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PROVO — Last Friday night, on the eve of the overheated BYU-Utah rivalry game, Cougar head coach Bronco Mendenhall's football team boarded a bus at the team's hotel on its way to the Utah State Prison's substance abuse treatment program.
As the bus prepared to depart, suspended linebacker Spencer Hadley sat nearby in his car. Then he got a text from his coach: "Get on the bus." To the amazement of his teammates, Hadley climbed aboard. It was the first step in an amazing journey back from a week that began with an email from someone claiming to be a Utah fan that led to Hadley's suspension.
Inside the prison an hour later, I witnessed something I'll never forget. Roughly 100 inmates in green and white prison suits sat in a crowded gymnasium to listen to BYU players speak and sing to them. Mendenhall spoke last. As he turned to sit down, an inmate yelled: "Put Hadley in."
Those three words — "Put Hadley in" — touched off one of the most dramatic, poignant scenes I've witnessed in my entire journalism career. That is saying something because I've seen a lot in my 20 years as a writer.
Hadley rose, stood in front of the inmates, folded his arms across his chest, hunched his shoulder and dropped his head. After a long pause, he cleared his throat and owned up to his mistakes. By the time he finished, the inmates were in tears. Then, one by one, they rose to their feet, clapping and cheering. Hadley wept. Then the building shook with chants of "B-Y-U! B-Y-U! B-Y-U!" There wasn't a dry eye in the house. Even I was wiping away tears.
On the bus back to the team's hotel, I texted my editor in New York and told him I wanted to do a story. Although it was about 11 p.m. in the East, he was up. And he was all for it.
I spent most of game day with Hadley and his parents. Honestly, I cried again when I met with them. After getting to know this family in a pretty intimate way, I had a hard time focusing at the BYU-Utah game that night. Despite all the drama on the field, it just didn't hold up to what I had learned.
Sunday morning I flew to Washington, D.C., to cover the Redskins-Lions game. Again, I barely watched the game. I sat in the press box writing the Spencer Hadley story. It was all I could think about. I continued writing on the train to New York that evening.
By Monday, I was at the Sports Illustrated offices. I was joined there by my co-author Armen Keteyian and my colleagues at SI. For the next two days, we worked on this remarkable story about redemption.
As the only Mormon at Sports Illustrated, I was strongly encouraged by my colleagues to also weigh in on the Utah-BYU rivalry and its role in this whole affair. So I did something I almost never do — I spent a few paragraphs expressing what it has been like looking at the "Holy War." That's a small subtext of the Spencer Hadley story. But it is an important one. It is also important to point out that Utah's assistant athletic director over compliance has been unfairly mischaracterized for her role in this situation. She is not a villain in this story. She did the right thing by forwarding those emails to BYU.
None of us would want our lives to be under microscope 24/7, especially not our adolescent years. That's when we are feeling our way, trying to figure it all out. If everything I did between age 19 and 25 were scrutinized, some pretty embarrassing moments would be unearthed. But I wasn't a big-time college football player.
Spencer Hadley made a mistake. The story that appears on SI.com today is about a remarkable young man and a family that is experiencing what we so often talk about: accountability, forgiveness and redemption.
"Put Hadley in."
Jeff Benedict is a best-selling author and columnist for SI.com. He recently wrote "THE SYSTEM: The Glory and Scandal of Big-Time College Football" with Armen Keteyian.


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In the post right below this one, we noted that curiously missing from one prominent gambling website's odds on favorites to land the Tennessee job is the one individual most often connected to the opening.
Apparently, the degenerates know what the hell they're talking about.
In the latest, and hopefully the last, dot connecting Jon Gruden to UT, the Chattanooga Times Free Press reported overnight that the Vols have made what's described by sources close to the process as a very lucrative offer to the current ESPN personality. Based on the Chattanooga paper's report, the only thing standing in the way of a consummation is money that would be devoted to assembling a coaching staff.
Or, ya know, the candidate actually agreeing to the opportunity in the first place.
According to Jimmy Hyams of WNML radio in Knoxville, Gruden, while he appreciated the opportunity, "is OUT as a candidate" for the Vols' coaching job. Gruden reportedly informed UT officials of his decision after phone conversations — but apparently no face-to-face meetings — took place over the past week.
Hyams went on to write via Twitter that "UT athletic director Dave Hart will continue to interview candidates in New York next week." An announcement on a new coach, per Hyams, is expected in the next 7-10 days.
UPDATED 9:33 a.m. ET: CBSSports.com NFL insider Mike Freeman, one of the most respected names in the big-boy league game, has confirmed Hyams' report via Twitter.
"Reported earlier this week Gruden would speak with Tennessee AD. He has and source close to Gruden confirms he told the Vols no thanks," he wrote.
Freeman then got to the heart of what many observers have felt about the whole Gruden-to-Vols phenomenon: the man who has not coached at any level since 2008 loved being pursued by colleges as he leveraged a return to the NFL sidelines.
"I"m told Gruden's interest was moderate at best," wrote Freeman. "To me, Gruden just wanted to be wooed, and use the Vols as bait for pro teams."
UPDATED 10:59 a.m. ET: The Knoxville News Sentinel is the latest to report Gruden is no longer a candidate, writing that "Gruden has told Tennessee he is not interested in pursuing the Vols' vacant head coaching job."
Per a source, the News Sentinel states that Gruden decided against pursuing the job after discussing the opportunity with his family.

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Energy Facts
A Energy Information Administration analysis shows
some alternative energies received as much as 200
times more in subsidies in 2007 than oil and natural
gas for energy not related to electricity production.
Ethanol was granted $5.72 per mmBtu; Solar received
$2.82 per mmBtu; Refined Coal received $1.35 per
mmBtu. Oil and natural gas took in government
subsidies of only three cents per million Btu.
A Ethanol consumption in 2007 equaled only one half
of one percent of all the energy consumed in the
United States in fiscal year 2007, making it the
heaviest subsidized, non-electric fuel.
A Current wind and solar production only displaces
about 76,000 barrels of oil per day. America uses
the equivalent of 47.4 million barrels of oil daily
to produce and meet its energy needs.**
A Oil and natural gas provided 922,302,000
megawatthours of electricity to meet America's
needs in 2008.*
A Wind and solar power combined provided 52,869
megawatthours of electricity in 2008.*
A In 2007, Oklahoma's oil and natural gas producers
paid nearly $1 billion in gross production taxes.
Those funds are spent by the state on education,
roads, bridges, wildlife conservation
and other state programs.
A Natural gas alone provides
25% of America���s primary
energy needs.
A Oklahoma's 80,000 active oil
wells produce nearly 61 million
barrels of oil the United States would otherwise
have to import each year.
A Properly weatherizing your home and using
energy-efficient practices can save you up to
30 percent on your home utility bill.
*Source: 2007-2008 data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration
**Source: "Let's Get Real About Renewable Energy" by Robert Bryce, Wall Street Journal, March 4, 2009
Learn more about Oklahoma's energy future at oerb.com/AdvancingEnergy
The average Oklahoman
consumes 1,100 kilowatthours
of electricity per month. That's
higher than the national average
of 936 kWh per month.*
of electricity was produced in
the United States in 2008.*
Current wind and solar 4,110,259,000
power provide less than
of the nation's
2% energy.*
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Best Actress nominee: Naomi Watts, 'The Impossible'
Watts, as a tsunami victim clinging to both life and hope in the wake of an almost unfathomable disaster, gave a performance for the ages in a film that had surprisingly little impact, largely disappearing from theaters within weeks. Watts is going to win an Oscar someday -- how many other actresses could play second banana to a 50-foot gorilla, as she did in Peter Jackson's "King Kong" remake, and still be regarded as a serious actress? But, this isn't her year.
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Dallas has now accepted the first building permit applications under its green building ordinance. Dallas is one of the first major cities in the nation to implement comprehensive mandatory green building standards for both all new residential and commercial construction.
By Resolution 08-1070 adopted unanimously on April 9, 2008 Phase 1 of the law was effective in 2009 and Phase 2 (originally to be effective October 1, 2011) was fully implemented October 1, 2013.
All new projects must either: meet the minimum requirements of the Dallas Green Construction Code or be LEED certifiable or be Green Built Texas certifiable or be certifiable under an equivalent green building standard. Projects need only be "certifiable" and not LEED certified nor Green Built Texas certified.
Expedited review is available for projects that are at a minimum Dallas Green Construction Code compliant, LEED Silver certifiable or ASHRAE 189.1-2011 certifiable.
Projects must reduce water usage by 20%. LEED projects may achieve 1 point under the Water Use Reduction (20% Reduction) Credit or projects may use 20% less water than the baseline under the Plumbing Code.
Single family residential may also meet the minimum requirements of ICC 700. Lots must be designed so that at least 70% of the built environment is permeable. Projects must utilize drip irrigation for all "bedding areas" of landscaping.
Significantly, as one of the optional compliance paths a project may comply with the Dallas Green Construction Code, which is an enactment of the International Green Construction Code with local amendments. Many have noted Dallas deleted Chapter 6 of the IgCC, the energy conservation provision, and elected instead to keep existing energy code requirements. Also deleted are the chapters for commissioning and causing the code to apply to alterations of existing buildings.
Dallas also accepts approved third party plan review and inspection for its green building program.
The successful implementation of green building standards in Dallas has been widely heralded across the environmental industrial complex, including on the USGBC website. Although there are some minor rumblings that LEED certifiable versus actually submitting a project for LEED certification violates the terms of usage of the USGBC rating system.
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Founders Fest helps close out Loyola's centennial year
April 12, 2013
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After a year of birthday events, Loyola University New Orleans will punctuate the end of its centennial with a Jazz Fest-style celebration honoring its Founders Day. The Loyola Founders Fest, a free event for the Loyola community, will take place Tuesday, April 16 from 12:15 to 2 p.m. in the Peace Quad featuring a New Orleans-style mini-festival including musical performances and fare featured at this year's New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.
The event will showcase four musical acts on two stages and will offer a selection of festival-style food booths, centennial birthday cake and souvenirs. All food and entertainment is free for the Loyola campus community. For more information, contact the Office of Public Affairs at 504-861-5888 or email@example.com.
Musical Acts:
Iggy Stage
12:15-12:35 p.m. Stooges Brass Band
(Performs at Jazz Fest Friday, May 3 on the Jazz and Heritage Stage)
12:55-1:15 p.m. Loyola University Jazz Band directed by John Mahoney, professor of music and coordinator of jazz studies.
(Performs at Jazz Fest Saturday, April 27 in the Zatarain's/WWOZ Tent)
Havoc Stage
12:35-12:55 p.m. Loyola's own Lyle Henderson and Emmanu-EL
(Performs at Jazz Fest Thursday, May 2 in the Gospel Tent)
1:15-1:35 p.m. John Rankin, guitar and music industry studies instructor
(Performs at Jazz Fest with New Orleans Guitar Quartet, Friday, April 26 on the Lagniappe Stage)
Food Booths:
- Crawfish Monica
- Jama Jama (vegetarian)
- Vegetarian Jambalaya
- Hush Puppies (vegetarian)
- Natchitoches Meat Pies
- Angelo Brocato's Lemon Ice
- Fruit Salad
- Orange Iced Tea
- Bottled Water
For the latest updates about Loyola University New Orleans, follow us on Twitter @LoyolaNOLANews or become a fan on Facebook at www.facebook.com/loyno.
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You've probably noticed Product Girl hasn't been updated in a really, really, really long time. Well, that's going to change soon but in the meantime, I want to tell you a little bit of what has been going on with me and why I stayed away.
You may remember a post from October 2011 where I said my goodbye and that I was off to a job with a major retailer working in social media for cosmetics. It was a dream come true and an opportunity Product Girl helped me obtain. When I started that job, I was lead to believe I could still do my thing but I soon found out that it wouldn't be possible, hence the reason the goodbye.
Unfortunately that didn't work out and only four months into it, I chose to walk away from my dream job. I wouldn't say that I wasn't cut out for corporate life but there were aspects of it that I did not like and felt as though were a little unfair. Although, while it lasted, I had some wonderful experiences and had the chance to work with some women who were amazing and truly inspirational.
When I walked away from the job, I was a mess for a very long time…for more than a year. Until I found a new job eight months later, I spent my days sleeping and ignoring the world around me. I was in a deep depression and all I could think about was I how regretted my decision. Instead of standing up for myself, I let myself turn my back on something I had wanted at the first bump in the road. Even though I could technically blog again, I couldn't bring myself to get out of bed most days. I was all tears and no hope. I got myself into a hole I'm still working on climbing out of.
For the first few months at my new job, I spent every break looking for something new and seeing what my old team was up to. I wanted to be back in social media and didn't want to stay in the role I was in. I couldn't sleep still thinking about what could have been. Then magically one day, I told myself to snap out of it. "It is what is, make the best of it." Once I told myself that, I started to accept what I had done and slowly, things got better and started falling into place. I don't think about the old job anymore and can even shop there without a pang of regret. Once I let go of the pain I was holding on to, I started becoming a happier person. I've even managed to start losing weight, I've lost 50lbs. since late November, and I'm dating…something I didn't do before.
You may have also noticed Laurie is no longer writing for Product Girl. After writing for Product Girl for years, she decided to make the leap and start her own blog 312 Beauty, a beauty blog with a Chicago point of view. While I miss her tremendously, she is doing big things with her new blog. She has a wonderful voice and it would be a crime to not follow her…so do it now! 🙂
So that's what has been going on with me and Product Girl. A new design is in the works, the logo was finished in November, and I'm starting to implement it. Until that happens, hang tight, new posts are coming on Monday. I hope you'll come back and visit again once posting gets back to the old-normal. 🙂


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Alas, Groklaw, We Hardly Knew Ye
Apr 18, 2011 5:00 AM PT
Here in the world of technology, it's an everyday occurrence to see new companies and organizations spring up out of nowhere and begin to play an active role.
What's far less common, however, is to see one disappear -- particularly one that has been an extremely productive and well-respected part of the community for years upon years.
That, however, is essentially what happened a week ago, if a blog post over at Groklaw is anything to go by.
"I have decided that Groklaw will stop publishing new articles on our anniversary, May 16," wrote founder Pamela Jones.
"I know a lot of you will be unhappy to hear it, so let me briefly explain, because my decision is made and it's firm," Jones added. "In a simple sentence, the reason is this: the crisis SCO initiated over Linux is over, and Linux won. SCO as we knew it is no more."
'Say It Ain't So'
Now, if Microsoft itself announced plans to scrap Windows and embrace Linux instead, it could scarcely have shocked more people. In fact, ever since the news broke, widespread laments have been echoing throughout the hills and dales of the Linux blogosphere.
"Say it ain't so," wrote Cypher3c among the 600-plus comments on Jones' post, for example. "The war on linux continues, and we need more people like you to report on it."
Similarly, "Gasp! Choke. Sob," echoed Crocodile Dundee.
"A winter for truth. Who will light the dark places? The fight not over," Dundee added.
More pragmatically, "where's the fork?" asked an anonymous reader. "Like all good FLOSS projects, when the old leaders need to stop and don't want to give up the name (in this case that's a very good thing), we fork and continue on."
'A Great Service'
Similar sentiments could be heard on Slashdot, on LXer, on LWN and beyond, so Linux Girl knew it was time to conduct a small poll of her own.
"I have had Groklaw in my bookmarks ever since SCOG induced fear in the world by suing people over use of Linux," blogger Robert Pogson began. "Until they became specific (by court order) and Groklaw picked apart all their 'evidence' and dug up the truth, the world of IT was shaken in its confidence in Linux."
It's "sad that so many $millions have been wasted and so much FUD has taken so long to dispel, but SCOG is bankrupt and assets sold off," Pogson added. "It is a sad commentary on the US legal system that such scum can use legal extortion to tax real innovation."
Jones, then, "has done the world a great service, and the body of work in her writing, legal documents and comments from thousands of followers and critics will live on as an important lifelong contribution," Pogson concluded.
'Constant Personal Attacks'
"Groklaw will be missed, but I can see how she would find the constant personal attacks tiring," consultant and Slashdot blogger Gerhard Mack pointed out.
Indeed, a few of those attacks could be seen even in the past few days over at LWN, Linux Girl can't help but point out.
The best thing about the site, in fact, "was the fact checking that had a tendency to shatter FUD," Mack noted. "That's something I wish professional journalists would spend more time doing."
'Microsoft, the Real Enemy'
Either way, "it would be nice if some people with legal backgrounds got together and put up a similar site or took over Groklaw," Mack suggested, echoing the "fork" idea from the comments on Jones' post.
Similarly: "SCO was never really about SCO; their effort was funded by Microsoft, the real enemy," Hyperlogos blogger Martin Espinoza pointed out. "Groklaw ought to stick around as long as Microsoft is addicted to dirty tricks."
Was that view unanimous? Well, is anything ever unanimous in the Linux blogosphere?
To wit: "Good riddance, I say," Slashdot blogger hairyfeet opined. "Groklaw frankly became 'Boycott Novell' in that EVERYTHING had to be an evil plot from Redmond."
'Mission Accomplished? You Betcha!'
For most, however, the end of Groklaw is the end of an era.
"Who knew when the whole SCO vs Linux+World saga started that it would take almost a decade?" noted Barbara Hudson, a blogger on Slashdot who goes by "Tom" on the site.
"Pamela Jones is, of course, right -- the battle is won," Hudson agreed. "SCO has been bled to death in bankruptcy court by its own lawyers, and it's telling that the second highest bid in the court-ordered auction of most of their assets was only (US)$16."
As for Linux, "that which doesn't kill us makes us stronger," Hudson quipped. "Eight years of legal threats, interminable courtroom action costing tens of millions of dollars, for what? Linux is now dominating sales of a market that didn't even exist when it all started: smartphones.
"It's the No. 2 tablet OS, and next year, when HP installs their linux-based webOS on every desktop and laptop they sell, all those dual-boot systems will make linux's share of the desktop market zoom from nothing to No. 2," Hudson predicted. "Mission accomplished? You betcha!"
'It Hasn't Been an Easy Road'
Jones' consistent reporting, meanwhile, "has established her as one of the luminaries of open source, but it hasn't been an easy road," Hudson noted.
The aforementioned personal attacks, specifically, have made the path a rocky one, she added.
"In a field dominated by male programmers, she is neither, and many refused to believe that a grandmother could do what she did," Hudson explained. "Some of them still claim she was a team of IBM-funded lawyers, not a 'mere paralegal' working independently. Why? 'If you can't attack the message, attack the messenger.'"
In any case, while "many of us are going to miss the reports on Groklaw, PJ also wrote, 'I have ... a project I've wanted to get to for a long time'," Hudson noted. "I can't imagine how she's going to top her first act, but I'll sure be waiting to find out."


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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The UMKC men's basketball team will open the 2017-18 season with an exhibition contest against Sterling College on Friday. Tipoff between the Roos and the Warriors is set for 6:05 p.m. CT at Municipal Auditorium in downtown Kansas City.
Kareem Richardson's troop features six returning letterwinners and welcomes nine newcomers this season. The Roos will look to the senior leadership of Broderick Robinson (Grand Junction, Colo.), as UMKC lost all five of its starters from 2016-17. Robinson, along with Xavier Bishop (Springfield, Ill.), played in all 35 games for the Roos last season, while Isaiah Ross (Davenport, Iowa) made an appearance in 34 contests. Richardson enters his fifth year at the helm of the Roos program.
UMKC Roos (0-0) vs. Sterling College Warriors (0-0)
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New advances in control technology allow the ubiquitous PC to play a larger role in process interface and control.
As programmable logic controllers (PLCs) place pressure on the distributed control system (DCS) world, logic modules are placing pressure on the PLC and micro-PLC world. One new model of module can take the place of relays, latch relays, counters, and timers. It's personal computer- (PC) programmable, too. With compact dimensions, DIN rail mounting, and a low cost, this module is a contender.
The PC originally fit into the DCS world as a tool for configuring and compiling software instructions for proprietary hardware. Now, that hardware has largely been replaced by I/O devices that run directly from the PC. The controller itself no longer resides in a stand-alone rack or cabinet, but exists as a collection of software elements. Nearly all DCS vendors now run their DCS systems on popular platforms such as Unix and Windows NT. The increasing capabilities of PLCs was only one force that contributed to the virtual DCS. The truism "It's always cheaper in software" may have originally applied to the fact PLCs were replacing discrete timers and coils, but it was also evident in the demise of expensive specialized hardware that DCSs once required. The trend continues today, with the introduction of increasingly powerful virtual control devices.
A microcomputer-based 3-phase voltage monitor protects motors and other equipment from phase loss, phase reversal, low voltage, high voltage, and unbalanced voltages. It has both permissive and interlock logic so the motor will not start or run under damaging conditions, and it logs events in the order they occurred. The permissive feature also has a momentary power outage restart delay that randomly selects a time from 3 to 15 seconds. The 3-sec minimum protects against jog starts and short cycling while the utility's breaker recloses. The monitor has other selectable features, such as trip delays to prevent nuisance trips. In addition, the unit meets IEEE 587 Level B surge protection requirements.
Overload relays are becoming better all the time. Now they even come in electronic versions, which can retrofit to any motor starter. So what's the point? One electronic overload relay has a very wide range. For example, one model number can replace relays from 2A to 90A and works with a current transformer to extend its range to 700A. These relays are typically programmable for such features as trip points, trip class, and jam protection. You also have three types of restart delay to choose from. In addition, they come with RS-485 communications, so they can monitor current, voltage, and state of operation. They also can be used as remote start/stop devices. Manufacturers offer peripheral devices and software to expand the capabilities of these relays.
The most advanced feature of current-sensing relays appeared this year, with the advent of a calibrated trip-point dial that reads out in actual current. This eliminates the need for rigging a test setup when changing the set point. All calibrated instruments require periodic calibration, but this relay has features that greatly extend the calibration interval. For example, it has a precision voltage reference circuit that eliminates drift. "GO/NO GO" current sensors allow a controller to know if, indeed, an output device is actually operating. These reduce the need to guess at software timer settings while adding real-world feedback to otherwise assumptive control.
Category Seven'
These items have appeared over the past year in EC&M's Product News section and received the highest reader response in their category.
Electronic power meter
The Power Leader electronic power meter is a full-function, revenue-class product designed for metering and power management applications. The microprocessor-based device continuously and accurately monitors and analyzes all electrical power system parameters. It fits in an S1 switchboard case, is easily retrofittable, and has options for KYZ pulse initiation and Power Leader power management system network communications. It can be programmed to meter systems up to 1200kV and 500kA.
GE Electrical Distribution & Control
Battery monitor
The Batterylite, a microprocessor device, monitors the status of lead acid batteries, reporting on the state of charge and associated parameters. The unit provides information on the percent of charge, the state of charge trend, and 10 other conditions. An LED bar graph displays status of battery hard sulfation, equalization required, low fluid level, cell dryout in process, low and high temperature, and end of useful battery life.
Ground fault monitor
The RCM470LY-13 Ground Fault Monitor is designed to help maintain power continuity and protect personnel and equipment by providing reliable ground fault detection for grounded, high-resistance grounded, and ungrounded AC or DC systems. The insulation resistance to ground or ground leakage current is continuously monitored. A fault triggers an alarm and identifies the faulty line. The monitor automatically adjusts itself to the system capacitance and continuously monitors its connections to the system.
Electronic time switch
The new Digi 42/2 is a compact, two-channel electronic time switch with automatic daylight time changeover is intended for time-of-day control of two different circuits of lighting, heaters, fans, pumps, control circuits, or other equipment, and may be used as a one-channel DPDT time switch or two-channel SPDT time switch. In addition, the timer may be flush mounted, surface mounted, or DIN rail mounted in panels; it is available in a NEMA 1 indoor or NEMA 3R outdoor enclosure.
Grasslin Controls
Control and signaling stations
This UL-listed product line is for use in U.S. Class I, Zone 1, and Zone 2 hazardous (classified) locations. Integrates explosion-protected components with the corrosion resistance of nonmetallic construction. Features include DIN rail mounted components, making field assembly a snap. A compact LED pilot light unit covers a voltage range from 12 to 254V, DC to 60 Hz. There are double pushbuttons and illuminated pushbuttons plus keyed selector switches.
Killark Electric Mfg./Hubbell
Power meter
Designed for smaller circuits, the new Power-Logic Power Meter is an economical solution when the full functionality of traditional circuit monitors is not necessary. Easily mounts into a 4-in. panel meter cutout or DIN rail mounting. Monitors current, volts, kW, kvar, kVA, power factor, frequency, kWhr, kVARh, kvah, and kWhr pulse output. Voltage input up to 600V. Accurate through the 31st harmonic. The unit is small enough that it can be mounted closer to loads and directly on panelboards, motor control centers, and busway runs.
Square D
Category Seven
Monitor with adjustable delay
The SLD series of phase unbalance monitors protects 3-phase motors and other equipment from adverse voltage and operating conditions. When an incorrect sequence or phase loss occurs or the line voltage(s) falls outside the unbalance or under voltage adjustable settings, the relay deenergizes, and the LED indicator extinguishes. An adjustable drop-out delay is incorporated to avoid nuisance tripping.
Diversified Electronics
Diagnostic monitoring
StatusWatch, a diagnostic monitoring tool, enables immediate verification of suppression filter system operational status. Audible as well as visual notification of suppression filter system malfunction of any phase is made at unit location through battery-powered alarms and display panel illuminating lamps. In the event of system malfunction, dry contacts permit remote annunciation via the facility's building management system or remote annunicator panels.
Current Technology
Fault recorder
The Model 2000 Digital Fault Recorder, a rack-mounted data acquisition system, records phase current, phase voltage, and circuit breaker operation time used for the diagnosis of system fault events. The product has the ability to obtain output automatically from a printer installed with the unit.
Cooper Power Systems
Three-phase monitors
Models 158 and 158R monitors have been improved to include new features. Original features include sensing loss of phase, low-voltage, and reverse phase. The SPDT output contacts are rated for 10A up to 240VAC. The restart delay feature on the 158 R model is fixed at 4 to 6 min. New design reduces the heat generated inside the unit. It also acts to compensate for variations in ambient temperature.
Time Mark
Single-phase monitoring
The 130 PQSentry monitors single-phase line-to-neutral and neutral-to-ground 120V to 230V power for sags, swells, impulses, waveshape faults, frequency variations, harmonics to the 31st, and (optionally) temperature and current. Can transfer data to computer via external modem or RS-232 link.
Basic Measuring Instruments
UPS monitoring
The Engineer-in-a-Box provides remote monitoring and control for 110 and 220 Series UPS users. The remote monitoring components of the unit continuously monitor the UPS for specified alarms. When one of the alarms is triggered, Alarm Dial-Out will modem an alert to the user. It allows the user to access complete power information, perform diagnostic tests, and reconfigure the UPS if necessary.
Perfect Power
Three-phase monitor
The improved Model 263 3-phase monitor features monitoring for loss-of-phase, low voltage, and reverse phase. Available in three 60-Hz domestic models. The SPDT output contacts are rated for 10A at up to 240VAC. New features include an improved adjustment control allowing the installer to calibrate the unit without tools; and an optional manual reset feature allowing the unit to be reset via a switch located on the front of the unit.
Time Mark
Power monitors
The 3000 Series of digital 3-phase power monitors offers a large selection of communication options that provide direct compatibility with third-party SCADA, EMS, DCS, or PLC systems. Options include single-port and simultaneous multiport communication using Modbus, A-B Data Highway, or DNP 3.0 protocols. The Series has features from high-accuracy power and energy metering to extensive power quality analysis, data logging, and setpoint control.
Power Measurement
Bar-digital intelligent controller
Model HI-QTBE has a 51- segment tri-color LED circular bargraph and a 6-digit numeric display with a separate alphanumeric annunciator and an LED alarm. Can be used as a simple indicator, microprocessor-based unit for managing display operation, or as an intelligent controller.
New power monitors
The PQNodes, Model Nos. 9010 and 9020, monitor power quality, power flow, and harmonics simultaneously for both the input and the output of 3-phase UPS systems. The units have from eight to 16 channels, and work with easy-to-use Power Evaluation software for Windows. The Model 9010 includes voltage screw terminals and toroid current transformers. The Model 9020 uses plug-in voltage and current inputs.
Basic Measuring Instruments
Battery performance monitor
The Battery Performance Monitor (BPM) is a discharge cycle counter that tracks the number of times the battery supplies power to the load, the duration of the event, and alarming on failing parameters by way of contact closure. Also monitors overall battery voltage, temperature, and optionally current. The self-incorporated LCD display and keyboard allow for easy user interface and system interrogation.
Resistance load control
The 10, 20, and 30A Model 18DZi single-phase power controls offer zero-fired control in a new, more compact, isolated chassis design. The new units make them interchangeable with the firm's Model 18Di series of phase angle fired power controls. Zero-fire switching provides harmonic-free, 100% power factor, proportional control for constant resistance loads.
Payne Engineering
Pump control
The I/O equation station is used for measurement and control of ground water remediation systems. It takes direct analog inputs, uses common protocols, and is expandable should the application requirements grow. Unit receives direct analog input from level equipment in a well. A second analog input from a turbidity meter provides information on the, clarity of the ground water. The pump motor speed is controlled in relation to well capacity and clarity of water.
Moore Industries
Multifunction smart relay
The Intelligent SwitchGear System (ISGS) protective relay is designed for distribution systems and retrofit applications. With the release of Software Version 3.0., the relay can monitor inputs and measurement function.
Siemens Energy & Automation
Three-phase monitor
The improved Model 269 over and under 3-phase monitor observes lines for abnormal power conditions of low voltage, high voltage, phase loss, (single phasing) and phase reversal. Features a solid-state voltage and phase angle sensing circuit, which drives a SPDT output relay. Does not require a neutral connection. UL-recognized and CSA-certified.
Time Mark
Voltage monitor
The DLM Series of 3-phase voltage monitors stops failures of motors, compressors, pumps, etc. Improved integrated circuit design reliably senses phase loss; phase reversal; and low, high, and unbalanced voltages. Isolated 10A SPDT contacts transfer when fault is sensed.
Load bank power meter
The K514DX Power Meter monitors load banks. As a true rms meter, it displays single- and 3-phase voltages, 3-line currents, frequency, and total kW. Optional software captures data and saves it in a spreadsheet format for print analysis.
Avtron Mfg.
Control station
The ConSig 3-gang station includes a high illumination LED pilot light (voltage range 12V to 254VAC or DC), double push button (with two control functions in the space of one) and a key operated, emergency stop mushroom push button.
Modular, distributed I/O platform
The Flex Ex, a modular, distributed I/O platform, combines I/O modules, an intrinsic safety barrier, terminal strips, and controls. The system interfaces into an easy-to-install package. It converts standard field signals into a high-speed, intrinsically safe, deterministic communications network.
General class controller
Logo! a universal logic module, is a new class of general-purpose controller. The unit includes six digital inputs, four digital outputs, an LCD operator display unit, a 24VDC or 115/230VAC power supply, and performs up to 14 practical control functions.
Siemens Energy & Automation
Line monitoring
This 3-in-1 digital switchboard instrument measures and displays AC volts, AC amps, frequency, and DC inputs for use with standard transducer outputs. The 4 1/2-in. unit can operate from 5A current transformers, up to 600VAC voltage inputs, and DC inputs from precision electrical transducers.
BTR Instruments


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YEOVIL were left to count the cost of a host of missed chances as they were held to a 0-0 draw by Watford on Tuesday night (February 18).
The Glovers squandered a number of golden opportunities throughout the night, but manager Gary Johnson remained upbeat, despite failing to win for the sixth home game in succession.
He said: "Other than scoring the goal, nothing disappointed me about that performance. I saw a lot of endeavour and work rate, and that's the sort of game that gives me confidence for the rest of the season.
"Today gives me confidence that we can go to QPR, to Reading and to Wigan and nick a point or two."
Both sides had goals ruled out for offside in the early stages, before Joe Edwards squandered a chance to put the Glovers ahead.
In the second half, the home side started to dominate but neither James Hayter nor Kieffer Moore could find a decisive touch when in promising positions.
Then in injury time Watford saw claims for a penalty waved away after appearing to handle the ball inside the area.
Midfielder Joe Ralls was similarly pleased after the match and highlighted the importance of a victory over Doncaster this weekend.
He said: "We made sure we limited their chances. It is a good point against a good side that like to come and dominate sides. We know we've got to go and try and get the three points on Saturday [against Doncaster]."
A bright start for the Glovers was almost rewarded when Ishmael Miller turned a Joe Edwards shot past Manuel Almunia in the Watford goal, but home celebrations were cut short by the linesman's flag.
Both sides traded long range efforts with Tom Lawrence looking most dangerous for Yeovil, before Alex Merkel placed the ball past Marek Stech on his Watford debut - but the offside flag had long been raised for offside.
In the 15th minute came the key chance of the half, as slick build up play on the edge of the Watford box ended with Lawrence dancing past Almunia before pulling back to Edwards, who could only stab his effort wide of the post.
After the break Yeovil began to dominate proceedings, helped in part by some questionable Watford defending, as they sloppily gifted possession away on more than one occasion.
In the 48th minute Hayter was played through on goal by Edwards, but his low shot was well saved by Almunia.
Despite plenty of endeavour, Yeovil struggled to create many clear cut chances while Watford were restricted to occasional counter attacks.
But the final five minutes presented opportunities for both sides to grab all three points – Kieffer Moore could only connect with thin air after being teed up by Ralls, before Watford had a penalty appeal waved away after a Faraoni cross appeared to strike Jamie McAllister on the arm.


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I'm sorry for not being able to blog as often, as I've been really busy as of late, and it's still busy, and will be busy until after Christmas this year.
So a little over a week or so, I got my much anticipated Chikuhodo Z-5 brush. For those who aren't familiar with Chikuhodo brushes, the few that I do own are from Z series, and here's my review on the Z-8 from earlier this year.
So back to the Z-5:
Initial thoughts: at first I was a bit, um...not happy at a first glance because it's wider and a bit larger than what i was accustomed to. When i felt the hairs against my fingers and did quick swiping motions with the brush against my arm, I thought the brush was a bit too soft for my liking, as I like stiffer eyeshadow brushes so the eyeshadow can stay on my lids. I was a bit let down when I first had it in my hands. Then I turned the brush for its profile, and I was like "hmmm".
Hair: 100% grey squirrel. Yes it's insanely soft, and as we know already from the Z-8, is that the hair comes to a very fine point. The brush itself is tapered and the hairs itself are tapered.
Ferrule and handle: it's black, long and the brush is very light weight. When you pick up the brush itself, you think to yourself, "this is lighter than it looks". The ferrule is sturdy (as in the metal base isn't loose). The handle itself is black lacquered (wood).
Application: So I tried it with eyeshadow and it just went on seamlessly. Usually I have to pat on the color so I don't experience fallout from the brush and from the eyeshadow falling off my lids (even with primer sometimes). You just place the color on the lid and the color stays on your lids. I was like "ooooooo". The brush picks up very little product and very few pats are needed to get the effect you want.
When you apply eyeshadow on your lids, the color blends (like a gradient) a bit into the crease, like it's doing the job of blending for you by just patting on the color (reason being that the brush is tapered). Adding darker colors to your eyes is great, since it doesn't pack on the color a lot where you applied too much dark eyeshadow. Blending with this brush is just so easy, since the brush does some of the work for you. Color me smitten, because I thought I was going to hate this brush, when I adore it now. Soft brush and no fallout? amazing.
Of course if u have any eyeshadow left on your brush, it easily comes off on a napkin, which means maintaining the brush clean is so easy. Plus the brush is insanely soft. so.so.so.so.so soft. *drool* Definitely a brilliant brush that took me by surprise :)
Price: 3900 Yen, which is approx $51. I paid a bit more due to fees and shipping, but you get the idea.
onto the photos :D
|L - R: MAC 224, Shu Natural 10, Shu 13G, Chikuhodo Z-5
|L - R: MAC 224, Shu Natural 10, Shu 13G, Chikuhodo Z-5
|side view of the Z-5. see how its tapered? :D


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Sunday, November 27, 2005
Maybe This Wasn't Such a Good Idea
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Intolerable cruelty for Cyclones, again
Mike Hlas
Cedar Rapids Gazette
LAWRENCE, Kan. — This will make sense sometime around, oh, never.
The way Iowa State loses football games in its biggest moments of truth seems untrue. Not to mention unbelievable, unreal, inhumane. It doesn't matter if the foe is Missouri or Kansas, if the site is blustery Ames or balmy Lawrence. How the Cyclones have lost games that would have taken them to Big 12 championship contests with wins is enough to make scientists believe in hexes.
"You've just got to make your own luck, I believe," ISU Coach Dan McCarney said Saturday after his team's 24-21 overtime loss to Kansas at Memorial Stadium.
The Cyclones might want to consider doing that some year when a chance to get to a league title-game is at stake. If, that is, such a chance comes along in McCarney's tenure. Texas, Oklahoma and Texas Tech hop back on Iowa State's schedule for 2006 and 2007.
"It's a once-in-a-lifetime chance to go to the Big 12 championship game and have a chance to win the conference," said Iowa State senior nose tackle Nick Leaders. "That's two years in a row that we blew it."
Leaders' two statements don't jibe with each other. He was right, anyhow.
Look, the Jayhawks deserved their triumph Saturday, and the Cyclones deserved to lose. Kansas made big plays down the stretch, Iowa State didn't. Kansas played stifling defense when it mattered most. Iowa State allowed 169 yards in the fourth quarter.
But still, this awful result, in overtime, again? To a seemingly lesser opponent, again? With a blown field goal that was plenty makeable, again?
This was worse than the 17-14 OT loss to Missouri in Ames a year ago today that kept Iowa State out of the Big 12 title game in Kansas City, even though Bret Culbertson missed a 24-yard field goal with 1:06 left that day that would have been a game-winner and program-changer.
With a strong prairie wind at his back here, Culbertson missed a 41-yarder wide right after ISU gained just 2 yards on three offensive plays in the overtime.
The former walk-on returned to the sideline and stood with his helmet on his head and his hands on his hips.
He surely knew what everyone else in the stadium knew — the opportunity to push Iowa State's football image forward nationally had again blown away.
Jayhawk Scott Webb made it official with a 34-yard field goal a few minutes later. Thus, instead of a trophy making its way to ISU's dressing room, all that entered were obscenities and tears.
Incredibly, Iowa State has lost just once in regulation in its last 17 games. More incredibly, it has lost four overtime games in that stretch.
"If we've got to go to overtime in the bowl game to win," McCarney said, "hopefully we can get out and finish the deal."
A bowl game? Yeah, there's a bowl game. The Alamo Bowl rep who was here vanished after the game while the Houston Bowl's guy lingered outside the Cyclones' locker room. He seemed like a nice guy but may as well have been the Grim Reaper.
The Houston Bowl would be a cruel irony for the Cyclones after a trip to Houston for something truly meaningful eluded them. Friday, the chance to become emperors of the North opened when champ-by-default Colorado embarrassed itself in a 30-3 loss to Nebraska.
The Cyclones wanted to play Texas for a title, not Texas Christian for pride. It wouldn't have seemed possible beforehand, but this loss was more crushing than the one to Missouri last year. The Cyclones never led that day.
Here, they were up 14-3 at halftime and looked solid. The Alamo Bowl guy was telling reporters ISU, Oklahoma and Nebraska were equally in his game's sights.
But the Jayhawks' defense, the Big 12's best when it isn't playing Texas, clamped down tight for all but one Iowa State series after halftime. While on the drive it most needed to be airtight this season, the Cyclones' defense was shoddy. KU went 58 yards on four plays in 44 seconds for a 21-21 tie with 1:05 left in regulation.
The tying score came on a 15-yard pass from backup fifth-year senior quarterback Brian Luke to freshman receiver Dexton Fields, who had zero career catches until then. It figured.
Iowa State hit on a 39-yard touchdown pass the official on the scene waited a few moments to signal.
Then another official took it away, and the official who reviewed the play upheld the judgment that Todd Blythe's first foot landed out-of-bounds.
The Cyclones stacked up Luke on fourth-and-goal from the 6-inch line. But a review is called for, and Kansas was awarded a touchdown. Did Blythe score? Did ISU stop Luke? Yes. No. Saturday capped a season that has provided a lifetime's worth of what-ifs for Iowa State.
But strip it down and you're left with the fact that when it's truly showtime for this team, it no-shows.
"Let's go to Houston and win a bowl game," a lone ISU fan encouraged the Cyclones as they lumbered to their locker room. The sentiment of a taunting KU student was more in tune with the moment. "Long ride home!" he laughed. Unreal.
Some of you people obsess about Texas (the State and the team) more than I obsessed about Tawny Kitaen back in the 80s. Equally pathetic. GET OVER IT
Not sure who said Oklahoma was dreading a trip to the Alamo Bowl. Oklahoma has never been afraid of anything from Texas.


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Even though I love all of the colors of summer, it is also nice to see a clean crisp table like this beautiful white table. You can also add one simple color to something like this just to add a little splash of color to enhance the look even more.
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Hope College
Opening Convocation Address
Sunday, August 26, 2:00 p.m.
Richard and Helen DeVos Fieldhouse
Learning in a Life that Matters
By Charlotte vanOyen Witvliet, Ph.D., Jacobson Professor of Psychology
Here we all are! Welcome class of 2016! You are now a significant part of the reason we get up in the morning. And, we will not rest much until you are alumni. Thank you, families and loved ones for your formative roles in the lives of these students, and for supporting them through Hope. It is good to gather together as a community today. Let's do this again in about 4 years!
At Hope, we have a last lecture series in which revered colleagues give books to eager attendees and share deep knowledge from their teaching and research lives. While some of us go expecting insights from their careers, we leave with something richer—the wisdom of their lived callings, their vocations.
This isn't a last lecture. This is a first conversation. Think of it as an initial advising session. What I invite you to think about is your vocation of learning at Hope. . . not learning to live a life that will matter someday (as if real life begins after graduation), but learning in a life that already matters now. Each of us lives a life that matters in relationship to others. Your lives matter deeply—to God who loved you before you loved or will love God back. Your lives matter to your families, friends, churches, communities, and teams. Your lives matter to us.
Hope is made up of people who get up every day to create the best possible community of learning. Together, administrators, librarians, cooks, secretaries, trustees, coaches, directors, chaplains, custodians, professors, officers, counselors, and many more, play their parts in making Hope a learning community that is concerned with your flourishing here and now… and ultimately when all things are made new. We each matter as we play our parts in classroom communities and the chapel community, lab groups and dance troupes, sports teams and honor societies, musical groups and student organizations, in residential life and offices for advising.
Why are you here? To learn how to learn? To create habits of mind, heart, and body that will sustain endurance and depth in relationships with God, others, and the world? Is that what you signed up for?
OUR MISSION: The mission of Hope College is to educate students for lives of leadership and service in a global society through academic and co-curricular programs of recognized excellence in the liberal arts and in the context of the historic Christian faith (http://hope.edu/admin/president/mission.html).
All this is established to support the ongoing discovery of living out your vocation as an individual, in community. Learning is the vocation of students. Learning is the calling of a college community. As C.S. Lewis observed, learning is a vocation worthy of engaging even when—and perhaps especially when—the world seems to be falling apart (from a sermon—Learning in Wartime—preached in the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Oxford, Autumn, 1939).
Frederick Buechner (in Wishful Thinking: A Theological ABC) says that Vocation, which derives from the Latin vocare, to call, refers to the work people are called to by God. He says that "The kind
of work God usually calls you to is the kind of work
(a) that you need most to do and
(b) that the world most needs to have done."
When your heart, soul, mind, and strength are faithful, then as Buechner says, "...The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world's deep
hunger meet."
How do you figure that out? As you seek to learn now in light of your future callings… Is there just one right choice of a career path? Is deciding a career the same thing as discerning a calling?
Hope alumnus, Professor Gerald Sittser, offers a clarifying voice. Sittser (in The Will of God as a Way of Life) notes that each of us has a vocation that may include many different callings—in professional, volunteer, and relational roles. A career can be a way to live out a calling. Still, some callings expand beyond a career.
~I know a UCLA-educated computer consultant whose earnings and skills enable him to pursue his calling as an agent of justice and reconciliation between generations in his Navajo community, and between the Native American community and others in the U.S.
~I know a seminary professor and pastor in Egypt. Her callings include being a faithful reconciler who has opened church doors to serve the medical needs of Muslim neighbors during uprisings.
Discerning our callings may come step by step as we encounter new opportunities and discover strengths or concerns that burn in us or burden us. Sittser offers six signposts that are clues to our callings:
1) What motivates you? What captures your interest or energizes you? Music for Mozart, painting for Picasso, writing for Professor Heather Sellers, dance for Professor Linda Graham, history for Professor Fred Johnson III, neuroscience for Professor Leah Chase, career development for Dale Austin.
2) What are your talents or gifts? … for mathematics or teaching, the capacity for patience or perseverance, for listening or communication?
3) What life experiences will form you? An internship in a publishing house, Bread for the World, or the Lakeshore Pregnancy Center? A success? Hardship? It can. Suffering the traumatic death of my father in college and my mother my first year on faculty here has given me insights and passions for research on justice and forgiveness.
4) Opportunity, with its open doors (Yes! I can squeeze in an extra major!) and closed doors (Oh no! I missed the deadline).
5) Conversations with a discerning community. Wise spiritual mentors, insightful friends, faithful family members are important conversation partners in discernment.
6) Joy (Buechner's deep gladness.) As Sittser says, "Hard is one thing; miserable is another" (p. 183). Anything worth doing involves some hard work. Joy is having meaning and purpose even in adversity. This happiness energizes us to overcome the real challenges in this world.
Discernment is an unfolding process. Still, we know a whole lot more than we sometimes remember: Each moment, we are called to do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with our God (see Micah 6:8). Wherever we are, in the mundane details and daily decisions, we are called to embody integrity and faithfulness in lives that matter now.
In my vocation of learning at Hope (yes, being a professor means learning every day), I have done a lot of listening. Hope students, colleagues, and conversation partners have taught me some ideas I would like to share with you.
One student conveyed this: I used to think in terms of getting by with only what was required. Now I see college as offering opportunities to stretch, grow, and discover. Beware, attending classes, conferences, and the Critical Issues Symposium could inspire a new love for history, political science, philosophy, poetry, statistics, piano performance, chemistry, another language, theology, or psychology. You could realize that you have gifts in areas you hadn't explored before. You might learn about communities you didn't know existed. And, you might see the world's needs. You just might discover a calling you hadn't planned on. It happens.
Another student said: In the beginning, learning for me was about figuring out the right answers to questions professors might ask, and then accumulating points toward a final grade, which would prove my worth. Now I see that my worth is uncorrelated with my grades, and that pursuing excellence grows out of gratitude for the gifts and opportunities I have. Now, I see that deep learning is not just about giving right answers, but about asking good questions. Learning excavates deeper layers of questions that target meaning and significance. (This can be especially important when you encounter people and experiences that tear apart the tree house of your beliefs. Remember your identity: beloved. Look for what you can learn even in difficult experiences. And, engage people who will invest in the deep collaborative work of asking vital questions for building a house on the sure foundation.)
I learned from Archbishop Desmond Tutu the concept that I am because we are. Ubuntu is the South African concept that my humanity is inextricably bound up in your humanity. My choices are not just my own. Our individual and collective flourishing or languishing are connected.
From professors, I've learned that showing up matters for the learning community. And, yes, important things happen in every class—the ones attended and the ones missed. My colleague, Professor Lorna Jarvis, had a poem taped on her office door all last year (poem 13 from Poetry 180: a poem a day for American high schools ( http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/p180-permissions.html#013 ). The poem is titled "Did I miss anything important?" Answers range from nothing to everything, but my favorite answers the question this way:
Everything. Contained in this classroom
is a microcosm of human experience
assembled for you to query and examine and ponder
This is not the only place such an opportunity has been
but it was one place
And you weren't here
I have learned from conversation partners that courses involve learning communities that agree and disagree, and that how we talk and not just what we say matters for our learning and formation. Hope has a statement of THE VIRTUES that mark conversation at Hope:
Humility to listen
Hospitality to welcome
Patience to understand
Courage to challenge
Honesty to speak the truth in love.
We can learn from people and ideas we disagree with. Every era has its controversies. Christian communities of learning are not charged with the task of dodging difficult topics. For something to qualify as a controversy, it is probably complicated. It probably requires humility and honesty, hospitality and respect, courage and patience from everyone. It will strike tender nerves and activate sympathetic nervous system responses of fight, flight, and freezing… often reactions we later wish would have gone differently. So, apologies and restitution matter, justice and forgiveness matter, and rebuilding trust is essential for reconciliation. We all need imaginative generosity to discover even a nugget of wisdom in the perspective and approach of another. We need courage combined with clarity. If we say we care about flourishing and truth, our processes for engagement matter as much as the content of our positions. Both how we say it and what we say matter.
I've also learned this: Invest deeply and hold on loosely. Our contributions and our care, our work and service are worth doing. Invest, and if it all crumbles, we retain our worth. Identity endures even when projects and some relationships can't or shouldn't. When considering a relationship, realize that doesn't have to be all wrong to simply be not quite right. The tight grip of control can suffocate. Invest deeply, hold on loosely.
Embrace your worth. Anyone or any message that diminishes you, that manipulates you into something at odds with your God-given, God-loved, secure identity… is toxic. Go breathe fresh air. Breathe in concert with a faithful, trustworthy community that knows the covenant-keeping Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer of all things. This is, as theologian Ellen Charry describes more fully, the art of happiness (in God and the Art of Happiness).
And from the vantage point of a Clinical Psychology professor, I have learned that sleep is not optional. It is not wasted time. Regular sleep matters—for immunity, for growth, for memory consolidation, and…for the capacity to absorb disappointment without being engulfed by despair or envy. Nutrition and exercise matter. Correctly taking your prescribed medications matters. Prayer, devotions, and communal worship matter. Creativity, laughter, and saying "please" and "thank you" matter. Genuinely loving, just, compassionate, and respectful relationships are vital. These are essentials for learning to cultivate the heart, soul, mind, and strength to love God, our neighbor, and the world with all that we are.
And for potential perfectionists among us, we need to remember—as Professor John Shaughnessy taught us in his last lecture—good is good. Statistically speaking, we can't all rank #1 100% of the time. Value what is good.
Students and colleagues have taught me that it is good to plan, plan, and plan ahead, while realizing that real life often requires revisions. Anticipate as much as you can, ask what you can do today that will equip you for the unexpected later. Write an initial draft of an assignment as soon as possible (rather than as close to the deadline as possible). Realize that most drafts take twice as long as you think they should. And accept that even your final paper might be too good not to be revised. (I learned that from Professor David Klooster.)
So, here we are—at the beginning of a vocation of learning. We are engaging the years ahead of us with a view toward toward 2016, when you become alumni. We have a statement to guide us entitled Graduates anchored in Hope. It says:
Hope graduates are educated to think about life's most important issues with clarity, wisdom, and a deep understanding of the foundational commitments of the historic Christian faith. They are prepared to communicate effectively, bridging boundaries that divide human communities. They are agents of hope who live faithfully into their vocations. Hope graduates make a difference in the world (http//hope.edu/admin/president/graduates.html).
Let's all engage our vocations of learning in our lives, which already matter.
Website links provided in-text. Book citations follow.
Buechner, F. (1973). Wishful thinking: A theological ABC. New York: Harper & Row.
Charry, E. T. (2010). God and the art of happiness. Grand Rapids, MI: W.B. Eerdmans.
Lewis, C. S. (1949; 1980) Learning in Wartime. In The Weight of Glory and Other Addresses, Revised and Expanded Edition. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Sittser, G. L. (2000). The will of God as a way of life: Finding and following the will of God. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House.


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Title: Graduate Student, Dartmouth College
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Milken Family Foundation $25,000 Educator of the Year Award - read more in the Saint Michael's College Fall 2012 Graduate Education Newsletter
Vermont Campus Compact Award
Father Prevel Award, the highest award given to a male graduate at commencement
When I was looking for a college, I wanted a certain kind of community that I knew I would find in a small, Catholic college. And I definitely got what I wanted at St. Mike's.
I was a double major in biology and education and I was pretty involved as a student. I studied abroad in Costa Rica as the School for Field Study. I was a service trip coordinator for MOVE, and I went on extended service trips to Long Island, Texas, Kentucky and India. I was the secretary of student policy in the SA, served on the Centennial Committee, worked with the Echo Online Magazine, had a radio show called Pop Rocks on WWPV, and was a eucharistic minister for Campus Ministry.
When I graduated, I went to Honduras and taught for a year in an orphanage there. When I came back, I taught bilingual (Spanish and English) third grade in New Britain, Connecticut before returning to Vermont to teach fourth and fifth grade at Champlain Elementary in Burlington for 5 years. Now I teach third grade in Brazil, where I include a lot of science in my daily teaching.
I really like working with kids, and I've always valued education. Being book smart and life smart are both important so I try to emphasize them equally in my teaching. And I laugh every single day at work. Being here can be hilarious at times, and it's great that my students and I are comfortable laughing together.
I've stayed connected to St. Mike's through my professors, who I still call on when I have questions, and through my friends. I earned a TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) endorsement though Saint Michael's MATESOL program and I am earning my master's in education at Saint Michael's, with a concentration in reading.


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