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Technology start-up Spotted is facing one of the most common problems of establishing a business: raising sufficient funds. Earlier this year, the founders thought they were close to securing funding from a deal proposed by a venture capital company, but it fell through.
Founders Alistair Bruce, with Moritz Hertler, Stefan Reuter and Christian Uhrich, began their venture while studying for their MBA. Having graduated from Mannheim Business School in Germany last year, they have since been dealing with the highs and lows of getting a business off the ground.
Their want to launch of a smartphone app that enables people to network effectively, but funding is becoming an issue.
Their applications for two grants, worth about €94,500 each, from the German government were unsuccessful. A panel evaluating one of their applications gave Spotted a low grade on innovation, stating that there are many competing networking apps.
As a result the Spotted team has decided to specialise and develop their app initially for careers fairs, says Mr Bruce. It is designed to complement such an event's brochure and help jobseekers and employers to network more effectively.
Using the software, jobseekers and employers at a careers fair can create profiles of themselves and read those of others. Exhibitors or employers can also select attendees they are interested in talking to and set up meetings during the event.
If Spotted is successful in the recruitment fair market, it should keep the team busy since it is a global business all year round, says Mr Bruce. The team can then consider adapting the software to accommodate other types of exhibitions and conferences.
The team had planned to launch the app at the University of Mannheim's careers fair in April, but it is now back to the drawing board in terms of creating another launch strategy. Spotted does not have enough time to implement the necessary features for the official launch version, Mr Bruce says, because of changing requirements from the careers event organiser.
The app is being built in-house with the help of two part-time programmers. Working with Mr Uhrich, who has an information technology background, the two have been offered an equity stake in the company on reaching certain milestones because Spotted cannot afford to pay them.
After the highs of winning the European Business Plan of the Year 2012 competition, the team has its feet firmly on the ground. Mr Bruce maintains: "We know that winning the competition was not going to bring us success. We are realistic the whole time."
Mr Uhrich adds: "As things have been moving more slowly, we have also been taking matters in hand and started planning our future aside of Spotted. We are still pushing towards new leads and working on the current prototype, however our personal financial situation is limiting us to a certain degree."
Mr Bruce and Mr Reuter have found full-time jobs, but the four are continuing to work on Spotted. All have also been earning money as freelance consultants.
Spotted is being paid to work with Mannheim Business School, consulting on entrepreneurship courses and initiatives. The Spotted team are the first graduates from the full-time MBA to start a business and the school wants their views on potential modifications to the programme to help future students who are considering becoming entrepreneurs to increase their chances of success.
It is not all gloom and doom because winning the competition has created several opportunities. One of the competition judges, angel investor Julian Costley, invited them to present at his France-based Sophia Business Angels (SBA) club.
As a result, Spotted attracted the interest of investor and entrepreneur Candace Johnson, co-founder of the SBA club. She is keen on investing in Spotted as part of a group of investors.
Mr Costley is also planning an introduction to the board of the Deutsche Messe, one of the biggest trade fair companies in the world, with revenues of about €300m. "As they are looking for investments in the mobile sector, we are looking towards a chance to discuss options for future collaboration and maybe an investment," says Mr Uhrich.
After a presentation at a business angels conference in Mannheim, Spotted attracted interest from investors in Munich – Starnberg business angels club – and the four were invited to feature on its crowd funding website for 60 days. The minimum investment per investor is €250 and the aim is to raise a minimum of €50,000 from the crowd funding site before the Starnberg investors offer Spotted any money. So far, €11,000 has been raised from 18 investors and they have until mid-March to attract more investment from the public.
"Clearly we are not relying on that as a source of income, but if it does turn out to be successful, it could give us the flexibility to take the company forward part-time and invest the money solely in the necessary technology," adds Mr Bruce.
The team remain positive as Mr Uhrich explains: "Even if things do not initially work out as one might have planned them, leading an idea towards success is definitely possible …However, what we have learnt and the connections we have made in the last five months and from the MBA have given us opportunities and we are enjoying them as they come."
Over the year we will follow the fortunes of the Spotted team as it makes funding decisions, decides on its business strategy and brings its product to market.
Read more about Spotted: http://www.spotted-app.com
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I. Purpose
To ensure that the University fully develops and implements an ongoing, systematic program for the assessment of student learning outcomes which includes but is not limited to setting educational and student development goals; gathering and interpreting information and evidence to demonstrate whether students are reaching such goals; and using for improvement of student learning.
II. Objectives, Responsibilities, And Powers
A. To advise the University Senate and Provost/ Vice President for Academic Affairs on assessment matters;
B. To facilitate assessment programs on an institutional, school, and program level;
C. To coordinate assessment efforts with other standing committees of the University Senate (UPBC, Student Life, etc.)
D. To recommend policy which will ensure compliance with state, regional, and federal assessment mandates or requirements;
E. To promote and maintain current assessment activities at the University;
F. To disseminate assessment information;
G. To monitor the Institutional Assessment Plan;
H. To foster principles of good practice for assessing student learning throughout the University community.
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|1 Provost/VP for Academic Affairs, or designee
|1 Academic Dean, or designee
|1 Dean of Student Affairs, or designee
|1 University-wide Assessment Coordinator or Director of Institutional
Research & Assessment
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|1 Representative of General Education faculty
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|Elected by teaching faculty for overlapping 2
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|2 Students with overlapping 2-year terms
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The name of this course really says it all! For the next six weeks, we'll focus on techniques that professional authors use to write effectively and efficiently and that guarantee a story structure that delivers maximum emotional impact. After all, connecting with your audience is what great writing is all about, right? In this first lesson, we'll explore the idea of story structure, and you'll discover that nearly every piece of fiction that works follows the same fundamental rules. We'll also look at the often misunderstood difference between story and plot, a concept that will be vital throughout the rest of this course.
At the heart of every story are the dramatic elements of passion, theme, character, and premise. Your passion is what drives you to tell your story, and the theme is the underlying message it carries. To convey your theme, you'll create characters who represent that theme—either positively or negatively. Put all of these together and you've got your premise. We'll talk about all of these elements in today's lesson.
Character is what story is all about. Without a character, and a change in that character, there can be no story. In this lesson, you'll discover why the best characters are flawed. We'll explore your main character—the protagonist—and the opposition forces of the antagonist. And finally, we'll take a look at the other characters who round out your story.
Today's is the first of three lessons in which you'll see how to construct a story outline, act by act. In Act 1, you'll learn how to hook your readers. Then you'll fill them in with some character history called backstory. And finally, you'll exit Act 1 with a bang by triggering a traumatic event in the life of your protagonist.
If Act 1 ends with a bang, Act 2 starts with a whimper. Your protagonist begins in crisis, an emotional state brought on by his or her flaw. And because of that flaw, your protagonist will struggle throughout Act 2, as the antagonist delivers setback after setback. Fortunately, at the conclusion of Act 2 your protagonist finally figures out the source of all this emotional distress and how to overcome it.
The epiphany that ended Act 2 has prepared your protagonist for triumph in Act 3. Now it's time to devise a plan. The result will be a final confrontation with the antagonist. In this lesson, we'll discuss the best way to arrange the defeat of your antagonist—it's not what you might guess. Then, with that climax behind you, you're ready to tie up loose ends in the ending.
We've accomplished a lot in the last few lessons. By now you should be pretty comfortable with story structure. In the next three lessons, we'll take the concepts you've learned so far and apply them to the development of a real novel. Today we'll begin by using the dramatic elements to create a character, his or her flaw, and then put it all together into a formal story idea.
In this lesson, we'll expand the story idea for a novel into the nine checkpoints of our three-act outline. This is quite a challenge for just one lesson, but we've become pretty expert at this story structuring stuff by now, so let's go!
Now that you have your outline—and a beautiful one it is!—it's time for that magical moment when you begin expanding it into the long form. Yikes! The actual novel is about to materialize. We'll begin by inserting markers for the scenes that support and develop the outline. Then you'll start expanding those scenes and threading your theme throughout. This is really writing like a pro!
One of the most important choices an author makes is viewpoint. It affects every aspect of the story—from theme, to pacing, to suspense. In this lesson, we'll explore the three most common viewpoints—omniscient, third-person limited, and first person—and discover their advantages and disadvantages. Then we'll dig into techniques for developing characters and establishing a convincing story logic.
In this lesson, we'll look at techniques for refining your plot and controlling its pace. Then we'll unravel the internal structure of every piece of fiction you've ever read, discovering a structure that I bet you never knew existed. After today, you'll never forget it. It's called scene and sequel.
Now that your novel, play, or screenplay is well underway, it's time to think about polishing the final product. In this lesson, we'll look at some techniques for making your writing sparkle, including tips on dialogue and imagery and how to use them to show, not tell. We'll also see how to establish your own unique voice, paying special attention to the aspects of cadence and musicality. Finally, we'll talk a little about the creative process and your role now that you know how to . . . write like a pro.
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NEW YORK -- San Jose Sharks center Tomas Hertl, the duo of Colorado Avalanche goaltenders Semyon Varlamov and Jean-Sebastien Giguere, and Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby have been named the NHL's "Three Stars" for the week ending Oct. 13.
Hertl led the NHL with five goals in three games to help the Sharks (5-0-0) remain undefeated. He began the week by scoring four goals, capped by a highlight-reel, between-the-legs shot, in a 9 2 victory over the New York Rangers Oct. 8. At 19 years, 330 days, Hertl became the fourth-youngest player all-time to score four goals in an NHL game and youngest to do so since March 20, 1988, when Los Angeles' Jimmy Carson (19 years, 254 days) tallied four times in a 9-7 triumph over the Calgary Flames. The Praha, Czech Republic, native then logged 16:37 of ice-time and three shots on goal in a 4-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks Oct. 10 and closed the week by scoring his League-leading seventh goal of the season in a 3 2 victory over the Ottawa Senators Oct. 12. Hertl, the 17th overall pick by San Jose in the 2012 NHL Draft, leads all rookies and is tied for second in the League with 7-1—8 through five games this season.
The duo of Varlamov and Giguere combined for three wins as the Avalanche improved to 5-0-0, matching the franchise's best start to a season since the Quebec Nordiques won their opening five games in 1994-95. Varlamov posted two victories, a 1.00 goals-against average and a .971 save percentage in recording a 2-1 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs Oct. 8 (27 saves) and a 5-1 triumph over his former team, the Washington Capitals, Oct. 12 (40 saves). The 25-year-old native of Samara, Russia, has allowed only one goal in each of his first four starts this season, turning away 128-of-132 shots for a .970 save percentage. Giguere was perfect in his first start of 2013-14, recording 39 saves in a 2-0 victory over the Boston Bruins Oct. 10. The shutout was the 37th of Giguere's career, which ranks seventh among active goaltenders and tied for 39th all-time.
Crosby led the League with seven points (3-4—7) in three games as the Penguins won two out of three contests. He began the week by collecting two assists in a 5-2 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes Oct. 8 and another helper in a 6-3 loss to the Florida Panthers Oct. 11. Crosby then recorded his eighth career hat trick – and first in the regular season since Dec. 2, 2010 – and assisted on the game-winning goal in the final minute of regulation in a 5 4 triumph over the Tampa Bay Lightning Oct. 12. The 26-year-old Cole Harbour, N.S., native has posted at least one point in each of Pittsburgh's first five games (5-4—9), his longest point streak to begin a season since his rookie year, and leads the League with nine points.


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Global Village Day, March 12, 2001
SOCORRO, N.M., March 12, 2001 -- International students at New Mexico Tech are gearing up for "Global Village Day"--an annual festival of native costumes, cuisines, and crafts, which will be held on Saturday, March 24, from 2 until 5 p.m. in the Tech Gymnasium. Admission is free and open to the public.
"This is a wonderful opportunity for everyone to share in the many diverse cultures represented here in the Tech community," says Karen Schlue, Tech's manager of international programs. New Mexico Tech has about 115 international students enrolled this semester, representing 34 different countries.
The various exhibits at Global Village Day will include samplings of flags, maps, brochures, and posters--as well as the always-popular food and refreshments--from the students's native countries. Displays will consist of handcrafted items such as woven rugs, leather goods, musical instruments, jewelry, and apparel. Some of the exhibitors also will offer music and videotape presentations throughout the afternoon.
As an added fun activity, souvenir "passports" will be sold for 25 cents each at the door, allowing visitors to collect "visa stamps" from each of the countries represented at Global Village Day. In turn, visitors who have filled their passports with visa stamps will be eligible for drawings for various door prizes.
In addition, throughout the afternoon, renowned ethnic dancer and solo dance performer Travis will trace a musical path from Appalachia to Armenia, to the Middle East to Uzbekistan, in a richly rhythmic and deeply personal performances of Oriental and Western dance forms.
Mark your calendars now, and bring along the entire family to Global Village Day!


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NEW YORK — On Broadway's biggest night, a feel-good cross-dressing musical kicked up its heels.
"Kinky Boots," the Harvey Fierstein and Cyndi Lauper show about a struggling shoe factory that turns to fetish-wear to survive, took home six awards, including the top prize of best musical during the 67th Tony Awards Sunday night at Radio City Music Hall.
While accepting the award for score, Lauper brought a bit of working-class charm to the ceremony, intoning 'R' heavy words such as "inspired" with her trademark outer borough accent.
Later the veteran pop star told reporters back stage that this award represented the closing of a cycle. "It's funny, you go around the world looking for acceptance — you forget that all you've got to do is look in your own backyard,"
Entering the evening, the race for the top musical prize was considered too close to call between "Kinky Boots" and the dark British import "Matilda," two springtime openings that had emerged as hits after little fanfare in the months leading up to their opening nights.
Still, "Matilda, the Musical" performed decently, winning four Tonys from its 12 nominations, including book for Dennis Kelly.
Perhaps most unexpectedly, the night was marked by a series of big wins for the revival of Edward Albee's marital drama "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" A half-century after being introduced to the American stage, the show took home Tonys for revival of a play, director of a play and, in the upset of the night, actor in a play, given to Tracy Letts over Tom Hanks, star of the late Nora Ephron's journalism tale "Lucky Guy."
Letts, who in 2008 won a Tony for best play for his drama "August: Osage County," is now part of an elite group that has won Tonys for both writing and acting. Another member? "Kinky Boots" scribe Fierstein, who has won both actor and play Tonys for "Torch Song Trilogy," an acting prize for the musical "Hairspray" and a book award for the musical "La Cage Aux Folles."
But one of the most compelling narratives Sunday night had less to do with a particular winner and a lot more to do with the tenor of the overall honorees.
As Hollywood continues to be the subject of criticism for a lack of inclusiveness, 2013 was an extraordinarily good year for both women and minorities on Broadway. African American actors won four of the eight acting Tonys: lead actor in a musical for Billy Porter ("Kinky Boots"), lead actress in a play for
("The Trip To Bountiful") lead actress in a musical for Patina Miller ("Pippin") and featured actor in a play for Courtney B. Vance ("Lucky Guy").
Tyson, who made her return to Broadway after 30 years away, gave a deliberate, emotional speech that evoked the specter of dead family members. Porter was more quippy.
"I share this award with you," he said to "Kinky Boots" costar and fellow nominee Stark Sands. "I'm going to keep it at my house, but I share it with you."
Lauper was the first woman to win a best score Tony without sharing the award with a man. And winners for both director of a musical and director of a play were women, "Pippin's" Diane Paulus and "Virginia Woolf's" Pam MacKinnon.
Though "Virginia Woolf" opened in the fall and closed months ago, it has managed to emerge as a force during Tonys season even as many anticipated dramas that opened later — including "Orphans," "Breakfast at Tiffany's" and "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" — faltered.
Asked Sunday about the staying power of his show, Letts said that the production, an import from Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre, owed its resilience to the work itself.
"It's a testament to Edward Albee's play," he said. "It sticks to the ribs."
On stage at the Tonys, Letts played down the competition between himself and Hanks and the other nominees. "You are not my competition, you are my peers and I am proud to be in your company," he said. Hanks was a crowd favorite in Radio City Music Hall, and his defeat was seen as a surprise after a Tonys season that had seen much mutual affection between the star and the Broadway community.
Though there had been much hype about "Lucky Guy," the creation principally of two theater outsiders in Hanks and Ephron, neither was handed prizes Sunday night. And many Hollywood actors, such as Sigourney Weaver and Scarlett Johannson, were not even nominated this year. Instead, Tonys voters reserved honors for many longtime theater insiders, including Letts, Paulus and Christopher Durang.
Durang's dysfunctional-family comedy "Vanya, Sonia, Masha and Spike" was named best play, besting Ephron's "Lucky Guy" and marking Durang's first-ever Tony. He noted the passage of time in accepting the prize.
"I wrote my first play in second grade in 1958," Durang said. "It's now 2013."
While "Virginia Woolf" was one of the most critically lauded shows of the season, "Kinky Boots" has been more popular with ticket buyers. The show is likely to reap the commercial rewards that come with a best musical win; it will tour beginning in 2014.
Longtime Broadway producer Daryl Roth acquired rights to the obscure British movie it was based on more than seven years ago. She said before the Tonys that she felt the nominations validated her choice to make a show out of the film when few had heard about it.
"There was something about this story that spoke to me, and it's hugely gratifying to see it's speaking to theatergoers too," she said.
Accepting his own prize, "Matilda's" Kelly said he wasn't quite sure what he was getting into when he began writing the show. "I had no idea how to write a musical. So in many ways this award is a ringing endorsement of ignorance and stupidity," Kelly said.
With many of the season's biggest hits still new and relatively unknown, producers saw fit to pay tribute to big musicals.
The opening number included an homage to nearly every musical running on Broadway, including longtime hits such as "The Lion King" and "Chicago." The number brought the Radio City audience to its feet.
Meanwhile, performers from established shows such as "Newsies" and "Jersey Boys" introduced new shows, while "Phantom of the Opera" earned a stand-alone tribute in honor of its 25th anniversary.
Neil Patrick Harris hosted the event for the third consecutive year, as the CBS telecast aimed to goose its numbers above the two-decade low last year, when only 6 million people tuned in.
Harris, who at the Tonys walks the line between emcee and irreverent commentator, had fun with some juicy comedic targets, including Mike Tyson (he said that the boxer was backstage giving three of the "Matilda" actresses face tattoos), Shia LaBeouf, and other actors who'd tried--less successfully than him, he pointed out--to toggle between theater and television. He also offered a closing rap that riffed on the events of the evening in a comedic ode to Jay-Z's "Empire State of Mind."
Tonys speeches tend to be theatrical affairs. They were marked most notably Sunday by an earnest speech from Judith Light, who took home featured actress in a play for her turn in Richard Greenberg's drama "The Assembled Parties," and a free-associative speech from "Pippin" star Andrea Martin. Accepting the prize for featured actress in a musical, Martin, 66, cited a costar who tossed her in the air. She asked the audience if they knew how special it is for "a woman of my age to be held and never dropped."
Los Angeles Times staff writers Meredith Blake and Alana Semuels contributed to this report.


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Last night, in case you missed it, was the tune-up before the tune-up. In Wallace, a number of local teams tested their schemes and lineups out. -The BB&T Jamboree was on local teams' minds. West Brunswick's Jimmy Fletcher said his team had already been preparing for the spread attack of New Hanover, and said the Trojans had a "big test" on Friday. Wallace-Rose Hill's Joey Price made sure to mention the Bulldogs' Jamboree opponent, Ashley, to his team after thes scrimmages.… Read More »


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When I was about 8, I made what I thought was the greatest of musical discoveries.
As one of San Diego's youngest self-taught orchestral music lovers — unlike many of the classically trained, I don't come from a musically inclined family — I managed to connect the dots of disparate music to a single name. I felt the part of a diminutive sleuth who was the sole listener to a trove of melodies as good as Mozart's and as powerful as Beethoven's.
I learned that the same guy who did the music for "Superman" also did "Star Wars." And "Home Alone." And "Raiders of the Lost Ark." And "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial."
Some of my favorite movies!
Once I had this maker of music's name, I needed an age. I soon found it out.
He was old! (Especially to an 8-year-old.)
The guy, of course, was John Williams. And today he's 80.
My discovery really wasn't much of one. At that point, Williams had five Oscars to his name and an army of Grammy statues. He was already pretty best-selling and famous.
But, as it were, the composer who was seasoned during my childhood of some 20 years ago is even more so now. He is an elder statesman of the art, a household name whose music is as American as apple pie and baseball.
It only seems fitting, therefore, that the Pacific Symphony play the music of John Williams for its annual July 4 concert.
The event, which also features the music of the Eagles by a tribute band and fireworks, in the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Irvine begins at 8 p.m.
It will be led by the Costa Mesa-based orchestra's longtime pops conductor, Richard Kaufman, who's a veteran of the film music world as a performer and former music coordinator at MGM. He even recorded Williams' score for "Jaws" back in the '70s.
The Eagles tribute band, Windborne, is led by Brent Havens, who trained at the Berklee College of Music.
The audience will also be able to vote for the first half's encore — "E.T." or "Star Wars" — via texting.
In addition, active and retired military personnel can attend the symphony's concerts for free, all summer long.
Tickets start at $25. For more information, visit http://www.pacificsymphony.org or call (714) 755-5799.
The Pacific Chorale is heading to Paris for an ambitious performance schedule at four churches from July 3 through July 8.
The international tour for the choir, one of three resident companies in Costa Mesa's Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, is its first since 2008, when the group toured France and Italy. Its history performing abroad, however, dates back to the 1970s.
Approximately 100 singers are going, said Ryan McSweeney, the chorale's director of marketing, adding that the tour is the largest traveling contingent of the Chorale in its history. The tour is also significant, he said, because the group will be performing separate repertoire at each concert.
It's also the first time the 24 members of the John Alexander Singers, the Chorale's professional chamber choir, will be performing as a separate entity on a Chorale tour.
Two of the concerts — at Saint-Sulpice and Église de la Madeleine — are free. The other two, at Saint-Étienne-du-Mont and Saint-Louis-en-l'Île, are ticketed, McSweeney said. The concerts are presented by La Toison d'Art.
The All-American Boys Chorus will be having its summer gala concert July 13 in Newport Beach.
Lights, Camera, Action! starts at 7:30 p.m. at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, 600 St. Andrews Road. It will feature the voices of 60 boys, ages 9 to 14, and 40 alumni of the Costa Mesa-based choir led by Wesley Martin.
The repertoire will pay tribute to the movies and armed forces.
Tickets start at $25. Visit http://www.taabc.org for more information.
BRADLEY ZINT is a classically trained musician and a copy editor for the Daily Pilot. Email him story ideas at firstname.lastname@example.com or follow him on Twitter @BradleyZint.


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Check Out the Babes of New York Comic Con 2012
Whether or not you think of Comic Con as a gathering of the geeks, it's also a major babe fest. Whether you're into Wonder Woman, Game of Thrones or Vampira the convention was filled with hot chicks dressed as your favorite characters. Chances are guys didn't just show up to meet Stan Lee and the dudes from The Walking Dead, girls in scantily clad costumes might have played a major role as well.
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Student Co-Authors Paper in Nature, May 1999
New Mexico Tech student Aaron Stump, senior in materials engineering, was co-author on a paper published in the March 18, 1999 issue of Nature. The paper was entitled "Aerosol-assisted self assembly of mesostructured spherical nanoparticles by Y. Lu, H. Fan, A. Stump, T. Ward, T. Rieker, & C. J. Brinker, pp. 223-226, Nature vol. 398, March ,1999.


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After you have set up the Novell Cluster Services clusters for a business continuity cluster by using Novell Business Continuity Clustering software, you are ready to configure the cluster resources for BCC. You can enable one or multiple cluster resources in each of the peer clusters for business continuity that if you want to be able to fail over between peer clusters. For each resource, you can specify the preferred peer clusters for failover.
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Section 12.4, Assigning Preferred Peer Clusters for the Resource
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Mechanical Engineering Undergrad Lands Space Grant ScholarshipSOCORRO, N.M. September 15, 2011 – Mechanical engineering junior Miquela Trujillo was awarded a competitive scholarship from the New Mexico Space Grant Consortium, based on her research proposal.
|Miquela Trujillo, mechanical engineering junior from Espanola, earned a N.M. Space Grant Consortium Scholarship, a program that is funded by NASA.
A graduate of McCurdy High School in Espanola, Trujillo is testing a novel material developed by Dr. Ashok Ghosh. She is one of several students who have contributed to the testing of the material, which received a U.S. patent earlier this year.
"This scholarship will help a lot with tuition and cost of living expenses," Trujillo said. "I'm trying to save money for grad school, so this helps a lot."
Trujillo, who completed an internship at Los Alamos National Laboratory this summer, will run models and test the material for radiation shielding. Other students have tested the material for heat, acoustic and impact shielding. The N.M. Space Grant Consortium is administered by NASA and funds education, outreach and research in high-tech fields related to space.
Dr. Ghosh's invention is a composite structure that has Kevlar skin with a fluid-filled polyurethane foam core. The material may find applications in a variety of devices – from submarines and space vehicles to military helmets and bullet-proof vests.
One of the material's key characteristics is its ability to disperse energy – thermal, acoustic, impact and explosive/shockwave energy.
Trujillo will use Stopping and Ranging of Ions in Matter software, or SRIM, to model how the composite material will respond to exposure to radiation.
"We shoot different radioactive ions at the composite and it'll show you the distribution of the ions in the material," she said. "We can see if the ions go though or if the material stops them. This program will show me how well the material stops the ions and what thickness we need to stop the ions at a certain velocity."
The key to dispersing energy is the core layer of the polyurethane foam, Dr. Ghosh said. He said the inner structure of the foam is filled with varying sizes of spherical cells of polyurethane. A cross-section of polyurethane foam reveals larger balls, or cells, in the center, with smaller cells on the outer edges. The foam layer has impermeable faces, allowing the material to be filled with compatible fluid and sealed.
"The core layer is engineered," Dr. Ghosh said. "The basic materials are procured over-the-counter, but subsequently engineered to do certain things. This is a unique material with unique characteristics."
Dr. Ghosh and his team of students tested the material for a variety of acoustic energy attenuation characteristics under a grant from the Office of Naval Research. Some tests were performed at New Mexico Tech and the rest at the Air Force Research Lab in Albuquerque, The team tested the material for acoustic loading.
Trujillo expects to graduate in 2013 and then pursue a graduate degree in nuclear engineering or mechanical engineering. Her work with Dr. Ghosh on radiation shielding has spurred her interest in the nuclear field.
Trujillo said Dr. Ghosh has been more than just an instructor; he has been a mentor and an inspiration as well.
"I was not aware of this scholarship and would not have received it without the help of Dr. Ghosh," Trujillo said. "I am very grateful to be working on this research project with Dr. Ghosh. I am thankful for his encouragement to apply for this scholarship."
Ghosh said Trujillo is a standout student and worthy of the Space Grant Scholarship. He said Trujillo has shown the initiative to find the references and the experts in the field to guide her toward solutions.
"I'm quite impressed with the work she has done and the motivation she has," Dr. Ghosh said.
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History Teacher, Didcot, Oxfordshire
Contract type: Full Time / Part Time
Contract term: Permanent
Suitable for NQTs: Yes
Aureus School is a brand new, state of the art STEAM specialist comprehensive 11-16 school that opened on the Great Western Park, Didcot, in September 2017. Our mission is simple: we will strive to educate the whole student so that each individual in our community may 'Grow, Learn and Flourish. We are looking to expand our team and are seeking a History Teacher for September 2019.
- The primary responsibility of a subject teacher is to ensure that all students receive an exceptional level of education, and progress to their maximum potential.
· This is achieved through inspirational planning and delivery of subject knowledge.
· The objectives are to secure consistently high standards of learning, continual student development and ensure each student has a positive attitude towards not only their personal education but the school as a whole.
· All staff will be expected to contribute to the ethos of Aureus School through embodying the vision and the values of the community.
Teaching and Learning Responsibilities:
· Teach students in years 7-11.
· Deliver lessons as per Maths Mastery learning objectives which enrich and engage all students taught.
· Plan lessons carefully, having regard to the schemes of work and faculty practice.
· Work as a full member of the team, working with others to promote good practice in the faculty, to create teaching resources and to develop consistent approaches.
· Assess student work to monitor and evaluate progress, set targets and adapt teaching.
· Drive attainment and progress for all students taught, setting targets, tracking progress and intervening where appropriate.
· Teach other subjects as required.
· Cover for absent colleagues within the 'rarely cover' parameters within which we work.
Student Welfare Responsibilities:
· Be aware of the strengths and needs of each student.
· Undertake regular tutor reviews to monitor and providing appropriate advice and guidance on individual student's progress in respect to attendance, homework, behaviour management and acceptable standards of conduct and appearance.
· Promote high standards of student behaviour and attitudes to work.
· Communicate effectively with staff and parents.
· Complete administrative tasks as required.
· Attend tutor meetings.
Classroom Responsibilities:
· Teach allocated students by planning your teaching to achieve progression of learning.
· Identify clear teaching objectives and specify how they will be taught and assessed.
· Set tasks which challenge students and ensure high levels of interest.
· Set and model expectations.
· Set clear targets, building on prior attainment.
· Identify and differentiate for students with a range of learning needs including SEND, EAL and very able students.
· Provide clear structures for lessons maintaining pace, motivation and challenge.
· Make effective use of assessment and ensure coverage of programmes of study.
· Ensure effective teaching and best use of available time.
· Monitor and intervene to ensure sound learning and behaviour management.
· Use effective questioning, listen carefully to students and give attention to errors and misconceptions.
· Select appropriate learning resources and develop study skills through a range of sources.
· Ensure students acquire and consolidate knowledge, skills and understanding.
· Evaluate own teaching critically to improve effectiveness.
· Model excellent literacy and use of subject vocabulary.
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· All teachers and aspiring lead practitioners will be line managed by a Senior Leader
· GLF Schools expects its employees to work flexibly with the framework of the duties and responsibilities above. This means that the post holder may be expected to carry out work that is not specified in the job profile but which is within the remit of the duties and responsibilities.
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% tla my-id -H print or change your id usage: tla my-id [options] [id] -h, --help Display a help message and exit. -H Display a verbose help message and exit. -V, --version Display a release identifier string and exit. -e, --errname specify program name for errors -u, --uid print only the UID portion of the ID With no argument print your arch id. With an argument, record ID-STRING as your id in ~/.arch-params/=id Your id is recorded in various archives and log messages as you use arch. It must consist entirely of printable characters and fit on one line. By convention, it should have the form of an email address, as in this example: Jane Hacker <firstname.lastname@example.com> The portion of an id string between < and > is called your uid. arch sometimes uses your uid as a fragment when generating unique file names. The option -u (--uid) causes only the uid part of your id string to be printed.
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|Cuddle Up and Read To Me Storytime (SO)
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Date: 5/23/2018
Start Time: 9:40 AM
End Time: 10:00 AM
Cuddle Up and Read to Me Storytime is designed for children birth to 24 months. Children are introduced to books and language through short stories, songs and more. An adult must accompany child.Library: Southern Branch
Location: Meeting Room
Contact: Melissa DeCesaris
Contact Number: 410-326-5289
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Thanks for your support over at Kara's "Really Incredible Women" Blog. She is so happy that all of you came by to say hi and left some comment love. I'm so happy you enjoyed learning more about me. I really worried quite a bit about it. Silly me! You are all so wonderful and incredible yourselves. I really have LOVED getting to know a lot of you and follow you on your blogs. You are ALL so inspirational to me!!! Thanks!
I sent Kara the picture of what I made special for the giveaway on her blog. She will be posting it today. So go check it out and remember to stop by each day until Saturday. Kara had me answer a total of 10 questions and you just may be interested in my answers. Also, I had a chance to finish my advice that you'll find on her sidebar. It's listed under Advice for Women and Advice for Moms. Hope you're inspired.
Now for my 200th Post Giveaway!!!
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You know how much I love my signature Black & White and Red All Over Fabric, Right?
I made this really cute "itty bitty ditty bag" and Darling Earrings and I'm trying to finish making the a matching "Buttercup Bag" to finish off the set for the winner of my 200th post Giveaway. I'm also giving away another set over at Kara's Blog but done in different colors. Go have a look.
Just so you know it's been a really crazy busy day for me so, I didn't quite get The Buttercup Bag made for my giveaway but I will add a picture of it later in the day or the next day (just in case I can't get it made). Anyway, you can imagine what it will look like right? Right!
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- If I can't get a hold of you I will pick another winner.


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Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Sweet & Spicy Means a Great Combination for Presto Pasta
Usually when roasting squash, I just cut it in half, scoop out the seeds, season with a little salt and pepper and roast cut side down at 400°F/200°C, but this time I made it more like this recipe... ... without the brown sugar or butter...just tossed with a little fresh thyme leaves, olive oil and a few grindings of freshly ground black peppercorns and at 375°F/180°C for about 20-30 minutes...until the little cubes were tender and caramelized . I actually roasted them as a side dish to go with the brisket I found in the bottom of my freezer, but naturally there was plenty left over.
Much as I love squash, I usually find it too sweet too eat too much at one time.. a little goes a long way and I want something spicy or at least savoury to go with it. But what combination?.... I kept thinking about the cured churiso sausages in my fridge and the woody cremini mushrooms, more thyme to continue the earthiness. And the dish was born. While the fusilli (they were too cute to ignore at the grocery store) was boiling away, I sauteed a chopped onion, sliced mushrooms and chorizo slices for about five minutes, added the squash and a splash of apple cider vinegar from my favorite Boates Farm in the Annapolis Valley, where much of my Saturday farmers market finds come from, tied it all together.
Probably the craziest thing about making this dish... beyond the dreaming about it for days before I actually put it together... was that while I was tossing it all up... before the actual eating even... I was already planning the leftover dish.... frittata? add some homemade chicken broth and make a fantastic soup? is there enough for both?
Your thoughts? And don't forget to share your pasta dish with Presto Pasta Night. This week, Simona of Briciole is hosting for the fourth time! Please Send your entries to simosite (at) mac (dot) com and cc ruth (at) 4everykitchen (dot) com
4 comments:
- Joanne said...
It's proclivity for sweet-and-salty dishes is EXACTLY why I love squash so much! This sounds especially delicious...I'll be making it with my favorite soy chorizo!
- March 08, 2012 7:28 AM
- Ruth Daniels said...
Is there really such a thing as soy chorizo? Wow! The world of vegetarians certainly has evolved.
- March 08, 2012 8:20 AM
- Simona said...
My ears also perked up in reading soy chorizo: interesting. I love butternut squash especially cubed and roasted: I could eat a whole pan of it. Interestingly enough, I never made pasta with it. i can imagine you dreaming about it: it happens to me to, to be haunted by the image of a dish. By the way, I keep my winter squashes in cold storage in the garage, so I get impatient looks less often. Thanks for having me host Presto Pasta Nights: it's always a great pleasure and lots of fun.
- March 09, 2012 12:06 AM
- Caribbean Culinary Tours & Vacations said...
Just found your blog and love your pasta dishes, My daughter is a pasta lover so I am always trying new pasta dishes for her. I specialize in Caribbean cooking however I will be trying a few of your dishes. Thanks for sharing
- March 10, 2012 8:09 PM


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In coup, Netflix gets Disney deal
SAN FRANCISCO — Netflix's video subscription service has trumped pay-TV channels and grabbed the rights to show Disney movies shortly after they finish their runs in theaters.
The multiyear licensing agreement announced Tuesday represents a breakthrough for Netflix as it tries to add more recent movies to a popular service that streams video over high-speed Internet connections.
Netflix will have exclusive US rights to offer the first-run movies through its streaming service during the period normally reserved for premium TV network such as HBO, Starz, and Showtime. That period starts about seven months after movies leave theaters. The exclusivity does not extend to DVDs, a service Netflix is trying to phase out.
Investors applauded Netflix's coup, lifting the company's stock by $10.65, or 14 percent, to $86.65.
It's the first time that one of Hollywood's major studios has sold the coveted rights to Netflix Inc. instead of a premium TV network. DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. licensed the pay-TV rights to its movies to Netflix last year under a deal that begins in 2013, but those movies don't wield the same box-office appeal as Disney, whose stable includes Pixar Animation and Marvel.
Starz currently holds the rights to Walt Disney Co.'s movies under a deal that expires in 2015. Beginning in 2016, Netflix will get the movies instead. Direct-to-video movies will come to Netflix sooner, as will older movies such as ''Dumbo'' and ''Alice in Wonderland.''
In Tuesday's news release, the Los-Gatos, Calif.-based Netflix didn't disclose how much it is paying Disney.
The Disney deal gives Netflix a measure of revenge against Starz, which had been demanding a price that Netflix refused to pay when their licensing agreement expired earlier this year. The Starz rights had included Disney movies, so losing that access had been seen as a blow to Netflix.


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- "I bet there aren't many living people who can say they've been to one of those!"
- —Hermione Granger[src]
The five-hundredth Deathday Party of the ghost Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington, who haunted Hogwarts Castle as the Ghost of Gryffindor Tower, was a celebration thrown by said ghost, commonly called Nearly-Headless Nick, (as his head hung on by an inch of skin), to commemorate the day he died. The Party included a candlelit dinner of rancid, moulded food, the smell of which would gag a normal living creature.
The ghost orchestra playing at the Deathday Party were playing the musical saw.
The Headless Hunt attended the party. They are described like "a dozen horses with headless riders". There also was a game of Head Hockey, by the Hunt.
- "Well, this Hallowe'en will be my five-hundredth deathday."
- —Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington to Harry Potter[src]
Sir Nicholas was sentenced to death by beheading after a teeth-straightening spell went awry on a woman named Lady Grieve. Unfortunately, the executioner assigned to decapitate Nick had a blunt axe. Thus, even after forty-seven hacks into his neck, Nick's head was only partially severed. Sir Nicholas was executed on the dawn of October 31st, 1492. After this point, Nick returned as a ghost due to his fear of death and presumably held a deathday party every year for five centuries to mark the anniversary of the day he died.
- "My dear friends. Welcome, welcome ... so glad you could come ...."
- —Nick greeting his guests[src]
In honour of the event, Sir Nicholas took the liberty of decorating one of the castle's roomier dungeons with black candles, which gave off a bluish glow and many black hangings. He also ordered a variety of food that had been tainted to make it stronger, and therefore more likely to be possible for ghosts to taste. This food included large, rotten fish on handsome silver platters, cakes burned charcoal-black, heaped on salvers, maggoty haggis, mouldy cheese, and, in pride of place, an enormous grey cake in the shape of a tombstone, which had his name and date of death written on it in tar-like frosting.
Last but not least, Nicholas hired a ghostly orchestra to play the musical saw, and provided them with a black-draped raised platform for them to perform on.
|Sir Patrick Delaney-Podmore
|Sir Patrick, the leader of the Headless Hunt, attended the party along with a group of his huntsmen. Patrick managed to offend Sir Nicholas by pointing out that he was not properly decapitated, but the other guests found him quite amusing.
|Headless Hunt
|See above.
|Fat Friar
|The Fat Friar was talking with a knight with an arrow sticking out of his forehead.
|A group of gloomy nuns
|This group of nuns were standing near the dance floor.
|Ragged man wearing chains
|This chained man was standing quite close to the group of nuns. It is possible that he is Jacob Marley, the ghost of Ebenezer Scrooge's dead partner, from Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.
|A knight with an arrow sticking out of his forehead
|This knight was talking with the Fat Friar. It is possible that he is the ghost of Harold II (1022? - 1066), the last Saxon king of England. He was defeated at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 by William the Conqueror when an arrow pierced his eye.
|Portly Ghost
|This portly ghost was floating through the table of mouldy food with his mouth open, and remarked to Hermione Granger that he could "almost" taste it.
|Wailing Widow
|Nick took particular pleasure that the Wailing Widow arrived all the way from Kent.
|Myrtle Warren
|Myrtle Warren and Peeves fell out during the party, due to Peeves overhearing Hermione's conversation with Harry and Ron, in which she mentions how awful the toilet she haunts is. The argument ends in Moaning Myrtle crying and Peeves throwing fungus-covered peanuts and crying "Spotty! Spotty!".
|See above.
|Bloody Baron
|Avoided by the other ghosts
|Grey Lady
|She was talking to another ghost near the table of mouldy food.
|Harry Potter
|A guest of honour, whom Nick tried to persuade to tell the Headless Hunt about how scary he found him.
|Hermione Granger
|Commented on the fact that not many living people are invited to Deathday parties.
|Ron Weasley
|Would have rather attended the Hogwarts feast.
Behind the scenes
- Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington died in 1492, and is celebrating his 500th deathday anniversary. This fact allows us to find the exact date of the setting of the second book, therefore, allowing us to record the dates of the events of the Harry Potter series against this date.
- Although this event occured 489 years earlier, Nearly Headless Nick's deathday is on the exact day as Harry's parents death day, the 31st October.
- Nearly Headless Nick's deathday party is completely omitted from the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film) (Cut from final film)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game) (Game Boy Color and PlayStation versions only)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game) (Mentioned only)
- Pottermore
Notes and references
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game) - GBC version


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Expert alarmed at Schumacher weight loss
An expert has admitted he is alarmed by reports Michael Schumacher has lost a quarter of his bodyweight whilst laying comatose in France.
Although the great German's family, manager Sabine Kehm and close friend Jean Todt insist they have not given up on the hope of full recovery, almost 12 weeks have now passed since the former Ferrari and Mercedes driver's skiing fall.
We reported early last week that the 45-year-old, who weighed about 75kg when he crashed on the Meribel slopes, has apparently lost twenty kilograms in hospital.
Italy's La Gazzetta dello Sport and the major German daily Bild-Zeitung are now also reporting that Schumacher now weighs just 55 kilos, which means he has lost more than a quarter of his former bodyweight.
"While a weight loss in coma patients is normal, 20 kilos is a lot for people with normal body weights," said Prof Dr Curt Diehm, of the Karlsbad teaching hospital in Germany.
"One must assume that his muscles have degraded greatly due to the immobility," he surmised.


text: Porcupine Tree are a progressive rock band formed by Steven Wilson in 1987 in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England. Apart from psychedelic rock, their music has been also influenced by trance, krautrock and ambient due to Steven Wilson and Richard Barbieri's liking for the Kosmische Musik scene of the early '70s, led by bands such as Tangerine Dream, Neu! and Can. They have recently begun to lean towards metal music.


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Standard ECMA-177
Private Integrated Services Network (PISN)
- Specification, Functional Model and Information Flows - Call
Transfer Supplementary Service (CTSD)
3rd edition (December 2001)
This Standard specifies Supplementary Service Call Transfer (SS-CT),
which is applicable to various basic services supported by Private
Integrated Services Networks (PISNs). Basic services are specified
in ECMA-142.
SS-CT is a supplementary service which enables a user to transform
two of that user's calls (of which one must be answered) into
a new call between the other two users of the two calls.
Supplementary service specifications are produced in three stages,
according to the method described in ETS 300 387. This Standard
contains the stage 1 and stage 2 specifications of SS-CT. The
stage 1 specification (clause 6) specifies the supplementary service
as seen by users of PISNs. The stage 2 specification (clauses
7 and 8) identifies the functional entities involved in the supplementary
service and the information flows between them.
This Standard contains two stage 2 specifications reflecting
different ways of operating the service within the network: transfer
by join and transfer by rerouteing.
The following file can be freely downloaded:
This Ecma publication is also approved as ISO/IEC 13865.
The previous replaced "historical" edition of this Ecma Standard is available here.


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Lupe Fiasco Versus Mook – Nightclub 937′s 2 At 10
Lupe Fiasco gets his 1st win on the 2@10 with 'Around My Way' and is back tonight looking for win #2.
Can newcomer Mook ft. Rocko take the title away with 'B.F.F'?
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I read the "substitution" blog comments to a room of aunts and cousins and had their rapt attention. Animated discussion broke out. Everyone had an "aha" moment. Keep 'em coming! The Top-10 list will be announced next week along with the apron winner.
This week's discussion: Why do some people clean as they cook as others leave a mess to be cleaned up later? Is it Gender? Heredity? Personality? Upbringing? Selfishness? Commercial training? What do you do? Why?


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Items in New York Heritage are organized into collections, which provide additional context for understanding their significance and meaning.
15th New York National Guard Enlistment RecordsNew York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center
This collection contains images of identification cards for the 15th New York National Guard, also known as the 369th Regiment, during World War I and World War II eras.
175th Anniversary of the Buffalo & Erie County Public LibraryBuffalo and Erie County Public Library
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Nobody thought a 12-sided geometric painting by a little-known artist could top a Hockney. The painting, "Vector," has languished in storage for at least 30 years. The painter, Ron Davis, has been living off the grid near Taos, N.M., for almost as long.
But when the curators of
's "Crosscurrents" exhibition first saw the work in a warehouse used for Tate museum storage outside of London, right after viewing one of
's greatest "splash" paintings, it was nonetheless arresting.
"It was a knockout moment," says Rani Singh, describing how Davis' dodecagonal painting (made of resin on fiberglass, not paint on canvas, in 1968) is shaped and colored in such a way that it seems to jut from the wall in three dimensions.
"It makes an enormous impact in your field of vision," adds her co-curator, Andrew Perchuk. "We knew instantly we wanted to borrow the piece."
Now part of "Crosscurrents," which opens Oct. 1, Ron Davis is one of the discoveries awaiting visitors to the museum extravaganza known as Pacific Standard Time. At its core, it consists of 60 exhibitions throughout Southern California exploring facets of the region's art history from 1945 to 1980.
As expected, the shows celebrate the lions of contemporary art here such as Hockney, John Baldessari and
. But many say the initiative's real purpose was to supply much-needed historical context and to identify other regional artists worth greater consideration.
Some, like Davis, were lauded by art critics at one time but have since dropped out of sight. (In his case, psychiatric problems and his move to New Mexico played a role.) Others never got their due in the first place, perhaps because they were Chicano or African American and showed in community spaces instead of bigger galleries or museums.
"Ed Ruscha's stock will not lower because of this, and rightly so," says Chon Noriega, a Chicano art expert who has co-curated five shows under the Pacific Standard Time umbrella. "But the great thing is that there will also be a number of artists who receive some overdue critical attention."
So who are the breakthrough artists of Pacific Standard Time? Of course in time one could survey the next generation of curators, critics, academics and also collectors, who increasingly shape art history. But at this stage another tack is to ask some of the shows' curators themselves: Whose work felt like a discovery to you, and which artists do you think are ripe for reappraisal?
Noriega, who suspects most names in his shows are unknown to a broad audience, named Oscar Castillo, subject of a solo show at the Fowler Museum. As a photographer, Castillo did much to document the Chicano community in L.A. starting in the late 1960s. Noriega praises his ability to sidestep ethnic stereotypes and expose "contradictions apparent between aspirations and reality."
He also discussed Roberto Chavez and Dora De Larios from "Art Along the Hyphen" at the Autry National Center. Chavez, he says, "is someone who experimented in all styles — he's extraordinarily prolific — but it's really his portraiture of Mexican Americans, family members and others, that stands out."
De Larios, the only sculptor in the Autry show, interests Noriega for her "lifelong attempt to integrate the deep history of two national art forms, Japanese and Mexican." He attributes it in part to her growing up in downtown Los Angeles among immigrants from both countries, until
internment policies ripped the community apart. "I think that through art she is trying to bring the community back together, and it's fascinating to see," Noriega said.
Davis, from the "Crosscurrents" show at the Getty, is poised to be one of the biggest comebacks for his "astonishing perceptual play," which points the way to Light and Space art, according to co-curator Perchuk. Davis' paintings will appear in a gallery along with Hockney, Ruscha,
. "We really feel like the work holds its own, and that's a pretty major statement," says Perchuk.
Perchuk also praised the early work of feminist legend
, who went to school to learn auto-body paint techniques to make her own contribution to the hot rod-inspired branch of California minimalism known as "finish fetish."
"I think the work she was doing in the 1960s, when she painted the [Corvair] car hood in our show, will be a real revelation to people who think of her explicitly sociopolitical work," he said.
Another name on Perchuk's list is the late Noah Purifoy, who led a group of artists in making assemblage out of charred railroad ties and other detritus of the Watts riots — "one of the great unsung projects of postwar Los Angeles."
Purifoy also figures in the Hammer show, "Now Dig This! Art and Black Los Angeles 1960-1980," which is rife with reappraisals. "I would say all of our artists are underappreciated in a way," offers the show's curator, art historian Kellie Jones.
There is one exception: David Hammons has become an art star for his socially loaded but intimate work using humble materials like margarine, cigarettes and his own hair. Jones says interviewing Hammons in the '80s led her to many other artists now in her show.
"He talked about an entire community of L.A. artists that basically supported him and gave him voice," she says. "David's phenomenal, don't get me wrong, but the isolated genius is not the story I want to tell. I want to tell the story of the whole community."
One section of her show focuses on local gallerists whom she considers strong artists in their own right. She calls Suzanne Jackson a "phenomenal painter … whose paintings have the lyricism of Francesco Clemente and precede Clemente by a decade."
Jones also names Maren Hassinger and Senga Nengudi, who have large installations in the show. Hassinger used wire rope with some of the gnarly effects of
; Nengudi filled pantyhose with sand, making bulbous hangings that anticipated Ernesto Neto. Both artists, trained in dance, also found unconventional ways to bring performance into their work, and they often collaborated. According to Jones, "They are the bridge between the finish-fetish group and the post-minimalist artists we know about in L.A.," she says.
Finish-fetish work and its more expansive, ephemeral cousin Light and Space are the subjects of "Phenomenal," the new show at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. Museum Director Hugh Davies sees Doug Wheeler as one artist from the show poised for reappraisal.
He also names Mary Corse and Helen Pashgian as artists who have never gotten their due. "You don't have to be a
to understand why," Davies says. "Much like New York minimalism, Light and Space here was a very macho movement too."
The San Diego show includes Corse's all-white canvases, which have glass micro-beads embedded in the acrylic paint to create a surface that shifts dramatically with the light. It also features examples of Pashgian's acrylic spheres — globes with an unreal glow, seemingly lighted from within. (Davies is not the only one betting on these artists: Pashgian just had a solo show in L.A. with Ace Gallery; Wheeler and Corse have shows coming up with David Zwirner in New York and White Cube in London, respectively.)
Karen Moss, a curator of the Orange County Museum of Art show on conceptual art, "State of Mind: New California Art circa 1970," says one of their biggest discoveries was Robert Kinmont. She says he has been off the art-world radar for years, partly because of his location in Sonoma ("State of Mind" is one of few Pacific Standard Time shows to include Northern California artists). But he has recently gained more attention, at least on the East Coast, through a 2009 show at the New York gallery
and Bonin.
That's where Moss first saw his work, including a series of photographs from 1969 that show him holding a handstand in eight dramatic sites in the Sierra Nevada mountains, starting with the edge of a precipice. Moss and co-curator Connie Lewallen liked that image enough to make it the cover of their exhibition catalog.
"It felt right because the work is very much about the edginess, experimentation and also humor we associate with the period," says Moss. "He works the border between adventure and danger."
Moss also hopes the show will be an eye opener for people who think they know the work of Suzanne Lacy, an activist, community-oriented artist.
"People don't know about Suzanne's early performance work, her roots as a solo performance artist," says Moss. "They also don't know that she studied premed to become a doctor," she says, describing the theme of decomposition implicit in a 1973 work made of animal organs called "Lamb Construction" that is now being re-created.
MOCA's chief curator, Paul Schimmel, also chose Lacy, "an extraordinary artist who is right on the verge." In "Under the Big Black Sun," his sweeping survey about culture, politics and pluralism in the 1970s, he has included one of her public interventions: a map of Los Angeles, originally displayed near City Hall, on which she stenciled "RAPE" in red letters every time the crime was reported over three weeks in May 1977.
"It documents a sort of social atrocity in this very physical way," the curator says, suggesting that its blend of art and activism was ahead of its time. "I would be shocked if this piece [on loan from Lacy] doesn't end up in a major museum collection."
Schimmel also expects growing interest in Chauncey Hare — "not an artist I'd ever heard of before working on this show." Hare came to photography late in life after working as a research engineer for Standard Oil, and his tour de force shows workers in impersonal offices or cubicles variously enslaved by the greed and uniformity of corporate America. Schimmel calls it "a very powerful point of view, political but at the same time emotional." (Not much for art sales or even museum shows, Hare now offers his services in San Francisco as a therapist in the field of "work abuse.")
The curator's final pick was Bas Jan Ader, the Dutch-born L.A.-based conceptual artist presumed to have died in 1975 while trying, in the name of art, to complete a solo sail across the Atlantic in a 13-foot boat. The boat was recovered; his body was not.
Ader is now the subject of much art-world buzz, and Schimmel has a take on why. "I think we all want to believe that art is about miracles — feeling and seeing something beyond language and normal visual recognition, and we see that both in Bas Jan Ader's work and his biography."
Then, with the kind of comparison that can help to carve out space for lesser-known artists in the canon, Schimmel added, "Bas Jan Ader is to Conceptualism what Basquiat was to graffiti or Van Gogh was to neo-Impressionism."


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Bridal Showers are typically held at a relative or friend's home, and involve lots of food, lots of presents, and cute games. Next time, shake things up a bit and host a bridal shower with a unique theme. Consider an event that brings the guests together in a fun way -- whether they are painting or learning how to taste wines.
Floral Arranging Lesson & Luncheon
Ask your local florist if they would be willing to open their shop for a bridal shower and mini arranging lesson. Each guest will be able to create a small bouquet or centerpiece to take home, followed by a light lunch and cocktails while the bride opens her gifts.
Wine and Cheese Tasting
Have a sommelier from your favorite restaurant or wine shop teach guests how to properly taste different wines. Have cheeses that accent each wine on hand during the tasting. Fun wine glasses make great favors for guests.
Cooking Class
If the bride-to-be is interested in learning to cook or bake, host a cooking class in her honor. Once the guests have learned to cook something new, they can enjoy the fruits of their labor while the bride opens her gifts.
Painting and Wine Party
Some local studios offer painting and wine parties -- grab a glass, a brush, and have fun! This type of shower lets guests interact with eachother while unleashing their creativity.
Do you have any great ideas for Bridal Showers?


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My guests whatever time of the day or night enter my Studio are overwhelmed with the magnificent view they face and their admiration can't be hide. Is there anything you're proud of in your listing? Maybe a review that has made you especially happy? Let us know.
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Dear M,
I will let the screenshot speak for itself. The same guest stayed twice one night after the other, so that's why there were 2 reviews, but it definitely made my whole month great. Amazing person to have as a guest.
Zsolt - www.thuild.com
Nice topic M Adamopoulou, please do share yours too! :)
That's really great! It tells me two things, you are proud of your property AND your guests give you feedback! This is something you can use. Make it a photo oppertunity. Have a little sign that guests can hold up with your property name, and social tags, near the amazing view. Your guests would love that and it will be free marketing for you!
There are a few reviews on the properties where they mention names of colleauges whom I know and love. I also know that the people who get mentioned works really hard but also has a natural talent for what they do. So it's not like they work specifically for the good reviews. It's heart warming when I see those and I love forwarding them to the correct people.
Looking forward to everyone's stories!
M Adamopoulou It is really stunning like this every day.
It is so good to have a beautiful property with a magnificent view. We have a backpackers lodge with nothing magnificent about the view or the building but we are very proud that we have had many reviews with a score of 10. Our motto is clean and friendly and we are lucky to mingle with guests from all over the world. Their stories are fascinating. I would like to give our guests a 10 score.
10.02018-09-21 Reservation Number *** Your Booking.com reviews page ***
10.02017-12-12 Reservation Number *** Your Booking.com reviews page***
- Perfect, comfortable, cloase to the beach, all you neeed.
- Nicoline was a great host, made us feel at home as we arrived. The apartment was clean, everything worked, it had all we needed. The location was perfect, close to the beach, and short drive to supermarket. Will definitely come back.
10.02017-07-10 Reservation Number *** Your Booking.com reviews page***
- Will definatly return to this property for a much longer stay.
- Nicolene was extremely friendly, the accommodation was extremely clean, everything you needed was there. Very modern and comfortable.
- Absolutely nothing negative to say.
- The Hidden Gem of Stilbaai
- Nicky received us like we were old friends. The place was very easy to find, very close to the beach and river and walking distance to restaurants and shops. The unit had everything we needed and more to make our stay even more pleasant. We could just relax and enjoy our 5 days. I enjoyed the peace and quiet and the privacy, the sound of the sea at night, and the beautiful sunset from the balcony. I will definitely go to Aitsa again.
- I should've booked longer
Hi all,
Bandara Hotels & Resorts, WOW to that photo! Really good quality pic as well.
wendy crews , congrats on the good feedback! Here is a question, the type of guests that you receive are normally quite laid back right? When I go to a backpacker, I normally expect a very simple (semi clean) space to just sleep. So going above and beyond to create a Clean and Friendly backpackers is quite an achievement! It's a very nice niche you have.
Aitsa Nicoline , well done well done! With many competitors in your area, you must be very passionate and hard working to get reviews like that. We have resorts in the South Coast and Western Cape, and both our "sea" properties are competing with people who rent out their little vacation flat for next to nothing. If I could just get more people to our properties they will also write nice reviews, but those Prices! Anyway, really well done!
Keep well!
Hey Aitsa Nicoline,
Big pleasure, the backpackers I was referring to however is wendy crews s' property :-P
The second message was for you alone.
Take care
Hi Sara Jarvis,
We get a lot of freedom campers come in and do a lot of cooking and washing in one night. The washing machines are coin operated but we are forever having to fix them or buy new ones. Guests will over pack the machine so they do not have to pay for two loads. We do not have a lot of rain here so washing will dry very well outdoors. The guests will not pay for the dryer on a rainy day and I often find that they are trying to dry it in the bedrooms. Yuck, I put a stop to that
Wendy, the washing machine and dryer dilemma could be solved simply by making the pricing for using them for kg of laundry. That's how we have it and it works fine. Of course we are a very different type of unit.
I find that when you precisely limit something to a price/unit then the guests know what they're getting into and you also have not much to worry about.
Of course this means that you need to have someone check this part and put the laundry in for them, but maybe this could become a service that makes you some small profit.
Zsolt - www.thuild.com
wendy crews , that's quite a strange struggle according to me. If ever I go hiking or whatever and I stay at a backpackers, I always overpack with clothes because I know that I'm going to get dirty. I wouldn't assume that I would have the energy to do washing. Granted, it's a very nice-to-have, but do you feel like you can go without it? Zsolt has given a good solution though but if that doesn't work, woudl you be losing out if you didn't have the washing machines?
Just thinking out loud here.
Just to add more info.
The supplier for your toiletries and accessories should have laundry bags, which come in specific sizes for which you can make a fixed price. 1 bag = X amount of money, therefore whenever they need their laundry done, they just put it in those bags. Simple and efficient.
You always need to learn from the big hotels because they have figured out most of the things tens of years ago.
Good luck,
Zsolt - www.thuild.com
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Rugby World Cup Reunites Teammates Down Under
SOCORRO, N.M. September 7, 2011 -- Most U.S. residents can be forgiven for not knowing, but one of Earth's most-watched sporting events is just days away. For two athletes who've made their marks locally in a sport still largely misunderstood and underreported by U.S. sportswriters, the Rugby World Cup offers a chance to renew a friendship forged on the playing field of New Mexico Tech.
|The feared galloping stride of Nick Aldape in the Pygmies Vs. Ancestors game during 2010 49ers.
|Nick Aldape (left) and James Chavez enjoy some down time at Elephant Butte Lake.
The RWC, as it is known, which is contested every fourth year by the top 20 of the world's 117 national teams, will kick off September 9 (September 8 in New Mexico) when the host New Zealand All Blacks take on physically-challenging Tonga in Auckland. Following six weeks and 47 grueling pool and playoff matches staged throughout the island country, the curtain will be drawn for another four years with the grand final back in Auckland on October 23. The last RWC, played in France, reached a total international audience of 4.2 billion.
James Chavez, 27 and a lifetime Socorroan with university credits at both New Mexico Tech and New Mexico State University, flew to the Land of the Long White Cloud on September 7 for a three-week stay. There he reunited with former Tech Rugby Club teammate Nick Aldape, who's been working for an engineering firm and playing rugby for the Coastal Rugby Club in New Plymouth, N.Z., almost from the day he received his civil engineering degree in May 2010. With domestic rugby winding down following a full southern hemisphere winter schedule, Nick will have weekends free to accompany his friend to a pair of World Cup matches in New Plymouth's Yarrow Stadium.
"Nick's already got tickets for the Ireland-USA game on the 11th and USA versus Russia on the 15th," says James Chavez with obvious relish. "He's also offered the use of his car so I can get around during the week while he's working. It's kind of scary, though; I'll have to learn how to shift with my left hand!"
Aldape played high school football in Farmington and was a defensive back at Highlands University before transferring to New Mexico Tech in 2008. At Tech, he became friends with Chavez during visits to the university's weight room, where Chavez worked hard to augment his six foot, 230-pound frame for the physical demands of the rugby scrum's front row.
"We just naturally hit it off and eventually Nick came out for the rugby club," Chavez said. "He's a tremendous athlete, but very modest; he never held himself above anyone else."
Blessed with a sprinter's pace, the 6' 3", 205-pound Aldape fell into a talented group of back-line players at Tech who benefited from the ball-winning skills of Chavez and his fellow forwards up front. Aldape soon earned a reputation for spectacular scoring runs, and eventually attracted the attention of New Zealand rugby great Graham Mourie, who was visiting New Mexico. Aldape eventually became a beneficiary of the renowned rugby culture and found himself bound for the Taranaki region of New Zealand, from where Mourie grew into a legendary All Black captain in the 1970s.
"Rugby is very much part of Kiwi culture," Aldape wrote via email. "It certainly is easy to be humbled by the talent that is around. But after playing my second season for the Coast, I feel my overall understanding of the game has increased tenfold."
The two friends also plan travel to surrounding cities to take in additional international contests. "It will be an exciting time for Kiwis everywhere; the ads here have been promoting it for over a year, and it's been building steam as the days get nearer."
|Nick Aldape in Coastal RFC garb, in New Plymouth, New Zealand.
Even many Americans who don't know the shape of rugby ball have heard of the famous New Zealand All Blacks, who've had a very curious World Cup record. Despite enjoying the best international record of any nation during interim years (hounded closely by defending champs South Africa), unlucky New Zealand has claimed but one William Webb Ellis trophy, in the inaugural year of the RWC in 1987. Could it be fate that 1987 was the last year the tournament was held on New Zealand soil?
"Interestingly enough" writes Aldape, "80-90 percent of the people I talk too are not very optimistic of the Abs' chances! They peak too early or something."
Aldape says he is "still very content" living, working, and playing among the Kiwis, and his choice of words sometimes betrays that influence: "shifting" instead of "moving," "crook" for "sick," and so on. Yet he remains proud of his heritage: "The only team I would want to see the All Blacks lose to would be the U.S. Eagles in the championship; that way I could strut around at work."
A winning wager placed that way would pay highly indeed. Current International Rugby Board rankings list the United States a humble No. 18, between Romania and pool opponents Russia. By virtue of its Tri-Nations competition upset of New Zealand on August 26, Australia may have taken over as favorites, with defending champs South Africa, France, and England rounding out the top five.
While RWC exposure in the United States may continue to lag behind the rest of the world, NBC Sports will carry three World Cup matches, USA-Ireland on September 11, New Zealand-Canada on October 2, and the grand final on October 23. Internet aficionados will doubtless be able to ferret out more matches. And for those millions of Americans who still don't know the "laws" of rugby, there's the animated YouTube primer "Rugby 101."
Chavez will take up the scrum cap for New Mexico Tech's Pygmies again upon his return in early October.
"I love rugby because it's such a team-oriented game," says Chavez. "And now it's giving me a life experience; a chance to travel, experience an international event, and meet new kinds of people. I've never loved a game as much as this one."
By Dave Wheelock/New Mexico Tech Rugby Director


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Occupy Wall Street is back, and they're planning on being louder and more eminent than they were before.
To understand their "comeback," we sat down with Phil Arnone — an Occupy founder we interviewed back in the fall — who told us the group has planned for hundreds of arrests to occur during May Day to "directly challenge power and change injustice."
"Actions that activists take knowing they will be arrested are done because the pressure the action generates breaks the silence around the injustice, and forces the system to respond," he told us.
Arnone quoted Gandhi saying "the purpose of civil disobedience is to provoke a response and the response of the system will only serve to further highlight the injustice." He assured us that all arrests will be peaceful and not meant to provoke any violence from the NYPD.
In the march today, Arnone says OWS will be picketing in front of businesses they feel have profited from the "exploitation and criminalization of immigrants." This includes Chipotle across from Bryant Park to "demand they accede to the Coalition of Immokalee Workers Fair Food Agreement," Capital Grille at 42nd Street because "the company is resisting workers efforts to exercise their right to organize" and Hot & Crusty, where "workers have endured discrimination, wage theft, and poor working conditions," he says.
"We hope this tour illustrates how widespread the exploitation of immigrant workers is, how integral immigrants are to America, and how the ultimate responsibility for all of our pain lies at the feet of the one percent."
An activist for life
Arnone — a graduate student at New York University— comes from what he calls a privilege family, and became interested in activism at the age of 16 when he read books about overseas intervention in the Cold War.
"My privilege as a heterosexual white male from an affluent family are built upon the denial of those privileges to people who do not share those adjectives, but things don't have to be this way. Things have been different and will change, and it is up to us to determine the shape and form of those changes."
While at the University of Mary Washington, Arnone joined a student anarchist group, and hasn't looked back since.
He plans on being an activist for the rest of his life, because "it's the right thing to do."
"I hope I am doing my small and humble part to make the world a fairer and freer place, with real democracy, liberty, and justice," he told us. "I hope to be contributing in my own way and with my sisters and brothers in creating one world where many worlds fit, where we can all be what we need to be."