's NCO Corps, representing the corps to the American people in the media and through business and community engagements, according to the release.
"I'm confident Command Sgt. Maj. Dailey will provide good counsel to the secretary and chief as he has a track record of being a steadfast advocate for soldiers and families," Chandler said in the release. "Throughout my tenure, I have counted on his support and advice, especially in the areas of leader development and the Army profession."
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non zero one are delighted to remount hold hands / lock horns for Nesta's FutureFest at Shoreditch Town Hall. The two-day festival on 28 and 29 September is an immersive experience of what the world might feel like over the next few decades, curated by musician and author Pat Kane, with leading figures from science, technology, business and the arts.
hold hands / lock horns was developed in 2010 during research and development for the time out as part of an on-going exploration of how we can be held accountable for our choices. First performed in Edinburgh at Forest Fringe, it has since been shown at The Basement in Brighton as part of Supper Club and at The Light Shopping Centre in Leeds as part of Invisible Flock's Bring the Happy.
The new 'future edition' is devised especially for FutureFest, a series of choices that contemplate the future and your relationship to it.
From the bright and uplifting to the dark and dystopian, FutureFest will present a weekend of compelling talks, cutting-edge shows, technology displays and interactive performances that will inspire and challenge you to change the future. Looking not just at potential scientific and technological developments, but also how these may interact with changing values, institutions and power structures.
FutureFest is split into four sessions, Saturday Morning, Saturday Afternoon, Sunday Morning and Sunday Afternoon and booking is per session at £36. hold hands / lock horns will run during all four sessions.
Book tickets here.
Find out more about hold hands / lock horns here.
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Today, I was discussing with some fellow teachers about what music to play in Savasana. Some liked to play mantras or soft music to block outside noises, but I have always preferred sitting in silence at the end of my practice. It doesn't make much sense to me that I would play some louder noise to distract from the already present noise. Isn't it a greater practice of surrender if we just listen to what's going on around us at the moment? If I can't sit in peace when a truck drives by or when a high-heeled lady stomps down the hall, what hope is there for me to have peace ANYWHERE?
My teen class I teach is held at a dance studio in a gym, directly adjacent to a football locker room. Everyday, as I am beginning my "Yoga as Meditation" class, the football team is getting dressed for practice. They like to play a little rap or dance music to get psyched up. Usually, they are done by the time I am five minutes into class so it isn't really disruptive to me or the students. Today, as usual, the music came and went, we finished class, and began to rest in Savasana. I start to talk about my conversation I had earlier about silence. We hear noise, interpret it as something that shouldn't be there, and it creates stress. To have the belief that we have to be in a perfectly quiet room to be at peace means to have the belief that peace can only be attained under certain perfect circumstances. If we believe that, peace can never come from within; it can only be granted by some other party upon the few lucky ones. It's a pretty dismal view, and it's surprising how many of us believe it. How many times do we place contingencies on our own well being? We need more money, the right friends, a better partner, more time. Yeah, when we get all of THAT then we will be at peace.
Suddenly, this song begins blasting in the next room. Dr. Dre. Full on, explicit lyrics version, bass vibrating the walls Dr. Dre. I stifle my laughter at the irony of the situation, and I look around the room expecting to see fifteen teenagers cracking smiles. They were all silent and motionless. Okay, I'm pretty sure 30% of them were asleep, but they looked peaceful. This is why I keep practicing and teaching yoga. It isn't about getting flexible or trying to get into handstand. It can turn something previously felt as annoying into an opportunity to be the calm in the storm. Being calm while loud, unexpected music is playing doesn't sound like a big deal, but it can transfer into every aspect of your life. You don't need the perfect circumstances for peace. You don't need the right job. You don't even need the perfect partner. You don't even need the right time. It's always here. Peace isn't granted; it's practiced.


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Ask the Expert, Summer 2019
The Pest Monitor Newsletter
Q. Pigeons continually roost on a ledge above the main door of my food plant, so the entryway is always covered with droppings. But some of my employees are protesting any control methods. How can I communicate the importance of control to them?
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Therefore, it is important to educate your employees about the importance of food safety and protecting the company's brand by excluding birds such as pigeons from their facility. Inform them that premiere pest control companies have effective solutions and humane bird exclusion techniques that can be implemented to deter the pigeons from roosting, loafing and nesting on and around their property. The good news is that this does not harm the birds, it just forces them to find another location to roost or build their nests.


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Gideön, the eccentric Londoner, has done it again with this intriguing Boiler Room mix. This vinyl archivist takes you on an hour-long adventure that begins with utter confusion before euphorically transporting you into a carefully curated compilation of elegant sampling.
The mix begins with a near three-minute compilation of names, places, and organizations, an introduction that leaves nearly every listener puzzled. As the perplexity fades, we enter a deep space of ambient noises and melodic vocals over a steady baseline. From there, the vocal sampling adopts a new utility; there is still copious sampling, but nearly all are truncated such that they serve no purpose other than to compliment the jubilant baseline.
Gideön clearly has a diverse artistic background, which is represented in the Boiler Room and stems from his DJ residency at Soulhole in Berlin, a venue where a wide variety of high-energy music is enjoyed, from gospel to sisterfunk.
This mix is a perfect representation of Gideön's character and musical influence. In addition to being the host of London's Soho Radio, Gideön is the co-founder and manager of Absolution, an organization in Berlin that hosts events at abandoned buildings for gay underground enthusiasts. Additionally, he is the co-creator of hybrid music and art installations that are presently part of the Block9 portfolio, where he administers musical programs and books artists.
Gideön's multi-genre knowledge has once again resulted in a synthesis of excellence; he gives us a taste of everything from deep house to disco in a perfectly diverse equilibrium. If you're in the mood for an upbeat and engaging mix that will make the whole room dance, look no further than Gideön in the Boiler Room; it will not disappoint.


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To install WSAPI you need to have LuaRocks. Just
install the
wsapi package. If you want FastCGI
support you need to have the FastCGI dev kit
installed, and use the
wsapi-fcgi LuaRocks package. If you want Xavante support
installed use the
wsapi-xavante LuaRocks package.
The WSAPI rock copies samples, docs and support files to its path inside your local Rocks repository.
There is an all-in-one installer script that installs Lua, LuaRocks, and
wsapi-xavante in
a single step. Download the tarball,
unpack it, then run the provided
wsapi-install script in its path. Run
wsapi-install --help for
installation options.
About web servers
To run WSAPI applications you will also need a web server such as
Apache, Lighttpd, or
IIS (available only for Windows). Xavante is a webserver
written in pure Lua. To use the Xavante connector, install the "wsapi-xavante"
rock (it is already installed if you used the
wsapi-install script).
A Simple WSAPI Application
WSAPI applications are Lua functions that take an environment and return the status code, response headers and an output iterator. A very simple application is the following:
function hello(wsapi_env) local headers = { ["Content-type"] = "text/html" } local function hello_text() coroutine.yield("") coroutine.yield("
Hello Wsapi!
") coroutine.yield("
PATH_INFO: " .. wsapi_env.PATH_INFO .. "
") coroutine.yield("
SCRIPT_NAME: " .. wsapi_env.SCRIPT_NAME .. "
") coroutine.yield("") end return 200, headers, coroutine.wrap(hello_text) end
If you have some experience with web development the example code above should be self-explanatory.
Applications usually are not implemented as naked functions, though, but packaged
inside Lua modules with a
run function that is the entry point for WSAPI. This
run function
is then passed to your server's WSAPI connector. The generic application launchers
provided with WSAPI respect this pattern.
This is how the above example would look packaged this way (for example, in a hello.lua file):
#!/usr/bin/env wsapi.cgi local _M = {} function _M.run(wsapi_env) local headers = { ["Content-type"] = "text/html" } local function hello_text() coroutine.yield("") coroutine.yield("
Hello Wsapi!
") coroutine.yield("
PATH_INFO: " .. wsapi_env.PATH_INFO .. "
") coroutine.yield("
SCRIPT_NAME: " .. wsapi_env.SCRIPT_NAME .. "
") coroutine.yield("") end return 200, headers, coroutine.wrap(hello_text) end return _M
The first line tells the UNIX-based web servers such as Apache to run WSAPI's generic CGI launcher when executing this file as a CGI script.
Running the application
This step depends on your server and the connector you want to use.
If you installed the
wsapi-xavante package you already have a Xavante
launcher with WSAPI support. Just run the
wsapi script in the path you
want as your document root, and point your browser either to the
hello.ws script (both extensions are treated as WSAPI applications).
wsapi --help for the launcher's configuration options.
UNIX-like (Apache, Lighty, etc.) CGI/FastCGI
You can run hello.lua directly as a CGI script, through the generic CGI launcher wsapi. Just give execute permission hello.lua and put it in a URL-accessible path with execute permission. You should then see something like this when accessing the corresponding hello.lua URL:
Hello Wsapi!
SCRIPT\_NAME: /cgi-bin/hello.lua
The generic FastCGI launcher wsapi-fcgi can also run the hello.lua file
directly. Configuration depends on your web server, but you should tell it to run
.lua files as FastCGI scripts with wsapi-fcgi as the wrapper (the configuration
is analogous to the necessary for running PHP scripts with FastCGI). As an example,
this are the changes in
httpd.conf for using Apache's *mod_fcgid*:
AddHandler fcgid-script .lua
FCGIWrapper /usr/bin/wsapi-fcgi .lua
You can also run hello.lua through a launcher script specially tailored to it. The driver script is very similar for both connectors. For CGI it can be this one (hello.cgi):
#!/usr/bin/env lua local cgi = require "wsapi.cgi" local hello = require "hello" cgi.run(hello.run)
For FastCGI (hello.fcgi):
#!/usr/bin/env lua local fastcgi = require "wsapi.fastcgi" local hello = require "hello" fastcgi.run(hello.run)
You may need to change lua to the name or your Lua interpreter executable. Now flag the launcher as executable and put it in a URL-accessible path that has execute permissions. You should see something like this when accessing the corresponding URL:
Hello Wsapi!
SCRIPT\_NAME: /cgi-bin/hello.cgi
Windows IIS CGI/FastCGI
The generic launchers on Windows are called wsapi.exe and wsapi-fcgi.exe. You should associate the .lua file extension with one of them on IIS' management console. Then copy hello.lua to some URL-accessible path.
For CGI there is also a launcher.exe that you can rename to hello.exe and it will run the hello.cgi application launcher (not the hello.lua application!). Both should be in the same path, and it should be URL-accessible and have execute permissions on IIS. You should point your browser to hello.exe.
Writing WSAPI connectors
A WSAPI connector builds the environment from information passed by the web server and calls a WSAPI application, sending the response back to the web server. The first thing a connector needs is a way to specify which application to run, and this is highly connector specific. Most connectors receive the application entry point as a parameter (but WSAPI provides special applications called generic launchers as a convenience).
The environment is a Lua table containing the CGI metavariables (at minimum the RFC3875 ones) plus any server-specific metainformation. It also contains an input field, a stream for the request's data, and an error field, a stream for the server's error log. The input field answers to the read([n]) method, where n is the number of bytes you want to read (or nil if you want the whole input). The error field answers to the write(...) method.
The environment should return the empty string instead of nil for undefined
metavariables, and the
PATH\_INFO variable should return "/" even if the path
is empty. Behavior among the connectors should be uniform:
SCRIPT\_NAME should
hold the URI up to the part where you identify which application you are serving,
if applicable (again, this is highly connector specific), while
should hold the rest of the URL.
After building the environment the connector calls the application passing the environment to it, and collecting three return values: the HTTP status code, a table with headers, and the output iterator. The connector sends the status and headers right away to the server, as WSAPI does not guarantee any buffering itself. After that it begins calling the iterator and sending output to the server until it returns nil.
The connectors are careful to treat errors gracefully: if they occur before sending the status and headers they return an "Error 500" page instead, if they occur while iterating over the response they append the error message to the response.
Conveniences for application writers
WSAPI is very low-level and just lets your application pretend that web servers and gateway interfaces are similar, but it does not do any kind of processing/parsing on the request, nor any buffering on the output. Most web applications need these features, so we provide helper libraries to do it.
The first library is wsapi.request. This library encapsulates the environment, parsing the request data (GET and POST) and also handling file uploads and incoming cookies.
The other helper is wsapi.response, which offers a simpler interface (along with buffering) for output instead of the inversion of control of the iterator. It also lets you easily send cookies back to the browser.
Finally there is wsapi.util, which provides URI encoding/decoding and other utility functions.
WSAPI frameworks
The facilities above make it easier to write applications, but still are very basic. For more advanced web programming there are also frameworks built on top of WSAPI. Examples would be Orbit, which adds niceties as dispatch based on pattern matching over the PATH_INFO, easy serving of static content, easy access to databases, and easy page caching, and SAPI, included in the WSAPI package as the wsapi.sapi application, for running CGILua scripts and Lua pages.
Testing WSAPI applications
WSAPI comes with a mock connector that can be used for testing. It provides methods to send requests to your application and format responses. Functionality such as assertions and validations is left entirely to the testing framework you choose to use. Here's a simple example of how to use the mock connector:
local connector = require "wsapi.mock" function hello(wsapi_env) local headers = { ["Content-type"] = "text/html" } local function hello_text() coroutine.yield("hello world!") end return 200, headers, coroutine.wrap(hello_text) end local app = connector.make_handler(hello) do local response, request = app:get("/", {hello = "world"}) assert(response.code == 200) assert(request.request_method == "GET") assert(request.query_string == "?hello=world") assert(response.headers["Content-type"] == "text/html") assert(response.body == "hello world!") end


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Marijuana milestone
Almost half of American states have taken steps to legalise cannabis. The federal government should follow
BESIDES choosing lawmakers, on November 4th voters in three American states and the District of Columbia considered measures to liberalise the cannabis trade. Alaska and Oregon, where it is legal to provide "medical marijuana" to registered patients, voted to go further and let the drug be sold and taken for recreational purposes, as Colorado and Washington state already allow. In DC, a measure to legalise the possession of small amounts for personal use was passed. A majority of voters in Florida opted to join the lengthening list of places where people can seek a doctor's note that lets them take the drug. However, the measure fell just short of the 60% needed to change the state constitution. Even so, that such a big state in the conservative South came so close to liberalising shows how America's attitude to criminalising pot has changed.
After this week's votes only 27 states outlaw all sale or possession of marijuana. In the rest, a thriving "canna-business" is emerging (see article): trade in the drug is escaping the grasp of organised crime and becoming normal, just as alcohol did after the end of Prohibition. But even as moves to legalise and regularise the business continue at state level, the federal government and Congress remain dead set against the drug. A panoply of federal laws to curb the marijuana trade remain in place; and in recent months the Drug Enforcement Administration has raided cannabis dispensaries in California that are operating under state licences.
The cannabis industry is now in a legal no-man's-land. In some states the distinction between medical and recreational use is hazy: just fake a back problem and you can join the ranks of licensed pot-heads. Entrepreneurs are creating a range of products that is, literally, mind-blowing: not just smokes, but cannabis cakes, chocolates and massage oils. Yet even where state governments allow people to partake of the weed for pleasure, growers and sellers face the constant threat of seizure or arrest by the Feds. National laws make it hard for them to open bank accounts or get credit, and thus to rent premises or invest in production. They cannot sell across state lines.
This makes it harder for the business to distance itself from the criminal underworld, which is one of the main purposes of legalisation. It also has safety implications. Smaller states will struggle to monitor quality standards and set safe doses for the huge variety of marijuana products coming to market. The federal Food and Drug Administration—the world's foremost regulator of drug safety—refuses to inspect the cottage industry for fear of legitimising it. (Strangely enough, such qualms do not deter the Internal Revenue Service, which readily taxes the proceeds.)
Marlboro, man
Opponents of legalisation are happy to see the business stay small, amateurish and nervous. They argue that if it got into the hands of giant corporations with big marketing budgets, as tobacco and alcohol have, pot use would surge. However, the weed business is already vast—worth some $40 billion by one estimate—and it is largely in the hands of gangs that, unlike big, stockmarket-listed firms, would not hesitate to sell dodgy stuff, to youngsters as well as adults. A legal, well-regulated pot industry would be a safer, less crime-infested one, but it would not necessarily be a bigger one: tobacco use has plunged as regulation has been tightened and public education about its health risks has improved.
The federal government and Congress should face up to the reality that across swathes of America, pot is now all but legal—and voters want it that way. They should redirect their efforts to making it as well-regulated as booze and cigarettes.
This article appeared in the Leaders section of the print edition under the headline "Marijuana milestone"
Leaders November 8th 2014
From the November 8th 2014 edition
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Erwin Sattler Rotalis 3 - High Precision iOS/Android Programmable Watch Winder
Erwin Sattler Rotalis 3
High Precision iOS/Android Programmable Watch Winder
Three wristwatches finds protected behind glass its perfect place because the optimum values can be transferred from an enclosed database that contains more than 8,000 different automatic wristwatches and transmitted to the memory in the watch winder.
- WLAN technology for individual programming
- Access to a comprehensive database that contains the rotational speeds as exactly specified by the manufacturer
- 12 o'clock position for optimum presentation of the timepieces
- Wristwatch holder also suitable for very large wristwatches
These smart luxury watch winders are available in 3, 10, 15, 30 or 60 watch capacity options so that anyone can match them with their personal needs. All of them help to keep your timepieces wound and show them off in the best possible manner.
Running on the SELV (Safety Extra Low Voltage) of 12-24V, these smart watch winders are made from different materials. The exterior of Rotalis 3 is made from wood and nickel-plated brass, however, the Rotalis 10 is mostly made out of metal and carbon veneer. Each watch winder has its own motor that can be programmed individually to move all of the watches separately. As of the Rotalis 15, it features a security glass panel that can be opened through the built-in fingerprint scanner. This model also includes Yacht-watch, thermometer, and barometer. Moreover, there's also an internal LED-based illumination system, making it a more elegant watch winder.
In addition to storing and winding your expensive timepieces, some of the model among these Wi-Fi-powered luxury watch safes also has room to store your jewelry as well. Each safe is equipped with high-precision watch winders by the Munich-based clockmaker Erwin Sattler. Users can easily configure each watch winder through smartphone or computers. Furthermore, there is an integrated database with information about more than 10,000 wrist watch brands to ensure optimal movement rhythm for each model.
|Solid wood case, side panels: stainless steel - plated, LED illumination
Height: 17 cm, width: 33 cm, depth: 20 cm
|Front crystal made from safety glass, open forward
|3 precision watch winders, individually programmable, 12 o'clock position
|3 motors
|Ball bearings
|18 precision ball bearings
|Data transfer
|Power supply
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Car Rear Guard Bumper Rubber Protector Cover Anti-scratch Prevent Scratches While Unloading and Loading Fit for Pickup SUV Truck
SCIENTIFICALY DESIGN: Groove design and non-slip function. prevent the falling of things that you temporarily put.
MATERIAL and SIZE: Rear Bumper Protector sizes: 35.8inch * 3.2 inch, high-quality rubber materials, And easy DIY cut. Universal fit for most of car trucks, pickups and SUVs.
WONDERFUL USEFUL: Prevents your car from wear and tear, scratches paint scratches.Also it can be used to cover any existing scratches, paint damage.
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Does this happen to you? Okay, so the picture is not very good, but bear with me.
Often when I am tatting for a while the thread wears ridges into my middle or ring fingers, or my pinkie when doing split rings, and that can be painful. I've tried those commercial plastic things you slip over your finger, but they never stay in place for long, and the thread never stays on them anyway. So, I made my own finger guard.
I've been using this one for years and love it. It stays on my finger, stays in place under the thread no matter which way the thread lays, is easy to put on and take off, and is dirt cheap. Plus, the longer I use it the more comfortable it is!
Here is a little tutorial on how to make your own.
Go to your local craft store and buy a small swatch of craft leather for a couple of bucks, or find some scrap leather around the house.
Take a sharp knife and cut it in roughly this shape:
You don't need to be too exact, though it may help to trace it on paper first to get the size right for your finger. The wide part in the middle should be about the width of the knuckle you intend to cover. The thinner straps on either side should be about 1/3 the width of the middle and a little less than twice as long as the middle length.
When you cut it out it should look like this:
Then wrap the finger guard around your finger, with the wide part over the knuckle that has all the red ridge marks, and fold the straps around in a simple overhand tie:
The leather will keep itself tied pretty tightly for quite a bit of tatting. I find I have to snug it every half hour or so.
This is what it looks like in action:
I have on occasion used two of these on different fingers at once, such as when doing many split rings, and saved myself a lot of pain.
I hope this little tutorial helps someone out.


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Real estate investing can be both a complete failure or a complete success. Yes, location, location, location is hugely important, but so who you are dealing with is even more important. However, the world of real estate is filled with shady characters. These are the ones you see on late night telly, promising you untold riches.
If you do really want to invest in realty, you must have the right things. First, you need the capital to make an investment. You should also look into the overall real estate market and the neighborhoods you are interested in.
You also need to be a manager and negotiator and have people skills. Practically, you must be able to do repairs, or have people on board who can do this for you. Last but not least, make sure you hire a property inspector. Generally speaking, investing in property means you will become a landlord. Hence, you need to learn what this means and how you can find good tenants. To make it in real estate investing, you need money to spend so you an make more. Generally, only those that have at least some starter's capital are able to make it in this world. You are now ready to become an investor, which means you can start looking into locations. Go to the library and use the internet or even go to town board meetings. You must learn about what the location is like and how it is likely to develop.
You can also decide to look into a real estate investment trust (REIT). Through a REIT, you can get started in investing with less capital behind you, although your returns will be smaller too. REITs are popular because you are essentially investing in real estate corporations. This can be anything from a construction company to a theme park. A REIT is also listed on the stock exchange and NASDAQ. Basically, when you invest in a REIT, you are working with a type of mutual fund that looks solely at real estate. Before you start, however, you need to think about a few things. Look into the economic conditions of the locations of the key holdings first. Also, you should look into how the REIT has performed historically. You should also consider their future plans. Looking into the REIT's manager and what their experience is. Last but not least, consider what the real estate market looks like and how this could affect how your REIT will perform.


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While there are many natural remedies for fibroids some of which may work and others which may not, it is important to remember that when using various uterine fibroids natural treatment methods, you should not expect overnight results. While natural methods are the best way to produce long-lasting results unlike conventional treatment methods, they work slowly.
Being able to treat fibroid tumors naturally when using various natural remedies for fibroids will take some time and you need to be patient. But since we are human, we usually want instant results even when we know better. This is especially true if you are dealing with various uterine fibroids symptoms such as pain and pressure, heavy bleeding, infertility, etc.
In fact, some fibroid natural treatment methods may be deemed a scam or a waste of money and time by some women but this is usually because of impatience and not giving the method sufficient time to work.
Sure, there are some methods that even after using for a year, will not help you get rid of fibroids naturally but you will not know whether something is effective without giving it a reasonable amount of time to work. Using natural remedies against fibroids and only giving it a few days or weeks to work is usually unreasonable but if you are spending a year using a certain method with no results, its more than time to give it up and try another treatment method.
Natural remedies for uterine fibroids take time. This is not surgery. You will not be wheeled into the operating room and a few hours later, wheeled out with no more fibroid tumors as would happen if you have a hysterectomy, a myomectomy or other surgical procedures for uterine fibroids.
While natural methods take time, they are still the best way to treat fibroids naturally as they do not cost as much as surgery which may not give you permanent freedom from uterine fibroids unless you opt to have the very drastic hysterectomy procedure. Natural methods are the best way to produce long-lasting results. Natural methods also do not come with the various serious side effects associated with using various conventional treatment methods including surgery.
Because they take time, it can be difficult to stay motivated because you will have to perform the same repetitive actions daily for several weeks or months and this can get boring and you can get lazy about it and return to your old habits that may have caused the development of uterine fibroids in the first place.
Anyone who performs repetitive actions in any activity that has tedious parts knows that being able to stay motivated and perform the same repetitive actions for a set period of time is the only way to get what you want. When you lose focus, get bored, get lazy, etc, and allow demotivation to enter your life, this is the surest way to throw away all your hard work and get back to square one which can make it even harder to try again.
Using various natural remedies for fibroids can be like this. The daily actions required to create an environment in your body that is toxic to fibroid development are repetitive and can get to a point of being boring sometimes. In much the same way as going to the gym, or professional athletic training, or taking piano lessons, foreign language lessons, etc, using natural remedies against fibroids may seem tedious early on. Routines are never fun and common wisdom states that it takes about 21 days to form a new habit although more realistic wisdom states that it takes 66 days so you need to give yourself and the method you select a chance.
Tips to stay motivated
- First of all you need to pick the right uterine fibroid treatment method and this may vary from one person to another because we are all different. You can be motivated but if you are using ineffective natural remedies for uterine fibroids, it will simply be a waste of time which can be demoralizing.
Research various methods. Read reviews, consider the support that comes with the method you select and so on and so forth. While there are many methods you can use, some effective natural remedies for fibroids are included in the step by step holistic guide Fibroids Miracle which comes with years of research and reviews from real people.
- You must keep your goal of being free of uterine fibroids in front of your daily. What you focus on, you move towards. Keep thinking about the goal you have in mind. Keep post-it notes everywhere you can see them to keep you motivated. Create a vision board. Do everything to increase your chance of staying motivated which will ensure success.
- Keep a daily record of your breaking free from fibroids activities which is one of the best ways to keep you motivated and also help you keep track of what is working and what isn't. Document everything about what you are doing to improve your health, remedies used, workouts, what you are eating, setbacks, etc.
You can also create a chart and document every completed daily task in green and mark every missed daily task in red. While it is realistic to assume that you will not be as consistent as you would like while using natural remedies for fibroids, you will still be able to achieve your goals if you have more green and less red. The more you are consistent the easier it will get to keep to your routine.
- Find a forum where you can talk to people dealing with fibroids. Support is always important and thanks to the internet, you can find a support group on anything including uterine fibroids. Support is important because it will take some time before the first results are visible.
By talking to other people, it will allow you to understand the fibroid natural treatment process and get first hand accounts of success stories. Hearing about how others have been able to succeed in eliminating fibroids naturally has a special way of keeping you motivated. Every single forum user will also tell you that it takes patience but by talking with others, it can help you remain motivated.
One of the benefits of getting the Fibroids Miracle guide is that you will have access to the author (Amanda Leto) for two months through email so that you can email her any questions, concerns, progress, etc while you implement this holistic guide which is an amazing free bonus that comes with buying this guide.
- While you have an overall goal of being free of uterine fibroids, you need to reward yourself every week or month for being consistent in using the various natural remedies for uterine fibroids. If you do notice some visible results, reward yourself too.
Get yourself something nice. Do something you have been wanting to do for a long time and so many other methods of rewarding yourself which has the added benefit of keeping you motivated.
What you have to remember when you use various natural remedies for fibroids is that you should not give up. The road is usually long and tedious but it will be worth it when you realize that you have been able to eliminate uterine fibroids naturally including their symptoms because you were consistent and persistent. Nothing can stop you if you remain motivated.
If you are ready to give the bestselling holistic guide Fibroids Miracle a chance, click here and discover the many natural remedies for fibroids as well as many other methods to eliminate and prevent fibroids from returning.


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Grand Junction, CO – School District 51 and Mesa County Public Health would like to remind all parents, students, and staff of the mental health resources available in Mesa County, particularly when students are about to spend more than two weeks away from their usual support systems at school, including counselors.
The school district and MCPH together sent a letter to all D51 parents and staff today that reminds them of the many free, confidential resources available to people of all ages around the clock at any time of the year. The letter is accompanied by a video created by Central High School students to bring awareness to suicide prevention resources. The video is also on Facebook and YouTube.
Please join us in reminding Mesa County residents that there is always help available by posting, printing, sharing, and airing the following contact information.
Colorado Crisis Services
Confidential and immediate support for anyone in crisis
Call: 844-493-8255 (TALK)
Visit: coloradocrisisservices.org
Text: 38255
Crisis Text Line
Text anonymously with a trained counselor
Text: "CO" to 741741
Mind Springs
Call for crisis support or to learn about local mental health services
Call: 888-207-4004
Visit: mindspringshealth.org/crisis-services
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
Support for anyone who feels suicidal or for their friends or family members
Call: 1-800-273-TALK (8255)
Visit: suicidepreventionlifeline.org and click "Chat"
Anonymously report a number of issues, including the possibility that someone may be suicidal, to local law enforcement and school security and administration
Call: 877-542-7233
Visit: safe2tell.org
Text: Download texting app on Apple or Google Play App Store


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HONG KONG, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Hong Kong is at a critical juncture after two months of anti-government street protests and violence there must stop, China's Hong Kong and Macau affairs office said on Monday.
Increasingly restive protests have plunged Hong Kong into its most serious political crisis in decades, posing a challenge to the central government in Beijing.
Yang Guang, a spokesman for the office in Beijing, delivered a televised address in which he backed police handling of the protests and said that those who care about the city should come out against violence.
Reporting by Noah Sin; writing by Tom Westbrook; editing by Darren Schuettler
Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.


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Infant Mental Health Graduate Certificate
The HDFS Graduate Certificate in Infant Mental Health integrates research, theory and practical application of Infant Mental Health principles. Infant Mental Health is defined as "the developing capacity from birth to three to experience, regulate and express emotions; to form close relationships; and to explore the environment and learn — all in the context of family, community and cultural expectations for young children." Coursework addresses these concepts from a developmental and attachment-based perspective and emphasizes reflective practice.
Graduates of the HDFS Graduate Certificate in Infant Mental Health:
- Provide leadership in the field of Infant Mental Health
- Gain competence in areas needed for Infant Mental Health Endorsement
- Work in a variety of fields with infants and families including clinicians, early childhood teachers, healthcare professionals, and administrators.
The infant mental health certificate is beneficial to anyone working with young children and families. This program is offered online.
Certificate Requirements
15 semester hours
- HDFS 5233: Infant Mental Health
- HDFS 5243: Infant and Early Childhood Development and Attachment
- HDFS 5193: Reflective Practice
- HDFS 5343: Developmental Assessment and Interventions
- HDFS 5513: Issues in Family Science
Course Descriptions
- HDFS 5233: Infant Mental Health
Foundations of infant mental health theory, research, and practice. Includes the familial context of children's early development and the importance of infant-caregiver relationships, early intervention, assessment, and reflective practice. Emphasis is placed on the application of infant mental health principles across settings and disciplines focused on early childhood and families.
- HDFS 5243: Infant and Early Childhood Development and Attachment
Survey of research and theory pertaining to infant and early childhood development and attachment. Content includes cognition and learning, social and emotional development, and assessment. An emphasis is placed on attachment and implications for practitioners working with young children and families.
- HDFS 5193: Reflective Practice
An exploration of the principles and methods of reflective practice. Reflective journaling and group interactive dialogue based on the application of theoretical models. Supervised field experiences in community settings.
- HDFS 5343: Developmental Assessment and Interventions
Applications of qualitative and quantitative approaches to observation and developmental assessment and intervention strategies for students preparing to become specialists or practitioners working with children and families, including early childhood educators, child and parenting practitioners, and human service practitioners.
- HDFS 5513: Issues in Family Science
Current and classic literature in family studies. Consideration of philosophical bases and current research issues relevant to the family as a field of study.
Application to this Program
Required Application Materials:
- Online application and application processing fee
- Transcripts
- Resume or CV
- Statement of Professional Goals
- Writing sample
- Three letters of recommendation
- TOEFL (if your native language is not English)
Application Deadlines
- Rolling
Contact OSU-Tulsa Graduate Student Services
OSU-Tulsa Graduate Student Services
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Not What You Think (PG-13)Written by RubyElf
22 December 2010 | 1042 words
TITLE: Not What You Think
AUTHOR: RubyElf
CHARACTERS: Boromir, Faramir, Legolas
WARNINGS: suggestive remarks
SUMMARY: Faramir returns home on a cold Yule evening to find some strange things being said (and done) in his room
DISCLAIMER: Characters do not belong to me. They are just here to play.
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, whatever you'd like… stay warm and have fun!
Faramir finally gave up and sent his archers home early; there seemed to be little point in archery practice when the targets were completely obscured by cascades of blowing snow. On his way through the cold stone halls he stomped his feet, trying to get rid of the numbness, and blew warm breath into his hands, cursing the thin leather gloves that gave him enough precision to draw his bow but did little to protect from the biting cold. In the city's open courtyards, drifting flakes skated like dust over the bare stone and piled up against walls and in sheltered corners.
He was not terribly surprised to hear Boromir's voice booming out of his room as he approached the door; when pestered by councilors or other annoyances, Boromir was not above hiding in his brother's room instead of his own, where someone was likely to look for him. The shouting, though, suggested that someone was in there with Boromir, and that was rather unexpected.
Curious enough to forget the chill, Faramir leaned against the wall beside his door, listening and growing increasingly puzzled with each passing moment.
"Get down from there, you bloody fool!" his brother's voice exclaimed.
Another, softer voice replied to Boromir's outburst, but Faramir couldn't make out the words. Something hit the floor with a thud.
"Now you've gone and done it! Don't you know how this is supposed to work?"
Another soft reply, and Boromir responded in a milder tone.
"Well, all right then… but I told you, that doesn't go there. No, it won't fit! Hey, there!"
There was a note of rising desperation in his brother's voice, and the sound of furniture sliding across the floor.
"No, we are not switching places, you daft elf! I weigh half again as much as you do!"
Elf? Faramir frowned. There were only two elves he knew of who had any business being in these private halls, and he was quite certain Boromir would never speak to Arwen that way. His brother always addressed the queen with reverence and devotion, first because she was Aragorn's beloved, and second because she had always understood what lay between the king and his steward, and had graciously allowed and even sometimes encouraged that bond. The only other elf likely to be around was Legolas, and though the Prince of Mirkwood was a close friend of both the king and queen, even in his best moods Boromir tended to refer to him as "that bloody self-absorbed idiot elf", and in his worst moods things much less complimentary. The fact that Legolas had made a point of ceaselessly teasing and embarrassing Boromir since their first meeting in Rivendell had done little to endear him to the man.
The quieter voice gave what was clearly an exclamation of displeasure.
"I told you it wouldn't fit," Boromir said. "You'd think you'd never done this before."
Faramir could not hear the response, but Boromir laughed.
"Well, that's just more proof that elves are all dense, not just you. Now get your bony arse back where it's supposed to be!"
Indignant exclamations came from within the room.
"Look, I'm not happy about this either, but I suppose if you're in a tight enough spot even a bloody elf's better than nothing. Now stop fussing and get me that rope."
Faramir's eyes widened; the voice inside was definitely indignant now, and louder. There was a shout of alarm, a few loud thuds, and then Boromir was shouting.
"Ouch! Not like that! You damned bloody useless bastard! Either get off me or get those damned stinking balls of yours out of my face before…"
This was entirely enough for Faramir, considering that this was all taking place in his room, so he shoved the door open and walked in.
The floor of the room was strewn with pine needles and branches, crumpled red ribbons, and various lengths of twine and rope. A few of the pine boughs, decorated with ribbon, had been successfully hung from the rafters, filling the air with the crisp scent of evergreen. In the middle of the room stood Boromir, scowling unhappily, shoulders slightly hunched due to the fact that Legolas was sitting on those shoulders, his ankles hooked together across Boromir's chest. The elf's normally sleek hair was in disarray and full of pine needles; he had lengths of rope draped over one shoulder, a branch in one hand, and in the other several strings from which hung fist-sized sacks of cheesecloth, fragrant with the aroma of clove and nutmeg and cinnamon bark.
Both of them stopped and looked at Faramir, expressions somewhere between surprise and horror.
"Err…" Boromir attempted.
"What are you doing in my room?" Faramir demanded.
"Decorating," Legolas said cheerfully.
Boromir growled. "Get down, you daft bloody elf!"
Legolas landed neatly on his feet, grinning broadly.
"Why…" Faramir asked, bewildered.
Boromir shuffled his feet. "Because Yule always was your favorite holiday, little brother, and it's been many years since we had time to celebrate it properly."
Faramir tried to keep a smile from spreading across his face. "So you got Legolas to help you?"
Boromir snorted. "Asked Arwen to help. She's good at things like that. Instead she sent me this idiot. More trouble than he's worth. And those smelly things he's got there…"
"Traditional for Yule," Legolas argued. "They smell festive."
"You smell like a dead orc's…"
"Enough," Faramir exclaimed, holding up his hands. "Let's finish this up together, and we'll have the kitchen send us up some cake and ale."
"That's not much of a Yule celebration for you," Boromir said doubtfully.
Faramir laughed. "We'll go get Aragorn when we're finished decorating, and then I'll have everyone I want to celebrate with."
Boromir squeezed him rather hard. "Sorry about the mess."
"I'd love anything you made for me, Boromir… even a mess."
"Now about that ale…"
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I'm becoming a bit of a Tony Judt junkie. After The Memory Chalet and Postwar, my eye was inevitably drawn towards Ill fares the Land: and though Postwar was a great book, this is the really timely one. It's that rare thing, a concentrated outburst of intelligent anger – a true polemic. Judt doesn't waste emotional energy in trashing his enemies, but rather challenges his friends to get off our collective backsides and do something. No doubt the fact that he was writing after his terminal diagnosis has something to do with it; without ever making the point crassly explicit, he's saying 'I won't be around to do this – but it has to be done'.
It does have to be done – from every direction the call seems to come for a new way of doing politics which creates a new set of possibilities, new disagreements. We've had our fling with neo-liberalism, but as yet we don't know what else to do, how else to look to run our societies. Tony Judt reminds us that the last time people thought the globalisation of trade had carried us beyond nationalism, the First World War was only a few years away. We have real work to do if the latest re-configuration of world power is not to create war – real shooting war – and not just in nasty dusty places a long way away. When people feel threatened, they retreat to where they feel safe, and get violent when that security feels threatened.
The way forward isn't exactly the way back. The alternative to free market capitalism isn't state socialism. Remember communitarianism? Tony Blair was pretty keen on it for a while: maybe it was his version of David Cameron's Big Society – a genuine political idea. Communitarianism soon disappeared under the pressures of day to day politics, and possibly the attractions of the cash cow that the City of London was during the Blair years. Or maybe it was the cynicism that always looks for a base motive in any apparently high ideal – as particularly exhibited by the British press. As with so many things, the media can bring about their own prophecies of doom, gradually wearing down anything which tries to shift the terms of debate away from their preferred territory of deceit and scandal.
We need to change, to find a way of bringing values back into political debate as areas for argument and aspiration. But how do you rebuild trust? Only a common basis of values which it is assumed that all the parties hold, even while disagreeing about much else. Now that would be a really interesting exercise – to get leaders together from all parties and walks of life to try to define genuinely commonly held values. I wonder how many there would be?


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Filmmaker Anubhav Sinha, who has earlier directed Sanjay Dutt in Dus and Tathastu, hopes to reunite with the actor for a project. Sinha told IANS, "I met Sanju (Sanjay) and we spoke about films. Even when he came back (from jail), he had called me and we had a chat. He was like, 'Let's make films when I come back'. I am very fond of him and he is very fond of me."
"There is a story I have in mind which I will write and that's something I will make with him."
Sanjay walked out a free man from the Yerwada Central Jail in Pune on February 25 after serving a 42-month prison term in a March 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case. The actor was sentenced to undergo five years' rigorous imprisonment for illegal possession of arms.
Sinha last directed Sanjay Dutt in the 2006 released film "Tathastu". He says Shah Rukh Khan and Sanjay are his favourite stars.
"Sanju and Shah Rukh are two of my most favourite people and actors. Every time I start writing something, I have to think of Sanju and Shah Rukh. Then halfway through, I realize that sometime it's not big enough and not good enough, so it has not happened. They are two of my favourite stars," the "Ra.One" director added.
Sinha is currently busy promoting his film Tum Bin 2, which he has written and directed. "Tum Bin 2" is the second instalment of "Tum Bin", and is jointly produced by Sinha and Bhushan Kumar of T-Series music label.


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Over the weekend, I volunteered at the National Multicultural Festival in Canberra. In its 24th year and my first, it was such good experience to be part of the three-day extravaganza.
Of the many highlights, was a small cup of Greek coffee.
Standing outside the Greek food stall, I stared at the sign that said "Traditional Greek coffee, boiled in a briki."
Italicised and unpronounceable means that it's traditional, right?
It wasn't anything groundbreaking though—just regular black coffee—the same thing I drink everyday: fine-ground coffee powder boiled in water, served steaming hot.
Although it was neither authentic nor imported from Greece, it was unlike any I've had. It was stronger, and without the strange sourness of instant black coffee.
The best thing about the festival is that I could watch (gawk at) Greeks doing the Zorba dance (such grace!) and then later talk to a woman about the tradition that's Greek coffee.
Much like the Turkish, Serbian, Armenian, Cypriot, and Bosnian coffee, the Greek version is also boiled in a tall metal pot called, that's right, a briki. The coffee isn't filtered and so when I received the cup with gracious thanks, masking my disbelief at the smallness of the serving, the dregs swirled around, rapidly gaining weight, sinking to the depths of the cup's under world.
Saying that it'd take a while for the grounds to settle, the woman advised me to drink it slow and warned not to drink the "mud".
The reason?
In Greece, once people finish their coffee, they turn the cup over and read dregs—much like tea leaf reading in many real and imagined cultures.
Because it's so hot, the coffee promotes conversations in social events. Greek coffee is an accompaniment for afternoon(ish) tea gatherings. Not a bad thing—forcing people to talk to each other while waiting for the damn coffee to cool down. That would've prevented people from chugging it and rushing away from over inquisitive aunts and uncles.
Clearly, this all before the mobile phone era. Then again, aren't most traditions?