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Live Boldly, Courageously
Daily Prayer
Father in Heaven, forgive me for coddling my fears more than I cling to Your promises. I want to live boldly and courageously for you! Fill me afresh with the power of Your Holy Spirit. Ignite my faith and awaken my passion for Your purposes. Take away my desire for lesser things so that my heart beats in rhythm with Yours. Open my eyes to see the wonders of Your love and open my ears to hear the power in Your voice. I want to live and breathe as one who is saved, spoken for, called, and appointed for such a time as this. May my life-in every way-reflect Your very precious heart for the world. In Jesus' Name, I pray. Amen.
Through the Storm
Daily Blessing
May God open your eyes to see beyond the obstacles and through the storm so you can envision His next place of promise for you. May your doubts, worries, and fears take a back seat to faith, hope, and love. In fact, may others look up from their own storm because of how you trust God in yours. You are mighty in battle because God is mighty in you! Don't give up hope! Don't coddle your fears. Cling to the promises of God and walk forward in faith. Have a brave and courageous day.
For we live by faith, not by sight (2 Corinthians 5:7 NIV).
Guard Your Heart
Daily Blessing
May Jesus help you guard your heart with all diligence. May you instantly discern the source of your thoughts and emotions so you'll know what to uproot and what to nurture. May you rightly divide truth from lie, life from death, and love from selfishness. May you become a fierce warrior with your shield and sword and refuse to give the enemy even an inch of your land or even a minute of your day. It is FOR freedom that Christ has set you free! May you begin to see fresh life spring up from within your soul as you tend more diligently to the issues of your heart.
Trust Him Today
Daily Blessing
May the Lord Himself establish you in His highest and best purposes for you. May He open doors, move mountains, and bring provision in the very near future. May He confirm your faith steps and energize your prayers. He is mighty, He is good, and He cares about every detail of your life. Dare to obey Him and do what He says. He's making a way where there is no way. He loves you truly and deeply. Trust Him today.
May Jesus Fill You!
Daily Blessing
May Jesus heal your wounds from past relationships. May He bless you with godly, mature friends to walk this leg of the journey with you. May He give you wise mentors to point the way and a fresh vision for your next place of promise. May God fill in the spaces of your painful memories with Truth that sets you free. May He fill in the gaps of what you know about Him through His Word. May He fill up your cup so its spills over to a world very much in need. A most blessed day to you.
Peace Like a River
Daily Blessing
May peace flow like a river through the very depths of your being. May joy rise within you like the morning sun. May strength awaken your heart and sturdy your steps. And may faith swallow up your every fear. God is with you at the break of day. He will not fail you. Though darkness and fear and weakness threaten to overtake you, they will not, they cannot, because you belong to Jesus. He is your stronghold, your high tower, your deliverer, and your defender. He heals, reveals, corrects, and redirects. He's your very good shepherd and will lead you safely through the storm. Trust Him with your whole heart today.
Faith Changes Things
Daily Blessing
May God open the heavens and give you a glimpse of how far you've come in this battle. You're still standing! In Christ, you're stronger than you know. May you see with eyes of faith how much of the wall has already come down! May Jesus speak peace to your soul and strength to your heart. May you understand—on a whole new level—why God has allowed you to walk through this trial. He has something for you here…treasures in the darkness that will serve you well in the days ahead. Don't lose hope. Don't let go of His promises. Circumstances are changing because of your faith. You are part of the conquering army of saints in the world today!
Crazy Faith Steps
Daily Blessing
May you--above all else--see yourself as someone Jesus loves. May His affection for you heal you in the deepest ways and inspire you like nothing else ever has. May His saving grace and enabling power compel you to dream with Him, believe in Him, and take crazy-faith-steps because of Him. May every lesser voice and every lying circumstance fall by the wayside so that all you hear is His voice in your ear saying, 'This is the way, walk in it.' Nobody's opinion matters as much as God's. Nobody can save, heal, redeem, and refresh like Jesus. Walk intimately with Him today. His will for you is your best-case-scenario.
Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us (Ephesians 3:20 NIV).
Easter Blessing:
Daily Blessing
May you tune out the noise of the world and lean in and listen to what Jesus has to say to you this weekend. Your story matters to Him. He's with you on this journey. He offers peace that passes understanding, and strength right in the midst of your weakness. His Spirit in you defies the gravity of the past you'd rather forget. In Christ, you're forgiven and free. You have nothing to prove and all of eternity to live for. Live free. Embrace His life within you and stay in step with with the Risen Savior all the days of your life. Nothing can ever separate you from His love. Have a blessed Easter!
So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed (John 8:36 NIV).
Jesus Brings Freedom!
Daily Blessing
May your heart burst with gratitude for the freedoms you enjoy. May you take a fresh look the territory God has entrusted to you and offer it back to Him. May you dwell in the land and feed on His faithfulness. And may this be your declaration of dependence: It is for FREEDOM that Christ has set me free. I will live with boldness, courage, and conviction. I will love freely, give generously, and pray passionately. And, I will entrust my whole soul and story to God because I belong to Him. Thank you, Jesus, You've set me FREE!
Verse: Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom (2 Corinthians 3:17 NIV).
Done With Captivity!
Daily Blessing
May you determine to be done with captivity! No more rehearsing your failures or rehashing your critics' accusations. It's time to remember God's love, His faithfulness, and His heart of affection for you. It's time to put all of your hope in the finished work of Jesus Christ. May you put a flag in the ground this day and declare, 'My hope is built on nothing less but Jesus' blood and righteousness!' Rest in God's grace. Rely on His love. And rehearse His promises because they're true for you. Break free from the bondage of others' opinions and walk free and full of faith this day!
Verse: Let all that I am praise the Lord; with my whole heart, I will praise his holy name. Let all that I am praise the Lord; may I never forget the good things he does for me (Psalm 103:1-2 NLT).
Your Influence Matters
Daily Blessing
In the days ahead, may you die to the power of others' opinions that you may live out of the relentless, abundant love God has for you. As people become more cruel and careless with their opinions, may you become more loving and discerning with yours. May you speak with precision, pray with power, and stand in courage. Your life and influence matter deeply in this desperate world. Lean in and learn everything you can from the One who loves you deeply and intends to use you greatly.
God is Moving
Daily Blessing
May you dare to believe that God is moving in your life, because He is. He makes all things new. And He intends to dismantle the schemes of the enemy. Will you trust Him? May your next steps be faith-steps and your next words, faith-words. May you embrace a joyful heart, not because of what your eyes see, but because of what your heart knows: God is good, He is for you, and He will not fail you. Have a blessed day.
Verse: He who was seated on the throne said, "I am making everything new!" Then he said, "Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true." (Revelation 21:5 NIV)
Be Healed!
Daily Blessing
May God's perfect love swallow up every single fear and anxious thought. May Jesus renew your perspective in a way that brings you peace and assurance. In Jesus' Name, may sickness and disease bow down at the feet of Jesus and flee from your body this very moment. May your loved ones find their strength in Christ alone. May God do for you what you cannot do for yourself. And, may your every moment be filled with grace and peace, healing and rest, perspective and power, in Jesus' Name. Amen.
Everyone tried to touch him, because healing power went out from him, and he healed everyone (Luke 6:19 NLT).
A Heart at Rest
Daily Blessing
May you respond to Jesus' invitation to come away and rest a while. May you determine to stop your straining and striving and remember once again that HE is God and that He holds your hand. May His grace abound in your life so that others can see first hand what a heart at rest looks like. May your life produce an abundance of fruit simply because you're intimately connected to the Vine. No striving today. Live by faith in the love God has for you. Have a blessed-heart-at-rest kind of day today!
Ready for a Change
Daily Blessing
As the winds of change start to blow in your life, may you lean in and listen for the voice of the Lord. Instead of looking for "signs" and mistakenly drawing the wrong conclusion, may you instead look to the Lord and His strength. He'll speak to you in a way you'll understand. He'll lead you in the way you should go. He is faithful and true and He's doing a NEW thing in your life! Keep an ear bent toward heaven. Daily the heavens pour forth speech. May you listen for every word. Blessings on your day today!
The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge (Psalm 19:1-2 niv).
Motivated & Purposeful
Daily Blessing
May you be motivated to exercise, organize, and prioritize. May you embrace the grace to tend to the important things so they don't become urgent things. May God bless you with focus, clarity, and inspiration to live an anointed and purposeful life starting today. May abundant grace and startling clarity be yours today!
A New Pace
By God's grace, may you eliminate hurry and worry from your life. May you instead slow your pace and turn your face to the One who loves, saves, redeems, and restores everything about you. Instead of grabbing for yourself, may you pause and wait and see how God provides and cares for you. May you enter into a new season where you know God's rest, His pace, and His provision like you've never know before. He's for you and with you in ways you can't even imagine! Have a blessed day.
Peace Like a River
Daily Blessing
May peace flow like a river through the very depths of your being. May joy rise within you like the morning sun. May strength awaken your heart and sturdy your steps. And may faith swallow up your every fear. God is with you at the break of day. He will not fail you. Though darkness and fear and weakness threaten to overtake you, they will not, they cannot, because you belong to Jesus. He is your stronghold, your high tower, your deliverer, and your defender. He heals, reveals, corrects, and redirects. He's your very good shepherd and will lead you safely through the storm. Trust Him with your whole heart today.
You'll See His Goodness
Daily Blessing
When your faith-seeds are in the ground and the harvest is yet to come, may you use the time in between to care for your soul and to know Jesus more. Are you weary? Give priority to rest. Are you disillusioned? Take some time in God's presence and let Him renew your perspective. Do you feel beat up by life? Draw near to Jesus so He can restore you. Don't forget who you are in this season of life. You're loved, treasured, called, and appointed. God has not lost your address. He knows where you live. And at just the right time, He will break through. Be courageous today!
Verse: I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord (Psalm 27:13-14 NIV).
The Wonder of Small
Daily Blessing
May you begin to cherish the wonder of small things: small seeds, baby steps, subtle shifts in perspective. Choose life every chance you get. When God is about to do a new thing, He starts small and speaks to those who are listening. Are you listening? Don't underestimate the power of your kindness, obedience, offerings, and prayers. Cherish today. Embrace faith. Take obedient steps. Do small things like they're big things. God brings the increase. God multiplies. He has no rival. Nothing is too difficult for Him! Open your hand and trust Him to make something out of practically nothing. He's a wonder-working God and loves to work through you! Embrace the power of small steps today!
Verse: Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness. (2 Corinthians 9:10 NIV)


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Theater students to perform 'Fair Ladies,' Nov. 12-13, 18-20
Posted November 2, 2004; 10:32 a.m.
The Program in Theater and Dance will present "Fair Ladies at a Game of Poem Cards," an adaptation of an 18th-century Japanese puppet play, at the Berlind Theatre. Show times are 8 p.m. on the following dates: Friday and Saturday, Nov. 12-13, and Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 18-20.
The play, a fairy tale of love and honor, will feature a cast of 13 Princeton students. The performance will be based on the adaptation of "Fair Ladies" by Peter Oswald, longtime playwright-in-residence at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London. It was originally written by Kabuki playwright Chikamatsu Monzaemon.
The performance will be directed by Erica Schmidt, best known for her New York Shakespeare Festival production of Shakespeare's "As You Like It."
Tickets are $5 for children; $10 for students, faculty, staff and senior citizens; and $15 for others. They are available online through University Ticketing or by calling the McCarter Theatre box office at (609) 258-ARTS.
Contact: Lauren Robinson-Brown (609) 258-3601

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Bryce Canyon, Zion National Park and Las Vegas
Trip Start Jun 06, 2005
20Trip End May 31, 2006
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We have taken a little longer than usual to complete this update due to the fact Kelly and I have been doing absolutely nothing at all for the past week (lazy bums).
We arrived back at Alamo CA last Monday a little earlier than planned. As we had feared, we had become National Parked out. We were intending to visit Yosemite on the way home but after spending 3 days in Las Vegas we couldn't face an 8 hour drive then setting up camp, so we drove for 9 1/2 hours all the way back to Rob and Mary's house.
Prior to Vegas we stopped off in deep southwest Utah for Bryce Canyon N. P. and Zion N.P. both with different landscapes to any other we had seen already.
We stayed about 2 miles outside Bryce N.P. in a town called Ruby's Inn. This place is basically owned by one family and had a massive RV / campsite, five or so lodges and all the amenities you could ever want.
The park itself is a 17 mile road that rises up to 9700 ft and has views of very unusual rock formations called Hoodoo's and that's pretty much it. You drive to the top and on your way down pull over at various view points. The weather was quite overcast so the colors weren't as vivid as normal.
This is one of the first campsites that we had a lot of room to ourselves and we expected a noise free great nights sleep that was until we had a huge rain storm.......if its not trains its the rain!!!!!
About 80 miles away is Zion N.P and this park differed from all the others as you can't drive your own vehicle through it. Again this was a fairly small park in comparison to Yellowstone and consisted of a shuttle bus that takes you the 9 or so miles with around 7 stop offs.
When we reached the lodge we took a 3 mile hike to see the Emerald Pools which was quite exhausting in the 90 degree heat. When we got to the pool we could hear not so distant thunder and decided to get off the mountain as quickly as possible. Both Bryce and Zion can be done in a day unless you want to do all the hikes then 3 days should be enough.
We spent the night just outside Zion in Springdale in a small breeze block motel....hey don't knock it, it had a TV......it's amazing how transfixed you get after not seeing a TV for a few weeks...even Star Trek is watchable!!!!
So then we had a 5 hour drive to Las Vegas through some of the flattest most boring scenery you can imagine. The temperature rose from mid 80's up to 109 and even with aircon it was uncomfortable.
There are quite a few of you, both from America and England that have been to Vegas and know what its like and many others have a good idea but there is nowhere on Earth like it.
I hope the pictures bring back happy memories of losing all your money for some of you!!!!!
So where are we staying........
Is it Paris...........no!!
Is it The Belagio with its fantastic dancing fountains..........no!!!
Is it Caesars Palace..........No.
How about the Mirage with its exploding volcano.......No!!!
Ok it must be Treasure Island.......................No!!!!
It can't be the Stardust can it.........No but getting closer!!!
Circus Circus........Yeah.......$40 dollars a night!!!.
(Does this bring back fond memories Baggers)
Ok so not the best place and it is a fair way down the strip but the room was good and it fits the budget.
The first night we explored the strip and I talked Kelly into finding a Karaoke bar (Kelly loved that) where we met two girls from Maryland.
We had a great night but got a little to drunk and spent most of the next day in our room.
I also had a great idea of going to see Journey in concert at the Aladdin for there 30 years together tour and as most of you know Kelly loves 80's rock (not at all) she readily agreed. I had a great time and Kelly struggled through but they are not the same without Steve Perry.
We had some fun in Vegas and I think it was a great way to end the American leg of our trip, so it was homeward bound.
We are currently in Mendocino where our trip first started and we go back to Alamo on Thursday where we will be until the 31st. The next stop is the Island of Moorea about 9ks off Tahiti.
So Jack will leave you with a few facts about our trip so far!!!!!
Distance driven = 6310 miles.
Visited 11 states including Canada.
Crossed the Continental Divide 8 times.
Won no money in Vegas.
Killed around 1 million bugs on the windshield.
Killed each other.........none but nearly!!!
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Maine Coastal Rt 1
Trip Start Jul 08, 2004
1Trip End Jul 14, 2004
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The beautiful state of Maine really lives up to its license-plate motto "Vacationland." You can sample some of the best of Maine's treasures in an easy trip of less than 200 miles along Maine's coastal Route 1. Along the way you take in sights from desert to ocean, with side-trips to visit lighthouses and fishing villages nestled on the finger-like peninsulas that shoot south off Route 1. Be sure to stop at the numerous Visitor's Centers. All are staffed with very friendly and helpful people who have the latest lodging availability and current information on local attractions.
Begin at Mt Desert Island, 47 miles from Bangor, just south of Route 1 via Route 3, and visit Acadia National Park, the first National Park east of the Mississippi and among the top-ten most-visited parks in the National Park System
The 15-minute orientation program at the Hulls Cove Visitor Center explains how molten rock, called Magma, rose from the ocean floor through bedrock to produce the coarse-grained granite you'll find throughout Maine. Later, continental glaciers dug deep valleys and lake basins while carrying large boulders, called erratics, that can be seen at the summit of Cadillac Mountain. When the ice receded, water flooded the area and cut the island off from the mainland. Mt Desert Island is the third-largest island off the East Coast of the continental U.S.
A scenic 20-mile Park loop Road lets you take in a jaw-dropping vista of lakes, mountains and seashore, while Cadillac Mountain Road gives you a panoramic view of the coast and island-studded bays from the highest mountain on the U.S.'s Eastern Seaboard (1530 ft). Walk a trail to the top of Cadillac Mountain or follow a trail to the sandy beach and clamor granite rocks - you might find a crab or two hiding there, too. Be sure to stop at the Jordan Pond Tea House for lunch and order the popular fresh-baked popovers. And silently thank those people who had the vision and generosity to set aside this scenic area for future generations of nature lovers
Paintings of this area by famous landscape artists Thomas Cole and Frederic Church depicted a beautiful wilderness that brought tourism to Bar Harbor, a quaint resort town on the northeastern edge of Mt Desert Island, just outside Acadia Park. Millionaires such as Rockefellers, Vanderbilts and Morgans built summer 'cottages,' but a massive fire in 1947 destroyed most of the grand estates. Today's Bar Harbor is fun to explore, with antique shops, art galleries and outdoor cafes. There's even a free shuttle, the Island Explorer, which makes everything easy to reach.
Visit the downtown Abbe Museum, where changing exhibits explore the history of the area's native American Indians, the Wabanaki, or "the People of the Dawn." The Wabanaki are members of the Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, Micmac and Maliseet tribes (isn't that a mouthful!) who settled in Maine over the last 10,000 years. Check out the gorgeous Indian baskets in the gift shop, too; they're an exhibit in themselves.
Leave the island behind and go west on Route 1, stopping halfway between Ellsworth and Bucksport at the Big Chicken Barn Books and Antiques, which has an amazing 21,600 ft of books and antiques
Sixty miles farther down Route 1 have lunch at Cappy's Chowder House in Camden. Their clam chowder tied for first place in my personal Maine clam chowder taste-testing. You can eat in their Crow's Nest and have a great view of the harbor, then treat yourself at their bakery downstairs. Walk around town to see the unique items made by local artists. You'll find sea-inspired paintings, lighthouse memorabilia and more lobster-themed knickknacks than you could ever imagine.
Now stay with me for a highlight of the trip. Go two miles farther west on Route 1 to Rockland, turning toward the water at the Irving Gas/Convenience Store. No kidding. There's a small dirt road that brings you to the North End Shipyard and Captain Neal Parker's Wendameen, a beautiful 67-foot restored schooner that sails at 2pm. You'll have made reservations with Susan as early as possible, of course, because there's only room for 14 passengers
There's free parking outside the North End Shipyard boathouse. Go inside to meet Captain Parker -the Wendameen is tied up outside. After a few moments conversation with the Captain, you'll realize this restoration was a labor of love. A licensed captain since he was 20 (he now qualifies for AARP), Captain Parker spied the Wendameeen in 1986, stuck in a mud bank near New York. The Wendameen was built in 1912 at a nearby Maine shipyard for a wealthy New Englander. She changed hands several times and was sailed by the rich and famous until her last owner, who never sailed her in the 50 years he owned her.
With a lot of hard work and the help of a few special people, the Wendameen finally sailed again on July 1, 1990, for the first time in 57 years. The combination of his meticulous restoration and her unique history has earned the Wendameen a place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Wind and weather determine the exact course of each cruise, but for sure you'll sail through lovely bays and channels off the coast. My husband grinned like a kid when he was allowed to help raise the sails, an activity greatly encouraged by the Captain! Bucolic scenes and gorgeous summer homes dot the islands' rolling hillsides, except for one granite island which was leveled when its granite hills were quarried to build the Brooklyn Bridge. Even the colorful lobster buoys in the water everywhere add just the right nautical accent (each pattern is registered by the owner.) We dropped anchor in a quiet bay to enjoy the sun set as it shimmered across the water
Stroll through Rockland before you leave the area. Although small, the downtown has a variety of shops. Try the rhubarb pie at the Second Read Books & Coffee. Or there might be a festival at the Rockland Public Landing. There you can sample Maine's famous 'lobster roll' (lobster salad on a bun) at Anthony's Take Out over by the Visitor's Center. And on Thursdays the Rockland Farmers' Market offers some yummy treats.
Now drive 15 miles west on Route 1, then turn south on Route 129/Route 130, to Pemaquid Point, where the first settlement in Maine was made in 1625. The picturesque lighthouse was added in 1827 by order of President John Quincy Adams, and is accessible by automobile, unique as so many Maine lighthouses are in remote locations. This one sits on a desolate, rocky hillside where you can see Atlantic Ocean waves pounding the shore and only imagine what this must be like in the perfect storm. Originally burning whale oil, then kerosene for the light, in 1934 this was the first Maine lighthouse to be automated, and can now be seen 14 miles away on a clear day. Like all the other 53 lighthouses still in operation and automated, it's operated by the Coast Guard, although ships today tend to rely on GPS. Inside the old keeper's house is the Fishermen's Museum, displaying artifacts of Maine lighthouses and the fishing/lobster industry. The three-foot long mounted lobster is truly impressive! The museum has quite an assortment of items in several rooms. There's the Navigation Room, with charts used by the fishermen, the Fish House Room, displaying the tools and gear used by lobstermen, the Net Room, displaying several different methods of harvesting the sea, and the Gallery, with working half-models of fish boats, whalers, sloops and schooners.
Before you return to Route 1 have lunch in Damariscotta at King Eiders Pub, just off the main street. It serves the co-winner in my chowder taste test! A bowl of their hearty clam chowder will tide you over until supper at our next stop, just a few short fingerling peninsulas west, off Route 1 via Route 27.
Picture-perfect Boothbay Harbor is the quintessential New England fishing village. Huge seagulls nosedive into the bay for lunch, and flowers bloom in every yard. Real fishermen live and work here, and tourists are treated like part of the family. Enjoy the peace and quiet - the road into town is a short loop with little traffic.
Relax in a rocking chair on a porch overlooking Boothbay Harbor at Captain Sawyer's Place. This 1877 Victorian sea captain's home is now a B&B run by Kim Reed, a charming second-generation Boothbayer. She'll tell you local history, like how the early settlers constructed small boats for fishing and trading, and during the World Wars were able to build military ships in record time. Kim's son served in the Marine Corps, and she shows her patriotic spirit by flying ALL the service flags from the front porch - what a great sight!
You, however, now have a mission: you must buy ice cream. The best we found on our whole trip is at the Downeast Ice Cream Factory on Pier One. It has over 53 flavors - the owners argue over whether to count strawberry yogurt, since there's already a strawberry ice cream. For $1.95 you get a huge scoop that's big enough to share, but mighty fine to eat all by yourself. Don't worry, they have fat-free, sugar-free and no-carb choices. Walk behind the Ice Cream Factory and sightsee from the footbridge connecting Boothbay Harbor to the East Side. Lean on the rail awhile, watch the lobster boats come in and unload their haul, or just gaze as the sun sets over the sparkling blue water.
Back on Route 1 you head to the last stop: Portland, Maine's largest city. Saunter along the Old Port Exchange on the waterfront. This used to be the heart of Portland's commercial industry and the cobblestone streets and old gas lights set you back in time a hundred years. But your twenty-first century genes can get a workout in the many shops tucked into the antique-looking buildings. On the Portland Pier enjoy another harbor view when you eat at J's Oyster. Snag an outside table and have a last fix of lobster roll and terrific clam chowder. Portland offers a plethora of cultural activities; be sure to visit the Portland Museum of Art, especially the C. S. Payson Building designed by I.M. Pei and Partners. The museum has an awesome collection of works by American artists, including works by New England artists Winslow Homer and Andrew Wyeth, and European masters such as Renoir and Degas.
Near the Museum is Longfellow Square, complete with a statue of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, native son of Portland. Half-a-block away is another Maine treat - a stay at the Percy Inn. This 1830's brick row house is a terrific B&B. As you enter the foyer you can hear strains of classical music from the baby-grand player piano in the drawing room. The rooms are named after famous authors like Shelley, Keats, Whitman, and, of course, Longfellow. A third floor kitchenette provides 24-hr snacks and the full breakfast has added homemade treats that are irresistible. The outdoor patio is a perfect place to read a book, or you can choose from a collection of hundreds of DVD movies to play in your state-of-the art room electronics. Talk to Innkeeper Dale Northrup for local dining suggestions - he's a travel writer/reviewer with obvious good taste in creature comforts.
As you leave Maine you remember seashores, lobster buoys, and friendly people. It's easy to agree with Mainers - this is Vacationland.
Abbe Museum, 25 Mt Desert St, Bar Harbor, 207-288-3519
Big Chicken Barn 207-667-7308
Cappy's Chowder House, 1 Main St, Camden, 207-236-2254
Wendameen, Rockland, 207-594-1751
Second Read Books & Coffee, 328 Main St, Rockland, 207-594-3123
King Eiders Pub, 2 Elm St, Damariscotta, 207-563-6008.
Captain Sawyer's, 55 Commercial Street, Boothbay Harbor, 207-633-2290
J's Oyster, 5 Portland Pier, Portland, 207-772-4828
Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Square, Portland, 207- 775-6148
The Percy Inn, 15 Pine St, Portland, 888-417-3729


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By Gene Phelps/NEMS Daily Journal
CLINTON – Clinton overcame a miserable shooting performance in the second quarter to defeat Tupelo 50-40 on Monday night in the first round of the MHSAA North Mississippi Class 6A Girls tournament.
The Lady Arrows were 0 for 11 in the second quarter, but couldn't miss in the third quarter.
Harper Newell, who scored a game-high 20 points, led Clinton's scoring surge with nine points in the third as the Arrows turned a 19-17 Tupelo lead into a 33-25 lead for the home team.
"I didn't realize we hadn't made a basket in the second quarter," Clinton coach Felicia Lofton-Burton said. "We've had trouble with our scoring consistency. Our defense has kept us going."
Clinton (20-10) advances to Friday's North state semifinals.
Tupelo (20-11), whose season ended, struggled from the free throw line in the second half, hitting just 4 of 14 attempts. The Lady Wave was 9 of 23 in the game.
"It came down to free throws," Tupelo coach Matt Justice said. "A lot were front ends of 1-and-1s. We had more missed scoring opportunities on top of that.
"Clinton played hard on defense. It was physical. We've got to learn to play physical basketball. It was another good lesson for our girls."
Tupelo's lone senior, guard Casey Marshall, scored 11 in her final game to lead the Wave.
The start of the game was delayed 40 minutes because the referees didn't know the starting time had been moved up from 7 to 6 p.m.
second-quarter struggles
Tupelo trailed 17-13 after the first quarter, but rallied to take a 19-17 halftime lead. The Wave scored just six points in the second quarter – five from reserve Asia Partlow, who connected on two field goals and a free throw.
The Lady Wave committed 24 turnovers – 12 in each half.
"It's hard to win on the road in the playoffs," said Justice, whose club lost last season at Jackson Murrah in the first round. "Our girls played hard. We were ready and the effort was there."


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As the U.S. prepared to bring the troops home from World War I, the fifth and final Liberty Loan drive was held. It began 89 years ago today and was held for three weeks, ending May 10, 1919. Among my grandparents' things, I found three interesting photos from that time. There was no identifying information on the photos beyond the images themselves, and to be able to tell you about them, I ended up doing enough research to write a book. Thanks to the internet, though, I don't have to reinvent that particular wheel. Instead, I'll tell you a little about the history in the photos, and give links to the most interesting of the information I found about many of the details therein for those who want to know more. (That's, um, all of you, right?)
Unlike the current war in Iraq for which we are heavily in debt to China, the American people purchased Liberty Loan Bonds to finance the cost of our participation in World War I. In other words, we were in debt to ourselves. (Click here to see what Liberty Loan Bonds looked like; right-click on a bond and select View Image to see a larger version.)
The first four issues were 30-year bonds, in denominations ranging from $50 to $100,000, at 3.5%, 4%, 4.25%, and 4.25% respectively. The fifth Liberty Loan, however, took the form of short-term (5-year) notes at 4.75%, about which this was said:
The Victory Reveille, issued in the interest of the Government Loan Workers of the Seventh Federal Reserve District, on April 14, 1919, emphasized these points in a discussion of "Short-Term Notes vs. Bonds", when it quoted a high executive of the Federal Reserve Bank on the attractive features of the short-term offerings as follows:The banking institutions of the country are now carrying a very large amount in total of Government war Loans of previous issues, and it would be a serious mistake to ask them to add to their present holdings a very large share of the coming issue—a mistake which would be reflected in the curtailment it would necessitate in lines of commercial credit to firms, corporations and individuals.
It is of the utmost importance that banking resources be kept liquid for commercial requirements, in order that the process of readjustment now going on, and a return to more nearly normal pre-war conditions may be expedited.
The war has taken comparatively little money out of the country, and the bulk of the war loans has gone into high wages to labor and large profits to productive industry. Savings deposits have grown tremendously and other general banking deposits have at least shown no decrease.
The money is here and the appeal in the coming Loan must be made to those who now possess it. Because of their short term and the satisfactory rate of interest which they will bear, the new notes will appeal to business men and our great commercial interests, as well as to investors generally even without the pressure of the war in progress. The Loan will go well, but it is absolutely essential to realize for it the widest possible measures of distribution. [p. 162]
[Source: The War Purse of Indiana: The Five Liberty Loans and War Savings and Thrift Campaigns in Indiana During the World War by Walter Greenough (Indiana World War Records, Volume II) published by the Indiana Historical Commission, Indianapolis, 1922. The full text of this book is online. I didn't read it cover to cover, but wherever I dipped in, I found interesting details about the Liberty Loan program. Although specific to Indiana, much of it was probably fairly representative of what took place throughout the country. The book is more like an up-close-and-personal narrative than a scholarly treatise on the history and economics of war financing, so it's pleasantly readable.]
Smaller investments were encouraged as well, in the form of War Savings Stamps, the purpose of which was slightly different:
There was a limited amount of labor and a limited supply of raw material of all kinds in the country. The vigorous prosecution of the war created a very heavy drain on the labor supply of the country, by both the selective service law, which was calling millions of men from their industrial pursuits to join the active army, and also by reason of the fact that the necessity of manufacturing the almost endless quantities of equipment and munitions required to equip such an army, caused the establishment of many new and varied industries. There was thus, at a very early stage of the war, created a shortage of labor which was very seriously interfering with the production of the equipment necessary to maintain our army and aid our allies. At the same time it was apparent that many of the non-essential industries, instead of curtailing their production, were rather increasing it, owing to the fact that, on account of the war, wages had risen in some places to unheard of extent and much of the surplus wages was being spent in luxuries.
The movement therefore was meant primarily to combat this excessive demand for luxuries, and thus release labor for both the actual military service and for work in supplying munitions for the army. The idea of the campaign was to impress upon the American people that if their money, even in small amounts, was lent to the government it would be possible to use that money in the hiring of labor and the purchase of raw material for purposes that would have a direct bearing upon the winning of the war, and that if, as a result of this loaning of small amounts to the government, consumption of non-essentials was largely decreased, this would release labor and raw material from non-essential purposes to the production of material absolutely necessary to win the war. The appeal primarily was: "Do not spend your money for unnecessary luxuries, as this will take labor and material from the essential industries."
The sale of the 25-cent Thrift stamp and the five dollar ($5) War Savings stamp was carried out as the most convenient means of diverting the idle quarters and dollars from the non-essentials and directing them into channels essential to the war. The actual securities were very similar to those used by the British. The smallest denomination was the 25-cent Thrift stamp. These stamps, as purchased, were placed on Thrift Cards and when sixteen stamps were attached a card had a value of four dollars ($4) if used in the purchase of a War Savings stamp. The War Savings stamp was what is technically known as a discounted security. It was a promise of the government to pay to the holder five dollars ($5) on the first of January, 1923. Inasmuch as it was to pay 4 per cent, interest, compounded quarterly, the amount of the interest was deducted from the purchase price, which was thus set at from four dollars and twelve cents ($4.12) to four dollars and twenty-three cents ($4.23). For the purpose of making the handling and sale of these stamps as simple as possible, it was provided that the cost in January, 1918, would be four dollars and twelve cents ($4.12), and that it would increase one cent each month throughout the year, and that at the close of the year that series of stamps, payable in 1923, would no longer be sold. [Greenough, p. 202-203]
In the photo above, you see a giant replica of a Burroughs adding machine standing in front of Detroit's old City Hall. My grandfather, Rosmer P. Kerr, worked for Burroughs in his twenties and spent the rest of his career life as a purchasing agent for the City of Detroit. I'm not sure which of the two he was working for at the time of this photograph, but I'm assuming that the purchasing office would have been located in Detroit's magnificent old City Hall, so this photograph was doubtless very interesting to him.
Below the numbers on the front of the adding machine it says "TOTAL SUBSCRIBED TO DATE." I'm not sure whether the total shown reflects subscriptions from Detroit only, Wayne County, the state of Michigan, or the whole Seventh District, which also included Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, and Indiana. However, Michigan's quota for the fifth Liberty Loan was $110,955,000 and subscriptions ultimately exceeded that amount by more than $38,000,000. [Greenough, p. 261]
To the left of the adding machine, there is a small building which I believe served as a sales office for the Liberty Loan program. Although it's impossible to make out the signs on the building, similar buildings were used in other cities.
Detroit's old City Hall was located on Woodward Avenue, across from the Soldiers and Sailors Monument at the south end of Campus Martius. It served the City of Detroit from July 1871 until September 1961, when it was razed to make way for an underground parking garage and Kennedy Square, an open plaza. At SkyscraperPage forum, a thread about your city's greatest architectural loss has an excellent photo of old City Hall (third photo from the top) and one of present-day Campus Martius (fifth photo) which includes a view of the Soldiers & Sailors Monument (it dwarfs the cars in the photo!). Since 2006, the turquoise building, One Kennedy Square, occupies the site where the old City Hall stood. Wikipedia's Detroit City Hall article includes photos of the statues which were removed from the building before demolition.
Click here for a present-day interactive 360-degree street view of Campus Martius.
Learn more about Campus Martius a century ago at a website created by James B. Moran. Scroll down the left pane for links to his pages on Old City Hall, Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Electric Streetcars, and other interesting aspects of Detroit in 1906.
Here are three books, all of them available full-text online, which have good sections describing the Soldiers and Sailors Monument and its history:
- Michigan in the War by John Robertson, W.S. George & Co., 1882 (see p. 109-114, text preceded by a full-page drawing of the monument)
- The Red Book of Michigan: A Civil, Military and Biographical History by Charles Lanman, E.B. Smith & Co., 1871 (see p. 218-221)
- The History of Detroit and Michigan: A Chronological Cyclopaedia of the Past and Present by Silas Farmer, Silas Farmer & Co., 1884 (see p. 311-312) There is also a Volume 2 (Biographical Edition), c. 1889, about notable Detroiters from all walks of life.
I've added all of the books mentioned herein to my library at Google Book Search. Readers will find all eight volumes of The World Book there. (Unfortunately they are not listed in numerical order!)


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The Center for Women's 20 Anniversary Celebration was a fabulous affair. Women of all ages and walks of life flocked to Founders Hall at the Charles Towne Landing for a beautiful evening of fine food and drink, live entertainment, a silent auction, and great company.
Guests mingled in the main room or lounged in chairs on the screened porch before partaking in the incredible spread provided by Fork Catering. While the men in attendance gravitated toward the station featuring bites of steak, many party goers bonded over the lobster macaroni and cheese or the custom prepared crepes.
The silent auction was a big hit, and everyone filtered inside to be welcomed by Center for Women executive director Jennet Robinson Alterman and president Doretha Walker.
A celebratory champagne toast was followed by live entertainment by a local dance troupe, and everyone was reluctant to head out into the fall evening. Guests lingered on the porch or outside on the boardwalk, and everyone agreed it was a night to be remembered.
The Center for Women was founded in 1990 with the mission of supporting and connecting women throughout the Lowcountry by providing educational programs, professional support, and counseling. Today they have reached and enhanced the lives and businesses of over 70,000 local women.


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A Phase I/II Clinical Trial for Treatment of Aromatic L-amino Acid Decarboxylase (AADC) Deficiency Using AAV2-hAADC (AADC)
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Aromatic L-amino Acid Decarboxylase (AADC) Deficiency
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|Official Title:
|A Phase I/II Clinical Trial for Treatment of Aromatic L-amino Acid Decarboxylase (AADC) Deficiency Using AAV2-hAADC
- efficacy of the intervention(s) [ Time Frame: 12th month post surgery ]
- Measurable neurotransmitter metabolite HVA or HIAA levels in CSF one year after gene therapy.
- Increase of PDMS-II score more than 10 points one year after gene therapy
- Safety of the trial [ Time Frame: Post-operative day 0, days 3~7, months 3, 6, 9, 12 ]
- Post-surgery intracerebral hemorrhage
- Post-surgery CSF leakage
- Severity of post-gene therapy dyskinesia (if NG tube feeding is required)
- Other secondary efficacy end points [ Time Frame: Post-operative months 3, 6, 9, 12 (BW & developmental tests) ; day 0, 12th month (PET) ]
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- Correlation between anti-AAV2 titer and efficacy
- Correlation between age and efficacy
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|August 2014
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AAV2-hAADC viral vector will be injected into bilateral putamen by stereotactic surgery.
Other Name: Intracerebral infusion of AAV2-hAADC viral vector
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Aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase (AADC) is an enzyme responsible for the final step in the synthesis of neurotransmitters dopamine and serotonin. AADC deficiency is a rare genetic disorder. Taiwanese carry a high prevalence of AADC deficiency due to the founder mutation IVS6+4 A>T, and patients usually die before the age 5-6 years due to severe motor dysfunction.
Gene therapy with adeno-associated virus (AAV) serotype 2 (AAV2) driven human AADC (hAADC) has been tested in both animal models and Phase I clinical trials of Parkinson disease. We have done a compassionate treatment of 8 patients with AADC deficiency by AAV2-hAADC and demonstrated a result that among the treated patients, 4 could stand with support, 3 could sit with support, and there was no virus-associated toxicity. The longest follow up has exceeded 4 years.
This study is to prove the safety and efficacy of AAV2-hAADC treatment for patients with Aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase (AADC) deficiency.
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- A definitive diagnosis of AADC deficiency, including a CSF study showing decreased levels of HVA and 5-HIAA, and an elevated L-dopa level, and the presence of at least one AADC gene pathologic mutation.
- The patient must have clinical symptoms of AADC deficiency, include hypotonia, dystonia, and oculogyric crisis.
- The patient must be older than 24 months of age or has skull bones suitable for surgery.
- The parents of study participants must agree to comply in good faith with the required baseline and follow-up assessments.
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- Preexisting immunity to AAV may limit AAV-mediated gene delivery. Patients with anti-AAV2 antibody titer higher than 1.0 OD will be excluded.
- The patient cannot take medicines that will alter the effect of this clinical trial.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01395641
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|December 2, 2014
Keywords provided by National Taiwan University Hospital:
Aromatic Amino Acid Decarboxylase
Gene Therapy
Viral Vector
Gene Transfer
Aromatic L-Amino Acid Decarboxylase Deficiency
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Dopa Decarboxylase
Antiparkinson Agents
Anti-Dyskinesia Agents
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THE DAILY JOURNAL continues its yearlong "State of Our Schools" series with the fourth installment of a six-day look at the importance of improving teacher quality in Mississippi. Today's stories explore the importance of principals in attracting educators, the challenge of recruiting top teachers to critical needs districts, and efforts to evaluate
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As Mississippi tries to attract more high-quality teachers, one of the most important ingredients may be located down the hall from the teachers' lounge.
Experts and educators both say having top-caliber principals running schools plays a big role in drawing talented individuals into a difficult profession.
"I think it is probably one of the anchors," said Tom Burnham, a former state superintendent who now runs the Mississippi Principal Corps program at the University of Mississippi.
"The better job we do getting good administrators into positions of leadership, the better job we will do recruiting quality teachers and retaining them."
No matter the field, Burnham said, research indicates that the top reasons many people leave jobs include dissatisfaction with supervisors and working conditions. Teaching is no different.
A study recently published in Education Next found highly effective principals raise the achievement of a typical student in their schools by between two and seven months of learning. Ineffective principals can dampen learning by the same amount, the report said.
"Leadership is really important," said Nancy Loome, who heads the Parents Campaign, a statewide public education advocacy network. "Smart people really like working for smart people. Plus, a great leader recognizes a great teacher when he or she sees one."
That belief recently motivated the Oxford-based Barksdale Reading Institute to change the way it operates. Created in 2000 with a mission of improving reading in the state, the organization's first steps were to use literacy coaches to help teachers and then to place master reading instructors into needy classrooms.
Each iteration had its flaws. One did not see the hoped-for results and the other was too expensive. So three years ago, the institute dramatically changed its approach. CEO Claiborne Barksdale decided to focus instead on administrators.
Today, it funds top-tier principals for each of the four schools with which it works.
"We had continued to have this challenge of principals who didn't invest what needed to be invested in their energy and support and commitment to drive this thing," he said. "…One night I woke up and said, 'Let's do this. Let's go hire some really good principals. Let's grab these schools by the throat and see if we can do it."
The resulting successes in student test scores have made Barksdale an even bigger believer in the importance of school leadership.
During the three years since the switch, the four schools combined have made gains in their Quality of Distribution Index, a formula determined by how well students score on state standardized tests. On a weighted-average basis, the four schools have improved their QDI by 31 percent.
"You say, 'What about teachers?'" Barksdale said. "My response is a good principal will get the good teachers. He or she will not suffer mediocrity. And he or she will do whatever needs to be done in order to strengthen the faculty."
Saltillo High School English teacher Janice Fleming said in her 30 years in education, she has found strong leadership to be vital to the success of a school and its teachers.
"I don't think any teacher would want to go into a school with a weak administrator, and a young teacher definitely doesn't need to go into a school with a weak administration," she said. "The teacher needs to know whatever happens that administrators will listen to him or her and whenever possible back him or her."
Burnham said the most important characteristics for a principal include emphasis on being an instructional leader and on interpersonal skills. That person also must have the courage to make difficult decisions, he said.
Barksdale cited fearlessness, intelligence, energy and empathy. Tupelo High School teacher Brookes Mayes said enthusiasm and passion are key ingredients.
Lawndale Elementary Principal Brock English was the Tupelo Public School District's Administrator of the Year in 2012 and has led that school to a B ranking.
To him, the most important characteristic of a principal is to be a servant leader.
"Ultimately, it is about the relationships," he said.
A report by New Leaders for New Schools said principals should evaluated by a three-pronged approach that includes student outcomes, teacher effectiveness and leadership actions. Under teacher effectiveness, it notes the principal's role in teacher hiring, evaluation, professional development, retention, leadership development and dismissal.
In an effort to develop more high-caliber administrators, the Mississippi Department of Education recently completed a review of all nine education leadership preparation programs in the state. It directed those programs to focus more on practice and field experience.
"You can't really learn how to be a principal and a good principal sitting in a classroom," said Interim State Superintendent Lynn House. "You have to be out in a school. You have to be working with teachers and working with students and being mentored to make sure you understand the difficult decisions you are going to have to make if you are a principal."
That emphasis is at the heart of Mississippi's Principal Corps program, which was developed in 2009 with the help of experts from Columbia University, Harvard, Vanderbilt and Stanford, among others.
This year, the 13-month program will have a cohort of about 15 students from throughout the state. Those participants will spend a full school year as interns working under principals identified as masters in their field.
They'll also spend time on the University of Mississippi campus during two summers and then three days each month of the school year learning about leadership, personality styles and interpreting data, among other skills.
"The training in principal corps is as good as any in the country," said Hank Bounds, a former state superintendent of education who now heads Mississippi's university system.
Burnham said he believes principal preparation programs are improving, but that too many teachers get a master's degree in educational leadership with no intention of ever becoming a principal.
The reason, he said, is that Mississippi gives teachers a bump in salary for any master's degree. Burnham believes the state needs to change that and only reward teachers for master's degrees in the field in which they are working. This would make educational leadership programs more valuable.
It also is important, Burnham said, to provide training for those already in the field. Noting Mississippi's recent efforts to raise standards for candidates accepted into teacher preparation programs, he said the same thing should happen with aspiring principals.
Good ole boys need not apply, he said.
"There is not a shortage of administrators in Mississippi," he said. "The challenge now becomes raising the quality. Since you are not dealing with a shortage, you have this wonderful opportunity to raise the standards to significantly higher levels across the state."
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As it marked the beginning of the Marlies extended time away from Ricoh, so too does it indicate the end.
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East Lansing, MI — Michigan State University College of Law and the Michigan State International Law Review are pleased to announce Rear Admiral Frederick Kenney of the United States Coast Guard (USCG) as a speaker at the upcoming Arctic symposium on February 21-22, 2013. Admiral Kenney publicly will present for the first time revisions to the USCG official strategic approach to the Arctic. He will speak on Friday, February 22, at 9 a.m. at the Law College Building in East Lansing, Michigan.
"We are very excited to host Admiral Kenney as one of our keynote speakers," said Professor Bruce Bean, faculty advisor for the Michigan State International Law Review and Lecturer in Global Corporate Law at MSU Law. "His presentation 'The U.S. Coast Guard and the Challenge of the Arctic' is the first public discussion of the Coast Guard's newly revised strategic approach to the Arctic."
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Sir Walter Armstrong (1850–1918) was born at Hawick, Roxburghshire, on 7 February 1850, the eldest of five children. He was educated at Harrow School and Exeter College, Oxford, where he obtained only a pass degree. On 11 June 1873 he married Jane Emily Rose with whom he had five daughters and at least one son. He established himself as a perceptive art critic and from 1880 began to work for various newspapers and journals including the Pall Mall Gazette, the St James's Gazette and the Manchester Guardian. During the 1880s he began to publish studies on recent British artists and he revised the second volume of Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (1889). His growing reputation as an expert in seventeenth-century Dutch painting and eighteenth-century British art meant that his advice was highly regarded.
In 1892 he was appointed as successor to Henry Edward Doyle as Director of the National Gallery of Ireland, a position he held until 1914. During his time as Director Armstrong initiated a number of important changes within the Gallery. Modern museum practices were introduced with pictures systematically cleaned, framed, and glazed. He completely revised the Gallery's catalogue, largely rewriting it to provide a much more detailed and comprehensive account of the Gallery's holdings. He also presided over the gift of Lady Milltown to the NGI which brought with it considerable difficulties. Armstrong became a JP, and was elected an honorary member of the Royal Hibernian Academy in 1899, in which year he was also knighted. He died at his home in Westminster, London, on 8 August 1918
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Otsuka Medical Devices and Pioneer will jointly develop an innovative endoscope for medical use
Singapore: Otsuka Medical Devices, a wholly owned subsidiary of Otsuka, and Pioneer have reached an agreement to form a business alliance for the joint development of an innovative endoscope for medical use. Pioneer intends to make use of its ultra-sensitive imaging technology based on HEED-HARP technology to develop a camera unit of medical endoscope jointly with Otsuka. Otsuka plans to sell the medical endoscope using this camera unit worldwide.
The HEED-HARP technology employs an image sensor that combines the high-efficiency electron emission device (HEED), a thin electron-source array developed by Pioneer, with the high-gain avalanche rushing amorphous photoconductor (HARP), a world-leading, ultra-sensitive, photoelectric conversion film primarily developed by the Science & Technology Research Laboratories of the Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK). Ultra-sensitive cameras incorporating HEED and HARP technologies can be used for endoscopes as well as a wide range of other applications.
Mr Hiroshi Shirafuji, president and representative director of Otsuka Medical Devices, said, "By incorporating Pioneer's HEED-HARP technology in a medical endoscope, I believe we can succeed in developing a revolutionary new endoscope. We will also promote this business alliance for our global business strategy with a view to applying these technologies in our other existing business."
Mr Susumu Kotani, president and CEO of Pioneer, said, "In our medium-term plan, which we announced on November 29 last year, we set out to enter and develop new business fields. One of these fields is medical- and health-related devices, and we plan to enter the field by applying the company's proprietary imaging and optical technologies. We believe that by combining our ultra-sensitive imaging technology with the expertise and technologies that OMD has in the medical devices field, this alliance will lead to the creation of a path-breaking new products."
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2013 Vintage Kansas Jayhawks Football Calendar
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From the back cover: Feel your heart pounding with the big bass drum! The glorious Kansas autumn Saturdays march back to life with this archival collection of twelve football program covers from Jayhawk games gone by. Each month presents a 50-yard-line seat to historic games and treasured memories. Printed on FSC-certified paper with soy-based inks, these faithfully restored images suit dorm and dens alike. When the year is over, the archival-quality pages remove easily so you can proudly display your favorites in a standard 11"x14" frame. About the Images
The images featured in this calendar are archival-quality reproductions of the covers of the actual souvenir game programs that were sold at the games many decades ago. In some cases the images have been digitally repaired and restored where creases, tears, marks, or other damage would have otherwise distracted from the appreciation of the artwork as it appeared at that time. Some images have been cropped and/or resized to fit this format.
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This calendar is part of a collector's series featuring archival-quality reproductions of home and away game souvenir programs. Each year brings 12 different cover reproductions from actual programs that were sold at the stadiums during the early 1900s to the 1960s. We will be introducing other products featuring some of the most popular images; however, this unique format of 11"x14" frame-ready prints will almost always feature different, authentic cover images each year.
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"Power Networking: Making the Connection" will be discussed during the Binghamton University Small Business Development Center's Women Business Owners (WBO) roundtable from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, October 28, at the Binghamton Regency on Water Street in downtown Binghamton.
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She gets to sleep around, with Gregory she at least even liked it. But if Phillip is with his ex from Russia, it's marital discord and separation time.
What's frustrating now is that these two apparently both truly love each other. If they'll just decide to have an open relationship - I mean it not mattering if outside affairs are business or pleasure - than they'd be fine and their kids would be better off.
I can't believe Phillip got married to that other FBI woman.
And how does the main FBI character get that fine, young Russian piece?
Man, I was thinking Kerri Russel was hot (and I normally don't look at older women) but man, that young KGB lieutenant! But why did she spill her guts to her superior? She really fell for that honor-duty patriotic crap? I know it's Soviet propoganda, but you got to look at the whole picture: there's American propoganda too of course.