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text: Sijun Forums :: View topic - Old member, new work Log in to check your private messages Sijun Forums Forum Index >> Gallery/Finished Work View previous topic :: View next topic Author Topic : "Old member, new work" doddsjunior memberMember #Joined: 30 Nov 2007Posts: 17Location: Australia Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2017 8:53 pm It's so good to see this forum still alive and active after all these years! I'm an old member from around 2000 and thought I'd drop back in to show you guys where I've ended up after learning to much from this forum and what I'm doing these days. After all the encouragement and improvement in my work this forum and it's members helped me achieve, I ended up setting up my own studio and have been working for myself as a freelance illustrator for the last 15 years now, which has to be the best and most enjoyable way to earn an income I've ever experienced. I often feel guilty sending out those invoices as it doesn't feel like I've really "earned" the money. Over the years I've had the opportunity to work on HEAPS of varied and fun projects and in a lot of different styles - the city I live in isn't huge so I found I needed to become a bit of a style-chamelion to keep enough work rolling in stay in business. Here's a link to my current portfolio if you're interested in seeing what I've been doing and I've attached a fairly recent personal piece below. (I know it's not perfect, but it was fun to do) While programs, hardware and popular artwork styles have changed a lot over the years the fundamental lessons I learned here about lighting, composition and structure have always served me well and I don't think I would have achieved everything I have without this forum, so thank you to Dhabih, Mullins, Sumaleth, FlushGarden, Loki and all the other members who made this place such a great place to share art and learn. It's also been a great place to meet like minds and make new friends - many of which have developed into long lasting real life friendships & connections with great artists I never would have otherwise met. If any artists on here want to add me on Facebook or Instagram please feel free - it's where I post most of my work these days: Facebook link Instagram link (PS my original forum profile was "rdgraffix" but I can't seem to log into that now as it's either an inactive account or is linked to an old work email address - can anyone help?) _________________Rowan Dodds Inksplat Studios Real-ink™ Digital Brushes Project Back to top SumalethAdministratorMember #Joined: 30 Oct 1999Posts: 2898Location: Australia Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2017 7:08 am Hey, it's good to see you back with a catchup post! There's some really great work on your website too. Sijun is still running but it's quiet these days. There's only a few people still posting here now. I didn't know you were in Adelaide. I imagine you have the market largely to yourself there. It's amazing to see where all the old Sijuners have ended up. -Rowan/Sumaleth_________________Art Links Archive -- Artists and Tutorials Back to top doddsjunior memberMember #Joined: 30 Nov 2007Posts: 17Location: Australia Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2017 4:44 am Thanks Sumaleth - it's great to hear from you too, and I appreciate your comments on my work. Yours is looking top-notch too! You'd think I'd have the run of little old Adelaide but surprisingly there are probably hundreds of professional artists of one sort or another holed away here. Personally I love that as there are always creative people and workshops/groups to catch up with when I need inspiration, feedback or just need to get out of the studio for a bit and talk custom brushes. You're based in Melbourne right? We should catch up some time when we're in each other's stomping ground. I've shot you a FB invite so we can keep in touch easier. Who else still posts here from the old days? And where have some of the old names ended up? It would be great to hear their success stories. I know Rinaldo is now writing and illustrating his own successful graphic novels for the French market as well as teaching the next generation of digital artists at CDW (Concept Design Workshops) here in Adelaide, and another ex-Adelaide-Siguner (who's forum name slips my mind) has had his career has take off in computer games, taking him around the world as Creative Director on PC, Console and iOS games. Damn, time goes fast doesn't it? - the other Rowan_________________Rowan Dodds Inksplat Studios Real-ink™ Digital Brushes Project Back to top [Shizo]memberMember #Joined: 22 Oct 1999Posts: 3938 Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2017 5:36 am Uhh... most of your success is due to my trolling, I'm sure of it. Back to top SumalethAdministratorMember #Joined: 30 Oct 1999Posts: 2898Location: Australia Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2017 8:23 am Shizo: of course. dodds: Yes, I suppose it could get a bit boring if there weren't plenty of like-minded people around you. Though I work around the edges of the videogame industry here and I swear that half of them have come from Adelaide. One of them, who started up a new game studio here in the last year, was an old Sijuner; Ken Wong, who you might have been thinking of? He was lead designer on a popular mobile game called Monument Valley a couple of years back, working in England for a game/design studio, before deciding to start his own adventure here in Melbourne. I see CaptainFlushGarden's work around film and game projects as concept artist. The same with Dr.Zulu aka another name that I can't think of right now. Bobby Chiu started his own art teaching website called schoolism.com and it has been hugely successful. 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Exemestane, Pemetrexed Disodium, and Carboplatin in Treating Post-Menopausal Women With Stage IV Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01664754
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : August 14, 2012
Last Update Posted : May 7, 2019
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|Condition or disease
|Stage IV Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
|Drug: exemestane Drug: pemetrexed disodium Drug: carboplatin Other: laboratory biomarker analysis Other: pharmacological study Other: questionnaire administration Procedure: quality-of-life assessment
|Phase 1
I. Evaluate the safety and tolerability of escalating doses of exemestane when given with pemetrexed (pemetrexed disodium) and carboplatin in post-menopausal women with stage IV non-squamous, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
I. Determine the objective tumor response rate (defined by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors [RECIST] 1.1) in patients treated with pemetrexed, carboplatin and exemestane.
II. Evaluate the pharmacokinetic profile of pemetrexed, carboplatin and exemestane.
III. Evaluate quality of life in patients treated with pemetrexed, carboplatin and exemestane.
IV. Analyze tumor tissue biomarkers for potential correlation with response.
OUTLINE: This is a dose-escalation study of exemestane.
Patients receive exemestane orally (PO) once daily (QD) on days 1-28 and pemetrexed disodium intravenously (IV) over 15 minutes and carboplatin IV over 30 minutes on day 1. Treatment repeats every 21 days for up to 4 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up at 30 days, and then every 3 months thereafter.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|8 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Single Group Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Phase I Dose Escalation Study of Carboplatin, Pemetrexed and Exemestane in Post-menopausal Women With Metastatic Non-squamous NSCLC
|Actual Study Start Date :
|September 7, 2012
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|January 11, 2019
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|January 11, 2019
Experimental: Treatment (exemestane, pemetrexed disodium, and carboplatin)
Patients receive exemestane PO QD on days 1-28 and pemetrexed disodium IV over 15 minutes and carboplatin IV over 30 minutes on day 1. Treatment repeats every 21 days for up to 4 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Drug: exemestane
Given PO
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Drug: pemetrexed disodium
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Drug: carboplatin
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Other: laboratory biomarker analysis
Correlative studies
Other: pharmacological study
Correlative studies
Other Name: pharmacological studies
Other: questionnaire administration
Ancillary studies
Procedure: quality-of-life assessment
Ancillary studies
Other Name: quality of life assessment
- Tabulation, grading, and attribution of serious adverse events (SAEs) and adverse events (AEs) using the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 3.0 [ Time Frame: Up to 3 years ]
- Proportion achieving clinical response [ Time Frame: Up to 3 years ]For categorical markers Fisher's exact test will be used. The log rank test will be used to examine association between categorical markers and time to disease progression. For quantitative markers one-way ANOVA will be used. Cox-proportional hazards regression models will be used to correlate quantitative markers with time to disease progression. Pearson correlations will be used between pairs of quantitative markers. If there is significant non-normality the Kendall correlation coefficients will be used. Mixed effects models will be used to quantify markers at multiple time points.
- Quality of life in patients treated with pemetrexed disodium, carboplatin and exemestane [ Time Frame: Up to 3 years ]Quality of life measures will be compared between response categories (ANOVA) and the effect of time on therapy will be assessed with mixed effects models.
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Ability to understand the purpose and risks of the study and provide signed and dated informed consent and authorization to use protected health information (PHI)
- Histologically or cytologically confirmed, treatment-naive (or status post a single treatment regimen of a tyrosine kinase inhibitor as a single agent) stage IV non-squamous, NSCLC
- Measurable disease according to modified RECIST version 1.1
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status =< 1
- Expected survival time of >= 3 months in the opinion of the investigator
- Postmenopausal women; women are eligible if they are postmenopausal (older than 50 years of age with no spontaneous menses for at least 12 months; or 50 years of age or younger either with no spontaneous menses [amenorrheic] within 12 months of randomization [e.g., spontaneous or secondary to hysterectomy] and a follicle-stimulating hormone level within the postmenopausal range or with prior bilateral oophorectomy)
- Ability to provide a formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tumor tissue sample containing representative tumor tissue from a previously obtained biopsy/resection that meets specific tissue sample requirements at screening
Exclusion Criteria:
- History of another primary cancer within 3 years prior to day 1 with the exception of curatively treated skin cancer (other than melanoma) or curatively treated cervical carcinoma in-situ
- Untreated central nervous system (CNS) involvement; (treated CNS involvement is permitted only if the patient is not currently on steroid therapy or has remained on a stable, unchanged dose of steroid for >= 3 weeks)
- Recent major surgery within the prior 4 weeks; (mediastinoscopy or placement of a central venous access will be allowed as long as placement was more than 7 days prior to receiving study drug)
- Any prior or concurrent investigational or standard therapy for treatment of metastatic NSCLC including radiation therapy, chemotherapy, biological therapy (with the exception of a single treatment regimen of a tyrosine kinase inhibitor as a single agent, which must be completed 28 days prior to day 1), hormonal therapy, or immunotherapy; (palliative-targeted radiotherapy for brain or bone metastases is permitted providing it has been at least 14 days prior to day 1)
- History of hormone replacement therapy (estrogens with or without progestin) or an aromatase inhibitor (anastrazole, letrozole, exemestane) within 8 weeks prior to day 1
- Osteoporosis complicated by pathologic fracture
- Concurrent investigational agents for non-malignant disease or prior investigational agents for non-malignant disease within 4 weeks or 5 half-lives (whichever is shorter) prior to day 1
- Concurrent cytotoxic or immunosuppressive therapy for non-malignant disease (e.g., for rheumatoid arthritis or lupus)
- Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) < 1500/mL
- Platelet count < 100,000/mL
- Hemoglobin < 9.0 g/dL
- Serum bilirubin > 1.5 x upper limits of normal (ULN)
- Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) > 2.5 x ULN (AST and ALT > 5 x ULN for subjects with liver metastasis)
- Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) =< 50
- Albumin =< 2.5 g/dL
- Known history of or positive test result for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
- Active infection (including HIV/acquired immune deficiency syndrome [AIDS], hepatitis B, or hepatitis C infection) requiring systemic antibiotics, antivirals, or antifungals
- History of myocardial infarction within 12 months prior to day 1 or clinically significant coronary disease
- New York Heart Association grade II or greater congestive heart failure
- Unstable coronary disease or clinically significant electrocardiogram (ECG) (12-lead) abnormalities, as determined by the investigator
- Inability to comply with study and follow-up procedures
- Any other disease, metabolic dysfunction, physical examination finding, or clinical laboratory finding that leads to reasonable suspicion of a disease or condition that contraindicates the use of an investigational drug or that may affect the interpretation of the results or render the subject at high risk from treatment complications
- Other unspecified reasons that, in the opinion of the investigator or sponsor, make the subject unsuitable for enrollment
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01664754
|United States, California
|Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
|Los Angeles, California, United States, 90095
|Principal Investigator:
|Edward Garon
|Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
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|Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
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NCI-2012-01250 ( Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program) )
|First Posted:
|August 14, 2012 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|May 7, 2019
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|May 2019
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Are you looking for help with credit card debt relief in Lincoln AL? More and more consumers in this economy are finding that they are in need of some form of Credit Repair or Debt Settlement. With mounting high interest credit card debt on top of a home mortgage, one or two car loans, installment loans and perhaps even a student loan, the total payments can be overwhelming. If you find yourself in a similar situation, you have probably come to this website because getting out of debt is your number one priority. You may have considered a debt consolidation loan, but don't really want to apply for any more loans. Besides, you are not sure if you would even qualify at this point due to your high credit balances and low credit score. You may have even considered bankruptcy so that you can get a clean start, even though it may impact your credit rating for years to come. So before you take any drastic actions that could put you further in debt or destroy your credit, let's look at some debt relief and forgiveness options
Debt Relief and Forgiveness Options
If paying off debt or debt forgiveness is important to your financial health, you are probably aware that there are several options available to you in Lincoln AL. They include:
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Let's take a closer look at some of the ways that you can get out of debt and how each solution can help you achieve your goal of being debt free.
Credit Repair
Credit repair is the process of fixing or removing items on a bad credit report. It could be as simple as rectifying mistakes with one or all of the credit bureaus. It may also involve Identity theft, which can require extensive credit repair work. The second form of credit repair is to deal with fundamental financial issues, such as budgeting, and begin to address legitimate concerns on the part of lenders. In some cases, credit repair may require legal as well as financial expertise. Depending on the extent of the problem, it may require simply cleaning up misunderstandings, while in other cases professional intervention is needed.
Debt Consolidation
As we have discussed, debt consolidation loans are probably one of the first solutions that Lincoln AL consumers saddled with high interest debt consider to pay off their financial obligations. The biggest drawback is that they are not always easy to qualify for, especially if you are already having financial issues. The concept of consolidation loans is that you pay off all of your high interest credit cards and installment loans with one lower interest loan that reduces your overall monthly payments. It is often advisable with these types of loans to close out all of the high interest credit cards so that they are not charged up again on top of the consolidation loan. This option is often best used in conjunction with some form of credit counseling so as not to make matters worse by continuing to incur high interest debt.
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Debt Settlement has become very popular in Lincoln AL as a means of debt elimination instead of consolidation. It provides debt relief by reducing the total amount owed to each creditor, thus making the debt much easier to pay off. Companies that specialize in debt settlement programs negotiate on the consumer's behalf with creditors to reduce the balances due and set up a payment schedule that will eliminate the total debt within a set amount of time. This allows the debt to be paid off faster and with more affordable monthly payments. The advantage to creditors is that they will receive at least a portion of the debt owed without having to hire debt collectors or pursue the debt through the judicial system. Often they may receive nothing at all if the debtor files bankruptcy. If you would like to see how much you can save with a Debt Settlement Program, click the banner above.
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"Debt management and credit counseling" are debt relief strategies that analyze your current financial picture and educate you on how to better manage your debt. Counselors will make suggestions regarding budgeting money and consumer behavior so that you can make wiser choices when incurring debt. They will also create a payment plan that you can afford, often incorporating other debt relief options such as consolidation, debt settlement and reducing interest rates on credit.
Bankruptcy is the last option that should be considered, and only when no other debt relief option is a workable solution. Bankruptcy can provide a "clean slate" so to speak financially, but not without consequences. The worst is that it can impact your credit for the long term, although options for re-establishing your credit will vary from lender to lender. And not all debt may be forgiven, so be sure to consult a reputable Lincoln AL bankruptcy attorney to find out what is forgivable debt should you choose this option.
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Finding the right debt relief program is important if you want to get out of debt and remain debt free. If you live in the Lincoln AL area, here is a little bit of background information about your hometown that may be helpful.
Lincoln, Alabama
Lincoln is a city in Talladega County, Alabama, United States. It was incorporated in 1911.[4] At the 2010 census the population was 6,266. It was named for Major General Benjamin Lincoln, who served in the American army during the Revolutionary War.
Lincoln is located at 33°35′35″N 86°8′20″W / 33.59306°N 86.13889°W / 33.59306; -86.13889 (33.593156, -86.138879).[5] It is home to Honda Manufacturing of Alabama, employing over 4,000 people. Talladega Superspeedway race track is located near the city.
Lincoln has three public schools in the Talladega County Board of Education, Lincoln Elementary School, Charles R. Drew Middle School, and Lincoln High School, Home of The Golden Bears. The first graduate of Lincoln High School was the famous Cities Service Company CEO Burl S. Watson, who graduated from LHS in 1912.
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Easter is right around the corner and you know what that means, Egg Hunts! From making to decorating to eating, we put together the top 5 tips you need to know for the Perfect Easter Egg!
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Amazing Easter Eggs start (obviously) with the perfect hardboiled egg. This skill is easy to learn, but can be tricky to master. Carla Hall shares her sure-fire tips for making sure the eggs come out just right every time. Use these for your egg hunt and when it's over, chop them up for delicious deviled eggs!
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As the old saying goes, you got to learn to walk before you run and the same logic applies to egg dyeing. You should master the art of basic coloring before you move onto advance egg dyeing and painting. Our resident craft master, Clinton Kelly, shows you how to make eggcellent marbled dyed eggs!
What You Need
Hard Boiled Eggs
Different colors of food dye
Olive Oil
Paper Towels
A bowl of warm water without dye
Bowls of water with 2 tablespoons vinegar each
How To Make Them
• Mix together three cups of warm water in shallow bowls with two tablespoons of vinegar and ten drops of food coloring. Whisk the ingredients together well.
• Submerge your eggs and leave them in the dye until they reach the desired color.
One thing we learned is that it is better to have a lighter color as the base color so the second layer of color will take well on your eggs.
• Gently pat your eggs dry with a paper towel, allow to fully dry.
• To the dye that you have already prepared, add one tablespoon of olive oil.
• Using a fork, run your fork through the oil to break it into pieces to create the solution to roll your eggs.
• As the oil swirls, roll dyed eggs once through a contrasting color, allowing the oil to pick up and create another layer of color on eggs. Blot gently with paper towels and let dry completely.
3. Herb Silhouette Dyed Eggs
Herb silhouettes are an eggstrememly easy way to make fancy looking eggs without all the fuss. It's so easy, even your kids could do it. Go on, don't be afraid, give it a shot!
What You'll Need
• Eggs
• Fresh herbs like mint, cilantro or dill
• Plain, nude stockings
• Rubberbands
• Vinegar
• Liquid food coloring
How to Make Them
• Place herb onto egg with the front of herb facing the egg.
• Place egg into stocking and secure with rubber band or tie it off.
• Add vinegar and food coloring to bowl of hot water. You want to use 1 teaspoon of vinegar per half cup of water. Then add twenty drops of food coloring for each half cup of water.
• Place eggs into bowls and let sit for at least 5 minutes.
• Unwrap egg in water bath to prevent dye from bleeding. Then you can use a polyurethane spray to seal them and create a nice finish.
• If you want to add an intro message-in-an-egg use one of your blown out, decorated eggs. Then write a message on a small piece of paper, then roll it up and insert into hole in egg. Place your egg into a small box and use them as place settings! Your guests can break their eggs and read their messages.
4. Silk Dyed Eggs
Now that you know the basics, you can move up to the big leagues: silk-dyed eggs. As an added bonus, if you blow out your eggs first you can keep them for years to come!
What You'll Need
• Eggs
• Old silk scarves or ties
• White vinegar
• Rubber bands
• Socks
How to Make Them
• If you want to keep them for more than a year you can blow out your eggs if you want to make them last for years to come. To do this just poke a hole in the top and bottom, then use a small straw to blow out the yolk and whites. Rinse it out, let dry, and you're ready to go!
• Tightly wrap egg in scarf. Then secure with rubber band.
• Place the egg in a sock and secure with a rubberband.
• Add 1 cup vinegar to pot of gently boiling water. You want about 1 teaspoon of vinegar for every half cup of water. Be sure to use enamel or glass pot (something non-reactive).
• Drop eggs into water and let sit for 20 minutes. If they're blown eggs, fill them with water beforehand so they sink.
• We removed the eggs from the boiling water and allowed them to cool.
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RICHMOND, Va. -- Jarvis Jenkins is the eighth Washington Redskins player to receive an NFL drugs-related suspension in 22 months, sanctioned for four games without pay Friday for testing positive for a banned performance-enhancing substance.
Expected to start at defensive end, Jenkins will instead miss the first four games of the regular season. He will be eligible to return to the active roster on Sept. 30, following the Week 4 game against the Oakland Raiders.
Jenkins, who was on the practice field at training camp working with the first-string unit when the suspension was announced, released a statement saying he was "shocked and confused" to learn that he had tested positive for what he called "an obscure substance." Then he addressed reporters at length following the practice, apologizing to fans, the team and his parents.
"It was a simple mistake," he said, "but I'm accepting my responsibilities like a man."
Jenkins said he takes pre-workout and recovery supplements. Every NFL player has been instructed not to take supplements that don't have an "NSF" label -- a label that means they've been certified as acceptable under an agreement between the league and players' union -- but Jenkins said he nevertheless took an over-the-counter supplement that didn't have the label.
Jenkins said he checked the ingredients of the supplement, but he learned that's not a fail-safe method. In March, he was informed that he had tested positive for a substance women take for breast cancer and that has also been used by athletes in connection with steroids.
He appealed the suspension, but the league ruled against him.
"I thought I was going to get off on it, and I didn't," he said. "The NFL has strict rules. ... They tell us we're responsible for what's in our body. Obviously I'm being led as an example."
Jenkins' backup was expected to be Adam Carriker, but Carriker had a third surgery Thursday for a right knee injury and is unlikely to play this season. Chris Baker, who has been moved from nose tackle, and Kedric Golston are the leading candidates to start while Jenkins is away. Jenkins is allowed to practice during training camp and can play in preseason games.
Jenkins said the Redskins do a good job of educating players about the NFL's drug policies, but the results are debatable. Left tackle Trent Williams, tight end Fred Davis and cornerback Phillip Buchanon served four-game sanctions in 2011. Cornerback Cedric Griffin and tackle Jordan Black were docked four games last year.
Linebacker Rob Jackson, like Jenkins, is suspended for the first four games this year. Safety Tanard Jackson is serving an indefinite suspension and could be reinstated this year.
Each suspension comes with its own backstory -- Williams, Davis and Jackson were sanctioned for substance abuse, the rest for performance-enhancing drugs -- but coach Mike Shanahan acknowledged the troubling trend.
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A second-round pick in 2011, Jenkins missed his rookie season with a right knee injury. He returned last year to start 14 games and felt primed for a breakout season.
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Xieng Khouang, LaosKirsty Turner
Situated in the northeast of Laos, the enchanting province of Xieng Khouang is a popular stop on the trail through Laos. This is a great place to go trekking as the landscape is infinitely interesting; with broad ochre hills, and the eucalypts and pine plantations, the mountains of Hua Phah and lush valleys. The climate is quite cool and this is also a good place to escape the heat of southern Laos.
Most people come to Xieng Khouang province to visit the Plain of Jars, where hundreds of stone jars are scattered across the landscape. Carved from solid rock, these enormous jars are more than 2500 years old, and are an impressive sight. Although legends tell that the jars were used to ferment wine in the sixth century, nobody is really certain of their origins and another theory is that they were tombs for the people who died in battle. The Plain of Jars is also known as Thong Hai Hin and one of the highlights of Laos as it is entirely unique.
After a hard day of exploring, soothe aching muscles with a dip in the hot springs. There are two hot springs in the area, Bo Noi and Bo Yai, which reach temperatures of around 60?C, are set in a beautiful forest and the perfect place to relax and unwind.
The capital of Xieng Khouang is Muang Khun, and this is a great place to spend the night and explore. Here you will find some interesting temple ruins as well as the complete Wat Pia Wat. As you wander around the city you will find a number of good restaurants and places to stay.
The town of Muang Khun features both night a day markets, which are large and lively. People travel to the market from all over the province to sell their wares, swap stories and do some shopping. This is a good place to buy a cheap meal and indulge in some people watching as you witness Lao life unfold around you.


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Professor Bun B and Dr. Anthony Pinn speak to last semester's
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UGK rapper Bun B is full of interesting news this week.
On Tuesday, August 30 it was the proclamation of an official "Bun B Day" by Mayor Annise Parker and the City of Houston. And now, it's the announcement that he'll be donning his professor's cap once again for a public session of the fascinating "Religion and Hip Hop Culture" course he taught at Rice last spring.
However, this time around, the class will be open to the general public through the university's School of Continuing Studies.
The course will be held on eight Tuesday nights at 7pm – 8:30pm from September 13 through November 1, 2011. The cost is $170 ($150 for Rice alumni) and offers 1.2 CEUs (Continuing Education Unit credits.)
As with last semester's session, it will be co-taught by Bernard "Bun B" Freeman and Dr. Anthony Pinn, the Agnes Cullen Arnold Professor of Humanities and professor of religious studies at Rice University.
Topics will include the following:
• What is religion? – A theoretical grounding
• What is hip hop? – Break dancing and visual art, and the look and language of hip hop
• Religious traditions and rap music: Islam, Christianity and rap
• Hip hop as a critique of religious institutions
• Hip hop and life meaning
• Hip hop, a "new" religion – Works of artists who argue hip hop is a unique religious language and experience
I'm told the classroom holds 100 student and that they'd like to, but don't yet, have every seat filled. Also, there will not be any required work to complete outside of the class which certainly makes it a more attractive opportunity for potential students who may already be managing busy day jobs and homes.
Those interested can find more details and sign up for the course online through the school's website.
Here's what Bun B told me about the class at the end of last semester.
UPDATE 09/07/11 (11am CST) – I'm told the class has been cancelled due to low enrollment. No word yet on whether or not it will be offered at a later date.


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Torrington Deputy Fire Chief Chris Pepler relishes new role
Torrington >> The first ten days of Christopher Pepler's promotion to Deputy Fire Chief have been filled with responsibilities and challenges.
Pepler was promoted on Feb. 6, and has since moved into his new office and discovered all the responsibilities that come with the new desk he now sits behind.
Becoming Deputy Fire Chief was the fulfillment of a more recent dream of Pepler's, but being a firefighter was his dream since he was a child.
"My goal since I was four years old, in Torrington, was to be a firefighter," said Pepler. "The fire department came to my school in kindergarten and I had my picture on the front page of the Register in 1978 squirting the hose and I said to my parents that I want to be a firefighter, no different than anybody else, only I stuck with it."
Pepler joined the Torringford Fire Department in the explorer post at age 15. He went on to volunteer there and eventually volunteered at Harington, West Side. When he was hired at the Torrington Fire Department in 1999, his dream had come full circle.
Pepler was born and raised in Torrington, and that was one of the reasons he was promoted to Deputy Fire Chief, said Fire Chief Gary Brunoli.
"I love Torrington," said Pepler. "I love knowing everybody. Everywhere I go somewhere, my wife often gets frustrated, what took you so long? I always bump into somebody and I've got the gift of gab so I have no problem talking to people."
According to Brunoli, Pepler had a good combination of ties to the community and ties to the fire service.
"Mr. Pepler has been a City resident for his whole life," said Brunoli. "He has been very involved with the fire service and through his work with the fire school. He has contacts not just across the state but across the country. His heart and soul has been in this department since he has been here."
Pepler was the Union president for five years, which was a position he loved. He resigned from the position the night he was appointed. Pepler acknowledged that he didn't always take the most popular position on different issues when he was president. He does think that his experience on the other side of the desk gave him a special kind of preparation for his promotion.
"Ironically enough, I was in a position where I would be arguing points of our contract with the person who sat at this very desk, which I think is a great advantage," said Pepler. "I think it's good because when the Union is able to come to me now instead of automatically saying no, I try to find three reasons to say yes. I think a lot of people in management positions don't get that. They automatically want to say no and I have a totally different approach to problem solving with labor management now because I've been there. I know how it is to be frustrated when you try to present an issue and automatically the door is closed."
Pepler said that he has had to deal with things like personnel issues, contract negotiations and grievance hearings during his run at Union president, which he never would have done otherwise. That's an education that prepared him for his current position, he said. He may not have always agreed with the board when he was president, but he tried to always be tactful and show them respect. Pepler said that definitely helped him build lasting relationships.
Now that Pepler has a new title with a new office, he also has new responsibilities.
"He's got his feet wet the first couple of days," said Brunoli. "We brought him up to speed on the things he has to do. He is responsible not just for street operations but maintenance of the vehicles, purchasing supplies, the procurement of all things. People don't realize we don't have another guy in charge of buying our paper towels. He is in charge of that."
Pepler said he is in charge of everything from managing large scale emergency incidents to making sure the electric and heat stay on at the fire house. It is a lot of work, but Pepler said he loves it.
"This job fits me perfect because it's kind of a hybrid job, said Pepler. "It gives me a chance to hone in on my administrative skills and still be part of fire fighting operations, which is where my real passion is."
Pepler said the hardest part of his new job happened several minutes after he was appointed Deputy Fire Chief.
"Chief Brunoli unveiled his new plan at the Board of Public Safety meeting," said Pepler. "I didn't know anything about it so literally number four on the agenda was appoint Deputy Fire Chief and number seven was to discuss the plan."
Pepler said the intern program that was released as part of Brunoli's new plan has caused some uneasiness between the Union and management. As the former Union president, he has been questioned what he would do if he was still in that position. He said it hasn't been easy.
"That's the challenge of this position. It is trying to bring all sides together and do things collectively," said Pepler. "I enjoy challenges, and this is a challenge, that I don't know what really prepares you for it except getting thrown into the fire."
One of Pepler's goals as Deputy Fire Chief is to take a new approach to marketing the fire department. He wants to show what the department is doing for the community, and he said he plans to collaborate with Brunoli on that.
Right now, Pepler is just excited about the promotion.
"There is so much talent and passion in this department," said Pepler. "For me to be in the position, I'm just humbled to say the least."
Reach Kate Hartman at 860-489-3121, ext. 343.


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Lewis, Harrison hoping for significant strides
BALTIMORE -- Injured starting pitchers Colby Lewis and Matt Harrison are both on the Rangers' road trip to Baltimore and Detroit. Both are hoping their work this week leads to a significant next step immediately after the All-Star break.
Harrison, who has had two surgeries to repair a herniated disk in his lower back, is throwing long toss and playing catch off the mound. That's his plan for the rest of this week. But if that goes well, he could start throwing in earnest off the mound after the All-Star break.
"We're still looking at the end of August if all goes well," said Harrison, who had his second surgery on May 2. "Maybe six or seven bullpen sessions and a couple of live batting practices and hopefully I can get in a game [on a rehab assignment] by the beginning of August. But everything has to go right for that to happen."
Lewis has had his setbacks in the past five weeks while trying to come back from flexor tendon surgery in his right elbow. He's twice been recalled from a medical rehabilitation assignment because of discomfort in his elbow but is scheduled to pitch live batting practice on Tuesday. He is hoping to do that twice on this road trip.
"We'll see how it reacts and then see if I'm ready for a rehab assignment," Lewis said.
Lewis, who had surgery on July 27, 2012, would likely need a minimum of three starts in the Minors before the Rangers would consider him an option for the Major League rotation. That would push it right up to the July 31 Trade Deadline and be a factor in the Rangers willingness to trade for starting pitching help.
Alexi Ogando, who is on the disabled list with shoulder inflammation, is scheduled to make his second rehab start on Thursday in the Minor Leagues. He would make a third start the following Tuesday and that could possibly put him in position to be activated off the disabled list after the All-Star break.


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On the fly: Ad man jumps into filming
"I'm sort of water obsessed, I guess," admits Jamie Howard, whose five-year plan includes tarpon fishing, examining the erosion of the Mississippi delta in Louisiana, and studying a massive, stagnant buildup of plastic waste found floating in the Pacific.
The latter seems to get him particularly stoked.
"I've never been in any place on earth that didn't have plastic in it, and I've been in some of the most remote atolls on earth," he says. "I think it will probably be the next big environmental story of our time."
And he hopes to be the one to break it, along with the slew of other looming environmental issues for which he seems to want to take responsibility.
"I wish I could do a TV show called 'You won't believe it, but...'" he says.
Howard, 34, recently led the ad agency, Payne Ross, to a "Best Print Campaign" award from the local chapter of the American Marketing Association. The gold award recognized Howard's "We know how you feel about racing" advertisements for CDOC, an auto racing supply house.
On the heels of his success in advertising, Howard is now training his wit and his eye for detail on filmmaking. It's not idle artistry, though.
His most recent project, In Search of a Rising Tide, filters its general perspective on bonefishing in the Bahamas through a decidedly green lens, and he made a point to lace howardfilms.com with links to the environmental group working to maintain the area's ecological balance.
"That's why people make films," he says, "so that the word gets out."
That is, of course, assuming that he can actually bring himself to actually turn it loose.
"I was kind of notorious when I made commercials for being the guy who would never leave the set," he says, recalling his many violations of union policy. He spent six months editing In Search of a Rising Tide, which debuted last month at the Jackson Hole Film Festival, clocking in at just 25 minutes long.
"The film was incredibly well received," says Jackson Hole resident Kim Vletas, who also helped coordinate the filming process in the Bahamas.
Dana Sara, the Wyoming festival's program director, even hopes to add a fly fishing division next time around as a direct result of the buzz generated by Howard's film.
"This film has a lot of plot-driven, character-driven development that made me like it even though I don't like fishing," she says.
That's about as compelling a testimonial for a fishing documentary as you're likely to find anywhere.
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- An Army recruiter shoots a recruit, 17, and then himself, police say
- Staff Sgt. Adam Anthony Arndt, 31, supervised the recruitment of Michelle Miller
- Her father says she raced to the home of Arndt, who threatened suicide
- She wanted to become a psychotherapist, her father says
Police continued their investigation Tuesday into the shooting deaths of an Army recruiter and a 17-year-old girl in Maryland that appear to be "a murder-suicide," Montgomery County police said.
Staff Sgt. Adam Anthony Arndt, 31, knew Michelle Lynne Miller because he supervised her recruitment as she planned to enlist in the Army Reserves after graduating high school, police said.
Police found both of them dead Monday inside Arndt's apartment in Germantown while looking into a report of a missing juvenile possibly being at that location, police said. Police broke down the door because they were unable to make contact with anyone inside.
"Detectives now believe that Arndt shot Miller and then shot himself," police said in a statement. Miller was a senior at Rockville High School, police said.
Miller's father, Kevin, told CNN affiliate WJLA that he believes his daughter was lured to Arndt's residence after she received a call Sunday night from Arndt, who was threatening suicide.
His daughter raced to his home in her mother's car, her father said.
Miller had just been accepted at Arizona State University and enlisted to help pay the tuition, her father said. She wanted to be a psychotherapist, he said.
Arndt was apparently in violation of Army recruiting regulations because a recruiter isn't "allowed to have anyone who would be considered influenced by your position in the Army in your private home, in your dwelling place," said Kathleen Welker of the U.S. Army Recruiting Command.
When asked if the recruit's presence in Arndt's residence violated regulations, Welker stated: "I would say it appears that way. But it is being investigated by the police and by our Criminal Investigation Division."
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Fitch warns it may downgrade US over debt standoff
The United States could lose its top credit rating for the second time from a leading agency if there's a delay in raising the country's debt ceiling, Fitch Ratings warned Tuesday.
Congress has to increase the country's debt limit, which effectively rules how much debt the U.S. can have, by the end of February or face a potential default, Fitch says.
There are fears that the debate will descend into the sort of squabbling and political brinkmanship that marked the last effort to raise the ceiling in the summer of 2011. Outgoing U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner warned then that it had nearly reached a point where government would be unable "to meet our commitments securely."
"The pressure on the U.S. rating, if anything, is increasing," David Riley, managing director of Fitch Ratings' global sovereigns division said at a London conference. "We thought the 2011 crisis was a one-off event .... if we have a repeat we will place the U.S. rating under review."
If that happens, Riley said there was "a material risk" of the rating coming down, which could mean the U.S. would face steeper costs when it comes to servicing its debt.
If Fitch does move to downgrade the US, it will join Standard & Poor's, which was so concerned by the dysfunctional nature of the 2011 debate that it stripped the U.S. of its triple A rating for the first time in the country's history.
Fitch already has a negative outlook on the U.S. as the country's debt burden has risen to around 100 percent of its annual gross domestic product, and has said it will make a decision on the rating this year, regardless of how the debt ceiling discussions pan out.
The U.S. government reached its statutory debt limit of nearly $16.4 trillion at the end of 2012 but is pursuing some extraordinary measures and can use some in-house deposits that should see it through to the end of February, according to Fitch.
Another major ratings agency, Moody's, also has a negative view on the U.S. outlook.
Riley's comments come just two weeks after U.S. lawmakers agreed to a budget deal with the White House that avoided the so-called fiscal cliff of automatic tax increases and spending cuts that many economists thought could plunge the U.S. economy, the world's largest, back into recession. Relief that a deal was cobbled together, albeit at the final hour, is one of the reasons why sentiment in the financial markets has been buoyant in the first trading days of the new year. Many stock indexes around the world are trading at multi-year highs.
"The `fiscal cliff' bullet was dodged .... (but it's) a short-term patch," said Riley.
Riley warned that the different arms of the U.S. government still have a number of issues to address. As well as increasing the debt ceiling, they have to agree to spending cuts that were delayed as part of the "fiscal cliff" agreement and back measures to avoid a government shutdown, potentially in March.
Though short-term fixes are more likely than not, Riley said the U.S. political environment is not as good as it should be for a country holding the gold-chip AAA rating. The past few years, Riley said, have been marked by "self-inflicted crises" between deadlines.
Overall, Fitch reckons the debt ceiling is "an ineffective and potentially dangerous mechanism for enforcing fiscal discipline."
The major reason behind the lack of swift action in the U.S. is that the Democrats control the White House and the Senate, while the Republicans have a solid majority in the House of Representatives. Both sides have differing visions of the role of the state in society and often varying political objectives.
Despite his cautious tone on the rating, Riley said the U.S. has a number of huge advantages and that getting the country's public finances into shape will not require the same level of austerity that many countries in Europe have had to enact over the past few years, partly because the U.S. economy is growing at a steady rate.
Other factors Fitch says support the U.S.'s AAA rating are the country's economic dynamism, lower financial sector risks, the rule of law as well as the global benchmark status of the country's bonds and the dollar.
However it says these "fundamental credit strengths are being eroded by the large, albeit steadily declining, structural budget deficit and high and rising public debt."


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There is really no any religion is more insane than the other. Any ideology that claims itself as the absolute truth without any proper materialistic evidence or rational claim is completely insane. So it doesn't matter what theistic ideology one follows, they are all equally as absurd as the next one.
The problem lies on the believer itself. If one believes their doctrine is correct, then they will compare it another and ridicule the other as false and incorrect with the same fallacies and irrationality that can be said for the very same person's doctrine. But usually they are too ignorant to accept it. The insanity really comes from not only the belief system but also the followers acting upon it. Such as donating money to "reactivate" your mind in Scientology or teaching creationism or participating in violent martyrdom.
I guess you can say there are degrees of insanity but not really in theological cases. The reason someone might think Scientology is "more" insane than Christianity is because of societal and cultural brainwashing. In USA we are brought up in a culture where Christianity is the largest group, so automatically there is a phenomena that teachings of Christianity is the "truth". Anything else of that is considered wrong/insane. Now if we lived in a nation where Scientology was the majority, then we would think Christianity is wrong. This also ties into with propaganda. Scientology because of certain celebrities and what not, have a bad reputation. We see it in our media, always portraying Scientologists as weird and odd people. Kinda like with Muslims, its always violence, terrorism and oppression. Lot of Christians like to point out how insane Islam is and all, but they ignore the history of their own religion, which is filled with the same, if not, more violence.
That is definitely an interesting theory. However from what I learned in anthropology class, many of the early religions, specifically the ancient greek civilization during the paleolithic era, many of the religions beliefs had a purpose of identity rather than believing in a being for moral guidance. For example terracota figurines in ancient Greece represented mostly females and represented an offering to gods for good luck such as fertility to women.
One thing I would like to ask is, we Humans didn't really have oral language during the early Paleolithic era, about the time time when Homo Sapiens started to first appear. How would early mankind engage in any gossiping if oral or written language was not really established at the time.
I found this extremely interesting, and you might be able to glean from it something that may lend insight to your hypothesis: 5 things you probably didn't know about Neanderthals
Diminished social skills may have led to their extinction.
All religions are equally untrue and equally batshit.
Well, I don't know. Buddhist theory has some surprising (and perhaps coincidental) correlations with modern physics. For example that the everyday world of the senses is an illusion (reality is mostly empty space), that fundamentally the world consists of vibration (string theory), and so on. Certainly that is considerably less crazy than Scientology and the three Middle Eastern religions.
One man's religion is another man's (a theologian's) philosophy.
Sounds like you're interpreting Buddhist theory, to conform with modern scientific thinking, much as theists do with the Bible - "The Bible says god said, 'Let there be light,' then the Big Bang happened, and by god, there was light!"
For tens of thousands of years, delusional, insane people have been killing and eliminating from the gene pool, those people who do not share their delusions and insanity (ie. sane, rational, people). Thereby selecting for craziness. So, now we have a population with a propensity to be completely credulous.


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Listening to your feedback - Expression and MSDN
When we announced Expression Studio last December, we saw great excitement from both the design and development community – excitement that is clearly reflected in the hundreds of thousands of CTP and trial downloads we've already seen. Following the announcement we received a lot of questions about why we did not include some of these products, particularly Expression Web, within customers' MSDN subscriptions.
In hearing this feedback, my team started looking into the matter in more detail and we talked to customers about how they are planning to use these products. One common theme emerged, and that is developers could better collaborate with designers if they had some experience with the new tools the designers are using. Even if you might not be using the Expression tools primarily, having a wider understanding of how they work and the information they produce will ensure greater communication and quality between design and development.
Based on this feedback, I am pleased to say that we will be making Expression Web available starting today to all MSDN Premium subscribers. We will also make Expression Blend available to MSDN Premium subscribers shortly after the Expression Studio release later in Q2 2007. Expression Blend and Expression Web are intended to help creative professionals collaborate with developers to create rich user experiences for the Web, Windows Vista applications and beyond, which means we need to make sure both tools are readily available to our developer community.
The decision extends to all MSDN Premium subscribers, including those with Visual Studio Professional and Visual Studio Team Edition's. For customers that have premium subscriptions to Visual Studio Team Suite, we will be making the entire Expression Studio available to them.
You may be asking, what about Expression Design and Expression Media? Expression Blend and Expression Web are both designed to help creative professionals and developers work together to create rich user experiences for the Web, Windows Vista applications and beyond. As Expression Design and Expression Media are not directly intended for application development, we feel they fall outside the current scope of MSDN Subscriptions. We will be watching usage and collecting feedback of these expression products to help make further decisions in the future.
I want to thank everyone for taking the time to provide feedback to my team, and helping us drive to this decision. Listening to our community is one of the key drivers for my team, and I assure you that every voice can make a difference.


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Residents of a Florida neighborhood were evacuated early Thursday after a large sinkhole opened up in a backyard.
Rescue workers responded around 6 a.m. to the 1100 block of Robmar Road in Dunedin, near St. Petersburg, according to WFLA.
Dunedin Fire Rescue officials said the sinkhole was about 45 feet wide and 30 feet deep. Officials said the sinkhole was expanding and said the ground near the homes was really soft.
The Tampa Bay Times reports that the ground is so unstable that two homes must be demolished.
Television footage showed that part of a patio had caved in and a boat was on the edge of the hole. Tampa area television stations reported that a neighboring pool appeared to have cracks. There were no reported injuries.
No other information was immediately known.
Sinkholes are common in Florida because the peninsula is made up of porous carbonate rocks such as limestone that store and help move water underground. Over time, the rocks can dissolve from an acid created from oxygen in water, creating a void under the limestone roof. When dirt, clay or sand gets too heavy for the limestone roof, it can collapse, creating a sinkhole.
A Tampa-area man was killed in late February after a sinkhole swallowed him in his home. In August, a sinkhole caused the partial collapse of a resort villa near Disney World in Orlando. No one was injuried.
Homeowner Michael Dupre said the family heard a noise that sounded like a sledgehammer pounding on the wall early Thursday morning.
Dupre told Bay News 9 there had been "sinkhole activity" in the area. "After the Seffner sinkhole, we were scared. We've been dealing with our insurance company and finally two days ago, they started working on our house. Now it looks like our house is gone."
As the hole grew, it swallowed the Dupre's porch and new boat. Now, his neighbor's swimming pool and a portion of that home have fallen in as well.
Engineers were called in to assess the homes and ultimately decided both Dupre's home and his neighbor's would be complete losses.
A backhoe was used to pull Dupre's boat from the hole. Crews had feared fuel in the boat could leak into groundwater. Otherwise, the rescue crews are in a holding pattern until the hole stabilizes.
State officials say three counties in the Tampa region are known as "sinkhole alley." Two-thirds of the sinkhole damage claims reported to the state Office of Insurance Regulation between 2006 and 2010 came from Hernando, Hillsborough and Pasco counties. Dunedin is in neighboring Pinellas County.
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Barry University
Barry University is one of the most respected private, Catholic universities in Florida with a long history of dedication to the education of its pupils.
Founded in 1940 by a Benedictine, the Most Reverend Patrick Barry, Bishop of St. Augustine, Florida together with his sister, the Reverend Mother M. Gerald Barry, prioress General of the Dominican Sisters of Adrian, Michigan, it has been an solid institution of learning in the state.
Not only that but, I drive by its main campus every day when commuting to work!
What is most interesting is the coat of arms of this university, mostly because it is an actual coat of arms and not a logo and because it has a story to tell.
Let's start with the blazon: Impaled: Dexter, barry of six Gules and Argent on each bar Gules an open book Argent; Sinister, borne dimidiated, gyronny of eight Argent and Sable a cross fleury throughout counterchanged (Order of Preachers).
As the blazon implies, this is a shield marshalling (or combining) two other shields. The dexter (left) shield is based on that of its founder, Bishop Patrick Barry, using books instead of shamrocks. The books symbolize the acquisition of knowledge. The sinister shield is that of the Dominican Order with which the University is closely tied.
I should not here that my blazon differs slightly from that registered with the US Heraldic Registry in that I do not use the qualifier "entire" for the dexter arms.
Above you see the arms alone used by the university that were inspired by Bishop Barry's.
Above you can see the Barry family arms on their own, as borne by the Bishop's family.
Again the Barry arms impaled with the arms of the Diocese of St. Augustine, FL of which Patrick Barry was Bishop. The dexter arms are those of the Diocese, of course.
These arms are those of the Dominican Order or, officially, the Order of Preachers. The Gyronny Cross Flory symbolizes the veneration of the Virgin (the cross flory) and the Dominican habit: a long white tunic, contrasting with a black cloak, cappa (shoulder cape) and/or scapular. The black and white representing truth over heresy or good over evil. The cross alone is also known as the "Dominican Cross".
Do you notice a difference between these arms and those on the sinister side of the University arms? The order of tinctures on the University arms are reversed!
Speaking of the Dominicans, you can find two different shields used by the Order. One (and the more famous) is the one with the cross flory depicted further up. The other, the one depicted just over these lines, is the one you tend to see more often these days and what is found on the official website of the Order. The blazon for this, simpler, shield is: Sable a pile reversed throughout Argent.
There are two things that strike me as odd in the arms of Barry University:
- The Dominican arms that are dimidiated on the sinister side are wrong (reversed tinctures).
- The Barry inspired arms are placed in the position of honor while one would expect the Order's shield to be there. Apparently, this was a conscious decision by the leadership of the University at some point in its history. Originally, the order was reversed.
- The dexter arms are shown in their entirety whereas the arms of the Order of Preachers is dimidiated. Usually, as can be seen in the Bishop's arms above, when arms are marshalled via impaling they are both squeezed in their entirety into their respective portions.
Related links:
- Barry University: http://www.barry.edu/
- The Diocese of St. Augustine, FL: http://www.dosafl.com/
- The Order of Preachers: http://curia.op.org/
- Registration of the arms with the US Heraldic Registry: http://www.usheraldicregistry.com/index.php?n=Registrations.20061031A
(note: all images created by me with clipart from Wikipedia)


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September 2007
The Importance of No Child Left Behind
As the parent of a school-aged child, you've no doubt heard about No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and would like to understand what it means—especially the benefits it offers you and your child.
On January 8, 2002, NCLB was signed into law. Americans united behind a revolutionary idea: every child can learn. The law confirms that as a nation, we will not accept a public school system that educates only a portion of its children.
NCLB recognizes what truly makes a difference in providing a quality education. It calls for a highly qualified teacher in the core subjects in every classroom; the use of proven, research-based instructional methods; and timely information and options for parents. Schools that underperform are held accountable, providing their students with free tutoring or transfer to a better-performing public school. In other words, children's education needs are placed first—where they belong.
To achieve its goals, NCLB works according to four common-sense principles:
- holding schools accountable for results;
- giving states and districts flexibility in how they spend federal money;
- using scientific research to guide classroom practice; and
- involving parents by giving them information and choices about their children's education.
In 1965, Congress passed the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), providing, for the first time, significant federal funding for K–12 education. The original law has been renewed eight times, most recently by NCLB.
—Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings
Title I of No Child Left Behind is "Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged." Why is this important to your understanding of NCLB? Because schools with high concentrations of children from low-income families receive Title I money, which is most of the federal K–12 education funds ($12.7 billion for the school year 2006-07). They receive this money through their states and districts, and more than half of all public schools (55 percent) fall into this category, often called "Title I schools."
For states to get any Title I money, they must ensure that all of their public schools and school districts meet certain requirements set forth in NCLB. For Title I schools, NCLB requires additional measures to ensure that America's neediest students are no longer left behind. All of these requirements are designed to put into practice the four common sense principles above and provide benefits for your child that—taken together—will guarantee the excellent education he or she deserves and needs.
—Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings


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My name is The Cog. I'm a medieval shipwreck. Found in 2000 during construction works in the harbor of Antwerp (Belgium). A dendrochronologist was able to date my wood. He told me it was chopped in the winter of 1325-1326. Somewhere in the northwest of Germany.
Since my discovery I just can't stop talking. But what did you expect? I was lying there, under a sedimentary layer of 7 metres, for several centuries. Nobody to share my thoughts or feelings with. Doomed to pass my days in solitude. Until this huge crane brought me light in the darkness – and unfortunately also a stabbing pain in my hull.


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Anyone Actually Use Bluetooth With their Phones?
I wasn't sure if this belongs here, but given the "handsfree" thing is a federal law i figured i would get some info/advice here. So my son decided to give me his over used iPhone. Took me a week or two to figure out how exactly it all works, but its pretty great. I gave up my old samsung flip phone for it, but the headset i use while on the road does not work. In my search for a new headset my son mentioned bluetooth....so im here asking. Ive seen a few of you out there with these things in your ears...are they worth it? Do they work good? easy to use? I noticed they have speaker phones as well, i have been eyeing this Jabra Cruiser speakerphone, just wanted some advice before i bought something i know nearly nothing about!


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DRHOOK- Gay tragedy: Depression, harassment drive teens to suicide
Kurt Hummel is actually a gay character played by– get this– an openly gay actor (Chris Colfer) on the show Glee! Finally, an openly gay man playing an openly gay character. No bogus in-the-closet actor playing a gay man, which is so Victor Victoria.
Remember Sean Hayes, who played OMG-so-gay Jack on Will & Grace? Even Sean came out of the closet (for like five seconds), but went back "in" with the closet door hitting his skinny behind. He eventually came out– only to be criticized in Newsweek for playing a straight man in Broadway's Promises, Promises.
Can a gay person ever win?
You probably heard on the news about Rutgers University student Tyler Clementi, who jumped off the George Washington Bridge after his roommate allegedly posted a video on the Internet of Tyler having sex with another man.
First of all, it would be humiliating to anyone to have such a tape posted without his/her consent. To make things worse, I bet Tyler was struggling with coming out.
Seth Walsh was only 13 years old when he hanged himself in California this autumn because of homophobic bullies. At Johnson & Wales University, an openly gay 19-year-old student, Raymond Chase, hanged himself. If you think gay teenage suicide is limited to just six high-profile cases in September, think again. It's been going on for decades.
According to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, suicide is the #3 cause of death in people between the ages 15 and 24. The CDC reports suicide as #2 cause of death on college campuses.
Bullying is bad enough to a young person whose brain hasn't fully matured and whose sense of self is yet to bloom. Moreover, when LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) people don't have the support of their own parents and family, there are few places to turn. Who is there to comfort an LGBT child?
How many health care professionals are open to help LGBT kids? Wait, I should emphasize that "help" means support them to be happy and healthy, and not curing homosexuality.
I know some doctors (and you know who you are) who won't take care of LGBT patients. Some pray for them to become straight. (I find it interesting if a person thinks being gay is a choice. That means being straight is a choice for them.)
The Trevor Project reports gay teens are 300 percent more likely to attempt suicide than non-LGBT teens. Nine out of ten LGBT students have been harassed at school. Even straight kids who are perceived to be gay are tormented by peers.
For LGBT people who seek counseling, it is important to find out before the first visit if the counselor thinks LGBT is like leprosy. Trust me, I have run into a few! Antidepressants can help fight depression and anxiety. However, as a doctor, I don't have a cure for bullying. (Teachers, principals, and school bus drivers do, although I have never seen it happen in my life.)
Interestingly, Cindy McCain said, "Our political and religious leaders tell LGBT youth that they have no future ... They can't serve our country openly ... Our government treats the LGBT community like second-class citizens, why shouldn't [the bullies]?" (Wow, I shouldn't have made fun of her makeup during his husband's run for presidency!)
If you think the LGBT community isn't important, then take away a lot of culture, medical care, education, community projects, family members— you name it– because we are everywhere.
The Trevor Project (thetrevorproject.org) has a 24/7 crisis line for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth. To all my LGBT readers I say, "There is love and joy out there."
Dr. Hook cracks a joke or two, but he's a renowned physician with an interesting website, drjohnhong.com. Email him with your questions.


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[Stuarts Tarheels: James B. Gordon and His North Carolina Cavalry in the Civil War, 2nd Ed. by Chris J. Hartley (McFarland 800-253-2187, 2011). Hardcover, maps, illustrations, notes, roster, appendices, bibliography, index. Pages main/total:250/445. ISBN:978-0-7864-6364-0 $55]
A combination biography of North Carolinian James Byron Gordon and unit history of his regiment (and later brigade command), Stuart's Tarheels strikes a fine balance of both. The first few chapters examine Gordon's pre-war life, with the rest focusing on the operations of the 1st North Carolina Cavalry regiment and the North Carolina Brigade of the Army of Northern Virginia. Gordon's regiment first saw combat in the Old Dominion at Dranesville in December 1861. The tarheels then returned to their home state to witness the failure of Confederate forces to prevent the Union conquest of the North Carolina coastal counties. Returning to Virginia to defend the capital, the 1st (attached to Wade Hampton's brigade) participated in the Seven Days and Maryland campaigns.
Hartley's coverage of military events is quite meticulous, detailing for the reader well known operations as well as more obscure actions like the November 5, 1862 fight at Barbee's Crossroad and Hampton's 1862-63 winter raids. Gordon's command skills are emphasized, as well as his administrative ability. His men were always in a high state of readiness. Gordon's combat exploits probably first achieved wider notice in 1863, when he fought well covering Lee's retreat from Gettysburg and played a key role in extricating JEB Stuart's command at Bristoe Station. He also became a brigadier general during the latter period, but would not have the opportunity to serve long in that capacity. The following May, during Sheridan's Richmond raid, Gordon was mortally wounded at Meadow Bridge the day after Stuart was shot at Yellow Tavern. In his narrative of these events, Hartley makes a strong case for Gordon being perhaps the best cavalry officer produced by North Carolina and highly deserving of a greater degree of historical recognition.
Solidly grounded in manuscript material and other primary sources, the level of research in Stuart's Tarheels is high. Not having read the first edition, I am unfamiliar with the amount and significance of new information incorporated into the new work. However, the 2nd edition's 1st North Carolina Cavalry roster, almost 150 pages of material drawn from a wide range of sources and rich in service record detail, is a significant contribution. The maps, drawn by the author, are fairly unremarkable in terms of tactical information provided, but they are useful in the general sense of helping locate places mentioned in the text.
Chris Hartley's Stuart's Tarheels is a very solid example of how to do brigade history correctly. James B. Gordon and his men are richly deserving of having their Civil War careers documented and recognized for posterity, and Hartley's inspired scholarly crafting of their story does them abundant justice.


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WSL just released the first public version of Reactor. Reactor is most definitely one of the best things to ever happen for Fusion. It is also free for all to use. There are no words to fully describe its awesomeness but here is some info from the press release:
What is Reactor?
Created by the We Suck Less Fusion community, i.e. the people right here, Reactor is a free and open source package manager for Fusion (Free) and Fusion Studio. Reactor streamlines the installation, distribution and management of 3rd party content for Fusion through the use of "Atom" packages that are synced with an online Git repository.
Why use Reactor?
With Reactor, third party Fusion content such as Scripts and Plugins can be installed with a click of a button, rather than having to manually download, copy and edit individual files.
Why did WSL create Reactor?
Recent times have been very exciting for Fusion users. Fusion has been going from strength to strength - as well as from platform to platform - with every recent release. WSL as a community recognizes this and wishes to provide and maintain an open platform to help converge the many artists and efforts that make Fusion even better. The development and public release of Reactor expresses our commitment to that goal.
We've been working very hard to not only get you this terrific tool, but also to gather the content that comes with it.
What will I get?
Reactor's initial release comes with such gems as the Fusion Cryptomatte implementation by Cedric Duriau and Kristof Indeherberge, the Krokodove plugins from Komkom Doorn, and the actual Fusion 3D water setup as it was used on Roland Emmerich's Anonymous, courtesy of Uncharted Territory.
Tool collections by Muse VFX to create so called "glitch" and other effects and old time WSL favourites such as KAK, Time Machine and Tracker functionality extensions. Andrew Hazelden has been recreating legendary Fusion Easter Eggs with fun and educational scripts to complete this first release. And this is just the tip of the iceberg.
So, if you still don't have Reactor do yourselves a favor, head to the official page, download and install this amazing new master tool from the "We Suck Less" Fusion community.
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