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On "Love and Hip Hop Atlanta" season 3, episode 9, we get to see that Benzino and Althea's relationship may potentially hit a snag when she drops a massive bomb on Zino that could not only destroy his romantic relationship, but a relationship with his close friend and business partner.
On the episode, Althea will reveal that she once had a romantic relationship with Zino's best friend, Stevie J.
And as expected, this is going to cause some major friction and drama down the road—something that fans of "Love and Hip Hop Atlanta" just can't get enough of.
In fact, compared to other things happening on the show, this revelation by Althea may not even crack the top 5. In just a few short weeks, fans have seen Karlie Redd attempt to fight a woman who admitted to sleeping with her man, Lil' Scrappy get Bambi pregnant (and then Bambi losing the pregnancy), and Kirk fly all the way down to New Orleans to confront his estranged wife.
Joseline has already given her ring back to Stevie J after she found naked pictures on his phone—only to be coupled up with him in a hot tub one episode later.
And then, of course, there's Mimi. Mimi, who would often take the moral high ground in previous seasons when it came to Stevie J, made a sex take with her boyfriend that somehow got into the hands of some big movers and shakers in the adult entertainment business.
Instead of having the tape released and her not profit on it, Mimi decides to sign a deal in which she will receive a good sized check from it. And despite having reservations about the man she made the tape with (in the back of her mind, she believes he leaked the tape), she has stayed with him—at least up until episode 8 (we'll see how long that lasts).
So what will be the result of Althea dropping the Stevie J bomb on Benzino? We'll have to wait until the episode airs to find out.
Episode 9 of "Love and Hip Hop Atlanta" debuts on Monday night on VH1. You can watch a preview of the episode here.


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Are Scratch Cards the New Coupons?
A gourmet store is giving away a laptop, among other "free stuffs."
Here's one of the stranger recession specials we've seen: Café du Monde — a new gourmet store and café serving sushi and teriyaki, at 20 West 37th Street — is giving out scratch cards that put you in the running for a free laptop or sandwich ("get many stuffs for free," reads a sign). Offer good through March 31.

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If you're a hopeless romantic you must see Bright Star. Maybe you'll be as inspired by Fanny Brawne's fashion sense as much as I am. And on a side note, you'll totally wish John Keats could be your Homecoming date. What a hottie!
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If you're a hopeless romantic you must see Bright Star. Maybe you'll be as inspired by Fanny Brawne's fashion sense as much as I am. And on a side note, you'll totally wish John Keats could be your Homecoming date. What a hottie!
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Hey fellas, ditch the plain white oxford and add some color to your suit or tux with a button-up in bright, bold hues. --Angel
1.Van Heusen Poplin Fitted Shirt, $19.99 2.Perry Ellis Sateen Point-Collar Dress Shirt, $49.50 3.Asos Slim Fit Shirt, $35 4.Gap Fitted Perfect Shirt, $29.50 5.Heritage 1981 Woven Button Down Shirt, $25
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Nothing says luxury like a touch of gold. Make your Homecoming shine with a dash of gilded beauty! --Angel
1.Valentino Gold, $55 2.Metallic Bronze Nail Lacquer, $3 3.L'Oreal Colour Riche Lipstick in Golden Splendor, $8.95 4.Stila Cosmetics Eye Shadow Trio in Gold Glow, $28 5.Benefit Cosmetics Gilded Highlighting Pencil, $20
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From colorful flats to metallic leggings, here's our take on ballerina-inspired touches you can add to your Homecoming look. Now go ahead and dance! -- Angel
1.Ruffle Bottom Leggings, $22 2.Bandolino 'Davanna' Shoes, $75 3.BCBGeneration Lace Stirrup Leggings, $58 4.Slick Leggings, $68 5.Sewing Notions Flats, $178 6.Jonathan Aston Footless Tartan Tights, $13.95 7.Rhinestone Toe Leopard Flats, $20 8.Mustard Knot Pointy Flat, $26.99 9.Footless Tights, $12 10.Wanted Frills, $35
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Who doesn't love Carrie's wardrobe from the Sex and the City movie? Well, if you were particularly fond of the white and gold, one-shoulder cocktail dress she rocked at the beginning of the film you're in luck! We found a similar frock online and it's absolutely perfect for Homecoming. From the ruching on the bodice to the oversized flower accent at the shoulder, the Celebrity-Inspired Dress from Faviana ($258) will have you looking like a movie star! --Angel
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Soccer hottie David Beckham might be able to pull off the facial fuzz, but trust us, your Homecoming date would appreciate a close shave on the big night. Find out how to get a nice, smooth face here.
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Want silky, straight strands for Homecoming? With the help of a straightening iron, a few products, and these simple steps you can get shiny, smooth hair without the expensive trip to the salon. Here's how:
1. Apply a leave-in conditioner to damp hair and blow dry. Try Ojon Restorative Leave-in Treatment ($29) to protect hair.
2. Spritz 1-inch sections of hair with a working spray, such as Alterna Caviar Working Hair Spray ($26), then use a flat iron to straighten.
3. Finish with a dime-size amount of shine serum. We love Carol's Daughter Hair Balm ($12) -- it leaves hair impossibly shiny and infused with a deeply intoxicating aroma of gardenia, vanilla, and honey!
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Don't leave for Homecoming without one of these sensational hair accessories! --Angel
1.Flower with Feather Hair Pin, $3.50 2.Helene Berman Premium Feather Fascinator, $88 3.Camelia Headband, $17 4.Eugenia Kim 'Gigi' Lace Head Scarf, $144 5.Tigerlily 'Calypso' Headband, $90 6.Enamel and Rhinestone Barrette, $12.99 7.Starlit Peony Clip, $24 8.Lace Chiffon Floral Bobby Pin, $1.50 9.Rhinestone Flower Headband, $2.99 10.Tarina Tarantino Spanish Comb w/ Vintage Resin Flowers and Crystals, $152
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Still looking for inspiration for your Homecoming dress? Take a cue from these Hollywood hotties. Dalia gowns are a red carpet staple.
Recording artist Mya was spotted wearing this silver stunner at the recent 9th Annual Celebrity Catwalk Fashion Show in Hollywood.
"Wizards of Waverly Place" star Jennifer Stone showed Dalia some love at the Creative Arts Emmys in Los Angeles.
And at the recent "Sorority Row" premiere, Teri Andrzejewski caused a flurry of camera activity as she dazzled the onlookers in her emerald green Dalia gown.
For more looks from Dalia, click here.
Happy Homecoming!
--Gigi Hooghkirk
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A little bit girly, and a little bit rock 'n' roll, these dresses take Homecoming style to another level with edgy stud details. --Angel
1.BCBGMAXAZRIA Studded Wool Dress, $198 2.Alice + Olivia Studded Ruched Sleeve Dress, $297 3.Studded Fete Dress, $298 4.Chemistry Shift Dress, $30 5.Black Tie-Back Halter Dress, $70
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|NPS Paleontology Research Abstract Volume
Plant megafossils occur at many localities in the Chinle Formation of Late Triassic age in Capitol Reef National Park. These localities, which occur at several horizons in the formation ranging from the Shinarump Member at the base to the Owl Rock Member equivalent at the top, contain representatives of most major groups of vascular plants including horsetails, ferns, cycadophytes, conifers, and several taxa of uncertain classification, including Sanmigueia, a fossil that some authors believe is an angiosperm. The Chinle plant fossils are preserved as compressions, impressions, petrifications and pith casts. The flora correlates in general with the classic Chinle flora of northern Arizona and New Mexico. When study of these fossils is completed science will have a better understanding of the plant life and paleoecology of the area during Late Triassic.
Some of the fossils that occur in the park have either been described or mentioned in the literature but no complete study of the flora has yet been published. At this time the following plant megafossils have been recognized in the Chinle Formation in Capitol Reef National Park:
Equsetites sp.
Phlebopteris smithii
Cynepteris lasiophora
Cladophlebis sp.
Eoginkgoites davidsonii
Zamites powellii
Zamites n. sp.
Pagiophyllum sp.
Brachyphyllum sp.
Araucarioxylon arizonicum
Classification uncertain
Sanmiguelia lewisi
Plant macrofossils and pollen from twenty five packrat middens were analyzed in order to reconstruct the past vegetation and to analyze vegetation changes occurring since settlement at Capitol Reef National Park. The middens ranged in age from modern to greater than 39,000 years. Eight middens collected from Hartnet Draw in northern Capitol Reef allowed the reconstruction of vegetation over the last 5400 years. Presettlement middens consistently contained fossils of plants now heavily browsed by cattle such as winterfat (Ceratoides lanata), pinyon pine (Pinus edulis), sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) and rice grass (Oryzopsis hymenoides), none of which are present in a modern packrat midden although some of these plants are present in varying amounts in the modern community. In contrast, the modern sample is the only midden containing specimens of plants typical of overgrazed range such as whitebark rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus visidiflorus), and greasewood (Sarcobatus vermiculatus), and one of two middens containing snakeweed (Gutterezia sarothrae). The recent grazing impacts precipitated by far the most severe vegetation changes of the last 5000 years.
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In just four short days downtown Denver will be in a geek frenzy as the third annual Denver Comic Con hits the Colorado Convention Center June 13-15, 2014. William Shatner returns to the convention playing host to an incredible reunion panel with Star Trek: Next Generation cast members Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Denise Crosby, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden and Marina Sirtis. Well known and loved for their hilarious convention appearances, Next Gen cast members will be offering Rocky Mountain area Sci-Fi fans a tremendous treat. Along with the Next Gen crew is a stellar guest line-up including just announced guests Battlestar Galatica's Admiral Adama himself, brilliant actor Edward James Olmos, and Caity Lotz from plays Black Canary on CW's hit show Arrow. Other highly anticipated guests include Evil Dead icon Bruce Campbell, Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Nicholas Brendon, The Walking Dead's Chandler Riggs and Michael Rooker, Walter Koenig, Jim Cummings, Neal Adams, Shane Bitney Crone, Kathryn Immonen, Robert Axelrod, Walter Jones, David Yost, and the big names continue on.
Denver Comic Con has skyrocketed to become one of the largest comic conventions in the country. Big names in the biz as well as fans will all come together to raise funds for the non-profit organization Comic Book Classroom. This charity is a Non-profit organization created for low income schools and communities to help children with reading and writing difficulties. It's a six week program geared towards needy kids by utilizing comic books and graphic novels as a teaching tool. By the end of the program, these kids will have actually written and designed their own comic books. Have fun and raise money for a good cause. To purchase tickets go to DenverComicCon.com.


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Introduction to Mountain Biking - YHA
This gentle tour takes in some of the White Peaks most spectacular scenery. Your 1st days ride is along quiet country lanes & flat, off road bridleways visiting a number of picturesque villages & hamlets allowing time to get a feel for the bike. Your 2nd day on the saddle takes your northwards via Youlgrave & Longdale where you will try a few more challenging off road tracks providing an excellent introduction to this exhilarating sport.
Day 1: Arrive Hartington
You will stay at a quality B&B or Hartington YHA, this 17th century manor house was the Peak Districts 1st YHA & features log fires, oak panelling & a bedroom where Bonnie Prince Charlie once slept.
Day 2: White Peak Loop South (21 miles)
This is an easy / moderate ride mostly along quiet country lanes with a few sections on gravel tracks & trails. Leaving Hartington you will travel along gently undulating country lanes to Alstonefield, an area which is very popular with walkers. You will continue along quiet country lanes to Ilam, there are a few slightly longer hills on this section & a long, fairly steep descent down to Ilam. A short but very steep hill away from Ilam helps to gain some height & you will continue through Thorpe to the Tissington Trail. You can detour to Ashbourne or go straight to the picturesque village of Tissington. A flat, traffic free trail takes you to Biggin & back to Hartington.
Day 3: Youlgrave & the High Peak Trail (23 miles)
A fantastic quiet country lane takes you along the limestone gorge at Long Dale to the Neolithic stone circle at Arbor Low. This impressive reminder of our past is said to be around 5000 years old. The circle is often referred to as 'The Stonehenge of the Peak' and is well worth a visit. More quiet country lanes & a great descent take you through the pretty village of Middleton & onto another attractive and typical limestone village at Youlgrave. A fantastic off road trail takes you through the Derbyshire Dales Nature Reserve before joining the traffic free High Peak Trail back to Hartington. summer. The trail takes you all the way back to Hartington along the old railway track so the cycling is easy!
What the Price Includes
Fantastic Routes
All our routes are along quiet country lanes & tracks (cycling) or Footpaths, tracks, bridleways & country lanes (walking). Routes are designed to take you to the most interesting attractions, picturesque villages & outstanding scenery the Peak District has to offer.
Our detailed maps and route notes ensure easy navigation & take you to the best cafes & pubs. Opening times, telephone numbers & general details are provided for all the places you will pass, allowing you to plan lunch stops, rest stops etc.
Our routes have been designed to keep away from the main roads, avoid killer hills & to take in the nicest & most unspoilt parts of the Peak District.
Most places you will stay are small family run B&B's, country pubs & guesthouses. If you would like a single room please book early as single rooms are often limited.
Local knowledge is invaluable when choosing good accommodation & all the places you will stay have been carefully selected on grounds of location, character, friendliness of the staff and cleanliness.
All prices are per person based on 2 people sharing either a twin or double room. If you would like to book a single supplement please state this on the booking form & we will contact you to discuss prices & availability.
Bikes & Equipment
Our bikes are either Dawes Discovery hybrid/trail bikes or Dawes XC 1.4 or 1.6 24 gear mountain bikes if you prefer.
All bikes come fully serviced, clean & in excellent condition. We have a choice of sizes to ensure you get a bike which is right for you.
All bikes come fitted with handlebar bags which allow you to carry camera, wallet, snacks etc. All bikes also come fitted with water bottle holders, cycle computer, bell, map holders, rear pannier & also puncture repair kit, pump, multi tool, locks & helmets are provided.
Local Information
Your are provided with historical information about all the towns & villages you will pass through, interesting facts about the area and all relevant information about the attractions & amenities nearby.
Emergency Backup number
In the unlikely event that you have any problems you have that piece of mind to know that we are always only a phone call away. It doesn't happen very often but it's reassuring to know that we will come to rescue you if required.
Luggage Transfer Option
If you chose the luggage transfer option we will pick your bags up in the morning & deliver them to your next overnight stop so that they are waiting for you when you arrive. This allows you to travel light & not worry about carrying all your things with you each day.
General Information
A reasonable level of fitness is required on all tours. You don't need to be super fit but there are a few hills on all tours – this is the Peak District! Obviously the ability to ride a bike is essential.
Tour Guide
Easy : 10 - 20 miles of almost flat cycling but a few small hills.
Moderate : 15 - 25 miles of undulating tracks & country lanes with 2-3 longer hills.
Hard : 20 - 40 miles with a number of difficult hills.
Start Location & Dates
All tours depart on any day of the week subject to accommodation availability.
Most tours are designed so that you start from a Location with good rail links and travel by public transport is recommended.
The weather in the Peak District can be very changeable so it is always advisable to come prepared. Check the weather forecast before departing on any ride & always take suitable clothing & equipment as necessary.
All bikes are serviced after every ride, however problems do occasionally occur. In the event that you are unable to fix your bike you can always call our emergency back up line & we will come to meet you & either fix your bike or bring a new one for you.
You are provided with spare inner tubes, pumps & puncture repair kits. Although it doesn't happen often punctures can happen at any time so it is important that you know how to fix one (or find someone who can). Everything you need & detailed instructions are provided so you can fix punctures for yourself.
Peak Tours does not accept liability for any accidents which may occur whilst you are out on your ride. Please exercise due care & attention at all times to avoid any accident or injury to yourselves or anyone else.
Booking Conditions
To book a tour please send a completed booking form & Peak Tours will confirm your booking by email, and send you an invoice for (a) deposit of £50 per person on all holidays or (b) The full holiday cost. If only the deposit is paid at time of booking then full payment of the holiday is required no less than 6 weeks before the start of your holiday. No further reminder is sent. If you book your holiday within 6 weeks of the holiday start date, the full holiday cost is required at time of booking.
Consumer Protection
In order to comply with EU Travel Regulations 1992 your deposit & final payment will be held in a trust fund until your holiday is completed. This is to ensure the financial security of your holiday.
Cancellation by You
If you cancel your holiday the person who signed the booking form must notify us in writing and will be subject to the following cancellation charges from the date of receipt of your letter.
Notice of Cancellation Charge
|Length of time before the tour is due to start
|Cancellation Charge
|More than 42 days before start date
|Deposit (£50 each)
|29 – 42 days
|15 – 28 days
|Less than 14 days before start date
Cancellation by Peak Tours
In the unlikely event that we have to cancel a holiday you will be entitled to a full refund.
We strongly recommend that you take out adequate holiday insurance including medical cover, personal accident, loss of belongings & cancellation cover. We cannot be held responsible for your own illness, injury or loss/damage of your belongings while on holiday.
All prices are in Stirling (GBP) and are valid for 2015. Price includes everything as listed on the website and is based on 2 people sharing.
Group Tours
We reserve the right to cancel a holiday or offer an alternative date if there are not enough people on the tour. In the unlikely event this should happen we will notify you no later than 4 weeks before your departure date.
Bikes & Equipment
With the interests of safety we reserve the right to refuse bike hire to those who we do not consider to be competent cyclists. You are responsible for the care & safe keeping of any equipment you use which belongs to Peak Tours. You will ensure that bikes are securely locked to an immovable object when left unattended. In the event that the bike and/or any accessories are lost or stolen you shall indemnify us for the cost of replacing those items.
We will always do our best to ensure that your accommodation is within accordance to our advertising & your booking requirements. In some locations accommodation is limited & it may be necessary to change some of the details from those advertised or requested. We will notify you of any such alterations as soon as we can, offering alternative arrangements of at least equivalent standard.
Customer Satisfaction
We aim to ensure you have an enjoyable holiday & welcome feedback (positive or negative) on all aspects of our holidays so that we can continue to improve them. If you have any problems or are unhappy in anyway with any aspect of the holiday please call us at the earliest opportunity so that action can be taken to remedy the problem. Any complaint made to Peak Tours after your holiday should be made in writing within 28 days of your return home.


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You may remember this quilt I made a couple of years ago from Helen Howes wonderful Twelve Trees pattern using the Oakshott sunshine F8th bundle. Well at this year's Fat Quarterly retreat, you will have a chance to learn to make the blocks that go into this quilt in workshops with Helen Howes, the quilt designer. You will also be given Oakshotts to pay with in the workshop to mix in with your own fabrics.
But if you're not coming to the retreat (and even if you are) here is a chance to win your own sunshine F8th bundle. Oakshott are re-issuing all 56 of their colourshott colours in a heavier, wider (54″) version. Closer to the weight of quilting cottons than the previous incarnation, the Oakshotts are deeper and richer and still as soft as butter so sew with.
Here is a quilt I made using them this week which will soon be available free with any sunshine F8 bundle you buy from Oakshott.
Anyway, on to the winning part. What do you have to do to be in with a chance of winning? You have three chances to comment and, as we like to reward loyalty, two are restricted to loyal FQ customers.
1. Sign up to the Oakshott newsletter and let us know that you have or that you already were signed up.
2. One extra entry for anyone who has a ticket for this year's Fat Quarterly retreat or has been to any of our previous retreat.
3. One extra entry for anyone who has a Fat Quarterly subscription currently.
Good Luck and we will draw a winner randomly next week!


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The Fender American Vintage '59 Stratocaster with Maple Fingerboard is an incredibly accurate early 1959 reissue offering all the highly evolutionary features such as a slimmer neck, maple fingerboard and single ply, 8-hole pickguard that appeared in the early part of this pivotal year. If you prefer a Rosewood fingerboard, check out the later version Fender American Vintage 59 Stratocaster Rosewood Electric Guitar.
The American Vintage '59 Strat reissue is modeled after the early 1959 Strats and features the slim-profile D-shaped maple neck of that year, a maple fingerboard, faded Three-color Sunburst finish and single-ply white pickguard with eight holes. Its lightweight alder body, aged plastic knobs and vintage-accurate pickups, bridge saddles, tuner spacing give the look and feel that makes the original '59 strats some of the most highly sought after.
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With Valentine's Day approaching, a lot of couples are planning unique and special ideas to celebrate their love together. But no matter what the date is, perhaps the best Valentine's Day gift of all is leaving your smartphone alone and giving your significant other your undivided attention.
According to a study released by the Pew Research Center, one in four couples state that smartphones are distracting in their relationship. While the convenience of smartphones have helped couples feel closer to each other due to online or text messages, the attractive qualities of smartphones also prove to be distracting in a relationship. Nowadays, it is a common phenomenon to see couples buried with their hands in their smartphones while they are on a date with each other.
The internet has also had a significant impact in determining the seriousness of a relationship. For example, sharing passwords of email accounts and social media profiles are an example of an established level of trust in a serious relationship. According to the report, about 67% of couples in serious relationships share their online passwords, whereas 27% use the same email account and 11% share a social media profile.
Other than texting and sharing social media account, married and unmarried couples are as likely to send sexts to their significant other, as one in 10 adults (married and unmarried) have admitted in sending a nude phot or video to each other. With the emergence of new apps like Snapchat, this has proven to be an ideal platform to share private photos or videos with specific people.


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A team of 30 Purchase College students overseen by faculty members from the Purchase College School of Art + Design will completely take over the Richard & Dolly Maass Gallery from September 15-30 to re-create one of artist Pat Steir's most acclaimed wall drawings called Self-Portrait: An Installation.
The two-week project is being done in conjunction with the Neuberger Museum's exhibition Pat Steir: Drawing Out of Line which is on view to December 19. Wall drawings have been an ongoing aspect of the artist's work since 1975 and this work was first presented in 1987 at the New Museum in New York. The finished work will be on view to November 19.
Faculty members Susan Horvath, Julian Kreimer and Michael Torlen have selected the undergraduates and graduate students who are participating. They will execute the work using pencil lead, ink wash, oil stick and red pencil and chalk, according to Steir's instructions under the supervision of Anthony Sansotta, the artistic director of the Sol Lewitt estate. The project will give the public a rare opportunity to see the process unfold through the windows of the Maass Gallery.
The project will be done in several phases. Pat Steir created a model of the space and redesigned the project specifically for the Mass Gallery. The imagery is inspired by Renaissance and Baroque drawing manuals discussed in E.H. Gombrich's Art and Illusion, 1960, one of the artist's favorite texts as well as drawing manuals in the New York Public Library's Rare Books Room.
The first stage requires a surface layer. Students will draw a circular pattern on the walls to develop a background layer. Once a sufficient density is reached, a grid will be applied. When this is complete, images of eyes, ears and other facial features will be drawn on the grid. The drawing style of each feature is determined in advance by Pat Steir who uses examples from different drawing manuals so each ear is different in style and scale. In the end, every wall of the Maass Gallery will be covered with enlarged images of parts of the face—eyes, ears, noses and mouths. In creating this work, Steir questioned whether all art is self-portraiture, even when the gesture of the artist is removed and the work is governed by rules and emotional detachment.
As the installation team copies images from sources in drawing books which are projected onto walls, they gain insight into Ms Steir's thinking and style much like apprentices of earlier centuries.
The Pat Steir work complements an exhibition in the Neuberger Museum of art called Pat Steir: Drawing Out of Line which will be on view from September 11 to December 19. The show was organized by Jan Howard, Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs at the Rhode Island School of Design and Susan Harris, and independent curator.
The Maass Gallery will celebrate the completion of the work with a public reception from 5-7 PM on September 30 and a lecture at 6:30 PM with Pat Steir and Susan Harris.
Students participating in the project are:
Rebecca Miner, Sidney, NY
Estelle Maisonett, Bronx, NY
Katherine Perez, Bronx, NY
Francisco Donoso, Jacksonville, Florida
Ryan Clow, Troy, NY
Corinne Pulsinelle, Milford, NJ
Julian Osorio, Watchung, NJ
Kaitlin Gaudette, Hyde Park, NY
Christine Elmore, Newfield, NY
Samantha Yergo, Merrick, NY
Caleb Trimm, Webster, NY
Theresa Daddezio, Endwell, NY
Bethany Blanchard, Corning, NY
Olivia Hoover, Ballston Lake, NY
Inessa Fendrikova, Warwick, NY
Anne Dilorenzo, New York, NY
Anli Hu, Schenectady, NY
Michal Berman, Brewster, NY
Sean Hildreth, Cheltenham, PA
Alexandra Andresen, New York, NY
Michael Marsico, Emerson, NJ
Nicole Aiello, Brooklyn, NY
Patricia Grullon, Middle Village, NY
Laura Kriegel, Rochester, NY
Adriana Vera-Leon, Port Jefferson, NY
Alexander Derwick, Olean, NY
Allison Murphy, Merrick, NY
Christine Mahoney, Purchase, NY
Clair Murphy (Intern Neuberger)
Courtney Childress (MFA), Dorchester, Mass.
Ellie Perendy, St. Paul, Minn.
Jennifer Dawson (MFA), Greenwich, CT
Jennifer Hitchings, Lincoln Park, NJ
Jessica Whittam (MFA), Port Jeff Station, NY
Joseph Pecorano, Rochester, NY
Manuel Bova, Syracuse, NY
Margaret Rizzio (MFA), Camden, Maine
Maria Rojas, Richmond Hill, NY
Rebecca Shippee, Kingston, NY
Shannon Licitra, Manlius, NY
Tim Martineau, Blossvile, NY
Victoria Wrubel, Staten Island, NY


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Flames Drop Another Heartbreaker, 70-66 at Detroit
Jan. 27, 2012
Gary Talton scored 17 points to lead four Flames in double figures, but Detroit's Ray McCallum poured in 26 points on 9-of-11 shooting, and the Titans held off a furious second-half rally to defeat the UIC men's basketball team, 70-66 Friday night at Calihan Hall. The loss dropped UIC to 3-7 on the season in games decided by five points or less.
With the setback, UIC moves to 6-15 on the season with a 2-9 Horizon League record. Detroit climbed above .500 both overall (12-11) and in League action (6-5).
Talton's team-high 17 points were fueled by three triples, and a 4-for-4 effort from the free throw line. Senior center Darrin Williams recorded his second double-double of the season with 13 points and 10 rebounds, while freshman point guard Sammy Sutter scored a career-high 12 points, and junior guard Daniel Barnes added 11. Sutter, a walk-on from Bartlett, Ill., played a season-high 17 minutes, and converted four field goals while running UIC's offense.
McCallum's 26 points led a threesome of Detroit players in double figures, along with Eli Holman (16 points) and Jason Calliste (12). The Titans out-scored UIC 34-20 in the paint, and held a 36-25 advantage on the boards, bolstered by 14 offensive rebounds.
The game was a back-and-forth affair for the first 16 minutes of the first half, before Detroit ended the frame on a commanding 13-3 run over the final 4:09. That flurry upped Detroit's lead from just five (24-19) to 15 points (37-22) heading into the locker room at halftime. The run was capped off by Evan Bruinsma converting an off-balance shot as time expired.
UIC began to chip away at Detroit's lead at the outset of the second stanza, pulling within a dozen (43-31) at the first media timeout (15:51), and slicing the deficit to single-digits (46-38) with 13:55 remaining - the run was capped off by Talton's third three-pointer. After scoring on six-consecutive possessions, the Flames pulled within one possession (48-45) with 11:14 left - Sutter had two field goals in the stretch, including a three-pointer.
McCallum converted two free throws on the other end, and Detroit held at least a five-point advantage for the ensuing 9:25, eventually building its lead back to 13 points, 59-46, with 4:56 remaining. But UIC mounted another rally, stringing together a commanding 18-8 run, and pulling within just three, 67-64, with 50 seconds remaining.
After Talton hit two freebies with 38 seconds left, UIC pulled within 68-66. Calliste then split two free throws on the other end, and the Flames took over possession trailing by just three (69-66). Barnes and Marc Brown both missed contested three-point shots in an attempt to tie the game. Detroit's LaMarcus Lowe went 1-for-2 from the charity stripe with nine seconds left, completing the game's scoring.
The Flames will return home to host Youngstown State next Thursday (Feb. 2) at the UIC Pavilion beginning at 7 p.m. CST.


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Andrew Lahde's goodbye letter
Retiring hedge fund manager Andrew Lahde: "All of this behavior supporting the Aristocracy, only ended up making it easier for me to find people stupid enough to take the other side of my trades. God bless America."
The Iron Heel
The Iron Heel, published a century ago this year, is a novel by Jack London about socialist revolution in the United States. It is set mostly between 1912 and 1932, with a foreword and numerous footnotes written from the point of view of a historian who has just discovered the manuscript some 700 years later. Here is an excerpt (which is printed on the back cover of some editions) from chapter five:
"This, then, is our answer. We have no words to waste on you. When you reach out your vaunted strong hands for our palaces and purpled ease, we will show you what strength is. In roar of shell and shrapnel and in whine of machine-guns will our answer be couched. We will grind you revolutionists down under our heel, and we shall walk upon your faces. The world is ours, we are its lords, and ours it shall remain. As for the host of labor, it has been in the dirt since history began, and I read history aright. And in the dirt it shall remain so long as I and mine and those that come after us have the power. There is the word. It is the king of words--Power. Not God, not Mammon, but Power. Pour it over your tongue till it tingles with it. Power."
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This commentary on patient safety in nursing practice comes from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
PREVENTING FALLS in the hospital is a high-priority patient safety and quality improvement goal for health care organizations. The reasons are unambiguous: each year, between 700 000 and 1 million people experience a fall in US hospitals.1 Between one-third and one-half of inpatient falls are estimated to result in some injury, with 1% to 3% resulting in a fracture.2 Even when falls result in no physical harm to the patient, they can have other negative effects. Older patients who fall without incurring injury can become more afraid of falling and begin to limit their activities. This fear, in turn, can inhibit patients' willingness to participate in activities to regain strength and independence.
Since 2008, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services no longer pays hospitals for the additional costs of treating patients who die or become disabled as a result of a fall.3 Accordingly, health care organizations have raised staff awareness about fall prevention and put numerous programs and interventions into place that identify patients at risk and attempt to reduce the occurrence of falls.
Nurses are assigned the most responsibility to identify patients at risk for falls and to carry out fall prevention programs in their units. To a certain degree, this is logical—nurses' 24/7 interaction with patients gives them a unique awareness of and insight into patients' risk for falls. Nurses also understand how factors such as medication side effects, poor eyesight, impaired mobility or strength, confusion or dementia, and frequent toileting needs can put patients at a greater fall risk.
Nursing staff or nurse managers typically use tools that translate risk factors into a simple score that attempts to predict which patients are at high or low risk for falls. While these risk scores are helpful in boosting organizations' efforts to assess fall risks among patients, systematic reviews suggest that even the best validated fall risk scores have relatively low sensitivity and specificity and even weaker positive predictive value.4
These are not merely interesting statistical conundrums. Translated into the hectic world of nursing care for vulnerable patients, low sensitivity and specificity of the risk scores can give false reassurance that patients are being properly identified and overlook opportunities for fall prevention efforts. A weak positive predictive value suggests that fall prevention programs are spread too thinly, possibly created when many patients are scored as belonging to a one-size-fits-all, high-risk category.5
Although further research is needed on the effectiveness of targeted fall prevention programs, it is clear that nurses will always play a major role in their implementation. Yet, given the multiple and varied needs of patients who are at risk for falls, the involvement of physicians, nursing assistants, physical and occupational therapists, pharmacists, housekeeping, and management is also needed. To get the maximum impact from fall prevention programs, organizations should consider interdisciplinary, systems-like approaches that draw from a wide range of expertise and permit flexibility for each patient's specific risk profiles.
Recognizing this challenge and the scarcity of literature on implementation, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has developed a new evidence-based toolkit that helps clinicians negotiate the change process at their organization.6 It was created by a team with expertise both in fall prevention and in organizational change, including staff from the RAND Corporation, ECRI Institute, and Boston University.
The Web-based toolkit focuses on falls that occur within the hospital, drawing on a systematic review of the literature and expert opinion about best practices in fall prevention. Designed to be a flexible resource for hospitals regardless of their level of expertise, the toolkit can be adapted to meet organizations' different needs, staffing patterns, and specific quality improvement objectives. An expert panel, along with the authors' expertise, provided input on key aspects of care and implementation strategies. To test this expertise in the real world, 6 hospitals tested the toolkit as part of the project and their feedback influenced the final version.
The toolkit's core document is an implementation guide that is organized under 6 major questions to be addressed by the staff (referred to as the implementation team) who will put new practices into place. Intended to gauge an organization's ability to improve fall prevention on a sustained basis, the questions ask:
* Are you ready for this change?
* How will you manage change?
* Which fall prevention practices do you want to use?
* How do you implement the fall prevention program in your organization?
* How do you measure fall rates and fall prevention practices?
* How do you sustain an effective fall prevention program?
Each major question is organized by a series of more detailed questions to guide the implementation team through the improvement process. For example, under question 4 (How do you implement the fall prevention program in your organization?), the toolkit encourages teams to:
* Define which roles and responsibilities staff will have in preventing falls.
* Identify which fall prevention practices go beyond the unit.
* Determine how to put the new practices into operation.
Tools, checklists, worksheets, and links to resources are included in each section and provide additional context and amplification of key concepts. For instance, a tool is included that shows how specific individuals or groups can be assigned to each task. Among other responsibilities, nurses would conduct and supervise assessment of fall risk factors on admission, daily, and if the patient's condition deteriorates; certified nurse assistants would need to ensure the environment around the bed is free of clutter; and physical or occupational therapists would determine need for assistive devices and exercise programs and educate the patient and family about safety with transfers and ambulation.
A section is also included on sustaining practice changes. It acknowledges a major, if not always acknowledged, truth about quality improvement, which is the difficulty of ensuring that changes become woven into the day-to-day fabric of operations. The guide offers questions, examples, and resources that can help organizations anticipate and address barriers to maintaining improvements in their fall prevention program.
Attaining significant improvements in safety and quality across an organization is not a linear process. Consequently, the guide authors acknowledge that certain sections may not be as relevant to hospitals that have already embarked on fall prevention programs. On average, the authors suggest that organizations need about a year to develop, incorporate, and consolidate new fall prevention practices.
As the body of evidence on fall prevention increases, it is useful to identify both the interventions that reduce risks and those that do not. A study published in 2012 and funded by the National Institute on Aging found that increasing the use of bed alarm systems to prevent falls had no clinically significant effect on the number of patients who fell, the rate of injurious falls, or the use of physical restraints. The randomized trial was conducted at 16 nursing units in an urban community hospital and conducted at 16 medical, surgical, and specialty units.7
While technology clearly has an important role to play in patient safety and quality improvement, it cannot on its own foster a culture of safety across an organization. Instead, safety improvements are inspired by learning environments that promote teamwork, communication, respect for a range of expertise, and sustainability of effort.
Similar to health care–acquired infections, patient falls were once thought of as an inevitable, if not unfortunate, consequence of a hospital stay. Evidence has shown these claims to be false. Nurses, who have long championed the cause of reducing fall risks, are an invaluable asset in implementing this systems approach to fall prevention in hospitals.
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Readers of this column may be aware of our love of progressive, experimental or post rock music. Genre labels aside, what we like is fantastic, orchestrated music that steps outside the boundaries of traditional musical forms. When it is done right it sounds like the music Austin act, my education and Utah's Theta Naught make together with their Sound Mass project. The group will play a rare Austin performance at Lambert's Downtown BBQ this Saturday. The intimate upstairs space at Lambert's sounds like the perfect spot for this show.
Imagine a "double band"; two drums, two bassists, two guitarists, two violins... you get the idea, a large, full group making incredible sounds and you have Sound Mass. We first heard the project live when the group closed out the main stage at Austin Psych Festival at Seaholm Power Plant in 2011. Despite being fatigued from three days of reverb and trippy visuals, we found ourselves entranced by this act, so we asked them some questions about the band and where the group is headed in an exclusive interview.
Advance tickets for the Sound Mass performance on Saturday at Lambert's are still available online. Our advice to grab tickets early as the venue space is limited. LES RAV, Benko and Baby Robots are slated to play following Sound Mass at 10 p.m.
For a taste of what Sound Mass look and sound like, check out their YouTube video on the left side bar. The set up for the band is different. Both drummers are placed at the front of the stage facing each other with their respective bands behind them. Sound Mass is anything but typical of a live music act.
Interview questions were sent via email this week and this is what happened:
Examiner: Sound Mass is such a cool idea. How did the collaboration with my education and Theta Naught happen?
Scott L Telles (Bass): We had a few days to kill in Salt Lake City during a west coast tour. Ryan Stanfield, bassist of Theta Naught and designer of artificial hearts, had heard My Education before, liked what he heard, and offered up a collaboration. Despite skepticism on my part of the viability of a two-bass outfit, we decided to give it a whirl. Before we knew it, we'd had both bands onstage at Kilby Court, playing together, and we'd gone into the studio and done an album! It all seemed to happen very easily and organically, and we discovered that the players in both bands were very simpatico.
Examiner: Your manager has mentioned that it is hard to describe exactly what Sound Mass is. Describe the project in three words or less.
Ryan Stanfield (Bass): improvisation, experimentation, collaboration
Scott: Two Bands Collide.
Brian Purington (Guitar): Spiritual Docking
Examiner: What is the goal or purpose of Sound Mass?
Brian: One of the best parts of being in a band is playing music for, and meeting like-minded people across the world. It's rare that you get to collaborate with some these people. I'm just enjoying the times we get to play and record with the Theta Naught crew, and hopefully I can get a pie shake or two along the way.
Scott: …the joy of playing together, the wild thrill of knowing instinctively where/when to change, when to play, when not to play...Sound Mass takes that thrill and amplifies it, magnifies it, to the point where there are 12-13 of us all playing together, with only the loosest of structures - if any at all - and puts us all on the edge, teetering along the narrow precipice between genius and oblivion, between something that sounds like a cohesive whole and something that just sounds like a big mess...and somehow we always pull it off! But I think it's that thrill of not knowing, that venture into the environs of possible chaos, that keeps us doing it, keeps us coming back for more.
Ryan: spiritual docking, pie shakes, aural gratification, fitting as many people on the smallest stage possible…
Examiner: Where does my education and Theta Naught derive most of your creative inspiration from? Are there artists you admire?
Ryan: inspiration - being 'in the moment' while creating music/art/performance --- with like-minded individuals/performers
Admiration - Fugazi, Iron Maiden, Faith No More, Miles Davis, The Bad Plus
Brian: Off the top of my head I would say Neu!, Pink Floyd, My Bloody Valentine, Popol Vuh, Nick Cave, and Slayer.
Scott - Our record collections are vast and varied, but there's a bunch of things we all agree on - we admire the inventive, original and restless auteurs like Eno, Zappa, Beefheart - we love bands that aren't afraid to take risks, like Godspeed, Mogwai, Hawkwind, Ash Ra Tempel, we love the pioneers of instrumental music from the Ventures to Booker T and the MGs to Bent Fabric and Popol Vuh...I could go on and on...
Examiner: I know you get this all the time but humor us, if you had to put a label on the type of music you make, what would that be?
Brian: Post-shoegaze-kraut-rock.
Ryan: easy listening
adult contemporary
classic rock in 100 years
Scott - We hate being pigeonholed, but we understand the necessity, especially in the present day, of putting some sort of filter on the vast amount of information we are all expected to process daily, so, fuck it - go ahead. Call us modern instrumental music, epic/cinematic in scope. Call us postrock, if you must. Hell we played Doom Over Leipzig last year - call us whatever you want.
Examiner: How important do you guys think the type of music you make is to the industry as a whole? Where do my education and Theta Naught fit in?
Brian: I don't know if we fit in at all. We really are just are doing this for ourselves. I'm humbled that anyone even notices us, much less likes what we're doing.
Ryan: moderate, at best </sarcasm>
Scott - This industry as a whole really doesn't interest us that much - we do this to please ourselves, not to please anyone else. Sure, we like it when people hear it, notice it - but that's not why we do it. We don't really fit in very well in the industry as a whole. For one thing, we're not in it for the money - if we were in it for the money we woulda quit a long time ago. Since you can't really make any money in music any more anyways, I guess the industry is starting to come around to our way of thinking!
Examiner: We have seen my education play a film score live, perform with Theta Naught as Sound Mass and play with crazy visuals. What is the next creative endevor fans can look forward to from the band?
Brian: The 2nd SoundMass record is going to be released later this year on Cleopatra Records (be on the look out of it). We are shooting for a Spring 2015 release date for the next official My Education record (to be followed with another European tour). Also James, Kirk, and myself are currently working on record for a chamber/drone project we have called Cinders. We are hoping to have it finished by the end of the summer.
Scott: We're working on scoring a World War II documentary right now and have begun laying down demos for a new album. We hope to return to Europe next year. That's about it for now!
Ryan: Earl farting on a snare drum.


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Just in time for Valentine's Day! I forgot to tell everyone that I blogged about Cock Worship over on One Handed Writers:
When you think of it and boil it down, who wouldn't want to feel like they're so mind blowing it makes others weak in the knees and light in the head? Who wouldn't want their body licked and sucked and treated so well, especially the part that can feel those sensations so much more acutely?
Who wouldn't want every square inch of their sex explored by their loving, doting partner who just selflessly desires that you lay back and enjoy while they get off on giving praise to your sexy body? To feel their hands and mouth and tongue doting upon you, viscous saliva from deep in their throat slickening and lubricating your skin so that all you can feel is the exquisite dedication of your lover?
Read the rest of it here!
We also released Amy's Innocence – Part 2. First time pain, second time pleasure!


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Journal of Entomological Research
Year 2012, Volume-36, Issue-1 (March)
Print ISSN : 0378-9519
Online ISSN : 0974-4576
Table of contents
Ontogeny and integrated management of Alcidodes porrectirostris Marsha (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) infesting walnut fruits in Manoor Valley (Kaghan), KPK, PakistanRiaz Shah, Fazal Hamid, M. Ashraf Poswal
Proteinaceous alpha amylase inhibitor from Macrotyloma uniflorum seeds: In vitro and in vivo studies with Spodoptera lituraSushma G. Sabharwal, Aditi N. Devanhalli
Insecticidal potential of Pogostemon parviflorus (benth.) on growth and development of tea mosquito bug, Helopeltis theivora waterhouseInee Gogoi
Efficacy of some plant extracts on bunch caterpillar, Andraca bipunctata walker and laboratory animalsI. Rahman
Use of Trichogramma species as potential biological control agents against sunflower headborer, Helicoverpa armigera HübnerArvind Kumar, M.A. Khan
Relative toxicity of insect growth regulators against tobacco caterpillar, Spodoptera litura (Fabricius)L.S. Talikoti, D. Sridevi, T. Ratnasudhakar
Incidence and abundance of whitefly, Bemisia tabaci, Gen. and the occurrence of tomato yellow leaf curl virus disease (TYLCV) in relation to the climatic conditions of Alipurduar, Jalpaiguri, west Bengal, IndiaKaushik Chakraborty
Bioprospecting for antimicrobial peptides from insects: In vitro antimicrobial activity of acidified methanol extract of dung beetlesS. Gundappa, J. Jayappa, K. Chandrashekara
Laboratory evaluation of hydrolytic enzymes of Isaria fumosorosea wize and its efficiency against Eurema blanda and Pericallia riciniPuthamohan Vinayaga Moorthi, Chellaiah Balasubramanian, Pasco B. Avery, Thangavel Kubendran, Aysha Najitha Banu
Bioecology and seasonality of Varroa destructor in Apis mellifera colonies of karnataka, IndiaB.V. Puttaswamaiah, M.S. Reddy
Studies on the effect of pebrine disease on Daba T.V. of Anthereae mylitta DruryLakshmi Velide, A. Purushotham Rao, M.V.k. Bhagavanulu
A new incidence of red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum, (Herbst) in stored true potato seedsShambhu Kumar, Eradasappa. E, Kopil Dey
Scanning electron microscopic studies on sensilla of different female mosquitoesC.K. Deshmukh, M.R. Solanke
Taxonomy and molecular phylogeny of new species of the genus Anopheles (Cellia) Theobald (Culicidae: Diptera) from IndiaT.V. Sathe, Mahendra Jagtap
Redescription of Diaeretiella rapae (McIntosh) (hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) with emphasis on morphometricsAchintya Pramanik, Debjani Dey, Amarendra Kumar
An inventory of family geometridae (Lepidoptera) from western ghats of IndiaJagbir Singh Kirti, Tarun Goyal, Mandeep Kaur
Studies on the external genitalia of four species of genus Psilogramma rothschild and Jordan (sphingidae: Lepidoptera) from IndiaDevinder Singh, Parminder Kaur, Amrit Pal Singh Kaleka


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The quick Expedition 11 foray began with undocking from the Pirs Docking Compartment at 5:38 a.m. CDT while the Station flew above the Atlantic just east of the southern tip of South America. Redocking to the nearby Zarya Module's nadir, or Earth-facing, docking port occurred at 6:08 a.m. CDT over Central Asia.
Krikalev, seated in the center seat of the Soyuz descent module, guided the spacecraft as it backed away from Pirs to a distance of about 82 feet. With Phillips on his left, Krikalev commanded the Soyuz to fly laterally along the Station about 45 feet, then rotated the capsule to align it with the Zarya's docking port. After 14 minutes of stationkeeping, the crew began final approach and completed the linkup. Minutes later, hooks and latches in the two docking mechanisms established a firm connection between Soyuz and Zarya. After a series of leak checks, the crew was scheduled to re-enter the Station shortly after 8 a.m. to reconfigure its systems for normal operations.
The move clears the Pirs airlock for a spacewalk by Krikalev and Phillips in August. Among the tasks planned for that spacewalk are removal of materials exposure experiments, installation of a television camera for the European Space Agency's cargo-carrying Automated Transfer Vehicle and relocation of a cargo boom adapter.
The Soyuz is the crew's ride home at the end of its six-month stay on the orbiting laboratory and would serve as a lifeboat in the event of a Station evacuation.
The crew will begin its sleep period at mid-afternoon today and wake up early Wednesday for a day off, with only exercise and a few routine housekeeping activities scheduled.


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According to the Washington Post on April 9, remarks were given by the President of the United States at the memorial service for victims of the Fort Hood shooting.
President Barack Obama began by alluding to Ecclesiastes 3 about a time and place for everything under heaven. Then he quickly moved to the theme of love as recorded in I Corinthians 13. He said among other things, "Love is tested by tragedy."
President Obama called the three victims by name often during his remarks as he talked about the love the three soldiers had for their country.
- Sgt. Timothy Owens, 37, of Effingham, Ill., an Iraq war veteran
- Staff Sgt. Carlos A. Lazaney-Rodriguez, 38, of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, a 20-year Army veteran who was planning to retire
- Sgt. 1st Class Danny Ferguson, 39, of Mulberry, Fla., a Bronze Star winner who had just returned from a deployment to Afghanistan
President Obama concluded his brief remarks by again quoting from I Corinthians 13 saying:
"But scripture also teaches that alongside the temporal, one thing is eternal. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends."
This was the second time President Obama stood in the same spot to comfort grief-stricken America and families of victims at Fort Hood. He was there is 2009, when 13 soldiers also lost their lives at the hand of a gunman.
During President Obama's five years in office, he has stood in the role as chief comforter, mourning with families of those killed and offered solace to the nation on eight different occasions for tragic shoots. It would be fifteen occasions if we include tragedies from natural disasters.
- Fort Hood - Nov. 2009
- Tucson - Jan. 2011
- Aurora - July 2012
- Oak Creek - Aug. 2012
- Newtown - Dec. 2012
- Boston - April 2013
- Washington Navy Yard - Sept. 2013
- Fort Hood - April 2014
Before President Obama appeared to speak at the memorial service, he was briefed on the early morning stabbings of 20 people at a Pennsylvania high school.


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All Things Considered
Weekdays at 4pm
- Hosted by Robert Siegel, Michele Norris, and Melissa Block
This program presents a trademark mix of news, interviews, commentaries, reviews, and offbeat features. It rings with the disparate voices of its commentators, from veteran analyst Daniel Schorr and storyteller Kevin Kling to poet Andrei Codrescu. It hums with the distinctive music that threads between reports -- music collected in the online program All Songs Considered. And by the time All Things Considered marked its 30th anniversary on the air, the program had earned many of journalism's highest honors, including the Peabody, DuPont and Overseas Press Club awards.


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April 26, 2000
This Week
Washington Huskies
California Bears
Dual Regatta
Saturday, April 29
Redwood Shores (2,000 meters)
Redwood City, Calif.
What's Happening: Washington travels to Northern California for its annual home-and-home dual regatta with California. Racing takes place at Redwood Shores in Redwood City and events begin at 9:20 a.m.
This marks the final dual regatta of the season for the Husky rowers. The remaining home appearance for Washington comes May 6 for the 14th annual Windermere Cup and Opening Day festivities. The Egptian National men's and women's teams along with the US Naval Academy will participate. Following that, the Huskies gear up for the Pac-10 Conference Championships, May 14 in Sacramento, Calif.
For the third week in a row, the Washington women's team stands atop the USRowing Coaches Poll as the No. 1 team in the nation. The Husky men's team remains in the same spot as well, at No. 3. The California women dropped two spots, to No. 5 while the men remain at No. 1, where they have been ranked since the preseason.
Washington's varsity men's and women's eights are coming off a sweep of Oregon State on Lake Vancouver last weekend.
Race Schedule
W-Varsity Four 9:20 a.m.
M-Varsity Eight 9:30 a.m.
W-Varsity Eight 9:40 a.m.
M-Junior Varsity Eight 9:55 a.m.
W-Junior Varsity Eight 10:05 a.m.
M-Freshman Eight 10:20 a.m.
W-Novice Eight 10:30 a.m.
Washington-California Dual History and Notes
o The men's varsity eight dual is one of the oldest sporting rivalries on the west coast. The Washington-California men's varsity eight dual series dates back to 1903, with 89 meetings between the two schools. At stake is the Schoch Cup, named after Delos Schoch of Washington's class of 1936. Washington currently leads the varsity series 63-24-1, but Cal snapped a six-year Husky streak last season.
o Washington and California have a women's varsity eight rivalry that dates back to 1977. The Huskies lead the series 17-5. The Huskies have won 16 of the past 18 races including first-place finishes in the last eight years.
o The men's JV race dates to 1939. UW has won 36 of the 56 meetings, but Cal has taken the last two. The men's freshman race also began in 1939 with the Huskies winning 47 of 56 meetings. Cal won last year in Seattle.
o The women's JV race began in 1975 and the Huskies have won seven straight and 15 of the last 17. Cal's last win was in 1990. The novice women's race began in 1977 and UW has won nine in a row. Cal's last win came in 1989. The boats did not race last season.
o Washington and Cal have met once already this season, in the grand finals at the San Diego Crew Classic, April 2. The Husky women's varsity won its final, while Cal finished second. In the men's varsity eight, Cal won while UW was second. The JV men won, while Cal was third and the freshmen men also won, while the Bears were second. The novice women finished first and Cal was second. The JV women were second in their grand final that did not include Cal.
Next Week
14th Annual Windermere Cup / Opening Day
Saturday, May 6
Montlake Cut (Seattle, Wash.)
Racing begins at 10:00 a.m.
Broadcast live on KOMO Radio (am 1000), at 10:45 a.m.
Live broadcast via internet at: www.komoradio.com
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Women's Eight (first place votes)
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9. Navy
10. Cornell
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The open practice on Saturday, April 21, will be held in the shadow of the Space Needle at Seattle Center's Memorial Stadium. It begins at 11:00 a.m. and is free to the public.
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Hey everyone!
Time for another update-
Today I have two topics I will be discussing:
Once is how RoR will make some new uses or tweaks with the Kotor2s Skill system and the second is about expanding the team.
The Kotor skill system includes:
Computer use
Treat Injury
We will not be removing any existing skill mechanics but to expand so these skills can influence certain events in the game.
Computer Use Skill-
This skill will no longer be tied to computer spikes. Computer Spikes will now be something you could just sell for extra money since now your skill number will more directly influence your ability to slice into a computer. All players will be able to slice into a computer but your computer skill number will determine your options.
An example will be a player will slice a computer with a low skill number will get the normal access but if their skill number is high then you might unlock a chance to gas the enemies in the next room or activate a turret. Sometimes these options could be info on enemies in the area or tips, lore, etc. This skill does connect on the Security Skill since both are very close in nature. To help make a distinction between the two its best to look at Computer skill is about moving around the system while Security Skill revolves around defense or walls that involve access a door. I will explain more in the Security Skill section. But if you want to be a great slicer its best to get points in both of these areas since at times they will piggyback each other.
Demolition Skill-
This skill will now be checked at times during a conversation that will be about explosives. As Nindo being a arms dealer, this skill might get checked during some of his conversations with this companion.
Stealth Skill-
no changes or tweaks
Awareness Skill-
This will now be checked during conversations as well as investigating locations throughout the level. There will be invisible placeables which the player can click and there could be checks on the awareness that will determine what you discover including hints on lore, people, and even discover items/weapons. One goal I would like to do is to have some dialogue scenes play out a little different based on this awareness check.
An Example will be a player who talks to a NPC and due to their Awareness level they can see that the NPC has a tattoo or marking that resembles a certain Hutt gang or another faction. This then can be clicked and influence how you could handle this NPC where another player would not get this option due to a low level of Awareness.
Persuade Skill-
This skill will work as the original use but we hope to expand on its use in major event/scenes.
Repair Skill-
We are looking to expand this into Crafting/Modifying gear for your Jedi to allow you to wear armor and still use Jedi Powers. The system which is still being tweaked for balance will allow players to take armor and modify it so you can use all force powers but will lower the original armor defense number so the player is not over powering yet can live out that non conventional Jedi dream. This skill will also be used in the creation of Jedi Armor Robes.
Security Skill-
This will be about breaking through secured doors as well as gaining access to secured sections of the computer system. These checks will be not as common as the Computer skill ones since this involves high level security areas.
An example of this is a player is trying to open a secured door and the Security skill number determines how many waves of enemies will attack you before you get past the security on the door. Think of Return of the Jedi where Han Solo is trying to get the security door open to the base on Endor, you will have a scene of dialogue then enemies then another short dialogue then the next wave. If the Security skill is high you will have just one or two waves verse a possible two extra waves.
Treat Injury Skill-
no changes or tweaks
These are subject for further tweaks based the flow and pacing of the games story and experience but I wanted to let you guys know that we are looking to bring them into the game in a more interactive way which can allow for more diverse experiences while playing Revenge of Revan.
The Next Topic is about Expanding the RoR Team-
During the past month or two I have been looking at how to remove barriers in the mods production and how to make it easier to allow new team members with in the writing area to come on board easier. I discovered looking through the internet that there really isnt much on the project management side so I decided to design my own.
I have been working on designing a system which includes a design document for RoR as well as a writer/quest creator/dialogue/ level layout package for new team members. This package allows new team members to see exactly what the tools for making content are for this mod. When I talk about tools I will be talking out level/planet layouts as well as how the dialogue system will work and the checks that can be used and the flow to get the writer/quest creator into content building and being creative without wondering what the method is.
I also tackled what happens with your VO or writers dont have the dlgeditor or even a PC system, and those were all solved.
This brings us to what will be needed-
I will be looking for writers for quest/dialogue for the mod.
Writers will need to be 17 or above in age
Grammar skills
Understand- The Nine Act Structure
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Be able to get dialogue done in a timely fashion- I'm very flexible so you will be getting tasks but to get the next quest to write you must finish your present one. This is to keep the production from getting held up and not burden the writer since I know we all have a real life and i want to be able to find a sweet spot between the two.
We will be using Google + to have group meeting to go over quest ideas and get them green lighted for the writing team to write/dialogue.
You do not need the dlgeditor for kotor2 and you could also be on a Apple or Linux base system and still write for the mod.
Right now we have 2 people for grammar check and I will let you know if we need more.
People interested in also creating items/armor skins feel free to let me know.
Please post here if youre interested or in my public Logan23 message. Dont send me a PM since Im basically maxed out there so I wont see them.
Also we will see a few more Character Profiles added to the RoR website in May.
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This year's March for Babies ambassador family is the Walker Family from Germantown, MD. The Walker's have firsthand knowledge of the importance of full term pregnancies because their daughter, Kinsey was born at 29 weeks gestation. Their daughter is now a preteen and wants to give back to help other families. Join Kinsey in raising awareness and funding to prevent premature births, birth defects and infant mortality is why it is important for everyone to participate in these fun events.
The Walker's story is all too familiar. In the United States, one in nine babies will be born prematurely. Most likely these families will experience a stay in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).
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Funds raised will support lifesaving research, education and advocacy for stronger, healthier babies. Donations also fund local programs such as newborn intensive care unit (NICU) family support programs and the Mama & Baby Bus, which provides medical services to women in the Washington, D.C. Metro Area who might not otherwise receive care. Last year, March for Babies had 8000 walkers and raised $1.8 million and had 8,000 walkers.
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Following the Android L announcement at Google I/O last night, HTC have confirmed the OS update will be coming to their flagship phones
Following the Android L announcement at Google I/O last night, HTC have confirmed the OS update will be coming to their flagship phones.
HTC have confirmed that Android L will be available as an update on their current-generation premium handset HTC One M8 phone (pictured) and last-generation HTC One M7. The new operating system will be available on these phones within 3 months of its official release.
"HTC is excited about the new features in Android L and we can't wait to share them with our customers," said the company's official statement. "We are committed to updating our flagship HTC One family as fast as possible. We will begin rolling out updates to the HTC One (M8) and HTC One (M7) in regions worldwide within 90 days of receiving final software from Google, followed shortly thereafter by other One family members and select devices."
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If you have any interest in Android you can't fail to have noticed that the original HTC One was incredibly well received at its launch a year ago. Not only that, it has continued to wow with design awards aplenty and widespread industry acclaim both for the device's hardware and software.
With this in mind, you might assume it has been a roaring success, however while it is HTC's best selling product by some margin, it hasn't really turned around the sliding finances of what was once the shining light of the Android world. Samsung continues to dominate.
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At that price it is in a pretty crowded place, and of course the handset it has to fight the hardest and with most gusto is the Motorola Moto G whose 16GB version is a similar price.
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We take a hands-on first look at the new HTC One Mini, the latest upper mid-range Android phone from HTC, and a challenger to the Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini.
The hotly rumoured and much leaked HTC One Mini has finally launched. It's an upper mid-range handset that effectively replaces last year's One S, but shares the exact same styling, software, and most of the features of the very well received HTC One.
HTC says the Mini is an attempt to take the One range to as wide an audience as possible. Yet curiously it's unlikely to be massively cheaper, nor is it considerably smaller. It's a tall handset, thanks to the presence of the impressive BoomSound speakers at either end, and with the same aluminium unibody chassis as the One – and the same build quality – it is a solid, weighty device too.The HTC One Mini next to the red HTC One
The device has been shrunk to fit around a 4.3″ display (720p and over 300ppi pixel density), and it does feel particularly good in the hand. It's easy to manoeuvre your thumb around the screen, and easier to reach up to the power button still located on the top left edge of the phone.
The HTC First is the first phone to come with Facebook Home, and the Android device will be available exclusively on EE in the UK from the Summer.
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The HTC First is a mid-range device with a dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM and 4.3″ 720p display. It runs Android 4.1, although that will be largely hidden behind Facebook Home.
Home is an all-encompassing launcher that puts Facebook interactions at the very heart of the device, primarily status updates and the Facebook Messenger service (not to mention Facebook ads everntually, too).
Grab free games for your phone with HTC and Playstation Mobile's new promotion.
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Kirk W. Dillard 1977
Degree: BA in Political Science/Economics from WIU
Business Information: State Senator for the State of Illinois in Westmont, Illinois and partner at Lord, Bissell and Brook in Chicago, Illinois.
Advice for Freshman: Study hard, but enjoy yourself and participate in extra-curricular activities!
Favorite WIU Memory: The beautiful campus and the great people and faculty.
Family Information: My wife Stephanie and I have two daughters, Emma and Ava. I enjoy politics, baseball, golf, travel and the arts.