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Germany is the biggest fountain of soccer talent in the world.
From its dominating run in the World Cup, to the large number of German-American players on the United States Men's National Team roster and the quality of the teams in the powerful Bundesliga, there is no question that Germany is the one of the best places to grow a professional soccer career.
And Haris Memisevic hopes to be another member of Germany's large talent pool.
Memisevic, who graduated from Chambersburg Area Senior High School this past spring, always knew he wanted to play soccer in Germany, but timing was the biggest factor in his decision.
"Coming here was what I always wanted to do, but I didn't know when the time would be right," he said from Germany on Tuesday. "I think now is the right time, because if something goes wrong I still have plenty of options for my future."
Memisevic, whose parents are from Bosnia, was born in Germany and the family moved to the United States when he was 4 years old. His father, Nijaz Memisevic, also played professional soccer and saw that same talent in his son.
Haris Memisevic said, "My dad used to always tell me stories about his playing days, and it always fascinated me. Then, when I got older, he said he knew I had the talent to play professionally."
Last fall for the Trojans, he scored three goals and had an assist off the bench.
"I didn't get much playing time in high school, but i didn't let that lower my confidence or discourage me from coming here," he said.
So Memisevic left for Germany on June 24 and tried out for a couple of teams before landing with FSV Erlangen-Bruck on a one-year contract. Erlangen-Bruck is part of Germany's Bayernliga, which is the fifth tier of the German football league system. He will play center forward in Erlangen-Bruck's 4-2-3-1 formation. The season starts Aug. 30.
He said, "It was between them and one other club, but I felt that Erlangen-Bruck offered me the best benefits and the best chance to advance my career."
Now, Memisevic's days are all about soccer.
He wakes up at 6:30 a.m. and eats a light breakfast before heading to a morning training session. After two hours of training, he goes on a run to cool down and heads home to relax and have a meal. He then has another two-hour training session at 5:30 p.m. and heads to bed around 9:30.
"It's pretty much all soccer all the time right now," Memisevic said. "Even on days when we don't have training, I'll go to the gym or go to the park to work out and stay fit."
One of Memisevic's biggest challenges right now is the language. He grew up speaking German, but once he moved to the U.S. he started speaking English and Bosnian — his parents' native language.
Memisevic said, "My club enrolled me in language classes so that I can understand what my coaches and teammates are telling me, so that's something else I do on my off days.
"There is a player on the team from Serbia who speaks a similar language as me, and he really helped me get settled in and adjusted in my first month here."
But when it comes to the culture, and soccer in particular, Memisevic feels like he is fitting right in.
"I've been to Europe before, but I love this country and its culture," he said. "How they live life here and how they do things is just fascinating. Plus, this is the best place to play soccer in the world."
Memisevic knows he has a long way to go but has the same dream as any other player who goes to Germany for soccer: to play in the Bundesliga.
He said, "I'm glad that I'm at the right place where I can work hard and learn the game. I hope to remain fit throughout the year, help the team as much as I can and be a positive impact. One of the biggest goals of this club is to work as hard as possible to help us reach the Bundesliga, and that was a very big part of me signing here."
And for the next year, Memisevic will get the chance to make that dream come true.


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Australia TD Inflation Gauge Declines for First Time in 5 Months
A private gauge of Australian inflation declined in November for the first time in five months, led by drops in the cost of vegetables and fuel.
Consumer prices slid 0.1 percent last month after rising 0.1 percent in October, an index compiled by TD Securities Inc. and the Melbourne Institute released in Sydney today showed. Prices rose 2.5 percent from a year earlier, in the middle of the central bank's 2 percent to 3 percent target, it showed.
Investors are pricing in an 87 percent chance Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Glenn Stevens will cut the benchmark interest rate by another quarter percentage point to 3 percent at tomorrow's policy meeting. Annette Beacher, head of Asia-Pacific research for TD Securities, is among a minority of economists who predict the central bank will stand pat.
"Better global activity data continues to trickle through, especially from the U.S. and China, while underlying inflation appears set to remain mid-target, well away from the bottom of the range," she said in a statement. "While it is appropriate to leave an easing bias on the table, we cannot identify a smoking gun for a near-term policy adjustment."
Today's inflation gauge showed vegetable prices fell 11 percent in November, the fuel price dropped 4.5 percent and holiday travel and accommodation declined. Costs of bread, cereal products, newspapers, books and stationery and dairy products all increased, it showed.
The Melbourne Institute is a research unit of Melbourne University, and TD Securities is a division of Toronto-Dominion Bank, Canada's second-largest lender. The monthly inflation index measures the prices of more than 1,000 goods and services.

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Senior Comprehensive Requirement
Senior Comprehensive Formal Presentation
Dept of Chemistry and Physics
Professional scientists at all levels are frequently called upon to give poster and oral presentations to their peers, managers, subordinates, and the general public. Although the topics of these presentations might vary with audience, the expectation is that the professional can present clearly about his or her area of expertise. The Senior Seminar is designed to provide students with the opportunity to develop necessary presentation skills and to grow in their abilities to present clearly and well. Senior Seminar is divided into Fall and Spring sessions.
The goals of the fall-semester seminar (Senior Seminar I) are to give the student the background information and tools needed to construct an appropriate presentation and to provide an opportunity for a student to deliver various kinds of presentations and gain experience by practice.
The goal of the spring-semester seminar (Senior Seminar II) is to provide the opportunity for the student to demonstrate all the tenets of good presentation by delivering her own formal presentations to her chemistry student peers in a format that is similar to a professional meeting of chemists. The faculty will evaluate the presentations as part of the department's senior comprehensive requirement for graduation. To fulfill the entire graduation requirement the student must:
- Attend seminar sessions, fall and spring, including the presentations given by other students.
- Provide an abstract of your presentation one week before the oral presentation.
- Provide a poster presentation based on your research or the research of others.
- Give a 15-minute oral presentation based on your research or the research of others.
Details Regarding the Formal Presentations
I. Topic
Your formal presentations must be based on either the experimental research you have performed or work of others as found in the primary and secondary chemistry literature. Plan to discuss the content of your talk with your Chemistry Department advisor to clarify questions you might have. The oral presentation may be based on your formal paper.
II. Audience and Content Level
The audience for your formal comprehensive presentation is other chemistry students. The chemistry content should be at a level understandable by a second semester junior chemistry major. You must include enough chemistry to demonstrate to the faculty that you understand the science in your talk. Plan to spend at least two-thirds of the time on the technical/chemical content of your presentation.
III.Visual Aids
A. Poster Presentation
The purpose of a poster presentation is to quickly communicate recent results of a research project to a general audience. You are encouraged to talk with your Chemistry Department advisor about formatting and printing your poster. A poster presentation must contain the following:
- Title
- List of contributors and affiliations: indicate all the "main players" in the research project; institutional logos may be included
- Introduction: introduce the research project or problem and clearly indicate why the research is important
- Background: explain what is generally known about your research project or problem
- Results and Discussion: provide the results and their significance. When presenting your poster to viewers, do not present all the results, but instead focus on telling a story. Use figures and pictures (with captions) to convey information whenever possible.
- Conclusions: summary of the research performed
- References
- Acknowledgements: include funding sources, facilities used, and a mention of those who provided valuable assistance
The graphics of a poster presentation must be large enough to be seen from a distance of four feet away. You may use graphics to naturally guide a reader through the poster presentation.
B. Oral Presentation
The purpose of an oral presentation, in contrast, is to more thoroughly (and formally) communicate the results of a research project to a select audience. Use a format and the respective visual aids that best support your presentation. There are a range of technologies available, however, you are not required to use any particular form of visual aid. Whatever you decide to use should be readable in the last row of seats in Room 105, the Science Lecture Hall. Keep your visual aids simple, using pictures, diagrams, equations, etc. to highlight the ideas you are presenting orally. Include appropriate titles and labels on the images such that each is understandable on its own and make sure that published images (e.g. those from the internet or scientific literature) are appropriately cited. Use your visual aids as an outline to prompt you through your presentation so that you can speak comfortably about the work without memorizing the text or reading directly from the images. Include as many images as are needed to clearly present your topic, but do not overcrowd individual images.
IV. Post-Presentation Questions
Be prepared to answer questions following the completion of your presentations. Note that questions usually do not suggest something was deficient in the presentation. Indeed, most questions to the speaker suggest that the listener actually heard, and is interested in, what was said. Expect questions from peers and faculty as a sign of respect for the quality of the work. As a good presenter, you also should ask questions of others' presentations.
V. Faculty Involvement in the Presentations
Although faculty may be consulted, the majority of the work must be yours alone. Part of the assessment of your presentations is how well you independently approached, communicated, and completed both your presentations. You are expected to teach the chemistry of your topic to the audience.
VI. Notification of Completion of Graduation Requirement
After your presentations, the seminar chair will poll the faculty to determine whether or not your presentations satisfied the graduation requirement. You will be notified in a timely fashion.
If the faculty should decide that some portion of your presentation, either poster or oral presentation, is unsatisfactory, the seminar chair will outline what you must do to correct the deficiency. Reasons for repeating parts of the presentation have included failure to provide sufficient description of the work done, not enough chemistry content, or failure to demonstrate good understanding of the basic principles of an area of chemistry presented.
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This component has been obsoleted by the ReplayGain scanner bundled with foobar2000 version 1.1.6.
I have produced a scanner interface almost entirely from scratch, based on libebur128. Basic information and a binary are posted here, and the full source is posted here, but I warn you, it isn't pretty.
It writes -18 - LUFS to the normal ReplayGain track and album gain level tags, and optionally scans for the "true" peak by resampling the signal to 192KHz first, using the foobar2000 resampler service, but this is disabled by default because it has a pretty heavy speed cost.
No attempt is made to support reading or writing the EBU R128 "standard" of tags proposed in this topic, because that is beyond the scope of a mere scanner component. The player core must first support representing that information internally with its binary ReplayGain information structures, and then every input component that supports reading and/or writing tags must be modified to support these changes.
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Are you sure the albums are being split by tags properly? One way to tell if it's scanning multiple threads at once is to observe how many file names are in the status window. It lists every file currently being scanned.
Oh, and foo_r128scan uses pfc::getOptimalWorkerThreadCountEx(), which calculates the number of threads to execute from the processor affinity mask. Have you set that to a single core, for some reason? Wait, blah, never mind, if that were the problem, your track scan task wouldn't be threading.
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Miami Controllers Ask FAA Administrator Blakey: Why Should It Only Be Safe to Fly in Alaska? - (8/26/2003)
MIAMI – Lori Rebhan, president of the local chapter of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association at Miami International Airport, reacting to this morning's visit by Federal Aviation Administrator Marion Blakey in a ceremony for the airport's new runway, issued the following statement denouncing Bush Administration-inserted language in federal legislation privatizing air traffic control at 69 towers including two in South Florida:
"Before the administrator wraps up her visit to South Florida, we invite her to visit with FAA controllers at nearby Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport and Kendall-Tamiami Airport to see first-hand the need to keep these facilities in the hands of federal controllers and not sell the tower out to the lowest bidder. These two airports and the other 67 on the White House chopping block are too important to the level of safety assured by federal control of the air traffic system."
"We also want to know from the Administrator why two Alaska towers that were originally on the list were exempted. Madame Administrator, how can you defend a system that has one standard for Alaska and another for the other 49 states? If privatization does not pose a threat to safety and efficiency, as you claim, why would the Chairman of the House Transportation Committee exempt his own airport in Alaska?"
"Air traffic controllers at Fort Lauderdale Executive and Tamiami work 414,000 takeoffs and landings each year. Alaska's two towers on the list, Juneau and Merrill Field, control 305,000 takeoffs and landings yearly. It does not seem that the decision to exempt the Alaska towers from privatization and not the South Florida towers was not based on any kind of sound air traffic control reasoning."
"In September, Congress has a chance to listen to the majority of its constituents and end efforts to privatize air traffic control and jeopardize the safety of the best air traffic control system in the world. We urge all members of Congress to stop privatization and stand up for the safety of the flying public."
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A man who's been at the helm of the Charleston, WV airport shared his wisdom with the folks at the Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport Thursday evening.
He says they've got lots of opportunity to grow along with the community.
Ed Hill, Chairman of the Yeager Airport Authority outlined how the Charleston Airport has turned around from threats of closure, to expansion and success.
Hill believes executives looking to expand or relocate are impressed by modern terminal facility and general aviation facilities.
He suggests that a modern face lift can help the airport in the general aviation area and help the community grow together with the airport.
Hill also recommends placing a county commissioner on the Airport Board so there is a shared close economic bond.
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|My Occupation
|retired runway models/superheroes
|My Bio
|My genius pal Marina and i met at support group meeting 2 yrs ago for former runway models/superheroes, there was an instant bond! She was born and raised in Bremerton, Wa. and spent years working the catwalks by day and fighting the forces of evil by night. This left her with vertigo, weak ankles, and an acquired allergy to spandex unitards. I could sympathize. Although I was a VA/NJ/CA/WA transplant, I too had lived the double life of haute couture and crime fighting- small world! Sadly, at a spring show in Milan, I took a nasty fall off a pair of platforms and was rushed to the hospital. Despite doctors best efforts, I was declared terminally unphotogenic and had to retire. We now have taken on the role of wives and moms. With designer clothes far behind us, we have joined the legions of moms who don't know a thing about yoga, but own 16 pairs of the pants! We may no longer be "super", but if evil rears it's ugly head, it will be swiftly pre-treated, bleached and crisply pressed!
|Spoiler alert: I'm thinking my next book will be about...
i think i feel a series coming on! purple shoes, a trip to the disco, and mysterious smells....
i know, it'll all make sense eventually!
|Everyone needs to know about these authors and artists...
wow! where to begin?! i wouldn't be the same goofy grownup i am today without Bill Peet, first and foremost, obviously Maurice Sendak, Shel Silverstein, Betty MacDonald and Hilary Knight. i'll have to think, i know there's more on my list!
Cristi is definatly the literary genious of us both. As far as the art goes, I credit my mom with passing the art gene. I could put all my effort into a drawing and it would be something she doodled on a napkin and quickly threw away. She is amazing.
|This book is addictive. Read it. (At your own risk.)
For adults? Cold Sassy Tree is a long standing favorite as well as The Secret Life of Bees, and pretty much anything by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
My favorite books from childhood, hands down, were Where the Wild Things are, and The Giving Tree.


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Last Night at the Bell House: Rosanne Cash
Filed under: Civics and Urban Life
I arrived late for the Musical Extravaganza to Restore Red Hook (presented by Jalopy) at the Bell House but I didn't miss Rosanne Cash.
And that's a good thing.
At 10PM, Brad Lander, the respected City Council member for the district that includes Red Hook, Gowanus and Park Slope, took to the stage to introduce the legend who had arrived from Manhattan to pitch in for a Red Hook devastated by Hurricane Sandy.
Rosanne brought incandescent star power to the stage. But her cred doesn't just come from the fact that her dad is Johnny Cash, who made her a list when she was 18 of 100 essential country songs. She is also a smart songwriter with a flair for the well-chosen word. She's got a very generous and inclusive stage presence and a husband, producer John Leventhal, who is one hell of a guitar player.
Last night she did a few songs from The List, her album of contemporary interpretations of her dad's list, including to-die-for versions of Long Black Veil, Heartaches by the Number by Elvis Costello and Motherless Children. She also did Etta's Song and Modern Blue, two new songs from a forthcoming album about the South.
She opened with the rocking Radio Operator from her 2006 album Black Cadillac, which she made after her father, her mother Vivian Cash Distin, and her stepmother June Cash all died within a span of two years. Later she treated the audience to her big radio hit, Seven Year Ache. The arrangements of all the songs by John Leventhal betrayed a delicious roots, country and twangy blues sensibility.
The audience screamed "one more song" when the band left stage and she obliged with one more. Her depth of spirit was clearly on display as she thanked the audience in return and urged the crowd to give generously to aid the restoration of Red Hook."
"I don't think I've ever had so much fun performing in New York City."
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OTBKB Weekend List: Hello Friday!
Filed under: Civics and Urban Life
I can just taste the weekend. There's tons to do as always plus there's all that holiday shopping we need to do. Tonight you could check out Danya Kurtz and Keren Ann at The Bell House. On Saturday The Alphabet Lounge Band is playing at Zora Space, that very happening cafe and performance space on 4th Avenue. Click on read more to see the whole list with all the details you really need like time, date, location and links.
The Universal Thump Rocks the Bell House with George Harrison Tribute
Filed under: arts and culture
Somehow it seemed appropriate to honor George Harrison, once the under-rated Beatle, in Brooklyn, once the under-rated borough.
Second fiddle no more. A large group of Brooklyn musicians restored George Harrison to his rightful place in the pantheon of 20th century genius songwriters.
In other words: George Harrison: you rock. And so do organizers Greta Gertler and Adam D. Gold, whom, just weeks after the 20th anniversary of John Lennon's death (and the attending tributes and nostalgia) had the audacity and the common sense to celebrate another ex-Beatles masterpiece from 40 years ago.
Only in Brooklyn could a super group of stellar musicians calling themselves The Universal Thump come together to recreate the Phil Spector-style wall of sound that enhanced George Harrison's 1970 All Things Must Pass.
Only in Brooklyn could this dizzying array of vocalists and instrumentalists, perform the entire, yes, the entire three-album set. In the process they brought down the house not once but numerous times during the three-hour show at The Bell House last night, November 29th, the 10th anniversary of Harrison's death from cancer and just days away from the albums release date in 1970.
All Things Must Pass, co-produced by Harrison and the legendary (and scary) Phil Spector, is an album loved by many, including Greta Gertler and Andy Gold, the team behind this hugely ambitious undertaking.
I asked Gertler, a singer/songwriter and pianist, what it is she loves about the album, which ranges from spirituals such as "My Sweet Lord" to a host of country-style ballads and 'wall-of-sound' pop masterpieces such as "What is Life?"
"The album is just so inspiring. I love every minute of it and it makes me feel like writing songs is important in the world," she told me. "The album is consistently fantastic with a spirit of adventure and exploration."
"Will there be another show of this?" I asked Gertler after the show eager to know if this group of 40 musicians are set to repeat the magic of Monday night.
"I haven't even gotten that far," she told me.
Indeed, Gertler had every right to be exhausted (and elated). What she and Gold accomplished was a masterful feat of producing. The matching of singer to song was near perfect and the musical arrangements were mind boggling good. The album itself is so brilliantly calibrated from song to song that the concert itself had an almost perfect pace.
The Universal Thump to Perform All Things Must Pass in Its Entirety
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After sobbing through last night's American Masters' documentary Lennon NYC, timed for the 30th anniversary of Lennon's death, I'm ready for some George Harrison
Coming to The Bell House on November 29th at 8PM, there's a 40th anniversary celebration of of All Things Must Pass, the former Beatles' first solo (triple) album, released on November 27th, 1970.
Interestingly, it was the best-selling album of any solo Beatle and was co-produced by Harrison and the legendary Phil Spector (who later worked with John Lennon on Rock 'n Roll).
The album displays Harrison's spiritual side "My Sweet Lord," as well as "Behind That Locked Door" to 'wall-of-sound' wonders such as "What is Life?"
Out of love for the album, The Universal Thump, a Brooklyn-based orchestral pop collective, led by singer-songwriter-pianist, Greta Gertler and Adam B Gold will perform "All Things Must Pass" in its entirety with a 15-piece, expanded 'wall-of-sound' mode including: 2 drummers, 2 bass players, strings, horns, guitarists, keyboardists and more with the guest vocalists listed above.
P.S. Greta Gertler shares my maiden name (minus the H). Yay for G(h)ertlers!


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Contagion (2011)
Rating: 6.7/10
Genre: Drama | Sci-Fi
Rating: 6.7/10 (141,451)
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Writing By: Scott Z. Burns
Cast: Gwyneth Paltrow, Tien You Chui, Josie Ho, Daria StrokousPremier Year: 2011
Country: USA | United Arab Emirates
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If anyone is no longer available, please let me know. If anyone wishes to volunteer, also please let me know.
For those with Full or Travel-only sponsorships you will be contacted by April 12th with instruction on when to start and how to book your travel. Please wait until you receive instructions as travel is currently busy with finalizing Prague travel. However please respond within 48 hours to the travel service.
Those of you volunteering or room-only the details are below for the venue and hotel.
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We are responsible for all judges at this event; main event, Duel Masters Championship, and side events. Expect to work at least one full day not on the main event and you may be reassigned to different teams or positions at need. Please read Judging Side Events: The myth, by George Michelogiannakis, Level 3.
We will also be holding the Duel Masters North American Continental Championship on Sunday. Dorian Redburn will Head Judge this event and run the open qualifier on Saturday as well. Judging Duel Masters is much like judging Magic. For details I encourage you all to read: Judging Duel Masters - Dorian Redburn & Scott Marshall
I will be arranging for Regional Judges present seminars on Sunday. Topics will be announced later. Not everyone will be able to attend as we have finals, Duel Masters Championship, and side-events. Additional seminars or small group discussions may occur during the event provided we have time and man-power.
Those of you being tested for level three will be contacted in advance by Scott Marshall to fill out a questionnaire. You should take time to encourage senior judges to write evaluations on you into the Judge Center in the coming weeks. You will undergo a written test Friday (one or two on Saturday). Should you fail the written it is extremely unlikely you will be promoted unless the follow-up interview finds great fault with the test itself. A follow-up interview will happen regardless of your test score in order to evaluate your readiness.
Judges fill in for other positions as well at the event. Judges perform these roles instead of a random volunteer because it allows me to bring additional judges to the event. Some of these roles may include; crowd control for the Pro Lounge, entering decklists for coverage, setting up tables/chairs/table-clothes, watching over the artist area during their lunch, etc… We will rotate these duties every 2-4 hours if called upon to do them.
All judges will please perform whatever tasks are required of them. Judges are expected to review at least one other judge per their own level over the weekend for entry into the Judge Center afterwards.
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One of EFF's first major legal victories was Bernstein v. Department of Justice, a landmark case that resulted in establishing code as speech and changed United States export regulations on encryption software, paving the way for international e-commerce. We represented Daniel J. Bernstein, a Berkeley mathematics Ph.D. student, who wished to publish an encryption algorithm he developed, the source code for a program to run the algorithm, and a mathematical paper describing and explaining the algorithm.
A coalition of 34 organizations from across the political spectrum is launching Fight215.org today to help concerned individuals contact lawmakers and demand an end to NSA's unconstitutional mass surveillance under the Patriot Act.
The launch coincides with the countdown to the expiration of Section 215 of the Patriot Act, which the NSA claims justifies bulk collection of the phone records of millions of innocent people. Whistleblower Edward Snowden shared these thoughts with the coalition:
We've filed a new lawsuit against the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on behalf our client, Human Rights Watch (HRW), to challenge the DEA's untargeted collection of billions of international calling records over the course of more than two decades. You may have seen a wonderfully detailed piece of reporting on the program published yesterday by Brad Heath of USA Today.
Today, EFF filed a second round of comments to the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) on its proposed regulatory rules for digital currencies like Bitcoin. EFF, the Internet Archive, and reddit filed initial joint comments to NYDFS back in October 2014, opposing the first draft of the "BitLicense" proposal. Thousands of concerned EFF members and friends also used our website to send in comments.
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Posted By News On December 21, 2012 @ 12:59 pm In Let's Talk Pella,Today's Local News | Comments Disabled
Pella Superintendent Greg Ebeling talks about the safety policies at the school, and how their facilities plan will make schools safer.
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Department of Anthropology
Carol J. Greenhouse
Departmental Representative
Alan E. Mann
Director of Graduate Studies
Rena S. Lederman
João G. Biehl
James A. Boon
John W. Borneman
Isabelle R. Clark-Decès
Carol J. Greenhouse
Abdellah Hammoudi
Rena S. Lederman
Alan E. Mann
Lawrence Rosen
Carolyn M. Rouse, also African American Studies
Visiting Professor
Didier Fassin
Visiting Associate Professor
Janet M. Monge
Assistant Professor
Elizabeth A. Davis
Noelle J. Molé
Mekhala D. Natavar
Associated Faculty
Amy B. Borovoy, East Asian Studies
Serguei A. Oushakine, Slavic Languages and Literatures
Information and Departmental Plan of Study
Students who wish to major in anthropology must take one anthropology course (any level) prior to junior year or have permission from the departmental representative. It is recommended they complete 201 prior to spring of junior year.
Early Concentration
A sophomore may apply for early concentration through consultation with the departmental representative.
Program of Study
Anthropology concentrators take eight or more departmental courses. Three are required "core'' courses: 201 Introduction to Anthropology, 301 The Ethnographer's Craft, and 390 History of Anthropological Theory. The core courses ensure that students will have a systematic understanding of method and theory in sociocultural anthropology. Because core courses prepare students for all independent work (junior paper and senior thesis), students should plan to complete 301 and 390 in their junior year.
The rest of each student's courses may be chosen in accordance with his or her special interests. Up to two courses from other departments may be counted as cognates so long as they are judged by the departmental representative to be relevant to a student's junior or senior independent work. Well-prepared undergraduates may take graduate seminars for departmental credit. To enroll in a graduate seminar, the student must have the approval of the departmental representative and the instructor of the course.
Independent Work
Junior Independent Work. Independent work in the junior year includes readings and research toward the writing of a junior paper. In the fall students work with a faculty adviser to develop a detailed research proposal and annotated bibliography. In the spring students submit a paper based on the research initiated in the fall.
Senior Independent Work. In the senior year, the independent work consists of a thesis, or a comparable project that must include a substantial written component, on a subject relevant to the student's interests that has the approval of the department. Field work is encouraged but not required. It is recommended that students participate in a senior workshop.
Senior Departmental Examination
In the spring of senior year, all concentrators must complete a departmental examination designed to test their knowledge of the broader field of anthropology.
Special University Programs. Students who choose to major in the department are encouraged to take advantage of opportunities for individual study under special University programs. For example, under the Study Abroad Program students may enrich their programs at Princeton with a term or a year of anthropological study abroad. Under the Field Study Program it is possible for departmental students to do intensive domestic field study. The Community-Based Learning Initiative also provides opportunities for independent research. Students should consult with the departmental representative about these and other possibilities.
Interdepartmental Programs. Students concentrating in the department may participate in programs such as: African American studies, African studies, American studies, East Asian studies, European cultural studies, Hellenic studies, humanistic studies, South Asian studies, Latin American studies, Near Eastern studies, women and gender, and the Woodrow Wilson School's Program in Law and Public Affairs.
ANT 201 Introduction to Anthropology Fall SA
A comparative study of human cultures. The human capacity for culture, embedded in language and symbolism, enables us to know the world in distinctive ways. Culture helps us make sense of human nature and distinguish between the universal and the culturally specific. Knowledge of the world and nature, and that which gives meaning to human life, is "uncultured" cognition. Students examine diverse cognitive dispositions through empirical, historical, and theoretical cross-cultural conditions for the possibility of gaining knowledge. Two lectures, one preceptorial. J. Borneman
ANT 206 Human Evolution (also GEO 208/EEB 306) Spring EC
The evolution of humans in the Pleistocene. An interdisciplinary perspective on the role of biology and culture in human evolution. Readings and lectures from the fields of biology, geology, and anthropology. Two lectures, one class. A. Mann, J. Monge
ANT 215 Human Adaptation (also EEB 315) Fall ST
Human adaptation focuses on human anatomy and behavior from an evolutionary perspective. Lectures and weekly laboratory sessions focus on the evolution of the human brain, dentition, and skeleton to provide students with a practical understanding of the anatomy and function of the human body and its evolution, as well as some of its biological limitations. No science background required. Two 90-minute lectures, one three-hour laboratory. A. Mann, J. Monge
ANT 225 Japanese Society and Culture (see EAS 225)
ANT 232 Social Lives, Social Forces SA
Examining law and love as social forces provides a way to examine some key assumptions behind such everyday distinctions as altruism and self-interest, public and private, rules and norms, regulation and free market, kinship and citizenship, friend and foe. This seminar untangles these binaries by exploring various settings--of family, community, law, and business--where they have been put into practice as organizing principles, and thus into contention. It also follows them beyond the United States into postcolonial and post-socialist environments, so as to further hone our comparative and interpretive questions. One three-hour seminar. C. Greenhouse
ANT 250 Musical Cultures of the World (see MUS 250)
ANT 301 The Ethnographer's Craft Fall SA
Ethnography as a craft and as a written genre, combining student field research projects in Princeton with the study of classic ethnographies. Required for juniors concentrating in anthropology. One 90-minute lecture, one 90-minute class. Prerequisite: one course in anthropology or instructor's permission. Staff
ANT 304 Political Anthropology SA
A cross-cultural examination of collective action, power, and legitimacy. Topics will include cultural variation in systems of leadership and decision making, the sociocultural contexts of egalitarianism and hierarchy, and human rights struggles. Issues of representation and self-representation in film and media will be considered. One 90-minute lecture, one 90-minute class. Staff
ANT 306 Current Issues in Anthropology SA
A course taught by different members of the department and visiting faculty on various subjects not normally taught in regular courses. Staff
ANT 310 Fundamentals of Biological Anthropology EC
A survey of current data and debates in evolutionary theory, molecular anthropology, primate biology and behavior, primate and human evolution, and modern human biology and adaptation. One three-hour seminar. A. Mann
ANT 311 Cultural Analysis and International Development Dilemmas SA
Designed to give students the anthropological tools to analyze concrete development dilemmas. Specific instances of violent ethnic conflict, international food relief, refugee rights, the global factory, and culturally diverse regional blocs will be considered. Staff
ANT 315 Modern Human Origins ST
This summer course focuses on the fossil and archaeological evidence that documents the evolutionary origins of modern humans. Working at the prehistoric cave site of Marillac in the southwest of France, students have an intensive introduction to archaeological field and laboratory techniques. Three weeks of classroom/lecture and three weeks of field study/laboratory. A. Mann
ANT 316 Cultural Diversity: Money, Sex, Nation SA
This course explores the use of money, sex, and national belonging in processes of cultural diversification. Its focus is anthropological: making and understanding difference in space and time. Its method is primarily ethnographic: relating face-to-face or personal encounters to macro-political factors and to contemporary issues. Drawing from film, music, and selected readings, it examines how money, sex, and national form create value and interact to create people. Students will be asked to examine critically and reflexively their own prejudices as they influence the perception and evaluation of cultural differences. One three-hour seminar. J. Borneman
ANT 318 Understanding Muslim Social and Political Movements SA
Introduces students to a number of contemporary movements claiming to restore Islam as the central norm for practice in the social, economic, and political life of Muslim communities and societies. These movements are studied from an anthropological perspective, using anthropological studies as well as writings by orientalists and others. The course is centered on the reconfiguration of religion, self, community, identity, and power. Emphasis on the Arab world and Iran. One three-hour seminar. A. Hammoudi
ANT 321 Ritual, Myth, and Worldview SA
An exploration of classic and modern theories of religion (belief, ritual, myth, worldview) as they pertain to a cross-cultural understanding of these phenomena. One 90-minute lecture, one 90-minute class. I. Clark-Deces
ANT 322 Cross-Cultural Texts HA
This seminar closely reads descriptive and fictive works replete with cross-cultural representations and juxtaposed histories. What makes a given comparative account--whether colonialist or postcolonialist--compelling? Various genres--ethnographic essays, intense travel narratives, translated tales and myths, and novels--receive concerted attention. One three-hour seminar. J. Boon
ANT 330 The Rights of Indigenous Peoples EM
Using American Indian sovereignty, Australian Aborigine land claims, the Canadian Bill of Rights, the Maori Treaty of Waitangi, and various international conventions, students will consider whether there is a fundamental right to cultural integrity, and the historical, legal, and ethical implications posed by the relations between modern states and their indigenous populations. One 90-minute lecture, one 90-minute class. L. Rosen
ANT 335 Medical Anthropology EM
Exploration of cross-cultural constructions of sickness, disease, health, and healing interrogates our basic ethical, moral, and political positions. Our healing and disease models derive from specific cultural assumptions about society, gender, class, age, ethnicity, and race. Categories of disease from one culture can compromise ethical positions held by another. We pursue the moral implications of a critique of medical development and the political and ethical implications of treating Western medicine as ethnoscience as well as universal truth. One 90-minute lecture, one 90-minute class. J. Biehl
ANT 336 The Anthropology of Selected Regions SA
The significant impact of peoples of particular regions on the development of anthropological theory, method, and sensibility. Special attention to the dynamic precolonial history of the region and to political and religious movements in the contemporary context of rapid socioeconomic change. Staff
ANT 337 Social Change in Contemporary India (also SAS 337) SA
This course introduces students to the debates that have defined the anthropological study of India. It explores classic and recent theories of caste and hierarchy, focusing in particular on the ethnography of change in everyday Indian life. The course also considers the emergence of identity politics in India. Communal identities and power relations in India are often expressed and challenged in popular religious practices. The course will explore everyday Indian religiosity with reference to debates about Hindu reformism and nationalism. One three-hour class. I. Clark-Deces
ANT 341 The Anthropology of Gender SA
Comparative perspectives on sexual divisions of labor, sex-based equality and inequality, and the cultural construction of "male'' and "female.'' Analysis of gender symbolism in myth and ritual, and of patterns of change in the political participation and power of the sexes. Two 90-minute lectures with discussion. Staff
ANT 342 The Anthropology of Law EM
Study of the relation between formal legal institutions and the social and cultural factors influencing their development. Western and non-Western systems compared in terms of their forms of judicial reasoning, implementation through law of moral precepts, fact-finding procedures, and dispute settlement mechanisms. Two 90-minute lectures. L. Rosen
ANT 352 Pacific Islanders: Histories, Cultures, and Change SA
This course concerns histories of Pacific Islanders from the first settlements through colonial rule. It will also look at the diversity of cultures and their sociocultural transformation in more recent times. Throughout the semester, we will also use Pacific ethnography to shed light on general questions concerning cultural difference, inequality, and issues of interpretation/translation. Two 90-minute classes. R. Lederman
ANT 363 Islamic Social and Political Movements (see NES 363)
ANT 390 History of Anthropological Theory Spring HA
A review of the main currents in anthropological theory with particular emphasis on major issues in American and European anthropology and the intellectual climate within which they developed. Required for juniors concentrating in anthropology. One 90-minute lecture, one 90-minute class. Prerequisite: one course in anthropology or instructor's permission. Staff
ANT 403 Race and Medicine (see AAS 403)
ANT 404 Special Topics in Regional Studies HA
Analysis of a major world region stressing the issues of cultural diversity, history, and social change. Attention will be given to the theoretical contributions of regional study, the history of regional approaches, and the internationalization of the production of anthropological research. Prerequisite: instructor's permission. Staff
ANT 405 Topics in Anthropology SA
Study of a selected topic in anthropology; the particular choice will vary from year to year. Staff
ANT 406 Theoretical Orientations in Cultural Anthropology SA
Analysis of classical and contemporary sources of cultural anthropology, with particular emphasis on those writers dealing with meaning and representation. The topical focus of the course will vary with the instructor. Prerequisite: anthropology major or instructor's permission. One three-hour seminar. Staff
ANT 412 Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Religion (also REL 412) SA
Classic and modern theories of religion relevant to anthropologists. Students will familiarize themselves with anthropological monographs dealing with a particular aspect of religion: shamanism, witchcraft, possession and ecstasy, healing. Prerequisite: instructor's permission. Staff
ANT 413 Cultures and Critical Translation EC
Approaches to language and culture by Sapir, Saussure, and their forerunners and successors. The seminar draws on anthropology, linguistics, and other disciplines alert to critical theories of translation. Topics include field work encounters, standardized nationalist and colonialist languages, philosophies of translation, ritual languages, marketplace discourse, and orality/literacy. One three-hour seminar. Prerequisite: anthropology major or instructor's permission. J. Boon
ANT 415 The Anthropology of Science EC
This course considers how the sciences can be studied ethnographically, how they vary culturally one from another, and how scientific knowledge is generated. It develops an understanding of the values and social contexts of Western scientific practice through the comparative study of Western and non-Western systems of knowledge, and explores the implications and validity of the assumption that the sciences are culturally produced rather than objective standards transcending culture. One three-hour seminar. Staff
ANT 416 Culture and International Order SA
This course focuses on the relation of local and global cultural processes to international orders and regimes. After colonialism and after the Cold War, there is a fundamental reorganizing of "peoples" and "cultures." Emphasis on the increased intensity and scale of interaction between local and global processes, on changes in group identifications, on the transformation of ideologies (cultural, economic, religious, political), and on alternative ways of imagining and managing life. One three-hour seminar. J. Borneman
ANT 425 Post-War French Social Theory SA
Using the works of thinkers such as Sartre, Merleau Ponty, Aron Ricoeur, Lévi-Strauss, Foucault, and Bourdieu, the course will present students with some conflicting images of Western society. It will introduce students to these authors, with emphasis on their departure from traditional schools of thought and the consequences of their ideas on the production of knowledge and societies. Two 90-minute seminars. A. Hammoudi
ANT 427 Democracy and Ethnography in the United States SA
Ethnography is a mode of research, a creative literary genre, and a democratic discourse. This seminar focuses on these different ways of reading in relation to the ethnography of the United States--to consider how ideas about personhood, gender, citizenship, community, identity, and power "work" simultaneously as theory and practice. Drawing on close readings of ethnographies, fiction, and public policy debates, the seminar gives particular attention to the (often uneasy) connections among anthropological theories of cultural identity, political struggles over rights, and literary experiments in social analysis. One three-hour seminar. C. Greenhouse
ANT 432 The Anthropology of Memory SA
Explores issues surrounding the organization of experience in dealing with the past, and the use of narrative tools in the analysis of culture and structuring of memory generally. This course takes up three major approaches to memory: social organization (Halbwachs), psychoanalysis (Freud), and associative temporalities (Sebald). A better understanding of memory will improve our approaches to cultural observation, documentation, analysis, and interpretation. One three-hour seminar. J. Borneman
ANT 441 Gender: Contested Categories, Shifting Frames SA
An exploration of the reciprocal influences of anthropology and gender studies, considering both classic and recent contributions; an evaluation of key interpretive categories (for example, "nature,'' "domestic,'' "woman'') specifically in the context of cross-cultural translation; and comparison of various approaches to questions about the universality of gendered power hierarchies. One three-hour seminar. R. Lederman
ANT 491 Critical Perspectives on Global Health and Health Policy (see GHP 350)


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COC Fundraiser
Posted By News On November 27, 2012 @ 6:21 am In Today's Local News | Comments Disabled
The Christian Opportunity Center is holding a concert fundraiser this weekend. Steve Green, 4 time Grammy Award Nominee, will be performing at the Vermeer Auditorium in Pella Christian High School. All of the funds raised through the concert will go towards the Christian Opportunity Center's goal of supporting people with disabilities. The concert will be held on Sunday. Tickets cost $10 in advance, and $15 dollars at the door.
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The Coal Industry is Getting Desperate
The coal industry's mouthpieces in Washington are getting desperate.
This week, Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) had this to say about the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed carbon pollution standards for power plants:
"You talk about terrorism — you can do it in a lot of different ways."1
Here's a good rule of thumb in political debate: when someone invokes terrorism out of the blue, you know they've lost the argument.
Because the environmental movement has it right — pollution from coal-fired power plants kills communities and cooks our climate. That's why the EPA's long-overdue carbon standards, announced last month, are so important.
This new rule is a welcome step, but we need more. Tell the EPA to strengthen its limits on carbon pollution from power plants.
We already limit arsenic, mercury, soot and other air pollution from power plants—but, until now, not carbon pollution. Power plants are the single largest source of carbon pollution in the United States. Setting the first-ever federal limits on carbon pollution is an essential step to address global warming and here at RAN we absolutely support a national carbon pollution standard.
No matter what the fossil fuel industry-funded politicians like Mike Kelly may say, communities across the nation are already seeing and feeling the impacts of global warming, from increased health risks like asthma attacks and lung disease, to devastating extreme weather events like Superstorm Sandy and wildfires across the American West. The science is clear: inaction will only increase these deadly and costly threats.
This is exactly why communities from Chicago to North Carolina, from New England to New Mexico, have spent years fighting to shut down the polluting power plants in their neighborhoods.
The EPA is now accepting public comments on its proposed rule. Write the EPA today—say we need a stronger rule for a stable climate!
To be clear, the proposed carbon pollution standard is just one step. To keep our climate stable, we must rapidly shift our energy production away from the highest-polluting fossil fuels and accelerate our transition to truly clean, renewable energy generation.
The proposed rule is not yet enough to slow global warming and not yet enough to inspire the world to make the necessary deep cuts in climate pollution. That is why we will be working hard next year to include much deeper cuts in the final rule.
We know that the coal industry and the politicians it funds will work to undermine this rule and doom communities to years of future pollution.
Please urge the EPA to ignore the naysaying polluters and do even more to address global warming and set limits on carbon pollution from power plants.
Together, we can meet our obligation to protect our climate for our children and future generations.
1. "Congressman Compares EPA's New Climate Rule To Terrorism", ThinkProgress, July 28, 2014.
Closing Chicago's Toxic Cloud Factories
Last month I was in Chicago to attend the U.S. Climate Action Network's national meeting. The keynote speaker was Gina McCarthy, head of the Environmental Protection Agency. Her speech focused on the agency's recently proposed carbon pollution standards, the first-ever rule to limit carbon pollution from power plants.
Gina made her presentation standing alongside this image, which made me smile:
It's an image I know well because it depicts a protest that Rainforest Action Network organized in 2011, along with our friends at Little Village Environmental Justice Organization and some bold Chicago activists.
One morning, very early, we showed up at the Crawford Power Plant and climbed on top of a giant pile of coal to display a giant banner that reads "CLOSE CHICAGO'S TOXIC COAL PLANTS":
Our direct action that cold April morning was part of a multi-year campaign involving a huge coalition of Chicagoans to put pressure on the city of Chicago and the utility company, Midwest Generation, to retire their deadly "cloud factories".
Crawford was one of the last two remaining urban coal-fired power plants in the United States and their pollution was responsible for more than 40 deaths, 720 asthma attacks and 66 heart attacks annually.
I use the past tense because, thankfully, this coal plant has now been retired. And there is even better news: an exciting plan being formulated by a community/city partnership to regenerate the coal plant site with businesses that will offer good jobs to the local community in Little Village.
It is an inspiring example of what can happen when communities organize for a better future. But we still have more to do. We need to retire the remaining 356 coal plants in the United States, reduce our energy demands through efficiency measures and rapidly accelerate our transition to clean, renewable energy generation.
Please help make this a reality by taking action today! Send your comment to the EPA to demand a strengthened carbon emissions rule.


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WASHINGTON -- In response to the Iowa Republican Party Chair Matt Strawn's comments demeaning Nevada's 3rd in the nation early vote status, Nevada Senator Harry Reid released the following statement:
"Nevada may be a 'newcomer' to the early voting process, but the outdated nomination calendar needed a reality check. The West deserves to have a voice in choosing the President of the United States and Nevadans are prepared to carry that mantle next year, four years after that, and so on. My message to Iowa Republicans is this: back off Nevada."
Iowa GOP chair Strawn released the following comments today:
"I will do everything in my power on the RNC to hold Florida accountable for creating this mess, but the culpability for creating a compressed January calendar does not end there. The actions of early state newcomer Nevada have also exacerbated this problem and unnecessarily crowded the January calendar. Time remains for Nevada to respect the process, honor tradition and rectify the problem in a way that will restore order to the nomination calendar."


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MELBOURNE BEACH - Town officials will not pursue a ban on chumming for sharks along the Space Coast shoreline.
Rather, the Melbourne Beach Parks Board will study chumming -- a bloody fishing technique that attracts sharks using chopped-up fish -- and propose recommended signage and educational methods to try to keep surfers and swimmers safe.
Vice Mayor Rocco Maglio proposed the chumming ban last month. During Wednesday's Town Commission ...


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James Phelps, a World War II veteran from Flushing, noticed something was off when he had a look at the names on the Genesee County Veterans Memorial in downtown Flint the day after Memorial Day 2012.
His friend, Herman R. Bremer, was missing from the list on the monument, erected in 1951.
"I could see Rod's (Phelps' friend and WWII veteran) name, but I kept looking for Herman," Phelps, 91, told The Flint Journal. "I couldn't find him and that's when I started to ask questions." ...


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Alvord believes in a system of health care, especially but not exclusively for Native Americans, based on both modern medicine and traditional wisdom.
Both recognized a love for math and science early in life and pursued their career goals with passion and hard work.
For nearly 30 years, the fourth-grade teacher has incorporated Native American beliefs, scientific research, music, and other educational tools into her classroom, especially in teaching science.
Jerry Elliott realized that being Native American made him well-equipped to be a scientist.
Apart from being a reggae musician and a role model to young minorities, science fulfills his dream of making people's lives better.
Radio Universidad, a Spanish-language radio program based in Tucson, Arizona, has been catering to the listening pleasure of Hispanics for 25 years. In October 2003, the program included a 25-minute segment that for the first time talks about science.
As one of the first American Indians who obtained a Ph.D. in science, Linton has accomplished much that is worthy of praise.
Upon realizing the lack of diversity in science, Moore and Penn established the nonprofit organization Brothers Building Diversity in the Sciences in 2001, to inspire underrepresented minority students to pursue careers in the biomedical sciences.
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WINNER: Everyll Wins Favorite Cover of 'The Monster'
RyanSeacrest.com scoured YouTube for the 20 best cover artists who tried their hand at Eminem's rap single, "The Monster," featuring Rihanna, and after five rounds, fans named Everyll as the best cover artist!
This versatile vocalist entered the competition with a simple lyric video of herself rapping the angry lyrics inside a recording studio, which currently has 1.2 million views on YouTube.
The London-based speed rapper is no stranger to the cover game, considering her resumé of renditions that includes Miley Cyrus' "Wrecking Ball," Taylor Swift's "Everything Has Changed," Lorde's "Royals," Twista's "Slow Jamz," and many more.
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In this article, Gregory Paolini shares a story about one of his students and why they were getting swirl marks while sanding. Gregory Paolini is a nationally recognized woodworker, author, and woodworking instructor. You can learn more about him by visiting his website at www.GregoryPaolini.com.
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Read to learn more about new power tools and drilling accessories that will be available starting on October 1st, 2011.
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We are pleased to announce the introduction of the new CT 26 and CT 36 models which will be available for purchase beginning on October 1st, 2010. To learn everything there is to know about these new models, simply visit our micro website at http://hepa.festoolusa.com.
So, you're probably interested in knowing what's new about the new CT models. The CT 26 and 36 will feature HEPA filtration, variable suction control, tool-triggered operation, SysDock tool storage capabilities, an antistatic hose and many of the other common features that you've come to expect from the Festool's industry leading dust extractors. For a complete list of features, visit our website.
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In this video, Marc demonstrates the Festool sanding and dust extraction system which turns the tables on what is widely regarded as the most tedious task by most of you: sanding.
Sanding is a necessary evil, but still a critical factor in achieving that beautiful finish. The fine dust produced by sanding is messy, which can become a workplace hazard. Sanding dust can contribute to premature failure of your sander due to dust buildup on the motor. The dust produced by sanding actually creates heat which causes your sandpaper to wear out more quickly. Not having to clean up after sanding means you can go straight to applying your finish.
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Watch our newest video as Marc Spagnuolo, host of thewoodwhisperer.com, discusses routers and how to manage the dust they produce. Learn how he spends more time woodworking and less time cleaning up and see the difference between working with and without dust collection.
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Don't call it a shop-vacuum. Festool's CT 22 E—officially called a dust extractor--is more. I call it one heck of a versatile vac.
I love fine tools, but really don't care about finery when a jobsite is covered with demo debris. I care about getting the floor and horizontal surfaces clean. Gratefully, the CT 22 E shows no quarter in this regard. The CT 22E devours all the dust, plaster chunks, pieces of wire—whatever my push broom misses. You can feel and hear it sucked through the hose and smash the inside of the 5.7 gallon tank. Cool.
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Marc Spagnuolo of thewoodwhisperer.com, demonstrates the capabilities and unique features that, when combined, can make even the dreaded task of sanding a tolerable, and possibly enjoyable, process. Find out how Festool approaches the real challenges and problems faced by woodworkers and finds innovative solutions. As an added bonus, Marc shows how to levitate wood with your Festool sander.
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RALEIGH, N.C. — Tennessee came to Tobacco Road and turned it into Raleigh Top.
Jarnell Stokes had 17 points and a career-high-tying 18 rebounds, and the Volunteers denied Mercer a second straight upset in the NCAA tournament by routing the Bears, 83-63, on Sunday night.
Josh Richardson had a career-high 26 points and Antonio Barton had 18 for the 11th-seeded Vols (24-12), who outrebounded Mercer, 41-19, and kept the Southeastern Conference perfect in the tournament.
NIT two straight years, I guess thats what youd call starting from the bottom, Stokes said. A lot of people doubted us, and that just makes the ride much better.
Tennessee will face second-seeded Michigan (27-8) in a Midwest Regional semifinal at 7:15 p.m. Friday in Indianapolis.
Stokes broke his two-day-old school tournament record for rebounds.
Langston Hall had 15 points to lead the 14th-seeded Bears (27-9). They knocked off Duke in the signature upset of the tournament but couldnt answer Tennessees size.
Mercer trailed by double figures for the entire second half.
Jordan McRae finished with 13 points for the Volunteers, who have won eight of nine with the only loss coming to the top-ranked Gators in the SEC tournament.
Kentucky 78, Wichita State 76: In St. Louis, Andrew Harrison scored 20 points, twin brother Aaron had 19 and Kentucky ended Wichita States pursuit of perfection when Fred VanVleets potential game-winning three-pointer missed.
Julius Randle had 13 points and 10 rebounds, and James Young also had 13 points for the No. 8 seed Wildcats (26-10), who made a series of clutch free throws in the final minutes to hold off the top-seeded Shockers in arguably the most captivating game of a thrilling first weekend. Cleanthony Early scored 31 points and Ron Baker had 20 for the Shockers (35-1), who hadnt lost since last years Final Four.
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|Second-generation corticosteroids for the treatment of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis: more effective and less side effects?.
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|Background/Aims: Systemic corticosteroids are highly effective at inducing clinical remission in cases of acute exacerbation of Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC); however, their use is limited by their frequent and sometimes severe side effects. Thus, a second generation of corticosteroids with less systemic effects has been developed. This review analyzed all of the studies on the new formulations of steroids with limited absorption (budesonide, budesonide MMX®, beclomethasone dipropionate and erythrocyte-mediated delivery of dexamethasone) in patients with CD and UC. Methods: All relevant articles published in English between September 1960 and April 2011 were reviewed. Results: Budesonide is superior to placebo, and as effective as systemic corticosteroids in inducing clinical remission in patients with ileo-colonic CD, but evidence of mucosal healing is limited. When administered as an MMX formula, budesonide can also effectively induce clinical remission in patients with UC, but budesonide alone is not effective in maintaining clinical remission in CD or UC. Beclomethasone dipropionate seems to be effective in patients with mild-to-moderate left-sided and extensive UC, while data on erythrocyte-mediated delivery of dexamethasone are encouraging but still limited. The safety profile for all these products is good but more studies are needed. Conclusion: Steroids remain the mainstay for the induction of clinical remission in cases of acute relapse of both CD and UC. Second-generation corticosteroids are an interesting alternative, with the advantage of high topical activity, less systemic toxicity and limited side effects.
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Sundown brought the howling thunderstorm which I braved with a couple fingers of Old Grand Dad.
Sundown brought the howling thunderstorm which I braved with a couple fingers of Old Grand Dad.
Lucky I don't take the Journal! My only bottle of Pappy 20 was $85 + tax. The early JPS17s were close, and were about $5 less around here. Should have bought all they had.
I'm having some VSOF12, the best wheater I've got left.
JPS18, batch 16, though if I make it to pour #3, I think it will be ER17.
SFS, you seem to be enjoying your wood notes tonight. A pair of nice, smooth, extra-aged beauties, there!
DW and I were looking for something to do tonight, and ended up with rush tickets to an all-Wagner program at the Boston Symphony.
MM at the bar during intermission, the secret is to order it neat!
A great concert, but I can't listen to the Tannhauser Overture without hearing Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd in my head, singing over parts of it in "What's Opera Doc".
Winding down now with a little OFBB 2011.
Last night I worked my way into a bottle of "Kentucky Walker" I found this on a scouting mission of new (old) liquor stores in my neighborhood. Pleasant, super mild bourbon. I could not find any information on the forum about it so any input would be appreciated. Tastes like Barton stock, similar to that Jesse James Outlaw bourbon. Not bad "aged 36 months" a lot of flavor is missing due to the 80 proof I think.
Can anyone shed more light on this $18 bottle of tolerable?
W12 to start, waiting for the golf coverage to start.
Going top shelf bottom shelf Four Roses this afternoon. 4RSmB LE 2012 and 4R Yellow label.
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this is a powerful book about coming through violence and/or tragedy and what you do with your life afterwards. who you are and how you handle everything. the writing is excellent and the characters are well drawn. most of the characters are women, and that's definitely part of the story, too, how these women learn to relate to themselves, each other, society.
i'm not sure why it took me so long to read this because it really is a very good book, with good character arcs throughout, although toward the end it got decidedly harder to put down.
It was well written and it had wonderful character development. I tried very hard to fall in love with it, but it let me down.
Delia Byrd Windsor escaped an abusive marriage by running off to California with a rock band, leaving her two young daughters back in Cayro, Georgia. The story begins ten years later, when her almost famous, not quite rich rock star partner is killed in a car crash. Delia is left with the product of their liaison, ten year old Cissy. Delia decides to return to Cayro, dragging along a kicking and screaming Cissy, to reunite with the children she left behind.
Ex-husband Clint agrees to return her daughters provided she will care for him as he is dying of cancer. Delia acquiesces. But her daughters, all three, are unenthused. The eldest, Amanda, prefers to act the martyr, holding a grudge against the mother who abandoned her. Second daughter, DeDe, is a wild child who has learned to push the envelope at every opportunity. Cissy, still indignant at having been thrust into a lifestyle she never wanted, pouts overtly. In addition, many of Cayro's citizens (including her ex-mother-in-law) treat Delia like a pariah who doesn't deserve a chance at redemption. Delia perseveres, building a small business; fixing up a house; reconciling with her daughters. By the end of the book the family seems to have achieved a tenuous normalcy.
Good writing, a cohesive story, and richly drawn characters elevate this book beyond a depressing soap opera. While the characters are not extraordinarily flawed, when their flaws are combined with incredibly poor life choices, the results are destructive to all. The consequences of Clint's sadism, Delia's flight, Delia's substance abuse, Grandmother Windsor's cold-heartedness, the girls' attitudes – and so forth – have a dramatic impact on everybody else. Even the minor characters are relevant to the plot.
I enjoyed Cavedweller and recommend it to readers who like character driven books.
Starts with alcoholic rock singer Delia, the mother of 3 daughters. The youngest daughter is dragged away from California back to Georgia after her rock singer father dies in a car crash. Delia is obsessed with regaining custody of her other two daughters who she abandoned when she left their violent father, who's now dying of cancer. Delia makes a deal to look after him in exchange for getting her daughters back. I'll stop there in order to not give away too much.
I like how thoroughly the author worked each of the very many characters. Initially, I wasn't that taken with the book, but glad I continued reading.
Story of a woman, Delia, whose life in California falls apart when the father of her daughter dies in a car accident. She decides to pack up their life and return home to Georgia where she left a husband she never divorced and two other daughters. Delia has to comfort all the demons she left behind including an abusive husband, his unforgiving mother, and a whole town of people who thought she left her daughters to become a rock star. Delia leaves the life of luxury everyone thought she had as a beautiful singer, only for everyone she loves to slowly learn that life isn't always what they read in the magazines. Turned into a film, only the first third of the book is made into a movie, and even that it almost a story all on its own. You can almost watch the two and never even make the connection.
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Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0452279690, Paperback)"Death changes everything." So begins Dorothy Allison's sprawling, ambitious, and deeply satisfying second novel, Cavedweller. For Delia Byrd, Randall Pritchard's death in a motorcycle accident launches a journey of several thousand miles and almost two decades, a rebirth of sorts that's also a return to her roots. Years before, the handsome but untrustworthy rock star Randall helped Delia flee an abusive husband; Delia escapes physical danger but leaves her two small children behind. In California, her abandoned daughters haunt her dreams and preoccupy her waking hours, even as she sings in Randall's band and gives birth to another daughter, Cissy. But when Randall is killed in a motorcycle accident, Delia packs rebellious Cissy into a broken-down Datsun, bound for Cayro, Georgia, and the one thing that suddenly matters more than anything else: her abandoned children and the chance to be a mother to them once again.
Cayro's poverty is emotional as well as material; the town is a hard place, full of hard people. To them, Delia will always be "that bitch" who abandoned her babies, "that hippie" living a life of sin. Nonetheless, Delia forges a cruel bargain with her former husband: in exchange for Delia's agreeing to care for him as he dies, he gives her a chance to reclaim her daughters. Like Bastard out of Carolina, Allison's acclaimed debut novel, Cavedweller is a chronicle of rage, strength, and survival. Here, however, Allison is equally concerned with the redemptive power of love and forgiveness, and a novel that began with death ends on an unexpectedly sanguine note: "'Yes, it's time for some new songs.'" There are no victims in Dorothy Allison's work; Delia triumphs through sheer force of will, bringing her family together despite the contempt of almost everyone around her.
The novel has its flaws--including occasionally flat-footed prose--but it is in the end compulsively readable, and it's populated by some of the most memorable characters in recent fiction: tough, prickly, flawed, and deeply human, Delia and Cissy are literary creations of the first rank. In describing the complicated emotions that bind and divide them, Allison demonstrates a profoundly unsentimental understanding of the way the human heart works. Cavedweller is the work of a mature artist, her best fiction to date.
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YOu might just best be to look in Dover and order online new. finding second hand pants that fit is tough. I am a large size so wear 36 38 1x and such.
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I like kerrits, but the super sticky ones they have are literally too sticky. Boinks are lightweight wich is good for summer. Irideons are very heavy and can be hot but last a long time.
I agree with Tinyliny, Kerrits tights are amazing!
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