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A confused reader just alerted us to this disturbing passage in Jack Black's Wikipedia entry:
In October 2004 Black announced on his website that he would be releasing a ten minute pornographic video (or DVD) of himself masturbating for $9.99. After several days of debate as to whether this was a joke, Black posted a thirty second clip from the video for free download on the site as confirmation of it's legitimacy.
Our cursory (read: very cursory) research into this reasonably priced, secret Jack Black self-abuse tape hasn't turned up anything yet, but we'll, er, keep plugging away until the knuckle-shuffling truth is revealed. Or until someone edits out that paragraph from the entry, perhaps forever disappointing JB fans anxious to see some, er, School of Cock action.
UPDATE: After the jump.
UPDATE: Hours of tireless research and a few friendly e-mails from Black's publicist have disabused us of the notion that any onanistic camera work exists, and that the Wikipedia submitter is having some fun at the actor's expense. ($9.99? Nothing that good ever happens to us.)
Yes, our thoughts on the truth-telling skills of celebrity publicists are well documented, but there's no good reason to be skeptical in this instance. Black doesn't even have a website (Tenacious D's notwithstanding), unless he's moonlighting in Arizona real estate, and the flack notes JB's been in New Zealand shooting King Kong since August. While we're pretty sure masturbation is legal in New Zealand, we imagine it would be exceedingly difficult to use one of Peter Jackson's expensive movie cameras to shoot this kind of DVD bonus feature for the fans.
- Jack Black [Wikipedia]


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919: Tween Bromance
|Tween Bromance
Title text: Verbiage. Va-jay-jay. Irregardless.
[edit] Explanation
Apparently Randall hates some ridiculous neologisms. Cueball seems to be dictating a "Tween bromance" story or novel to Megan, who is possibly typing it up. He is including all the words that get to Megan in a sequence. Megan is just annoyed and starts to shriek in rage; considering Cueball keeps speaking more annoying words in the title text, that seems to have been the point.
- "Tween" means a pre-adolescent. Portmanteau of teen and between, specifically between the ages of nine (9) and thirteen (13).
- "Bromance" means a close non-sexual friendship between two males. Portmanteau of brother and romance.
- "Guesstimate" means an estimate made with very little information. Portmanteau of guess and estimate.
- "Frenemy" means a mixture of a friend and a rival. Portmanteau of friend and enemy.
- "Yiff" is a word invented by the furry community. In most contexts it simply means "fornicate", supposedly derived from the sound a fox makes during mating.
- "moist" is an ordinary word, but one that many people find mildly creepy, especially in this context.
- "Taint" is the part between the genitals and the anus (perineum) in slang.
- "Panties" is a common term in the U.S. for women's underwear.
- "Preggers" a slang term for being pregnant.
- "verbiage" is a fairly new usage of an older word, meaning too many words used to explain a subject.
- "Va-jay-jay" /vəˈjājā/ IPA /vəˈdʒeɪdʒeɪ/ is just a way of saying "vagina".
- "Irregardless" is a solecism. Or perhaps this portmanteau.
Like this comic fills a sentence with (gross) neologisms, 550: Density crams a sentence with memes.
According to 1485: Friendship, Randall doesn't like the word bromance much either.
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- [All of Cueball's lines are overlaid over the entire comic; the panels listed are merely the ones directly under each sentence fragment.]
- [Cueball is standing smugly behind Megan, who is seated in front of a computer and typing.]
- Cueball: By my guesstimate,
- Cueball: my frenemy yiffed so hard
- Cueball: her moist taint made
- [Megan's eye twitches.]
- Cueball: her panties preggers!
- Megan: STOP IT STOP IT!
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Language elitist. Davidy²²[talk] 09:26, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
I think this needs an incomplete flag: the explanation needs more contextual detail, about colloquial portmanteaus like 'frenemy' and the common disapproval of 'words' like 'irregardless'. --Mynotoar (talk) 08:59, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
GAH! He's not DICTATING, the title is another joke! Tween? Bromance? Come on fellas and ladies. They are the first two portmanteaus! Cueball is essentially spitting out a sentence with an endless stream of irritating, inane, infintilisms, in an incredibly insensitive, lol, effort to drive Megan to the brink of insanity! Couldn't resist that last one. Yiffed made me giggle, the rest, connected to it, made my abs hurt from laughing, especially after Megan's reaction. He deserves a medal. Oh goodness. No profile so please don't use my IP address to violate me via the Internetz, if that is possible to do with an IP address. I would not know. Grazie. 184.108.40.206 09:32, 22 February 2014 (UTC)
I'm not anybody here, I was just passing by and enjoying the annotations on these xkcd comics, but it seems to me like no explanation of this comic would be complete without talking about word aversion, sometimes called "the moist panties phenomenon", if someone wants to be funny. Basically, he is listing words that make people (or Randall himself?) uncomfortable. This page --- http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/004835.html -- talks about word aversion in relation to the more common "word rage" that some neologisms and words that began as errors provoke. 18.104.22.168 08:52, 22 August 2014 (UTC)
The back of the chair is missing in the first frame. Probably just a mistake but didn't see it mentioned. 18.104.22.168 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)

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Published: Monday, January 16, 2006 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, January 16, 2006 at 12:00 a.m.
To The Editor: In his letter in your Wednesday edition, a writer stated that coal mine owners were one (sic) of the largest donors to the president's campaign and that their payoff was to have the government's mine safety inspectors slow up and/or look the other way on enforcing mine safety rules.
The writer then implied that this resulted in the death of the 12 miners in West Virginia and that their deaths were thus the fault of the president. I challenge him to cite his authority for these egregious charges. In addition, I wish to remind him that because he no longer is the chairman of the Henderson County Democratic Party, he should quit following the outlandish examples of Terry McAuliffe and Howard Dean. They are has-beens.
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Romney Accepts MSNBC Apology
Mitt Romney said he has accepted the "clearly heartfelt" apology of an MSNBC host who joked about Mr. Romney's adopted black grandchild last week.
The former Republican presidential candidate said on "Fox News Sunday" that he had forgiven MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry over the segment.
"I recognize that people make mistakes. And the folks at MSNBC made a big mistake, and they've apologized for it, and that's all you can ask for," Mr. Romney said. "I'm going to move on from that."
In a segment on Ms. Harris-Perry's show last weekend, both she and panelists singled out Mr. Romney's African American grandson in the Romney family's Christmas photo. One guest joked that "one of these things is not like the other," and another guest asserted a parallel to a lack of diversity in the Republican Party.
Ms. Harris-Perry issued a tearful apology on her show Saturday for suggesting that inter-racial families "are in any way funny or deserving of ridicule."
Mr. Romney said he appreciated that MSNBC realized the remarks were inappropriate.
"People like me are fair targets,'' he said. "If you get in the political game, you can expect incoming—but children, that's beyond the line. And I think they understand that and feel that as well."
"I think it's a heartfelt apology, and I think for that reason we hold no ill will whatsoever," Mr. Romney said.


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History of the U-M Cardiovascular Center
Michigan's Century of Cardiovascular Excellence
As medical historian Joel Howell has noted, the most significant feature of cardiovascular medicine at the University of Michigan over the past century is the extent to which it exceeded its boundaries, influencing cardiovascular medicine everywhere.
In the early 1900s, when serious study of the heart was just beginning, U-M had on its faculty individuals who would become decisive players in the new field - individuals who would create ripples of influence that each of us benefits from in terms of cardiovascular health.
Key Contributors to Our Success
Albion Walter Hewlett, a member of U-M's internal medicine faculty and one of the world's first physiologic cardiologists, advocated as early as 1909 the value of the electrocardiogram as a diagnostic tool.
Frank Wilson, a world-renowned cardiologist at Michigan, played a major role in the 1940s in transforming clinical cardiology by expanding the value of the electrocardiogram for something other than arrhythmias and especially for diagnosis of coronary artery disease. The designation of "V" for vector to describe the leads that are attached to the body during an EKG derived from Wilson's research.
In July 1950, an entire issue of the magazine Circulation was dedicated to Dr. Wilson on his 60th birthday. In the magazine a colleague wrote, "Many of us believe that Dr. Wilson is the greatest exponent of the rational understanding of the electrocardiogram. His theoretical development of the subject is properly considered as the finest single intellectual achievement of modern times in the entire cardiovascular field." It is remarkable that even to this very day we use the same electrocardiographic leads to diagnose heart attacks and heart circulation insufficiencies.
In the 1950s Ann Arbor engineer Dick Sarns, working with U-M heart surgeon Herbert Sloan and others at the University of Michigan, developed what is today's most noted heart lung machine, the machine used in the first human heart transplant in Cape Town, South Africa. This pioneering work was critical to the practical development of a machine that temporarily substitutes for a patient's own heart and lungs during complex heart, vessel or brain surgery.
Benedict Lucchesi, one of the world's premier cardiovascular pharmacologists, whose research at Michigan spanned both clinical and basic science investigations for 40 years, was the first to understand, in 1961, that the newly discovered drug propranolol, a beta blocker used to fight hypertension, could be used to treat heart arrhythmias. Even today this class of drugs continues to substantially reduce mortality from heart attack, heart rhythm disturbances, and heart failure.
In the 1970s cardiologist Bertram Pitt, one of the best-known designers of large-scale clinical trials in cardiovascular medicine, and Dr. Lucchesi jointly developed the first nitroglycerin patch to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
Stevo Julius, one of the early pioneers in the field of hypertension, has long been interested in not only treating hypertension but also in preventing its development in the first place. His work proved for the first time that treating pre-hypertensive patients -- who number more than 25 million in the U.S. alone -- with a new class of blood pressure-lowering medications can prevent the subsequent development of hypertension. This work, derived from his University of Michigan-based research program, is revolutionary to the field and is likely to have an extraordinary impact on public health.
Leaders in Excellence
Cardiovascular physicians and scientists at the University of Michigan, over the entire past century, have often played key leadership roles in creating significant advances in cardiovascular medicine, cardiovascular surgery, cardiovascular drugs and technologies. The downward trend in morbidity and mortality related to heart and vascular diseases would not have happened without the many significant contributions from University of Michigan cardiovascular physicians and scientists.
Michigan's is a storied program; its track record of cardiovascular research over more than 100 years is one of many triumphant moments in the history of cardiovascular medicine. But there is much that remains to be done.
The CVC Today
This solid history of excellence in cardiovascular care has guided the growth of the U-M Cardiovascular Center, which continues to be a leader in the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease. Since opening its doors in 2007, our state-of-the-art facility serves as a central location for coordinated, top-quality clinical care, research and teaching activities, focusing on the entire spectrum of cardiovascular disease. Here, U-M is raising the bar for clinical care, and the next generation of history-making leaders.


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- Change.org: Why I Choose Streets Over Shelter. A homeless person explains why one might rationally choose sleeping on the street over going to a homeless shelter.
- Ken Kuhl: My Weekend with the Electric Mini Cooper (Mini-e). Mini has provided a few prototypes to regular people in New York and Los Angeles to get their feedback.
- Matthew Yglesias: China to Require All PCs Include Internet-Censoring Software. Really smart comments. China's market power is such that they can demand concessions to authoritarian censorship that other countries cannot. However, those other countries can then take advantage of the anti-liberty "features" that were created for China's government.
- Jake Tapper: Ex-Gitmo Detainee Lakhdar Boumediene Details Tortures. While in Paris covering President Obama, Jake Tapper took time to do this interview.
- New York Times: How the U.S. Surplus Became a Deficit. Everybody already linked to this article, but it's a must read.
- Alex Moskalyuk: Yes! 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive. Who doesn't want to be more persuasive?
- Ruby Best Practices: Quack Attack: Making Your Code More Rubyish. It's my goal to speak every programming language I use like a native.
- Language Log: Obama's Imperial 'I': spreading the meme. The recent claims that Obama says "I" more than other Presidents is wrong.
- GitHub: whenever. A Ruby wrapper for cron.
- Tim Bray: On Carving Your Initials. More engineers should be invited to give commencement speeches.
- James Fallows: Departing questions. A comparison of the rendering of Beijing's CCTV tower and what was actually built. The concept is much more impressive than the execution.
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Links from May 25th
- The Big Picture: Memorial Day, 2009. Moving collection of photos.
- James Fallows: On Memorial Day. On the Map of the Fallen project, an overlay for Google Maps with information on the American soldiers who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan.
- Michael Lewis: The Master of Money. A review of Alice Schroeder's biography of Warren Buffett.
- Wall Street Journal: Obama Is Changing the Art on the White House Walls. An interesting look at the impact of Presidential taste in art.
- Financial Times: Argentina: The superpower that never was. Speculation as to why the fortunes of America and Argentina diverged so greatly over the course of the twentieth century.
- PSD Blog: The verdict is in on microfinance. The headline is provocative and I think overstates the case. However, it appears that material gains from microfinance are not leading directly to gains in other aspects of human development.
- National Journal Online: Chopra Wants To 'Productize' Innovations. What the federal CTO is working on.
Links for April 19
- Can the Cellphone Help End Global Poverty? Darned interesting article on the impact mobile phones have on society. It's a feature on Jan Chipchase, a researcher at Nokia who publishes an incredible blog that I've subscribed to for awhile.
- Position Is Everything. Yet another site documenting browser CSS limitations.
- Daring Fireball: The Unsatisfying State of Twitter Web Clients for the iPhone. Useful for anyone who's developing Web sites that target the iPhone.
- Stephen O'Grady: The State of MySQL. I wonder what percentage of MySQL users don't know the first thing about MySQL? To them, it's just something they install to make WordPress, MediaWiki, or PHPbb work.
- Waxy.org: Milliways: Infocom's Unreleased Sequel to Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Some insider gave Andy Baio access to a hard drive containing Infocom's unreleased games, along with lots of other archived information from the company before its fall. Wonderful stuff.
Links from March 14th
- Sports metaphors for Clinton vs. Obama. – Excellent top to bottom. I still contend that the rules of Quidditch prove that JK Rowling was never a sports fan.
- jQuery creator John Resig demonstrates some cool JavaScript programming tricks in Search and Don't Replace.
- Fred Clark explains how rising land prices can put mobile home owners in a horrible position. They own depreciating mobile homes and rent appreciating land to put them on. The fundamental problem here is that mobile homes aren't really mobile.
- Andrew Leonard reports on home equity loan defaults. Homeowners who are behind on their loans have figured out that they can't take your house away for not paying your HELOC.
- The Great Daylight Saving Time Conspiracy – Lobbyists are busy people.
- Anil Dash creates embeddable versions of his blog posts. Step aside,
blockquote. I'm still trying to puzzle out the implications.
- John Gruber analyzes why Apple's iPhone SDK allows only one app to run at a time. He later posted the counter-argument.
- The Obama campaign circulated a point-by-point takedown of talking points that the Clinton campaign circulated to journalists. Life imitates blogging.
- kottke.org is ten years old today – An incredible milestone and an interesting design retrospective. The rc3.org ten year anniversary celebration arrives latter this year.
Voice mail for the homeless
Google is using its GrandCentral service to offer free voice mail to San Francisco's homeless population. Signing up for the service will give them a local telephone number that they can forward to any number they choose (if one is available) and that is associated with a voice mail box that they can check from any phone line. This service is already freely available to anyone who can sign up online, but it's great to see Google specifically going out and offering it to the homeless. They stand to benefit more from the service than people who already have phone lines, and there's probably very little chance they would even find out about it otherwise.
The future of the exurbs
Over the past decade or two, it's been impossible not to notice the trend of people moving back into cities from the suburbs, and more recently, the rise of engineered walkable neighborhoods in suburban centers that emulate some of the best qualities of city life. Call it urban renewal if you like, or gentrification if you're less sanguine about it, the trend is real and it's certainly coming to a city near you.
The big question has always been what happens to people of lesser means to whom the city centers were abandoned in the second half of the 20th century. Renters will be leaving as their landlords cash in by selling their land for redevelopment, and rising property taxes insure that homeowners in poorer neighborhoods don't stick around.
In the current Atlantic Monthly, Christopher Leinberger argues that they'll be moving to the suburbs, or more likely, the exurbs. Just as mass abandonment of the city for suburbs created a huge stock of cheap housing, the reverse migration of people back into the city will leave plenty of houses that are suddenly extremely affordable. Here are some numbers:
Arthur C. Nelson, director of the Metropolitan Institute at Virginia Tech, has looked carefully at trends in American demographics, construction, house prices, and consumer preferences. In 2006, using recent consumer research, housing supply data, and population growth rates, he modeled future demand for various types of housing. The results were bracing: Nelson forecasts a likely surplus of 22 million large-lot homes (houses built on a sixth of an acre or more) by 2025—that's roughly 40 percent of the large-lot homes in existence today.
Those houses are going to be the cheap rental properties of the future.
There's definitely a lot more going on in the US housing market than the subprime collapse.
Bill Gates at Davos
FP Passport reports that Bill Gates will give a 30 minute speech Thursday at the World Economic Forum entitled "A New Approach to Capitalism in the 21st Century." He will challenge business and government to do more to address the problems of disease and poverty in the developing world.


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Green Computing
By paulvandenbogaard on Jun 17, 2007
Green computing and performance tuning. They are closely related. Long ago (from an IT point of view) we had to be very careful how we designed and implemented our software. On my first Apple II I only had 48Kbyte (yes that is a K from kilo) available to make things work. Its 6502 processor ran at 1 MHz (yes, that's an M). You had to think how to use these. Carefully. Consciously.
However software creation became mainstream. The old way was considered too complicated. 4GLs were invented. The (system) complexities were hidden. But definitely present. Machines got more resources. Nowadays most of us do not care (or are not allowed to) and we just use these resources.
Green computing. Is this than the return of making decisions about resources used. Through benchmarks can we understand our software. A little profiling and we find the code paths that are most used and probably use most of the CPU cycles. Indeed a good performance tuning session makes the application faster.
Look at this from another point: we can do the same with less. Less power and less memory translates into less energy consumption. Meaning less heat which saves the amount of energy needed to control the environment. Indeed Green Computing should become the rule. Performance tuning now is not only fun, it is a must indeed.
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Sir Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Olivia Harrison, Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon were among guests at the world première of Martin Scorsese's documentary on George Harrison, Living In The Material World. Read more »
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Martin Scorsese's George Harrison documentary to air in October
Martin Scorsese's documentary George Harrison: Living In The Material World will be screened in North America on 5 and 6 October 2011, and will be released in the UK on DVD and Blu-ray on 10 October. Read more »


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Celtic goalkeeper Fraser Forster's England call-up confirms what we already knew about the Three Lions.
In the modern age, you barely need to break wind, much less play a Premier League to find yourself in some pointless friendly.
With the days of quality capless players like Steve Bruce over, here are the last 11 Englishmen not to have represented their country - and why they deserve a chance to follow in the proud footsteps of Seth Johnson, Gavin McCann and Michael Ricketts.
Goalkeeper: Steve Harper (Newcastle, age 37)
Why he deserves a call-up? Fraser Forster is in the squad, having been deemed worse than Harper and released by Newcastle. 112 Premier League appearances in 20 years might not sound like much, but it is 112 more than Forster and Jack Butland have between them.
Right-back: Tony Hibbert (Everton, 31)
Why? Never noticing full-backs used to be a good thing. Like the ref, they were only doing their job when seen and not heard. These days, when you have to be Dani Alves to get any praise, for some reason going 13 seasons without scoring is seen as a bad thing.
Centre-back: Mike Williamson (Newcastle, 28)
Why? A late bloomer he might be, but Williamson has a habit of playing in successful defensive units. The fact he is not an automatic choice at Newcastle merely gives him something in common with England regulars Joleon Lescott and Gary Cahill.
Centre-back: Anton Ferdinand (QPR, 27)
Why? Just to irritate John Terry and the numbskulls who defend his conduct. Also, how would Rio react if his kid brother got a call-up and he didn't?
Left-back: Liam Ridgewell (West Brom, 28)
Why? Because our back four needs a swashbuckling kick up the backside, and Ridgewell's 19 career goals basically make him Roberto Carlos next to the rest of this lot.
Right midfield: Leon Osman (Everton, 31)
Why? It's actually hard to be flippant here. Quite why Adam Lallana, Jordan Henderson and Jake Livermore are deemed worthy of call-ups ahead of the consistently excellent Osman is anyone's guess. Fact: The 5' 8" midfielder is the brother of 6' 7" Pointless presented Richard Osman.
Central midfield: Kevin Nolan (West Ham, 30)
Why? He's got the middle name Jance, if Wikipedia is to be believed. And with no Lampard or Gerrard we need to populate our midfield with two different highly-rated but excessively attacking players.
Central midfield: Mark Noble (West Ham, 25)
Why? The other half of our tactically-illiterate engine room, Noble continues the long tradition of West Ham products being inserted into the England team before they are ready.
Left midfield: Nathan Dyer (Swansea, 24)
Why? Token bad boy. In 2008 the fun-sized winger was found guilty of burglary after stealing items from staff at a bar in Southsea.
Striker: Rickie Lambert (Southampton, 30)
Why? Because he's the new Grant Holt. You know, the same Grant Holt who hasn't played for England and does
Striker: Gary Hooper (Celtic, 24)
Why? He scores goals. Against Raith Rovers mainly. But he certainly knows where the back of the net is - at one end of a sparsely populated stadium north of the border.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: "I'm definitely not closing the door on Rio, and there is no way I would ever indicate I wasn't going to use a player in that way. All I remember was that I was talking to quite a lot of people on the Tube and one guy asked: 'Is Rio in the next squad?' and I think I might have said: 'I don't think so.' But it's a mistake and I need to apologise for that. I've paid for it." Tube-gate is one of the saddest stories Early Doors can remember. If you want to know why people in football are so hopelessly detached from the public, look at what happens the minute you talk to a guy on the Tube.
FOREIGN VIEW: Didier Deschamps has delivered a verbal slap to the noble jowls of Arsene Wenger after the Arsenal boss said Abou Diaby should not have been called up for France.
"I want to remind him that I am the only one to decide who will be picked and how long those who are picked will play," Deschamps said.
"There is only one to decide and it's me."
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Just imagine it to be what you think it is,expand your mind.Instead of asking me what YOU see,instead TELL me.
very cool work!
This is vibrantly nebulous. I see a new desktop background coming my way
A stunning sight!!!......A migration of birds comes to mind...possibly because I love birds!!
nice job
I see the story of my life - lies and lies piling up, higher and higher until finally I've reached that point where if I keep on piling it's going to start crashing down.
A runaway comet. A mind opening up. A dream...beginning....
i see TRYING and TRYING and TRYING and not quite making it...YET
(story of my life, really)
(story of my life, really)
It's many evil creatures coming together to form a sort of plane of realism.
a late bloomed flower
A lone figure spiraling into a dark abyss.
Something from the sea or the space. Something that spreads some light or you can only see its top lighted, it is big but so tiny on distance. A STAR? :9
it the hair of some sea creature seen from above
EPIC. Well done ^^


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RUNNIN' REBELS OUTSHOOT COWBOYS UNLV offensive
UNLV offensive attack leads to win No. 16 of season
[flickr id="8422953025″ thumbnail="small" overlay="true" size="large" group="" align="right"] Quintrell Thomas supplied crowd-pleasing dunks, Anthony Bennett got back on track with a game-high 17 points and the UNLV defense held the University of Wyoming to 3-of-16 from three-point range as the Runnin' Rebels were rolling on all cylinders en route to a 62-50 victory at the Thomas & Mack Center on Thursday.
UNLV improved to 16-4 for the year after going 4-3 in their previous seven games. The team improved to 3-2 in conference play, which has proved to be tougher than the Rebels expected.
Thomas erupted for 13 points while Anthony Marshall flirted with a doubledouble, finishing with 12 points and nine assists for UNLV. In addition to his six points, Just Hawkins provided stellar defense once again with team-highs in rebounds (six) and steals (two).
Marshall was remarkably efficient in the win as he converted on three of his four free throw attempts and finished 3-of-4 from beyond the arc. He led the team with 35 minutes played.
Though the UNLV defense forced the Wyoming defense to a 39.3 field goal percentage in the first half, the Cowboys received great statistical outings from forwards Leonard Washington and Larry Nance Jr.
Washington tallied 13 points, a team-high three assists and had game-highs in blocks (four) and rebounds (seven) while sinking three of his four free throw attempts. He finished 4-of-13 shooting overall, however, perfectly indicative of the shooting overall, however, perfectly indicative of the team's shooting woes all game long.
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Nance Jr., however, kept the team afloat in the first half before disappearing in the second half. He had a team-high 16 points and a game-high five steals, but only two points after halftime.
The Rebels outrebounded Wyoming 34-20 and seemed to consistently convert on dunks and three-pointers that shifted momentum in UNLV's favor, requiring Wyoming to take timeouts.
At one point, UNLV led by 18 points in the second half, building an insurmountable lead that sent the Cowboys to their third loss of the season.
The Rebels host University of Nevada, Reno on Tuesday at 7 p.m. to conclude their two-game homestand.
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2010 sees the return of one of Britain's most underrated acts - The Pipettes.Since losing two members back in 2008 - see NME's story here - the then Brighton-based band went their separate ways. For fans of The Pipettes, it's been a long-awaited return. But now they're back, from outta space - quite literally it seems, as they release their comeback single 'I Was Saved By A Spacemen'
Today's 'Backstage With...' interview sees me talk to original remaining member Gwenno about the new line-up change and a brand new Pipettes' sound.
The Pipettes are now fronted by original member Gwenno (left) and her sister Ani
Gwenno (right) with her old bandmates
Lauren: What have you been up to of late and are you excited to get back 'out there'?Gwenno: I don't think I could ever express how excited we all are to get 'back out there' as it were.
As a musician you are completely intertwined with your work, it is your identity and of course, I can only speak for myself but I don't exist really unless I'm creating or performing on stage. So, to answer your question, we are very excited!
Lauren: The Pipettes have a brand new line-up. Please fill us all in...
Gwenno: Well, we're now a six-piece pop group and it's myself, Ani, who's my sister, Jon, Bobby, Seb and Alex.
Joe, Rose and Becki left during and after the first album and the four of us who were left wanted to carry on.
Over the next couple of years we tried to emulate that three girl line-up that had served us well the first time around, we recruited my sister, Ani and two other girls, Anna and Beth, over that period but it never felt right. It didn't feel like an evolution. Then we met our producer, Martin Rushent, as a two-piece as one of the girls hadn't turned up and he declared us the new ABBA and so that really established the idea of us being a streamlined double vocal disco outfit. We tried having a third voice for the album after that but again it didn't work out and the songs hadn't been written with three girls in mind really and so it was always the case of the third girl having to find a harmony that wasn't there. That's the basic gist of it, it's pretty long winded but it's been a few years and a lot can happen in that amount of time!
Lauren: It also seems you've altered the band's sound, from cheery retro inspired pop to electro funk. Was this new direction deliberate?
Gwenno: It was very deliberate. We sang a lot about dancing the first time around, and the girl group era was a great place for us to start as we wanted to re-address our own musical history, but we were always going to evolve from that.
Although we got together and conceptualized the second album the dance/disco element came naturally, we wanted to create high energy and songs that we could get lost in and could make a whole field of people move.
Lauren: Are there any current UK bands you feel are over hyped?
Gwenno: I think on the whole it's just a shame that bands or acts are overhyped as they just don't get a chance to develop naturally. There's just so much pressure on you immediately and acts are generally put under a microscope before they find their feet or have had a chance to gain any experience.
I think it would be far more interesting if bands could somehow survive and have a good few years under their belt before anyone hears about them, especially if their acts that need to develop organically.
Lauren: If The Pipettes could support any act, who would it be and why?
Gwenno: The Human League, as they're touring soon HINT HINT and are obviously rather amazing.
I can't think off the top of my head. I personally would love to share a stage with Shirley Bassey, she's a hero of mine and would blow us off the stage, perhaps we could be her backing singers though?
Lauren: Will The Pipettes be keeping their old trademark polka dot dresses, or have you gone for a new look on stage, too?
Gwenno: No no no! Those dresses came about for the most practical of reasons.
We wanted to avoid fashion the first time around as it wasn't a common interest within the band really. It was a really good way of always having something to wear but got really boring very quickly and so this time around - and as Ani has a first in Fashion - we've decided to just go for it and experiment a lot more.
It's so important that as women we are not restricted by our own image - and certainly one that relies on old fashion ideals of what women should be - and that's why we've decided to evolve.
We'll always have fun with dressing up. I just don't want to self-impose the same tired old boundaries and there are so many outfits out there that we want to wear!
Lauren: Who, if anyone, are your style icons?
Gwenno: Hmmm...
I think as a band we're more interested in getting our influences from all sorts of areas rather than having 'style icons' in the traditional sense.
We would rather make works of art rather than take influence from a famous person's personal style.
Lauren: Finally, what's in the pipeline for the band?
Gwenno: Touring and more touring please!
We're happiest as a band when we're on stage, that's when it all makes sense and so we're just really excited about getting a chance to play our new (and some old) songs to people and to get to take this album to as many music lovers as possible!
Don't forget to check out The Pipettes site here and I'll leave you with an old Pipettes' favourite of mine...'Judy'.


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Before coming to WYWF she spent the previous four and a half years working with senior citizens and the challenges that face the aging population as the Co-Executive Director of the Eppson Center for Seniors in Laramie. Nonprofit administration and program management are two areas of accomplishment.
Since coming to WYWF Richelle has been instrumental in bringing the WAGE Project workshops to 10 communities across Wyoming, a key element to addressing the wage gap; the program is now being carried out by WYWF's grantee partners. WYWF has granted over half a million dollars to over 100 organizations across the state. These organizations are working on economic self-sufficiency issues for Wyoming's women and mentorship and leadership opportunities for our girls. Richelle facilitated the adoption of Equality Initiatives under the Wyoming Women's Foundation and launched the first advocacy campaign for WYWF; childcare as a workforce issue. WYWF continues to grow its advocacy arm working for "systems change" that benefits the women and girls of Wyoming.
In 2011 WYWF partnered on the state wide Leap into Leadership event with the Wyoming Legislative Caucus and launched the first ever local Leap events in Gillette and Evanston and continue to offer two local events every year. Richelle has attended Leap events since becoming the Executive Director of WYWF in January 2008. "The leadership skills taught at the Leap events are relevant to all women, whether you use the information to be a better leader for your family, work life or your community, all women can gain a lot from participating."
Over the course of her career, Richelle has been involved with grass roots efforts to bring issues of nutrition, poverty, transportation, gender inequity, housing, and isolation to the attention of Wyoming's law makers. In addition, she served on the Friends of the Albany County Public Library Board and the Laramie Reproductive Health Board and the Albany County Resource Center Board. She is a 2012 graduate of Leadership Wyoming and serves on the Wyoming Sexual Violence Prevention Council.
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By Sgt. Quentin Johnson, 2nd BCT, 1st Cav. Div. Public AffairsOctober 23, 2012
FORT HOOD, Texas -- Infantrymen have longed utilized their skills in combat to conduct movement on foot, but in keeping with the armor tradition, they have began qualifying on their Bradleys.
More than a dozen Bradley crews from B Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, conducted Gunnery Table V live-fire exercises at Jack Mountain Multiuse Range, here Oct. 15 to 16.
Table V is the final step before Bradley crews participate in their individual crew Table VI qualification, said Capt. Travis Walter, B Co. Commander. Crews participated in Tables I through IV the week prior to ensure their Bradley's, weapons systems and communication equipment functioned properly.
The three- to four-man crews engaged simulated targets utilizing different scenarios ensuring their proficient in their positions while building team cohesion, Walter added.
"We need to see that crew cohesion, knowing they will work together to have an efficient engagement time while properly identifying the target during both day and night scenarios," he said.
As most crew members were infantrymen who never participated in a Gunnery or mechanized exercise, it was key that experienced Soldiers took the lead.
"Our unit has a handful of individuals with gunnery experience and (B Co. leaders) look to them to train, coach and mentor the less experienced," Walter stated.
Spc. Stephen Miller said he was thankful for the experiences taught by his peers.
"I have a better understanding of the weapons systems and maintenance because of the invaluable knowledge passed on to me by my Bradley commander," Miller added, an infantryman with B Co.
Experienced infantrymen went a step further during training to ensure their less experienced crewmembers are ready for the qualification table.
"We built on the foundations of our craft, ensuring we know our positions within the Bradley, our weapons, and how to maintain and repair the equipment, which seems to be the greatest challenge for us," said Sgt. Jonathan Lane.
Despite the maintenance challenges, Lane was impressed with his crew's performance, and confident they would succeed in the Table VI crew qualification.
"The crew did really well. We clarified a lot of issues and improved since Table II," Lane added, an infantryman with B Co. "Doing so well through the challenges says a lot about my crew."
Walter said while all crews did well and are ready for qualification, he wants the crews to focus on the experience, fundamentals and cohesion rather than chasing a high score.
"A little healthy competition is good," Walter said, "but I would like the crews to go into Table VI and come out qualifying with a great experience, being proficient in their fundamentals and with a greater cohesiveness among the crewmembers."
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To have your favorite book character come to life at your fingertips opens up a world of imagination for a child.
That very idea is what Sunnyvale's Guy Ziv is hoping will motivate local youth to pick up more books and read with their parents.
Concerned that their children preferred Netflix over reading, Ziv and his wife, Pazit, created MyDollBookSeries, a series of three books that incorporates a doll as the hero of the book.
The child uses the doll to take part in making and completing the story as narrated by the parent. By physically placing the doll on each page where colorful scenes are missing the main character, the child completes the picture.
"The whole idea that we have is we want to have this bonding time with the parents," Ziv said. "The child has to animate the doll, has to move it and put it in the right place to fit the description. Reading the story becomes interactive and is something that the child and parent can do together."
A research scientist at Stanford University by day, Ziv said he and his wife, an educator with K-12 teaching experience, always stressed the importance of reading for their 7-, 4- and 2-year-olds.
"I think any kind of scientific education is definitely needed and there is a big push for science education statewide and nationwide, but the starting point is the basic skills of comprehension, concentration and being able to communicate," Ziv said. "Reading is one of the ways where you acquire those skills, so this is, for me, why reading is so important."
With patents pending, the Zivs plan to release the first three books in the series, Guy finds a Butterfly, Guy is making Cupcakes and Guy visits his Grandparents. The books are designed for boys and girls ages 3-7. Children can use either the doll that comes with the book or their own.
"On top of having fun with a doll and a fun story with the warmth of an adult, this situation in which a child is 'role playing' a doll in his hands can lead to surprising outcomes," Pazit Ziv said. "The indirect conversation between the doll and the adult can help the shy kid talk about something intimate. For him, it is not himself that does the talking--it's the doll."
Storylines and sketches for all three books and a full-size version of the first book have been created, but the husband and wife team hope to pay for professional illustrations, art editing, printing and shipment through crowd funding.
A campaign to get funding through Kickstarter in September fell through, but the couple is trying again to get their project off the ground via gofundme.com. They hope the series will fill what they saw as a hole in the children's books market.
"Our 7-year-old loves it and asks for more and more books," Guy Ziv said. "We are hoping this can actually be something kids come to love."
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Campus Ministry Leadership Institute 2013: Inspiring, Enriching, Challenging
MOBILE, Ala. – Ninety student leaders and campus ministers from across the country gathered at Spring Hill College this week for the 16th annual Campus Ministry Leadership Institute (CMLI). During the five-day program, teams brainstorm, plan, and develop student ministry programs for implementation on college campuses, both private and public.
"Research shows that students who make strong connections at college—through organizations like campus ministry—have better retention rates and better graduation rates," said Barbara H. McCrabb, Assistant Director for Higher Education in the Secretariat of Catholic Education at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. "This benefits not only the faith community, but universities as well."
Based on the U.S. Bishops' Pastoral Letter, Empowered by the Spirit, the institute has five goals:
- To ground participants' understanding of leadership in the context of Catholic faith and discipleship
- To provide students and ministers with a "big picture" perspective of campus ministry
- To develop or improve a project that will be ready to implement upon returning to campus
- To learn and practice collaborative campus ministry team skills
- To generate and share new ideas and program possibilities through networking with other campuses
"Our hope is to lay a foundation with these leadership teams that really enrich and improve their campus programs at their home schools," said Angelle Hall, 2013 Director of CMLI and Director of Campus Ministry for the University of Missouri-Columbia. "What I love about the Leadership Institute is that students learn 'hands-on' how to problem-solve, communicate, build a team, and evaluate ideas."
One session included creating five-minute "infomercials" that addressed topics such as "Forming the Christian Community" or "Appropriating the Faith." Student teams made up of representatives from across the fifteen participating schools presented the infomercials, with creative titles like "Rosetta Stone: Catholic Edition" and "Christler Automotive."
While the infomercial exercise was light-hearted and fun, CMLI leaders say that the lessons learned are serious and thought-provoking. "We're challenged to think about how to better invest in people, how to make everyone feel welcome and involved on campus," said Hall. "It helps us examine the hard questions. How can we best feed, encourage, and enrich our students' lives?"
Each campus team leaves the institute having developed a major project ready to roll out upon returning home. CMLI directors then follow up in August and again the following April with evaluations. Teams are asked specifically if their project was implemented and whether or not it was successful, as well as what they learned at the institute.
"The Leadership Institute programs have an incredible success rate," said McCrabb. "75 to 80 percent of the schools complete their project. Those schools report that the programs have had a positive impact or a very positive impact on their campus ministry overall."
McCrabb also points out that the value of a CMLI experience lasts well into adulthood. "A 2005 study has shown that students who have a positive experience in campus ministry are much more likely to join a parish, contribute financially to that parish, and become involved in parish ministries. The bottom line stands out—a positive campus ministry experience often leads to parish involvement for the long term."
During the Leadership Institute, students and campus ministry leaders also forge bonds that can last a lifetime. "This program provides incredible networking opportunities enriched by the strength of the folks who are here," adds Hall. The group has a Facebook group and other ways for people to continue these important conversations. There's such a value in creating these relationships and staying connected."
The fifteen schools participating in the 2013 CMLI Session 2 include: Syracuse, Indiana, Anna Maria, Cincinnati, SE Missouri State, University of Nebraska-Kearney, University of Missouri, Francis Marion, LSU Alexandria, SW Minnesota State, West Florida, Cal State San Bernardino, St. Mary's University, Missouri Science & Technology and University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
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Immigrant Blues Theme of Foreignness and 'The Other'
Throughout "Immigrant Blues," our speaker keeps naming and renaming the immigrant experience. He gives it a grand total of six titles, and the fact that no single name seems to quite capture it suggests that this is pretty complicated stuff he's dealing with. Not only is his experience outside the norm of his country's culture, but it also seems to be outside the ability of any language to convey it. We might also consider our speaker's confusion about body and soul, and about his connection to his lover, as springing from a sense of being foreign even to himself and the woman he loves.
Questions About Foreignness and 'The Other'
- Why do you think our speaker never gives any specific details of his personal story, in terms of which country his family is from, or the struggles they went through?
- Is it strange that the common concerns of immigrants seem to bring them closer together, to unite them in "the same old story?" Is there a way that being foreign can actually be a way of belonging?
- When the father expresses the goal of fluency in a foreign language, he uses the idea of feeling it inside. So when our speaker asks the woman if he's inside of her, does that mean he thinks of himself as somehow foreign to her? What would that mean in terms of his relationships with others?
- Is there a way our speaker might be able to get past his foreignness or otherness? Could he even come to embrace it?
Chew on This
When our speaker declares that certain experiences or conversations are "the same old story," he is, in a way, making them less foreign. Things are foreign when they are new or unfamiliar. So if this story is old, then the experiences in that story are familiar and therefore not foreign at all.
Our speaker even feels disconnected from those who share a similar background, like his father and his son, because his status as an immigrant alienates him from everyone.


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Preparing for Baby
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Waiting for the arrival of a new baby is an exciting time. New moms enjoy preparing the nursery, buying clothes and stocking up on supplies. There are also new worries like how to make ends meet once maternity leave begins and the family income is reduced. Perhaps parents will decide to live on one income and have to start saving now for the months ahead. A new baby can stress financial family life but this doesn't have to be the case. Careful planning, choices and a willingness to hunt for deals can reduce financial strain and make the arrival of a new baby the joy it is supposed to be.
Shop At Consignment Stores
Consignment stores that specialize in children's items are a godsend for savings. One good thing about babies is they are gentle on the things they use. Cribs, high chairs, portable play pens, baby monitors, car seats and strollers can look almost new even after a previous owner. Clothing is the best deal around because most babies will outgrow their clothes before they wear out. Buy diaper shirts, sleepers, booties, socks, and hats to start with. Be careful not to purchase too many clothes in newborn sizes, as they won't fit within a few weeks. Don't forget to pick up a rattle or two.
Shop at Large Chains
If you don't like consignment items or don't have a store near you, stick to shopping at the larger chains such as Wal-Mart, Zellers, Sears, K-Mart, Costco, or club member stores. Keep your eye on the weekly flyers for sales in your area. Most large chains do have "baby week" sales. If shopping for clothes in department stores, buy at the end of the season. For example, if you are having a winter baby shop for some 18 month sized summer items at the end of the summer. Buy nursery staples such as cotton balls, Vaseline, baby shampoo, and diaper rash cream as you see them on sale at the supermarket or drugstore.
Consider Using Cloth Diapers
Cloth diapers aren't what they used to be. You can now buy ones that don't need folding, are thick and absorbent, and fasten with Velcro. Buy diaper liners to add extra absorbency. Here's a helpful hint - unsoiled diaper liners can be washed several times. Disposable users will tell you that you'll spend as much money as they do washing with hot water and buying laundry soap. This simply isn't true. I used a combination of cloth and disposable diapers. I put my son in disposables at night to save on frequent changes during the night.
Things You Don't Need
Some baby items aren't necessary on a tight budget
- Baby swings are only used for the first four months so try and borrow one if your baby likes a swing
- Fancy crib toys are a waste of money. One or two things in a crib are plenty
- Having no change table is livable. Both my children were so squirmy that I ended up changing them on the floor
- Bassinets look pretty but they aren't used past the three months
- Babies don't need lots of toys. They are more interested in the world around them and everyday objects
- Forego using baby wipes. A wet washcloth is much cheaper
Borrow or Exchange Items with a Friend
My best friend and I do a toy exchange every 6 weeks. One of my son's preschool friends gave us his outgrown clothes. My double stroller and high chair is on loan to my best friend. I ask friends with children for items I need. My best friend hasn't had to buy any children's clothing because I pass everything on to her. Most moms love to give things they aren't using to new moms. I recently passed on my crib, car seat, baby books, dresser, and bookcase to my sister-in-law who is expecting her first baby. Ask around for what you need and you may be surprised what people are willing to give away or loan.
Prepare for the Storm Ahead of Time
Make meals and store them in the freezer. Many new parents end up ordering take-out or buying convenience foods because of the disruption and fatigue a baby causes. Investment cooking, taking an item such as chicken and making several different meals, is a task that can be done three months ahead of your due date and piled into the freezer. If cooking isn't your bag, ask the person who is organizing your baby shower to make it a Tupperware party. Everyone brings a dish you can freeze such as chili, lasagna, soup, muffins, or macaroni and cheese. Aim to have 20 meals in the freezer before the birth. It's the first three weeks with new babies that are the toughest.
Contact Baby Companies
Manufacturers of baby products want your business, as it is an area of high customer turnover as kids grow up. Heinz, Gerber, Evenflo, Cosco, Pampers, Huggies, Johnson and Johnson, and the formula companies all have 1-800 numbers on the side of their products. Call the customer service line and ask for coupons or samples. Some companies such as Huggies, Pampers or Heinz have clubs you can join to receive coupons on a regular basis. The Enfalac Company sent me a free can of their powder hypoallergenic formula Nutramigen after I found out my daughter had a severe allergy to milk. Most companies will be happy to fill reasonable requests.
The most important money saving tip is to remember that babies don't need fancy equipment or a beautifully decorated nursery. They are happy with very little. What they really need are a pair of loving arms, a warm place to sleep and mother's milk. Keep those things in mind, borrow what you can and buy second hand and you won't break the bank.
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Jews have lived in Orange County for more than 130 years, but the community has never undertaken such an intense period of expansion as the one currently underway.
In the last year alone, more than 150,000 square feet of new Jewish building space has been added to synagogues and schools around the county. And other major projects are just getting underway. Here is a look at what's going up behind the "Orange Curtain":
University Synagogue of Irvine went for 14 years without a permanent home. This year, the Reconstructionist congregation, which now has more than 500 families, has purchased a new 50,000-square-foot building in the heart of Irvine. Having met at a local church for the last decade, University Synagogue will move into its new dwelling next spring. The added space couldn't come a moment too soon; the Temple's monthly Shabbat Alive service, with pop- and jazz-style musical selections, regularly draws 500 people, according to Rabbi Arnold Rachlis.
The Reform congregants of Temple Beth El celebrated the first Shabbat in its new 65,000-square-foot building in Aliso Viejo on July 27. Now the largest synagogue in Orange County, the $18 million facility boasts panoramic views of the surrounding hillsides, two sanctuaries, 21 classrooms, athletic facilities and a demonstration kitchen for Jewish cooking classes. A formal dedication ceremony is planned for October, in which the congregation's Torah scrolls will be paraded into the new sanctuary.
Beth Jacob Congregation of Irvine, a 300-family Orthodox synagogue, recently purchased its 6,000- square-foot building and is hoping to raise more than $5 million for what will eventually be a 25,000- square-foot complex on the property. The first phase will include Orange County's only Orthodox mikveh, which Rabbi Joel Landau hopes will be finished by next Rosh Hashanah. For now, observant congregants drive to the mikveh in Long Beach. There is a large concentration of Jews from South Africa in Orange County, including about 40 percent of Beth Jacob's congregants.
Chabad now has seven locations in Orange County. In the last year or so, centers have opened in Newport Beach, Costa Mesa, Irvine, Mission Viejo and Yorba Linda, according to Rabbi David Eliezre of Chabad in Yorba Linda. The new campus in Yorba Linda, on 2 acres, opened in January. It includes a new sanctuary and school building. In Irvine, Chabad moved into a new 6,000-square-foot building a year ago. Chabad of West Orange County completed a new synagogue about two years ago.
Temple Bat Yahm, a Reform congregation in Newport Beach with nearly 700 families, is presently adding a $6 million, 24,500-square-foot expansion that will include a library, computer center, banquet hall, amphitheater and outdoor athletics.
Congregation Shir Ha-Ma'alot, a 33-year-old Reform congregation in Irvine, is building a new sanctuary, classrooms and a gift shop. The congregation has raised $600,000 for the project so far, and still has a ways to go, according to Rabbi Rick Steinberg, who assumed leadership of the congregation this summer after the retirement of founding Rabbi Bernard King.
Tarbut v'Torah, the 75,000-square-foot state-of-the-art Jewish day school in Irvine, is adding a new upper school campus that is expected to open in September 2002. Adjacent to the existing campus, it is also the site of a planned Jewish Community Center and mega-campus that will eventually be home to most of the region's Jewish community organizations. Tarbut v'Torah, which moved into its current site from the JCC in Costa Mesa in 1997, graduated its first class of 18 seniors in June.
Chabad's 400-student Hebrew Academy in Huntington Beach is adding a million-dollar early childhood education center and a new conference facility, according to Rabbi Yitzchok Newman. The school, which goes from preschool through 12th grade, won a Blue Ribbon from the U.S. Department of Education for its elementary program in 1999. The new buildings will add 10,000 square feet of space to the Hebrew Academy's 11-acre campus, which the school has called home since 1977.
Morasha Day School raised about $2 million to finance its move from Aliso Viejo to Rancho Santa Margarita last year. The school purchased 4 acres of land, and hopes to raise $10 million for the eventual build-out of its campus. "This is where the growth is," says Director Eve Fein of the school's location in the Southern outpost of Orange County. With 80 students expected to attend school in the portable classrooms in the fall, Morasha Day School is now raising money to finance its first permanent buildings, a preschool and kindergarten facility. The school is currently kindergarten through sixth grade, and eventual plans are to extend it through eighth grade. Morasha is one of eight day schools in the country invited to participate in a pilot program with the Bureau of Jewish Education to develop a set of guiding Jewish values for day schools.
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