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A weekly news digest for University of Minnesota, Morris faculty, staff, and students
Vol. 7, No. 19: January 21, 2015
Editor: Jenna Ray
The submission deadline for the next edition of Weekly Bulletin will be Tuesday, January 27, at 4 p.m. Please send comments, questions, or submissions to the editor.
In this issue:
- Performing Arts Series Presents Ragamala Dance
- Morris Receives NSF Funding for STEM Education
- Work by Ng Published in Discrete Mathematics
- Niche Names Morris One of the 10 Best Colleges in Minnesota
Featured events:
Wednesday, January 21, 2 p.m. Student Center, Oyate Hall-Alumni Room
CAC Performing Arts Series Presents: Ragamala Dance
Friday, January 23, 7:30 p.m. Student Center, Edson Auditorium
Careers in Biology: Chelsea Alexander '06
Monday, January 26, 7 p.m. Science Auditorium
GWSS Lecture: "Nexus of Gender, Childhoods and Development: Cases from Nepali Children's Homes"
Wednesday, January 28, 5:30 p.m. Humanities Fine Arts 6
Check out all of the campus events.
News and announcements:
Morris Receives NSF Funding for STEM Education
The grant will support Morris's Improving Undergraduate STEM Education program.
Attend Legislative Action Kickoff
The 2015 Legislative Action Kickoff (formerly the Legislative Briefing) will take place on Tuesday, February 3. Attendees will learn about issues that will impact the U of M during the 2015 Minnesota Legislative Session and discover ways to help. Learn more and RSVP for the event.
Work by Peh Ng, professor of mathematics, was published in the January 2015 issue of Discrete Mathematics. The title of the paper is "Polyhedral Study of the Connected Subgraph Problem."
Stephen Burks, professor of economics and management, presided over a Transportation Research Board (TRB) lectern session on "Shortening Supply Chains" at the TRB's annual meeting in Washington, DC, on January 12. He presented research results on the historical evolution of productivity and vehicle use in the United States trucking industry, which were from joint work with K. Boyer (Michigan State University), K. Monaco (Bureau of Labor Statistics), and J. Myers-Kuykindall '06. The session was sponsored by TRB standing technical committee AT060 Trucking Industry Research, which Burks chairs.
In the news
Morris has been named one of the ten best colleges in Minnesota by Niche. Morris is ranked #7 in Minnesota and #243 nationwide. The campus also was ranked #94 on Niche's Top Public Colleges, #77 on the Top Liberal Arts Colleges list, #71 on the Best Colleges in Small Towns list, and #58 on the Safest Colleges list.
A recent article by the Morris Sun Tribune details work being done by the Office of Community Engagement. The piece discusses the office's history, current success, and future goals.
The Morris Sun Tribune also reports that Coach Paul Grove earned his 99th and 100th Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) victories last weekend when he and the mens' basketball team defeated Bethany Lutheran College and Martin Luther College. With these victories, the Cougars improve to 3-0 in the conference.
NEC Display Solutions of America announced last week that Richard Ventura '96, vice president of business development and solutions, has been elected treasurer/secretary of the Digital Signage Federation's (DSF) Executive Committee. Ventura brings 14 years of experience within the NEC sales organization, focusing on display solutions, display technologies and projectors.
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All University of Minnesota, Morris events submissions should be submitted through the online events form.
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Gibberish or gobbledygook refer to speech or other use of language that is nonsense, or that appears to be nonsense. It may include speech sounds that are not actual words,[1] or forms such as language games or highly specialized jargon that seems non-sensical to outsiders.[2] Gibberish should not be confused with literary nonsense such as that used in the poem "Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll.[citation needed]
The word gibberish is more commonly applied to speech, while gobbledygook (sometimes gobbledegook or gobbledegoo) is more often applied to writing.[citation needed] "Officialese", "legalese", or "bureaucratese" are forms of gobbledygook. The related word jibber-jabber refers to rapid talk that is difficult to understand.[3]
The term gibberish was first seen in English in the early 16th century.[4] Its etymology is not certain, but it is generally thought to be onomatopoeia imitative of speech, similar to the related words jabber (to talk rapidly) and gibber (to speak inarticulately).[5][6]
Less widely accepted theories assert that it is derived from the Irish word gob or gab (mouth)[7] or from the Irish phrase Geab ar ais (back talk, backward chat).[8] The latter Irish etymology was suggested by Daniel Cassidy, whose work has been widely criticised by reputable linguists and scholars. The terms geab and geabaire are certainly Irish words, but the phrase geab ar ais does not exist, and the word gibberish exists as a loan-word in Irish as gibiris.[9]
Another theory is that gibberish comes from the name of the famous 8th-century Islamic alchemist Jābir ibn Hayyān, whose name was Latinized as "Geber", thus the term "gibberish" arose as a reference to the incomprehensible technical jargon often used by Jabir and other alchemists who followed.[10]
According to Michael Quinion on his World Wide Words website gobbledygook was first coined on 21 May 1944 by Maury Maverick, a congressman from Texas. His comments, recorded in the New York Times Magazine, were made when Maverick was the Democratic chairman of the US Congress Smaller War Plants Committee. He was being critical of the obscure language used by other committee members. The allusion was to a turkey, "always gobbledy gobbling and strutting with ludicrous pomposity."[11] It is sometimes abbreviated slightly to gobbledygoo.[12]
Contemporary reports, as shown by a United Press dispatch published in the Pittsburgh Press, identify the date of Maverick's statement as March 31.[13] Maverick's message includes the following sentence: "Stay off the gobbledygook language. It only fouls people up."[13]
The term "gobbledygook" has a long history of usage in politics. Nixon's Oval Office tape from June 14, 1971, showed H. R. Haldeman describing a situation to Nixon as "a bunch of gobbledygook. But out of the gobbledygook comes a very clear thing: you can't trust the government; you can't believe what they say."[14] President Ronald Reagan explained tax law revisions in an address to the nation with the word, May 28, 1985, saying that "most didn't improve the system; they made it more like Washington itself: complicated, unfair, cluttered with gobbledygook and loopholes designed for those with the power and influence to hire high-priced legal and tax advisers."[15]
Michael Shanks, former chairman to the National Consumer Council of Great Britain, characterizes professional gobbledygook as sloppy jargon intended to confuse nonspecialists: "'Gobbledygook' may indicate a failure to think clearly, a contempt for one's clients, or more probably a mixture of both. A system that can't or won't communicate is not a safe basis for a democracy."[16]
Utilizing gibberish whilst acting can be used as an exercise in performance art education.[17] Another usage of Gibberish is as part of Osho's Gibberish meditation[18] which has been derived from an old Sufi practice.
The terms officalese or bureaucratese refer to language used by officials or authorities. Legalese is a closely related concept, referring to language used by lawyers, legislators, and others involved with the law. The language used in these fields may contain complex sentences and specialized jargon or buzzwords, making it difficult for those outside the field to understand.[19] Speakers or writers of officialese or legalese may recognize that it is confusing or even meaningless to outsiders, but view its use as appropriate within their organization or group.[20]
Bafflegab is a synonym, a slang term referring to confusing or a generally unintelligible use of jargon.[21]
Look up gibberish, gobbledygook, or jibber-jabber in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. |
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I didn't plan to mention this blog's two year birthday this week because it seemed a little self-serving, or self-righteous, or just plain irrelevant to everyone but perhaps me, but a couple things happened today that changed my mind. Though all of the above may still be true, so I apologize for the five seconds it has taken you to read this far and no hard feelings if you jump off this post as quickly as you came.
If you don't know much about my daily life before blogging, it may be a surprise that I started my professional career as a child abuse investigator for the State of Texas. I was 21 years old, fresh out of the University of Texas with a Bachelor's in Social Work, and I spent my days (and nights and weekends) knocking on doors and investigating allegations of abuse and neglect of children. I can think of no faster way to be throw into the "real world" than that job. At one point I had over 100 cases open at the same time and there were far greater needs than resources. I did it for about a year, and then went back to grad school after having a couple of cases where the outcome frustrated me greatly. I needed to be able to do more within the system than just investigate.
Fast forward a year and a half, and I got my Master's in Social Work at NYU (not the wisest financial move of all time), and I returned to working for the state in a slightly different role. Eventually I trained new caseworkers in their formal three month training program, and then my last position was writing statewide training curriculum for investigators. Today I read about a 23 year old child abuse investigator in Houston who was assaulted while doing her job checking on the welfare of a one-year-old. From the articles I have read, it sounds like she was very lucky to have made it out of the home alive. Everyone doing that job knows the risk of the unknown that is on the other side of the door, but that doesn't make it any easier when something goes terribly wrong. Caseworkers are armed with nothing more than a cell phone, and it is both impractical and impossible to bring law enforcement with you on most cases, so you have to rely on yourself and on a little luck.
I very much miss doing work on behalf of children who have experienced more terrible things than most of us can imagine, but I am so eternally grateful to spend these years focusing my energy on my own young child, and writing about much happier things (ie miles, points, and family travel). Sure it is stressful in its own way when you blog about a deal that doesn't work out, or get some details of something incorrect, or receive "hate mail" from those who just don't like what you write. But that doesn't even come close to the stress that comes with wondering if your worker safety training was enough to keep a caseworker safe, or perhaps worse yet whether or not you made the right call on if a child is safe in their own home.
I had this site as a side hobby/job for about a year while I was working for the state. When I first started, the major miles and points blogs I knew of were ran by folks with names like Brian, Rick, Gary, Ben, and Seth, and while I loved their sites, they were all guys who weren't writing from the point of view of a parent with young kids. I decided to start writing from a different point of view, and now two years later there are many female and parent voices in the miles and points world, which I think is a great thing.
After that first year of blogging on nights and weekends after being at work during day, for the sake of my family I had to make a choice. I chose to step away from the world of child welfare for a while, and focus on happier things. Stories like the one I read in the paper today make me so grateful that I had that choice. I will absolutely go back to helping the kiddos who need help the most, but hopefully it will be in an advocacy and volunteer role. Only time will tell.
In the meantime, I am grateful for every one of you that has taken the time out of your day to stop by this site over the past two years. I'm also grateful for those of you who have taken the time to share your stories of how this site has helped you, as that is why the site started, and why it continues. Here is the most recent example that I received this afternoon:
BIG BIG THANKS for all you do!! Because of what I learned from you, my family is going to Hawaii in July!! Woooohooo!!
We're late in the game with trying to book a Hawaii trip with points, but since we love it there so much, we hoped and hoped we could make it work out. Even coming in late, because I took your advice and opened that AMEX and earned those Reward points and transferred them to BA, we were able to piece it together with other points I already had on HA. I still can barely believe we can get to Hawaii with so few Avios!
Why did I NOT open that same card for DH, I will never know!! We are super thrilled we will be returning to Hawaii and wanted to give you a shout out!!
This reader is thanking me, but really I am the one who is thanking them. Thanking them for sharing their story, for supporting this site, and for making the effort to plan and take exciting and rewarding trips with their family. As Mommy Points enters the "terrible twos", I'll keep my fingers crossed that they aren't really terrible (we all know that the "threes" are way more terrifying than twos anyway). Thank you for making this journey possible, and if I can help you with anything in the future don't hesitate to ask.
I guess now I should go and eat a cupcake…or two.
49 Responses to "The Blog Hits the Terrible Twos and I am Terribly Grateful"
Congrats Summer. Your additions to the space have been wonderful and refreshing. The "Mommy" view is important to all of us, as is your down to earth, "we'll ride in coach" style of travel.
People may write a few nasty letters, but the ones like you included today, make the "job" all so much fun.
Congrats again
Happy Blog Birthday!
CodeAdam, ha ha! Thanks for the time warp. I would still agree with most of that post two years later (though I am sure many of the first posts are quite hilarious now).
Rick, totally agree and thanks for all your support.
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Your blog is awesome and thanks for all the great tips!
You go girl!!! love reading your blog!
A friend's daughter, also a social worker who made house calls, was attacked while in the home of a man who was mentally ill. So I know how hard this can be. Your post comes at a good time for me. It sure took the edge off my current stress around booking a vacation! Well said. Happy Birthday!
Happy 2 years!! My blog is only 5 months old, but blogs like yours are inspiring!!
Congratulations Mommy Points. I read your post as a mommy who now uses your advice to visit children in far flung places like Kenya, Barcelona and San Francisco. Being a mommy never ends.
And thank you for taking a chance and deviating a little from the points world. Reading about your past reinforces why I truly enjoy reading your blog. Three's not too bad, and from there it just gets better. Congrats again.
And the travel blog world is a better place because you are here. Congratulations on your two year anniversary!
Yikes. That story reminds me of when Megan briefly worked as a census worker, and one resident set his dogs on her. She escaped unharmed, but very shaken.
Congratulations! Our family has learned a great deal from you.
Congrats. I always enjoy reading your blog.
Just…wow…congrats Summer! I had no idea about your history as a social worker. Thank you for doing that. It's so important and thank goodness that there are people brave enough to do it (and for not much money, either, unfortunately).
Seeing your pics with little C makes me nostalgic about the days when it was just me and my little Hanna. It's so fun when it's just you and your little buddy.
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MP – congratz on the 2 year mark. Have watched your blog develop for must be over a year now. Great perspectives. As an aside – thanks for sharing your peronal story. my Aunt ran a home for foster kids. As kids my brother and I would hang out with them. Most were down on their luck in some way and needed some space amd structure from a family perspective, some had really tough situations and needed a loving home. Over the years it got harder and more dangerous. Drugs baca,me a bigger issue in many family issues, as did violence. Big respect to any that work in that field. It is a tough road, rarely recognized and not financially rewarded. True gold people.
Happy Blogiversary
It was your blog that hooked me on Boarding Area and your coverage of last year's Radisson "big night" promotion that helped me turn my fascination with point earning into a reality for the first time. Eight of us are going to Hawaii for Thanksgiving week this year, nonstop from DFW, entirely on miles thanks in big part to those Radisson miles. Thanks for a wonderful blog!
Congratulations on two years! My family has benefited greatly from your site. You have taught me everything there is to know about Ultimate Rewards and thanks to this site I have earned lots of miles and points. Looking forward to a trip to vegas next week paid for with UR, hotel and flight! Thanks for all that you do!
Congrats. Your blog gave me great advice and encouragement to take advange of the 2011 us air grand slam. We earned enough to take our high school aged son to SFO and Reno in first class and my wife and I to Rome in Envoy so we could take the cruise of a lifetime.
Forget the haters. You can't make all the people happy all the time.
That's quite the milestone for the blogosphere. Congratulations!
Congrats! Great hearing you speak at FTU! I look forward to reading your blog each day!
Congrats on making it two years, and thanks so much for all the help you've offered.
As we have a baby on the way, I'm more and more interested in the logistics of traveling with a kid. I know you have a lot in the archives, but if you're thinking about ideas for future blog posts, I'd love to get more in the weeds re advice on traveling with infants and small kids… How has Little C's travel bag evolved with time? Any advice beyond that in the archives for new parents?
Thanks for everything.
Congrats! I'm a retired teacher and……. wouldn't miss your blog for anything. It has not only helped me get points to travel to exotic places, but it has helped me stay connected to home base -IAH-………… Houston. Just got back home after 2 months in Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. Read the blog each day there. Thanks again!
Congrats Summer!
Go Mommypoints!! Hope your cupcakes were yummy
Congratulations on two years. I only discovered the world of miles/points travel about 6 months ago and have been reading your blog since then. What I really appreciate about this blog is that you are one of the few that discusses family travel. We're trying to put together a trip to Europe for next summer with our two teenagers and it's proving difficult since there are so few quad rooms available with points. Thanks for what you do!
Although I'm not a female or a parent or most other parts of your target demographic, your blog is one that I try to read every day because you're also a very engaging writer.
What you have been able to do is take what has often been misunderstood as an elitist hobby and democratised it for an entirely new audience. Sure, others have tried to do this before, but you have succeeded on a much larger scale. You don't give off the aura of knowing everything already and the reader feels that they are joining you in the learning process. As you are no doubt aware from your days in training, that is one of the most effective strategies.
So kudos to you. It takes a lot of courage to write and put yourself out there to be judged. I'm glad, and so are all your regular readers, that you decided to do it.
Congrats…great blog.
Congrats on the milestone!
Congrats! It was great meeting you and Little C when you were in NYC
Happy Anniversary! Keep up the awesome work
Congrats – love the family perspective in the world of points
Wow – thank you guys! Not sure what else to say…other than I did eat a celebratory beignet.
Here's to two more!
Congrats! Didn't realize you were a Violet as well. NYU '06 here,
Such a sweet post! You have a strong and clear voice that comes through in your blog. It's a pleasure to read your straightforward reviews of goings on in the points and miles world! Cheers to another year of great writing and great travel
Way to go MP. Keep up the good work.
730 days of Summer
Grateful right back–Love this site and never miss a post.
MP, congratulations, and best wishes for the future! Your sharing in this post is moving, powerful and profound. It captures your good heart and passion for advocacy work for children. I have no doubt you will return to it in some form or other, but in the meantime, you carry it with you in your mind & heart.
Thanks for all you do in the world of points for families, and for giving this grandma good advice to keep seeing her adorable granddaughters. Your support in last year's medical trip to HAITI was invaluable. Cheers to you, Little C, and the Man in your life! -
Congrats. I'm Neither a mommy or a parent, but much of your site is of benefit to us single people. Your way of presenting the info is both readable and insightful.
Congrats – love the family perspective in the world of points
I'm not a mommy yet but in the future :). Your site is a great benefit to me. Your way of presenting the info is both readable and insightful.


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Woman Injured In Overnight Rollover
EL PASO — One woman is in the hospital after an overnight rollover in Northeast El Paso.
The wreck happened on Cassidy Dr. and Gateway North at about 1:20 a.m. Thursday.
According to police, the driver somehow lost control and rolled her minivan several times.
The female driver was taken to University Medical Center with minor injuries.
Police said there were no passengers in the van, and no other vehicles were involved.
The scene of that crash has since been cleared, and will not affect traffic in the area.


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A warm welcome from our Captain and Lady Captain
Our Captain, Mr Ian Gray and our Lady Captain, Mrs Sylvia Gorton would like to extend a very warm welcome to you and thank you for visiting our website. You are all invited to come and visit us at Breightmet Golf Club and sample our fabulous golf course and the club's extremely friendly atmosphere.
You may be an individual golfer looking for a friendly club with a fair, challenging course that plays 18 holes for 52 weeks of the year and a sociable clubhouse in which to relax.
You may be a golf society looking for a venue where you will be made to feel welcome, that will give you a great day out with a variety of packages to suit your refreshment needs.
You may be looking for a lovely venue for that special occasion – be it a wedding or party – that can provide a variety of options with unrivalled views.
Or, you may just fancy a drink with a meal or snack in pleasant friendly surroundings at reasonable prices.
At Breightmet Golf Club you will experience all of these. So come and give us a try, and experience it all for yourself.
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Our Fund Raiser based on the Lottery is now running –
This week's lucky person is Dorothy Medcalf who is £125 better off!
A further 13 people pick up a fiver each.
This is a good idea, excellently run by Martin and Jackie, which raises money for the club –
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Loch Lomond Competition
The winners of this much vaunted annual prize collected their just desserts last week end
with a round of golf and an overnight stay at this celebrated and prestigious venue.
Our Captain Ian Gray, Tony Parker and Oliver Penman enjoyed all the privileges that Loch Lomond has to offer.
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Cystic Fibrosis Earns a New Bacterial Foe
The finding that chronic infection with S. maltophilia is independently linked with an increased risk of exacerbations gives clinicians and researchers a new potential target in fighting their disease as well.
"Our study showed that chronic infection with S. maltophilia, which was previously not regarded as prognostically significant, may have a real impact on the progression of CF in patients," said Valerie Waters of the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto.
To assess whether S. maltophilia represented a true infection, rather than merely a colonizing organism, and whether it had an impact on the progression of disease, Waters and colleagues performed a two-stage study.
In the first stage, they sought to determine if S. maltophilia generated an immune response in CF patients.
In the second stage, they retrospectively followed almost 700 CF patients for 12 years to determine whether chronic infection with S. maltophilia was independently associated with an increased risk of exacerbation or lowered lung function.
They found that antibody levels to S. maltophilia flagellin, were about two times higher in chronically infected patients compared to those who were never infected, indicating a specific immune response and a true infection, rather than mere colonization.
The increased antibody levels were also associated with lower lung function, as measured by FEV1 (forced expiratory volume in one second.)
Furthermore, they found that patients with chronic S. maltophilia infections had a 63 percent greater risk of exacerbations than those who had never been infected, although there were no significant differences detected in the rate of lung function decline.
"It is crucial that we look to determine whether chronic S. maltophilia infection directly results in the worsening of lung function.
"We plan to investigate the effects of chronic S. maltophilia during pulmonary exacerbations in future studies," said Waters.
The findings were published online in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.


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Aggies continue to expand footprint
Sam Khan Jr.Welcome to the new world of Texas A&M recruiting. It's a world where the Aggies can seemingly go anywhere and have a real shot to get a player they want. Head coach Kevin Sumlin spoke in the offseason of expanding his team's recruiting footprint b...
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Lessons for spring: Joseph making impact
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Deeper A&M D-line a work in progress
Sam Khan Jr.COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- Texas A&M's work toward putting a defensive product on the field that is drastically better than the one that lined up in 2013 is among the most important offseason tasks. Climbing out of the SEC cellar in major defensive...
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TAMU to-do list: Pick a QB
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TAMU to-do list: Find the leaders
Sam Khan Jr.Editor's note: This is the second part of a week-long series looking at the five most pressing concerns Texas A&M faces this offseason. Strong player leadership is something Texas A&M has been fortunate to have in Kevin Sumlin's first two ...
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TAMU to-do list: Solidify the OTs
Sam Khan Jr.Editor's note: This is Part I in a weeklong series looking at the five most pressing concerns Texas A&M faces this offseason. While quarterback Johnny Manziel's NFL draft announcement was perhaps the most anticipated and newsworthy, the bigges...
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Greetings from Kyle Field
Sam Khan Jr.COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- After what has been an eventful offseason, game day is finally here for Texas A&M. The No. 7 Aggies host Conference USA foe Rice at 1 p.m. ET today, giving their fans a taste of real football after an offseason that invol...
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Storylines to watch for Aggies' fall camp
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Elite speed sells schools on RB Bradford
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Video: QB Manziel working to get better
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2014 OT Schlottmann getting interest
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LB Hoza Scott focused on improvement
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I ordered this umbrella because I wanted something to carry us over until we were ready to purchase a whole new patio furniture set. The set we have is 11 years old but was quite expensive and is still in great condition except for the umbrella, which was not part of the original set. Our current set is white but I was unable to find anything to match that so had to settle for what was available. This one is either a very dark brown or black. That's the only part I don't like about it, but has nothing to do with the quality of the umbrella. The fabric is much nicer than expected (I'm pretty sure it's Sunbrella) and the tilt feature works well. The umbrella is well constructed and everything works. I can't believe what a good deal this was!
The market umbrella is very sturdy and I love the twist tilt on the pole by the crank. The tilt slowly and gentle tilts the umbrella to the angle that you want. I like the 9' tall height for easy of walking under without having to stoop down. I recommend getting the larger base of the 22" to make it sturdier. Our umbrella is free standing in the base and not used in the center of a table. We do get a good deal of wind coming around the corner of our home on the deck, so I always leave the umbrella down when not using it with a short bungy type elastic cord with hooks on each end to keep the umbrella tightly wrapped when down.
It is lighter than expected. Even after being securely anchored in a heavy base and the umbrella folded, a strong gust of wind knocked it over. No damage done. Love the tilt feature!
We bought this in navy blue and it's wonderful. We have a house on the ocean and need the shade. Definitely need a heavy base so it will hold up to the breezes. Definitely recommend it!
The umbrella was beautiful, sturdy and easy to use. I had to put it through the center of my patio table, but because it has no base, it keeps tilting and falling over. I have ordered an umbrella base from overstock and am waiting to get it. I bought the orange umbrella (found it by searching for orange) and while I love the red umbrella I received (it looks beautiful the flower garden surroundings of my patio), it is NOT the orange I expected.The fabric is beautiful and the crank is easy to use, but I would have liked to know when I placed the order that I needed a base as well.
I wanted an indigo blue umbrella that when delivered you could put up immediately (without having to put the spokes in the fabrc. This umbrelal was not only a great price, it was perfect in all other respects. Size, color, crank.
It looks nice but is not easy to tilt.I bought one last year that was $*** less & it looks exactly the same. Bad news is last years broke. I hope this one doesn't as quickly. I've only had it a few weeks.
This is the only umbrella for me. It is very windy at my place. Although I don't have the umbrella up when it is too windy, there is no doubt in my mind that an aluminum pole would not withstand the wind. The fiberglass pole, in my opinion, is the only worth buying.
This umbrella is exactly what I like about Overstock purchases. It was reasonably priced, of good quality, color and texture. Easy to use and perfect in my back yard. Fit right into our table, and matches perfectly with our chairs.
Not much to say , it looks great........and strong in the wind . Looked at reviews and looked good. Still looks good no fading.
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A former UBS employee accused of unauthorized deals that cost the Swiss bank 1.7 billion euros ($2.3 billion) has pleaded not guilty to fraud and false accounting charges.
In one of the world's biggest-ever cases of alleged "rogue trading," Kweku Adoboli has entered a plea of 'not guilty' in a London court where he faces charges on four counts of fraud and false accounting.
Adoboli, who could receive a maximum 10 years in prison if found culpable, spoke only to confirm his name and reply "not guilty" to all the charges when they were read out to him at a packed Southwark Crown Court.
Judge Alistair McCreath remanded Adoboli in custody and set a trial date of September 3.
The losses incurred by UBS were a severe blow, leading to the resignation of the bank's chief executive Oswald Grübel and triggering a shake-up of its investment banking services.
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The perfect Family-friends Reunion
This rental was perfect for our family-friend reunion !
We had 6 adults and 6 kids plus our Boxer Dog
The rooms are perfect each of them have access to the balcony, clean perfect furniture and the 2 1/2 bath is a plus; on the master bedroom we had one of the families with 2 girls one 5 year old the other 9 months and this property provided one of those portatil crib wich was perfect for them, on the middle room with bunk bed we had 2 adults and 2 boys and having that red sofa bed was perfect two adults on the bottom bed one 12 year old on the top and a 8 year old on the sofa bed was perfect, on the third bedroom we arranged last family with a boy (7) and a girl (4) we got a twin air mattress for them .. We never felt crowded at all !
And what about that amazing third floor ! Love the open space and the fact the kitchen has all the needs to make any meal was perfect !!
We made cupcakes and mmmm some delicious fajitas for dinner the fire pit was one of the best features of this property drinking and telling stories all night long was something special, kids enjoyed the walk to the lake and exploring the surrounding areas and the fact they were playing hide and seek in the woods was so much fun even the adults played we had a blast mmmm that coffee on the third floor porch so good; we definitely are coming back next year for another amaizing reunion !!!!
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Young Alumni Awards
2014 Young Alumni Award recipients:
Ryan Sawtelle, Class of 2009
Leah Pierce, Class of 2006
Nomination form for the 2015 Young Alumni Awards
Leah Pierce is an entrepreneur who founded Elevated Strategies, an integrated marketing company,
during her senior year at Pepperdine. Over the past eight years, she has developed
and executed powerful campaigns by engaging millions of people through socially significant
and inspiring messages that matter. In her latest project, she executed national grassroots
faith-based promotions for the movie, Son of God, in collaboration with Motive Entertainment.
Leah supports her community and is dedicated to serving others. She's been a regular
guest speaker at Pepperdine & a Pepperdine SIFE business advisory board member. In
2008, she became a founding board member of Young Hollywood Board for Best Buddies,
a board of entertainment professionals in LA raising awareness & funds to enhance
lives of those with intellectual and development disabilities. The board's first event
raised over $10,000 for the organization. In 2009, she joined the Malibu Green Machine
board, greening Malibu and the Pacific Coast Highway to make it safer. She's committed
to enhancing the lives of youth through her involvement with Big Brothers Big Sisters,
Junior Achievement, children's hospitals and youth ski racing programs.
Ryan Sawtelle is the founder and Executive Director of the White Heart Foundation – an organization
focused on helping our nation's wounded warriors and first responders. In 2008, he
conceived and established the Wave of Flags 9/11 memorial that adorns Alumni Park
every year – 2,977 3x5 flags representing each innocent victim of the attacks on September
11th. The goal was to create an atmosphere where people could come to mourn, heal,
and feel pride in their country.
That very same year, Ryan started the Ride to the Flags – a motorcycle charity ride
that raises money annually for a specific wounded warrior in much need of assistance.
The ride has become an official event of the United States Navy and has raised hundreds
of thousands of dollars to help purchase rehabilitation and life-improving equipment
for our heroes.
With this spirit in mind, Ryan created the White Heart Foundation. White Heart has
helped heroes like Sgt. First Class Cory Remsburg – who just this year was the President's
special guest at the State of the Union Address – afford mobility and rehabilitation
equipment over the past few years. The organization also plans to launch an online
giving network in July that will allow for people to give directly to our wounded
warriors, like Cory.
Ryan makes his living as an actor and has been in several national television commercials
for products such as McDonald's and Samsung and was just recently a guest star on
MTV's Charlamagne and Friends.
2013 Young Alumni Award recipients:
JesseRay Vasquez, Class of 2006
Lauren Parsekian, Class of 2009
Molly Stroud Thompson, Class of 2009
Jeff Loveness, Class of 2011
2012 Young Alumni Award recipients:
Seth Haye, Class of 2002
Jennifer Chan, Class of 2005
Madison Hildebrand, Class of 2003
Michelle Fields, Class of 2011
Nomination form for the 2015 Young Alumni Awards
Description and Eligibility
The Seaver College Young Alumni Awards recognize alumni who have graduated within
the past ten years (2005-2014) and have distinguished themselves beyond others by
living out the Pepperdine Mission, and providing either outstanding service to Pepperdine or making an important contribution
to their profession or community.
Nomination Procedure
All nominations must be submitted via the official nomination form. The deadline to submit is Wednesday, April 1, 2015. Incomplete nominations will not be considered by the awards committee. Nominees not
selected will remain in the pool for one additional year so long as they remain within
the eligibility requirement of post graduation, ten years or less. After this time,
their nomination will have to be updated and resubmitted by anyone still wishing to
nominate this person for this award.
Award Presentation Ceremony - Waves of Success Luncheon
The award presentation will be made at the Seaver College Young Alumni Awards ceremony
during the Waves of Success Graduation Luncheon held after the Seaver College Graduation on Saturday, May 2, 2015 at 12:30 p.m. at
Alumni Park. Recipients must be able to attend this ceremony in person in order to
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I have mature skin (mid fifties) and I wanted so badly for this to work for me. Did Chanel not intend this for me? While my skin is not parched, dry or very lined, neither am I pumping oil like a Houston well. Those days are LONG gone. This stuff may as well have been baby oil with some pigments suspended in it. It did not set, stayed greasy, had to be set with powder (thereby nullifying any attempt at a youthful glow), and still managed to smear, streak, oxidize and get all over anything and everything my face touched. I broke out. Yup, post menopausal zits the size of grapeseeds. Not fun. Not good. No more.
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Oh Chanel, how you continually disappoint me with your foundations.... :(
-lovely packaging
-poor shade range
-not at all long lasting
-horrific fragrance (this and perfection lumiere by Chanel are without a doubt the WORST fragranced foundations I have discovered. If you have any sensitivity to fragrance, stay far away from this as you can; fragrance was the main reason I returned this)
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Again this was one of the samples that the brilliant SA at Chanel gave me to try. I got this one in Beige 40.
Pros: The product smells lovely, not chemical or over perfumed. It goes on nicely and sits on your skin nicely. Coverage is okay.
Cons: This is probably a heavier foundation than I like I would describe it as being a medium coverage not heavy but you could layer it if you wanted.
I probably wouldn't buy this one but that's because I want a lighter colour.
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This vitalumiere is yes more suitable for dry skin, but my skin is combination and this foundie saves my dry patches on some areas.when I turn to twenty something, my skin has some dryness area.looks chalky and flaky when use wrong foundation especially too matte foundation.well,my skin is seriously acne prone after using korean bb cream that broke me out.the medium coverage of this foundie can blur the imperfections and any discoloration on my horrible face but with double or triple layers.skintone looks more even.I know it has no full coverage but the medium coverage from this foundie is nice because it looks smooth and lightweight.yet for my skin that has many imperfection scars and blemishes, i say that this foundie gives me sheer cover rather than medium.but if u need a light coverage,this foundie can create a natural finish.in my opinion,better for you to apply makeup base first if u have many blemishes like me.I prefer use maybelline bb cream cs it is lighter than korean bb cream and has the same functions,to conceal all blemishes.
Why I love this foundation :
- No chalky at all
- Very lightweight formula
- The coverage is really nice
- Radiance and moisturizing
- Blendable and Buildable
- The color for no.20 clair is trully match for my skin.such a great invention.this is the first time I already found out my well match color of foundie.for warm/yellow undertone,the clair is HOT.well the clerkship offered me tried two colors,clair for brighter and beige for natural look because I have fair-medium skintone.but when I tested it on my skin.the clair one was VERY MATCH to my skin.the beige one appeared nothing on my skin
- The pump and packaging look nice and classy.very sleek
Anyway, I am not agree with people said this foundie had way overpower smell or bad smell.I even can not smell any scent on this foundie.it smells nothing but very common that every foundie has its scent.
I know it is very hefty,but it's chanel and it's not too expensive compared to sisley,cle de peau and whatever any other hi-end cosmetic brands.
I used to apply this foundie by using fingers.only blend it,circle it and sure dab it.seriously nice eventhought you apply it without any pinceau brush or sponge.that's why I love this foundation.for best result, use it two layers,will give you natural finish even you put two layers.it is different from any foundie that create a mask look when u reapply the foundie.and one more,the best thing from this foundie is... When you apply this foundie on your face, you'll get the same look as what the chanel model is wearing this foundie and appear on chanel website or any other chanel advertising campaign.you'll get whay you paid.but maybe I am not reccommend you who have very oily skin, because it's not matte.
And sure it has cons :
- not suitable for daily using(trust me,even if u use the best foundation in the world,use foundie as daily routine will break out your skin)
- it's medium not full coverage(will be better use it together with make up base if you have many blemishes.it fails me to conceal big blemishes and acne scars without concealer)
- the poor coverage for my acne prone skin makes me want to pump it more and more to reapply it on my face skin.This is bad as this foundie then runs out quickly.
- seriously broke out my skin(my bare skin goes worse after using it regularly)
Overall, I'd say it's nice.lightweight formula but broke out my skin when I use it daily
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I'm on my second bottle of this stuff so I can honestly say I've given this product as much of a chance as I can. Bottom line it breaks me out on my forehead like crazy. Ive used Mac, Revlon, and never had breakouts before and always had compliments on my complexion. I have almost a new bottle of this and I can't use it anymore because my skin just can't take it.
Ok so this was my first HIGH HIGH end foundation and it was very disappointing. I have normal to dry skin and I get flakes around my nose and mouth. When I went to the Chanel counter I asked for something for dry skin and medium to full coverage (i usual wear very sheer makeup but this was meant to be for going out at night). Well she picked this up.It felt very creamy on my skin and I loved the color match, it has just the right amount of yellow and I am a 20 Clair. So I made my fiance shell out the 59 dollars for it. STUPID ME! I should have just gotten a sample first! Ugh the first day of wearing this I was sooo excited but 1) it broke me out and I don't usually get pimples but that night when I got home from school and work I had like 10 zits all around my face 2) I was a grease monkey! I used a primer and setting powder but no bueno. I haven't gotten that shiny from a foundation ever and I have so many tinted moisturizers in my make up drawers! 3) This was not a medium coverage foundation which was fine with me, I could have just used it as my every day foundation if it wasn't for the things I mentioned above. 4) The scent was strooong for a foundation. And honestly, I love scents on my makeup but this is the strongest smelling foundation I have! I could have gotten over that too but too many things went wrong with this.
So I am sad to say I am returning this this weekend. I was expecting so much more from this foundation. I can't believe they're calling this a medium coverage either, it gave me as much coverage as my tinted moisturizers! Someone below said this was only for dry skin and well, no I guess not. The only good thing about it was that it had a lovely dewy finish, it looked like my skin, the color match was awesome, and it just glides on to your skin beautifully. Ohhhwell. no hard feelings Chanel. That just wasn't the foundation for me. Of I go to the mall tomorrow. Hopefully I come back with an HG medium coverage foundation! I feel like giving up now, I guess I'm destined to wear tinted moisturizers all my life! :(
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Excellent ! Better than Vitalumiere Aqua for those over 40 .
I use 20 Clair and it really makes a difference. Luminous coverage, does not settle into fine lines ,evens out skin tone . Great texture- extremely easy to smooth into skin manually - actually makes applying foundation a pleasure. I love it .
I have also tried 40 Beige but it's a little too tanned for my skin .
For those looking for radiance - this is better than Vitalumiere Aqua - a slightly heavier coverage but still very light and airy . I prefer Vitalumiere over the Aqua version .
Being a naturally tanned asian with a yellow undertone, I have a really, really hard time finding foundations that match me. Drug store foundations always look too pink and even SA in department stores have trouble matching me. I have tried MAC, Smashbox, Shisheido and Clinique but none have come as close as Vitalumiere. I love the dewy look, and it goes on easily and makes my skin look flawless, but I don't have any blemishes really, just a few sun spots here and there. Just for reference, I wear 40 Beige (so I'm pretty tanned :P)
I was so exctied to vist the chanel counter in bindi junction sydney as it is a dedictaed chanel flagship store. Id done my research and had a ist of chanel products i wanted to purchase. First off the customer service was appaling there were staff eating at makeup counters and having rather inappropriate conversations. The SA insisted i try on the products he wanted and completely disregarded my requests for the foundation id like to try. However i thought as he was the expert i would go along, that was a mistake the foundation looked caked on and was the wrong colour match when i asked to try the original foundation i requested he refused telling me i needed to wear the makeup to get a sense of it. I left the store disgusted and ran to Chanel at david jones to see if they could do any better when i got there the assistant commented on my patchy and mismatched foundation. The assistant was very helpful however when we finally decided on a foundation it was out of stock so he suggested Vitalumiere as an alternative initially i liked vitalumiere however after taking it home and using for a month or so i was very disappointed by the quality of the product. It has very little staying power, the colour didn't set well on my skin and after an hour it would get caky and yuck. Id suggest if you have very fair skin do not go to Chanel for foundation they just cannot cater to very fair girls and then try and push you into the wrong colour match for your skin to get a sale. Overall this product was such a huge disappointment and such a waste of hard earned money. Best advice i would give anyone is don't rush into foundation ask for a sample and see how it wears on your skin.
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I received 2 deluxe samples of this of a lovely sales girl in Debenhams when i purchased the Hydramax lip balm. I have to say, i'm VERY particular when it comes to foundations, i've tried many, mainly ones MAC, Armani Luminous Silk, Estee Lauder and Bobbi Brown, however out of the 15 i've tried the only one I've give 5 out of 5 for is MAC face and body which is why I'm so shocked to be giving this 5!
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Our screened porch has some gaps between the wood of the "frame"--where the screen goes--and the railings and posts. Is there any kind of outdoor, wood-colored caulking I could use to seal these gaps? Or maybe a rubber-like narrow "string" I could use to poke into the gapping? Thanks! |
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Features By Christopher Campbell on July 9, 2014 | Be the First To CommentIf I was disappointed with Jurassic Park, there was no reason for me to be hopeful about Congo. I didn't even like the book of the latter as much as I did the dino novel, but I guess I believed it wouldn't take as much to be faithful to Michael Crichton's 1980 ape-filled adventure story. To me, at that time in my life, retaining and translating everything from page to screen was important. And given all that was altered in the adaptation for the worse, I would remain in that camp for a few more years. There are a lot of things that make Congo one of the most awful movies ever made, but the thing that's always been a clincher for me is the portrayal of Amy the Gorilla. I didn't really mind that it was a person in a costume, especially since there wasn't much better in the movies to compare it to then. Computers could create a convincing T. rex, but realistically rendered hairy primates were not yet in the cards for Hollywood in 1995. Instead, I'm referring to the way they made the ASL-fluent gorilla wear a mechanical glove to translate her signing. Obviously the decision was made to pander to moviegoers so we didn't have to read subtitles of Amy's communication with her trainer, Dr. Peter Elliot (Dylan Walsh). In the context of the story, however, it didn't make any sense for her to have the prosthetic. It would've been an unnecessary expense when Elliot could already understand her just fine, and […]
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Parichart is located in the Saraphi district of Chiang Mai. This restaurant with a beautiful high white ceiling serves Western food with an emphasis on German. Some signature dishes include the roasted pork knuckle, German sausages and steaks. There are also some selections of Thai items on the menu.
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Another classic Venetian dish by www.cookinvenice.com
Ingredients: a big bunch of bruscandoli (hop shoots) about 300 gr300 gr. Rice Vialone Nano or Arborio
½ an onion
1 lt. Broth
a bit of butter
olive oil.
First of all rinse and chop in small pieces the hop shoots. Then sauté for few minutes in a large pan with a little bit of oil. Remove from eat.Cooked bruscandoli
Cooked bruscandoli
Now place the butter in a sauce pan and melt it. Add the rice, sauté for a minute, add the shoots and a bit of the broth. Stir and slowly start adding the the broth waiting every time for it to be absorbed by the rice. Keep stirring the rice until it is cooked through. Turn the heat off, add a little bit of butter and a good spoonful of parmisan.
Risotto di bruscandoli
Risotto di bruscandoli
Serve hot. This risotto must not be dry, but at the contrary quite smooth.
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I am interested in building a large floating raft system to grow lettuce in. I have several small versions now that use air stones to aerate. I want to build a larger 25' by 40' system and was wondering what the best way of aerating that would be? Could I possibly recirculate the system in to a large holding tank and aerate the water as it inters there? |
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Different people have their own opinions, but I am a fan of pumping the water into a pvc spray manifold built over your root chamber. Drill holes with a 1/8" drill bit so that the water sprays down into itself. It should sound like a lot of peeing. As a jet of water hits a body of water, it will emit highly aerated bits of water as a spray. General Hydroponics' "Aeroflow" is a very successful design that capitalizes on that concept. I have also seen fish farmers utilize the same idea - you just squirt water down into more water. |
I may be wrong, but it seems I've read that when growing lettuce in rafts, you don't need to aerate the water. you set some kind of "block" that keeps the raft from sinking as the water level lowers thus creating an air zone between the bottom of the raft and the top of the water. Ideally, the nutrient should all be consumed when the plants are ready to be harvested. I know this answer is more or less a teaser, but hopefully you can do a bit of research and see if there is actually some validity to it. I recommend starting here and searching this forum for raft and lettuce. I was originally made aware of this concept when a person posted a precise quantity of water needed per lettuce plant one time and the ensuing discussion. Of course it eventually degraded into a drivel flame war(at the time, it is just how this forum was), but there was a post or two that was useful. |
Hello garret, This is just based from my research, so its up to you what you wanna do with it. Anyway, since you are building quite a system, one thing you can do is to aerate the solution as it goes into the drain pipe. With your system you would have 40 feet to do that, make it move like a stream or something. You can do this combined with using large air stones in the reservoir. Also it would be good for the plants if you can circulate the solution completely like atleast once every hourto bring oxygen rich solution to the plants. Even though it is dwc, plants still like moving water :-) just my two cents. Also be careful of splashing water since i find the splashing tends to evaporate my solution faster. |
- Posted by Cole_Robbie none (My Page) on Thu, Apr 18, 13 at 11:13
I just got my greenhouse hydro machine up and running. It's recirculating deep water culture, just spraying the water back down onto itself. The spray line is attached to the underside of the lid, and I had problems with the lid sagging into the water in the middle. I filled one side of it with mini-lettuce, and the plant that was closest to the spray line that was functioning correctly grew much faster than the others that were all the way in the water. I suspected that would be the case. Lettuce may not need aeration, but it certainly likes it. |
can you post some pics cole? :-) would be nice to see your setup |
- Posted by Cole_Robbie none (My Page) on Fri, Apr 19, 13 at 12:54
Sure. I am just getting started, so there's not much in it yet. The goal in this project is making a setup that will withstand the extreme temperature fluctuations of the greenhouse, especially in regard to the nutrient solution. It's a lumber frame with metal corner brackets, 2x12s I think. It was placed over a gravel floor, so I put a smaller pea gravel down, then a layer of sand, then a pond liner over that. I had originally intended to grow mini-lettuce, which is why there are so many plant sites, but I am trying dwarf tomatoes, too. The lid is two pieces of fiberglass bathroom paneling. Sandwiched between them is a piece of styrofoam, 3/4" I think. It's bolted together with machine screws. The spray line is 1/2" cpvc and attached to the underside of the lid. There are 3 lines running long-ways. The pump is a 580gph mag-drive pond pump. I think it all holds about 80 gallons of solution. |
- Posted by Cole_Robbie none (My Page) on Fri, Apr 19, 13 at 12:55
nice setup you have there. are those romaine? |
- Posted by Cole_Robbie none (My Page) on Mon, Apr 22, 13 at 0:26
Thanks. They mini-romaine varieties - Tennis Ball and Tom Thumb. The one in the pic is Tennis Ball. I like it better so far. |
cool :) can you post a matured tom thumb and that romaine? |
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