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Lucas continues to fill us with joy. He amazes us with his academic and athletic abilities. His sense of humor is always changing and cracking us up. He is a very thoughtful big brother and friend. He is growing in faith and in virtue. It is truly rewarding to reflect on his growth and accomplishments.
He misbehaves much like any three year old - seeking limits, and sometimes even when limit is known, choosing to cross the line anyway. He becomes frustrated when he can't do something, especially when trying to learn something new. He sometimes forgets his manners, doesn't want to share, and forgets that his little brother is still only 1! Once in a while he throws a big ol' temper tantrum, but they are becoming fewer and farther between. Our days are certainly filled with ups and downs, but I would expect them to be.
Lucas is showing more interest in praying and learning about the faith. He has the Sign of the Cross, Grace Before Meals, and Angel of God memorized. He likes praying before bed and thanking God for silly things like his fan. But he also remembers to pray for people we know who are hurt or sick.
In our "preschool at home" he is working on identifying all of his uppercase letters and numbers 0-10. He has about 3/4 of each down pat and still needs some work on the rest. We're trying lowercase letters too, but they have been harder for him. He is starting to exhibit some pre-reading skills like moving his finger along words in books and asking what it says in certain parts of the text. We're working on counting to 20 and other basic math concepts. He has forgotten the difference between a pentagon, hexagon, and octagon, and we need to learn the quadrilaterals again too. We spend a lot of time on music and art, and while less skill-based, we also talk about science, history, and religion. Our children's library is ever-growing.
Lucas is always improving his athletic skills, and he never tires of playing basketball, soccer, baseball, football, tennis, golf, and whatever else he makes up. Some of the things he's improved on lately include catching (still needs a lot of work - the one athletic skill he just can't get down! frustrating to him and to us!), balancing and hopping on one foot (he can go at least 5 hops), dribbling a basketball (need more work on this too), hitting a slow pitched baseball (he's decent), and throwing very hard, very far, and very accurately - it's really quite impressive and is often commented on by grown men.
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One small accomplishment is that last week he stopped wearing a Pull Up to bed. He was waking up with it wet less and less, and I couldn't even remember the last time it happened. When we ran out, we didn't buy more and decided to give it a try. So far, so good! He doesn't wake up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom, so we just have to make sure he goes right before bed. He can pull his pants and underwear up and down and goes to the bathroom by himself, but still needs us to help wipe. He is a little resistant to getting his own shirts on and off (he has done it, but still wants us to), and we are still putting his socks and shoes on too (he takes them off though). He has tried, but he has a hard time getting all his toes in and then gets frustrated. I think part of it is that he sees how much "attention" Tyler gets by us dressing him and changing his diaper all the time, and I think he is holding out on a few things that will make him much more independent from us. It's okay with me most of the time, but when we're in a hurry it would be nice if he could get himself dressed and ready to go.
Some of the other things Lucas enjoys are painting, baking, playing outside, reading books especially before bed, watching movies, playing board games like Candy Land and Connect Four, and using our iPods to play games. He and Tyler like to turn on the sink and play in the water. They also enjoyed playing in the snow around Christmas, and we hope we get a few more good snows this winter. He sometimes tells me he wants to stay home all day, but he likes going to Moms Group, Bible Study, and playing at Rainbow Play Systems and Franciscan Center. He is so much more independent than just six months ago, running off with his friends or by himself to play. He really likes being around other kids, and adults too, but he still has a shy and sensitive side. I know he is smart, happy, and will thrive in a good environment, and we need to discern where that will be when it comes time for kindergarten.
To wrap up, here are some of the cute, funny, and witty things Lucas has said lately. I could probably record something he says every single day!
-After seeing his two sets of twin cousins at the same time (6 months and 3 months), he told me, "I want two babies, or maybe four," and that when he is 5 he will take care of them. (Dec 10)
-Teaching Lucas the Glory Be "...as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be --- " "Oh! Grandpa has a Shelby!" (Dec 16)
-Late Christmas night, after two days of festivities and sugar and not enough sleep: "Merry Christmas to my Jesus who protects me from dangerous monster trees!"
-Commentary during Tarzan: "Does Tarzan have a belly button? Why isn't he wearing any clothes? They shot a needle at the big gorilla! I think he's dead forever. If nobody can fix him, that means he's dead forever. Why does God make bad guys?" (Jan 5) (He thinks about this a lot. Whenever something bad happens, he asks why God makes bad guys, and I have to explain it all over again. God makes everyone to be good, but some people make choices that are bad.)
-After referring to his friend Lucy as Luce, he decided that he is on close enough terms with Jesus to call him Jeez. "Actually, I call him Jeez." (Jan 17)
He also has a really good memory. There is a Glad trash bag commercial that shows Mt. Rainier in the background, and I told him that is where Grammy in Washington lives. Now every time the commercial comes on he says, "That is where Grammy in Washington lives!"
Our sweet baby is growing up. He can go from "all boy" - playing active and full contact games with Daddy - to begging me to lay with him in bed until he falls asleep in a split second. He wants to dig in the dirt, but he also wants to listen to lullabies. I love everything about him.


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Pain at the Back of the Knee
Pain at the Back of the Knee
Usual Suspects:
- The muscles of the back of the thigh, knee, and lower leg
The Imbue Pain Relief Patch temporarily relieves minor aches and pains of muscles and joints. In the diagrams below, the X's show the locations of common trigger points (localized muscle strain), and the colored shading shows the pain pattern each trigger point produces. This pain is often several inches (or more) away from the trigger point at which it originates. When a trigger point is to blame for your pain, applying the Imbue Pain Relief Patch at the site of the trigger point sometimes yields better results than applying it where you typically feel the pain.
Muscular pain at the back of the knee has just a small handful of usual suspects. These include the hamstrings (semimembranosus, semitendinosus, and biceps femoris), the large calf muscles (gastrocnemius and soleus), and two short muscles of the back of the knee (plantaris and popliteus). It doesn't take long to feel them all, and this may be the key to managing your knee pain.
Following is a description and diagram of each of these muscles. You can get a general idea of where each muscle tends to form trigger points (shown as X's) and the pain patterns they produce (shown in colored shading) just by looking at the diagrams. The descriptions add some useful information on the locations of these trigger points and the kind of pain they produce. Always be sure to feel the whole muscle, or at least several inches around the trigger point you're searching for, since these X's are not the only places where trigger points in each muscle may occur. When you find an especially tender spot that contributes to your knee pain, do some massage and apply the Imbue Pain Relief Patch here.
Popliteus and Plantaris:
These two muscles are located right behind the knee. Both connect the thigh bone to the lower leg. Plantaris's trigger point and pain pattern are shown on the left leg. Its tendon runs the whole way down to the heel, and it helps us flex the foot downward. Its trigger point is found on or near the knee crease, usually a bit outward from the center. Often it will be found just to the inside of the prominent tendon of the outer hamstring. The trigger point and pain pattern of popliteus are shown on the right leg. It is located slightly below the center of the knee crease. The easiest way to examine this area is to put one or both hands over your knee so that the fingers lay over the kneecap and the thumbs are in the back of the knee. Then use one thumb, or support one with the other, to press firmly in this area.
The hamstrings are two strong, thick bands of muscle at the back of the thigh. Both bands originate at the base of the pelvis (the ischial tuberosity or sitz bone). The outer hamstring, called biceps femoris, runs downward to attach at the outside of the knee. The inner hamstring, made up of two muscles – semitendinosus and semimembranosus – runs down the leg to attach at the inside of the knee. Both hamstrings tend to form trigger points near the middle of their length.
Trigger points in the outer hamstring are shown on the left leg in the diagram. They produce pain at the back of the thigh and focused behind the knee (and are therefore somewhat more likely to be involved in pain at the back of the knee). Trigger points in the inner hamstring are shown on the right leg in the diagram. They produce pain at the back of the thigh that tends to be focused more near its upper end, though it may also extend down to the knee and into the inner calf.
To examine this area for trigger points, you will need the help of a friend or the use of a tool such as a Thera Cane or a small ball, such as a lacrosse ball. You can lie face down and have a friend press firmly, following several lines from the crease at the base of the buttock down to almost the knee, starting first near the inside edge of the thigh and then working outward to the outer edge of the back of the thigh. The Thera Cane or ball are also easy to use. With the ball, sit on a hard, flat chair or bench, and place the ball under the crease at the base of the buttock. From there, slowly roll or reposition the ball to cover the whole area described above (see diagram). You may find it helps to lean your forearm on top of your thigh to get more pressure on the ball. If you find any areas of significant tenderness, especially if it contributes to your knee pain, do some massage here with the Thera Cane or ball, and apply the Imbue Pain Relief Patch.
This muscle (along with the soleus, below) forms the characteristic bulge of the upper calf. It has two main trigger point patterns. In the diagram, the leg on the left shows a trigger point near the upper, inner portion of the muscle (see X) that produces broad calf pain (see red shading) including along the inside of the ankle and arch of the foot. The leg on the right shows other gastrocnemius trigger points that tend to cause more localized pain at the back of the knee.
Beneath the gastrocnemius is the broader, thicker soleus muscle. This diagram shows its uppermost trigger point, which is located a few inches below the knee, and right at the midline of the back of the calf or just a bit toward the outside. It produces pain in the upper calf that may extend into the back of the knee.
When hunting for trigger points in both the soleus and gastrocnemius, just feel the upper half of the back of the leg. Besides using your fingers and thumbs to dig in here, you can cross your calf over the opposite knee and press on your leg to push the calf into the knee. This provides nice broad pressure. Alternatively, you can use a Thera Cane, or place a ball (a lacrosse ball is best) under the calf while resting it on a firm chair or bench.

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All That SkittersCollect 8 Skittering Spiderlings in Jintha'Alor.
|Skittering Spiderling (8)
DescriptionA moment if you're going up there, <class>...
I've got a few brokers quite interested in potent toxins. I couldn't help but notice the spiders scurrying around near here... not giant ones, about the size of your hand.
The skitterlings are a hue I've never seen before in this area. Could you collect a few for me and bring them back?
How many did you get?
Oh yes... I was wise to ask you to get these. How fascinating.
Come here, my pretties. Into the bag you go.
Come here, my pretties. Into the bag you go.
RewardsYou will receive: 35
GainsUpon completion of this quest you will gain:
- 2,900 experience


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February 27, 2014
Star Entertainment
Tafari's 'I Want You' video no.4 on Hit List
The video for Tafari's 'I Want You' (remix) has made it to number four on the popular Hit List video countdown show, which airs on CVM TV.
I Want You (remix) also features former Brick and Lace member Nyla. The video was shot in Miami and directed by Rona Cohen.
In a release to the media, Tafari was quite upbeat about the early success of the video.
"The response to the video has been all positive energy as to the picture quality, the beautiful girls, and how fun the video is," said Tafari.
Born Zambo Buchanan, Tafari is the son of veteran dancehall toaster Big Youth. The young Buchanan was introduced to music from an early age; hence his sojourn into music was inevitable.
"Thanks to Rona Cohen who directed the video and captured the fun and sexiness in the song. The making of the video was a collective effort of creative people, so it's natural for people to be receptive to art when it is good. I am not surprised, but I am stoked," Tafari noted.
I Want You (remix) is taken from Tafari's upcoming debut solo album Rud3 Lov3. The album features production work from Grammy-winning producers and musicians. It also features collaborations with Ce'Cile, Jimmy Cozier, and Big Youth, among others.
The video for I Want You (remix) is currently in rotation on RETV, HYPE TV and other music video outlets.
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Hartwick's Russo, Cooper, Peifer, Sessions Receive Second Grant from Corning Incorporated FoundationDecember 4, 2013
Hartwick College's Dr. Anthony (AJ) Russo, visiting assistant professor of biology, will be the principal investigator on a $2,000 grant recently received from Corning Incorporated Foundation, the charitable contributions arm of Corning Incorporated, to implement a new immunochemistry biology course at Hartwick College.
Immunochemistry involves the production, characterization and use of antibodies in research and medicine. Antibodies are tools for research and therapy, including applications associated the diagnosis of diseases and immunotherapy for cancer. The research to be integrated in the laboratory section of the immunochemistry course will provide opportunities for Hartwick students to be active participants in this valuable technology.
This is the second grant in two years that Hartwick has received from Corning Incorporated Foundation, with the funds deriving from these grants totaling close to $10,000. Dr. Eric Cooper, assistant professor of biology, Dr. Andrew Peifer, assistant professor of chemistry and Dr. Stanley Sessions, professor of biology, will serve as co-investigators on the grant.
"We are very grateful to the Corning Incorporated Foundation for their support," said Russo. "This recent grant will help me, the other co-investigators, and science students here at Hartwick College to continue to investigate important problems associated with the characterization and use of antibodies."
For additional information, contact Russo at 607-431-4575 or at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Hartwick College is a private liberal arts and sciences college of 1,500 students, located in Oneonta, NY, in the northern foothills of the Catskill Mountains. Hartwick's expansive curriculum emphasizes an experiential approach to the liberal arts. Through personalized teaching, collaborative research, a distinctive January Term, a wide range of internships, and vast study-abroad opportunities, Hartwick ensures that students are prepared for not just their first jobs, but for the world ahead. A Three-Year Bachelor's Degree Program and strong financial aid and scholarship offerings keep a Hartwick education affordable.
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Events for February 12
R.A.D (Rape Aggression Defense) class in Angola
Hendry Park School
Cancer Services launches Tee Shirt Contest for 11th annual Lapper
Deadline to submit design: Friday, March 8, 2013
Bankruptcy Counseling Classes & "Chat with a Counselor" event from FINANCIALHOPE
FINANCIALHOPE, 4105 West Jefferson Boulevard
H.O.P.E. for Animals Spay/Neuter Promotion "Beat the Heat"
H.O.P.E. for Animals Spay and Neuter Clinic, 1333 Maycrest Dr.
Regional University Exhibition at Artlink
Auer Center for Arts and Culture, 300 East Main St.


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THE TIGER CUB TRAIL Boys must earn the Bobcat Badge before they begin working on the Tiger Cub rank. After earning the Bobcat badge, the boys can earn the Tiger Cub belt totem and then begin work on the Tiger Cub badge requirements.
The Tiger Cub badge is for boys who have completed all 15 parts of the five achievements, that is, five family activities, five den activities, and five Go See It outings. During an impressive ceremony, the Tiger Cub badge is presented to the adult partner at a pack meeting, who in turn presents the badge to the boy.
While your boy is working on advancement, you can help. Besides signing his handbook as Akela once he has done his best, let your den leader know of any completed parts of achievements at your next den meeting. The den leader will keep a record of your boy's individual progress on the Tiger Cub Den Advancement Chart. In addition, your boy, with your help, will keep track of his own advancement on the Tiger Trail chart found on page 152 of his handbook. This encourages him and helps him see his progress toward the Tiger Cub rank.
The advancement requirements are written in such a way as to give you room to customize activities for your boy and your den. There are no performance requirements for Tiger Cubs. Boys should never be "tested" or placed in a position where they will not be successful. Simply participating in the activities and doing his best constitutes completion.
The den activities and 'Go See It' outings are intended to be completed with the den. If a Tiger Cub is unable to participate in an activity because of illness or a conflict, however, you may work with him to complete these requirements. For your boy to receive the full benefit of the program, it is important for you, his adult partner, to make every effort to attend meetings regularly.
At the end of the school year, he will graduate into a Wolf Cub Scout den. Later, he will be in a Bear den, and then he'll become a Webelos Scout.
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Who Qualifies?
To qualify for the refundable portion of the child tax credit, Puerto Rican taxpayers must have:
This credit is available even if no income is subject to federal income tax laws. This credit is refundable and can be obtained by filing a tax return.
A resident of Puerto Rico who files a tax return to claim the additional child tax credit should use Form 1040PR. The credit requirements in Publication 4281 (PR) are designed for Puerto Rico residents. If the taxpayer is subject to federal income tax, then Form 1040 and Form 8812 must be filed to claim the credit.
NOTE: a taxpayer cannot file Form 1040PR and Form 1040 for the same tax year.


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Barriault, C., & Pearson, D. (2010). Assessing exhibits for learning in science centers: A practical tool. Visitor Studies, 13(1), 90–106.
In informal learning environments such as museums and science centers, researchers sometimes assess the effect of learners' experiences by looking at their engagement. In this paper, researchers Barriault and Pearson describe a framework that identifies three different levels of visitor engagement with exhibits in a science center: initiation, transition, and breakthrough.
Feinstein, N. W., & Meshoulam, D. (2013). Science for what public? Addressing equity in American science museums and science centers. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 51(3), 368–394. doi:10.1002/tea.21130
Feinstein and Meshoulam's study examines the nature of equity work in museums and science centres across the U.S. Based on 32 interviews with leaders from 15 informal science education organisations, the authors identified two different perspectives, client and cooperative, each with its own strengths and implications for informal science education.
Hampp, C., & Schwan, S. (2014). The role of authentic objects in museums of the history of science and technology: Findings from a visitor study. International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement. doi:10.1080/21548455.2013.875238
Objects define museums: The collection, maintenance, and display of objects are the central functions of museum practice. But does it matter whether the objects on display are authentic? Investigators Hampp and Schwan's findings suggest that visitors learn as much from non-authentic objects as from authentic ones, but that aspects of authenticity shape visitors' emotional experiences of museum objects.
Tsybulskaya, D., & Camhi, J. (2009). Accessing and incorporating visitors' entrance narratives in guided museum tours. Curator: The Museum Journal, 51(1), 81–100.
ISE educators who provide guided tours at museums and similar institutions will be interested in this paper as it addresses how informal educators can assess a visitor's "entrance narrative," or collection of experiences, memories, and knowledge related to the subject matter of the museum, and respond to it in ways that enhance and increase visitors engagement with the subject matter during the tour. Visitors that experienced the entrance narrative mapping technique described here believed it helped them more deeply engage in the subject matter of the tour.
Evans, E. M., Spiegel, A. N., Gram, W., Frazier, B. N., Tare, M., Thompson, S., et al. (2010). A conceptual guide to natural history museum visitors' understanding of evolution. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 47(3), 326–353.
This study is an examination of the patterns of explanation in adult museum visitors about evolution and creationism, and the coherence of their reasoning patterns, including the persistence of intuitive childhood beliefs. The responses of all the visitors were a mix of novice naturalistic (intuitive), informed naturalistic (evolutionary), and creationist reasoning patterns. This paper can be of help to science educators to recognize different patterns of visitors' reasoning about evolution to support the development of a more informed understanding of natural selection, the micro- and macro- processes of evolution, and the evolutionary ideas of Darwin.
Van Schijndel, T. J. P., Franse, R. K., & Raijmakers, M. E. J. (2010). The Exploratory Behavior Scale: Assessing young visitors' hands-on behavior in science museums. Science Education, 94, 794–809.
The authors of this paper were interested in knowing how parents can support exploratory behaviors of their preschool-aged children at museum exhibits. They developed a quantitative instrument based on psychological literature on exploration and play in order to describe and quantify young children's increasing levels of exploration of their environment. They then tested the measurement tool with parents and their preschool-aged children to investigate what types of adult coaching would achieve high-level exploratory behavior at various exhibits.
Achiam, M. F. (2013). A content-oriented model for science exhibit engineering. International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 3(3), 214–232. doi:10.1080/21548455.2012.698445
Achiam presents a template for improving the exhibit design process to ensure that the visitor experience matches the designer's intended learning outcomes. The template is based on praxeology—a model of human activity that, in the case of museum engagement, addresses the ways in which visitors know what to do with an exhibit and then come to understand the scientific phenomena the exhibit was designed to demonstrate
Miller, J. D. (2010) Adult science learning in the internet era. Curator: The Museum Journal, 53(2), 191–208.
Focusing on where people find information about issues relevant to civic society, the author of this paper concludes that, in contrast to the Internet and related information technologies, informal science institutions are less impactful on civic science literacy. The implications of his findings are that in the Internet era an informal science institution's in-house presentation of intriguing phenomena may not be sufficient to supporting an engaged scientifically literate citizenry.
Davidson, S. K., Passmore, C., & Anderson, D. (2009). Learning on zoo field trips: The interaction of the agendas and practices of students, teachers, and zoo educators. Science Education, 94, 122–141.
This study outlines the learning goals, expectations, and perceived outcomes of a zoo field trip from the perspective of students, classroom teachers, and informal educators. They find, among other things, that that students most highly valued the social aspects of the field trip – opportunities to be with their friends and to discuss the field trip events with their friends. They also find that informal educators did not quite understand the needs or interests of the students and therefore missed opportunities to engage students with the science in the zoo. The authors close with several recommendations for planning class visits to museums, zoos, and other informal science institutions.
Krantz, A., Korn, R., & Menninger, M. (2009). Rethinking museum visitors: Using K-means cluster analysis to explore a museum's audiences. Curator: The Museum Journal, 52(4), 363–374.
This paper presents a quantitative strategy (K-means cluster analysis) for exploring museum-motivated ideas that can be helpful in resource allocation, marketing, event planning, and designing exhibits. Cluster analysis provides a potentially useful way of knowing and understanding visitors, especially when the rating statements used in the questionnaire and in the analysis represent the museum's intentions.


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Homage to my school SCAD. Hilarious lol
Txt: Barbara Sansone
/ Img: courtesy by Carla Diana
/ Eng: Luisa Bertolatti
Some years ago, in the rich panorama of designers and artists that used Flash to express their creativity on the web, there was a very interesting female figure whose work had already achieved international recognition. It was Carla Diana, from New York, but as her surname suggests, not far from her Italian roots.
Carla's work immediately gave off a particular feel. Her environments were almost always abstract and sparse and the objects that populated them were sound toys that the user could manipulate at leisure, thanks to the complex programming behind them. And Carla, with her love for mechanical objects and music, with her capacity to capture through her senses the stimuli of daily life that are generally ignored, with her reflections on the relationship between animals (even humans) and machines, with her attention to feedback of her colleagues and users, with her curiosity that gave her a deep understanding and knowledge and technique and finally, her simplicity which makes her open and available to talk about herself and continue to learn about other people's work, she showed how to use Flash as a means to conduct a personal and coherent research, as if it were possible to go around the limits and use it as a creatively rich concept.
Her works, marked by a distinguishable style, enrich that area of the Web that, thanks to Flash, began to be dedicated to art, to experimentation and entertainment.
After having taught for many years at the Savannah college of Arts and at the Georgia Institute of Technology and later having worked at Frog Design in San Francisco, Carla has now returned to New York where she works at Smart Design, a company dedicated to object design with a user friendly direction… a perfect place for her! And from the 25th of August till the 25th of September she was invited to the Barcelona office to collaborate on the development of a top-secret project, in order to avoid industrial espionage.
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I'm so proud to have her as professor when attending SCAD :)
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SCAD Students' Water-Saving Designs
Posted by hipstomp | 20 Nov 2009
ID students at the Savannah College of Art & Design are currently engaged in a hands-on project with local relevance: Helping a nearby vacation destination, Tybee Island, reduce its water consumption to preserve a local aquifer. Vacationers flocking to Tybee's beaches have already found their beachside showers turned off, as the island undergoes a government-mandated reduction of water usage by 44,000 gallons a day.
To that end, SCAD students are devising systems to meet Tybee's needs using rainwater, bamboo, and even Astroturf:
Casper Krouse, a senior in industrial design, showed off a waterless sand-removal system Thursday. He and his classmates had lashed together a mat of bamboo poles wrapped intermittently with reclaimed artificial grass. "It's a passive way to clean your feet," he said.
…The students have identified methods to collect, filter and store enough rainwater to serve the showers at North Beach. Some of their ideas are tried and true, such as using the roof of the existing bathroom facility to collect rainwater. Others are new, at least to this area, such as a living filtration system that uses large planters filled with sand, gravel, peat moss and live plants to clean up gray water from sinks and showers for re-use in toilets or landscaping.
Students are due to publicly present their designs today, with Tybee City Council reviews slated for the near future. Read all about it here.
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A girl who I knew from college recently moved into my neighborhood. Her and I messed around once in college years ago, and now I'm slated to go over to her place to watch a movie. I'm not sure how to act in this situation. Usually when hanging at someone's place, I already know the person more and... Show More
Girl wants me to come over for a "movie night"?
What Girls Said
it sounds like she likes you lol or at least trying to see if it could go anywhere. I know if I fool around with someone I usually wanna see if it could go somewhere, because there's obviously an attraction. If you like her try to get to know her, by talking to her and by going to public places too, because you wouldn't want it just to be physicial and ask her out on a date after you guys hangout a bit. I think she knows your shy and she is trying to get you to make a move like that.
If she told you your attractive it would most likely means that she likes you too. I've only really openly told that to one guy, because I didn't think he was gonna make another move. But I also knew he was attracted to me because he kissed me. Unfortunatley it didn't really go any where and was more of a fling.
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Okay, lets review:
She has told you she thinks you're attractive. Recently.
You've messed around before.
And now she's invited you over to watch a movie with her? And I suspect it will be just the two of you.
Are you kind of seeing the pattern yet? I say, she likes you! Of course, if there are other people at "movie night" maybe just play it as a friend, and roll with whatever closeness she may initiate, or base things off how she seems to act towards you.
If it's just the two of you... then things are a bit more interesting. If it's just the two of you, especially as she's just recently said she finds you attractive, then I think it could very easily be a time and chance to get closer with her, and I highly doubt she would object if you did. Just go with the feeling of the moment, and don't be afraid to take those chances of touch and cuddle; If she's invited you, and just you, plus that recent comment, I would think this is meant to be a situation where you can both be alone, together, and get close, while watching the movie.
Good luck brother, also, a scary/romance or scary/sexy movie can be good; Something like Jennifer's Body, where you can pull close to each other for the scary parts, but there's also a few sexy moments to set an undercurrent in the room.
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Some people may see this as ludicrously self-centered. For one thing, I don't really care what they think. For another, the evidence is indisputable.
I've been a New York fan for my entire life -- Mets, Knicks, Giants -- but I was raised in Cherry Hill, NJ, well south of the line that runs across the center of New Jersey separating Phillies country from Mets/Yankees country. Growing up, I always thought of that line as where you couldn't get Sportschannel New York on your cable system.
I was so far south that a ride to Veterans Stadium was just 20 minutes away, door-to-seat. But I was raised by a Brooklyn Dodgers-turned-New York Mets fan, so it became a badge of honor to wear blue to Phillies-Mets games in the summer, and Giants-Eagles games in the winter.
Naturally, though, it means friends I grew up with rooted for the Philly teams. And really, that worked out just fine. Sure, there were tough years, like 1993 -- when the Mets finished 59-103, while the Phillies won the National League pennant. That produced an awkward situation, incidentally, while babysitting, I allowed a Phillies fan to stay up past his bedtime to see the conclusion to Game 6, then sincerely tried to comfort the crying child while laughing.
But things stayed relatively even, New York slightly ahead, which makes sense. After all, Philly is a large market, New York the largest. That's how it should be. The Mets made the playoffs a few times, the Phillies once. The Knicks kept Patrick Ewing for many years after the Sixers traded Charles Barkley, and had a couple of Eastern Conference titles to show for it. The Giants won a Super Bowl, and won an NFC title a decade later.
No one dominated. My friends got to relive the time we all watched Todd Hundley try to play left field, and I enjoyed reflecting out loud about how much had happened since 1983 -- the last time a Philly team won a title in any major sport.
In fact, and this is where the "It's my fault" part comes in, I had a long discussion with one friend who stayed in Philly late in 2006, talking longingly about what a Mets-Phillies pennant race could ignite. Incredibly, while Giants-Eagles has burned for decades, the two baseball rivals didn't mean much to each other just a few years ago, mostly because the only two times they finished 1-2 in the NL East, the Mets held a double-digit lead.
Can you imagine, I asked my friend, what kind of rivalry could exist between the Mets and the Phillies, geographically far closer than the Red Sox and Yankees?
Well, I don't need to imagine anymore. So, thanks?
Obviously, I pictured it happening differently. Say, the Phillies win one, the Mets win one, rather than the Phillies winning their final eight contests of the season against the Mets and erasing a seven-game lead with 17 to play, then doing the same thing in 2008 to a 3.5-game lead, winning a World Series, then another NL pennant for good measure in 2009 and a division title in 2010, while adding a pair of aces to a pitching staff that far outpaces that of the Mets.
This hasn't been fun.
And while that's been true for Mets fans all over -- as a group, we are subjected to Phillies fans in some aspect of our lives, usually due to aggressive hiring policies aimed at ex-convicts -- for me, the pain has been constant. Five different people sent me picture messages on my phone throughout the Philadelphia victory parade. Five. And not single photos, either. Batches of them.
What was my comeback, really? "Oh yeah? Well someday, the Mets won't be as injured!" Lately, I can tout the wisdom of Sandy Alderson's approach...while they can tout Cliff Lee as a number three starter. So the tide hasn't exactly turned yet, though green sprouts are visible.
So to see the Giants emulate this approach is...disconcerting. While yesterday's loss was the most excruciating of them all recently, it is worth noting that the result itself has become the norm -- the Giants have lost six straight to Philadelphia. The Eagles ended New York's 2006 and 2008 seasons in the playoffs, scored a combined 85 points against New York in two 2009 games, and, well, you know what happened this past Sunday.
There's no reason that the Giants should be consistently beaten by the Eagles. The Phillies have been far better run than the Mets over this time, but the Giants have as much or more talent than the Eagles, and certainly a better game day coach. There's really only one plausible explanation -- I've done something to anger the sports gods.
I see now that I should have seen that January 7, 2007 game at Lincoln Financial Field as the changing of the guard. Just a few months earlier, I'd seen Philadelphia's version of this most recent loss -- a 24-7 fourth quarter lead ceded to the Giants in a 30-24 loss. Just one day later, I'd witness the Mets clinch the NL East. Life was good. Philly was just another town.
But when that David Akers field goal doomed the Giants at the start of 2007, four years of unfettered misery followed, Philadelphia triumphing over New York. And lest you think the Yankees winning the World Series in 2009 mitigates it at all, I'd ask you how you'd feel if your wife, having left you for your worst enemy, then left him for someone you also hate.
But the Giants are not eliminated yet -- indeed, with a strong showing against Green Bay, they could get their chance at revenge in just a few weeks. Let the new year ring in a new era between my favorite teams and the teams supported by friends I've kept around despite their inexplicable allegiance to a football team that thinks one can "Fly...fly on the road to victory", as if anyone can fly on a road.
For the sake of my sanity and my inbox, order must be restored. I beg of you, Giants, end this four-year reign of madness.
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Megan's Law offender from Wilkinsburg failed to report, caught with heroin, police say
A traffic stop in Manor Township on Tuesday morning turned into a foot chase that ended with a Wilkinsburg man being charged with having heroin and not reporting as a sexual offender, police said.
Law Bey, 31, was found near the Allegheny River. He was taken to the Armstrong County Jail in lieu of $100,000 bond.
The incident started about 12:40 a.m. when two state troopers pulled over the car at the Riverside intersection with Route 66. Police said Bey was a passenger.
According to a police report, when a trooper asked him for identification, Bey told them his name was Sheik Mohammad and said he was born in June 1983.
Police found no record of such a person and questioned him further. After frisking the suspect, a trooper asked him to put his hands behind his back.
Instead, the suspect jumped over a waist-high concrete traffic barrier and ran.
Bey was found hiding in the darkness under a swing in a yard in Ford City. Bey, who the Megan's Law site said is 6 feet 2 inches tall and 200 pounds, "actively resisted" arrest as he was being handcuffed.
Police said Bey had about 70 packets of heroin on him when arrested, along with $300 in cash and a small amount of marijuana.
Bey is charged with having drugs and drug paraphernalia, flight to avoid apprehension, resisting arrest and related offenses.
Bey was listed as an "absconder" on the state's Megan's Law list because he didn't report on a regular basis to state police as required.
Records show Bey was convicted in December 2009 of luring a child into a vehicle in North Versailles in 2008. He served a sentence in county jail.
According to the website, Bey is a Tier III offender. He must report his whereabouts to state police every three months for life so police can update his photo, address and other information.
At Harrisburg, state police spokesman Trooper Adam Reed said Bey's photo was last updated in May, but Bey apparently didn't report in August.
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1. I have completed a video showing the analysis of the Balzac-Vitry controlled demolition that used hydrolics rather than explosives to initiate a total demolition. This analysis shows deceleration upon collision, as predicted in the paper, "The Missing Jolt: A Simple Refutation of the NIST-Bazant Collapse Hypothesis," by Graeme MacQueen and Tony Szamboti. It also illustrates the symmetry of destruction, contrary to the "crush down" followed by "crush up" scenario propounded by Zdenek Bazant. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiHeCjZlkr8
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"Recognizing the high correlation between those who know about the collapse of WTC 7 and those who believe that a new - or rather real - 9/11 investigation is needed, I propose that the international 9/11 Truth Movement initiate, starting this September, a world-wide, year-long 'BuildingWhat?' campaign. Through this campaign, we would seek to make the fact of its collapse so widely known that the mention of Building 7 would never again evoke the question: 'Building What?'"
-David Ray Griffin
Dear Fellow Truth Advocates,
Today, the 11th of August 2010, we are pleased to announce the beginning of the worldwide "BuildingWhat?" campaign.
Letter to Editor, North County Times, published August 3, 2010
We have a federal agency showing disdain for the Freedom of Information Act. Dr. Patrick Gallagher, Director of National Institute for Standards and Technology, denied a request from structural engineer Ronald Brookman, who sought detailed structural analysis information gathered by NIST when they determined the cause of the World Trade Center Building 7 collapse. Gallagher's stated reason for denial was that releasing it "might jeopardize public safety."
What might jeopardize public safety is "not" allowing professionals in the building industry such as Mr. Brookman to independently study the NIST analysis of the highly anomalous building failure. A 47-story high-rise suddenly collapses straight down into its own footprint — highly anomalous.
Updated: the original Youtube video was censored shortly after I posted it, a year go.
Better rip it if you want to keep it, because it isn't available anywhere else.
Benjamin Netanyahu said, in 2001:
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Check out my article just published on OpEdNews. I wrote it with the hope that the topic would be discussed at the national Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) conference taking place in Cleveland. I am attending the conference.
60 minutes of highlights presented by Steven E. Jones, Ph.D. and Kevin R. Ryan in 2009.
Dr. Jones is a well published professor of physics, and Mr. Ryan was previously employed by Underwriters Laboratories (UL).
They describe some of the findings they have published in peer reviewed scientific papers.
They argue that scientific evidence refutes the official conclusion by the National Institute of Standards and Technologies (NIST) that explosives were not involved in the collapse of the World Trade Center Twin Towers and Building 7 on September 11, 2001.
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DJ Green Arrow was recently interviewed by the biggest Hiphop blog. He spoke to the interviewer briefly about False Flag terror. That did not make the article. However, if you click on the link that was attached to the article, you can see a message about 9/11 Truth, said by KRS-ONE.
An estimated 700 people clicked on the link. If they watched it to the end, they saw KRS talk about 9/11.
The following is a 40 minute edit of recently released videos from the AE911Truth San Fransisco press conference, the recent Fire Fighters for 911 Truth presentation with Mr. Lawyer and Mr. Gage, and the lecture recently given by David Ray Griffin at a Harvard church.
You can download a MPEG4 copy of this video from the following link:
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Director of NIST: Disclosure of WTC7 data "might jeopardize public safety"
Pursuant to Section 7(d) of the National Construction Safety Team Act, I hereby find that the disclosure of the information described below, received by the National Institute of Standards and Technology ("NIST"), in connection with its investigation of the technical causes of the collapse of the World Trade Center Towers and World Trade Center Building 7 on September 11,2001, might jeopardize public safety. Therefore, NIST shall not release the following information:
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There are many questions to ask about the war in Afghanistan. One that has been widely asked is whether it will turn out to be "Obama's Vietnam." This question implies another: Is this war winnable, or is it destined to be a quagmire, like Vietnam? These questions are motivated in part by the widespread agreement that the Afghan government, under Hamid Karzai, is at least as corrupt and incompetent as the government the United States tried to prop up in South Vietnam for 20 years.
Craig Bartmer, an NYPD officer who was present at the destruction of World Trade Center Building 7, testifies that he heard a series of explosions, "Thum, thum, thum, thum, thum" preceding the fall of the building. At the same time a TV interview is being conducted down the street, far from the building. The microphone picks up the same series of sharp, percussive sounds, confirming Bartmer's description. NIST artificially ruled out all such testimony by setting up a hypothetical loudness threshold for sounds it considered to be capable of destroying columns in the building. The video goes on to question NIST's computed loudness threshold below which they would not investigate explosions.
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Chandrababu Naidu takes oath as chief minister of Andhra Pradesh
Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief, N Chandrababu Naidu, today took oath as the first Chief Minister of the new Andhra Pradesh following its bifurcation.
Governor ESL Narasimhan administered the oath of office and secrecy to Naidu at Nagarjuna University grounds here which was a grand public function attended by a host of dignitaries, including senior BJP leader LK Advani, Home Minister Rajnath Singh, M Venkaiah Naidu.
Union Home Minister, Rajnath Singh personally congratulated Naidu on behalf of prime minister Narendra Modi and said: " I believe Andhra will be a glorious state under his leadership."
Earlier Modi in a series of tweets wished Naidu on his swearing-in, he said" As Chandrababu Naidu ji takes oath as CM of Andhra Pradesh this evening , I convey my best wishes to him and his team in developing the State.
Chandrababu Garu's administrative experience and commitment to development will be a great asset in taking Andhra Pradesh to newer heights."
"The Centre is committed to extending all possible help to the people and Government of Andhra Pradesh," he added.
Naidu has served as the chief minister of the undivided Andhra Pradesh for two consecutive terms from 1994 to 2004.
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Brevard County Commissioner Robin Fisher says he's going "all-in" in an attempt to keep major league baseball spring training in Viera.
On Thursday, he proposed that the county refinance the county-owned Space Coast Stadium and take advantage of matching state funds to help pay for up to $29 million in upgrades to the facility, according to Local 6 News partner FLORIDA TODAY.
Fisher said he and other county officials — including County Manager Howard Tipton and County Attorney Scott Knox — presented the plan Thursday during a teleconference with Nationals Vice President Damon Jones, who plans to brief other Nationals executives.
The proposal would have to be approved by the County Commission.
It comes days after the Osceola County Commission voted 4-1 against a plan to build a new $98 million stadium in Kissimmee for the Nationals, using a combination of Osceola County hotel tax revenue and state incentives.
The Nationals have told Brevard County that they are planning to leave Viera, possibly before their current lease agreement with the county runs out in 2017. The team cited Viera's relatively long distance from other spring training sites in the state as a reason for relocating.
Brevard County commissioners in May designated Fisher as their point person in negotiating with the Nationals.
Fisher said he wanted to go on the offensive in trying to keep the Nationals here, rather than playing defense by negotiating with the Nationals over an exit strategy for the team.
Fisher's proposal calls for a new 20-year lease agreement with the Nationals. In turn, the county would upgrade the stadium complex using $29 million from three sources:
• The county would refinance the stadium for $13 million. It would pay that debt using $986,900 a year from a portion of the county's 5 percent tax on hotel room rentals. That's the same stream of money the county used to finance the stadium's construction in 1993. The county made the last payments on the construction bonds earlier this year.
• The county would receive a $13 million match from a new state incentive program designed to keep major league teams' spring training in Florida, rather than moving their operations to Arizona. The money would come to the county in 20 annual installments, beginning the first year of the new lease agreement.
• The county would use $3 million already accumulated from a share of the room tax.
Fisher said the county would work with the Nationals on what those upgrades might entail.
As part of the agreement, the county would spend $1.6 million over the 20-year lease period for advertising to attract fans to spring training games, again using room tax money, an expenditure of $80,000 a year.
The Nationals would assume responsibility for operations, maintenance, capital repairs and improvements at Space Coast Stadium. The county currently pays for stadium capital repairs and improvements.
Earlier this week, the Nationals released a statement saying they "are sorry that we couldn't come to an agreement with Osceola County," while adding: "We recognize this was just one option toward finding the right site, deal and partner to build our one-of-a-kind, family-friendly spring training and fan-experience facility."
The Nationals statement said the team would "continue to talk with other interested counties in Florida and Arizona, and believe that the appropriate combination of site and investment will pay dividends for the right community long into the future."
Nationals spokeswoman Lara Potter said the team did not have additional comment, as it just received the new Brevard County offer.
Fisher said he "wanted to put something on the table" for the Nationals to consider in an effort to keep them in Viera.
"I've gotten tired of having an exit strategy conversation," Fisher said. "We're all-in, baby. This is how we are."
Fisher said he got the impression from Jones, the Nationals' vice president and general counsel, that the team wasn't expecting an offer like this, and that it would be taken seriously.
In a follow-up email, Fisher thanked Jones "for taking the time to meet with us via phone conference. As I stated, all of my previous discussions with you have been about you leaving. I appreciate the opportunity to tell you candidly that we do not want you to leave, and back that up with the 'all-in' offer I've presented. We are looking forward to hearing the feedback from your board, and hope that we can move to the next stage of approving a final agreement to not only retain the Washington Nationals in Brevard County, but also to continue building a strong relationship between your organization and our community at large."
Fisher told Jones that, if the Nationals accept the plan, he hopes to present it to the County Commission on Sept. 17.


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Over the past decade, we have been blessed with Sri Gurudev's continued grace and spiritual guidance in our lives.
Beginning Saturday evening, we will have a special program honoring Sri Gurudev with heartfelt offerings and memories of the many years that he walked this earth with us, blessing us with the Integral Yoga teachings and his example of Yoga as perfection in action.
On Sunday morning at Chidambaram, chanting and a grand puja will take place in this spiritually charged shrine that we are blessed to have at the Ashram. In the afternoon, we are invited to Ananda Kutir for darshan.
Over the weekend, we will have a wonderful opportunity to tune into Sri Gurudev's Divine Presence and to stay "tuned" while we live our lives in the world.
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Friday, August 17
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Sunday, August 19
10:45 am – Mahasamadhi Memorial Puja at Chidambaram
4:00 pm – Darshan at Ananda Kutir (3:30 pm for families)


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The SHE Experience is proud to bring you a high-energy group of professionals and experts in thought leadership and applied leadership practice. These women not only talk the talk, they walk the walk. Featuring some of the very best of San Diego's high-impact women, these individuals who are C-Suite, SHE Leaders, and Aspiration Architects - have come together to create a dynamic and one-of-a-kind adventure.
Our talented and dedicated C-Suite team has developed a day where you will connect your head with your heart to begin the journey toward leadership excellence.
SHE Leaders:
Lorri Sulpizio
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When you aspire, you breathe your life energy into your hopes and your dreams. But often in life, we need a strategy, a blueprint, to make our aspirations become reality. Our Aspiration Architects are leadership experts and come from a diverse pool of experience and achievement. They have crafted workshops uniquely for the SHE Experience and will create an architectural framework for your learning by providing sessions on learning and practicing leadership.
Jackie Frieberg
WLA Coordinator
Lorri Sulpizio, Ph.D.
Lorri Sulpizio has dedicated her career to advancing the science and art of leadership development through research, education, training and consulting. Lorri is a founder and the principle consultant for Lotus Leadership Institute- a leadership development company that helps both individuals and organizations to increase their leadership effectiveness and become more productive. She is a published author having written several articles and book chapters, and is an international presenter on leadership. Lorri's expertise include girls and women's leadership, as well as group and team dynamics. Her research focus is on women's leadership, specifically on voice, power, and authority. Her current research projects are on the topics of the lived experience of motherhood, as well as women, voice and leadership.
Lorri was an executive board member for New Children's Museum of San Diego, the California Community College Women's Basketball Association and the Fitness Advisory Council for San Diego Mesa College. She served as head women's basketball coach at San Diego Mesa College from 2001-2007 and coached at Cuyamaca College from 2008-2010. She is an adjunct professor, teaching business and leadership courses at several institutions of higher learning, including the University of San Diego and Cal State San Marcos.
Lorri's accomplishments include designing and implementing an empowerment program for female addicts and victims of domestic violence and she is the co-founder for WeLead, a program dedicated to girls and young women's leadership. Lorri has her PhD in leadership from the University of San Diego, her MA in Sports Psychology from SDSU, and her BA in English from Cal Poly SLO.
Robin McCoy, Ph.D.
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Robin McCoy has spent over twenty years using her leadership skills to advance organizations through periods of anticipating organizational growth and expansion while in transition. McCoy's expertise includes women's leadership development, strategic planning for organizations, and marketing.
McCoy's current research involves leadership development and assessment of leadership programs. She understands that the pace of change facing organizations requires multiple approaches to leadership development and requires more adaptive, flexible leadership. These approaches include the traditional components of leadership development: formal education, mentoring, on the job experience, and executive seminar training programs. Some non-traditional approaches that McCoy is researching include behavioral simulations and the art of influencing others through role-playing exercises.
McCoy is committed to her on-going development and believes that leadership requires continual progress toward growth and self-awareness. She understands the pressures of balancing home life with a career and has successfully mentored and taught thousands of students over her life as a professor teaching business strategy and marketing.
Cheryl Getz, Ed.D.
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Cheryl Getz is an Associate Professor in the Department of Leadership Studies in the School of Leadership and Education Sciences (SOLES), at the University of San Diego. She has held a number of administration positions in SOLES, including Assistant Dean, Director of Graduate and Credential Programs, and Associate Dean. She has a bachelor's degree in Education from the University of Cincinnati, a Masters degree in Athletic Administration from Central Michigan University, and a doctoral degree in Leadership Studies from the University of San Diego. Prior to becoming a faculty member and academic administrator, she spent 16 years as a Division I Women's Basketball coach at six different universities, where her teams excelled both on and off the court.
Her areas of expertise include: the use of nontraditional pedagogies to teach leadership, the application of case-in-point pedagogy and adaptive leadership to higher education administration and student affairs, and the development of inclusive and integrated leadership development programs. She teaches courses for masters and doctoral students in Higher Education Leadership; she teaches leadership courses for the undergraduate Leadership Minor, and she serves as consultant and facilitator for a variety of groups and organizations.
A sample of her publications include: Teaching Leadership as Exploring Sacred Space, in Education Action Research (2009); a co-authored piece titled: Facing Organizational Complexity and Change: Rethinking Leadership Development, in New Horizons for Leadership Development of Faculty and Administrators in Higher (2009); and, Toward an Integral Approach to the Teaching of Leadership Studies in Higher Education, in the Integral Leadership Review (2007).
|Jackie Freiberg, Ed.D.
As a bestselling author and leadership expert, Jackie has dedicated her career to helping executives and managers practice the art of leadership. Jackie is dedicated to helping leaders create BEST places where the BEST people can do their BEST work to create a BETTER world.
Dr. Freiberg is the author of NANOVATION: How a Little Car Can Teach the World to Think Big and Act Bold. Jackie and her husband Kevin are also authors of their international best seller NUTS! Southwest Airlines' Crazy Recipe for Business and Personal Success, BOOM! 7 Choices for Blowing the Doors Off Business-As-Usual! and GUTS! Companies that Blow the Doors Off Business-As-Usual.
Jackie is recognized as one of the "Top 30 Best Minds on Leadership" by Leadership Excellence Magazine, and is one of the most sought-after female business speakers in the nation.
Jackie has been teaching presentation skills for over 25 years at USD, SDSU and for the United States Marine Corps Recruiting Office. Jackie has trained approximately 1500 Marine Recruiters each year on the Fundamentals of Delivering a Winning Presentation. Semper Fi!
|Tita Gray, MBA
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Tita Gray is a Lecturing Professor at San Diego State University in the College of Business Administration where she teaches Organizational Behavior and Leadership. She is also the President of Gray Gilliam, LLC a Coaching and Consulting firm specializing in Career and Life Coaching and Organizational Development.
She currently serves on the Advisory Board for The Arc of San Diego – serving people with intellectual disabilities, she is a former board member for the San Diego LGBT Center, and is the Leadership Institute Co-chair for the American Association of Blacks in Energy. Ms. Gray holds a Bachelors degree from Baruch College in NYC, an MBA from San Francisco State University, and a Life and Career Coach Certificate from the Life Purpose Institute. Tita writes articles and blogs on leadership, organizational behavior, and professional development. She is currently writing her first book on Informal Leadership. She is a 2012 recipient of the San Diego State University Mortar Board award and has been a guest lecturer at San Francisco State University, San Jose State University, and the University of California Santa Clara.
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|Felena Hanson, MBA
Felena is a marketing maven. Her fifteen year career has spanned from a management position at a marketing agency in Los Angeles to Director of Marketing for a San Diego based high tech company. Her entrepreneurial path started in 2003 when she launched Perspective Marketing – a consulting firm that specialized in providing high-quality, cost-effective marketing strategy services to small businesses.
Felena's latest venture, Hera Hub, is a spa-inspired shared workspace for female entrepreneurs. This as-needed, flexible work and meeting space provides a productive environment for women who primarily work from home. Hera Hub members have access to a professional space to meet with clients and to connect and collaborate with like-minded business owners, thus giving them the support they need to be prosperous.
Felena is dedicated to helping women in Business both locally and internationally. She is the co-founder of the Business Women's Mega Mixer, the first event of its kind to bring together over 600 women to celebrate Women's History Month and showcase over thirty local professional women's organizations. She is also the proud past president of the local chapters of Women's Global Network & Ladies Who Launch.
Felena was recently presented with the "Women Business Owner of the Year Award" by the local chapter of the National Organization of Women Business Owners in 2012.
Felena is passionate about education, earning her Bachelor's degree in Marketing from the University of San Diego and her MBA from California State University Dominguez Hills.
|Amber Setter, M.A.
Amber Setter is passionate about the development of leaders from the inside out. Her full time coaching and consulting practice focuses on business and executive coaching, leadership coaching and programs, and the creation of customized solutions to improve organizational performance. She partners with her clients to develop their next level of leadership, reinvent themselves, reach goals previously unimaginable, and to let go of limiting thoughts and behaviors that stand in the way of their greatness.
Amber trains and mentors coaches in Accomplishment Coaching's Coach Training Program. She is also member of the California Society of CPAs and holds leadership positions on their Accounting Education Committee and the Board of Trustees for the Education Foundation. She is a CPA exam expert and has successfully coached struggling candidates who thought passing the exam was an impossible goal. Amber also works as a university lecturer in Business Leadership for National and San Diego State universities.
|Tanya Paluso, B.A.
|Tanya Paluso is the founder and CEO of Tribal Truth, an international organization that hosts local meetings, workshops and retreats for collaborative leadership development. It started as a network for women entrepreneurs in 2010 and opened its doors to include men this year. Tribes exist in San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas, New York, London, and online.
By teaching what she calls "co-creative leadership" to women so they can achieve their dreams, Tanya believes Tribal Truth can be a platform for sustainable social change as more women step into their power to make a difference in the world. She recognized the gap between men and women and invited men into the tribe to learn how to partner and collaborate with the women.
After living abroad in China, Japan, Spain and South America, she moved to New York City to begin her journey in personal development. It was there that Tanya discovered her passion for community building when she started a project to bring her colleagues at Thomson Financial together to mentor inner city girls. The project was so successful that she won the 2006 Community Champion award out of 15,000 employees and raised over $30,000 for her partner non-profit, Girls Inc. After leaving corporate sales at Thomson to study at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, she started the non-profit Play 4 Life, Inc. to bring nutrition into inner city schools, again bringing community together for fundraiser events such as karaoke and dodgeball tournaments. Some of her accomplishments include speaking at corporations such as ConEdison, Thomson Financial, Rabo Bank and White & Case LLC, and managing a program to teach leadership skills to business professionals in Mumbai, India. Tanya has a B.A. from UC Berkeley and studied at The Institute For Integrative Nutrition.
|Miriam Rothman, Ph.D.
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|Dr. Miriam Rothman works with individuals as well as large and small organizations in the public and private sectors as an Executive Coach and Human Resource Management Consultant. She conducts workshops and trainings around the world on a variety of management topics, including leadership development, career management and conflict resolution and consults as an expert witness in employment cases.
She has been adjunct faculty with the Center for Creative Leadership since 1988 where she is a certified trainer for The Women's Leadership Program and The Looking Glass Experience, feedback consultant and executive coach for several of their public and custom programs.
Miriam is Professor of Management and former Co-Director of the Internship Program in the School of Business Administration at the University of San Diego where she teaches courses in Human Resource Management, Executive Career Development and Organizational Behavior at the graduate and undergraduate levels. She has published widely in her field and serves on the board of two local organizations.
She joined the faculty of USD after receiving her doctorate from the University of Washington School of Business. She holds an M.S. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology and a B.A. in Psychology. Prior to pursuing her doctorate, she worked in the public and private sectors in Human Resources and spent a year teaching at the University of Otago in New Zealand.
|Marianne Waldrop, M.S.
|Marianne Waldrop retired from the United States Marine Corps after 22 years of active duty service. Commissioned as a signals intelligence officer, Marianne has been assigned to a variety of commands worldwide, including II Marine Expeditionary Force-Camp Lejeune, NC; Naval Security Group Activity-Misawa, Japan; Marine Corps Systems Command; US Central Command-Tampa Florida and most recently 3d Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Corps Air Station-Miramar. During her career, she lead hundreds of Marines while deployed in support of combat operations during Desert Shield/Storm, Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. Since her retirement in 2011, Marianne is pursuing her doctorate in Leadership Studies at the University of San Diego in hopes of taking her expertise back to the local community. Her scholastic passion lies in women's leadership development and the factors that influence girls in their emergence as leaders.


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Robert Wise Wins Top Prize Playing "Iowa's $100,000 Cash Game"
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DES MOINES, Iowa - After playing the same set of numbers on his "Iowa's $100,000 Cash Game" ticket for 20 years, an East Moline, IL, man won a top prize of $100,000.
Robert Wise, 72, said he purchases all his plays in the Cash Game at the beginning of the week and checks his numbers after the drawings have occurred. While he also plays easy pick numbers, it was his own set of numbers that won him the top prize.
"The numbers were up there and I thought, 'I think those are my numbers,'" Wise said. "I checked them and started bouncing all over the house."
Wise immediately yelled for his wife, Pam, to tell her the good news.
"She came in and didn't believe me. She had to do a double and triple-take. We are very elated," he said.
Wise, who is retired, said he chose his numbers randomly and has won smaller prizes on them in the past. He said he plans to use some of his winnings to pay bills.
"I think I'll keep playing," Wise said.
Wise claimed his prize Wednesday at the Iowa Lottery's regional office in Cedar Rapids. He purchased his winning ticket at Kwik Shop, 2242 E. 12th St. in Davenport.
Players in Iowa's $100,000 Cash Game choose five numbers from a pool of 35. Tickets in the game cost $1 and drawings are held at 6:28 p.m. Monday through Saturday. The odds of winning the game's top prize are 1 in 324,632.
Wise matched all five numbers in Tuesday's Iowa's $100,000 Cash Game drawing to win his $100,000 prize. The winning numbers that day were: 5-9-14-23-27.


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The College of Business offers programs that prepare students in accounting, management, finance, operations, marketing, information systems, entrepreneurship, and specialized programs in sustainable hospitality management and agribusiness.
Degree Programs
B.S. Business Administration
Business Administration majors develop a base of fundamental business skills such as marketing, finance, economics, and management, and can also choose one of 6 concentrations to get industry-specific knowledge in areas such as agribusiness, accounting, technology, and more.
B.S. Sustainable Hospitality Management
Sustainable Hospitality Management majors develop skills and understanding in hospitality business management that incorporates planet, people, profit, ethics, and equity with a concentration in either sustainable hotel, resort, and event management or sustainable ecotourism management.
Master of Business Administration
This online curriculum focuses on sharp–edged technology, corporate leadership, entrepreneurship, and global business acumen. Students select from two tracks:
Traditional - for aspiring business leaders
Executive - for executives with seven years or more of business experience
A Business minor provides students the opportunity to develop management skills and entrepreneurial attitudes that are valuable in a wide range of careers.
Nonprofit management
The minor in Nonprofit Management prepares students to effectively lead and manage community-based nonprofit organizations. It is offered in collaboration with the Department of Health, Human Services and Public Policy.


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Obama orders 'waivers' to new rules on detaining terrorism suspects
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Washington Post
February 29, 2012
President Obama issued an order Tuesday night laying out broad new waivers that allow U.S. law enforcement agencies to retain custody of al-Qaeda terrorism suspects rather than turn them over to the military.
The new waivers are Obama's response to a law passed by Congress last year that requires that alleged al-Qaeda terrorists who are not U.S. citizens be held in military custody rather than being processed through the civilian court system. Key GOP senators said Tuesday night that the president's measures raised "significant concerns," and they vowed to hold a hearing to scrutinize them.
U.S. law enforcement officials had feared that the law on sending alleged al-Qaeda members to military custody would inhibit their ability to get suspects to cooperate. The White House threatened to veto the measure, part of the 2012 Defense Authorization Act.
In December, a compromise was reached between Sens. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.), requiring military custody for non-U.S. citizens who are suspected members of al-Qaeda or its affiliates and who have planned or carried out an attack against the United States or its coalition partners — unless the president waives that provision.
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This Ferrari F430 was brought over to Malta to take part in an annual, charity event involving over 1000 cars of different makes and qualities; an event that attracts thousands of petrolheads and general public alike! The event is part of a series of charity events that take place annually in Malta to collect funds for the "Community Chest Fund" - Malta's foremost charitable fund under direct control of the President of the Republic.
The general public was being given the opportunity to drive a similar (but not street legal) Ferrari F430 on a 2 mile stretch (the secondary runway at Malta's International Airport) against a pre-set level of donation. Alternatively, they could donate money and ask to ride this white Ferrari instead, (but not drive it).
This shot is a B/W conversion of an HDR-treated image. I went for HDR since the sky was very bright, but had quite a lot of detail in it, and there was also considerable detail in the shadows too - the grill, the stands in the background, the texture of the ground, etc.
The only pity is the front area of the car - I couldn't get to blur the ugly area up front where the car's number plates resided. Apparently the owner removed these and the area underneath was very ugly. Some blurring was needed to make this less conspicuous but I still don't like it! Any mods would be appreciated as my software options are a bit limited!
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Palestine Inside Out: An Everyday Occupation
What killed the two-state solution?
"The international community stood by and patted themselves on the back while Israel expanded the settlements and instituted a system of racial separation with exclusive rights for Jews. And this was called the peace process. Case closed. The question becomes not whether the two-state solution was ever possible, but whether it was ever preferable." – Adam Horowitz
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"Many people on both sides recognize that the two-state outcome may not be as viable as it once was. […] We have to begin to think of creative ways to live together." – Ahmed Moor
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Ed, thanks so much for your coverage of Iran.
Something I will write about more in the next few days is the silence of the progressive outlets during the past few weeks. Naomi Klein didn't even utter a word. James Petras made me wish he hadn't uttered a word for all the profanity he wrote.
They cry foul at the military-industrial complex in the U.S, but when the same disease takes over Iran, they support it or remain silent.
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A persian blogger had posted a little note to his Arab friends, he wished he knew how to speak to them in Arabic:
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This review pertains to the latest version of the CP210x family of USB to UART Bridge Virtual COM Port (VCP) drivers from Silicon Labs Inc. CP210x drivers are required for proper operation/ facilitation of host communications for CP2101, CP2102, CP2103, CP2104,CP2105&CP2108 bridge devices.
IP Messenger For Win is a pop-up style LAN message communication tool for multi platforms. The messenger application is based on TCP and UDP/IP. This communication utility is simple, lightweight, and has a compact size. It does not require a server machine.
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LordofSearch is a multithread file searching tool. It can query Search Engine, Internet Website, Internet FTP sites, LAN shared drivers and LAN FTP servers for desired files based on file type and/or file name pattern. Once it find the files matching your requirement, it will return file information such as file name, size, location to you. You can then download the files to your PC and enjoy MP3 song and MPEG movies...
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Vista Drive Icon, changes the drive icons shown in Windows "My Computer", to a nearly Vista drive icon, showing the drive's free space with a smooth colored horizontal bar. Well, not only that they have a more stylish look, but they also show the drive's free space with the help of a bar placed underneath the icon.
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iTouchMidi WIN is a simple application for Windows operation systems that allows you to control midi applications on your iPhone / iTouch device. You have to select appropriate iTouchMidi ports in your midi application by selecting it from windows taskbar icon.
Big Kahuna Reef is an entertaining game in which you have to swap two coins to match three o more adjacent ones, thus causing the tiles to disappear from the board and making the tiles above them to cascade down possibly causing a chain reaction. Some tiles have a wooden crate behind that when matched, they burst open, freeing underwater creatures back to their habitat.
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