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Research Committee on
Sociology of Professional Groups, RC52
Program Theme: Professions and Inequality in a Globalizing World
Program Coordinators
- Ellen KUHLMANN, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Germany, email@example.com
- Mike SAKS, University Campus Suffolk, United Kingdom, firstname.lastname@example.com
We invite abstracts that address these issues in all areas of the professions either in comparative perspective or in one dimension.
For sessions program and schedule see
Challenges for Professionalism in a Global ManagerialismSession Organizers
Helena SERRA, University of Lisbon, Portugal, email@example.com
Tiago CORREIA, University of Lisbon, Portugal, email@example.com
Session in English
The ongoing influence of neo-liberal agendas, alongside the reform of public services under the new public management has led to deep-seated changes in the way work is structured and practised across the globe. Even though the advent of managerialism has sought to limit professional autonomy, professionalism is somehow getting reinforced through either the control of management tasks or the profession's definition of managerial criteria. Nevertheless, this feature of professionalism still lacks a consensus and has been differently approached among countries. This evidence also places professions against new inequalities as not all can control equally managerial procedures and criteria, nor are in possession of the same resources to limit the external control of managerialism.
We invite papers focusing on several topics, among others: potentially conflictual relations between professional and managerial interests; professionalism between the inclusion and the opposition of managerialism; and managerialism and internal hierarchies of professions.
Challenges for Professionalism: Transformations, Inequalities and EthicsSession Organizer
Christiane SCHNELL, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Germany
Helena SERRA, University of Lisbon, Portugal, firstname.lastname@example.com
Tiago CORREIA, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Session in English
Change and Inequality in Professional StatusSession Organizers
Lars THORUP LARSEN, University of Aarhus, Denmark, firstname.lastname@example.com
Gitte SOMMER HARRIS, University of Aarhus, Denmark, firstname.lastname@example.com
Session in English
It is well recognized in the field of professional sociology that members of a profession not only enjoys certain privileges or market monopolies, but typically also a given professional status. The professional status is not constant, however, since a doctor or a teacher might not enjoy the same status today as they did decades ago. Furthermore, the changing patterns of professional status might not simply reflect the public's view of a specific profession's knowledge or ethics. The general status of knowledge in society may change, but the same goes for the patterns of social status underlying professional groups.
With the overall aim to understand changes in professional status, this session invites papers that take into account changes over time or the comparative changes between different professions, social groups or countries. Is there a general loss of professional status or rather new inequalities emerging between the status of various professions?
Globalization, ICT and Professions: Emerging TrendsSession Organizers
Virendra P. SINGH, University of Allahabad, India, firstname.lastname@example.com
Parvez A. ABBASI, VNSG University, India, firstname.lastname@example.com
Session in English
Globalization (along with privatization and liberalization) affects not only the economy of a given society but also has important implications for other social institutions of both the developed and the developing countries. As a structural process, it also creates social inequalities at different levels by making simultaneously, inclusion/exclusion of the persons, social groups and categories. Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are at the heart of globalization which not only facilitate it but also help in maintaining integration in the social system. Transnational flows of individuals, commodities and capital affected the existing professions and their support system in various ways and also created new occupational categories with varying degree of professionalism.
Inequities within Professions: Patterns of Intra-professional HierarchiesSession Organizer
Siddharamesh L. HIREMATH, Gulbarga University, India, email@example.com
Session in English
Professions coming to be graded into prestige hierarchies based on their functional importance, functional autonomy, technical expertise and cost and length of training required to pursue them is a universal phenomenon. However, owing to growing intricacies and complexities, hierarchies have emerged within professions segregating professionals along trade, sector, repute, image and location of the organization, professional networks, access to know-how and technology, gender, ethnicity and the like giving rise to social grading of professional groups within professions. In some instances such grading is also based on the levels of professionalism, expertise, approach, effectiveness performance and outcome. These developments appear to have manifested in the warranted and many a time unwarranted inequalities and exclusions among those practising a profession.
This session invites papers that deal empirically and conceptually with the extent, nature, causes and consequences of inequalities within major professional groups in different social and cultural contexts.
Inter-professional Collaboration and InequalitySession Organizer
Mike SAKS, University Campus Suffolk, United Kingdom, firstname.lastname@example.com
Session in English
This session looks at the relationship of inter-professional collaboration with inequality in specific societies and in a more comparative and global context. It asks how far different professions can collaborate effectively across boundaries, not least where they hold different hierarchical positions in a given country and/or more globally. The obstacles to such collaboration such as interests and culture – and how they may be overcome – are also assessed.
Papers for this session are also invited on to what extent inter-professional collaboration can combat inequality in terms of broader societal impact serving the public interest. Contributions should illustrate their analysis with reference to examples from particular professional fields.
In health, for example, papers may consider the collaborative relationship and its impact in relation to inequality between the typically high ranking medical profession and such groups as midwives, nurses and social workers – as well as marginal professions like alternative practitioners.
Knowledge Workers: Processes of Hybridization, Marketization and Subjectivation. Part ISession Organizers
Lara MAESTRIPIERI, Polytechnic of Milan, Italy, firstname.lastname@example.com
Emiliana ARMANO, University of Milan, Italy, email@example.com
Annalisa MURGIA, University of Trento, Italy, email@example.com
Session in English
Differently from traditional professions consolidated in the last century, knowledge workers are characterized by forms of professionalism that find their own peculiarity in the notion of hybridization: they perform their activity under many different typologies of work contract; they form a component of professional work that is increasingly exposed to the logic of market and they are supposed to auto-activate their own resources, empathy and individual autonomy.
The aim of this session is to develop a critical discussion on knowledge workers` conditions and subjectivities. We invite papers that explore the following areas: the representations and experiences of the no-collar workers; the mechanisms of subjectivation and strategies to seek to avoid them; the risk of precariousness and proletarization that might derive from a professionalization driven by market and, finally, their collective practices, with particular attention to new forms of coalition, sociality and social features of welfare, with their limitations and potentialities.
Knowledge Workers: Processes of Hybridization, Marketization and Subjectivation. Part IISession Organizers
Lara MAESTRIPIERI, Polytechnic of Milan, Italy, firstname.lastname@example.com
Emiliana ARMANO, University of Milan, Italy, email@example.com
Annalisa MURGIA, University of Trento, Italy, email@example.com
Session in English
Professionalism and ExpertiseSession Organizer
Jens-Christian SMEBY, Centre for the Study of Professions, Norway, email@example.com
Session in English
One of the key characteristics of professions is that they are knowledge based occupational groups and a theoretical knowledge base is considered to be a core element of professionalism. Nevertheless, sociology has mainly concerned itself with the contextual conditions of the development of expertise and its functions in modern societies. Little attention has been paid to what expertise is, how it is developed and what kind of knowledge professionals actually use in their work. While some sociologists have called for a new sociology of expertise, the aim of this session is to explore how studies of expertise and expertise development may contribute to the sociology of professions.
The session addresses three main issues:
- Professionalism and expertise – similarities and differences
- The development of professional expertise in education and work
- The role of theoretical and practical knowledge and skills for professional expert performance and legitimacy
Professions, Incentives and InterestsSession Organizer
Ruth MCDONALD, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom, email@example.com
Session in English
The subject of incentives has been studied widely by economists, particularly in a context where financial incentives are increasingly being used to try to influence professional behaviour and identity. The topic has received less attention from sociologists, yet incentives financial and otherwise, are important features of the landscape in which all professionals work. Linked to this, sociologists have also paid less attention to the concept of 'interests' than it deserves. Engaging with the topics of incentives and interests in relation to professions does not imply acceptance of economists' views of these terms.
This session therefore invites conceptual and empirical papers which bring a sociological lens to the issues of incentives and interests in relation to professional groups, to shed new light and stimulate debate on these issues.
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Rethinking Professions: Visions and Divisions in World PerspectiveSession Organizer
Ellen KUHLMANN, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Germany, email@example.com
Session in English
Not open for abstract submission.
The transformations of societies into service economies have created a new importance of the sociology of professions across the globe. Yet the developments embody also many challenges that impact in the concepts of professions and professionalism. These transformations may play out differently in the various parts of the world, because the professions are firmly nested in institutional contexts, culture and economy of societies.
This invited panel discussion brings together researchers from different countries. The aim is twofold: first, to place the contemporary developments in the professions in a world perspective and reveal the blind spots and divisions of existing theories; and second, to create visions of an international sociology of professions that is more sensitive to diversity and social contexts and that helps to better understand how professions may foster social equality.
The Changing Relationship between Clinical Professionalism and Management: From Polarisation to Hybridization?Session Organizers
Ian KIRKPATRICK, University of Leeds, United Kingdom, firstname.lastname@example.com
Mike DENT, University of Staffordshire, United Kingdom, email@example.com
Federico LEGA, Bocconi Management School, Italy
Session in English
In health systems around the world there has been a common focus on strengthening the management capabilities of hospitals and other provider organisations. A key question arising from this concerns the shifting relationship between clinical professionals and management. In most health systems doctors and nurses are being co-opted into management and leadership roles and asked to focus increasingly on the financial performance of health services. However, the consequences remain unclear. On the one hand it is suggested that these changes are leading to greater polarisation between managers and clinicians, or, after Freidson, re-stratification within the professions themselves. Against this is the suggestion that clinical professionalism itself is changing leading to hybrid identities and practices that mainstream management concerns and priorities.
The aim of this session is to explore these themes and also think about their impact on the way health services are delivered and the experiences of patients.
Theoretical Challenges for Professions and Professionalism: Changes, Inequalities, Values and IdeologiesSession Organizer
Julia EVETTS, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom, firstname.lastname@example.com
Session in English
Change is a constant feature of professional, knowledge-based, service-sector work and occupational control of the work and discretionary decision-making is increasingly difficult to sustain. Professional work both helps to alleviate and yet at the same time contributes to the maintenance of inequalities, nationally and internationally. Professionalism can be interpreted both as an occupational value and something worth preserving but also as an ideology and mechanism of social control and unequal power. New questions are being asked about professions and professionalism and some established theories seem less relevant in different time periods, policy contexts, areas and geographical regions. Also new knowledge-based occupations develop which pose new questions and challenges to and for theories of professionalism.
We look forward to receiving abstract proposals which support and/or challenge existing theories and interpretations and welcome new interpretations and suggestions of new concepts for professions and professionalism in a globalising world.
Joint SessionsClick on the session title to read its description and the scheduled day/time.
Globalization and Human Resources for Health in Asian CountriesJoint session of RC15 Sociology of Health and RC52 Sociology of Professional Groups [host committee]
Governing the Health Professions: Bringing Equality into Health Human Resources PolicyJoint session of RC15 Sociology of Health and RC52 Sociology of Professional Groups [host committee]
Professional Labour in a Globalized World: The Cross-Bordering and Internationalization of Knowledge WorkersJoint session of RC30 Sociology of Work and RC52 Sociology of Professional Groups [host committee]
Restructuring Care Policies and (Re-)Making Care ProfessionsJoint session of RC19 Poverty, Social Welfare and Social Policy and RC52 Sociology of Professional Groups [host committee]


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Troubled lawyer shoots nine in Houston before being killed by police
HOUSTON A troubled lawyer opened fire on morning commuters in Houston on Monday, injuring at least nine people before being fatally shot by police, authorities said.
BELLEFONTE, Pennsylvania Penn State's Board of Trustees on Monday defended its firing of legendary football coach Joe Paterno and the university's president, saying they showed a "failure of leadership" in not doing more when alerted to suspicions of child sexual abuse by former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky.
Paterno and Graham Spanier were fired in November after Sandusky was accused of sexually abusing young boys over a 15-year period.
Many alumni were upset over the sacking of Paterno, who was head coach for 46 years. With 409 victories at Penn State, he won more games in big-time college football than any other coach in the sport's history.
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Paterno told his immediate supervisor, Athletic Director Tim Curley, but did not call police, the report said. The board said it learned the details of Paterno's actions in a grand jury report.
"We determined that his decision to do his minimum legal duty and not to do more to follow up constituted a failure of leadership by Coach Paterno," the report said.
Sandusky, who faces 52 counts of sexual abuse, has maintained his innocence.
A hearing in his case was held on Monday in Centre County Court, Pennsylvania, where Sandusky's defense attorney pressed prosecutors to provide more details from accusers in the case.
Sandusky did not attend, and attorneys said he is not expected to appear in court until jury selection begins in his trial in mid-May. He is under house arrest.
The Penn State board said in its report that it regretted telling Paterno of its decision by telephone. It said his home was surrounded by media and there was no "dignified, private" way to meet him there.
Spanier, it said, "failed to meet his leadership responsibilities" after learning of the 2002 incident.
Spanier did not tell the board what he knew about the episode and also made statements to the media that were unauthorized or contradicted the board's instructions, it said.
Paterno died of lung cancer in January. Spanier remains a tenured professor, the board said.
At Monday's hearing, Sandusky's attorney Joe Amendola said it was unfair not to have more specific information for building a defense. Several of the accusers say in court documents that the alleged abuse occurred over several years, including one who said it began when he was 8 and lasted six years.
"We want to see if we have an alibi defense," Amendola said. "Mr. Sandusky has to go through virtually every day of his life to try to figure out things."
But prosecutor Joe McGettigan said the accusations came from "very troubled children."
"If the victims were capable of providing detail ... we would have done so," the prosecutor said
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HOUSTON A troubled lawyer opened fire on morning commuters in Houston on Monday, injuring at least nine people before being fatally shot by police, authorities said.
CHARLESTON, S.C. Several hundred people reported to the U.S. courthouse in Charleston, South Carolina, on Monday for the start of jury selection in the death penalty case against a white man who shot dead nine black parishioners in a church in June 2015.
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Happy Birthday to Yo-Yo Ma, the brilliant cellist who turns 60 years old today. The French-born Chinese American musician was a child prodigy, performing from the age of five, when his mother, a singer, and father, a violinist, moved to New York City. His 90+ albums have received 18 Grammy Awards and his kindness follows him around the world on tour after tour. (1955)
His fascination with other cultures and the ways their music can be blended together resulted in the nonprofit Silk Road Project. Ongoing since 1998, it is described as an "arts and educational organization that connects musicians, composers, artists, and audiences around the world." Watch a clip below, and see Yo-Yo talk about Silk Road.
More Good News from this Date:
- The Stamp Act Congress convened in New York to draw up colonial grievances against England (1765)
- U.S. and British government announced the establishment of the United Nations (1942)
- American poet Allen Ginsberg performed his poem Howl for the first time at the Six Gallery in San Francisco (1955)
- New York's Metropolitan Opera hired its first black performer, contralto singer Marian Anderson (1954)
- President John F. Kennedy signed the Partial Test Ban Treaty with Britain and the Soviet Union, prohibiting all test detonations of nuclear weapons except underground (1963)
- Hollywood adopted its movie ratings system (1968)
- The musical Cats opened on Broadway, beginning its record run of 7,485 performances (1982)


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Since 1970 American Childhood Cancer Organization has been respected as an essential and integral provider of programs and services required by families of children and adolescents with cancer across the country. Together with our local affiliates we address the critical needs that families face today. We believe strongly that families need accurate information, advocacy, and support from the first day of diagnosis through the rest of the child s life. As a grassroots leader in the childhood cancer community, it is our responsibility to speak for the needs of the families and survivors, and to help shape policy, research and programs on the national level that impact the lives of families today and tomorrow.
Our organization was founded by a talented and committed group of parents of children with cancer, and we have placed a priority on ensuring that those making policy decisions today understand what a family goes through when their child has been diagnosed with cancer. Over two thirds of our organization s Board of Directors and staff are either survivors or a direct family member of a child or adolescent who had cancer. We understand personally that this is a family disease and it is a disease that impacts the family for life. The board and staff of ACCO are committed to serving our community until the day no child dies, or is left with life-long effects from this devastating disease.
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Board Members
Christy Perry, President
Christy is a passionate and committed advocate in the fight against childhood cancer, and has devoted her energy, creativity, and expertise to working with non-profit organizations dedicated to ending childhood cancer. She was a founding executive and Board Member of Talia's Legacy and a long-time volunteer for Angels for Talia. In addition to her role as board member, Christy serves as Director of Marketing and Communications at ACCO, helping to build national awareness about childhood cancer by creating compelling original campaigns and content for the ACCO website and social media profiles, organizing national social media initiatives in support of childhood cancer issues, and working closely with large and small business partners to implement fundraising efforts and awareness campaigns.
Janine Lynne, Vice President
Janine has been a board member of ACCO since 2003 and is grateful for the opportunity to be part of the largest national grassroots nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of children and adolescents with cancer. Her teenage son is a survivor of acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Janine has worked and volunteered as a child advocate in many capacities over 20 years with a special interest in children with special needs. She has a B.S. in Child Development and Family Studies from Montana State University, and pursued graduate work in psychology and education. She currently lives in Hawaii.
Ken Phillips, Treasurer
Ken is a retired Air Force Officer of 23 years and following that retired from Computer Sciences Corporation after an additional 20 years of service. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, MA. Ken as been on the Board of Directors of CCCF since 1994, and has held the office of Treasurer since 1995. He and his wife Marie were active on the Board of Directors of Candlelighters affiliate Candlelighters of Southern Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO from 1990 to 2004, at which time they moved to Spirit Lake in North Idaho. Currently Ken also attends and supports the monthly Board of Directors meetings of Candlelighters of the Inland Northwest in Spokane, Washington, in addition to supporting their activities throughout the year. Ken and Marie are bereaved grandparents. Their precious granddaughter died from acute myelogenous leukemia.
Judy Mendoza, Secretary
Judy Mendoza grew up in Lafayette, IN, where she obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Education from Indiana University in May 1993. Subsequent teaching jobs led her to the corporate world of an education publishing company and then to the formation of her own free-lance education business. In February 2007, Judy and her husband Michael's lives changed forever. It was then when they learned that their three-and-a-half year old daughter had Stage IV neuroblastoma. After supporting her daughter Abigail through six cycles of high dose chemotherapy, followed by a stem cell transplant, twelve radiation sessions, and a very rough clinical trial with monoclonal antibodies, Judy now regards herself as a proud Cancer Mom on a Mission. Judy lives by the premise that she continues to teach her children to never give up! Judy is active in raising awareness of the gold ribbon for childhood cancer.
Steve Payne, Member
Steve Payne is an active board member and father to Kristin, a stage IV neuroblastoma survivor diagnosed at a mere seven months old. Being an active part of the ACCO board, he is able to support those children, families, and professionals nationwide who battle this dreaded disease until a cure is found. Steve works for IBM and served as president 2003 & 2004.
Jeff Walters, Member
Jeff Walters is a Senior Director in the Commercial & Consumer Products division of Acumen Solutions where he is responsible for the delivery of business and technology consulting services to the Educational Services and Non-Profit Sectors. In his professional career, Jeff helps organizations to maximize their efficiency and impact and he brings that same passion to his work with ACCO. Jeff holds a Masters of Business Administration from the Lally School of Management and Technology at Rensselear Polytechnic Institute and a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering from Pennsylvania State University. Jeff and his wife Valeria live in Chantilly, Virginia with their two daughters.
Jennifer Cullen Meyer, PhD, MPH, Member
Jennie earned her doctorate in Epidemiology from UC Berkeley in 2000, with emphasis in cancer risk assessment and bio-statistics. Her professional positions have included her current role as Director of Epidemiologic Research for the Department of Defense Center of Excellence, the Center for Prostate Disease Research (CPDR); Director of Research at the American Legacy Foundation; and a faculty appointment in Georgetown University's Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center. She is a co-author on roughly 40 peer-reviewed scientific publications. She has presented her work at a variety of national scientific conferences.
In March 2011, Jennie and her husband Reggie learned that their daughter, Alexandra, had an aggressive pediatric brain tumor, known as a medulloblastoma. For 13 months, Alexandra fought bravely undergoing surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation to her head and spine. On New Year's Day 2012, Alexandra completed her treatments and the future seemed bright. Sadly, only two months later, nearly one year after the cancer diagnosis, a follow-up MRI revealed new tumor growth. Alexandra was now deemed terminal. Little Alexandra passed peacefully on April 6, 2012 in her home.
Dr. Greg Aune, MD, PHD, Member
Dr. Greg Aune's interest in pediatric oncology began at age 16 when he was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma. The experiences he encountered as a patient initiated a path towards a research and clinical career aimed at developing less toxic chemotherapy regimens. His experience as a long-term survivor included open-heart surgery at age 35 to replace his aortic valve and bypass three blocked coronary arteries that were damaged by his teenage cancer therapies. His training to become a successful physician scientist and pediatric oncologist has included time spent at some of the most well-respected oncology institutions in the United States including, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, the National Cancer Institute, and Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Dr. Aune, MD, PHD directs the Greehey Children's Cancer Research Institute Shared Resource for Cardiac Function Assessment. In the laboratory setting, Dr. Aune has a wide range of experience in the laboratory approaches to investigate tumor biology and experimental therapeutics. Most recently he has applied this existing knowledge to both the in vitro and in vivo studies of the cardiovascular system from the level of the cardiac fibroblast to global cardiac function. His laboratory has successfully developed a novel pediatric mouse model of anthracycline-induced cardiac toxicity.
Dr. Aune is also the Director of Survivorship Research for the South Texas Pediatric Cancer Survivorship program at University Hospital. In this role, he serves as co-principal investigator and clinical director of the first investigator-initiated survivorship study in the South Texas region. His expertise in the clinical arena is further supported by two recent appointments to national task forces focusing on the cardiac effects of chemotherapy and radiation—National Cancer Institute Community Cardiotoxicity Task Force and the Children's Oncology Cardiometabolic Task Force. Most recently, Dr. Aune was appointed to the National Cancer Institute Council of Research Advocates (NCRA) which was announced at a White House briefing on childhood cancer.
Clint Janson, Member
Clint is a Principal at Mojo Lab LLC an advertising agency and production house in Spokane, WA. He first became interested in cancer fundraising and charity work when inspired by his brother-in-law, Michael Moyles, a three time brain cancer survivor. Together Michael and Clint started Team Michael Moyles, a cancer charity fundraising team in 2010. In 2012 Michael and Clint were invited to Austin, TX to be recognized for our fundraising efforts. While in Austin they both participated in a 5k run that was lead off by dozens of pedicabs carrying local children who were battling cancer and going through treatment. Clint was so moved and inspired by those brave kids that he decided he needed to do more. Soon after returning to Spokane, he created HOPE Run Spokane and reached out to the American Childhood Cancer Organization Inland NW. After meeting with Mary Anne Ruddis and touring Sacred Heart Children's Hospital he knew ACCO was where he wanted to focus his attention.
He was introduced to Ruth Hoffman in February of this 2015 and was honored that ACCO chose Mojo Lab to help launch the Kemper Foods Pizza Ribbon fundraising campaign. Since February Mojo Lab has produced videos for ACCO, ACCOIN, CCI and Kemper Foods. Clint is proud of the collaboration between ACCO and Mojo Lab and is honored to now be a member of the ACCO board.
Ken Wegner, Member
Mr. Ken Wegner is President of the Jel Sert Company and father of a childhood cancer survivor. Mr. Wegner is the grandson of Jel Sert founders Charles and Lillian Wegner, and has worked at Jel Sert since 1985. A graduate of Denison University in Granville, Ohio, Mr. Wegner has a long and noted history of charitable and philanthropic endeavors, including serving as Chairman of the Elmhurst Memorial Hospital Foundation Board, a board member at the Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation, and membership in WPO – Chicago.
Mr. Wegner's partnership with ACCO began in 2008 with the introduction of two incredibly important programs in support of childhood cancer awareness. First, Jel Sert began proudly displaying the gold ribbon, the internationally-recognized awareness symbol for childhood cancer, as well as information about ACCO on their Fla-Vor-Ice freezer pops. Jel Sert's support for the Gold Ribbons for Childhood Cancer Awareness now extends to many more of their packaging, including Otter Pops and Pop-Ice. Second, Jel Sert founded the Take a Pop, Share a Smile program. Recognizing that freezer pops play a critical role in easing the pain of mouth sores, keeping children hydrated, and alleviating many other negative side effects of cancer treatment, Jel Sert generously donates freezers and a continuous supply of freezer pops to cancer treatment centers across the United States. Jel Sert's ongoing partnership with the ACCO and support of the ACCO's mission to raise awareness about this disease became personal for Mr. Wegner when his teenage son was diagnosed with cancer in 2011.
ACCO Staff
Ruth I. Hoffman MPH, Executive Director
Ruth is the mother of eight children, including 34 year old Naomi, who is a 27 year survivor of Acute Myeloid Leukemia (M5), and a radiation induced secondary cancer. Since 1999, Ruth has been the Executive Director of the National office of the American Childhood Cancer Organization. She also serves as the Vice-chair of Childhood Cancer International where she works on global childhood cancer initiatives.
Ruth has participated as a patient representative for the FDA where she has served on ODAC as well as the pediatric subcommittee of ODAC. She represents childhood cancer on C-Change, serves on the Alliance for Childhood Cancer and is a member of the steering committee of My Child Matters—an international initiative helping children with cancer in developing countries.
Ruth's leadership has resulted in the publication of twelve books for children with cancer, their family members and school teachers. She is author of three journals―one for children diagnosed with cancer, one for teens and the other for parents. She is editor of three comprehensive books including Educating the Child with Cancer, Understanding the Journey, A Parent's Guide to DIPG and A Parent's Guide to Enhancing Qualify of Life in Children with Cancer. More than 10,000 copies of these books are provided without charge to children with cancer and their families across the U.S. each year.
Ms. Hoffman has personally responded to thousands of requests for childhood cancer information. She is co-founder of America's largest childhood cancer awareness event entitled "Light Up the Holidays with Hope." Ms. Hoffman is the proud recipient of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's Tree of Life Award which honors an individual who has played a major or lasting role, with national impact in improving the quality of life for patients with cancer and their families.
Ruth received her BA in psychology, and her Bachelors of Education from the University of Western Ontario, Canada, and is a graduate of the Masters of Public Health Program at George Washington University's School of Medicine.
Liz (Dicus) Gross, Program Director
Liz Dicus is a Texas Native. She is a graduate of Texas A&M University with a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre. While in college, she was involved in several organizations her favorite was Camp Kesem A&M, a summer camp for children who have/ have had a parent with cancer. She was the Camper Care Coordinator for Camp Kesem and was involved and recruiting kids for camp. This was one of her most impactful experiences which impassioned her to work which families affected by cancer.
Upon graduation, she spent a year in California interning at Shakespeare Santa Cruz and South Coast Repertory Theaters. It was an interview with a theater in DC which sparked her move to the area in the fall of 2011. She began working with ACCO in early 2012 and has loved being able to help children and families affected by cancer.
Kathryn Murphy, Partnerships and Admin Manager
Kathryn was born in and adopted from Poland, but has lived in the MD/DC area her whole life. Music has been a part of her life since the age of 4 when she picked up the violin. After graduating from Walt Whitman High School in 2005 she was sure she was destined to continue her life with music as her main focus and goal. After hardship and injury to her hands through the years she was unable to finish her music education degree at The Catholic University of America, but was offered a new opportunity and path working as the Administrative Coordinator of ACCO.
Since she became a part of the ACCO family in August 2014 she couldn't think of doing anything else. Helping to bring any kind of light or hope to the amazing families and childhood cancer warriors who we serve brings her immeasurable amounts of joy and fulfillment.
Christy Perry, Director of Marketing & Communication
In addition to her position as a board member, Christy is also Director of Marketing and Social Media for the American Childhood Cancer Organization since June 2013, and is a creative/art director, internet and social media marketing manager, email marketing and branding strategist. She also provides project management for website development, search engine optimization (SEO) and search engine marketing (SEM) efforts. As such, she also works closely with businesses and medical practices to develop and implement advanced internet marketing and branding solutions, institute best practices required to comply with complicated medical and legal regulations, and build, manage, and support long-lasting, positive customer relationships. In the past, Christy was a marketing director and medical practice manager, and first assistant in the operating room. Christy studied at St. Petersburg College, Seminole State College and University of California Irvine Extension and currently lives in Florida with her husband and son. (Visit Christy's LinkedIn)
Tommy Burns, Jr., Fulfillment Manager & Graphic Designer
Tommy Burns, Jr. is a graphic designer with 13 years of experience originally from Lodi, NY. He began working at ACCO in 2015 where he has been given the opportunity to use his graphic design skills toward many projects; most recently including the digital re-illustration of the ACCO mascot, Cozy Port-a-Cat, for a full color reprint of the youth journal. Tommy's high level of creativity, competence and work ethic makes him an invaluable graphic designer to work with. On top of his graphic design he is also proud to be responsible for packing and shipping our free resource and sales orders to ACCO families and supporters. Outside of the graphic design world Tommy also has 15 years of auto mechanic experience, and is an avid cook and fisherman.
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Makerspace Open House
Join Rod Library for the Makerspace Open House. Attendees can create a lighted homecoming mask and enjoy light refreshments.
Join Rod Library for the Makerspace Open House. Attendees can create a lighted homecoming mask and enjoy light refreshments.
A Constitution Day panel will focus on the Equal Protection clause and the status of African-Americans. The moderator will be Shuaib Meacham, curriculum and instruction. Panelists will be Aaron Hawbaker, Adult Public Defender Office, Waterloo; Stephanie Logan, curriculum and instruction; Jayme Neiman, political science; and Adrien Wing, Center for Human Rights at the University of Iowa. The event is free and open to the public.
Do you like to play cribbage? Are you on campus at noon on Thursdays? Play at Rod Library, at the tables near the library coffee shop. Bring a board and cards if you have them and play a game or two with someone. Open to students, faculty, staff and the community.
This workshop is part of a campuswide initiative to create leadership skills in diversity inclusion and community-building through a positive interactive approach. Lunch and snacks will be provided.
Distinguished visiting filmmaker Abigail Disney will screen her film 'The Armor of Light' followed by discussion.
Josh Canavan will deliver a lecture on "Race, Poverty, and the Criminal Justice System: Protecting the Rights of the Accused in the St. Louis Area" for the 2016 Diversity Colloquium. Canavan works for the Arch City Defenders, a nonprofit that provides "holistic legal advocacy and combats the criminalization of poverty and state violence against poor people and people of color" by providing legal services to the indigent and through policy-oriented lawsuits, including a recent suit which alleges that several municipalities in St. Louis County have conspired to run debtors' prisons. The organization has been active in pushing for legal change in the St. Louis area since the 2014 shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo.
Facilitator Mark Grey, sociology, criminology and anthropology, will present and discuss how to best teach current Iowa students and how to prepare for Iowa's changing demographics. More than 90% of UNI's students are from the state of Iowa; however, Iowa's demographics are changing. According to "Statewide Population Trends," children of a race other than white and/or who are hispanic represent 21.1% of Iowa's newborn to 5 years old population.
This workshop will focus on the kinds of comments we should be attentive to, including microaggressions; how we can build classroom communities that create a respectful contetxt for handling racist and/or inappropriate comments; and using scenarios to practice our responses to such comments. Facilitators will be Victoria DeFrancisco, communication studies; Susan Hill CETL; and Stephanie Logan, curriculum and instruction. Registration is required.
Do you still have questions and/or comments about the Fall Faculty Workshop? Did you implement a practice in your classes to create a more inclusive classroom this fall that worked well or fell flat? Do you want more ideas about what to do next? This is an opportunity for informal conversation and idea-sharing.
Join the UNI Women's and Gender Studies Program in participating in the Clothesline Project. In recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, WGS will host t-shirt decorations to raise awareness for violence against women. People who have been affected by violence, be it first-hand or otherwise, are invited to decorate a t-shirt with their thoughts, feelings and supportive messages surrounding the subject. These shirts will then be hung on a clothesline for all to see.


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A nice day in the park ... a few days later, a bitter south Texas cold front of 36 degrees came through and kept this GigaPanographer inside. Previous panoramas and GigaPans of this immediate area can be seen via these two links: share.gigapan.org/viewGigapanFullscreen.php?id=9906 and www.gigapan.org...
Under Construction Mural Downtown Houston 1300 Leeland St at Caroline Copyright 2016 Douglas Robertson for Citizen Doug Productions more at: citizendoug.com/?p=3706 citizendoug.com
- Intralayer folding in Permian Castile Formation gypsum/calcite varves, State Line Outcrop, TX/NM by Callan Bentley
TDECU Stadium University of Houston Sunset 3847 Holman St Houston TX 77004 Copyright 2014 Douglas Robertson for Citizen Doug Productions More info at citizendoug.com/?p=3526 citizendoug.com
Note: At the bottom of the statue, there is an American Eagle and a flag and a scroll and on the scroll is written: Prior Preparation Prevents Poor Performance. I am not sure how long a period of time this link to a Houston Chronicle article concerning the presentation of this 8-ft tall bronze statute of James A. B...
- Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church - Feeding the Poor, the Disadvantaged, the Homeless and the Oppressed in the Inner City - a 360-Degree Panorama by David Engle
There is a parable in Matthew 25 that speaks of feeding the poor. I believe that these words from 2000 years ago, as well as words from other religions of the world, create a foundation of the rich giving food to the poor and of wealthy nations providing sustenance to the poor nations that are in need. I am impre...
Sunday's game between Rice and UCF. Taken handheld with Canon SX110 and stitched with the GigaPan Stitcher.
As can quickly be seen, we suffered a cloudy day, but the views were still good and the fellowship was great. Nothing like Texas wildflowers ... very beautiful. The panorama was taken with a SX110 and stitched with the GigaPan Stitcher. Viewing as a curved panorama via the "View in Google Earth," link...
During a recent trip to San Antonio, I thought I would introduce some South Texas Deer to Wendy, but little did I know how she would captivate them! A bit of dry corn helped in melting the ice for it was late in the afternoon and these deer were hungry. This 12-photo hand-held panorama was taken with a Leica D-Lux ...


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WASHINGTON (AP) - Israel called off a planned military sale to China, heading off more American criticism of the deal, as it entered the second day of U.S.-brokered peace talks with Palestinians.
Prime Minister Ehud Barak informed President Clinton at the Mideast summit in nearby Maryland that he was canceling a planned quarter-billion-dollar sale of an advanced airborne radar-warning system to China, officials announced Wednesday.
The White House said it was pleased, and a U.S. congressman dropped his plan to ask the House later Wednesday to punish Israel by withholding a portion of its aid money.
Analysts said it was a wise move by Israel to get the contentious issue out of the way and improve chances for continued American good will during the difficult peace process.
"We welcome the decision," said White House spokesman Joe Lockhart. "We are pleased to see they have taken our security concerns into account in making this decision."
Barak's spokesman, Gadi Baltiansky, said the prime minister had "expressed sorrow" in a letter to Chinese President Jiang Zemin that the sale had been scuttled.
"Israel is right now together with the United States in the midst of an effort to achieve historic decisions relating to her vital interests," Baltiansky said.
Officials at the Chinese Embassy in Washington did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment.
While Baltiansky did not say explicitly that Israel had yielded to U.S. pressure, he said the step was taken against "the background of American objections" to the deal.
"This was a very, very smart thing for them to do," Brookings Institution Middle East fellow Shibley Telhami said of Israel. "There's no question that even aside from the summit, this has been a huge contentious issue that Israel would have had to resolve sooner or later."
Getting it out of the way now, Telhami said, was important to maintain "American good will" as Israel attempts to complete a peace plan that now depends on U.S. diplomatic help and later could depend on U.S. economic aid.
The United States had insisted that Israel scrap the sale of the radar plane, called PHALCON, pointing to tensions between China and Taiwan and expressing concern that China could use the plane to track American planes should hostilities erupt.
The military deal represented a major effort by Israel to improve its relations with China and expand its diplomatic and business contacts worldwide. But Israel decided that its unique relationship with the United States had to take highest priority.
With the Clinton administration eager to stop the sale, there were reports last week that Israel would modify arrangements by proceeding with the transaction through a third country.
But Baltiansky told The Associated Press the deal was off in all forms.
The radar system and the modified Boeing 707 on which it is mounted are valued at an estimated $250 million.
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Summer picnics
Summer is in full swing and our picnics are the perfect way to spend a lazy afternoon.
A basket full of delicous eats and a bottle of Hartenberg wine while enjoying some games and
relaxing the afternoon away with friends and family.
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Patents and Application must be reviewed on the USPTO.gov website. I will try to help you locate it.
You must login here and select Pattern Application
and enter patent app number 12220295
Please look at my drawings for concepts
My patent invention is for screaming content from a phone to a tablet size device, play multiplayer games using pbones as controllers, fax capabilities from mobile devices, installations in autos and the like. Check it out.
Tell me your you think about the inventions please
I used this one. Hope it goes through this time
I took a quick look at the claims of your application.
Each claim is required to be in the form of a single sentence. There are also alternative limitations which may be rejected under 35USC112.
If you are serious about this application, then you should acquire the services of a patent attorney to handle the prosecution of this application. Even if there is patentable material in your application, the claims you will be granted as a pro se applicant may end up being too limiting to be of any commercial value.
I Know I have issues and is looking for someone to help write it properly.
All helpers can find me on Linkin under company name Wireless Synergy, Inc
Try firstname.lastname@example.com That will work.
try firstname.lastname@example.com
email gets returned undelivered
If any of you know a good patent attorney with mobile device experience let me know. The Patent Office have started their prior art search on my applications. I am sure I will have to reply to their decision for each of my claim. I can not write patents, I just had a vision and rush it to the patent office. I will need help by experts to communicate with the patent office in patent langugage.
Also, the Patent Office have published a list of prior arts that may affect my claims. I saw nothing on the list that competes with my claims. I also did not see any of the major mobile device makers prior arts listed. I may have a better chance than expected with my claims.
If my patent is granted, RIMM will be my first choice for executive rights because their Bridge concept is heading into the right direction. Their BBX Phone/Playbook synergy is going to be a major game changer.
Imagine using your BBX Phone to conduct multiparty video conf/calls and have the Playbook show real-time video feeds from each party on the call.
The Playbook can be script down to just a dumb terminal (Reception only from a BBX Phone), not requiring all the expensive components, margin can be much greater.
<My mirroring is also mobile from your smartphone to your larger display such as a tablet. A larger display does not have to have all the expensive electronic as a tablet.>
You really need to buy an Apple TV and an iPhone.
AirTunes was originally released on the 7th June 2004
Air Play
AirPlay (previously called AirTunes when it was for audio only is a proprietary protocol stack/suite developed by Apple Inc. that allows wireless streaming of audio, video, and photos, together with related metadata between devices. Originally implemented only in Apple's software and devices, Apple has licensed the audio-streaming portion of the AirPlay protocol stack as a third-party software component technology to other manufacturer partners for them to use in their products in order to be compatible with Apple's iDevices.
Devices currently implementing AirPlay are of two categories: the devices that send audiovisual content, and the devices receiving the content and render it on display and/or speakers :
AirPlay sender devices include computers running iTunes; and iDevices such as iPhones, iPods, and iPads running iOS 4.2 or greater.
AirPlay receiver devices include the AirPort Express (that has an audio output through a jack connector), the Apple TV, and third party speakers.
email me at firstname.lastname@example.com
You should write to RIM, maybe RIM and you can setup a deal. Do you know a good litigator and a good patent lawyer?


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nyan ...
4,897 total episodes
Thanks for the birthday wishes! ^_^
So... how are you liking Kyo Kara Maoh? (*hopes for positive reviews but braces herself just in case you don't like it*) :p
BTW, I started Kanon 2006. Only a few eps into so far, though.
I love your top five anime picks! Also, added you as a favorite since you seem like a cool person. ;)
"Self written autobiography" seems a little redundant, you know...XD
*mindlessly follows the link from Sothis update*
I look forward to the cosplay photos, it is usually really fun to watch!
hehehe, self written autobiography, pleonasm :P


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Blues At Dawn playlist for 09/21/2011By Gavin on Wed, 09/21/2011 - 7:46am
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Our featured guest is Matthew Stein, an environmentalist, bestselling author, MIT trained engineer, and green builder. He is the author of the bestselling book "When Technology Fails: A Manual for Self-Reliance, Sustainability and Surviving the Long Emergency" a comprehensive manual on sustainable living skills, survival, and disaster preparations. His new book, When Disaster Strikes: A Comprehensive Guide to Emergency Planning and Crisis Survival (Chelsea Green 2011). http://www.whentechfails.com/ Matthew also wrote a terrific article at Huff Post: http://tinyurl.com/2vqmatg
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For music today … lets rock retro with Big Brother and The Holding Company – Janis needs some airtime.
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2012 Mazda 2 Hatchback Touring 4dr Hatchback (1.5L 4cyl 5M)
I had my Mazda 2 for 6 months now and just love driving it anywhere I can, even with 2 child seats in the back there is ample seating room (as long as there's just kids) back seat is only good for 2 adults at most.The lay out is simple and straight forward which I find appealing over the overly done subcompact cars, though I did install a 8" navi/Bluetooth/DVD screen for around $350 which just makes the car look a little more upmarket, the seats are supportive and comfy but a little to soft for me, and with just enough cargo space.Overall I highly recommend the Mazda 2 for anyone looking for affordable, reliable, and a fun all around car, as long as you get the manual. ZOOM ZOOM
I'm averaging 33-34 mpg (mostly highway) and costing around $28-$30 to fill up at 3.47 gal, that my friend is a win, win.
Handling is always top priority with Mazda products that's why I own 2 Mazda at this time (2008 Mazda 6 highly modified and the Mazda 2 I'm reviewing now.
Sway bars are a must which helps so much with handling of this little car.
Possibly 20 extra ponies we can squeeze out from somewhere to make it a little more competitive in this segment though the Mazda 2 is now slouch, it would be greatly appreciated.
The small car segment in America is finally getting competitive, and Mazda does a great job of building a car that is comfortable, efficient, good looking, and (true to the Mazda heritage) fun to drive. I test drove the automatic, and while it is very good as far as four-speeds go, it is still a four speed, so I can only recommend the manual. While on paper the car may seem to weak, get behind the wheel (of the manual) and you'll experience a go-cart like driving sensation that can only be defined as pure bliss. The car is very efficient, and the engaging drive keeps giving me reasons to head out to the store or just to hit the road. Do yourself a favor, buy this car. You won't regret it.
The driving feel the car delivers; easily the best in segment.
American models don't come with automatic headlights as an option. Though not a huge deal, I'd like them.
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Onvlee flying high after claiming second straight title at Dubai sailing competition
South Africa's Justin Onvlee and Sweden's Karin Alkstedt confirmed their status as two of the world's best young sailing talents with victories in the Dubai Junior Regatta on Sunday.
More than 160 competitors from 21 countries challenged for Optimist and Laser 4.7 honours in the event. Hong Kong's Jamie Dalton placed in the top 30 in the Laser class.
Onvlee, the reigning world junior champion, clinched his second consecutive Laser 4.7 title in the Emirates Airlines-sponsored competition with another brilliant display on the final day of racing.
Onvlee won both races to underline his mastery, completing a comprehensive overall victory over South African teammate Rudy McNeill and Holland's Giljs Pelt, who finished third. Adel Khalid, of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), came fourth. Alkstedt clinched the Optimist crown.
In the team category, the South Africans captured the Laser title, while Sweden took the Optimist honours.
'It was a great way to finish,' said Onvlee. 'I felt confident, but I knew that if I had a disqualification today, I could lose the regatta and I was a bit worried about that. So I took it easy at the start and didn't push the line too hard.
'It was a lot tougher to win than last year when there were 35 boats. This time there were 54 and there was a lot more competition. Adel really surprised me. He has improved a lot since last year and he was just unlucky today.'
Jamie, a Year 10 student from South Island School, said he would use the race as a warm-up for the World Junior Laser Championships, to be held in the United States this summer.
Meanwhile, the world's top junior sailors had the chance to listen to Emirates Team New Zealand skipper Dean Barker and coach Rod Davis, who are in Dubai to develop a training programme for the UAE sailing team.
Barker and Davis answered questions from the competitors, members of the UAE sailing community and journalists at a packed press conference. Barker's main message to youngsters was: 'enjoy yourselves', a reminder that sailing should be fun as well as competitive.
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Trinity Lutheran Christian School, at West Interstate 40 and Avondale Street, will have an open house and register students for grades pre-kindergarten through sixth grade for the 2014-2015 school year from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday.
Trinity has offered quality Christian education in the Texas Panhandle for more than 67 years in a safe, nurturing environment with certified Christian teachers. Affordable tuition, special enrollment incentives and scholarships are available. Every student and family's needs are important.
Nueva Vida Car Club will present La Mission Christian Car Show and Concert at Amarillo Civic Center from noon to 7 p.m. Sunday to benefit Ministry Wings Aviation. Awards will include $200 for best of show, $150 for people's choice and $200 for car hop/single pump first place. Entry fee is $35 the day of the show or $25 for preregistration. Motorcycles and bikes are $20.
Admission to the show is $8. For more information, contact Juan at 806-341-7250 or Silvia at 806-279-2133.
Wade Miller of Heritage Foundation's Action for America, a retired Marine, will speak at the meeting of Amarillo Tea Party Patriots at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Amarillo Senior Citizens Center, 1220 S. Polk St. Miller will review rankings of Texas members of Congress, give an overview of the causes and effects of immigration and the impact on Texas and the nation and discuss actions on nullification of Obamacare. For more information about Amarillo tea party, go to amarillotea
Stephanie Frausto and Shelley Sample from Respect Life Ministries will present the program on Abstinence-Only Education as a holistic approach to helping teens avoid pregnancy at the meeting of Teen Pregnancy Prevention Coalition from noon to 1 p.m. Aug. 20 at United Way, 2207 Line Ave. They will address both the spiritual and secular basis for respecting human sexuality. Lunch is available for $4.
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Christina Hudson, a pediatric nurse, will speak about Panhandle Angels Foundation, which provides support for families of young cancer patients, at the meeting of National Association of Active and Retired Federal Employees at 9:45 a.m. Aug. 21 at Amarillo Senior Citizens Association, 1220 S. Polk St.
All federal employees, active and retired, are welcome. The association advocates rights and benefits of civil servants in the Texas Panhandle.
The Rev. Jerry Raab of Faith West in Amarillo will be guest speaker at a family camp on Labor Day weekend, Aug. 30 through Sept. 1, at Ceta Canyon Camp and Retreat Center, 37201 Farm-to-Market Raod 1721, near Happy. Theme of the camp is "Arrows in your quiver. Are you Katniss or Robin Hood?"
Activities will include worship and celebration of God in a family setting, a jumping pillow, swimming, archery, slip and slide, hiking in the scenic canyons and fishing. Go to www.cetacanyon.org for family camp registration information.
Peer-to-peer support meetings for military veterans of all conflicts are at 9 a.m. on the second Sunday of each month in Room 215 of Trinity Fellowship, 5000 Hollywood Road. The group provides a safe and confidential environment to talk. For more information, call 903-285-0071. Seth D. Hart is facilitator.
Military Veterans Peer Network also needs volunteers to help with mentoring veterans. Pampa area volunteers can contact Rick Price at 806-662-3350 or Seth Hart at 903-285-0071. Volunteers from Amarillo can contact Tousha Barnes at 806-341-0581. Volunteers from the Plainview area can contact Angie Nelms at 806-729-0977.
The 30th Reunion of Canyon High School Class of 1984 is scheduled for Aug. 29 and 30 at Hilton Garden Inn, 9000 W. Interstate 40. Special rates are available. Cost is $50 payable through the Pay Pal link on the class's Facebook page. Information is available on Facebook and classmates
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A new Family-to-Family class for family members and loved ones of people living with mental illness will begin Sept. 4 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at 1743 S. Avondale St. Family-to-Family is a series of 12 weekly classes structured to help caregivers understand and support people with serious mental illness while maintaining their own well-being. The free class is sponsored by NAMI-Texas Panhandle. Call 806-678-7385 for more information.
Amarillo Drum Circle has announced two upcoming special events: Yoga and Drums begins at 6 p.m. Sept. 7 in Memorial Park at Amarillo College. Admission is free and the public is invited. Light Up the Night will be a sunset performance at 7 p.m. Sept. 27 at Wildcat Bluff. Everyone gets a free glow bracelet. For more information, go to www.facebook.com/
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Plans are being made for the 1959 graduating class of Palo Duro High School's 55-year class reunion on Sept. 12 and 13. The reunion committee wants to locate as many as possible. For information or to help contact someone, contact Barbara Fuller Frisbie, P.O. Box 93, Fritch, TX. 79036, 806-857-2048, or email@example.com.


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Over the past couple of years, colorblocked neutrals have become a season-change staple. Because black, tan and grey leather, along with neutral exotics, don't require a certain temperature or sunlight level in order to look appropriate, it only makes sense that they're used to make pieces that consumers love, especially during the times of year when it might be 40 degrees one day and 70 the next.
Odds are that you either loved or hated the handbags from Prada Fall 2012. It was a bold collection for sure, full of prints, appliquéd leather patterns and heavy jewel embellishments, and it takes a particular kind of personal style (not to mention lifestyle) to get optimal usage out of such a bold accessory.
Within the accessories industry, runway bags have a very special spot. They're the most directional of a season's accessories; they tell us where our beloved handbags are headed in the months and years to come and set size, color and texture trends that often endure for seasons at a time. Most brands produce many more bags in their full retail line than they include in their shows, but the runway bags are always the most fashion-forward and experimental of any given group.
Most runway coverage focuses on full looks, though, and even though we cover as many bag collections as we can, looking through all of those posts can be daunting if your goal is simply to get an idea of what's to come and where you'll be spending your money in six months. That's why we've distilled all of that coverage down to a list of bags that not only represent the very best of what's going on in accessories for fall, but give you some inspiration to start filling your savings account. Fall pre-orders will be here before you know it. (more…)
If I had a nickel for every post I've written about mixing colors and textures over the past year…well, I guess I actually do have a nickel, since I get paid for this. The point is, I'd have a lot of nickels. Not enough to retire, but enough to pay my rent, even though they give me a really hard time when I try to pay it in nickels. I'll admit, it's a heavy bag.
Anyway, the trends represented by the Anya Hindmarch Stripy Gracie Mini Shoulder Bag and the Reed Krakoff Kit Python and Leather Shoulder Bag are nothing new – exotics, brights, you guys are all old hat at this. But which do you like better, lots of natural snakeskin with a little bit of color, or lots of color with a little bit of texture? Check out the larger photos and vote in our poll, after the jump. (more…)
Marc by Marc Jacobs Snakes on a Frame Crossbody, $298. LeSportsac Divine Sunglasses Wristlet, $25. Both via ShopBop.
In my three years at PurseBlog, I've written a lot of posts that I never expected to write as part of my job here. For example, I never imagined myself Photoshopping a picture of a small, yappy dog next to a very expensive clutch for comparison's sake. I never expected to write half of the things I've written about all manner of Real Housewives. Today's Bag Battle, though? It might take the cake.
When I first saw the Marc by Marc Jacobs Snakes on a Frame Crossbody, I smiled at its relative novelty. A sunglasses bag! Cute! But yesterday morning I noticed the LeSportsac Divine Sunglasses Wristlet, and the coincidence seemed to fun to pass up. Of course, with two bags that share an unconventional theme, we have to put it to a vote: Which one do you like better? Check out larger photos of both bags and vote in our poll, after the jump. (more…)
Last week, exotic handbag designer extraordinaire Carlos Falchi had an event at Bergdorf Goodman in New York City. Naturally, I had to pop in to say hi and see the newest designs from the master. His area at Bergdorfs was filled with fans and shoppers picking out designs and having Carlos sign them. With the shopping mood in full force, I began to examine every Carlos Falchi bag I could get my hands on. Everyone including myself were buzzing about the superb quality and the fact that his bag are made in the USA.
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Rachael is the latest replicant experiment of Eldon Tyrell.
There is a problem with his more recent, advanced Nexus-6 Replicants - they start to develop their own emotions. The other Replicants we see provide plenty of evidence that this is true. They then start to rebel against being slaves. Tyrell believes that this is because they have no framework within which to deal with their new emotions. Thus, if he can just gift them with memories, he hopes that this will help them cope better and therefore be a "better product."
Rachael is created, but more than just having implanted memories of Tyrell's niece, she is led to believe that she is human. We do not know how long she has been "switched on", but Tyrell admits that he thinks she was "beginning to suspect."
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Rachael figures it out and is then ignored by Tyrell. In desperation she turns to Deckard, who has been told by Captain Bryant to terminate her. But he has fallen for her. Many possibilities exist in interpreting their relationship, some of them depending on whether or not you believe Deckard is himself a Replicant.
Both of them are allowed to live - Deckard by Roy, and Rachael by Gaff, who leaves his calling card (foil unicorn) to show he's been there. Deckard and Rachael leave together. In the original theatrical edition of the film, Deckard's voice over as they drive north suggests that she may have a longer lifespan than any of the other Nexus-6s that were created.