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College Policies
The administration, staff, and faculty of the Nebraska Indian Community College (NICC) are committed to a program of equal opportunity for education, employment,and participation in college activities without regard to race, color, sex, age, religious creed, political ideals, marital status, physical or mental handicap, national origin or ancestry.
The Nebraska Indian Community College complies with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as well as applicable federal, state, tribal, and local laws. The person charged with monitoring and coordinating Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action matters, as well as compliance with the aforementioned laws is the Business Office Director.
The College retains the right to follow a policy of Indian preference in employment in line with the Title VI and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and any other applicable federal, state and tribal laws.
The College and its Board of Directors reserve the right to make changes in course offerings, policies, tuition and fees without notice.
NICC is pledged to maintain an environment that is conducive to work and study for staff and students. That environment must be free of sexual and gender harassment and all forms of sexual intimidation and exploitation. Such behavior includes suggestions that academic reprisals or rewards will follow refusal or granting of sexual favors or behavior which creates an intimidating or a hostile academic environment. This constitutes gross misconduct and will not be tolerated. Complaints regarding sexual and gender harassment can be directed to the Academic Dean.
Fair, prompt, and impartial consideration of complaints involving discrimination on the grounds of race, religion, sex, age, national origin, or disability will be provided to students without fear of reprisal. Full cooperation will be provided to an individual who files a complaint of discrimination. Matters of discrimination can be directed to the Academic Dean.
Students are to maintain orderly conduct that is consistent with an educational environment. An instructor may remove a student from the classroom for disciplinary resaons. The violation is then reported to the Academic Dean for review and action. Discipline is the responsibility of the Academic Dean who has the authority to act on any violation and take whatever action is deemed appropriate. The Academic Dean will review all complaints and may dismiss the allegations, make an administrative disposition, or conduct a formal hearing in conjunction with the grievance committee. Possible disciplinary actions can be found in the Students Rights section. Students dissatisfied with findings of the Academic Dean should follow the Grievance Procedure.
Students with verified disabilities requesting accommodations should go directly to the classroom instructor to request the accommodation. It is the student's responsibility to inform the instructor of the disability and the type of accommodation needed. If the classroom instructor is unable to provide the accommodation, or if the instructor refuses the student's request, the student may request advocacy services from the Academic Dean.
In general, the policy of the Nebraska Indian Community College is to keep student records confidential. It is the intention of the college to fully comply with the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act of 2002, Section 507 of Public Law 107-56; as amended April 12, 2002, in response to the terrorist attacks on the United States that took place on September 11, 2001. The college has established policies and procedures to implement compliance.
NICC is committed to providing a healthy, safe, and secure educational environment. It is policy that reasonable measures shall be taken to establish and maintain a drug-free college community as required by the Drug-Free School and Community Act/Amendment of 1988 (P.L. 101-226) and applicable state and tribal statutes. No person - student, faculty member, staff or visitor - shall be permitted on college premises in a state of intoxication, or under the influence of illegal substances. Neither alcohol nor controlled substances may be carried or consumed at NICC college events, or on NICC premises.
The Nebraska Indian Community College has zero tolerance for physical or verbal violence of any kind. Anyone causing a situation which threatens the physical or emotional well being of any NICC student, staff, faculty or administrator will be removed or barred from the campus. Local law enforcement will be summoned if the problem becomes persistent or if there appears to be an immediate threat to a person's physical or emotional well-being.
The following rights of the student are recognized as among those that the College has the responsibility to foster and protect.
- The right to pursue educational, recreational, social, religious, and cultural activities.
- The right to maintenance of a campus environment characterized by safety and good order.
- The right to organize, join, and maintain membership in associations to promote lawful interests the student holds in common with other students, subject to reasonable and non-discriminatory College regulations.
- The right to appropriate available services of the faculty, administrative offices, and support services of the College.
- The right to fair and impartial evaluation of the student's academic work.
- The right to have complete and accurate records maintained by the College of the student's academic performance.
- The right, through representatives of the student's choice, to voice his or her opinion and to participate in the formulation of regulations affecting student affairs.
- The right to have the College maintain and protect the confidential status of the student's academic conduct, financial information, and cunseling records, as required by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). A copy of the FERPA Act may be requested through the Admissions/Advising/Records Office.
Members of the student body will engage in reasonable behavior that promotes unity and ensures quality education to be the final result. The following are among the responsibilities recognized as incumbent upon every student:
- Students are responsible for their own learning and development by becoming active learners through attending class, completing class and laboratory assignments, and preparing in advance for their scheduled classes.
- The final responsibility for planning courses, meeting requirements, and observing regulations lies with the student. It is the students' responsibility to know and observe all policies and procedures for their programs.
- Students should assume responsibility for their own verbal and non-verbal communications, writings, and behavior.
- Students shall maintain confidentiality when appropriate and indicated.
- Students are responsible for appropriate use of services provided by the College.
- Students are responsible to uphold the College's academic honesty policy.
- Nebraska Indian Community College students are expected to abide by local, tribal, and applicable state and federal laws, as well as college regulations.
Students are bound by all rules, regulations, and processes of the College Catalog effective during their term of enrollment. Students should read the NICC College Catalog carefully, as it is their primary source of information on requirements and regulations. The College will not waive a regulation because a student pleads ignorance of it. This College Catalog should be retained as a permanent record for reference, transfer, and graduation information.
NICC expects its students to abide by local, tribal, state, federal laws, and college regulations. The college will not tolerate unlawful behavior, which infringes upon or denies the rights and freedoms of others, or disruptive acts, which affect either the academic or the civil operation of the college. NICC standards of conduct clearly prohibit the unlawful possession, use, or distribution of illicit drugs and the possession, use or sale of alcohol by students on its property or as part of any of its officially recognized activities. If a student becomes disruptive and refuses to leave when asked, law enforcement officials will be contacted. Any student who fails to observe these laws and regulations may be denied the services of the college through due process.
The act of cheating, academic fraud, or plagiarism will not be tolerated at the Nebraska Indian Community College. Academic fraud is creating false documents, altering existing documents, or forging official signatures or credentials for academic purposes.
Plagiarism is a special kind of cheating which often is poorly understood. It is defined as the conscious presentation of someone else's ideas, words, or material as one's own, without properly indicating by footnote or some other appropriate form of citation the source or origin of the material. Other author's ideas, interpretations, and words are their personal and legal property. In the event that one wishes to use such material, one is required to give full credit to the original source. This also includes material that is paraphrased from another source or person. Plagiarism may be avoided by acknowledging, through some standard procedure, the sources for the ideas and interpretations as well as quoted phrases, sentences, or paragraphs. No matter the source of material used, whether quoted or paraphrased, acknowledgment of the source is required. Failure to give credit is plagiarism. The college reserves the right to place a student on academic probation and/or suspension if an instructor is able to sufficiently prove to the Academic Dean or the President that an incident has occurred. The instructor also has the opportunity to place an Academic Dishonesty Clause on the individual transcript if the accusation is proven for a first offense. Appeals of such actions must be submitted follow academic appeals process.
One of the most valuable items that many people pursue in life is an education. A higher education can open doors to different aspects of the world. While the benefits are many, some responsibilities are also implied. Many items need to be filed in a secure location throughout your educational and professional life, such as course syllabi, financial aid papers, bills, registration materials, etc. A brief outline of some of the most important documents every learner should save follows.
- I. Catalog – The catalog that you receive when you initially register is vitally important. It contains the policies, procedures, and degree requirements that were in place when you registered. As long as you remain enrolled and you do not change your major, the catalog that you initially enrolled with is your contract with the institution.
- II. Registration materials – Registration materials, such as copies of your registration form, textbook forms, and declaration of major, should be saved for your personal records. These records may be valuable to find your correct rooms and classes, information on what courses you should take, and information to formulate your correct billing statement.
- III. Financial Aid materials – All of your financial aid materials should be retained, including copies of your Free Application for Student Aid, Student Aid Reports, Award letters, your official PIN, loan documents, and other documents. These documents are important because you can use them to determine how much financial aid you will be able to receive, the amount of your loans, the amount of your scholarships, and possible complications that can be foreseen and corrected.
- IV. Course information – Copies of all course information should be kept such as the course syllabi, handouts and research papers/final projects. This information should be kept because things like your papers and handouts may be utilized at a later date for information. The course syllabi are especially important if you plan on transferring your credits to a different institution. The institution you are transferring to may require you to present the syllabi for specific courses to determine what knowledge was gained.
Students who are observed violating college policies and regulations by a college employee will receive an incident report. The student will be told verbally at the time of the observed violation that an Incident Report will be issued. The report will be signed by the witnessing college employee. The signed Incident Report will be turned in to the Academic Dean within one business day of the alleged violation for review. The Academic Dean will take actions deemed appropriate to the incident, which may include academic probation or suspension. These incident reports will be kept in the student's permanent file.
Nebraska Indian Community College students, staff, faculty, and administration have certain rights that must be respected. If any party feels that their rights have been violated, a process has been established by which the alleged wrongful act be addressed.
Informal Resolution: Any dispute or disagreement not involving academic grades, rights or decisions is eligible for the grievance procedure. Often these disputes are simple misunderstandings that can be cleared up with an informal meeting. If any party involved is not satisfied with the resolution reached at this meeting or feels too uncomfortable to meet with the other party, a grievance form should be filed.
- Grievance Action: Every feasible informal means of resolution should be attempted prior to the filing of a grievance form. The grievance form can be acquired from the Advisor or Academic Dean and should be submitted to the Academic Dean.
- Academic Dean Review: The completed grievance form should be filed with the Academic Dean within ten (10) calendar days after meeting with the instructor or Academic Dean in the informal resolution step. The appeal must include the following items:
- Name, address, email, and phone number of the person filing the grievance.
- Explanation of the efforts the student has made to resolve the appeal informally.
- Nature of the grievance in full detail.
- Place, date, and time of alleged incident.
- Name of the person(s) accused of the violation.
- Requested remedy.
- Any background information or documentation the student filing the grievancesbelieves to be relevant.
- The Academic Dean will provide written response to the applicant within ten (10) working days of the date of submission. If the Academic Dean is unable to obtain a resolution of the grievance, it proceeds to step 3.
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University of Mary Washington senior women's lacrosse defensive standout Kate Tarr (Manchester, Mass./Manchester Essex) was selected by the Capital Athletic Conference athletic directors and sports information directors for the 2009 CAC Unsung Hero Award.
Tarr is the fourth Mary Washington student-athlete to win the CAC Unsung Hero Award since its inception in 1997. Anne Wenthe captured the honor in 1998, Stephanie Wichard won the award in 1999 and Ryan Wellner was the honoree in 2000. Wenthe and Wichard with both women's soccer standouts; Wellner excelled for the men's lacrosse program.
To be eligible for the CAC Unsung Hero Award, a student-athlete must demonstrate success and be an integral part of the team's success, demonstrate leadership skills and the ability to sacrifice personal goals for the good of the team or program.
Tarr is a historic preservation major at UMW and a starting defender on the Eagles nationally-ranked women's lacrosse team. She helped the Eagles finish third in the CAC regular season, advance to the conference championship game and earn a bid to the 2009 NCAA Division III Championship Tournament.
Early in the 2008-09 academic year, Tarr has undergone extensive tests and was found to be a match for a kidney donation to her father, who is a Type 2 diabetic and has had a heart attack, two small strokes, a triple by-pass surgery and renal kidney failure. She traveled back and forth to her home in Massachusetts for a battery of tests, preparing for the donation, while leading the Eagles to 14 victories and the program's seventh NCAA Tournament appearance since 2000.
"Kate put in the work to become the head and heart of our defense this year," said UMW women's lacrosse coach Dana Hall. "Her unselfish play was critical to the success the team enjoyed this season. She has an innate understanding of what it takes to accomplish something as a team. She is a leader on and off the field - always looking out for others and wanting the best for everyone."
"As a member of our program, she always put others before herself leading by example and being a role model to younger players. The ultimate unselfish act a person can do is to help others unconditionally. This is a testament to how involved and caring she is to those around her. I believe Kate is our Unsung Hero in ways that aren't measured in statistics or awards," Hall said.

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It occurred to me today that although I've been posting a lot, I haven't shared any recipes lately. First we were on the road, so I wasn't making any recipes except for the "pour milk on cereal" and "plead with the waiter to make it gluten-free" variety. It has been hot; the DH was away; Baby Yum isn't keen on innovation- there are always things that can get in the way of recipe creation. I did make a fun dairy-free, raw foods Popsicle that I'll be sharing soon, but the recipe wasn't quite ready. This morning, though, I woke up and had a craving for sweet potatoes. Luckily, the day before I'd bought a nice big bag of organic sweet potatoes from Trader Joe's, so I was covered and ready to make something different. I ended up slicing them into chip shapes, and frying them up with indian spices, sweet red onions, kidney beans and arugula. You could vary the greens for different effects. Spinach would be mild, or you could go herbal and dip into some fresh cilantro. A sliver of lime on the side would be nice, and if you aren't going vegan (or have a good soy yogurt) you could put a cucumber raita on the side. Ooh, I'm making myself hungry all over again. The dear Toddler Yum is deeply suspicious of orange vegetables for reasons only she could explain, so she snubbed the sweet potato, but to my surprise she popped those kidney beans into her mouth rapid-fire. Yay for babies trying new things! This dish was new for me, too, and with a little help from the toddler I polished off the whole thing myself. Delicious, and all the tastier because the arugula came fresh-picked from our garden.
On other news, I've been taking a photography class from our local community center and am in love. I now "get" all those mysterious settings on my camera, and I am loving all the options. Here's a photo of Toddler Yum I took for an assignment. Love that twinkle in her eye! Enjoy and happy hobbies to you all.
Indian Sweet Potato Kidney Bean Dry Curry
1 large sweet potato, peeled and thinly sliced
1 tbsp. olive oil
ground cumin, to taste
ground coriander, to taste
sea salt, to taste
1/2 red onion, sliced into thin rings
1/2 can kidney beans, drained
1/2 can diced drained tomatoes or 1 large fresh tomato, diced and drained
handful fresh arugula or spinach, chopped
garam masala, to taste (optional)
Microwave with a tablespoon of water or steam your slices of sweet potato until the potato loses its crunch and is slightly soft. Drain.
Heat your olive oil on medium high in your favorite skillet and add your sweet potato discs in a single layer. season with ground cumin and coriander to taste. If you want a strongly Indian dish, add more. Remember you can always add more spices but you cant take them away, so be careful! Season with salt and saute until browned on one side. Turn over. As the sweet potato shrinks you may have additional space in your pan. Move your sweet potato to one side (still in a single layer) and add your red onion slices to the empty spot in the pan. Saute. Once the sweet potato is browned on both sides, you can mix the onion and sweet potato together and continue until the onion has softened and starts to turn translucent. Add your kidney beans, saute for another minute or two, and add your tomato pieces, heat through and then toss in your arugula or spinach. I used fresh arugula from our garden (score!) but if you don't like it spinach is fine. Combine and season with (optional) garam masala to serve. I buy mine from Penzey's because I can't be bothered to mix it, but there are tons of great recipes for garam masala online if you are so inclined.
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Played Like a Raven – Jarret Johnson
Double J got the game started off right with his punishing sack of Kyle Orton, and that hit set the tone for the entire game. B'More was clearly the more physical team all afternoon, and #95 made sure that the donkeys were well aware of that fact from the get-go. Though he had only the one sack, Johnson pressured Orton all day long, and hit him several more times. If JJ had some better hands, the Ravens likely would have sent the Broncos home with a goose egg (his dropped INT came just several plays before Denver scored their only points of the day), and possibly could have scored a touchdown of his own.
Johnson has now tied his previous career high with five sacks, which leads the team and accounts for nearly one-third of the Ravens' season total of 16.
Jarret will never, as so many Ravens fans unfairly expected him to, fully "replace" Adalius Thomas. He has, however, evolved into a very solid player in his own right, and this week was just another example of that.
Did Not Play Like a Raven – Anybody who got flagged
And no, I don't mean "the refs did not Play Like a Raven."
What I mean is that, after demolishing a previously undefeated team to the tune of 30-7, we could very easily have had our second game of the season in which no player "did not play like a Raven." Unfortunately, the one blemish from the game was that, as a team, the Ravens racked up 8 more penalties for 94 yards. At one point, CBS displayed a graphic that showed the Ravens' penalty yards were, to that point in the game, outpacing both their passing and rushing offensive production.
Each of them had solid games otherwise, but Derrick Mason, Michael Oher, and Dominique Foxworth all picked up major penalties. Ed Reed was offsides on 4th-and-short, an unforgivable mistake.
I'm not here to argue the merit of the flags (again). The calls "were what they were." After seven games, the Ravens need to realize that they just are not going to get the benefit of the doubt that other teams get, or that they may have gotten while on other rosters, and should adjust their play accordingly.
As Chris Pika points out, the Ravens have racked up 510 penalty yards, 33 more than the next most penalized team, the lowly St. Louis Rams.
The penalties didn't matter Sunday, because the scoreboard was sufficiently lopsided. As we've seen already too many times in 2009, they CAN and WILL affect close games. With the level of competition the Ravens will face over the next crucial month, the handing out of yardage needs to stop NOW.


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Falling Man
DeLillo on 9/11
May 10, 2007 12 comments
Written for this week's New Statesman.
• Falling Man
by Don DeLillo
You could say there have been foreshadowings. From Don DeLillo's Underworld (1997), the great American novel of the second half of the 20th century: "My son used to believe that he could look at a plane in flight and make it explode in midair by simply thinking it . . . he'd sense an element of catastrophe tacit in the very fact of a flying object filled with people." Elsewhere in that novel, in 1974, two characters watch the World Trade Center being constructed: "Very terrible thing but you have to look at it, I think." DeLillo's fifth novel, Players (1977), features a woman who works in a grief management firm high up in the newly finished World Trade Center: "the towers didn't seem permanent", she thinks, but then, "Where else would you stack all that grief?" The same novel also depicts a cabal of terrorists who want to blow up the Stock Exchange.
In Mao II (1991): "Out the south windows the Trade towers stood cut against the night, intensely massed and near. This is the word 'loomed' in all its prolonged and impending force." Mao II's novelist protagonist argues that terrorists are winning a "zero-sum game" against novelists: "Beckett is the last writer to shape the way we think and see. After him, the major work involves midair explosions and crumbled buildings. This is the new tragic narrative." White Noise (1984) is, among other things, a comedy of disaster response, as victims of an "airborne toxic event" are chided for not acting as they would in a drill. The jacket image of Underworld, in its US and UK first editions, is a photograph of the twin towers, their upper stories shrouded in mist, with a bird flying towards them.
There is already a blackly satirical, weirdly prescient 9/11 novel scattered in arcane fragments through DeLillo's existing work. But the real event, it seems, demands an explicit response. Very terrible thing but you have to look at it. Falling Man's title alludes to the famous, horrific photograph of an unidentified man falling headfirst from one of the towers after the attack. In one of those DeLilloan cultural inventions that seem more dense with meaning than actual cultural events, New York in this novel is haunted after the attacks by a performance artist known as the Falling Man, who hangs himself upside-down from balconies and bridges across the city in wordless imitation of the unknown victim.
The story focuses on a small group of characters in the aftermath: Keith, an office worker in one of the towers who managed to get out, and Lianne, the wife to whom he returns, plus her mother and her mother's boyfriend, a cynically provocative European art dealer; and Keith and Lianne's nine-year-old son, who scans the skies with binoculars for the return of a man called "Bill Lawton", figment of misheard news. This being a DeLillo novel, it is not a confection of sentimental adultery and cheap hope, as was Jay McInerney's post-9/11 effort, The Good Life. Indeed, the novel explicitly warns the reader what not to expect, as Keith returns to his old apartment: "In the movie version, someone would be in the building, an emotionally damaged woman or a homeless old man, and there would be dialogue and close-ups." Difficult to imagine a movie version of this novel, patterned as a sequence of charged tableaux and moods, shot through with streaks of obsidian comedy. Picking out slivers of glass from Keith's face, a doctor describes to him the phenomenon of "organic shrapnel", whereby bits of a suicide bomber's blown-up body can lodge in the skin of bystanders. After much revolting detail, the doctor finishes with casual reassurance: "This is something I don't think you have." Throughout the book, bombs of laconic irony explode when least expected, such as when Keith "walked north toward the barricades, thinking it might be hard to find a taxi at a time when every cab driver in New York was named Muhammad".
In such a context, DeLillo's idiosyncratic method of dialogue acquires even more allusive and slyly destabilising force. Beginning every DeLillo novel, during the period of acclimatisation, one has the impression that the dialogue is highly stylised: people talk at angles past one another, in sometimes nonsensical fragments of sentences. Then one realises that it is the very fluidity of other novels' dialogue that is artificial: the improbably easy, logical and perfectly parsed flow of most fictional conversation does not resemble the way people speak. DeLillo refuses even to chivvy along his characters with expressive punctuation. Where other writers use dashes and ellipses, he is surgical with the full stop. Lianne's mother warns her: "But if you let your sympathy and goodwill affect your judgment." No trailing dots, no "then" to the "if". Sometimes people do not have a thing and leave it unsaid; sometimes they don't have another thing to say. Some scenes of the novel are written as though deafened and exhausted beyond all language – for instance, when Lianne and Keith sit silently together watching television, "as a correspondent in a desolate landscape, Afghanistan or Pakistan, pointed over his shoulder to mountains in the distance".
DeLillo's prose has always had the quality of seeming stunned by the world, vitrified into shards of glassy perfection by the sheer force of light bouncing off people and things. A style often taken as deliberately remote or studiedly cool, it seems almost the opposite, a function of exquisite sensitivity. But can one still be sensitive to small things when such a big thing has happened? Such is the question implied by a curious moment when Keith is still wandering dazed through the city in the aftermath of the attack. "He crossed Canal Street and began to see things, somehow, differently. Things did not seem charged in the usual ways, the cobbled street, the cast-iron buildings." The worry that ordinary things no longer seem "charged" might be read as an authorial lament, rather than one credibly belonging to this character. The novel is none the less full of beautiful, almost casually deployed observations – a day of "wind-whipped rain" is "the weather everywhere, the state of mind, generic Monday"; men betting on horse races are "showing the anxious lean of body english that marks money on the line"; the clicking of chips in a casino is "insect friction". Through the eyes of Keith, in particular, DeLillo appears to be making an effort to render the ashen world newly strange, such as when Keith visits a gym and deadpans the scene: "They strained against weighted metal sleds and rode stationary bikes."
And yet, there still seems something self-questioning about Falling Man, which also contains passages written from the point of view of one of the hijackers, named Hammad, whom we see first in Hamburg, then in America, and finally on the plane. Affectless, estranged, almost stereotypical, these interpolations seem primarily to work as an acknowledgement that hypersophisticated artistic humanism is not the only game in town. But their very existence in the scheme of the novel also allows some extraordinary cross-allusions – for example, when DeLillo describes, in a gorgeous celebration of the inexplicit dynamics of male friendship, the weekly games of poker that Keith used to play with his friends, most now dead. Once they decided to play only one variety of poker, they still observed the ritual of announcing five-card stud at every deal, "and they loved doing this, straight faced, because where else would they encounter the kind of mellow tradition exemplified by the needless utterance of a few archaic words". Where else. No question mark. A slow fuse is lit that snakes and ramifies through the pages.
The presence of Hammad's storyline is also, perhaps, finally justified by an extraordinary coup: as the plane approaches the tower, we are in the hijacker's consciousness, and then, at the instant it hits, we are catapulted mid-paragraph into Keith's point of view, as though by the force of the explosion itself, and so the reader is subjected to some faint analogue of the characters' own disorientation and shock. The novel's end recounts how Keith descends from his office and emerges into the plaza, where DeLillo recapitulates with variation the novel's very first scene, drawing a tight circle of recurring nightmare. These are pages of magnificent force and control, DeLillo's genius at full pelt. Reading them, you have to remind yourself to keep breathing.


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Recently Tiger Woods posted an 18-over 268 at Firestone, a course where he has won seven times. He did worse than all eighty golfers save one. The world's undisputed top golfer for years, Woods enjoyed an image as a mature, responsible father and husband. He was a hero to millions of young people and corporations paid millions of dollars a year for his endorsement. Suddenly, as revelations about his private life hit the news, Woods's world imploded. A loving, faithful husband turned out to be a playboy.
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In a nutshell: You can't.
Amazon is the Eveything Store, and the most customer centric company on the planet. They innovate. They have the widest selection. They have the lowest prices. They have unsurpassed customer service. They keep striving to improve.
They're unbeatable.
But that doesn't mean that a savvy startup can't exist in the same publishing sphere and do very well.
I've noticed six areas that Amazon doesn't seem to care about. Crumbs they're leaving on the table. But these crumbs could be worth billions to some smart S-Corp willing to put in some time and money.
1. Ads. Ads make the Internet, and all media, go round. I've got a business plan that would make all ebooks free, funded by ads. I've had this plan for years, and it goes into excruciating detail on how to make it reader-friendly, as well as giving advertisers unprecedented target opportunities. Eventually I'll do it, but right now my focus has been on:
2. Libraries. Amazon doesn't seem interested in this market. I am. And slowly but surely we're figuring out a way to not only get ebooks into libraries, but to do so for free while authors continue to make money. Eventually, both of these ideas will encompass:
3. User aggregated content. Goodreads and Amazon reviews and fan fic are just the tip of what readers can bring to the party. I see global book clubs. I see a hub where readers can connect with authors, get signed ebooks, and ask live questions. I see a community that is as much fun for readers as reading is. Which leads to:
4. The active ebook. In a nutshell, the book becomes the killer app. Each ebook is its own forum, chatroom, review archive, and fan fic collection. It's constantly updating. Ebook 2.0 isn't video, or better font. It's a community.
5. Free. Amazon hasn't figured out how to monetize free. KU seems to be a success, but that's a paid service. In order to offer free books on Amazon an author has to go exclusive with Select and they're only allowed 5 free days every three months. Or they have to jump through hoops to get a book permafree. There is money to be made on free (via ads).
6. Erotica. Amazon treats it like a red-headed stepchild. Selena Kitt's Excitica is picking up the slack there. Readers want this content. If they can get it fast, cheap, and easily, someone is going to make a fortune giving it to them.
Amazon isn't interested in these six things. But any of them, or combinations of them, would attract readers.
If you want an alternative to Amazon, you're not going to gain traction by trying to compete. Focus on the things Amazon isn't doing, rather than try to beat them at what they already do.
Now who wants to give me ten million dollars so I can start hiring people to implement some of these ideas?
Also, I have three ebooks free right now on Kindle. Grab them while they're hot.
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Lisa Niemi, Patrick Swayze's widow, is engaged to be married, four years after her first husband's 2009 death.
Niemi, 57, and Swayze, who died at 57 after a nearly two-year struggle with pancreatic cancer, were married for 34 years. Swayze of course starred in films including "Dirty Dancing" and "Ghost."
Albert DePrisco, 58 and a jeweler, proposed on Christmas Eve, Niemi's rep told People over the weekend. The two have been dating for a year and a half after meeting through mutual friends at a birthday party for Niemi, the magazine said.
Niemi and Swayze reportedly met when they were teens dancing in Houston and got married in 1975.
DePrisco is owner and president of A.M. DePrisco Wellesley, a jewelry store that operates out of Massachusetts. Niemi is the national spokeswoman for the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network and has written two books, one on her own and one with Swayze before his death.
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Name: Holly
Location: Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
I am a children's interior designer (Petite Vintage Interiors) who loves to refinish vintage furniture, so when I found a child-size peacock chair on eBay for $50 I knew I wanted to create an eclectic, colourful and fun space for my three-year-old daughter Holly.
Holly loves pink, dancing, dressing up and her dolls, and I wanted to encourage her to play in her room a bit more. DIY is something I have always loved, and because I wanted to stick to a conservative budget I did a lot of DIY projects. My decorating philosophy was if I was able to save on some elements, I could splurge on others like a beautiful bed that would last Holly into her teens as well as this incredible geometric merino blanket by Uimi.
After planning out the room design, I started to put together my hefty to-do list of DIY projects with Holly's rug being the most time consuming. At night after the kids went to sleep I would braid and sew and braid some more until the rug grew to a size that would work in the room (about 1.2m). I used a tutorial as a guide, and I just used fabric that was left over from other projects and an old bed sheet. It's a little bit rustic and not at all perfect, but its handmade feel adds a bit of charm to the space.
When one element of the room was finished I would move on to the next, and this helped me to stay focused on a particular part of the project. Many of my clients come to me because they have spent a few years putting a room together little by little and the end result just doesn't work. I found by sticking to my original plan, I was able to achieve the look that I wanted and save money along the way but also not lose focus of my overall vision for the space.
Gumtree and eBay are great places to start looking for vintage furniture, and I found wicker and cane were the easiest to work with as there was no sanding or priming involved. Just a few coats of spray paint and I was done. Holly and Asher were given a forty-year-old doll bassinet from a family friend that I spray painted blue. The paper (Pajaki) chandelier was a project that Holly and I completed together.
It took about six months to pull all of the pieces together and to complete the DIY projects but we are all thrilled with how it's come together. Every time Holly walks through the door she says, "I love my room!" and that makes all the hard work worthwhile. If you're not into DIY then there are definitely store purchased items that would achieve the same look.
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Mia Bed: Incy Interiors
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Blanket: Uimi
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Cloud Cushion: Baby Donkie
Mr. Rabbit: Laura Blythman
Queen of Hearts Vase: Love Star
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Adam Schweigert necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 109 diseños de 28 diseñadores freelance.
Logo design for Kinsey Confidential (kinseyconfidential.org) a sexual health site and podcast produced by the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction at Indiana University.
We're looking to create a fresh identity for the site appropriate for a college aged audience (18-25 is the target demographic)
Winning designer will receive $200 and credit on the site.
Please read design brief for more details and specific design deliverables.
Kinsey Confidential
We're redesigning the website for Kinsey Confidential (kinseyconfidential.org). The new site will include a sexual health blog written by students and researchers, a twice weekly sex Q&A podcast, archived newspaper columns (also in Q&A format) and various other sexual health resources aimed at a college aged audience.
We would like to create a new logo for the site and the podcast that could also be used in print material (details regarding design deliverables are below). We're thinking something fresh, clean, a strong logotype and wordmark that incorporates the Kinsey Confidential name. Designer will be credited on the new website.
Design deliverables to include (in PSD or AI format please):
- Logotype- Wordmark and Type Treatment ("Kinsey Confidential"), should be able to standalone, with or without the logotype, should be able to incoporate the .org as well (that is, either "Kinsey Confidential" or "KinseyConfidential.org"), we would like to see both versions if possible
- Podcast logos: 300x300 and 75x75 pixels square, text ("Kinsey Confidential") must be readable at the small size, you can see the current logo here
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Hello from the Circulation Director at the Rhinelander Daily News! My fiancee and I had a unique experience this last weekend (July 9) when we sorta rescued a syndicated outdoor columnist (who writes for the Leader as well as other newspapers throughout Wis and Mich). We happened to be canoeing on the Willow Flowage and probably only the persons in sight within a 20 mile radius when we spotted reporter/writer Mark Walters having trouble with his boat and car. After the big storm, his car was somewhat submerged at the boat landing and stuck and he was having trouble getting his car out of the water, much less his boat, which motor had died. We spent over an hour digging him out and it's a good thing we were around to help as there was not another soul in sight. He said it was one of those weekends where everything went wrong, including the boat motor dying, his camera breaking and his four wheel drive in his car going out. Needless to say, Mark was extremely grateful for our help as he was stuck 15 miles from the highway and nearest help. Mark plans on writing a column about his experience and he writes for the Leader as well as many other newspapers throughout Wisconsin and Michigan.......P.S. Have lots of itching from mosquito bites? There is a natural plant called jewelweed out there that is better than any product you will find on the shelves in stores to cure that itch! For local and national news go to our new website at www.rhinelanderdailynews.com
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Rhinelander, WI USA - Monday, July 10, 2000 at 21:11:39 (EST)
Spent a week in Tomahawk in June.I looked for my old teacher Mrs. Lavers at the Kindergaten. Some people did a lot of work, It looks great! I guess I was in the class of 41.I had a very nice talk about aircraft with MR Loyd Koth it was men like him that brought us through those war years,and we should remember on this 4th of July.Keep the silver side up Loyd. T/sgt Richard Hufschmid USAF(ret)
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Orlando, FL USA - Tuesday, July 04, 2000 at 01:19:44 (EST)
My grandfather, Michael Galek, moved to Tomahawk from Poland around 1913. My father, Louis, was born there in 1915. They moved to NYS in the 20's and never went back, although my father always talked fondly of his memories of the area and always wanted to return for a visit. My father is deceased now, but I continue to be interested in researching my father's roots. I was thrilled to find this site and would like to visit the area someday.
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Dundee, NY USA - Sunday, July 02, 2000 at 19:11:24 (EST)
I enjoy coming to the web site every Tuesday to catch us on the news in my "old" hometown. I have been gone almost 20 years (in the Air Force), but still recognize many of the names. Maybe when I retire in 6 months, I will be able to physically visit more often. Of course, I still hear all the "breaking" news from my mom, Bettie Ecklund, or sister, Julie Garfield.
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Fairview Heights, IL USA - Tuesday, June 20, 2000 at 18:30:43 (EST)
ALOHA,anyone who would like to keep in contact with us we would love to hear from you. Come visit us in the winter. Still have fond memories of all our friends and family in Tomahawk. Miss all of you, and the lakes and 4 of July and many more things. Come and enjoy the aloha Hawaii has waiting for you. Bill and Melody Wurl.
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Waikoloa, hi USA - Sunday, June 18, 2000 at 19:25:54 (EST)
OOPs! Wyoming not Wisconsin. Must miss home!
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Cheyenne, WY USA - Sunday, May 28, 2000 at 00:44:53 (EST)
Hello to my home town. Found your sight and will be so happy to keep up with the happenings. Hi to my family and friends.
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Cheyenne, WI USA - Sunday, May 28, 2000 at 00:43:37 (EST)
ATTENTION CLASS OF 1990!!! 10 YEARS!! it's time for our reunification party---Saturday, July 1st at Bradley Park (5pm-?). We are currently working on sending out formal invites but are in the process of searching for a few more addresses. Anyone reading this that still has parents living in the hawk, check with them, your invite might show up there. Otherwise, please contact me via email and let me know if you plan to attend and how many people you'll bring. We (the class) will provide beverages and food for all attendees. We also plan to have a microphone (if anyone needs to vent), some music, and a volleyball net. Feel free to bring any other (legal) recreational devices you see fit. come celebrate 10 good years and share stories of how your illustrious lives and careers have been enhanced (or hindered) by the years at THS. make sure to spread the word to any of our long-lost class mates. I sincerely hope we have a good turn-out for this party---we've got a great mixture of interesting people in our class and I know we'll have lots to talk about. See you on JULY 1st! ps--feel free to contact me w/ questions/comments/suggestions/whatever.
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madison, WI USA - Tuesday, May 23, 2000 at 16:13:12 (EST)
I am a ExTomahawker,But when I come to visit I still say I am going home.I am new to the net and I like your web page a lot. keep up the good work. Dick Hufschmid
RICHARD {SNUFFY) HUFSCHMID < email@example.com >
ORLANDO, FL USA - Sunday, May 14, 2000 at 22:56:48 (EST)
I think it is a shame that the only reference to the "Ogema" area of wisconsin using 'webferret'as a search engine, is found on 'eurosearch'... Looking forward to blacksmithing at the "bears Inn" this first weekend in June (for those in Tomahawk), Come on out an' have a looksee.
USA - Saturday, May 13, 2000 at 08:47:38 (EST)
I just wanted to say Hey Tomahawk! I'm a class of '99 graduate, been living in California now since last summer. Even though I love it here, I can't wait to go back home for the 4th of July. I miss you all!!
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Monterey, CA USA - Sunday, April 30, 2000 at 15:03:36 (EST)
hello tomahawk ive been reading all the letters from the people and tomahawk sounds like a great place to live anybody moving sell me your house cuz i want to live there it sounds like people from all over the world have lived in or have visted tomahawk sounds execellent
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kenosha, wi USA - Sunday, April 30, 2000 at 09:34:24 (EST)
Anyone out there from the class of 86?
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USA - Friday, April 28, 2000 at 12:37:28 (EST)
Hello will be up in a few weeks to go fishing. Can't wait.
Samuel Suprak < firstname.lastname@example.com >
Burlington, WI USA - Saturday, April 22, 2000 at 09:39:11 (EST)
Hello Tomahawk: If you see Butch and Marlene Bowers tell them John and Peg Pitcher said hello. We met the Bowers over the winter in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. If they are representative of people who live in your community, you should consider yourself blessed. We hope to visit your fine community some day. In the meantime encourage Butch and Marline to get online and get email.
John and Peg Pitcher < firstname.lastname@example.com >
Dansville, NY USA - Friday, April 21, 2000 at 15:50:20 (EST)
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Secular and religious thinkers agree: the sexual revolution is one of the most important milestones in human history. Perhaps nothing has changed life for so many, so fast, as the severing of sex and procreation. But what has been the result?
This ground-breaking book by noted essayist and author Mary Eberstadt contends that sexual freedom has paradoxically produced widespread discontent. Drawing on sociologists Pitirim Sorokin, Carle Zimmerman, and others; philosopher G.E.M. Anscombe and novelist Tom Wolfe; and a host of feminists, food writers, musicians, and other voices from across today's popular culture, Eberstadt makes her contrarian case with an impressive array of evidence. Her chapters range across academic disciplines and include supporting evidence from contemporary literature and music, women's studies, college memoirs, dietary guides, advertisements, television shows, and films.
Adam and Eve after the Pill examines as no book has before the seismic social changes caused by the sexual revolution. In examining human behavior in the post-liberation world, Eberstadt provocatively asks: Is food the new sex? Is pornography the new tobacco?
Adam and Eve after the Pill will change the way readers view the paradoxical impact of the sexual revolution on ideas, morals, and humanity itself.
"With the skill of a literary surgeon, Eberstadt slices through the chimera of political correctness to lay bare the facts, statistics, and cultural realities of life after the sexual revolution. A compelling and provocative look at why an about-face is needed now to save Western Civilization from a cultural Doomsday, and is the solution to re-establish a healthy and moral cultural ethos."
- Johnnette S. Benkovic, Founder of Women of Grace®, Television & Radio Show Host, EWTN
"This is a brilliant, serious work of the kind we've needed for decades, and it's also entirely accessible, even winsome, in its prose."
- Joseph Bottum
"Mary Eberstadt is intimidatingly intelligent."
- George Will, The Washington Post
"Mary Eberstadt is our premier analyst of American cultural foibles and follies, with a keen eye for oddities that illuminate just how strange the country's moral culture has become."
- George Weigel, Ethics and Public Policy Center
"If you want to learn what the Pill and the ensuing sexual revolution really accomplished, you must read Adam and Eve After the Pill. Of course, neo-Malthusians talk up the Pill's benefits: the freedom from having children made it possible for women to pursue serious careers and in the process offered men a new kind of freedom, too. But as Eberstadt writes, how about the increasing unhappiness of women despite their liberation from the chores of raising children? Or husbands' loss of interest in their wives and the corresponding increase in male pornography addiction? Not to be ignored, either, is the effect of the sexual revolution on college campuses by date rapes, hookups, and binge drinking, all of which directly flow from the sexual revolution mandate that women must be sexually available."
- Dr. Raymond Dennehy, University of San Francisco
"The federal government - our United States federal government - is currently pushing the views expressed in this book to the sidelines. Adam and Eve after the Pill is a protest vote - a first among many. The Catholic bishops didn't just dream up a fight over contraception; it was forced on them, as Catholics' conscience rights have been directly trampled on. It's a moment for a badly needed education and reflection on the immiseration of the last few decades - one that has pitted Adam and Eve against one another in a most unnatural way. Mary Eberstadt's book is a treasure and a resource and a cultural catechesis. Please read it. And then share it."
- Kathryn Jean Lopez, editor-at-large, National Review Online
"Adam and Eve After the Pill is a game-changer. Through careful research and compelling arguments, Mary Eberstadt blows the lid off of the lies of the sexual revolution, and establishes once and for all that the Pill has not been good for women -- or for men."
- Jennifer Fulwiler, Blogger, National Catholic Register
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Sunday 7th July saw the hottest day of the year and Dulwich CC hosting the return of its 6-a-Side tournament. In a more club orientated format than previous years, 6 teams with representatives from the men's, ladies and colts sections were joined by friends, family and a few old faces for a day's entertainment on the hallowed turf at Burbage Road. With Simon Bailey's 'Norfolk-in-Chance' living up to their name (despite some solid bowling from Hanah Tennant) and James Bridgland's highly eclectic 'No-Ball Warriors' being knocked out in the group stages, the semi-finals saw Anil Mahey's 'A-Mahey-Zing' group winners perhaps surprisingly beaten by 'The Gazzy C All-stars' – Gareth Cornick's ensemble of vintage, green and outright novice. In the other semi, Tim Brown's 'Sixth Sense' managed to not chase down the modest total of 40 set by James Balmforth's 'Sons Of Pitches' and so the tournament lost Anne Sage, who had bowled terrifically for Tim.
In the Cornick/Balmforth final face-off, youngster Ryan Anthony blazed his way to 25 as a competitive 62 was set by the 'SOPs'. Captain Cornick and the vintage Allen Blackford set about that total with gusto though as the Allstars romped home, off the penultimate ball, to a deserved victory. Before Gareth & Co collected the trophy, the Young Player of the Day award was shared between Ryan Anthony and Kai Reed (who bowled, batted and fielded with great skill for 'A-Mahey-Zing').
Thanks is extended to Jenny Pratt for scoring, Steve Choney for umpiring, Olly Steward and Alex Gledhill for running the BBQ and Jackie Howard for providing an excellent lunch. A great day with a great atmosphere then, and a welcome one back on the calendar for both players and spectators to enjoy. Oh, and some Scottish bloke won some racquet match on the other side of town. Do your utmost to be there next year.


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Now that The Sims 3 has been out for a few months, Electronic Arts is finally getting around to announcing details about the game's first expansion pack. Dubbed World Adventures, the new content will let players and their Sims escape the confines of suburban life and explore exotic new locations.
The adventures available range from learning martial arts in China to going on a romantic getaway in France, or even exploring ancient ruins in Egypt. The expansion will feature new skills to learn, challenges to complete, sims to interact with, and, of course, new downloadable content to purchase. Like the main game, World Adventures will include 1000 SimsPoints to get players started on downloading additional content.
Unsurprisingly, an iPhone/iPod Touch version of the expansion will also be available, which is expected to be released early next year. EA will reveal details on how these mobile games will actually play at some point in the future.
Given the glut of expansions and "stuff" packs that were available for The Sims 2, it was inevitable that The Sims 3 would also get the expansion treatment. But it looks like this first expansion will at least bring something new and fresh to the series. The Sims 3: World Adventures will be hitting both Macs and PCs on November 16.


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With his guitar in hand, Sean Christiansen strummed a soulful sound.
The 41-year-old seemed lost in another world, a place where his connection to the music seemed personal.
Christiansen found a way to turn that passion for music into a business with international reach. He owns Rock N' Blues Academy, 704 1/2 E. Airline Road in Victoria, but his true calling is helping others, he said.
After struggling for 15 years as a self-taught guitarist, Christiansen discovered concepts about the guitar most musicians never learn, he said.
He decided to then rescue guitarists worldwide from musical ruts.
"There's an inherent logic to guitar that isn't in books," Christiansen said.
Upon opening his local guitar shop in 2004, he found himself turning away students because lesson appointments filled so quickly. He then turned to the Internet, to the one place that gives students worldwide access to his lessons.
His site - the Rock N' Blues Guitar Academy, found at www.Rnbacademy.com - teaches students from the comfort of their home guitar concepts in a progressive way.
"A guy who has been here two years will learn more than a guy who has been on his own for 15," Christiansen said. "Functionally, guitarists learn how to play but they don't know what they are actually playing. I come in and really teach students what they are doing."
His students live in faraway places such as Australia, Sweden and China, he said.
Will Moghanloo, 19, is one of his many Victoria students.
"The lessons were really straight forward," Moghanloo said. "I have taken lessons from books, but the way he teaches really just makes sense."
Christiansen's teaching method begins with six introductory lessons. The teacher informs students what they will learn and follows up with diagrams and reviews.
He then assigns homework with suggestions of skills to practice. Before beginning a new lesson, students must first pass a test.
"The lessons online are better than any book you will ever buy," Moghanloo said. "When you take lessons at a studio, you have to make sure you take your notes. With online lessons you can go back over the lessons as many times as you want."
Christiansen said he particularly enjoys watching excitement in students grow and listening to a band filled by members he taught.
"I taught lessons to a man who was disabled. Now, he has something he can continue to enjoy for the rest of his life," Christiansen said. "That really inspires me."
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KLTV 7 Meteorologist Grant Dade is reporting on a chance for severe weather in East Texas tonight and tomorrow (Jan. 8-9). The threats include heavy rain, gusty winds and even the chance for an isolated tornado.
Flash flood watches have already been posted for parts of East Texas in anticipation of the heavy rain. The remainder of East Texas is expected to be added to that watch later today. A good portion of East Texas could see 2 to 4 inches of rainfall with some areas receiving 5 inches or more. This amount of rain will likely cause flash flooding in some areas, so be alert to driving conditions.
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The output of Korean art was disrupted a great deal by the Korean War, however the ensuing economic development lead to a burgeoning of creativity amongst young Korean artists. Many traveled to the west to study, and then returned to Korea to reconcile their deep seated traditionalism with modern innovation. These artists often speak about issues of globalization, alienation, materialization, loss or hybridization of identity, and other such modern concepts.
Here are a few contemporary artists I have learned about recently:
Gwon Osang
Gwon Osang creates life-size sculptures using photographic images. The result is both literally photo-realistic, and also a bit surreal. His creations become most human when their expressions and gestures are examined.
Choi Jeonghwa
While referencing pop culture, Choi Jeonghwa uses a variety of media, included molded plastic and inflatable sculptures. Choi's work often features mass-produced objects, commenting on South Korea's involvement as a point of origin for many disposable consumer goods.
Do-ho Suh
Do-ho Suh's work features depictions of the literal and figurative "little people." Defying conventional understanding of scale, Suh's works frequently engage visitors and are designed with site-specificity in mind, drawing the viewer's attention to their own interaction with the pieces.
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Praise the Lord. How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and fitting to praise him! Psalm 147:1
Sing to the Lord with grateful praise; make music to our God on the harp. Psalm 147:7
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NYC-based photographer Christopher Martin got an early look at Katch1's work that he'll be exhibiting next week at NYC's Gallery Bar. Katch1 is one of the founders of Natural Koncept and is responsible for its unique and often coveted look since it began.
Words, photos, and captions by Christopher Martin.
For all you Katch 1 and Natural Koncept fiends out there, Katch1 is having his second New York City showing of his art. The show will be at Gallery Bar on Orchard Street in the Lower East Side. With this opening he will also be releasing a very much-anticipated book that showcases all his work from day one. This book is simply amazing. Whether you're a fan of graffiti or not, you'll be blown away by the book and it'll be a staple to add to your collection. The book will be comprised of canvases, sketchbook drawings, throw ups, graphic illustrations, Natural Koncept graphics and of course, full car freights! There'll be limited signed copies for sale at the opening so get there early if you want to get a hold of one.
Katch1's previous shows have had a reputation of having vibrant colors, amazing characters and interesting compositions that give you a first look into the world of Katch1, this one will be no different. As a first rate story teller, brilliant image maker, and exceptional graffiti artist, he adds a new dimension to his work by gently leaving more to the imagination of the viewer. You know that there will be plenty of never before seen paintings that will be waiting for your virgin eyes so get ready. I know that it'll be nothing less than amazing so try and get there early if you want to make it for the opening. If not, the show is scheduled to be up until the first of May. So next time you're stumbling through L.E.S. on your way to Max Fish, make sure you take the two block detour to Gallery Bar and check it out! Hope to see you there.
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By Edvard Pettersson and Maurice Possley
Honda Motor Co. (7267) won the reversal of a $9,867 small-claims-court loss to a Californian who dropped out of a class-action lawsuit and pursued her own claim that the company overstated the fuel mileage of its Civic Hybrid.
California state Judge Dudley W. Gray II in Torrance, in Los Angeles County, said in a ruling today that Tokyo-based Honda's fuel-economy ratings were in compliance with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency requirements and that the ratings are for comparison among vehicles without taking into account factors that can affect mileage at a given moment.
"Defendant's use of advertising slogans such as 'sipping fuel,' 'amazingly little fuel' and 'saves plenty of money on fuel' — the court rules that these are non-actionable sales puffery," the judge said. "They are not specific promises of anything."
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This week, my eight-year-old son asked me a couple of questions about the war in Afghanistan. They were simple questions. Yet, both times I struggled to answer.
The first question came out of the blue. "Dad," he asked me, "Why did we go to war in Afghanistan?"
I had to think for a moment. Not because I didn't know the answer, of course. Ten years ago today we went to war in Afghanistan, under "Operation Enduring Freedom, even as smoke still rose from the rubble at Ground Zero. Less than a month after the September 11th attacks," which happened a little more than year before our oldest son was born. Ostensibly, we went to war with Afghanistan because the Al-Quaeda used the country as an operating base, and the Taliban government allowed it.
So, we went to war because …? Was it self-defense? Was it vengeance? Should I tell him that, in the aftermath of 9/11, a number of very vocal Americans wanted to "bomb Afghanistan into the Stone Age" and "make the rubble bounce"? Should I tell him that the country had already been bombed back to something like the Stone Age during the Soviet war in Afghanistan? Should I tell him how we armed, trained and financed the Mujahideen, to fight the Soviety Union,the tune of $40 billion? Should I tell him that once the Soviets withdrew, we abandoned the Afghanistan?
Should I tell him that Osama bin Laden was one of the mujahideen, and likely among those we armed and trained? My son knows who bin Laden was — that he was the leader of the terrorist organization that launched the attacks on 9/11, and was instrumental in planning those attacks. He knows that bin Laden was killed in a targeted special forces mission. Should I tell him that we knew Bin Laden was in Afghanistan and — in terms he could well understand at the age of eight — let the "bad guy" get away? Should I try to explain to him why it took us nearly ten years to do what should have been done after 9/11, and could have been done without going to war in Afghanistan?
Should I tell him about the tremendous cost of it all?
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I gave a brief answer to our son's first question, but as he turned his attention back to his Legos, I still pondered all of the above.
Lost in thought, I was utterly unprepared when he looked up again and asked, "So, why are we still at war in Afghanistan?"
I thought of all we sacrificed and continue to sacrifice to pay for the war in Afghanistan, as cataloged yesterday by Jim Wallis.
If the moral and financial costs weren't enough to end the war, public opinion has turned against it, and its strategic importance has long been in question.
Tomorrow, the cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will be more than $1.259 trillion.
Tomorrow, almost 14 million Americans will still be unemployed.
Tomorrow, the homes of more than 2,500 new U.S. families will enter foreclosure.
Tomorrow, one in seven U.S. households still won't know where their next meal is coming from.
Tomorrow, one in four American children under the age of six will still be living below the poverty line.
Tomorrow, three billion people around the globe will still be living on less than $2.50 a day.
Tomorrow, 400 million children will still lack access to clean water.
Tomorrow, 300 children under the age of five will die in the Horn of Africa because of famine.
People are feeling crushed from all sides.
Parents who aren't sure where their kid's next meal will come from, and the college students who have tens of thousands of dollars in loans and can't find a job.
Families that have lost their homes in bank foreclosures, and the tens of millions of people who live below the poverty line even though they HAVE jobs.
I thought of how we've chosen and continue to choose war over all of these things. I shook my head and answered, "I don't know, son. I just don't know. But I hope that soon we won't be fighting in Afghanistan anymore."
Our son continued playing with hs Legos, either unfazed that I didn't have an answer or understanding that I didn't have a simple answer.
Why are we still in Afghanistan, when so much needs doing and can be done several times over with we have spent and are still spending on war?
That's one question my son didn't ask. If he had, I'd have had to give the same answer. I don't know. I just don't know.


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The teams with the best Super Bowl chances in this year's playoffs are obvious. But who cares about them—most aren't even playing this weekend. This is a look at some of the other teams in the Wild Card round who haven't gotten as much play, whether it's because they're heavy underdogs or just haven't had many national games. Here's what you need to know about this year's dark horses.
Green Bay Packers
Strengths: This team looked dead until Aaron Rodgers and Chicago's piss-poor coverage let them squeeze in as the best underachievers in the underachieving NFC North. Throw out the 8-7-1 record, since seven and a half of those games happened without Rodgers. It's obvious, but he's the keystone for the Packers. In nine starts, Rodgers has a top 10 DYAR for quarterbacks, and the Packers were punching weight with the Broncos at midseason. (DYAR isn't a small sample size thing; it means that in nine games, Rodgers has outperformed the majority of the league, no different from being top 10 in touchdown passes despite missing time.) Randall Cobb's return is also helpful, as he provides another receiving threat outside of Jordy Nelson.
Weaknesses: What position did Rodgers play on defense? Really though, there's no excuse for the Packers having given up 30.0 points a game in the final nine games of the regular season, seven of those with non-Rodgers quarterbacks, except that they've sucked constantly. Green Bay's defense ranks as the second-worst this season in DVOA. They're exploitable through the air and on the ground. With linebacker Clay Matthews ruled out, there go the pass rush and second-level run stopping. The Packers just don't look healthy enough to survive against a likely run-heavy game plan from San Francisco.
New Orleans Saints
Strengths: Drew Brees, 2013's third-best regular-season quarterback in DYAR, is going to have to slash up an easy-to-slash Philadelphia pass defense. It shouldn't be difficult if the Saints offensive line can handle the blitzes and give Brees time. The line's been adept at keeping Brees upright in the regular season, with the fourth-best adjusted sack rate. It'll be interesting to see how the Eagles handle tight receiver Jimmy Graham. Does Graham warrant their best cornerback or are linebackers trusted to handle zone coverage? Regardless, Brees to Graham should happen frequently and eventually allow other receivers to get open.
Weaknesses: As a unit, Rob Ryan's defense has been decent, but the Eagles have LeSean McCoy, who's ruined many a front seven this season. New Orleans ranks near the bottom in open field yards (1.13), while McCoy's broken tackles (57, third-most of running backs, to be exact) and picked up big gains all year, so the Saints should focus on the tackle instead of the possible turnover. Malcolm Jenkins is the one to pick on in the secondary, as his coverage has been horrible for a safety. Jenkins allows 1.06 yards per coverage snap, second-most among safeties who have played at least 50% of the possible snaps. Starting corner Corey White, who replaced the injured Jabari Greer, has also played poorly in the final few weeks.
Cincinnati Bengals
Strengths: A.J. Green and Marvin Jones are dangerous. Green's the assumed threat whose best work has come on deep throws; he's caught 14 passes for 565 yards and six touchdowns on throws of 20+ yards to the middle and right of the field. Jones, on the other hand, has done well at all lengths, but primarily does his work on the left side of the field. He's caught six passes for 144 yards and two scores on deep routes over there, and 11 receptions for 130 yards and two touchdowns on routes of 0-9 yards. And San Diego also has to worry about pass-catching back Giovani Bernard, who has 56 receptions for 514 yards and three touchdowns.
The Bengals defense has stayed stingy even after losing star defensive tackle Geno Atkins for the season, though his loss shouldn't be discounted—Atkins is one of the most destructive inside forces in the league when healthy. Still, Cincinnati's opponents' drive success rate is .628, lowest in the league. Cincy also allows the least touchdowns per drive after Seattle and Carolina (.144).
Weaknesses: Offensive turnovers. The Bengals are above average in terms of points per drive (1.99), and time of possession per drive (2:42), but they commit a surprising amount of turnovers per drive, which pisses all that progress down the drain. The Bengals have turned the ball over on 15.6% of their drives, ranking 28th in the league. Quarterback Andy Dalton's thrown 20 interceptions and lost three fumbles. San Diego's defense needs to get to him before he gets to Green or Jones.
Defensive end Michael Johnson isn't as menacing if offenses run the ball at him. Though Cincinnati's defensive line is generally great, runs towards the left tackle (or, looking at it the other way, right end Johnson) have produced 4.82 adjusted yards, fourth-most in the league.
San Diego Chargers
Strengths: Behind Peyton Manning, guess who's second in DYAR for quarterbacks? Well, it's obviously Philip Rivers, because this is being written in the Chargers' section. He's turned it around and sucked a good deal less under head coach Mike McCoy. Rivers and the Chargers offense focus on clock-killing, exhausting drives; San Diego takes up the most time of possession per drive (3:22) and accumulates the most yards per offensive drive (40.13).
The Bengals can blitz, but Rivers won't likely be flustered. He has a 65.5 completion percentage with 11 touchdowns and just two picks when blitzed. Even with Danario Alexander and Malcom Floyd out for the season, Rivers has found options in Antonio Gates, Keenan Allen, and Danny Woodhead, who is San Diego's new Darren Sproles. Woodhead is the ever-reliable checkdown option, and all but five of his receptions have come from behind the line of scrimmage to nine yards out.
Weaknesses: That defense is horrendous, and it isn't an exaggeration. They have the worst DVOA in the league. It doesn't help that linebackers Dwight Freeney and Larry English are on injured reserve, but it's hard to explain the pass defense being this atrocious. It's not the fault of safeties Eric Weddle and Marcus Gilchrist so much as it is every cornerback on the roster. A.J. Green or Marvin Jones can and should wreck San Diego's shit with little effort. Worth noting: The Chargers give up a third-most 36.0 yards per drive and don't really force turnovers, which is a recipe for disaster should the game come down to one last drive in the fourth quarter. Philip Rivers can't pick off passes from Andy Dalton.
Indianapolis Colts
Strengths: Andrew Luck, when given time in the pocket, is surgical, with a 68.1 completion percentage under no pressure. His mobility keeps plays alive and lets him find T.Y. Hilton, who's deadly with just a little space. Hilton clowned on Seattle's normally feared secondary in the Colts' Week 5 upset of the Seahawks, totaling five catches for 140 yards and two touchdowns, including a huge 73-yard score on Richard Sherman. The receiver can possibly burn Kansas City for some big plays.
Weaknesses: Despite the organization's best (?) efforts, Indianapolis still has no running game. Donald Brown is not a reliable running game, and there's no use squandering crucial plays on a drive for Trent Richardson, unless you need two yards on first and 10. An air-heavy offense puts more of the burden on Luck, who can handle the load, but not constant pressure. Chiefs' pass rushers can and will disrupt Luck when they know he's passing, and his completion percentage (44.1% in plays under pressure) will suffer.
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