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Luanda — Angola is still seeking higher education models as it is still hard to point out an exemplary institution in all respects.
This was said Friday in Luanda by the Higher Education minister, Adão do Nascimento.
The official was speaking at the opening of the two-day 7th Meeting of Cadres of the Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the World (Tocoista) taking place with the theme "What higher Education do we want".
He said that a country of success is built with great and strong higher education institutions that can serve as a model in all domains of the national life and wished the Tocoista Church's project to result in a strong university Adão do Nascimento also spoke of the need for an education institution capable of transmitting knowhow to the community, so that a community in the vicinity of a medicine faculty masters knowledge of health. to the minister, the university teaching staff must challenge the frontiers of ambitious knowledge in doing research.
The event is discussing such topics as the socio-political profile of the leader of the church, prophet Simão Gonçalves Toco, a reflection on the process of creation of the higher education under the Church, structuring axis and guidelines of the Government's nationalplan of training of cadres for the 2013-2017 period and other matters.
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The architecture Dionysus LAB studio has completed the construction of a house in Povoa de Varzim, Portugal, by giving a very special appearance. The main facade of house 77, as it is called of the house, is in fact made of perforated aluminum panels, where the "holes" are made of stylized pictures of "sense". Read the rest of this entry »
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The energy concept of architect David Pemsel (dp architectural building biology, Nuremberg) comprises a solar system, a layer tank for hot water and heating water, an air heat pump, controlled ventilation and a fire with water bags and of course a highly insulating building envelope. So that the house comes at a heating demand of only 18 kWh (m² a), the average usage for single family houses in Germany is about 170 kWh (m² a). Read the rest of this entry »
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8 House is a huge mixed-use project in the city of Copenhagen, Denmark, developed by the local BIG. The great grace of this project is the mix of commerce and housing types that seek to accommodate families in different stages of life: young and old, families and singles, families that grow or shrink. At the center of this loop in the form of 8 are community services for a total of 500mq. In this complex is crossed by a wide passage 9 connects the project with the park on one side and the other channel.
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Light, wide, simplicity, materials: all of these elements combine to make this Single Family Home located Tenerife as a dream home.
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AMES, Iowa Iowa State's Korie Lucious will face a former teammate and current friend in Friday's 8:45 p.m. NCAA Tournament second round game against Notre Dame at Dayton, Ohio.
He's Garrick Sherman, who, like Lucious, once donned a Michigan State Spartans uniform before transferring.
That's where the measurable similarities end, though.
Lucious is a wily 5-11 point guard who ranks 30th nationally in assists per game.
Sherman's a 6-10 post averaging 7.1 points and 3.4 rebounds.
"It's going to be good to play against him," Lucious said.
Sherman's been a spark off the bench lately for the Fighting Irish (25-9) with 14 and 16 points in two of the past four games.
"I think we have (him) back in a great frame of mind," Notre Dame coach Mike Brey said.
Lucious who hit a key 3-pointer against Maryland in 2010 to fuel a Spartans Final Four run has struggled with his shot lately, going 2 for 20 from the field in the Big 12 Championships.
But he dished out 16 assists to six turnovers despite the icy shooting in those games and scored 21 points as ISU (22-11) posted a critical regular season-closing road win over West Virginia.
"I think he's going to play great," Cyclone forward Georges Niang said of Lucious. "I know people have been down on him, but he lives for stuff like this. He hits big shots. He's a winner, so glad to have him in our circle for these types of events."
Lucious has had more turnovers than assists in precisely one game since Jan. 23 at West Virginia when his shooting helped ISU stave off a furious rally.
He's also made 14 of his last 17 free throw attempts, but didn't hoist any in the Big 12s last weekend.
"It's just time for me to take it up another notch," Lucious said. "Any game could be my last, so I've got to make sure I give my all on the court and make sure my guys, my teammates and coaches are doing the same."
Lucious, one of six ISU seniors with five seeing game action remains a leader, and if there's any time to lead boldly it's now.
"We'll lean on those guys, lean on Korie," Cyclone coach Fred Hoiberg said.
Lucious wouldn't have it any other way.
"I'm happy to still be playing this time of year," he said.
MCGEE'S "SORE": Iowa State sharp-shooting sixth man Tyrus McGee said he had lingering soreness from the Big 12 Championships, but it's nothing major or specific. "That KU game banged me up pretty good," said McGee, a 46.7 percent 3-point shooter. "But I'll be ready by Friday."
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Fetal Lower Urinary Tract Obstruction (LUTO)
Key Points
- The fetal genitourinary tract should be evaluated routinely when sonographic assessment is performed in the second or third trimester
- Serial vesicocentesis (x3) should be performed and renal parenchyma evaluated for evidence of cystic dysplasia to assess fetal renal function when LUTO is identified
- Vesicoamniotic shunt placement should be considered in LUTO in male fetuses who demonstrate a normal karyotype, absence of renal dysplasia by sonographic assessment, urinary electrolyte and protein levels below established abnormal cutoff threshold values and oligo/anhydramnios
Lower urinary tract obstruction (LUTO) is a heterogeneous condition with a quite variable natural history. Though early studies suggested a perinatal mortality in excess of 50% with a significant proportion of survivors suffering long-standing pulmonary and renal morbidity, 1 recent case-series have demonstrated in excess of 90% survival in fetuses properly selected for in utero therapy by vesicoamniotic shunting. 2
- 1. Nakayama DK, Harrison MR, deLorimier AA: Prognosis of posterior urethral valves presenting at birth. J Pediatr Surg 1986;21:43-48.
- 2. Biard JM, Johnson MP, Carr MC, et al. Long-term outcomes in children treated by prenatal shunting for lower urinary tract obstruction. Obstet Gynecol 2005;106(3):503-8.
Fetal LUTO is a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by proximal urethral obstruction, enlarged bladder, bilateral hydronephrosis with pyelocaliectasis, and oligo/anhydramnios. In the male fetus, posterior urethral valves, urethral atresia, and Prune Belly syndrome variant (urethral hypoplasia) are the most common causes. In the female fetus, LUTO is almost always associated with cloacal developmental abnormalities.
The incidence of posterior urethral valves has been reported to be between 1 in 5000 and 1 in 25,000 births.1 This range of incidence is due to the wide spectrum of severity seen in LUTO that includes fetal disease characterized by oligohydramnios, renal dysplasia and pulmonary hypoplasia to the serendipitous identification of asymptomatic bladder outlet obstruction in adult males undergoing unrelated cystoscopic evaluation.
- 1. Atwell JD. Posterior urethral valves in the British Isles: a multicenter BAPS review. J Pediatr Surg 1983; 18:70-74.
Posterior urethral valves are embryologically derived from mullerian duct remnants or remnants of the cloacal membrane between the 7th and 11th week of gestation.1 Persistence of these valves in male fetuses can result in proximal urethral dilatation, hypertrophy and distention of the bladder, hydroureters and hydronephrosis.
LUTO due to posterior urethral valves or urethral atresia is a sporadic condition, with no increased risk of recurrence greater than the general population. Familial recurrence has been reported, however. The megacystis-microcolon-hypoperistalsis syndrome, which occurs more frequently in females, is a rare cause of bladder outlet obstruction that may be difficult to distinguish prenatally from other etiologies of LUTO. The distinction is important to establish postnatally however, due to autosomal recessive genetic transmission with a 25% recurrence risk.
- 1. Dewan PA, Zappala SM, Ransley PG, et al. Endoscopic reappraisal of the morphology of congenital obstruction of the posterior urethra. Br J Urol 1992; 70:439-444.
There are no known teratogenic agents associated with the occurrence of LUTO. The basic pathophysiology of LUTO includes bladder outlet obstruction due to several possible etiologies including posterior urethral valves (most common), urethral atresia and Prune Belly syndrome variant in males, and cloacal developmental abnormalities in female fetuses.1 The triad of abdominal muscular deficiency, obstructive uropathy, and failure of testicular descent is well described; however, there remains no consensus regarding the etiology and developmental pathogenesis of this group of findings. The contributions of urinary extravasation or bladder distention to the development of the "prune belly" phenomenon remain controversial. Nevertheless, the resultant effect of LUTO is marked distention of the fetal bladder, hydroureters, hydronephrosis and the subsequent development of oligo/anhydramnios, pulmonary hypoplasia and renal fibrocystic dysplasia. Animal models support this pathophysiology.2
- 1. Johnson MP. Fetal obstructive uropathy. In Harrison MR, Evans MJ, Adzick NS, Holzgreve W, eds. The Unborn Patient: The Art and Science of Fetal Therapy. Philadelphia: W.B.Saunders, 2001:259-286.
- 2. Harrison MR, Ross NA, Noall R, deLorimier AA: Correction of urogenital hydronephrosis in utero. The: Fetal urethral obstruction produces hydronephrosis and pulmonary hypoplasia in fetal lambs. J Pediatr Surg 1983;18:247-256.
A classification scheme for PUV has been described.1 2 In Type I PUV, sail-like valve leaflets arise from the crista-urethralis distal to the verumontanum and may cover/obstruct the lower half of the urethra or may completely obstruct the urethra. Type II valves are non-obstructing folds of the superficial muscle and mucosa that extend from the verumontanum to the bladder neck. Type III valves usually cause a diaphragm-like obstruction at the level of the verumontanum, but can be seen at the level of the anterior urethra distal to the external urethral sphincter.
Risk factors/associations
No known risk factors.
Pregnancies complicated by LUTO (with or without shunt placement) generally deliver at 34-35 weeks gestation due to preterm, premature rupture of membranes.1
- 1. Johnson MP. Fetal obstructive uropathy. In Harrison MR, Evans MJ, Adzick NS, Holzgreve W, eds. The Unborn Patient: The Art and Science of Fetal Therapy. Philadelphia: W.B.Saunders, 2001:259-286.
Pregnancy considerations
Sonographic detection is currently used as a screening tool for LUTO.
Findings: The sonographic as well as ultrafast fetal MRI findings in LUTO are variable due to the wide spectrum of disease. However, pathologic obstruction common to all cases of LUTO results in a distended fetal bladder with or without a "keyhole" dilatation of the posterior urethra, hydroureters and hydronephrosis. (Figure 1) The fetal bladder after drainage by vesicocentesis for either urethral atresia or complete obstructing posterior urethral valves demonstrates a symmetrically round and very thick walled appearance.10 Evaluation of the renal parenchyma may show normal appearing cortex, echogenic cortex due to parenchymal compression or, in advanced cases, the finding of cystic renal dysplasia. (Figure 2) Hydronephrosis may be absent if renal dysplasia has occurred, with subsequent cessation of fetal urine production. Extensive and long-standing obstruction may cause extravasation of urine, resulting in a perinephric urinoma due to rupture of the renal cortex, or urinary ascites due to rupture of the fetal bladder. 11,12 This "safety valve" rupture phenomenon has been postulated to transiently prevent further renal compromise, however, renal outcomes remain highly variable. Long-standing oligo/anhydramnios may cause additional fetal deformations including clubfeet and Potter facies (the latter generally identifiable only at birth).
Amniotic fluid: The amniotic fluid volume depends on the gestational age of the fetus and the degree of lower urinary tract obstruction. Prior to 16 weeks gestation, normal amniotic fluid volume may be seen since amniotic fluid is primarily a transudate of fluid from the fetal skin tissues and placental membranes. Following this gestational age, amniotic fluid volume begins to reflect fetal renal production of urine and fetal swallowing.13 Partial obstruction of the lower urinary tract may result in normal to low normal amniotic fluid volume, while with complete obstruction, oligohydramnios or frank anhydramnios is generally established by 18-20 weeks gestation.
Placenta: Normal appearance by ultrasound and ultrafast fetal MRI imaging.
Biometry/measurement data: Normal fetal biometric parameters. In the presence of urinary ascites or severely hydronephrotic kidneys, an enlarged fetal abdominal circumference may be documented.
When detectable: LUTO may be identified as early as 12-14 weeks of gestation with modern high frequency ultrasound transducers. However, many of these cases will spontaneously resolve by 15 weeks of gestational age. Complete lower urinary tract obstruction should be identifiable in all cases by 18-20 weeks gestation.
Pitfalls: Bilateral ureteropelvic junction (UPJ) obstruction or ureterovesical obstruction/reflux (the latter including findings of hydroureters) may be mistaken for LUTO. The key to prenatal differentiation includes the appearance of the distended fetal bladder and severity of amniotic fluid volume compromise. Renal dysplasia should only be strongly suspected in the presence of renal cortical cysts. Echogenicity may be due to compression of renal parenchyma due to increased intrarenal pressure and not represent true fibrocystic dysplasia. Urinary electrolytes and protein levels obtained by serial fetal vesicocentesis should be used in conjunction with sonographic criteria to determine if renal dysplasia is present.14
Differential diagnosis: The differential diagnosis of LUTO includes all causes of bilateral hydronephrosis (Table 1). The sex of the fetus will be helpful in determining the differential diagnosis. The presence of male external genitalia with LUTO suggests the diagnosis of urethral obstruction with posterior urethral valves and urethral atresia being most frequent. Female genitalia and urethral atresia may be associated with a cloacal developmental abnormality, caudal regression syndrome or megacystis-microcolon-hypoperistalsis syndrome. Sonographic features of the latter condition, a rare and generally lethal condition affecting primarily female fetuses, include small bowel dilatation and polyhydramnios in the third trimester. Rarely, an intravesical ectopic ureterocele can result in complete bladder outlet obstruction. (Figure 3)
Where else to look: A careful sonographic evaluation for associated structural malformations is required. Due to the often-concurrent oligo/anhydramnios, transabdominal amnioinfusion may be required to develop an acoustic window allowing detailed assessment of the fetus. Sonographic markers of fetal aneuploidy should be evaluated since approximately 10% of fetuses with LUTO will be found to be aneuploid (Trisomies 21, 18 and 13).15 The fetal heart, spine, brain and the appearance of the extremities should be evaluated for signs of an underlying genetic syndrome or abnormal developmental sequence.
Future developments will include efforts to further refine the approach to intervention in LUTO, with development of techniques to decrease the greatest technical complication of shunt displacement and migration. One technique currently under evaluation is the cystoscopic disruption of posterior urethral valves.1 In this approach, microcystoscopy is performed and the proximal urethra directly visualized. If valves can be confirmed, then laser ablation or mechanical disruption may be technically possible. This approach has been used investigatively with mixed results, but may hold promise for the future by relieving the obstruction without the need for a diverting catheter. Perhaps more importantly, it may allow for a more normal physiologic state of bladder cycling with storage and voiding, which has been suggested to play an important role in long-term bladder function.
- 1. Johnson MP. Fetal obstructive uropathy. In Harrison MR, Evans MJ, Adzick NS, Holzgreve W, eds. The Unborn Patient: The Art and Science of Fetal Therapy. Philadelphia: W.B.Saunders, 2001:259-286.


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Maria Sharapova has made her Twitter debut at the Australian Open, and she's tweeting on the trend of this year's tournament. ''Everyone got dressed in the same closet, wearing yellow on court at the aus open,'' she tweeted Tuesday. It was only her second posting, and she already has more than 55,000 followers at @MariaSharapova as of 2:30 p.m. ET Tuesday. Yellow is hands down the color of choice among players -- or rather, sponsors -- at this year's Australian Open. Yellow sneakers, yellow shorts, yellow dresses, yellow visors. For fans in the upper decks, it can be hard to tell who's who on certain courts. Former No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki wore a white-and-pale yellow tennis dress designed as part of her Adidas line with Stella McCartney. It was very similar to the white-and-pale yellow Nike dress on her opponent, German Sabine Lisicki. It didn't help that both wore visors over their blond ponytails. Wozniacki won and faces Donna Vekic of Croatia in the second round. Some men ...
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Thread: Aunts and Uncles Names
November 9th, 2011 10:04 AM #1
Aunts and Uncles Names
I am always interested in the names of peoples aunts and uncles and how they very from different sides of the family.
My mothers family is from Oklahoma and they seem to have very different names compared to my Dads family from Pennsylvania
Moms Siblings and self
Parents are Jewel and Edgar Estus
Edgar Eugene (went by Gene)
Susan Arlee
John Ray
Margaret Lee (my mother known as Marge)
James Andrew
William Marion
Doyle Gene
Jimmy Leon
Kimberly Dawn
Yes you read that right a James and a Jimmy that are brothers...I dont get it...never did, other than I love Jimmy to death and disowned James
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Parents are Robert Andrew Sr and Mary Louise
Judith Mary
Robert Andrew Jr
William Joseph
Richard James (my dad)
Daniel Edward Sr
They go by Judy, Bobby, Billy, Rich and Danny....My Grandfather had horses growing up named Bob Bill Dick Dan and Maude...he always lamented that Grandma didnt let him name Judy Maude so hed have his full set...although their kids are not named after the horses it just turned out funnyLife long Name Nerd
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Timothy Richard, Joseph Richard, Theodore Richard
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Dad's side:
Paul Hyrum and Patricia Dee 'Pat'
Elizabeth Ann
Susan Marie
Paula Lynn - her father named her because he wasn't sure he would have boys
Sara Dee
Amy Carol
Aaron Paul
Andrew Jeppson (family name)
Benjamin Roy
Marc Edward
Mom's side:
James John III and Vicky Ann
Kari Ann
James John IV
Christian Harvey (goes by Harvey)
Frances Cloe (goes by Francie)
Shannon Amy
Starr Alexandra"I feel like a little bit, like, I'm the Braveheart of creativity."
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Mom's side - from England, parents Mary & Reginald Owen
Jean Mary
Caroline Ann
Stephen (not sure of spelling or mn)
Michael (not sure of mn)
Dad's side - from Iowa, parents Helen & Max
Clarke Max
Craig Max
Drew Max
Yes, all had their dad's name as a mn. And I think my grandmother was pretty renegade for her day choosing these names for her boys. An early name nerd in my family, perhaps?Mom to Arienne Christina, Vienna Claire, and Clio Victoria!


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Originally published in 1984, this study deals with a number of influential figures in the European tradition of Marxist theories of aesthetics, ranging from Lukacs to Benjamin, through the Frankfurt School, to Brecht and the Althusserians. Pauline Johnson shows that, despite the great diversity in...
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I want to buy the adobe design suite - but I planned to get the student edition. I intended to continue a part-time job for a small design company, and sell the service of making websites and logos separate from that business.
However, he seems to be of the idea that if it was made on a student edition, it can't be published without severe repercussions. When I had a talk with an equally experienced graphic designer, he seemed to think that a student edition is still a full edition, and couldn't see how adobe could manage to find every thing made on a student edition that was not sold for profit, (How would they know without investigations, he said.)
The point is, they both seem to think that there's a risk regardless since it is for student - not commercial - purposes. But really, I need to know if I should drop the $400 and keep my income while in school until I can purchase the upgrade license, or if I should wait until I can get it the first time.
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I was/am in the same boat as you. I can't afford the $1300 for the non education, so I went with the education price and I didn't know until last yr that if Adobe found out you were using the education software for business purposes they could sue you.
IMO - Adobe is more worried about people selling illegal copies of their software, instead of hunting down every student who uses the education software for something else besides college. They would find out if you registered a education serial and registered it under a business.
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But on the brightside, I will buy a full upgrade license quickly, which apparently would cut the cost of the software almost in half (purchase for 400, upgrade for 300).
Unless I'm mistaken about that price, it sounds like a better deal. (And I am POSITIVE you can do that because I got that info directly from the adobe website.)
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JWOWW vs. Jamie Lynn Spears: Whose Engagement Ring Is Better? (PHOTOS)
When it comes to engagement rings, most people think that bigger is better, but that's not always the case. Though a huge diamond sparkler is gorgeous, so is a dazzling single rock surrounded by small stones; beauty is in the eye of the beholder, right?
While we're always interested in amazing rings, seeing Jamie Lynn Spears' stunning, sparkling diamond (pictured right) got our brains really turning this weekend. The 21-year-old former Nickelodeon star got engaged to her longtime beau, Jamie Watson, on March 2, and immediately showed off her ring on Instagram.
It's definitely sizable and covered in diamonds (even on the band!) and since she took the pic outside, it literally sparkled. No wonder she hashtagged the pic "#hedidgood"!
We can't argue that Jamie Lynn's fiance "did good," but there's another star whose fiancé also did very well. Jersey Shore's own JWOWW received a huge, custom-designed engagement ring (pictured left) from her man, Roger Mathews, last year, and we're pretty sure you can see it from space.
The 8-carat pink and white diamond sparkler cost at least $100k and after seeing it super close up at a recent event, there's no doubt that it's a beauty! We can't even begin to count how many diamonds are on her ring, and the unique shape really makes it stand out.
However, as we said before, more isn't always more, and we think both girls' rings are gorgeous. But who is your favorite? Vote below!


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For those of you who don't already know, The Smithsonian American Art Museum will host an exhibit next year that highlights the history of innovation and evolution in video games. Titled "The Art of Video Games", the exhibition is tentatively scheduled to begin its run on March 16, 2012, with a targeted end date of September 30, 2012. The exhibition will focus on pieces from all eras of gaming, from the early days of Atari, ColecoVision, and all the other pioneer systems, to the most current generation of video games. From the exhibition's website: "The Art of Video Games exhibition will explore the 40‐year evolution of video games as an artistic medium, with a focus onstriking visual effects, the creative use of new technologies, and the most influential artists and designers."
While the exhibit, ostensibly the first of its kind, is attracting much media attention, what's garnered even more discussion is the unusual method by which exhibition pieces were selected. From February 14th through April 17th, those interested in the exhibit were able to cast their votes to let The Smithsonian staff know which games were worthy of inclusion in the exhibit. Gamers had to select representative games for twenty different gaming systems across five different generations of gaming in a multitude of different genres. Yesterday, via a live webcast, The Smithsonian officially announced which pieces had been chosen for exhibition when "The Art of Video Games" goes live next year.
The list is way too long to mention in full here, but I'd like to take a look at some of the surprising and not-so-surprising inclusions.
Among the worthy pieces being shown:
– Pitfall, 1982, Atari
– Super Mario World, 1991, Super Nintendo Entertainment System
– Shenmue, 2000, Dreamcast
– Starcraft, 1998, DOS/Windows
– Bioshock, 2007, XBOX 360 (2009, PS3)
– Portal, 2007, Modern Windows
I was also surprised by a few of the games that were included in the final list, such as:
– Minecraft, 2010, Modern Windows
– Brütal Legend, 2009, XBOX 360/PS3
While I'm sure the exhibit will attract much love and attention from gamers, I'm curious to see how non-gamers treat the exhibit. Not many people think of gaming as an art form, which, as many of the games on the list arguably show, is just patently untrue. I'm also curious to see how The Smithsonian structures the exhibit. Will we move through each generation in a logical format to show the evolution of gaming across the different generations or will games of similar genres be grouped together to show how that particular genre evolved? Will attendees be able to play the games or will this be a non-interactive exhibit, with game footage being assembled into videos? And just how much attention will each game receive? When we voted on the games, they were grouped by genre within a generation. Some games have contributed to the evolution of video games in vastly different ways: musically, visually, stylistically, etc.
No matter what The Smithsonian decides to do, I will certainly be checking out this exhibit some time next year. And don't fret if you're nowhere near Washington D.C. – The Smithsonian has announced that the exhibit will be available for touring once it finishes its run at The American Art Museum in September 2012. If you're at all interested in tracking the progress of the exhibition, you can sign up for an e-mail list or follow the team on twitter.
Also, check out the list of exhibition pieces and let us know in the comments:
– Are there any games on the list that are unworthy of exhibition?
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Newsletter of the Big Bend Arts Council May 2009
Highlights of the Last Meeting:
The BBAC board met earlier to outline the plans for a BBAC Co-Op space.
The fees/commissions and basic entry requirements were decided upon and will be sent out to the membership via website.
There will be an evaluation after 6 months of operation of the income and expenses-The fees and/or commission may be adjusted as necessary to keep gallery solvent.Ā Members will have the option of leaving the gallery at that time if this does not suit them.
We need to get a call for art out ASAP for the next show at the Bread and Breakfast.Ā A postcard with all the pertinent information will be written and sent outĀ with a notice to the newspapers.
Alan Vannoy presented a program on bookmaking.
He gave a concise and information demonstration of making book covers, about signatures and how the book is placed together.
We learned about archival glue, book cloth and clamshell designs of book boxes used for book preservation.Ā Alan brought examples of several types of bindings including bindings without glue.
ĀAt the completion of his lecture/demo, a drawing was held and Martha Scott received the finished book!
Imminent Show:
Get your latest artworks finished, titled, framed and tighter, because Monday, June 8th through Saturday, June 13th is submission week.Ā Bring your artwork to Ocotillo Enterprises, 205 N. 5th St. in Alpine during that week, (except Tuesday).Ā Hanging day is Sunday, June 14th (1-4pm) at JudyÆs Bread and Breakfast. (Helpers always needed).Ā The show starts Monday, June 15th and runs through Saturday, July 18th.Ā There will be a reception on the 3rd Saturday of June, on June 20th from 6-9pm.Ā This coincides with Fiesta del Sol weekend.Ā (For a list of all the shows and their dates planned so far, see the march-April 2009 newsletter on the website at bigbendartscouncil.comĀ If you donÆt have internet, or have lost your copy, contact Judith to print you a list.)
More News around the Bend:
April 21-June 7 ¢ Greasewood Gallery, Hotel Paisano, Marfa:Ā Tom Curry ōPaintings and Printsö
May 18 ¢ Sul Ross State University, Alpine:Ā Leann Zacharias, Cello & Friends Concert
June 2 ¢ StarLight Theater, Terlingua:Ā The Flatlanders, all-star country band, $50.00/ticket
June 26,27,28 ¢ Theater of the Big Bend, Kokernot Park, Alpine:Ā ōThe Will Rogers Follies,ö 8:15-11pm
August 8, 9:Ā Alpine/Big Bend Intertribal Powwow, Kokernot Park, starting at 10 am each day.
Free to the public.Ā Contact:Ā Joy Morningstar at 371-2195 for information about program advertising and vendor fees.
Favorite Websites or Barter Patrol Items?
Know of some great websites youÆd like to share with others?Ā Or do you have some art supplies you need or want to dispose of?Ā Contact this newsletterÆs editor to include them in the next issue.
Meanwhile, hereÆs a website to look at:Ā www.hennesseyingalls.comĀ In the search box, put ōurban trends.öĀ View a list of books about ōstreet art.öĀ Yes, graffiti.Ā There are 185 titles listed here.Ā The city of Alpine has just, earlier this year, criminalized street are.Ā This rebellious form of expression is often featured in the art magazine JUXTAPOSEģ.
Newsletter Submissions
Deadline for submissions of news to ART AROUND THE BEND is the last day of each month.Ā You can subit them anytime, though.Ā Send to Judith at firstname.lastname@example.comĀ In the subject line please put bbacnews (so she wonÆt assume itÆs spam).Ā Or call her afternoons at 837-5353.Ā You may also send mail to her at Judith Brueske, 205 N. 5th St., Alpine, TXĀ 79830.Ā For all coming events please include a contact phone number and /or email address.Ā For more information, call 837-5017,Ā see www.bigbendartscouncil.com
Next Meeting:
This will be the last meeting before summer starts!Ā The BBAC membersÆ meeting will be held this Sunday, May 17th at 2pm at the location of the new BBAC Gallery!!!Ā BBAC members are asked to come and visit the new space at 106 W. Sul Ross Avenue, the southwest corner of the intersection of Sul Ross Ave and North 5th StreetŚAt the southwest corner of Old Town Square City Park.


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The new video boards at EverBank Field were installed in June. The Jaguars new screens are 377 feet wide and 50 feet high, leaving behind the Houston Texans, which are 277 feet wide and 52 high.
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PARK(ing) Day 2008, sponsored by The Trust for Public Land (TPL), was conceived in 2005 by REBAR, a group of interdisciplinary artists in San Francisco, California. The intent of PARK(ing) is to creatively reimagine outdoor space dedicated to private vehicles as open space dedicated for people. There is no doubt that we live in a society that is dominated and dependent on the automobile, which can be seen in our land use patterns, personal commuting habits, and increased pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. REBAR cites that more than 70% of most cities' downtown outdoor open space is reserved to the automobile, while many cities today lack dedicated open green space for residents. The built environment's landscape prioritizes the automobile and marginalizes the natural environment and our overall quality of life.
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As well as the kids happen to be spending a lot of the last few weeks studying with this exam. They have been reviewing material that they have studied in past years so that they'll excel on those portions of the test.
I send the kids to college so they can receive an education. However for 2-3 weeks each year they stop the teaching and focus about the testing. Now I am aware that tests are a part of education. You learn something then have a test. If you do well on the test, you've learned the fabric. If not, you have more attempt to do. This is not what are the standardized tests are about.
The standardized tests also cover material that kids learned this past year or even the year before. Is reviewing this material good to the students? Well, I know that I've forgotten some of the some tips i learned in class. Everyone does. Is it worth the time for you to re-learn it to enable you to keep all those facts in your thoughts? Typically I do believe the answer then is no. Cheap schools don't review old material (except to create kids back up to speed after summer break) seems to bear that out.
The faculties are putting so much increased exposure of these tests that some children are stressed out about it. I know a young child which was so stressed about it that he cheated around the test in second grade. They don't really get this worked up about final exams. This is outside of the curriculum that they are studying in their classes, as well as the results have absolutely nothing regarding the grades they receive this trimester.
Schools are already charged with 'teaching towards the test'. Which means they teach the materials that'll be on the test in a way that maximizes the probability the kids will fill in the proper bubble if it is time. (They even can received instruction now concerning how to properly fill out the bubble!) Is that this what the kids should be learning in order to be successful in everyday life? I'm not sure. Nevertheless the schools put aside their regular curriculum annually to organize for and take these tests.
What makes them doing all of this? And so the school's test scores can look good. Schools are judged by their average test scores, and the schools can do anything they can to improve those numbers. Including rely on students.
If these tests are supposed to measure how good the college teaches, allow the kids take the test with no pressure. Should they know the material, they'll get the answers right. Should they don't, we'll know in which the school must improve.
However with schools essentially competing against each other, they have to do what you can to enhance their average test scores.
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In Photoshop CS6 for Photographers, author, photographer, and teacher Chris Orwig explores Photoshop from the perspective of the photographer.
The course details the features and techniques behind enhancing and retouching photos, preparing them for print and online publishing, and much more. Chris demonstrates how to make basic edits in Camera Raw, develop and save color profiles, work with layers and selections, tone and sharpen, and retouch images while retaining their natural character.
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Now that we know a little bit about the Clone and Healing tools, let's take a look at how we can use these tools in order to clean up the background in this portrait. Also, along the way, I want to share with you a few shortcuts, and tips that you can use in order to more effectively work with these tools. Well typically when it comes to cleaning up the small details, you'll want to do this on a new layer. So let's create a new layer and you can do so by pressing Shift+Command+N if you're on a Mac or Shift+Ctrl+N if you're on Windows. Let's name this new layer Clean Up.
Next, let's select the Spot Healing Brush. You can do so by pressing the J key. Then if you press Shift+J, you notice that it will toggle through the different Brush tools, you can see that. Go ahead and press Shift+J until you have the tool with the icon of the Band-Aid and then the small selection next to it. Next, you want to make sure to turn on Content Aware. This will help blend what we are retouching or cleaning up here. Then also turn on Sample all layers, so that we can do all of our retouching on this new layer.
Next, hover over what you want to clean up and then change your brush size. Here we can do so by pressing left-bracket key to make it smaller, right-bracket key will make it bigger. Next, we're either going to click or click-and-drag in order to start removing some of these small little blemishes. A lot of times what you'll want to do is have a brush which is just a little bit bigger than the blemish you are working on. This will prevent you from bringing in strange artifacts, or different things that might happen when you replicate or clean up these little areas with this tool.
Here, I will make the brush bigger by pressing the right-bracket key. I'm also pressing the Spacebar key in order to move around the image. Now, as we move around the image, we are just going to go ahead and do a lot of little clicking, and you know, these first steps of all of the spot healing, they are really important. Sometimes, it's the small stuff that helps our images to be set apart. The more that we invest here in the small stuff, well the better off we'll do with the bigger adjustments later. Okay. So again just here making some really small adjustments.
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What about say this big tile? Let's go back to our cleanup layer and what I want to do is I want to think about how I can remove this. I could use the Clone Stamp tool, but the problem with that is it's going to duplicate the texture in the background it won't work. I could try using the Spot Healing Brush, but again, that tool typically works well with smaller areas. And really, it's the Patch tool that I need to use, and previously, we talked about how when we work with the Patch tool, we need to duplicate the background layer. Well, that's it for working with the Normal mode.
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Again, we can click on that before and after, and here you can see our before and now our after. So now, after having seen the before and after, you can see how we can use these tools to clean up our photographs in some phenomenal ways; yet here, we've been focusing in on working on the background. Yet, what about those situations where you want to clean up or improve the subject, say like with a close-up portrait? Well, let's take a look at how we can do that in the next movie.
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Think you know your entropy from your emmetropy? Then try this quiz, which was presented by New Scientist at the Cheltenham Science Festival. Answers at the end
Round 1: Information overload
Q1 The term for a basic unit of information, the bit, was coined by Claude Shannon in 1948. It is a contraction of what phrase?
a) basic iteration
b) binary information
c) binary digit
d) binary unit
Q2 Eight bits make up one standard byte, spelled with a "y" to make it look more computery. What term (also featuring a computery "y") is sometimes used for four bits, or half a byte?
a) by
b) nybble
c) morsyl
d) mouthfyl
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a) an ancient Roman unit of weight
b) an ancient Babylonian unit of time
c) an ancient Assyrian unit of fluid volume
d) an ancient Egyptian unit of distance
Q4 What thermodynamic quantity is proportional to the logarithm of the number of possible arrangements of the interior state of a system, and so can be thought of as measuring an absence of information, or the logarithm of ignorance?
a) energy
b) enthalpy
c) emmetropy
d) entropy
Round 2: Name that moon
Q5 Named after a character in Shakespeare, the innermost of the five major moons of Uranus is approximately 470 kilometres across and bears a tortured surface showing signs of intense ancient geological activity. It shares its name with an ill-fated planet in the science fiction film Serenity. It is called:
a) Oberon
b) Ariel
c) Umbriel
d) Miranda
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a) anapest
b) bacchius
c) cretic
d) dactyl
Q7 Pluto's large moon, Charon, was briefly considered for planetary status in 2006, before Pluto itself was relegated to dwarf planet. Pluto is now known to have two much smaller moons, discovered in 2005 by the Hubble Space Telescope. They are:
a) Cheryl and Tracey
b) Hydra and Nix
c) Stygia and Acheron
d) Cerberus and Persephone
Q8 Rhea is the second largest of Saturn's many moons. What is unique about it?
a) It's the largest irregularly shaped moon in the solar system
b) It's the only moon in the solar system that astronomers think may have its own moon
c) It bears an uncanny resemblance to the Death Star before Luke Skywalker blew it up
d) It was the first moon to be discovered by an interplanetary spacecraft
Round 3: Alphabet of science
Q9 Which upper-case letter, when placed underneath a small circle, represents a distance of one hundred-thousandth of one hundred-thousandth of a metre?
a) A
b) B
c) C
d) D
Q10 In cosmology, which lower-case letter represents the dimensionless scale factor of the universe, which measures the expansion of space?
a) c
b) a
c) d
d) b
Q11 ABCD together have many uses in science and medicine. Which of these is genuine?
a) ABCD - a computing acronym to do with processing
b) The ABCD score - a mnemonic to help assess the risk of someone having a stroke
c) ABCD syndrome - a rare multiple personality disorder
d) All of the above
Q12 Which two of the first four letters from the Hebrew alefbet (as it is called) are used in mathematics to represent the size of infinite sets?
a) beth and ghimel
b) ghimel and dalet
c) dalet and aleph
d) aleph and beth
Round 4: Alcohol
Q13 There is alcohol and there is alcohol. Which of these alcohols is the least toxic, and is the one that makes up the main psychoactive agent in wine and beer?
a) methanol
b) ethanol
c) geraniol
d) volemitol
Q14 Strong alcoholic drinks are made by distillation. A mixture of alcohol and water - or indeed any mixture of two different liquids - that cannot be made any stronger by further distillation is called:
a) an azeotrope
b) an oxytrope
c) a unitrope
d) a zoetrope
Q15 What is the highest strength by volume that can be achieved by distillation of an alcoholic drink?
a) 42 per cent
b) 64 per cent
c) 88 per cent
d) 96 per cent
Q16 Where in 1995 did scientists report finding a natural reservoir of alcohol, enough to make "400 trillion trillion pints of beer"?
a) drifting in an interstellar gas cloud thousands of light years from Earth
b) as a frozen lake on the surface of Saturn's giant moon, Titan
c) in sediments beneath the protected Cuyahoga Valley National Park in Ohio
d) slowly fermenting beneath ice in the peat bogs of Siberia
Round 5: Let there be light
Q17 Why did Isaac Newton divide the visible spectrum into seven colours?
a) Our eyes trick us into seeing the continuous spectrum as having these bands of colour
b) Imperfections in Newton's prisms meant these parts of the spectrum showed up strongest
c) Long before Newton it was common knowledge that there were seven colours in a rainbow and this coloured his observations of refracted light
d) He believed there must be a connection between colours, musical notes and the known objects of the solar system
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