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1A covering for the head and neck with an opening for the face, typically forming part of a coat or cloak: a jacket with a detachable hood
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- They wore duffel coats with the hoods up.
- Right in front of her was a group people in cloaks, their hoods pulled over their faces to hide themselves, no doubt.
- The figure wore a black cloak with the hood pulled over his or her face, making it impossible for the young man to see any distinct features.
head covering, cowl, snood, scarf, head scarf
1.1A large hood-shaped piece of fabric, typically trimmed with fur or a similar material, worn over the shoulders of a university gown or a surplice to indicate the wearer's degree.
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- Excited graduates walk up and down, parading their finery of gowns, hoods and mortarboards seemingly oblivious to the fact that these are colonial trappings.
- It was Graduation day at de Montfort on Thursday, with hundreds of young people wearing their gowns and colourful hoods, and dozens of doting parents taking pictures.
- During the afternoon ceremony, master's degrees were conferred on 510 new graduates wearing brightly colored hoods denoting their major.
1.2 Falconry A leather covering for a hawk's head.
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- There is a falcon hood - the brown leather dome, crowned with a tuft of feathers, is brittle like a little skull - and an envelope contains a watch.
- Hoods are used to keep the bird calm during transport.
- It's the same principal falconers use when they put a hood over a falcon's head.
2A thing resembling a hood in shape or use, in particular:
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- The charmer then makes rhythmic, elegant motions with the horn, which is correspondingly followed by the hood of the cobra.
- Hoping for a procession of migrating raptors, I stretched out on the hood of my car.
- He had processed a patient's bacterial culture without a safety hood.
2.1British A folding waterproof cover of a car, pram, etc.
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- One drawback about the folding hard top is that you can't get luggage out when the hood is folded down.
- If the toy you choose has a clip, it will enable you to attach it to the front of the pram hood above the baby's head.
2.2North American The bonnet of a motor vehicle.
Example sentences
- From hoods to hubcaps, mirrors to spoilers and even wheels, these cars feature a sleek design combined with affordable pricing.
- The body panels, including the doors, the fenders, the hood and the tailgate are of course among the most vulnerable.
- For example, aluminum is used for the hood, front and rear bumper beams, and rear suspension knuckle.
2.3A canopy to protect users of machinery or to remove fumes from it.
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- Range hoods and fans remove grease and moisture from cooking, and so collect dirt.
- In the real case, it is likely that combustion products would have been removed by the extraction hood, even after the fan had failed.
- And all range hoods require occasional cleaning or replacing of the grease-covered metal filters.
2.4A hood-like structure or marking on the head or neck of an animal: the hood of a rearing cobra
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- In breeding plumage, the adult has a dark hood with a black eye and bill.
- To ward off trouble, cobras can rear up, and they have hoods that expand out like a half umbrella to make themselves appear bigger and scarier than they actually are.
2.5The upper part of the flower of a plant such as a dead-nettle.
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- White spots on the hood may be absent or occur in patches.
verb[with object]
Put a hood on or over: she was forced into a car, hooded, and taken to a cell
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- He said the accused had also known she would recognise him so he added to her trauma by hooding himself, and to make sure he was not seen, had thrown a towel over her head.
- In Camp Delta, this means shackling inmates for 20 hours a day, while hooding and beating them.
- These sources say the prisoners there are hooded from the moment they are captured.
hoodless adjective
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- Inmates practising paganism will be allowed a hoodless robe, incense and a piece of religious jewellery among their personal possessions.
- Another cloaked figure, this one hoodless, burst into the clearing.
- The young man was wearing a hoodless poncho over his fine suit.
hood-like adjective
- Example sentences
- It refers to the way the leaves partly enclose the flowers, forming a hood-like structure over them.
- He described this structure as a hood-like covering.
- For headgear there was a hood-like cap with side-pieces which could be brought forward to cover the mouth.
Old English hōd, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch hoed, German Hut 'hat', also to hat.
Words that rhyme with hoodcould, good, Likud, misunderstood, pud, should, stood, understood, withstood, wood, would
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nouninformal, chiefly North American
A gangster or similar violent criminal: I been beaten up by hoods
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- It's a film that focuses on ethics, be they pure or prurient, and how criminals and hoods can still require a sense of justice and fair play.
- His connections to senior criminal organisations and well-placed hoods are known to police.
- She also is fascinated by the hoods and low-lifes that Nick looks up as he meanders his way through the task of finding Clyde Wynant.
1930s: abbreviation of hoodlum.
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(also 'hood)
nouninformal, chiefly US
A neighbourhood, especially one in an urban area: I've lived in the hood for 15 years
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- They had ghastly visions of the boys in the hood heading for their neighborhoods next.
- If you live in the hood, or are passing through Russian Hill and need to check mail on your laptop, Nook would be a worthy, comfortable place to stop.
- Check them out, and if they play live in your hood go see them, you won't be disappointed.
1970s: shortening of neighbourhood.
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There is an appearance of collusion between the county gov't and big energy.
Over the last few summers big energy has been covering the county with salespeople looking to lease land for gas wells. We've all known or heard of someone agreeing to lease there land for this. My father for one said no. So that wave of salespeople went away. Now the county has found it necessary to re estimate property values, in part I assume because demand has went up for the land thanks to big energy. The appraisal for my fathers inaccessible brushland is astronomical! In a thousand years you could never get what they estimate it to be worth. The old property tax he paid was about half what a nice apartment in marietta is, which seems kinda high. One can only assume its about to go up considerably given the ridiculous appraisal of it value. How is an old person in the twilight of there life on social security to adjust to this new blow. Are we to assume it is a coincidence that big energy with likely be making another round thru the county looking to "bail" people o
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Not one to skimp on surprises, Miley Cyrus reveals a new "sad kitty" color tattoo on the inside of her bottom lip. The photo was posted on her Instagram account.
The caption was simply a sad kitty icon.
The heavily inked singer in the throes of her "Bangerz" tour also has a portrait of her grandmother painted on her inner arm.


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I did something about a year ago that was so liberating and freeing. You should try this. I'm telling you, it will help you.
I was asked by CBS This Morning to do a segment called "Note To Self". It's where you write a letter speaking to your younger self. Have you ever done this? If not, you should. What would you say to the child that you used to be? I'm telling you, it's amazing. Try it. Let me know how it moves you. Here's the link to the one that I did.


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Persistence finally paid off for Caleb Johnson. The 23-year-old high-octane rocker has captured the "American Idol" Season 13 crown.
A native of Asheville, N.C., Johnson auditioned for "Idol" in the show's 10th and 11th seasons, failing to break into the Top 24 both times. But on Wednesday night, the man dubbed a "Rock 'n' Roll Viking" by judge Keith Urban, prevailed over teen dynamo Jena Irene.
Irene, a 17-year-old high school senior from Farmington Hills, Michigan, was bidding to become the first wild-card winner in "Idol" history. Instead, Johnson extended the South's formidable grip on the singing contest. Nine of the 13 "Idol" winners have hailed from Southern states, and Johnson became the third victor from North Carolina.
Going into Wednesday's results show, many impartial observers, including the judges, considered the competition between Johnson and Irene too close to call. The pair went toe-to-toe during Tuesday's final performance night with neither scoring a decisive victory.
But Johnson's stage charisma won over the "Idol" audience, which has diminished considerably from the show's glory days. With his long hair whipping the air, he delivered a series of thunderous, passionate performances throughout the season, occasionally abusing microphone stands in the process.
And when all was said and done, there was apparently no bad blood between the new champion and his rival. Host Ryan Seacrest revealed that Johnson will accompany Irene to her senior prom.
Capping off the night, Johnson performed his coronation single, "As Long As You Love Me," as he weaved his way through the crowd and confetti rained down upon him.
"Now the fun really begins," Seacrest said, reminding everyone that Johnson's debut album is scheduled to debut on Aug. 12.
The two-hour finale included performances by John Legend, Jennifer Nettles, Kiss, Demi Lovato, Jason Mraz, Aloe Blacc, Phillip Phillips, Darius Rucker and Lady Antebellum. It also featured a combined performance by judges Jennifer Lopez, Harry Connick Jr. and Urban, with judge-turned-mentor Randy Jackson, as they covered Cyndi Lauper's "True Colors" and rocked out on Fleetwood Mac's "Go Your Own Way."
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Masters of Arts in Educational Leadership: Frequently Asked Questions
- How long will it take to complete the MAEL program?
The MAEL program can be completed in just 24 months.
- How are the courses and content of the Master of Arts in Educational Leadership (MAEL) program delivered?
The master of arts in educational leadership (MAEL) uses an online blended format. During the traditional academic year, you do not attend lectures in person, but rather learn anywhere you have access to the Internet 24/7. Online courses are delivered under the direction of faculty via the Internet using Brightspace (D2L), a course management system. Innovative technology allows candidates to receive course assignments, view grades, participate in online discussions and ask questions of faculty and other cohort members at anytime of the day or night.
- Will I be required to visit the Mount Union campus?
Yes. You will be required to attend a two-day orientation session prior to the first fall semester and two seven-day Summer Institute during the following two summers. This unique feature will enhance the value of your degree and offer you the opportunity to work closely with your cohort on issues critical to transformational leadership. One summer will feature an expert in the leadership dimension and the alternating summer will be devoted to curriculum and instruction.
- What information technology services are available to assist me during the program?
Technical support service will be available from the Mount Union Helpdesk from 8 a.m. to midnight, Monday – Thursday and from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday and Saturday.
- How much does the MAEL program cost?
For the most up-to-date information regarding tuition and fees, please see the estimated program cost page.
- Can I transfer credits from another program?
A maximum of six semester hours of graduate credits taken from a regionally accredited institution will be considered. The Graduate Admission Council will review transcripts and make the final determination if the elective(s) can be counted toward the MAEL degree. Only those courses where the candidate received a grade of B+ or better will be considered.
- Can I waive some of the core requirements?
No. The core of the program is the required curriculum for the MAEL degree. We offer and require these to meet ELCC and NCATE standards.
- How much time per week will be required for the MAEL program?
Candidates will spend approximately 17 to 20 hours studying each week. The program is designed for working professionals who cannot afford the additional time driving to and from classes in addition to maintaining personal and professional commitments. Time management will be crucial to your success.
- What is the typical class size in the online program?
The program will be cohort based and will consist of approximately 24 candidates in each cohort. This smaller class size allows you to get to know your fellow cohort members and form professional and personal friendships over the course of the program.
11. What is the TOEFL requirement?
For admission into the MAEL program, applicants whose primary language is not English must have a recent IBT (Internet-Based TOEFL) score of 100 or more in addition to meeting other program requirements.
12. Will my diploma specify that this is an "online" degree?
No. You will receive the same University of Mount Union degree as our on-campus candidates. You will earn a master of arts degree in educational leadership.
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At present, all new cohorts will begin with a two-day orientation prior to the fall semester. Read more about the application process.
14. Can I still work full time while I am working on my internship?
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The Year Video Games Became Art
2012 was an important year for video games. Prime examples of the form were curated for the first time by museums such as the Smithsonian, the Museum of the Moving Image, and the Museum of Modern Art—with the MoMA even going so far as to add video games to its permanent collection. This is not to say that videogames were not art beforehand, or even to accept that "art" is the best term to use in describing video games. Video games are still, on some level, "ones and zeroes." And they always will be. But it's nonetheless culturally significant that a curator from an institution as hallowed as the MoMA finally said that they are also "ones and zeroes that get to form whole spatial structures and whole experiences."
Reflecting on 2012 in video game terms, I first tried to make a standard list—something like a pure and simple "top ten" games or something more functionally specific like the "ten best indie games" or "ten most ridiculous shooters." But the timing of the MoMA's and the Smithsonian's decisions, spread throughout this year as they were, stuck with me because I think that video games are at an important crossroads in their history right now. The current console generation is aging fast, with next-generation consoles like the Wii U doing their best to revive industry stalwarts like Nintendo in fits and starts Microsoft and Sony's plays to capture a changing marketplace once again are widely expected to come out some time next year. Activision's iconic "Call of Duty" series broke yet another sales record this year, but analysts still wonder if the franchise is slowing down. And the social game icon Zynga rose to prominence almost as rapidly as it fell from its position atop the Facebook app food-chain, casting doubt on whether or not free-to-play social and mobile gaming is actually the alternative many hoped it would be to the perilous financial climate of AAA game development. And then, of course, there is the indie scene, which is as weird and vibrant as it has ever been.
The games I chose for this list therefore show some of modern video games' greatest strengths, and perhaps more importantly, their future direction. Some of the games in this list are flawed, even deeply so. But part of their power is how they realize their inherent shortcomings and either work within their current limits or strive to overcome them. It's an exciting time for video games because, as Ian Bogost told me when I spoke to him about Borderlands 2, we are reaching a new "level of sophistication with games"—both in terms of how they are understood and played, and also ultimately how they are made.
So without further ado, here are my top ten games of 2012—the titles that showed me how games can be works of art in the year that video games officially became works of art. Well, for everyone but Roger Ebert.
10: Diablo III
Diablo III is a large game. It contains multitudes. And some of these multitudes are an ugly sign of how corporate and technological interests can form an asymmetrical, potentially unethical relationship between a game and its players. But the very fact that Blizzard waited to release Diablo III to introduce its controversial new forms of digital rights management says something about the enormity of its release. Of all the AAA game developers, Blizzard has an implacable sense of its own identity. It knows what it does well, and what its players like—oftentimes better than the players themselves do. Diablo III is a testament to the achievements of the current game industry, warts and all.
9: Papo y Yo
Before I played Papo y Yo, I had never seen a game made on this scale that displays such naked, autobiographical emotion. Creator Vander Caballero probably set himself to an impossible task, or at least impossible expectations, given the story behind his game, which seeks to portray a magical realist remembering of his relationship with his alcoholic and abusive father. But the final work was daring in its simplicity. The puzzles were basic, but the experience was raw and moving. I hope other designers look to Papo y Yo for inspiration in telling their own stories in the years to come.
8: Spec Ops: The Line
Speaking of games with noble ambitions, Yager Development gave itself a grand and arguably unfeasible task with Spec Ops: The Line—to make the subversive war film of military shooters. The final result was a tortured, challenging experience. It was at times broken, at times brutal and heart-wrenching. But few self-styled military shooters have tried to be anything more than joyous romps through colorful and uncomfortably jingoistic roller-coaster rides, destroying one village of faceless bad guys after another. Spec Ops: The Line brings much-needed sensitivity to a tired and bombastic genre.
7: The Unfinished Swan
Playing The Unfinished Swan feels like reading a bedtime story to a child—it is soothing in its own right, but not without its magic. Ian Dallas, the game's creator, told me that the game is "about confronting the unknown." Really, that's what all video games are about on some level. But nothing has made that experience so apparent as the first level of The Unfinished Swan, when the player is placed in an endless sea of white and left to paint their way out of it. The result is visually stunning, but it's more than a neat visual trick.
6: Dishonored
As the web-comic Penny Arcade pointed out, there's a lot of silliness in Dishonored. But there are also a lot of wonderful ideas too. World-building functions on a majestic scale in the city of Dunwall, and Arkane Studios was careful to keep the game from becoming as immense and impossibly overwhelming as a game like Skyrim. The levels are laid out like ornate puzzles, giving the players free reign to solve them as they wish. Many players chose to the most lethal and quiet options, sneaking around the shadows with a dagger and any number of clever gadgets. But it's a sign of the game's intelligence that I enjoyed "blinking" (that's Dishonored-speak for teleporting) around to listen in on every conversation and read every misplaced note just as much.
5: Mass Effect 3
It's hard to judge Mass Effect 3 in its own right, because I can't picture the game as anything but the final chapter of an epic poem. Bioware is often praised for the depth of its narratives and the quality of its voice-acting and writing, and this strength comes to the fore in the conclusion of a trilogy released over the span of five years. If you've followed the games as I have, you've grown old with these characters—forming emotional bonds you may not have thought possible with bug-eyed CGI aliens. As you begin to lose these friends to the realities of war, Mass Effect 3 strikes deep chords in the emotions of its players and characters alike. I just wish they hadn't changed the ending.
4: XCOM: Enemy Unknown
XCOM is a stunning reimagining of one of the most iconic and beloved franchises in PC gaming history. Most importantly, it manages to keep the brutal difficulty of the original intact while revising its experience for modern audiences. XCOM sometimes plays like a love-letter to gaming's past—a period when games made no sense and didn't have to make any sense, and labels like "turn-based tactical video games" weren't yet considered dirty words that could only appeal to the hardest of hardcore gamers. But the gameplay is so tightly designed and immaculately balanced that any challenge, however intimidating, is ultimately invigorating.
3: Far Cry 3
A lot of Far Cry 3 is fun and exciting in a way lesser shooters can only dream of. A lot of Far Cry 3 is also deeply troubling and morally challenging to the same players that it excites so easily. Jeffrey Yohalem, the game's lead writer, insists that the game was intended as a critique of the excesses of modern first-person shooters in all their ultra-violent, hyper-masculine, and often racist glory. Critics like Kotaku's Kirk Hamilton doubt that this was particularly effective, a dramatic failure that "holds Far Cry 3 back from 'we'll still talk about this in five years' glory." But as Yohalem pointed out in an email after our original interview, these same critics continue to puzzle through the game despite their dismissal of its admirable goals. Far Cry 3 gets under your skin and stays there, ugly and defiant but all the more captivating.
2: The Walking Dead
The Walking Dead came out of left field as a strong contender for many gaming websites' "Game of the Year." Its developer, Telltale Games, has a bad track record of producing lazy spin-offs to popular film and television franchises like 2011's colossal failure "Jurassic Park." Given that, mooching off a hit TV show that was itself inspired by a popular comic strip didn't seem like very promising. But The Walking Dead took a shambling step in the right direction—disregarding the main plot of AMC's series and the comic and choosing to tell its own story. It's a beautiful synthesis of gameplay and story, a balance between the classic point-and-click adventure games of yore and the cinematic attempts of L.A. Noire and Heavy Rain. It serves as a rulebook for future developers seeking to bridge the gap between television and video games.
1: Journey
"We wanted to just have a human, another person," John Edwards, thatgamecompany's (TGC) lead programmer said of Journey. "When you encounter someone along the journey, we wanted you to just see a person and not see: 'Oh this is a space marine, a 14 year old, a 40 year old mom.' And so it was important to simplify the character a lot." Writers, critics, and players will continue to puzzle through the profound moments they find in this joyful, gorgeous experience in search of a deeper meaning. But at the end of the day, simplicity reigns above all else. TGC pared down gameplay to its barest essentials, and transformed multiplayer into a dynamic that could bring out something other than the most antagonistic and aggressive forms of human interaction for once. "It was really hard to know how it was going to play out once there were thousands of people online," Edwards said. "What was really interesting was how people would help each other. People were very nice to each other for the most part."
Yannick LeJacq writes for Kill Screen.


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Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Museum in Myrtle Beach Celebrates 15 years
What: "I (Heart) Art" – the 15th anniversary yearlong celebration of the Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Museum
Where: Various locations, including the museum at 3100 S. Ocean Blvd. (across from Springmaid Pier), Myrtle Beach, S.C. 29577
For more information: Call 843-238-2510 or go to IHeartArt.org.
Museum's Anniversary Celebration Showcases the Heart of Art
Art embraces all people, but all people don't embrace art.
During the 15th anniversary of the Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum, the people pumping life into the events celebrating the occasion hope to make art irresistible and lovable to folks not feeling its purpose, promise, passion and power. The anniversary, called "Year of Art," has a theme that echoes the collective sentiment of the museum's friends and fans – "I (Heart) Art."
"The whole idea of the 15th anniversary is not only to celebrate the museum but also to increase new membership through new events so people who may have never been to the art museum will come to see what it's all about," said Lineta Pritchard, chair of the "I (Heart) Art celebration.
"The museum is much more than paintings hanging on the walls."
The yearlong celebration of the 15th anniversary was announced in January. One of the first events, held in February, was the "I (Heart) Art" Collector's Party, which allowed novice and longtime art collectors to purchase original works of art at rock-bottom prices. Another event called "Marching to the Arts Beat" was a March presentation of nearly 80 works created by children.
Each month, the celebration highlights aspects of art's diverse character in ways fresh and familiar, fun and fascinating. September is being dubbed "A Tribute to Fine Art and Fabulous Dining." The month is dedicated to exploring the culinary terrain of Horry County. Food presented at participating area restaurants are entrees inspired by Japanese cuisine and culture, including the museum's current exhibition titled "Kimono: Art, Fashion and Society."
"We have kimonos and a lot of prints that relate to kimonos on loan to us from the Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens in Delray Beach, Fla.," said Karen Olson, the museum's special project coordinator.
"It was owned by a Japanese man [George Sukeji Morikami] who came [to America] as an indentured servant. He acquired farmland and left it to [Palm Beach County] for the construction of the gardens and museum."
The exhibit, which opened June 8, will close Sept. 25. Restaurants are featuring the Asian-inspired meals for the entire month of September.
For example, Croissants Bistro & Bakery, at 3751 Robert M. Grissom Parkway in Myrtle Beach, is serving miso-glazed grouper entrée (with sticky soy rice, benne spinach and pea-tendril salad), and The Melting Pot, at 5001 N. Kings Highway in Myrtle Beach, is presenting an "I (Heart) Art" three-course fondue dinner, Sunday through Thursday, that includes certified angus sirloin, marinated chicken, peppered filet mignon, white shrimp, coldwater lobster tail and mushroom sacchetti (pasta pouches stuffed with mushroom). The Croissants dinner is $25, and the three-course Melting Pot entrée is $36. Go to IHeartArt.org to see all the menus and prices.
Another event is "Saki & Sushi Tasting," sponsored by Sparks Toyota and Yamato. It will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20 at the museum. Tickets are $20 each. Call the museum at 843-238-2510 to make reservations.
"Our whole thrust of the celebration is to let people know what a great institution the museum is," Pritchard said. "And people are discovering it because of the anniversary celebration, and they are saying, 'This is fabulous.'''
One of the events scheduled in October that can certainly perk up interest among those not digging art now is "Art to Wear: A Wearable Art Runway Show and Competition," being held Thursday, Oct. 25, at 2001 Nightclub on 920 Lake Arrowhead Road in Myrtle Beach. The show starts at 7:30 p.m.
"Models will be wearing fashion created by artists," said Gina Trimarco Cligrow, the event's committee chair and mistress of ceremony. "We will have some interesting things…including dresses made from Capri Sun juice pouches. Art is in the eye of the beholder and what they think art is."
Participating area artists and designers include Diana Canaday, Patricia Chipps, Richie Spencer and Katherine Parris.
"I think people should check out the show because it is going to be unique," Trimarco Cligrow said. "We are doing fashion based on art. We have great talent in this community, and we want to promote that."
The anniversary celebration will culminate Jan. 12, 2013, with the finale event called "Great Gatsby Affair," being held from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. at Pine Lakes Country Club in Myrtle Beach. Folks will enjoy an evening of entertainment featuring themed-lounges filled with jazz, vaudeville, ragtime and other music genres.
Call the museum at 843-238-2510 for ticket and sponsorship prices.
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The final four head into the last episode with an alliance of three, the incredibly annoying Sri Lankan twins, Team Texas and the Chippendales, versus the Fabulous Beekman Boys, who the twins aren't satisfied with merely besting. They like to rub it in, trash talking them to their faces and whining nasally about how unfair things are when the fab boys -- or "The Gays," as the twins call them -- do well. Puh-leeze.
The twins came in last on the last leg so they'll face a speed bump this round, although given the rigors of previous speed bumps, they'll probably have to gaze at clouds for a minute and a half. The deluded twins think the other teams will help them with their speed bump.
We get a quick recap on all the eliminated contestants, a series of images that makes us worry about our short-term memory because we barely remember any of these people. Yikes. And then the race begins, taking the final four from Spain to the Loire Valley, France.
Time out while the Chippendales talk about their motivation. Jaymes is racing for the million to help his dad, a cancer patient, with his bills, while James wants to help his mom, who takes care of special needs kids and doesn't have a car. (Please, please let this be foreshadowing of a gratifying conclusion because the Chippies are our faves by far.)
In France, the teams must pick up eight empty green crates, use a product placement feature on their product placement cars, drive to Chateau du Villandry, and look for a stone dog. "We got to lose these guys!" one of the twins yells. "Now I'm willing to be a beyotch."
Um, honey, you've been that for weeks.
While three of the teams head off to the next location, the Chateau D'Amboise, where Leonardo da Vinci is buried, the twins have to do their speed bump: Help the lady of the house finish dressing by lacing up her corset. "They should have waited for us," the twins whine.
Detour: Plow or Chow
At the first challenge, the teams must choose whether to feed the royal hunting hounds or whether to plow four furrows, old school. Plowing, Trey says, is "definitely a Texas kind of challenge."
The plowing turns out to be tough work, steering the ancient plow is difficult and even James, buff as he is, says his forearms are toast. But both teams polish off the challenge and race off to their next destination at Cave des Roches.
Meanwhile, the twins have pulled up, spotted the other teams and are howling, nasally, "Oh my gawwwwd." They start cutting up kebabs and deboning meat for the puppies, alongside the Beekmans, trash-talking the guys the whole time. The Beekmans keep up a steady, distracting patter that drives the twins crazy, which was the point. Soon happy puppies are chowing down and the Beekmans are back in the car, where they promptly get lost.
The twins, now in last place, grab their clue and shout, "Gracias -- oops."
Roadblock: Who's a fun-guy?
At the underground limestone caverns we discover that "fun guy" is really "fungi" and one member of each team must stumble through the dark caves, scooping up three specific types of mushrooms. Lexi is trying to find her way back out. "Son of a gun, are those different from these?" Lexi says, stumbling upon another set of mushrooms. The lights keep going out and Lexi run into walls.
"This is like a freaking maze," she says. "Whoa!"
Soon both the Texans and the Chippies are heading for the pit stop. The twins arrive just as the Beekmans are getting started. "This just sucked," Natalie fumes. "We got to the dog food at the same time. It adds insult to injury." You keep telling yourself that, sweetheart.
At the Chateau de Chenonceau -- the castle of the ladies -- the Chippendales are first to the mat, winning a place in the finals and new cars. "Love you mom!" James yells. "Mom needed some wheels bad."
The Texans are second, the Beekmans third, and the twins are out at last.
The final leg
The final three teams head to New York, New York where they must find their next clue at the Coney Island Boardwalk, where it's hiding on an Amazing Houdini billboard. Hello, Amazing! The Texans finally spot the clue, as do the Beekmans. Jaymes and James are utterly mystified. "It's got to be right here in front of our faces," James says, standing in front of the clue.
Soon, they have it too, and they race to the Brooklyn Navy Yard where a Houdini-esque challenge awaits. One member of each team will have to escape from a straitjacket while hung upside down, 15 stories above a dry dock. Complete the escape and boom -- a bungee line drops you. That's the most horrible challenge ever.
Lexi nominates her sweetheart, who says, "I don't like heights. I don't like being constrained. Thanks, babe."
Trey has seen Houdini demos before so he knows he has to get his arms over his head first. Soon, he's out of the jacket and yo-yo-ing madly through the air. "I'm still very scared!" Trey yells.
Jaymes LOVES the task -- and Brent manages just fine -- but the Chippies's cab has skedaddled and they have to find another before they can go on to the next task. Now, the teams must deliver 10 different pizzas from the nation's oldest pizzeria, Lombardi's, to three different Little Italy locations whose addresses they've memorized. The Texans finish it off, the Beekmans have to do it twice and the Chippendales, last on the scene, finish fairly quickly.
It's the final task, the big trip-memory challenge, this time at the United Nations where they must match up the hellos and goodbyes with the flags of each country, hoisting flags for each. It's the greetings they were given at the pit stop each time.
"I just thought they were being cordial!" Jaymes says.
Au revoir, bonjour, that's child's play.
"Salamat Tinggal, that sounds Bangladeshi...?" James says, guessing.
Lexi gets clonked in the head by a flag, bursts into tears and starts to lose it.
"Every second counts now," Brent says. "Do you think I don't know that?" Josh snaps.
"I remember it clear as day, what people looked like," James says. "Then they bowed and said, 'mumble.'"
Two hours in they're still hoisting flags.
Then the sky is getting dark and you can't tell who's ahead. Jaymes is his usual cheery, supportive, encouraging self. Trey is trying to reassure a weepy Lexi. Brent and Josh are sniping at each other, but Josh finishes at last and they start trying to find a cabbie who knows where to finf Gotham Hall, site of the final line.
The winners
The Beekmans have been the underdogs all along, nearly eliminated over and over, and yet ... they won. Wow.
The only plus here is knowing how badly this will irritate the twins.
The Chippendales come in second. "Maybe the world will have a different view of Chippendales now," Jaymes says. "I don't know if that's better or worse." Aw, guys, you rocked it.
Then it's hugs all around. After nine countries and an endless series of mushroom hunts, Russian dances and all those other challenges, the Amazing Race is over. Until next time.


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Augusta, Ga--It use to be when you had Aquinas on the schedule, it'd be a walk in the park. Football, was not a traditional power for the Irish. Oh how things have changed in the past few years. Now they're a contender.
And a serious one at that as Aquinas will take on Landmark Christian Friday night. A lot of it goes to coach Matt LeZotte. Now in his third year as head coach, LeZotte has made football relevant off Highland Ave. He's young, he's got lots of energy and his players have taken on his personality.
"I mean he's told us once before the players play like the coach's act" said senior Corey GoMillion "We definitely put a lot of emotion into the game."
"I take pride in what I do" said Matt LeZotte "I want them to take pride in what they do. We as coaches put a lot of time and effort into this and it means a lot to us. If we can get the same out of those guys, you can have a good team"
Sometimes you wonder if Lezotte will put on the pads himself. For the first time ever, the Irish are into the third round and will host on Friday. They actually played Landmark Christian to start the season, losing a 10-8 ballgame on the road. Don't count 'em out this time around.


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Nellie Jones, a Hendersonville resident, turned 100 years old on April 11. Jones was the wife of Herbert Jones and has five children. Her kids are Kirby Cook, Paul Jones, Bill Jones (deceased), Earl Jones (deceased)and Bobbye Coggins (deceased).
Jones hosted a 4th of July breakfast for 20 years at her home. The family is celebrating her birthday with a party at Mt. Moriah Church in Edneyville on April 21, from 2-4 p.m.
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I enjoy looking at your blog,John and I wish you well
kind regards Janet
Thanks for the interest. For those not aware, I just posted some photographs on my site that are on display at the Cancer Institute of NJ.
Marion - not sure of the comments snafu. I'll look into it.
Good luck with the new regime,John.I hope it goes well for you
John,what dramas!heres hoping for things to stabilise and a bit of weight to creep back on Janet x
I just found your blog. You are so young to be having to deal with all of this. I too am hoping that things are improving some for you. What a saga. I can relate to some of what you are going through as my husband had a lot of similar experiences. His cancer was very advanced when found and he only suffered the turmoils of this horrid disease for about 2 months. He was only 62 which to me was too young to lose him, but you are only 30 and have so much to live for. Keep fighting and keep blogging. I will check in on you periodically and will hope for the best.
John,Im crossing my fingers for you to get out of there Janet
I just finished reading your blog and wanted you to know that I am
thinking of you and hoping that things go well for you today.
Me too, John. But, you probably know this already.
Hi, John and mucho good luck for today, your cheer leading squad is right behind you!
Just got through reading your blog. You cracked me up. Glad you are home from the hospital.
John,thinking of you.Im glad the pain is better controlled.Am glad you didnt spend too long in hospital Janet
I too am thinking of you. Just checked your blog. Hoping things are improving day by day.
Have you tried ice cream? Janet
John...I still do not know how to sign in to your blog but, I want you to know that I am thinking of you and am sending all my love. Lots of calories in whichever form palatable will do the trick.
John,it is exciting to see any news from you best of everything from the other side of the planet Janet
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By Adam C. Warner
SportsPower Editor
For millions of us across the nation, school nicknames and mascots come to define who we are as a group, no matter if it's a Crusader, Patriot, Yellowjacket, Cheesemaker or Flaming Heart.
They represent entire communities with a common public identity and provide a distinction between one group and another.
We embrace that identity, as it becomes part of us for the rest of their lives. We honor that identity, protect it and go to battle for it every day.
And we take pride in our distinctiveness as it galvanizes us.
Often times, our school nicknames can be in the form of symbols, objects, or animals that are commonplace in society. And most of the time, we prefer these to be intimidating and fierce – all while conjuring up images of strength, power and superiority.
When it's time to go to battle, we want that competitive edge. Just look at some of the most common school nicknames in the country right now and it makes perfect sense.
The Tigers lead the pack as the most commonly used high school nickname at 678, while Eagles, Bulldogs, Panthers, Wildcats and Warriors are not far behind them. Also included at the top of the list are Trojans, Raiders, Pirates, Bears and Cougars.
Talk about intimidating.
Altogether, most of these nicknames bring to mind a sense of viciousness, quickness, agility, strength and a daunting challenge to conquer, and we as communities aspire to live up to our "makeup" when engaging in athletic competition.
We want to resemble the exact characteristics of our school identity.
Meanwhile, our mascots and nicknames can also be a representation of an entire town or community and its history.
We often choose symbols of our past in order to properly honor those who have served before us and those who have provided the foundation for our community and what it is today.
For instance, a selection of various school nicknames which paint the history of its people include Boilermakers, Engineers, Texans, Hillbillies, Papermakers and Huguenots.
However, there are many instances where our school identities are especially unique, when a nickname might be a common symbol for a particular community, but is actually quite peculiar for the rest of society.
Case in point, mascots representing different food varieties.
In the heart of Illinois, one will find the New Berlin Pretzels. One would deduce that a local pretzel factory paved the way for the high school nickname, but actually that's not the case.
New Berlin came up with its name following a lopsided basketball game in the 1930s, when the players had pretzels for a halftime snack and then began tossing them at each other. The local newspaper picked up on this and appropriately called them, "pretzel-throwers." And the name has forever stuck.
And one cannot also forget the Frankfort Hot Dogs, Moorehead Spuds, Hoopeston Cornjerkers, Cairo Syrupmakers, Chinook Sugarbeeters, and Aqawam Brownies, either.
Believe it or not, sometimes our school mascots even resemble inanimate objects.
This season, be on the lookout for the Stuyvesant Peglegs, Lutheran Lights, Teutopolis Wooden Shoes and the Poca Dots.
And there are even some schools that have instilled an aggressive and intimidating mascot, just not everyday characters in the average person's lexicon.
Take for instance the Glenville Tarblooders.
This Ohio-based squad received its name from the men that worked the railroads in the early 20th century. It's believed that Tarblooders were half-man, half-robots and were a symbol of fearlessness and ethics.
Apparently, these men would drive stakes into the railroad tracks to secure them in the ground, and as they would, hot tar would splatter onto their arms and faces while causing them to bleed as if sweating blood.
Think that's a tad unique? Try the Grants Pass Cavemen, Roscoe Plowboys, Vintage Crushers, Blooming Prairie Awesome Blossoms, Mt. Clemens Battling Bathers, Hurley Midgets and the Yuma City Criminals.
And, of course, the Mars Area Fighting Planets, Watersmeet Nimrods, Maryville Spoofhounds, Yuba City Honkers, Danville Little Johns, Chattanooga Purple Pounders, Centralia Orphans, Effingham Flaming Hearts, Cary Imps and the Johnson Atomsmashers.
One would assume that the history behind these schools is unparalleled. Clearly they are communities with their own, singular identity.
However, whether one is a Syrupmaker, Awesome Blossom, Battling Bather, Tiger or Hornet, there is a common thread that unites us all.
We are all part of something, and that, we can be proud
Adam C. Warner is the senior editor for SportsPower. You can read more of his work in our "Who's Got the Power?" blog, including Inside the Ratings and Rankings every Thursday.


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Our Black Is Beautiful: Check Out All The Lovely Women Of Color Competing For Miss Universe 2012
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These lovely ladies are representing well! Which one has your vote?
Beautiful Women Of Color Competing For Miss Universe 2012
It's that time of year again where beautiful women from all over the world come together to put their best faces forward in the name of beauty, brains and talent for a chance to be crowned Miss Universe 2012.
While this Miss Universe pageant is always very diverse, we noticed that our lovely ladies of color are particulary well represented this year, and we thought we'd share some of the goods.
Let's take a look at a handful of the most eye-catching and beautiful minority women from across the globe who will be walking the stage and maybe even walking away with the crown. Which one will you be rooting for?


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When we last saw our four favorite Dubliners in a stadium setting, they were trying to extricate themselves from the most expensive car crash in rock and roll history.
The time was around 1997. U2's Popmart tour had almost financially broke the band, and they were touring behind one of the worst received albums of their storied career ("Pop," as it turns out, was ahead of its time, but that's another story).
What a difference a dozen years makes. They've released four masterpieces since 1997 and rebuilt a strong buzz for their shows by reducing them to stripped-down affairs that fit nicely into smaller hockey arenas and showcased their formidable chops as a live band.
The time was right artistically to air out a decade full of new classics in the open air of a stadium, but was it really a good idea to put on a big and glitzy show in the worst economy in history?
As it turns out, the U2 decision to go big was a brilliant one. They threw a big party to take our minds off of the gloom and doom of our finances.
When you first enter the stadium and gaze in awe at the now famous 10 story 360 Claw stage, as I did last Thursday night at Giants Stadium in New Jersey, you feel like you are about to board a space ship.
The transportation to another world began as soon as the opening act hit the stage. Muse, a Brit-pop band that has been gaining popularity on both sides of the Atlantic, wowed the crowd with a sound from their new album "The Resistance" that combined playful dance beats with distorted, angry guitar riffs and sharp synth accents.
With the strains of David Bowie's "Space Oddity" through the speakers, U2 then declared liftoff with "Breathe" and "Get on Your Boots" from the new album. "Mysterious Ways" slithered out of the speakers next and inspired a deafening sing-along that reached fever pitch as the band leaned into "Beautiful Day."
"We love Jersey," gushed Bono in between songs. "We love The Boss, Bon Jovi, Wyclef Jean, and Sopranos."
He also took time to call out New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg in the audience, a man he described as "a friend that makes me laugh and joins me in the fight against global poverty in malaria."
Ever the activist, Bono dedicated "Sunday Bloody Sunday" to the everyday citizens of Iran who have been standing up to their government in an attempt to have their voices heard in the election. That song was an unofficial anthem of the Troubles in Northern Ireland decades ago, and the anger in which Bono delivered the song made the moment a powerful one.
Less effective was the dedication of "Walk On" to Aung San Suu Kyi, the opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who has long been under house arrest in Myanmar. Dozens of young volunteers paraded onstage with her photograph, but everyone onstage was so busy giggling and texting their friends that the sentiment was lost.
For anyone unsure of the quality of the songs from U2 latest release "No Line on the Horizon," they need to be heard in the open air to appreciate their majestic quality.
The thunderous chorus of the newest singles "Magnificent" and "Get on Your Boots" makes total sense when placed near "Ulraviolet."
The band's set was full of the eclectic snippets that have become a live trademark. They usher in each song with bits of melodies from artists they admire as they smooth out any rough transitions in the set.
On Thursday night, they injected the Rolling Stones' "Miss You" into a fun dance mix of the new song "I'll Go Crazy." "Blackbird" flew into "Beautiful Day," and an a capella read of "Stand By Me" became another magic moment that found the crowd in communion with the band. It was fitting that the claw stage had a cathedral-like spire at the top for a moment like this.
The blogging on this tour has made for an interesting read. Many long time fans have felt betrayed by the band's decision to play mostly new songs.
"Not a single song played from 'Boy' or 'October,' and only one from 'War,' and that's just plain dumb," griped my friend and Q104.3 New York disc jockey Ian O'Malley in a Facebook post.
"No 'I Will Follow,' 'New Year's Day,' 'Gloria.' Like I expected, the new stuff tanked. The only thing that saved the previous three tunes was the lights and visuals, or in many cases from what I saw from people making a mad dash to the Miller beer guy hawking suds."
There are only a handful of bands like the Rolling Stones and Paul McCartney big enough to play a venue this large in the first place. Their set lists are light on new songs in favor of tunes that bring you back to the glory days of decades past.


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SOCHI, Russia -- Polina Edmunds had a feeling it would be a good day. While she ate lunch at the Olympic Village, someone stopped by her table.
"Are you Polina?" asked Joe Pavelski.
"Yeah, I'm Polina," she said.
"It's nice to meet you," he said. "Good luck. We're both from San Jose."
That was like, you know, pretty cool. Pavelski, the Sharks forward who's playing for the USA hockey team, was the Olympic athlete that Edmunds had most wanted to find and meet. And can you imagine? He actually came by to introduce himself to her instead.
But what happened a few hours later was way, way, way cooler.
Edmunds introduced herself to the world figure skating stage here at the Winter Games.
And she made a swell first impression.
Swell? I know. It's not an adequate word. Edmunds is just 15 years old, for heaven's sake. Yet she glided onto the ice to begin her short program at the Olympics -- the Olympics! -- as calmly as if she were walking into her sophomore math class at Archbishop Mitty High.
When her cha-cha music began, Edmunds showed no twitch of tenseness. She immediately landed a combination triple jump, bam, bam, and was off.
With her long legs and long arms, Edmunds looked a little bit like Bambi out there, running through the required elements of the program. However, she hit every mark on her jumps. Her choreography had "a few bobbles," as she would say later. But when her scores came up -- good golly, Miss Poli.
I'm not sure what you were doing at age 15. But you probably were not sitting in a kiss-and-cry booth in Russia, watching your name go to the top of the leader list on the Olympic scoreboard, with the announcer saying you stood "first" among all competitors.
Edmunds' name did not stay up there long, of course. There were 18 more skaters left to compete. Some of them did better technical stuff. Some had smoother arm movements and "linking footwork," according to the judges' scores.
But when the evening ended, Edmunds was in seventh place, facing Thursday night's long program that will decide gold, silver and bronze.
Seventh place is a remarkable spot for Edmunds, considering that just a few months ago, she was totally off the radar of the globe's figure skating experts. That was before she finished second at the U.S. national championships to earn her Olympic invitation.
It would still be a huge upset if Edmunds wins a medal here. Too many more accomplished names are ahead of her, including two older American skaters, Gracie Gold and Ashley Wagner. A lot of things would have to break right in the long program -- or go wrong for others -- for Edmunds to break onto the podium. That's fine with her.
"I want to enjoy all of this," she said after coming off the ice. "Because no matter what happens, you're still at the Olympics. The only thing I can do is skate a clean program and see what happens."
So there were no nerves at all? Maybe a few at the very start of her program, Edmunds said.
"But it's not really that different than skating somewhere else," she said. "It's cool to see the Olympic rings and everything. But I try to remind myself that ice is ice."
As a reminder to remember that reminder, though, she brought along some friends from San Jose in her equipment bag to the Iceberg Skating Palace. The bag was alongside the ice as she skated. Inside were a miniature Mitty High Monarch mascot, a stuffed lion and a stuffed elephant from her Peninsula Skating Club teammates.
Finally ran into Joe Pavelski in the Olympic Village! #USAhockey #SanJose #SJSharks @SanJoseSharks pic.twitter.com/35eoPuhxWi— Polina Edmunds (@PolinaEdmunds) February 19, 2014
"They always say, 'Trunk's up' for good luck," Edmunds explained.
Yes, she is a high school sophomore, all right. The tendency will be to compare Edmunds with another 15-year-old making her Olympic debut here, the Russian sprite Yulia Lipnitskaya. Last week, Lipnitskaya wowed everyone in the team figure skating event. On Wednesday, the judges put her fifth at the end of the night.
But not all 15-year-old figure skaters are developed the same way. Lipnitskaya is home-schooled and, as a 10-year-old, relocated with her mother from an outlying city to Moscow, where she could study under a big-name Russian coach. By contrast, Edmunds enjoys being a Mitty student and has stayed loyal to her coach, David Glynn, at the San Jose rink where she began skating as a tyke.
Yuna Kim of South Korea is likely to win the gold medal Thursday. But we could be witnessing the start of a rivalry between Lipnitskaya and Edmunds that could play out through the 2018 Olympics and beyond. But first, there is more skating to do here Thursday.
"It's probably a boost to go into the long program with some confidence like this," Edmunds said before she left the Skating Palace.
Trunk's up. Nice to have the world meet you, Polina.
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How-to: There are plenty of ways to create the sock bun (proof: the hundreds of tutorials on YouTube), but both Sorbie and Zinno agree the best way is the rolling technique. Using scissors, cut off the toe section of a darkly colored or black sock. Roll sock into a donut shape. Pull hair back into a ponytail and pull the ends of your pony through the hole in the center of the sock. "Spread the tips of your hair over the sock and tuck under, covering the sock," explains Sorbie. Slowly roll the sock down towards the base. With each flip downward, your hair will roll along with the sock, dispersing over the fabric. Pin hair at the base to secure the bun.
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A bit much to have to do on your own
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There were a bit too many braid styles in here for me, but overall I love these hair ideas. It is always challenging to keep your hair off your neck in a creative and pretty way. It's nice to get some inspiration.
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Specialty medicines often focus on treating the most complex diseases, including cancer, and are generally perceived to cost more. Contrary to popular belief, these medicines comprise only a small share of health care costs and yield major health advances. These treatments are used by less than five percent of U.S. patients. Among high-cost, severely ill patients, they accounted for just 6.6 percent of their total health plan costs and less than one-third of their overall medication costs.
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I have problems founding PS3. Telewell TW-EA510 v.3 and D-Link DI-524 router are connected together with a network cable. D-Link is placed near PS3, so I'm able to access internet via D-Link -> Telewell -> Internet.
If I open media server on my desktop computer, I'm wont be able to found PS3. The route to PS3 in this case would be: computer (with cable) -> Telewell (with cable) -> D-Link (wireless) -> PS3. If I take my laptop and open the server on it, I'm fully able to find, use and operate PS3 media server. The route is now: laptop (wireless) -> D-Link (wireless) -> PS3. BUT if I make the connection like this: Laptop (wireless) -> Telewell (with cable) -> D-Link (wireless) -> PS3, it fails finding PS3.
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Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero is seen in an Aug. 29, 2007 photo in Lansing, Mich. Bernero said Monday, Dec. 21, 2009 he plans to create an exploratory committee as he considers challenging Lt. Gov. John Cherry and others for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination next year. The former state lawmaker will file paperwork this week and plans to decide whether to enter the race early next year. (AP Photo/Lansing State Journal, Rod Sanford)
With millions of dollars in corporate investments and several planned developments in the works, Mayor Virg Bernero says 2013 could be a strong year for Lansing.
"We've got wind in our sails again and it's time for us to make the big leap forward," said Mayor Bernero.
But with Lansing facing a $9 million budget deficit, not everything will be easy.
"The road ahead will not be painless. We will need to be resourceful, tough and brutally honest about what needs to be done to get where we need to be," said the Mayor.
While he didn't say exactly what will be done to balance the budget, Mayor Bernero told News 10 after his speech that everything is on the table.
"If they want us to merge with the county or merge with another unit of government, I'm okay with that," said Mayor Bernero. "In fact, I think there are efficiencies that could be done. We're operating a 2012-2013 budget basically with 2001 dollars."
Chad Gamble, the Chief Operating Officer for the City of Lansing, says nothing is set in stone until the city's financial team presents a budget in March.
"We're trying to close a $9 million budget gap so, absolutely, there is a lot of work being done in all the departments to try and bring the best budget we can for the community and for the region," said Gamble.
Still, Mayor Bernero remains positive.
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News 10 talked with David Hollister, former mayor and head of Lansing's "Financial Health Team", in November. He said voters and city hall are going to have to decide if they would rather pay higher taxes, or do without some of the services they are currently getting.


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Her Kind
by Anne Sexton
Her Kind Introduction
In A Nutshell
You could think of Anne Sexton as Betty Draper: beautiful, smart, and deeply, deeply unhappy. Like our favorite Mad Men heroines, Sexton was a model as a young woman, married early, and tried her hardest to be happy as a housewife. Like Betty, though, Sexton quickly realized that a pretty little home in the 'burbs wasn't all it was cracked up to be. Her poetry lays bare all of the ways that her life has been punctuated by mental illness and circumscribed by rigid definitions of what a woman "should" do or think or believe.
Sexton's name is right up there with a handful of other poets as one of the most-read poets of the twentieth century. Her name gets coupled with Sylvia Plath's just about all the time. Maybe it's because they both killed themselves. Maybe it's because they both wrote in the twentieth century. Here at Shmoop, though, we like to think that it's because they both explored the complicated role that women played in the mid-twentieth century.
Funny thing is, Sexton tends to get a bad rap from critics – both when she first published and, well, now. Apparently her no-holds-barred emotional tell-all makes some people a little bit uneasy. Maybe it's the fact that her confessional style isn't disguised by ornate turns of phrase or any of the formal tricks that so many poets tend to have up their sleeves. Maybe it's just that we all tend to get a bit weirded out when someone we've never even met starts spilling serious dirt.
Whatever it is, "Her Kind" is quintessential Sexton – so if you're not sure whether you're a Sexton fan or foe, this poem is a good litmus test. It's the sort of poem Sexton's known for: deep emotions, straight-speaking, and a healthy dose of social critique.
Published in 1960, "Her Kind" was part of the collection To Bedlam and Part Way Back. For those of you who haven't kept up with your nineteenth-century history, "Bedlam" was the nickname for one of London's most notorious mental institutions. We're guessing that Sexton chose to reference Bedlam in the title of her first collection because, as it turns out, she began writing while spending time in a mental institution. Choosing to describe her collection as a trip "part way back" to mental health allowed Sexton to shock her readers even as she confessed her ongoing depression and sense of social alienation.
So: is Sexton making literary bank off of her own misery? Or is she just trying to find a public voice for issues which no one seems to want to talk about? Well, that's up to you…
Why Should I Care?
Ever have one of those days when you don't quite seem to fit in with anyone around you? When everything you say or do doesn't make sense to anyone but you? When the whole world seems to be a suburban nightmare? When all of your options turn out to be no options at all?
The loner, the loser, the freak…they're pretty much what Molly Ringwald made a career of. From The Breakfast Club to Pretty in Pink, the moral of her story goes something like this: everyone feels trapped sometimes. And every now and then, everyone needs to get away. Where Molly (and the '80s in general) find happy endings, though, this poem allows us to think through lives that don't end in prom dresses and power ballads. Not everything gets a picture-perfect ending, after all. In fact, sometimes the reminder of difficulty can be empowering.
For the speaker of this poem, getting away means retreating into fantasies about women as powerful and, well, scary as she herself can be. And it's precisely those dreams that allow her to get in touch with the sorts of strength and purpose that don't rely on lipstick or high heels – or, for that matter, any of the other trappings of stereotypical womanhood. And hey – nontraditional forms of power? That's gotta be pretty thrilling. Even if you don't happen to be a woman.


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Adrian Bayley, the Australian bodybuilder who pleaded guilty to raping and murdering Irish journalist Jill Meagher, was at the time on parole for raping five prostitutes.
Bayley, 41, pleaded guilty in the Victorian Supreme Court to killing the 29-year-old Irish expat from Drogheda, Co. Louth, as she walked home from a bar in the inner-north suburb of Brunswick last September. He now potentially faces life in prison.
Meagher's mother-in-law told the Daily Mail that Bayley should not have had the chance to brutally rape and murder Jill at all because he was out on parole for the rape of five prostitutes.
"He [Bayley] was out on parole – and shouldn't have been out on the streets at all. It was such an appalling and such a random thing," said Joan Meagher, the mother of Jill's husband Tom.
"Jill just happened to be out there. I hope that he is never left in a position to do this to anyone else.
"He has ruined so many lives. He deserves to get life because of his previous record and because he was on parole."
Joan said the family was shocked when Bayley initially pleaded not guilty to the charges last month. After his not-guilty plea was entered, Tom Meagher walked out of the courtroom.
"Everyone was so shocked when Bayley had pleaded not guilty and I think that's why Tom walked out of court," she said. "They [the prosecution] had this massive file on him and he had such a huge criminal background."
Bayley served his first sentence for rape in the early 1990s and was released from jail in 1993 after serving three years.
He was later convicted in 2002 for the rape of five prostitutes. He was sentenced to 11 years in jail but was released after serving only eight years. Bayley and was due to remain on parole until March 2013.
Had Bayley served his full sentence, he would not have been on the streets the night that JIll Meagher was murdered.
In the police transcripts of an interview with Bayley on September 27 of last year, he is quoted as saying: 'I strangled her. I hope they bring back the death penalty before I get sentenced.
"I should be in jail anyway, you know. I shouldn't have been let out last time – simple. And I say that in the hope someone hears that and they don't ever let me out again. How many chances does a person need?
Joan Meagher said the families are still trying to come to terms with the loss of Jill.
'We remember Jill as such a lovely little girl. Everyone adored her. It really is an awful loss. We'll never get over it. But imagine how hard it is for her lovely family. She's their child and they have had such an awful journey.'
Loretta O'Neill, the 41-year-ol former girlfriend of Adrian Bayley, has said that he sexually assaulted her and then manipulated her into believing that she loved him.
"When I met Adrian, he said he was called Bayley and that he had Irish family. He said he really liked the fact I had Irish origins. He used to call me his "little Irish girl". He really seemed to have a thing for Irish women and now I just feel sick to the stomach. He went on about Ireland a lot and how he wanted to visit," said O'Neill, a mother of two who dated Bayley for around six months after he claimed to have split from girlfirnd Rameeza Ali.
O'Neill said that one night in September 2011, 12 months before Jill Meagher was murdered, Bayley "forced himself" on her in what she described as a "horrifying attack."
She said she was getting ready for bed and Bayley was still in her apartment, while a male friend was in the other room. She thought they were about to leave.
"I'd been dating Adrian for quite a while but I wanted to wait until I really trusted him before I became intimate with him," said O'Neill.
She said she put her pajamas on and was going to bed but Bayley came into her bedroom. She later found out the friend who was there had fallen asleep on her sofa in the living room.
"I was sitting on the bed and he came over to me, sat with me, then started tickling me," she said.
"He pulled my pyjama pants down and I knew he wanted to have sex.
"I told him, 'Adrian, no, no, no,' but he carried on tickling me and told me, 'I'm going to do it to you, I'm going to do it anyway.' I kept saying, 'Get off Adrian, no,' but he didn't listen to me. He just went ahead and had sex with me when I didn't want to. I just lay there. It was horrifying. I wanted to scream out but I knew his friend would come in to help me. He was my friend too, but he was a smaller man than Adrian and I knew Adrian would kill him. I just gave up and let him do that to me because I was afraid."


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Product Details
- Imprint: William Morrow Paperbacks
- On Sale: 03/30/2010
- Trimsize: 5.313 in (w) x 8 in (h) x 0.88 in (d)
- Pages: 352
- List Price: 18.99 USD
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