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Contrary to what it sounds like, Resort is not just vacationwear--instead think of it as a series of transitional pieces that will carry you through one season to the next. The Resort 13 collections offer everything we desire right now: color, lively prints, and easy silhouettes. Today's slideshow showcases our favorite Resort looks, from Marc Jacobs, Proenza Schouler, Stella McCartney, and more, along with all of the need-to-know details on how you can snag each piece now.
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- 9 of 13Black and White Ikat Windowpane Duchesse Swing Jacket ($1995)
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- 10 of 13Adirondach Pullover ($395) in Charcoal
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Goats, chickens and cows were common in cities until the early 1900s, at which time, all across America, they were banished to the rural outlands. Today, the idea of keeping chickens and goats in an urban environment is just beginning to be accepted. How did these changes in attitude come to pass? Grant will discuss how keeping goats led her to ask these questions and how living with her two goats, Snowflake and Eloise, has enriched her life.
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Hi! I'm Liam Dryden. I'm a UK YouTube Partner and member of YouTube's video-blogger community, and today I'd like to talk to you a bit about the Project For Awesome aka P4A.
Originally set up in 2007 by the vlogbrothers (aka John and Hank Green) and their rapidly growing subscriber base, the plan of the Project For Awesome was to take over YouTube's charts for a day with videos raising awareness and money for a wide range of charities. The date of P4A, December 17, is set a week before Christmas to remind people that the giving part of the season doesn't have to begin and end at the point of purchase.
Last year, by creating hundreds of videos talking about charity and other altruistic projects, and spending 24 hours on a mass viewing, commenting and favouriting spree of all the P4A videos across the site, all of YouTube's Most Viewed, Commented, Favourited and Rated charts were dominated by these videos between December 17th and 18th. it was a huge success, and all the vloggers whose videos had made it into the charts found their chosen charities benefitting from the event.
Every year since then, led by John and Hank every December 17, Project For Awesome has grown and grown. This weekend, P4A enters its fourth year and YouTube's gracious involvement in our gaming of their system means that a handful of people like me have been invited to show you how we do things, in case you're interested in taking part.
There are plenty of ways you can get involved, the most obvious being make a video. If you support any kind of charity that you think needs a little more awareness, then grab your camera and just tell the world a little bit about them and what people can do to help. It doesn't have to be long, most people watching will be flying through lots of different videos throughout the day anyway, so the more concise you are, the better.
If you're a YouTube Partner, there are a wide range of editable, attention-grabbing P4A thumbnails available for download at http://projectforawesome.com. Add one of these to your video to let your audience know you're involved and they'll get to work. Videos should be going live in the morning of December 17, as this is a concentrated effort lasting 24 hours.
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This year I'm making a video for my favourite charity, Child's Play. They specialise in providing long-term patients in children's hospitals with video games, consoles, DVDs and other forms of entertainment to keep their spirits up while on the road to recovery. On top of my video, I'm holding a number of eBay auctions where I'm selling some gaming-themed t-shirts that I've worn in previous videos, and all the proceeds of those will be going towards the charity.
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The city's education-policy board voted just before midnight last night to close and then immediately reopen two dozen schools with new names and new staffers in an unprecedented move that could displace more than 1,000 teachers. Two last-minute reprieves were granted yesterday before the vote, and they went to a pair of politically backed schools — Grover Cleveland HS in Queens, which counts state Assembly Education Committee Chair Cathy Nolan as an alumna, and Bushwick Community HS in Brooklyn, which garnered several vocal supporters, including Council Speaker Christine Quinn. Read More: New York Post
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The Port Authority worker who got down on his hands and knees to try to rescue a canny canine who wandered onto a busy runway at La Guardia airport Wednesday is a cat lover who is allergic to dogs, he lamented. But Paul Malichek, 57, didn't want to spook Byrdie — a 14-month-old Rhodesian ridgeback who had escaped her travel crate and turned the runway into her own private dog run — so he crawled toward her as jets idled nearby. Read More: New York Post
Occupy Protesters Turn Focus To Mounting U.S. Student Debt
Occupy Wall Street protestors gathered in Union Square in Manhattan on Wednesday to mark the day they say the U.S. student debt reached $1 trillion dollars and to draw attention to what they called the financial sector's "predatory" student loan market. The Federal Reserve disputes the figure, saying U.S. student debt is currently $870 billion. President Barack Obama and his Republican opponent Mitt Romney have called attention to the issue on the campaign trail to try to court the college-age vote. U.S. Senate Democrats and Republicans in the House of Representatives have proposed separate bills to keep interest rates for poor and middle class students at the current level for another year. Read More: NY1
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The mother and sister of a Queens man accused of plotting a terror attack in the city gave emotional testimony for the defense in Brooklyn federal court on Wednesday. Alisa Medunjanin choked back tears as she talked about her brother, Adis, and the raid on their home. She recounted the story of dozens of agents with weapons storming their sixth-floor apartment to arrest her brother. Alisa said she thought her brother had gone to Pakistan to get married. Prosecutors, who wrapped up their arguments earlier Wednesday, said Adis Medunjanin was there receiving Al-Qaida terror training. Read More: NY1
Rapper Talib Kweli emcees at St. John's University
Like any great rapper, Talib Kweli knows how to freestyle. Without any notes or prompts, the Brooklyn native rattled off a first-person history of hip hop music to a captive audience of more than 400 students at St. John's University on Tuesday. "Hip hop is such a folk thing," the 36-year-old lyricist told the Daily News. "It speaks directly to the people and the language that they are using right now." Read More: Daily News
While NY Giants sit tight with No. 32 pick, NFC East division rivals Washington Redskins, Philadelphia Eagles and Dallas Cowboys load up to challenge Big Blue
One of the crucial issues for the Giants as they go through the offseason getting ready to defend their Super Bowl title is whether they indeed have an identity crisis. Are they the Giants who struggled to become the first team to not only win the NFC East with a mediocre 9-7 record but the first team to win the Super Bowl at 9-7? Or are they the team that raised its game to an unimaginable level in the playoffs and beat the Falcons at home in the wild-card game and then the Packers and 49ers on the road — the two best NFC teams in the regular season — before finishing off their incredible run with another Super Bowl victory over the Patriots? Read More: Daily News


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Intricate Ivory Carvings
I have a collection of ivory carvings, ranging from small pieces to a larger glass-enclosed scenery. Can anyone provide me with more information about these pieces?
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Ivory is very difficult to determine from photos. we would need to see very detailed photos to be able to see the growth pattern of the ivory to be able to discern it from carved bone.
The first photo is carved cork.
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Destined for widespread popularity and quite possibly a little controversy, this post-apocalyptic tale about teenagers who fight to the death to help feed their families is so riveting and heartbreaking, I ceased all essential functions until I finished it.
"As a bibliophile who is fondly interested in young adult literature, I found The Hunger Games to be one of the best books I've read, regardless of its difficult content. As an extremely thought-provoking piece of literature, I hope this book will be added to English curriculums across the country, sparking conversations about subjects such as war, poverty, and death. Collins raises the intellectual bar, while empowering young adults with tools to instigate their own opinions and ideas." Sarah Miller, Powells.com (read the entire Powells.com review)
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Katniss is a 16-year-old girl living with her mother and younger sister in the poorest district of Panem, the remains of what used be the United States. Long ago the districts waged war on the Capitol and were defeated. As part of the surrender terms, each district agreed to send one boy and one girl to appear in an annual televised event called, "The Hunger Games." The terrain, rules, and level of audience participation may change but one thing is constant: kill or be killed. When Kat's sister is chosen by lottery, Kat steps up to go in her place.
"Signature Reviewed by Megan Whalen Turner If there really are only seven original plots in the world, it's odd that 'boy meets girl' is always mentioned, and 'society goes bad and attacks the good guy' never is. Yet we have Fahrenheit 451, The Giver, The House of the Scorpion — and now, following a long tradition of Brave New Worlds, The Hunger Games. Collins hasn't tied her future to a specific date, or weighted it down with too much finger wagging. Rather less 1984 and rather more Death Race 2000, hers is a gripping story set in a postapocalyptic world where a replacement for the United States demands a tribute from each of its territories: two children to be used as gladiators in a televised fight to the death. Katniss, from what was once Appalachia, offers to take the place of her sister in the Hunger Games, but after this ultimate sacrifice, she is entirely focused on survival at any cost. It is her teammate, Peeta, who recognizes the importance of holding on to one's humanity in such inhuman circumstances. It's a credit to Collins's skill at characterization that Katniss, like a new Theseus, is cold, calculating and still likable. She has the attributes to be a winner, where Peeta has the grace to be a good loser. It's no accident that these games are presented as pop culture. Every generation projects its fear: runaway science, communism, overpopulation, nuclear wars and, now, reality TV. The State of Panem — which needs to keep its tributaries subdued and its citizens complacent — may have created the Games, but mindless television is the real danger, the means by which society pacifies its citizens and punishes those who fail to conform. Will its connection to reality TV, ubiquitous today, date the book? It might, but for now, it makes this the right book at the right time. What happens if we choose entertainment over humanity? In Collins's world, we'll be obsessed with grooming, we'll talk funny, and all our sentences will end with the same rise as questions. When Katniss is sent to stylists to be made more telegenic before she competes, she stands naked in front of them, strangely unembarrassed. 'They're so unlike people that I'm no more self-conscious than if a trio of oddly colored birds were pecking around my feet,' she thinks. In order not to hate these creatures who are sending her to her death, she imagines them as pets. It isn't just the contestants who risk the loss of their humanity. It is all who watch. Katniss struggles to win not only the Games but the inherent contest for audience approval. Because this is the first book in a series, not everything is resolved, and what is left unanswered is the central question. Has she sacrificed too much? We know what she has given up to survive, but not whether the price was too high. Readers will wait eagerly to learn more. Megan Whalen Turner is the author of the Newbery Honor book The Thief and its sequels, The Queen of Attolia and The King of Attolia." Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)
To punish rebellious citizens, the government of a future dystopia strikes at their children. Selected by lottery, 24 young people must participate each year in a televised survival game. Similar to Roman gladiators, they enter a large outdoor arena — and must hide, hunt and fight until one victor emerges. "The Hunger Games" focuses on one character's struggle to maintain her humanity... Washington Post Book Review (read the entire Washington Post review) under such brutal conditions. When her younger sister is chosen, Katniss Everdeen, a skilled hunter, takes her place. But when Katniss publicly mourns the death of a fellow contestant and bonds with another to trick the government, she angers the powers that be. She must continue to play her part carefully or jeopardize her life and those of her loved ones. This gripping tale explores ever-timely topics — violence-as-entertainment and rule-by-intimidation — and through Katniss holds out the possibility of change. Children's author Mary Quattlebaum teaches classes in writing for children, blogs on nature-themed kids' books for the National Wildlife Federation and reviews regularly for The Washington Post Book World. Reviewed by Mary Quattlebaum, Washington Post Book World (Copyright 2006 Washington Post Book World Service/Washington Post Writers Group)
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"[A] grand-opening salvo....Populated by three-dimensional characters, this is a superb tale of physical adventure, political suspense, and romance." Booklist (Starred Review)
"[A] violent, jarring speed-rap of a novel that generates nearly constant suspense....Collins is an efficient no-nonsense prose stylist with a pleasantly dry sense of humor. (Grade: B)" Stephen King, Entertainment Weekly
"Survivor meets 'The Lottery' as the author of the popular Underland Chronicles returns with what promises to be an even better series....[A] compulsively readable blend of science fiction, survival story, unlikely romance, and social commentary." The Horn Book
"Impressive world-building, breathtaking action and clear philosophical concerns make this volume, the beginning of a planned trilogy, as good as The Giver and more exciting." Kirkus Reviews
"[A] thrilling adventure that will appeal to science fiction, survival, and adventure readers. The suspense of this powerful novel will keep the reader glued to the page long after bedtime." VOYA
"Collins's characters are completely realistic and sympathetic as they form alliances and friendships in the face of overwhelming odds; the plot is tense, dramatic, and engrossing." School Library Journal
The acclaimed author of the New York Times-bestselling Underland Chronicles series delivers equal parts suspense and philosophy, adventure and romance, in a stunning novel set in a future with unsettling parallels to the present.
The adventure novel of the year! Inspired by The Whipping Boy and Feed, this adrenaline-fueled thriller will appeal to fans of The Hunger Games and Divergent.
Knox was born into one of the City's wealthiest families. A Patron, he has everything a boy could possibly want—the latest tech, the coolest clothes, and a Proxy to take all his punishments. When Knox breaks a vase, Syd is beaten. When Knox plays a practical joke, Syd is forced to haul rocks. And when Knox crashes a car, killing one of his friends, Syd is branded and sentenced to death.
Syd is a Proxy. His life is not his own.
Then again, neither is Knoxs. Knox and Syd have more in common than either would guess. So when Knox and Syd realize that the only way to beat the system is to save each other, they flee. Yet Knoxs father is no ordinary Patron, and Syd is no ordinary Proxy. The ensuing cross-country chase will uncover a secret society of rebels, test both boys resolve, and shine a blinding light onto a world of those who owe and those who pay. Some debts, it turns out, cannot be repaid.
A fast-paced, thrill-ride of novel full of non-stop action, heart-hammering suspense and true friendship—just as moving as it is exhilarating. Fans of Anthony Horowitz's Alex Rider series, James Dashner's Maze Runner, Patrick Ness's Chaos Walking series, and Marie Lu's Legend trilogy will be swept away by this story.
"Put down what you're doing and read this book. Right now. The complex characters, intricate world, and blistering pace are off-the-charts amazing. I fell in love with this story from the first sentence to the final, epic page. London is a force to be reckoned with." —Marie Lu, author of the Legend trilogy
[A] smart, stylish science-fiction thriller that deftly weaves big issues like guilt, accidents of birth, redemption and commerce into a page-turning read." —Kirkus Reviews
Proxy moves blindingly fast through a world of danger gone viral. It's science-fiction on a joy ride full of deceit and imagination." —Deseret News
Set in a terrifyingly brutal Rome-like world, An Ember in the Ashes is an epic fantasy debut about an orphan fighting for her family and a soldier fighting for his freedom. Its a story thats literally burning to be told.
LAIA is a Scholar living under the iron-fisted rule of the Martial Empire. When her brother is arrested for treason, Laia goes undercover as a slave at the empires greatest military academy in exchange for assistance from rebel Scholars who claim that they will help to save her brother from execution.
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When Laia and Eliass paths cross at the academy, they find that their destinies are more intertwined than either could have imagined and that their choices will change the future of the empire itself.
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LITTLE FALLS, Minn. -- Hundreds of students remembered classmates with balloons and candles, outside Little Falls High School, their flames repeatedly extinguished by Sunday night's bitter wind.
"We are praying for them. We want to keep them in our memories and support their families," said Zachary Mertens, a senior who attended the candlelight vigil alongside 200 students and parents.
According to family members, Nicholas Brady, 17, and his cousin Haile Kifer, 18, both from Little Falls, never showed up to the family Thanksgiving dinner.
Their bodies were found Friday after Morrison County Sheriff's deputies received a concerning call regarding the behavior of the homeowner at 14319 Elm Street.
The home overlooks the banks of the Mississippi, and when deputies approached the homeowner, he confessed to shooting and killing the teens on Thanksgiving, telling authorities he fired when the teens broke into his home.
The Morrison County Sheriff says "a person has every right to defend themselves and their homes, even employing deadly force if necessary," but also said the circumstances of this case led deputies to believe the homeowner went beyond that point.
Questions overshadowed grief during many moments of silence and prayer.
"Why did he wait 24 hours to report it? That is what I don't get. I don't understand that. It's not right," said Alice Lister, of Litchfield who attended the vigil with her daughters, Brady's former classmates.
"Two kids killed in a basement and it took a lot to bring out the fact that you did it?" said Mertens.
"It's just a tragic thing," says John Lange, a friend of the 64-year old man. "He's a very nice guy who just keeps to himself."
Lange said the homeowner was a friend to many area teens, offering them work around his home, or his garage for band practices, but was recently fed up after a string of break ins.
"I think he just couldn't deal with it anymore," says Lange. "Why he didn't call the cops right away, I don't know."
Stephanie Cluever, a junior who attended the vigil, described Kifer as a role model in gymnastics.
"If I didn't believe in myself, she would say you can do it. I can't come to the fact she is gone and with Nick, he knew how to make everyone smile," said Cluever.
The homeowner is expected to appear in court Monday morning on second degree murder charges. Authorities say they plan to release more details in the case at a press conference Monday at 1pm in the Morrison County Government Center.
More than 1,500 people are following a Facebook page created in memory of the teens.
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20 U.S. Code § 4516 - Constitutional Law Resource Centers
(a) Establishment
It is the purpose of this section to establish four centers where nationally recognized distinguished experts in Constitutional law will produce, on a periodic basis, articles of current interest relating to the Constitution of the United States which are suitable for use by James Madison scholars, educational institutions, law school reviews, bar associations, and the news media.
(b) Endowments
In order to encourage recipient universities to provide such a continuing service, four endowments shall be established with funds from appropriations provided herein and such other amounts as may be contributed from other sources.
(c) Chair for Professor of Constitutional Law
The income from each endowment shall be used to help support a chair for a Professor of Constitutional law. [1] Each endowment shall be held in trust with the income from the portion provided herein used exclusively to contribute toward the salary and related costs of the professor filling the chair and for services directly related to the support of such professor such as secretarial and research services. The recipient university shall from sources other than that portion of the endowment funded herein furnish the office, classroom and related services suitable to such a member of the faculty.
The professor holding each chair shall file a copy of such articles with the Library of Congress, which shall make them available to libraries in the usual manner and the recipient of the endowment shall also make a copy available upon request by accredited educational institutions, bar associations, and general news media without royalty or charge other than the costs associated with printing or reprinting, handling and distribution.
(d) Investment of endowment
That portion of each endowment provided by this chapter [2] and any accumulations attributable to such grant shall be invested by the recipient university in interest bearing obligations of the United States or in obligations guaranteed both as to principal and interest by the United States and shall be subject to audit by the Government Accountability Office for the sole purpose of determining that such funds are accounted for or have been used as provided herein. If a grantee university elects to discontinue such chair and support services, the corpus of the endowment attributable to the Federal grant shall revert to the Treasury of the United States.
(e) Application for grant of endowment
The application for the grant for an endowment shall require only such information and supporting material as is reasonably necessary to assure that the funds will be used for the purposes described herein. Acceptance of the grant by each university shall constitute an agreement and obligation of that university to fulfill the obligations set forth in this section.
(f) Amount of grant of endowment; recipients of offer
The grants for each endowment shall be for $800,000 and shall be offered to Howard University School of Law in Washington, D.C., Drake University School of Law in Des Moines, Iowa, the University of Akron School of Law in Akron, Ohio, and the University of South Carolina School of Law at Columbia, South Carolina.
[1] So in original. Probably should be capitalized.
[2] See References in Text note below.
Source(Pub. L. 99–500, § 101(b) [title VIII, § 817], Oct. 18, 1986, 100 Stat. 1783–39, 1783–81, and Pub. L. 99–591, § 101(b) [title VIII, § 817], Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341–39, 3341–81; Pub. L. 108–271, § 8(b),July 7, 2004, 118 Stat. 814.)
References in Text
This chapter, referred to in subsec. (d), was in the original "this Act" and was translated as reading "this title" meaning title VIII of section 101(b) ofPub. L. 99–500and Pub. L. 99–591which enacted this chapter, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
Pub. L. 99–591is a corrected version of Pub. L. 99–500.
2004—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 108–271substituted "Government Accountability Office" for "General Accounting Office".
Temporary Authority To Receive, Review, and Certify for Payment Grant Applications
Pub. L. 100–202, § 101(a) [title V, § 501], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329, 1329–29, provided in part: "That until the Board of Trustees of the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation is appointed, the Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution is authorized to receive, review and certify for payment the applications for grants of endowment funds for the establishment of Constitutional Law Resource Centers as provided and appropriated under the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Act, title VIII, sections 817 and 818,Public Law 99–500 and Public Law 99–591 [20 U.S.C. 4516, 4517]".
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I read a few questions about how you can benefit from reading blogs, but I wonder what is really the impact of writing one.
I had mine, but I neglected it (not having the time, not having fun with it (and I really try to avoid things that are not fun)) and now it's dead.
Should I try harder on it? Or I can keep developing (pun) my abilities without having to maintain a blog?


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- Writing
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- Other Learning Support Programs
- Faculty Resources
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What is a Writing Consultant
What Is A Writing Consultation?
First-year Writing at Ringling College: Every Ringling College student must take at least one writing class. A few students receive AP or transfer credit for this requirement, but most students in every major will find themselves in a writing class during their first semester at Ringling. For studio arts and design community students, there will be a second semester of writing in the spring semester of their first year.
Special Projects and Collaborations:
ARC Writing Consultants can help with all aspects of any writing project. In recent years, we have developed close working relationships with a number of classes and projects college-wide.
NASAC: National Student Advertising Competition: are working with this year-long studio class in the Advertising Design department to ensure the best--and most correct--possible copy for their project book.
Evidence Based Design: Third Year Interior Designers spend a year researching and writing about a specific design problem and the writing consultants help them comose, format, document and proofread. Ringling Writing classes use MLA Style Documentation (see link above), but EBDers use APA Style--and it has to be perfect!
Fulbright Grant Applicants: Ringling College students who are interested in applying for this wonderful and prestigious opportunity need to begin early and write a lot. Writing consultants will be on hand to help with all aspects of this writing from organizing what to say to making sure it is well and correctly expressed. Follow this link for the Fulbright packet guidelines.
Make An Appointment: It's a good idea to make an appointment first--for any ARC service. Writing Consultants can often accommodate drop-in writers, but you never know when a project that requires consultations--like one of the above or some other--is due the next day. If your instructor requires consultations, you definitely need a consultation if the deadline is tomorrow!
Referral Form: By using this form, Faculty and staff can help ARC workers know what students need--and assure themselves of notification when the student comes.
Writing Consultants
Every year several Ringling College students from a variety of majors work in the ARC reading and responding to other students' writing projects. We call them Writing Consultants. But whether you call them tutors, consultants or even editors, their job is to give honest, educated opinions and suggestions on everything from research papers and critical analyses to artists' statements, short stories, children's books and poetry.
The consultants begin their training with an eight-week introduction to the philosophy of writing centers, good teaching and tutoring models and some specifics of grammar, sentences, organization and audience. Only then can they begin to work with students as full consultants. Training continues every year they remain on the staff in staff meetings and other events planned to hone and develop their skills.
All of them are excellent students. Some are international and speak multiple languages. All are eager to interact with writers and their writing. And all share the writing center philosophy: "Our job is to make better writers, not just better writing."
Artists and designers will need to write everything from business letters and memos to grant proposals, critical reviews and artist's statements. With this in mind, like colleges all over the country, Ringling developed a peer writing support service. Through peer consultation, Ringling students develop better writing skills and habits, so when they graduate they can communicate in writing as well as visual forms. They will also experience the growth of knowledge and understanding that comes when people organize evaluate and record their thoughts. Some may discover or further develop a love for words and creative language. They may even want to become Writing Consultants themselves.
Academic Resource Center:
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The Wild announced that Niklas Backstrom underwent successful sports hernia surgery on Thursday.
Coach Dan Bylsma said that Robin Lehner's lower-body injury doesn't "look like it's short term."
Zach Parise had an opening night hat trick in a 5-4 come from behind victory over the Avalanche Thursday night.
Antti Niemi takes home the first star honors of Thursday night action in the NHL, shutting out the Pittsburgh Penguins with 33 saves.
Brian Elliott started the year with a 3-1 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday night.
Jack Eichel took an early lead in the Calder Trophy race by firing home his first NHL goal in the third period of Buffalo's 3-1 loss to Ottawa on Thursday night.
James Wisniewski left Thursday's game against Nashville because of a lower-body injury.
Robin Lehner exited Thursday's game against Ottawa with an apparent leg injury.
Jacob Markstrom will miss at least three weeks due to a lower-body injury.
Anton Slepyshev is projected to open the season on a line with Taylor Hall and Connor McDavid.
Cody Eakin will start the campaign on the Stars' top line.
Ales Hemsky is projected to play on the fourth line in Dallas' season opener.


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Multicultural Action Center
December 2011
Dear friends,
As we look back at our accomplishments this year and plan for an exciting 2012, we want to thank you for your continuous interest in our efforts and involvement with us. Your work around the country to identify needs, potential solutions for addressing them and ongoing support of diverse communities makes our work possible.
Multicultural Action Center Highlights of 2011
- NAMI's Sharing Hope program continues to grow
- Fact sheet series on Asian American and Pacific Islander mental health
- First NAMI Multicultural Champions Conference held
- Personal perspectives of diverse NAMI leaders
Preview of Plans and Projects of the Coming Year
In 2012 we will continue to build on success of the current and previous years.
Highlights of our plans include the following focus areas (click here for details):
- Renewal of LGBT Focus
- Next Generation of Multicultural Champions
- Sharing Hope 3.0
- Compartiendo Esperanza
Keris Jän Myrick,
- "Organization Provides Resources and Support to Native Americans," by Gwendolyn Packard, Co-Chair, Rain Cloud, featured on the NAMI Blog in honor of Native American Heritage Month 2011
- New York Times profile of an inspiring NAMI leader, Keris Myrick, "A High-Profile Executive Job as Defense Against Mental Ills"
- NAMI staff, Carmen Argueta, reflects on recent Spanish-language programs training
- Final Data Collection Standards for Race, Ethnicity, Primary Language, Sex and Disability Status as required by the Affordable Care Act
- Suicide Prevention Resource Center resource series "Suicide among racial/ethnic populations in the U.S." featuring specific communities: American Indians/ Alaska Natives; Asians, Pacific Islanders and Native Hawaiians; Blacks and Hispanics.
New NAMI Resources
Mental health among Chinese Americans fact sheet
After Spanish, Chinese is the most widely spoken non-English language in the U.S and Chinese Americans are members of the largest ethnic group among Asian American populations. This fact sheet provides community views and cultural influences of mental health issues as well as rates and experiential information on specific disorders.
Spanish-language video showcases hope of recovery
NAMI created this video featuring Spanish-speaking NAMI leaders to showcase moving testimonies and perspectives in expression of hope and reality of mental health recovery. Available with the video is its transcription with English translation and biographies and quotes of the featured NAMI leaders in English.
Coming soon
Contact us to be the first to know when these resources are available:
- Recording of webinar, "American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health: Collaboration for Healing," held Nov. 30 in honor of Native American Heritage Month.
- Next year we will further build on the community-specific recovery video series by releasing videos with African-American and LGBT perspectives.
Upcoming Events
- 12th annual Central Texas African American Family Support Conference, Hilton Austin Hotel, Feb. 16-17
- 2012 NAMI Convention, Seattle, June 27-30, "Think, Learn and Live: Wellness, Resiliency and Recovery." Register by Dec. 31 to receive savings with the First-on-Board rates.


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harrymcc writes: On October 18th 1985, Nintendo launched its NES console in the US, reviving a near-dead video game industry and establishing Nintendo as a leader in home consoles. We've celebrated with a roundup of some of the stranger spinoffs that NES has inspired over the last quarter century, from odd controllers to a lock parents could use to disable the console to do-it-yourself projects like an NES built into a Super Mario cartridge.
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OCALA, Fla. -- An apparent sinkhole might have swallowed a small lake in an Ocala neighborhood.
Woodland Villages Association property manager Wes Herren said he noticed something happening to the lake around 12 p.m. Tuesday.
By 4:30 p.m., Herren says his phone was bombarded with calls from residents saying the "pond disappeared". The lake was monitored until 8:30 p.m.
Herren says he called engineers, area contractors and the city's public works department for help. By nightfall, the lake - which once took up about 5 acres and was up to 8-feet deep in places - was drained.
Manager says the city says it's up to the property owners
and board of directors to take care of it.
Engineers have been to the area to access the incident. The cause for the water drainage has not been confirmed as a sinkhole.
The area is roped off for the public's protection.
Woodland Villages has about 700 residents living in estate homes, condominiums, townhomes and patio homes. Herren says a similar incident happened in 1996.
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Visual Arts Center of Tidewater Community College
is pleased to announce the availability of:
Original silkscreen prints by Hisayuki Yamaie
When Hisayuki Yamaie came to Tidewater Community College from Japan, he was a chef by training and a professional soccer player. He intended to study Business but was aware of his interest in art, perhaps reflecting his grandfather's work as a temple carver. After taking a drawing course, he began studying only fine art and stayed at the college for three years.
His interest in drawing and painting led him to serigraphy (silkscreen printmaking). The printmaking instructor gave Hisayuki a thorough education in composition and color printing techniques for silkscreen. He also introduced Hisayuki to professional presentation and marketing standards for exhibition.
While broadening his artistic repertoire with courses in drawing, painting, design and art history, Hisayuki worked independently, pushing his medium and honing his skills and techniques. Well before he returned to Japan, all of his friends and instructors knew that he was a printmaking prodigy.
In his third year of study at TCC, Hisayuki exhibited widely in Hampton Roads. He won Best in Show at two large outdoor venues and had his first exhibition at Art America Gallery. His exhibiting opportunities at Art America continued until the gallery closed. Over the twenty-seven years since his return to Japan, Hisayuki has visited the United States several times. Notably, the exhibition Radiant Silkscreens, held at the Visual Arts Center in 2002, marked his twentieth anniversary as a printmaker.
His career continues to unfold in Japan with commissions, print house productions, and as many as five annual gallery exhibitions. Hisayuki was awarded the Print Grand Prix in Kagawa in 1984, he printed in the studios at Tokyo University in 1986, and since 1984 he has held the Enterprise Calendar commission, a large scale, fine art production.
The Visual Arts Center of Tidewater Community College manages his work in the United States. The Center currently holds 283 different editions, most of which are for sale. The price range for unframed prints is $150 to $450. Imagery includes regional, national and international sites. For more information, contact Shelley Brooks, Coordinator, Exhibitions & Arts Programming, at firstname.lastname@example.com or 757.822.1878.


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12 U.S. Code § 41 - Guam; extension of National Bank Act
Source(Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 852, § 2,70 Stat. 908.)
References in Text
The National Bank Act, referred to in text, is act June 3, 1864, ch. 106, 13 Stat. 99, as amended, which is classified principally to chapter 2 (§ 21 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see References in Text note set out under section 38 of this title.
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Arizona House calls for border intelligence center
HOENIX — Arizona lawmakers want to erect a new border intelligence center
in the state's latest foray into the national immigration debate.
The House unanimously sent legislation approving the center to the Senate for
approval Thursday.
The measure would establish a joint operations intelligence unit to coordinate
state and federal law enforcement agencies working along the border.
The center would work closely with U.S. Border Patrol agents and local law
enforcement officials.
Proponents say they want to create a drug-free zone along the border that would
also target human trafficking.
They say the center would be based on the Rangers, the top criminal
investigators in Texas. Texas recently sent small teams of Rangers to remote
border locations to deter drug traffickers.
Arizona already has an illegal immigration prevention team.