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eLearn Magazine seeks to be the place where practice informs research and research informs practice. eLearn Magazine engages a broad set of readers to include readers interested in eLearning in higher education, K-12 educators (those interested in k-12 blended and online learning), corporate, government, not-for-profit, and non-profit. eLearn Magazine provides content for these audiences by publishing articles in specific context areas as well as content that is more general such as management, instructional design, emerging technologies, and instructor development. We envision eLearn as one of the primary sources of information on the uses of online learning strategies in a variety of contexts for a variety of audiences.
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Dr. Alison A. Carr Chellman is editor-in-chief of eLearn Magazine. She has been a professor of Instructional Systems at the Pennsylvania State University for 17 years and currently serves as the Head of the Learning and Performance Systems department. She has written more than 100 articles, books, book chapters, and papers on topics related to school change with a particular emphasis on those populations who are underserved by the current system. Her recent TED Talk, Gaming to re-engage boys in learning, has brought international attention to the issues facing boys in the current educational system and ways that digital learning media may be used to highlight the mismatch between boy culture and school culture.
Denise Doig is a Senior Editor at ACM for eLearn, Ubiquity, XRDS: Crossroads, the student magazine of the ACM, and Computers in Entertainment. Denise began her career with the ACM four years ago as the Managing Editor of interactions. She was previously the Managing Editor at trade publisher Outsourcing Today, providing editorial and production support for three titles. She has experience in technical writing and book publicity and marketing. Denise holds a BSE from Princeton University and a certificate from the Columbia University Publishing Course. She also works as a freelance writer and copyeditor.
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Jered Borup is an assistant professor in the Division of Learning Technologies at George Mason University. He earned his Ph.D. in Instructional Psychology and Technology from Brigham Young University in 2013. Previous to earning his Ph.D., Jered taught history at a junior high school for six years. He has taught online and blended courses since 2008. In his current position, he is working to build the Integration of Online Learning in Schools Master's and Certificate program which began its first cohort in Fall 2014. He recently served as a fellow for George Mason's Office of Distance Education and Michigan Virtual Learning Research Institute. His current research interests include developing online learning communities and identifying support systems that adolescent learners require to be successful in online environments. A full list of his publications can be found here.
Mark Britz is the Sr. Manager of Onsite Learning Events at the eLearning Guild. Prior to joining the eLearning Guild he had worked over 15 years designing and managing learning solutions with organizations such as Smartforce, Pearson Digital Learning, the SUNY Research Foundation, and Aspen Dental Management. His work and writing have been highlighted in the books Revolutionize Learning and Development: Performance and Innovation Strategy for the Information Age and
The Social Learning Handbook. He is an active local ATD board member and contributing writer for the 70:20:10 Forum. Mark regularly presents and writes on his blog about the use of social media for learning, collaborative networks, and organizational development.
Simone C.O. Conceição, Ph.D., is a Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Education and teaches courses in the areas of distance education, use of technology with adult learners, instructional design, and principles and foundations of adult learning. She received her doctorate in Adult and Distance Education from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and her master's in Adult and Continuing Leadership Education from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Dr. Conceição was born in Brazil and has lived in the United States since 1989. Her diverse background brings an international perspective to the fields of education and training. She has researched and identified many aspects of good practice in online environments. Her research interests include adult learning, distance education, impact of technology on teaching and learning, instructional design, international education, and staff development.
Karl M. Kapp, Ed.D., is a professor of instructional technology at Bloomsburg University, and an expert on the convergence of learning, technology, and business operations. Kapp helped start Bloomsburg's online eLearning developer's certificate. As assistant director of the university's Institute for Interactive Technologies , Kapp helps government, corporate, and nonprofit organizations-such as the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare, L'OREAL, Kellogg's, Sovereign Bank, and several pharmaceutical firms-leverage learning technologies to increase employee productivity and organizational profitability. He is author of four books including, Gadgets, Games and Gizmos for Learning, and Learning in 3D: Adding a New Dimension to Enterprise Learning and Collaboration (2010). As the father of two gamers, he also keeps busy with the latest gadgets, games, and gizmos.
David Kelly, the VP of program development for The eLearning Guild, has been an internal learning and performance consultant and training director for more than 10 years. As a leader in local ASTD chapters, he served as a local board member and national adviser. David is active in the learning community, and often speaks at industry conferences and events. In 2011, the eLearning Council voted him one of the 10 most influential eLearning bloggers for his blog at davidkelly.me. He is also known for his curation efforts, especially related to conferences and events for learning and performance professionals.
Dr. Daylene Lauman is an Administrator with Edmonton Public Schools in Canada. She has coordinated large scale research projects with the University of Alberta in the field of educational technology and professional development. Her 21 year career with Edmonton Public Schools has spanned both the traditional classroom as well as the field of online and blended learning. Daylene currently leads a committed team of teachers toward two goals for online learning: to develop and implement research-based and data-driven teaching practices; and to engage and support at-risk learners in grades K to 12. She is an active member of the CANeLearn (Canadian eLearning) Network and has previously served on the editorial board of the Journal for Research in Technology and Education (JRTE).
Donna Gardner Liljegren, Ed.D. is is Dean of Online Enrollment & Continuing Education for AU Online at Aurora University in Illinois. She has held faculty and executive leadership roles in private and for-profit institutions of higher education since 1992 and has been teaching and developing online, hybrid, and flex courses since 1997. Donna earned B.A. and M.A. degrees in English and focused her doctoral studies on adult learning and online program assessment. She may be found on Twitter @dliljegren.
Dr. Don Olcott, Jr., FRSA, is Professor of Educational Leadership and ODL (adjunct faculty) with the University of Maryland University College masters' program in distance education. He also serves as president of HJ Global Associates consulting. Dr. Olcott was the 2013 recipient of the International Council of Distance Education (ICDE) Individual Prize of Excellence for his leadership and contributions to global open and distance education. He was inducted in to the United States Distance Learning Associaton (USDLA) Hall of Fame in May 2014. He currently serves on the ICDE Research and Innovation Task Force.He has published extensively for twenty years in ODL and international education and has consulted with universities, governments, and corporations across the globe. Dr. Olcott also has extensive experience teaching via technology, designing curriculum, and developing assessment tools for online learning. Dr. Olcott's research interests include language and culture in cross-border higher education, sustainable ODL and OER business models, innovative learning design models for ODL, and leadership and innovation in open and distance learning and open educational resources (OER).
Dr. Keryn Pratt is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Otago College of Education in Dunedin, New Zealand, where she is the Doctoral and Distance Programmes Coordinator, and is also a member of the Centre for Distance Education and Learning Technologies, located within the College of Education. Within the College of Education she teaches graduate students online in the areas of quantitative research methods and ICT in education. Keryn has publications relating to a wide range of issues on the topic of ICT in education. As an active researcher in the area of online education, Keryn is interested in both the tertiary and secondary levels and has been involved with the OtagoNet videoconference cluster since its inception in 2001, conducting research related to virtual schooling.
Clark Quinn leads learning system design through Quinnovation, providing strategic solutions to Fortune 500, education, government, and not-for-profit organizations. He earned his Ph.D. in applied cognitive science from the University of California, San Diego, and has led the design of mobile, performance support, serious games, online learning, and adaptive learning systems. He's an internationally known speaker and author, with a book and numerous articles and chapters. He has held management positions at Knowledge Universe Interactive Studio, Open Net, and Access CMC, and academic positions at the University of New South Wales, the University of Pittsburgh's Learning Research and Development Center, and San Diego State University's Center for Research in Mathematics and Science Education.
John R. Savery is a professor of instructional technology at the University of Akron with teaching and research interests in problem-based learning, rich environments for active learning, online learning and technology in teaching. John is also the Director of Instructional Services and leads campus wide efforts to incorporate best practices in teaching and learning through effective use of technology tools. Originally from Canada, John moved to the US in 1992 to complete a Ph.D. in Instructional Systems Technology at Indiana University.
Ann Taylor is the director of the John A. Dutton e-Education Institute in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences at Penn State University. Ann has worked in the field of distance education since 1991 and began working for the Dutton Institute in 2002. She holds a faculty appointment as a Senior Lecturer and has been an elected, and active, member of the University Faculty Senate since 2007. I n her role as institute director, Ann is responsible for guiding her College's strategic vision and planning for online learning. She works with faculty, administrators, stakeholders, and Institute personnel to plan and implement online courses and programs that are tailored to either the needs of adult professionals worldwide or to the University's campus-based students, or both! Ann serves on numerous University committees that are focused on strategic planning, policies, and procedures related to the University's distance learning initiatives. While serving as a University administrator, Ann still keeps a hands-on aspect to her work, regularly working with University colleagues to create resources for faculty who teach online and sharing her work as a frequent public speaker. Twenty-two years in the field has put Ann in a front row seat as distance education has gone from correspondence study and "teleclasses" to the implementation of real-time two-way videoconferencing and ultimately the Web. Throughout her career, she has helped higher education faculty design, develop, and deliver countless distance education courses, in subjects ranging from traditional English courses to "construction flagging techniques" to graduate courses in sustainable energy solutions.
Melissa A. Venable, Ph.D. is an instructional designer with experience in industry and higher education. She is currently the Education Editor for OnlineColleges.net, which provides resources for online students and instructors. She also hosts #IOLchat weekly on Twitter covering trends and issues in online education. Melissa earned her doctorate in curriculum and instruction – instructional technology, and she now teaches online courses at the University of South Florida and Saint Leo University. Her student support background includes career counseling and academic advising.
Craig Wiggins has been helping people create and manage learning experiences for the last 10 years. He is the eLearning Platform Director for CEB, where he manages the creation of meaningful distance learning and performance solutions. Craig holds a B.A. in anthropology and an M.Ed. in curriculum development, and spends a lot of time thinking about how to align usability, accessibility, and proper task analysis. In his natural habitat, he is usually storyboarding on wall-sized whiteboards or pontificating on Google+.
Olaf Zawacki-Richter is a professor of educational technology at the University of Oldenburg (Germany), Center for Lifelong Learning, and Associate Dean at the Faculty of Education and Social Sciences. Between 2008 and 2010 Olaf hold a professorship in educational technology at the FernUniversity in Hagen, Germany's Open University. He is a member of the editorial board of the International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning (IRRODL) and the Australian journal Distance Education. Olaf served as invited keynote speaker, chair and reviewer at many international conferences. He is a faculty member in the MBA in Educational Management at Oldenburg University and he is also teaching in the Online Master of Distance Education and E-Learning program, jointly offered by the University of Maryland University College (USA) and Oldenburg University. Together with Terry Anderson, Olaf edited the new book Online Distance Education - Towards a Research Agenda (Open Access) which will be released in Fall 2013 (Athabasca University Press).


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States Affected by Sandy Plan to Hold an Election With No Electricity
With help from military trucks in New Jersey.
From hanging chads to inconclusive local races, election problems have been known to happen even in the best of circumstances. Next week we'll try an unprecedented feat in American politics: holding an orderly presidential election about a week after a natural disaster has hit. Chris Christie has refused to discuss voting plans, saying he's "much more concerned about preventing any other loss of life, getting people to safe places," and, "the election will take care of itself." However, with only four days to go, officials in states badly hit by Hurricane Sandy are being forced to make decisions on how to hold an election in communities where residents have been displaced and there's still no electricity.
Officials in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut have asked power companies to concentrate on bringing electricity back to polling places first, but they aren't betting on that. ''Some of the voting machines do have battery backup,'' New York State Board of Elections spokesman Tom Connolly told the Associated Press. ''We are also planning to get generators to polling sites, but it's not like we have an unlimited supply of generators.'' In New York City members of the Board of Elections have been assessing the damage to polling places, and Mayor Bloomberg said they might have to use alternative locations in some cases. The Daily News reports that in devastated areas like Breezy Point and the Rockaways, voting may take place in tents equipped with generators.
While Christie has been occupied by relief efforts, in New Jersey Secretary of State and Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno said on Thursday that the state is planning to deploy military trucks to polling stations that have lost power. Guadagno said people at these locations will vote using a paper ballot and should expect to see "a DOD truck with a well-situated National Guardsman and a big sign saying, 'Vote Here.'" For those seeking a less exciting voting experience, the state extended applications for mail-in ballot applications and ordered county clerks' offices to stay open over the weekend to process them.
Since the states hit hardest are all solidly blue, lower voter turnout won't swing the presidential election, though it could affect the popular vote. Though, if votes are being collected in tents and trucks in the middle of a nor'easter, there's no telling what might happen.

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Kendall Jenner is making her debut in a photo shoot for Vogue magazine. She won't be in print, though. She will be featured on the fashion bible's website, according to a Feb. 14 report from Us Weekly.
Jenner was featured in a Instagram-themed recap of Fashion Week's most talked about looks. She modeled in Oscar de la Renta, Carolina Herrera and of course, Marc Jacobs.
The 18-year-old posed in various selfies for the photo shoot. In one photo, she wears a velvet and satin Oscar de la Renta gown with a sweetheart bodice. Jenner also wore a short black wig.
Jenner was fixated on her wig during the photo shoot. She was seen saying, "This is so freaky. My mom is going to freak out!" Jenner looked barely recognizable in the photo.
She also posed in a red fur coat and red pleated pants from designer Carolina Herrera. Her hair was styled into a high bouffant.
Kendall Jenner didn't pose in the braless top that she wore during Marc Jacobs fashion show. That was the most talked about from the fashion show.


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Students from the Spotsylvania County school division recently entered a total of 22 projects in to the 2014 Virginia Geography Fair. The fair was held on March 15 at Osbourn Park High School in Manassas under the host direction of Michael Mayhue, chairman of the Virginia Geographical Society, cooperative with the Virginia Geographic Alliance.
Many students from Riverbend High School's Advanced Placement Human Geography class earned first, second, or third place trophies, ribbons, and certificates. Riverbend also took home the Marijean Hawthorn Award for Best in Show.
Some of the projects were scrapbooks showing human migration from the Old World to the Americas. Projects also consisted of landscape readings and cultural observations of the students' neighborhoods. One student entered a poster called "My Favorite Place" about an equestrian center in Virginia. Another student created a brochure on the Grand Canyon National Park.
For more information on the Geography Fair, visit the Virginia Geographic website at radford.edu/vga. For security purposes, students' names were not revealed.


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5 O'Clock Somewhere
Wades Wines is more than meets the eye
By Chris O'Neal 10/10/2013
Wades Wines
30961 Agoura Road, Suite 321
Westlake Village
(818) 597-9463
Visualize the most unlikely spot to find an assortment of the best the world has to offer in wine, beer and spirits, and you're likely to see a business park in Westlake Village. Yet here we are, and there it is: Wades Wines, the Narnia of intoxication with one heck of a selection.
Immediately upon entering, I've often made a beeline to the back, where the coolers and racks of beer are meticulously sorted into Belgian, English and domestic sections. If first impressions are everything, seeing an entire line of the Danish brewer Mikkeller's goods signals my intention to marry Wades and his beer buyers. Having an eclectic selection of Mikkeller is a sure sign that the rest of the inventory is mint as well. (Look for Norway's Nøgne Ø and Scotland's BrewDog for something really different.)
On this particular trip, I found Midnight Sun's Treat, an imperial pumpkin chocolate porter from Alaska and the imperial pumpkin porter from Utah's Epic Brewing. Alongside Grand Teton's 2011 Coming Home from Idaho, Halloween is off to a good start.
You would be remiss to leave before stepping into the Sundowner. Turn left just before the exit and you'll find yourself inside a 103-beer- and 42-wine-tap bar that means serious business. Not only does the Sundowner Brewery make its own line of delicious brews, but rare treats such as Russian River's line of barrel-aged sours and the aforementioned Nøgne Ø are available in bottles to have and to hold.
As luck would have it, on the day of my visit the brewery was celebrating its anniversary, and thus flights were $10 for four house-made beers. My flight consisted of the TTT Saison, Blonde, a wheat IPA known as Windfall and the barleywine. The Saison stood out, bursting forth with aromatics and just enough hops to leave a lingering feeling of summer, while the barleywine had an almost butterscotch characteristic that reminded me of a winter warmer.
Wades Wines really is the wonderland at the back of the wardrobe. Step through, have a seat and prepare to be wowed.
5 O'Clock Somewhere is a new column and will run every other week for the latest in tempting intoxication around Ventura County.
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The SAAT Marketing & Creative Design Coordinator is the in-house design resource for departments and offices within Student Affairs. Services include creative design, photography, and quote/ordering facilitation. Project timelines can range from a few days to a few months, depending on the scope and complexity of the request. Printing adds additional time to the length of projects (remember this when planning your due date and schedule accordingly). For more information, or to submit a project or photography request, contact the Marketing & Creative Design Coordinator, Liz Shine, at firstname.lastname@example.com or 907.786.1365.
Design and photography services are only available to Student Affairs staff/departments. For graphic design needs outside of the scope of Student Affairs, please see the GSS Copy & Print Center on campus.
Submit a Request
Creative Design Requests: Download the Creative/Marketing Request
Each item on the request form is explained in greater detail - click the following to read more about each item.
Photography Requests: Download the Photography Request
Student Affairs divisions/departments/programs can request photography services from the Marketing & Creative Design Coordinator. There are a limited number of hours available per month, and 2-3 weeks advance notice is required (not all requests can be filled, especially those on weekends or past 5pm on weekdays – requests will be honored on a case-by-case basis). View the Photography Request form for more details.
If your requested date/time isn't available you are welcome to fill out a UAA Photographer appointment request with UAA Advancement or request the use of the loaner camera from the Marketing & Creative Design Coordinator (email firstname.lastname@example.com).
Visit the UAA Student Affairs flickr to see photographs of past events.
Creative Design Details
Ad creation for both UAA and non-UAA publications.
Banner design for hanging/wall or standing display.
Booklet layout/design.
Brochures formatted for either professional or in-office printing.
The difference between formatting for professional vs. in-office printing is very important to the finished brochure, and should be noted in your request:
Designed for use with envelopes or as postcard mailers.
If you're planning on doing a mail out campaign you can always contact UAA GSS Seawolf Postal Express for more information (visit their mailing tips page).Return to the Top.
Single or double-sided designs.
This category encompasses a number of design possibilities including flyers to advertise events/services, informational one-pagers or packets, newsletters, and other imaginative pieces.Return to the Top.
This option is for event/program (non-departmental) logos, other logo requests should go through UAA Advancement.
Take a look at pages 17-18 of the UAA Brand Book for more information on logos, and see below for a short list of guidelines your requested logo will need to adhere to:
Poster designs can range from standard size 11 x 17 inches to large format pieces like 24 x 36 inches. See Creative Design Request Form for common sizes.Return to the Top.
Promotional Items
Promotional items are pieces with useful information (generally a logo, department or program name, web address, phone number, email etc.) or inspirational messages (like 'Congratulations Class of 2015') that you intend to give away in a promotional effort.
Commonly requested items include: pens, apparel (like t-shirts, gloves, and hats), stickers, key chains, water bottles and more. Contact the Marketing & Creative Design Coordinator for vendor options. Contact the Marketing & Creative Design Coordinator for vendor options.
A note on sustainable choices: make the most out of your promotion by being mindful of your selection. Select items that are made of recycled plastic, paper or fiber. If that's not an option, consider choosing items that promote sustainability like reusable cutlery sets, water bottles, bags and more.Return to the Top.
Rack Cards
A common way to get out information in a single or double-sided 4 x 9 inch format. Called a rack card because they fit in common size brochure racks.Return to the Top.
Web/Digital Graphics
This option has a lot of applications including online ads, web page graphics, ads for digital on-campus TV or computer screens, email graphics, ads for large screen display at sporting events and more.Return to the Top.
Custom Projects
This section is for special projects not usually requested (examples of past projects include: name tags, kiosk wrap, welcome mats, custom bulletin board design, pennants, tablecloths/runners and more.Return to the Top.


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Mar 14, 2011 11:40 AM
Punxsutawney Phil, you stinkin' liar. 'no six weeks of winter', our sweet ass. We love hot chocolate and warm sweaters and curling up by the fire with our honey as much as the next girl, but it's getting old FAST. We are so ready for spring! With that in mind, we're counting down the days until March 21st, the official first day of spring, with some fabulous Aspire/Acquire posts featuring ideas for spring fashion and frolicking. Bring on the warm weather!
We're looking forward to trading in our bulky, wool scarves for their lighter, more ethereal spring versions. Lightweight scarves are great for this time of year, when it's no longer cold but not yet warm. Beside the practical benefit of keeping you a bit warmer, scarves are also a simple, elegant way to add color and texture to an otherwise simple ensemble. Out aspire choice for today is the Poppy Skull Silk Chiffon Scarf by Alexander McQueen ($475). The colors are soft but beautiful and wearing it would make us feel like a fashionable pirate. But as five hundos is a steep asking price for a square of fabric, however fabulous it may be, we also have a far more reasonable acquire version. The Pieces Jasmin Floral Scarf ($21) would add a flare of bold hues to a simple work outfit or dress up a jeans and tee look. The combination of colors here reminds us so strongly of spring, it makes us even more eager for sunny days and budding trees.
And, as always, if you've got something you love that's out of your reach, email us and we'll find you some more budget-friendly lookalikes for a future Aspire/Acquire feature!
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Farmer's Markets at the Farm
5 - 7 pm
Fridays starting June 3rd - Tuesdays starting July 19th
What we have planted for early harvest (June)
spinach, lettuce, kale and cabbage
carrots, red beets, kohlrabi
cilantro, oregano, thyme, chives
later harvest (July-October)
Greens: lettuce, kale and cabbage
Peppers: Green Bells, Jalapenos, Green Chili, Poblanos, Habaneros , Super Hots
Slicing and canning tomatoes
Slicing and Pickling Cucumbers
Carrots, Beets, Turnips and Kohlrabi
Green and Yellow Zucchini and Crook neck Squash
Green Beans
Sweet and Storage Onions
Red, Yukon Gold, Red Gold Potatoes
Herbs: dill, cilantro, basil, oregano, thyme, chives, parsley
2016 Farmer's Markets
Fridays beginning June 3 - September 23rd
Tuesdays beginning July 19- September 20th
Hours: 5 - 7 pm
CORN MAZE and Pumpkin Patch
Opens for the season Saturday September 24th
Closes for season Monday October 31st
Saturdays: 10 am - 10 pm
Sundays: 10 am - 6 pm
Fridays starting October 14th 1 pm - 6 pm
Our family pumpkin patch and Farmer's Market's are great fun, but perhaps our biggest attraction is our amazing corn maze.
2015 will be our 8th CORN MAZE. We create a different design each year guaranteed to provide many opportunities to get "lost and found".
Our amazing Corn MAZES are always a creative picture with the traditional back and forth around the corner maze design in or around the picture. There is usually a smaller section of the corn maze for kids so that it is more enjoyable for younger children or those who don't or can't walk very far.
The design in the corn is the walking paths, which are about four feet wide. The corn is sprayed out in early June to create the design. After that the weeds are sprayed and then tilled to make the paths nice and smooth. Early in the season, before the corn is frozen it is easier to get lost because you can't see through the corn. Later in the season, after a freeze or two and thousands of footprints resulting in hard packed surfaces, it is a little harder to get lost in the corn maze.
We have moonlight/flashlight corn mazes on Saturday nights which are a completely different experience! Getting lost and found takes on a whole new meaning when you can't see very well and you are afraid one of your friends is going to try to scare you! Because we promote a "family" atmosphere we don't have a "scary" maze.
The pumpkin patch and CORN MAZE open the last Saturday in September and close October 31st.
Dan, better known as the Pumpkin Dude, has been growing and selling pumpkins for about 20 years, providing more farm pumpkins and a larger variety of pumpkins each year. We have big pumpkins, little pumpkins, white pumpkins, warty pumpkins, carving pumpkins, decorative pumpkins and pie pumpkins, – we even have pumpkins grown just for the hull-less seeds!
Ellis' Harvest Home has pick-your-own-pumpkins for everyone, from those who want one or two carving size pumpkins to those who want several tons of pumpkins. We even farm pumpkins for those of you who need to have the largest pumpkin or the best fall decorations on the block.
The pick-your-own-pumpkins are displayed in the yard for easier picking, but the "Great Pumpkin" is most often found in the family pumpkin patch. Deciding on the perfect pumpkin is often difficult regardless of where you are looking, but it is always fun!
The pumpkin patch and CORN MAZE open the last Saturday in September and close October 31st. Along with the pumpkins, we have gourds, colored corn, mums and straw for fall decorating, and winter squash for decorating or eating.
Until there's a larger variety of produce
we'll just put a little of everything
we do have in a Better Bag for pick up
the farm Fridays at 5 pm
Please pre-order by noon
Regular markets begin July 1st!
1st Better Bag deliver to Lusk
June 22nd 5pm Extension Office
Fridays Beginning June 3rd 5 - 7 pm
Tuesdays Beginning July 19th 5 - 7 pm
More information Call or text
Lindy 307-575-2567
Ellis' Harvest Home
Lingle, WY 82223
2 miles west of Lingle on Hwy 26 or 8 miles east of Ft. Laramie on Hwy 26
Dan: 307-532-1686
Lindy: 307-575-2567
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Beyond diets and fads, the tried and true really does work.
We need to put less in, or get more out, of ourselves. And a big part of that is working out.
For Bostonians, there are ample opportunities to get out there and push fitness. Gyms can be expensive, and can be difficult to get to or schedule. But 5K races can work to one's advantage. After all, they are fairly quick (even at my slowest, it never took more than an hour and 5 minutes), they are somewhat ubiquitous, and they are relatively cheap.
Most recently, the Ras Na Heirann was run in Somerville. This is the "Race of Ireland and the USA" and the course goes around Davis Square. The price is $32/person which includes bib with chip, tee shirt, post-race snacks and water and, if you can get in somewhat early, a nifty finisher medal. And for winning teams, there are engraved medals.
With the Saint Patrick's Day theme, a lot of the runners go along by wearing green or shamrocks or otherwise evoking the holiday. You'll see leprechauns and four-leaf clovers aplenty. The local populace comes out to cheer you on, and it's very much a party atmosphere.
Photographs are taken and are available afterwards. Plus of course the results go online.
Beneficiaries of your race fee include Somerville High School's track team and the Breast Cancer Fund.
Travel is easy! Although there is parking, it's best to take the T to Davis Square, as streets are blocked off.
So come on out and have some fun! Oh and by the way, for a 215 pound person doing the course in 50 minutes (which is slow), it comes out to about 380 calories burned. Not too shabby!


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It's news that animal lovers in this area would dearly love to see. The City of San Antonio Animal Care Services has reached "no-kill" status for cats in March and April, according to a posting made earlier today on their Facebook page. For March and April, they managed a 92% live placement rate for cats and kittens.
The shelter has accomplished this through a combination of spay/neuter programs, and various programs to promote cat adoptions and placements in the community.
90% is generally accepted as the standard to be met to be considered "No-Kill".
The dogs are not far behind. In March and April, 82% of the dogs and puppies admitted to the shelter left alive.
San Antonio Animal Care Services is very active in adoption events, and partners with rescue groups and other non-profit organizations, as well as with corporations such as Petco and Petsmart, to promote adoptions and to help educate the community on how to be a responsible pet owner.
The number of shelters striving for the "No-Kill" brass ring is growing nationwide, and does not seem to be limited by available resources. The sheer commitment of shelter leadership, staff, and volunteers to operate a no-kill shelter appears to be the primary factor determining whether a shelter becomes no-kill. The county-run Washington-Wilkes Animal Shelter in rural Georgia has been operating as a no-kill shelter for a number of years now, despite the fact that the county has very limited resources to fund animal services. Like San Antonio, Washington-Wilkes achieved this by aggressively promoting spay/neuter for cats and dogs, and by actively promoting adoptions.
Other rural counties in South Carolina and Georgia are following a similar trend as they strive to reduce the number of healthy animals euthanized. Some shelters that five or six years ago had euthanasia rates exceeding 90% have cut those rates in half.
Hopefully other counties will jump on the no-kill bandwagon soon too.
Suggested Links
- No-kill Washington-Wilkes County Shelter pets at Anderson Petsmart May 3-4
- Top 9 reasons to adopt a pet at Petsmart Charities National Adoption Event
- Hart County Humane Society to participate in National Adoption Event this weeken
- Kitten Action Team to have cats and kittens at Petsmart adoption event


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Fans of the New York Times bestselling author Rainbow Rowell will be delighted to know that her next novel, "Landline," comes out this summer (July 8). This novel will be her fourth, but only her second adult novel ("Eleanor & Park" and "Fangirl" are both technically Young Adult novels). Rowell seems to move effortlessly between these two categorizations; perhaps the boundary is more fluid than some people believe (we often like to think that the problems we face in our 30s are much more sophisticated than the problems we face in our teens, but are they really?). Regardless, Rowell has shown great versatility in her work.
In anticipation of her new novel, let's take a look at her previous works.
"Attachments": This novel was Rainbow Rowell's debut, an adult novel set in the late '90s. The narrative follows the alternating perspectives of Lincoln O'Neill, a timid guy with a past relationship that still haunts him, and the witty, often-work-inappropriate email correspondence between best friends Jennifer and Beth. Lincoln's job is to monitor company emails, but he hesitates to turn in Jennifer and Beth for their lack of propriety. Throw in some love drama as Lincoln finds himself falling for Beth, and you've got yourself a sweet and thoroughly entertaining novel.
"Eleanor & Park": Equally sweet, but not nearly as light-hearted as "Attachments," "Eleanor & Park" is the tale of two young misfits and their slow-growing, but ultimately very powerful love. Eleanor is the new girl in town, often bullied in school for her odd clothes and harassed at home by her stepfather. Park is half-Korean and too interested in comic books to fit it. Their relationship begins in silence, as Eleanor sits next to Park on the bus. Park soon realizes that Eleanor is reading his comics over his shoulder, and he starts bringing his favorite comics to share. Their love affair commences, and they face many difficulties together.
"Fangirl": Freshman year of college is memorable enough that this novel will likely resonate with teens and adults alike. Cath is a die-hard fan of the Simon Snow novels, an international fantasy sensation (even beyond the scope of Harry Potter). She and her twin sister grew up reading and re-reading the novels, and Cath is famous in the world fan fiction for her writing. As they embark on their new journey in college, Cath feels left behind as Wren moves on, forgetting Simon Snow and starting a new life. But Cath is worried -- worried about making friends, and worried about her dad, who is truly alone for the first time. This coming-of-age tale is smart and fun, in typical Rowell fashion.


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Welcome to Energy Management
Rising concerns over environmental issues, high energy costs, and limited resources have prompted the District to take action. A new emphasis is being placed on conserving energy and protecting the environment by the District's formation of an Energy Council. Bob Heacock, Manager of Systems/Energy/Facilities, has been directed to lead the Council and utilize district time and resources toward the following conservation efforts:
• Promoting wise use of all of the energy resource consumed by the District
Methods utilized to accomplish district goals include:
• Use the district intranet as a way to disseminate energy conservation methods through out the district
Ultimately, the goals include decreasing consumption of natural gas and electricity by 10% from the baseline period of FY 2007, and working toward earning the EPA "Energy Star" rating for all the District facilities.
On April 28, 2008 the District became and Energy Star Partner by signing an agreement with Energy Star.
The district has nine buildings that can Qualify for an Energy Star Rating and four buildings will be recognized. The buildings are CCHS. CCMS, GPHS, and Harrison K-8. The process for the application includes an audit by an engineer. If the audit is passed the building will receive the Energy Star Rating.
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text: Information for home and away supportersOur address: Checkatrade.com Stadium, Winfield Way, Broadfield, Crawley, West Sussex RH11 9RX. Telephone: 01293 410000. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com HOURS (Tickets and Club Shop)Monday-Friday: 9.00am - 4.30pmSaturday match days: 10am onwards GUIDE TO THE CHECKATRADE.COM STADIUM FOR HOME AND AWAY FANS Directions to the Checkatrade.com Stadium if you are drivingExit the M23 at the Pease Pottage, junction 11. Take the third exit (brown sign for Stadium) and the ground is on your left at the bottom of Brighton Road, approx 2 mins from the M23 junction. There is a car park at the stadium which costs £5 per car. Space is limited as some bays have been sold to regular home supporters.There are free parking options available that are a just a few minutes walk from the Stadium. For more information click here. Please note that there are no accessible bays at any of these other car parks. ACCESSIBLE PARKINGWe have 23 parking spaces for disabled supporters, 10 of which are hatched side and rear. 19 of these are for home fans and four for away fans. Blue badge holders arriving at the stadium get free parking provided they are in the car and display their badge, otherwise the normal parking charge of £5 applies.Most of the home accessible bays have been reserved and allocated to disabled season ticket holders, but the rest of the car park's regular sized bays that have not been reserved are available on a first-come-first-served basis. If you wish to book one in advance call us on 01293 410000 or email firstname.lastname@example.com is also a designated bay where disabled fans can be dropped off, if required, and the driver can then park or return to pick up after the game.ARRIVING BY TRAINCrawley Train Station is the closest to the Checkatrade.com Stadium but you can also get there from Three Bridges or Gatwick Airport stations.There is a taxi rank outside Crawley station, some of which are wheelchair accessible, you will be charged by the mile.PLUSBUS: You can add the bus travel to your rail ticket for less than the price of paying on the bus. Just ask to add Plusbus when buying you rail ticket to Crawley, Three Bridges or Gatwick. You can find out more about Plusbus by clicking hereBuses from Crawley Rail Station: Cross the road outside the station to Crawley Bus Station. Go to Stop A and catch Fastway 10 to the Checkatrade.com Stadium.From Three Bridges Rail Station: Follow signs to stop C near the station and catch Fastway 20 to the Checkatrade.com Stadium. From Gatwick Airport: From either terminal follow the signs saying 'Local public buses Metrobus'. Catch either Fastway 10 or Fastway 20 southbound in the direction of Broadfield/Bewbush to the Checkatrade.com Stadium. ARRIVING BY BUSThe Checkatrade.com Stadium is easily accessible by bus from all over Crawley and many parts of Sussex and Surrey. Buses stop right outside the entrance to the car park.Fastway 10 serves the Checkatrade.com Stadium every seven minutes and drops you right outside the stadium. There are 12 buses an hour which go past the Stadium so you will never have to wait long for a service. You can upload a timetable hereFastway 20 (Gatwick South Terminal only) serves the Checkatrade.co.uk every 20 minutes. You can upload a Fastway timetable for routes to the Stadium hereRoutes 271 & 273 now provide an hourly direct service from Brighton, stopping near the stadium on the A23.All Fastway buses are wheelchair accessible. ONCE YOU'VE ARRIVEDPre-ordered and pre-paid tickets can be picked up from the ticket and club shop at the back of the AJD group West Stand.If you need to purchase a ticket visit the ticket office for all categories of tickets including disabled, where you can use a card to pay, or if paying by cash you can do so at the turnstiles. However please note that disabled/carer tickets are only available from the ticket office. All fans - home and away - are welcome to use the Redz bar, which is situated at the southern end of the ground, at the back of the Bruce Winfield Terrace. You can buy a hot snack or rolls as well as drinks. Redz is fully accessible, with a ramped entrance, and has an accessible toilet. Children can come into Redz Bar, if they are accompanied by an adult. TICKETS FOR DISABLED FANSThe club's policy on disabled tickets is based on the levels of Disability Living Allowance (DLA), or Personal Independence Payment (PIP) equivalent, that the supporter receives as set out by the Government.If you are in receipt of 'Middle Rate' or 'Higher Rate' DLA, or the equivalent PIP, you are entitled to a free ticket for a companion to assist you.Ambulant disabled and wheelchair user tickets cannot be booked online. Please contact the Ticket Office on 01293 410000 for information and to book tickets or email firstname.lastname@example.com for disabled supporters for the AJD Group West Stand and Checkatrade.com East Stand are available on a first-come-first-served basis. Away fans are accommodated in the East Stand where there are 4 wheelchair user and carer spaces. All disabled seating is under cover. There are also two wheelchair spaces behind each goal. To look at our admission prices for the 2015-16 season click here. Please note that you pay the price according to your age.INSIDE THE GROUNDHome fans can choose to sit in the East or West Stand or use the Bruce Winfield terrace at the southern end of the stadium.Away fans sit in the segregated section of the East Stand at the northern end of the stadium. If large numbers of away supporters are expected the terrace at that end is also opened.All areas of the ground have refreshment outlets for hot food and drinks.There are 11 accessible toilets in all sections of the ground. We now offer an Audio Description service to visually impaired fans and have 10 receivers for the use of both home and away fans. If you wish to take advantage of this free service you must first register your details & then reserve a receiver at least 7 days before the match. Please click here for full details of the service.A new video guide to access and facilities for disabled supporters can be viewed hereThe website Disabled Go has produced an excellent access guide to the Stadium which is available hereOur staff have disability awareness training and are comfortable dealing with a range of disability related queries. If you have any specific queries regarding access to the Checkatrade.com Stadium, please contact our SLO & Disabled Supporters' Liaison Officer by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com


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According to a Jan. 26 report from CagesideSeats.com, the Pittsburgh crowd on hand for Royal Rumble did everything it could to let WWE officials know they wanted to see Daniel Bryan wrestle in the 30-man competition.
Many wrestling fans on hand for the Royal Rumble were booing loudly when Rey Mysterio ran out as the final contestant in the show, as his entrance meant that Bryan would not be pulling double duty on the card.
Bryan, 32, lost to Bray Wyatt in the first bout of the Royal Rumble card, but the Pittsburgh crowd obviously wanted to see more of him as the night went along.
Throughout the evening, the Pittsburgh crowd chanted "Daniel Bryan, Daniel Bryan!"
They were clearly hoping Bryan would compete in the 30-man Royal Rumble, to test his skills against the likes of CM Punk and Kofi Kingston.
Unfortunately, it wasn't meant to be.
Immediately after Batista won the Royal Rumble, Bryan took to Twitter to explain why he wasn't in the competition.
Bryan said "the machine" kept him out of the Royal Rumble.
However, it's not clear at present time if Bryan was just following a script with his tweet, or if it was his true feelings coming out.
"Sorry guys, the machine wanted me nowhere near the Royal Rumble match. But I thank everyone for their support. YOU are the #YESMovement," Bryan tweeted following the Royal Rumble.
Bryan then told the WWE Universe to continue to voice their opinions via social media.
"They try to keep US down and away from the top spots, but they can't ignore the reactions forever. Keep voicing your opinions. #YESMovement," Bryan tweeted.
Bryan may not have been in this year's Royal Rumble, but he clearly made a name for himself and earned some respect from the Pittsburgh fans on hand.
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Quantic Presenta Flowering Inferno has just released the first single and title track for the upcoming album Dog With A Rope, that will be released July 13th through the infallibly funky label Tru Thoughts. Download "Dog With A Rope" after the jump, or buy the single and two exclusive tracks here on Think Indie. And as a bonus, we're premiering this behind-the-scenes footage of the album's recording in the Sonido del Valle studio in Cali, Colombia.
Last week you may have seen the Rich Medina Tru Thoughts Funk Mix of the label's 10th anniversary compilation floating around the internets. Download the mix and a track from the compilation album, "Payback" by Beta Hector featuring Dionne Charles, after the jump!
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A Bowdon based group staged a special UFO conference last June (2006).
UFO Review, publishers of a bi-monthly internet magazine on the flying sauces phenomena, held the event at Timperley's Masonic Hall, Clay Lane.
Organiser Stuart Miller told Spooky Trafford: "It's the first time we've done this and the intention is to make it an annual event. The emphasis is on Ufology' and there's a very good balance of speakers.
"I don't think we have a satisfactory explanation for the phenomena of UFOs. There are many unexplained answers and this conference will examine those subjects."
So closer to home has Trafford any famous UFO cases? Stuart said: "The most well known case in recent years involved a passenger aeroplane, just before it landed at Manchester Airport, in January 1995.
"The pilot had just come over the Pennines and was flying into Manchester at about 4,000 ft. He saw a lighted object on his right hand side travelling in the opposite direction. It was wedged shaped' and had a black stripe down the side.
"The plane landed safely at Manchester Airport a short time later. Despite exhaustive investigations the reported object remains untraced but there is a radar record - no one really knows what it was."
For further information contact Stuart on 0161 929 1846 or email@example.com The speakers included: *Nick Redfern author of On the Trail of the Saucer Spies: Ufos And Government Surveillance'.
Now living in the United States, Nick is a well-known UFO writer and is the author of several successful books on the subject.
He is recognised as one of the UK's leading researchers on the subject and has a reputation as a direct, no nonsense journalist who is prepared to get his hands dirty and doesn't like taking "no" for an answer.
Nick will be speaking about the UK and US intelligence agencies observation over the years of people involved in UFO research.
*Canadian documentary filmmaker and UFO researcher Paul Kimball.
Paul will be talking about his documentary the Wilbert Smith Story: Separating Fact from Fiction'. Smith, a senior engineer in the Canadian department of transport, achieved notoriety in the 1950s.
Paul will talk about the Smith Memo' in which his subject wrote: "The existence of a different technology is borne out by the investigations which are being carried on at the present time in relation to flying saucers."
*Neil Morris The Alien Autopsy Film - A Review and Update'.
Neil will examine the revelations brought out by the current Ant and Dec feature film, namely that the alien autopsy footage that appeared in public in 1995 was a fake.


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ROME — An appeals court in Milan overturned on Friday the conviction of the former Italian prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, on charges of paying for sex with a minor, and revoked his seven-year prison sentence and a lifetime ban from holding public office.
Berlusconi, 77, was found guilty just over a year ago of paying for sex with a young woman named Karima el-Mahroug, nicknamed "Ruby Heart-Stealer," when she was still a minor, and of abusing his office to cover it up.
He appealed the conviction, and the Milanese court ruled in his favor, dealing Berlusconi a legal victory that strengthens his waning position within the Italian political arena.
The former prime minister was not present in court Friday; he was in Cesano Boscone, about 7 miles outside Milan, at a nursing home where he is serving a year of community service assisting Alzheimer's patients one day a week, a sentence he received in a separate conviction for tax fraud. Berlusconi left the care home without speaking to reporters, but he rolled down the window of his car to shake the hand of a supporter who yelled out: "Justice is done!"
On his Facebook page, Berlusconi wrote on Friday, "Only those who were close to me during these years know what I have suffered as a result of this unfair and ignominious accusation."
Courtroom testimony had focused on the raunchy "bunga bunga" parties, involving many aspiring starlets, at the home of Berlusconi, a media mogul and the leader of the Forza Italia party.
Stating that he was "deeply moved," Berlusconi also uncharacteristically thanked the Italian judiciary — an institution he has repeatedly attacked over the years as the perpetrators of unrelenting legal persecution. The ruling "gave a confirmation of what I have always said: that the vast majority of Italian magistrates do their job quietly, with admirable impartiality and rigor."
Although the legal victory vindicated Berlusconi, it is unlikely to herald his return to power.
"I think Berlusconi is basically out of the political game," said Sergio Fabbrini, director of the school of government at Luiss Guido Carli University in Rome, citing the former prime minister's age and the fact that he was serving community service and was standing trial in another court in Naples.
However the ruling fortifies Berlusconi's position as the center-right's principal interlocutor with Prime Minister Matteo Renzi in negotiations to reform Italy's Parliament.
The current unwieldy system has been cited as a main obstacle to enacting much-needed social and economic changes.


text: Nov 19, 2012 15:18 Easy Asiago-Olive Rolls Easy Asiago-Olive Rolls Advocate staff photo by CHERAMIE SONNIERYour family and guests will enjoy fresh-from-the-oven Easy Asiago-Olive Rolls, which are made with refrigerated pizza dough. The recipe is from the cookbook, 'Southern Living Home Cooking Basics.' Southern Living Nov. 14, 2012; 5:12 p.m. Comments Advocate-tested recipe Easy Asiago-Olive Rolls Makes 8 to 10 servings. Recipe is from "Southern Living Home Cooking Basics" (Oxmoor House, September 2012). 1 (13.8-oz.) can refrigerated classic pizza crust dough 1/4 cup refrigerated olive tapenade 1/2 cup grated Asiago cheese 1 tsp. chopped fresh rosemary 1 tbl. melted butter 1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Unroll pizza crust dough. Spread olive tapenade over dough, leaving a 1/4-inch border. Sprinkle with cheese and rosemary. Gently roll up dough, starting at one long side. Cut into 10 (11/4-inch-thick) slices. Place slices in a lightly greased 9-inch round cake pan. Brush top of dough with melted butter. 2. Bake at 450 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes or until golden. Serve immediately. Testing note: I found the refrigerated olive tapenade on the olive bar at Whole Foods Market. Get The Advocate in your inbox Subscribe


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Dr. Hofmann's "problem child" turns 70.
The CIA tried to use it as a weapon; self-appointed shamans claim that it brings people closer to God; psychiatrists argue for its therapeutic potential; and ordinary citizens have been dosing themselves for decades simply because they like the high. But 70 years afer its invention, we still have a lot to learn about LSD.
The last time I saw Dr. Albert Hofmann, the Swiss chemist who invented LSD, he was keynoting to a packed house in a large auditorium in Basel, Switzerland. It was January 2006, and Hofmann had just turned 100 years old. A small, slightly stooped spry man with wisps of white hair, he stood onstage without a cane or walker and spoke to more than 1,000 people at the international symposium being held in his honor. Twentysomethings with multicolored dreadlocks, straitlaced research scientists, and psychedelic veterans of the hippie era listened with rapt attention as Hofmann talked about his infamous "problem child," lysergic acid diethylamide 25, the hallucinogenic drug that blew minds and upset societal apple carts when it catalyzed the countercultural rebellion of the 1960s.
"As I look at you today," Hofmann told his audience, "I see you are not my problem child. You are my prodigy."
Thank you, Dr. Hofmann. From problem child to prodigy – what a long, strange trip it's been.
As a young man, Hofmann worked for Sandoz Pharmaceuticals in Basel, where he developed medicinal compounds from plant sources. LSD was the 25th in a series of ergot (rye fungus) derivatives Hofmann had concocted; hence the designation LSD- 25. But preliminary studies on lab animals didn't prove significant, and Sandoz scientists soon lost interest in the drug. LSD sat on a shelf until that fateful afternoon of April 16, 1943, when Hofmann inadvertently absorbed a tiny amount of it through his fingertips and went spiraling through the cosmos. Three days later, he bicycled into eternity after taking 250 micrograms, thinking that such a dose was too small to have an effect.
LSD is odorless, colorless, tasteless, and extremely powerful – properties that stoked the interest of American spies and military strategists during the early years of the Cold War. It was problematic from the get-go. The fledgling Central Intelligence Agency enthusiastically embraced LSD as a "potential new agent for unconventional warfare." In the 1950s, CIA operatives actually thought that LSD would revolutionize the cloak-and-dagger trade.
The CIA's space cowboys dropped acid to figure out how to harness the hallucinogen for espionage purposes. "We felt that a firsthand knowledge of the subjective effects of these drugs [was] important to those of us who were involved in the program," a CIA officer later told congressional investigators. Immersed in "a never-never land of 'eyes only' memos and unceasing experimentation," as a once-classified CIA document put it, US interrogators administered surreptitious doses of LSD to disorient people, undermine their will to resist, and elicit information from uncooperative subjects.
US Army brass were equally smitten by the notion of using LSD to wage psychochemical warfare – spray a cloud of "madness gas" over a big city and you could incapacitate the entire population without killing anyone. Or so they imagined. LSD conjured the prospect of a new kind of weapon that would supposedly usher in an era of "war without death." The US Army Chemical Corps gave LSD to hundreds of American soldiers to assess the drug's disruptive impact on military drills and war games.
Around the same time, many reputable psychiatrists began touting LSD as a promising therapeutic adjunct, a novel healing modality that could help neurotic patients confront and overcome their hang-ups. LSD was well regarded among scientists for its therapeutic potential long before it gained a reputation for recreational abuse. They saw LSD as a potent tool to study how the mind works, a long-awaited chemical key for unlocking the mysteries of brain chemistry and mental illness. A tiny dose of LSD seemed to have an uncanny ability to make the unconscious conscious, to illuminate long-hidden sources of stress by bringing to the surface whatever might be lurking in the mental depths; hence the word psychedelic, which literally means "mind-manifesting."
During the 1960s, the therapeutic potential of LSD was projected onto a broad social landscape. Timothy Leary and others trumpeted acid as a cure-all for a sick society, a species catalyst capable of catapulting humanity to the next evolutionary level. The LSD story morphed into a "Sorcerer's Apprentice" tale as the drug spilled out of the laboratories of the state and into the streets of America and elsewhere. And now that the genie was out of the bottle, it was impossible for the CIA or anyone else to stuff it back in.
Every group that got involved with LSD before it was banned by the US government in 1967 – the CIA, the military, the shrinks, the '60s rebels – swooned over the psychedelic. These LSD enthusiasts, representing disparate segments of society, had different ideas about acid and how it could be used to advance their agendas. But they shared something in common: They all saw LSD as the key to the big breakthrough for their respective interests. In each case, the encounter with LSD triggered an envisioning of new possibilities. Whether or not these possibilities would ever be realized is another matter, but the opening, the awakened sense of potential, was real.
For some intrepid trippers, the dazzling immediacy and experiential density of LSD are conducive to deep insight and self-discovery, those seminal lightbulb moments that alter mental constructs and change how we look at things. The phrase "high on LSD" implies rising above the ordinary and achieving an overarching, big-picture view, a visionary epiphany. What was once unimagined suddenly becomes saturated with possibility.
"LSD opened my eyes," said Hofmann. But he didn't consult the psychedelic oracle very often: Over the years, he ingested LSD and psilocybin less than a dozen times. Hofmann lamented the fact that many people dropped acid casually and for mere entertainment. "Those who use it frequently don't understand LSD. They haven't gotten the message of LSD," Hofmann told me when I visited him and Anita, his wife of 67 years, at their scenic mountaintop home near Basel in 2002.
It was a beautiful spring day. Hofmann greeted me at his front door and immediately suggested that we take a walk outside. "Better to see first, then talk," he asserted. He led me along a wooded path that straddled a sloping meadow festooned with wildflowers. I stopped and stared in awe at the breathtaking panorama. I could see Alsace and the Black Forest in the valley below; the Bavarian Alps loomed in the distance. "This is not an acid dream," Hofmann remarked, pointing to the picturesque landscape.
Hofmann was both a scientist and a nature mystic. He was also a collector. An amateur entomologist, he collected butterflies and rare insects. The most beautiful specimens were photographed, and some of these images were published in a splendid little volume, Lob des Schauens [In Praise of Seeing], which he gifted to his friends and associates.
After our outdoor stroll, Hofmann gave me a tour of his library, noting books that were autographed by his literary hero, Ernst Jünger, the conservative revolutionary incendiary who coined the word psychonaut. There were also botanical reference guides and titles on arcane subjects, such as hashish tales from the Arab world.
Hofmann showed me a first edition of Island, Aldous Huxley's last novel, about a short-lived psychedelic utopia. The book had been inscribed by Huxley: "To the inventor of the moksha medicine." (Moksha is the Sanskrit word for liberation from the cycle of suffering, death and rebirth.) Aldous and his wife Laura were occasional houseguests. "That's where Laura Huxley demonstrated her yoga postures," Hofmann recalled, gesturing toward the rug in the den.
We talked more about literature. Hofmann surmised that Hermann Hesse – the Nobel Prize–winning author of novels like Steppenwolf, with its mind-bending "Magic Theater" episode – was among the handful of European intellectuals and artists who'd experimented with mescaline in the 1930s. Hofmann also admired the drug writings of Walter Benjamin, the Jewish philosopher and literary critic who took his own life after fleeing Nazi Germany.
The conversation shifted to climate change, environmental pollution, and the relentless corporate defilement of the natural world, topics of great concern to Hofmann. He criticized the US government for obstructing efforts to mitigate global warming and social injustice. "The whole world is against the United States. Why aren't American citizens outraged at their country's militaristic policies?" he asked.
I told him that independent policy critics are typically marginalized by the mainstream media in the US, and that consequently many Americans are clueless about current events. But we agreed there were some hopeful signs, particularly with respect to the renewed scientific inquiry into psychedelic drugs. Nearly 700 peer-reviewed studies with LSD and other hallucinogens had been conducted prior to 1972; for the next 18 years, however, no human studies with LSD were permitted. The research blockade began to abate in the 1990s, and a handful of investigators in the United States and elsewhere got the green light to experiment with LSD and psilocybin as a treatment for depression, cluster headaches, PTSD, and to help terminally ill individuals come to terms with death.
Humans have ingested hallucinogenic substances since time immemorial, and extensive underground experimentation will surely persist despite the War on Drugs and the illegal status of LSD. Political constraints are such that efforts to validate psychedelics through medical studies comprise the path of least resistance for LSD advocates. Seventy years after Dr. Hofmann discovered the effects of LSD, scientists are using the drug as a tool to unravel the mysteries of the human brain. For example, a team of Chinese and American scientists has shown that ergotamine, a biochemical precursor of LSD, inhibits migraines by binding to the 5-HT1B serotonin receptor. And Hungarian researchers have linked clinical depression to mutations in a gene that encodes another LSD-sensitive serotonin receptor.
Albert Hofmann died on his beloved mountaintop in 2008, at 102 years of age. He was a rare soul, a man of exceptional dignity. How lucky we are that he, of all people, chanced upon LSD when he did. Or did LSD choose him, as Hofmann himself mused?
Martin A. Lee is the author of several books, including Acid Dreams and, most recently, Smoke Signals: A Social History of Marijuana – Medical, Recreational and Scientific (smokesignalsthebook.com). For more information and regular updates, follow "Smoke Signals – the Book" on Facebook.


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Stanford, CA - After finishing up finals this week the Cardinal Women's Lacrosse team heads to the East Coast for three tough games, facing Lafayette, Cornell and Harvard. On Sunday March 25 they face the Lafayette Leopards at 3pm ET. The Leopards are currently 2-1 Overall, 1-0 Patriot League after finishing off West Chester 18-12 last Saturday. Next they face the #14 Cornell Big Red on Tuesday, March 27 at 4pm ET. Cornell is 4-0 Overall, 1-0 Ivy League, coming off an 8-6 win over Vanderbilt. The final game of the East Coast trip will be on Thursday, March 29, when the Cardinal takes on the Harvard Crimson at Villanova at 12pm ET. The Crimson is 2-1 this season after a 14-11 victory over Boston College on Wednesday.
Stanford is currently 7-1 overall, 3-0 WWLL this season, coming off a three-game homestand where they defeated Davidson 14-12, #13 Vanderbilt 16-11 and Bucknell 15-10. Three Cardinal players, Katharine Barnes, Liz Britt and Liz Lanese, recorded a hat-trick in Wednesday's game against Davidson. Then, Barnes and Lanese followed up with 4 goals apiece vs. Vanderbilt on Friday. To close the homestand on Sunday, Barnes put in 5 goals against Bucknell and goalkeeper Rachael Neumann tallied 21 saves.
Tri-captain Barnes leads the team in scoring with 21 goals and 5 assists this season. Also powering the offense are: Lanese with 16 goals and 5 assists and Abbi Hills with 16 goals, 21 groundballs and 9 caused turnovers. Goalkeeper Neumann has started all eight games for the Cardinal and has 86 saves on the season.
Stanford returns to The Farm to host the California Golden Bears on Saturday, April 7 at 1pm on Maloney Field.


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Missed our pre-show roundup of everything you need to know about Britney Spears' Femme Fatale Tour in Sacramento? That's a shame, but there's still plenty of tour left! (And according to some reports, perhaps plenty of tickets.) The stakes are a tad higher, too–if you want to hear "(Drop Dead) Beautiful," rumored to be her next single, this is the place to do it.
But if you didn't make it, to Sacramento or to the tour, watch it below!
As far as official reviews, we found two: one from Rolling Stone that's a mix of faint and actual praise, and one from British tabloid the Daily Mail, that's as sadly tabloidy as you'd expect from them–body snarking, etc–and not entirely worth linking. So we took to Twitter instead to round up some pre- and post-show comments from stars and fans. What the public says, the public shall read.
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BusinessWeek Names CCA's MBA in Design Strategy "One of World's Best Design Programs"
Posted on Thursday, October 1, 2009 by Sarah Owens
Caroline Lu, one of BusinessWeek's "21 People Who Will Change Business"
BusinessWeek magazine has just honored the MBA in Design Strategy at California College of the Arts (CCA) with a spot on its list of the top 30 design programs in the world. The list represents the final results of extensive research and the polling of prominent academics, designers, consultants, and business managers on the best MBA or master's programs that integrate design thinking and business.
BusinessWeek also just named Graduate Program in Design alum Caroline Lu one of its "21 People Who Will Change Business." Lu, who received her degree from CCA in 2008, works at the Center for Innovation, a department within the Mayo Clinic that looks to improve the patient experience by developing better services for health-care delivery. Her job calls upon her background as a graphic designer and design thinker as well as her own experience surviving cancer.


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Mason Van Stone prepares to hit the ball back across the court. Van Stone and his doubles partner Ryan Axtell picked up their first win at doubles in the May 8 match against Pullman.
While the Cheney High School boys' tennis team fell to the Pullman Greyhounds 6-1 in their last home dual of the season, doubles partners Mason Van Stone and Ryan Axtell gained some success on their path to districts.
Van Stone and Axtell scored their first Great Northern League (GNL) win at No. 1 doubles, after they beat Pullman's Miles Saul and Jake Weirich, 7-6 (7-4), 6-4 in a match that lasted over two hours.
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Today is the only scheduled day off for the Nationals spring training. I was originally going to run these photos — courtesy of Andrew Lang, a.k.a. @Allstars_S2 on Twitter, and [plug]www.allstarsplus.com[/plug] on the web — last Monday but decided to save them for today, to keep the site "fresh."
In a perfect world, this would probably be the time I'd be going to Viera: after St. Patrick's Day, after a couple rounds of cuts, and of course, after the excitement of a new grocery store in town had died down. But as the litany of wails over
gambling gone bad the upsets in the NCAA tourney suggest, this ain't a perfect world.
Enjoy the pics!
12 Responses to "Scenes From Spring Training"
Do you know how we might obtain the Spring Training stats from Syracuse's games though the end of the month?
Nothing like a new grocery store in town to get the seniors in Viera pumped up. 🙂
Good pics, Luke.
Bryce Harper dips?
Not that I really care about it, but doesn't the new CBA have language regarding the prohibition of all tobacco products on their person or uniform? While in Viera I saw more than one dip can in back pockets….
we're watching the minors, hard to really keep track of everyone as both low and high A play at the same time, generally fields back to back. then AA and AAA play the same arrangement. we watched A levels and AA games so far. most of Potomac guys are split between high A games and AA. its fun seeing guys like Curran again. Like Luke mentioned, scores don't mean anything, just hitting, base stealing and pitching. of course bad fielding stands out like a sore thumb! weather is hot and sunny.


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…two ahead. By now there should be a spring in our dance step – and there is. I can tell because it squishes. This week another 2″ of rain fell. But on top of that, a frosting of sleet. A lot of wind blew in the latest storm, making a few open daffodils kiss the ground, and the temperatures have dipped back to winter. Turns out, it's a good thing spring is "late" (or on time, more or less) because so many of the daffodils are only budded, still standing tall and waiting to shout the spring hurrah over the next few sunny and warm days. Same goes for the cherry trees. Our magnolias too are so well sited, in enough shade to keep them from blooming on the early side of spring, that their flowers won't have been burned and ruined by the freeze. And on the whole, spring is made of pretty tough stuff. One little step back to winter-ish-ness won't stop it for a minute. Proof is in the pictures I took yesterday (hover over for captions or click to enlarge). And the next few chilly (not freezing, thank goodness) nights will help sustain the show, which, safe to say, will keep getting lovelier from here on in.
Did winter revisit your garden this week too?


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As the weather gives way, a little, it's time to think about getting out and getting some fresh air!
The whole downtown area participates in Art Walk, and it's only getting bigger.
Food, wine, art, music, and culture; there's a parade of people on the streets, and when weather permits...vendors and artists are everywhere.
Flint has students from all over the World here. Kettering is a World Class learning institution, and the rest of our colleges (Mott, U of M, & Baker) are hubs of international students as well.
It's free to walk around, and you might be surprised who you find doing just that.
It begins at 6:00 pm and goes to 9:00pm; with after parties continuing in the various restaurants and bars.


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Far Cry 3's dramatic opening sequence: watch it here
Many Far Cry fans have wondered: 'How do you end up on the island in the first place? When does it all first go wrong?' well, find out what happens next, after the jump. Literally.
Far Cry 3 sees you playing as the character Jason Brody who, sadly, has hit upon hard times by ending up on a mysterious island which is constantly trying to kill him. Worst vacation ever.
Shame though. Looked like they were having loads of fun.
In my personal opinion, it's one of the greatest openings to a game ever, but that might just be because of the great soundtrack (Paper Planes by M.I.A).
Far Cry 3 is out November 29 in Europe, November 30 in the UK and December 4 in the US for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360.
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The American Revolution
Henry Clinton in The American Revolution
Sir Henry Clinton (c. 1738-1795) was a British general in the American Revolutionary War and a veteran of the French and Indian War. Clinton arrived in Boston in 1775, leading reinforcements for Governor Thomas Gage. He was second-in-command to General William Howe and quite well-connected. Clinton was also a savvy military strategist; his plan for the British takeover of New York (which included a night flanking movement on Brooklyn) succeeded in a dramatic fashion, routing American forces commanded by George Washington.
In 1778, General Clinton succeeded William Howe as supreme commander in America. On orders from London, Clinton evacuated Philadelphia and retreated to New York, nearly losing his army to Washington's forces along the way. Throughout his generalship, Clinton remained dissatisfied with denied requests for supplies from the English government, and tried to resign twice. He nonetheless remained in service, captured Charleston in 1780, and placed Gen. Cornwallis in charge of the Carolinas before returning to New York. Thinking that Washington was about to attack him, he remained in New York too long and failed to reinforce Cornwallis at Yorktown, where the Americans won the decisive victory that ended the war.


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A 40-year-old woman recently called 911 over an issue that she was having with a shopping cart. According to a video report by GeoBeats, Catherine Dajnowski was arrested after calling 911 repeatedly.
The incident occurred at a Publix in Boca Raton, Florida. Apparently Dajnowski was sitting in the shopping cart while phoning police, telling them that a store employee wanted to take the cart away from her.
Police arrived on the scene and told Dajnowski that she needed to give the shopping cart back as it was not her property. While she seemed like she was going to comply, she continued her shenanigans once police were out of sight. She called 911 again, making the same complaints.
When police arrived at the Publix location for the second time, Dajnowski was taken into custody. She was told not to call 911 for non-emergencies and decided to push her luck. She called 911 with the cops standing right in front of her. She has been charged with misusing an emergency line.
Not surprisingly, Dajnowski didn't show up for her court date last month. She was arrested and charged again.
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It's always exciting to see what Mr. Lagerfeld will come up with for Paris Fashion Week. He placed a giant wooden globe smack in the center of the Grand Palais as the theme for Chanel's Fall 2013 collection! Of course there were tweeds, but they glittered (like the night's sky) and metallic threads glimmered (like the cosmos).
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Neva Boyd, Viola Spolin, and Josephine Raciti Forsberg played significant roles in the development of the art of American improvisation. These three women, all first-generation Americans, believed in the power of play and the importance of focusing on the processes involved in learning and creativity, and devised a pedagogy that demonstrated the power of a focus on process rather than end-result. They all drew on the important theories of their time and place in history. Boyd's contributions grew out of early twentieth century social and educational reform; Spolin's work grew out of a necessity to communicate across ethnic and cultural barriers when she was a drama supervisor for the Chicago branch of the WPA's Recreational Project; Forsberg's approach was rooted in the Human Potential Movement, a movement that supported individuals in their quests to reach their fullest potentials. If these three women were developing their theories and approaches today, they could look to the advances in neuroscience and cognitive psychology to support their observations. Science can now provide us with deeper insight into the brain processes involved in improvisation. Through play, through improvisation, we are transformed and transported in so many ways.
Like Boyd, Spolin, and Forsberg, I witnessed the transformative power of directed play, the ways in which games build community through collaboration, and the ways in which games support the development of the "self." In 2006, I began teaching improvisation at The City College of the City University of New York. I knew what improvisation had done for me in terms of actor/performance training and "self" development. I knew what improvisation was from inside of "me." I was quite unprepared for the transformations I would observe in my students. As I watched them "play" in each class, sometimes doing very well and sometimes struggling, I came to understand why Boyd, Spolin, and Forsberg dedicated much of their lives to promoting the benefits of play and improvisation, and to creating a pedagogy focused on process. It works for the students and the teacher/leader alike.
Initially, I used the "Spolin Games" filtered through my experiences as a student in Forsberg's Players Workshop and as an improv comedy performer. In each class, I noted particular behavioral patterns, resistances, and successes demonstrated by my students and searched Improvisation for Theater for games that addressed the issues and achievements that I was witnessing. Most of the students' reliance on old patterns of behavior and schemas was based in their fear of "not knowing" what I, as the teacher, wanted, or if they were doing it right. Many of them were looking to me as the authority figure who would tell them how to play the game. In keeping with the Boyd/Spolin/Forsberg pedagogical approach, I did not oblige. "There is no right way," I would tell them. "In improvisation, there is only the process of solving the problem of the game." For some of the students, this response was inadequate. For others, it was liberating.
The process of solving the problem, the point of concentration, presented in an improv game is paramount in supporting the development of new behaviors and attitudes because it keeps the players focused on something outside of themselves and engaged in the process. With this in mind, I use the following side coaching phrase: "It's not about you." I also use Forsberg's advice: "If you take care of the other player, you will be taken care of." This simple idea often takes several classes to grasp and to believe. As Forsberg's student, I had learned how to respond to side coaching as a player and how and when side coaching was used. As a teacher, I learned its value.
Like Forsberg, as I continued developing my pedagogy, I began infusing my approach to teaching improvisation with other concepts about which I was learning from my research on the art of American improvisation, as well as from other improvisation technique classes I was taking and other actor training programs in which I had participated, such as Anne Bogart's Viewpoints, David Mamet and Bill Macy's Practical Aesthetic, and Michael Chekhov training. In addition, I began looking at improvisation and the exercises I was using through the lenses of psychological, cognitive, and creativity theories. Perhaps one of the most enlightening concepts for me, and one that now greatly informs my pedagogy, is the intolerance/tolerance of ambiguity. Ambiguity is ever-present in improvisation, as it is in life. Improvisation can serve as a tool to help individuals learn to endure situations that are characterized by uncertainty and to feel confident that they can solve ill-defined problems. When an individual can tolerate ambiguity, she can experience the present moment and respond in the "Now," as opposed to running from the threat that "not knowing" can pose.
When I began working on this dissertation, The Roots of American Improvisation: Play, Process, and Pedagogy, Forsberg gave me a copy of Something from Nothing, her informal notes on the exercises she was using as part of her curriculum. I began experimenting with some of the exercises that she had either not used when I had been her student or that I had simply forgotten over the past two and half decades. I also began putting more focus on "mirroring," which she believes is the key to improvisation. Furthermore, in researching the theories that influenced Forsberg's work, my perspective on human behavior was transformed. I knew that she had been a Transactional Analysis (TA) group therapy leader, had been studying psychology, and had participated in Erhard Seminar Training (EST). I learned, first hand, that Forsberg wanted all her students to move toward emotional health and to learn to take care of their "selves." In digging deeper into TA, EST, and the Human Potential Movement, I discovered Humanistic Psychology with its emphasis on the health rather than the pathology of the individual. When I read the work of Abraham Maslow and Rollo May, I understood exactly how improvisation leads to personal transformation.
One of the exercises that I use in all my first day improvisation classes is Spolin's "Exposure" game. In this game, half the participants stand in the playing area and are side coached to "do nothing" while the other half become the audience-observers. Each group has the opportunity to play both parts in this game. Although solving the problem of standing there "doing nothing" while everyone looks at you seems quite simple, it is deceptively difficult. No one can "do nothing." When the exercise is completed, I ask all participants to write down their observations, from both the perspective of the "doer" and of the observer. One of the students observed that she never found a level of comfort while "doing nothing" and being "exposed" to the rest of the group. However, she reported that while observing the other group, she had an "A-ha" moment. She recognized that what she was witnessing were just humans being human.
This student's recognition of humans being human, or individuals simply behaving in an authentic way, epitomizes the art of American improvisation. At the core of improvisation as it developed in the United States is a belief that we can learn to interact with one another as collaborators. Foundational to improvisation is the belief that "play" serves as a catalyst for collaboration and community. In addition, "play" can also serve as the royal road, or at least provide a path, to self-actualization. Neva Boyd, Viola Spolin, and Josephine Raciti Forsberg believe that through the process of playing, we learn who we are. One way of describing the art of American improvisation is to say that it is the art of using the "self" to know the "self," to liberate the "self," and to transform the "self," all through the process of learning to play with others.
This blog serves as a catalyst for exploring, highlighting, and announcing a-ha moments, transformative experiences, and discoveries as teachers and students of the art of improvisation. Let's play....