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2010 Cypress Vineyards Merlot
The windswept Cypress tree, the unmistakable signature plant of California's coastal terrain, owes its gnarled appearance to the maritime air's persistent movement either inland or seaward. The ocean's influence on the Central Coast winegrowing region is significant – keeping coastal and inland valley's refreshingly cool at night, while preserving the grape's natural acidity and flavor.
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|8o% Merlot, 16% Malbec, 2% Cabernet Sauvignon, 2% Petite Sirah.
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|pH: 3.68
|Total Acidity: 0.66g/100ml
|Alcohol: 13.72% alcohol by volume
|Res. Sugar: 0.31 g/100ml
The 2010 Cypress Vineyards Merlot presents a garnet red color of medium density with hues indicative of full maturation. Fruit aromas of cherry, raspberry and passionfruit are complemented by a bouquet of toasted oak and cocoa powder. A large portion of Malbec in the blend increases the fruit signature with a hibuscus character. The round texture and comfortable weight of this wine is followed by a sweet, mature finish. 2010 Cypress Vineyards Merlot would pair wonderfully with beef filets with a red wine sauce or barbecued ribs. This wine can be enjoyed in its youth or cellared up to five years.
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Are you thinking about upgrading Photoshop for your screen-printing business? I'm still using CS5.5 and plan to run this sucker into the ground before I change.
Having assembled a few different art departments in a few different shops, I've always addressed two factors with equal importance – the budget and the actual needs of the shop. One would think these go hand in hand but how many people do you know who buy the latest and greatest simply because it's the latest and greatest?
The latest and greatest in this case would be Adobe's Photoshop CC. As a professional graphic artist, upgrading to Photoshop CC has me salivating but – and that's a big "but" – I've yet to purchase it. My reasoning for such is because it doesn't truly fit within my needs at the moment.
Now, I'm the type of guy who'll squeeze every last drop of toothpaste out of the tube before I consider cutting it open and scraping that son of a bitch for what's left inside. To put it simply, I work hard for my money and want to make sure I'm getting the most out of it when I purchase anything. The same goes with my software.
Photoshop CS5.5 is my currently employed version of the program and I plan to drive it 'til the wheels fall off the bitch. Why? Not because I'm
cheap frugal but because it's not necessary in any way, shape or form for me to upgrade at this point. It wasn't a necessity when CS6 came out and it's not a necessity now.
Photoshop hasn't made any considerable leaps and bounds in improvements between CS5 and CC in regards to the tools we use when working with files for screen-printing purposes. There have been some 3D advancements, changes in color swatches and others but none of them really affect us as screen-printers.
Another valid reason to upgrade…because everyone else is doing it. Not being one to follow trends, I couldn't care less if everyone else was doing it but when it comes to software, it's a valid reason. However, in my experience, this has rarely been a factor if you're only about 2 generations behind. When it becomes a factor negatively affecting your production rates though, it's time to upgrade.
Until that point where I'm getting files I cannot open on a frequent basis, I'm going to drive the wheels off of CS5.5. It does everything I need and it does it well.
Join the Conversation!
Which version of Photoshop are you using? I'd love to hear what you guys are using and how/when you plan to upgrade if you haven't already. Leave a note in the comments section below!
About Ben Lindsey
Ben Lindsey has been in the t shirt business designing and separating t shirts since 2001 having served as senior designer/separator at the States' #1 licensor of rock and roll apparel as well as one of the States' top 10 high-volume screen printers as listed by Impressions Magazine. Currently running Rising Sun Graphics, he continues to provide custom t shirt designs and color separations for print shops and apparel lines around the globe.

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Lecturing Effectively
As Nira Hativa suggests, an effective lecture does more than communicate information: "[i]t arouses interest and motivation; promotes concentration and attention; identifies and marks the most important information; and enables effective cognitive processing, storing, and information retrieval" (76).
Charles W. Eliot, a former president of Harvard, put it differently: "The lecturer pumps laboriously into sieves. The water may be wholesome, but it runs through. A mind must work to grow" (cited in Bok, 123).
The links and resources below offer strategies for making minds work during a lecture.
Strategies and Resources
- Students will be more engaged in the lecture if they have read the relevant material. Find out how to motivate students to do the reading.
- University of California, Berkeley provides specific strategies for delivering a lecture.
- Stanford's Center for Teaching and Learning explores tactics for creating memorable lectures .
- The IDEA Center at Kansas State University offers information on how to stimulate students' interest in the subject.
Making Lectures Interactive
- Watch how two DePaul professors in the health sciences integrate mobile polling software in order to engage their students during class:
- "Clickers" promote active learning by enabling every student to participate in a discussion, even in a large class.
- Harvard University's Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning offers twenty ways to make lectures more participatory.
- Carleton College provides activities for interactive lectures.
- UW-Madison provides information on and examples of ConcepTests, which have been shown to enhance the comprehension of introductory concepts and are useful tools for making lectures interactive.
DePaul Faculty Publications on Lectures
Rotenberg, R. (2005). "The lecture classroom." Chapter in The art and craft of college teaching: A guide for new professors and graduate students. Walnut Creek, CA.
Bligh, D.A. (2000). What's the use of lectures? San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Bok, D. (2006). Our underachieving colleges: A candid look at how much students learn and why they should be learning more. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press.
Hativa, N. (2000). "Lecturing and Explaining." Chapter in Teaching for effective learning in higher education. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.


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Taking a page from the book of M.I.A., The Flaming Lips are celebrating their epic Bonnaroo sets by releasing a new NSFW music video for "The Sparrow Looks Up at the Machine". The three-minute track comes from their 2009 album – Embryonic – and the clip doesn't waste anytime getting to the gory details.
The setting – the backyard of a colorfully painted house — is innocent enough, but then a masked woman puts a razor to the finger of another woman dressed in nothing but pink skivvies, a blindfold, and duct tape.
The scantily clad bleeder then proceeds to spread her hemoglobin all over white placards while the masked man's masked female assistant collects the abstract art projects. Meanwhile, someone's pet monkey is just running around taking the whole scene in.
The clip is so unnerving that by the time the assistant feeds the pictures to a giant, rolling, vagina, you actually breathe a sigh of relief. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on your tastes), they girls repeat the process with toes instead of fingers, and the video doesn't really have a point.
Check out the video below (via Prefix), but don't blame us if you can't eat your dinner afterward.


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Gallery: The Pollee Urinal by UiWE: Because Girls Sometimes Need to Pee...
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This is fantastic!!! I would totally use any of them. I HATE port-a-potties with a passion and being enclosed with other people's waste? Disgusting. This is a much more sanitiary option and since it's open air, way less stinky. My prediction – this will be popular the world over, but never in the US, because people in the US are really puritanical about body functions and would rather hang out in someone else's filth than be 'exposed'.
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The Miami Dolphins, who've been dealing w o-line trouble, have traded with the Ravens for Bryant McKinnie according to Ravens sources
FWIW, so far this year Clabo has given up 8 sacks, 4 QB hits, and 20 QB hurries. McKinnie has given up 1 sack, 4 hits, and 15 hurries. If my math is correct, on RT's behalf, 1 sack is better than 8. Just a thought.
Just what you need to reinvigorate confidence after an absolute shocker.....trade for McKinnie. Honestly, this is cloud nine stuff.
I need a drink.
This is Ireland doing this, so, get ready to puke when you see how high of a pick we gave up. The rest of the NFL knows they're dealing with a mental midget when they deal with Miami.
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RC: Wants to go on McKinnie's party boat.


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Edgenuity, a leading provider of online and blended learning solutions, today announced the winners of its "20/20 Vision" video contest highlighting how online and blended learning solutions are improving academic outcomes for students, teachers, schools and districts across the country. Grand prize winner Henrico County School District in Virginia was awarded a $5,000 technology grant, with runners up Coppell Independent School District of Texas and Mayville School District of Wisconsin receiving software licenses courtesy of Edgenuity to extend online and blended learning solution capabilities to additional students.
"All of the contest participants showcased great examples of the many ways schools can use Edgenuity to engage students and help them achieve their academic goals," said Sari Factor, CEO of Edgenuity. "We're thrilled to award the winning schools with additional support to help them continue to drive positive academic results with effective, results-oriented online and blended learning solutions."
Henrico County's winning video speaks to how technology is driving personalized learning and tailored instruction that bolsters student performance and understanding. Intervention Specialist Kimberlin Cooke states that through the use of Edgenuity, "Graduation rates are going up by leaps and bounds and the drop-out rate is declining. It's been rewarding to see how technology can help transform the classroom and empower our students to achieve even more."
Additional contest winner highlights include:
Coppell Independent School District's submission shows how Edgenuity is transforming the learning process. Its video, "The Future is Here," focuses on how online and blended learning solutions help to cultivate self-directed, resourceful problem solvers.
Mayville School District's submission, entitled "FACES," demonstrates how Edgenuity provides immediate feedback that motivates students eager to jump ahead as well as those requiring extra support.
To see the full videos, please go to www.edgenuity.com/2020visionwinners.
About Edgenuity
Edgenuity (formerly E2020, Inc) provides engaging online education solutions that propel success for every student, empower every teacher to deliver more effective instruction, and enable schools and districts to meet their academic goals. Edgenuity delivers a range of Core Curriculum, AP®, Elective, Career and Technical Education (CTE), and Credit Recovery courses aligned to the rigor and high expectations of state, Common Core and iNACOL standards and designed to inspire life-long learning. Fully flexible for use in any blended or online learning model, Edgenuity supports an environment where personalized learning is possible. With 185 semester-long courses and growing, Edgenuity has already driven outcomes for more than one million students in schools and districts across the country. For more information, and to see Edgenuity in action visit Edgenuity.com.


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The budget challenge for PMOs
ESI International, a large project management training company, released the findings of its latest annual benchmarking survey this month. "The State of the Project Management Office: On the Road to the Next Generation" survey investigates the current role of the Project/Programme Management Office (PMO), its development to full-blown maturity and value for the overall business.
Based on responses from over 3,000 respondents in more than 17 industries on six continents, the research revealed that budgets have been the biggest challenge for PMOs over the last year.
The survey respondents also said that in order to measure success, they relied on the standard definitions of the triple constraint: namely on time, to-budget project delivery. This is one way of defining success, and perhaps one of the easiest to measure but not the most effective (or modern) way of thinking about project success results. Maybe that's why around 55% of respondents said that the value of their PMO was questioned by key stakeholders.
Why might budget constraints be a top problem?
Here are some reasons why budgets make the top of the list for PMO challenges:
Like all departments, PMOs are having to come up with new ways to do more with less. Maybe this is just a symptom that all departments are suffering from and is not a specific research finding related to PMOs.
Is budget the top challenge for your PMO in 2012? If not, what is?


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NC State Primed for 2014 ACC Outdoor Championships
April 16, 2014
RALEIGH, N.C. - The NC State track and field team will take part in the 2014 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's and Women's Outdoor Track & Field Championships, set to begin Thursday, April 17, and continuing through Saturday, April 19.
The three-day event will be held at the Belk Track, Fetzer Field and Finley Field on the campus of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C.
The Wolfpack heads into the meet, coming off strong performances in each of its four outdoor meets this season. State has earned three ACC Performer of the Week awards and set four new school records in the women's discus, women's shot put, women's long jump and men's mile.
Overall, the Pack ranks in the top 10 in the ACC in 14 different men's and women's events combined, while holding the top spot in four events.
Andrew Colley, who was just named ACC Men's Performer of the Week for his sub-4:00 mile in the Blue Shoes Elite Mile last Saturday, ranks first in the ACC in the men's 1,500m (3:41.61), while teammate Graham Crawford (3:42.23) is right behind in second place. Crawford (13:49.3) also ranks second in the ACC in the men's 5,000m.
Tremanisha Taylor ranks first in the ACC in both the women's shot put and the women's discus after setting new school records in both events this spring. Taylor's throw of 179'0" in the discus at the Raleigh Relays on March 28 set a new NC State school mark, while her distance of 55'03.00" in the shot put at the Tiger Track Classic on April 5 registered a new school record, breaking her previous mark set in 2012.
Alexis Perry, who was named ACC Women's Performer of the Week on April 1, ranks No. 1 in the ACC in the women's long jump after setting an NC State school record with a leap of 21'02.00". She also sits in third place in the conference in the women's 100m hurdles with a time of 13.39.
Jonathan Addison ranks first in the ACC in the men's long jump after setting a personal best mark of 25'2.50"at the Tiger Track Classic on April 5. The sophomore from Raleigh, N.C. also holds down the No. 3 spot in the conference in the high jump with a mark of 6'11.50", set that same day at the Tiger Track Classic in Auburn, Ala.
Elizabeth Shuman (1.78m) is third in the conference in the women's high jump, while Nathaniel Williams (173'01") and Adrian Ross (9:11.2), both rank sixth in their respective events, the men's discus and men's 3,000m steeple chase.
Joanna Thompson holds down the No. 4 spot in the ACC in the women's 5,000m with a time 16:19.4 while teammate Erika Kemps (16:30.3) ranks eighth place in the conference. Samantha Norman (10:39.4 ) comes in seventh in the women's 3,000m steeple chase, while Ryanna Henderson (4:23.49) and Megan Moye (4:24.39) are ninth and 10th, respectively in the women's 1,500m.
NC State head coach Rollie Geiger has captured five ACC Outdoor Championships during his tenure at NC State, including four straight from 1985-1988. Overall, the Wolfpack has been ACC Champions seven times, and ACC Co-Champion once. State can lay claim to seven straight ACC titles or co-titles from 1982-1988.
Fans can follow the action all three days via ESPN3 and live streaming on theACC.com. Nearly 12 total hours of ESPN3 live coverage are scheduled on Thursday from 5 until 8:30 p.m., on Friday from 4:30 until 8:30 p.m., and on Saturday from 4 until 8 p.m.
Viewers can access the webcasts for Thursday here, for Friday here and for Saturday here.
Live results will be available throughout the event on the championship website here.


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Activities to Include on Co-Curricular Transcript
Not all experiences are appropriate to include on a student's official Co-Curricular Transcript. The CCT is meant to highlight a student's involvement on campus by giving a broad overview of activities and organization membership.
Experiences to Leave off the CCT
Meeting attendance
Event attendance
Social activities
Study Abroad (should be reflected on the Academic Transcript)
Intramural athletics
Internships and Co-ops (should be reflected on a resume)
Experiences to Include on the CCT
Organization membership
Honors and awards
Leadership development workshops
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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The Sioux Falls Pheasants may not have a winning record, but they are setting a record– in the stands. The Pheasants (34-42) concluded a home stand Sunday with a crowd that propelled the organization past the 100,000 season attendance milestone. It is the first time the club has hit the mark since 2009. According to the Pheasants organization, average attendance has been 2,511 fans per game through 40 openings, which is a 61 percent increase from the 2011 average. The team is also on track to see more than 123,000 total fans by the season's end. The Pheasants have the chance to extend the mark with nine remaining home games in August, including two weekend series. The Pheasants return home for a three-game series with Fargo-Moorhead beginning tomorrow night.
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Snow, Snow and More Snow!!
What a long winter it has been! I couldn't believe it when we woke up on Sunday morning to yet more snow, please, please let's have a lovely summer, and it would make all the hardship of winter worthwhile!
I can't believe it's been October since I last updated my blog, but time certainly does fly by! We have had a busy winter, plenty of bed and breakfast guests, and lots of work on the farm. Jim has found it quite difficult keeping the animals all fed and watered, especially when all the pipeworks were frozen, tempers certainly were quite short! Even the boys have now found the cold weather quite tiresome!
We're really looking forward to spring, and some of the bulbs are now trying to show themselves in the garden, I can't wait to see some colour. The sun actually came out this afternoon, so when the guests arrived, it was shining through the windows into their rooms, which was lovely!
The boys are on really good form, and are playing plenty of rugby and football, keeping Jim and I very busy, Jim taking them, and myself, well, doing the washing!!
Please come and visit us at Churton Heath Farm, I am sure that you will have a lovely time, and we would love to welcome you into our home.


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JEKYLL ISLAND (AP) — Gov. Nathan Deal said Sunday he's supporting Mitt Romney for president now that the former Massachusetts governor has a lock on the Republican nomination.
"I have talked to Gov. Romney and certainly I will support his candidacy," Deal told The Associated Press in an interview Sunday. "He obviously is going to be the nominee of the party and I'll certainly support him in that capacity."
Deal was asked about Romney after the Georgia governor attended the opening of Jekyll Island's new $30 million convention center. Deal had just spoken Saturday at the state GOP convention in Columbus, but his remarks there steered clear of presidential politics.
Deal didn't automatically endorse Romney after Newt Gingrich officially dropped out of the race May 2. The governor had been a staunch supporter of the former House speaker, with whom he served in Congress. Gingrich easily carried Georgia's Super Tuesday primary in March, and Deal stood by him even as Gingrich saw his support wane.
Romney endorsed Deal's fall 2010 gubernatorial bid after backing Deal's opponent in the Republican primary, Karen Handel.
Still, Deal didn't hesitate to respond Sunday when asked if he was supporting Romney and said he's confident Georgia voters will end up backing him too.
"Certainly I don't think the state of Georgia is going to have much doubt that they support a conservative in the White House, and Gov. Romney will be the one that they choose," Deal said. "He's conservative enough for me."
More like this story
- Gov. Deal stands by endorsement of Newt Gingrich ( April 17, 2012 )
- Gingrich turns aim to Obama, calls for party unity ( May 19, 2012 )
- Ga. officials align with GOP candidates ( February 25, 2012 )
- Ga. officials align with Republican candidates ( February 25, 2012 )
- Georgia primary shaping up to be bruising fight ( February 5, 2012 )


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Computer World: move beyond the basics. Learn about email, advanced finding tools, and evaluating the accuracy of web pages. Learn about laptop computers, tutorials and our LibGuides. Certificate of completion for the series provided. This is a two-part class, C1 and C2.C2 will be held in the Small Meeting Room.Library: Oak Park Public Library Main Branch
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If our pants weren't already charmed off by Bruno Mars they sure are now. We spoke with the crooner with the killer cheekbones (did we just write that?) at the Grammy Nominations Concert, and he serenaded us with Whitney Houston's "Greatest Love of All" when we asked how it felt to pocket six nominations. We understand his ecstatic and adorably ridiculous reaction – it's not everyday an artist gets nod for Album Of The Year, Record Of The Year, Song Of The Year, Best Pop Solo Performance, Best Pop Vocal Album and Producer Of The Year (Non-Classical). The competition is obviously stiff — Kanye West is on top with seven nominations and Adele, the woman to beat, has six too. But check out Bruno's song and plea to the Grammys and then try not root for him. It'll be impossible, trust us.
2012 Grammys
Eight Burning Questions About The 2012 Grammy Nominations
The nominees for the 2012 Grammy Awards—seventy-eight categories worth, if you're counting at home!—were announced last night. Four of those categories (Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Record of the Year, and Best New Artist) were announced live on CBS during a star-studded concert, featuring performances by the likes of Lady Gaga, Rihanna, The Band Perry and more. If you happened to go to bed early or decided to watch American Horror Story instead, we're here to help. Rather than plead ignorance when your co-workers ask you for your thoughts on the nominations, we've come up with this list of eight handy conversation starters to get you going. No, we're not focusing on boring things like who got the most nominations in this post (if you want that stuff, no worries, we've got you covered); instead, we're gonna give you a kickstart for some things that are actually fun to discuss, like whether or not Lady Gaga was doing dressed like a cross between a Cobra Kai member and Riff Raff from The Rocky Horror Picture Show, if Kanye West is going to go ballistic again after being snubbed in the Album of the Year category, and deciphering what exactly a Skrillex is. Enjoy, and happy watercoolering.
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2012 Grammy Nominations: The Complete List (In All The Categories That You Care About)
The nominees for the 54th Annual Grammy Awards were announced in Los Angeles tonight during a live special that aired on CBS. The 2012 Grammys will be broadcast on CBS February 12th at 8/7c. Kanye West led all nominees with 7 nods, despite being royally snubbed in the Album of the Year category, closely followed by Adele, Foo Fighters and Bruno Mars (who each snagged six nominations).
However, big surprise of the evening was certainly the recognition bestowed upon Bon Iver, who scored nominations in three of the "Big 4″ categories (Record Of The Year, Song Of The Year, Best New Artist). He is a virtual unknown to most Americans, and not even presenter and fellow Best New Artist nominee Nicki Minaj knew how to pronounce his name (she probably should've watched this YouTube video with the correct pronunciation of Bon Iver before heading out on stage). However, music industry insiders clearly know of him, and his performance at the awards in February will likely be the most lovably awkward televised performed since Elliott Smith showed up at the Oscars in 1998.
Here's a (mostly) complete list of the 2012 Grammy Nominations:
Adele, "Rolling In The Deep" [WATCH]
Bon Iver, "Holocene" [WATCH]
Bruno Mars, "Grenade" [WATCH]
Mumford & Sons, "The Cave" [WATCH]
Katy Perry, "Firework" [WATCH]
Adele, "Rolling In The Deep"
Bon Iver, "Holocene"
Bruno Mars, "Grenade"
Kanye West, "All Of The Lights"
Mumford & Sons, "The Cave"
The Band Perry
Bon Iver
J. Cole
Nicki Minaj
Adele, 21
Bruno Mars, Doo-Wops & Hooligans
Foo Fighters, Wasting Light
Lady Gaga, Born This Way
Rihanna, Loud
2012 Grammy Awards Preview: Album Of The Year
Of all the Grammy Awards, the one that artists covet the most is the Album of the Year prize. The nominees for the 54th annual ceremony are being released live tonight at 10 p.m. ET/PT on CBS, and a number of artists, producers and record label executives are currently feeling a rush of butterflies go through their stomachs. Thanks to the confusing timeline in the Grammys universe, this year's Album Of The Year nominees will be LPs that were released between October 1, 2010 and September 30, 2011. With that in mind, here are some of the frontrunners:
Adele, 21
If there's one shoo-in for this year's Album Of The Year prize, it's 21. Debuting at Number One on both the UK Albums Chart and the US Billboard 200 Chart, 21 took on the number one chart position in a total of 19 countries across the world, which was good enough for a spot in the Guinness Book Of World Records. With two Grammys already under her belt (taking the awards for Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 2009 Grammys), Adele is a fan and industry favorite.
2012 Grammy Awards Preview: Record & Song Of The Year
Year in and year out, people watching the Grammy Awards find themselves asking the same question: What is the difference between Record Of The Year and Song Of The Year? What makes this especially confusing is that different songs are usually nominated in each category; in the past five years, only 10 out of the 50 total songs nominated in each of these categories have made both categories (three of those, however, have ended up winning both prizes: "Need You Now" by Lady Antebellum, "Rehab" by Amy Winehouse and "Not Ready To Make Nice" by Dixie Chicks).
To answer the question we posed above, the Grammy for Record Of The Year is awarded to the artist and production team responsible for how the song sounds, while the Grammy for Song Of The Year is given to the songwriters responsible for the composition of the song (meaning: lyrics and melodic structure). With that in mind, here are a few likely candidates to be nominated in these two categories when the 2012 Grammy nominations are announced live on CBS at 10 p.m. ET/PT.
Adele, "Rolling In The Deep"
The smoky-voiced siren is the favorite to sweep this year's major awards, and "Rolling In The Deep" has proven to be MASSIVE in terms of its sound and its popularity; it's been sitting in the Billboard Hot 100 for 46 weeks and counting.
Bruno Mars, "Grenade"
Bruno was incredibly well-respected as a songwriter in music industry circles long before he became a solo performer; in the Grammys game, respect from one's peers is equally important as commercial success.
2012 Grammy Awards Preview: Best New Artist Of The Year
The Best New Artist prize is one of the more divisive categories at the annual Grammy Awards. The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (NARAS) has been famously hit or miss with their selections, which include a healthy dose of monster talents (Adele, Alicia Keys, Sade) as well as a startling number of embarrassing, wholly forgettable choices (Milli Vanilli, Arrested Development, Starland Vocal Band).
Well, while it's still a few hours until we learn who the 2012 Grammy nominees for Best New Artist are going to be—we'll have the nominees for you tonight at 10 p.m. ET/PT—we thought we'd pull together a few of the most likely contenders for you. This year, they include:
Nicki Minaj
It's been Nicki Minaj's year to shine, as the young star has been party to high profile collaborations with superstars like Jay-Z, Kanye West, Lil Wayne, Birdman, Drake and Britney Spears. Not only does she got that boom-ba-doo-doom, boom-ba-doo-doom super bass, this melding of Lady Gaga, Lil Kim and an anime princess is the most exciting thing to happen to hip hop this year.


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The Johnson City Press Christmas Box's 2013 distribution of holiday food to local families and seniors in need brought the 33-year-old project to a record high.
Art Powers, chairman of the project's volunteer board of directors, reported last week that a final tally of the Dec. 18-19 food distribution shows 82,000 pounds of food was given out.
The number is made up of just more than 1,200 food boxes for families with children served by the Salvation Army Angel Tree gift distribution.
Powers said each of this year's food boxes weighed a record 66 pounds, and included a 12- to 15-pound turkey, a three-pound ham, 10 pounds of potatoes, three pounds of onions and 46 canned and boxed food items.
The total also included 725 larger hams provided for the Hales Ministries and Care and Share holiday food distributions to low-income families in Johnson and Unicoi counties.
Total cost of the food, including 700 $35 food shopping gift certificates purchased for small households of one or two people, came in at $73,410, below the $75,000 cost budgeted for the 2013 distribution.
The cost compares to $69,818 for 2012 and brings the retail value of food distributed by the Christmas Box since 1998 to more than $1.25 million.
Powers said the 2013 numbers were impressive and credited the project's many supporters and for the project's success.
"It was clearly an outstanding year. We had a lot of volunteers who helped us and I thank them for all they have done," he said.
Johnson City Press Publisher Justin Wilcox expressed gratitude for the community's continuing support of the newspaper's annual food outreach.
"It was a fantastic effort. I appreciate all the help that made this possible. We're happy to have been able to assist so many families," Wilcox said.
Powers expressed special gratitude to Wilcox for his endorsement and support for the project; Tom Krieger for his coordination of food procurement for the Christmas Box, Ron Tipton, Press operations manager, for leading the food box assembly; and Martha Laws for heading up a very successful campaign for financial support for the project in Carter County.
Tipton and Powers also thanked the numerous community organizations and businesses whose in-kind gifts of materials, equipment and labor make the Christmas Box possible, including the Salvation Army, Appalachian Fair, Washington County Detention Center community service work crews, International Paper Co. of Elizabethton, Road Runner Markets, East Tennessee Rent-All and Food City.
The project leaders also expressed their gratitude for the donations and special pricing extended to the Christmas Box by Second Harvest Food Bank, Walmart of Elizabethton, B&B Produce, Food City and Stanley Dunbar of Moody Dunbar Inc.
Powers also expressed his appreciation for the hundreds of financial supporters who donate to the project and said individual letters of thanks for their contributions will be mailed soon.
While community donations made to the project in 2013 did not meet the entire cost of the food distributed, reserve funding held by the nonprofit Christmas Box organization was available to meet the cost and will give the project a healthy start again this year.
For those who wish to help ensure the project's continued success, tax-deductible donations may be made to the Johnson City Press Christmas Box of Northeast Tennessee by mail to P.O. Box 1387, Johnson City, TN 37605. One hundred percent of all donations are used for the purchase of food.


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- Nick
Go to your Mac-Forums profile and click on the Statistics tab. You will find your posts and threads history...all one of them.
At the top are a set of links in a grey bar. One of the links is "My Posts."
Another way to find your posts/threads (when you eventually have some)...is use the search function...and enter your username.
Lots of ways to do it!:)
- Nick
Screensaver disappeared
Thus the post you claim you made relating to a screensaver problem...could not have been done on Mac-Forums using the username "rmill777".
- Nick
You can't imagine how strange a new site looks on your first visit. Don't know what "Quote" means. I could have sworn I was on this site with my Screensaver problem but maybe not. I haven't found my Profile on this site as one reply suggested. I am sure it will be simple when I get over the new smell. Don't know what the Trackback is for. I guess I need to find a manual for using the site tho from my first effort I received a lot of help.
The equivalent to "lectures & textbooks" here on Mac-Forums:
- read the "Sticky" threads in each sub-forum
- use the search function
- simply "explore" the website...by pointing & clicking
We all learn differently & at different rates.:)
- Nick
Quote indicates that someone (I in my previous post) hit the "QUOTE" button to quote your text so that you had context to my reply. Because multiple people could be posting at the same time, the conversation can get disjointed at times. Quoting a portion of another's post and replying keeps the conversation in sync.
If you scroll to the top of the page, you will see the Mac-Forums logo. Below that are 5 buttons in red and below that 7 buttons in gray. One of those gray buttons is titled "User CP" (CP is Control Panel) which will take you to your profile. The other button titled "My Posts"..well, I'll let you guess what that might do..:)
The other buttons are similarly descriptive of the action that will be taken when you press on it..
To clarify my earlier post...in the top right corner of the page there is a gray area. You will see Welcome, rmill777, your name is in red. Click on your name and that will take you to your profile. Click on the Statistics tab in your profile and your thread and post information will be listed there.
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Oil giant Total reported that net profit fell 2 percent in the second quarter, as the company sped up its cost-cutting drive.
Despite reporting robust second-quarter earnings last week, the value of Apple shares quickly plunged and have struggled to regain momentum.
The CEO of German drugmaker Bayer has quashed any talk of acquiring its competitor Syngenta, which is being pursued by U.S. firm Monsanto.
Volkswagen posted higher quarterly profit on a strengthening European autos recovery and cost cuts but lowered sales guidance on slowing China demand.
Oil contractor's shares are Europe's biggest fallers after it slashed its guidance and axed 8,800 jobs as part of a restructuring plan.
PSA Peugeot Citroen posted positive first-half net income for the first time in four years, meeting most of its recovery goals early.
Belgian chemical group Solvay will buy U.S. peer Cytec for $5.5 billion to boost its presence in lightweight composites for planes and cars.
Volkswagen overtook Toyota as the world's largest carmaker by sales in the first half year, its long-held ambition three years ahead of target.
The U.K.'s gross domestic product grew by 0.7 percent in the second quarter of 2015, meeting expectations.
BP, the oil giant, announced a second-quarter replacement cost loss of $6.3 billion, and warned low oil prices are here to stay.
Greece's main stock market is expected to open again this week, marking – it's hoped - a return to relative normality for the troubled country.
Honeywell International said it would buy the utility consumption meter business of Melrose Industries for 3.3 billion pounds ($5.14 billion).
Zurich Insurance said it was weighing up a bid for British $7 billion rival RSA Insurance Group.
French tire giant Michelin is "extremely confident" about regaining market pricing power despite warning of stiffer headwinds on materials.
Norwegian oil major Statoil posted better than forecast second-quarter profit on Tuesday.
France's Orange inched closer to a long-awaited recovery in the second quarter as customers shifted to high-speed mobile and broadband services.
Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis insists he did nothing wrong running a secret project over a possible Grexit, The Financial Times reports.
A popular UK attractions operator has issued a profit warning ahead of its interim results, after a rollercoaster incident at one of its theme parks.
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Extension Panels
The extension panels weight between 90-120 lbs each, at least TWO people are necessary for handling them, and 3-4 make it easier and safer. The panels are 4' by 8', and there are 8 per layer. The trailer is 8' wide by 32' long (interior measurement), and there are TWO sets of stage extensions plus a conductor's panel. One row sits flat on the floor of the trailer. We only need one row of extensions for an average gig. When restoring them to the inside of the Showmobile after the gig, it's important to make sure that the first one is placed snugly against the side wall and the back wall, or else there may have to be a massive re-do when the last one won't quite fit.
10. Square door open
Square door open (any small key or a screwdriver will open that lock). Hydraulic system valve. Must be closed (turn to the right) to activate roof-lifting process with hydraulic pump running. To retract roof, pull the safety pins (one at each end of the trailer) and slowly open the valve. Gravity will close the roof. It's best to close the valve again after closing the roof, so that the next opening process will not be delayed by someone forgetting to close this.
09. Back of trailer
Back of trailer (stage extends to left). Notice crank on "shelf" at top of picture. Below it is the spline for attaching, if there is no electricity available to activate the hydraulic pump. Notice that square door to the right that will have an open view in another picture -- contains valve for hydraulic system that must be closed to activate the roof-lifting action. At bottom right (nearly obscured by chairs leaning against trailer) is the 120-volt access. Extension cord with special connection stays inside the trailer during storage.
04. Front end of trailer
Front end of trailer -- "brake" in place to hold roof locked closed during transit. Notice extended axle of the glide wheel and the small steel plate (at left end of threaded bolt). See explanation in #9 below for the closing/locking and release of that safety mechanism. Lever pictured in #9 is not pictured in #1.
12. Same mechanism as in previous picture,
Same mechanism as in previous picture, but the closing lever is open (swung to the left in this shot), and the U-notched end of the "brake" is poised to be clamped behind the glide wheels axle that extend toward us with the cable wrapped around it. As the lever is closed from the left, that U-shaped notched end must be secured on that axle to fully clamp the roof closed for transit and storage. There is mirrored mechanism on the front end of the trailer. (See pic. #1.)
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I was hacking away at knee-high weeds that were blanketing my garden, leaving a swath of herbicular carnage in my wake when I noticed a car slow, then pull into my driveway.
I couldn't see who got out of the car, but I had a sharp garden tool in my hand, so I felt confident I could protect myself against whatever threat was about to pose itself to me.
"Hello there, Melissa," said a friendly voice making its way into my weedy nightmare.
I've been in county jails and state prisons to visit inmates. As a high school sophomore, I toured Missouri's maximum prison in Jefferson City, Missouri. On that trip, I got my one and only glimpse of the gas chamber, which was then Missouri's chosen means of execution.
Being inside and hearing doors lock behind you is an eerie experience, even for a visitor. Even the thought of being locked up with no opportunity to escape gives me the willies.
Ah, poor February, the shortest month of the year and the only month that is extended by one day every four years and that still leaves it a day short of all its eleven brethren.
In my travels across the Commonwealth, I hear from folks excited about their new smartphones, their modern tablets, and their high-speed Internet connections at home. I interact with businesses that are thriving because of their modern broadband connectivity, both wired and wireless.
Simple as it is, my first ever carport is doing its job — sparing me from the worst ravages of winter.
In the latest proof that "it's better to be lucky than good," the only move-in-ready house we could find in our relocation last year also provided an overhang just big enough to squeeze both our Chevys under.
I haven't had to suffer frozen fingers or numbness from scraping frost off my windshield even once, despite the Midwestern chill.
I was very pleased with Chris Brooke's column about the Mesker storefronts in New Castle that appeared in the last issue of the Local.
Speaking on behalf of many others, it is heartening to know that someone relatively new to the area "feels good about working in a community in which much history has been kept intact."
— Joseph Yates, Eminence
The Henry County Family Resource Center and Youth Service Center would like to thank each of you who took your time to help us with our 2014 Christmas for Kids program.
With your generous donations and sponsorships, we were able to serve over 90 children in the Henry County school district.
We are each truly blessed to work in such a caring and giving community!
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Las Cruces – With his usual flare, British billionaire Richard Branson rappelled from a balcony, shook up a bottle of champagne and took a swig while christening the world's first built-from-scratch commercial spaceport.
In a remote patch of desert in southern New Mexico, Spaceport America is where Branson's Virgin Galactic will stage its commercial space tourism venture.
Branson, Gov. Susana Martinez, and astronaut Buzz Aldrin were among the hundreds of people gathered at the spaceport terminal hangar facility for Monday's dedication.
Branson describes the building as magnificent.
He says he hopes enough powered test flights of Virgin Galactic's sleek spacecraft can be done by the end of 2012 to start commercial suborbital flights from the spaceport.
More than 450 people have purchased tickets to fly with Virgin Galactic. About 150 attended the ceremony.
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Tuesday, June 15, 2004
© Copyright 2015 Clayton News Daily
By Ed BrockThe Army is a big part of Charlene Anderson's life. As the administrative assistant to Georgia's Adjutant Gen. David Poythress, Anderson of Stockbridge says the Army's more than two centuries of service makes it a big part of the lives of every American. "I think they're doing a fantastic job in fighting for the freedom of the Iraqi people," Anderson said. "All Americans should be proud of our men and women in uniform." Anderson was at the U.S. Army Soldier Show Monday night at the Clayton County Schools Performing Arts Center, and it just happened to be the Army's 229th birthday. Celebration of the Army birthday began on June 5 with the annual "Hooah Race" that included 10K and 5K runs from points in East Point and College Park to Army Garrison Fort McPherson in Atlanta near East Point. Staff Sgt. Charles Robitaille, 26, of Stockbridge won the male division of the 10K run, said Maj. Sue Bozgoz with the Army Reserve Command at Fort McPherson. On Monday in Centennial Park in Atlanta the Army Ground Forces Band entertained a crowd of more than 400 people who turned out for the first official celebration hosted by the First United States Army headquartered in Atlanta. Those attending the party were treated to birthday cake, HUMMV mobile exhibits, the Army's Top Fuel Dragster from Indianapolis and soldiers in historical period uniforms. On Friday another, similar celebration will be held at Fort McPherson. Starting at 10 a.m. some of the same re-enactors will be out on Hedekin Field with vintage vehicles and equipment for a second celebration. Because the re-enactors have to take a day off work to participate the fort had to have a separate celebration from the First Army, Fort McPherson spokesman Bob Bolia said. "There's no way we can do it all on the same day," Bolia said. The celebration on Friday is free and open to the public. Those attending must have photo identification, proof of insurance and registration for the vehicle in which they are riding. A smaller re-enactment will be held at Fort McPherson's sub-facility, Fort Gillem, in Forest Park at 9:30 a.m. Saturday. This Army birthday will be a special event on more than one level for the forts' commander, Col. Angela Manos, who took command of the forts one year ago on June 25. "It's really exciting," Manos said. "What a great way to celebrate it." Manos was also at the Soldier Show Monday night, showing special pride that one of her own, Pfc. Kevin Allen, who is a military police officer at Fort McPherson, was set to perform in the show. Performers in the show are all soldiers who send in audition tapes to become part of the show that tours the world every year. The Fox television show "American Idol" has nothing on the Army Soldier Show, Manos said. "These soldiers have been doing this since 1918," Manos said. How many more Army birthdays will be celebrated at Fort McPherson and Fort Gillem in Forest Park remains to be seen. Like military installations around the globe, the forts are waiting for the release of the Department of Defense's Base Realignment and Closure list. Currently the BRAC list remains in the Joint Services Committee and it's not expected to emerge from there until after November and the national election, said Fred Bryant, spokesman for the Georgia Military Affairs Coordinating Committee. Bryant is also a member of the Save Forts McPherson/Gillem Foundation Inc., an organization dedicated to keeping the forts off the BRAC list. More than likely information on the list will not be made public until 2005, Bryant said. Congress and the president must approve the list before it becomes official, a process that can take some time. Currently the foundation is drumming up support in the community and finding ways to demonstrate the value of the forts. "We're undertaking studies to determine strengths and weaknesses and opportunity for future growth," Bryant said. Specifically, they are looking for ways to improve the quality of life on and around the forts and for "enhanced use leasing" of property near the base. An example of the latter case would be to have a hotel chain build and maintain a facility and then have them lease it to the military as transient lodging for military personnel. The Army birthday is a good opportunity to highlight the role the bases have in Atlanta and Clayton County, Bryant said. "It's not just the base itself that's celebrating the anniversary," Bryant said. "It's the entire community and it's the entire state." And the people of Georgia need to show their support for the forts to the decision-makers in Washington, D.C., said Anderson's husband, Ron Anderson. "They need to contact anyone they can, from the federal level on down, to be sure they know how we feel about it," Ron Anderson said.
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Course Number: EPC 520
Course Title: Creative Literacy: Building Literacy Through the Arts
Class #: 62419
Dates: August 18-22, 2014
Times: 8:00am-4:00pm
Location: University of Southern Maine, 43 Payson Smith Hall, Portland Campus
Faculty: John Holdridge, USM Adjunct Faculty
Credit: Three (3) Inservice Graduate Credits
Tuition/Fees: $1,319.00 (Maine Resident)
Registration Form: Click here or call 780-5055
Creative Literacy will be an exploration of the integration of literacy development and the arts. This class will engage you as active participants as we move through a series of workshops grounded in the Performance Cycle, a flexible framework for classroom literacy development that can be used at all levels of learning and across virtually all content areas. In addition to using various creative practices to deepen and demonstrate comprehension of a core text, participants will have time to reflect, engage in professional conversations with peers, and make plans to implement new learning strategies into current classroom practices. More information on this course can be found at http://epc520.wordpress.com/
John Holdridge is an independent education consultant specializing in creative literacy development as well as a senior consultant with the ArtsLiteracy Project <http://www.artslit.org> based at Brown University. John has been living and working in Maine for the past 6 years and has led writing and performance workshops for K-12 students and professional development workshops for teachers in districts across the state. John has worked with students and teachers from Scarborough, Cape Elizabeth, Portland, Lewiston, Waterville and Auburn and is currently working closely with teams of teachers in the South Portland School Department as they implement creative literacy strategies in their classrooms.


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Lead Gift Commitment for New Peony & Perennial Gardens
Dr. Peter B. Stifel '58 has made the lead gift commitment for Cornell Plantations' new Peony and Perennial Gardens, in honor of his daughter, Katherine Stifel '87. Building on the success of the opening of the Brian C. Nevin Welcome Center, Plantations is now moving forward in the next phase of an ambitious plan to reimagine the Botanical Garden. In the most significant horticultural development since the F. R. Newman Arboretum was created in 1981, the broad expanse of lawn in front of the Nevin Center will be transformed into a beautiful series of new perennial gardens, while the plateau on Comstock Knoll will become a dramatic East Asian garden.
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Holiday Sale at our Garden Gift Shop this Friday and Saturday
Join us on Friday, December 14 and Saturday, December 15 for another holiday sale! Cornell Plantations members along with Cornell faculty, staff and students will receive 30% off their total purchase*.
Non-members will get 20% off their total purchase*.
*Discount excludes prints and other works of art, and Cornell Sheep Program blankets.
Nevin Welcome Center Holiday Hours
The Nevin Welcome Center will be closed from Saturday, December 22nd and reopen on Wednesday, January 2, 2013.
As always, the grounds are free and open to the public every day from dawn to dusk.
Enjoy the holiday season!
FEMA awards $880,000 grant to repair Cascadilla Gorge trail
Read more in the November 29 Cornell Chronicle online article, "FEMA awards $880,000 grant to repair gorge trail."
Plantations' Brian C. Nevin Welcome Center Awarded LEED Gold
The Brian C. Nevin Welcome Center was completed in November 2010 and officially opened to the public on February 1, 2011. The Brian C. Nevin Welcome Center is an important part of modernization and infrastructural improvements made at Plantations over the last decade; it is referred to as the "grand finale" of a decade-long construction cycle that has seen new gardens, the redesign of office space, and multiple other projects. Built in the center of the Botanical Garden, at the confluence of existing walking paths, the building is tucked itself into the center of the gardens offering visitors a welcoming experience to Cornell Plantations.
Photo by Jon Reis
Among the notable green building features of the Nevin Welcome Center are wood louvers across the front of the building which serve to filter summer sunlight and admit winter sun for passive heating; rooftop solar tube collectors which generate winter heat; a motorized vent/skylight that provides natural ventilation, and a green roof which helps insulate and protect the roof while also treating stormwater.
Green roof (photo by Toby Wolf)
Additional features include the extensive use of natural light, local and recycled materials; low-emitting healthy materials; and energy saving lighting fixtures and controls. In addition to the building itself, the project received points for its construction management techniques, recycling up to 96% of the waste generated during construction. Rounding out the project were significant landscape elements that contributed to the sustainable sites LEED category including a beautifully designed bioswale garden that cleanses water as it runs off the site and parking areas and the use of structural soil to allow for tree growth in a paved environment.
Buildings that receive LEED V.2 Gold designation from the U.S. Green Building Council must earn 39 to 51 points points distributed across five major credit categories: Cornell Plantations' Nevin Welcome Center received 47 points, obtaining points across each category – Sustainable Sites (10), Water Efficiency (2), Energy and Atmosphere (11), Materials and Resources (5), Indoor Environmental Quality (14), and Innovation and Design (5).
Bioswale garden and parking lot (photo by Chris Kitchen)
In addition to being a welcome center for Plantations visitors, the building also serves as a teaching tool for many groups interested in learning more about green buildings, "I direct many of the campus and student groups interested in green buildings to tour the Nevin Welcome Center. Not only does the building have a connection with the natural world in both form and materials, but many of the technological and design aspects of green building are clearly visible and are easily described to and understood by visitors." says Matt Kozlowski, environmental project coordinator at Cornell University.
The Brian C. Nevin Welcome Center is named for Brian C. Nevin '50, at the request of the primary benefactor, C. Sherwood "Woody" Southwick Jr. The Nevin Welcome Center with its Gold LEED designation is a significant step forward in Plantations' and Cornell's commitment to sustainability. Don Rakow, the Elizabeth Newman Wilds Director of Cornell Plantations states, "Cornell Plantations is committed to a sustainable future, as such we are thrilled to receive the USGBC's LEED Gold designation for the Nevin Welcome Center. Plantations has long needed a single site where we can greet visitors, provide them with orientation and interpretation about our collections and meet their amenity needs. This dream was fulfilled with the opening of the Center, which helps us achieve our sustainability and educational goals."
Baird Sampson Neuert Architects, the designers of the Brian C. Nevin Welcome Center at the Cornell Plantations, have received much recognition for their design of this ultra-green building. The Nevin Welcome Center has won a "Award of Excellence" from the AIA New York Chapter, an "Honor Award" at the Tri-state AIA annual conference, a "Design Excellence" award from the Ontario Architects' Association, and Canadian Architect magazine and online journal. The building has been featured in several publications and most recently was featured in Greensource Magazine in May 2012. The general contractor for the project was Welliver, landscape construction was provided by Cayuga Landscape, and the project was managed by the Cornell Facilities Services department formerly known as Planning Design and Construction. On November 27, 2012, Cornell Plantations will receive its LEED Gold plaque from Tracie Hall, the Executive Director of the U.S. Green Building Council's Upstate New York Chapter in a small ceremony.
Phase one of Fall Creek Gorge Trails renovation completed
In an effort to make trails in and around Fall Creek safer, approximately 2,200 feet of trails and staircases have been renovated, with 2,700 feet of new railings and fences installed on trails between the Stewart and Thurston Avenue bridges. This is just one part of the renovations that have been completed since May 2012.
Read more in the November 1 Cornell Chronicle online article, "Phase one of Fall Creek Gorge trails renovation completed."
Arboretum and Gorges are Now Open
Cornell Plantations F.R. Newman Arboretum and all Fall Creek and Cascadilla Gorge trails not previously under construction have been reopened to the public.
Families Logged 149 Miles at Cornell Plantations Let's Move! Event
Cornell Plantations hosted their second annual Let's Move! Family Hike on Saturday, September 15, with over 300 families in attendance.
Visitors hiked through one of Plantations' best-known natural areas – Beebe Lake. This one-mile loop was a perfect spot for families to explore the beautiful flowers and trees along the path, and enjoy the spectacular views of the surrounding Cornell campus. Along the way young hikers (and even their parents) had fun with a letter-boxing activity where they searched for hidden treasures, learning about the natural surroundings along with fun facts about the importance of physical activity.
At the start of the hike, each child was given a pedometer to keep track of their steps. On their return, hikers submitted their total number of steps; the total tally for the hike was 325,156 steps (the equivalent of 149 miles*)!
"As a mom, I find there is no shortage of things to do for busy families, and in the rush of our daily lives it's easy to forget to stop and experience our surroundings." states Sonja Skelly, director of education at Cornell Plantations, "Plantations is one of the most stunning spots in Ithaca, NY and the region, the arboretum, gardens, and natural areas we manage are perfect places where families can come for a walk, a run, and some Vitamin N (Nature) to increase overall wellness, physical activity. I'm asked a lot about why we are part of the Let's Move initiative, and the answer is simple – Take It Outside! It's become somewhat of a mantra here – Taking it Outside – going out in nature does a lot for people – relieves stress, provides a way to be physically active, and yet at the same time provides an enjoyable way to have fun in beautiful surroundings!"
Plantations has committed to participating in First Lady, Michelle Obama's Let's Move! initiative for three years. In 2011, Plantations was the first organization in Ithaca, NY to offer a Let's Move! program and plans to continue to offer additional programs that help to put children on the path to healthy futures.
*Miles calculated using stride of 2.5 on walk4life.com.
About Let's Move!
Let's Move! combines comprehensive strategies with common sense, and is about putting children on the path to a healthy future during their earliest months and years. Giving parents helpful information and fostering environments that support healthy choices and helping kids become more physically active are among a few of the goals of Let's Move! For more information about Let's Move! visit www.letsmove.gov.
Plantations Staff and Summer Interns Create Plans for New Gardens at the Harriet Tubman Home
A collaborative project involving Cornell Plantations and Cornell University landscape architecture students is focused on planting for the future while preserving the past. Plantations staff and summer interns from Cornell have been creating plans for new gardens at the historic Harriet Tubman Home in Auburn, NY.
Irene Lekstutis, landscape designer at Cornell Plantations and Landscape Architecture students from Cornell University who were interns at Plantations over the summer -- Daisy Chinburg '13, Robert Doerflinger '13, and Ethan Dropkin '13 –– met with Christine Carter of the Harriet Tubman Home several times this summer to discuss developing period appropriate planting plans, as well as creating a long-term master plan for future development of the property. It's the desire of Ms. Carter and her colleagues to create gardens that Harriet Tubman would have grown during her life in Auburn, NY (1857 - 1913).
"Engaging our summer interns who are majoring in Landscape Architecture in a 'real –world' project like this has been very gratifying," stated Lekstutis. "When Christine contacted Cornell Plantations about helping them improve the aesthetics of the Tubman Home landscape, we were thrilled. We all agreed it would be a great way to enhance the intern experience by providing these students with a project related to their particular field of study."
It has been a long-time commitment of Cornell Plantations to collaborate with gardens, and historic sites across the country. This project, being so close to campus, makes it easy for these students and Plantations to continue with this collaboration. Plantations' summer intern program plays an important role at the University, by giving students real world experience. For these students, they just didn't gain experience from working with the professional staff at Plantations, but they were able to garner experience working with a client. They had to listen to the client's needs, and had to deliver a plan that was relevant to the client's budget and wish list.
While outside projects such as these are not typical of the internships at Plantations, Lekstutis saw the opportunity to further enhance the interns' summer learning experience. Daisy Chinburg '13 says, "We really lucked out this summer! It's been great to have the opportunity to learn more about Harriet Tubman, while practicing landscape design skills. And working along side Plantations' professional landscape designer was a bonus!"
During the course of the project, the interns spent time in Mann Library perusing old nursery catalogues and books on historic gardens to become familiar with herbaceous and woody plants commonly grown in gardens and landscapes of late 19th and early 20th centuries. By the end of summer the interns completed a planting plan for the brick residence on the Tubman site.
This fall Ms. Chinburg and Mr. Dropkin are continuing their involvement in the project through independent studies. Their goal is to develop a contemporary planting design, using period appropriate plants for the house that served as the Tubman Home for the Aged.
Chinburg will carry the project work further by developing a long-term master plan for the site. She says that, "working on this project over the summer helped me to discover my interest in cultural landscapes." Now, in addition to working with the team on the master plan, she is developing a cultural landscape report under the guidance of associate professor Sherene Baugher, landscape archeologist and preservationist at Cornell University. This report will describe the research and methodology of their investigation into this historic landscape and will serve to inform the development of what will eventually be a long term master plan for bringing the history of the site 'to life' for the general public.
"I am so pleased to have been included in this mulch-faceted design project and to get a chance to work on such a talented team with Irene," stated Eric Dropkin '13. "The project provides a variety of unusual learning opportunities as it includes not only a design element but also research of historical landscapes and planting palettes which we undertook on site as well as in the Bailey Hortorium at Mann Library. Both the Harriet Tubman Home and more so the Bailey Hortorium are relatively local resources that I doubt many Cornell students are aware of, however they are immense reservoirs of historical data."
As part of Dropkin's independent study this semester he is mainly focused on completing the garden designs. He's using a period appropriate plant palette we're striving to create gardens which evoke the period and provide multi-season interest for visitors and staff alike.
About Harriet Tubman:
Harriet Tubman (1822-1913) was an African-American abolitionist, humanitarian, and Union spy during the American Civil War. After escaping from slavery she rescued more than 70 slaves using the Underground Railroad. After the Civil War, she retired to the family home in Auburn, where she cared for her aging parents. She became active in the women's suffrage movement in New York until complications from an illness made it impossible. Near the end of her life, she lived in a home for elderly African Americans that she had helped found years earlier. Today the Harriet Tubman Home stands as part of the indomitable legacy of Harriet Tubman. Ms. Tubman believed that no matter the odds you face, 'keep going.' She set goals and objectives that were always obtainable. Even if many around her thought the goals beyond reach, she always knew that they were indeed achievable.
About The Harriet Tubman Home:
The Harriet Tubman Home preserves the legacy of "The Moses of Her People" in the place where she lived and died in freedom. The site is located on 26 acres of land in Auburn, New York, and is owned and operated by the AME Zion Church. It includes four buildings, two of which were used by Harriet Tubman.
Fabric Banners by Alice Gant on Display at the Nevin Welcome Center
From now through October, you can visit the Nevin Welcome Center to view a collection of Alice Gant's vibrant quilted banners with detailed scenes of gardens and wildlife. Not only are these whimsical banners fun to look at, each one has a tidbit of wisdom to impart to its audience.
View the Nevin Welcome Center hours.
View more of Alice's artwork here.


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Franconia United Methodist Church, 6027 Franconia Rd, Alexandria, invites you to the free Elisabeth von Trapp concert on Oct 13 at 7 PM.
For Elisabeth, " the sounds of music " are part of her earliest memories. Born and raised in Vermont, Elisabeth is the granddaughter of the legendary Maria and Baron von Trapp, whose story inspired The Sound of Music.
Our church is handicapped accessible, and assisted listening devices are available.
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Fred Applin's first season as the women's basketball coach at Charleston Southern started off with very bad luck and never got much better.
LAST SEASON: 8-20, 3-15 (10th)
COACH: Fred Applin, 8-20 in 1 season, 24-47 overall
PLAYERS TO WATCH: G DJ Fowler, 5-8, sr. (10.6 ppg, 4.2 rpg); G Erin Bratcher, 5-9, sr. (10.4 ppg, 4.0 rpg); F Anicia Dotson, 5-11, sr. (5.1 ppg, 3.4 rpg)
NOTABLE: Applin has nine newcomers on this year's roster and only three seniors … Lady Bucs have more size than ever with six players that are 6-feet or taller…Bratcher led team with 77 made 3-pointers last season.
Nov. 8 at South Carolina 7 p.m.
Nov. 12 Southern Wesleyan 7 p.m.
Nov. 16 at Savannah State 7 p.m.
Nov. 20 Wofford 7 p.m.
Nov. 26 Converse 5 p.m.
Dec. 2 UNC Asheville 7 p.m.
Dec. 14 at North Carolina 1 p.m.
Dec. 16 at Western Carolina 7 p.m.
Dec. 19 Savannah State 7 p.m.
Dec. 28 at Radford 2 p.m.
Dec. 30 at Winthrop 2 p.m.
Jan. 2 Liberty 7 p.m.
Jan. 4 Longwood 2 p.m.
Jan. 9 at Campbell 7 p.m.
Jan. 11 at High Point 4:30 p.m.
Jan. 16 Trinity Baptist 7 p.m.
Jan. 18 Coastal Carolina 2 p.m.
Jan. 21 Presbyterian 7 p.m.
Jan. 23 Gardner-Webb 7 p.m.
Jan. 26 at UNC Asheville 2 p.m.
Jan. 30 Winthrop 7 p.m.
Feb. 1 Radford 2 p.m.
Feb. 6 at Longwood 7 p.m.
Feb. 8 at Liberty 2 p.m.
Feb. 13 High Point 7 p.m.
Feb. 15 Campbell 2 p.m.
Feb. 20 at Coastal Carolina 7 p.m.
Feb. 27 at Presbyterian 7 p.m.
Mar. 1 at Gardner-Webb 3 p.m.
Two games into last season, the Lady Bucs lost their top player, Rachelle Coward, to a season-ending injury. Coward, one of the best offensive players in the Big South Conference, had scored 45 points in CSU's first two games. Without Coward, Charleston Southern limped to an 8-20 season, winning three of 18 games in the conference. CSU averaged only 60.8 points per game.
"I would have liked to have coached Rachelle for more than two games, and I feel sure we would have won more than eight games had she not been injured," said Applin. "But, I thought we competed pretty well with the players we had. I think with me being a new coach, when we lost Rae, maybe some doubt crept in. I thought the players accepted me and they played hard for me, but they lost their leader so early. We just never overcame it."
Saddled with a lack of experience and depth, Applin was forced to lean heavily on junior guards DJ Fowler and Erin Bratcher. Both players played more than 37 minutes per game. The coach aggressively set out during the offseason to add some depth and has seven new players on the roster.
"Simply put, we cannot have Erin and DJ, or any other player, on the floor for nearly 38 minutes in every game," said Applin. "They cannot be as effective at the end of games as they could be if they had some rest during the game. The first step is having bodies, so we added a lot of new players, and it is our expectation that all of these players help us in some way."
Bratcher and Fowler are the top returning players to this year's team. Fowler averaged 10.6 points per game, while Bratcher scored 10.4 points per game. Bratcher is the team's top perimeter threat, connecting on a team-high 77 3-pointers last season. CSU averaged seven 3s per game last season, best in the Big South.
Junior Kirklin Kirkpatrick missed all of last season with an injury and will add depth to the backcourt. Freshmen Nayla Long and Marley Brown, and redshirt freshman Alyssa Mann, will work in the backcourt rotation and contribute early.
"I love guards that can score, and I think we are pretty solid in the backcourt with that group," said Applin. "At the same time, we saw that we need more of an inside game. We need more rebounding and we need the ability to throw it inside and get some points."
To that end, Applin and his staff sought out size in the post. This year's roster has six players listed at 6-feet tall or better, including two at 6-3.
Junior college transfer Natasha Lebedeva of Russia is 6-2. Sophomore returner Monique Maximilien is 6-3, as is freshman post Rochelle Brophy. Senior 5-11 forward Anicia Dotson (5.1 ppg) is a returning veteran up front and will be an improved offensive threat.
Charleston Southern opens the season Friday night at South Carolina.
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The Most Common Sources of Infections
Infections are a significant problem that human beings have to face. They can affect the body in the most unpleasant ways and they also have a multitude of causes, some of the completely uncontrollable. In many parts of the world, infections are a huge problem. Infections can be of numerous types, mostly depending on the most common sources of infection. Some people might have an infection without even knowing it (asymptomatic infections) while in others symptoms are obvious. Knowing which the sources of infections are can help you protect yourself better and avoid exposure as much as possible.
Generally speaking, sources of infections are called microorganisms and they can be of five main types: bacteria, viruses, fungi, rickettsia and protozoa. Some of these microorganisms are normally found in the human body in small amounts and are actually indispensable. Depending on the provenience of the infectious agent, sources of infection can be classified as endogenous and exogenous. In endogenous infections, the agent causing the problem comes from the human body. Some of the microorganisms living there exceed their limits and start causing damage. This might happen because the immunity is compromised and it is very common in patients who have had surgery or in undernourished people.
Exogenous sources of infections imply the fact that microorganisms from outside the human body find their way inside and cause illnesses or diseases. Exogenous sources of infections can also be split into three main categories: of human origin, of animal origin and of environmental origin. When humans are sources of infections, things are pretty complicated. They can spread infections when they are sick themselves and in these cases they are pretty easy to isolate in order to stop the spreading. However, humans can also be sources of infections without having any symptom at all, like some of those who have the HIV virus for instance. In some cases, humans can only be carriers of the microorganisms nausea sweating diarrhea that cause infections and they are hard to find and isolate.
Animal sources of infections usually affect humans in case of accidents or in case products of animal origin are consumed. People can get infected if they are bitten by an animal or if they get some insect stings. Foods like meat, milk or eggs can also get easily contaminated and the infectious agent reaches the human body when these products are consumed. In fact, all types of foods are considered common sources of infection. They might be contaminated right from the start or they might be infected while they are processed. More than that, some foods are an excellent environment for microorganisms to multiply.
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I can understand why John McGuire was baffled when Cole Campbell told him to write with cultural authority ("Lost at Sea," RFT, June 7), but I think I know what Campbell meant. And I think I agree.
The Post-Dispatch -- and, to be fair about it, many other periodicals, including, from time to time, even The Riverfront Times -- have a tendency to cultural and literary illiteracy.
I remember, for example, a mention in a feature in the P-D of the film if ..., a dark comedy about an English public school that was released in the late 1960s. The article said the movie was produced and directed by Rudyard Kipling. None of the editors caught it. Similar whoppers occur almost daily.
Campbell was right, of course, in trying to avert this sort of solecism, if that was in fact what he was trying to do. His fault seemed to be that he was so self-enchanted that he thought he could add weight to his pronouncements by being oracular and obscure, like the Delphic Sibyl. I think he considered himself a mystic.
I wish the P-D all the best in its search for Campbell's replacement. I know my former colleagues harbor the fond belief that there's nowhere to go but up. But we've heard that before, haven't we?
E.F. Porter
Sunset, Maine
Sally Cragin may be surprised to learn that I understand one or two things about Shakespeare ("Say Uncle," RFT, July 19). One of them is that he didn't always pronounce words the same way that we do. My musty old Oxford English Dictionary includes this note on the pronunciation of "antipodes": "Formerly, very regularly, three syllables." Since Richard II has more regular iambic pentameter than any Shakespeare play I've read, I chose the older pronunciation: "Whilst we were wand'ring with the antipodes." She can do the math herself. I'll leave it to our audiences to discern whether I understand anything else.
Bob Koerner
Bravo to Jane Robert and the hardworking committee organized to bring Prince Louis de Bourbon to St. Louis the end of August ("The Man Who Would Be King," RFT, July 12). During the past four years, civic leaders and St. Louis 2004 staff and volunteers have sought events and activities that would focus national and world spotlights on St. Louis, engage our citizens in thinking about the future, and, as we celebrate the anniversaries of the Louisiana Purchase and the World's Fair, look at our collective history. What an ideal time to bring the dashing young prince to our city and region.
Alliance Française president Jane Robert should be congratulated, not only for her hard work on behalf of the Alliance and St. Louis, but for her vision. The prince's visit is an excellent link between the city's early history and culture and the 21st century and should be recognized as a cornerstone event for the St. Louis 2004 efforts. Certainly the arrival of the first direct descendant of Louis IX (St. Louis) to ever visit our city is cause to celebrate -- St. Louis style, of course.
Mary Schuman
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The Western North Carolina Pottery Festival expects record attendance this fall as the juried festival continues to attract master potters from across the U.S.
This year's event is Saturday, Nov. 5, on the streets of downtown Dillsboro. It features the work of 42 clay artists, with sales and demonstrations of their craft throughout the day.
Roughly half the potters hail from the mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee, while the other half are from as far away as: Texas, Vermont, Wisconsin, New Jersey, Florida and Ohio.