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Mickey Rourke talks about his Iron Man 2 process and there's another rumor about Olivia Munn's role. Also, find out more about the destiny of the Daleks. Plus Lost, Sorcerer's Apprentice, Twilight, Fringe, True Blood, Stargate, Smallville and Chuck spoilers.
Iron Man 2:
Mickey Rourke went really, really method to play Russian villain Ivan Vanko, even spending four days visiting a Russian prison and studying the tattoos the prisoners had, so he could get a sense of what it would be like to be a prisoner in Russia for 20 years. And he talks about his character and how he shaped his portrayal:
In the story, the iron man suit (Arc Reactor) was invented by my father over in Russia and was stolen by Tony Stark's father and then my father spent his whole life feeling cheated and then died when he got out of prison. And so what I'm doing is avenging my father's death because of what was stolen from him..
I spoke to Favreau and I told him, after I read the material, that I had some adjustments that I wanted to make and some character choices and he brought in Justin Theroux, the writer. And I said 'well, I'd like to be able to speak Russian in the movie, I'd like to be able to use a Russian accent when I had to speak English and I also wanted to have a pet.' I was also adamant about not making him your typical, you know, lumbering kind of one dimensional Russian villain character. I said 'there is no reason why this guy can't be sympathetic at times…' I also wanted him to have a sense of humour. Yeah, sure he is going to be violent and unpredictable and all those other stereotypical things that you are going to have with a Russian bad guy, but it was important for me to bring some likability to the character.
[Inquirer via Comic Book Movie]
An anonymous source claims that Olivia Munn plays Janet Van Dyne, who has a small role in this film and becomes the Wasp in The Avengers. As usual, the caveats about anonymous sources apply. [Forces of Geek via Slashfilm]
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse:
So we reported yesterday that this movie is having reshoots and director David Slade may be booted off. But a studio spokesperson tells Hitfix that these aren't really reshoots — just pick-up shots, which the filmmakers just need to insert in existing scenes because of lighting issues or whatnot. And Slade himself will fly back from overseeing the film's score in London to supervise these pick-up shots. So, you know, don't panic. [Hitfix]
The Sorcerer's Apprentice:
Here's the first teaser poster for this Nic Cage wizard-out movie. [ScreenCrave]
Doctor Who:
There's a review of episode three, "Victory Of The Daleks." The episode is basically split into two halves — the first 12-15 minutes are really exciting and play up the "Blitz spirit" and Winston Churchill's cabinet war rooms. We meet Churchill before the opening credits, and there's a quick twist to capture your attention. Churchill talks in speeches and patriotic slogans, but Edwin Bracewell, the Daleks' "inventor" is a more fleshed-out character. There's a great space dogfight (as seen in the trailers.) The Daleks have been redesigned again, and instead of names, are called things like Drone, Scientist, Supreme, Strategist and Eternal. This story reintroduces the Daleks in a way that leaves the door open for them to return. And the fact that Amy has never heard of the Daleks. [Total Scifi Online]
Here's the synopsis for episode five, "Flesh And Stone":
There's no way back, no way up and no way out. Trapped among an army of Weeping Angels, the Doctor and his friends must try to escape through the wreckage of a crashed space liner, in the fifth epsiode of Doctor Who, written by Steven Moffat. Meanwhile, in the forest vault, the Doctor's companion, Amy Pond, finds herself facing an even more deadly attack.
Here's a complete batch of promo pics for the musical episode, "Brown Betty". [BSC Review]
The alt-universe is different from ours in ways that are delightful and disturbing — and there will be some startling reveals in the finale, which will be more personal in nature than the Twin Towers in last year's season finale. [EW]
True Blood:
There's another new poster for season three! [ShockTillYouDrop]
Clark still has some hard lessons to learn, but the end of the season will see him getting redeemed and stepping up into a leadership position, says producer Brian Peterson:
This season has been about Clark exploring an identity as Clark Kent and a very separate identity as this cold, saving Kryptonian. That will propel us into the next season, where he has evolved out of that. He's been in his Kryptonian cocoon, and he will evolve out of that into the hero we all recognize. For everybody who goes out to be a hero for good, you have to struggle with the darkness before you really can come out the other side of it.
[TV Guide]
Peterson also gives some ultra-vague spoilers for the finale:
Everybody has come to expect some huge, gigantic, massive superfight because we do that a lot in our finales, or we once did, and this year will still meet everybody's expectations. We have some amazingly iconic moments-moments catch close to all of that much bigger mythos that has become Superman-probably more than any other episode in the series. But it also is much more about Clark's character and his growth, and some character reveals than just all-out fighting. It's a really great way to go out of the season on some amazing character cliff-hangers.
Here's what happens in episode 9x21, "Hostage":
Clark's mother (Annette O'Toole) returns to Smallville with her new boyfriend, Perry White; Chloe and Clark search for information that may help them stop Zod and his army.
Chuck is keeping a secret from Sarah — one which could cost Chuck his mind. And someone from Chuck's past may be coming back to hurt him. [EW]
Dean's impending face-off with Death is one of the show's greatest moments ever, says Sera Gamble. And Meg won't be back. [EW]
Stargate Universe:
There are a couple of new images over at CinemaBlend. [CinemaBlend]
No matter what, Mohinder won't be back, says Sendhil Ramamurthy. [BBC]
Here's another sneak peek from Tuesday night's episode:
Here are a buttload of behind-the-scenes pics from the finale. [SpoilersLost]
Dylan Minnette, who plays Jack's son David, Tweeted about wrapping up filming for the finale. [SpoilersLost]
Jorge Garcia says we will see Ilana again, but we won't be learning much more about her mysterious past with Jacob. [E! Online]
A few more finale set pics. [SpoilersLost]
Additional reporting by Mary Ratliff.


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It's been quite a summer for the managed limited partnership provider SteelPath. The firm announced in July it would be acquired by mutual fund behemoth OppenheimerFunds, something Brian Watson, the firm's director of research and portfolio manager calls "validation," not only for SteelPath, but for the MLP space as a whole.
Once thought of as an area for qualified, sophisticated investors who knew the underlying investments well, it's headed downstream to the investing masses, like so many other alternative investment asset classes recently.
"It was time for this sector to have product offerings that were attuned to the fact that it's no longer a teeny, tiny niche," Watson (left) says. "It's beginning to become more of a mainstream asset class."
Watson sat down with AdvisorOne to discuss the Oppenheimer deal and its larger implications for the industry as a whole.
Where are we with the development and adoption of alternative investments, especially in light of 2008 and the correlation the markets experienced?
Watson: Investors are willing to look at an asset class that they hadn't previously looked at. Master limited partnerships still get blank stares from a lot of investors, but the fact that the asset class has gotten a bit more attention is indicative that they're willing to look beyond traditional equity. We benefit relative to other alternatives because they really get more exotic mean. Once you explain the basics of what we offer, it really doesn't require much more education. Also, the OppenheimerFunds announcement we made recently suggests that investors are looking for something different.
MLPs were known for their exclusivity and being very illiquid. Is that loosening up? Are you starting to see a perception change among those investors that know MLPs?
Watson: What's really changed about the MLP marketplace is it's gotten to a market cap and flow that is needed in order for institutions to get interested. If you go back just a few years, market cap and flow was half of where we are today. In the mid-1990s, they began to really develop into its own asset class. It was once a niche; now institutions can really look at them.
What kind of research process do you have? Are you on site?
Watson: We try to get out to onsite tours—talk to the guys building the pipelines, running the processing plants. We talk to the folks downstream and upstream from them. We try to keep our ear to the ground and talk to the CEOs and CFOs.
Certainly management is an important part of the equation. But the assets are really key. One thing we like to point out is that if you have an MLP that is structured in such a way that's taking on commodity price exposure, it doesn't matter how great of a manager you are. If commodity prices fall, your business will fall as well. So we really look at how the business is constructed, first and foremost, and make sure the kind of situation I just described isn't present. And if it is, we're going to avoid the name.
Tell me about the Oppenheimer deal. What does it mean to you?
Watson: It's exciting. We've been really impressed with what we're seeing and I think it's going to work out great. For me it means I can wear fewer hats going forward.
Are you worried about autonomy in how you run the firm now that you have a parent company?
Watson: We feel really comfortable with that. They have a culture of letting their teams do what they do best. We don't fear somebody coming in and creating a lag on our ability to react to the market. It's not how their process works.

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One hundred firms make up AdvisorOne's 2012 Top Wealth Managers, as measured by assets under management per client, with data as of 12/31/11.
Here we present a profile of the crème de la crème of the Top Wealth Managers—those 10 firms thattopped the list in in our 2012 survey.
View the list of all 280 firms in our 2012 Top Wealth Managers survey.
Silvercrest Asset Management Group, based in New York, was founded in 2002 by a group of portfolio managers formerly from DLJ Asset Management, which had been acquired by Credit Suisse. The firm is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. According to Richard Hough, president, Silvercrest was founded "to create an independent employee-owned firm free of the conflicts of interest that existed at financial conglomerates" and to serve ultra-high-net-worth clients with the "personalized and customized service like old private banks"—and with very good investment performance.
The firm is 76% owned by employees and 24% by Vulcan Capital, an investment vehicle for Paul Allen, cofounder of Microsoft. Made up currently of 33 principals and a total of 85 staff members over all, some who joined the firm through the acquisition of four other firms but most thanks to organic growth, Silvercrest has grown by more than $1 billion a year since its inception.
Crisis Made Firm "Stronger"
While the financial crisis may have begun in 2008, Hough says, it didn't begin to hit many companies' financial situations until 2009. However, Silvercrest "remained profitable," although profits were lower because of the toll the crisis took on the firm's assets under management and, by extension, the fees Silvercrist charged. And despite the crisis, clients stayed. "We have an average annual client retention rate of 98% over the past five years," says Hough, and adds that now, organic growth is "as strong as ever, if not stronger."
During the crisis, Hough (left) says, the firm did not change its approach to client funds. "In fact, we stuck to our view of the role of asset allocation in client portfolios and maintained a long-term view," he says, explaining that in the spring of 2009, with equities substantially lower in value, "we were attempting to allocate more client money into equities because we thought they were discounted at that point."
What the firm did do to cope with the crisis, Hough says, was to "create as much efficiency as possible in our operations and technology." Still, he adds that the "key was very carefully managing our cash flow."
It may have been key, but neither it nor the changes to operations and technology were major adjustments, Hough says. "These were tweaks. The business was operating very well going into the crisis and came out stronger on the other side." As the company grew out of the crisis, he adds, its profit margin grew too.
Distinguishing Characteristics
Although Hough says Silvercrest provides family office services and asset management advice its UHNW clients, he also stresses that "we are not controlled by or run for a particular family. This is truly an employee-run business."
Asked to compare the firm with private banks, trust companies and wirehouses, Hough says, "They're all very different. Private banks and trust companies typically don't have a legacy of strong investment performance, trust companies in particular, whereas Silvercrest has very high-quality—institutional-quality— equity management from a dedicated team of analysts which has performed admirably over the years."
While he adds that many trust companies and private banks of old sought to provide the kind of "bespoke customer service" that Silvercrest does, "with continued consolidation in the industry, much of that has gone by the boards in large institutions." Clients are no longer served the way they used to be, and conflicts of interest in wirehouses are numerous. In addition, says Hough, wirehouses "do not necessarily have a fiduciary duty on behalf of their clients and often are providing proprietary products."
Silvercrest, unlike many of its peers in the top 10, does provide proprietary products, but they are limited, says Hough, to those "which we think we can do on a basis of excellence, and we complement it with what we consider highly compatible outsourced capabilities." Hough explains further that clients pay only fees; no "commissions, brokerage fees, sales incentives … and we receive a similar fee whether they use proprietary internal management or an outside manager."
People and Long-term Plans and Concerns
Hough says that one of his major concerns is finding and retaining good people. The company is "slow to hire" because it takes its time to make sure a prospective employee is a good fit, and although it does advertise to find new people, "the most effective way" it finds employees is "through word of mouth and introduction through trusted sources."
While it's not always easy to provide career paths in a small company, says Hough, the company does recognize employees who are valuable to the business with bonuses.
In addition, he adds, Silvercrest is likely to add more principals, since he argues that it's very important that employees "with a long-term future at the firm and who we think are significant contributors to the business have a stake in the business, and are aligned by owning a portion of it." With regard to long-term running of the firm, Silvercrest's operating agreement has a process to determine a succession plan.
Another concern Hough has is about regulation of the industry. "The regulatory environment is increasingly burdensome and uncertain," he says. "It must place a significant burden on small businesses."
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One is what appears to be a full sized replica-version of a Confederate battle flag, and the other is a smaller sticker labeled as being produced in 1999 by Eagle Emblems Inc., which sells a variety of military-style, "emblematic" products.
The shop is located along Highway 9, and in addition to the Confederate flags, two American flags also hang, and visible are stickers with statements supporting the American troops, and a sticker denoting membership in the San Lorenzo Valley Chamber of Commerce.
The main shop window is full of what look to be 1970s and 1980s era pop culture curios.
It's uncertain what the "local" reaction will be to the Confederate flags, or if there has been any attempts by the public to communicate with the owner about them. The Witch's Cottage is located in a small and somewhat isolated shopping strip along a state highway that sees very little foot or bicycle traffic.
For comparison, in 2009 a Nazi flag was displayed from an apartment window above Pacific Avenue in a busy location of downtown Santa Cruz, and the resulting protests received coverage by a variety of commercial media outlets. Rapidly, community members who were offended and wanted the flag to be removed began a letter writing campaign aimed at the apartment's owner and management, who then created a rule banning the public display of hate symbols by tenants. The flag was removed shortly after that.
The small towns located along Highway 9 in the San Lorenzo Valley have, like most areas in Santa Cruz County, experienced a regular pattern of racially motivated crime and other incidents over the years.
In 2005, several reported incidents of violence against people of color motivated the community of Boulder Creek to combat it in a variety of ways, including holding a candlelight vigil to make a public statement against racism.
In 2008, the San Lorenzo Valley based organization "For the People" operated in violence intervention and youth development, working with "gang-affiliated" youth. It was mentioned specifically on their website that included those in "white power" gangs.
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) describes the Confederate flag as a, "state sponsored symbol of white supremacy," and many of that organization's actions include working for the removal of the Confederate flag from governmental and public displays across the country.
The Confederate flags that hang at The Witch's Cottage are of the battle flag variety, and when the Texas NAACP was working to have the Confederate flag removed from license plates in that state, they stated in a press release that, "any objective person should understand that the Confederate Battle Flag represents repression and is a badge of slavery. Besides that, we all know that the Confederacy had an official flag and the Battle Flag was not one that was adopted by the Confederacy nor did it ever fly over Texas. It was adopted by hate groups as a means of expressing anti-Black sentiments and the rest is history. If there was a desire simply to honor one's ancestors it for certain would not be by using this particular flag."
The Texas NAACP didn't mince words with their arguments, and the organization went on to state that the display of the Confederate flag would lead to the "psychological harm" of African Americans, and that it is a symbol of "discrimination, disrespect and hatred."
The national branch of the NAACP has also worked to have the Confederate flag removed from "private" enterprises, most notably when expressing disappointment with to the band Lynard Skynard when that group recently decided to reverse a decision to remove the Confederate flag from their concerts.


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Liz Hogan once quit swimming because it had consumed her life. A former prodigy from Northern California who first competed for a spot on the 1972 U.S. Olympic team at 15, Hogan retired before she turned 20. She had just finished her freshman year at UCLA after narrowly missing a spot on the 1976 Olympic team as well.
The sudden death of her older brother Ted from a previously undetected heart condition known as cardiomyopathy and her own bout with diverticulitis contributed to Hogan's losing her zeal for a sport she had competed in since age 6. But the years of spending hours underwater also had taken their toll emotionally and physically.
"I just wanted to do something different," she said recently. "It had been my whole life."
It took more than 30 years and rehabilitation from injuries she suffered in a near-fatal car accident in 2004 in Florida to bring Hogan, a physical scientist for the Navy, back to swimming. Briefly ranked first in the United States and second in the world in two events as a teenager, Hogan is again considered among the most dominant swimmers in her age group.
Now 56, Hogan is among a half-dozen members of the Anne Arundel Amphibians and more than 100 Marylanders competing in Cleveland this week in the National Senior Games. She won 12 gold medals in 18events in her first three National Senior Games and has set five records in the biennial competition since turning 50 — the minimum age for competition. She added to her medal haul by winning the 100-meter butterfly Saturday and finished fourth in the 200 individual medley.
"I'm just so happy that I can do it," Hogan said. "I love it right now because I'm doing exactly what I need in my life. I need a specific goal, but I don't get upset not going as fast as I used to. The fact that I'm faster at [nearly] 57 than I was at 49 is awesome to me. My goal is to see how good I can get."
Coming back
Hogan — whose injuries in the Florida crash included breaking her hip, pelvis, femur and both wrists and dislocating her left ankle — credits the Annapolis swim club and its longtime coach, Rand Vaillancourt, for helping her renew her love for the sport. Hogan didn't tell Vaillancourt about her previous swimming career when she first showed up several months after the accident.
"I came in on a cane that time — he was a little bit worried," Hogan said, recalling their initial meeting. "What's great about his team is he'll take all levels of swimmers as long as you can swim two lengths [of the pool], and then he'll work with you to make you a better swimmer. I got in the water and he said, 'You know how to swim, don't you?'"
Hogan said she waited a few weeks to tell him about her experience because of the mixed feelings she still had about swimming.
"I just wanted to work myself into it and see if I wanted to do it again," she said. "Once I got in with a team again — and a team with all different types of athletes who support one another and work hard together — it was great.
"I love helping people with their strokes. I love the teaching part. And I love being pushed — that's what I needed. I couldn't do it just for myself. I needed to do it for a team. It really brought the drive back."
Vaillancourt, who has coached at the Arundel Olympic Swim Center for 17 years, quickly moved Hogan to what she called "the fast lane."
"She was pretty special from the beginning," Vaillancourt said. "She's a great motivator. She takes the time to help others, which I encourage. She has a unique point of view because she's been to the top of the mountain."
Keith Lucas, Hogan's husband, said she hid her swimming history from him initially, too. They met playing volleyball more than 25 years ago when they were both working in Delaware.
"She has a couple of cases of medals that I never saw because she had them in the attic of her house," Lucas said. "She has things like the pewter vase she got in Moscow for winning her events there. I knew she was a good swimmer. But I never saw her swim until after the accident. I tried to encourage her a few times, but she really had no interest before [the accident]."
Lucas, who works as an engineer for the Navy, said swimming helped speed his wife's rehabilitation and allowed her to return to an active life professionally and personally.
"I think it focused her on recovery," Lucas said. "She enjoyed the rehab because she got to work with other people and help them, too. When I put her in the pool, she knew she had to do it competitively. She couldn't just wallow in the water. From years of training, she understands what she needs to do to get better. And she helps the others because they see her work so hard."
Older sister Sue de Boer said that when Hogan called from her first National Senior Games, she was more excited than she had been in years.
"She said, 'I had so much fun, I met so-and-so,' and I asked, 'How'd you do?' and she said, 'I felt good, I had so much fun,'" de Boer said. "I had to go online to see that she had taken the gold and broken the record. I called her back and said, 'You won!' and she said, 'I had so much fun, I met so many people.' I said, 'But you won!' and she said, 'It's not about that.' That's the part that's very different."
A close call
Lucas thought he had lost his wife in the accident on Valentine's Day 2004. They were driving together from a lab in Key West, Fla., heading to Washington, D.C., to deliver equipment that couldn't be shipped. Lucas, who was driving, said they were on a busy highway outside Orlando when another car flew over the median and came to a stop right in front of their car, which plowed into it.
While he suffered only a few cuts and bruises, Lucas recalled being shocked to look over at his wife, who had been working on a computer in the front passenger seat. She wasn't moving or breathing. A nurse who had also been driving on Interstate 4 helped revive her.
The roof of the car had to be cut off for Hogan to be carefully extricated and airlifted to a hospital in Orlando. She eventually was taken by medical plane to George Washington University Hospital for further surgery.
During her rehabilitation, Hogan's six siblings took turns coming to help out and encourage her through the arduous process. De Boer said Hogan's old competitive instincts took over.
"After the accident, when she's coming home from the hospital, I'm talking to her and she gets really frustrated with the physical therapist and saying, 'It's not enough,'" deBoer said. "She has stairs in her house and she has casts on her arms and her legs and she says, 'I'm going to slide down the stairs.' But then she started saying, 'I've got to get back in the pool.'"
After spending six weeks in rehab and an additional three months in a wheelchair, Hogan was eventually cleared to go back to work. Though she needed help getting around, Lucas took her to a swimming pool near FedEx Field — they live in Upper Marlboro — where Hogan quickly progressed to swimming laps.
"I started to water walk. I said, 'This is crazy, I'm a swimmer.' I started to swim some, and it was great," she said.
Two days later, a colleague told Hogan about Vaillancourt's swim team.
She had briefly tried swimming when she lived in Lewes, Del., years before, but "the one thing I learned is that I couldn't just swim lengths. I'd get in and it was just boring to me."
A different feeling
As she prepared for the competition in Cleveland — not an easy task, considering the 12-hour days she spends working at the many labs she travels to — Hogan didn't view the National Senior Games as a way to fill a void left by what she failed to accomplish as a teenager.
"They're completely separate, and the way I feel about them is completely different," she said. "I got so much from swimming when I was young and the competition and the people I met and the experiences. I got to travel all over. Even though I didn't make the Olympics, it didn't stop me in my life. All the sports I did when I was young have given me the strength to be a very strong woman in my 50s, and I'm very proud of that."
If anything, she takes more pride in what she has done with her professional life. After graduating with a degree in psychology from UCLA, Hogan went back to school in Delaware to study marine science. That eventually led to her training with the Navy and becoming an expert in developing anti-corrosion systems for vessels. She and her team were honored at the Pentagon this year.
Hogan doesn't think swimming will consume her this time, even after she retires.
"I really enjoy right now. I really enjoy Masters swimmers," she said. "There are some who are like triathletes. I'm not at that crazy level. I want to get better. I want to work on my stroke techniques, try to get stronger and faster, but it's not my whole life."
Local competitors
Some Baltimore-area competitors at the National Senior Games in Cleveland:
SUSAN WEINSTEIN Crownsville
RICHARD PASCHKE Timonium
TED LIGHT Cockeysville
LARRY HIX Crownsville
JAMES WORRILL Harwood
RONALD THOMPSON Crownsville
RICHARD SHINGLES Cockeysville
FRANK FENG Clarksville
JIN-CHUNG HSU Columbia
JIANPING ZHOU Arnold
DORIA WOLFE Taneytown
GEORGE KIMMETT Lutherville
GEORGE ROTH Pylesville
HERMAN SMITH Catonsville
JOSEPH MEDVED Lutherville
JOHN KOPAJTIC Cockeysville
MAX OBUSZEWSKI Baltimore
STEVE LAWRENCE Bowie
IVAN LESHINSKY Baltimore
GILBERT HOFFMAN Timonium
THOMAS WAINWRIGHT Randallstown
RONALD WATSON Linthicum
FRANK KITZMILLER Dayton
MARY ZIEGLER Keymar
FRANK LASTNER Cockeysville
PAUL MCGILLICUDDY Baltimore
LINDA LANGE Columbia
CHARLIE COOPER Baltimore
GERARD POITER Phoenix
GEORGE PRUDEN Laurel
SHIRLEY ABATTA Laurel
CARMEN CAMPBELL Columbia
DORA LONG Laurel
EDWIN LANEHART Ellicott City
JAN SHELDON Ellicott City
JOYCE WHEATLEY Crofton
KARL SCHLEUNES Sykesville
PERCY MACK Baltimore
WAYNE MINGER Crofton
CAROL ANN CUNEO Perry Hall
CARL CUNEO Perry Hall
JOHN MADDOX Columbia
DEBORAH HOPPE Bowie
DANIEL WHEATLEY Crofton
SHARON CUNEO Baltimore
JOHN MARTIN Harwood
CORNELIUS BARKLEY Ellicott City
BETH MOULTON Baltimore
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This is so sweet and beautiful, Danielle. I'm so happy you shared! And I don't think there's any part of y'all's story that sounds insane or crazy -- it's the 21st century! Anything is possible, even finding absolute true love via a website and before having ever seen the other's face in person. :)ReplyDelete
Beautiful! So glad you shared your own. :) You guys make a great couple, and a sweet family.ReplyDelete
Cute Story! Thanks so much for sharing! :DReplyDelete
that is amazing! long distance makes it so that you KNOW. I related to the phone calls :)ReplyDelete
OMG, i love your love story. the video of you...HOSPITAL. L to the OL.ReplyDelete
and also that you met on the interweb...i would have never guessed that about you. although you are the intranet queen.
Such a cute story of you 2. Love to see all those pics of you:)ReplyDelete
What a sweet story! I love sharing mine and my husband's story, although sometimes I think maybe it's boring for other people I adore it!!! And I still adore him too - you have a beautiful family!!!ReplyDelete
i love your story! very sweet. and bless you for responding to a guy named FUZZYWOOL! you're brave :)ReplyDelete
Ahhh, L-O-V-E.ReplyDelete
What a sweet story.
The Lords plans are perfect, and will find you.
Love your story!ReplyDelete
such a great story! i need to blog about me and zach's love story. i love how you glorified god in how you wrote this...what a great woman of god! you're just so cool!ReplyDelete
this is awesome.ReplyDelete
it sounds almost identical to mine and my husband's story-only we met by stumbling on each other's blogs while he was in florida and i was in texas.
YAY! I'm glad that you finally shared His story for your life! L O V E it!ReplyDelete
Oh I just loved reading your story! Thanks for sharing it. I'm on my phone so I wasn't able to watch the vlog but I will watch it as soon as I can get to a computer. Can't wait to hear what you guys have to say. :)ReplyDelete
I love it! What a great story! I bet you don't even questions fate after a journey like that.ReplyDelete
And no. You don't sound like I thought you would...but no one really does do they?
Here's hoping you have a good day! :)
Great love story! My husband and I met online during a free trial kind of thing. Just seeing what was out there. Never knew it would lead to marriage!ReplyDelete
a) i love "the many hairstyles of danielle," because those pics def took me back :)ReplyDelete
b) the video is hysterical! i wish it were longer!! i love that you're laughing through it :)
c)i love the pic of the yellow dining room :) it's a little extra sentimental for me :) seeing you guys in that apt reminds me of when you were newly weds & we got engaged and came over for dinner :)
So glad we finally got to hear your story! As a single gal, it's so fun to hear all of these crazy love stories. I know God has one planned for me as well!ReplyDelete
I loved your 2 second video as well. :) Can't wait to see another!
your story is so beautiful. a fairytale straight from the mouth of God. xoxo friend!!ReplyDelete
such a beautiful story! I loved reading it, and looking at all of the old school pictures! so fun Danielle!! :) You sounded nothing like what I imagined.. haha! Not creepy at all thoughReplyDelete
what a sweet story, I love hearing things like this :) so cute!ReplyDelete
how cute...I love it!!!! Thank you for sharing!ReplyDelete
i have really loved this series, and i'm so glad you finally shared your story. :) isn't our Father the best at knowing what and who we need??ReplyDelete
I love all your pics! You two haven't aged a bit! Love your love story!ReplyDelete
haha cherish. i love her. you totally sounded just like i thought you would. weird. it took me the whole blog to understand what a vlog was. ahhhhh sinus meds.ReplyDelete
love your story :-) and my husband and i met on a christian website, also! it's amazing the ways the lord uses to get two people together sometimes.ReplyDelete
Loved reading your story, it reminds me of the way a couple of friend's of mine met. it's a beautiful love story.ReplyDelete
love your story! and the vlog :) you totally sounded like i imagined too...your smile is contagious. that was a cute clip. have a happy day!ReplyDelete
The voice of my friend! Ha. Uhhhh, I've been waiting like two weeks since you said you were going to share your story. Waiting, waiting. Wait! Tell me how long it was from the time you first chatted on the site to when you married. So, I went shopping for the first time since Mason was born (clothes shopping, yes, first time) and saw some awesome mustard flats. I thought of you. Now I can't find them online. They were at Macys. Go look:)ReplyDelete
What a lovely love story!ReplyDelete
You two are just the cutest and can tell how much you love each other :)
Your boys are simply adorable too!! :)
God always knows what He is doing! Can I get an Amen!!
Oh I love your love story!! So cute! And you really do have a beautiful family!!ReplyDelete
I just love your blog!
I just stummbled on your blog today. So sweet and my husband and I did the long distance thing too. I have been in Canada for 8 years now and we have three little adorable boys. A Canadian and aTexan, only God could do that.ReplyDelete
You're beautiful! Thanks for sharing! great story :)ReplyDelete
so fun! I've loved reading all your love stories!ReplyDelete
Came across your blog after Katy told me about it (Hi, Katy!). Love your story! Such a fun blog!ReplyDelete
hello! thanks for stopping by my blog so i could find yours!! this love story is soo beautiful!! your kids are soo cute!! :)ReplyDelete
you guys make a beautiful family : ) The two of you have such genuine smiles, it's so heartwarming to see! Such a sweet story.ReplyDelete
Beautiful story! (It's crazy similar to mine!) Your little family is flippin' adorable :)ReplyDelete
gahhh! that is one of the cutest love stories ever! i love how God always has the best timing ever! because of His timing, you have the most darling little charmers ever!ReplyDelete
i super love this story. you guys are all really cute and i think you sound just how i thought you would. you are adorb.ReplyDelete
so glad you shared your love story! so great--and your family is so beautiful! loved the video too!ReplyDelete
OMG! Your really cute!ReplyDelete
I love the post, the pics and your blog!
Follow me? I'll be very happy if you do it!
Thank you so much!
ohhhhhh I'm squealing over here! loved this! you two are so cute!! hahaha and that video is just great--really I wish it was longer! :)ReplyDelete
Love your story, and this series!!ReplyDelete
best. love. story. ever.ReplyDelete
what a great story! too bad you didn't move here to seattle, then we could meet up for some fun!!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 11, 2011 at 10:27 AM
oh my gosh that is SUCH a lovely story!ReplyDelete
Sweet, I forgot about you guys meeting online (I've been reading for a few years now and I was reminded while reading your post on your 8th anniversary). I met my husband online too... long distance relationship: Georgia, USA to Paris, FRANCE. Yes and God directed it all!!! I'm in process on writing our blog... maybe one day I'll share God's story for us too.ReplyDelete


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In Brookfield, forgotten box of tricks inspires magical clown
What magic there is in the imagination--and how much more imagination is sparked when an unopened "box of magic" is pulled from the recesses of a closet and opened for the first time in more four decades.
That is exactly what happened when Glenn Christy invited fellow Brookfield Lions Club member John Mackiewicz to his home to see the stash of magic tricks his father had accumulated in the early days of the 20th century. Mr. Christy, now retired, was seeking a permanent home for the box and its contents because his own children were not interested in it.
The box had long since been pushed to the back of a storage closet. "It took him 15 minutes just to dig it out--that's how buried it was," said Mr. Mackiewicz, who has spent the past three decades working as a clown and, more recently, as a magician. "It's only been opened a couple of times in the past 40 years. We found a 1972 penny in it and that was probably the last time it was opened before I saw it."
Mr. Mackiewicz, who wants to open a Clown Museum, envisions putting it on display someday. "The box has some great stuff in it," he said. "It's got a ton of magic stuff, stacks and stacks of magic cards. I hope to find an old-time magician who can show me how to use them."
He notes that these were tricks made by Mr. Christy's father. "In those days, you didn't go to the store and buy tricks," he said. "You had to make them."
Mr. Christy explained that he was born late in the life of his father, Richard Christy--indeed, there was 110 years between his birth and that of his grandfather, who had gone to California in the Gold Rush. Richard Christy was active as a magician in the 1920s and ran a vaudeville show in the declining days of that art form. At the same time, Richard Christy's half-brother had a circus with an elephant, but the entertainment industry did not call to the next generation--Glenn Christy made his career first in the Air Force and later in computers.
"My father was an Illinois farmer," he explained, "but he did magic both as an amateur and a professional. He used to have a papier-mâché ventriloquist's dummy, kind of like Charlie McCarthy [the famous dummy used by comedian Edgar Bergen in his act], that he made himself. He had a lot of interests and liked to make things. His dummy was named Jack, and he wore a jacket my father made for him and had horrible red hair that would stand up when you pulled a lever."
He explained that his father had a magic catalogue and used that as a basis for the tricks he made. "He was very good at sleight of hand, drawing quarters out people's ears and things like that. He performed in churches and for civic clubs. And every summer there was Chautauqua. Chautauqua was like a university on the move, where people would come and give talks, perform music, etc., all done outdoors. Midwesterners did things a little differently--but that was another world ago. People were less sophisticated and more easily moved."
The magic box that resided so long in Mr. Christy's closet has now passed to an enthusiastic proponent of both magic and clowning. Mr. Mackiewicz, a special education teacher at Rogers Park Middle School in Danbury, stumbled into the world of clowning in 1978 when a clown failed to show up for a birthday party for a friend's daughter. "My buddy and his wife called me up and said, 'John, what are you doing?' He said the clown couldn't show up and that he knew I was creative and a school teacher and asked if I could help. I said I didn't know what I could do, but that I would be there in 30 minutes. I put some black and white shoe polish on my face--which was a mistake--and I put together some crazy clothes and went and did silly things and played with the kids. A mother said to me that day, 'Could you do a party for me?' I thought it was fun."
And that was the beginning of a new passion in the energetic teacher's career. "I have two master's degrees from Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y.--one in special ed and one in administration. I could be a principal, but I went the Bongo route. In the old days, I used to use it in my classroom. I fooled them into learning. Bongo took me in another direction and it has been a great ride."
For the first three or four months, Bongo didn't have a name. "Then I did a show for a little girl with cerebral palsy," he said, "and she looked up at me and said, 'You are really a Bongo the Clown.'"
His outfits soon became more elaborate. "I have everything custom made in England. I used to wear size 22 sneakers but I sprained my ankle, so now I have my shoes made. They are huge, but they fit me. I have about 400 interchangeable costumes."
For a while, he was joined in his act by his son, John Michael, who was dressed in a smaller version of his own costume. "From the age of 5 to 10 or 12 he enjoyed it enormously," Mr. Mackiewicz said.
Mr. Mackiewicz learned the art of clowning quickly but his character developed slowly. He did not make Bongo into the "Silent Clown" until after a ride with his late wife during which they began bickering. "She said, 'Can't you be silent for a few minutes,'" recounted the verbose Mr. Mackiewicz, who can speak with staccato speed. Feeling the power of the silence that ensued he decided to deprive Bongo of verbal communication. "I pantomime all my stories," he said, adding that he once had the pleasure of a 15-minute oral conversation with famed mime Marcel Marceau.
Over the years he has appeared all along the East Coast and as far away as Japan and China, where he performed for two weeks for everyone from little orphans in hospitals to an audience of 2,500 in the Taipei Cultural Center. Like his predecessor, Richard Christy, he has appeared at schools and churches, as well as at senior centers, private parties, before corporate groups to provide stress relief and anywhere else where a laugh is needed.
Indeed, he is slated to be the Ambassador of Laughter at the 2015 World Summit of Circus Fans of America, where the Princess Charlene of Monaco is expected to be a co-host for the international event. "I've already been working on it for two years," he said, adding that it will be held in late August on the grounds of the Big E in Agawam, Mass.
While he has slowed down a bit on full-makeup clowning, balloon art and juggling, he has moved steadily toward the role of clown-magician. He manages his business with the help of his administrative assistant, Linda Grandel, who does all his correspondence and computer work. "I am trying to stay old-fashioned," he said. "I don't have a cell phone or a computer, which gives me time to do other things."
On the list of "other things" is continuing to hone his skills. "I just took a class from Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, and I am going to a big magic convention on March 9," he said.
He has other plans as well--high among them is the publication of a series of children's books and opening a Clown Museum, preferably in Bethel, the birthplace of P.T. Barnum.
"I have collected so much memorabilia over the years," he said. "I have a warehouse full of clown memorabilia--some stuff I haven't seen for 35 years. The Clown Museum is a dream I can't stop. I'm hoping someone reads this and comes and helps make the dream come true."
He has more than 9,000 different pieces of clown memorabilia, ranging from posters and pictures to autographed photos of famous clowns, such as Red Skelton and Emmett Kelly, to clown cookie jars, puppets, music boxes, miniature figurines and bells. "I could fill up a museum and a half," Mr. Mackiewicz said.
"Red Skelton was my favorite comedian," he said. "I have a large collection of his autographed stuff. I also have 13 antique cars that I call the 'Bongomobiles.' One of them is a 1951 Ford panel truck that I found in an old field on a rainy day in Rhode Island. Its windows were all broken and it had peace signs all over it. I called up the old guy who owned it and said I wanted to buy it. By the time I got there, he had used 72 cans of spray paint to cover it up--which wasn't what I wanted. I restored it and it was my trademark for many years."
He sees the Bongomobiles as making the Clown Museum a true family attraction. "Fathers could sit in the cars while the family enjoys the museum," he said. "I envision it being a family thing, with something for everyone."
He also has eight illustrated children's books, many featuring Bongo, that contain helpful messages for kids, such as "Feeling Good, Looking Good," "Just for Today," in which he encourages children to be helpful and kind, and "It's O.K., Renee," in which Bongo helps a little girl deal with feelings of sadness.
He wants to see them in print and is currently negotiating to get one of them, "I am a Winner, I Choose Not to Use Drugs," which has previously been published, back on the market. He would like to see the others on the market, as well. "I don't want an agent," he said, "but I need to present them to someone who might help me get them out."
While his pursuits have centered on spreading laughter, sadness recently came into his own life. He was standing by his friend of 30 years, George Hochsprung, when he received word that his wife, Dawn, the principal of Sandy Hook Elementary School was feared to have been killed in the Dec. 14, 2012, massacre at the hands of shooter Adam Lanza. He had also known Dawn Hochsprung for decades. "I have never known anyone who was murdered before," he said, his voice filling with emotion.
Like everyone else in Connecticut, he is filled with sadness and anger at the senseless slaughter, but he predicts that laughter will be the first step toward a return to normalcy. "Healing starts with the first laugh," he said. "Everyone will laugh at their own time."
He clings to his own motto in this troubled time: "Leave 'em laughing."
Those wishing to connect with Bongo the Silent Clown may call 203-775-0007.


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A few late breaking roster moves before today's game:
RHP Bryan Morris has been recalled from AAA. IF Jordy Mercer was optioned back down. Makes sense to send down Mercer since he hasn't been playing at all. Morris is the last player left from the Jason Bay trade. He'll be an extra arm in the bullpen.
IF Drew Sutton was claimed off of waivers. He'll be the 25th man on the roster so Jordy Mercer can play every day in the minors. Sutton was part of the organization for about 24 hours last month when he was acquired from the Braves, then dealt to Tampa.
Dejan Kovacevic says that Morris is in town and available today, while Sutton will not arrive in time.
RHP Charlie Morton has been transferred to the 60-day DL to make space on the 40 man roster.
Today's game starts at, well, now. Justin Verlander vs. Kevin Correia as the Pirates go for the sweep.
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Amsterdam/W67-W69 St. - potential for 60-70 storey building.
West End/W69-W70 St. - negotiations for a 70 storey tower failed.
An HP Printer comes to mind but a beached whale...
Amsterdam/W67-W69 St. - potential for 60-70 storey building.
West End/W69-W70 St. - negotiations for a 70 storey tower failed.
Very nice.Originally Posted by Gulcrapek
I concur, old chap.Originally Posted by billyblancoNYC
They're most likely speculating to spawn community outrage. They and other community boards and groups do this all the time.
New HSBC Building
10-14 West 40th Street
Commercial Office
232,750 sf office; 4,048 sf retail
Proposed 2007
Found this in the West Side rezoning environmental impact statement. This is the vacant lot next to the HSBC building methinks.
Last edited by Derek2k3; May 27th, 2005 at 07:37 PM.
To hell with NIMBY's. A 70 storey building is something, a 60 storey building is really nothing much.Originally Posted by Gulcrapek
NY POSTOriginally Posted by Stern
By JENNIFER GOULD KEIL
Rockrose, whose modus operandi is to get into areas early and build rental buildings, just launched plans to begin construction on two residential sites in the area.
No Stadium, No Problem: West Side Is Getting Hot
By CHARLES V. BAGLI
June 12, 2005
The Rockrose Development Corporation, which has become the largest property owner in the district in recent years, is putting together three large development sites, including both sides of 10th Avenue between 37th and 38th Streets, for as many as 1,400 apartments. The company told community board officials it hoped to begin construction this fall.
NY TIMESOriginally Posted by Derek2k3
No Stadium, No Problem: West Side Is Getting Hot
By CHARLES V. BAGLI
June 12, 2005
Steven C. Witkoff of the Witkoff Group is in the process of buying a large parcel across 11th Avenue from the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, between 36 and 37th Streets, where he wants to build a 1,500-room hotel on a platform over the Amtrak railroad tracks.
Project #16
Verizon Site
11th Avenue, between 34th and 35th Streets
No Stadium, No Problem: West Side Is Getting Hot
By CHARLES V. BAGLI
June 12, 2005
According to real estate executives, developers Douglas Durst and Gary Barnett are among the bidders for a site now owned by Verizon, on 11th Avenue, between 34th and 35th Streets, where zoning allows for a large commercial building with apartments in the tower.
Project #17
504-515 W. 34th St
(that address doesn't make sense)
NY Post
The owners of 504-515 W. 34th St. want to sell the three adjoining mid-block parcels as a development site, and sources said they could walk away with close to $30 million.
Robert Sass of GVA Williams has been tapped to market the 10,000-foot site. He says it can support as much as 30,000 feet, with 60,000 feet of condos, under current zoning.
That figure climbs to 1 million square fee when transferable development rights and some nearby parcels are included in the package.
There is a site on the Upper East Side that's just dying for redevelopment. It's on the southeast corner of Third Avenue and 86th Street. There are several buildings that are either semi or completely abandoned residential over active but small scale retail, or straight taxpayers. This goes from the end the first building on 85th and Third to almost midblock on 86th.
I had heard years ago, back in the early 90's recession, that the banks got many of these back on forclosures. I've heard zero since.
As you may know, this is, for Manhanttan, the land of the big boxes. It has great access to the 4, 5, & 6 trains (actually there's a constant stream of foot traffic to and from the station, past the site 24/7). I just can't believe this has sat fallow for a decade or more.
I could easily see a street wall building with three floors (selling basement + 2) of retail, and another floor or three of non-retail commercial. The rest of the available developable space could be piled on top in the form of a rental or condo tower.
While it could be developed without it, a key part of the assemblage would be the movie theater on 86th. Whoever owns it just tacked on a couple of floors of commercial, so it would probably be an expensive pick up. But it goes block though to 85th. Having it would enable putting the residential entrance and some of the service points on 85th, and having 200'+ of unbroken retail frontage on 86th.
I'm amazed this site has been off the radar, or maybe I'm just out of touch. Anyone know anything?
Lloyd Goldman and his group just purchased the Bennigans resturant site on Eighth and 47th, id expect something to happen there at one point, just not sure when
Where did you hear that? You have good scoops!
The Times reports a new residential and hotel tower designed by Enrique Norten of TEN Arquitectos.
West 45th Street Tower
West 45th Street
Mixed-Use (Residential + Hotel)
TEN Arquitectos
New York Times
A Mexican Architect at Home in New York
By ROBIN POGREBIN
Published: June 30, 2005
...Mr. Norten is also designing a new village along the Gowanus Canal, including a waterfront esplanade and sidewalk cafe; two galleries in Chelsea, one on West 24th Street for contemporary art and another on West 26th Street for modern furniture; and a hotel and residence on West 45th Street.
Full article here:
It's #8 on Ten Arquitetos' site. No details yet though.
Great! Enrique is quickly becoming one of my favorite architects.
I saw that too. Do you have any idea where it is? I saw a few months ago something under construction on a small plot in the 40's between 5th and 6th. I wonder if that is Norten's project.Originally Posted by Derek2k3
Not sure where either. According to the map on his site, it would be somewhere in Clinton but the map isn't very accurate.Originally Posted by londonlawyer
There's a small 21 story hotel going up at 15 West 45th Street so maybe that's the site you're referring to.


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This policy was recommended by the Academic Senate on May 14, 1998 and approved by the President on June 15, 1998.
1. Introduction
1.1 The broad purposes of assessment are to acquire systematic evidence of our success in fulfilling our mission, especially our desired educational outcomes for students, and to use such evidence to support planning aimed at improving the quality of the University. More specifically the goals of assessment are to:
1.1.1 guide departments, colleges, divisions, and the University as a whole in efforts to strengthen or improve academic programs and support services.
1.1.2 stimulate efforts by departments and colleges to develop collaboratively explicit learning goals for courses, departments and programs and to assess student attainment of those goals.
1.1.3 support effective and efficient campus decision-making.
1.1.4 develop evidence for external constituencies such as the state legislature, the California State University, and the public at large regarding the effectiveness of the University in achieving its mission, strategic goals, and objectives.
1.2 The Assessment Policy for California State University, Long Beach is intended to facilitate assessment throughout the University by establishing basic principles to guide assessment activities.
2. Guiding Principles
2.1 CSULB assessment practices should meet professionally recognized standards of best practice such as the 9 Principles of Best Practice for Assessing Student Learning promulgated by the American Association for Higher Education Assessment Forum which are incorporated by reference into this policy.
2.2 Assessment practices should be designed to serve the specific needs of this University now and as those needs may change over time.
2.3 Forms of assessment may vary across the University, depending upon the type of assessment which is most appropriate for particular units.
2.4 Priorities for assessment activities should be based upon broad consultation among faculty, staff, and students employing systematic, valid procedures for gathering and integrating information.
2.5 Each campus unit should develop and implement ongoing assessment plans which flow from stated goals for student learning and development and provide useful feedback to the unit for its planning.
2.6 Assessment activities in academic or student development units should provide feedback to students that guide them as they move through their university careers.
2.7 The General Education Program should develop an ongoing assessment plan similar to that of academic units.
2.8 The Program Review process should become the occasion to frame significant assessment questions appropriate to the discipline and department and develop or revise ongoing assessment activities.
2.9 Results of assessment activities are intended for purposes of improvement of programs and shall not be utilized in personnel actions.
EFFECTIVE: Fall 1998 PS 98-06
9 Principles of Good Practice for Assessing Student Learning
1. The assessment of student learning begins with educational values. Assessment is not an end in itself but a vehicle for educational improvement. Its effective practice, then, begins with and enacts a vision of the kinds of learning we most value for students and strive to help them achieve. Educational values should drive not only what we choose to assess but also how we do so. Where questions about educational mission and values are skipped over, assessment threatens to be an exercise in measuring what's easy, rather than a process of improving what we really care about.
2. Assessment is most effective when it reflects an understanding of learning as multidimensional, integrated, and revealed in performance over time. Learning is a complex process. It entails not only what students know but what they can do with what they know; it involves not only knowledge and abilities but values, attitudes, and habits of mind that affect both academic success and performance beyond the classroom. Assessment should reflect these understandings by employing a diverse array of methods, including those that call for actual performance, using them over time so as to reveal change, growth, and increasing degrees of integration. Such an approach aims for a more complete and accurate picture of learning, and therefore firmer bases for improving our students' educational experience.
3. Assessment works best when the programs it seeks to improve have clear, explicitly stated purposes. Assessment is a goal-oriented process. It entails comparing educational performance with educational purposes and expectations those derived from the institution's mission, from faculty intentions in program and course design, and from knowledge of students' own goals. Where program purposes lack specificity or agreement, assessment as a process pushes a campus toward clarity about where to aim and what standards to apply; assessment also prompts attention to where and how program goals will be taught and learned. Clear, shared, implementable goals are the cornerstone for assessment that is focused and useful.
4. Assessment requires attention to outcomes but also and equally to the experiences that lead to those outcomes. Information about outcomes is of high importance; where students "end up" matters greatly. But to improve outcomes, we need to know about student experience along the way about the curricula, teaching, and kind of student effort that lead to particular outcomes. Assessment can help us understand which students learn best under what conditions; with such knowledge comes the capacity to improve the whole of their learning.
5. Assessment works best when it is ongoing not episodic. Assessment is a process whose power is cumulative. Though isolated, "one-shot" assessment can be better than none, improvement is best fostered when assessment entails a linked series of activities undertaken over time. This may mean tracking the process of individual students, or of cohorts of students; it may mean collecting the same examples of student performance or using the same instrument semester after semester. The point is to monitor progress toward intended goals in a spirit of continuous improvement. Along the way, the assessment process itself should be evaluated and refined in light of emerging insights.
6. Assessment fosters wider improvement when representatives from across the educational community are involved. Student learning is a campus-wide responsibility, and assessment is a way of enacting that responsibility. Thus, while assessment efforts may start small, the aim over time is to involve people from across the educational community. Faculty play an especially important role, but assessment's questions can't be fully addressed without participation by student-affairs educators, librarians, administrators, and students. Assessment may also involve individuals from beyond the campus (alumni/ae, trustees, employers) whose experience can enrich the sense of appropriate aims and standards for learning. Thus understood, assessment is not a task for small groups of experts but a collaborative activity; its aim is wider, better-informed attention to student learning by all parties with a stake in its improvement.
7. Assessment makes a difference when it begins with issues of use and illuminates questions that people really care about. Assessment recognizes the value of information in the process of improvement. But to be useful, information must be connected to issues or questions that people really care about. This implies assessment approaches that produce evidence that relevant parties will find credible, suggestive, and applicable to decisions that need to be made. It means thinking in advance about how the information will be used, and by whom. The point of assessment is not to gather data and return "results"; it is a process that starts with the questions of decision-makers, that involves them in the gathering and interpreting of data, and that informs and helps guide continuous improvement.
8. Assessment is most likely to lead to improvement when it is part of a larger set of conditions that promote change. Assessment alone changes little. Its greatest contribution comes on campuses where the quality of teaching and learning is visibly valued and worked at. On such campuses, the push to improve educational performance is a visible and primary goal of leadership; improving the quality of undergraduate education is central to the institution's planning, budgeting, and personnel decisions. On such campuses, information about learning outcomes is seen as an integral part of decision making, and avidly sought.
9. Through assessment, educators meet responsibilities to students and to the public. There is a compelling public stake in education. As educators, we have a responsibility to the publics that support or depend on us to provide information about the ways in which our students meet goals and expectations. But that responsibility goes beyond the reporting of such information; our deeper obligation to ourselves, our students, and society is to improve. Those to whom educators are accountable have a corresponding obligation to support such attempts at improvement.
Authors: Alexander W. Astin; Trudy W. Banta; K. Patricia Cross; Elaine El-Khawas; Peter T. Ewell; Pat Hutchings; Theodore J. Marchese; Kay M. McClenney; Marcia Mentkowski; Margaret A. Miller; E. Thomas Moran; Barbara D. Wright
This document was developed under the auspices of the AAHE Assessment Forum with support from the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education with additional support for publication and dissemination from the Exxon Education Foundation. Copies may be made without restriction.
Maintained by: Mary C. Joyce - firstname.lastname@example.com
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Steak `n Shake, a gathering place on many a Midwest roadside, is heading to the Mideast.
The diner-style chain said on Tuesday it and regional partner Saleh Bin Lahej Group plan to open 40 restaurants starting next year across the United Arab Emirates, a seven-state federation that includes the cities of Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
It is 78-year-old Steak `n Shake's first foray outside the United States. Financial terms weren't disclosed.
American and other foreign brands have flocked to the rapidly developing UAE in recent years. Bloomingdale's has its only international store in Dubai's biggest mall, and Cheesecake Factory and IHOP have recently opened their doors in the cosmopolitan trade hub.
Steak `n Shake is owned by San Antonio, Texas-based Biglari Holdings, which is led by activist investor Sardar Biglari.


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I have a great dilemma with NVENC and H265.
I want to convert all my tutorials library to H265 to save space: But I have a great issue on static images and flat gray blackground (3dstudio in particular)
Whatever variable setting I use in Mediacoder to convert my videos I have "Blockiness" in the gray blackground: 2 pass, Average Bitrate, both on high quality and loseless preset and also raising KB/s the only solution was to use constant QP 15-18
I've latest Mediacoder and latest Nvidia drivers...There isn't a solution to this problem?
Other values are leaved to stock, i tried some things like increasing GOP, disabled temporal HQ and changed two pass mode
HERE it's a sample image:
NVENC H265 quality problem
Discussing about advanced video encoding techniques including GPU encoding, distributive encoding and segmental encoding. Topics are not limited to MediaCoder.
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The encoding quality is totally decided by the hardware video codec in the graphic card. All GPU accelerated encoding has some trade-off between speed and quality.
When things work together, things work.
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Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz slammed Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Friday, accusing him of working against the Jewish residents of Judea and Samaria for political gains.
Katz made the comments during a visit to the Ulpana neighborhood in Beit El, which is to be demolished by May 1 under a Supreme Court ruling. The neighborhood was built with state cooperation, but the land on which it stands is disputed.
During his visit to the neighborhood, Katz met with local residents and heard their concerns that the government will demolish their homes, in a way that is similar to the destruction of homes in Gush Katif.
At the end of the visit, Katz attacked Barak and said, "If Barak works against the government's position, the Prime Minister must fire him. He took the Ministry of Defense and turned it into a political tool at the expense of the Jewish residents. There are other ways to gather votes.
"I came here to express a clear position that the houses should not be destroyed," added Katz. "It is necessary to update the government's position regarding the Ulpana neighborhood."
He announced that he was working to establish a Ministerial Committee for Settlement Affairs, and said the committee would be a formal body that will allow government ministers to express their views.
"Of course, the Defense Ministry will be part of the committee it but it will not be the sole factor that will determine policy," said Katz.
Ministers have informed Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu that if the Ulpana neighborhood of Beit El is destroyed, his coalition will follow.
The warning came during a cabinet meeting in which the timetable for Judea and Samaria demolitions was revealed.
Several ministers from Netanyahu's own Likud party have warned that they will not wait for May 1, but rather, will force a stop to demolition plans through legislation. A law is in the works that would ensure that homeowners can remain on their property if a claim to the land is made several years after purchase. The law would provide claimants with monetary compensation in place of the original property, as is the practice in other countries.
Earlier this week, Likud Cabinet ministers demanded action and not words, after Netanyahu promised "we will find a solution" for the Ulpana neighborhood in Beit El and other Jewish communities threatened with expulsion.
In response to the Prime Minister's statement that "we will find a solution", Education Minister Gideon Saar warned that if he does not, the Knesset will take action and pass a law to legalize the communities.
(Arutz Sheva's North American Desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically on all Arutz Sheva articles, however, is Israeli time.)


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Miamor Sensitive is a very tasty, balanced food for adult cats which suffer with food sensitivities and allergies. Cats often suffer with food sensitivities and these are frequently caused by the mix of different meats, hard-to-digest grain or specific food components which can cause an allergic reaction. Miamor Sensitive only contains one type of meat so it only contains one source of animal protein. It does not contain any animal by-products. Each variety only contains one source of carbohydrate – rice, potato or pasta. These are easy to digest carbohydrates and tolerated well by cats with food sensitivities. Miamor contains only the very best ingredients so that the risk of an allergic reaction is kept to a minimum. It is a balanced, well accepted and easy to digest food which provides your cat with all the important nutrients, vitamins and roughage it needs to stay healthy. Miamor Sensitive is also suitable for older cats or those with a tendency to obesity.
Miamor Sensitive complete cat food at a glance:
- Ideal for cats with food allergies and sensitivities
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DENVER – Canada's faint hopes of reaching the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinals were dashed on Sunday afternoon after a scoreless draw against Panama at Sports Authority Field.
Already through to the quarterfinals, Panama made nine changes to their lineup in a match during which neither side managed to create much in the way of chances for much of the game. Meanwhile, Canada introduced Pedro Pacheco and pushed left back Marcel de Jong into midfield in the hopes of finding the formula for their first goal in the Gold Cup.
The first real scoring chance fell to Panama in the 18th minute when Canadian left back Ashtone Morgan fanned on an attempted corner clearance. The flub sent the ball to former DC United midfielder Marcos Sanchez, who had time to settle the ball and fire a curling, righ-footed shot that sailed high and wide.
Canada's best look came on a corner kick in the 28th minute when De Jong's deliver from the right side found David Edgar. The tall centerback looked to have a tap-in header, but he could only make slight contact and failed to redirect the ball on goal from just five yards out.
Five minutes from halftime, Canada gave Panama another chance when Pedro Pacheco couldn't connect on his clearing attempt off a Jairo Jimenez corner. The ball went right over the penalty area to FC Dallas' Blas Perez but the FC Dallas forward's header went wide.
Panama had the possession advantage early in the second half, but Morgan again gave them an opportunity in the 48th minute when he headed the ball right into Jimenez's path. Panama's right midfielder sent a long-range effort which had eyes for the left corner of the goal but Canada goalkeeper Milan Borjan made the save of the game diving to his right to redirect the ball for a corner.
Needing a goal for Canada to have any chance of advancing, interim head coach Colin Miller made three attack-minded substitutions, introducing Tosaint Ricketts and DC United's Kyle Porter.
Canada controlled much of the possession in the late stages and had a penalty kick claim in the dying moments. Forward Marcus Haber went down under a Panamanian challenge and though there was clear contact on Haber and none on the ball, no penalty was given.
The draw helped Panama clinch the top spot in Group A and a meeting with the third-place team from Group B or Group C next Saturday in Atlanta.
The Canadians, who were without a handful of starters due to illness (Will Johnson, Russell Teibert), injury (Randy Edwini-Bonsu) and club matters (Simeon Jackson), finished the tournament in last place in Group A without scoring a single goal. They will now look to newly hired manager Benito Floro, who takes over for Miller after the Gold Cup, to help the program change course.


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Academic Opportunities
Awards, Grants, Scholarships, and Fellowships
Majors in political science are eligible to compete for a variety of national awards. The Grinnell College Center for Careers, Life, and Service provides up-to-date information about the scholarships and fellowships and, in some cases, has a role in administering the application process. The following opportunities have been especially attractive to political science majors: Carnegie Junior Fellowship, Fulbright Scholarship, Marshall Scholarship, Mitchell Scholarship, Rhodes Scholarship, Harry Truman Scholarship, and Thomas J. Watson Fellowship.
Kathryn Mohrman Fellowship
This fellowship, established through the generosity of Kathryn Jagow Mohrman '67, supports advanced student research or special projects receiving academic credit within the Departments of History or Political Science. The Fellowship encourages students to examine phenomena that they have not earlier confronted, and it encourages and rewards independent study. Although only applications for research on history or political science topics will be considered, students need not be majors in either of the two fields to apply. When possible, preference will go to research projects that take the student outside the U.S. A student's financial need may be then taken into account in deciding whom to fund in any given year. Often the Mohrman fellowship has supported a MAP project, but this is not a requirement. Final decision regarding the award will be made by spring break.
Students should apply to one of the two departments by March 1 at 5 p.m. A completed application will include the following elements:
- a plan of study (three pages) describing the major academic goal and research agenda, the project time frame, the resources to be used in completing the project, along with evidence that the student will have access to these resources;
- a statement of support and cooperation from a faculty sponsor in the Department of History or the Department of Political Science who will supervise the project; the faculty member should specify his or her interest in the project and speak to the quality and feasibility of the proposal;
- a budget, including travel and per diem costs
- the names of at least two other faculty members who can attest to the applicant's seriousness of purpose, ability to complete an independent project, and the extent to which this project will build on the applicant's previous academic work.
- a transcript
For more information, please contact the political science department chair.
Activities and Organizations
Department Picnic
Each spring, the student educational policy committee (SEPC) hosts a picnic to allow faculty members and students to socialize outside of the classroom.
Student Employment
Student Research Assistants
Faculty members regularly hire student research assistants. Interested students should contact the political science department chair.
Student Secretary
The department hires a student secretary to assist faculty on teaching-related tasks. Interested students should contact the political science department chair.
The student educational policy committee is a student-faculty liaison group which provides faculty with student input on professors, candidates, curriculum, and other departmental issues. It also organizes social events within the department.


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Human Practice
METU-BIN attended International Symposium on Health Informatics and Bioinformatics (HIBIT) 2011 and a roundtable was organized and moderated by the team.
Applications of Bioinformatics for Synthetic Biology
Synthetic Biology is a discipline that embraces the emerging ability to design and synthesize novel DNA constructs, new genomes and biomimetic systems. Biomimetic systems are human-made processes, substances, devices, or systems that imitate nature. Therefore, we can define synthetic biology as an emerging field which aspire the usage of synthetic technology in order to create novel molecular machines for the good of human beings and bring insight to current biological questions by providing new approaches and methodologies. In addition, synthetic biology contributes to the accumulation of molecular data. Since 2004, Registry of Standard Biological Parts (a.k.a Parts Registry) is the only source for the standardized biobricks, which currently harbors 700 available and 2000 defined parts. Annual iGEM competitions continue to help for the accumulation of new biobricks each year. Due to the exponential growth observed in the number of biobricks, application of bioinformatics techniques is urgently needed for the organization, analysis and association of the data in the Registry of Standard Biological Parts and for the prediction of functional device candidates without using wet laboratory.
In this roundtable a brief introduction to synthetic biology will be given and research areas where bioinformatics applications can be applied in synthetic biology will be presented. Following the introduction to the field, discussions on the current topics of synthetic biology research and how bioinformatics can be utilized to address these issues will be conducted. Major discussion topics will be on how bioinformatics can be utilized to aid in organization and presentation of the Registry of Standard Biological Parts, and solutions that can be offered regarding safety, ethics, and ownership in the emerging field of synthetic biology. Although, synthetic biology has scientific and industrial potential, it is hard to foresee and predict potential misuses and dangers. We will be also discussing potential threats of products and publication of these through web-based databases.
Discussions will be organized in to two major topics. Firstly, current applications of bioinformatics in synthetic biology will be discussed. The major aim of the first session is to bring different disciplines together and create an interdisciplinary environment for information exchange and inspiration. Secondly, possible open questions and major discussion subtopics which regard safety and security, ownership and ethics will be included and potential solutions for major problems by using bioinformatics will be discussed as well.
- Introduction to the state of the art in Synthetic Biology and current issues of the field.
- Discussion Session "Applications of Bioinformatics for Synthetic Biology"
- How would the application of Bioinformatics methods enhance Synthetic Biology in general ?
- Specific areas of synthetic biology new bioinformatics applications are needed to be developed?
- selection and design of BioBrick Parts or Devices specific to problem at hand
- characterization of BioBrick Parts or Devices
- the analysis, modeling, and simulation of BioBrick Parts or Devices
- the sharing of BioBrick Parts or Devices as information via the internet.
- Human Practice issues of Synthetic Biology that can be addressed and solutions can be offered by the design and development of new bioinformatics applications. (ownership, sharing, and innovation, safety, security and ethics and others)
- Language of choice for developing software geared for Synthetic Biology. SBML, SBOL and other choices.
- As bioinformaticians which other disciplines we need to collaborate while addressing issues for synthetic biology, such as Biological Sciences, Engineering, and Statistics.
What are the major literature resources for Synthetic Biology related research? Existing Bioinformatics tools and techniques used in Synthetic Biology.
Synthetic Biology Sector in Turkish Industry
About the Roundtable Organizers
This round table will be presented and moderated by the METU-BIN Team, who will be representing METU at iGEM 2011 in Software Category on November 2011.


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I voted for the first one because it's correct. I'm 99% sure it's correct. Perhaps there's some obscure English rule I'm unaware of (completely possible seeing as I'm merely a senior in high school), but I hear the second one used a lot by the rednecks here in Ohio, and it angers that that many of them use it. They have to know that it sounds funky, but it still happens. Oh well.
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Suu Kyi makes historic address to U.K. parliament
(AP) LONDON - Myanmar's opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, warned Thursday that her country's people need Britain and other allies to act as watchdogs, and not cheerleaders, to ensure its rulers deliver on their promises of reform.
Making an historic address in London to a joint session of both Houses of Parliament, Suu Kyi said Myanmar - which she referred to by its British colonial name of Burma - would need sometimes critical support to fully embrace democracy after 49 years of military rule that ended only last year.
"I am here in part to ask for practical help, help as a friend and an equal, in support of the reforms which can bring better lives, greater opportunities, to the people of Burma, who have been for so long deprived of their rights and their place in the world," Suu Kyi said in Parliament's 11th Century Westminster Hall.
"My country today stands at the start of a journey towards, I hope, a better future. So many hills remain to be climbed, chasms to be bridged, obstacles to be breached," said Suu Kyi, who was cheered and given a standing ovation by British legislators. "Our own determination can get us so far. The support of the people of Britain and of peoples around the world can get us so much further."
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Suu Kyi is the only woman other than Queen Elizabeth II to deliver a speech to a joint session of Parliament at Westminster Hall, and follows dignitaries such as South African President Nelson Mandela, Pope Benedict XVI and U.S. President Barack Obama. The honor is usually reserved only for heads of state.
The, who spent 15 years under house arrest or imprisoned in Myanmar, is making her first overseas trip in 24 years. She has visited Switzerland, Norway and Ireland and is spending a week in Britain, where she previously studied and lived.
As she was greeted by British Prime Minister David Cameron at his official 10 Downing Street residence, Suu Kyi said she remembered that her father, Myanmar independence leader Aung San, had been photographed outside the famous house, wrapped in a large British military-issue coat to protect against the cold.
"I must say, not having left my tropical country for 24 years, there have been odd moments this week when I have thought of that coat myself," Suu Kyi told lawmakers. "I was photographed in the same place where my father was photographed and it was raining - very British."
Britain is among Western nations which have suspended sanctions against Myanmar following President Thein Sein's moves toward political liberalization since he took office in 2011. Cameron said Thursday he had invited Thein Sein for talks in London, which follows a meeting between the two in Yangon in April.
"There is a process of reform in Burma," Cameron said, as he held a news conference with Suu Kyi. "In order for that to succeed we have to work with the regime."
Suu Kyi said she supported Cameron's decision to host Thein Sein in London, and urged the U.K. and others to act as a watchdog on Myanmar's reforms.
"More than ever we need our friends to be watchdogs. You have to watch what is going on in Burma," she told Cameron.
Suu Kyi, who also held talks with Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, said she hoped Myanmar's parliament would one day enjoy the same circus-like atmosphere as the raucous weekly Prime Minister's Question Time session in Britain - when Cameron and his opponents trade noisy verbal blows.
She was sworn in as a member of Myanmar's parliament in May, but said that so far she had found the tone "rather formal."
"There is certainly no heckling. I would wish that over time perhaps we will reflect the liveliness and relative informality of Westminster," Suu Kyi said in her address.