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Spring has sprung in St. Paul. Quite quickly too, I might add. Piles of snow have been replaced by students scattered throughout the lawns, finding any excuse to be outside. Whether students are studying, sunbathing, playing Frisbee, or some other outdoor activity, they give spring at Mac its own unique vibe. If you listen as you walk around campus, the chatter is filled with debates on the latest movements of the World Bank, the situation in Haiti, or the upcoming Minnesota gubernatorial race. Blending is everything.
As another year comes to a close, we want to thank you for engaging in this partnership with us. I wish you the best for a great summer as many of you welcome your student home. We'll look forward to seeing some of you at commencement. For the rest, it's about 120 days till the start of fall term!
—Jim Hoppe
Country Spotlights
Sponsored by the International Student Programs Office, Country Spotlights are opportunities for participants to learn, ask questions, and engage in conversations about an international student's home country.
This fall's presentations included Taiwan, Palestine, Albania, and Paraguay. This spring the focus has been on first-year students' home countries. Presentations have included Norway, Italy, Honduras, Malaysia, and Ghana.
To get a sense of these presentations and the amazing students we have at Mac, here's Kwame Fynn's presentation on his home country, Ghana Flash movie» | Download Power Point»
City of St. Paul Social Host Ordinance
A more difficult aspect of the nicer weather is the accompanying increase in complaints from our neighbors. As the weather warms and windows stay open, groups of students attending off-campus gatherings draw more attention. Terms such as "late," "large," "noisy," and "party" have a different meaning for neighbors with small children than they do for most college students fresh from hours spent studying in the library.
This fall the St. Paul City Council passed a social host ordinance, making it a misdemeanor to provide a space where underage individuals are consuming alcohol. The penalty can include fines and jail time for hosts, as well as for party attendees.
Overall we are fortunate that our students do not often create nuisances or find themselves in trouble off campus. The vast majority of relationships off campus are strong and positive. The consequences for those few who are cited, however, can be stressful and can certainly be avoided.
Talk to your student about the risks involved in letting off steam late at night, particularly when there is alcohol involved. It would be better for all involved not to learn this lesson the hard way.
Study Abroad Application Changes
Students in the class of 2013 (and beyond) who want to study abroad should be aware of new policies and procedures. Starting next academic year, there will be a single annual deadline—March 4, 2011—for submitting study abroad proposals. This deadline will apply to all students who want to study abroad (or off-campus in the U.S.) during the 2011-12 academic year, whether fall, spring, or yearlong.
Students are required to declare a major before submitting a study abroad proposal. Thus, the new deadline will mean students planning to apply to study abroad will need to plan for and declare a major earlier than previously.
Parents are encouraged to discuss study abroad planning with their student, particularly rising sophomores and rising juniors who want to study away next spring. Encourage students to contact the International Center and their faculty advisor.
For more information on the single application deadline, or to contact International Center staff,
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You're Invited: Conference call with President Rosenberg
There's still time to register for the first Old Main Forum, an informational conference call with Macalester President Brian Rosenberg happening noon to 12:45 p.m. CDT on Thursday, April 29. President Rosenberg will share design drawings and floor plans for the Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center renovation and expansion project. He'll also provide an update on the college and take your questions. The call is open to all parents and alumni. There will be no charge for U.S. participants and no charge in most international locations. If you are living internationally, please contact us to determine if a minimal per minute toll applies to your location. Questions? Contact the communications office at firstname.lastname@example.com or 651-696-6203.
To participate, register here by Tuesday, April 27
Congratulations to the Scholarship & Community Award Recipients
Community Recognition Awards
Davis Projects for Peace Prize – Michael Manansala '12, Rochester, Minn., and Cecilia Angela Martinez-Miranda '13, Manila, Philippines
Davis Projects for Peace is an initiative for all students at Davis United World College Scholars Program partner schools—including Macalester—to design grassroots projects for peace that they will implement anywhere in the world during the summer of 2010. Through a competition including students from 90 campuses, projects selected for funding will receive $10,000 each.
George Stanley Arthur Prize for Community Service – Hannah Rivenburgh '10, Woodinville, Wash., and Robert Jentsch '10, Durham, N.C.
Awarded to a graduating senior who is in good academic standing best exemplifies Macalester College's tradition of service to the community. The student's community service may take many different forms; their a grade point average (GPA) should be 3.7 or higher.
Global Citizenship Award – Westenley Alcenat '10, Minneapolis, Minn.
Presented annually by Macalester College and the Institute for Global Citizenship to the graduating senior who best demonstrates a commitment to the ideals and practice of high academic performance, internationalism, multiculturalism, and civic engagement.
Mollie & Frank Steudle Prize for Community Service – MaryBeth Grewe '10, Eau Claire, Wis.
A cash prize awarded to a senior with distinguished work in interdisciplinary studies in physical, mental, and emotional wellness, active in community service, working with the elderly, and planning a career dedicated to helping others.
Student Employee of the Year – Sue Xiong '10, Columbia Heights, Minn.
Additional award recipients can be found on the campus life website
Academic Scholarships
Beinecke Scholarship - Kyera Singleton '11, Cherry Hill, N.J.
A Beinecke Scholarship is worth $34,000 and seeks to encourage and enable highly motivated students to pursue a graduate course of study in the arts, humanities and social sciences.
Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation - Shelle Shimizu '11, Mililani, Hawaii
Macalester may nominate up to four juniors for these merit-based awards that fund graduate school in preparation for careers in government or public service. Students must have a demonstrated commitment to public service, must be planning a career in public service, and must have outstanding leadership potential. www.truman.gov
Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship Program - Allison Jacobel '11, Northfield, Minn.
Goldwater awards are made on the basis of merit to sophomores or juniors who have outstanding potential and intend to pursue careers in mathematics, the natural sciences, or engineering. The scholarship pays a yearly stipend to help students complete their undergraduate education. www.act.org/goldwater
Morris K. Udall Scholarship Program - Matt Kazinka '11, Hurleyville, N.Y.
This program was created to encourage current sophomores and juniors to pursue careers related to environmental policy. The scholarship pays a yearly stipend to help students complete their undergraduate education. www.udall.gov
Commencement: 1:30 p.m. CDT Saturday, May 15
The Commencement Ceremony will take place Saturday, May 15, at 1:30 p.m. CDT Chief Justice Michael J. Davis '69 will be this year's commencement speaker. Westently Alcenat '10 is the student speaker.
Details about the Chief Justice and the other speakers»
For the first time, Macalester will be streaming commencement at www.macalester.edu
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All That Remains has been pounding the pavement in support of their last album A War You Cannot Win (2012) since its release and sharing the stage with some of rock and metal's greatest talents. Now they are out headlining this current tour featuring Darkest Hour and Wilson and bringing a set list of some of their best songs to the table for the consumption of old and new fans alike.
Despite a paltry attendance in the beginning, on Monday, April 14 a crowd began to gather at Amos Southend for All That Remains, Darkest Hour, Wilson and Annabell Leigh. Charlotte, NC melodic metal band Annabell Leigh opened up the evening and despite the thin crowd that began the evening, the band was all brute force and character. These guys have a lot of potential with their stage presence and instrumental dynamics, and it will be interesting to see how they develop over time. Their forceful beats and gruff vocals definitely served to wake up the otherwise somber audience.
Up next was Detroit, Michigan heavy duty rock 'n' rollers Wilson and their "full blast f**kery" and shenanigans. These guys had the distinct of honor of touring with Gwar and Warbeast on 2013's 'Fate or Chaos" tour and have since shared a stage with America Fangs, The Greenery and even rock 'n' roll legends like Slash and ex-Metallica bassist Jason Newsted at Common Ground Festival last Summer. By this time more people had arrived and the crowd had thickened some and they were eating up all the energy and sweat the guys of Wilson were pouring out. The band powered through some of their most energetic songs from their debut album including "College Gangbang," "Better Off (Strictly Doods)" and "Snake Eyes." As anyone who's ever attended a Wilson show knows it was only a matter of time before two things happened: 1) the "f**kery" drum" comes out and 2) guitarist Kyle Landry finds a way to play while hanging upside down from the rafters. In this case, in lieu of having rafters from which to swing, Landry opted for the stage lights and continued playing while suspended in air. By the end of their set, the crowd was engaged and Wilson gained some new fans.
Washington, D.C thrash metallers Darkest Hour took the stage next and began their onslaught of sound and fury upon the masses. Powered by resonating guitars and thundering bass and percussion, these guys aimed to shake things up and tear the room apart. Vocalist John Henry's voice pierced the stagnant air like a bullet and the band eviscerated the audience with their unrelenting assault of songs that seemed to take on a life of their own. As the music rolled over the crowd, heads could be seen banging along and the mosh pit stirring and, at times, rousing to a frenzy in bursts. Darkest Hour played through the madness and random chaos, serenading the crowd with ballads of instrumental melody and vocal tenacity.
Finally it was time for the main event, All That Remains (ATR). The Springfield, MA metal quintet took the stage and opened things up with "The Air That I Breathe" and "Stand Up" rousing the now considerable crowd to excitement almost immediately. Front man Phil Labonte owned the front of the stage as he seemed to play pied piper to the court musical followers. The hair started flying almost instantly from bassist Jeanne Sagan and lead guitarist Oli Herbert as they gestured and smiled at the newly invigorated crowd. Watching them, it's easy to see that they are a band that appears to love their job. Seeing them perform, it's almost as if they were coming alive for the first time all night. They were bright, shiny and new, undaunted and unstoppable in their pursuit to drench the ravenous throng in the tunes they'd come to love. Some of the songs included in this night's set included: "Forever In Your Hands," "Down Through The Ages," "Six" and their latest power ballad, "What If I Was Nothing." As the set progressed the mosh pit began to stir more than before and soon the majority of the center floor was cleared for the ceremonious unleashing of energy and aggression. Near the end of ATR's set the energy in the room had become so frenetic that an extra rowdy pit member had to be escorted out by security. The closed with a fan favorite "Two Weeks" from their fourth album Overcome, to which almost the entire venue seemed to head bang and sing along with them.
The tour has come to a close, but it is still possible for fans to catch up with ATR at Blazefest 2014 on May 24 in Niceville, Fl. Darkest Hour still has quite a few tour dates and stops ahead of them including this year's Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Fest. The guys of Wilson also have a few more pit stops before they embark on Motörhead's MotörBoat Cruise with Motörhead, Megadeth, Zakk Wylde, Anthrax and comedian Jim Breuer, to name a few. Keep your eyes peeled for these incredible acts and make sure to catch them while they're on the road!


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John Force Racing siblings Courtney and Brittany Force are the No. 1 qualifiers in Funny Car and Top Fuel, respectively, at the NHRA Sonoma Nationals at Sonoma Raceway in California. Shane Gray (Pro Stock) and Jerry Savoie (Pro Stock Motorcycle) also earned No. 1 qualifiers at Sonoma.
Courtney Force held on to the No. 1 spot she earned Friday night with a fast pass of 4.045 seconds at 319.22 mph; she faces Peter Russo in the first round of eliminations. Cruz Pedregon sits No. 2 on the Funny Car ladder, followed by John Force, Jack Beckman and Matt Hagan.
Brittany Force also earned her No. 1 on Friday with a fast pass of 3.762 seconds at 325.53 mph. Force faces Clay Millican Sunday in eliminations. Doug Kalitta sits No. 2, followed by Tony Schumacher, Antron Brown and Richie Crampton.
Gray earned a first-round bye with only 15 Pro Stocks in the field; he earned the No. 1 spot with a pass of 6.539 seconds at 212.19 mph. Jason Line sits in the No. 2 spot, with Allen Johnson in the No. 3 slot; Greg Anderson and Jeg Coughlin Jr. round out the top five in Pro Stock.
Savoie faces Chaz Kennedy in the first round of PSM eliminations, qualifying in the No. 1 spot with a pass of 6.810 seconds at 197.86 mph. Eddie Krawiec and Andrew Hines are No. 2 and 3 on the ladder, respectively, followed by Scotty Pollacheck and John Hall.
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Take the widest dimensions of the item you want to order and check it will fit
comfortably into the space where you'd like to put it.
Tip: using masking tape, mark out the dimensions of the piece of furniture
you'd like to buy, on the floor, to see how much space it will take up.
This will also help you check that it's the right proportions for your room.
Make sure you have enough space to walk around the piece of furniture.
If you're measuring up for a new dining table, don't forget to take into account
the space required to comfortably pull out the dining chairs. You should allow at
least 60-70cm on top of the dining table's dimensions. It's a good idea to allow
90cm, just in case.
If you're considering an extending dining table, make sure that you allow for the
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The award recognises the exceptional service provided by Morgan Thermal Ceramics during the modification, supply and installation of a range of engineering products and solutions in the Ammonia facility at Tata Chemicals' site in Babrala, Uttar Pradesh. The company manufactures urea fertiliser at its Babrala facility.
Engineers from Morgan Thermal Ceramics worked around the clock over the course of one month to install a range of new refractory materials, including its Pyro-Bloc® burner bloc modules and insulating fire bricks, optimising the unit's cold collector and primary reformer lining.
Morgan Thermal Ceramics' technical expertise was also called upon for advice on whether a secondary reformer vessel – susceptible to high pressure and temperature – required replacement. Engineers were able to analyse and assess the equipment, identify that no damage to the refractory material had been caused and advise the customer that lining replacement was not needed, realising significant cost savings for Tata Chemicals.
Pankaj Mehrotra, Head of Operations at Morgan Thermal Ceramics – Ciria, based in New Delhi, India, commented: "Leading manufacturers such as Tata Chemicals demand the highest levels of quality and safety from their suppliers, and we believe being named 'Supplier of the Year' effectively demonstrates that we have provided an exceptional service to this customer. We deployed approximately 200 individuals to complete the job over the month, helping to achieve substantial thermal improvements to the site and other cost benefits through our technical knowledge and understanding.
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A Tale of Three Sisters
By Joelyn Brickner
Asset Marketing Systems
July 28, 2014 — San Diego, California — Hollywood has discovered the remaking of classic fairy tales is both popular and profitable. From new adaptations of Snow White (Mirror, Mirror and Snow White and the Huntsman), Rapunzel (Tangled), and most recently the Sleeping Beauty story told from the perspective of the antagonist, Maleficent, box office numbers show tales of the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Anderson live on in people's hearts. We still enjoy fairy tales long after childhood, especially if everyone lives happily ever after.
Jeff Stemler, Asset's Executive Vice President, Sales & Recruiting took a similar approach – a modern day fairy tale – to illustrate how producers and advisors can help their clients find the means to pay for long-term-care insurance. I thought his story should be shared.
It all begins in a kingdom where three lovely princesses (triplets actually) live. Mia, Lindsay and Breta have all reached the age of 71 in reasonably good health (although they're prone to sharing jokes about minor aches and pains and constantly misplacing their bifocals and crowns). Being prudent as well as beautiful, the three women had all made good investment choices over the years, knowing that they would not be able to reign over the kingdom forever. They realized they had never addressed protecting themselves from the costs of long term care.
Upon reviewing the expense of traditional premium based long-term care insurance, however, Princess Mia exclaimed, "It's too expensive and the price keeps going up!" Princess Lindsay nodded dolefully, adding "And if we don't use it we will have wasted our money!" Princess Breta, throwing her hands in the air, lamented, "But my sisters, this means we are 100 percent self-insured. Isn't there anything we can do to protect ourselves and our retirement investments?"
Days passed with no solution between them until one bright morning a handsome prince from the land of Asset stopped by the castle and the triplets invited him in for a cup of coffee. After discussing with them the local news, the rising and falling price of gold, and the trouble that dragons can cause in dry season, the prince announced, "Princesses Mia, Lindsay and Breta, word has come my way about your lack of long term care protection, so I searched the land far and wide for a solution to your predicament. In my search I met a financial wizard who is willing to help you, but I must first ask you to help me identify the assets you would use to cover long term care expenses should the need ever arise."
Among themselves, the princesses whispered together for a minute or two, then nodding in agreement, turned once again to the prince. Princess Mia spoke first. "My sisters and I each have $100,000 set aside for 'just in case expenses.'" Princess Lindsay added, "Mia and I will entrust you with our money under three conditions. "One - if we change our minds we can get our money back. Two - we want our principal protected. And three, we would like a guaranteed rate of return."
Princess Breta said "What I want is the maximum coverage possible."
The prince gathered the information and found that each of the princesses had her funds invested differently. After recording and confirming this information, he gave them his cell phone number, tucked his laptop into his saddlebag, mounted his white steed and with a flourish of his princely cap, was off to see the wizard on their behalf.
Several hours later, the prince arrived at the wizard's castle near the sea, where he found him busily working on several other life and long term care cases. The prince waited patiently until the smoke cleared before presenting the wizard with the three new cases.
The good wizard was happy to oblige. Princess Mia's $100,000 had been invested in a CD paying a measly 1% percent interest annually. With a twitch of his beard and a wave of his wand the wizard produced a life policy that produced a total tax-free benefit of $150,554 for long term care expenses, plus Mia's cash would grow, and if she didn't use all of the proceeds, the remainder would go tax-free to her sisters. Mia was very pleased.
Princess Lindsay's $100,000 was in an IRA, from which she was now being forced to take required minimum distributions, though she didn't need the cash. This was a toughie. The wizard had to come up with a unique solution since life insurance was not a permitted asset inside an IRA. After tapping his forehead and mumbling a financial incantation under his breath, his face brightened. With another wave of his wand, he created a bit of powerful magic pulled two policies together – an annuity that was in the IRA and a life policy that received 20 years of distributions from the annuity.
Lindsay was very pleased because now she had an initial benefit of $148,838, could get her total premium back if she changed her mind and her money would continue to grow.
Princess Breta had an old $100,000 annuity that she was not relying on for income. The wizard, having seen this dilemma before, for a third time waved his magic wand and "annuitized" the annuity and with the income produced a policy with a total long term care benefit of $187,934.
The royal sisters where so appreciative of what the prince had done for them, they told all of their friends in neighboring kingdoms. As a result, the prince became the "KING of ASSET BASED LTC.
Now you might be asking yourself, "How can this story generate more client interest in buying long term care insurance?" Asset truly helps our producers and advisors find ways to protect their clients' retirement investments with risk management vehicles designed to work within their current portfolios. It may sound like magic, be we can assure you that it's not. When you have questions about annuities, life insurance or long term care, give the wizards at Asset a call and we'll show you how the having the right policies in place can help your clients live "happily ever after."


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Memorial Day party food usually involves a grill and lots of meat. While that's fine in my book, sometimes you need a nice fresh salad to cut through the heaviness of the meal. This "salad" is an arranged salad rather than an actual salad with lettuce. An arranged salad means that a few ingredients are simply and beautifully layered on a pretty platter.
This arranged salad uses some of the season's best ingredients – heirloom tomatoes and avocado. The tomatoes are thickly sliced and shingled on a large plate, then seasoned with salt, pepper and a light drizzle of roasted garlic olive oil and a squeeze of fresh lime. Next, I thinly sliced a perfectly ripe avocado and placed it on top of the tomatoes. To finish, another squeeze of lime, salt and pepper and a flourish of freshly chopped cilantro. Done!
For this recipe, I used my favorite olive oil from Temecula Olive Oil Company in California. I absolutely love their Roasted Garlic extra virgin olive oil. It's perfectly seasoned for this application. You can always go online and order your own bottle, or use your favorite olive oil. That's the beauty of this salad – you can dress it up however you want!
Serve this salad alongside your grilled foods as a deliciously gorgeous side dish that everyone will love.
Heirloom Tomato and Avocado Salad – serves 4
*figure 1 tomato and ½ an avocado per person
- 4 heirloom tomatoes (I used 2 red and 2 yellow)
- 2 ripe avocados
- 1 lime
- Salt and Pepper
- Olive Oil
- 2 tbsp cilantro, chopped
- Large platter for serving
Using a serrated knife, cut the tomatoes into thick slices. If you're using different colored tomatoes, layer them on your platter alternating colors. Sprinkle the tomatoes with salt and pepper and a light drizzle of olive oil.
Cut the avocado in half and remove the pit. Using a spoon, scoop the flesh from the skin and place cut side down on your cutting board. Slice the avocado into thin strips length wise. Using the palm of your hand, carefully press down on the sliced avocado to fan out the slices. Transfer to the platter with your knife and place on top of the tomatoes.
Squeeze the juice of one lime over the entire platter. Sprinkle a little more salt and pepper over the avocado and finish with a little chopped cilantro over the whole dish.
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Today's Five At 5 takes you through some of the best comic book related music ever released.
Today, we're getting over our Comic Con hangover with this special edition of Five at 5. Check it.
1. The Ramones – 'Spiderman Theme'
Everyone loves Spiderman, ever since he was given birth to by Steve Ditko and Stan Lee in the early 1960s. The comic was turned into an animated television series which featured an insanely popular theme song. This theme song was covered by The Ramones on this album, where a bunch of artists covered their favourite theme songs. Great album, great cover, and great video. Check it out.
2. Willie Nelson – 'Time Of The Preacher'
Preacher is a comic that questions god and god's omnipotence. It's also a love story between a guy who is an ordained priest that gets what can be called superpowers, a girl who's great with guns, and an Irish vampire. It's also a tribute to American western films and it's full of amazing violence. The comic book also features a number of songs and the first page of the first issue of the comic starts off with this Willie Nelson classic.
3. Black Sabbath – 'Iron Man'
"This song is about a man who travels through time and sees the end of the world. On his way back to Earth to warn the human race, he goes through magnetic storm and is turned to iron. Nobody believes him about the end of the world and he gets mad, taking his rage out on the human race, thus bringing about the end of the world that he saw." says Wikipedia about this Black Sabbath classic. Tony 'Iron Man' Stark doesn't travel through time but does enter a shit-storm that forces him to turn into iron and try and stop the world from ending, in the process, destroying his own personal world. Sounds like a legit analogy to us.
4. Nelson Riddle – 'Holy Flypaper'
The Batman was created in 1939 and has since then become one of the most well-known comic book characters in the world. In the '60s, though, Batman wasn't really the dark, brooding superhero we've come to know. He was a campy guy with a colourful sidekick who wasn't being hunted by the police and would generally solve riddles as opposed to anything else. He was also a great dancer, and this campy Batman was portrayed by Adam West in the '60s Batman TV series. The soundtrack to that series featured some very groovy music and this piece is one of them. Featuring the irritating Robin, played by Burt Ward, on vocals, 'Holy Flypaper' is a great song to jive to when you're feeling old school.
5. The Prodigy ft. Tom Morello – 'One Man Army'
Spawn was created by Todd McFarlane in 1992 and was one of the coolest series back in the day. The film also spawned a film called Spawn, in 1997 and the film featured one of the best soundtracks any film has ever featured in the history of films or films related to comic books. Obliterate the universe by listening to this song.
Check out previous editions of Five at 5 here, and stay tuned for more picks from NH7, Monday through Friday.


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Pioneer Refinishing is staffed and equipped to provide custom refinishing and upholstering of fine church furniture and pews. We take pride in our work and guarantee our results. Whether a project involves stripping and refinishing pews or a complete renovation including resizing of pew bodies and reupholstering of seats and kneelers, Pioneer Refinishing can assist you. All work is done with experience and dedication, using state-of-the-art equipment and materials.
Pioneer Refinishing has developed a 35 step process to provide a superb finish for all its wood refinishing. This detailed method has proven to produce the finest, most durable and long lasting finish available. There truly are no other methods available that come close to this superior hand rubbed finish.
Before and after photos of two of our refinishing projects are found below.
Monumental Baptist Church
As part of renovation, the furniture was stripped of its green and orange paint and the wood was restored to its original walnut beauty. The pews, well over 100 years old, were then reinforced for strength and durability. Finally, the seats were reupholstered in a complementary fabric.
Advent Lutheran Church
The natural beauty of the wood grain was restored during the refinishing process as shown in this picture. Custom upholstered seats were then added for comfort, which also improved the look of the wood grain.


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Mothers' financial
words of wisdom
By Bankrate.com
If it's true that we grow up to be just like our parents,
then your mother's attitude about finances may have been passed
down to you. In honor of Mother's Day, the staff of Bankrate.com
is sharing some its mothers' financial words of wisdom.
"Don't count your chickens before they're
If you don't have the cash to make a purchase, wait until you've
saved enough to afford it. Great advice, especially in our "charge-it
society" where so many of us buy on credit figuring we will
be able to pay it off eventually. "Eventually" can be
years away, especially if one is only able to make minimum
payments on credit cards.
"It won't kill you."
This is used in reference to multiple situations -- going to church,
eating pickled beets, sitting next to a sibling or going into a
shop where you were not allowed to touch anything. Use it financially
to remind yourself that most impulse purchases are unnecessary,
in other words, you won't die without it. It tends to put
things in perspective.
"If everyone else jumps off a cliff, would
you, too?"
Don't overextend your financial means just to follow fads. Know
what you need vs. something you simply want. And don't just head
to the trendy store for that item. Shop
around to get the best price.
"If at first you don't succeed, try, try again."
This self-evident truism reminds us that good things aren't won
easily. They require repeated effort. Got burned in the stock market?
Learn your lesson and don't repeat your mistake, but keep trying
to put your money to work.
Mom also used a closely related saying:
"It doesn't matter how often you get knocked down; it's how
often you get
"Sure you can have your own car ...
assuming you can pay for it and for the insurance. And that you
can pay for it with the money you have left over from paying your
tuition because if you can afford your own car, you can afford to
pay for college."
You can have it if you can buy it with your own money. The lesson
is pretty obvious; Even mom and dad don't offer a free lunch.
If you want something in life, work
for it.
"Don't be wasteful! We can turn the bottle
upside-down, and get that last bit out!"
When you're looking for ways
to stretch your money, first be frugal with what you already
have. You'll spend less. Always put that extra saved away for a
rainy day.
"Everyone is responsible for their own happiness."
You have to learn to look for happiness within, and you can't depend
on others to make you happy. This is the same for financial happiness.
You have to take
control of what you spend and what you bring in.
"Are you trying to air condition the whole
Don't let laziness cost you money. Conserving energy is not only
good for the environment; it will save
you plenty of money.
Compiled by Amy C. Fleitas.
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College Hockey:This Week in Division III: Feb. 12, 2004
A Letter from Bill Bowes
This past weekend, I got a call from Bill Bowes, the former Wentworth head coach who was dismissed on January 30.
He requested that USCHO.com publish a statement from him to the college hockey community concerning his situation. Here it is, unedited and in its entirety:
Dear Chris,
As you know, I am no longer coaching at Wentworth. Because of your support over the years, I wanted to issue a statement to you regarding the situation.
Despite being very disappointed by the reasoning, process, and timing of this decision by Wentworth, I remain a huge fan of the program and the 27 student athletes currently on the team. They have given exactly what I have asked of them including, their best efforts on the ice, in class, and in the community. The focus should remain with the student athletes.
I deeply appreciate Worcester Academy, Assumption College, and Wentworth Institute of Technology for affording me the privilege of coaching hockey during the past 25 years. Thanks to these institutions, I have been able to meet and work with hundreds of the finest young men in hockey, and on the planet.
I sincerely thank all who have called in support of my family and me. The steady stream of letters, e-mails and phone calls from former players, former assistants, current coaching colleagues, referees, and friends has been overwhelming and encouraging.
I look forward to new and different things in my coaching career and plan to actively pursue a position in college hockey. My character, work ethic and dedication to the game have never been questioned. Although Wentworth has chosen to go in a different direction with the hockey program, I look forward to the challenges ahead.
Thank you for your support to me, the Leopard players, and to all of college hockey through the years.
Bill Bowes
While the letter contains no details behind the reasoning for Wentworth's decision, there were a few things that Bowes wanted to make clear.
"I want to make sure people know I didn't hit a kid or anything remotely like that," he said. "The timing of these things can lead people to expect the worst."
Bowes said that what led to his dismissal was "a disagreement with the administration that had been going on for some time."
The timing was indeed an issue. Coaches are rarely removed in the middle of a season, especially at the Division III level.
Bowes took over the reins at Wentworth in 1995 after the team had gone 5-59 the past three seasons. After a 6-39 record his first two years, Bowes turned the program around, going 112-58-9 since then, including three ECAC Northeast titles and three trips to the NCAA tournament.
"He's done an outstanding job at Wentworth," said St. Norbert head coach Tim Coghlin. "He brought them to respectability and then to prominence. He's a great person; a great person for college hockey. I respect him a lot."
RIT coach Wayne Wilson echoed those comments.
"Wentworth wouldn't be on the map (for hockey) if it wasn't for what he's done there," he said. "I'm sure Bill will land on his feet. He's such a good coach."
"You can quote me on this: It's Wentworth's loss, and will be somebody else's gain," said Plattsburgh coach Bob Emery. "Billy is a great guy and a great coach."
Bowes said he definitely wants to coach again.
"I'm going to take a little time and assess things," he said. "But, yeah, I want to continue coaching."
The "Other" Poll
After a seven-year stoppage, the NCAA is again releasing a Division III men's hockey ranking. Unlike the previous version, which was a coaches' poll similar to the USCHO.com poll, this one is a "ranking." The Division III committee lists the teams in order based on the criteria that will be used to select at-large teams for the NCAA tournament, as well as seed all the teams.
The criteria are:
The initial list is one-third of all teams from each region; 15 in the East and seven in the West. Once a team is ranked, it cannot fall out of the ranking, so the number of teams should increase over the next few weeks.
"It gives teams an idea of where they stand," said Chris Schneider, NCAA staff liaison for the Division III men's hockey championships. "Hopefully, it will eliminate the mystery associated with the process."
These rankings will come out each Tuesday from now until the end of the season, when the last version will be the actual NCAA field. That one will be a bit different, as the committee will have to compare Eastern and Western teams.
Subjectivity vs. Objectivity
Let's compare the USCHO.com poll and the NCAA Regional Rankings:
East Region
|NCAA Rank
|USCHO.com Poll
|Poll by Region
|1 East
|2 East
|9 East
|8 East
|3 East
|New England
|5 East
|4 East
|7 East
|6 East
|10 East
West Region
|NCAA Rank
|USCHO.com Poll
|Poll by Region
|St. Norbert
|1 West
|Wisconsin-River Falls
|2 West
|Lake Forest
|4 West
|St. John's
|3 West
|St. Thomas
|5 West
|St. Mary's
It looks like Bowdoin and Curry aren't getting enough respect from the coaches and media. They're ranked 12th and 13th in the poll and the 8th and 9th ranked teams in the East, respectively. But the two teams are much higher in the NCAA rankings: 4th and 3rd in the Eastern region.
"We're feeling very positive about the rankings," said Curry coach Rob Davies. "They followed the guidelines that they had, and we wound up where we did because we've done a good job based on the criteria."
Davies' team dropped a spot in the USCHO poll last week, despite defeating Nichols and Stonehill by a combined score of 27-0.
"I don't know. Maybe there was some backlash because it looked like we ran up the score," said Davies. "But we didn't do that."
While he's happy about Curry's ranking, Davies is pragmatic about what it means. "Expect lots of movement (in the rankings)," he said. "The really important ranking will be the one that comes out in about four weeks. There's a lot of hockey to be played before then."
One More List
Sick of polls and rankings? Nah. Here's my USCHO Power Rankings:
1. Middlebury — Yeah, the NCAA ranking influenced me a bit.
2. Norwich — Stumbled against Bowdoin; four tough games left.
3. St. Norbert — Got only a point last weekend, but still in first place in the NCHA.
4. Wisconsin-River Falls — Can still win the NCHA regular season, but needs some help.
5. Bowdoin — Big wins over Norwich and archrival Colby last week.
6. Curry — Numbers don't lie. Neither do wins over Bowdoin and Manhattanville.
7. New England — Showdown with Norwich on Saturday.
8. Lake Forest — Holding on to home ice in the quarterfinals.
9. St. John's — Nine-game winning streak.
10. Plattsburgh — Needs a win to clinch the SUNYAC regular-season title.
11. Manhattanville — Showdown at RIT on Saturday.
12. RIT — See Manhattanville.
13. St. Thomas — Still in first in the MIAC.
14. Oswego — Still has a shot at first; has to beat Plattsburgh on Friday.
15. Wisconsin-Superior — Back on track with three straight wins.
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Mobile Robotics has advanced to a stage where robotic vehicles are beginning to navigate autonomously and make decisions about the traversibility of obstacles based on rich sensor data and machine learning and planning techniques. Unfortunately, these systems can still fail, especially in circumstances on which they were not trained. My goal is to create a technique which should improve robot safety and reliability by allowing robots to detect important changes in their environment. If a robot sees a given scene more than once and there is a significant change, such as a human being present or a tree falling, the robot should be able to detect the change and avoid it or alert a human. I am investigating machine learning techniques to perform change detection on a set of rich sensor data collected by a mobile robot.


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"47 Ronin" is based on a true tale about samurai who went to insane lengths to exact their revenge when their daimyo was disgraced. Masterless, they pretended they were drunkards and craftsmen, all in a bid to avenge their master's honor. When the plan did go into effect, all but one of the samurai died, judged too young by the Emperor to commit seppuku. "47 Ronin" is very, very, very loosely based on the original tale, and features far more monsters, magic, Zombie Boys, and Keanu Reeves than the original source material.
The shame of it all is that the original 47 Ronin tale is an engaging story of fatalistic honor without any embellishment. But this is Hollywood after all, who associates Keanu with all things Asian – in the same way Tom Cruise somehow ended up being "The Last Samurai," Reeves is thrust into Japanese folklore. The scriptwriters at least worked hard to make him fit with the cultural aspects of a mythical Japan – he was trained by the Tengu, the long-nosed bird people who supposedly taught martial arts in the mountains. Folklorists have sometimes associated Tengu with Westerners who may have settled in the mountains in Japan, so it makes as much sense as any other explanation that Reeves' character hails from there.
The story hews loosely to the original tale, except that the bad guy has a witch at his disposal (who is actually a shapeshifter), and supernatural foes abound: animated suits of armor, the aforementioned tengu swordsmen, and of course oriental dragons. You get the sense that this film was meant to be an Asian version of "Lord of the Rings," and at least when it comes to special effects it succeeds.
But it's not a film about Keanu Reeves. American audiences aren't likely to be happy with what amounts to an ancient Japanese form of suicide-by-cop, in which our collective 47 ronin willingly go to their deaths by flouting authority with the sole purpose of avenging their master's honor. This is a beautiful film, but it's not an upbeat one.
Also, Zombie Boy speaks a handful of words and appears for less than 30 seconds in the movie. His inclusion is cynical marketing at its finest, which is perhaps part of why audiences punished "47 Ronin" so severely. It's a film marketed all wrong trying too hard to gloss over a strong story at its core. Wrong audience, wrong approach, but still a visually engaging film.
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Macy's Home Goes French
July 25, 2005-- Home Textiles Today,
New York —Macy's first full fledged home store fashion event — with the style and romance of France's Provence area — organized by Macy's Home Store division, launched this past weekend with a private sale and opens later this week to the public.
The company produced three catalogs — an 88-page book for full-line stores with complete home furnishings departments including furniture, rugs and mattresses; a furniture, rugs and mattress book for the company's 58 furniture galleries; and a version for stores without furniture and mattresses, said Lester Gribetz, senior vice president, fashion and trend merchandising.
While the catalogs reflect the beginnings of the trading up across home lines, "The merchandises mix still addresses our existing customers with affordable luxury and moderate prices," Gribetz said.
The merchandise in this catalog reflects the company's move to more private branding, much internally sourced, as well as exclusive merchandise from key suppliers like Lauren Ralph Lauren and Donna Karan Home.
"We cannot win in the low-priced world," Gribetz emphasized, citing Lauren Ralph Lauren and Provence products, especially Avignon, as setting the product pace for upgrading. "The customer is out there," he added. "The product is the first thing that has to be addressed — a combination of distinctive product and value."
Special events also are important elements of the promotional event and include personal appearances by leading chefs in specific locales. The company's bridal registry — now national in scope — also is prominently featured.
The Provence theme marks the second home furnishing theme statement spearheaded by Gribetz since the formation of the Macy's Home Store last year.
In January, the company launched its first Macy's Home Store book that reflected the beginnings of the efforts outlined by Gribetz and the merchants brought together to form the new organization. "On the Riviera" — an inside gatefold — set the color theme of blue, yellow and bronze across the entire home store.
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Beautiful Ugly by Sheila E. Lipsey is a story of three women who've known each other since college. Envy, Layla, and Kacie are three women who equate outward beauty with true beauty. For that reason the title of this book is appropriate.
After facing a myriad of crises between the three of them in the end they eventually find that God sees the beauty inside each of them.
This book starts out very slowly. Several times I wanted to put it down and I honestly only continued reading because I knew that I had to write a review. I wanted to know and care about Envy, Layla, and Kacie unfortunately the book did not allow the opportunity for that to occur. I feel if the author had spent more time on each person individually then that would have helped. Instead their lives were intertwined in an almost confusing manner.
My other source of confusion happened several time in this book due to the author changing things that had previously been written. At one point in the book she mentions an event that happened to Envy at fifteen years old, then later it changes to thirteen years old. In a shameless plug the characters plan to attend the new stage play Sinsatiable which is another title by this author. In the next chapter, Sinsatiable is referred to as a movie. There are other instances but to include them all would spoil the book for other readers.
I would recommend this book if you are looking for a story of women struggling with self esteem issues who eventually turn to God. If you are facing self esteem issues it also could be helpful to hear God's message to these women and apply it in your own life.


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Now this is a first, Abadía Retuerta LeDomaine--an exclusive 900-year-old abbey hotel and winery in Spain that dates from 1146 in the country's Duero wine region, looks to the future with Google Glass. Don't let its age fool you, this is one modern thinking property that is actually giving the techno tool to its guests to wear during their visit. Imagine walking around this historic medieval abbey donning the latest in technology on your face. It's quite a vision.
"Google Glass is the next step in our complete transformation from an ancient and storied abbey to a sophisticated modern hotel offering the highest level of luxury and service in a sublime historic ambiance," said Andres Araya, managing director of Abadía Retuerta LeDomaine. "With Google Glass, we are introducing our guests to an exciting new 21st-century experience in a 12th-century setting."
Abadía Retuerta LeDomaine has eight of the wearable computers – which are like eyeglasses but with only one lens that functions as a monitor, plus a microphone and a speaker at your ear –available for guest use. LeDomaine's guests can enjoy the many apps and functions of Google Glass, such as: taking pictures (with a verbal command or just the blink of your eye) to post and share on social media in real time; make short videos; watch videos about LeDomaine including a general hotel video and a LeDomaine Art Tour; stargaze with a gps-based app that allows you to see the alignment of the stars above at that moment in time; browse information on the internet that has been formatted for Google Glass; and make phone calls. The photos that guests take with their Google Glass are downloaded to a memory stick for them to take home. As new apps become available for Google Glass, LeDomaine is adding them.
The hotel offers 22 regal rooms that were fully restored for an opening in 2012. It was the first hotel in Spain to offer a full butler service and the only Spanish establishment for inclusion in the 2013 edition of the prestigious Relais & Châteaux hotel and restaurant guide. The hotel is currently converting the original stables into eight new guest rooms and a Spa, which will be completed in 2015.
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Like humans, mice quickly develop social order
Adult mice arrange themselves into leaders and followers, but not if they have autism-like traits, suggesting new directions for research.
In their Weizmann lab with large mouse enclosures are, clockwise from left, Tali Kimchi with Aharon Weissbrod, Alexander Shapiro and Molly Dayan
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By Avigayil Kadesh
Put five unacquainted adult males together in a house, and within hours one will take his place as the alpha male and another as the beta. Add a couple of females, and you can bet the dominant dude and his sidekick will claim them.
What's true for humans – if you've ever watched an episode of the reality show Big Brother, this scenario will seem familiar – is also true for mice. A team led by Israeli neurobiologist Dr. Tali Kimchi has done the world's first deep, systematic study of the mechanisms regulating the social behavior of these little mammals, whose brains and genetic makeup are close to that of people.
The results, published in June 2013 in
Nature Communications
, provide insight into normative social behavior. And because the researchers also watched the behavior of mice engineered to display typical symptoms of autism, the study sheds new light on societal aspects of social disorders.
Using a proprietary automated system, the scientists identified dozens of individual social behaviors, such as seeking out specific companions for activities or rest, avoiding certain individuals and attacking others. They were able to isolate and identify typical behaviors of individuals, pairs and groups. The system even predicted, with near-perfect accuracy, the mating patterns of the mice.
Ruler of the roost
"We took mice that were strangers to each other, all the same age and strain," Kimchi explains. "In the first stage, we put five males in the cage. We could see clearly, every time we did this experiment, that in a matter of a few hours there was a dominant male established. He ruled the enclosure and chased the others, and decided if others could approach the food and water chambers. Later, he mated with the females we added, and chased away competitors."
One mouse always took the No. 2 position in the social order. "We could see that he always waited for a chance to replace the dominant male, and they had the most interaction," says Kimchi. The other three mice remained subordinate to the two top honchos throughout each week-and-a-half study.
On day seven, two females were added, causing an immediate social imbalance. "Every mouse in the system became significantly more active and social," Kimchi reports. "There was some resulting instability, but in a few hours everything went back to the way it was before, and the alpha reclaimed his position."
What determines which mice will be dominant, subordinate or submissive? How much of this is controlled by genes, how much by environment and how much is the result of the interaction between the two?
"We don't know this yet, but hopefully we will use our device to figure it out," Kimchi says.
A mouse in the house
Previous social studies of mice involved only a pair of the rodents, in a typically small lab cage that offered limited ability to interact. Moreover, researchers needed to wade through hours of footage to quantify10 minutes of social behavior.
Kimchi's experiments at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot were structured in a revolutionary way, based on methods she had devised over four and a half years of post-doc research at Harvard University.
"When I came to Weizmann in 2008, I set a goal to build an automated system to allow the study of complex social interaction with multiple individuals under semi-natural conditions mimicking as far as possible behavior of mice in the field," she says. "Nobody had ever done this before, and it took us about three years to build the setup."
This was accomplished by Kimchi's research team – including Aharon Weissbrod, Genady Wasserman and Alex Shapiro -- together with Ofer Feinerman of the Institute's Physics of Complex Systems Department.
They built an enclosure of about three feet by three feet -- 50 times larger than the standard cage for studies of mouse behavior. Since mice, like humans, are social creatures, groups of five or more were studied at a time.
Inside the sophisticated enclosure free of human intervention, the position of each mouse was tracked via a microchip telemetry system similar to that planted under the skin of pets for ID purposes, fused with video-tracking software with infrared capabilities for the dark.
All components were invented, patented and built at the Weizmann, and allowed the researchers to track the position of each individual, 30 times per second, in a spatial resolution of less than a centimeter. From this rich recorded data, the scientists extracted detailed social profiles of each mouse.
Autistic mice
In order to see the interactional differences between "normal" mice and those with the social difficulties and repetitive behaviors typical of people with autism spectrum disorders, Kimchi's team put mice bred to have autistic behaviors into the enclosure and watched what happened.
The autistic mice groups rarely established a dominant male. If they did, the social order did not remain stable. This indicates, says Kimchi, "that if you don't know who's in front of you, you cannot form relationships."
Thanks to the experiments and the ability to share recorded data with researchers anywhere, Kimchi's team has effectively invented a new tool to deepen the understanding of social, aggressive, sexual and maternal behaviors critical to the survival of every species – as well as abnormal social behaviors.
"We could use this for neuropsychotic research by using different types of mouse models, and maybe as a tool to evaluate drug treatments for various disorders," says Kimchi.
"What is striking to me is that you can see the same principles, the same instinctive behaviors, in mice and humans. As a behaviorist, I see that you can use a mouse model very nicely to study instinctive behaviors because 98% of genes correlate between mice and humans, as well as brains and hormones."
Her lab is now studying additional models to look for similar features in mice with different neuropsychiatric disabilities. "This will allow us, perhaps, to screen for novel genes related to those disorders," she says.
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It opens in March.
While we wait and see where Anthony Bourdain's massive street-food-based market will land, it's of note that Keizo Shimamoto's Ramen Burger, otherwise known as the other big edible meme of 2013, will this year be making the transition from outdoor market food to permanent fixture when it opens inside Berg'n, Brooklyn Flea's huge "beer garden" and food hall coming to Crown Heights sometime in March. Other tenants include Mighty Quinn's, Asiadog, and Pizza Moto, all of which already have or are working on opening brick-and-mortar outposts. Will there still be very long lines once it turns into a seven-day-a-week operation? [Official Site, Related]


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Generalized Nyquist Consensus Condition for Linear Multi-Agent Systems with Heterogeneous Delays
Estimation and Control of Networked Systems, Volume # 1 | Part# 1
Muenz, Ulrich; Papachristodoulou, Antonis; Allgower, Frank
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Consensus problems; Control with communication constraints (quantization effects etc); Multivehicle systems, flocking
We study robust consensus of linear Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) with heterogeneous delays. We provide a very accurate set-valued condition that guarantees consensus for arbitrary bounded delays and arbitrary connected topologies. This condition is proven using the generalized Nyquist criterion. From the set-valued condition, an explicit analytical formula is derived for single integrator MAS. In this publication, the delays affect both the agent's own state and its neighbor's state; and we assume that the delay of the agent's own state and its neighbor's state are different, e.g. due to a combination of computation delays, which affect both states, and transmission delays, which only affect the neighbor's state.
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NEW YORK — Dennis Farina, a onetime Chicago cop who as a popular actor played a cop on "Law & Order," has died.
Farina died Monday morning in a Scottsdale, Ariz., hospital after suffering a blood clot in his lung, according to his publicist, Lori De Waal. He was 69.
For three decades, Farina was a character actor who displayed remarkable dexterity, charm and, when called for, toughness, making effective use of his craggy face, steel-gray hair, ivory smile and ample mustache.
Farina appeared in films including "Get Shorty," ''Saving Private Ryan," ''Midnight Run" and "Out Of Sight."
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He recently completed shooting a comedy, "Lucky Stiff."
A veteran of the Chicago theater, Farina appeared in Joseph Mantegna's "Bleacher Bums" and "Streamers," directed by Terry Kinney, among other productions.
Born Feb. 29, 1944, in Chicago, he was a city detective before he found his way into the acting profession as he neared his forties.
His first film was the 1981 action drama "Thief," directed by Michael Mann, whom he had met through a mutual friend while still working for the Chicago Police Department.
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Farina is survived by three sons, six grandchildren and his longtime partner, Marianne Cahill.
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To facilitate the electrical connection of the new Eastern Washington University residence hall to the campus high voltage electrical system, a series of electrical shutdowns will occur at EWU Wednesday, Sept. 12.
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