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- found: Library of Congress Manuscript Division for Her Papers, 1960-1996 (Frances Oldham Kelsey; dep. dir. for sci. and med affairs, Off. of Compliance, FDA, 1996)
- found: WWinAm, 1996 (Kelsey, Frances Oldham; pharmocologist and govt. official; born as Frances Oldham in Cobble Hill, Vancouver Island, Canada, on July 24, 1914; naturalized U.S. citizen, 1956; m. Fremont Ellis Kelsey, 1943; med. officer FDA, Washington, 1960- ; dir. div. sci. investigations FDA, 1967- )
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Congressional Art Competition features MSSD student work
Oliver Lee, a member of the MSSD Class of 2011 and now a Gallaudet University freshman, won an honorable mention in the 30th National Congressional Art Competition for his artwork entitled, "UFO Invasion." Lee used parts of the U.S. Capitol dome to create his spaceship hovering above the Gallaudet campus.
MSSD junior Davante Kirk won an honorable mention for his multi-dimensional self-portrait.
MSSD junior Diego Trejo said his work, "Search for Self," is not Earth-bound; it is spiritual. "I used a slow shutter speed to give me a somewhat blurry effect which dissolves into the light," said Trejo. He received an honorable mention.
Jessica Sandle (third from left), MSSD vice principal, congratulates the MSSD student artists--(from left) Belva Wolcott, Kerie Scurri-Burns, Joseph Mosley, and Mikail Baptiste—for their creativity and artistry. They are pictured here with the self-portrait created by MSSD student Katherine Fishbein, on display at the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. (Photo: Philip Bogdan)
Every year Congresswoman Eleanor Homes Norton (D-DC) invites students from D.C. high schools to participate in the National Congressional Art Competition to encourage and recognize the artistic talents of young Americans. In 2011, 16 students from the Model Secondary School for the Deaf (MSSD) participated, marking the first time that deaf students have entered the contest in its 30-year history. Of those, three students--Davante Kirk, Oliver Lee, and Diego Trejo--each received an honorable mention, and had their work exhibited at the D.C. Chamber of Commerce. Ten other students exhibited their work at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
The students created the artwork in art and photography classes lead by MSSD art and photography teacher Philip Bogdan. To encourage his students to develop their own original artwork concepts, he combines the technique of mind mapping with art history lessons. The students learn how to create a mind map, or a visual, non-linear diagram about themselves, to represent words, ideas, experiences, and interests. These maps serve as a starting off place for organizing a student's creative goal which they match with exploring the work of an artist from their art history lectures from whom they found inspiration.
"The students begin their work from the mind map, and continue to refine their designs at increasingly more sophisticated levels," said Bogdan. "The results of the Congressional Competition validate for our students that they can push themselves to take their work to the next level of professionalism."
All District of Columbia high school students, grades 8 through 12, are eligible to participate in the competition. "The MSSD student work showed great talent, one young man's work, Davante Kirk, in particular was incredible," said Thomas Akins, arts liaison for the Congressional Art Competition. "We had a distinguished panel of judges jury this year's 280 entries. The judges were master printer Lou Stovall, founder of Workshop, Inc.; Diane Kidd, early childhood program manager from the National Air and Space Museum; Malik M. Lloyd, founder of Art Information Bank; and Bryan Young, graphic designer at The Washington Informer."
The artwork was judged using the following criteria:
- technique - skill and command of media
- creativity - imagination and expression
- aesthetics - critical artistic values;
- originality - unique expression and interpretation;
- artistic merit - superior expression and artistry
- visual impact - qualitative effects of artwork.
Congresswoman Norton hosted an opening reception for participants at the Willard Hotel in Washington, D.C., on May 21 where the winners were announced. "With the display of tremendous talent at the art competition each year, you would think school districts across the nation are pouring money into art programs, rather than taking it out," said Norton in a press release about the competition. "Each year, students up the ante of the competition with their professional and high-quality submissions. I am always proud to help display the talent of District students."
On June 9, the work of ten of the MSSD students were among the 98 student entries exhibited at the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in the historic lobby Terminal A. The exhibit moved to Terminals B and C and remained in place through July 29. All the top placing winners, including MSSD's Kirk, Lee, and Trejo, had a private two-person exhibit and reception at the D.C. Chamber of Commerce. Trejo's work is the last of the three to be exhibited. His work will be on view at the D.C. Chamber of Commerce from January 18-February 1, 2012.
The MSSD students whose work was exhibited at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport were: Mikail Baptiste, Shezhana Belousova- Kim, Katherine Fishbein, Mary Ann Gardner, Amberlin Hines, Joseph Mosely, Emmanuel Ramos Rodriguez, Kerie Scurri-Burns, Michael Stamper, and Belva Wolcott.


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- Learn how to create fluid styles that flow to fill a browser of any size
- Discover the best design and coding practices in HTML5 and CSS3 for flexible layouts
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Have you been writing two websites – one for mobile and one for larger displays? If so, this course will show you how to make your website responsive, in order to be fluid enough to adapt to any and all the different devices available. Basic knowledge of HTML and CSS will prove helpful for jumping into this video series.
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- Build a responsive site from start to finish, from mockup to HTML and CSS implementation
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- Create breakpoints in a layout and write the code to modify the layout of your site at each breakpoint
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- Format headers, footers, and column layouts in a way that will adapt to different browser sizes
- Target specific viewports to present an optimized view of your website for a given device
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There's never been a greater range of screen sizes of tablets, smartphones, and even televisions and associated web view user experiences to consider. Web pages being built to be responsive provide the best possible version of their content to match the viewing devices of not just today's devices but tomorrow's too. This course walks you through crafting responsive websites that provide an optimal viewing experience on any device using HTML5 and CSS3.
By following this structured video course, you will learn how to convert fix-width layouts to responsive layouts, contain a fluid layout with maximum or minimum properties, write syntax for a media query, select breakpoints, write HTML to embed all the saved elements into a page, and add CSS to your site ensuring that you have the skills to create your very own responsive website quickly and efficiently.
Responsive Web Design – From Concept to Complete Site starts with an overview of the technology, the best practices to follow, and then moves on to a complete implementation of a responsive site using HTML5 and CSS3 media queries. After learning the essentials of responsive web design in the introductory section, you will walk through splitting a mockup into images and content areas, defining a fluid grid using those divisions, creating a percentage-based layout for the fluid grid with CSS, and then begin creating a full-functional responsive page. The latter section contains hands-on exercises that will walk you through all the HTML5 and CSS3 code required to build your sample page.
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Henricopolis, America's First College
Indian Massacre Ended Young Colony's Venture Into Higher Education After Brief 3-Year Career; Monuments Mark Site
By Priscilla Williams
The Old James flows silently by. Only the occasional call of a bird or the distant whirr of an automobile may be heard now, but in the early part of the seventeenth century all was astir with life. One might have then heard the sound of hammer and saw, or the men calling to each other as they made brick, or out in the fields planted corn and tobacco. Keen ears might have heard the snapping of a twig and turning, saw behind a tree an Indian watching these strange white men building their stranger town. For on this high plateau, overlooking the James, about 11 miles below Richmond, the colonists established the town of Henricopolis, one of the leading towns in the Virginia Colony in the early part of the seventeenth century and the College of Henricopolis.
But all is silent now, and not even an old foundation is visible, but two monuments marks the spot, one erected by the Episcopal Church commemorating the founding of the Parish of Henrico or Henricopolis as it was then called and the other erected by the Colonial Dames of America, commemorating the founding of the College of Henricopolis.
It was not destined to live and grow into the great universtity planned for it by its founders, this College of Henricopolis. Perhaps in their eagerness, they attempted too soon to found a university in the struggling young colony, but for three years it existed and was a part of the life of the colony, when in 1622 it was ruthlessly destroyed by the Indians in the great massacre of that year; and, to this college, though short lived, belongs the distinction of being the first to be founded in America.
Its history is meagre and scattered, but we find it mentioned frequently in the records of the London Company from 1619 to 1624, and in the proceedings of the first American Representative Assembly which met at Jamestown in 1619.
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The town of Henrico or Henricopolis, using the older form of the name, was founded by Sir Thomas Dale in 1611 and called Henricopolis for Prince Henry, the eldest son of James I. In the charter which was granted for the establishment of the town, there is reference to the college which was to be built immediately, but it is not until 1618, however, that we hear of it again, when Governor Yeardley is instructed to choose a suitable site at Henrico and to prepare for the building of the college.
Ralph Hamor, who was secretary of the colony, gives us a description of the town in quaint old English in his "A True Discourse of the Present Estate of Virginia."
"There is in this town three streets of well framed houses, a handsome church, and the foundation of a more stately one laid of brick, in length, an hundred foote, and fifty foot wide, beside store houses, watch houses, and such like: there are also, as ornaments belonging to this towne, upon the verge of this river, five faire block houses, or comaunders, wherein live the honester sort of people, as in farmes in England, and there keep continuall centinell for the townes security . . . "
It was near this little town that Pocahontas lived with her English husband, John Rolfe, on their plantation called Varina, and here their son, Thomas Rolfe, was born.
Through the influence of Sir Edwin Sandys, the London Company granted a tract of 10,000 acres of land along the southern bank of the James River to the college, and plans were made for a complete system of education.
One thousand acres were to be used for a school for christianizing and educating the Indians, training some of them for missionaries to their own people. the other 9,000 acres were to be used for a college and university for the English.
An additional thousand acres were appropriated at Charles City for a preparatory school for the college. Many donations were made for the proposed institution both in England and in Virginia.
In the records of the London Company, we find that in 1618 King James authorized the bishops and clergy of England to make a collection of 15,000 pounds "for the college and university of Virginia," and 1,500 pounds were collected. Of the individual donations, Nicholas Farrar left 300 pounds in his will, and George Ruggles gave a legacy of 100 pounds. There were also "a communion cup, with a cover and case, a trencher plate for the bread, a carpet of crimson velvet, and a damask tablecloth." The Rev. Thomas Bargrave of Henrico Parish donated his library.
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The school for the Indians is perhaps the best known. The college is even sometimes referred to as the Indian College, but the department for the Indians was only a small part of the proposed institution.
There were in Virginia at this time about 4,000 colonists who were living on scattered plantations along the James River from the falls to Chesapeake Bay, and the most urgent need of these colonists was not an institution of learning for the English, but rather a practical school for christianizing and educating the barbarous tribes by whom they were surrounded. Then, too, the funds were inadequate for the establishment of a great university, and, for this reason, it was decided to place tenants on the vast tract of land that had been granted to the college, to develop it, and use the proceeds as an income for the college. These tenants were to cultivate the land on halves. "They were to have half the profit of their labour to themselves, and the other half was to go towards forwarding the building, and the maintenance of the tutors and scholars." As a further source of income, it was decided to erect an iron furnace at Falling Creek, and 50 men were sent over in 1619 to work it.
The Rev. George Thorpe was elected deputy and superintendent of the college in 1619. He had been a gentleman of the king's Privy Chamber and one of the Council for Virginia in England. He reached the colony May 11, 1620. He was a very pious and good man, and he took a great interest in christianizing the Indians. To win the confidence and friendship of the Indian Emperor, Opechancanough, he had a house like those used by the English built for him in the forest. This delighted the old Indian, especially the mechanism of the lock and key which he is said to have locked and unlocked a hundred times a day.
By the spring of 1622, the college was being firmly established. Over 100 tenants had been settled on the college lands, and the iron furnace at Falling Creek was described as being "in a very great forwardness." In London, the London Company had elected the Rev. Patrick Copland as rector or president of the college.
But all of this was swept away in a day. In the massacre of March, 1622, Henrico was completely annihilated. At the iron furnace at Falling Creek, every one was killed except a boy and girl, and the tools of the men were thrown into the river. George Thorpe, who lived at Berkeley, was warned of the attack by his servant, but he refused to believe there was any real danger, and his body was found later horribly mutilated.
For four years the crafty old emperor had been planning this attack, at the same time pretending great friendship for the English. Only a few months before he had sent word to Governor Wyatt that so dear to him was the peace existing between the English and his people that "the sky should fall before he broke it," and on the morning of the massacre, the Indians had visited several plantations bearing gifts of game and had had breakfast with the English in the most friendly manner. So skillfully was the attack planned that each town and plantation from the falls to the Bay was attacked at exactly the same hour, the Indians waiting until the men were about their work and then falling upon them with their savage yells.
"They fell upon the English and basely and bararously murdered them, not sparing age or sex, man, woman or child. Being at their several works in the house and in the fields, planting corn and tobacco, gardening, making brick building, sawing and other kinds of husbandry, so sudden was the cruel execution that few or none discerned the weapon or the blow that brought them to destruction."
The converted Indian, Chanco, living in Jamestown warned his master, who in turn warned the town and nearby plantations, and through him the capital of the colony was saved, for the Indians quickly fled into the forest when they found the English waiting for them. Only a few of the plantations, however, could be warned, and when later in the day the Governor sent parties down the river to determine the extent of the terrible carnage, and to bring back to Jamestown the wounded, it was found that 347 of the English had been killed, whole families had been wiped out, their bodies mutilated and their homes in flames. The colonists now forgot their plans for christianizing and colonizing the Indians, and in retaliation burned their villages, destroyed their crops and drove them further into the forests.
From the massace the college would probably have survived, but only two years later the king withdrew the charter of the London Company. Virginia became a royal province under the king, and the college lands were confiscated, bringing to an end the college in Virginia.
Like the college, the town was never rebuilt, but the name, Henrico, has survived in the name of Henrico County. The site of old Henricopolis, however, is now in Chesterfield County, the original Henrico County having been subdivided.
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Pasta San Danielle. Had it on our honeymoon in Italy and have been trying to recreate it ever since. Thanks for the giveaway!
Pasta San Danielle. Had it on our honeymoon in Italy and have been trying to recreate it ever since. Thanks for the giveaway!
Oh man, this series. Congrats on your opening, Tyson!
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Mashed potatoes, for sure.
We definitely have gyro omelets in Denver, too! One spot near my first apartment here takes it a step further: a breakfast burrito (gyro meat, egg, cheese in a tortilla) smothered in green chile with a side of home fries. If that does not bust your hangover, it will certainly send you back to bed until said hangover is gone.
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My dad is either a sausage guy, or "that guy" with a bacon-double-cheeseburger order every now and then. He's nuts! But of course, I love him.
Hot pan, salt and pepper, finished with some compound butter and served with some garlic mashed potatoes. We stay in and cook a steak dinner for every Valentine's Day, so this is particularly fitting. Thanks guys!
Frank's Red Hot. Does that count?
I'm making a few garbage breads for the party we're attending, does that count? Go Broncos!
Get real about menu planning!
Italian sausage, for sure!
bacon fat, for sure. Thanks SE and La Quercia!
I'd make my fiance throw out his shitty Cuisinart analog thermometer. Does that count? ;) Thanks Serious Eats!
Breadcrumbs toasted in bacon fat... and then more bacon and some scallions.
I'd like to add Odell's Fernet aged Porter to the list of dessert beer pairings. We had it at a dinner party a few weeks back with a chocolate-based dessert and it was one of the best suited beers for coursing I've had in recent memory. Thanks for the list of ideas!
Does sausage and cheese still count? Perennial favorite
Your suspicions are somewhat correct- Almanac's beers are some of the ones my fiance (a brewer here in Denver) and I are still talking about after the festival. Cheers!
@Cirilism Hattie's in Saratoga is a good spot for Fried Chicken! I second a stop at Oscar's too. Check out Fussy Little Blog or Tablehopping (from the Times Union) for other recommendations, they do a good job of upstate coverage.
Aw man, this is making me homesick! We used to go to Charlie's after school all the time. I think you guys have already written up Famous Lunch and Gus' but those are two other standout spots for these little guys.
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General Tso's Chicken, Pork Fried Rice, Crab Rangoon, Food Coma.
Yeah, it's always pizza, except when it's Cape Cod potato chips. And sometimes Birthday Cake Oreos.
Has no one mentioned Frank's redhot? That is the only hot sauce to use for pizza! Maybe some cholula or tabasco in moments of desperation...
Pasta pizza (AKA a baked ziti slice) is the best thing to eat after a night of drinking, for sure.
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The Cardinals have been clamoring for a new ballpark almost from the moment the team was bought from Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc. in 1996. It was an amazing buy. The partners -- led by investment-firm head William O. DeWitt Jr., banker Andrew Baur and lawyer Fred Hanser -- paid $150 million for a package that included the team, four adjacent parking garages, Busch Stadium and a parking lot just south of the stadium, where the new ballpark would be built. According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, whose parent company loaned the ownership group $5 million to help buy the parking garages, the owners borrowed $90 million to swing the deal.
Inside of a year, the owners sold the parking garages for $91 million, $25 million more than the figure at which the property was valued when the brewery sold the team, according to documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). And the owners got an additional $9.7 million by selling the land beneath two buildings near Busch. That meant the owners had recouped all but $49.3 million of the $150 million they had invested. The team last year was worth an estimated $205 million and had virtually no debt, according to business magazine Forbes. By comparison, the Kansas City Royals, one of the most financially troubled teams in the league, are being bought for $96 million.
The Cards purchase may have been the deal of the century, though the owners aren't crowing. In fact, they won't say anything about their bargain, never mind that SEC report. "What we paid for the team and what we sold some of the assets for is not public record," DeWitt says. What about that Forbes estimate setting the team's value at $205 million? "I don't think it's worth that much," DeWitt says. "I don't know what the accurate figure is, so I couldn't comment on it." Even though Forbes and DeWitt are in the same ballpark when it comes to the team's gross revenue -- the magazine says the team collected $98.7 million in 1998, the team says it took in $93.7 million and DeWitt predicts revenue will surpass $100 million this year -- DeWitt says the magazine's figures can't be trusted. "I think their numbers are very inaccurate," he says. "I think Forbes in general has been high in their valuations."
The owners say they've lost money every year since purchasing the club, but Forbes estimates that the club turned a $1.6 million profit before federal taxes in 1998. DeWitt claims the Cardinals lost $5 million in 1999; the magazine will publish its estimate at the end of May. Forbes isn't alone in thinking the Cardinals are making money at Busch. Andrew Zimbalist, an economist at Smith College in Massachusetts who specializes in the sports industry, says the magazine's numbers can be shaky when teams won't release their finances but also says it's a pretty sure bet that the Cardinals turned a profit last year, judging from their payroll of about $50 million and estimated annual revenue of $90 million-$100 million. "It seems to me unlikely (that the team lost money)," Zimbalist says. "They should have a net income. It's always possible to lose money if you have a company, no matter how promising the company is, if you mismanage it. It's also possible to lose money on the books when you're not really losing money by juggling things around. It's quite conceivable that their income statements are showing book losses. That doesn't necessarily mean their true operating situation is a loss."
DeWitt insists the team opened its books last year when it gave the Greater St. Louis Sports Authority an unaudited summary of the team's finances. "And what it shows is, each year we've operated the club from 1996 on, we've been cash-flow-negative when you factor in capital expenditures," says DeWitt, without mentioning that capital improvements such as upscale concession areas have helped boost the team's gross revenue. "We've opened our books."
Actually, the Cardinals owners did not "open their books" -- they handed out a short statement summarizing revenues and expenses. That's not the way they play ball in Seattle, where the Mariners have published independently audited financial statements for the past eight years. Mariners spokeswoman Rebecca Hale says it's only fair to publish financial reports, considering that the public is paying $317 million toward the cost of Safeco Field, which opened last year. "Even though we don't have to do it, we've continued to do it," Hale says. "It's a show of goodwill and good faith, because we've said for so many years that the economic viability of the franchise really did depend on the ability to maximize revenue, and that was something we had reached the top rung of in terms of maximizing revenue at the Kingdome."
Teams like the Mariners and Arizona Diamondbacks, which also publishes financial reports, make life easier for Michael Ozanian, Forbes' statistics editor. The Cardinals are another matter. "They didn't give us any financial information," Ozanian says. "I think they told us who the owner was and sort of what their stadium situation was. That was about it."
Whatever their financial situation, there is no disputing that the Cardinals are squeezing every available dollar from Busch Stadium. Since Anheuser-Busch bought the stadium from the Civic Center Redevelopment Corp. in 1982, the brewery and the current owners have spent $67 million to install a natural-grass field, premium seating, upscale concession areas and other attractions to lure fans to the stadium. Signing slugger Mark McGwire to a long-term contract also helped.
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Which Glee and Jersey Shore Stars Partied Together in Vegas?
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas — unless you're Chord Overstreet (Sam), in which case cameras are following you non-stop. This floppy-haired Glee stud and his co-star, Mark Salling (Puck), hit up Sin City to celebrate Chord's birthday, and who did they party up a storm with? None other than Jersey Shore's very own DJ Pauly D!
Pauly D works at Haze Nightclub at ARIA as part of a monthly gig, and just so happened to be spinning a few tunes when Chord and Mark showed up to dance the night away on February 16.
"Mark and Chord were hanging at the table with some other friends, drinking and having fun," a source tells OK!."At one point Chord went into the DJ booth to see Pauly and they fist-pumped and messed around together for a few minutes. The place was insane and everyone was having an amazing time!"
OMG, we love nothing more than when stars from our favorite shows collide in the real world. Of course, it would have been preferable if Snooki had also been a Haze, because then she and Chord could have shared a meatball. Dreams do come true!
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CSWPL Premier Division: Plymouth Parkway striker Lewis Coombe returns to St Blazey
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PLYMOUTH Parkway have parted company with striker Lewis Coombes after just four games, and two goals, for the Bolitho Park outfit.
Coombes has returned to former club St Blazey ahead of tomorrow's game against Torpoint Athletic at The Mill (3pm).
Parkway could be short of firepower as they await late news on Sam Cooper (knee) and Dan Griffiths (groin) before naming their starting line-up
Manager Wayne Hillson is hoping his side can start taking their chances after missing several against Bodmin last Saturday.
He said: "We let Bodmin off the hook, and two points slip as well, especially after they had gone down to 10 men, but credit to Bodmin for showing why they are a top side.
"We must now concentrate on Torpoint, who had a good result last weekend."
Torpoint bounced back from their disappointing cup performance at Bodmin with a 1-0 victory over Saltash, but manager Darren Edwards and his side will be aware of the task that faces them against their cross-Tamar rivals.
Full-back Matt Budd's back injury means he is still rated doubtful but he would be the only absentee for the Torpoint squad.
Torpoint (from): D Batten/S Borthwick, S White, G Williams, D Smith, D Hicks, P Baker, B Stacey, L Avis-Riordan, J Fenwick, J Alexander, L Kershaw, T Payne, D Lorimer, M Budd, K Curtis
Parkway (from): B Elphick, M Bonney, L Bevan, R Richards, P Heveran, S Hillson, S Cooper. D Griffiths, W Stringer, C Clarke, L Bailey, J Bass, J Heveran, W Daw
LISKEARD Athletic have one of their most important league games of the season when they travel to bottom club Penzance in a real relegation six-pointer at Penlee Park (3pm).
The Magpies are seven points adrift of Liskeard, having played a game more, and without a victory in their 27 league games to date.
Liskeard boss Paul Blatchford will be taking nothing for granted as he is aware his Blues side are travelling to the other end of Cornwall looking to end a run of 18 league games without a victory.
He said: "This is a massive game for the club as we can almost ensure our Premier survival by winning at Penzance.
"Survival in this division is vital for Liskeard and would allow us the time to rebuild in the close season."
Blatchford is hoping six of his squad who missed the game against Newquay will be returning for the trip west.
Mike Rourke, Duncan Duthie, Matt Lyndsay, Matt Hawes, Lee Blatchford and Jack Podmore are all added to the squad including second team goalkeeper Rob Brown, who produced a man-of-the-match performance last Saturday.
Liskeard (from): R Brown, C Brimicombe, D Duthie, R Wallis, M Lyndsay, T Hall, C Canham, A Martin, P Bromhead, M Hawes, M Rourke, J Podmore, M Hatfield
ELBURTON Villa top scorer Levi Landricombe returns after a month in Australia and he joins the squad that travels to Poltair Park looking to gain revenge on St Austell (3pm).
The Lillywhites had an incredible 7-2 victory at Haye Road just two weeks ago but Villa bounced back with away wins at Camelford (3-2) and Newquay (3-1).
Landricombe is not the only player returning as Callum Martindale is free of suspension and Martin Finneron free of work commitments.
Robbie Almond returns after being cup-tied for Tuesday's impressive cup quarter-final victory at Newquay.
It is not all good news for Villa, however, as Saam Khakbazan and Lee Salmon will miss the trip to St Austell.
Elburton (from): S May, J Alexander, R Spear, L Daw, J Trott, S Stevens, M Landricombe, J Crowley, J Smith, T Barwell, L Rundle, T Roach, C Martindale, R Almond, M Finneron
SALTASH United goalkeeper Nathan Murphy returns for their trip to in-form south Devon outfit Bovey Tracey (3pm).
Murphy replaces Lee Carew, who stood in for Murphy, while he was undergoing a mouth operation.
The Ashes take on a Bovey side who have only lost once, and that was against Bodmin, in their last seven games.
Manager Stuart Dudley awaits news on Lewis Russell, Steve Jewell, Oscar Bennetts, Danny Zalick, Sam Farrant, Richard Maddison and Rikki Allen, who all missed Wednesday's impressive performance at Bodmin.
He also awaits a report on Ross Saint's back injury after the midfielder played through the pain barrier at Priory Park. Toby Clark is still sidelined with a knee injury.
Saltash (from): N Murphy, A Cusack, D Kanaki, S Hughes, S Clark, M Cusack, L Russell, S Jewell, O Bennetts, D Zalick, R Saint, S Farrant, R Maddison, G Coulton, S Sargison, M Godfree, R Allen
IVYBRIDGE Town will be without Mike Scott and Shae Saunders for their trip to Trefrew Park where they take on Camelford (3pm).
The pair are both unavailable, and they could also be without the services of Jamie Middleton. However, Mike Summers and Josh Norrie return.
Ivybridge (from): J Oak, M Summers, B Smallridge, A Parker, S Sutton, J Walton, M Berry, J Truelove, J Middleton, T Hanrahan, J Zimmerman, A Widdicombe, M Cheetham, S Morgan, J Norrie


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My grandson is 8 yrs old and he is starting a collection of gemstones. He is fascinated by theses and is studying them in school. Can you tell me where i could find some of these opals in the rough to add to his collection and to take to the school to study with the other children. Thanks
Rough Opals
Rough Opals From The opal Mines To Completion Go to opalmine shop here
Rough opals are uncut stone direct from the opal mines. Rough opal are uncut and unshaped gemstones, which are sold after cleaning, to either opal cutters who are using them for a hobby, or for serious professional cutters who on-sell the completed stones to jewelers and opal manufacturers. Australian opal mines are the source of most of the worlds production of opals, being over 90% of the supplies. Opal rough can come in all colors and shades. Broadly speaking, white and crystal opal rough comes from the Coober Pedy fields in South Australia, black opal comes from Lightning Ridge in NSW, and boulder opal comes from Queensland.
Feeding the Rough Opal Jewelry manufacturers
For successful gemstone jewelry production, it's necessary to have a regular supply of stones and this can be a problem with rough opals at present. In the case of gemstones such as sapphires, diamonds, rubies, etc, this is not such a big problem because there are usually good supplies of these stones available from distributors in standard mm sizes and colors so that most designs can be catered for. However in the case of opals, because each opal is different and the colors are so varied that, at times it's difficult to do multiples of a particular design. This applies mostly to black and boulder opals. In the case of white or crystal opal, the supplies are more consistent and the colors similar so that an opal manufacturer can set up a production line, using standard castings.
Variations of Rough Opals
Quality of rough opal varies from one parcel to another. This is the challenge that is met by the opal cutter.
- Mine Run – Uncut rough opals sourced directly from the mine. Cutting process requires more than beginner knowledge and is harder with such opals because the color is often not obvious and mistakes can be made in the buying process unless you have a lot of experience.
- Off Cuts – Off cuts are rough opals that remain after the miner has removed lucrative opal components from the stone. This type of rough opal is what is left over after the top quality gems have been sold. You might think that you are getting someone else's rejects but this is often not the case because it could be that the cutter has a particular high grade market and he makes his money out of the tops tones. What is left can still be really good opal and not so expensive. If the opal miner or opal cutter does not have a current market for this material, you can pick up a bargain that will suit your needs.
- Rubs – These are cleaned and shaped rough opals that have the color exposed and most of the rubbish removed. This is a less risky way of buying rough and is also very economical to send through the post. There is no point in paying freight for material that is no good to cut unless you are using it to practice, which of course is a good idea if you are just learning.
Choosing Rough Opals
Buying rough opals can be risky and is open to quite a lot of interference from shady dealers. Some opals are OK as long as they are in water, but as soon as they are removed they can crack and fall to pieces. 'Hydroplane' opal can be very risky. It mostly comes from other parts of the world but there are some fields in Australia that produces them as well. Australia has a good reputation for producing stable opal although there are some fields that can give trouble, so if you are buying rough opals, try to deal with opal people who have a good reputation and will look after you in case you lose money.
Where the Opals come from
Watch a video with an opal miner underground at Lightning Ridge here
59 Responses to "Rough Opals"
Fran Clayton
steve ogden
Hi ,
I want to buy an uncut opal for my wife could you tell me if you post to the UK?
tengo opalo matrix en bruto por kilo interesados envie correo firstname.lastname@example.com preferible que sea de otro pais no honduras
I have a stock of (rough) Indonesian opal. I will add the stock in two weeks. if you or anyone interest with it, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com
Ronald Lewis
Interested to purchase for son, amateur jeweler. firstname.lastname@example.com
Denis Manning
I have a good quantity of rough uncut white opals that I wish to sell, can anybody advise how I best go about it?
Angela E
I'm on the hunt for a big lot of opals that are cracked, chipped, or tiny chips and pieces that are colorful. Basically opals that are unusable for most jewelers. I am a crafter and could use them so if you have some you can sell please contact me! Thanks so much!
I have rough green opal ad I am looking for some where to sell them . If anybody is interested please contact me : email@example.com
how much? that big green opal would be good for carvers
I have rough green opal and I am looking for some where to sell the them. If anybody is interested please email me firstname.lastname@example.com
If interested contact me at (951)210-6102 an I live in california if your wondering
I currently have a 10kt opal I am trying to sell but dont know where/who to sell it to an I need money.
l need blue opal rough uncut. lf anyone have it should kindly contact me on +2348034339162. l want to buy.
I have some raw uncut opals that are amazing and I am looking for some where to sell them. If anybody is interested please email firstname.lastname@example.com
I have rough cut opals, purchased by my late husband in Mexico 27 years ago and they have been in a container in water all this time. They look fine to me, but what do you think about them being stored that way?
I'm on a moblie site and there is no email listed except for firstname.lastname@example.com.
Should I use that if you're
Sarah I also have Opal that my late father bought in the early 1980's. There were in Alker Shelzer bottles priced at $ 25.00 for a few stones, beautiful fire. May I send you photos?
I have a few raw and uncut opals that belonged to my grandfather… if I remember the story correctly, he brought them home from New Mexico (over 40-50 years ago) or something along those lines.. I have been looking for someone who can help me find out the value or someone who will purchase them… I live in Las Vegas and haven't had any luck in finding anybody to help me out.. They are still in the actual rock and seem to be a bit more white in color, tho there are a few that seem to be more vibrant in their color…Do you think there is anything u can do to help me find more info or someone who can help me???
It is "Sokas" company from Armenia.
Our company basically occupied with the export of gem-quality mineral of obsidian. But if you are interested the other stones, except obsidian, we can export travertin, jade, gohar, marble, onyx, jasper, agate, breccia and so many others…We have gohar, too…Gohar is the original and precious stone and spread only Armenia.We have granite too, but our granite not a qualified. We have so beutiful items made of that stones…
If you are interested in our proposal, write us. I send you stones pics too…
Best regards Ina Hovhannisyan
Great items…I need some advice from someone who knows about opals. I have purchased and sold but I'm not an expert by no means. A friend of mine was showing me his rock and fossil collection that mostly was of arrowheads and fossils. He then handed me something he got from his grandfather who had passed. It was an opal with very few scrapes showing its fire here and there. It was about the size of a tennis ball. I guess it was a crystal opal. Not sure he had any other details. It looked solid all around. How could I find any other info out about this item? Thanks Heath
Hello Peter
My name is Patrick and I'm a French craftsman I would like to know with which gritt you finish the polishing which
are your sale prices for rough opals
Anita Groeneveld
Hey! So this seems like a great website…..so what is the most amazing piece of opal you have ever seen in the rough?
Hello, I live in the U.S.
I am interested in buying a small amount of opal in the 100 to 200 per ounce range.
Is it possible to buy just an ounce or so?
Thank you.
i want to whiete rough opal in reang of10$15 peroz if you suppaly me you repaly me ashok
Wali mohammed
I have rough opal from coober pedy , Please send me details, sizes quality quantity, and prices
doc hock
love your web site peter, great opal images and information
Tina Hart
could you give me some advice on where to buy from the mines direct so i can get uncut boulder opal? i am not a dealer. but i am interested in opals. i used to make jewelry and would like to try my hand at it. I s there mines tha will ship you small quantities fro hobby? or do you have to find a miner that sells his own stones?
I have many opals I would part with for less money than most. I get it from the ground, I don't get it from anyone, but I have a lot of neat opals…
maureen yvonne clarke
why mustn't I allow my opls to get wet?
I am from Adis Abeba Ethiopia exporting welo delanta opal to different part of the world for three years but as I see your experience is very big,so what I need is please share your golden experience to me and like me from less developed countries with big undiscovered resources.
Thank you
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I thought I would start by sharing my thoughts on the Stephen King biography, Haunted Heart, which I read very recently and absolutely loved. It was fantastic to get a good insight into the life of Stephen King, the way he views his writing, how he finds his ideas, etc. But more than that I was fascinated by the demons that the man carries with him and has fought off.
I always knew he had a drinking problem, but his addiction to drugs only became apparent to me upon reading this book. I am pleased to say that it hasn't changed my opinion of King at all, or at least certainly not for the negative. It made him seem like a real person, with as many failings as the rest of us. This man is one of my idols, a hero to me, but even before I read this book I was under no illusions and had certainly not put him on a pedestal, despite being quite in awe of his ability to tell a story and more so the way he can create endless believable characters who you do fully come to love, or hate as much as you would if they were real.
I myself aspire to write one day, I have already completed a degree in Scriptwriting for film and television at Bournemouth University but have yet to put my writing skills to good use. I have found since leaving university that one complicated/difficult situation after another has prevented me from actually sitting down and working solidly on a project. My writers block seems only to get worse as time goes on and I think I really should be sitting down and putting words on the page, but I have lost my confidence for it and constantly worry when I am writing and it prevents me from getting fully behind the story and it always just falls flat. However having read Haunted Heart and reading about how King does truly write for himself (something I am sure many writers will claim and the reality being for a lot that isn't really 100% true) and he cares little for what others will think, once he gets an idea he needs to sit down and write it and see where it will end. This alone has inspired me hugely, it's helped me to realise that it doesn't matter if you have a hundred people turn around and tell you what you have written is no good, if you have written for yourself what other people think we never really matter all that much. So after reading this book I am even more in awe of King, at the same time as being more aware of his faults and just how human he is, like the rest of us. It's a very odd feeling towards someone I consider to be a hero but its a good thing, it makes me want to read what he writes even more. My respect for him is so much higher.
Sorry if this is a little bit of a ramble, its been a long time since I was on a forum and this one has an awful lot on which I have yet to start reading through, so if I have repeated something that's already been said by someone else I apologise for that too.
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Is there an online site to play the card game Phase 10 on?
A clone is fine, but I'd really like to avoid a download.
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There is a clone of Phase 10 called Wizard Cards you could download and install. Magmic games has released versions of Phase 10 for Blackberry and iPhone also. There doesn't seem to be a version you can play in your browser online at this time.
Not an exact match and you may have considered it already, but Uno is a broadly similar game (and a fellow member of the 'shedding' family of card games) - it has a huge number of theme packs and online versions.
https://apps.facebook.com/phasetenapp/?fb_source=bookmark_favorites&ref=bookmarks&count=0&fb_bmpos=13_0 has an app of phase 10. It's pretty fun only con is you cant play it as many times as you want, you have to wait for your energy to refill.


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WASHINGTON, Oct. 4, 2004 The enemies of freedom "cannot defeat the coalition in a conventional war on any battlefield," Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said in New York today. So they use weapons of terror and chaos.
"They want us to believe that the coalition cannot win, that the free Iraqi and Afghan governments cannot win, that the fight is not worth it, that the effort will be too hard and too ugly," the secretary said in a speech to the Council on Foreign Relations.
America and her allies cannot let the terrorists win. "Failure in Afghanistan or Iraq would exact a terrible toll," Rumsfeld said. "It would embolden the extremists and make the world a far more dangerous place."
The secretary admitted it is a difficult road from tyranny to democracy, and it has always been so. He said America had its own problems seeking independence, and Germany and Japan suffered setbacks in the years after World War II.
Still, there have been many successes in the war on terrorism. Upcoming elections in Afghanistan and Iraq are sure signs that those countries are on the path to democracy, Rumsfeld noted. Osama bin Laden is on the run, and Saddam Hussein is in jail and his sons dead.
Libya no longer sponsors terrorists and has renounced its nuclear-weapons program, he pointed out. Pakistan is a major U.S. ally in the war on terrorism.
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The war on terrorism has also caused the American military to transform its structure and capabilities at a more rapid rate than anticipated. The active Army has increased by 30,000 troops and has been reorganized into "more agile, lethal and deployable brigades with enough protection, firepower and logistics assets to sustain themselves," Rumsfeld explained.
The Army is in the process of increasing the number of these brigades from 33 to 43, or even possibly 48 in the next two to three years, he pointed out.
The military's active and reserve components are being restructured to "achieve amore appropriate distribution of skill sets," the secretary continued. He said this restructuring should "improve the total-force responsiveness to crises so that individual reservists and guardsmen will mobilize less often for shorter periods of time and with somewhat more predictability."
The war on terror has also increased the military services' ability to work together. "Joint operations are no longer an exception," he said.
America's task is to remain steadfast in its resolve, the secretary said, asking the audience to consider what the world would be like if extremism were to prevail.
"Today, as before, the hard work of history falls to our country, to our coalition, to our people," Rumsfeld said. "We have been entrusted with the gift of freedom. It's ours to safeguard. It's ours to defend. And we can do it knowing that the great sweep of human history is for freedom, and that is on our side."


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The Jackson Laboratory hires site director for Connecticut research center
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Bar Harbor, Maine—The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine has hired a site administrator to oversee operations at its new research facility in Farmington, Conn.
Yu-Hui Rogers, M.S., a genomics researcher and experienced scientific administrator, will be in charge of all aspects of research support at JAX Genomic Medicine, including finance, human resources, information technology, facilities and scientific services. She is expected to start work at the Farmington site in July and will report directly to Edison Liu, M.D., president and CEO of The Jackson Laboratory, based in Bar Harbor, Maine.
Rogers comes to JAX Genomic Medicine from the J. Craig Venter Institute in Rockville, Md., where she most recently was vice president of core technology development and services. Before her promotion in 2008 to this executive leadership role, she served since 2002 as scientific director of the Joint Technology Center and director of new technology development at the Venter Institute.
Rogers' own research expertise includes having helped develop a new process for large-scale DNA sequencing that enabled the first complete sequencing of the human genome. She also established an automated resequencing pipeline used to identify victims of the 2001 World Trade Center attack via forensic analysis of mitochondrial DNA.
Rogers said she is excited to be moving into translational research, which brings together scientists and clinicians to study human genomics and apply new discoveries to the personalized care of patients with cancer, diabetes and other genetic diseases and conditions.
"There is a rapidly growing awareness around the world of the importance of genomic medicine, for individuals in the health care delivery system and for the health of entire populations, as well as an appreciation of the impact of the bioeconomy on society," Rogers said. "I really feel the next 10 years will offer the most critical and productive opportunity to translate advances and discoveries in basic genomic research into actual improvements in human health."
Charles E. Hewett, Ph.D., executive vice president and chief operating officer at The Jackson Laboratory, said Rogers is ideally suited to fill the high-profile role of site administrator for the new genomics facility.
"Our site director will play a key role in establishing systems that support world-class biomedical discovery," he said. "Yu-Hui understands the science and she is an experienced administrator and a great communicator. She is a perfect fit for this position."
Rogers will begin working in temporary leased space on the campus of the University of Connecticut Health Center. Other recent hires include the center's director of genome sciences, another researcher and two administrative professionals. Construction of a new 173,000-square-foot permanent facility for JAX Genomic Medicine is scheduled to begin in January 2013 on a 17-acre parcel at the UConn Health Center Campus. By 2020 the facility is projected to house 300 biomedical researchers, technicians and support staff in addition to administrative and other personnel.
The Jackson Laboratory is an independent, nonprofit biomedical research institution based in Bar Harbor, Maine, with a facility in Sacramento, Calif., as well as the new genomic medicine institute in Farmington, Conn. It employs a total staff of about 1,400. Its mission is to discover the genetic basis for preventing, treating and curing human disease and to enable research and education for the global biomedical community.
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idiots who trade in their consoles for the new consoles and then cry about how they miss playing some game that was on the console they just traded.
Seriously kids, Keep your systems.
Yeah it's hilarious seeing these kind of posts. "OH My GAWD!! it has no backward compatibility!! How could you... Now I need a PS3 controller!!" - Go to ebay and buy one for a few pennies. Moaning fools.
wow...just throw the money around huh? were you one of the ones making a big deal about the XB1 costing a hundred dollars more? i hope not. u don't have to, but you should read the last couple of posts i wrote and understand what i'm actually saying. because it seems to have went completely over ur head.
I don't know what you're whining about, there have been no details of if it'll cost anything for PS+ customers so implying that it's going to be £10 a month on top of PS+ is just stupid. Also requiring a PS3 controller only applies to using the service on a TV or tablet, weird I agree that the DS4 is not supported but who cares, you're just whining for the sake of it at this point.
EASY COWBOY lol! i didnt mention anything about prices...i just said it was going to cost. no matter what thats the reality. and no matter what the situation thats fucked up to block all backwards compatibility out with a paywall.
and do you actually think that Sony wouldnt mention it being packaged into users PSN Plus. they wouldnt mention it in the middle of them transitioning from a free online service to a paid one? i mean, ur welcome to put ur head in the sand if you want but the writings on the wall. PS users are about to get nickle and dimed to death lol.
also, calling me a whiner for explaining a point of view that you don't like...thats fine. its BS, but go with it friend lol. people are questioning what i have said and i'm further explaining myself. its not like i'm just slamming my hands on the keyboard saying foul things to people like Grenade Launcher or somebody. people asked me to clarify, or attacked my premise...so i rebutted and explained further. thats not whining to me...that's a discussion, not whining. but go with it...its fine. but honestly u seem like UR whining here. mainly because you don't seem to have a good answer to Sony's shitty service and upcoming direction.
if one of you can show how Playstation Now isnt just a money grab, even a little bit, then by all means go ahead n type those words out. i have no problem being wrong. i'll even apologize and rethink my stance. but you guys calling me names. calling me a whiner, while whining isnt proving a point to me lol. just shows an inability to handle a discussion with maturity.
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Chandler Parsons scored 24 points and James Harden had 23 to help Houston rally from a 19-point deficit for a 104-93 victory over Utah on Saturday night that kept the Jazz winless and the Rockets undefeated.
Jeremy Lin added 20 points as the Rockets (3-0) outscored the Jazz 64-37 in the second half.
After John Lucas made a jumper to beat the shot clock and pull the Jazz within 95-90 with 3:27 left, the Rockets allowed just one field goal the rest of the way.
Enes Kanter made an inside jumper to give Utah its final lead, 85-83 with 7:11 remaining. Harden drove for a layup, Lin hit a 3-pointer and Parsons followed with another basket to start the game-ending run.
Richard Jefferson led Utah (0-3) with 18 and Kanter added 16 for the Jazz.
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Street solicitors and panhandlers in Henrico County are likely to be out of luck next month – again.
The county's Board of Supervisors Oct. 23 is expected to adopt changes to its no-soliciting ordinance that will close a loophole created the last time the ordinance was amended, in 2008.
The 2008 amendments made it illegal for anyone to distribute materials, solicit or sell (or attempt to sell) items while standing within any roadway or median in the county.
But it didn't prevent individuals from engaging in those activities while sitting or lying down in a median or roadway. New language to be considered by the board next month would make such activities illegal altogether and also would prohibit the sale or attempted sale of services in all medians and roads.
In recent months, the number of solicitors in Henrico has increased noticeably, particularly in well-traveled northern and western corridors including West Broad Street and Staples Mill Road.
Supervisors and police have received a number of complaints from citizens who object to being asked for money, but in most cases police officers are unable to write tickets to the offenders because they are sitting down.
During a work session Sept. 11, officials emphasized that while the proposed changes should reduce the public nuisance factor, they are designed foremost to make things safer.
Tuckahoe District Supervisor Pat O'Bannon recounted a recent experience of her own, during which she witnessed a car strike a median while making a turn, which caused a solicitor sitting in the median to jump up into a travel lane on the opposite side of the road.
"This is totally about safety," O'Bannon said of the proposed ordinance changes.
In 2011, police received 97 calls related to soliciting and made six arrests (including two of the same person), County Attorney Joe Rapisarda told the board. Already through the first eight months of this year, police have received 93 calls and made two arrests.
Individuals cited for violation of the ordinance face a maximum fine of $250. The ordinance does not impact activities on sidewalks, Rapisarda said.
Henrico Police Maj. Stephen Alloway told the board that one man who solicits at the West Broad Street-Pouncey Tract Road intersection in Short Pump made $60,000 through his efforts in a year.
Prior to the 2008 ordinance change, the county was only able to enforce its standards on county roads or at intersections that involved two or more county roads. It lacked the authority to enforce the ordinance on state roads (those with route numbers) in the county, or at intersections involving at least one state road.
But that year, Henrico won permission from the General Assembly to add state roads to the list of those on which it could enforce its ordinance.
Two years later, the General Assembly authorized all localities to adopt similar ordinances.
If the board adopts the new language, the revised ordinance would be effectively immediately, Rapisarda said.
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The Children's Museum of Richmond last week opened its new Short Pump location at Short Pump Town Center, to the delight of children who attended a sneak preview of the location July 10. The new facility, located under the forthcoming LL Bean store (formerly the food court) is 8,500 square feet in size – much larger than CMoR's former Short Pump location at West Broad Village, which opened in 2010. The new space includes The CarMax Foundation Service Station, the Silver Diner, a grocery store, a performance stage and an art studio, as well as a giant Light Bright Wall. > Read more.
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CLEMSON Former Pinewood Prep star Milton Jennings will not play against South Carolina on Sunday as the Clemson forward will be suspended for a second straight game following his Wednesday arrest on a marijuana possession charge.
Clemson coach Brad Brownell told reporters on Friday that Jennings will likely return next Saturday versus Arizona.
Despite the arrest, Brownell feels Jennings has made progress over the last two years on and off the court.
The suspension is third time in 11 months Jennings has been suspended: once for a verbal confrontation on the sideline with Brownell last December, once for academic reasons in January and now his drug arrest.
Jennings former AAU coach, Rufus McDonald, drove to Clemson on Thursday to ask Brownell to give Jennings, a senior, one last chance.
Coach Brad Brownell is in a tough spot. I gained a great appreciation of him (Thursday), McDonald said. Many coaches would make a snap, quick decision. I really think (Brownell) is in Milts corner. I dont think its just hey this kid is going to help me win some games, I dont think its that. Everyone knows they are going to have a moderate year at best.
Hes not doing it to salvage the season. I think he is taking his time because he is in Milts corner and he can help this young man not just today but down the road.
Brownell told McDonald that Jennings had his best six months with the program until Wednesdays arrest.
Jennings leads Clemson in scoring with 10.8 points per game.
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Mr. Jones was born on July 28, 1956, to the late Mary Nell Skinner Jones and the late Jesse Roger Jones Sr. He was preceded in death by his sister, Cecilia Jones; his brothers, William Steve Jones, Clinton Bruce Jones, Jessie Roger Jones Jr. and James Thomas Jones.
Surviving are sons, Joshua Evan Jones of Monroe and Robert Daniel Jones Jr. of Florida; sisters, Loretta Jean Harrell of Dry Branch and Mary Ann Crane of Milledgeville; brothers, Roger Wayne Jones of Dry Branch, Jessie Richard Jones of Gray, Randy Dean Jones of Florida and Ronald Timmy Jones of Haddock; and grandson, Dylan Jones.
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Google Google Glass, Google's new eyeglass mounted computing device, poses a control problem. There's no way to get a Qwerty keyboard in there, and using a touchscreen with your eyes would start to hurt in a hurry. A virtual keyboard would be one thing for stationary computing — we can also assume that there will be some sort of eye-tracking and well as voice controls. Astute Reddit user fodawim found something else while he dove into the code for the Android companion app: apparently, Google Glass will be trained to recognize winking.
Winking could be useful to Google Glass for one big reason: people don't do it very often. Or at least, they didn't before they got Google Glass. I could see winking becoming something like a left click for Google Glass, leading to hordes of people with computers strapped to their heads, winking and darting their eyes around like crazy people. It will certainly make a lot of social interactions more awkward, though anyone with Google Glass probably already knew that.
Could something like this rewrite the meaning of the wink in technologically inclined society? Instead of being a coy, knowing gesture, it could come to mean something like: "that's something worth taking a picture of." Just as we needed a whole new set of etiquette rules for when people started carrying around tiny computers in their pockets, so will we need one when people start having omni-present computers on their heads. any extensive eye tracking controls might even mean that we'll need slightly stronger micro-muscles to move those orbs around.
Most of us can only guess what the experience of Google glass is going to be like, but it's more than idle speculation for many. A select few have already been given the chance to spend $1,500 on Google Glass, and a mass market rollout is on the horizon, albeit unannounced. Little details like this remind us that this isn't a matter of taping a smartphone to some glasses — this is an entirely different vision of computing, and the jury is still out on whether or not the public at large will want to make the jump.


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