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PULLMAN, Wash. - An 11-time NCAA All-American distance runner, a world record-holder in the steeplechase, a 14-season NBA veteran, a volleyball All-American, a football coach who guided WSU to its first bowl game in 51 years, an All-American running back who was the first African-American to play in famed Texas Longhorn's Memorial Stadium, and the unquestioned authority on Cougar athletic history will be inducted into the Washington State University Athletic Hall of Fame next fall, WSU Director of Athletics Jim Sterk announced.
The inductee list includes two pioneers (men before 1970, women before 1985) who were true trailblazers in their respective Cougar careers:
Richard Fry - After 13 years as WSU's sports information director and 15 years as the school's news bureau director, he retired, then wrote the definitive history of Cougar athletics for WSU's centennial celebration and continues to write for WSU game programs and other publications...first joined the WSU staff in 1952;
Duke Washington - An All-America running back who starred for the Cougars during the 1952-53-54 seasons, he won the prestigious Bohler Award, played in the East-West Shrine Game and was the first African American to play in the University of Texas' Memorial Stadium Oct. 2, 1954...received the loudest cheers of the day from the 28,000 Longhorn fans following a 73-yard touchdown run.
The list of five new contemporary (men since 1970, women since 1985) inductees are:
Craig Ehlo - Led the George Raveling-coached WSU basketball teams in 1982 and 1983, including an NCAA tournament berth, followed by a 14-year NBA career with Houston, Cleveland, Atlanta and Seattle...set several WSU records senior year and led the Pacific-10 Conference in steals...lives in Spokane and serves as a color commentator for FSN Northwest;
Keri Killebrew - Led coach Cindy Fredrick's 1990-91-92 Volleyball teams, including a first-ever NCAA tournament bid in 1991...became the Cougar's first volleyball All-American in 1992 after leading her team to the NIVC title and winning tournament MVP honors...after coaching for several years, now makes her home in Milwaukee, Wis., selling real estate;
Peter Koech - Set the world record in the 3,000m steeplechase in 1989, following a brilliant WSU career that included five Pacific-10 Conference titles and 11 NCAA All-America certificates...Silver medalist in the 1988 Olympics in the steeple...captured the 1984 NCAA indoor 3,000m title and in 1985 the NCAA outdoor steeple championship...now lives in Albuquerque, N.M.;
Bernard Lagat - WSU record holder for 800m, 1500m and the mile while earning 11 Pac-10 titles and four meet MVP honors, plus four NCAA titles and 11 All-America certificates...has competed in three Olympic Games, 2000 (Bronze in 1,500m), 2004 (Silver in 1,500m) for Kenya, and 2008 for USA after taking USA citizenship...just the third runner to capture world titles in both 1,500m and 5,000m...trains in Tucson and Germany;
Jim Walden - Brought stability to a struggling WSU football program in 1978 and three years later had the Cougars in the Holiday Bowl, WSU's first post-season appearance since the 1931 Rose Bowl...left WSU after the 1986 season as the second winningest Cougar coach, having defeated every team in the Pac-10 Conference...resides in Harrison, Idaho, and has been a member of WSU's football broadcast team since 2001.
The seven new honorees will join the current 113 members of the WSU Athletic Hall of Fame during campus ceremonies Sept. 18-19. The hall of fame was chartered in 1978, at the directive of then-WSU President Glenn Terrell and WSU Athletic Director Sam Jankovich.


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Charmaine Olivia is a self-taught artist living in San Francisco. We can't get enough of her art on Instagram. Most of her work, like her Rose Story 2 (above), is focused on women and reminds us that natural is beautiful.
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On a crisp October evening in 2012, Jill arrived home to a unique display. Instead of the usual uncarved Halloween décor, a line of lettered pumpkins, which spelled out the words "Marry Me?," greeted her. She followed the trail through the house to the deck out back, where Paul, her boyfriend of two and a half years, was waiting with a question-mark pumpkin and a ring. Although they had talked about wedding plans before, Jill didn't have any suspicions that a proposal was looming. "I had no makeup and my hair—" Jill laughs.
After the proposal, Jill and Paul took to wedding planning, booking a venue for the following November at the Little Log House Pioneer Village in Hastings. They chose the venue for its large, open spaces and ability to cater to all their needs. Jill and Paul wanted their wedding to be two things: relaxing and intimate. They didn't just want their guests to be onlookers; they wanted them to experience the wedding as much as possible. As for the date, the couple knew they wanted an autumn wedding. "Fall is my favorite season," says Jill. "It is relaxing to me after what is usually a very busy summer." A yearlong engagement was more than enough for Jill, who found that even at the six-month mark, she was eager for the day to arrive.
The bride and groom were able to support each other equally through the planning process, with Jill specializing in the food and décor, while Paul made sure that the reception space was to their liking. The two wanted a space that could accommodate all 275 of their guests, but still maintain an intimate connection with each one of them. The guests themselves consisted of close childhood friends and family, who provided the perfect foundation for their celebration. "We had [guests] we'd known since we were little, friends we'd had for more than 20 years, which was great," Jill says. She admitted that the seating chart was one of the only stresses in the planning process in matching people with complementary personalities at each table. If ever overwhelmed, Jill knew she could lean on Paul for support. The two maintained a stress-free engagement and even avoided day-of disasters—except for the weather.
Jill worked with her photographer, Kate Wenzel, to coordinate shots that would really complement the spaces the venue offered, particularly rustic outdoor backdrops and snowy grounds. "We wanted pictures that were not so formal or all inside," says Jill. The plan for outdoor portraits didn't waver, even when the temperature reached zero degrees the day of the wedding. To cope with the harsh wintry winds, the wedding party took breaks between shots, bundling up in coats and gathering in the church to stay warm. During one break, a groomsman caught a candid photo of Paul kneeling down and holding Jill's feet to keep them warm, while she smiled at him behind blanketed layers.
November 23, 2013 was filled with small, special moments like this between the couple and the ones they loved most. Jill's sister and maid-of-honor, Jenica, surprised the bride with a charm to place on her bouquet with a picture of their late grandfather. The tears began and continued to flow as the bride-to-be had a heart-to-heart with Paul's mom, who was excited to see her only child get married. Jill and Paul decided to have one of their friends officiate the wedding. "We both wanted our ceremony to be very intimate, and having one of our close friends marry us was very special and important to both of us," says Jill. Family continued to play a role in the wedding when the officiant incorporated advice from both families' grandmothers on love and marriage into the ceremony. The interviews held more than 50 years' worth of advice for the newlyweds, just the words of wisdom they needed to hear as they embarked on the journey of marriage.
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Director Edgar Wright has lined up his next film. On July 22 Deadline reported that Edgar Wright has picked the film "Baby Driver" to be his next feature film. The film will be a mix of crime and action but currently doesn't have a release date. The news comes just two months after news broke that Wright would no longer direct "Ant-man," the Marvel superhero film scheduled for release in July 2015.
The project, which was also written by Wright, is part of a two picture deal with Working Title Films and the first film was the science fiction thriller "The World's End," which was also the final film in the Three Flavors Cornetto Trilogy. It will also be one of the only films Wright has made that won't include actors Simon Pegg or Nick Frost. Nira Park, Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner will all serve as producers through Big Talk Productions and Universal will distribute the film globally.
Wright tends to release a film every three years, although that cycle may have been broken by his departure from Marvel. His first film, "A Fistful of Fingers" was a spaghetti western which was released in one theater in 1995. His other films have been comedies, including the zombie flick "Shaun of the Dead," the buddy cop film "Hot Fuzz" and the video game adaptation of "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World."
The first two films were the other two films in the Cornetto Trilogy, and "Scott Pilgrim" was Wright's first filming experience outside of London. It's very possible that "Baby Driver" will be at least set in the United States, and most likely filmed there as well. The film was first announced back in 2008, although Wright had already planned to finish the trilogy before working on a new venture.
On July 22 Variety revealed that the details about the film are being kept under wraps, but it will be the next directorial project for Wright. He spent eight years developing the script for Marvel's "Ant-man," and was just a few weeks away from starting production when he released a joint statement with Marvel citing "creative differences." Marvel has mentioned that their movies are more collaborative than Wright's previous work and script issues also caused the departure.
"Baby Driver" is being described as a "collision of crime, action, music and sound" and the title also happens to be the same as a song from the 1970s album "Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon and Garfunkel. Wright has also mentioned that the script he wrote for the project is "kind of like a musical" which is a change from his usual comedic ideas.


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Paolella, Marc S; Steude, Sven C (2008). Risk Prediction: A DWARF-like Approach. The Journal of Risk Model Validation, 2(1):25-43.
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A large proportion of the most viable time series models used in empirical finance for density and value-at-risk forecasting are estimated with maximum likelihood methods. By way of its definition, the likelihood implicitly places equal weight on each of the observations in the sample, but this need not be optimal, depending on the extent to which the model and the true data generating process deviate. For example, in the context of modeling financial asset returns, schemes that place relatively more weight on observations in the recent past result in considerable improvement of out-of-sample density forecasts, compared with the default of equal weights. If instead of accurate forecasting of the, entire density, interest is restricted to just downside risk and risk model validation, then it would seem wise to (also) place more weight on the negative observations in the sample. In this paper, such weighted likelihood schemes are proposed and demonstrated to yield considerable improvements in forecast accuracy using a variety of data sets and different GARCH models. Further improvement is realized by combining the two weighting schemes, giving rise to a doubly weighted asymmetric risk forecasting method or, in short, a DWARF-like method.
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The Canadian International Auto Show opened yesterday in Toronto with an early morning press conference to announce the winners of the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada (AJAC) annual Canadian Car of the Year awards.
There are two awards handed out by AJAC, the 2014 Canadian Utility Vehicle of the Year, and the 2014 Canadian Car of the Year.
The finalists were selected via balloting from the segment winners tested and judged by AJAC members during their annual "Testfest" event held in late October in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario.
The finalists for top honours in the 2014 Canadian Car of the Year race include the stunning new Chevrolet Corvette Stingray, as well as two entries from Mazda – the compact Mazda3 and the mid-size Mazda6 sedan.
The three finalists in the race to become the 2014 Canadian Utility Vehicle of the Year are the luxurious Acura MDX, re-born Jeep Cherokee, and the family-friendly Kia Sorento.
When the curtains were lifted Thursday morning the all-new Jeep Cherokee was declared the 2014 Canadian Utility Vehicle of the Year, while the slinky Mazda6 sedan roared away with the crown as 2014 Canadian Car of the Year.
This is big news for Chrysler's Jeep division has the company had decided to drop the Liberty nameplate in favour of rekindling the Cherokee brand for 2014. The new rig's aerodynamic shape helps with fuel efficiency, while its more car-like ride and comfortable and quiet passenger cabin will give the model more appeal. Hopefully the Cherokee will help Chrysler reinvigorate interest in its Jeep brand.
"From our engineers, to our management, to the people on the assembly line and everyone in between, I can't truly express how excited we at Chrysler Group are to see the all-new Jeep Cherokee named 2014 Canadian Utility Vehicle of the Year by AJAC," said Reid Bigland, President and CEO, Chrysler Canada.
"To achieve this honour amongst such diverse and worthy competition is both humbling and a reinforcement of our goal to completely redefine what Canadians should expect from an affordable, mid-size SUV. Whether through its cutting-edge design, class-exclusive tech like a segment-first nine-speed automatic transmission, legendary Jeep 4x4 capability or more than 70 advanced safety and security features, the 2014 Cherokee is resonating well with consumers."
Canadian consumers have always embraced Mazda's products as the company is famous for producing stylish and efficient vehicles at very competitive prices. The popular Mazda6 sedan features a stunning new design, the company's SKYACTIV technology, and a long list of standard features.
This is the second time that Mazda Canada has earned the overall Canadian Car of the Year title having previously won the title in 2004 for the Mazda3.
"We are truly honoured that AJAC has named the 2014 Mazda6 as their Canadian Car of the Year – our flagship car that demonstrates the best Mazda has to offer. This car introduced a combination of style, safety, fuel economy, and dynamic driving into the midsize segment that has never been available before, and winning CCOTY is an overwhelming acknowledgement of that", said Kory Koreeda, President, Mazda Canada.
The Canadian Car of the Year awards carry a lot of prestige as the results are based on a combination of objective data and evaluation of some of the best known journalists in the country. Each journalist drives vehicles in a category back-to-back on the same day, under the same conditions, on closed and public roads, so as to ensure fair comparison and consumer relevance.
Every detail, from safety features to cargo capacity, is thoroughly scrutinized and individually rated by secret ballot. Over 40,000 data fields are generated by the journalists. KPMG then tabulates the information from the ballots in order to determine the winners. The vote results are kept confidential – even from AJAC – until announced publicly at the Canadian International Auto Show.
For more information about AJAC, the process, or details about the 2014 CCOTY awards program visit www.ajac.ca.


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Loan logistics
The alternative, taking a loan from your 401(k), helps you avoid completely hijacking your retirement because at least you pay yourself back.
Again, depending on the provisions of your plan, loan availability may be unrestricted or it may be limited to the same types of circumstances permitted for hardship withdrawals. In the latter case, plan administrators generally require documentation to prove the need exists.
The procedure is simple. You fill out a short form, choose which investments to sell to generate the cash and then the money is transferred to your bank account.
Payments are usually made by payroll deduction and the interest rate charged is generally 1 percent higher than the prime rate. Many plans also charge a loan origination fee.
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Though a seemingly sweet deal, some details within 401(k) loans are not so alluring.
1. Pay yourself interest
Paying interest to yourself instead of a finance or credit card company would seem to be a big positive. After all, you're the one profiting from the interest.
But, says ING's Reddy, you get into a double taxation situation. While it's likely you are borrowing money that was contributed on a pretax basis, you must pay yourself back with after-tax money.
"Let's say you borrow $10,000 and the interest rate is 6 percent," he says. "The $600 you're paying back to yourself, you've already paid taxes on it. So you had to earn $1,000 to make that $600. When you take it out at retirement, it's probably going to get taxed again. So you're going to end up with around $350 or $400 out of $600," he says.
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Medina City Schools lost 58 years of Transportation Experience. As of December 31, 2012 the Lichtys, Neal and Diana, retired from the Transportation Department of Medina City Schools. Their total years of service are 58, Diana retired as the Head Bus Driver with 31 years and Neal retired with 27 years as Head Bus Mechanic. Neal reported that when he was hired in 1987 they worked out of a one bay garage with 28 buses. He feels proud that seven years ago they moved into a 6 bay garage, handling 64 buses, and 20 maintenance vehicles. They improved from only doing minor repairs and PM's in the being years to presently their garage being able to do engine rebuilds, transmissions, and rear-end repair; in addition, they in source work from area schools. Neal has been a part of the Ohio School Bus Mechanics Association from the beginning of his employment and hopes to remain active. When asked about OSBMA and how it has helped him, he couldn't say enough about how much knowledge is gained by meeting the "people in the industry" and how "they keep us wise in what we do"! He added that at the workshops and being with other mechanics from around the state has been another truly beneficial learning experience. Although, he will miss his "buses" and their drivers, as well as his co-workers, the one thing that he will not miss is lying under a bus thawing out an air line in sub zero weather!
TO ALL YOU MEDINA CITY SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS, NEAL SAYS " WRITE IT UP". What are their plans in Retirement? They enjoy traveling and are anticipating traveling around the United States in their motor home.
Best Wishes and Congratulations, Neal and Diana. And thank you for dedicating 58 years in providing
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April 23, 2009 | Tom Tritton
A new journal is usually a sign of vitality and excitement in any field. And if that journal reaches the caliber of the venerable Nature family of publications, the excitement hits an even higher energy level.
And so the arrival of Nature Chemistry—surely cause for excitement—does not disappoint. The inaugural issue has everything from microtubes, to attoreactors, to molecular rotors. In other words, something for everyone, except normal people (smile).
Seriously, I couldn't stop reading it. The special section called "The Future of Chemistry" is from a collection of eminent chemists speculating on frontier possibilities from synthesis, to tools, to complex systems. There are also book reviews (sometimes better, and certainly faster, than reading the book), job postings (essential in these times), and Nature's indispensable "News and Views."
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Cadillac Allante Forum Discussion, Hardtop for 1993 in Past Cadillac Vehicle Discussion; Hello, I'm new here and just bought 1993 Allante...no hardtop. Will any of the other years hardtops fit this car? ...
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Hello, I'm new here and just bought 1993 Allante...no hardtop. Will any of the other years hardtops fit this car? Adapter Kits??
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Good luck with your '93. The 90.5-'92 phase two tops will fit with just a little modification for weatherstripping due to the non-existant faux vent windows on the '93. As you probably know the 87-90 models with manual hooks all had hardtops as standard equipment so there are many more of these kicking around. Three methods 1.)$2.00 eye bolt method -lookks like heck. 2.) a kit that closely resembles the Phase two/three tops--Think the gent was down to his last one on ebay Norm had a log on with nbaumvoyager in it.--Do know that Scott Flack 756-532-5759 has one on his shelf --owned 9 Allante so he'll be very helpful. 3.) a gent named Bill Spies 772-334-7106 developed a kit that wrapped around the post of the sun visor that had about 1/4' post to attach the hook onto. He is down to his last one and won't do anymore. I am using Bill's kit on my '93--looks OEM and very secure. good luck!
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A 93 Hardtop just went for on ebay. It sold for $1500 (same as my best offer) and was the same color as my car. Man, I missed out on that one.
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I'm Paulo, alias A Ghost Train, and I make electronic music. Someone once told me they danced wildly to it, but I'd say it's the kind you listen alone by the fireplace on a rainy night. If you were looking for the paranormal phenomenon, you should probably head somewhere else but not before you push the little "play" button over at the top left corner of the website. Go ahead, don't be afraid, push the button.
In the years since I reached consciousness, I've managed to stay deeply engaged with the participants of a feeling community. It had the same spell on me musically as well as visually, for example. Giuliano Amato's photo, as well. I applied the same fashion I learned music there. In the beginning of secondary school, when I was seven, musical composition provided us a means to communicate these aspects of music. Influenced by authors Djuna Barnes, John Hawkes and flautence of sparrows, I have largely realised by such activities as gaining the Guide Association Basic Leadership Certificate.
I have participated in a rich tradition, it is either in the studio. I have the tools in place, the quality of the brush across the canvas. There is an ideal medium of expression. The viewer looks down the excess of technical mélange in how I arrive at my choices and decisions. I also don't want to downplay the aspect of having fun. The texts provide clues to content and interpretation. While translation between mediums remains impossible and seductive, I find parallel concerns in a manner similar to that which is not as academic as with literature. World, with whom I have to stand back and squint to see the world into separate categories of music. It is a poetic force in my music, theater, and the relationship between sound and visual media influence and inspire each other.
The above text was generated by a computer program. I believe the context in which the music was created pollutes the listener's experience and is thus, unnecessary. That and I don't like writing "bios". The program used to generate the text was written by my good friend over at jamez.it with whom I collaborated on Chemin Vert, an interactive video "of a trip on the road at supersonic speed spanning across five continents and four seasons".


text: April 11, 2006 The Great "Skills" Versus "Knowledge" Debate and Adult Literacy Education Tom Sticht International Consultant in Adult Education Earlier I posted a note on the aaace-nla list about knowledge and reading. Here I have revised that piece slightly in light of new evidence that the decades old debate about "phonics" [ synthetic, decoding emphasis] versus "whole language" [analytic, meaning emphasis] still rages in education circles. Now this debate appears to be being joined by another decades old debate, the "skills" versus "knowledge" controversy. On the "skills" side of the debate, the BBC News education service reported on April 11, 2006 [http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/uk_news/education/4897272.stm] that the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) said that "The national curriculum should be fundamentally reformed with more focus on skills than specific subjects." The Association "wants ministers to give children "entitlements" to broad skills, such as creativity and physical co-ordination, rather than specific knowledge." The ATL general secretary Mary Bousted reportedly said at a conference, "skills" were needed, rather than knowledge on its own. Subjects could be used to "illustrate" them." On the "knowledge" side of the debate I found it ironically amusing that the day before the BBC news article appeared, I received my copy of The American Educator, a magazine published by the American Federation of Teachers. The Spring 2006 issue presents a lengthy series of articles and sidebars arguing against the position taken by the U.K teachers association and stating that in the U. S. schools there needs to be less of a focus on broad general skills and a much larger focus on subject matter knowledge. The American Educator Spring issue was lead by an article by E. D. Hirsch Jr, a major commentator on education the U. S. The old adage: "Youve got to know something to learn something" provides a succinct summary of the gist of E. D. Hirsch Jrs article (also see his latest book entitled "The Knowledge Deficit: Closing the Shocking Education Gap for American Children." (available online at Amazon.com). In his book and article, Hirsch presents an extensive review of research that demonstrates that approaches to the teaching of reading with underachieving students that focus on "skills" or "strategies while largely ignoring the importance of content knowledge are likely to produce students with good decoding skills, but with poor comprehension ability. The reason is that for the most part students who lack vocabulary and comprehension of various bodies of knowledge when these are assessed by listening before the students start school, are the ones most likely to have poor comprehension skills after they learn to decode the written language. This is extensively documented in Sticht et al. (1974) which Hirsch cites in his new book to support his argument for the importance of content knowledge in reading comprehension. Knowledge Development in Adult Literacy Education While the "skills" versus "knowledge" debate addressed above aims at childrens education, the role of knowledge in reading is even more important for adult literacy education, where the time for developing "broad general skills" is typically very limited. The role of relevant background knowledge for adult literacy education was illustrated in research colleagues and I did to develop a 45 hour reading program for the U. S. Navy. In this work special readability formulas were developed to determine how much general reading ability, as measured by a standardized reading test, was needed to comprehend written materials about the Navy with 70 percent accuracy. We found that as background knowledge about the Navy increased from very little to a lot, the general reading ability needed to comprehend with 70 percent accuracy fell from the 11th grade to the 6th grade. In this case, high knowledge relative to what was being read was as effective as 5 grade levels of general reading ability in influencing reading comprehension. In additional work for the Navy, we applied the findings of the importance of relevant background knowledge and developed a 45 hour reading program that used navy relaed content in which to embed reading skills instruction. We then compared a general reading program the Navy had which used a variety of general reading materials to the Navy-related program that used Navy-related materials. We developed and administered a Navy Knowledge test, in which students read and answered questions dealing with Navy-related knowledge but with no passages to read on the test. We also administered a reading in which students answered questions by reading paragraphs about the Navy with the information they needed to correctly answer the questions. Additionally, a standardized reading test that provided grade level scores in general reading was administered to all students. When compared to the general reading program that used general, civilian school-related materials, the Navy-related program made greater improvements in both Navy-related knowledge and Navy-related functional reading than did the conventional, non-job-related program. The lowest reading ability personnel (6th grade or below) in the Navy job-related program also made considerable improvements in general reading. The general reading program made more improvement on the general reading test for personnel across the reading skills spectrum, but that skill did not transfer to the performance of the Navy-related material, which is the material that the Navy personnel had to read for job advancement. For adults in basic skills programs who generally have little time to devote to improving their reading, it is important to develop their reading skills using as the vehicle for instruction the content knowledge in which they are most immediately in need. Developing a fair amount of knowledge in some specific area, such as health knowledge, computer knowledge, consumer knowledge, job knowledge, etc., can often be done in a relatively brief period of time when the instruction is well focused on the content to be taught. With continued practice in reading in a wide range of materials, adults can develop into more generally knowledgeable and skilled literate adults. References Sticht, T. G. et al. (1974). Auding and Reading: A Developmental Model. Alexandria, VA: Human Resources Research Organization. Sticht, T. G. (1987, March). Functional Context Education: Workshop Resource Notebook. San Diego, CA: The Applied Behavioral & Cognitive Sciences, Inc. Thomas G. Sticht International Consultant in Adult Education 2062 Valley View Blvd. El Cajon, CA 92019-2059 Tel/fax: (619) 444-9133 Email: tsticht at aznet.net


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The Dick Bruna House opened in 2006 as a tribute to one of Utrecht's most famous sons and the characters he created - most famously the little white rabbit called Miffy. The museum tracks Bruna's career in the family publishing business, identifies his artistic influences and offers visitors insight into the world of Bruna's imagination. The museum is located close to the Centraal Museum and tickets can be bought at the Centraal Museum ticket office. Entrance is 8 Euros for adults, 2 Euros for children 12 and younger and 6 Euros for older children. The museum is open from 10 am to 5 pm, Tuesday to Sunday and wheelchair access is available for the ground floor and shop. A free audio guide tour is included in the price.
The Nicolai Church with its two towers was built at the beginning of the 12th century and owes its name to the junction of waterways near its location. During the years the church has had some minor changes which are still visible inside, but in the 15th century the church had an important change, the Roman cross basilica changed into a Gothic hall church and in 1579 it became a protestant church which it still is today. Besides a rich history it's also famous due to the three church organs, the largest church organ with the name "Marcussen" (1888) has33 pipes and the others, named "Sweelinck" (1953) and "The Koororgel" (1979) have 16 and 5 pipes respectively. With its large bell which dates from 1573 in the Northern tower and 4 smaller bells (1997) in the Southern tower, this church attracts people from all over the country and the world. The church can be visited the whole year on Sunday from 12:00pm till 4:00pm. From July till September (tourist season) the church is open from Tuesday till Saturday from 12:00pm till 5:00pm. In April, June and September to December it's also open on Wednesday and Saturday from 1:00pm till 4:00pm. At the website, which is only available in Dutch, you are able to find a calendar (Agenda) which lists the activities you can visit throughout the year.
Located at the mouth of the Vecht river, Muiderslot dates from 1280 and features a 17th century interior in honour of Pieter Hooft, a poet who resided at the castle from 1609. The castle currently houses the Rijksmuseum, which is a national museum with exhibits of armour, art and period furnishings and also presents various events and activities, including a daily falconry show from April to October. Opening hours (April to October) are from 10h00 to 17h00 on weekdays and from 12h00 to 18h00 on weekends and holidays, whilst the rest of the year it is open weekends only from 12h00 to 17h00. The adult tariff is € 8,75
This bowling and party centre is located near one of the famous lakes in the Netherlands. It consists of a 6 lane bowling area, cafe, restaurant, electronic games and a children's playground. The Centre also offers meeting / conference rooms and designated areas for weddings and receptions. The restaurant offers choices such as a barbecue or grilled meal, but due to its location near the big lake "Veluwe", fish is their speciality. During the spring and summer the terrace is open and offers views of the lake, beach and yacht basin. The restaurant and cafe are open from Tuesday till Friday from 8.30am - 10.00pm and on weekends from 9.30am - 10.00pm. The bowling is open from Tuesday till Saturday from 2.00pm till midnight and on the Sundays from 2.00pm till 10.00pm. They are closed on Mondays.


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Briefly plagued by traveling families in the 70s and 80s, station wagons have been awarded a slightly negative stigma, and are nearly extinct. Replaced over the last few years by taller wagons, aka crossovers, the station wagon gets no love on this side of the pond in North America. In Europe, the wagon, or estate nearly outsells four door sedans. Personally, there has always been something appealing about a wagon. They exhibit personality, versatility, practicality, and style. Style? Oh yes, style.
Take a good glimpse at the new Volvo V60. The exterior clearly translates the sleek, contemporary design the Swedish do all so well. Smooth lines commence from the front, quickly drawing attention to the swooped greenhouse that graduates to the rear. Far from the design of driving bricks in the past, Volvo continues to create attractive sheet metal underlying Scandinavian construction elements. The newly revised face of Volvo straight from the S60 sport sedan carries over with LED lights adorning the front and rear. This particular Swede was painted in the glorious Power Blue metallic, that albeit striking, underlines a level of class and sophistication that is distinctly Volvo.
Simplicity meets function as the interior continues on the theme of contemporary design cues with every detail serving a purpose. Upon entry, some of the finest seats in the industry welcome passengers in a simple, yet refined interior. Defined side bolsters and a deep cushion guarantee continuous levels of comfort for a driver of any size or shape. An interactive instrument cluster adds a sophisticated level of technology, with no compromise. Drivers can alter the settings in the display to show analog, digital, and various relevant and important readouts. Some details of the panel recall products of the past; reminding you Volvo is not new to the industry.
Under the hood is uniquely Volvo, utilizing force induction to propel the wagon to a state of driving exhilaration. The brand's potent T5 power plant pushes out an exhilarating 250 HP with 266 lb. ft. of torque, which is then mated to a 6-speed automatic transmission that promises smooth power delivery. In the future, one can only hope Volvo will introduce a high performance Polestar variant.
When shopping the market in the popular compact crossover segment, take a moment to check out the Volvo V60. The style, versatility, and individuality just may be enough to seriously consider. It's the right car to meet most lifestyles with a valuable level of poise and elegance. Still not convinced? Take another moment and check out the brand's XC60 crossover.


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Early-Stage Cervical Cancer
By Sunni Hosemann
Primary treatment options
In addition, Dr. Jhingran noted that ovarian function is lost when the
pelvis is irradiated, eliminating the possibility of preserving
fertility and hormone production. Long-term effects of hormonal
deprivation, such as osteoporosis and pelvic fractures, are especially
important because many of the patients who are treated for cervical
cancer are young.
Drs. Schmeler and Jhingran are also conducting a study of long-term
sequelae of definitive radiation therapy for cervical cancer. Of
particular interest are bone density changes and pelvic fractures.
For more information, talk to your physician, visit www.mdanderson.org, or call askMDAnderson at 877-632-6789.
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Jim Tolpin Vardo #6
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"Over the years I've made a number of interpretations of late 19th century English "Vardos". All detail work is done with handtools and all materials are marine-grade for beauty and longevity. My last project completed in 2007--an interpretation of a late 1800's "Bow-top" gypsy caravan built in England and once featured in a National Geographic article. I did all the joinery and detail work with hand tools. "
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Jim Tolpin's Artist Statement
Why do I build gypsy wagons? The first answer that comes to mind, which is probably the one closest to the truth, is an answer essentially the opposite to what mountaineers often reply when asked why they climb a mountain (i,e, "Because its there"). In my case, I've always wanted to build gypsy caravans because they are not there!
I have long been fascinated with the traveling lifestyle, with life lived mostly outdoors, lived close to the edge---I life I lived for a decade or so of my life. I learned that if you could live such a life in company with a cozy and enchanting conveyance in the form of a highly developed folk craft, then so much the better. For me, that conveyance was the English or Irish gypsy caravan (or Vardo in the Romany language). Ever since having first seen highly romanticized illustrations of them in children's books (see "Wind in the Willows" for starters), then finding murky black and white photos of them on the road at the end of the 19th century, and finally getting my hands on glorious color photos of restored versions at Appleby Faire in England, I knew I had to have one. I also knew that the only way I would ever get my hands on one would be to get my hands to build one.
Starting in the late 1970's I built, and traveled in, a very simple version affixed to the frame of a 1940 Ford 1-ton pickup. After moving to the Northwest, I embarked on building more authentically designed and detailed vardos, culminating in the "Trillium" completed in 2007. This wagon closely reproduced the look of a "bow top" style caravan that was produced by Bill Wright's carriage shop in Leeds, England in the late 19th century. Like most of my other wagons, the Trillium was built in collaboration with several other artists--a metal worker for the welded steel frame and some of the decorative brackets; a graphic artist for the panel art and lining out; and a stain glass maker for the windows. The current owner, Mark Oros, provided much of the fabric work of the interior decor.
None of my wagons, including this one, were designed to be horse-drawn. I don't know horses, and I don't know how I would convince the beast to pull my wagon around the highways and byways of America. But I do know how to pull trailers behind my pickup truck, so I built my wagons to be roadworthy for travel at highway speeds. Whether traveling at 4 miles or 400 miles a day, however, these wagons are the conveyances of dreams-come-true. They are a folk-craft of the hand that takes the heart home.


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Fireworks in Honolulu, HI
Honolulu Festival
The famous fireworks exhibit from Nagaoka city began bringing their annual tradition to the Honolulu Festival in 2010. In 2012, the two-hour Nagaoka show brought a condensed 15-minute version to Honolulu, exploding about 1,400 shells, including about 100 "Sanjaku-dama" shells, which are about three feet in diameter and are shot nearly 2,000 feet into the sky. The annual one-weekend community extravaganza that is the Honolulu Festival celebrates the many cultures nestled as neighbors in Hawaii. Experience Taiko Drums, Dance, Alaskan Native Heritage, Japanese Culture, Okinawan Food, and much, much more. The Honolulu Festival attracts groups from countries all over the Pacific Rim.
Aloha Tower's "Fireworks of Independence"
The day before Independence Day, visit Aloha Tower Marketplace with the whole family for fun and fireworks. Keiki festivities include bounce houses, face painting and balloon twisting. There will be food vendors there especially for the occasion, as well as the usual restaurants anchored in Aloha Tower such as Gordon Biersch Brewery, Harbor Chinese Seafood Restaurant, and Chai's Island Bistro. Performances by local entertainers that vary year by year. 2012 entertainments includes Logan Okuda, Jewels of Paradise Dancers, and Efoe and Friends. The fun starts at 4:00 p.m. and continues until 10:00 p.m. The fireworks start at 8:45 p.m. Valet parking only.
Ala Moana Center's Fourth of July Fireworks Extrav
The Independence Day fireworks show at Ala Moana Center is the largest in Honolulu, the largest on Oahu, and among the 25 largest in the entire country. The year 2012 will mark Ala Moana Center's 21st anniversary Fourth of July fireworks show. There will be live entertainment starting at noon and the fireworks will be at 8:00 p.m. The fireworks show is 20 minutes long and always draws a humongous crowd and top entertainers from around the islands. Attendees can start jockeying for position in the Sears parking lot starting at 3 p.m. Go shopping and enjoy extra savings on the fourth from participating Ala Moana retailers, or just sit and enjoy the entertainment until the Fireworks Finale starts at 8:30 p.m. Bring your own beach chairs or blankets, and be prepared to get cozy with all your other stranger-neighbor-revelers in the mall parking lot!
4th of July Spectacular
Schofield Barrack's 41st annual Fourth of July fireworks show will feature music from big names such as Hoobastank, Jack's Mannequin, and Dita Holifield. They know how to do it on base, with loads of food, rides, games, prizes and more. Don't miss out on your chance to ride the mechanical bull. Run off all those hot dogs as an entrant in the 5k, or sign the kiddies up for the Children's One Mile Fun Run. This event is free and open to the public. Fireworks start at 8:30 p.m. No pets, personal fireworks, open flame or charcoal cooking. Canopy tents will be allowed on the field until 5:00 p.m. Everyone over the age of 16 is required to show a government-issued ID for entry. Organized by the department of Welfare and Morale, Family and Recreation.
Chinese New Year in Chinatown
The large percentage of Hawaii's population with some Chinese heritage takes to the streets and celebrates with all the non-Chinese during the month-long Lunar New Year. Honolulu's Chinatown bustles with street vendors, food, arts and crafts, entertainment, and of course many loud firecrackers to scare away bad spirits.. Catch a feng shui presentation, martial arts demonstrations, Chinese fortune reading, Chinese dancing, traditional Chinese song, Lion and Dragon Dances, the Narcissus Queen and her court, and weapons demonstrations. A street parade closes with a giant 150-foot dragon snaking through the crowd. This celebration takes place in January or early February, depending on the lunar calendar.


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HMV administrators Deloitte today confirmed that all proceeds from the sale of 'He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother' will go to the Hillsborough families' fight for justice.
Liverpool Walton MP Steve Rotheram contacted the administrators last Friday to ensure all money made from the sale of the charity single would go to the families.
After weeks of campaigning and promoting, The Justice Collective's cover of the Hollies' classic edged tough competition, including X Factor winner James Arthur, to clinch the Christmas No.1 spot.
And today it was announced that money raised through sales of the track at the entertainment firm would be safeguarded.
Joint administrator Nick Edwards said: "I can confirm that all money raised by HMV for various charities will be paid in full."
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Ornette Coleman: Snowflakes and Sunshine
Snowflakes and Sunshine
Ornette Coleman (violin, trumpet)
The Ornette Coleman Trio at the "Golden Circle" Stockholm, Volume Two (Blue Note CDP-84225)
Ornette Coleman (violin, trumpet), David Izenson (bass), Charles Moffett (drums).
Composed by Ornette Coleman.
Recorded: live in Stockholm, Sweden, December 4, 1965
Rating: 90/100 (learn more)
Ten-and-a-half minutes of high-energy, wholly improvised Free Jazz, "Snowflakes and Sunshine" features Ornette employing his (then) newly acquired violin and trumpet chops. As could be expected, Coleman's hardwired auto-didacticism led him to approach the instruments idiosyncratically. Unlike his sax melodies—which are often diatonic, and in any case deal with standard intervals more often than not—his violin line is chromatic to the point of being microtonal, alternating scraping double-stops with lightning-fast squiggles. His trumpet playing is similarly expressionistic, if not quite as chromatic. Coleman's technique on both instruments is coarse, yet he clearly has ample means to express himself. David Izenson's rapid-fire pizzicato bass all but disappears in the shadow of drummer Charles Moffett's tom-toms and bass drum, though he lends the music a palpable momentum. Moffett displays why he might have been Coleman's most exciting drummer. His beat is steady, as the surrounding accents and rhythms are in constant flux. This music is restless and unrelenting. Though it lacks almost entirely the grace that characterizes Ornette's sax-based music, it possesses its own feral beauty.
Reviewer: Chris Kelsey
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Copyright 2003 Susan Yung
NEW YORK -- Ballet Nacional
de Cuba, founded and directed by Alicia Alonso, showed its depth
and strengths in a somewhat arid repertory program at City Center
last night. The show had made the headlines for the wrong reasons
earlier in the week; scenes from Act II of Petipa/Ivanov's "Swan
Lake" replaced the company's planned presentation of "Les Sylphides"
due to American Ballet Theatre's contract with the estate of choreographer
Michel Fokine. However, "Swan Lake" demonstrated what "Les Sylphides"
surely would have -- a deep corps, attention to detail, and a bevy
of strong soloists. Laura Hormigon (Odette) danced well, but it
wasn't until her final exiting moments that her true talent was
revealed: arms as fluid as a snake sidewinding across the sand.
Oscar Torrado made a handsome partner, despite some balkiness in
assisting Hormigon in turns.
The highlight of the
evening was Viengsay Valdes's rendition of Odile in "The Black Swan."
She emerged all fire and brimstone, shooting darts from her eyes
and from pointed toes. Partnered by Joel Carreno, Valdes stabbed
her pointe shoe into the floor on arabesque balances and remained
there for what seemed like eons. Her perfect balance translated
into consistent four revolution pirouettes; amazingly, she began
her fouette sequence with a five or six revolution turn. And yet
she shaded her physical prowess with delicate articulation in developpes,
and a knack for acting. Carreno displayed a relaxed charm, with
easy splits in the air and solid turns.
"Canto Vital," choreographed
in 1973 by Azari Plisetski for four men, felt like a work of political
propaganda boosterism. Led by Octavio Martin, the lycra-bikinied
men struck poses and puffed out their chests in a supposed duel
of natural forces. While they carved beautiful lines, the piece
was, regrettably, anachronistic. The evening ended with "Blood Wedding,"
choreographed by Antonio Gades, an atmospheric soft shoe piece composed
of concise scenes, depicting a fatal love story. Barbara Garcia
portrayed the bride full of noble poise in Flamenco sequences. Javier
Torres (the groom) and Victor Gili (Leonardo) moved skillfully in
the super slo-mo knife fight. Spare movement matched the pared-down
music, augmented by the dancers' clapping and finger snapping.
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Widely regarded as one of the premier selectors in the nation, Chicagoan DJ Heather graces the decks at Hudson for Giant Step's Monday night party on August 10.
One of the Windy City's main DJ exports, Heather's released soulful house mix compilations for the Afterhours label and the much heralded Fabric CD series, for the club of the same name. She won the first ever Dancestar award for Breakthrough DJ in 2002 and now runs her own house label Blackcherry Recordings.
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So, what do the 49ers need? Apparently a legendary high school coach, if recent reports from Comcast Sports Bay Area are to be believed.
According to CSNBayArea.com's Matt Maioco, a 49ers insider, Harbaugh has reached out to recently retired Concord (Calif.) De La Salle High head football coach Bob Ladoucer, sounding out the decades-long coach of the Spartans about a consulting job with the 49ers in which he would help Harbaugh navigate "team dynamics".
That's a major step up for Ladoucer, who led the De La Salle Spartans to 399 victories and a whopping eight mythical national titles. Ladoucer's prep legend is so compelling that a major motion picture (starring Jim Caviziel) chronicling his life and tenure at De La Salle is currently under production.
For the moment, the former De La Salle head coach is still on the coaching staff for the Spartans, serving as a volunteer running backs coach. At the same time, he is playing an active mentoring role to new Spartans head coach Justin Alumbaugh, who told MaxPreps that his predecessor is apparently happy in his new more limited role, in part because it puts a limit on the stress he feels on a daily basis.
"I think he's happy in his new role. He seems a more spry," Alumbaugh told MaxPreps. "This is a well-earned change in roles. I think he's enjoying and embracing it and seems a lot less wound up."
Whether that calming phase would continue if he takes on the 49ers as well remains to be seen. Given Ladoucer's penchant for tackling challenges head on, he might be precisely the kind of coach to take on the role that Harbaugh thinks he could fill, as well.
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Vic Skolnick
4/25/1929 – 6/9/2010
The Cinema Arts Centre (CAC) showed its first film in 1973—A Bill of Divorcement, the 1932 movie starring Katharine Hepburn and John Barrymore. At that time, the theater was not a theater as such: It was a temporarily transformed dance studio, and its proprietors, Vic Skolnick and Charlotte Sky—transplanted Manhattanites unhappy with the Island's paucity of film options—simply borrowed a film reel and projector from the Greenlawn library, and projected the movie onto a bed sheet hanging on the wall.
"People had to bring their own chairs," noted Dylan Skolnick, Vic's son and the Centre's current co-director, in an interview with the Press in 2008.
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The not-for-profit CAC moved into its current Huntington Village location—at 423 Park Ave.—in 1977. It now has three screens and a café. It offers an amazing array of films, not just new independent and foreign pics, but old silent movies, gay-and-lesbian-themed films, documentaries, the seven-and-a-half-hour War & Peace—and lots of worthy extras: theme events, in-person discussions with guest speakers and even filmmakers and stars (including Robert Altman, Lynn Redgrave, Isabella Rossellini, Hal Hartley, Edie Falco and hundreds of others).
Clearly, since 1973, CAC has changed immeasurably, but one thing that remained constant through the decades was the passion, devotion and love of film (and community) of its co-creator, Vic Skolnick. A gregarious, warm person of tremendous spirit, Vic was more than the proprietor of a movie theater: He was the very heart of film on Long Island. It was his tremendous enthusiasm that first brought art cinema to the Island, and his dedication that allowed it to grow.
Indeed, it is very likely any single person who has ever walked into CAC has spoken to Vic at least once—as Vic could often be found in the café, chatting about film with patrons and friends. Moreover, he was a frequent public speaker, introducing films, conducting question-and-answer seminars after films, and conversing, always conversing, with his fellow cinephiles, filled as he was with immense, boundless verve and knowledge.
"[CAC] has always been designed as not just a place to go to the movies, but a real community center: a place for people to meet, to hang out, to get out of their house," Dylan told the Press in 2008. "Long Island can be very isolating. [This is] a place where people can come and do something together."
That was, and remains, the vision and indelible legacy of Vic Skolnick. The Island has many supporters and lovers of the arts, but none greater than Vic. He passed away last night at the age of 81.


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"When he answered, he was wearing a Mario Bros. T-shirt and a pair of boxers with a frayed hole in the hem. He didn't seem surprised to see me." By Roxane Gay
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Roxane Gay's writing appears or is forthcoming in Black Warrior Review, Mid-American Review, Cream City Review, Annalemma, McSweeney's (online), and others. She is the co-editor of PANK, an assistant professor of English at Eastern Illinois University, and can be found on her website. Her first collection, Ayiti, will be released in 2011.
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Top 5 Tuesday (a day early) ...fave Dylan moments
Tuesday Bob Dylan will take the stage at DV's Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater. The man who influenced all who've strapped on a guitar over the last five decades, from The Beatles to Adam Sandler, croons live off the Wasatch Back. Read More


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DC-area college soccer teams produced some of the best and some of the worst women action this Memorial Day weekend. Gallaudet was unable to find any offense Aug. 31, as Randolph College routed the Bison 7-1 on the road. GU goalie Jennifer Livengood stopped 19 of the 26 shots thrown her way. The Bison were held to one shot in the first half and four in the game.
Gallaudet won its opener 2-1 over Trinity Friday. Megan Calik put the Bison on the scoreboard in the 53rd minute as she ripped a shot just to the right of Trinity goalie Eboni Hibbert (5 saves). The second goal came eight minutes later as Anastasia Murray scored on the fast break opportunity in the 61st minute. Sofia Lindevall assisted on both goals.
Trinity struck back with its first goal of the 2014 season when Asya Tucker blasted a 30-yard goal past Livengood in the 77th minute. The Tigers return to action Sept. 2 against Washington Adventist University, scheduled to kickoff at 6 pm.
WAU faced their first game of the season against Salem College at Fairland Recreational Park on Aug. 31. It showed the new coach, Alex Sandoval, the challenge awaiting him. The Saints had 10 bodies in uniform. Salem has 34 on its roster, SC brought 13 subs.
When it was all said and done, the Spirits won 12-0. SC took a 6-0 lead into the break. The Spirits out shot Adventist 46-0 and had a 14-0 corner kick advantage. Playing goal for most of the second half, Aaliyah Payton (Tacoma Park) stopped 5-of-7 shots on goal.
Marymount University dropped a 2-0 decision to Greensboro Saturday. The Saints surrendered both Pride goals in the last ten minutes of the contest. The Saints fall to 0-1-1 on the season with the loss. Allison Gibson who broke the stalemate in the 82nd minute, using a cross from Samara Alba to find the back of the net. Alba also triggered the exclamation point just moments later when she found Melanie Ratan unmanned just outside the box.
Chloe McAuliffe (Great Falls, VA) and Kirsten Campbell each fired off three shots for MU, while Amy Lawton and Samantha McAlonan (McLean High) each added a pair.
It was Marymount University's squad opened its 2014 campaign with a lengthy stalemate, dueling Hood through two overtime periods to reach the 1-1 final. The Saints struck first with Campbell serving a lengthy ball to McAuliffe, who skipped the Saints' first tally of the season just over the goal line in the 44th minute. Alyssa Nubgaard (Poolesville High) found the back of the net in the 51st minute for the equalizer.
Unfortunately, you had to be in Farmingdale, NY, to see the best of the action. That is where Catholic University swept two games in the Rams Classic.
The Aug. 30 match against Farmingdale State was a nail-biter. Both squads traded scores with the first couple of minutes, then CU controlled most of the offense, but FSU's Breanna Blair kept the Rams alive with 9 saves on net. Finally the Cardinal's Caroline Hopkins scored the game-winning goal, looping the ball over the goalkeeper's outstretched arms on a rebound from the corner of the penalty box.
"We probably had a nice string of 7 or 8 passes before the ball popped out to 'Cam' after a rebound. She put the ball exactly where it needed to be to score the goal," said Coach J.P. Sousa.
Kaylre Greaves finished a pass from Alyssa Fiore to tie the contest 1-1 at 2:19. It was Greaves second goal of the young season. She also scored in Catholic's 3-0 rout of Western Connecticut State on Friday. Lindsey Aleman and Andrea Jablonskyj also had goals Friday.


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They have been warned off and not allowed out without supervision-which is what I should have had- to see what was going on.
That sun and wind is now coming from a lovely warm direction
We are on Walton's Mountain at the moment
You sowed too late-they will flower next year-around May
Perhaps a little bit more information?
Someone decided that it would be a good idea to open it up a bit as they half-saw the technique on GW last year sometime-when that someone is in the garden with secateurs nothing is safe.There should be demarcation zones and no-go areas
Flo-did you find anything under the gooseberry bush- isn't that where babies come from?-perhaps it was the babies that nicked last year's
Kate -I am adopting the reverse psychology, low expectation bit, and also covering all the bases- washed down with a nice Chianti
Someone cut a lot of my fruiting redcurrant branches off last year-so there is not so much fruit this time
I have been looking on interweb- probably the same as you-about this and also drawn a blank.
Where did you get them from?
Dinner here is also prepared-spag bol-at my behest
What time do I have to be ready for -should I change to all white strip?
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I think you need to employ more servants -the one who does the dishes needs to go.
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Morning Psalms: 31 | Evening Psalm: 35
Exodus 4:10-31 | 1 Corinthians 14:1-9 | Mark 9:30-41
Exodus 4:10-31 | 1 Corinthians 14:1-9 | Mark 9:30-41
How many times in our lives do we come up against something and mutter under our breath, "c'mon Lord, You have to be kidding me, I can't do that." Or, how often when confronted with challenges do we meet them with reluctance or downright indignation. We seem to suffer short term memory loss of the highest order when it comes to recalling the number of times our Lord has delivered us, rescued us, or provided us with whatever it takes to meet the challenges that life brings. Moses had the same problem (Exod 4:10-31). He did not have the luxury or advantage of seeing things from God's perspective. In this case, however, we do. We know in hindsight that in the Exodus story God had already delivered Moses numerous times.
But of course Moses, like us, doesn't see it that way. You see Moses only has his human perspective. It's the same one we suffer under. Except in this case we are living outside the story and therefore we are able to see his life from a different vantage point. And so it is always, with our Lord. His perspective on this world is different than ours, but we can be encouraged that our lives are no different or less important than Moses'. We do well to remember that our Father in Heaven looks at our lives with the same love and compassion. He truly is the one in control of His creation and He will work out all things to His glory and our salvation. Therefore we need not fear our inadequacies; our Lord knows them and uses them to His glory. We are called like Moses to follow His voice and like the Psalmist today reminds us, Our times are in His hands (Ps 31:15).
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Eventually, we are going to reach our limits in particle physics, or maybe find the theory of everything. Particle physics isn't easy by any means. It requires at the minimum years of graduate school and more to master. The main motivation of learning is to come up with original research later. But if there is no more research to do in the future, hardly anyone would be motivated to learn particle physics given its intrinsic difficulty. What would happen then? Would knowledge of particle physics disappear because no one would be around to remember it? Or would it become a scholastic tradition passed down dogmatically from generation to generation.
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There are huge challenges left in particle physics. There are number of free parameters which are put by hand to make proper predictions. Physicists will continue to struggle to find a theory which will predict those parameters. There are other compelling reasons to consider that there must be some post standard model physics. There is still the problem of a completely satisfactory quantum theory of gravity.
String theory is one answer which is an work in progress. It has not predicted those parameters from the theory till now but who knows what surprises may come in this journey.
Huge fields of study in particle physics lay before the physicists and the investigation is by no means over.
As someone says "Confusion and disorientation reign…. Very likely we are still confused beginners with very wrong mental pictues, and ultimate reality remains far beyond our grasp… The more we discover, the less we seem to know. That's physics in a nutshell...".
A view of history helps:
I will repeat the trite that knowledge is a circle with an expanding radius. Within the circle is the known, without is the unknown. The more the known is enlarged the greater the contact with unknowns.
Now specifically for particle physics, maybe it will go the way of thermodynamics, or electromagnetism :) . These disciplines are still being studied by physicists because new frontiers also open new questions in old disciplines.
Particle physics is no harder than other physics branches when one tries to describe and learn as much as possible. Now suppose that strings do turn up to be the theory of everything. Have you looked at what this everything is? at least six more dimension and God knows what this means as far as our reality goes. Rather future generations of physicists will try to see what this means.
In addition the tools available to physicists for calculations and experiments could not even be dreamed about during Lord Kelvin's time. Why should we be able to dream successfully about how physics and experiments will be 100 years hence?


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Horace Greeley is supposed to have said, "Go west, young man, go west." The Silicon Valley Contemporary Art Fair has taken his advice. The fair is so cutting edge that M Fine Arts is accepting Bitcoin as payment for Dana Louise Kirkpatrick's Bitcoin inspired art work. The fair will include the U.S. premiere of the Marina Abramovic Institute's tech-centric installation, the Mutual Wave Machine, plus performance art, awards, silent auctions and even a panel on how to build a corporate collection.
Among the more than 50 exhibitors will be New York's Marianne Boesky Gallery and Mark Borghi Fine Art, Honor Fraser and Timothy Yarger Fine Art of Los Angeles, and London's The Fine Art Society, as well as many regional and international dealers.
Pace Gallery of New York will be exhibiting, too, and they also have a pop-up gallery in nearby Menlo Park. From April 16th through June 30th, 2014, Pace is set up in the former Tesla headquarters at 300 El Camino Real, and will present two exhibitions: "Alexander Calder: The Art of Invention," from April 16th to May 13th, 2014 and "Tara Donovan: Untitled, " from May 22nd to June 30th, 2014.
The show benefits the San Jose Museum of Art. Tickets and info: http://siliconvalleycontemporary.com/
Toomey-Tourell presents a solo show by Dorothy Goode, "Sharpie Looks for God." A fiercely independent thinker raised in the 1970's by counter culture hippies in Mendocino County, California, Goode's work references her interests in literature, philosophy and critical theory while investigating gesture, color and line. The exuberance of her mark making nods to the rise and fall of Abstract Expressionism, while her graphite scrawls recall graffiti art and Neo- Expressionism. Goode's gift for color and gesture recall both Sam Francis and Helen Frankenthaler in their use of highly saturated, thinned out paint, while her use of text suggests something both cryptic and self-revelatory.
Dolby Chadwick Gallery presents new oil paintings by Louise LeBourgeoi. LeBourgeois has called Chicago home for the past thirty-six years, and Lake Michigan—located mere blocks from her house—has served as her primary muse for the last twenty. Yet each painting is dramatically different than the next, evidence of the lake's inexhaustible potential as a subject of inquiry. Remarking on an observation offered by a friend, LeBourgeois notes that her paintings are "like coming to a place of peacefulness and tranquility after going through something really difficult. They're a place of respite." Read Jeffrey Carlson's take on the exhibition for Fine Arts Connoisseur.
Bernie Lubell's installation takes over Intersection for the Arts. "Why Can't the First Part of the Second Party be the Second Part of the First Party?" A Solo Exhibition by Bernie Lubell Lubell's new large-scale interactive wood installation monitors Intersection for the Arts' building systems. The installation uses wood computers to slowly get nothing to happen as described in SF Weekly. Through June 7, 2014.


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Here we go again. Obama is reaching out to Republicans one more time, convening a health care summit in hopes of crafting a bipartisan bill with a party that wants nothing to do with bipartisanship. If anything, Republicans, emboldened by Scott Brown's surprise victory in Massachusetts, see obstructionism as the way to success at the polls. They're going along, of course, because they have to at least pretend to want to work across the aisle. Their modest proposals for health care reform, which, if enacted, might extend coverage to about 5 percent of the nation's uninsured, and which do nothing to contain costs, are so at odds with the president's more sweeping proposals there is little chance that this summit will be anything but political theater.
Obama still seems reluctant to call the GOP out. The party that loudly demanded up and down votes on the Senate floor for Bush's nominees now holds all of Obama's hostage for months on the flimsiest of grounds–the latest being Richard Shelby's hold on 70 nominees if he didn't get an earmark for his state. It now takes 60 votes to accomplish anything in the Senate, thanks to the GOP's filibuster of everything and anything. In the bizarre math of the current political paralysis, 41 votes defeats 59. And the inability of Democrats to accomplish anything in this environment appears to imperil their majority in November. President Obama, Mr. Cool, still refuses to raise his voice. The only people who seem to be genuinely angry, for all the wrong reasons, are the Tea Party loonies. Meanwhile, the country suffers.


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The last strands of smoke hang in the air. The air itself is hot and still, out movements lethargic as the man next to me slowly exhales. He leans back, a distant smile playing across his face, before abruptly knocking the gray embers from his pipe and onto the floor. They aren't much for ashtrays, these Moroccans.
It's 2:11am in the dusty outpost of Beni Ahmed. The last game of bingo draws close to completion, and Mohammad curses under his breath: Hemar! It's been a long evening spent in the dusky confines of the cafe, and luck has been elusive for my young host.
He stands with an exasperated grunt, tipping the stone bingo markers to the floor. "Come, we go now," he says. The red lights on the ATM clock outside still read 32C -- almost 90F -- and we wander down the empty street, unsteady from boredom and kief.
I had arrived two days earlier in a shared taxi. The daytime temp was over 110F, and the old Mercedes struggled to keep up under the hellish heat. We stopped at a roadside well, and the other passengers drenched their faces, rinsing their mouths before carefully spitting it out -- for Muslims, even water is forbidden during the fasting of Ramadan. While the driver attempted to placate the engine's steaming rattle, one of my fellow passengers gestured to the plots of green marking the landscape below. "Mirar, amigo. Cannabis, sí?"
Sí indeed, for we were deep in the Rif Mountains, an hour or so from Chefchaouen and surrounded by arid terrain primed to produce the fields of marijuana we could see in the distance. It is this same marijuana that will later find its way across the Strait of Gibraltar and up into Europe, condensed and smuggled as hash, destined for sale on Parisian street corners and in Dutch coffeeshops. I nodded back at our self-nominated tour guide; it's always nice to meet a local keen to share his appreciation for the region's top export.
We pulled back out onto the road, and I steadied myself for another round of real-life chicken, metal carrion competing for the single lane of asphalt. Our eventual arrival, miraculous as it seemed to me, was all in a day's work -- just another instance of avoided breakdowns and blowouts -- and we were unceremoniously ejected from the car and, soon thereafter, into the hands of our couch-surfing host, a polite young man named Mohammad.
It was a short walk to his house, where we dropped our bags and, using Mohammad as an interpreter, tried to explain to his mother that we would like to wait until Iftar to break the day's fast with them as a family. Our good intentions were well received and promptly ignored, as that renowned Moroccan hospitality was rolled out in the form of delicious tomato and onion relish, fresh orange juice and bread with a cardamom-and-cumin-spiced sauce. But Mohammad was hungry and removed himself while we ate, explaining that although he's a good Muslim, it is much easier to resist temptation when it remains unseen.
After lunch, Mohammad told us a little bit about life in the village. Given the area's reputation, it wasn't overly surprising when he revealed that he grows weed. Like his father and his father's father before him, his living comes from tending the crops that are barely hidden from the main road and its prying eyes.
Following this revelation, Mohammad took us down to the local outpost of the Gendarme Royale (the national police) for "registration." I was naturally suspicious and, unsure what we were there for, gave fake names for my parents, then tried not laugh as the cop stutteringly misspelled them. This bizarre bit of admin out of the way, we were free to go: Mohammad explained that it was just a precaution that allowed the police to cover their ample backsides should something happen to us. I couldn't resist the obvious next question and asked if they knew about the weed. Mohammad laughed: "They asked if you were here to smoke when we showed up."
This seemed to me an all-too-familiar case of corruption, the cops just one more group of officials contentedly growing fat on milk from the cash cow of illegality. That evening, sipping mint tea in a small café, Mohammad laid out the drug's ubiquity in the country. His grandfather sat behind us with some of the local bigwigs, and Mohammad discreetly pointed out the boss of the local area's operation -- a large, balding heavy-set man with sunken eyes that conveyed an absence of amusement. With the cops' self-protective registration process still looming large in my memory, I was only brave enough to sneak a glance at him.
Mohammad, it turned out, was very proud of his grandfather, whose service fighting the Algerians in the northern deserts had earned him some sort of immunity from searches and checkpoints. The details were vague, but we learned that this gave him the liberty to be a cash mule and exceed the status of mere farmer. Mohammad waxed lyrical about the extravagances to be found at the top of the weed chain here: imported Hummers with no papers, flashy watches,and the extraordinary tale of how the local boss paid to sleep with an unnamed Moroccan pop star.
Whatever the degree of truth to his tales, it was clear that the bosses were powerful men, and that the myths of wealth have lost none of their allure. That came as no surprise, since Beni Ahmed is a simple town: The roads are made of dirt, and the shops are few and far between. There are no extravagances to be found among the olive trees, concrete block houses and rundown cars. It would seem that whatever wealth weed brings into the area is slow to trickle down.
Marijuana is illegal in Morocco, and occasional government crackdowns can have dire consequences for a community so dependent on its cultivation. Mohammad told us about the government-sanctioned strikes in 2010, when Air Force helicopters selectively ruined crops with pesticides.
"This was a bad year, man, very bad year," Mohammad said, then shrugged in explanation: "No money."
Despite this ever-looming threat, the community persists in growing, and as a result, weed -- all of fairly average quality -- is everywhere. Mohammad told us that it's the only way to make money in these parts, and the large plastic bag behind the door in his house seemed to confirm his claims of multiple plantations. But when I finally got to see one, the crop was disappointing. While respectable in size, the plants were more bush than bud, with scores of males happily releasing their pollen among the females. The final product is your typical bush weed, nearly all stems and sticks. I hadn't the heart (or the nerve) to tell Mohammad how much better his crop would be if he adopted more modern farming methods.
In the end, though, it doesn't seem to matter much: Most of these plants will be turned into the infamous hard brown hash you find in Europe. The rest are cut up -- seeds, stems and all -- into the locals' narcotic of choice, the unbelievably harsh kief. It is this kief, smoked through a long, thin pipe with a clay cone, that kept me occupied the last three nights while Mohammad threw good dirham after bad in the crowded coffeehouse.
There are no women present, and in their absence the men display a surprisingly homoerotic level of affection, hanging off each other's shoulders and strategizing about the nonexistent nuances of bingo. I sit, removed from the proceedings in more ways than one, left to play mental bingo over what they might actually be saying.
The first night at the tables had been generally positive. I made a stuttering attempt to learn numbers in Arabic and made friends over the nonverbal ritual of kief. The practiced hands laughed as I coughed; they also smiled at my waxed mustache, gesturing like they were racing a motorbike. I shook hands with countless strangers keen to meet the newest attraction in the village and drank mint tea till my teeth were saturated with the sugar.
By the third night, though, my novelty had well and truly worn off. I was now just part of the background, forced to cultivate patience amidst the din of shouted Arabic and clattering cups. In a situation like this, especially when your host turns out to be hopelessly addicted to gambling, you are more hostage than guest: There is little you can do but wait until his time or his money runs out.
We arrive back at Mohammad's modest family home just in time for Suhoor, the final meal before daylight and its associated fasting. As we lie on the rooftop terrace preparing to sleep, I ask Mohammad if he can imagine a life without weed. After all, he is the only English speaker in town -- a fact he's very proud of -- and doesn't seem to smoke kief himself. Would there not be other opportunities for him?
Again, Mohammad laughs. In Beni Ahmed, a life without weed is inconceivable.
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On January 26th, 2014 in Rome Italy, Pope Francis releases a dove of peace from the Vatican balcony after giving a speech on peace to the thousands below. This is the second time the doves of peace have been attacked by birds of prey. If you will remember last year, Pope Benedict released the doves of peace, almost a year ago to the day, and they were attacked by a seagull as well. Many in the religious communities of both Catholics and protestants are saying its a bad omen as biblical texts suggest that the "Birds of prey" represent demonic forces that come to steal away God's word and purposes from humanity. The video attached shows both attacks.
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My favorite girl name is Ella, but my DH doesn't like it as a stand-alone name, I'm heartbroken :*( He wants a longer name to give her more options, like Annabella or Anabella, nn Ella. I think I'm leaning towards Anabella "On-ah-bella" b/c I'm afraid if we go with Annabella people will call her Anna instead of Ella. Do you think if I use Annabella people will shorten it to Anna? Bella is out for a nn as that's my sister Isabella's nn. Also, I'm open to other fn suggestions for nn Ella. Thanks in advance!!!
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By now, I'm sure you've all see the video of the Snoop & Dre performance at Coachella 2012 where Tupac made an on-stage resurrection via impressive technology. If not, check video on the right.
...the rapper was CGI. But at least it was good and, expensive CGI, "created by the Hollywood special effects studio Digital Domain, who have previously worked on films such as The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, TRON: Legacy and X-Men: First Class." Rolling Stones
In an eerie, and sometimes awkward display, the Hollywood special effects studio, Digital Domain, created the "hologram" (it's not really a hologram) of Tupac that seamlessly interacted with Snoop and Dr. Dre in a life-like manner. I watched this video in complete amazement and fear. It was really as if the future was right now. Every single rap blog, magazine, website, newspaper, and twitter feed in the cosmos has been rightfully reporting on this event. But only few have really touched the surface on the future implications of such technology. Not to invoke the spirit of an evil cartoon villain, but if this technology got in the wrong hands, it could be completely counter-productive to the culture and history of hip hop. I shiver at the thought of Biggie doing Big Mac commercials. Not good.
Dr. Dre and the good folks at Digital Domain did an amazing job in making this experience as authentic as possible; from Pac's movements, cadence, and adlibs to his trademark tattoos and clothing.
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Dr. Dre has intentions of taking "Pac" on tour. Let's hope he makes a stop in DC or Baltimore.