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A brush and water container in one! Great for watercoloring, rubber stamping, sketching and more. The small, medium, large, and flat brushes all hold 7 ml of water, and the mini holds 5½ ml of water.
Squeeze or fill the water reservoir, screw on the brush tip, and you're ready to go! Squeeze the Niji Waterbrush gently to wet the brush and keep it moist, which eliminates continually dipping your brush. This brush is great for travel.
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By Caryll
from Windsor, CT
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I've tried all the waterbrushes and the Niji is pound-for-pound the best in of the bunch.Excellent bristle quality, nice-sized reservoir and takes a pretty good beating. (I really put these through the paces as I scrub with waterbrushes quite a lot.)My only small lament is that Niji doesn't make a flat brush.Highest recommendation.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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By Moondoggie
from WI
I use this product to color in sketches in my journal. The water reservoir is a nice size. The medium tip is a great size for my pages. Water-brushes do keep the brush wet, not dripping wet, but wet. This works for me, though I have a towel handy to dab the brush if needed.
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By Nic
from Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania
I use the Niji Waterbrush to blend skys in my landscapes when I have complex and varicolored cloud forms. It enables me to blend without over watering the paint which would make the paint film more fragile.
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By Quincy the swimmer
from Versailles, Ohio
My son Quincy loves these new brushesvery easy to use
By Nessa
from Wisconsin
I've been struggling with watercolor brush writing. I'd been using a regular watercolor brushes until I tried out the Niji medium size water brush. I love it. It noticed a difference in my writing instantly. It's easy to control and feels just like using a pen. I've tried it with watercolors and inks. Both work great. I"m planning on buying all sizes.
Every bit as good as my teachers described!
By Sydne
from Tiburon. CA
No need for seperate water container, water does not leak from cartridge, round brush versitile so no need for addl brush
Love these as a concept and in use even more
By Leafy Needle
from Detroit, Michigan
There is nothing I don't like about these brushes. They have changed my way of working with color. I have gone from regular colored pencils to watercolor pencils in combo with them due to the ease and versatility of this kind of brush. I like all brands of them. The price is good. They are so convenient, easily portable in any environment, and work very well. I love them!I think the only thing I can say is I would like to see more sizes, brush materials, and styles for a greater variety of applications.
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By Linblooms
from San Francisco bay area.
For watercolor painting-a-day Outdoors, all I need is this Niji water brush, a little water color notebook, a folding kit of water color pans, and an old cotton sock with the toe cut off, worn like a cuff on my wrist, to wipe the brush off when changing colors. I can paint any where now, and usually spend 10 to twenty minutes on my lunch break doing scenes in the park or on the street near my work. The flat works great for straight lines like fences or windows, as well as washes!
These are the best invention especially for traveling.
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from Mill Hall, PA
Make being able to paint while anywhere!
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I am a hobbyist, and love to paint with oils and water colors. Happy with any product I have ever purchased from Blick!!!! Would recommend Blick to anyone.
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Selecting the best and worst draft picks in New Orleans Saints history is not an easy task.
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The best picks are much easier to determine than the worst, simply because of sheer field size. You can find 10 unqualified busts in the 1960s and 1970s alone.
It's also important to define a bad draft pick.
Sometimes the pick is poor simply because the player didn't pan out. See: Sullivan, Johnathan, 2003.
Other times it's more complicated. Sometimes the pick is bad because of who wasn't selected. Context is required.
For example, Sam Bowie wasn't a horrible player. He just wasn't Michael Jordan, the player the Portland Trail Blazers bypassed to select Bowie in the 1984 NBA Draft.
So with that in mind, here are one man's picks for the best and worst picks in Saints' NFL Draft history. We'll start with the 10th worst pick, followed by the 10th best pick and will alternate daily leading up to the NFL Draft, April 28-30:
Today -- No. 8 worst Saints draft pick
Guard Royce Smith, Georgia
1972, First round (No. 8 overall)
Selected ahead of: RB Franco Harris (No. 13, Steelers); LB Jeff Siemon (No. 10, Vikings); G Reggie McKenzie (No. 27, Bills); S Tommy Casanova (No. 29, Bengals); OG Conrad Dobler (No. 110, Cardinals).
The Saints entered the 1972 draft needing a lot of things. For the first time, a quarterback wasn't one of them. The previous year they used the No. 2 overall pick on franchise quarterback Archie Manning.
In his second season, Coach J.D. Roberts, a former marine, wanted to instill toughness in his team and it would start up front. He'd drafted three offensive linemen and a tight end in the six picks after Manning in the 1971 draft. The beef didn't help the running game much, though. The Saints' leading rusher in 1971 was Jim Strong with 404 yards.
The Saints clearly had a need for a running back in the 1972 draft but didn't consider either of the two standout runners from Penn State available: Franco Harris or Lydell Mitchell. Instead, the Saints used the No. 8 pick to make Georgia's Royce Smith the highest-drafted interior lineman in that year's lottery and the highest overall in six seasons.
Smith was a two-time All-American at Georgia. His selection was expected to correct the mistake the Saints made three seasons earlier, when they made guard John Shinners the No. 17 overall selection in the 1969 draft. The Xavier, Ohio lineman never developed into a starter and was shipped to the Colts for defensive back James Duncan and a couple of mid-round draft picks.
Despite his stellar college career, Smith failed to earn a starting job in two seasons and was dealt, along with linebacker Dick Palmer, to Atlanta for cornerback Ken Reaves and guard Andy Maurer, who were subsequently traded for picks in the 1975 draft. Smith never started a game in his five NFL seasons with the Saints.
Meanwhile, the second guard selected in the 1972 draft, Reggie McKenzie of Michigan, would develop into an immediate starter for the Buffalo Bills, who selected him with the first pick of the second round (No. 27 overall). McKenzie started 13 seasons for the Bills and Seahawks and made several All-NFL teams.
You'd think the Saints would have learned their lessons after striking out on Shinners and Smith, but clearly they didn't. In 1975, they used their second first-round pick, the No. 12 overall selection, on guard/tackle Kurt Schumacher of Ohio State, who started only nine games in three seasons and was out of the league in four years.
To be fair, the Saints weren't the only ones who whiffed in 1972, which is widely regarded as one of the weakest drafts ever. It started off with the infamous Walt Patulski of Notre Dame as the No. 1 overall pick, and it included such luminaries as Sherman White, Lionel Antoine, Greg Sampson, Jerry Tagge, Craig Clemons and Herb Orvis in the first 12 selections.

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Pictures have shown June and she has actually lost weight. The entire family was in a car wreck and there was no mention of a baby or of a pregnancy. It would be pretty shocking if she is pregnant and they were able to keep it a secret from the fans for this long. There is no news out there for sure if she is pregnant or not so hopefully they will reveal it next week.
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WALNUT CREEK, Calif. - University of Colorado junior Elysse Richardson has been named to the Pac-12 Conference All-Academic Women's Volleyball First Team, announced on Wednesday morning by Commissioner Larry Scott.
Richardson has recorded a 3.95 grade-point average while majoring in psychology. She has played in all 30 contests this season, starting nine of those matches. Richardson is averaging 2.15 digs per set and has recorded 215 digs this season in 100 sets. She has also served up 16 aces and has handed out 48 assists this season.
Jessica Aschenbrenner, Kelsey English and Ana Pantovic were all named to the honorable mention team.
To be eligible for selection to the academic team, a student-athlete must have a minimum 3.0 overall grade-point average and be either a starter or significant contributor.
The Buffs (14-16, 4-14 Pac-12) will are on the road for a pair of matches this week to finish the regular season. They will face No. 2 Stanford tonight (Wednesday) at 9 p.m. in Stanford, Calif., and on Friday, Nov. 23, they will square off against Utah at 7 p.m. in Salt Lake City, Utah. Both contests will be televised live on the Pac-12 Network.
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Daniel O. Conkle
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Law Building, Rm. 331
J.D., Ohio State University, 1979
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- Religious liberty
- Religion and law
- The role of religion in American politics and public life
A member of the IU faculty since 1983, I teach Constitutional Law, the First Amendment, and Law and Religion. My research addresses constitutional law and theory, religious liberty, and the role of religion in American law, politics, and public life.
As a teacher and scholar of American constitutional law and theory, I am especially interested in issues of religious liberty and related questions of law, ethics, and public policy. I have devoted considerable attention to legal and theoretical questions surrounding the religion clauses of the First Amendment. This constitutional language prohibits the "establishment of religion" even as it protects religious "free exercise." I have published numerous articles on this topic, as well as a book Constitutional Law: The Religion Clauses (Foundation Press, 2003). I also have published articles addressing non-constitutional, normative questions concerning the role of religion in American politics and public life.
In addition to my law school appointment, I am an adjunct professor of religious studies and a Nelson Poynter Scholar at the Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions.
- Leon H. Wallace Teaching Award
- Two-time recipient of the Gavel Award for outstanding contributions to the graduating law school class
- Six-time recipient of law school faculty fellowships for outstanding scholarship
- Robert H. McKinney Professorship
- Research Editor, Ohio State Law Journal
- Clerk, Hon. Edward Allen Tamm, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1979-80
- Associate, Taft, Stettinius & Hollister, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1980-83
- Member, Order of the Coif
Courses Recently Taught
- LAW-B513 Constitutional Law I (general survey)
- LAW-B668 Constitutional Law II (First Amendment)
- LAW-L799 Law and Religion
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Constitutional Law: The Religion Clauses (Foundation Press, 2003)
Articles and Book Chapters:
"Religion, Politics, and the 2000 Presidential Election: A Selective Survey and Tentative Appraisal," 77 Indiana Law Journal 247 (2002)
"The Free Exercise Clause: How Redundant, and Why?," 33 Loyola University Chicago Law Journal 95 (2001)
"The Path of American Religious Liberty: From the Original Theology to Formal Neutrality and an Uncertain Future," 75 Indiana Law Journal 1 (2000)
"Secular Fundamentalism, Religious Fundamentalism, and the Search for Truth in Contemporary America," 12 Journal of Law and Religion 337 (1995-96); republished in Law and Religion: A Critical Anthology, at 317 (Stephen M. Feldman, ed.; New York University Press, 2000)
"Professing Professionals: Christian Pilots on the River of Law," 38 Catholic Lawyer 151 (1998); republished in Religion, Morality and the Professions in America, at 9 (Indiana University Poynter Center Monograph Series, 1999)
"Congressional Alternatives in the Wake of City of Boerne v. Flores: The (Limited) Role of Congress in Protecting Religious Freedom from State and Local Infringement," 20 University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Journal 633 (1998)
"Religiously Devout Judges: Issues of Personal Integrity and Public Benefit," 81 Marquette Law Review 523 (1998)


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St. Patrick's Day is right around the corner, so it's the perfect time to get your green on. To spark your Irish spirit, here are some fun facts about St. Patrick's Day and online resources for free coloring pages and printables for kids. "USA Today" pointed out that St. Patrick wasn't even Irish, but he was "kidnapped by Irish pirates at the age of 16" around the year 400 A.D. However, according to History.com, the mysterious St. Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland and one of Christianity's most celebrated figures.
St. Patrick's Day is often associated with green beer and wild parties. However, it can also be a family-friendly celebration for kids. With a little imagination and G-rated planning, children can also participate in the festivities, even if they aren't Irish. Many cities host parades and festivals that are free and appropriate for families. So, this weekend, find something green to wear and enjoy the luck of the Irish.
Top 10 Fun Facts about St. Patrick's Day
- St. Patrick's Day is celebrated on March 17 around the globe to honor the patron saint of Ireland, St. Patrick.
- St. Patrick's Day is observed on March 17 because that is the feast day of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. It is believed that he died on March 17 in the year 461 AD. It is also a worldwide celebration of Irish culture and history. St. Patrick's Day is a national holiday in Ireland, and a provincial holiday in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
- In Ireland on St. Patrick's Day, people traditionally wear a small bunch of shamrocks on their jackets or caps. Children wear orange, white and green badges, and women and girls wear green ribbons in their hair.
- Many cities have a St. Patrick's Day parade. Dublin, the capital of Ireland, has a huge St. Patrick's Day festival from March 15-19 that features a parade, family carnivals, treasure hunt, dance, theater and more. In North American, parades are often held on the Saturday or Sunday before March 17. Some paint the yellow street lines green for the day. In Chicago, the Chicago River is dyed green with a special dye that only lasts a few hours. There has been a St. Patrick's Day parade in Boston, Ma. since 1737. Montreal is home to Canada's longest running St. Patrick's Day parade, which began in 1824.
- Ireland is associated with the color green because it is known as "The Emerald Island."
- According to the Guinness Book of World records, the highest number of leaves found on a clover is 14.
- Legend says that each leaf of the clover means something: the first is for hope, the second for faith, the third for love, and the fourth for luck.
- Some American towns have Irish names. You could visit: Mount Gay-Shamrock, West Virginia; Shamrock Lakes, Indiana; Shamrock, Oklahoma; Shamrock, Texas; Dublin, California, and Dublin, Ohio.
- The Irish flag is green, white and orange. The green symbolizes the people of the south; and orange, the people of the north. White represents the peace that brings them together as a nation.
- 34 million Americans have Irish ancestry. That's almost nine times the population of Ireland, which has 4.1 million people.
Top 10 St. Patrick's Day Resources for Free Printables and Coloring Pages:
From leprechauns to rainbows and 4-leaf clovers, there are a ton of free printables and coloring pages from which to choose for St. Patrick's Day coloring fun. Here are ten great online resources:
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- Raisingourkids.com
- Apples4theteacher.com
- ABC Teach
- MES English
- Primary Games
- The Holiday Spot
- Spoonful.com
- Billy Bear4kids (younger kids)
What is a Blarney Stone?
The Blarney is a block of bluestone built into the battlements of Blarney Castle, about five miles from Cork, Ireland. According to legend, kissing the stone endows the kisser with the gift of gab. The stone was set into a tower of the castle in 1446. Today, the castle is a popular tourist site in Ireland, attracting visitors from all over the world to kiss the stone and tour the castle and its gardens. The word blarney has come to mean clever or flattering talk.
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I think I've found the ultimate cure for a hangover – it's a ride called Vertigo in the middle of the Isle of Wight festival.
Having had no breakfast I was a bit dubious about letting myself be thrown around a ride at high speed but it actually proved to do the trick.
Not only was it a total thrill but I got to see a view of the festival sight high above 55,000 people below all lapping up Simple Minds who are on stage now.


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Haemorrhage from the gastrointestinal tract of a young dog resulted in melena with concurrent anaemia. Exploratory laparotomy revealed that the haemorrhage originated from an arteriovenous fistula in the jejunum. Resection of the abnormal part of the jejunum was curative. The arteriovenous fistula i...
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An acute hemolytic transfusion reaction resulting from dog erythrocyte antigen (DEA) 1.1 incompatibility developed in a dog previously sensitized to DEA 1.1 by a transfusion 3 years earlier. The dog developed fever, pigmenturia, and lethargy, and its pcv did not rise as expected. The donor blood was...
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Failure to grow in pups and kittens can be the result of many factors. Dietary, metabolic, endocrine, parasitic, neoplastic, and genetic diseases may be responsible for a failure to thrive alone or in concert with other disorders. A complete history, physical examination, complete blood cell count, ...
Use of Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy to quantify immunoglobulin G concentration and an analysis of the effect of signalment on levels in canine serum
Deficiency in immunoglobulin G (IgG) is associated with an increased susceptibility to infections in humans and animals, and changes in IgG levels occur in many disease states. In companion animals, failure of transfer of passive immunity is uncommonly diagnosed but mortality rates in puppies are hi...


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One of the earliest major American novels, Wieland (1798) is a thrilling tale of suspense and intrigue set in rural Pennsylvania in the 1760s. Based on an actual case of a New York farmer who murdered his family, the novel employs Gothic devices and sensational elements such as spontaneous combustion, ventriloquism, and religious fanaticism.
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My understanding was Alpha flashes should work, but haven't verified.
Do you already have flashes? If so, I would try the ones you linked or get a Sony flash to standard hotshoe converter (Pixel Flash TF-325 appear to work on NEX 7 based on Amazon reviews) and use standard Cowboy Studio triggers.
If you don't have flashes, I would just get S2 flashes like TT520, TT560, or even ZE-DS12. These all have S2 slave mode. You need S2 mode so it fires when the main flash fires. If you get a flash with just a single slave mode, it will fire on the TTL pre-flash and won't work. With S2 flashes, no radio triggers are needed as you can trigger them with the built in flash.
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District Sports Office (DSO), MM Rabbani High School, Kamptee, and Rabbani Club will jointly organise a football coaching camp at Military Ground, Kamptee, from May 20.
Proloy Saha, who played over 40 matches for India, killed in accident in Odisha. The ex-footballer was a stopper for East Bengal.
FA Cup holders Arsenal were left with an unwanted replay after a goalless draw against Hull in their last-16 clash at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday.
Sporting Clube de Goa would be looking to collect full points when they meet Mumbai FC a Hero I-League football match at Nehru Stadium in Fatorda on Sunday.
Sporting Clube de Goa will take on arch-rivals Salgaocar FC in an I-League match at the Fatorda Stadium in Margao on Thursday.
It's like Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo becoming available for absolutely nothing while still coveted stars of the game. But this is all happening off the field.
Needing to win their last two games to qualify for the play-offs, Chennaiyin FC will be seeking full points when they lock horns with Mumbai City FC in a crucial Indian Super League (ISL) football fixture in Chennai on Tuesday.
East Bengal failed to protect their lead and ended up losing 1-3 to Chittangong Abahani in the Sk Kamal International Gold Cup in Chittagong on Friday.
East Bengal and Chittagong Abahani Club are locked 1-1 at halftime in the Sk Kamal International Gold Cup meet in Chittagong on Friday.
East Bengal beat Chittagong Abahani 2-1 to start their campaign in the invitational football tournament in Chittagong on a winning note on Tuesday. Md Rafique and Prohlad Roy scored for East Bengal against the local club.
Kochammu, mother of the ace footballer I M Vijayan died here on Tuesday night. She was 86. Vijayan had lost his father Ayinivalappil Mani when he was only 12, and Vijayan and elder brother Biju were brought up by Kochammu since then. The last rites of Kochammu were performed today.
ASC's Boys Sports School (BSS) won the BDFA U-16 inter-school football tournament in Bengaluru. In the final, BSS beat Ozone Football Academy 5-3 via tie-breaker.
A brilliant brace by Ishan Panhekar helped St Xavier's HS, Hingna maul Centre Point School, Dhaba 4-1 in the YMCA U-16 Inter-School Football tournament at the BCS ground here on Monday.
In the U-17 girls, St Ursula HS and Gondia's Nutan Kanya Shala will clash in the DSO Subroto Mukherjee Football tournament final on Monday. St Ursula HS blanked K John Public School 2-0. Susna Naik and Nishita Bhende struck a goal apiece.


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"The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star Carlton Gebbia may not have been a big fan of Kyle Richards while filming the show because she felt disrespected, but she isn't a big fan of the other new housewife either. After this week's episode, many of the housewives feel that Joyce's husband Michael was trying too hard to be a part of the show. According to a new Wetpaint Entertainment report published on Jan. 3, "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star Carlton Gebbia is now revealing that she is not a fan of Joyce or her husband.
Michael spoke out during Lisa Vanderpump's dinner after learning that his wife, Joyce Giraud, had been disrespected by Brandi Glanville. "So Joyce, how are you OK with your husband getting right in the middle of an argument with you and another woman?" Carlton asks in her blog. "It's been years since I have watched a grown man get involved in an argument with another women. The word 'tool' comes to mind."
Of course, Carlton saw it as an unfair battle, as Joyce's husband attacked Brandi. A man should not do that to a woman. "Threatening to take a women down is just a spineless excuse of a man," she continues. "Stop threatening women and take on a man. God knows your woman has a mouth!" And it sounds like Carlton's problem with Joyce goes much deeper than her husband.
"Joyce, didn't you just blame others for your tagline?" Carlton questions in her Bravo blog about Joyce's tag-line for the show's introductions. Joyce had said that producers gave her some to choose from and that she wasn't pleased with it. "Methinks you protest too much! Girls out there are dangerously anorexic. So yes, Joyce, you can be too thin, if you're promoting anorexia," she continues. "Be responsible. Wrong message. Oh, and did I remind you that you lied? Now who's the fake?"
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Hi Spud & Chloë Friends,
I'll get right to the 2 winners of the Spud & Chloë at the Farm book and 5 hanks of squishy Sweater to make both Spud and Chloë. What an amazing response! I read every single comment and posted every single comment so I really did see them all. Thank you for the overwhelmingly positive response. Nothing could be sweeter to witness after working so long and hard on our lovely little book.
The first winning entry is:
Hi Susie! Thanks for the wonderful offer. Can't wait to cast on for Spud, he's so adorable. My rav id is curlyblue62
The second winning entry is:
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Petite Purls strikes again with this adorable ruffly number! I love this one, too. This sweater is another free pattern and it is called, Nola Jane. Nola Jane is made in Fine and there is even an instructional video on the pattern page to help with the ruffles. How's that for service?
Click here to find out more about Nola Jane on Petite Purls!
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Knit Simple magazine has done it again with this beautiful cable Spud & Chloë sweater. I would love to knit and wear this. It looks incredibly comfortable. Look for it in the newest Knit Simple Spring/Summer 2011 magazine. Here is the information about the pattern:
Knit Simple Spring/Summer 2011
Designer: Knit Simple Design Team
Yarn Information: Spud & Chloe Sweater
For Sizes: X-Small, Small, Medium, Large, X-Large, 2X, 3X
Amounts: 5 (6, 6, 7, 8, 8, 9) hanks in #7500 ice cream
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Knitscene has a new issue coming out, too. I love this magazine so much. The Figurehead Shawl is exactly the kind of project I'm obsessed with right now. I will definitely be making this one up right away as soon as I get the new issue.
Here is the information about the Figurehead Shawl:
figurehead shawl
alexis winslow
Size 34″ wide across upper edge and 10½" deep at center
Yarn Spud & Chloë Sweater (55% superwash wool, 45% organic cotton; 160 yd [146 m]/100 g):
• #7502 grass (A), 1 skein
• #7506 toast (B), 1 skein
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Click here to see more about the shawl project from Knitscene Summer 2011!
Well, it has been an exciting week so far on Spud says! Thank you for all of the support around here. It is so much fun every week as I feel like I never know what is going to happen next in the best kind of way. It's the Great Spud & Chloë Adventure for sure.
I'll be back soon.


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I continue to be amazed at what seems to me to be the jaw-dropping stupidity of the major marketing and trade bodies of the French wine industry. Their houses are on fire, and they are holding meetings at which they are basically deciding, well, instead of putting out the fire, why don't we just decide that we don't live there anymore -- problem solved!
OK. Maybe that's too obscure of a metaphor. Basically, though, the Bordeaux and Bordeaux Supérieur unions (the marketing and trade bodies which represent the Bordeaux chateaux) are acting like the steel industry in the Nineties -- trying to prop up the price of their product when really the problem is that it's too expensive in the first place and they're doing a lousy job of marketing it to boot.
Bordeaux wine prices (that is, what people are willing to pay on the market for wines from Bordeaux) have been falling as of late, especially in the mid- to low-priced wines. I (in my highly opinionated and partially informed state) attribute this to two main factors -- 1. The prices got driven up too high by general economic upswings in the 1990's and 2. People are less and less interested in buying Bordeaux because they don't understand and appreciate the wines, and because many people don't like the way they taste.
Now France can't do anything about the the first reason, but they can do something about the second, which would entail actually figuring out how to market to the world wine drinking audience, and relaxing some Appellation regulations to allow winemakers more freedom to make wines that might actually sell.
Instead, though, they are trying to fake the market out and "reduce the supply of Bordeaux" by simply telling many winemakers that they can no longer call their wines Bordeaux.
Riiiiiiiiight. So let me get this straight. You have 10,000,000 gallons of wine, or something like that. And the best price you can get on the market for it per bottle is $5. So one day you decide to tell everyone that actually only 5,000,000 of those gallons aren't real wine, and you expect the world to jump and say, "Oh. Well then. I guess we'll pay $8 a bottle for it" ? Meanwhile the people who own the most elite classed growths (the First Growths, Grand Crus, etc.) say that they have nothing to do with the problem, and that working with the lower and mid-range wineries isn't "relevant" to them.
Please ignore the clueless unions behind the curtain.
Somehow I don't think this is going to make the guys with the ski masks, sledgehammers, and baseball bats any easier to deal with. (Not that they should be appeased or mollified in any way -- they just need to be locked up, and quickly).
Who, or what, is going to come to the rescue of our beloved France?
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This is fabulous brain food for the claims configuration headphones. I will be buying some more of this composer.
I have been a big fan of Tchaikovsky, the traditional 1812, and Cappricio Italienne for work lately.
Also a big fan of George Winston piano.
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This is not a joke:
A month or so ago, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindall invited Utah Governor Gary Herbert to participate in a seafood cooking contest.
It all requires some clarification.
For 10 years, the state of Louisiana has hosted the annual Great American Seafood Cookoff in which chefs from around 18 other states compete with their best seafood recipes featuring sustainably grown fish from their home state.
A challenge for Utah in more ways than one. After all, we're a landlocked state–no oceans, gulfs, bays and the biggest lake is so saline fish can't live in it. Brine shrimp canapes, anyone??
We do have an amazing number of terrific chefs though, all of whom are utterly talented at working creatively with local ingredients of all kinds. And we do have sustainably raised trout, one of the most delicious fish on the planet. (And our state fish.)
On Monday July14, in the teaching kitchen at Harmons City Creek store (with the help of tireless chef Aaron Ballard) chefs Phelix Gardner of Pago and Finca, Briar Handley of the soon-to-open Handle and Clement Gelas, who has replaced Handley as executive chef at Talisker on Main will compete in what boils down to a mountain trout cook-off to determine who will represent Utah at the Great American Seafood Cookoff in New Orleans on August 3.
Lucky me. I am one of the judges, along with KUTV's Mary Nickes, Creminelli queen and food maven Vanessa Chang and Lt. Governor Spencer Cox, among others. I'll let you know how it turns out.
And may the best fish win.


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Frostmourne hungers! The webseries, Man at Arms, has heard your pleas to create iconic weapon that stole Arthas Menethil's soul. The star of the series, Tony Swatton, is a self educated Blacksmith (that's pretty cool that he did not need to talk to any blacksmith trainers to learn his craft) who has been making weapons and props for a myriad of movies. You can see his handiwork in movies such as The Hunger Games, Thor, Beowulf, Alice in Wonderland, Pirates of the Carribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Van Helsing, and many more.
He owns a studio called The Sword and Stone which is located in Burbank, CA. You can use the website to browse his fine wares and even buy some merchandise. He has all manner of breastplates, gauntlets, shields, swords, and axes to look at.
In the gaming world, Tony Swatton is best known for his Man at Arms series. This is where he creates real life renditions of weapons from famous TV shows, anime, and video games. Some of his past work includes: Sephiroth's Masamune, Halo's energy sword, the Pokemon Honedge, King Leonidas' sword, Edward Elric's alchemist spear, Chrom's Falchion, Thor's Mjolnir, Hit Girl's detachable sword, and many more. The list goes on and on. If you haven't had a chance to take a gander at his work, you should take this opportunity to see how these fine gadgets are made and if they are any useful in a real fight. What's really great about his show is the fact that it isn't some reality TV show with forced drama. It is done in a documentary style so the viewers can have a vivid picture of the work and effort that it takes for crafting these finely made specimens.
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WHEREAS, The Ad Hoc Committee on Faculty Workload at Marshall University was formed by the Faculty Senate and Graduate Council in Spring 2002, and charged by these faculty groups with a) reviewing current faculty workload policy and practices across the University, and b) based on this review, making recommendations concerning revisions of those policies and practices. After significant work on this project, the committee believes that the flexible workload policy described in the attached text is the most appropriate strategy for dealing with the complex work environment of Marshall University faculty members;
We, Resolved, That
Ad Hoc Committee on Faculty Workload
As established by the Faculty Senate
Marty Amerikaner, Graduate Council (Committee Chair)
Elaine Baker, Faculty Senate
Janet Dooley, Faculty Personnel Committee
Stephen Haas, Faculty Senate
Cal Kent, Dean, College of Business
Eldon Larsen, Chair of Graduate Council
Jim Sottile, President of Faculty Senate
The Ad Hoc Committee on Faculty Workload at Marshall University was formed by the Faculty Senate and Graduate Council in Spring 2002, and charged by these faculty groups with a) reviewing current faculty workload policy and practices across the University, and b) based on this review, making recommendations concerning revisions of those policies and practices. The committee members represent a wide range of units and constituencies, including faculty from varied colleges, representatives from key faculty governance structures (i.e. Faculty Senate, Graduate Council, the Personnel Committee) and faculty members from both the Huntington and the South Charleston campuses. To further broaden the committee's representation, the committee asked the VP for Academic Affairs to appoint a university administration representative.
The Committee reviewed the workload policies at many universities, including several of Marshall's designated peer institutions (e.g. SIU- Edwardsville, UN- Reno, U of South Florida, and ETSU). In virtually all cases, the peer universities' policies indicated both lower normative teaching loads than those expected at Marshall, and greater flexibility in faculty teaching assignments based on involvement with other projects, most notably research/scholarship/creative activities and service of different types.
The importance of addressing a variety of faculty workload issues and the associated need for a flexible faculty workload policy at Marshall University has been clear for many years. While Marshall University leaders often voice pride concerning our dedicated and hardworking faculty, expectations for faculty productivity in teaching, scholarship, and service have been problematic in terms of a) clarity and consistency of policy implementation; b) comparisons between Marshall's faculty workload and that of peer institutions; and c) the impact of workload issues on recruitment, hiring, and retention of high quality, productive faculty members.
There are many reports and papers from the professional literature on the nature of university faculty workload policies and procedures as well as a history of Marshall committee reports on these issues dating back at least 10 years. While this is not the place to review or discuss all of the material, a few examples of Marshall's history of attention to this issue may be helpful. The Fall, 1992 Executive Policy Bulletin #1, describes a normal teaching load of 12 hours, but immediately notes that this may vary from college to college, depending on mission and purpose; that same document recognizes the importance of scholarship and creative activity, and encourages internal, external and "creative arrangements" to support it. Thus, the principle of flexibility in work responsibilities and assignments is established. The very next year (October 1993), the Board of Trustees issued Administrative Bulletin #26, which clearly and explicitly calls for "flexible workload agreements" for faculty, and even suggests a model system from which to work. Minutes from Graduate Council meetings going back at least five years document committees concerned with this issue and working on proposals to allow for variability in faculty planning pages in the annual reports. Within the literature and peer institution policies that were examined, themes which routinely emerged included a) the need for flexibility; b) the recognition of an ongoing increase in the importance of research, scholarly and creative work and community consultation and development in the roles of university faculty members; and c) the value and emphasis that the university continues to place on all types and levels of teaching and academic activities.
It is clear that Marshall University is currently in a time of growth and change. President Angel stated a "vision" for the University that includes an increasing emphasis on research and on the development of new doctoral programs, providing research and technological service to the region, while also strengthening our long standing commitment to high quality undergraduate education. In each of these areas, faculty members have absolutely central roles to play, and each "growth challenge" is directly tied to faculty workload expectations. The 2010 Report is perhaps the most recent example recognizing the complexity of faculty roles and responsibilities at Marshall University.
Embedded within the University administration's goal of greater "prominence" for Marshall is the need to encourage greater scholarly and creative productivity by faculty via research, grants and creative works. It should be clear to all concerned parties that significant research or creative activity takes sustained time to plan, implement, evaluate and publish/disseminate. Thus, if we are to recruit and keep productive scholars and creative faculty, and if we want to encourage current faculty to become more actively engaged in the scholarly/creative arena, our workload policy for faculty must become consistent with these objectives.
The current workload policy places a very strong emphasis on teaching, and is relatively inflexible. Most faculty members, particularly on the Huntington campus, teach four courses per semester. To effectively teach four courses, advise students, and participate in department/university service activities is essentially a full time workload and within that context, scholarship/creative work is essentially "overtime" in the sense that it is done in evenings, weekends and during periods of the summer when not teaching. While many faculty members do manage to produce some excellent work in this workload environment, it is very discouraging over time to those with significant goals in the scholarly/creative arena.
Some faculty members do receive reductions in teaching load-typically for one of two reasons. The first is to engage in administrative activities; while these may be important tasks, the time devoted to administration is not available for scholarly or creative work, and thus does not address the need for encouraging greater scholarly/creative activity. The second common source of teaching reduction is from Faculty Development grants,
which fund one course release for one semester. While valuable, these grants are simply inadequate for addressing the issues discussed here. Faculty Development grants are few in number, faculty members cannot plan for or "count on" having one for a given year, and the one course/one semester reduction is frequently not sufficient to support sustained, high quality scholarly/creative work.
It is also important to note at the outset that not all faculty members have interests in developing or maintaining significant scholarly/creative programs. We believe that Marshall University will continue to be a strong teaching institution where a faculty member can and should be valued for having a primary emphasis in the varied dimensions of high quality teaching. Therefore, the committee believes that the most reasonable approach to addressing what might be considered the clash between current workload practice and the needs/expectations associated with Marshall's growth is to develop a flexible work load policy, as is described below.
Based on our review of current faculty workload practices at Marshall University and data from other universities- many of them our official "peer institutions"- we have identified several key principles or organizing dimensions to structure this discussion. These include the following:
(NOTE: Throughout the policy description, the term "division" and "division head" should be substituted for "department" and "department chair", respectively, as appropriate.)
Flexibility: Stated simply, growth of the institution involves increasing complexity. As we move into new projects and new programs, it is clear that a) faculty will be expected to fill a wider range of professional roles than ever before and b) more faculty than ever before will be needed to work in roles that may differ from expectations that were appropriate in earlier years of service. These will include grant development and management, supervision of dissertation and other student research, ongoing program development and evaluation for new, advanced degree programs, consultation with and service to businesses, government agencies, educational systems, etc. Each of these is critical, and each is time and resource intensive. To be successful, Marshall University will have to creatively address the diverse and complex requirements of the work associated with these demands, and have workload policies that are sufficiently flexible to encourage faculty work in all of these areas and to reward success within them.
Variability in Faculty Contributions to Institutional Mission: Intimately tied to the need for flexibility is the importance of recognizing and rewarding the varied contributions to the institution's mission that different faculty can make. The time honored tripartite vision of faculty work (Teaching, Scholarship, Service) does not necessarily require that all faculty can or should be expected to make equivalent contributions in each area. As our mission grows more complex, it will serve us well to recognize and nurture the varied skills and interests of our faculty, while also recognizing the need to integrate the varied interests and skills of individual faculty into aggregate practices that ensure the University and its programs of meeting the goals of its overall mission.
Decentralization of Workload Assignments: The increasing complexity of faculty roles is likely to require that people closest to the required tasks be intimately involved with decision making in regards to the workload assignments of individual faculty. In most academic units, this is likely to be represented by an approximate sequence of a) the faculty member him or herself; b) the department faculty as a group (who function to help clarify department needs and priorities); c) the department chair/program director/division head; d) the college Dean; and e) The VP for Academic Affairs. Encouraged here is an institutional practice that encourages communication within and between all levels of academic units to identify needs and priorities, and to allow individual faculty, departments and colleges to clarify how best to meet those priorities within their respective units. In many universities, this is implemented through a system of negotiated faculty assignments managed by department chairs to ensure meeting of overarching department responsibilities by the department as a whole, with oversight provided by the dean and/or VP for Academic Affairs.
Accountability via Evaluation of Differential Responsibilities: As faculty members' workload responsibilities become more varied, it is important that appropriate methods of evaluating differential work responsibilities be implemented. As faculty members develop relatively higher or lower commitments to research, to teaching or to service activities, they should be expected to document differential productivity in these areas and be evaluated (for annual evaluations, as well for promotion and tenure) in relation to that differentiated load in a manner that is perceived by faculty and administrators as appropriate and as equitable.
A Flexible Workload Policy
The intent of the principles described above is to serve as a foundation for development of more specific, flexible and equitable workload policies and practices to reflect and enhance the developing environment or "culture" emerging at Marshall University.
The following proposal for a workload policy is based on the principles outlined above. It is clear that the needs for and expectations of faculty vary by discipline and by college, and thus no university-wide policy will be able to articulate a single formula to answer all workload related questions. Ultimately, these will fall to negotiations between individual faculty members, their department chairs, and the respective deans. Nevertheless, the committee wants to emphasize several key points:
1. The flexible workload policy is designed to support and enhance the opportunities for faculty to work in ways that are consistent with their interests, goals and skills, while also encouraging academic units to think creatively about their needs, priorities and resources. Given the expanding role that Marshall University intends to play, coupled with ongoing limits in financial resources, this flexibility will be critical.
2. The policy is not intended to require or favor any particular set of professional skills or activities, nor should it be seen as necessarily requiring changes in criteria for critical decisions such as tenure or promotion or graduate faculty status. Under a flexible workload policy, the University and/or specific units would still articulate tenure and/or promotion requirements; faculty, chairs and deans would need to carefully consider these as faculty develop and chairs/deans review and approve workload plans for faculty members who are working toward P&T decisions. The proposed policy is designed to increase flexibility in workload for both new and experienced faculty members, and not to supplant or replace any minimal criteria for promotion or tenure or graduate faculty status. As always, for important decisions such as promotion and tenure, it is important that all units clearly define their expectations for each area of faculty responsibility such that individual faculty members, chairs and deans can consider how individual work load plans will enhance or inhibit progress towards those important goals.
3. The permissible ranges of workload associated with each area of faculty responsibility; Teaching (see p. 10), Scholarly/Creative Activities (see p. 12), and Service (see p. 13-14), are presented as outer limits, they are not necessarily going to be freely available to each faculty member to simply choose or for each chair or dean to assign to individual faculty each year. They are presented to underscore the possible range of effort that is possible for faculty to engage in while still being active, productive and valued. In addition, it is important to note the possibilities of individual exceptions to the designated ranges for each area; this is discussed in the "Exceptions" section (see page 15).
4. To be successful, the policy will require a significant financial commitment for the addition of new faculty lines. Over-reliance upon, or a significantly increased use of part-time instructors is not an acceptable strategy for meeting the teaching needs that are likely to emerge from increasing flexibility in faculty work efforts. If the university is to encourage and support the range of faculty activities associated with increasing prominence in new areas, the financial support for appropriate numbers of highly qualified faculty must be a prominent feature of the planning process.
The policy proposed here will need to be phased in. Within the first semester after the policy is adopted, all units would do the internal assessment, planning and defining of criteria and accountability expectations discussed elsewhere that will be needed to implement a more flexible workload. As soon as possible after that, and within one additional semester, each unit would develop its plan and clarify the resulting personnel-related needs to allow the greater flexibility in faculty loads, up to the maximum range for each area of faculty work included in their unit's plan. At the same time, each unit will begin a first phase of implementation by identifying the degree of flexibility in each area of workload that is possible for the next year. Thus, departments might be able to allow each faculty member a small amount of flexibility in one or more areas for the next year, or they might identify one or several faculty who would be allowed greater flexibility, given the needs and priorities of that department.
In year two, each unit will have the opportunity to refine its process, and increase the range of flexibility allowed to faculty. By year three, the full range of flexibility (modified by units as needed) would be operational.
For an individualized, flexible workload policy to be effective, there must be a sense of "buy-in" by all concerned parties. Thus, it will be imperative that all academic levels within the university are actively involved in the development and implementation of this policy. The Provost/VP for Academic Affairs will need to oversee the process, ensure that all colleges participate in ways that are fundamentally equivalent across the university, yet also flexible enough to meet the divergent needs of each college, and provide for the necessary funding that will support this increased flexibility. The funding needs will vary from unit to unit, and may be as little as a few additional graduate assistants or part-time faculty or as high as several new tenure track lines.
Colleges and departments will need to develop a process whereby a) a range of acceptable workload contributions in all service areas is identified along with appropriate accountability indicators for all activities; b) all units (programs, departments/divisions and colleges) identify their aggregate or overall needs and priorities for faculty productivity or contributions in each area; and c) individual faculty members have meaningful opportunities to develop individual work load profiles that are consistent with both their own career development and the needs of the department and college.
College Deans will oversee the development or refinement of their College's general expectations for faculty workload and of department procedures for approving workload plans and subsequent evaluations of workload contributions. Of particular concern in this regard is that Deans ensure that all department plans include specific criteria and equitable procedures. College and department plans and procedures will need to be consistent with expectations for promotion and tenure and for annual reports. They should delineate the acceptable ranges of faculty contributions in each of the major areas of responsibility, the criteria for exceptions to these established ranges, the type of activities that will be included in each category and specific methods by which faculty members will document and/or demonstrate progress in their work in each area.
Departments and Divisions have the responsibility of developing workload procedures and criteria that are clear, that provide all department members with equitable opportunities to develop and implement their workload plans, are appropriate to their disciplines and are consistent with the needs of their students and programs. Departments will meet periodically to review needs and priorities for faculty contributions in teaching, research/creative activity and service within their respective program areas. As appropriate, departments will clarify how college-wide criteria for promotion and tenure are met through the department's criteria and procedures. All such clarifications or any other periodic changes to department procedures are subject to approval by the College Dean.
Individual faculty members would meet annually with chairs to develop workload agreements for the next academic year. These meetings should be done prior to the submission of Fall schedules. Each workload agreement would describe the faculty member's plans regarding specific contributions in each major area and his/her plan to document and/or demonstrate progress or achievement in each area of effort. Plans are to be based on the department's approved procedures and criteria, its list of recognized or acceptable activities, the priorities and needs of the department and on the acceptable range of workload effort for each major area.
While the workload planning and review process will occur annually, a minimum two-to-three year "window" or time frame will be used for proposing and evaluating progress on scholarly/creative activities; the exact period would be determined by each college or department unit. This time period should recognize the time and effort needed to develop, implement and disseminate different types of scholarly/creative work. Within the time frame adopted, faculty members are expected to demonstrate annually the progress they are making on their scholarly/creative projects, particularly when such projects are the basis for modifications to workload responsibilities in other areas.
All individual faculty workload plans are to be negotiated between faculty members and their chairs. The deans will have authority for approving all faculty workload plans, for ensuring that college teaching needs are met and that workload agreements are developed and implemented fairly within and across all departments/divisions within his or her college. Deans (or their designates) will serve as the first level of appeal outside the department in any circumstances where faculty members believe that their workload plans are being treated unfairly. The VP for Academic Affairs will be responsible for final approval of all workload plans and for overseeing that workload policies developed by each college are equitable and enforced fairly across the University. Further, the VP for Academic Affairs will establish a procedure for hearing individual faculty concerns about workload decisions that are perceived by a faculty member as biased, discriminatory or otherwise seen as unfair, and which have not been resolved through discussions at the department or college level.
Each unit retains responsibility for articulating criteria for and evaluating applications for promotion and tenure. Thus, for this policy to succeed, it is critical that these criteria and expectations be clearly communicated within the unit, and that individual workloads be structured such that faculty have every reasonable opportunity to meet them.
Peer institutions vary in the exact ranges of effort within each workload area (teaching, scholarship, service) they permit for faculty members' flexible work plans. It appears to be typical, however, that some minimum effort in each area is required, although there are institutions that allow for the possibility of 100% effort in just one area. Given Marshall University's needs and resources, it is unlikely that such extreme commitment to any one area of effort would be desirable or supportable, except for very unusual or special circumstances that would require careful consideration and endorsement by the involved faculty member, Chair, Dean and VP for Academic Affairs.
As academic units develop their expectations associated with specific ranges of workload efforts, it will be important to recognize the interaction between different workload areas, and that higher or lower percentage efforts are not necessarily simply higher or lower amounts of the same activities. For example, if a faculty member's workload emphasizes teaching, and devotes only 10% to scholarly or creative activities, then his/her activities in this area cannot be expected to simply be a smaller amount of the same activities that a colleague with 60% workload devoted to scholarship or creative activities would be expected to do. For example, a 60% focus on research might be associated with major research projects and/or significant research grant activities, and would likely be tied directly to expectations for significant publication and major conference presentations. A 5% research focus, on the other hand, might well be focused on research and scholarly activities more directly tied to teaching; perhaps literature or book reviews, pedagogically oriented "local" research projects, presentations based on student research he or she has supervised, applied projects in collaboration with community organizations, etc. For a faculty member with an 85 % teaching commitment, it might be reasonable to expect significantly more in the areas of course and program development, supervision of student projects, advising and/or other classroom activities than you would expect from a college with a 30% teaching load. A wide variety of work load profiles could represent significant professional contributions in activity areas that are equivalently valued by the department and college, and each faculty member would be expected to demonstrate/document success in all workload areas.
As is noted in the Exceptions section (see page 15), the ranges given below should be seen as typical outer limits for faculty work. Nevertheless, there may be unusual individual situations that simply do not fit within the limits provided; these cases will need to be handled individually through special negotiations between the faculty member, his/her chair, dean, and the VP for Academic Affairs.
The outer limits of the categories are not guides to a 100% workload. A cursory glance reveals that any individual could mistakenly make commitments that total more or less than 100%. Faculty, chairs and deans will need to insure that full time, 1.0 FTE faculty plans total 100% effort each year.
Teaching includes a wide variety of activities, including responsibility for "standard" on- campus 3- or 4- credit courses (which vary in their time demands for many important reasons), travel to teach off campus courses, teaching labs, advising students, supervising independent studies, field work and internships, course development, supervision of student research or capstone work, serving as chair or committee member for theses and dissertations, integrating technology and other innovative strategies into educational efforts, etc. These (and other teaching related activities not noted here) are all time consuming activities, and must be clearly recognized and "credited" in any flexible policy. In consultation with their chairs, and based on the priorities and needs established by their respective academic units, faculty members identify a percentage of work effort to be committed to the teaching area, and describe the specific activities that are components of that effort and on which they will be evaluated. (NOTE: Colleges or departments may decide that units other than "credit hours" are more appropriate measures of some faculty activity (e.g. "contact hours" for some science labs); such substitutions and discussion of their effects on calculations of faculty workload should be included in the college's or department's workload planning documents.)
Key points for consideration of this area of professional effort include:
Scholarly activity in the academic community frequently focuses on work such as refereed journal articles, books and book chapters, refereed conference presentations, and research grants. However, we recognize that a wide range of activities may be included in this section. For example, in the arts, creative activities can be very different than the scholarship listed above, and within professional schools and programs still other types of contributions may be highly valued. The committee did not consider it within its "mission" to definitively define what should and should not be included in the arena of scholarship and creative activities; it is left to the academic units to clarify what they consider appropriate for inclusion, what types of work are expected for different percentage levels of workload effort and how each type of contribution will be valued. The key points are that a) faculty will vary in their type and amount of commitment to scholarly/creative activities in relation to other areas of professional productivity; b) faculty can participate in different types of scholarly or creative activity; and c) the disciplines will have legitimate differences in the type of scholarly or creative work that they value.
Faculty members will identify a percentage of effort in the scholarly/creative activities area that is consistent with the project(s) they intend to pursue and on which they will be evaluated, based on the criteria established by each unit. In this system, the larger the percentage devoted to this area, the more substantial the projects and products that would be expected. At the top end, for one example, a faculty member might have a significant external research grant requiring extensive time commitments and might be expected to produce several significant national publications and presentations over a 2-3 year period. At the lower end, the expectations would be different in terms of qualitative and quantitative dimensions. For a faculty member with 5% commitment to research, it is not reasonable to expect grants and associated multiple publications. Instead, that faculty member might continue to work on small, unfunded projects of personal interest and plan to submit a proposal to a regional conference. Or, it might include ongoing work as a reviewer of manuscripts for a journal, but not any original contributions to the literature of his/her own, assuming that the academic unit agrees that such review work is appropriately valued at the percentage of effort requested.
The lower end is set at 5%. For most faculty members, this level would neither be typical nor necessarily a wise choice over an extended period, given the many reasons that higher levels of ongoing activity in this area are so valuable. Certainly most chairs and deans would discourage faculty from such a stance on a regular basis. However, any number of scenarios can be imagined whereby a faculty member might find it in his/her interest to devote virtually all professional time, for a limited time period, to teaching and service activities. If that person's workload plan were approved, it would allow him/her to do so without being "penalized" for lower levels of effort in this area. It is worth restating here that units can and will still articulate their expectations for such decisions as promotion, tenure, and graduate faculty status; faculty members will need to be knowledgeable of these and guided/mentored in appropriate ways to meet them. Thus, as was noted in the general policy statements, if a faculty member's workload plan is approved with minimal scholarly or creative activity for the specified time frame, this in no way should impact the faculty member's obligations to meet specified requirements in the area of scholarly and creative activity for tenure or promotion.
On the other end of the range, the upper limit is set at 70%. The assumption made here is that while all faculty members are expected to participate continuously in teaching and service activities, faculty members might have significant projects- such as research or creative grants funded- that would require a very significant amount of their time for a specified time period. Assuming that such an arrangement was acceptable within the department and college structure (for example, if a grant provided funding to help replace a faculty member for one or more courses during the proposed year), and that the proposed activities are within the scholarly and creative mission of the university, it would likely be in the faculty member's and the University's interest to allow and encourage the higher levels of scholarly/creative commitment.
University service includes activities in support of program, department/division, college and university governance that are not directly tied to teaching or research. Typically these include service on committees at all levels of the institution, as well as special assignments or projects within any level of the institution.
University Service is a basic element of being a faculty member. Since no academic unit or faculty governance structure can function without service from faculty; a minimum of 5% effort in this area is established. On the other end of the spectrum, there are faculty members who are extremely committed to university service activities, and who volunteer or are asked to make major contributions in those roles. We see it as important to the university and to faculty with such interests and skills to encourage high quality service roles and recognize and reward them. In a flexible workload policy, a faculty member could, for example, negotiate a time period in which s/he committed virtually all professional efforts towards teaching and university service. Naturally, those efforts would need to be very clearly defined, the department and college would need to recognize and support the value of the service roles being proposed, and the faculty member's work in that area would then be subject to evaluation procedures established by the unit, just as it is in other areas.
Faculty members frequently fill administrative roles on campus. This work can be very time consuming, and is often rather distinct from the work expectations of all faculty members as described in the Greenbook and in the other categories in this document. For workload planning and for evaluation purposes as detailed in this policy, it is important the many administrative roles that faculty members fill be fully recognized. This category does not refer to the work of people with contracts designating them as administrators (e.g. deans, Vice Presidents, etc); rather, this is intended for faculty members who have significant portions of their work time devoted to administrative roles. These would include department/division chairs, directors of university centers, directors of clinics and other training centers, program coordinators, and other roles within departments, colleges or the university for which a faculty member is responsible for overseeing people and/or programs, for collecting data and submitting reports, and/or completing other administrative tasks designated for that role. The amount of workload time devoted to these administrative roles vary from position to position; the key point for the workload policy is that this work be recognized and apportioned appropriately within the faculty members' overall workload plan, and that the time commitments associated with these roles be articulated and agreed to in advance by the faculty member and his/her chair and dean.
For all reporting and evaluating faculty work efforts, a new category of Professional Service is created. This category includes all types of service to one's professional discipline, such as membership on committees of professional organizations, leadership roles or other contributions to local, state or national agencies, special consulting roles to professional groups and other activities as defined by the units.
Community service refers to professionally related work done for community groups and agencies that is based upon faculty members' professional areas of expertise. These include such activities as giving workshops to train others, giving talks and lectures, consulting with individuals or groups about aspects of their functioning that overlaps with the faculty member's areas of expertise, serving on professionally related service committees (such as a science or education faculty member serving on county-wide ad-hoc committee to improve science education). It does not include activities more typically tied to citizenship, such as serving as poll watcher, volunteering to help with Thanksgiving at a food bank, or routine church committee work. For example giving a talk to a church group about a professional topic may well be considered community service, whereas serving as an officer in the church social club may not qualify. This policy is intentionally silent on the question of whether or not compensation for service activities is a factor in whether or not the work should be included in this category; we believe that each unit is in the best position to consider this issue within its own professional context.
In this model, community service is encouraged and valued, with up to a full 25% of a faculty member's effort potentially committed to this area, assuming the service activities proposed are consistent with the mission developed by the relevant units. On the other hand, the model does not require community service of all faculty members every year, and a particular faculty member's evaluations would not be negatively affected by an absence of service in this area if it were not required each year by his or her academic unit and was not a part of his/her approved workload plan for a given year. Department, College and University requirements for promotion and tenure are not altered by this policy, and thus expectations for community service that are included in these requirements should be clarified for all tenure track faculty.
In a complex organization such as a university, it is likely that there will be unusual or special situations that require variations in the policy described in this document and the normal limits in this workload policy might need to be justifiably breached. For example, a faculty member who is asked to assume a major administrative position, such as head of a Center or a large department/division, may still be eligible to keep faculty rank, but then have job requirements that do not "fit" easily within the guidelines established by this policy. It is also conceivable that a faculty member may secure a very substantial grant that would require 80% or more of his or her time for two years to implement. These cases, and the implications for the individual's workload for the time frame involved, would need to be handled individually by the faculty member, his or her chair, and dean.
The Ad Hoc committee has developed a policy proposal regarding faculty workload. We suggest that a flexible policy be established whereby all academic units are involved in the clarification of available and needed resources and the development of workload priorities, and all individual faculty members are active participants in developing their own yearly workloads.
If adopted, the VP for Academic Affairs, in consultation with the Faculty Senate and Graduate Council, is responsible for overseeing the implementation of this policy, and for coordinating the funding issues that must be addressed as it is implemented. Adoption of a flexible workload policy clearly has implications for resource allocation and program development. In this document, the Ad Hoc committee has not directly addressed the funding or resource allocation issues that are tied to adoption and implementation of the policy. To the extent that implementing the policy will require any reallocation of existing resources, the Committee believes that discussions and decisions regarding such resource allocation should be addressed via cooperative discussions between Faculty Senate, Graduate Council and the University Administration. While we recognize that funding issues are tied directly to workload, we also note that movement towards implementation of this policy can proceed concurrently with budgetary analyses. Budgetary issues may impact the speed with which aspects of the plan can be implemented, and/or the degree of implementation possible in a given time period, but the essential principles and procedures of the proposed policy can be implemented within any specific budgetary constraints. In other words, the degree of flexibility within colleges and departments may be limited by budgetary concerns, but the principles and procedures of a flexible workload policy can nonetheless be developed and implemented.


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Plant type
Evergreen shrub
Flower colour
Fruit, Dramatic foliage, Attractive to wildlife
Skill level
Many varieties of Ilex, commonly known as holly are grown widely across gardens are parks. In order to produce ornate and festive berries, both male and female plants need to be grown within locality of each other. Ilex aquifolium bears glossy spine toothed green leaves and can produce berries from red to orange depending on the plant. Ilex aquifolium 'Myrtifolia Aurea Maculata' is a larger shrub, and notable for its purple stems, which bear small leaves with spines and a spread of yellow colour across its dark green leaves.
Family: Aquifoliaceae
Genus: Ilex
Species: aquifolium
Cultivar: Myritifolia Aurea Maculata
Plant type: Evergreen shrub
Flower colour: Green
Foliage colour: Golden variegation
Feature: Fruit, Dramatic foliage, Attractive to wildlife
Sun exposure: Full sun
Soil: Well-drained/light, Dry
Hardiness: Hardy
Skill level: Beginner
Height: 3000cm
Spread: 3000cm
Flowering period: May to June
Very good quick guide as I can't remember the veriety of Ilex in my garden but just wanted to know soil type and if shady or full sun before I moved it to it's new home in the garden. Well done again Gardeners' World.
Friends in Sydenham have an over-large dominating holly bush - the common holly - that never flowers nor fruits, and there are no other hollies near by. It is in a sloping back garden, that is north facing, and my advice has been to take it out. The holly remains - but how to persuade them that it needs dealing with? And if it remains however severely pruned how do you find out what sex it is, and plant one of the other, to get the berries?


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The Supreme Court on Tuesday all but ruled religious corporations do not have to offer their employees contraceptive coverage required in the Affordable Care Act, according to The Los Angeles Times. The case in question is Sebelius v Hobby Lobby.
Witnesses at the proceedings told The Times that the court's conservative justices were sharply critical of the provision in the law. Meanwhile, the women justices, Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg appeared to defend the law.
All three are considered to liberal in the majority of their decisions.
Justice Anthony Kennedy played his usual role as the potential swing vote in a divided conservative/liberal court. Kennedy apparently told the government's Solicitor General Donald Verrilli, who defended the mandate, forcing companies to cover contraceptives "would permit requiring profit-making corporations to pay for abortions."
The core of the issue is whether the for-profit corporation, plaintiff Hobby Lobby Inc., has the right to refuse some contraceptive services to its employees.
Verrilli told Chief Justice John Roberts it would potentially open the floodgates for for-profit corporations to claim exemptions. He was quickly contradicted by the defense that noted Congress passed the 1993 Religious Freedom Act for that very reason.
Kennedy, the swing vote, seemed skeptical of the government's case. Thus, both Verrilli and Paul Clement, the lawyer representing Hobby Lobby, reportedly aimed at Kennedy in closing arguments.
Many legal experts expect this case to be the first of many aimed against parts of Obamacare.
A ruling is expected to come in June.
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