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No one understood the allure of sex better than photographer George Hurrell (1904-1992); his seductive shots of Hollywood actresses in the 1930s helped turn stars into cultural icons. Hurrell's protégé Mark Viera has assembled 275 of the master's portraits (a pouty, lusty Jane Russell in a haystack, Marlene Dietrich with head feathers) and the stories behind them. Greta Garbo thought him mad; he called her a stone statue. Although his most frequent subject, Joan Crawford, said she would "scrub her skin until it shone" before sittings, it was Hurrell's peerless retouching techniques that turned her flawed, freckled complexion into alabaster.
His most erotic work was of Jean Harlow, their sittings lubricated by gin and the platinum beauty's insouciance. "She would just drop her dress and be nude," Hurrell said. "Not in a seductive way; she just had no shame or inhibition." The Harlow portraits are classic Hurrell: a supine siren shot from above, hair billowing, eyes heavy-lidded in surrender. At the time it was called glamor, but as he noted, "Glamor was nothing more than an excuse for sexy pictures." (Abrams, $39.95)
by Rona Jaffe
It was back in 1958 that a young Radcliffe grad named Rona Jaffe published The Best of Everything, that B-movie of a book about five women looking for love and career fulfillment among the louses of New York City in the late 1950s. Give or take a woman, give or take a decade, Jaffe has been using the same formula ever since. Five Women centers on Gara, a 50ish psychologist still reeling from a divorce and a mastectomy; Felicity, a beautiful black lawyer who has a wildly jealous husband and a passionate but manipulative married lover; Kathryn, "a chic, pretty, happy, bubbly redhead" who has three ex-husbands and enough money to indulge her taste for Chanel; an aggressive, egocentric, frustrated actress named Eve; and Billie, a once semifamous singer who now runs the restaurant where the other four women have their special nights out. Predictably and tediously, Jaffe limns her women's troubled girlhoods and their adult struggles with beastly men, bad memories, bulimia and, on occasion, the bust-up of everything. (Donald I. Fine, $24.95)
by Timothy Treadwell and Jewel Palovak
Timothy Treadwell was an alcoholic and recovering drug addict in the summer of 1987 when he first set off to spend some quality time with wild bears in western Alaska. It was that or a nearly certain death in the L.A. drug demimonde. On virgin Pacific shoreline south of the Arctic Circle, in an area legally off-limits to human hunters, he found a reason to live.
Befriended by a golden-colored bear he named Booble, Treadwell made two vows: to give up drinking and to protect the grizzly and its habitat. He attained the first, but the second may prove beyond his grasp. Today the grizzly, which needs wilderness lands and rivers to survive, is endangered by its most lethal aggressor, modern man. Of the more than 100,000 grizzlies that roamed west of the Mississippi (in the lower 48 states) just two centuries ago, fewer than 1,000 remain, thanks to hunters and land developers. Just 2 percent of the bears' original habitat remains.
Treadwell wisely cautions readers not to imitate his field methods. He has survived countless brushes with death and has come close enough to brother bear to smell his salmon-spiked breath. The grizzly can bound along at speeds up to 35 m.p.h. and decapitate foes with a single swipe of its paw. To calm riled bears, Treadwell walks backward and sings. When encounters turn aggressive, he huffs, snarls and growls as he charges forward. Don't try it.
Although not a trained scientist, the Australian-born, California-bred Treadwell, 36, is a keen observer of bear life. Among Grizzlies is a heart-stopping eco-adventure, a testimony to both the grizzlies and their courageous protector. (HarperCollins, $24)
by Patricia Cornwell
After being sorely missed in Hornet's Nest, the mess-tery Patricia Cornwell published last winter, fearless forensic pathologist Kay Scarpetta is back on the case—and it's a doozy. Unfortunately, before Scarpetta and her creator hit their stride, you'll have to hack through a few dozen pages of the most wooden dialogue ever heard outside of an English-as-a-second-language class.
But enduring this eminently skimmable curtain-raiser is a small price to pay for the cunningly plotted thriller that follows. This time around, Scarpetta, the state of Virginia's chief medical examiner, begins to suspect that the torso of an elderly woman discovered in a landfill may not be the work of the serial butcher she has been hunting but that of a copycat killer with something much, much deadlier up his sleeve. And if sprinting to identify the alarming, poxlike pustules on the corpse weren't challenge enough, Scarpetta must also contend with a cyberstalker sending her gruesome crime-scene photos and threatening messages over the Internet. Medically propelled like the best of Cornwell's work, Unnatural Exposure will quickly have hypochondriacs squirming in their chairs. (Putnam, $25.95)
by Carol O'Connell
Beach Book of the Week
THE BAYOU REMEMBERS. DEEP IN ITS marshy depths old evils lurk, ready to strike with gator force should someone be fool enough to stir the waters. But in this moving mystery, that someone is more than ready for the fight of her life. She is NYPD Detective Sgt. Kathleen Mallory, who has returned to her tiny Louisiana hometown after almost 20 years to solve the case that has obsessed her since childhood: the murder of her own mother.
Mallory's memory-haunted journey of discovery should prove equally illuminating to readers. The many fans O'Connell has won over with her first three novels will glimpse not only some of the mettle beneath her computer-hacker heroine's steely facade, but also the breadth of her own talent. Here she conjures up a world of almost Faulknerian richness and complexity—though in mercifully shorter sentences—peopled with characters every bit as compelling as those on Mallory's usual Manhattan beat. In Stone Angel, O'Connell's imagination truly takes wing. (Putnam, $24.95)
>John Gray
RAND McNALLY OF ROMANCE
JOHN GRAY, THE MAN WHO MADE MARS and Venus synonymous with the sexes, is sitting in Manhattan's Motown Cafe, autographing his latest relationship how-to, Mars and Venus on a Date (HarperCollins). One of the 35 worshippers seemingly hanging on his every word, Elaine Patterson, 59, says that although her husband is indeed from Mars (she is from New Jersey), "I can understand him better," thanks to Gray's anatomy of communication. Because she couldn't get her hubby to read the books, she says, "I bought the whole video set." Elaine underestimated her Martian. "Now," she sighs, "I can't get him to watch it." Another fan, Greg Georgi, 42, credits Gray for teaching him the proper response to his wife's complainings: "Shut up and just listen, and the problem will go away."
The boyishly handsome Gray, a 45-year-old former monk, says he wrote the new book on singles partly for a single pal. He calls his latest effort a five-stage road map for romance and hopes it will have cosmic consequences. "When [readers] finish Mars and Venus on a Date, I want them to feel confident and hope that they can find true and everlasting love." (A neat trick for $25.)
With five Mars-and-Venus books already to his credit, plus videos, a lucrative lecturing schedule and even a CD tie-in, all Gray would seem to lack is a planetary theme park. And he is already planning a new book on some other beings from beyond: kids. "I will be focusing more on parenting skills," promises the father of three daughters.
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Resources for Hybrid Course Development
Key Resources on Effective Practices
Blended Learning Toolkit
"a free, open resource for educational institutions interested in developing or expanding their blended learning initiatives."
A Synthesis of Sloan-C Effective Practices
"focuses on five pillars of quality in online education: access, learning effectiveness, faculty satisfaction, student satisfaction, and scale"
Teaching Online Pedagogical Repository
"a public resource for faculty and instructional designers interested in online and blended teaching strategies"
7 Things You Should Know about Flipped Classrooms
Inverting the Classroom, Improving Student Learning
Rubrics for High Quality Hybrid/Online Courses
Quality Matters Rubric
"a set of 8 general standards and 41 specific standards used to evaluate the design of online and blended courses."
Rubric for Online Instruction, California State University, Chico
Use of this rubric"represents a developmental process for online course design and delivery,and provides a means for an instructor to self-assess courses"
Research on Hybrid/Online Learning
Current Status of Research on Online Learning in Postsecondary Education (2012)
Interactive Learning Online at Public Universities: Evidence from Randomized Trials (2012)
Quality Matters Literature for 2011-2013 Rubric (2011)
Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learning: A Meta-Analysis and Review of Online Learning Studies (2010) (PDF)
Blended Learning: Research Perspectives (2007)
OSU Student Achievement and Satisfaction in Introductory Psychology: No Significant Differences Between Face-to-Face and Hybrid Sections (2013) (PDF)
Examples of Hybrid Course Redesign Projects
National Center for Academic Transformation: The Replacement Model
"The following institutions have redesigned large-enrollment, introductory courses using technology to achieve cost savings as well as quality enhancements . . . contact information, one-page project abstracts, full academic plans, full cost savings plans, ongoing progress reports and final outcome reports for each institution."
Peer-Reviewed Journals about Hybrid/Online Learning
International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning
Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks
Journal of Interactive Online Learning
Journal of Online Learning and Teaching
Open Educational Resources
Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching
"a free and open online community of resources designed primarily for faculty, staff and students of higher education from around the world to share their learning materials and pedagogy"
OER Commons
Open Educational Resources
Open Courseware Consortium
"a collaboration of higher education institutions and associated organizations from around the world creating a broad and deep body of open educational content using a shared model"
Major Organizations Supporting Hybrid/Online Learning
Educause Learning Initiative
"community of higher education institutions and organizations committed to the advancement of learning through the innovative application of technology"
The Sloan Consortium
"Individuals, Institutions and Organizations Committed to Quality Online Education"
WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies
"accelerates the adoption of effective practices and policies, advancing excellence in technology-enhanced teaching and learning in higher education"


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It's finally happened. For the first time in almost two years there is absolutely no football to follow. (Well, except for The Confederations Cup and the CONCACAF Gold Cup. And the European U-21 Championships. And some Asian World Cup Qualifying. And South American football and the Copa Libertadores). That's right, no football to follow. Now it's time to board up the windows and find some shelter, because a stormy transfer season is a'coming.
When I first heard that Gary Cahill was in an England squad, I naturally assumed that it was some sort of vicious joke, perpetrated by the cruel people around me purely for their own sick amusement. "Hey, Tom… you know the widespread acknowledgement you've craved for the better performers on your crummy Bolton team? Well, Gary Cahill got an England call-up. [smirking] Nah, I'm pulling your leg. Wes Brown got in again."
Well this time, the joke is going to be on you. And Matthew Upson. And Jagielka and Lescott. If he gets a chance, Gary Cahill is going to be good.
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Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 5, 2006
(Columbus) Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction authorities have confirmed that inmate Rocky Barton is scheduled for execution on Wednesday, July 12, 2006, at 10:00 AM. The execution will take place at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility located in Lucasville, Ohio. The Ohio Revised Code mandates lethal injection as the manner of execution. Inmate Barton will be the fifth volunteer to be executed in the state of Ohio.
Barton was convicted and sentenced to death for the 2003 Aggravated Murder of Kimbirli Jo Barton, Warren County, Ohio.
NAME: Rocky Barton
RACE: Caucasian
CRIME: Aggravated Murder
SENTENCE: Death
COUNTY: Warren County
For further information please contact the DRC Office of Public Information at (614) 752-1150.


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A common question in my email box is: "how do I change the bank account into which my disability payments are direct deposited?" That's a good question. Changing direct deposit account information is quick and easy.
There are three ways to change your direct deposit account information: online, via telephone and via the mail. I strongly recommend that you utilize the VA eBenefits system. It's your best choice for speedy service.
- Online, you can create a VA eBenefits account and make changes through the account. An eBenefit account will also give you 24/7 access to your payment history, GI bill information, and all sorts of other items. If you receive VA benefits, you should create a VA eBenefits account. It is be the fastest and most convenientway for you to conduct any business with the VA.
- Via mail, fill out and send the VA Form 24-0296. You can find it here: http://www.vba.va.gov/pubs/forms/VBA-24-0296-ARE.pdf. The directions are on the form.
- Via telephone, by calling 1-877-838-2778. I have looked at this one and I wonder how they can verify that you are actually the person calling. If you find out, please let me know. I'm curious.
I always love getting emails from readers. I can't answer every one, but I do try. Even if I am unable to personally respond to your email, I use the information from these emails to understand what information will be most helpful to my readers.
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Young teenage girls won't be able to buy the controversial Plan B or "morning after" pill without a prescription.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius overruled experts at the Food and Drug Administration, Wednesday -- rejecting a request to lower the age requirement for women wanting to purchase emergency contraception.
Teva Pharmaceuticals, the maker of Plan B One-Step, argued that some teenage girls younger than 17 are physically able to have children, and may need access to the pill.
But Sebelius disagreed, saying young girls don't properly understand how to use Plan B without guidance from an adult.
"It is common knowledge that there are significant cognitive and behavioral differences between older adolescent girls and the youngest girls of reproductive age," she said in a statement.
"I do not believe enough data were presented to support the application to make Plan B One-Step available over-the-counter for all girls of reproductive age," Sebelius added.
Women over the age of 17 can still buy the Plan B pill without a prescription. Those under 17 need a doctor's prescription.
Pharmacist Won't Sell Drug
"It's something that I think needs plenty of thought before someone takes and uses it," said Kevin Denoux, the owner of a pharmacy in Baton Rouge, La.
Denoux refuses to sell the morning after pill because of his personal convictions.
"Not only am I a father, but my oldest son is adopted. So I have very strong feelings about this," he said.
The FDA has classified Plan B as an emergency contraceptive. The drug is designed to prevent fertilization.
However, some say the pill should be labeled an abortion drug, because it stops the implantation of a fertilized egg.
"It changes the lining of the uterus so that an embryo can't implant or if an embryo is implanted, it can't survive. So it really should be labeled an abortion drug," explained Wendy Wright, the president and chief executive officer of Concerned Women for America.
Still, many doctors and women's health groups claim the drug is safe and doesn't terminate pregnancy. They argue parental consent for young teens should not be necessary.
"For anyone, even for someone older, they don't want their family knowing. It's really none of anyone else's business what they're doing," said Ashley Cole.
Plan B is available in most pharmacies across the country. But for small business owners like Denoux, it doesn't matter what the FDA decides, the drug won't be on store shelves.
"It may not be the best of business decisions, but it's the one I can go to sleep with at night," he said.
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This mountain village is well worth a detour because of the historic houses that bear witness to its former commercial success. The "Tell House" is decorated with William Tell frescos depicting the famous apple-shooting scene, said to be the oldest in Switzerland. Ernen was awarded the Wakker Prize in 1979 and is now best known as a "music village". The Musikdorf Ernen Society organises a classical music festival each year in the richly decorated baroque church, with a deliberate emphasis on lesser-known works.
Another place worth visiting is the neighbouring village of Mühlebach, which features Switzerland's oldest compact village centre constructed in wood. There are also many beautiful spots and small chapels to discover in Ausserbinn and Steinhaus. The "Magic Forest" (between Ernen and Ausserbinn) invites families with children from 3 to 10 to participate in creative games with natural materials at around 20 stations.
Lovers of classical music will know "Ernen Musikdorf" (music village) with its writing seminar under the direction of Donna Leon, its baroque, piano and organ weeks and the Festival der Zukunft (festival of the future) presenting international musicians. Enjoy together with us the symphony of the four seasons in our holiday region. Golden opportunities in spring, setting the tone in summer, colourful in fall and magical in winter.
In the winter skiing and snowboarding prevail in the Aletsch region. Of course you may also explore the snow covered area on foot, with snowshoes or cross-country skis.
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Meanwhile, the Navy had ordered six additional submarines, known as the A class, but Congress was slow to authorize more. Turning to foreign customers, EB sold the British Vickers company a 25-year license to use its designs. Soon Vickers and Rice held a controlling interest in the company. When the Russo-Japanese War broke out, EB had five A-class submarines fabricated at the Fore River Shipbuilding Company and assembled in Japan. It also shipped its privately owned Fulton clandestinely to Russia, where six duplicates were built. By the time the United States entered World War I, more than 100 submarines had been ordered or built to EB designs by Great Britain, The Netherlands, Austria-Hungary, Norway, Chile, Russia, Italy, and Spain.
In the United States, orders flowed to EB for submarines of the B through R classes. Improvement was steady, but government officials resented EB's political maneuvering, monopolistic practices, and fat profits. Starting with the G class of 1911, the Navy tried to stimulate competition, mainly by giving contracts to the Lake Torpedo Boat Company, but the bulk of all new orders continued to go to EB. When the Navy specified diesel engines in the E class, EB founded the New London Ship and Engine Company (Nelseco) in order to retain control of the power plants for its boats. Impatient submarine officers demanded more than the existing technology could provide and blamed EB for the force's inevitable growing pains. Relations deteriorated, and the Navy assigned L- and O-class boats to government yards, in order to develop its own design and construction capability.
When Congress authorized an expanded construction program of 9 fleet type and 58 smaller submarines in 1916, the Navy awarded competitive contracts for three S-class prototypes to EB, Lake, and Portsmouth Navy Yard. Wartime orders for additional S-boats were split among the three builders, but many were not completed until after the war. The mass production of these pre-war designs ultimately hurt both the Navy and Electric Boat. When submariners learned of the superior characteristics of the German U-boats, especially their engines, which had benefited from constant improvement under combat conditions, criticism of the U.S. boats became vitriolic. While EB struggled to correct the poorly understood torsional vibration problems that plagued its engines, the Navy concentrated all new construction work in its own yards. Admirably, the company kept its cadre of designers intact through this low period by selling plans for six submarines to Spain, building four for Peru—the first boats constructed in EB's own shipyard at Groton, Connecticut—and doing whatever contract work it could find. Things finally improved when the Navy resumed competitive development of the World War II "fleet boat" in 1932. EB was given the contract for the V-9 (renamed Cuttlefish ) and was authorized to incorporate some of its own ideas, such as a welded hull. From then on, the relationship between EB and the Navy remained cooperative and beneficially competitive. The company produced about half of the Navy's victorious submarine force; even the once maligned O-, R-, and S-class survivors made useful contributions to the war effort. Wartime crews valued EB submarines for their design and workmanship, although they sometimes griped at the company's reluctance to make last-minute changes.
After the war, the Navy experimented with different types of new and converted submarines. EB expanded, became the General Dynamics Corporation, and took the leading role in the introduction of nuclear power with the Nautilus (SSN-571) during the 1950s. A high point was the successful completion of the Polaris program, but relations began to sour as personnel changed and naval budgets tightened. During the long era dominated by Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, the Navy ceased building submarines in its own shipyards, and commercial competition dwindled, until the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Corporation remained as EB's only rival. The company ran into trouble in the 1970s when it accepted contracts for the huge Trident program, as well as a long series of Los Angeles (SSN-688)-class nuclear powered attack submarines. Managers came and went, the work force expanded to 29,000, and problems mounted. By 1977 almost half of the employees in essential trades were inadequately trained, discipline was slack, productivity slipped, and the government and company blamed each other for delays and cost overruns. In October, EB hired a tough new manager who immediately fired hundreds of engineers and technical personnel. With $544 million in claims unsettled, EB halted work on 16 attack submarines in March 1978. The Navy could not tolerate such delays, and threats and countercharges were exchanged, but peacemakers stepped in and negotiated a settlement.
Things quieted down for a few months, but then welding defects and material problems cropped up on the Trident submarines, bringing Rickover's wrath down on the company's management. In congressional hearings between 1980 and 1981, EB was castigated for high costs, defective work, and poor management. The acrimony lessened after the first Trident boat, the Ohio (SSBN-726), was commissioned in November 1981. EB brought in a new manager (the previous incumbent later fled the country after being indicted for taking kickbacks), and Rickover was ordered into retirement.
The heavy but stable workload afforded by the Trident and SSN-688 programs led to benefits as well as problems. EB progressively developed a former naval station at Quonset Point, Rhode Island, into an automated facility where complete hull modules could be built, fitted with internal components, and barged to Groton. There, the Trident submarine hulls were assembled on a new land-level construction site, moved to a huge lift platform when ready to be launched, and lowered into a drydocking basin. Computer programs also began to revolutionize the design process. The last SSN to be launched in the traditional fashion slid down the ways in 1994. Now, the company is designing submarines entirely by computer and expects to be installing 90% of their internal equipment in the modules at Quonset.
Things went quite smoothly during the 1980s. The Navy initiated planning for a new class of attack submarines for the 21st century, which matured into the Seawolf (SSN-21) design, of which 29 were intended. Electric Boat won the lead contract in 1989, but then another round of problems began, starting with hull cracks on the Topeka (SSN-754). By 1990 the entire naval shipbuilding program was over budget and in trouble. The AN/BSY-2 sonar system for the new nuclear-powered attack submarines fell behind schedule, only one Seawolf was approved in 1991, and the planned production rate was halved. Operation Desert Storm that year focused naval interest on sealift shortfalls and prepositioning of combat material overseas. When EB was selected to build the second Seawolf , Newport News sued and stalled the contract, and the Navy started planning a cheaper new nuclear-powered attack submarine (NSSN). That summer, cracks found in the Seawolf s hull were attributed to faulty welding of HY-100 steel. The planned class was cut to seven, then to three. Finally, in early 1991, President George Bush tried to cancel all but the Seawolf herself.
To those familiar with the business, it was plain that the nation's entire submarine industrial base was in jeopardy. The national debate that followed resulted in the decision to fund the third Seawolf in order to bridge the gap until an NSSN design was completed and to keep, it was hoped, two shipyards capable of building nuclear-powered ships. The Bottom-Up Review in 1993, however, decided that submarine construction should be concentrated in a single yard: Electric Boat. Since then, political debate has continued, with a strong faction seeking to divert funds from submarines to aircraft or civilian programs. Initially, Congress insisted on splitting the first four NSSNs (now the Virginia [SSN-773] class) between EB and Newport News, then having the yards compete for future orders. But the Navy persuaded the companies to bid for the contract as a team, with each building parts of each submarine. Congress finally went along.
The nation's shipbuilding industry has entered a period of massive consolidation. General Dynamics led the charge by purchasing Bath Iron Works in 1995 and National Steel and Shipbuilding in 1998. With Electric Boat, the company now owns three of the former "big six" shipyards. Newport News and Avondale reacted early in 1999 by agreeing to merge, but General Dynamics countered by making an unsolicited offer of $1.4 billion for Newport News. Since then Ingalls has signed a deal to acquire Avondale and has made an offer to acquire Newport News. Such acquisitions are sure to provoke strong opposition among proponents of competition. But de facto consolidation already may be here. Not only are EB and Newport News collaborating on the Virginia -class submarines, but Bath also is working closely with Ingalls on the Aegis guided-missile destroyers and has a joint venture with Avondale to build 12 LPD-17 amphibious ships.
As far as submarines are concerned, Electric Boat undoubtedly will continue to be the major supplier. Sentiment in Congress appears to be building in favor of recapitalizing the Navy at a somewhat faster rate. On the other hand, construction of the first few Virginia -class boats may not go entirely smoothly. Many radical innovations in the design and efforts to cut costs may lead to unexpected problems. The present production rate is too low to support the work force at a truly economical level, and as costs rise, critics will charge that the Virginias, like the orphaned Seawolfs , are too expensive. The outlook for the new millennium is anybody's guess.
Commander Alden is a long-time contributor to Naval Institute publications. He is the author of the Naval Institute Press books, U.S. Submarine Attacks of World War II (1989) and Salvage Man: Edward Ellsberg and the U.S. Navy (1997).


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Thom Andersen Retrospective
A collage exploring every facet of the rock world through a hyperactive kaleidoscope of sounds and images.
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- Thom Andersen, Malcom Brodwick
- 1967
- United States
- 11 min
Made during filming of Guy Maddin's latest feature film, this documentary observes the director's process and discusses his many influences.
The 1000 Eyes of Dr. Maddin
- Yves Montmayeur
- 2015
- France
- s.t. French
- 66 min
2035 Coursol
- Sarah Lake
- 2015
- Quebec
- 7 min
A Photographer's Eye
A series of disjointed views of a crowd in motion, Arthur Lipsett's 21-87 is an acerbic commentary on the machine age.
- Arthur Lipsett
- 1963
- Quebec
- 10 min
Canadian Feature Competition
An experimental oddity that portrays the everyday lives of urban youth through the prism of Alain Badiou's philosophy. Cinema reinvented, nothing less.
- Isiah Medina
- 2015
- Canada
- s.t. French
- 66 min
Canadian Feature Competition
What happens to circus artists when age catches up with them? Viveka Melki provides an answer with a touching look at a community of retired (or almost retired) performers.
After Circus
- Viveka Melki
- 2015
- Quebec
- s.t. French
- 78 min
International Short Film Competition
An apocalyptic vision of the modern world inspired by the Fukushima disaster, made by the team behind Leviathan, with breathtaking sound work.
Ah Humanity!
- Ernst Karel, Véréna Paravel, Lucien Castaing-Taylor
- 2015
- United States
- 23 min
Special Presentations
The granddaughter of Salvador Allende tries to get her family to talk about the grandfather she never knew. A gripping, deeply moving investigation.
Allende mi abuelo Allende
- Marcia Tambutti Allende
- 2015
- Chile, Mexico
- s.t. English
- 98 min
International Short Film Competition
An immersion in the inner lives of three pedophiles, through courageous testimonials accompanied by poetic, melancholic visions filmed in black and white.
Among Us
- Guido Hendrikx
- 2014
- Netherlands
- s.t. English
- 24 min
A Photographer's Eye
Harun Farocki sets up his camera in the Playboy magazine photo studios, where he deconstructs a modelling session.
An Image
- Harun Farocki
- 1983
- Germany
- s.t. English
- 25 min
A Photographer's Eye
In a series of nearly still vignettes, filmed in Diane Arbus fashion, Ulrich Seidl depicts a society where only animals seem to bring people comfort and intimacy.
Animal Love
- Ulrich Seidl
- 1995
- Austria
- s.t. English
- 118 min
How do you collect your thoughts in crisis-torn Greece? This short essay provides a poetic, honest answer through a personal and collective exploration of Athens.
Archipels, granites dénudés
- Daphné Hérétakis
- 2014
- France, Greece
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The NCAA has approved Penn College as a provisional member in Division III, the school said Friday.
The announcement came a year after the Wildcats' athletic programs were approved for exploratory membership status in Division III, the first step of a five-year membership process that includes four years of provisional/reclassifying membership.
"We are delighted the NCAA has approved us for provisional membership in Division III," Penn College President Davie Jane Gilmour said in a release provided by the school. "The addition of NCAA athletics enhances the overall college experience for our students, supplementing a growing slate of social and co-curricular offerings. While this milestone - which arrives during our Centennial year - should have a positive impact on student recruitment, it also benefits academics, which remains the primary focus for Division III student-athletes."
During Penn College's four-year provisional status as an NCAA Division III member, officials from the NCAA will conduct on-campus visits and require periodic reporting to monitor progress toward full membership.
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By Jamie Anfenson-Comeau
A young man is in jail facing attempted second degree murder charges after allegedly shooting another man in the neck early Saturday morning.
Joshua Chevis, 22, of Eunice had allegedly been involved in an altercation with victim Gladness Thomas at Club Diamond earlier that morning.
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Christian student groups have launched a grassroots effort to fight a controversial nondiscrimination policy at Vanderbilt University.
Vanderbilt is requiring all groups to accept members of different sexual orientations or faiths. That policy forces religious groups to allow students to seek leadership roles even if they disagree with the groups' beliefs.
Now, 11 of those groups have come together, calling themselves "Vanderbilt Solidarity," to fight the new rule.
"Each of our 11 organizations is a faith-based group dedicated to sharing the light of the Gospel of Jesus Christ on campus," they said in a joint statement.
"As such, we simply cannot allow those who do not share our faith to lead our ministries, as Vanderbilt now demands," the said. "To do so would not only compromise our very reason for existence, it would also violate the central tenets of our faith."
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Also, Brant Bonetti, a Vanderbilt senior and former president of the Christian fraternity Beta Upsilon Chi, talked more about the Vanderbilt showdown. Watch below.
On Wednesday, students from those groups handed out 4,000 Mp4 players on campus with a pre-loaded video, calling for students and alums to hold the Vanderbilt administration accountable.
Former Student Body President Joseph Williams is one of the voices featured in that video.
"It was originally a non-discrimination policy that within the student handbook included within it protection for religious association," Williams said. "Out of nowhere, with no warning or public statement, it was revealed that they eliminated the protection for freedom of religious association."
The trouble for Christian students began after an openly gay student said he was kicked out of a Christian fraternity two years ago. Vanderbilt launched a review to make sure groups were abiding by its nondiscrimination policy.
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Vanderbilt said it just wants to be sure all students can participate in the organizations that interest them. The administration is calling it an "all-comers policy." But Dr. Carol Swain, a law professor at Vanderbilt and a faculty adviser for the Christian Legal Society student group, said the policy is "irrational."
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Vanderbilt was founded by the Methodist Church, and some feel this new policy defies the school's religious history.
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On December 19 and 20, Rockford's Salvation Army, under the direction of Majors Steve and Christine Merritt, along with many others, distributed boxes of food and thousands of toys for needy families throughout Rockford.
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Each qualifying family left with a box of food and a turkey or ham for a Christmas dinner, and for many with children, there were toys.
The Salvation Army invited the Rockford Gideons to participate in this project. Fifteen Gideons distributed eighteen hundred New Testaments with Psalms and Proverbs to these families. Gideons of Rockford Camp want to recognize the Salvation Army for their selfless giving work, and also thank them for asking the Gideons to participate alongside them.
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Hi, welcome to Ed, Edd n Eddy! Thanks for your edit to the User:SchindlerLift1874 page.
Please leave a message on my talk page if I can help with anything! -- Jspyster1 (Talk) 15:37, May 26, 2012
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Everything looks normal when I view the page. Perhaps there is something wrong with your browser. -- Jspyster1 [Message]
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Of course you can add pictures to the Block Party comic article. Just try to make them be of good quality. -- Jspyster1 [Message]
Reply: Pictures Quality Question
The better way to get higher quality pictures of low-quality (and perhaps old) images is by taking a screenshot using on your computer. Let's say you are trying to get a good picture from a scene of an Ed, Edd n Eddy episode. Here are the steps to do so:
- Try to change the quality of video to 480, 720, or 1080 HD, that is if possible. If there isn't any of those, stick with the current quality the video possesses.
- Change the resolution of the video to full screen.
- Stream to a scene that you want to screenshot and press "print screen" on your keyboard (AKA - PrtSc)
Once you do that, you may want to fix the image up a little bit, like eliminate the black part on the sides in Microsoft Paint, or whichever image editing program you use. Here's how after getting the screenshot:
- Paste the picture onto a blank page (Ctrl+V)
- If necessary, select the image and cut the image. Do not save the picture.
- Paste the cut out image onto a blank page and, if necessary, resize the image and save.
That seems to be my way of getting higher quality pictures. - Stealthghost [Talk to the Ghost]
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I apologize; to me it appeared like unwanted spam. -Kirkland22 Talk - Admin
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Jspy posted this helpful guide about how to create a signature a few years back: http://ed.wikia.com/wiki/User_talk:Superpaint124#Signature
Here's a few examples of my own:
[[User:SchindlerLift1874|'''SchindlerLift1874''']] [[User talk:SchindlerLift1874|[SchindlerLift1874 – Talk<nowiki>]]]
Gives you this:
SchindlerLift1874 [SchindlerLift1874 – Talk]
This coding:
[[User:SchindlerLift1874|'''SchindlerLift1874''']] [[User talk:SchindlerLift1874|[SchindlerLift1874 – Talk<nowiki>]]]
Gives you this:
SchindlerLift1874 [SchindlerLift1874 – Talk]
Let me know if you have any further questions. -Kirkland22 Talk - Admin
- I think I fixed the problem for you. Let me know if that's all I can do. -Kirkland22 Talk - Admin
- Thanks! -Kirkland22 Talk - Admin
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Well, the only thing is though; that's not a fansite. It's not made by fans, it's AKA Cartoon's official website (or was anyway). I guess it should be added though. -Kirkland22 Talk - Admin
This wiki was created in early 2007, I believe. -Kirkland22 Talk - Admin
Great talk we had too this time! But yea I'm up for a chat.
I-disregard-gravity (talk) 22:29, August 12, 2012 (UTC)
My bad
Sorry for not being on today or maybe yesterday, I did not know I had the chat window still open.
Poll (2)
Would you mind voting in this poll? XYDUX
Is this you?
Schindler I saw this anon and I was wondering if it was truly you.
- WhitePinoy (talk) 02:42, August 30, 2012 (UTC)
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All you have to do is create a page that begins with "Category:" and then type the category's name after that. Lemme know if this isn't in-depth enough or you have any further questions. -Kirkland22 Talk - Admin
About the New Gravy Enquirer.
Agent M hasn't signed on since April. As for the New G.I., I think you can go ahead and post Issue #5 if you have the material (two stories, an op-ed, and probably an ad). If I come up with anything, I'll message you. (Yes, I was reading Agent M's talk page. What? His 2010 arguments with AchieverBeaver88 and ClearWater28 are $!#@ing hilarious. You can find them in Archive 2, although I'd suggest you read both their pages for the replies and stuff. I actually just checked his page because I was reading mine and saw a bunch of his messages.) XYDUX
Dear SchindlerLift,
it's me Geldymahantara, okay let me tell you about what happened to me was about last two days ago, I was on the Call of Duty wiki. In there I was having a chat and express my hates to the users there which happened to be ponies fans/bronies whatever lah (yes i hate ponies). Then I end up getting kicked and banned by an admin. wanna know more? I end up getting banned infinity, so that means i can't edit anything here maybe forever. Can you give me a suggestion how to unban me? Don't forget to reply to me.
Hey SchindlerLift,
It's me, Geldymahantara. I just made a new account yesterday as a replacement from my previous one which got blocked infinity. My new account here is EddoAKA99. If you're online, reply me OK?
EddoAKA99 (talk) 15:18, October 13, 2012 (UTC)
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Be sure the image you wish to upload is the same file type as the favicon. If you need more help then you look here. -- Jspyster1 [Message]
Years, years, holding back the tears...
You'd have to bring that up with the admins. Dr. Angryslacks is all for it, as he wants a timeline page. I don't have strong feelings either way; I can take or leave the years pages. I don't know what the other opinions are on the subject; maybe you should start a blog and poll the community.
As for the headline:
Here's how you make a poll:
Should give you:
I have voted, and yes, they should be merged into a single "timeline" article. Such is more efficient than having a bunch of individual lists of episode airdates (for the most part). Dr. Angryslacks
- Alright, it checks out, now I'll just purge the now unneeded year articles and all will be well. Thank you for your service. Dr. Angryslacks
Main Page Reply
You are probably able to look at the source code of our wiki. If you do so you will notice the following code:
<mainpage-rightcolumn-start /> [[File:Ed award promo 300x250b.jpg|link=Achievement Awards]] {|style="border-spacing:8px;margin:0px -8px" |class="MainPageBG" width="55%" style="border:3px solid #F0E68C; background-color:#C0C0C0; vertical-align:top;"| {|cellspacing="5" cellpadding="2" width="100%" style="vertical-align:top; background-color:#C0C0C0;" !
'''{{Heading|Featured Article: {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}}}'''
 |- |{{featured article |title=Chunky Puffs |image=Chunky_Puffs_HD.png |image_size=130px |body='''Chunky Puffs''' is a type of cereal in the series. Ed is very fond of them, to the point where he will devour the whole thing, box and all. They come in all sorts of colors like green and red, mostly yellow, sometimes even blue and purple. The box says that there's a prize inside and they are advertised as being low as fat. }} |}
Just copy and paste this to your wiki and just tinker with the info to your liking. This should theoretically get a featured article column to appear to the right, though I am not 100% certain. -- Jspyster1 [Message]
Same user?
Utilizing my world-class investigation skills, I have realized that you are SchindlerLift1874…
I think.
Are you SchindlerLift?
Whoa. How did you chance your username!?
WhitePinoy (talk) 00:50, June 21, 2015 (UTC)
What was the comment with profanity that he posted? XYDUX
- I have been keeping an eye on him, and he's already up to his second warning. XYDUX
Ed…Pass it on…
I listened to it, heard Jiminy, and corrected the script. Thank you! XYDUX


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e-Sword-users.org was down due to an unpaid web hosting bill. That the site went down, and the reason for it doing so, caught virtually all of the current and former e-sword-user team members by surprise.
In the past twelve months, virtually all of the site admins have either formally, or informally resigned their position. For the last three months, e-Sword-users.org has, for all practical purposes, not had a management team. Whilst I was aware of most of the resignations, I was not aware of all of them. I did not know that the web hosting contract was for six months.
Web hosting service for this site is paid though 13 April 2011.
A list ( eSU_Foundation) discussing future options for e-Sword-users.org can be found at http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/esu_foundation/
I created a poll What should be done with e-Sword-users.org, and the domains it owns? on the eSword@Yahoogroups site, to find out what e-Sword users on that list, think should happen with this site. This poll ends on 5 April.
I also created a poll "Which of the following should happen to e-Sword-users.org:" which is currently on the front page of this site. It lives at http://e-sword-users.org/users/node/4934. This poll ends on 5 April.
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Re: Why the site was down.
I do not have the skills to support the technical needs of the site, but you can count on my prayers. Also, when appropriate I would also like to make a modest financial contribution. I have been blessed through this site more than I could ever repay, but even so I know that I should offer a gift. Please advise when that can be done again (I don't see the link anymore).
Thu, 03/31/2011 - 05:21#2
Re: Why the site was down.
Could we get a clarified list of the administrators and the team that are still among the staff of e-sword-users.org. or at least get the "Meet the e-SU Team" updated?
I am happy that I wrote and called for a change before all this "mess" was manifested, even though I was disappointed at the "shoulder claps" on the leaders of this forum by so many in that topic.
It's so important to speak the truth at the right time instead of just "maintaining a pretty image".
I am not a programmer at all and can't help the forum in that way…
As I wrote in that post, then I now hope that Jonathan will get the full authority in this forum, which he is qualified and deserves to get.
Hope you get the best administrators and team workers you need, but with Jonathon in charge of it all, then it can't go wrong, just to get him in the right place would already minimize the mess a lot.
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Re: Why the site was down.
Could we get a clarified list of the administrators and the team that are still among the staff of e-sword-users.org.
I am slowly going through the list of users with a status that is not "normal user":
* User-IDs that I can't attached to a name are being blocked, and demoted;
* User-IDs of individuals who have resigned are being blocked, and demoted;
* User-IDs that show a last login of more than 50 weeks are being blocked, and demoted;
or at least get the "Meet the e-SU Team" updated?
I removed some of the names yesterday.
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On the first Thursday of every month, the roads between Randolph and Tucker counties might be pretty busy - at least we hope.
Last week, the Randolph County Commission announced that residents of Randolph County can participate in the Tucker County Landfill's free disposal days.
Since the Randolph County Landfill closed last September for financial reasons, the city of Elkins has been trucking its waste collections to Tucker and other haulers have designated locations as well. However, members of the Solid Waste Authority and County Commission have expressed concerns about the people who aren't signed up for any garbage service. Apparently, many had "stored" their refuse and made a monthly trip to the Randolph landfill on what was known as "free dump day."
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KOCHVILLE TOWNSHIP, MI — Pounding hammers and whirring circular saws echoed throughout Saginaw Valley State University's Ryder Center Friday, May 2, as hundreds of students took part in the Michigan Industrial Technological Education Society State Conference.
Birch Run High School senior Matt Irish, 17, attended the conference as a field trip with his woodshop class. He said he was impressed with the 1,500 projects on display at the show, and he most admired the wood working.
"Some of the stuff they make is ridiculous," he said.
Irish said he likes working with his hands, and he plans to one day be a civil engineer. He watched as other students crafted wooden pens to send oversees to soldiers and said he also has made and used wooden pens in class.
"It's good just knowing I made it myself," he said.
David King, legislative liaison officer for MITES and owner of Barn Door Lumber in Richland Township, said between 250 and 300 middle schools, high schools and career centers are represented at the 86th annual show and competition. Projects featured include wood working, metal working, welding and mechanical drawing. The public is welcome to attend until 5 p.m. on Friday, May 2, and again from 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 3.
King said the state conference allows hundreds of students to showcase how they have applied their education to their craft.
"What makes it so important is, right now there is a major shortage of skilled workers to go into industry, and it's wonderful for kids to be in a classroom and learn book work, but you have to transform that material that you use in the classroom into hands-on knowledge," he said.
Hands-on experience is necessary for students to be successful in a variety of careers, King said. Industrial arts skills are useful not only for careers in engineering, carpentry and plumbing, but also for making dental crowns as a dentist, cutting material as a dress designer, and fashioning leather upholstery for cars as an automotive worker.
"The thing I really want them to take away with them is success," he said. "This is the main thing we're building upon: the success of them knowing the education they've participated in has an outcome that can be very rewarding, and it can lead to a career."
Nine teams competed to build sheds in the Ryder Center, where they were judged on speed, quality and safety. Garden City High School senior Brandon Smith, 17, worked with two other students to build a shed that features two windows, a door and a roof.
"I like working with my hands instead of with pencils and paper," he said.
Smith said he wants to pursue a career in construction, and the eight hours the team is given to build the shed is good practice.
"The physical labor is always fun instead of sitting in an office all day," he said.
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Craig T. Steckler, Chief of Police, Fremont, California, Police Department
Like you, I was stunned and devastated when I saw the sad news that Friday morning in December. At the beginning, details were sparse, but, as the day grew longer, the news became more horrible by the hour. As a police chief—but more importantly as a father and a grandfather—I was and am horrified that 20 precious, young children were murdered along with the 6 adults who died trying to save them. I also am deeply troubled when I think about the many law enforcement officers who responded to the scene. All of us in law enforcement have the day on the job that we will never forget, and December 14, 2012, will be that day for those officers.
December 14, 2012, must also be a day that we—the collective law enforcement community—never forget. Since that day, my shock and horror has turned from anger into a strong motivation to act. As police leaders, it is our calling—not just our job—to protect the citizens in our communities, and especially those who cannot defend themselves. Now more than ever, we cannot let anything stand in our way of fulfilling that mission.
If we are to prevent these tragedies from happening again, there are several things we must address. I strongly believe that our mental health system needs to be comprehensively reviewed and that we need to, in the United States and abroad, be aware of the mental health needs of our communities. One resource that I want to make sure you are aware of is a 2009 IACP summit report titled Building Safer Communities: Improving Police Response to Persons with Mental Illness. The report and its recommendations, available on the IACP website, are intended to promote dialogue among law enforcement, community providers, and partners. However, while I do believe that mental health awareness is a major component of fighting these types of violent acts, I do not believe it is the only component.
We must address gun violence.
Tragedies such as those in Newtown; Aurora, Colorado; Columbine, Colorado; and Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia, grab our attention, and rightfully so. But the reality is that most law enforcement executives never have to deal with a mass shooting. The hard truth is that more than 31,000 firearms-related deaths occur in the United States each year. The staggering amount of gun violence is why the IACP has been a leading voice in efforts to reduce gun violence. Our membership was and remains a leading proponent of
Additionally, at the beginning of this year, the IACP prepared a firearms position paper, which identifies and provides solutions to various firearms-related issues that need to be addressed. The paper, available at http://www.theiacp.org/firearms, has been sent to the White House and circulated among members of Congress. As a public safety leader, you will certainly be called on to address concerns of gun violence, and I hope you will find this and other IACP resources helpful. We must reassure our communities that our schools, our workplaces, and our local businesses are safe and that our departments are well positioned to protect our citizens.
I can assure you that the IACP is committed to working with the Obama administration, members of Congress, the National Law Enforcement Partnership to Prevent Gun Violence, and other national leaders to stem the unacceptable level of gun violence in the United States. In fact, the IACP already has met with Vice President Biden to pledge our support to the president and vice president's initiatives to curb gun violence.
I hope you—the IACP membership—also will commit to addressing the unacceptable level of firearms violence that occurs daily. To honor our oath of protecting the public, we must all work together toward a solution. ♦
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Craig T. Steckler, "Stemming the Unacceptable Level of Gun Violence," President's Message, The Police Chief 80 (February 2013): 6.
From The Police Chief, vol. LXXX, no. 2, February 2013. Copyright held by the International Association of Chiefs of Police, 515 North Washington Street, Alexandria, VA 22314 USA.


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Mary-Louise Parker, Gabrielle Rose, Daniel Maclvor, Philippe Volter
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Quick, name your five senses: hearing, taste, touch, smell and sight. We would be lost without them, as are the five major characters (all residents of a Toronto apartment building) in this polished ensemble drama.
There's a pastry chef (Parker) who makes cakes that look mouthwatering but taste like Styrofoam. Her best friend (MacIvor) is a bisexual housecleaner who swears he can smell it when someone really loves him. An eye doctor (Volter) is losing his hearing, a masseuse has lost touch with her teenage daughter, and the daughter in turn is observing life rather than living it. All of them are desperately trying to make a connection with another human being.
The Five Senses, meticulously directed by Jeremy Podeswa (Eclipse), is a carefully observed, meditative film that can be savored for its refined storytelling and the resourceful acting of its talented cast. Which is a polite way of saying it's praiseworthy but slow. (R)
Bottom Line: High five
Picks and Pans Review: The Five Senses
updated 07/24/2000 AT 01:00 AM EDT
•originally published 07/24/2000 AT 01:00 AM EDT


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Show off your festivity with this Christmas craft. The Angel Window Cling will be fun to make and own. Follow the instructions and you'll own this adorable project before Christmas this year.
- 16006 - Gallery Glass ® Window Color™ - Canyon Coral, 2 oz.
- 16007 - Gallery Glass ® Window Color™ - Cocoa Brown, 2 oz.
- 16011 - Gallery Glass ® Window Color™ - Blue Diamond, 2 oz.
- 16014 - Gallery Glass ® Window Color™ - Amethyst, 2 oz.
- 16021 - Gallery Glass ® Window Color™ - White Pearl, 2 oz.
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- 16440 - Gallery Glass ® Window Color™ - Glitter Gold, 2 oz.
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- Use photocopier to size pattern. Place Leading Blank over pattern. Grasp Liquid Leading bottle like a broomstick and trace design onto Leading Blank. Let dry. Trim uneven edges with a craft knife.
- Fill in areas with Window Color starting at outer edge, one section at a time. Smooth paint. Remove air bubbles. Let dry to a clear finish.
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@gmaansuyo, This is a pattern for a window cling. @fran624, The pattern can be found by clicking on the link in the materials list that says "Pattern." It is the last item in the list. --editors of FaveCrafts
Oct 25, 2011
Is this a window cling or a glass suncatcher???
May 21, 2011
Where is the pattern to photocopy????
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All five deals were finalised in the final hour as Everton played a high stakes game of brinksmanship that ultimately paid off, albeit with little time to spare. Bill Kenwright, the Everton chairman, strived throughout the day to put himself in a position in which he could manipulate the market in his club's favour and once Fellaini's move to Manchester United became inevitable


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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A traffic stop Wednesday in Dongan Hills led to a Brooklyn man's arrest on theft-related charges in three other cases.
Frank (Frankie) Griffin, 37, of Nostrand Avenue, was a passenger in a 2008 Cadillac Escalade that cops pulled over for a license-plate infraction near the intersection of Hylan Boulevard and Cromwell Avenue, said police.
Inside the SUV, officers found an expandable baton and a gravity knife, court documents said. They also allegedly discovered a small bag of pot in the possession of the driver, Robert Martin, 40, of Bergen Street, Brooklyn.
Another passenger, Ervin Stackhouse, 35, also a Nostrand Avenue resident, possessed a stolen notary public stamp and a 30-milligram oxycodone pill, said court records.
The three suspects were each charged with misdemeanor criminal weapon possession, said a spokesman for District Attorney Daniel Donovan. Stackhouse was also accused of misdemeanor drug possession and false personation; Martin was charged with marijuana possession.
While in police custody, cops accused Griffin of two prior incidents involving car break-ins and another theft in the borough.
The alleged car break-ins occurred on Dec. 21 on the 200 block of Page Avenue, Richmond Valley. and on Tuesday in the South Shore Commons shopping plaza on Veterans Road West, Charleston.
In the first incident, Griffin and an unidentified accomplice broke into an SUV and swiped a credit card, said court papers.
In the second episode, the suspect snatched a debit and credit card from a vehicle and tried to buy an iPad, court documents said.
Griffin also was accused of using a stolen credit card to buy food and drinks at a Subway sandwich shop in New Springville on Jan. 17. Griffin told cops he had picked up the credit card and a Medicare card off the ground, said court records.
Griffin was charged with grand larceny, stolen-property possession, criminal mischief and petit larceny.


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Australian Sheppard's are fiercely loyal to their owners. That can be a good trait or a bad one depending on the circumstances. With an increase in abandoned dogs, many dog owners are making room for strays. But if one of the dogs you already own in an Aussie, adding another member to your family may not be as easy as it would be with another breed.
Some say you don't own your dog – your dog owns you. Australian Sheppard's may have been the inspiration for that phrase.
During our active work in animal rescue on our farm, we learned of a woman who wanted to get rid of her 4 year old Aussie because she got a new puppy and her Aussie started showing aggression. All a knowledgeable dog person can say to this woman is, 'you don't deserve to own a dog as devoted as an Australian Sheppard.'
When adding another dog to a home with an Aussie, jealously is likely to rear its ugly head in one way or another. It may manifest in destructive behavior or unusual aggression. He or she may growl or snip at you or the new dog, even if they have never growled or snipped before. This is the dog's way of showing the 'intruder dog' that you are his property. It is also the only way he knows how to express his belief that your new dog is more important to you than he is.
No matter how it comes out, you must remember that changes in his behavior stem from his deep devotion to you. Therefore, it is important to show your dog that you will always be as loyal to him as he is to you.
If you get a new dog, be sure to spend at least as much quality time with your Aussie as you did before. Try to take him on walks that include only you and him. Extra brushing or bathing will also give him reassurance that he is still the center of your world.
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But now we are finding out there's more to his story. The New London Day is reporting that Drummond is a walk-on with UConn this season. He has told redshirt freshman Michael Bradley to keep the scholarship that Bradley offered to him in the summer.
Kyle Muncy, assistant director of athletics for communications, confirmed the report on Twitter Tuesday night, saying Drummond is a walk on and Bradley is on scholarship.
"A recruited player can pay his own way as long as all aid received is non-institutional," Muncy wrote. "That is the case with Drummond.
"This situation resolved itself in late October/early November. UConn deferred to Andre and his family as to when/how to make public."
"I'm thankful for what Mike was trying to do for me," Drummond told Gavin Keefe of The Day.
"I told Mike, `Don't do that, man. I'll pay my way and take a scholarship next year. You don't have to give up a scholarship for me.' " Scholarship reductions from the NCAA meant UConn already had reached its scholarship limit when Drummond, a 6-10 center from Middletown, surprised UConn fans and the college basketball world my committing to the Huskies in late August, just before the start of the fall semester.
Bradley told reporters in October that he volunteered to give up his scholarship and apply for financial aid, in order to help the team. Bradley has yet to play this season because of a broken ankle suffered in preseason workouts. He has returned to practice but isn't ready for game action yet.
The Day reports that later in the fall, Bradley went back on scholarship and Drummond became a walk-on, receiving some financial aid.
Drummond told The Day his family asked for the change.
"It was my decision," Drummond said. "That's not fair to him. He worked hard to get that scholarship. I'm not going to take something from somebody that's not mine. It was my decision to come late."


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that's the best game in the universe!!!!
yeah but the OP posted a SEGA game in the list of "Top Five Nintendo Games of all Time"Originally Posted by 03powellcha
Thats like saying "My top 5 Sony games of all time are;
Final Fantasy
Loco Roco
Gears of War
SEGA were in competition with Nintendo up until the failing of the Dreamcast
If you want add me as a Wii Friend please PM me.
that's the best game in the universe!!!!
1. Ocarina of time
2. Perfect dark (woot im still not perfect)
3. Majoras mask
4. Super smash brothers
5. Resident evil 4
Im Medical Super Private First Class!
this is my list
1. Zelda
2. Mario Kart double dash
3. Jet force gemini
4. Contra
5. mega man 64
mario 3
mario kart 64
1. Sonic Adventure DX [Gamecube]
2. Super Smash Bros. Melee [Gamecube]
3. SOCOM 2 U.S. Navy SEALS "Online" [PS2]
4. StarFox 64 [N64]
5. Zelda, a Link to the Past [SNES]
I really love the StarFox and Sonic games, so i only put 1 of both
Crap, i just noticed that this was a NINTENDO list, uuuh, scratch SOCOM and put Bloody Roar Primal Fury
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Star fox 64 FTW and Tails read the title. NINTENDO even though socom was good.
Do you mean WTF? Dont rag on StarFox, its the best Nintendo game series ive EVER played, i love it...
There are to many games to pick just five. Maybe pick five from each Nintendo system.
The Legend of Zelda would be #1 on all time list but I couldn't pick anymore. I would have to put OoT in there and A Link to the Past and Twilight Princess. That would already be four games and there are alot more.
To be honest most of my favorite games are from the 8-bit NES days. Games like Metroid, Castlevania, and Contra comes to mind. My friend and I would play all night long on those games.
he said FTW not WTF read posts properly lol and don't double post please
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2.Hiram goes fishing by himself because his grandpa is too tired, what does he do on this fishing trip. Who does he meet and how does he meet him?
3.Grandpa tells Hiram the South needs to keep their school right. What does he mean by this? Hiram ask grandpa what's wrong with the schools, what does grandpa tell Hiram about the schools?
4. What is the White Citizen's Council? Explain its goal?
1.According to grandpa what made the South great?
2.When did the problems between grandpa and his son start to appear?
3.Who is Eddie Crisler? Explain his relationship with grandpa.
4. Explain Hiram & Mr.Paul discussion about what's going on in Greenwood.
5. What are Jim Crow laws?
1. Why did RC quit school? Where did his dad get him a job?
What nickname does RC have for Hiram?
2. What does RC want to do with Hiram? (It would be like old times)
3. Whom does Hiram ask RC about?
4. At first why won't RC eat part of Hiram lunch?
5. What kind of pranks does RC play on the Ralph Remington? Describe them.
6. Who does Hiram "run into" when he's fishing with RC?
7. What happen between RC and Hiram friend that he met fishing. Explain what took place and what affect it had on Hiram.
1. What bothers Hiram the most about what took place between RC and Hiram friend when they were fishing?
2. What did grandpa say about the incident between RC and Hiram's friend?
3.What is Hiram learning about his dad in this chapter?
4. Where is grandpa doing real late at night? What meeting is he attending?
5.Hiram tells RC that if the sheriff does come by and talk to him he was not going to __________________?
6. RC tells Hiram about some trouble in Money, what kind of trouble was it. Explain the situation in Money, Mississippi.
8. Who does Hiram call to warn them about RC?
9.What kind of trouble was there at Miz Bryant? Explain.


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Department of Banking and Insurance Commissioner, Steven M. Goldman, argues in a Star Ledger op-ed piece for maintaining the current system of state regulation of insurance since federal regulation has failed with banks. What Mr. Goldman fails to mention is his inherent conflict of interest on the topic. One of the state's roles in the regulatory process is to cash those premium-tax checks and collect fees on insurance products sold in the state, purportedly to pay for the cost of regulation. However of the approximately $623 million that the state expects from these sources $70 million goes to run the Department of Banking and Insurance. Other states have similar ratios and that is the main reason they oppose federal regulation, fearing the loss of that hidden tax revenue.
That's why Mr. Goldman and New Jersey politicians want to keep state regulation. Here's why I don't.
States Don't Regulate
Insurance companies regulate themselves through the NAIC. These multinational corporations get to bully or beguile a bunch of understaffed insurance departments or ignorant legislators into following their agenda whether it's setting rates, scrubbing files, or imposing tort reforms. Since they only get audited by the states in which they are domiciled, in many cases once every five years or as the budget of a particular states insurance department allows, they are effectively on the honor system.
States Take Hush Money
States like the system because they get a piece of every premium. For example, for 2008 New Jersey is projecting to receive $503 million in insurance premium taxes. In addition the state budget anticipates another $120 million in fees (page A-40) while the state budgets about $70 million (page A-58) to run the Division of Banking AND Insurance. This is a hidden tax that the politicians don't get blamed for as money that should be spent on regulating insurers goes into the state's general revenue.
The System Is Broken
Google any line of insurance with the word 'crisis' and see how many hits you get. This default system of self-regulation fosters waste and inefficiency since entrenched interests profit by it. Can a federal authority do any worse?*
Eric D. Gerst in his book Vulture Culture chronicles the abuses of the insurance industry and calls for the repeal of the McCarran-Ferguson Act though he recognizes that states will need to be compensated in some way for any loss of revenue from their regulation-as-vigorish activities. Until the remaining larger insurance companies demand federal regulation and figure out a way to compensate the states for their continuing non-regulation the crisis will deepen. It's just that because of the lack of transparency you, the public, will be unaware of the real plight of your insurer until they too come begging for a federal bailout so they can pay you the money they promised.
* This is a serious question. Would an SEC type agency do any better if a Christopher Cox were in charge of it?


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Moving Pictures Magazine Fall Issue Includes Interviews with Cusack and Roland Emmerich, Star and Director, respectively, of the Holiday Blockbuster "2012"
September 17th, 2009, Indianapolis Publisher/CEO Jameelah Wilkerson of The H.Y.P.E Magazine & founder of H.Y.P.E. Talk Radio rises to the cause in joining hundreds of other publishers by going "Green" with her magazine. The H.Y.P.E. Magazine celebrated its' sixth year in June 2009 and since environmental trends are taking leaps and bounds in the print industry, her mission is to embrace the eco-friendly environment by using a method she created called "Digeprint."
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Veux-Do is a combination of the French word vuex which means 'to want" and the English word do, pronounced like the common witch practice "voo-doo." Translation? If you want something, you gotta put in work. That is our philosophy and make things happen for themselves. Veux-do is a truly unique lifestyle magazine covering everything from pop, hip-hop, fashion; new products high society, current events, sex and culture meet to express creativity and hard work at its finest.
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The magazine shares real-life stories of those who are beginning, growing, and those who have succeeded in reaching the balance that allows us to pursue our dreams and goals in life. Readers gain insight from those in various industries and walks of life from around the world. The magazine is also a platform for emerging talent. Seeking out the most talented from around the world in order to support their careers by providing them much needed acknowledgement within the pages of Equanimity magazine. The goal is to educate, encourage, motivate, inspire, and balance the reader's lifestyle so they learn, grow, and be of service to their community.
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