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Blues guitarist Little Freddie King and his drummer/manager, "Wack-O" Wade Wright, stood outside the Charbonnet-Labat-Glapion Funeral Home in Treme on Thursday afternoon, pondering the scene inside for "Uncle" Lionel Batiste's wake. "They've got him fixed up beautiful," King said of the deceased Treme Brass Band drummer and renowned New Orleans character.
Wade agreed. "They've even got his watch on the mannequin's hand," he said, referring to the life-like figure standing in the funeral home's chapel.
That wasn't a mannequin, King replied. "That's him."
In a send-off as unique as the man himself, Mr. Batiste wasn't lying in his cypress casket. Instead, his body was propped against a faux street lamp, standing, decked out in his signature man-about-town finery.
He wore a cream sport coat, beige slacks, tasseled loafers, ornate necktie and matching pocket square, bowler hat and sunglasses. His bass drum and his Treme Brass Band uniform were positioned nearby.
His hands rested atop his omnipresent cane. The gold watch spanning his left palm was his trademark, representing his desire to always have "time on my hands."
His head was cocked slightly to the left. He appeared ready to step from behind the velvet rope and saunter off to Frenchmen Street, where he reveled in dancing and drinking beer.
"He looks better today than when I saw him the Thursday before he died," said Storyville Stompers tuba player Woody Penouilh. "Heaven is agreeing with him."
Several of Mr. Batiste's children, in consultation with Charbonnet-Labat-Glapion owner Louis Charbonnet, concocted the idea of standing him up for his wake.
Lionel Batiste Jr. says he made a promise to his father. "I told him, 'I'm going to take care of you. I'm going to send you off good.' That's the kind of guy he was. He had to be an original."
Thus, the wake was literally Mr. Batiste's last stand.
During his 50 years in the funeral business, Louis Charbonnet had never before embalmed a body in such a life-like pose. After studying pictures of Mr. Batiste – who preferred to be photographed standing up -- and considering various poses, he and the children decided Mr. Batiste should be on his feet, sans casket.
"You have to think outside the box," Charbonnet said. "And so he's outside the box. We didn't want him to be confined to his casket."
Charbonnet declined to share the "trade secrets" of how the effect was achieved. "Five or six of my competitors have been through today, asking how we did it," he said. "It was a challenge."
The dramatic result resonated with the hundreds of mourners who viewed the body Thursday.
Ernie K-Doe, the late rhythm & blues singer best known for his hit "Mother-in-Law," was famously replicated as an eerily realistic mannequin. Eight years after K-Doe's death, the mannequin attended the 2009 funeral of his widow, Antoinette.
But Mr. Batiste's actual-body-as-mannequin was something else entirely.
"I've never seen anything like that," said Nancy Ochsenschlager, who, in the decades she spent as an associate producer of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, befriended countless musicians. "Leave it to Unc. He was completely unique. So this makes sense."
Funeral home employee Aaron Garrison said that a cab driver stopped by en route to Louis Armstrong International Airport. After describing the body's presentation, his fare, a woman bound for Philadelphia, got out to see for herself.
"She said, 'Where's his body?' 'That's him standing over there.' She thought that was wax. I said, 'No, that's him. The real person.'"
Warren Woods, who met Mr. Batiste soon after moving to New Orleans in 1980, believes that a body lying in a casket is actually more "unnatural." "Very rarely do you see a (living) person laying down. It's more natural to view somebody standing up."
After learning that the figure was the real deal and not a mannequin, Wright went back inside the funeral home to view Mr. Batiste again.
"I was looking for him to move," said King, who first met Mr. Batiste 38 years ago at the Caledonia club in Treme. "That's something I've never seen before. It's perfect. It's a wonderful, strange thing."
Mr. Batiste's commemoration has been ongoing since he died on July 8 of cancer at age 80. Impromptu and scheduled second-lines and concerts have taken place throughout Treme and beyond.
The formal commemoration continues Friday with a viewing from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts, followed by a funeral service at 11 a.m. and then a jazz second-line procession.
Mr. Batiste is expected to be inside his casket for Friday's events.
On Thursday, the scene outside the funeral home grew increasing festive, despite threatening clouds. A brass band aggregation struck up on the corner of St. Philip and North Claiborne under the elevated Interstate 10. A crowd coalesced and spilled into North Claiborne, briefly blocking traffic.
Scores of friends, fellow musicians, neighborhood associates and curious onlookers milled around. Beer and barbecue were available for purchase. A man advertised an autographed copy of the 2010 Jazz Fest Congo Square poster depicting Mr. Batiste for $500. Another offered copies of The Boulevard, a free Central City publication, depicting Mr. Batiste on its cover for $3.
At 5 p.m., as the viewing wound down, a brass band led by trombonist Corey Henry paraded into the funeral home's chapel. As the musicians raised their horns in an uptempo gospel medley, family members and fellow mourners commenced dancing.
As more mourners packed into the chapel, a pedestrian traffic jam ensued. The crowd pressed against the velvet rope, behind which Mr. Batiste's body stoically observed the scene. In response to Henry's razzing trombone, the dancers shouted "Hey!" and thrust their hands skyward.
By the time a second brass band made a pass, everyone in the chapel was standing up.
Including Mr. Batiste.
Music writer Keith Spera can be reached at email@example.com or 504.826.3470. Follow him on Twitter at KeithSperaTP.


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It seems to me that romantic notions are the bane of the pre-nuptial agreement. Think on this: you don't want to, or plan to, crash your car, and yet you have car insurance (yes, I know it is the law but stick with me). You don't want your plumbing to explode and flood the house, but you have insurance to ensure it can be sorted easily if the worst happens. And the last thing you want is for the cat to get injured, but you may well pay a small fee each month so that vet bills are taken care of if she is.
So why not see a pre-nup as insurance against something bad happening in your marriage further down the road? You don't want it to, or expect it to, but it might just happen and could help save money and enable you to sort out many things more easily and quickly if it does.
Why then do we view pre-nups differently from health or pet insurance? Surely it can only be that it is seen as unromantic to prepare for the end of a relationship while caught up in the romance of a blooming coupling? How do we overcome this hurdle and get the message out that this is a sensible and normal thing to do, not just the reserve of the rich and famous? That is the tricky question. Would calling it marriage insurance help things? I doubt it!
When you marry someone, your assets become joint assets, regardless of who brought what into the relationship. Therefore, if there is a split, all the assets will need to be divided also. This can cause problems for many as they argue over who should get what, who brought what to the table at the start, and who needs specific help in their future life, eg it may well be better for the mother to stay in the family home with the children rather than to sell it to split profits.
Drawing up a pre-nuptial agreement before you get married – or even a post-nuptial agreement once the big day is over – can settle all this from the start and while the parties concerned are certainly in a more conciliatory mood than they are likely to be when going through a divorce.
It is worth pointing out that currently in England and Wales, pre-nups are not absolutely binding in law. That said, recent case law has shown that when both parties are properly advised on the document, and it is properly drawn up, a court will take the contents as a clear pointer to a settlement. Of course, what a couple decides in happy times and what they then want to see happen if things go wrong, can be two very different things. It is also possible circumstances may have changed during a marriage, either through different financial circumstances or the arrival of children, for instance, so ultimately a court may be called on to make a judgement that is a departure from the document drawn up. That should not detract though from the weight a properly drawn-up pre-nup can bring to a settlement, even if it ends up simply ensuring that you get back possessions that are important or safeguards a particular asset for your children.
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On February 1, 2016 a call went out from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland looking for rabbis willing to take psilocybin so that their scientists could study the science of psychedelics and spirituality.
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The ideal volunteers for the study were to be between 25 and 80, with no personal or family history of severe psychiatric illness, and no recent history of alcoholism or other drug addictions.
Psilocybin, otherwise known as "magic mushrooms" is a naturally occurring psychedelic which is found in over 200 species of mushrooms, and has recently been also found in lichen.
Psilocybin has a variety of mind altering (and heart-opening) effects including visual and mental hallucinations, perceptual shifts, and a distorted sense of time. Some experience what has been termed as "ego death", which can result in adverse side effects such as panic, nausea, and paranoia.
Author Rick Strassman MD posited through his studies that psychedelic experiences (in particular DMT) allows for a unification with mystical realities, and may be the key to understanding spirituality.
The Hopkins scientists intend on exploring this concept, and hope to expand the reach of the study to also connect with various leaders from all religious traditions.
According to Times of Israel:
In the explanatory material sent out with the call for participants were quotes from such leaders, including the late Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, one of the founders of the Jewish Renewal movement.
In the excerpt taken from a chapter Schachter-Shalomi contributed to a 2005 publication titled, "Higher Wisdom: Elders Explore the Continuing Impact of Psychedelics," it appears that the rabbi endorses drug use as a shortcut to achieving a mystical high.
'I think to understand the depth of religion, one needs to have firsthand experience… I think the psychedelic path is sometimes the easiest way'
"I think to understand the depth of religion, one needs to have firsthand experience. It can be done with meditation. It can be done with sensory deprivation. It can be done a number of ways. But I think the psychedelic path is sometimes the easiest way, and it doesn't require the long time that other approaches usually require," he wrote.
While Shachter-Shalomi was known for experimenting with illicit substances, beginning with LSD in the 1960s, it remains to be seen whether any rabbis involved in congregational life or Jewish education today would be willing to take a day off to consume some 'shrooms — even for the sake of research.
This is not to say that Jews, including outwardly conservative ones, are not acquainted with psilocybin or other mind altering substances. There are accounts of contemporary young Hasidic Jews from Brooklyn getting stoned out of their minds. There are also historical ones of Jews getting high on more than just prayer.
Some have even posited that Jewish drug use goes as far back as the Israelites as they wandered in the Sinai desert, with the suggestion that Moses' parting of the Red Sea was a drug-induced hallucination.
Beyond the scope of this particular endeavor, according to a 2014 report, Johns Hopkins has also studied over 200 people – and believe that they have been able to induce mystical and life-changing experiences in people by administering psilocybin under controlled laboratory conditions.
"Two-thirds or more of the volunteers reported one of their sessions as among the most meaningful experiences of their lives and attributed to it positive changes in their mood, behaviors, and overall well-being," the researchers reported.
The new study/call to action for rabbis and religious leaders is yet another facet of this research, and time will tell what results it brings!
H/T Times of Israel


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Lincoln residents Kathy
Kesner and Irene Kueh have recently completed the fourth book in their "Land
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colors in "Finding the Rainbow" (book three in the series).
A copy
of the book, which is dedicated to the Lincoln Public Library
District, was presented to library director Richard Sumrall
On Saturday, Dec. 14, there will be
a book signing in the Carnegie building of the Lincoln Public
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four children's books in the series will be available and can be
personalized by the authors.
In addition, books that Kueh has
published may be purchased at the signing, and there will be an
opportunity to enter a drawing for one of her titles.
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Grandpa gets a tank, Homer borrows it, and a nuclear situation between Springfield and Shelbyville is triggered.
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Lisa is asked to help Grandpa do his taxes after he nearly gets a heart attack from the IRS ninjas (luckily, one of them called the hospital). When she discovers that there is a money surplus in his favor due to an error, Grandpa visits the IRS to collect. Instead of a check, he is offered a pick from the government's storage closet. Grandpa spots a tank that he had driven during the war (he had run over Bob Hope in it, whose golf club is still stuck in the treads) and takes it.
Homer is very quick to use and abuse Grandpa's new tank and drives it to work, which gets Mr. Burns in a nostalgic mood when he sees it. He recounts the years he spent at war with his rival Aristotle Amadopoulos (though they mostly paid Belgium and Canada to fight it) before calling a truce. In Shelbyville, Amadopoulos and his aide Fredericks sees the tank on his hidden Springfield cameras and declares war on Burns and Springfield for breaking the truce.
A nuclear Cold War quickly falls between both cities, and attempts to stop the mounting tension do no good as neither of the old tycoons refuse to back down. Smithers is ultimately forced to step in (he draws the line at Armageddon) and asks Lisa and Grandpa for help in calling a cease-fire. An intervention is staged, and Burns and Amadopoulos decide on Grandpa's suggestion that the war between them will be settled in a man-to-man fight... between Smithers and Fredericks.
The war is called off, Smithers wins the fight, and the nuclear stockpiles are sold off to the highest bidders. However, both power plants have been suspended from use as a punishment for their owners nearly starting a nuclear war. To power Springfield in the meantime, Mr. Burns has ordered his employees to run in giant hamster-wheels.


text: Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 6.05-4 of my package "alien-arena". It builds these binary packages: alien-arena - Standalone 3D first person online deathmatch shooter alien-arena-dbg - debugging symbols for alien-arena alien-arena-server - Dedicated server for Alien Arena alien-arena-server-dbg - debugging symbols for alien-arena-server The package appears to be lintian clean. No errors or warnings were found using lintian-1.23.34. The upload would fix these bugs: 436928 The package can be found on mentors.debian.net: - URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/contrib/a/alien-arena - Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable main contrib non-free - dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/contrib/a/alien-arena/alien-arena_6.05-4.dsc I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me. -- Regards, Andres Mejia


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Another interesting happening that will linger in the minds of those that graced this year's AMAA was the deliberate attempt by the organisers to bring the two warring actresses, Ibinabo Fiberesima and Clarion Chukwura together for the first time.
Before the awards ceremony, Fiberesima who is the incumbent President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria,AGN, and veteran actress, Clarion Chukwura were seeming enemies. The two were at loggerheads for months, following the latter's intention to run down the former's leadership of the actors' body.
But at this year's AMAA, the warring actresses showed their readiness to end the feud. Surprisingly, while Clarion Chukwura climbed the stage to receive her award as the Best Actress in Africa, Ibinabo was quick to identify with her victory.
She was seen nodding her head in agreement, while Chukwura was presenting her acceptance speech to the surprise of many who have been following their face-off as reported in the media.
At other time, Ibinabo was also sighted raising her hands and showing solidarity to the actress who has frequently accused her of using the platform of the guild to advance her personal interest. Chukwura could not be contacted for her reaction, but it was certain that Ibinabo has shown her readiness to make peace with the star of "Apaye."
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I've done the really, really dumb thing and set a password on a database, which is required for access to properties and delete. I know what the password should be, but I obviously mis-typed it!
Any work arounds to get rid of the database of my iPad or do I need to backup every other database, then delete handbase and reinstall?


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Alcohol Rehab Programs and Centers in Delaware
In Delaware, powder cocaine and crack are increasingly available and popular. The states of Philadelphia and New York City continue to be the primary source areas for Delaware's cocaine. Heroin can mainly be found in Northern Delaware, . In Delaware, , the rise in the availability of cheaper, higher purity heroin over the last few years has caused concern. Consequently, heroin use has become a problem, reaching all socioeconomic backgrounds.
In Delaware, , marijuana is easily available in different quantities. It can be obtained and used easily by individuals from many ethnic populations and socioeconomic sectors. The recreational use of marijuana is common among high school and college age students; still, adults remain its primary users. In Delaware, , methamphetamine is typically available in small quantities. But recent investigations indicate that meth is readily available to those visiting the Rehoboth Beach area in the summertime.
Particularly during the summer, MDMA (ecstasy) is mainly available at rave parties and nightclubs in Wilmington and Rehoboth Beach. Club drugs such as Gamma hydroxybutyric acid (GHB), the GHB precursor gamma butyrolactone (GBL), and ketamine can be found, and are commonly used, in popular Delaware, nightclubs.
2005-2006 data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) reflect that 57,000 of Delaware, citizens ages 12 or older admitted to prior month use of an illegal drug; 271,000 Delaware citizens claimed that infrequent marijuana use was a "great risk". Additional 2005-2006 NSDUH statistics reflect that 22,000 Delaware, citizens admitted to illegal drug abuse or dependence within the prior year. In Delaware, , in 2007, 44 percent of the high school students surveyed admitted to using marijuana at least once; 58 percent of Delaware, high school seniors admitted to using marijuana within the prior month. Per the 2005-2006 NSDUH data, 10 percent of Delaware, 12-17 year olds claimed prior month use of an illegal drug.
In Delaware, , the Drug Unit is composed of officers responsible for impacting the availability of illicit drugs in the state. There were 3,085 full-time law enforcement employees in Delawareas of October 31, 2006. This included 2,247 officers and 838 civilians.
Although Philadelphia's street corner distribution networks are typically Delaware's main sources of supply for drugs sold to users, intelligence suggests that there are also local distribution networks that are directly supplied by New York based trafficking organizations. Investigations show that trafficking organizations looking for new clients, increased profits, and less law enforcement, are moving from the Pennsylvania and New York inner city areas and into Delaware. This trend continues to be a great concern to Delawarestate and local law enforcement, treatment officials, and the community.
Investigations reflect that MDMA is smuggled by those in the Israeli and Russian organized crime groups. In 2007, there were no meth lab incidents reported by the DEA and state and local authorities. In 2007, there were 6.1 kilograms of marijuana seized by Federal agencies in Delaware. In 2005, in Delaware, there were 64 drug-induced reported deaths


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While some of you may have checked all the holiday "to do" tasks off your list and are now happily kicking back with hot cocoa and cookies, most of us are still in full last-minute rush mode. If you're one of those annoyingly organized people, you may have already finished planning for next year, but for the rest of us, there's still time to put the finishing touches on marketing budgets and content strategy for 2019.
Consider the following content marketing trends as you plan for the new year:
1. Content Marketing is a Given.
When it comes to content marketing, it's no longer a question of whether you should be doing it, but rather "how can we be more successful at it?" The latest research by CMI , shows that 93% of the top performing B2B marketers are extremely or very committed to content marketing, and 82% of those respondents feel their content marketing efforts are sophisticated/mature. Perhaps more importantly, 76% of top performers are using content to successfully nurture subscribers/leads, and 73% are building loyalty with existing customers through content marketing.
What does this mean for you? If you haven't already increased your content marketing efforts, now is the time. Chances are, your competitors are already looking for ways to fine tune their efforts. In fact, over half of B2B marketers in the study (55%) expect to increase their content marketing budgets in 2019.
2. Develop a Strategy.
In the same CMI study, respondents who had a documented content marketing strategy reported higher levels of overall content marketing success compared with those who have only a verbal strategy, or no strategy at all. Unfortunately, only 39% of B2B marketers said they have a documented content marketing strategy. That means there is room for improvement. By developing and documenting a strategy for 2019, you can join the ranks of the most successful content marketers. Starting with a strategy ensures that you're reaching the right audience with the most valuable information at the optimal time in the buying process. Additionally, having a strategy helps aligns your sales and marketing teams around a common goal and makes developing content easier.For more compelling reasons to develop a content marketing strategy, check out "Why You Need a Content Strategy."
3. Make it Personal.
As budgets increase and more content is created, competition intensifies. Some would say that content has already reached a level that makes it impossible for audiences to process. One effective way to stand out from the crowd is to create personalized content. Technology has given us the ability to track customer behavior and gather information – and because customers know marketers have this data, they expect us to use it! In a world of information overload, generic content is too easy to ignore. Take email for instance. Emails with personalized subject lines are 26% more likely to be opened (Campaign Monitor), while personalized email messages improve click-through rates by an average of 14% and conversions by 10% (Aberdeen).
The bottom line is that customers expect you to know who they are and what type of information they're interested in. Which pieces of content did they interact with on your site? What type of problems/pain points are they having that you can solve? What questions can you answer? It's your job to know.
To make that job easier, consider adopting marketing automation. According to CMI, 67% of the most successful B2B marketers describe their proficiency with content marketing technology as "expert or advanced," while the least successful are just beginning to use these tools. The latest tech is giving marketers more insight into what their customers want, improving the customer experience through better interactions and converting more leads. To learn more, check out "Filling the Funnel with Marketing Automation."
4. Optimize for Mobile.
According to 2018 Stone Temple stats, more people are accessing your content on mobile devices (55.79%) than on desktops (44.21%), and this number is expected to grow.
With people searching for information on the go, it's imperative that your content be optimized for mobile devices. You can start by simply viewing your content from a phone or tablet. Does it download quickly? Is it easy to read? Does navigating your site feel like a game of "Where's Waldo?" Experts recommend doing a complete audit of how well you're communicating with mobile users and fixing any frustrating problems.
For some tips on this subject, read "Mobile Optimization: A Love Story."
5. Shoot a video.
Again, with competition increasing, marketers are looking for ways to differentiate their content. Using high-quality images is a good start. In fact, according to Forbes, "visual content has become so fundamental to the Internet that we have entire social platforms whose common language is images, like Snapchat, Instagram, and Pinterest." And, if you think these social platforms are just for B2C companies, think again – 61% of B2B marketers increased their use of social media for content marketing compared to year (CMI).
So, the next logical step is video. Think YouTube, Snapchat, and Facebook Live, to name a few. According to WordStream, 87% of online marketers use video content, and more video content is uploaded in 30 days than the major U.S. televisions networks have created in 30 years! B2B marketers have recognized this trend – 64% increased their use of audio/visual content over last year.
Of course, these are just some of the content marketing trends to watch out for in 2019. There is also a lot of buzz around user-generated content, which comes in the form of social shares, reviews and comments. Why? Because 85% of people say they trust content made by others more than they trust brands' content. With that in mind, be sure to encourage your customers to generate and share brand-related content.
It may be impossible to predict the future but keeping track of trends can help guide us in the right direction. If you're done planning (and shopping), then feel free to sit back with a cup of hot cocoa and gloat. However, if you're still scurrying about, we hope these content marketing trends will help you develop successful strategies for 2019.
P.S. Look for our "Top Ten Content Marketing Trends for 2019" in January for a complete guide to what's new and emerging, and how you can get a jump on the competition.


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Temple Moore (1856–1920) was one of Victorian England's greatest church architects. He built more than forty churches in a career spanning five decades. They are now considered to be masterpieces of the late Gothic Revival, a style of architecture he raised to a new level of beauty and refinement.
Much of Moore's early work was carried out in the North York Moors and he was described as "speaking Gothic with a Yorkshire accent". The first new church he completed was at Carlton, near Helmsley, and he went on to build or modify more than 20 churches in the Moors. He remained associated with the area throughout his life.
Between 1840 and 1876, an astonishing 1,727 new churches were built and 7,144 restored in England. Temple Moore worked as an architect throughout this period and was connected to one of the most famous architectural dynasties of the era, the Gilbert Scott family.
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Intellitec Medical Institute is a private college outside Denver in Colorado Springs that offers certificates and associate degree programs for a variety of healthcare careers, such as medical laboratory technicians, medical assistants and dental assistants.
Synergy conducted an extensive research initiative analyzing the Denver college's marketing and brand strategy including utilization of logos, messaging and imagery, staff scripting and knowledge, sales and marketing material, advertising, PR, lead generation efforts and customer service methodologies. Synergy also evaluated external factors such as the competitive landscape, student feedback, alumni insights and local employers' perspectives. In addition, Synergy calculated market opportunity based on targeted educational programs, geographic markets and enrollment goals. Synergy's market research study culminated in a comprehensive report of estimated investments, time frame and strategies necessary for the school to differentiate its brand from entrenched competitors, effectively compete in a crowded market, fill growing market gaps, expand geographically and capture significant market share. The school's leadership team used this data to determine its future path: merger, acquisition or expansion. Ultimately, the college was sold and merged with a much larger, well-established local competitor.
If you are launching a new university or college campus, new technical training school or program, or need help marketing an existing higher education institution, please contact us. We have extensive experience in the industry and we can hit the ground running.


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So ok, I created this blog using one of my old google accounts a long time ago. Later I registered a google apps account and bought a domain name through google apps for it - bryansgeekspeak.com. Google setup all the DNS for me through godaddy just fine ... but I could never get emails working properly. The MX records I tried to register with godaddy would save in their crappy domain management tool, but their DNS records would never reflect those changes. I eventually gave up and decided to transfer the domain to dotster, which hosts all of my other domains.
What a royal pain. To transfer the domain, I had to jump through a bunch of hoops for google/godaddy to release the domain ... the service to make your contact info private was killing my domain transfer...documentation about that would have been nice google! *shakes a fist!*
But now it's all done, and I am back to managing DNS on my own server using bind on my linux box. Finally, I have valid MX records for mail through bryansgeekspeak.com :-D
So now I have moved ownership of this blog to my new google apps account "Bryan" for the domain "bryansgeekspeak.com" and the profile info on the right column here on the blog reflects that.
With all that garbage out of the way, I'm ready to get back to posting new stuff I've been working on - Like tricks to updating custom SharePoint 2007 masterpage/page layouts so they work with SharePoint 2010's visual upgrade...and maybe something about Google's Fusion Tables too!


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text: The scope of this volume centers on advancements in the state of art and the state of the practice in computer-aided systems in public transport. Yet, this volume illustrates a greater breadth of subjects in this area. The common theme remains the use of computer-aided methods and operations research techniques to improve: (1) information management; (2) network and route planning; (3) vehicle and crew scheduling and rostering; (4) vehicle monitoring and management; and, (5) practical experience with scheduling and public transport planning methods. This volume consists of selected papers presented at the Ninth International Conference on Computer-Aided Scheduling of Public Transport.


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Rock Brook's Philadelphia Office Has a New Project Manager, Brian Lind. Congratulations!
The Rock Brook Consulting Group is pleased to announce the promotion of Brian Lind to Project Manager.
Prior to assuming this role, Brian contributed to our ever expanding business as an outstanding electrical engineer. A graduate of Drexel University, Brian has more than seven years' experience in providing clients with project solutions.
Brian summarizes his philosophy about successful project management as follows, "Communication with our clients and understanding their needs is the most important aspect of my work. Understanding the goals our clients want to achieve and providing constant communication throughout the project ensures project success."
We wish you much success in your new role, Brian!


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A chemistry teacher wanted to teach his year 6 class a lesson about the evils of liquor, so he produced an experiment that involved a glass of water, a glass of whisky and two worms.
"Now, class. Observe the worms closely," said the teacher putting a worm first into the water. The worm in the water writhed about, happy as a worm in water could be.
The second worm, he put into the whisky. It writhed painfully, and quickly sank to the bottom, dead as a door nail.
"Now, what lesson can we derive from this experiment?" the teacher asked.
Johnny, who naturally sits at the back, raised his hand and wisely, responded, "Drink whisky and you won't get worms."


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This story had me on the edge of my seat! Monica Wilkinson was determined to have a natural, med-free labor and delivery, and with much determination she did. Sometimes complications arise during birth, but luckily this momma had amazing midwives looking out for her and baby Lili.
Hello! I am Monica. I found out I was pregnant in December of 2012, and my first thought was that this was the best Christmas present ever! My second thought was that I wanted a natural birth. My best friend had tried for a natural birth less than two years before and had ended up with a c-section, which had led me to begin exploring my birth options. My family is not very "crunchy" and had always had hospital births, but after doing some research I was convinced that a natural, unmedicated birth was what I wanted. I found a great midwife and did everything I could to prepare my mind and body, but I was still a little unsure of how I would handle it, since this was my first child. I had my bag packed ready for labor by 38 weeks, but little did I know that I would have to wait quite a bit longer!
Day after day dragged by until I was 12 days past my due date. I had been doing everything I could to try to get the baby out but she just wasn't ready to come. I was getting nervous because I knew that as of Sept. 2nd I would be 42 weeks and therefore unable to have a drug-free birth at the birth center which I so wanted. I tried to prepare my heart for the possibility of an induction at the hospital but continued praying that she would come before that date. I woke up on Saturday, August 31st around 6:30 in the morning to use the bathroom (which I was used to doing about 10 times a night at this point) and my water broke. However it wasn't a lot, so I knew that it was just leaking and hadn't fully broken.
I called my midwife, Jennie Joseph, to let her know, and she told me to go ahead and still try to get an ultrasound later that morning as I had planned. I tried to go back to sleep but of course couldn't sleep because I was too excited! The day had FINALLY come and I would be meeting my Liliana soon! My friend Kristel came to drive me to the radiology place, which we discovered was closed on the weekend. Jennie tried to get me in somewhere else that wasn't open yet so Kristel and I decided to walk around in the meantime and then we went to Chick Fil A for breakfast. As we were leaving Chick Fil A, my water gushed out more in the parking lot – embarrassing! Had to go back in and clean up in the bathroom.
Jennie called around 10:30 to tell me that she couldn't get me in for a scan anywhere but to go home and wait for contractions and call her back later. I had mild contractions all day that just felt like menstrual cramps but they were still pretty irregular. My mom and sister Angela came over around 4:30 and we watched a movie to pass the time. I was having contractions every 4-10 minutes but still no consistent pattern. I got a little frustrated that labor didn't seem to be progressing as I had thought it would. Jennie called at about 7:30 and told me to go ahead and come in to the birth center to get an antibiotic since my water had already broken so much earlier.
So my husband Sam and I headed out with my mom and sister and met Mary, one of the midwives in training, at the birth center. She checked me and said I was dilated to 2cm. (Only 2 centimeters? I had been having contractions all day!) Jennie arrived and advised me to try to get some sleep before labor got too intense. Sam and I laid down and I slept for about 20 minutes before my contractions started getting more painful and I started timing them again- 5 minutes apart. Suddenly they were more consistent and I got excited, so of course I couldn't sleep yet again! My best friend and "unofficial doula," Amanda, arrived and we all visited for a bit and kept timing. At this point it was around 1AM, I was still only dilated to 3, and I labored in bed and on the ball while Sam slept peacefully next to me. Jennie suggested that I try to sleep between contractions, which sounded impossible at the time, but I took her advice and kicked everyone out and eventually I was so exhausted from the pain that I was able to sleep for a few hours while having more intense contractions every few minutes. I was moaning like crazy to try to cope and keep myself from tensing up. At this point I was super nauseous and was throwing up with the contractions, so they put an IV in to keep me hydrated. (I hate the concept of IVs but I couldn't keep any water down and throwing up was super painful!)
It was around 5 or 6 in the morning when Jennie checked me again and I was dilated to 5. I remember thinking, 5?! What on earth? This is only HALFWAY and it feels like this?? I couldn't sleep anymore so Jennie walked me up and down the halls to try to get contractions going quicker. I could feel them getting stronger and tried to walk fast to get them going; I was so exhausted that I just wanted to get it over with so I tried to be open to the pain. After about 30-40 minutes of walking, I went back in and labored on the ball and in bed some more. All I can remember is that lots of hands were massaging me and each contraction reached a high point about 30 seconds in where it was almost unbearable and I could not move or speak. Amanda was timing the contractions and telling me when I was at the halfway point, etc. which helped a lot. I wanted to get in the water so badly and I remember thinking to myself, "Ok, I can't do this anymore, it's too much, I just want to go get some drugs and get this over with!" But I didn't dare voice that out loud because it would make it too real and I didn't want to waste energy complaining. I wanted to give up so bad but I knew that it was so close to being over, and I had made it this far, so I just asked the Lord for some extra strength and tried to empty my mind of negative thoughts. I am told this phase lasted for 3-4 hours, but I had absolutely no concept of time at that point. All I know is that I was relieved when eventually Jennie told me I was 7 cm and I could get into the water.
I had originally planned to kick everyone but Sam out when it came time for transition and pushing, but at that point my need for support far outweighed my need for modesty/privacy. I needed everyone right there with me and nobody better dare walk away! I got into the water and felt immediate relief. The water felt so good but I could tell my contractions were intensifying quickly. I was so out of it that I wasn't even able to speak in full sentences..I was grunting my requests to no one in particular like a child… "Hungry! Too hot! Cold cloth!" Jennie instructed me to "ohhhhh" through the pain and so I tried to focus on that…but it was getting so intense that I wanted to scream it. I started feeling a lot of pressure and started to bear down through contractions. I stood up and squatted while starting to push. After pushing through 10-12 contractions, Jennie had me get back up on the bed. I had wanted to try a water birth but the water was slowing my contractions down too much.
I pushed through more contractions and she told me that the baby was very close. However I didn't feel the "ring of fire" that I so often hear about, only very intense pressure. Sam held a mirror so that I could look and see how close she actually was. I could see the placement of her head but I could not figure out why she wasn't going any further. I pushed as hard as I could but baby girl was barely moving. And that's when things began to get scary. Jennie grabbed the doppler and listened to the baby's heart rate and everyone could hear that it was very slow. I heard her tell the birth assistant, "call 911," and I knew that was a bad sign. Jennie does not call 911 unless she has a real legitimate concern, and I could hear the seriousness in her voice as she spoke to the operator. However she remained completely calm and present with me and I found myself staring into her eyes and completely trusting that she would know the right thing to do. Amanda and Angela were right by my head whispering comfort to me and Sam was next to me holding my leg and the mirror. I continued to push as the paramedics arrived- there were 8 men in the room now, on top of the 6 I already had with me (it got VERY HOT in there!), and they stood on stand-by in case we needed to rush to the hospital. Thankfully these same paramedics had already worked with Jennie very recently, so they trusted her and gave her space to do her thing. (I remember one of the guys saying "I'm going to prick your finger, is that ok?" and I didn't respond but I thought "Are you freaking kidding me? I am pushing a baby out! I don't care if you poke my finger!) I was scared because I wasn't sure what was going on and I felt like I had no more energy at all. I have seriously never felt so drained of energy in my entire life.
Keeping my eyes open was a struggle, let alone pushing with all my might! Jennie continued to check the baby's heart rate between pushes and it was fluctuating from about 40-120. She told me very gently but firmly that we needed to get the baby out and to push as hard as I possibly could. In my mind I knew I was already pushing as hard as I could but I didn't have any choice but to fight harder. My contractions slowed down and did not help me like they should, but I pushed anyway. I kept asking the Lord for strength in those final moments and that He would protect my baby. I kept asking God, "Please get her out with this next push," and when it didn't happen, I just asked Him again. (Looking back I think this is part of the reason why Lili was almost two weeks late – I kept asking God to do things according to my timing and I eventually just had to learn to let Him work according to His timing, and this built my patience and trust in Him for those moments.) I pushed so hard that I was growling/ yelling and lost my voice for a while afterward. I saw her head just starting to crown and tried to hold it there but I could hardly breathe. They had to give me oxygen, which drove me nuts and I kept wanting to smack that mask off my face but I knew I had to try to breathe with it so I tried to take slow breaths. Jennie decided to cut an episiotomy to help the baby out, which I wasn't thrilled about, but at that point I welcomed anything that would help. I felt the cut and it stung like heck but there was so much pressure down there that it didn't feel as painful as I had built it up in my mind to be after months of research.
After about 45 minutes of intense pushing on the bed, I finally felt her head and Jennie pulling, and I heard her say "Oh! Her hand's by her face!" Even in my drowsy state I thought to myself, "Okay, so I'm not just a wuss. There is actually something causing this to be so difficult." One more huge push and her body slipped out! I felt so much joy that it was finally over, that I had done it, and that my baby was finally here. I expected someone to put her on my chest, but then I looked down and saw that Jennie and the paramedics were frantically working on her. My heart dropped again when I saw that she was very blue, and Jennie was pushing tubes down her throat and sucking out a bunch of brown goo. I wasn't sure what was wrong with her and I could hear her struggling to cry and she wasn't moving much. For a brief moment I thought of the possibility of losing this child that I had just worked so hard for, but I pushed that thought away quickly and I just kept praying as I reached down and held her little hand and talked to her. I realized that she had her first poo (meconium) on the way out and she had swallowed a bunch of it. Amanda kept saying "she's okay, she's alright" but I wasn't convinced, but sure enough, after a few minutes she started to 'pink up' and cry more. They finally put her on my chest and she started breathing more rhythmically. (The amazing healing power of skin-to-skin contact!!) I was so relieved that she was okay, but she continued to cough up the meconium.
As I held her, I felt another contraction and knew it was time to push the placenta out. I pushed about half as hard as I had before and it felt like it shot out of me! We decided to go to the hospital so they could make sure that the baby didn't have the meconium in her lungs or get an infection. Jennie was going to stitch me up while Sam went with her to the hospital. I was sad that she would be leaving me so soon but I knew it was best and it comforted me to know Sam would be with her. Then Jennie changed her mind and said I should just go have them stitch me at the hospital too so I could be with her. I am so glad she made that decision because if they hadn't admitted me, I would have been away from her for a couple of days.
We took separate ambulances to Winnie Palmer – Sam, Jennie and Liliana in one, and Amanda came with me in the other. (Jennie said that Lili was just staring at her daddy all the way to the hospital!) When we got there, they brought Lili in to see me for just a few minutes and then they took her up to the NICU. The doctor came in to stitch me up and even though they numbed me, it was sort of terrifying having to get stitches down there and I had to just close my eyes and try to relax. Luckily the doctor was very sweet and Jennie and Amanda were holding my hands the whole time, while my mom and Angela were there for support as well. Although I usually HATE hospitals, I was impressed with how well Winnie Palmer Hospital took care of me and Lili and no one ever complained about too many visitors in the room or anything. After they fixed me up, they said they would move me up to a room where I would be closer to Liliana and that hopefully she would come out of the Transitional room soon to be with me. It was a few more hours before anything else happened, and sweet Sam kept going to check on Lili, and he took some pictures to show me. They brought me a pump so I could try to get her some food, but colostrum is very difficult to pump so sadly she didn't get much.
I was emotional because I felt like I didn't even know my baby yet, I had only held her on my chest for a few minutes and I was so worried about her that I hadn't really taken the time to look at her and bond with her. I also really wanted to be able to nurse and I was worried about breastfeeding challenges. Eventually the nurse came in and told me she was taking me up to see her (yay!) and then to my room. This was the first time that I got to see her all cleaned up and hold her without being totally out of it, and it was pure joy. I wanted to hold her forever and I was so sad when I had to give her back! I got settled in my room and tried to distract myself by socializing with my mom and sister. Just as they were getting ready to leave, Sam came back from one of his many visits to see Lili and said "Guess who's coming??" They brought my baby girl in and said she was stable and doing very well, and I finally got to nurse her – and she was able to latch on without any issues! Praise God!!
We ended up staying in the hospital two more days so they could watch her for infection or any other issues and also monitor my bleeding. We finally came home on Tuesday evening and started our life with this precious little one! All in all, natural birth was the hardest thing I have ever done in my life, especially with those complications at the end, but the reward in the end was so very worth it. I learned the importance of flexibility and preparation, but especially the importance of having a team of people around you that you trust and who know how to help you- ESPECIALLY when you are going drug-free.
There were times in labor that I honestly felt like I was empty but I was drawing strength from God and the people around me. My mom (although she was a nervous wreck!) was praying for me the whole time. Amanda and Angela doing the little things like whispering in my ear or putting a cold rag on my head made a HUGE difference! Sam quietly supported me and was just so very calmly and lovingly PRESENT with me, and I think I fell in love with him all over again. Jennie was the best midwife I could have asked for. I fully trusted her judgment and I don't think I could have gotten through it without someone like her. Luckily my baby girl will get to grow up with these loving influences surrounding her as well, and that puts my heart at ease. I can't wait to do it all over again!


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22 May 2011
I can't. Again?
My mom told me today that I need to move by August 1st.
There are some things.
This was always a temporary move, to give me some time with low rent while I focused on school.
She was always planning on selling the apartment.
And that's fine.
I knew that.
But I was hoping to be able to stay put for a little bit longer.
I was hoping for a year.
I hate moving.
I've only just started to feel settled.
I'm pretty sure I used up all my moving goodwill back in February.
I'm starting to feel like this.
And I'm really bad at moving.
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Have you ever wondered if God and Jesus Christ are really there? You are not alone. Rich Millar grew up believing completely in the reality and importance of the gospel. Prayer, scripture study, and service were his way of life. But that changed.
"Losing the faith that I had always had was a slow process," he says. "You don't realize what you've lost until much further down the road."
What's the purpose of life? Was God's love real? Was God Himself real? Rich asked all of these questions. The problems of the world only confused him more.
"Because of all this pain and suffering that exists, maybe that means God doesn't exist," he thought.
Rich left his faith behind to search for another kind of truth. He was surprised by what he found.
"No matter how illogical it may sound, there is a God—an all-powerful, all-knowing God."
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Losing the faith that I had always had was a slow process. You don't realize what you've lost until much further down the road. My parents taught me to love God.When you're little, I think oftentimes you do things because your parents want you to do them. About the age of fourteen, that changed for me and I had this deep desire to follow God because I wanted it. I felt that He was there, I felt that He loved me; this is what motivated me to be a good person. When I was nineteen, I went to serve a church mission teaching people about the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I got home, went to college and basically just picked up where I'd left off. Reading the scriptures, praying, serving people, that was just life as I knew it. I did this for a few years, then it just started to become old. I felt like I had done it all, I'd figured it out, I'd been reading my scriptures forever and saying my prayers that I didn't need to anymore. I saw people who were not following God's commandments as we know them and yet they had more money they were dating the girls that I wanted to date, it seemed like their life was better. I thought, 'well maybe what I'm doing is wrong, maybe I need to change the way I go about this' I became cynical about everything religious. If you cannot measure it, it must not be true. So the feelings that I had had, where I had felt God in my life of love and joy, I must just be creating it in my mind or something, right? I started to become cynical about all the problems that are in this world. Wars and disease, natural disasters, and started to, in a way, point the finger at God and say, "where are you?" Because of all this pain and suffering that exists maybe that means that God doesn't exist. I left my family and the culture that I had grown up in and I moved to Seattle looking for another way of life that was outside of God's way that brought more happiness. I had a great job, I was making tons of money, I could do whatever I wanted. It's almost easier to not believe in God because you don't have to think about an afterlife, you don't have to think about moral clarity or any of these rights and wrongs. This is just life, and whatever happens in life is life, and you die, and there's nothing after. There reaches a point where you start to think about some of these deeper questions about life. When I have kids, do I raise them with a belief in God, do I not? In these moments I started to feel what I had felt before and for the first time in a long time something triggered inside of me I felt something that I hadn't felt in a long time I felt the Spirit. And I felt-- I felt the spirit tell me that what I was doing wasn't right. and I got a glimpse of what I once was. And I realized what I had to become again. And so that was really the turning point for me. The feelings, the experiences, the emotions that I had felt was more than just a chemical reaction that's being triggered in my body. No matter how illogical it may sound, there is a God; an all-powerful, all-knowing God. Once I recognized the wrongs that I had made, the things that I had to make right, I also understood that there was no way that I could return to God without a Savior and that because He had suffered for my sins, that He made it possible for me to become clean and to wipe away those--those wrongs to take those sins away. I couldn't do it on my own that I--I needed him. Despite the mistakes I had made, the wrong turns I had taken, and the faith that I had abandoned, my Savior was there with open arms ready and willing to help me back. He was there to lift me up when I needed Him most.


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No release date yet, but Free Souls is definitely getting closer to the final draft stage. I'm working like mad to incorporate last-minute critiques and get the manuscript ready for the copyeditor. I'll announce a release date as soon as I have one (hopefully before Christmas).
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In the meantime…
Have you read Open Minds and Closed Hearts? Are you waiting for Free Souls? Now is a good time to pick up the Mindjack Origins novellas (The Handler, The Scribe, and Mind Games). Told from the point of view of the boys in the series, they'll give you some bonus insights into Free Souls when it's released.


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The Secrets of the Chess Machine
By Robert Löhr (Translated by Anthea Bell)
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In 1770, the court of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria-Hungary was held spellbound by the first demonstration of the Turk, a revolutionary automaton which could not only play chess against a human opponent, but usually won. Soon afterwards, however, the machine's creator, Wolfgang von Kempelen, became strangely reluctant to exhibit it, and the Turk was not seen again until it returned for a triumphal tour of Europe in 1783. Only many years after Kempelen's death was the machine's secret revealed: it had been a dwarf in a box all along.
And now it is around these threads of history that the journalist and screenwriter Robert Löhr has chosen to weave his first novel, which was published in German last year and now appears in a translation by Anthea Bell. In Löhr's imagined version of events, the tale begins when Tibor, an itinerant dwarf and chess genius, is thrown into prison on a trumped-up charge. He is visited in his cell by the mysterious Kempelen, who offers him a job as the brains inside the Turk.


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Basic egg sandwich that is SO good
Yummy Veggie-full Burritos
I made this up based on a soup recipe that I really like and added more veggies. Turned out great!
Nut/Fruit Mix Snack
Just made this up from leftovers from other recipes in the pantry. You can use any nuts/frutis that you want. I had to add a little chocolate for sweetness.
Garlic Hummus
I like to add as much garlic as possible, so adjust as desired!
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The teenage hackers known as the Psyba-Rats earned their keep performing industrial espionage.
When one such assignment in Gotham City went awry, their client shot and killed Megabiter and Output. On the run, the teens got caught up in an otherworldly conflict. Venev, one of several Bloodlines Parasites who came to Earth as a prelude to an invasion, attacked and bit the remaining trio, causing the activation of their metagenes.
A man named Branchwater hired the Psyba-Rats to retrieve the fabled formula for Zesti Cola and when problems arose, causing the loss of Channelman - although his body died, his essence freely roamed the electromagnetic spectrum. Razorsharp briefly left the Psyba-Rats to become part of the short-lived Blood Pack, but she soon returned to her original team.
- Robin Annual (Volume 2) #2 shows a computer readout of the Psyba-Rats membership roster that includes another hacker named Cullen Thane aka Output.
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Whenever I need to make a photo collage on my iPhone, or put two screenshots side by side for a blog post, I use Diptic (99¢). It's easy to use with plenty of options and sends your creations to pretty much anywhere you can think of, including, of course, Instagram.
It's Universal too, and works great on the iPad, or Diptic for Mac (99¢) is also available if you'd prefer to make collages from the comfort of your laptop or desktop Mac.
Check Diptic out on the App Store, or read on for my quick review of how the app works.
Getting started with Diptic
To start making collages, launch Diptic and pick a layout. All the layouts that come with the app produce a square collage, as befits something destined for Instagram, but the range of photo frame shapes and sizes that fit within that square is wide enough to meet most needs, starting simple and getting as fancy as stars in circles – you can even start dragging the frames around to make new shapes that fit your photos.
The frames themselves can be tweaked all sorts of ways, including roundness of corners, colour and thickness, or using a texture. Want your frames to sport a classy zebra-skin effect? No problemo…
What if you want a rectangular montage, comprising two square photos side by side for example? Well, then you'd have to purchase an upgrade to unlock an aspect ratio control.
There's a variety of in-app purchases in Diptic: new sets of layouts, new textures for the frames, and the aspect ratio control. All these are 99¢/69p and none are essential so it's fair enough, but if you really want to use Diptic for anything aside from Instagram I recommend getting the aspect control as it's really useful – I used it to put the two screenshots above together as one image.
Adding and editing images
Adding photos to your collage is as easy as shooting them for each frame, or choosing from your Photo Albums, Facebook or Flickr. Once in place there's a handful of editing options (brightness, contrast, saturation and tint) and a whole range of filters that can be applied to individual snaps, useful if you used the camera in-app to fill a frame. Any blank frames you want to keep can be filled with a colour if you like.
There's also some limited options to add text to your photos, offering a variety of fairly standard fonts, outline and drop-shadow effects, rotation and background. It definitely does the job, although if you're looking for funkier fonts and more options for adding text to iPhone photos take a look at an app called Over (read my review of Over here).
When you're finished you can save and upload your collage right from the app, to Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, Tumblr or Twitter; or export to any compatible apps you have installed. Recent updates have even added the ability to order a postcard and mail it anywhere in the world using Sincerely.com.
Plus, it's Universal so you get the iPad version thrown in. There's me using it to throw together something a little different with a couple of photos from my day job as a TV camera operator.
In conclusion
Diptic is by far the most popular option for creating photo collages on your iPhone or iPad, with good reason. I keep it installed because of the easy-to-use interface and the flexibility of creating non-square collages, which are good for so many more places than just Instagram. And don't forget to give the Mac version of Diptic a try too!


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When I'm not drawing I'm drinking tea.
The Japanese tea ceremony (茶道 literally "the way of tea") conjures up ideas of complex tea ware and formal etiquette that doesn't have space in our everyday lives. Yet I think if we break down the ideas behind this beautiful celebration of the mundane, we can create our own little ceremonies and tea traditions that add a little art to the simple everyday act of making a cup of tea.
Okakura Kakuzō wonderfully describes the ceremony in The Book of Tea as "an improvised drama whose plot was woven about the tea, the flowers, and the paintings. Not a colour to disturb the tone of the room, not a sound to mar the rhythm of things […] all movements to be performed simply and naturally." We don't need to completely mimic the drama of a Japanese tea ceremony in order to put more thought into the simple act of tea drinking. We can adapt some of the simpler ideas though, such as creating a peaceful space to sit with a beautiful painting or simple flower arrangement upon which to rest ones gaze in a quiet moment of meditation. Our own ceremony can be developed from what we already have access to and from just giving a bit more time for carefully selecting our favourite cup and teapot.
The teashop I work in is named 'Seibiant', a welsh word meaning to pause and take a moment in the day for a little piece of respite. This moment hopefully already exists in your life simply and naturally, and we can take ideas from the tea ceremony to make it a little more nourishing.
Of course I can't discuss the ceremony without talking about tea, and if you don't like tea (are your crazy?) then this can be adapted to whatever your favourite beverage is. Even a glass of water works for this is about the simple things in life. I'm frequently asked about my views on the British "builders brew" with the expectation that I will hold my snobby tea specialist nose in the air with disgust. I will happily explain in detail that what goes into a brits tea bag is classed as "dust", swept of the floor once all the tea grading has been done and the best leaves have been selected. But also I was brought up on this stuff, it is my tradition, and nothing makes me happier than to sit with a friend with low grade black tea improved with a splash of milk and accompanied by a biscuit. We add milk (and some add sugar) because the quality is low making the tea taste bitter, but I'm not here to judge, tea is for your taste and is to be enjoyed. I occasionally do love a good builders brew.
However I would hasten to add that tea bags are made with plastic and the act of making a pot of loose leaf tea adds more chance for ceremony. There are a myriad of teas out there filled with stories and legends and different tastes and brewing methods. So if you did happen to feel inclined I would encourage you to sample some of the wonderful teas that the world offers. A cupboard full of teas is a beautiful thing to have and allows one to choose a tea dependent on mood or the weather or time or day or season.
To conclude I've made a little recipe for making your own tea drinking ceremony:
1. Find a quiet space in which you can sit a few moments, preferably with something simple and beautiful to look at.
2. Select your favourite tea cup and a tea that suits your current mood, the season, the weather etc
3. Take your time to prepare the tea, even if it's a tea bag in a mug, pour the water slowly.
4. Sit and savour, really focus on the flavour and the way you feel.
I would love to hear about your own tea ceremonies and feel free to get in touch with any questions (I'm mostly on Instagram @carissatanton).
Happy tea drinking.


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Did you know that some celebrity diet trends are bad for you?
Celebrities always look good. And a lot of them attribute it to their diets. However, are these diets really what they claim to be?
People are fascinated by celebrities. You always hear people talking about their latest outfits, who they're going out with, and even the latest diet trend. However, the British Dietetic Association (BDA) wants to warn people that not all celebrity diets are safe and healthy for you. In fact, some of them are downright dangerous.
Here's a list of the diets that the BDA wants people to avoid:
1. 'Clean Eating'
Popular celebrities such as Miranda Kerr, Jessica Alba, are just a few celebrities who swear by clean eating.
The clean eating diet is all about eating 'clean' food by eliminating processed foods such as refined sugar, eating food in their natural state, and cooking food from scratch.
While it may sound like a good idea to get rid of processed foods from your diet, experts say that having a concept of 'clean' and 'dirty' food is cause for concern. Sometimes, this way of thinking can lead people to have 'orthorexia nervosa', or an obsession with 'clean', but not necessarily healthy food.
In a lot of cases, food that's called 'dirty' by clean eating diet advocates are actually good for you. These include whole grains, fruit, and dairy, which some advocates of the clean eating diet avoid.
2. Diet Pills
Diet pills, specifically those that weren't prescribed by a medical professional, are very dangerous. Kim Kardashian was reported to have used diet pills to help her lose weight right after she gave birth.
A lot of these diet pills have claims saying that they prevent the absorption of fat, or that they melt fat. Others pills say that they can suppress appetite or boost your metabolism.
Obviously, pills that can have such an adverse effect on your body should be avoided as much as possible, since they can have unpredictable and dangerous effects on your body. Alarmingly, there has been a rise in the sales of these diet pills online. A lot of these pills are unregulated and might contain chemicals that are not safe for your body.
Instead of using diet pills as a shortcut, stick by the tried and tested proper diet and exercise.
3. 'Teatoxes'
Nicki Minaj, Kylie Jenner, and even Britney Spears have all been fans of 'teatoxing.
Teatoxing is short for 'tea detoxing', which is basically using special teas to detox your body and get rid of any toxins, improve skin, reduce bloating, and of course, lose weight.
Experts say that tea toxing can be dangerous since some of the teas contain extra caffeine from guarana or yerba mate, diuretics such as dandelion and nettle, and a laxative called senna which is unsafe to take for more than a week at a time without medical supervision.
Another problem with teatoxing is that it creates the illusion of actual weight loss when in reality it's just water weight being lost. Side effects can include diarrhea, dehydration, electrolyte imbalance, and gut damage.
4. The '6:1 Diet'
Chris Martin from Coldplay is a proponent of the '6:1 Diet', saying that it improved his voice and made him more creative.
The reason why it's called the 6:1 diet is that you eat for 6 days normally, and then stop consuming any food for the 7th day. The problem with this diet is that fasting, especially if not managed properly, can ruin your concentration, your mood, and make you tired.
There's also no evidence that shows fasting makes you more creative. In fact, it can even be dangerous depending on your age and your current health condition. However, if you still want to fast, it's best to consult a medical professional about it first.
5. Green Juices
Blake Lively, Rosie Huntington Whiteley, and Gwyneth Paltrow are all followers of the green juice diet.
The green juice diet is another form of detoxing and weight loss management. Basically, you drink juices or smoothies made with fruits, powders, and vegetables. People claim that the green juices rejuvenate your body, and contribute to detoxification and weight loss.
However, experts say that our body is completely capable of detoxing even without taking in these juices. Drinking green juice really won't make a difference if the other food you eat isn't healthy.
Some people even add coconut oil and whole avocados to their juice, which can actually make you gain more weight as those contain a lot of calories. Generally, you should limit your vegetable and fruit juice or smoothie intake to around 150ml per day.
READ: Dieticians warn about the negative effects of the Paleo diet
Sources: dailymail.co.uk, livestrong.com
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Group seeks input on Luce upgrades
The NTC Foundation is exploring how it can upgrade historic Luce Auditorium at Point Loma's Liberty Station development to convert it into a venue for dance and movies.
Foundation executives are sending letters to historical agencies governing design and renovations in the 26-building NTC Historic District, which includes Luce Auditorium, to make sure interior changes will be permitted.
The action follows release of a study funded by the foundation which said the 1,800-seat Luce Auditorium could become a popular community asset if interior renovations are carried out. The auditorium was built in 1941 as a lecture hall and movie theater for Navy recruits. It has been dormant since the Navy closed the Naval Training Center in 1997.
If the renovations are permitted, the nonprofit foundation will develop a financing plan and seek donors to pay for the work and to fund an endowment for the auditorium's ongoing operation.
For more information, call Alan Ziter, the foundation's executive director, at (619) 573-9315, or e-mail him at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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27-09-2017 | Gastrointestinal cancer | News | Article
Benefits of adjuvant chemotherapy shown in resected gastroesophageal cancer
medwireNews: Research suggests that adjuvant chemotherapy may improve survival over postoperative observation following preoperative chemoradiotherapy and curative-intent resection in patients with gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma.
"Our findings have important implications for the postoperative treatment of this patient group for which few data are available," Matthew Porembka and colleagues, from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, USA, remark.
Using the US National Cancer Database, Porembka and team identified 10,086 adults (mean age 61 years, 88% men) with clinical stage T1N1-3M0 or T2-4N0-3M0 adenocarcinoma of the distal esophagus or gastric cardia who were treated with preoperative chemoradiotherapy and curative-intent resection.
Of these, just 8% received adjuvant chemotherapy after preoperative chemoradiotherapy and resection; these patients had more high-risk disease features than patients who underwent postoperative observation, including more advanced disease stage, greater positive resection margin rate, and lower rates of pathologic complete response.
To assess the impact of adjuvant chemotherapy on overall survival, the researchers matched 732 patients in the adjuvant chemotherapy group to 3660 patients in the postoperative observation group using the propensity score method, which included variables such as age, sex, race/ethnicity, comorbidity, insurance type, time from diagnosis to resection, clinicopathologic features, length of stay, and 30-day unplanned readmissions.
They report in JAMA Oncology that patients in the adjuvant chemotherapy group had significantly better overall survival than those in postoperative observation group, at a median of 40 months versus 34 months, and a hazard ratio of 0.79 in favor of adjuvant chemotherapy.
After 1 year, 94% of patients in the adjuvant chemotherapy group were still alive, compared with 88% in the observation group, and the corresponding survival rates at 3 and 5 years were 54% versus 47% and 38% versus 34%, respectively.
Further analyses showed that the survival benefit of adjuvant chemotherapy over postoperative observation was consistent across most patient subgroups, and was greatest in patients with a pathologic complete response, which Porembka et al say is "a relevant finding given that this patient group has a 23% risk of recurrence."
The team also performed sensitivity analyses to quantify the effect of postoperative complications. They found that, unless the complication rate was extremely high (50%) in the postoperative observation group and extremely low (5%) in the adjuvant chemotherapy group, such complications would have little impact on the treatment effect of adjuvant chemotherapy.
The authors conclude: "These findings, while not confirmatory, provide compelling motivation to explore the potential benefit of adjuvant chemotherapy in a randomized clinical trial."
By Laura Cowen
medwireNews is an independent medical news service provided by Springer Healthcare. © 2017 Springer Healthcare part of the Springer Nature group


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Undergraduate course
Primary Education (5-11) BA (Hons)
Study to become a Primary School Teacher with Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) at one of York's oldest teaching institutions.
Education impacts everybody's lives and York St John University has a long and proud history of providing high quality Initial Teacher Education. If you share our passion for teaching and our belief in the power of education then this is the degree for you.
95% of Primary Education students were satisfied with their course. (National Student Survey 2020)
97% of Primary Education students felt they had the right opportunities to work collaboratively with others. (National Student Survey 2020)
York campus
- UCAS Code – X320
- Duration – 3 years full-time
- Start date – September 2021
- School – School of Education, Language and Psychology
Tuition Fees
UK and EU 2021 entry £9,250 per year full time
International 2021 entry £12,750 per year full time
Discover why York St John is The One
Course overview
The course combines academic study and practical teaching experience at every level. These two sides of the degree are constantly feeding into each other as you learn, with the knowledge and theory you gain on campus informing your teaching practice on school placements. Your university-based study will cover both the primary curriculum, building your subject knowledge and pedagogy in preparation for your placements and professional studies modules which give you the skills and understanding to ensure all children in the classroom make progress in their learning.
Meanwhile, in your school-based placements you will gradually take on more and more responsibility as you progress through the course until you are ready to lead a class of your own. We have very good relationships with our school partnerships across the region and you will get involved in all aspects of school life while you are on your placements.
You will have opportunities to personalise your course, specialising in the areas which interest you most. When you apply you will choose either the 3-7 or 5-11 route. These two Primary Education programmes study some modules together but others separately, giving you specialist knowledge for the age group you will work with. In your final year you can choose a further specialism selecting a module from a range of options. You will also have the opportunity to design, plan and carry out a research project with a focus of your choosing.
York St John University is an accredited Initial Teacher Training provider and on successful completion of this course you will be recommended for the award of Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) by the Teaching Regulation Agency.
Course structure
Level 1
Modules include:
Professional studies 1: Awareness of learning and teaching (20 credits) Professional studies modules will be taught though key themes that cover the Teachers' Standards:
- Planning and assessment for pupil progress
- Meeting different needs
- Safeguarding
- Classroom and behaviour management
- Professional expectations and employability
- Theories of and approaches to teaching and learning
Learning and teaching in the primary core curriculum 1 (40 credits)
This module will focus on learning, teaching and subject knowledge in English, mathematics and science.
Learning and teaching in the primary foundation curriculum 1 (20 credits)
This module will focus on learning, teaching and subject knowledge in the other subjects of the primary National Curriculum, plus RE, with a focus on Key Stage 1.
Developing your wider skills (20 credits)
This module will allow you some choices to personalise your study. A range of academic and teaching skills will be on offer to help you establish firm foundations in your assignments and build up additional skills to support your school placements. These skills may include: academic writing and presentation, BSL, first aid, practical music and sports coaching.
School experience 1 (20 credits)
Your first school placement will typically involve being in school with other students, having visits spread through your first year with a five week, full-time placement in May and June, during which you will typically teach around 50% of the timetable.
Level 2
In year 2 you will be taught for all modules in just 5-11 age phase teaching groups, allowing a sharper focus on that age range.
Modules include:
Professional studies 2: Becoming a teacher (20 credits)
The same themes will be addressed as for year 1, covering new ground, at a higher level. In year 2 there will be strong focus on special educational needs, disabilities and inclusion, through theme 2, meeting the needs of different pupils.
Learning and teaching in the primary core curriculum 2 (40 credits)
This module will build on the first year module, with a sharper on the 5-11 age range.
Learning and teaching in the primary foundation curriculum 1: (20 credits)
This module will focus on learning, teaching and subject knowledge in the other subjects of the primary National Curriculum, plus RE, with a focus on Key Stage 2.
The research informed professional 1 (20 credits)
This module will begin your critical journey as a teacher-researcher. First of all you will engage critically with a range of established educational research before moving on to learning how to plan, design and carry out your own research project.
School experience 2 (20 credits)
This placement steps up from your first placement in that you will be placed in a class on your own, the placement is longer and you will build up to teaching 60-70% timetable.
Level 3
In year 3 you will have further chances to make choices and personalise your study.
Modules include:
Professional studies 3: The emerging professional (20 credits)
The same themes will be addressed as for year 1 and 2, covering new ground again, at a higher level. In year three, the focus themes will be pupil progress and assessment and also employability, with theme 1 (planning and assessment for pupil progress) and theme 5 (Planning and assessment for pupil progress) being the main ones. For this module you will be taught in your 5-11 age range group.
Contemporary issues in education (20 credits)
This module will focus on critical engagement in a range of issues that are contemporary in our education system at that time. There will be direct teaching about those issues, but the main focus will be on your participation in rigorous, critical, reflective and informed debate. For this module you will be taught in your 5-11 age range group.
The research informed professional 2 (40 credits)
This module will build directly on its level 5 equivalent. You will apply your learning from year 2 and will plan, design, carry out and present, typically through a dissertation, a small scale education research project, the focus and title of which is largely your choice (subject to tutor approval).
Professional focus elective (20 credits)
This module is another area where you can make choices and personalise your course. You will choose one module from a range, which is likely to include:
- Early Years (this is available to 5-11 students as well as 3-7)
- Creativity in primary education
- Thinking and philosophy for children
- Digital learning in primary schools
- Learning outside the classroom
School experience 3 (20 credits)
This is the culmination of your professional studies. You will undertake an extended placement of around 10 weeks, where you will build up to teaching 80% of the timetable. You will become, to all intents and purposes, the class teacher and show you are ready to take on your own class as an NQT.
Entry requirements
The minimum entry requirements for this course are:
120 UCAS Tariff points
You must pass a satisfactory medical report and a satisfactory Enhanced DBS check.
5 GCSEs at grade C/4/Level 4 or above (or equivalent) including:
- English Language
- Mathematics
- Science
We do not accept IELTs in lieu of the GCSE in English.
International Students
If you are an international student you will need to show that your qualifications match our entry requirements. Information about international qualifications and entry requirements can be found on our international pages.
If your first language is not English you must show evidence of English language competence at IELTS level 6.0 (with no skill below 5.5) or equivalent.
This course is available with a Foundation Year
If you do not yet meet the minimum requirements for entry straight onto this degree course, or feel you are not quite ready for the transition to Higher Education, this is a great option for you.
You will need to meet the following criteria by the end of your Foundation Year to progress on to the Primary Education 5-11 Years BA (Hons) degree:
- A Pass on the Department for Education Professional skills tests in literacy and numeracy
- A satisfactory medical report and a satisfactory Enhanced DBS check
- 5 GCSEs at grade C/4/Level 4 or above (or equivalent) including English, Mathematics and Science
- Successful interview with the Primary Education team.
If you do not meet these criteria, you will have the option to transfer onto one of the other BA (Hons) courses associated with the Foundation Year instead. A list of these is available on the Foundation Year course page.
Terms and conditions
Our terms and conditions, policies and procedures contain important information about studying at York St John University. These can be accessed through our Admissions webpages.
Teaching & Assessment
You will be placed into a teaching group in year 1, which is usually a mixture of 3-7 route and 5-11 route students. In years 2 and 3, the two routes are taught in separate teaching groups, apart from year 3 electives. Teaching is focussed on developing both your academic and teaching knowledge, skills and understanding and always reflecting critically on how the two relate to each other.
Teaching is mainly done through class sized groups of around 25 students. A typical session will be interactive with practical work, discussions, debates, group work and the chance to ask questions and raise points as well as direct teaching from tutors. There will also be times when students are expected to prepare and run parts of sessions under supervision of tutors.
The Primary Education timetable in years 1, 2 and 3 has inbuilt flexibility, varying from week to week due to the wide range of staff involved in teaching the course and because around 120 days are spent on school placement across the whole course. Consequently there are busier and lighter weeks which may range from 6 to 18 hours in a week. There will also be additional timetabled tutorials, assessments and independent study sessions timetabled in some weeks. As a general guide, semester 1 is busier than semester 2 in all years, but especially in years 2 and 3 as block school placements typically start in semester 2.
In year 1, the timetabled contact hours reduce across semester 2 as more time is gradually spent on assessments and in school, prior to the first year block placement which is usually at the end of the year. Year 1 therefore, typically finishes a month later than years 2 and 3.
When you are on school placement, you will be working the full day of a primary school, with additional preparation for lessons the next day, marking etc. School placements are full on!
Self-study time is critical to success on the Primary Education course. This will be a combination of independent learning activities set by tutors and also your own self-directed study. These will build on your taught sessions and guidance for your assignments, and during placement, will be driven by the requirements of your teaching in school.
You will take three formal assessed school placements, one in each year of your course. The placements get longer and you take a greater timetable and level of responsibility as you move from year 1 to 3 of your course. In your final placement, you be expected to take on almost the full role of the class teacher, showing that you are ready to be appointed and paid to take on your own class as a Newly Qualified Teacher (NQT) on completion of your course and award of QTS. Your placements will be in at least two schools and you must take placements in the EFYs and KS1, the two age phrases of your course. Each placement will be supported by a mentor as well as a university link tutor. Securing placements is overseen by the university placement's office.
Assessment is through a combination assessed course work and assessed school placements. 80% of the course is assessed by course work and 20% by school placement's. Your final degree classification will be based only on the assessed course work. School placements are pass/fail but will be graded using Ofsted grading classifications. These grading are important to future employers but do not affect your academic degree classification.
All assessed coursework is graded given detailed, constructive feedback within stated timescales. All modules have formative feedback within the module provision; this may be verbal or written. School placements are assessed continually; you will receive regular formative feedback on your teaching as well as formal interim and final written and graded reports.
We have a variety of approaches to assessment, allowing students to demonstrate their knowledge, skills and understanding in different ways. These include:
- Written assessments ranging from short pieces to an extended dissertation
- Individual and group presentations
- Subject knowledge audits in the core curriculum
- Portfolios
- Practical artefacts
- Assessed school placements
Fees and funding
To study for an undergraduate degree with us, you will need to pay tuition fees for your course. How much you pay depends on whether you live inside the UK or EU, or internationally (outside the UK/EU). Tuition fees may be subject to inflation in future years.
UK and EU 2021 entry
The tuition fee for 2021 entry onto this course is £9,250 per year for full time study.
This price applies to all UK/EU, Jersey, Guernsey and Isle of Man students.
You can find out more about funding your degree by visiting our funding opportunities page.
Placement year funding
If you choose to take a placement year, and your course offers it, you can apply for the Tuition Fee and Maintenance Loan for your placement year. How much you are awarded is based on the type of placement being undertaken and whether it is a paid or unpaid placement. The tuition fee for your placement year will be reduced.
International 2021 entry
The tuition fee for 2021 entry to this course is £12,750 per year for full time study.
This price applies to all students living outside the UK/EU.
Due to immigration laws, if you are an international student on a student visa, you must study full time. For more information about visa requirements and short-term study visas, please visit the International Visa and Immigration pages.
Find out more about funding your degree.
Additional costs and financial support
There may also be some additional costs to take into account throughout your studies, including the cost of accommodation.
Course-related costs
While studying for your degree, there may be additional costs related to your course. This may include purchasing personal equipment and stationery, books and optional field trips.
Study Abroad
For more information on tuition fee reductions and additional costs for studying abroad, please visit our study abroad pages.
Accommodation and living costs
View our accommodation pages for detailed information on accommodation and living costs.
Financial help and support
Our Funding Advice team are here to help you with your finances throughout your degree. They offer a personal service that can help you with funding your studies and budgeting for living expenses.
All undergraduates receive financial support through the York St John Aspire card. Find out more about the Aspire scheme and how it can be used to help you purchase equipment you need for your course.