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Innovation: A Healthy Tech FutureBy Samuel Greengard Print
Technology is driving profound changes in the health care arena. Savvy IT executives recognize that the stakes are greater than ever before, and the right systems can drive enormous gains.
Niall Pariag has seen the future of medicine, and it's as much about wireless computing, business intelligence (BI) and virtualization as it is about X-rays and MRIs. The senior network administrator at Riverside Health Care Systems, a 400-bed community hospital network in New York state, is well aware that performance and cost controls are inextricably tied to an IT infrastructure.
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"It's important to provide the level of availability, resilience, scale, performance and security required in today's world," Pariag explains. "It's also important to have the flexibility to address future needs."
At Riverside Health Care, this line of thinking has resulted in a robust IT infrastructure that, among other things, supports bedside registration, drug administration and verification, and mobile access to data, along with guest access.
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And Riverside isn't alone. Health care providers are turning to a spate of solutions and technologies to boost performance and trim costs. What's more, as U.S. health officials push for greater adoption of electronic medical records (EMR) and a variety of reforms, IT is paving the way for other gains.
"From a technology perspective, we are seeing a convergence of back-office, front-office and operational systems," notes Daniel Garrett, partner and leader of the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Health Care IT practice.
For business and IT leaders, the current environment translates into both opportunities and challenges. There's enormous potential to improve medical care and weed out inefficiencies. However, getting a handle on a tangle of initiatives—including EMRs, virtualization, mobility, analytics, telemedicine, home health and compliance issues—is nothing short of daunting.
"There's a need to focus on end-to-end business integration," points out Dadong Wan, innovation lead for Accenture's Technology Labs.
A Healthy Outlook
The face of health care is changing rapidly. An aging population, growing pressure to reform the industry and escalating medical costs are heaping enormous pressure on health care providers. At the same time, the need for technology—for health care professionals, organizations and consumers—is growing.
"The cost of health care is rising faster than the GDP [gross domestic product]," states Eric Brown, research director at Forrester Research, "and everyone recognizes that something must be done."
Information technology is at the nexus of this changing landscape, and IT departments are on the front lines of the revolution. At Riverside Health Care, for example, a robust network and a wireless infrastructure have paid dividends. The provider has introduced bedside registration and order entry, nursing bedside documentation systems and bedside drug administration via tablet devices.
Nurses and health care professionals carry handheld units, including iPod touches and iPhones. And Pariag soon plans to introduce RFID patient tagging.
An Aerohive controllerless wireless system provides a secure network with robust provisioning, configuration and policy management capabilities. It also manages a separate guest network. If an access point fails or a network problem occurs, there's no single point of failure because configuration and policy data reside at each access point.
The result, Pariag says, is a "far more efficient system for managing work and patients. People and equipment are connected throughout and across facilities."
Getting physicians and other health care professionals the information they need is also a priority at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes, Ind. The 247-bed facility, which provides care for individuals in five counties in southwest Indiana, has made patient records and other information available to doctors from inside the hospital, as well as from remote offices and from home, according to CIO Charles Christian. "Physicians are able to pull up medical records and images before they come into the hospital to start a procedure," he says.
At the center of Good Samaritan's IT initiative is a Web portal with links to more than half a dozen major applications. Physicians and nurses can use tablet PCs and smartphones to access data over a wireless network. An Imprivata authentication system tied into Microsoft Active Directory provides single sign-on functionality.
"Physicians can review charts, listen to dictations, view prescriptions and react to problems—including chart deficiencies—faster and better than ever before," Christian says. "Through a combination of technology and changes in workflow, we have been able to take a huge step forward."
To be sure, smartphones, mobility and wireless technology are rippling through the industry and changing things in a profound way. According to mHealth Initiative, more than a thousand medical apps now exist for the iPhone, and many doctors are turning to these devices to manage their practice more effectively.
Hospitals are also using bedside touch-screen devices that allow patients to communicate with doctors and nurses, watch TV, browse the Internet, and e-mail family and friends. Many are also turning to remote monitoring for heart and diabetes patients.
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Videos | April 23, 2007
News From Saturn
Cassini returns sweeping views of Saturn and continues the search for seas.
Transcript:Hello and welcome to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
My name is James Gerhard, and I am one of the operations engineers on the Cassini program here to share the latest news from Saturn. My job is to write the commands that tell the two imaging cameras what to do.
Since our last report, Cassini has returned some stunning views of Saturn. In this image, Cassini takes a sweeping view of Saturn's south polar region as the planet's shadow masks the rings and the bright, icy moon Mimas. Another image shows the icy moon Rhea set against giant Saturn.
Cassini completed another successful flyby of Titan on April 10, 2007. Among the new parts of familiar terrain imaged with the radar instrument was the other side boundary of the "black sea," which could tell scientists more about its size. The radar team also aligned this pass slightly southward so that it will line up with a future altimetry flyby planned for May 12, 2007.
On Cassini's next two passes of Titan, starting with the April 26 flyby, the radar instrument will be on the hunt for "seas". This time, the instrument will image the area slightly north of the black sea. The radar coverage will cross over four radar swaths and begin to fill in more of the gaps in the coverage of Titan's north pole. On the following flyby, Cassini's infrared spectrometer will see the lit and dark sides of Titan, looking for hot spots and lightning. The two imaging cameras that I work on will do global mapping and full-disk mosaics.
From Pasadena, California, this is James Gerhard with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, with the latest news from the ringed planet.

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LAUDERHILL, Fla. – Restrictions will not encumber the New England Revolution as the club ponders its options with the sixth overall pick in Thursday's MLS SuperDraft.
With several departments in need of reinforcements even in the wake of Didier Domi's signing on Tuesday, New England can afford to assess the available talent and select the best available player without regard for external considerations.
The usual draft day aids – a board meticulously constructed after months of research chief among them – will play their role as the Revs contemplate their possible selections.
New England's choices will almost certainly depend on how the first five picks of the SuperDraft unfold. Akron stars Perry Kitchen and Darlington Nagbe are expected to come off the board as the first two picks, but the next three selections by D.C. United, Chivas USA and Philadelphia aren't as clear cut.
Burns said the Revs' wishlist for the pick all but guarantees one of their preferred options will remain on the board when they make their first choice.
"Some of the guys we are looking at, we know mathematically that they have to be there at six," Burns said after the MLS Player Combine concluded on Tuesday. "That's good for us."
New England can also enter the draft without having to eliminate players based upon their status on the roster or within the salary budget.
Generation adidas players occasionally merit additional consideration from clubs in the top half of the first round because they do not count against the senior roster or the salary budget. Although Burns did not discount the possibility of plucking a GA player based on his skill level, he noted the Revs would not feel compelled to simply choose a GA option to avoid a roster or a salary budget hit.
The additional flexibility afforded by the expanded rosters and the Revs' current salary budget situation permits the club to select the player that best suits their needs, according to Burns.
"I think this year, with the increase in roster size, we have both developmental slots and senior roster spots available to us," Burns said. "In the past, it might have played a bigger role, but I don't see it being an overriding factor that we have to take a Generation adidas player with the sixth pick. That's not to say that we won't, but we have flexibility in our roster."


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New Robot Sub Surveys the Deep off the Pacific Northwest
August 8, 2008
Scientists and engineers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and the University of Washington (UW) have successfully completed the first scientific mission with Sentry, a newly developed robot capable of diving as deep as 5,000 meters (3.1 miles) into the ocean.
The vehicle surveyed and helped pinpoint several proposed deep-water sites for seafloor instruments that will be deployed in the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI).
Sentry is a state-of-the-art, free-swimming underwater robot that can operate independently, without tethers or other connections to a research ship. The autonomous underwater vehicle, or AUV, is pre-programmed with guidance for deep-water surveying, but it can also make its own decisions about navigation on the mountainous volcanic terrain of the seafloor.
Working in tandem with sonar instruments on the UW-operated research vessel Thomas G. Thompson and with photo-mapping by WHOI's TowCam seafloor imaging system, Sentry gathered the most precise maps to date of seafloor features known as Hydrate Ridge and Axial Volcano, around the edges of the Juan de Fuca tectonic plate off the coast of Oregon and Washington. Two nodes of a pioneering deep-ocean observatory are being planned for those locations.
"We are changing the way ocean science is done, launching a new era in which an ensemble of technologies will provide us with an increasing capacity for exploring and interacting with the global oceans," said John Delaney, chief scientist of the expedition and principal investigator for the UW-led regional observatory in the OOI. "Robot mappers are helping design the new and transformational infrastructure to accomplish that change. That new infrastructure will empower the next generation of robots to go far beyond the current autonomous mappers."
"This investment into emerging technologies is paying off in delivering state-of-the-art science support," said Julie Morris, Director of NSF's Division of Ocean Sciences. "In the near future, Sentry will conduct high-resolution oceanographic surveys that would be otherwise impossible."
The one-of-a-kind, WHOI-built AUV—which was largely funded by NSF–made six dives during the July 22 to August 5 expedition. Sentry surveyed 212 linear kilometers of seafloor, or about 53 square kilometers, as it traced parallel lines like a lawn-mower making a pattern across a yard."
"We have been very pleased with Sentry's performance," said Dana Yoerger, the lead WHOI engineer for Sentry. "We had tested the AUV as best we could before we got out here, but the steep terrain of the deep sea is quite a different matter. Our engineering team and our vehicle both performed very well under the stresses of putting a complex system into the ocean for the first time."
The AUV can collect the data needed to make seafloor maps at a resolution of less than one meter. On this first cruise, Sentry collected as many as 60 million individual soundings of seafloor depth in a single dive.
"Sentry has given us a survey with great precision and resolution," said Delaney. "These maps will help with the installation of the primary nodes of the networked observatory on the Juan de Fuca tectonic plate."
Powered by more than 1,000 lithium-ion batteries—similar to those used in laptop computers, though adapted for extreme pressures Sentry dove for as long as 18 hours and 58 kilometers, with the potential for longer trips in the future.
Sentry is designed to swim like a fish or fly like a helicopter through the water. The sleek hydrodynamic design allows the vehicle to descend quickly from the sea surface to the depths (about 3,500 meters per hour). The novel shape also gives the vehicle tremendous stability and balance while cruising through bottom currents.
The vehicle has thrusters built into its foils, or wings. Like an airplane, the foils allow the vehicle to gain lift or drag or directional momentum, as needed. When necessary, the AUV also can hover over the bottom for close-up inspections, navigational decision-making, and for rising up and down over rugged seafloor terrain. The design allows the vehicle to start, stop, and change directions, whereas many AUVs tend to travel in one direction.
"We chose the body shape, the tilting foils, and the location of the thrusters to give Sentry a favorable combination of maneuverability over a wide range of speed, as well as hydrodynamic efficiency," said Yoerger.
The AUV tracks its motion over the seafloor using a sophisticated inertial navigation system (INS), long-baseline (LBL) navigation triangulated from underwater beacons and, when within 200 meters of the bottom, an acoustic sensor can track the vehicles' direction and speed with great precision.
"Sentry is a true robot, functioning on its own in the deep water," said Rod Catanach, a WHOI engineer who works with Sentry. "The vehicle is completely on its own from the time it is unplugged on the deck and cut loose in the water. We can send a few simple commands, but there is no room to micromanage."
With this mission successfully completed, Sentry is now ready to join the National Deep Submergence Facility (NDSF), a federally funded center based at WHOI that operates, maintains, and coordinates the use of vital deep ocean vehicles for the U.S. oceanographic community. Sentry will replace the Autonomous Benthic Explorer (ABE), Sentry's predecessor in the NDSF and a pioneer in deep-diving vehicle operations since 1996.
"We're grateful to the scientists of the University of Washington for believing in Sentry enough to schedule it for this early mapping phase of their project," said Yoerger. "Technological progress relies on scientific users willing to accept some risk in return for the benefits of our new systems. Our colleagues at UW played this role in the past with our first Jason remotely operated vehicle and with ABE, so it was fitting that we made the first science cruise for Sentry with them."
"Sentry's niche will be the ability to run many types of dives, from long missions high in the water column to detect hydrothermal vent plumes to bathymetric mapping dives closer to the seafloor to close-up bottom photography in rugged terrain," Yoerger added. "Sentry can be outfitted with a variety of instruments, and without those instruments being tightly integrated into the vehicle."
Eventually, vehicles like Sentry and its successors will plug into and interact with the ocean observatory system, using the power charging systems and high speed communications delivered by the submarine networks.
On its first scientific mission this week, Sentry carried a multibeam mapping sonar, a water conductivity and temperature (CTD) probe, an optical backscatter sensor (to detect cloudy water), two magnetometers, and a sensor for detecting water chemistry related to hydrothermal vents, in collaboration with Ko-Ichi Nakamura of Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology.
Funding for the development of Sentry was provided by the Ocean Sciences Division of the National Science Foundation (NSF), The Russell Family Foundation, WHOI's Deep Ocean Exploration Institute, the Comer Science and Education Foundation, and WHOI's Access to the Sea program. Funding for the OOI mapping cruise was provided by NSF through the Consortium for Ocean Leadership; by the Arizona State University; and by the UW School of Oceanography.
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is a private, independent organization in Falmouth, Mass., dedicated to marine research, engineering, and higher education. Established in 1930 on a recommendation from the National Academy of Sciences, its primary mission is to understand the oceans and their interaction with the Earth as a whole, and to communicate a basic understanding of the oceans' role in the changing global environment.


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"Seagull engines! They're an outboard motor, from England. The company's defunct now, but their engines were just wonderful. I find them as basket cases and rebuild them with other found parts. They're amazing. You should try one!"
This sounded dubious. Outboards are notoriously finicky little creatures and the idea of getting an old one made by a company that no longer exists just seemed like a recipe for disaster. I listened as Ian went on espousing the benefits of his much loved Seagulls and as he explained why he was so enamored of them, (i.e. their simplicity, durability and love of salt water) the prospect of having one seemed better and better. In retrospect, this might also have has something to do with me refreshing my cold compress a few more times at the beer cooler. Eventually, he talked me into it and later that week, I dragged home the scruffiest, most disreputable looking outboard I'd ever seen outside of a Warner Brothers cartoon.
There was going to be a learning curve on this thing, to be sure.
The power plant (and I use the word, "power" gently here) weights only about nine or ten kilos, or a little over twenty pounds and is easily carried in one hand, providing that you don't mind coating your self in a light sheen of oil and gasoline as you tote it down the ramp to your boat. There are no cans or hoses to deal with since the gas tank is bolted firmly to the top of the whole unit, just behind the flywheel. No pressure bulb to squeeze here! Good old gravity feeds the system. Meanwhile, on a Seagull, the afore mentioned flywheel does not sport the expected, teardrop sleek cowl over it and the internal guts such as you're used to seeing on outboards. If it did, you wouldn't be able to hand wind the starting rope around the flywheel to get the thing running. As I screwed the contraption down to the wooden transom of our little rubber boat, I eyed the whole thing with a mixture of pride and dubiousness. My family and the marina attendant looked on with their own mixture. I believe I detected both amusement and fear.
It was "go" time. Would it work?
Though Ian had gone over the startup procedure with me two or three times, it had been several days since. Now, looking down at it clamped to our boat, the finer bits of the sequence became fuzzy.
I'd just wing it.
Here's where it gets interesting.
First of all, there's the remembering what buttons need pushing and what knobs need pulling and then there's the throttle setting and then… there's the flywheel. Most of us are familiar with the old yank line that's used to start up the small engines we're forced to deal with such as lawn mowers and snow blowers. But even these are now fast disappearing with the arrival of smaller, electric starters entering the fray, and honestly, who doesn't like an easier to start engine? Still, I had been assured that in this case, my engine would not disappoint. The Seagull's design is a throwback, even in its day, and uses a system that is the predecessor to the modern pull cord starter. In my hand, I held the starting rope, a knot in one end and a small chunk of hand whittled wood tied to the other. It is detached from the motor in every way. Don't loose it. The knot fits neatly into a notch on the top of the flywheel and you coil the remaining length around and around in a little groove until you reach the end, which I now did.
"Ready?" I looked up at my family (worried) and the marina attendant (smirking) who were lined up in revue at the dockside. Deep breath now… "How hard do I pull this, I wonder?" went through my mind and I thought back to every 1930's cartoon I could think of that involved an outboard. Surprisingly, there are really quite a few. "Just a gentle, little yank" I decided.
Bad choice.
With my anemic but long pull, I did manage to start the motor on the first try, but NOT dislodge the end of the starting rope from the flywheel. As the ancient outboard barked to life, it began to swing the chord over its head like medieval knight attacking peasants with a flail. The wooden toggle tied off to the end of the line made an unexpected and formidable weapon, smacking me three times in quick succession right in the back of the hand that started it. It was if I was being angrily punished for waking it from its long slumber. It only took a second for me to figure that this was going to end badly, possibly with me in the water, if I didn't jump in and try to kill this thing fast. Reaching below the visible arc traveled by the whipping length of rope and wood, I stretched my injured hand toward the throttle switch while covering my face with my good one. With a quick flip, I shut the gas supply off and the mad thing coughed to a stop with what seemed to me, an air of smug satisfaction at having drawn first blood.
I clutched my teeth as well as my injured hand and looked down at my attacker through narrowed eyes. "So that's the way it's going to be, eh? FINE!"
I glanced back up at my audience.
My children looked rather worried while my wife and the attendant were doubled over laughing. Soon, so was I. Though the Seagull had indeed laid a good and bruising beating on me that smarted like crazy, I also didn't want to worry my kids. That, and I could only imagine how funny that whole situation had looked. As it turned out, imagining my self as a cartoon had been closer to my reality than I had expected it to be.
"Okay, let's try that again, but this time, without the death rope."
I didn't wait for a response since the adults were still laughing. This time, it worked. It really WORKED! And I didn't have to jump back from an angry flail monster or anything! There were still finicky bits to work out on the thing, naturally. Engines of this vintage and level of, let's be honest here, crude construction always require a "feeling out" period. You have to get to know their quirks, what sounds right and what sounds wrong, when to lean the mixture and how to stay the hell away from that damned flywheel. Also, with a Seagull, you have to get used to having no way of going in reverse. The engine only goes in one direction and you cannot, in any way, turn it farther than about sixty degrees in either direction, let alone spin it all the way around. Riding with one requires some forethought.
As it turned out, that's fine. For all its idiosyncrasies, Ian has been proved one hundred percent correct about the little, stinky marvels. Mine has been humming and sputtering along the bay on the back of our rubber boat for three years now and considering that it was manufactured some time in the sixties, that's pretty impressive. We've come to rely on it, if not for needed transportation services, then a source of summer fun. With the imminent end of the warm seasons upon us, it was time to consider pulling our rig out finding it a home for the winter in a corner of the basement. But first… we needed to have just one more outing. The day was beautiful, the air crisp and the last of the mixed gas for the Seagull, just begging to be burned. Plus, it was a drainer.
Everywhere you looked, islands showed off their lower reaches and what normally are no more than a few rocks even at low tide, were now throwing open hidden beaches, most often reserved only for sea life. How could we resist?
With the tourists mostly gone, the boat traffic was sparse to say the least. Even the ubiquitous flotillas of sea kayaks had fled the waters around our island home. It was heaven. We packed our life jacketed kids into the boat and putted off. Visiting a near by, tiny uninhabited island, we marveled at how it has grown with the receding big tide. We poked about, found hermit crabs, saved a beached fish and skipped rocks on the glassy surface of the ocean. The kids were in their element as they charged around and around, making a circuit of the beach. The low light of the end of the day lit up the trees on the coast like they were in spotlights and the whole world seemed to just stand still. It was amazing. I guess that's what having a boat is all about, really.
Motoring home, I hummed happily to myself, assured that my family wouldn't be able to hear me over the thrum of the Seagull. It's a loud little sucker, but it runs and runs reliably. I was a very happy boater and tried not to think about having to wait a whole season before doing this again. I don't know how or when exactly it happened, but I had turned into a boat guy. "What we need," I caught myself pondering, "is something bigger. Something that we can take out a little farther. I wonder if I can find a longer inflatable?" Naturally, we'd need a bigger engine.
Luckily for me, Seagull made them.
I guess it's time to go talk to Ian again and see what he's got hiding on the work bench. I don't' know how I'm going to make time for this new hobby, but at least I can justify it. Hey, I live on an island, after all!
I NEED a boat!
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Financial Aid Essentials
Financial aid packages are designed to level the playing field, when it comes to education. By providing students with a bit of a financial boost, the administrators of financial aid packages hope to ensure that even students from the poorest families can get a good education, so they can get the opportunities that allow them to change the fortunes of the family for good.
Types of Financial Aid
When people think about financial aid programs, they tend to think about full-ride academic scholarships offered by colleges to needy but gifted students. While these programs do exist, there are many other types of financial aid programs, including:
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Don't require repayment
Based on need
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Some of these financial aid products require students to enroll for a specific number of credits each term or complete a certain number of tasks on a weekly basis. Others require students to pay back a portion of the money a student receives for school. Understanding the details of each product is vital, as it can help students to stay in compliance and avoid financial penalty.
While the federal government is the source of the majority of aid provided to students, there are other entities that also provide aid.
Source: As reported by the College Board.
Amount of Aid Received
Source: U.S. News and World Report
Source: Brookings Institute
Understanding the Gap
While financial aid can certainly help students to attend school and get the education they both want and need, it's not uncommon for these programs to contain a significant gap. In other words, it's not uncommon for students to take out unsubsidized or private loans, even while they're accessing financial aid.
As this graphic makes clear, students who get financial aid tend to borrow even more than their counterparts who don't get aid. Their financial needs are just greater, and they must access more sources of funding in order to make ends meet.
Source: U.S. Department of Education
Getting the Most Aid Possible
Almost all sources of financial aid rely on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) in order to determine a student's financial need and eligibility for aid. Filling this form out is the first priority for almost all students when the new year rolls around, but as this chart from the U.S. Department of Education demonstrates, some students wait far too long before they begin their work.
Handling Disappointment
- Schedule a meeting with the financial aid officer, and bring all pertinent financial documents to that meeting.
- Be polite, but firm, about the family's need for additional aid.
- Show documentation from other schools, if the student's been provided a more generous financial package at a different institution.
- Follow up the meeting with an email message, reiterating key points.
- Fill out formal appeal paperwork, if applicable.
While smaller schools may not be able to play ball on financial packages, some larger schools may be open to negotiation, so discussing the issue diplomatically could deliver big results.
Should I take out a private student loan?
In this video, Monisha Perkash talks about the proper role of private student loans in the paying-for-college process. Private loans should only be used once all other financial aid options have been exhausted, so make sure that you've explored federal and school-specific options before turning to a private student loan. If you do need a private student loan, be sure to compare carefully and borrow only what you need – no more.
Do you know what kinds of student loans you have?
College on the Cheap's street team interviewed some college students and asked them a few questions about loans, including what the difference is between subsidized and unsubsidized loans, whether you should take out a private student loan or federal student loan first, and some basics about Direct Loans. Their answers weren't always spot-on, but definitely entertaining.
All About the FAFSA and CSS Profile Forms
Frequently Asked Questions
In order to qualify for student financial aid, your financial information must display a serious financial need. As one might expect, applicants with the highest need for finances are awarded the most financial aid. Others who demonstrate less need are awarded a smaller portion according to their need. Other than that, you need to make sure that you are a legal U.S. citizen with a SSN, have not defaulted on any other loan, and have completed a minimum of high school education.
What are the different types of financial aid?
The various types of financial aid programs include federal financial aid, institutional financial aid, and private financial aid. Federal financial aid is the most sought after source of funding for students since federal loans have the lowest interest rates and the most lenient terms and conditions. Institutional aid is mostly awarded to students with outstanding academic achievements or with extreme financial need. Private financial aid programs are stringent in terms and conditions and often have high interest rates. It is recommended that students utilize federal financial aid first, and if it does not fully cover the applicant's need, only then should students look to other types of financial aid.
When should I file the financial aid forms?
The earliest you can file the FAFSA is January 1st of senior year in high school, so you will want to file soon as possible after that date. The PROFILE can be sent in at any time, so filing early – before January 1st – is advisable.
If you anticipate qualifying for need-based financial aid, you must file no later than March 1st. Many states and most colleges use the March 1st filing deadline to close eligibility for state and campus-based aid. By missing that date, you may be ineligible for those kinds of aid, your need notwithstanding. Do not miss this deadline.
How can I complete a financial aid form if my taxes aren't done?
Make a reasonable estimate based on last year's tax return, and send the form(s) in as early as possible to stake your place at the front of the financial aid line. You can update your form with more accurate information later without losing your place in line, so there's no harm in filing early.
Is it better to file electronically or by regular mail?
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The party's locker room installation
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The sophistication and production values on display at A Man's World, the recent Hermès-produced celebration at the Moore Building, had Art Basel excess written all over it—except, we've never seen anything like it during Basel. "This is the party of the summer," said designer and stylist Jenny Zalkin, echoing the feelings of the hundreds in attendance. The extravaganza was a joint effort between Véronique Nichanian, the brand's men's artistic director, and Argentinean artist Leandro Erlich, who collaborated to bring the elan of the spring/summer 2013 collection to life. That meant transforming the Moore into a funhouse of stylish proportions. Invitees entered the party through an atrium space where aerial artists and mannequins dazzled from above. Things only got more interesting as attendees encountered a variety of installations, among them elevators where models appeared and disappeared when the doors closed and a boxing ring where daring types played heavyweights and mugged for the camera. The prime spot was on the third floor, however, where Erlich created his version of a locker room complete with "fogged mirrors" on which guests scribbled messages and gaped at two ab-blessed models wearing very little and interacting with the crowd. Party of the summer? More like party of the year. Photography by Seth Browarnik/World Red Eye
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In 1956 Richard Hamilton produced a photomontage called Just what is it that makes today's homes so different, so appealing? It was a mash-up of "comics, newspapers, advertising, cars, food, packaging, appliances, celebrity, sex, the space age, television and the movies" and it's considered to be one of the earliest works of the Pop Art movement. Hamilton's collage commented on popular culture, mass-production and consumerism, precisely what Pop Art was all about.
So what has this all got to do with gem-encrusted bodysuits and pastel-coloured pleats as envisaged by Miuccia Prada?Prada's latest Fantasy Lookbook for spring 2012 doesn't just reference the 1950s and 1960s fashion revivals. It's a faithful collage of pop culture of the day. The space race. Travel. The modern metropolis. Movies. Mass media. A line from James Joyce, a quote from Martin Luther King, a newspaper clipping referencing a traditional murder ballad. Advertising. The American Dream.
The look book seems to suggest that Prada's collection wasn't just drawing its inspiration from the aesthetics of the '50s and '60s but from how society saw itself. Perhaps those hotrod motifs taking shape on Prada's heels, bags, and appliqués are actually representing progress and speed; if people thought the 1950s was speeding towards to the future at a scary pace, what about now?
Strangely we're looking back at how another era looked forward into the future. We see ourselves there; just not exactly as they'd imagined us.
Creatively put together with photography by Phil Meech and art by Jereon Koolhaas and Lok Jansen, there's plenty of detail to keep you enthralled for a while. And if you want a more concrete link between Richard Hamilton's work and the Prada look book – whether coincidental or deliberate – google the former and look for a shirtless muscle man in both.
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Here is the situation. My UPS battery has recently died, and I've not replaced it yet. Today someone came over to do electrical work on the home, which involved shutting down the circuit breaker on which the computer sits. I'm smart enough to start shutting down my computer before I trip the breaker, but I was talking to the electrician and forgot to check that my computer was 100% down before tripping the breaker. The result:
When I log into one account, using KDE, during the login process I start getting errors like this: since I only get these errors when I log in as this person and only into KDE ( other DEs and other accounts with KDE OK ) I think it is safe to say that something in my kde configuration is screwed up.
ata3.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x1 SErr 0x0 action 0x0
ata3.00: irq_stat 0x40000008
ata3.00: failed command: READ FPDMA QUEUED
ata3.00: cmd 60/08:00:98:b2:78/00:00:13:00:00/40 tag 0 ncq 4096 in
res 41/40:08:9a:b2:78/00:00:13:00:00/00 Emask 0x409 (media error) <F>
ata3.00: status: { DRDY ERR }
ata3.00: error: { UNC }
ata3.00: SB600 AHCI: limiting to 255 sectors per cmd
ata3.00: SB600 AHCI: limiting to 255 sectors per cmd
ata3.00: configured for UDMA/133
sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Unhandled sense code
sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Sense Key : Medium Error [current] [descriptor]
Descriptor sense data with sense descriptors (in hex):
72 03 11 04 00 00 00 0c 00 0a 80 00 00 00 00 00
13 78 b2 9a
sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error - auto reallocate failed
sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] CDB: Read(10): 28 00 13 78 b2 98 00 00 08 00
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 326677146
ata3: EH complete
My question comes in two parts.
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short blog hiatus...
Slogging through final exams...be back in a couple of days. Carry on without me... *sniff*
Slogging through final exams...be back in a couple of days. Carry on without me... *sniff*
Posted by teresa at 11/30/2003 06:32:00 PM 0 comments
for paranoia that is. Oh dear. It turns out I misinterpreted the message sent to me by the feltmaker who also does swirls. Egads. She didn't mean to encroach upon my designs at all, but was just sharing that she was doing a similar hat and that she greatly admired mine. I had to send a message back telling her how embarrassed I was for becoming slightly protective. I feel like a moron. I should feel like a moron. I'm always assuming the worst.
Maybe I should be a lawyer.
Posted by teresa at 11/29/2003 10:52:00 AM 0 comments
Just that--about the hat, I mean. I think I'm tense because I can't be with my hubby. I don't know. If I move more than four feet, my mother asks me what I'm doing. It's like being trapped with the Verizon guy, except it's "What are you doing now?" I'm a very quiet person, but she talks incessantly...her picture is in the dictionary under that word and her mouth is flapping away (an animated gif!)...we actually laugh about how much she talks.
Oh dear. Oh dear. Oh dear. Oh dear.
Perhaps the turkey is killed at Thanksgiving as an act of sublimation. I wince, but oh how I love her still.
Posted by teresa at 11/28/2003 09:27:00 PM 0 comments
Thanksgiving has been weird. First, I'm separated (by miles, not by divorce) from my husband, which I don't like at all. And which neither of us will opt for again. Then, I cook a delicious dinner yesterday for my mom (I wanted to be with my mom this year)...that was good: watercress wheatberry quiche in phyllo dough, mixed spring greens for salad, pumpkin barley soup, homemade bread, etc. Yummy. Christmas music is in the background, despite the marital circumstances.
Then, today, I realize I have to get studying for my finals (background music changes from Major to minor key) and then I get this email from someone on the International Feltmaker's List that I am copying her hat design. Um, yeah. Turns out we both took a class from the same instructor, Jean Hicks and my "swirly" topped hats look like her "swirly" topped hats. She said she was contacting me for "ethical reasons." She was very nice about it. But, IF ANYTHING, we are BOTH copying Jean. Is the "swirl" copyrighted? (Changing from minor key to outright DIRGE here)... Am I going to be contacted by other feltmakers to retract my dome tops and tiers, rolled brims and use of hat bands? Has the Fedora been released from copyright? How about the pillbox? I guess it hacks me off because it's the holiday and she waited to drop said bomb on me then. I really am not sure what to do. There ARE other people who are inspired by the quintessential swirl...and I sent her links to those other folks who like to give their hats that structure, too.
On a brighter note...Thanks for all the nice holiday and hat comments everyone has been leaving. Here's hoping you were with the ones you loved and ate all you could hold.
Oh well, there's some Dos Equis in the fridge...and some chilled pumpkin pie. My mom is still here tooling around and driving me somewhat insane...I love her anyway. :-) For all you grammar grapplers, I'm too lazy to go back and change my tenses... heh
Posted by teresa at 11/28/2003 08:01:00 PM 0 comments
Happy Thankgiving everyone! It also just happens to be the Rocky Top Brigade's Tailgate Party today, hosted by our favorite Hillbilly, Buddy Don. His blog is hysterical...especially if you are from the South.
Posted by teresa at 11/27/2003 10:24:00 AM 0 comments
Go see how cute Lori looks in her hat! Oh, I am so pleased...I think it suits her nicely. Thanks again Lori...I am so happy that you are pleased with it! Also check out Lori's fantastic Art Cards...wonderfully whimsical and beautiful!
Posted by teresa at 11/26/2003 10:00:00 AM 0 comments
A "friend" of mine took a picture of this homemade rollercoaster in a nearby small town. Redneck ingenuity is wonderful, ain't it? (I was born and raised here; I can say that...) Click for the glorious full view.
Posted by teresa at 11/25/2003 12:04:00 PM 0 comments
I was about to snap yesterday. It took me almost two hours to take my "quiz" last night. Man, I will be sooooo glad when this semester is over. Plus, I was having a serious financial crisis yesterday that had me really stressed out. I got that resolved, not really happily, but resolved nevertheless. Financial strain really gets me in a bad mood quickly. So I am in better mood today.
And speaking of today...it feels like WINTER outside. Two days ago it was 70 degrees. Today, it's officially nippy and cold. I wanted to wear one of my hats, but I can't wear the merchandise! I need to make more for myself, so I'll have hats for all outfits. I have some new styles in mind that I want to try, too. There just doesn't seem to be enough time to do all that I want to do! Most hats I see that are similar in quality to mine are about $125 and up, so I don't feel like I'm overcharging, although I'm probably ripping myself off in the process. The wool I use is top-notch and really expensive, so I need to be careful...I have a hard time charging people. And I have to force myself to not do trades all the time so I can get other artist's cool stuff. Bleh. I'll be glad when we get through this tough spot and get back to having a normal life. We are truly scraping by. I want to do my fiber arts so bad though that I'll work my ass off, even though I know I'm making about dollar an hour. You have to start somewhere. And it has paid some bills for us.
Oh, I'm rambling...more later. Today's my long day...in class until 10 pm...bleh.
Posted by teresa at 11/25/2003 10:55:00 AM 0 comments
Isn't this just a little weird? Here, come pet the one that we aren't going to kill and eat its body...of course we'll rip out the innards, the feet and other "unattractive parts." But isn't he cute? Nice little turkey. I could be a better vegetarian, as in I could read the label on EVERYTHING to make absolutely sure all ingredients were not derived from meat juices, etc., and I could NEVER buy leather shoes again (which I do try ever so hard, but break down about once a year in disgust of the poor veggie selection). I did totally eschew leather clothing and bags. But I used to buy about 5-10 new pairs of shoes a year, so it's better for the wallet as well! I just don't understand how we can be sweet to some poor animal and turn around and send it to a slaughterhouse where animals wail and poop on themselves while in line because they can smell the blood and death that awaits them a few feet away on the killing floor. Egads, we are terrible keepers of the Earth. We have the choice and we choose to kill. I think that separates us from the animal world--in a bad way.
So, to completely contradict myself, I am glad that the sniper got the death sentence. Save the turkey (he didn't do anything except gobble); get rid of the guy (because he terrorized and killed his fellow human beings with no regrets). Makes sense to me. There aren't many social worker-types who believe in the death penalty, but I do--but only for the truly unconscientable acts of murder, torture and terror and when guilt is truly beyond the shadow of a doubt. BUT, I could NOT pull the switch or plunge the barrel. Go figure.
I also don't believe in the insanity plea. Really... even though I believe people can be and are perfectly insane with mental illnesses beyond their control. It's like letting someone off because they are "sick and demented" or "uncontrollably angry." It's tragic, but everyone is culpable in my opinion. If you shoot my mom while you are having a hallucination, I think you should be held responsible. I think you SHOULD get help during the time served, but you shouldn't get off "easy" in terms of sentencing because of it. I wouldn't want to see your ass back out on the street a mere five years later because you got on anti-psychotics and you got to feeling better.
I must be feeling bitchy today. What the hell. Lunch is over.
Posted by teresa at 11/24/2003 01:22:00 PM 0 comments
I can't stop spinning. I can't stop spinning when I need to be studying. Washing fleece, carding, spinning...spinning roving I got from from SAFF, spinning and plying...2-ply, Navajo ply, spinning, spinning, spinning. Just me and my little Ashford Kiwi. It's just a little beginner's wheel, but it does a nice job on the kinds of yarn I spin up. I'm just interested in the basics at this point. Spinning is just a wonderfully meditative activity--and God knows I need meditation right now.
Of course it would help to STUDY since all my finals are on or due by Dec. 2. And they ain't gonna be easy. I can't wait until this semester takes its claws out of me.
Thanksgiving is kind of a bittersweet holiday this year. Hubby will be with his family out-of-state and I'm going to stay here and spend some time with my mom. She didn't have any plans (as my family never does for any holiday), but I just have a feeling I should be with her, so that's what I'm going to do. Maybe it's because my mom turns 70 next month or because I've had dreams about losing her recently. Her mom died of a massive heart attack when she was only 44 years old, so I'm glad I've had her this long. My mom is really the only person in my family I'm very close to.
It's a rainy, cold Monday, but what do I care...I don't have a window to remind me...lucky me.
Posted by teresa at 11/24/2003 10:37:00 AM 0 comments
I am miserably failing on my promises of pictures... I promise there will be pictures soon. Things have been really busy and I had to prepare and send out several packages this morning to customers...one of which was Rase Hall Studios. Thanks Lori! Don't forget to check out her Art Cards. They are on my wish list for sure.
There are two batches of fleece drying on the deck and a navajo-plied skein getting the big stretch over the tub. I swear wool is going to start popping out of my ears...wait, that sounds kind of gross.
Yesterday was our annual marketing retreat. I never look forward to these things, but it was okay. Someone always puts on a cute skit that worth a big laugh and I got to relax with some people I don't get to spend a lot of time with. We did some Myers-Briggs testing and that's always fun to see what kind of personalities are in the room. I am still, and maybe even more so, an INFP. I scored ZERO on Extraversion!!! So, guess what, I'm usually not the person wearing the lampshade at the party...at least not the first.
Okay, I haven't eaten since breakfast I'm hungry...catch you in a little while.
Posted by teresa at 11/22/2003 05:13:00 PM 0 comments
Yes, it's "Name Your PC Day." What idiot came up with that? Anyway, my PC is going to be "Winky" from now on.
I never did get around to posting pics of the skeins (shame on me). I'll try to do it tonight. Hubby and I ran errands most of the evening. I am having trouble getting a base on a project of mine that I need to send off post-haste. It's a big felted wool ball with a little dancing mini-doll on top--serves as a pin cushion--but I can't seem to get a suitable base. I think I'm just going to felt a rope for the ball to sit in. This is kind of a prototype, but it was requested from a lady who came to the Foothills Guild Fair, so I'm trying to get two of them done for her. In the future I want to weight them and put steel wool in the center so it will be a "self-sharpening" pin cushion. Ah, live and learn. I'll take a pic before I send them off.
Well, Winky and I need to get back to work, so we'll see you later.
Posted by teresa at 11/20/2003 09:48:00 AM 0 comments
It's been cloudy and rainy for about three days now, which makes for a serious depletion of vitamin D. Whatever. I'm back to my cranky, but somewhat happy self today--just kinda tired. Group class was especially exhausting last night...a lot of heavy duty stuff happening to people in the group.
I can't hear out of my left ear...I suppose I've avoided going to the doctor long enough. After last year's barrage of doctor's appointments, surgeries, etc...I just don't wanna go to any of them anymore. I've filled my quota, damn it.
Hopefully I'll post some pictures of the skeins I've produced over the past few days...about 15 ounces of fiber! That's a lot of spinning and plying.
I had lots of weird dreams last night. That always begins my day in a sort of fog.
Baxter took pity on me last night and didn't try to suffocate me. I swear he reads my blog.
More later, but before I depart, I leave you with the GREEK MACHINE. Go forth and be nonsensically wordy.
Posted by teresa at 11/19/2003 10:12:00 AM 0 comments
That's how I feel today. I am enduring a major tectonic plate shift in the hormonal landscape and I feel rather tired and melted. Just...bleh. Bleh is no good. Bleh must be endured with a kind heart, so person experiencing said "bleh" doesn't start feeling worried or guilty about being bleh. Bleh is a pain my ass. Bleh is exceptionally bleh when I don't get home until 10 pm from class tonight. Then I'll have to complain about being bleh and go right to bed--feeling bleh.
On another note, Baxter, our giant geriatric deaf white cat, has decided that he, too, could collect my life insurance by smothering me in my sleep. He prances around on the bed for several minutes at bedtime and finally settles...across my face. He positions himself so that there is a vacuum seal of cat flesh and hair around my nostrils. He's trying to kill me--purring all the while. I move and he slithers his fat little body right back over my face. I probably have two lungs full of dander. Maybe that's why I'm so bleh today...I'm not getting any oxygen at night.
Maybe I should nominate Baxter for the My Cat Hates You site.
p.s. Thanks everyone for the kind condolences for Peanut. She isn't suffering anymore, so we will just be glad we got the privilege of getting to know such a stellar little kitty.
Posted by teresa at 11/18/2003 11:05:00 AM 0 comments
It's Monday and I'm at work. Bleh. Must study for lunch. Bleh.
I haven't been wanting to blog about Peanut, because she's gone. My dad had to put her to sleep. It took him two weeks to tell me about it. I was so busy with studying and the show that I didn't have time to keep up with what was going on (another reason to make sure you aren't so busy you miss important occurences). It broke his heart I think and my dad is not one to show any emotion or attachment to anything. It just sucks. He said little Peanut tried to follow him around and talk to him right up until the very end. Blessings, Peanut, you were a sweet little kitty...thanks for keeping my dad company while you were here.
On a brighter note, you should go see Lori's art cards. They are awesome! I'm going to get some when things are not quite so tight financially. I love the sense of whimsy she has in her beautiful work. I'm always running over to her art blog to get a dose of happiness.
Posted by teresa at 11/17/2003 11:34:00 AM 0 comments
It can't be Sunday evening already. I have been so wonderfully RELAXED this weekend. I napped, watched movies...well, cleaned the house, but it had to be done. I had destroyed the place getting through my little busy spell. Right now, Rooney is on my lap purring away and I have been spinning yarn and Navajo plying it. I think Navajo plying is so cool that I'll spin just to ply. We rented Identity and it was pretty good. I love any movie that has Cusack in it. He picks the oddest and most wonderful scripts.
Posted by teresa at 11/16/2003 06:06:00 PM 0 comments
I brought in one dozen hot Krispy Kreme doughnuts to the office this morning. Er, I accidentally ate four of them on the way in. I don't feel so good.
Posted by teresa at 11/14/2003 11:21:00 AM 0 comments
|I finally had a chance to update my website with the new hats. I'm really digging working with bunny wool. Mama wants bunnies now, too. Papa ain't so sure...
Posted by teresa at 11/13/2003 08:48:00 PM 0 comments
The Volunteer Tailgate Party XV--Starfleet Version is over at Inn of the Last Home. Take a look at what this nutty bunch of people are up to.
Posted by teresa at 11/13/2003 09:15:00 AM 0 comments
now I adore the soundtrack...magical.
We all need a little more magic in our lives.
Posted by teresa at 11/12/2003 05:36:00 PM 0 comments
You have to see this sign taken at the Knoxville Zoo by Queen MedB.
Posted by teresa at 11/12/2003 11:00:00 AM 0 comments
Hollywood, sensationalistic media and other blow-smoke-up-your-ass-types provide to us a mystical view of ordinary pain and suffering. And so that's my take on the treatment of the subject of dissociative identity disorder (used to be multiple personality disorder).
That was the subject in last night psychopathology class. People often confuse schizophrenia and dissociative identity disorder, but they are extremely different illnesses. Schizophrenia is a disorder marked by severe disorganization of thought. Associations are terribly loose and sufferers battle against auditory hallucinations and often sound like they are just stringing miscellaneous words together (called "word salad").
Dissociative identity disorder is the occurence of two or more distinct personalities within one person. It is a rare disorder, although prevalence studies vary. It sounds like a Hollywood movie doesn't it? The Three Faces of Eve, Sybil...both real people; both recovered. In fact "Eve" later became an advocate for dissociative identity disorder research and treatment. We viewed an interview with Eve and she was a charming older lady at the time of the film's production. She was positive, compassionate and dedicated to helping others who suffered with the disorder. We also had the privilege of viewing another dissociative identity disorder patient who was 26 and had 10 personalities. Creepy, huh? And that's usually as far as people get---creepy.
But it isn't really creepy, it's an ingenious human survival reaction to situations that are beyond our tolerance. Most sufferers have been victims of tremendous abuse during childhood...things regular folks couldn't even dream up...being buried alive, burned, mutilated, tortured, sexually assaulted, beaten repeatedly, shocked...things that make us all shudder and recoil in disgust. So, these kids dissociate and become "separate" to survive. You've heard people say "I'm going to my happy place now" when things are unpleasant--it's the same concept, except to an unimaginable extreme. Different parts of their original personality become severely compartmentalized and they retreat to these different compartments to escape. The mind has protected the child, but the surviving adult is left with a highly complex and debilitating disorder. The goal of treatment is reintegration of the personality fragments and since these patients are usually highly motivated to get relief from the intense pain and confusion in their lives they supposedly have a good prognosis.
Great stuff for the cocktail party, eh?
Posted by teresa at 11/12/2003 10:25:00 AM 0 comments
As I know when I do too much and push myself over a ridiculous finish line, there's the aftermath...the letdown, the melting, the undoing, the unraveling and detangling. I know myself well enough to not pay attention to the tired feelings, insecurities and obsessive self-examination. I have to just quit and allow myself rest until I get my bearings again. It's like coming out of a fugue state...Iowa? how'd I get here? How did I gain that 15 pounds? What's the green stuff in the fridge? Bam...like a wet sock thrown against the wall.
I turned in a pretty mediocre research paper, but it was the best I could do under the circumstances and I am proud of that. I finished the online exam and got a decent grade. I'm between classes...one more to go and I'm going to right to bed. Tomorrow I'm going to bed immediately after work. And I can't wait to be LAZY, actually TALK to my husband, snuggle with my kitties and be slobbered on by my dogs.
After that, I might make a hat.
Posted by teresa at 11/11/2003 06:10:00 PM 0 comments
No, wait, I'm still dead. And how.
I'm one little iota from just curling up in my office and balling my eyes out I'm so tired.
But first, craft fair news. The fair was really exhausting, but successful, althought I did about half the business I had hoped to do. Knoxville is hardly as hat-accepting as Nashville folks. Everyone went ooooh-ahhhh and went on and on but said they just don't look good in hats--even though they all looked great. Nashville folks weren't shy about it and flailed their arms about in excitement when they tried them on. But, probably about 75 people took cards and several folks wanted to know about custom hats including one charming woman who found an awesome bright pink cashmere coat at a vintage store and wants a custom hat to match it. I did sell my ghost town hat (it's black with white buildings on it)...it never makes it to the website before someone runs off with it...I guess I need to make more of those.
I also sold one of my big dolls...Penelope/Priscilla (I never could consistently call her one or the other). That was a big purchase. It's really hard to see the big dolls go, but it helps me move on to make more. The small Mini-Peep dolls sold out and I had to make more right there in the booth. People were buying them before I could finish them. Whew. No rest. But I could make little people all day...
The best thing about my booth was that it made people smile. When people tried on the hats they giggled and when they saw the dolls they stood and stared with the most charming child-like looks on their faces. It's the connection that feels so good.
So back to being dead. I am dead. I got so overtired that I lashed out at my husband after we got home in the most awful of ways. I balled my eyes out. I tried to work on my research paper immediately after the show. Finally, by 9 p.m. I could see straight and had cried myself into a state of stupor. I went to bed.
I got a call from my boss this morning and the layout I had ordered for this morning's meeting never got done while I was gone. She rescheduled the meeting with them but never called me back to tell me, so I went to the meeting anyway and met with the few people who actually showed up for it. That seemed awfully passive-aggressive to me. There wasn't anything I could do about it, but I have had to take off some vacation days to get school and arts stuff done by their respective deadlines, so... I dunno. I'm too tired to assume that kind of stuff. I think I get a little paranoid about others' intentions when I get too tired.
So, I have to pull a paper out of my ass tonight and take one of those dreadful online "quizzes." After class tomorrow night I am going to crash immediately after work for a couple of days and then clean up the horrible mess I've made of the house at the end of the week.
And start all over again, I guess.
I'll be posting all the new hats later on this week, too.
Thanks for all the well-wishes!!! I appreciated them.
Posted by teresa at 11/10/2003 11:19:00 AM 0 comments
Heck, if you're in the Knoxville area, come see me and partake of my hatmaking...
Posted by teresa at 11/05/2003 04:40:00 PM 0 comments
I'm not dead yet and I'm going to take that as a good sign. Classes last night were really exhausting. We had a really emotionally intense group session last night which wound me up even tighter than I already was and I couldn't go to sleep. I am really, really tired today and I'm approaching zombie status. I'm not quite as stressed as the last few days though because I think the big push is here and I know I can only do what I can do and that will have to be good enough. I think the anxiety before the "doing" is what gets you sometimes. I also saw some "old" school friends last night and that was really great and helped me feel connected and good about life in general.
I brought three hats with me today to work on at lunch in the office. I hope I can sew in two bands and pin in a third, which would be a record for me in one hour. I hope I am making sense. I'm scared to think that I am going to do so much writing this weekend with the show going on...it will probably be full of grammar faux pas and stream-of-consciousness gobbledy-gook. I have to be able to think straight to write and right now I can't think straight. I have that heavy feeling in my head--the tired fog.
And I started 11 sentences in this post with "I." So, I'm self-absorbed on top of everything else. Heh? *sputter*
Posted by teresa at 11/05/2003 09:48:00 AM 0 comments
I'm kind of grumpy. I'm more than kind of exhausted. I slammed a door into my head last night (I don't feel like explaining it, sorry). People who usually get on my nerves are REALLY getting on my nerves. Got school tonight, so I don't get home until 10 p.m. Ate beans last night and tooted all over my husband in bed last night *grin*. Tired. Whiney. Tired. Whiney. Repetitive.
Addendum: You really must check out the funny cake recipe over at Laura's. What a hoot!
Posted by teresa at 11/04/2003 10:49:00 AM 0 comments
I'm not quite sure how I am going to get through the next eight days. This is the week of the show, the research paper and another one of those "quizzes" that take two hours to finish. I did get five pieces off to the Appalacian Center for Crafts. And I have several new hats that are drying and waiting for hatbands and tags. It's the school work that's putting me over the edge. I want to be excited about the show, but I can't fully enjoy it because of the mountain of reading, writing and studying I need to do before Tuesday. I brought two hats to work so I can sew in a couple of hatbands at lunch. I hate to bring my books into the booth this weekend...not very good salesmanship to be studying while people are browsing your stuff. Well, one good thing is that after Tuesday, I did what I could do and I'll get to breathe a little again. I hope to make enough money to send all four kitties to the vet and get a small drum carder.
Bleh. Gotta get to work.
Posted by teresa at 11/03/2003 09:29:00 AM 0 comments
Halloween is over and we had a whopping six trick-or-treaters. Three groups of two. Hmmph. Psychos have ruined Halloween. I remember when we'd get in a little group and trick or treat for hours on end, going from neighborhood to neighborhood. The worst thing that happened to us was getting a popcorn ball in a sandwich bag and not knowing whether or not we should eat it. People watched for us as they drove by and we were greeted at nearly every house with smiles. I didn't have crap for costuming, so I went as the proverbial hobo with a straw hat, fake freckles and a big black ball of black wax over a couple of my teeth. I wore a big plaid shirt and jeans and carried a paper bag. It may sound sad, but I had a blast every year and I didn't worry about psychos. I worried about whether or not a kid dressed up as a ghost was going to pop out of the woods and scare me shitless.
Now kids trick or treat in a couple rich neighborhoods or go to church and school parties. If they trick or treat at all they are armed with two to five adults who wait at the curb like pissed-off bouncers.
I hate that kids are missing what we had. It makes me kind of sad.
Posted by teresa at 11/01/2003 03:46:00 PM 0 comments
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I'm trying to extrude between two Tins which are equally shaped. However if Extrude Between those tins using input feature created by minimal_bounding from one of them I get a strange error that two sides of my extruded block are inclined and thus the result is wrong (please have a look at the img attached).
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Cuban defector Odrisamer Despaigne pitched seven innings in his major league debut to lead the San Diego Padres to a 6-0 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Monday night.
Tommy Medica hit a two-run double off Matt Cain (1-6) after the umpires took away a three-run home run by Yasmani Grandal on a replay review to give the crafty Despaigne (1-0) the support he needed to get the win.
Despaigne had a 6.03 ERA in seven minor league starts in his first season as a professional after defecting from Cuba last summer. But he kept the Giants off-balance all game by changing his arm angle and mixing in big, slow curveballs with his harder pitches.
Despaigne allowed four hits and no walks in place of the injured Andrew Cashner, who was placed on the disabled list with a sore shoulder earlier in the day.
The Giants lost for the 10th time in 13 games.
Neither team had a hit in the first three innings before the Padres got to Cain in the fourth. The rally started when Everth Cabrera reached on a one-out infield single and advanced to third on Seth Smith's single.
One out later, Grandal hit a drive to right-center that initially appeared to clear the wall for a three-run homer. But right fielder Hunter Pence immediately signaled that a fan interfered on the play and ran toward the umpires to protest.
The umpires called for a video review and the play was changed to a double with Smith being sent back to third base even though he most likely would have scored easily from first on a two-out hit to the deepest part of the stadium.
Padres manager Bud Black ran out of the dugout to challenge the ruling and was immediately ejected by crew chief Brian O'Nora.
The call became moot when Medica followed with a two-run double to make it 3-0 as Cain struggled once again.
The Padres tacked on three runs in the eighth with an RBI single by Cabrera, a run-scoring double to Smith and a throwing error by Pence.
Cain allowed six runs and seven hits in 7 1/3 innings and has just one win in 12 starts this season.
NOTES: There was a pregame video tribute to Padres Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn, who died last week at age 54. There was also a No. 19 honoring Gwynn on the wall in right field. ... Padres 3B Chase Headley (back) missed his fourth straight game but could return Tuesday. ... Giants OF Angel Pagan (back) missed his seventh straight game. ... Giants INF Marco Scutaro (back) is scheduled to play three innings on a rehab assignment in the Arizona League on Tuesday. ... Tim Hudson (4-2) starts the second game of the series for San Francisco against Jesse Hahn (2-1).


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