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William Parsons Jr. and David S. Howe's homebred Merry Meadow made her return to the races a winning one, taking the $250,000 Princess Rooney Stakes (gr. II) at Gulfstream Park on July 5.
William Parsons Jr. and David S. Howe's homebred Merry Meadow made her return to the races a winning one, taking the $250,000 Princess Rooney Stakes (gr. II) at Gulfstream Park on July 5.
Wildcat Red was honored as the 2014 Florida-bred Horse of the Year and champion 3-year-old colt at the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders' and Owners' Association annual awards banquet and gala March 16.
Homebred Merry Meadow, winner of the Sugar Swirl Stakes (gr. III) for trainer Mark Hennig, is the 121-pound highweight in a field of seven entered for the $150,000 Hurricane Bertie Feb. 14 at Gulfstream Park.
Jockey Javier Castellano notched his first winner at the Gulfstream Park meeting when he rallied Merry Meadow from just off the pace to post a 1 1/4-length victory in the $100,000 Sugar Swirl Stakes (gr. III) Dec. 13.
A small but talented field of six fillies and mares is to go to post in the $100,000 Sugar Swirl Stakes (gr. III) from Gulfstream Park Dec. 13.
Lady Sheila Stable's La Verdad found her way back to the Belmont Park winner's circle Oct. 18, landing the $150,000 Iroquois on Empire Showcase Day for her fifth stakes score of the year.
Melnyk Racing Stables' Leigh Court punched her ticket to the Breeders' Cup World Championships by outrunning the competition to win the Thoroughbred Club of America Stakes (gr. II) at Keeneland Race Course Oct. 4.
Recent grade II winners Stonetastic and R Free Roll top a solid field of fillies and mares entered in the Oct. 4 Thoroughbred Club of America Stakes (gr. II) that is part of Keeneland's opening weekend stakes extravaganza.
R Free Roll pulled a mild upset July 28 at Saratoga Race Course when shooting straight to the lead and holding firmly in the stretch to take the $200,000 HRTV Honorable Miss Handicap (gr. II) for filly and mare sprinters.
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Tim Keeley's My Option drew well clear of pacesetter Flower Spell to win the Chicago Handicap (gr. III) June 28 at Arlington Park. The 4-year-old Belong to Me filly covered the seven furlongs in 1:23.72.
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After finishing second in her 2014 debut, Kauai Katie appears ready for a top effort in the $150,000 Vagrancy Handicap (gr. III) May 17 at Belmont Park.
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I purchased this 8 months ago to use on wood,laminate, tile floors. I had an old Bissell steam mop and kept the carpet refresher. The mop steams well, the vacuum suction is good. Still have those corner puppies to pick up. With this said, I am very happy with the cleaning results. As a suggestion, keep an eye on the vacuum fill line. And only use as a carpeted freshener.kimcb, PA
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The TUSD Tragedy – Save Ethnic Studies from Three Sonorans on Vimeo. 5 years ago this week, on May 3rd, 2011, the event now known as the TUSD Tragedy took place which you can see in the video above. Superintendent John Pedicone somehow how gained the power to give orders to police, 7 women were arrested, and outside police were throwing students and their parents on the street, bloodying them and leaving gravel still embedded under their skin years later. TUSD was changed forever… innocence was lost as the board room became a militarized zone. In less than a year […]» Read more


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MICA is very pleased to see unanimous Municipal support for paved shoulders on HWY 540 as it will receive resurfacing between 2016-18. Paved shoulders dramatically increase the safety of all road users and are making the new 1 metre passing law a lot easier for all our automobiles, big trucks and tandem trailers. MICA has forwarded all municipal resolutions to the Minister of Transportation Ontario (MTO).
Nearly 8000 copies of "Manitoulin Island & LaCloche Mountains Cycling Routes & Road Map" have been sold. The third edition will see an addition of over 27 km of new mountain bike trails, a summer activity enjoyed by many of our visitors. Did you know that Manitoulin and the La Cloche area offer well over 800km of cycling loops enjoyed by visitors and locals alike? With excellent hill training through the La Cloche Mountains, quiet flat paved country roads for roadies and off road trails, our visitors stay an average of 6.5 days on Manitoulin. That is a few days longer than any other visitor segment. MICA is happy to inform you, that our volunteers will be representing Manitoulin again at the three day Toronto International Bicycle Show in early March, 2016. The Ferry, the Expositor and many Municipalities continue to support MICA in this effort. Last year we distributed over 1500 copies of "This is Manitoulin" stuffed with promo material. The ferry walk-on cycle count was up over 14.5% and the overall count is up with 5186 cycles counted. Last year's Manitoulin Passage ride attracted 240 riders and our preparations are well on the way for the 6th Manitoulin Passage Ride, June 4&5, 2016. We are expecting over 300 participants. If you're an accommodation provider wishing to advertise on MICA's website, please contact us at 705 377 4471. www.manitoulincycling.com email@example.com Remember to lobby for paved shoulders on HWY 540.


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I have an 8 year old and he still does not have the "S" sound and the "TH" sound. I called a therapy place to ask about a screening and they mostly take younger children and go to the child to meet them for thearpy. Very little is done at the office. He recommended that I contact the school for a screening as an almost 9 year should have all sounds mastered. I was wondering the procedure to go through the school. Do you think this is something the school system will help with? Anyone have ideas to get this started with the school. I am not familiar with this process. He also suggested recommened e-mailing the teacher to ask for a form. Thanks.
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I am not sure if the process is similar in NC but in MA you could a couple of routes. You could contact the teacher and share your concerns and ask if your son could be screened. She could then easily initiate the process. You could also call the school and ask to speak to the person who coordinates special education at your son's school (in MA the person is called an evaluation team facilittator). You could request the screening through this individual as well.
The speech and language therapist would meet with your son for a quick evaluation. She will determine if your child needs a more thorough evaluation, if your son doesn't need therapy or if your son would benefit from therapy but doesn't require a more thorough evaluation. At his age it would likely be a short term intervention, likely two 15 minute sessions a week for a few months and this could be accomplished by putting your son on a 504 to do so.
Again, this is the process in MA but I can't imagine it's too different where you live. GL!
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I'm surprised the school hasn't said anything to you. I would talk to his teacher and the school intervention specialist. I did private speech therapy with odd. The process through the school system was going to take too long.
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At school age the public schools are the ones that are to proivide speech therapy for free. I am actually pretty surprised that his teacher has not said a word. I would talk to her and tell her to start tha ball rolling for an eval. and if she doesn't know (which I doubt would be the case) then speak with the front office and ask them the process.
When I was in grade school I had to have speech 2 times a week 20 minutes each time. I couldn't say S and lisped. But that's b/c my front tooth came out and the perm tooth took forever to come in.
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I had him evaluated by the school district when he was 5, but they said that he wasn't delayed enough for speech services. Just a few months ago I had another evaluation done through our health insurance who said that he absolutely should have those sounds by now, but because there is no medical reason for his speech issues they won't cover any speech therapy. I brought it up to his teacher and she said that it didn't seem to be bad enough to go through an evaluation with the school.
So, yes it's an issue, but not one that anyone will work with him on.
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I'm an SLP in a public school, and yes, you need to request that your child be evaluated for services. He should have mastered all his sounds by now and he will most likely qualify for speech services. Good luck.
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He won't need a 504. Speech (SLI) is a category for an IEP.
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He won't need a 504. Speech (SLI) is a category for an IEP.
If he doesn't need any services other than speech an IEP isn't necessary and a 504 makes more sense. In order to qualify for speech under an IEP he would have to have a full initial evaluation and would need to qualify with a communication disorder. It's a lot of work for the special education staff to complete an initial evaluation and if his articulation errors are not impacting his academic progress he won't qualify. It sounds to me like he is just having articulation difficulties so a 504 makes more sense, especially if it's only for a short term intervention. It's a much quicker process than an IEP. As an AP, I am the 504 coordinator for my school as well and every student we have who only receives speech services and no academic support has a 504 and not an IEP. .
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I guess different states do it different ways because I have never seen a child classified as SLI without an IEP.
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Yes OP, talk to his teacher or you can contact the school SLP directly. They will do a brief screening first which will flag any speech problems. If he fails the screening they will then take 60 days to do a full speech assessment. Once that it done they will call an IEP meeting to go over the results.


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Stronger ties with Cambodia sought ahead of rice-trading zone
Thailand will forge closer ties with Cambodia and other neighbouring countries to increase competency in rice trading and boost the bargaining power of Asean countries by setting up a rice-trading zone soon.
Also, Thailand will expand crop cooperation to cassava to raise farm incomes in the region.
Commerce Minister Boonsong Teriyapirom said yesterday that Thailand would strengthen cooperation with Cambodia in the trading of rice and other crops such as cassava to ensure stable cereal prices and promote more trading of Asean crops in the world market.
The proposal will be discussed during the fourth Joint Trade Commission (JTC) meeting in Phnom Penh on Sunday and Monday. Boonsong will lead Thai officials to the meeting with Cambodian Commerce Minister Cham Prasith to discuss closer cooperation in trade, economics and investment, as well as ways to break down trade barriers.
The cooperation will help prevent the smuggling of cheaper rice from Cambodia to pledge to the Thai government under the price-support scheme. Cambodia enjoys lower costs of production.
Thailand has also asked for closer cooperation with Myanmar on the issue of a rice-trading zone.
Thailand will help Cambodia promote its cassava under the same concept of rice trading. it will help encourage more trading of cereals, such as cassava and maize, by promoting contract farming to ensure stable incomes for farmers.
The JTC will discuss a strategy to promote bilateral trade with an emphasis on cross-border shipments, which account for 65 per cent of two-way trade value.
Cambodia is the eighth-largest trading partner of Thailand in Asean and its No 26 trading partner of the world.
Last year, two-way trade was valued at US$4.03 billion (Bt116 billion), or 0.84 per cent of Thailand's total trade. Exports to Cambodia were worth $3.78 billion against only $249.5 million for imports from that country.
Thailand will seek more trade and investment opportunities with Cambodia, which can supply plentiful labour and natural resources and can act as a bridge to Vietnam, Boonsong said.
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Susie Stephenson started hooking rugs when her mother put a hook in her hand and said, "Try this." In a week she finished her first rug and started another. Now, she's been hooking for more than a decade. She recently retired from teaching to hook and write full time.
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Each of Stephenson's designs tells a story—many about beloved animals and pets or the many houses she has lived in or dreams about. One of her favorites shows a large smiling fox in the middle of the rug with chickens in three corners and only a feather in the fourth corner. They have chickens at their farm and a neighborhood fox that occasionally stops by for a snack. She also hooks boats, water scenes, and mermaids, experimenting with colors and textures in the sky and getting the water to look like it's moving. All of her wool is recycled from garments collected at second-hand shops or clothing discards given to her.
Stephenson recently started teaching classes on primitive rug hooking. She also has been involved in hook-ins around her home state of Maine and has spoken at the Maine State Museum during a "Hook In May." She lives in Edgecomb with her husband, four children, and a variety of pets and animals.


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The best way to prevent pollution is to reduce the generation of waste at its source. This has been a basic philosophy behind IBM's pollution prevention program since 1971. Where possible, we redesign processes to eliminate or reduce chemical use, or we substitute the use of certain chemicals altogether with more environmentally preferable substances. We maintain programs for proper management of the chemicals used in our operations, from selection and purchase to storage, use and final disposal.
To more effectively track IBM's hazardous waste management performance, we developed a methodology in 1992 to correlate the hazardous waste generated from our manufacturing operations relative to production, and established a voluntary environmental goal based on this methodology in 1995 to drive continual reduction in the hazardous waste generated from these operations.
The goal is to achieve a year-to-year reduction in hazardous waste generation from IBM's manufacturing processes, indexed to output. The metric is measured at IBM's three microelectronics manufacturing locations that generate the majority of IBM's hazardous waste that is attributable to manufacturing processes.
In 2014, IBM's hazardous waste generation indexed to output decreased by 1.7 percent, or approximately 39 metric tons, compared to the goal of a year-to-year reduction. The primary factor for this decrease was a reduction in sludge containing fluoride and heavy metals from wastewater treatment at one manufacturing site.
The total hazardous waste generated by IBM worldwide in 2014 decreased by 45 percent from 2013 to 4,040 metric tons. There were two primary factors for this year-to-year decrease: first, the completion of land remediation programs at two IBM locations in the United States, which generated significant quantities of contaminated soil in 2013, and second, a reduction in industrial wastewater treatment plant (IWTP) sludge classified as hazardous waste from one of our microelectronics manufacturing locations, resulting from the delisting of the waste stream as "hazardous" in 2013. This IWTP sludge is now used as an alternative daily cover for a landfill.
For the hazardous waste that is generated, we focus on preventing pollution through a comprehensive, proactive waste management program. For example, IBM has an active program for increasing the off-site reclamation and beneficial use of waste solvents from photolithography processes.
Of the total 4,040 metric tons of hazardous waste IBM generated worldwide in 2014, 57 percent was recycled, 29 percent was sent off-site for treatment, 11 percent was sent by IBM directly to suitably regulated landfills, and 3 percent was sent for incineration. Of the total amount of hazardous waste sent to landfills, about 58 percent was sludge from IWTPs. Government regulations required disposition of this sludge in secure hazardous waste landfills.
Nonhazardous waste
IBM also has focused for decades on preventing the generation of nonhazardous waste, and where this is not practical, recovering and recycling the materials that are generated. Nonhazardous waste includes paper, wood, metals, glass, plastics and nonhazardous chemical substances.
We established our first voluntary environmental goal to recycle nonhazardous waste streams in 1988. The goal has since evolved on two fronts. The first expanded the traditional dry waste streams to include nonhazardous chemical waste and end-of-life IT equipment from our own operations, as well as IBM-owned equipment returned by external customers at the end of a lease. The second broadened the goal to include nonhazardous waste generated by IBM at leased locations that meet designated criteria.
Our voluntary environmental goal is to send an average of 75 percent of the nonhazardous waste generated by IBM to be recycled. In 2014, we sent 86 percent of the nonhazardous waste generated by IBM worldwide to be recycled.
Treatment methods that were recognized toward the waste recycling target included reuse, recycle, energy recovery, composting, reclamation and land farming. Treatment methods that were not recognized toward the recycling target included incineration, landfilling and treatment, such as aqueous treatment, biodegradation of organics, filtration, neutralization and stabilization.
In 2014, our worldwide operations generated approximately 107,000 metric tons of nonhazardous waste, an increase of 42,000 from 2013. This increase resulted from several large construction projects at IBM locations in 2014. Construction debris accounted for about 48 percent of nonhazardous waste we generated in 2014. Without this waste stream, IBM would have seen a 1,400 metric ton reduction compared to 2013.
Source reduction and waste prevention initiatives implemented by IBM worldwide were estimated to have prevented the generation of over 4,000 metric tons of nonhazardous waste in 2014, with estimated annual handling, treatment and disposal cost savings and revenue returns totaling $5.5 million.


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Five Centuries After He Sailed the Ocean Blue, the Explorer's Storied Reputation Is Taking a Revisionist Clobbering
As writer John Noble Wilford points out in his provocative new book, The Mysterious History of Columbus—occasioned by the impending, increasingly vituperative 500th anniversary of the voyage that transformed the Americas and the world—other aspects of Columbus's life are clouded by ambiguity as well. We cannot precisely fathom, for example, why he should have clung so insistently to the notion that he could reach the Far East by sailing west across the vast Ocean Sea. Perhaps it was simply a miscalculation. Other men of his time knew that such a voyage was theoretically possible, but they believed the distance was too great for ships to survive. They were right; Columbus was wrong. But for the unexpected intervention of America, he and his men would almost surely have perished. Yet the man possessed a heroic intransigence—deluded, perhaps, but of a kind that enables human beings sometimes to surpass themselves.
Unfortunately, neither the greatness of his obsession nor his formidable skills as a sailor ("By a simple look at the night sky," marveled a companion on the second of his four American voyages, "he would know what route to follow or what weather to expect") was of any consolation to the luckless natives he chanced to discover. Enslaved, ravaged by European diseases and treated with unself-conscious cruelty by Columbus and the adventurers who followed him, entire populations were driven to the brink of extinction within a generation or two. The discoverer's reputation is stained by the memory, which wars with our appreciation of his singular determination and courage and with our sympathy for his Lear-like decline. His most virulent critics today blame Columbus for all the vices of modern America and the wreckage of the paradise that they believe he found. Perhaps if he were here to witness this sweeping indictment, he might wish that the world had been flat. But probably not; he was never a man to be easily daunted by popular opinion, even in the event that it was right.
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MGM Grand, Las Vegas - WBC super middleweight champion Andre Ward and WBC light heavyweight king Chad Dawson came together at the MGM Grand to officially announce their showdown for September 8th at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California. HBO will televise. Dawson is dropping down to 168-pounds to challenge Ward for his title. Photos by Stacey Verbeek.
[QUOTE=BattlingNelson;12231251]Ward fighting a drained Dawson in jOakland. Yuck. I cannot believe Dawson said yes to this deal.[/QUOTE] a buddy of mine was making fun of that as well...he said Chad just wanted to fight...no negoiations or nothing!! :lol1::lol1:Comment by BattlingNelson on 06-11-2012
Ward fighting a drained Dawson in jOakland. Yuck. I cannot believe Dawson said yes to this deal.Comment by jayjames616 on 06-10-2012
I don't like when fighters get robbed but if Dawson gets robbed he deserves it. He allowed himself to get rapped in the terms of the fight smh He decided to go to oakland and fight at 168, if he…Comment by MJ223 on 06-10-2012
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What Timothy Fred Glines is accused of doing to his girlfriend is exactly the reason the Violence Against Women Act needed to be renewed.
Glines is accused of kidnapping and beating the mother of his 16-month-old child and forcing her to take money out of her account at an ATM.
To drive the point home, he threatened to kill her if she told the cops, according to the report.
And that's why it was so important that Congress finally renewed the Violence Against Women Act this week.
Well, at least Democrat Jim Clyburn thought it was important. He was the only one of our congressmen to vote in favor of the bill.
Republicans Joe Wilson, Trey Gowdy, Jeff Duncan, Mick Mulvaney and Tom Rice voted against it.
Duncan seems more focused on protecting our second amendment rights and encouraging offshore drilling, according to a letter on his website.
Gowdy spoke movingly on the House floor about the tragic death of a victim of a domestic homicide from his district, but then decried partisan politics and voted against the Senate version of the bill, calling it "constitutionally suspect."
Well, that'll teach 'em.
Protection for all
The bill protects women, and men — who make up about 15 percent of domestic violence victims. And it provides equal rights in domestic abuse cases for gays and lesbians, immigrants and Native Americans.
Our politicians must know that we're the No. 2 state in the country for women killed by men, that our rate of domestic abuse and domestic homicide is a shameful blight on South Carolina.
Maybe they were just working so hard to compromise on the sequester that they didn't have time for anything else.
The fact that the law expired in 2011 is embarrassing enough. That our Republican leaders voted against it is inexplicable and inexcusable.
Education, prevention
The act improves services for victims. It gives law enforcement more tools to fight the problem. It provides for victim assistance. It calls for reducing rape kit backlogs.
It also provides for education. Members of the Tri-County Domestic Violence Coordinating Council heard an education program proposal from Marlvis "Butch" Kennedy with Project Unity at their February meeting.
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It includes the Real MAD Top 10, things like leading by example, challenging other men on their ways of thinking, and having the courage to look inward. "We feel that all men from (age) 10 to 100 can benefit from the program," Kennedy told the group.
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Ice Climbing. A burning Olympic ambition
As five new sports, including sport climbing, are confirmed as part of the official event competition programme for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, the UIAA remains committed to its ambition of ensuring ice climbing becomes part of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing.
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Champions and Pioneers
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France to host pinnacle ice climbing event
The venue for the 2017 UIAA Ice Climbing World Championships is confirmed.
27 Apr 2016
Ice climbing showcased in Tignes
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25 Apr 2016
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Annual Meeting: UIAA Ice Climbing Commission
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10 Apr 2016
PractICE climbing. Our guide for the future of the sport.
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17 Mar 2016
Ice Climbing scales new heights at Lillehammer 2016
The second edition of the Youth Winter Olympic Games concluded in Lillehammer, Norway yesterday following a ten-day competition which crowned 70 different gold medal winners.
22 Feb 2016
2016 UIAA Ice Climbing World Tour Review. We Are Ice Climbing
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15 Feb 2016
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Practically Green states that "most common chemical used, perchloroethylene aka perc, is dangerous. The EPA says perc causes cancer in lab animals, and is a likely human carcinogen that impacts brain, liver, and kidney function. It's no good for the environment, either. Yet 85 percent of U.S. dry cleaners use perc (there are an estimated 35,000 of them)." And according to Washington Post, Perc remains in dry cleaned clothes! Yikes!
So why not use "Green Dry Cleaners" then? While they might be less toxic, the chemicals they use is still derived from petrochemicals and are still not that safe.
Do you know what's the safest method then? And cheaper? "Wet" cleaning. Really. In fact, I've been hand washing "Dry Clean" only linens and silks and line drying them for years.
But I admit; I used to send heavy Pendleton wool blankets to be dry cleaned because I was afraid that they will shrink if I washed them in water. Well, it turns out, I was wrong.
I washed my Pendleton wool blankets in cold water a month of ago and they came out perfect!
I used my non-toxic detergent mixture to wash and rinse the blanket in "COLD" water and GENTLE CYCLE. Then, I used extra rinse to make sure all the soap was rinsed out. Then, I tumble dried it under "Air Dry" setting for about 20 minutes. "Air Dry" setting has no heat but it just tumbles the blanket to give them a good shake to get all the wrinkles out. I took out the blanket, and draped it over two dining room chairs, like a tent. I let it dry over night in the living room. I don't know if line drying it outside would be a good idea since I don't know what the direct sunlight would do.
Anyway, washing it and drying it this way made the blanket come out as if it was "dry" cleaned! No wrinkles. No shrinkage. AND best part? NO CHEMICALS!! And for once, they felt cleaned! Just make sure you don't do this TOO often as wool might get 'felted' and shrink if you wash it too often. I'd wash it once every two years for normal usage.
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Cephalon entered into a number of agreements today that strengthen its operations in leukemia and sciatica. In one of the deals, it signed a convertible note subscription agreement with ChemGenex Pharmaceuticals, an Australian-based oncology biopharmaceutical company. Under the terms of the agreement, it will provide up to A$15 million (about $14.73 million) to ChemGenex in return for a note that is convertible at A$0.50 per share.
This funding will support ChemGenex operations including clinical activities to complete an NDA for omacetaxine as a treatment for chronic myelogenous leukemia patients who have failed two or more tyrosine kinase inhibitors.
Separately, Cephalon entered into option agreements with two of ChemGenex' major shareholders, Stragen International and Merck Sante S.A.S. Under those option agreements, it has the right to acquire up to 19.9% of ChemGenex' outstanding shares at A$0.70 per share.
In addition, Cephalon exercised its option to acquire BioAssets Development (BDC) following receipt of interim data from a Phase II placebo-controlled study evaluating epidural administration of a tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitor for the treatment of sciatica in 45 patients. Sciatica is a neuropathic inflammatory pain condition that occurs when the sciatic nerve is compressed, injured, or irritated.
Upon the closing of the merger, Cephalon would purchase all of the outstanding capital stock of BDC for $12.5 million, subject to net working capital and debt adjustments set forth in the merger agreement. BDC has already received $30 million for the Cephalon option to acquire BDC, and shareholders could receive additional payments related to regulatory and sales milestones.
Cephalon will gain rights to the BDC intellectual property estate covering the use of cytokine inhibitors including TNF inhibitors for sciatic pain in patients with intervertebral disk herniation as well as other spinal disorders. The transaction is expected to close in mid-November.
"With this acquisition, Cephalon combines BDC's intellectual property and scientific expertise regarding TNF inhibitors with our own pipeline," comments Lesley Russell, M.D., CMO for Cephalon. The firm plans on evaluating its own epidural administration of its domain antibody TNF inhibitor, CEP 37247, in a Phase II program. "The BDC data provides a path forward to evaluate a potential nonsurgical approach for the treatment of patients suffering from the debilitating effects of sciatica," Dr. Russell adds.
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Bluejack National golf course, designed by Tiger Woods Design, celebrated the opening of its casual mini course with an 11-year old shooting a hole in one — in front of Tiger Woods.
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The saddest part of every season is the end. Not only because we lose out on the fun that the games provide us every Saturday, but because we have to lose members of our athletic family every year.
Make no mistake. This isn't hyperbole. These players are ingrained into our minds all year. Think about every conversation you have had involving your favorite team and players. Do you not recall mentioning these guys numerous times?
They have the special privilege of being a part of a fans life for a short period of time, and it is sad to see them go. Here are seven names that the Gamecocks will miss.


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Life Search + maps from The World Factbook
By Aleksandr Varaksa
Open iTunes to buy and download apps.
Now you can compare countries for life, travel & money as simple as possible!
+maps from The World Factbook 2012.
There are two basic parameters, which influence for the people's life in the modern world: life's quality and a money. This app - it's a step to qualify each country about life in it in simplified form.
Each parameter "Life" and "Money" marked: (1-,2-,3-,4,5,6,7) [ higher - better ] and a sum of marks presented on the buttons.
The apps "Immigration Calculator" and "Life Search" have different design, more parametrs and marks - therefore they are more informative and accuracy are higher.
"Life Search" - help to choose destination country for travel (round-trip) for one person.
"Immigration Calculator" help to choose destination country for immigration according the quantity of people in the family, money and assuming temperature of global warming.
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A few bruises pepper Matt Jones' skin, a badge of honor reminding his Hutchinson Community College teammates of his sacrifices.
"I have a couple on my leg still," Jones said. "I still have a welt from one of the first ones of the year on my shin."
Jones has stepped to the plate 118 times this season. On 21 occasions, he has been hit by a pitch.
"Sometimes they miss pitches inside and they hit me," Jones said. "Other times, it just happens to be first pitch, I'll step in there looking for an inside fastball and they'll hit me in the leg, hit me in the ribs or something. It's kind of a funny stat."
Jones is simply following the advice of the coaches – "anchor in." Getting hit by a pitch is just as good as a walk or a single.
It just may sting a little more.
"It's kind of an adrenaline thing. At first you don't feel it, 'OK, whatever,' " Jones said. "Then you get to first and you're like, 'Ahh, it hurts more now.' "
It is a quirky stat, but one the Blue Dragons are using to their advantage. Hutchinson (21-6) has been hit by a pitch 69 times through 27 games, the top mark in the NJCAA.
Jones' 21 plunks are also the high-water mark, eight more than the next closest player. When he steps in the batter's box, 18 percent of the time it ends in a beanball.
He is not an easy target to miss. Towering in with his 6-foot-7-inch, 250-pound frame, the lefty has no interest in changing his approach at the plate. He is going to stand in the same spot each at-bat, regardless if it ends with a black-and-purple patch of skin.
If he has the choice – he never does – Jones prefers to get beaned in his tree-trunk legs.
"I don't like getting hit in the shoulders or back," he said. "You can't control it. Wherever."
There is more to Jones than his penchant for getting drilled. Adding in 11 walks, Jones is carrying a team-best .543 on-base percentage. He can put the ball in play, too, working with a .369 batting average.
Hutchinson has been an ideal landing spot for Jones. While at the University of Nebraska, he had Tommy John surgery in 2012. He redshirted and rehabbed that season, but it took him off track. The pitcher and first baseman would see limited innings if he stayed there. Instead, he took a chance, venturing off to join the Blue Dragons.
Injuries around the roster have Jones out of position in Hutchinson, as he has spent most of this season in left field. Jones will do whatever it takes to help the team – even taking a fastball off the ribs.
"I feel like if we anchor in and don't move, it means we're always looking to get on base," Jones said. "We'll do it any way we can. If it's getting hit by a pitch, we're there. We're not going to move for anything, at least we know that."


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Other Thoughts: Replaced a 5 year old MSI GTX 260. Did it to support the 4K Seiki TV used as a monitor.
I was only expecting a modest speed improvement if any in my mostly editing and browsing applications. I was wrong. It is a lot faster and seems to make the whole system run better.
When it connected via HDMI to the Seiki monitor, the monitor recognized it and ran 4k automatically. I've tried playing some HBO movies online and it scaled them to 4k seamlessly.
The housing is plastic, not as impressive as the GTX 260s longer metal housing. But it is lighter and queiter.
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Cons: It is an adapter not a docking station, so the disk is bare on the desk.
Other Thoughts: Now that the new Sandy Bridge system has over 5TB of storage, I needed to recover documents, photos, and videos a draw full of old (2005 an earlier) disk drives. This is doing the job.
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Rated 4 / 5 stars
Almost got me
I really like the beginning and end but the middle part was a little loud.
My score: 8/10
Rated: 4/5
Rated 4 / 5 stars
To bad its just a drum machine doing the beat
Rated 4 / 5 stars
Stay Alive, aww. Great remix to an extent but the original song cant be beat.
Mirror's Edge was BA though :P
yep! I agree, nothings beats the original :)
and the game is great, yes!
Rated 4 / 5 stars
The music was great.
But Mirror's Edge was just about the biggest disappointment of 2008.
Rated 4 / 5 stars
Great job on this one. But the harder part isn't really in the spirit of the game, and in contradiction to what some say, I wouldn't want to listen to this during a playthrough. Still, it's worthwile to listen to in the end for outside the game, and it's certainly a good remix. Now try making a techno-version. Then, maybe, I can listen to it during a playthrough ;)


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|Program Terms:
Program Cost
Program Cost,
|Dates / Deadlines:
|App Deadline
|Decision Date
|Start Date
|End Date
|03/02/2016 **
|Rolling Admission
|NOTE: Students enrolling in FREN 201 should plan to arrive in Paris on July 1, 2016.
** Indicates rolling admission application process. Students will be immediately notified of acceptance into this program and be able to complete post-decision materials prior to the term's application deadline.
Indicates that deadline has passed
|Fact Sheet:
|Language Requirement:
|good academic standing
|Disciplines offered:
|Architecture (ARCH), Art History (ARTH), College of Arts and Sciences, Communication Studies (COMM), French (FREN), Philosophy (PHIL), Theology (THRS), Undergraduate
|Host families, Residence halls, Shared apartments off-campus
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FRANCE: Paris
Summer Program
Arts & Sciences 2016 Summer Program
Paris, "The City of Light" draped in history, tradition, culture, and glamour, has long been a center of academia. The Seine River has long been a source of the city's economic, political, and artistic notoriety. The two banks of the Seine each have distinct personalities: the spacious boulevards and formal buildings of the Rive Droite [right bank] to the north and the cultural and intellectual reputation of the Rive Gauche [left bank] to the south. Both banks contribute to the diversity of this magnificent city. While Paris probably has more familiar landmarks than any other city in the world, it also has an endless amount of enchanting nooks to be discovered.
Watch the video, UNE NUIT PARISIENNE [Paris by Night].
In this faculty-led summer program students will have the opportunity to get a taste of la vie Parisienne. Classes will be offered in a variety disciplines and lecture material is enhanced through excursions and site visits throughout the city. All courses are instructed by USD faculty. With the exception of the French (FREN) courses, all classes are instructed in English. Classroom space is located at the CEA Global Campus, located in the 3rd arrondissement.
Dr. Can Bilsel
What role has utopia played in the formation of the modern city? The architectural and urban projects that have shaped great cities throughout modernity embody a number of social visions ranging from the utopian hope of unlimited freedom in an ideal society, to the dystopian ideas of absolute control and surveillance. Using Paris as an urban laboratory, this course surveys the emergence of modern art, architecture and urbanism in the nineteenth and twentieth century, and the intersections of architecture with utopian ideas. Topics include the transformation of Paris under Baron Haussmann, the work of Le Corbusier, the Situationist International, and the construction of the
grands ensembles (modernist new towns) around Paris.
Faculty-led fieldtrips and museum visits in Paris will follow class readings, lectures and discussions. Bring comfortable shoes and sunblock. The course is open to students with no background in architecture and art history, and satisfies Fine Arts Core. Upper-division students are
encouraged to enroll in 321, which offers opportunities for further student-faculty research.
Dr. Bradley Bond
Sex is foundational to the development and maintenance of human relationships. Communication about sex happens in a myriad of interpersonal, group, organizational, and mediated contexts. This course explores the many ways in which sexual communication intersects with our personal, relational, institutional, and cultural values and norms. Paris is an appropriate location to teach this course because of the emphasis (and paradoxically, de-emphasis) that French culture places on sexual socialization. The similarities and differences between French and American sexual culture will also provide students with a unique context from which they can directly apply many of the concepts and research conclusions that will be discussed in this class to better understand sexual socialization. The "city of love" affords a multitude of immersive experiences related to attraction, love, and sex that will allow students to engage in experiential learning in ways not possible on USD's campus.
Dr. Michele Magnin
The final course of the core language sequence completes the introduction of the basic structures of the language, with increased emphasis on grammatical exactness to further develop communicative proficiency. At this level students are encouraged to participate in community service-learning and/or cultural activities within the French-speaking community. In addition, students in Paris will have the opportunity to speak French in their host families, and will have a more direct experience of French culture than students taking French in San Diego. Fulfills language competency core requirement. Pre-requisite: FREN 102 or equivalent or language placement exam.
Dr. Lori Watson
France has a rich philosophical history, and Paris is a large part of that history. In this course students will study the ethical and political philosophies of Rousseau, Simone De Beauvior, Sartre, and Focault. Each of these thinkers is important in the history of philosophy, however they are all often considered minor figures. This course aims to highlight their contributions in the context in which they were developed. Rousseau was a transformative political thinker in French society, and found himself exiled after the French Revolution. Simone De Beauvoir's The Second Sex is a seminal feminist text with a specifically French context and perspective (given the influence of Sartre and Socialism prevalent in France at that time). We will read Foucault's Discipline and Punish, and situate that in the French context (the revolution, especially). Philosophy was a very public enterprise in France during the Enlightenment period and beyond.
THRS 367 | SAINTS, SEX, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE : French Feminism in Conversation with Catholic Theology & Ethics
Dr. Emily Reimer-Barry
This course is an exploration of contemporary feminist theology from the Christian perspective to gain knowledge of its contribution and challenges to the whole of the Christian tradition. Included is a survey of its historical emergence, methods and approaches, major theological themes, tasks, commitments, and spirituality.
Christine de Pizan—French poet, author, and invited member of the court of Charles V and Jeanne de Bourbon, king and queen of France—wrote with passionate conviction over six hundred years ago that "there is not the slightest doubt that women belong to the people of God and the human race as much as men and are not another species or dissimilar race." (The Book of the City of Ladies, pub. 1405). The implications of this claim—that women are human—continue to befuddle people of faith today. What does it mean to be human? Does sexual differentiation matter, and if so, how? Is Christian theology sexist? How does the principle of social justice inform contemporary Christian understandings of sexuality, and what work remains to be done? This course will explore these questions through readings, discussions, and field trips in one of the most vibrant, historically significant, culturally rich cities in the world: Paris, France. After an introduction to theological method and feminist methods, we will embark on a thematic journey through feminist theology and ethics with the aim of building skills in gender analysis, critical thinking, cultural competency, and self-reflection. We will read texts by prominent French feminists, including Simone de Beauvoir, Luce Irigaray, and Julia Kristeva. We will learn about French saints (Jeanne d'Arc, St. Geneviève, Louise de Marillac, Vincent de Paul, Jane Frances de Chantal, and others), and we will discuss the Catholic Church's contributions to human rights discourse in the modern world, especially the role of Catholic social thought. Paris is our classroom, and students will be required to go on field trips to churches, museums, and historic sites that will enrich our class discussions and student learning.
Students enrolled in all classes other than French will be able to indicate their housing preferences after admittance to the Summer prorgram. Students may request accommodation in a residence hall, shared studio, or apartment. While students are able to indicate preferences, placement will be based on local availability in Paris. Housing accommodations are a minimum of double occupancy and students will be roomed with other USD program participants.
Students enrolled in a French course will be housed with a French host family.
For a detailed description of program costs please see the Program Cost in the box at the top of this webpage.
Students applying for the FREN 201 course may qualify for the Professor Gisela Sulzmann Scholarship. Please check out the scholarship application for more details.
Students with US, Canadian, Mexican and / or European Union citizenship will not need to secure immigration documents other than a valid passport until January 2017. Please make sure you have a valid passport as well as at least 2 blank pages for stamps in your passport. If you are not a citizen of the aforementioned locations, please contact your study abroad advisor promptly to learn immigration requirements.
More information on course activities coming soon!
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Recap: 'Saturday Night Live' - Host Gabourey Sidibe sings and MGMT performs
When "Precious" (I refused to type out the rest of the title) debuted at Sundance, all of the hype was surrounding Mo'Nique's breakthrough performance: it was showy, it was horrifying, and it eventually won her an Academy Award. However, Gabourey Sidibe was sort of an unsung hero at that point, a talented young discovery who manages to bring to life a character who needs to be something more than an emotional punching bag for that film to truly succeed. But as the Awards season wore on, her winning performance and her winning demeanor unsurprising won over pretty much the entire world: she seems uncorrupted by her stardom, always smiling and always excited to be able to do the things that her success have afforded her. However, this means that her appearance as the host of "Saturday Night Live" could go in two directions: either her enthusiasm will make for a winning experience, or else her enthusiasm will finally find itself horribly misplaced as she is stuck hosting a lifeless comedy show in the midst of a fairly substantial creative black hole.
Ultimately, I'd say that it leans more towards the former, although Sidibe succeeds at winning us over in spite of some pretty terrible material overall.
[Full recap of the April 24 "Saturday Night Live" after the break...
My Cold Open had the sound cut off, which makes it the best cold open in weeks – it had Fred Armisen as Obama, though, so I'm going to go out on a limb and say it wasn't very funny, but on my end it was very well lit, and the camera stayed really steady. [Grade: S for Silent]
Sidibe's monologue was one of those ones where the performer's enthusiasm overwhelms some uninspired material. The actual jokes in the "I'm Gabourey" song never really came together (Oprah didn't even get a laugh), but Sidibe was just plain fun: whether telling college to suck it, or talking about Mariah Carey's moustache, it was just fun to see someone out there just having fun. She seemed nervous, but that's understandable, and it actually made it more endearing at the end of the day. The show didn't do her any favours, but they at least gave her a monologue that she was able to make her own. [Grade: B+]
Kristen Wiig's Suze Orman impression isn't actually funny, it's just accurate: Suze Orman isn't actually relevant to popular culture, so it's not as if there's anything topical to say using the character. And so the show trots out the same types of jokes it would have used when they did the sketch three years ago, which creates no connection to current events. Sidibe's character had an inconsistent and unnecessary Jamaican accent, and I never even cracked a smile during the sketch. It was just a waste of time, which is not why we watch television this late at night. [Grade: D]
The "Steve Harvey hosting Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" sketch is so bizarre that I don't know where to begin: the sketch was effectively that the host of a game show doesn't know how to pronounce the words on the screen, leading to a lot of confusion over Icelandic words at the sketch's conclusion. However, I had no idea why Steve Harvey (who, as far as I know, hasn't been relevant for a while) was hosting it, or why they chose Millionaire. As it turns out, Harvey guest hosted the daytime syndicated version of the series a few weeks ago, and prattled on so much about his personal life that they barely got to any contestants. However, while perhaps the sketch then becomes a little bit funny, since when has Saturday Night Live been drawing their topical humour from daytime syndicated spin-offs of failed primetime game shows? Is a parody of last week's Deal or No Deal contestant on tap for the next new episode? It's just weird. [Grade: D+]
I actually completely forgot that the "Get Going" sketch even existed when I started writing this review – I actually thought some of the material was alright, mainly Sidibe selling the title line, but it just didn't seem to go anywhere, and Sidibe struggled a bit with the lines which sort of threw the rhythm off a bit.
There are times, though, when confusion is actually what the show is going for rather than an unintended spinoff of a poorly designed sketch. This week's Digital Short, "Cherry Battle," was surreal because it was supposed to be surreal. I much prefer these sorts of abstract Digital Shorts, with Sidibe and Andy Samberg spitting cherries back and forth to one another in slow motion, to the ones which go over the top into gross-out territory, and the combination of music and the digital effects really came together into a slick, and slickly bizarre, package. [Grade: A-]
There are some sketches which don't really come together, and there's others that just sort of coast by on the same basic joke without trying to do anything more. The Danish Repertory Theater's wildly inaccurate take on the life of Frank Sinatra was a little hit or miss at the end of the day, but it stuck to its basic joke (that they did no actual research) and delivered on it. Combine with Sidibe belting it out at the end, and you've got something which presents as pleasantly inoffensive and mildly conceptually clever even if it doesn't bother trying to ascend to comic heights. [Grade: B-]
Say what you will say about Kristen Wiig being overplayed on this show (I've said a lot), but the Judy Grimes sketch grew into something impressive: the length and speed of her final "Just Kidding" run was kind of great, and the Volcano bit was a nice little turn. Similarly, the Stefon bit started out pretty lame, but Hader cracking up was a bit of spontaneity in a part of the show which (with only one host) tends to feel entirely unnatural. I don't entirely know why John Mulaney was brought out to read the speech about Girl Scout Cookies (he's a writing supervisor on the show, although a stand-up comedian by trade), which wasn't particularly fresh but which was fairly well structured, but it again gave Update a sense that there was something different from the norm going on. Throw in a nice topical joke on abuse in the Catholic Church ("This week the papacy of Pope Benedict turned five years old, at which point a priest hit on it"), and you have a pretty solid Update. [Grade: A-]
The 2010 Public Employee of the Year Awards only has one joke: government employees have job securities without actually doing any work. The problem is that the sketch isn't actually funny in any way beyond that: no one actually laughs at any of the "jokes," none of the characters really connect, and this is the point in the night where Kenan Thompson's constant presence begins to wear on the show. It just wasn't actually any funny, even if it was true to the way in which government employment operates. It just fell completely flat, not helped by the fact that the show keeps giving Sidibe accents that aren't funny and that she can't exactly keep up with.[Grade: D]
I'm largely against the show just rebooting the same sketch with a slightly different premise and with a different guest host, but the Novelty Product sketch with Jenny Slate's Tina slays me. The actual characters are worthless, but some of the alarm clocks are just really well written, a rare example of the show actually delivering some quotable and at times laugh out loud moments. The alarm clock for men ("Wake up, you got a boner about nothing") was nicely played, and the Steven Spielberg alarm clock ("Welcome to Jurassic Clock…BEARD") made me laugh far more than I'm willing to admit. The sketch doesn't try to add up to anything or have a narrative, but once it gets into the celebrities and the more specific alarms it has more good material than much of the show put together. [Grade: B+]
The show ends on a down note: Sidibe plays herself being wooed by Will Forte's creepy, and not funny, Hamilton character. It's always awkward when the show has actors play themselves alongside such broad character, especially when the sketch is shot so strangely with nothing but nothing else in each frame but one of the characters talking. The sketch has no dynamism, which robs it of any comic potential – throw in a bizarre and unfunny comment about genitalia and Robert Ludlum novels, and you've got a very unfortunate closing note. [Grade: D-]
Chances are that you know MGMT, if you know MGMT, from their big hits like "Time to Pretend," "Electric Feel" and the infectious "Kids." However, you may have noticed that the two songs they performed tonight ("Flash Delirium" and "Brian Eno") from their new album, "Congratulations," sound nothing like those songs. I give them credit for sticking to their guns with their admission that this album lacks those types of hit singles, but the new material isn't nearly as good, and ever since I learned that they didn't even bother to play "Kids" at Coachella I've viewed their stubbornness to be rather woefully misguided. The new songs aren't bad or anything, and I certainly think they're smart to play two new songs here, but this isn't the band that many might be expecting them to be, which makes their "SNL" appearance perhaps less mainstream than the producers may have intended.
Other Notes:
*** Betty White is officially hosting on May 8th with musical guest Jay-Z (an inspired pairing), and NBC is playing it up with some ads which aired during the show but which were unfortunately absent in my Canadian simulcast. However, I'm just hopeful that the show has some better material when it returns in two weeks.
*** It says something about "SNL" that Kenan Thompson was in nearly every sketch – I don't know if this was an attempt to avoid the appearance that the show currently has a particularly white cast (which it does) or not, but I certainly don't think he was anywhere close to funny enough to justify his constant presence. Plus, they didn't even do his one solid sketch, "What's Up With That," although to be fair they just did the character with Phillippe last week. However, I'll give them this: they didn't trot out Thompson's impression of Mo'Nique, so they weren't quite as transparent as I thought they were.
*** I didn't know that Sidibe could sing, so it was nice to see her get a chance to belt it out – while her endearing qualities did nothing to save "SNL," it's certainly another sign that she will have no trouble continuing her career, even if her portentous "This is my first SNL!" comment during the curtain call may have been getting a bit ahead of herself.
What'd you think of Sidibe or MGMT?


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Omicron Delta Epsilon
Category: Academic
Omicron Delta Epsilon is the International Honor Society for Economics. The St. Olaf chapter is the Beta chapter established in 1965. We work with the Economics department to help host and plan economic speakers, publish two economic journals each year, a student submitted journal in the fall and a distinction journal in the spring, and host advising sessions for students of Economics and Management Studies.
Contacts: Executive Editor Joe Briesemeister (brieseme), Vice President Matt Lasnier (lasnier), Executive Assistant Chloe Mitchell (mitchecg), Associate Editor Kelsey Myers (myersk), President Alec Paulson (paulson)
Last Updated: 2/24/16