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To stand up for oneself and to be strong, that's what we all want. Especially for women this seems to be a difficult matter. From now on this will change. And that's because of the Women Empowerment Programme developed by Sabum Jantien Lindeboom from I.T.F. Netherlands.
Last weekend was the first instructors course. A true revolution, as this is the first women power programme within the world of Taekwon-Do.
The purpose of this course is clear: participants are encouraged to set up their own classes in their own region. This way more women will be empowered wich of course is not only a good thing for themselves but also for society in general. At the same time this will promote I.T.F. Taekwon-Do and therefore it will encourage more women to practise I.T.F. Taekwon-Do.
This programme is absolutely unique in it's own kind because of the content. Each class has it's own theme, every lesson a different tenet is treated. The goal is to empower women by teaching them how to use the tenets in different situations, active workout and conversations about many subjects like sexual harassment.
Seven instructors from I.T.F. Netherlands participated in this first course. They were all very much inspired at the end of the weekend. Also they were very impressed by the content of the manual and the module. This combined with the professionalism and passion of Sabum Jantien made this weekend a real success.
We hope to reach more instructors next time. That way all the women in the Netherlands can be empowered through Taekwon-Do.
Graziella Idili 4th degree I.T.F. Netherlands
The FITAE-ITF Veneto Committee took part in the 4th successful edition of Sappada Summer Campus in the North of Italy.
Several FITAE members joined sure that they were going to spend a joyful and relaxing week thanks to the activities that make this project special. As usual, a consolidated representation of Tuscany lead by Mrs. Grazia Nenciati and Mr. Graziano Bucci took part in the event.
This project was born in 2011 thanks to Mr. Canteri, Carli and later Mandosio that always believed in its importance. Everyday all the participants could enjoy the mix of trainings and fun activities: morning awakening, kayak, self-defence, excursions and the recreational group works for young and adults in the evening.
Though weather conditions were unfavourable, during the week the enthusiasm in the group, well guided by Mr Carli and Mr. Mandosio, who are the real motor of the event, has gradually grown; half a day in an adventure park for everybody's joy, a walk along the Auronzo Lake and an Aqua-Gym lesson, conducted by the instructor Umberto Manellino, which was an happy surprise also for the building's guests, are examples of a week spent surrounded by serenity and friendship.
The main activities were clearly the outdoor athletic trainings and indoor Taekwon-Do technique in the morning, followed by the fights sessions in the afternoon. All the theachers could compare with the others and lead and involve the future champions in their trainings with a great mix of physical activity and smiles.
According to tradition the conclusion of this experience was the lunch in a local refuge which is well-known for its tasty and large meals.
So ….. a smile for everyone and a great experience which has already collected a lot of confirmations for the next summer.
We hope a lot of new partipants will consider this venture as a possibility to grow in full respect, cordiality and collaboration.
See you next Summer 2015 in Sappada!
Have a look at our pictures! http://www.comitatoveneto.it/tkd/foto-immagini-.html?idx=1&albid=6053075405892541889&back=article
...Read moreThere were 137 participants on the ITA Summer camp this year. The main camp organisers were Mr. Mark Buckley VI Dan and Mr Stephen Ryan VI Dan. The camp was divided into 3 groups; black belts aged 13 and above (with over 70 in the group from 1st to 7th degree and with several of ITA's masters actively training on the camp), colour belts aged 13+ and children aged 10 to 12. Each group had three training sessions per day, with the opportunity for individual and small group consultations each evening. In their off time participants could make use of the swimming pool and sports facilities or just relax. The classes were conducted by some of ITA's most senior instructors and focusing on all aspects of Taekwon-Do; some of the ITA instructors were: Master Wheatley, Mr Stephen Cooley, Mr Stephen Smullen, Mr Adrian Byrne, Mr Niall Jones, Mr Stephen Ryan, Ms Anne-Marie Kinsella, Ms Laura Ryan, Mr Stephen Ryan, Mr Mark Buckley, Mr Luke Laffan. This was the second year we have invited a special guest (last year was Sabum Stephen Tapilatu) and this year was Sabum Tomaz Barada. Mr Barada conducted 2 classes with the black belts each day, 2 classes with the colours belts aged 13+ and one class with the kids group each day. Therefore all groups really had the opportunity to to progress under several hours of tuition form one of the leading coaches in ITF. Mr Barada often let the classes run over time so that he could spend more time with the groups to impart his knowledge. The feedback from all participants was excellent and everyone was really happy with all classes. Next year we will be inviting another well known ITF instructor/master as our special guest and details will be announced soon on www.taekwondo.ie. For some photos and video clips of Mr Barada in action visit the ITA facebook page: www.facebook.com/IrishTKDAssociation. "
The following video was shot on the kid's group, on a training conducted by Mr Barada:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-_9iE26AYQ.
...Read moreDear Respected GMs, Masters, Instructors & Students:
The Original Taekwon-do Federation of America [OTFA] and I cordially invite you to the 2014 OTFA OPEN Taekwon-do Tournament on Saturday, October 4, 2014 to be held at the DURANGO HILLS YMCA located at 3521 N. Durango Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89129.
This second annual competition is open to all ITF style schools and practitioners regardless of affiliation. It is the hope of the OTFA to build this event into one of the largest ITF competitions on the West Coast, as well as a venue to bring together all ITF practitioners in the spirit of Taekwon-do.
The event contact and Tournament Director will be Master Cody Springsguth. If you have any questions or concerns, he can be reached at email@example.com or (619) 993-5425.
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We have secured the beautifulMONTE CARLO LAS VEGAS RESORT & CASINOlocated at 3770 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Las Vegas, NV 89109 for those that need a hotel or would like to stay to enjoy Las Vegas after the competition at a special rate of $145.00 + taxes per night.
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Yours in Taekwon-do,
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I appreciate that you're showcasing an album from an underappreciated band, but why not even a mention of Dawn Richard? Women artists have been underrepresented in R&B coverage on this site (and most others) and Goldenheart is a great record. She should be acknowledged, at the very least.
I agree that the Men are refreshing, but if you think that Perfume Genius album is "happy" you may not have listened to it.
This sounds more than a little bit like Len.
Not necessarily a bad thing, just sayin'.
The only disappointment so far is the botched production job on "Terrible Love". When they played it on Fallon, I thought it would become one of the band's most anthemic songs. As it is on the album, it's sort of an extended intro. However, not enough can be said about this album's second half: "Runaway" has one of the most gorgeous vocal melodies Berninger's ever sung.
Reminds me of vintage New Order (Low-Life in particular)…definitely a good thing.
People are going to be saying this a lot about High Violet, but the record really is sounding more and more like the perfect balance between the anthemic moments on Alligator and the more pensive Boxer. Easily my most anticipated album of 2010.
Most of this album is a decent-enough retread of early Of Montreal, but it loses me with the interminable "Siberian Breaks", which spends 12 minutes going absolutely nowhere. The major problem I have with it is that I just don't understand praising them for doing something different when this album is just as derivative as their last. This record is going to lose them the fans they already have, and I doubt it will win them many new ones.


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US PTR Maintenance: Now!
Well, they don't usually give us much warning on these things, so at 4:44 PM PDT we received word that the PTRs were going offline for patch maintenance with no ETA on them coming back online. The fact that the PTRs continue to be updated, despite being online since July 17th, makes me feel that patch 1.12 is still something that's being fine tuned - which lends me to think that the patch going live may still be some time off. Of course... Blizzard has been known to surprise me before, so take this thought with a grain of salt (or two or three). And... since the test realms are still online and going strong - it's a great place to have some fun playing a class you know nothing about!
Update: The PTRs seem to have come back online at 7:25 PM PDT.
Update: The PTRs seem to have come back online at 7:25 PM PDT.
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Ashley Solomon flute/recorder Director
As Director of Florilegium much of Ashley's time is spent working and performing with Florilegium, the ensemble he co-founded in 1991. They have a busy touring schedule and each year perform at major international festivals and concert series throughout Europe as well as the Americas. Florilegium have been recording with Channel Classics since 1993 and have to date made over 20 recordings on this Dutch label.
Born in Sussex, Ashley won a recorder and flute scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music in London where he was awarded first class honours. He went on to complete his post-graduate studies there in 1991 with a scholarship from the Countess of Munster Musical Trust studying recorder with Peter Holtslag and baroque and classical flute with Lisa Beznosiuk. That same year he won first prize in the Moeck International Recorder Competition, resulting in a solo debut recital at London's Wigmore Hall. This led to a debut solo recording project for the English label Meridian Records of recorder and Italian baroque flute music which was released in 1994.
He has performed as a soloist throughout Europe, the Americas, the Far East and Australia, in prestigious venues including the Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), The Frick Collection (New York), Teatro Colon (Buenos Aires) and the Sydney Opera House. He frequently records programmes for radio and television and as well as his many recordings with Florilegium for Channel Classics, he has been recording as a solo artist for the same label since 1998. His solo discography on Channel Classics includes the complete Bach Flute Sonatas (two volumes) as well as a recording of music for period harp and flute with works by Mozart, Rossini, Gluck, Nadermann, Bochsa and Tulou. Volume 1 of the Bach Sonatas was described by Gramophone magazine as "exceptional…prepare to be uplifted" and it went on to be selected as one of the magazines favourite CDs for 2001. From 1997-2000 Ashley was a frequent guest principal flautist with the Sydney based Australian Chamber Orchestra when they performed on period instruments. This position involved several national tours each year as well as recordings for CD and national radio.
Much in demand as a teacher he has given masterclasses and lectures in Australia, Singapore, the Americas, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Portugal, Norway and the UK. In 1998 he was made an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music and this was followed in 2000 with Honorary Membership of the Royal College of Music, where he has been Professor since 1994.
In 2006 he was appointed to the new position of Head of Historical Performance at the Royal College of Music. Since his appointment he has directed numerous projects including an annual series of Bach Cantata concerts, and concerts at festivals in London and further afield. In addition he has directed tours to Italy and Australia with students from Historical Performance. For two years Ashley and his students were involved in recording all the music examples used in the permanent Medieval and Renaissance galleries in the Victoria and Albert Museum. In February 2014 Ashley was appointed to a Personal Chair at the RCM.
In 2013 Ashley made his professional opera conducting debut, directing Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, with Florilegium, solo singers and a chorus from the RCM at the Bath International Music Festival.
In 2003 Florilegium started working with Bolivian Baroque music; initially with a concert at the Wigmore Hall, Ashley led the group in performances in Bolivia 2004 and every two years since then, and they made recordings there in 2004 and 2006, and a third CD was recorded in the Waalse Kerk in Amsterdam, which was released in January 2010.
In 2007 he directed three Bolivian national tours with Arakaendar Bolivia Choir, the choir he formed in that country in January 2006 to perform and record Bolivian Baroque music. Their first CD, released to critical acclaim in 2007, won a number of awards and was nominated for a 2008 BBC Music Magazine award. In February 2008 he directed a European tour with the Choir and Florilegium, including a concert tour in The Netherlands, a concert at the Royal College of Music and a live BBC Radio 3 broadcast.
Ashley was awarded the 2008 Hans Roth Prize; this prestigious Bolivian award has been given to him in recognition of the enormous assistance he has given to the Bolivian native Indians, their presence on the international stage and the promotion and preservation of this music.
Bojan Čičić originally graduated with a diploma in modern violin from The Zagreb Academy of Music. In 2005 he obtained a post-graduate diploma in baroque violin with François Fernandez from the Paris Conservatoire, and in 2007, a Masters Degree with Distinction from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, in the class of Rachel Podger.
Bojan works regularly with The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, The Gabrielli Consort, and The Sixteen. In 2010 Bojan became the principal violinist of Florilegium.
He was a finalist of the 2004 Baroque Music Competition in Schärding, Austria, presided by Ton Koopman. In 2006, he was Leader in a production of Purcell Dido and Aeneas for the Aix-en-Provence Festival, and a year later in Monteverdi Madrigals, both under the direction of Kenneth Weiss. In August 2006 Trevor Pinnock asked him to be one of the soloists in the European Brandenburg Ensemble on their tour across Europe and in the Far East. Their recording of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos won the 2008 Gramophone Award for the best instrumental recording in the early music category. He was asked to lead Charivari Agréable Sinfonie on a recording of 12 Concerti Grossi by G. Torelli.
Bojan plays on a violin by Ruggieri kindly loaned to him by Jumpstart Junior Foundation.
Jennifer Morsches cello
Jennifer Morsches spent her formative years in Alexandria, Virginia, studying cello with David Hardy under the auspices of the scholarship Fellowship and Apprenticeship Programs of the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, D.C. During the summer months she participated in orchestral and chamber music courses at the New England Music Camp, Eastern Music Festival and the Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music in New Hampshire. She has been invited as a guest artist and coach at Apple Hill since 2002. She pursued a liberal arts education at Smith College, where she graduated magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa and First Group Scholar with degrees in Music and German Literature, and was recipient of the Ernst Wallfisch Memorial Prize in music upon graduation in 1990. Jennifer was subsequently accepted into the studio of Timothy Eddy at the Mannes College of Music in New York City, where she received her Master's degree. She continued to study with Mr. Eddy at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, where she received her Doctorate of Musical Arts in 1995. During her post-graduate years, she was a Fellow at the Bach Aria Festival, the Quartet Program and the Tanglewood Music Center. She received regular chamber music coaching sessions with members of the Juilliard String Quartet, Eugene Lehner, Louis Krasner, Felix Galimir, Julius Levine and Gilbert Kalish, and was awarded the C.D. Jackson Prize for outstanding merit and contribution at Tanglewood in 1994. That summer she was also invited to perform with Yo-Yo Ma as part of Wynton Marsalis' educational music videos, recorded by Sony, which have been aired on television worldwide. She was a member of the Cassatt String Quartet in New York City from 1995-96. A growing interest in period instrument performance led her to London in 1996. Since then she has been in great demand as both continuo cellist and chamber music collaborator in the UK as well as on the Continent. As principal cellist of the highly acclaimed baroque ensemble Florilegium, with whom she regularly records for Channel Classics, she has toured extensively throughout the globe and performs regularly at, among other venues, the Wigmore Hall, Royal Festival Hall and Royal Albert Hall. Jennifer performs and tours chamber music in Germany with Trio 1790 (CPO records) and in the Netherlands with the quartet, Island (Centaur Records). Additionally, she is a member of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, the English Baroque Soloists, Orchestre des Champs Elysees and the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. This past spring she was invited to be the continuo cellist for Luc Bondy's production of Hercules at the Nederlands Opera. She also regularly performs in recital with countertenors Michael Chance and Derek Lee Ragin. On modern cello, Jennifer participates in chamber music festivals such as El Paso Pro-Musica, Bravo! Colorado, Consonances Festival in Saint Nazaire, France, the Barossa Music Festival in Australia and the Flanders Festival in Belgium. She has given world premieres of chamber works by David Matthews, Ben-Zion Orgad, Luna Pearl Wolff and Michael Wolpe. She has performed live on BBC Radio 3, BBC World Service, Deutschlandfunk, CBC (Canada), ABC (Australia), WGBH-Boston, WQXR-New York and NPR in the United States.
Reiko Ichise viola da gamba
Reiko was born in Tokyo and began her musical training as a pianist. She read musicology at the Kunitachi College of Music where she started playing the viola da gamba, having lessons with Yukimi Kanbe and Tetsuya Nakano.
In 1991 she came to Britain, winning the foundation scholarship at the Royal College of Music, to study gamba with Richard Boothby. Whilst there, she won the concerto prize and completed her post graduate study with distinction. Since leaving the RCM, she has established herself as one of the leading gamba players in the UK.
Reiko has performed extensively throughout the UK as chamber musician and soloist, appearing in venues including the Royal Festival Hall, Wigmore Hall and the Royal Opera House.
She has worked with many leading conductors and orchestras including Sir John Eliot Gardiner and the English Baroque Soloists, Sir David Willcocks and the English Chamber Orchestra, Paul McCreesh and the Gabrieli Consort, and Kurt Masur and the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
Reiko regularly works with early music ensembles such as Concordia, Passacaglia, Charivari Agreable and the Early Opera Company. She has recorded chamber music for Lynn, Metronome, ASV and deux-elles. Since 2001 she has been a core member of Florilegium
Terence Charlston harpsichord/organ
Terence Charlston was born in Blackpool, Lancashire. From an early age, he was drawn to the sound and repertoire of old instruments, especially the harpsichord, which he first experienced through recordings and BBC Radio 3 broadcasts. He studied piano and organ from childhood and later took degrees in Oxford and London, and in organ, harpsichord and musicology beginning his career in church music. As a harpsichord and organ soloist, he has toured extensively within Europe, as well as to Japan, the USA and South America giving courses and master classes in Germany, Greece, Italy, Mexico and USA.
He is well known to chamber music audiences and performs and records with most of today's leading period singers, instrumentalists and ensembles. He was a member of the quartet London Baroque between 1995 and 2007 with whom he gave nearly 500 concerts worldwide. Like many a Lancashire man, he has gravitated south but is proud to be a patron and guest director of Lancashire Sinfonietta. His wide repertoire spans from the 16th century to the present day and reflects his passionate interest in keyboard music of all types and styles.
He has recorded over 50 commercial CDs on harpsichord, organ, virginals, clavichord and fortepiano and can be heard on the Deux-Elles, Harmonia Mundi, Naxos, ASV, Channel Classics and BIS labels. Recent recordings include Baroque music on the Silbermann style organ belonging to the St. Albans International Organ Festival. For the National Trust he has recorded all the playable keyboard instruments of the Fenton House Collection in Hampstead, London. His harpsichord and organ recordings have been well received in the musical press, and he can be frequently heard on BBC Radio 3.
In addition to an international performing career, he is much in demand as a teacher. He taught academic studies, performance practice and harpsichord at the Royal Academy of Music, London where he founded the department of Historical Performance (1995) and now teaches basso continuo and clavichord. He also lectures for the London centre of Lawrence University, Wisconsin and has given master classes in Italy, Germany, Greece, USA and Mexico. He is professor of harpsichord at the Royal College of Music, London and International Visiting Tutor in Harpsichord Studies at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester.
Terence is an important advocate of English and continental keyboard music of the 17th and 18th centuries and his fascination with this repertoire has resulted in a number of pioneering concerts and recording projects. These include editions and recordings of all Matthew Locke's organ and harpsichord music, Carlo Ignazio Monza's Pièces modernes pour le Clavecin, and a recording and interactive edition of the keyboard music of Albertus Bryne. His recording of William Byrd's My Ladye Nevell Booke can be heard on the British Library's Turning Pages website and he made the world premiere recording of the recently discovered keyboard manuscript of Antoine Selosse.


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Dogs corner man found in South Haven garage
By Erin Guerra Post-Tribune correspondent December 28, 2012 12:40PM
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Updated: December 28, 2012 8:57PM
SOUTH HAVEN -- A South Haven resident's dogs cornered a man at 1:30 a.m. Friday when he entered their owner's garage in the 600 block of Oxbow Road. Still, Kristopher Peyton, 20, also of South Haven, refused to cooperate until an officer stunned him with a taser, police said.
According to the police report, the 54-year-old resident was awakened by his dogs' barking and saw they a man in a dark sweatshirt, later identified as Peyton, cornered in the yard. While the victim was on the phone with police, Peyton entered the garage and, once he knew he had been seen, crawled back out through the dog door. Although he lost his shoes in the process, he climbed fences and ran through several backyards to try to evade arriving police officers. He was found under a bush in the 600 block of Oswego Road.
Police said Peyton gave inconsistent explanations for why he was in the neighborhood and arrested him for felony residential entry and an assortment of misdemeanor charges: resisting law enforcement, criminal trespass, underage drinking and on a warrant for criminal mischief.


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There are now questions surrounding the citizenship of Christian convert Rifqa Bary.
Bary, 17, fled to Florida from her home in Columbus, Ohio, to escape what she said were threats from her parents that she would be killed for leaving Islam to for Christianity.
After several court appearances, Florida Judge Daniel P. Dawson ordered Bary's case be returned to Ohio for a final ruling.
Dawson, however, ruled that the move would not take place until Bary's family produced valid immigration papers.
Now, there are several reports that those papers may not exist and the family could be in the country illegally.
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RK Mechanical's corporate culture is one of hard work and endless opportunity. As a merit shop contractor, we don't believe in a status quo. Instead, we invest in ongoing training and professional development for all of our employees in addition to providing unparalleled health and wellness resources. RK Mechanical's full-time wellness coach is in the office and field five days a week to consult with employees on a host of health-related issues from diet and exercise to smoking cessation. Our dedication to employee advancement, success and overall well-being sets us apart from the herd and contributes to us regularly being named one of the Denver metro area's best and healthiest places to work..
In addition to fostering a productive work environment, the RK culture extends beyond the walls of our facility. Our employees are encouraged to have a healthy work-life balance and take time to focus on themselves and their families, which ultimately makes everyone more effective and satisfied – at work and at home. Events like our annual company picnic and monthly team-building outings offer fun social opportunities for employees to get to know one another better and interact with company leaders in a casual environment. We make it a point to get to know one another as people rather than just employees to promote long-term loyalty and heightened career fulfillment.


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"This was a perfect sticker to attach to card stock to create a label for a Bridal Shower. The top line read, "Life is Sweet". Below it we put in the couple's first names followed by the date of the wedding. Then we punched a hole in the upper right corner and with ribbon attached the label to jars of local honey. It was fitting since we hired a local baker to demonstrate cupcake decoration and served filled and decorated gourmet cupcakes at the Bridal Shower. Working with Tiny Prints was a joy. Our guests raved about the design and use of the label. It could be used for birthday parties, anniversary celebrations and other important events where sweet rule!"
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LGBT Bar to honor Harrigan with corporate counsel awardOct. 2, 2013 |
SPRINGFIELD – The National Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Bar Association will present the Out & Proud Corporate Counsel Award to Bernadette Harrigan, assistant vice president and counsel in the Law Department at Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual). The LGBT Bar is proud to honor attorneys and corporations that advocate for LGBT equality within the legal sphere through the Out & Proud Corporate Counsel Awards program. "Bernadette is a true champion of LGBT equality, both for MassMutual and in her community," D'Arcy Kemnitz, executive director of the LGBT Bar, said. "Her unparalleled advocacy focuses on a number of different issues currently impacting our community and we are thrilled to recognize her many contributions." Harrigan is a founding member and past chairperson of MassMutual's LGBT Employee Resource Group, PRIDE. The group focuses on areas such as recruitment, retention, awareness, community outreach and marketing to support and develop LGBT employees at MassMutual. "I am so grateful to receive this wonderful recognition from the National LGBT Bar Association for my contributions to the LGBT community," Harrigan said. "This is a shared award that is the result of the efforts of many people and I am fortunate to work for, and with, a company that not only values, but takes the lead on improving lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender diversity; not only in the legal profession, but generally." Harrigan's advocacy efforts reach beyond the workplace as well. She is on the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts LGBTQ Bar Association, the statewide organization that promotes LGBTQ legal professionals in Massachusetts. Additionally, she is the past president of the Western Mass LGBT Political Alliance, a non-partisan organization that was formed to secure full civil rights for LGBT individuals. Harrigan has also worked extensively with MassEquality and the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force on the effort to secure equal marriage rights for same sex couples in Massachusetts. The Out & Proud Corporate Counsel Award will be presented on Oct. 10, at a reception in Boston. Contact Kelly Simon at 202-637-7661 or firstname.lastname@example.com for additional information. The National LGBT Bar Association is a national association of lawyers, judges and other legal professionals, law students, activists, and affiliated lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender legal organizations. The association promotes justice in and through the legal profession for the LGBT community in all its diversity. |


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William C. Hearn '63 Student Development Endowment
As the sea has influenced our campus since its inception so, too, has Mr. William C. "Bill" Hearn '63 influenced the students, faculty and staff of Texas A&M University at Galveston over his more than thirty-three years of service. The retirement of Bill Hearn in January, 2008 marked the end of an era at TAMUG that has seen unprecedented growth in all aspects of campus life from student affairs to facilities expansion to the largest enrollment ever at TAMUG.
The retirement ceremony included a demonstration by the Texas State Maritime Academy Corps of Cadets Honor Guard, presentations by Former Students, the reading of proclamations from local, state and federal officials as well the kickoff of the:
Sea Aggie Walkway and William C. Hearn '63 Student Development Endowment Campaign
The first brick to be laid in the new walkway was dedicated to Bill. Proceeds from the current brick campaign, along with the proceeds from bricks and benches already purchased by Former Students, friends of TAMUG, current students, faculty and staff will perpetuate the endowment. The walkway and endowment will serve as an enduring legacy of Bill's countless contributions to the development of student leadership at TAMUG. Your contributions to the endowment will serve as a permanent means of supporting the programs and leadership opportunities for students cultivated by Bill over his career.
Four-by-eight-inch bricks can be purchased for $100 per brick. You may also be able to double, triple or quadruple the amount of your contribution to the endowment campaign by taking advantage of a corporate matching program. If your company has such a program, you may be able to make a larger donation to the endowment and receive a charitable deduction for the amount you give.
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Having a Baby? Save Your Money and Skip Buying These Items
If you are going to have a baby soon and are a first time parent, you may be overwhelmed by all of the baby paraphernalia out there. What is necessary and what will not be useful? With all of the marketing, manufacturers can convince you that most items are a necessity.
Here is a list of items you will likely find unnecessary:
- Pee pee teepees: To prevent the new baby boy in your life from spraying you and himself when you change his diaper. As a mother of a once baby boy, I can tell you that we were only sprayed once, and I doubt the pee pee teepee would have saved us. Instead, learn to change the diaper as quickly as possible.
- Diaper Genie: We have diapered three children, and never required a diaper genie. We simple kept a small garbage can under our bathroom sink cabinet (lined with a plastic grocery store bag), and put the dirty diapers there. Every night we take out the garbage. Occassionally the odor is too strong, and then we just take it out immediately.
- Wipe warmer: This keeps your wipes warm so baby is never exposed to room temperature baby wipes. If you keep your home warm in the winter, there is really no need for one of these.
- Baby bathrobe and slippers: Are these pint-size bathrobes adorable beyond belief? Absolutely, but they are also impractical. Instead, buy a nice hooded towel; it will last much longer and be more useful.
- A full wardrobe: Those teeny, tiny size 0-3 month clothes are ridiculously cute, but many babies will outgrow them quickly. My babies were all big (9 to 10 pounds), and they could never wear 0-3 month clothing for longer than the first 6 weeks. Often, they just stayed in sleep and play clothing. If you receive an abundance of baby clothes, you might consider exchanging them for larger sizes the baby will be able to wear for a longer period of time.
- A full crib set: We may have grown up with soft bumpers around us as we slept in our cribs, but that is a big no-no now. To reduce the risk of SIDS, put your baby to bed with just a sheet covering the mattress and skip the cute comforter and bumpers. If you need bumpers in case baby's leg or arm gets stuck between the slats, consider investing in a breathable, mesh bumper that protects baby but is still safe to help prevent against SIDS.
- Baby socks: You may need a few when your baby goes out, but if your baby is anything like mine were, he will be kicking his feet so much that socks never stay on anyway.
As a first time parent, preparing for baby's arrival can be both exciting and overwhelming. Just remember that you don't need to go overboard to care for your baby. Stick to the basics, and buy things as you need them. Ask the moms around you, and they will also share what products they loved and what ones were a waste of money.


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Find out what interfaith service opportunities these particular participants are excited about and encourage them to dream big as a group about their power to change the world.
Say, in your own words:
Let's take a few minutes to dream about the interfaith service project we will do together. Given what you have learned about religious pluralism and about this community you live in, what are your hopes for interfaith service? Close your eyes and imagine this community three years from now. What do you hope it looks like? What can you do in the next few weeks or months to make it that way?
Take answers quickly, popcorn style, writing them on newsprint to create an "inspiration board."
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Invite everyone to look at the ideas on the inspiration board. Together, choose several that the group agrees excite them and could be done in the time you have available, based on the calendar and/or time line created in Workshop 1. If the list does not include service events that routinely happen or are already scheduled in your community, ask if the group would like to consider working on any of these. These might include existing food bank activities such as canned food drives or serving meals to the hungry; clean up projects; collecting blankets and clothing in winter; an AIDS or CROP Walk or other events to raise money and awareness; or decorating a family homeless shelter for the holidays. Add any events co-leaders have generated in preparing for this workshop, including any you have found in the program Introduction. Tell the group they do not have to decide on an event yet, but choosing several viable options to present to your partners is wise.
Once the group has several viable event choices, guide the group to select potential partners and decide how they will be approached and by whom. Partners might be youth groups from neighboring houses of worship. Many Unitarian Universalists have had success partnering with Muslim youth, so make sure to talk to mosque members early on. When deciding who to approach, keep in mind that the more liberal religions are more likely to be initially interested. Perhaps a Baha'i, Methodist, United Church of Christ, Reform Jewish, or Episcopalian congregation would like to partner? Buddhist temples with families who have youth are good possibilities. Though it is fine to throw your net far and wide, starting off by contacting a conservative group that is not interested could be discouraging. Contact any local interfaith group early on. Even if they do not have youth involved in their organization, they could have useful contacts and provide moral (and possibly financial and publicity) support.
Encourage participants to look at their community asset maps (Handout 3) for groups that are not necessarily religious yet may have an interest in service work—for example, youth programs at a YWCA or YMCA; extracurricular clubs such as Girls, Inc., and neighborhood centers such as a Boys and Girls Club. Youth groups that support lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people's rights would make friendly allies, as would groups that are intentionally diverse, such as Diversity Councils in local high schools.
Decide who will contact potential partners. A team of co-leaders with a few youth would be ideal. Some contacts will want to hear from an adult; however, initiating partner relationships is a great way to build youth leadership, so strike a balance. For example, a youth might make an initial phone to set up a face-to-face visit of a youth and an adult co-leader.
Write down the decisions and action steps as the group makes them. Set deadlines. Be clear about the expectations for "point people" to report at the next and subsequent workshops. Make sure everyone has all the information they need to move forward, or make plans to get missing information.
Create a script for talking to partners. A script will help ensure point people identify themselves and tell the potential partner what they hope to achieve, why they think it is important, and ways the potential partner can participate. Write the script down and let everyone practice it. You can model by going first.
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We're getting the chance to take a look at our first two-in-one convertible Ultrabook. Back at IDF, Intel said that the two-in-one convertible systems are going to be hitting the scene heavily this year, much like touchscreen systems did in 2013. Intel bills the two-in-one design as the best of both worlds: Play when you want it; work when you need it.
The Acer Aspire R7 that we have in the lab today diverges from the norm, and features a slightly radical design that makes most people take a second look. Is this radical design too radical for you to get used to, or does the design really help out the two-in-one system? Find out as we continue our review.
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Our Aspire R7 features Intel's Ivy Bridge based Core i5-3337U dual-core CPU. This processor is a dual-core model with Hyper-Threading, which means that it features four threads. It also features TurboBoost, which allows the processor to overclock itself when under a low load.
The i5-3337U is coupled with 6GB of DDR3 RAM, which is more than I would have expected on a system of this budget and performance level. 6GB should ensure a smooth-running system, even with multiple programs and web browser tabs open.
Graphics are provided by Intel's very own HD4000 GPU, a fairly capable graphics chipset that is able to provide enough graphics horsepower for most applications. Though gamers would definitely want to look elsewhere, the HD4000 GPU is capable of playing some games at low settings and resolutions.
Windows 8 is installed upon a 500GB hard drive that is coupled with a 24GB caching SSD; this allows the R7 to meet Intel's strict boot-up speed requirements, in order to be considered an Ultrabook. Acer has managed to cut costs by going with the much cheaper HDD. Unfortunately, this affects performance in a negative way.
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Art Lebedev Studios' Digitus Pixelated Address Numbers Are Retro-Bitmap-Font-a-Licious
Here's a great way to dress up your office or apartment with some 80s retro-geek style.
Designed by Daniil Dadiomov for Russia's Art Lebedev Studio, these Digitus address numbers get their chunky, funky shapes from the classic bitmap computer fonts of days gone bye.
I'm pretty sure this was the same font that my old Atari 800 used when I was programming PEEKs and POKEs in Atari BASIC. Ok, now I'm really dating myself.
Digitus address numbers are available in 5 colors – white, terracotta, and metallic blue, green and magenta (although I'm not quite sure what colors are pictured on the doors above). You can find them over at the Art Lebedev store for just $5.77 (USD) each.
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In an other topic, we were discussing how Ascension is broken and I thought; these characters aren't that hard to kill. Anyway, I then thought about the system I've created in the end of my first ascension game to make them even more realistic. The system is simple; but if what you want in your game are superheroes taking lot of punishment without flinching, that isn't for you.
Basic rules for my wounds system:
-When a character reaches 0 wound, he's dead. No negative critical damages possible.
-Critical damages, when obtained, do not stack.
-Critical damages are obtained this way:
When a character loses a total of more wounds (after the soak given by his TB and armour) than his TB, the excess wounds lost are critical damage. For exemple:
Jonah has 14 wounds, a TB of 4 and a guard flak armour of 4. He suffers a hit of 15 damage. He soaks 8, so loses 7 wounds.
But he loses 3 wounds more thant his TB of 4. In addition to losing 7 wounds, he suffers the result of 3 critical damages (let say impact, in the body location).
In pratice, it makes character with a lot of wounds not impossible to kill. It also transform the use of true grit; instead of giving more "wounds" by dividing by two in the negative wounds, it simpy reduces the impact of a lot of damage, but the character still reaches 0 at the same speed, and when he's 0 wound, he's dead anyways.
So it creates really a "minor damage/critical damage" thing instead of "minor-minor-minor-minor-minor-oh cr*p my hand-damn my head explodes" thing.
Since the critical damages don't stacks, when you suffer another hit (exemple a 16 damage in the leg, this time) the character suffer critical damage again by the maths shown before. In the present example, he suffers a 4 critical damage in the leg. Instead of stacking critical damage and then suffering a one damage hit and seeing your head explodes in a shower of gore.


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It was originally reported by student-journalist Matt Slovin on Michigan Daily.com: apparently the ninth overall pick in this year's NHL draft has been offered $200,000 to scrap his commitment to the University of Michigan and play for the OHL team that has his rights, the Kitchener Rangers. His sources say Trouba's now 50/50 on honoring his commitment, and giving major junior a go.
It wouldn't be the first time a guy up and dropped his college plans to give the CHL a go, and it's not the first time the suggestion has been made that true stars get paid handsomely to do so.
I don't know if the Trouba offer is legit or not (though from what I've heard in the past, if I had to guess, I'd say "true but not for that much"), but I do know that CHL teams occasionally do offer players money to forego their college years and education. Here, take the dollars while you can, now set to work on becoming a pro right away.
So you're the kid… what's the right answer? Do you take a $100k four-year education at a University of your choosing (for the best players), or do you take a lump sum – let's say it is $200k – while you can, sign your entry level deal (again, the best players), and take the signing bonus right off the top? In Trouba's case, he could be looking at a half-million dollars before he's 19 years old.
The arguments are simple – one, you only have so many hockey-playing years in your body — get dat money. You can always use it to go back to school if that's something you really want. You never know what's going to happen, when you might have a career-ending injury, so again…get dat money.
Two, you only have one opportunity to be a 19-year old college student (don't kid yourself that going back to school after is going to be the same experience), your education is paid for (and worth quite a lot of dollars after hockey, especially if you add to it), you get to, y'know, be an educated person, you can still make it to the NHL easily, you have time to develop…there's pros and cons all over. (For more on my CHL vs. NCAA take, read this.)
It's not an easy decision, but for me….I say get dat money (assuming it's $200k and I can grab a signing bonus – otherwise, it'd take some real thinking.)
If there are a lot of people thinking like me, the college product would inevitably suffer, as the best players would leave and it wouldn't develop players as well. Those things bring us back to the classic "amateur college athlete" question: shouldn't the NCAA pay its players? Why romanticize the concept of "amateur" when it means "earn someone else money with your effort?"
After all, the NCAA rakes in heaping piles of money like leaves every year, and its on the backs of the blood and sweat of the student-athletes who aren't compensated beyond their education. Obviously there's huge value in going to school for free, but when a guy like Trouba can make money for a CHL employer with his play and have a huge chunk of it returned to him, or do the same for the NCAA who keeps it all…something seems off.
My contention is this: the NCAA should pay its players, but pay the ones who deserve to be paid. As in, not me. If we're going to be capitalist, don't dole money out evenly.
You cannot compare what a superstar in college football – say Tim Tebow, Colt McCoy or whoever – brings the NCAA financially, to what I brought to it. I played in front of anywhere between 3,000-to-4,000 people a night, 18 times a year at home in Alaska (three-to-four times more on the road, but still). I don't feel like I deserved any additional compensation than my education, a stipend, some meals, and an opportunity.
Someone like Jacob Trouba, however, is where the NCAA is off-base. He's the kind of player that keeps college hockey relevant, and makes other players want to go to college because they get to play the best. He'll bring fans in and sell tickets. And when he goes on to be a stud in the NHL, college hockey gets even more credibility.
It sucks that money rules the way it does, because I'm pro-education, and pro-college hockey. But first and foremost, I'm anti-naiveté when it comes to this stuff. If major junior is suddenly a way to make bank, the NCAA is going to lose some of its best talent every year.
If the NCAA doesn't want to pay it's best players, the quality of college hockey could diminish. They can rake in the bucks now, but if going to college becomes a non-viable route to the show, the money-leaves on the ground will start to dry up. (And none of this is to mention the moral angle of paying the people who are making you money.)
Paying college players won't happen for a long, long time, but that doesn't mean that the point isn't correct today.
If Jacob Trouba leaves for the money, who could fault him? College hockey is a wonderful thing, but when it comes down to it, cash is king.


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The Angels failed in their effort to three-peat as division champs of the AL West in 2007, despite having what became the deepest and most talented starting rotation in baseball. The team ended 4th in runs allowed, despite losing their ace from the previous two seasons, Bartolo Colon, who managed only 56 miserable innings before being shelved. The reason they didn't win the division was an offense that ranked 10th in the league in OBP, 8th in slugging and batting average, 12th in HRs and 11th in runs scored. The only offensive category the team excelled in was SBs, where they led the league with 148, though they also led in number of times caught, (57). With only a couple of minor tweaks, more of the same can be expected, making the Angels a nice place to shop for pitching, but a junk yard when hunting for fantasy bats.
The Top Tier
OF Vlad Guerrero – Despite having his worst season since 1992, (.934 OPS), Vlad remains one of the elite fantasy players in baseball. With a .973 career OPS and a little speed to go with it, there isn't anything lacking in this fantasy resume. With the sparse offensive production around him, his run and RBI totals won't match those of some of the other perennial MVP candidates on better teams, but his SB totals help offset this one minor complaint. As usual, project Vlad to: .325/35/119 with 96 runs and 14 SBs.
SP John Lackey – With Barolo Colon on the DL, Lackey became the default ace of the staff in 2006 and posted excellent numbers for the 2nd year in a row, ranking 7th in the majors in strikeouts, and 12th in baseball in ERA. He also posted the best WHIP of his 5-year career, (1.26). Expect more of the same in 2007. His only downside is the weak Angel offense cost him too many wins during 2006, so a 20-win season isn't likely. However, the Angels are on the hunt for a big bat to pair with Vlad, and if they get it, things could improve for the entire pitching staff. Project Lackey to: 15 wins, 3.57 ERA, 202 Ks and a 1.27 WHIP.
RP Francisco "K-ROD" Rodriquez – K-Rod led the majors in saves in 2006. He is clearly among the elite closers in the game, and will be the top closer taken in many leagues, and rightly so. It is important to remember that it is not simply team wins that set up a closer to excel in saves, but they must be CLOSE wins, (less than a 3-run lead). The Angels stellar rotation and anemic offense are a particularly nice combination for generating save opportunities. (Consider that while the Yankees won 8 more games, as a team, the Angels actually out-saved the Yanks 50-43). There's some turn-over in the bullpen, which could be cause for a little concern. However, the Angels have been one of the best clubs in recent years at assembling top notch relief corps, so I'm confident that the club already knew the relievers they let go were expendable. Project K-ROD to: 45 saves, a 2.09 ERA, 1.10 WHIP with 101 Ks.
The Second Tier
SP Jered Weaver – After a picture perfect rookie season, where he managed to pitch so well, he knocked his brother not only off the roster, but out of the league entirely, many prognosticators see nothing but clear sailing ahead. While there is no doubt about Jered's talent, reality has an awful common way of finding pitchers during year two. Consider the results for King Felix and Dontrelle Willis during their sophomore seasons before getting too excited. Yes, he's good, but consider that if one multiplies his innings, BB, HR and Ks by 1.5, (to represent something closer to a full season), Weaver's stats line up very, very close to those of Kelvim Escobar, (except Weaver surrendered HRs at a faster pace). He pitched well, but his sub-3.00 ERA was something of a fluke and a repeat is not likely. Project Weaver to have a few growing pains and put up: 13 wins, a 3.96 ERA, 149 Ks and a 1.23 WHIP.
SP Kelvim Escobar – Injuries have long been the knock on Escobar. Despite pitching well in 2006, (3.61 ERA), he only managed 11 victories. As is the case with the rest of the Angel staff, it will be the offense that makes or breaks Kelvim. While not as overpowering as Lackey, a friendly park helps keep Escobar a decent, if unspectacular fantasy option. Though he only finished 38th in the majors in strikeouts in 2006, it was actually a bit of an off-season for him. If he stays healthy, project him to: 14 wins, 167 Ks, a 3.50 ERA and 1.25 WHIP. But be patient on draft day, because injury risk will suppress his value in the fantasy market.
SP Ervin Santana – Almost an afterthought in this rotation, the 'other' Santana actually lucked up into leading the team in wins during 2006, despite having the worst peripheral stats of the top 4 guys in the rotation. What's easy to forget here is that Ervin is only 24 this season, so he's still learning. He obviously didn't suffer a sophomore slump, but his victory total should be taken with a grain of salt. His development thus far is actually remarkably similar to Lackey. In that case, it was in his 4th season that the quantum leap forward occurred, so I'm remaining cautious with Santana. However, he's definitely a young arm that may have untapped potential that could blossom this season. Project him to: 14 wins, 135 Ks, a 4.31 ERA with a 1.29 WHIP.
3B/OF Chone Figgins – Heading into 2006, Figgins had significant fantasy value, because he was eligible to play almost anywhere – 2B, 3B, OF. His super-sub status and flexibility added some significant value to his fantasy trading card. Unfortunately, he didn't move around quite as much in 2006, which hurts his fantasy stock almost as much as his significantly sub-par production did. He'll be eligible at 3B and OF, but only got 9 starts at 2B, so in most leagues he's competing with the HR/RBI types that dominate 3B and OF. And though double-digit HRs aren't likely, Figgins fantasy value is based upon his speed, where he managed 52 steals in 2006, (down from 62 in 2005). While 2006 was obviously a down-season, at only 29, I believe Chone will bounce back to previous levels. Project him to: .285/8/57 with 55 SBs and 103 runs.
The Third Tier
Everyone Else -- The only other player on the team who had a significant hope of acquiring decent fantasy value in 2007 was Juan Rivera, who finally was getting a chance to play full-time and posted a .310 batting average and 23 HRs in 124 games. Alas, he broke a leg playing winter ball, so 2007 is likely to be a partial season, making him a guy to be stashed on your league DL, if you've got one, or to keep an eye on for help in the second half. The rest of the squad consists of players who are universally sub-par (in fantasy terms) for their position. Howie Kendrick is the one sleeper in the pack, who posted a .975 OPS in the minors. The problem is, he was only posting about 20-HR and 20-SBs per year as he rose through the minors. The bulk of his production in the minors came from a .361 cumulative batting average. So, he might develop into a decent average and SB guy, (not unusual at 2B), the real question is whether he stays at second. If moved to first, (where he split time during 2006), or OF, (where the Angels lost Rivera), his value plummets.
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Millions of Americans take prescription heart drugs, and the numbers are rising every year. To help, we recruited two of the country's top heart doctors from the respected Cleveland Clinic to explain the benefits and the risks of each.
1. Statins
Brand names: Zocor, Lipitor, and many others
What they do: Statins lower LDL ("bad") cholesterol levels—by 20 to 50%. These drugs work by tricking the liver into removing more cholesterol from the blood than it would naturally.
What you should know: While some patients and doctors worry about the possibility of statins causing liver damage, there has never been a case solely attributable to a statin. It's up to the doctor's discretion whether she thinks regular liver function tests are necessary. In rare instances, statins can cause severe muscle damage (rhabdomyolysis) requiring hospitalization. If you experience extreme muscle pain after you start taking a statin, particularly if it's accompanied by tea-colored urine, call your doctor immediately. Mild muscle discomfort is more common (and less dangerous): It can usually be relieved by changing your dosing schedule or switching statins.
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What It Does: Aspirin is used to prevent blood clots in patients with heart disease. The drug inhibits the effects of a powerful group of naturally occurring substances known as prostaglandins, one of which helps blood platelets clump together.
What you should know: If you have coronary heart disease, you need to be on aspirin—unless you have another condition, such as an active stomach ulcer, that makes it too risky. But if you don't have heart disease, it's generally best not to take aspirin in the hope of staving off cardiac complications, because the danger of serious bleeding (especially in the gastrointestinal system and the brain) outweighs the potential benefits.
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Ok so I have been seeing this guy for quite a while now, we aren't too serious but we have agreed not to see other people.
Basically, we were talking about going to see fireworks for Bonfire Night and he said he was going with friends but I could come too. I agreed and we agreed it would be nice....we were then chatting about how there are so many events coming up at this time of year and I said it's nice to be able to go to these things with a partner and not be the awkward single one. He then told me that when we go and see the fireworks we will have no just pretend to be friends, not because of his friends because they're fine with it, but because his family will be in the area and they are pretty homophobic and don't know he's seeing someone. I then told him I aren't prepared to do the whole 'acting like a friend' thing and that I probably won't be going to many events with him if I have to lie about who I am.
Now I am confused if I was acting irrationally?? Should I go as a friend or should I hold my ground and stay away?


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UVa New Financial Model - Providing Resources for the Mission
Dear University Colleagues:
October 25, 2011
We are working to develop a new internal financial model for the University to meet a pressing demand. In recent years we have seen increasing pressure on all of our revenue sources, and we expect that this pressure will continue to intensify in the future. To fulfill our academic aspirations, we need to steward the University's resources wisely. The new financial model will emphasize transparent decision-making, incentive-based allocations, and prudent stewardship of the University's resources. It will inspire inclusive planning and empower individual academic units to be innovative and cost-efficient. Incentives will be built into the system to encourage entrepreneurship among our deans, administrative leaders, and faculty and staff members across the University. Most importantly, this new long-range planning model will enable us to align our resources more precisely with our core mission areas of education, research, patient care, and service.
I have appointed Executive Vice President and Provost John Simon and Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Michael Strine as executive sponsors of this important initiative. A steering committee comprising deans, vice presidents, and representatives from the Faculty Senate is charged with making key policy and operational decisions as we replace our current resource allocation model and implement improved financial reporting.
This work affects all of us in the University community. Recognizing this, John Simon and Michael Strine and other members of the steering committee will be communicating regularly with groups across the Grounds, in person and through other means, to ensure that all of us remain well informed throughout this important time of empowerment and change.
Today brings news and the first outreach of this communication. Your feedback will be valuable and welcome as our work progresses. Please click on this link http://www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/newsRelease.php?id=16415 to learn more through today's issue of UVa Today.
I am very grateful for the work and commitment of everyone involved in this project as we prepare to implement a new budget model for the 2013-14 fiscal year. The new system will benefit all of us as we continue to work together toward our shared goals.
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Research on User-Friendly Augmented Environments
RUFAE is an international network of research institutions designing and studying interactive spaces. RUFAE's industrial and academic research labs, from France, Germany, Sweden, Russia, and the U.S., cover architecture, cognitive science, computer science, and psychology.
The collaboration currently manifests itself in three main aspects:
The collaboration currently manifests itself in three main aspects:
- Spaces: Each member lab is creating and using a prototypical augmented space.
- Ideas: In monthly phone/video/application sharing conferences betwen our augmented spaces, we present our research in the rufae online seminar, discuss common projects, and share technical expertise. This helps to improve our spaces, their interconnectedness and compatibility, and to establish good practice through real use.
- People: We have begun to exchange students and researchers between member labs, to transfer technology, and to work on common research projects.


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Right from the beginning—with an explosion and decapitation that have little bearing on the outcome—writer-director Craig Lahiff opts for thrills over credibility. Responding to a car crash outside the tiny desert town of Neverest, Good Samaritan Colin (David Lyons) finds a briefcase stuffed with cash and Jina (Emma Booth), a blonde fleeing an abusive marriage.
Colin drops the briefcase off with Frank (Jason Clarke), a cop exiled to Neverest from the big city after an unspecified lapse. Turns out Jina was running away from Frank, but Colin doesn't find out they're married until he's spending the night in the couple's home. Meanwhile, Charlie (Travis McMahon), a hit man, leaves a trail of corpses as he tracks down the missing money.
The loot will switch hands several times as Jina works her wiles on Colin and Frank tries to engineer a getaway. That means lots of shots of cars driving back and forth from town, as well as some preposterous complications that are frankly irritating.
The sunbaked settings, nicely shot by David Foreman, are a novelty at first, but end up contributing very little to the actual story. Odd touches like a marching-band competition take up time without adding to the plot. Swerve boils down to a series of double-crosses anyone can see coming for miles.
Clarke ( Zero Dark Thirty) is suitably menacing as Frank, an untrustworthy presence from the start. So is Vince Colosimo as a sleazy businessman who's been dogging Jina. But Booth and Lyons are too lightweight to hold up their end of the movie. In most thrillers, they'd be early casualties.
Working with obviously limited funds, Lahiff manages to build some suspense in the opening scenes. But the low budget takes its toll later on, especially in some blurry night footage and during a notably weak car chase.
Almost all the parts of Swerve—the predictable storyline, thin cast and flaccid action—feel worn-out and second-hand. They still work, but they're not much fun to watch.


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Bella Vista (Beautiful View) truly offers a unique Massage and Spa experience to enhance your Relaxation with a Mediterranean flare. Access to my Private Wine Cellar will take you to an Italian Village with a Stone Fireplace. Relax by a Fountain of trickling water or Soak in the Hot Tub while listening to the sounds of nature as the Stream floats all your worries away. I am proud to have created a little piece of Italy that you can escape to.
This is my passion, I cant wait to share it with you.
How it all started...
As many of you know, being Italian means so much to me and I love expressing that part of my life. To add to my Wine decor at home, I had to have a Wine Cellar, so I created one. It was a retreat for me, a step into my own little Italy anytime I wanted. Being proud of what I created, I couldn't wait to show pictures. This is where it began, I had clients telling me this would be a great place to get a Massage. Not willing to give up my Vino sanctuary, I said "no way." I heard this multiple times and decided I better start paying attention. I came up with a plan to share my creation with you all.
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Everyone has their own way of coping, their own way of carrying on through tough times. For me, music has always been a huge help in pushing me down rough roads.
While I could go on and on about my love affair with music, I'll only go back as far as high school to tell you about a compilation of songs that carried me through some really tough times: love, loss, death. There were two songs in particular that really touched me and made me feel stronger when I needed it most.
The first, "What Matters is the Heart" by Edwin McCain and Jewel. Some lyrics…
Did you forget about the passion
Of living day to day?
We keep our dreams locked down inside.
Choking on a lifetime,
And never take a chance.
Wake up one day wishing you tried.And it ain't about the money.
It ain't about the time.
It ain't about the love you lost
Or the things you think you left behind.
And it ain't about your losing streak,
Makes you feel like you're falling apart.
What matters is the heart.
The second, "Every New Day" by Five Iron Frenzy. Some lyrics…
When the stars threw down their spears,
Watered Heaven with their tears.
Before words were spoken.
Before eternity.
Dear Father, I need you.
Your strength my heart to mend.
I want to fly higher
Every new day again.
Today, there are three tunes I can listen to over and over…and over…and I never get sick of listening to them. The first two remind me of my friend Tom, who battled Stage III Metastatic Melanoma and showed me there's nothing to fear in life, no matter how bad it gets. These jams are "Titanium" by David Guetta featuring Sia and "Don't You Worry Child" by Swedish House Mafia. These songs (and Tom) remind me that no matter how weak I feel, I'm bulletproof. No matter how scared I am, I needn't worry because heaven has a plan for me.
The third is Avicil's "Wake Me Up." And I think this lyric video speaks for itself…
I don't know where I'd be with out my support system of family and friends, but I also don't know where I'd be without music. It just lifts me up and puts me in a place where I can escape, forget about pain and even, at times, let go and move on. I truly believe in the healing power of music.


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Canon's first underwater camcorder housing takes movie making below sea level
The WP-V1 waterproof camcorder housing enables use of Canon's full High Definition HF20 and HF200 camcorders at depths of up to 40 metres underwater.Snorkelers and surfers alike will be thrilled that Canon's WP-V1 waterproof camcorder housing will be available in Australia by the end of this month. For use with the LEGRIA HF20 and HF200 camcorders released earlier this year, the WP-V1 will allow users to capture spectacular full High Definition underwater movies to a depth of 40 metres.
Shooting beautiful High Definition footage in an underwater environment is made possible by the Underwater Mode on the HF20/HF200. This mode allows users to record videos with a natural colour palate and to capture subjects as close as 30cm to the lens window when shooting in full wide angle.
A first for Canon video, the WP-V1 makes underwater shooting simple and easy by featuring a large zoom lever for precise operation and oversized, colour-coded buttons to prevent operating errors.
The WP-V1 is designed for effortless movement underwater and as such is compact and light. The casing is constructed using polycarbonate, white plate glass and stainless steel. Double-paned glass lens window with multicoating on both sides prevents reflected light.
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Rachel Zoe Loses Luggage—But Gains Two New Collections
If there's one thing super-stylist Rachel Zoe isn't, it's a light packer—remember how many suitcases she lugged to the European shows back in September? But when Rachel and her husband Rodger jetted to Miami and St. Barts earlier this week for their holiday vacation, one of the Bravo star's bags was lost in transit. And according to Page Six, the MIA suitcase contained some pretty valuable pieces—namely, a Tom Ford for Gucci vintage leather jacket and tons of Missoni beachwear. Zoe was able to pick up some emergency threads for her shoreside holiday while in Miami, but still...losing your luggage sucks. And though American Airlines is trying to track down the misplaced bag, it hasn't turned up yet. Can't her pal Marc Jacobs (who's also spending time in St. Barts this week) whip her up something to wear?
Don't feel too bad for her, though. Zoe's unveiling two new categories within her eponymous fashion empire for February 2012 and broke the news via the LG Mobile-sponsored video below. While the types of product she's planning to introduce are top-secret for the time being, we're happy to take your guesses. Could Rachel Zoe-branded skincare, home décor or tech toys be coming our way?
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Cross, Tom
The former head softball coach at Macalester College, Tom Cross took over as head coach the Blue Knights women's fastpitch softball team in July 2011. Cross coached the Scots from 2003 to 2011. In 2008, he won his 300th game as a college-level head coach. That same year and also in 2006, his teams posted the top GPA for all NCAA Division III softball teams in the country. The next year, seven of his players made the list for girls got game/NFCA Division III All-Academic Teams & Scholar Athletes. His career record at Macalester was 59–237–2.
Regarding his coaching philosophy, Cross said, "I strongly believe in a well-rounded student-athlete who prepares hard and competes hard while developing awareness for the real world and its challenges. I believe the development of skill, concentration, commitment and chemistry is everything in creating a successful program."
Tom Cross Quick Facts
- Director of game day promotions at Macalaster College | 2000–2011
- Football offensive coordinator at Macalaster College | 1998–2005
- Football offensive coordinator at Harding High School | 2006–present
- Head football coach at Concordia University, St. Paul | 1987–1997
- UMAC Champion
- 1988 and 1991
- UMAC Coach of the Year
- 1988 and 1997
- UMAC Champion
- 1997 Football Honoree | Mancini's St. Paul Hall of Fame
- Head softball coach at Concordia University, St. Paul | 1982–1997
- Won nine conference championships
- Won 273 games
- NAIA national tournament team
- 1987
- NAIA Section Softball Coach of the Year
- 1987
- NAIA playoff bids
- 1988–1993
- 1995–1997
- UMAC Champion
- 1983–1991
- Concordia University Athletics Hall of Fame | Class of 2008
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One Montana City Has the Lowest Gas Prices in America, Prices Up Nearly Everywhere Else
Montana's Gas Prices Stay Stagnant as National Price Drops
Montana Gas Prices Rise Slightly, Oil Prices Show Sharp Decline
Montana Gas Prices Rising at Slow Pace
Under Three Dollar Gas Still Available in Montana, But in Just a Few Places
Montana Gas Prices Shoot Up Nearly Eight Cents, Likely to Keep Climbing
Don't Complain About High Gas Prices, It's The Ice Cream I'm Mad About
Will Uninsured Drivers Still Be Able to Buy Gas?
Uninsured driving is a serious matter in the eyes of the government, but perhaps none more so than for UK officials. In fact, some government authorities from across the pond would like to prohibit gas stations from letting those people fill up their tanks.
Watch Gas Prices Go Up a Dime During Live News Broadcast [VIDEO]
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There is an enormous diversity in the size and shape of the female reproductive organs. The images presented here do not and cannot show the unique anatomy of every woman. To do so would require us to model every woman on the planet. With time we will create models of the vulva showing some of the normal diversity of shapes and colors that exist. We acknowledge the racial diversity that exists, and in time will represent it here.
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By Reena Jana - November 3, 2012
It was a truly terrifying Halloween this year, with superstorm Sandy hitting the East Coast. Our New York team at frog was particularly affected, as the studio is located in downtown Manhattan and was closed for five days due to extended power loss. Even more challenging: the personal experiences of our entire team. Most of frog NY was without power at home, too; many had to relocate temporarily to safe places to stay, often with generous friends and family.
Many neighborhoods in the New York City area had to cope with flooding and fallen trees (and, tragically, losses of life). With the entire subway and bus system, bridges, tunnels, and other transportation arteries shut down, it was often impossible and very dangerous to get around. This meant that even very basic services, such as food deliveries, were stalled (and with gas shortages, these and repair services are still delayed in some areas). We thank everyone in our global community for their kind concern, understanding, and support during such a difficult time.
Despite the extreme challenges, frog's creative, let's-improve-the-world spirit has been shining through. Throughout the storm and afterward, we shared reports with each other on the damage of the storm and offered resources to help those in need (which included many of us). New York frogs joined in on the relief effort in a hands-on way, by dropping off food, baby blankets, and diapers to collection efforts for storm victims, and by volunteering to clean up areas throughout the area, from Hoboken, New Jersey, to Red Hook, Brooklyn, to Riverside Park on the Upper West Side.


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Our programs have funds available to install renewable energy systems, carry out energy efficiency improvements and complete energy audits and feasibility studies. Some of the possibilities include wind turbine construction, flexible fuel pumps, new biorefinery facilities, converting older heating sources to cleaner technologies and much more.
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Jalapeno Bacon Stuffed Mushrooms
Posted By Kelly On December 2, 2009 @ 10:00 am In Appetizers and Dips,Bacon,Cooking,Featured Articles,Quick and Easy,Recipes,Side Dishes | 46 Comments
Let's talk about party food, shall we?
When I host, or attend and help cook for, a cocktail party I like to think about finger foods and two-bite dishes that are easy to eat, pretty and not too messy. I like savory dishes that stand up to a variety of cocktails and beers, and nothing does that better than mushrooms.
These mushrooms are stuffed with a mixture of cheeses which is studded with crisp fried bacon and minced jalapenos. The smoky bacon and the zing from the jalapenos balance with the rich cheese, while the panko topping is a nice crunchy contrast to tender mushroom and creamy filling.
These are a perfect foil to just about any sweet drink, and great with beer. I used the larger 'stuffing' sized mushrooms, but if you made them with standard button mushrooms they would be a lovely 'pop-in-the-mouth' bite. As a bonus, you can easily make these vegetarian by omitting the bacon and using olive oil to soften the veggies for those who avoid meat or pork.
Jalapeno Bacon Stuffed Mushrooms Yield about 12 large mushrooms
1/2 cup panko bread crumbs
1 tablespoon butter, melted
1 pound of large button mushrooms (about 12 caps)
3 strips thick cut bacon, chopped
1 jalapeno, minced
1/4 cup chopped yellow onion
1 clove garlic
1 ounce cream cheese
2 ounces shredded cheddar cheese
Salt and pepper
Begin by preparing the panko topping.
In a small bowl combine the panko bread crumbs with the melted butter. Toss until evenly coated. Set aside.
Heat the oven to 350 F.
Carefully clean and stem the mushrooms. Set the caps on a small baking sheet. Chop the stems and set aside.
In a small pan over medium heat cook the chopped bacon until crisp. Add the chopped vegetables and mushroom stems and cook until softened, about five minutes. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Set aside to cool slightly.
In a medium bowl mix the shredded cheese with the cream cheese until well combined. Add the warm vegetable mixture and mix well.
Divide the filling evenly between the mushrooms. Top with the buttered panko mixture.
Bake for 20 minutes, or until the mushrooms are tender and the topping is golden brown.
Serve warm.
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Osaka Aquarium (Kaiyukan)
The aquarium contains some of the largest tanks in the world, and houses 27 tanks with 16 main exhibits, with the goal of mimicking the natural habitat of the sea life as close as possible. Learn about all of the sea creatures through themed exhibition halls which include interactive activities for all ages!
Only a thin sheet of glass separates visitors from the denizens of the deep, from whale sharks to sand-scuttling spider crabs to jellyfish, otters, seals, dolphins and penguins.
Osaka Aquarium is located among a variety of restaurants and shops that you can end your family-fun day with.