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Party:Republican Party
Bill Bolling was born and raised in the coalfields. Bill's parents worked hard to make sure that he had an opportunity to succeed. Their hard work paid off, and in 1979 Bill became the first member of the Bolling family to graduate from college.
It was while attending college that Bill met and married his wife, the former Jean Ann Kincaid. In 1981 Bill and Jean Ann moved to Mechanicsville in Hanover County to put down roots and begin their family.
In 1991 Bill Bolling sought his first elected office. He was elected to the Hanover County Board of Supervisors and served as a member and Chairman of the Board until 1995. While serving in local government, Bill also served as Chairman of the Greater Richmond Economic Development Partnership.
In 1995 Bill was elected to the Senate of Virginia. In one of Virginia's most hotly contested political campaigns, Bolling defeated a twenty year incumbent and helped the Republican Party obtain parity in the Senate for the first time.
During his service in the Senate, Bill Bolling emerged as one of Virginia's most effective political leaders. He worked to keep taxes low and create a pro-business environment in Virginia. He also sponsored legislation to create a children's health insurance program in Virginia, and led the fight to clean up the Chesapeake Bay and reduce the amount of garbage being imported to Virginia from other states.
As a member of the General Assembly, Bolling served as Chairman of the Joint Republican Caucus and the Virginia Republican Senatorial Committee. He also served as Chairman of the Senate's sub-committee on Health Care, the Joint Commission on Health Care, the Commission on the Future of Virginia's Environment and the Chesapeake Bay Commission.
On November 8, 2005 Bill Bolling was elected to serve as the 40th Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia. In an election year that favored Democrats, Bolling received more votes than any other statewide Republican candidate, a testimony to the strength of the campaign he ran and the effectiveness of the message he delivered to the people of Virginia.
During his first term as Lieutenant Governor, Bill Bolling used his office as a bully pulpit to help focus public attention on a number of important health care issues like obesity, cervical cancer, asthma and cardiovascular fitness.
In 2007, Lieutenant Governor Bolling launched a major statewide initiative, 100 Ideas For The Future Of Virginia. Through a series of Town Hall Idearaisers, Lieutenant Governor Bolling involved the people of Virginia in developing a long term strategy for addressing the most important issues facing the state.
On November 3rd, 2009, Bill Bolling was re-elected to a second four year term as Lieutenant Governor. Running with Governor Bob McDonnell, the two Republicans ran a positive, issues oriented campaign that offered New Ideas For A Better Virginia. Bolling won an impressive victory, claiming 57% of the popular vote.
During his second term as Lieutenant Governor, Bolling's focus will be on getting Virginia's economy moving again and creating jobs. Governor McDonnell has asked Lieutenant Governor Bolling to serve as Virginia's Chief Jobs Creation Officer and made him a member of the Governor's cabinet.
As Chief Jobs Creation Officer, Lieutenant Governor Bolling is responsible for coordinating the state's economic development programs across numerous state agencies, and working with business leaders to identify ways to improve the state's economy.
Lieutenant Governor Bolling is also responsible for shepherding the Governor's economic development initiatives through the General Assembly, and assisting economic development officials in recruiting new business and industry to Virginia.
Lieutenant Governor Bolling has been married to his wife, Jean Ann, for 32 years. The Bolling's have two sons, Matt and Kevin, and they live in Mechanicsville in Hanover County.
Professionally, Lieutenant Governor Bolling is employed as a Vice President with Riggs, Counselman, Michaels and Downes, one of the nation's largest independent insurance agencies.
In the home, on the job and in the community, Bill Bolling has proven himself to be a dynamic and effective leader – a leader who can get things done.
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**I know this was brought up in an earlier post and I had commented before doing research (my bad) so here are my findings** Also I know this does not apply to everyone here at the Chiesa but I still figured I would post this.
Al Jazeera is starting a new channel called "beIN Sport" which has the USA rights to La Liga, Serie A, Ligue Un, nPower Championship, Copa Del Rey, Coppa Italia, Football League Cup, Supercoppa Italian, Copa America, South American World Cup Qualifiers, and various other things. The official launch was scheduled for August 1st but has been pushed back to the 15th. As of now they are streaming their channel for free on their official website http://www.beinsport.tv/. At the bottom of the website there is a listing of all of the major US cable and dish companies that do not offer the channel and you guessed it... as of now none of them will have the channel offered in their lineups.
What I did:
*I called Comcast (my cable provider) and the person i spoke to had no idea what I was talking about. But they noted that i requested the channel.
*I used beIN Sports's website to send Comcast an email requesting the channel.
*ESPN3 as of now does not have any listing for Serie A although anyone who frequents this sight knows that games get added left and right, they even add games right before they start. I also gave them a call and they are not sure if they will Serie A.
As of now i guess sportlemon.tv will be my best friend from here on out.

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US Managers Warming Up to UCITS Funds
European consultants that help managers launch UCITS hedge funds are working with a growing number of U.S. fund operators.
Alceda Fund Management, a Luxembourg shop, recently held talks with two New York hedge fund firms and a Denver commodity-trading advisor that want to set up Undertakings for Collective Investments in Transferable Securities a tightly regulated European fund structure that has been widely embraced by hedge fund managers in the European Union.
Natixis, meanwhile, expects to sign deals with four U.S. fund operators that would rely on the French investment bank to lay the legal and operational groundwork for UCITS vehicles. And Geneva-based ML Capital is on track to seed 5-6 UCITS funds by yearend, including at least one run by a U.S. manager.
The UCITS phenomenon is going to take off for U.S. managers simply because they need to expand their distribution base, and because investors in Europe, from institutional to retail, are now embracing the UCITS structure, said a market player familiar with the UCITS landscape.
UCITS are used by asset managers in Europe to run more than €6 trillion ($8.7 trillion) of mostly long-only investment vehicles such as mutual funds. For years, hedge fund managers were barred from adopting the UCITS structure because of a prohibition on trading derivatives. But that changed with the EU's implementation of the so-called UCITS 3 directive in 2001.
More recently, many of the top European hedge fund shops have set up UCITS in a bid to attract capital from institutional investors that suffered a one-two punch from the 2008 market meltdown and Bernard Madoff fraud. The list of EU-based managers includes Brevan Howard Asset Management, CQS, Man Group, Marshall Wace and Winton Capital.
In the U.S., only a handful of hedge fund firms have ventured into UCITS, including Highbridge Capital, Paulson & Co., P. Schoenfeld Asset Management, Traxis Partners and York Capital. Despite the potential for raising fresh capital from a broad base of European investors, including retail clients, most U.S. managers have been deterred by the substantial regulatory and operational hurdles involved with launching UCITS. Among other things, non-EU managers have to have a physical presence in Europe or partner with a firm that is located there.
That's where advisory shops such as Alceda and ML Capital come in. Alceda landed its first U.S. client last month, signing up ED Capital for an advisory assignment that will see Alceda handle all the necessary paperwork for launching a UCITS fund in Luxembourg. ED would manage the vehicle from its office in New York.
ML Capital not only is pitching managers on outsourced compliance and infrastructure services, but also is offering to sink $15 million to $25 million of seed capital into any UCITS vehicles it helps to launch. The firm seeded its first such vehicle six months ago, when it backed a London manager.
The U.S. firms Natixis is talking to include a commodity manager, a credit specialist and two equity fund operators. The bank expects to have all four deals finalized within six months.
UCITS are not the ultimate solution, but it's a structure you ought to have in your toolbox, said a UCITS consultant who advises managers on both sides of the Atlantic. A good U.S. manager should have a U.S. onshore fund, an offshore fund and a UCITS. When you have that, you can accept any investor.
European regulators require UCITS vehicles to provide frequent liquidity twice monthly, at a minimum, versus monthly or even quarterly withdrawal periods for most hedge funds. EU rules also impose strict limits on the use of leverage and require high degrees of disclosure.
Despite the obvious attractions for risk-averse investors such as public pension plans, UCITS hedge funds have raised a relatively small amount of capital to date. Why the hesitancy? The typical investor in UCITS funds was not accustomed to assessing or buying hedge funds, according to a recent Moody's report on the hedge fund industry. Hedge fund managers thus found that their brand power' did not play a major role in the market.
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If you're a designer, you've more than likely found a web site where the color hits you as soon as you enter the site. One of the hard things to achieve is guessing the color used throughout the site.
This weeks extension provides the ability to see and extract that color from a web site to use in your own site without digging into the HTML or CSS.
This weeks' review is ColorZilla.
ColorZilla is more than a just a color extension. Even though there is a visible advanced eyedropper when installed, it also includes a colorpicker, page zoomer, and an online color palette viewer.
Even though the extension is weighs in at 161k, it still has a lot of functionality. The cool thing about the extension is that after it's installed, it's positioned at the far left of Firefox's status bar, out of the way of every other extension on the far right.
ColorZilla appears as a color eyedropper icon on the far left of the Firefox status bar.
ColorZilla's list of features include the following:
- Advanced eyedropper
- Color picker/color palette browser
- Web Page DOM Color Analyzer
- Page Zoomer
First up is the eyedropper which is visible in the bottom left corner of the status bar. Left-click on the eyedropper and proceed to move over a color on a web page. Left-click on the color and the color's hex code will appear next to it. It will only identify colors on the web page. This feature alone saved me loads of time when I was searching for a color code in CSS or HTML code.
Next is the color picker/color palette viewer dialog. The color picker tab is an easy way to view colors on a color block and adjusting the hue, saturation, and value with the red, green, and blue values. If you know the color already, just enter the hex color in the edit box and your color appears for fine tuning and adjusting.
On the palette browser tab, you can look over your selection of color palettes saved by the DOM Color Analysis Results or from your custom colors you selected from a web page.
Speaking of the DOM Color Analysis, this is the second feature that makes this extension worthwhile. Right click on the eyedropper icon and a context menu appears. Select the Web Page DOM Color Analyzer option. ColorZilla will analyze the page and produce a nice display of colors used on the web page in a web panel at the bottom of your browser.
Lastly, the page zoomer allows you to scale your web pages up or down. This feature isn't that big of a deal and can be achieved by using the Firefox's Ctrl-Mouse Scroll technique, but it's a nice feature nonetheless.
There currently isn't a configuration screen for ColorZilla. Everything is strictly run by the context menu in the left-hand corner. Right-click on the eyedropper icon and select "Options." All of your options are displayed in the menu with some menu items used as checked preferences.
This is a clean and easy way to make your options quick and painless.
For designers, this is one of those extensions that you have to have in your Firefox extension collection. During a tour of the web while working with a client, you could easily add colors to a palette that your client likes for their web site.
The ColorZilla extension is to designers what the Web Developer extension is to programmers. This extension provides all of the necessary features for a professional web designer to travel the Internet and find those color palettes that will dazzle and amaze their clients and audience.
ColorZilla receives a rating of 5 out of 5 this week.


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FIFTY high school students, most of them from inner-city and lower income families, are enjoying an exciting summer as part of the Dream Jamaica Academy, which runs for four weeks this month.
A summer camp with a difference, Dream Jamaica ensures students improve their performance in academic subjects, but also introduces them to exciting careers and takes them on fulfilling field trips, all at no cost to them.
"Dream Jamaica caters to high school students; to get them college and career ready. We have a unique classroom setting, which is not academic intensive, and we try to expose students to different career options, and provide access to information about scholarships," said the non-profit organisation's Executive Director Michelle Rankine.
Now in its fifth year, including the last four summers at the University of the West Indies' Mona campus, Dream Jamaica is the brainchild of Shemiele Da'Briel. In 2008, when the St Jago High past student visited her alma mater from the United States to donate some computers, she was concerned about how little the students knew about their career options.
"Speaking with students, they seemed a bit lost as to their next steps after high school," Rankine said.
The result was that Da'Briel raised enough money — mostly from Jamaicans living in Seattle — to take five students to an aviation camp in Los Angeles.
Convinced of the need for something more permanent, Da'Briel founded Dream Jamaica and has held an annual summer camp for students from first to sixth form. The numbers have grown from 20 in 2009 to 50 this year, with plans to reach as many as 100 next year.
Dream Jamaica organises students into clusters:
* Exploration for first and second formers;
* Career Discovery for third and fourth form;
* College Prep for fifth and sixth formers; and
* Internship for those entering university.
Each cluster has different objectives, so the youngest group may emphasise cultural field trips while for the older groups, there is greater focus on careers.
For example, on a trip to Beaches Boscobel, the younger students just enjoyed the facility while the Career Discovery cluster had sessions with the general manager, chef, and marketing department before they were allowed to have fun on the property.
Meanwhile, each student must fulfil the academic component of the camp, which sees them educated in, for example, mathematics and English, as well as complete a portfolio.
"We require differences in their portfolios. For the Exploration cluster, each student has a dream book with a dream collage, an essay, and a personal statement. They start learning how to do a résumé, cover letter, thank you letter, contingency plan, and study skills checklist," Rankine explained to Career & Education.
Representatives from corporate organisations are invited speak on various topics and offer themselves as mentors.
Interesting places visited by Dream Jamaica include KLAS Radio, the Jamaica Urban Transit Company, JDF Coast Guard, Caribbean Maritime Institute, LIME, Liberty Hall, Bank of Jamaica, Sun Valley Plantation Tours in St Mary, Jam Blue Coffee, National Children's Home, Port Royal for a beach clean-up, Crazy Jim Ice Cream factory, and Mayfield Falls in Westmoreland.
"This is the most exciting experience I have had in my life," gushed 12-year-old Alex Brown from Greater Portmore, St Catherine. "I have learned so much from every one of the teachers. I hope to come every year."
Brown, who enters second form at Jamaica College in September and wants to become an astronomy scientist, said he learned to "never give up or doubt yourself, but to just keep on trying".
St Jago past student Chevaughn Whyte, 19, is now a co-ordinator at Dream Jamaica, having been with the camp from its inception.
"It's a very inspiring programme. If you are a bit confused about what you want to do in life or need, or don't know what you want to become, this is the programme for you," said Whyte, who starts at UWI in a month's time.
"It has helped me improve my public speaking and has given me a high level of determination to strive for my goals. It gave me the drive to start an Aviation Club at St Jago in 2009," he added.
Crystal Hamilton from Christian Gardens in Portmore has been impressed by the range of presenters at the camp.
"We learned about self-esteem and to think before you say things about others," said the 14-year-old who is entering third form at Ardenne this school year.
"It's a good programme because it has helped me decide what careers I wish to pursue," added the future flight attendant, teacher and cosmetologist.
"Dream Jamaica is the place to be; if you are lost you will be found. You learn what you need to do to benefit yourself and your family," noted 17-year-old Trench Town resident Kevin Blackwood, who is awaiting his CSEC results. The former Excelsior Manning Cup footballer hopes to go to sixth form.
The students are transported daily to camp by three buses from Half-Way-Tree, Portmore and Spanish Town and also receive lunch. All of this is made possible through donations, Rankine said.
"We host four banquets per year, plus we have art sales, raffles, and a system for online donations. All the money we earn is matched by Microsoft," she said.


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- Retirement information and referrals.
- Advocacy for the enrichment of retirement years.
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Advances the continuing intellectual interests of retirees by
- awarding research grants and undergraduate assistantships,
- providing opportunities for teaching and mentoring,
- providing opportunitis for consultation and community lecturing.
It honors individuals for their continued scholarly production.
Retired and active faculty are invited to participate in activities of the Emeriti Center and Emeriti College.
Retired Faculty Association
An independent organization, sponsors social and scholarly events for its members and administers the Caldwell Scholarship and selection of Lifetime Achievement honorees.
National Resources for Retirement PlanningA number of external organizations and websites (not sponsored or guaranteed by USC) offer information or assistance:
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- "Are You the Retiring Sort?" (by "Ms. Mentor" )
Makes available an individualized illustration of your retirement annuity.
To compare your post-retirement income with your pre-retirement income, you would adjust the TIAA-CREF annuity figure to reflect any funds you have outside TIAA-CREF, your receipt of Social Security payments, the cessation of Social Security and Medicare taxation on your salary, the cessation of the 5% deducted from your salary towards your pension contribution, and any changes in your expenses after you retire. One study suggested trying to have a post-retirement income that will replace 75% of your pre-retirement income if you were earning $70,000, 76% if you were earning $90,000, and $85% if you were earning $150,000, but individual situations will differ.
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Yahoo! Finance Planning Center
Offers information for those nearing retirement, and those already retired, and information on choosing a retirement location, retirement and health, and long-term care insurance
A brief sampling of the many other online resources (not sponsored or guaranteed by USC) for thinking about retirement include:
- Retirement.net
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My wife is a FSU grad and professional photographer. She has been chosen for a media blast contest by a boutique clothing manufacturer. If you are on facebook, please click the link and vote for her photo. Her photo is number 3 of 14. Just comment "My vote" next to it. She is a stay at home mom and this business helps us with the bills. Mostly, getting a lot of support would make her feel great. I am very proud of her work. Her facebook page is here if you are interested. https://www.facebook.com/christinahigmanphotography Seminoles are kings of the internet vote, so I know this could be a big help. Thanks in advance and Go Noles!


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The Baroq Story
The ManWith a devilish grin, this conjurer of charm knows he's up for an evening of frivolity.
He chose his cologne on the basis of its last reaction and reminisces on the bounty last attained, knowing he's going to surpass it tonight, to raise the bar if you will. Fastening the clasp on his watch as he strolls toward the alley way, he knows now is the right time to get into character.
The subliminal response his footsteps make on the cobblestoned pathway leading up to the glorious entrance is evident. The entrance is now emitting a radiant pulsating heat, reminding him that nothing less than his A-game will suffice this evening, for his adversary tonight deserves the best he has to offer. He pauses at the entrance, as is his wont.
His lips motion a silent mantra, summoning the virility of all men, the wit of the beguiling and the debonair of Fred Astaire.
With a thrust and a movement of the hips he enters and gets into the swing of it, all replete with a smile that melts the first fair maiden that catches his eye, thus beginning his first enchantment of the night.


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Queen City Sausage attempted to break its own previous world record Monday for the longest Bierwurst sausage on Fountain Square.
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The event promoted the Queen City Sausage Festival this weekend at Newport's Riverfront Levee -- three days of live music, beer, brats, metts and more.
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A Dauphin County man was arrested after he attacked the EMTs who revived, according to police.
Christopher Keith Strine-Lebo, 27, of Halifax, was passed out in a pool of vomit Sunday night when the EMTs were called to a home in the 100 block of East Street in Williamstown, state police in Lykens said.
Strine-Lebo was revived and became aggressive. He pushed two EMTs, causing one to nearly fall down a flight of stairs, police said in a news release Monday.
He then swung his fist at an EMT, police said.
Strine-Lebo was arrested and placed in Dauphin County Prison on a probation detainer.
Charges of aggravated assault on an EMT, simple assault, reckless endangerment, harassment, disorderly conduct, and public drunkenness were pending.
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ODU Triathlon Club Meeting: Spring is here!
We will hold a club meeting on Tuesday, March 19, 2013 from 12:30-1:30pm in the Student Recreation Center, Room 1009. All welcome, from no experience to seasoned triathletes! Hear from USA Triathlon Coach, Lt. Col. Ray Brown on Triathlon 101 and get ready of the 2013 triathlon season. All meetings will include free raffles from East Coast Bicycles, Running Etc., Clif Bar, and TYR. Come see what it's all about! (See attached flyer for more information).
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Today, 60 per cent of the population is dependent on agriculture and, therefore, requires great thrust and focus and problems of the sector need to be urgently addressed
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The Union Minister of State for Human Resources, Ms Daggubati Purandareswari, on Sunday expressed the need to innovate, share knowhow and also tap into conventional best practices to ensure consistent high productivity in agriculture.
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She felt that different departments in the Government work in silos and, therefore, deny the benefits of available technology and expertise to the farm community.
Speaking at Padmasri Dr. I.V.Subba Rao Agri Journalism Awards 2010 function, she said, "there are signs to suggest we are going back to the conventional methods of agriculture cultivation as our elders knew solutions to several problems farm sector is faced with."
"The problems our agriculture faced 60 years ago continue to plague even today. We have not found solutions to them even now. The media should focus on these issues and highlight some of the solutions researchers have managed to find for the farm sector," she felt.
Mr Jayaprakash Narayan, Lok Satta Chief, said that off late there has been significant progress in the filed of agriculture research and technology.
Other than biotechnology, there is no technology that can bring about a leap in agriculture production.
Today, 60 per cent of the population is dependent on agriculture and, therefore, requires great thrust and focus and problems of the sector need to be urgently addressed.
Temporary solutions for farm sector problems would not help, as they require long term serious effort and support, he said.
Mr Vaddi Sobhanadreeshwar Rao, former agriculture minister of Andhra Pradesh, said it has been 25 years since insurance for the farm sector had been introduced.
The agri awards were presented to representatives from Annadata, Vaartha Padipanta, Doordarshan, AIR, Prasara Bharathi, Rythu Nestham, TV5, Sakshi, Andhra Jyothi Journalism College and to The Hindu.
Mr S. Nagesh Kumar, Bureau Chief, Hyderabad, The Hindu, received the award for development journalism.


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"We walked at an Out of the Darkness Campus Walk. These walks are organized to help raise awareness about suicide. My sister, Chappell, died by suicide on 21 May 2010. We have walked for her in the past at the community walks, but this walk was special because it was at the campus we grew up at and worked at. We always walk and share Chappell's story in hope that it can help someone. CustomInk was amazing in helping me put together these beautiful shirts. I was overly picky in designing the shirt, and everyone was so helpful. This is my second time using CutomInk but not my last. Thank you all!"


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As its second season begins, David Chute finds that he admires Boardwalk Empire but does not love it.
We took it as a sign during Boardwalk Empire's first season that the show's fabulously expensive exterior and interior sets never felt lived in. Compare Boardwalk's boardwalk, a beautiful sweep of CG-enhanced Hollywood carpentry, with Deadwood's Deadwood, an assortment of tents and swaybacked outhouses, awash in mud and dust and struggling humanity. Even the Harlan County, Kentucky, of Justified, cobbled together from various locations in Southern California, conveys a more organic sense of place. The characters are convinced that they were born and raised and rooted there, and so do we.
As its second season begins, Boardwalk remains a show that we admire more than we love, by which we are impressed but not seduced. Someone said (I wish I could remember who), that BE plays less like a classic gangster drama than the latest variation on vampire chic, with saturnine Steve Buscemi as the gliding Nosferatu of racketeers. Would that it were that much fun. With every detail of decor and performance carefully molded and sanded and buffed to a high gloss, the primary appeal of Boardwalk Empire will be to connoisseurs of meticulousness.
Thankfully, the show's passionate devotion to detail extends to the sensitivity with which even the smallest roles have been cast -- the background hookers in Johnny Torio's Chicago cathouse, for example, who could have stepped out a period Weegee-style photograph. Actress Emily Meade as Pearl, Jimmy's ill-fated dreamer fling, caught our attention last year, and the ongoing vibrations of Aleksa Palladino as Jimmy's soulful wife Angela, cast adrift by both her fence-straddling sexuality and her dreams of Parisian creative splendor, come across even when all she's doing is serving ham and eggs to Jimmy and new housemate Richard "Tin Woodman" Harrow. And Enid Graham, as hard-case prohibition agent Van Alden's wife Rose, manages in just a few short scenes to suggest the contours of an inner life within a shell of jittery repression.
The pieces, in other words, the individual contributions, tend to be first rate. What's missing is a sense of the whole sweep of the program as a living entity. Boardwalk Empire is an ungainly simulacrum of a fabulous TV show, heavy on its feet, lumbering through the underbrush. What's missing is the jolt of galvanic energy that would fuse the parts and bring the creature to life. An odd thing to be short on, energy, in a Martin Scorsese project.
I don't know what they have to be so self-conscious about, given the richness of the historical material. If they stick to the chronology and make it all the way from the establishment of prohibition in 1920 to repeal in 1933, the show will pass along the way one of the true landmarks of mob history in the U.S., the 1929 summit meeting of mobsters from across the country, organized by Lucky Luciano and hosted by Nucky Johnson/Thompson in Atlantic City, the event that created the first true nationwide crime syndicate. But at this rate, and as this pace, I'm not sure I'll make it that far.
Andrew | November 1, 2011 2:07 AM
Maybe I'm one of the "connoisseurs of meticulousness" mentioned here, because I happen to love Boardwalk Empire. It's my favorite period piece drama since ROME. Enough so that I was kicking myself for not setting my DVR the other day when I made an unscheduled trip out of town. Fortunately though, working for DISH Network, I'd heard of their dishonline website. It's a streaming service that has thousands of titles., including Boardwalk Empire. so I was able to catch up. But I guess I just don't quite get the criticism. Mad Men has a similar pace and in my opinion a less interesting story and I never see these types of comments about that show.
Ashleigh | September 29, 2011 8:49 AM
Your use of the plural pronoun is a little distracting, and makes this piece kind of hard to read.
DavidC | September 29, 2011 5:02 AM
@Ashliegh. We beg to differ.
Hallowseve | September 28, 2011 9:42 AM
The show isn't fun. It's like the writers have banned fun from all character plot lines. Thank you for mentioning the sublime work of those actresses and what they individually bring to the whole. They are unsung and wonderful.
Boardwalk Empire is ultimately full of itself in a very bad way. It's flat and dull and the writing never goes where the human drama is. In fact it seems to avoid it.
Sensa B. | September 27, 2011 4:29 AM
The casting, sets, costumes and music are all mind blowing which only makes it more obvious that something is terribly off with the writing. HBO should get new writers so we get some story that is meaningful. By the way since all the characters are real we know the fictitious ones are the ones who will die. The show is so twisted and sick it doesn't allow us to care about anyone in the least bit. Elements of the stories this show wishes to tell are truly repulsive and the long monologues! Leave it for the theatre. The whole show is a squandered opportunity.


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I know R. Murphy made knives for Herter's...don't know if they were sourced elsewhere at different times - Murphy Knives
The Murphy Knives web site says they have original stock Herter's knive for $25 or so. The knife could be a Herter's Bull Cooks Knife.
Here is a photo of the Herter booK "Bull Cook and Authentic Historical Recipes and Practices", the strangest cook book I have ever read. This is a thrid edition for 1961
Here's my Herter's along with a Murphy produced from old stock blade blanks
Nice find....Herters stuff is kinda one of my soft spots.
I'm sure they were made by several manufactures on a quote basis, but possibility the Murphy Is the original provider.
There is one around here someplace.
The Herters books are an absolute hoot if you ever find one....Written by an original showman.
I always keep my eye peeled for Herter guns when at shows, and so far have found a revolver, sold by Herters, but made in "West Germany".
I can recall the catalogs for their gear, and such.
I only have one additional Herter's item...an "Everdry" matchsafe made by Park Sherman. They competed against the Marble's matchsafes back in the day.


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February 18, 2012, 7:37 AM —
NASA engineers updated the software for a robotic Mars rover, correcting a more than two-month-old computer glitch while the robot hurtled through space on its way to Mars.
Late in November, NASA launched its $2.5 billion Mars Science Laboratory. Dubbed Curiosity, the SUV-sized super rover is on an eight-month journey to Mars with a mission to help scientists learn if life ever existed on the Red Planet.
However, a problem caused a computer reset on the rover Nov. 29, three days after launch, NASA reported last week. The problem was due to a cache access error in the memory management unit of the rover's computer processor, a RAD750 from BAE Systems.
"Good detective work on understanding why the reset occurred has yielded a way to prevent it from occurring again," said Mars Science Laboratory Deputy Project Manager Richard Cook, in a statement. "The successful resolution of this problem was the outcome of productive teamwork by engineers at the computer manufacturer and [NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory]."
Guy Webster, a spokesman for the JPL, told Computerworld that because of the processor glitch, the rover's ground team was unable to use the craft's star scanner, which is designed for celestial navigation.


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It's been around for a few years now but the E-Class Benz remains a favourite because of its looks, size, style and what's on offer.
The E-Class is a rear wheel drive "saloon" offering plenty of interior room for five and a large boot. The styling is distinctively Mercedes-Benz and probably rates as the best looking E-Class yet.
We got hold of an E250 (previously CGi) with a turbo 150kW/310Nm, 1.8-litre petrol four-cylinder. It delivers considerable Luxury Car Tax savings because of low fuel consumption.
People don't believe us when we tell them it's a 1.8, especially after riding in the car, feels like a 3.5-litre V6 in performance terms but delivers small car fuel economy rated at 6.6-litres/100km. Impressive eh especially as you can't hear a thing even at idle? The engine is quite a high-tech device complete with a variable geometry turbo and direct injection helping it deliver optimum efficiency.
This car runs a suite of BlueEfficiency fuel saving components that include a decoupling alternator, low rolling resistance tyres, auto engine stop/start and aerodynamic refinements to reduce drag. All cars should have something similar.
The seven speed auto transmission is virtually imperceptible at any time an is almost predictive in the way it engages the correct gear for any given driving situation. Paddles on the wheel add a sporty flavour. It rolls on 17-inch five spoke alloys with wide rubber offering plenty of grip. The spare is a space saver.
Inside is typically Benz with a stylish angular dash containing a raft of goodies including white/silver instruments and a large TFT colour info screen containing satnav and a reverse camera.
The wheel is covered in Nappa leather and has about seven functions for phone, audio, trip computer and cruise. The leather upholstery looks chic and sets of the multiple fascia materials used inside that include stainless steel and woodgrain.
We were taken aback with the bixenon headlights that are adaptive and "intelligent" meaning they turn with the wheels and also operate high and low beam automatically really handy.
You bet. It's a top end, five star crash performer with no less than 11 air bags and the usual array of safety kit like stability control plus extras like pre-safe, attention assist and tyre pressure monitor. If only all cars were like this...
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There's an argument – and it's an argument that this writer subscribes to – that ever since "The Sixth Sense" each of M. Night Shyamalan's films has been worse than the one that preceded it. "The Sixth Sense" > "Unbreakable" > "Signs" > "The Village" > "Lady in the Water" > "The Happening" > "The Last Airbender." You may have a few minor quibbles with that order, but it's hard to disagree that, broadly, the quality of Shyamalan's movies have followed a distinctly downward trajectory. So that being said, hands up if you're excited for "After Earth"!
Okay, so we can't see this being anywhere near as bad as "The Last Airbender" – there are very few films that will ever be made that are anywhere near as bad as "The Last Airbender" – but even with the presence of Will Smith, we're not expecting much. The film will see a father and son (Will and Jaden Smith) crash-land on Earth 1000 years after mankind has abandoned the planet. The father (named Cypher Raige, *sigh*) is left badly injured after the crash, and the son (Kitai Raige, *double sigh*) must travel across hostile terrain to recover their rescue beacon.
The film is due in theaters on June 7, 2013, and Shyamalan has finally decided on the man to score his latest…and it must have been a difficult choice. James Newton Howard has scored the director's previous seven features, and we imagine that it was simply down to scheduling as to whether he would be scoring this one as well. NEWS FLASH: HE IS! Howard has scored "The Hunger Games," "Snow White and the Huntsman" and "The Bourne Legacy" this year, and it looks like "After Earth" will be his next project. So now only one question remains…will there be room alongside Howard's music for another Jaden and Justin Bieber chart-topping tune? We damn well hope so! [Film Music Reporter]
right | July 14, 2012 1:05 AM
Yo Joe, r u a friggin stupid? Shyamalan is a money making machine for the studios and you are putting him down? Do you live in a basement or do you have any money in the bank? The guy is international fame. U r no match to him. Keep your shitty critique to yourself.
Gilles | July 13, 2012 2:45 PM
And ooh yeah! My hand is up too.
DEREKONEILL | July 13, 2012 6:40 AM
Well Joe my hand is up!
Joe | July 12, 2012 5:04 PM
Have you not read articles on this site before? Are you not familiar with its tone?
This article at no point calls Shyamalan terrible, just that the films he's making now aren't as good as the ones he was making a decade ago. I rate all of his films to some extent right up to The Village,but not so much after. This isn't a review of his old films though, it's just there as context to write a news piece around. Neither is it a promotion of his film, again, it's a news piece.
Maybe the opinion in this piece mirrors other widely articulated views - but they also happen to be my personal view. Would you prefer I changed my opinion on a director's films just to be different? I'm really not sure why the words 'hatred' and 'terrible' are popping up, all that's expressed in the piece is the lack of excitement for the film of a director whose last few have been weak. I often look at movies on an 'academic' level...but again, in reviews, not in news pieces. You need to understand what you're reading here, don't come to a short news piece expecting detailed analysis of something that the article's not really about.
And yes, it's sarcasm. This is The Playlist, not Variety.
derekoneill | July 12, 2012 4:52 PM
Shyamalan has still got good movies in him. Unbreakable was just amazing great superhero origins story. Signs was a great movie lots of tension with a great issue of faith and belief. The village was miss sold as a horror when at the heart of the movie its really a love story. Lady in the water was good if only a little muddled but a great central performance by paul giamatti. Shyamalan was once hailed the next spielberg he has made mistakes but hes a born filmmaker
Edward | July 12, 2012 12:03 PM
Boring! Another tedious article about how terrible a director M. Night Shyamalan is, disguised as a "real story." Yeah, we get it. You hate the guy because he couldn't reach the same insane level of critical and commercial success of his third feature. Now let's forget about actually approaching each film for what it is (and looking at it as a work of cinema in its own right) and continue to turn the process of filmmaking into a game of one-upmanship. Maybe if you're not interested in his upcoming movie you should stop promoting it. Or at least have the decency to not steal photos and updates from his Twitter feed and pass them off as your own work. Seriously, don't be a hack! Anyway, I'm done with these amateur blogs. They all parrot off the same opinions; it's as if they're the work of a single person. How about developing your own taste and opinions and learning how to look at movies at an academic level? Otherwise you're just polluting the blogosphere with your second-hand snark - though I suppose that's what gets you those all important blog-hits.
Mr Fist | July 12, 2012 12:03 PM
All this *ahem* hatred of M. has been redundant since the release of The Happening (give or take) and I'm really tired of it.
On the plus side though, if this film doesn't work, at least Manoj won't be ENTIRELY to blame due to not being the writer...
JT | July 12, 2012 11:55 AM
For me, Signs (aside from the much maligned, aliens with one weakness seeking out a planet made of that weakness thing) had a lot of strong points, lady in the water less so, same with the Village, but The Happening was so fucking terrible. The audience I saw it with was cracking up the whole time and it still has the best example of "did an Alien who's never actually spoken English write this script" moments, when John Leguizamo frantically says the train is "going to make a stop in the town of Princeton, New Jersey...."
Rohan | July 12, 2012 11:20 AM
This news is a bit obsolete, but it's fine to publish even it is late. And, I have to disagree with your statement placed in the second line of your first paragraph, Joe, in which you are saying that after 'The Sixth Sense' every film of Shyamalan has been worse. 'The Last Airbender' and 'The Happening' does stand at Shyamalan's weak side, yet you cannot state without articulating that rest of his work is the 'worst.' You have the right to hate or like anything in the world, Joe, as we are all entitled to our opinions, but it would be nice if you take the time to write something about 'Unbreakable' or 'The Village' Or 'Signs.'
We all, in a way knew that James Newton Howard was going to score, but we were waiting for Shyamalan or Howard to confirm it. I don't know what makes you think this as you state in the second paragraph: 'It must have been a difficult choice." - Is it sarcasm?


text: Northern Iowa was one of seven FCS squads to knock off an FBS opponent over the weekend, topping Iowa State 28-20.The Panthers are no spring chicken, and Head Coach Paul Rhoads knew they would provide the Cyclones some fits.Northern Iowa out muscled the Cyclones gaining more than 450 yards of total offense racking up 23 first downs along the way.Thanks in large part to National FCS Running Back of the Week David Johnson, UNI averaged nearly seven yards per carry. Johnson ran for 199 yards.The Panther defense held the Cyclones in check getting to the quarterback a little more often (5 sacks) than Iowa State (1 sack) did."They had an outstanding game plan on both sides of the ball," Head Coach Paul Rhoads said. "Thoroughly knew our offense and defense and took advantage with great execution of all those holes and weaknesses."With that victory, Northern Iowa vaulted eight spots in the new FCS top 25 poll going from No. 17 to No. 9 in the nation.


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Wyden-Stabenow Alternative Fuels Bill passes US Senate
In Washington, a bill to promote Alternative Fuels has passed the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. The Alternative Fuels Vehicles Competitiveness and Security Act, introduced by US Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Debbie Stabenow (D- Mich.), will increase energy security and reduce dependence on foreign oil by giving support to manufacturers of alternative fuel vehicles and their suppliers. It will also promote fuel resources such as biomass, electricity, hydrogen and natural gas.
The bill expands existing Federal programs that give alternative fuel vehicles manufacturers and suppliers necessary support to build their businesses and promote demand for fuel alternatives to oil. The bill also invests in natural gas, propane, electricity, biofuels and hydrogen supply infrastructure.
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Niles high school students, who are now taking their first exams of the 2012-13 school year, will likely be taking their final exams in the new high school, if Superintendent Mark Robinson has anything to say about it.
The new high school currently under construction between the current high school and Bo Rein Stadium on Dragon Drive, is on schedule to be completed the first or second week of April, Robinson said. If all goes according to plan, students will move into the new building so that asbestos removal can begin right away on the old building. Demolition of the old high school could be as early as June 2013, and parking lots will be completed in time for the beginning of the 2013-14 school year.
''It will take a lot of coordination,'' Robinson said. ''As they (teachers) get done with instruction materials, they can be packing up for the move."
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Stairways leading to the second floor in all three wings are enclosed in glass and overlook Mosquito Creek.
Robinson said the only items being moved to the new building will be personal effects, as the new building will be equipped with new desks, tables and all other equipment needed for a fully functioning school building.
''It's got a lot of character,'' Robinson said of the new facility.
Classrooms have slanted ceilings and windows equipped with blinds between panes of glass. Miles and miles of wiring runs along wire trays in ceilings to equip each classroom and office with everything needed for state-of-the-art technology. Both the first and second floors contain a teacher workroom that includes areas for storage, sink and counter space and restrooms.
The main classroom areas are contained in three separate, two-story wings.
''I think of it like a fork with three prongs,'' Robinson said.
At the end of each wing are stairwells that are enclosed in glass with views of Mosquito Creek. A main hall that connects the three classroom wings also contains an elevator to the second floor. The red brick that enhances the outside of the building is carried to some of the inside walls as well.
General contractor for the project is local company Mike Coates Construction with Hammond Construction of Canton as builders. Many local subcontractors are currently working on installing heating and air conditioning ducts as well as wiring and conduit throughout the facility. As they move from one area to another, drywall finishers aren't far behind. Even painting has begun in some areas.
The gymnasium is separated into both a competition gymnasium and an auxiliary gymnasium with a movable wall between the two. Both will be equipped with bleacher seating that electronically pulls from the walls.
The media center will extend at an angle from the first floor of the south wing. A separate computer room is contained inside the media center, and all library tables will be equipped with computers. Book space will be cut in half, Robinson said, and will include free-standing bookshelves in the center of the glass-enclosed room.
''There won't be near as many bookshelves as we are used to seeing in a library,'' Robinson said.
A large portion of the facility is taken up by the gymnasium and auditorium, which are separated by the cafeteria. Both the gym and the auditorium have doorways into the cafeteria, which is equipped with a full kitchen and concession area. According to Robinson, those who attend basketball games and other activities in the gymnasiums or events in the auditorium will be able to filter into the cafeteria, which will act as a common area. Like the three classroom wings, the cafeteria will have a glass wall at one end that overlooks Mosquito Creek.
Outside the facility, the statue of William McKinley will have a special place. According to Robinson, the statue will be sent to Pennsylvania to be cleaned before it is placed near the main entrance to the school.
Something will have to be done with the visitors' bleachers at Bo Rein Stadium, Robinson said. The bleachers are currently so close to the new facility that the overhang from the top seats shadow the roof of the new building.
''Within the next couple weeks, we'll be discussing what to do with this,'' Robinson said. ''We don't know yet what we'll do, but something has to be done.
''This probably should have been taken care of before the construction was even started, but it is what it is,'' he said.
Work on the two elementary buildings, on the former sites of Bonham Elementary on Margaret Avenue and Lincoln Elementary on Frederick Street,
also is coming along according to schedule, Robinson said. Those facilities should be completed for the beginning of the 2013-14 school year, he said.
All of the buildings are equipped with geothermal heating and cooling. Prior to construction starting, fields made up of looping pipes are placed deep underground to capture naturally occurring heat. Geothermal pumps force the air throughout the ventilation system. The system also works with air conditioning, Robinson said, and will make a considerable difference in energy costs.
Voters approved a 5.3-mill bond issue in November 2008 to help fund the construction of two elementary schools and a new high school. The majority of the costs were funded through the Ohio Schools Facility Commission.


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Traffic is flowing again in both directions along Interstate 75 in Detroit after authorities cleared the remaining vehicles that crashed in a sudden snow squall on the south side of the expressway and claimed at least three lives. Crews also were cleaning up a spill of diesel fuel from Thursday morning's crash. The northbound lanes reopened first, while the southbound lanes began flowing again in time for the afternoon rush hour. The whiteout that hit about 9:30 a.m. led to a chain-reaction of crashes on a mile-long stretch of the expressway, leaving three people dead and 20 injured.
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Craig Rudolph has been selling items over the internet for a while, but he was thrown for a loop by a buyer interested in a garden window he was selling.
"I thought it was sold, I was kinda happy," said Rudolph.
Craig received a check for $2,500 via FedEx - more than five times his asking price for the window.
Then Craig got an e-mail from the buyer directing him to take out his portion of the money before sending $1,900 by Western Union to pay a shipper. That's when Craig knew the check was fake and that he would be on the hook for any money cashed.
Even though internet scams are common, there are ways you can protect yourself - especially if you are selling goods.
1. Don't put any identifying information in an ad. That includes your phone number since reverse-look up directories can provide a wealth of information.
2. If the internet site you're advertising on doesn't provide an e-mail, create a disposable email account. Do not use your personal internet address.
3. If possible, deal locally with folks you can meet in person. And meet at a public place.
4. Never wire funds via Western Union, MoneyGram or any other wire service
5. Accept only cash, or if that's impossible, use a payment service like PayPal.
Always remember, if anything seems too good to be true, it probably is - so trust your instincts.
And if you do become the victim of a scam, make sure you report it to the police.
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— Throughout the Olympics we see a lot of Olympic rings included in images to give a sense of place. Many times I believe the visual tacking on of the rings feels forced, but this image works for me because of its graphic nature.
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As we explained in a previous post, help desk support services at Bobcares has been able to prevent recurring instances of customer IP address blocks in cPanel servers through continual server maintenance. While Config Server Firewall (CSF) and Login Failure Daemon (LFD) are great for securing cPanel shared hosting servers, their default settings can cause IPs of valid users to be blocked. The only way to prevent such service downtimes is to constantly update your firewall settings based on changing mail and web traffic patterns in the server.
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In 2005, some 43 percent of students in grades 9–12 reported having at least one drink of alcohol anywhere, and 4 percent had at least one drink on school property in the 30 days before being surveyed.
Students' illegal consumption of alcohol on school property may lead to additional crimes and misbehavior. It may also foster a school environment that is harmful to students, teachers, and staff (Fagan and Wilkinson 1998). In the Youth Risk Behavior Survey, students in grades 9–12 were asked whether they had consumed alcohol at all in the past 30 days (referred to as "anywhere" in this report) and if they had consumed alcohol on school property. Alcohol consumption anywhere is included as a point of comparison with alcohol consumption on school property. In 2005, some 43 percent of students consumed at least one drink of alcohol anywhere, and 4 percent consumed at least one drink on school property (figure 15.1 and table 15.1). The percentage of students who reported drinking alcohol anywhere increased from 48 to 52 percent between 1993 and 1995 and then declined to 43 percent in 2005. No consistent pattern was detected in the percentage of students who reported consuming alcohol on school property between 1993 and 2005: over these years, the percentage fluctuated from 4 to 6 percent.
The likelihood of drinking alcohol varied by student characteristics including sex, grade level, and race/ethnicity. In 2005, males were more likely than females to report using alcohol on school property (5 vs. 3 percent), a difference not found in the percentage who reported drinking anywhere (figure 15.1 and table 15.1). In 2005, students in higher grades were more likely to report drinking alcohol anywhere than were students in lower grades. For example, 51 percent of 12th-graders reported using alcohol, compared with 36 percent of 9th-graders (figure 15.2 and table 15.1). However, no measurable difference was found across grade levels in students' likelihood of drinking alcohol on school property.
In 2005, Asian and Black students were less likely to report using alcohol anywhere than were American Indian, White, or Hispanic students. Twenty-two percent of Asian students and 31 percent of Black students reported using alcohol anywhere, compared with 46 percent of White students, 47 percent of Hispanic students, and 57 percent of American Indian students. In the same year, Hispanic students (8 percent) were more likely to use alcohol on school property than were White, Black, or Asian students (4, 3, and 1 percent, respectively).
In 2005, the percentage of students who reported drinking alcohol varied among states for which data were available. Among states, the percentages ranged from 16 to 49 percent for drinking alcohol anywhere, and from 2 to 9 percent for drinking alcohol on school property (table 15.2).


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Federal Work-Study Program
The Federal Work-Study (FWS) program gives students the opportunity to earn part or all of their financial aid by working on-campus or off-campus in community service positions while they are in school. Examples of the jobs available are: teacher's aide, clerk, grounds person, custodian, and lab assistant. Your wage will be determined by the type and difficulty of the work that you are hired for.
If your financial aid award letter for the current academic year indicates a work-study award, please follow the instructions provided with your award notification or if you have questions please email Carrie Valdez email@example.com for work-study only.
Otherwise if you have questions regarding your financial aid award, please contact your Advisor according to your last name.
Click on the "Federal Work-Study Jobs" button on the left to view positions that are available. Please review the information in each job request very carefully as not all positions will match up well with your personal skills.
The "Federal Work-Study Jobs" page will be updated throughout the academic year as the job positions are filled or new job positions become available.
If you are interested in hiring a FWS student for your department, click on the FWS Supervisor Home button on the left for information and instructions.
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11:00am Tuesday 31st July 2012 in News By Lauren May, Chief Reporter
A sheep was spotted far from the fields this week on a not so average stroll through Wimbledon.
Racing driver, Ollie Millroy, from Esher, was shocked to see a sheep jump out of the boot of a car parked in Wimbledon Station car park on Monday, July 30, before walking on a lead into the town centre with its owner.
Posting the picture on twitter Mr Millroy said: "Walking through Wimbledon and the guy in front of me is just casually walking his sheep!
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Meet A Retired Racer Day
Greyhound Pet Adoption Northwest holds many events each month to bring Greyhounds to the public.
Our goal is to allow everyone to see what friendly and affectionate companions they can be.
If you would like to volunteer at one of our events or if you know of a great location for an adoption event, call us at 800-767-5139 or Email our Events Coordinator.
To see the detailed calendar of all of our events, use the pull-down Events menu at the top of the page to navigate to the month you want to see.
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Watch our calendar for 2013 Special Events!
Our Greyhounds get together several times each year for Play-Dates. These are outdoors in the summer and indoors in the colder months. This video is of a Play-Date held in September at our outdoor facility.
This is a video of an indoor play date
Dennis and Marilyn Couch attended the
Hound Wash with their Greyhound Kellen. They, and Kellen, had such a
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University Challenge
Finding the best...
Not only do we offer a series of starting points to help you consider which course at what uni, but we now feature, on this website, unique university schools data and of course an overview of those dreaded finances.
It's never too early to start looking to the future - for that reason:
We now carry fantastic data showing not only which universities pupils go to from any given school but how many and to what courses. Moreover if a university or course is of specific interest to you you can see which schools the students attended.
Finding a good university
Ask both 'What makes a good university?' And 'What makes a good university for me?'
Your starter for 10
Think about:
- The courses offered: Are they really for you? Make sure you look for courses that interest and excite you. Three plus years studying the wrong thing will either equal an eternity or equate to an early exit.
- Reputation and prestige. You may not care about league tables and the perceptions of others but it can make a big difference to career prospects. If you're interested in working for a particular organisation or within a certain field check out which universities they prefer and from where they recruit.
- The quality and type of teaching and instruction. Do you like to be taught and told or does the idea of a few hours of lecture and a lot of independent study research and seminars appeal? Does the idea of a vocational course possibly with a sandwich element appeal or are you very much in the ivory towers league?
- Exams. When it comes to exams do you prefer a little or a lot? What suits you? A research-based degree, one that has a considerable element of continual assessment or one that relies on final exams and dissertation?
- Location. Don't be stuck in the middle of nowhere if you're a city boy or girl at heart. Do you see yourself living and working here for at least 3 years? Have you considered an overseas option - perhaps The US, Australia, Holland?
- Environment. Do you want the intimacy of a campus or the freedom of a city? Does the local student accommodation and social scene match your expectations – if not, does it matter?
- Affordability. Can you afford the tuition fees and local cost of living? Scottish students get free tuition in Scotland only, Welsh students can venture away from Wales and still benefit from subsidised fees. Is the local cost of living manageable for you? Accommodation costs in London and SE are typically much higher than those in the North/ Midlands.
- Activities and amenities. Do these meet your needs and aspirations?
- What motivates you? Money or musings? If the former investigate career prospects carefully, if the latter what are the prospects for graduate study?
- Finally. Look at the end product – at final year students and recent graduates – is this you?
Ultimately, what's good, is what is best for you.
Great, good, good enough?
With the advent of a plethora of league tables, departmental inspections and rankings it is debatable which universities lead the pack. Few would argue the prowess and acclaim, on the world stage, of Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard and Yale in arguable order. But what of the others? Great and glorious, also ran or never ran?
Top universities and prestigious courses are still asking for high grades and will likely charge the highest fees but are they delivering value for money? Do higher fees equal 'better' degree or institution?
- Don't just ask how many graduates are gainfully employed after six months but how many are in suitable graduate employment. What are they doing two years after graduation?
- Find out which employers recruit from your preferred university and from what courses.
- Look at your career choices - where did people study, what degree course did they follow? (Most company websites have career profiles, similarly a good careers officer will advise on the best pathways to a chosen career).
Headline figures can mask students who take minimum wage jobs in call centres or burger bars just to get by. Some students take higher degrees, not because they wish to continue their studies but, because there is little else open to them...
Conventional thinking?
About UK Universities
Oxford is the oldest university in Britain, with rival and competitor, Cambridge founded several decades hence.
It was a couple of centuries later that Scotland got its first university – in the shape of St Andrews - with the universities of Glasgow, Aberdeen and Edinburgh founded before any new universities appeared in England. Undoubtedly all these old universities remain sought-after today, as do the newer but long-established 'Red-Brick' universities.
In Britain broad classifications are made – Oxford and Cambridge forming the elite with places at the sought after Russell Group of Universities battled for on a par with those who form the 1994 group; these, a mixture of Red-Brick and Plate Glass Universities. Less sought after are many of the Million+ and 1992 groups – former polytechnics and colleges – though some are beginning to make their mark in a notable and forceful way, giving traditional universities a run for their money. Many more though are still very much 'recruiting' rather than selecting universities.
Types of Universities
The Russell Group
This is perhaps the most talked about group, with its members revered as research-intensive universities, competing on an international stage.
The Russell Group comprises The Universities of:
Birmingham; Bristol; Cambridge; Cardiff; Edinburgh; Glasgow; Leeds; Liverpool; Manchester; Newcastle; Nottingham; Oxford; Queen's Belfast; Sheffield; Southampton; University College London (UCL); Warwick plus Imperial College London; King's College London and The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
They were joined in March 2012 by:
Durham; Exeter; Queen Mary, University of London; York.
The 1994 Group
Another group claiming research excellence is The 1994 Group. This includes many of the 'traditional' universities that are not members of The Russell Group.
The 1994 Group comprises The Universities of:
Bath; Birkbeck, London; East Anglia; Essex; Goldsmiths; Lancaster; Leicester; Loughborough; Reading; Royal Holloway; St Andrews; School of Oriental and African Studies; Surrey; Sussex; plus The Institute of Education, University of London.
Red Brick Universities
This term, still in use, strictly refers to the 6 universities in industrial towns that were founded before world war one – and built with red-brick facades. At the time, all had an engineering/science bias, were non-collegiate (unlike Oxford, Cambridge and Durham) and recruited students without reference to religion or background.
The original red-brick six were: The Universities of:
Birmingham; Bristol; Leeds; Liverpool ; Manchester and Sheffield.
Red-Brick pretenders?
A number of other universities claim (for various reasons) 'Red-Brick' status, these are The Universities of:
Aberystwyth; Bangor; Cardiff; Dundee; Exeter; Goldsmiths College; Hull; Leicester, Newcastle; Nottingham; Queen Mary; Queen's Belfast; Reading; Royal Holloway, Southampton and Swansea.
Plate Glass Universities
Sounds modern? That's because they are. In 1963 The Robbins Report led to the creation of a number of new universities, later termed 'Plate Glass Universities' by Michael Beloff in his book 'The Plate Glass Universities', published in 1968.
The original Plate Glass universities were The Universities of:
Sussex, York, East Anglia, Essex, Lancaster, Kent and Warwick. In addition a number of other 'New Universities' are sometimes referred to as 'Plate Glass Universities' These are the universities of: Aston; Bath; Bradford; Brunel; City University, London; Heriot-Watt; Keele; Loughborough; Salford; Stirling; Strathclyde; Surrey and Ulster.
These universities should not be confused with the post 1992 universities all of which had a former life as polytechnics, colleges or institutes of education.
Post 1992 Universities
More than 60 new universities effectively doubled the number of places on offer. These are The Universities of:
Abertay Dundee; Anglia Ruskin; Bath Spa; Bedfordshire; Birmingham City; Bishop Grosseteste University College Lincoln; Bolton; Brighton; Bournemouth; Buckinghamshire New University; Canterbury Christ Church; Central Lancashire; Chester; Chichester; Coventry; Cumbria; De Montfort; Derby; East London; Edge Hill; Edinburgh Napier; Glamorgan; Glasgow Caledonian; Gloucestershire; Glynd?r; Greenwich; Hertfordshire; Huddersfield; Kingston; Leeds Metropolitan; Lincoln; Liverpool Hope; Liverpool John Moores; London Metropolitan; London South Bank; Manchester Metropolitan; Middlesex; Newman University College; Newport; Northampton; Northumbria; Nottingham Trent; Oxford Brookes; Plymouth; Portsmouth; Queen Margaret; Robert Gordon; Roehampton; Sheffield Hallam; Southampton Solent; Staffordshire; Sunderland; Swansea Metropolitan; Teesside; Thames Valley; University of the Arts London; University of Wales Institute, Cardiff; University of the West of England; University of the West of Scotland (formerly University of Paisley ); Westminster; Winchester; Wolverhampton; Worcester; York St John University.
Million+ describe themselves as a university think tank. They publish research reports and policy papers. There members comprise a number of 'New Universities' (formerly polytechnics/colleges), they are The Universities of:
Abertay Dundee; Anglia Ruskin; Bath Spa; Bedfordshire; Birmingham City; Bolton; Buckinghamshire New University; Central Lancashire; Coventry; Derby; East London; Edinburgh Napier; Glasgow Caledonian; Greenwich; Kingston; Leeds Metropolitan; London Metropolitan; London South Bank; Middlesex; Northampton; Roehampton; Southampton Solent; Staffordshire; Sunderland; Teesside; Thames Valley; The West of Scotland and The University of Wolverhampton.
The University Alliance
A group of 22 universities with a business focus. The universities in this group claim a balanced portfolio of research, teaching, enterprise and innovation. All are all Plate Glass or post 1992 universities.
Alliance members are The Universities of:
Aberystwyth; Bournemouth; Bradford; De Montfort Glamorgan; Gloucestershire; Hertfordshire; Huddersfield; Lincoln; Liverpool John Moores; Manchester Metropolitan; Newport; Northumbria<; Nottingham Trent; Oxford Brookes; Plymouth; Portsmouth; Salford; Sheffield Hallam plus The University of The West of England, University of Wales Institute, Cardiff and The Open University.
Private Universities and Overseas Options
With the advent of hefty tuition fees from 2012 a burgeoning of private universities in the UK is expected. Currently a handful, such as the University of Buckingham, operate outside of UCAS but others are expected to emerge; we will keep you posted. We are also witnessing an increase in the number of students considering university outside of the UK. To accommodate the changes our useful guide Uni In the USA (see below) is being updated to include other overseas universities that we think worthy of consideration. We will bring you more details shortly.
University Beyond The UK
Small but increasing numbers now cross the pond to study at US universities including those in the Ivy League and, with the advent of tuition fees at English universities, handfuls are considering spending their student days at European uni's.
There are many options available to UK students who choose to read for a degree outside of the UK. We explore a number of these in Uni In The USA...And Beyond .
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University finances
Fees charged by universities vary throughout the UK and are dependent on the nationality and place of residence of the student; for example, Scottish students attending Scottish universities do not pay tuition fees but EU (including English) students attending English universities make a contribution. Fees at English universities are capped at a maximum of £9,000 for the 2012/13 academic year.
Current financial help available depends on circumstances but includes:
- a maintenance grant for some full-time students from lower income families,
- a tuition fee loan,
- a maintenance loan for students living away from home (reduced for students in receipt of a maintenance grant).
- disability grant/additional financial help for eligible students.
- scholarships and bursaries - for some courses at some universities - check with individual institutions.
Exceptionally, some colleges / universities may offer bursaries. See www.direct.gov.uk/studentfinance for more details including eligibility for finance and a useful section on how/when to apply. UK applicants can apply for finance via the UCAS website www.ucas.ac.uk.
University A levels
Before applying, always check the course requirements. If you are not sure what you want to do at university The Russell Group of universities recommends selecting a couple of A levels from their 'facilitating list'. These are:
Biology, chemistry, geography, English(literature), history, maths, further maths, physics, a foreign language.
These, along with economics and politics are considered 'hard A levels' and are looked on especially favourably by top universities.
Soft subjects include, photography, media studies, art and design and business studies. The Russell Group suggest that, having one of these in a portfolio of subjects is fine but recommend any soft subject should ideally be combined with harder or facilitating subjects for many courses at most universities.
University data and university groupings
On this website we carry extensive university data.
For any school see:
- The types of universities pupils go onto.
- The actual universities and how popular they are with pupils at a given school
- The course types - Humanities, Sciences, Languages, Arts etc that pupils pursue.
- The individual courses they choose to follow.
For more information on the data available see University Entrance Data.
Further reading
Oxbridge Admissions - Who should apply? What to expect.
Moving On To University - a lively look at the 'bereft' parent
Uni In The USA...And Beyond - Find out more about our very own guide to studying overseas.
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University Guides Selected reading material
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Used to Give Savings Bonds as Gifts? Consider SmartyPig Gift Cards
If you have a family member graduating from high school or college in the next month, you might want to consider a SmartyPig gift card. This can be a good option for those who used to give paper savings bonds as gifts.
This year the Treasury ended allowing paper savings bonds to be sold at banks and credit unions. Paper savings bonds were nice gifts. As described in this Savings Bond Advisor post, the paper savings bond "is something practical, and it teaches people how to save money. It's a great teaching prop: an oversized piece of paper that doesn't look like anything else."
Like a savings bond, a SmartyPig gift card can provide more than just money. It can teach people how to save money. Here's how SmartyPig describes its gift cards:
SmartyPig gift cards are available in $25, $50, and $100 denominations. They can be given to both current SmartyPig account holders and individuals to whom you would like to Give the Gift of Savings™ so they, too, can create SmartyPig accounts, become responsible savers and reach their savings goals. SmartyPig gift cards can only be used to start a SmartyPig goal or fund an existing one.
For many of us who are dedicated savers, SmartyPig's goal setting requirements may not be seen as an important feature. However, for many people (especially young adults) who struggle with credit card debt, SmartyPig's focus on savings and goal-setting should be beneficial.
The big December rate cut may have soured SmartyPig for many of us. However, for those who don't have much savings, this doesn't have as much impact. The goal-setting features and the cash back savings on retailer gift cards are more relevant. Once you have reached a savings goal, you can receive cash back savings by placing it on a retailer gift card. Two current examples of cash back percentages include 3% at Amazon and 2% at Best Buy.
You can purchase the SmartyPig gift card with a credit card, but note, there's a 2.9% processing fee. If you're a SmartyPig customer, you can fund the gift via an ACH transfer from your bank. That will avoid the fee.
SmartyPig is now partnered with BBVA Compass. Your money at SmartyPig is held in a separate account in your name at BBVA Compass, an FDIC insured bank. Please refer to my SmartyPig savings account review for more details about how SmartyPig works.
Update 5/25/2012: You can still give savings bonds as gifts, but they can only be digital savings bonds. I have more details in this post.


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The always knowledgeable and insightful Michael Cox comments on the indecision that resulted in Chelsea dropping 2 points at the Bridge yesterday and how it ties in to their lack of identity.
Key quotes:
Tactical uncertainty
"Chelsea didn't have a clear strategy. They half-heartedly counter-attacked, with Ramires wasting their main opportunity on the break when he slipped over after great work from Juan Mata. They didn't defend with any certainty, particularly down the flanks. And they didn't keep the ball, killing the game, as a good possession-based side would. They did nothing. Villas-Boas had a point - what is Chelsea's style? "
On General lack of identity
" Chelsea aren't an unattractive team this season - how can they be, with the most creative player in the league, Mata, plus the silky wing play of Oscar and Hazard? Nevertheless, there's something completely lifeless, uninspiring and characterless about them - they're an expensive collection of players thrown together in the expected formation by a hastily appointed manager who has no incentive to build something for the long run. If you tried to explain Chelsea's style to a football fan recently returned from a nine-month trip to outer space, you'd struggle to explain what they actually do.
...It's not entirely Benitez's fault, but it's astonishing how the current Chelsea side can have so many individual talents yet be so utterly bland."
""You ain't got no history" is a common chant from opposition fans at Stamford Bridge. It's untrue - Chelsea have a perfectly fascinating history. They just don't have an identity. "
The solution
The sacking of Di Matteo was a new low for Chelsea - and it's inevitable that the popular choice for Chelsea's next manager is Mourinho, another club legend. ..Chelsea fans simply want someone who feels as if he belongs at Chelsea, and helpfully Mourinho, rather lamely for a once fearsome manager, wants to be 'somewhere where he's loved'.
The last line struck a chord with me. Its probably why Chelsea fans will still have a bad taste of Benitez in their mouth, even if we ignore his tactical "Ra-fails". I want someone in the dugout who loves the club and loves being here. Rafa is a mercenary looking to pad his resume with a trophy before he moves on. It isn't his faulr that he at the helm though. It's the actions of a disconnected owner.
I can't wait for Mourinho to return and give this team the identity it needs. The tactical identity , the stylistic identity and the team spirit that we've lacked since Di Matteo left.
Up the Blues!