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Are you ready to take a trip to the far reaches of space?
Our presenters will fly you off planet Earth and out beyond the stars. Enjoy an amazing guided tour of our vast and incredible Universe.
Presenter-led tour for ages 8 and over.
Produced by Melbourne Planetarium, using the American Museum of Natural History's Digital Universe 3-D atlas.
$6 adult, $5 concessions and $4.50 children, plus museum entry. Museum Members receive discounted planetarium prices.
Bookings are strongly recommended, especially on weekends, school holidays and public holidays.
Hi Olivia,
From this point in, Ticket to the universe will be showing on Sunday's at 1.00pm until the 15th of September.
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We are planning to have Ticket to the Universe showing at 2.00pm from December 26th to January 27th.
As this is yet to be confirmed, please check out website or call our bookings office on 13 11 02 closer to the date you wish to attend.
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Thanks for your enquiry. We don't recommend Ticket to the Universe for children under the age of 8 as it is one of our most advanced shows. Having said that, we won't refuse entry as long as you're aware that the show is not suitable for children of your daughter's age.
Hi Marion. Unfortunately, Ticket to the Universe is not running on those dates. At this point in time, the program is only running on the dates outlined above.
Hi Vira. Thanks for your question. Yes, the planetarium is the sort of venue you described. The chairs recline and the show is projected onto the ceiling. For a full list of our current and upcoming shows please see the What's On page.
Hi Brenda, At this stage Ticket to the Universe is not scheduled to be shown. Please check back towards the end of the school holidays when we should have information about the Planetarium schedule for term one.
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To make your holidays merry and bright, movie nights have returned to Rodman Public Library. The library will present a series of movies for patrons on Mondays, December 3, 10 and 17. The film series will revolve around a Christmas theme. So, if you are reminiscing about Christmases past and dreaming of a white, snowy holiday, then join us at Rodman for a wonderful time.
Movies shown on December 3 and 17 are not rated. The movie shown on December 10 is rated PG.
Each movie will take place at 6 p.m. in the Rodman's main auditorium. They are free and open to the public. Children must be accompanied by an adult, age18 or older. For more information, call 330-821-2665, ext 107.
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"I'm very
excited about Doug's return as our offensive coordinator," Walker said. "Our
offense took as step back this past season and I'm confident that Coach Martin
can get us back on track. I'm looking forward to our offense moving forward."
"I'm really looking forward to coming back to New Mexico State,"
Martin said. "My relationship with coach Walker is really close and I think a
lot of him as a person and as a coach. My year in Las Cruces was one of the
most enjoyable years I have ever had in coaching, for two reasons. One was
working with the players and coaches and two was the community in Las Cruces
was so gracious to me and my family, which is a big part of why we are excited
about the move back to New Mexico State."
Martin left NM State after the 2011 season to take the offensive
coordinator position at Boston College in 2012. The Eagles ranked 47th
in the nation in passing offense, as Martin guided wide receiver Alex Amidon
and offensive tackle Emmett Cleary to All-ACC honors. Amidon finished the
season ranked 11th among all receivers in the country in receiving yards per
game (100.8). He ranks second among all ACC receiving in both receptions per
game (6.5) and receiving yards per game.
Martin was the offensive coordinator of the Aggies back in 2011,
as the Aggies ranked 47th in total offense and 26th in
passing offense. He helped guide the Aggies to a win over Minnesota, the
program's first win against a team from the Big Ten. Under Martin, the Aggies
had three All-WAC selections in wide receiver Taveon Rogers, offensive tackle
Davonte Wallace and running back Kenny Turner. Quarterback Matt Christian led
the Aggies with 2,158 yards passing and 15 touchdowns in 2011.
With seven seasons under his belt as the head coach at Kent State
University and eight as the offensive coordinator, Martin was instrumental in
building a true football program of the past several seasons. A total of 20
Golden Flashes earned All-Mid-American Conference accolades from 2007-10,
including Eugene Jarvis, who was atop the active Football Bowl Subdivision
running backs list with 3,722 career yards on the ground, and Brian Lainhart,
whose 17 career interceptions was also tops among active FBS players.
In 2010, Roosevelt Nix was named the MAC Defensive Player of the
Year under Martin's watch. Also under Martin, four players were selected in the
NFL draft including Jameson Konz (2010 - 7th round, Seattle Seahawks), Usama
Young (2007 - 3rd round, New Orleans Saints), Jack Williams (2008 - 4th round,
Denver Broncos) and Julian Edelman (2009 - 7th round, New England Patriots),
with Young becoming the sixth-highest pick in the history of the program.
Over the past four years, Martin's offense at Kent State recorded
a remarkable 16,907 yards of total offense, averaging 422.6 yards per game
during that spanned including 26.3 points a game.
In December of 2006, Martin signed a four-year extension that kept
him in Blue and Gold through 2010. The extension rewarded a 2006 campaign that
saw Kent State pull off the fourth-largest turnaround in the nation, improving
by five wins over the previous year's total.
Included in the performance was a five-game winning streak,
including four straight MAC victories - the Flashes' longest conference streak
ever. Furthermore, the nation's 25th-ranked team in total defense in
2006, limited Miami and Bowling Green to a combined 17 points as Kent State won
road games against the RedHawks and Falcons in the same season for the first
time since 1972. Kent State saw five players earn All-MAC accolades.
In addition to his head coaching duties, Martin also served as
quarterbacks coach and was the offensive coordinator for all but the 2009
Martin is widely regarded as one of the nation's premier
quarterback mentors. His list of protégés includes three-time All-Conference
USA selection and current NFL passer David Garrard, record-setting CFL
quarterback Marcus Crandell and other pros Richard Alston and Joshua Cribbs,
who both played quarterback in college under Martin before switching positions
in the NFL.
In 2005, Martin's spread passing attack posted the third-highest
yardage total in school history while the team's 15 touchdown passes were the
sixth most in a single year at Kent State. The Flashes also reached the
30-point mark three times in 2005, running the total number of games with at
least that many points to 16 since 2003.
In Martin's first season, the Golden Flashes posted a 5-6 overall
record, winning their final four games for the program's longest winning streak
since 1976. The team also finished in fourth place in the MAC East Division
with a 4-4 mark while producing three All-MAC players and two honorable mention
Martin also handled the offensive play-calling duties and the unit
responded to his coaching, scoring 335 points and racking up 4,168 yards, the
second- and third-highest totals, respectively, in school history.
Under his guidance, the Flashes averaged 30.5 points per game,
just the third time in school history a team averaged 30 or more points. The
team also set a single-game scoring mark in its 69-17 win over Eastern Michigan
Nov. 13. Four times in 2004 the Flashes totaled more than 400 yards on offense,
including two games over 500.
Additionally, in two years tutoring All-MAC quarterback Joshua
Cribbs, Martin saw Cribbs develop into one of the top dual threats in the
country. Always a talented runner, Cribbs finished his career as the owner of
KSU career records for total offense, passing yardage, touchdowns, points and
completions. He also ranked fourth nationally in total offense and completed a
school-record 64.5 percent of his passes. As a team, the Flashes had a
completion rate of 62.8 percent, also a school record.
While his spread offensive style is his calling card, Martin
revamped his defensive coaching staff and saw that unit go from ranking 12th of
14 teams in the MAC in total defense in 2003 to first in the league in 2004. It
marked the first time since 1987 that the team led the MAC in total defense and
just the second time since joining the conference in 1951. Kent State also
ranked 15th nationally in total defense.
Martin was named the school's 19th head coach on March 1, 2004,
replacing Dean Pees. Martin joined the Kent State staff in January 2003 as
offensive coordinator. After just one year on the staff, Martin made an instant
impact on the Golden Flashes' offense. In its first season under Martin's
system, Kent State averaged 26.8 points per game, the second-highest in the
last 30 years, and scored 30-or-more points in each of the final six games and
did so in a school-record eight games overall.
From 2002-04 Martin's teams averaged nearly 30 points per game and
posted the highest offensive totals in back-to-back years in school history.
From 2002-03 alone, scoring offense increased by 10 points, touchdowns grew
from 24 to 40, total offense was up by more than 40 yards per game and passing
yardage increased by nearly 100 yards per game.
In 2004, that trend continued as the Flashes' increased their
scoring, touchdowns, passing yards and total yards per game.
Martin arrived at Kent State following 11 seasons at East Carolina
University, the last seven of which he was in charge of the team's offense. He
was at ECU for all of Steve Logan's tenure there, serving as the tight ends
coach and special teams coordinator for two seasons (1992-93), then another two
years as wide receivers coach (1994-95) before being promoted to offensive
coordinator in 1996.
At East Carolina, Martin played a significant role in the
development of quarterback David Garrard, who broke 28 school passing records
and total offensive records from 1998-01. In addition, Martin coached the top
three receivers in ECU history. During Martin's time at ECU, the team advanced
to five bowl games; the Liberty Bowl in 1994 and 1995, the GMAC (formerly
Mobile Alabama) Bowl in 1999 and 2001 and the galleryfurniture.com Bowl in
Prior to joining the staff at East Carolina, Martin was a graduate
assistant at the University of Kentucky, his alma mater, from 1986-87 and then
spent the 1988-91 seasons at East Tennessee State University, where he coached
the running backs his first year, then served as the offensive coordinator and
quarterbacks/wide receivers coach his final three seasons.
Martin was a four-year letterwinner at Kentucky from 1981-84,
spending time as a part-time starter at quarterback before injuries limited him
to the holder role. A native of Oak Ridge, Tenn., Martin earned a bachelor's
degree in history from Kentucky in 1985.


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No. 20 Tennessee at Chattanooga
McKenzie Arena - Chattanooga, Tenn.
Friday - Nov. 9, 2012
- The Lady Mocs scored one of their biggest wins in school history with an 80-71 victory over No. 20 Tennessee tonight. It was the season opener for both teams.
- It is the first regular season win over a ranked team in the Wes Moore era.
- The 8,468 in attendance is the third largest crowd in school history.
- It was the 14th straight win for UTC at home...Lady Mocs were 13-0 in 2011-12.
- UTC was 0-18 against Tennessee in the Division I era coming into tonight's game...0-6 at home.
- Lady Mocs are 180-43 (.807) in McKenzie Arena.
- UTC hit six of its first seven shots of the second half.
- UTC held the lead for the last 24 minutes of the game.
- Lady Mocs made eight straight FTs in the final minute to seal the win.
- Tennessee was forced into 26 turnovers on the night...The Lady Vols only had six assists.
- Lady Mocs only turned the ball over 13 times and had 17 assists...UTC only had four turnovers in the second half.
- UTC scored 27 points off turnovers, compared to just seven by Tennessee.
- Tennessee outrebounded UTC 53-31, including 22-8 on the offensive end...despite this gap, Tennessee barely held an advantage in second-chance points 13-12.
- Chattanooga shot 56.3% (18-32) from the field in the second half.
Junior Alex Black
- 14 points on 4-10 shooting, 2-4 from 3-pt. range and 4-6 from the FT line.
- One point shy of a career-high.
- Tied a career-high in 3-pt. FGs made.
Senior Kayla Christopher
- 11 points on 3-8 shooting, 1-3 from 3-pt. range and 4-4 from the FT line.
Junior Ashlen Dewart
- 10 points on 5-7 shooting.
Junior Taylor Hall
- Tied a career-high with a game-high 24 points.
- Shot 9-12 from the field, 3-5 from 3-pt. range and 3-5 from the FT line.
- Added nine boards, five assists, three blocks and four steals.
- Career-high in assists and steals.
- Tied a career-high in blocks.


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Lasting Impressions: Monumental Brass Rubbings Lasting Impressions: Monumental Brass Rubbings http://www.haverford.edu/calendar/details/249431/1385474400Magill Sharpless Gallery2013-11-26T09:00:002013-11-26T18:00:00
November 26,2013 9:00AM–6:00PM
Magill Sharpless Gallery
A multi-site exhibit of monumental brass rubbings donated by Maxine and David Co ok, Class of 1964, October 25, 2013 to January 10, 2014.
Lasting Impressions: Monumental Brass Rubbings
October 25, 2013 - January 10, 2014
"Art and Culture in the Middle Ages" Panel: Saturday, October 26, 2013, 2:00-3:30 p.m., Philips Wing, Magill Library
Opening Reception: Saturday, October 26, 2013, 3:30-5:00 p.m., Magill Library Lobby
Figural brasses, produced in large numbers from the 13th through the 17th centuries as funerary monuments, are a fascinating window into the social and religious worlds of those eras. Making rubbings of monumental brasses represents a popular, yet rigorous pastime. Haverford College's collection of rubbing was done in England and Germany during the early 1970s by Maxine and David Cook, class of 1964.
The Lasting Impressions exhibition explores three major functions of brasses as represented in the rubbings: to elicit prayers for the soul of the deceased, to preserve familial memory, and, finally, to attest to the person's social status and accomplishments. Today the brasses introduce us to noble women, knights, children, and others whose lives illuminate the past as well as give meaning to the present.
The exhibit begins from Magill Library's Sharpless Gallery and includes more than 20 brass rubbings displayed in various sites around campus.
Visit the exhibit website at http://ds.haverford.edu/lastingimpressions/.
Presented by the Haverford College Libraries and the John P. Chesick Scholars Program.
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Shortly after Mark Zuckerberg tied the knot with longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan on Saturday, the Twitter jesters came out of the woodwork.
"Mark Zuckerberg has changed his status to 'Married'," read one iteration of a popular joke. "Priscilla Chan has changed hers to 'Jackpot'."
It seems, though, that the wedding's timing had little to do with the $16 billion blockbuster Facebook IPO the day before. It wasn't the social network's flotation Zuckerberg was waiting for — it was Chan's medical school graduation, at least according to a guest authorized to speak for the couple. This spokesperson told the AP:
"The wedding had been planned for months and the couple was waiting for Chan to finish medical school, but the date of the IPO was a 'moving target' not known when the wedding was set."
The Monday before the public offering, the same day Zuckerberg turned 28, he was in the audience at Chan's UCSF School of Medicine commencement ceremony. He 'checked in' via Facebook, natch, at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, writing: "I'm so proud of you, Dr. Chan :)."
Dr. Chan was never going to be a stereotypical billionaire's wife of the many-spouses-of-Donald-Trump variety. The 27-year-old multilingual (English, Spanish, and Cantonese, says her profile page) Massachusetts native graduated from Harvard in 2007, the year after Zuckerberg would have earned his degree if he hadn't left to focus on Facebook — or thefacebook, as it was then known.
The two dated on and off during their undergrad years, first meeting in 2004. After Harvard, Chan spent two years teaching science at the prestigious Harker School in San Jose before beginning her medical studies at UCSF, one of the top programs in the country. She only moved into Zuckerberg's $7 million Palo Alto pad in 2010.
Chan wasn't always so certain that she wanted a career in medicine, though — at least according to a 2005 Harvard Crimson article currently making the rounds on social media. Published when Zuckerberg announced he'd be leaving Harvard, the piece includes a brief mention of Chan:
"Hey Priscilla, do you want a job at the facebook?" Zuckerberg asked a passing friend.
"I'd love a job at facebook," Priscilla Chan '07 responded, offering him a Twizzler.
A job at the social network never materialized, but Chan still wields an influence over Zuckerberg's work. It was her passion for pediatrics and concern for sick children she met during her training that prompted her now-husband to add an organ donation registry tool to Facebook. As Zuckerberg told ABC's Robin Roberts earlier this month: "[Priscilla will] see them getting sicker and then all of a sudden an organ becomes available and she comes home and her face is all lit up because someone's life is going to better because of this."
Chan has accompanied Zuckerberg on two high-profile trips to China, in 2010 and again this past March. Both were officially billed as vacations, but the former involved visits to top Chinese web firms like Sina and Baidu and the latter sparked talks of Facebook entering that market, where the site remains officially blocked.
Zuck prepared for that trip – and for his eventual marriage to Chan, it seems — by taking Mandarin lessons for a year beforehand. He told ABC's Roberts that he picked up enough to chat with Chan's grandmother but is by no means fluent.
Contrary to the golddigger jokes pervading Twitter, Chan won't be retiring to start a jewelry line or other such vanity project now that she and Zuckerberg are official. She aims to begin her work as a pediatrician later this year.
Chan joins a group of Silicon Valley billionaire spouses who are achievers in their own right rather than kept women or arm candy.
Laurene Powell Jobs earned an economics degree at Wharton then put in time at Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch before completing a Stanford MBA the same year she married the late Apple mogul Steve. She's the co-founder of natural foods company Terraverra and education nonprofit College Track, and a mother of three. She also serves on the boards of the New America Foundation and Teach for America.
Anne Wojcicki, wife of Google billionaire Sergey Brin, has a degree in biology from Yale and co-founded biotech firm 23andMe, a genetic testing company that gives customers an analysis of their DNA for a relatively affordable price.
Then there's Melinda Gates, the ultimate power partner. The former Melinda Ann French earned undergrad and MBA degrees from Duke before joining a young computer company called Microsoft in the late '80s. She helped develop well-known products like the Encarta encyclopedia and the Expedia booking tool — and met the man she'd eventually marry, Bill Gates. Since, she's taken the lead with the couple's Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and earned a reputation as one of the world's foremost philanthropists.
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A discussion with Dr. Noppawan Tanpipat, Vice President, National Science and Technology Development Agency; Frank Laczko, Head, Migration Research Division, IOM; Dovelyn Rannveig Agunias, Regional Research Officer, IOM, and Policy Analyst, Migration Policy Institute (MPI); and Kathleen Newland, Director of Migrants, Migration, and Development, Migration Policy Institute (MPI).
This discussion highlights the best practices and experiences of different countries in engaging and maximizing the contributions that diasporas can and do make to the development of their country of origin, and more broadly the experience of policymakers in both sending and receiving countries and the related challenges and opportunities they face.
This discussion includes a status of preparation of the 2012 GFMD summit, including a discussion on the possible ideas and projects presently being contemplated that would fully integrate migration into the development framework, with a special focus on Africa.


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Nick Diaz might be moving up to middleweight for his next UFC fight, according to Brazilian contender Demian Maia.
Maia is now down at welterweight after a long run at middleweight and he is creeping ever closer to title contention.
Appearing on The MMA Hour this week he said that a fight with Nick Diaz had been of interest to him but that it wouldnt be happening.
Thats an interesting fight but I heard he is going to middleweight, to 185. I heard that he wants to go up to 185, or at least he wants to go to 185. I heard that I dont even remember from who I heard it but lets see what happens, he said.
Maia also said that while he is interested in fighting the winner of this weekends Rory Macdonald/Jake Ellenberger fight, he hasnt fought since February and wants to get back into action quicker than that match would take.The main thing for me is the belt it doesnt matter if I have the chance to fight GSP or someone else. But if I am able to do something like Weidman just did, go in there and win against a very dominant [champion] it is much more interesting, he says.


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GStreamer on TI DaVinci and OMAP
Plug-in testing is broken down into many different areas, as shown below. In many cases, a media file will be used during a test. Each of these media files needs to be licensed such that the file can be make readily available to all who are interested. Currently, the test suites use media that can not be distributed. We are working to resolve this limitation.
Automated Testing
Ideally, there would be an automated test suite that is run on each hardware device each time a check-in to the SVN trunk occurs. We are a long way form being able to do this type of automated testing. As new tests cases are developed, the goal of being able to automate the test should be kept in mind. Using tools that can detect latency and dropped frames (which don't exist yet, but may be possible with gst-tracelib extensions), it should be possible to automate most tests except tests requiring human perception, such as garbled audio or video.
The anticipated flow for automated testing includes:
- Automated build (ala buildbot). Ideally sparate builds for each target device on each supported Linux distribution. Each build would likely be based on OpenEmbedded for OMAP / DaVinci. Ideally this would happen each time code is checked into the SVN trunk.
- Automated target hardware update. Since all the devices use u-boot as the bootloader, this could be as simple as using tftpboot and a root NFS mounted target file system.
- Automated test suite execution. At the core, something like Perl Expect could be used to setup a test, invoke a test case, and expect a certain response. There also might be a test suite execution framework that can be run directly on the target hardware.
Clearly automated testing is dream at the moment. Community members interested in making dreams come true are encouraged to do so.
In an effort to simplify automating existing test, all new tests should be developed as follow when possible:
- Cut-and-paste Linux commands to setup the test.
- Cut-and-paste Linux commands to initiate the test.
- Description of expected response. In the simplest case, it might be just the command running to completion without error. In the ideal case, provide a regular expression to expect for success, or conversely which indicates failure.
Unit Testing
GStreamer includes the GStreamer Unit Test Framework. Tests are stored in the check directory, with an example directory layout and a good set of examples available in the base GStreamer set of plug-in tests/check directory.
Currently the TI GST DMAI plug-in doesn't include any unit tests. Unit tests will likely be required before the general GStreamer community will accept the plug-in.
SVN Trunk Check-in Testing
Although the intent of the SVN trunk is to be stable and defect free (or at least with a known list of documented defects), there is no formal testing process when making changes to the SVN trunk. Engineers checking code into the SVN trunk should perform the testing they feel is necessary to minimize introducing defects.
Defect Resolution Regression Testing
As defects are found and fixed, a set of tests that verify the defect is fixed needs to be included with the patch that fixes the defects. These defect regression tests will ensure future changes don't cause a previously solved problem to reappear.
Plug-in Release Testing
As the TI GST DMAI plugin matures, the release testing will improve also. The release testing consists of running several test suites on each of the supported device. The test suites include:
|Basic functionality
|Encode, decode, resize, etc.
|GST state compliance
|Play, pause etc.
|GST event compliance
|Seek, flush, new-segment, etc.
|Element parameter setting
|Min value, max value, typical value, parameter interaction, etc.
|Set of tests that verify fixed defects are still fixed.
|Each release should have better performance characteristics than the previous release. See PerformanceAnalysis for details.
|Customer functionality
|As users provide important example pipelines, such as network streaming, these pipelines should be validated with each release. It is especially important to verify that performance is at least as good as the previous release.
|When possible, idle target hardware should be running endurance tests to verify there are no defects that only show up after many itterations.
|As the load on the target hardware resources increase, we need to verify the pipeline does not crash.
|Host distribtion
|Each version of each Linux host distribution (Ubuntu, Redhat, etc) needs to be used to verify runnable target hardware images can be built without error.
The current plug-in release testing only covers the basic functionality with the individual test cases documented in then GStreamer Release Testing Matrix.
GStreamer Release Testing
As new versions of GStreamer are release, the TI GST DAMI plug-in needs to be validated that it works properly. Example tests include interoperability with typefind, etc.
GStreamer and Gnome Style Compliance
The goal is for the TI GStreamer DMAI plug-in to be accepted by the general GStreamer community. To facility an eventual merge with mainline GStreamer code, the GStreamer code style and Gnome programming guidelines to be followed. A technical review of each source code file with an eye to style compliance needs to be initially performed. Once in compliance, all patches need to be checked against the coding standards as well.
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Mark Hafield donated this work prior to the library's grand opening in 2008. His studio is near his home in Hanover, PA. The artist's statement:
"My work has grown out of the practice of figurative painting. As I began to evolve as an artist, what seemed to come through most was my fluid ability to capture the essence of what I saw before me. I began developing form and composition intuitively. The greatest joy for me began to be brought forth by the gesture. From this gesture came the truest form of expression for me. It became the preferred practice rather than a novelty in self discovery.
Equipped with this new language, I began by using elements of my old visual reality, using what I knew or was comfortable with and altering these images into non-objective works. I bought old Polaroid land cameras, took photographs and tore them into pieces and re-organized them as starting points for paintings. Finally, I threw away all direct imagery and began working from the memory of experience of my environment. I found this way of working to prove more direct and it allowed the paintings to develop in a more natural way for me.
My purpose in painting is to capture the essence of my individual experience and create a link to others around me. It is a way of relating ideas, feelings; seizing a moment of rapture and expressing it through visual language for the viewer. My desire is to make connection with the viewer on a level that is pointed towards the universal. The paintings can be summed up as temporary manifestations of a continuing entity."
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CHICAGO — Thirteen people have been shot at a park on Chicago's southwest side, including a 3-year-old boy who was in critical condition, in what authorities say was likely a gang-related shooting.
Officer Amina Greer said the shooting occurred shortly after 10 p.m. Thursday.
A witness, Julian Harris, told the Chicago Sun-Times that dreadlocked men fired at him from a gray sedan before turning toward Cornell Square Park in Chicago's Back of the Yards neighborhood and firing at people. He said his 3-year-old nephew was wounded in the cheek.
"They hit the light pole next to me, but I ducked down and ran into the house," Harris said. "They've been coming round here looking for people to shoot every night, just gang-banging stuff. It's what they do."
Chicago Fire Department officials said the child was in critical condition. Officials at Mt. Sinai hospital said Friday that the boy was a patient there, but could not provide an update on his condition. Two other victims were also in critical condition. The others were reported in serious to fair condition.
Greer told The Associated Press early Friday that police have since identified a 13th victim, a 33-year-old woman with a gunshot wound to the back near one shoulder. Other victims included a 15-year-old and a 17-year-old. She added that no arrests have been made and she had no further information to give out at the time.
"It's an ongoing investigation," Greer added.
The shooting comes nearly three weeks after Chicago saw an outburst of violence over the Labor Day weekend that ended with eight dead and 20 others injured. The city's Police Department has responded to shootings that have grabbed national headlines by stepping up its crime-fighting efforts, paying overtime to add patrols to some neighborhoods, including the Back of the Yards, where Thursday's shooting took place.
According to Greer, at least 10 ambulances responded to the scene, transporting victims to several area hospitals. One victim transported himself to a hospital, police said.
Police spokesman Ron Gaines said victims were being interviewed to determine the circumstances of the shooting. He said no one had been taken into custody.
Francis John, 70, said she was in her apartment when the shooting occurred. She said she went down to see what was going on and "a lot of youngsters were running scared." A 30-year resident, she said she was surprised by what had happened.
She told the Sun-Times there hasn't been much gun violence in the neighborhood in recent years, adding the neighborhood went from good to bad 10 years ago, to better recently.
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But during his recent appearance on The MMA Hour, "HD" revealed that he wasn't going to retire from MMA, but rather, take a break from it after being granted his release from Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).
He explains:
"I'm walking away from MMA for now. It said I was retiring from MMA and people assumed that I was done with fighting forever and that was going to be the end of it. But, it's not, that's not what happened. I'm just taking a break, taking a timeout from MMA. Just stepping away from it, man. My last few fights, something was missing. Something wasn't there, was a bit of love and attraction to wrestling and grappling to having to defend take-downs. Which is fine, that's part of the sport and that's what I signed up for, but my last two outings that I had, anytime you lose a fight and get up and say, 'I lost, oh well, so what.' It wasn't so much, 'so what,' something wasn't there."
Clearing up his "wrestling" comments, Barry says it's not that he doesn't like wrestling or jiu-jitsu, he just prefers to stand-and-bang.
His words:
"Wrestling, doing jiu-jitsu for the sake of doing jiu-jitsu, that's great, especially with a gi on, I enjoy it, it's great exercise, everything. But when it comes to being in a fight, no thank you. I want to stand and hit each other and let's see who has the biggest nuts in the ring."
Furthermore, Pat says the fact that kickboxing had a resurrection of sorts, helped make his decision to walk away from MMA and look into the possibility of returning to his first love.


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"For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:" (Rom. 1:20)The Concordant Literal Version says:"For His invisible attributes are descried from the creation of the world, being apprehended by His achievements, besides His imperceptible power and divinity, for them to be defenseless,"People obviously use this verse to justify it being a person's own fault if he's sent to "hell." What does it really mean? And does "defenseless" in the CLV mean the same thing as "without excuse," or is that where the problem lies?


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Issey Miyake Kiosk
Issey Miyake Parfums, France
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The kiosk project for Issey Miyake Parfums sets perfumery inside a more solid, receptive and also mutable environment. The display is an exercise in balance, where permanence is offset by lightness and movement. The design used the historical context of market stalls to provide a simplistic approach to the function of selling, rather than the ephemeral and aesthetic that are often the staring point for this type of project. Each functional element of stock, wrapping, transaction and display are visible and inform the whole design. The result is that the interaction between beauty consultant and customer is now on the same level - rather than from behind a counter. The design was first launched at Galleries Lafayette in 2009, and from its success has now been rolled out globally.
Issey Miyake Display
Issey Miyake Parfums, France
2009 -
The kiosk project for Issey Miyake Parfums was accompanied by a design program for the method of displaying products. The feeling generated was of a curated collection of items. Box displays, perfume stands, test placements, and trays were combined to create a fresh and informal presentation. The designs were first launched at Galleries Lafayette in 2009, and from its success have now been rolled out globally.
Some Recent Projects
Design Museum London, UK
Curated by Gemma Curtin this was Industrial Facility's first exhibition within the UK. It covered the studios designs and their position in the landscape of life, exploring how it has pushed the boundaries of materials and methods. Two simultaneous exhibitions were presented. 'Some Recent Projects' focused on recent works. 'Under a Fiver' presented almost 100 objects from around the world, collected and edited from the past 15 years, that influenced the studio's thinking, and brought into question the very nature of what we consume. Exhibition graphic design and signage were executed by Graphic Thought Facility. A bookshelf at the entrance to the exhibitions doubled as a practical means of storing and dispensing the gallery guide, while also acting as a surface for the title graphic for both shows.
Now! Design Vivre, Paris
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The Artist and Engineer
Intramuros, France
This exhibition put the two radically different approaches of Ron Arad and Sam Hecht together under the title The Artist and Engineer. It resulted in a two-tiered exercise: Ron Arad's spatial calligraphy alongside Sam Hecht's more intimate writing. The supple shapes of Ron Arad's furniture put ideas and design foremost, whilst Sam Hecht's rigorous and critical approach is applied to the standard formalism associated with mass consumerism, his preferred field of creativity.
Philippe Boisselier's exhibition design, in collaboration with the designers, placed the work of each opposite one another – a podium for Ron Arad, and a window display for Sam Hecht – furniture and objects presented on the same level that showed the blurred lines between activities linked to research and creation. The designers met again when Ron Arad, professor at the Royal College of Art, asked Sam Hecht to form a teaching platform in 2009.
Now! Design Vivre, Paris
Found, Made, Thought
Israel Museum / British Council
This exhibition highlighted the growing call for a critical approach to design practice, demonstrated in different ways in two adjoining sections: "Found, Made, Thought: The Work of Industrial Facility," and "PopNoir: Critical Designs Selected by Dunne and Raby". At the time, both designers were sharing a studio together. The display ranged from products created within the constraints of commercial considerations, to design ideas that represenedt a radical departure from existing practice, suggesting a future in which consumers will demand something more substantial than mere style. A Catalogue was made available and designed by Graphic Thought Facility.


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Cedarville Art Glass
Dan Edler, a nationally known artist, creates fine art glass and sculpture. Collectors have been acquiring his work for over 45 years. Visitors are welcome anytime or by appointment for large groups.
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Glass studio nestled in the hills offers a shopping experience. Local glass artists at work using lampwork and fusing techniques.
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This 12-story New York hotel in Queens is a quarter-mile from JFK Airport and approximately 20 miles from Midtown Manhattan.
Property Amenities
Hampton Inn JFK Airport offers complimentary Continental breakfasts and wireless Internet access throughout the hotel.
Soundproofed guestrooms at Hampton Inn include large work desks with ergonomic chairs, dual-line speakerphones, and cable TV.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
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This 12-story Hampton Inn JFK Airport hotel is 8 miles (12.9 kilometers) from Coney Island and 20 miles (32.2 kilometers) from Midtown Manhattan. A complimentary shuttle service to and from JFK Airport is provided.
The hotel offers a daily continental breakfast in the lobby, which also has a cozy fireplace and 24-hour front desk. The hotel is equipped with 1,350 square feet (125 square meters) of meeting facilities with 3 meeting/conference rooms. Guests conveniently have complimentary use of the fitness facility.
Parking is available for guests only for the duration of their stay (surcharge).
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Multilingual staff
- 24-hour front desk
- Express check-out
- Total number of rooms - 216
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- ATM/banking
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Fireplace in lobby
- Coffee/tea in lobby
- Number of floors - 12
- Elevator/lift
- Free airport transportation
- Free breakfast
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Free WiFi
- Meeting rooms
- Parking (limited spaces)
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Conference space size (meters) - 125
- Number of meeting rooms - 3
- Year Built 2001
- Conference space size (feet) - 1350
- Long-term parking (surcharge)
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Television in lobby
Family Friendly Amenities
- Free Wi-Fi
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Refrigerator (on request)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Free wired high-speed Internet
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Long-term parking (surcharge), Self parking (surcharge), Parking (limited spaces)
Room Amenities
- Premium TV channels
- Pay movies
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Premium bedding
- Climate control
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- Phone
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- Coffee/tea maker
- Refrigerator (on request)
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Shower/tub combination
- Cable TV service
- Iron/ironing board
- Desk
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Cribs/infant beds available
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Flat-panel TV
- Free WiFi
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- MP3 docking station
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
Where to Eat
The Hampton Inn JFK Airport serves a complimentary Continental breakfast each morning.
Nearby restaurants:
Boulevard Heros
El Coyote
Le Bistro
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessibility equipment for the deaf
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- Braille or raised signage
- Accessible parking
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- Roll-in shower
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Minimum check-in age is 21
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is noon
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• Applied learning within the broader middle years teaching and learning environment:
• innovative examples of middle years applied learning pedagogy;
• strategies for developing flexible learning programs that promote depth of understanding and the development of the skills (including essential, personal and social skills), values and attributes of lifelong learners;
• Developing youth-oriented approaches to teaching which integrate applied learning and other pedagogical approaches;
• Assessment and reporting of core knowledge and cross-curriculum skills;
• Using information and communication technologies with students in the middle years
• Introduction to teaching with a community orientation:
• Identifying learning contexts beyond the school • Establishing professional networks across the community
• Developing learning programs that draw of a range of contexts (both school and community-based)
• Identifying and managing institutional constraints to school/community based teaching and learning;
• Introduction to strategies of organisational change management and the roles of practitioners
Task 1: Analysis of Applied Learning, 40% Prepare an analysis of an inspiring applied learning education program being delivered for young people in the middle years – including analysis of resources, organisation, curriculum documents, planning expectations, and implementation and assessment protocols. 2000 words or equivalent.
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. --- The Chattanooga Mocs (1-2) dropped a 77-65 decision to a hot-shooting Southeast Missouri (3-1) squad in McKenzie Arena Sunday. The Red Hawks made 69.6 percent (16-23) of its shots in the second half to secure the win.
Drazen Zlovaric (Novi Sad, Serbia) and Z. Mason (Nashville, Tenn.) led UTC with 14 points apiece while grabbing seven and six rebounds, respectively. The duo was joined in double digits by Gee McGhee (Baton Rouge, La.) with 10 points.
Corey Wilford came off the bench to lead all scorers with 21 for the Red Hawks. He and Marland Smith combined for 32 of their 37 reserve points after intermission. The second half outburst for SEMO built on its six-point halftime cushion. Wilford scored all of his 21 after the mid-point.
Casey Jones' (New Orleans, La.) nailed a three-pointer at 18:26 to get Chattanooga within two, 31-29. Smith then capped a 12-0 run for the Red Hawks with a three-pointer at 14:17 to put SEMO up 14, 44-30. UTC closed to within nine seven times after Smith's trey, but could draw any nearer on the afternoon.
Southeast Missouri got an outstanding effort from its starting post players. Tyler Stone and Nino Johnson combined for 23 points and 19 rebounds largely behind Stone's double-double of 16 points and 11 boards. The duo also made five of the Red Hawks eight blocks today.
UTC edged SEMO 38-35 on the glass. Its 18 offensive boards resulted in 24 second chance points to a mere two for the Red Hawks who grabbed just three offensive rebounds over the 40 minutes.
The Mocs return to the Roundhouse tomorrow for day two of the CBE Classic Chattanooga Sub-Regional. Troy is on deck at 7 p.m., before Tuesday night's matchup with Louisiana Tech at 7 p.m., as well. SEMO and La Tech meet at 4:30 p.m., Monday. Tickets are available at GoMocs.com or by calling 266-MOCS (6627).
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