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Get yourself SO READY for Fantagraphics at the new, hip one day show in Portland, Oregon this weekend called Linework NW that is absolutely free to attend! From 2-9pm Linework NW will be open at Norse Hall at 111 NE 11th Ave. You'll find the Fantagraphics table (#18) RIGHT next to Jim Woodring's for all your signing needs! We'll have all the Multiverse titles you've been craving plus Woodring's sketchbook, Problematic. Julia Gfrörer will also be at Linework, right as you walk in the door (in teal below). If you see a copy of Black is the Color on her table or ours GRAB IT* because it is sold out. Julia is also signing at our table from 5:30-6:30pm.
There are more parties than show practically at Linework. Thursday night is Edie Fake's presentation and siging for her new book, Memory Palaces at Floating World. The Opening Party is at Reading Frenzy on Friday, April 11, 7:00pm featuring Jim Woodring and Michael DeForge. After the show on Saturday is the Closing Party at Em Space: Saturday, April 12, 9:00 pm. And then finally on Sunday, April 13th at 7pm Gridlords will be performing along with Julia Gfrörer at Holocene Portland.
• 4:30pm Release Party (Greig Lounge) Some of today's best cartoonists reveal their exciting new projects scheduled for 2014....and Beyond! With Farel Dalrymple, Julia Gfrörer, Sam Alden, Tom Neely and Benjamin Marra. Moderated by Sam Marx.
• 5:30pm Super Real (Greig Lounge) Explore the surreal worlds of Special Guests Jim Woodring and Michael DeForge. In conversation with Cameron Snyder.
Two butchers arrive at work to find their shop empty of meat and their minds empty of how to do their job. As customers arrive, events become increasingly disastrous. A surreal, debut graphic novella of horror and humor with one huge, hanging question. This often hilarious, enigmatic, and uncomfortable book establishes Stechschulte as an exciting new talent.
• Buddy Buys a Dump The Complete Buddy Bradley Stories from "Hate" Comics Vol. 3 (2000-2013) by Peter Bagge
He's back! Now in his 30s and married with child, onetime slacker hero Buddy Bradley gets a "real" job, shaves his head, dons an eyepatch, quits his "real" job and buys the local dump - because what better place to raise a toddler? Peter Bagge's iconic character is to alternative comics what Homer Simpson has been to television animation over the past quarter-century: a generation-defining slacker and the greatest comedic character of its form and era.
• Cosplayers by Dash Shaw
This 32 page floppy comic is a sweet & sour, sad & funny story that follows the adventures of Annie and Verti as they shoot homemade movies for YouTube, guerilla-style, and face some unexpected consequences. What could possibly go wrong? A one-shot dose of humor and melancholy from the creator of New School, BodyWorld, and Bottomless Belly Button.
• The Complete Peanuts 1950-1952 Vol. 1 (paperback) by Charles M. Schulz This first volume, covering the first two and a quarter years of the strip. Three major cast members - Schroeder, Lucy, and Linus - initially show up as infants and only "grow" into their final "mature" selves as the months go by. Even Snoopy debuts as a puppy!
So come on by this fantastic FREE show this Saturday and say hi to me, I'll be sling all those hot Fantagraphics' titles you've been waiting for!
* and pay for Black is the Color or I will hunt you down.
Portland is priviledged to host the next installment of the national Illustration Conference, ICON, and on Saturday, July 12th, they welcome special guest, visual journalist Janet Hamlin!
"Author and illustrator Janet Hamlin has been where very few journalists or artists have dared to tread. Ms. Hamlin has had a front seat to history as the only courtroom artist to sketch the military tribunals in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Her drawings and accompanying text provide rare insight to the military court and are the only visuals the world is allowed to see."
Experience her collection, Sketching Guantanamo: Court Sketches of the Military Tribunals, 2006-2013, in person from 11:35 AM to 12:00 PM at the Portland Art Museum [ 1219 SW Park Ave ]. She will share the stage with artist Victor Juhasz, who has been documenting the military since 2006, from training to battle to hospital wards.
Registration to the conference is required to attend. No tickets for individual main stage sessions will be sold. A "Day Rate" ticket will be announced later depending on availability. ICON8: The Illustration Conference will be held across Portland from July 9-12, 2014.
COMICS IN A MOVIE ALERT! FINDING NEIGHBORS is coming to a film festival near you, as soon as this weekend and it's about a cartoonist. There is some Fantagraphics fun sprinkled in here and there so keep your eyes peeled for the Fanta-Look-and-Find. FINDING NEIGHBORS is showing this weekend at the Florida Film Festival in Orlando and the Boston LGBT Film Festival as well as Dallas and California later this month so check their site for more details.
FINDING NEIGHBORS is a comedic drama about Sam Tucker (Oscar® nominee Michael O'Keefe, The Great Santini), a successful stay-at-home graphic novelist, who has hit a mid-life and creative crisis. Six months late on the deadline of his latest novel, Sam has already created turmoil with his publisher after his last book was a disaster. When his therapist wife Mary (Catherine Dent, TV's The Shield) starts to suspect Sam of having an affair with Sherrie (Julie Mond), his provocative and willing next-door neighbor, she's surprised to find out he's actually spending all of his time with a man. Jeff (Blake Bashoff), his gay fellow "housewife" neighbor, is a fan of Sam's published works. As his friendship with Jeff grows and he begins to recapture his creative fire, Sam finds he may be losing the one thing he never doubted: his marriage. Also featuring Sean Patrick Thomas as Jeff's partner, Paul.
A touching film about friendship and confidence, FINDING NEIGHBORS is writer/director Ron Judkins's first feature since his acclaimed The Hi-Line from 1999.
OH NO, you did not just get invited to the Unlovable Volume 3 Launch Party, we were just SHOWING you that there is one. Kim said that she and Erick were gonna like, crash it, but we just got these swede pants from the thrift store and new earrings from the Collin Creek Mall---OH FINE, EVERYONE IS INVITED!
Skylight Books in Los Angeles is proud to announce they are hosting the Unlovable Volume 3 Launch Party with cartoonist Esther Pearl Watson on Sunday, May 4th. Summer vacation is here and Tammy Pierce is back with more sometimes ordinary, often humiliating, occasionally poignant, and usually hilarious exploits from the pages of Bust magazine! Her hopes, dreams, agonies, and defeats are brought to vivid, comedic life by Watson's lovingly grotesque drawings, filled with all the eighties essentials - too much mascara, leg warmers with heels, and huge hair, etc. - as well as timeless teen concerns like acne, dandruff, and the opposite sex (or same sex, in some cases). Tammy's life isn't pretty, but it is endlessly endearing and hilarious especially under the pen of Esther Pearl Watson.
See you there at Skylight books at 5pm (May 4th) on Sunday, Sunday, Sunday! TP provided.
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Intruder Alert! Talented Emerging Seattle Cartoonists Featured at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery on April 12.
The Pacific Northwest enjoys a long tradition as a breeding ground for innovative illustrators and cartoonists. At no time has this been more evident than now. The Intruder comix collective is at the forefront of this new movement. On Saturday, April 12, Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery celebrates the publication of the 10th issue of the Intruder anthology with a lively party including an art exhibition, music performance, and book signing.
The Intruder is a free quarterly tabloid featuring an eclectic group of contributors from the fields of comix, illustration, fine art, and graphic design. Issue #10 features the work of Max Clotfelter, Aidan Fitzgerald, Billis Helg, Ben Horak, Tim Miller, John Ohannesian, Marc Palm, Darin Shuler, James Stanton, Tom Van Deusen, and more. In addition to the debut of the latest Intruder, original art, prints, and handcrafted books by these artists and others will on display at the bookstore though May 7, 2014.
The Intruder reception will be preceded from 4:00 to 6:00 PM by Michael O'Driscoll presenting his new self-published comic, Bedbug's Book of Wisdom. This limited edition hardcover follows the exploits of O'Driscoll's pesky protagonist, cleverly mimicking the format of a children's book. Additionally, Georgetown Records and Fantagraphics Bookstore welcome a musical performance by Lori Goldston and Kyle Hanson. Cellist Goldston is Stranger Genius honoree who has performed with Nirvana, Earth, and countless others. She'll be joined on accordion by frequent collaborator Hanson performing songs from their recently released album. This event coincides with the colorful Georgetown Art Attack featuring challenging visual and performing arts presentations throughout the historic district.
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Los Angeles! Celebrate the release of The Blighted Eye: Original Comic Art from the Glenn Bray Collection with a special book release party on Friday, April 25th.
Collector extraordinaire Glenn Bray will be joined by special guests, Todd Hignite and Robert Williams, who each supplied a foreword to this exceptional book!
The Blighted Eye is a mind-boggling collection of original comic art, amassed over the last nearly 50 years -- Charles Addams, Carl Barks, Charles Burns, Al Capp, Dan Clowes, Jack Cole, R. Crumb, Jack Davis, Kim Deitch, Will Elder, Al Feldstein, Virgil Finlay, Drew Friedman, Chester Gould, Justin Green, Rick Griffin, Bill Griffith, Matt Groening, George Grosz, V.T. Hamlin, Jaime Hernandez, George Herriman, Al Hirshfeld, Graham Ingels, Bernard Krigstein, Harvey Kurtzman, Gary Panter, Virgil Partch, Savage Pencil, Peter Pontiac, Charles Rodrigues, Spain Rodriguez, Charles Schulz, Gilbert Shelton, Joost Swarte, Stanislav Szukalski, Irving Tripp, Chris Ware, S. Clay Wilson, Basil Wolverton, Wallace Wood, Jim Woodring, Art Young, and — it should go without saying — many more.
Our main man Tony Millionaire is signing the night before CAKE in Chicago! Join him at Graham Crackers Comics Loop location on 77 E. Madison for imbibing and scribblin' in his new book Tony Millionaire's Sock Monkey Treasury. From 5-7pm, he is yours to pester with great questions and post for pictures.
The precocious sock monkey Uncle Gabby and his innocent pal Mr. Crow are the heroes of this endearing new and all-ages collection. Follow them as they try to find a home for a shrunken head, play matchmakers between the bat in the doll's house and the mouse in the basement, unlock the mysteries of a glass doorknob, hunt salamanders, try to get to heaven, and much more. Millionaire will also sign copies of his latest strip collection Green Eggs and Maakies, blending vaudeville-style humor and a breathtakingly beautiful line that recalls the glory days of the American comic strip. By all means, bring in those Green Eggs & Maakies collections or pick up a new one at Graham Crackers.
She's a superhero to us, and that's why Joyce Farmer will present the lecture "No Superheroes: Creating Underground Comics" on Thursday, April 24, at Penn State.
It's a topic Farmer knows a little thing or two about -- as the co-creator of Tits & Clits Comix series in 1972, the work of her and her contemporaries countered the sexism they saw in male-produced underground comix of the time. Come hear her talk about this revolutionary time in comics history from 7:00 to 8:30 PM.
Joyce will also discuss her amazing graphic memoir, Special Exits, that we published in 2010. None other than R. Crumb has said of this book: "One of the best long-narrative comics I've ever read, right up there with Maus... I actually found myself moved to tears."
Joyce will be speaking at Foster Auditorium inside Paterno Library at Penn State, located at 510 Paterno Library, University Park, PA.
This April 24th at Meltdown Comics in Los Angeles Love and Rockets' Jaime Hernandez will be on a panel with fellow cartoonists and animators Pendleton Ward, Bryan Lee O'Malley and Thompas Herpich. They will be interviewed by Inkstuds radio show host, Robin McConnell and cartoonist, Brandon Graham in what will be a packed room (please let them have A/C). After the panel, Jaime will be signing books INCLUDING the newest collection Love Bunglers.
Please register by email/Eventbrite by April 24th to guarantee your seat in this standing-room only event! So keep earning money on that paper route so you can get a copy of Love Bunglers, bring your favorite Love and Rockets issues (plus some Prophet for Brandon and Simon to sign) and we'll see you THERE at Thursday, April 24th at 7pm.
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Friday, April 4th
• Philadelphia, PA: It's the opening reception for Freak Scene, a group art show at Space 1026 featuring Johnny Ryan, our own Jason T. Miles, Mome-contributor Jim Rugg, and a whole host of fellow freaks. (more info)
Saturday, April 5th
• New York City, NY: Stop by Tables #A20-A23 at the 2014 MoCCA Arts Festival! Click here for all our signings, debuts, and programming. (more info)
• Gainesville, FL: The great Carol Tyler will present a talk on "Graphic Emotion: Weighted Words and Moving Marks" at the 11th annual University of Florida Conference on Comics and Graphic Novels. (more info)
Sunday, April 6th
• Los Angeles, CA: Collector extraordinaire Glenn Bray will sign his gorgeous new tome, The Blighted Eye: Original Comic Art from the Glenn Bray Collection at Arcana: Books on the Arts from 3:00 to 5:00 PM. (more info)
• Gainesville, FL: At the 11th annual University of Florida Conference on Comics and Graphic Novels, Carol Tyler will lead an artist's workshop titled "Comics: Getting Down to Basics." (more info)
• New York City, NY: It's your last chance to visit us at the 2014 MoCCA Arts Festival! You know what to do, NYC. (more info)


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The House reconvenes at 2 p.m. for legislative business and is expected to consider measures under suspension of the rules. Roll call votes will be postponed until 6:30 p.m.
HR 4450 — Travel Promotion, Enhancement, and Modernization Act
HR 1022 — A bill to develop an energy critical elements program, to amend the National Materials and Minerals Policy, Research and Development Act of 1980, and for other purposes.
HR 4802 — Airport Security Enhancement Act
The House reconvenes at noon for legislative business and is expected to consider measures under suspension of the rules.
HR 4983 — Strengthening Transparency in Higher Education Act
HR 5134 — A bill to extend the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity and the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance for one year.
HR 4449 — Human Trafficking Prevention Act
HR 2283 — Human Trafficking Prioritization Act
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HR 3136 — Advancing Competency-Based Education Demonstration Project Act of 2013
HR 4984 — Empowering Students Through Enhanced Financial Counseling Act
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HR 3136 — Advancing Competency-Based Education Demonstration Project Act of 2013
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Henry Darwin, director, Arizona Department of Environmental Quality
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Teresa Marks, director, Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality
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Marion Blakey, president and CEO, Aerospace Industries Association
Pete Bunce, president and CEO, General Aviation Manufacturers Association
Joe Brown, president, Hartzell Propeller Inc.
Dave Cox, lead administrator, Air Washington Project
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Oversight Subcommittee (Chairman Boustany, R-La.) of House Ways and Means Committee hearing on the health care overhaul law's premium tax credit.
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Date Wednesday, July 23, 10:30 a.m.
Place 1310 Longworth Bldg.
Benjamin L. Ginsberg and Robert F. Bauer, co-chairmen, Presidential Commission on Election Administration
Federal Trade Authority
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee (Chairman Issa, R-Calif.) hearing titled "The Federal Trade Commission and its Section 5 Authority: Prosecutor, Judge, and Jury."
Date Thursday, July 24, 9:30 a.m.
Place 2154 Rayburn Bldg.
Medicare Advantage Assessment
House Ways and Means — Subcommittee on Health
Health Subcommittee (Chairman Brady, R-Texas) of House Ways and Means Committee hearing on the status of Medicare advantage under the health care law.
Date Thursday, July 24, 10 a.m.
Place 1100 Longworth Bldg.
Budgets and National Debt
House Judiciary Committee
House Judiciary Committee (Chairman Goodlatte, R-Va.) hearing titled "Constitutional Solutions to Our Escalating National Debt: Examining Balanced Budget Amendments."
Date Thursday, July 24, 10 a.m.
Place 2141 Rayburn Bldg.
U.S. Tax Code
Senate Finance Committee
Senate Finance Committee (Chairman Wyden, D-Ore.) hearing titled "The U.S. Tax Code: Love It, Leave It, or Reform It!"
Date Tuesday, July 22, 10 a.m.
Place 215 Dirksen Bldg.
Robert B. Stack, deputy assistant secretary of the Treasury for International Tax Affairs
Pascal Saint-Amans, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris, France
Mihir A. Desai, professor of finance and law, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
Peter R. Merrill, director, National Economics and Statistics Group, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Leslie Robinson, associate professor of business administration, Dartmouth College
Allan Sloan, senior editor-at-large, Fortune, New York, N.Y.
Black Lung Claimants
Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions — Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety
Employment and Workplace Safety Subcommittee (Chairman Casey, D-Pa.) of Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing titled "Coal Miners' Struggle for Justice: How Unethical Legal and Medical Practices Stack the Deck Against Black Lung Claimants."
Date Tuesday, July 22, 10 a.m.
Place 430 Dirksen Bldg.
Chris Lu, deputy secretary of Labor
Patricia Smith, solicitor, Department of Labor
John Howard, director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
John Cline, attorney, Pine View, W.Va.
Jack Parker, pulmonary section chief, West Virginia University Department of Medicine, Morgantown, W.Va.
Robert Bailey, former coal mine worker, Princeton, W.Va.
Robert Briscoe, principal and senior consultant, Milliman, New York, N.Y.
Economically Resilient Communities
Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs — Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development
Housing, Transportation, and Community Development Subcommittee (Chairman Menendez, D-N.J.) of Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing titled "Building Economically Resilient Communities: Local and Regional Approaches."
Date Tuesday, July 22, 2:30 p.m.
Place 538 Dirksen Bldg.
Steven M. Fulop, mayor, Jersey City
Joseph A. Calabrese, CEO and general manager, Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
Lee Gibson, executive director, Regional Transportation Commission of Washoe County
Carbon Pollution Standards for Power Plants
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (Chairwoman Boxer, D-Calif.) hearing titled "EPA's Proposed Carbon Pollution Standards for Existing Power Plants."
Date Wednesday, July 23, 9:30 a.m.
Place 406 Dirksen Bldg.
Gina McCarthy - administrator, Environmental Protection Agency
DISCLOSE Act
Senate Rules and Administration Committee
Senate Rules and Administration Committee (Chairman Schumer, D-N.Y.) hearing titled "The DISCLOSE Act and the Need for Expanded Public Disclosure of Funds Raised and Spent to Influence Federal Elections."
Date Wednesday, July 23, 10 a.m.
Place 301 Russell Bldg.
S 2516 — Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light On Spending in Elections (DISCLOSE) Act
Health, Income Security Bills
Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee
Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (Chairman Harkin, D-Iowa) hearing on health and income security bills.
Date Wednesday, July 23, 10 a.m.
Place 430 Dirksen Bldg.
S 2511 — A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to clarify the definition of substantial cessation of operations.
Travel and Commerce Legislation
Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee
Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee (Chairman Rockefeller, D-W.Va.) markup to consider travel and commerce legislation.
Date Wednesday, July 23, 2:30 p.m.
Place 253 Russell Bldg.
S 1804 — Aviation Security Stakeholder Participation Act of 2013
S 1893 — Transportation Security Acquisition Reform Act
S 2094 — Vessel Incidental Discharge Act
S 2250 — Travel Promotion, Enhancement, and Modernization Act
Flood Insurance Program
Senate Appropriations — Subcommittee on Homeland Security
Homeland Security Subcommittee (Chairwoman Landrieu, D-La.) of Senate Appropriations Committee hearing titled "Insuring our Future: Building a Flood Insurance Program We Can Live With, Grow With, and Prosper With."
Date Wednesday, July 23, 2:30 p.m.
Place 138 Dirksen Bldg.
Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J.
Craig Fugate, administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency
Chad Berginnis, executive director, Association of State Floodplan Managers
Patricia Templeton-Jones, Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, executive vice president and chief operating officer, Wright National Flood Insurance Company
Donna Smith, chairwoman, National Association of Realtors Flood Insurance Taskforce, broker in charge, Berkshire Hathaway Home Services, C. Dan Joyner Realtors
Role of States in Higher Education
Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee
Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (Chairman Harkin, D-Iowa) hearing titled "The Role of States in Higher Education."
Date Thursday, July 24, 10 a.m.
Place 430 Dirksen Bldg.
Social Security and Disability Insurance
Senate Finance Committee
Senate Finance Committee (Chairman Wyden, D-Ore.) hearing titled "Social Security: A Fresh Look at Workers' Disability Insurance."
Date Thursday, July 24, 10 a.m.
Place 215 Dirksen Bldg.
Stephen Goss, chief actuary, Social Security Administration
Marianna LaCanfora, acting deputy commissioner, Retirement and Disability Policy, Social Security Administration
Rebecca Vallas, Center for American Progress Action Fund
Richard Burkhauser, professor, adjunct scholar, Cornell University, American Enterprise Institute
Judicial Nominations
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate Judiciary Committee (Chairman Leahy, D-Vt.) confirmation hearing on judicial nominations.
Date Thursday, July 24, 10:15 a.m.
Place 226 Dirksen Bldg.
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What is iTunes? It's how you play music, movies, TV shows, and more on your Mac or PC. It's a store that never closes and offers music, videos, podcasts, games, books, college classes, and more. iTunes is home to everything that entertains you.
Sometimes the worst thing that can happen to you is when your best friend changes her phone number. You have to remember to change it on your iPhone, your computer, maybe even your iPad. Or you schedule a lunch date and you have to update your calendar on all your digital devices. No more.
iPad is a marvelous product that provides the best way to experience the web, email, and pictures. And on top of all that, it's a fantastic book reader, outstanding video player, and there are more than 650,000 apps (including more than 225,000 just for the iPad) available for it.
Own a Mac and need to learn about OSX or more about MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or Outlook for your Mac, but cannot commit to attending lengthy class sessions?
iWork is Apple's easy-to-use suite of productivity applications akin to Microsoft Office. iWork consists of a word processor/page layout program (Pages), a spreadsheet (Numbers), and a presentation package (Keynote). You can share documents between your Mac, your iPad, and iPhone or iPod Touch, and on any web browser through iCloud. They can also open and save documents compatible with Microsoft Office. We'll look at all three apps and their features.
Are you frustrated with using the "hunt and peck" method to type on your computer? Need to improve your employment skills? In this self-paced computerized course, students will learn alphabetic and numeric keyboarding by touch. Lessons extend from beginning to proficient levels. Students receive a certificate verifying w.p.m. typing speed and accuracy upon completion.
Are you keyboarding at a proficient level but want to increase your speed and accuracy? This course is for the student who has a knowledge of the alphabetic and numerical keyboard at 40 w.p.m. or have taken the Beginning Keyboarding class but want additional practice hours. Students receive a certificate verifying w.p.m. typing speed and accuracy upon completion.
Getting back into the workforce and need computer skills? Strengthen your job performance and/or employability by learning Windows 7. This course is for both novice computer users as well as those who already have some basic computer experience but need to learn the following skills before progressing to a more advanced class.
This hands-on class is designed as an introduction to Spreadsheets with an emphasis on applying book skills to realistic office/school examples. Skills covered in this course include editing, viewing, and printing worksheets, working with formulas and functions, formatting cells, changing the appearance of worksheets, charting basic and working with large worksheets.
This hands-on class is designed as a continuation to Part I and for users of Excel who would like to improve their spreadsheet skills. Part II will focus on applying book skills to realistic office/school examples.
Need skills in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, Outlook or Access, but cannot commit to attending lengthy class sessions?
Explore Office 2010 Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access. Through instruction and hands-on practice, this course provides an overview of the powerful software tools in the Office 2010 Suite. Students gain practical knowledge to navigate the Office environment and utilize these tools at work or home. This course prepares students to move on to more advanced MS Office courses to further enrich their knowledge.


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Clinton officials dealing with spike in abandoned properties. KNS
Ross woes don't affect Pellissippi Place. The Daily Times
MPC gives Excellence Awards. KNS
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Claudia Joiner Averaging 137 Bowls a Perfect 300
We just witnessed one from Claudia Joiner whom averages 137. She seemed cool, calm, and collected, but afterwards she says that she was a wreck. The emotion she showed after the last ball was priceless. It was like it was out of a text book, strike after strike. All of them were flush in the pocket, and I didn't see one brooklyn in the bunch.
She was using a Columbia 300 Messenger Titanium Pearl, which is no longer available.


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Is Sam Mitchell a good fit for the Wolves?
Kevin McHale gets the kiss of death.
The Toronto Raptors have fired coach Sam Mitchell, and assistant Jay Triano will take over as interim coach. "This is a difficult but necessary step the franchise must take," Raptors president and general manager Bryan Colangelo said in a statement. "We appreciate all that Sam has done for the organization, applaud him for his successes and wish him nothing but the best with his future in basketball." Mitchell was named the sixth head coach in Raptors history June 29, 2004. He posted a 156-189 (.452) record in his four-plus seasons. He won the Red Auerbach Trophy as the NBA Coach of the Year for the 2006-07 season, when he also won Sporting News' NBA Coach of the Year award in a vote among other head coaches.Via Sporting News, the Raptors fire my all-time favorite T-Wolf, Sam Mitchell
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Great idea: "The organization will be putting together travel packages that will add in American sites to the trip"
How about creating a racing series in January leading up to Worlds...Boulder, Portland and the East Coast. I think we can assume that if people travel they will want to see some cross and drink beer. Colorado and Oregon have both in spades.


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I'm not in Anaheim covering the Episcopal Church's General Convention, but folks who are there are writing about how Integrity, the gay Episcopal caucus, is all over the place, including the press room. And small wonder: Their lobbying helped pull off a great victory on Tuesday — the lifting of the church's ban on gay bishops. Next, they're gunning for an official liturgical rite to bless same-sex marriages.
This is no great surprise, considering that conservatives have fled the denomination and last month created a new province: the Anglican Church in North America. Some conservatives and their bishops remain within the Episcopal Church (the dioceses of Central Florida and South Carolina, for instance), but they have been unable to mount much of a fight at this year's General Convention.
So I was intrigued to get in the mail a small booklet — aka graphic novel — by Integrity called "The Ripple" that's a fable about a man — a white male, of course — who is transformed from conservative theology to inclusive thought through a spiritual experience in the church basement. The first drawing shows him ascending the steps of "St. Aelred's Church" in Fairfax, Va. No such church exists, but the 12th-century saint is Integrity's patron saint who supposedly was gay but celibate.
The largest now-former Episcopal Church in Fairfax is Truro, one of 11 churches in northern Virginia that left the denomination 2 1/2 years ago to join up with a new Anglican province. Truro is not the only former Episcopal church within Fairfax city limits but it's by far the most prominent and was a co-leader in the exodus of the 11 churches.
"St. Aelred's" is headed by a black female priest who sermonizes on "blessing same-gender relationships and consecrating gay and lesbian bishops," which is Integrity's program for this convention. Anyway, the graphic novel here is quite a satire, but then again, the Truro folks are long since out the door so they probably could care less.
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UPDATE: The Martin High Lip Dub is back … this year to help a classmate who has cancer (video)
Nov 20, 2012, 12:15 PM EDT
When high school students use their powers for good instead of evil, the sky's the limit on what they can accomplish. Take Martin High School in Arlington, Texas, for example. Martin is home of the Lip Dub, an elaborate song and dance video production performed by the entire school in one continuous take. In 2010, Martin's first Lip Dub was done in the name of school unity, and quickly went viral. This year, their goal is an even nobler one.
All of Martin's 3,321 students participated in a Lip Dub to raise money for cancer research — specifically for classmate Taylor Helland, who has a rare form of cancer. You'll see pictures of Taylor sprinkled throughout the crowd in the video below, and she even participated in the production even though she's currently undergoing chemotherapy.
The video was shot on Monday, but before they even turned on the camera the school had already raised $12,000 in pledges.
It's an entertaining jaunt through pretty much the entire campus, including dancing goats, a guy careening down the stairs on a wake board, and a girl wearing a U.S. Postal Service sweatshirt appearing at the exact moment the lyrics mention the word "mailbox" (well played).
And here's a news report on the project.
Any video that thanks "North Texas Inflatables" in the credits is OK by me.
Martin's 2010 Lip Dub:
First Lip Dub, as far as I can tell:
Cleveland does rock, by the way. As does Martin High.
H/T Lew Patton.
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See Taylor Helland at the 7:05 mark, right underneath the Taylor sign just to the right of the guy Lip Dubbing…she's wearing glasses…and a jacket.
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Full disclosure alert:
I have a girlfriend who graduated in the very first graduationg class at Martin in 1984.
Her name is Kristi. Kristi has a nephew and his name is Stephen and he is a senior at Martin this year. His girlfriend is at the 8:02 mark holding a girl in a tutu her name is Liz. Liz doesn't know where Stephen was during this movie…(There is some speculation that Stephen skipped class yesterday Ssshhh). So, to all seniors: If you are gonna skip class, make sure your school is not shooting a video that's going viral…just sayin..
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2006 Convocation Speech by Sarah Kuriakose '07, ASPC president
Welcome to all the students, faculty, staff, trustees, alumni, and all those in this room who care about the College in some way. I want to welcome in particular the Pomona College Class of 2010.
Convocations are a time of rhetorical questions. Questions like, "What is the value of a liberal arts education?" "What does it mean to be a scholar in the modern world?" "How can we as students navigate the information age?"
A rhetorical question has three parts. First, it's a question. That makes sense, because we're here on day one. It's a time to ask questions. If we already had answers, there would be no need for us to be here for four years, or one year, or go to class after this. Second, it's a question that's meant to be answered later. A rhetorical question is one that you take with you on your journey, stopping to reflect on it every once in a while to see the progress you've made. Third, it's a question you don't answer out loud. The only person you have to give an answer to is yourself.
I have a question for you today. It's not a rhetorical question. My question is, "What will you do?" It's a question I want you to answer now, not later. It's a question I want you to answer aloud, to each other, not to yourself. "What will you do?"
Today I want to talk about impact. I want to talk about impact because I believe there are a lot of misperceptions in these beginning days about impact. I think that those who are new to Pomona, whether it's faculty or staff or students, but particularly students, misguidedly believe that their first days or weeks or months are a time of observation. There is an idea that nothing that you do when you first get here makes an impact. In the same way that there is an add/drop period for Pomona classes, people act as though there's an add/drop period for Pomona. A period of time where you feel as though nothing you do means anything later on; nothing you do has a lasting impact.
I'm here to tell you that that's wrong. From the very first moment you got here, you've had an impact. From the first blade of grass you stepped on, to the first person you said hello to, to the first light switch you turned on, to the first hole you put in your dorm room wall, you have had and are having an impact. The point that I want to make is in some ways trivial, but in other ways overwhelming. Everything you do here makes an impact.
I want to talk briefly about impact at three levels at Pomona: the individual, the classroom, and the institution, and then I want to talk about how it comes back to you.
First, the individual. At a place like Pomona, or any place really, it's easy to fall into the trap of thinking that nothing one person does, nothing you do, can make an impact. I was lucky enough over the weekend to participate in the diversity discussions with all of you, and I heard two stories that I want to share. They are stories about impact, stories that make me proud. They are both stories about sponsors. First, in my discussion group, someone said that on the very first day their sponsor said, "We will not be using the word 'gay' as a derogatory term here. We can talk about why if you want, but we will not be using that word in that way here." The second sponsor I heard about looked at her sponsor group on the first night and said, "Just because there are no people of color in this sponsor group, doesn't mean we're not going to talk about race."
These two stories are just about words. But they're also about impact. These sponsors said things that impacted some of you, which you told your discussion group, which impacted me, and now I'm telling it back to you, impacting even more people. But the real reason I bring it up is this: what would have been the impact if those sponsors hadn't said those things?
Everything has an impact. The impact of things not said and not done can be slower and more subtle, but it does eventually have an impact, and maybe one greater than you would have originally thought. Those sponsor groups already are different than they would have been if those things had not been said. Everything you say has an impact. Everything you don't say has an impact. Everything you do has an impact. Everything you don't say has an impact.
What will you do? What will you not do? What will you say? What will you not say?
Second, the level of the classroom. One of the things that I hear repeatedly from Pomona students is that there is gap between the classroom and the real world. And I think that what it points to is this idea a lot of us have about Pomona as an institution dedicated to learning. We think of Pomona as a bubble where knowledge comes in one way, but not out another. It brings up the important question – what is our responsibility to the world around the classroom? What we learn comes from the collected histories and voices of communities around us. What do we owe to those communities?
The idea of reciprocity in education is one that we forget too often at an institution like Pomona. How are we using what we learn in the classroom to do something about the world outside the classroom? The question is, what will you do?
I want to be clear that I am not saying that the work done in the classroom is not important. The ideas that we learn in the classroom are the reason many of us are here. You all sitting in front of me are here because of your potential to produce good ideas. The faculty sitting behind me are also here because of their proven record in coming up with innovative and important ideas. But it can also be dangerous to sit in our bubbles and come up with ideas.
This summer, I went to a conference where we took a tour of the CIA. When we were walking through I saw a big shelf of books to the side and I said the guy what they were. He said, "I have a group of Ph.D.s who sit in a room all day and read these books, and write books about them, and those books go on the shelf and then they read them and write more books about them." Yes, ideas matter, but if you don't share those ideas – if you don't DO something with those ideas, they stop mattering. As students at a college like Pomona, as staff, faculty, alumni, whatever – it is our responsibility to think about how to make an impact with our ideas.
This summer, I read something interesting I want to share with you. It taught me a lot about ideas. As a disclaimer, it is very trite sounding and admittedly simplistic, but I want to share it because it's also very elegant. I read, "The solution to homelessness is simple. The solution to homelessness is homes." The solution to homelessness is homes. And I was stunned. Because it's true. The solution to homelessness is homes. There is a place for ideas here. Where do you build the homes? Who gets to live in them? How do you pay for them? What do you build them out of? And so on and so forth. But at the end of the day, the solution to homelessness is homes. The question is interesting because it is NOT 'What will you think of to be done?' The question is 'What will you do?'
Finally, the level of the institution. The institution is a funny thing. The problem with the institution is that everyone thinks the institution is someone else. I think it's you, you think it's them, they think it's someone else. How can you impact a place so amorphous? How can you impact a structure that is not owned by an individual? Because the truth of the institution is that it is all of you, all of you and the culture that we create together.
I want to share something with you. I brought this document with me. It's called "Revisiting a Call to Action." "A Call to Action" was a document written by students of color at Pomona College in 1996 in response to pervasive problems that they observed and experienced at the Colleges. In the spring of 2004, another set of students came together to write "Revisiting a Call to Action" after sadly concluding that the College had not seen the kind of changes hoped for in the past eight years. I am telling you about these two documents because I truly believe that they have made and continue to make an impact on the institution. The students who wrote this document may have been small in number but the impact could not have been foreseen. I think that document has three important lessons to teach us about how to impact an institution.
First, the students who wrote this document acknowledged that they were part of the problem. The first page reads, "It is our hope that this document, this product of intense individual labor and large-scale cooperation, will spark some thoughts...catalyze a few conversations...and ignite movement for real, radical change..." The document was and is truly a product of cooperation. I think it is fairly unique in documents of this nature in that the entire spectrum of opinion at the Colleges is represented. There are voices that feel completely supported and those that feel completely marginalized and everything in the middle. There is no us vs. them– just us. The students who wrote this acknowledged that they were part of the institution and that that they were part of the problem. This is the first step towards changing an institution – recognizing your place within it and how you too will have to change.
Second, they understood the depth of the problem. The first page says, "We, the Call to Action Coalition 2004, recognize that this document in your hands is hefty. It is thick and brimming with important information. But please don't stop–don't put it down. This document is heavy because it has a lot to tell." There is a lot within these pages, just like there is a lot within the pages of an institution. The students recognized that the problem was big. They did not believe it could be fixed in the snap of a finger, or a week or year or any timeframe. They understood that they were part of the problem, and that the problem was large.
Finally, they remained optimistic. The very last page ends with a quote from a Pomona College staff member: "My comments may seem harsh and infer that perhaps I don't like my job. Nothing could be further from the truth. It's because I am so invested in my job and this environment that I want to see changes implemented. I want to believe that I work at one of the brightest and best colleges in the nation, if not the world. I want to know that this is an environment where people of all types and with many experiences/talents come together to be more creative and successful." They understood that they were part of the problem, and that the problem was big, but they believed that things could be changed, and that things should be changed. The institution is in some ways that final frontier that you can't imagine impacting in your time here, but these courageous students show the exact ways in which it is possible to impact the institution.
I've talked about the individual, the classroom, and the institution. The question is 'What will you do?' One of the statements that Pomona students make most often about each other is that we are apathetic and complacent. I don't know if it's too soon to tell you that, but I tell you for an important reason. The reason is that I believe that that statement hides two myths in it – one not-so-dangerous and one extremely dangerous.
The first myth is that you always have to know where you stand. People will accuse you of being apathetic if you're still trying to figure out what you think. That's not a legitimate accusation. You're young, you're learning, you have time to figure out what you think. It's okay to not know exactly how you feel about everything. I would guess most of us on stage don't know exactly how we feel about a lot of things. You don't need to know exactly what you think about everything.
But, and this is the dangerous one, there is a myth that if you do not state where you stand, you do not stand anywhere. And that is wrong. If there's one thing you take from this, take that. Just because you do not know yet where you stand, or haven't stated where you stand, doesn't mean you don't stand anywhere. Everything I've told you here is about how you make an impact. The things you don't say make as much of an impact as the things you do say, and the things you don't do make as much of an impact as the things you do. Remember that responsibility. It's okay to not know yet what you think, but you cannot pretend that until you make up your mind you have no effect on the world around you.
I have one final story. Last year I attended the commencement exercises for the Class of 2006. I'm graduating this year, you know. I wanted to see what it would be like. There was lots of talk of journeys and wisdom and lots of things that happen at commencement. At the very end, something happened – something that I had no idea was coming. President Oxtoby got up for something called "Charge to the Class of 2006." I was blown away. It was literally that, a charge. And it was so interesting to me that the literally the very final thing you hear from this institution in your time as a student is a charge. To put it bluntly, a charge is an unveiling of responsibility and a command to take on that responsibility. And that is what Pomona College wants you to leave here with.
I'm not here to charge you with anything. I'm not here to call you to action. I'm here to simply call you to remembering that you are always acting, and always impacting. Everything you do here has an impact.
To the Pomona College Class of 2010 – I wish you luck. I wish you challenge. I wish you action.


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Flushing Review: Northeast Taste Chinese Food
Northeast Taste Chinese Food (東北風味 - Dong Bei Feng Hui) sounds like an association or club but is another Dongbei restaurant with high aspirations. While Golden Palace serves up what I think is more family home-style cooking, NTCF is trying for something more. Based on my two visits I think they are succeeding. A small, glossy photo of the Chef, Chen Weiliang (陳衛良) receiving an award in New York stands by the front counter and he sometimes comes out of the kitchen to meet and greet. In addition to the 7-8 tables there are two semi-private rooms for small groups.
Shredded Pork with Bean Curd Sheets (東北拉皮 - Dong Bei La Pi)
A large plate of cucumbers, hot chili peppers, carrots, cilantro, pork and a tahini like sauce served over mung bean noodles. Mix well and eat.
Hot Pepper with Shredded Potato (尖椒土豆絲 - Jian Jiao Tu Dou Si)
Hard to mess up this dish. Slight hint of vinegar and not too much heat.
Stupid Chicken with Wild Mushrooms (笨鳮燜磨菇 - Ben Ji Men Mo Gu)
Stupid Chicken is slang in Shenyang for chicken. It may just refer to the chicken (on the bone) in this dish. Stewed in a dark sauce with wild mushrooms and a slight anise flavor for a genuine earthy taste.
Stuffed Minced Mutton in Fish (魚咬羊 - Yu Yao Yang)
"Fish bites Mutton" is the literal translation of this distinctive dish and the mutton is not entirely minced.
Sautéed Egg with Egg (溜黃菜 - Liu Huang Cai)
Chef Chen told us that this was the favorite dish of the famous General Zhang Xueliang (張學良, 1901-2001.) Zhang, son of one of the last warlords of China (Zhang Zuoliang 張作良, 1875-1928) was a political prisoner for over 50 years. Chen says this dish is not steamed but very slowly cooked and gently stirred. It is like a soft egg custard or polenta. Perfect on a rainy day.
Dill Dumplings (蒔蘿水餃 – Shi Luo Shui Jiao)
These were devoured fairly quickly but one in our group thought Golden Palace's ones were better. You decide.
Fresh Leek and Pork Pastry (非菜盍子 - Fei Cai He Zi)
Tasty and just as good as the Golden Palace version.
Sliced Fried Egg Pan Cake (蘇黃菜 - Su Huang Cai)
Here pieces of dough are fried and then coated with a sweet syrup – similar to apple or banana fritters but without the fruit.
On a brief follow-up visit I tried their "Beef with Cumin Seasoning in Hot and Chili" and Stewed Hot Peppers. The Cumin Beef was very flavorful with a generous portion of fried hot chili peppers. The whole Stewed Hot Peppers (green) were quite inviting and packed a good punch without being overbearing. I also sampled their spicy pickled cabbage appetizer. I look forward to trying many more dishes here like Tripe in Hot Chili Oil, Pork Hearts with Cumin in Hot Chili Oil, Village Fish Head, Fried Chunks of Sweet Potato in Syrup, Sautéed Pine Nuts with Corn and many more. Next door is Spicy House, a Sichuanese restaurant.
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Northeast Taste Chinese Food" 東北風味
43-18 Main Street
Flushing, NY 11355
Tel: 718-539-3061
Northeast Taste
43-18 Main St, Queens, NY 11355
Wonderful!! Many thanks for the report. Is there any English spoken by staff? Is it BYOB?
Trailblazing Sietsema is at it again:
My two favorite dishes were the crispy fish with cumin and the stupid chicken (see photo). Here's how I described the chicken dish:
I'm not sure what makes the chicken stupid, though it was, truth be told, all skin and bones. But the dish is not, as it turns out, about the chicken, but really all about everything else. It has a wonderfully aromatic, deep brown broth flavored with star anise and other Chinese herbs (in fact, it reminded me a bit of the Chinese-Malaysian bah kut teh, or "Chinese medicine soup," though it really doesn't have a medicinal taste). And there are the chewy, translucent flat noodles probably made from mung bean flour. But the real star of the show are the amazingly flavorful dark little wild mushrooms (the soup's swimming with them) that are perfectly complemented by the flavors of the broth. I suspect the brilliance of this dish would be lost on you if you're not a mushroom lover.
They do up an excellent, hearty pork ribs and cabbage soup here, with generous portions of juicy ribs in a thick broth. Excellent for the cold weather. I also enjoyed their crispy lamb w/ peppers (listed on the menu as "mutton"). Although not on par with Golden Palace's lamb w/ crispy peppers, which is my current golden standard for Northern Chinese lamb dishes, Northeast's version lives up to the "crispy" moniker moreso than at any other venue I've tried. It actually tastes like it's been dipped in a light, multi-spiced batter, which accounts for both the crispiness and the heat. Very nice.
Also, if a smart guy like P. Cherches is recommending a dish called "stupid chicken", well, that all the more beckons a quick return. (I'll probably forget how to get there again, but that's another story)
Another good catch, Scoop.
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NYT says the stupid chicken refers to free-range birds - I thought it was just slang!
Now closed!
Appears that a new owner will take over, quickly renovate and try to open another Dongbei restaurant in 2-3 weeks. Chef Chen has moved on....
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re: scoopG
scoopG, you already saw that Northeast Taste became Peking Duck House:
perhaps Chef Chen has moved to the place I maybe saw?


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Washington-- President Obama appointed Vice President Biden on Wednesday to lead an effort on finding ways "to reduce the epidemic of gun violence that plagues this country every single day."
Speaking five days after a gunman killed 20 children and six adults at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., Obama said "we won't prevent" all violence, "but that can't be an excuse not to try."
Biden's task involves not only potential new gun laws, but mental health issues and "a culture that -- all too often -- glorifies guns and violence," he said.
The vice president will consult with Cabinet members and outside groups before delivering "a set of concrete proposals no later than January," Obama said. He added he will push those proposals "without delay." Obama said, "this is not some Washington commission" and, "this time, the words need to lead to action."
Obama said he picked Biden because of his experience in the Senate, including authorship of the 1994 crime bill that included an assault weapons ban that lapsed in 2004.
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Members of the National Rifle Association and other gun rights groups have questioned the effectiveness of gun control, and said some proposals infringe on Second Amendment rights to gun ownership.
Obama said he too believes in the Second Amendment, but is confident many supporters will back common sense legislation in light of what happened in Newtown. He said he is "betting" that "the vast majority of responsible law-abiding gun owners would be some of the first to say that we should be able to keep an irresponsible, law-breaking few from buying a weapon of war."
As for the politically powerful NRA, Obama said its members are "mothers and fathers" also affected by the tragedy."There is a big space between what the Second Amendment means and having no rules at all," he said.
In recent days, the president has met with Biden and Cabinet members about how to move forward, including the possibility of new gun-control laws.
The effort comes as Democratic members of Congress stepped up their push for gun regulations after the mass killing. in Newtown. Lawmakers have also called for more mental health funding and for addressing the impact of violent video games and films on young minds.
At a memorial service Sunday in Newtown, Obama said: "In the coming weeks, I will use whatever power this office holds to engage my fellow citizens -- from law enforcement to mental health professionals to parents and educators -- in an effort aimed at preventing more tragedies like this. Because what choice do we have? We can't accept events like this as routine."
In addition to Biden, Obama has spoken in recent days with Attorney General Eric Holder, Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
Quotes From Ronald Reagan On Gun Control:
"This is a matter of vital importance to the public safety ... While we recognize that assault-weapon legislation will not stop all assault-weapon crime, statistics prove that we can dry up the supply of these guns, making them less accessible to criminals."
Ronald Reagan, in a May 3, 1994 letter to the U.S. House of Representatives, which was also signed by Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford.
"Certain forms of ammunition have no legitimate sporting, recreational, or self-defense use and thus should be prohibited."
Ronald Reagan, in an August 28, 1986 signing statement on a bill that banned the production and importation of armor-piercing bullets.
"I do not believe in taking away the right of the citizen for sporting, for hunting and so forth, or for home defense. But I do believe that an AK-47, a machine gun, is not a sporting weapon or needed for defense of a home."
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UCI BMX Supercross World Cup - Back and Better Than Ever in 2013
This weekend in Manchester, England, the world of BMX will kick off one of the most highly anticipated seasons in the sport's history. Coming off of a successful 2012 London Olympic Games, only the sport's second appearance at the pinnacle of sporting competition, BMX Racing continues with its most important series of races, with Oakley by it's side. Oakley will return as an official sponsor of the 2013 BMX Supercross World Cup series.
Charging the Grands: BMX Team Racer Sam Willoughby Grabs ABA National Pro Championship, Nobles and Buchanan Tally Wins
Sam Willoughby just came up a good amount. The Aussie BMX ripper scored a huge win at the ABA Grand Nationals in AA Pro/Elite Men division in the absence of Elite Men's rival, Maris Strombergs, who went out with a broken wrist in the first round of the day's comp. The victory solidified him as the 2010 National Champion – with a 1-1-1 result in the mains. Following up on Sam's win was Barry Nobles, who snatched the National Pro Cruiser Title with a win of his own. Caroline Buchanan did some domination on the prettier side of the sport, landing the Girls Pro Racing Title after besting the '3 heats and 3 finals with the 3 final points' format.


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According to The Times Herald, Khanneil Headley took the stand Thursday morning, Jan. 10, to testify against Rayon Scarlett, the brother of his estranged wife and the mother of the couple's two children, Kemara Scarlett.
Scarlett is reportedly being charged with kidnapping, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person, terroristic threats, unlawful restraint and theft in connection with a March 2008 incident in which authorities say he and three other men showed up at Headley's apartment, held him at gunpoint, tied him up and threatened to get "rid of him" in retribution for Headley's cooperation with police in a previous investigation into alleged drug- and gun-related crimes.
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The Boys & Girls Club of Sidney has received a $12,500 donation from JCPenney's charitable-giving program to further its More Members More Often initiative.
"It's a fantastic gift," Patricia Tyrell, executive director of the Sidney club said. "Thanks to the generosity of JCPenney customers and associates, our club will continue to provide the necessary after-school support and services to more than 240 club members each year."
The initiative focuses on attracting more young people to join and also to motivate current members to increase their participation and retain memberships longer, a media release said.
Throughout the month of July, JCPenney invited customers to support Boys & Girls Clubs nationwide by rounding up their purchases, both in-store and online at jcp.com, to the nearest dollar, the release said. The difference was donated to Boys & Girls Clubs, and the jcp cares campaign raised almost $950,000 for clubs across the country.
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Norristown Council gave the green light for use of automated red light enforcement systems, or red light cameras, at a Jan. 7 meeting, Norristown Patch reports.
The state legislature passed a bill in June giving certain Montgomery County municipalities the option to adopt the practice and council discussed the issue at a Dec. 18 meeting where it decided to move forward with the project on the recommendation of the Public Safety Committee and the Norristown Police Department.
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International Student Union (ISU)
The International Student Union (ISU) functions as the umbrella organization for international students. ISU members come from all corners of the world, representing the collective educational, cultural and developmental interests of over 100 countries. ISU is committed to assisting international students to become a part of Skidmore College.
ISU meets at 8pm on Wednesday's in the ICC
Fall 2013 Executive Board
- Musa Bernard Komeh '15, President
- Ana Lordkipanidze '15, Vice President
- Camila Mena '16, Treasurer
- Maria Mayboeck '16, Secretary
- Leah Meserve '14, Public Relations
- Stefani Mladenova'14, Senior Advisor
How we meet our mission:
ISU serves to promote cultural understanding through activities aimed at expanding cultural awareness. Specifically, among other services, we: serve as consultants to international students; promote a sense of community among international and American students at Skidmore; develop activities to increase intercultural exchange and international awareness; and provide opportunities for Skidmore College students to explore their leadership potentials.