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The present invention relates to the field of ranking of image search results. More particularly, the invention relates to a method for presenting multimedia assets, which are for sale using common search engines.
The Internet provides a convenient way of allowing people to search and purchase licenses for using selected media data, such as digital images, video clips audio files etc. Today, there are several digitally enabled image agencies and stock libraries which specialize in the retrieval and sale of images via the Internet, such as Corbis�, Getty Images (1996-2004 Getty Images, Inc.), Comstock (2004 Comstock Images, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Jupitermedia Corporation) and the like. Users who wish to buy digital images or licenses to use such digital images, are normally required to look in one or more agencies and accurately facilitate the retrieval of media data via such image agencies, by performing a search on the media classification systems developed and maintained by the agencies themselves and in their related databases. This can prove problematic, as the number of specializing visual assets agencies increase, and therefore most of those agencies are not known to the user, and particularly in view of the fact that the amount of media data available through thee agencies databases is not reachable via public search engines, such as Google™, Yahoo!� and the like.
Search engines algorithms such as Google™, Yahoo!�, MSN of Microsoft Corporation, etc., perform continuous indexing of billions of web pages (including their text, images, and other data types) by means of crawler/spider software. Usually, it is used to locate HTML pages or other types of pages by their content or by following hypertext links from one page to another. Said algorithms are used to find new Web pages, that are then summarized and indexed.
The web pages are indexed according to several ranking mechanisms that vary between the search engines. In general, each web page is indexed according to its text elements, the links to other sites, the URL and other parameters. The sophisticated algorithms of the search engines rank each web page according to "popularity" measurements such as relevant links and hits to the URL, the context of the web page, the files included within it, and more.
Some of the search engines provide image galleries section (for example, "Google images" link, see
The public search engines galleries contain billions of images (e.g., as of April 2005 Google™ alone contains about 1.2 billion images). These images hereinafter "visual assets") are the property of their owners and appear in various WWW sites. Some search engines also support many languages, and may also suggest corrections and alternatives to a misspelled text or query. This is an additional advantage of the use public search engine galleries over the stock image libraries internal engines. Typically, in a public gallery, when a user clicks on an image, a preview page of a second level interface (see
Search Engines Optimizers (SEO) are dedicated software/systems/methods that aid to increase the rank of a URL within search engine search results. Most of the new visitors to each specific website access that website following the use of a search engine. For example, it is known in the art that for business practices, the higher ranked the URL is in the search results, the higher the expected traffic is to the web site is, and the higher the probability is to make a business transaction. There are several ways to cause web pages to become efficiently indexed and relatively highly ranked by a third party search engine algorithm, as described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,278,992 and U.S. Pat. No. 6,725,259.
There are users who wish to buy visual assets such as stock photography, cliparts, illustrations and others, in particular the Art buyer's population (e.g., advertisers, publishers, designers, etc.). As said, one of the methods to get the visual file is to buy it from a dedicated stock library (such as Corbis, Gettyimages and others).
As their way of doing busyness, the stock libraries or agencies produce a digital file and define it by keywords, so it can be retrieved from its database and be purchased. Even though some of the stock agencies are selling via the web and have a very high trafficked web site, the images are retrieved from the internal database and therefore do not appear in the public search engines' image gallery (e.g., Google Images). Therefore, a user who wishes to buy a visual asset must search in each agency database, and, if he does not find a desired image, he must try to search for it in another agency or image source. Therefore, a search for an image can be tedious and annoying, and may take a relatively long period of time and much effort.
Due to lack of a centralized place for presenting all the purchasable visual assets, and the increasing massive attraction of the public search engines, the art buyers may tend to try to perform a keyword search in the public search engine galleries first. In that case, when the art buyer finds a desired image in the public gallery, he has to locate the image owner in order to negotiate pricing. In many cases, the images retrieved by the public search engines are not for sale, or the owner identity is unknown. Therefore, the art buyer needs to continue searching for another image, or to try to continue spending time in order to locate the owner of the desired image. In other cases, lack of ability to contact the image owner, increases the tendency to download the image file from the public image gallery, or from the web site in which the image is found, while violating copyrights. The art described so far have not yet provided a satisfactory solution to the problem of retrieving visual assets for purchase via public search engines. The present invention will provide the user with the ability to identify purchasable images from many image sources, and with friendly retrieval options such as multi language search and spelling engine.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a method enabling the user to search and purchase visual assets via familiar search processes and tools such as public search engines.
It is another object of the present invention to enable the user to easily identify those purchasable visual assets within the results of public galleries search engines image sections.
Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent as the description proceeds.
Method for causing purchasable visual assets that can otherwise be accessed only by the visual assets provider' proprietary search engine, to appear within the result lists of public search engines, comprising: (a) providing for each of said purchasable visual assets web page which includes at least the following: (a1) a representation image of said purchasable asset; (a2) textual description best describing the content of said purchasable visual asset; (a3) indication within said page or representation image for indicating that the asset is purchasable; and (a4) a link to said stock library where the purchasable visual asset is sold.
Preferably, said purchasable assets are purchasable visual assets of stock libraries, and wherein the dedicated search engine is a proprietary search engine of the stock library operator.
Preferably, the web page is formed such as to be efficiently found and relatively highly ranked by public search engines.
Preferably, said textual description of each purchasable asset includes keywords that are most expected to be used by one searching such purchasable asset.
Preferably, the representation image which is included within said web page is of lower resolution or quality than the original, purchasable asset.
Preferably, the indication is a visual indication appearing within said representation image.
Preferably, the indication is an audible indication.
Preferably, the method further comprises the providing at the user end within the public search engine interface a filter for including only purchasable objects within the results list.
The patent or application file contains at least one drawing executed in color. Copies of this patent or patent application publication with color drawing(s) will be provided by the Office upon request and payment of the necessary fee.
The above and other characteristics and advantages of the invention will be better understood through the following illustrative and non-limitative detailed description of preferred embodiments thereof, with reference to the appended drawings, wherein:
In this application, the words "image" and "visual asset" are used interchangeably to designate a media file represented in digital format. The terms "dedicated search engine" or "proprietary search engine" refer to a search engine which is operated by the purchasable visual assets provider.
The invention will now be described primarily with reference to the examples of purchasable digital images. These examples are provided merely to illustrate the invention and are not intended to limit its scope in any way. It should be understood that the invention can be applied mutatis mutandis to other media types such as audio files, video files, etc.
All the media files used in this invention are digital media files. For example, each digital image is preferably, but not limitatively, an array of pixels.
The present invention relates to a method of presenting purchasable visual assets in public search engines image galleries and providing a linkage from the search engine image gallery to the image owner or seller. As said, public search engines algorithms tend not to index images from stock libraries internal data bases. The public search engines algorithms do, however, index images from HTML web pages or other publicly available pages. According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a web page is generated for each visual asset file in a way it will be efficiently indexed and relatively highly ranked by a public search engine algorithm. Furthermore, according to the present invention each visual asset file is clearly digitally marked as a purchasable media file. It should be noted that currently used methods of water markings or copy right notifications (�) do not necessarily indicate purchasability. In one embodiment of the invention, the digital file becomes a part of a specially built web page that includes a text with the file context description. Preferably, but not limitatively, the said digital marking of the visual asset can be one or more keywords and/or other suitable data indicating that the visual asset is a purchasable one. For example, the marking can be data representing a displayable indicator(s) visually indicating to the user that the viewed visual asset is a purchasable one.
According to the present invention, due to the fact that the purchasable visual assets are marked, preferably—but not limitatively, with a visual mark, the user who performs the search can easily distinguish which of the represented images (see
In a preferred embodiment of the invention, each web page is dedicated to one or more specific visual assets in order to promote these specific images in the resulted list of images of the public search engines. Each image is described or associated with a relevant textual description, and dedicated keywords. Preferably, each image is described in more than one language, in the file name and in the web page context, thereby enabling more users, speaking different languages, to retrieve, and therefore access such images. The generated web pages relating to purchasable assets include relevant meta-tags and other textual elements that point to the image context. Furthermore, the generated web page may also include a linking mechanism to other similar images or image providers and/or others techniques that are used by Search Engines Optimizers (SEO) that may increase the page ranking and therefore the image ranking in the image gallery of the search engine. Another method is to provide access to these pages directly by the search engines companies.
The said image pages relating to the purchasable images will then be crawled by the public search engines, and be indexed in a conventional manner.
According to still another embodiment of the present invention, the search engine is provided with a filter enabling retrieving only marked (purchasable) data files as the result of a given search query. For example, the filter can be a dedicated "button" in the image gallery of the search engine, or an additional image gallery in the search engine dedicated to purchasable visual assets, etc. Preferably, the filter is provided to the search engine by suitable software means or suitable application, as is known by a person skilled in the art.
The present invention allows art buyers to search and retrieve visual assets by using common keywording practices in their language or other languages. For example, when the art buyer will search for a "dog AND cat" image, he will get to see the same Image Gallery of its favorite search engine, with the difference that the appeared images (or at least some of them) will be marked as purchasable, and linked to the image owner/owner web site/Stock library web site/other.
It should be noted that unlike other purchasable products via the Internet (e.g., electronics appliance, books, drugs etc.) the essential of the image is in the displayed image itself. Therefore, in many cases the buying decision will be made according to the image view rather than some regular product parameters such as capacities/specifications/pricing. Therefore, whenever the term "visual assets for sale" is mentioned throughout this application, it is also refer to "visual sale of assets", for example, decorative products which the buying decision may be made mainly upon the product look or view.
The above examples and description have of course been provided only for the purpose of illustration, and are not intended to limit the invention in any way. As will be appreciated by the skilled person, the invention can be carried out in a great variety of ways, employing more than one technique from those described above, all without exceeding the scope of the invention.
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Awards: Midwifery Faculty & Students are Recognized
The ACNM Fellowship in Recognition of Lifetime Achievement
This honor is bestowed upon those midwives whose professional achievement, outstanding scholarship, clinical excellence, and/or demonstrated leadership have merited them special recognition both within and outside of the midwifery profession. In light of the vast wealth of expertise and collective wisdom represented within the body of Fellows, its mission is to serve the ACNM in a consultative and advisory capacity.
Ronnie Lichtman, CNM, LM, PhD, FACNM received her Midwifery education at Columbia University, where she later taught for many years. Prior to teaching, she was one of the first midwives at North Central Bronx Hospital and has always practiced clinically. She is currently Associate Professor and Chair of the Midwifery Program here, at SUNY Downstate. Previously, Dr. Lichman was midwifery Program Director at Columbia University and SUNY Stony Brook. She co-edited and was a major contributor ot Gynecology: Well Woman Care and the first author of a major revision of the classic guide for women: Dr. Guttmamacher's Pregnacy, Birth and Family Planning.
Aleida Llanes-Oberstein, CNM, LM, MS, FACNM received her midwifery and master's degree from Columbia University. During the 1980s and 1990s she started two private midwifery practices and developed expertise in the areas of insurance and billing issues. Aleida has been a midwifery educator since 1990 at the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn and is a recipient of the ACNM Excellence in Teaching Award. She developed and implemented the first international program on the medical center campus, and exchange program with Cuba, received a SUNY Downstate Medical Center Presidential Award for this project, and has published on perinatal health care issues of Cuban immigrant women. She is a recipient on the New York University Midwifery Alliance Koko Roy Award.
Aleida Llanes-Oberstein is an ACNM Division of Accreditation Site Visitor, member of the Division of Education Continuing Education Panel, and a peer reviewer for the Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health. Aleida is well-known throughout the region for her influential work in effecting important state legislative and regulatory change as ACNM local chapter Chair of the Legislative and Managed Care Committees and for coordinating state-of-the-art continuing education programs. Aleida Llanes-Oberstein was appointed to the New York State Board of Midwifery in 1998, is currently serving her fourth term and was the Board Chair.
Suzanne Schechter, CNM, LM, MS, FACNM received a BA in English from Clark University, a MS in Nursing from Pace University and a midwifery certificate from State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate Medical Center where she has been a member of the faculty since 1985 and the program's Education Director since 1995. Professor Schechter contributed to the transformation of the nurse-midwifery certificate program into a graduate level program that, for over a decade, has been offered not solely to students whose background is in nursing, but also to those whose education and experience is in disciplines other than nursing. She is currently the co-investigator of an on-going educational research project comparing direct entry and RN graduates of the SUNY Downstate Midwifery Program from 1997 through 2006.
Professor Schechter served as a member of the Board of Review and is a site visitor for the Accreditation Commission for Midwifery Education (formerly the Division of Accreditation). She has also been a member of the Division of Education, Continuing Education Section's reader panel since 2001. As an active member of ACNM Region 2, Chapter 1 for over twenty years, she has served in a variety of capacities including two terms as Treasurer, Chair of the Nominating Committee and has mostly recently joined the Editorial Staff of the chapter newsletter. In 2006 she spearheaded the formation of a Student Scholarship Committee which she has Chaired since its inception.
While the principal focus of her midwifery career has been in the area of education, Suzanne Schechter has provided direct health care services to mothers, babies, and families for over thirty years. In 2004, she was a recipient of the ACNM Regional Award for Excellence and in 2008 the ACNM Foundation Excellence in Teaching Award. Suzanne is grateful to her midwifery mentors, colleagues and students who have inspired and helped guide her professional endeavors.
New York City Midwives Student Scholarship: Robina Khalid Class of 2015
Midwifery Student, Robina Khalid, received the New York Midwives' Student Scholarship.
Robina was called to midwifery as a second career, having completed a PhD in English at CUNY's Graduate Center. Her focus was the study of race and gender in the US. Through her studies she entered midwifery with a profound understanding of the political nature of her calling, and a passion for social justice. She believes that being the recipient of midwifery care can empower a woman for life. Even before entering Downstate she lobbied for the passage of the Midwifery Modernization Act, and as a student she joined NYSALM as the student representative and then as secretary of NYSALM's IMPACT committee, which she helped to found. The committee addresses barriers to the practice of midwifery. She attends chapter meetings and volunteers for Miles for Midwives, the Nightingale Initiative for Global Health, and writing for the chapter newsletter.
Post-graduation Robina plans to work on the issue of more viable hospital transfers for the homebirth midwives.
Robina expressed her future commitment to increasing access to midwifery care in the US by quoting the recent Lancet study and other statistics that support the desirability of this. She plans to continue her advocacy and her activities with NYSALM and NYC Midwives, using her academic background as an asset. She also hopes eventually to work abroad in Pakistan, where some of her family comes from, or perhaps on the Indian sub-continent more generally, participating in providing midwifery training to help women in dire need of skilled birth attendants.
New York State Association of Licensed Midwives' (NYSALM) Award: Rachel Ritter Class of 2016
Midwifery Student, Rachel Ritter, received the Future of Midwifery is in Good Hands Award at the 2015 NYSALM Lobby Day.
SUNY Chancellor's Award For Student Excellence: Maria Freytsis Class of 2007
Maria Freytsis already had an impressive resume before entering the Midwifery Program. In addition to providing training and health services to women in China, Antigua, Guatemala, and Kosovo, she is co-founder and board president of Friends of the Birth Center, a grassroots organization formed after the only birthing center in Manhattan closed in 2003. While enrolled at Downstate, she continued to volunteer as a public health worker, helping villagers in Indonesia affected by the tsunami. An excellent student, she pioneered a new clinical site for the Midwifery Program at the Developing Families Birth Center in Washington, DC, to provide quality care for underserved patients.
Each year, schools within the State University system are encouraged to submit nominations for the Chancellor's Award. SUNY Downstate was permitted two, based on its student enrollment. Students graduating between June 2007 and May 2008 were considered for the award.


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MONTREAL (AP) — Jaromir Jagr passed Mark Messier to move into seventh place in career NHL goals and Martin Brodeur made 29 saves to lead the New Jersey Devils to a 4-1 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday night.
The 41-year-old Jagr got his 695th goal in his 1,438th career game. On Saturday, he passed former Pittsburgh Penguins' teammate Mario Lemieux for seventh place in points with 1,724.
Goals less than three minutes apart early in the second period from Eric Gelinas and Adam Henrique were the difference as the Devils extended their points streak to five games and picked up a win against a team ahead of them in the Eastern Conference. Dainius Zubrus added an empty-net goal on an assist from Jagr.
Max Pacioretty scored for Montreal in the first period.
CHICAGO (AP) — Tyson Barrie scored his second goal of the game on a power play at 4:09 of overtime to lift Colorado past Chicago.
With Jonathan Toews off for hooking, Barrie beat Corey Crawford with a one-timer from the left circle after taking a cross-ice pass from Matt Duchene to give Colorado its second straight win. The Avalanche improved to 6-1-1 in their last eight games despite being outshot 48-26.
Barrie and Ryan O'Reilly scored 1:02 apart late in the first period.
Chicago's Andrew Shaw scored on a rebound at 7:27 of the third to tie it. Shaw also assisted on Johnny Oduya's goal in the second.
Semyon Varlamov made 46 saves for Colorado.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Ryan Ellis ended a 42-game scoring drought by notching the first of Nashville's three third-period goals and added an assist to lead the Predators over Calgary.
Shea Weber scored in the first period, Craig Smith and Viktor Stalberg followed Ellis with goals in the third, and David Legwand had three assists to help Nashville snap a three-game losing streak. Carter Hutton stopped 22 shots for the Predators.
Lee Stempniak and Mikael Backlund scored and Karri Ramo made 30 saves for Calgary, which has lost four of its last five.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Patrick Marleau scored the only goal of the shootout, lifting San Jose over Washington.
Antti Niemi stopped Eric Fehr, Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom in the shootout after making 35 saves in regulation and overtime. Marleau tallied after Joe Pavelski missed on San Jose's first shot.
Ovechkin scored his league-leading 33rd goal at 12:44 of the second period after Tyler Kennedy had tallied for San Jose at 13:30 of the first.
The Sharks took the opener of a three-game road trip, improving to 17-1 against the Capitals in the teams' last 18 meetings.
Rookie goaltender Philipp Grubauer, making his 12th start in 17 games, made 28 saves for Washington.
It was the Capitals' second straight 2-1 shootout loss and they have lost six of their last eight.
BOSTON (AP) — Tyler Bozak scored twice, Phil Kessel had three assists and Toronto held off Boston.
Jonathan Bernier made 38 saves for the Maple Leafs, including 15 in the third period as the Bruins tried to rally after allowing three straight goals.
James van Riemsdyk's goal a minute into the third put Toronto up 4-2, and the Maple Leafs held on despite getting outshot 41-26.
Jake Gardiner also scored for Toronto.
Brad Marchand and Patrice Bergeron each had a goal and an assist for Boston. Gregory Campbell pulled the Bruins to 4-3 with 10:25 left in the third period, but Bernier stopped a late flurry of shots after Boston pulled goalie Tuukka Rask for the extra skater.


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"CANBERRA - Aboriginal for "MEETING PLACE"" Top 5 Page for this destination Canberra by balhannah
Canberra Travel Guide: 977 reviews and 2,729 photos
Canberra - Our National Capital, is located in the Australian Capital Territory,
affectionately known as the ACT.
After Federation in 1901, somewhere in Australia had to be chosen as a site for the capital. The ACT was declared on 1 January 1911, and Canberra became the Capital City of Australia.
In 2013, Canberra will celebrate a 100years.
A visit to Canberra is not boring by any means, in fact, it is very interesting, has lots of FREEBIES, and is a MUST SEE and VISIT for Australian's and Overseas Visitors alike.
A lot of the Architecture of the new buildings did not appeal to me, but it was the inside that counted, and it is here that you find all the history.
So much of interest, we spent 6 nights here in October 2009, this was another of many visits, and we still have heaps more to see and do!
A little HISTORY..............
Canberra is located on the ancient land of the indigenous Ngunnawal Aborigines. The name "Canberra" is thought to mean "meeting place."
It is a "planned city" the other planned capital city is Adelaide in South Australia.
1908.......It was then the area was chosen for the Federal capital.
1912.......Canberra was planned by Walter Burley Griffin, a Chicago architect who won an international design competition.
1927.......Old Parliament House was situated in a treeless paddock. How different Canberra is now, with lots of Trees, and beautiful Tree lined streets, this is how all Cities should be.
1930 - 1956......Canberra was at a bit of a standstill because of the Depression, World War 11 and the after years.
The Australian War Memorial was built in 1941.
1964......Lake Burley Griffin is filled with water.
1965.......Anzac parade is opened on the 50th anniversary of Gallipoli.
1988 ......New Parliament House opens.
Only 282 kms and a 3hour direct drive from Sydney via the M5 toll way, connecting to the Hume Highway 31, then take the exit to Goulburn and the Federal highway to reach Canberra.
A scenic drive, and one we did, was from the coast (Bateman's Bay) along the King's Highway, passing through historic Braidwood and Bungendore and onto Canberra.
Another way is Canberra via Mittagong , following the Old Hume Highway through the scenic towns and areas of Bowral, Moss Vale and Sutton Forest, then rejoining the Hume Highway 31 for the onward journey via Goulburn to Canberra.
In fact, I think we have entered Canberra in every possible way!
From other Capital cities, expect a 7 hour DIRECT DRIVE from Melbourne, 14 hours from Adelaide, 16 hours from Brisbane.
To go to the Snowy Mountains, expect 2.5 hours direct drive, and to the south coast, a 2 hour direct journey.
There a plenty of Coach Companies that service Canberra as well.
There are four different Airlines that service Canberra if you wish to arrive this way.
I have visited in several different seasons, with my favorite being my last visit in SPRING, 2009. What a lovely time to be in Canberra. Trees, vineyards awaken from winter, Blooms are everywhere, Wildflowers abound in the area, the Botanic gardens are fantastic, and the Canberra Floriade is held.
Fresh mornings, sunny days, and crisp nights are to be expected.
Average temperature for Spring is 5 -19deg, it was that and warmer when I was here.
SUMMER, and Lake Burley Griffin becomes a hive of activity, with people enjoying water sports.
Days are warm to hot with plenty of sunshine, low humidity, mild nights, average 12 – 27 deg, it can be a lot hotter than this.
AUTUMN, and all those lovely street Trees turn all those "hot" colors of Red, Yellow, Orange, and Crimson.
Expect warm days and cool nights with an average of 7 – 20 deg.
WINTER, time to enjoy the open fires and snow trips. The days are crisp and cold, with clear Blue skies, the average temperatures 1 – 12 deg, it can be quite a bit colder.
Remember temperatures are only "average" it can be a lot hotter or colder!
.... a good base, have a look around the city, then head to the countryside, the Wineries, National Parks, Snowy Mountains, and the historic nearby Towns, situated in the pretty countryside.
You don't have to go outside Canberra to see Kangaroos either, there are plenty of them in the parks of the suburbs
.........a well laid out and signposted city, you should be able to find your way around quite easily. Look for the BROWN TOURIST SIGNS.
There are lots and lots to do and see here, and the best part, is a lot of it is FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Where else can you spend days visiting wonderful Museums and Galleries, and it is not costing a cent!
Even some that do charge, it is a gold coin donation, so that is $1 or $2.
So, you don't need to spend much money, only a little for food, accommodation and transport.
A visit to the Visitors centre is a must, as there is so much to see and do in Canberra. It is open from 9 – 5 pm daily.
Australian War Memorial..........www.awm.gov.au [Donation appreciated]
Australian National Botanic Garden…………. www.anbg.gov.au
Canberra Deep space communication complex…… www.cdscc.nasa.gov
Captain Cook Memorial Jet
Commonwealth Place
Government House Lookout
Australian of the Year Walk
High Court of Australia…………… www.hcourt.gov.au
Indonesian Embassy & Cultural centre………….. www.kbri-canberra.org.au
Memorials on Anzac Parade
Mount Ainslee Lookout.
Mount Pleasant Lookout
National Carillon………….. www.natcap.gov.au
National Archives of Australia………….. www.naa.gov.au
National Capital Exhibition……….. www.nationalcapital.gov.au
National film & sound archive……… www.nfsa.gov.au
National Gallery of Australia………. www.nga.gove.au
National Library of Australia………….. www.nla.gov.au
National Museum of Australia………….. www.nma.gov.au
National Portrait Gallery……… www.portrait.gov.au
Old Bus Depot Markets………. www.obdm.com.au
Parliament House……………. www.aph.gov.au
Reconciliation Place
Red Hill Lookout
Royal Australian Mint……… www.ramint.gov.au
Stromlo Forest Park……………. www.stromloforestpark.com.au
All saints church
Church of Saint John the Baptist.
Free Serbian Orthodox Church
Drive around the Embassies of the World
Old Parliament House gardens and the National Rose Garden.
Lennox gardens, includes the Japanese garden.
Black Mountain Lookout
Australian Institute of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Studies
As you can see by the list, there is a lot to see for FREE to keep you busy for quite a few days, then there is a lot with gold coin donations (Either $1 or $2 coin entry) and some others a little more expensive, but still reasonably priced.
No car? No worries……………. A lot of the sites are close together, and there is a Hop/on/off Explorer bus (fee) that takes you to all the major attractions. You can meet it in town, or be picked up and returned to your accommodation.
Check out my pages on what to see and do, I'm sure you will find some interesting things, and don't forget A LOT IS FREE ADMISSION
I think CANBERRA IS A MUST VISIT.
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What a lovely introduction to Canberra. It is a city I have not known much about but learned today one of the family could be transferred there for 2-3 years Your page has given me a good picture and it looks like a nice place to live - specially in Yarralumla !
I thought I had read all your Australian pages, Dee - but then I found this wonderful page on Canberra :)
'Struth Dee, what a page! And more memorials and monuments than you could shake a stick at!
I have always wanted to go to Canberra, and by the looks of it, it's going to be worth waiting for. My curiosity was also piqued by Bill Bryson's comment that he simply had to visit Canberra because the world's dullest man (John Howard) deemed it too boring a city to live in (or words to that effect)!
Thank you for full information about Canberra.
G'day, Dee! Thanks fr your wonderful presentation! ><><><
You are correct that there is a plethera of things to do in this town. It is amazing. You described the sites very aptly and the pictures well done. We are thinking of a possible visit along the coast late 2011?? and maybe see you all.
Still working my way through your war museums and memorials . Your vivid tips make then so real I feel I have walked around them myself. Excellent stuff - I loved the beauty of the mosaics and the poignancy of your writing amidst the horror and sorrow.
"ANZAC HALL AND THE "SUB"" One of the headings isn't quite working right.
What a wonderful place to live! A very informative guide. Good work.
As usual, you have done your homework and produced another fantastic page.
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The fitter, John, was awesome, very knowledgeable, wielding his goniometer w/authority. He was more interested in getting me on the right bike than making a sale. He still has to punch all the numbers in and as of yet I don't have a specific quote, just ball park figures. After giving me his undivided attention for 2 1/2 hours, I was suprised he let me walk out without sealing the deal.
The Fierte can be tweaked to give me the right fit, and can be speced w/full ultegra in my price range. The Couer d'Acier would be better, since it would be all custom geometry, but would come in 500-800 over the top of my budget ;-) (This is a lifetime investment right? What difference does 800 bucks make?)
And then there's new pedals and shoes. I have candy's on my hybrid and wear mtn bike shoes (i know i know, it's fred) But I really DO like them for practical reasons, for instance, being able to walk in them without falling my keester. I could always just put these on the new bike, I've never had any knee trouble or problems with them.
Today's fitting put me on the 52cm short stock Fierte frame. If I get the yellow like I want, that would be an extra hundred bucks for the Fierte since it's a non-standard color.
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Hello everyone,
Sorry if this sounds like a dumb question.... cause it kind of is....
But how did you choose which ProTour team to follow?
Reason I ask is that 2007 will be my first season following pro cycling, and I really feel like I want to root for one team. Now, is that how most of you do it? Do you pick one team, or are you a 'fan of the sport' and just enjoy watching the races as they happen - no matter who wins.
Now, do you choose the teams according to:
1. Bike sponsorship. In my case, I ride a Cannondale, so I'd be a Liquigas fan.
2. One specific rider you like - For example, choose a team that has a strong Canadian rider (in this case T-Mobile with Michael Barry) and follow them.
3. Overall team philosophy - Team CSC appeals to me with their five key principles.
4. Something totally random - I like Disco's site, CSC has a whole bunch of cool wallpapers on their site, I saw 'Wired to Win', which featured two FD Jeux team members...
I understand that there may be as many ways as there are fans (of choosing whom to follow) but I just want to get a sense of what is most common.
PS: Obviously, being from Canada, I cannot play the 'nationalist' card and follow a Canadian team, as there is none.


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Today I finished season 1 of Hannibal. I'm pleasantly surprised because I was expecting it to be horrible.
I finished watching Prison Break... .
First semester of welding done. Now I need to figure out how to keep practicing over the summer.
Do you guys think a Kona Rove would be a good ride for a college kid living in Portland?
Anyone heard of any problems with them? Or any personal experience?
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Highlight of the day was when I found that a Waterloo Trek 930, just like Dan's but geared, 58cm, w/ OG decals, was locked up beside mine. Noticed the familiar shade of blue and then the vintage trek logo on the ST before in a pleasant surprise.
today the struggle continues. i had planned on starting to ride into work again, woke up and looked at my bike and laid in bed for another half hour.
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Went to our big bike festival kick off ride yesterday, was hoping the red bull people were there again this year but no luck, last year I stocked up and lived like an over caffeinated king. While I was waiting some guy came up and was adding about my bike, I guess he recognized it from instagram or here. #imfamous
Experienced the rite of passage of falling over while riding clipped in for the first time. Luckily it was in my garage and not at a stoplight pulling the kiddy trailer.
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Conditions in inlets can change from favorable to difficult in a matter of hours.
Inlets are killers — killers of boats and killers of people. Here, where the sea thrusts into the land, there often occurs a fatal attraction. When things are going to hell outside, we long to find that inlet and get in to safety. But that may be the worst thing we can do.
As you've probably learned, the basic currency for anything you buy or do for a boat these days is a boat buck. And a boat buck is a thousand-dollar bill. When they say shopping is therapeutic, I don't believe "they" are thinking about boat bucks. When it comes to boat stuff, more and more of us are trying to get our therapy these days with saving rather than spending. Some are even curtailing their boating or getting out of it.
We were anchored in a beautiful harbor in the Bahamas when a 70-foot sailboat gracefully motored in from the ocean. You couldn't help but notice its size, beauty and obvious quality. The chatter on VHF channels and on the beach was that whoever owned it must not only be very wealthy, but also very knowledgeable. How could you not be with a boat like that?
When I began boating as a kid, my 12-foot rowboat fulfilled my ultimate dreams. As I grew older, my ultimate dreams changed a bit. Across the river was not quite as far as I wanted to go.
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Upcoming special events at Gaden KhachoeShing monastery in Bloomington. IN
We are celebrating losar (Lunar New Year, Year of Monkey) on Tuesday, February 9th 2016. Here is the Losar schedule (click here for more details):
Making Khabsey (Losar cookies): Sunday, 31st Jan at 10am
Thanks Giving Kangso: Sunday, Feb, 7th at 2.30pm
Losar Prayer (Losar Puja): Tuesday, Feb, 9th at 6am
New Year Dinner Party (Losar dinner): Saturday, Feb, 13th at 6pm
Smoke offering Prayers, installing new prayer flags and invocation of Dharmapala: Sunday, Feb, 14th at 10am.
All Teachings and initiation will be at DGTL Monastery. All teachings and initiation are offered Free. As in Buddhist tradition, If you wish to sponsor a Teaching or initiation, you can also do in honor of your loved one.
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Event: Dharma discourse
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For more more information: Please check upcoming events link on www.ganden.org and GSL monastery Cincinnati events on new website: www.gslmonastery.org. Thank you
Dagom Gaden Tensung Ling Buddhist Monastery was founded in 1996 by renown Tibetan Buddhist teachers Ven. Kyabje Dagom Rinpoche and Ven. Gonsar Rinpoche. Their deepest wish in estblishing the monastery was to preserve for the benefit of all sentient beings the Buddha's teachings as transmitted by the Gelugpa linage of Tibetan Buddhism.
Though DGTL functions as a traditional monastery for monks of this lineage, it also welcomes lay people of all nationalities and backgrounds to participate in its many religious, cultural and educational programs. These include sacred teachings by visiting and resident monks, the construction of precious sand mandalas, daily prayer services, guest lectures to schools and community groups, and the annual Taste of Tibet in which the monks cook Tibetan delicacies for the communities of Bloomington and Cincinnati.
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Zerby buys Texas retail center
Oklahoma City-based Zerby Interests has bought Northcrest Village, a retail center in Carrolton, Texas, a Dallas suburb. The Dallas Morning News reported that LNR Partners LLC, which services foreclosed properties, sold the 136,267-square-foot property for an undisclosed price. Tenants include ALDI Grocery, Starbucks, Subway and Allstate Insurance Co.
"Northcrest Village was an appealing property for us to acquire for several reasons," Caleb Hill, principal with Zerby Interests, said. "The shopping center is in a great location with several well established tenants."
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Heritage College said it will relocate to the former Best Buy at 7202 S Interstate 35 Service Road soon after the first of the year. Work is nearing completion on upgrades to the 40,000-square-foot building, which was constructed in 1993. City records show a permit for $1.5 million in improvements was issued in July. The space will have classrooms, labs, clinics and offices.


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Fed up with backups and endless brake lights, some drivers are zipping through the HOV lane with a secret: That person in their passenger seat isn't actually breathing.
Last week Trooper Tony Brock pulled over a Black Diamond man for cruising in the Highway 167 carpool lane with a dolled-up mannequin as his fellow rider.
It wasn't the first time Brock had seen drivers resorting to creative schemes to bypass rush-hour gridlock.
"You name it, I've seen it," said Brock, who encounters drivers trying to circumvent the HOV-lane rules several times a week.
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Carpool cheaters tend to get more brazen — and imaginative — when the traffic gets worse and the weather heats up, said Washington State Patrol spokesman Jeff Merrill.
A stuffed sweatshirt topped with a low-tipping ballpark cap is not an uncommon tactic for drivers seeking an instant passenger. Some are meticulous about strapping the clothes into a seatbelt, just in case.
Empty car-seats covered in blankets are standard ruses, although the particularly crafty sometimes place a plastic baby doll inside.
Brock commonly pulls over pregnant women driving in the HOV lanes, who argue that being with child should count as a second passenger.
It doesn't, said Brock. And neither do hearse drivers ("You have to have a pulse"). Or pet dogs.
In King County, the patrol gets more complaints about carpool-lane violations than about any other violations. The State Patrol averages about 2,200 complaints about HOV-lane cheaters in the county each month, and it only gets worse in the summer, said Merrill — in June there were 3,839 complaints.
The patrol issued 1,252 tickets for HOV violators in June. At the start of July, the fine for being a solo driver in the diamond lane went up $23 to $124 a pop.
The areas where King County HOV-lane impostors feel the need to cheat most are westbound on Interstate 90 in Issaquah, the southbound Interstate 5 express lanes, Highway 167 in Kent, westbound Highway 520, and southbound at Interstate 405 in both Bellevue and Bothell.
Merrill has to give these folks a nod for creativity. "These guys are really thinking," he said.
One notorious instance of a dummy in the carpool lane was in March 2002, when a Kent woman used a life-sized mannequin — topped with a wig and wearing makeup — to dart into the HOV lane on I-405. She cut off a bus and set off a chain of collisions involving eight vehicles.
She admitted to sometimes letting the dummy ride shotgun when traffic got clogged.
Heidi Herman of Phinney Ridge, who has been unsuccessful in finding a carpool buddy, is fed up with sitting in traffic during her commute while HOV cheaters go flying past the "suckers" in the regular lanes.
"It's really frustrating because I'm trying to play by the rules," she said.
Herman has wanted to report violators, but she can't jot down license plate numbers fast enough.
Nabbing carpool cheaters can be difficult for troopers too, Merrill said. Troopers who do get a good look inside a speeding car often don't have enough time to verify if that passenger is made of flesh or plastic.
"Many times those people slide right on by," he said.
Drivers who spot violators, and their dummies, can call into the patrol's hotline: 206-764-HERO.
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For a moment, after I enter my room at Hotel Football and look out at the neon Old Trafford stadium sign metres from my window, I feel as if a certain brand of lager really does do football dream hotels.
I'm one of those much-derided London-based "Cockney Reds", and often have to book a hotel in Manchester for evening games. So once I work out that my season-ticket seat is actually two minutes' walk from the lobby, I'm in heaven … though I'll soon discover that an actual Heaven is much closer to my eighth-floor room than I think.
Hotel Football is a new four-star, 133-room property from a team fronted by former Manchester United players Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs, with support from their "class of '92" cohorts Paul Scholes, Nicky Butt and Philip Neville. It's not just meant for United supporters such as me though; it's attempting to welcome all fans, with nine floors of cleverly targeted facilities.
For a start, there is a 750-capacity basement bar, called the Old Trafford Supporters Club, with pool tables, TV screens and terrace-themed food such as pie and peas. Entrance is £1, with the fee earmarked for investment in local community projects. I'm staying on a match day (when only home supporters with a match ticket are allowed in), and the place is bubbling with energy. You certainly wouldn't want to arrive with a paperback and hopes of a quiet nook in which to sup your craft beer (£3.50 a pint).
On the ground floor is Cafe Football, a 185-seat restaurant that's open to all and has a menu overseen by two-Michelin-star chef Michael Wignall. The focus is on comfort food with footie-related names: The Special One burger, Overhead Kick pizza, The Turf (chocolate, caramel and praline cake with a green topping and pitch markings in white icing). The restaurant comes with decent credentials: its London branch – in Stratford's Westfield shopping centre – earned a bold review from Observer food critic Jay Rayner.
I sample the Starting Eleven platter (a sharing plate of chicken wings, ribs, fish fingers and mini pies, £16.95), and follow it with The Boss burger (named for ex-manager Sir Alex Ferguson and consisting of dry-aged beef, Scotch bonnet chilli, pulled pork, lime aioli and Asian slaw, £13.95) with a portion of The Turf (£5.95) for pudding. My burger was bland but the chips were crisp and fluffy and the dessert was rich without being sickly.
Heaven, by the way, is the name of the hotel's top floor. While also a gateway to some terrible puns, it's where, on non-match days, you'll find a bookable five-a-side astroturf pitch. On match days Heaven transforms into a bar and barbecue area (for £40, you get food and beer but not a match ticket) with views over Manchester and Salford and nearby attractions such as Media City, the Imperial War Museum North and the Lowry theatre and gallery.
Among the many positives in what will be, for most, a razzmatazzy kind of stay, are the genuinely friendly staff, a breakfast selection that's cheery, robust and down to earth (the full breakfast is epic; my eggs Benedict was a perfectly portioned mix of sweet and savoury) and a supremely comfortable bed with pillows that don't wilt overnight.
That said, the room's colour scheme is corporate and bland, and while the whiteness of the bathroom's separate bath and walk-in shower is meant to reference football changing rooms, the end result is a more budget-flavoured one. Still, the toiletries, designed in sport drinks-style packages boasting the class of '92's squad numbers, should raise a chuckle. There'll probably be no complaint with Giggs' No 11 representing body wash, but I'm not so sure about No 18 – Paul Scholes – as conditioner.
And, in a way, those last two points sum up the Hotel Football conundrum. Who will your guests be really? United supporters or fans of football.
It's the cheeky references to former Manchester United players and the club's history that provide the character. The hotel's owners have ensured it is football focused not United themed and, with a maximum of 26 home match days in a season, maybe that makes sense. But surely it would be better to embrace the club's image and history in a tongue-in-cheek way? How about a Sir Alex Ferguson hairdryer? Or a high-collared Eric Cantona robe? That would be wearing your colours with pride, but with humour, too.
• Eat
• Drink
Simon Rogan's Mr Cooper's at The Midland Hotel has a fine selection of weird and wonderful cocktail combinations and a very reasonable pre-theatre menu.
• Culture
I'm very much looking forward to Manchester International Festival's co -production of The Skriker, starring Maxine Peake this summer (1-18 July). And HOME, a huge new arts space, opens in May with a cracking programme starting with dance company Hofesh Shechter.
• Art
Obviously I have to say my beloved Whitworth, Manchester's gallery in the park, which reopened on Valentine's Day. I also have to mention my other gallery, Manchester Art Gallery in the city centre, with its rich pre-Raphaelite and modern collections.
• Shop
Fig and Sparrow on Oldham Street in the Northern Quarter does great coffee and the best selection of desirable homewares, cards and things you thought you never needed.


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I hope that everyone is having a great weekend!
My mom and I went on a shopping trip to the outlets yesterday, and I made out really well with some good finds! I was primarily on a mission to find some clothes for work, since I start my new job next month. I had luck at the Gap and LOFT, and almost everything I bought was majorly on sale! I look forward to wearing these new clothes, especially since I've been basically living in sweats the past few weeks. I also love going to Bass. I always find shoes and boots that I love at this store, and the jewelry is very cute (and very on sale). My favorite red flats are from Bass!
After the outlets, B and I went out to dinner at Outback, and I tried the new "California Chicken Salad". I really liked the addition of the apples, walnuts, and feta cheese. I need to start re-creating these salads at home! We headed over to a game night at our friends' house after dinner. We ended up playing "Catch Phrase" and "Things" for hours. I love nights like this!
Here are some of my favorite fashion finds recently:
-Boots: Bass Outlet
-Wristlet: Coach Outlet
-Necklace: Etsy (Morgan Prather)
A few weeks ago, my sister tagged this necklace on Pinterest. I casually mentioned how I really liked it and thought it was unique, so I was very excited to receive this surprise in the mail from my big sis a few days ago. She bought herself one, and I love how we now have the same necklace. Thank you, L!
And some good eats:
I have been making Kristen's "Custard Oats" a lot this week, and I plan on making them again with peanut butter and mini chocolate chips today. This bowl of oats included fresh blueberries, walnuts, and cinnamon, with the Mini Maple Pancake Muffins on the side. And yes, those are Aussie Cheese Fries in the other picture. I don't complain when B orders them!😉
I plan on relaxing with this little guy (who will be 15 this week!) and start the third book of the "Hunger Games" this afternoon. Have a great day!
What are your favorite outlet stores? Mine are LOFT, Gap, Bass, and Coach.
What are your favorite games to play at "game nights"? "Things" was a very entertaining and hilarious game to play with a group!


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Gregg D. Ander, FAIA
Gregg D. Ander, LLC
Gregg D. Ander is the President and Managing Director of Gregg D. Ander, LLC which provides consultative services on a variety of power and energy sector issues. He recently stepped down as the Vice President of Power Strategies at the Energy Foundation in San Francisco, where he oversaw a portfolio of investments including utility generation, distributed energy resources, energy efficiency, and cross cutting (grid integration, finance, data, pricing, business models). Previously, he held numerous senior management positions during his 30-year career at Southern California Edison, worked at the California Energy Commission, and was in private practice in Wisconsin and Arizona. Mr. Ander was the Executive Producer of seven environmentally focused television programs for NBC, CBS, and PBS. One program, "Greener Buildings/Bluer Skies," won an Emmy award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
Mr. Ander serves on the Board of Directors of the Sustainable Building Industry Council (SBIC) and the New Buildings Institute (NBI). He has authored over 70 energy- and environment-related articles and has won awards for various energy-related projects from the U.S. Department of Energy; American Institute of Architects; American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers; and the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. He was elevated to "Fellow" by the American Institute of Architects for his body of work and accomplishments in energy and environmental issues. In addition, Mr. Ander has participated in sustainability charrettes for residential, retail, K-12 schools, offices, and the greening of the White House and Old Executive Office buildings. He is the author of the book, "Daylighting Performance and Design," published by John Wiley & Sons (second edition). He was educated at the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, Oxford Polytechnic, and Arizona State University with degrees in Architecture and Environmental Planning.
Allison Arieff
Allison Arieff is Editorial Director off the urban planning and policy think tank, SPUR. She is also a contributing columnist to the New York Times and writes about design, cities and architecture for numerous publications including Wired, Dialogue, the MIT Technology Review, and City Lab. She is former Senior Content Lead for the global design and innovation firm IDEO and was editor at large for Sunset and GOOD magazines. From 2002 to 2006, she was Editor in Chief of Dwell (and was founding senior editor of the magazine, which launched in 2000). Dwell won the National Magazine Award for General Excellence in 2005 under her tenure. While there, she created the Dwell Home Design Invitational, an international competition to design a modern, affordable prefab home that then led to the development of the Dwell Homes prefab house program.
Arieff is a frequent lecturer and media expert on issues around urbanism, design and architecture. She has lectured at the New York Times' Cities for Tomorrow Conference, City Innovate, University of California Berkeley, Stanford University, the Hearst Lectures at Cal Poly and the Architectural League of New York. She has appeared on KQED News, the Diane Rehm Show, KQED Forum, Sundance Channel's Big Ideas for a Small Planet, CNN and Planet Money, among others. Arieff began her editorial career in book publishing with stints at Random House, Oxford University Press, and Chronicle Books, where she edited numerous titles on design and culture, including Airstream: A History of the Land Yacht and Hatch Show Print: A History of the Great American Poster Shop. She is author of the books Prefab, Trailer Travel: A Visual History of Mobile America, and Spa. Allison Arieff lives with her husband and daughter in San Francisco.
Bob Berkebile, FAIA
Principal, BNIM Architects
Any list of accomplished, influential environmentalists and preservationists includes Bob Berkebile. Highly regarded by fellow professionals and the recipient of numerous awards, Bob has focused his career on improving the quality of life in our society with the integrity and spirit of his firm's work.
He is a founding principal of BNIM Architects and has contributed 44 years to the architectural profession. Among his contributions to his industry, Bob is the founding chairman of the American Institute of Architects' National Committee on the Environment (AIA / COTE) and was also instrumental in the formation of the US Green Building Council and its LEED rating system.
Bob's work as an architect and thought leader in sustainable methodologies continue to increase the national and global momentum towards triple-bottom-line solutions in our built environments – solutions that seek to find a balance between people, planet and prosperity. In 2009, Bob received a Heinz Award from Theresa Heinz and the Heinz Family Foundation for his leadership and commitment to the environment and action towards restoring social, economic and environmental vitality to America's communities through sustainable architecture and planning. In 2011, his firm was selected for the AIA National Architecture Firm Award, the organization's highest honor.
Paul Torcellini
Principal Engineer, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Paul Torcellini is a Principal Engineer with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). He has just completed an assignment at the U.S. Department of Energy in Washington, D.C., working in the Building Technology Office. Prior to this assignment, he was the Group Manager for Commercial Buildings Research at NREL.
Torcellini was part of the owner team that procured NREL's 360,000-square-foot net-zero office building in Golden, Colo. This project is changing the commercial office building landscape by using 50 percent less energy than if it were built to current commercial code, while being built at a competitive cost for new construction. This project was honored by ASHRAE earlier this year with a first-place 2013 ASHRAE Technology Award.
Torcellini is a recognized expert in methods and technologies to achieve substantial whole building energy savings in both new construction and major renovations. He has been at NREL for nearly 20 years; is a registered Professional Engineer and holds a PhD from Purdue University.
Allison G. Williams, FAIA LEED AP
Ms. Williams is a Vice President and the Design Director for AECOM's Western Region and San Francisco's Design Studio Lead. In a career spanning more than 30 years, her design leadership has influenced the work of both Skidmore Owings & Merrill (1980-1997) and Perkins+Will (1997-2012). Visit her website.
Williams is currently designing two research laboratories for NASA, at Langley in Virginia and at Ames/Moffitt Field in California. Her award winning work includes The August Wilson Center in Pittsburgh PA; CREATE (Campus for Research Excellence and Technological Enterprise) a 690,000 GSF Greenmark Platinum research facility in Singapore (2013 R&D Magazine's Lab of the Year); and the New Calexico US Port of Entry (a GSA Design Excellence Commission) which received a 2013 Progressive Architecture Award. Her Princess Nora Abdulrahman University Health Sciences and Research Campus in Riyadh Saudi Arabia (for 40,000 Islamic Women), was completed in 2012 and published in 2014.
Ms. Williams chaired the International Design Competition, Vertical Cities-2013 in Singapore and presented at The Aga Khan Design Awards Conference in Singapore focused on Emerging Models of Planning Practice.
Honored as one of San Francisco's Most Influential Woman in 2014, Williams is a lecturer in Architecture at Stanford University, a board member of SPUR (a research, education and advocacy organization for Bay Area planning) and chair of the Harvard Graduate School of Design Visiting Committee 2014-16. Williams was a recipient of The Loeb Fellowship at Harvard Graduate School of Design, and received both her Masters of Architecture and Bachelor of Art in the Practice of Art at the University of California, Berkeley. Williams was elevated to Fellow in the American Institute of Architects in 1997.


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Blurring the Boundaries: Explorations to the Fringes of Nonfiction
Blurring the Boundaries: Explorations to the Fringes of Nonfiction
Contemporary discussions on nonfiction are often riddled with questions about the boundaries between truth and memory, honesty and artifice, facts and lies.nbsp; Just how much truth is in nonfiction?nbsp; How much is a lie? Blurring the Boundaries sets out to answer such questions while simultaneously exploring the limits of the form.
This collection features twenty genre-bending essays from today's most renowned teachers and writers- including original work from Michael Martone, Marcia Aldrich, Dinty W. Moore, Lia Purpura, and Robin Hemley, among others. These essays experiment with structure, style, and subject matter, and each isnbsp;accompanied by the writer's personal reflection on the work itself, illuminating his or her struggles along the way. As these innovative writers stretch the limits of genre, they take us with them, offering readers a front-row seat to an ever-evolving form.
Readers also receive a practical approach to craft thanks to the unique writing exercises provided by the writers themselves. Part groundbreaking nonfiction collection, part writing reference, Blurring the Boundaries serves as the ideal book for literary lovers and practitioners of the craft.nbsp;


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Georgetown Leads Early, but Falls to Seton Hall at Home, 67-57
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Four in Double Figures as Georgetown Pulls Away from Elon, 85-76
Preseason candidate for the 2006 John R. Wooden All-America Team and Player of the Year Award
Junior (2004-05)
Third-Team All-BIG EAST Selection ... team's leading scorer (15.1 ppg) and second leading rebounder (6.1 boards per game) ... led the team in steals (42) and was third in blocked shots (29) ... started every contest and averaged 33.3 minutes per game ... had four double-doubles this season, bringing his career total to eight ... shot 50.1% from the field and 71.4% from the stripe ... had six perfect games from the free-throw line and hit 14-of-15 vs. Seton Hall on Feb. 2 ... led the team in scoring in 14 outings.
Sophomore (2003-04)
Started every contest, averaging 34.7 minutes per game ... led the team in rebounding (8.1 rpg), blocked shots for the season (37) and was second in scoring (15.9 ppg) ... posted four double-doubles ... set career high in scoring with 30 points vs. Delaware State on Nov. 29 ... twice tied his career high in rebounding with 12 boards ... established a new career high in assists with six vs. Elon on Dec. 13 ... set career high in steals with five vs. Davidson on Dec. 6.
Freshman (2002-03)
Started every contest averaging 23.9 minutes per game ... established season high in scoring with 18 vs. Norfolk State on Dec. 16 and again vs. Syracuse in the BIG EAST Tournament on March 13 ... set a career high in rebounding with 12 at Providence in the NIT ... set his season high in assists with five at West Virginia on March 3.
High School
Averaged 14 points and eight rebounds while leading his team to a 32-2 record ... team captured California State Division I-A Championship and a USA Today No. 1 ranking ... teammates with current Hoya classmate Ashanti Cook ... member of the 2002 USA Team at the International Albert Schweitzer Youth Basketball Tournament in Mannheim, Germany.
Brandon Kyle Bowman was born in Beverly Hills, Calif. ... parents Tom and Sharon Bowman ... has three brothers Tom, Stephan and Zach and one sister, Nicole ... cousins Antoine and Samaki Walker play in the NBA ... majoring in sociology, with a minor in English.
Career Highs
Points: 30 vs. Delaware St. 11/29/03
Rebounds: 15 at Notre Dame 3/4/04
Assists: 6 vs. Elon 12/13/03
Steals: 5 three times
Blocks: 5 vs. Virginia Tech 3/6/04
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