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Carl Frampton has challenged Scott Quigg to an all-British bout after claiming the IBF world super-bantamweight title with a points victory over Kiko Martinez in Belfast.
The 27 year old outclassed Martinez and after flooring the Spainard in round five cruised to a unanimous points decision victory.
Martinez soaked up a mountain of punishment during the second half of the contest as Frampton showed his class and the Barry McGuigan promoted fighter has wasted little time targeting his next fight, against WBA champion Quigg.
"The only man I want to fight is Scott Quigg," said Frampton.
"I'll fight him in Manchester, I'll fight him anywhere. What Eddie Hearn (Quigg's promoter) needs to remember is I'm the one with the legitimate belt. I'm the one who brings the fans,"
"That was for my grandad - I love you," he added
"Martinez was so dangerous. He's a hard puncher. I haven't seen my face yet but it feels lumpy.
"I've never respected a fighter as much in my life. What a fighter and what a worthy world champion."
Like Frampton – who becomes Britain's latest world champion - Quigg is currently unbeaten in his professional career but has struggled to attract substantial crowds in his northwest homeland.
But for Frampton's homecoming fight in Northern Ireland, a 16,000 purpose built outdoor arena was built for the contest such was the demand for tickets, and McGuigan added: "Scott Quigg will draw 800 people in Bury. We had to build an arena to fit in all Carl Frampton's fans."


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PECOS, Jan. 13, 1997 - Pecos residents awoke today to see snow on the
ground for the second time in less than a week, after going three years
without any snow accumulation prior to last Tuesday.
Flurries continued to come down early this afternoon in town, as part of
a second cold wave which brought snow and ice to areas as far south as
the Rio Grande Valley.
Federal court jurors drove from as far away as Iraan and Alpine to Pecos
this morning, arriving in time for the 9 a.m. docket call, despite
14-degree temperatures, snow and icy highways.
Senior Judge Lucius Bunton and his court reporter, Jimmy Smith, drove in
from Odessa. When a tire on Judge Bunton's car went flat, he just kept
driving and had it towed in for service after arriving safely at the
courthouse named in his honor.
One attorney from Houston was unable to get a flight out, and another
from El Paso said he drove to Pecos Sunday.
Judge Bunton accepted one guilty plea in a criminal case and presided
for jury selection in two civil cases, while a warrant for one criminal
defendant who failed to appear at the start of court today was rescinded
when he arrived later.
Snowfall that began Sunday with light flurries continued throughout the
night, depositing a quarter-inch blanket on the ground before daylight.
Larger flakes fell during the morning, depositing another inch before
Ice underneath the snow made walking and driving hazardous, and police
were called to a few minor accidents within the city limits.
Both Pecos-Barstow-Toyah and Balmorhea schools held classes on regular
schedules this morning. Both districts canceled classes last Tuesday and
began school late on Wednesday due to snow and ice that covered the area
and caused a series of vehicle accidents.
No major accidents or ambulance calls to vehicle accidents had been
reported as of noon today.
The winter storm had Texas in its icy grip from the Red River to the Rio
Grande, with seven deaths blamed on the freezing weather.
In the Houston area, 180,000 utility customers were in the dark due to
power outages blamed on ice.
``That's about 10 percent of our customers and that's a huge number for
us,'' said Houston Lighting & Power Co. spokesman Graham Painter said.
``It's mostly wet tree limbs breaking and falling across power lines.
``We had three times the number of linemen out last night but as they
made progress making repairs, power in other areas were going off. We
get some on and others go.''
Five people were killed in traffic accidents on Sunday on icy roadways
across the southern half of the state, and one other person was killed
on Friday night in the Panhandle, police said. An unidentified homeless
man was found dead on Saturday in Fort Worth.
Nearly all major school districts were closed in the Houston area.
Traffic was light with roads slushy and some overpasses icy and
Arneida Davis at International House of Pancakes restaurant in Conroe,
just north of Houston, said customers aren't complaining too much about
the weather.
``We've had a lot of employees call and say they couldn't make it in,''
she added. `I just live across the street and walked over.''
Forecasters expected more freezing rain in the Houston area today but
said the icy conditions could be eased by a slight warm-up, said Andy
Stasiowski, meteorologist technician with the National Weather Service.
``We're worried about additional rainfall coating trees and wires,
causing problems'' by breaking already ice-covered limbs and power
lines, Stasiowski said.
Ice-covered trees and power lines resulted in some 20,000 electricity
customers in the dark in the Beaumont-Port Arthur area, Entergy
officials said.
Marty Melton said she lost electricity at her home when a tree limb
collapsed onto a power line Sunday morning.
``I have a 2-month-old and an 18-month-old, so I'm trying to keep them
warm,'' Melton said. ``But it hasn't been too inconvenient. We have a
gas stove.''
As of 7 a.m., most major highways in the state remained open, the state
Department of Transportation said.
However, conditions across much of South Texas were hazardous and
``driving is strongly discouraged,'' the DOT said in a telephone
In San Antonio, a stretch of Interstate 10 was closed due to icing
conditions. I-10 was open elsewhere across Texas, with a warning of ice
on bridges and overpasses.
The state's largest universities - Texas A&M in College Station and the
University of Texas at Austin - closed because of the weather.
School officials in many parts of southern and eastern Texas decided to
cancel today's classes.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, most schools were closed and
snow-and-ice-coated side streets delayed commuters, although most
highways had blown dry by morning. Police in the cities reported more
than 1,000 accidents since snow began falling Sunday morning.
American Airlines canceled more than 100 flights early Monday at
Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, said airport spokeswoman Angel
Biasatti, and de-icing has delayed departing flights an average of 20
minutes per plane. Roads and runways were in good condition, she said.
Lubbock schools delayed opening for two hours early Monday to allow
buses extra time to navigate streets and roads in the area that have had
some measure of snow cover for nearly a week.
Conditions across the state are not going to get better for the next
36-to-48 hours, forecasters say.
A winter storm warning was issued for a broad area of south central
Texas today because of freezing drizzle, sleet and light snow, and a
winter weather advisory for deep South Texas where temperatures below
freezing combined with light rain to produce dangerous driving
A winter storm warning also was in effect for East Texas, where freezing
rain and sleet accumulations of one-half inch are possible through the
day. Up to an inch of new snow and sleet was forecast for the rest of
North Texas.
A snow advisory is in effect for the Panhandle and parts of southwest
Texas, including the Permian Basin, and a high wind warning is in effect
for Guadalupe Pass in extreme West Texas.
Forecasters say the freezing precipitation will continue through Tuesday
PECOS, Jan. 13, 1997 - Starting salaries for correctional officers will
be higher at the Reeves County Detention Center, commissioners decided
today following a request by the prison's Chief Executive Officer, Rudy
Franco requested the new salaries during this morning's regular
commissioners court meeting, held at the Reeves County Courthouse.
Correctional officers hired at the RCDC will begin at $16,000 per year,
while Correctional officers II will be getting $17,000 per year and CO
III's will earn $20,000 per year.
"On behalf of the staff at RCDC, I wish to thank you for today and for
the prior pay increases. I believe this shows a commitment on your part
to bring the level of professionalism to RCDC that is needed in order to
compete in the world of private corrections," said Franco.
The county-owned prison has lost a number of veteran correctional
officers over the years due to the wage scale. Many have taken jobs at
the area's new state prisons, which paid higher starting salaries.
"I believe this also shows a commitment you have to recognize the job
that staff at RCDC do. I wish to say that the staff I am associated with
is as good as any staff I have worked with in 23 years with the Bureau
of Prisons," said Franco, who took over as CEO in October.
The staff, especially the line staff, are doing the most important job
in the criminal justice system which is keeping the community safe,
according to Franco.
"This will go in line with our objective of setting up a veteran staff
core at the facility," said Reeves County Judge Jimmy B. Galindo.
A certain criteria and job performance will be set up before individuals
can reach the CO III level.
"The journeyman level will have to meet certain criteria before they can
earn the salary," said Franco. "We'll set up a set of professional
standards and propose they go through an interview panel and will be
expected to perform at top level," he said.
There will also be a cap as to how many CO III's will be placed in that
particular position, according to Galindo.
New hires at the RCDC include Correction Officers I, Vanessa Simmons,
Johnny Diehl, Sr., Tony Garcia and Gilbert Rayos, Jr. at the new salary
rate of $16,000 per year.
Alfredo Saldana will be a correctional officer III at a salary of
$20,000 and Janet Atchison will work with the San Antonio support staff
at $17,000.
A contract was also drawn up and approved by commissioners for the new
Assistant Warden Antonio Perez, with a starting salary of $50,000 per
In other business, commissioners agreed to meet once a month in the
evenings on a trial basis of six months.
Galindo made the proposal at this morning's meeting, stating that
several individuals had approached him about having evening meetings in
which working individuals might be able to attend.
"This would better serve the public, since most of them can't attend our
morning meetings, because of work and other obligations," said Galindo.
"We could try this on a trial basis and see if it's alright with
everybody including the staff here at the courthouse," said Commissioner
Precinct 1 Felipe Arredondo.
The evening meetings will be held once a month, the fourth Monday of the
month at 5:30 or 6 p.m. An additional public business section to allow
citizens to speak before the court will also be included on the agenda.
"This will allow the public to voice their opinions or give
suggestions," said Galindo.
Approval of contracts for architectural services for the detention
center expansion and modifications was also granted.
Galindo had requested that commissioners approve negotiations for
contracting with the current architectural firm, Dailey, Rabke and
Gondeck, for such services, stating that the firm knows the center
better than anyone else and has been working on the Life-safety issues
required by the U.S. Bureau of Prisons at the facility.
The San Antonio firm has worked at the RCDC in different phases and
plans have already been drawn up for the modifications needed to expand
the facility.
"I want to talk to them and possibly get a proposal on the cost of the
expansion and modifications," said Galindo.
A septic tank installation plan for Texas Community Develop Program
Award was amended, authorizing Reeves County to utilize the remaining
funds from that award to install more tanks in the county.
About $160,000 of that fund will be left over after installing the 90
septic tanks in the original grant.
Septic tanks are being installed as far south as Brogado and on through
the north side of Pecos to 16-mile dam, according to Galindo.
Contracts for the detention of juvenile offenders between Reeves County
and Ward, Pecos and Crane counties were approved.
PECOS, Jan. 13, 1997 - A botched holdup landed two juveniles in the
custody of Reeves County authorities on charges of aggravated armed
robbery, after one was treated and released from Reeves County Hospital
for shooting himself in the knee with the alleged weapon.
Police were dispatched to the Lucky Partners food store, located at the
corner of Ash and Fifth streets, Saturday night in reference to a
gunshot heard, according to a report by Patrolman Olga Lopez.
Patrolman Armando Garcia said store clerk Eric Martinez said he had been
held at gunpoint by two juveniles, whom he named, while they took an
undisclosed amount of money from the register.
The victim told police that the two teens were last seen in the 400
block of South Ash Street.
After checking the residence of one of the alleged robbers, Garcia said
he spotted a suspect who fit the description walking eastbound at the
corner of Fifth and Peach Streets. During questioning, the patrolman
reported that the juvenile was breathing hard.
Garcia then cuffed the 15-year-old and took him back to the scene of the
crime, where Martinez identified him.
Meanwhile, the other suspect was spotted in the 500 block of East Second
Street, where officer Freddy Contreras was patrolling. The 16-year-old
was also transported back to the scene of the robbery, where he too was
identified by the clerk.
At this time, the juvenile indicated to officers that he had injured his
knee after shooting himself accidentally with the handgun they used
during the robbery, when he tried to put it in his pants pocket.
The teen was taken to Reeves County Hospital, where he was treated and
Police Chief Troy Moore said that apparently the juvenile cocked the gun
during the robbery and forgot to uncock it before putting it away.
The incident, said Moore, "was handled in a very professional and
expedient," manner, commending all the officers investigating the crime.
He added that it was helpful that Patrolman Felipe Villalobos was in the
neighboring area when the call was first made.
Villalobos' report stated that he questioned the owner of the store,
Mary Martinez, who said her son, Eric, had gotten into his pickup to
find the two boys.
Other officers at the scene were Sergeant Jim Vaughn and Criminal
Investigator Kelly Davis, who processed the crime scene, said Moore.
No word was received on the youths' hearing this morning as of press
BALMORHEA, Jan. 13, 1997 - A good number of youths from southern Reeves
County braved the chilly winds Saturday to make it to the Balmorhea
Livestock Show.
The annual show comes one week before the 1997 Reeves County Junior
Livestock Show, which will take place this weekend at the Reeves County
Civic Center.
Although their names were not available, all Pee Wee participants
received First Place ribbons for their efforts at Saturday's event, said
Bob Bagley, Balmorhea School Ag Teacher.
Eight students participated in all three divisions of the Goat
exhibition, with Amanda Orozco's goat bringing in the Grand Champion
prize. Adriel Roman received Reserve Grand Champion and Junior
Showmanship with his entry, while Teresa Hoffman and her goat took
Senior Showmanship.
In the Lamb category, Adriel Roman received the Breed Champion in the
Southdown division, while Chance Cook and his lamb took the Reserve
Breed Champion.
In the Finewool category, Adriel Roman received Breed Champion and
Reserve Champion. Roman also received the Reserve Breed Champion in the
Crossbreeds division, while Orlando Sanchez took the Breed Champion.
Breed Champion for one of the largest competitions of the show, Lambs -
Medium Wool, was Jamie Gallego, while Adriel Roman took the Reserve
Breed Champion.
Gallego also received a prize for Grand Champion in this division and
Roman and his entry were awarded the Reserve Grand Champion.
Showmanship also went to Adriel Roman, in the Junior division, and Damon
Mellard, in the Senior Division.
James Ward took home the Breed Champion prize in the Swine Duroc
division, with Savannah Matta taking the Reserve Breed Champion.
Levon Barragan received a Breed Champion ribbon for her swine in the
Hamp division and James Ward took the Reserve Breed Champion.
In the Other Purebred division of the Swine competition, Jennifer Ward
took the Breed Champion, while Naomi Madrid was awarded the Reserve
Breed Champion.
Teresa Hoffman was handed both the Breed and Grand Champion prizes for
her swine in the Crossbred division. Chris Cook and his swine won the
Reserve Breed Champion and Levon Barragan the Reserve Grand Champion.
Showmanship went to Julia Garlick in the Junior Division and James Ward
in the Senior Division.
Damon Mellard's steer each took the Grand Champion and Reserve Grand
Champion ribbons home.
Other prize winners were:
Goats - Light Weight
Adriel Roman, 1st; Teresa Hoffman, 2nd; Reagan Haynes, 3rd; Chance
Cooke, 4th and Reagan Haynes, 5th.
Goats - Medium Weight
Amanda Orozco, 1st; Amanda Orozco, 2nd; Matthew Sanchez, 3rd and Chris
Cook, 4th.
Goats - Heavy Weight
Adriel Roman, 1st; Jr. Orozco, 2nd; Teresa Hoffman, 3rd and Adriel
Roman, 4th.
Lambs - Southdown
Adriel Roman, 1st; Chance Cook, 2nd and Chance Cook, 3rd.
Lambs - Finewood
Adriel Roman, 1st and Adriel Roman, 2nd.
Lambs - Crossbreds
Orlando Sanchez, 1st; Adriel Roman, 2nd; Adriel Roman, 3rd and Jamie
Gallego, 4th.
Lambs - Medium Wool - Light Weight
Adriel Roman, 1st; Jo Gina Gallego, 2nd; Jennifer Ward, 3rd; Jennifer
Ward, 4th and Jennifer Ward, 5th.
Lambs - Medium Wool - Medium Weight
Adriel Roman, 1st; Adriel Roman, 2nd; Damon Mellard, 3rd; Jo Gina
Gallego, 4th and Adriel Roman, 5th.
Lambs - Medium Wool, Light-Heavy Weight
James Ward, 1st; Damon Mellard, 2nd; Damon Mellard, 3rd; James Ward, 4th
and Jo Gina Gallego, 5th.
Lambs - Medium Wool - Heavy Weight
Jamie Gallego, 1st; Matthew Sanchez, 2nd; Chris Cook, 3rd; Jennifer
Ward, 4th and James Ward, 5th.
Swine - Duroc
James Ward, 1st; Savannah Matta, 2nd; Jourmain Matta, 3rd; Naomi Madrid,
4th and Jennifer Ward, 5th.
Swine - Hamp - Light Weight
James Ward, 1st; Liberty Wofford, 2nd; Liberty Wofford, 3rd; Brianna
Redwine, 4th and Chance Cooke, 5th.
Swine - Hamp - Medium Weight
Liberty Wofford, 1st; Jennifer Ward, 2nd; Naomi Madrid, 3rd; Julia
Garlick, 4th and Jourmain Matta, 5th.
Swine - Hamp - Heavy Weight
Levon Barragan, 1st; Chris Cook, 2nd; Logan Humphries, 3rd and Teresa
Hoffman, 4th.
Swine - Other Purebred
Jennifer Ward, 1st; Naomi Madrid, 2nd; James Ward, 3rd; Jennifer Ward,
4th and Teresa Hoffman, 5th.
Swine - Crossbred - Light Weight
Chris Cook, 1st; Liberty Wofford, 2nd and Chris Cook, 3rd.
Swine - Crossbred - Heavy Weight
Teresa Hoffman, 1st; Julia Garlick, 2nd; Jordan Keerze, 3rd and James
Ward, 4th.
ODESSA, Jan. 13, 1997 - An investigation of the Permian Basin Drug Task
Force by the Texas Rangers continues, with no timetable set for its
Barry Caver, Texas Rangers Captain of the Midland Division, Company E,
said this morning that the investigation directed towards the PBDTF,
"has been on for several months," and dubbed it "old news."
He added that the inquiry was initiated by District Attorney Richard
Clark of the 121st Judicial District, which covers an area of the South
Plains southwest of Lubbock.
Clark said just before lunch today, "I really don't know that I
initiated, but I did write a letter," and refused to comment on his
concerns involving the PBDTF.
Since then, said Caver, a number of people of have become parties to the
investigation, writing in their concerns with the state and area
county-funded entity.
Caver indicated that the nature of the probe had to do with
"irregularities as far as abuse of official capacity," as far as funds
are concerned.
"We continue to get new information," said Caver, while several
allegations remain, "to substantiate."
"Basically what it amounts to," he said, "is one word against another."
PBDTF Tom Finley was unavailable for comment.
Finley and former 143rd District Attorney John Stickels clashed last
year over the task force's authority outside Ector County. In late May,
Finley called for Stickels resignation, and over the final nine months
of 1996 the task force conducted no investigations within the 143rd
Judicial District, which includes Reeves, Ward and Loving counties.
Community Council of Reeves County directors will receive information
and ask questions of Head Start teachers in closed session during the
regular board meeting at 6 p.m. Wednesday.
In a second closed session, the board will consider an appeal by a Head
Start teacher who was terminated and talk with teachers about the
board's expectations, said Linda Clark, president.
Two board vacancies will be filled, Dan Painter will present the
financial report, and the board will discuss and act on the 1995 audit,
presented in the last meeting by Ron Kirby, Odessa CPA.
CCR directors met with Head Start Policy Council members on Jan. 2 to
discuss problems that threaten to cancel the $518,000 federal funding
that not only keeps Head Start operating, but pays much of CCR's
administrative costs.
Head Start Director Norma Rubio told the policy council that she is
working to correct deficiencies noted by federal monitors. Lack of
training for board and policy council members is one of the problems,
she said, and she has scheduled a training session.
Another problem board members noted is conflict between teachers, aides
and administrators. Clark told the CCR board in its December meeting
that teachers and aides have to learn they will take their complaints to
their immediate supervisor, and then appeal through channels if they are
not satisfied, rather than going to executive director Yvonne Martin or
to a member of the board or policy council.
Rubio suggested to policy council members that they refer complaints
made to them individually back to the administration rather than trying
to handle them.
PECOS, Jan. 13, 1997 - Ward County sheriff Ben Keele, jail administrator
Mary Byrne and four jailers failed in their duty to provide a safe
environment for a suicidal inmate, said attorney Curtis Stuckey in
federal court this morning.
Stuckey represents Maria Gutierrez, the mother of David Oyerbides, who
hung himself in the Ward County Jail on May 11, 1995.
Gutierrez seeks $1.7 million in damages, claiming the jailers failed to
follow their own written policy to continually watch an inmate believed
to be suicidal.
Oyerbides was arrested May 7, 1995 on a charge of violating probation in
an aggravated sexual assault case, said Richard Bonner, attorney for the
Shortly after he was booked into jail, Oyerbides became violent and was
placed in a padded cell without his clothing, then later returned to a
regular cell.
He had been in jail four days when he was placed back in the padded
cell, this time with his clothes on. He cut his shirt to fashion a
noose, knotted one end and hung himself by wedging the knots in a
waist-high door flap that allowed jailers to pass food into his padded
cell, Bonner said.
Bonner said that jailers checked on Oyerbides every 30 minutes. Two
jailers passing the padded cell happened to notice the knots in the food
slot and worked frantically to cut them loose, he said.
Paramedics who arrived within two minutes were unable to revive
Oyerbides, he said.
"My clients are not perfect human beings," Bonner said. "I am not going
to tell you we didn't make mistakes...the law does not require jailers
to be perfect...they did care; they did try to do their jobs."
The jury trial is expected to continue through Wednesday.
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Baby monitors can be a new mom's best friend. And for a good reason: new parents want to keep an ear (and an eye) on their little ones for every single possible waking and sleeping second. Especially once the newborn moves into the nursery, mom and dad want to continue to stay connected.
But there is a point at which baby monitors become a bad idea.
"With a constant growing fear of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), parents are listening to every twitch and sound," says Daniel Lewin, M.D., the associate director of pediatric sleep medicine at Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. "Baby monitors tend to increase a parent's awareness and they make parents into hyper-observers."
The problem with this?
New parents become so aware and anxious about leaving their baby alone in a room for hours at a time, that they don't get the proper sleep themselves. Don't we know it?!
Dr. Lewin suggests removing the baby monitor -- even if it's just at night -- when your baby is at least 6 months old. "At this point, parents can start eliminating nighttime feeds, so an infant can have a consolidated overnight sleep and so can mom and dad," he explains.
Sometimes using a baby monitor during the day is just plain practical -- you can hear your baby when she wakes up from napping and you don't have to keep sneaking in to check on her. It's certainly okay to keep using a monitor at night if you really feel the need. But if you find yourself becoming over-the-top vigilant and not getting enough sleep (particularly if you've got a video monitor), consider puling the plug at 6 months. You deserve a good night's rest.
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Directories usually came out every year or two. The format and contents vary by location, time period and publisher. Most directories list people by surname; some are arranged by address or have a "cross listing" by street in the back. Residents may be listed separately from businesses and organizations, or combined, as in this 1913 directory from Rome, Ga. In some places, primarily in the South before 1960, African-Americans were listed in a separate section. You'll also see businesses' ads.
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Have you ever bought a ticket to a blogging conference {say Blissdom perhaps?} and immediately thought…."What the heck am I suppose to wear to something like this?"
I was tired of having that same thought every time I started packing for my next conference. So, because I love giving fashion advice {ahem – NOT!}…more like because I hate spending hours in my closet going "huh" when I pack for blogging conferences…I took pictures of everything I wore {and packed} when I attended my last conference {FINCON12} and decided to share a few of the outfit choices.
Hopefully this fashion advice will ease your packing dilemma!
These looks are also great fall choices if you are looking for some new fall wardrobe ideas.
I think it's important to remember THREE things:
1. Be comfortable
2. Pack layers
3. Be comfortable
Oh, did I say be comfortable? Ha!
Yes, I am telling you, firsthand, that you will be walking A LOT and you will be on your feet A LOT. Mark my word. Pack the most comfortable shoes/boots that you own. You will not be sorry.
Sometimes it's hard to know what the temperature will be like in the conference center/hotel so I always like to pack layers. That way I can layer up if I am cold or strip it down if I am hot.
Here are 3 looks {all designed to be worn with the same pair of boots – comfortable boots I might add} that I packed for my last blogging conference…
Outfit #1
Target Dress $19.99
Nordstrom Denim Shirt $72.00
Forgive my terrible quality self-portraits, but I wanted you to get an idea of what it looked like on.
Another quick tip, when you try on the outfit go ahead and take a self portrait so that you can look at the picture and see if you like the look or not. It always always always helps me determine if I approve of my selection!
Outfit #2
Target Dress $19.99
Old Navy Cardigan $21.99
Eccentrics Necklace {local shop} $29.99
I was afraid I may look like a bumble-bee, but surprisingly I didn't. I love that I would never normally put these colors together.
Blurry, but you get the point? This was actually my favorite look of all three. Isn't it fun when a look comes together?
Outfit #3
Old Navy Dress $19.99
Gap Cardigan $17.99
The Limited Belt
Premier Necklace
I wore this as an evening event look. It's slightly more dressy than the previous 2 looks.
I think all three of these looks are great choices for a blogging conference {or just a date night with the hubby}.
And don't worry…I don't think you should wear a dress EVERY day of the conference. I have more "What to Wear to a Blogging Conference" ideas coming soon {that don't involve dresses}.
Tomorrow I will be sharing a guest post from Skinny Mom – The Skinny on Denim: 8 Fresh Looks For Fall!


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'How Literature Saved My Life' by David Shields
Early on in his new book, "How Literature Saved My Life," critic, essayist, and reformed novelist David Shields compares himself to George W. Bush, whom he considers his "worst self realized." Evidence abounds: Both love to watch football and eat pretzels. Both resent the American public's reverence for The New York Times. Both pretend they're taller than they actually are.
The most relevant part of Shields's litany comes near the middle: "[Bush] once said he couldn't imagine what it's like to be poor; I have trouble reading books by people whose sensibility is wildly divergent from my own." This concession should pique the interest of some novel readers, for whom Shields has become something of a bugbear. In 2010, he published "Reality Hunger: A Manifesto," an inspired assemblage of quotes and original writing that, taken together, produced an altogether persuasive argument for the supremacy of the book-length literary essay. It jabbed at the traditional novel as an outmoded, often boring form.
This latest book is a detailed explanation of and sustained argument for what Shields likes to read and why he likes to read it. He delivered a thumbnail sketch in a 2011 letter to The New York Review of Books: "I want a nonfiction that explores our shifting, unstable, multiform, evanescent experience in and of the world."
Does "How Literature Saved My Life" live up to Shields's expectations? In a word: yes. In this wonderful, vastly entertaining book, he weaves together literary criticism, quotations, and his own fragmentary recollections to illustrate, in form and content, how art — real art, the kind that engages and reflects the world around it — has made his life meaningful as both creator and beholder. If this sounds pedantic or self-aggrandizing, it isn't, though it very easily could have been. Shields is an elegant, charming, and very funny writer who undercuts anything that comes close to a pronouncement. Although his subject is himself, his instructions should prove useful — inspiring, even — to all readers and writers.
Much of the book's charisma has to do with its construction. It's divided into eight chapters, each of which takes on a theme and presents a number of mini-essays on that theme, cycling between art and Shields's memories, sometimes within the same sentence. There are really just three issues at stake: life, death, and art. These aren't exactly small issues, but Shields presents them in such a way that they become not only manageable but compelling. It's thrilling to watch his nuanced argument spool out from paragraph-long autobiographical vignettes and fragmentary thoughts about literature — so thrilling the book reads like, well, a novel.
The result is just as cozy as Nicholson Baker's "A Box of Matches," a book Shields admires for "thinking, thrillingly, about the ephemeral nature of existence." The purpose of nonlinear books like Baker's and his own, Shields writes, is the transfer of consciousness; it makes the reader feel less lonely. This book proves it — most works of literary criticism aren't nearly this cuddly.
Part of what makes "How Literature Saved My Life" so approachable is Shields's commingling of unsparing personal detail with concise, apt thoughts about art. In four pages, he recalls hilarious antics of an old girlfriend "whose entire philosophy, or at least bedroom behavior, was derived from the sex advice columns of racier women's magazines," analyzes the way the Lorrie Moore's novel "Anagrams" presents love, and confesses a crush on Moore herself. This is a standard progression.
It also helps that Shields doesn't take himself deadly seriously. Discussing "Handbook for Drowning," a novel he wrote early in his career: "I took my largely happy middle-class life and pulled out all the consolations. I had no wisdom, so I faked it by sounding dire (still the case? Maybe . . .) The people from whom he draws inspiration don't necessarily take themselves too seriously, either: One of the book's best quotes is an antic, circular ramble from Burt Reynolds that begins and ends with "Who's Burt Reynolds?''
Even the way Shields addresses the writers he admires is intimate. The book is most often in conversation with heavyweights like Jonathan Lethem, Renata Adler, and David Foster Wallace. (Especially Wallace, for obvious reasons; there is even a mini-chapter called "How literature didn't save David Foster Wallace's life.") He praises them, quibbles with them, and takes them to task when they let him down. ("In the overwhelming majority of novels . . . including Wallace's own, I find the game is simply not worth the candle.") In many cases, he lets the work speak for itself: mentioning a book or essay, praising it wildly, and letting it rest — a surefire way to compel readers to return to it.
"The only requirement of a fan or a patient is the surrender to authority," Shields explains, asking nothing of his readers he does not demand of himself.
Eugenia Williamson, a writer and editor living in Somerville, can be reached at email@example.com.


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Keep up with the latest info from the Big Sky Chamber of Commerce!
Wednesday, August 16, 2017
The Custer Gallatin Forest Plan Revision team is setting out on the road again with the fourth round of public meetings September 6-20, 2017. Read more
Tuesday, May 2, 2017
Down a quiet road, beyond a private gate in Moonlight Basin, tucked between the boundary lines of the Lee Metcalf Wilderness, is a little-known area called Jack Creek Preserve. Read more
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The open lands of Big Sky and all of Montana are the economic drivers that run our businesses, support our families, and allow our community to grow and reach its full potential. Read more


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We've hand picked the most surprising backstage beauty tips from WMCFW.
No matter how many seasons of fashion week come and go, you always learn something new when it comes to backstage beauty tips and tricks. While some of us have attended before, there are a few fashion week newbies in our team who are experiencing the behind-the-scenes excitement (and madness) for the first time. Team Glow stepped behind the curtain to bring you the coolest beauty hacks from backstage.
Coconut oil to the rescue (again) I can't be the only person who struggles with fully removing ultra long-lasting lip stains so I cornered Grace Lee, lead Canadian makeup artist for Maybelline in between shows and asked her what I should be using to properly remove mine (I was wearing Maybelline New York Colour Blur by Lipstudio in Fast & Fuchsia). After she listened to my rant about makeup remover not working for me because of the aftertaste her solution was something oil-based. Coconut oil here I come! – Tania Kwong, editor-in-chief
Black eyeliner can be boring When I first saw the rainbow bright eyeliner at Hayley Elsaesser (an eye-popping combo of yellow, pink, lime green and turquoise), it was equivalent of coming across an ice cream truck—instant happiness. But my first question to makeup artist Grace Lee was, 'How would you make something like this work in real life?' Obviously this isn't a 9-5 eyeliner and not really every day-appropriate, she told me. But you can still raise your liner game without going all out. She recommends choosing a coloured liner and using it at the tail end of your cat eye, or creating a double-winged liner like the one she created for model Gigi Hadid by combining your go-to black with a fun colour. Sold. – Mishal Cazmi, beauty editor
Eyeshadow Isn't Just for Your Lids Watching the pros work backstage makes it impossible to get stuck in a beauty rut. Grace Lee and her team are constantly coming up with inventive ways to use existing products, and I was taking serious mental notes. One trick I'm definitely trying ASAP? Applying cream eyeshadow as a highlighter (on my cheekbones, nose and cupid's bow). Lee used Maybelline New York's Color Tattoo 24 Hour Cream Gel Eyeshadow in Barely Branded to create a pretty, frosted face for the Sid Neigum show, and the effect was subtly luminous and beautiful. – Nicole Keen, copy editor
You can use Babylips for actually everything Grace Lee is always singing the praises of Maybelline's little lip balm that could but this season she took Babylips' functionality to a whole new level. To complete the look for Matthew Gallagher's spring show, Lee added a light coat of the lip balm over top of rose gold shadow on models' lids to secure pink glitter onto their eyes (!). The result was sparkly, starry-eyed gorgeousness (there were audible oohs and ahhs backstage). This is one hack I will definitely be test-driving. – Emily MacCulloch, assistant beauty & fashion editor
The Need-to-Know-Now Nail Hack At WMCFW, I was lucky enough to grab some time with Essie Canada's Lead Artist Rita Remark and together we recreated the negative space nail look from Matthew Gallagher's runway show. For nail art, to get such precise and defined lines, cleaning up is key. I learned how you can actually use an angled eyeliner brush dipped in a little bit of acetone to sharpen the lines in your nail art (genius) – Alyssa Tria, glow.ca blogger


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For more than a century, scientists have been creating and busting stereotypes when it comes to gender and the brain. Longstanding social narratives even go so far as to suggest that women and men are completely different creatures. Because women and men interact with each other on a daily basis, and even change genders, we know this to be false. Yet we can't deny the fact there are some structural subtleties in the human brain when it comes to the sexes. For example, men's brains are heavier and contain more neurons—while women's brains are more compact, with higher amounts of tightly bundled frontal lobe neurons. Outdated thinking might have you believe women and men listen using different parts of their brains, that each gender is more closely tied with either the left or right side, or that there is some hidden secret to communication (think men are from Mars, women are from Venus). And although we seem to know more about what's not true when it comes to these stereotypes, how should the brain's nuances be interpreted?
Studies show there's little difference between sexes when it comes to recognizing humor and cognizant ability, but small differences do exist. For example, the ratio of white and gray matter differ by sex—but what exactly does this mean? That answer remains highly debated, with dozens of studies and theories backing numerous claims. Check out this playlist to learn more about the amazingly similar ways in which women and men's brains tick.


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Regulation of invadopodium function and involvement in cancer cell invasion
Dr Stanley Stylli
Project Details
A property shared by several types of tumour cells is an ability to form structures known as invadopodia. These are dynamic actin-dependent, membrane protrusions which proteolytically degrade extracellular matrix (ECM) substrates via the activities of numerous proteases. Invadopodia have been observed in tumour cell lines derived from various cancers including breast cancer, melanoma, prostate cancer, colon cancer, glioma and head and neck cancers, just to name a few. It is a continually evolving field and our aim is to undertsand how invadopodia are formed and regulated.
Dr Stanley Stylli, Project Leader,
Clarissa Whitehead, PhD student
Marija Dinevska, Honours Student
Natalia Gazibegovic, Masters Student
Dr Andrew Morokoff (University of Melbourne, Australia)
Dr Rodney Luwor (University of Melbourne, Australia)
Dr Hong-Jian Zhu (University of Melbourne, Australia)
Mr Cameron Nowell (Monash University, Australia)
Friends of The Royal Melbourne Hospital Neuroscience Foundation
Research Outcomes
1: Expression of the adaptor protein Tks5 in human cancer: prognostic potential.
Stylli SS, Luwor RB, Kaye AH, I ST, Hovens CM, Lock P. Oncol Rep. 2014
Sep;32(3):989-1002. doi: 10.3892/or.2014.3310. Epub 2014 Jul 4. PubMed PMID:
2: Prognostic significance of Tks5 expression in gliomas. Stylli SS, I ST, Kaye AH, Lock P. J Clin Neurosci. 2012 Mar;19(3):436-42. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2011.11.013. Epub 2012 Jan 16. PubMed PMID: 22249020.
3: Nck adaptor proteins link Tks5 to invadopodia actin regulation and ECM degradation. Stylli SS, Stacey TT, Verhagen AM, Xu SS, Pass I, Courtneidge SA, Lock P. J Cell Sci. 2009 Aug 1;122(Pt 15):2727-40. doi: 10.1242/jcs.046680. Epub 2009 Jul 13. PubMed PMID: 19596797; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2909319.
4: Invadopodia: at the cutting edge of tumour invasion. Stylli SS, Kaye AH, Lock P. J Clin Neurosci. 2008 Jul;15(7):725-37. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2008.03.003. Epub 2008 May 12. Review. PubMed PMID: 18468901.
Research Publications
For a complete listing of Dr Stanley Stylli's publications on Research Gate
Research Group
Brain Tumour Biology and Therapies
Faculty Research Themes
School Research Themes
Neuroscience & Psychiatry, Cancer in Medicine
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Oops. I did that damn disappearing thing again, didn't I? This time I really have no excuse, so instead I'll fill you in on what we've been up to.
On Thursday, my husband took the LM down to Maryland for some fishing (they caught 41 fish!!!) and the little guy and I were left to spend our days alone, which meant we were able to do a lot of catching up with our friends who we don't see nearly enough! On Friday, I spent the day with my beautiful god daughter who is already 3 months old (!!!) and then again on Saturday, I was able to sneak in some more snuggles. Since we knew the big boys would be away, I convinced my SIL to come up from NYC for a little shopping excursion, and we happily passed the weekend drinking wine, chatting, and enjoying the silence that comes with having only one child! Sunday, the boys came back, and we hit the ground running, getting back in to the swing of things. I'm not going to lie, having only one kid to deal with all day sure was a lot easier than the two, but I missed my little man so much, I'm not sure he will be allowed to leave my sight again anytime soon.
I hope you all had a great weekend. Here is a look at the week that was! xx
Our little country boy!
Cuteness overload!
Gray continues to melt me every chance he gets...
... and this kid is just so much fun!
We even had a glimpse of Fall, which has given way to some Summer like days. I, for one, am not complaining!


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U.S. stocks rallied to close higher Tuesday as investors scooped up bank and technology stocks, highlighting a renewed appetite for assets considered risky as oil stormed higher.
Bolstering investor sentiment were strong monthly auto sales and a key report from the Institute for Supply Management that showed American manufacturers shrank their business at a slower pace in February.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.37% surged 348.58 points, or 2.1%, to close at 16,865.08, with 29 out of 30 components in positive territory. Shares of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. JPM, +0.98% , Apple Inc. AAPL, -0.38% and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. GS, +0.54% led the Dow higher.
The S&P 500 SPX, +0.14% advanced 46.12 points, or 2.4% to finish at 1,978.35, led by gains in financials, up 3.5%, and technology stocks, up 3.1%. Leaders on the S&P 500 included financial companies like Citigroup Inc. C, +0.77% and Prudential Financial Inc. PRU, +1.71% tech companies Seagate Technology PLC STX, -1.26% and Qorvo Inc. QRVO, +2.70% and energy companies such as Range Resources Corp. RRC, +2.45% Chesapeake Energy Corp. CHK, -2.43% and Anadarko Petroleum Corp. APC, -0.41%
It was the best one-day percentage gain for the S&P 500 and the Dow since Jan. 29. Also, the S&P 500 saw its best March start since 2002.
Benefiting from the tech rally was the Nasdaq Composite Index COMP, +0.12% which gained 131.65 points, or 2.9%, to close at 4,689.60, for its best percentage gain since Aug. 26.
"It's kind of a risk-on day, with utilities and Treasuries taking a breather," said Paul Nolte, portfolio manager at Kingsview Asset Management, and investors appeared to be playing a day of catch-up as stocks finished lower Monday as oil gained.
While stocks had been higher even as oil prices were in the red early in the session, the move strengthened as oil prices turned sharply higher.
Crude futures CLJ26, -49.79% for April delivery settled up 1.9% at $34.40 a barrel, swinging from an earlier session loss. Oil and stocks have been mostly moving in the same direction lately, as worries about global economic growth have plagued investors.
The U.S. dollar USDJPY, +0.13% marched higher against the yen as stocks rose in Asia and Europe. Gold settled 0.3% lower at $1,230.80 an ounce.
"The ISM report showed that manufacturing is getting worse at a slower rate, it's still contracting. But the fact that it's not deteriorating rapidly is reassuring to investors," said Mike Antonelli, equity sales trader at R.W Baird & Co.
February was a split month for stocks. It was the first monthly gain for the Dow industrials since November, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite each posted three straight monthly falls for the first time since 2011.
Read: Is the timing right for a March stock rally?
Stocks to watch
Shares of Ford Motor Co. F, -0.20% rallied 4.6% after sales in February shot up 20% to 216,045 vehicles, the best February retail sales in 11 years. Edmunds and TrueCar, which track monthly sales data, are predicting February annualized selling rate will hit or exceed 17.5 million, the best February in 15 years.
Honeywell International Inc. HON, +0.14% shares climbed 4.5% after ending its merger pursuit of United Technologies.
Shares of Anadarko Petroleum Corp. APC, -0.41% rose 5.7% after the company announced it would monetize up to $3 billion of assets in 2016 and cut dividends and capital expenditures.
Shares of Intercontinental Exchange Inc. ICE, +0.71% dropped 2.7% after the owner of the New York Stock Exchange said it is considering an offer for the London Stock Exchange Group PLC LSE, +0.38% which shot up 7.5% in London.
Kate Spade & Co. US:KATE rebounded from a premarket drop following a sales miss and downbeat outlook. Shares were last up 11%.
Dollar Tree Inc. DLTR, +0.99% shares rose 2.2% even after sales fell short of estimates.
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. US:VRX shares declined 0.5% following confirmation of an SEC probe.
Other markets: Investors shook off data from China's official purchasing managers index that indicated sluggishness in the world's second-biggest economy. The Shanghai Composite SHCOMP, +1.38% led gains across Asia, closing up 1.7% as investors got the first chance to react to the cut in the amount of money banks need to have on reserve by the People's Bank of China late Monday.
Oil and mining stocks drove gains in Europe, with the Stoxx Europe 600 SXXP, +0.24% up 1.4%.
— Barbara Kollmeyer in Madrid contributed to this article.


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Tomorrow marks the start of yet another month gone by and with it usually cooler temperatures. In State College, temperatures are already decreasing with the highs only in the low to mid 70s. In Maryland, high temperatures are only getting into the low eighties, but the nighttime temps look to increase to near 70 by next week (once again if the weather reporters are correct which is usually a safe bet). Moving north to Westchester, NY and into New England, temperatures are set to be in the upper 70s and mid-70s, respectively. This means that diseases should start to subside and your interns have all headed back to school just in time to miss your fall core cultivation and leaf cleanup!
Disease activity continues to vary by region. Dollar spot continues to be a problem for most and is increasing for others. Brown patch is just about done and any new flare-ups will likely just be superficial and cause little real damage. One problem that has been a problem among superintendents managing Perennial ryegrass is gray leaf spot. This could continue to cause problems, especially where ryegrass is being overseeded into thinned areas (although you should have any thinned areas in this wet year). Another potential problem that was brought to my attention last week was the recurrence of an "unusual" Pythium patch problem on annual bluegrass. I don't have the time to get into this now, other than to say that it has been something I have been tracking for the past 4 years and seems to be a real problem for those that get it. It is a Pythium disease that selectively targets annual bluegrass with symptoms similar to summer patch. I plan to dedicate a full post to the subject next week, but for now if you think that you have summer patch on your annual bluegrass putting greens, consider sending a sample out to get checked for Pythium.
In the meantime, I thought that I would give some promotion of Dr. Pat Vittum's updates about grub and annual bluegrass problems in the Northeast. Pat is a GREAT resource for those of you in New England and was a tremendous supporter of my efforts while I was at UConn.
UMASS Update by Pat Vittum:
White grub development varies greatly from one location to another this year. Normally we would expect European chafers to emerge in mid-June and start laying eggs shortly thereafter. Oriental beetles usually are a week or two behind that, and then the Japanese beetle adults emerge around July 4th. But this year, perhaps because of cool soil temperatures, the Japanese beetle adults in particular were very...Read Full Story Here.
Annual bluegrass weevils. We are seeing activity and damage from the third generation in several locations from the metropolitan area up through Hartford. Based on our samples, most of the weevils are already large larvae or pupae, so the worst should be over. Now that the weather is breaking (lower temperatures and much lower humidity), the turf should be able to...Read Full Story Here.
OH, and one last thing...I am glad that I was not the only one who voted "No, this blog stinks". It appears that two others were in agreement with me. I just wonder if they two were blog authors or a golf course superintendent angry that there was no "PlayTurf" cover for August? Either way, it looks like most of you find the information useful so we plan to keep providing updates through the season! Thanks for all of your support and spread the word.


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Putting the Dev in DevOps: DevOps Days Rome Review
Putting the Dev in DevOps: DevOps Days Rome Review
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Originally authored by Kit Corry.
I recently attended devopsdays Rome. This was my first time at a devopsdays conference and I enjoyed the mix of talks and open spaces sessions. It was obvious that the presenters and the attendees have felt the pain of trying to introduce continuous delivery in their organizations and were there to share stories and seek advice to help.
The theme for this conference was "Culture". If DevOps is a "culture thing", then surely we need to involve both Dev and Ops. The surprising part was that there did not seem to be anyone from the Dev side of things. In fact, there were topics like "getting Dev to think in terms of DevOps". The goal being to entice developers to think about the infrastructure of their applications including the operational concerns such as: scalability, redundancy, performance, monitoring, and feedback.
Monitoring was a very big topic, being covered by some 70% of the talks. For this crowd, Puppet, Chef, and CFEngine define configuration management. But it stopped there. Adding all of the discussions about stacks, tools, and cloud together yields something that looks like PaaS. It allows them to provision and configure machines or virtual machines to provide well-managed and monitored services on which applications can sit. However, at that point, Dev has no skin in the game.
Application delivery is needed to get Dev thinking in terms of DevOps. Specifically, if while developing application components, developers need to concern themselves with how their components will be deployed to an environment and in a state where they can deliver value.
uDeploy deploys complex, multi-component applications. For example, a simple web site consists of a web component (WAR file) and a database component (DDL). The web component's deployment process could upload the WAR file and restart the container (Tomcat, WebSphere, IIS, WebLogic, etc.). This process is of concern to developers since it defines the required resources (the container) and the way the component is delivered.
These 'component processes' can be designed in concert with development teams so for a new development project the correct process can be selected by the developers.
Application processes define how the application as a whole will be delivered. Concerns over scalability, for example, can be addressed by modeling a process for delivering the web component to multiple application servers behind a load balancer.
Developers don't have to be the ones creating these processes, but they should understand them and use them for deployments into lower development environments.
One more thing, the middleware can also be deployed with uDeploy.
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Road Trip!
I am getting ready for a 5-day trip to the Great Smoky Mountains with my wife and first-born son, later this month. The travel itinerary that I have made will take us to both Louisville and Nashville, up to the second highest peak in the Appalachians, to a pond full of salamanders, into a cave that's been haunted for two hundred years, behind the curtain of a waterfall, and more.
This will be the first adventure where all three of us will have a camera. I'm excited, and can't wait to share the pictures!
Interlude: PFSTL Top Ten, #6. St. Louis Place
Photo Flood Saint Louis turns four this August. This post is a continuation of a countdown to commemorate this exciting milestone.
Depending upon your point of view, St. Louis Place is currently either the city's most threatened neighborhood or the one most likely to save its economy. Of course, the reason being is that this north side gem was selected as the new home of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (formerly located in the south side's Kosciusko neighborhood); at issue here is that, although the NGA adds millions of much needed revenue dollars to the city's coffers, it requires razing close to 75% of St. Louis Place via eminent domain for the space needed. :0
Interlude: PFSTL Top Ten, #9. JeffVanderLou
Photo Flood Saint Louis turns four this August. This post is a continuation of a countdown to commemorate this exciting milestone.
JeffVanderLou is a neighborhood that is pretty impossible to forget (even if it seems our region may have). It is both a place of remarkable achievements and of tragedies, where some of St. Louis' proudest sons and daughters have walked and also where they have fallen.
Lindsey Davidson, Part 2
As promised, here is the second set of images from my recent shoot with Lindsey Davidson, photographer (and model 😉 ). These were all shot on 35mm film (Kodak T-Max 400) with a Nikon N80 and Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D or Nikkor 28-80mm f/3.3-5.6G lens. (more…)
Back in Black (and White)
Here are my latest scans from my explorations around the STL of long ago. Enjoy!
All Nikon N80 with Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D lens and Ilford HP5+ 400 Film.
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Urban Decay
I am continuing my exploration of the city of Saint Louis and its unique mixture of what was with what is. As mentioned last week, most of these photos were taken in an abandoned (except for the homeless) building downtown.
All Nikon N80 with either Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D or Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G lenses; Ilford HP5+ BW Film.
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A Black and White Town
In the last two weeks, I have switched from focusing on the small patch of woods in the urban park where I work to the more industrial side of St. Louis. My city is a strange place that still makes things, all kinds of things, from chemicals to jet planes. This reality means that there is a lot of space (most manufacturing centers stopped building up and started building out at least by the 1940's), and since most of my city's population had left for the suburbs by the end of the 1970's, that means a lot of empty space. So "space" is what I have been concentrating on lately (with a few exceptions). Enjoy!
All Nikon N80 or Nikon n8008s with Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D or Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G lenses.
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Zoo Trippin'
Yesterday was a great day; beautiful weather, I landed a promotion, and I had a few hours before work to stroll around the zoo (where sometimes the people are as interesting as the animals) taking pictures. What more could I ask for?
All photos Nikon D50 with Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D lens.
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Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D Lens.
The "Nifty Fifty" is the best deal in optics for photographic application around. This all plastic gem enables you to shoot in near darkness; plus, it is extremely sharp, has very usable out-of-focus, for a 50mm, and features quick AF for a non-AFS lens. Without a doubt, this lens, at just a bit more than $100 a piece, should be in every Nikon photographer's camera bag. Personally, I use it most when I am working a crowd. It's size, and positivities outlined above, affords me with the ability to move around virtually undetected. And the focal length is pretty much perfect (if you are shooting groups, or want more of the venue in the shot, you will obviously need to go wider).
This little lens also rides around with me a lot when I am out snapping pictures while walking. Having the constant focal length is quite beneficial because it encourages me to focus even more so on composition.
So, if you've been wondering if the 50mm 1.8D is any good, the answer is a resounding "yes". If you've only ever had kit lenses, this should be your first step up (in quality, but amazingly not price).
All pics Nikon D300 with Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G.
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Sight Over Sound
It's often said that bagpipe adjudicating can be a very subjective thing. Individual taste and personal opinion are often thought to play a part in a judge's final decision to greater and lesser degrees. The musical standard at top level pipe band or solo competitions seem to rise each year with the gap between the top competitors narrowing to nonexistence. These are not easy contests to judge. The subjectivity of the judges at these events may play a large part or a small part in the final tally, who knows? With the performances so close, what elements separate them? Well there is a study published a few years ago that suggests that people actually depend more on visual components than on sound when judging music competition. From the abstract:
"People consistently report that sound is the most important source of information in evaluating performance in music. However, the findings demonstrate that people actually depend primarily on visual information when making judgments about music performance. People reliably select the actual winners of live music competitions based on silent video recordings, but neither musical novices nor professional musicians were able to identify the winners based on sound recordings or recordings with both video and sound."
The results of this study draw attention to the natural, unconscious reliance we all have on visual cues. The notion that our experience of music depends so much on visual information, and that that visual information can interfere with our decision making has huge implications, as the study also suggests:
"Professional musicians and competition judges consciously value sound as central to the domain of performance, yet they arrive at different winners depending on whether visual information is available or not. This finding suggests that visual cues are indeed persuasive and sway judges away from recognizing the best performance that they themselves have, by consensus, defined as dependent on sound. Professional judgment appears to be made with little conscious awareness that visual cues factor so heavily into preferences and decisions."
We all like to think that the "sound" of a musical performance is the most important thing and place our trust in the specialized experience of judges. But, whether we are aware of it or not, we, as well as experts, are more likely to pick the winner of a competition because the performer "looks" like he or she is a winner. It is not really the subjective nature of musical taste and experience that plays a large part in the judging of bagpipe competition, but the (very) subjective nature of visual cues. In a top-level solo piping event, where each performer can be equal in quality, how much do those visual elements—pre-performance tuning, composure, posture and movement, Highland dress—factor into a piping judge's final opinion?
The results of this study suggest certain things for the competing piper. We all tend to brush off "dress and deportment," but at our peril. It matters. "Looking the part" would seem to be not just an aphorism, but a requirement if one wishes to succeed. A composed, relaxed tune-up coupled with smooth marching and movements during your tunes projects the right visual message of professionalism and competency. But the results of this study also have implications when the visual elements are not in one's control. The Grade 1 competition at the World Pipe Band Championships is the pinnacle of pipe band performance. Glasgow can also be dodgy when it comes to weather. Many Grade 1 qualifying or final events have been marred by pouring rain over the years. A few unlucky bands might play in a downpour while others get the benefit (or detriment) of blazing sunshine. The image of the best bands in the world playing their set as their shirts are soaked through, or the image of splish-splashes off of drum heads not only is something that has an impact on the bands' performances, but it also has an impact on the visual aspects from the perspective of the crowd (who typically cheer loudly when these bands finish in those conditions) and most likely, as the aforementioned study reveals, how they are judged as well.
This is an important thing. The BBC and the city of Glasgow have made it known that they are invested in growing the World Pipe Band Championships to appeal to a wider audience. It is in their interests to make the "visuals" as appealing as possible, eliminating variables that can not only interfere with public regard for the event, but with the final result of the competition as well. Outdoor solo events are not free from this. Some of the most prestigious solo prizes are given at outdoor Highland games on the worldwide circuit, subject to all the poor weather that can interfere with a good performance. Creating the best visual performance is sometimes not just about looking good and deporting yourself well, it's also about having the opportunity to not look bad.
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Ghana's producer price inflation rose sharply to 10.5 percent in December from 3 percent the month before, the statistics office said on Wednesday.
The West African country is under a three-year International Monetary Fund aid programme to address financial problems that include high budget deficits and consumer inflation persistently above government targets.
Ghana's utility regulator almost doubled tariffs for electricity and water in December in a renewed bid to attract competitive private investment as part of reforms under the IMF programme.
Year-on-year producer inflation for the utilities rose to 56.6 percent from 5.3 percent the month before. Manufacturing rose to 3.5 percent from 1.7 percent, while mining and quarrying fell to 4.8 percent from 7.3 percent.
On Monday, Ghana's central bank decided to leave interest rates unchanged at 26 per cent citing the slow pace in consumer inflation, despite the country's inflation rate ending 2015 at 17.7 per cent, far exceeding policymakers' single digit target.
Once among Africa's fastest growing economies, growth in the gold, cocoa and oil exporting country has slumped due to lower global commodity prices and a three-year electricity crisis that has crippled industry and raised criticism of the government ahead of elections this year.


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Marvel fans are mystified with the mystical these days, thanks to the appeal of the newest film in the cinematic universe, Dr. Strange. To coincide with this release, there's a Marvel event taking place that will incorporate a lot of similar magical elements, called The Sorcerer's Conclave for the game Marvel Contest of Champions.
Gabriel Frizzera gave some insight on this event during his interview with Marvel.com.
"This event is called 'the Sorcerer's Conclave' and it's probably the most important event of the year, in many ways defining the future of 'The Contest of Champions' storyline. Everything starts innocently enough with the Collector introducing his new "Arcane Arena" challenge to his Summoners, where all the best mystics in the Battlerealm will be competing. But things become a bit more complicated when Doctor Strange shows up as the bearer of dark omens…"
Marvel fans get ready, as it would seem this event is playing right into what people are most interested in right now. Dr. Strange started showing in theaters on November 4th, and has received generally positive reviews from most major critics.
If you're interested in Marvel Contest of Champions the mobile game is available and free-to-play, so check it out and participate in this epic event.


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New Leon strip: Cellular Telephones
Here's the latest installment of the Amazing Facts strip. Injury 2 is in stores and available online. Wondering if it's a solid investment? Read this cool Injury review from Ken Parille and another from Rob Clough (CAUTION: reviews may contain SPOILERS).
Lets see, what else? Oh, if you're in St. Louis, that comics art show is next Friday at the Sheldon. And for those of you who enjoy walking around and looking at things, you can do this "Grand Gallery Walk" thing after the Sheldon. Wow, looks like there's might be a lot of action around this exhibit. Guess what I submitted for this show? A Heracles strip that features an elaborate fart joke. I'll never make it in the art scene here now. Ah well, what can you do? The comics rampage continues unabated.


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Kodak Easy Share Z1485 Is Digital CameraReviewing: Kodak Z1485 Is | Rating:
I am a camera fanatic, I guess because my husband and I are both professional photographers. I recently purchased a few point and shoot cameras, to use separately from my professional camera. The Kodak EasyShare Z1485 IS is a dandy little camera. I have mine in blue (my favorite color) and this camera is very user-friendly and takes great shots.
This camera is 14 megapixels, has 5x zoom and takes photos in HD. The camera comes with a wrist strap, user guide with software, battery, USB cable, and plastic insert for use in Kodak docking systems (sold separately).
This camera takes great pictures, has fairly decent video capability, and is really easy to use. It has a self timer, program and manual modes, wide angle and telephoto buttons, and a built-in help system (this is a neat feature).
I do like my Kodak EasyShare camera and would recommend it to anyone looking for a user-friendly compact camera.
Update On Mar 02, 2010: I must say that of all of the small digital cameras I own (about four total), this is one of my favorites. The pictures always turn out sharp and clear, and it has never let me down. Definitely one of the nicest digital cameras I have worked with.
Update On Jul 13, 2010: I use this camera quite often to take random shots around the house. I really like it and do not regret my purchase. In fact, I like my Kodak so much that I just purchased another one from HSN that is coming with a Kodak printer. I can't wait to receive them and will be certain to do reviews on them.


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It's been five months since marketing manager Katherine "Kitty" Katt started working with the aliens from Alpha Centauri, and she and Jeff Martini are getting closer. But when an experimental spacecraft is mysteriously returned to the Kennedy Space Center, Kitty and the rest of her team are called in to investigate. Now the team must survive murderous attacks, remove a space entity from a group of astronauts, and avoid an unhinged woman with a serious crush on Kitty's high school boyfriend. And that's all before evil masterminds decide Kitty's extermination is vital.


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What is Montessori Preschool? #3
The objects that surround children should be attractive and concrete for the child. The childrens house [preschool classroom] should be pleasant and well cared for in all respects. Its almost possible to say that there is a mathematical relationship between the beauty of what surrounds a child and the childs activity; They can make many more of their own discoveries in an environment that is attractive than would be possible in one that is ugly and unpleasant Maria Montessori
The Montessori preschool environment was created for children of different ages. Children ages 3, 4, and 5 all share the same classroom (referred to as the environment within the Montessori system) and each child has the same guide (teacher) during those three years. Having children of different ages in the same learning environment relates to Maria Montessoris theory of child development which is based in three year cycles.
In the mixed age environment, children learn on their own and in relation to the other children. The youngest children have the opportunity to see what will come next by observing the older children in the environment. The older children have the chance to reinforce their knowledge by sharing it with children who are younger.
Given this constant interaction, each child learns to take on responsibility for him/herself as well as for others. They also learn to get along with children of different ages and abilities, to respect the work and the working space of others, and to treat each other with courtesy and kindness. They learn how to apologize, to greet each other, and to ask for things nicely. They also take on the responsibility of ensuring that their environment is orderly by always putting learning materials away where they belong, ready for the next child to use.
The environment becomes a community where children are treated with respect and dignity, and in doing so, they wish to treat others with the same respect and dignity.
The Prepared Environment. Besides having children at the center of the community, the Montessori preschool system is also a prepared environment. Maria Montessoris concept of the prepared environment is one that facilitates the maximum in independent learning and exploration by the child.
The Montessori preschool environment is a living classroom for the child. All the furniture is designed to fit children and the materials are all designed on a scale that fits the size of preschool children. Usually the classroom space is divided into four areas: Practical life, Sensory materials, Mathematics and Language. Although these are the main components of the Montessori curriculum, its important to note that no one subject is taught in isolation, the curriculum is interdisciplinary and interactive.
In the prepared environment there are a variety of activities, as well as a lot of simultaneous activity and movement. For example, a 3 year old child can be washing a cloth by hand, while nearby a 4 year old is working on a composition of words and sentences with the letters from the moveable alphabet. All the while, a 5 year old child may be doing multiplication using a counting game designed for this purpose. Even though much of the work at this stage of development is done individually, children also enjoy working on an activity with their friends when they get the chance to work in a group, such as telling a story, singing or dancing.
Maria Montessori wrote that the adults work to perfect the environment while the child works to perfect him or herself. The prepared environment respects and promotes the childs rhythm of life and his/her work. Children are calmed by being in an appropriate space, built to meet their needs and in harmony with their activity level. In the prepared environment, the child experiences a mix of freedom and discipline in a space designed especially for his or her development.
To see a Montessori preschool in operation, come visit Otoch Paal Community Center in Akumal Pueblo. Otoch Paal welcomes visitors who are interested in seeing how a Montessori center operates. Classes are in session from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Monday through Friday. Visitors are asked to come between 9 and 10:30 a.m.
How you can help. As a non-profit community-based learning center, Otoch Paal does not generate sufficient funds to pay for all necessary school improvements. Monetary donations and donations in kind are always welcome. Donations can be made directly at the school. Or more information can be found at: http://montessoriaroundtheworld.org/otoch.html
Directions: The school is located near the back of Akumal Pueblo, on the Northern edge of the town. It can be reached by following the Pueblos main street (avenida) to the fourth block on the right hand side of the street. After passing the secondary and kindergarten schools (which are on the main street), turn right at the corner where the kindergarten is located and continue to the next corner. Otoch Paal is next to the kindergarten and the entrance is at the far corner.
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(CORNWALL, September 16, 2004) - The St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Doug Smith as Chairman of its Board of Directors for a two-year term. A board member since November 2000, Mr. Smith represents domestic carrier members, and has served on the Corporation's Asset Renewal and Audit Committees. Mr Smith replaces Mr. Swenor, who stepped down after serving as Chairman for 6 years and who will remain on the Board for the next 2 years, continuing to represent the iron ore and steel members.
Prior to joining the SLSMC's Board, Mr. Smith worked for Ontario Hydro for 26 years, engaged in a wide variety of roles spanning finance, procurement, and business planning. Following his retirement from Hydro, he served part-time as President of the Chamber of Maritime Commerce from 1995 to 2000, and worked as an independent consultant.
The SLSMC is also pleased to welcome Guy Véronneau back to the Board, representing "other members". Mr. Véronneau served as President and CEO of the SLSMC from 1998 to 2003 and oversaw the transition of the former public sector St. Lawrence Seaway Authority into the commercialized SLSMC. Mr. Véronneau replaces Alan Holt, who has left the Board after serving two 3-year terms, the maximum permitted under the Corporation's Bylaws. Also leaving the Board this fall after six years of service will be Denise Verreault, the Federal Government representative and Marc Dulude, the Quebec Government representative. Their replacements will be announced in due course.
Richard Corfe, President and CEO of the SLSMC, stated that "We are sure that Doug Smith will be a worthy successor to Mr. Swenor" and that "we owe a debt of gratitude to Bob Swenor for his service as Chairman since the inception of the Corporation, as well as to the three departing Board members for their guidance and direction through the formative years of the corporation." He also noted that "we are pleased to have Guy return to the Seaway family and know that we can count on his support as we work to turn our vision into reality."


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Confessions of a Mountie
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Written by Frank Pitts
Published by Flanker Press
Reviewed by Michael Wade
Publication Date: June 2016
Frank Pitts is a retired RCMP Officer from Bell Island, NL. Confessions of a Mountie chronicles his on-the-job experiences in law enforcement. Using elements of humor and tragedy, readers will learn about the solved and unsolved crimes that Pitts experienced during this career.
This book was a very interesting and insightful read. I read the book in one sitting because I just had to get to the end. I would highly recommend it.
For more information about this book or to get your very own copy, visit the publisher's website here.
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this is one of the best books about policing I ever read. I could relate to it being the daughter of a Mountie and the qualities Mr. Pitts had towards his job and as a family man reminded so much of my dad Frank G Mercer . Thank you for the good read and hopefully people will have a different outlook at policemen when they finish the book .
Thank you, Diane, for taking the to comment on this book review. We are always grateful for kind and constructive comments. Hopefully this book will be well received by the larger audience. It is obviously a story worth telling; and a story worth reading.