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Guidelines for Community Living
The following guidelines have been established in order to support the mission of the Department of Housing and Residence Life at Valdosta State University. These community guidelines ensure that all students residing in the residence halls and their guests are aware of the expectations for all members of the residential communities. All residents and guests are expected to follow these guidelines and assist in the effort to create residential communities where all community members feel safe and comfortable, can study and focus on academics, while growing and developing personal skill sets. Any residents who do not follow these guidelines may be documented and asked to go through the student conduct hearing process.
The Guidelines for Community Living are in addition to the Student Code of Conduct . All residents, visitors of residents, guests, and staff are expected to abide by both the Student Code of Conduct and the Guidelines for Community Living. The Guidelines for Community Living are intended to create a standard for behavior that promotes positive relationships with others in an environment that is welcoming and conducive to studying.
1.01 Appliances
a. Students may use only UL approved surge protectors (no more than 2 surge protectors are permitted per room) that contain their own fuse to increase their number of outlets. Any device that is plugged into another device must have a surge protector.
b. Appliances not permitted in traditional and suite style halls include open element appliances, appliances that glow red and appliances with a heated surface.
- Examples of permitted appliances:
- Computers, radios/stereos, televisions, VCRs/DVD players, desk lamps, coffee makers and Keurig coffee makers, small refrigerators (must not exceed 5.0 cubic feet or 1.5 amps), microwaves of 1000 watts or less, and electric blankets.
- Examples of appliances not permitted:
- Open element appliances and/or appliances that glow red – e.g. toasters, hot plates, broilers, space heaters, kerosene heaters, griddles, toaster ovens, electric grills (George Foreman type), and electric fry pans/skillets.
- Electrical appliances in apartments - In addition to appliances permitted above, residents of apartments may have kitchen appliances like George Foreman Grills and toasters/toaster ovens.
c. Extension cords, window air conditioning units, 2.4 GHz cordless phones, and wireless routers are not permitted. Halogen lamps and light bulbs are also prohibited in any form.
1.02 Solicitation
Solicitation for purchase of goods or services occurring within the residence halls and/or utilizing the residence halls, except by Valdosta State University students who have received prior written approval from the Vice President for Finance and Administration, is prohibited. This restriction is established for the security and safety of residents and to create a more comfortable environmentfor residents. All fliers and publicity hung in the building must have the prior approval of the Residence Hall Director. Solicitation also includes any word of mouth advertising and any advertising through social media and other online formats that utilizes the residence halls. All campaigning, distribution of literature, conducting of research and surveys, and other activities where residents are approached door to door, via personal approach or distribution of materials, must be approved in advance by the Director of Housing and Residence Life and can only take place daily between 12:00pm and 7:00pm.
1.03 Hall Sports
a. Bicycles, motorcycles, scooters, Segways, skates and skateboards are not to be ridden or used in Housing facilities.
b. Bicycles are to be secured to racks outside the facility and may be confiscated if found secured to any other objects. A student may store a bicycle in his/her room, if his/her roommate provides permission first. If a bicycle is stored in the room, it may not block the path of egress from the room.
c. Running, participating in any form of rough-housing, or sports in hallways or public areas is prohibited.
d. Darts and dart boards are not permitted in the residence halls.
1.04 Courtesy Hours
Courtesy hours are in effect 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Students are expected to respect the rights of others by refraining from the production of loud volumes of noise (e.g. stereos playing out the windows, excessive noise from within a suite/room, slamming of doors, etc.). Students are expected to comply with reasonable requests from other members of the community. Residents may be asked to remove any items producing large amounts of noise such as stereos, musical instruments, etc.
1.05 Visitation
a. Visitation Hours:
-Visitation Hours for freshmen designated halls (Brown, Langdale first year floors, Patterson, Reade first year students, Lowndes & Georgia) are 10:00am-12:00am Sunday through Thursday and 10:00am-2:00am Friday and Saturday. After visitation hours, no guest will be permitted to check-in at all. All overnight guests must be checked in prior to the end of visitation hours.
-Visitation Hours for upperclassmen designated halls (Centennial, Converse, Hopper Langdale upperclassmen floors & Reade upperclass students) are 24 hours daily.
-Visitation privileges may be revoked for a period in response to a behavioral issue prior to a hearing.
b. Visitation Expectations:
1. When a visitor signs in, the visitor will be required to surrender his/her residency card or will be given a visitation pass, depending upon the visitor's status. If the visitor is a resident from another residence hall on the VSU campus, he/she will be asked to present photo ID and to give his/her residency card to the front desk staff for the time of his/her visitation. The resident's guest will also be asked to present photo ID at the time of check-out in order to collect the same residency card. If the visitor does not live in a VSU residence hall or is a non-VSU student, the visitor will be given a visitation pass and must keep this pass in his/her possession at all times and the pass may not be removed from the building. There will be a $15 charge placed on the host student's account for a lost visitor's pass.
-Apartment style (Centennial and Converse): Visitors are not required to sign in and out. However, visitors must be escorted at all times.
-Suite style (Georgia and Hopper): Anyone who does not reside in the hall is required to sign in as a visitor and must be escorted at all times. During non-visitation hours, anyone of the opposite gender or anyone of the same gender who is not considered to be an overnight guest may only visit a resident in the lobby.
-Traditional style (Brown, Langdale, Lowndes, Patterson, and Reade): Anyone who does not reside in the hall is required to sign in and must be escorted at all times. In addition, anyone who visits an area in the hall, where the opposite gender resides, must sign in and be escorted by a host who resides in that area. During non-visitation hours, anyone of the opposite gender or anyone of the same gender who is not considered to be an overnight guest may only visit a resident of that hall in the lobby.
3. Paramount to the goals of a residential community is the right of the individual to privacy and the opportunity to sleep and study in one's room. The right to privacy outweighs another's right to visitor privileges. The hosting of a visitor must not interfere with the roommate's use of the room. If the presence of a visitor is at any time an invasion of the roommate's privacy, the visitor must leave. Roommates will decide upon a roommate agreement at the beginning of each semester, which includes the visitation rules for that room. Visitation will not be permitted until a signed roommate contract is on file with the Residence Hall Director.
4. Hosts must escort any visitor whom they signed in at all times including in the hallways, bedrooms and common areas. A visitor or guest is not to be in a particular room, suite, or apartment without the assigned resident(s) of that space. Hosts are required to escort their guests to and from the front desk. Hosts are responsible for the actions of their visitors. It is the host's responsibility to inform the guest of residence hall and University processes and procedures, such as the Community Guidelines and Student Code of Conduct. Visitors to the residence halls are expected to abide by all University and Housing processes and procedures; failure to follow the standards will result in a conduct hearing for both the host and visitor/guest.
5. Persons under 16 years of age have to be accompanied by a legal guardian at all times while in the residence hall. Babysitting/childcare for any length of time is not permitted in the residence halls.
6. Men must use restrooms designated for males and women must use restrooms designated for females. Under no circumstance are visitors to utilize the showering facilities of the opposite gender.
7. From Dead Day until the last final exam scheduled by VSU, only VSU students are permitted as visitors or guests. The only exception is if the visitor or guest is helping a resident to move out.
8. Non-residents are not required to check in if they remain in the lobby with their hosts. Non-residents may be asked to leave the hall if they are causing a disruption.
1.06 Decorations
We recognize students may wish to decorate their rooms and other areas of the residence halls for a variety of reasons including holiday celebrations. The following standards must be met to prevent fires or other safety hazards and to ensure that the room condition is maintained. Damage caused by decorations may result in a fee.
a. Residents must remove all holiday decorations one week after the holiday or before each hall closing (whichever comes first). Cords, lights, paper streamers, etc. may not cross doorways at any height or be placed under carpet. Natural Christmas trees are prohibited.
b. No items may be hung from the ceiling and sprinkler system in any way. Flammable items such as sheets, cloth, and netting should not be hung or draped on the walls. Light fixtures should not be covered with any flammable materials such as cloth, paper, or cellophane. If there is an immediate fire safety concern, Housing staff members may ask residents to remove these decorations immediately or may personally remove the decorations and leave them in the room of the residents if the residents are not present.
c. The painting of any walls, windows, or surfaces in the room or any furniture belonging to VSU is not allowed. Any type of painting or spray painting for arts and craft projects must be completed outside in areas that will not create permanent damage (e.g. grassy areas or areas of dirt). A few small potted plants are allowed per room but students should not plant any flower beds or gardens in their rooms. Residents will be fiscally responsible for any paint damage or change in paint color.
d. Only easily removable adhesive materials should be used to adhere items to the walls. Any materials that will cause damage to the walls should not be used. This includes but is not limited to: nails, screws, Scotch tape, duct tape, and stickers. Any adhesive materials should be used at your own risk, regardless of who provides the materials and which materials are used, as fees may be assessed for any damage.
e. Only 20% of each door and wall should be covered in combustible materials as required by the Environmental and Occupational Safety office
1.07 Roommate Agreement
a. Roommates will agree on a roommate agreement each time there is a new roommate in the room. This roommate agreement will be kept on file with the Residence Hall Director of the building. Visitation will not be permitted until a signed roommate agreement is on file with the Residence Hall Director.
b. Any violations of the roommate agreement may result in disciplinary action. It is the responsibility of the residents to report any infractions of their roommate agreement. Violations of the roommate agreement may result in the student going through a conduct hearing. Possible sanctions include mediation, creating a new roommate agreement, reflection & research papers (on topics such as conflict resolutions), and in severe situations, a student may be reassigned to another room (room to be determined by the hearing officer). Both students may be moved temporarily before a hearing process. Before a student is moved permanently, there will be a conduct hearing. Moving a student is reserved for extreme situations.
1.08 Keys/Student ID Cards
a. Residents are responsible for the security of their rooms and their residence hall. The resident will be issued a room key and/or electronic access to his/her assigned hall and room. Residents should carry their room keys, residency cards and student ID cards at all times.
b. Students are not to be in possession of residency cards that were not originally issued to them. Anyone found to be in possession of a residency card not in that student's name and/or originally issued to that student will be asked to forfeit the card to a Housing staff member. Anyone found to be in possession of a OneCard not in that student's name and/or originally issued to that student will be asked to forfeit the card to a UPD officer or the OneCard office. Students should not attempt to use any residency cards not originally issued to them in order to illegally gain access to a residence hall. Any residency cards that are found by another student should be immediately given to a Housing staff member and any OneCards that are found by another student should be immediately returned to the OneCard office or UPD.
c. If a student is locked out, a staff member can assist him/her in gaining access to the assigned room. If the resident requests a lock out code for a Persona (card access) lock (Centennial, Georgia, Hopper & Reade) or if a resident requests for a staff member to open the door, Housing reserves the right to assess a fee for each lock out using the following fee schedule:
- 1st lock out: Free
- 2nd lock out: $15
- 3rd lock out: $25
- 4th lock out: $50 with an automatic lock change (for hard keys)
*Housing may change the lock at any time if it is believed that the key has been lost.
d. In suite style (Hopper & Georgia) and traditional style (Brown, Langdale, Lowndes, Patterson, Reade) halls, residents must show their residency card each time they seek to walk pass the front desk to residents' rooms. It is the residents' responsibility to show their residency cards, whether or not asked to do so. If a resident does not have his/her residency card, a resident should stop at the desk so the Front Desk Worker can verify that he/she lives in that hall.
e. A lost residency card should be reported to the Hall Director. The fee for a new residency card is $15.
f. Each resident is issued a key to his/her room. For the safety of the resident and the roommate, lost keys should be reported to a Housing staff member at the Front Desk. The fee for a lost key is $50. Loss of this key or failure to return the key at the time of check-out will result in a charge being assessed for a lost key/and or lock change.
2.01 Alcohol
The full University alcohol policy is printed in the Student Handbook (Student Code of Conduct). These are some additional considerations and regulations for the residence halls:
a. Students that are not of legal drinking age cannot possess or consume alcohol in the residence halls. Underage students found to be in possession of alcohol will be asked to dispose of the alcohol in the presence of Housing staff members. The possession of empty alcohol containers may also be considered as a violation of this policy and students found in possession of empty alcohol containers may also be asked to dispose of them or remove them from the building. If the student(s) is not present, Housing staff members may still dispose of the alcohol. Residents may be asked to remove any decorative or empty alcohol containers that violate policy from the halls within 24 hours. Failure to do so may result in more judicial procedures.
b. Students of legal drinking age may consume alcohol in their rooms with the door closed. If a student of legal drinking age lives with students who are underage, alcohol cannot be stored or consumed in any areas that are shared or accessible by the underage roommates.
c. Kegs, beer balls, and other large size containers of alcohol (larger than 40 oz.) --whether empty or full-- are prohibited in the residence halls. Large quantities of assorted and/or mixed alcohol are prohibited. Residents found to be in possession of large amounts of alcohol, violating this policy, will be asked to remove the alcohol from the hall immediately or dispose of the alcohol in the presence of Housing staff members.
d. No student shall knowingly be present during the illegal use of alcohol.
e. Alcohol containers are allowed in the residence halls for decorations only if the student is of legal age and if the containers are completely empty and filled with a solid substance (sand, etc.). Alcohol containers and alcohol paraphernalia for decorations cannot be displayed in public viewing. Alcohol containers include any bottles that originally contained alcohol and any type of container designed specifically to hold alcohol such as wine glasses, flasks, shot glasses, martini glasses, beer mugs, pilsners, and champagne glasses.
2.02 Quiet Hours
a. Quiet hours are designated to be from 10:00pm-8:00am Sunday through Thursday and 12:00am-10:00am Friday through Saturday. Noise during quiet hours should be at a level that cannot be heard two doors down from your room when standing in the hallway. Noise should not be heard through walls.
b. The areas surrounding the residence halls and apartments have been designated as quiet zones from 7:00pm until 10:00am daily. During this time period, students and guests are expected to respect the residence hall and apartment residents' right to a quiet environment.
2.03 Overnight Visitors
a. Residents of all halls may host a same gender visitor for a maximum of two consecutive nights. In first year halls (Brown, Langdale first year floors, Patterson, Reade first year students, Lowndes & Georgia), all non-overnight guests must check out before the close of visitation hours and anyone checked in past the close of visitation hours who is of the same gender will be considered as an overnight guest and count for one night. In upperclass halls (Centennial, Converse, Hopper, Langdale upperclassmen floors & Reade upperclass students), a night is considered to be any five hour period between the hours of midnight and 10:00am and there is no restriction on what time guests must check in by. Any guest that is considered to be a violation of the overnight policy will be asked to leave. No overnight guests of the opposite gender are permitted in any Residence hall.
b. The hosting resident will be responsible for the conduct of the visitor at all times. Overnight visitors are subject to all residence hall and/or University regulations.
c. Residents of all halls are only permitted to have overnight visitors a maximum of 6 nights in any one month period.
d. From Dead Day until the last final exam scheduled by VSU, no overnight visitors will be permitted.
e. Cohabitation is not allowed in any residence hall. Cohabitation is defined as any person who is not currently assigned to that room staying more than the time permitted for overnight visitors.
2.04 Building Access
a. All emergency doors are alarmed and should never be propped open. All emergency doors are labeled as such. Do not use emergency doors unless it is an emergency. Emergency exits, doors exiting to the exterior of the building, and doors connecting to lobby and stairwell areas should never be propped or left open due to safety concerns.
b. Anyone entering the residence hall must do so by entering through a designated entrance. No one may enter or exit through an emergency exit unless an actual emergency is occurring. Students may not enter or exit through doors that may be closed during certain hours of the day and are properly labeled as such. No one is allowed to enter/exit the residence hall through a window.
2.05 Fire Hazards
a. Burning of any materials is not permitted in the residence halls or apartments due to the danger of fire. The possession of candles, incense, Sterno, potpourri burners, hookahs, other flammable liquids, and fireworks and other explosives in the residence halls is not allowed.
b. Only cigarette lighters are allowed and should not be used inside the residence halls. Wax warming units are allowed, only if they do not contain any type of wick and do not overheat or cause any significant chance of starting a fire. Any prohibited materials or items capable of causing a fire may be confiscated by Housing staff member unless immediately removed by the resident.
Items should not be left in any hall, stairwell, or any other community space. Any items found in the halls, stairwells, and public spaces may be confiscated by Housing staff. This is due to fire safety concerns.
*Residents should refer to the VSU Student Handbook and Student Code of Conduct for all other fire safety related policies.
2.06 Smoking
Smoking of any type is strictly prohibited in the residence halls and within a 25 feet radius of the building. Hookahs are not allowed to be used or stored in the residence halls, regardless of the material that is being used in the hookah.
2.07 Pets
Non-carnivorous fish are the only pets allowed in the facilities and only in aquariums that do not exceed 10 gallons. Please see your contract for further details.
2.08 Furniture
VSU provides each room and apartment with basic furnishings. Students may be assessed a fee for violating the furniture policy.
a. Removal of furniture or appliances from a room or apartment is prohibited. Furniture may not be removed from community spaces (such as lobbies, study rooms, etc.) and individual apartments. Residents will be financially responsible for any missing furniture, including any furniture that is moved to another part of the residence hall.
b. Water filled furniture is prohibited. If discovered, residents will be asked to remove the furniture in question immediately and storage for the item(s) will not be provided by VSU.
c. Only lofts constructed from University provided equipment are allowed. All other bed raising equipment is not permitted.
2.09 GamblingConducting, organizing, or participating in any activity involving games of chance or skill for money or other items of value is prohibited
2.10 Windows
a. Window screens must not be unfastened or removed. A fee may be assessed if window screens are removed or unfastened.
b. Throwing or dropping items out of the window is prohibited.
c. Window air conditioning units are not permitted.
3.01 Locks/Propping Doors
a. Installing personal locks or chains on doors or windows is prohibited. Any altering or tampering with existing locks is also prohibited.
b. Due to fire safety and for the safety of the residents and their property, all students are encouraged to keep their doors locked. Room and suite doors are to be propped only with the appropriate use of a door stop at the bottom of the door and only while the resident(s) is in the room. If the resident(s) leaves the room, the door is to be secured. Room and suite doors are not be propped with the assistance of the deadbolt or by tampering with the lock. Housing staff members will properly close any open room or suite doors found to be illegally propped or propped while the room in unoccupied and the resident(s) will be responsible for gaining access to the room/suite. Students will be held responsible for the cost of repairing the damages caused from propping their doors open without the appropriate use of a door stop at the bottom of the door.
3.02 Weapons and Ammunition
In addition to weapons, ammunition is not permitted in the residence halls. The University Police Department will be contacted to collect any weapons or ammunition found in the residence halls and residents will have to inquire about the collection of those items at the UPD office. For a detailed weapons policy, please refer to the Student Code of Conduct and State of Georgia law.
3.03 Room changes
a. When a student requests a room change, a student is required to move to his/her new room within the timeline given. If a student is unable to move within that timeline or no longer desires to move, permission to stay in the current room must be obtained from the Contracts and Assignments Coordinator. If permission is granted by the Contracts and Assignments Coordinator, the resident will be charged a $100 administrative fee.
b . Outside of the two scheduled room change request weeks each semester, room change requests are to be made by the resident to their Complex Director. The Complex Director will decide if a referral to mediation is appropriate before sending to the Office of Housing and Residence Life. For further information on the process, please visit the Central Housing Office located in Hopper Hall. Room changes may not be made without the approval of the resident's Complex Director. Illegal room changes will result in a $100 fee assessment.
c. Residents that do not currently have a roommate and/or have an empty bed space in their rooms are to keep all personal belongings on their designated side of the room only. All open bed spaces are to remain ready for new residents to move into immediately. If a resident is utilizing more than the space or side assigned to that resident, without purchasing the space as a single from Housing, the resident will be charged the current rate of a double as a single in that building immediately.
3.04 Room Condition
a. Residents are expected to keep their rooms, suites, or apartments clean. This includes the cleaning of common spaces in suite style and apartment style rooms. Housing staff members will conduct room inspections on a monthly basis. A fee may be assessed for not complying with this policy. Residents may also be asked to address any cleanliness issues that may cause health concerns for themselves and others in the community (e.g. food items that may attract insects, strong smells, etc.).
b. All rooms, suites, and common areas should be clean and the trash should be removed during any time that the buildings are closed for breaks. Housing staff members will enter and check each room, suite, and common space during the beginning of the break periods. Any trash and other items of health and safety concern will be removed and residents of that space will be assessed a fee and/or may face judicial procedures.
c. Residents are expected to report any and all maintenance concerns including, but not limited to electrical problems, plumbing problems, and/or life safety concerns (e.g. smoke detectors, fire extinguishers, etc.) in a timely manner.
d. All heating and air conditioning units, vents, and rooms with access to the heating and air conditioning units should not be blocked or covered in any manner. Any items that are prohibiting or hindering air flow and/or access to maintain the units will be moved to another place in the same room by the appropriate VSU staff member.
3.05 TrashAll trash should be disposed of in the proper space. Room trash is not to be disposed of by leaving it in the hall, stairwell, community bathroom, laundry room, or any other community space. No food items should be left in the community bathroom trash or disposed of in the community bathroom sinks. Room trash, personal items, and all other large collections of trash and/or larger trash items such as boxes should be disposed of in the dumpsters, located outside of each residence hall. Trash should not be swept out into the hallway. Students who violate this policy may be assessed a fee. VSU also encourages students to recycle when possible.
3.06 Checkouts
a. All residents are required to properly check in and check out with a Housing staff member. When checking into a room, the resident should complete the necessary information and sign a copy of the Physical Inventory and receive the appropriate room key or OneCard access and residency card from a Housing staff member. When a resident is leaving his or her assigned room, whether moving to another residence hall room or leaving for the remainder of the contract year, the resident should contact a Housing staff member to schedule and conduct a checkout. During a proper checkout, the Housing staff member will review the physical condition of the room and update the information on the Physical Inventory. The resident should be present for this review. The resident will then sign and receive a copy of the updated Physical Inventory and will return any room keys and residency cards that were issued to that resident during the year. The act of returning a room key and/or residency card to the front desk and leaving does not constitute a proper checkout. All steps in the check-in and checkout processes must be completed. Failure to complete all steps in the check-in and checkout processes may result in illegal room change charges and fees. An improper checkout will result in an automatic $50 fee.
b. If a resident fails to collect all personal belongings and items when leaving a room, regardless of whether the checkout was proper or improper, Housing staff members will collect and store the items or dispose of any items that are considered to be trash. Housing staff members will attempt to contact the resident believed to own the items. If no effort is made on behalf of the resident to contact the Housing staff members about collecting the items within thirty (30) days of the communication from the Housing staff members, then the items will be donated to a local charitable organization or properly disposed of. No one from the Office of Housing and Residence Life or any other member of the VSU staff will be responsible for the safety and security of the items while in storage. Additional fees may be charged to the student if a large number of items have to be packed and stored.
*This policy also applies to any items found in common spaces. Any items remaining in the lost and found areas will be donated after 30 days of being unclaimed. OneCards and other items of value may be transferred to other offices on campus for collection.
3.07 Community spaces
a. Sleeping or napping of any sort and for any reason will not be permitted in the community and common spaces of the residence halls. This includes, but is not limited to, the lobby area, desk area, hallways, study rooms, classrooms, laundry rooms, art rooms, and music rooms.
b. All residents assigned to that particular residence hall are responsible for the condition of all the community and common spaces in that hall. Residents are encouraged to keep these spaces clean and undamaged. Residents are also encouraged to ask their guests to do the same. The cost of repairing or cleaning any damages that have occurred in the common spaces may be divided and charged to a certain physical area of residents or the residents of the entire hall if the person(s) responsible for the damage are not identified.


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So, do I still have any readers? Holy Hell. I didn't even post last Tuesday. I'm sorry, y'all. I thought I may have been going home to be with Jesus before the Mayan's predicted expiration date of our great Earth. I was SICK. Like 103.5* sick with lots of coughing, nose-blowing and whining. Shawn, thanks for taking the slack for TTUT last week. You know I appreciate it and OWE you.
Dad--thank you for pointing out my non-new-post last Tuesday morning while recuperating on your couch. Who knew you were such a punctual reader? I'll dedicate this whole entire post to you. ;)
I like them. They tell you how someone may be feeling.
For example--OVERWHELMED.
I am feeling overwhelmed with life in general. I'm struggling as a new mom of 2. I think I need more sleep or girls nights out....or just more daily alcohol consumption. I'm talking to you JennyKate, Mona and Rhonda!!
What happened to my organization?
What happened to having a spotless kitchen before bed each night?
Why is the laundry piled to the ceiling?
Why does my own personal "to do" list grow daily and will it ever end?
Why does it look like I got stoned, drunk, and took a hit of acid right to the eyeball last night every morning when I see my reflection in the mirror? If I'm gonna look the part, at least let me have done one or two of those things. GEEZ.
Do I think this is normal? Of course! I'm just learning to adjust to a new Impulsive Addict. A new type of mom. A new type of wife.
But did I cry big, ugly tears last week when my darling husband told me he received an amazing promotion that will move us 3.5 hours away from my parents? YES. And not tears of joy either.
Can I see a positive in this move? Why yes I can!
(1) I get a bigger house!!
(2) I'm moving out of HELL y'all! See ya later swingin' methheads! (But something tells me this new town may not be much better.)
(3) They have a Taco Bueno (fav fast food) and a Maurices (fav clothing store).
(4) I'm 1.5 hours away from my Fort Worth friends and the DFW airport (which means cheaper airfare for traveling).
(5) The cost of living is slightly cheaper meaning we can get a bigger, better house for around the same price.
(6) Professional movers come and pack for me. HOW SWEET IS THAT DEAL?
Here's another adjective: ANXIOUS.
I'm feeling anxious about the move. I'm picking up and moving to a new town where I don't know ANYBODY. We're moving to a place where we have zero family and no trusted babysitter from our church. We're moving to a place where I know nothing about mommy groups, churches, MDO programs, etc.
But you know what? I know I will be ok. I know that if I needed a friend {or a mom} to come help me even on short notice, they would. That's what friends and family do for each other.
I'll be ok. I'm outgoing. I will survive. Maybe I'll love it there.....
Or maybe I'll be curled up in a fetal position every night rocking back and forth while crying for my mommy. I'll be sure to let you know how it plays out. In the meantime, say a prayer for my sanity. I've lost it and can't seem to find it.
P.S. I've had to resort to counting sheep {LAME} at night so my brain shuts down but they jump too fast for me to count them. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN??
I hope that you still love me and will still link up to our link party. I also hope you all had a Merry Christmas or a Happy Hanukah or an Awesome Kwanzaa! =)

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By BRAD KELLAR
Herald-Banner Staff
A Quinlan man has lost the appeals of the back-to-back life sentences he received after being convicted last year of two counts of sexually molesting a child.
The Sixth Court of Appeals in Texarkana issued its opinion Tuesday in the case of Michael Charles Hill.
If Hill survives, he will likely be more than 100 years old before he is ever released from prison.
Hill, 41, was convicted in April 2012 of one count each of sexual assault of a child and indecency with a child by sexual contact. The jury in the case assessed the maximum sentence of life in prison on both counts.
Following a punishment hearing in the 196th District Court, Judge Steve Tittle agreed to stack Hill's sentences.
Hunt County First Assistant District Attorney Keli M. Aiken filed a motion with the court seeking cumulative sentences in the case, meaning Hill would have to serve the sentences consecutively, rather than concurrently.
The maximum sentences for both charges would typically be 20 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice-Institutional Division. However, the prospective punishments Hill was facing were enhanced to five to 99 years to life in prison on each count, due to his previous criminal record.
On appeal, Hill argued the judgment was not supported by legally sufficient evidence and that the State failed to give written notice of its intent to "seek an enhanced penalty because of a prior felony conviction."
But Chief Justice Josh R. Morriss III said Tuesday that both elements were met by the prosecution.
"We affirm the trial court's judgment because we find that it was supported by legally sufficient evidence and that the State provided notice with respect to the enhancement allegations," Morriss said.
Prosecutors introduced evidence during the trial that Hill had been convicted of aggravated sexual assault of a child and felony theft in Dallas County in 2000.
A life prison sentence meant Hill would spend a minimum of 30 years in prison before he would be eligible to be considered for parole. Consecutive life sentences raised the minimum to 60 years in prison.
The two indictments were returned by the Hunt County grand jury in March 2010. They allege that Hill sexually molested a female victim of less than 14 years of age on or about Aug. 22, 2007 and again on Aug. 22, 2008.


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Wildcats Fall to Ranked Penn State Teams
Villanova places well in relays
Villanova Men Drop in BIG EAST Matches
Team tallies top finishes in relays
Wildcat Men Earn Six First Place Finishes in Loss to La Salle
Villanova falls to La Salle in season opener
Wildcat Men Hold On for Third Place Finish at Frank Elm Invite
Villanova snags third place overall at invitational meet.
Four First Place Finishes Highlight Season Opener Against La Salle
Wildcats come up short in 176-110 loss to the Explorers.
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2012-13: Competed in three events at the BIG EAST Championship, including 200 butterfly, 200 freestyle and 500 freestyle ... Placed second in the 100 butterfly against La Salle.
St. Joseph's: Earned four varsity letters in swimming and two in water polo ... Captain of swim team ... Two year All-Catholic ... First Honors ... National Honor Society.
Personal: Born 01/11/1994 in Philadelphia, Pa. ... Youngest of four to Jack and Marilou Smith ... Three brothers, Sean (24), Chris (22) and Harry (20) ... Brother Sean played club lacrosse at Villanova ... Brother Chris swam for Ursinus ... Majoring in biochemistry ... Swam against fellow freshman Ryan Murtha in high school ... Chose Villanova for the swim team and the excellent academics.


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Jon Matonis, Contributor
I cover payments, cryptography, and digital currencies.
There's a lot of talk about dongles recently. Square has always relied on a dongle and now PayPal is sporting a fancy triangle-shaped dongle, nicknamed the 'Blue Dorito'. Both of these dongles equip your mobile phone to accept and process credit cards securely by inserting the device into the smartphone's 3.5mm audio input jack. Apparently, this passes for financial innovation in mobile payments but I file it under the 'not-disruptive-enough' category. Truly-disruptive financial innovation is already here with decentralized bitcoin. And, bitcoin doesn't need a dongle!
Bitcoin bypasses the need for an external dongle because it bypasses the existing railroad tracks of the entrenched legacy players like VISA and Mastercard. Just as the newly-funded VC favorites of Boku, Jumio, and CardSpring layer on top of the legacy network, Square and PayPal repeat the strategy of keeping the banks and credit card processors in the transaction loop, and the lion's share of the revenue loop as well. This might be a good short-term bridge but the real action is taking place with solutions that route around the legacy networks by replacing the unit of account, or numéraire. The easiest way to circumvent the high-fee transaction networks is to utilize a different currency unit since it does not come with the same handicaps and legacy restrictions of a political currency unit. Erik Voorhees states that we need to advocate "the separation of money and state."
"The volume of all types of mobile payments will top $200 billion by 2015, up from $16 billion in 2010," according to research and advisory firm Aite Group. With massive new opportunity like this coming into the mobile payments arena, why not harness it into meaningful paradigm shifts rather than expand and enrich the existing processors and centralized networks?
The mobile payment landscape for lightweight bitcoin android apps includes Bitcoin Wallet, Bitcoin Android, and BitcoinSpinner, with Paytunia on the horizon. With the more difficult to obtain approval from Apple, the App Store offers BitPak as the first bitcoin wallet for the iPhone — that is if you're willing to wait for the entire block chain to download. Amazingly, these functioning wallets allow you to send and receive bitcoin from your smartphone today. For instance with Bitcoin Wallet, you can send bitcoin between phones just by scanning the QR code that is displayed, by invoking the application, or via NFC (Near Field Communication).
So, what is a typical bitcoin transaction flow without involving banks or credit card networks at the point of sale? As a merchant solution provider, U.S.-based Bit-Pay bills itself as the world leader in bitcoin payment processing and they have produced a simple mobile checkout demonstration video. Merchants enjoy no risk of chargebacks, no costly PCI compliance, global acceptance from any country, and low .99% pricing compared to 2.75% and 2.7%, for Square and PayPal respectively. Of course, the .99% pricing applies only if merchant maintains the balance in bitcoin rather than instantly converting out to US Dollars. Bitcoin 24/7 is an alternative merchant services provider based in Ireland.
A bitcoin processor can be beneficial for a number of reasons including overall risk mitigation and managing the process for adequate block chain confirmations. Some third-party innovators are even making advancements in "green address" techniques that enable secure, zero-confirmation transactions. However, without a third-party processor, which is entirely possible because no special hardware is required other than a smartphone or merchant deposit card, transaction fees can be at or near zero.
Mobile wallet security in general is constantly improving and it is already more secure than a physical wallet due to the nature of passwords and remote back-ups. Bitcoin certainly has a slot in the digital mobile wallet of the future. Frictionless mobile phone remittances to a worker's home country, such as Africa, may just be the killer app for bitcoin. I'm sorry but fancier buggy whips and dongles are not disruptive.
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Jon didn't mention that the security system behind Bitcoin represents ten times the computing power of the world's largest super computer. Bitcoin might be in its infancy in terms of adoption, but it's already capable of delivering the promise of secure cash-like electronic payments at very low cost. If even one major merchant gets behind Bitcoin, we are going to see massive adoption in a short period.
Who's it gonna be? Any guesses? My money is on Amazon – no other company has the guts for such a bold move against the traditional payment systems.
Ken – Couldn't agree more. If I had to guess Amazon would be a likely contender but any merchant even Walmart adding some sort of way to pay in bitcoin is a "game changer". Good comment!
And, just for a laugh, some analyses of "PayPal: The New Way To Pay In-Store", PayPal Digital Wallet, PayPal Debit MasterCard, PayPal Here, PayPal Local and Watch With eBay …
eBay / PayPal / Donahoe: Dead Men Walking
An important side-effect of not using a dongle is the leveling of the playing field between consumer and merchant. Practically speaking, becoming a merchant requires only a change in state of mind; no special contract or bureaucratic process is necessary. This can lengthen the oft-mentioned long tail in which so much of today's economic activity takes place.
The entrenched legacy players are using their influence to keep Bitcoin a niche player.
A payment intermediary called Paxum dropped support to any of its customers that use Bitcoin customers. This is a payment processor that was following AML regulations and performing KYC, yet the legacy players told Paxum that involvement with anything Bitcoin had to go.
– http://bit.ly/GP8hOH
Apple won't approve a mobile wallet app, claiming it "is not legal". This decision wouldn't have anything to do with Apple readying its own payments technology now, would it/?
– http://bit.ly/GGEaYf
Not only does Bitcoin not need a dongle it is just data, which means that it is versatile enough to be usable under the old ways as well — as a physical coin (see Casascius.com) or as a paper-based payment like a check (see BitAddresss.org). It can also be usable in new ways as you describe, using NFC for example with even more advanced uses getting experimented with in the labs.
The real magic happening though is how Bitcoin is advancing in these ways without a Jack Dorsey (CEO of Square) driving a strategy. Without a Bitcoin Incorporate backing it. Without some consortium like Isis.
It is advancing thanks to the efforts of individual open source developers, solo entrepreneurs, hobbyists, a few small startups here and there, and such — including proponents such as the author of this fine article.
The music industry had know idea the impact that P2P technology would bring. Bitcoin is the beginning of an even greater shift to an even larger industry. Keep watching, things are going to get interesting!
Well said! That bitcoin can persevere in the face of gargantuan corporate/government opposition is a shining testimony of imminent revolution.
You're on a roll, Matt. Great article! I'm really surprised there are so few in tech media who are aware of/pointing out the inherent advantages of the bitcoin protocol and their far-reaching implications.
It would be interesting if bitcoin was used as a front end for a physical asset such as SPDR Gold Shares (NYSEArca:GLD), which is a trust fund holding $60 billion of gold bars. The bitcoin transaction acts as an intermediary to shift ownership of the gold shares, which is tagged to an account number like the bitcoin address. In that case the actual price of bitcoin in dollars is irrelevant, and can even be buried in the app. To the end user they appear to be trading the asset for their cup of coffee or whatever they are buying.
You can substitute any physical asset for gold shares, and let the customer decide what asset or mix of assets they want to hold the backing of their account in, and still use the same bitcoin front end as the transaction intermediary.
This gets around the argument that bitcoins are "backed by nothing" in and of themselves, and makes them a secure transaction system backed by user chosen assets. Heck, someone like Amazon could back their coins with their warehouse inventory, a very fluid but substantial physical asset.
I'm not sure I'm following. If trust is required that there is an actual asset reserved then there are electronic transaction systems that are much simpler than Bitcoin that would allow that.
_____Will VISA, Banks, Etc. Turn to Violence?_____
History is strewn with accounts of businesses, threatened with better competition, turning to using violence-by-proxy — government — to do the dirty work to squash threats to its status quo.
Will they pressure government to make Bitcoin illegal to further their existence? Or, in an ethical flash of enlightenment, realize that initiating force by influencing the legal criminal enterprise that is government, is a flagrant violation of fundamental human rights?


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A sour note for the raw-milk fans out there: Unpasteurized milk is 150 times more likely to cause a disease outbreak than pasteurized milk, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Before it ever shows up in a carton, most milk is pasteurized -- heated to kill any harmful bacteria it contains. But there's a small but thriving market for unpasteurized "raw" milk. Some say they drink it because it has a richer, creamier taste, according to a 2009 article -- but more often the reason given is because, in this organic-conscious age, it's seen as more healthful.


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UFC 125 "Resolution" — January 1st, 2011 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Anchoring the card is a lightweight title fight between Frankie "The Answer" Edgar and Gray Maynard. Frankie holds the title, but Maynard holds a unanimous decision victory in there first fight at UFC Fight Night 13 "Florian vs Lauzon".
Tonight's schedule,
Undercard: 8pm EST
IonTV Broadcast Undercard: 9pm EST
PPV: 10pm EST
Main Card
- Frankie Edgar vs. Gray Maynard
Result: Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard fight to a DRAW. (48-46, 46-48, 47-47)
- Chris Leben vs. Brian Stann
Result: Brian Stann defeats Chris Leben via TKO (strikes) at 3:37 of R1.
- Thiago Silva vs. Brandon Vera
Result: Thiago Silva defeats Brandon Vera via unanimous decision. (30-26, 30-27, 30-27)
- Nate Diaz vs. Dong Hyun Kim
Result: Dong Hyun Kim defeats Nate Diaz via unanimous decision. (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Takanori Gomi vs. Clay Guida
Result: Clay Guida defeats Takanori Gomi via submission (guillotine) at 4:27 of R2.
IonTV Undercard
- Marcus Davis vs. Jeremy Stephens
Result: Jeremy Stephens defeats Marcus Davis via KO (punch) at 2:33 of R3.
- Justin Poirier vs. Josh Grispi
Result: Dustin Poirier defeats Josh Grispi via unanimous decision. (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Phil Baroni vs. Brad Tavares
Result: Brad Tavares defeats Phil Baroni via KO (strikes) at 4:20 of R1.
- Mike Brown vs. Diego Nunes
Result: Diego Nunes defeats Mike Brown via split decision. (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
- Daniel Roberts vs. Greg Soto
Result: Daniel Roberts defeats Greg Soto via submission (kimura) at 3:45 of R1.
- Antonio McKee vs. Jacob Volkmann
Result: Jacob Volkmann defeats Antonio McKee via split decision. (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)
Event Notes
- Brian Stann calls out Wanderlei Silva at the UFC post-fight press conference.
- Frankie Edgar will face WEC champion Anthony Pettis for the UFC lightweight belt.
- Clay Guida earned a 60k bonus for "Submission of the Night"
- Edgar/Maynard both earn a 60k bonus for "Fight of the Night"
- Jeremy Stephens earned a 60k bonus for "KO of the Night"
- UFC President Dana White announces Chuck Liddell's retirement at the UFC 125 press conference.
- UFC 125 Videos Here


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Suffering does that - it hurts, but it also creates.
How many of the most significant moments in your life came not because it all went right, but because it all fell apart?
The Drops Like Stars tour is a exploration of the endlessly complex relationship between suffering and creativity. Approx. 127 minutes.


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SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) -- The Sevier County Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Committee has announced plans for the community choir to rehearse for the celebration.
Music and practice for the event will be provided by Nathan Rhea, Sevier County High School Choir Director.
Practice sessions have been scheduled at the Sevier County High School on Thursday January 10 & 17th at 7:00 PM.
Any interested in participating in the Sevier County Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Day on Monday, January 21, 2013 is invited to participate.
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Agility, Innovation Lead University of Phoenix's Response to America's Changing Needs
Published in The Chronicle of Higher Education
These are the most uncertain times, socially and economically, that the country has seen in more than half a century. Change is occurring in nearly every sector of industry, with thousands of workers displaced and thousands more questioning the stability of their career paths. For higher education, it is a time when the unemployed and underemployed are reaching out for knowledge to pull them from their plight and open the way to new opportunities.
Today's needs require meaningful responses from institutions that are both flexible and innovative. Over the past three decades, the University of Phoenix has worked to build such an institution, with the agility to directly address the shifting economic and academic challenges that working adults face.
Explains university president Bill Pepicello, "Education is counter-cyclical, because when the economy is bad, people need to come back to school to retool, to become more competitive." However, the economic downturn has raised new obstacles for institutions trying to provide access for the people who need it most. State funding is plummeting. Services are being cut and faculty furloughed. Classes supporting working adults are being eliminated, all at a time when their needs for new skills are greater than ever.
Filling holes in the educational landscape has been at the heart of the mission of University of Phoenix since John Sperling, a Cambridge- trained economist and socially-aware educator, founded it in 1975. Sperling had become disquieted by accounts of police officers and firefighters who, retiring after risking their lives for twenty years, would be relegated to lower-paying jobs because they lacked higher education. He devised a program that gave frontline workers an off-duty chance at a life-changing degree. Buoyed by success and accreditation in 1978, the university soon expanded to serve adults traveling along a variety of career paths. "There was a huge unmet need for people to keep their jobs and go to school," says university provost Adam Honea—a need for evening classes, flexible scheduling, and continuous enrollment, all in an environment befitting working adults.
Enlarging the Opportunities for Higher Education
The university's growth over the last thirty years has been fueled by constant innovation, an ongoing effort to improve the learning experience, ranging from one of the earliest efforts at online student-faculty interaction via a Wide Area Network in the 1980s, through leading-edge learning that tapped the potential of the World Wide Web in the 1990s, to the university's pioneering work in the digitization of all course materials and resource materials in the early 2000s.
Through research and evaluation, a unique learning model emerged, one based on the high standards of a progressive education and even higher expectations of student engagement. Today, that model encompasses more than 380,000 learners online and on campus, who are pursuing more than 100 degree programs over the Internet and at more than 100 campuses and learning centers.
Pepicello notes that, despite the large number of students, classes remain small and conducive to learning, with ten or so in an online class, fifteen to twenty on campus. Whether in nursing, education, IT or business management, coursework emphasizes not only the acquisition of knowledge but its application, either through working in the course's prescribed learning teams or out in the real world. Continuous communication between faculty and students, and among the members of the small study and discussion groups, heighten the experience on both an intellectual and interpersonal level. The goal, explains Honea, is to help students not only academically, but to develop those values and attitudes—responsibility, dedication to the team, decision-making in a group setting—that are so important to success in the working world. "One of the best ways to learn," says Honea, "is by giving the cognitive side of the person information, while appealing to the affective side by a social connection."
Communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and commitment to learning became the underpinnings of the university experience. "Those are the qualities that move people," Honea says. "Like it or not, the number one thing that advances people is whether they can work with others." Still, some students return to school ill- prepared in even the most basic life skills. As Pepicello explains, many students, often the first in their families to attend a university, have seen their parents succeed without college, but suddenly in their mid-twenties and facing a roiling economy, they realize how critical a higher degree is to building a stable career. But a desire to learn does not by itself assure success. Students needed education not only in academic subjects but also in survival skills, so the university created a curriculum that guided students in reorienting their lives. "When students come in, we talk to them about putting together a life plan," says Pepicello, "not just covering school but everything from finances to fitness, educating the whole person as opposed to focusing solely on classroom skills."
Leading the learning is a faculty drawn from both business and academe, nearly 1,500 core faculty and more than 20,000 associate faculty, with an average of sixteen years of experience in their field. All are appropriately degreed, yet, regardless of their academic background, they go through a rigorous process of interviewing, training, mentoring, and monitoring before being certified. "On the student side you get a practitioner who brings relevance as well as academic credentials," says Honea. "You'll find accounting classes taught by the CPAs of companies, not teaching assistants. For our students it's the ideal person, because they too are often walking through the door with some experience."
Monitoring Relevancy, Measuring Results
The university's unwavering focus on giving working adults the opportunity to learn has contributed greatly to its achievements as an institution. "We're not trying to be all things to all people," says Pepicello. "The social agenda is still to help rebuild the middle class of America by enlarging those opportunities that make it accessible." And the pursuit of that agenda meshes seamlessly with the university's business model as a for-profit organization. In particular, self-sustaining budgets and a centrally managed structure create powerful means of driving change and ensuring quality throughout the enterprise. "We have the ability to reinvest resources very quickly," notes Pepicello. "If in the IT curriculum we see a need to integrate new hardware or software, we can do it rapidly and with the same results at every location." The University believes that these efficiencies enable its profits and, as a large organization, they work hard to stay efficient.
The university's collaborative entrepreneurial culture embraces the better idea wherever and however it emerges, from the top down or the bottom up. Executives, administrators, college deans, faculty, content experts and instructional designers work in concert, and are capable of developing and implementing an entire program within six months—all with the assurance that, "whether online or on campus, the course is the same, has the same objectives and the same outcomes," says Pepicello.
Rather than focusing purely on the theoretical, the university blends theory and practice to respond to the real needs of real people. The question asked in evaluating every possible change is simple: Is it in the best interest of the students? "We bear in mind that every academic decision we make is also a business decision, and every business decision we make is also an academic decision," says Pepicello. "So we don't have the luxury of putting together a program that no one will take, that won't serve anybody, like building a car no one would buy."
The university vigilantly monitors its hundreds of courses to make certain that each continues to deliver the right information and helps fulfill the promise of personal advancement. Those measurements and assessments drive the constant tuning of classes, curricula, and faculty. "It's a balance of relevancy and results," notes Brian Lindquist, dean of the university's College of Graduate Business and Management, "that's critically important to students caught in the currents of change. The university is constantly reexamining what we should be doing to prepare people," says Lindquist, "making sure that we're giving them the right set of skills for what's on the other side of this economic transformation we're going through."
No one knows what the future holds, but the university envisions that its dual emphasis on pertinent knowledge and real-life skills will equip students to contend with whatever tomorrow presents. "We're uniquely positioned to be agile enough to continuously rethink what we're providing our students, their skills, their ability to learn, so they'll be ready to make the right move," says Lindquist. "It's been a university commitment for thirty years, a dedication to delivering an education that leads students to better prospects whether in times of prosperity or paucity." And through it all, Lindquist says, "we prepare our students by looking for the opportunities, not lamenting the losses."


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Colin Cook, installer for Nancy Rubins, put the finishing touches on a piece of art on the front lawn of the Albright-Knox Art gallery on Thursday, June 16, 2011. Photo by Harry Scull Jr. / The Buffalo News
Today on Modern Art Notes, Tyler Green has glowing things to say about Nancy Rubins' canoe sculpture on the west lawn of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery. Here's an excerpt:
...Instead of self-consciously providing Buffalo a point of greatness around which to rally, the A-K has struggled to define itself in recent years. (Everyone in Buffalo seems to know that it is a home to great American architecture, but in my experience residents seem much less aware that the Albright is anything special.) Several years ago the A-K sold off its best non-modern/contemporary art in an effort to devote its limited resources to what it has done best for the last few decades, modern and contemporary art, but handled the situation poorly. Last year it hosted the worst and most problematic exhibition any significant American art museum has shown in at least a decade.
Fortunately, through the administrative bungling the museum's curators have continued to buy and exhibit significant art. Few American art museums are as dedicated to exhibiting their collections as is the Albright. While this focus is an obvious necessity for a cash-strapped museum, the A-K has done it particularly well. Witness its recent installation (and promotion) of a particularly fantastic late Sol LeWitt wall drawing or its strong, ongoing installation of video art from its collection.
Here's hoping 'The Canoes' is an indication that the Albright-Knox is getting back to what great art museums should do: Acquiring and exhibiting great art — and using it to make lasting connections with the museum's hometown audience.
Green, an astute observer of the museum over the years, is correct that the Albright-Knox has struggled recently. The mammoth deaccession was, as he writes, above-board but poorly handled from a public relations perspective and its Sabres exhibition was indeed shameful.
But what's less obvious to outsiders is that the Albright, under the leadership of Louis Grachos, has served as an integral force for the cohesion and coming-of-age of Western New York's visual art scene. And it's tough to over-trumpet the significance of that trend, which goes straight to the heart of the museum's interaction with the community.
The regional collaboration fostered by Grachos and the museum has resulted in such significant projects as Beyond/In Western New York and promises to play into the recently formed regionwide arts agency whose purpose is to finally give the artistic output of Buffalo-Niagara the promotion and resources it deserves. Its hosting of events like the Music is Art Festival and Rockin' at the Knox, among many other projects, have integrated the museum into the community far more meaningfully than any previous administration has deigned to attempt.
No doubt, the gallery made a serious mistake in mounting that Sabres show, and we should be ever-mindful of the dangerous potential of blurring the line between a non-for-profit educational space (i.e. a museum) and a commercial advertising space (i.e. a mall).
But I'd also argue that the museum has been one of the single most important catalysts for the blossoming of a new era of collaboration and public appreciation for the visual arts across the region. The PR regime at the museum has changed since its deaccession days, and I'd argue for the better. At the preference of its director, the gallery's work in this regard has occurred largely behind the scenes.
The Albright, like a lot of museums, still has a lot of entrenched "temple-on-the-hill" history to overcome. It's made great strides in recent years (of which the Nancy Rubins sculpture is but one of hundreds) in bringing down those artificial barriers between art and audience, but the work has been slow. Green is hopeful that the museum is finally striving to connect the local audience with engaging art. I'd argue that -- despite its not-insignificant errors -- it's been making serious progress toward that goal for years.
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— All that wonderful space is now in our garage, barn, and basement, which all look so much bigger and better than before. The result follows on our part in mammoth Fly Creek Yard Sale, a tradition that's become a valued part of the hamlet's life — not to mention a prod for procrastinations finally to hoe out rooms, corners, and closets, and make some loot, to boot.
And did we hoe! Anne and I, plus more than a little help from good friends Doug Zullo and Rich McCaffery, hauled up from the cellar's darkness all the yard-sale stuff that didn't sell last year (and mostly did, this time!), plus clinking boxes of wine bottles from our cidermaking days, plus a bunch of furniture that we two thought we might use again someday, but never did. From barn and garage came a parade of duplicate tools for garden and repairs, dating from Anne and my combing households fifteen years ago and then getting too busy to cull things out. And lots of guy-toys also came to light, farm and shop implements that I've used across my own twenty years here, and all the way back to when my dear Gwen and I bought Stone Mill Acres in 1977.
But now I'm too shaky to handle the bigger guy-toys safely, and it's better for all that they go.
And did they go, as crowds closed in on Fly Creek from all the compass' points. As I chatted up customers, I ran an informal survey. My gosh, they were here from Milford and Oneonta and Morris and Laurens; from Otego, Unadilla, and Sidney! From the north, they'd poured down from Schuyler Lake, Richfield Springs, Mohawk, Herkimer, and even Remsen. And a clutch of Uticans was in the crowd, too.
"We've driven down every year," one of them said. "It's a pretty ride, we have a great pancake breakfast, and then we scavenge all over the place!"
In our own build-up to the big sale, Anne and I have had great help with an even broader pattern of thinning down the contents of our house, garage, and barn. Donna Sheffield Greene, who lives up in Pierstown with her husband Doug, quietly advertises her services locally as "The House Whisperer." The name is really apt. Donna will come to your home, survey the contents with you, and then help you plan a careful culling of the contents. But she is not a bustling taskmaster. As "whisperer" suggests, hers is a very gentle approach, one aimed at opening her clients' eyes to an objective view of what surrounds them and what they really want to retain of it.
Her very best advice (especially to me) was this: As you survey your possessions with an eye to reducing them, don't start at the top. That is, don't snatch up this memento or clap your hand on the back of a chair as say, "I can't do without this!"
No, says Donna quietly. Start at the bottom end of the accumulation, since probably fifty percent of it surrounds you because of inertia. You just haven't faced up to removing it. Well, she's right! In weeks before the yard sale, Anne and I worked at our own offices and files. And, without exaggeration, I've driven a literal quarter-ton of duplicate files, outdated manuals, and yellowed correspondence to MOSA. It got to the point that Dumpmeister Lee Winnie, never one to waste words, would simply smile and say,
"Yep," I'd say. "And more to come!"
By last week's sale, we'd cleared away all that detritus, ranked what was left, and could spot the stuff that we didn't use or need, but might have value to others. One such item was a potato cannon, or "spud gun."
Wolfgang Merk, a man of endless skills, had crafted it to match one he already had made for himself. He'd taken a four-foot length of four-inch plastic pipe, screwed it into a standard PVC clean-out box, and screwed a sparkproducing igniter into the box as well.
Loading and firing is simple. You ramrod a spud down the long tube, then unscrew and remove the clean-out box cover.
You squirt a small puff of hair spray or ether into the box, quickly replace the lid, put the cannon upward, and click the igniter. There's an immediate, gratifying THWOOP! and the potato soars upward, perhaps two hundred feet — unless you've sprayed in too much vapor. Then nothing happens. Or unless you've added not enough. In that case the gun emits a gassy sigh and the potato rises perhaps a foot and then flops to the ground. For some reason, women invited to watch the firing find this failure hilarious and laugh themselves to tears. I'm left crestfallen, hoping I don't get what they're laughing about. At one point, Wolf Merk, John Phillips, and I all had potato cannons and gave thought to forming a precision drill unit for the Springfield Parade. But by temperament, each of us marches to his own drummer; we could never have kept in step, much less fired a synchronized volley. And so we all used the spud gun only occasionally to entertain visiting kids.
They love it, of course. With Rich McCaffery, Donna and Doug Greene spent the whole of yard sale day with us. Donna and Doug had even brought some furniture and clothes from their home to expand the sale.
At the sale's end, and with Wolf's blessing, I gave Doug the spud gun as a token of gratitude. Those two have a deck off the home, with a view across the wide valley. A large pond accents the view about a hundred feet out from the deck. I can imagine that gratifying THWOOP! echoing softly across the valley and the potato arcing up, up, and then swinging down gracefully to plop into the pond. Their grandkids are going to love it!


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They say 33-year-old Fernando Munoz (MOON'-yohz) was arrested Saturday at his suburban Dallas home on a charge of burglary with intent to commit a sex offense. He's facing multiple charges in unrelated cases.
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I think Gil would be a solid #2 at FW and possibly champ at LW. The only problem is that where ever Aldo is he will be #1.
The cut would be good for him. There are some pretty gigantic lightweights in the UFC. He'd have a hard time with guys like Henderson, or Maynard.
as much as i hate cesar gracie, the guy has a point...minus jake sheilds
Is Cesar Gracie the best fight team in America? - Mixed Martial Arts News
John Crouch, head trainer to Benson Henderson, offered the highest praise for Team Cesar Gracie, in an interview with BJPenn.com.
"I have complete confidence in Benson," said Crouch. "We've never gone into a fight where I thought we were going to lose. I totally believe Ben can finish the fight. With that being said, Nate Diaz and Cesar Gracie probably believe the same thing.
"Nate deserves this shot, that camp is severely underrated. Because they talk a little bit doesn't hide the fact that they may be the best camp in the country if not the world. Their guys are tough, they always scrap and they are good everywhere. They have heart and I think my favorite part about them is their sense of team and their sense of community within their school.
"I am a huge fan of Cesar Gracie. With that being said we're going to win on December 8th."
So what do you think? Is Cesar Gracie the best team in the USA? Or the world? If not, who is better?
If by chance Daiz is being trueful as he should know who is better Gilbert or Nate.
I have also thought he looked kinda pudgy at 155. I wouldnt mind seeing him fight at 145. IMO he hasnt looked very good in his last 2 fights
Yes! We need new blood in the Featherweight Division!
This is interesting.
I've always thought Gil had a little bit of pudge on him that would possibly support a drop down, but it kinda feels as though this is just hype talk from the camp to support the idea that Nate will be the next LW champion. I'd be surprised if they maintain this talk if Bendo wins on Saturday night and think they'd revisit the thought of dropping if Gil drops a fight at LW.
To be honest, I'm much more interested to see Alvarez jump to the UFC. Despite his chin question marks, I think he's a superior fighter to Gil and is far more exciting....
I've never really been too impressed with Melendez. He's an ok fighter but he definitely wasn't facing the caliber of fighters his counter parts in the ufc were and I think that'll show once he moves over.
Gilbert Melendez camp considering move to featherweight, negotiating with UFC
The outcome of Saturday's title fight between champ Benson Henderson and Nate Diaz will not only impact the UFC's lightweight division, but possibly its future featherweight class.
Diaz today revealed that Strikeforce lightweight champ Gilbert Melendez (21-2 MMA, 11-1 SF) is considering a run at featherweight if the title changes hands on Saturday night at UFC on FOX 5, which takes place at KeyArena in Seattle.
Melendez trainer Cesar Gracie also told MMAjunkie.com (MMAjunkie.com) that the fighter is negotiating with the UFC on a possible new contract.
Diaz vs. Henderson serves on the event's FOX-televised main card, which follows prelims on FX and Facebook.
Gracie said Melendez, who currently is unable to fight due to a severe shoulder separation suffered in training for a scheduled Sept. 29 fight with Pat Healy, still has fights remaining on his Strikeforce contract, which was inked prior to the promotion's acquisition by UFC parent company Zuffa.
The trainer said negotiations are in the preliminary stages and stressed that nothing was finalized. He added that Melendez would likely stay at lightweight if Diaz is unsuccessful in his challenge of Henderson.
Diaz, meanwhile, said he could fight at lightweight or welterweight should Melendez migrate to the UFC.
"S--t don't go too well for this fight, and Gilbert Melendez is going to be champion for sure," Diaz said. "No doubt in my mind."
Gracie said Melendez is still recovering from the injury and was unsure on a timetable for the fighter's return. He most recently fought in May, when he defeated ex-champ Josh Thomson in a rubber match. He currently enjoys a seven-fight win streak.
Melendez repeatedly lobbied to cross over to the UFC when Strikeforce was acquired by Zuffa, but an agreement between Zuffa and Strikeforce broadcast partner Showtime nixed such a possibility. He was expected to fight on a Jan. 12 event, which is expected to be the final Strikeforce show, but had to again pull out due to his injury.
Get smashed by Aldo or Frankie or get smashed by Bendo...the choice is yours Mr.Melendez
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Thomas' CalculusGlobal Edition
12th Edition
George Thomas, Maurice Weir, Joel Hass, Frank GiordanoJan 2010, Paperback, 1236 pages
This text is designed for a three-semester or four-quarter calculus course (math, engineering, and science majors).
Calculus hasnt changed, but your students have. Todays students have been raised on immediacy and the desire for relevance, and they come to calculus with varied mathematical backgrounds. Thomas Calculus, Twelfth Edition, helps your students successfully generalize and apply the key ideas of calculus through clear and precise explanations, clean design, thoughtfully chosen examples, and superior exercise sets. Thomas offers the right mix of basic, conceptual, and challenging exercises, along with meaningful applications. This significant revision features more examples, more mid-level exercises, more figures, and improved conceptual flow.
This is the complete text, which contains Chapters 1-16. Separate versions are available, covering just Single Variable topics (contains Chapters 1-11 and Multivariable topics (contains Chapters 11-16). MyMathLab access is not included with this ISBN.
1. Functions
1.1 Functions and Their Graphs
1.2 Combining Functions; Shifting and Scaling Graphs
1.3 Trigonometric Functions
1.4 Graphing with Calculators and Computers
2. Limits and Continuity
2.1 Rates of Change and Tangents to Curves
2.2 Limit of a Function and Limit Laws
2.3 The Precise Definition of a Limit
2.4 One-Sided Limits
2.5 Continuity
2.6 Limits Involving Infinity; Asymptotes of Graphs
3. Differentiation
3.1 Tangents and the Derivative at a Point
3.2 The Derivative as a Function
3.3 Differentiation Rules
3.4 The Derivative as a Rate of Change
3.5 Derivatives of Trigonometric Functions
3.6 The Chain Rule
3.7 Implicit Differentiation
3.8 Related Rates
3.9 Linearization and Differentials
4. Applications of Derivatives
4.1 Extreme Values of Functions
4.2 The Mean Value Theorem
4.3 Monotonic Functions and the First Derivative Test
4.4 Concavity and Curve Sketching
4.5 Applied Optimization
4.6 Newton's Method
4.7 Antiderivatives
5. Integration
5.1 Area and Estimating with Finite Sums
5.2 Sigma Notation and Limits of Finite Sums
5.3 The Definite Integral
5.4 The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
5.5 Indefinite Integrals and the Substitution Method
5.6 Substitution and Area Between Curves
6. Applications of Definite Integrals
6.1 Volumes Using Cross-Sections
6.2 Volumes Using Cylindrical Shells
6.3 Arc Length
6.4 Areas of Surfaces of Revolution
6.5 Work and Fluid Forces
6.6 Moments and Centers of Mass
7. Transcendental Functions
7.1 Inverse Functions and Their Derivatives
7.2 Natural Logarithms
7.3 Exponential Functions
7.4 Exponential Change and Separable Differential Equations
7.5 Indeterminate Forms and L'Hôpital's Rule
7.6 Inverse Trigonometric Functions
7.7 Hyperbolic Functions
7.8 Relative Rates of Growth
8. Techniques of Integration
8.1 Integration by Parts
8.2 Trigonometric Integrals
8.3 Trigonometric Substitutions
8.4 Integration of Rational Functions by Partial Fractions
8.5 Integral Tables and Computer Algebra Systems
8.6 Numerical Integration
8.7 Improper Integrals
9. First-Order Differential Equations
9.1 Solutions, Slope Fields, and Euler's Method
9.2 First-Order Linear Equations
9.3 Applications
9.4 Graphical Solutions of Autonomous Equations
9.5 Systems of Equations and Phase Planes
10. Infinite Sequences and Series
10.1 Sequences
10.2 Infinite Series
10.3 The Integral Test
10.4 Comparison Tests
10.5 The Ratio and Root Tests
10.6 Alternating Series, Absolute and Conditional Convergence
10.7 Power Series
10.8 Taylor and Maclaurin Series
10.9 Convergence of Taylor Series
10.10 The Binomial Series and Applications of Taylor Series
11. Parametric Equations and Polar Coordinates
11.1 Parametrizations of Plane Curves
11.2 Calculus with Parametric Curves
11.3 Polar Coordinates
11.4 Graphing in Polar Coordinates
11.5 Areas and Lengths in Polar Coordinates
11.6 Conic Sections
11.7 Conics in Polar Coordinates
12. Vectors and the Geometry of Space
12.1 Three-Dimensional Coordinate Systems
12.2 Vectors
12.3 The Dot Product
12.4 The Cross Product
12.5 Lines and Planes in Space
12.6 Cylinders and Quadric Surfaces
13. Vector-Valued Functions and Motion in Space
13.1 Curves in Space and Their Tangents
13.2 Integrals of Vector Functions; Projectile Motion
13.3 Arc Length in Space
13.4 Curvature and Normal Vectors of a Curve
13.5 Tangential and Normal Components of Acceleration
13.6 Velocity and Acceleration in Polar Coordinates
14. Partial Derivatives
14.1 Functions of Several Variables
14.2 Limits and Continuity in Higher Dimensions
14.3 Partial Derivatives
14.4 The Chain Rule
14.5 Directional Derivatives and Gradient Vectors
14.6 Tangent Planes and Differentials
14.7 Extreme Values and Saddle Points
14.8 Lagrange Multipliers
14.9 Taylor's Formula for Two Variables
14.10 Partial Derivatives with Constrained Variables
15. Multiple Integrals
15.1 Double and Iterated Integrals over Rectangles
15.2 Double Integrals over General Regions
15.3 Area by Double Integration
15.4 Double Integrals in Polar Form
15.5 Triple Integrals in Rectangular Coordinates
15.6 Moments and Centers of Mass
15.7 Triple Integrals in Cylindrical and Spherical Coordinates
15.8 Substitutions in Multiple Integrals
16. Integration in Vector Fields
16.1 Line Integrals
16.2 Vector Fields and Line Integrals: Work, Circulation, and Flux
16.3 Path Independence, Conservative Fields, and Potential Functions
16.4 Green's Theorem in the Plane
16.5 Surfaces and Area
16.6 Surface Integrals
16.7 Stokes' Theorem
16.8 The Divergence Theorem and a Unified Theory
17. Second-Order Differential Equations (online)
17.1 Second-Order Linear Equations
17.2 Nonhomogeneous Linear Equations
17.3 Applications
17.4 Euler Equations
17.5 Power Series Solutions
1. Real Numbers and the Real Line
2. Mathematical Induction
3. Lines, Circles, and Parabolas
4. Proofs of Limit Theorems
5. Commonly Occurring Limits
6. Theory of the Real Numbers
7. Complex Numbers
8. The Distributive Law for Vector Cross Products
9. The Mixed Derivative Theorem and the Increment Theorem
- Strong exercise sets feature a great breadth of problemsprogressing from skills problems to applied and theoretical problemsto encourage students to think about and practice the concepts until they achieve mastery.
- Figures are conceived and rendered to provide insight for students and support conceptual reasoning.
- The flexible table of contents divides complex topics into manageable sections, allowing instructors to tailor their course to meet the specific needs of their students. For example, the precise definition of the limit is contained in its own section and may be skipped.
- Complete and precise multivariable coverage enhances the connections of multivariable ideas with their single-variable analogues studied earlier in the book.
- A robust MyMathLab course contains 7,900 assignable exercises, a complete e-book, and built-in tutorials so students can get help whenever they need it.
- A complete suite of instructor and student supplements saves class preparation time for instructors and improves students learning.
Joel Hass received his PhD from the University of CaliforniaBerkeley. He is currently a professor of mathematics at the University of CaliforniaDavis. He has coauthored six widely used calculus texts as well as two calculus study guides. He is currently on the editorial board of Geometriae Dedicata and Media-Enhanced Mathematics. He has been a member of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University and of the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, and he was a Sloan Research Fellow. Hasss current areas of research include the geometry of proteins, three dimensional manifolds, applied math, and computational complexity. In his free time, Hass enjoys kayaking.
Maurice D. Weir holds a DA and MS from Carnegie-Mellon University and received his BS at Whitman College. He is a Professor Emeritus of the Department of Applied Mathematics at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. Weir enjoys teaching Mathematical Modeling and Differential Equations. His current areas of research include modeling and simulation as well as mathematics education. Weir has been awarded the Outstanding Civilian Service Medal, the Superior Civilian Service Award, and the Schieffelin Award for Excellence in Teaching. He has coauthored eight books, including the University Calculus series and the twelfth edition of Thomas Calculus.George B. Thomas, Jr. (late) of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was a professor of mathematics for thirty-eight years; he served as the executive officer of the department for ten years and as graduate registration officer for five years. Thomas held a spot on the board of governors of the Mathematical Association of America and on the executive committee of the mathematics division of the American Society for Engineering Education. His book, Calculus and Analytic Geometry, was first published in 1951 and has since gone through multiple revisions. The text is now in its twelfth edition and continues to guide students through their calculus courses. He also co-authored monographs on mathematics, including the text Probability and Statistics.
Great book
27 Feb 2013
By Koen Heene
Just what I needed to review my mathematics background for electronics design purposes.