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Merriam Peak Climber's Log
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|From Pine Creek TH
Date Climbed: Jun 21, 2015
|Day hike combined with Royce Peak. No summit register. Windy day.
|Posted Jun 22, 2015 6:00 am
|From Pine Creek Pass TH
Date Climbed: Sep 28, 2014
|Dayhike from Pine Creek Pass TH to Merriam and Royce. It snowed on me for most of the day, but luckily there wasn't too much wind so it wasn't very cold.
|Posted Sep 29, 2014 2:15 pm
|Two-fer Dayhike
Date Climbed: Sep 23, 2014
|NW ridge from the Merriam-Royce saddle. Stayed high to keep it close to Class 3. Simple stuff....then off to Royce.
|Posted Sep 24, 2014 9:29 am
|From the col
Date Climbed: Aug 30, 2014
|Up from the saddle after Royce earlier and Pilot Knob before that. An nice easy 2nd class romp to the summit. It was a touch on the windy side when I was up there but the views were great!
|Posted Sep 2, 2014 11:24 pm
|Class 2 slopes from the saddle
Date Climbed: Jun 10, 2014
|This is a great looking peak and the climb to the saddle over consolidated snow was fun. I did Merriam first, Royce second. Merriam is the better climb.
|Posted Jun 13, 2014 12:45 am
|Northwest Ridge
Date Climbed: Oct 5, 2013
|From Honeymoon Lake via Pine Creek pass with MD who stayed at Royce Lakes for a few hours while I went up Merriam and then Royce. Was concerned I would need an ice ax on the permanent snow field below the saddle but I was able to stay on dry land the whole way up. Merriam is a very nice looking peak from the East.
|Posted Oct 14, 2013 11:16 pm
|Great area
Date Climbed: Aug 25, 2012
|Nice quick side trip after Royce. Great area, hope to return often.
|Posted Jan 26, 2013 7:35 pm
|Day Hike via Saddle
Date Climbed: Jul 30, 2012
|Hiked with my son over Royce Pass, up Merriam and back via Pine Creek Pass. Perfect day for a climb.
|Posted Oct 27, 2012 12:30 am
|Vitaliy M.
|via North Buttress
|Day-hiked north buttress (IV 5.10b) with Bryan. Awesome climb. Scenic area. TR http://vividrea1ity.blogspot.com/2012/11/direct-north-buttress-of-merriam-car-to.html
|Posted Aug 27, 2012 3:01 pm
|Royce-Merriam Saddle
Date Climbed: Jul 29, 2012
|Quick start to the day en route to Royce, Feather, and 12918. No snow travel needed in the couloir this low snow year.
|Posted Aug 6, 2012 12:54 pm
|day hike Sierra Challenge 2009
Date Climbed: Aug 7, 2009
|Impressive looking peak and beautiful surroundings. Despite some annoying snow sections and running out of water, the scramble was enjoyable.
|Posted Aug 15, 2010 8:58 pm
|Royce-Merriam Saddle
Date Climbed: Aug 29, 2009
|A long dayhike. Rather windy. Air-quality was less than great, due to the Mariposa Fire, I assume. But still great.
|Posted Sep 7, 2009 8:13 pm
|East chute
Date Climbed: Aug 26, 2009
|Sticky class 2 slabs made this a fast climb, and the final class 3 bit dropped me right at the register. How cool is that?
|Posted Aug 27, 2009 9:30 am
|Merriam-Royce saddle
Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2009
|Climbed out of pine creek with Royce for a long day. Alternate for day 2 of the challenge.
|Posted Aug 22, 2009 3:04 pm
|From the saddle
Date Climbed: Jul 26, 2008
|much nicer scramble than Royce Peak
|Posted Aug 7, 2009 1:33 am
|RM Saddle
Date Climbed: Aug 23, 2008
|on a backpacking trip, via Royce-Merriam Saddle
|Posted Jul 7, 2009 3:52 am
|Northwest Ridge from Saddle
Date Climbed: Aug 28, 2008
|Beautiful, calm day with great views. Got some fun class 3 in by sticking close to the ridge.
|Posted Sep 8, 2008 12:05 pm
|Royce-Merriam Saddle
Date Climbed: Aug 10, 2008
|Alternative to doing Gemini with the 2008 Sierra Challenge gang. Attempted to do Gemini but couldn't keep up after all of the climbing on Ruby to Mills the day before. Blew off the scree slope on Royce to have dinner with the wife. Descended via Royce Col down to Honeymoon Lake.
|Posted Aug 23, 2008 8:25 pm
|Climber Dave
|From the Royce Merriam Saddle
Date Climbed: Jun 22, 2008
|Did both Royce and Merriam from the saddle, Pretty fun and solid class 2 scrambling. Perfect weather, just too many skeeters lower down. All in all a great day
|Posted Jul 5, 2008 2:43 pm
|From the Saddle
Date Climbed: Jul 31, 2004
|Were going to climb Royce, too, but after Merriam, it didn't look like too much fun.
|Posted Jul 1, 2008 6:08 pm


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Reproductive justice describes a world in which all people have the social, political, and economic power and resources to effect healthy decisions about gender, bodies, sexuality, reproduction and families for themselves and their communities. Reproductive justice incorporates but means more than just reproductive rights. Reproductive rights refer to the constellation of legal doctrines surrounding the rights of women and transgender persons to self-determination in their reproductive and family rights, including the right to abortion, contraception, reproductive health care and freedom. These issues are of course critical to genuine equality, but they inform only a portion of the ambition of this Clinic. Reproductive justice encapsulates a broader concept and list of issues; its mandate is to challenge to all uses of policy and regulation that use reproduction as a tool of oppression, whether for reasons of gender, sexuality, race, economic, or other form of discrimination. The goal of reproductive justice is preservation of the reproductive sphere as a space of unqualified liberty and equality.
The Clinic regularly undertakes fieldwork from or with partnering organizations, including the ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project (ACLU), the Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) and National Advocates for Pregnant Women (NAPW). Students in the Clinic have the opportunity to work closely with these organizations and to gain insight into their respective working environments while also having close supervision of and feedback from the Clinic's faculty and fellow. The Clinic also accepts projects from smaller, unaffiliated organizations and individuals, and on occasion, is active in offering assistance in other cases of national prominence and importance. Case work is not geographically restricted and may involve State or federal law in any number of U.S. jurisdictions. The Clinic does not currently undertake legal representation internationally.
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The substantive content of fieldwork assignments will depend on the circumstances of particular cases. Elements of civil procedure and evidence are common, as are constitutional doctrines under the Bill of Rights. Students will also likely engage in statutory interpretation and argument, and may work with federal court issues of procedure and jurisprudence in either habeas corpus or Section 1983 cases.
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Amicus briefing on an appeal in the New York State child custody proceedings after a New York State Referee declined to take jurisdiction over a child custody proceeding based on a finding that the petitioner, the mother, had "absconded with the child" while pregnant by relocating to New York from California. The Clinic and NAPW drafted an amicus brief, joined by New York Civil Liberties Union and ten other groups, raising issues of statutory construction and constitutional repercussions. The brief helped to procure a reversal in the New York First Department Appellate Court. This case also garnered national news media attention, including a major New York Times article.
Appellate research and drafting for a Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals brief in a Section 1983 suit alleging constitutional violation in a pregnant prison inmate's shackling during labor and delivery. This project was undertaken in conjunction with the ACLU.
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Chair: David Cassidy, Hofstra University
Abstract ID: BAPS.2010.APR.H10.7
Abstract: H10.00007 : Twist `til we tear the house down: How Clifford solved the universe in 1870
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It is commonly believed that the first hyperspace theories in physics were developed in the early twentieth century - Kaluza's five-dimensional extension of relativity is the best known, but this is untrue. It is also commonly believed that W.K. Clifford `speculated' on a higher space in 1870, had no followers and never published his theory (if he even had one). Nothing could be further from the historical truth. As early as 1869, Clifford, his followers and students began to develop a physical theory of matter based on a three-dimensional space curved in four dimensions. Clifford began to publish his theory, but modern researchers have failed to recognize his theoretical work because they look for something like Einstein's theory even though Clifford developed an electromagnetic theory. Clifford may not have directly influenced Einstein's relativity, but he made plausible arguments for the reality of space curvature, rendering the rapid acceptance of Einstein's concept of curved space-time more plausible. Clifford's work is either largely ignored by historians, scientists and other scholars or considered irrelevant because the early work on hyperspaces has been associated with ether theories that were abandoned, utilized quaternion algebras that were replaced by vectors and tensors, and was unfortunately associated with spiritualism.
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if you are going to Venice ..don't miss these 2 restuants!!!
We have been to Venice several times in January and love it...not many tourists and not too cold..wanted to let anyone going there know about 2 of our favorite places that are very local fare! Both were recommended to us by our concierge at Casa Segrado....they are both very close to that hotel....and in my mind are a "Not to be missed "food expierience...
One is Osteria Giorgione ...Calle Larga Proberbi 30131 Venice
This is a place where many locals go and is an amazing "find" for a traveler to Venice...service is friendly and very helpfull in all regards...
It is a small local place that has several rooms to dine in and a small bar.
The food is very Venitian and really amazing! and all the sea food is fresh,,, the waiter started by telling me about the chestnut pasta (all pastas are made daily)..I had ravioli stuffed with a turbo mouse along with small cherry tomatoes and tiny shrimp..then went on to the sea bass with roasted rosemary potaoes .our waiter brought a side of velvety polenta that was over the top!! The waiter suggested wine which made the whole dining experience even better..
i hope whoever tries this has as great a time as we had ..we always go back every time we are there.......
Second one Corte del Pegoloto Cannaregio 1828-1831 30121
Second is Ristorante Enoteca La Colombina
This is again a place that was suggested by the hotel...it is a short walk from the Casa Segrado and a small gem of a place...reviews say that it is some of the best food a great number of people have had in Italy! wow...
The waiter /chef was hilarious and made us laugh the minute we got there at our table. after he gave us menus he just asked us what we liked and said he would just bring us things..so we said ok..
first : a small bruschetta with fresh tomatos , capers and olive oil..
second: a "stack" on a small plate of carmalized onion, toasted pine nuts
raisons and tiny fried shrimp...sounds odd? yikes was it good!
third: large ravioli stuffed with burrata cheese ,fresh herbs with a tomatoe
fourth: roasted sea bass with black olives, fried capers and cherry
tomatoes...served with roasted rosemary potaoes, braised
radicchio with olive oil and balsamic..
A great bottle of red wine.....The chef asked if i liked risotto and of course i said I loved it...he then proceeded to say he would make me some with mushrooms....I said i was already in a slight food comma so not that night...
he asked me if i could cook and i said i did love to ..He went in the back and brought out a huge plastic baggie with the most fabulous smelling dried porcini for me to take home...
We got the bill ......ready for the bill.......$100.00 US in Jan 2011.
re: mbfant
I don't think they would mind. Do you think they might mind if I drew an allusion between the turbo mouse and Speedy Gonzales?
Seriously, thanks for the report, Clare. It almost made me cry with nostalgia. We spent a day in Venice where we boarded a cruise ship. I would have foregone the whole cruise just to stay in Venice - it was the highlight of the trip for me!
I happened across the most wonderful kitchenware shop among the maze of storefronts which I would have just loved to spend more time in, if I had not been accompanied by two grumpy non-shoppers.
re: ursy_ten
thanks for the kitchen shop tip....would love to know if you remember where it is???
re: clarewwebber
Lol - mmmmmm, you know what a rabbit warren that place is! It's not far from a little shop where a young girl sells pretty marbled paper products. Somewhere between there and the marketplace (is there only one marketplace?!)
I wonder if it could be the one mentioned in this post: http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/7953...
If you look up "Hotel All'Angelo" or "Albergo Angelo" on Google Maps and see that it is within walking distance of the shop described above, then that might be the one :)
re: ursy_ten
a rabbit warren is a perfect way to say it!! I will find it !! thanks for the info...
re: mbfant
thank you for the correction....I am a horrid speller and shall edit more carefully in any further chats...I am sure the animal kingdom will appreciate it as well...especially the mouse!!!
also note that the La columbina has changed hands
as noted in this other thread
re: jen kalb
yes I was greatfull for that info and I have taken new resturante info so that we can try that as well....


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Banks elaborated on her blog, writing "The one true hurdle I've faced in life is that I have a broken belly. After years of trying to get pregnant, exploring the range of fertility treatments, all unsuccessful, our journey led us to gestational surrogacy." And with that, they found a carrier who gave birth to baby Felix. Banks says of her new baby "Felix means 'happy' and 'lucky' in Latin. And true to his name Felix is a very happy baby and a blessing on our life." Congratulations to the new parents! We just hope this doesn't mean Avery Jessup is on maternity leave from 30 Rock for too long.


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Amazing guitar solo performed with only the GarageBand app and an iPad [video]
We know that Apple's GarageBand has the potential to be able to create great pieces of music, for those talented enough be able to use it properly. One of those people is George Lambro who has created a mesmerizing guitar solo backed by drums and bass. All of the instruments were played using the GarageBand app on his iPad.
This is me creating a jam track with apple's Garageband app for the iPad and then shredding a guitar solo over it! I am sorry about the bad video quality, but i could not find a way to record iPad's screen in a fast framerate. Anyway i believe you will get the idea. Hope you enjoy!
Take a look at the video after the break then let us know what you think. Have any of our readers managed to get GarageBand performing as good? Let us know in the comments!
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Amazing guitar solo performed with only the GarageBand app and an iPad [video]
It's a great song! Nothing wrong with the pentatonic scale and talent doesn't necessarily mean it has to be difficult...
GarageBand on the iPad is really very cool. I've got a bunch of songs in there. When work is super stressful, I take a 10 min break, put on my headphones and create something new, or work on my epic opus :) I can actually make music anywhere, and then when I get home, add in my own guitar parts with the iRig. Best $4 I ever spent haha.
I'm really interested in listening to any work you have produced with Garageband in the iPad.
Clearly you will be abel to do more with it as it's so easy an anyone can learn it in 5 minutes!
I await the link to listen to your work so I can compare the two!
Eh, I have years exp playing a real guitar, so I guess that's why it's not impressive to me. I don't get impressed by rock band videos either and I don't understand those that do, but to each their own. I have an ipad, and the garage band app, but didn't spend much time with it as I couldn't figure out how to change neck positions on the guitar so I went back to some TD game.
I've been shredding for a good time now and I understand what you mean. I agree that "this" one position pentatonic and a bunch of hammering is in no way an "amazing" solo. Even if you only can play on one position, you will have 2 octaves and be able to apply, pentatonic, diatonic, harmonic min, diminished (with trouble), augmented, chromatic (with care), natural min, etc. scales (he could have used a lot of string skipping and passing tones too!). However, there is nothing wrong with the pentatonic scale, it is how and how much you use it. Shawn Lane is one badass guitar player and loved pentatonic (and augmented) scales. He loved intervals of P4 to give it a very unique sound.
Mi point is:
1.- Pentatonic is just a scale, neither good nor bad until we start using it.
2.- It is impossible to criticize someones guitar solo without hurting feeling (it hurts bad and to the soul!) and sounding like an asshole (like saying that someone's child is ugly).
3.- Playing for years doesn't mean that you're an amazing musician. 20 years of "playing guitar" can be blown out of the water by 4 years in a decent conservatory Studying music theory and guitar (only regarding to correct technique and music theory, not necessarily in talent or originality). Some great players that didn't know that a "cadential six four is a double suspension of five) but are worth millions in originality: SRV, Jimmy Hendrix, Marty Friedman, BB King (I don't like his music but he is a guitar legend), etc.
dude shut up ;), that totally kicked ass.
Evidently spas2k is masquerading as Yngwie Malmsteen on Tipb...jackass.
Sure it's a simple pentatonic minor scale but he doesn't exactly have the whole fretboard at his fingertips. Besides, most guitar players who brag or talk trash usually don't live up to their own hype.
It sounds like you're a legend in your own mind.
spas2k: Go ahead and post a video of your awesome talent so we can see how easy it really is.
That was f'ing amazing!! Of course there will always be a$$holes who have bad things to say for no reason. Some people feel better by trying to take away from what others can accomplish. Anyway! It was really SICK! I definitely need to step up my guitar solos now that I've seen what can be done with this thing!!
That's really cool. It shows the potential of GarageBand, but also the talent of the guy who did the track. The backing is simple but cleverly laid out, and nice solo work. Funny to see pitch bends happening right next to the nut! (physically impossible but on a real guitar you'd be playing that note halfway up the fingerboard) This video would be great to show students how to layer up a song and the kind of thing possible on iPad GarageBand.
This is why the iPad is the best tablet out there... It's just like I see the Mac has always been. It's creative, you can go out and buy whatever Android Honeycomb tablet you'd like and say "wow cool widgets" and dump all over apple for those features, but widgets and all that other stuff is nothing if you don't have apps that actually do something. Widgets are nice, notifications too, but we can make music on this thing. And it's inspiring. And to all those above, sure he's using a Pentatonic scale. So what? It's music. The Beatles used simple C Major chord progressions, Charlie Parker used a simple twelve bar blues. It doesn't matter how sophisticated it is, it's music.
Ok, maybe my previous comment was a bit harsh. This song reminds me of doo doo. I do find it incredible that we have devices that can do these things though, even if it's just impressive doo doo music.
Here is a .mp3 of this beautifully done song for anyone wanting to listen to it.
Was iMovie used to splice all the cuts together? If not, what app was that?
i read this downloaded garageband for my iPad straight after(dont know why i didnt do it before lol) and recorded this:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ9hD9mlq4Y
Well spas2k is singularly unimpressed by anything save for his own assumed talent on the guitar. Any guitarist worth their salt (or anyone involved in any way with music) should be encouraging other people with their work no matter how they get there. The video was of some-one managing to find their way around a music application, not a demonstration of outstanding guitarist skills. As a previous comment said, if you are so good spas2k, post your own video. As for moving up and down the neck, look at Jimi Hendrix and his guitar solo at Woodstock. He never moves out of the box. Pity we aren't all as talented as spas2k whose comments were condescending and negative. The video revealed to me how much you can do with a simple app and was inspiring. Hats off!


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Ryan Cooper Awarded National Undergraduate Research Prize
Posted: April 8, 2009
Ryan Cooper has been awarded the second place prize at the 17th Annual National Conference on Undergraduate Research for his paper, "Meaning versus Authority: A Defense of Extra-Constitutional Prerogative." Ryan is a Plan II Honors and Government double major. In addition to a cash prize, the paper will be published in Critique: a worldwide student journal of politics.
Ryan's paper pits James Madison against Thomas Jefferson in a debate about John Locke's concept of prerogative. Locke defined prerogative as a fundamental law of nature and government, that in times of emergency the executive must claim extralegal powers. Prerogative raises several questions that Ryan explores. Do emergency powers violate the constitutional order? How can we best ensure that emergency powers are only claimed when they are truly necessary?
Madison conceptualized prerogative as internal to the constitution – prerogative stems from and serves the law. Madison believed that to sustain supreme authority, the constitution must grant legal backing to executive acts made in the name of self-preservation.
Jefferson did not share this view. Rather, Jefferson conceptualized prerogative as external to the constitution – an act that violates the constitution is illegal, regardless of the circumstances or claims of necessity surrounding it. Jefferson believed that the laws of necessity trump written laws, but, nonetheless, executive action taken for self-preservation departs from the constitutional order.
Ryan sides firmly with the Jeffersonian view of prerogative as external to the constitution. He argues that requiring a conscious executive decision to disobey the constitution and assume the risks of doing so provides the stronger means to ensuring the use of emergency powers only when confronted with truly exceptional circumstances.
Ryan's paper emerged from a Plan II seminar co-taught by Jeffrey Tulis and Sanford Levinson. This is the third prize-winning student Tulis has sent to the annual undergraduate research conference. Arun Venkataraman and Anjali Mohan took home prizes in 2007.


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A Tent Fit For The Gods
Thor is a completely appropriate name for this tent. Not only is it fun to say to your friends and makes you feel more manly "I'm bustin out the THOR" but the tent truly is a beast. Admittedly I have not put this tent through Denali summit-like weather yet like its meant to take, but have never had a problem with it ever. Once this thing is staked down (at the like 10 main stake points) a nuke would bounce right off of it. Also, there are so many fly adjustments and guy wires you can set this thing up quick and just prepare for rain, or you can take time and tweak every part of the fly to account for uneven terrain and/or snow drifts. The poles also attach with a clip to the staking tabs so a severe wind removing the poles from their eyelits will not compromise the structural integrity of the tent.Initial setup is a tad confusing although I successfully did it without looking at the directions, but once you get the first time figured out its a breeze in the future.
The interior is very roomy both floor and ceiling wise. I didnt feel at all cramped in there or claustrophobic which can happen with my backpacking tent. It has two super nice vents to avoid clamyness as well. The vents have multiple layers, so you can just open the interior exposing the bug net or you can then open the bug net and pop out the little chimney shoots in the fly for a vent directly outside. There are also pockets built into the tent walls down each side of the tent wall and many loops and gromits to add more gear lofts, etc to the top. Vestibule is also substancial for just about anything you would need to do in there in bad weather.
Overall this is my favorite tent I have ever used without taking weight into account. I would use this thing every time I camped if it was just a little lighter to take on my pack everywhere. Truly an amazing 4 season tent.
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call for submissions - hoax #10: feminisms and EMBODIMENTS
Photo of previous issue, selected because cat!
--A zine is something I do because I have something to say and I don't care who sees it as long as it's out there.
--Being a feminist has nothing to do with my armpits or my sexuality (both are fine, thanks for asking).
--Being a feminist is NOT man-bashing. Got that? (Though I wonder if so many people ask me that because male-oriented things are usually so ferociously unfriendly and demeaning to women. Don't judge me by the boys' rules, okay? I'm a human, treat me that way.) It's working for pesky things like equal pay for equal work, abortion access, helping battered women, affirmative action, welfare rights, birth control, daycare, ending racism, healing rape victims -- there's no fucking time for man-bashing. Don't I wish there was.
Sarah Manvel. Virago #2. July 1996. Page 3.
On June 25th, join MOCA and the A/P/A Institute at NYU for a conversation about the power of social media and other technologies to create platforms for alternative aesthetics and challenge inequitable structures of production. The event features zinester and author Mimi Thi Nguyen with other highly regarded activists.
More info here.
Hey there! Check out this great new project that I (Jordan) have been working on recently: As[I]Am is a soon-to-be-launched Asian American social justice website showcasing the work of artists and activists across the US. We have a Facebook page with our mission statement and a call for submissions out. Our first deadline is March 2nd for submissions to be featured with the launch! Digital zines are gladly accepted. Additionally, any zinesters that want to participate in email interviews for As[I]Am, shoot us an email! Please send submissions and other notes to firstname.lastname@example.com – more info and submission guidelines after the jump.
Time for a road/train trip! Sarah Lawrence College will host a Queer/Feminist Zine Fest coming up on November 10th. Readings, tabling, and rad zines galore!
Deadline December 1, 2012
Jude Vachon is compiling a zine called "Dude. You. Suck." It's a zine "where women can share romantic/sexual experiences with men where they felt treated poorly" in a way that is related to gender and sexism issues. She wants to set up a dialogue between women about experiences with men in an era where men's and women's responsibilities are still not shared equally and focus on the communication gap between men and women.
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Lighting and Rendering with mental ray in Maya with Eric Keller shows how to master practical mental ray techniques for rendering models created in Maya. This course walks through the most efficient and innovative mental ray techniques, including direct versus indirect lighting methods, creating different types of shadows, using the new ShadowMap camera, and reusing shadow and final gathering maps. A chapter on optimizing render times and enhancing render quality is also included. Exercise files are included with the course.
When using render passes, you're going to find that some materials work better than others, and some materials don't work at all. This is another thing that can drive you crazy when you're just first starting to use this feature. So, I'd like to demonstrate a few things. I'm going to switch to my renderCam camera here, and this is my scene, and I have my monster toy and simple lighting, and I just have master layer. I'm going to open up the Hypershade here, and then switch to the Work Area, and with the object selected, I'll select Graph Materials on Selected Objects, so we can see what's going on with this particular material.
It's a basic, standard Maya blinn, the same kind of blinn that you create when you click on this Blinn icon here in the Rendering Shelf, and I've added a texture map for the color to create the color of the monster's skin, and I've created a normal map to add bumping quality to the surface of the model to add some detail. And so this is just a standard blinn shader. So, what I like to do is create an ambient occlusion pass for the monster, and I'll just use the master layer, because that will work just fine to demonstrate this.
I'm going to right-click over masterlayer, and I'm going to Add New Render Pass > Ambient Occlusion. So now, I'm going to create a render from the renderCam camera. So here's our finished render, and it looks just fine. I'm going to go to the File menu and Load the AO Pass and here's the AO Pass. We see that ambient occlusion is working, it's on, but there's no detail in the ambient occlusion pass, none of the bump detail that you see like the stitching right here, the wrinkles on his forehead or the crow's feet, none of that is coming through in the model.
It's just ambient occlusion applied to the base geometry. So the problem is not the ambient occlusion. It's no setting in the ambient occlusion. The problem is the material I have chosen for my monster toy doesn't really work with render passes very well. So the solution to this is to use a different material, and I'll open up the Hypershade, and let's take a look at some of your material choices and then create tab of the Hypershade.
Under mental ray, if I select Materials, there are a few materials here that end with the word "passes." So these are car_paint_phenomena _passes, metallic_paint_passes, mia_material_passes, and there's also the fast_shader has a passes version. What this means is that these materials are specifically designed to work with mental ray render passes. As much as you can, you'll see that some of these materials work with render passes, some of them won't work and some of them will kind of work, like I demonstrated with the blinn shader.
If you know that you're going to use render passes in your scene, try and restrict yourself, as much as you can, to the materials that end in the word passes. If you can get away with it, use that. You'll find that in particular the mia_maternal_x_passes, you can simulate almost any material you can think of using this particular shader. It's an extremely versatile shader. So, everything from brick to metal to chrome to opalescent qualities - they can all be created with this material.
The only thing that's really difficult to create with this is car paint or subsurface scattering shaders, like skin, but you'll notice there's also passes versions for these shaders, as well. And in some cases, the materials that end in X, for instance, you can actually upgrade. So, if for instance, if I create a mia_material_x, select this, and go to the Attribute editor, you'll find that under Upgrade Shader, I can actually upgrade this to material_x_passes.
So try and stick to those materials as much as possible. The Maya documentation will actually list exactly which materials work with render passes and which don't, but for the most part, if we stick to those materials you are in good shape. So, I'll demonstrate. What I've done is I've created a mia_material_x_passes shader with the same color texture map and the same normal map, and I'm going to apply this to my monster toy. So I'll assign material to selection. I'm just right-clicking over the material and saying, Assign Material to Selection, and it's going to override the material and assign that, and now, I'll open up my Render view and do another render.
So now that's complete. I'm going to load the render pass and this time you can see my bump detail from the normal map is all there. It's a much better-looking pass, and the only thing I did was I used the mia_material_x_passes shader, as opposed to the standard Maya Blinn, and now I have the detail that I really need in my ambient occlusion pass. If you're in a situation where you need to use a shader that does not work with render passes, then you might have to develop a workflow that takes advantage of render layers and the render layer presets in order to get the most out of those shaders. But I think, by and large, as you gain experience using things like the mia_material_x_passes shader and the other mental ray shaders, you'll find that you can get pretty much almost anything you need out of these shaders, and they'll work much better with render passes.
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Great umpiring opportunities
Want to be part of the game and umpire?
The recruitment of new umpires generally takes place in the winter months and begins with the Cricket Victoria Winter Classes program.
Most competitions are in demand for umpires, therefore it isn't too difficult getting started. Introductions with umpiring groups can also be arranged through Cricket Victoria if required. For further information contact the CV Umpiring Department on (03) 9653 1141 OR (03) 9653 1163.
Cricket Victoria Umpire training is best broken down into the following sections:
Cricket Victoria conducts a series of lectures , "The Winter Classes", during the off-season in May and early June each year. The course consists of 5 evening classes (approx. 2 hours each) on the Laws of Cricket, the classes are theory based and conducted by CV Umpiring Manager, Richard Patterson, CV Umpiring Officer Daryl Cox and Senior CV Umpires.
Lectures are held at in two areas in the Melbourne metropolitan area; in the Eastern suburbs at Holmesglen TAFE and in the North and West on alternate weeks at RMIT, Bundoora campus and Victoria University, Hoppers Crossing Campus. Registration is essential. Further details are available at Winter Classes.
Cricket Victoria generally recruits umpires to its panel from this program and also introduce prospective umpires to "local associations" on request.
Cricket Victoria conducts a bi-annual Seminar in September, (the next one to be held in 2014), that concentrates more on practical sessions leading in to the commencement of the season in October. Information regarding "SINS" will be posted on the website closer to the date.
Once involved in an umpiring group there are additional nights of education provided during the season by the competition Umpire Advisors.
For those seeking entry into umpiring for the first time be it at Junior, Senior or School level you can register to take part in our entry level accreditation program. These are normally held in the month before the season starts and the first two months of the season, i.e. September to November. Details of the course can be found at National Umpiring Accreditation - Level 1.
Once you have joined an umpiring group and are actively involved, you can apply to register and undertake the National Umpiring Accreditation - Level 2. This is a self-paced, continuous improvement program which is both theory and practical based.


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'Lucky escape' for couple after rock thrown at car on A38
Posted: October 03, 2012|
Police say there could have been "fatal consequences" after a stone was thought to have been thrown at a moving car from a footbridge over a busy road.
Police were called to a stretch of the A38 between the Manadon roundabout and the Leigham junction in Plymouth at about 4pm on Friday.
Driver Brian Dix, aged 50, from Whitleigh in Plymouth, and his wife were in their blue Vauxhall Corsa travelling eastwards under a footpath. Mr Dix said: "I just remember glimpsing some kid on the bridge, then it was like a shotgun blast as something hit the driver's side of the windscreen.
"It freaked me out, but I kept the car under control and pulled on to the grass verge.
"It was terrifying. There were shards of glass all over our clothes.
"What mindless idiots. The police said there was no way it was lifted up by another vehicle. Luckily, we were only doing around 50 miles an hour.
"If I was in my last car, a Honda Prelude 2.3i, I would've been doing about 70mph and it would've been much, much worse.
"The police were here straight away and they saw a young boy crossing on the bridge who couldn't keep from looking at us.
"I've had an officer call me about the incident and they said there had been a spate of these incidents happening of late. If the stone had been any bigger or I had lost control, it could've been horrendous."
A police spokesman said: "While nobody saw a stone being thrown, the damage was too big to have been caused by a stone being thrown up by other vehicles on the carriageway and there were no other vehicles nearby.
"They have had an amazingly lucky escape. We could easily have seen fatal consequences."


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Ener-G Foods, Light Tapioca Loaf, 8 oz (228 g)
By Ener-G Foods29 Reviews
Expiration Date:?Jan 2016
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Perishable items (such as flax oils or certain probiotics) generally have shorter expiration dates. Although our warehouse is fully air-conditioned, these more fragile items are put in cold storage (freezer or refrigeration unit) for maximum freshness.
Our receiving department does its best to verify and then enter the correct expiration dates for all incoming products. However, discrepancies do occur from time to time. This being said, the exceptionally high turnover at iHerb ensures that our inventory is among the freshest in the industry.
Shipping Weight:?2.48 lbs (1.12 kg)
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- Product Code: ENE-14021
- UPC Code: 075119140213
- Package Quantity: 8 oz (228 g)
- Dimensions: 11.6 x 5.7 x 3.8 in, 0.6 lbs (0.27 kg)
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- Wheat Free
- Gluten Free
- Dairy Free
- Casein Free
- No Saturated Fat
- 0 g Trans Fat
- No Cholesterol
- Kosher Parve
Since 1962, Ener-G" Foods has worked to meet the challenging requirements of diet-restricted consumers. We have developed our bakery line to not only exclusively produce wheat-free, gluten-free, dairy-free products, but we also offer egg-free, soy-free, yeast-free and nut free items. For over 40 years we have been committed to product freshness and producing the most innovative baked goods.
We have pioneered a vacuum packing system that eliminates the need for preservatives and gives our products a 1- year shelf life without the need for refrigeration or freezing.
|1/2 fewer calories & 50% less fat than our regular Tapioca Loaf
|Per Serving
|This Product
|1.5 g
|Ener-G Tapioca Loaf
|3 g
|Phenylalanine 135 mg per 100 g
Suggested Use
Toast or microwave for 15-30 sec.
Other Ingredients
Filtered water, rice flour, tapioca starch, high oleic safflower oil, pear juice concentrate, bamboo fiber, organic palm fruit oil, yeast, methylcellulose, guar gum, organic tapioca syrup, salt, orange citrus fiber, baking powder (glucono delta lactone, calcium carbonate & magnesium carbonate), calcium phosphate. Enriched with Thiamin (vitamin B1), riboflavin (vitamin B2), niacin, iron, folic acid and vitamin D.
Storage Recommendations:
Ener-G Foods recommends that once opened products be put into an airtight containers and refrigerated. Freezing our products in their original packages caused them to dry out and crumble. If you wish to freeze our products it is best to remove them from their original packages and place them in a freezer friendly container. Once opened our products can last a few days, with refrigeration they last approximately 1 week.
If toasting, use caution when removing from toaster. Do not leave toasting appliance unattended due to fire risks.
Do not freeze prior to opening.
Package may contain a non-toxic sachet to increase shelf life. Do not eat sachet. Keep out of the reach of children.
|Supplement Facts
|Serving Size: 1 slice (19 g)
|Servings Per Container: 12
|Amount Per Serving
|% Daily Value*
|Calories from Fat
|Total Fat
|1.5 g
|Saturated Fat
|0 g
|Trans Fat
|0 g
|0 mg
|60 mg
|15 mg
|Total Carbohydrate
|7 g
|Dietary Fiber
|1 g
|1 g
|0 g
|Vitamin A
|Vitamin D
|Vitamin C
|*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs:
|Total Fat
|Less than
|65 g
|80 g
|Saturated Fat
|Less than
|20 g
|25 g
|Less than
|300 mg
|300 mg
|Less than
|2,400 mg
|2,400 mg
|3,500 mg
|3,500 mg
|Total Carbohydrate
|300 g
|375 g
|Dietary Fiber
|25 g
|30 g
|Calories per gram:
Fat 9 · Carbohydrate 4 · Protein 4
iHerb Customer Reviews
Taste is good, but best if toasted. This bread is wheat, gluten and dairy free. I also like that it is low in salt and no added sugar.
Love that it can stay in my pantry for up to 12 months and it is still fresh when opened. I have tried many of the GF breads from Ener-G foods and this one is the best of the lot. It is a lot lighter than usual GF breads and light and fluffy when toasted. the rest are good but this is my favourite of all the GF breads.


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In memoriam: Dino De Laurentiis
One of the great science fiction/horror movie producers has moved on beyond this mortal coil. Dino De Laurentiis, the Oscar-winner who produced such cheesy fun sf gems as Barbarella, Dune and Flash Gordon, has died at 91. You can read the Associated Press report here. What you won't find there is a list of other […] [Read More]
'Something Left, Something Taken' & 'Halloweird 2010′ TONIGHT at the McNay
'Something Left, Something Taken' (McNay) Nothing like a night of fine wine served up with some delightfully macabre animation about a serial killer and other disturbing short-film imagery. And at the McNay Art Museum, no less. The cozy modern art museum goes into highbrow haunted house mode with a screening TONIGHT at 6:30 p.m. of […] [Read More]
'Dr. S: The Movie' screens Wednesday, Oct. 13, at Drafthouse Park North
(Alamo Drafthouse Park North) You know I blog like a mad thing about "Dr. S Battles the Sex-Crazed Reefer Zombies: The Movie: The Musical," the campy stage adaptation of the locally-produced campy horror flick. Now's your chance to see the source material that started all this undead reefer madness — "Dr. S: The Movie" screens […] [Read More]
New 'Dr. S: The Musical' debut date, cast photos & flyer art
Arthur Gonzalez as Dr. S and Morgan Scharff as Mary Jane in 'Dr. S: The Musical.' (photos by Niki Aguirre) Now we have new cast photos and a new debut date for San Antonio's new campy horror musical. "Dr. S Battles the Sex-Crazed Reefer Zombies: The Movie: The Musical" opens at the Overtime Theater Friday, […] [Read More]
Read a free Joe McKinney ghost story at Dark Recesses Press
(Old Major's Dream) I shudder to think how much San Antonio horror writer/homicide detective Joe McKinney (pictured) taps into his day job(s) for his raw novella "Blemish," which you can read free at Dark Recesses Press. Told with beaten-pavement grit and an investigator's eye for detail, McKinney delivers an almost anti-noirish ghost story about an […] [Read More]
Alas, no Hugo Award for John Picacio this year
John Picacio (Lisa email@example.com) I hoped to add "Hugo Award winner" to the many accolades for John Picacio, what with my profile on the science fiction/fantasy artist and San Antonio native. But no such luck. Shaun Tan won the 2010 Hugo Award for Best Professional Artist, beating out the sixth-consecutively-nominated Picacio and other best pro […] [Read More]
'Dr. S: The Movie: The Musical' debuts Oct. 6
('Dr. S: The Musical' site) Eat your heart out, Dr. Horrible. Or better yet, why don't you get some horny, stoned zombies to do it for you. That's right, macabre musical lovers, "Dr. S Battles the Sex Crazed Reefer Zombies: The Movie: The Musical" is officially go for October 6 – November 6 at the […] [Read More]
San Antonio Horrorific Film Fest 3 slashes up downtown today through Sunday
(Horrific Film Fest site) Now San Antonio has more than just the heat to scream at. Behold, if you dare, the San Antonio Horrific Film Fest 3, an indie film festival that marinades in so much cinematic blood and other horror-related thrills and chills. The Horrific Film Fest runs today through Sunday at the La […] [Read More]
Play MST3K for me at Overtime Theater this Friday, July 30
(Overtime Theater) The Overtime Theater un-spools a Möbius strip of funny with a screening of the classic "Mystery Science Theater 3000″ episode that spoofs "Manos: The Hands of Fate." The fun happens 10 p.m. Friday, July 30. The screening's free but donations are welcome. If you don't know MST3K, just know it's a comedy sf […] [Read More]
Syfy's 'Sharktopus' delivers deep-water hybrid terror a-go-go!
(screen grab) Oh, camp horror smorgasbord that is "Sharktopus." How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love that you're a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup mashup of a shark and an octopus — the sea's two most terrifying leviathans. I love that you're a Roger Corman joint of the highest low-brow order. […] [Read More]
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We want all children to succeed in school. We all say that, but we know that achieving this is not easy – although Connecticut is one of the wealthiest states in the country, disparities in test scores between towns and racial groups are by many measures the among the biggest in the country. We want to make sure that all kids, however, are able to thrive: if we want responsible, productive taxpayers down the road, it makes sense that everyone in our communities, parents, educators, schools, work together to do so.
Research shows that one of the main drivers in school achievement is the level of education of the parents. College-educated partents are more likely to read to them, encourage them to go to college, and help them with homework. The more educated they are, the more likely it is that their children will do well in school and graduate. For groups that are traditionally less educated, consequently, we have kids that start school with a build in disadvantage, even if their parents are fully committed to their children.
The obvious question, then, is which children are more likely to face this barrier. Sheryl Horowitz, here at CAHS, has used ACS data through IPUMS to anwer this with a graph:
The numbers are pretty clear – 66% of white parents in Connecticut have a post secondary credential; 27% African American and 32% Hispanic parents do so. These numbers can and do become a source of disparities in education.
We want all children to succeed, but not all children begin their education at the same place. As Connecticut moves to close the achievement gap, we need to include common sense measures aimed at helping both children and parents succeed. Our school and pre-K system needs to look beyond just children, and start thinking on both kids and parents.
Thirty years ago, in the 1980s, close to 60% of the income of all Americans came from work. Today, this figure is barely over 50%. This numbers come from a wonderful study produced by Wells Fargo (you can find it here). Danielle Kurtzleben, at Vox, highlights this chart that explains were income is coming from now: Surprised? Government transfers have increased its share five points, although the reason behind this is simple: demographics. There are many more Americans on social security now than 34 years ago, meaning that a higher share of income comes from the government, not from wages. This is part of a long term trend – and it is one of the few things that have contributed to the very modest rise in income for most Americans in the last few decades. Of course, this graph doesn´t tell us much about how income is being distributed, and how it compares to the returns of capital. We discussed this last month, talking about inequality – more here. Spoiler alert: it is not pretty.
On Tuesday we shared news with you about an upcoming committee vote on the "Strong Start for America's Children Act", which was being considered in the Senate's Health, Education, Labor, and Pension Committee. We asked you to join us, and thousands of others on Twitter and Facebook, in asking our Senators to heed the research and invest in young kids.
Yesterday, the committee approved the Strong Start legislation with a vote of 12-10. There were two significant changes made to the legislation prior to voting.
The Center for Law and Social Policy (commonly known as CLASP) has provided a more in-depth look into yesterday's developments here.
The bill is now likely ready for a vote on the floor of the Senate. We will continue to track this legislation and provide updates as developments arise.
Connecticut's legislative season has drawn to a successful close, and so now we turn our attention to developments on the federal level. Today, we are watching the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension (HELP) Committee's 2PM meeting to debate and amend the "Strong Start for America's Children Act". This legislation represents the possibility of a major new federal investment in early care and education; an opportunity Connecticut is well-positioned to take advantage of following the passage of the Office of Early Childhood legislation.
Some of the major components of the "Strong Start" proposal include:
The legislation includes a new funding formula that would provide states with a share of $1.3 billion for Fiscal Year 2014 (increasing to almost $9 billion by 2018) for high-quality pre-kindergarten. States are asked to specifically target the money to assist four-year-olds in families with income below 200% of the federal poverty level. States would be asked to provide a modest match in the early years (10% in year one and two, then gradually increasing to 50% in year six), although at least part of that match can be accounted for from dollars already being expended for early education programs. The legislation empowers state recipients to use the funding for sub-grants to local entities (both school districts and community providers) who are offering high-quality, full-day pre-k experiences. High quality is defined in the bill as a classroom with a teacher with bachelor's degree, that uses developmentally appropriate curriculum, and that meets all health and safety standards. Small portions of the funding would also be available for workforce development (including teacher scholarships) and for creating a more robust system of care for infants and toddlers.
The legislation contains $4 billion for the development of Early Head Start-child care partnerships. The goal of these arrangements is to improve infant and toddler care by linking the expertise found in Early Head Start programs with community providers already serving young children. The legislation also states a goal of having Early Head Start serve one in five children living at or below the poverty level; the program currently serves only one in 25.
The legislation contains two very important updates to this 17-year-old grant program. The first is allocating $100 million to support child care training, licensure, and professional development for early care and education programs who receive CCDBG/Care4Kids funding. The language would also require that states switch to a one-year redetermination period for families found eligible for CCDBG/Care4Kids. Currently the redetermination period is set at 8 months in Connecticut for Care4Kids, though language that passed this legislative session would permit the return to a 6 six-month redetermination period. Frequent redetermination creates great uncertainty for both the families and the providers who rely on these childcare subsidies.
The Senate HELP Committee has organized a "twitter storm" for 2pm while its meeting is being held. This list of sample tweets has been provided to us by our partners at the National Women's Law Center. We hope those of you with accounts on Facebook and Twitter will join us in showing your support! You can also watch live here – help.senate.gov.
Wednesday evening marked the end of the very unpredictable 2014 Legislative Session, and Connecticut's low-income children and families have much to celebrate! The past few months have seen an increase to the minimum wage, a partial restoration of the Earned Income Tax Credit, and a major expansion of the state's early childhood care and education programs. The budget also included a substantial increase in funding for remedial education at the state's higher education institutions and protected resources that go to the state's legal aid clinics – both investments being critical for our state's most vulnerable citizens.
Below we have highlighted a few of the "good", "bad" and "ugly" legislative developments. Our full breakdown of all the bills we had been watching that affect low-income children and families is available here.
The Good
The Bad
The Ugly
We want to take this opportunity to thank each and every one of you for your support through out this session — these successes would have been impossible without you! We look forward to building on this momentum, and to continue the fight for policies that allow all children and families thrive, regardless of income, in 2015.
If you had any chance of reading any mildly progressive magazine, blog or column in the past couple of weeks, you surely have heard of Thomas Piketty. His book, "Capital in the 21st Century" analyzes the rise of inequality in the developed world and its consequences.
The book deserves all the praise it is receiving (I am reading it right now); here are some links to reviews, articles and studies for those that want to read more on the subject:
"Act as if what you say and what you do makes a difference, because it does."
On April 3rd and 4th adult educators from all corners of Connecticut gathered in Mystic for the 2014 Connecticut Association of Adult and Continuing Education Conference. (CAACE) In Connecticut approximately 11% of the population does not have high school equivalency. In addition, 7% of the population of our population is not proficient in English. Adult Education programs address the educational needs of these learners, providing the expertise and support necessary to guide students toward their educational goals.
With the implementation of higher educational standards and Connecticut's changing workforce needs, the importance of adult education as a bridge to success is becoming even more necessary. During the conference, conversations amongst educators centered around increasingly difficult educational standards, the revised and more challenging GED credential and the role of adult educators in transitioning students toward post-secondary education and workforce success.
The highlight and most compelling portion of the conference was the student award ceremony. This year four students were acknowledged as a 2014 Student of the Year. For each of them, success was only realized by overcoming great obstacles: This is the Face of Adult Education.
Dane Scates from Stamford Adult Education "wowed" the audience with her strong rendition of the National Anthem. Dane lost her mother as a teenager and battled debilitating asthma that eventually caused her to drop out of high school. Years later, despite ongoing struggles Dane persevered and worked towards completing her High School Diploma. Now looking forward, Dane states, "I want a career where I can make difference. I have a mission and that is to create change for the better in our children's lives, as they are our future."
Luz Santana moved to Holyoke Massachusetts when she was just fourteen years old. Language barriers made it difficult for her to be successful in school. Years later she moved to Connecticut and while working full time began ESL classes in West Hartford. She not only progressed in her ESL classes, but also completed her high school requirements through the National External Diploma Program. The NEDP allows working adults to complete their high school requirements through the completion of a personal educational portfolio. This route to high school completion is challenging and ultimately proves mastery of high school concepts and knowledge. Her positive attitude not only led her to success but inspired others to do the same.
On tax deadline day, we want to put a spotlight on a proposal contained in the President's 2015 budget that would expand the federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) for lower-income, childless workers.
As quick background – the federal EITC is a fully refundable[i] tax credit that is targeted to support low- to moderate-income workers. The credit becomes available to workers with their first dollar of earned income, peaks at certain predetermined amounts (which are based on marital status and family size), and phases out until it eventually reaches $0 for higher income earners.
The EITC has been routinely cited as a highly effective tax policy that both encourages and rewards work – and has seen support from both the left and right. Research shows that the credit produces major long term benefits for children that go well beyond a single tax year — this study finds that children in families who receive the EITC have higher test scores, fewer teen births, and live in better neighborhoods as adults.
However, the EITC falls short, and should do more, when it comes to supporting young and childless workers. Childless workers under age 25 are completely ineligible for the credit and the average credit for qualifying workers between 25 and 64 is less than one-tenth the average credit for families.
Yesterday the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities created an infographic that further demonstrates the problem with the current structure of the EITC:
The Center has found that childless workers are in fact the only group that are pushed further into poverty as a result of the federal tax code.
In his 2015 Budget, the President has proposed reducing the qualifying age to 21 and raising the credit amount available to childless workers (from a max of $500 to a max of $1,000). The President's proposal also raises the phase out point for the EITC for these workers from $15,000 to $18,000. There are also several proposals before Congress that would expand the EITC beyond the changes proposed in the President's budget — potentially creating even larger credits for these workers.
A change to the federal EITC could also bring a change to our state's EITC — Connecticut is one of 21 states (there are total 26 states with a state EITC) that sets its tax credit as a percentage of what is offered on the federal level. We know that the combination of a state EITC with the federal credit helps bring an even larger number of families out of poverty. We should be extending this same opportunity, at both levels, to our young and lower-skilled workers who we know are facing an extremely difficult time in this economy and in this job market.
We call on politicians in Washington to adopt these measures, and to provide much needed support to these working Americans.
[i] A fully refundable tax credit is one where a payment will be made by the IRS directly to the taxpayer in the event that the amount of the credit exceeds the individual's income tax liability.
Krissy Clark, from Marketplace, and Andrew Bouvé, from Slate, have a look at what would happen if Wal Mart raised wages to its workers enough to make it a living wage:
Their conclusion: not a whole lot. Wal Mart would have to raise the hourly wage for its salaried employees to $13.63/hour, for a total cost of $4.8 billion annually. This might sound like a lot of money, and it is, but Wal Mart had a $17 billion profit last year alone, and that´s after spending $15 billion on stock buybacks to make its shareholders happy.
Even without reducing its profits one dime, the reports find that the retail chain would only have to raise prices on its stores by 1.4% to cover the increase in wages.
The video is part of a wonderful series from Marketplace, "The Secret Life of a Food Stamp", giving an in depth look on how companies like Wal Mart rely on public benefits both to make money and to pay workers low wages. Make sure to have a look.


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Cabell Midland students selling yearbook ads
Dec. 16, 2012 @ 12:00 AM
ONA -- The student staff of Cabell Midland High School's "Excalibur" yearbook is selling advertising space to help support the project.
Businesses can purchase corporate ads from $100 to $335. Ads can be purchased for students to showcase their achievements in and out of school. Those range from $100 to $295, depending on size.
For more information or to purchase an ad, call yearbook advisor Holly Litteral at 304-743-7576.


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ChargeAll: A portable battery pack with a 120V AC wall plug outlet, so you can power all your things June 17, 2014 at 12:18 pm
Have you ever wanted to recharge your laptop or phone while you sit on the beach – or at the coffee shop, when all the power outlets are being used by people who have been nursing the same cup of coffee for two hours? Have you ever wanted to charge your smartphone while camping in the wilderness? Well, now you can with ChargeAll — the first portable battery pack that has both a USB charging socket and a 120-volt wall plug outlet.
Portable hydrogen fuel cell can recharge your phone, but it's still too expensive for mass adoption November 13, 2013 at 9:28 am
Once again a portable fuel cell is going to try to crack the market for recharging mobile electronics. This time the target is those most underserved by traditional power sources.


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School of Medicine > Anatomy and Cell Biology > Faculty > Hiroshi Nishimune, PhD
Associate Professor
Anatomy and Cell Biology
Ph.D., 1997 Osaka University, Japan
Postdoctoral, IBDM, INSERM U.382, France, C.E. Henderson lab
Postdoctoral, Washington Univ. Sch. of Med., St. Louis, J.R. Sanes lab
Postdoctoral, Harvard Univ. Dept. MCB, Cambridge, J.R. Sanes lab
Publications: Click here for PubMed, Click here for Google Scholar
The nervous system plays essential roles for our daily life, for example, movement, communicating, sensing, learning, and memory. All these functions of the nervous system depend on cell-cell communication at synapses. We are interested in the molecular mechanisms of synapse formation, maintenance, and how it degenerates in Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
Motor neuron degeneration in ALS patients and animal models is preceded by neuromuscular junction (NMJ, the synapse between motor neurons and muscles) denervation, which suggests that ALS is a dying back neuropathy. The mechanisms of NMJ denervation and the reasons for the preferential death of motor neurons in ALS remain unknown; therefore, effective treatments for ALS are lacking. Thus, our long-term goal is to elucidate the molecular mechanisms underlying denervation in ALS to identify new therapeutic targets.
Presynaptic active zones are synaptic vesicle release sites that play essential roles for synaptic transmission and pathology of NMJs (Figure 1). Our studies show that NMJ active zones are organized via interactions between an active zone-organizer, a receptor for the organizer (presynaptic voltage dependent calcium channels, VDCC), and active zone proteins (Figure 2). However, active zones become impaired during aging. Propitiously, muscle exercise ameliorates the active zone impairment in aged NMJs, which suggests the potential for therapeutic strategies (Figure 3). Currently, we are applying our findings to study the degeneration mechanism of ALS NMJs and seek ways to ameliorate the innervation rate of NMJs in ALS model animals.
Hiroshi Nishimune, PhD
Associate Professor
Sudheer Tungtur, MS
Research Associate
Yomna Badawi
Postdoctoral Fellow
Tomohiro Tanaka, PhD
Postdoctoral fellow
Natsuko Nishimune
Research Assistant
Hiroshi Nishimune, PhD
Associate Professor
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Student Life
Students at Asheville School are a part of a very close and caring community.
They come from diverse ethnic, geographic, socioeconomic and religious backgrounds to live and learn, side by side.
With an annual enrollment of approximately 285, Asheville School is intentionally small. Students and faculty know one another personally and call each other by name.
The strong friendships formed here endure long after a student graduates, as do the life-changing lessons learned.
I'd say it's the people who make Asheville School unique. I don't think you will find a typical high school clique here. You will find just individual people and you get to know them on a personal level, no matter who they are.
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After seven of her family contracted cancer 90-year-old Myrle Downs from Hull gives birthday money to Daisy Appeal
Posted: March 24, 2014|
A WOMAN asked for donations instead of birthday presents to raise money for charity after seven members of her family were diagnosed with cancer.
Myrle Downs celebrated her 90th birthday with a party on Saturday night, where almost £500 was collected for the Daisy Appeal.
She and her husband and five of their seven children were all diagnosed with cancer and it went on to claim her husband's life, along with two of their children's.
Mrs Downs said: "A few weeks ago, there was a big article in the Mail about the Daisy Appeal and the new scanner they're building.
"I realised there was nothing I wanted for my birthday really – I've got everything I need.
"So I thought, instead of presents, people could give money to the charity instead.
"I've already bought a brick in the new building, which will have my husband's name on it, but I thought it would be nice to do this as well."
Mrs Downs' husband Ken died of lung cancer aged 69 more than 20 years ago.
She also lost her daughter Sue Melton, 61, to lung cancer last year and son Norman Downs, 51, to cancer of the oesophagus about six years ago.
Sons Ken and Alan have both battled prostate cancer, but are now doing well.
Mrs Downs battled breast cancer and her daughter Mary Ashbridge suffered from endometrial cancer.
"We've been through a lot as a family," said Mrs Ashbridge, 59.
"But we had a wonderful time at the party with all our relatives. My mum's face was a picture when she was there, she was really made up.
"There were more than 100 of us from the family there.
"We had relatives come down from Newcastle.
"We don't realise how big our family is until we're all in one room."
Mrs Downs, who lives in north Hull but raised her children in Hessle Road, celebrated her milestone birthday at the Inglemire Club in east Hull.
About £445 was collected but, together, the family will round it up to £500.
Mrs Downs said: "I've previously given to Dove House Hospice because that's where Sue and Norman were.
"But I thought the Daisy Appeal will be helping future generations and that is something I think about as a great-great-grandmother.
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Lean IT (1 Day Class)
As Lean practice matures across all industries, leaders are now turning their attention toward creating fully integrated value streams, enabling them to leverage all enterprise resources to better understand and serve end customers. In today's marketplace, information technology is playing an increasingly vital role in business strategy, helping enterprises achieve operational excellence, increase agility, enable learning, collaborate more closely with partners and customers, and accelerate idea-to-value innovation through the development and delivery of new products and services.
In this workshop you'll discover how to better engage and leverage IT's transformative capabilities throughout the enterprise to improve customer value. You'll learn how to:
- Apply Lean thinking and practices to improve enterprise IT development and operations performance, increasing speed and quality while reducing cost; enabling you to regain capacity to invest in growth and innovation
- Promote learning and collaboration among technical and non-technical colleagues through integrated value stream teams, resulting in reduced complexity, improved speed and agility, improved team capability, and increased value
- Accelerate innovation, adopting a rapid Lean - Kata approach
- Apply Lean Startup thinking and behavior to every activity, of every business function, within every industry
What past course participants are saying:
"This deepened my thinking on IT Value Streams."
"Great overview, relevant to what we need to do"
"I enjoyed hearing some experiences from others that can help us grow our own Lean Thinking and Doing"
"The workshop was very fluid, flowed depending on participant questions and areas of interest. I will apply 5S to my own environment right away!"
"I understand now that we are on the right track and that it is a challenge. The offline conversations helped too. "
Topics Include:
- How IT engages with the business to deliver value to the end customer
- How to synchronize the pace of change of business and IT capabilities
- How to speed innovation with Lean/Agile product and software development
- How to reduce cost and improve quality and reliability with Lean IT operations and services (using the ITIL framework)
- How to deliver projects on time, budget and scope with Lean project management
- How to promote learning and agility while reducing risk
- Exercises:
- How to identify and eliminate information waste
- How to improve workplace organization with 5S
- How to visualize and measure the flow of value in an IT setting with Value Stream Mapping
This workshop is hands-on and interactive so bring your questions and examples to share
Who should attend:
- Anyone in the business who partners with the IT organization to improve business processes
- CIO's, CFO's, COO's and their direct reports
- IT Directors and Managers
- Lean leaders and change agents, operational leaders and professionals who want to improve IT performance and value
- All IT staff members (infrastructure, developers, business analysts, application support, DBA's, administrators, helpdesk, etc.
Course outline:
This workshop consists of two modules:
- Module 1 covers the fundamentals of Lean, a Lean IT overview, information waste, critical tools and concepts of Lean applied to IT, and an information waste case study.
- Module 2 demonstrates value streams and the role of IT through an IT-centric value stream mapping exercise, addressing principles and practical application of Lean IT operations, inward and outward facing Lean IT, Lean software development, and Lean project management.
To help you learn more about the vital role IT plays in a Lean Transformation, visit this link to read excerpts from the book, Lean IT: Enabling and Sustaining your Lean Transformation, articles, and case studies on the subject of Lean IT.
Mike is Adjunct Professor with The Shingo Prize and on the teaching faculty of LEI. As president of the management consulting firm that bears his name, Mike is at the forefront of the Lean I.T. movement, helping to educate companies on how to use I.T. to improve the quality and timeliness of I.T. services while reducing cost and even improving employee morale.
He delivers a unique blend of Lean, Six Sigma, I.T. and Operation and has been coaching and consulting and coaching for over 20 years. Mike holds certifications in Management Accounting, Production and Inventory Control, Project Management, Six Sigma and Agile.
As co-author of the award-winning book, "Lean I.T. – Enabling and Sustaining Your Lean Transformation," his experience includes the application of Lean to non-manufacturing and manufacturing environments including Lean Office, I.T., Accounting, Legal, Engineering, Procurement, Supply-Chain, HR and Customer Service processes. His experience includes systems design, application development, global ERP implementations, enterprise-wide process improvement, and large-scale roll out of Lean Enterprise initiatives for global companies as guide and coach.
Mike has been featured as a workshop presenter and keynote speaker by many organizations including the Shingo Prize, the Lean Enterprise Institute, the Healthcare Value Network, the Society for Information Management (SIM), the Association for Operations Management (APICS), the Institute for Managerial Accountants (IMA), the Associate for Manufacturing Excellence (AME), Healthcare Support and System Innovation Program (CSSI), Microsoft, KPMG and Western Digital.
Steve Bell is the founder of Lean IT Strategies, LLC, coaching IT professionals as they partner with their business colleagues to meet the challenges and exploit the opportunities in the rapidly changing, technology-enabled business landscape. His newest book, Run Grow Transform: Integrating Business and Lean IT, (Productivity Press, 2012) illustrates how to leverage transformative IT capabilities into enterprise value streams to drive innovation and create market-differentiating customer value. He is the co-author of Lean IT: Enabling and Sustaining Your Lean Transformation (Productivity Press, 2010) which received the 2011 Shingo Prize for Research and Professional Publication. He is the author of Lean Enterprise Systems: Using IT for Continuous Improvement (Wiley, 2006) which first introduced the term "Lean IT" in publication. This book focuses on the proper application of ERP and other enterprise-wide systems in a Lean environment. In addition to his work leading Lean IT transformation, Steve is actively involved in the Non-profit and NGO community. Founder of Lean4NGO (www.Lean4NGO.org), his mission is to make Lean Thinking accessible to humanitarian aid organizations, improving NGO operational efficiency (use of scarce resources) and effectiveness (improved outcomes) to benefit the three billion people living at the "bottom of the pyramid" on less than $2 a day.
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Women's Studies
Women's Studies is an exciting interdisciplinary area which prepares students for a wide range of future opportunities, including government work, teaching, business, community service work, and graduate studies. Women's Studies students to learn about diverse women's needs and lives, and about efforts to make the world a better place for women, children and men.
We are pleased to announce that we are now accepting applications for two new graduate programs:
- M.A. in Gender Studies and Feminist Research
- Graduate Diploma (Ph.D.) in Gender Studies and Feminist Research.
These Programs are jointly dedicated to furthering understandings of the importance of gender as a category of analysis in scholarly inquiry. The Gender Studies and Feminist Research program, together with the Interdisciplinary Minor in Women's and Gender Studies, are a focal point for the University's commitment to building an inclusive community.
Note that the Combined Honours B.A. in Women's Studies and another subject will be phased out over a three year period beginning in Fall 2009. From September 2010, no new registrants will be accepted into the program. Undergraduate Women's Studies courses will continue to be offered and all students currently registered in the program will be able to complete their degree. Students in other honours programs interested in pursuing a Minor in Women's Studies will continue to be able to do so.