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Do you know someone who might be working against his/her will? Or engaged in sexual slavery? Have you ever purchased goods or services that resulted from such activities?
Like most Americans Minnesotans would say "No." But if you had attended National Project Coordinator-Viet Nam Office-of the United Nations Inter-agency Project on Human Trafficking (UNIAP) and Humphrey Fellow Anh Nguyen's presentation at the University of Minnesota Law School on April 15, 2014, you might have answered differently. Titled "From 12 Years a Slave to Modern-Day Slavery: A Closer Look at Labor Exploitation and Forced Labor," his talk described the horrors of labor trafficking and how it differs from human trafficking in terms of numbers, visibility, recognition, and stakeholders.
Both acts engage in the recruitment, transport, and harboring of people "for the purpose of exploitation" by means of threat, force, kidnapping, deception or coercion. Labor trafficking, however, involves "work or service done involuntarily against one's will" which differentiates it from the gender exploitation associated with organ extraction, surrogacy, forced marriage or sexual servitude subsumed by human trafficking.
Unlike those other forms, more boys and men are coerced into labor trafficking than women and girls. The International Labor Organization claims that 20.9 million people endure human servitude around the world. According to Nguyen, the $32 billion that results from human exploitation makes it the third most profitable form of illicit activity world-wide.
But some experts dispute his claims. The CNN Freedom Project estimates 20-30 million people are involved. The "24/7Wall St."says human trafficking is the world's second most lucrative illegal activity while "Forbes" places it seventh behind cargo theft and cigarette trafficking. Ann Jordan, American University's Director of the Program on Human Trafficking and Forced labor says that she, a colleague, and two reference librarians were unable to find one article "that contained any evidence to support the [original Interpol] claim" because "many people confuse smuggling and trafficking."
The four cases Nguyen used to illustrate his point occurred in Southeast Asia. China, Myanmar, Vietnam and eight other nations have not ratified the ILO's 1957 convention on forced labor. Malaysia and Singapore ratified, then denounced it. Nguyen asserts, however, that Vietnam businesses want their government to adopt this international legislation because there is "no way for prosecutors to work on certain cases" without these safeguards.
Jordan says such confusion "leads to bad policies." Clarifying the source and extent of labor trafficking should not distract people from the suffering involved. What IS important is doing something about it. If labor trafficking is suspected, Nguyen advocates alerting the proper officials, spreading word about its prevalence, signing petitions like California's which outlaw the practice, and buying only from retailers whose profits do derive from labor trafficking. Only then can Americans claim they support every human's right to make an honest living.
Suggested Links
- Does transitional justice protect human rights?
- Sex trafficking in Minnesota: A presentation to the Humanists of Minnesota
- Dr. Luther Castillo and the struggles of the Garifuna people of Honduras
- Joseph Torres and racial images in American media
- IAS roundtable on real estate redlining in the Twin Cities


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Walked into The Main Club on Thursday night and it was so thick with people and breath that it seemed likely to rain. Looked over my right shoulder and saw a tall body dressed in a white puff of a dress. This bride-like woman, June LaPurrr, danced and through a slit in the crowd I saw two women on the ground fanning her with large fans.
Turned away for a second and by the time I looked back the white dress was gone. The black shorts seemed to be bedazzled with the words "Get Down," and the black top was discarded to reveal shiny pasties. Duluth Dolls Burlesque & Cabaret then closed out its set with a jail-themed act set to a Black-Eyed Snakes song that featured the entire troupe first in orange jump suits and behind bars, then dressed in stripes. Many "Orange is the New Black" references were made.
This electric drone act features Phil Tyson and Tobin Dack playing switches and nobs and making sounds that bring to mind hubcaps spinning, spaceships landing, sword fights. Occasionally, Dack mounted a mic and accompanied the music with whooshing vowels. The volunteer working the door found it great for dancing. But it was also 45 solid minutes of "diving into your own brain and thinking your own super weird thoughts."
This longtime group was billed as dark-wave electronica, but I'm going to say that the words that kept running through my brain were "rock opera." John McLoughlin, who opened the show by saying "Music. Is the (O-word). Of the soul." plays the keys and makes some new wavy sounds and usually sings while Clark Anderson plays drums.
McLoughlin has a booming and theatrical voice and sings things like "Come with me/I'll make all your dreams come true" and "King of my castle" and segues into a slow ballad proclaiming "I would die for you."
It brought to mind this time I saw Trans-Siberian Orchestra perform "Beethoven's Last Night" at Amsoil Arena and there was this interesting mix of people who thought they were at a classical concert and people who thought they were at a metal show. There was a drunk man there who kept yelling "Savatage!" in a "Freebird"-ian way, a nod to the metal band half of Trans-Siberian's players were part of. Memories.
Here's a bit from Mike Creger:
Crowded. That was Superior night in a word. It began at the Red Mug with usually solo Mary Bue changing things up with accompaniment from hubby Kyle Maclean. The vegan tried out a new song about a caged calf raised for veal that will never see the sun, blue river or jump over the moon. It was sweet lament with a message that wasn't preachy.
People were on top of each other in the coffee shop as even more pressed in for Ryan Van Slooten and crew. "Nothing like a rock concert in a coffee shop," one lucky person at a table remarked.

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Icarus Project Internship
Brad Lewis/ Sascha Scatter
December 18, 2006
My Semester With the Icarus Project
A key interest of mine in working with the Icarus Project has been to locate the place of theory in Mad Pride activism. While radical mental health was somewhat new to me at the beginning of this semester, postmodern conceptualizations of identity and politics have been a long standing concern. In doing this internship in conjunction with Brad Lewis' Mad Science/Mad Pride I've been able to see where theoretical contributions have both enabled new modes of thinking about madness as well as bogged down the discussion. Through the various events we've put on I've gained a better understanding of where theory needs to take a backseat, and when a session of academic jargon is appropriate. There has been a constant tension in Icarus' pursuit of academic and institutional legitimacy because the project itself is a "radical" approach to mental health support. The desire to be effective on a larger level means working with the Wellness Exchange and with people who might not necessarily understand where we are coming from. Another major hurdle I've been trying to jump (with mixed results) is to connect with psych majors and pre-med students, who are often turned off by the Icarus Project's basic tenants, but are precisely the people we need to have on our side. The first section of this paper will deal with general thoughts throughout the semester, and the latter half will be something like an essay/lecture/workshop I've been trying to use on psych and pre-med friends. (It's a bit academic and dry, but that's just how I organize thoughts better. I'm working on making it more audience friendly in a presentation format.)
I think first of our opening event, "Get Your Freak On." Here we had a fine assemblage of alternative healers, including animal trauma specialists, a shaman, yoga instructors, acupuncturists, and more. Certainly in Brad Lewis' view of post-psychiatry, this is an aspect of the decentering and democratization of psychiatric practice that the mental health world needs. The previous day's theoretical discussion "Open Minds" had shown the defensiveness of psychiatry, as one psychiatrist openly scoffed at social scientists examining it as a discourse and culture. If he wouldn't even consider the opinion of academics that hold PhD's, what would he have to say about shamanism? The discursive split between the new psychiatry and critical theory, ie the science wars, is big enough, but the split between DSM IV psychiatry and alternative medicine is perhaps even larger. This is also what Icarus has to contend with in bringing people to our events. While alternative healers might be appealing to some anarchists, hippies, and postmodern intellectuals, the average college student tends to be dismissive. This is especially true of psych, and pre-med students, who might not appear to be our target audience (cause honestly, they aren't nearly hip enough to hang out with us) but are actually people we both need and can help. To assume that these folks can't be a part of the movement is to forget that everyone exists in some realm of psychic difference and psychic suffering. Getting their support and attendance is very tricky but important.
An area where I think LGBT has had real success is in allowing people to identify as allies. This is a very positive way in which people can join the cause without "outing" themselves as queer identified. Similarly, a language of allies would help the Icarus Project enlist the aid of many students in future positions of power that would not normally want to be associated with the anarchist crazies. It is the future psychologists and doctors that we need to reach in this capacity, because the further they go in advanced study the more clearly the binary of Dr./Patient is drawn. If we get 'em young we have a better chance of creating a new generation of professionals sensitive to differing constructions of madness. Also, they could all benefit in their personal lives from exposure to Icarus.
Many of the issues we will need to address mimic the theoretical concerns of LGBT. For instance, the postmodern argument complicating this "ally designation" is that it allows people to further reinforce and reify binaries of sane/crazy, straight/gay, male/female, normative/queer, instead of forcing us all to recognize how unstable and under erasure these categories are. For one to be a straight identified queer ally without questioning where any of the gender and sexual normative categorizations have been problematic in one's own life is in bad faith. To be a Mad ally without understanding one's own relationship to madness is to arguably miss the point. The Icarus view of psychic experience on a spectrum is helpful. We are all on it somewhere and we change from day to day. Not only do we change, but the consensus "reality" is ever shifting as well. To take it a step further, madness might be best addressed not as a polarized spectrum, with the two legitimate sides of sanity and madness opposing each other and the various gradations in-between defined in their relation to the "real." Instead the language of "psychic difference" seems to best capture the play of madness, where each space along the spectrum is taken on its own terms as legitimate. (An ever-rotating wheel of psychic experience?)
This is not to say that I am against the idea of "allies." It has only been within this semester that I have begun to understand the complexity of postmodern identity/identification politics, and their real life limitations. I am definitely aware of the fact that most folks will scoff at my last paragraph. I think the concept of the ally is something that will be very helpful for the Icarus Project, even if it is problematic ideologically. During our meeting with Todd Smith from NYU LGBT I was really impressed with the way safe zone training is set up on different campuses across the nation, and how it has become a training that is required in some jobs. Perhaps our version would become the kind of thing pre-med and psych students would list on their grad school apps and resumes. (That's how we lure them in, and then we get educate them.)
During our last event, a screening of the film The Devil and Daniel Johnston, I was really impressed with the level of discussion we had afterwards. During our intro to the film we brought up both dangerous gifts and the idea of the schizophrenics as shaman, and it seemed that a number of people understood the idea of multiple truths coinciding. Even on a simpler level it was clear that people saw the impact an informed, caring community would have had on Daniel Johnston's life. Though this is certainly an accomplishment, I have to remind myself that this is a roomful of mostly Gallatin kids. They are much more amenable to things like multiple truths and accepting difference in general. Reaching mainstream future doctors and psychologist means dealing with scientists who believe that there is one, stable world that they can view through a microscope. This is their world, and the world of the sane. I think that LGBT has a much easier time finding kids to be their peer ed leaders because gender and sexuality studies students are taught to question normative categorizations right off the bat. The history of queer studies is one of progressive politics and refusal. The kids in CAS psychology, however, are about as establishment as they come. (Ok, I'm stereotyping, but this has been my experience, even with friends.) They are the future movers and shakers of the mainstream mental health world, and we need them on our side.
How we accomplish this, and what concessions we make, is a complicated issue. To some degree it will be nearly impossible to convince a physician or psychologist that they are part of the problem. Years of investment, both time and monetary, leave little room for taking down the system. Way too much cognitive dissonance. I think at best we can convince medical health professionals to be more sensitive to the experience of those in their care. It is unlikely that we will get them to make a wholesale turn away from their profession. Students who are currently dropping $40,000 a year in order to become doctors are very much in the system. Bringing them to our events is probably not the hardest part. We do need to start advertising in non-Gallatin venues, but gaining access to CAS psych networks is just a matter of legwork when we are ready for it. The difficulty will be convincing people that we are, ahem, not crazy.
I was recently debating with my friend Mike, a premed junior, about the "truth" behind a person's psychic experience. When I introduced the idea of the shaman and the schizophrenic, he agreed that it is ethnocentric for the western doctor to go and pathologize what he or she does not understand in an unfamiliar cultural context. This is certainly a progressive reading, but Mike consistently returned to a master narrative explanation: the person may appear to be a shaman, but science will provide the real truth of whether or not the shaman is schizophrenic. Perhaps we misinterpret at a given time, but there is undoubtedly a stable truth to the situation. With enough scientific inquiry we will reach the conclusion. Even if it's good for the person to think they are a shaman, it is wishful thinking and inevitably a lie. This was pretty much what I expected, so when we hit this point it seemed we had to scale back to a more ontological discussion and we turned to the old zen koan about the tree falling in the woods. I argued that there may be something that happens when that tree falls, but without human interpretation it need not be sound. Indeed, the thing falling need not be a "tree," and it may not be "falling." I then tried to explain that his concept of language assumed that there is a referent to which "tree" refers, a stable thing that is "tree." Instead I asked him to consider that the amorphous blob of matter making up the tree has no essential truth to it outside our meaning assignments, and that tree only gains resonance through linguistic relations and classifications. He got frustrated, and so did I.
So maybe my approach here needs work. One suggestion Brad Lewis has made is to focus more on the relation of disability activism to mad pride. For disability activists it is important to move away from individualizing and medicalizing approaches that seek to "cure" the abnormal body. Instead a social model should be adopted that adjusts societal environments for different bodies. As Brad writes, "…much of the suffering of different bodies comes from social exclusion, isolation, and lack of opportunity, along with the pernicious side effects of a medical industry bent on aggressive intervention to achieve "normal" bodies." Similarly, much of the suffering of psychic difference might come from social exclusion, isolation, and lack of opportunity, along with the side effects of a psychiatric industry bent on achieving mental "health." Perhaps through this lens doctors could become more sensitive and start to relax on the normalizing processes. I believe that this might be a space for doctors to work in that doesn't call their deepest held beliefs into question, while still highlighting the negative effects they have. It is certainly a start in the move from the scientific desire to "know," to the sometimes more important desire to "care."


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Slumping Economy, Slumping Diets
Okay, no matter what side of the political fence you fall on, we can all agree, the economy is in toilet. For most of us, money is tight. And according to experts, this spells trouble for the already horrible American diet. People might become more inclined to ditch healthier foods, like fruits, vegetables, whole grains and fish, for cheaper, horrible foods, such as fast food and cereal; Reuters explains.
And previous reports have claimed up-ticks in candy sales are directly related to recession. But, you can survive hard times healthfully, if you keep your eyes open! You can find plenty of great, reduced priced produce at most supermarkets and farmers markets are a haven of affordable fruits and veggies.
Hey Gerry! I once had a sweet potatoe start to sprout and it became this beautiful little green plant that I propped up on my counter for a month or so. Then it started to get gross and I tossed it. Have you ever noticed that the tomatoes that you buy at Costco never go bad? I had one of them and one from my garden sitting on my counter. The one from my garden got brown spots and moldy in the normal amount of time. The one I got from Costco started to sprout and a little green leaf eventually poked through the skin. Needless to say, I don't buy those tomatoes anymore. They must be the "forever tomato!"
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For the last few years we've witnessed Chad Dawson 31-1 (18) fight and appear detached and complacent during certain bouts. And though no one has ever questioned his wealth of physical talent, which is on display every time you see him fight and can't be missed, you just can't help but imagine what kind of fighter he might be if he fought with a sense of urgency and as if winning really meant something to him. Which is not saying that it doesn't, just that it looked as if some fighters stayed with him longer than they should've due to him never really stepping on the gas and opening up for more than spurts during particular fights.
Well, based on his last fight against Bernard Hopkins this past weekend, it looks as if that may be a thing of the past. Forget for a moment that Dawson fouled Hopkins and the fight should've been declared no-contest. The point is, Dawson knew Hopkins was a fighter that incorporates his own brand of MMA rules into his boxing repertoire when he fights in a ring. And Dawson sure seemed hellbent when he entered the ring that he wasn't going to let Hopkins bully or mug him in any way shape or form during their fight.
World class fighters are sometimes motivated and driven by their own perceptions and imagined demons. Larry Holmes was driven to excel because he didn't think he received his due respect. Marvin Hagler imagined that his opponent was trying to take food off of his kitchen table. And everyone knows Hopkins was motivated by the fact that he strongly, and perhaps correctly, believed that in many ways the boxing establishment wanted to take him down and make him irrelevant. And now it appears that Chad Dawson held in a lot of pent up frustration due to his belief that Bernard strung him along and for a couple years denied him his chance to score the signature win of his professional career. Again, it's not relevant if it's true, it's what Chad felt and believed.
It doesn't matter that referee Pat Russell ruled him a stoppage winner over Hopkins, nor does it matter if down the road the bout is overturned and ruled a no-contest. It also doesn't matter if Hopkins deserves an Academy Award for his antics after Dawson dropped him to the canvas or if Hopkins was seriously injured and can never fight again. What does matter is what Chad Dawson really believes. And Dawson wholeheartedly believes beyond all doubt that Hopkins wanted out after less than two rounds of fighting him. Dawson never fought more animatedly so early during a bout than he did against Hopkins, and he was just as animated after the fight when he spoke of wanting a rematch with Jean Pascal, the only fighter to beat him.
Think about what's going through Dawson's mind at this time. Believing that his speed and athleticism convinced Bernard Hopkins that perhaps he was in for a longer night and tougher road than he anticipated, therefore he was forced to look for a way out of the fight to save face, how can he not feel invincible? When you think of all the outstanding fighters who have tried to break Hopkins' will (not saying that Dawson did) and didn't, it's got to be an infusion of confidence if you are convinced that you were the one who finally did.
It's also a good sign that Dawson is back with John Scully, who I believe will get more out of him in the future than either former trainers Eddie Mustafa Muhammad or Emanuel Steward did. Granted, Mustafa Muhammad and Steward are bigger name trainers than Scully, but what does that matter? Eddie expects his fighters to do it like he did back in the day, and Steward isn't at his best when he's not working with fighters who can really punch with their right hand and driven to win by knockout, which is obviously not Dawson's style or approach to fighting/boxing.
Scully will keep Dawson grounded and won't allow him to get too high on himself after his bout with Hopkins. Also, the fact that he's been in Dawson's ear about how great he could be and for him to realize it on Scully's watch will no doubt be a boost for both of their careers. In addition to that, Dawson just may be one of those fighters who needs more attention and cajoling from the man who trains him, something that Scully can definitely handle and he isn't above it or too busy not to be there for him if and when needed.
It also emerged that in Dawson's mind Bernard Hopkins was to him what Mike Tyson was to Lennox Lewis or Muhammad Ali was to Joe Frazier, the fighter who hovered over them at every turn who they had to beat in order for their championship tenure to be validated. And Dawson got past Hopkins in a way that will really give him an infusion of confidence and urgency even if the bout ends up being ruled a no-contest in the record book. The fact is Dawson implicitly feels that regardless of what is said or written, he's so good and formidable that he didn't have to go through with beating Hopkins up to win - he convinced him enough in under two rounds that he wasn't going to win that Bernard looked for a way out. And whether Chad Dawson is wrong or right pertaining to that, it's what he believes and that's all that matters, which is a mindset he'll no doubt carry with him into the ring the next time he fights.
Based on Hopkins' age and decline, along with Dawson's most likely sky-rocketing confidence, I couldn't pick against Chad if they fight again. As for Jean Pascal, I think his style will always bother Dawson, but Chad is simply too skilled and fast, and add to that his injection of confidence, I'd pick him over Pascal too if they fight again.
If Dawson emerges as a better and more determined fighter from this point forward, he can thank Bernard Hopkins for forcing him to find that hidden desire and determination within himself.
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Don't JUMP DA GUN! Bad Chad Dawson has not finally arrived. Don't believe his hyped-up Hollywood acting. I doubt that the dude will ever arrive mentally -- 85 percent of the game. His display after fouling B-Hop was pathetic and punking. No one who has arrive acts this way.
I'm remind of the young GOAT Ali. When he down Sonny "Night Train" Liston in the first round in their second bout, he told the man that he labeled "The Big Old Ugly Bear" to get up and fight. BCD was not looking or wanting B-Hop to get up and fight. BCD was glad as heck that the old wise B-Hoppy didn't get up and beat his arse with one hand. Da wise, ole, Genie Naazim had a patch of genie syet for BCD and his latest trainer Johh Scully, who confused BCD will terminate before long. Holla!
Even the WBC realizes that Chad has not arrive. It will keep B-Hop as its champion. Enough spitted! Holla!
I don't know if Dawson will ever "arrive", but he's better at light Heavyweight than Bernard is or ever will be. Of course he doesn't have Bhops legacy,... but he'll beat him 9 out of 10 times in the squared circle. Dawson had 4 so - so defenses against Johnson and Tarver,.. both guys just a tiny bit past thier sell-by date. Then he was ambushed by Pascal in Canada. Overall I think he'll beat Pascal too. (But he'll make Pascal come to America if he wants to do it again). Even though I don't believe it's necessary, I hope the sanctioning Alpha Body and the California Commission can create a situation where they can do it again.. an Ideal scenario is forcing a fight between Dawson and Pascal,... winner gets Bhop for the title. (while Bhop takes the obligatory haiatus to heal up). This keeps the ball rollin and the excitement flowing untill Bhop gets back.... if Bhop does decide to remain in the hurt business, he'll have to fight the winner of Dawson Pascal to maintain credibility. Meanwhile a hungry young lion, will be watching the preceedings while licking his chops in anticipation.... Ishmayl Sillahk the hungry young Russian is waiting patiently to get his foot in the door,.. I'd bet my rent money that he'd stop Dawson or Bhop (or anybody in the supersix who thinks they would be heir apparent to the 175lb throne).
I'd bet against you and take your rent money, B-Sug. Of course I'd then get winner remorse and give it back to you, because you don't know what you doeth or sayeth. Ishmayl Sillahk is a work in process. He's not ready for the big boys yet. They'd feint him out of his drawers and kayo him in easy fashion. Dude is made to be hit with hooks and sneak crosses. He aight! But he ain't quite ready for the top dawgs. Holla!
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SSZ403: ModeI United Nations (2012-2013)
CURRICULUM PROGRAM: Social Studies
COURSE TITLE: ModeI United Nations
COURSE LENGTH: 36 weeks
Major Concepts/Content: The model United Nations course is designed to study the major operations and functions of the United Nations and the role of diplomacy in the organization work. The major political, economic, and cultural concerns of Asia, Africa, the Americas, Europe, and the Middle East will be studied with major emphasis on assigned countries.
Major Instructional Activities: Instructional activities will be provided using the content of the model United Nations course. Students will be assigned a country to research. They will prepare resolutions on a current problem that reflects their assigned country's political and economic goals. Debates on resolutions in model United Nations simulations will demonstrate parliamentary procedure.
Major Evaluative Techniques: Evaluation will include the assessment of successful completion of class assignments, written background papers, including positions on specific topics. Students will write at least one resolution and debate it using parliamentary procedure effectively, participate in model United Nations simulations, and demonstrate the art of compromise in diplomacy.
Course Objectives: Upon completion of the model United Nations course, students should be able to:
- Use a sequence of processes that are common to problem-solving strategies.
- Analyze political interaction among nations.
- Explain the development of international organizations.
- Demonstrate the procedural skills of group discussion.
- Analyze the historical development of foreign policy.
- Interpret information and formulate generalizations from available data,
- Use historical data to Explain current world situations.
- Describe role and role conflict through participation in role-playing, socio-drama, and written and oral exercises.


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The director of the Missoni fashion brand had spent Christmas in the Venezuelan Los Roques islands with his wife and friends.
19:07, UK, Saturday 05 January 2013
Italian designer Vittorio Missoni, head of one of Italy's oldest fashion houses, was on board a small plane that disappeared off the coast of Venezuela, a company spokeswoman has confirmed.
The aircraft reportedly went missing shortly after take-off from the resort of Los Roques, a group of islands off the coast of Venezuela that is popular with tourists.
Also reported to have been on board were Mr Missoni's wife, Maurizia Castiglioni, another couple believed to be their friends, and two Venezuelan crew members.
"The Missoni family has been informed by the Venezuelan consulate that Vittorio Missoni and his wife are missing, but we don't know any more," said Maddalena Aspes, speaking on behalf of the company.
Venezuela's interior minister said the plane was expected at Simon Bolivar International Airport in Caracas and was declared missing when it failed to arrive.
It is understood that Mr Missoni, 58, and his wife had spent Christmas and New Year at Los Roques.
According to the Corriere della Sera newspaper, the pilot of the Britten Norman BN2 Islander plane was 72-year-old German Merchan.
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Beautiful natural light and airy tones mixed with lush greens and classic black and white set the tone for this stunning shoot. Simplicity is at its finest with the soft white flower arrangements from Bows + Arrows and delicate gowns from Bella Bridesmaid.
If you know how to use what you've got sometimes you don't need much of it to make a gorgeous statement. See all the simple yet darling details from this naturally beautiful white wedding in the full gallery here, fantastically captured by Ben Q. Photography.
The bride wore a romantic white chiffon gown and a headpiece of greens worn low at the back of her loosely curled hair. We loved the clean white cakes with the beautiful leaf adornments and crystal glass cake stands. The tablescape had beautiful floral arrangements and daytime favorites of brie and grapes. For the ceremony Bows + Arrows created a backdrop of stringed lilies and the stationery carried the same foliage details in black and white.
Dress shop: Bella Bridesmaid
Photography: Ben Q. Photography
Stationery: Sweet Magnolia Paper
Flowers: Bows + Arrows
Cake: Layered Bake Shop
Hair & Makeup: Beauty & The Blush
Prop/Furniture Rentals: Perch
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All right, folks, HOW confusing is the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's definition of which movies are considered comedies? Before we even discuss, we have to consider the list of nominees for the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy. (Sidebar: before anybody gets all dismissive about how there are barely any musicals made these days, count up the ones that have won this category since 2000: "Moulin Rouge," "Chicago," "Dreamgirls," "Sweeney Todd," and "Les Miserables," not to mention borderline cases like "Almost Famous" and "Walk the Line." That's seven musicals in thirteen years, which you'll note is more than a 50% success rate.)
At any rate, the nominees this year are:
American Hustle
Inside Llewyn Davis
The Wolf of Wall Street
Not having made it to see these movies yet, I can only speak to how they're being marketed, and you would be hard-pressed to find a true comedy among them. "American Hustle" looks like it has funny moments (man alive, Bradley Cooper's hair alone), but the tone of the story is serious--and is proof positive that it isn't (always) a matter of filmmakers submitting themselves into the traditionally "easier" comedy category; Rebecca Keegan reported for the LA Times that Sony submitted the film as a drama, only to be rebuffed by the HFPA.
"Inside Llewyn Davis," the latest effort by the Coen brothers, looks bleak and introspective, if punctuated by moments of wit. "Her," while visually brighter,presents itself as a serious--if upbeat--meditation on the nature of modern technology and relationships. "Nebraska" and "The Wolf of Wall Street" are a little trickier, could certainly fall into the black comedy category, but they're telling serious stories. Not a single straight-ahead comedy like like "The Heat" or "Anchorman 2" managed to break into the list, a notable departure from recent years, when movies like "Bridesmaids" and "It's Complicated" were contenders, the latter even losing to "The Hangover."
So what does that actually mean? Are we becoming snobs about broad comedies, and closing them off from fancy awards? Or is the line between drama and comedy becoming harder to distinguish? It's possible that there are simply better movies being made of late, ones that blur that line and tell serious and emotional stories in witty ways, in the same way that excellent TV shows like "Orange Is the New Black" defy easy classification into one genre or the other.
Either that, or the HFPA is an odd and mercurial bunch whose whims we would be foolish to predict. That said, prognostication is the name of the game this time of year, so if you want a winner, bet on "American Hustle." Big movie, big cast, big director in David O. Russell, and big hair--maybe "The Wolf of Wall Street" edges it out, but I wouldn't count on it.


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Wahl, P R; Le Hir, M; Vogetseder, A; Arcaro, A; Starke, A; Waeckerle-Men, Y; Serra, A L; Wuthrich, R P (2007). Mitotic activation of Akt signalling pathway in Han:SPRD rats with polycystic kidney disease. Nephrology, 12(4):357-363.
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AIM: Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is characterized by an imbalance between tubular epithelial cell proliferation and apoptosis. We have previously shown that the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signalling pathway is aberrantly activated in the cystic kidneys of Han:SPRD rats with ADPKD. Because the Akt kinase is an upstream regulator of mTOR, we hypothesized that the activity of Akt could be enhanced in the kidneys of Han:SPRD rats. METHODS: Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction, western blot, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and immunohistochemistry were used to analyse Akt expression in rat polycystic kidneys. RESULTS: Wild-type (+/+) and heterozygous (Cy/+) Han:SPRD rats showed constitutive expression of Akt-1, -2 and -3 mRNA by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction analysis with no significant difference between Cy/+ and +/+ kidneys. Western blotting and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay showed a significant increase in phosphorylated Akt in Cy/+ compared with +/+ kidneys. The pattern of immunoreactivity for phosphorylated Akt in kidney sections was the same in +/+ and in Cy/+ rats, with very low levels in interphase cells, but extremely bright signals in mitotic cells, beginning with the onset of the prophase. The in vivo incorporation of bromo-deoxyuridine revealed approximately a ninefold higher rate of proliferation in Cy/+ cyst epithelia compared with normal tubule epithelia in +/+ rats, while the expression of the cell cycle marker Ki67 revealed approximately a sixfold higher rate of proliferation. In summary, enhanced phosphorylation of Akt can be demonstrated in Cy/+ kidneys which correlates with a markedly elevated proliferation rate of epithelial cells in cysts. Mitotic but not resting cells display strong phosphorylation of Akt. CONCLUSION: Because Akt is a proximal target of mTOR, its inhibition with specific antagonists could be useful to prevent or halt cystogenesis in ADPKD.
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Tulsa had been seeking out a high-performance and it got one Thursday night in a 97-71 win over Tulane inside the Reynolds Center.
The Golden Hurricane (6-9 overall, 1-0 in Conference USA) would hit from all points from the floor.
Shaquille Harrison led a quintet of double-figure scorers for TU. He scored 23 points, D'Andre Wright put up 18, Lew Evans scored 14, Tim Peete netted 12 and James Woodard scored 11.
Tulane (8-8, 0-1) drew to within 19-17 after a 3-pointer from Cameron Reynolds with 11:26 left in the first half. Tulsa then turned on its defense while exploding to a 45-25 lead with 3:37 to go after an inside-the-paint layup from Woodard.
TU would own a 60-32 lead at halftime.
Tulsa shot 57 percent (33-of-58) from the field, 48 percent (11-of-23) from 3-point range and was 74 percent (20-of-27) from the foul line.
The Green Wave shot 48 percent (24-of-50) from the floor, 40 percent (6-of-15) in 3s and was 74 percent (17-of-23) in free throws.
Tulsa coach Danny Manning was pleased with the offense, but felt the defense could have done better.
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Feiyue is celebtrating their 'Australian Spring/Summer 2011 Launch' next Thursday with the party kicking off at No Vacancy gallery for the Feiyue Reinvention show. They invited Asia-Pacific visual artist Drew Funk, Prizm, Haw, Tom Vincent, Zxerokool, Mojoko, Hypethetic, SBTG and Steph Cop to reinvent some Feiyue shoes. For more details check the flyer or www.feiyue-shoes.com or www.acclaimmag.com (and a quick sneak peak below at the elements of my piece for the show… more soon…)
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A black and white dog that was in a truck stolen from the Jockey Lot in Anderson on Saturday is still missing, and a $250 reward is being offered for the safe return of the puppy, according to a post made today on the Anderson County PAWS Facebook page.
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Nine Points About The South Carolina State Game
Courtesy: BCUathletics.com
Release: 09/07/2012
ORANGEBURG, S.C. - Game one for the Wildcats showed a couple of things. First, it showed the fight that the 2012 Wildcats have in them, coming back with 38 unanswered points after trailing 21-0. Second, B-CU's conditioning was on display, as they literally ran Alabama State into the ground by mid-third quarter.
They will need both to come away with a win in Orangeburg. This game is not only for bragging rights, but could affect postseason play and the MEAC Championship race. Labeled as a heavyweight fight or a brawling match and even 'Cats and Dogs' by Head Coach Brian Jenkins, several MEAC and FCS pundits pick lean to the Wildcats, but by tiny margins. The 2012 edition shouldn't disappoint.
Here are nine points to consider as we look forward to Saturday's matchup with South Carolina State in Organgeburg.
1) Brian Jenkins can match Wesley Moore (1973-1975) as the Bethune-Cookman coach who made it to 20 victories the fastest, with a victory over South Carolina State. Moore reached 20 in his 25th game with a 48-0 romp over Alabama A&M in 1975. Jenkins is 19-5 at the start of his third season.
2) B-CU has beaten South Carolina State five out of the last eight times in the Palmetto State, including 2010's pivotal 14-0 victory, snapping the Bulldogs' 21-game conference win streak and logging B-CU's first road shutout since 2000.
3) Thanks to rushing performances of 130, 103 and 100 yards for Isidore Jackson, Rodney Scott and Brodrick Waters respectively, the Wildcats are the only team in the NCAA, that's Divisions I (FCS and FBS), II and III, to post three 100+ yard rushers in the same game. Not even Oklahoma State could do it, despite steamrolling conference-mate Savannah State to the tune of 84 points and 682 yards of total offense. DIII Worcester State came the closest, with gainers of 156, 119 and 99.
- Bethune-Cookman is the first FCS school to achieve this mark since Georgia Southern in the 1999 DI-AA Championship Game
4) Speaking of Waters' 110 yards passing and 100 rushing against Alabama State, the last person to do that was current quarterbacks coach Matt Johnson, in 2010. Johnson accomplished the feat in the first three games that year and again later in the season.
4) Jenkins is 6-1 against Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference opponents on the road.
5) This will be the 11th television appearance for B-CU in the Jenkins era, with the SCSU contest broadcast on ESPNU tape delay and live on ESPN3. The Wildcats were on a record six times last year and are slated for at least three this season, with Alabama State down, South Carolina State up tonight and Florida A&M closing out the season. Over the past three years, B-CU has been the MEAC's most televised team, and they have shown well, boasting a 7-3 television record in that span.
6) Sven Hurd has made 41 consecutive PATs and 54 of his last 55. He led the team in scoring with 67 in 2011 and currently heads the team with eight points. Last year, the junior set the single-season program scoring record for kick scoring (67) in addition to single-game scoring (16) vs Fort Valley State (10/15)
7) Eddie Poole has caught at least one pass in each of his 24 games in Bethune-Cookman uniform, despite not registering a catch at Rutgers, and recovering from not one, but two, catastrophic knee injuries...pretty good for a guy that some questioned his chances of playing again.
8) Bethune-Cookman leads the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference in rushing with 367 team yards. South Carolina State has the MEAC lead in passing yardage with 300.
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Pre-Market Primer: Stocks Push Higher as Jobless Claims Unexpectedly Fall
Vincent Trivett
We have a full economic calendar today.
Stocks are set to open higher today as central banks around the world opt not to take action and jobless claims unexpectedly fall.
In a preview of tomorrow's major February jobs report, initial claims for unemployment insurance fell by 7,000 to 340,000.
Economists expected the weekly claims number to rise to 355,000 from the previous week's upwardly revised 347,000. Yesterday's ADP payroll report rose unexpectedly. Tomorrow's release is expected to show 167,000 new jobs added to the US economy.
The US trade deficit widened by 16.5% to $44.4 billion.
Stock index futures were little changed ahead of the trading day. Before the opening bell,
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(INDEXSP:.INX) climbed 0.05% to 1,539.80 and
(INDEXNASDAQ:.IXIC) futures rose 0.12% to 2,791.50.
This afternoon, the US will release consumer credit figures, which are expected to rise by $700 million on a monthly basis to $14.7 billion in January. The Fed will also release the results of the latest stress tests -- hypothetical scenarios that simulate how well the major banks would fare in an extreme economic catastrophe. The ability of banks to pay out dividends and buy back shares hinges on their survival in these tests.
Today saw a lot of central bank inaction. The Bank of Japan left rates and asset purchases unchanged in its last meeting with former governor Masaaki Shirakawa. Rates will stay at 0-0.1% and purchases at 101 trillion yen. Incoming governor Haruhiko Kuroda will take over next month, when he is likely to introduce radically dovish policy. The Bank of England followed Japan, leaving interest rates at 0.5% and asset purchases at 375 billion pounds. The pound rose on news of the decision. The European Central Bank also left the benchmark interest rate at 0.75%.
Asian and European markets advanced overnight. Japan's
(INDEXNIKKEI:.NI225) stock index rose above 12,000 for the first time since 2008.
German factory orders unexpectedly dropped 2.5% on a yearly basis in January after falling 1.9% in December 2012. A lack of demand for exports in the eurozone is blamed for the shortfall. French unemployment rose to a 13-year high of 10.6% in the fourth quarter of 2012, an 0.4 percentage point increase from the previous quarter .
Activist investor Carl Icahn is opposed to
(NASDAQ:DELL) $24.4 billion deal that will take it private. It was reported yesterday that Icahn acquired 6% of the company, making him the largest shareholder. He wants Dell to try a leveraged capitalization and pay out $9 per share to investors in a special dividend rather than go private.
(NYSE:TWX) will spin off Time Inc., its magazine business, into a public company by the end of the year. The group publishes
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(NASDAQ:PETM) shares fell nearly 8% in early trading today after forecasting that sales will grow 2-4% in 2013, missing analysts' revenue estimates.
Yesterday Congress passed a bill to keep the government financed through the end of the fiscal year in September.
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This is bhangra. Nothing music is on this level. Thats why live owns music. But even newer live teams are adding variations. Could it be that music bhangra has made live bhangra more entaining. They have youtube and watch gtv (cuz that shit is worldwide). They learned the art lf entertainment from the west. But their execution is from the east. As the years progressed dancers fom there have gotten so good it's unbelievable. In the meantime dancing in the west has not kept up. That is why live is better than music. Western Academys have to teach indian live bhangra to the kids mandatory before they go music. Dance on the dhol, because that was the way it was meant to be.


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Platinum is an archetypical catalyst used for a variety of applications, including fuel cells, electrolyzers, and processes involved in the production of renewable chemicals. Unfortunately, the use of platinum as a catalyst is cost prohibitive. A variety of options is available to mitigate the cost, one of which includes synthesizing high surface area platinum catalyst. Most often, the catalysts synthesized for fuel cells and electrolyzers consist of platinum deposited on a high surface area carbon support. The interactions between the platinum nanoparticles and the carbon support are not well understood and additional research is required to optimize the activity and long term stability of these catalysts.
The student will join a dynamic group working on a variety of projects pertaining to the catalytic conversion of biomass and the production of renewable energy. In addition, the student will learn to synthesize and characterize nanostructured catalysts using state-of-the-art techniques available in the group and at the Ames Laboratory in order to establish structure-activity correlations.
Mentor: Jean-Philippe Tessonnier, Assistant Professor of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Iowa State University.


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Discussion in 'Dev Blog' started by Redigit, Sep 28, 2013.
Lunar Boss and Space.. Hmm So much for no space biome eh Redigit? lol.
This is soooo sweet!
Oh god, the nostalgia..
Well, we can say, we are lucky, that this month doesn't has 31 days at once...
And, 3 days left, and it's christmas ti... wait, wrong scene...
The ocean is also my favorite. Next to Plantera's, of course
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SO EPIC, the old Tracks are still cool, but these... These are so fantastic! Scott evolved them so much, but keeping the old style. 11\10
This is so awesome.
My favourite is TOTALLY the crimson song. Just everything about the Crimson biome so far looks awesome. I totally wanna live in one lol.
Plantera and Lunar Boss are officially my favorite songs ever.
Wow, after reading through all of the comments, I think I'm the first person to say anything about the crimson song, let alone claim it as my favourite. :O
But still, that song tho... Especially near the end when the bassy stuff kicks in... *shudder*
Epic Heavy Metal song is Plantera Boss Fight song?!
I NEED to buy this so badly !!!
Also... it would be epic if we could have sountrack on Steam
You're not alone in thinking that some of them don't fit in. Don't get me wrong there are definately some epic themes in there but a lot of them sound too..... cluttered? Like, there's too much going on in a lot of them and I feel like sour notes are never a good idea (The first bit of the mushroom biome). Anyway I hope this post is seen as constructive critisism and not just negativity.
Epic stuff! Really digging the new tunes.
Out of curiosity....what would both the interest level and/or feasibility be of a remix album (along the lines of the epic stuff we got in the PDJ contest?)....asking that question of community and devs alike.
I'd love it, personally....but no idea at all what anyone else thinks.
Idk, personally, I think it works in the case of the mushroom biome song. Think about it this way: when the average american or what have you thinks of mushrooms, it's eventually going to boil down to mushrooms being used as a drug, specifically one that makes you trippy. The beginning of the mushroom song gives that kind of trippy feeling almost.
Oh jeez the sound tracks are so wonderfully done. And a Space and Golem boss? Well now we have spoilers for the 4 new bosses. Hmmm it says Lunar...so maybe I'm wrong and it isn't in space, but during that said Eclipse event? Exciting stuff Red, keep it up!
I listened to it all the way through and probably will buy it. Great job!
I love Plantera and Eclipse, they're just epic <3
Nope, I won't do it. I will not listen to that. Promised myself I wouldn't spoil 1.2 except for pictures! No videos, no soundtracks, nothing! YOU CAN'T MAKE ME DO IT!
Knowing what the Crimson looks like and what I've heard it is, the music accomponying it scares the HELL out of me...
Awesome stuff!


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In a time where many bands and artists are so often limited by what their label is and is not willing to produce and release, it's refreshing to find a band, whose origins were pop/rock, that had the courage to break free. Arizona band The Maine left their major label Warner after only one release (their second studio album, Black & White, released in 2010) when creative differences were leading their third studio album, Pioneer (released in 2011), in a direction they didn't wish to take it.
The band has just released their fourth studio album, Forever Halloween, on June 4. The record was produced by Brendan Benson of The Raconteurs and is The Maine's second consecutive self-funded album. Released independently in the US, Forever Halloween was released in partnership with The Maine's management team Eighty One Twenty Three. It was released via Rude Records in Europe, UK, Southeast Asia, Australia, and Japan.
While it still has some pop riffs interlaced through the songs, the overall feeling of the album is far from a traditional pop record. They've officially broken through into the less vague alt rock genre and if their last two albums are any indicators they have no plans to leave any time soon. There is an obvious absence of catchy refrains and instead an overwhelming presence of thoughtful, personal lyrics. Having grown and matured so much as musicians and individuals since their first record, Can't Stop, Won't Stop, was released in 2008 this new album reveals more about the band than ever before.
The band's website explains that Forever Halloween was recorded completely old school; it was recorded live through analog tape. The more standard computer editing techniques were abandoned in the production of this album. This method resulted in giving the album a much more united vibe. Frontman John O'Callaghan explains the experience:
"The tape machine was like having an older, wiser, intimidatingly glowing woman in the room. We were all meeting her for the first time, but she already knew everything there was to know about the five of us. In no single way judgmental, but she sniffed out the bulls*** and wouldn't allow us to be anyone we are not. We are now better men for meeting that woman."
One of the strongest tracks on the album is the second single, "These Four Words." Described as "the mot revealing song [John O'Callaghan] has ever written" the song explores the relatable struggle of realizing and ultimately accepting the fact that you don't love the one you're with. It's haunting, it's raw, and it's brilliant. Accompanied only with piano, O'Callaghan's voice is riddled with emotion. This song alone warrants 5 stars.
Other highlights include "Birthday in Los Angeles," "Sad Songs," and title track "Forever Halloween" which declares "We're all monsters living in a dream." It's not everyday that a band makes such a drastic detour from their original sound and lives to tell the tale. The Maine has done it time and time again and they have something to be proud of.
The Maine is touring in support of the new record as headliners of the first ever 8123 tour. They will be supported by A Rocket to the Moon, This Century, and Brighten. The 8123 tour will make a stop at the 930 Club in Washington, DC on Saturday, July 6. Tickets are still available through Ticketfly.
The Maine is John O'Callaghan, Garrett Nickelsen, Pat Kirch, Kennedy Brock, and Jared Monaco.


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In 2014, Albuquerque, New Mexico will be top of mind as a mother-daughter or even a mother-daughter-grandmother travel destination for one simple reason: American Girl's 2013 Girl of the Year doll, Saige Copeland, is from Albuquerque. The long auburn haired, blue-eyed doll comes with Albuquerque-themed accessories that include a horse, a painting kit, and a hot air balloon. Albuquerque is also the setting for the American Girl movie, titled Saige Paints the Sky. It stars Emmy award winner Jane Seymour of Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman fame.
All about Saige
The American Girl doll hails from the sun-blessed high desert of Albuquerque, New Mexico. A creative and yet sensitive girl at heart, Saige has a passion for art, horses, and hot-air balloons – appropriate hobbies for a girl from a city that hosts the world's largest balloon fiesta in the world. The surrounding mesas, plateau, and Bosque area around the Rio Grande provide ample opportunities for Saige to be artistically inspired by the landscape while pursuing her love of horse-back riding. Because her artist Grandmother Mimi owns a ranch and enjoys riding her prized horse named Picasso, it is not surprising that Saige likes art and horses, too. In particular, Saige greatly admires Mimi for leading the annual Balloon Fiesta from atop Picasso.
The Saige doll has been archived in 2014, but it still may be possible to find her in inventory at 15 American Girl stores nationwide or even on eBay. Once your daughter or granddaughter acquires the doll and sees the movie, continue her exploration of Albuquerque through the eyes and footsteps of nine year-old Saige. Following are highlights that might replicate the adventures and passions of this freckled 4th grader from the Land of Enchantment.
Indian Pueblo Cultural Center
The Indian Pueblo Cultural Center is a compelling story of the traditions and tenacity of the 19 Pueblos of New Mexico. Artifacts date from pre-Columbian to modern times, and include many examples of their contemporary art. Ask a museum curator to tell your daughter about the storyteller figurines. And be sure to build in time to explore her artistic side where she can try her hand at pottery, sculpting, weaving, or even origami. After all, Saige would.
On Thursdays through Sundays, be sure to catch the native dancers dressed in traditional garb. Shows are generally at 11 am and 2 pm. Later, dine on pizza at the pueblo. Located at The Pueblo Harvest Café & Bakery within the museum complex, the fun begins with a party on the patio from 6-9 pm in the summer. A $7 admission price includes all-you-can-eat horno baked pizza with live music every Friday and Saturday night. It is an inexpensive way to enjoy great local music while enjoying horno pizza on the patio.
The Anderson-Abruzzo Albuquerque International Balloon Museum
Since Saige's hometown is annual host to the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, she is fascinated by everything about hot air balloons. A trip to the Albuquerque International Balloon Museum will indulge your daughter and doll's curiosity with a foray into the development of ballooning as told through historic, scientific, and artistic objects.Be sure to have your camera ready for a photo opportunity of your daughter with her doll Saige in a balloon basket. Afterwards, head to nearby El Pinto Restaurant for authentic New Mexico food.
Sandia Peak Tramway
No trip to Albuquerque would be complete without a panoramic view of Albuquerque and the Rio Grande Valley from the 10,378 foot Sandia Peak observation deck. The Sandia Peak Aerial Tramway is considered to be one of the most popular tourist attractions and offers stunning views of canyons and countryside as it traverses a distance of 2.7 miles on its way to the summit. In particular, the sunset view from on top would inspire Saige to paint in fiery colors that capture the sunset glow of the desertscape below.


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Q: How does it feel to be named the 2013 Citizen of the Year by Biscayne Bay Kiwanis Club?
A: It is an honor anytime someone acknowledges the things you do and the way you try to make a difference.
Q: You were named NFL "Man of the Year" in 1984, awarded the Byron White Humanitarian Award in 1986 and named one of Miami's Living Legends by Miami Today in 2013. Why is serving the community so important?
A: The South Florida community has given me so much. I grew up here. The people in South Florida gave me the opportunity to go to college and be successful. Now I try to provide that for others.
Q: In 1998, you started the Nat Moore Foundation. Tell us about it.
A: Our mission is to "Help Kids Help Themselves," and we feel that if we can help kids reach their dreams, South Florida will be a better place. Since 1998, we have given away more than $2 million. More than 80 kids have received college scholarships.
Q: You had an amazing career with the Miami Dolphins for 13 years, including two Super Bowls and a Pro Bowl. Why were you so successful?
A: TEAM. Being a team player and caring about the team are things you learn when playing for Coach Don Shula. Under his direction, we learned to sacrifice our personal goals and wishes for the bigger team goal.
Q: What life lesson would you like to share?
A: Nothing beats hard work, dedication and perseverance. You have to believe in yourself and what you are doing to be successful.
Q: What advice do you have for young athletes?
A: First and foremost — save your money. Too many young athletes don't realize that in a short time, the money will come to an end. If athletes plan correctly, they can have a nest egg to start their next career. Also, remember you will meet the same people on the way up as on the way down. The way you treat people will make a difference.
Q: Upcoming ventures?
• The Strokes Fore Scholarships Golf Tournament is Oct. 13, with a Celebrity Draw Party Oct. 12. It will provide scholarships to extraordinary Palm Beach County high school seniors.
• The Nat Moore Florida Golf Classic is March 17, with a Celebrity Party and Silent Auction March 15. Funds raised will help students attain higher education and provide support services to children and youth.
•The Steps 2 Scholarships 5k Run/Walk was introduced this April, and it also raises funds for college scholarships.
Details: www.natmoorefoundation.net
Q: What accomplishment are you most proud of?
A: I raised five kids who all graduated from college and continue to live successful lives.
Q: What is your favorite place to dine/shop/visit in Miami?
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Q: Where is your favorite travel destination?
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The focus of the Women's Ministry is not on creating more activity for your already busy schedule, but to design experiences which help you connect with God and with others.
When you walk into a Ladies' event at Journey, you will be genuinely welcomed. We want to grow and we are thrilled when new people add to the fun.
Throughout the year, you will have plenty of opportunities to make new friends, learn more from the Bible and find ways to serve others.
Some of the ways you will be able to connect:
Restaurant Rendezvous…a fun night out…no program, just relaxed conversation and encouragement…for ladies of all ages.
Service Project…once a quarter, we focus on an activity which benefits someone else.
Bible Studies…a weekly discussion based on a popular teaching series. Bring your Bible and plan to dig in. (And there's lots of laughter too.)
Retreats…two-day getaways, with an emphasis on personal renewal through a few teaching sessions, time to relax and reflect…plus the always-popular late night chat sessions.


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Sometimes, when you haven't visited a friend for a while you forget how much fun it is getting together. Such was the case last weekend regarding the award-winning Lake Forest Symphony Orchestra.
The symphony's 2013-14 season is all about trying out guest conductors before selecting one to replace noted conductor Alan Heatherington who served as music director from 2000 to spring of 2013.
Under the baton of Russell Ger, an Australian transplant currently residing in New York, audiences were treated to a heavenly program of Mozart's "Jupiter" Symphony No. 41 in C major, the world premier of "Celestial Suite" by Lake Forest Symphony composer-in-residence James Stephenson and four movements of Gustav Holst's "The Planets."
The symphony responded to Ger's conducting style as talented, seasoned professionals.
To bring out all of Mozart's nuances in the second Andante cantabile, Ger slowed what is usually a delightful, layered movement to a tempo where he arguably sacrificed its charm just to emphasize its construction.
Stephenson's "Celestial Suite" of five short movements wasn't a good barometer of conducting style or orchestra strength because the operative word was "short." The first three movements were more like buffet samples than developed recipes. Hopefully, the composer will return to the suite to further develop his themes for "Copernicus," "Galileo" and "Newton."
However, the orchestra reminded audiences of their wonderful musicality during Holst's "Mars," "Venus" "Mercury" and "Jupiter" movements.
Because Lake Forest Symphony is an exceptional orchestra, it will likely make all its guest conductors sound good.
After a two-year hiatus of covering more Chicago theater than music, it was rewarding to find that a Lake Forest Symphony concert, held as it is at the acoustically excellent James Lumber Center at the College of Lake County, is a good reason to leave the comfort of home.
Details: The Lake Forest Symphony Orchestra performs at the James Lumber Center for the Performing Arts at the College of Lake County, 19351 W. Washington St., Grayslake, IL 60030. For future concert information and tickets visit Lake Forest Symphony or call 847-295-2135.


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Stock Upgrades: Diamond Foods Looks Like a Gem
Justin Sharon
Wall Street ratings agencies set the tone for today's stock market.
Cruz and cruise combined to scupper stocks, with shares sinking for a fifth straight session as the Tea Party poster child sent equities deeper into hot water already occupied by an
utterly unloved
Carnival Corporation
(NYSE:CCL), which dived 5.33%. As a result, the
S&P 500 Index
(INDEXSP:.INX) endured its longest losing streak all year. Amid the wreckage, a
broker boost
(NASDAQ:FB) up 2.08% to a fresh best, even as fully
15% of us still don't get this whole Interweb thing
. A day that began with
Letta ringing the opening bell
ended with the Post Office in ever more dire straits. Its two cents' worth involved a proposal to raise stamp prices by three cents. This as the lumbering bureaucracy is expected to lose $6 billion this year, the sort of
incompetence that usually only occurs in the private sector
Today's economic data includes August pending home sales at 10:00 a.m. Eastern, with analysts calling for a fall. In earnings action, consulting company
(NYSE:ACN), fashion firm
Hennes & Mauritz
(OTCMKTS:HNNMY), spice stock
(NYSE:MKC), and
(INDEXDJX:.DJI) newbie
(NYSE:NKE) are all due to release results.
(NYSE:ARO): BlueFin boosts the clothing company to Outperform from Neutral.
(NYSE:ABV): The Brazilian beverage behemoth, officially called Companhia de Bebidas das Americas, is increased to Outperform from Neutral at Credit Suisse.
Applied Materials
(NASDAQ:AMAT): The tech name is taken to Buy from Hold by Berenberg.
Cubist Pharmaceuticals
(NASDAQ:CBST): Leerink Swann lifts the firm to Outperform from Market Perform. Its target is increased substantially, by $19 to $76.
Diamond Foods
(NASDAQ:DMND): The snack stock whose offerings include Pop Secret and Kettle Brand gets upgraded to Buy from Hold at BB&T Capital.
Occidental Petroleum
(NYSE:OXY): Shares in the energy company get upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform with Wells Fargo.
Portland General Electric
(NYSE:POR): Wells Fargo juices the electric utility to Outperform from Market Perform.
(NYSE:WSO): Robert W. Baird boosts the wholesale electronics outfit to Outperform from Neutral.
W.W. Grainger
(NYSE:GWW): The industrial stock is now Neutral from Sell at Citigroup.
(NYSE:XYL): The diversified machinery name is moved to Overweight from Equal Weight by Barclays, which also increases its price objective to $33 from $26.
(See also:
Stock Downgrades: Diamondback Energy Is Strictly Rhinestone
New Stock Coverage: Diamond Seller Blue Nile Set to Sparkle
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Men's Basketball Reaches 20-Win Plateau With 77-52 Triumph Over UNC Wilmington
Feb. 21, 2004
Chicago, Ill. - The UIC men's basketball team made history with its 77-52 victory over UNC Wilmington at the UIC Pavilion on ESPN Bracket Buster Saturday.
With the victory, the Flames reached the 20-win plateau for the third straight season, a feat never before accomplished in school history. UIC, which is now 20-7 on the year, also continued its season-best winning streak with its eighth straight victory.
It was a true team effort for the Flames versus the Seahawks (12-13) with three players in double figures, 13 overall players scoring and a season-high 30 points coming off the bench.
Senior Armond Williams led all scorers with 12 points.
The Flames also received solid efforts from senior forward Cedrick Banks (11 points) and Joe Scott (10 points). Elliott Poole chipped in eight points off the bench while rookies Marcetteaus McGee and Jovan Stefanov both tied career highs with seven points each.
For the game, UIC shot 61% (26-for-43) from the field, moving the team to 28-0 since the 2000-01 season when shooting better than 50% from the floor. The Flames are also 14-0 now this year when scoring at least 70 points.
UNC-Wilmington forward Taylor Lay and guard John Goldsberry each scored 10 points apiece for the Seahawks.
The Flames will be back in action on Thursday evening, as they will host Wright State, at 7:00 p.m. at the UIC Pavilion in a critical league match-up.


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This event is in anticipation of the most popular anime series Samurai-X that was made in to a movie; here are some images and video of cosplayers and the program proper. ENJOY!
Here is the video of the said event:
Photographer/Video: Jomar Tiongson | Hitokiri Battousai of Otaku Underground Society
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A recent newspaper report about a Catholic brother jailed for at least three and half years for abusing children at a western Sydney school reflects an appalling history of sexual abuse of children within the Catholic Church, writes Francis Sullivan.
- The Daily Telegraph
The victims of this type of abuse go through extreme damage and suffering and the impact it can have on their lives is profound. It is this damage and suffering that is at the centre of the Catholic Church's Towards Healing victims' reparation protocol.
For the better part of 20 years the Catholic Church in Australia has used Toward Healing to offer victims of sex abuse by catholic priests, brothers, teachers and others church workers a way to tell their story and to receive pastoral care and reparation.
It is a process that has worked well for some and hasn't worked at all for others. Through Towards Healing church leaders hear what the impact of sexual abuse has been on victims. These typically include failed relationships, careers and financial setbacks; constant and debilitating feelings of helplessness, hopelessness, guilt and shame. And much more.
In essence Towards Healing offers a victim the chance to tell their story, personally and directly, to someone in authority in the Church - often a Bishop - who will accept responsibility for what happened, acknowledge the damage done, give a sincere apology and put in place pastoral care and reparation.
This 'pastoral care and reparation' can take many different forms - assistance finding and paying for counselling, school or university fees, help finding employment, covering the costs of rent, equipment such as computers, a vehicle, medical or dental expenses. More often than not the reparation can also include a payment that will differ from victim to victim.
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