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The massive downturn of the last year have been a great leveler, demonstrating that, regardless of one's position or address, the effects of an economic crisis spread across all sectors of society. As the miseries of Madoff-victim Kevin Bacon and mortgage sufferer Ed McMahon show, while fame and fortune can form a hedge against poverty, they can't insulate celebrities from having to make the same sorts of difficult decisions that are playing out in kitchens and over dinner tables across the country.
Perhaps more importantly, celebrity financial woes demonstrate two classic reactions that are available to the economy's victims. On one end of the spectrum, many consumers are trying to adapt to the new realities of the economy by changing their lifestyles to live within their now-decreased means. On the other end, some have yet to acknowledge the scope and cruelty of the economic shift, and are attempting to live as they did before. The stories of Annie Leibovitz and John McAfee nicely illustrate the point
Annie Leibovitz is not involved in finance or business, and one would think that her fame as a freelance photographer would have sheltered her from the uncertainties faced by most Americans. What's more, her commodity -- celebrity photographs -- is at least partially resistant to the whims of the economy, which means that it should provide yet another level of insulation. With this in mind, it's hard to see how the famed photographer could be undone by the financial meltdown. Even so, the economy's problems hit her with the same impact that they shared out over the rest of the country.
To the dismay of her employers, Leibovitz was never particularly careful with money, and her extravagant expenditures in the name of art had long since left her credit in tatters. However, Liebovitz's fame, combined with a day rate that ran into the hundreds of thousands of dollars, meant that, by the 1990's, she was able to begin indulging in the volatile New York real estate market. In 1994 and 1999, she bought expensive properties in New York City's pricey Chelsea neighborhood, and in 1996, she purchased a large estate in Rhinebeck, a town situated on the banks of the Hudson, north of the city. In 2002, she increased her holdings with two townhouses in Greenwich Village. During subsequent renovations, a third house in the area was damaged, and she ended up buying it for a further $1.87 million.
In addition to her property purchases, Leibovitz was also profligate in her personal spending, employing an extensive staff and indulging in outsized personal expenditures. In the heady days of the early 2000's, however, this wasn't a problem, and she was able to finance her lifestyle by taking out $15 million in mortgages.
Within a few years, however, it became clear that Leibovitz was living far beyond her means. Although she began selling some of her properties in 2004, even her massive returns weren't sufficient to service her debt. In 2008, with creditors circling and lawsuits pending, she got a one-year, $24 million loan from the Art Capital Group, a banking company that specializes in fine art. Leibovitz used her body of work as collateral, a move that has subsequently led to sticky legal battles over ownership of her photos.
The loan came due on September 8, 2009. After spending months savaging Art Capital in the press, Leibovitz has, apparently, reached an agreement with the company. She retains the rights to her photos and the deadline on her loan has been extended. Even so, given the disorganized response to her economic woes, she may have only delayed the inevitable surrender of her home and the rights to her art.
Unlike Leibovitz, John McAfee is not a household name, unless said household happens to contain a few computer experts: the 53-year-old software engineer is best known for the anti-virus software that bears his name. By 1994, when he sold his last shares of his company, he had amassed a $100 million fortune.
Over the subsequent years, McAfee invested heavily in real estate, including a 157-acre compound in New Mexico where he flew lightweight airplanes, a property in Hawaii, and a 10,000 square foot home in Colorado. Recently, he sold the New Mexico property, the last of these holdings, to pay bills. He has since moved to Belize.
McAfee, like Leibovitz, was not directly involved in business and finance, but his heavy investment in real estate and the stock market made him highly vulnerable to the vagaries of the economy. His New Mexico property, which sold for $1.5 million, had over $11.5 million in capital improvements, including hangars, a general store, and a movie theater that he built to entertain guests. Similarly, his Colorado property, which sold for $5.7 million, had over $25 million in improvements that he had funded.
While McAfee's fortune has shrunk to $4 million, the sale of the New Mexico property should help clear up his debts and leave him financially solvent, even if he must learn to live with reduced means. Presumably, his move to Belize is part of that process, as the country's cost of living is significantly lower than that of the US.
While it is easy to berate Leibovitz or lionize McAfee for their respective responses to the economic downfall, doing so misses the point. Like so many consumers, the two celebs have had to come to terms with financial problems that they never could have anticipated. What's more, their responses are also very common: even as the one has seemingly doubled down on her credit-based lifestyle, the other has chosen to rid himself of the possessions and properties that have fueled his debt. One response is based in the apparent belief that the economic downturn is a hiccup, while the other assumes that the economic doldrums are here to stay. Ultimately, it remains to be seen which conclusion is correct.
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The financial crisis that began rippling through the global economy in 2008 placed enormous pressure on the airline industry. Rising capital and operational expenses coupled with lower demand for domestic and international flights forced many airlines to seek new ways to maintain profitability. According to reports from the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the global economic recession caused airline revenues to drop by US$81 billion in 2009, leading to losses of almost US$10 billion.
Unlike many airlines, which were slashing costs and service to stay in the air, leadership at Korean Air saw the downturn as an opportunity to transform the business. Investments in infrastructure and automation would give the company an edge when air traffic picked up again. In a bold move that involved retooling all major information systems, IT leadership at the Seoul-based international carrier has systematically replaced or upgraded enterprise systems to help set a new course for the business.
Three years into the extensive four-year project, the market is only now catching up to savvy decision-making at Korean Air. Global traffic is back to prerecession levels with load factors nearing 80 percent and profits improving. Asia Pacific is powering the upturn with US$2.2 billion in profit and a growing market that now comprises one-third of all aviation worldwide, according to IATA reports.
Korean Air is a big part of that surge, thanks to its new Oracle technology–based information systems that enable managers to analyze ticket sales in real time, calculate revenue within two hours of a flight's departure, and determine the profitability of the flight—often before it reaches its destination. In addition, Korean Air's new aircraft and engine maintenance system allows production personnel to instantly create engine maintenance plans against flight schedules and to analyze maintenance costs within three hours.
"The function of IT is to help the business drive innovation," reports SangMan Lee, senior vice president and CIO at Korean Air. "To position for the future, we knew we needed to expand our market share and enhance profitability, even as we differentiate our level of customer service. As technology advances, it gives us more opportunities to leverage information."
After conferring with senior management, Lee saw his charter clearly: build a new software platform to gather enterprise data and share it with all the lines of business in a consistent way. To arrive at that destination, Lee's team decided to implement an Oracle enterprise resource planning (ERP) system to integrate every aspect of Korean Air's back-end operations.
An internal enterprise architecture planning study had revealed inconsistencies in master data for accounting and income management and a lack of integration between activities such as account settlement, passenger and cargo bookings, and aircraft maintenance. This made it difficult to complete financial tasks quickly and efficiently, meaning managers did not have timely access to critical information such as airline income and expenditures.
Oracle took charge of project management, implementation, and deployment of the new ERP platform, including a revenue accounting and managerial accounting system, using Oracle Business Intelligence Suite and Oracle E-Business Suite 12 (see sidebar "Implementation: Success Through Alignment"). Since then, the team has systematically revamped finance, procurement, materials management, facilities management, spare parts manufacturing, and aircraft maintenance, resulting in a dramatic reduction of the financial close cycle time and the integration of the company's e-ticket database to deliver advanced profitability analysis.
"Business divisions within the company are using the ERP data, and management relies on the data to make critical business decisions," says SookHyun Cho, general manager of IT at Korean Air.
As South Korea's national airline and largest carrier, Korean Air operates a fleet of 140 planes, handling passenger and cargo transport throughout Korea and 40 other countries. Aircraft maintenance at Korean Air is a massive operation requiring thousands of work hours and approximately 12,000 components moved through inventory every month. Since 1980, Korean Air's maintenance department had used a legacy maintenance system to plan and manage maintenance activities. But as newer aircraft began to employ modern IT standards and functionality (graphics and XML data, for example), the existing system could not keep pace with innovation in the industry.
The slow calculation of maintenance costs held up the completion of other financial tasks, such as month-end account settlement. Finally, the legacy maintenance system did not provide detailed information about required materials at the time purchase requests were made. Lack of integration with the core ERP systems limited visibility and led to inaccurate purchase requests.
To resolve these issues, Lee and his team decided to replace the legacy maintenance system with Oracle Complex Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul and to integrate that application with several other modules of the new ERP system. Lee knew that integrating flight schedules and maintenance planning data would let managers calculate maintenance costs more quickly.
Today, the Oracle Complex Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul system enables Korean Air to plan yearly, quarterly, monthly, weekly, and daily aircraft and engine maintenance against flight schedules. It not only supports regular repair and monitoring of the Korean Air fleet, but also integrates with the new financial system to deliver a more complete view of operational costs.
"We are seeing remarkable improvements, especially in the visibility of financial and maintenance data," says GyooYeon Joo, managing vice president of maintenance planning at Korean Air. "Thanks to the increased accuracy of the maintenance planning operation, Korean Air has reduced its cost for materials and labor."
According to Cho, the biggest benefit to customers is the timely turnaround of flights. His team can determine necessary maintenance while an airplane is in the air, so mechanics are ready to service the plane when it lands. This has minimized flight delays and enabled Cho's team to support more accurate maintenance plans, allowing managers to simulate maintenance schedules and keep necessary resources on hand to meet maintenance deadlines.
"We achieved significant improvements in preventive maintenance and can better plan the capacity of human resources and material resources in advance. We always have the proper inventory of parts, components, and materials on hand," Cho says of the system. "This will reduce the cost of the maintenance operation."
Like most large airlines, Korean Air must make significant capital investments to expand, such as the recent purchase of six Airbus A380 jumbo jets for international service. At the same time, the company's margins are constantly affected by budget carriers that are moving into new markets. This raises critical questions: How much can Korean Air management reduce fares without pricing the company out of business? How quickly can managers gauge the impact of network planning changes?
Answering these questions requires knowing the exact cost of each flight, a metric that has historically been very difficult to obtain. Korean Air's new revenue management system, integrating data from line-of-business applications with core ERP, helps managers to answer these questions more quickly than ever. For example, they can calculate the exact cost of each flight within two hours of departure and analyze flight profitability within three hours. This allows them to determine precisely when—and how much—they should increase or decrease flight costs, schedules, and routes, often while the planes being analyzed are still in the air.
Managers can also track revenue more precisely and gauge profitability based on the passengers traveling on each flight. This data improves network-planning activities and ultimately boosts sales performance. Other Oracle applications help the catering department to create route-specific menus based on the demands of each region. These costs are finalized the moment in-flight meals are stored on board the aircraft, reducing catering and inventory costs while minimizing waste.
Airlines are required to follow precise rules of revenue accounting to comply with domestic and international regulations. This includes filing regular ticketing and booking reports, overseeing a complex seasonal pricing system, settling accounts among affiliate airlines, and reviewing data about in-house and external transportation.
This big reporting job is getting easier as Korean Air makes decisive headway with enterprise technology. The airline processes roughly 5 million transactions every month, 99 percent of which are electronic tickets. The integration between the e-ticket system and ERP allows managers to easily calculate profitability by route, nation, or destination, inbound versus outbound flight, class of service, and other variables.
The system performance and profit data, as well as market trend insight, can be combined to simulate air traffic for network planning. "By analyzing diverse cost data we can find areas of improvement where we can further cut costs," says Lee. "We also combine market data and competition data with sales performance data from the ERP system to create more-accurate simulations for network planning. Previously we did not have a dynamic tool for this type of simulation."
Korean Air's Oracle technology–based maintenance system went live in 2011, and the new Oracle financial modules have been in place since 2009. Collectively these deployments have been a huge success. "Korean Air is growing fast and positioned for a strong global presence," adds Lee.
IT integration and standardization at this level is unique in the airline industry, which is why many other airlines have visited Korean Air to learn from its success. Industry insiders are especially impressed with how data is accumulated and shared for aircraft maintenance and revenue accounting.
"We are receiving lots of inquiries from other airlines that want to emulate what we are doing, including Cathay Pacific, Aero Mexico, and Emirates," concludes Joo. "We are now poised to enjoy the benefits of an integrated enterprise software system. Our systems are interconnected, and we have streamlined communication among the various lines of business."
David Baum is a freelance writer specializing in business and technology.
Success Through Alignment
The scope of Korean Air's enterprise software project was the most comprehensive ever attempted in the airline industry. CIO SangMan Lee attributes the company's success to excellent collaboration between the business function and the IT function. "In order for an IT project of this scale to be successful, you need not only ownership from top management, but also tight collaboration from the working-level people in each line of business," he states. "We have achieved this remarkably well at Korean Air."
Korean Air worked closely with Oracle Consulting on all aspects of the enterprise software project, forming an executive steering committee with stakeholders from both companies. The enterprise resource planning (ERP) task force included a senior business executive from each area along with a senior executive serving as the business/IT coordinator. The team spanned several countries and a dozen business units. The project stakeholders had to manage data across finance, procurement, and different sales channels, and also overcome diverse language and cultural barriers.
To implement dozens of software modules, Oracle recommended a gradual system launch that divided the Oracle E-Business Suite deployment into five phases over a four-year period. The first phase involved implementing systems to manage finance, purchasing and materials, facilities, and manufacturing. The second phase involved rolling out new systems to the catering business unit. Phase three entailed deploying new revenue accounting and managerial accounting systems. The final phase focused on airplane maintenance and engineering.


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1. Finish the Tournament on all the 80's. This does, I am told, have an air of mind-numbing repetition about it. I will agree, that the same three quests every day may be enough to do my head in, but the reality is that two 80's are already done with the Tourney. I plan to get everyone through all the factions, raise all those factions to Exalted, and then call it time, with the exception of P who will bite the bullet and get as many mounts as she's able in an attempt to drag us kicking and screaming to the 100 Mounts Achievement.
2. Outland Loremaster on all the 80's. This is where I intend to make my money for Cataclysm. Questing at 80 is extremely lucrative, even if you're not an Enchanter and dusting all your quest rewards. I'm aiming for as much money in the bank as conceivably possible come Cataclysm because I have every single profession to level, and that's not gonna be cheap. The added bonus to this is the toons with gathering proffs who inevitably will be picking up saleable items to boot. I've marked a starting gold figure in my vanity bank, we'll see just how much moolah the exercise brings in.
3. Two more alts to 80. I'm not counting the DK here, but the Rogue is now 79 and building rested, the Priest (and my only Scribe) is 75 and doing the same. Once that's done I really am doing no more until the Worgen. Really. NO!
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Eastern evens conference record to 4-4, which may be just enough for berth in postseason tourney
The Eastern Washington University men's tennis team delivered in a must-win match against the Vikings of Portland State on Friday (April 15) afternoon at the Jim Thorpe Fieldhouse in Cheney, Wash. The Eagles triumphed with a 7-0 sweep of PSU, and thus, remained in the running for a bid to the 2011 Big Sky Conference Championship, held April 21-23 in Bozeman, Mont.
With Portland State, Idaho State and Northern Colorado now officially out of playoff contention, Eastern will hold its breath as it awaits the scores from a number of other matches taking place this weekend between Montana, Montana State, Northern Arizona and Weber State. Sacramento State is the only team that has secured its bid to the tourney.
There are several scenarios that could occur over the next few days that will either help or ultimately dash Eastern's quest to get back in the postseason picture. Eastern missed a bid the Big Sky Championship last season, after three-straight appearances from 2007-09.
On Friday against the Viks, Eastern got off to a strong start, as it secured the ever-important doubles point with victories at No. 2 and 3.
After six-consecutive victories at No. 3 doubles, and 12 wins overall on the year, sophomore Chris Eriksson and freshman James Russell were promoted to the No. 2 spot against the Vikings. The dynamic duo didn't miss a beat, as it defeated Alex Vanderschelden and Vetu Mam, 8-6. Eriksson and Russell now boast an impressive 13-2 overall record on the year, which ties for the fourth-most single-season victories in school history.
Juniors Chad Henninger and Julian Sanchez, who replaced Eriksson and Russell at No. 3 doubles, also won their match with an 8-3 decision over PSU's Zach Lubek and Matt Erickson.
The Eagles quickly extended their lead to 3-0 when Sanchez and sophomore Fernando Mussolini dominated their opponents at No. 4 and No. 2 singles, respectively.
Sanchez was the first off the court, as he beat Lubek at No. 4, 6-1, 6-1. Mussolini followed after an assertive 6-2, 6-0 victory against Vanderschelden.
The next Eagle victory would clinch the match, but this one did not come as easily as the first two. At No. 1 singles, freshman Mario Navarro won his first set against PSU's Chris Rice, 6-4. But the second set was a fierce battle, and Rice seemed to gain momentum late after executing a few crafty volleys. Rice was up one game at 6-5, but Navarro held his serve in the final game to force a tiebreaker. The Barcelona, Spain, native maintained his composure and came up with a couple tough serves to win the tiebreaker, 8-6 and thus, clinch the match for EWU.
"Mario played great against a very talented player in Chris Rice," said Haworth. "With every match, Mario gets better and better at being patient. His decision-making on the court has improved tremendously this year, and that really came through today."
Junior Stefan Simikic also prevailed in a tiebreaker, as he beat Somach, 7-6 (7-5), 6-2, at No. 3 singles. Junior Chad Henninger downed Mam at No. 6 singles, 6-3, 6-2, and Russell won his third-straight Big Sky singles match when he beat Erickson at No. 5, 6-4, 7-6 (7-5).
"I was really pleased with our performance today in a high-pressure situation," said Haworth. "The guys played what was arguably their best tennis of the season. Now, we just cross our fingers that rest of the conference matches play out in our favor."


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"Is there any limit to the intentionally audacious arrogance of your Obama?" That has become the question with the addition of the literal giving away of the Internet to some international board to the list of what Obama has done to diminish the United States. At least this point has been brought up while it is still a point in process.
I'll be blunt. The goal has been, and will continue to be, the diminishing of the United States until it is a Third World backwater cesspool to whom no one pays attention except the drug cartels trying to squeeze that last dollar before it is removed as the reserve currency of the world.
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Forget winter for a while this weekend and watch the Michigan and Michigan State rivalry renew inside a warm and dry athletic facility nearby.
The Wolverines and Spartans will square off in men's and women's track & field on Saturday at Grand Valley State University.
The 6 p.m. indoor meet at the Kelly Family Sports Center caps a full day of track & field at GVSU. Grand Valley will host Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan and Hillsdale for a dual meet at 1 p.m.
"We feel this will be an outstanding day of track & field at the Kelly Family Sports Center on the campus of Grand Valley State University," Grand Valley State coach Jerry Baltes said. "Our sport needs to bring some meaning back to a meet, and the only way you can get that meaning is by scoring the event."
Tickets can be purchased the day of the event for $7 for adults and $5 for students. GVSU students are admitted free of charge. For additional ticket information, call (616) 331-3200.
This is the first time since 1982 that the Michigan and Michigan State men's teams have met in a dual meet.
Both women's teams are ranked nationally. Michigan is 21st, while MSU is 24th.
Zeeland East graduate Sara Nitz is a junior high jumper for the Wolverines. She has placed in the top 20 in multiple events at the Big Ten Championships. Teammate Heather Price is a freshman distance runner from Saugatuck.
Freshman Rachele Schulist, a Zeeland West graduate, is a freshman for the Spartans.
"We are very grateful and excited for the opportunity to compete head to head with our instate rivals," Michigan women's coach James Henry said. "We are emphasizing quality head-to-head competition with open-scored races as well as spirited competition balanced across all event areas. The meet will create an opportunity for all members of the team to contribute to the success of our team.
"It should be a great event for all involved, and I know our team is excited to get out on the track and compete."
The Kelly Center features a 300-meter Mondo Super-X surface with six lanes on the oval and nine lanes on the sprint straight. It also offers separate areas for all jumps, vaults and throws.
"We certainly have probably the finest indoor track facility in the Midwest," Grand Valley State Director of Athletics Tim Selgo said. "While these two programs (at Michigan and Michigan State) have had track students participate in meets before in our facility, to have them host a dual meet here will bring positive recognition for our Kelly Family Sports Center and Grand Valley."
The day-long event is great for the West Michigan track & field community and Michigan and Michigan State alumni in West Michigan, Selgo said.
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Johannesburg - Convenor of selectors Andrew Hudson had to explain himself to the board of Cricket South Africa (CSA) here on Wednesday and left with a clearer understanding of his transformation duties, according to acting president Willie Basson.
Hudson and his fellow selectors had been criticised for their handling of wicketkeeper Thami Tsolekile, who was given a national contract last year and was assured he would be given an opportunity in the Test side during the current series against New Zealand.
Instead, Tsolekile was dropped from the squad, having not been given an opportunity to play a single Test on tours of England and Australia, with key batsman AB de Villiers being entrusted with the gloves as the current successor to Mark Boucher.
"Andrew Hudson was invited to address us and he explained the selectors' thinking in detail," Basson said.
"After a long and intensive debate, he left more enlightened and informed about what is required from the selectors in terms of transformation. He has been sensitised to make sure the selectors deal with transformation in the most appropriate way in future."
Basson confirmed that a mandatory number of black African players was being considered by CSA for franchise and national teams.
"The target at the moment is four blacks for franchise and national teams, but a stipulation for black Africans will be coming as part of the strategy of the transformation committee," Basson said.
Basson acknowledged that more needed to be done at the higher levels of cricket in terms of transformation, but he said this had to be part of "a natural, bottom-upwards process".
"Transformation at school and club level is far advanced - more than 60 percent of players are black at those levels. Transformation is still in progress at national level, and our efforts have been recognised by the minister of sport.
"But we're now looking at three levels of transformation because they all have different requirements - national teams, franchises, and schools and clubs. The pipeline needs to flow in a natural, bottom-upwards process."
According to the acting president, Hudson defended the exclusion of Tsolekile because De Villiers was a much better batsman than the 32-year-old Highveld Lions wicketkeeper.
"Andrew explained to us the problems faced by the selectors in ensuring the team remains at the highest level and balancing that with the sensitivities of selection in ensuring there are necessary opportunities for everyone," Basson said.
"He said it had been a case of AB de Villiers's tremendous batting ability being more valuable than Tsolekile's outstanding wicketkeeping, and that, according to Andrew, Thami understands the position 100 percent.
"But the foundation has been laid for much better communication between the selectors, players and the board than in the past."
Basson also confirmed that the appointment of a black African national selector was "in the pipeline" and they were calling for nominations.
Former Proteas and Knights bowler Victor Mpitsang is reportedly the most favourable candidate.
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West Seattle Crime Watch: 2 cases of crooks vs. carsJanuary 8, 2011 at 9:26 pm | In Crime, West Seattle news | 2 Comments
Two car-crime reports to share tonight. First one's from Siobhan:
Last year on New Year's Day morning, my little red Dodge Neon was stolen from its parking spot under my apartment building. Got it back on January 6th, which just happened to also be my birthday. THIS January 6th, I went downstairs to go to work to find my car missing its passenger-side window, a pile of glass on the ground, a brick on the drivers side floor and the hood of my car propped up with the the cables from my battery removed. They rummaged through my glove box and the middle console, but didn't take anything. I never leave anything in my car.
This happened in the 35th Ave SW/Morgan St. area. I filed a police report. The officer said that they more than likely disconnected the battery to disable a car alarm and that the same thing had happened to a few other cars in the last few days just down the hill towards Fauntleroy/California. Just wanted to leave a heads-up to my neighbors.
And from Sam:
Hi, just wanted to let your blog know that last night I had two aftermarket offroad bumpers stolen. One was stolen off of my 4runner and one off my tacoma. Both vehicles were parked near Morgan junction. I've also had both catalytic convertors stolen from both of these vehicles in the last few months. Getting sick of it. Keep an eye out if you live in the area. Also if anyone sees two black tube bumpers for sale please contact the police.
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Black Tube Bummpers!! Well, there was something laying on the parking strips on both sides of SW Webster (between 27th and 28th) that could have been Bumber tubes! They were black and I wondered what they were! But this was before Christmas … don't know if they were/are yours. I'll look today to see if they are still there!
Comment by CitizenR — 5:20 am January 9, 2011 #
Thanks citizen but this just happened yesterday
Comment by Sam — 9:24 am January 9, 2011 #
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Sir Richard J. Dalton and Frank G. Wisner, both noted experts in Middle East affairs, visit Washington College on Tuesday, December 8.
American favorites Equus, 39 Steps, and A Streetcar Named Desire are offered along with newer plays by actor Jesse Eisenberg and WC student Reilly Cox.
Through her internship with NOAA, Anna Windle is researching and protecting the nests of loggerhead sea turtles and working every day in the natural beauty of a remarkable estuary.
Nick Bunker's financially astute countdown to the American Revolution portrays vividly the economic stresses and political mistakes that brought England to war with her colonies.
Thanks to connections she made while studying abroad in Hong Kong, Lily Britt is spending the summer interning at one of the world's leading supply chain management firms.
The campus club that works with intellectually and developmentally disabled individuals was named the best collegiate chapter of Best Buddies in the state.
As co-star of "The Great Human Race," a National Geographic Channel series being filmed around the globe, anthropology professor Bill Schindler will recreate the living conditions of our earliest ancestors.
A powerhouse on the hockey field and in the classroom, Emily Eline '15 is on her way to pharmacy school at the University of Maryland.
Co-author on a new paper about Lyme disease, Allison Kirkpatrick '14 is seeing some of the fruits of her internship, while an undergrad at Washington College, with an international leader on the illness.
Washington College Sailing Coach Conner Blouin '10 earns a trip to the Pan Am Games with his top American finish at the Sunfish national championship.
Seventeen Washington College students grabbed the opportunity of a lifetime over winter break living in Havana, Cuba, studying the vibrant ties between music and culture there, and learning much more about another world.
Graduating from pharmacy school in May, Brittany Palasik '12 has already been accepted for a residency at West Virginia University.
After her semester abroad in South Africa, Ashley Elmore '15 hopes to join the Peace Corps after graduation to return to the continent to work.
Ann Hollingsworth McLain, widow of Washington College's 22nd president, died December 3 at age 98. Friends and family recall her days as a gracious hostess and engaged member of the greater Chestertown community.
In the business of selling the wonder and potential of commercial spaceflight, Andrew Antonio '12 is on the cutting edge of an industry that has him seeing stars.
The American Cancer Society has recognized the Washington College Relay for Life fundraising effort as one of the most successful youth events in the nation.
After a summer internship in Ecuador, during which she did lab research in computational chemistry while immersing fully in Spanish, Misbath Daouda '15 will present her findings at an international conference in the Galapagos Islands.
Embarking on a three-year project, Washington College ecologists team up with a Florida organization to help strengthen the population of northern bobwhite quail on the Eastern Shore by releasing more than 100 young birds at Chino Farms.
A free outdoor concert by the U.S. Navy's "Electric Brigade" on Sept. 4 opens a new season of music at Washington College. Also this month: Latin Lazz with the Marty Knepp Trio (Sept. 5) and pianists Grace Kim and Hanchien Lee (Sept. 28).
Just over a year after graduating from Washington College, Tyler Brice '13 is loving his new job as a rescue technician for the Maryland State Police's Aviation Command.
Instructing ninth- and tenth-graders in English and reading on the Pacific island of Kosrae, Jesse Speth '13 is learning as much as he is teaching.
By replacing an overwhelmed storm drain with a newly created native habitat, WAC groundskeeper and biology student Chris Rainer just made the campus a little greener.
Traveling to ancient places in the Navajo Nation as part of Washington College's Southwest Seminar, Rachel Brown '16 is studying how losing and reclaiming a language influences a culture and its people.
A new book by Professor Ken Miller explores how life next to thousands of British and Hessian prisoners of war helped transform a Revolutionary community's sense of self and country.
With praise and support from environmental leaders, Washington College's Center for Environment & Society on May 30 officially launched a bold collaboration called the Chester River Watershed Observatory.
Poets Carrie Jerrell and Will Schutt will visit the Lit House with The Pam Ortiz Band on May 27 for the first of three events in the 2014 Summer Poetry Salon series.
In a book review for the New York Times, Adam Goodheart, director of the C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience at Washington College, argues that Forcing the Spring, the controversial new book about the legal battle for same-sex marriage, overstates its case and raises the question, Who makes history?
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Having earned regional high-point honors, Hanna Myrdahl '17 is representing Washington College at the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association's National Championships.
On his way to medical school at the University of Maryland, Jimmy Comotto '14 says what influenced him most at WC had everything to do with its people.
Washington College's psych stars shine again at the annual Eastern Psychological Association gathering.
Chestertown's annual celebration of writing about food and nutrition returns March 27-30 with a focus on making school lunches healthier and local farmers happier.
Fascinated with education's ability to bridge cultural divides, Emily Hall '14 has won a Fulbright grant to live and teach in Nepal.
As former Special Envoy to the Northern Ireland Peace Process, Washington College President Mitchell B. Reiss was invited to celebrate an early St. Patrick's Day at the White House.


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Sarah Harris, General Counsel
As USPTO's General Counsel, Sarah Harris is the principal legal advisor to the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO. She supervises the provision of legal advice and court representation on intellectual property and administrative matters for the agency. Ms. Harris is responsible for providing legal advice on patent, trademark, and copyright matters as well as administrative issues such as government contracts, personnel, and budgetary matters. As necessary, she coordinates with the Department of Justice, Department of Commerce, and other agencies in developing the U.S. position on major intellectual property cases before the Supreme Court and Courts of Appeals.
Prior to joining the USPTO, Ms. Harris served as Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Intellectual Property at AOL, Inc. and Associate General Counsel, Intellectual Property at Cooper Industries, Ltd where she interpreted intellectual property legislation and case law to establish and manage the implementation of global corporate strategies for capturing, protecting, and exploiting intellectual property to complement corporate initiatives. She has extensive experience in managing all types of intellectual property litigation and administrative proceedings (including patent, trademark, copyright, and domain name), intellectual property transactional issues, patent and trademark asset protection and monetization, and ethics and compliance issues. During her time with Haynes and Boone, LLP, Ms. Harris counseled clients on all aspects of protecting intellectual property, including patent acquisition and strategic portfolio development, licensing, litigation, and technology and investment transactions. She drafted and filed numerous patent and trademark applications and freedom to operate opinions.
Ms. Harris has been active in industry bar organizations and a frequent presenter on intellectual property issues to senior executives, business clients, and industry stakeholders. She was the president of the Houston Intellectual Property Law Association and on the Executive Committee of the Association of Corporate Patent Counsel. Ms. Harris received her B.S. in electrical engineering from Texas A&M University and her J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center.
Will Covey, Deputy General Counsel for Enrollment and Discipline
Mr. Covey is the Deputy General Counsel for Enrollment and Discipline (OED). In this role, he manages an office of attorneys, paralegals, and support staff which is responsible for registering patent attorneys and agents to practice before the USPTO, overseeing the Law School Clinic Certification Program, and investigating grievances alleging misconduct by practitioners authorized to practice before the USPTO. To do so, OED evaluates the credentials of applicants for registration, develops and administers a registration examination to determine if applicants have the necessary knowledge of patent law and practice to render patent applicants valuable service, maintains a public roster of attorneys and agents recognized to practice before the office in patent matters, and conducts surveys of active registered practitioners.
Previously, Mr. Covey served as the USPTO's Deputy General Counsel for the Office of General Law for over four years. Mr. Covey was appointed to the Senior Executive Service in 2007. Before joining the USPTO in 2000, Mr. Covey served at the Pentagon in the U.S. Army's Judge Advocate General's Corps. He serves in the Army Reserve and has completed combat tours in Iraq (2007) and Afghanistan (2011). He served as Deputy Legal Counsel to the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and is currently assigned to the Office of the Army General Counsel.
Mr. Covey received his undergraduate degree from Fordham University (magna cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa) and his J.D. from Fordham University School of Law in 1991. He graduated from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government (Senior Executive Fellowship) in 2005 and received a Master of Science degree in Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College in 2010.
James Payne, Deputy General Counsel for General Law
James Payne has served as Deputy General Counsel for General Law since November 2011. The Office of General Law provides legal counsel on the administration and management of the agency, including on financial, employment and labor matters, as well as on administrative law and legislative matters. The Office also represents the agency in litigation before administrative tribunals.
Mr. Payne has served as lead counsel successfully resolving over 200 affirmative and defensive litigation cases. The cases commonly involved technical and scientific experts. He has frequently spoken at and chaired conferences on litigation practice. He has authored five statutes and testified three times before Congress. He was registered as a patent attorney in 2006.
Mr. Payne comes to the PTO after twelve years at the U.S. Department of Justice, where he served as Senior Counsel in the Environment and Natural Resources Division. He was lead counsel for general law, policy and legislative matters and for special litigation. When the Deepwater Horizon oil platform sank in the Gulf of Mexico, he led a team of 60 attorneys across the Government who supported the emergency response with coordinated legal advice on an expedited basis at the request of the White House. He led a similar team for the Japan nuclear crisis. He also led an interagency and White House team that developed the Memorandum of Understanding on Environmental Justice, in which 17 department Secretaries and agency heads agreed to carry out strategic plans to improve health and environmental protection in minority and low-income communities. He received nine outstanding attorney awards, including the Attorney General's Award for Excellence in Information Technology for leading the U.S. Department of Justice and other departments and agencies in improving electronic discovery practices in civil litigation and criminal prosecutions.
Previously, Mr. Payne served as an Assistant Attorney General in the Environmental Enforcement Section of the Ohio Attorney General's Office. He authored an 18-State amicus brief adopted by the U.S. Supreme Court in its leading constitutional case on state sovereignty, New York vs. U.S., and led a nationwide team of State litigators who successfully brought to the Court a series of cases in this area. He received the National Association of Attorneys General's highest recognition, the Marvin Award.
Mr. Payne received from Dartmouth College an A.B. with a major in Engineering Sciences. His J.D. is from Ohio State University. As a law student he founded the Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution, which the American Bar Association adopted as its official journal promoting use of mediation and other forms of "alternative dispute resolution" to avoid litigation. He completed the Senior Managers in Government program at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, and is a member of the Alumni Hall of Fame for Centerville City Schools in Ohio.
Nathan K. Kelley, Deputy General Counsel for Intellectual Property Law and Solicitor
Nathan Kelley became the Deputy General Counsel for Intellectual Property Law and Solicitor in November 2013. In this role, he defends the Under Secretary of Commerce and Director of the USPTO and the agency in court proceedings relating to intellectual property issues.
As Deputy Solicitor and an Associate Solicitor, Mr. Kelley spent seven years defending the USPTO's decisions in federal court, briefing and arguing numerous cases before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He has defended the USPTO on a wide range of legal issues, from specific patentability determinations to broader issues involving the USPTO's statutory examination duties. He has also provided advice and guidance to the agency regarding various intellectual property issues, including the development and scope of rulemakings undertaken to implement the America Invents Act.
The Office of the Solicitor provides legal counsel to the Under Secretary and Director and the Commissioners for Patents and Trademarks on intellectual property matters. The office's primary responsibility is to defend decisions of the Under Secretary and Director, Patent Trial and Appeal Board, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, and examiners in patent and trademark cases. The office also represents the Under Secretary and Director at depositions of USPTO employees, provides legal advice on proposed regulations and correspondence, and monitors publication of USPTO decisions. The Solicitor's Office, in coordination with the Department of Commerce, also provides representation for the Under Secretary and Director in the interagency deliberations on intellectual property matters.
Before joining the Solicitor's Office, Mr. Kelley worked at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, first as a member of its permanent legal staff, and later as a judicial law clerk to the Hon. Randall R. Rader. Earlier, he was an associate at an intellectual property law firm in Washington, D.C. His career began as a patent examiner at the USPTO, where he examined patent applications directed to integrated circuits and discrete semiconductor devices. Mr. Kelley received both a J.D. magna cum laude and a B.S. in electrical engineering from George Mason University.


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Russian Variation
Mae G. Banner
Ballets Great Russian Nutcracker
Palace, Dec. 18
The Capital District boasts a profusion of Nutcrackers
presented each December on stages from Glens Falls to Albany.
This year, we broke our own record and had nine different
productions of the ballet thats become a holiday ritual.
The new entry was a touring production by the Moscow Ballet,
whose dancers come from the Moscow Choreographic Institute
and the Vaganova Institute. The 50 eloquent dancers, augmented
by more than a dozen youngsters from regional ballet schools,
flooded the stage at the Palace in Albany just a week before
Moscow Ballets Nutcracker was a visual delight filled
with enchanting colors and patterns, but without the drama
and excitement were accustomed to in even the smallest American
productions. Even the battling mice seemed almost sedate in
their measured dancing.
The wonderful thing about Nutcracker is that the ballet
is able to expand and contract, to accommodate variations
and inventions peculiar to local cultures. Theres a Harlem
Nutcracker to Duke Ellingtons arrangements of Tchaikovskys
music. In Utah, Mother Ginger is transformed into a giant
beehive filled with little dancing bees. In Albany, David
Ottos Capital Ballet Company adds a Dutch variation.
Moscow Ballets choreographer Anatoli Emelianov concentrates
on harmonious pictures, superbly danced. He is not interested
in character, narrative, or special effects (no tree that
grows), but in the purity of the dancing. In contrast to the
dramatic action of American productions Ive seen, the Moscow
dancers step through their roles with elegance and refined
technique, but no drive. They show poetic (and sometimes gently
comical) moving pictures, especially the lovely arrangements
of living snowflakes who wear snowball crowns and carry glittering
icicle wands in each handa pageant without a story.
This Nutcracker is about beauty for its own sake. The
tempos are markedly slower than what Americans are used to.
Lyrical movements of the arms provide a romantic balance to
strong pinpoint legs. Instead of a Sugarplum and her Cavalier,
we follow Masha (thats Clara in other productions) and her
Nutcracker Prince from her living room to a Land of Peace
and Harmony (no cloying candies, but an array of international
duets with the leading dancers framed by varying groups of
local youngsters).
The wildest of these duets was the Russian, saved for last.
Alexander Polomarchuk performed remarkable split leaps high
in the air and Zhanna Sokalskaya knocked off an amazing set
of speedy fouettes. This red-costumed pair were real applause-
getters with the fastest, most athletic choreography in the
Drosselmeier, the magician and toymaker, guides the dance
from start to finish. He leads Masha and the Prince through
the Snow Land to the expansive international fair, where they
see the familiar Arabic, Chinese, Spanish, and French (sometimes
called Marzipan) dancers, all in brilliant, bandbox-fresh
costumes, doing their lovely or exotic turns.
Designer Valentin Fedorov applies a comforting Russian touch
with backdrops painted like glowing picture books, dreamscapes
of rounded towers, giant flowers and butterflies. The international
scenes include giant pastel- colored dancing animals in the
background, such as might be seen at a village fair: for the
Spanish, a woolly bull; for the French, a big sky-blue sheep
and her lamb; for the Arabic, a pair of nodding, bumbling
elephants; for the Chinese, a huge pink paper dragon with
many legs; and, for the Russian, a big, huggable bear. The
many children in the audience giggled appreciatively at this
friendly menagerie.
As Tchaikovskys music builds to its grand climax, Drosselmeier
brings out the Flowers, six women in long frothy orange tutus
and their tuxedoed partners, who dance enchantingly before
a backdrop of colonnades and garlands.
At last, Tatiana Predeina as Masha and Vladimir Statni as
the Prince dance the final empyrean duet thats usually done
by Sugarplum and her Cavalier. Here, Emelianov retains the
traditional choreographya hundred-year-old legacy from Lev
Ivanov (Petipas assistant at the Maryinski Theater in St.
Petersburg). It is glorious, so wedded to the music that no
choreographer would dare to tamper with it.
Predeina is the ethereal ideal of the ballerina, with tiny
steps on point, multiple pirouettes and steely balances on
one toe. Statni is big, yet velvety in his spins and traveling
leaps. The group finale brings all the couples forward in
a polonaise. The flowers return, bending back and sinking
to their knees in a half-circle around Masha and her Prince.
Drosselmeier makes his final bows to the couple and all wave


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Glen Heriot's curator insight, March 19, 9:45 PM
Autonomous security robots would be an interesting change. Some areas with security can be dangerous for a security guard, that is one place a robot like this would be perfect. A single guard may be able to monitor multiple robots like this one, and make a decision where the robot is unable.


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Running For A Cause
Event Aims To Raise Money, Spread Awareness Of Autism
Racers head out from the starting line on Park Road at a 5K run/walk for autism on Saturday. Roughly 1,000 Shenandoah Valley residents gathered for the event at Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg to raise money for the Shenandoah Valley Autism Partnership. (Photos by Michael Reilly / DN-R)
James May holds his daughter Eleanor, 21 months, as they watch for his wife Allison in the race on Saturday.
Men's winner Patrick Earl heads for a first place on Saturday.
Hannah Brickse, a JMU grad student won the women's race Saturday.
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June 26, 2007
Sloggers: A-OK
Slogger Report reminded me that I haven't come clean on my promise to review the free pair I received as a consequence of being one of the most verbose commenter over at GardenRant. Best feature: Rugged construction should last forever. Biggest drawback: I had to drill my own drainage holes. And they didn't come with any hanging hardware. They're really A-OK. It's just that I have a high arch and sweaty feet and the combination of not being able to feel my toes in a puddle of sweat convince me to return to my favorite garden footwear. Seriously, they're a fine product. I'll just have to go back to the Slogger website and see if I can find a style that fits my foot better than the ones I ordered. 'Jaggies' in the image courtesy of PaintShopPro.
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June 26, 2007
The County Clerk @
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Yes… you are right. Hanging hardware or a loop or something would be good.
yes… very good thinking.
As for the holes, lately I've been so covered with perspiration that I've had a hard time discerning from where it was all coming.


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we didnt even have break up sex...
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btw im using a cooler as a purse cause i love string cheese
i'm not a hellocoptur, but youer in a dorm ans im un a dorm
so i say "rick dont build that sandcastle" and he "says ok i wont" then i wake up and its sandcastle fucking city all over my apartment
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good, we got high then went swimming. shelly forgot to keep swimming so we tied her to the ladder in the shallow part with her bikini top.
So not only just find my adoption papers that I didnt know about in my parents house, but they say "child shows some signs of mental retardation".
This dude. Just lost. A finger. He asked us for tape.
He wants to know how I lost my bra in his pants....id like to know too
Dude just slipped a $20 into the jukebox at that restaurant we were escorted out of last Mardi GRAS. Hope they enjoy Justin Bieber's Baby cause they're gonna hear it 40 fucking times.
All I had with a note saying that my shoes are in the ceiling and good luck.
I've decided I'm either going to ease him into this breakup by having a threesome with him and the girl I'm leaving him for, or be brutal and fuck his room mate. it depends how nice he is tonight.
Somebodaw call 311 postw fire bunso on vietena floorwnkd
I am a human short and spout . Here is my jager Herr is my redbull . When i get real drink i shout out. Tip me over and pour yeager out
Note to self: do not take so many shots that you sit on the floor under the bar where nobody can see you, and reach out and grab peoples crotch.
I know, but I was really high and I felt like a failure dragon because I could only blow smoke, no fire.
Hu mahhiw im so tired.i just got done. In fo dleepu. Aaaaaaahh. I qisj my mom filmed me. In axtunf so funny
I just wanted to let you know that if you dont tell me to stop texting i will still keep on trying, you matter to me
mike has just informed me of all the things he would put in his pussy if he was a woman. this includes door stops, power drills & g.i. joes.
you threw up in the bushes next to the ABC store and kept saying "you're home, blueberry vodka, you're home!"
maybe next time you'll take an ex boyfriend warning you that she's batshit crazy as a warning instead of a challenge
FYI the landlord called and plumbers will be tearing up the bathroom tomorrow. Apparently the tub is leaking into the apt below us so be sure to pee in the shower today.
there's another hole in my ceiling...someone fell through the attic this time....
Please call me back as soon as your phone is charged, if you die tonight I don't want the last thing I said to you to be "I just farted a little"
I know I am usually the slut but tonight it's her. She is being a slut, yes slut, T as in Tomorrow, U as in Uterus, L as in Llama and S as in Sangria. That spells slut, but backwards and that's what she is being.
If a man's penis is referred to as "the family jewels" does that make a woman's vagina a jewelry box?
You were throwing ham at people telling them you were the sandwhich fairy
He said hes taking shrooms and watching jurassic park so we're making a t-rex costume
Are my feet made of real feet?
You just kept saying "they don't make cigarettes for squirrels. Yet."
I asked you how much you drank and you replied with "I don't know what kind of toothpaste I use."
Found crayons in my cigarette pack. I can't help but feel you may be responcible.
im afraid if i stop breathing i will turn into a porcupine
The look I see on guys faces when they realize my nipples are pierced remind me of when my mom used to come home from the grocery store and surprise me with poptarts.
she danced around my room naked waving around the gold trojan magnum condoms singing "i have the golden ticket."
You can't just hum the Jaws theme song when you pull down my pants.
She kept chasing him yelling thief, because he drank some of her drink. That was at 8, it got worse.
Drunk versus high capture the flag: what team is everybody gonna be on?
only you would end up drunk at a subway with a one-eyed homeless man
Yeah someone just put a trash bag that says "use protection" on the snow penis
.....woke up with a tube of cinnamon buns in my pocket, i miss you
okay, this game isn't funny anymore. tell us where all the forks are.
She looked at it and said "your dick is like the golden gate bridge."
he asked you how you felt and you yelled "I FEEL SO PROACTIVE!" and started coloring with sharpies
I'm sorry. I think I have multiple personalities. Or it was the acid. Either way. I'm sorry.
someone needs to get her out of the garbage can shes never gonna forgive us for this
We've already decided our costumes for next Halloween. She's going as Cookie Monster and I'm going as Elmo. She's just going to ask for Oatmeal Cookie shots, and I'm asking for Red-Headed Slut shots.
i just kept saying he was red & i was blue and we couldnt become purple. I started crying at one point
we found you under the sink... we opened up the doors and you told us to go away because you were playing indian in the cupboard
i have a wrist watched drawn on my wrist that it says shot o clock
Who would win... a chainsaw pooping pterodactyl or a bear with machine guns for feet. big debate about this right now
To this day, he introduces me as "the girl I met climbing trees at 3 A.M."
I wanted to take a shower but I forgot we made applesauce in it last night.
You passed out and she managed to carry you all the way back to your dorm last night. I believe your testicles now her property.
My mom just set up beer pong in the dining room for family game night. and you ask why I'm still living at home.
we found you outside the hotel room sleeping with a note next to you that said " we made sure you were comfortable, hope your friends come back soon"
I can'nr wwn explain this nihght . So amnt dixks. Shitttttt.
I think I'm drunk. That wine was old. I found it behind the water heater next to the mouse poison.
just woke up COVERED in glow sticks and glitter. didn't even have to turn the light on to puke.
well, it ended with me crying outside the strip club saying i don't want to be 21 anymoree. i'd say it was a great 21st birthday.
You were screaming at a bartender last night for not referring to you as god.
Nothing too bad. Lost a stuffed horse on a stick and tore my clothes off. Again.
My dad just came home, said hi to mom and me in the kitchen, and then said "I'm gonna go inject my blood with iguana saliva".
Pretty much gone. He was in the backseat and kept whispering that his "toes felt like pigtails"
She was knocking on the tree demanding to be let in
look up what dreaming that you're in a lesbian relationship with a manatee means.
i think i can safely say that is the weirdest thing you've ever propositioned me with. so obviously my answer is yes.
just watched the video of me leading you with a trail of french fries.
well on a positive note i hear those vitamins you take while pregnant do wonders for your nails
Recent Google searches: "babu kangarooz"... "why 2 tacos bell" and "is dinosaur in real life"
Don't try to dry clothes in the microwave. They'll catch on fire.
wanna play who's drunker? I just made macaroni & cheese taco and offered it to the pizza Guy as a tip.
remind me in the morning to get the random kid out of the closet and to clean the pudding off the wall
guess who was drunk and crawling in the middle of the road and got brought home by the police last night? HINT: ME
Sometimes I wonder why I hang out with you. And then you show up half naked at my door with a half gal of vodka, and I remember why.
how should i feel about a person who brings a box of eggo waffles on the plane as a carry on?
We fish bowled my car and anna told us a story about time travel and part of it had people melted into the side of a boat and i imagined them being melted into my car moaning in pain and then we got scared and thought zombies were outside and couldn't leave for a while.
Let's play a little game called "Chill the Fuck Out" - you're our first contestant
...Then she just started hitting me with a loaf of bread.
He's 11. You dont draw dicks on 11 year olds, i dont care if he ate your lasagna
I need to stop drinking. Side note- we have a party bus tonight. So the drinking will have to end after that
so he woke up after being passed out and yelled that he had brought back moon rocks for everybody...
That's cool, I just have to let the dogs out AND SO HELP ME GOD IF YOU TEXT ME BAHA MEN LYRICS WE ARE NOT FRIENDS.
Considering the fact that you wouldn't give me my cat last night because he was "destined for broadway", yeah, I'm accusing you of stealing him
There are dudes in kilts outside my window practicing fire breathing with cheap vodka and a modified grill lighter. I thought you should know.
Just know that as we speak i am injecting vodka into gushers
I don't remember. I remember laying in the trunk of a car. For hours.
He was sitting at the table eating ice and said, "I'm pretty sure everyone in my family has nipples."
she just came into my room, drunkenly shoved six dollars into my bra and told me to spend it on chicken wings.
All I heard was "I swear it'll be funny" and then we were in jail.
he said he didn't have a condom.
that that's fine cause i was ready to be a mom. yeah - he magically had a condom he forgot about after that.
I just remember making out with this kid's friend, washing blood off my hands and hearing the RA's were looking for me.
Dont worry about the blood on the pillow. its from my face.
literally. a puddle of blood. on the floor. still searching for the source
I passed out in the stadium during the 4th quarter and you guys just left me there?
We glued Jenga blocks together, called it "magic blocks" and sold it to the stoners for $50 and a bottle of Henny
we just got kicked out of the mexican restaurant. i have a full pitcher of margarita's hiding under my coat.
I woke up and found 10 txts from him. All sent at 6:30 am, and all about the muffin man.
My professor complimented me on the well drawn penis on my face then asked if I would like a seat closer to the garbage can.
after the first blizzard, i went out and bought a thirty and put it in a cooler and hid it out in the backyard. now the second blizzard has deposited 2 feet of snow on top of said cooler. there is a shovel and treasure map over here waiting for you
I feel like I'm sitting in a sleigh of puddy. It's not a bathtub though because you need a sleigh to go down a mountain.
You told me that you only walk into walls because it makes the room stop spinning.
But you wanna know what the sadest part is? I had to smoke on the way back home cause my mom would be suspicious if I wasn't high after I was supposedly hanging out with you.
He was just laying on the stairs and then screamed, "Is that a clubhouse?" I haven't seen him since
Opened my wallet to find a slice of ham with a phone number written on it in sharpie.
You couldn't stand up so I took you home, took off your makeup, put you to bed then shaved off your eyebrows. I so nearly won the responsible adult prize.
I thought of you while cleaning the forehead prints off my glass doors.
I'm still trying to figure out how you came back with chinese food, and a spoon covered in icing saying 'cake..'
well the first picture of me in 2011 involves a viking helmet and chugging champagne. i like this year already.
Good lord, they've set up every firework to be ignited by a trail of gasoline at midnight. God save us all.
i am pretty sure she ate my hamster last night. i am thinking this because she left me a note that says she ate my hamster and my hamster is no longer in its hamster cage.
It got a little outta hand when you wanted to do body shots on the table.. at Dennys.. at 4 AM.. with lemonade
Jerry just sent me this: IOR GHIT ALL THE BUTTIB. Go get him. Now.
I just fell down my stairs. I know that you are 6 hours away but please come pick me up. I promise I will still be here on the stairs.
u on campus? she just peed the bed i need to go
you guys are cousins why the FUCK are your pants off
Someone said we're out of ice. You collapsed on the spot and started sobbing, saying 'but where will all the polar bears live". That drunk.
he was afraid of holiday checkpoints so we let him ride my mom's tandem bike home. by himself. at 4 am.
My roommate and I had a nyquil contest. The nyquil won.
So I was throwing up in this fancy toilet at a party last night, when he decided it would be funny to flush it. It was a beday. I had to walk out with toilet water and regurgitated rumpleminze all over my face and shirt.
The only thing I really remember is repeating "I hope I still have a job on Monday". Oh and pulling my boob out of my dress.
We thought we had lost her until we found her in the bushes a block away singing "Jingle Bells".
please don't text me until you can spell three letter words again.
Highlight of my weekend: having my card suspended due to "suspicious charges" and standing in line at the gas station yelling at customer service on the phone that I really did go to 4 different strip clubs in one night
A 300 lb dude in a sundress yelling bible verses while wearing a raggedy anne wig is just as funny as I thought it would be. Thank you san francisco.
I'm worried I'm going to miss my flight so I set a series of alarms on my phone to act as checkpoints to make sure I'll be there. 2am-stop drinking; 4am-stop fucking stephanie, get some sleep; 5am-wake up, fuck stephanie once more; 6am-get to the airport
OMG stoned with flashing lights behind me, I was freaking out until I realized I wasn't driving my couch
i just got drunk dialed and its 10am. clearly finals are over.
I just got this text "hi this is Julie, I met you last night in the bathroom. You asked me to text you and remind you that you ate an entire lime, because you figured your sober self in the morning would be confused."
He introduced himself to me as "the gayest gay who ever gayed." I like him already.
she said "i got this" and then fell on her face. within grabbing distance of the wall and her boyfriend
Why am I a bad person? You were the one trying to get people to eat tape.
You yelled "sharpie war!" then jammed it in her ear
He just got home drunk. He ate 5 snack cakes, said Little Debbie's his bitch, went upstairs and fell asleep.
So he told me he wanted to fertilize my caviar. Im avoiding all foreign exchange students from now on.
I thought you'd have died of alcohol poisoning years ago! How'd you get my number?
i really care about you, respect you, another gay word, and another gay word... lets just drink
I just watched 2 blind guys walk into each other head on in providence. It pays to pregame in your car.
fireball beer pong. youre missing out
theres gunna be a new season of 16 and pregnant on mtv...WHERE DO THEY KEEP FINDING THESE IGNORANT PREGNANT GIRLS
my feelings for you are synonymous with those of a grizzly bear and salmon. i don't want to nom on you; but i need you to survive
you gave the police officer your chanel wallet and said 'just keep it the i.d. is fake too'.
can you pick up canola oil? she lives by wegmans
Set off the fire alarm in our dorm at 2:30 am last night. 150 Naked people wrapped in towels shared a bag of popcorn with me as we watched the firefighters frantically search for my burnt popcorn in the building.
i just threw up a quarter into the urinal in the bathroom at the bar. everybody else stared then cheered. that drunk
I was in the bathroom and heard my brother scream "YOU FAIL!!!", and I swear to GOD, I thought my penis was yelling at me.
How can people commit suicide when things like bagels exist
you thought your tounge was "malfunctioning" because every time u spoke it wouldnt sit still.
Apparently I called 911 everytime Sean Kingston told me to
Apparently I had an idea for a cooking show and then proceeded to throw cookies at people.
Then you ran outside and said you were gonna give the snowman a blowjob
The douche that always wears spandex at the gym just walked into class with a dick going into his mouth drawn on his face. The professor said "rough night" and he still has no idea. Tyring to get a pic
you rubbed the head of my dick and said "I shall call you Squishy and you shall be mine and you shall be my Squishy."
what if cement was really a rainbow color they just secretly paint it grey so as not to distract drivers
i took some ambien and I TRIPPED out...i went into my mom's room to say goodnight and i don't remember anything...she said that i got really pissed at her because we were living in the Keebler elf tree and she was visiting other trees, then i started laughing hysterically and she goes "whats so funny?" and i go "there are 7 people sitting on my knees" and she goes "doesn't that hurt?" and i said "no we're sitting in a bowl" and then i capped it off and said "join the crazy train bro" and passed out.
I don`t remember Saturday, actually
He saw my tits then looked up and yelled thank you jesus as loud as he could
you thought that fire hydrant was a midget...you gave it a hug and asked for a lollipop.
I seriously love my fucking boobs. They are so boobs.
she cant drink. allergic to alcohol.
Eric just called. Says he's trapped in a cul de sac because the road disappeared. Wants me to tell him what street has the bushes that whisper sweet nothings into you ear and the wobbling purple pokemon. Oh, and a "bigger and better" penis is growing out of his belly button. He took shrooms by the way.
I ran a string through all of my old vicodin bottles and strung them on the tree. Tis the season.
Just mixed vicodin and mucinex. This cold just got fun.
drunkie insisted on stuffing the rest of his scrambled eggs in his pockets before we left ihop. we really should have left a better tip
You looked cold, so i decided to make you a blanket out of sticky notes.
You text me last night that you invented a new food. Cheese-less grilled cheese. Congrats, you made toast.
Either I get my picture taken sitting on a fuckin pony, or I'm not coming.
I woke up with her little sister yelling "she's dead !!" from the bathroom doorway.
you said you were a responsible adult. then you licked the wall.
I SWALLOWED her nuva ring. Please tell me how your night could have been worse.
She's never allowed to turn 21 again
drunk me just left notes all around the apt to remind shitfaced me that i have mashed potatoes in the fridge. do not take them down if you come home before me.
You came out of the bathroom, said "I'M DRUNK BUT I REMEMBERED TO WASH MY HANDS!" and then insisted that she smell them.
When the cops came you just told them you'd go to your time out corner.
Goldfish can't live in a bowl filled with tequila, lesson learned.
You were directing traffic around her for 30min after she passed out in the middle of the road.
I took your shirt off for you after you threw up on yourself, read you the ugly duckling, and then tucked you in. you better fucking love me, jackass.
What if we had a smart house and we could just say "baked" and it would rain donuts?
my dad just said 'either you're lying about your plans tonight or you kids are really lame nowadays'. maybe we should nix the singles saturday slumber party and go to a bar.
You texted the wrong number but that's probably the best call you'll ever make.
Seriously just heard: "we need some good ass wine. how bout this swa-vig-non blank"
Oh my god it just tripped me out that I used to be a baby, I had to tell you.
just woke up face down in my kitchen covered in cheetos. my mom just stepped over me to get to the coffee maker. hello summer
dude, i have to cancel tonight, my neighbor just bought a goat
You stuck your head out the window to puke and got hit with a mailbox.
Why hello drunk Jake. It's sober Sarah, I'll tell drunk Sarah you booty called. She'll probably be around tomorrow night.
If we were unicorns we would fly together. Like in a pack. A pack of flying unicorns.
I just saw an old lady yelling at a dead pigeon for leaving the oven on.
The cops just drove by on their loudspeaker going DO NOT DRINK THE WATAHH
dude your girlfriend is running naked down the hall with a raw chicken taped to her stomach saying this is what I'll look like pregnant...run far far away
Just had a drunken guest at my hotel threaten to "throw a fuckin fireball at my face"
I just heard a woman call her child a butt face. Repeatedly. He's crying now. I love walmart.
I can't find my pants or my car
ha omg I always lose my dignity at taco bell as well... so no big deal.
make sure you eat your skittles last so when you barf you can barf RAINBOWS.
the ice cream truck is coming omgomg
I'm gonna write a book, Things that go bump in the night: The story of Katelyn. Chapter one, my roommate is a dumb whore.
UD be completely fine. you don't lose control just keep a positive environment. for example i really want to lick the wall cause red is delicious but i don't have to.
Heard at work: Get out of my face before I cuntpunch you so hard your granddaughters have miscarriages. I love my job.
hes so high that he's convinced hes a duck. hes squating in the bathtub quacking. that was NOT JUST pot.
hey this is lauren, i have to type for jon because he's convinced the tongs he's holding are his real hands
we sat in the hammock and pretended we were skydiving for three hours. jack actually started crying when i convinced him his chute didnt open.
AHHHH!!! note to self never google image chastity belt omfg
I'm saving my limes so I'll know how many drinks I've had.
do you ever think like no deep thought could take place in the spanish language? like all they talk about is like tacos?
We planned for the zombie apocalypse. In great detail. Of course there was booze involved.
If I had a motorized wheelchair, I'd just chase the squirrels on campus all day.
last time I sleep in the lobby. woke up to some girl asking me what floor I lived on. somebody put me, couch included, on the elevator.


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Business at the Minnesota State Fair attraction that Joshua Mader's family owns reflects the weather like no other.
In Sunday's record-breaking heat -- 96 degrees, with a dew point at 72 -- the River Raft Ride was swamped.
"We sell smiles and wet butts," said Mader, a supervisor at the River Raft Ride, where water sloshes and splashes into rafts and soaks riders.
The line for the River Raft Ride drew about 5,200 people Saturday, he said. The line of waiting riders often stretched out into the street.
Mader, who has worked at the water attraction for 21 years, said this year has "gotta be the hottest year ever."
Rider numbers spike as the heat intensifies.
"If it's 85 (degrees) and sunny, you're gonna do 5,000," he said of the number of tickets sold.
By 1 p.m. Sunday, he said they had already seen about 2,000 board the water rafts and ply the ride's flume.
By 3 p.m., the heat index reached 104 in the Twin Cities, with the actual temperature at 96 and the dew point at 72, said Tony Zaleski, meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Chanhassen.
At 96 degrees, Sunday beat the previous record, from 1948, by 2 degrees. And Sunday's low of 80 broke another record.
The extreme heat didn't seem to dampen fairgoers' spirits. They cooled off in three misting stations and filled water bottles at 40 water fountains.
Stewart and Gina Evans had no problem with temperatures reaching the lower 90s on Sunday.
Then again, they lived in the Mojave Desert for a time.
The couple remembered one year when they left the Fair soon after arriving, so this time they changed their strategy. "That's why we came here early," Stewart Evans said.
People weren't the only ones dealing with the heat -- so were the 2,800 animals at the Fair.
"It's hot in Minnesota," said Mary Olson, co-chair of the Miracle of Birth Center. "Whether animals are at the State Fair or on farms, everybody's hot."
Typically, the barn fans are reserved for the animals, but this year, their handlers used extra fans to help cool themselves.
"Usually, we don't bring fans for us," said Cynthia Seivert of Sievert's Circle R Miniature Horses.
The fans are going to be a necessity for the beginning of the week as well. A large portion of the state is under an excessive heat watch, which lasts until Tuesday at midnight. High temperatures are expected to remain until Thursday when the metro could see temps in the upper 80s, Zaleski said.


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How does the College measure the success of ISP courses?
The ISP identifies eight intellectual skills students need to develop to be successful academically and in their careers. These skills are articulated in the rubrics below. Rubrics are tools used to measure a student's performance against expectations. To assess overall student success, the College draws random samples of student work from all ISP courses and evaluates them to determine whether students are meeting program expectations.
Keene State's rubrics for ISP courses are found below:


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Jenna Dewan, Luke Goss to star in Magdalena
Gale Anne Hurd's Valhalla Motion Pictures, Platinum Studios and Top Cow Productions have hired Jenna Dewan and Luke Goss to star in Magdalena.The project is based on Top Cow's comic book about a young woman who learns she belongs to a line of female warriors descended from Mary Magdalene and must harness the power to thwart a supernatural force that threatens the world.Dewan, who will appear later this year opposite Tim Allen ...
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