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(a) Authority of Secretary; prerequisites; procedures; waiver
The trustees of any railroad undergoing reorganization under section 77 of the Bankruptcy Act, as amended, upon approval of the court, may apply to the Secretary for the guarantee of certificates. The Secretary, after consultation with the Board, is authorized to guarantee such certificates upon findings in writing that—
(1) cessation of essential transportation services by the railroad would endanger the public welfare;
(3) there is no other practicable means of obtaining funds to meet payroll and other expenses necessary to provide such services than the issuance of such certificates;
(6) the probable value of the assets of the railroad in the event of liquidation provides reasonable protection to the United States.
The Secretary shall publish notice of his intention to make such finding in the Federal Register not less than fifteen days prior to such finding, give interested persons, including agencies of the Federal Government, an opportunity to submit written data, views, or arguments (with or without opportunity for oral presentation), and give consideration to the relevant matter presented. The Secretary for good cause shown and upon a finding that extraordinary circumstances warrant doing so may waive the requirements of the preceding sentence. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the Secretary, in guaranteeing certificates under this section, is authorized to waive the findings required by paragraphs (1), (5), and (6) of this subsection.
(b) Conditions to guarantee
As a condition to a guarantee, the Secretary, after consultation with the Board, shall require that:
(1) the proceeds of the sale of certificates guaranteed under this chapter, will be used solely for meeting payroll and other expenses which, if not met, would preclude continued provision of essential transportation services by the railroad;
(3) proceeds from the sale of assets will be devoted to the fullest extent possible to the provision of essential transportation services by the railroad; and
(4) in the event of actual or threatened cessation of essential transportation services by the railroad, the Secretary shall have the option to procure by purchase or lease trackage rights over the lines of the railroad and such equipment as may be necessary to provide such services by the Secretary or his assignee, and, in the event of a default in the payment of principal or interest as provided by the certificates, the money paid or expenses incurred by the United States as a result thereof shall be deemed to have been applied to the purchase or lease price. The terms of purchase or lease shall be subject to the approval of the reorganization court and the operation over the lines shall be subject to the approval of the Board pursuant to subchapter II of chapter 113 of title 49, but in no event shall the rendition of services by the Secretary or his assignee await the outcome of proceedings before the reorganization court or the Board.
(c) Certificate as administrative expense; priority of certificate
The Secretary shall not guarantee any certificate under this section unless such certificate is treated as an expense of administration and receives the highest lien on the railroad's property and priority in payment under the Bankruptcy Act, except that this subsection shall not apply to certificates guaranteed for a railroad that is actively engaged in restructuring, as defined by the Secretary. For purposes of this subsection, the term "restructuring" includes an employee ownership plan or an employee-shipper ownership plan.
(d) Interest rate; date of maturity; other terms and conditions
A certificate under this chapter shall bear interest at such per annum rate as the Secretary deems reasonable, taking into account the range of interest rates prevailing in the private market for similar loans and the risks assumed by the Federal Government; nor may its maturity date, including all extensions and renewals thereof, be later than fifteen years from the date of original issuance. The Secretary may prescribe such other terms and conditions as he deems appropriate. In each case, the Secretary shall consider the feasibility of requiring the railroad to dispose of nonrailroad assets as a condition to a guarantee.
(e) Maximum aggregate principal amount outstanding
At any one time the outstanding aggregate principal amount of all certificates guaranteed under this chapter shall not exceed $200,000,000.
Source(Pub. L. 91–663, § 3,Jan. 8, 1971, 84 Stat. 1975; Pub. L. 95–598, title III, § 333,Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2679; Pub. L. 95–611, § 3(b),Nov. 8, 1978, 92 Stat. 3089; Pub. L. 96–86, § 115(a),Oct. 12, 1979, 93 Stat. 662; Pub. L. 96–101, § 7(a)–(c), Nov. 4, 1979, 93 Stat. 739, 740; Pub. L. 104–88, title III, § 325(2),Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 951.)
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The Bankruptcy Act, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (c), is act July 1, 1898, ch. 541, 30 Stat. 544, as amended, which was classified generally to former Title 11, Bankruptcy. Section 77 of this Act was classified to section 205 of former Title 11. The Act was repealed effective Oct. 1, 1979, by Pub. L. 95–598, §§ 401(a), 402 (a),Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2682, section 101 of which enacted revised Title 11. For current provisions relating to railroad reorganization, see subchapter IV (§ 1161 et seq.) of chapter 11 of Title 11.
1995—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104–88, § 325(2)(B), substituted "Board" for "Commission" in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104–88substituted "Board" for "Commission" wherever appearing and "subchapter II of chapter 113 of title 49" for "the provisions of section 5 of the Interstate Commerce Act" in par. (4).
1979—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96–101, § 7(a), struck out "upon a finding that the guarantee of certificates is necessary in order for a railroad which has received continued loan advances, pursuant to section 721 (d)(1) of this title, to maintain rail services in the region (as such term is defined in section 702 (15) of this title)" after "of this subsection" and provision requiring that Secretary not make any waiver under preceding sentence after Dec. 31, 1979.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 96–101, § 7(b), added subsec. (c). Former subsec. (c) was repealed by Pub. L. 95–598. See 1978 Amendment note below.
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 96–101, § 7(c), substituted "$200,000,000" for "$125,000,000" and struck out provision requiring that with respect to a railroad which filed a petition for reorganization during fiscal year 1978, during period Oct. 1, 1979, through Nov. 30, 1979, certificates be issued without regard to limitations of subsec. (a) of this section and with such priority in payment as Secretary deems appropriate to secure repayment, for purpose of continuing service on railroad system at level in effect on Oct. 1, 1979.
Pub. L. 96–86provided that, with respect to a railroad which filed a petition for reorganization during fiscal year 1978, during period Oct. 1, 1979, through Nov. 30, 1979, certificates shall be issued without regard to limitations of subsec. (a) of this section and with such priority in payment as Secretary deems appropriate to secure repayment, for purpose of continuing service on railroad system at level in effect on Oct. 1, 1979.
1978—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95–611inserted provision authorizing Secretary to waive requirements of paragraphs (1), (5), and (6) of subsec. (a) until Dec. 31, 1979.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 95–598struck out subsec. (c) which related to treatment of a certificate as an administrative expense and priority of the certificate.
Effective Date of 1995 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 104–88effective Jan. 1, 1996, see section 2 ofPub. L. 104–88, set out as an Effective Date note under section 701 of Title 49, Transportation.
Effective Date of 1978 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 95–598effective Oct. 1, 1979, see section 402(a) ofPub. L. 95–598, set out as an Effective Date note preceding section 101 of Title 11, Bankruptcy.
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In Tanzania, Journalists report and write on all injustices done to other people, except themselves.
They report on under-paid workers, exploited house girls, demonstrating workers and the list is endless.
But they never write about their own predicament. Neither do Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) speak for them. I remember some years back, on one Labour Day when former Dar es Salaam Regional Commissioner Yusuf Makamba stood up to address workers gathered for the celebrations at the national stadium.
He started by asking the journalists present why they never report about their plight. Things like poor working conditions, poor pay and delayed payment, among others. Makamba challenged the journalists to speak for themselves first before speaking for others.
It's because of such injustices in the sector that Denis Mpagaze, a journalism lecturer at St Augustine University of Tanzania (SAUT) plans to do a study on the injustices many journalists in the country face.
"The issue disturbs my mind a lot and I am in the process of carrying out research on the matter. Some journalists are poorly paid, have no job security, others have no job contracts, but you cannot read, watch or hear these injustices reported in any media," Mpagaze says.
Neither do CSOs address journalists' problems. Last year, Mpagaze presented a paper on the matter in Nairobi titled: My family forces me to take bribes: A reflection of economy of affection among Tanzanian journalists.
He said that the situation has contributed to unethical journalism held with kind of bribes in the country and the continent at large.
He said low wages for journalists and greed for riches popularly were contributing to the deterioration of the profession. "There's no doubt that the issue of professional ethics will be sidelined when the issues of economic hardship and low salary comes in." he said.
Citing an editor of the 102.1, Sheger FM, a private radio station, he cited the cynicism regarding money-driven journalism among professionals.
The president of the journalist association in his contribution was quoted saying "Without improving the life of the journalist, corruption can't be stopped. As long as a journalist needs to eat bread with banana and we avoid the issue of raising journalists' salaries, it is not meaningful to organize such a forum," he said, adding "we can't eliminate corruption in such a way."
The statement that, "without improving the life situation of journalists, corruption cannot be stopped," Mpagaze says, leaves a lot to be desired. He says one would ask, "what about those people who are well paid and yet take bribes?"
He says, for example, that in Cameroon there is prevalence of corruption within comparatively well-paid media establishments such as CRTV. If we adjust the salaries of journalists and even raise the socio-economic conditions for journalists, bribery will remain a cancer of journalism.
He says the point for departure on bribery in most of African countries including in Tanzania is the economy of affection.
According to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, 'The economy of affection' is a term that describes a network of interactions, communications and support among certain peasant groups in parts of East Africa and was introduced by Goran Hyden.
These groups are identified in terms of their relationship to structure, united by kinship, community, religion or other affinities and the functional purposes of this economy of affection involves survival, social maintenance and development.
Mpagaze says the economy of affection among journalists in the country equals with the reciprocal investment which literally means 'a helping hand today generates returns tomorrow.'
In Africa, a person helps you expecting future reward. Paying school fees for a child is a responsibility of the society or a clan and when a person gets a job should not enjoy alone. Likewise in politics today, a member of parliament must give his voters some rewards so that in the future he can win the election.
Bribery among journalists in Tanzania is widespread and goes in various euphemisms namely kitu kidogo, mshiko and kikandamizo cha stori." Without providing bribes to some journalists a story would not be published and this needs to be clearly addressed to set it off," says Mpagaze.
He explains that one who intends to a call press conference must prepare mshiko for those who will attend otherwise he/she should expect zero coverage. These examples he said show that there is a gap between what the journalism profession stands for and what journalists practice.
"This is what I say we have a problem somewhere and it must be addressed in a way that yields positive results," he says.
This month media houses reported Human right activists and lawyers challenging the government to repeal or review laws which sought to have negative consequences on the lives of women, girls and other vulnerable social groups in the country.
Upon their claims they pointed out that gender imbalances, social inequalities and related problems in Tanzania's society are supported by the existence of outdated and discriminatory laws.
Executive Director of the Legal and Human Rights Centre Hellen Kijo-Bisimba in an interview said: "The government is struggling to eliminate gender inequality between men and women…but the main source of the imbalance is existence of discriminatory laws."
She cited some of such laws as the Citizenship Act, Inheritance Customary Act-1963 and the Marriage Act of 1971, enacted during the time when there were few female lawmakers.
However, it is the media industry also which worked tirelessly to broadcast and publish day to day updates concerning the doctors' strike in the country. Among other things, Mpagaze says that it's only through true journalism each creature under the sun can enjoy the cake, and this remains his only ambition.


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38 U.S. Code § 5711 - Authority to issue subpoenas
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(a) For the purposes of the laws administered by the Secretary, the Secretary, and those employees to whom the Secretary may delegate such authority, to the extent of the authority so delegated, shall have the power to—
(1) issue subpoenas for and compel the attendance of witnesses within a radius of 100 miles from the place of hearing;
Source(Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1237, § 3311; renumbered § 5711,Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, § 402(b)(1),May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238; Pub. L. 102–54, § 14(d)(5)(A),June 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 286.)
1991—Pub. L. 102–40renumbered section 3311 of this title as this section.
Pub. L. 102–54amended section as in effect immediately before the enactment of Pub. L. 102–40by substituting "subpoenas" for "subpenas" in section catchline and amending text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "For the purposes of the laws administered by the Veterans' Administration, the Administrator, and those employees to whom the Administrator may delegate such authority, to the extent of the authority so delegated, shall have the power to issue subpenas for and compel the attendance of witnesses within a radius of one hundred miles from the place of hearing, to require the production of books, papers, documents, and other evidence, to take affidavits, to administer oaths and affirmations, to aid claimants in the preparation and presentation of claims, and to make investigations and examine witnesses upon any matter within the jurisdiction of the Veterans' Administration. Any person required by such subpena to attend as a witness shall be allowed and paid the same fees and mileage as are paid witnesses in the district courts of the United States."
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The final frontier has long fascinated polymath Tom Sachs, whose artwork deeply embraces the majesty and mechanisms of space travel. This summer, Sachs is taking over NYC's Park Avenue Armory for the latest iteration of his space-program series: "SPACE PROGRAM: MARS," a four-week installation that turns the 55,000-square-foot Wade Thompson Drill Hall into a massive Martian odyssey. Sachs is known for detail-oriented plays on functionality, and while working on his latest port of call, a necessity dawned on him: uniforms for the fearless travelers to the Red Planet. No purveyor of pragmatic fashions could be better suited to the task than Nike, a brand always questing after uncharted realms of human performance. The project, like all good collaborations that howl at the unimaginable, began with some healthy ribbing among friends. "I was giving [Nike CEO] Mark Parker a hard time about design and performance," Sachs tells Visionaire's Cecilia Dean. "And [Mark] said, 'You think it's so easy? You try.' That was the beginning. We had one rule: it had to be equally Nike and equally Sachs."
In order to achieve this equality, Sachs spent a significant amount of time in Portland at Nike's Innovation Kitchen, ensuring an airtight fusion of the brand and Sachs's aesthetic as well as the spacewear's functionality. "I am definitely the artist who has spent the most time there," he says of his pseudo-residency at Nike, a company renowned for its partnerships with artists, designers, and other creatives across a multitude of industries. "There's no way anyone else…I was there a lot." His celebrated painstaking devotion to detail adds an earnestness to the outré concept of outer-space sportswear, while his signature bricolage style takes an even more serious turn: the Mars Yard shoe is made with Vectran, a lightweight, breathable fabric spun from liquid crystal polymer five times stronger than steel, and its laces are made of highly durable paracord—should a tourniquet suddenly be needed in certain extraterrestrial environs (or, say, the NYC subway). The collection will be on sale at the Armory show and select shops all across our own planet.
"I am really proud of our collaboration," Sachs says. "Nike has vast resources. There were a lot of things I couldn't do, but there were more things I got to do that I'd never dreamed of. I went back to the roots of what made America great: industrialism, building things."


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Just a week ago, Gov. Paul LePage blasted the state for what he says is excessive admininstration in Maine's school districts. In an address to the Bangor Chamber of Commerce, Lepage said that Maine's 127 superintendents are simply too many for the 180,000 kids in the system. Now, with more budget cuts looming, it seems likely that Gov. LePage is looking for more streamlining, not less. Even so, some school districts are poised to go in a different direction, by "de-consolidating." A controversial state law encouraging schools to reorganize was passed more than five years ago, and now, with multiple consolidated districts looking to part ways, the state Department of Education is once again grappling with the issue.
It's like a forced marriage, you know - those don't usually work out too well," says Robert McDaniel (above), superintendent for Alternative Organizational Structure 48 - or AOS 48 - which currently includes Hodgdon, Danforth, and eight other towns, near Houlton.
McDaniel is one of that list of 127 superintendents the governor would like to see culled. Before consolidation, McDaniel was superintendent for just one district - SAD 70 in Hodgdon. Now he oversees two districts and 10 towns, spread about 30 miles apart.
It used to be that he could hop on buses and visit with kids and teachers to see how things were going, and what needed to be done. After the consolidation, he says that pretty much stopped.
"I've not done as good a job as I think I should have done," he says. "There's a lot of meetings going on, and a lot of my time is spent here in this office. I don't get into the classrooms as much as I used to."
McDaniel says in the case of AOS 48, consolidation has been harmful, and that's why he is resigning as superintendent at the end of the school year.
Hodgdon was one of the districts that initially resisted the state's reorganization plan - and that ended up costing the SAD a lot: It was penalized $93,000, which turned out to be the incentive it needed to - grudingly - pair up with SAD 14.
"I think there's no doubt that it made some people angry," says David Connerty-Marin. "I think it's also clear that it wasn't going to happen until there was some sort of either a strong incentive to do it or a dis-incentive to not do it."
Connerty-Marin is communications director for the Maine Department of Education. He says that the school consolidations have saved the state money - just how much, he's not sure. He says it's difficult to calculate. Moreover, there's a bigger principle at stake.
"But really the issue is, you know, what is going to provide the best educational opportunities for the students? And that's the piece that communities really need to look at, is the opportunites that you could actually provide for students as a go-alone unit, versus as part of a larger group," he says.
Regional School Unit 24 - or RSU 24 - in Eastern Maine is one group that has benefited from consolidation, says Connerty-Marin. The district is saving so much money on insurance that it has more to put toward its music, art, and
phys-ed programs.
But there are still several towns looking to pull out of their districts, even though proponents say the mergers have created better educational opportunities. David Bridgham is business manager for RSU 24. He says that initially he too was opposed to consolidation, but has since had a change of heart.
"It takes time for these things to - for these seeds to - be planted and to grow," Bridgham says. "I feel like three years hasn't been enough time for people to really get a grasp on the benefits."
But for Robert McDaniel at AOS 48, one year was long enough. "As to a benefit from one district to the other, for students, I don't see any benefit at all for them," he says. "Or haven't yet."
Some 38 towns have begun the first steps toward withdrawal this year, with at least four withdrawals complete. Undoing an AOS is simpler than attempting to pull out of an RSU. An AOS simply shares administration, and sometimes a few staff members. In an RSU, everything becomes the property of the RSU, and withdrawal can be a bit more complicated.
In all cases, a withdrawal must be approved by the voters of the district. David Connerty-Marin says that he expects that more than half of all withdrawal requests will be voted down.
As for Robert McDaniel, he's undecided on what he will do if the AOS is dissolved. He may stay on, but he says he's leaning toward retirement, whatever happens with the consolidation.
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A young mother, Wendy, worries about Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, or SIDS, because she has had two cases of it in her extended family.
Four Ways to Reduce the Risk of SIDS
"SIDS does run in my family. I've had two cousins with young infant boys who have passed away," she says.
Child health expert Dr. William Sears expels the myth that has a hold of Wendy. "There is no inherited tendency to SIDS," he says.
His son, Dr. Bob Sears adds, "You guys can rest assured, literally, that your baby — even though it happened to some distant relatives — your baby is at no greater risk than any other baby."
Dr. Bob Sears advises using the following four measures to reduce the risk of SIDS:
- Put your baby to sleep on his or her back.
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These people of the present and past were born on this date.
Hall of Fame second baseman, manager and coach Red Schoendienst is 90.
Gossip columnist Liz Smith is 90.
Actress Elaine Stritch ("A Farewell to Arms," "30 Rock") is 88.
Actor Robert Mandan ("Soap," "Three's a Crowd") is 81.
Comedian Tom Smothers is 76.
Media executive Barry Diller, the creator of the Fox and USA networks, is 71.
Singer Graham Nash is 71.
Actor Bo Hopkins ("The Wild Bunch," "American Graffiti") is 71.
Singer Howard Bellamy of the Bellamy Brothers is 67.
Actor Blake Clark ("Home Improvement," "50 First Dates") is 67.
TV chef Ina Garten ("Barefoot Contessa") is 65.
Actor Brent Spiner ("Star Trek: The Next Generation") is 64.
Bassist Ross Valory of Journey is 64.
Actress Barbara Sukowa ("Johnny Mnemonic," "Cradle Will Rock") is 63.
Reality TV personality Duane Chapman, aka "Dog the Bounty Hunter," is 60.
Model Christie Brinkley is 59.
Actor Michael Talbott ("Miami Vice") is 58.
Actress Kim Zimmer ("Guiding Light") is 58.
Actor Michael T. Weiss ("The Pretender," "Days of Our Lives") is 51.
Actress Cady Huffman ("The Nanny Diaries," "Curb Your Enthusiasm") is 48.
Bassist Robert DeLeo of Stone Temple Pilots is 47.
Actress Jennifer Westfeldt ("Kissing Jessica Stein," Notes From the Underbelly") is 43.
Rapper T-Mo (Goodie Mob) is 41.
Actress and TV personality Marissa Jaret Winokur ("Hairspray," "The Talk") is 40.
Green Bay Packers wide receiver Donald Driver is 38.
Singer Shakira is 36.
Singer and actress Eden Espinosa ("Wicked"), an Orange County native, is 35.
Actress and model Barbara Mori is 35.
Actor Rich Sommer ("Mad Men") is 35.
Model and TV personality Michelle Bass is 32.
Figure skater Tiffany Vise is 27.
Birthdays of the past:
1861 Solomon R. Guggenheim, businessman and art collector; died 1949.
1882 James Joyce, novelist-poet; died 1941.
1895 George Halas, Hall of Fame football player, coach and owner of the Chicago Bears; died 1983
1901 Jascha Heifetz, violinist; died 1987.
1905 Ayn Rand, philosopher and novelist; died 1982.
1912 Burton Lane, Broadway composer and lyricist; died 1997
1923 Bonita Granville, actress; died 1988.
1924 Sonny Stitt, jazz saxophonist; died 1982.
1927 Stan Getz, jazz saxophonist; died 1991.
1947 Farrah Fawcett, actress; died 2009.


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Join us on this sun-soaked vacation around Florida, including the state's east and west coasts and the Florida Keys. Begin in Orlando, the "capital" of Disney's entertainment parks, and travel north to St. Augustine, the oldest European city in the United States. Overnight in Cocoa Beach and head to Cape Canaveral for a NASA tour at Kennedy Space Center. Turn south and visit Fort Lauderdale and Miami Beach before crossing 42 bridges to Key West, the southernmost town in the continental U.S.—only 90 miles from Cuba. Check out the many boutiques and museums, relax on the beach, and be sure to sample delicious Caribbean cuisine. Then, travel back to the Florida mainland and be on the lookout for sunbathing alligators as you experience the Everglades via a thrilling airboat ride. Overnight in Fort Myers and head to Clearwater Beach, one of Florida's most popular resort cities. Relax on the sugar-white sands and take advantage of warm-weather activities—a fun way to conclude your Florida vacation.
Sightseeing:In Miami and Miami Beach; St. Augustine guided trolley ride, Kennedy Space Center, airboat tour through the Everglades, Thomas Edison's Winter Home, and Henry Ford's Winter Home. Inside visits as shown in UPPERCASE in the tour description, including admission charges where applicable.
Scenic Highlights:Florida's Atlantic coast, Gold Coast, Miami Beach, Florida Keys, Key West, Everglades National Park, Gulf Coast shoreline, and Clearwater Beach.
Services of a professional Tour Director.
Welcome to Orlando! Your Tour Director is on hand late this afternoon to answer any questions.
This morning, head to picturesque St. Augustine, the oldest European city in the United States, founded by Juan Ponce de Leon in his search for the legendary Fountain of Youth. Sit back and let an expert guide share with you the history, attractions, and sights of America's oldest city on St. Augustine's hop-on/hop-off sightseeing TROLLEY. Afterward, there's free time to explore St. Augustine on your own. Perhaps visit the Oldest House in the U.S. or the 17th-century Castillo de San Marcos National Monument. End the day with a walk on sandy Cocoa Beach.
Cape Canaveral and the KENNEDY SPACE CENTER are the hub of America's space operations. Enjoy a NASA tour, which provides insight into the achievements of America's space program. After your tour, head south to Fort Lauderdale, where you will stay for the next two nights. (B)
This morning, enjoy an excursion to Greater Miami, including Fort Lauderdale, Miami, and Miami Beach. Time to explore the colorful art deco buildings, and beautiful palm-lined South Beach. This afternoon, return to Fort Lauderdale and enjoy the Florida sun on the world-famous Fort Lauderdale Beach or by the hotel pool.
This morning we head south to the Overseas Highway, crossing 42 bridges through the Florida Keys to picturesque Key West, the southernmost town in the continental U.S. Our suggestion for this evening: visit Mallory Square to enjoy the spectacular sunset, then stroll along Duval Street with its colorful cafés.
On this morning's optional sightseeing tour, sit back and relax on the open-air trolley and view some of Key West's most famous sights, including Ernest Hemingway's home; Fort Zachary; Southernmost Point, situated less than 90 miles north of Cuba; and the Audubon House & Gardens. Spend the afternoon visiting the many boutiques and museums. Be sure to sample the delicious Caribbean cuisine for which this semi-tropical paradise is so famous. (CB)
Head back to the mainland to the subtropical wilderness of the EVERGLADES. Board your AIRBOAT for a thrilling sightseeing ride through the extensive swamplands. Sleepy alligators basking on the banks of the waterways are a common sight. Overnight in Fort Myers. (CB)
Visit famous inventor THOMAS EDISON'S WINTER HOME & LABORATORY. Step through the always-open "Friendship Gate" to visit HENRY FORD'S WINTER HOME. Don't miss the enormous banyan tree in the garden. (B)
A full day to relax on the sugar-white sands of Clearwater Beach. Your Tour Director will have suggestions on the best places to shop and dine.
This morning the motorcoach continues to the Courtyard Lake Buena Vista for tour members extending their stay in Orlando. Continue on to Orlando International Airport, where the tour ends for guests with homebound flights. Please schedule flights after noon.
Transportation:Private, deluxe air-conditioned motorcoach while touring.
2 breakfast, 2 continental breakfasts
With Cosmos, there's no better way to get to know your destination than through the eyes of your Tour Director. Averaging over a decade... we'd like you to meet a Tour Director, who is representative of the type of expert that will be with you on your vacation.
After graduating from Fordham University, I lived in New York City until I inherited a small inn that my grandmother had owned in my hometown of Daytona Beach, Florida. I became immersed in restoring and running it, but after working 24 hour days for 10 years, I was ready for a change. I told a friend I wanted a job where I could travel. He said, "You should do what my ex-wife is doing. She's a Tour Director." That began my wonderful new career over 20 years ago.
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If upon first listen, Stuff sounds like a textbook for a collegiate course on Hoarding 101, well, that's because Frost is a university professor and researcher. But don't skip over this book it's the most fascinating college course you never took. Frost and his co-author Gail Steketee delve into the world of hoarding and the psychology behind the affliction by discussing case studies like Irene, a woman who has driven away her husband because she can't let go of her stuff. It appears that Irene collects things at random stacks of old newspapers and magazines, scraps of paper with telephone numbers, expired coupons, instructions to children's board games. On deeper inspection, there are a number of reasons why Irene collects, like her possessions represent a connection to the outside world, or the act of collecting is a relief to her undiagnosed obsessive-compulsive disorder. While there's no one motivation behind hoarding, Frost and Steketee posit a number of theories and debunk some of the more common ones (like the idea that hoarders were deprived of material things as children).
Frost's genuine and friendly tone is confident and assured not surprisingly it's much like that of a college professor. You can almost picture him working the slide projector as he speaks, and must fight off the urge to take notes. He's a natural storyteller, and draws you into his scientific world without you realizing it. You just know you want to hear more.
Perhaps the most interesting aspect of this book is listeners will undoubtedly see a part of themselves in each hoarder we all collect things to an extent: sentimental photographs, old coins, bank statements. It's not just voyeurism, it's learning when the line of collecting blurs into hoarding. Frost has the answers, and plenty of questions. If you like A&E's television show Hoarders, you'll love Stuff. Colleen Oakley
What possesses someone to save every scrap of paper thats ever come into his home? What compulsions drive a woman like Irene, whose hoarding cost her her marriage? Or Ralph, whose imagined uses for castoff items like leaky old buckets almost lost him his house?
Randy Frost and Gail Steketee were the first to study hoarding when they began their work a decade ago; they expected to find a few sufferers but ended up treating hundreds of patients and fielding thousands of calls from the families of others. Now they explore the compulsion through a series of compelling case studies in the vein of Oliver Sacks.
With vivid portraits that show us the traits by which you can identify a hoarder - piles on sofas and beds that make the furniture useless, houses that can be navigated only by following small paths called goat trails, vast piles of paper that the hoarders churn but never discard, even collections of animals and garbage - Frost and Steketee illuminate the pull that possessions exert on all of us.
Whether we're savers, collectors, or compulsive cleaners, very few of us are in fact free of the impulses that drive hoarders to the extremes in which they live. For all of us with complicated relationships to our things, Stuff answers the question of what happens when our stuff starts to own us.
©2010 Randy O. Frost & Gail Steketee (P)2010 Audible, Inc.
"This succinct, illuminating book will prove helpful to hoarders, their families, and mental health professionals who work with them." (Publishers Weekly)
"Utterly fascinating"
OK, I admit I was a big reluctant to start this book but couldn't stop listening once I started. The authors go through case studies of many adults and some children with various problems with hoarding and accumulation. The authors discuss the individual struggles, family struggles and public health issues with hoarding. They talk about how they got into the area of treating this disorder which had previously not been discussed much. They do talk primarily about how the disease arises from psychological factors, as opposed to neurotransmitters (for example), but do talk some about the biology and genetic factors around hoarding. This is not a "how-to" book with chapter by chapter approach to the illness but they also give advice on how they treat people with these issues and how to approach the issue on a community basis. They also give families and individuals advice on where to go for help. The main thing that fascinated me was how they could so eloquently describe the struggles that these people have with discarding their things which I never could have understood from watching a show like "Hoarders", for example. If you are at all interested in this topic, don't hesitate to get this book
"I am a hoarder"
I am a 74 year old hoarder, have watched the TV show and read a lot of books about hoarding, but THIS book is the first book that has really explored what is going on inside the heads of hoarders. It is not a "fix it" or a "quick solution" book, but rather it is an in depth study of how we are wired differently from other people. I highly recommend this book above all others for hoarders and anyone who wants to understand them. I am optimistic that understanding how my brain works will help me make my house more functional so that I can enjoy the pleasures that I had hoped I would have in it when I bought it.
"A compelling, worthwhile read"
Frost offers a comprehensive, insightful view into the world of hoarders...the varieties of hoarding, the theories on why they hoard (nature vs. nurture), the torment they often face, and how we might best help them face and manage this extremely difficult mental illness. As a professional in architecture who occasionally works with hoarders, I found this book to be valuable in helping me understand what my clients face.. Frost's narration of his own work is engaging and enjoyable to listen to....more narrative than academic.
"One of the better reads on this subject"
This was one of the best books I've read about people who can't get rid of things easily. Even though this is about hoarders, which I am not, I was able to glean a lot of insight from the psychological portraits in the case studies.
It provided possible explanations about why I have difficulty in getting rid of the most mundane things and offers information as to why others are real hoarders. Also, I found interesting the scientist authors' portrayal of hoarders being perfectionists gone awry, lack of focus, creativity to a fault, seeing 'objects' differently than others might. There is nothing positive about hanging on to too much stuff if it becomes a noose around your neck... for me, it's a work in progress!
Frost and Stekeete set out to describe compulsive hoarding and accomplish that in a most informative way. Their book gets beyond the "what" hoarders do to the "why" they do it. The reader will gain insight into the thinking of hoarders and, by the way, insights into their own compulsions. Collectors, hoarders of animals, and those who just collect junk and trash are all allocated their own chapters. My living quarters are not a trash heap, but there are books every where that I keep perhaps afraid that I'll miss out on something if they are lost. My dad passed with a garage full of scraps, tools, and broken antiques. I am convined now, that he just ran out of time to tackle each "project." He kept them because he wanted to work on the projects they represented. The book is entertaining and well read by Joe Caron.
"Real science, leading to self-examination"
No, I don't live in a house where goat-paths thread among stacks of newspapers, magazines, and assorted junk. But even as I listened to Caron's excellent reading of this well-written book, I couldn't help but notice how many of the traits of the sufferers of extreme cases of hoarding I had, or could recognize in friends and family members - though never so out-of-control. The authors never overclaim - they are genuine scientists who remain cautious and skeptical of their own tentative conclusions. The result is a book that is both fascinating and reliable. It's a happy coincidence when first rate science is done by first rate writers.
"Recommended with caveats"
I can recommend this book to anyone who is interested in psychology-themed discussions. I found the academic style and presentation reassuring that the information was as reliable and vetted as well as possible at the time of writing. In contrast to some other reviewers, I did not personally find the academic nature of the discussion to be boring or dry. Some of the descriptions of hoarders is gave me an almost voyeuristic thrill and made my messy desk seem completely normal in contrast. I am not sure this was the intent of the author, but I would suspect that other non-hoarders might well have this response. The final segment of the book contained a discussion of modern American culture, and I found this part of the book to be preachy, irrelevant to the overall content, and speculative in a non-academic way. Other than that one weakness, I can recommend this book as an interesting read. The narration is fine but not spectacular. If you are not interested in the content, the narration will not carry this book for you.
A school administrator and avid reader and listener of books. At least an hour of every day is spent in the car, and that's where the bulk of my listening is done. I tend to listen to books on "faster" mode so I can get through more books!
"You'll enjoy and want to clean your closets out"
I enjoyed this analysis of hoarders, potential causes and possible solutions. The author brings significant experience in working with and researching hoardes, and he displayed a compassion, but not acceptance, of their plight.
During my reading of this book I definitely wanted to throw away everything I have and clean everything insight.
"Fascinating insight into the problem of hoarding"
I admit I watch "Hoarders" on TV. I am always amazed at how some of the participants in the show appear to value their possessions over family. This book gives a very clear explanation of the thought processes (as far as they are understood) of some of the various types of hoarders, as well as effects on family and children. Dr. Frost reveals several different thought patterns that go into hoarding, whether it be perfectionism or lack of executive processing skills and functions etc. Some questions are raised that cannot be answered because we just don't and can't know (for instance, why do some children hoard?) This book will help me understand my own father better, as he sometimes appears to have these tendencies as well. After listening to this book, I don't have the desire to watch "Hoarders" anymore.
"Helps provide insight into why people hoard"
By describing how hoarding has effected people and their families, this book helps the reader to better understand what leads people to collect so much stuff. This is not meant as a guide to de-cluttering your life but gets at the root of how people connect to the world through their belongings. It is very well done, held my interest, and scared me into de-cluttering.
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Hallmark has been known primarily as an American greeting card company and was founded in Kansas City, Missouri in 1910.
Since 1991, Hallmark has produced many licensed "Keepsake" Christmas ornaments based on Star Trek characters, ships, props, artwork, and scenes.
Hallmark has also produced other Star Trek-related merchandise including lunchboxes, lenticular greeting cards, buttons, sticker sets, e-cards, party supplies, and jigsaw puzzles. The puzzles were produced through their Springbok subsidiary.
Hallmark has frequently used recorded music and clips of Star Trek actors' voices that have been taken from iconic Star Trek episodes or films. These clips are used for electronic audio features contained within their "Keepsake" ornaments or within their display stands. Many Star Trek-themed greeting cards that play digital audio recordings have also been released.
Interactions With Star Trek Actors
Leonard Nimoy recorded a special holiday message from Spock for use within Hallmark's 1992 "Shuttlecraft Galileo" ornament. He also appeared as himself in a television commercial for the ornament and gave the Vulcan salute.
In 1993, Hallmark aired a television commercial featuring Patti Yasutake in the role of Nurse Alyssa Ogawa who was seen questioning the shipboard computer and then replicating a USS Enterprise-D "Keepsake" ornament. Majel Barrett-Roddenberry provided the voice of the computer.
Hallmark's television commercial for the 1994 Klingon Bird-of-Prey ornament featured Robert O'Reilly in the role of Gowron on the bridge of a Klingon ship. His raucous Klingon language pitch was subtitled in English.
Appearances in Star Trek episodes
Set decorator James Mees used colorfully repainted Hallmark "Keepsake" USS Voyager and Klingon Bird-of-Prey ornaments for Miral Paris' baby crib mobile in VOY: "Prophecy". The mobile's Klingon D7 class battle cruiser was a small plastic AMT model that was repainted.
An "unfinished" ship-in-a-bottle of the USS Voyager said to have been "built" by Joe Carey and seen in VOY: "Friendship One" was actually a 1996 Hallmark "Keepsake" ornament which had been modified for the show by production staff.
Hallmark Keepsake Ornament Releases: Star Trek
1991 release
- USS Enterprise - commemorating Star Trek's 25th Anniversary; featuring lights
1992 release
- Shuttlecraft Galileo - featuring lights and a voice clip of Leonard Nimoy as Spock
1993 release
- USS Enterprise - USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D from TNG; featuring lights
1994 release
- Klingon Bird-of-Prey - featuring lights
1995 releases
- Romulan Warbird - featuring lights
- Captain James T. Kirk - in command chair
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard - in Enterprise-D corridor
- Starfleet Combadge - 1:1 scale gift premium pin for buyers of all 1995 Star Trek ornaments
- The Ships Of Star Trek - USS Enterprise (TOS), USS Enterprise-D, and Klingon Bird-of-Prey miniature starships
1996 releases
- USS Voyager - featuring lights
- Commander William T. Riker - with Type 2 phaser
- Mr. Spock - seated at the bridge science station
- Star Trek 30th Anniversary Logo Pin - embossed pin offered as a gift premium for buyers of all 1996 Star Trek ornaments
- Star Trek: 30 Years - USS Enterprise with a miniature Galileo shuttlecraft from TOS; Enterprise is identical to 1991 version but made from diecast zamac with an electroplated nickel exterior and lacks lights; display stand features a voice clip of William Shatner as Kirk
1997 releases
- USS Defiant - from DS9; featuring lights
- Dr. Leonard H. McCoy - on transporter pad
- Commander Data - at Ops bridge station
1998 releases
- USS Enterprise NCC-1701-E - featuring lights
- Captain Kathryn Janeway - leaning on handrail
- Star Trek Lunchbox - small metal reproduction of 1960s-style lunchbox
1999 releases
- Runabout USS Rio Grande - featuring lights and a voice clip of Michael Dorn as Worf
- Worf - with bat'leth
- USS Enterprise Century Stamp - postage stamp ornament
- USS Enterprise - blown glass ornament
2000 releases
- Borg Cube - featuring lights and a voice clip of the Borg Collective
- Seven of Nine
- Lieutenant Commander Worf - blown glass bust ornament
2001 releases
- Space Station Deep Space 9 - display stand powers lights and a voice clip of Avery Brooks as Sisko; station has hooks for 6 miniature starships
- Captain Benjamin Sisko
- Q - blown glass bust ornament
- Starfleet Legends - USS Enterprise-E, USS Defiant (DS9), and USS Voyager miniature starship set
2002 releases
- Delta Flyer - featuring lights and a voice clip of Kate Mulgrew as Janeway
- Enterprise NX-01 - display stand features a voice clip of Scott Bakula as Archer; ship is made of diecast zamac with an electroplated nickel exterior
- The Doctor - with medical tricorder
2003 releases
- The Scorpion - Reman fighter with Picard and Data in cockpit; featuring lights
- Sub-Commander T'Pol
- Captain Jonathan Archer - in command chair
2004 releases
- Vulcan Command Ship - featuring lights
- Commander Trip Tucker - in EV suit
- Star Trek Insignias - miniature ornament set of TOS, TNG, and ENT insignias
- The City on the Edge of Forever - Kirk and Spock leaping through the Guardian of Forever; featuring lights and voice clips of Leonard Nimoy as Spock, William Shatner as Kirk, and Bart LaRue as the Guardian
2005 releases
- USS Enterprise NCC-1701-A - featuring lights
- Khan - as seen in TOS: "Space Seed"
- Locutus of Borg - with the Borg Queen from Star Trek: First Contact; featuring lights and voice clips of Patrick Stewart as Locutus and Alice Krige as the Borg Queen
2006 releases
- USS Enterprise NCC-1701 - from TOS; new sculpting; display stand powers lights and plays a synthesized version of the TOS theme
- The Transporter Chamber - from TOS; with Kirk, Spock, and Scotty; featuring lights and transporter sound effects
2007 releases
- Future USS Enterprise - Future USS Enterprise 1701-D from TNG: "All Good Things..."; featuring lights
- Lieutenant Uhura - at communications station wearing a red Operations division uniform; "limited edition" ornament available at Hallmark stores
- Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan - Kirk, Spock, and Sulu at the USS Enterprise's helm station with USS Reliant on bridge viewscreen; featuring lights and sound
2008 releases
- USS Reliant - featuring lights
- Starfleet Communicator - from TOS; featuring lights and sound
- The Trouble with Tribbles - Kirk buried in tribbles; featuring falling tribbles and sound
2009 releases
- Klingon Battle Cruiser - from films; featuring lights
- Starfleet Phaser - from TOS; featuring lights and sound
- Lieutenant Uhura - at communications station wearing a gold Command division uniform as seen in "The Corbomite Maneuver" and "Mudd's Women"; repaint of the 2007 ornament; "limited edition" of 450 released at the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con
- Ilia Probe - "limited edition" ornament available at Hallmark stores
- The Menagerie - Kirk and Spock with Fleet Captain Christopher Pike; features wheelchair lights and sounds
2010 releases
- USS Enterprise Star Trek - USS Enterprise (alternate reality) from 2009 Star Trek film; featuring lights
- Captain James T. Kirk - with a type 2 phaser; first in "Star Trek Legends" series
- Amok Time - Kirk and Spock fighting each other; featuring music from the episode
2011 releases
- Romulan Bird-of-Prey - from TOS; featuring lights
- USS Defiant Star Trek Special Edition - from TOS & ENT; glow-in-the-dark repaint of 2006 USS Enterprise; no stand, lights, or sound; "limited edition" of 700 released at the 2011 New York Comic-Con
- Spock - with a tricorder; second in "Star Trek Legends" series
- Mirror, Mirror - Mirror Universe Spock forcing a Vulcan mind meld on McCoy; featuring a voice clip of Leonard Nimoy as Spock
2012 releases
- USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D - new 25th Anniversary sculpt with an attached display base; featuring music and a voice clip of Patrick Stewart as Jean-Luc Picard narrating TNG's opening titles
- Doctor Leonard "Bones" McCoy - with a hypospray; third in "Star Trek Legends" series
- An Extraordinary Meeting - Spock and Spock (alternate reality) exchanging the Vulcan salute from Star Trek (2009); featuring voice clips of Leonard Nimoy as Spock and Zachary Quinto as Spock
2013 releases
- USS Kelvin - featuring lights
- Scotty - with a Trident scanner; fourth in "Star Trek Legends" series
- Arena - Kirk fighting the Gorn captain - featuring sound and music from the episode
- Lynn Norton has sculpted every Hallmark Star Trek starship ornament with very few exceptions. The Galileo shuttlecraft was sculpted by Dill Rhodus and the 1996 Enterprise ornament was designed by Norton and Rhodus. The Scorpion ornament was sculpted by Norton but the Data and Picard figures within were sculpted by Anita Marra Rogers. Rogers has sculpted the vast majority of Star Trek ornaments that are not starships and she generally focuses on figures.
- Hallmark's initial concept drawings depicted the 1991 USS Enterprise, the first in the series, with a Santa Claus popping out of a hinged bridge dome with simulated garland draped around the saucer. Norton was able to steer Hallmark away from this concept.
- "Magic" sound and light features are commonly activated by pressing a button, although many older ornaments stay constantly illuminated when plugged into a powered Christmas light strand. Since 2005, all "Magic" Hallmark Star Trek ship ornaments have been battery-operated and stay powered-on for less than 30 seconds after the "on" button is pushed.
- Four limited-edition Star Trek "Keepsake" ornaments have been produced by Hallmark: two exclusively at comics and science fiction conventions (the 2009 San Diego and 2011 New York Comic-Cons) while two were released in limited quantities at Hallmark Gold Crown stores. Premium gift pins were also released.
See also
External links
- Hallmark official site
- Hallmark Cards at Wikipedia
- Hallmark Star Trek Ornaments.com's Star Trek Ornament Checklist
- Hallmark Star Trek Keepsake Ornaments Anniversary part 1 at StarTrek.com, the official Star Trek website
- Hallmark Star Trek Keepsake Ornaments Anniversary part 2 at StarTrek.com, the official Star Trek website


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MRC Technology, a technology transfer charity and company, entered into a strategic drug discovery collaboration with the Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology (SIBCB), Chinese Academy of Science (CAS). The agreement will combine the SIBCB's research expertise in generating potential new drug targets, with MRC Technology's experience in further developing early-stage research for pharmaceutical application and commercialization. The focus of the collaboration is to fast-track innovative drugable targets to create potent and selective novel therapeutics.
"SIBCB is one of the world's leading academic research institutions and the initiative reflects our joint commitment to delivering drugs for the treatment of diseases of global significance," Dave Tapolczay, MRC Techology's CEO commented. "The collaboration gives us a strong partner in China and access to potential new targets to further develop into drug therapies."
In May, MRC Technology launched two collaborations with Mauro Perretti, Ph.D., at the William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) to exploit G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) identified as effectors of endogenous resolution. Also, earlier this month, they received a £577,000 ($916,000) award from the Biomedical Catalyst to fund research into the role of cytokine IL-16 in Ischemic Reperfusion Injury (IRI), the tissue damage and ensuing inflammatory response resulting from a sudden loss of blood flow.
One theory for explaining "success," put forward by Amy Chua Jed Rubenfeld, posits cultural traits such as a superiority complex, personal insecurity and impulse control. Union College professors Joshua Hart and Christopher Chabris counter that intelligence, conscientiousness, and economic advantage are the most likely elements of success, regardless of ethnicity. Do you think that Hart-Chabris make a better argument for achieving success than the Chua-Rubenfeld theory?
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Biography for
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McMillan Palgrave
Kimberly Willis Holt
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My Louisiana Sky
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Waiting for Gregory
Skinny Brown Dog
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, won a National Book Award for Young People's Literature. She resides in West Texas with her family.
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Vol State Students Inducted into National Society of Leadership and Success
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Volunteer State Community College students were inducted into the National Society of Leadership and Success this year. New members are invited to join the chapter at the start of the Fall and Spring semesters by automatic initiation to all Vol State students with a GPA of 2.75 or higher or by voluntary sign-up with a recommendation from the chapter advisor. As described in literature about the organization, the Society is an organization that helps people discover and achieve their goals through lectures, community service and team building exercises. The Vol State chapter of the National Society of Leadership and Success contributed 260 documented hours of community service with eight projects throughout the academic year.
2011 Inductees: Pat Dishman, Alpine; Luis Benitez, Antioch; Christopher Park, Antioch; John Belisle, Ashland City; Tiffany Bridges, Ashland City; Mary Harper, Carthage; Shanda Key, Carthage; Charles Hodgson, Cedar Hill; Amanda Pendleton, Cedar Hill; Phyllis Huff, Celina; Lauren Fraser, Cleveland; Melanie Reynolds, Cookeville; Chelcee Albert, Cottontown; Megan Weddle, Cottontown; Sarah, Ketron, Cross Plains; Allen, Boeninghaus, Gallatin; Matthew Cole, Gallatin; Keri Fulks, Gallatin; Rasha Moore, Gallatin; Dustin Parker, Gallatin; Chelsea Young, Gallatin; Elizabeth Duke, Goodlettsville; Damoine Williams, Goodlettsville, Talissa Bennett, Greenbrier; Joanna Krisle, Greenbrier; Sandra Olmstead, Greenbrier; Carmen Arcila, Hendersonville; Teresa Beazley, Hendersonville; Jamie Blurton, Hendersonville; Lacey Butler, Hendersonville; Sandra Melcher-Bidman, Hendersonville; Amadeus Nunaley-Connor, Hendersonville; Steven Prager, Hendersonville; Katelyn Rickards, Hendersonville; Kenneth Romans, Hendersonville; Arianna Rubi, Hendersonville; Melody Stevens, Hendersonville; Jason Stewart, Hendersonville; Cindy Bradshaw, Hermitage; Courtney Hix, Hermitage; Rebecca Richardson, Livingston; Brittney Lunceford, Madison; Pauline Palcon, Madison; Heather Weber, Madison; Jordan Runions, Memphis; Martin Martin-Tomas, Monterey; Sharon Clark, Mount Juliet; Lee Fallin, Mount Juliet: Mary Faith Fallin, Mount Juliet; Lydia Nixon, Mount Juliet; Victoria Tayes, Mount Juliet; Anna Tewmey, Mount Juliet; Michelle Cooper, Murfreesboro; David Sohl, Nashville; Summer Cunning, Old Hickory; Shellie Leach, Old Hickory; Sarah Rivers, Old Hickory; Carey Anderson, Portland; Sara Briley, Portland; Megan Dowling, Portland; Barbara Gilleland, Portland; Steven Gilleland, Portland; Miles Monhollen, Portland; Brandon Shaw, Portland; Alicia Wilson, Portland; Rachel Campbell, Springfield; Elizabeth Williams, Watertown; William Kernodle, Westmoreland; Shelby Hooper, White House; Maxwell Lawrence, White House; Jack Stafford, White House. 2010 Inductees: Shelton Campbell, Castalian Springs; Joshua Moore, Gallatin; Wendy Nabors, Gallatin; Larry Leftwich, Goodlettsville; Debbie Harbison, Hendersonville; Megan, Salyer, Hendersonville; Jessica Reeves, Nashville; Lizbeth Vacar-Flores, Watertown.
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- Leather Big Star label on back
- 99% Cotton, 1% Spandex.
- Machine wash cold with like colors. Wash inside out to retain colors. Do not bleach. Tumble dry low. Warm iron if needed.
- Made in Mexico.
Ozone Technology. LESS WATER. LESS ENERGY. LESS CHEMICALS. Ozone Technology has allowed Big Star to reduce its use of water, chemicals and energy by approximately 25% annually, helping to save the world one jean at a time. Koos Manufacturing Inc., the home to premium denim brand Big Star, is now using Ozone Technology, a wash process that significantly reduces the company's water consumption, use of chemicals and dirty energy. Big Star applies Ozone Technology to its denim manufacturing as a drying process that essentially produces a cleaner finish on the jean in a much quicker time frame, and uses no water during its cycle. Normally, jeans are rinsed with large amounts of water to get rid of the excess indigo from the garment, and chemicals are applied to fade the jean and clean up indigo bleeds on the pocket linings. The ozone acts as a bleach to disinfect the garment, kill bacteria and reduce indigo backwash, dramatically lowering water consumption as well as energy and chemical usage.


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Trigeminal Neuralgia (Tic Douloureux)
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General Discussion
Trigeminal neuralgia, also known as tic douloureux, is a disorder of the fifth cranial nerve (trigeminal nerve) characterized by attacks of intense, stabbing pain affecting the mouth, cheek, nose, and/or other areas on one side of the face. The exact cause of trigeminal neuralgia is not fully understood.
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Joel Goodman is a research architect living in Wisconsin. After a few solar cooking experiences in the 1970-80s, he began studies of small-mid size solar kitchens using built-in fixed ovens (2003), inserted solar box cookers (2005), and augmented with building size nonimaging fixed reflector troughs with adjustable end reflectors (2007)(2009). Because of outgassing concerns from materials (insulation, glues, etc.) inside of augmented box cookers, and box cookers take up space in kitchens, mid-size kitchen studies began with thru-wall greenhouse type (HotPotTM, etc.) ovens (2006), and recently for small houses with thru-wall greenhouse type ovens combined with improved cook stoves, revealing house plan and solar access planning requirements. Additional studies are for exterior furniture fixed reflectors augmenting box cookers.
Recent news and developments
- February 2014: Community kitchen concept shares central solar reflector. Read more about it at: Midsize experimental CPC solar kitchen studies
- September 2013: Discussion of a schematic design for a thru-wall non-imaging reflector. Thru-wall fixed reflector concentrator solar cooker prototype
- September 2013: Thru-wall fixed non-imaging reflector concentrator for ovens, cookers, autockaves, etc. A thru-wall fixed nonimaging (NI) reflector concentrator for ovens, cookers, autoclaves, etc. may be a lightweight for the most part attachment to a house or trailer wall. A NI 'box' has four creased aluminum-reflector elements attached together, secured to a square based two-angles pyramid-reflector(with grill posts) supported on a bracket(s) structured to the wall. Augmentation is with fixed reflectors attached to the wall, and E and W repositioned reflectors at noon with wind fail-safe design.
- July 2013: Joel will be presenting the design for his Thru-wall fixed concentrator oven-cooker at the Dodgeville Public Library in Wisconsin, USA on August 15, 2013: See the Calendar of events. Preview images
- January 2013: A mirror-tiled concrete base, with grill support bolts casted in, is a nonimaging concentrator shape segment to reflect solar radiation upwards to the underside of cooker-ovens.
- December 2012: Joel Goodman describes and illustrates the constraints and opportunities for incorporating a permanent thru-wall solar cooker in home design. Wisconsin Thru-the-Wall Solar Cooker
- November 2012: Joel Goodman describes and illustrates the characteristics of compound parabolic concentrators. Read more: Fixed Nonimaging CPC-type Troughs
- October 2012: The adjacent drawing illustrates using a fixed one-sided reflector trough to augment a built-in solar cooker.
- September 2011: When a thru-wall cooker counter height is higher, 36 inches/ 915mm above kitchen floor level, and the outdoor ground level is lower, 24-36 inches or more below the kitchen floor level, a more substantial construction is required to support the fixed reflector concentrator, possible with an integrated small storage space/room. And a higher rainwater drain permits water storage with a higher gravity flow.
- May 2011:
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- January 2011: A building integrated fixed reflector non-imaging mid-size solar kitchen schematic for non-seismic locations combines: multiple thru-mirror wall greenhouse type ovens on one side, and on the other side a scoop type reflector concentrator.
- The adjacent illustration of a partial house kitchen plan illustrates orientation and solar access requirements for a thru-mirror wall greenhouse type oven. The top edge of a nonimaging fixed reflector can align with different wall and roof house construction types and shapes.
- Various fabrication-construction methods for a chair-size thru mirror wall oven nonimaging reflector concentrator include:
- Masonry substrates (compressed stabilized earth blocks, fired bricks, etc.) for gluing flat laminated glass mirror segments.
- Bent metal reflectors bolted to a center concrete pyramid with glued reflectors.
- Prefabricated injection molded plastic substrates for adhering reflectors.
- Masonry substrates (compressed stabilized earth blocks, fired bricks, etc.) for gluing flat laminated glass mirror segments.
- December 2010: Joel has provided some conceptual ideas for incorporating thru-wall solar oven, and solar still installations.
- June 2003: Goodman, Joel H., "Selected Building Integrated Active Solar Energy Structures", International Solar Energy Society Solar World Congress, Gothenburg, Sweden, June 14-19, 2003.
- 2005: Goodman, J.H., (2005) Solar Cooking Kitchen Studies with Building Size Nonimaging Reflectors, ISES Solar World Congress, Orlando, Florida, 8-2005
- August 2006: Goodman, Joel H., "Architectonic studies with building size nonimaging reflectors", invited, Proceedings of the World Renewable Energy Congress IX, Florence, Italy, Aug., 2006.
- 2007: Goodman, Joel H., (2007),"Architectonic Studies with Selected Reflector Concentrating Solar Collectors", Journal of Green Building, Vol. 2 Number 2, Spring, College Publishing, pp 78-108.
- January 2009: Goodman, Joel H., Building Size Fixed Reflector CPC Troughs and Bowls for Food Processing Facilities, Proceedings of the International Solar Food Processing Conference, ISES, Jan. 2009, Indore, India
- January 2009: Building size fixed reflector CPC Troughs and Bowls for Food Processing Facilities - Joel Goodman
- August 2012: Goodman, Joel H., Fixed Troughs, Heliostats, Bowls and Reused Wind Blades
Joel H. Goodman
P.O. 14, Dodgeville, Wisconsin 53533
Tel: (608) 935-5483
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Huntington Collection by Hudson Valley
Bring home classic style with a lamp from the Huntington Collection. Available in old bronze, antique nickel, polished nickel, or aged brass finishes. These are the perfect lamps to work with any decor. Whether you're in the market for a bath and vanity lamp or a pair of sconces, these fixtures are bound to impress.


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Chronicle Books: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
Michael Carabetta, Creative Director at Chronicle Books, will provide an insider's view of the work of one of the country's most respected independent publishers.
Date: Monday, February 7th, 2011
Time: 7:00 pm
Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Location: Kahl Campus Center 224 - Albany
Sponsored by: Graphic Design Department
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For more information, visit: http://www.sage.edu/art.
Michael Carabetta, Creative Director at Chronicle Books, will provide an insider's view of the work of one of the country's most respected independent publishers. Based in San Francisco, CA, Chronicle Books was founded in 1967 and over the years has developed a reputation for award-winning, innovative books. The company continues to challenge conventional publishing wisdom, setting trends in both subject and format, maintaining a list that includes fine art titles in design, art, architecture, and photography.
Speaker Bio
Michael Carabetta is creative director of Chronicle Books, a San Francisco-based publisher. His work has received recognition in the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) 50 Books/50 Covers shows, and in Graphis Books I and II. His projects have appeared in a variety of design publications–including Communication Arts, Critique, and I.D. magazines–and have received awards from the San Francisco Ad Club, New York Art Directors Club, and the Western Art Directors Club.
Mr. Carabetta attended the Paier College of Art, and received his MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art. Before joining Chronicle Books in 1991, he worked for 10 years with Landor Associates, directing corporate identity projects in their San Francisco, London, and Hong Kong offices. He is an occasional contributor to the AIGA Journal, and has guest-lectured on design at San Jose State University, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), and the Stanford Publishing Course. Also, he has taught design at California College of the Arts. He collects 20th-century first editions and is a member of the board of directors of the Center for the Art of Translation.


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Figured it would be nice if we started a thread where you say some basic demographics about yourself and then what you'd spend money on. I'll start:
I'm a veteran player with a huge card pool. I may sometimes spend money on seasonal art, EX cards, new sets, or purchases involving guaranteed cards. I have no incentive to spend on lotteries or random packs since there are so few cards that I don't have.


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Diner Collection by Hudson Valley
For a diner look in your kitchen or other room, the Hudson Valley Lighting Diner Collection has pendant and semi-flush lamps. Choose polished chrome or satin nickel for an art deco look that's always in style. This collection showcases a modern look that is timeless. Either semi-flush or pendant style will fit in with your decor and add personality.


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Pauly D, The Situation, JWOWW, and Snooki.
Unfortunately, we live in a society where these have become familiar names in household and internet discussions.
I've come up with something better. This is the possible future of the cast if they continue their guido ways…
Let me introduce you to the new and improved fist pumping cast of the Frightcatalog reality blog: Jersey Gore.
When The Situation talks, people can't help but stare. He walks around making strange choppy hand and arm movements and coupled with random facial spasms. Frankenstein is sort of a given in this particular "situation".
JWOWW… This wasn't hard. With all the plastic parts on this broad, we figure she can't really age…
DJ Pauly D. Two words: Blow. Out. Continuous hair gel applications will do a number on your scalp. Additionally, all those tanning bed visits may leave his skin a bit parched. Make sure you moisturize Pauly!
Finally: Snooki. She'd really like to have you think her nationality is Italian. However, any true Italian knows what beautiful young Italian girls turn into when they get older. Snook, if you want to play the part… do your research!
Finally, Don't forget your orange glow. It creates that perfect radioactive orange tan look that keeps the rest of society envious. It could possibly help you land a hit TV show as well.
– Sincerely,
Your Halloween Harlot.