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Fry Art Gallery
The Fry Public Art Gallery houses an impressive number of paintings, prints, illustrations, wallpapers and decorative designs by artists of the 20th century and the present day who have local connections and have made a significant contribution to their field. There is a special emphasis on those who for a variety of reasons settled in Great Bardfield between the early thirties of the last century and the death in 1983 of John Aldridge. Other artists represented are Edward Bawden, Eric Ravilious, Kenneth Rowntree, Michael Rothenstein and Bernard Cheese.
The Gallery was designed to house the collection of Francis Gibson, a local business man who died in 1859, and the building passed by descent to the Fry family, who lease it to the Fry Art Gallery Society. The Gallery also houses a collection of work by Lewis George Fry RBA, RWA (1860-1933), who was Gibson's grandson and a landscape painter of repute. His oils and watercolours are normally exhibited annually between the spring and autumn exhibitions, along with other works by Roger Fry (1866-1934) and Anthony Fry.
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Easter Sunday - last Sunday in October
Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 2pm - 5pm
Saturday 11am - 5pm
Sunday 2.15-5pm
Bank Holidays 2.15-5pm
Free admission
Over twelve hundred items now constitute the permanent North West Essex Collection, for the interest and benefit of the public and researchers alike. The Collection comprises around 500 oils, watercolours, lithographs, drawings, and textile designs, together with 600 books illustrated by the same artists. There is also a representative collection of ceramics by Eric Ravilious, Edward Bawden, and Michael Rothenstein.
Collection details
Fine Art
Key artists and exhibits
- The following are particularly well represented within the Collection: Edward Bawden, John Aldridge, Bernard Cheese, Marianne Straub, Kenneth Rowntree, Michael Rothenstein, Edwin Smith as an artist and Sheila Robinson.
- Edward Bawden RA who, with his friend Eric Ravilious, discovered Bardfield a year before the arrival of Aldridge and dominated the scene for almost four decades, is represented by nearly 400 items. The Gallery lias also acquired work by Ravilious and his wife Tirzah Garwood, and by those other artists who came to the village during the second world war — Michael Rothenstein RA, and his wife Duffy (now Duffy Ayers), Kenneth Rowntree, George Chapman, and Sydney Clifford-Smith. The collection is additionally enhanced by a number of prints and paintings by Bawden's son Richard, and by examples of the very varied work of artists who made their way to Bardfield in the 1950s — Marianne Straub, Audrey Cruddas, Sheila Robinson, Bernard Cheese and Walter Hoyle.
- Robert Colquhoun and Robert MacBryde spent a brief time at nearby Tilty during the same period, and are also represented, together with several other interesting artists associated with the area, among them John Norris Wood, Micliael Ayrton, Isabel Lambert, and Tom Deakins. More recently has come John Bellany, RA. In 1970 Edward Bawden moved to Saffron Walden, where he lived until his death in 1989. Also represented in the Collection are Olive Cook, Edwin Smith, Chloe Cheese, John Bolam, Paul Beck, David Myerscough-Jones and Olga Lehmann, all of whom are associated with Saffron Walden.
A Modern Sensibility: Great Bardfield and Other Artists
- 3 April — 30 October 2016 *on now
Inclusing Ravilious, Bawden, Rothernstein, Vaughan from the North West Essex Permanent Collection.
The title comes from Grayson Perry who visited the gallery in 2011 and, observing The Attic Bedroom by Eric Ravilious, said "it is that combination of the sort of parochial world and his modern sensibility that I really love about his work".
In their time people like Ravilious and Bawden could perhaps have been seen as rural moderns, a title that is perhaps carries further by Rothenstein, Vaughan and Ayrton, all of whom lived in Great Bardfield or neighbouring villages from the early thirties until 1977.
Work by all these artists an lesser-known ones will be displayed alongside ephemera, photographs, drawings, prints, wood blocks, ceramics and book covers.
Many of the illustrations for the book "Bawden, Ravilious and the Great Bardfield Artists" published by the Victoria and Albert Museum in association with the Fry Art Gallery will also be on display.
Richard Bawden at 80: Painter, Printmaker and Designer
- 3 April — 12 June 2016 *on now
Work from throughout his career, with many pieces for sale, and a new biography by Malcolm Yorke from Fleece Press (2016).
Richard is a painter and printmaker. He is also a designer, whose work includes; book illustration, posters, murals, mosaics, textiles, engraved glass, furniture and cast iron seats (for which he cut the patterns himself).
He is an active member of the Royal Watercolour Society, the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, and the New English Art Club and a former Chairman of Gainsborough's House Print Workshop in Sudbury.
His paintings are drawn from life, and as a printmaker he works predominantly in etching and lino. He is attracted by atmosphere, oddity, pattern ad the strangely austere, which he finds in the world around him.
He studied at the Royal College of Art, has had over sixty one-man exhibitions at home and abroad, and has work in Royal, public and private collections.
Ravilious in Black and White
- 18 — 26 June 2016
Inspired by an exhibition of the work of French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson, Ravilious took up photography shortly after moving with his wife to Devon in the 1970s. He was asked to contribute work to the Beaford Archive, a means of documenting images to show the lifestyle associated with a small area of North Devon. What began as a short-term project turned into a 17-year quest.
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Web 2.0 and Social Bookmarking
TedStanton 0600014754 Tags:  conference collaboration ibm web2.0 lotusphere2007 5 Comments 7,020 Views
Thanks to all who voted my BoF session at Lotusphere next quarter. I'm excited to discuss and get feedback on how users feel about social bookmarking. I've been working with social bookmarking at IBM for quite some time and believe there is real value in sharing bookmarks. More to come.
BOF108 Web 2.0 and Social Bookmarking
Session Date: 01/25/2007
Session Time: 7:00am - 8:00am
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Lotusphere Sessions Announced
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If your like me, you've been anxious to see the 2007 Lotusphere sessions. All the tracks have been completed and attendance is high. It should be an exciting event this January.
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IBM Software Live! Business Partner briefings scheduled in 4 U.S. cities in Q4 2006
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Looking for ways to educate yourself and your customers on IBM's cross brand story and strategy? Now you can at this full day briefing. IBM Software Live! is designed to validate identified opportunities or generate new ones, while exposing the attendee to the breadth, depth, and integration of IBM's software portfolio in the context of a service-oriented architecture (SOA) using live presentations and demonstrations.
Dates and locations are below:
08 November 2006, Waltham, Massachusetts
10 November 2006, Austin, Texas
28 November 2006, Chicago, Illinois
05 December 2006, San Mateo, California
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Just another reason for Premium Support
TedStanton 0600014754 Tags:  conference support 1,710 Views
No secret. I am a Premium Service Manager. One benefic of the program is our yearly Premium Support Seminar hosted in historic Boston. DominoPower Magazine this month posted a short article by Nancy Hand about her experience at the Lotus Premium Support Seminar that took place in June. The seminar presenters consist of notable IBM bloggers like Ed Brill, Alan Lepofsky, Mary Beth Raven, Susan Bulloch, Kathleen McGivney, Adam Gartenberg, and many more.
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Lotusphere 2007 - registration and call for abstracts
TedStanton 0600014754 Tags:  workplace hannover domino soa sametime portal collaboration conference lotus 2,225 Views
Alright, the time has come for abstracts for the next Lotusphere. Submit your session topics, register, and make your plans to attend what is going to be a very exciting conference. Register today for a discount.
Ted Stanton
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Workplace, Portal, and Collaboration Software
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Two minutes with Ted Stanton
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While attending Admin2006 a couple of weeks ago, I had the pleasure to sit down with Libby Ingrassia for a couple of minutes Throughout the week, Libby was hosting podcasts and posting them on LotusUserGroup.org. So here is my podcast with Libby.
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See you in Karlsruhe!
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Tomorrow a bunch of us U.S. based folks are heading to Karlsruhe, Germany for the IBM Lotus Technical Forum/DNUG event. I am looking forward to it (except for the jetlag - I need my sleep). I haven't been to this part of Germany and the Alsace wine region is not far away. :)
As we put on the finishing touches of our presentations, Maureen and I decided (well, I did) to primarily focus on Workplace Designer 2.6, but also give a sneak peek at "the next release", too, which has all sorts of cool and interesting features, including running on Eclipse 3.2, connectors to dbs and web services, and target runtimes of WebSphere Portal 6 and "the rich client", a.k.a. WebSphere Everyplace Deployment - the basis of both Sametime 7.5 and Hannover.
I'm also giving a talk on options for integrating portal and Domino, including the pre-built portlets and WebSphere Portlet Factory and Rational App. Developer. The idea is to lay out all the options so you can decide what route to take.
One final teaser - it will be worth your while to go to Maureen's Domino Designer talk on Tuesday. It should be interesting. :) More on that later next week, if all goes well.
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Sr. Product Manager, IBM Lotus Software
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SpamGuru in Hannover
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Yesterday at Admin2006, I attended a presentation titled Lotus Notes "Hannover" - What It Means to You by Ed Brill and Mary Beth Raven. The session was packed while Ed and Mary provided a look at how Lotus Notes and Domino will be extending in 2006 and a look into 2007. The session lasted 90 minutes and was full of new and exciting information. If you would like to learn more, visit Ed's and Mary's blog.
Domino messaging is a topic that I stay closely involved with in regards to anti-spam technologies. So I was pleased to see screen shots of SpamGuru in Hannover. SpamGuru technology is currently in Workplace Messaging as an emerging technology that came out from IBM research. If your attending Admin2006 and want to learn more about SpamGuru in Workplace Messaging, stop by the session I'm co-hosting titled IBM Workplace Messaging --Architecture, Management, and Security. SpamGuru will give the ability for users to vote on messages they feel are spam to help build an intelligent anti-spam filter based on user preferences. I'm excited.
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See you at DNUG in Karlsruhe
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I'm getting ready to go to the IBM Lotus Technical Forum 2006 in Karlsruhe, Germany on May 15-17. It looks like a nice town, and, I'm told, there are a large number of pubs per capita. I couldn't really verify that in my research on the web. I did find out that it's on the edge of the Black Forest and hugs the Rhine River. And there's a big castle, too, the Schloss Karlsruhe, and the streets radiate out from that like spokes on a wheel - cool!
Any recommendations on what to do after the conference? Is a trip to Strasbourg a good thing? What about vineyards?
Oh, yeah, the presentations... Maureen Leland and I will be giving the Workplace Designer Jumpstart on day one - that's the free day. We'll tell you about he other good stuff in our regular length Workplace Designer Intro, but you'll have to pay the conf. fee for that -> plus, we'll be in the onsite labs (kind of like Lotusphere Meet the Developers). Maureen is also reprising her Domino Designer 7 preso, and I branch out into Portlets for Domino options.
See you there, hopefully!
Chris Reckling
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The VIEW's Admin 2006 will be held this year May 10-12 in Boston
TedStanton 0600014754 Tags:  conference travel workplace 2 Comments 3,311 Views
Why am I blogging about this?
I joined IBM in 2002 as a messaging engineer for Domino and quickly became interested in this product/service/solution/idea called workplace. At the time, I don't even think Workplace was a product released but the concept caught my attention. I started reading up on what was called Workplace Messaging 1.0 and when it was released, I was all excited to install and play around. That's were my excitement ended as I must admit, the installation was not as straight forward as my experience with a 15 year old product such as Domino.
After some unsuccessful attempts and many visits to the product documentation, I was able to start up Workplace by the fourth day. Wasn't to impressed as compared to the rich features of Notes Client or DWA, but I saw the potential. Over the years, I stuck with Workplace messaging as hobby and to the best of my knowledge, I may be the only person certified in Workplace Messaging 2.0. What I find most fascinating about Workplace Messaging is how it has grown into an enterprise product over the last couple of years.
To my point, I will be presenting on Workplace Messaging for probably the last time this May at Admin 2006. I am no longer a software engineer but have transition into a Premium Service Manger and slowly losing my technical skills related to messaging. Where I have lost my deep technical skills in IBM messaging products, I have extended my knowledge to new solutions such as Workplace Web Content Manager, Workplace Managed Client, CPP, and WebSphere Portal Server.
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I'm trying to complete Redmine's feature request #2693: Use Redmine.pm to authenticate for any directory (1).
I have not much knowledge on all these things and need help.
Redmine uses
mod_perl module Redmine.pm for authentication & authorization.
This module defines several custom configuration directives.
I've successfully modified patch from (1) and it works when all config is in
<Location /digischrank/test>
AuthType basic
AuthName "Digischrank Test"
Require valid-user
PerlAccessHandler Apache::Authn::Redmine::access_handler
PerlAuthenHandler Apache::Authn::Redmine::authen_handler
RedmineDSN "DBI:mysql:database=SomedaTaBAse;host=localhost"
RedmineDbUser "SoMeuSer"
RedmineDbPass "SomePaSS"
RedmineProject "digischrank"
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The Reading List
Literature, love and back again
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"An engrossing and charming memoir about getting back to basics: home truths, family, and the life-altering, life-saving power of books."
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"I've read a lot of good memoirs, but it's a rare talent that can weave together so many threads – family, love, literature, career angst – so effortlessly as Leslie does in The Reading List. She guided me through her life via the mirror of her favourite books and as I came to the end of The Reading List, I found that her own book had become just such a mirror for this reader."
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"The Reading List brims with frankness, provocative wit and acute insights into our hearts and psyches. A journey into the dark night of the soul and into the light of love and reconciliation, it proclaims its relevance in myriad ways. It is the story of a young woman finding her footing in the present by exploring a painful past, accompanied by her father and guided by the literature she loves. It celebrates the power of that literature to illuminate our inner lives and crystallize our desires."
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As captivating as The Jane Austen Book Club, and as inspiring as The Film Club, The Reading List is a poignant, humorous memoir about never giving up on your dreams and finding the ultimate happiness through reading.
Leslie Shimotakahara is a young, disenchanted English professor on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Her father Jack urges her to come home to Toronto for the summer to recuperate and search for a new career—but he also has a hidden agenda. Recently retired, Jack finally has time to take up the hobby that has long fascinated him: reading. Leslie puts together a list of important, twentieth-century novels for them to read together, setting the stage for some hilarious discussions about Edith Wharton's dismal love life and James Joyce's loner childhood.
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A big man OKC could bring in at the deadline
The NBA's trading deadline is now just two weeks away.
At this time on Feb. 21, we'll learn whether what you see with the Oklahoma City Thunder is what you'll get in the playoffs, or whether the team took a stab at a deal to shore up an area or two prior to the postseason run.
On our weekly 30-minute Google+ Hangout today on newsok.com/live, we discussed trade possibilities for the Thunder. And I had a suggestion for Sam Presti.
It's time the Thunder general manager listens to his fan base and go after the big man in Phoenix.
It's time Presti makes a play for Jermaine O'Neal.
What, who did you think we were talking about?
O'Neal, 34, is at the tail end of his career. But he still could be a fantastic fit for the rest of the year. Now in his 17th season, O'Neal is averaging 6.6 points, 4.1 rebounds and 1.1 blocked shots in 16 minutes per game. He could slide right in behind Kendrick Perkins as the backup center and be an immediate upgrade over the incumbent Hasheem Thabeet, who's averaging just 4 1/2 minutes fewer than O'Neal.
Most importantly, O'Neal wouldn't ruin the future financial state of the franchise, or force the Thunder to part with one or more of its promising young players — two things OKC refuses to even entertain. O'Neal is making the veteran minimum, or roughly $1.35 million. But only about $850,000 of that is paid for by the Suns and therefore used for trading purposes (the league reimburses a fixed amount to teams signing veterans like O'Neal to one-year deals). It all leads to the perfect proposition for OKC. O'Neal is making minimal money, on an expiring contract and still has talent in the tank.
The only thing left to do is pin down a package.
The most logical scenario would involve Eric Maynor, the reserve point guard who lost his job in mid-December and hasn't played meaningful minutes since. It wasn't long ago that Maynor was widely considered one of the best backup point guards in the league and a potential future starter. Before tearing his ACL, Maynor appeared to be playing his way right out of OKC's price range. Now, the emergence of Reggie Jackson seems to have made Maynor expendable. But if he can return to form, Maynor would be a good get for the Suns and their stability behind starter Goran Dragic. By trading for Maynor now, Phoenix also would gain the right to match any offer Maynor might receive as a restricted free agent next summer. Additionally, the Suns have a history of success with getting the best out of former injured players (Steve Nash, Grant Hill, Shaquille O'Neal and even Jermaine O'Neal). Maynor might just flourish playing for a Phoenix franchise that offers the fountain of youth.
It's worth noting, too, that O'Neal recently had a heated confrontation with Suns GM Lance Blanks. Although Blanks recently downplayed the seriousness of that dispute, it's possible the relationship has ended between player and team, leaving O'Neal on the proverbial chopping block. If so, the Suns might not require much in return. Maynor alone might do the trick. But keep in mind the Thunder also can dangle its own first round pick, which projects to be the 29th overall selection.
Presti probably wouldn't want to surrender that pick solely for a one-year rental. Never know what better deal might come along. In the 2010 draft, Presti used two late first-round picks, No. 21 and No. 26, to move up to the 11th spot. Never mind who was taken once there. But with Toronto's protected first-round pick in the bank, the Thunder might be more inclined to sweeten the pot.
O'Neal for Maynor works straight up, and the beauty of that swap is that it actually would save the Thunder nearly $1.5 million by shedding Maynor's $2.33 million from the books. Another idea is for the Thunder to try to get P.J. Tucker in that package as well. Tucker is a bulldog defender, and, if nothing else, he's another body the Thunder could throw at LeBron James in a potential Finals rematch. And because Tucker is making the league minimum, the Thunder still would be saving about $700,000 even in that two-for-one swap.
The only issue is that would leave the Thunder with just two point guards. Teams generally like to have a third for emergency purposes, and keeping Maynor around might be worth it based on that preference alone. But with Russell Westbrook as durable as they come, Kevin Durant playing more and more at the point and Jackson showing signs of coming into his own, the Thunder realistically could live without that luxury. Or, if the Thunder takes a pass on Tucker, the team always could sign a veteran guard with its 15th and final roster spot. Could there be a deeper reason Presti added Chris Quinn to the Tulsa 66ers earlier this year?
It certainly wouldn't be the most glamorous trade in Thunder history. But it could have a big impact. O'Neal's presence in the paint could hit the Heat where it hurts and finally make Miami pay a bit for playing small.
Meanwhile, financially OKC need not have any fear. Because the Thunder is less than $1 million from exceeding the tax threshold, any deal that might be made before the deadline is sure to be minor. It's not that OKC is obstinately against paying the tax. OKC simply can't this season without facing future implications.
Under the new collective bargaining agreement, starting with the 2015-16 season teams that were in the tax in three of any of the four previous seasons must pay what's known as a "repeater tax." Because the Thunder is likely to be in the tax for the next two seasons if it re-signs Kevin Martin, the franchise can't afford to exceed that threshold this season. If the Thunder did, that would then cost the organization an additional dollar on top of the incremental rate it already would be penalized for exceeding the tax. The rate starts at $1.50 for every $1 teams go over and increases incrementally to $1.75, $2.50, $3.25 and $3.75 for each additional $5 million teams spend beyond the tax.
So, no, it's not a blockbuster, and it's not even the big man from Phoenix most around these parts might covet.
But in adding Jermaine O'Neal, the Thunder could get just a tad bit better without blowing up its books or parting with promising young players.
It's an idea, at least, one that should add a shred of intrigue to an otherwise ho hum upcoming two-game set against the Suns.


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Meh. I had a nice, brisk ride in to work this morning. 14 miles at 26 degrees. And I was sweating.
From fridays ride
Mondays ride....took frankenstein out in Austin bluffs, colo springs today
Making it into a downhill / climber / rock trail sorta bike.
Too freaking rocky had to hump this 35 lb monster up the trail...
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As liaisons between NSU University School and college admissions officers, our counselors communicate college admissions trends and developments and provide timely information about the admission process. They provide admissions officers with documentation of student records and recommendations for acceptance, as well as advocate for students when appropriate.
As you will see in the list below, our interaction with each student is valuable and the College Counseling and Academic Counselors collaborate to develop a four year course plan based on an individual's academic abilities and goals. The myriad additional activities and events provide invaluable information to help your child make informed college choice decisions and achieve future goals.
Naviance, a computer-based program through which students can explore and identify their strengths and interests, and possible career plans, is introduced in 8th grade. Each new NSU University School student will meet for a Naviance training session during the first semester of the school year.
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In addition to their individual meetings with their counselor, juniors will attend NSU University School's Nuts and Bolts of the College Application Process presentation, which reviews the entire college admissions process with junior students and parents. During this presentation, the college counselors will complete an actual college application so that students and parents have a better understanding of how to complete one.
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Beginning in 9th grade, students have the opportunity to visit local universities through organized class trips, where they are addressed by deans of admission and get a taste of what to expect in college. These trips help reinforce the importance of maintaining strong grades and being an active, involved student in the Upper School. Students in grades 10-12 are invited to participate in our annual regional fall college trip, during which students visit the campuses of several universities in a particular region. Students attending the trip are able to see a variety of college campuses (i.e. small liberal arts, rural, suburban, urban, large state schools, medium sized private schools, etc.). Students participate in guided tours of the campuses, see lecture halls, athletic facilities, and residence halls, ultimately offering students a better understanding of college life. This year, students visited Princeton University, the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard University, Boston University, Tufts University, Johns Hopkins and MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology).
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Many colleges and universities will visit NSU University School and present information sessions for our students regarding academic and social aspects of their schools. All juniors and seniors are welcome to attend these information sessions.
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Each year, the College Counseling office hosts a private college fair for NSU University School's Upper School families. More than 140 admissions representatives are in attendance each year, and students and parents in grades 9-12 have the opportunity to speak with them on an individual basis. This enables students to learn about a wide variety of colleges and universities from throughout the country.
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College Night, a bi-annual event for NSU University School students and parents in grades 8-12, features a panel of deans of admission from a select group of universities throughout the United States. Students and parents who attend College Night learn first-hand about current college admission trends.
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The college counseling process accelerates junior year as students are assigned counselors. During a student's senior year, they will have continuous support from the college counselors in completing applications, creating resumes, reviewing essays, preparing for interviews, applying for financial aid and scholarships, and selecting an appropriate college list. Students involved in the performing and visual arts departments will receive support in creating portfolios for applications, if needed, and student-athletes will be guided in creating athletic profiles, completing NCAA eligibility forms, and contacting college coaches.


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Financial aid awards cover the fall and spring semesters only, unless your degree program requires summer enrollment. If you think you'll attend a summer session, you should budget your award to cover summer expenses. Very limited funding is available for summer semester.
The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
First, complete the FAFSA online at www.fafsa.gov. The UAB School Code is 001052.
Create your FSA ID to electronically sign your (or your child's) FAFSA at FSAID.ed.gov. Your FSA ID identifies you as someone who has the right to access your own personal information on ED websites such as the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®) at fafsa.gov.
If you are a parent of a dependent student, you will need your own FSA ID in order to sign your child's FAFSA electronically. If you have more than one child attending college, you can use the same FSA ID to sign all applications. Please note: Each FSA ID user must have a unique e-mail address.
You will be notified by the US Department of Education when your FAFSA has been processed. You should receive the results in approximately 3-5 days.
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- All first-time borrowers of a Federal Direct Loan must complete entrance counseling and sign a master promissory note prior to receiving funds. A first-time borrower is a student who doesn't have an outstanding Federal Direct Subsidized Loan or Federal Direct Unsubsidized Loan. First-time borrowers fulfill the entrance-counseling requirement and sign the master promissory note online at www.studentloans.gov.
You'll receive additional information when your award is finalized. Currently enrolled students will accept awards on BlazerNET, UAB's secure online portal to help you manage your personal and academic information.
- Parents of dependent undergraduate students or graduate students borrowing on their own behalf who wish to apply for a Federal Direct PLUS loan should complete the application process and promissory note at www.studentloans.gov. You must also complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) before a Federal Direct PLUS loan can be processed.
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- If you are selected for verification by the U.S. Department of Education you will be required to submit the following documents so UAB can verify the information you supplied on the FAFSA. [You can determine if you have been selected by reading your Student Aid Report (SAR) or contacting the aid office.] We recommend you submit all required documentation at least 45 days prior to the beginning of the term to ensure your eligibility for federal aid can be reviewed. All verification items must be complete and reviewed prior to end of the student's enrollment during the award year.
- The preferred way to complete your verification requirement is to use the IRS Data Retrieval Tool at www.fafsa.gov to transfer your tax return information directly onto your FAFSA.
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- Sierra LeoneClothingFunding via Association for Rural Development (ARD)
Sinjiya GroupMaliAgricultureFunding via Réseau de Micro-institutions de Croissance de Revenus (RMCR)
Gbenty Yard...Sierra LeonePersonal UseFunding via Association for Rural Development (ARD)
Update on KgotsoKgotso is applying for a second loan to support his last year and a half of studies at Maharishi Institute. He will graduate in December 2014. When asked about his progress since the first Kiva loan, Kgotso reports:
"My studies have progressed a little bit higher because since I was getting the first loan, I get early in to school, and I start with the lesson they teach for that day because I used to get in late to school, missing other lessons. Since then, I don't miss anything and I'm passing in class. Now, since I'm going to get a second loan, it's going to help me more than it used to."
Previous Loan DetailsKgotso is applying for a loan to support his studies at the Maharishi Institute. This is his story: My name is Kgotso, I am 24 years old and I am from Munsieville in Mogale City. Where I come from is a township where very few people love school and want to achieve in life. Currently, I'm study... More from Kgotso's previous loan »
Additional Information
More information about this loan
This Kiva loan will be used to provide borrowers with needed goods or services, as opposed to cash or financial credit.
Maharishi students repay their loans with work-study wages while attending school. However, due to the unpredictable nature of their work-study schedules, they may not be able to make regular repayments. In these instances, Maharishi Institute provides an advance that is deducted from students' future wages. This gives student borrowers more flexibility in meeting their loan repayment obligations while they are still in school.
Important InformationThe Maharishi Education for Invincibility Trust (MEIT) extends educational opportunities to poor and historically excluded students in South Africa. By combining distance and computer learning with practical experience, the institute equips students with access to the skills and training they need to compete in tough job markets and build bright futures. Kiva funding will help students pay for tuition and other basic expenses so they can study and thrive.
Maharishi students take out loans for each year of tuition separately on Kiva. Each concurrent loan's repayment period begins after the previous load has been fully repaid.
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Our Field Partners often work with borrowers over a series of loans as the borrowers build credit, take out bigger loans, and expand their businesses. In order to make it easier for our Field Partners to post loans for borrowers who have been listed on Kiva before, we allow them to post successive and concurrent loans for their Kiva borrowers. This means that our Field Partners are able to post a borrower's second, third, etc., loan on Kiva without having to re-enter all of the borrower's information.
This borrower has been listed on Kiva before, so you'll see an updated loan description, as well as excerpts of the original descriptions from earlier loans. Most borrowers take out loans consecutively, meaning that they receive a second loan after having repaid the first. However, sometimes our Field Partners give out concurrent loans, allowing borrowers to take out one primary loan and a secondary "add-on" loan along with it. These "add-on" loans are typically smaller than the borrower's primary loan and serve a different purpose. Because Field Partners can now post loans as successive and concurrent loans, you will be able to track borrower progress over time and see the various ways a borrower is working with our Field Partners through funds from Kiva's lenders.
About South Africa
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This loan has been fully funded!
- Repayment Term
- 123 months (Additional Information)
- Repayment Schedule
- Irregularly
- Disbursed:
- Jul 15, 2013
- Listed
- Apr 22, 2013
- Currency Exchange Loss:
- Possible
Photo from previous loan
Kiva allows our Field Partners to re-use the same photo for individual borrowers that have been posted on Kiva's website once before in a 24 month period, and we allow them to re-use group photos for up to 24 months, provided that 80% of the current group's membership is represented.
Taking, collecting, and uploading photos of borrowers is one of the most challenging elements of using Kiva for our Field Partners. In order to make Kiva easier for Field Partners to use, we have allowed them to post successive and concurrent loans without taking a new photo of the borrower if the criteria above are met.


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|30 May 2001
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|30 May 2001
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to devices for retaining hats. Particularly, the present invention relates to a device to be used in retaining a hat close to a wearer's body. More particularly, the present invention relates to a device for retaining a hat close to a wearer's body that prevents a hat from being blown off or otherwise being removed unintentionally from the wearer's head.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Visored caps, especially baseball hats, are currently very popular. One difficulty experienced by people wearing visored caps is that the cap can be unexpectedly lifted from a person's head under windy conditions. This problem is particularly bothersome when traveling in an open-air vehicle such as a convertible automobile, motorcycle, Jet Ski, speedboat, or amusement park ride at relatively high speeds.
Numerous devices have been proposed in the art for preventing a hat worn by a person from blowing off completely free of the wearer, requiring the wearer to retrieve the hat in a distant location. U.S. Pat. No. 4,991,236 (1991, Pritchett) discloses a hat retaining device having a first head loop and a hat holding member for connecting a hat to be worn to the first head loop. The first head loop is of a size sufficient to be slipped over a wearer's head. The hat holding member is adapted to attach to the hat and permit the head loop to rest loosely around the wearer's neck.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,611,118 (1997, Bibbee) discloses a device for retaining a visored cap upon a wearer's head. The device includes a strap member and a pair of clamp members that directly engage the strap member and a portion of a visor on a cap. The retaining device also includes an adjustment member that allows a wearer to vary the effective length of the strap member. Each of the clamp members and the adjustment member includes a housing having a cavity and an opening formed therein, a pin member slidable in the cavity with an opening formed therein, and a spring to bias the pin member.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,144,695 (1992, Schweizer) discloses a retaining device having a pair of tether members operatively connected together by a slide member. One end of the tether members are provided with clip elements having spring loaded jaws that captively, yet releasably, engage selective portions of the headwear.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,993,079 (1991, Johnson) discloses a hat retaining device that is a headband for securing around a wearer's head. The headband has loop fiber pieces that attach to matching cut loop pieces in the inner band of a hat.
A major disadvantage of the prior art devices is that, when wind conditions are such that a tether is not needed, the prior art devices are not easily stored without their complete removal from the hat.
Therefore, what is needed is a hat retaining device that can be used on any hat, visored or nonvisored. What is further needed is a hat retaining device that can be inconspicuously stored when the device is not needed.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a hat retaining device that can be used on both a visored and an unvisored hat. It is another object of the present invention to provide a hat retaining device that has a tether that can be retracted into the inner band of the hat when the device is not in use. It is still another object of the present invention to provide a retaining mechanism that attaches to the clothing of a wearer, can be inconspicuously stored when not in use, does not limit the wearer's head movement, and is comfortable to use.
The present invention achieves these and other objectives by providing a hat retaining apparatus that includes an elongated, retractable tether having a first end and a second end and a holding/clip mechanism attached to the second end. The first end of the elongated retractable tether is either attached to the inside of the hat proximate to the adjustable band of the hat or has an enlarged end sized such that the first end of the retractable tether is unable to pass through an opening in the hat next described. The retractable tether passes through an opening through the hat material proximate to the hat band, through the adjustable band of the hat, or at the junction between the inner band and the adjustable band of the hat. The retractable tether may optionally include a slidable, ring-like structure disposed on the retractable tether between the first end, which is preferably secured to the inside of the hat, and the opening through the hat material. The slidable, ring-like structure allows a wearer to easily retract the retractable tether within the inside of the inner band of the hat for easy storage of the retractable tether when not in use. The retractable tether may also be stored along the apex of the hat which goes from the forehead of the wearer, passing over the crown down to the back of the hat by way of a thin sleeve. When the retractable tether is in the stored position, the holding mechanism of the hat retaining apparatus is easily stored by attaching the holding mechanism to a portion of the adjustable band or the hat.
The retractable tether may be a flexible cord or ribbon having sufficient tensile strength to hold the hat in the event the hat is unexpectedly blown or knocked off of the wearer's head. The holding mechanism may be configured to have a low profile and to have an inconspicuous color allowing the holding mechanism to blend in and be less noticeable. On the other hand, the hat retaining apparatus may have contrasting colors or bright colors to match the current fashion trends.
A hat retaining apparatus kit is also provided with instructions for fastening the present invention to existing hats. The kit includes an elongated tether, a holding mechanism for removable attachment or for permanent attachment to the tether, a retraction component for slidable engagement with the elongated tether, and an optional securing mechanism for securing one end of the elongated tether to the inner band of the hat. Instructions and a grommet for creating and/or securing the above-mentioned opening are also optionally provided for attaching the hat retaining apparatus to the hat.
FIG. 1 is a partial perspective view showing the inside band of the hat with the hat tether member and tether pull ring.
FIG. 2 is a partial perspective view showing the hat tether member of the present invention combined with the back of the hat, the tether member passing through an egress in the hat.
FIG. 3 is a partial perspective view showing the hat tether member of the present invention combined with the back of the hat, the tether member passing through an opening in the seam between the hat band and the hat adjusting band member.
FIG. 4 is a partial perspective view showing the hat tether member of the present invention combined with the back of the hat, the tether member passing through an egress in the hat adjusting band member.
FIG. 5 is a partial perspective view of another embodiment of the present invention showing the hat tether member of the present invention combined with a floatation device around the hat tether member.
FIG. 6 is a side view of a head of a hat wearer showing a hat worn on the head and the hat tether member of the present invention as typically worn by the hat wearer.
FIG. 7 is a plan view showing the components of a kit of the present invention.
The preferred embodiments of the present invention are illustrated in FIGS. 1-7. FIG. 1 shows a partial perspective view of the inside of a hat 10 with a hat retaining system 20. Hat 10 includes a cap portion 12, a visor 14, a hat band 16, and an adjustable hat band portion 18. Typically, hat band 16 is fastened to cap portion 12 only on one peripheral edge, thus creating an accessible space between hat band 16 and cap portion 12. Adjustable hat band portion 18 has a relatively narrow band extending around at least a portion of the back of a wearer's head which is exposed, or not covered by, cap portion 12. Adjustable hat band portion 18 generally includes a first tongue member 19′ and a second tongue member 19″ that cooperate with each other to adjust the size of the hat to fit a particular wearer's head.
A portion of hat band 16 is inverted to show the space between hat band 16 and cap portion 12 on the inside of hat 10. Hat retaining system 20 includes a hat retaining tether 22 having a first tether end 24 and a second tether end 26, a clip mechanism 28 attached to the second tether end 26, and a tether retraction device 30. Hat retaining tether 22 passes through an opening (not shown) from the inside of hat 10 to the outside. First tether end 24 is preferably secured to hat 10. An alternative to securing first tether end 24 to hat 10 is to enlarge first tether end 10 such that first tether end 24 cannot pass through the opening through which hat retaining tether 22 passes. First tether end 24 may be enlarged by forming a knot in the tether at first tether end 24, or a larger diameter component may be attached to first tether end 24. It is to be recognized that the present invention is not limited to use with a particular style of hat or visor unless otherwise indicated, and, in fact, may be used with unvisored hats as well. A representative adjustable band 18, typical of the adjustable band found on adjustable baseball-style hats, is shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 3.
Hat retaining tether 22 is made up of a predetermined length of tether material. The tether material may be made of natural or synthetic material in the shape of a cord having a circular or oval diameter, or in the shape of a material strip. Some measure of cord elasticity may be provided in varying widths and diameters. Other elastic-type cords will also provide the generally desirable elastic features which are intended to reduce the amount of "jerk" that the wearer feels when the hat 10 is abruptly removed from the head. A braided nylon cord having a diameter on the order of one-sixteenth to one-eighth of an inch will also generally have sufficient strength to yield the desired performance, although thicker or thinner diameters of nylon cord could be employed as well. Other tether material includes neoprene, cloth fabric sewn into tubular form, synthetic fiber knit into a tubular shape, or any other elastic or non-elastic tubing or cord-type material.
As depicted, clip mechanism 28 comprises a clip having spring-biased clamping jaws 32 that can be separated by squeezing handles 34 together to receive the upper-body clothing material therebetween. The spring bias returns the jaws 34 toward each other to grasp and retain the clothing material. The clip mechanism 28 preferably has an integral second securing mechanism at one of the handles 34 for securing the clip mechanism 28 to second tether end 26. It is to be noted that clip mechanism 28 may comprise any of a number of paired clamping jaws, other examples being a suspender-type clip or an alligator-type clip, as desired. The principal criteria for selecting an appropriate clip mechanism 28 would be cost and ease of manufacture and, ultimately, ease of use.
Turning now to FIG. 2, the back of hat 10 is shown in a partial perspective view of the cap portion 12, the adjustable hat band portion 18, an opening 40 in cap portion 12 proximate to hat band 16 and adjustable hat band portion 18, and tether 22 passing through opening 40. Opening 40 is sized to allow tether 22 to freely slide in and out of the inside of cap portion 12 to a predetermined length depending on the distance between the rear of hat 12 positioned on a wearer's head and the upper-body clothing to which clip mechanism 28 attaches.
FIG. 3 illustrates another position and embodiment for opening 40. In this embodiment, the junction between adjustable band 18 and top hat portion 12 is adapted to allow hat tether 22 to freely slide in and out of opening 42 where hat band 16 and adjustable band 18 meet. FIG. 4 illustrates an alternative adjustable hat band 50 that includes a first band 52 with a buckle-shaped device 54 forming one end of first band 52 and a second end of band 52 being securely fastened to cap portion 12 at hat band 16. A second band 56 is made to pass through buckle-shaped device 54 for adjusting the size of hat 10. Second band 56 preferably has an opening 44 that allows hat tether 22 to freely slide in and out of opening 44. Although first and second bands 52 and 56, respectively, may be a flat strip of fabric, it is preferable that second band 56 be made of a cloth fabric sewn into tubular form. This allows hat tether 22 to pass through opening 44 into the inside of the tubular fabric and through the junction of hat band 16 and second band 52 into the space defined between hat band 16 and cap portion 12. This configuration provides comfort to the wearer whereby the wearer does not feel the hat tether 22 or the retracting ring 30 when hat 12 is worn.
FIG. 5 shows an optional feature that may be provided on hat retainer system 20 especially where the hat and device are worn near the water or on boats. A floatation component 90 in the form of a bobber may be provided along the length of hat tether 22. Floatation component 90 will aid in maintaining the hat and hat retaining system 20 near the surface of the water in the event that the hat is inadvertently dropped or knocked into the water and becomes water logged and begins to sink before the owner/wearer has an opportunity to reclaim the hat.
FIG. 6 depicts hat 10 and hat retaining system 20 as worn by a person. The hat 10 is shown on a wearer's head 102 with the clip mechanism 28 secured to the wearer's shirt 104. Hat 10, as shown, includes a visor 14, a cap portion 12 and an adjustable hat band 18. Even though FIG. 6 illustrates the clip mechanism 28 being secured to the collar portion of the wearer's shirt, it is understood that clip mechanism 28 may be attached to any part of the upper-body clothing of the wearer that is within reach of the clip mechanism 28. The hat retaining system 20 includes hat tether 22, which is made up of a predetermined length of cord material. Hat tether 22 is preferably fixedly attached to the inside of hat 10, though, as discussed previously, may simply have an enlarged first tether end that prevents first tether end from being pulled through the opening through which the hat tether 22 passes to the outside of hat 10.
Hat retaining system 20 may be provided as a kit for attachment to an existing hat, or it can be supplied as a component of a headwear system where a particular hat and hat retaining system are supplied as a unit. For example, if hat retaining system 20 is supplied as a kit as illustrated in FIG. 7, the kit may contain a tether 60 with a clip mechanism 62 attached to a first tether end 64, a two-piece, miniature, snap grommet 66, a retraction ring 68, an optional adhesive strip 70 for fastening a second tether end 65 to the inside of a hat band, and optional instructions 72. Adhesive strip 70 may incorporate a pressure-adhesive, a heat-activated adhesive, or an air or chemical activated adhesive. It should be understood that second tether end 65 may also be sewn to the hat band instead of using an adhesive strip or other fastening mechanism. Where a snap grommet 66 is used, the grommet 66 would be positioned in an unobtrusive location on hat 10 such as that shown in FIG. 2 or on second tubular band 56 such as that shown in FIG. 4. Snap grommet 66 is assembled in such a way that the two-piece grommet 66 would captivate the hat material between the two pieces when the grommet 66 is snapped together. The captive hat material in the center of grommet 66 is then cut away, unless grommet 66 is of the type that cuts the hole in the material as it is snapped together. Second tether end 65 is threaded through grommet 66 to the inside of the hat. Retraction ring 68 is then placed/slid over second tether end 65 and second tether end 65 is then secured to the inside of the hat band by sewing or using an optional fastening mechanism such as the adhesive material previously described.
When not in use, hat tether 22 may be retracted within the inside of hat band 16 by grasping the retraction ring 30, as shown in FIG. 1, and pulling ring 30. This causes hat tether 22 to be drawn through opening 40 into the inside of hat band 16. Clip mechanism 28 may then be stored by attaching the jaws 32 to the extension of tongue component 19′ or to cap portion 12. When needed, the user may then grasp clip mechanism 28 of hat retaining system 20 and pull a predetermined amount of tether 22 sufficient to allow the user to attach the clip mechanism to the user's upper-body clothing, preferably behind the user.
Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described herein, the above description is merely illustrative. Further modification of the invention herein disclosed will occur to those skilled in the respective arts and all such modifications are deemed to be within the scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.
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