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Rebekah from A Blissful Nest created this cheerful "Bright and Bold Butterfly" party to celebrate her daughter Lauren's 2nd birthday. And speaking of the birthday girl… how adorable & stylish is she?!
This hot pink & yellow color palette feels so fun and "happy"! In addition to the fabulous dessert table, other creative details included a homemade hot pink door wreath, patterned paper pinwheels, butterfly accents in the flowers, and a whimsical favor table featuring butterfly wings and butterfly catchers for the girls!
Read on for LOTS more images and all the party details, as told by Rebekah…
"Lauren is obsessed with butterflies right now, so we picked this theme for her birthday. We chose the colors hot pink and yellow because she also loves yellow and I thought the combination of the colors was bright, bold, and cheerful. They are so vibrant and were perfect for an end-of-the-summer bash!
Being inspired by the silhouette trend right now, I took it a step further by layering it with a contrast butterfly that you could see through. I love the layered effect and how it makes the butterfly pop! The invitation was bright and bold with these cute little layered butterflies flying around Lauren's head.
I carried the signature colors and a bold yellow wide stripe pattern throughout all the paper products – from the cupcake toppers and adorable favor boxes to the fabrics on the dessert and favor tables.
Dessert Table
Coming from a dessert loving family and being inspired by the Amy Atlas dessert tables, we had a wide array of goodies for the guests…
The amazing cake – made by Esmeralda of Sin City Sweets – took center stage on the table. She also made lemon cake cupcakes with raspberry fill crowned with hot pink and yellow icing.
Esmeralda also made the most delicious cake pops that were gone in seconds!
For the sugar lovers there was rock candy, sugar buttons, and gumballs served in apothecary jars on a platter.
The dessert table and favor table were draped with a wide yellow stripe fabric and tied with hot pink bows. I thought it fitting to have white drapes tied back with hot pink ribbon for behind the dessert table – perfect for the sweet butterflies!
All the kids were given butterfly wings and butterfly catchers to dress up and play with… Little butterfly crayons were in matching yellow striped boxes for them to take home. They all looked so cute running around with their wings on, and it was a great way to spend a summer afternoon!
Paper lanterns were hung from the trees and matching pinwheels were placed throughout the garden.
Lauren's birthday present even was decorated to match! I made a hot pink floral wreath and painted her initial with a butterfly for the side of it. The chalk board frame was painted yellow and hangs next to her door so mommy and daddy can write little notes to her.
Lauren wore an adorable yellow tutu with hot pink at the ends with a ribbon tank all designed by Strawberrie Rose. She looked so sweet in this outfit with yellow butterfly wings!"
• Photography – Renee Elysee Photography
• Pastry Chef – Sin City Sweets
• Outfit – Strawberrie Rose
• Paper Decorations – A Blissful Nest
• Favor Boxes – Party Starters
• Pinwheels – Crossroad Cottage
• Wings – Halo Heaven
• Butterfly Catchers – Target
• Butterfly Crayons – Red Elm Designs
• Dessert Table Candy Bags – Fort & Field
• Candy – Oh! Nuts
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1Jen L. SAYS:
Love how vibrant the color scheme is. Love the details!
2EvalieRN SAYS:
Love these colors! How sweet this girl is! Great idea!
3PartyMom SAYS:
I've been seeing a lot of yellow parties lately, and this is definitely a standout! I really love the combination of stripes with the damask!
4Rhi SAYS:
Adorable party!! Any idea where the yellow stripe table cloth I've been looking for something like that for my daughters birthday party???
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Annette SAYS:
I love this party idea and am going to try to re-create it for my daughters 1st birthday party. I just went to Ikea and the yellow stripe fabric has been discontinued. If anyone else knows where i can find this fabric or something similar please share. Also, I am open to other ideas for table clothes for this butterfly party.
5Marijke SAYS:
Absolutely beautiful! Love it!
6Jenn @ThisMommyLoves SAYS:
Absolutely Gorgeous Party! I just did a pink and yellow Pancakes and Pajamas party I hope you will enjoy. http://www.thismommyloves.com/2010/09/pancakes-and-pajamas-2nd-birthday-party.html
7Angela SAYS:
I love this!! I want this party for myself (and I'm 35!) lol
8Bettijo @ PagingSupermom SAYS:
WOW! I love LOVE the bold yellow & white stripe backdrop and tablecloth. It looks amazing!
9paraskevi SAYS:
breathtaking… well done
10Jenni SAYS:
This party is so ridiculously cute! I love it! She looks like a very happy birthday girl!
11Becks SAYS:
Love this party!! I love yellow in any party.
[email protected], must you pimp your blog in every comments section? It's more than a little annoying.
12Rebekah SAYS:
Thank you everyone for the sweetest comments!! Rhi the stripe fabric is from Ikea.
13Rhi SAYS:
thank you so much for the tip!! I can't get over how CUTE all the details are, great job!!
14SugarFoot Designs SAYS:
So cute and her Etsy shop is amazing as well. She even has DIY printables for Halloween!
15Maureen Anders of Anders Ruff Custom Designs SAYS:
I am in LOVE with the yellow/white bold striped table cloth. AMAZING!
The colors in this party make me want to have a party just like this!!
16Maureen Anders of Anders Ruff Custom Designs SAYS:
Oh, and Shana from Crossroads Cottage makes the most beautiful pinwheels.. LOVE THOSE!
17BeautyAndTheBeastFashion SAYS:
Love the idea of this party. The tags with the kids names on them make it so personal & special. I think it's such a great idea to have such a varitey of treats & the tags make it that much more wonderful! The flower wreath is beautiful.
18Shana SAYS:
Rebekah was a pure pleasure to work with on this party. So fun to see how bright and cheery it turned out. Makes me want to throw a party just like this – sadly, I don't have a little girl. Maybe I'll have to throw a big girl party with this theme.
19aimee @ paging supermom SAYS:
I love the stripe backdrop and tablecloth! Also, the pink and white butterfly nets are adorable. What a fun party!
20Event Graphics SAYS:
Such an adorable party!


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An open source tax credit is proposed which would allow individuals who develop open source software to receive a tax credit worth 20 percent of their out-of-pocket costs. Corporations and self-employed individuals may already take a deduction for their development expenses for both open source and proprietary commercial software. The open source tax credit provides a similar incentive for individuals who currently have no means to deduct these expenses.
Subsidizing open source software development can also be justified on grounds of economic efficiency. Open source software development enhances the ability of other developers to create new products. It also enhances the development and dissemination of knowledge and ideas more broadly. Since the benefits to the broader software development community and the economy as a whole go well beyond the users of an individual software product, a policy that subsidizes open source development would increase economic efficiency.
In 2004 there were an estimated 1.2 million people who contributed to open source software in the U.S. One of the largest open source repositories, SourceForge.net, contains over 100,000 projects. Open source software is an essential part of the operation of hundreds of millions of computers around the world and has become essential to the operation of the core Internet infrastructure and for many key applications, such as the World Wide Web. Not only is open source software free to use and modify, it forms the basis of many commercial software products, e-commerce services, and many other for-profit ventures.
Despite the growing importance of open source software development, the tax code does not maintain balance between for-profit development and individual open source developers. For-profit companies can receive substantial tax benefits for costs associated with software development—both commercial software and open source software—such as the depreciation of capital equipment, expensing of other out-of-pocket costs, and may even receive a tax credit for R&D spending. Individual developers who devote their own time and resources to developing open source software, however, often receive no tax incentives for doing so.
In an effort to encourage open source development and dissemination, and to level the playing field between individual and corporate development, we are proposing a 20 percent tax credit for qualified out-of-pocket expenses for open source software developers. Such a credit would have modest costs to the federal government, yet would add significant value to the U.S. economy.
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Mickey Rourke is John Sedley, a petty gangster whose facial deformities earned him the nickname "Johnny Handsome."
When Johnny and a friend are double-crossed during a robbery by two partners, his friend is killed and Johnny is sent to prison. There, a sympathetic surgeon makes a deal to give Johnny a new face – and a new shot at life. Once on the outside, Johnny discovers that staying straight isn't easy. But his new look does open one door for Johnny – revenge.
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Eating lots but still hungry? Eat more fat. Mid-day sluggishness? Eat more fat. Feeling depressed or irritable? Eat more fat. People think you've developed an eating disorder? Eat more fat... in front of them.
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A man charged with murder in the death of his infant son in Meade County faced a judge Wednesday morning.
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Emergency crews found the child unresponsive last Thursday.
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The Michelin Tweel – The Mother of all Airless Tires
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On January 29, 2005, the French tire maker Michelin made a press release which caught more than one of its competitors by surprise: Michelin claimed the production release of an airless, integrated tire and wheel combination called "Tweel".
The Tweel had a basic yet revolutionary design: it was made of a series of flexible, V-shaped, shock absorbing polyurethane spokes wrapped in a thin rubber tread and connected to a hub for attachment to a vehicle. Michelin presented the Tweel both with an aluminium hub (for passenger cars) and a deformable hub for other applications. According to Michelin the polyurethane spoke architecture allowed its non-pneumatic tire to "envelope" road hazards while still delivering weight-carrying capacity and ride comfort similar to that of an inflated tire. Further, Michelin claimed to be able to specifically tune the vertical and lateral stiffness of the Tweel thereby pushing ride and handling performances to levels unheard of for pneumatic tires.
Not only was this the first airless tire announcement of a major, established tire manufacturer but more importantly, Michelin claimed its Tweel to be commercially available both for iBOT mobility device and the Segway with tests being underway on an Audi A4.
After a big initial media splash things became quieter around the Tweel and none of Michelin's claimed applications seemed to be making significant commercial headway:
Segway: Although there are still plenty of images found on the internet showing Segways mounted with Tweels a quick check of the Segway website shows that the Tweel is not the standard issue tire on any current Segway model. Why both companies stopped working together is not clear.
iBOT: According to one unconfirmed report, some iBOTs were initially available with Tweels but users complained about noise and heat build-up of the tires.This is quite surprising given that the iBOT is not a high speed application. But this also shows that commercializing a non-pneumatic technology like the Tweel is a significant challenge even for a tire giant such as Michelin which has one of the most renowned R&D teams in the industry. In any case, Independence Technology L.L.C., the maker of the iBOT wheelchair announced in 2009 that it would discontinue the production and selling of the iBOT.
Audi A4: Reports of the Tweel – Audi A4 tests emerged describing the tires as generating excessive noise and vibrations at higher speeds making them unsuitable for the passenger car market. To be fair to Michelin, they acknowledged themselves that the A4 was a stretch application for the Tweel and that lower speed, lower weight applications would be their first target markets.
Given the Tweel's lack of commercial success a lot of people in the tire industry started claiming that Michelin used the Tweel as a pure marketing stunt without ever having the intention of commercializing this technology. I don't believe this to be true though the press coverage of the Tweel alone may well have made up for the development cost.
Michelin has a long history of innovation in the tire industry and they have never been afraid to take their chances in commercializing new tires technologies. The French tire maker has some great successes to its name such as the radial ply technology and silica based treads but also some well known failures such as the PAX system. The latter has become iconic enough to serve as an example in innovation literature, most recently in the book "The Wide Lens" by Ron Adner.
At the time of this writing no further information on a potential release of the Tweel or even Tweel release date are available. However, Michelin has always claimed that the Tweel would be a long term project and that technical maturity for advanced applications would be years if not decades away. One can only congratulate Michelin for having the guts to embark on such a high risk, long term endeavor and hope that their persistence will pay off one day.


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I'm going to suggest something which you probably won't like. Why don't you eat the way that you ate to lose the weight initially? (I'm assuming that was still keto?) Idk - maybe being carnivorous doesn't suit you in terms of weight loss? Or did you start eating like that because you'd started to regain?


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Feb. 12, 2007 | The 2007 Bio•IT World Conference & Expo will be held at the World Trade Center, Boston, for three days, from April 30 to May 2. The conference features five tracks: Cheminformatics; E-Clinical Research and Translational Medicine; IT Infrastructure; Discovery Informatics; and Computational Biology and Data Analysis. Here is a preview at some of this year's coming attractions. We hope you'll join us in celebrating our fifth anniversary!
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MEET THE KEYNOTESExperts in the fields of computational biology, cheminformatics, drug discovery and next-generation DNA sequencing will keynote the 2007 Bio•IT World Conference & Expo. David Shaw (Columbia University), Jonathan Rothberg (454 Life Sciences), and Andrew Hopkins (Pfizer) will headline the fifth anniversary conference hosted by Bio•IT World and produced by Cambridge Healthtech Institute.
David Shaw is senior research fellow at the Columbia University Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics. Two decades ago, he established the D. E. Shaw group, the hugely successful investment and technology development firm with some $23 billion in assets. In 1994, President Clinton appointed Shaw to the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. While still chairman of his firm, Shaw returned to Columbia University a few years ago, where his multidisciplinary research team is designing machine architectures and algorithms for high-speed biomolecular simulations, including drug design, protein folding, and protein-protein interactions (See "David Shaw," Bio•IT World, June 2006 p. 32).April 30, 4:15 pm: "New Architectures for a New Biology"
Jonathan Rothberg is the founder and former President/CEO of Curagen, a biopharma company based in Connecticut. In 1999, Rothberg conceived a spin-off company dedicated to developing novel nanotech methods of DNA sequencing. Today, Rothberg serves as the chairman of 454 Life Sciences, which developed the first commercial sequence-by-synthesis instrument in 2005. In a landmark paper in Nature in 2005, 454 scientists announced the successful sequencing of a bacterial genome in just hours on one instrument. The technology has also been a critical partner in decoding 1 million bases of the Neanderthal genome. But it is in the field of personalized medicine and the "$1000 genome" where Rothberg believes his technology will ultimately have its greatest impact. 454's new instrument —the FLX — debuts this Spring.May 1, 8:30 a.m.: "454 and the Future of Next-Generation Sequencing"
Andrew Hopkins is a computational chemist with Pfizer, based in Sandwich, U.K. In 2002, Hopkins and Colin Groom published a seminal paper on the concept of the "druggable genome," providing an estimate of the portion of the human genome directly amenable to drug targeting. Hopkins' research has continued in that vein, blending computational biology and chemistry and highlighted by a major paper last year in Nature Biotechnology on the global mapping of pharmacological space. Most recently, he co-authored a commentary on the molecular pharmacopoeia — revising the estimated total number of approved drug targets, a prerequisite for the development of predictive methods to identify potential drug targets. (The number, incidentally, is 324.)May 2, 8:10 a.m.: "Drug Discovery 2.0"
ORACLE USERSThe annual OSLUG — Oracle's Life Sciences User Group — meeting will be held on the first day of the conference. In addition to familiar Oracle faces such as Susie Stephens and meeting organizer Charlie Berger, speakers include Marcus Collins describing the drug discovery enterprise architecture at Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research, and BG Medicine's Tom Plasterer on dataset integration in systems pharmacology. There will also be workshops on the use of 10g and introductions to Data Miner, SQL Developer, and interMedia for image archiving.April 30, 8:00 a.m.-4.00 p.m.: Oracle 8th International Life Sciences User Group
SYSTEMS ARE GOIt's been two years since vice president Mark Boguski arrived at Novartis charged with integrating groups in functional genomics and informatics. Boguski will speak on how the analysis of dynamic signaling networks "provides a new grammar for drug discovery," both for identifying new targets as well as predicting potential "off target" effects.May 1, 1:45 p.m.: "Systems Biology: Integrating in silico and experimental approaches to study signaling networks"
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NEXT-GENERATION INFORMATICS"For the first time," warns the Broad Institute's Toby Bloom, "the cost of informatics may dwarf the cost of reagents." The Broad sequencing center currently generates about 60 billion bases of DNA sequence per year. Bloom says new technologies from the likes of 454 and Solexa will generate that amount of data per week. A companion talk from Harvard Medical School's Eugene Clark and Greg Porreca, will look at the IT infrastructure harnessed to polony sequencing as part of The Cancer Genome Atlas project.May 2, 11:15 a.m.: "Informatics infrastructure for next generation sequencing technologies"
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Eric Voelker hired as new Iowa State assistant coachEric Voelker, a former two-time NCAA 190-pound champion and part of Iowa State's 1987 NCAA championship team who will be inducted into the ISU Letterwinners Hall of Fame next weekend, has joined the Iowa State wrestling program as an assistant coach.
Iowa State head coach Kevin Jackson, a teammate of Voelker on that 1987 team, made the announcement Friday while laying out the individual responsibilities of each Cyclone coach on his staff.
Jackson announced that current Iowa State assistant coach Yero Washington has been named head assistant wrestling coach. Former ISU national champion Nate Gallick continues to serve Iowa State as a volunteer coach, working with Cyclones in the wrestling room and with the Cyclone Wrestling Club.
Former Iowa State head coach Bobby Douglas will continue serving the Cyclone wrestling program as the Cyclone Wrestling Club coach. Former Cyclone four-time All-American Dwight Hinson will continue to assist the program and Molly Donnelly remains director of wrestling operations.
"We are excited about Eric Voelker joining our coaching staff" Jackson said. "I have known Eric since our days at Iowa State.
He brings great personal knowledge of wrestling and extensive experience working with young people on and off the mat.
Ultimately, he is an Iowa Stater in every way and we are on the same page in terms of building a better man, not just a better wrestler. Ultimately, that is what Iowa State wrestling is all about. Eric has been outside our program and that experience will assist him as an ambassador to alumni and fans on behalf of the Cyclone wrestling program."
Jackson affirmed Washington's contributions to the Iowa State wrestling program.
"Yero Washington has been my right-hand man with exceptional knowledge and experience" Jackson said. "He has been a great asset to our program from the start and his presence is a major asset to the future of Iowa State wrestling."
Douglas, Gallick, Hinson and Donnelly are committed to the Cyclone wrestling legacy.
"Bobby Douglas has been the best of mentors to myself and countless Iowa State wrestlers for nearly 20 years" Jackson said. "He will help us develop training plans for our senior-level athletes in the Cyclone Wrestling Club. Nate Gallick will continue to work with our athletes in the practice room and have some Cyclone Wrestling Club responsibilities.
Dwight will be working on behalf of our program at the grass-roots level. He builds great relationships with young people and we will take advantage of that fact. Molly does so much for our wrestling program behind the scenes and we appreciate her contributions."
Voelker won NCAA titles at 190 pounds in 1987 and 1989. A three-time All-American and Big Eight Conference champion, he finished his Iowa State career with a record of 101-13-1 and is excited about the Cyclone wrestling program.
"I told the team (Thursday) that I came to Iowa State and became a champion over time, working early on with guys like (three-time NCAA champion) Nate Carr
and (Big Eight champion) Wayne Cole in the wrestling room" Voelker said. "I am anxious to get started helping our student-athletes to succeed at the next level academically and as a wrestler.
We have a great head coach in Kevin Jackson and the rest of our staff is positioned to develop young men in the wrestling program."
Voelker earned his bachelor's degree from Iowa State in 1989 in speech communication.
He has since earned a Master's of Divinity from Bethel Seminary (2008) and a Master's in Educational Leadership in 2010 from Iowa State.
"Iowa State has given me the education of a lifetime" Voelker said. "I want to give back to this special place."
Voelker has worked as a prep wrestling coach at his alma mater, Dallas Center-Grimes and as a club coach since graduating from Iowa State.
In addition to his upcoming induction to the Iowa State athletics hall of fame, Voelker is a member of the Iowa Wrestling Hall of Fame, the Glen Brand/Dan Gable Wrestling Hall of Fame and the Iowa High School wrestling hall of Fame.
Voelker is married to the former Cheryl Cybulski , also a coach and a former Iowa State volleyball player.
They have three daughters.
Eric Voelker Career Highlights:
- Two-time national champion at 190 pounds (1987 & 1989)
- Three-time All-American at 190 pounds (1987, 1988, 1989)
- Three-time Big Eight champion (1987, 1988, 1989)
- One of 16 multiple NCAA champions in ISU wrestling history
- His 4-3 win over Minnesota's Mike Dean in the 1987 190-pound NCAA title bout helped ISU secure the national title
- Placed third at the 1988 NCAA Wrestling Championships, winning the Gorrian Award for most falls in the tournament
- Defeated Mike Whitehead of Northwestern, 7-2, to win the 1989 190-pound NCAA wrestling title
- Finished his senior season at 21-2-1
- Ended career with a 101-13-1 overall mark


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Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Fine artist Christie Crosby has painted fish and marine life almost exclusively for most of her painting career, but she encountered a new challenge when she traded her canvas for a rocking chair.
Crosby is one of many artists and decorators participating in the upcoming Summerville ROCKS! public art project.
I paint all the time. Not furniture though, she laughed.
Summerville ROCKS! is both a beautification project and a fundraiser organized by the Cultural Arts Alliance of Greater Summerville.
Around 40 sponsors businesses, organizations and individual people have bought chairs, which will go on display around Summerville after volunteers have completed decorating them. The chairs will be featured in front of businesses, inside lobbies and at Town Hall from March 20 May 31 until theyre auctioned off.
Im hoping that [the public] finds [my chair] attractive and that itll encourage them to participate in the auctions, said Carole Bruno, whos performance-themed chair has been on display at the James F. Dean Theater since January as a project promotion.
Bruno said shes been painting for more than 15 years, but in her retirement has capitalized on the hobby and was excited to participate when she heard about Summerville ROCKS! through the Summerville Artist Guild.
I already told them if they need me to paint an additional one for this year I would be glad to help, Bruno said.
Julia Howell, a graphic designer, is also a member of the guild and discovered the project the same way. Her chair is decorated with the South Carolina state bird and state flower, the Carolina Wren and yellow jasmine.
I really enjoyed working on this chair it has allowed me to step out of my normal routine of painting on a flat surface. I love the challenge that has come from painting on a three dimensional object, and the best part is its going to help support Summerville charities, she said.
A portion of the funds will be used to donate to local nonprofit organizations and the remainder will go toward funding the newly created Barnfield Arts Scholarship, in honor of retiring Dorchester District Two arts director Larry Barnfield.
The first scholarship will be awarded in spring 2015 to a graduating high school senior from Summerville who is pursuing a four-year arts education in college, according to Jane Orenstein of the Cultural Arts Alliance.
Id like to buy my chair, said decorator Pat Britt of her chair titled Circus.
Britt, who has decorated several other chairs that are in use around her home, heard about Summerville ROCKS! while taking an art class at the senior center.
She said her chair, which is covered in vibrant colors, whimsical balloons, an animal print and the stripes of a big top, took about three weeks to complete. Britt said while she loved decorating her chair, shes looking forward to seeing what others have done. Im just excited to see the variety of other peoples chairs, said Britt. Summerville has a lot of artists.
On May 31 the chairs will be moved from their display locations to Summerville Country Club where they will be sold in live and silent auctions. Tickets for the event, which will include a barbeque, will go on sale in April.
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This is my seventh Levenger pen, and though I am typically smitten with the construction of each one in my collection, the rubberized coating on the TruGrip makes this one for your pen case rather than for the blank page - which is a real shame. While it writes like a dream and is incredibly comfortable to hold, the skin is not up to snuff. My current TruGrip fountain is actually a replacement for the first one I purchased, which showed scratches and mars on its surface after a single day clipped to the lip of my inside jacket pocket. The second lasted a few weeks longer just sitting on my desk, but daily use has revealed two tears in the black coating, which shows the silver of the barrel underneath. I would suggest that Levenger have a look at the early black Lamy Studios, which also had a rubberized coating; theirs does not scratch or flake at all, even under vigorous use. I would call their very helpful customer service again, but I fear the same thing would continue to happen, and I'm not ready to let go of this fragile gem for good, imperfections or not.
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I had this pen for about two months. I ordered it with monogram. When I received it, I was very satisfied with the way it looked and feel of the black lacquer finish, but I noticed the monogram was done in gold instead of silver. When you order monogram there was no options on the color of monogram. I would like to think Levenger should know better to use silver for the monogram when the pen is in black and polished chrome. Also, I noticed the lacquer finish got damaged around the letters. I called in to report the damages. Also, during last 2 months of use, the lacquer finishes came off around the pen's edges at the front end of the pen. However, the pen has very solid feel and writes very good. I gave 3 stars for the delicate lacquer finish.
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8:45 Chairperson's RemarksHong Sun, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Environmental Medicine, NYU School of Medicine
8:50 Transcriptomic, Genomic and Epigenomic Data: Pinpointing the Precise Alterations that Underlie Cancer Development
David Smith, Ph.D., Professor, Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic
We used the power of next-gen sequencing to analyze a group of oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomas (along with matched normal tissue from each patient) that covered the full spectrum of distinct patients who develop this cancer. This included whole transcriptome sequencing, the 450K Methylation arrays from Illumina, and whole exome sequencing using the Illumina Sure-Select Target Enrichment System. The information provided just by whole transcriptome sequencing revealed many interesting molecular alterations in the distinct oropharyngeal cancers analyzed. We also demonstrate the power of whole transcriptome sequencing as a powerful clinical tool to better provide clinicians with insights to better inform clinical decisions. Finally, we describe our preliminary efforts to integrate the data generated from all three complementary technologies to provide a much better understanding of the important molecular alterations that are responsible for oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomas with distinct underlying etiologies.
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Martina Mijuskovic, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Associate, Center for Health Informatics and Bioinformatics, New York University Langone Medical Center
In order to detect structural rearrangements in our recently developed mouse model of lymphoma, we chose the mate-pair whole genome sequencing strategy. We first performed simulations of mate-pair sequencing in order to specify the most suitable DNA library size (insert size), read length, necessary coverage and downstream analysis software to detect translocations and other rearrangements. We then applied these insights to our experiment planning and data analysis.
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10:45 Highthroughput Scanning of Single Cell Cancer Genomes: Methodology and ApplicationsTimour Baslan, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Associate, Cancer Genomics, Cold Spring Harbor LaboratoryThe initiation and genetic progression of cancer and the dissemination of cancer cells throughout the body is basic to our understanding and efficient treatment of the disease. By adapting next-gen sequencing to obtain sparse rather than deep coverage, we have developed methods for efficient genomic profiling of hundreds of single cells from mulitple tumors. We applied Single Nucleus Sequencing (SNS) to the cellular analysis of primary tumors and metastatic sites and traced the genetic lineage of tumor cells during progression and dissemination. We will discuss the application of this technology to large clinical sample sets as well as informatic and experimental methods for multiplexing large numbers of cells per sequencing run.
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Mike G. Makrigiorgos, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Radiation Oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Using next-generation sequencing for identifying low-abundance mutations within wild-type DNA is important in several fields of medicine, including cancer, prenatal diagnosis, and infectious diseases. However, utilizing the clinical and diagnostic potential of rare mutations is limited by sequencing errors and depth of coverage. Here we describe the combination of COLD-PCR with sequencing. COLD-PCR technology enables amplification of genomic targets of interest while simultaneously enriches mutated alleles over wild type. Amplicon sequencing demonstrated a 20-50-fold improvement compared to using conventional PCR for the detection of low-level mutations and identified missense p53 mutations in lung and colorectal tumor samples that were not possible to call using the current approach. Furthermore, calling of COLD-PCR amplicons required 20-30-fold lower depth of coverage. The combination of technologies enables adaptation of next-generation sequencing to the clinical setting.
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We apply NGS to identifying biomarkers using material from clinical trials of novel mechanism-of-action anti-cancer compounds. This application includes evaluation & calibration of novel technologies & emergent sequencing platforms.
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Vincent Croquette, Ph.D., Director of Research, Physical Statistics, École Normale Supérieure, Paris
Single molecule DNA sequencing can be done by detecting the positions of roadblocks (e.g. hybridized fragments) during rehybridization of a mechanically unzipped DNA. It can be implemented via sequencing by hybridization, ligation or polymerization. That technique is high-throughput and does not require the use of labeled nucleotides.
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Investors remained cautious in a holiday-shortened week, unwilling to make many big bets in the final three days of trading for 2008. Israel's escalating attacks against Gaza's Hamas rulers made traders more hesitant to buy.
The tensions pushed oil prices above $40 a barrel during the session, with crude closing up $2.31 at $40.02 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Oil had fallen more than $100 from its peak of $147.27 a barrel on July 11 as a slowing economy curbed demand, but the fighting in Gaza raised the possibility of supply disruptions that could send prices climbing again.
Todd Leone, managing director of equity trading at Cowen & Co., said trading volume is extremely light and that is contributing to the market's swings. "What's going on in Israel didn't read well over the weekend," Leone said. "Beyond that, it is an incredibly quiet session. It's really not taking much to move the markets."
Investors also digested a potential blow to dealmaking on Wall Street. On Sunday, Kuwait's government canceled its $17.4 billion K-Dow Petrochemicals joint venture with Dow Chemical, saying it was "very risky" because of the global financial crisis and low oil prices. The joint venture was set to begin Thursday.
Rohm & Haas Co. maintains that its proposed $15.3 billion takeover by Dow Chemical won't be affected by Dow's substantial loss of income from the venture. But investors punished shares, driving them down $9.60, or 15.1 percent, to $53.96. Dow Chemical shares lost $3.15, or 16.3 percent, to $15.35.
According to preliminary calculations, the Dow Jones industrial average fell 31.62, or 0.37 percent, to 8,483.93. The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 3.38, or 0.39 percent, to 869.42; the Nasdaq composite index fell 19.92, or 1.30 percent, to 1,510.32.


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Revival and the Sovereignty of God
[On Wednesday night, June 5, during the Southern Baptist Convention in Atlanta, Ga., the entire evening was given to prayer for spiritual awakening. This article originally appeared in the Florida Baptist Witness in anticipation of that Convention prayer meeting. It is reprinted here by the author's permission]
A call to prayer for revival may be a profound turning point in the spiritual lives of Southern Baptists. It could be a historical moment. But do we really know what we will be praying for in such an effort? What is the meaning of a spiritual awakening, or its historical equivalent–revival? That is the question!
Revival, particularly, is an ambiguous word in Southern Baptist life. Ideas range from the annual "vociferous preaching time the third week in April," to the 1734 awakening in Northampton, Mass., when the dynamic ministry of Jonathan Edwards saw multitudes won to Christ in a matter of days. But a precise definition based on the Bible, and manifest in history, is vital if we are to pray and seek God intelligently.
A good description of a revival, or spiritual awakening, from a biblical and historical perspective is given by H. C. Fish:
Revivals, then, are seasons when Christians are waked to a more fervent prayer, and to more earnest endeavors to promote the cause of Christ and redemption; and consequent upon this, seasons when the impenitent are aroused to the concerns of the soul and the work of personal religion. They are times when the Spirit of the Lord again moves on the face of the waters, and the freshness and beauty of the new creature comes forth. Nature itself seems more full of God; the very words of Scripture seem thereby invested with a new light and glory and fullness and meaning. As Edwards says: "All things abroad — the sun, moon and stars, the heavens and the earth appear as it were with a cast of divine glory and sweetness upon them."
Such a definition of revival or spiritual awakening immediately points up a most important and foundational truth. Real revival comes only from God. He alone is the fountainhead. A spiritual awakening cannot be scheduled, worked up or humanly engineered. If we are to experience a "refreshing time from the Lord," it will be because God's sovereign hour has arrived. God grants revival blessings when and where he pleases.
All history attests to this fundamental reality.
Why did God come down in power to the church in Northampton, Mass., in 1734 and touch the ministry of the brilliant Jonathan Edwards to spawn America's "First Great Awakening?" Because God chose to do so!
Why did our Lord reach down to a little Bible study group of Moravian brethren meeting on London's Aldersgate Street in 1738 and transform John Wesley, who then was used by the Holy Spirit to birth the 18th-century revival in England? Because God chose to do so!
Why did the Holy Spirit come mightily on Barton Stone in 1801 at the Cane Ridge Meeting House in Bourbon County, Ky., that July weekend and explode into America's "Second Great Awakening," which wove the deep south "Bible Belt?" Because God chose to do so!
Similar historical accounts of awakenings can be repeated almost endlessly, recalling God's sovereign mercies in revival power. But why does he move as he does? Why does God act in such a manner? There is no final human explanation of why God moves when, where and how he does to grace us with revival blessings, only that in his sovereign love he does. Therefore be done with what has been called "evangelical humanism." We must rest in God's sovereign grace and wisdom alone.
Of course, it is true that God pours out his Holy Spirit on his people in free grace because they need a fresh touch. Without revival times the church inevitably strays away from the cross and grows cold, slipping into the Laodicean Syndrome. There is that much explanation. But the when, where and how of revival rests in God's sovereignty.
Yet, God never works in a vacuum. He always uses his people in spiritual awakenings. That leaves us with the inevitable paradox of divine sovereignty and human responsibility. But even that paradox means there are things we are to do if God is to bless in revival. Responsibly seeking revival should never be de-emphasized.
Nonetheless, we must view God as the sole source of all awakening grace, prostrate ourselves at his feet and simply trust him for sovereign mercies. If we do that, it just could be God will bless us with that "one divine moment" when it will be said, "God revived his people." Let us seek him to that divine end.
May we earnestly, humbly and in resignation cry out with the Psalmist: "Wilt thou not revive us again; that thy people may rejoice in thee? Show us thy mercy, O Lord, and grant us thy salvation" (Ps. 85:6-7). It just may be this is God's sovereign hour.


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Victoria's Secret bombshell Candice Swanepoel loves bikinis … The problem may not be completely solved, but for now we have avoided the fiscal cliff … This woman claimed to be an Aunt of a slain Sandy Hook victim to extort money … Kathy Griffin, who I wished would go away forever, acted like she was blowing Anderson Cooper on NYE … Ronda Rousey isn't the only babe in MMA … Maybe being a little overweight actually isn't that bad for you … Stanford's Head Coach didn't have time for a post game interview, needed that trophy … $60 Billion in federal aid for Hurricane Sandy victims has been pulled from the agenda by John Boehner … Dubai had the best fireworks for New Years Eve … Paparazzo was killed trying to get a picture of Justin Bieber … Is America moving away from the death penalty …
Only one video today…because it's the only video you need to see. Jadeveon Clowney beheading a Michigan running back.
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This web page will be a research guide to the myriad of insects that inhabit Florida.
Humans and insects have long been at war here in Florida. Insects invade our homes, damage and destroy our structures, contaminate our food and crops, sting and bite us and, in some cases, even kill us. We try to eliminate them with sprays that destroy the beneficial insects along with the harmful and which may have long-term effects on the environment.
My first step in this research project was to catalog the most common Florida insects. Starting from this list, I will be adding information as to their habitat, identify whether or not they are native to Florida, and whether they are harmful or beneficial to the environment.
Some Interesting Facts About Florida's Insects
There are so many insects in Florida that it is impossible to catalog them all. So far about 500 species of insects are found only in Florida. One of the reasons that so many insects inhabit the state is the biological diversity of the landscape and another is the mild winter climate. Also the land of Florida is very old and has remained unchanged for thousands of years. Some of the swamps and forests are so old that they are home to insects that are not even found in other parts of the state. New species of insects are being discovered almost every day. Any natural area in the state contains undescribed species. These insects are not new in the sense that they have only just evolved, but rather because they have yet to be described. However, in order to determine the species that have not yet been described, an in-depth knowledge of those that have been described is necessary.
Since 1986 over 150 new insect species have arrived in Florida and made the state their home. The Mediterranean and Oriental Fruit Flies are not counted in these statistics as they had been considered eradicated. However, both have reappeared recently, and the Oriental Fruit Fly is now under seige in Sarasota County.
Florida currently has one species of insect on the endangered list: the Schaus Swallowtail. Previously seen all over the state, it can only be found now in certain areas of the Keyes. Although not yet endangered, the fascinating and magical firefly has become increasingly scarce. The reasons for this are not known for certain, but fireflies require a very specific habitat and those habitats are disappearing. Also the insecticides that have been sprayed to eliminate the insect pests have surely been responsible for killing fireflies as well.
The single most unpleasant insect in Florida is the fire ant. The fire ant is not native to Florida. It arrived in the state from South America in the mid 1940s. Massive doses of DDT were sprayed in what was considered a foolproof way to get rid of this pest. Instead, this massive spraying succeeded only in eliminating most of the native ants that were natural enemies of the fire ant. The evil fire ant survived and has become a permanent unwelcome guest in Florida.
The "palmetto bug" is actually just a large cockroach, and can be either of the American or Australian species. They don't live in palmetto trees and the name of palmetto bug seems to have been only an attempt to make these sometimes enormous cockroaches a bit more socially acceptable. Although unpleasant, the palmetto bug doesn't bite, which makes it a little less unpleasant than the fire ant and the waterbug.
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All in all, of the seven Russian Guantanamo prisoners extradited from Cuba in 2004, only two are not in custody.
Airat Vakhitov, arrested Saturday, was engaged in human rights activities in Moscow, Vremya Novostei reports. He wrote articles and was working on a book about rights violations in Guantanamo, was going to travel to London for the former Guantanamo prisoners Round Table, as was Rustam Akhmyarov.
If the police manage to link the two Guantanamo prisoners arrested in Moscow and those arrested in Tatarstan, it may prove that they are related to the Taliban and Al Qaeda, the newspaper summed up.
Thursday, September 01, 2005
Human Rights Activist Arrested in Moscow Terror Plot
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Pat Cuneo: United Way shake-up confusing
News that R.J. Zonna is out in a shake-up at the United Way of Erie County is a real surprise to those of us who came to know and respect Zonna as the most visible face of the nonprofit agency.
Zonna, 50, was more than a top executive and chief fundraiser at the United Way. He was the person who met with companies throughout the region regularly and made many friends, telling a persuasive personal story. The message was always clear: He is an Erie guy, proud of it, and proud to support it through the United Way.
United Way President Bill Jackson needs to tell the community more about the change in approach to fundraising that he alluded to after the news about Zonna broke publicly. Zonna played a key role in raising a record $6.2 million in the 2013 fund drive.
Jackson, who said the workplace pledges for the 2013 drive were "flat at best," should explain the new plan, the group's decision to reorganize and how workplace pledges -- Zonna's forte -- figure into the new plan. Most working people I know don't find it easy to contribute $300 or $400 over the course of a year, but they would never be able to cut a check for anywhere near that amount at any one or few points during the year.
In fact, what exactly is the United Way saying? That it was top-heavy with salary? That Zonna's approach was too old-school? Certainly, the work of the United Way is not easy, and the generosity of Erie's businesses, workers and individuals has kept the organization viable during a difficult economic period. But its supporters would like to know specific reasons why the shake-up occurred.
In any event, Zonna's excellent track record will help him land on his feet.
- The city and the Erie Redevelopment Authority made the right decision to seek other developers for the stalled Union Square housing project at West 13th and Peach streets.
While the area is cleared and ready for a project involving downtown living, the housing created by Pittsburgh's Fourth River Development LLC has proved too expensive for our market. It's also pretty clear that a more comprehensive and affordable development is needed to draw young people. It not only needs rental units, it also needs a few storefront retailers and a grocery to support them.
It's also understandable that the Redevelopment Authority is concerned about recouping its $800,000 still owed for the project, but we need to keep in mind that the price for a vision for downtown living certainly includes risk. What's needed most is attracting a developer who knows our real estate market and how to get things done, and we have several right here. The successful story of Lovell Place just a few blocks away is testament to that.
Fortunately, the authority's Kim Green and Mayor Joe Sinnott have laid the foundation to get a new developer who can get this project moving again.
- Way back when: In 1903, the trolley line between Erie and Conneaut, Ohio, was completed, mostly following today's West Ridge Road, according to John Claridge's "Lost Erie." The line enabled passengers to ride all the way from Westfield, N.Y., to Detroit by trolley car. It was an immediate hit, recording a million and a quarter passengers in its first year. But it never showed a profit and, by 1907, it was in receivership.
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Lopez, of Matamoros,
Mexico and a senior mathematics major and an art minor at The
University of Texas at Brownsville, will participate in the local commemoration of the 2014 Martin
Luther King Jr. Day of Service on MLK Jr. Day, the federally designated
national holiday.
The university's Office
of Leadership Programs will sponsor the day from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Dean Porter
Park on East Ringgold Street. More than 800 volunteers are needed to work on at
least 30 projects throughout the city from 8:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. Some of the
locations and activities scheduled include animal enrichment at Gladys Porter
Park, cleaning up a community garden with the Brownsville Parks and Recreation
Department and interacting with residents at Ebony Lake Health Care Center.
Lopez will not know
where he will be working until he is given his volunteer assignment at the
park. During past service days Lopez has cleared a trail at Lincoln Park and
removed guinea grass at Resaca de la Palma State Park in Olmito.
"It was a fun
experience," said Lopez. "Not only do I help serve the community but I'm able
to have relationships with other students. I think it helped me socially"
Brownsville resident
Gina Hinojosa, 20, a junior early childhood – sixth grade English as a Second
Language specialist major, will read a book about Martin Luther King Jr. to
third grade students at Garza Elementary School.
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volunteering for this event will give me great experience in my field of study
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"I'm encouraged we are getting things done and anxious to get us back in the building," said Maria Norton, the interim director of the Morristown & Morris Township Library. "We miss our patrons and they miss us."
A series of underground explosions on May 3 blew the doors off the library building. The blasts sent manhole covers on nearby South Street into the air. There was significant damage to the library and asbestos fibers were released into the building, but there were no injuries.
The explosion had the greatest impact on the older wing of the library that housed the reference and biographical sections, as well as the administrative offices.
A newer 2006 wing that was not damaged does not have any asbestos contamination, Norton said.
"We took samples and it was clear," she said. "It just needs a general cleaning."
In September, library officials will reopen the media room on the first floor. They plan to consolidate non-fiction books on the first floor and stack children's and fiction books on the second floor, she said.
On the lower level, they will reopen the popular North Jersey History and Genealogy Center.
Since the blast, the library has operated out of several locations. Children's programs are held at St. Peter's Episcopal Church, and a small amount of books are loaned from a compact storefront operation at 88 South St.
Repairs on the older section will begin once the efforts to clear the area of asbestos fibers is completed, Norton said.
The efforts to bring electrical service back to the building are ongoing.
"We are cooperating with (the library) in their efforts to get their electricity service restored," said Ron Morano, a spokesman for Jersey Central Power & Light.
The blasts were caused by the presence of a combustible gas, according to JCP&L. A preliminary investigation by the utility found that their electrical equipment and activities were not responsible for the underground explosions.
Independent investigations into the cause of the explosions are being conducted by the library's insurance company and the state utility.
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• Morristown Library explosion was caused by combustible gas, electric company says
• Utility workers allowed inside Morristown library to investigate underground explosion
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Mark Madden reached out to Jezebel, after they posted his bizarre tweet.
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I owe women in general an apology. Maybe not that one. Her language and attitude toward me has always been abusive. But I got a bit carried away playing my radio character, which is a TV wrestling bad guy. I used to be one of those, w/WCW as a color commentator. I deleted the tweet because a teacher lectured me via Twitter, and I felt bad because my late mother was a teacher. So, mea culpa to anyone who feels one's coming their way. I thought it was just show biz.
And I thought it was just Twitter. I get abused constantly via Twitter. My dead mother gets taken to task. One guy points out that I'm 50 & unmarried, and tries to get #sandusky1stmaddennext to trend. I guess all that is OK if you do it under cover of anonymity.
Bottom line: I was just trying get under the skin of one person. To anyone else who feels they caught any shrapnel, I say, "I'm sorry." I'm not sure I owe an apology to anyone who calls me a "fat fuck." Any woman who's ever worked with me knows I treat them with respect.
Twitter = not show biz.
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The Western Michigan University men's basketball team struggled to find its offensive rhythm and the Broncos fell, 51-35, to the Northwestern Wildcats at Welsh-Ryan Arena in Evanston, Ill. on Saturday.
With the loss, the Broncos fall to 5-3 on the season, while the Wildcats even up their record to 5-5.
The Broncos authored a strong defensive effort against the Wildcats, holding their opponents to 18-of-55 (.327) shooting from the floor; however, the Broncos themselves struggled from the floor, shooting just 10-of-41 (.244) from the field and turning the ball over 15 times.
Shayne Whittington led the Broncos' with a team-high 12 points and a game-high 10 rebounds, giving him his fourth double-double of the season. David Brown added 10 points and five rebounds in 37 minutes of play, and Connar Tava contributed seven points, five rebounds, and three blocked shots. Drew Crawford led the Wildcats with 15 points.
The first half saw the Broncos struggle to score on offense as the Wildcats stifled their ability to drive into the paint and draw contact. The very start of the game was even, however.
WMU trailed, 6-2, at the first media timeout, with Shayne Whittington providing a baseline dunk on a good feed from Austin Richie. Brown narrowed the Wildcat lead to four points with a pair of free throw makes at the 14:22 mark, and WMU pulled to within 8-6 when Whittington made a reverse lay-up at the 13:19 mark.
The Wildcats pushed the lead to double-digits with a jumper from Dave Sobolewski at the 9:58 mark, making it 16-6, and the lead went as high as 14 points on a 15-foot jumper from Nathan Taphorn at the 1:53 mark to make it 24-10. David Brown slashed into the Northwestern lead late in the half, though, taking a transition feed from Taylor Perry and laying it in just seconds remaining on the clock, making it 24-12 at the half.
The Wildcats kept the pressure on in the second half, opening on a 7-1 run through the first 5:28 to take a 31-13 lead over the Broncos. The lead reached its high water mark at the 7:56 mark of the second half, when Crawford made a three-pointer from the corner to give Northwestern a 41-21 advantage.
Tava cut the lead to 46-30 with a lay-up make at the 3:57 mark, and Richie cut it to just a 14-point deficit with a lay-up on the next possession, but the Wildcats were able to work around the Broncos' press, keeping them at arm's length and closing out the win.
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Cincinnati sculptor Paul Lashua explores the transformative power of metal.
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Paul Lashua works in a world of gray. His domain is a converted storage garage — cold in the winter months, hot and stuffy in the summer — on an industrial urban corner in Cincinnati where unadorned, utilitarian structures rise up amid dusty concrete and stretches of steel fencing. Inside is an array of gear —acetylene torches, a small forge, an overhead block-and-tackle rig, a drill press, an assortment of hand tools and various other instruments — all designed to bend, cut and manipulate unpainted, unfinished metal.
But don't be fooled by the grit. This is actually the studio of a craftsman. This is the place where Lashua cuts and welds and hammers and bends unforgiving lengths of metal into elegant works of art. Some are functional, others ornamental. Many are a combination of the two. For Lashua is a man of steel, a metal sculptor who sees the world as a place where growth and transformation open doors to limitless possibilities.
"For me, art is very personal," he says. "There are things a writer might express with words, but I do it with form. That's why I choose abstract art versus literal or figurative art. For me, it's more about process, and leaving that process open — and leaving the work itself open to interpretation."
At 46, Lashua knows all about process. His journey to this life has been marked along the way by a few geographic and professional detours. Born in Midland, Michigan, and raised in Buffalo, New York, and Pittsburgh, he earned a bachelor's degree in architectural design from the University of Detroit in 1988. But after spending several years working at architectural firms in Ft. Lauderdale and Cincinnati, he grew restless.
"I just did not want to sit and draw other people's ideas and do detail work for 10 or 12 years until I might get a chance to do some design," he says. "I really just enjoy working with my hands. The office environment seemed kind of confining, and the projects seemed way too long. I prefer more of the shorter-term gratification versus waiting years and years for a project to come to fruition."
What followed was an unlikely dual career track. On one hand, Lashua learned metalworking skills — blacksmithing, welding and related trades — under the tutelage of local mentors. At the same time, he logged in four years of social work, first at Hamilton's Bunker Hill Haven Home for Boys, and later at St. Joseph Orphanage in Cincinnati.
Lashua went on to earn an M.F.A. in metalsmithing from Miami University in 1999. "When I got out of graduate school," he recalls, "I knew I wanted to combine my architectural design background with my newfound metals knowledge and do architectural metalwork."
Newly married in 2001 to his wife, Patty, Lashua cobbled together enough full-time and part-time metal work to pay the bills. By 2005, he had established enough of a clientele to open his own studio.
Much of Lashua's work suggests themes of motion, growth and transformation from one state to another. The linear pieces may be serpentine, but they inevitably point upward. Many of the planar pieces are arranged in a series of curved layers, each one more expressive than the last. Corners are often tapered and forged into rippled configurations, reminiscent of flags dancing in the wind. Even the static pieces seem to be moving and searching.
The artist's installations can be found in a variety of locations around greater Cincinnati. "Branching Out" is an abstract tree of forged and painted steel that stands in front of the Towers of Kenwood office complex. "Circle Chalice" is a 5-by-5-foot cross overlooking the front entrance of Northern Hills Fellowship, a Unitarian church in nearby Springfield Township. The sweeping and colorful "Reflections Wall" is a 5-by-14-foot combination of steel, copper and bronze decorating the interior of the Congregation Beth Adam synagogue in Loveland.
Elsewhere in the U.S., Lashua's "Caring Spirit" — an illuminated sculptural fountain that's 10 feet high — greets visitors near the entrance to the Hospice & Palliative Care of Western Colorado located in Grand Junction. In honor of his great uncle, the original curator at Winterthur — the museum of American decorative arts located in Winterthur, Delaware — Lashua built and donated a wrought-iron bench that was recently installed in one of the gardens on the museum grounds.
"I love the whole craftsmanship part of what I do, but at the same time, that can become a trap," says Lashua. "It can be an opportunity for the perfectionist in me to rear his head. The thing that I've started to realize is that I'm the only one who's going to react that way. I could look at every single piece I've done and say, 'Aw, jeez, look at that little imperfection.'"
His challenge, then, is to look beyond the tiny flaws and loosen his grip on the work for the sake of the bigger picture. "If I'm choosing this to be my life's work, I don't want it to be work. I want it to be my life," he says. "And I want to enjoy it. Yes, there are frustrations, but most of those frustrations have to do with how I approach the work. It's not the work itself. The steel isn't doing anything to me. If I can't get it to bend a certain way or behave in a certain way, I need to just back off, let it go and let it be what it wants to be."
Perhaps what inspires Lashua most is the unmistakable sense of power that comes with the act of taking a mere idea and bringing it to life with some of the strongest materials on earth.
"I know a lot of people would take issue with this idea, but it's almost god-like," he says. "You are creating something that never existed before. That's just a very important thing that keeps me going. I don't have children, but these are my creations.
"These pieces," he adds, "do have lives of their own, and they continue to redefine themselves based on who sees them and who experiences them."
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Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Understanding that proper infrastructure is critical to the quality of life of Mount Pleasant residents and to local businesses competing in a global economy, town council took action to meet the needs of its aging road and stormwater systems. By spreading the increase broadly through a combination of stormwater, business license and millage fee increases, the town will generate an estimated $3.25 million for capital improvement projects.
Mount Pleasant Mayor Linda Page was adamant that action was needed and even went so far as to say that action was a little late.
The stormwater utility fee will increase from $30 to $60 annually. The property tax increase of 3 mills will cost $45 annually for the average sale price of a home in Mount Pleasant valued at $373,035. Combined, the new stormwater utility fee and the property tax increase will add $75 per household annually.
Even with this three mills tax increase, Mount Pleasant's millage (41.3 mills) remains far below the real property millage of Charleston (82.3 mills) and North Charleston (95 mills).
The money will be spent on the priority-based Capital Improvement Program. The new revenue will go towards maintaining stormwater pipes, roads and sidewalks, pavement preservation projects, and will allow for contributions toward new road projects.
Like most communities in the U.S., Mount Pleasant is grappling with the challenge of meeting increased service demands while funding expensive repairs to an aging infrastructure. For decades, the Town has installed infrastructure necessary to build a community. However, these assets have aged and little funds are reserved for their maintenance. If left unrepaired, the cost of the projects will increase and the quality of life will erode.
As part of the 2012-2016 Strategic Plan, Town staff partnered with a consulting firm to inventory and to assess infrastructure conditions. The firm used special equipment and vehicles to inventory every linear foot of pavement the Town maintains. Based on the asset inventory, the Town determined that $14 Million would be required annually to repair and maintain the Town's existing infrastructure for the next 100 years.
To address the challenges of aging infrastructure, Town Council directed departments to get leaner and reduce expenditures in order to fund the Capital Improvement Plan. Over the past three years, the Town eliminated millions of dollars in expenditures. Some of the largest cuts included freezing eight percent of the workforce, deferring employee performance raises and cost of living increases, restructuring health care benefits and reducing capital outlay.
These measures have improved the Town's financial strength and have placed the Town in a position to meet new demands for services such as police, fire, and sanitation. However, they are not enough to fund deteriorating infrastructure like roads, sidewalks, and stormwater lines.
The stormwater and building license fees, along with the millage increase, will allow Town Council to gain momentum and forge ahead with critical capital improvement projects.
In addition, town council voted unanimously to give preliminary approval to important changes in the Coleman overlay district.
However, there was an effort to minimize the recommendations, including the parking requirement that every home have at least two spaces.
Council is expected to address parking as well as the allowance for one-way streets before final approval, which should take place at next month's meeting.
Earl's Court developer Vince Graham and one of his staff members spoke out against the proposed changes. Bill Eubanks of Seamon Whiteside's Urban Edge Studio, who was one of the original consultants on the overlay argued that the town, before taking any action, should consult with the development community.
Councilman Gary Santos pointed out that more than 200 people turned out for one meeting at Moultrie Middle School back in November.
Dozens of people turned out to protest the proposed gun shop on May Lane, including the Rev. Reginald Jacobs of Friendship AME Church on Royall Avenue. Walter Brown presented town council with a petition signed by more than 330 residents who are opposed to the shop.
Town leaders noted that the property is zoned commercial and therefore it is a legally permitted use.
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Atkinson Elementary, right next to Franklin in Southeast Portland; the El Puente bilingual magnet school in North Clackamas; and Templeton Elementary in Tigard also were named champion schools this year.
Schools are selected for Castillo's highest annual award based on a comprehensive look at their student achievement data, evidence of significant gains by traditionally underperforming student groups and a panel of judges' review of the school's account of what it does to serve students.
Franklin gives freshmen extra support, encouragement and tutoring through its "freshmen academies," and showed large gains in student writing skills in 2011, according to the state. It also sets high expectations for low-income and minority students, including enrolling many of them in Advanced Placement classes.