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My baby always wants to be held. Unless DH is home to help. I can't get anything done unless I let her cry- which I hate doing! I have been wary of buying a wrap because not only am I plus sized (size 18), but I have huge breasts (currently in a 44 I) and I don't want to spend a ton of money on something that isn't going to fit.
I like the Moby and *think* it would fit, but it's really expensive,
Then I found the Infantino Sync Comfort wrap for about half the cost, but I'm not sure the adjustable waist will work. http://www.amazon.com/Infantino-Sync-Comfort-Carrier-Black/dp/B005C9ODSY/ref=pd_cp_ba_3
Does anyone have any other good wraps that work well for bigger moms? Anyone have either of these wraps and are also a plus sized mommy?


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Thankfully, the anti-science propaganda campaign surrounding man-made climate change seems to have lost some of its effect.
Are you seeing storm clouds on the horizon? Two recent studies suggest that the latest anti-science campaign is following its forerunners--the propaganda campaigns attempting to refute science that tobacco causes cancer, that CFC's caused the hole in the ozone layer, and so on—into oblivion. Global warming denial seems to have climbed to a peak in 2010, and global warming acceptance is now climbing. This bodes well for rational public policy.
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Anywho, if you still doubt who I say I am...stop down at BWW around 10:30. Otherwise, just accept who I say I am and apologize and all is good.
Posted 926 days ago.
Calm down and think before you type. ;)
Posted 926 days ago.
Thatsabsurd please cite the exact places/publications etc where scientists used those erroneous lake temps as proof of manmade global warming.
Posted 926 days ago.
"Already said BWW is in Vienna WV so yes I know where it is."
Yeah yeah..sure sure...any google search could tell you that.
Posted 926 days ago.
h t t p://w w w.politifact.c om/truth-o-meter/statements/2013/jun/28/richard-durbin/dick-durbin-says-global-warming-leading-evaporatio/
Posted 926 days ago.
@Thats- I found this and thought it was interesting: ***********politifact****/truth-o-meter/statements/2013/jun/28/richard-durbin/dick-durbin-says-global-warming-leading-evaporatio/
Posted 926 days ago.
I said, "Will you expand the horizons of your knowledge with a simple enough test or will you hide with your head in the sand? I know you find it quite comfortable there, you seem to spend so much time in that place."
Tired replied, "Why would you say I spend so much time in a place I have never been"
I didn't say you spent so much time at BWW. I said you spend a lot of time with your head in the sand.
Posted 926 days ago.
Then tell me Myth...why did your "scientists" take and alter the date 100's and 100's of time recording the "water" temperature of the great lakes over 400 degrees and use it i their findings to convince imbeCILES like you that the world is getting hotter due to AWG.
Yes your right if a scientist saw that they would say that its wrong..impossible.......but your quack scintestetetets embraced it, used it over and over . But then again are they..................really scientists? Or imbeciles self proclaiming they are "Climate" scientists LOL
Posted 926 days ago.
Be back a little later.
Posted 926 days ago.
"you want me to meet you at Buffalo Wild wings tonight at 10 30 so you can prove who you are."
You are the one who is doubting who I say I am. If you believe I am the person I say I am and that I actually wrote the LTE I claimed to write...then all is good.
If you think I am lying, I am merely offering you the chance to be proven wrong.
Posted 926 days ago.
A threat? HAHAHA. Don't flatter yourself.
I offer you a chance to find out something in a safe environment and under safe conditions and you turn yellow.
The only threat was to show you something you didn't know before. And perhaps humble you a little with a fun game of trivia.
Don't try and hide behind your fear. Of course, it is more likely that you don't live anywhere near here and really don't know where Buffalo Wild Wings is.
Or perhaps your mom and dad won't let you out after night...who knows.
Posted 926 days ago.
You may feel the topic is science but what you really mean is that the topic is science that you accept and nothing else. It's ok, you get confused quite easily.
You do realize that science changes right? To hold a person in 2014 to the standards and ideas of 1970 would be very silly. That would be like forcing a Christian to be a literalist just because a 100 years ago, the vast majority of them were.
Posted 926 days ago.
I do use my real name...Kendall. I've always said that. Seems some angry children don't understand the simple things in life. So tragic.
Posted 926 days ago.
Will you stop by Buffalo Wild Wings tonight around 10:30? I'll even buy you a drink before beating you at trivia.
I am offering you a chance to prove who I am to you. Will you expand the horizons of your knowledge with a simple enough test or will you hide with your head in the sand? I know you find it quite comfortable there, you seem to spend so much time in that place.
Posted 926 days ago.
I never claimed once that Kendall78 was in fact my real name. Don't be an ignorant twit.
Posted 926 days ago.
Not the 1970's and today's scientists and research has nothing to do with that stuff.
Posted 926 days ago.
"deny the very existence of evolution"
Pitiful tactic, the topic is about global warming and not evolution.
Global warming is something that can be observed in real time. We can keep records of how it is going about. When one discusses evolution, you cannot do that.
Posted 926 days ago.
I'm certain you have not seen 78 in anyone's name silly child. Have you seen "Kendall"....take your time...think about it. Let that brain of yours churn through the information.
Posted 926 days ago.
"how would one know that what you say is the truth? there are MANY Kendalls here in the MOV. NO PROOF OFFERED"
Style of writing. Consistency of opinions. Things that won't make any sense to the likes of you.
But hey, if you have the time.****e on down to Buffalo Wild Wings in Vienna around 10:30 tonight and I'll meet you there. We can play some buzztime trivia.
That is..if you actually live around here.
Posted 926 days ago.
"the most inconvenient truth of all is that it hasn't gotten significantly warmer since the industrial revolution started generating CO2, and it hasn't warmed at all in recent years."
You are so near sighted it's sad. Deniers...they are an odd bunch indeed.
Posted 926 days ago.
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Pugilist. Hand fighting, maybe armored gloves, or whips/flails as an option, with magic use for ranged (think Final Fantasy Tactics monk). or you could call it a Monk, or maybe something different to not confuse it with a gw1 monk, and allow the use of other traditional martial artist weapons like sword and polearm, dagger, etc.
Hell, just call it a martial artist. Kind of a cross between a thief and a guardian, or thief and a gw1 ritualist? or make it a medium/heavy version and CALL it a ritualist?
It's more than just filling a niche...there's already large overlap between GW2 classes, why not focus more on style and feel than 'what haven't we done yet as far as end result effects?" then worry about what to call it?
Dark Knight would be on the opposite side of the spectrum as Guardian, with Warrior right smack in the middle of the spectrum. Warrior's all physical and inspirational, guardian uses magic for protection and secondary offense. A Dark Knight could draw on mostly offensive magic to power its skills. It'll have to be when/if they improve condition damage to be more useful. (Simple: highest condition damage ticks take precedence and don't get overwritten by berserker autoattack stacks) Then this dark knight can work on applying poison, weakness, bleeding, confusion, blind and chill. Guardian can do the latter two of course, but still, overlap. Perhaps add in a Sleep mechanism? Apply X stacks of sleep, each attack on that target removes a stack. Kind of like Molten boss Enraged, just to disable the character instead of buff it. Dark fields similar to symbols or necromancer marks, blasting fear(?), blind and weakness. Where guardian is a Warrior mixed with gw1 monk, this could be warrior mixed with necromancer. Axe instead of mace, polearm instead of staff, maybe give the Greatsword a break but keep Hammer to improve the options of that weapon type. Not sure if Dagger would feel very fitting for a heavy armor character but it would suit the style well. I'd forego scepter, but that leaves few options for ranged weapons. Longbow/shortbow, pistol don't really mesh with this idea. Might not have the option.
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Ilftember 17. 1993
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Ceolnll Michigan Unh ,.,nity Iloud ofTr uJ t«ll
MI. 1'lu5lI nl. Michigan
Decembtr 17, 1993
Members prescnt: Mr. W Sidney Smith. Chair: Dr. Gordon N. Lambie: Mr. Martin H. Cholakian;
Mrs. Kari D. Guldo; Mr. Mitchell D. Kehcllan;o Mr. Roger L. Kessclcr. Ms. Harriet B. R()(ter. Mr. Robert P.
Young, Jr.; Dr. Leonard E. Placbta, President.
Members absent: None.
Also attending: Mr. A. Kim Ellertson. Treasurer of the Board and Vice President for Business and Finance;
Dr. Robert G. f'nmke, Provost; Mr. Russell L. Herron. Secretary to tIM: Board ofTruslce5 and Vice I)resident
for University Relations; Mr. James L. Hill, Vice President for Student Affairs.
The meeting was tailed to order by Chair Smith at 8.07 a.m.
It was moved by Dr. Laml»e. seconded by Mr. Kehdian. and carried, thai the Board mo,., mioclosed session
to discuss strategy COOoe<:led with collect;\'!: bargaining and 10 consull .... ilh our attorney regardmg strategy
in connection wilh pending litigation.
The Board mo\'ed into ~Iosed session at 8:07 a.m. -f.·lr. Kehctian arrived at 8:15 a.m.
The Board recessed at 9:41 a.nI. to conduct committee meetings.
The open session recon\'ened at 1 :47 p.m.
II was mo\'ed by Dr. Lambie. seconded by Mrs. Gliido. and carried. that the minlltes orlhe October I. 199).
meeting be approved.
It was mo ... ed by Mrs. Guido, sceonded by Mr. Cholakian, and tamed, Ihal lhe: following reso lulioll grnming
emeritus ra.nk 10 Thomas W. Arch, IImKiale prof~ ... , lellcher eduCil lion and proft'$!l ional dl'\'elopmenl,
be adopled.
WIIEREAS. Thomu Arch ha, sc ..... ed C~nlr1Il Michigan Uni"crsily for 2))"Can lIS 10 .supervisor
of siudenl lellChen and lIS • valued colleague in the Departmenl of Teacher Education and
Professional Development and
WHEREAS, lie has supervised and laughl more than 2.500 prospecti\'e teachers wilh skill and
friendliness: and
WIIEREAS, lie has developed cooperali ... e leacllereducalion programs belween the uni"ersily and
se ... eral Mithigan SoChool di suiel$. strengthening ties belwccn higher educulion and K· 12 sthools: ,,'
WIIEREAS. lie has contribu ted to Ihe cducation of hundreds of graduale studenlS by teaching
o(f-o;ftmpUS classes throughoul lhe SUllt~ and
WHEREAS. He has pro ... ided OIItStanding international programs for C\tU sIudentteathers in
England and fostered a warm rellllionship belween English educalors and students with their
eounterpans al Central Mlthlgan Uni\ersity: and
WHEREAS. He has OOI1lribuled 10 the education of K·12 studenlS by tnthing III the Co]d"'"ater.
Il illsdale. and Joocsville. MIchigan. SoChools. and Ihe Joliet. Illinois. SoChools: Now be it therefore
RESOLVED. ThaI the Board of Trustees on behalf of the uni,ersilY community. e~presses
appruialion and gratitude to Thomas Wesley Arch for his conlributions to Central Michigan
Uni\ ersity and extends Professor Emeritus rank.
II v,as mo,ed by Mr. VOIIng, seconded by IX Lambie. and C&lTied. that the folio", IIlg resolution granting
emtTilus ranI.. to James E. Hayes, pror",wr, tcacher t"duution lind professional de1iCl-opmerll, be
WHEREAS. James Hayes has de ... oted a 44·year career to the edutation profession, inCluding
service in K· 12 and higher education; lind
WHEREAS. For the lasl 31 years he has demonstraled a tommitmcnt to Central Michigan
Uni ... ersityand ilS students through oUlstllllding leaching and disllnguished leadership ",hich
in<:luded appointmCTIIS as ... ice pro ... ost for research and ... ice presidenl for public a(fan's as "ell as
service in the academit scnate and III the faculty associalion: and
WHEREAS. His pCT"SOnal and professional eoncern for minori!) ad .... ncement resulted. in the
1%Os, III the uni'ierslty's first major illluame to recruit and retain minority students; lind,
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Emeritus Rank . continued
WIIEREAS, Ilis rcscarch and SoCholarly acti ... ity ha\'c focused on soh ing problems "'hlth emerged
from authentic educational and professional cOnteXIJ and resulted in numerous publiCllllonS and
pnscntation to professional organizalions: and
WHEREAS, 1115 teaching and guidance have posltl\ely mnuenced the SUbscquCTII K-12 teachlllg
careers of thousand5 of undergraduate and graduate students of the Department of Teacher
Education and Professional Development; and
WIIEREAS. Il,s lifelong commitmenl 10 social and CConomlt juSlice has In mllly "'ays defined
his place in thc .cademic community as " 'cllllS III the larger society: Now be II therefore
RESOt VED. That the Board of Trustees, on behalf of the Uni ... ersity communIty, expresses
appreciation and gratitude 10 James E. Hayes for his tontribulions to Central Michigan Uni\crsity
and eXlends l'rofeSSOf Emeritus rank.
BUDGET REQUEST .-oR 129+95: (Finance Committee)
It ",as mO\'ed by Mr. Kesseler. 5«onded by Dr. lambIe. and carried. that the follo"'1118 resolutlOll be
RESOLVED, That Ihe President is authoriZed to submit to Ihe Department of Managemcnt and
(Judge!, 1994-95 budget request documcnt for operating appropriations. A copy of the final
document will be On file in Ihe orncc of thc Secretary.
WATER S)'STEM: Willance Committee)
It WIIS mO\'ed by Mr. Kesseltr. seconded by Ms. Rotter, and urncd. that the following resoluuon be adopted.
BE IT RESOL YEO, ThaI the President or his desIgnee IS authorized to sign Conlracts for the
c.mpus water distribulion system (Pbase I) II a total project WSI not to extee<! 527S.000 11Ic
projecl will be funded from the capital budget.
HOOD REPI.ACEMENT - CAREY lUNING COMMONS: (finance CommillH)
It wu moved by Mr. Kesseler, seconded by Dr Lambie. and C&lTied. that the follo","tng resolution be -"'.""-
!loud R~ l'lae~men t ... - con tinued
BE IT RESOLVED. That the I' resident or his designee is authorized to sign contraclS for Ihe
kitchen hood n:plaeemem in Carey Dining Commons for an amount not 10 e)(eeed $220,000.
Funding (or the project will be from Ihe capital budget.
ACCEPTANCE OF FllI"I'DlNG: ("' in ll nec ComminH)
II \\as mO\'ed by Mr. Kesseler. seconded by Dr. Lambie. and earTied. that the following resolutions be
U.S. I)epartmenl of Eduelltion: I'atridll Roberu lIarris Grad uat ~ Fdlo.uhil)' for Minority
St udents and Women
BE IT RESOLVED. That ve rbal approval for the President to accept funds from the U.S.
Department of Educalion: Patricia Roberts !-lams Gl'lIIduate Fellowships for Minoril) Siudents
and Women in the amount 0($299,000 is I'lIItified.
lIieh .... y Sa rtly I'ublie I nrormlltion l'rojKl
BE IT RESOLVED. That the Pll:sident is authorized 10 accept fuilds from lhe Michigan Office of
Iligh\Oo'ay Safety and Planning in the amounl of $200,653 10 de.·clop and implement educational
materials related to the use ofadult seatbehs and infant car seats.
Michigan Partnership for New J:ducalion
BE IT RESOLVED. That the Prcsidem or his designee is authorUed to accept. grant for $1 n,500
from the Michigan Partnership for Nev. Education to support the professional de"clopmcnt school
iniliali.e and a pose doctoral award for I eMU faculty member.
flU' LEA E: I'AI .I.8 CHURCII. VIRGINIA (Finllnee CommillH)
It was moved b) Mr. Kesseler. seconded by Mr. Cholakian, and carried. thallhe followillg resolution be
BE IT RESOLVED. ThaI the Pll:sident or his designee is authoti1.ed to conclude a lease with
lnova Ilealth S)'S'em II05pllals ofSprmgfield. Virginia. for officefclassroom space for Extended
Degree Programs at 81 10 Gatehouse Road. Falls Church. Virginia.
ACCEI>'(ANCt' OF GInS FOR SEMAINIlES Of 1"': (Io"inll ncc Committee)
It was moved by Mr. Kesseler. seconded by Mr. Cholakian. and carried. that the follo\Ooing resolution be
BE IT RESOLVED. That the Presilknt or hi~ designee is authoti~ed on behalf or the Board of
Trustccs to accept any gifts to the UIlI.ersl'Y durmg Ihe remalilder of calendar ycar ]993
NAMING Of fA CII.ITIES: ("' iDaBet' CommillH)
[t was moved by Mr. Kesseler. seconded by Dr. lambie. and camed. that the fo llowmg resolUllon be
BE ]T RESOLVED. That the DepaT1ment of Art (eclUre hall is named the Frances G. t'itch
Leclull' HaU to commemorate Frances Fi tch, fooner art facuity member and lifeloog Mt. I'leasant
Il:sident. \Ooho len her eState 10 Ihe university in 1976
It was mo\ed by Mr. Kessclcr, seconded by lX. lambie. and carried. that the follo\\mg rcSOhlhon be
BE IT RESOLVED. That .erbal appronl ghen b) the Board for naming a classroom ,n the
Applied Business SlUdies Comple)( in honor of Larry A. Johns. in grateful recogmhoo of hi'
many years of dedicated service to the univers it y. is ratified.
WENDROW PROi'ERIY: (!-' inane," Committee)
II was mo.ed by Mr. Kesselcr. seconded by Dr lambie. and tamed, that the follOWing resolution be
BE IT RESOLVED, Thallhe President or his designee is .uthori~ to sign purehase a~ments
and deeds for the ICquisition or the Wendrow F...slltes propert} donation, for an amount 1M)( to
exceed $6.000. Acceptance of the parcel of land is contingent upon fa'orablc environmental
I15sessment and acquisi tion continu ing to be in the Uni.ersity's best interest.
GlfIS: (finance Committee)
It WlIS moved by Mr. Kesseler, secooded by Dr. Lambie, and CBJTied. that gifts received durms September
and October toll ling S619, 790 be accepted With appreciation.
GRANTS; ( Fi nance Commiltee)
It was moved by Mr. Kesseler. sccooded by Mr. Cholakian. and carried, that grants awarded during Oc::tober
and November be accepted.
I' ERSONNEL; (Finllnu Commiu«)
It wu mo\cd by Mr. Kcsselef, sccooded by Dr. lambie. and carried. Ihal thc personnel tnrnsaclions
appeanng on pages 1·19 oflhe agcnda be appro\ed as submitted.
rRt:SIDEf'IIT S COMPENSATION; (Finli RCt Commiltee)
11 .... 115 moved by Mr. Kesseler. seconded by Mr. Cholakian. and carried. Ihatthe following resolulion be
BE IT RESOLVED, ThaI the annual clsh eqU1vllenl base salary is set It $130.000 for President
leonard Plachta effective Oc::tober I, 1993 ..... hich is concurrenl .... ,lh hl5 appOintment as the
e!e\enlh president of Central Michigan Unl\mllY. Up 10 $20.000 oflne $130.000 annual cash
equl\'alent can be defeTT"cd at his election.
I'REsmENIlAI. EVALUATION PROCESS: (Finaocl' Committu)
It was moved by Mr. Kesseler, seconded by Ms. Rotter. and carried. that the following resolution be adopted.
BE IT RESOLVED, That the Presidential Evaluation Process dated December 17. 1993. is
Pr~ idflltial Enluation P ~ess
The President will provide the Board of Trustees .... ilh a lisl of short·tenn and longer·lerm objecti\ cs and
priori ties on December 17, 1993. The Board .... ilI usc these objectives and priori ties as a basis for Ihe
PreSident's Informal evaluation and assessment in April 1994 and c\ery Aprilthereafier. The process
"Ill include multi-Iev'd inpul from studenlS. (acilley. administrators, taxiXlyers. and members of the
Board of Trustees. The evaluation details will be co\'ered in a closed session oflhe Finance Committee.
and a summary repon will be giv'en 10 Ihe fu ll Board at the May 6. 1994. Iloard of Trustccs meeting and
evCT)' May thereafter
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Praidential Evaluation p~~, . ~onlinued
The aJl5CSSme lit will be uscd liS the basis for the Finance Committee to make a recommendation for
adjuslments to the president's compensation package I:ffecti~e July I of each )ear. This Ilnt llli will coincide
.... ith the compensation adjustments for all senior officers.
At the July board mcctingofeach year fccdbad . 00 tnee\ aluatloo process .... 111 be dlscu~ and modified.
if appropriate_
HONORARY DEGR .... ;.$; (Academic A(fai" Com mitt ~)
It wu moved by Mr Cholakian. seconded by Ms. ROItcr, and carried. thaI the follOWing reso lUlion be
BE IT RESOLVED, TItat the Board ofTrusl1tdI approves the awa/lhng ofhononry degrees at Ihe
December 1993 commencement ceremOOICS to:
Uden Mumy Free
Timoth) G. Quinn Doctorof Educauoo
Ms. Free .... ill be the speaker at the College: of Arts and Scoenccs cc:rtmony. and Dr. Qullln .... 111 be: the spca},er
at the Colleges of BuslIless Adm illl stration and Education, Ilealth and Human Services ceremony.
DECEMBER I99J GHAIH/ATION liST; (AclIdcnlic: Arr.in Committee)
It wu moved by Mr Cholalo:tan. SQ;onded b) Ms. RoUer, and Clrned, that the follo .... 1II8 resolullon be
BE IT RESOLVED. TItat the list of prospec;tl\t graduates for December 1993. upon certlrlCat ion
of the Registrar and IICceptanCe by the Academic Senate is approved.
ACADEMIC ORGANIZATION; (Academic Amlirl Commitfee)
[t was mo\cd by Mr
Chalakian. SQ;onded by Dr Lambie. and carried. that the folloVo lllg resolution be
BE IT RESOLVED. ThaI the Policy on AcademIC Organization adopted by the Ac.dcm1C Senate,
December 14, 1993. u amended by the Board ofT~ees is lIPPfO'ed This polICy superscdcs the
policy dated Oclober S. 1934 .
Policy on Au dcmic Organil;a tion - continued
Policy on Atademic Organization
I>roposals for Ihe creat ion of new colleges;' reorganization ofexlsllllg colleges including the shifting of
departments or Oilier academic units from one college to another; the partial or complete merger of two
or more departments; creation of new departments: dissolution of departments; and changes of college
department names may be initiated by the President, the Provost, or the alTected department(s) or
college(sV The initiator of the proposal shall act as principal advocate for the proposal through-out
subsequent discussions. Proposals may be withdrawn al any point in the process by the initiator.
Information on the financial impact of the proposal shall be requested by the ini tialor and provided by
the Provost for usc in subsequent discuss ions.
The aim of lhe following procedures is to insure thai challges forwarded to the Board have the approval
of the President, the I'rovost, and the alTected college(s). In cases when,: cOllscnsus is not secured,
disputes will be adjudicated by the Academic Senate.
I. In the case of proposals initiated by a department, a positive vote by the department is required to initiate
action. In the case of proposals initiated by a college, the President. or the Provost. affected depm1mentS
shall be notified of proposed chaoges and reasons for those changes in writing by the initiator. Within
two weeks of notification, aff~"(;led departments shall vote on the proposal(s). Resuhs of the vote(s) shall
be reported within two working days to the Dean and the Academic Senate.
2. Once affected departments ha\·e taken a vote on a proposal, it shall be forwarded to the affected
eol1ege(s) for discussion and act ion by the college faculty. At least one week prior to voting, the
collcge(s) willlmid informational meetings allowing all concerned part ies to prescnt their views on the
proposal(s). A :;ceret ballot vote by the college faculty on proposals shall occur within three weeks of
the report of department votes.
3. Proposals at the department or college level may be modified prior to voting with the consent of the
initiator(s) and the affected departme11l(S).
4. Results of lhe college votes shall be reported by tally "ithin two working days ofthc act ion 10 the Senate
for publication in writillg to its members.
'In this policy, "colleges' shall refer to all major un its in to which the faculty of the academic
division is organized. The Counseling Center and those members of the library stalT with faculty status
are also in tended, and should be considered one-department colleges.
lAn "affected" department or college is one ",·hose membership is being altered by means
such as reorganiution, partial or complcte merger, or creation or dissolu tion; or whose name is being
Policy on Academic Organization _ con tinued
5. College act ions may be objected to in writing by the I'resident, the Provost. a Dean, a department. or any
academic unit within Iwo weeks of publication. Objections will be Soe11t to the Academic Senate. If there
is no objection, then proposals approved by the col1ege(s) shall be forwarded 10 the Board ofTrnstees
by the President, together with his or her re<:ommendations.
6. ~ Senate will adjudicate disputes if: (a) a proposal inVOlving more than olle college is nO{ approved
by one or more of the colleges involved. and is approved by the other(s); or (b) an objection has been
In such cases, the Senate will discuss the disputed proposal(s) and take ac tion within four weeks of
ootificat ion of a splil vOle. or the receipt ofan objection. Proposals may be amellded by the Senate up
10 one week before final action. Amended proposals require a 2!3 vote ofSenatOB present for approval.
If an amended proposal fails, any Senator may move the approval of the proposal as published. in which
case the unamended proposal requires a simple majorily for approval. If an amended or original
proposal fails, any Senator, attha! same 01" the next Senate meeting and regardless of the Senator's vote
on the proposal, may move for reconsidernlion. Proposals receiving positive rec:ommcndat;ons from the
Academic Senate shall be forwanled to the Board of Trustees by the President, together with his or her
re<:ommendalions. Proposals receiving negative recommendations from the Academic Sellate, eltccpt
for those cases which affect the colleges' ability to otTer programs.. degrees, majors, minors, or
concentrations. may be forwarded to the Board or Trustees by the President together with his or her
recommendation and Ihe recommendation orthe Academie Senate.
PEPARIMEf'I.'IAL REAl.IGNMENJ"fNAME CHANGE: (Academic Affain Commillee)
It was moved by Mr. Cholakian. seconded by Dr. Lambie. and calTied. that the following resolu tion be
BE IT RESOL VEl>. Thatlhe physical therapy program be Il'aligned .... ith the health education and
health sc ience department 10 become the Departnlcnt or I lealth Pronlolion a nd Rehabilitation.
MERRILL SCHOi.ARSlI IP: (Student Affain Committee)
It was moved by Mr. Kehelian. seconded by Dr. Lambie. and calTied. that the following resolution be
BE IT RESOLVED. That the Mary Jane MelTitJ Scholarship recipient selection criteria and
statement appro\ed for printing in the Bulletin ha\'1l been chpnged as requested by hcr parellts.
Elwyn E. and Grace Bonnell MelTilI:
Mary J ane 1'-hrrill Sc:holarahip - continued
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of 19J I. as a tribute to their <laught .... and ...... grandr~lher, Eme!t E. Merrill, Ph.D. Mary Jane was
ajunior majoring in education who lost her life in a car 3C(: idcnt O<:toixr 5. Ernest J. Merrill was
a faculty member from 1921 to 1953 and was head of chemistry and phY$K:5 "hen he n:tired.
Spendable im'estment Hlcome will be awarded to second semester junior chemistry mlljOl'5 ,,110
ha~e eamed a 3.00 or higher gnldc point a\'erage and meet other eligibility criteria.
ST"DENT.TRUSTEES I.IAISON COMMITIEt;
Chair Smith appointed Trustee KehClian, chair, and Trustee Young 10 serve on the newly created Student·
TtuSlces Liaison Committee. The student body will be n:prcsenled by the SGA pn$idcnt and three studcnu
selected by SGA according 10 guidelines for the selection ofliaison comminee n:pn:senlltIllCS.
AMENDMENT TO GUIUEI ,INES FOR IMPLEMENTATION; (Policy lind Bylawl COIIIOlill«)
It 1'1'85 moved by Mr Young. seconded by Mr. Kehetian, and carried, that the following n:solut ion be
BE IT RESOI.VED, 1bat the Guidelines for Implementation ofOylaws, Artkle I: Responsibilities
and Reser.ed Authority, Seclion 2.L. which reserveS to the Board authorily over "acceptance of
all private, state and federal and institutional grants and gifts to the Uni\'enity," are amended 10
read as follow5:
A. Any grant, restricted gift, or contract req uiring over $100,000 of University cash match
in a single yeM requires fannal Board attion before the University makes a commitment
10 accept. ( In some cases. this means Board action is required before the: application has
been submined; in mosl caSC'S, hO"'e\'er, the application is not binding and Board
approval will be requeSted after the fu nding is oITered to the university.)
B. Any granl OC" contnll:t "hich provides the uni\'ersity wilh more than $5(10,000 in a single
yeM rtquiru fannal Board aclion before the Uni~ersity makes a commitment to ac«:pt
the grant or contract.
C, All other granls, contl'llCts, and ~cted gitU shall be submitted to the Board for
acceptance after award; ttlosc for al least $200.000 will be individually reported and
tOOse fOC" sma ller amounts wil l be inc luded in the regular reports of gif\s and of grants
and contMlCU.
Amendmenl:J to Guidtlina for Implementation · tontinued
The above statement supersedes the guidelines approved by the Board ofTrustccs. May I, 1992.
REPORTS TO TilE BOARD:
Trustees heard reports from Provost F.."ke, program n:view; Michael Libbce, Michigan QcQgraphlC
Alliance; and Preside nt Plachll.
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Ward Melville, which rolled to the New York Class A state championship with a perfect record, has been named No. 1 team in the final TopLaxRecruits.com Boys' Rankings.
The Patriots, who were not considered a state favorite before the year, went 22-0 and were barely challenged the entire season. They were dominant in the post-season, handling Smithtown West, 11-6, and Massapequa, 12-3, to win the Long Island championship and later routing West Genesee, 16-4, for the state crown.
The Final TopLaxRecruits.com North America Boys' Rankings:
Under consideration: Arapahoe, CO. (16-3); Cazenovia Central, N.Y. (22-2); Don Bosco Prep, N.J. (18-3); Episcopal Academy, Pa. (15-6); Fairfield Prep, CT. (18-4); Lake Highland Prep, FL., (20-5); Loyola Academy, Ill. (19-3); Massapequa, N.Y. (15-3); Smithtown West, N.Y. (16-3); St. Mark's, TX, (18-3); St. Paul's, Md. (15-5); Shoreham-Wading River, N.Y. (18-2); West Genesee, N.Y. (15-6); Westminster, Md. (19-0); Xaverian Brothers, MA, (16-6).
McDonogh School (MD), which completed its fourth straight undefeated season, has been named the No. 1 team in the finalTopLaxRecruits.com Girls' Rankings.
The Eagles' accomplishments over the last five years are perhaps unprecedented in the history of girls' lacrosse.
They finished 22-0 and have captured five straight Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland championships and won 91 straight games, only 12 short of the national record.The final 2013 TopLaxRecruits.com North America Girls' Rankings:
Under Consideration: Amador Valley, CA. (21-2); Bryn Mawr, Md. (10-5); C.M. Wright, Md. (16-2); Good Counsel, Md. (17-3-1); Loyola Academy, Ill. (23-3); Maryvale Prep, Md. (11-5); Notre Dame Academy, Mass (24-2); Springfield-Delco, Pa. (20-5); West Genesee, N.Y. (15-2); Westwood, Mass. (22-1).


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American Muslims in a Global Context
K. Rizwan Kadir, the president of the Pakistan Club at the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business, visited campus to discuss the challenges and opportunities of being a Muslim in America. He also presented on how religion and International Relations are intertwined in today's world.
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Destruction of Johnson C—the circular building—began on July 26. The bridge connecting the two Johnson buildings will take place next.
Ten-week Richter scholars presented their research results during a daylong symposium on July 22. Nineteen students worked on 13 projects in biology, business, chemistry, computer science, economics, education, English, music, and neuroscience. The four-week Richter Scholar Symposium was held in June.
The third consecutive plate race pitted teams of summer research students from different science departments, Richter scholars and the LFC-RFUMS Summer Scholars programs. Runners balanced a stack of petri dishes in a relay around the Middle Campus Quad in this highlight of the summer semester.
Certified therapy dogs brought smiles to students faces during the hectic finals week in May. The therapy dogs visit campus during mid-terms and finals to give students an opportunity to de-stress and connect with a furry friend.
Four-week Richter scholars presented the results of their research during a daylong symposium on June 3. Seventeen students worked on 13 projects in art history, business, chemistry, computer science, English, environmental studies, politics, and psychology. The 10-week Richter Scholar Symposium will be held on Friday, July 22.


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It's one thing to crit the new OS X's functionality.
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The Corporate and Global Admin group within Apple IS&T is seeking a
User Experience expert who will be responsible for developing standards
and guidelines for application development teams so that applications
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The candidate we seek must be self-motivated, able to demonstrate an
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Key responsibilities include:
? Define user experience (aka human intefrace) standards and guidelines
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Digestive Disorders Health Center
The Domino Effect: Two Donor Livers Serve Four Patients
At last report both the patients with FAP and the recipients of their organs -- both men with hepatitis C, one age 53 and the other age 68 -- were doing well, says Dave Lewis, MD, director of Lahey's liver transplant program and associate professor of surgery at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston.
Although some people might question whether it is ethical to give patients with a critical illness a "diseased" organ, there is good therapeutic rationale for the experimental surgery, says Martha Skinner, MD, an expert on FAP and other amyloid protein abnormalities.
"The livers taken out of these patients are very good looking livers; they don't have the usual end-stage liver disease like people who usually get liver transplants," Skinner, professor of medicine and director of the amyloid program at Boston University School of Medicine, tells WebMD.
She says that although it is still unknown how livers from donors with FAP will affect the recipients, "these people are not ideal candidates for transplants because of problems like hepatitis C that would make a donor liver more likely to fail, so they may not be at the top of the transplant lists, but this clearly is giving several years of life to these people that they would not have."
Bioethicist Jeffrey Kahn, PhD, MPH, tells WebMD that for patients with hepatitis C or other life-threatening illnesses, the prospect of receiving a less-than-perfect liver almost certainly beats the alternative. "Why limit this to patients with hepatitis C? There are others waiting for liver transplants who probably will die if they don't have one. Would they not rather accept a liver with this inborn error of metabolism than none at all?" says Kahn. He is director of the Center for Bioethics and an associate professor in the department of medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School in Minneapolis.
"There is already a 'second-tier market' in livers from people who are hepatitis C-infected but don't even know it when they die," Kahn notes. "So those livers will not be transplanted into healthy people, but they will be transplanted into people with hepatitis C who need a liver transplant, which in a way expands the pool of useable organs." A liver from someone with hepatitis C can function for many years before failing.
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UK's most vulnerable under threat of Care Act, warns Home Group
Published by Anonymous for 24dash.com in Care and Support and also in Central Government, Communities, Local Government
UK's most vulnerable under threat of care act, warns Home GroupImage: Wheelchair via Shutterstock
Social landlord Home Group has warned that "ambiguity" in the rules and guidance included in the coalition's Care Act 2014 could mean that some ill and vulnerable people with a major support need will no longer receive the care they need.
Home Group, which provides social care services to 30,000 people each year, has responded to the act's regulation and guidance consultation, which ended last week, warning that the current guidance could lead to the "reintroduction of the local variations in eligibility that the act was designed to prevent".
Under the act, which received Royal Assent and was passed into law in May, for an adult to meet the eligibility criteria their needs must be caused by a physical impairment or illness, and they must be unable to achieve specified outcomes including carrying out 'some or all' basic care activities.
Home Group wants the planned criterion for basic care needs to be altered to "one or more" basic care activity, to ensure that people who have a major support need in only one category will continue to receive the support they need.
Rachael Byrne, Home Group's executive director of care and support, said: "Leaving individual local authorities to determine the meaning of the term 'some or all' could result in the reintroduction of local variations in eligibility and bring back the postcode lottery by the back door.
"The requirement to fulfil 'some or all' basic care activities could exclude people who have a major need in one specific basic care activity, but not in others."
The 55,000-home provider has also raised concerns around the introduction of the 'Wellbeing Principle', which states that in addition to rendering a person unable to achieve a series of specified outcomes, a person's physical or mental impairment or illness must have a 'significant impact on their wellbeing'.
Home Group believes that this term could be interpreted by local authorities in a way that restricts access to social care services for people with substantial needs.
Ms Byrne said: "In a climate of reduced government funding and ever increasing demands on resources, there is a danger that this loophole could be misused by local authorities to save money and resources by restricting access to care services.
"People whose care needs are classified as substantial are very vulnerable and may have suffered from abuse or neglect and run the risk of doing so in future. It would be a tragedy if people in this category had their access to support restricted because of the ambiguities surrounding the meaning of having 'a significant impact' on someone's wellbeing."
The social landlord has additionally reiterated previous concerns it had around the exclusion of 'moderate' care needs from the eligibility criteria.
Ms Byrne added: "The use of the term moderate to describe people's care needs does not do justice to the importance of the support they require, and the difference it makes to their day to day lives. People in this category experience serious difficulties in carrying out everyday tasks such as personal care and domestic routines, and are at risk of isolation, loneliness and further health problems if they are not given adequate support.
"The current eligibility criteria will mean that many people with moderate care needs will no longer be eligible for state funded care, and instead be left to fend for themselves. The Government must do more to ensure that everyone who needs care is captured by the new system so that vulnerable people do not lose the vital services they rely on."
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Sonnet 116
by William Shakespeare
Sonnet 116 Theme of Loyalty
As far as Sonnet 116 is concerned, loyalty plays a key role in true love – actually, the only significant role. The poem asserts that the true marker of love is its persistence; without constant devotion, "love is not love." A lot of difficulties can arise when two people who love each other, but if their feelings are real, none of these things should matter. In the ideal world of the poem, true lovers always forgive each other and stay together, regardless of the circumstances.
Questions About Loyalty
- The poem alludes to a specific kind of "marriage" in the first line – how might we differentiate this from the legal idea of marriage?
- The poem claims that love that changes when people change isn't actually love at all. Do you agree or disagree with this idea?
- What kinds of "tempests" might the poet be referring to in terms of human relationships?
- Can love persist even if one of the parties involved is not loyal? Do you think that true love, as the poem claims, is actually both reciprocal and eternal?
Chew on This
Try on an opinion or two, start a debate, or play the devil's advocate.
Sonnet 116 suggests that true lovers remain loyal, despite any "tempests" that may strike their relationship. This includes even, paradoxically, infidelity.


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BPC announces Spring Registration for Spring 2010 semester
MOUNT VERNON—Brewton-Parker College announces the beginning of Spring Registration for the Spring 2010 semester.
Current BPC seniors and juniors may begin registering for Spring classes Nov. 2 and all students may follow on Nov. 4. Open Registration to interested high school graduates or transfers is ongoing.
All students should contact their advisors before attempting to register so you can be cleared for online registration. If you do not know who your advisor is, you can identify her/him by logging on to MyWeb and clicking "My Advisor". If your advisor is not available at this time, please contact me or the Registrar's office for assistance.
Students needing to apply for Spring and Fall graduation are asked to contact the Office of the Registrar at 583-3240, or visit the registrar's website to fill out the graduation application online: www.bpc.edu/registrar.
To learn more about how you can become a Baron, contact the Office of Admissions at 583-3265, or visit us on the web at www.bpc.edu
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High-impact exercises can be painful for those with bone or joint injuries due to the force they generate when your feet hit the ground. Low-impact exercises are much easier on the joints; there are a variety of low-impact workouts that you can do to build cardiovascular fitness while simultaneously eliminating visible leg fat. It is not possible to spot reduce a particular area of your body; you must reduce your overall body weight if you want slimmer legs. Regularly perform cardiovascular activities that engage your leg muscles while burning hundreds of calories per hour for slim, toned legs and a slimmer body.
Walking is a low-impact activity that burns a lot of calories and activates the quadriceps, calves and hamstrings. A 155-pound person can burn approximately 300 calories walking at a moderate pace for one hour, notes Harvard Health Publications. You'll achieve similar results walking around your neighborhood as you would using a treadmill at your local gym. Wear ankle weights or increase the incline on the treadmill to intensify your workout, lose weight faster and increase your chances of slimming your legs quicker.
Elliptical Training
Elliptical trainers mimic the movement of running without placing any impact on your joints. With elliptical training, you can burn the same number of calories as you would jogging or running while lowering your risk of developing knee or joint pain. Elliptical machines work the quadriceps, calves, hamstrings and glutes while burning hundreds of calories. A 155-pound person can burn more than 600 calories with one hour of elliptical training, which is more than enough to reduce excess fat in your legs and entire body.
Stair Climbing
Stair climbers are high-intensity, low-impact cardiovascular machines. They mimic the motions required to climb a flight of stairs, allowing users to burn lots of calories while sculpting their thighs, calves and bottom. Harvard Health Letter notes that a 155-pound person burns more than 220 calories with just 30 minutes of stair climbing. Because stair climbers provide a high-intensity workout, your heart rate will increase quickly on this machine, allowing you to break a sweat and start the process of burning calories and leg fat fast.
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Bicycles and stationary cycles place no impact on the joints and can burn from 400 to more than 800 calories per hour, depending on your body weight and workout intensity. Cycling also tones your legs by activating your quadriceps, hamstrings, and calves, allowing you to reduce fat and sculpt a lean lower body. You can further ensure the comfort of your joints by adjusting the height of the cycle's seat before workouts. Most stationary cycles offer some form of resistance, making it possible for you to intensify your workout without increasing your risk of joint pain or injury.
- BodyBuilding.com: You Can't Spot Reduce -- Learn Why!
- Harvard Health Publications: Calories Burned in 30 Minutes for People of Three Different Weights
- MayoClinic.com: Elliptical Machines -- Better Than Treadmills?
- American Council on Exercise: Intermittent Stair Climbing Improves Fitness
- Arthritis Today: Benefits of Stationary Cycling
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Food trucks roll up to the El Pueblo History Museum, ready to feed a hungry crowd of lunch goers.
The Pueblo City Center Partnership began the event this summer, with the hopes of getting people out of their offices during their lunch break. "Once they're done we hope people will go and walk around downtown and spend time in the local businesses," said Brittany Gutierrez, a staff member.
On Thursday, the food truck lineups included Sweet Peas Truck Boutique, Chester's Smokin' BBQ, Pass Key On The Go and YumTumlicious.
Debby Marez of Pueblo came with her son to grab a bite. "I would rather support local business than anything. We make our money here. I like to spend it here."
The trucks will be parked at the El Pueblo History Museum parking lot every Thursday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. through August 28 for the City Center Eats event.
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- We agree with both the other reviews. We currently use the stemmed Reidel and would use no other. The "O To Go" designation was a bit misleading as we believed they would be more travel worthy than the O glasses we currently own. A more accurate rendition of the glass would have been helpful. (Posted on 8/20/2013)
- Good glasses but bulky yet not well protected Review by Nana24
- My husband was jealous of the inexpensive stemmed globe I always pack when traveling. I saw these in Skymall and thought they would forever quiet his jealous comments. Wrong. The first thing he said was the container was too large yet no protection between it and the crystal--it rattled. The glasses themselves are perfect but if it takes too much space and then isn't safe from the vagaries of airline luggage handlers then it isn't worth packing. As much as we like the glasses, we have stemmed Reidel that we use at home, so the only reason to purchase was for travel. (Posted on 2/23/2013)
- great glasses, so-so packaging Review by Stacie
- I bought these Riedel O To Go Red Wine Glasses because I thought they would be great for travel. While the Riedel O To Go Red Wine Glasses are packaged in a "to go" box, the container is bulkier and less protective than I had hoped for. (Posted on 11/30/2012)
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What is it? Twelve years ago, everyone knew the rules as Rhona Martin's "housewives on ice" won a dramatic gold in Salt Lake City. There are 10 ends per match with teams scoring a point for each stone closest to the scoring circle at the completion of each end. Ten nations compete in a round-robin format with the top four going into the semi-finals.
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Your sunrise summary of everything you need to know about weather in H-town.
Houston will have a pleasant day in the 60s before an arctic blast arrives Thursday.
After a chilly morning — with temperatures at or just below freezing to the north and west of downtown Houston — the day should warm nicely under the influence of southerly winds.
Today should be the region's nicest day until at least Sunday, with sunny skies and highs in the upper 60s for most of the area. Enjoy it while you can.
Meanwhile a strong cold front is moving southward, and will push through Houston on Thursday, likely before noon. As this will be a strong front, once it moves through temperatures will drop steadily throughout the afternoon. Friday morning's low temperatures will be in the upper 20s across much of Houston.
The tricky part of the forecast is the possibility of precipitation on Thursday night and Friday morning, forecasters say. Most forecast models show some light precipitation, but depending on how cold it gets it could reach the ground in the form of rain, sleet, ice pellets or freezing rain. Snow is also possible, but most likely only to the northwest of Houston, in areas such as College Station.
The National Weather Service may issue a winter storm watch later today.
The bottom line is that Friday morning's commute could be messy, and perhaps even dangerous, even within the city of Houston itself. I'll update as things become more clear.
Sunshine returns by the weekend, with highs in the upper 50s on Saturday and in the mid-60s on Sunday.
A nice day today
It's the calm before the storm.
Wintry mix, anyone?
In 1999 a severe thunderstorm on this date produced golf ball to softball ball sized hail on the campus of Texas A&M University. Damage was estimated near $10 million dollars.


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Ballarat Grammar was on fire today with their Schoolboy and Schoolgirl Coxed Four's taking out the National Titles in their respective events on the final day of the Australian Rowing Championships in Perth.
The Victorians were clear victors in the
Schoolgirl's Coxed Four, maintaining an impressive lead from start to finish so
secure the National Title in a time of 7:46.02.
The crew of Stella Fulton, Vicki Powell,
Anna Fairbairn-Calvert, Sarah Mair and Clara Toohey have significantly raised
the bar in the Schoolgirl division after putting forward an outstanding display
that would have had their coach, Bill Gribble, beaming with pride.
PLC Perth's Rebecca Duke, Jessamy Burton,
Kate Mannolini, Emily Mantle and Elinor Scott took out the Silver medal with
the Girls from Gennazzano sitting no more than half a boat length behind to
claim the Bronze.
In the Schoolboy Coxed Four, Campbell
Gullock, Sam Ballantyne, Tom Hunt, Sebastian Walsh and Matthew Haberfield
fought back from a slow start that saw them hunting the Scotch Oakburn crew of
James Brient, Chrish Hughes, Samuel Francis, William Thompson and James Dixon-Douglas
down the course.
With just 0.71 of a second separating the
two crews in the final 500, Haberfield commanded his crew to surge in one last
attempt to overpower their strong competitors, pushing them into the lead and
over the line in first place to clock a time of 6:51.31.
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MARIETTA - Roxanne Marshall shops downtown Marietta regularly, but hadn't made it to Twisted Sisters Boutique in the 100 block of Front Street before.
That changed on Monday, when Marshall, 67, of Marietta, joined a mob.
It was ReStore Marietta's first "Cash Mob" of 2013, picking up on a program started last year in which people gather at a predetermined location to go shopping en masse. The catch is they don't know where they're going until they get to the meeting place.
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Marietta resident Karen Schramm, left, and husband Dave look at Trollbeads Monday at Twisted Sisters Boutique as part of the first ReStore Marietta Cash Mob event of the year.
"I think that kind of puts the fun into it, that you don't know what you're shopping for," said Makenzie Betts, 21, of Marietta, attending her first Cash Mob Monday.
Marshall may not have had a specific item on her shopping list, but it didn't take her long to find a selection for Monday nor for her to realize the store's inventory would bring her back.
"I like that they have the Vera Bradley things here," she said. "(It's a) wonderful place for gifts - and for myself, actually."
Everybody in the mob agrees to spend at least $10 at the chosen destination. Although many people may associate Twisted Sisters with women's gifts, about half of the 15 people who made up Monday's mob were men and they didn't hesitate to fulfill their pledge.
Charlie Clay, owner of Dad's Primitive Workbench, another downtown shop, picked up a birthday present for his sister.
"I've done them and been mobbed," Clay said. "It's just fun to get together with the community and support small business and get to meet your peers."
Attendance Monday was slightly down compared to last year when as few as 20 and as many as 50 attended 11 events, said Mallory Greenham, executive director of ReStore, a group that works to beautify, support and promote the downtown area.
The Cash Mob concept arrived in Marietta in January 2012, not long after ReStore board member Dave Schramm read an article about a similar event in Cleveland.
"We were one of the first 20 or 30 communities in the United States to cash mob," Greenham said.
The weather sometimes plays a part, which is why the first Cash Mob of 2013 was held Monday instead of earlier in the year, she said.
A Unique Flower & Gift Shop at 152 Front St. was the target of the last Cash Mob of 2012.
"I think it's a great experience," owner Cheryl Lang said. "I think it gets people to actually shop downtown that maybe wouldn't."
She said a few of the folks who attended her Cash Mob hadn't been to the shop before, and some of them came back. Like Clay, she enjoys attending Cash Mobs at other stores.
Most of them have a good selection of items in the $10 minimum purchase range, Lang said, which means people don't have to buy something they don't really want.
"It's just a nice time," she said. "You can go and participate, but you don't have to dedicate a lot of time."
The event can be extended with the "after-mob" event at a local restaurant, where participants can have a themed cocktail and vote for the location of the next Cash Mob.
The fact that their shop was chosen by shoppers was a bonus for Debbie Cline, a partner in Twisted Sisters.
"(We're) very thankful. It's very kind," she said. "We're thrilled that ReStore does this."


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The Mosaic Intelligence Report investigates France's aggressive new push to involve itself in the Middle East. The French have signed a deal to set up a permanent military base in the Persian Gulf region, the first such facility controlled by a Western nation that isn't led by George W. Bush.
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The War of the Worlds
by H.G. Wells
The War of the Worlds Resources
This website is pretty extensive, with overview pages on the books (the original, the sequels, and adaptations, even some non-fiction about the story), the comic books, the movies, the radio adaptations, etc. And then there is a whole page for each individual work. A really excellent resource.
If you didn't have Shmoop's guide to help you, this other website would provide you with some of what you'd need to get you through some hard parts. For instance, especially useful are the pages on the timeline of The War of the Worlds and an essay on the difficulty of actually knowing when this novel is set. There's also some fine work on the plot and the themes. Bravo!
This is mostly a collection of thought-provoking questions that you might use to start yourself off in writing an essay. Or to try to stump a teacher. While we think our questions are better, these might be useful.
It might not actually be complete, and it seems to give short shrift to the H.G. Wells original, but this site does have some info on other versions of The War of the Worlds, particularly the Welles radio adaptation (see "Audios") and various comics inspired by the book.
A collection of 397 different book covers for The War of the Worlds, from 1898 to 2010, and from all over the world. This excellent website allows you to sort the covers by year or by element or by language. (In case you're wondering, it looks like tripods are the most popular image for covers.)
Check out this great BBC website to learn more about the historical context surrounding Wells' War of the Worlds.
Check out the VictorianWeb for some scholarly articles on Victorian-era England and science. There's even a full section on technology.
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Let's be honest: if you watch a movie from the 1950s, you're probably not going to be astounded by the special effects. And this movie makes some serious changes from the book. For one thing, it takes place in California. For another, it features a love story. But in all honesty, it's a fair movie version and many of the changes are pretty standard. In fact, most versions update the story to the storyteller's own place and time, and adding a love story is jus the usual for a Hollywood movie. However, this movie version also (for some reason) changes the ridiculous curate into a heroic pastor and trades in the tripods for flying machines, which we think are unforgivable changes. Sigh.
We said that the Orson Welles adaptation of The War of the Worlds from 1938 was big news. Here's the proof: they made a movie about it.
There were actually three film versions of The War of the Worlds in 2005, but the version by Spielberg is the only one we really care about. (If you want to see why, here's a review of one of the other versions, which is very clear about how terrible it is.) As with most adaptations, Spielberg's is updated. In this version, the Martian invasion of 2005 takes place in – of all places – New Jersey). There's also a change in focus, because who really wants to follow around a narrator who is so moody? Instead of the 1953 version's focus on a love story, this version adds a family issue that is totally outside of the book. Also, instead of eating blood, the Martians seem to spray it over the landscape, which is very confusing. But aside from those few gigantic changes, it keeps pretty close to the book, including some of its narration.
Historical Documents
It can be hard to read books online (our eyes get tired sometimes), but having the whole text in an electronic format makes it a cinch to look things up. You could, for instance, easily count how many times the phrase "Black Smoke" is used. (The answer is 25, of which seven are regular references to smoke and eighteen are references to the Martians' chemical weapon.) Now, having an electronic version makes it easier to look up info like that, but you still have to do some analysis. You know, what does it mean that "Black Smoke" gets mentioned so many times? Or that "Heat-Ray" gets 40 mentions?
This article is from November 7, 1938, about one week after Orson Welles' radio adaptation of The War of the Worlds. They talk about the ridiculous ensuing panic.
Several researchers at Princeton were interested in mass media and mass panic, and the opportunity to study one such panic fell into their laps with Orson Welles' radio adaptation of The War of the Worlds. Hadley Cantril (and others) wrote a book about their study, The Invasion from Mars. This Time article gives an overview of their book.
Here's a little discussion of Orson Welles' adaptation of The War of the Worlds and the panic that it caused. Bonus: watch some interviews with people who actually panicked.
After the nation panicked, Welles publicly apologized for playing a prank on them. Although what he actually said is closer to "the book is forty years old now, if you haven't read it yet, that's not my fault." Should've known better, folks.
Here's a taste of the Jeff Wayne musical version of The War of the Worlds.
Don't run out and buy an iPad just for this (unless you wanted an excuse to anyway), but we found this trailer for an interactive book version of The War of the Worlds, and it looks kind of cool. Now you're not just reading about the Martian Heat-Ray, you're using it. Actually, that sounds kind of gruesome.
This is perhaps the most famous adaptation of The War of the Worlds. It's updated to 1938 and has a very realistic style – it even starts with a musical show that is interrupted by breaking news of aliens landing in Grover's Mill, New Jersey. Because it was so realistic (and because there were no commercials during the show and only three mentions that it was fiction), it caused something of a panic. There have been several other radio versions of The War of the Worlds, but this is the most famous, so famous that The Simpsons used it in their Halloween story "The Day the Earth Looked Stupid" in Treehouse of Horror XVII.
Now, you could track down all the radio versions of The War of the Worlds and see how they differ and research their histories… or you could listen to this hour-long episode of the public radio show Radiolab, which is all about the radio adaptations and mass hysteria.
Wells and Welles meet (on the radio) and briefly discuss The War of the Worlds and the panic that resulted from the radio adaptation.
Listen to this recordings of Wells. He talks about topics like war, technology, our place in the world, and how humans are similar to animals.
The title really says it all here. In 1978, Jeff Wayne released a prog rock (short for "progressive rock," and if you don't know that, you should thank your lucky stars) musical version of The War of the Worlds. We might not be huge fans of prog rock, but the album does include several famous people (Richard Burton as the narrator) and is kind of fun. If you listened to the other radio adaptations and thought "this just needs more synthesizer," then this musical version is for you.
Amazing Stories was one of the earliest and most important science fiction magazines in the US. Its editor, Hugo Gernsback (for whom the science fiction Hugo award is named), once called Wells, along with Verne and Poe, the models of science fiction.
Another interesting cover for The War of the Worlds. Rather than go with a realistic illustration, this cover is a bit cartoonish. (Although the description of the Martian could be
Unlike the cartoonish illustration from 1947, this cover is more abstract since it just features the title (made up of letter blocks). Notice how different this and the previous cover were from the cover of the American magazine, Amazing Stories. Clearly, these two French versions are trying to sell this book less as a thrilling story, and perhaps more as a thought-provoking one. (Which is thrilling, if you like thinking. We do.)
After the American magazine and the two French book covers, this one probably seems very stark. But this is the cover, which does little to advertise the contents of the book, is the one that the original book readers would've been familiar with.


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O'Snodaigh, who called for the Israeli ambassador to be expelled, said, "It looks as though this cold and calculated attack took place in international waters, in breach of all international maritime laws. There must be action from the international community."
Andrews said, "Israel has proven repeatedly that it believes itself to be above international law, evidenced by the fact that it carried out these attacks in international waters.
"I have just spent a week with several of the people who were on board these boats and I can say with absolute certainty these people were only concerned with peacefully bringing badly needed aid to the region."
At least nine people were killed after the Israeli commandos boarded the Turkish "Mavi Marmara" ship, from the pro-Islamic aid group IHH, and Free Gaza's "Challenger" in international waters more than 40 miles off the coast of Gaza. Israel said its soldiers were shot at but the activists, who said they were unarmed, insisted Israeli troops came on board shooting.
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his meeting with the Israeli ambassador Foreign Minister Martin said, "I made it clear that the Irish government expects the immediate and unconditional release of all the Irish citizens detained.
"The seven individuals concerned did not enter Israel illegally; rather they were essentially seized from international waters, taken into Israel and asked to sign documents confirming that they entered illegally. This is simply not acceptable."
Martin added that he condemned Israel's "unacceptable and disproportionate" use of force and he accused it of "essentially kidnapping" the Irish citizens aboard the ships.
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A happy ending. That's what the creative team from Digital Domain Media Group Inc.'s Florida-based animation venture was in business to produce, and that's what they're burning up the phone lines to salvage from the wreckage of the company's collapse.
Directors and producers Chuck Williams and Aaron Blaise, still "devastated" by the sudden shutdown of the new animated feature studio, have put in a bid on rights to "The Legend of Tembo," the animated feature that was to have made Digital Domain's name.
They're also in talks with Galloping Horse, the Beijing company that, along with Reliance MediaWorks LLC, plunked down $30.2 million for Digital Domain's special-effects business at a bankruptcy auction conducted at a breakneck pace.
Galloping Horse already has put $5 million behind the movie's development, and Williams and Blaise are counting on the joint venture stepping up to help revive Digital Domain's animated feature film venture.
"The Legend of Tembo," the story of an elephant hauled far from his African home to go to war, was one month from going into production when restructuring specialists at FTI Consulting told Florida employees who had arrived for work one day that they had two hours to grab their possessions and get out.
Williams, who, like Blaise, put in more than 20 years in animation for Walt Disney Co. before moving back to his home state to get Digital Domain into the studio business, returned to his office to find his computer missing.
"It was like a hurricane had blown through and everything was ripped out," Williams said. "I had pitches and scripts and all kinds of work on there."
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What made the shock of the sudden shutdown worse, Blaise said, was that the creative team had been told the money was there, that Galloping Horse was riding to rescue the company from lender pressure. He doodled the drawing [at left] at a meeting one day before the closure. Now, he said, "This is what bankers look like to us."
Hopes of a comeback hang on the sense the company that bought the rest of Digital Domain will take on the studio business as well.
"We want to make our movie," Williams said. "One-hundred-twenty people worked on it for two years. Early tests showed it was fabulous—Disney quality, just like we promised."
On the stand in bankruptcy court last week, FTI's Michael Katzenstein portrayed Digital Domain's foray into the business of producing animated films as the very expensive and elaborate folly of a company that had slogged along nicely for years producing special effects for movies like "Titanic."
"Tembo," he complained, absorbed $13 million of the company's money, helping to trigger financial and human tragedy.
Williams and Blaise disagree. Special effects is a thin-margin service business, they say. The real money is in animated features, with nine out of 10 that get wide release in the U.S. turning a profit. No one could reasonably expect a profit from Digital Domain's new studio for years, they said, and the spending on "The Legend of Tembo" was within industry norms.
The normal budget for a top-flight animated feature film is $80 million to $100 million, said Blaise. It takes three or four years to produce a quality animated film, but they're money pits until they're on the screen.
"This was a good bet," Williams said.
The city of Port St. Lucie bet on the business, too, issuing $39.9 million worth of bonds to build the studio. Additionally, the city stepped up with a $7.75 million grant designed to reward Digital Domain for producing jobs.
Instead, hundreds of employees were shown the door abruptly, including recent hires and five families that had just closed on new Florida houses over the past month. With no income or severance pay, they're holding garage sales and trying to raise cash to travel to places that have work for them.
The creative people who were the first two people hired at Digital Domain's studio venture say they hope the bankruptcy court moves as quickly to save the Florida business, as it did when Digital Domain raced to a sale of its California and Vancouver special effects operation weeks after filing for bankruptcy. The more animators flee, the dimmer "Tembo's" chances get.
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Microsoft has issued its own response to the NPD Group Australias 2011 report, highlighting data in opposition to Sonys claim to have won the year.
Its clear to see that the momentum in this industry is with Microsoft and the Xbox platform. We won at the telling Christmas period, we are standalone in our growth this year and looking at the past five years our consistency is unprecedented, consumer channels group director David McLean said.
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Microsoft: We won 2011 in Australia, not Sony
02-06-2012 #2Soldier 95BGuest
PR is amazing. MS claims it won in Australia when you combine Xbox 360 hardware, software and accessories. Sony was talking only consoles. Just like when Sony claims greatness in numbers when they state Playstation Brand (including PS3, PS2, PSP).
MS and Sony look for any little loophole to make their product sound better than the other.
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[email protected] trying to inflate their numbers. And yeah, both companies do it.
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I disagree with the criticism being shown for both companies here.
That being said, the first comment here is accurate lol:
Australia is an insignificant market for gaming, anyway…
There are probably more gamers in Leeds.
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I believe sales figures for Australia are like under 5k consoles sold per week.
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So it must be pretty darn close!
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Neither company has acutally issued hard sales numbers, rather talking percentages over what they did last year.
Whoop de doo.
20% of nothing is nothing.
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Well, considering the ridiculous prices we pay for a game $87US, you probably did more than enough just buying one game.
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lol Yeah they were pretty expensive...Fallout 3 was $#@!ing expensive ($130 or something). I got a discount luckily. That was the last game I bought before I moved.
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I would have to disagree with your opinion. Not a big deal. Agree to disagree.
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02-07-2012 #23Soldier 95BGuest
Sounds good
BTW, here is a list of games coming out for the Xbox 360 for the next year retail, from Gamestop. This doesn't include Indie titles or XBLA titles, titles without release dates and unannounced titles.
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UFC Undisputed
Grand Slam Tennis
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Asura's Wrath
Binary Domain
Country Dance: All Stars Kinect
Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition
Top Gun: Hard Lock
Mass Effect 30
Major League Baseball 2K12
Test Drive: Ferrari Racing Legends
Silent Hill HD Collection
Ridge Racer Unbounded
Street Fighter x Tekken
Silent Hill Downpour
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Genera
FIFA Street
Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
Armored Core V
Sniper Ghost Warrior 2
Ninja Gaiden 3
Kinect Rush: A Disney-Pixar Adventure
Ninja Gaiden 3 Collector's Edition
Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City Special
Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 13
Capcom Digital Collection
Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 13: The Masters Collecto
Combat Wings: The Great Battles WWII
Birds of Steel
Blades of Time
Spec Ops: The Line
Devil May Cry HD Collection
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Dark Editio
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Ed
Deadliest Warrior Ancient Combat
Risen 2: Dark Waters
PROTOTYPE 2 'RADNET Edition
Sniper Elite 2
Game of Thrones
Max Payne 3 Special Edition
Max Payne 3
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Future Soldier
Men In Black III
Dragon's Dogma
Damage Inc. Pacific Squadron WWII
The Amazing Spider-Man
Anarchy Reigns
NCAA Football 2013
Bioshock Infinite
LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes
Lollipop Chainsaw
Madden NFL 2013
Borderlands 2
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Resident Evil 6
Tomb Raider
Tekken Tag Tournament
Darksiders II
South Park: The Game
Transformers: Fall of Cybertron
Metro: Last Light
Rainbow Six: Patriots
Metal Gear Rising Revengeance
Halo 4
Hitman: Absolution
Aliens: Colonial Marines
That is a 71:2 ratio of core vs. casual at retail (give or take a couple dupes for special edition core) for the next year based on Gamestops release page found here:
http://www.gamestop.com/gs/landing/coming-soon/ filtered to Xbox 360.
So, it is in MY research and MY math, I clearly see that the Xbox 360 console is indeed focused on CORE titles in comparison to CASUAL titles. I see the core games EXPANDING, but I also see the casual games expanding (well they did in 2011).
Microsoft Studio, as a publisher/developer might be focused on more casual titles than core titles in their particular line up, it is clear that Microsoft is working with 2nd and 3rd party developers and publishers too keep the onslaught of core titles coming to us gamers. IMO of course.
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Definition of midtown in English:
noun[usually as modifier] North American
The central part of a city between the downtown and uptown areas: a huge midtown apartment
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- Just a few days ago, the Detroit Free Press published statistics on the income of residents of the city's midtown area.
- My new office is on Park Avenue, in the midtown area.
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Researchers at the InternationalPrevention Research Institute in France recently revealed a new study showingthat women who practiced a sport or engaged in physical activity for at leastan hour per day reduced their risk of developing breast cancer by up to 12percent.
The research was a culmination ofinformation gathered from 37 separate studies published between 1987 and2013. Over four million women werelooked at during the studies, and all were looking at the relationship betweenphysical activity and breast cancer.
Though results varied by tumortype, the overall message was encouraging and should be used as a generalguideline in encouraging more activity for the entire female population.
In addition to protecting frombreast cancer, other aggressive cancers have been staved off by continuing orengaging in regular physical activity. The best thing about this is that the results and mechanisms for thepreventative input of activity is unrelated to BMI level. And it appears according to research that thebenefit exists as soon as exercise begins, regardless of age or fitness level.
As physicians and health expertsmove toward a model of preventative care when treating cancers, obesity, andother illnesses, the benefits of exercise keep appearing on their radars. Physical activity is something that can bedone anywhere, at any time, and there are numerous programs available tosupport those wishing to become more active. It is a low cost, effective way to reduce the risk of diseases that canadd weight to the healthcare system and push medical costs higher as they occurin higher numbers.
Researchers remind that itdoesn't matter at what age the exercise begins, and that there is no specifictype of activity that is "better" than another. Whether a person begins walking daily, takes up cycling, begins tendingtheir garden more or explores dancing for fitness, engagement in physicalactivity can increase their resistance to breast and other types of aggressivecancers, as well as a whole host of other diseases.
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There's nothing quite like a relationship between a Mother & Daughter! Sarah & Maureen are very dear friends of mine and it was so nice to spend an evening laughing and talking! Maureen was over from Australlia visiting her daughter Sarah (and Sarah's family) and I know that they have been enjoying this visit together!
Here's a snippet of your shoot ladies, you really rocked the camera! I totally love shooting in the evening with the yummy light and these ladies were working it!