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Wed 12 May 2004
Merit Scholarships
Posted by David Dudley Field '25 under Tyng Scholarship at 8:25 pm
The claim is occasionally made that Williams does not distribute "merit" scholarships or aid. That is, any aid that is given is no more than that required for demonstrated financial need. In a FAQ on financial aid, the College says:
Are there any merit scholarships at Williams not based on need?
No. All financial aid awards at Williams are based on need as determined by the Office of Financial Aid. The College strongly believes that its scholarship funds should be used to fully meet the demonstrated need of each of its financial aid students. Williams does not sponsor and/or match National Merit Scholarships.
But I don't think that that is true. I think that Tyng Scholarships and, probably, Williams Opportunity Scholarships, should be considered merit scholarships. The College says:
Tyng Scholarships are the most prestigious Williams awards. They are designed to meet a student's demonstrated need, primarily with Tyng Scholarship assistance, for each year at Williams. Further assistance is available for three years of graduate or professional school or the equivalent of summer study or research.
So, if a Tyng provides money for law school, money that you do not need to attend Williams, isn't it a merit award? Perhaps we now have a Tyng scholar, or buddy of one, among our readers who can enlighten us. I have been wrong about financial aid issues at Williams in the past.Print • Email
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7 Responses to "Merit Scholarships"
David Rodriguez says:
As a recipient of a Tyng scholarship, I was under the impression that it was in fact a merit scholarship, given the college's literature describing it. The grant associated with said scholarship was also substantially higher than the 2000 dollars in loans (i.e. full tuition) I received from UPenn (my second choice).
To my very displeasurable surprise, however, the college sent me a letter this past summer stating that my parents now earned too much money and that they were no longer able to offer me such a scholarship. Admittedly it was a rather large jump in AGI, and I wouldn't really blame them if it was in fact a financial aid grant, but that was certainly not the impression that I got. I planned to attend grad school (and still somewhat do), so the fact that I no longer was going to be offered need based financial aid for grad school was perhaps the biggest blow of all.
Evidence supporting that it is in fact a merit scholarship:
– The fact that they say it's the "most prestigious Williams award."
– There's a minimum GPA requirement while you're at Williams (which I was far above, I might add, so they couldn't have taken it away for that)
– Getting three years of need based financial aid for grad school is amazing. For grad school, your parents are no longer considered contributors to tuition, so it's essentially damn near a grant for three years of grad school.
– You get Tyng money sponsored summer research. The money offered by this program, as of last year anyway, was pretty low and not competitive as far as summer jobs or the alumni sponsored internships go, so this is less significant.
Evidence against:
– "They are designed to meet a student's demonstrated need, primarily with Tyng Scholarship assistance, for each year at Williams."
– They took my scholarship away because of an increase in my parents' AGI.
Thus I, much like yourself, am left rather in the dark. Really the only other grant or financial aid I was offered that came close to the Tyng was the Marshall scholarship I was offered from Franklyn and Marshall, which is explicitly a merit scholarship (it was roughly the same amount in annual grants, but didn't include graduate study). Anyone else care to shed some light?
Mike says:
Ha, it clearly describe it as based on the students "demonstrated need". How clear to they need to be.
David Rodriguez says:
Yes, but why not give everyone with demonstrated need a tyng scholarship? Clearly it's not only based on "demonstrated need". I think there were only about 10 recipients in my year. I mean I suppose you could say that they cherry pick certain applicants with "demonstrated need" and give them extra perks, but like I said, the money offered was substantially higher than anything I'd received anywhere else. According to U Penn, my demonstrated need was a trivial amount in loans. The only exception is the Franklin and Marshall merit scholarship I mentioned previously.
Thus the argument that it is based on "demonstrated need" is questionable. They very well could have said, "okay, this applicant demonstrates a 'need' for a trivial amount in loans, thus he is eligible for a Tyng scholarship."
Yes, believe exactly what they tell you. Morty said it himself: it makes perfect sense for institutions to offer merit scholarships to certain people. Why not claim that this is a scholarship based on need (seems to be loosely true) and offer it to top applicants? Maybe I wasn't even close to qualifying for financial aid, thus they could no longer claim I needed help from the financial aid office. I can assure you that this scholarship played no small part in deciding where to attend. The fact that I question the actual purpose of such a scholarship should come of no surprise.
Keep your condescending comments to yourself.
David Kane says:
David writes that:
that I no longer was going to be offered need based financial aid for grad school was perhaps the biggest blow of all.
Really? I guess that I can imagine how the College can get away with changing the amount of aid each year for a Tyng depending on the changes in family AGI (which I think is adjusted gross income), but I would not have expected that to effect the graduate school component of the award.
Also, I don't think it is true that "For grad school, your parents are no longer considered contributors to tuition." This depends a lot on the specifics of the program. There are many graduate schools that do consider parental income, at least for stuidents who have not supported themselves for X years.
By the way, to the extent that you are considering graduate school in something related to economics or political science or public policy, I would urge you to a) continue with the math major and b) take as many of the STAT courses at Williams as you can.
(d)avid says:
A couple quick observations:
1) Most graduate programs require parental income regardless of how long you have been on your own. My wife worked as a defense consultant for 8 years prior to applying to graduate school and she still needed to list her parents' income. Older incoming graduate students complain about it every year (and it occurs at almost every school they apply to). However, since most of the top graduate programs pay a stipend and do not charge tuition (unlike business or law schools) it doesn't much matter.
2) There is nothing logically inconsistent to award need based scholarships via a merit criteria. There are far more students with need than the Tyng scholarship fund can afford. Some decision criteria is necessary. The college has decided to provide the Tyng scholarships to those deemed meritous WITHIN THE POOL OF THOSE WITH DEOMNSTRATED NEED. I see nothing illegitimate or terribly confusing about the process (though having the award yanked could be questionable). Presumably the college wants to attract the "best" students with need and offering scholarships is a good way to attract such students. Merit/Need doesn't have to be dichotomous or mutually exclusive.
David Kane says:
The College should not claim that it awards no merit based awards if a Tyng provides money for graduate school. A Tyng is, clearly, partially need-based, but, whatever else one might say about money for law school, it is not part of anyone's financial need for attending Williams.
Tyngs and other such scholarships are still worthwhile. I am glad the College does them. I would suspect that such awards will become a larger and larger part of Williams as schools like Franklin and Marshall try to lure away students like David R.
I just think that the College should be more forthright as it confronts the increasing competition for desirable students.
Blake Thomas says:
I was a Tyng Scholar, entering Williams in the class of 1993. In that era, at least, it was a merit-based program, although eligibility may have been limited to students who would receive need-based financial aid.
In my era, the program reduced all Tyng Scholars' loans by $1000 per year, eliminated the financial aid work requirement, and provided one small summer stipend. The real benefit of the program is the Tyng Fellowship, which provides three years of need-based financial aid for graduate school.
David's comment above illustrates how little information the financial aid office gives to Tyng recipients about their awards. The fellowship program, in particular, is completely amorphous. In letters to prospective Tyng Scholars, they bill the program as need-based aid (with parental income very much taken into account, unfortunately for David), but the aid package is not based on the full cost of the graduate program, and they expect substantially greater loan commitments from graduate students than from undergraduates.
All of the Tyng Scholars in my class had committed to Williams believing that the fellowships would be substantially similar to our undergraduate aid. Several of us turned down full-tuition or full-ride scholarships to other elite schools, thinking the Tyng program was more lucrative, so the fellowship news was a shock. We wrote some nasty letters back and forth to the financial aid office and threatened to get a lawyer (although even then, we recognized that it would have been a pretty flimsy claim). They told us that they would work to clarify the descriptions of the program given to prospective freshmen. Sorry to hear that things haven't gotten better.
I love Williams, and I am profoundly thankful to the strangers who generously gave the funds that let me attend. The admissions and financial aid offices should be more careful, however, to not engage in puffery that misleads prospective students. If they can't stop this pattern of behavior, they should shut the Tyng program down.
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The world was the site of a battle won by the New Republic during the Orinda campaign.[4]
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Jason Fry confirmed that Obredaan and Obreedan are the same planet. The correct spelling is Obredaan.[6]
- Star Wars: Obi-Wan (First appearance)
- Legacy of the Force: Bloodlines (Mentioned only) (as "Obreedan")
- "Gamescape"—Star Wars Insider 57
- Obi-Wan: Prima's Official Strategy Guide
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
- The Essential Atlas
- The Essential Guide to Warfare
Notes and referencesEdit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Star Wars: The Essential Atlas Online Companion on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 The Essential Atlas
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Star Wars: Obi-Wan
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Essential Guide to Warfare
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Legacy of the Force: Bloodlines
- ↑ The Essential Atlas and Galactic Cartography: Official Discussion on the Jedi Council Forums (Literature board; posted by jasonfry on 3/16/11 6:14pm)

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Basic Flexible Busk Insertions by Laufa Loft. This article covers the very basic process of sewing in a very basic front busk clasp into a corset. If you've never done it, you can't go wrong with this one.
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Supporting a Large Bust (part 1) by Isabelle Mekel illustrates the many challenges faced when creating corsets for a larger bust and explains how to approach them. It is a very good introduction to the topic of corseting big girl.
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Step by Step Sewing on Reproduction Corset Ref 1 by Joelle (Atelier Sylphe Corseterie)
Super detailed sewing tutorial showing how to sew together the corset pattern Ref 1, based on the original antique corset. Every step of the process is documented and shown in a lot of photos. Great source of insight in how to sew a corset, that has both gores, gussets and a waist tape, using the welt-seam method.
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Andre Silva snatched Milan's victory with the last kick of the game against Genoa, his debut Serie A strike in dramatic circumstances.
There were concerns the game would be postponed by heavy rain, but fortunately it calmed before kick-off and the pitch drained well.
The Rossoneri saw their 13-match unbeaten run ended by Arsenal in the Europa League on Thursday and needed to get right back on track in Serie A. Davide Calabria, Ignazio Abate and Luca Antonelli were all carrying knocks, so Fabio Borini was used as a make-shift right-back. The hosts missed Armando Izzo and Miguel Veloso, but had Adel Taarabt and Giuseppe Rossi back on the bench.
Milan had lost their last three visits to Marassi without scoring a goal, conceding five.
Jack Bonaventura blasted over early on, but Mattia Perin performed a stunning one-handed save on Nikola Kalinic, who kept his finish low from 10 yards.
Diego Laxalt flashed a dangerous ball across the six-yard box and Andrej Galabinov just failed to make contact, as while Milan kept possession for long periods, they moved the ball too slowly and without much creativity. Even a Hakan Calhanoglu free kick from just outside the D was passed into Perin's arms and Kalinic fired over.
Galabinov nodded wide and Milan did have the ball in the net on 42 minutes, but Bonaventura was offside from a Calhanoglu header on the corner before he turned in.
In the last kick of the half, a poor Cristiano Biraghi clearance fell to Calhanoglu, but he blasted over from the edge of the area.
Gianluigi Donnarumma was well behind a Pandev snapshot and Genoa thought they had scored on 53 minutes when Luca Rigoni nodded in an Oscar Hiljemark free kick, but after a long wait, it was ruled offside using VAR.
Moments later, it should've been 1-0 to the hosts, but Ervin Zukanovic somehow turned his header wide from six yards when unmarked.
Bonaventura had a couple of attempts from the edge of the area, then Suso flashed a ball across the face of goal that nobody connected with. The Spaniard also curled a free kick just wide of the near top scorer.
Deep into stoppages, ex-Milan striker Gianluca Lapadula got his head to a Darko Lazovic cross, but put it over the bar.
With the very last kick of the game, Suso whipped in a cross and Andre Silva rose to get the header, Perin's fingertips not enough to keep it out at the near post. It was the Portugal international's debut Serie A goal at long last after netting earlier this season in the Europa League.
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With a popular podcast network and a Comedy Central show/hashtag machine already under his belt, Chris Hardwick and his Nerdist Industries empire are moving into film distribution—though it sounds like it's less of a "Let's make money by distributing movies!" thing and more of a "We want to help people see this one specific movie!" thing. The one specific movie in question is The Hive, an indie sci-fi horror story directed by Dave Yarovesky, and Nerdist has now picked up the rights to it and will be bringing it to theaters and digital on-demand services.
This is from Deadline, which says The Hive is about a counselor at Camp Yellow Jacket, a summer camp of some sort that "has descended into chaos." The main guy wakes up "in a boarded-up cabin with no memory of who or where he is," and he has to use mysterious clues scratched onto the walls in order to figure out what's happening. Also, for good measure, he's going through a "disturbing physical transformation" and "the only memories he has are not his own." Hardwick says The Hive is "so much damn fun," and right after seeing it for the first time he knew he wanted to "help get [it] into the eyes and earholes of horror fans."
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Hongkong Protests
These have now become disruptive
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The protesters simply want the extradition bill withdrawn
(not merely suspended) and while this can be done with
an oral declaration, Carrie Lam refuses to do so.
Or, if I might say, China does not want to withdraw the bill.
China still has sovereignty over Hongkong.
Moreover, the protests are actually what China wants.
These protests dramatizes thegrave disdain that Chinese
have against extradition.
What more effective a message
can China send to Canada
than its refusal to withdraw the extradition bill.
Canada has been hammering out its conformance to the rule of law.
So now China will do likewise.
Only thing is China's rules of law
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Would China drop its extradition bill
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With more and more data being stored in the cloud, it's no wonder that we are seeing Hadoop follow suit. However, too often for users, they are forced to make tradeoffs when deploying Hadoop in the cloud, particularly around the flexibility and choice provided with Hadoop. With Cloudera's platform, we are redefining Hadoop in the cloud and bringing back choice. Not only did we launch Cloudera Director in October of last year, but we also expanded key partnerships with popular cloud providers, including Microsoft Azure. These advancements not only provide a reliable, repeatable experience, regardless of cloud preference, but they also bring broader deployment flexibility, whether it's in the cloud, on-premise, or a hybrid approach.
Cloudera Director is the first portable, self-service solution for deploying and managing enterprise Hadoop in the cloud. It provides a single pane of glass administration experience for central IT to reduce costs and deliver agility, and for end-users to self-service provision and elastically scale clusters, all while ensuring auditability. Integrated with Cloudera's enterprise data hub, users not only get all the features necessary for cloud deployments, but also continue to get all of the enterprise-grade features available with Cloudera's platform – including the security, governance, and administration necessary for production-ready deployments. Cloudera Director also includes usage reporting for chargeback models and is currently supported for AWS deployments.
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When to Call an Attorney After a Car Accident
Car accidents can be terrifying. If you've recently experienced an auto accident, you may still be reeling from the incident and confused about next steps. Medical attention is first and foremost, but you may also be concerned about pursing a claim and receiving a fair settlement. Do you call a lawyer right away, or work directly with your insurer?
For minor collisions without injuries and little damage to your vehicle, you may be able to work directly with your insurer for a settlement that you find fair. However, if you:
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- Suffered from a loss of income as a result of your injuries
- Are unsure who is at fault
- Were in involved in a crash that involved other motorists, cyclists, or pedestrians
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It's important to know that insurance companies have the best possible lawyers working on their behalf. If you decide to represent yourself, you could be at a significant disadvantage. Even if you have started to pursue legal action on your own, it's not too late to seek representation. An attorney can enter the process at any point to strengthen your strategy and improve your odds of getting the best result possible.
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Preparing for your call with an attorney will help expedite the process. You'll want to collect as much evidence as possible from the scene of the accident as well as any medical forms or additional evidence gathered subsequent to the incident. Evidence may include:
- A copy of the police report
- Witness statements (signed and dated) from the people who saw the collision as well as contact information for those witnesses
- Pictures of the damage to yourself, any passengers involved, and the vehicle
- Medical bills from anyone who treats you, especially the doctors you see right after the accident
- Repair estimates and bills for work on your vehicle
Continue to document how the injuries have affected your day-to-day life and take note of any time away from work resulting from the accident. Your attorney will need this information to pursue a successful claim. The more information you have, the better your odds of a successful outcome.
What if my car accident happened a long time ago?
There are statutes of limitations in personal injury claims, and these statutes vary from state to state. The state of Florida, for example, has a strict statute of limitations of four years for bringing auto accident lawsuits to court. This means that you have four years from the date of your car accident to file an official lawsuit for compensation.
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Canada Mortgage Rules Changes
Posted by Mark Sadiua on Friday, July 20th, 2012 at 1:57pm.
Canada Mortgage Change Rules
Amid rising concerns regarding household debt in Canada, the Federal Government announced that it is reducing the maximum amortization for government-insured mortgages to 25 years from 30 years.
• Now if you refinance your mortgage you can borrow up to 80 per cent of its value, previously you could borrow up to 85% of your home's value.
What Does A Shorter Amortization Mean?
• The amortization period is the length of time it will take to pay off an entire mortgage. With a shorter amortization, you can save thousands of dollars in interest costs and become debt-free faster.
Recently a poll conducted for a major Canadian bank by public opinion and market research firm Pollara found:
• Nearly half (49 per cent) of Canadians are unfamiliar with the new measures put in place by Finance Minister Jim Flaherty
• The majority of Canadians do not know the maximum amortization period for government-insured mortgages in Canada, with only 45 per cent correctly identifying it as 25 years
• Currently, one-quarter (26 per cent) of Canadians believe the maximum amortization period for government-insured mortgages is 30 years or more.
The poll also revealed how the new guidelines will affect buying intentions and behavior and found:
• 14 per cent of prospective home buyers say the latest changes make it less likely they will buy a new home in the next five years.
• 41 per cent of those still planning to buy in the next five years say these changes make it more likely they will spend less on a home than they would have otherwise.
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Discover how issues of sexual assault and violence—which the #MeToo movement has worked to shed light on since 2006—resonate throughout Minnesota history. This small exhibit in the Irvine Gallery aims to highlight unrepresentative narratives by examining the stories of several Minnesota women, past and present, including:
- Rachel: an enslaved woman who lived at Fort Snelling and successfully sued for her freedom in 1836 while also facing sexual violence in Minnesota Territory
- Carolen Bailey: a St. Paul police officer from 1961-1991 who worked on issues of sexual assault, domestic violence, and prostitution in the Twin Cities
- Martha Boesing: founding artistic director of At the Foot of the Mountain Theater, which was created in 1976 by a group of feminist artists and worked to address sexual assault in its productions
- Cece McDonald: an African American transwoman and activist, whose murder trial made national news in 2011 after she defended herself and friends from assailants at a Minneapolis bar
- Ivette Izea-Martinez: a first-generation immigrant from Venezuela, she serves as co-director of family advocacy and community engagement at Casa de Esperanza, which addresses domestic violence in the Latino community
This exhibit will be on display in the History Center's Irvine Gallery on the first floor and is free to the public.


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10/23/2018.- The Day of Spanish Cinema has been celebrated today as part of the 63rd edition of the Valladolid International Film Festival, the SEMINCI. The honoured guests were filmmakers Icíar Bollaín and Juan Antonio Bayona; the actor Eduard Fernández, and the crew of the show Versión española, which celebrates its 20th anniversary. In addition, a great number of well-known professionals of the film industry have participated in the event, such as Luis Tosar, José Luis Cuerda, Concha Velasco, Raúl Arévalo, Julio Medem or Geraldine Chaplin, among others.
On its fourth day, SEMINCI has reasserted its firm commitment to Spanish productions. Therefore, the entrance of the Teatro Calderón has been once again embellished with the green carpet, on which paraded the Spanish participants of the present edition: the recipients of the Honorary Spike Juan Antonio Bayona, Icíar Bollaín, Eduard Fernández and the crew of the show Versión española (TVE); as well as the production teams responsible for the national films competing in the different sections and retrospectives of the festival.
The first attendees who walked on the carpet were Óscar Puente, the Mayor of Valladolid; Javier Angulo, director of SEMINCI; and Ana Redondo, Councillor for Culture and Tourism. The crew of Versión española, led by Cayetana Guillén Cuervo, were the first guests of honour to arrive. They promenaded down the green Unicaja Bank carpet accompanied by Julio Medem, the patron of the show.
Some of the guests who have strolled on the green carpet are Sara Fantoya, director of the short No me despertéis (Don't wake me up), which is competing in the Official Section; actress Nawja Nimri; director José Luis Cuerda, and actors Manolo Solo and Arturo Valls. The remaining recipients of the Honorary Spike also made an appearance at SEMINCI. Producer Juan Antonio Bayona was the first: he posed for the cameras and the audience. Following was director Iciar Bollain, escorted by actor Luis Tosar, who presented her with the award. Eduard Fernández, who also received an Honorary Spike, was present as well.
The movie Jaulas had the largest representation. It is the second Spanish production competing in the Official Section. The group was led by its director, Nicolás Pacheco, who was accompanied by Estefanía de los Santos, Marta Gavilán, Manuel Cañadas, Belén Ponce de León, Antonio Dechent, Antonio Estrada, Stephan Mihai, Manolo Caro and Manuel Tallafé. Some other guests who also appeared at the green carpet were actress Geraldine Chaplin, actor Raúl Arévalo, and Argentinian producers Gastón Duprat (Miobramaestra) and Pablo Trapero (La quietud), who are competing in the Official Section.


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Militants launched a brazen attack on a military base in a restive area in northern Iraq on Thursday, killing at least 10 soldiers and wounding 12, officials said.
The morning attack at the base outside the city of Mosul, about 225 miles northwest of Baghdad, started with a suicide bomber who detonated his truck packed with explosives at the gates of the facility, an army officer and a police officer said.
A group of gunmen then opened fire from apparently commandeered military Humvees and a shootout ensued. At least 10 troops were killed and 12 were wounded, the officials said. Eight militants were also killed in the fighting.
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In Brief: March-April 2009
April 01, 2009 |
Mar - Apr 2009 issue
Srinivas Aravamudan, professor of English and director of the Franklin Institute, has been appointed dean of humanities in Arts & Sciences, replacing N. Gregson Davis, Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Professor of the Humanities in Classical Studies. Aravamudan specializes in eighteenth-century British and French literature and postcolonial literature and theory.
Duke engineer and physicist Stefano Curtarolo has received a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers in recognition of his discovery of novel combinations of elements in the field of nanotechnology. The award is the highest honor given to young scientists by the federal government, granting $1 million in research support over five years. Curtarolo, who joined the Duke faculty in 2003, received the award during a December ceremony at the White House.
Head football coach David Cutcliffe signed a two-year extension in December that pushes his current contract through the 2015 season. Hired in 2007, Cutcliffe guided the Blue Devils to a 4-8 record this past season, equaling the victory total from Duke's previous four seasons combined. Duke saw an increase of 60 percent in season ticket sales for 2008 and had four home crowds of 30,000 or more fans for the first time in school history. Duke's average home attendance of 28,727 in 2008 was the largest since 1994.
John Hope Franklin, the James B. Duke Professor Emeritus of history, has had a park named in his honor. The John Hope Franklin Reconciliation Park, located in Franklin's hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma, commemorates the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot that devastated black homes and businesses in one of the worst acts of racial violence in American history. Franklin's father was a survivor of the riot.
History professor Kristen Neuschel, who concentrates on late medieval and early modern Europe, will take the helm at the university's Thompson Writing Program. Associate professor of English Joseph Harris had headed the program, which offers writing classes and provides guidance to students, since its creation in 1999.
Christopher Schroeder, Charles S. Murphy Professor of law and public policy studies, and Arti Rai, Elvin R. Latty Professor of law, assisted the Obama-Biden transition team in the months following the November election. Schroeder was a member of a team that examined the operations of the Department of Justice. Rai served as a member of a team that looked at technology issues for the Department of Commerce. Elizabeth Alexander, the poet who read at Obama's inauguration, also has Duke ties: She was once a student of President Richard H. Brodhead when he was a dean at Yale and wrote a poem that he delivered at that university's baccalaureate seven years ago.
The board of trustees approved a master's degree program with the goal of educating future leaders in fields that address global health challenges. The new Master of Science in Global Health degree, to be offered through the Graduate School and administered by the Duke Global Health Institute, replaces the certificate in global health.
Duke Chapel's original Aeolian organ, installed in 1932, has returned from sabbatical. A twenty-month reconditioning process, which involved the replacement of leather parts and the cleaning and repair of 7,000 pipes, has been completed. The organ was dedicated during a concert in early February in honor of Kathleen Upton Byrns McClendon '80 and her husband, Aubrey McClendon '81, who were active in chapel activities while undergraduates and who supported the project. y Duke Medicine has joined with Belvoir Media Group to produce Duke Medicine HealthNews, a nationally distributed publication that provides physician perspectives on medical advances in the news. The subscription-based monthly newsletter is edited by Dan Blazer, J.P. Gibbons Professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Duke.
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Breakfast this morning was my old reliable; granola with banana and whole milk. I also had a tea with maple syrup and cream :)
Snack today was some apple slices with my preschoolers.
Lunch was leftover Caesar Salad from last night and leftover Pizza from the night before. The Pizza wasn't nearly as good after being left for two days.
Dinner tonight was Beef & Broccoli Orange Stir-fry with quinoa. This is a really nice recipe.


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Rafael Díaz del Gobo (General Surgery Resident)
Víctor Turrado Rodríguez (Gastrointestinal Surgeon)
Hospital Clínic, Barcelona – Spain
Recent technological advances have made it possible to develop new, increasingly less invasive surgical approaches, such as Natural Orifices Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) or Single Port Laparoscopic Surgery (SILS). These new approaches involve a reduction in morbidity, analgesic requirements and a better aesthetic outcome. As a result of these advances retroperitoneal adrenalectomy is currently a safe and reproducible procedure.
A 33-year-old woman with a medical history of appendectomy and cholecystectomy was diagnosed with Cushing's disease secondary to a 35 mm right adrenal tumour shown by MRI.
The patient was placed in the prone position with flexed legs. A 25 mmHg pneumoretroperitoneum was performed and three trocars were used. The retroperitoneum was dissected until the lesion was found. During dissection it was found that a vena cava lesion had been caused. The high pressure pneumoretroperitoneum made it possible to contain the haemorrhage and complete the dissection in order to have an optimal surgical field to repair the lesion. The repair was carried out using clips and no further haemorrhage was found.
The postoperative course was uneventful and the patient was discharged on the second postoperative day.
In conclusion, the retroperitoneal approach to adrenalectomy is a safe procedure even though the risk of damaging the vena cava during right adrenalectomy is still one of the main and most dangerous complications of this procedure. The high pressure pneumoretroperitoneum helps to contain the haemorrhage and thus makes it possible to improve the surgical field and plan the best approach to repair the lesion.


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July is an exciting time of the year during the recruitment process. Many players have finally received desired scholarships from coveted schools. As the high school football season approaches, a college decision is typically on the horizon. This article provides a snapshot of all the commitment action that took place during the sweltering-hot month of
Lithonia's Jordan Smith commits to South Carolina
One of the top uncommitted weakside defensive ends in the state of Georgia pledged his commitment to the University of South Carolina shortly after 2 pm today at Lithonia High School. Jordan Smith is a lean athletic DE who has elite quickness that makes getting to the QB easy. His long athletic frame can stand


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This year's topic of the local history competition organised by the Kincses Belváros Association is the presentation of the values of the Danube Bank of Pest, whose architecture is part of the World Heritage Site of Budapest.
The Europe Direct office of Szolnok organized art contests for years on European topics. This year, on the occasion of the European Year, the topic is: King and Queens of Europe, also connecting a little bit to the Hungarian anniversary of King Matthias. The best works will be exhibited on Europe Day in the Verseghy Library (Szolnok).Jump to this page
March 9-10, 2018
The Petőfi Sándor Poem Recitation Competition is organised by the Szalárdi János Association every year as part of the Hungarian National Day's celebrations for the students to compete from the local and nearby schools. In 2018 will be the tenth anniversary of this event and it plays an important part in the local and nearby area's national celebrations.
April 6-8, 2018
The three-day conference held annually for students – also for those of Hungarian nationalities living in the neighbouring countries - studying constructional architecture, historical heritage in secondary education will give the opportunity for the 24th time to present historical heritage on posters and in written studies of students taking part in the competition on a given topic. Parts of the conference are display, study tour, quiz on local knowledge, ceremonial announcement of results. Aim of the program is youth education engaged in preserving architectural heritage.
April 20, 2018
The Széchényi Ferenc general high school in Barcs organizes a so-called Széchényi Day every year, when all of theclasses take part in a competition regarding culture and tradition. As one of the 25 (this year 35) European Parliament Ambassador Schools this year they organize a Europe Day with the special topic: European Year of Cultural Heritage. During the day the classes compete with each other.
June 16-17, 2018
The Association for Innovation in Education is an organization whose main goal is to provide cultural, educational, traditional programs and activities for children, pedagogues and families. The Children's Festival is a project started in 2016 and it's main goal is to strengthen interethnic relations, providing the possibility of spending time together in a natural environment, practicing social abilities through pleasant experiences.
June 24 - July 1, 2018
Kapolcska Program is a cultural start-up targeting the quality-oriented entertainment and education of the youngest generation. The program addresses the 9-15 year-old children and their families. The innovative project which is based on the interaction between artists, teachers and young people, aims to become an international educational and artistic centre by 2020.
September 18-22, 2018
On the occasion of the Cultural Heritage Week and the European Day of Languages, felting techniques will be introduced to Slovene primary and high school students at the Balassi Institute in Ljubljana.


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It's official, Spring has arrived!
My friend, MJ, created a delightful cake using a floral transfer sheet, and I want to share it with you.
MJ used the curl technique, shown here. You may have noticed, that MJ did it correctly, making nice long curls (unlike mine that were cut too short.)
While I have seen the curls used to accent the tops and sides of desserts, this display of creating a flower is just darling.
Thank you MJ for showing us an easy way to fancy up our desserts this Spring!
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Spring Cake
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Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski and his Chilean counterpart Michelle Bachelet today signed a joint declaration in order to strengthen the countries' bilateral relation. Here are some of the document's highlights.
The South American leaders stressed the high level of dialogue, mutual trust and transparency between their governments, as well as their political will to deepen bilateral ties.
In this respect, they underlined their common ground on democracy, human rights, rule of law, International Law principles, social equality and solidarity among peoples.
Within this framework, Peru and Chile have agreed to establish Binational Cabinets, to be chaired by both Heads of State. The first meeting of the said mechanism has been scheduled for June 2017 and will be hosted by the Andean nation.
To this end, the countries will reactivate meetings in their various bilateral mechanisms.
The declaration also states the resumption of the Peru-Chile Permanent Committee on Consultation and Political Coordination (known as the "2+2 mechanism"). Results of the different activities carried out will be reported during Binational Cabinet meetings.
On the other hand, the Pacific Rim nations reaffirmed their commitment to continue adapting their corresponding internal regulations to the ruling by The Hague-based International Court of Justice, presented to the public on January 27, 2014.
It was also agreed that works on border matters be further developed to facilitate integration for the benefit of Peru and Chile's peoples.
The fellow APEC members also decided to establish new consular premises in border cities Tacna (Peru) and Arica (Chile), and to exchange information on immigration matters of common interest.
Likewise, they reiterated their readiness to carry on promoting regional electrical interconnection, particularly boosting negotiations for the Tacna-Arica interconnection project.
In order to strengthen friendship, cooperation and integration ties between both nations, the Heads of State agreed to establish a dialogue forum between civil society and various government's offices in the two countries.
Likewise, they stressed the importance of networking among members of both Congresses, as a contributing factor to reinforce bilateral relations.
Peru and Chile coincided in strengthening trade relations through the Peru-Chile Free Trade Agreement and the Additional Protocol to the Pacific Alliance Framework Agreement.
Regarding Peru's attempt to enter the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the Government of Chile expressed it will formally support the initiative once the council of said organization has discussed its extension.
The South American nations also reiterated their commitment —expressed in the last Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum held in Lima— to double efforts in order to promote free trade, quality growth and human development.
In addition, the high-ranking officials expressed the need to keep articulating efforts at the multilateral level, within the framework of the United Nations, the Inter-American System, and other regional institutions.
Furthermore, they highlighted their coincidences about the region's situation, especially their concerns about Venezuela.
Both governments confirmed their commitment to fighting against transnational organized crime affecting their inhabitants.
To conclude, the document underlined the signing of a memorandum of understanding between both Foreign Affairs Ministries in a bid to establish a dialogue and cooperation mechanism on human rights.


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Saturday, September 1, 2012
A Trip Down Saccharine Lane
1. My first choice from 1976, of course, is the theme tune from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To?) sung by Diana Ross. I've already written a whole post about being 14 years old and in love with myself, full of hope for the future, etc...,etc... Read it and listen to it here. It'll take you back to those innocent years of open doors and unburnt bridges.
2. A collection of three songs (I know I'm cheating a bit) featured in this post about Songs I Have Loved:
Georgy Girl by The Seekers (my Dad's favourite group) from the 1960s. I loved the film too. Click on Songs I Have Loved and see a very young Lynn Redgrave having a bad hair day. My personal memory is of eating lamb chops and mashed potato for lunch and hearing this track whilst waiting for Listen With Mother on the radio. I also remember dancing around the house singing it without any clue as to what it meant.
The other two are both from 1976 (also in Songs I Have Loved with videos) Both songs that almost define the 1970s. The decade I needed to have long straight hair with a centre parting like Marcia Brady but never quite managed it. The only other must have was a flat stomach above my hipster stonewashed jeans. Oh, and more than one pair of Kickers.
3. Anything by Neil Diamond. When Love At The Greek came out in 1977 after his concert at The Greek Theatre in Los Angeles (in 1976 of course) - I was in love. I only had 20 Golden Greats at home but used to put on the tape next to my bed and end each day with Neil (just the two of us). Here is Beautiful Noise for you.
4. Other childhood loves included all the Davids: David Essex (he didn't look anything like he looks in Eastenders, honestly), David Soul (from Starsky and Hutch), David Dundas (Jeans On), and David Cassidy (obviously - I was a tweenager in the 1970s so it would have been odd not to). I Think I Love You. I think I saw the original episode of The Partridge Family in 1970.
5. Aw poor Karen Carpenter. Possibly the best female voice pop music has ever known. :(
With apologies to ABBA - I still listen to you as I wash my floors but they only allow 5 items in Listography. And thanks to Kate - not (I actually had things to do this evening.)
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I do love the Carpenters. And I know what you mean about Kate... I was certainly not planning to be blogging today but this was such a tempting linky!ReplyDeleteReplies
I know - annoying but enjoyable neverhtheless.Delete
I had to write them up immediately too and then spent the rest of the day organising playlists! xReplyDeleteReplies
LOL - I hope you get more real stuff done today.Delete
Oh 1976 how I miss you! Late as usual but I'm doing up my list now and that year *may* also feature!ReplyDeleteReplies
1976 may have been the last year I did cartwheels and backflips. Looking forward to your list. :)Delete
- helloitsgemmaSeptember 2, 2012 at 11:22 AM
Brilliant choices. I have the Neil Diamond on my itunes - proper sing a long.ReplyDelete
I remember the Partridge family!Replies
If you can't sing along what's the point?Delete
These lists have been great! Except I'm now thinking of re-doing mine! How could I have forgotten Abba?!ReplyDelete
Have just subscribed to your blog and am going to read through with a cuppa!Replies
Thanks Magatha I hope you enjoy it. I think ABBA are so big they are onmipresent in any musical event from the 1970s/80s.Delete
Some of those take me back! My big sister had loads of Carpenters tapes and I used to pretend I was Karen Carpenter!ReplyDelete
Wow quite a list. I'm not sure I would have admitted your David love if I was you though!ReplyDeleteReplies
It was so so so long ago I think the statute of limitations has run out.Delete
I had to look up most of these as before my time. Have heard of them all, but not so familiar with their songs. Thanks for reminding me about the brilliant but tragic Karen Carpenter...ReplyDeleteReplies
I'm experiencing the same thing with some of the younger bloggers - especially as I've been out of the UK for so long.Delete
I love, love, love the Carpenters and was so sad when Karen passed away! My favourite is rainy days and mondaysReplyDeleteReplies
Me too. My favourite is Can't Smile Without You but I wanted an upbeat, happy track for Karen.Delete
I just found this via Kate's linky. Great list! I also, was deeply, DEEPLY in love with Neil Diamond. And I love that you chose one of his cheesier ones, I love that song too! (also, Longfellow Serenade)ReplyDeleteReplies
I don't know Longfellow Serenade - I'll have to youtube it. Thanks for commenting.Delete


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Mimulus cardinalis, the scarlet monkeyflower, is a flowering perennial in the family Phrymaceae. Together with other species in Mimulus section Erythranthe, it serves as a model system for studying pollinator-based reproductive isolation.
It is a fairly large, spreading, attractive plant which bears strongly reflexed, nectar-rich red or orange-red flowers and toothed, downy leaves. It is native to the West Coast and Southwestern United States and Baja California, and is generally found at low elevation in moist areas. Occasional populations of yellow-flowered Mimulus cardinalis (which lack anthocyanin pigments in their corollas) are found in the wild.


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In France, the Ministry of Justice has triggered protests and legal action from domestic defence lawyers, as a result of a decision to install glass boxes in courtrooms all over the country.
Glass boxes were already present in some tribunals, like in Orléans, where lawyers have complained that defendants "can't hear anything". Nevertheless, the Ministry of Justice is now funding the installation of new boxes across the country's courtrooms and covering the existing ones with a layer of glass, which makes them look more like cages.
The indiscriminate use of glass boxes in criminal courts runs contrary to European Union legislation, including the Directive on the Right to be Presumed Innocent, which requires Member States to "[…] take appropriate measures to ensure that suspects and accused persons are not presented as being guilty, in court or in public […]".
The glass box not only skews the way defendants are perceived by the court but also restricts the lawyer's ability to assist them.
"Confidential communication with the person in the box has become virtually impossible" said Dominique Tricaud, criminal defence lawyer in Paris and Advisory Board member of the Legal Experts Advisory Panel (LEAP).
Often, the glass box is installed on a higher level than the lawyer's place. As a result, the lawyer needs to "stretch up and bend over to reach the hole in the glass box through which they can talk to their client".
The defendant always wears handcuffs when they are brought into the courtroom and the handcuffs are only removed when the defendant enters the glass box. Sometimes, the police do not remove the handcuffs and it is the lawyer who needs to ask them to do so. "However, young lawyers can be intimidated by the police and might not intervene", said Tricaud.
Inside the glass box, the defendant is only able to listen to what is being said in the courtroom through a loud speaker, and they can only communicate through a microphone. Frequently, however, neither the microphone nor the loud speaker work, making it impossible for the defendant to follow their trial and make any meaningful interventions in their defence.
Legal interpreters assist the defendant from inside the box, and are therefore also not able to adequately communicate with the lawyers.
The prosecution in French is also called "parquet", just like the wooden flooring, because originally it was meant to sit at the same level as the defence. Despite its origins, prosecutors have actually always been placed on higher platforms in the courtroom, earning the name of "carpenter's mistake" (l'erreur du menuisier in French).
In the 1980s, former French Minister for Justice Robert Badinter adopted a regulation which aimed at placing the prosecution and the defence on the same level. Prosecutors resisted the change and simply moved to unoccupied seats, which were placed on a higher level than the defence.
The appeals brought against the glass box should be decided by an administrative court on 12 February 2018. In the meantime, the French Association of Criminal Defence Lawyers (Association des Avocats Penalistes, ADAP) has called its members to systematically ask the judge to release the defendant from the box. The result of the challenges is yet to be seen, but what is sure is that the new Justice Palace in Paris (which is due to open in April this year), will have prosecutors attending trials several feet above the parquet.
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Yesterday I saw Phantom of the Opera at the Boston Opera House. I had a great seat – in the second row. Plus, I had binoculars. Looking through the binoculars I could see the actors close up. One thing I noticed, which surprised me, is that every actor had a wire stealthily running into their ear. I wonder what that wire is for? Is someone telling them what to say?
Do actors memorize their lines anymore? Or, do actors simply repeat what they hear through the wire?
By the way, it was a great show.
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Ruth M.A. van Nispen, Hilde PA van der Aa, Ger Van Rens; Cost-effectiveness of stepped-care implemented in low vision rehabilitation to reduce depression and anxiety in vision impaired older adults. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2016;57(12):5185.
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One in three vision impaired older adults has subclinical symptoms of depression and/or anxiety and is at risk of full blown psychiatric disorders. This puts a burden on quality of life of patients and on societal resources. Recently our stepped-care program proved to be effective in preventing development of disorders (relative risk: 0.63), however, evidence of cost-effectiveness is not yet available. We performed an economic evaluation alongside a multicenter randomized clinical trial to investigate the cost-effectiveness from a societal perspective of this new intervention to prevent depressive and/or anxiety disorders.
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Vision impaired adults (>50 years) having subclinical symptoms of depression and/or anxiety (mean age 74, 70% women, 46% macular degeneration) from 17 Dutch and Belgian low vision rehabilitation centers were randomized to stepped-care (n=131) or usual care (n=134). If symptoms persisted as assessed every three months, patients moved to the next more intensive and costly treatment step: (1) watchful waiting, (2) guided self-help based on cognitive behavioral therapy, (3) problem solving treatment and (4) referral to the general practitioner. Primary and secondary outcomes were, respectively, incidence of a depressive and/or anxiety disorder and quality adjusted life years (QALYs). Clinical outcomes and resource use was measured with telephone interviews by blind assessors over 24 months and valued using standard direct and indirect (friction method) healthcare costs.
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Differences in the main clinical outcome was in favor of stepped care (absolute risk difference -0.17, p=0.01); no significant difference in QALYs was found. Mean intervention costs were $285 per person. Total costs were $23,733 in the intervention and $24,800 in the usual care group (mean difference: $1,067 95% confidence interval: -7,430 to 5,295). Cost-effectiveness planes indicated that stepped-care was more effective and cheaper than usual care.
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As the intervention was found to be cost-effective from a societal perspective, main findings introduce possibilities for implementing stepped-care in the countries of origin. However, cost-effectiveness is questionable when taking QALYs or the human capital approach for indirect costs into account and needs further consideration in decision making.
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Sheriff's Lt. Chad Bianco has taken the lead in his bid to replace Riverside County Sheriff Stan Sniff, though both are headed for a Nov. 6 runoff.
Updated results from the county Registrar of Voters show Bianco with 35 percent of the vote compared to 33 percent for Sniff. Retired Hemet police chief Dave Brown was in third with 20 percent of the vote, while sheriff's Deputy Miguel Garcia was fourth with close to 12 percent.
Because no one got a simple majority of the vote, Sniff and Bianco are set to compete in a November runoff, continuing what's been an expensive and acrimonious campaign.
This election cycle brought big money and drama to a race that normally lacks both. Sniff, appointed by the Board of Supervisors 11 years ago to fill a vacancy, won a full term in 2010 and cruised to re-election over Bianco in 2014.
Besides Bianco, Brown, and Garcia, Sniff also had to contend with hostility from some corners of the Board of Supervisors. The sheriff said recent budget cuts totaling more than $70 million had decimated deputy patrols in unincorporated areas and forced him to pull out of regional anti-crime task forces and use overtime to keep the county's five jails open.
While supervisors can't fire the sheriff, the board does control much of the department's funding. Last summer, Sniff told the board that unless he got $50 million more than what was allocated, he would have to take drastic steps, including possibly closing patrol stations.
The board gave the sheriff another $18 million, but not before Supervisor John Tavaglione and Sniff engaged in a tense public exchange about whether Sniff was doing enough to control costs.
Tavaglione also accused Sniff of publicly bad-mouthing supervisors. Sniff countered by saying his job is to tell the truth about the department's financial challenges, not to tell the supervisors what they want to hear.
Tavaglione publicly compared Sniff to a child for not fully embracing cost-cutting suggestions from consulting firm KPMG, which ran staffing experiments at the sheriff's Hemet and Lake Elsinore stations. Those experiments, Sniff said, worsened response times; KPMG and the county executive office said the opposite was true.
Brown and Bianco contended that morale has deteriorated to the point where deputies are leaving in droves, and each says they will bring a more modern approach to the job. The department, which has more than 3,000 employees, is the primary law enforcement provider in a county of 2.3 million that rivals New Jersey in square mileage.
A retired Army colonel who started his law-enforcement career in Coachella, Sniff has accused Bianco of being beholden to the Riverside Sheriffs' Association. The union that represents sheriff's deputies gave Bianco more than $600,000, the vast majority of his campaign funding.
The candidates differed in how they'll handle opening the jail now under construction in Indio. Sniff expressed concern about having enough staff to open it when construction wraps up; Brown and Bianco vowed to open it quickly.
Along with running jails and providing courthouse security and coroner's services, the Sheriff's Department also provides police services to 17 of the county's 28 cities through contracts.


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