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I am a member of the school chorus and also involved with the school newspaper. I have played guitar since I was eight years old, but I am primarily a writer. Next year I will be attending Emerson College in Boston to study writing and marketing.
I spent my high school career participating in the National Honor Society, the Octagon Club, varsity field hockey, and numerous community service activities. I was also Class Secretary for one year. I will attend the University of Maine at Orono next year.
I am in many extracurricular activities such as National Honor Society, basketball, soccer, and softball. I was captain of the basketball team as a junior and senior, and captain of the soccer team as a senior. Next year I will attend the University of Maine at Farmington to major in Nutrition.
I have been an active participant in many extracurricular activities at GNGHS, including Class President and Secretary, member of the National Honor Society, the Patriot Drama Club, the varsity soccer team, nordic ski team, and track team. I enjoy mentoring with the Big Brother Big Sister program and singing the National Anthem at basketball games. I will attend Simmons College in Boston, undeclared but with many new ideas in mind.
In the fall, I will attend Lesley University where I will major in Illustration through the Art Institute of Boston program. During my four years, I have been involved in an array of groups, with my highest involvement with the Patriot Players theater.
I spend a lot of my time volunteering at Riding to the Top where I help disabled children ride horses. I also played basketball and softball for my first three years of high school. Next year I will attend University of Vermont and major in Animal Science.
I have been involved in extracurricular activities such as the Octagon Club, GNG Community Service Club, and Math Team. I was secretary of the National Honor Society and love playing the piano. This fall I will attend Worcester Polytechnic Institute majoring in Biochemistry with a Pre-Medical concentration and a minor in either psychology or Spanish.
I am a member of the National Honor Society and have participated in golf, hockey, and baseball as a varsity player. Next year I will attend Campbell University in North Carolina and will major in Pharmacy.
I have been a member of the Octagon Club, National Honor Society, and Indoor and Outdoor Track, In track, I threw the javelin, discus, and shotput. Next year, I will attend Keene State College in New Hampshire with an undeclared major.
Along side academics, I have also participated in many extracurricular activities such as National Honor Society, Math Team, Cheerleading, and Softball. I will attend the University of Vermont next year with an undeclared major in engineering.
I have been involved in many extracurricular activities including National Honor Society, Special Olympics, Basketball and Track and Field. I served as Class Treasurer and was manager of the basketball team for four years. Next year I will attend Southern Maine Community College to major in Liberal Arts with a concentration in History.
I have been involved with field hockey all four years of high school, and was varsity captain my senior year. I have also been involved with National Honor Society and Math Team. I am going to attend the University of Southern Maine as a Russell Scholar this fall.
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I have been involved in extracurricular such as the National Honor Society and Big Brothers Big Sisters. I am also an active member of the Class of 2009, serving as a class representative, and I am Chair of the Prom Committee. Next year I will attend the University of Farmington majoring in Early Childhood Special Education.
I participated in varsity field hockey, varsity cheerleading, and spring track. I was captain for both field hockey and cheerleading. I was also involved in Key Club, the National Honor Society, and Big Brother Big Sister. Next year I will attend Simmons College to study Physical Therapy.
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American Legion Gray Post #86: Brandon Bagley
American Legion Gray Post #86 Boys State: Cody Humphrey, Hans Nielsen, Kyle Orlando
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Chief Jon E. Barton Scholarship: Kristian Foster
Danylle Jade Doyle Memorial Scholarship: Ashly Watson
Dr. Kenneth Russell Memorial Scholarship: Brittany Adell
Fiddleheads Center for the Arts: Riva Foss
Fraternal Order of Eagles 4131: Emily Johnson
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John M. Lowe Scholarship Fund : Cody Humphrey
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Lee Foster Memorial Music Scholarship: Mercedes Bagdon
Lorna E. Hall Scholarship: Scott Albert
Louise Webber Ray Memorial Scholarship: Cody Humphrey
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Maine Masonic Scholarship: Michaela Sangillo
Maine Principals' Association Award: Kyle Orlando
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The slow start did not surprise coach Gordy Gorham.
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text: Baby > Your Life Time-Saving Exercise Tips Between feedings and changings, you barely have time to feed and change yourself, let alone go to the gym. Want to know how other moms make time to workout throughout the day? Photo: ThinkStock / The Bump "It's fun to sit my baby in his chair and do sit-ups while playing peek-a-boo." -- Ddrydale"My husband and I take my son for walks, and on weekends my husband watches him for an hour so I can go to the gym." -- mgonzalez"I lift him with my feet to tone my legs. I used to lift him with my arms, but then he got too big!" -- Emwise"I've been doing Zumba Fitness on Wii during naptime. It's a great work out and has definitely helped me tone up. I have more energy to keep up with my 10-month-old." -- Jforbes"I have three kids and one on the way. Going up and down the stairs with a toddler, a laundry basket and a preggo belly really tones your legs. I highly recommend it!" -- mmkapfer"I put my son in a bouncy swing and he watches me work out to Turbojam. He smiles and laughs because I make it look fun." –- Lcreighton"I go to the gym during my lunch break." -- Mcford"I just found a yoga app for the iPad, so I do that at night while my hubby plays a computer game." -- Mskinner"I put one down to nap and the other will 'workout' with me." -- aqshort"I use a YouTube video called Z-Wow. The trainer has tons of different exercise videos and it takes about 20 minutes! Perfect for baby's naps." -- bwgehrs"I do push-ups and kiss my son every time I go down. I also do sit-ups next to him while he plays on the floor, and lunges using him as a weight. My little man loves working out with me!" -- llbillheimer"I just try to make it part of playtime with him so I'm more likely to do it!" -- jlarkin Plus more from The Bump: 10-Minute Workouts While Baby Naps Fun Ways to Lost the Baby Weight Reasons to Exercise Post-Baby -- Leah Rocketto See More: Exercise , Mommy Life Previous Article: Things You Never Thought You'd Say, But Do Next Article: Top 10 Beauty Buys for New Moms Maternity Leave Around the World These countries' stellar benefits might make you consider applying for a visa before you deliver. Rashes and Skin Problems in Babies The real deal on what could be causing baby's rash -- and how to clear it up. Mother's Day Gifts: What Never to Give This is what you don't want for Mother's Day. Take note. popular questions Q&A: Best first foods for baby? Q&A: 4-month wakeful period? Q&A: Bedtime routine? recently added questions Plus-Size Maternity Clothing Q&A What Happens at Baby's One-Month Checkup? When Can I Switch Baby From the Infant Car Seat to a Convertible?


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Smoking Gun - Walmart is pressing a felony charge against a 63-year-old worker who has been accused of stealing a bag of Oreo cookies from the Indiana store where she worked on the maintenance crew.
Penny Winters was arrested this week after Walmart launched an internal investigation upon the discovery of an empty cookie wrapper. A subsequent review of surveillance footage showed "Ms. Winters select the package of cookies, open it, and proceed to consume multiple cookies during her work shift," according to a Portage Police Department report.
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Dear Doctor,
do you never inject into the vermillion border to create a white roll? You said in one of the other posts that you are not an "outliner guy". So you would not inject into the vermillion border. But isn´t that a youthful look and how do you create more vertical height? Or is that border and philrum thing overplayed? Is it risky to inject into the vermillion border because it could create collagen in an unwanted manner?
How do you create more vertical height?
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Air conditioning units are crucial in cars — especially if you live in an area prone to humid and hot temperatures. However the problem with A/C units is that they consume a lot of fuel as they run. Fortunately, researchers from the Polytechnic University (PolyU) in Hong Kong recently announced that they have successfully developed and tested a solar-powered A/C system for vehicles.
Developed in collaboration with industry partners including Green Power Industrial Ltd, the A/C system consists of a photovoltaic module, a solar control system, an air-conditioning control unit, an electrical VFD (variable frequency-driven) compressor, and a cool air and temperature feedback system. The project was devised by Professor Eric Cheng of PolyU's Department of Electrical Engineering, who designed it to be installed on trucks carrying beverages — we have already talked about the system being used in Coca-Cola's fleet of vehicles, but this is the first time that the unit has been successfully tested.
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tasneem March 31, 2012 at 6:10 am
Remarkable market forseen ahead.
belloo October 10, 2011 at 10:37 am
had the researchers face any problems with the size of the solar panels on top of the vehicle ? or how could you make such size of solar panel to generate about 1 hp o/p ? because we have a problem here with the big size of the solar panele as we workout on it as a student project in university and we need your expert .. awaiting your reply .. thanks
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PCPer v4.0 Giveaway: Thermaltake Challenger Ultimate Gaming Keyboard
Subject: Editorial, General Tech | April 20, 2011 - 05:43 PM | Ryan Shrout
Tagged: thermaltake, giveaway, contest
As you can no doubt tell, PC Perspective got a HUGE and much needed facelift over the weekend to what we are internally calling "PC Perspective v4.0". I know there are still some kinks to work out and we are actively addressing any feedback from our readers in this comment thread.
But we want to celebrate the launch of the new site in style!! Some of our site sponsors have very generously offered up some prizes for us to give out throughout the coming days...
The third set of prizes is a pair of Thermaltake esports Challenger Ultimate Gaming Keyboard!
These babies have just about everything you want on a keyboard and probably more. Backlight? Check. On-board audio jacks and USB ports? Yup. A FAN??? Yessir.
What do you have to do to win this wonderful piece of hardware?
Couldn't be easier: post a comment in this post thanking Thermaltake for its sponsorship of PC Perspective as well as what you want to see most on your next keyboard. I want a drink holder.
You should probably have a registered account or at least be sure you include your email address in the appropriate field so we can contact you!
We will pick the winners tomorrow and move on to the next hardware that finds its way to PC Perspective offices. Good luck and thanks for reading!!
Thank you Thermaltake.
Beer bottle opener would be nice for those long gaming sessions.
Thanks, Thermaltake! Oh, the website is nice, too. But it needs to be integrated with the forums. I don't like having two accounts for the same website.
Thanks to Thermaltake for sponsoring PC Perspective! and i'd like to see fan control modules on the keyboard...
Thank you Thermaltake for your support of pcper, and great job on the new website.
Thank you Thermaltake!
I'd be interested in a keyboard that raises to reveal a grill. So I can cook my gaming bacon. Cause everything needs more bacon. Including keyboards.
Thermaltake's sponsoring of PCPer is awesome. That keyboard rocks!!
Thanks, Thermaltake. I would like to see a thumbstick on the keyboard, like the Logitech G13.
Thanks for the support you offer to your customers, the keyboard on the contest looks really sharp. I'll keep my fingers crossed in the meantime ill use mine. I would like to see more usb ports at least 3, a 3.5 audio output, and backlight, for now thats my modest input. Good luck everyone.
Thanks for the support Thermaltake! I'd love to be able to report how well this keyboard works!
As for the site - It's too easy to double post here by accident :(
Thanks PCPer & Thermaltake. this will be a great gift
Thanks Thermaltake, good to see you supporting a decent website!!!
It would be awesome if I had a full LCD display across the top, just enough to load my steam friends list or similar display. That way, I dont have to use parts of my monitor setup for small things like that.
Thanks Thermaltake for this opportunity to win an amazing product. My friends and I were talking and we came up with the idea of a joystick. :D
Awesome. Keyboard looks nice. I agree with the drink holder. Thanks thermaltake for continued sponsorship.
Awesome! Thermaltake comes through all the time and provides some awesome prizes to the community, great to see them still sponsoring strong!
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Thanks Thermaltake for your sponsorship in pcper. I would like a keyboard that is bluetooth capable and also has good battery life and add in some customizable backlight too. Also most/all gamers have faded (WASD) keys so it would be i good idea to make the keys in then next generations "Fade Proof"
Thanks Thermaltake! I would like to see a feature in which the keyboard cools your hands while playing!
Thank you Thermal Take!!! Sponsoring this contest is really cool and a great way to give back to those of us who've supported you over the years.
In my next keyboard, Id like to be able to change the backlight color so that it can match my PCs lighting or the color scheme of my screen or whatever game I'm playing.
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i've been using a generic white keyboard for so many years it's turning brown. i'm looking forward to a keyboard that's not 50% dried finger grime!
Ah, Thermaltake... how I appreciate the sponsorship you given to my favorite tech site on the web.
A drink holder would be fantastic!
Thermaltake: thanks for supporting PCPer! And thanks for making the silver arrow so awesome :).
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I'd love to see some underglow for when it's propped up, and maybe some light patters and motion with different colored lights under the keys.
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What I would like on my next keyboard would be something where I can put a small amount of water in a hole in the top/back, and easily flush out all the dust/dandruff :P
Thanks ThermalTake and PCPer. The next thing I want to see on a keyboard is solar powered keyboard.
Thanks ThermalTake and PCPer. The next thing I want to see on a keyboard is solar powered keyboard.
PCper and the new GUI is great, still say you guys need a mobile version of the site so i can check out stuff on the go
Thank you ThermalTake for sponsoring PCPer!
KB needs raised bump on at least one of the WASD keys to relocate your fingers in the dark.
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In the good old days, all J. Edgar Hoover needed to tap a phone was to attach two alligator clips to a telephone wire and put on a head set. Today, even with billions of dollars and the most advanced super computers available, the FBI cannot listen to top criminals and terrorist groups. The problem is an advanced telecommunications security technology called encryption, which hampers law enforcement's efforts to tap criminal and terrorist communications. Encryption is a method of scrambling messages, allowing only authorized parties to decode them.
This high tech barrier led FBI Director Louis Freeh on March 27 to seek new authority, extending Federal wiretap powers with new laws and technology. The Federal government performs about a thousand wire taps per year, according to Dept. of Justice records. But now the FBI has asked the Federal Communications Commission, or FCC, to step in and force telecommunications carriers and equipment manufacturers to adopt FBI proposed standards for implementing the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act of 1994, or CALEA. In its public notice the bureau demanded that it be given the ability to monitor more than 50,000 phone lines simultaneously. In many areas of the country, the FBI is seeking increases in technical capacity of nearly 300 percent.
The FBI's request has touched off a storm of controversy with privacy, industry and human rights advocates. It would require all hardware and software manufacturers to provide the federal government with technical access to secure communications through new technology, called key Recovery or Key Escrow, which allows law enforcement to penetrate strong encryption with a "back-door" feature. The "back-door" design allows law enforcement to tap secure email over the Internet, track electronic banking or monitor sophisticated, scrambled phone calls. Thus, Freeh wants a back door to be required in all phones, fax machines and computers.
Yet, the back-door technology, according to some Clinton administration officials, is not very good at catching criminals. A TOP SECRET 1993 National Security Council (NSC) report for President Clinton on the impact of advanced communications on law enforcement states:
"[Key Escrow] would either (1) discourage criminals from using encryption [communications security] because they realized that most products did not provide protection from wiretaps, or (2) encourage criminals to acquire strong encryption [no back door], whether commercial or home made."
In fact, according to a May 1996 memo on the secret meeting with the CIA Director:
"Efforts to maintain tight controls on encryption in the 'Internet age' lack credibility, threaten to impose real costs on U.S. industry and, its competitiveness, and are becoming a political embarrassment for the Administration... Lost in the debate, but not irrelevant, is the fact that it is virtually impossible to enforce export control's against them [strong encryption products] when they can be exported by phone and modem or/in someone' s pocket."
To make matters worse, many American police departments don't want to use the key escrow technology. According to a TOP SECRET memo written in November of 1996 by William Reinsch, the Commerce Department's head of the Bureau of Export Administration:
"Police forces are reluctant to use 'escrowed' encryption products (such as radios in patrol cars). They are more costly and less efficient than non-escrowed products. There can be long gaps in reception due to the escrow features - sometimes as long as a ten second pause. Our own police do not use recoverable encryption products; they buy the same non-escrowable products used by their counterparts in Europe and Japan. Other government agencies may also reject key recovery.."
So, if savvy criminals won't use key escrow equipped machines and the police don't like them, who besides Director Freeh does? That's easy: The People's Republic of China, which has emerged as a major buyer of US manufactured encrypted telephones, radios and software. This comes as no surprise to Bruce Schneier, author of the best selling book on computer security APPLIED CRYPTOGRAPHY, who tells INSIGHT:
"Key escrow is not well suited to attack intelligent or well-funded organizations. Dictators, organized crime syndicates, terrorist organizations, and the like will always be able to get their hands on strong cryptography. Key escrow is, by its very nature, aimed at the innocent masses and the dumb criminals. Those who don't have enough resources to get strong cryptography will be forced to use whatever is easily available." According to Schneier, the Clinton design is in itself a deception, because key recovery is aimed at monitoring ordinary citizens and criminals alike.
It happens that the Clinton administration is co-operating with China and other countries on the development of a global Key Recovery system, an infrastructure in which all participating countries could request access to the keys held by police in member countries. In fact, the Clinton administration sent US Navy technical representatives to Beijing in November 1997 to discuss the construction of key recovery and key escrow technology.
China, however, does not share US views on civil rights nor legal processes. The New York Times reported that the Chinese government arrested leading democracy activist Xu Wenli in late March after Xu simply urged authorities to establish a human rights watch dog group. Chinese police rifled his home and confiscated his computer, fax machine and copier, releasing him a day later with the warning "not to cross the line," the Times reported.
Could Key Recovery be abused by foreign powers to persecute their dissidents and political opponents? Could this new tool to fight high tech crime stifle democracy around the world?
"Yes," the former National Security Agency, or NSA, director, Adm. Mike McConnell, tells INSIGHT. "It was our view in the 1980s that strong encryption will happen. It is no longer a matter of national security. It is now a domestic law enforcement problem."
These stunningly frank words come from the man who served both President Bush and President Clinton at helm of the NSA. McConnell, now retired from the government, headed the intelligence agency charged with breaking encryption codes. His view of the Clinton policy, however, is also shared by the same privacy and defense advocates he once opposed.
"Yes - It [Key Escrow] can be used against dissidents," David Sobel, legal counsel for the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) tells INSIGHT. EPIC is one of several powerful lobby groups that has centered their efforts on Congress and the Courts for the battle over cyber privacy.
"The encryption techniques advocated by the Clinton Administration are subject to serious abuse by repressive regimes," says Sobel. "That is why the international human rights community has become increasingly vocal in its opposition to US encryption policy."
Another activist group that has taken on the Clinton administration is the Federation of American Scientists, or FAS, a non-profit policy organization whose Board of Sponsors includes over 55 American Nobel Laureates. While better known for exposing CIA disinformation campaigns on UFOs and secret warplanes flying from Area-51, FAS also has a cyber project monitoring the Clinton administration's Key Recovery policy.
"Strong crypto has been an important tool for human rights activists around the world," stated John Pike, Director of the Space Policy Projects for FAS and head of their cyber policy group. Pike, a former 1992 Clinton campaign advisor on defense issues, now finds himself, like McConnell, in opposition to the administration's support of key recovery.
"It is no surprise that its [strong encryption] use is not encouraged by police states. While failure to implement key recovery may at times hamper US police and intelligence agencies, the pervasive availability of strong crypto will pose an even greater threat to oppressive regimes," Pike says. "On balance the benefits of this democratizing potential would seem to outweigh the costs of the consequent problems for US law enforcement."
Steve Aftergood, the FAS Secrecy and Government director agreed with Pike, Sobel, McConnell and Schneier. "It is obvious that the same features of Key Recovery technology that makes it so attractive to the FBI are also very appealing to foreign security services. The US government would normally obtain a warrant in order to monitor Key Recovery communications. Other governments which elect to monitor communications have little or no concern about issues such as civil rights and judicial process."
"To borrow a phrase from another issue .. If the government outlaws encryption - then only outlaws will have encryption," says Aftergood, who adds. "Strong encryption is available world-wide independent of US government control. The horse is out of the barn and the barn is on fire with us inside. If strong encryption were made available today to the US public there would be a net benefit to law enforcement and national security."
"There is no question what the future impact of Clinton's Key Recovery design will be," warns security expert Schneier: "Cryptography has to potential to be a technological equalizer. [With strong encryption] the Chinese dissidents are no weaker than the Chinese government, but key escrow tips the scales back so that power begats more power. In 20 years, selling a country like China a key escrow system may look a lot like building a chemical plant for Iraq in 1980 or selling shock batons to South Africa in 1970."
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The Circle Elm and the Library Oak: Part Two
As a consequence of Dutch elm disease and the lack of diversity in its landscape plantings, the UNI campus today has only a few large trees. There is a nice double row of pin oaks, none planted earlier than the 1930s, between the Campanile and the West Gym. There is a large soft maple in the low area south of the President's House. There are also some large ash trees, probably planted in the late 1890s, in front of Seerley Hall. However, almost certainly no tree now standing on campus was here when the school opened in 1876.
One of the finest large trees remaining on campus is the oak in front of the Rod Library. This beautiful example of the swamp white oak (Quercus bicolor) has survived many years of foot traffic, construction, and other disturbance to become a campus landmark. It is difficult to say exactly when the library oak began its life on campus. The tree does not appear in photos from the 1890s or the early 1900s.
Military drill, 1892; the oak would eventually grow about where the cadets are drilling.
In those days the area where the tree and the library now stand was the school's "backyard" and playing field. Students participated in athletics and military drill in this area.
A gymnasium, completed in 1904 and now known as the Innovative Teaching and Technology Center, was the first building erected in this area.
The Gymnasiurm (now the Innovative Teaching and Technology Center), c. 1904.
At that same time, a small "temporary" frame building for Domestic Science classes was built just south of the Gymnasium. It stood a little in front of where the northeast corner of the Library now stands. This temporary building probably provided the reason for the planting of what is now the library oak.
The Domestic Science building was built in the shape of the letter "C", with the arms of the "C" pointing west. These arms framed a little yard sheltered on three sides by the building. Not long after this building was completed, a small tree appears in photographs of this yard.
Gymnasium (Left) and Domestic Science Building, c. 1910.
Close-up view of the photo above;
note the oak sapling.
The precise date that the tree first appears cannot be determined because there are few photos of this part of campus during this time. However, it is reasonable to estimate that the first photo in which the tree appears was taken around 1910.
Given the disturbance caused by the construction of the Gymnasium and the Domestic Science building and the lack of oak trees in the vicinity, it is unlikely that the tree was a volunteer that happened to germinate in a fortunate location. Rather, it is likely that it was planted there intentionally, perhaps to provide shade from the setting sun and shelter from the west wind.
The oak prospered in this location. By the middle to late 1920s, the oak stood about fifteen feet tall and already gave a little shade to the Domestic Science building.
Domestic Science Building and oak tree, c. 1928.
From the middle 1920s through the early 1940s, the Teaching Department ran a nursery school in this building. The best close-up images of the oak during these years occur in photos of the nursery school and its activities. The oak made excellent growth during this period. Early nursery school photos show a healthy, but still obviously young tree. Late photos show the oak beginning to assume the shape of a mature oak. During this time the diameter of the trunk also increased remarkably.
The Nursery School, c. 1928.
Children playing with oak leaves, 1930 (Left) and napping, 1932 (Right).
Lunch, 1934 (Left) and the oak in winter, 1935-1936 (Right).
Airviews offer another perspective on the oak. A shot from about 1930 shows the dark leaves of the oak peaking over the roof of the white frame Domestic Science building near the top center of the photo. This photo also gives a good idea of the proximity of the Circle Elm to the old power plant.
Airview with Seerley Hall in foreground, c. 1930; oak is dark
shape behind white building at top center; Circle Elm is little
above center. (Photo by Mack's Photographs)
An airview from the late 1930s shows the new power plant in operation on the left of the photo and the old power plant site cleaned up and landscaped.
Airview, c. 1938.
An airview from the early or middle 1940s shows that the first phase of Lawther Hall has been completed and that O. R. Latham Stadium has a permanent grandstand. The oak shows a little wider spread.
Airview, c. 1942; oak behind white building and left of East Gym.
A significant change occurred in the oak's neighborhood in May 1954. After fifty years, the "temporary" Domestic Science building was demolished.
Demolition of Domestic Science
Building, 1954; oak on right.
(Photo by Chloris Anderson Robinson)
The oak became freestanding and visible from all sides for the first time. An airview from about 1960 shows the Circle Elm at left center and the oak standing relatively isolated to the left of the East Gym.
Airview, c. 1960; oak is left center.
The oak did not stand isolated for long. In 1963, construction began on Phase One of the Rod Library. Excavation for the foundation and the east window wells extended very close to the oak's drip-line.
Library construction, 1963; oak trunk behind workman.
The construction company built its saw shed just a few feet away from the oak's trunk. Heavy equipment and concrete walks compacted soil and altered drainage near the oak.
Sidewalk construction in front of Library, 1964.
The oak survived all this disturbance and quickly became a featured photographic subject. The oak's location near the northeast corner of the Library helped to frame and soften the lines of the new library building.
The new Library, 1964.
(Photo by Joel Strasser)
For the years between the completion of Phase One of the Library in 1964 and the beginning of the construction of Maucker Union in 1967, the oak was on the edge of the pleasant central campus park known as the Back Circle.
The Back Circle, c. 1966, with the oak at right center.
With the completion of the Union in 1969, the immediate surroundings of the Library Oak took on their current appearance. Most of the area between the Union and the Library was paved. Green space was severely limited. The oak was confined to a small grassy area of a little over 1000 square feet.
The Library and the Union, c. 1980; oak on the right.
The Library Oak has lived under difficult conditions for the last forty years. The surrounding concrete sidewalk and plaza reflect heat and limit the amount of water that can reach the oak's roots. Replacement of most of the surrounding concrete sidewalk with brick pavers in 2010 might help with water retention. The Library's east window well limits the spread of the oak's roots. Lightning struck the oak during a thunderstorm one night in the late 1970s. The curved scar from that strike, with some apparent decay, is still clearly visible on the south side of the trunk. The curbing installed in 1995 is a mixed blessing: it discourages casual foot traffic, but it shunts rainwater from the walks away from the oak.
Yet the oak seems to be in good health. It leafs out fully and produces a crop of acorns every year with the loss of only an occasional small branch. It does not seem be increasing its spread much in recent years, but the diameter of the trunk seems to increase a little. Despite being located in a tiny, isolated island of green in a sea of hard surfaces, the oak continues to appear in many university publications. It was featured, for example, in Bill Witt's photo for the cover of the 1993-1994 UNI telephone directory, shown to the right.
The Library Oak is probably about one hundred years old. That is about the age of the Circle Elm when it was cut down. If the oak gets enough water, if it is not disturbed by further construction, if it can avoid disease, it has the potential to survive for many years to come.
Botanical advice by Reference Librarian Chris Neuhaus; scanning and Web coding by Library Assistant Susan Basye; photo selection and essay by University Archivist Gerald L. Peterson, January 1998; last updated November 15, 2011 (GP)
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Most state health insurers seek rate boost: Proposals compared
Proposed rate changes for 2015 individual health plans are all over the map, but most companies are keeping up with tradition by requesting increases in premiums.
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If approved, rate increases for 2015 individual health plans proposed by 12 insurance companies may affect most policyholders, whether they bought their plans through Washington Healthplanfinder's online marketplace or in the outside market.
Washington is one of the first states to see proposed rate changes for 2015 individual health-insurance plans.
The proposed rate changes range from a decrease of 6.8 percent — from Molina Healthcare of Washington — to an increase of 26 percent from Time Insurance, a national company with relatively few Washington policyholders.
Most rate-change requests, particularly from larger insurers, were in the middle ground, with most asking for increases from about 2 to about 11 percent.
To anyone who has had individual insurance, premium increases are not surprising: Records show that, on average, insurers have proposed rate increases for individual plans from about 9 percent to more than 18 percent every year from 2007 to 2013. After review by the Office of the Insurance Commissioner, the average rate increases imposed were lower — in most cases, only slightly lower. But in one year, rate-increase requests were cut by more than 3.5 percentage points.
With the exception of relatively few grandfathered plans, all individual plans were new in 2014 to comply with provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which set certain standards for coverage and barred insurers from excluding people with pre-existing conditions.
Some insurers offer plans only inside the Healthplanfinder exchange; some offer plans only in the outside market. Five are proposing plans both inside and outside the exchange. Any rate- change proposals for those insurers would affect both inside and outside plans.
The rates do not become final until they pass review.
Spokeswoman Stephanie Marquis said it likely would be a tough review this year because insurers have only a few months' worth of actual claims data, so they must use other data sources to justify rate increases.
There didn't appear to be differences between proposed rates for plans sold only inside the Healthplanfinder exchange market and those sold only outside.
BridgeSpan Health, whose exchange plans picked up a relatively small portion of the market this year, asked for a 1.7 percent increase; its affiliate, Regence BlueShield, which offers only outside-the-exchange plans, asked for 5.1 percent.
Coordinated Care Corp., with exchange-only plans, asked for 11.2 percent, as did Group Health Cooperative, which has plans both inside and outside the exchange. Group Health Options, with plans offered only outside the exchange, asked for 14.2 percent.
Premera Blue Cross, offered both inside and outside the exchange, and Community Health Plan of Washington, with only exchange plans, asked for 8.1 and 8.4 percent, respectively.
In the small group market, insurers on average proposed smaller rate increases, with at least four insurers asking to decrease rates. That may be because insurers expect to pick up younger members now insured by association plans that have been discontinued because they did not meet the requirements of the ACA, Marquis said.
Four new companies have submitted proposals for individual plans to be sold inside Washington's Healthplanfinder exchange. Because the plans are new, there are no rate changes proposed. Those companies are Columbia United Providers, Health Alliance Northwest Health Plan, UnitedHealthcare of Washington, and Moda Health Plan. Moda currently has individual plans in the outside market but plans to replace all existing plans.
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This hotel is located in Bologna (Historic Center), close to Montagnola Park, Fountain of Neptune, and University of Bologna. Also nearby are Tower of the Asinelli and Tower of the Garisenda.
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Mortal Kombat: Legacy. Part 3
So today makes the end of my look at the Mortal Kombat Legacy web series, it's been fun but next week I'll be moving onto media anew butuntil then lets look at some fan faviurites from the MK universe.
So lets finish this little mini series as I look at the last 3 episodes of Mortal Kombat legacy. I'll dispense with the episode recap this time as I have the episodes for viewing on the site now so I'd head there and watch them first if you've not already looked at them.
These last episodes focus on the most popular characters of the series and the the happenings of the clans they belong to.
Episodes 7 & 8 (Sub-Zero, Scorpion, Quan-Chi)
So this two parter was probably what most fans were waiting to see, with Sub Zero and Scorpion being the poster characters of the franchise. Though it was interesting to see what Sub-Zero would appear as given that Rebirth had Scorpion already killing the brother.. though its never revealed if it was the good of bad one.
Though the little twist of it being Quan-Chi and not Sub-Zero is a nice touch… It sets up Scorpion's revenge plot for the tournament and essentially making him an UN-dead. Given Scorpion was always a wild card in the franchise not serving anyone but his own agenda this sets him up as an ally of sorts for Quan-Chi.
So lets look at the characters starting off with Scorpion: essentially the hero of the episodes. We get to see Scorpion pre-death and as a family man which is something that generally doesn't get a lot of expansion into so I found this to be a refreshing change. Returning from Rebirth to again play Scorpion is Ian Anthony Dale, fresh from playing Kazuma Mishima in the (Good no matter what you all say) live action TEKKEN movie.
He gives Scorpion, still using his actual name until his death, a very real feel to him. You believe that he's quite a family man, he loves his son and wife and why its clear that there's some reason why his son can't grow up to be in the same clan its never explored given Quan-Chi's intervention, however there seems to be a very big secret and its something that will prevent his son becoming part of his can later on in life.
The focus of these episodes is really only on Scorpion and his family, while Sub-Zero appears and fights, albeit in the form of Quan-Chi (though it might not always be as other Lin Kuei ice uses around) He never gets any real development, it does seem like he appears in order to satisfy the the need for a big fight for the episodes. He only has a few lines as well which doesn't help his case, Quan-Chi speaks more then him and his part in this is really only a slightly expanded cameo akin to how Shane Tsung appeared in Johnny Cage's episode.
It would have been nice to have some back story on the Lin Kuei or even just Sub-Zero however the focus is clearly on the core family and I have to admit that side of it is done really well. After the fight between the two Scorpion returns to find him family frozen and its a heart breaking scene that Dale really manages to sell. It even threw me completely off guard when I expected him to rush off for revenge his dis pear allows them to sneak up n him and kill him as well. Were also given a little hint that the kid planned to try and save his mother, grabbing his kunai and rope when the Kuei broke in however its left unclear as to what actually happened, if he fought and was killed or stayed hidden and was found, either way though the family had to die to create the character of Scorpion.
As mentioned before there is only one major fight scene for the episode… the clash of Scorpion and Sub-Zero. The is a half technical battle and half a special effects bonanza, obviously Subzero makes use of his ice abilities and Scorpion gets to use his spear. The actual fighting however is a mix of complex kicks and punches which is fought as a much slower pace to either Jax or Johnny Cage's fights. The special effects are kept to a minimal usage and because of that are actually very effective.
I think something that does need mentioning is the costumes for the main 3 MK characters. I do like Scorpions costume, the mask not so much which feels like a call back to the awful Reptile mask from the original Mortal Kombat Movie. Sub-Zero's costume I actually don't like, though I understand the design choices to led to it however. I think fur just looks out of place as part of the costume, though it takes its idea from real life tribes that live in article landscapes but it just doesn't feel like an assassin's garb. This finally leads me to Quan-Chi. While I don't have a problem with the character I think once again the problem lies with the idea of grounding the character in the real world. I think pale white characters work well as big muscle bound men like Kratos from God of War of how Quan-Chi (as well as everyone else) is shown in the games. However here we have a borderline anorexic Quan-Chi when the make-up just makes him seem slightly frail.. though again this might be what you expect from an all powerful sorcerer.
So that's the Scorpion arc of the series. All in all I think it does a god job of making Scorpion someone you can sympathise with, now this isn't a complete character change like in Johnny Cage's case but its good to see the background of the character really expanded on really seeing what he was put through. It does set him up well as a potential lead of the future movie in the same way that he was one of the leads of the Rebirth pitch. We get to see that there's actually a lot to show off and explore with this character as well as the revelations that are to come for him in the future. I can just hope that Dale continues on playing the character as he really embodies the character well!
Episode 9 (Sector & Cyrax)
The finale episode of the series was originally delayed and kept to be premièred at a con event. Though this may have been a way to buy more time for the episode as this is the most CG based episode of the series and nicely comes full circle from the original Jax arc where we saw the exoskeletons being developed.
This episode introduces us to Sector and Cyrax. And in a move that ironically copied what Mortal Kombat 9 would go on to also do it introduces us to these characters while still human, showing their thoughts on what's about to happen to them. Time line wise its not clear how much time has passed since that last episode but the Lin Kuei have now gone into their robot transformation arc which Sub Zero (or the younger one at least) rebelled against. But anyway there's no way of knowing if that happened in the Legacy universe.
Anyway the little opening conversation between Sector and Cyrax is quite interesting, while Cyrax seems to be fully loyal to the clan and is still willing to go through with the the 'operation' to be turned into a cyborg he's clearly against it and sees the turning the clan members into cyborgs a bad thing. Sector on the other hand actually believes that this is al for the god of the clan and is perfectly willing to go through with the process. In the recent game Cyrax actually attempts to run from the clan like Smoke and Sub-Zero would go onto.
So the main body of the episodes consists of two major fights while the cyborg-ing process taking place between the two, the first fight hows off that both Cyrax and Sector are high level fighters and killers. Its not a bad fight scene, fitting into the lines of the Scorpion and Sub-Zero's fight its not as technically profound as Johnny Cage's (Matt Mullins is the best technical martial artist of the series) episode but still fun to watch. Though its only purpose is to really set up the future fight.
After the two of them are turned into cyborgs they are put up against another cyborg… possibly robot as its never actually explained but this is where we see something truly special. The CG fight of the 3 of them is filled with partial arts that's inhumanly possibly and really ends up being a real sceptical to watch. While the compositing isn't perfect though this is probably more because of the available budget for the episode the camera matching is actually very well done and you can loose yourself into thinking their all real as the fight goes on.
All in all its really an episode that feels more like fan service and the series going out on a high note as its likely that with a full movie now in production WB wont be returning to the web series. There is actually very little development of Sector and Cryax themselves as as after their little chat in the van they fight and are converted to cyborgs. The Lin Kuei Grand Master is introduced but is really just shown for making the episode seem grander in scale as you learn nothing about him overall.
Credit should go to managing to still humanising the two fighters despite it being done in predictable means, you do actually care for them as they find seem to sustain a high amount of damage during the first half of the robot fight. Mostly more for Cyrax given the initial conversation makes him more relate able then the stone cold killer the Sector seems to be.
But that's Mortal Kombat Legacy complete, when the new film eventually comes out I'll be sure to do something for it as for all the misses the that the web series had overall it did also have a ton of great moments and was very enjoyable. I just hope they keep the cast for the most part.. they can bring in bigger names for other parts but I feel that casting for Scorpion and cage especially were spot on and I'd hate to see them played by others at this point.
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During this month NRK (The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation) will be podcasting the documentary series of "Vår daglige Beatles", - "Our Daily Beatles", that chronologically tells a short story of every Beatles original 212 releases, along with the song in its entirety. The documentaries was broadcasted in the radioprogram "Norgesglasset" on NRK radio.
NRK has a newly signed deal with the Norwegian music rights holders TONO, allowing us to podcast previously broadcasted radioshows containing less than 70 percent music. Podcast scontaining music is available for four weeks from publishing date.
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In this series from 2007, NRK-journalists Finn Tokvam og Bård Ose gives the background and the history of the song, followed by the song.
The Beatles recorded 211 songs during their time as a band, and the 212th song presentet was the holiday song "Christmas Time Is Here Again", released on the "Free as a Bird" single in 1995.
- We presented them consecutively, as they where published, the A-side before the B-side. At the same time we give the background of each melody, related to places, persons and events that have given inspiration to the writing of each melody, said Mr. Ose.
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