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I've seen this online before, but did not realize that Rush Limbaugh's father was involved. I haven't read it all yet, but I printed it out to read later.
Happy 4th!
I've seen this online before, but did not realize that Rush Limbaugh's father was involved. I haven't read it all yet, but I printed it out to read later.
Happy 4th!
"Know in your heart that all things are possible. We couldn't conceive of a miracle if none ever happened." -Libby Fudim
I don't use the PM feature, so just email me direct at the address shown above.
Happy "Independence Day" America!
Stan b & Elvis
As we celebrate the freedom given to us by our founding fathers, we must remember the sacrifice's they willingly made with out hesitation, without any care for their selves. They cared more for our country than any man, women or child since. We can learn from their love of country.
Some more chronology of our history. Have a memorable 4th. UB
Our Lives, Our Fortunes, and Our Sacred Honor
Two hundred thirty seven years ago, our forefathers sat in a hot room with closed windows arguing over the future of the thirteen colonies they represented. For a while they had thought of reconciliation with their motherland. But over time it became clear that neither King nor Parliament were interested in anything other than submission.
These fifty-six men did what had not been done before them.
They outlined their grievances on paper, declared their independence, and signed their names so both King and Parliament would know who the traitors were. The act was treason punishable by death. Some of them did die. Some were bankrupted. Many lost their homes and property. Some saw their wives and children taken and abused. But none recanted. All held firm.
237 years later we view the unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America in the abstract. The grievances are distant if not surreal. But it was very real to them.
The United States of America today stands 69 years removed from D-Day.
D-Day was 79 years from the end of the Civil War, and 81 years removed from Gettysburg, which we are now 150 years separated from in time and history.
The beginning of the Civl War was 85 years from 1776 and only 72 years from the constitution being enacted.
The Revolution was only 88 years from the Glorious Revolution — a revolution from which we are separated by a chasm of 325 years.
It was the Glorious Revolution that so influenced our founders. It was not abstract to them. It was not far removed. It was an event in the lifetimes of some of their grand parents. Parliament's supremacy was asserted. The British subjects became citizens and acquired certain rights under the Bill of Rights of 1689 while others from the Magna Carta were reinforced. Among the rights derived from the Glorious Revolution were prohibitions on taxation without representation in Parliament, prohibitions on a standing army, the right to petition the King without prosecution, the prohibition on dispensing with Acts of Parliament, and the prohibition of fines and forfeitures before convictions of crimes.
The American colonists saw themselves as British citizens, not just subjects. They saw themselves as heirs to a Glorious Revolution and the Bill of Rights that sprang therefrom. These events were not even a century beyond them. They wanted their rights and when King and Parliament would not grant them those rights they rebelled.
Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.
The colonists — the revolutionaries — did not want something new, but something old. By 1776, eighty-eight years after their Glorious Revolution, the colonists realized they would have to throw off the old form of government for something new in order to gain back those rights they realized neither Crown nor Government acknowledged they had. To King George and the men of the British Parliament, these were colonists, a class of men and women not heirs to the Glorious Revolution and most certainly not true British citizens.
The colonists engaged in a conservative revolution — a revolution not for something wholly new, but for something 88 years old. They only rebeled for "new Guards for their future security" when neither King nor Parliament would grant them what they thought they already had: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
What we find today to be so abstract — gun rights written into our constitution, prohibits on quartering soldiers, checks and balances and clear limits on power drawn up by men deeply skeptical of themselves and others with power — were not abstract notions to our founders. They were real. They were present. Most importantly, they were worth fighting for and, if need be, dying for.
More than two centuries now separate us from our founding fathers. The liberties they fought for were liberties to thrive absent the heavy hand of government. These days now most often the recitation of liberties from the people are those things they can do so long as government provides a safety net to ensure a soft landing in the event of failure.
Failure to our founders meant hanging. Would you this day pledge your life and be willing to die for your cause? Would you?
Those fifty-six men were willing to.
In the heat of July in room full of flies with no circulating air those men debated the future of the colonies. On July 2nd, by unanimous declaration, they proclaimed the colonies the united States of America, setting the date of adoption of the declaration as July 4, 1776. The unity then was one of purpose at the time, not unity as one nation. But that would come.
In even hotter August those men would go to Philadelphia to sign their names and make public the declaration of their treason.
And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.
What they were prepared to lose remains to this very day our gain. We are 237 years removed from that time, but we should all pray we never remove ourselves so far from the spirit of 1776.
[A]ppealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States
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Stan asked me if I knew of grounds where the 2nd jamboree could be held. Coincidentally, my AKC club had reserved our grounds on Sept 21 and since there was nothing scheduled, it has graciously offered them so long as ALL are welcome. We have outstanding grounds. In fact this weekend our HRC club has its fall HT with over 500 entries and will probably be the largest HRC HT ever. I told Stan that I would be glad and honored to do it.
Not knowing there might be a problem having the 2nd anual Jamboree, I committed. I take my committments seriously. I have 5 wingers and electronics, 4 holding blinds, guns, buckets gunstands, 5000 209 primers, 1000 poppers,4-wheeler and trailer and at least 50 ducks in the freezer. I hope people will come because the first one was such a success and I would hate to see it die. I can't make people come but I PROMISE that I will do everything in my power to see that anyone who comes will not regret it. Simply said, trust me you won't regret it. If any of you thought it was a good idea then you agree with me SO COME! I promise you those 5 wingers will be set up to run the 1st dog at 7am SHARP, SO COME.
Ken, the effort you made to get those bottles and make those cards was wonderful. I am more than impressed. Ken, if we could make this jamboree a yearly thing I like the idea of naming it the Maple Syrum Jamboree and the host gets to keep those bottles full of maple syrup to present to the next host for safe keeping. Then as the Maple Syrup Jamboree ages so ages the maple syrup.
I can't do it alone but I am committed. Who else will commit? As you said this is a good idea so will we all let it die? I sincerely hope not. Nothing more can I say.

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A Discovery On Scripts
Posted 21 October 2011 - 04:41 PM
I use Photoshop CS5 on an IMac. If anyone is interested in learning this, please let me know and I will post the procedure.
Posted 21 October 2011 - 09:59 PM
Posted 21 October 2011 - 10:07 PM
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Posted 22 October 2011 - 01:07 PM
I'm interested! Thanks in advance for sharing this tip!
I am loving this script being automated. It actually saves a lot time. Following is copied from the help section of Photoshop.
Set scripts and actions to run automatically
You can have an event, such as opening, saving, or exporting a file in Photoshop, trigger a JavaScript or a Photoshop action. Photoshop provides several default events, or you can have any scriptable Photoshop event trigger the script or action. See the Photoshop CS5 Scripting Guide for more information on scriptable events.
Choose File > Scripts > Script Events Manager.
Select Enable Events To Run Scripts/Actions.
From the Photoshop Event menu, choose the event that will trigger the script or action.
Select either Script or Action, and then choose the script or action to run when the event occurs.
Photoshop has several sample scripts you can choose. To run a different script, choose Browse and then navigate to the script. For actions, choose the action set from the first pop-up menu and an action from that set in the second menu. The action must be loaded in the Actions panel to appear in these menus.
Click Add. The event and its associated script or action are listed in the dialog box.
To disable and remove individual events, select the event in the list and click Remove. To disable all events, but keep them in the list, deselect Enable Events To Run Scripts/Actions.
In the photoshop event, I had to choose "everything" to get it to work
I found the script in Photoshop CS5 - presets - scripts.
Hope this helps you. Let me know if you need any help.
Posted 22 October 2011 - 01:11 PM
I don't use that software, myself, but what an exciting discovery! Anytime you can automate, it's a good idea.
Aggie, you are so right about automating. Finding this has saved me so much time. Before I had to go to file, scripts, rename layer. Now it is done for me. I love it.
Posted 22 October 2011 - 04:56 PM
Posted 23 October 2011 - 02:12 AM
Thank you for Sharing. I need to check this out right away. I use CS5
Dianna, I hope it worked for you.
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I've never had a celebrity crush that keeps me up at night. I've had celebrities over whom I'm swooned and maybe set aside a day for a movie marathon, but ever since the New Kids on the Block, I've never crushed on a celebrity in a crazy way. Or at least not like these kids who are obsessed with Justin Bieber.
However, when I first moved to the city, I did sort of stalk Vincent Gallo for a good hour or so. I know; creepy, right? I had just seen Buffalo 66 for the first time and since his character in it reminded me of my ex-boyfriend I was sort of transfixed on Gallo for a hot minute.
One day I was walking home from work when I came around a corner onto Avenue A and heard a voice that sounded very familiar. The voice was talking loudly on the phone, and I turned to see who it was. It was Vincent Gallo. Since I was new to New York City, he was my first official celebrity sighting. These days spotting a celebrity isn't a big deal at all, because they're everywhere. I actually see Matt Dillon and Aziz Ansari on a fairly regular basis.
I crossed the street and watched to see where Gallo was going. After a few minutes, he took his very loud phone conversation into Odessa, a diner on Avenue A. I, being a bit of a stalker in those few minutes, followed him inside. He sat at the counter and I grabbed a table. I ordered a milkshake and waited like a tiger about to pounce. Granted, I wasn't going to pounce; I had no intention of doing anything really except sitting there — which I did for close to an hour.
When I realized that I was wasting my time and could probably be doing something more exciting, I asked for my check. After I paid it, I wrote on the back of the receipt "Buffalo 66 is one of the best movies ever," and slipped it into Gallo's view, who was still on the phone, right before I left. He smiled, said "thank you," and I left thinking that it was just a matter of time before we'd finally be together. OK, not really. But it would be fun if my brain worked in such a way. I never attempted to stalk a celebrity again, because thanks to Facebook I can stalk my ex-boyfriends instead.
Having stalked a celebrity for a whole hour, I feel that I have much to offer on the topic. It's tricky business, stalking, but if you handle yourself appropriately, you can get away with it. Besides, you say "restraining order," I say "papers that acknowledge you're aware of my existence."


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The little "Legion" figures are now $5 and climbing, they have virtually no value and damage the brand in the eyes of casual consumers because of a lack of quality and play potential. Legion figures are about $2 overpriced based on previously-released products. They are barely better than free giveaways like those found in Happy Meal toys.
The "Commander" figures are $8 and climbing, their value in the market is essentially where the "basic" line was before, except they are 3/4 the size and seem to only fit a bill of the non-playing consumer. They are within $2 of the Deluxe line which is SIGNIFICANTLY bigger and a better value. The "Commander" figures are perhaps on-par with other figures of the size such as Star Wars and Marvel, but aren't really up to those other lines' qualities yet. Look at the articulation on Ironhide, that figure can barely move, and isn't in scale with any other figures around him except maybe Optimus.
If you're a casual consumer and you see a crummy, tiny $5 Ratchet; a middling, interesting but flawed, fairly small $8 Ratchet; and a deluxe-sized, detailed, articulated $10 Ratchet, there's no question which figure is going to be the draw. For Cyberverse, neither Legion nor Commander can live up to the Transformers brand properly, and they don't offer the quality or interplayability of Star Wars figures.
The problem is that Transformers is not a concept that lends itself well to these smaller sizes, you can see they shoehorned a lot into designing the first batches of Commanders and exhausted that design library early on, later figures just aren't living up so far.
As for those little SWTFs, I bought one at $4.03 from Target, they claimed damaged item resulting in half-price, but I couldn't see why. Anyway, at that price it was a horrible rip-off, these things are at best poor Happy Meal toys. They're lazy, cheap trash.
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
Could be true at that. It's Junkheap and Black Shadow, they are rehashes of existing products, poorly-demanded by the consumers, in a line that Hasbro barely supports and the retailers don't seem to want to keep around much.
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
As cool as Black/Sky Shadow looks, he's a complete unknown. Most adults buying these, I'm assuming, are like me and not the hardcore fanboys who know every episode of every Japanese G1 continuation by heart. Reading about him on the TF Wikia, he sounds kinda, well, stupid. I just dig having another cool Decepticon who isn't technically American but G1 looks the part enough to hang with Acid Storm and Lugnut. And he's different enough from Thunderwing, too, which is always a concern with the repaints characters.
They need to make a Scrounge figure to go with
Lord StraxxusDarkmount. Probably not transforming into a wheel, of course. "Special arm" would be a bonus.
That's my jacket!
Red 6 or Bust - 2005 SSG Fantasy Football Champion
bith tannen - 2006 SSG Fantasy Football Champion
red 6 - 2008 SSG Fantasy Football Champion
I don't understand why they used black as the base color for Darksteel if it's meant to be Quickstrike. Quickstrike has NO black on him anywhere. I have him, he's a crazy figure, and he's fairly light in color, the brown on the figure doesn't do anything like this.
Not surprised by the weapons being wonky. I think this whole DOTM line has been a mistake.
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
I'm going to quick-poll my fellow Transformers fans on SSG about some products I personally want. Just quote me and add your answers if you'd buy:
- Human Alliance Rampage (Constructicon Bulldozer with Sam Witwicky Prisoner and Legends Ravage Repack);Human Alliance Sideways with Alice (Isabel Lucas) and 'bot mode Decepticon Alice figures; white Chicago-style Human Alliance Barricade vs Lennox; Human Alliance Topspin with NASCAR Driver; Human Alliance Que (Wheeljack) with Epps figure; Human Alliance Dino (Mirage?) with Carly figure; Human Alliance HighTower (Constructicon crane) with Leo figure; Human Alliance Scrapper with Repack of Deluxe Scorponok figure; Leader Class Bonecrusher; Leader Class Blackout / Grindor; Leader Class Ratchet; Leader Class Fallen; Leader Class Soundwave (Mercedes); Leader Class Megatron (tanker truck); Leader Class Shockwave; Ultimate Shockwave with tunneling snake; Voyager Class Crankcase; Voyager Class Jetfire; Voyager Class OverLoad (Constructicon truck); Delux Class Scrapper; Deluxe Class High Tower; Deluxe Class Dino (Mirage / Ferrari); Cyberverse Commnader Megatron (jet); Cyberverse Commander Megatron (tank), Cyberverse Commander Fallen; Cyberverse Commander Starscream; Cyberverse Commander Brawl; Cyberverse Commander Bonecrusher; Cyberverse Commander Cyberverse Commander Jetfire; Cyberverse Jazz;Cyberverse Jolt; Cyberverse Dino; Cyberverse Que; Cyberverse Wheelie; Cyberverse Barricade (black); Titanium Ultra Magnus Re-Release; Cyberverse Commander Rodimus Prime; Cyberverse Commander Springer; Cyberverse Kup; Cyberverse Blurr; Cyberverse Arcee; Cyberverse Wreck-Gar; Cyberverse Hot Rod re-do; Cyberverse Kickback; Cyberverse Shrapnell; Cyberverse Bombshell; Leader Class Galvatron; Voyager Class Galvatron; Leader Class Cyclonus; Voyager Class Cyclonus; Leader Class Scourge; Voyager Class Scourge; Leader Class Ultra-Magnus (by the Tintanium one-piece mold); Leader Class Springer; Deluxe Arcee (pink car); Masterpiece Grimlock (re-release); Cyberverse Sharkticon; Deluxe Sharkticn; Voyager Class Sharkticon; Masterpiece Swoop; Masterpiece Sludge; Masterpiece Snarl; Masterpiece Slag
BTW - any Leaderclass figure could also be a Masterpiece.
Thanks for responding to my list. Yes or no will do, but you may elabrate if you'd like
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Leader Class Blackout (I haven't bought any leader class figures yet, but I would buy this)
Voyager Class Jetfire (Been waiting/hoping for this one for a while)
Leader Class Soundwave (Mercedes); (I wouldn't want a Leader Class one, but have they made a voyager one? I would like a Voyager Soundwave from the WFC Game with all his minions)
Ultimate Shockwave with tunneling snake (As long as the Shockwave is not a repack of the Voyager version. I would like an upgraded one of that)
Leader Class Ultra-Magnus (This would be the second Leader Class I would buy, as long as it resembles the original Magnus)
As far as the Cyberverse lines goes, I would have to see the product before I purchase a figure. I like the line, but have only bought three figures so far.
As far as those that are not on your list, I'm all in favor of re-releasing Wrek-Gar and the continuation of the Classics line with modern spins.\
Also, it would be nice if they did a Leader Class version of all the Constructicons (Classic), that would be purchased separately, but buying all six would allow the lucky, rich owner to combine the figures into a Ultimate Devastator.
Nowhere in your incoherent ramblings did you come anywhere close to the answer. Thanks to you, everyone in this room is now stupider having heard you. I award you no points and may God have mercy on your soul. -Billy Madison-
Good lord and butter, Tycho, that's quite a laundry list!
Would there be an easy way to indicate what continuity you're talking about with these guys? Classics-styled, movie-styled, maybe movie-styled updates of classic characters that could pass for Classics (like Bludgeon, Powerglide, or Seaspray)?
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Office for Civic and Social Engagement
"Be the change you wish to see in the world." -Gandhi
The Office for Civic and Social Engagement (OCSE) is a unique resource center, which exists for the benefit of the Saint Mary's College students, faculty, and staff.
We provide information on:
- community service
- experiential learning opportunites
- one-time volunteer events
- special speakers
- events relating to community engagement
The Office for Civic and Social Engagement operates within the Division for Mission of Saint Mary's College, and is closely associated with Campus Ministry and the Center for Spirituality.
Our College mission calls us to promote social responsibility and to acquire the ability to make socially responsible choices about the future.
To inform the college community of service and experiential learning opportunities in the local Michiana area; To encourage students, faculty, and staff to give of themselves and their gifts through programs in volunteer service, community engagement and service-learning; and to offer a place for members of the college community to reflect on and discuss their experiences of engagement and service. Through these activities the Office for Civic and Social Engagement upholds the college mission to promote a life of social responsibility while also enlivening the hearts of participants and fostering justice and compassion.
A Message from the Director
Welcome to the Office for Civic and Social Engagement! The OCSE is a great place to learn about volunteer and experiential learning opportunities in the local South Bend area and many other communities. We have a staff of wonderful students who are willing to help you with whatever it is you are looking for. In the upcoming academic year the OCSE will be moving in some new directions. We will be expanding our work with experiential learning such as offering faculty development programs. We hope to increase our core of volunteers at the college so that we can be a vital source of additional assistance for Michiana-area agencies. We will also be increasing our partnerships, making new connections with some agencies and strengthening old ones. I invite you to be a part of the active engagement that the OCSE offers. Browse through the website or stop in and visit us at 220 Student Center. You are most welcome!
A Brief History of the Office
In 1991 a Saint Mary's student by the name of Sharon Zint conceived the idea of an office of volunteer service after hearing a speech by Sister Joan Chittister. Sister Joan was the commencement speaker at the 1991 graduation and spoke of the power of hope to bring change into people's lives. Her focus on the nature and power of hope came from Saint Mary's Motto, Spes Unica, the only hope. Zint took her inspiration to heart and beginning in the fall of her senior year, drafted a proposal for the creation of the Spes Unica Resource and Volunteer Center. As a result, S.U.R.V. was born. The SURV Center functioned primarily as a clearing house for information on needs in the wider South Bend community and how students could become involved.
The Center was staffed completely by students. As time passed the program grew, finally bringing in a full time Director in 1997. Sister Linda Kors, CSC, helped SURV to expand its reach, taking students on work trips to Appalachia every fall and partnering with the Center for Spirituality on pilgrimages to Brazil, El Salvador, and Mexico. Resources available at the SURV Center continued to grow, from service-learning texts available to faculty, to brochures explaining post-graduation service such as the Peace Corps.
In the summer of 2004 a name change was proposed for the Center, one that would encompass new directions and the changes on the horizon. Thus the Office for Civic and Social Engagement was created. The OCSE has remained true to Zint's simple belief that as a Catholic college, "We have an obligation to do community service for others."


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Pomegranate White Chocolate Chunk Cookies
It's the most wonderful time of the year! I am so excited the holiday season is here. Of course, one of my favorite things about the holidays is baking. My baking list is very long this year so on Saturday I turned on the Christmas tunes and got started. To kick off the holiday baking season I made pomegranate white chocolate chunk cookies.
I adore pomegranates. They are such a unique and fun fruit. I eat as many as I can during the winter months. I recently bought a pomegranate to make a pomegranate salad, but this one never made it to the salad. I used it for a batch of cookies instead:) I thought the bright red pomegranate arils would be so pretty in a cookie and I was right! They really made these cookies pop with color and flavor. The pomegranate arils burst in your mouth and are a great compliment to the white chocolate chunks.
If you are looking for a new Christmas cookie to try this year, make pomegranate white chocolate chunk cookies. They are fun, festive, and oh so delicious!
Check out my favorite holiday cookies from last year! I will be posting new holiday treat recipes throughout December, so stay tuned!
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Pomegranate White Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Yield: 2 1/2 dozen cookies
Cook Time: 10-12 minutes
1/2 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
1/2 cup light brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/4 cup all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup old fashioned oats
1 cup white chocolate chunks
1 cup pomegranate arils
1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat and set aside.
2. In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream butter and sugars together until smooth. Add the egg and vanilla extract and mix until well combined.
3. In a separate bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Slowly add flour mixture to the wet ingredients. Mix until just incorporated.
4. Stir in the oats and white chocolate chunks. Make dough balls-about 1 tablespoon of dough per cookie. Tuck about 6-8 pomegranate arils in each cookie dough ball. Bake cookies for 10-12 minutes, until the cookies are golden brown. Remove from oven and let cool on baking sheet for two minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to finish cooling.
*Note-you can gently stir in the pomegranate arils, but I didn't want the cookies to turn pink at all. If you don't have white chocolate chunks, white chocolate chips will work as well. Enjoy!
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A significant koru painting from a private collection and five paintings from the Walters estate come up for sale at Art+Object next Thursday and are now on display at the auctioneer's Newton premises.
Auctions give the public a glimpse of works that would otherwise be on private display and auction catalogues are one of the few places where our art scholars can practise their trade.
The koru, Tautahi, comes from former Victoria University vice-chancellor Tim Beaglehole, who bought it at the same time as he bought another koru, Kahukura, for the university collection.
The estate works include an early painting that is like an alternate approach to the bar and bulb, one of the Transparency series, a vertical bar painting, a small painting of interlocking forms and an unusual grid from the mid 70s.
"It's like lighting striking three times," says Art+Object director Hamish Coney, referring also to the koru Number 7 that fetched the top price of $433,000 in last year's auction of the Les and Milly Paris collection.
The presence of such sought-after works can raise the temperature of an auction, and Art+Object has assembled its catalogue to take advantage of any heat generated.
As well as work by Walters' contemporaries, including Colin McCahon and Milan Mrkusich, there are two works by younger artists which reference the master abstractionist.
Michael Parekowhai's Kiss the Baby Goodbye turns the Kahukura koru pattern into a black powder-coated steel cut-out, designed so the white of the composition will come from the walls of a white cube gallery.
Andrew McLeod's four-panel Kowhaiwhai Sun shows how the debates over appropriation that centred on Walters' use of the koru haven't deterred younger Pakeha artists from exploring the form.
Looking back, those debates of the 80s and 90s seem to miss the point of his achievement.
Writing in the catalogue, art historian Laurence Simmons argues that in his emulation of the flattened work of kowhaiwhai painters, "Walters is reaching for [not appropriating] forms, akin to those revered in Maori culture, that are simultaneously spiritual and earthy, and to attain this he is drawing upon colours like ochre, derived from tinted clay and one of the earliest pigments used by mankind, and also the predominant colouring agent used by Maori."
While Tautahi refers to Te Potiki Tautahi, who gave his name to Otautahi (Christchurch), Simmonds says Walters' work doesn't rely on contextual association. "Its strength lies in his combination of perceptual subtlety and sensuous immediacy: a delicacy of vision that is achieved through careful chromatic and structural shifts."
In Tautahi, an effortless sequence of rising koru on the left hand contrasts with the struggle of the interrupted rows on the right.
The five paintings from the estate also contain surprises.
Untitled (1975), with its grid of blue and grey diagonals, speaks of Melanesian patterns or the New Zealand logo from the Christchurch Commonwealth Games.
Untitled-Interlocking Forms from 1994 makes shapes perform in unexpected ways, while Untitled-Transparency Painting from 1990 delivers, as Simmons puts it, not the perceptual flicker of Op art by "a conceptual jam of sheer undecideability".
Untitled (1982) does create the Op flicker, as the vertical black bars flex out of the frame. It also shows the artist's adept use of colour - not something people automatically think of with Walters.
So why is Walters so sought-after almost two decades after his death? Why is New Zealand's premiere art prize named after him?
"His work is important because it is work of a high standard, but in the context of the international art of its time, so while it had a New Zealand identity, it was intelligently positioned in the mainstream of modernist art which was international," says Professor Michael Dunn, whose PhD thesis was on Walters and who put together the first retrospective of his work.
"He was not reporting the landscape, which was a big factor in what everyone else here was doing. Walters brought his art right up to date and proved you can do it from New Zealand. He is seen as a benchmark, one of our first."
Walters was born in Wellington in 1919 and trained as a commercial artist. After being turned down for military service in World War II on health grounds he did illustrations and layout for the Ministry of Supply and exhibited some representational works at the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts.
Through his friendship with Indonesian-born Dutch artist and photographer Theo Schoon he was exposed to the abstraction of European artists who included Paul Klee, Joan Miro, Jean Arp and Piet Mondrian, as well as to the South Canterbury Maori rock art Schoon was recording.
Influences found their way into works like The Poet, exhibited at a Wellington cafe in 1947.
In 1950, Walters travelled to Europe and saw paintings by the likes of Piet Mondrian and Victor Vasarely in the flesh. On his way back he lived in Australia for a couple of years, where he produced his first non-figurative works.
When he returned to New Zealand in 1953, he started inserting Maori motifs into European geometric abstractionism, with the koru forms emerging late in the decade. He worked as a designer for the Government Printing Office, which included laying out school journals, but there was a 19-year-gap between the French Maid Coffee House in Wellington and the first public revealing of the koru series at New Vision Gallery in Auckland in 1966.
"I think he was trying to develop the work to a standard he felt stood up before he exhibited it," says Dunn. "At that first exhibition, Colin McCahon saw and bought one of the paintings, which is interesting because he obviously recognised this was high quality, even if it was in a different area than he was working in himself."
Wider recognition of Walters came slowly, in part because there wasn't much to be seen in public collections until the 1983 Auckland Art Gallery retrospective.
Dunn says there are probably only about 40 large koru paintings, making the emergence of one on the secondary market a significant event.
The process of composition was painstaking, involving the use of cut-outs, ink drawings and gouches to develop the balance of elements he was seeking.
"He worked them out very carefully and if you try to copy them, you realise how finely tuned they are. Everything is exact. If you fudge anything, they don't work."
Auckland artist Mervyn Williams became a friend of Walters after travelling with him to see a major international show in Melbourne in the late 1970s. They continued to Sydney to see a solo show of new Bridget Riley paintings, which was a revelation for both of them.
"You can't understand the optical effects of a Bridget Riley unless you see it full size," Williams says.
He believes many New Zealand critics miss the Op aspect of Walters' work as they try to glean meaning from the forms. Williams later helped produce the high quality screen prints that made Walters' work more accessible.
"We became very good friends. I admired his quiet, dignified way of going about things. He was a very patrician man, very refined, and his work reflects that."
He says every artist who saw the 1966 New Vision show realised the gold standard had been set.
"Gordon is simply of overwhelming importance in the New Zealand context because he took pre-existing imagery and merged it with an international style to create something unique."
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good show
hi Im new to all this...
my name is Seth and I have attended the Marlboro and the Bears Den (per advice of Scott who set me up with my first vice/tying materials)
I learned alot from Sheila Hassan, Juro Maki, and Lou Tabory..thanks to all
I have no idea how to use this forum so feel free to inform me of anything you think is important...please keep your sales/marketing to a minimum (but you can pitch here and there) since my goal is to catch lots of fish on little...money..
nice to meet everyone....
Although I am not the authority on the subject Skagit lines can be the cheapest lines in the world if you have the time, knowledge and materials. However like many things I buy them rather than make them because the ones you can buy are ready to fish as soon as you can string them up.
Another thing about these lines is that they overhead like crazy. With a slight nuance being that good rods to load with Skagit casts aren't always the best to overhead cast, you can reach out and bomb an overhead cast where the bank opens up.
With most striper fishing you want to avoid a lot of loop connections because we strip right to the butt - however in a canal current we would leave more line out making it much more pleasant to fish regardless of the number of loop connections. So even a homemade "modular" Skagit line system fits well.
That means you can switch from floating to intermediate to sinking without a spare spool.
Since the canal is like 10 times bigger than the Thompson River in British Columbia I suspect new adaptations of the existing Skagit systems will evolve from the same initial basis of what Ed Ward, Mike Kinney and the Cascade Mtn gang cooked up to deal with their challenges. Tyler Kushnir is a Thompson veteran who is a Skagit disciple and he makes a trip to the cape in summer for stripers. If he comes out this year we should ask him to give the group a presentation or just watch his monster casts.
Here a 15ft Skagit action rod makes a lot of sense where the trend in rivers out west has been to squeeze out big rod action from smaller outfits. Maybe even a 16-17ft or 18ft canal blaster. In fact I am certain that the canal spey casting will involve a big rod (coming from the shorter is better on the beach guy )
On the beach I still prefer a shorter faster overhead action rod but I could see a mondo skagit casting setup to throw macks, bunker and squid flies in a convincing manner on the ditch. This is a swing fishery with a strip action included, but a swing fishery none the less.
I could see a foot long blueback fly flinging out into the night lights during the herring run.
I could see a foam bodied squid fly waking and hopping in the rip and getting blasted hard enough to make your heart pop out of your chest on a foggy ditch dawn.
yeah I think you got something there!
|I would like to attend the Skagit Clave and just watch. Again , it seems that getting the right line for the rod is still the problem. Checked out the Rio flyer and it mentions , cheater ect. From my calculations it cost well over or close to $100 to get the right line set up. Is the problem the design of the rod combined with the ability of the caster? I'm sure the Forum will solve the problem. Just think we will be on the cutting edge of Canal fishing. FishHawk
Couldn't make the show - sounds like it was a blast.
I'd toss a spike mack imitation if you hit it later in the year. In my experience, an hour after low on the CCB side is when the rips start to set up. This is not the best time for surface feeding but if you can get near the bottom in just the right places it may result in some decent fish. It's amazing how being just a few yards off in some spots can give a skunk while getting just the right drift and bounce will give up fish consitently, I have not fished it with the fly rod accept in the obvious spots like pip's and the west end flats so this is coming from the days of drifting bait, rubber and deep jigging. I personally would not throw a sinker in the ditch if you are not prepared to lose it so I'm very interested to see the results others have had. If I remember correctly an East turning tide at dawn (slack at sunrise) usually has a good surface feed, but be forewarned there have been times I couldn't reach them with conventional gear which I'm willing to bet will go 4-5 times the distance of the best flycast. Mobility is a real advantage, it's quite popular to ride a bike on the access road to get better / more shots at breaking fish or jump around from rip to rip. You can learn a great deal in a short time by riding the canal a few mornings. If you can figure out how to get a cast off and keep from losing gear, you should have a blast.
I will check the tide charts..Three hours before the low should be a good time to start..Think we should fish through the turn..Maybe breakfast first
On Sat Jun 10th we could start just before noon...
I would like to time it with the arrival of squid, which will best prove the application in my opinion.
Sean let's see what we can cook up. We will need to put the most effective squid intruders onto the most suitable skagit lines on the most suitable rods and plenty of them for everyone to try.
Of all the forage that brings big fish to the surface on the canal it's always been the squid that has made the most spectacular reactions in my experience.
Open to suggestions.... I am just throwing something out based on my experiences.
I was at the show for the second straight year, but one thing disappoints me: The lack of items for sale. I expect to go to a show and buy things, and there's very little you can buy there. Don't get me wrong, they get a great turnout and lots of vendors. I'm going to ask Scott the next time in the Bear's Den why they don't have more for sale. I can see how it would hurt his own cause by taking business.
Maybe if I'd had better luck in the raffle I'd feel better...
Hye I know those spots
Guess there are not many secrets there. Just not many places to conventionally fly cast. Not sure why I did not put the skaigt style = canal equation together myself...
Will talk with Juro and see what we can setup.
Canal skagit casting
Sean : a skagit clave on the canal sounds great,I'd gladly exchange( some) canal locations for skagit lessons.Let see now the east end jetty,railroad bridge and bell road those are my super secret spots ,I'm in trouble now, forever from this day forward I'll be known as the spot burning oath breaker.
It was good fun and nice to finally get to a show this ear. Unforunately it reminded me we are still at least 1 month and half before we can start fishing...
Really looking forward to a good season with all the forum members. It will be my first full season in striper country and think it is going to be a good one.
As far as skagit casting the canal. The atlantis which I think you have does admirably with a rio 650 grain skagit line on it. Not a true spey rod but you can reach out to 70-80' pretty easily. It will throw a 26' RIO big boy sink tip which will get you plenty deep if needed and throwing the biggest flies you can find. Probably a good starting point as you can stick with a rod you already have.
Of course there are better rods out there to skagit cast with and Juro and I both own a few of them. You guys show us some canal spots and we would be happy to bring a few different setups and do some impromtu lessons on what I know about the casting style. As far as spey casting styles is is in my mind the easiest one for beginner casters to start using right away.
Seriously if there is enough interest we should set something up for early spring before the migration really gets going. That way you all have some time to practice before the big boys show up.
Still trying to figure out how Basser tricked the Sage cast analizer. How can you rate when you hooked the disco ball on the cieling? I believe I saw some money changing hands just after the report was printed! It was great to see so many familiar faces and meet a few new ones. Scott and lets not forget his right hand man, Blackie, outdid themselves again this year!
|Now we're talking - spey rodding the ditch has been on my agenda for way too long. I did try it one time but it's very tight and when I first heard the Skagit technique described I immediately thought of the canal and BIG flies in late May
OK great, I think I know a Rio dealer
The shots are current. There is also a West End cam that is a bit fogged in this morning. It has been my experience that a minus tide at the ditch will bring the fish in closer to the edge than usual about two hours after the East turn (low) when fishing the mainland side. Before the East turn (tail end of the West running tide), I would favor the West End.
Yes all Rio dealers can get them, I've already ordered - can't wait to see it.
Hey are those canal shots new? Big minus low this morning around Chatham... wish it were June.
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1. I mentioned the number three not to diminish the practice but rather to diminish the blithering idiots that talk about it as though this were some routine that was done to hundreds of individuals over years and years. In effect, let's put some perspective on this. If we're going to witch hunt, let's confine it to those three cases. BTW, I heard the Speaker Pelosi knew about this and wasn't particularly upset. Maybe she needs to a target of the witch-hunt too.
2. Of course the outcome of SERE and real-life are different. That's why one is training and one is not. The thousands of troops that were trained with this technique knew there was an end in sight though it may have seemed interminable. The folks in real life didn't know there is an end in sight and that is the cause of their anxiety and ultimately to their revealing whatever they revealed. So...the only real issue is whether or not we should make these folks feel anxious. You bet we should....in spades. Afterall, they are suspected of planning or having the plans to actions that are far more heinous.
3. During WWII the Japanese used waterboarding. However, they did not have the safeguards that we have used. They were actually killing people. So far as I know, that hasn't been charged.
I just have one question for all of you that are defending waterboarding. Would you find it find it ok for our officials not to prosecute or bring to justice someone who has waterboarded one of our own troops? Even if they instituted the safeguards they say they did would it still be ok?
If your answer is no, then I find it hard for you to defend anyone in this country who has done the same thing.
MANY in congress KNEW about all these techniques, Joe...but you knew that, right???
Even the 3rd in line for the POTUS, God forbid, was made aware of all this activity...but you knew that, right Joe???
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Then when we hear about the cattapilliars the interogaters let loose in the room we can all scream and hold each other tight for comfort and support. We can then complain in a group setting how evil and cruel that man was that let the cattipillar loose. And then file a law suit against him and his superiors and proclaim on news shows how evil this catapillar man is.
I'm getting the hang of this liberal mindset,,,don't ya think.
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Seth Robia, Loyola University, Chicago, IllinoisStuart Campbell, Yale UniversityRavi Balijepalli, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public HealthMarcos Sotomayor, The Ohio State University
Sunday, February 16, 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
In this session, experts representing foundations, nonprofits, universities, and business will discuss non-federal sources of research funding, how to pursue them, and whether they present a viable substitute for lost decreased government funding sources. The panelists will also discuss if and how their funding strategies have changed in response to federal funding, how scientists can effectively forge relationships with industry and foundations, and how universities are responding to the changing funding landscape. This session is sponsored by the Public Affairs Committee.
Robert Conn, President, The Kavli FoundationBill Balke, University of California, San Francisco, and American Heart AssociationMark Adams, Scientific Director, J. Craig Venter Institute
Monday, February 17, 2:15 PM - 3:45 PM
This panel discussion, sponsored by the Publications Committee, will focus on the practical issues involved in publishing a scientific paper. The panelists have extensive experience in writing, reviewing, and editing papers, and will provide information on the 'dos and don'ts of submitting research manuscripts. Discussions will likely focus on strategies to avoid common pitfalls, how to prevent and fix problems before submission, and how to respond to critiques and even rejection of a paper. Attendees are encouraged to ask questions during the session.
Moderator: Olaf Andersen, Weill Cornell Medical CollegePanelists:Alicia Wallace, Dartmouth Journal ServicesKatharina Gaus, University of New South Wales, AustraliaLes Loew, University of Connecticut Health CenterLukas Tamm, University of Virginia
Monday, February 17, 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
This discussion panel, hosted by the Committee for Professional Opportunities for Women, will offer advice for those seeking advancement in their careers, whether in academia, industry, or other endeavors. Topics to be discussed include the value of mentoring and networking, how you present yourself via your CV, and why these are important to pay attention to as you seek a promotion. The panelists, who include scientists with experience in academic and non-academic institutions, will share their thoughts and advice about this important topic.
Speakers:Steve A. N. Goldstein, Brandeis UniversityHector Rodriguez, MyoKardia, Inc.Jil C. Tardiff, University of ArizonaPamela Tranter, Novartis
Monday, February 17, 2:30 PM - 4:00 PMThis session will survey a range of techniques available at the national user facilities around the country to elucidate structural information for biomolecules. The standard tools, such as macromolecular crystallography, will be included, as well as up-and-coming techniques such as LCLS-based structure determination. Attendees will also learn how researchers can access and take advantage of these facilities. Sponsored by the Public Affairs Committee. Moderators: Corie Ralston, Lawrence Berkeley National LabAna Gonzalez, Stanford Linear Accelerator CenterSpeakers:Jen Bohon, National Synchrotron Light Source, Case Center for Synchrotron BiosciencesBritt Hedman, Stanford Linear Accelerator CenterCaralyn Larabell, University of California, San FranciscoJohn Spence, Arizona State UniversityPeter Zwart, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Tuesday, February 18, 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
This question-and-answer luncheon, sponsored by the Committee for Professional Opportunities for Women, is designed for postdocs finishing and actively applying for academic faculty positions. New faculty and recently tenured faculty in basic science and/or medical school departments will lead the discussion as well as experienced senior-level faculty who have served as department chairs and/or part of faculty search committees. Topics for discussion include how to prepare the curriculum vitae, the interview process, how to negotiate the job offer, and advice for new faculty as they balance research with their department obligations. Pre-registration was required for lunch. If you are interested in attending and did not register, you are welcome to participate on a space-available basis.
Elizabeth Villa, Max Planck Institute of BiochemistrySarah Bondos, Texas A&M Health ScienceGabriel Lander, The Scripps Research InstituteNiels Volkmann, Sanford Burnham Medical Research InstituteMadeline Shea, University of Iowa
Tuesday, February 18, 1:30-2:30 PM
Steven Chu, former US Secretary of Energy, has returned to academia and Stanford University. During this session he will discuss his current research and biophysics research in general, and also reflect on science policy in the US.
Tuesday, February 18, 2:15-3:30 PMAttendees at this session will learn about super resolution microscopy techniques for studying membrane proteins and macromolecular complexes in cells, and the type of information this technique can provide a researcher. This session is sponsored by the Education Committee and is intended to introduce the most important ideas, breakthroughs, and outstanding questions of a specific field of Biophysics to help those that do not work directly in that area gain a perspective on what is known and what is unknown.Speaker: Bo Huang, UCSFThe Science of Counting: A Super-resolution View of Membrane Protein Dimerization
Tuesday, February 18, 2:30-4:30 PMHave you ever wondered how you can apply the skills learned during your PhD in a career away from the bench? The Early Careers Committee is sponsoring a panel to discuss the plethora of career options that exist beyond the bench, such as publishing, science writing, patent law, policy, marketing etc. Panelists involved in a wide variety of careers will share their personal experiences.Speakers: Peter Aldhous, Science Journalist and Lecturer, University of California, Santa Cruz Science Communication ProgramWalter Ausserer, Director, Marketing, ForteBio, A Division of Pall Life SciencesPrithwish Pal, Technical Marketing Manager, Invivoscribe TechnologiesAdditional speakers to be announced.


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I'll leave you opinions on any two (2) of your videos if you take a look at my AMV and shoot me a private message with any impressions, thoughts, or advice you might have about it (no advice actually posted in this thread, thanks). What you like, what you didn't, what you think needs work or should be fixed, etc. You know the drill.
I'll watch almost any AMV unless it's of a series or movie that I'm currently watching or planning to watch (so no One Piece, Welcome to the NHK, Cannan, Gad Guard, Spice & Wolf, Now and Then Here and There, The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya, end of Inuyasha, or Tekkonkinkreet). Other than those, I guess anything is good. You can post which AMVs you'd like me to OP or leave it up to me to choose.
Sources include Arjuna, Ex-Driver, Planetes, Kino's Journey, Evangelion 1.01, FLCL. There are no spoilers.
So if you feel like taking a look and sending me a PM with what you think, along with what videos of yours you'd like me to OP, I'll try to get back to you with reviews in a timely manner. Thanks.
edit: video is done, will exchange opinions on it with anyone interested.


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Search process starts for new Madison Police Chief
MPD staff considers position
MADISON, Wis. - Madison's Police and Fire Commission is starting the process to replace outgoing Police Chief Noble Wray.
Monday night's meeting will be largely to set a timeline for replacing the chief, which is a process that could look inside or outside the department.
"A major decision for them to be looking at will be the scope of the search," said PFC attorney Scott Herrick. "Basically whether to search within the department only or search more broadly than that."
Herrick says that decision will take some time, but may depend on who is interested.
"I think the commissioners probably feel pretty good about who is in the department, but that does not mean that those people will be applying to be chief," said Herrick.
WISC-TV spoke to sources within the department about possible candidates, and asked those candidates about their interest.
Assistant Chief Randy Gaber, who will be the interim chief after Wray's exit, said it was "too early to tell at this point" whether he would pursue the job.
Sgt. Mike Koval, with MPD personnel and training, lost out on the position nine years ago to Wray. Koval said in an email he would give the position "strong consideration" if deemed eligible, saying he could provide a "leadership style to build on the department's reputation."
Capt. Joe Balles of the South District says he has not decided yet whether to pursue the job, but has not ruled it out.
Capt. Mary Schauf of the East District said she had not made a final decision on whether or not she will pursue the position.
Four told us they would not pursue the job, including Assistant Chief John Davenport, West District Capt. Vic Wahl and two former MPD officers who are now chiefs in other states. Mike Masterson took the chief job in Boise, Idaho, the day after Wray's appointment nine years ago, and Bill Housley left the department in 2005 to become chief in Granby, Colorado. Both said they weren't interested in the job at this time.
Herrick says in the past when searches have remained internal only, the PFC has put out an inquiry within the department to see who may apply and then commissioners decide if they feel there are enough quality applicants to choose from. They may decide to do that again this time, or simply choose to open up the search.
Watch this story on the Channel3000 video page, here
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Applications are hereby invited from qualified, innovative and creative candidates to occupy vacant staff position as follows:
Job Title: Lecturer II
Location: Any City, Nigeria
Field of Specialization: Computer Engineering
- A Ph.D Degree with job at least 2 years of teaching experience.
Application Closing Date
15th November, 2016.
Job Application Method
Interested and qualified candidates are required to submit 4 word processed copies of their applications and Curriculum Vitae giving the following information in the following format:
- Full names with surname in Capitals
- Post desired and Department
- Date of birth, Town and State of Origin
- Nationality
- Religion and Denomination
- Current Postal Address
- Permanent Address (with Telephone Number)
- Marital Status
- Names, Number and Ages of children
- Name and Address of Spouse
- Name and Address of Next of Kin
- Institutions attended with date
- Academic/Professional Qualifications
- Work Experience from Date and Status of First Appointment
- Present employer, status, salary
- List of publications in details (where applicable i.e. Books, Journals, Contributions to Books, Papers presented job at National/International Conferences)
- Professional Accomplishments, Conferences/Seminars and Workshops attended with dates, Professional Record including Study and Research stays abroad.
- Extra-curricular activities and any other relevant information
- Names and Addresses of 3 Referees whose reports should be sealed and submitted along with the application. Two of the referees must be in authorities in the applicant's area of specialization.
All applications should be addressed and mailed to the address below:
The Secretary,
Engineer Babatunde Adewale Odufuwa Foundation,
4, Olaide Tomori Street,
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Turn around time: usually 1-4 weeks.
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Research cost is $10.00, plus the fee charged by the agency if I supply the documentation, or information on how to obtain the document.


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Scavenger - way too big. I think that a 7-vehicle team could have averted this problem.
Mixmaster - again, way too big.
Long Haul - way too SMALL! This dumptruck should be huge - larger than Mixmaster's cement mixer, I'd think. Instead he's Deluxe size when at least the standard figure is a Voyager.
HighTower - wasn't he in Police Academy? Well, he's fine. I'd say that either a Deluxe or Voyager would satisfy him having an individual figure. Probably a Voyager would work.
Scrapper - he's too big. This should be a Deluxe figure if he gets an idividual one made.
Rampage - he's fine. His Deluxe figure is also about right.
I'd have had Long Haul form an arm of Devastator if they were going to make him so big. They have claws for hands underneath HighTower. They could have done the same with Long Haul if they wanted Devastator's arms to be bigger than his legs (sort of ape-like if you ask me). But then the movie and toy designs wouldn't correlate.
The Legends Class Mudflap (and later to be released Skids) are the correct size to fight Devastator. The Deluxe would be too large, except next to Scavenger and Mixmaster.
Devastator only looks to be assembled in the packaging. He's not. Which makes him easier (cough-cough) to remove from the box.
I have now transformed all the components to vehicles. They are really, really simple transformations probably with the intentions that a child could do it, and not just one of those 35-year-olds-going on 5 years old who might splurge to buy this thing.
Overall I don't regret my purchase, but I'm not as excited about it as Human Alliance BumbleBee or Leader Class ROTF Optimus Prime.


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One of the things that many people notice about The Olde Savannah
Inn is how clean it is. Cleanliness can be easily overlooked in a
b&b or hotel setting, but it will never be in this inn. The reason
comes down to our innkeeper Kathleen. Kathleen spent years in the
cleaning industry. She learned how to reach the highest standards a
customer could have and she had brought that same level of excellence to
the inn. Kathleen says, "Clean is relaxing and I want my guests to
feel relaxed when they're here."
Kathleen's devotion to
cleaning has been put to the test. While running her cleaning company
one of her clients was the state of Massachusetts and so she would go
into the homes of people with different types of severe neurosis and
disorders. It was very difficult to clean
these houses. Most had given up on these people, but Kathleen knew she
was improving their lives by helping them and giving them a fresh clean
Kathleen experienced the opposite end of spectrum too working with a client that was adamant about the way her pillows were to be fluffed. It didn't matter though because Kathleen's dedication to pleasing her clients then and her guests now knows no bounds. Her guests now get all the perks of Kathleen's 13 years of cleaning experience. They know that when they walk into the inn; it will be clean and safe. Safe because guests will find rooms free of bacteria, allergens, and bed bugs. Rooms instead house antique furniture, the softest bedding, and charm.
Savannah Fashion Week
Kevin Cartee, Image Consultant/Wardrobe Stylist
When you think of Savannah one conjures up many thoughts; Antebellum homes, moss, and even Paula Deen. However, something you may not have thought about is Savannah's rich and growing fashion and style community.
In the heart of Savannah, Savannah College of Art and Design as well as Savannah Arts Academy certainly keep the Savannah Fashion Community teaming with new talent.
Savannah is certainly proud of her Art Schools. "Georgia's First City" also brags about the many artists and fashion professionals such as Makeup Artists, Hair Stylist, Image Consultants & Wardrobe Stylists, and Boutique Owners.
Savannah Fashion Week runs from 4/22/13 – 4/26/13 and showcases events, such as trunk shows and runway shows, that run throughout the week.
What is a "Trunk Show"? Well, I'm glad you asked.
A trunk show is an event where designers or clothing vendors set up a "pop up shop" in a store or other venue. These vendors sell clothes directly to customers.
If you are a "friend of fashion" and plan to visit Savannah, GA during Fashion Week, I would love to offer you the schedule of events – my treat.
SFW Schedule:
Monday April 22, 2013
Bleubelle Boutique: From 10-6 enjoy the third annual Diane Von Furstenberg trunk show along with a DJ and Gigi's Cupcakes.
Palm Avenue: Shop an exclusive Lilly Pulitzer 20
13 collection trunk show.
JPaige: By stopping into JPaige you can inter to win a beautiful "Glam Dress" as well as a store gift certificate.
Sara Jane Children's Boutique: Pop in to shop trunk shows form Beaufort Bonnet Company, TBBC, and Back Yard Baby
Tuesday April 23, 2013
Custard Boutique: Custard Boutique will be hosting designers like Mamie Ruth and Oleander as well as offering refreshments and craft making.
Fabrika Fine Fabrics: Locally owned and operated fabric store will be holding a day long trunk show in honor of their patrons and designers. Be prepared to shop "ready to wear" items made by local Savannah Designers.
Red Clover Boutique: Known for supporting local designers and even my winter scarf lines, Red Clover Boutique will be hosting Sabrina Spanta which is currently in the "Emerging Designer Contest" at Charleston Fashion Week. Santa's designs as well as many others will be available all day.
Trunk13 Boutique: Trunk 13 Boutique, know for it's fashion forward collections, will be offering a trunk show of fabulous handbags by Pour La Victoire.
Wednesday April 24, 2013
Satchel.: Starting at 12pm and ending at 6pm, Satchel. (a local bag design company) will be holding a workshop where you can pick your own leather and create your own handbag, coozie, key chain, or wallet. I and my clients show their frequently. This is a stop during Savannah Fashion Week I would not miss.
Terra Cotta: Pop into Terra Cotta near City Market as they host a jewelry trunk show by Christi Reiterman and a second one by Liz Moore of ShopBlithe.
Zia Boutique: Zia Boutique is always sure to excite the fashion enthusiast and Savannah Fashion Week is no exception. Zia Boutique boasts an exotic trunk show by Kelly Parker Designs that will take place Wednesday, 12pm-6pm.
Thursday April 25, 2013
Get your tickets to the SFW Runway Show. This fabulous event will showcase looks from local boutiques and designers as well as display the work of local Hair and Makeup Artists; always a crowd pleaser.
Get tickets at www.savannahfashionweek.org.
Friday April 26, 2013
The SID Fashion Show is sure to end Savannah Fashion Week with a bang.
Savannah Style Expert Style Tip:
Women: Ladies look out for dresses with a built in bib necklace. I find that everywhere I go these and dresses/tops with a peplum skirt are very popular.
Men: Gents keep your eyes peeled for bow ties and mixing and matching patterns. It's a little thing I like to call "Enjoy the Clash." This year, it's okay that your outfit does not coordinate perfectly. It is all about finding complementing colors and in the same family and then kicking your outfit up a notch with different patterns and textures.
If there's one word that captures the aura of Savannah, GA, it's enchanting. From the garden squares filled with towering oaks draped in Spanish moss to the grand, historic homes lining cobblestone streets, the "Hostess City of the South" will captivate you with its laid-back southern charm.
The Olde Savannah Inn Bed & Breakfast
What to Do: Let the rhythmic "clip-clop" from a horse-drawn carriage ride take you back to Savannah's historic roots as you enjoy a leisurely tour through the largest National Historic District in the U.S. It's also where the 22 garden squares, called the city's "heart and soul" by some, can be found. Designed to be an essential part of the downtown area, these squares provide a relaxing tree-covered area to stroll or relax while reading the paper by cooling fountains, lush gardens, and historical monuments.
Follow the cobblestone streets and southern hospitality to the waterfront of the Savannah River. River Street is a destination for quaint storefronts and fine-dining establishments built inside centuries-old buildings that once housed goods in one of the busiest ports in America. You can even set sail down the Savannah River and catch a glimpse of the city skyline from aboard an open-air canopy deck on a riverboat.
If you make your way to Savannah this month, don't be surprised if you find the Forsyth Park fountain flowing green! "The Greening of the Fountain," taking place on March 8th, is part of the city's massive and long-standing St. Patrick's Day celebrations. Last year, Savannah hosted the second largest St. Patrick's Day parade in the world and began the celebrations as early as two weeks before. If you're in town Saturday, March 16th, go green for the 189th Annual Savannah St. Patrick's Day Parade.......
Where to stay:
The Olde Savannah Inn Bed & Breakfast welcomes guests with gorgeous French Renaissance furnishings in each of the five rooms. Situated only a block from Forsyth Park, the inn puts you steps away from Savannah's award-winning restaurants and shops and is a perfect location to watch the St. Patrick's Day Parade.
Want to see what else awaits you on your southern getaway? Visit our "There's Something About Savannah" Pinterest board for must-see sights and other B&Bs located in the Georgia Coast Region.
We think Savannah is the perfect place to come for your destination wedding. We are not the only ones that have that opinion. In fact, Southern Living magazine lists the City of Savannah as one of "7 Sinfully Romantic Southern Escapes". The mild weather, romantic squares, and over 200 festivals make it the perfect place for a memorable wedding. There is something for everyone. Savannah hosts events from sports to music and art. Don't forget the romantic carriage rides through the cobblestone streets, the tour of historic homes, or the lush greenery of the city squares. The historic squares are lined with majestic oaks draped with Spanish Moss. The camellias, azaleas, jasmine and honeysuckle set the stage for the perfect place to say your vows
To ensure your honeymoon is perfect, plan to stay The Olde Savannah Inn. Luxurious accommodations, gourmet breakfasts, and romantic hidden courtyards make it one of the most romantic bed and breakfasts in Savannah . The Inn is located in the historic district, and is situated perfectly for guests to enjoy all that Savannah has to offer. The Olde Savannah Inn offers a Honeymoon Package which includes:
Two nights in the Versailles Court
Strawberries, chocolate and chilled champagne
A romantic carriage ride for two
$100.00 Gift Certificate to Elizabeth's on 37th Restaurant
Two dozen of long stem American Beauty Roses
More ideas to help plan for the perfect Savannah wedding can be found at SavannahIdo.com
Make reservations today for your wedding to remember!
By Cathy Rodgers
A friend of mine virtually introduced me to a local innkeeper who runs a Savannah Bed & Breakfast on beautiful Gaston Street, so I could not wait to get by to meet her in person. Gardens always motivate me and peeking behind a secret pathway to view cozy sitting areas and new plants got me there quick.
Kathleen Dupois is the proprietor of the Olde Savannah Inn, one of the finest bed and breakfast establishments I've ever stepped into. I was truly amazed to find not only beautiful antiques, but amazing chandeliers and French decor which compliments the mansion without overdoing it.
My favorite spot is the fresh and bright breakfast room which allows visitors to look out to the gardens. Can you believe I forgot my camera? I "borrowed" this photo of the breakfast room from the net, and can tell you the room does look like this! It's amazing and Southern Living magazine really needs to come and see! Then I found out what Kathleen serves at her breakfast celebrations. Who else has a candlelight breakfast and serves Creme Brûlée in the morning??
Kathleen took me upstairs to the honeymoon suite and my jaw nearly dropped! Steps away from the four post bed, marble floors take you to a large jacuzzi tub, two pedestal sinks and his and hers claw foot tubs.
This is where we will be sending our out of town guests and inquiring visitors. Did I mention the 800 count sheets? True elegance and luxury.
The Olde Savannah Inn, Savannah's award winning bed and breakfast, is the perfect place to celebrate Valentine's Day. The luxurious accommodations, romantic hidden courtyards, and exquisite cuisine, all work together to create the perfect atmosphere for a romantic getaway.
We believe there is no better way to tell you about our Inn than through the comments left by our wonderful guests. Their comments have included:
"The Olde Savannah Inn has something that makes it stand out. Character. It is displayed throughout the house, on every wall, on the well kept floors, and in the oh-so-comfortable bedrooms with elegant baths. You will be transported back to a nostalgic era with soft music, great laughs and delicious food and coffee"
". Not only is the Inn Stunning and Spectacular but the Inn Keeper Kathleen took care of all our needs. We chose the Versailles Court for a (4) Four night Ultra Romantic Honeymoon Getaway. This room is so romantic. The huge Jacuzzi tub for two, claw foot tubs and the beautiful King sized bed made with the finest linens....The food was deliciously outrageous and the table was set as if you were a King and Queen. While you were dining there was romantic music in the air. Her personality is warm and inviting. Her Inn is all about pampering you personally. We fell in love with Savannah.... We will be visiting Savannah again and only staying at the Old Savannah Inn. Thank you Kathleen....... till we meet again." Reviewed January 14, 2013
"First class in everything:
The decor, drop dead gorgeous antiques, gilt mirrors, crystal chandeliers and more.
The breakfasts and additional treats throughout the day, generous gourmet delights! e.g. Eggs Benedict, stuffed French crepes, Belgian waffles, quiche lorain, cheesy grits, scones, cookies, banana bread, fresh fruit cups, garnishes of berries and giant dollops of whipped cream.
All provided for us with special care to our vegetarian diet. (Platters of crispy bacon and other breakfast meats appeared at others' tables. )
The furnishings from hand-ironed linens to sumptuous robes, gloriously indulgent luxury.
You have got to go here and experience this for yourself.
Call Kathleen. She's a one-woman dynamo who truly can do it all." Stayed in December - Reviewed January 9,2013.
Visit us at http://theoldesavannahinn.com for more information and to make your reservation for romance!
We have made a short video to wish all of our guests (future and past) a Happy Valentines Day from The Olde Savannah Inn. It can be viewed here. http://youtu.be/jItHz2IqxSE
Join us to celebrate the founding of the Colony of Georgia, which took place on February 12, 1733. The Georgia History Festival is a must for all History Lovers! Savannah's celebrations to commemorate the event include:
Step back in time at the Colonial Faire and Muster on the weekend of February 9-10th. This event is FREE to the public. It will be held on the historic Wormsloe Plantation. Actors and vendors recreate colonial Savannah, with demonstrations of the old blacksmith shop, firing muskets, and cooking over a fire.
The festival will include the Official Georgia Day Parade on February 12th, 2013 at 10:30 am. The parade begins at Forsyth Park, just steps from The Olde Savannah Inn. The parade route includes a march down the historic Bull Street and will ultimately wind up at City Hall.
The festivities continue with Super Museum Sunday from noon until 4 pm on Sunday February 13, 2013. Over 40 organizations, including the city's history, art and cultural museums, have agreed to take part in the History Festival. Admission to the participating locations for this event is FREE.
What better place to stay for the Georgia History Festival that at one of Savannah's Historical Inns? The Olde Savannah Inn, located in the South Historic District, is the perfect place to call home while you enjoy the festivities.. The Inn was built in 1877, and was restored in 2005. This Award Winning Bed and Breakfast offers beautiful, historic architecture combined with all the comforts of our modern day world. Staying at the Inn allows you to start the day with our famous gourmet breakfast, then proceed to enjoy the festivities knowing that you will be welcomed back to the lap of luxury at the end of the day.
|Photo courtesy of The GA Historical Society


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Postsecondary Enrollment Options
Postsecondary Enrollment Options (PSEO) allow students to take free college courses at a college. Students attend class and complete the same assignments required of regular college students.
Here are a few advantages to PSEO:
- Students may earn both high school and college credit. This can save you time and money when you actually get to college.
- The course work is college-level. You may do better in college classes later because you'll know what to expect.
- You take college-level courses at an actual college. You interact with college students from around the state, the country and even the world.
- Colleges offer a wide selection of classes. If you don't feel challenged by your high school classes, you'll have the chance to explore more subjects and more advanced work.
Who is eligible to participate?
You must be a Minnesota high school sophomore, junior or senior, but your high school may require a certain academic standing or GPA before you are allowed to participate. Check with your counselor's office or school district.
Who teaches the course?
The class is taught by a college professor.
Where is the class taught?
The class is held at a local college or university campus.
How much does it cost?
There is no cost to the student.
How do I earn college credit?
You earn credit based on your academic performance during the duration of the course as you would with any high school or college course.
Do all colleges and universities accept these credits?
Acceptance and transfer of credits varies by college, but many do accept credits earned through the program. Others colleges may choose to award advanced placement instead. This allows you to take upper-level courses without taking the introductory, prerequisite courses. Some will allow you to earn both credit and placement. If you're interested in a specific college, be sure to ask admissions about their policy.
For More Information
For more information on Postsecondary Enrollment Options, contact your school counselor or visit the Minnesota Department of Education.
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