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These days, patios, porches and decks become festooned with beautiful container gardens. Gorgeous hanging baskets flowing with petunias, ceramic planters packed with sunny daisies and sturdy wine barrels brimming with strawberries all herald summer's grand entrance. If you potted up your container plantings this spring chance are good that by now the gardens are filled with vibrant color and lush foliage. The trick is to keep them fresh and full until autumn. It takes a bit of planning. Here are some tips: WATER: It is a no brainer, of course, but some underestimate the watering needs of fully grown container gardens. But the time summer arrives a container is almost filled with root mass. Inland, hot areas may need water every day to keep things wet. On the coast, the trap is fog. Several foggy days in a row, coupled with a sudden burst of sunshine or wind, makes a container planting suddenly wilt. ADVERTISING This kind of water stress, if played out more than once, wears out plants. They lose their vitality. Keep plants well-watered, even if it is foggy. Use a deep saucer underneath container to hold a bit of extra water for those times when watering cannot be done on a regular basis. FEED, PLEASE: Not only do containerized plants take in an abundance of water, they also consume extra nutrients. Feeding on a regular basis is a must. Every three to four weeks, scratch in a dose of 4-4-4 dry fertilizer. Once every two weeks, liquid feed with a balanced fertilizer. Keep on feeding. TIDY UP: Keeping container gardens free of spent blooms and dead foliage goes a long way in maintaining health and beauty. Snip back faded flowers, tip pinch leggy growth and remove unsightly foliage. Check containers every day. If the planting has been shocked with a wilt session, lightly trimming back foliage and feeding may bring it to vibrancy again. REPLANT: If a container garden becomes too shabby by midsummer, consider replanting. Local nurseries do a fine job of keeping colorful annuals and perennials in stock all summer long. Fresh soil, new plants and a restart might be what is needed.
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The publishing segment may be Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia's biggest revenue source, but in the third quarter it continued to be the heaviest drag on income. Publishing revenues were down 17 percent for the quarter to $27.5 million and the group recorded a $51 million operating loss, compared to a $3.5 million loss in 3Q 2011.
"Our performance in the quarter was in line with our expectations but not our ambitions for the company," said MSLO president and CEO Lisa Gersh in a statement.
The financials come on the heels of yesterday's announcement that the company is dramatically scaling back Everyday Food from a 10-times per year frequency to a 5-times supplement to Martha Stewart Living. Whole Living has been put on the block and if there is no buyer the company will fold the title.
The publishing revenue drop is attributed to lower advertising revenues across print and digital. The bulk of the $51 million operating loss was a $44 million non-cash goodwill write-down, says the company. Excluding the write-down, the loss is still double that of 3Q 2011.
The reduction in print and the reported layoffs associated with it will save the company approximately $33 million to $35 million in annual operating expenses.
Merchandising revenues increased by 7 percent to $13 million for the quarter. The company's third segment, broadcasting, dipped significantly in revenue from $6.6 million to $2.7 million, signaling its move away from a daily live television format. That change, however, resulted in improved income of $300,000 in the quarter versus a $1.3 million loss last year.
Total company revenues were down 16.5 percent for the quarter and the operating loss was $51 million.

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Callaway County Circuit Court Completes Filing System Upgrade
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CALLAWAY COUNTY - The Callaway County Circuit Court told KOMU 8 News Thursday that it upgraded its filing system in October. Now, rather than pushing papers, the court can find all its relevant documents in an online storage system.
Court clerk Judy Groner said that such a system will make the court's affairs run much more smoothly and easily.
"When you have to think about how many case files you handle every day...physically picking them up, opening them up, doing whatever we have to do with them, putting them back on the shelf, taking them from the shelf, moving them to the courtroom, moving them back from the courtroom...and now its all done with the click of a button", Groner said.
Groner added that the new system would also cut costs, benefiting taxpayers responsible for funding the old paper system.
"It's beneficial because its more efficient, it has cut down on the office, it has cut down on postage, paper, envelopes, and time...clerk time", Groner said.
The new system is in place to the extent that attorneys are now required to send in all their documents to the court in online format, as paper will no longer be accepted.
Callaway County is the second county in Missouri to adopt this new system, but Groner told us there are plans to integrate the system into all other counties by 2015.


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We are a sister duo. With big sis Van, "Von", as the lead, main baker/decorator, and lil' sis Ngoc, "knock", behind the scenes as the computer tech, market/promotion and advertising guru. Together with our love of making creative sweets, we opened our bakery, NV Cupcakes in 2010. We were born and raised in Fort Worth, Texas, both graduated at the University of North Texas in Denton, and currently reside in Denton. "GO Mean Green!"
Van is a mother of 3 (Gabriel - 9, Avery - 2 and baby Brennan) She is the heart and soul of the bakery and loves everything having to do with food, cooking, and baking. As the oldest of 4, she was the cook of the family preparing meals for her younger siblings after school while their parents were at work. She can easily open a fridge and make a delicious meal in a matter of minutes. Her passion for food and desserts lead to her dream of owning her own bakery.
Ngoc is a new mother to an adorable little boy, Collin. She is the younger sister by four years and has been right along side of Van in the kitchen as her sous chef and right hand from the time she could stand. If her sister Van was in the kitchen, Ngoc was there right beside her cleaning up her mess and making sure things tasted just right. So when it was time to open up NV Cupcakes, it was only natural that Ngoc and Van did it together.
In 2009, they signed up for the Dallas Bridal Show, with a tiny booth and tons of mini cupcake samples. Little did they know they were the newest upcoming fad in the wedding industry and newest craze in the world of sweets. Together as a team they went on a limb and opened NV Cupcakes in 2010 with just the money they have saved in their "cupcake fund" from baking for family and friends. Over the years they have accumulated many awards ranging from Entrepreneur of the Year, Best of Denton, Best of Denton County, Taste of North Texas, featured on Good Morning Texas, and contestants on Food Network's Cupcake Wars. They are each others best friends and are truly the sweetest sister cupcake duo in North Texas!


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Dancing Together Again
Orrie is a gelding of 14 years old who is a major player in the dressage field. He has been working all his life and was always enjoying it. One day the trouble began. His rider (a very petite woman) felt he was out of control up to the point of being real dangerous.
He is a very huge horse and so she got scared. A number of well known trainers and therapists came to the rescue but didn't prevail. The problem became so big, riding was impossible. The challenge for us to work on such a majestic impressive horse was a large one. We reverie to accept and send in a long list with questions to get a look inside. Orrie was experiencing back pains and his eye was not functioning properly .While Piet was talking to Sandra (owner), Monique had a moment with Orrie in which they shared a moment of pure fear and pain. Sandra's fear and pain. Instead of being shut off to the world he was trying to cope with the fears and pains of his owner.
We split up the team and worked simultaneously on horse and rider. Piet on the rider and Monique on the horse. Orrie had had a traumatic experience which led him to overreacting when something around him was scaring him. Because of his enormous size and weight, Sandra had been tossed of in a very bad way a few times, so she enhanced his fears because she was scared too. Piet worked on Sandra's back and her fears and Monique worked on Orrie's constitution and anxiety to mainly get him to relax and trusting again. During the separated treatments we advised Sandra to play with her horse and to be very affectionate with him and to give him loads of attention. That went very well. We then joined up again after 4 treatments, and worked on the dominance problem that had appeared. We worked together with QT 1 and supercharge to improve his eyesight.
After the history of Sandra had been cleared and dealt with, it was time for the first ride. It was impressive.... Such a petite female and such a huge majestic horse dancing together. I think all horse owners present that day dreamt about owning a horse like that! The next week we went to her house and stables to work together on the first ride on their own turf. Orrie got a bit scared a few times, but Sandra kept her cool, did her breathing and we supported from the sides with QT. Orrie relaxed enormously when he felt us and ever since that day, now a year ago, she works, she plays and she rides in competition with him.... Successfully!!
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Vinsten halverad för Lenovo – sparkar 3200 anställda
Lenovo reported significant declines in its global computer and tablet sector, as well as increasing competition and slowing growth in the smartphone market.
Chief executive Yuanqing Yang said the company would also restructure its smartphone business.
Last year, the company last year bought the Motorola brand from Google for $2.9bn to boost its position in the market.
However, Motorola's contribution to Lenovo's smartphone shipments fell 31% from a year earlier to 5.9 million units.
Lenovo's mobile division recorded a pre-tax loss of $292m in the three months to the end of June.
Lenovo said its PC business reached a worldwide share of 20.6%, with a 13% stake in the key US market.
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Block Party in St. Michael's this weekend!!!
This is going to be a great community event and it's FREE!
There will be a DJ and activities for kids, as well as cotton candy, snow cones and of course our pit beef.
The guest speakers will be from MDSP Drug Task Force, Celebrate Recovery, Talbot County Addictions Program, Teen Challenge and the Keynote Speaker, Steve Fitzhugh at 12:30 p.m.
This event will be held in front of the Union United Methodist Church and St. Michael's Community Center.
The Community Center is located at:
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Seeing as so many low levels kept getting cool mods and masks etc.
After 1 level, the starter issue stuff is just plain unbearable.
So I decided to hack it once more, since the addresses won't narrow down to few while I'm hacking the skill points.
All I can hope is search for the nearest area, and modify that value. **I modded offshore, cash.
As I'm modding skill points, I must've accidently modified the Level. That's right, I accidently made myself level 100.
I was hoping maybe after a mission, my level will bounce back to level 1. But get this, the level reward *3 cards. I got a rare rifle sight.
I would be so frill, if only I could modify my level back. Because I had nothing unlocked and silly me, I had removed the address from the list, so I had no way of remodify my level.
So I'm stuck at actual level 1, with nothing unlocked. Doesn't matter with all the cool mods, I won't be able to use them.
Alright, finally to the topic.
I told you all that, is because on my attempt to bring my level back down. I accidentally modified some core addresses and game crashed. While I launched it back up, game has asked me - Your level does not match your back up level. Would you like to load back up.
Obviously, I tried loading the back up and hoping as level 25, I would have a higher chance on modding my level back down.
I went through a mission, and the loot I got? Exactly. Electric Center.
Through this, I can almost be certain that, the drop loot table changes according to your level. And seems to be, if you're anywhere close to level 25. Electric Center is what you'll be getting.
So if anyone able to modify their level. This is it. Make your way to level 25, unlock all that you can. And switch your level to 100 and go on some rampage with missions. After that? Change back to level 25 and enjoy the "legit" game play.
Electric Center drop rate is link the your level.
It has nothing to do with Cheat Engine or any data modding.
To search/mod your level, steps are simple.
There may be easier ways to do this, but this is how I did it.
Search for skill points, modify it to be something obscure.
Such as 93248. Mark the address, and now look for your current level.
For example, level 15. There will be lots of 15 in the search list.
But keep an eye out for the 15 that's closest to your skill point address. Then modify that to your liking.
Mod if after you have reached level 25.
Everytime you re-launch your Payday2 Beta. The game will ask. Your reputation is higher than your back up, would you like to load your back up. Or something along those lines. Load your back up. And it will return your reputation to the current cap, while keeping the loot you've earned during that Hacked session.
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Thursday, December 06, 2012
"Floral Explosion" - glass on glass mosaic window
"Don't Bug Me"- glass on glass mosaic stained glass window
Angel Window - glass on glass mosaic window
A client ordered a commission window of an angel. I was apprehensive about attempting this since I have never depicted a human figure in my work. As it turns out, I am happy with the results and am looking forward to trying more of this type of piece in the future.
This detail photo shows the use of many different types of glass beads and rhinestones.
Large Glass on Glass mosaic window of a parrot
This commission window was a definate challenge because it is such a departure from the usual Texas subject matter that I usually do. It was made as a Christmas gift for a couple's home in Mexico. It was a lot of fun to do something so different!
Glass on glass mosaic tryptic - Texas wildflowers and birds.
The middle window has a continuation of the wildflowers and features a Painted Bunting and a hummingbird.
The right window continues the wildflower field and contains a Robin.
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Medical Equipment Drive
A scout in our troop organized a medical equipment drive, gathering 1000+ pieces of used equipment that was sent to Africa. He advertised, solicited, then organized the troop to make the pickups and clean the equipment. Everything from prosthetics to wheelchairs to diabetic testing equipment. He found donations for shipping from local businesses. He was written up in the newspaper with a very large article and photos.
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All my coaching sessions, workshops and group meetings are developed and designed with you in mind. I want to make sure that when you work with me it's really relevant to you and works well with both your family and your business commitments.
Working with me will show you the benefits of using simple methods of thinking, feeling and behaving, and help you to understand what a positive impact they'll have in your life.


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by Charlotte Hays
Hardcover • 2013 • $21.95
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Tattoos used to be considered beyond the pale. Occasionally, there would be a shocking rumor to the effect that somebody's father had acquired a tattoo while in the military. But decent, law-abiding citizens didn't go to tattoo parlors and emerge marked with indelible signs of bad taste. "Tattoing used to be the preserve of people who were too lazy to work and too scared to steal," a London tattoo artist recently told the BBC. "Nowadays," he added, "you have got proper artists." The tattoo is perhaps a premier manifestation of White Trash Normal.
The purest symbol of the White Trash aesthetic is the dead tractor permanently bivouacked in somebody's front yard. Even now, when White Trash has gone urban, it is still the ruined tractor that speaks so poetically of the White Trash credo: "Hit don't make no difference." These few, spare words sum up the whole White Trash worldview: So many things, according to this way of looking at life, are just too much trouble. So don't bother. Among these arduous undertakings that might best be left to others: giving your children a last name, holding down a job, or managing your finances or diabetes.
Many of the plagues of society today—obesity, tattoos, and the male attire one sees at the Academy Awards—are the direct result of the White Trash aesthetic of Hit Don't Make No Difference, which has crept its way up through every level of American society. Southern belle Charlotte Hays takes a hilarious—and insightful—look at how White Trash went mainstream, and what it means for American culture and our way of life.
(Past – see photos below!) Thursday, November 21, 2013 at 6 pm: Book Party at LivingSocial's Speakeasy
Celebrate the release of two new books by Independent Women's Forum Julie Gunlock and Charlotte Hays!
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Archive for March, 2017
Building an Impressive Gun Collection
Many gun owners have collections that feature a variety of firearms. Collecting guns can be a hobby, and shooting guns at a range can be an enjoyable way to spend time with friends or family. There are plenty of ways that you can build a gun collection that you will enjoy showing off to other collectors.
Search Online
While local shows may offer a selection of firearms, you can also find rare items online. These special finds can add to the value of your collection, and you may be able to find pieces online that you cannot find anywhere else. Consider searching online for the guns that you have not been able to find at local firearm suppliers. Purchasing a new firearm can be an exciting process, and an online search can be a quick way to find out about new firearm offerings.
Consider Options
If you primarily purchase your firearms for target shooting, then you may want to consider an expansive pistol collection. Pistols can be easier to handle than other guns, which makes them ideal for a fun day of shooting at the range. Rifles can be ideal when you are hunting for sport. If you have an upcoming duck or deer hunt planned, then you may want to consider finding a new rifle for your adventure. When you are considering firearm purchases, think about the activities that you enjoy most. This will help you decide which purchases fit you best.
Make Your Selection
If you do not have the extra money available when you make your decision, then you may want to consider purchasing from a vendor who offers firearms financing. A payment plan will offer you the flexibility to enjoy your new firearm while you make payments toward the balance. This can help you enjoy days at the range and hunting trips as soon as you find the gun you want to add to your collection.
Hunting and target shooting are fun hobbies that you can enjoy on your own or with others in your life. Finding and financing a firearm will help you enjoy your time at the range or on a hunting trip.


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Naseem Sayani is a business and digital strategist with 15+ years of experience. She is the Founder of Digital Oxygen, a digital innovation consultancy. She has been published by Huge Ideas, Campaign Magazine, AdAge, and Digiday on the topics of digital strategy and innovation.
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Car brands with best, worst image with public
Car brands Subaru and Tesla have risen considerably in the esteem of potential car buyers, according to Consumer Reports latest Car-Brand Perception Survey.
Subaru and Tesla broke into the top 10 just this year. Tesla's fifth and Subaru is sixth.
Toyota, Ford, Honda and Chevrolet are the four brands with the most-favorable public perception, the survey shows.
And people disdain some very high-end machinery, such as Land Rover and Rolls-Royce.
Perception isn't necessarily reality. The scores are unrelated to CR's surveys of reliability or the publication's road and track tests, nor are they connected to government and private crash-test scores.
Thus, a well-regarded car brand actually could be selling bad vehicles, and a poorly regarded brand might sell some of the best. Eventually the reality would change perceptions, but it could take a long time, CR says.
The telephone survey of 1,578 random adults in households that owned cars was conducted Dec. 6 through 15 last year.
People were asked to name brands, then were questioned about those brands. They were not read a list of auto brands.
As part of the process, people were asked to name the brands that they thought were stellar in seven categories: quality, safety, performance, value, fuel economy, design/style, technology/innovation.
The overall score is a blend of how each brand did and how important each of the categories is to people.
"The key word here is 'perception,' as influenced by word-of-mouth, marketing, and hands-on experience,"CR Deputy Editor Jeff Bartlett says.
In the end, most people make actual buying choices based, not on techno-whiz or glitz and hype, but on "wallet issues," Bartlett says, such as value and fuel economy.
He says it's clear to most shoppers that "you might think a particular super-model is hot, but she's not wife material."
In his view, the best match between perception and reality is Toyota, which is No.1 on the perception survey, and also scores high on other surveys that measure quality, fuel-economy and other attributes people say they value most.
It's also a mass-market brand with many models "so hits the hot buttons on a lot of people," he says. Niche brands that target small audiences might have a tougher time earning public esteem, he says.
A mis-match, Barlett says, is Ford.
It's No. 2 behind Toyota on the overall rankings, and No. 3 in separate rankings of quality perception. But "Ford has been very inconsistent. A lot of their new models have been less than stellar," he says.
The redesigned 2013 Escape SUV, for instance, went on sale June 2012 and was recalled seven times by late November 2013, five of those involving fire risks in models with the 1.6-liter engine.
Perception often is tied to brand loyalty -- people who buy another and another -- and that's important to car companies' profits.
"The important takeaway is, as a consumer, don't make an assumption. Just because your daddy's car was great, that doesn't mean it still is and you should buy one," Bartlett says.
For automakers, the CR perception scores are a report card on marketing.
Electric-car maker Tesla, for example, has been hit by sensational reports about several fires. But CEO Elon Musk quickly has gotten the drivers of the cars on record saying the cars weren't at fault and indeed, saved them from worse harm.
Tesla cars also have good crash-test scores, which Musk has heavily publicized.
In the latest survey, Chevrolet booted Ferrari out of top spot in the performance perception category. That could be because "the new Corvette's been (advertised) everywhere," Bartlett says, while Ferrari advertising and marketing are much less aggressive.
Car brands at the bottom of the list aren't doomed.
Both of Jaguar Land Rover's brands are tail-enders. Land Rover, maker of high-dollar SUVs, is at the bottom. Jaguar is only two spots higher.
But sales of both are growing fast, and more buyers are repeaters than used to be the case.
"We're a niche luxury brand so we're not necessarily going to score highly in some of the categorizes with the general public," says JLR spokesman Stuart Schorr. "A large luxury SUV isn't going to be appropriate, for instance, for people concerned about fuel economy or value."
"A number of high-end brands are at the bottom, so it could be a reflection on public awareness" of those brands, he says.
Of the 39 brands tallied in the 2014 Consumer Reports Car-Brand Perception Survey, here are the brands with the best and worst scores:
1) Toyota
2) Ford
3) Honda
4) Chevrolet
5) Tesla
6) Subaru
7) Mercedes-Benz
8) Volvo
9) Cadillac
30) Jeep
31) Infiniti
32) Mitsubishi
33) Mini
34) Ram
35) Scion
36) Rolls-Royce
37) Jaguar
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About ChasingToddlerMom
ChasingToddlerMom is a work-from-home-stay-at-home-mom. It's as exhausting as it sounds! CTM is an online marketer working with clients in healthcare, education, beauty, and b2b verticals, often keeping busier with work than she would like, but incapable of turning down the opportunity to work on the next interesting project.
Little Ro' (aka Chase) is CTM's uber-active and inquisitive 4-year-old son. Little Ro' would live outside or play Wii all day and all night if he were allowed and wouldn't stop playing to eat if he were not required to do so. Chasing him around each day is entirely exhausting, but tremendously rewarding. Austen – named for Jane Austen, not the city of Austin – is CTM's super sweet 1 year old little boy. He has no trouble keeping up with his big brother – a fact that quite frankly frightens his parents. Despite being on the run constantly, Austie is always happy to oblige a cuddle.
ChasingToddlerDad is also an online marketer (imagine the riveting conversation as CTM and CTD cuddle in bed with his and hers laptops!). CTD also shares CTMs inability to turn down an interesting project, but is an exceptionally involved and hands-on father, for which CTM is eternally grateful. Especially at 7 am each day.


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Reports of people preying on victims of the storms are already surfacing and the governor is warning homeowners to check on a contractor's license before hiring him.
"Sadly, almost as quickly as the waters rose, scam artists have begun to emerge," Gov. M. Jodi Rell said. "It is despicable that unscrupulous people would take advantage of the misery of others."
At issue are contractors going door-to-door and offering repair services, Rell said.
"I am urging homeowners to double-check the credentials of anyone they consider hiring before accepting any offers or paying out any money," Rell said. "Steer clear of high-pressure sales tactics that may cause you to pay exorbitant prices."
To check on a contactor's credential, visit the Department of Consumer Protection Web site www.ct.gov/dcp and click "Verify a License" or call the DCP 800-842-2649.
Regardless of what state the contractor is from, home improvement contractors who work in Connecticut must be registered here, Rell said.
Stump removal contractors should be registered with the Department of Consumer Protection. Electricians, plumbers, heating and cooling contractors and other tradespersons must be appropriately licensed to perform the work and arborists must be licensed by the Department of Environmental Protection.
Ask for a copy of the contractors Connecticut license or registration cards and insurance certificates and ask for a list of references, Rell advises.
"Homeowners who end up with property damage or unfinished work at the hands of a registered contractor may qualify for restitution from the state's Home Improvement Guaranty Fund - but those who hire unlicensed or unregistered contractors don't have this benefit," DCP Commissioner Jerry Farrell said.


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Are YOU a Supercollector? We want YOU in Beckett Sports Card Monthly …
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*** NOTE *** We run Supercollector entries every month in our magazines. Send yours today!
By Chris Olds | BSCM Editor We're going to dedicate an upcoming issue of Beckett Sports Card Monthly to showcasing SuperCollectors — and we want to see your collections. We'll pick the most interesting and most outrageous collections for the magazine, but first we need to hear about your stash. You don't have to have the most-expensive collection on the block but it needs to be unique — downright crazy — in some way that it stands out. Here are your instructions … Send in an email to firstname.lastname@example.com the following information: 1. Name, age, your email address, your location (city, state) and who/what you collect. 2. Statistics about your collection (total cards, number of 1/1s, number of autographs, number of game-used cards or items, etc.) 3. Tell us why you should be picked. Sell us on what makes your collection the best — and how/why it started. 4. Send us LINKS to images that we can examine or use with your item. (Bad images won't help your case … and 900 MB attachments won't either!) 5. Be patient. We have a group of baseball entries from awhile back to go through as well. We WILL be in touch if you are selected or we need more information. 6. Act fast … we want YOUR info NOW!
Above is a sample of a SuperCollector who recently appeared in the magazine. See what information he presented if you're struggling. (Click for a closer look if you need it.)


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YAY congrats on guesting Michelle!! Your cards are ALL amazing. Love those pumpkins to bits and the witches stockings are snappy!!
WOW! You are one busy bee! What a fantastic selection of cards here! All unique and perfect. Obviously I do love those witches legs and fun stockings and thrilled you've linked up at our 'sparkle' challenge at ATCAS. Thanks so much. Sarah
Oh, that witches card made me laugh! What a wonderful design and I love all of that sparkle. So glad you joined us at Addicted to CAS this week
Fantastic set of cards Michelle. Love the stitched edges of the die-cuts... the googly eyes look awesome on the pumpkins. Thank you for playing along with us at the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge.
Congratulations on your GD spot, Michelle! What a fantastic selection of cards ... from the fun pumpkins to the spooky witchy feet, from the elegant wedding to the celebratory birthday ... they're all brilliant! Thanks so much for playing along with us at Seize the Birthday! Anita - Surprise Party Guest :)
What awesome cards ... love your watercolored background ... so very glad you joined us at fusion card challenge.
You've been busy!! Darling pumpkins with the googly eyes - they made me smile. Thanks for joining us at The Curtain Call.
These are all so wonderful, Michelle!
All wonderful cards using lovely dies, Michelle! Huge congrats on your GD spot! Love the googly eyes on the pumpkins and the witch legs!:-))
Oh gosh.. you have so many cards on one post Michelle.. I love them all.. the witch is amazing. I love her stocking legs - really clever way to get two colors on them - the stars... and it just looks like she's floating up.. Love it.. and OMG.. the google eyes on the pumpkins... Great post with lots of wonderful ideas for us!
Michele, I so enjoyed looking at all of these cards! Love the witches legs and the sparkle phrase, then the wedding cake is so spectacular along with the Birthday card! Love the colors of the candles and the chevron background! Super job! Thanks for playing along with the girls and I over at Seize the Birthday!
Such cute cards. Love the birthday cake with the banners. Thanks so much for joining us at Seize the Birthday.


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Each week I'll answer your strength training and nutrition questions in this feature. Sure, you can Google your heart away for any ole question these days, so why should you ask me? Because you want the opinion of someone who knows what it's like to be a woman in the weight room. Because you can trust that I walk the talk. And I don't mess around with fads, ads, or bullshit.
To participate in next week's mailbag, post your question on my Facebook page, ping me on Twitter, or just drop me a line.
Q: Why am I always injured? I want to stay active, yet I'm constantly fighting a tweak or a strain.
A: I hear this a lot from active people, and it's not always because of lifting. But being chronically injured doesn't have to be a inescapable consequence of your active lifestyle or love of lifting.
Even without knowing anything about you, I'm betting one or more of these reasons is to blame:
- You're overdoing it. Your body doesn't have a chance to recover between exercise sessions, so it breaks down
- You have muscle imbalances or old injuries that haven't been addressed.
- Your strength-training technique/form sucks in some way.
- Something is not right with what you're doing outside the weight room.
(If you're a runner, there could be a lot of reasons why you're hurting. But that's beyond the scope of this post.)
Overdoing it is the most common reason for injuries, in my experience. You can't do classes on top of running, on top of HIIT, on top of lifting, etc. We get a bit overenthusiastic about losing weight, that adrenaline rush, or whatever. Or we think it's all or nothing – balls-to-the-walls or don't bother.
If this is you, it's time to take a step back. Don't worry, you won't "lose everything." You can step back without compromising your gains. Evaluate your training schedule – do you take at least one full day of rest per week? Do you let muscles recover for 48-72 hours before training them again, including between sports, lifting, running, and classes?
Once you evaluate your real recovery process, integrate more rest if needed and focus on technique. Does it hurt when you train, and if so, are you ignoring it? Ask for help critiquing your form or record yourself. We're all students of lifting – if you think you know it all and suffer from pain, you need to wake up and get real.
Chronic injuries and pain are your body's way of saying something's wrong. Listen or pay the consequences.
Q: How much should I eat of protein, carbs, and fat to build muscle?
A. How much you eat and what you eat are pretty dang important to muscle building. Women need approximately 100-300 extra calories per day to build muscle (this varies depending on who you talk to). You also need about 1 gram of protein per pound of body weight, but again, opinions vary. I also like using percentages to calculate macros. For example, I might give a lean woman a 45% carb/30% protein/25% ratio because lean people may tolerate carbs better and may not tolerate fats as well as someone who's got weight to lose.
But the real question is: After you have the numbers, can you follow through? Most women have a very tough time eating more for muscle (which I talk about in THIS video). Many struggle with getting enough protein, too. We're conditioned to eat like birds – salads and Saltines. If you eat that way, you can train your ass off and never build any new muscle. So start with this process to work out your idea numbers:
- Estimate your total daily energy expenditure and macros
- Track your food
- Assess
- Train hard
- Keep assessing!
This Week's Training
This section should be titled, "This Week's Surgery," haha. As I said in last week's update, I had my exchange surgery last week. At my post-op appointment the doctor said I could possibly resume physical therapy strength exercises in 2-3 weeks. Aside from some soreness and muscle spasms, I'm feeling great.
And I'm taking it day by day. A few more weeks is nothing to me when you figure I've been away from the gym for 11 weeks now. I knew what I was in for, and it's worth it to me not to have to worry about breast cancer or continued biopsies. Yes, I miss the gym like crazy, but I'm feeling the nearness of returning now. If all goes well, I'm in the home stretch. My estimate is that I'll return to "real" lifting in early July. In the meantime, I'll continue to help clients get to their goals and live vicariously through the motivated, pumped people I follow and who follow me.
What of muscle mass? That has always been an ongoing journey. I'll start where I am and enjoy the process, as I talked about in this Facebook post. I have a lot to look forward to, and so do you!
This article originally appeared on www.workoutnirvana.com.


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Why am I bloated? The skinny on SIBO/
Bloating, cramping, burping, reflux, constipation and diarrhoea. These are symptoms of SIBO (Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth).
We have trillions of bacteria in our large intestine, but we're actually not supposed to have much bacteria in our small intestine. The small bowel is meant for digestion and absorption of food. When the bug population in our small bowel is too high, fermentation happens too early and gases are produced. That's SIBO in a nutshell: an overgrowth of bacteria in your small intestine that produces gases causing bloating, pain, constipation and diarrhoea.
SIBO damages the small intestine and affects our ability to digest and absorb food, bringing with it a host of issues like nutrient deficiencies, worsening food sensitivities, joint pain, and skin rashes.
How do I know if I have SIBO?
If you think your symptoms are ticking the boxes for SIBO, you can do a breath test to confirm. To organise the breath test, chat to a SIBO savvy practitioner, or visit sibotest.com for more information.
Why do I have SIBO?
SIBO can be caused by an infection like gastroenteritis, certain medications (proton pump inhibitors, antibiotics, opiates, and narcotics) chronic stress, low stomach acid, and a poor diet with lots of simple carbs.
How do you treat SIBO?
SIBO treatment uses a two pronged approach: decrease the bug population with either antibiotics or herbal antimicrobials; and starving the bugs with a SIBO diet. You will need to be guided by a practitioner to be supported through this properly.
What's the SIBO diet all about?
Basically, the bugs feed on sugars, carbohydrates and starches. So we avoid foods that contain sugars that the bugs like to ferment.
The SIBO diet is a modified low FODMAP diet. It has an intro phase that initially excludes all dairy, grains, fruits, legumes, and certain vegetables. We then move patients through to the maintenance diet that allows the reintroduction of some of these foods. It is recommended that the SIBO diet be followed for a minimum of three months.
When starting a SIBO diet, you can have a fast and profound improvement in digestive symptoms. However, knowing what to eat in the beginning can be difficult and stressful. The Health Lodge offers patients the option to come and stay for one to two weeks at the beginning of treatment. Having your SIBO friendly-meals prepared by our Wellness Kitchen, spending time in the kitchen learning how to cook delicious SIBO-friendly dishes, and getting support from our naturopaths on how to follow the SIBO diet at home takes the difficulty out of starting a SIBO diet, making the transition as smooth and stress-free as possible.


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Setting goals
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your journey to digital
See how Compass can empower you to learn digital skills and guide you forging your career path
How Compass works
Lessons for all skill levels
Whether you are a novice looking to develop your digital skills or prefer a more advanced digital course structure, you will find detailed lessons to suit your requirements and level of skill.
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With a focus on helping you to develop digital skills for the real world, the learning scenarios are based on real-life information, facts and data, allowing you to gain both a practical and theoretical knowledge of the skills you need.
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Your own personal hub where you can can showcase all your project work and display the certifications/digital badges you have achieved as proof of your digital skills. You can also take it one step further and share it with potential employers
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Do you have a specific career or professional role in mind, but are confused as to how to get there? We can help you map out a specific career path and show you potential career advancement opportunities open to you within that industry.
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Netflix has tons of movies available for instant streaming, but most of them are awful straight-to-bargain-bin releases made by no name filmmakers. The modern popcorn movies that usually earn a double take when you're browsing for something to watch mostly come from the Starz channel, which has a deal to share its content with Netflix under the "StarzPlay" banner. But now even that selection of movies has gotten smaller, as Starz recently ordered Netflix to pull all movies produced by Sony Pictures from the streaming section. These include The Social Network, Easy A, SALT and many more.
The move is the result of the pay-cable channel's inability to reach a new contract agreement with Sony. Here's Netflix's VP of Content Pauline Fischer on the matter:
"You may have noticed that Sony movies through StarzPlay are not currently available to watch instantly. This is the result of a temporary contract issue between Sony and Starz. While these two valued partners work through their differences, we hope you are enjoying the wide variety of new movies and TV shows added daily."
It's not clear when the two parties will work it out, but until they do, Netflix streamers will likely have an even more difficult time finding something to watch during the lazy hours.
Maybe try something from the Criterion Collection?


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KoalaSafe featured on Fast Company
Congratulations to our Client KoalaSafe for their feature on Fast Company!
KoalaSafe is a gadget that lets you control how your kids use the internet. It's drop-dead simple to use, and can cut access at specific times, or to specific sites, or both. And it doesn't require any spyware or blocking software to be installed on your kids devices, making it harder to hack and easier for you to police.
The KoalaSafe plugs into your existing router and creates a new wireless network. This network can have its internet access cut at any time you choose—you could switch it off overnight, for example, to stop nocturnal surfing from bed. You can also block specific websites (a permanent Facebook ban, for example).
Technology moves quickly and kids learn fast. KoalaSafe keeps you informed and on top. Check them out at koalasafe.com!


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The term modern technology essentially means an improvement on older technology. By older technology, it could mean a technology that is a few months old or a few years old. Technology keeps morphing regularly with different technology developers in constant competition to outdo each other.
In our previous post, we looked at the negative effects of technology on man. This time round our focus is on the positives. Our article will focus on general tech as well as more advanced tech such as Artificial Intelligence and how they are benefiting man.
Below are 5 advantages of modern technology to man.
#1 Increased efficiency and productivity
One of the major problems that the manufacturing industry has faced over the years is the natural limitations of man that is, man gets tired, loses concentration and is prone to errors. The introduction of various technologies in the production process has increased efficiency and productivity as machines come in to take up the physical tasks that were a burden for humans.
#2 Ease of access to information
Because of advancement in various technologies, today access to information has been made very easy. Whether its information on a medical issue, education, business, finance, and entertainment, and so on, technology has nullified geographical borders making it possible for everyone across the globe to access relevant and reliable information with just a few clicks of a button on the internet.
#3 Positive benefits to the health sector
Thanks to modern technology such as artificial intelligence, virtual reality, Nano technology and many others, hospitals have been able to save multiple lives as a result of advancements in the ability of doctors to diagnose problems, do complicated surgeries, administer medication and provide general patient care with reduced human errors. These are technologies that are currently being used in both developed and developing nations.
#4 Improvement in education
Because of technology, learning has become so much easier for students who can conveniently and affordably access education resource material from any part of the world. The ability to access virtual classrooms, virtual libraries, advanced audio visual learning aids, and many more means that classrooms are not limited to physical structures as was the case in the past. Many students today will actually attest that technology has made learning much more interactive and fun therefore resulting into better outcomes.
#5 Increased innovation and creativity
Pioneers of technological advancements have motivated more innovation and creativity as new tech developers realize that technology is limitless. Millionaires keep emerging globally as innovators discover more inventive ways of solving societal problems through technology thereby creating successful business empires that have gone on to employ thousands across the globe.
With technological advancements, the possibilities are limitless and the best is yet to come. Man will continue to come up with innovations that will go a long way in saving lives, creating jobs and ultimately, making life much more bearable.
All in all, the benefits of technology outweigh the negatives.


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Islamabad, Aug 5:
At least 30 militants were killed Tuesday during airstrikes carried out in Pakistan's North Waziristan region.
According to Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) officials, the airstrikes also destroyed six militant hideouts in Datta Khel, Marsikhel, and Kamsham areas, Dawn online reported.
So far, more than 400 militants, mostly foreigners, have been killed during the Zarb-i-Azb military operation.
The operation was launched by the army June 15 following a brazen Taliban terror attack on Karachi's Jinnah International Airport June 8.
About 900,000 people from North Waziristan tribal region have been displaced so far in the operation, according to figures released by the FATA Disaster Management Authority.


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Here's a piece of good news. Mass DCR will be putting $2 million into the Dillaway-Thomas House and the surrounding state park to finally complete the vision originally laid out for the park decades ago. Here's a link with more info.
Briefly, the project will restore the property, add exhibits and an archaeology lab, and restore the landscaping and grounds of the park to promote public use. There will be a public meeting announced soon, and the project is fast-tracked with an expected completion date of December this year.
The state park master plan was set out in 1987 but the recession in the early 1990s stopped the work and the full vision has never been completed. This is a major step forward in the long and storied history of the house. Combined with the recent upgrades to Highland Park, the upgrades to Kittredge Square Park, and the renovation of the Kittredge House, Highland Street is booming from one end to the other!


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Discover how artistic expression helped generations of Argentinians work through their country's troubled past and advocate for a brighter future.
Explore Buenos Aires to examine the role of art in remembering, moving forward, and working toward social transformation.
Discover the city's multicultural, complex, and dynamic artistic scene and the importance of art in different social struggles related to the past and present.
Understand the relationships between art and nonviolence and the use of art as an expression of resilience and resistance.
Learn about Argentina's experiences of state terrorism from 1976 to 1983 and the country's active civil society, which works to encourage positive change.
Study under some of the country's leading artists, photographers, sociologists, and anthropologists.
For example, Academic Director Agustina Triquell's personal and collective work has been exhibited in museums and art centers in Córdoba, Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Santiago de Chile, and Asunción.
Participate in a weeklong photography workshop and create a short photo essay on a topic of your choice.
Visit emerging and established artists and community leaders to discover how they're working toward social and global transformation.
Participate in collective art projects and discover how art can offer porteños, residents of Buenos Aires, ways to voice discontent and work for a more just future.
Critical Global Issue of Study
Media | Arts | Social Change
Key Topics of Study
Key Topics of Study
- Argentina's experiences of state terrorism from 1976 to 1983
- Buenos Aires' artwork, art movements, and art collectives
- The use of photography to document and protest political injustice
- The different social, cultural, and political layers that coexist in the city
- Ways in which artists employ emerging technologies and new mediums to extend their messages and bring Buenos Aires's concerns into dialogue with global issues
The following syllabi are representative of this program. Because courses develop and change over time to take advantage of dynamic learning opportunities, actual course content will vary from term to term. The syllabi can be useful for students, faculty, and study abroad offices in assessing credit transfer. Read more about credit transfer.
- Memory and Social Activism Through the Arts Seminar – syllabus
- (LACB3000 / 3 credits / 45 hours)
- Both before and since the collapse of the dictatorship, Buenos Aires has been the scene of intense artistic work. In recent decades, the State and corporate funders, as well as alternative projects, NGOs, and groups working on the city streets, have propelled an unparalleled collective production of artistic work that has allowed people of multiple generations to work through the trauma of the past and advocate for social change in an extraordinarily inclusive manner. From street corner murals to large museums of international renown to tiny galleries, theatres, and bars, the city exudes creativity and intellectual engagement. In this seminar, which forms the core of the program, students explore Buenos Aires to ask the following questions: How has art offered recent generations of porteños (Buenos Aires residents) diverse means of voicing discontent and of advocating for a more just future? How do contemporary artists in Argentina work through the past and reimagine the present through art (whether on canvas or in sculpture, whether in gallery collections or on street walls)? How are artists using new technologies and new mediums to develop and extend their messages and bring Buenos Aires' concerns into dialogue with global issues? The seminar is experiential in nature and takes students into museums, trauma and memory centers, and through Buenos Aires' most interesting graffiti-filled streets. Students interact with a range of emerging and established artists and community leaders and consider the important role of the arts in Buenos Aires' political and social life.
- Spanish in the Arts Context – syllabus
- (SPAN1003 / 3 credits / 45 hours)
- Spanish in the Arts Context – syllabus
- (SPAN2003 / 3 credits / 45 hours)
- Spanish in the Arts Context – syllabus
- (SPAN3003 / 3 credits / 45 hours)
- In this course, students hone their speaking, reading, and writing skills through classroom and field instruction. Students advance their Spanish related to Argentine and Latin American culture and to the program theme in particular. Students are placed in small classes based on an in-country evaluation that tests both written and oral proficiency.
Five Reasons Why: Argentina Video
Please note that in order to take advantage of dynamic learning opportunities, program excursions may occasionally vary.
Local Excursions in Buenos Aires
You will meet local artists and visit art museums and galleries, collective project studios, trauma and memory centers, and areas with socially and politically significant street murals and graffiti. You will also visit marginalized neighborhoods within Buenos Aires to see the artistic work being done there.
At some of the most important modern and contemporary museums of Buenos Aires, you will experience the dialogue between artists from different Latin American countries and their connections with social movements over time. Museums include:
- Contemporary Art Center
- The Modern Art Museum of Buenos Aires
- The Latin American Art Museum of Buenos Aires
- Contemporary Art Museum of Buenos Aires
- Recoleta Cultural Center
Find out how society is using memory to cope with tragedy with visits to memorial sites such as Olimpo Memorial Site and the Remembrance and Human Rights Center, both former detention and torture centers during the last dictatorship; and the Monument to the Victims of State-Sponsored Terrorism in Memory Park. Here, you will participate in discussions about politics and memory and hear victims' personal stories.
This five-day excursion will include a visit to the Archivo Provincial de la Memoria, a collection of information, testimonies, and documents pertaining to human rights violations during the 1970s. You will also visit Cordobazo, the site of one of the most significant civil uprisings in Argentine history, view art exhibitions, and visit the studios of artists whose work is tied to memories of the recent past.
Learn About the Argentina Arts program
Faculty and Staff
Faculty and Staff
Agustina Triquell, PhD, Academic Director
Agustina holds a PhD in social sciences from IDES-General Sarmiento National University and a bachelor's degree in social communication from Córdoba's National University. Her doctoral research focused on the way photographic images build up subjectivities in different social contexts. Agustina has worked with various NGOs related to human rights and cultural diversity in Córdoba and Buenos Aires and coordinated art workshops with inmates at San Martin Penitentiary Unit. Since 2012 she has been a member of the Citizenship and Human Rights Program at IDES and has coordinated the NidoErrante Photography and Art Residency. Currently, she is a postdoctoral fellow at the Instituto de Desarrollo Económico y Social.
Agustina's research and teaching deal mainly with photographic images and their circulation in the public sphere, as well as photographic memories of the recent past. She is interested in unconventional academic formats such as nonfiction audiovisual works and photobooks. She works in collective projects regarding art, public archives, and social intervention in cities in Argentina and Latin America. Her personal and collective work has been exhibited in museums and art centers in Córdoba, Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Santiago de Chile, and Asunción.
Alejandra González, Program Assistant
Alejandra holds a degree in archaeology from Universidad de Buenos Aires, where she worked for several years as lecturer of social anthropology. Since 2002, she has been part of a research team investigating rock art in northwest Argentina. Every year she travels to Salta and Catamarca to do fieldwork, which includes photography, filming, and drawing. As a photographer she works in collective projects doing family photography reconstruction. Additionally, she is interested in found photography, public archives, family photograph albums, and photo books. She teaches pinhole photography at Devoto University Center with the Devoto Penitentiary Unit. Recently, she worked with Agustina Triquell to create the photography project Asunción Casa Editora.
Julieta Impemba, Homestay Coordinator
Julieta joined SIT's semester program Argentina: Transnationalism and Comparative Development in South America in 2012, and in January 2013 assumed the role of homestay and student affairs coordinator. In 2013, Julieta worked together with program staff and students to publish a book about women's rights entitled Desarrollo y Derechos de las Mujeres: Participación y liderazgo en Organizaciones Comunitarias. She has an undergraduate degree in social sciences, humanities, and economics from Universidad Argentina de la Empresa.
Faculty and lecturers typically include:
Victoria Daona, PhD
Victoria holds a degree in literature from the National University of Tucumán and a master's degree in social sciences from the National University of General Sarmiento (UNGS) and the Institute for Economic and Social Development (IDES). She holds a PhD candidate in social sciences from UNGS/IDES. Since 2008, she has integrated research projects on the memories of repression in the Southern Cone, its representations, poetics, and imagery. She is a member of the project Poetics of Memory in Argentina and Uruguay, the Grupo Interdisciplinario de Investigadores en Formación del IDES, and the editorial committee of the academic journal Prácticas de Oficio: Investigación y Reflexión en Ciencias Sociales. She has published articles in national and international journals about state terrorism of the 1970s. Her research focuses on the links between literature and dictatorships in the Southern Cone, with attention to contemporary novels in Argentina.
Ludmila Da Silva Catela, PhD
Ludmila holds a PhD in cultural anthropology and a magister in sociology from the Universidad Federal de Río de Janeiro. She is a lecturer and researcher at Universidad Nacional de Córdoba and author of the book No habrá flores en la tumba del pasado: La experiencia de reconstrucción del mundo de familiares de desaparecidos. She co-edited Los archivos de la represión: Documentos, memoria y verdad and Fotografía, memoria e identidad. She has published numerous articles regarding violence and memory. Between 2006 and 2015 she was director of the Archivo Provincial de la Memoria Córdoba. Currently, she is an independent director with the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) and a lecturer at Universidad Nacional de Córdoba and Universidad Nacional de La Plata.
Elizabeth Jelin, PhD
Elizabeth is an Argentine sociologist well known for her work in human rights, the memory of political repression, citizenship, social movements, gender, and the family. She obtained a PhD in sociology at the University of Texas at Austin. Her books include Los trabajos de la memoria (a new edition was published in English in 2012 as State Repressions and the Labors of Memory), Fotografía e identidad, and Women and Social Change in Latin America. She has been a member of international academic boards including the Social Science Research Council, the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, the Institute of Labor Studies at the ILO, and the ISA. She is a member of the academic board of the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, a senior researcher at CONICET and professor in the doctoral program in the social sciences at Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento – IDES. In 2013, she was awarded the highest prize for science in Argentina, the Bernardo Houssay National Prize for a Research Career in the Social Sciences.
Sebastián Russo, PhD candidate
Sebastián holds a degree in sociology and is a PhD candidate at Universidad de Buenos Aires. He is a lecturer in art sociology and anthropology and in visual sociology, both at UBA and as visiting professor at Universidad Autónoma de Oaxaca in Mexico. He has published books on image, memory, and cinema including: Coutinho: Cine de conversación y antropología salvaje, Jorge Sanjines y el grupo Ukamau, Santiago Alvarez: Reflexiones, testimonios, relámpagos en un instante de peligro, and Las luciérnagas y la noche: Reflexiones en torno a Pier Paolo Pasolini. He is also the author of Interior, a brief novel published by Milena Caserola. A member of the academic board of the Argentine Association of Cinema Studies, he writes for and is an editorial board member of the cultural journals Tierra en Trance, En ciernes Epistolarias, and Carapachay.
Pablo Vitale, PhD candidate
Pablo has a degree in political science from Universidad de Buenos Aires, where he also is a lecturer and a PhD candidate in social sciences. His research interests focus on public policies and local organizations in disinvested neighborhoods, or villas. He is a member of the urban studies area of the Gino Germani Research Institute and carries out projects that link habitats with photography. Since 1999, he has coordinated informal education workshops on photography and cartography for youth in Villa 31 in Buenos Aires and other disadvantaged areas of the city. He is also photographer and member of the Photographic Studies Area at from Universidad de Buenos Aires. His work has been shown in individual and collective exhibitions.
Manuel Fernández, Photographer
Manuel is an Argentine artist and photographer. He has participated in workshops and seminars with Gabriel Valansi, Juan Travnik, Eduardo Gil, Rosana Schoijett, Fabiana Barreda, and Diana Aisenberg. He was selected for the 2017 edition of the ABC scholarship. He has exhibited in collective and individual exhibitions, including: "Pasado mañana" (Casa Florida Gallery, 2013), "Estructuras" (MARQ, 2013), "The Wrong – Digital Art Biennial" (Espacio Plá, 2015), and "Ya casi es mañana" (Quimera, 2016 / Museo Palacio Dionisi, 2017). He was selected for the first edition of the residence "Nido Errante" (2014). He received distinctions in the contests of the Fundación Klemm, Arte x Arte, Banco Nación, Expotrastiendas, Metrovias, and Fundación Lebensohn, and in 2014 he received first place in the National Photography Prize.
Estrella Herrera, Photographer
Estrella holds a degree in arts from Universidad de Buenos Aires and studied photography and arts with a scholarship at the Universidad Federal de Minas Gerais-Brazil. As a photographer, she works for different media from Argentina and abroad. She is a founding member of the department of Optical Games at Centro Cultural Kirchner, dedicated to techniques and devices related to the origins of photography and the moving image. She is an independent lecturer in different schools and institutes. In 2016 she won the Verzasca Foto Award.
The homestay is an integral part of the SIT experience. During your homestay, you'll become a member of a local family, sharing meals with them, joining them for special occasions, talking with them in their language, and experiencing the host country through their eyes. Homestay placements are arranged by a local coordinator who carefully screens and approves each family. Students frequently cite the homestay as the highlight of their program. Read more about SIT homestays.
Living with a host family in Buenos Aires for most of this program you will improve your language skills and better understand urban Argentine life. Buenos Aires offers an outstanding array of cultural assets and offerings to enjoy with your family. Typically, host families come from middle-class backgrounds and work in many different fields. They live in apartments or small houses in the Recoleta, Palermo, Caballito, Villa Crespo, Boedo, Nuñez, and Belgrano neighborhoods, which are all relatively close to Instituto de Desarrollo Económico y Social, where many classes are held. All host families share a strong interest in having a valuable educational exchange experience with their SIT student.
You will have the opportunity to engage not only in your host family's daily routines — which could include shopping, family dinners, and visits with neighbors — but also in cultural activities. Many students join their host family in visiting museums, going to concerts, spending time at neighborhood street markets, attending sports events such as soccer matches, taking weekend trips, or enjoying family celebrations, including birthday parties and national holidays.
Other accommodations during the program include hostels and/or small hotels.
The art of the city goes well beyond the concept of self-expression and creativity, but rather it is a strategy to initiate a conversation.
The art of the city goes well beyond the concept of self-expression and creativity, but rather it is a strategy to initiate a conversation. It brings a much larger purpose to the work, as art is a language that has endured through time and history within every culture and society in some form or another. I experienced a firsthand exposure to a form of art that is actively integrated into social problems and is used to overcome these challenges.
Cost and Scholarships
Cost and Scholarships
SIT Study Abroad is committed to making international education accessible to all students. Scholarship awards generally range from $500 to $5,000 for semester programs and $500 to $3,000 for summer programs. This year, SIT will award more than $1.5 million in scholarships and grants to SIT Study Abroad students.
SIT Pell Grant Match Award. SIT Study Abroad provides matching grants to students receiving Federal Pell Grant funding for the term during which they are studying with SIT. This award can be applied to any SIT program. Qualified students must complete the scholarship portion of their application. View all SIT Study Abroad scholarships.
Tuition: $7,214
The tuition fee covers the following program components:
- Art, memory, and social transformation
- Spanish language
- All educational excursions
- Health insurance throughout the entire program period
Room & Board: $2,137
The room and board fee covers the following program components:
- All accommodations during the entire program period. This includes orientation, time in the program base (Buenos Aires), all excursions, and during the evaluation period
- All meals for the entire program period. Meals are covered by SIT Study Abroad, directly or through a stipend
Estimated Additional Costs:
Airfare to Program Site
Airline pricing can vary greatly due to the volatility of airline industry pricing, flight availability, and specific flexibility/restrictions on the type of ticket purchased. Students may choose to take advantage of frequent flyer or other airline awards available to them, which could significantly lower their travel costs.
Immunizations: Varies
International Phone: Each student must bring a smart phone that is able to accept a local SIM card with them to their program, or they must purchase a smart phone locally.
Discretionary Expenses
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I was talking to a client recently who had the misfortune to have all their laptops stolen from their offices – twice!! Still, I suppose they were insured and at least their data was backed up, wasn't it? Well actually, no…..the data wasn't backed up and they suffered a good deal of disruption in trying to pick up the pieces.
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Big Rapids, Mich. – The Ferris State University men's ice hockey team scored three-straight goals, but fell just short in completing the comeback in a 4-3 loss to the nationally 18th-ranked Western Michigan Broncos on Friday (Oct. 12) evening in the regular-season opener inside the Ewigleben Ice Arena.
Sophomore forward Coale Norris scored twice for the Bulldogs while senior forward Corey Mackin picked up a pair of assists in the contest.
The Broncos charged ahead to a 4-0 lead, scoring at 1:49 of the first when Dawson DiPietro netted his first lamplighter of the year, giving WMU a 1-0 lead. Then, at 5:55, Jade McMullen tallied, followed by Hugh McGing at 10:03. The Broncos finished their goal scoring at 11:23 of the opening frame when Cam Lee scored for WMU.
Ferris State got on the board with 15 seconds to play in the opening period to cut the Bronco lead to 4-1 when Norris found a great pass from Mackin on the doorstep and lifted one past WMU netminder Austin Cain. Junior forward Oskar Andren also added an assist on the goal.
Later on, at 5:04 of the third, the Bulldogs cut the Bronco lead to two goals when sophomore forward Frankie Melton picked up his first collegiate goal. Senior forward Trevor Recktenwald and junior defenseman Zach Yoder each picked up their first assists of the season on Melton's goal.
Ferris State managed to get within one when Norris cashed in for his second of the night at 12:56 when he crashed the net and directed it into the top right corner past Cain. Andren and Mackin each grabbed their second assists of the game and season on the goal.
Despite a late flurry, the Bulldogs couldn't crack the Western Michigan defense a fourth time as the clock drained out.
The Broncos led in shots 41-23, though the margin only favored the Broncos 22-18 in the final 40 minutes of play.
In goal, Ferris State junior goaltender Justin Kapelmaster took the loss despite making 37 saves in the contest.
Ferris State heads to Kalamazoo to take on the Broncos in the series finale on Saturday (Oct. 13) evening with puck drop set for 7 p.m. (ET) at Lawson Ice Arena in Kalamazoo as the two teams finish the home and home non-conference series.


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IPA: the alphabet, not the ale
- For hipsters, the abbreviation IPA means India Pale Ale, a trendy beer flavour that oozes hops.
- For linguists, the abbreviation IPA means International Phonetic Alphabet, a system of phonetic notation based on the Latin alphabet.
Back in June 2015, Halle Neyens explained how it works in a Language Base Camp post titled "Linguistics for Language Learners: What is the IPA?", and the post was accompanied by an excellent infographic showing where the sounds English speakers use are produced in the mouth and throat.
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A team of researchers with members from the U.S., Germany and Ukraine is claiming in a paper they've had published in the journal Planetary and Space Science, that they have found evidence to prove the Tunguska event was caused by a meteor that exploded in the atmosphere above the Russian plain.
The Tunguska event was, of course, an explosion that occurred in a remote part of Siberia in 1908. Most scientists agree that it was caused by either a meteor or comet strike, and as such, was the largest to ever strike our planet in recorded history. The blast flattened thousands of acres of forestland and led to numerous research efforts to determine its cause. Due to the immense power of the blast however, no physical evidence of the source of the blast has ever been found. Now, however, the researchers in this new effort claim they have found proof that some rocks found by a Ukrainian scientist back in 1978 are remnants of the meteor that caused the massive explosion.
The rock samples were found in a bog by Mykola Kovalyukh near the epicenter of the explosion—he claimed at the time that his samples offered proof that the explosion was caused by a meteor. Critics dismissed his claims however, because the rock samples contained too little iridium.
Picking up where Kovalyukh left off, the new team working in the Ukraine used more modern tools to reexamine the stone samples. They claim that transmission electron microscopy has revealed finely veined iron-based minerals that include schreibersite, troilite and taenite, an iron–nickel alloy. They say the patterns and amounts of the materials in the rock samples are very similar to other known meteorite samples and thus, it is a near certainty that the samples found in the bog came from a meteor as well.
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Who Owns Our Water?/
By FRANK CARINI/ecoRI News staff
The answer to the above question is a complicated one. In fact, the question of water ownership has been debated since at least ancient Rome, and today, some 2,000 years later, government, big business and Earth's 6.9 billion and growing inhabitants are no closer to a consensus on who owns the tiny percentage of drinkable water on the planet.
Private ownership of water utilities has been growing worldwide for more than a decade. The number of people served by private water companies grew from 51 million in 1990 to nearly 300 million in 2002, according to the Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management.
But even as we continue to debate water rights, one aspect of the issue is crystal clear: a third of the world — about 900 million people — doesn't have adequate access to clean water.
Less than 1 percent of the water on the planet is drinkable untreated, and consumption of this resource varies across the globe. In the United States, each person, on average, uses about 150 gallons of water daily. In Britain, that per-person average falls to 30 gallons a day. In the world's poorer countries, such as Kenya, millions of people subsist on less than 5 gallons a day.
Last July, the United Nations declared "safe and clean drinking water and sanitation a human right essential to the full enjoyment of life." According to the U.N., a person needs 13 gallons of water a day for drinking, bathing and cooking.
But even as America wastes billions of gallons of potable water annually on such practices as watering lawns — a third of U.S. water use is devoted to landscape management, according to Sheila Dormody, director of Clean Water Action Rhode Island — and hosing down sidewalks, there are those looking to cash in on a natural resource many consider a public right.
"The tension between public ownership and privatization of our water resources is enormous," said Cheryl King Fisher, executive director of the Vermont-based New England Grassroots Environmental Fund. "Water is the gold of the current century."
And to many concerned users, there are bandits trying to steal a public resource that is essential to life.
Cashing in a resource
With 85 percent of the people in the United States served by public water companies, multinational corporations see an opportunity to take control of this resource from cash-strapped municipalities in difficult financial times.
These arrangements inevitably raise questions about the quality of services private companies can provide while paying off debt and showing a profit to shareholders. They also, in effect, turn multinational corporations into local private water utility monopolies, since there is little or no other competition.
Opponents of water privatization also have problems with companies profiting from water, which they argue is a public resource. Is the air we breathe the next essential resource for sale, they wonder?
Privatization of water services, however, has been attempted from coast to coast. In fact, nearly 73 million people are now served by a private company or a municipality involved in a public-private partnership, according to the trade group the National Association of Water Companies.
This shift in water ownership often is meet with resistance. Residents in Lawrence, Mass., successfully organized to keep United Water from taking control of the city's water services.
Such opposition, however, isn't always met with success.
When the water company in Lexington, Ky., was for sale, its owner — RWE/American Water, the third-largest water corporation in the world — refused to sell it to one potential buyer, the users.
Lexington water utilities were sold to RWE in January 2002. Dissatisfied with company performance and private ownership, Bluegrass FLOW (Bluegrass For Local Ownership of Water) began organizing to regain local control. The group and its supporters organized phone banks, neighborhood walks and rallies to build support for local ownership.
In 2003, Bluegrass FLOW persuaded the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council to begin the process of bringing the water system under public control. However, soon after the proceedings began, RWE/American Water helped elect new council members sympathetic to the company, who stymied the move toward local ownership.
Two years later, volunteers collected more than 26,000 signatures to get the issue on the ballot. RWE/American Water sued in an attempt to stop residents from voting on control of their water.
RWE/American Water dropped the case in early 2006, allowing the issue to go before voters in November, when it would be one of many other issues on the ballot. Spending nearly $3 million into stopping the movement for local control and sending the CEO of American Water to knock on doors asking for votes, the well-financed water company helped defeat the ballot question.
Kentucky American Water, a subsidiary of American Water, now serves nearly 500,000 people in 12 communities, according to its website.
Since early last year, the city of Sacramento, Calif. has allowed the Swiss company Nestlé to bottle and sell "excess" tap water. The proposal drew opposition at a time when residents were being asked to conserve water, but city officials said the Nestlé water-bottling plant would provide $14 million in financial benefits to the city, including goods the company would buy locally and 40 full-time jobs.
According to the advocacy group Save Our Sacramento Water, Nestlé is paying $1 per 750 gallons of water. Nestlé, the global leader in bottled water sales, sells its product in North America under such regional brands as Ice Mountain, Deer Park, Poland Spring, Arrowhead, Ozarka, Zephyrhills and Calistoga for about $1.50 for a 16.9-ounce bottle.
In fact, the biggest concern of opponents of water commodification is the growing proportion of bottled water sold in stores that comes from municipal taps or is taken from springs that feed private wells and surface waters. As much as 40 percent of bottled water is drawn from municipal sources, according to the 2009 documentary "Tapped."
The Great Lakes hold 20 percent of the fresh water in the world, but today the lakes region faces risk from the amount of water pumped out by bottled-water companies and other corporate users.
Public vs. Private
When private interests do take over water services, the results are mixed, as such arrangements have brought spotty service and significant rate increases. These arrangements also aren't above backroom shenanigans.
The Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit water advocacy group Food & Water Watch has looked at average water rates charged by utilities in California, Illinois, Wisconsin and New York and it found that private utilities charged consumers "significantly higher water rates" than public ones did — as much as 50 percent more.
Massachusetts-American, an American Water Works subsidiary, more than doubled water rates in the Massachusetts towns of Hingham and Hull during a five-year period, claiming the increase was needed to build a new water treatment facility. However, the Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit Public Citizen claims the company inflated the costs of the new facility to increase profits.
In 1993, American Water Works bought Ohio Suburban Water, a small outfit that provided water for 40,000 customers in Huber Heights, Ohio. The city opposed the sale, concerned that the company would raise rates and extend service to areas beyond the city limits. The city's fears soon materialized — the company increased its rates by 30 percent and the company contracted with Industrial Water to deliver up to 2 million gallons of Huber Heights' water daily to the Wiley Industrial Park, outside the city.
In 1999, Atlanta signed a 20-year $20.8 million deal with United Water. At the time, it was the nation's largest public-private partnership contract. But Mayor Shirley Franklin, who took office after the deal was signed, canceled the contract in January 2003, citing a city audit of United Water operations that showed the company had not kept up with maintenance and repair work.
According to a letter from the Georgia Department of Transportation, United Water failed to repair a recurring leak that had been a problem for at least two years and didn't make the repairs until the state threatened to hire a contractor to fix the problem and to charge United Water for the work.
In Stockton, Calif., residents collected enough signatures to require a vote on contracting out the city's water services, but politics got in the way. The mayor got the City Council to do an end-run around its concerned residents and vote for privatization before a ballot vote could be taken. The petitioners responded by circulating new petitions requiring a vote. The company looking to take control of Stockton's water, OMI-Thames Water, donated $75,000 in one week's time to defeat the petition.
In February 2003, the City Council approved a 20-year $600 million contract with OMI-Thames Water for the operation and maintenance of the city's water, wastewater and stormwater utilities. OMI-Thames began operating Stockton's water utilities six months later.
The city's water services are now controlled by California Water Service Co. (Cal Water), which is the largest investor-owned American water utility west of the Mississippi River and the third largest in the country, according to its website. Cal Water is the largest subsidiary of the California Water Service Group, which also includes Washington Water Service Co., New Mexico Water Service Co., Hawaii Water Service Co. and CWS Utility Services. This conglomerate provides regulated and non-regulated utility services to about 2 million people in 100 communities.
One of the main arguments for privatization of water systems is that it will save municipalities money. For example, the aforementioned mayor of Stockton claimed that the deal with OMI-Thames Water would save the city as much as $97 million compared to continued public utility operation.
However, a study by the Pacific Institute found that Stockton stands to lose $1.7 million over the life of the deal.
In fact, the National Research Council has stated, "except for short-term cash flow purposes, or the rare circumstances of low public credit, municipal debt will remain the most practical and least expensive form of financing" for water and wastewater services.
In some states, however, the question of water ownership starts before a raindrop even hits the ground. Laws restricting property owners from collecting water that falls on their property have been on the books for a while in many western states, despite studies that have found that letting people collect rainwater on their property actually reduces demand on water facilities and improves conservation.
Until last May, it was illegal in Utah to divert rainwater without a valid water right. Storage is now limited to one underground 2,500-gallon container or two aboveground 100-gallon containers. Collection and use are limited to the same parcel of land owned or leased by the rainwater collector.
Colorado and Washington have rainwater and snowmelt collection restrictions that limit the free use of water that has fallen from the heavens. These restrictions vary among different areas of each state.
In Washington, reclamation of rainwater is illegal because it is considered a natural resource that is owned by the state and falls under the jurisdiction of the State Department of Ecology.
"This debate goes back a long time, but the time is now to have needed conversations about water ownership and management," Fisher said.


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It was a typical timeout during the All-Star Game in Las Vegas, music pumping in the Thomas it's been one of the more talked-about stories of the season.
The tale, which would have been legend if he had accomplished it, goes like this:
Along with Luke Ridnour, Arenas was part of the USA Basketball team that tried out in Las Vegas last summer for the chance to compete in the world championships in Japan.
Like Ridnour, Arenas was cut, so he vowed this season to score 50 points against both Phoenix and Portland because Suns coach Mike D'Antoni and Blazers coach Nate McMillan were assistants on that staff. (Duke coach Mike Kryzewski was the head coach.)
Lo and behold, Arenas actually fulfilled his promise, going for 54 in Phoenix three days before Christmas.
It was inevitable then that Arenas would complete his double dip when the Wizards hosted the Blazers on Feb. 11. Only, Arenas came up 41 points shy that night.
"I said I'd score 50," Arenas said afterward. "I didn't say when I'd score 50."
Though he didn't make 50 points on Tuesday night, his last chance this season against the Blazers, Arenas did have 10 assists to go with 19 points. And it's not his fault Portland didn't make the post season, denying a possible, if improbable, Finals matchup.
Known as Agent Zero because of his icy demeanor, particularly at the end of games, Arenas has become one of the most complete players in the league.
Besides his offensive production, he averages 5.9 assists, 4.8 rebounds and 1.9 steals. Though he is not quite yet at the MVP level of Phoenix's Steve Nash and Dallas' Dirk Nowitzi, the fact that he has the historically moribund Wizards (36-28) in first place in the Atlantic Division puts him one tier below.
But his off-court antics, which Wizards coach Eddie Jordan calls "Gilbertology," are just as tantalizing. Earlier this season, he and teammate DeShawn Stevenson placed a substantial wager on their shooting abilities, Arenas betting he could make more one-handed college 3-pointers than Stevenson could make two-handed NBA 3s.
They both shot 100, with Arenas shooting first. He made 72. Stevenson then went, and as he shot Arenas undertook a cavalcade of distraction-inducing behaviors, including break-dancing. The whole thing was caught by a camera and has become one of YouTube.com's most popular videos.
"He's a flamboyant personality and he backs it up with his play," Hill said.
Now that he is one of the league's best players, his stories are endearing. He came out during introductions of the season opener in a blue robe with a hood, supposedly looking like a wizard. He once said he wants to convert his house to high-altitude conditions so he can stay in better shape.
On his blog three weeks ago, he announced that his girlfriend was expecting to give birth to a baby boy.
"They can't call him Gilbert," he wrote, "because then they're gonna call him, 'Who's eating Gilbert's Grape.' "


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