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Family activities at the AGA provide opportunities for families to connect to exhibitions through exploratory programs focused on play, hands-on art-making and exciting in-gallery experiences.
Tours for Tots
Drop-in Wednesday mornings for these family fun adventures with art! Visits include Gallery explorations, art-making, story-telling, and more! Each Art Adventure has a different theme related to current exhibitions and promotes early childhood learning skills such as literacy, numeracy, community awareness and creative expression.
For families and kids aged 3-5
Wednesdays, 10-11 am
Free with Gallery admission
Please note that the Tours for Tots program is designed for children aged 3-5 accompanied by an adult. Day care and other community groups can book a School Program here.
August 20
A Painting Experiment!
Today we are in the Studio! Discover new ways of painting as you experiment with different methods that artists use to apply paint.
August 27
Story Time
Listen to the story of the AGA and discover the various ways that artists share stories in the Gallery. Create a collaborative back drop and setting for a new story of your own making.
September 3
Lines, Lines, Lines
Today is all about lines! Explore the Gallery and discover thin lines, curvy lines, heavy lines, hairy lines and more! What can a line be? Where can a line take us?
September 10
Meet Toulouse Lautrec and Friends!
View the world through the eyes of artists from La Belle Epoche. Be inspired by the dancers and performers on display to move and play in the gallery before creating a poster announcing an exciting event in your world.
September 17
Shadow Theatre
Discover elements of storytelling in Gallery before creating your own unique character and setting. Use light and shadow to develop a mood and bring your story to life!
September 24
Re-discover Drawing
What is a drawing? Put your knowledge to the test in our current exhibition New Lines: Contemporary Drawing from the NGC. Experiment with mark making and non-traditional drawing materials as you discover and re-discover what a drawing can be.
BMO All Day Sundays
Art activities for all ages
Activities | 12-4 pm
Family Fun Tour | 2 pm
Free with Gallery Admission
BMO All Day Sundays at your AGA feature an afternoon packed full of engaging art-making and exploration! With exciting programs and projects that tie into our current exhibitions, guests of all ages are encouraged to join in and have fun!
New! During All Day Sundays your AGA's Terrace Café is offering a special lunch deal. Buy any sandwich and turn it into a combo with a drink and chips or a cookie for only $1 more!
April 27
Rocky Mountain Adventures
What does it mean to document something? Take a closer look at different ways artists from the past have captured our environment and our home in Jasper/Robson, featuring Lawren Harris and AY Jackson, and High Adventure: Byron Harmon in the Columbia Icefield, 1924. Then draw, paint and create your own unique point of view.
May 18
Time Travellers
One may be the loneliest number but 90 is not! Visit our exhibition 90 X 90: Celebrating Art in Alberta, and discover art made by Alberta artists from the past and the present. Inspired by time, experiment with materials as you map out your own timeline using mixed media, construct a time capsule and create a stop-motion video just for fun!
June 22
Art in the Clouds
Explore expansive spaces, billowing forms and soft edges inspired by the RBC New Work Gallery's feature artist Alma Louise Visscher. Play with fabric to create a soft sculpture, wrap yarn around everyday objects to create a collaborative installation and paint with watercolour to create a muted image.
July 27
The World of Boo
Take a trip through the prairie landscape with Boo as your guide. Make up stories to share with your friends, create your own zine and alter a book. For this very special All Day Sunday, the AGA celebrates the opening the brand new exhibition in the BMO World of Creativity¬—The World of Boo—designed by Jason Carter and Bridget Ryan.
August 17
You're Invited to a Party…
A birthday party! Join us as we celebrate our 90th birthday with cupcakes, balloons and more! Take part in some of your favourite party games, play with art materials and leave a special message for your AGA!
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AGA Birthday Parties
The Art Gallery of Alberta offers birthday parties for children aged four years and up. Party bookings are available on weekends and include a Gallery exploration, exciting studio project and time for birthday fun in the Singhmar Centre for Art Education!
Program Cost
$160 / $144 AGA Members (plus GST)
Program cost includes a group of up to 15 children and 4 supervising adults
$9/person thereafter
This 2 hour program includes:
- A Gallery Educator to lead your program
- A 20-30 Minutes Gallery tour of exhibitions connected to your studio project
- A studio art project to take home (see below for project options)
- Time for birthday festivities (Gifts, snacks, cake, etc…)
- Full use of a studio space for 2 hours
- Access to a fridge and limited storage space
The AGA does not provide catering services but parties are welcome to bring their own refreshments. Up to 4 supervising adults are free with your program cost (but expected to supervise!)
Is 2 hours just not enough time? The studio space can be rented for an additional $60/hour. Your Gallery Educator will remain with your group to assist you for this time.
Still have questions? Download our Birthday Party FAQ here: Birthday Party FAQ (PDF)
Project Options
Choose from one of the options below for your Birthday Party program.
1. Colour Party!
Ages 4+
Play with painting and music in this project! Explore the Gallery to find out how artists use colour to create moods, and then experiment with colour mixing to create your own abstract painting while listening to different moods in music. Together, all the paintings will create a colourful mural!
2. Play on Architecture
Ages 4+
Explore the architecture of the AGA from the inside out with storytelling, Gallery activities and building exercises! In the studio, create a 3-D architectural sculpture from wood blocks, and then paint your creation.
3. Print and Play
Ages 6+
Experiment with print making in this creative project! A short, interactive Gallery tour will investigate how stories are told through art. We will then create our own prints inspired by AGA exhibitions using various techniques!
4. My Place
Ages 6+
Explore our own place in the world through storytelling, Gallery explorations and a mixed-media sculpture project! Investigate the basic elements of landscape art, and visit Gallery spaces to discover how artists tell stories about 'places' in their artwork! In the studio, work with a variety of materials to build a relief sculpture based on a place that is important to you.
Program Booking
To book a birthday party, please fill out the online booking form. Any cancellations or changes to your booking(s) must be made within one week of your party booking. Failure to do so will result in a $35 cancellation fee.
New! Printable invites from your AGA: Download invites (PDF)
Dentons Canada LLP presents Canada Day at your AGA!
Tuesday, July 1, 11 am-5 pm
Free Gallery admission
Last admission at 4:30 pm
Celebrate Canada Day at your AGA with free Gallery admission, thanks to the support of Dentons Canada LLP. Bring the whole family for art activities and a chance to view our exciting exhibitions.
"We are honoured to once again partner with the AGA on this terrific event for Edmontonians. The AGA is a remarkable landmark for this province, and one that should be explored. Canada Day at the AGA provides Edmontonians with the opportunity to celebrate in style, explore this amazing structure and gather together to celebrate not only Canadian pride but Edmontonian pride as well."
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Last summer, while sitting in the dark waiting for the new Indiana Jones movie to begin, I was subjected to the new Kellogg's Special K 'See if you can get slimmer for summer' commercial (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVGs3nWGvYk). Soundtracked by Ken Parker's sunny sing-a-long 'I Can't Hide', the 25-second advert shows a young woman looking at her holiday snaps. The camera zooms in to the photographs themselves, and we see the woman wearing a red swimsuit. Uncomfortable with her weight she tries to cover herself up by moving behind objects around her, by jumping in the pool etc. It's all very clever and very closely resembles the video for Fit But You Know It by The Streets.
As I happily guzzled the chocolate milk I had smuggled in to the cinema it suddenly dawned on me the very attractive woman in the advert – 5'10" American model Juliana Fine I have subsequently found out – wasn't actually overweight. In fact she had the kind of figure that makes other women green with envy and red-blooded heterosexual men do that unattractive leering face where their tongues loll out of their mouths. On top of this there seemed to be no difference in Fine's weight 'before' and 'after' she had taken the Special K summer challenge – that is two bowls a day for two weeks to see if you can get "slimmer for summer".
This not only seemed to be a blatant con trick, but by preying on women's all too often low self-esteem the advert has real social ramifications. For example, a 2004 Bliss magazine survey found the 2,000 teenage girls questioned had a shocking level of dissatisfaction with their own bodies, with 67 percent of respondents thinking they were overweight, while 19 percent of respondents actually were overweight. This disgust with their own bodies is no doubt the main reason two out of three girls under 13 questioned said they had already been on a diet and a quarter of 14-year olds said they had considered plastic surgery. The survey also gave a brief insight in to the relationship older women have with their bodies, with 90 percent of girls answering that their own mother had "an insecure body image".
So what did Kellogg's have to say for themselves?
After telling me they employ "a dedicated team of Dieticians and Nutritionists to ensure that all studies, formulations, marketing and advertising" of their products aligns with the "concrete principles" embedded within their corporate nutrition policy, Kellogg's explained Fine had a BMI (Body Mass Index) of 25.1. So yes, with a person labelled 'overweight' if they have a BMI of 25 or above, Fine is technically overweight – by 0.1. But before you start chanting "who ate all the pies?" please bear in mind that Brad Pitt is also deemed overweight when measured by his BMI.
Kellogg's email waffled on: "Dramatic weight loss within the 2 week challenge period is neither expected nor advocated". This is why "the model shown in the 'after' challenge shot may not appear significantly different." This seemed a little vague to me, so I asked Kellogg's to tell me 1) Fine's BMI in the 'after' shots and 2) the dates when the 'before' and 'after' shots were actually filmed.
After nearly two weeks of waiting for a reply, I received a curt email explaining Kellogg's "are unable to release any information on shooting times or the models BMI alteration in the aftershot". What exactly are Kellogg's hiding? Who's willing to bet me that for reasons of time and money the filming took place at the same time, and therefore unless Fine has the metabolism of a particularly active hummingbird it seems highly unlikely she lost any weight between the 'before' and 'after' shots?
Special K's 'See if you can get slimmer for summer' commercial is a perfect example of a corporation attempting to impose wildly unrealistic standards on women in an attempt to boost profits. If Fine needs to watch her figure, then so does virtually every women in the western world, and hey why don't you try some Special K with your insecurity, Ms? This faux-fatness seems to be an increasingly common phenomena, much like the portrayal of so-called 'unattractive' women on TV – America Ferrera's Ugly Betty who isn't ugly at all, Julia Roberts playing the ugly duckling in the 2001 romedy American Sweethearts and 'ugly' sister Toni Collette in the Hollywood drama In Her Shoes, who, I for one, find far more attractive than Cameron Diaz.
By filming a professional model using a product she doesn't actually need, Special K joins a huge beauty-based sub-section of the advertising industry. Think of the Clearasil commercials with the clear-skinned, confident teenagers narcissistically checking themselves out in the mirror, supermodel Claudia Schaffer fronting L'Oreal's Wrinkle De-Crease advertising campaign and Davina-bloody-McCall talking to her 'Mum' on the phone about how great her bloody hair is. Along with Special K, these adverts often use pseudo-scientific jargon and (corporate sponsored?) 'experts' to hawk a product whose use leads to results that are either very difficult to quantify or completely non-existent. Does anymore really think Garnier Nutrisse being "enriched with fruit oils" make one bit of sodding difference to McCall's hair? If so, surely Garnier Nutrisse could clearly explain what it is, without relying on the razzle-dazzle of pseudo-scientific and meaningless language?
In contrast, Dove's ongoing 'Campaign for Real Beauty' is often held up as a model of socially-conscious, women friendly advertising. According to the Communist…. sorry Dove Campaign Manifesto "real beauty comes in many shapes, sizes and ages" and therefore Dove, a subsidiary of the radical feminists at Unilever, aims to promote "a view of beauty that all women can own and enjoy everyday." In case you have been on Mars for the last few years, rather than using professional models, Dove's campaign features 'real' women of colour, women over 40 and women of varying weight – all happily frolicking in white bras and underwear, proud of their "real curves".
So far, so right on. But before you get excited and throw away your copy of The Beauty Myth, consider the main product Dove's 'Campaign for Real Beauty' is selling: the Dove Firming range. "By combining the products in this range", the Dove website says, "your skin becomes noticeably firmer while the intensive firming gel-cream is even proven to reduce the appearance of cellulite." That's right folks, real women might have curves but flabby, unsightly cellulite – that's got to go. So while Dove's campaign has gone some way to broadening the definition of beauty, the basic message remains the same: Beauty is central to a woman's identity. And more importantly, women are not naturally beautiful, but are always in need of improvement which requires endless effort and the endless consumption of beauty products.
Arguably, despite the very real progress made by first, second and third wave feminism, the fixation on women's physical appearance today is greater than it has ever been. Just think of the popularity of shows such as Extreme Makeover, Ten Years Younger, Cosmetic Surgery Live and The Swan. Indeed, it is important to remember certain industries have a vested interest in increasing women's anxiety about their bodies and aggravating their low self-esteem. The list is long – the beauty industry, the diet industry, cosmetic surgeons, the fashion industry, advertising and women's magazines. This is not some kind of grand conspiracy against women, simply an attempt to maximise profits. In the year of its launch in 2004, the BBC reported the Campaign for Real Beauty ad campaign had boosted Dove's sales by a whopping 700 per cent.
This pursuit of the bottom dollar produces the tragically bizarre situation of products like Special K, and yes Dove too, being targeted primarily at women, professing to support women, but which are, in actual fact, running advertising campaigns that contribute to a culture that ultimately damages women's mental and physical health.
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Guy Sandy, 52, of Dunlap was arrested for unauthorized taping after a camera was found in the teacher's lounge.
Sandy has been a speech teacher at the school since 1986.
He is in Peoria County Jail, but is still on paid administrative leave.
Authorities say that a camera was only found in the teacher's lounge and no students are believed to have been targeted.


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Police need help recapturing a Kansas City man wanted in a brutal murder. Authorities say they had their man in custody but let him go.
The district attorney announced Wednesday that Rafeeq Rahman, 32, also known as Howard Hickman, and 35-year-old Adam Smith have been charged in the death of Grandview man.
Smith is already in custody.
Kansas City, KS, officers on a routine patrol spotted a car engulfed in flames about 11 p.m. Saturday near Second Street and Greeley Avenue. Investigators later realized 62-year-old James Jackson was burned alive inside the car.
Wyandotte County District Attorney Jerome A. Gorman believes Jackson was working for Smith and Rahman, running drugs.
Gorman thinks Jackson was murdered because he lost the drugs.
A Kansas Highway Patrol trooper pulled Jackson over outside Topeka the Friday before he was killed.
Troopers seized a large amount of cocaine from Jackson then released him.
"Small jails don't have room to hold everybody. Plus it takes a while to get the drugs analyzed. You have 48 hours to arrest and charge. If you don't have the analysis, then you release, pending charges," District Attorney Jerome Gorman said.
Less than 24 hours later, Jackson was killed. After police found the body, Rahman was taken into custody and released the next morning.
"There wasn't enough evidence in the case yet. Early on, we had some indication he was involved, but the case was still being investigated and, at that point, we still didn't even have an ID on Mr. Jackson," Gorman said.
Now, the district attorney and authorities are hoping they can recapture Rahman, whom they describe as extremely dangerous.
In addition to first-degree murder charges, Smith and Rahman also face kidnapping, arson and drug charges.
A $1 million bond has been set for Rahman.
Anyone with information about Rahman's whereabouts is asked to call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS.
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The chilly temperatures and wind kept most people off South Walton's beaches Saturday. However, if you're willing to brave the elements, nine sections of the county's coastline have watchful eyes to keep you safe. South Walton Fire District lifeguards are now manning their towers.
Even though the seagulls outnumbered the people enjoying the beach, new and returning lifeguards began the program's eighth season in their towers.
The thirty guards have completed their annual training, which includes 84 hours of lessons from surf rescue techniques to conditioning.
While the guards are ready to use these skills, they hope prevention and education efforts targeting beach-goers will ensure they never have to.
Lifeguards say about 80% of the time they enter the water, they're helping someone who's caught in a rip current.
They also say these currents are one of the most deadly things along the panhandle's beaches.
That's why it's important everyone understand and follow the flag warning system.
"The flag system is standardized throughout the nation. Double red is the water is closed to the public, and red is a high hazard. It's kind of like a traffic light. Red is a high hazard, yellow medium and green low, and we have purple for jellyfish," said Chris Lambert, the lifeguard supervisor.
South Walton has nine lifeguard stations spread throughout the county's entire coastline. Two guards man each post between 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., and they'll be there each day until September.
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Mental health leaders in the New River Valley are working to minimize the impact of federal spending cuts. New River Valley Community Services in Blacksburg laid off eight employees last week and also merged a handful of services into two larger departments.
"We feel like the decisions that we've made although they were difficult have put us in a position to address pending fiscal considerations that we're up against and makes us a stronger agency moving forward," said Mike Wade.
Leaders say rising healthcare costs, sequestration, and a reduction in federal reimbursements were the main reason for scaling back.
"We are going to see losses in funding for federal block grants for both mental health and substance abuse services," said Wade.
What was formerly known as Adult and Family Services, is now Adult Recovery and Habilitation Services and what was Child & Family Services, is now Crisis and Family Services.
Delegate Joseph Yost, who earlier this year was appointed to the Governor's Task Force on School and Campus Safety, because of his extensive background in the mental health arena, says he hopes every dollar saved go back into client services.
"I know our local community action, even our public schools are facing all these cuts that are coming down from sequestration, but I feel very positive that they'll keep their eye on the ball when it comes to patient services, and I think it's very important that we continue to do that," said Yost.
Leaders at NRVCS also plan to keep their focus squarely on the patients. No additional layoffs are expected in the immediate future.
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text: I cruised on the Glory in January 2012 and was under-whelmed. It was okay but not sensational. So, I boarded her for the short cruise from Norfolk to the Bahamas not really expecting much. I did expect it to be my very last Carnival cruise.Things got off to a great beginning! We met our room steward, Arnold, and were immediately impressed with his gracious good manner. We expressed our pretty simple needs to him and tipped him a little up-front as we always do. We settled into our very clean balcony cabin and set out to explore the ship since we had not seen her 2.0 upgrades. Sure enough, there were Guy's Burgers, the Blue Iguana Bar and Cantina, and the Red Frog Bar ensconced in the Main Pool area on the Lido Deck. Nicely done. We immediately tried Guy's Burgers and really, the raving is deserved -- completely yummy! (Try the pig patty!) Later we got around to the shrimp burritos and fish tacos at the Cantina. Those were also delicious with add-ons like cilantro-lime rice, pico de gallo, guacamole, and black beans to name a few, plus a completely crazy selection of condiments.We visited the Platinum Dining Room to see where our table was and, just by chance, met our waiter - the remarkable Tiger. He escorted us to the table so we could check out the location and know where it was for later. What a delight he was! We continued to roam the ship noting the new Alchemy Bar, the Taste Bar, and the Cherry on Top candy store. All were nice additions AND the ship seemed remarkably clean. Dinners in the Platinum were good to excellent. The selections were appealling and the food was very good - from the appetizers to the desserts. The service from Tiger and his Team (Riomar and Raymond) was the best - seriously, it could not have been better. My cruisemate's grandchildren (ages 19 and 20) were with us and her granddaughter said 'I feel like royalty.' Even the maitre'd was a delight - strolling the dining room singing Frank Sinatra songs every night - thanks Konstatyne. And the waiter's cabaret entertainment brought the house down - gangman style! What fun! Lido deck dining was good also - the addition of several extra omelet stations was a really good move. Even changing the procedure so that bacon is served by the staff rather than selected by the passenger was a good idea - it speeds the line up. Contrary to someone's inaccurate report - the Fish & Chips is not gone - it is alive and well and turning out delicious seafood in the upstairs section of the Red Sail.So here are the biggest changes that I noticed. In January, there were lots of tabes in the Red Sail and around the Lido pools with dirty dishes and a wait staff that seemed too thin to do all that needed to be done. In the Dining Room - we barely saw our waiter as he seemed to have more tables than he and his team could handle - service was spotty, at best. Our room steward seemed completely overwhelmed by the volume of work to be performed. I think that they - Carnival - had cut back too far and the quality of the product and the morale of the employees showed up in small but significant ways. Not so, this trip. The service was the bomb and the staff seemed happy. The female workers even had new, tailored, becoming tunics. There were sufficient bar and service staff to keep everyone happy. We spoke with Christian - a food service employee - one early morning on the Lido Deck and he talked about how good the morale was on this ship and how all of the management was good - how Carnival employees tried to get on the Glory because of it. It is obvious. It makes it a very good ship and a very pleasant cruise for the guests.The shows are new in the Amber Palace - very slick and tech-y and fun. There are 8 singers and dancers and they seem to give it their all. Lots of music, some audience participation, really fantastic electronic scenery and a ton of energy. The 3 shows we saw were Latin Nights, Divas, and Mo-Town. Really a lot of fun and then at the end of the show - it spills out into the Old Glory Atrium and the singing and dancing with everyone joining in continues. It is quite a party! We went to tthe Piano Bar and found it boring and still so horribly red. That place just hurts my head. Can't say that I found the 'talent' in there very entertaining. Also, went to the Adult Comedy - it was okay. I wouldn't stand in line for it again. We avoid the Karaoke bar like the plague but I'm sure some like it. It's a nice room. The grandchildren had a super time at the White Heat Dance Club. Our favorite spot is the Adults only pool. The music is not nearly so loud as it used to be. You can actually hear yourself talk - that's an improvement, too, in my book. The Main Pool has lots of noise and lots of activity and music and contests and games etc. Super! One loud pool and one quiet pool. That works for me. And now let's talk about Matt, the new Cruise Director. He's the funniest guy on the ship. Seriously, the comedians can't hold a candle to this guy. How he has so much energy is beyond me but you cannot help but laugh and have a good time when he is around! Catch the 'name that tune' contest in the casino between the early and late stage shows if you want to laugh til you cry. Thanks to Carnival for a nice 'welcome back' party for past cruisers. That was worth doing for the delectable hors doevres and free drinks. Got to meet that staff that the crew is raving about - that was nice. The new Comedy Brunch is a very nice addition, too. It's held in the Platinum MDR and has its own special menu which includes some pretty fancy French Toast, Filet Mignon, Huevos Rancheros, etc. - not the standard Lido Deck fare. The comedy was only a 10 minute spot by one of the late night comedians. The one we heard was not great but the meal was fantastic.So - this will not be my last Carnival Cruise, after all. I am so impressed with the level of service and quality of product on this cruise that I've already booked another cruise on the Glory. She convinced me to 'go for Platinum'


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So, last night, I was getting ready to go out with my boyfriend to a dance at my school (which was cancelled due to lack of ticket sales) and, I had a nice black vest and a nice white shirt, and my uncle had just came home the other day from the mine (my uncle is homophobic and he has abused me many times throughout my child hood) and when I had came out of my room to show my memere how nice I looked, my uncle was in the room that i thought my grandma/memere would be in (she was downstairs doing laundry), and he asked me why I wasnt wearing a dress.
my memere and dad both know that I am transgendered and they respect that, however, my uncle does not, and he did not know.
so I decided to sit down and tell him the truth.
he listened carefully and quietlly through all of it, but at the end of my explanation he had said, "I didn't raise you to be fucked up."
I agreed, I am a huge mess, I have been for years, but my sexuality and gender identity is not a fuck up, so I argued with him.
he got to a point where, after so many months of piece, he slapped me.
and threw me to the ground and kicked me in the stomach, of course I had puked, and it hurt, a lot.
he grabbed me by the shirt and asked me, "are you a girl", I said no, my sex is female, but my gender is male..and he dragged me to his room.
he once had a big dog, and he made that dog wear an eletrical dog collar, and weve always kept it in his room, because we dont need it (my uncle killed the dog), he threw me onto the bed and said," ill ask you one more time, are you a girl" I said no.
held grabbed my wrist, and held onto it tightly, I have a bruise from how tight he was grabbing it, and he pulled out the dog collar, threw me back onto the bed, sat on me, and put the collar on me… then he began yelling, are you a girl, you are a girl, are you a girl, you are a girl, and my response of course was no, no, no, I am male, I am male.
whenever I said that, he would shock me, and it was /hell/.
I was screaming, which only caused the shocks to get worse and worse, and then he said, "do you want to find out how faggots have sex!?" of course I already know this, but still I said no no no no stop stop stop.
my memere had finally heard me and came rushing to the bedroom, and tried to make my uncle stop, but he pushed her down, and thanked god she was okay.. since shes very fragile and all.
she then ran back to the stairs to call up my dad, and oh boy did he run.
he ran up stairs and shoved my uncle away from me and started fighting with him, yelling, punching, kicking, and such so on.
my memere got the collar off of me and brought me into her room, and after my dad and uncle were done fighting, my uncle had grabbed the things he needed and left, shouting a few insults at us.
we called the police today, but they cant find him.
we dont have money for a lawyer, all we have is a counsellor, im not going to ask for money, all I ask for is support.
I dont know what this will do, but please spread this around, this has affected me and family members greatly. I was taken to a hospital today to check if there was any damage on my insides that we dont know of and thankfully there was no damage, just scarring, emotionally and physically. i had a horrifying nightmare relating to this as well.
If you have abused somebody, raped somebody, insulted somebody, in any way possible, I hope this can somehow change your way of heart, and realize how much this can horrify a person, and ruin their lives. it made my life 97x worse than it already is.
If you don't reblog this that's okay, but I hate you and you are wrong
STOP SCROLLING PEOPLE!!! Read and think,
reblog something because you want to, because you want your followers to see and have it go through their minds for just a moment, not because some asshole commented on it that you're wrong to scroll past a post, and they'll hate you for it. they may not torture you, but they're on the same level of misunderstanding how people should interact/talk with one and other as the post they're defending.
this post scares the crap out of me because I do not understand how someone could react that way to this poor boy, i will never be able to connect with emotions forcing someone to be something they're not, torturing them, making their life worse because of something that makes them more comfortable about themselves
the fact that this happens to people everyday, all over the world, and no one can stop them- that's what scares me
i hope people see this post and think to themselves, no matter their situation, that there's going to be someone who recognises you're not being morally corrupt by being yourself, you're being you, and the person who hurts you is the one who needs to hide away from society and change who they are, open their mind, be more accepting, and learn the real moral values of being a member of society.
im so upset over this
to all followers and tumblr in general im not gonna force you to reblog but you should. this is the kind of stuff people need to be aware of. this is the worst kind of person out there please show this boy some support.


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Thanks to a true collaboration from a variety of creative individuals, Sting's current Sacred Love, playing in a plethora of venues — from theatres to arenas and beyond — is tailored not only to the music, and not only to the artist, but also, to a certain extent, to Sting's longtime crew.
Production designer Bruce Rodgers of the Venice, CA-based Tribe Inc. began work on the touring production in the fall, while collaborating with Sting on a concert special in Chicago's Bryant Park. "Originally, it was a pretty high-concept set design, and, in my mind, it was going to be the greatest show Sting had ever done," he says.
Before presenting his ideas, Rodgers showed them to Sting's longtime crew, including production manager Tam Fairgrieve and stage manager Jimmy Bolton. They had a bevy of suggestions. Rodgers listened to their input, and rethought the design. "I came back the next day and applied everything they told me I needed," he reports.
The tour's environment is based around six risers, ranging in size from 4'×4' to 8'×8' and assorted fascia envisioned by Rodgers and built by All Access Staging of Torrance, CA. "The risers are completely black. The drummer and the percussionist, who play behind Sting, have a scenic Plexiglas fascia on the front of their risers that look like an industrial, London-gaslight scenic technique," Rodgers says. The Plexiglas fascia is also echoed in the trussing. "Overhead, we do a little bit more of this technique over the downstage truss that's then back lighted," he adds.
The most dominant aspect of the set are the 8'6"×16' LED walls; there are three on the theatre tour. Others will be added as the tour progresses to larger venues. "Part of my job was to establish the three monolithic walls," Rodgers says. "When we get to the arena shows, we'll introduce four additional 6'×4'6" cubes that fit in between the existing walls."
The new design would work in all of the venues Sting is playing (which can be unconventional) and would be easy to tour as well. "I probably could have shown my original design to everybody but the crew, and I think they would have been thrilled and ready to go for it," Rodgers says. "Because I showed it to the crew and asked them if we could move it around the world, they said certain things would be difficult." The result is a streamlined set that makes a visual statement, but isn't labor intensive.
The next component of the Sacred Love visual picture is the video content shown on Rodger's LED walls, which were created by Jim Gable and Ann Kim of Graying & Balding in Los Angeles. The pair have worked with Sting in the past, most notably on the Emmy Award-winning A&E special that took place at Sting's Tuscany home.
Gable and Kim's initial idea was to concentrate on the new material. "For the tour visuals, we didn't want to interfere with his longtime fans' imagery and perception of certain songs," Kim notes. Although songs like "Roxanne" and "Every Breath You Take" still use visuals, Gable and Kim looked at them from a different standpoint. "We tend to take a background role, or even a textural role for many of his old songs," Gable says.
The pair concentrated on creating video for 15 out of 20 songs in the show, with the emphasis on the new material from the Sacred Love album. "We wanted to make the new songs on the album stand out separately from each other as well as from the rest of the show," Gable adds.
Gable and Kim first looked to the world of dance for their imagery. "The thing that Sting wanted from the beginning was to have a dance element in the show," Gable confirms. Of course, touring with dancers wasn't especially practical, so they found another option: "We'd film the dance routines and make them work on the screens as a large theatrical element," he says.
The imagery in the video goes far beyond texture and dance. "For some songs, like 'A Thousand Years,' we use abstract imagery to set a mood and create a living backdrop behind Sting," Gable says. In songs like "This War," the visuals are much more literal, as Russian and Chinese images from the recent past appear. "We actually used period poster propaganda from the last century for inspiration," Kim notes.
During the song "Never Coming Home," there's a brief IMAG moment of hands on a piano — that is the only IMAG in this leg of the production. "One of our goals was to get way from the culture of video directors on the road shooting what looks like a local-access rock and roll show every night," comments Gable.
To bring their visuals to the audience, Gable and Kim turned to Breckinridge Haggerty of Diagonal Research and his NEV 7 system. "The video concept for the Sting tour called for a lot of pre-recorded material, and minimal use of live cameras," Haggerty says. For the Sting tour, Haggerty has three NEV 7.2 systems, which deliver content and mix cameras for the video walls, with an additional system to be added when the show is reconfigured for arenas. Also included in the system are three NEV 8 controllers, one of which runs a 32 × 32 SDI matrix router. Interestingly, all of the NEV systems are controlled remotely by a GrandMA lighting console at FOH.
The NEV7 System allows Gable and Kim to send out multiple signals. "We have a total of four full-resolution streams going out simultaneously that are all working in sync with each other," Gable comments. As part of the their video package, Gable and Kim are using 12 Omega hard drives. "The reason we have so many is that we use them as key elements; we do a lot of mixing, and we have the individual layers interact with each other," adds Gable.
The lighting design of Stan Crocker worked in conjunction with the video system. "From the beginning, we were bouncing ideas off of each other, and it was very collaborative," he says. Crocker's color palette, which ranges from saturated to subtle, was intimately tied to the video. "Video dictated the color palette a lot of times," he adds.
The lighting rig is based on two 40' and two 12' straight trusses, along with five 8' trusses upstage on Vario-Lift motors. "The Vario-Lifts give you limitless looks," Crocker comments. "You can make it symmetrical, take it high, take it low, make it a total floor light show one minute, take it totally up in the air the next. Now that I've used them, I can't imagine not having them on a show."
Crocker's gear is dominated by Martin Mac 2000 Profiles and Washes, which are used on the articulating upstage trusses, and the downstage truss, where they provide key light for Sting. "We also ended up with a dozen Mac 300s scattered around the floor, and they did a great job lighting the scenic fascia, and giving us eye candy when we needed it," he says. "They have a smaller job to do and they do it well."
One of the show's biggest lighting events happens during "Hole in My Life," which features a giant white light. "The trusses come down into a dome effect over the upstage area and it's just 'bang' on white light," Crocker says, "I loved programming that one." Crocker and lighting director Seth Robinson programmed the show on a Martin Maxyyz console.
Sonically speaking, a Clair Brothers System powers the Sacred Love tour, and monitor engineer Vish Wadi is running an analog console. "I don't like digital boards — they don't sound natural to me," he says. Therefore, Wadi, Sting's longtime monitor engineer, is working off a Midas Heritage console. "I'm also using a bunch of dbx compressors, and some Yamaha 990 reverb; I don't like anything too fancy." In contrast, FOH sound man Jim Ebdon is using a DiGiCo D-5 board.
Wadi uses Clair 12 AM floor monitors, which is a low profile monitor that utilizes a high-frequency compression driver coupled to a patented asymmetrical horn. The 12 AM also features a 300W custom 12" cone transducer for mid-bass and low-frequency reproduction. Working alongside the 12 AMs is an in-ear system. "We're using Senheiser Evolution Series 300 ear monitor transmitter receivers in conjunction with Feature Sonic ear monitors," he adds.
For Wadi, the most challenging part of the tour are the venues. "You have issues in arenas, and you have issues in theatres," he remarks. "Some theatres are dead, some are live, and there's plush seating as well. Plus you have to keep the monitor volume at a certain level so that you're not messing with FOH."
Sting played US theatres until the end of March. The tour then reconfigured with new elements and is now primarily playing arenas in Europe. Look for the tour to head back to the US for an arena tour later this summer.


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Northampton, Mass. - October 20, 2009 - Sarah Lang-Rodean and Heather Lively combined for 39 kills as the Springfield College women's volleyball team battled past Smith College, 3-1, in a New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) match on Tuesday evening.
SC won by the game scores of 25-19, 25-23, 27-29, 27-25.
The win makes Springfield 23-3 on the year, including a 5-1 record in NEWMAC play. Smith drops to 6-14, 2-5 in conference action.
Lang-Rodean totaled a team-best 21 kills in the victory, with seven coming in the decisive fourth game, as she hit .514 for the match. She was especially dominant on the defensive side of the ball as well as she posted eight blocks, with three solo and five assisted. Lively, who was recently named the NEWMAC Women's Volleyball Player of the Week, pounded out 18 kills for the Pride while hitting .361.
Meaghan Hart added 21 digs in the game for Springfield, eight of which came in the fourth game. Kelsea Hellyar handed out 47 assists in the win, while Cassie Seymour added four aces and Itza Nieves recorded 15 digs.
Springfield, which is still receiving votes in this week's AVCA national poll, will now prepare for a big weekend as it competes in the Volleyball Hall of Fame Classic. The Pride will enter the tournament as the No. 3 seed and will play Amherst on Friday evening at Smith College at 7:00 pm.


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Nathan Cleverly moves up to cruiserweight, Gavin Rees fights for what he says will be the final time against Gary Buckland, and Lee Selby, Callum Smith, and Paul Smith are all scheduled for action...
Juan Manuel Marquez faces Mike Alvarado in the headline bout of the weekend, with Nathan Cleverly returning in Wales, and more.
Who were the best of the best in 2013? What were the highest and lowest points of the year? Read this and you're guaranteed to learn something new, no matter how big of a boxing fan you are.
Victor Ortiz returns to the ring for the first time since mid-2012 on Thursday night, Gennady Golovkin is back on Saturday, and Anthony Mundine takes to the ring on Wednesday in a busy week of boxing.
Was Adonis Stevenson's KO of Chad Dawson really the best of the year? Or did lesser profiled fights produce larger fireworks? Read about the best 2013 had to offer from all around the globe.
Stephen Smith won the British super featherweight title with a highlight reel stoppage of Gary Buckland in Cardiff.
Gary Buckland retained his British super featherweight title today in Manchester, stopping Stephen Foster Jr after eight rounds of an action-filled, competitive contest.
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A temple dedicated to Ma Zhu in Yokohama Chinatown.
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Kanu-Uncho, who is famous for SANGOKUSHI, is enshrined here.
The eight islands of Japan sprang into existence through Divine Intervention.
The first two gods who came into existence were Izanagi no Mikoto and Izanami no Mikoto, the Exalted Male and Exalted Female. It was their job to make the land for people to live on.
They went to the bridge between heaven and earth and, using a jewel-encrusted halberd, Izanagi and Izanami churned up the sea into a frothy foam. As salty drips of water fell from the tip of the halberd the first island was formed. Its name was Onogoro.
So far, so good. But when Izanagi and Izanami first met on their island, Izanami spoke to Isanagi without being spoken to first. Since she was the female, and this was improper, their first union created badly-formed offspring who were sent off into the sea in boats.
The next time they met, Izanagi was sure to speak first, ensuring the proper rules were followed, and this time they produced eight children, which became the islands of Japan.
I'm sure you did not fail to miss the significance of this myth for the establishment of Japanese formal society.
At present, Japan is the financial capital of Asia. It has the second largest economy in the world and the largest metropolitan area (Tokyo.)
Technically there are three thousand islands making up the Japanese archipelago. Izanagi and Izanami must have been busy little devils with their jewelled halberd...
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They're a world leader in robotics, and the Japanese have the longest life-expectancy on earth.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Australia will continue its fierce rivalry with Japan after the regional powers were drawn together in the final round of Asian qualifying for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
Australia and Japan were drawn in Group B during a ceremony Friday at the Asian Football Confederation's headquarters in Malaysia, along with fellow World Cup veteran Iraq, Jordan and Oman.
Group A comprises 2002 World Cup semifinalist South Korea, Iran, Lebanon, Uzbekistan and 2022 host Qatar.
The top two teams from each group will advance to the World Cup finals, while the two third-placed teams playoff for a further spot in an intercontinental contest with a fifth-place team from South America.
The home-and-away matches are scheduled from June 3, 2012 to June 18, 2013.
"It's going to be a tough group, particularly the road games," Australia coach Holger Osieck said. "We know what is at stake now and we know what we have to deliver.
"We have to be right there from the start, from minute one."
Australia's first match is June 8 in Oman, the only nation to beat them in the previous qualifying group (1-0), which they topped with five wins from six matches, the last against Saudi Arabia in Melbourne earlier this month.
Osieck said he was confident the Socceroos would emerge from their eight-match, year-long final phase with one of the two top spots, guaranteeing a berth in their third consecutive World Cup.
Japan technical director Hiromi Hara was equally confident, saying his team would "100 percent qualify."
"We know it's not easy because this is the final round, but we are prepared and we have talent," he said.
Japan has made four World Cup appearances since 1998, reaching the second round in 2002 and 2010.
Iraq coach Zico conceded that Japan and Australia would be favorites to top their group, but stressed that his team cannot be ruled out.
"The upcoming matches will be tough as there are many strong teams," he said. "We will be working hard. I will be using all my experience and skills to help coach the team to hopefully make it to the World Cup in Brazil."
Iraq has only made one World Cup appearance in 1986.
In Group A, South Korea's team administrative manager Chun Hanjin said he believes his team can top the group despite the tough battles ahead.
"Either Group A or B doesn't matter to us, both are equally strong and will give us a hard time," he said. "Even though we don't have to face Japan, we still have four other strong teams to contend with, and so we have to prepare well for it."
Iran coach Carlos Queiroz predicted the matches would be "very competitive."
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We just got back home. It was great! Hope Masscubfest turns out half as good. Ed
50 ,52,53,56,59 F Cubs, 55,55,57,63,63 fast hitch, 64 lo-boys, 71 154, 184 lo-boy,61 cadet original. IH spreader,IH corn grinder, Oli. OC3 ,AC D10 ,IH 444 , Potato digger, wagner ldr 3 power units.
Bill The power unit isnt all we had hoped for. we got everything together and the fluids changed to find out it had no compression.
5 of the 6 valves were stuck and Buzzard Wing, Junkman and myself got them loosened up. it will need a valve job and head gasket
On To Bigger Things
Just arrived home. I took my two cubs up yesterday (see my previous post). Today, I took my 5y.o son & he had a BLAST! So much to do with so little time. During one of the "hay rides", we stopped at a really BIG, old shovel back in the dirt pits. The origonal owner was on hand to take the kids one by one on board to move some large quantities of dirt. My son was in awe! Back at the cub ranch, we had a great cook out & I think everyone won one or two (several if you had enough kids PETER hehehe).
It was great fun with cub rides, kids playing in a giant sand box with every toy a kid could want, cool old machenery and plenty or good guys (and gals). I have a few pictures but I'm too damn tired right now to start messing around with this infernal machine.
Thank you to EVERYBODY I met. I am truly looking forward to seeing you all again!
We could do it at the next cubfest or do it sooner too. I have to get Kit's hands dirty now and make him a gear head.
I'm technically misunderstood at times i guess its been this way my whole life so why should it change now.
Was George running the big shovel? Thats one hefty piece of equipment ain't it? The Zagray Farm Museum is one big adult sandbox ain't it. What a fun place to see and get aquainted with old equipment. That big shovel is a monster.
I think we need to camp out at the cubfests all the running around is tuff on my old body. Next time I'll bring a cub cadet to use as my hoveround to see everything there without walking too much.
I'm technically misunderstood at times i guess its been this way my whole life so why should it change now.
When and were in MASS is the cubfest?
Kit are you going to the cubfest in Mass?
I'm technically misunderstood at times i guess its been this way my whole life so why should it change now.
Well it looks like you have a great time,
I am just being able to get around again. I was bleeding in my ass and the doc had to do was repair work.
Now that is a pain in the ass.
Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from poor judgment.
1959 LO-Boy 1950 Super A
As always it was a great time. You really can say that Cub folks are the best . It was nice to meet all the CT folks, lots of new faces but they all have special 'Cub' sparkle in their eyes.
I didn't take as many pictures as I usually do, but I did get em posted on Cub Photo Server.
Special thanks to Peter for doing an awesome job of organizing and planning, Art for making it possible, TM for giving us a bunch of excellent door prizes, Scotty's dad for his generous contribution of door prizes, and Cecil for his dedication on the projects.
1971 Cub (Rufus) 1950 Cub (Cathy) 1965 Lo Boy Fast Hitch (Nameless III) 1970 Cub 1000 Loader & Fast Hitch (Lee)
I'm glad the whole event seems to have turned out well. That's what we had hoped for. The pictures are appreciated by those of us who couldn't be there... and the added captions really do add a lot!
Thanks for taking the extra time.
George Willer
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Cecil took the power unit home to do the valve job. I will be making a hood for it, copying our hood.
I want to thank PeterPerson, Black Jeep,Art C and everyone who made it a great success.
Mass Cubfest will be on FATHERS DAY.I know, Dumb Polack*!! My calandar wasn't marked when I did the preliminary planning. More information will follow.
*Moderators,I can say this because I am describing MYSELF.
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just got in the door. still have 2 tractors to bring back from the grounds, the 240 and the A. not today, though.
I can certainly say that this venture was a tremendous success. the weatherman was the only party pooper. he promised sunshine and 60's today, and gave us a cold, windy, overcast start to the day. it improved, thankfully. Peter, John, and i were out rolling up awnings last night at midnight, when the first real blasts came up - the wind today, and all that Red fun !!! has plumb wore me out.
with my 'official duties' i wasn't able to spend as much time as i'd liked to with the guys, but certainly dinner, campfire time, etc. was great.
what a great bunch of guys, i'm ready to do it again!!!
'If they're tappin', they're not burnin'
First and formost a hearty thanks to Peter and Art for setting this up and being gracious hosts. A big job well done and I had a BALL. I got in about 2:30, took a nap and went out and mowed the side yard with the flail mower and disked up the pumpkin patch. The power unit is in the barn and I will move it into the shop tomorrow night. Here we go again. Let me see. While the hood is being made might as well...........
Again thanks to you guys for being great hosts and I am already looking forward to next year. I had a wonderful, wonderful time.
Got home at 3:45pm and was unloaded by 4:30pm, hit the showers, dropped the trailer off at UHaul and made it to evening service.
This was a GREAT weekend with a lot of fun had by everyone.
Art - Thanks for coordinating everything with the farm and putting us front and center in the exhibit area. (Thanks also for letting me dirty up my plow in the house garden.) Been wanting to plow like that since failing miserably in Ohio last summer. Cecil gave us his pumpkin patch to plow last fall and that just wet the appetite. That was some boney soil though in Colchester. Came to a dead stop a couple of times.
Cecil - Thanks for your enthusiasm and can-do attitude. See you in 5 months.
TM Tractor, Ed & Scotty - Thanks for all the great raffle prizes. Ed & Scotty, we wish you well with your MassCubFest on Fathers Day. Thanks also for diving into the Cub Power Unit project.
Kit - Hope to see all of your pictures in the ConnectiCubFest Album. Thanks for asking all the questions about what was going on.
Larry - Maybe we change your job from official photographer to official storyteller.
BigBill - That stand you made sure made it a whole lot easier to work on the power unit. Great to meet you, wish you could have been there on Saturday and/or Sunday.
BlackJeep - Thanks for keeping the forum with "live" updates including pictures.
Don McCombs - Thank you for gracing us with your presence on Saturday. Sure wish you could have stayed longer.
CTdave & Stick - Thanks for keeping us well fed on Saturday and for your enthusiasm as new Cub owners.
DaveB, junkman1946, dpmacv,billb61460, and all of the other Cub owners who came - a big THANKS for making the 1st ConnectiCubFest a great success.
Thanks most of all to my wife Donna for letting me go to a CubFest on our anniversary weekend. (20 years on May 2nd) She even drove the Cub for the 1st time Saturday evening after dinner. I better start searching for more Cubs!
And with that Good Night & God Bless.
The Incredible ConnectiCubFest 2007!
So this is what a CubFest is all about - my first, and I loved every minute of it! I absolutely agree with Larry "Cub folks are the best." I met up with old friends and made many new ones; learned a great deal from enthusiastic Cubbers, young and old(?); bought a complete set of Cub wheel weights; took a lot of pictures all three days and went home exhausted but already planning on attending Ed's MassCubFest in June. It really doesn't get much better than this past weekend at the magnificent Zagray Farm Museum.
A warm thanks to Peter for his incredible energy, organization and follow through; to Art for always being there when we needed him and for this wonderful Zagray connection; to TM and Ed for their generous door prizes; to BigBill, Larry, Cecil, Ed, Scott, John, CTdave and my other Cubber buddies for really making it FUN.
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I carry this tool 24-7. and am never without it. It is best tool that you could own. One draw back the clip. It breaks very easy. If it were only made heavier. I go thru 4 or 5 clips a year. This company should know this by now but does nothing about it. They built the leathman tool.If they wanted to design a better clip they could. This is BAD!!!
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The Pocket Clip makes it easy to access the knife while concealing it nicely in a pocket. It is less bulky than a sheath on a belt and does not snag as easy in tight places. I own 2 Leatherman's (a Charge and a Surge). The Charge came with a Pocket Clip and the Surge did not. I purchased this clip for the Surge. However, the clip does not stay in place as nicely as it did for the Charge. The clip stays attached but it slides side to side on the handle of the knife. I purchased this clip for the features listed above but I'm nervous it will break due to the sliding action. Funny thing, the clip on the Charge broke when I snagged it and tried to bend it back into place. That is why I give it 4 stars because it was not as durable as I thought I would be.
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This is designed to clip the Leatherman inside your pocket. If you attempt to put it on your belt it will break within a month or less. As it contains a knife I will not conceal this tool in my state. A simple redesign of how the clip is bent when manufactured would solve this problem. It is being stressed at one of the bends.
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Cincinnati Councilman Chris Smitherman released a statement Tuesday afternoon opposing a proposal for a high-end restroom at Findlay Market.
Councilman Chris Seelbach proposed the single, open-air restroom run by solar panels and made of graffiti resistant material, valued at $100,000.
Smitherman says it should not be a priority.
"I am confident that spending a $100,000 on toilets is the wrong direction. Advancing a motion to spend $100,000 on toilets is grossly irresponsible," Smitherman said.
"We're not going to spend $130,000," Seelbach told FOX19 earlier this month. "That's more than we're going to spend. But it is coming from our capital budget. Possibly from our facilities management budget which is exactly what this kind of project is for."
Seelbach says there are alternative products that follow a similar design that he has asked the City to look into.
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Huntsville school leaders voted unanimously Thursday to approve a resolution requesting a forensic audit on some $40,000 awarded to a local non-profit. They also revealed they have turned the matter over to the Alabama Attorney General after uncovering more evidence of questionable practices.
The money was awarded to a non-profit organization helping at-risk kids called the Northwest Huntsville Community Service Organization, established by Madison County Commissioner Bob Harrison.
An internal memo obtained by WAFF says the non-profit isn't what it seemed. Now, Superintendent Dr. Casey Wardynski said he's past this being just an ethical issue – he said it is now a legal matter.
"A school system is not a piggy bank for adults," said Wardynski. "A school system has resources taxpayers provide for kids, and that seems to have been forgotten again. It appears through strong evidence from the face of those documents that those grants and that grantee were ineligible for those grants."
"We have a responsibility to be good stewards of taxpayer money, so when it looks suspicious, we feel like we need to turn it over to the proper authorities and let them investigate it," said school board president David Blair. "It could come back that there was nothing wrong with it, but those agencies are there to look at these types of things.
School officials began digging, and found yet another document, one they said is even more telling. "In that document is the director of the program that received those funds, and in it that director states funds were misappropriated, misapplied; that there was a malfeasance," said Dr. Wardynski.
Wardynski said the board will look for the recovery of those funds. "These funds were for kids. They were for distribution to non-profit, non-governmental entities. That's where they need to be," he said.
"Today we learned the Boys & Girls Club had to re-trench a little bit. They would have been a candidate for those funds back in 2008. They didn't get these funds because a governmental entity may have gotten these funds," he continued.
Commissioner Harrison was not present at the meeting; he was holding a community meeting on education at the Harrison Center.
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As the next major step in the company's commitment to math and science education, Raytheon will debut MathAlive! at the Smithsonian's International Gallery in Washington, D.C., in early March 2012. Following a three-month run at the Smithsonian, MathAlive! will go on a Raytheon-sponsored multiyear tour of science centers and museums across the country.
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Posted: 07/31/2014 - The Black Forest Fire investigation is now in the hands of the district attorney's office.
Updated: 07/29/2014 - Firefighters are working to protect ranches and oil and gas facilities from the latest wildfire burning in northwestern Colorado.
Updated: 07/26/2014 - The weather continued to favor firefighters Friday as dozens worked to contain a large wildfire burning in northwest Colorado.
Updated: 07/23/2014 - Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell were among a dozen U.S. senators who sent a letter to Senate leaders asking for passage of emergency legislation to allocate $615 million for use in fighting wildfires.
Updated: 07/15/2014 - A Colorado Springs Fire Department audio visual specialist has won an Emmy award for his work during the Black Forest Fire.
Updated: 07/01/2014 - The most urgent requests Tuesday morning are: Bug Repellent, Sun Screen - SPF 50, SPF Chapstick, Eye Drops, Contact Cases, Contact Solution, Saline Nasal Spray, Gum/Hard Candy, Benedryl
Updated: 06/27/2014 - The Black Forest Recovery After Action Report was released at a presentation Thursday night.
Updated: 06/27/2014 - A small wildfire in Douglas County has been fully contained, the U.S. Forest Service announced Friday morning.
Updated: 06/26/2014 - .The Black Hills Fire burning near Walsenburg is 100 percent contained.
Updated: 07/02/2014 - Firefighters say they have completely contained the portion of the Eightmile Fire that they can safely build lines around.
Posted: 06/24/2014 - Monday marked the two-year anniversary of the start of the Waldo Canyon Fire. So many in our community remember the images from the deadly fire that ripped through the west side of Colorado Springs.
Posted: 06/22/2014 - The Oregon Department of Forestry is putting together a radio-controlled helicopter to give firefighters a better look at what wildfires are up to in tight smoky places a conventional scout plane cannot go.
Posted: 06/22/2014 - People who live in the Mountain Shadows neighborhood will soon have a new pavilion, playground and Waldo Canyon memorial.
Posted: 06/15/2014 - On Saturday, around 100 volunteers got up early to work on a fire restoration project in the Black Forest Regional Park.
Updated: 06/12/2014 - We're talking with one homeowner on this one year anniversary of the Black Forest Fire. We were with Nigel Thompson the day he returned to his burned home. Wednesday he showed us the progress on his new home.
Updated: 06/12/2014 - Wednesday marks the one year anniversary of the Royal Gorge Fire. which burned about 3,000 acres and damaged much of the Royal Gorge Park.
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DeKALB, Ill. - For the sixth straight year, all 17 of Northern Illinois University's intercollegiate athletic teams have "made the grade" by surpassing the academic standards measured by the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Academic Progress Rate (APR).
The NCAA released its complete 2009-10 Division I APR report Tuesday, one week after the Huskie football team received an NCAA Public Recognition Award as one of the nation's top football APR teams with a four-year rate of 987. With the release of each NCAA team's numeric APR, the Northern Illinois football team ranks third in the country in APR among NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) schools, behind only Northwestern (993) and Rutgers (988), and ahead of the football teams from other publicly-recognized teams Duke (986), Stanford (977) and Vanderbilt (977), among many, many others. The Huskies' 987 APR is 41 points above the national average of 946.
"For our football team to be at that level, especially given the company we are keeping on the Public Recognition list, shows how hard our student-athletes have worked and shows the emphasis that we have placed, as a university and as an athletic department, on the academic success of our student-athletes," said NIU Associate Vice-President and Director of Athletics Jeff Compher. "I am very pleased that all of our programs, for the sixth straight year, have surpassed the NCAA standards, but we realize that this is an ongoing process and will continue to work toward continued academic success for all of our programs and student-athletes."
Every Division I sports team calculates its APR each academic year, based on the eligibility and retention of each scholarship student-athlete. Teams scoring below certain thresholds can face penalties, such as scholarship losses and restrictions on practice and competition. Rates are based on the past four years' performance with the 2011 report released Tuesday based on data from 2006-07 through 2009-10. The APR has become the primary tool used by the NCAA to judge a team's academic progress and serves as a predictor of graduation success.
In addition to surpassing the 925 (out of 1,000) score necessary to avoid sanctions, 14 of the Huskies' 17 programs improved or equaled their APR from 2010 to 2011 after 13 teams saw their APR rise from 2009 to 2010. The football team's APR improved by 12 points to pace all NIU teams, while softball saw its Academic Progress rate go up 11 points. Men's soccer and women's indoor and outdoor track and field were up nine points each.
Women's gymnastics led all Northern Illinois teams with a four-year APR of 995, while women's golf (994), women's soccer (994) and volleyball (991) also achieved rates of 990 or higher. Women's soccer's mark of 994 led all Mid-American Conference women's soccer teams.
Four NIU teams - men's basketball, men's golf, gymnastics and softball - recorded perfect APR scores of 1,000 for 2009-10, the latest year included in this year's report. Those rates will be included in the multi-year APR totals for the next three years.
"The APR is an important benchmark and provides a method for us to continually assess how our teams are doing in terms of retention and eligibility/graduation," Compher said. "In addition to demonstrating the accomplishments of our students in the classroom, these APR numbers are a credit to the staff of our Student-Athlete Academic Support Services (S.A.A.S.S.) unit, and show the commitment our coaches have to the academic success of Huskie student-athletes."
The NCAA released the complete APR reports for each school Tuesday, as well as the list of teams subject to penalties. That information is available online at www.ncaa.org.
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WARNER ROBINS, Ga. (AP) - The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says police and a man who was threating his wife with a gun in their home exchanged 24 gunshots in a standoff that ended with the suspect being killed.
The Telegraph of Macon reports the GBI's synopsis report of the March 10 shootout in Warner Robins says the suspect, corrections officer Tony Rawls, fired his gun eight times as police confronted him on his porch. The five officers fired 16 times.
The newspaper obtained the report and related 911 recordings through the Georgia Open Records Act.
The documents show Rawls became angry after reading text messages on his wife's cellphone. She later told investigators she was having an affair.
Houston County District Attorney George Hartwig concluded police were justified in using deadly force.
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