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Eric Clapton has covered so much musical ground over the course of his 50-year career that a comprehensive critical review of his work on film would encompass several DVDs.
Those crazy cats at Chrome Dreams are doing just that.
Following close hot on the heels of Eric Clapton: The 1960s Review comes a second volume—The 1970s Review—wherein filmmakers assemble a collage of fascinating insight, observation, and critique from some of the world's most notable journalists, interpolating their screen time with archival footage of Clapton himself, both on and off stage. It's a whopping 150-minute documentary critique spanning the Grammy-winning guitarist's first decade as a bona fide solo artist.
Watch the trailer for Eric Clapton: 1970s Review here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=fM614NQB3c8
The first few minutes of the film update viewers with a synopsis of Clapton's work in the sixties, when he honed his chops in the Yardbirds and John Mayall's Bluesbreakers before achieving megastar status in Cream with Ginger Baker (drums) and Jack Bruce (bass). We learn why the pioneering super-group was so successful—but also why it was so short-lived, having issued only a couple studio albums during its barely three-year run: Baker was temperamental, Bruce mildly egotistic, and Clapton too bored to continue reworking blues standards into psychedelic hits and proto-metal anthems. Engineers working on Cream's last album, Goodbye, reveal that the players were hardly ever in the studio at the same time, and that handlers shuttled them from a local hotel for individual tracking sessions.
Cast adrift following a highly-touted farewell Cream tour, Clapton teamed with fellow Powerhouse alum Steve Winwood (Spencer Davis Group, Traffic) in a second super-group, which—oddly enough—featured the increasingly eccentric Baker on drums. While Blind Faith concerned itself more with English roots-rock than the overdriven hard rock associated with Cream, the lineup fizzled after releasing only one LP (whose controversial sleeve bore a topless pubescent girl). However, Clapton became fast friends with the husband-wife team of Delaney & Bonnie, whose soul band had been tapped to support Blind Faith on tour at the suggestion of The Beatles' George Harrison.
Clapton began working on his first solo album in between guest shots and one-offs, like his appearance with John Lennon's Plastic Ono Band at the "Live Peace" concert in Toronto in September '69. But the film's pundits suggest E.C. was so enamored of Delaney Bramlett's singing and songwriting prowess that his eponymous debut for Atco / Polydor presented Clapton as a Delaney clone rather than the Stratocaster-strangling guitar "God" people expected. That Delaney produced the album and wrote a few tracks didn't exactly help Clapton find his own identity, but the film's commentators—including Bonnie herself—report that Delaney's guidance and voice lessons were of immeasurable value to Eric, who'd become fixated on the grassroots stylings of Bob Dylan's old backup group, The Band. Still, the 1970 released boasted impressive Clapton originals like "Easy Now" and "Let It Rain," two collaborations with Leon Russell ("Blues Power," "Lonesome and a Long Way from Home"), and a terrific cover of J.J. Cale's "After Midnight."
Multi-instrumentalist and all-around cool guy Bobby Whitlock talks us through Clapton's next project, Derek & The Dominoes, and the making of their acclaimed Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs. Disenchanted with the spotlight, Clapton toured with Delaney & Bonnie as a sideman, filing away bits of Delaney's songwriting technique and stagecraft for future use. When that group sputtered out (due to Delaney & Bonnie's bohemian lifestyles and constant bickering), Clapton began work-shopping new tunes with organist Whitlock and drummer Jim Gordon a Criteria Studios in Miami. Engineers Ron and Howard Albert explain how Duane Allman joined the sessions (after Clapton met the slide-guitar phenom at a nearby Allman Brothers show) and bonded with E.C. to create magic on the tour de force title track, "Layla," using a specially mic'ed piano and two smaller-than-they-sound guitar amplifiers. We're also given the inside scoop on why Eric still wasn't up to releasing music under his own name and preferred "hiding" within the confines of a group.
"Layla," of course, spoke to Clapton's unrequited love for George Harrison's then-wife, Pattie Boyd; but critics here reflect on how the double-LP's other entries were likewise written for her ("I Am Yours"), about his depression over not having her ("Bellbottom Blues"), or were otherwise selected because of how neatly they summarized his emotional plight (Billy Myles' "Have You Ever Loved a Woman").
Middle chapters "Dominoes Falling," "Highest Mountain to Lowest Valley," and "In Exile" chronicle the Dominoes' dissolution and Clapton's subsequent hiatus, circa 1971-74. Frustrated by his inability to connect with Boyd, his failure to keep his bands from disintegrating, and difficulty finding his own voice, E.C. retreated, wallowing in a heroin-fueled haze for months on end. Whitlock recalls trying to coax Clapton out of a hotel room one night, only to have the bathrobe-clad guitarist emerge intoxicated to compliment him on his new car. Eric's record company issued a stopgap concert album and hoped their star would clean up soon. Concerned for his friend, The Who's Pete Townshend nudged Clapton into playing a star-studded show at London's Rainbow Theater in January 1973, with Townshend, Steve Winwood and Ronnie Wood lending their talents.
Come 1974, a heroin-free Eric took to recording again—this time at a rental house in Golden Beach, Florida. The aptly-named 461 Ocean Boulevard saw E.C. teaming with session guitarist George Terry and backup singer Yvonne Elliman on another batch of blues covers ("Steady Rollin' Man," "I Can't Hold On"), a Johnny Otis shuffle ("Willie and The Hand Jive"), and the traditional "Motherless Children." But the LP also unveiled one of the chameleonic Clapton's new loves: Reggae. Turn on by the island sounds of Burnin' by Bob Marley & The Wailers, Eric successfully retooled the Jamaican icon's "I Shot the Sheriff" for his own purposes. Among the DVDs many live concert clips is a remarkably well-preserved video of Clapton performing the hit on TV with his new lineup on The Old Grey Whistle Test.
Terry talks us through the ups and downs of subsequent efforts There's One In Every Crowd, E.C. Was Here, and No Reason to Cry, noting his employer's shifting tastes in music (apart from always keeping one foot in the blues) and mood. The superstar finally got to work with Robbie Robertson and The Band in 1976, tracking Bob Dylan and Otis Rush covers with the boys at Shangri-La Studio in L.A. Terry himself even penned a reggae follow-up to "Sheriff" whose lyrics explained that song's cryptic characters and mysterious bucket in the well ("Don't Blame Me").
The critics here agree it wasn't until 1977's Slowhand that Clapton truly found his voice, polishing his songwriting skills to near perfection (with producer Glyn Johns) on the pop masterpiece "Wonderful Tonight." Commentators Anthony DeCurtis (Rolling Stone), Barney Hoskyns (Melody Maker), and Nigel Williamson (Tribune, The Times) observe how Clapton's voice renders him completely open and accessible—charmingly vulnerable—on such ballads without sounding weak or hackneyed. Eric would continue churning out love songs and pop gems in the '80s, but Slowhand surrounded "Wonderful" with upbeat rock covers ("Cocaine," "Lay Down Sally") and slow-burners ("Mean Old Frisco," "Peaches and Diesel") in a manner that satisfied old-school fans.
The late '70s saw a relatively happy Clapton returning to the charts and (finally) marrying Boyd. But Terry and others concede Eric had traded heroin for booze, which he consumed at an alarming rate. A documentary film capturing the day-to-day life of E.C. and his band on tour (by train) was shelved, allegedly because of its unflattering portrayal of the perpetually-drunken star. The DVD offers several clips, including a funny scene wherein Eric wanders from an interview, leaving French reporters to interrogate a lookalike Clapton roadie. The movie also touches on the publicity firestorm raised when an inebriated Eric echoed the minority-bashing, no-immigration policy of staunchly conservative Parliament member Enoch Powell. Clapton's U.K. sales nosedived immediately—but the guitarist suffered little backlash in America (where few knew or cared who Powell was), poising him for stateside triumph in the '80s.
It's engrossing listening to Terry discuss how he and Clapton would trade solos on stage, or how Eric would give him a nod to "take it" if he wasn't feeling 100%. Terry—who served as loyal backup guitarist through 1977 (when E.C. reconfigured his band) says his boss's controversial in-concert statements didn't bother him, so long as his own ability to play (and earn a paycheck) wasn't hindered. Journalist Williamson, who found Eric to be sweet and articulate during their several interviews, still feels otherwise, expressing disappointment that Clapton has never taken responsibility or said he's sorry.
Casual Clapton fans might be intimidated by the film's 2.5 hour running time, but lovers of Isis Productions / VH-1's popular Classic Albums series will appreciate the album-by-album chronology and painstaking attention to detail. We could've done without the fake digital "lint" added to still photos for the simple sake (we're guessing) of making such ephemera look even older, but the sheer volume of images on display makes up for such minor style faux pas. And we were taken aback by the out-of-the-blue stock footage of half-naked hippies cavorting in the desert to the sounds of The Band and Blind Faith. The pictures aren't graphic, but really, why spoil your heady, in-depth documentary with them when a still shot of the musicians under discussion would suffice?
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Suppose $G$ is a finite group and fix a prime $p$.
Let $H\leq G$ have the property that $C_G(x)\subseteq H$ whenever $x$ is an element of $H$ whose order is $p^\alpha, \alpha>0$ an integer. Then prove that $p$ cannot divide both $|H|$ and $|G:H|$.
I'm asking you to lend me an hand since it seems I'm stuck on the problem.
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12.03.2010 / Share Your First Husker Game Day Experience Contest
First National Bank and the University of Nebraska at Lincoln have teamed up to present the Your First Husker Game Day Experience contest. For simply sharing your first Husker game experience and you could win two tickets to a Husker home football game. Plus, you will even have the opportunity to be on the field to watch your first game day experience featured on Husker Vision. Below are the previous winners.
Game 7: Colorado
Score: Nebraska Cornhuskers 45 Colorado Buffaloes 17
Winner: Joe Manasek
Game 6: Kansas
Score: Nebraska Cornhuskers 20 Kansas Jay Hawks 3
Winner: Lisa Miller
Game 5: Missouri
Score: Nebraska Cornhuskers 31 Missouri Tigers 17
Winner: Lou Siefker of Norfolk
Game 4: Texas
Score: Nebraska Cornhuskers 13 Texas Longhorns 20
Winner: Mark Hill of Omaha
Game 3: South Dakota State
Score: Nebraska Cornhuskers 17 South Dakota State Jackrabbits 3
Winner: Bill Reece of Wahoo
Game 2: Idaho
Score: Nebraska Cornhuskers 38 Idaho Vandals 17
Winner: Wes Jensen of Hastings, NE
Game 1: Western Kentucky
Score: Nebraska Cornhuskers 49 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers 10
Winner: Ford Clark of Scottsbluff, NE


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Todd Chrisley, his wife Julie and their five children are the stars of USA Network's newest reality show "Chrisley Knows Best". Court documents reveal that Chrisley has been sued by employees for sexual harassment.
The sexual harassment case filed against Todd Chrisley involved not only female employees, but also a male employee, according to a March 19 report from Radar Online. According to the court documents obtained by Radar Online, Todd Chrisley was sued by three former Chrisley Asset Management employees in 2010. The former employees, including one male, accused Todd Chrisley of commenting about his penis size, inappropriately touching employees and making sexual gestures towards his subordinates.
The lawsuit alleged that the "Chrisley Knows Best" star's behavior "heavily influenced" employees to participate in similar behaviors, including calling female employees "sluts" and prostitutes. Allegedly Chrisley asked one female employee if her breasts were real. The employee in question was a breast cancer survivor who had undergone a double mastectomy.
Employees say they were afraid to complain because they may lose their jobs. The lawsuit 2009 lawsuit was dismissed. The plaintiffs in the lawsuit against Chrisley alleged that he retaliated against them by firing them just before Christmas "in the midst of a recession."
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Undergraduate Program
Courses of Study
The undergraduate economics major within the College of Arts and Letters is designed to make a unique contribution to the student's liberal education. The program provides students with the insights of scientific analysis and social perspective to deepen their understanding of the complex economic forces at work in society. Such an understanding is an essential ingredient in the intellectual development of an educated person.
The major, which offers an honors program option, is designed to prepare students for a variety of professional objectives including careers in public service and law as well as managerial positions in business and industry.
Starting in fall 2012, students in the College of Arts and Letters can also pursue a major in international economics. To prepare students for careers in global business, nonprofits, or government, this curriculum combines rigorous coursework in the economics with advanced training in Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian, or Spanish language and culture through the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures. The major's course of study exemplifies the College of Arts and Letters' cross-disciplinary approach to nurturing the development of business leaders and global citizens who have both the analytical and cultural skills needed to navigate today's interconnected world economy.
Majors in Economics and International Economics also have the option to participate in the Concentration in Financial Economics and Econometrics The concentration is being offered to provide fast-paced and rigorous training in financial economics that will prepare students for careers in investment management, banking, research and policy making. Here is the 2016 application, due February 15, 2016.
The department also collaborates with partners across campus to offer a number of minors.
Arts and Letters students from every major succeed in business, graduate or professional school, or full-time service. Learn more about the career outcomes of all of our graduates, including Economics majors.
Bill Kennedy talks about his career and the value of a Liberal Arts education in the world of International Finance
First Cohort of Financial Economics and Econometrics Students Find Success in the Job Market
Research Opportunities
- Undergraduate Research Program (UROP)
- Arts and Letters Resources for Undergraduate Research
- Research Experiences and Scholarly Opportunities for Undergraduates at Notre Dame
- Journal of Undergraduate Research
Major Advisors
Professor William Leahy
Office hours: Monday and Wednesday 8-10am
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Peggy Tanous, formerly of The Real Housewives of Orange County, has filmed scenes for a new documentary about postpartum depression, but in order to get the movie made, she needs the financial assistance of fans and supporters.
On the hit Bravo show, on which Tanous starred for a little over one season, Tanous was very open with the fact that she suffered from postpartum depression.
"I've been suffering from postpartum depression for the past three years," Peggy said in a March 4 interview for the film. "I was having really dark days."
At some points, she claims, she "wouldn't want to get out of bed."
Tanous even admitted to being suicidal because of her symptoms and the overwhelming amount of responsibility she felt in her home life.
In an effort to share her story of survival with other moms who may be suffering from postpartum depression, Tanous has created the documentary, as well as an IndieGoGo page to raise money for the film. The page was started on March 3 and will continue on until May 2.
Tanous' goal is to raise $50,000. Currently, the page has raised just over $1,300.


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"My goal is to offer my patients, from all walks of life, the highest quality of service in an effort to help them achieve and maintain their optimum health and fitness."
Scott is the owner and director of Fuqua Physical Therapy. Originally from Sacramento, Scott graduated from California State University Long Beach in 1980. Scott returned to Sacramento in 1981 and began his professional career working in private practice orthopedics and sports medicine. Scott has received extensive post graduate education in orthopedics and manual therapy. He is a graduate of the long term Canadian Manual Therapy program along with an extensive list of additional course work. During his 30 plus years in practice Scott has worked with an impressive list of professional, college and high school athletes. He has worked in a variety of athletic training environments including Olympic, professional and high school sports. Scott has a personal passion in the area of strength and conditioning and has personally competed in that arena.
Originally from southern California, Karyn graduated from Loma Linda University in 1982. She started her career by working for five years at a large teaching hospital in Los Angeles. Since that time, Karyn has worked entirely in outpatient orthopedic physical therapy. In 2000, she became board certified as a Sports Clinical Specialist by the American Physical Therapy Association. Karyn has worked with professional, Olympic, college, high school and recreational athletes. Her experience has been enhanced by extensive continuing education in manual therapy, orthopedics and sports physical therapy. In 2003, she became certified in Sportsmetrics, a prevention program for female athletes. Karyn is an avid skier, runner and has played competitive tennis for many years.
Steve Thrall is a 1980 magna cum laude graduate of California State University, Northridge/UCLA Hospitals and Clinics. He has over 30 years in the field of Physical Therapy, specializing in outpatient orthopedics and sports physical therapy with a focus on post surgical rehabilitation and return to work/sports. He has completed numerous continuing education courses in this area including a focus on the geriatric population. He is a former clinical coordinator and manager for a national health chain. His interests include cycling and hiking.
Gregg graduated from Loma Linda University with a BS degree in Physical Therapy. He has been a practicing therapist for over 35 years. Greg has worked in a multitude of settings including acute care hospitals, home health and outpatient facilities. Greg has received specialized training in treatment of Tempromandibular Joint Disorder (TMJ). Greg has been an associate of Fuqua Physical Therapy since 1984. Greg enjoys hiking, kayaking, photography and spending time with his family during his free time.
Rich received a degree in Physical Therapy Assisting in Brooklyn, New York in 1976 and became licensed in the state of California in 1979. He has acquired an extensive amount of continuing education, including certification as a Personal Trainer through the National Strength and Conditioning Association in 2007. Rich has obtained experience in acute care, orthopedics, neurological rehab, and balance training for the geriatric population. He combines his clinical expertise and sense of humor in providing patients with quality care. Being a veteran of the U.S. Army allows him the opportunity to interact with patients who have had similar life experiences. Rich was also a participant in the Army boxing program. "I wish to use my experience and skill to help keep our geriatric population as healthy and SAFE as possible."
Jen graduated from CSU, Chico in 1992 with a BA in Physical Education. She then received her license as a Physical Therapist Assistant from Sacramento City College in 2003. She has more than 17 years of experience, 14 in this current setting, specializing primarily in Orthopedic sports extremity problems. Jen enjoys working with patients helping them to resume life as usual after injury or surgery. She also performs pre-employment testing for companies using Biodex Isokinetic Equipment. Jen enjoys spending time with her family, is an avid runner and tennis player.
In 2009, Janice received her Bachelors of Science in Kinesiology at Sacramento State University. She went on to graduate from the Physical Assistant program at Sacramento City College as a member of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society in 2013. She gained interest in the physical therapy field during her high school years working as a student trainer. Janice traveled and provided care for high sports competing across the country. Janice combines an upbeat personality with her knowledge of physical therapy to encourage patients during their recovery. During her down time Janice loves to spend time with her family, travel and attend baseball games.
Marshann has been the practice manager for over 25 years. She is originally from Southern California, where she graduated from California State University Long Beach with a BA degree in Sociology. She is responsible for handling all of the day to day aspects of the practice, including human resources, contracting and maintaining an exceptional office staff. Marshann prides herself in her ability to treat both employees and patients with a personal touch.
Glenda has been Involved in the health care field for over 40 years. She has been employed at Fuqua Physical Therapy for 20 years and has served as office manager for the past five. She attended CSU, Humboldt before relocating to the Sacramento area. She is responsible for overseeing Medicare and HMO accounts and considers it a challenge to stay current with the ongoing changes in healthcare insurance. She enjoys spending time with her family and loves fishing and sewing.


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So you've been forced to undergo psychiatric therapy, and you're not one bit happy about it. It's been an unpleasantly warm spring. Can you imagine stewing in a tiny room with that cloying heat? Your disgusting sweaty back sticking to the leather couch? Fuck that noise, I'm here to help you weasel out of this, step by step.
1. Understand your predicament.
The first thing they'll ask is why you think you're here, so having an answer prepared will speed up the process. Well, where to start? You're riddled with neuroses, you brood endlessly about death, and there was that time at the aquarium when you meant to say octopus but accidentally said Oedipus. Nobody heard it but, still, yikes.
The main reason, though, is most likely the substantial – others might say excessive – amount of Lola Bunny fuck-fiction your wife unearthed while looking for the good pair of scissors, even though the other pair works perfectly if you sort of twist the handles slightly clockwise, so she had no reason to be snooping around in your desk. The point is she found them, read them, was horrified. And understandably so. I've read most of them myself and the things you have Lola do are abominable. Grisly stuff, no lie.
2. Stay calm.
Ranting and raving will only hurt your case. Relax. We're going to get out of this. Seek comfort in the knowledge that I'm here for you, and more importantly, I understand you. It's not like they were recent fuck-fictions. You wrote those years ago. It was the peak of puberty. You were going through a weird thing. It's natural. You always meant to throw them away, but never got around to it. It happens. Why were they in the top drawer? Why were they so expertly collated? Irrelevant! We've all been brainwashed by the Cult of "Why?" Here's a Why for you: Why can't we just let life's mysteries be? Oh! how we clutch and grasp at our pithy explanations!
You don't have to explain anything to me. I'm on your side. But, for the record, this one here, the intensely graphic one about Lola and Foghorn Leghorn, it really, really looks like an adult's handwriting, and– okay, okay, fine, fine! I won't mention it again. Jeez…
3. Act sane.
Let me be clear: I'm not saying you're insane. When I say you need to "act" sane I mean be overtly sane, exaggerate your sanity, "Turn it up to eleven" (Spinal Tap: The Movie, 1994). Think of your psyche as an old pair of shoes: where others might think "worn out" or "filthy," you think comfortable. You don't need a new pair, the laces aren't that badly frayed, and the gaping hole in the toe shows character.
Here's the therapist. Approach them. Shake their gender-neutral hand. Okay, that was a fairly hard squeeze, harder than necessary, definitely moved some bones, but I think that's how people do it nowadays. Now smile. Give 'em a grin that screams "Assimilation? None for me thanks! I'm full of the stuff!" Fuck, don't literally scream it. Just smile like a sane person.
Whoa. No. No no no what the hell is that? You hear the phrase "smile like a sane person" and that's what your face muscles do? Wow. Oh God. Oh my God.
4. Maybe try the therapy?
Let's say, total hypothetical, that you are insane, and that it's impossible for you to even fake sanity, because you are, and it clearly is. What harm is there in giving it the good old college try? See those bootstraps? Give 'em a tug, old sport!
Therapy is sometimes called the talking cure. Navigation of the unconscious through free association of ideas and words. It's actually not so bad, after all. The seemingly insignificant privilege of having someone listen to your voice softens your muscles, lightens your tongue until the words fall off like so many droplets of dew from a leaf. You wholeheartedly believe you could achieve results with this process if you stick with it long enough.
But, you wonder, how long is "long enough?" A few months of sessions? A year? Ten years? A lifetime? You spend your whole life being cured; what is life, then, but an extended illness? If disease is the only possibility, why waste time pursuing an unattainable ideal of perfect mental health? It's absurd! Deluded! Downright religious!
You're still imprisoned in the uncompromising reality of this muggy office, a thick film of sweat coating your thighs. You've run the gamut of initial faith to inevitable cynicism in well under ten minutes. Congrats, it took Tony Soprano six seasons. Back to the escape!
5. Outwit the therapist.
Okay, so you're insane and incurable, but maybe it's a Lecter-flavoured insanity. Interhuman discourse is a game of chess and you're a Grandmaster. You can see up to and including a whole four words ahead of everyone else. Use this to your advantage. For example, lure the therapist into accusing you of projecting, and then respond by telling them they're the one projecting their fear of projection. They'll need the rest of the afternoon to untangle that one. "Hey, wait a minute," they'll say, but it's too late, you're already in Mexico.
Did it work? Really? Hmm. Kinda thought that one would work. Looks like we'll have to…
6. Go Shawshank.
I'm 99% certain you have at least one sharp object on your person. Good. Use it to burrow through the wall. "Look over there!" is a classic misdirectional phrase you can employ to distract the warden and buy a few seconds of digging.
If you're enjoying this reference, there are other ways to strengthen the homage: refer to the therapist as a warden, hide your escape-hole with a poster of a contemporary actress, drink a beer with Morgan Freeman on the roof. By the by, did you know Freeman's character was actually an Irishman with red hair in the original book? Ugh, sorry, I don't mean to be one of those people who can't discuss a movie without casually mentioning that they "thought the book was better." I hate those people. It's like, apples and oranges, bro. Nobody's impressed that you read books, especially Stephen King books. Oh, the session's over? That gives me a new plan…
7. Leave.
Haha! You did it! We did it! Sweet freedom, baby!
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Of course No Doubt's "Don't Speak" is one of Kelly Clarkson's favorite songs–the timeline matches up exactly, Clarkson growing up just as that song grew massive. And of course she pulls it off fantastically; Clarkson's voice isn't just strong but gritty enough to handle the emotions that song needs. (Growing up with the song helps with that too. Ask anyone in their twenties.)
So naturally the cover's going to be good. Clarkson's covers generally are. What we want to point out, though, is the part right before she sings, when she introduces the song. The crowd cheered at the very mention of No Doubt's name, which is expected enough, but then Clarkson just keeps going on about how she loves No Doubt–sign of a true fan, there–then brings P!nk and her comeback into it, asking: "Wouldn't it be cool if they both went on tour together? That's my dream tour." Ours too. Stronger's got a couple singles to promote still, you know.


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District treasurer resigns abruptly; state says it's missing financial records
By Jeanne Starmack
The school district is facing the prospect of fiscal-emergency status, and its treasurer has resigned, leaving unanswered questions about why she didn't give the state records for audits.
Tracey Obermiyer, who was with the district for about seven years, resigned in a letter April 29, said board President Diana DeVito. The resignation was accepted at the board's May 5 meeting and becomes effective May 31.
In her president's report for the board's Monday meeting, DeVito outlined the circumstances that led to the resignation, which she said was a surprise. She also said the board has asked the state to certify the district's debt to determine if it is more than 15 percent against the budget, indicating the district should be in fiscal emergency.
She told The Vindicator Tuesday that "we believe it's more than 15 percent, but we just don't know." She said the certification process will take time, and the district may know by fall.
She said she does not believe Obermiyer is the cause of the district's financial distress. The problems were caused by "the current system of funding public education in Ohio" and by the fact that voters turned down levies twice in recent years, she contended.
"Nevertheless, we have been formally notified by correspondence from the state auditor's office that the district's books were unable to be audited and that the information requested of our treasurer for over six months had not been provided," her report states.
In a letter sent Feb. 7, the auditor's office said it has been unable to obtain bank reconciliations from July 1, 2009, through June 30, 2010; bank statements for July and August 2010; Generally Accepted Accounting Practices financial statements and related footnotes; and budgetary documentation.
The auditor's office threatened legal action.
The board also received a letter from the Ohio Department of Education that says Obermiyer didn't provide reports to a department fiscal consultant who's monitoring the district because of its fiscal-caution status, which it's been under since January 2010.
ODE's letter also said Liberty school board "regularly approves financial reports at your monthly meetings that may not have been reconciled with your bank ... other districts exhibiting similar fiduciary practices have found themselves in fiscal-emergency conditions, often without their prior knowledge or with little warning."
DeVito said the board told the treasurer it would discuss the letters with her at its April meeting, but she didn't attend the meeting.
DeVito then sent Obermiyer a letter April 26 seeking information about the condition of the district's accounting and the state's concerns. She said the letter included a directive that Obermiyer respond to the state's requests.
Instead of an answer, the board got her resignation letter, DeVito said.
It appointed James Wilson, assistant treasurer of payroll, as interim treasurer.
An independent auditing firm is looking at the district's records, DeVito said. She referred other questions about Obermiyer to Cleveland law firm Britton, Smith Peters and Kalail.
Atty. John Britton, who said he is the district's regular legal counsel, reiterated that the district has no reason at this point to believe Obermiyer was engaged in any criminal misconduct. He said there is no criminal investigation going on right now.
The district believes "everything is there. We're just organizing it and collecting it," he said.
Obermiyer could not be reached for comment. Britton said her resignation letter indicated she was leaving for "personal reasons."
The problems were caused by "the current system of funding public education in Ohio" and by the fact that voters turned down levies twice in recent years, she contended.
Blame the people! Blame the State! Blame everybody. Why not?
Why are school systems going into "Fiscal Emergencies"? Keep "looking into the situation". The problem is as plain as the nose on your face.
Continue your senseless campaign against SB5; meanwhile Ohio continues marching on to financial disaster.
@ piak
Wrong as usual,..
First of all allow me to state that I'm a " NO VOTE ON SB5 " and it's not via any partisan politics either,.. I just don't condone theft, totalitarian control nor slavery.
This is theft by a criminal and or criminals as employees. There's no Union that advocates theft and no measure in the slave labor salutation SB5 that can avert it either.
It's called violating the public trust that an array of jobs / positions entrusts that individuals won't do. In this case as treasurer Tracey Obermiyer is one that chose to steal.
Irony here is John Kasich himself knows it. Because no Union could have stopped him from ripping off the Ohio retiree fund for multi millions prior to his perch in office.
Wanna try to dispel that?.
@ mike10
But clearly she's trying to avoid jail. She used some of that stolen money to hire some legal beagles. Where surely she'll offer some drunkard, narcotic addiction, gambling obsession or family hardships as some form of alibi.
The question now is just how much she stole and how long she was given by that board and superintendent to do it.
When she failed to comply with the state's request. She should have been addressed in a manner of review and enforcement,.. she wasn't.
When she ducked that alleged April scheduled meeting. By the magnitude and access to financial conflict. She should have been remanded to immediately have an internal audit most haste,.. she wasn't.
She wasn't and this went on until she fled on her terms. To wit no doubt those books are going to be a mess to reconstruct.
Obermeiyer was failing to file proper reports for 16 months and nobody knew? C'mon. You want to tell me that the State did not contact the Supt. or Board about this long before now? Seems seven people were " asleep at the switch" - 2 Supts. ( Lucas and Watson) and the 5 Board members. This is an SB5 neutral issue - it would have had zero impact on this. Nunya and plak - stay on topic!
This is beyond a shame,..
First off " Cicero " know your role and I don't care if you don't like my dismantling " Piak " falsely floating some SB5 representation in such short order..
Or if any semblance of my openly expressing that I'm a " NO VOTE ON SB5 "
Where upon discussion the SB5 mime and me as a NO VOTE ON SB5. Shared our perspectives and mutually made our positions clear. For which reflected our difference in knowledge, values and perspectives,.. and I didn't leave it to question.
For which not only is internal theft becoming far too common place and ruining society. Where I don't condone any type of theft or deception.
However, when you find those that will rip off kids and the elderly retirees. It's without question you've got the most reprehensible thief and or thieves known to man.
You can rehab the proverbial baloney and loaf of bread grifter. However, there's no rehabilitation for when they get so far gone they'll steal from kids, the entire community and the elderly / retirees,.. by any method.
Thus again I'm a voice and individual-- NO VOTE ON SB5
This story doesn't say that the boards (past and present members) disected the Liberty School System and created two conversion community (charter schools) WITHOUT taxpayers approval or knowledge. So now Liberty has three school districts. Since Liberty School is the SPONSOR of the two community schools, it may shift financial resources (taxpayer dollars) to these community schools that were suppose to create a profit. Now state funds and grants are drying up. Tthe question is, who got screwed funding those 124 students, the taxpayers of Liberty or the State of Ohio( funding is either by vouchers or grants for charter schools). Smoking guns and mirrors...Tracy knows and she will decide if her and her familys respect is worth more than being the fall guy.
The mindset is that there is no financial problem that a good hefty tax increase wont solve . The tax slaves have said that they have had enough . The special ones are furious that the slaves have revolted . Taxing the slaves to the limit one more time is still uppermost on the minds of the special ones . . . ..
I think I'm missing something. Where in this article did it say anything about money being missing? Where does it say that anyone stole anything? My impression, from reading the material presented, is that perhaps Ms. Obermiyer has problems with organization, recordkeeping, documentation, etc., but I don't see where anyone is accusing her of any type of theft. Whether there is more to this remains to be seen, but I don't understand why the Vindicator allows people (mike10 and Nunya, for example) to print statements (their statements are presented as statements, not opinions) on this forum saying that she stole money, and trashing her reputation before all the facts are presented.
I guess she's just guilty of incompetence.
"Taxing the slaves to the limit one more time is still uppermost on the minds of the special ones . . . .."
So i guess having the slaves turn against each other works for you Stan. I didn't realize you were that wealthy. The real enemies are the people pulling the strings, not the people trying to buy a house or put food on their table or raise a family in the valley.


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I. Overview of workshop - background
A. Foreign and Second Language education in 21st-century Japan
1. Working toward goal of learner autonomy
2. Major paradigm shift
B. Synthesis of approaches to teaching second language learning strategiesa. Teacher as facilitators3. Needs of autonomous learners
b. Learners given freedom to choose learning goals, methodsa. Knowledge about the learning process
b. Tools (strategies) to apply knowledge to independent learning
1. Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach (CALLA)II. Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach - Theory and PracticeC. Experiential learning of how to teach learning strategiesa. Research teams led by Chamot and O'Malley (1994)2. Strategies-Based Instruction (SBI) approach
b. Integrates content-based language instruction with metacognitive awareness of the learning process and explicit instruction in Language Learning strategies.a. Researchers led by Cohen (1998)
b. Integrates implicit and explicit instruction in strategies into the course content.
c. Distinguishes between language learning and language use strategies.
1. Take part in a listening lesson
2. Create a speaking lesson
A. CALLA "is an instructional model that integrates current educational trends in standards, content-based language instruction, learning strategies, and portfolio assessment" (Chamot, Barnhardt, El-Dinary & Robbins, 1999, p. 7).III. Strategies-Based Instruction Approach
B. Provides teachers with a task-based five phase instructional design that helps them combine language, content, and learning strategies in a carefully planned lesson. (handout p. 7)1. Preparation - activate background knowledge of strategiesC. Framework scaffolds instruction to increase learner autonomy (handout p. 8)
2. Presentation - teacher models the use of the new strategy for a particular task and explains how and when to use it
3. Practice - students practice the strategy in class activities
4. Evaluation - students evaluate their use of the strategy and its effectiveness for the task
5. Expansion - students extend the use of the strategy into new situations or tasks
D. Proposes the Metacognitive Model of Strategic Learning1. Separates a language task into four main processes: Planning, Monitoring, Problem-Solving and Evaluating. (handout p. 9)2. Goal is metacognitive knowledge and control3. Organizes strategies into a meaningful classification
A. Distinction between language learning and language use strategiesB. Task-focused instruction model1. Language Learning Strategies are "the conscious thoughts or behaviors used by learners with the explicit goal of improving their knowledge and understanding of a target language" (Cohen 1998, p. 68).a. Memorizing & manipulating target language structures,2. Language Use Strategies "help students utilize the language they have already learned to whatever degree" (Cohen 1998, p. 68).
b. Metacognitive strategies for managing and supervising their strategy use
c. Affective strategies for gauging their emotional reactions to learning and to lower anxieties
d. Social strategies for enhancing learning through cooperation with others and seeking opportunities to interact with native speakers.a. Retrieval strategies - used to call up material from storage
b. Rehearsal strategies - practice target language structures
c. Cover strategies - to create the impression of control when it does not exist (compensatory or coping strategies)
d. Communication strategies - focused on getting across a message - include topic avoidance, paraphrase, interlanguage transfer, code switching.
IV. Listening Lesson combining CALLA and SBI1. Before, during and after task - how can strategies support the learner? ((handout p. 10)
2. Compare to CALLA's Metacognitive Model (mountain climber story)
A. Preparation phase1. Ask students to think of how they approach a listening task by having small groups fill out a survey.B. Presentation phase
2. Have a representative from each group report strategies students already use in listening.
3. Point out variety of strategies available and the element of choice - a strategic learner can make an informed choice of strategy depending on the requirements of the task and his or her individual learning style.1. Model the focus strategy for similar task similar to that which the students will tackle in this lesson. Act out a situation while thinking aloudC. Practice Phase
2. Points to note in modelinga. Strategy is named explicitly - best to write if a new term
b. Teacher's thought processes become accessible
c. Students see teacher as a learner, and less than perfect1. Explain the task. Give out handout (p. 11) Be sure students understand what is expected of them.D. Evaluation Phase
2. Emphasize focus strategies for this lessona. Before: Predicting3. Ask the students to form groups
b. During: Personalizing, Selective Listening.
c. After: Summarizing, Personalizing
4. Ask each group to listen for the weather in a specific city.
5. Remind students to selectively listen for the words they predicted.
6. Allow students time to create a summary and personalize the report.1. Ask each group to present the weather they heard for their city.E. Expansion phase:
2. Ask if students felt predicting, selectively listening, and personalizing helped them. (this can be done on self-evaluation part of handout)1. Ask students to give examples of other times and places when they selectively listen.
2. Suggest situations in school where the strategies practiced in this lesson can be helpful.
3. Assign an outside listening activity that requires use of one or more of the strategies
4. Keep a poster on the wall to remind students of the listening strategies.
(If time is limited, these phases may be carried out during consecutive class sessions.)
V. Creating a Speaking Lesson combining CALLA and SBI
A. Decide the goal of the lesson; what are teaching objectives?
VI. Conclusion1. Possible activities and goalsB. Preparation: Find out what strategies students already use for this task; raise awareness of strategic approach to similar tasksa. Improving quality & reducing anxiety while delivering short individual speeches2. Choose strategies to be focused on at 3 points in the task: before, during, after
b. Preparing for conversations with native speakers
c. Dramatic interaction in the target language
C. Presentation: Model a similar task and think aloud while working through it. Present a strategy or two that students can use to complete the assigned task
D. Practice1. Explain to students how to complete the task and support them in using strategies throughout their work.E. Evaluation
2. Give written or oral reminders to use the focus strategies.
3. When constructing activities, remember the metacognitive model
a. Planb. Monitor
c. Problem-Solve
d. Evaluate1. Explain to students that they will NOT GET AN EVALUATION FROM THE TEACHER for this task, rather they must evaluate themselves. Provide an activity or a written set of questions that will lead students to do this self-evaluation.2. Possible means of facilitating self-evaluationF. Expansiona. Videotape (or audiotape, if video is not available) performance of the task. In the following class session, set up the video player so students can watch it individually. Ask students to complete a handout after watching or listening to their speaking activity.3. Remind students that evaluation is an important phase of strategy use because it gives us valuable information on whether the strategies we used worked well or not. With this knowledge we can make wiser choices in using strategies in the future.
b. Assign peers to help each other evaluate their performance on the speaking task. Pairs or groups can be asked to observe fellow students and encourage self-evaluation
4. After all students have evaluated themselves, conduct a class discussion, or summarize the comments students have made on worksheets to point out how students used the strategies effectively to reduce the stress of speaking tasks in the target language1. Ask students to come up with other situations in which they can use the strategies focused on in this lesson.
2. Remind students that part of being a strategic learner is knowing when it's appropriate to apply a previously practiced strategy to a new learning task. Give them an image, such as a toolkit, to carry with them as they continue to pursue their goals in learning English.
3. Give an assignment to encourage transfer of the focus strategies to a new task.
A. Findings of research specific to Japan: My research on how learning strategies are taught in Japan (Robbins, 1999) suggests that, while teachers are trying to create more learner-centered classes, and provide some strategic training, there remains a need for more encouragement of self-evaluation and monitoring. In creating the above lesson plans I aimed to provide an example of how students can practice these valuable strategies. I hope that this synthesis of approaches helps teachers to promote independent learning with strategic support.
B. Need for further research: There is a great need to find out more effective ways of giving learners the strategic support they need to become independent learners. I have provided a space on the next page for you to write the names of the people who share your interest in this topic. It would be great if you could carry out some action research to find out what works in your own classrooms. Please feel free to contact me if you want help with beginning such research.
Chamot, A. U., & J.M. O'Malley. (1994) The CALLA Handbook. White Plains, NY: Longman.
Chamot, A. U., S. Barnhardt, P.B. El-Dinary, J. Robbins. (1999). The Learning Strategies Handbook. White Plains, NY: Longman.
Cohen, A. (1998). Strategies in Learning and Using a Second Language. New York: Addison Wesley Longman.
Robbins, J. (1999). East meets West - Approaches to Learner Autonomy. In Proceedings of JALT 98, Japan Association for Language Teaching International Conference, Omiya, Japan, November 21-23, 1998.
For the CALLA Approach:
The National Capital Language Resource Center is one of nine US federally-funded language resource centers. The mission of the NCLRC is to serve as a resource to improve the teaching and learning of languages other than English. It fulfills this function by providing material resources and professional services that derive from its current activities and past projects. The NCLRC, located in Washington, D.C., is a collaboration between Georgetown University, Center for Applied Linguistics and The George Washington University. Anna Uhl Chamot is the director.
National Capital Language Resource Center
2600 Virginia Ave., NW Suite 105, Washington, DC 20037-1905 USA
Telephone: 1-202-739-0607 Fax: 1-202-739-0609
Web site: http://www.nclrc.org/
This website has a treasure trove of downloadable material, titled: THE LEARNING STRATEGIES INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCE This contains samples of strategies questionnaires, posters, lesson plans, etc. and can be found at: http://www.nclrc.org/products/index.htm
For the SBI Approach:
University of Minnesota
Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition
333 Appleby Hall, 28 Pleasant St. S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA
Phone: 1-612-626-8600 Fax: 1-612-624-7514
Web site: http://carla.acad.umn.edu
A bibliography of research on learning strategies is on their web site: http://carla.acad.umn.edu/strategies-bib.html
People I met in this session:
In an ideal world we would see that teachers and students have equal shares of:
copyright 2000 Jill Robbins
What do I need or want to do?
What have I learned before?
What am I going to hear?
What do I need to say?
What are the key words?
Am I understanding?
Am I being understood?
How might what I already know help me?
Am I making a mental picture as I read or listen?
"I can do it!"
Am I helping my classmates and letting them help me?
Can I make a guess?
Can I say it another way?
Do I ask when I don't understand?
Did I achieve my goal?
How well did I do?
Did the strategy work well for me?'
Strategies-based instructions aims to give support to the learner at
each step of the learning task
|Strategic Approach to a Listening Task
|Before listening
|While listening
|After listening
|Set a goal
Activate background knowledge
|Selectively attend
Make inferences
Use imagery
Check goal
|Strategic Approach to a Speaking Task
|Before speaking
|While speaking
|After speaking
|Set a goal
Use imagery
|Use imagery
Problem-solve (self-correct)
Take risks
|Check goal
Plan for improvement
1. Talk with your classmates. You will listen to a weather report in English. I'll ask you to summarize it later. What will you think about or do at the following times?
What words do you expect to hear about that city today? (this is using
the strategy, predicting)List the words here:
What can you do today in "your" city? (you are also personalizing
when you relate information to yourself)
3. Listen to the weather report.
4. Did you hear the report for your city? How will the weather be today?
What can you do today?
5. Which of the strategies you practiced in this lesson was most helpful
to you for this listening task?
How did it help you?
My self-talk: (remember to keep this positive)
2. Draw a picture of what you will imagine . . .
before and during your speech
3. (complete after delivering the speech) What did you think about during
your speech?
Did you have a mental picture?
Did you do something special right before you began speaking?
4. What did you think after seeing or hearing your speech?
Any problems?5. Which of the strategies that we talked about was the most helpful to you?
What will you do better next time?
1. What aspects of this workshop did you find particularly useful?
2. What aspects of this workshop did you not find useful?
3. What suggestions do you have for improving the workshop?
4. What additional professional support do you feel you need in order to
teach strategies?
5. Rate your confidence (1=Not at all confident; 5=Completely confident) that you...
...understand what learning strategies are: 1 2 3 4 5
...know when to apply strategies to learning tasks: 1 2 3 4 5
...can teach strategies to your students: 1 2 3 4 5
...can do a think-aloud for your students: 1 2 3 4 5
...can provide practice in learning strategies: 1 2 3 4 5
...can help students evaluate their strategies use: 1 2 3 4 5
6. Other Comments
If you don't have time to complete this now, please send
it to me or e-mail comments to me at:


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There was a rare celebrity sighting at last night's High Times-Vanity Fair softball match: Tom Hanks. Yes, Forrest Gump was at the game. No kidding. His redheaded daughter Liz plays for the Veefers. Before the game I asked him if he was going to play. He said he hadn't in a while. Then he and his younger son camped out on a rock in foul territory and watched the game.
He must've been proud of the Veefers, who beat the Bonghitters 8-5 on their home field in New York's Central Park. Liz Hanks went 0 for 3, but the Veefers' awesome display of power - 2 HRs by their slugging centerfielder Justin Bishop - was enough to cause an outage for the Bonghitters, who grabbed an early 2-0 lead, lost it, then tied the game 4-4 in the 6th. But a 4-run VF explosion in the bottom of the inning sunk the Bonghitters, now 6-2.
Like last year, the teams split their two games. The Bonghitters beat the Veefers 13-4 on May 24.
The Bonghitters extended road swing continues next Thursday against Business Week, who they defeated 12-8 on May 9.


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14:30, UK, Friday 28 December 2007
Footballer Joey Barton will spend the New Year behind bars after being charged with common assault and affray. The magistrate said he was being kept in custody ahead of his next hearing for the protection of the general public.
Barton, from Widnes, Cheshire, appeared at Liverpool City Magistrates Court where he was remanded in custody until January 3.
He will then appear before the court via video link.
The 25-year-old Newcastle United player was held after an incident in Liverpool city centre.
Magistrate Carol Myers said there were no conditions to satisfy the requirements of the Bail Act.
She said there was a substantial risk of Barton offending again because the new offences took place while on bail.
She added: "I also have to consider the safety of the public - you lashed out indiscriminately."
On hearing the decision, Barton turned to the prison guard beside him and held his hands out to be cuffed before being returned to the cells.
Barton appeared alongside two others charged in connection with the same incident.
Andrew Barton, 19, from Widnes, has been charged with actual bodily harm and affray and has been released on bail.
Nadine Wilson, 27, from Huyton, Merseyside, is charged with common assault and affray and has also been released on bail.
Barton is believed to have been partying with friends after being ruled out of Newcastle's 1-0 defeat to Wigan on Boxing Day with an ankle injury.
The footballer, who grew up in Huyton, Merseyside, signed for Newcastle from Manchester City this summer in a £5.8m deal.


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Escalating tensions in the Mideast coupled with weak manufacturing data in the Euro region are supporting Bond prices this morning.
In housing news, Black Knight Financial Services reported that home prices were up 0.9% from March to April and up 6.4% year-over-year. Later this morning, May Existing Home Sales will be released.
Treasuries and MBSs opened stronger this morning with the 10 falling to 2.59% and testing its recent low at 2.58%. At 9:00 MBS price +9 bps from Friday's close and 29 bps better than at 9:30 Friday morning. This is a big week for the bond and mortgage markets; a number of reports on the housing sector, the final Q1 GDP, PCE reported with May personal income and spending, Treasury auctioning $94B of notes.
Last Tuesday after months of generally ignoring any immediate concern that inflation would increase, the May CPI jumped to +2.2% yr/yr. The increase shook investors and traders, then Janet Yellen on Wednesday commented that the higher inflation in May was in her opinion just 'noise' within the data, taking a little sting from the CPI. On Thursday then, the Philadelphia Fed reported that the prices paid component in its business index increased 12 points to 35 from 23; once again inflation fears increased. It doesn't take a lot to ignite inflation concerns with long term interest rates at these current low levels; inflation is the kiss of death for investors holding fixed income investments. Last week Treasury auctioned inflation indexed notes, the rate bid translated to the auction suggests investors are now expecting 2.28% inflation over the next year. Some now changing their outlook for when the Fed would begin increasing rates from mid-2015 to the first quarter of 2015. Stay tuned as undoubtedly inflation is now make on investor and traders radar. The next look at inflation is Wednesday with the Q1 GDP data, and Thursday with personal income's PCE.
At 9:30 the DJIA opened -14, both NASDAQ and S&P were unchanged; the 10 yr note at 2.60%, up from 2.59% at 9:00, 30 yr MBS price +3 bp, down from +9 at 9:00.
May existing home sales at 10:00; estimates were for an increase of 2.2% from April to 4.75 mil units (annualized). As reported sales increased 4.9% to 4.89 mil; the mid-west was where most al the gains were from. The median sales price $213,400, up 1.% from April and +5.1% yr/yr the slowest yr/yr increase since April 2012. Based on the pace of sales in May there is a 5.6 month supply. Still no increase in first home buyers; we believe first home buyers are not going to step up compared to previous housing market rebounds. Young people do not have the same drive to buy as they used to have before the recession; too much debt, can't save enough for a down payment, and tight credit and low incomes.
With Stock prices near record levels and coming under some pressure today, I am recommending floating. Have a great week!


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Why Stage® your home with an ASP or ASPM
You may ask yourself, "Why would I need or want to Stage® my home with an ASP® or ASPM®?"
"What is an ASP® or ASPM® anyway?" And, "Can't anyone Stage® a home professionally?"
It is interesting to see how many people have started to call themselves Stagers out in the world today. Basically they have just proclaimed themselves as Stagers. After teaching the concept of Home Staging across the country since 1985 and after Staging 5,000 homes myself since 1972 I have begun to see self-proclaimed Stagers appear who have no training or Home Staging experience at all. These people have not studied how to Stage Homes... they just heard about the idea and began to call themselves Stagers.
As in any industry it is so important that training and professionalism be the norm, not the exception. This is what we are all about at Stagedhomes.com and also our International Association of Home Staging Professionals Association, www.iahsp.com .
At Stagedhomes.com we provide the most detailed and finest Staging training in the Staging industry today. Our Designations of ASP or ASPM® mean "Accredited Staging Professionals" or "Accredited Staging Professional Masters". In other words our graduates are Accredited and are thoroughly trained to Stage® Homes as Staging was intended to be done. This is what the public can now count on. ASPs® and ASPMs® have invested a great deal of time, talent, and financial investment to become Accredited Staging Professionals. The ASP®/ASPM® Designation now sets the standard and is the benchmark of excellence and training in the Staging Industry I am privileged to have first started in 1972!
ASPs® and ASPMs® have the guidelines, skills, talent, and knowledge to be able to serve the client creatively in the best way possible and at the most reasonable cost. ASPs® and ASPMs® follow a professional code of ethics and have set policies, as standards of excellence to follow, as they serve their clients.
As the woman who actually invented Staging and created the Staging movement and industry I feel it is crucial for the homeowner, the buyer and the Realtor® to make sure that the Staging is being done and performed by a ASP®/ASPM® Stager who has been professionally trained. When you list your home for sale, list it with an ASP® Realtor® and then have it professionally Staged by an ASP®/ASPM® Stager and you will be served in the highest way possible to help ensure you receive top dollar for your home in the most reasonable amount of time. You will find the perfect ASP®/ASPM® Realtor® and Stager right here on our site. Just go to 'Find an ASP® Now' on our menu bar above and enter either the zip, city, state, or even country where you live and you will find our ASPs® ready to serve you. You can also go to our ASP®/ASPM® Featured pages found through the banner on this page to find featured ASPs® who have also written more information about themselves for you.
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A summary of today's headlines
The Earl of Wessex officially opened the Museum of Somerset in Taunton today.
He was given a tour and met volunteers and staff who worked on the 7 million pound restoration project. He unveiled a plaque and cut the ribbon on the Glass Bridge at the new look Castle Green.
Text Santa is organising the Biggest Bag Pack Ever for 6 UK based charities. They will help and support someone near you this Christmas.
Parking charges in Torbay have been cut in a bit to encourage more shoppers to the area.
Thousands turn out for the Boscastle Festival.


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War crimes hearing at KL War Crimes Tribunal
KUALA LUMPUR: The Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal will hear the second charge of Crime of Torture and War Crimes against former United States President George W. Bush and his associates for six days starting Monday.
The associates are former US Vice President Richard Cheney; former Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld; Counsel to President Bush, Alberto Gonzales; General Counsel to Vice-President, David Addington; General Counsel to Secretary of Defense William Haynes II; Assistant Attorney General Jay Bybee, and former Deputy Assistant Attorney-General John Choon Yoo, all of whom served in the Bush administration at the time.
In a statement here today, Kuala Lumpur Foundation to Criminalise War (KLFCW) said that the charge read as follows, "The Accused persons had committed the Crime of Torture and War Crimes, in that the Accused persons had willfully participated in the formulation of executive orders and directives to exclude the applicability of all international conventions and laws, namely the Convention against Torture 1984, Geneva Convention III 1949, Universal
Declaration of Human Rights and the United Nations Charter in relation to the war launched by the U.S. and others in Afghanistan (2001) and in Iraq (March
Additionally, and/or on the basis and in furtherance thereof, the Accused persons authorised or connived in the commission of acts of torture and cruelty,
degrading and inhuman treatment against victims in violation of international law, treaties and conventions including the Convention against Torture 1984 and
the Geneva Conventions, including Geneva Convention III 1949."
KLFCW said the charges were founded on the contravention of the Convention against Torture 1984 and Geneva Convention III 1949.
"The Torture Convention defines 'torture' as 'the intentional infliction of severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, by or with the consent or
acquiescence of a public official'.
"The term 'public official' refers to 'official torture' and includes the head of a state. It excludes suffering attendant upon the imposition of lawful punishment," the statement went on.
The statement added that in 2009 the Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Commission having received complaints from torture victims from Guantanamo and Iraq,
proceeded to conduct a painstaking and in-depth investigation for close to two years.
Among some of the findings were that President Bush sought and secured legal opinions to justify his actions in suspending the application of the Torture
Convention and Geneva Convention III, it said.
Defence Secretary Rumsfeld sought and authorised aggressive interrogation techniques and implemented them first in Guantanamo and then in Afghanistan and Iraq, it added.
The brutality inflicted was in clear violation of the international conventions and legal advice was willingly given by the relevant lawyers to serve an ulterior political objective by the Executive.
"For these reasons the lawyers were willing participants and are equally culpable for the war crimes. The Commission recommended that the prosecution
file charges against the accused persons," said the statement.
The victims who would be attending the Tribunal hearing to testify against the accused were never charged for any actual offences and legal representation
was denied to them. No due process of international law was complied with.
KLFCW said the experiences of these detainees in Guantanamo; Abu Gharib in Baghdad and Bagram in Afghanistan were similar.
The systematic methods employed in these illegal detention centres revealed a deeper complicity instead of the 'acts of a few rogue soldiers' as claimed by
the United States.
The Tribunal judges, headed by retired Malaysian Federal Court judge Tan Sri Lamin Mohd Yunus, who previously served as an ad litem judge at the
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Republic of Yugoslavia, include other notable names such as Alfred Lambremont Webre, a Yale graduate who has authored several books on politics.
The panel includes practicing lawyer and author of numerous publications on International Law, Tunku Sofiah Jewa, former Federal Counsel in the
Attorney-General Chambers Prof Salleh Buang and retired Court of Appeal judge Datuk Mohd Sa'ari Yusof.
It said that the Tribunal would adjudicate and evaluate the evidence presented in the same manner as in any court of law.
"The judges of the Tribunal must be satisfied that the charges are proven beyond reasonable doubt and deliver a reasoned judgment."
"In the event the tribunal convicts any of the accused, the only sanction is that the name of the guilty person be entered in the Commission's Register of
War Criminals and publicised worldwide. The tribunal is a tribunal of conscience and a peoples' initiative," it said.
The prosecution for the trial will be lead by Prof Gurdial Singh Nijar, prominent law professor and author of several law publications and Prof Francis
Boyle, leading American professor, practitioner and advocate of international law, and assisted by a team of lawyers.
The trial will be a public hearing held in open court from May 7-12, at the KLFCW premises 88, Jalan Perdana, here. - Bernama
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The next step in the criminal investigation of the disappearance of Madeleine McCann by British police involves the arrest of three burglars. The Crown Prosecution Service sent their second "International Letter of Request" last week to the Portuguese authorities in the missing child matter, this time seeking assistance regarding the arrest of three men. The three burglars have been tied to other burglaries at Praia da Luz resort around the same time as McCann's disappearance, according to the Sydney Morning Herald report on Jan. 13.
In one prior instance of alleged burglary at Praia da Luz just days before Madeleline's disappearance, the three men are said to have come upon another child, but they fled the premises when a parent disrupted their burglary efforts.
And while British police do not necessarily believe that the men abducted the McCann's child, necessarily, they still want to talk to them in case they have information that could prove useful to the case, since mobile phone records do indicate a lot of chatter between the three immediately following Madeleine McCann's disappearance.
Kate and Gerry McCann originally came under suspicion for their young daughter's disappearance and weathered many storms in the press and police circles as a result of her May 2007 Portugal holiday disappearance. In 2011, at their prompting, the Met set up Operation Grange to find out what happened to the little girl who disappeared from their holiday accommodations while they were dining out at a nearby restaurant.
Portugal authorities have thus far assisted in the requests made by them from the British authorities. But it is not known if they will allow the arrest and interrogation of the three burglars in this matter or not.
Atlanta Top News Examiner Radell Smith has a degree in criminal justice and behavioral forensics. She also has successful experience in working unsolved homicide cases as much as two decades old.


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Reverse mortgages simply automatically borrow money from your home's equity each month. This does not sound like a good deal. Reverse mortgages are gaining popularity as seniors living on fixed incomes are facing the financial challenges of rising costs for health care, energy and other daily expenses. According to an AARP survey, the majority of older Americans wish to live independently in their own homes for as long as possible. Reverse mortgages can be a godsend for seniors who are short on cash but have equity built up in their homes. Unfortunately, they can also be a way for unscrupulous operators to help themselves to some of the hard-earned cash retirees have built up over their lifetimes.
Reverse mortgages are aimed at senior citizens who would like some spendable income to meet their financial needs and who own sufficient equity in their homes. Reverse mortgages are usually a tough sell. They provide income or a line of credit to homeowners who are 62 or older by allowing them to tap into their home equity. These mortgages do not require repayment until the homeowner dies, permanently moves, or fails to maintain the property or pay property tax. Reverse mortgage interest is one such aspect.
Reverse mortgages allow elderly homeowners to consume some or all of the equity in their homes without having to ever move. Reverse mortgage origination fees can be very steep. For example, the benefit of never having to repay more than the value of the home comes at a cost: special insurance premiums are paid at closing and throughout the life of the loan. Reverse mortgages also allow seniors to enhance their retirement, and truly put the gold back into the "Golden Years."
Borrowers are not required to make repayments on the reverse mortgage loan as long as the borrower lives in the home. Reverse mortgage lenders recover the amount loaned on the reverse mortgage when the home is sold, however the borrower is still responsible for paying ongoing property taxes. Credit is subject to age and property qualifications and borrowers receive them for the rest of their lives no matter how long they live.
HECMs and proprietary reverse mortgages tend to be more costly than other home loans. The up-front costs can be high, so they are generally more expensive if you stay in your home for just a short time. HECMs are the only reverse mortgages issued by the federal government, which limits the costs to borrowers and guarantees that lenders will meet the obligations. The primary drawback to HECMs is that the maximum loan amount is limited. HECM loans are front loaded and not recommended for a short term solution. The fees may seem steep largely because they are federally insured which require an extra 2% of the lending limit to be paid to HUD to insure the program.
HUD and the FHA have imposed lending limits on the amount of the loan that lenders can give depending on the location of the property. This means that the amount of the loan will be less than the value of the home, depending on the percent approved by the FHA for your area. HUD's Federal Housing Administration guarantees that you will receive all the payments that are owed to you. HUD's reverse mortgage program collects funds from insurance premiums charged to borrowers. Senior citizens are charged two percent of the home's value as an up-front payment, plus one-half percent on the loan balance each year.
This means that instead of making payments, you receive them. With each payment, equity is drawn from your home; your mortgage increases and your home equity decreases. Instead of making monthly mortgage payments, you can actually RECEIVE them. This is the reverse of normal mortgages. Therefore, the lender pays you monthly.


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If you think he's depressed now, wait until all of his sponsors race out of town. (previous ranking: unranked)
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Why all the sudden Redskins love? Probably a sizeable check from Daniel Snyder. (7)
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Trying to attract business travelers by offering AIRLINE FOOD????? (unranked)
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Will new commissioner endorse his Hall of Fame candidacy? Don't bet on it. (unranked)
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If we were in her shoes, we'd be cashing in so fast it would make your head spin! (5)
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Angels may not have to wait 'til next year, but he will. (unranked)
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Not one, but TWO top running backs going to pot. Literally. (unranked)
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Doing better in parts of the city without TV cameras and floodlights. (3)
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What's the deal with the Hamptons idiot parking on top of his million-dollar Porsche? (unranked)
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Will do anything to extend his 15 minutes of fame. Except punting. (1)
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If we did bomb them into the Stone Age, it would actually advance them several centuries. (2)
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Not even the Nicklaus family likes golf THIS MUCH. (unranked)
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Where else can you get PB&J French toast? Uh … your own kitchen? (10)
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Leave it to your federal government to throw cold water on this dangerously illegal menace to society. (unranked)
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My kids' favorite new sitcom is Disney's "Dog with a Blog." It could be because the show creates the plausibility that its own little Stevie-boy maintains a secret nightlife that might include blogging about the family's antics to all of cyberspace. Or it could be because the Disney Channel's laugh track is so well-utilized, it could make the PGA Tour seem like a night at the Improv.
Regardless, I take comfort in the fact that our sweet little Maltipoo – who regularly walks into walls and chases houseflies – is too short to power on my laptop from my workstation. Because I fear if Stevie had a blog, it would read something like this:
April 9, 2013 – 1p.m.
Yessss! They're gone. Sure, I give them that mopey look when I see them bounce their big red bags down the stairs, but I know what this means: All those loud, little people are taking off, and I get a dog-sitter! Who's it gonna be, who's it gonna be? I can hardly wait!
Score! It's the cute blonde from around the corner. She may be 14, but in dog years, I'm, like, 29, so it could work. I hope she brings Wrigley ... and she did. Double score! He sure is shaggy, but he's more of a one-sniff-and-move-on kind of guy, and I like that. Classy. Ooh ... the leash. She's going for the leash! See, loud people? It's not so hard to find.
April 12, 2013
Send me a postcard if you must, my noisy peeps, but we're living the life over here. I just got back from my second – yes, second – walk of the day and in dog years, it lasted, like, six hours. I'm on treat number eight, and sure am enjoying rubbing my itchy fur across those clean white couches.
April 13, 2013 – 8 p.m.
Hmm, this is strange. The cute girl hasn't returned yet to tuck me in for the night.
9 p.m.
Very interesting. She came back, but with her own tall person. I heard them muttering something about, "Good thing we remembered they had a dog, because when they extended their vacation a day, they sure didn't." Puh-lease. The loud people never have to come home, as far as I'm concerned. I could use the extra rest for my tired muscles. All this walking the neighborhood is really doing something for my glutes.
April 14, 2013
And they're back. I know the routine. I run in circles, jump all over the ottoman and wag my tail like a barking banshee. I even let the little one yank on my ears without nipping at her toes. As long as we keep this up – this I missed you and you missed me shtick – they'll keep going on vacations and giving house keys to their awesome neighbors who love to take long walks. Time to log off. But don't be surprised, tall one, if you find your screen open to Travelocity.
Autumn McAlpin lives in San Clemente with her husband and four kids. She is the author of "Real World 101: A Survival Guide to Life After High School," and writes weekly for the Sun Post News and the Register.


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Abbott Diabetes Care: Class 1 Recall - FreeStyle InsuLinx Blood Glucose Meters - Risk of Incorrect Test ResultPublish Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 14:00:00 -0400
[Posted 05/20/2013]AUDIENCE: Risk Manager, Patient, Health ProfessionalISSUE: Abbott initiated a voluntary recall of FreeStyle lnsulinx Blood Glucose Meters in the United States. At extremely high blood glucose levels of 1024 mg/dL and above, the FreeStyle InsuLinx Blood Glucose Meter will display and store in memory an incorrect test result that is 1024 mg/dL below the measured result. Blood glucose levels at 1024 mg/dL and above are very rare. However, if high blood glucose levels of 1024 mg/dL and above occur, they are a serious health risk that requires immediate medical attention.BACKGROUND: The FreeStyle InsuLinx Blood Glucose Meter measures sugar (glucose) in blood drawn from the fingertips of people with diabetes to monitor blood sugar levels. On April 15, 2013, Abbott Diabetes Care sent an Urgent Product Recall letter to all its affected customers. The FreeStyle InsuLinx Blood Glucose Meters were distributed from April 18, 2012 through April 1, 2013.RECOMMENDATION: Consumers who are using the FreeStyle InsuLinx Meter should immediately take one of the following actions to address this issue with your meter:Access a software update to install on your meter to resolve the issue at: www.freestyleinsulinx.com/swupdate. The software update will allow you to maintain settings and historical data on your meter.Contact Abbott Diabetes Care Customer Service at 1-866-723-2697 to expedite return and replacement of your FreeStyle InsuLinx meter at no charge. Replacements are available, and Abbott will send a meter to you immediately upon request.Healthcare professionals who have FreeStyle InsuLinx Blood Glucose Monitoring Kits are advised to immediately discontinue dispensing them to your patients, and to arrange for product return and replacement, call Abbott Diabetes Care customer service at 1-866-723-2697.Healthcare professionals and patients are encouraged to report adverse events or side effects related to the use of these products to the FDA's MedWatch Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting Program:Complete and submit the report Online: www.fda.gov/MedWatch/report.htmDownload form or call 1-800-332-1088 to request a reporting form, then complete and return to the address on the pre-addressed form, or submit by fax to 1-800-FDA-0178 [05/20/2013 - Recall Notice - FDA] [04/15/2013 - Firm Press Release - Abbott]
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GNOME Shell 3.8 To Get A `Classic` Mode
Two weeks ago, we were telling you that the fallback mode will be dropped from GNOME 3.8 and that some extensions which provide a GNOME 2 like layout might be maintained by the GNOME developers for those who are used to the classic interface.Well, it's now official: a few GNOME Shell extensions which bring back some "classic" features will be supported by GNOME. Among the extensions included are: classic alt tab, task bar, min/max buttons and a main menu.Sure, there are a lot of extensions that can already mimic the classic/fallback session on extensions.gnome.org, but for each GNOME Shell release, the users have to wait for the developers to update them, and sometimes this takes a long time, so it's not a real solution for those who want to always use a GNOME2-like UI. But because these extensions are supported by the GNOME developers, it means they will work with each new GNOME Shell version, as soon as its released.A final decision on how the users will be able to use these extensions hasn't been made yet, but one of the ideas so far is to add a "classic mode" switch in GNOME Tweak Tool.Note: the screenshot in this post
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