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May 29, 2010 2:37 AM by Emily Kiefer
A 26-year-old Shandon man is dead and an investigation is underway, after a three-vehicle collision on Highway 46 near Shandon.
It happened around 6 p.m. Friday on the eastbound side of the highway, just east of McMillan Canyon Road.
CHP officers say a small sedan had come to a stop in the turn lane, and the driver was waiting to turn left into his driveway.
Officers say that car was then rear-ended by a larger sedan. The impact pushed the car into the westbound lanes, where it was hit by a truck towing a travel trailer.
Officers say drivers should always stay alert, especially on busy travel days. "Motorists should use a high visual horizon and look for obstacles due to traffic. Don't look at the bumper in front of you as you're traveling down the roadway. Anticipate hazards ahead," said Officer Steve Egan of the California Highway Patrol. The people in the other two vehicles were taken to the hospital with minor and moderate injuries. The name of the victim has not been released.
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In the summer of 1850, a moderately successful writer brought his young wife, Lizzie, and their baby, Malcolm, to the town where his father grew up, Berkshire. Seduced by its picturesque countryside, the writer impulsively bought a farm, which would become the family's home for the next 13 years and the place where he penned a novel that would change the face of American literature: Moby-Dick.
Today, the Berkshire Historical Society maintains the farmhouse where Melville sharpened his quills, gazed out the library window, and drank in the view of Mount Greylock, whose statuesque peak supposedly inspired the elusive white whale that taught Ahab to use his nose as a blowhole. The house was old even then, as it was originally built in the Georgian style back in 1780, acquiring Federal-style details in the 1840s. Careful preservation allows visitors to wander through Melville's study and gaze upon the fireplace featured in his short story I and My Chimney. They can also observe the piazza that makes an appearance in The Piazza Tales, and see the restored barn where Melville and Nathaniel Hawthorne whiled away the hours with deep literary conversation and video games.
In addition to pondering the rooms where Melville lived his days, visitors peruse furniture, portraits, and clothing from the Berkshire Historical Society's collection of artifacts and enjoy exhibits and events such as plays. Those who make appointments in advance can also immerse themselves in the manuscripts, atlases, oral-history tapes, and photographs that populate the Margaret H. Hall Library and Archives.
For more than a century, the Berkshire Museum has blended history, science, and art into a cohesive whole, drawing inspiration from both the Smithsonian and the American Museum for Natural Science. The museum is packed with wonders ranging from Wally—the fiberglass stegosaurus who guards the museum's entry—to the John James Audubon display, an impassioned tribute to the very ornithology that prompted Audubon to pen The Birds of America. Other, more playful displays unveil additional wonders, including Alexander Calder's collection of wooden push and pull toys. And inside the vast, salty aquarium, a teeming collection of clownfish, blind cave tetra, and puffer fish swim merrily side-by-side, thankful that they've yet to be cast as members of some trite, underwater calypso band.
Arriving in Paris after leading a scientific expedition through northern China, Sterling Clark was just another Boxer Rebellion veteran and Yale-educated engineer looking for something to do with the inheritance of his magnate grandfather, Robert Clark, who was an heir to the Singer sewing-machine fortune. Like the countless men who found themselves in the same position, Sterling did the only thing left to do at that point of his adventurous life: invest in art.
Sterling and his wife Francine both displayed a discriminating eye for art in their first year of collecting, almost immediately acquiring a piece by the sought-after painter Hyacinthe Rigaud, who was famous for his portraiture of 17th-century European nobility and drawing the most realistic-looking stick people. The Clarks' tastes evolved over time, and their collection ballooned to include more than 30 paintings by Renoir and dozens of works by other impressionist artists.
In 1955, a year before Sterling passed away, he and Francine founded their art institute, where the museum's curators presently stay true to the couple's artistic interests. French impressionism still forms the crux of the collection, but the museum's scope is ever expanding and nowadays includes works of early photographers and American painters and a rotating schedule of well-curated special exhibitions.
Established in 1791, the Albany Institute of History & Art has been chronicling artistic expression longer than the Louvre, the Smithsonian, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Visitors acquaint themselves with an eternally revolving set of exhibits, including Hajo: An Artist's Journey, which documents Hans-Joachim Richard Christoph's work in package design incorporating the bold, stylized graphics of the Berlin school of graphic design. Visitors can sidle up to one of the permanent exhibitions, such as the panoramic landscape art of The Landscape that Defined America: The Hudson River School or the ornamentally preserved remains of Ancient Egypt, an exhibit that spotlights the Nile, the Egyptian concept of afterlife, and ways to reposition a mummy into a hip-hop mummy.
A renowned exhibitor of contemporary art, The Arts Center cultivates creative potential in adults and children through art classes and events that emphasize hands-on learning. Members receive discounts on arts classes—up to $25 off kids classes—an opportunity to exhibit their art at the annual members' Fence Show, discounts at local businesses, and the right to sing in the gallery when nobody's around. Patrons with a taste for food can enroll in courses on the culinary arts, and aspiring artists can transform stuttering line work into fluid brushstrokes via drawing and painting courses.

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PROVIDENCE — Adults are always asking kids what they want to do when they grow up. But where do kids go to figure that out?
A group of Brown University graduate students has developed a new website to be launched later this summer where people with careers ranging from archaeology to astrophysics talk about what they do and how they got there.
The project's organizers have so far posted the career stories of more than 100 people on the website, Inventing Heron, and they are asking members of the public to contribute. (For information about the project and contributing, go to: http://inventingheron.wix.com/contribute)
A fundraiser is scheduled at the Flatbread Company on Tuesday from 5 to 9 p.m. to help raise money to further develop the website.
Named after the freshwater bird and Heron of Alexandria, the ancient Greek mathematician, engineer and inventor, Inventing Heron is the brainchild of Lindsay Kuhn, a doctoral student in material sciences at Brown.
The idea came to Kuhn, 33, while she was co-teaching a seventh-grade science class at the Nathan Bishop Middle School in Providence. "I noticed a lot of students didn't really connect what they did in the classroom to how it applied to real life,'' Kuhn said. "I think maybe this website might be a connection … ."
Kuhn hopes that the personal narratives will nurture students' own career aspirations ("give them something to look forward to") and help motivate students to do better in school.
"Not all kids have role models [who] even talk about careers," Adria Alfano, the science teacher who Kuhn worked with at Nathan Bishop school, said. "It's a serious disconnect."
The website also could be helpful to teachers, Alfano said, who often don't know about all the careers available to students.
Dennis Littky, co-founder and co-director of the MET School, an alternative high school based in Providence, said the website could be a valuable teaching tool to "broaden kids' thinking about what they can do and [professionals] who they can connect with."
Inventing Heron received a $700 grant from the National Science Foundation to purchase a website account. Kuhn and eight other students she's recruited for the project chipped in their own money to buy $10 gift cards, which they gave out at a Starbucks on the East Side last year to people who agreed to contribute their career stories for the website.
Kuhn her colleagues also have drawn heavily from their own families as well as the Brown alumni network. Among those profiled so far is a former National Football League player who graduated from Brown and a mine clearance diver from the Royal Navy in Scotland.
Nicole Meehan, a student from Scotland who came to Brown on a Fulbright to work on a master's degree in American studies, is in charge of the website's publicity and social media; Kate Grive, a Brown doctoral student in molecular biology, cell biology and biochemistry, is developing its section on women in science.
Kuhn, who grew up in Florida, says that talking to other people about their career paths has been instructive for her, too. The daughter of an obstetrician-gynecologist and a nurse, she loved writing but wanted to "do something a little more practical than an English degree." So she enrolled in a dual-degree program, majoring in English at Barnard College and mechanical engineering at Columbia University in New York City.
After college, she worked for a year as a freelance newspaper reporter, a waitress and a babysitter before she became tapped out, emotionally and financially. So she leaned on her mechanical engineering degree to get a job at Boeing in Long Beach, Calif., where the company manufactured its C-17 Globemaster III, a large military transport aircraft.
She liked the work but not the isolation. "I love people,'' Kuhn said, "but a lot of days I'd go to work and didn't have any interaction with people all day."
That's just the sort of information that she might have discovered before she took the job, she said, if she'd had a website like Inventing Heron.
"I think we're all using [the website] as a way of exploring for ourselves,'' she said.
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How do I post the actual picture of my lo on a thread vs. a link to the gallery? I see the many people do this and I guess it is ok to do. I like that I don't have to go back and forth to see the los then return to the forum.
if you go to your gallery and view your layout, just copy the url you see and then go to the thread you post a picture of your layout in and click the yellow mountain button when in your post mode and paste in the url. You'll be good to go!
I try to take one day at a time, but sometimes several days attack me at once.
Didn't work, let me try this again.
ooops, i'm sorry, you right click on your layout as you are viewing it in your gallery. Then you copy/paste that url that shows up in the popup box :)
I try to take one day at a time, but sometimes several days attack me at once.
Anna, when looking at the picture, right click on it and go to properties. Then copy the image location.
In the post go to add photo (the little mountain box) and paste that image location there, then it will show up.
You can then link it by highlighting that information and using the link button (world with link icon) and then pasting the actual regular URL (the address bar URL in your browser) in that space.
Hope that helps!
YEA!!!! It worked!! Thanks to all for the response. I can now rest easy!! lol


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The clue's in the title. This isn't a Best Of - it's some more Hits, from PopCap's reliable and occasionally inspired hit factory.
Their best game is certainly here - Plants vs Zombies is a brilliant and substantial tweak on the tower defence genre, with an ever-growing cast of zombies, and an equally diverse armory of unique plants. It's well priced at ten quid's worth of Microsoft Points for the XBLA download - but are the other three games worth the £20 extra?
Heavy Weapon is a straight up run and gun, that gets intense and genuinely difficult more quickly than any of PopCap's lighter, mum-friendly games. But the levels are too long, without a break to make the repetition feel less stark and abusive. The challenge is so stretched out, that you're alternately being massaged into a stupefied, drooling haze by the constant flow of your own bullets, then killed because you were too unblinkingly numb to respond. The power ups are great - particularly the easy reallocation of your upgrade points - but since it was first released in 2005, Heavy Weapon has been far surpassed by the 80-point shooters in the Indie Arcade.
Feeding Frenzy 2 takes the pleasingly simple idea of "eat smaller, avoid bigger, grow" - something that games like Katamari Damacy and Fl0w have done brilliantly. Then it destroys any mood by being utterly charmless and saying "Frenzy!" every six seconds. We wouldn't mind, but the five - five! - separate states of frenzy do nothing but increase the multiplier. Maybe we were spoiled by Peggle's rapturous Ode To Joy Frenzies, but if PopCap are going to brazenly declare a Mega Frenzy, we want to see fish going mental, and at least chewing each other's faces off.
Finally, there's Zuma - a fun and tense match-three that's as quietly engaging, tense and entertaining as it is derived and ubiquitous. It's less appealing as an investment since the free-to-play Facebook Blitz version came out, but if you don't want time-limited play and constant nags to buy stuff, it's less skin-crawlingly claustrophobic to have this, the self-contained version. It's also worth noting that the individual games can currently be bought for 3200MP - slightly less than the RRP of this misconceived compilation. Even at slashed internet prices, you can get Zuma and Plants vs Zombies - the two worth getting - for a better price.
The great and the rubbish at a price that's definitely not right
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TIVERTON, R.I. — Police say they have shut down a major heroin distributor, seizing 2,560 bags of heroin, 50 oxycodone pills, $6,400 in cash and 15 to 18 cellphones.
Capt. Patrick W. Jones said that based on information given to police, a search warrant was executed at 287 State Ave. on Tuesday, where the drugs, cash and phones were seized.
Deana Furtado, 40, faces felony charges of possession with intent to deliver and possession of controlled substances. She was arraigned in District Court, Newport, Wednesday, and ordered held without bail. She has a status conference on March 11.
Officers shut down a major heroin distributor in Town. 2560 bags of heroin, 50 oxycodones, and $6400.00. Well done! pic.twitter.com/G9X1bzKJQf
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29th Jun 2008, 03:51 PM | #1 |
I browsed these forums back in the day when I found them following my love of UT(99) when they were still PuF. For some initial flaws in 2k3, I think when UT became the refined 2k4 it was the easily the greatest to date. It kept the elements that made UT epic (pun? what?) while updating it in every aspect w/o sacrificing the essentials.
I feel bad for saying that only in the last month had I finally got around to buying UT3. There had been so many mixed reviews but I figure this is the reason I got into gaming, can't just pass it up. I've been playing for a few weeks, finished the half-retarded "singplayer" aspect and since been messing around online and with the custom content that's already out there. Is it just me or does III feel nothing like UT should? The games true calling isn't about singleplayer bot matches, but when you're doing that from time to time for some practice it is waaaaaay more useful on UT and 2k4. Even the "campaigns," where you drafted a team and did the tournament ladder (not just instant matches) were a lot more enjoyable on the previous titles. Taking the game online, sure most of the maps look stunning when they're maxed out but otherwise are small and just don't feel like they have that flow that 99 and 2k4 brought. The whole game now just sort of plays like any other next-gen-looking multiplayer shooter. It just lost whatever made UT... UT. I dunno, unless some astounding community content comes along that changes the experience I'm uninstalling numero tres in favor of 2k4 and 99. In my opinion 2k4 is where UT still resides. Even the modding community has yet to let up.
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I've got a lil problem here. I pick my ps3 themes off the psm 3 disc and when I jack my flash into my ps3 it doesn't see them.
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Conair Hair Clip Animation
I recently created a hair clip animation for the Conair corporation. I rarely do hair animation and the hair tools in 3D Studio Max are pretty complex and kind of crappy. So I used poser to create the hair and body. The hair is actuality textured geometry that I manipulated using FFD's.
The hair clip was a fairly simple model but the rig was a little tricky to create. I built a bones rig for the clip and applied stretchy bones to the mid section. This would give the mid section a rubber band effect so the hair clip would stretch around the hair. Animating the clip to the hair was a little tricky, but I got to work. Pretty happy with the overall results.
Galaxy S III Ani for T-Mobile/No Sound
Back in June 2012 I created this piece for T-Mobile of the Galaxy S III. They provided the model of the Galaxy S III for the animation. I was tasked with texturing, rigging, and animation of the device. WDCW worked on the post production of the piece.
T-Mobile 2012 Spring Secondary and Center Island/No Sound
I spent about a month producing this piece for T-Mobile. I modeled the phone, speakers, and did all the animation. Rendered using Mental Ray. The textures on the phone are actually pictures taken of the prototype. I seamed them all the together in max. Wong Doody did all the post production. It was a lot of fun creating the animation. This will be broadcast nation wide at all the T-Mobile stores.
T-Mobile 2012 Spring Secondary/No Sound from coleman smith on Vimeo.
T-Mobile Spring 2012-Center Island/No Sound from coleman smith on Vimeo.
Carly and Ducati Model
Here some images I created for the T-Mobile Carly/Ducati campaign. The Ducati was purchased on Turbosquid. I created the Carly model in Poser 7 then imported it into max 2012. I then unwrapped and textured the models. I used the new iRay rendering engine in max for rendering. Works great with the new CUDA cards from NVIDIA. I just installed a new NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 card in my BOXX workstation. It's bad ass.
T-Mobile-2012-Spring Primary/No Sound
For this project I had the opportunity to create a 3D version of Carly and the Ducati motorcycle. I used the 3D model for storyboards and the video below. All the 3D was created in 3D Studio Max 2012. Wong Doody did the post production work for the piece.
T-Mobile-2012-Spring Primary/No Sound from coleman smith on Vimeo.
T-Mobile Fall Primary
I created all the 3d for this piece. No Audio. For nationwide in store display.
T-Mobile Fall Secondary
I created all the 3d for this piece. No Audio. For nationwide in store display.
T-Mobile Winter Primary
I created all the 3d for this piece. No Audio. For nationwide in store display.
T-Mobile Winter Secondary
I created all the 3d for this piece. No Audio. For nationwide in store display.
Primo Animation V2
Animation I created for the Primo Flavorstation 100. No Audio
Primo Animation V1
Animation I created for the Primo Flavorstation 100. No Audio
Elos Animation
This is a animation I created for the Elos hair removal system.
BackJoy Animation
I completed this animation back in 2009. Its kind of cheasy but it looks cool. Overall it was a difficult animation to complete. I had to skin a body, a muscle system, and a skeleton to one rig for animation. I then rendered each one seperatly and comped them in After Effects. I was very pleased with the end results and the client was happy too.
Hunter Air Purifier Animation
Hunter the fan company needed an animation to showcase their new top of the line air purifier. The goal was to show how the air purifier can destroy airborne bacteria, mold, and even dust mites. The challenge with this animation was the amount of particles I had to create. I think there was over 10000 particles. I turned out pretty well and the Hunter company was very pleased.
Palms Casino Animation for The History Channel
While working at Argosy Medical I was assigned a project for The History Channel. They needed an animation of the Palms Casino building being built from the ground up for a TV show called Super Tools. I had a week to create the animation and I was supplied with only one image. It was tricky becuase I had to create the building from nothing. It was a very stressful week.
Nike Aerow 90 Soccer Ball Animation
In 2007 I was offered a contract position with Nike. They wanted me to produce an animation showcasing their new top of the line soccer ball called the Aerow 90. On release they changed the name to Total 90 Omni. Nike provided a CAD model of the ball and a texture map. In production I created several versions of the ball for the close ups, fly in, sweet spots, layers, and spin. The soccer dude on the field was a model from Nike that I rigged up for a simple turn animation. I pulled everything into After Effects CS3 for post production. I didn't care much for the music but Nike liked it. My favorite part of the animation was the layers peeling back from within. I used Mental Ray for all the texturing and lighting. It was a challenging and fun project to work on and it also looks good in my portfolio.


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A few of PSU's partner universities offer summer opportunities - you may study sustainable energy in Germany, wildlife biology in Finland, or take general education courses in Korea!
The application form can be acquired from the Study Abroad Coordinator in International Programs & Services. For more information contact the Study Abroad Coordinator.
Program information is updated each February for the upcoming academic year.
University Mayor - Intensive Spanish (Flyer)
Location: Santiago, Chile Dates: June 22 to July 17, 2015 Tuition: ~$1,382 includes housing and meals
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University of Jyväskylä: Jyväskylä Summer School in Human Sciences 2013
Location: Jyväskylä, Finland Dates: May 20 to June 14, 2013 in 4 one-week sessionsApplication deadline: February 15, 2013Tuition waived for PSU students Click here for Website
Brief description: The Jyväskylä Summer School in Human Sciences is composed of 14 interdisciplinary courses for advanced undergraduate and/or graduate students interested in e.g. art and culture studies, education, communication, psychology and management. Courses are taught in English. For more information visit the web site and view the brochures linked below. Courses for 2012:
19 - 23 May 2014Finnish Language and Culture (Language and Culture Studies)Caring Leadership (Education)Educational Cultures (Intercultural Education)Introduction to Dance Movement Therapy and Other Arts (Psychology)
26 - 30 May 2014Education in Finland (Education)Diversity Management (Education)Working Models in Domestic Violence Counseling (Psychology)Physical activity, Sport, Health and Health Promotion - International perspectives (Health Sciences)
2 - 6 June 2014Sport Psychology for Performance Enhancement (Sport and Exercise Psychology)Knowledge Management, Learning Organizations and Learning Communities (Education)International Marketing (Business studies)Studies in Cultural Anthropology (Anthropology)
9 - 13 June 2014Introduction to Intercultural Communication (Communication)Sport Marketing (Sport Sciences) PLEASE NOTE: the study module will last until Saturday 14 JuneBasics of Argumentation and Rhetorics (Philosophy)
University of Oulu: Northern Nature and Environment Field Studies Courses
Location: Oulu and National Parks in Northern FinlandDates: June - August, (may attend one session or all)Application Deadline - March 1
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La Rochelle Business School
Location: La Rochelle, FranceDates: Session 1: June 3-28, 2013; Session 2: July 1-26, 2013; Session 3:August 5-23, 2013Application Deadline: March 1 to PSU to be eligible for stipend
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Brief Description:Programs are designed to help students deepen their knowledge of Business, Tourism, and Management in the European context. All courses are taught in English. Cost for PSU students, 1250 Euros per session for tuition and accommodation.
NEW SUMMER PROGRAMS at La Rochelle
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TU Bergakademie Freiberg: International Summer School on Sustainable Energy
Location: Freiberg, Germany Dates: May 21 to June 21, 2013Application deadline: February 10, 2013
Click Here for WebsiteBrief description:For the eleventh time Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg in cooperation with "Verein Freunde und Förderer der TU Bergakademie Freiberg e.V." offers a five-week interdisciplinary summer course in sustainable energy technology. Students shall be acquainted with the most recent technological developments related to the use of sustainable energies as well as current widely-used technological solutions. Excursions to relevant companies and research institutions are an important part of the course. The course will be taught in English. In addition to the engineering course, German language classes are part of the programme. Those classes are supplemented by lectures on German history and culture which are given in English. The academic course will be accompanied by an extensive cultural program featuring weekend trips to Berlin and Prague, day trips to Dresden and the Freiberg mountain region as well as concerts, sports events and a day in a German family.
Europa University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder): Global Studies 2014
Location: Frankfurt OderDates: May 26 - July 4, 2014Application deadline: February 23, 2014
Brief Description:The program includes two academic courses: 1. Introduction to Global Studies and 2. Post-Communist Transformation in Eastern Central Europe and the Eastern Enlargement of the European Union. Program also includes excursions to Berlin and Potsdam, crash course in German, optional excursion to Poland.
Hanyang University International Summer School
Location: Seoul, South Korea Dates: June 28 - July 25, 2014Application deadline: March 1, 2014 - late applications can be accepted but students will not be eligible for stipends.
Link to Website Link to CoursesBrief description:The Hanyang International Summer School (HISS) is designed to provide participants with a better understanding of Korea and Northeast Asia in general. The HISS programs are structured to promote a better understanding for students through a variety of lectures and exciting activities. Lectures are offered in the areas of Korean studies, Korean language, Humanities/Language studies, International Business and Economics, International Relations, Science, Engineering, Journalism, Design/Fine Arts, Music, and Sports. For more information about the program visit the program link below.
Kyung Hee University: Kyung Hee Collaborative 2014 Summer Program
Location: Seoul, Korea Dates: tbaApplication deadline: March 1, 2014 - late applications can be accepted but students will not be eligible for stipends.
Link to WebsiteBrief description: The Global Collaborative Summer Program is based on institutional agreements between Kyung Hee University and University of Pennsylvania and East Asia's finest universities; Peking University in China, Ritsumeikan University in Japan, Moscow State University in Russia as well as the United Nations and Conference of NGOs(CONGO). Through high-quality research, education and diverse modules on Global Governance and East Asian Civilization, this program will present an opportunity for students around the world to come together for a better understanding of each other. Each year, students from more than 30 different countries join the program to experience the diverse cultures represented among the students and have opportunity to exchange opinions with global opinion leaders. Courses will be taught in English. Two tracks are available: 1. UN and NGO's, 2. Global Governance and East Asian Civilization. For more information visit the program link below. The Kyung Hee Program strives to promote better understanding of the East Asian region and the world, in conjunction with current quests for "multiculturalism" and "global trust." It integrates education, research and practice. The program offers 4 weeks of intensive sessions in which students can take a maximum of 2 courses. Click here for more information on the 2012 program.
University of Malta
Location: Msida and Valleta, MaltaDates: June, 2014Application deadline: March 1, 2014, late applications can be accepted but students will not be eligible for stipends.
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Subjects offered in 2014 include: Near Eastern Studies; Military Architecture of the Baroque Age; Underwater Archaeology, Caravaggio: Art and Knighthood, Military Architecture in Baroque Malta, and Mediterranean Coast: Threats and Opportunities (environmental issues)
Southern Taiwan University (STUT)
Location: Suburb of Tainan City, TaiwanDates: TBAApplication deadline: March 1, 2014, late applications can be accepted but students will not be eligible for stipends.
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Brief Description:Two-week Chinese language camp. This program is designed to introduce Chinese language and Taiwanese culture to students who are interested in the beauties of Asia with the hope to enhance the cultural exchange and intercommunication between Southern Taiwan University and international students. Chinese courses are offered in the morning and in the afternoon there are many interesting cultural visits. There is also a two day and one night trip to the a famous tourist spot in the area.
*Program deadlines may come after the March 1st deadline for PSU. You will need to have begun your application with the study abroad advisor in International Programs & Services on or before March 1st in order to be eligible for a stipend, and approved by the PSU Study Abroad Committee to participate in the exchange program.
National Formosa University
Location: Huwei Township, Yulin CountyDates: June 28-July 6, 2014Application for 2014
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NLG was founded in 2002 to offer a different life trajectory for more seriously impaired students with Autism and their families. Today NLG operates a school that provides outstanding, individualized education, training and intervention services for 90 students aged 3 to 22 with Autism Spectrum disorders so that they can achieve their potential and become productive members of society throughout their lives. NLG opened an Adult Program in 2013. This rapidly growing program provides ongoing job and community support to adults with Autism.
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"In 2003, when our son Austin was 6 years old, my husband David and I received the happiest news of our lives. Austin had been admitted into NLG. We immediately sold our home and our business in CT, left our family and friends, and moved to Massachusetts. It was the smartest thing we have ever done.
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I wanted to thank all those who helped over 50 kids experience the joy of our goats on campus. Here are some photos from the event. Thanks Ms. Tubbs for the photos!
Sometimes this word gets thrown around with so much academic and haughty baggage is seems unethical to debate a word in such a way. Can we define it as simple as "doing what is right, even when no one is looking." It might not hit on all that the word means but it gives a great place to start. Sometimes I think we debate too much on what is ethical rather than just doing what is right. We make too much of what is right and wrong with little regard to common sense. Religion aside. Politics aside. In fact, put it all aside and determine whether your course of action will have a positive or negative effect on those involved, including the inanimate and unvoiced. Sometimes our delay in discussing ethics prevents ethical action. Maybe it is childish naivety that I will grow out of, but it seems more simple than scholars portray. I've probably said too much.
Maybe it is his own self, his own family, selling to a local restaurant but his livelihood and his own life are wrapped in the reality that animals are indeed "grown." It might seem insensitive to put a living cow on the same level of a dusty potato. This farmer invests thousands in what will bring him thousands. To me, it is a equal and respectable trade. Read more in Farm Life.
I was driving home from this week's field trip when we noticed a classic small town letter sign. It read something like, "Come to our world famous annual chicken mull, Saturday 9-4. $7 a plate." I'll be honest, I haven't the foggiest clue what a chicken mull is. So I looked it up. Its a glossary right? Come to find out, Chicken mull really is famous and originated in Northern Georgia. From the New Georgia Encyclopedia (http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-3394), "The dish known in northeast Georgia as chicken mull is a stew of chicken meat (ground or cut into bite-sized or smaller pieces), broth, milk, butter, vegetables, and seasonings, thickened with crumbs of soda crackers. It is also called chicken stew, chicken soup (rarely), and in south Georgia, chicken jallop. Because grinding, cutting, and lengthy cooking can tenderize tough meat, chicken mull may have originated as a way to make tough old roosters and spent hens palatable." Looks like I might have to swing by the place to experience this Georgian delicacy.
Enjoyed a field trip to a local Watkinsville farm. The greatest takeaway from the afternoon was the awesome twist of words that might offend some. According to his words, the farmer "grows" turkeys or cows or chickens. For me, this is a complete understood worldview. The man works on a daily basis providing grass, water, vitamins, healthcare to those animals for the pure undivided purpose to feed!
Maybe it is his own self, his own family, selling to a local restaurant but his livelihood and his own life are wrapped in the reality that animals are indeed "grown." It might seem insensitive to put a living cow on the same level of a dusty potato. This farmer invests thousands in what will bring him thousands. To me, it is a equal and respectable trade. A life for a life, sustenance for sustenance. His operation is the epitome of humane. He provides opportunity for life to come onto his vegetated fields, and he determines the time for it to be removed. In my own worldview, the creator always has the right to reclaim his creation. With the power of creation, one is responsible to be a creator and not a killer. Enter ethics. Enter sustainability. Enter purpose. Misunderstood. The thorn in my belly. Why do I like the stuff so much. I've had an interesting year when it comes to food knowledge. Thanks to Netflix, I watched some interesting documentaries on food production, Food Inc. and King Corn. Both were eyeopening to the realities of food production on a massive scale. I don't even offer up ethical viewpoints when it comes to our food situation because I don't think food producers want to do it this way. They simply understand that food economics in its current supply and demand curve demands it. After watching these films I talked with a friend who works in online brokering of food products, cotton, soybeans, and grain. Everyday chatter with the Tyson's and Cargills of the world. His point rings clear with what the realists preach, if society demands hormone free, fair trade, organic and ethically grown and processed meats then that is what the producers will supply. The big question, are you willing to pay for it.
When I was at Mississippi State, we always got ribbed for having an animal husbandry building in the heart of campus. I've never understood it so I've taken the time to do a bit of digging. The science of animal husbandry is based around a pretty simple and time honored task, make sure animals get it on. What use to be ranching has been industrialized and streamlined with fun things like artificial insemination and embryo selection/transfer. Animal husbandry is more than sex, it really defines anyone who cares for domesticated animals. When understood, it is more appreciated. It's uncomfortable honoring a profession whose rap is built on latex gloves reaching your armpit with a handful of semen ready to impregnate a cow. But when you think of all the men and women who care for the animals and create sustainable supplies of food and animal related products, I must tip my hat to those hard working citizens. Our society is lucky to have food in continuous supply and it is these dedicated scientists, farmhands, and veterinarians that make that a reality.
I've been studying companionship in a marriage book Sarah and I are reading for our church's small group. It has been a wonderful reminder to the linked story we have as husband and wife. It got me to thinking about other powerful companions. With the continued series of droughts and all our work in stormwater management, the relationship between rain and rivers has intrigued me most. Some days when I drive by the Oconnee, I can't help but be amazed the river is still flowing. It is a testament to the everlasting fight rivers and water have waged and continue to win even with our continued onslaughts to dry every bed. I've learned rivers are more than their channels, the extend for miles in underground aquifers and water tables. The rain comes but a few times, but the rivers are always ready to reach out and capture all it has to offer. Rains upstream offer aid miles downstream. Rivers carry the water to lakes and oceans who breed storms to reach the rain. It is true companionship, one existing for the other.
As fall has settled in for another reliable year, I have enjoyed for the first time collecting and appreciating leaves. They are amazing structures even without the seasonal color. Each unique from stem to stem and species to species. Some serrated, some smooth. Some thick, some paper thin. Some have veins a plenty, others stark and solid. Leaves bear the burden of the tree, maybe not the structural load, but the burden. They reliably appear each spring and produce food to sustain life. They do so quietly and calmly, giving only to drought or severe wind. I appreciate their steadfastness. Then every fall, the magic and splendor begins. I find it ironic that the showy color is the first sign of death for the leaf, its nod to coming winter. It is it flag of surrender, knowing its role and bowing out gracefully to wait for another spring. The colors are an exercise in seeing. I catch myself picking them up and taking a moment to really look. Gold, orange, read, and yellow are all expected, but really look and yes, purple, black, and blue. I hope in my lifetime I will show splendor in my later years, understanding my purpose has come to an end. I hope a select few will appreciate all my colors, even my black and blues.
Companionship with selfishness. Lust on the other hand is when closeness and attraction is based in selfish desire with little to no reciprocation or compassion for the partner's needs. Lust is steeped in sexual matters, porn stars, celebrities, and that secret Victoria is keeping, but I see it in other environments. I see it in food, where the person eats not knowing the root of his food nor cares for how it was produced or processed. I see it in land use where an owner or developer joins with the land for a single purpose but asks not what the land needs or wants. I see it in plant selection where a gardener forces a plant into an environment not suitable for its inherent needs. In all these situations, a union is formed but an unbalanced and self-serving one.


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NASAA expanded the Why Should Government Support the Arts? policy brief. Designed to support state-level advocacy, this new edition answers frequently asked questions―and debunks common myths and misconceptions―about government funding for arts and culture. Arts leaders in every state use this brief to sharpen and substantiate their arguments for public support of the arts.
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I'm writing this article about being locked out of my apartment because right now I'm locked out of my apartment. I'm sitting on a bench. In Brooklyn. With my laptop. It's my version of an urban home office. Before you start feeling really too bad for me, I'm kidding. Not about being locked out, but I'm at my friend's apartment. She was kind enough to take me in.
All I want is to be in my office/closet room blasting loud music and writing like I do every other night. But that just isn't going to happen. Instead I'll write this story from NOT my home. And I won't listen to any loud music at all because my friend is asleep like any normal person should be at 2 AM. It's not so bad. My greatest concern is this: how will I dress really cool for tomorrow when I'm locked out?!?!
I consulted a genius friend that had some particularly useful advice. Even for a boy:
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Or perhaps I was so entertained by this because it involves an image of myself cutting a "fitness ball" in half or maybe it's because the thought of me successfully accomplishing any sort of DIY project is hilarious. PS I made nothing! (Shoutout to my homegirl Erica Domesek of PS - I Made This, AKA the young Martha Stewart. Maybe you can give me a lesson some time?)
But what I really did was just suck it up and borrow a pair of socks and undwear from my friend. And shamefully worse, I threw on the same dirty t-shirt that I wore yesterday. What else is there to do, really? And who says you have to wear something different EVERY single day? Thanks for letting me air my dirty laundry, as always.
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I brought this hood because I wanted something with a clean, modern anmd different and artistic look. This was the only one I could find (other than Tamburo - twice as expensive) that did not look like the 99% other metal range hoods available in the market. I am very happy with the looks, it matches the rest of my stainless steel kitchen appliances. It performs very well and is easy to clean., Myself and my husband installed it in less than one hours. This hood makes all my guests ask where did you buy it, we have never seen anything looking this nice in stainless steel.
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I worked in a salon as a secretary and decided I wanted to become a manicurist, own my own business, and pamper people. I love meeting new people, talking to them, and helping them relax.
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…The temple of Cybele was splendid and thronged with worshippers who performed nameless ceremonies at the bidding of a Phrygian priest. Tales added that the fall of the old religion did not end the orgies at the temple, but that the priests lived on in the new faith without real change. Likewise was it said that the rites did not vanish with the Roman power, and that certain among the Saxons added to what remained of the temple, and gave it the essential outline it subsequently preserved, making it the centre of a cult feared through half the heptarchy.
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As you are reading this, thousands of Byakhees have flown out to deliver The Twilight Beckons across the globe to spread the madness to a game store near you. Yes! The first Asylum Pack from this new cycle is out today, so now you can smell, taste, and feel the cards for yourself. You may even be aware that you can use them to play a game. So, how about I take a look a little further into the future and take a bite out of the second pack of the cycle? Beware: Perilous Trials await as you fall deeper into the clutches of the Silver Twilight.
Last week we looked at Hasturs' method of smoothing the resource development via cost reduction. Cost reduction offers a lot of flexibility, making sure your domains give you the maximum output. Since all factions have their own strengths and weaknesses, and this cycle refocuses each factions' ability, let's take a look at the faction whose central focus is to bring out the most and strongest characters out the quickest, even if it means bypassing the whole resource/domain system itself. That faction is Shub-Niggurath.
Since the core set came out, the Shub-Niggurath faction has the one most efficient cost reducers in the game: Priestess of Bubastis (Core Set, F123.) Being able to dynamically assign a virtual resource to play your characters means Shub-Niggurath can get out more and bigger characters, madly spawning A Thousand Young when other factions have barely started playing. A turn one Hungry Dark Young (Core Set, F131) is certainly a possibility, and only the beginning of an unstoppable swarm of monsters and cultist.
If you plan to take advantage of this slightly higher curve to swarm so very early in the game, you might run into some consistency problems. You are only allowed to play three Priestess of Bubastises in your deck, meaning that instead of exploding onto the table, you get a little behind because you'll actually need to play resources to get the slightly higher costing characters out. The solution? More Priestesses, of course! Perilous Trials gives you some backup in the form of One of the Thousand (Perilous Trials, F32.) Even while they serve a similar purpose, there are some notable differences though.
You won't often be inclined to send a Priestess to a story. Especially when it comes to opposing a counter-investigation. The lack of icons means that the only reason to do so is if there is an opening, or you need a fall-girl for lost terror and combat struggles. One of the Thousand is different that way. While she doesn't have the base skill to actually score you success tokens, she can knock opposing characters insane, hopefully before success is determined. Even when there is nothing practical to do with resource acceleration, that should slow down the game a little and buy you some time to bring out the big guns.
She also serves a more obscure purpose. Yog-Sothoth doesn't put his blasphemous eggs in one basket. Aside from also prowling stories, the Gate and the Key are determined to attack your deck itself. As an alternate win condition Yog-Sothoth has the ability to deplete it so they can win without ever claiming one token. One of a Thousand increases your chances by artificially giving you more cards. In fact, she can theoretically make your deck endless by shuffling back repeatedly so you'll never run out of cards to draw.
While it is not her primary purpose, in case things run into a stalemate you are less likely to be decked. The downside is that you might draw some cards later than you would without an endless stream of cultists above it but that hardly should matter if the early game advantage is yours already. How many opponents can answer a regular first-turn Y'Golonac (Core Set, F122)?
Based on the fiction of H.P. Lovecraft and his literary circle, Call of Cthulhu: The Card Game takes two players deep into the Cthulhu Mythos where investigators clash with the Ancient Ones and Elder Gods for the fate of the world. The Living Card Game format allows players to customize their gaming experience with monthly Asylum Pack expansions to the core game.
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Apparently all factions get some serious cost reduction this cycle. This is interesting, since I thought, one of the reasons they restarted the game as an LCG was the overabundance of cost-reduction cards in the CCG...


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Mečiar reaches out to old enemiesThe former prime minister hopes his new friendly face will kickstart his flagging career, analysts sayFEW kind words had passed between former PM Mečiar (left) and current PM Dzurinda (right) before their May 9 meeting. photo: TASR
26 May 2003
Lukáš Fila
On May 9 Mečiar, the leader of the opposition Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (HZDS), attended what he called his "first ever" one-to-one meeting with Prime Minister Mikuláš Dzurinda. Mečiar said he initiated the meeting to discuss the referendum campaign and amendments to the constitution, among them Mečiar's proposal to create an additional second parliamentary chamber. The changed relationship between the prime minister and his predecessor has baffled other prominent politicians. "I find it embarrassing because I know how these people behaved to each other - the things they said - and today they act like the best of friends," said Robert Fico, leader of the opposition party Smer, on TV Markíza. In March 2002 Mečiar said that Dzurinda did not "deserve the honour" of being in his presence. Now he acknowledges that things have changed. "The very fact that we have met and sat at one table says a lot," said Mečiar after the meeting. Mečiar declared that his party would not call for the government to be removed if the referendum on EU entry, held on May 16 and 17, were to fail, directly contradicting his own comments made a few weeks earlier, when he said that "the entire government should step down" if the plebiscite failed. In the event, the referendum delivered an overwhelming yes to membership. The prime minister declined to comment on his current relationship with the HZDS boss, whom he described in January 2002 as someone who had been involved "in activities that sharply contradict the principles of democracy and a legal state". Slovakia was not included in the first round of NATO expansion in 1997 with the neighbouring Czech Republic, Poland, and Hungary, because of Western objections to Mečiar's authoritarian leadership methods. Similarly, EU accession was stalled by his governments' failure to meet the required "political criteria". Dzurinda's election campaigns in the autumn of 1998 and 2002, both of which secured him the seat of the prime minister, were founded on their opposition to Mečiar, focusing on the negative consequences for Slovakia's integration ambitions if Mečiar returned to power. NATO and EU representatives sent out clear signals to Slovak voters before the 2002 general elections that integration would only take place if the electorate kept Mečiar out of government. Dzurinda said the recent meeting with his erstwhile rival was intended to ensure enough people come to vote on Slovakia's EU entry. "The HZDS voters are a significant group of people and Mečiar can effectively encourage those voters to attend," said Grigorij Mesežnikov, head of the Institute for Public Affairs think tank. The referendum campaign prepared by the government was heavily criticised as insufficient by experts and the media. On May 13 Slovak political elites took to the streets of Bratislava to rally support for EU entry and passers-by were able to observe a further surprising scene. The politicians stopped for refreshments at one of the Old Town's cafés, where former president Michal Kováč and Mečiar shook hands and sat next to each other. Kováč's son was kidnapped and taken to Austria in August 1995. The kidnapping was allegedly organised and performed by the secret service headed by Ivan Lexa, appointed into office by then-prime minister Mečiar, who was at the time known for his disputes with Kováč. The degree of Mečiar's involvement in the case is not known. However, in March and July 1998 he placed amnesties on anyone involved in the abduction, thus preventing any further investigation. The amnesties were to ensure "civic harmony", as Mečiar put it then. After the recent friendly meeting, Kováč said: "I expected [Mečiar] to say: 'Michal, I'm sorry that I hurt you', but he does not seem up to something like that just yet." "I have no disputes with him, I've never had any. I don't know why I should make up with someone with whom I am not at odds," Mečiar said, in response. Analysts suggest that Mečiar's efforts to fit in may not be all about EU accession. "This new style may be important for his position within the HZDS. It could strengthen the conviction of HZDS members that Mečiar should remain a leader who can bring the party to power. I think at the upcoming party congress Mečiar will try to prove that he is becoming an acceptable partner [for other parties]," said Mesežnikov. In the general elections in 1998 and 2002, the HZDS received the most votes out of all parties, but failed to form a government because none of the other parties wanted to work in a coalition with Mečiar. This year's party congress is scheduled for June, and Mečiar is the only candidate for chairperson at this time. In the 1998 elections, the HZDS received 27 percent of the votes, in 2002 it received 19.5 percent, indicating that the party has lost some popular support. It has also lost members. Two large groups of members have broken away from the HZDS in the last year, both citing Mečiar's "undemocratic methods" as their reasons for leaving. The first group, led by former parliamentary speaker Ivan Gašparovič, left just before last September's elections and formed the Movement for Democracy party. The second, headed by former party vice-chair Vojtech Tkáč, left the HZDS a few months after that, transforming into the People's Union party. However, Mečiar still remains one of the most popular figures on the Slovak political scene. According to a survey carried out by the Public Opinion Research Institute (ÚVVM) of the Statistics Office released on April 22, Mečiar is the second-most-trusted Slovak politician. with 16.9 percent, following Smer leader Fico with 26.3 percent. Mečiar is thought to have good chances in the presidential elections scheduled to take place in 2004. An opinion poll by the Dicio agency released on May 9 shows that 10.5 percent of voters would have supported Mečiar's bid for presidency had the vote taken place between April 11 and 24. That result makes the HZDS leader the second-most-supported candidate. Foreign Minister Eduard Kukan, a member of Dzurinda's Slovak Christian and Democratic Union, is first with over 14 percent. But despite the recent signs of warming relations, analysts say Mečiar is unlikely to find political allies in the future. "I think the ruling parties remain determined not to cooperate with Mečiar. They know who he is and that miraculous changes don't happen," said Mesežnikov. More from |
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