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01 Oct 2010 / Education, environment, KEIKI, news
Tags: Hawaii Academy of Arts and Sciences Public Charter School, Pahoa
01 Sep 2010 / commentary, Guest Columns, politics
(Editor's note: Steve Hirakami, a lieutenant governor candidate, was among those at UH-Hilo last night who participated in the forum and debates cosponsored by the Hawaii Island Chamber of Commerce, the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Hawaii, the Hawaii Island Board of Realtors, the Kanoelehua Industrial Area Association, the Hawaii Island Contractors Association and the Hawaii Tribune-Herald. Â He wasn't able to get completely through his speech due to timing, so it is being published here as an effort to generate community dialogue on the issues presented.)
Aloha, My name is Steve Hirakami and I am the "unpolitician†seeking the office of Lieutenant Governor. I realize I don't fit the description of a politician.
I prefer to borrow my son's first name, Pono, and be referred to as a "ponotician.†A "ponotician†is someone who works to make things right in the State of Hawaii. Speaking of making things right, everyone in this election is talking about education reform. Well, you're looking at a person that was an active participant in education reform as part of a team that started a charter school in Pahoa, Hawaii Academy of Arts and Science, and provided an educational choice in Puna. I'm glad that I am speaking before a Hawaii Island audience because you all can understand how difficult it is to start anything in Pahoa, much less a public school. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Hawaii Academy of Arts and Sciences Public Charter School, State of Hawaii, Steve Hirakami
24 Aug 2010 / commentary, Education, Guest Columns, politics
By Steve Hirakami
Aloha, I have been living on Hawaii Island for 36 years in the Kalapana area. I came here to surf the magical breaks of Kalapana, especially Drainpipes, Left Point, Kaimu, and Smashface. I fell in love with Kalapana and have made it my home. I have been involved in education for the past 16 years and the last ten as the founder and director of Hawaii Academy of Arts & Science Public Charter School, affectionately known simply as "HAAS.â€
We have pioneered a new beginning in education: giving decision-making back to the community, parents, and students. We have gone through many growing pains, but find ourselves ten years later as compassionate creators of a better world. Our students are actively involved in community service and exist in a non-violent, caring environment. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Dan Boylan, Hawaii Academy of Arts and Sciences Public Charter School, lieutenant governor, PBS Hawaii, Steve Hirakami
03 Oct 2009 / Island Events, KEIKI, news
(Media release) — SPACE needs you as a member.  Seaview Performing Arts Center for Education in Kalapana Seaview Estates wants to extend its ohana with new members as well as encouraging existing members to remain up-to-date with their membership. As a new benefit to members, we will be offering advanced ticket sales to our popular events exclusively to SPACE members. For the month of October, only SPACE Members may buy tickets to our upcoming Masked Ball. If you are not sure whether your membership is current, please check with Jenna at (808) 965-8756 or email@example.com). Annual memberships are available for $25 for an individual or $45 for a family. Memberships may be purchased at the Farmers Market, by mail, or at any SPACE event. Read the rest of this entry »
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09 Aug 2009 / feature
(A version of this story appeared in the Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2009 edition of Big Island Weekly.)
School started this week and breastfeeding mother Shanna Ireland Arthur can't be more grateful that the public charter school in which she teaches has allowed her to bring her 2-month-old baby to work.Â
"I can't stop working,†Arthur said. "If I couldn't take her to work with me, I would probably have to end up using formula.â€
Sandra Rogers Fitzgerald, meanwhile, is glad she has a door to her office in the state's Vocational Rehabilitation and Services for the Blind Division, allowing her the privacy to pump milk for her one-year-old boy who stays at home with her husband and 4-year-old son.
While Arthur and Fitzgerald are a testament to the notion that you can continue to breastfeed as a working mother, they realize they are defying the odds. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Bay Clinic, Big Island Weekly, East Hawaii Perinatal Health Consortia, Emi Leatherman Hunt, Graduation Reality and Dual Role Skills (GRADS) program, Hawaii Academy of Arts and Sciences Public Charter School, Hilo International Airport, Honorah DiDomizio, Hurricane Katrina, Infants and Children (WIC) Nutrition Program, Kim Gitzel, Louisiana Superdome, Mothering Magazine, Peggy O'Mara, Sandra Rogers Fitzgerald, Shanna Ireland Arthur, Vocational Rehabilitation and Services for the Blind Division, Women, World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action, World Breastfeeding Week


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In the aftermath of an engine fire that broke out quite unexpectedly, a Carnival cruise ship carrying 1000 crew members and 3000 passengers now finds itself adrift off the Mexican coast.
Apparently, the fire was dealt with by the ship's automatic sprinkler system, yet the damage it caused made it impossible for the ship to continue propelling itself through the waters.
The incident occurred fairly close to the Yucatan Peninsula, while the Carnival Triumph was traveling towards Galveston, Texas.
Information made available to the public thus far says that the ship is currently floating about in the Gulf of Mexico, and that a rescue party has already been sent in order to tow the ship back to shore.
As explained by a spokesperson for Carnival, "The ship's technical crew has determined the vessel will need to be towed to port. A tugboat is en route to the ship's location and will tow the vessel to Progreso, Mexico, which is the closest port."
Sources report that neither members of the crew, nor passengers were in any way harmed by said engine fire.
Furthermore, courtesy of several emergency generators, the people aboard the ship must not worry about having to make do without electricity.
"Another Carnival ship, the Carnival Elation, is currently on scene and transferring additional food and beverage provisions to the Carnival Triumph," reads another statement issued by the company.
By the looks of it, the vessel in charge of towing the Carnival Triumph back to shore, i.e. the Coast Guard's Cutter Vigorous, was supposed to reach said cruise liner on Monday morning.
As was to be expected, the passengers aboard the ship will receive a full refund and, "cruise credit equal to the amount paid for this voyage," the company explains.
Hopefully, more information on this topic will soon be made available to the general public.

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P/hop is charity knitting project that raises funds for the emergency medical aid organisation Medecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders.
And it goes a little something like this…..
Incredibly generous designers donate their time and knitting & crochet patterns to p/hop. These patterns are then available for you to download here. The idea is you donate based on how many hours of pleasure you'll get from knitting your p/hop pattern. There is no set price for a pattern; you can donate 50p or £50. It's entirely up to you – P/HOP = PENNIES PER HOUR OF PLEASURE!
You can donate in pounds, euros or dollars here.
p/hop is the brain child of Natalie Fergie, UK knitter and dyer, and has grown in leaps and bounds over the last year to include p/hop swapping, knitting events and the one year birthday blog-a-long. It is open to anyone to get involved and you are more than welcome to have a go at developing it in new ways. Or, you can just enjoy the wonderful patterns!
You can keep up to date with the latest p/hop news you can follow us on twitter, join the p/hop Ravelry group or keep an eye on the p/hop blog.
p/hop is based in the MSF UK office with a volunteer co-ordinator working in the MSF office one day a week. If you would like to get involved or know more please email Larissa.
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Blaylock Leads Charge Against A&M-Commerce
Sept. 10, 2000
Senior running back Derrick Blaylock had 25 carries and 218 yards Staurday night as the Lumberjacks rolled over Texas A&M-Commerce 48-21 in front of 10,048 fans at Homer Bryce Stadium. Blaylock also scored three touchdowns on the night with runs of 55, 38 and 20 yards. As a team, the 'Jacks rolled up 298 yards of rushing offense, adding another 132 through the air.
Travis Fallon, a senior from Corpus Christi Calallen, filling in for the injured Wes Pate connected on 12 of 19 passes for 111 yards and one touchdown, that a seven yard strike to Lawrence Hamilton for the 'Jacks first score of the night.
The Lumberjack defense and special teams also figured in the ball game, as safety David Crocker,a freshman from Killeen, picked off an A&M-Commerce pass in the fourth quarter and returned it 34-yards for a touchdown. Just over a minute later, the 'Jacks blocked a Lion punt and freshman Nick Trotter scooped up the ball and returned it 10-yards for the final Lumberjack score of the night.
SFA goes on the road this week as they travel to Ruston, Louisiana to take on Louisiana Tech. The Bulldogs lost to Penn State Saturday 67-7. Gametime is set for 6:00 p.m.


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Distinguished colleagues, Ladies and gentlemen,
It is a great pleasure to be with you here this morning and let me offer a very warm welcome to all participants.
I would like to start by saying how flattered I was by the attention that was given to the informal, impromptu remarks I made at 2pm on the 23rd of April, during this working group's last meeting. I suppose that mentioning the word 'Internet' wakes everybody up, and gets them to pay attention.
Those remarks were recorded on the webcast of the meeting, so I am surprised that I seem to have been misquoted in some reports. I have reviewed the report of your last meeting, however, and my remarks have been correctly summarized there. Let us therefore consider the matter closed and move forward with our busy schedule here over the next three days.
Please also rest assured that these present remarks will be duly published on ITU's web site; and I would also request that they be annexed verbatim to the report of this meeting.
Distinguished colleagues,
I would like to take this opportunity to set the record straight on a number of important issues which have found their way into various realms of the public domain over the past few months, and which have not – on the whole – been helpful in terms of clarifying the plain facts and the potential benefits we can hope to achieve through the WCIT-12 event.
Firstly, there has been fairly widespread comment stating that WCIT may set barriers to the free flow of information.
In article 33 of the ITU's Constitution, however, Member States recognize the right of the public to correspond by means of the international service of public correspondence.
And the ITRs cannot contradict that provision.
It is true nonetheless that all countries impose some restrictions on various forms of speech, including telecommunications – for example to protect copyright owners and to prevent defamation.
Some countries go further and restrict the use of telecommunications for areas such as pornography, gambling, hate speech, negation of genocide, and even certain types of political speech.
Such restrictions are permitted by article 34 of the ITU's Constitution, which provides that Member States reserve the right to cut off, in accordance with their national law, any private telecommunications which may appear dangerous to the security of the State, or contrary to its laws, to public order or to decency.
And the ITRs cannot contradict that provision, either.
So I do not see how WCIT could set barriers to the free flow of information.
Ladies and gentlemen,
There have also been a number of accounts stating that there is some sort of barrier, conflict or even war between telecommunications and the Internet.
In the converged world of the 21st century, this is plainly ridiculous. Who can stand up today and tell me the difference, in terms of traffic passing across networks, between voice, video, and data?
The real issue is how best to cooperate – to ensure:
The free flow of information;
The continued development of broadband;
Continuing investment in networks, services and applications;
And perhaps most importantly – in this very fast-moving world – continuing innovation.
I cannot imagine anyone who would disagree that the benefits of ICTs should be brought to all citizens of the world.
But to do that, we will have to work together.
So the question before WCIT is therefore how best can the ITRs be adapted to facilitate the achievement of that goal.
Distinguished colleagues,
There seems to be considerable support for including high-level, technology-neutral, principles in the ITRs.
And of course those principles should have a positive impact on the Internet – because they should favour its further growth.
As we all know, not only were the 1988 ITRs instrumental in enabling the global deployment of the Internet, but many other ITU activities have been, and will continue to be, essential components of Internet growth.
Let me mention just a handful:
Standards for end-user access equipment such as modems, including xDSL and cable modems;
Compression standards;
Security standards, including standards to combat spam
Standards for backbone networks, including fibre optics;
And, of course, the radio frequencies used to implement WiFi – which you are no doubt using as I speak.
International policy and economic issues related to telecommunications have always been discussed and agreed by ITU, to the benefit of all the world's users – and there is no reason to think that WCIT will be an exception.
Indeed, the conference comes at a time when the ICT sector is having a major impact on global social and economic development, so this represents a great opportunity to amend the treaty in a way that will further extend the benefits of ICTs to all the world's people.
As the industry has pointed out, data volumes are increasing much faster than the infrastructure needed to carry it, and there is currently a risk of an infrastructure investment shortfall.
The revised ITRs should therefore help to encourage broadband roll-out and investment. They should emphasize the importance of liberalization and privatization, and should recognize the role of the private sector and market-based solutions.
At the same time as data volumes are increasing, unit prices are declining, so total revenues for telecommunications operators are potentially at risk. As a result, some have said that there is a need to address the current disconnect between sources of revenue and sources of costs, and to decide upon the most appropriate way to do so.
The current international regulatory framework is simply not equipped to deal with these challenges – challenges which will affect the development of a fully-inclusive information society over the next decade; a society that ensures all the world's citizens have equitable, affordable and secure access to voice, video and data.
Ladies and gentlemen,
There are also some people who think that WCIT should not address costs.
But we all know that the cost of Internet connectivity is too high in most developing countries. And we all know that many consumers think international mobile roaming prices are too high. These are facts.
We all want to see greater Internet usage in developing countries. And I presume that we all want consumers to feel that they are getting good value for money when they roam.
So it would seem fully appropriate to discuss these matters in Dubai – so that we can find ways to bring down the cost of Internet connectivity in developing countries, while ensuring sufficient revenues for operators to deploy broadband infrastructure. And so that we can find ways to ensure that both customers and operators feel that roaming prices are fair and reasonable.
So let us not just discuss it; let us find agreements that enable more people to use more telecommunications and agreements that enable more operators to roll out more infrastructure.
Distinguished colleagues,
It has come as a surprise – and I have to say as a great disappointment – to see that some of those who have had access to proposals presented to this working group have gone on to publicly mis-state or distort them in public forums, sometimes to the point of caricature.
These distortions and mis-statements could be found plausible by credulous members of the public, and could even be used to influence national parliaments, given that the documents themselves are not officially available – in spite of recent developments, including the leaking of Document TD 64.
As many of you surely know, a group of civil society organizations has written to me to request public access to the proposals under discussion.
I would therefore be grateful if you could consider this matter carefully, as I intend to make a recommendation to the forthcoming session of Council regarding open access to these documents, and in particular future versions of TD 64.
I would also be grateful if you would consider the opportunity of conducting an open consultation regarding the ITRs. I also intend to make a recommendation to Council in this regard as well.
Ladies and gentlemen,
I am proud of the ITU's tradition of open discussion amongst its membership, and I am proud that the ITU works bottom-up, thanks to inputs from its 193 Member States and 552 Sector Members.
I am pleased to see that our membership has submitted over 120 input documents to this working group. All of our Member States and Sector Members have access to these documents – and in keeping with ITU's working methods all members have had an opportunity to comment on them, in particular at the regional preparatory meetings.
In accordance with national laws and practices, some countries will no doubt be conducting public consultations on WCIT, and some of those consultations will be based on the report of this working group. Indeed I note that the Netherlands has already informed this working group of such a national consultation, and I commend them for that. So let me encourage more of this kind of action as we move forward, both in the interests of transparency and of accountability.
With all this activity, we can expect significant additional inputs to the conference, and I am confident that these will help us to understand how to iron out any differences in views, so as to achieve consensus in Dubai, in the true tradition of the ITU.
Distinguished colleagues,
Most of us were not involved in the preparations for the 1988 conference in Melbourne. But the historical record shows that many of the fears, concerns, and criticisms surrounding WCIT-12, also appeared in 1988.
As we know, those fears and concerns were unwarranted: the 1988 Melbourne conference created the framework that enabled the spectacular growth of telecommunications – including the Internet – over the past 24 years.
1988 set the stage for the information society. And 2012 will set the stage for the knowledge society!
Many constructive proposals for revising the ITRs have already been presented to this group. If some of you do not agree with some of the proposals, then I would urge you to submit alternatives, and to engage in constructive discussions with all parties.
We all know that, in the true tradition of the ITU, we will not vote on any issues – just like in January, at the World Radiocommunication Conference, where in four weeks we did not vote once, but came to consensus on every issue.
WCIT is an opportunity to create a stable international regulatory framework providing the right conditions to allow markets to flourish globally – and the issues on the table are vital to the creation of a fully-inclusive information society.
We all want the same thing: further development of telecommunications.
So let's all work together to make that happen, and help create the framework for tomorrow's converged networks: mobile and fixed; voice and data; and of course the Internet.
By working together, we will make this world a better place.
A world where everyone has equitable, affordable and secure access to the Internet – wherever they live and whatever their circumstances.
A world where the social and economic benefits of ICTs have reached all the peoples of the planet.
And a world where social and economic justice prevails.
Thank you.


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Although it was Rudy Gay's first game against the Knicks as a Raptor, it was DeMar DeRozan who led Toronto to an upset win at Madison Square Garden last week. By consistently attacking the rim, DeRozan was able to rack up easy points at the free throw line. He went 10-for-10 from the stripe on his way to 20 points overall.
Gay has opened up driving lanes and absorbed other teams' best wing defender, which has made life easier for DeRozan. Since the Gay acquisition, DeRozan has averaged 6.7 free throw attempts per game, compared to 5.0 for the season. Although it's only been seven games, the early signs look good for Toronto, as they make a push for the eighth and final playoff spot.
Iman Shumpert will have to keep DeRozan out of the lane, and away from the free throw line. DeRozan is shooting just 38.5% from outside the paint this season, but is connecting on 83.8% of his free throw attempts. As a team, the Knicks will need to go under any screens for DeRozan, and concede the open jumper. If the Knicks can force Gay into another subpar shooting night, and keep DeMar DeRozan out of the paint, they should avenge their pre-All-Star game loss.
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There were no big parades, no speeches, no field days, not even a barn dance to mark last years special occasion. In fact, the day went by unnoticed.
What occasion?
May Day 2011 marked the centennial of a hamlet tucked off Route 11 in the town of LeRay, five miles north of Watertown. A hundred years ago, or 101 now, the post office at Harlan Dunns grocery store in Sanfords Corners named in 1810 for settler John Sanford took on a new postmark, according to the U.S. Postal Service archives. The community became Calcium, thanks, apparently, to the efforts of one of its new residents, Madison Cooper.
And who was he?
Mr. Cooper, descended from French nobility, was the communitys industrialist. Yes, an industry right in bustling little Calcium. And in a few short years after Calcium took its name, Mr. Cooper was to become fairly well known nationwide to anybody who enjoyed growing flowers, if they were reading his magazine, the Modern Gladiolus Grower, later called the Flower Grower.
But that touches only the surface of this mans resume. He was, at different times, a store clerk, bank clerk, hotel clerk, printer, cheesemaker, shipper of dairy products, bookkeeper, pipefitter, machine installer, carpenter, painter, architect, engineer, breeder of cattle and swine, founder of an amateur baseball league and builder of a baseball park for his community. The list encapsulates his jobs, his sidelines and his interests.
An entrepreneur in refrigeration, he built a business in Minneapolis that became Cooper Cold Storage Systems. With his business booming along the East Coast, he took advantage by returning to the region where he was born, relocating the company to Watertown, and ultimately to Sanfords Corners, the home of his relatively recent ancestry.
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Two families, Bacon and Cooper, are cited in History of Jefferson County New York, 1797-1878, published by L.H. Everts & Co., Philadelphia, Pa., to have been the earliest settlers in what would become the southeast portion of the town of Pamelia. The Cooper settlement began with Guillaume Coupert, born in 1773 in Normandy, France.
According to a story told in John A. Haddocks Jefferson County history, Guillaume (French for William) was a teenager in a fishing crew that set out for Newfoundland in the early 1790s. Captured by the British, the crewmen were imprisoned in Nova Scotia. Guillaume escaped to Connecticut. After about three years, he heard about unsettled land to the north, where a wealthy Frenchman named LeRay was selling good farmland at low prices. He joined a company that brought him into the Black River valley, where he was attracted to land featuring a natural flow of water spouting from a hillside. There he acquired 150 acres on the north side of the river, which he cleared for his Cooper homestead.
Now that he was settled, the adventurer found a settlement of Frenchmen near present-day Great Bend. He met a priest and the clerics widowed sister, Marguerite Charton, an educated woman who could trace her family back to the nobles of France. On March 21, 1801, Guillaume, 28, and Marguerite, 27, married.
They had seven children, including a son, William, whose next generation would include a son, Madison Cooper. A generation later, another Madison Cooper came into the world on March 19, 1868 the youngest of three children of Madison and Diana Benoit Cooper.
The ancestral farm served as home for the second-generation Madison Cooper for the first eight years of his life, until his parents moved to Evans Mills. That would be where he attended school and where he would live until age 19. Being a villager did not take the farmboy out of him, however.
Moving to the village was only a step from the farm, he wrote in an autobiographical sketch, and the farm was in mind at all times, and frequent contacts made with what was happening there. At 14, I worked seven months of the year on the farm.
The teen found time to develop another interest, however: baseball. He was captain of a junior team and was centerfielder on a mens team. At 18, he experienced the satisfaction of being a winner when his team captured a Northern New York championship.
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As the 1880s dawned, the Cooper family was looking in new directions. The 19-year-old Madison headed to Utica to explore a future in journalism. At 15, he had bought a small hand card press with which he printed and published the Evans Mills Graphic, selling at 3 cents a copy. Printed one page at a time, the paper was eventually expanded to four pages.
When he wasnt printing community news, he was working as a cheesemaker in one of his fathers dairy factories.
In Utica, he took on a temporary job as proof-puller and copy-holder for a morning newspaper office, but after four months, he enrolled in Utica Business College. His parents, meanwhile, were heading out to Ottumwa, Iowa, where they would launch a butter- and egg-shipping business.
Back at Utica Business College, Madison became acquainted with fellow student Clara May Matteson. Their relationship blossomed, and on Dec. 3, 1889, they began a marriage that would last the rest of their lives. Having completed their studies in Utica, the couple moved to Iowa, where the young man worked in a crockery store and later in a bank. They then journeyed to Arrowhead Springs, Calif., where his brother-in-law had a job for him in hotel management.
He and Clara followed when Madisons father made another move, this time to Minneapolis. Madison went to work for his father as bookkeeper.
Meanwhile, a family was growing. Madison and Clara had three sons, all born in Minneapolis. The first, Daniel, arrived Nov. 10, 1890, and William followed nearly two years later, on Oct. 29, 1892. A third-generation Madison Cooper, the one to be called Junior, was delivered May 9, 1901.
Not long after Williams birth, Madison began studies in chemistry and freehand drawing at the University of Minnesota, and completed algebra and geometry studies in a Minneapolis high school. To gain mechanical experience, he worked for the Minneapolis Street Railway Co.
Putting his new skills to work, Madison set out on a project that was to shape his future. In shipping dairy products, the Coopers needed to improve their methods of keeping the goods cold and fresh. Madison invented and patented the Cooper System of Cold Storage. His success prompted him to go into business for himself, running a cold storage engineering and construction business. For about two decades he planned, designed and installed refrigeration systems in more than 100 plants in the United States and Canada.
With his product selling well in the East, Madison Cooper resolved it would be desirable to move the business from Minneapolis, he wrote. In 1903 and 1904, his business was moved to Watertown, with the family living at 108 State St. (later changed to 1042 State St.). At about the same time, he bought the old Cooper homestead, near Sanfords Corners, which he would use for the next seven to eight years as a summer home.
He continued to purchase more land at Sanfords Corners and relocated his business there in 1909, and then settled in a new house there two years later.
In later years he described what brought him back to Jefferson County:
One great advantage of the north temperate zone is what I call its Verdure ... wherever the eye carries may be seen a beautiful green ... yet with the coming of mid-summer and early fall the browns and yellows which result are attractive in themselves, and never do we have the bareness of appearance which prevails in sections where the rainfall is less uniform. So it may readily be seen why this old editor, after sojourning for 20 years in the west, was satisfied to come back to his place of birth.
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As Mr. Cooper settled into his new surroundings in 1911, the communitys new industrialist is said to have led the charge for a name change. No official documentation substantiates the account, nor did he claim the honor when he penned his personal sketch. The only known source is the late Lowell Jewett, who wrote a community history.
Madison Cooper, a prominant businessman of Sanfords Corners, changed the name to Calcium. He was disturbed that his mail was being miss-sent to Sanford, in Broome County, Mr. Jewett wrote.
Mr. Coopers refrigeration business used a chloride of calcium process, so he stocked calcium chlorate at Sanfords Corners. Hence, the name Calcium.
The industry that gave Calcium its name was not to last long, but it was still going strong as World War I approached, with one customer being a future Cold War adversary of the United States.
We contracted with the Russian Government for equipment for 20 cold storage plants, Mr. Cooper wrote. These were shipped on termination of the war.
The development of mechanical and electric refrigeration in the early 1920s made Madison Coopers cold storage systems obsolete, although in 1935, he provided his plans to Poland. Time had come for the versatile gentleman to nurture other interests: publishing and flower-growing. For 29 years, beginning in 1914, he edited and published magazines devoted to flowers, gardens, horticulture and nature.
The magazine, he said in his personal sketch, was established as a hobby, and for the reason that I had taken a great interest in growing the Gladiolus, which was at that time quite new. I have probably done more to popularize the growing of Gladiolus, in the early days, than any other man.
A Watertown Daily Times editorial on July 8, 1946, following his death, endorsed Mr. Coopers boast. The village of Calcium became known throughout the country as the home of the man who knew everything about gladioli and also the home of the magazine which he established for the public which admired that regal flower.
The Times account reported that he interested his friend, Charles E. Holbrook of Hungerford-Holbrook Co., in a magazine for flower growers. The magazine became Mr. Coopers major interest, and he went to Albany to have it published. After it passed out of his hands, he established another publication, Gardening, and a baseball magazine, but they did not succeed as did his original.
He wrote of commonplace things and with unusual skill. He was a homespun sort of an individual; wrote of the soil and the wholesome philosophy of the farm. He knew what appealed to his audience. The Flower Grower under his hand became a most interesting and widely read magazine.
Among his subscribers, according to a 1926 item in the Watertown Times, were Mrs. Henry Ford of Dearborn, Mich.; horticulturalist Luther Burbank, and inventor Thomas Edison.
He is said to have had as many as 13 acres of bulbs planted on his farm.
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The late Jack Case, who was sports editor of the Watertown Daily Times, wrote a story quoting local sports personality Henry Hank Hodge about his memories of north country sports. His article included a recollection about baseball in Calcium.
Hank also recalled that Chappie Johnson used to have a better than average Negro baseball team based here, playing in a Central New York league. The team had old Flower Grower Field, owned by the late Madison Cooper at Calcium as its home base.
Johnson was a standout professional Negro League catcher. Among visiting teams were the House of David and the Detroit Clowns.
Flower Grower Field in Calcium, a 5-acre fence-enclosed baseball park with bleachers, a grandstand and dugouts, was an outgrowth of the Jefferson County Amateur Baseball League, organized in 1927 by who else Madison Cooper, who served four years as president.
I built the best equipped baseball park in New York State, north of the New York Central Railroad, Mr. Cooper boasted in his life sketch.
At the time, the sport was unusually popular and successful in Northern New York, he wrote.
Games were played on Sundays, and Mr. Cooper rewarded the ladies in attendance with gladioli.
When Pine Camp military reservation, now Fort Drum, was expanded in the early 1940s, Mr. Coopers showcase baseball field was struck out for a spur track serving the Army training ground.
Mr. Cooper was also a prime mover in forming the Amateur Sports Federation, a statewide organization, in 1931, and became its president at inception, according to his obituary. He was also editor of the federations official magazine, Amateur Sports.
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The year 1941 was not so flowery for Madison Cooper. Sept. 8 must have been particularly trying for him, when one of his sons was compelled to testify against him in a federal government civil action.
A portion of the 75,000-acre Pine Camp expansion was a 160-acre site on Mr. Coopers North Star Spring Farm. The springs that had attracted his paternal great-grandfather to the region was an inexhaustible source of water spouting from a natural rock formation, the Times reported. A year earlier, he had completed development of the spring for commercial use, and by the end of 1940, more than 3,000 people had taken advantage of the spring for drinking water and for its natural beauty.
He balked at the governments purchase offer, and he subsequently claimed that in doing its expansion work, the government had caused $5,529 in damage to his property. The government, meanwhile, was admitting a $1,500 responsibility.
His son, Daniel C. Cooper, a layout engineer with Deline Construction Co., in his testimony supported the governments damage assessment. When the case was closed, federal condemnation commissioners awarded Madison Cooper $2,000 to satisfy the property sale and damage claim.
Part of Madison Coopers damage claim involved Flower Grower Field, which had fallen into disuse about 1939. The commission ruling considered the baseball parks building and improvements to be of no value, the Times reported.
Four years later, on Aug. 21, 1945, Mr. Cooper suffered a stroke that left him almost completely paralyzed. At 8:45 a.m. July 8, 1946, he died in his sleep in his home at the age of 78.
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Mr. Cooper was predeceased by his second son, William, who was 52 when he died of heart disease on May 25, 1944. The twice-married draftsman and World War I Navy veteran had no children.
Clara May Matteson Cooper survived her husband by about 17 months, dying at age 77 on Jan. 3, 1948. She had been active with civic and charitable organizations, particularly the American Red Cross.
The couples third-born, Madison Jr., a radio technician, died on Christmas Eve 1968, in Livingston County. He was 67, and his only immediate survivor was his brother Daniel.
Daniel Cooper lived to be 82. He died in Florida on Jan. 15, 1973, leaving his wife, Marion, and a daughter, Betty J., who became Mrs. Marvin Boos, and later Mrs. George Schneider. She had a son, Garin C. Boos Schneider, the only great-grandchild of Madison and Clara Cooper.
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The home built in Calcium by Madison Cooper still stands. With 18-inch-thick ground-level concrete walls and tongue-and-groove wood construction, the 10-room structure remains insulated with cedar shavings.
Following the death of Clara Cooper, the Cooper home and associated property were purchased by Russell Ryor, who used the former Cooper refrigeration facilities for the slaughter and cold storage of turkeys. Ryors Turkey Farm was in business until 1978.
The succession of owners of the Cooper home continued in 1979 with Army Maj. James and Mary Dickey, and in 1985 with Lt. Col. Paul and Linda Callen. The current owners, James and Karen Powell, purchased the property in 1988. Mr. Powell has done extensive research about Madison Cooper and is a significant contributor to this story.
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A flower that grows wild in Calcium is the Madison Cooper iris, a variegata introduced in 1918 in Mantorville, Minn., by Willis C. Fryer, who was a friend of Mr. Cooper.
Plans for the manner in which U.S. Route 11 bypasses Calcium were devised about 1946, and drew the regrets of Syracuse columnist Roy E. Fairman.
With the removal of the blind corner on Route 11 at Calcium, his April 20, 1947, column in the Syracuse American Herald read, motorists will pass by that hamlet without being aware it is there.
Mr. Fairman noted that Calcium, like most other rural hamlets, has lost much of the importance which characterized its early years.
The writer was a native of Chaumont who often wrote in Syracuse about his Northern New York ties. He retired from a 42-year newspaper career in 1954, writing the final lines of a history column that carried a vaguely familiar title, As Time Goes By.
He died on May 29, 1961, at the age of 77.
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The Sedalia City Council met Tuesday evening for a brief, regular council session. The meeting was scheduled for Tuesday due to Monday being President's Day.
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Cahills was the second lowest bid and it was approved in the amount of $127,908.90. The project is funded through a grant from the Missouri Department of Transportation. In order for a bid to be accepted, the contractor must be registered with the Missouri Department of Transportation. The lowest bidder had their bid rejected due to not being registered.
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The council approved a program application between the City of Sedalia and Pettis County for a traffic engineering assistance program in regards to a project located at West Main and State Fair Blvd. The city's share of the project will be a grant match of $625.88.
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An archaeological team from the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz has discovered the precise location of the oldest Roman military fortification known to date in Germany – in the vicinity of Hermeskeil, a small town some 30 km southeast of Trier in the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
This discovery sheds new light on the Roman conquest of Gaul. The camp was built during Julius Caesars' Gallic War in the late 50s BCE. Nearby lies a late Celtic settlement with monumental fortifications known as the 'Hunnenring' or 'Circle of the Huns,' which functioned as one of the major centers of the local Celtic tribe called Treveri. Their territory is situated in the mountainous regions between the Rhine and Maas rivers.
"The remnants of this military camp are the first pieces of archaeological evidence of this important episode in world history," said Dr Sabine Hornung of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz's Institute of Pre- and Protohistory, who authored a report published in the journal Archäologisches Korrespondenzblatt. "It is quite possible that Treveran resistance to the Roman conquerors was crushed in a campaign that was launched from this military fortress."
The existence of this site with a size of about 260,000 square meters had been known since the 19th century, but its interpretation was controversially discussed.
"Some remains of the wall are still preserved in the forest, but it hadn't been possible to prove that this was indeed a Roman military camp as archaeologists and local historians had long suspected," Dr Hornung said.
The breakthrough came through systematic investigations closely linked to archaeological research conducted in the vicinity of the Celtic settlement 'Hunnenring'. The Celtic fortification is located just 5 km from the military camp at Hermeskeil and can be seen directly from the site. As a result of agricultural development, large sections of the former military camp can no longer be recognized and are in danger of being lost forever.
Dr Hornung's team began their work in Hermeskeil in March 2010. Initial research enabled them to determine size and shape of the military camp that was fortified by means of an earth wall and a ditch. They determined that the fortress consisted of an almost rectangular earthwork enclosure with rounded corners, which, by its size of about 182,000 square meters, provided space for several thousands of soldiers, including both legionaries and mounted auxiliaries. An extension of additional 76,000 square meters encompassed a spring, which thereby secured water supply for the troops.
The team found numerous shoe nails originating from the sandals of Roman soldiers that had loosened as they marched along. The size and shape of the nails were among the first indications that the military camp at Hermeskeil dates back to the time of the late Roman Republic or the Gallic War. This theory was subsequently confirmed by shards of earthenware vessels discovered during excavations and further verified using scientific dating methods.
The special historical significance of the Hermeskeil military camp lies in its relationship to the neighboring Treveran settlement 'Hunnenring.' The team has been able to confirm that this settlement was abandoned by its inhabitants around the middle of the 1st century BCE. Before the identification of the camp near Hermeskeil, however, it was only possible to speculate that this abandonment had had something to do with the Gallic War. In his 'De Bello Gallico,' Julius Caesar reported that the tribe of the Treveri was split into anti-Roman and pro-Roman factions. The anti-Roman faction, led by the aristocrat Indutiomarus and his relatives, fomented unrest that resulted in Roman reprisals in 54/53 B.C. and 51 BCE, over the course of which the Treveran resistance to the invaders was broken. The discoveries near Hermeskeil provide the first direct archaeological evidence for this dramatic episode in world history.
Bibliographic information: S. Hornung. 2012. A late Republican military camp at Hermeskeil (Lkr. Trier-Saarburg). Preliminary report on investigations during 2010-2011. Archäologisches Korrespondenzblatt, 42,2


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The other day, my sister was here admiring some of Esther's paintings, and said,
"Esther, when you're a famous artist, I'm going to tell everyone it was me who cut your umbilical cord."
I had to laugh. I had nearly forgotten that it was my sister, Aunt Cindy, not my husband, who physically separated my first baby from me.
Not that Ian wasn't given the chance. They asked him, and he said, "No thanks."
I'm sure he was thinking, "Not bloody likely."
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I wasn't surprised. While he is the handiest of handy men, calm and cool in a crisis, level headed to the core, severing live tissue that connects mother and child isn't quite the same as hanging a door.
Ian and I are the same when it comes to being medically squeamish.
I remember my midwife asking me if I wanted to see Esther's head crowning in the mirror.
"Not particularly," I said.
"If you reach down, you can feel her head coming," she pressed.
"No thanks," I answered. I'll take your word for it."
I could try and blame this on exhaustion– I had been pushing for 3.5 hours, after 29 hours of Pitocin labor, when she finally crowned.
But, after a meager 15-odd hours of labor and one hour of pushing with Isla, I had the same exact answer: "No thanks. Please just let me get on with getting this baby the heck out of me."
And as for the cord. Ian declined the second time as well. I guess the midwife must have cut it. (My sister didn't come back for the second time. I don't blame her.)
Looking around, I have learned that I'm not alone in having a squeamish husband. In this BabyCenter poll, 66 percent of fathers did cut the cord, while 34 percent did not.
But there might be more to it than squeamishness. It's hard to deny the symbolism in physically severing a newborn baby from its mother. Could this be what's really behind the reluctance?
Did your hubby jump, or balk, at the chance to wield the scissors in the delivery room?
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EAST CARBON - Our loving mother, grandmother, sister, and friend, Sarah Isabel Vasquez, age 82, passed away peacefully Oct. 7, 2009 while surrounded by her family.
She was born July 12, 1927 in Gallina, NM to Pedro and Ascension Serrano Mestas.
Married William Head Vasquez July 28, 1944 at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Durango, CO; he died April 22, 2004.
Sarah was a member of the Good Shepherd Catholic Church in East Carbon where she resided since 2004. She loved crocheting, playing bingo, gardening and her green thumb could make anything bloom.
She lived for her family and was always concerned abo the welfare of others. Sarah loved being near her family and her faithful companion Lucky was always by her side.
She is survived by her children, Rh (Victor) Herrera, Jr., East Carbon; Ray (Jackie) Vasquez, Durango, CO; Edna Candelaria, Salt Lake City; sisters, Della Mestas, Durango, CO, Virginia (Manuel) Paiz, Salt Lake City, Neomie Albo, Durango, CO; 19 grandchildren, 28 great- grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.
Preceded in death by her parents, husband, William; brothers, Ernest, Ben and Marshall; sisters, Ernestina, Tonie and Betty.
The family would like to extend their heartfelt thanks appreciation to the entire staff of Rocky Mountain Hospice, especially Rick, Melinda and Melissa, and also to Sarah's sisters, Neomie and Della; beloved great-granddaughter, Desire; and grandchildren, Loretta and Lester. Your many acts of kindness will never be forgotten.
Funeral Mass will be Saturday, Oct. 10, 2009, 10 a.m. Good Shepherd Catholic Church, East Carbon. Vigil service, Friday evening, 7 p.m. at the church in East Carbon.
Family will be at the church Friday and Saturday one hour prior to service.
Committal service, La Posta Cemetery, La Posta, Colorado. Arrangements entrusted to Mitchell Funeral Home of Price.


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The direct antiglobulin test (DAT) is used primarily to help determine if the cause of hemolytic anemia, a condition in which red blood cells (RBCs) are being destroyed more quickly than they can be replaced, is due to antibodies attached to RBCs. This may occur in autoimmune-related hemolytic anemias, which are caused by a person producing antibodies against their own RBC antigens (autoantibodies). Examples of this include autoimmune disorders such as systemic lupus erythematosus, malignant diseases such as lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia, and infections such as mycoplasma pneumonia and mononucleosis. It can also occur in some people with the use of certain medications, such as penicillin.
A DAT may be used to help diagnose hemolytic disease of the newborn (HDN) due to an incompatibility between the blood types of a mother and baby. When a baby is born, the mother may be exposed to the foreign antigens on the baby's RBCs and may produce antibodies directed against the baby's RBC antigens. This may occur when an Rh-positive baby is born to an Rh-negative mother. Formerly, antibodies to the Rh antigen were the most common cause of hemolytic disease of the newborn, but this condition is now rare due to preventive treatments given to the mother during and after each pregnancy. The most common cause of hemolytic disease of the newborn nowadays is an ABO incompatibility between a Group O mother and her baby. This type of fetal-maternal incompatibility is generally mild.
A DAT may also be used to investigate a suspected transfusion reaction. If a person being given blood develops a fever or other significant symptoms suggesting a potential for a hemolytic transfusion reaction, a DAT is done to determine if the person has made an antibody that has attached to the transfused RBCs. If the antibody is found coating the RBCs, then the RBCs may be destroyed (hemolyzed) or be removed from circulation faster than normal.
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The DAT may be ordered when someone has hemolytic anemia and the doctor wants to determine the cause.
This test may be ordered when a newborn is born to an at-risk mother or exhibits signs of hemolytic disease of the newborn, in the absence of other causes of symptoms that may include:
A DAT will be ordered when there are signs and symptoms of a blood transfusion reaction, such as:
If the DAT is positive, then there are antibodies attached to the RBCs. In general, the stronger the DAT reaction (the more positive the test), the greater the amount of antibody bound to the RBCs, but this does not always equate to clinical severity, especially if the RBCs have already been destroyed. The DAT detects the presence of the antibody, but it does not tell the doctor the cause or exact type of antibody or if it is causing the symptoms. A person's medical history and a clinical examination is needed to determine if a positive DAT is due to a transfusion reaction, autoimmune reaction, an infection, a medication, or a baby-mother blood group incompatibility. A small percentage of the normal population will be DAT-positive and not experience hemolytic anemia.
If a DAT is negative, then antibodies are most likely not attached to RBCs and the signs and symptoms should be investigated for some other cause.
If a DAT is positive due to a transfusion reaction, an infection, or drug, it will remain positive for 48 hours to 3 months. If it is positive due to an autoimmune condition, it may be chronically positive.
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Tele-Power Poles Accessories: Faceplates and Cable Management for Completely Custom Power and Data
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Wiremold Legrand® Tele-Power® Poles have long been a must-have in wide open office spaces where not every desk has the convenience of a wall and the outlets you'd usually find in one. They're basically designed to let you drop electrical wiring and data cables down from the ceiling anywhere within a room, so that you can have access to power and data connections no matter how far from a wall your workspace is located. Smart, right? They're a fantastic product.
And now, to make a great thing even better, there are Tele-Power® Pole accessories that make an already custom product even more tailored to fit exactly what you need. This collection of faceplates, grommets, cable managers and trim plates makes it easy to add whatever you need, wherever you need it, while still looking completely polished and professional.
Need an extra pair of power outlets? No problem. Want to add A/V connections alongside your Ethernet ports? Just choose which jacks you need, and pop them into a customizable A/V faceplate. Want to protect bend radius where cables emerge from the ceiling and run down into a Tele-Power Pole? The Data and A/V Add-On Cover is the perfect fit. And those are just a few of your options…
Just like the the Tele-Power Poles they're accessorizing, all of these parts are designed to be industrial-strength for constant use, and are made of either heavy duty plastic or stainless steel. And just in case you can't take your utilitarian workhorses without a splash of decor on the side, they're even paintable to match any nearby walls and fixtures.
Climatronix Stretch Connect: More Fun (and Simpler to Use) Than Your Average Lacing Bar
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What do you get when you combine effective and efficient rack cable management with a design that vaguely reminds you of a toy? A really fun way to manage patch cords!
I guess I should start out by saying that rack cable management, while a very necessary and worthwhile thing, has never really excited me. It's all business – no bells, whistles or sparkles, because why would you need them? Rack cable managers are usually hidden in the dark recesses of server enclosures, so they're strictly utilitarian. Yawn.
Then I got a look at the Climatronix Stretch Connect™ System, and the fun-loving part of me felt a glimmer of hope. While the Stretch Connect is based on the standard black powder-coated cable management bar design, its top and bottom edges have a very interesting cut-out pattern that not only adds a little visual flair, but is also the key to Stretch Connect's method of functionality.
Method of functionality? That would be how the Stretch Connect actually controls cables, which, like any other cable bar, is to have patch cords routed and fastened along it. But unlike other cable bars, which tend to make heavy use of cable ties and hook-and-loop wraps that fully loop either around or through both the bars and the cables lashed to them, Stretch Connect employs reusable stretchy connectors, which simply, well, stretch across the front of the bar to hold patch cords in place.
These reusable stretchy connectors have wide grips at the ends, which not only give you a good handhold, but also fit snugly into the cutout edging I mentioned earlier. To fasten patch cords against the Stretch Connect, you just hold the cords in place, slide one end grip behind the cutouts, stretch the strap across the cables, and slip the other connector end behind the opposite cutouts. Fast, simple, and a lot more fun to look at (and use) than most other lacing bars out there.


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Irish primate charged with abuse cover-up under pressure to resign
Catholic World News - March 15, 2010
Cardinal Sean Brady of Armagh, the Primate of All Ireland, is facing mounting public pressure to resign after being connected to the case of a notorious pedophile priest. The cardinal has insisted that he will not resign unless Pope Benedict XVI asks him to do so.
The calls for Cardinal Brady's resignation followed the disclosure that in the 1970s he had heard complaints about sexual abuse of teenagers by Father Brendan Smyth. The cardinal said that he took vigorous action to have Smyth removed from priestly ministry. "There was no cover-up," he said. But he conceded that he did not bring the case to the attention of law-enforcement officials. Smyth, who was suspected of molesting scores of victims, was eventually convicted of abuse in another case and died in prison.
"Yes, I knew that these were crimes, but I did not feel that it was my responsibility to denounce the actions of Brendan Smyth to the police," Cardinal Brady said. He now realizes that he should have been more aggressive, he said, but he does not believe his failure to inform civic officials warrants resignation.
Writing in the Irish Times, columnist Mary Raftery argued otherwise, saying: "When clerics are shown to have blatantly breached the principles they preach, they must accept the consequences and resign."
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Welcome to Nancy's art
Nancy's life-long connection with nature's beauty is evidenced by the colors, textures, and composition she brings to her work.
"I believe art stimulates curiosity and thought and allows us to connect, consciously or subconsciously, with our emotions and memories." Nancy explains.
Here is some of Nancy's recent art which are for sale. Click on any image to start a slideshow. www.flickr.com/photos/hobobiker/sets/72157631279331888/
Open studio
I am having an open studio on Saturday, November 30, 2013 | 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. during the Palisade Chocolate Walk! My original art work will be available for up to 50% off. Come nibble on chocolate, mingle and see my latest work upstairs of the Blue PIg.
Visit Palisade during the annual Art & Chocolate Walk! Savor the small-town holiday atmosphere and select from a vast variety of fine art, gourmet foods, toys, jewelry, gifts and more!
Pick up a punch card at any of the participating merchants, listed below. Get your card punched at each location and enter to win a big gift basket brimming with art and chocolate!
Participates of the Chocolate walk will be The Blue Pig Gallery, Casual Gal Silversmith, Slice o' Life Bakery, Lupita's, Wedel Pottery, Deb's Funky Folk Art, Lavender Lady, and Everything Collectible
In case you are interested in learning to paint or exploring a new medium, I am holding art classes in pastes, watercolors, oil and acrylic. Contact me for more information.
Driggs Plein Air Workshop
Driggs Digs Plein Air Workshop: "The Building Blocks of Expressive Landscape Painting"
Instructor: Nancy Lewis
When: July 23rd and 24th , 2014 9.00a.m. to 4.00p.m.
Where: Driggs, Idaho
Cost: $200 for two days
Limit: 15 artists
During this hands-on workshop the artist will develop stronger building blocks for expressive painting both in the studio and outside painting. The class objective is to present new tips and tricks in a fun, simple, and understandable way. Be ready to be inspired and take your art to another level. This class is recommended for all artist levels, and all painting mediums are welcome. The workshop will be held both inside and en plein air.
In this workshop you will:
• Get a better grasp on the building blocks of painting
• Understand color combinations to harmonize your image
• Add luminosity to your painting with lights and darks
• Discover new tips and tricks for expressive landscapes
• Learn the art of better composition
• Paint what you see and not what you know
• Practice simplifying shapes
• Focus on what you want really want to say in a painting.
• Understand the value of values
• Practice these concepts en Plein Air
The workshop format will include discussions, lectures, painting demos and practice both inside and en plein air. Day one will focus on the building blocks and short exercise to better grasp the concepts presented. Day two will focus on applying the concepts en plein air. There will be plenty of time for practice and one-on-one attention. Most importantly, no matter what level you are at now, you will leave this two-day workshop with increased confidence, inspired and a boatload of new skills and ideas to create expressive paintings.
About Nancy Lewis: She is a prolific professional artist who teaches art at all levels including adults, college students even youngsters. Those who have taken classes with her know how inspirational and encouraging her classes and workshops can be. Her passion for art and teaching is contagious, so be ready to take your art to a new level.
As a western landscape artist, she has won many awards in exhibits, juried shows and plein air festivals. She was selected as the first ever Artist-In-Residence at Escalante Grand Staircase, Utah. Nancy currently shows her work at the Blue Pig Gallery. You can see more of her work online at Nancy Lewis Art (nancylewisart.com). For question or more information contact her at email@example.com
To register for this exciting two day workshop go to http://driggspleinair.org/workshop.html
Friendship Bridge Book
I am very excited about the book my husband, Randy Fay, and I just published. We got the inspiration for this project while we where in Guatemala doing volunteer work with Friendship Bridge for Kiva.org
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School of Agriculture
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Dear School of Agriculture Supporters
The School of Agriculture has been recognized as one of twelve "Signature Programs" at Western Illinois University, an honor bestowed on programs that are unique and successful. We owe this honor to our supportive administration, loyal alumni, and friends who support our students, faculty and our educational programs.
I am writing to you to ask you to become a member of our Banner Program. Your contribution will provide an advertising opportunity for you and your business by demonstrating your support to agriculture students and their parents. The many professionals and community members who visit the Livestock Center to attend our various events and activities also will view these banners on display.
Your support will generate funds to continue our "Signature Program" status, will be listed on the School of Agriculture webpage, and will be announced at our events. Last year, our Banner Program raised more than $12,000; $6,766 of which was utilized during the 2013-2014 academic year. Some of the activities include the following:
- Financially supported two student field trips - one to Monsanto in Missouri and the other to Pioneer in Iowa
- Financially supported a publication for two faculty members for tenure and promotion purposes
- Attended the Iowa State FFA convention for the first time to recruit students
- Created additional parking spaces at the Livestock Center by reducing and renovating landscape beds
- Purchased gravel for new parking spaces at the Livestock Center
- Retrofitted the electrical outlets in the welding lab to accommodate the new welding equipment
- Purchased electrode holders for some of the new multi-processing welding machines
We are extremely excited to announce that the University is funding the construction of a new greenhouse facility north of the Livestock Center, which is scheduled to be operational by October 2014. Funds raised from our Banner Program this year will fund the purchase of consumables for related research activities as well as other student enhancement opportunities. In addition, plans are underway to purchase a new cabinet for safe storage of chemicals in our agronomy lab.
Your support will demonstrate your Leatherneck Pride and your commitment to the field of agriculture. You will ensure that we continue to provide enhanced opportunities and facilities for our students, thus producing the agriculture leaders of tomorrow.
If you would like a personal tour of our facilities, including the Livestock Center where your banner will be displayed, or if you have any questions about this support drive, please feel free to contact me at (309) 298-1080 or at firstname.lastname@example.com. Thanks so much for your consideration!
Respectfully submitted,
Dr. Andrew J. Baker, Director
School of Agriculture
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We think the buying a new watch is quite possibly the most exciting thing anyone can ever do. Serious, at eRelyx, we are big time watch aficionados, so lets just say we own more than 1 watch. The more watches you own, the more "occasion specific" they become. So rather than bore you with another write up that describes how steel bracelets are different than leather ones, let's focus on what matters; where will you wear this watch and how will the watch make you feel?
So here goes the first installment in our blog series designed to help you find the best watch to fit your lifestyle. Kicking it all off for us today is…
The Dress-Up Watch
OK, you've got that special event looming, a friend's wedding, the fundraiser for your bosses charity, or…. cocktails with the in-laws to ask permission to marry their daughter… Get the picture? We're talking some serious suit & tie (cue: Justin Timberlake) occasions here, people.
At eRelyx, we are not afraid of being a bit of an elitist when it comes to dressy watches. The bottom line is that you want to give the impression that you are established, confident and have refined taste (doesn't hurt to highlight that you're a good looking, in-it-for-the-long-term, rock solid kind of guy).
Show off your discerning taste by steering clear of the the market share leaders on this one. Don't let great taste be mistaken for an appreciation of big advertising budgets.
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Alternate Option for the "Real Big Spender": If you're really swimming in it (we're talking, Scrooge McDuck-style), and a true watch enthusiast, then we recommend investing in a Patek Philippe as your quintessential black-tie watch. Patek is the ultimate high-brow piece for a fancy pants occasion, or just to hold onto for your future dress-y watch wearing offspring.