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Easter is a time of renewing our vows
Posted by: Bill Webb in Untagged on Apr 16, 2014
For believers, this is akin to a married couple renewing their vows.
Couples renew their wedding vows for many reasons. Perhaps some do because their marriage needs a fresh start after some minor (or major) stress or failure. Usually, it seems, couples take this step after long years of marriage. It is a celebration and a renewal of commitment to a relationship that has been (and is) significantly good.
At Easter, the faithful not only recall the sacrifice of Christ as recorded in Scripture but also revisit their own relationship with the all-accessible Messiah. God is available at every moment, to be sure, but there is something about the Easter focus on the most important spiritual things, and believers are especially reminded of the love of God in our lives and of their own need to reciprocate, i.e., love God deeply in return.
We are reminded to renew our vows of faithfulness and fidelity to the one who once-for-all sealed our pardon.
As such, it is the season when fellow believers as well as unbelieving friends ideally see us at our best as Christians, highly, if not fully, in tune with God and his purposes in our everyday life. Our lives bloom again, like spring flowers.
There is something winsome about flowers that appear dead for a season but then seem to resurrect with vigor according to the Creator's plan for them. Renewed Christians are winsome in their own right. And they are part of God's intention, too.
Have a blessed Easter!
Bill Webb is editor of Word&Way.


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For some background, read "A boaters-only wilderness at Cathedral Rock" by The Oregonian editorial board.
In a nutshell, this is what is going on:
To create the wilderness in eastern Jefferson County, Congress would mandate some land swaps to consolidate ownership. It's checkerboard ownership now, which makes it difficult to manage.
Among the swaps would be to give the summit of Wagner Mountain (3,333 feet high, tallest point in the area) to the BLM in exchange for some land down slope on the Muddy Creek Road that brushes the western edge of the proposed wilderness.
The Young Life Christian ministry would be the major land owner involved in trading land with the BLM.
When we visited, we parked just off the road and hiked up the butte. We began on BLM land and wound up on ministry land. Due to the remote location, the private land atop the butte is not marked as being unwelcome to visitors. The ministry has a small communication system on the summit.
If the land is swapped, you would legally be able to hike to the summit, but the land where you would park and begin the hike could easily be signed as private with no trespassing.
Since access is already there, it doesn't make sense for Congress to trade it away.
If road access was loss, there would still be access from the John Day River below. This will always be the way that most people would visit the wilderness (if it is created).
Having driven to Cathedral Rock once, I wouldn't do it again any time soon. There are other more beautiful places nearby that are much easier to drive to, among them Spring Basin Wilderness and Sutton Mountain (which also needs resolution as wilderness).
I can think of a couple of places in Oregon where a landscape looks oh so inviting, but it is illegal to reach it without private land owner permission.
One is on south Steens Mountain, where Home Creek Canyon nearly meets the road about 30 miles south of Frenchglen. Trouble is, 10 feet of land on the Roaring Springs Ranch blocks the way. It has barbed wire on both sides and is signed as no trespassing. Home Creek Canyon is so rugged, dry and remote that it is all but impossible to reach in any other way, short of skydiving.
This situation was not properly addressed in the 2000 Steens Mountain management act passed by Congress. I was told once that the intent of the act was to allow public access, but when surveying took place the boundary fell where it did and public access is denied.
The other place is downstream on the John Day River, where the wheatfields east of Kent drop into the canyon. Near the end of the Adobe Point Road, a 100-yard wide strip of private land blocks access to the canyon. This has been the situation for a long time; Congress has not taken up wilderness resolution of lands along the lower John Day.


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'Guilty' Movie Premier
7:30 pm
Paramount Arts Center 1300 Winchester Avenue Ashland, KY 41101
Guilty, the second movie for local production company, Westwood Productions, will premier at the Paramount Arts Center in Ashland, Kentucky on Wednesday, July 18, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. Admission will be FREE and concessions will be available for purchase.
This is the second effort for filmmaker David Cordial who started Westwood Productions in association with Fairview Baptist Church where he serves as Associate Pastor – Children's Minister. Cordial, an Ashland native, writes faith-based movies that present God's message of salvation in unique ways. He says, "In today's world we learn a lot more by what we see and less from what we hear. By putting the Gospel message in the form of movies we become a medium that is easily acceptable by almost everyone. Everyone likes movies, everyone wants to be entertained."
Guilty stars Marlon Robinson who plays Paul, a prisoner who maintains his innocence while his wife, played by Robinson's wife Lori, struggles to make him see his guilt. Cordial also stars in the film as Tiny, an acquaintance of Paul's who tries to help him through the struggles he faces while in prison.
The film was shot during the spring and summer of 2011 and used actors from the church. Children as well as adults participated in the filming. Not only did church members work as actors but some also lent their homes for use during filming. In addition, the church was used for many scenes. The West Virginia State Penitentiary located in Moundsville, West Virginia which went out of operation in 1995 allowed the crew to film some scenes there as well. The film's editor, Isaac Stambaugh, is also an Ashland native but now lives in Cincinnati and works as a producer for Rebel Pilgrim Productions.
Cordial hopes to see many people attend the premier at the Paramount. More information about the movie can be found at the website: www.guilitythemovie.com.
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By Tina Vasquez (Los Angeles)
We hear it all the time: why are women still so underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematical (STEM) fields? There are scientific fields in which women are plentiful, such as medicine, and though it's true that women remain grossly under-represented in engineering and computing, things are changing – perhaps more rapidly than we've been led to believe.
The Why So Few? report released by the American Association of University Women (AAUW) found that at the top level of math abilities, where boys are overrepresented, the gender gap is rapidly shrinking. Among sixth and seventh graders who score more than 700 on the math SAT, 30 years ago boys outnumbered girls 13 to one, but only about three to one now.
Plus, women, who aren't socialized to pursue careers in STEM fields, must sometimes combat outright discrimination if they do pursue careers in these fields. That was made especially clear when Harvard's former president and the current director of the National Economic Council for the Obama administration, Lawrence H. Summers, made some highly offensive remarks several years ago, implying that women might lack an intrinsic aptitude for math and science – which we know is not true.
It's offensive that women's abilities are still being called into question, requiring scientific tests to prove they're just as capable of excelling in fields and subjects historically dominated by men. This discriminatory attitude lives on the culture of STEM – and it's embarrassing that it continues today. But discrimination is only part of the problem when it comes to the lack of women in these fields. The other half the equation, according to a new study by the Association of Women in Science (AWIS), is the work life challenges associated with careers in STEM.
Severe Work-Life Balance Issues
The Work Life Integration Overload [PDF], a new study from the Association of Women in Science, found that attracting female and male workers to STEM fields will be increasingly difficult if severe work-life balance issues continue to plague these fields.
AWIS's study drew data from 4,225 publishing scientists and researchers worldwide, finding that lack of flexibility in the workplace, dissatisfaction with career development opportunities, and low salaries are driving both men and women to re-consider their profession.
More than 54 percent of all scientists and researchers said that work demands conflict with their personal lives at least 2-3 times per week and only a third of researchers said they work for family-friendly institutions. Just 52 percent of women reported that they are happy with their work-life integration, compared with 61 percent of men.
Thirty-seven percent of women say that ensuring good work-life integration has negatively impacted their careers, with 30 percent of men reporting the same. For those researchers with dependent children, 36 percent reported career problems.
The study also found that 40 percent of women respondents have actually delayed having children because of their careers. A number of women mentioned waiting until they had a permanent position to get pregnant or noted that they could not afford to start a family on their wages. Essentially, these are women who have put in the time and effort, obtaining PhDs, only to find themselves in the position of not being able to afford having children.
It was also found that one in 10 researchers expect to leave their current job within the next year and of those intending to leave, females were twice as likely to cite a spouse's job offer or relocation as the reason. Of researchers intending to leave, 9 percent indicated it was because they were unable to balance work and life.
AWIS's study is important in the way that it does something so few studies on work-life balance manage to: it frames the issue as something that affects both men and women, pinpointing the ways that STEM fields are seemingly digging their own graves by being incredibly unwelcoming. According to Dr. Joan Herbers, former AWIS president and current professor at Ohio State, a mass exodus from these fields has far bigger repercussions than many realize.
"Something's got to give. If STEM fields can't figure out how to make life more reasonable for those who want to be scientists, our country is going to be in real trouble. The United States needs people in these crucial fields, we need researchers and scientists and innovators and there's no verbalizing how adversely it will affect us if the number of scientists coming out of the U.S. continues to decline," Herbers said.
Work-Life Satisfaction
Based on her own experience, Herbers says that it's a daunting process to be a scientist if you're at all concerned with "getting on in life."
"The two aren't very compatible," Herbers said. "It's the tenure clock vs. the biological clock and though the study found that these balance issues are affecting both men and women, it's crucial to point out how different the family backgrounds are for men and women in STEM fields. Research has shown that women in these fields are less likely to have a partner, while men are more likely to be married and have a stay-at-home spouse."
By definition, STEM fields are difficult to attain work-life balance in. AWIS's study mostly focused on researchers and scientists and with this type of work, it doesn't really matter how "family-friendly" your workplace is because a majority of your work simply cannot be done at home. Work in these fields is, as Herbers said, "place-bound." Conducting research and experiments usually requires spending an inordinate amount of time in the lab.
When it comes to navigating around balance issues in STEM fields, Herbers recommends that women learn how to say no. The biggest obstacle for women in highly competitive fields is figuring out what's good enough; figuring out how to let others know and how to make peace with what's good enough.
"I much prefer 'work-life satisfaction' over 'work-life balance,'" Herbers said. "You have to figure out what's most satisfying and important. Of all the things you want, what can you actually have? Scientists aren't good at this kind of introspection; we like numbers, not feelings. But at the end of the day women have to stop putting themselves last or else any field they enter is going to feel grueling."
Making Trade-Offs
Anandi Raman Creath is an IT operations project manager for a major software company and she's best described as gutsy, the kind who goes after exactly what she wants, even if it requires setting off on an entirely new and unfamiliar path. While pursuing a PhD in Molecular biology, it suddenly occurred to her that the path she was on wasn't what she wanted.
"I looked at my options and things felt very bleak," Creath said. "It was so competitive and my classmates were investing so much into their careers. After graduation it was a race to obtain a position at a university or to find a coveted job doing research for a company and both of those things took a great deal of time. It wasn't about work-life balance; it was about not wanting to put my life on hold and be 32 before I obtained a 'real' job. You really have to love what you're doing in these fields and when I was honest with myself, I knew I didn't love it."
It only took two months for Creath to get on a new track. She quit grad school, got a job in technology consulting despite having no experience to speak of in the field, and she ditched her partner at the time only to spark up a friendship with her future husband. Creath is currently pregnant with their second child and she says, with no hint of sarcasm, that she is living the dream.
When Creath became pregnant with her first child, she knew she wouldn't be able to sustain the amount of work she was doing and, frankly, she didn't want to. It was very important to her that her baby was not in daycare full-time, so she did the thing that professional women are told not to do: she asked to work part-time. Her husband even took on a compressed work schedule so that they could share the responsibilities surrounding their daughter.
"When I asked for part-time my boss didn't even want to consider it," Creath said. "Part of the problem was that very few people were working part-time, so when it came time for a performance review there would be no one to compare me to; I'd be compared to people working full-time."
Her boss eventually gave in and, though Creath contends that her part-time schedule has drastically affected the projects she's assigned, she's ok with that as long as the work she is assigned in interesting. Creath is also honest about the fact that a woman who is incredibly ambitious and eager to move up in the company most likely cannot make the move to part-time work.
"If it's your number one goal to move up in the company, you can't do this," Creath said. "What I'm doing now would be a significant hit to your career. I knew going into this field that it wasn't my goal to eventually become vice president or CEO. I think for women with those types of goals, making these tradeoffs will be hard. I know what I've given up to have this schedule, but I'm ok with that because I love my job and I love that it enables me to actually spend time with my family."
For women who can't take on a part-time schedule because of financial reasons or for those who are looking to move up in the company, Creath says the first step you should make towards attaining more work/life balance is setting personal boundaries. The project manager says there's a false expectation that people need to be on and accessible all of the time, but that it's actually not true. Creating your own personal cut-off time, like deciding not to answer any work-related e-mails or phone calls after 9 p.m., will largely go unnoticed.
"If you put these boundaries in place without making a big production of it, without announcing it, chances are no one from work is going to call you into their office to tell you that they've noticed that you no longer respond to e-mails after 9:01 p.m. That's just not going to happen," Creath said.
Creath also jokes that there's never going to come a time when your boss tells you you're working too hard, so, as Herbers said, you have to know when good enough is, well, good enough. Creath says that paying attention to your schedule and how you spend time can shed light on responsibilities that can be eliminated during the day, enabling you to unburden yourself from unnecessary tasks while still being productive and effective.


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Containers are dumb – what if they were smart?
One of the things I really wanted to do when I set out to create the ServiceLocator in Siege.Requisitions was to create a container that could map an interface to multiple types, and then at runtime, automatically figure out which one of those types I really wanted. To accomplish this, I put at it's core a small rule engine to allow users to create rules that would help the container understand how to pick implementations. It works great — but there's one problem. You have to specifically tell it what you want. That's hardly much better than resolving the type directly; you have to program intent directly into your application, and you carry around references to IServiceLocator.
Very ugly.
I keep coming back to the original premise … I want the container to figure it out for me. I want to explain to the container what I want it to do, and under which conditions. Then I want it to figure it out for itself at runtime by understanding the state of the application, the user session, whatever I have explained to it. I want a smart container. But the problem is, most containers are dumb. You map an interface to a type — thats it. You want multiple types? Register them with names to distinguish them. Register different "profiles" to instruct the container to run in certain modes. Create child containers.
I just didn't feel like those solutions worked well for me. I want a smart container that can figure it all out. I don't want to spend time building families of containers and wiring it all together and telling them how to interact. I don't want to have to make my application look up values by a name, or set my container into a certain "profile mode". I want to focus on my application. I want to explain my scenario to the container and move on and not think about my container anymore.
A practical example
As I mentioned in my previous post, we encounter this scenario in our every day development at my company. Where I work, we integrate with a lot of partners. There are a lot of commonalities between these vendors and we have abstracted them out dutifully into interfaces with multiple implementations. Basic abstraction and polymorphism. We routinely have scenarios where user input/selections on a UI translates into a vendor call. Ultimately, this means resolving a specific implementation of an interface to send or request data from that vendor.
We have our registrations set up with rules like so:
serviceLocator.Register<Singleton>(Given<IExampleService>.When<SelectionType>(selection => selection == SelectionType.OptionA).Then<OptionAService>();
serviceLocator.Register<Singleton>(Given<IExampleService>.When<SelectionType>(selection => selection == SelectionType.OptionB).Then<OptionBService>();
For the sake of this example, SelectionType is an enum representing a vendor we integrate with. Implementations of IExampleService contain code that we use to integrate with those vendors. The registration API allows you to specify the lifestyle with the method call (in this case, singleton). And with those registrations in place, you'd see controller code like this:
public class SampleController : Controller
private IServiceLocator serviceLocator;
public SampleController(IServiceLocator locator)
this.serviceLocator = locator;
public ViewResult Foo(SelectionType selectionType)
IExampleService service = locator.GetInstance<IExampleService>(new ContextArgument(selectionType));
//invoke methods on service
Like I said, ugly stuff. In this example, we get a reference to the service locator, pass in some context to help the container identify which rule applies so it knows which type to create. I don't want to carry around that reference to IServiceLocator, and I don't want my controllers having to understand how to help the container to select the rule that applies based on user input.
Like I said, I want a smart container. Turns out the solution was pretty easy to implement, and didn't even require me to change how Siege works!
Introducing Awareness.Of<T>
Siege simplifies thing for consumers by exposing only one method to do registrations — I call it Register (novel, I know). Register takes in instances of IRegistration, or Action<IServiceLocator>. There are several different syntaxes available to help you do registrations … Given<T>, which helps you register individual types … Using.Convention<TConvention> which allows you bundle registrations together for reuse, and now … Awareness.Of<T>, which tells the container how to figure out the things it needs to evaluate its rules on its own.
This abstraction allows consumers to extend the Service Locator easily — by providing your own implementation of IRegistration, the container understands how to handle your new and unique registration type. To prove this premise, I add all new functionality to Siege.Requisitions.Extensions without extending the core framework. It is completely pluggable. But, that's a tangent, and I'll cover it more in some other post.
With Awareness, we have a smart container, which can identify the rules associated with a requested type and use its own awareness to determine validity of those rules.
How does it work?
Awareness.Of<T> works like this: When you resolve a type, the container looks up all rules associated with that type. In our example, it receives rules based on SelectionType. If the container is "Aware" of SelectionType, it will automatically use that awareness to find the current SelectionType value and then give it to the rule engine to evaluate. It continues this process until either a rule is satisfied or no rules match.
Awareness.Of<T> takes a delegate as an argument. This delegate is a Func<T> which tells the container how to get an instance of T to use in rule evaluation. For our MVC applications, we have used Awareness.Of<T> to make our container aware of the Model Binding mechanism in ASP.NET MVC, which it uses to pull data into an object like model binding for controller actions done (form data, query string data, etc), to make our container aware of any configuration files, to make it aware of the session, to make it aware of a wide variety of things. The container becomes more intelligent the more aware it becomes; Your other processes cease to depend on the container at all and cease to have to explicitly direct the container to make decisions.
It all happens naturally, and intuitively.
Making your container contextually aware
To make your container aware is very easy. To follow with our example, I will show you how we've made our container aware of the model binding system in ASP.NET MVC. This registration is from code in the Siege.Requisitions.Web.dll file. It's very simple, just provide a registration like this:
This registration instructs the service locator to use the default model binder to pull create a SelectionType object. There are also methods on ModelBinding.For<T> which allow you to specify a custom binder (if, for example, you need to look an object up by ID before evaluating it with a rule).
Our example, revisited with Awareness.
So here's what the whole thing looks like with awareness. I will also use controller action injection, as I covered in my last post.
//from global.asax.cs, or wherever you initialize the container
serviceLocator.Register<Singleton>(Given<IExampleService>.When<SelectionType>(selection => selection == SelectionType.OptionA).Then<OptionAService>();
serviceLocator.Register<Singleton>(Given<IExampleService>.When<SelectionType>(selection => selection == SelectionType.OptionB).Then<OptionBService>();
public class SampleController : Controller
public SampleController()
public ViewResult Foo(IExampleService service)
//invoke methods on service
Looks much cleaner, don't you think? All properly decoupled and automatically done for you. The best part is — it works with whatever container you're already using. One of the other priorities I had when I started Siege was to be a value-added proposition for existing containers. If you use Windsor, StructureMap, Unity, whatever… Siege integrates seamlessly with them and makes them smarter. It adds additional abilities to what those containers can already do.
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I thought I would post about a recent project I did - that I am not super happy about. Its okay...just not exactly what it should be. I dont have pictures yet. I will post later in the week probably; but I can describe it pretty well.
We were working on a post and beam barn style house. The existing landscaping was extremely overgrown, but at one time it was nice. The fun part was ripping all the old overgrown shrubs out with the chain and the truck...thats always a good time.
The customer wanted a european farmhouse look (whatever that is) with a pea stone courtyard. Most of the design was given to me by the customer - hes an architect - so we were mainly installing his concept. I suggested some changes from a practicality stand point (such as leaving the existing walkway so one could shovel or snow blow in the winter). The courtyard was to have rocks around it and an urn in the center of it. Now the home has no shrubs or trees in front of it at all.
It ended up being a weird collaboration; I am not entirely happy with the results. Sometimes when a customer has ideas I am not completely on board with I end up being pleasantly surprised with the product, but that is not true in this case. I dont hate it, I am just not happy with it. The customer is happy, but wants to make a few changes. I dont think he realized how hard the landscaping would be as a result of all the stone, and perhaps I should have been firmer about that point. Faced with his strong opinions, I gave into a concept that I did not agree with.
I could elaborate more on the dynamics of the situation; but really its about the design and resulting landscape. Any thoughts?
You gave the customer what he wanted and offered suggestions. If he wants changes now then it is up to him to pay for them.
The only trouble is that it will be a dint in your reputation as a designer. There is not much you can do about that now, unless there is a way to soften the landscape with a few well placed trees or shrubs or flower pots. Try adding odd planters like tin pail, an old wheelbarrow, a milk can or any other old farm tool that could be used as a planter.
The next time you run into a headstrong client stick to your guns. Acquire lots of photos of different landscapes that you can show clients to stress your points. Talk them around to your way of thinking. Being in any business that deals with the public, you must have people skills. If you don't have them then find it in one of your employees.
First of all, consider the alternative. You'd have pressed your point as Oilpainter suggests, and the client would never have seen what his imagined plan looked like in real life. So he'd have yours, and he'd be running around saying how he wasn't happy with it, that you wouldn't listen to him, etc. Ick.
I'm as headstrong as your client except I'm DIY. Sometimes I have a thought in my head and I need to see it in real life. Once I've seen it, I can change my mind, but I NEED TO SEE IT. For example, after a long time of having a chaotic mess of a yard, we put in some proper patios, rock walls, and nice beds, and for the life of me I wanted a linear, geometric arrangement of plants. Order was a need I had after the chaos I'd lived with for so long. Once i had it in, I could see it was wrong and quickly altered it. But I could not overcome my need to try it. I'm going to guess that after the overgrown mess he was clearing out, your client was craving clean and hard to an extent that he couldn't be argued out of. It was a need, not an opinion.
My husband and I have these kinds of conflicts all the time, and sometimes he's right, sometimes I am. But what I know about myself (I'm far more vested in our house and yard as the housewife and the gardener) is that I need to try my ideas before I can abandon them. So he is slowly learning that we need not fight to the death over things, and I am learning that I have to present my ideas to him as the trials that they are. That might have worked for you and your client.
It might also have just been that he is not experienced at visualizing landscapes, but the same attention to process could have addressed that.
You could, for example, have put the rock down on tarps at first so it could be removed if he wanted to make some parts softer - at least just on the parts you thought should be dirt instead. Or, this being 2010 and not 1910, the two of you could have put some serious energy into photoshopping well.
In your present position, with the thing done, if you are concerned for your reputation, you could bill yourself as having done the installation only, not the design. If it is just your level of satisfaction at issue, consider what you've learned. And I really hope it isn't that you should have been firmer. What I do when I'm not certain, or when my husband and I are fighting like cats over a decision, is to defer the decision as long as possible. Even if you're sure you're right, the thing you have to do with a client is not to "win" but to enable them to make a better decision. The landscape may look the same whether you are pushy about doing it your way or whether you allow them the opportunity to see it your way. But the latter approach will leave all the people feeling much happier.
Every project is a compromise between your vision and the client's vision. Different people handle it successfully in different ways. It seems that the extremes are to be very assertive or just go with the flow. Most designers want to design rather than fight or "go with the flow".
I find that the thing that works best for me is to always explain what a benefit or concern is and WHY it is such. I rarely describe something as something that I like or dislike. Instead, I take myself ut of it and explain what affect the point of the discussion has on many people and what the mechanism is that drives that. This gives the client the opportunity to come to the same conclusion that you have without him feeling that you either shot down his idea down or displaced it with your own. I'm very much a nonconfrontational person (in person), so I find that it is much easier to explain effects of "ideas" in such a way that the client becomes more aware of more than the detail that he is attached to. When I do that, two things happen. One is that we are always working from their ideas and refining them. The second is that they begin to understand that I am more than a plant arranger and they pay a lot more attention to me than the next guy who says "I don't like that" or "this is what I would do".
Architects are typically very head strong, but they also are typically not stupid and will understand why something works or does not work if you understand WHY and can do a good job of explaining why - they will understand and come to the same conclusion as you, if you know what you are talking about. The key is that you have to understand WHY in a quanitfiable explainable way and not just accept that you are an artist and you FEEL hat this works or that does not. Yu can't convince anybody of anything because you FEEL it. You have to understand it and get them to understand it to some degree.
Thanks for all the input!
LOL, mjsee, change orders are good for business!
Thanks for pointing out that all designs are a compromise between two or more visions. In this case, I am not completely happy with that compromise, but I guess that does happen sometimes. I am actually quite good at helping clients visualize designs; one thing that has led me to be successful is the ability to explain designs in several different ways so clients can really get an idea of what we are planning to do. I am also pretty good at communicating my ideas and justifying my reasons for doing things a certain way beyond a basic like/dislike premise. I am a bit more verbal so if I am not communicating well in my written comments, I apologize, but part of the reason for posting these concerns is because I am not quite clear on why this project is bothering me!
In reading the thoughts above, I have come to realize it was not the results of the compromise that I was unhappy with ; it was the basic idea for the landscaping. My opinion was that the pea stone was an overreaction to the overgrown landscaping. The overgrown shrubs were too much so he wanted to go to the other extreme and remove everything. Additionally, the idea of this european farm house courtyard is ill conceived. he actually said to me that this type of design is in "all the magazines". I couldn't find one example of it in any magazine or any book I own. I am very good at following design trends and I am very well read, so it took me by surprise. I did have some pictures in my library from a garden tour. They were of a pea stone courtyard with its edges softened by boxwood. Right idea on the courtyard, I was told but no boxwood especially if it needs to be pruned. LOL.
I believe the problem in this case was not so much the communication, but my inability to work with his design aesthetic. I have never had difficulty compromising and collaborating with customers before and as I said in my original post I am usually pleasantly surprised with the results.
I should add that this is a very public site, so my disappointment with the results is a bit more weighty than the average project.
Aha, replace those boxwoods with hydrangeas = no shearing, and guaranteed to look like France!
My upcoming job is to decorate a hotel for a theme party, so it looks "like home," and my client thinks I'm clairvoyant - or have exactly the same idea of "home" as her... so I can relate.
Heres some before photos too. I show have afters tomorrow...
Here is a link that might be useful: before photo
ok - finally I have some photos. I am apologizing in advance for the shadows. It is the north side of this house and this time of year never gets full sun. Along the barn part of the house there are 7 grasses planted. they will be 4 feet tall, but have just been planted so they look less substantial than they will later. The walkway is the one I fought to keep (can you imagine snow-blowing a peastone path in the winter - some one would lose and eye!)
The house is undrgoing renovations also. It will be shingled, and be a light grey with white trim. They are adding two red barn doors, one on the L next to the front door and one by the triple window on the barn part of the house. The front door will be painted barn red. I think the house will look great when the renovations are finished - just not so sure about the landscaping! The only part I really like is the grasses that I added to the design...
Thanks in advance for your thoughts and suggestions.
Here is a link that might be useful: pea stone courtyard landscaping
Seems to me that the basic premise of the inspiration photo was missed. The crucial design elements in the photo with the boxwoods is, I think, the geometry and the edging. Whether the material is peastone or flagstone or anything else is actually irrelevant. It's about the shape and boundaries.
So I would tweak this by (a) adding big rocks and small plants at the foundation (Finally a house that could use foundation planting, and the owner doesn't do any!), (b) defining the edge where it meets the grass, and (c) maybe squaring the whole thing up and actually giving it an edge separate from the walkway, perhaps of grey brick or something... just free-associating here. Plants in between most likely, maybe snowdrops (although dang the foliage) and then some other to follow.
Mine may not be the answer, but you get my drift. Adding plants: sure, it's stark, and I would, but that to me is a bit less the issue. I look at the peastone and my brain goes "so what's the point?"
KarinL's last sentence states exactly my reaction when I looked at the picture. I'm not a landscape designer, so I thought maybe something was just going over my head, but I just don't see what purpose that area serves ... other than fulfilling the client's vision.
I could see it making sense if it were surrounded with some beds of roses, other shrubs, perennials and bulbs ... a place to stroll and maybe sit a while. Put a rake in it and make it a zen garden ... no, wait, that's Asian.
Never having been to "the old country" myself, I just asked DH, who has been, what he thought and whether he ever saw anything like that in Europe. No, he said, nothing that wasn't a work in progress.
[Sigh] Drtygrl, I'm afraid I haven't been much help, but I certainly now understand your feelings regarding this project. Sad thing is, it's a lovely site and looks to me like it has wonderful potential for a great many different "looks". But it's now so stark ... are you sure the guy's an architect and not an engineer? (My dad was the latter, so I'm very familiar with that minimalist approach.)
Please continue to share as this project develops. This has been a very interesting thread! (I don't post often, but I lurk, and learn, a lot.)
Thanks for your thoughts - which I think are right on target.
(I did forget to mention two things - there are two trees going in one on the corner of the barn structure and one on the right side of the courtyard in the middle between the house and the driveway. Also there will be some sort of perennials in the center of the courtyard. I woke up in the middle of the night realizing I forgot to say that :)
The courtyard is neatly edged - and at right angles, but it isnt quite apparent in the photo. In the spring we are going to fix the grass which was horribly run down and I think that will be an additional improvement. (It has snowed here already and the ground is starting to freeze, so this project will be continued into the spring). Karin you are right about the edge along the curved walk; it does look odd but I don't know what one could do about that without being completely impractical. A strip of grass would be odd looking also and difficult to maintain.
AGardenstate I love the idea of roses, and you make a great point about the area having a purpose. Its just a arbitrary design idea of which I never understood the point.
If you are interested I actually landscaped a house that was really similar to this house and I am pretty happy with the results. Heres the link to that picture
Here is a link that might be useful: same house my design
Oddly, I like the look of the peastone courtyard in this situation better than filling the space with plants. Perhaps that's because it reminds me of the forecourt of a stable. In that light, I'd have extended the gravel area all the way out to the foreground where it appears there's a path or road (?) The dirt and grass (bed+lawn?) look wrong to me, as to the rocks and urn in the center. What would look right to me is a stone water trough (which could be an ornamental feature in the center space) and a mounting block made of stone to be more ornamental. The most logical place for that would be in the foreground of an enlarged pea gravel area and to the right of the path. Look for images of a stable courtyard and I think you'd have more luck finding something that matches the image your client has in mind. I think you have to think of the space as a working farm courtyard, rather than a garden, to see the logic of it and then make it ornamental.
The final picture is taken from an odd position as a stand alone look at this landscape, but from what I can see it is a big improvement. I'd like to see more of what is happening in front and to the right of the house. The old pictures show a filled in landscape that grew out from the house and walk. The interim looks like a parking lot with some kind of structure for sacrificial offerings.
Yours looks like it creates space in front of the house and makes the entrance seem like the place you would want to be drawn to. I like that you are building volume in places that de-emphasize the house mass and that you built context for the location of the walk belonging where it is for more reasons than being the shortest way to the door.
I'd like to see a picture from the same angle of the earlier picture that shows the entire house. I'd like to see some kind of volume on the right to build the space in front of the house, if it did not conflict with other uses.
I do like the portico in your design. I kinda see what the architect wanted in the pea gravel was to balance out the asymetrical house mass and recenter some focus on the front door, as I live in such a house myself. The prior L shaped empty lawn space has now been replaced with empty space complimenting the house and balance. As is typical, we tend to think through the lens of our given profession when coming up with a solution... an architect wants to build something as a solution (like a huge patio). Understanding where your client is coming from does help with coming to a win/win solution; however, client directed change task orders are a win too!
I find myself drawn to the peastone area mainly as a foil to the two story mass, but once I look at this area I don't see any other purpose or connection to the rest of the area. The barrier rocks look like a good idea to stop people from parking there.
Where did your client get his concept of an European farmhouse look? Did he perhaps stay in a holiday home that was a converted stable? I'm not sure about the rest of Europe (although I'd guess it was common there too), but it is very common to find holiday homes in converted stables in the UK. I still think it might be useful to get a better feel for what/where the client's reference image originates. The link below has an image of what I'm 'seeing' as a reference. That one is in Europe somewhere (not sure where) and doesn't have a gravel courtyard, but it has the right 'feel'. This one in in the UK and does have a gravel base:
Both of those are too big for the client's space but I think they give a better starting point to find the unique feel and then work the rest of plantings etc. to enclose it.
Here is a link that might be useful:
My guess for why the courtyard in Karinl's picture works better: it is located centrally and is functioning as a traffic hub; while the one that Drtygrl's client got looks more like an ornament beside the main path. It needs to "do" something more than just be there, one example would be to have seating on the edges.
I'm not saying that the examples I posted should be the final thing for the client - I'm saying I think those are examples of what the client may be using as a reference point. Then take the 'feel' of that and work it to meet the other needs of the space. By 'feel' I mean a clear, simple (uncluttered) open space, likely with a simple but relatively large and geometric water feature and then build the rest of the more ornamental, domestic stuff/plantings around that.
Thanks for all the thoughts! IT really helped me to think of the courtyard as balancing out the mass of the house. not only is that an issue, the disparity between the barn part and the ell part that houses the front door is an issue.
I was reading Alexander's pattern language' again yesterday afternoon and there is actually a section on courtyards that was helpful. As you all have been pointing out there is an issue with the function of the courtyard space and that was addressed in this book. According to that book, courtyards that "live" are partly open and partly private. there is a view out , natural paths pass through the courtyard and a veranda. Additionally the book talks about about putting something ROUGHLY in the middle. REsist the impulse to put it exactly in the middle.
All of those things apply to this project. There needs to be clear paths across the courtyard, it probably needs to be a bit more enclosed, and the urn needs to be out of the middle. My instinct is to put it slightly closer to the walkway so it balances out the large rock for seating.
I also feel the need for the client to keep this space uncluttered, the wife wants to put pots all over, but that doesnt seem like the right solution to me either.


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Saying it would create jobs and spur investment in Illinois, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) today applauded the signing of House Bill 2427, which puts $30 million towards purchasing solar power to meet a portion of the state's electric power needs.
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Main Street Power Company and Partners Win 2014 "Photovoltaic Project of Distinction" Award at PV America East Conference
A three-megawatt (3 MW) solar installation built on a capped landfill in the town of Scituate, Mass., received one of four 2014 "Photovoltaic Project of Distinction" awards from the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and the Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA). "Scituate Solar I" was chosen by judges from among a pool of 21 semifinalist projects. The announcement was made on June 23 at a special ceremony at the annual PV America East conference in Boston.
Will Renewable Energy Ever Meet Global Demands?
Renewable energy naysayers like Robert Bryce ("Dreaming the Impossible Green Dream," op-ed, June 12) ignore the most productive renewable technology (as does most public policy), solar thermal. This is mystifying as the majority of primary energy is used for heat, not electricity.
George Washington University, American University in DC to buy solar power from North Carolina
Two universities in the nation's capital have agreed to a major energy deal to buy more than half their power from three new solar power farms that will be built in North Carolina, the schools announced Monday night.
George Washington University, American University and the George Washington University Hospital announced the 20-year agreement with Duke Energy Renewables to reduce their carbon footprints by directly tapping solar energy.
Governor Patrick Keynote Speaker Monday at PV America
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick will give the keynote address Monday at 4 p.m. during the general session of PV America 2014.
Energy Experts: Deploying More Solar in Texas Will Create New Jobs, Ensure Grid Reliability
WASHINGTON, DC – In a new report, energy experts say Texas can help ensure the reliability of its electricity supply by deploying more solar energy, especially during the coming summer months. In recent years, Texas summers have been marked by extreme heat and drought. Wednesday, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) issued its Seasonal Assessment of Resource Adequacy (SARA) as well as the semiannual update to its long-term Capacity, Demand and Reserves (CDR) report.
SEIA Applauds Massachusetts' New Solar Goals
WASHINGTON, DC – The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) today applauded an announcement that Massachusetts has surpassed Governor Deval Patrick's goal of installing 250 megawatts (MW) of solar energy by 2017 and the Administration plans to expand the Massachusetts solar goal to 1.6 gigawatts (GW). The 250 MW benchmark has been met nearly four years ahead of schedule.
Xcel Energy, SEIA, COSEIA Agreement Seeks to Expand Residential Customer Solar Opportunities
DENVER – In order to avoid possible disruption to the Solar*Rewards program for small-sized solar installations in Colorado, Xcel Energy, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and the Colorado Solar Energy Industries Association (COSEIA) jointly propose an increase in program capacity for 2013.
SEIA Urges Senate Finance Committee to Look Carefully at Value of ITC
WASHINGTON, DC -- Rhone Resch, president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association, released the following statement today as the Senate Finance Committee unveiled its options paper for reform of the U.S. tax code:
SEIA Supports Efforts to 'Level Playing Field' for Renewable Energy
Rhone Resch, president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), today released the following statement after the introduction in Congress of a bipartisan bill to create parity when it comes to Master Limited Partnerships, which are often used to create investment incentives in energy projects.
Solar Energy: An American Success Story
A bright future for the U.S. as more and more households adopt solar power.
The Ivanpah Solar Project: Generating Energy Through Fields of Mirrors
When I visited the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, which sits in the Mojave Desert on the border between California and Nevada, I had to be careful where I looked. The engineers warned me not to look directly at the receivers arrayed on top of the centralized solar towers, which collected the desert sunlight concentrated by thousands of mirrors on the desert floor. The solar receiver was as bright as the heart of the sun, glowing with a retina-melting white. I had to force myself to look away.
A Community Solar Gold Standard?
Joy Hughes was living in the San Luis Valley of Colorado, a place with a "tremendous amount of solar potential," so good that the valley's residents were being overwhelmed by proposals for large-scale solar power plants. One had a "field of things like radar dishes" and another included a "600 foot tower." The influx of outside companies seeking solar profit led Joy to ask, "Why not just set up solar arrays that can provide power for people in the local community and offset their electric bills?"
U.S. Solar Group Offers Peace Plan to Avert Trade War
A solar-energy group is offering a plan to resolve a trade dispute between the U.S. and China, saying import duties currently in place are crippling the industry in both nations.
Six Myths About Renewable Energy
Old ideas die hard. The country has been debating renewable energy for decades—how much we should support it, what place it should have in our energy policy, how big an impact it actually has.


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Carmel Plumley - 08/07/2008
Enjoyed learning this dance from Maggie hersself at Big Daves Birthday Weekend recently at the Britannia Hotel Newcastle. Beautiful music and clever mix of steps for a small dance. No tags or restarts to stop the flow. Favourite steps would have to be the full turn on the heel grind at the beginning of the dance - a unique step and a challenge. Looking forward to seeing this done on the dance floors soon.


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The ReWalk Powered Exoskeleton to Restore Ambulatory Function to Individuals With Thoracic-Level Motor-Complete Spinal Cord Injury
By Esquenazi, Alberto; Talaty, Mukul; Packel, Andrew; Saulino, Michael; American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Volume 91, Number 11, pages 911-921Publication Date: November 2012
Study assessed the safety and performance of the ReWalk powered exoskeleton in enabling people with paraplegia due to spinal cord injury (SCI) to perform routine ambulatory functions. The ReWalk is described as a powered exoskeleton that contains independently controlled bilateral hip and knee joint motors, rechargeable batteries, and a computerized control system carried in a backpack. ReWalk users control their walking through subtle trunk motion and changes in center of gravity. Study participants were 4 women and 8 men with thoracic level motor-complete SCI who ranged in age between 18 and 55 years. The training program consisted of sit-to-stand and standing activities using parallel bars, progressing to crutch use, with the bulk of the training focused on improving and integrating walking performance. Following training, all participants were able to independently transfer and walk, without human assistance while using the ReWalk, for at least 50 to 100 meters continuously, for a period of at least 5 to 10 minutes continuously and with velocities ranging from 0.03 to 0.45 meters per second. Excluding two participants with considerably reduced walking abilities, average distances and velocities improved significantly. Some participants reported improvements in pain, bowel and bladder function, and spasticity during the trial. All participants had strong positive comments regarding the emotional and psychosocial benefits of the use of the ReWalk. Most participants achieved a level of walking proficiency close to that needed for limited community ambulation. Future goals for the development and application of this rehabilitation tool are discussed.
Published by: Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins (Website:http://www.lww.com)
Association of Academic Physiatrists (Web Site: http://physiatry.org )
This publication is included in the library of the National Rehabilitation Information Center (NARIC), accession number J64861


text: I guess I'll throw in my two cents on graphical vs. text installation... I strongly encourage alfs to use an ncurses based installation as opposed to a graphical one. I tried a number of distributions that use graphical installations and *none* of them worked on my computer. My computer is fairly normal too: celeron 333, Riva TNT card, ata/33 on the motherboard and ata/66 on a promise card, ps/2 mouse. I think that the effort needed to make a fairly good graphical installation (one that works on most computers) is just too much work. I suggest that alfs use ncurses especially if it is meant to be a reference distribution of linux. To me reference distribution implies that it should follow all standards and work on most (if not all) computers (atleast x86 for now). I guess a choice of graphical or ncurses based installation would be nice, but again I think that the graphical installation would be a *lot* of work. Avery Fay -- Mail archive: http://www.pcrdallas.com/mail-archives/alfs-discuss IRC access: server: irc.linuxfromscratch.org port: 6667 channel: #LFS News Reader access: news.pcrdallas.com Unsubscribe: email alfs-discuss-request at linuxfromscratch.org and put "unsubscribe" (without the quotation marks) in the body of the message (no subject is required)


text: In this outtake on Ice-T's Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap Kanye reveals that he sat down and wrote the lyrics for his last solo release compared to doing it "from the head, straight to the booth" on his prior works. Perhaps admitting that he actually wrote his lyrics will compel other artists, both established and aspiring, to do the same (I highly doubt that, though). Something From Nothing is slated to hit the DVD, digital and Blu-Ray circuit September 18th.


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The Graeme Park Radioshow
Graeme Park: over 25 years on the decks, more than 15 years on the radio. The story of DJ Graeme Park really mirrors the story of the evolution of dance music and club culture itself. Graeme found himself working in a Nottingham record shop called Selectadisc in the early 1980s, when the very first house records began to filter through from Chicago, Detroit and New York. When the shop's owner also opened a nightclub, it was only natural he should turn to Graeme to select the discs. Determined to showcase this new style of music, his reputation as a house pioneer soon brought him to the attention of Mike Pickering at the Haçienda in Manchester, who asked him to cover for him whilst he went on holiday in 1988. Simply put, there was no-one else in the country who could do the job. The Summer of Love followed, and Parky quickly became one of the biggest names on the emerging dance scene. Aside from his eight-year residency at The Haç, he was one of the first British DJs to play places like Australia, South America, the USA, Asia and beyond as well as producing and remixing tracks for the dancefloor.
The Haçienda was a club without a purpose until house music filled its cathedral-sized dimensions. It undeniably defined Graeme as a DJ, but in 2012, that can only be seen as one chapter in an on-going tale: 'Yeah it was a very big chapter,' says Graeme. 'I guess the first was when I discovered I could DJ and discovered house music from the US. The Haçienda was chapter 2, then chapter 3 was when it re-opened after closing for a couple of months in 1992. Chapter 4 was when it closed not long after I left and I played all around the world. I suppose Chapter 5 is where we are now.'
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"Well I know most of you guys dont know me so allow me to introduce myself. My name is Revan Ryu Kusanagi and I recently came into scene when the Ho-Oh RG came into play. After Ho-Oh was completed, Nichi asked me to be a team and help him with his art. So now I think of and come up with the design and details of all future RGs have and he brings them to life in drawing. Anyways enough about me.
We are now doing the full Eevee Evo Set and right now we started off with Glaceon, the 7th of the Eevee Evolution Tree. For this set its going to be special. You all will see the Elemental Trait of the Pokemon on the weapon and it will be going down as we move down the Evo Tree until we reach Eevee which will be the last one.
I completely forgot the name of this weapon but the reason I chosed this one was because I want Glaceon to show grace in the movement of its blades. Initially the bottom blade didn't have a guard, then Kira figured to use part of Glaceon's body part as the guard. I also wanted to put all 7 Snow Flakes together on the top blade but then I thought it wouldn't be consistant. Kira added 3 on the bottom which was nice of him."


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Also in 1985, after years of watching court proceedings from the sidelines, Brenda Feinberg enrolled, thanks to a student loans, in law school at the University of Miami. Wendy was fourteen at the time; she had a younger half-sister, and two older stepsisters. "I had to schedule classes around car pools," says Feinberg, who says she felt she needed a career to finally make herself financially independent. She graduated in 1988 and was admitted to the Florida Bar that year on Christmas Eve. "My goal was to help other women and children," she says now. "I always felt I needed to do something about the legal process. Something wasn't right in the system."
Feinberg's request for an increase in child support came before General Master Thomas Wilson in November 1988, three years after it was originally filed. The hearing lasted an entire day. Levine testified that his income had significantly dropped during the previous few years. He was only earning about $80,000 a year he said. He was forced out of a partnership at Morgan, Lewis and Bockius - a well-known Philadelphia law firm with offices in Miami - and was now working in Stuart Grossman's law firm, Grossman and Roth. Grossman himself testified that Levine was unenthused by his work; he didn't believe his employee's earning potential was all that good. "I'm telling you that I can't get the guy motivated," Grossman testified. Despite the unflattering testimony of Levine's boss, Wilson ordered that child support be increased to $700 per month.
Unsatisfied with the decision (she had requested $2100 monthly), Feinberg appealed, alleging that the general master had shown bias during the hearing when he called Wendy "a spoiled-rotten little kid who I think probably is an extremely manipulative child." Wilson also expressed his irritation with Feinberg during that hearing and later found her in contempt of court after she failed to appear at a subsequent hearing. Feinberg contended her presence at that hearing was not required. The contempt citation was eventually withdrawn, and Wilson recused himself from the case on February 28, 1989, because of a verbal argument he says he had with her concerning the case.
Wendy Levine, by this time a senior at Palmetto Senior High, was trying to decide on a college. She narrowed it down to three: Columbia University, Penn State, and Northwestern. Columbia rejected her application, but the other two schools accepted her. With both her parents' support, Wendy opted for Northwestern. Feinberg, as a matter of convenience, mailed off a $200 deposit to secure Wendy's place in the 1989 fall enrollment.
Divorced for more than fifteen years, contact between Feinberg and Levine was generally restricted to court appearances. In April 1989, after an appeal hearing concerning child support, Feinberg says she approached Levine on the courthouse steps and handed him a receipt for the Northwestern deposit. She asked how Levine planned to work out the tuition payment. "That's when he said, `Well, I'm not paying for college,'" Feinberg recalls. "I said, `What do you mean, you are not paying for college?' And he said, `Listen, you've got to stop coming after me. You're not getting college.'" According to Feinberg, Levine went on to say that if she didn't back away from her demands, he'd initiate a complaint against her with the Florida Bar.
Paul Levine says he doesn't remember any conversation about Wendy's college tuition on the steps of the courthouse. He doesn't recall how he came to inform Feinberg that he wasn't going to pay Wendy's tuition. And he denies ever threatening her with a bar complaint.
Instead of backing down, Feinberg took the 1973 and 1978 divorce agreements to Judge Stuart Simon and requested that he force Levine to pay her daughter's tuition. Simon refused, ruling that in his estimation, the agreements did not technically include college tuition; they referred to "schooling for minor child." Now that Wendy was eighteen, he reasoned, she was no longer a minor. Feinberg says the agreements were worded "for minor child" because at the time they were written, Wendy was three and seven years old, respectively. More important, Feinberg says, the agreements state that benefits will continue until Wendy is 22. And finally, she argues, if the original agreement was vague, it's Levine's fault because he wrote it.
But what amazed her about Simon's ruling, Feinberg says, was that the judge never held an evidentiary hearing to take testimony about the matter. Attorneys Edgar Lewis, who represented Feinberg during the divorce, and Nard Helman, who represented her in 1978, were each prepared to testify that the agreements included college. "It's clear, plain English," Lewis stated recently in a sworn deposition. And, he says, Levine knew the agreement included college. "Paul drafted the agreement," he says. "Paul signed the agreement. He knew very well what was in it."
Feinberg appealed the ruling, and she also filed a lawsuit against Levine on May 2, 1989, alleging that his failure to pay Wendy's tuition amounted to fraud. His repeated assurances that he and his parents would cover the costs of her daughter's college education, Feinberg claimed, had led her to accept less money in child support than she felt she was rightfully due. The next day she sent a letter to Levine's parents, demanding that they and their son live up to their agreements and that Levine increase monthly child-support payments to $1300. If Paul's parents rejected her demand, she wrote, it would cost them more money in the long run, and they, too, might be subject to a lawsuit.


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Welcome to Graduate Academics
Welcome to the Office of Academic Affairs at Pfeiffer University. I am excited about the recent period of vibrant growth, transition and vigor within academic affairs. As provost and vice president, I work with our faculty and staff to ensure we offer a student-centered environment and provide quality academics, strategic vision, and leadership for the Academic Affairs Division, which includes the Schools of Business, Behavioral and Social Sciences, Education, Humanities, Natural and Health Sciences and Adult and Graduate Studies. I am committed to our system of shared governance that is conducive to learning and helping our students excel in scholarship.
Academically, we strive to offer innovation in education and instruction relevant today in business and industry to prepare our students for employment in the global marketplace. Our schools are continually adapting our programs to meet the needs of both our students and the business community, which we partner with to gain insight and counsel on their ever-changing needs and trends. Pfeiffer's educational model provides a blend of ideology, research, and practical application. Students are taught early in their academic careers to collaborate by working in groups and are routinely placed into situations that simulate real world challenges and solutions, promote critical thinking, quantitative reasoning, excellent communication and the importance of service learning and civic engagement in a changing society.
From its humble origin as a home school committed to providing education to students in rural, North Carolina, Pfeiffer has always promoted service, exploration, and a commitment to high purpose and social justice. Our students are introduced to a range of opportunities that meet community needs and human endeavors that enable us to produce graduates who will exemplify not only exceptional intellectual prowess, but are also compassionate about the world in which we live and are dedicated to the improvement of the human condition.
As we strive to stay on top of paradigm shifts and innovations, we are also continuing to evolve and improve our educational pedagogy. We're focused and committed to academic quality and meeting the needs of our students. We work very hard to provide an environment that is devoted to high standards of academic quality, excellence and ingenuity in teaching, scholarship and service that offers our students access to resources and programs that are tailored to the needs of each individual.
Thank you for your interest in Pfeiffer University. I hope that you will not only browse our web site, but also plan to visit soon.
Dr. Tracy Espy
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs


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5 winners will receive a tall tale story of Paul Bunyan iPhone App. Ends 2/3 - this would make a great addition if your homeschooling
I am really addicted to my iphone. I think my kids are too. LOL Do any of you ever use an app called Instagram?
5 lucky people will win a copy ofMy Little Pony: Twilight Sparkle, Teacher For A Day story book app Ends 2/3
Get classic storybook apps for .99 cents until Labor Day - great back to school promotion.
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How to open a Swiss bank account
However, the banks are also bound by common laws applicable to all institutions in the country, so most account opening procedures will have a similar standard of requirements.
Who can open a bank account in Switzerland?
Swiss banks are happy to have foreign residents as customers. You can hold an account in Swiss francs or in a range of other world currencies.Each bank will set the minimum deposit amount for opening the account, so you will need to find a bank that will accept the amount of funds you have.
Which documents will I need?
All banks will require customers to prove their identity with an official document, usually a passport.If you are not able to go to Switzerland in person to open the account, you may complete the procedure by post by sending a copy of your passport certified by an approved institution.
By law, banks in Switzerland are not allowed to accept funds which they know or suspect have been obtained through criminal activities.
Therefore, it's normal when opening an account for the bank to ask for documents proving the origin of the funds.
This could be a bank statement showing salary payments or documents from the sale of property.
How private is Swiss banking?
It is illegal for employees of Swiss banks to reveal any information about customers' accounts.This secrecy is the foundation for the success of the Swiss banking industry, so you can be sure that your privacy will be totally respected.
You should note, however, that in recent years, several agreements have been signed between Switzerland and countries including the USA, Germany and the UK in attempt to crack down on tax evasion.
These agreements mean that, while Switzerland fiercely protects privacy, there are some circumstances where banks must cooperate with foreign authorities.
How do I open an anonymous account?
In fact, in Switzerland there is no such thing as a completely anonymous account and a bank must always verify your identity before opening an account for you.However, if you are looking for the highest level of privacy from your bank, you may be interested in opening a numbered account.
You will still be required to prove your identity, but transactions related to your account will not be identified with your name, but instead with the number of your account.
For more information, get in touch with the bank where you are interested in opening an account and ask them which services they provide.