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In honor of Black History Month, a special exhibit of works by some of the most prominent African-American artists from the past 40 years will open Feb. 6 in the college's Gallery Space. "Color(ing) Within the Lines: Graphic Works by African American Artists" will include art by Kara Walker, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Romare Bearden, Jacob Lawrence, Lorna Simpson and many others.
The works are owned by collector and philanthropist Jordan Schnitzer, who will speak in Carlson Theater at 4:30 p.m. on Feb. 6. The exhibit, which is sponsored by BC's Office of Multicultural Services and the Office of Equity and Pluralism, runs through April 12.
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A change of plans
Seems like as soon as I post that I'm going to do something, I change my mind. Today I planned to load and quilt a HeartStrings top and get a couple others trimmed and ready for binding … After way too much time on the computer responding to emails and cleaning up my inbox I went downstairs and looked at the mountain of batting scraps waiting to be sewn into usable pieces.
So that along with piecing a couple backs for small donation tops will be my task for what's left of the afternoon. Most of these will be sewn together by machine but I did buy some fusible batting tape to try for those times when I just want to make one pieced batting for a specific quilt but don't want to change the thread in my sewing machine. I think it's too expensive to use on all my pieced batts.
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Hi Mary,
Instead of the fusible strips try buying fusible tricot interfacing by the yard (or bolt) at JoAnn's and just cut strips to using instead. It works exactly the same for me a waaaaaaay less expensive.
Let us know how you like the tape. I haven't tried it yet!
I have a roll of that batting tape too, but haven't used it yet. Please, tell us how it works out.
I also use the tricot interfacing method. I think it works great and is easier than sewing. I place my batting pieces on the floor in the order I want them joined then bring the iron down and iron the pieces together. I cut my strips of the interfacing about 1 inch wide
Please post whether or not you like the tape.
Mary, you can make your own fusible web strips. I buy the lightest weight fusible interfacing when it comes on special and buy 10 or so metres. Then I just cut strips of about 2″ each and hey presto, it does the same job and a fraction of the cost. Here in Australia, I can get the interfacing for about 90c a metre on sale.
I find it much quicker to join the strips and I offer free strips to show my customers who piece batting together (often VERY POORLY!!) how simple it is.
Have you realized that your picture is a dragon? With batting body, color pieced head and tape-roll eyes? :o)
I do that – spend way too much time on the computer (especially now I have an iPad) and do something else other than what I planned to do. I join my batting scraps with needle and thread.
Ha ha Zsuzsanna. How perceptive you are with your artistic eye.I too see the Dragon. Cheers from Canada.
Mary, I'll echo Robin's comment. For years I've purchased fusible *woven* interfacing to use to join batting pieces. It's fast and once the quilt is quilted, stays in place wonderfully.
Just wondering if you can fuse the other kind of batting?? I think its polyester but I'm not sure. I have a lot of leftovers but none of them are big enough for a quilt. I keep saving them because I can't stand to just throw them away.


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So Jake Is Trying To Kill Liv Now?…Are The "Scandal" Characters Becoming Unrecognizable?
Last night's episode of "Scandal" had its moments. There was Abby checking the hell out of Elizabeth North…(that girl is still trying to find her place in the administration). There was that gut-wrenching scene when Cyrus' now-husband Michael sat down with his parents for dinner. In case you missed it, Michael's father told him that it made him sick to his stomach to look, sit and eat with him. And then, perhaps most memorably, there was the moment when Cyrus told Michael that even though their marriage was something like a sham, he was dedicated to doing what he could to "be his person" in a world where he'd been abandoned by everyone he loved. With Stevie Wonder crooning "All In Love Is Fair," it was a very special moment.
Oh…and there was also Olivia wearing Fitz's grandmother's ring at the wedding…whatever.
In case my tone is elluding you right now, please know that I am not #TeamOlitz. Everyone is always telling me how much Fitz loves her but all of his actions seem to suggest that he loves the presidency even more. He's had plenty of opportunities to step away from the power and the limelight. But he fails every.single.time. These two legitimately make me sick.
So, you can imagine my delight when Jake Ballard was introduced as one of Olivia's new love interests. Unlike FItz, he was willing to leave it all behind for her, is always the one protecting her–except in this recent kidnapping thing…he did try though–and a relationship between these two is just far more probable and less dysfunctional…if such a thing exists on this show.
Anyway, last night after the show ended there was a teaser for next week's episode and real talk, those 20 seconds got more of a rise out of me than the entire hour-long episode that preceded it.
In case you missed it, here it is.
What the hell?!
In my mind I know that there's a great possibility that #Olake might never be a permanent thing. But to make him flip out like this, threatening to kill Olivia and all is just too much for me. I'm hoping that Shondaland is trying to throw us off the trail with this one because it just seems completely out of character.
Jake has spent at least two seasons trying to be the one Olivia loves and now, all of a sudden he's trying to take her out? I'm just not buying it. And while we're on this topic, am I the only one who's noticed that there seems to be some gross character inconsistencies as of late? I'm still trying to determine why Huck had to kill Sue, Lena Dunham's character, last week. We know Huck is a little off balance but we've never seen him kill anybody all willy nilly. Never. I know some would argue that there was a possibility that she could talk but the same could be said for a lot of people Huck knows. It was too much…and out of character.
With story lines that have Olivia fighting to break out of a fake prison, Olivia and Fitz doing that same tired dance and Huck slitting people's throats, I'm wondering if the ratings are dropping simply because people can't seem to follow all the various and seemingly "unrealistic" character paths right now.
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Where's The Black Lady? Scandal Season 4 Episode 11 Recap
Last night, I was wondering just how Olivia was going to work her way out of bondage. This whole being imprisoned thing is a nice twist in the story line but I'm ready for homegirl to be free. So I was glued to the television. And the episode did not disappoint. Check out the most memorable moments from last night's episode of "Scandal."
We Can't Wait! 15 Projects In Entertainment For Black Women Coming In 2015
#TGIT is returning on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015. Olivia Pope (Kerry Washington) and Annalise Keating (Viola Davis) fans couldn't be more excited. But they aren't the only black women characters and entertainers MadameNoire is looking forward to in 2015. Here's a list of 15 new projects for and by black women that we're anticipating in 2015.
#TGITea: Why Was Everyone Lying On "Scandal"?
This week on #TGITea, the Ladies discuss all the lies told to Olivia on "Scandal" and all the dysfunctional relationships on "How To Get Away With Murder".
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#TGITea: The Tea On This Week's "Scandal" And "How To Get Away With Murder"
The MadameNoire ladies break down the sensational and steamy plots on this week's episodes of "Scandal" and "How To Get Away With Murder".
Dickmatization, Dirty Moms & Daddy Pope: The Season 4, Episode 3 Scandal Recap
Last night's episode brought the heat. There was the case, even more scandal with Cyrus and Michael and a bit of mother-daughter insanity. There's a lot to talk about, so let's get into it.
Sorry Jake (And Fitz)! Potential New Love Interests For Olivia Pope
Now that the fall television season has officially kicked off and "Scandal" is heating up once again, it's time we be honest about Olivia Pope's love life: We're over it. Sure, we prefer Jake over Fitz — mostly because he's not married to someone else — but wouldn't you like to see a new love interest shake things up in DC? We know we would. That's why we've come up with this list of male actors we'd like to see cast on the show to play Pope's paramour.
Michael Jai White
Michael Jai White is currently busy shooting Black Hollywood's answer to "Magic Mike" with "Chocolate City" but he could certainly join "Scandal" later on in the season. Even though many find Fitzgerald Grant (Tony Goldwyn) and Jake Ballard (Scott Foley) attractive, White would no doubt drive even more female viewers wild especially if he was caught up in the throws of a passionate love scene with Olivia Pope.
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"Are We Gladiators Or Are We Bitches" The Season 4 Premiere Scandal Recap
Aaaahhh Thirsty Thursdays takes on a whole new meaning that all the inhabitants of Shondaland are back on our television screens, along with a few newbies. And they came back with a vengeance for the season 4 premiere of "Scandal" and the pilot episode of her latest project "How To Get Away With Murder." As far as season premieres go, this one was pretty memorable. Let's jump in shall we?
UPDATE: Get Your Olivia Pope On! The Limited Introduces 'Scandal' Collection
UPDATE: The collection is here! And just in time for Thursday's season premiere (if you really want to take it there)!
It's HERE & it's handled! Shop The Limited Collection inspired by @ScandalABC: http://t.co/OBV8XJVdeo #ScandalStyleTheLimited #OliviaPope
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Update by Tonya Garcia
Original story published September 17, 2014
What woman doesn't want to dress like the stylish-yet-powerful Olivia Pope? Well, you can. And affordably.
The Limited is introducing a collection of clothing inspired by the hit ABC drama Scandal. Just in time for the show's return for a fourth season on Sept. 25.
More than 70 items are on sale in the Limited's "Scandal" collection." Prices range from about $49 to $250 making it easy for anyone to copy the attire Kerry Washington dons as Liv on the show. "The garments are due in stores and online next week and are scheduled to be available through May, the end of the 2014-15 television season," reports The New York Times.
There is already a multimedia campaign, which boasts the collection as "Fearless fashion for ladies who lead." And The Limited is putting some major money into promoting the line. The campaign has an estimated budget of $12 million.
Washington was included in selecting the designs, along with Elliot Staples, head of design for the retailer and Lyn Paolo, the costume designer for Scandal. "The three are featured in a video clip that promotes the collection; some print ads, showing models wearing the clothes, also give a shout-out to the creator of 'Scandal,' Shonda Rhimes, and feature the logos of the series and ABC," reports The Times. A licensing deal was made by The Limited with ABC and the creators of Scandal. Financial terms were not made public.
Apparently the idea came out of a Good Morning America segment in fall of 2013 that "took outfits Olivia Pope wore on the show and replicated them at affordable price points," said Diane Ellis, chief executive of The Limited. "A suit that was ours was featured."
Most often such apparel licensing deals target kids, such as a line of Dora the Explorer clothing, but the Scandal collection shows the growth of licensed merchandise involving series for adults, said Ira Mayer, publisher and executive editor of a newsletter, The Licensing Letter. Other adult shows with licensing deals include The Big Bang Theory, Boardwalk Empire, Downton Abbey, Mad Men and Sons of Anarchy.
For series like Game of Thrones an estimated $100 million a year in retail sales can be made, Mayer said, with a typical deal bringing in "under $50 million a year." Licensed merchandise from a popular children's show, however, can rake in an estimated $250 million to $500 million annually in retail sales.
We're sure The Scandal line will be a big seller. Will you buy?
Tags:Kerry Washington, Olivia Pope, scandal, The Limited
Yara Shahidi Of ABC's "Black-ish" Talks Playing Young Olivia Pope, Keeping Up A 4.0 GPA And Having Nas As A Cousin
Is anybody else excited to see what kind of comedy ABC's upcoming show "Black-ish" will be?
Starring Anthony Anderson as a successful black man and father who starts to worry that his family, who lives in a predominately white neighborhood, is losing touch with their culture, the show focuses on his hilarious efforts to make sure his they don't forget where they come from. Tracee Ellis Ross and Laurence Fishburne also star on the show as Anderson's character's wife and father, and child actress Yara Shahidi plays his tech-obsessed daughter. The 14-year-old actress has come a long way since she starred as Eddie Murphy's daughter in "Imagine That," and she has big goals for her future. We chatted with the young actress about her role as Zoey Johnson on "Black-ish," playing young Olivia Pope and meeting Kerry Washington, having Nas as a cousin (her second cousin) and why education comes first for her. This young lady has a very good head on her shoulders. Don't believe me? Keep reading.
Who Is Zoey Johnson On "Black-ish"?
"Zoe, she's popular, she's smart, she's witty—all of that. But the one thing is that she really loves Instagram and texting friends. She's a very social person in that way. Because of that, she's usually on her phone. But she has a really big personality. She's really colorblind, which is definitely a good thing, but she's so caught up in social media that she's kind of lost a piece of her culture. She's kind of a lost cause and he [Anthony Anderson] constantly tries to get her involved."
What Makes "Black-ish" A Refreshing New Show On Television
"It addresses a lot of problems and not just for the African American community, but for people of any ethnicity. It's funny and there are family problems, so it's something you can watch with your family and enjoy altogether, but it still carries an important message."
What It Was Like Playing Young Olivia Pope Alongside Kerry Washington
"It was amazing. The audition was literally me walking into a room and being myself on camera. Everyone on set was so nice and I got to work with some amazing actors and actresses, which was fabulous. And at the end of the day, Kerry Washington walked into my school, while I was in school even though she wasn't shooting near it, and came just to say hi. She's honestly the nicest person ever."
Her Future Career Aspirations
"Well, I really want to continue acting, but I have other interests. I love, love history. I was actually just at Oxford this summer, and I took some history classes at Harvard. I know my interests change a lot, but I'm also interested in advertising too. It's always interesting to see the process behind getting a person on camera and I love ad campaigns. One thing I've always been concerned about is the objectification of women in ads and that's one thing where I was like, well, if I become a part of advertising, I could change that."
On Visiting University of Oxford And Harvard This Past Summer
"One thing that used to worry me is that the fact that it seemed like Harvard was this big scary thing where I would have to spend all my time studying just to get in. But getting to go to both campuses of Harvard and Oxford and getting to meet some of the professors was absolutely amazing. At Harvard I got to meet and have dinner with Jamaica Kincaid. Just to have conversations with professors was absolutely amazing."
What It's Like Having Nas As A Cousin
"He's honestly just so chill. It's funny because I'll have friends come over and they'll just stop dead in their tracks when they see him: 'Oh my God, you didn't tell me he was going to be here. Why didn't you tell me?' They start freaking out, but then they start talking to him and they're like, 'he's so nice.' He's given my family so many opportunities because we travel together and all sorts of stuff. I've been fortunate that he's called me up and been like, 'You want to go to Harvard?' And I'm like, 'sure!'"
How She Keeps A 4.0 GPA While Pursuing Acting
"I have the support of my parents and my teachers. They made it very possible for me to go to a school that is open and supportive of me being gone at times and pursuing acting. But school always comes first for me. So if I feel like I'm giving up a part of my education or missing an important piece developmentally because of a project, then I'm just not going to do the project. I love acting but school for me, because I'm so interested is so many other areas, it would be a shame to not pursue school and miss out on the opportunities that I have now."
If Classmates At Her All-Girls School Treat Her Differently Because She's An Actress
"The majority of the kids at my school know me as Yara, the girl in my class. Oh yeah, Yara, I hung out with her the other day. But sometimes they'll see things with me in it and come back and say, 'hold on, you didn't tell me you act!' But I've been lucky enough to have amazing friends. I get emails like, 'Hey, I noticed you're missing today. Hope you're having fun on set! I got all the notes for you from these classes.' I've been lucky to have some very supportive people in my life."
Yara is going far! Be sure to check out "Black-ish" when it premieres on Wednesday, September 24 at 9:30/8:30c on ABC.


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Busche, Thomas and Sharma, Jayanti and Hajnsek, Irena and Papathanassiou, Kostas (2008) The Potential of Airborne Pol-InSAR Measurements to Derive Vertical Structure Parameters of Alpine Glaciers. In: Proceedings of the European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar (EUSAR). European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar (EUSAR), 2008-06-02 - 2008-06-05, Friedrichshafen, Germany.
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In this paper the potential of multi-frequency Pol-InSAR is presented to estimate the penetration depth of Alpine glaciers. For the penetration depth longer wavelength (L- and P-band) are explored, but also X-band is used for the derivation of the top surface of the glacier. The penetration depth is compared with passive corner reflectors and GPR measurements. At two seasonal conditions the investigation are made in the French Alps on the Argentiere Glacier. This research supports the specification definition of the new upcoming generation satellites, e.g. TanDEM-X and BIOMASS.
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|The Potential of Airborne Pol-InSAR Measurements to Derive Vertical Structure Parameters of Alpine Glaciers
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Amy Gleason, a 41-year-old Forks Township woman who participated Monday in her third Boston Marathon, crossed the finish line with a time of 3:40.
The first bomb went off 29 minutes later.
She had just reunited with her husband Mike, 41, and their two children, ages 8 and 10, when she heard the deadly blasts and saw two white plumes of smoke rise from further down the street.
"The first time I heard the sound, I thought, 'I didn't know they had fireworks,'" said Mike Gleason, a retired New York City and Easton police officer. "Then I saw the smoke, and I thought, 'No, that's no fireworks. This is terrorism.'"
For Amy, the scene was reminiscent of 9/11. She worked as a nurse in New York City at the time, and Mike was with the New York Police Department. They were not together when the planes hit the towers, which made her feel panicked until she knew he was safe.
Though grateful her family was together during the Boston attacks, Amy Gleason said she felt that same sense of panic.
"For me, it just brought back that uncontrollable fear that everything's just going to start blowing up around you, and you just don't know where," she said.
Hunterdon County resident Dan Minzner, 45, also ran his third Boston Marathon on Monday, one of five runners from the Hill Runners of Hunterdon running club taking part this year.
He was showering in his hotel room when he got a call from his son, asking if was OK.
"I said, 'Yeah I'm fine,'" said Minzner, of Union Township. "What's going on?"
News of the twin blasts that rocked the sidelines at the marathon finish line hadn't reached Minzner. A flurry of phone calls, text and social media updates followed, he said. Within half an hour, determined the other runners from the club he heads were safe; all had finished well ahead of the explosions.
"But the more you started hearing, the more terrible you felt," Minzner said.
Minzner said running the Boston Marathon is an unrivaled experience.
"When you run a marathon, you're a marathoner, but when you make the next step to qualify for the Boston Marathon, it sort of puts you into a whole other league," he said. "There isn't any city that welcomes a runner the way the Boston does."
Minzner said he never questioned his safety at the event and despite the deadly attacks Monday, he doubts he ever will.
"If they can make Times Square safe on New Year's Eve, then I'm sure they're going to find a way to make that finish line safe," he said. "The bottom line though is, you're not going to be able to stop crazy people from doing crazy things."
Minzner said he's already reserving a hotel for next year's race.
"I'm going to be there," he said. "I wouldn't miss it for the world."
The third time was supposed to be the charm for 70-year-old Jim Rehrig.
Rehrig, of Nazareth, had already run the Boston Marathon twice before, setting times of 3:48 in 2011 and 4:05 in 2012. He was ready to shatter his personal records starting at 10:40 a.m. Monday, his scheduled time to hit the pavement.
Rehrig recalled his first run a decade ago at Pocono's "Run for the Red." He went on to test his strength in Chicago and Scranton, but nothing had the charm of Boston, he said.
"Most runners thrive on the tradition of places and this is the oldest marathon in the U.S.," he said, noting people dress in red, white and blue and carry American flags. "It's pretty patriotic up there. It's always packed from mile to mile with cheering spectators."
His wife, Sharon Rehrig, knew she would be one of them, awaiting him as he crossed the finish line. But, Rehrig never got there and never got to see her smiling face.
"I began to hear faint noises," he recalled about being two blocks from the finish line. "And then we were shut down by barricades. We did not know how serious it really was."
Rehrig said he waited with other runners, all dressed in shorts and T-shirts, shaking, shivering and fearing hypothermia. Cellphone service was spotty and no one could call loved ones to find out what was happening, he said.
As he walked back to their hotel in Cambridge, Rehrig dialed his wife over and over until he reached her. He then learned she sat 50 yards from the second blast.
"She saw the flames, the smoke — she did what she could in getting back to find me," he said.
Rehrig then said he wonders what affects the tragedy will have on future marathons.
"It's a real disappointment as to the ramifications of what this means to the Boston Marathon in the future," he said. "The marathon is only an athletic event. Getting the medal for running in the Boston Marathon has little significance when it comes to what happened on the fateful Monday."
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DAYTONA BEACH, FL, March 14, 2014 – After 21 years of trying, Kenny Coolbeth, Jr. finally broke through to win his first Daytona Short Track National. The 36-year-old former AMA Grand National Champion got past Jake Johnson on the fifth lap and then rode a clean and steady race on his Zanotti Racing/Burt Ives Honda CRF450R to take the checkered flag. His margin of victory after 25 laps was 4.069 seconds.
Johnson ran a strong second on his Ramspur Winery/Lloyd Brothers Motorsports Honda, holding off a hard-charging Stevie Bonsey on another Zanotti Racing Honda, giving Honda riders a sweep of the podium. Johnson moves to second in the standings.
It was a milestone win for Coolbeth, who leaves Daytona third in the standings.
"It was fun. This is one of those races I've always wanted to win," Coolbeth said. "I've been racing the nationals here since 1994 and I've had podium finishes, but this win has been a longtime coming for sure. I was playing it cool. I just got the best start I could and let things pan out. I got up to second and wasn't really working that hard and was catching Jake. He was struggling at the apex of the corner and was running a little high. I could turn it right down to the bottom of the corner and I passed him pretty easy."
You could tell it was a victory of vindication of sorts for Coolbeth, who lost his factory Harley-Davidson ride after last season.
"I think some people lost faith in me, but we're going to be a force to be reckoned with," Coolbeth promised. "I've got a great team behind me and I'm looking forward to this season."
Fredericktown Yamaha/Vans Yamaha rider Sammy Halbert ran a strategic race and moved up several positions to finish fourth. That was good enough for him to leave Daytona with the series lead.
"That's a great way to start off the season," Halbert said. "I think I've got the program this year to win the championship and leaving here with the lead was a goal."
Brandon Robinson was the biggest mover in the field. Coming back from a crash he couldn't avoid, running as far back as 16th and somehow picking his way through the field on his USC Kawasaki to amazingly finish fifth. That comeback helped him leave Daytona tied with Coolbeth for third in the series.
Hoosier racer Brandon Wilhelm scored his first career victory in Pro Singles. Wilhelm put his Wilhelm Racing Honda into the lead off the start and was really never threatened, even after being forced to do it all over again due to a red flag late in the race.
"I can't believe this really happened to me," said a jubilant Wilhelm, who hails from Aurora, Indiana. "I had a pretty good lead and then was so upset when I saw that red flag, but thankfully I was able to get another good start and lead the thing into turn one. I just tried to ride a clean race and it worked out."
Davis Fisher and Justin Jones rounded out the podium finishers in Pro Singles.
Wilhelm took over the Pro Singles series lead from Thursday night's winner Ryan Wells.
Daytona Short Track Grand National Results – Friday, March 14, 2014
1. Kenny Coolbeth, Jr. (Hon)
2. Jake Johnson (Hon)
3. Stevie Bonsey (Honda)
4. Sammy Halbert (Yam)
5. Brandon Robinson (Kaw)
6. Henry Wiles (Kaw)
7. Jake Constantine (Hon)
8. Bryan Smith (Hon)
9. Mike Rush (Hon)
10. Jethro Halbert (Yam)
1. Sammy Halbert 42
2. Jake Johnson 33
3. (tie) Kenny Coolbeth, Jr, Brandon Robinson 30
5. (tie) Briar Bauman, Stevie Bonsey 28
Pro Singles Results from Daytona – Friday, March 14, 2014
1. Brandon Wilhelm (Hon)
2. Davis Fisher (Hon)
3. Justin Jones (Hon)
4. J.R. Addison (Hon)
5. Ryan Wells (KTM)
6. Dylan Morin (Kaw)
7. Kyle Johnson (Hon)
8. Dan Bromley (KTM)
9. Rodney Spencer, Jr. (Hon)
10. Gerit Callies (Hon)
1. Brandon Wilhelm 40
2. Ryan Wells 38
3. Justin Jones 35
4. Davis Fisher 29
5. Rodney Spencer, Jr. 25


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The self-important souls who sit on the West Bloomfield school board think decisions about renaming elementary schools are too delicate to be discussed in public, like they're supposed to be under the law. So they did it in secret using the AOL email machines. [The Oakland Press]
Michigan's new Congressional redistricting plan forgot to include Lake St. Clair. That's the Republicans for ya, always trying to disenfranchise fish. [Macomb Daily]
Brenda Lawrence has been mayor of Southfield for 10 years, so someone is giving her this kind of made-up "mayor of the decade" award, since she's been mayor for a decade and all. This angers WDIV commenters because they consider Southfield to be the third circle of hell. [WDIV]
If you need another reason (beside the obvious ethical issues) to not commit crimes, consider this: A meal in the Macomb county jail costs just $0.92. You can only get so much corn-byproduct food-like material for $0.92. If we just fed at-risk kids from the prison cafeteria, the crime rate would probably plummet to zero. [Macomb Daily]
The downriver News-Herald is the latest publication to declare Detroit as the new Brooklyn. Except they forgot to expense a meal at Slows in the process of making that discovery. Somewhere in the New York Times newsroom, they're laughing about that rookie mistake. If you're going to do the Detroit-as-Brooklyn story, always get some smoked meat out of the deal. [News-Herald]


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The results of a longitudinal study of Ronald Reagan's economic discourse beginning in his Hollywood years, this book shows how rhetorical forces can play a significant role in advancing economic matters.
September 1991
Hardcover: £83.00/104,00€/A$150.00
This rhetorical criticism of spoken discourse examines Ronald Reagan's polished attempts to persuade the public on economic matters. Amos Kiewe and Davis Houck examine the substance, style, and developmental pattern of Reagan's rhetoric on economic matters and discuss how that rhetoric informed the president's views on other issues. This book demonstrates how rhetorical forces can play a significant role in shaping and selling economic policy.Kiewe and Houck employ a variety of theoretical perspectives for their longitudinal study of Ronald Reagan's economic discourse, beginning with the former actor/President's Hollywood years. Their analysis of close to a hundred speeches provides a chronological account of the character and development of Reagan's economic rhetoric (as opposed to a critique of its effectiveness). Synthesizing the strategies, self-contradictions, shifts, influences, and patterns in Reagan's economic discourse, Kiewe and Houck conclude that Reagan's economic discourse heavily influenced his views and rhetoric on foreign policy, national defense, the environment, and other issues--Reagan saw the world through economic lenses. This study is valuable to political scientists, economists, and scholars of rhetoric.
About the SeriesSeries ForewordIntroductionFinding the Rest of HimselfThe Creative Society: Part OneThe Creative Society: Part TwoFrom Federalism to Supply SideA New BeginningThe Second American RevolutionThe Reagan LegacySelected BibliographyIndex
Amos Kiewe, who teaches communication at Syracuse University, and his colleague, Davis W. Houck, who teaches at the University of California at Davis, examine the verbal tactics used by Reagan over a period of 40 years to sell his economic policies. They find his persuasive powers effective, even though they deem his policies, based on questionable supply-side economic theories, flawed.—FORUM FOR APPLIED RESEARCH AND PUBLIC POLICY
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Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, as planned by the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, was a perfect way to begin Jacques Lacombe's first season as music director.
With a post-concert block party planned for the final performance on Sunday and with its messages of universal brotherhood, the symphony suits the NJSO's renewed commitment to community. And, with historic speeches by John F. Kennedy, Mahatma Gandhi, Susan B. Anthony and Martin Luther King, Jr. interwoven between the symphony's movements, it shows innovation. Copland's anthemic "Canticle of Freedom," which opens this weekend's concerts, also provides the interest of a little-known work.
But the NJSO's rendition of Beethoven's towering classic at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center led by Lacombe on Friday night was underwhelming. While Lacombe seemed to have an interesting take on the work, the clarity and strong delineation of structure that he has shown before were lacking here, and execution suffered. Strings powered through with intense, driven performances, but several wind and brass entrances were tentative or unsuccessful.
The first movement of the symphony came across as one furious, headlong surge of energy. The unusually brash and heavy second movement emphasized the edginess of the typically brisk, buoyant section, while the third was more orthodox, full of lush sound and charm.
But too often, the music felt rushed, as in the nearly unsingable portions of the fourth movement that showcased soloists soprano Twyla Robinson, mezzo-soprano Elizabeth Deshong, tenor Bryan Griffin and bass-baritone Jason Grant. In the "Ode to Joy" chorus, the Westminster Symphonic Choir under director Joe Miller displayed a well-blended sound but didn't consistently cut as cleanly and surely through the orchestra as they could have.
Powerful as the idea to use the speeches and the texts themselves were, watching narrator Avery Brooks read from a notebook seemed anti-climactic. He read with conviction, especially King's speech, but there may have been a more effective way to convey the messages. Could footage of the actual speeches have played on the video screens that the NJSO used during this season's gala? Or at least key words or phrases from the speeches that tied into the symphony? The orchestra's ambition in taking on projects like this one is to be commended, but the overall effect can still be stronger than it was on Friday.
The concert will be repeated Saturday at 3 p.m. at the Community Theatre in Morristown and Sunday at 3 p.m. at NJPAC. Tickets are $20-$82, (800) 255-3476 or njsymphony.org.


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SAGINAW TOWNSHIP, MI — A 50-mile drive -- about the distance from Saginaw to Holly -- is a little road trip, but running that distance makes it an ultramarathon.
Saginaw-native Sarah Keenan, 26, is tackling a 50-mile ultramarathon on Saturday April 5 in Pekin, Ill. , in honor of her best friend's father, Douglas Washburn.
Douglas Washburn, who lived in Saginaw Townshsip with his wife Libby, died in March 2013 from acute myeloid cancer. He was 57 and spent about nine months battling the disease.
"I'm doing it because I love my best friend," Keenan said. "It's for her. It's for her dad. It's for preventing anybody from having to have to suffer through that sadness again."
Keenan is using the race as a way to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, which has a special program called Team in Training. The group helps people train for events around the country and sets fundraising goals for participants.
Keenan has raised more than $3,100 for the cause so far through a special webpage. She aimed to raise $4,000 by Saturday.
Kristen Washburn, 26, Douglas' daughter and Keenan's best friend, said she and Keenan met in third grade and were part of a larger group of friends who attended Heritage High School. She said her father loved talking with her friends when they were hanging out and often tried to offer advice and humor.
"My dad was very, very involved in my life," Washburn said. "He loved doing projects with us. He loved entertaining, so whenever we had friends over for him, it was like he was having friends over."
Kristin Washburn said when Keenan asked her if it would be OK to run for her father, she seemed nervous.
"The fact that it's a year later, it's really nice to have someone still supporting and to just be supporting me in such a big way even after all this time has passed," Washburn said.
Keenan will run in the Bayshore Marathon in Traverse City with Team in Training. Most Team in Training races are not ultramarathons. The next Michigan events the group is participating in are the Detroit Free Press Marathon in Detroit and the Bayshore Marathon.
The organization helps participants pay for travel costs such as lodging and airfare.
Since its inception 25 years ago, the organization has raised more than $77 billion. Tami Duquette, senior director for Michigan's Team in Training, said she is a seven-time participant and that the program is effective because of the personal connection to the cause these racers create.
"If I were out there just saying will you please give me a donation, some people would and some people wouldn't," she said. "But when you're putting out a significant effort, people tend to step up their donation because they're supporting you along with supporting the cause."
Washburn said she and family members will be there Saturday to cheer Keenan on, and even run a couple miles with her as she loops around the 10-mile trail five times. She said she's prepared to make runs for food and water, since Keenan expects the event will take about 10 hours to complete.
In addition to running, Keenan's been using her work as a teacher to get used to being on her feet for such a long period of time. She said she's been told the ultramarathon running "hurts up to a point," but then gets easier.
"I've also heard that it was basically just an eating and drinking contest," Keenan said. "I just think it's also the fact of what the body can and cannot do."
Several local runs also benefit charitable causes. Some of these include upcoming events like the Go the Extra Mile for Covenant Kids run, the Joana'sMiles 5k and the Run for Your Heart.
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Pirates trounced by the Orting Cardinals
The good news is that the Pirate defense played a much stronger game against the pass this week. The bad news is that they struggled against the running attack and they mounted no serious offensive threat as the Orting High School Cardinals shot down the Vashon Pirates 19-0 last Friday on the Pirates' home field.
The loss dropped the Pirates to 1-2 in league play, while catapulting Orting into a first place tie with Cascade Christian at 3-0.
The Pirate defense looked strong at the start. Orting began the game with the ball on its own 20 yard line. After five run plays moved them only as far as the 32, they were forced to punt. Unfortunately, the Pirates' opening offensive series was a harbinger of things to come. After an incomplete pass, a two-yard run and a quarterback sack, Vashon was forced to punt and the Cardinals took over on their own 38 yard line.
Orting then put together an offensive drive that ate up eight minutes and strung together 16 consecutive run plays that resulted in the first touchdown of the game.
The first half saw the Pirates with the ball five times. They picked up only two first downs, and only three plays picked up over 10 yards. The first came on the Pirates' second possession when, on first and 10 from their own 22 yard line, running back Adrian Arceo broke free out of the wildcat formation, made a nice cut back to the middle of the field, and sprinted all the way to the Orting 47. The other two significant gains came on Vashon's only real offensive threat of the half. The Pirates started a drive late in the half from the Orting 44. On a fourth and six from the Cardinal 41, quarterback Jeff Rauma hit Nick Fox-Edele, who fought for a first down at the 30. On the next play Alex Sohl burst up the middle for a 10 yard gain to make it third and one from the 21. However, the next play saw the Pirates turn the ball over on a fumble.
With less than two minutes left in the half, the Cardinals mounted another drive, taking the ball all the way down to Vashon's 18 yard line with the help of a personal foul called against the Pirates. Pirate Alex Sohl put an end to the Cardinal threat, however, with a timely interception, and the half ended with Orting up 7-0.
The Pirates opened the second half with the ball on their own 31 yard line. On first down, the Pirates turned the ball over on yet another fumble, a problem that has plagued Vashon this year. The defense answered the call this time, sacking the Orting quarterback on a fourth and seven and regaining control of the ball at their own 31. The Pirates then put together an 11-play drive that took them to the Cardinal 35 yard line before stalling and turning the ball over on downs.
Orting scored again shortly thereafter on a 37 yard quarterback draw. Fox-Edele blocked the PAT, and the Cardinals held a 13-0 lead.
Vashon's Nick Betz handled an Orting onside kick attempt, taking the ball to the Cardinal 47. On the next two plays, Rauma threw two perfect passes to Fox-Edele, giving the Pirates a first and 10 at the Cardinal 16. Two running plays for no gain, an illegal procedure penalty and two incomplete passes ended the drive.
The Pirate defense held Orting to three and out, and Vashon regained possession at the Cardinal 46. On third and 10 from the 46, Arceo broke free for a 17-yard scamper to the 29 yard line. On the next play Vashon ran the ball to the 15, but a holding penalty pushed it back to 37 where, on the following play, the Pirates fumbled the ball away to give it to Orting with time enough for its final scoring drive.
The Pirates will play Chimacum High School on Friday night at 7 p.m. on Cowboy turf.
— Steve Edele, the father of Nick Fox-Edele, covers football for The Beachcomber.
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The bogeyman is dead.
The terrorist cast a pall over our sense of society, affected the way we lived, changed our culture and history - until we killed him Sunday. He and his twisted ideology held us in a grip that rivaled only the decades-long Cold War.
The nationwide sense of relief was palpable following news Sunday night that U.S. Navy SEALS had shot and killed al-Qaida mastermind Osama bin Laden.
Complete strangers here in mid-Michigan read about it or heard it and passed the word from one to another, saying, "We got him!"
He was the one who OK'd the plot to crash hijacked airliners into the World Trade Center twin towers on Sept. 11, 2001, in New York City and into the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. One of the four hijacked planes never made it to its intended target in Washington; Flight 93 crashed into the ground in Pennsylvania, killing everyone aboard, after passengers uttered their battle cry, "Let's roll!" and rushed the cockpit.
Roll we did as an outraged nation, into battle in Afghanistan to root out this terrorist leader and his Taliban hosts.
For almost 10 years, our spies, their operatives, our military personnel and allies have searched high and low for bin Laden to get him, as then-President Bush declared, "Dead or alive."
Dead he was taken on Sunday from a curiously high-profile, well-fortified compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, a half-mile from a military academy in a town brimming with three Pakistani army regiments. During a 40-minute raid, he was shot in the head during a firefight that killed three other men and a woman.
He was buried within 24 hours, in keeping with Islamic tradition. To assuage a world anxious that no shrine rise to honor the martyrdom of a violent man with a twisted interpretation of religion, we buried him at sea.
Let the world know that when the U.S. swears an oath to get the person responsible for taking the innocent blood of Americans, in our homeland, we will not rest.
"Justice has been done," President Barack Obama told our nation just before midnight Sunday.
And the symbol of America's frustration with terrorists engaged in bin Laden's unholy war with the United States is dead.
Many mid-Michigan veterans of Afghanistan told us it's a relief that bin Laden no longer will taunt our nation with his video and audio recordings. But they also expressed what experts around the world have warned.
It isn't over.
Bin Laden may have been the head of a snake called al-Qaida, but the body still writhes. Scattered cells of the terrorist group may yet lash out in retaliation for the killing of their spiritual leader. Its ally, the Taliban in Afghanistan, still may continue the fight against that country's government and our soldiers struggling to establish peace there.
Bin Laden was in every sense a bogeyman, a nightmare thing. Yet this creature was real.
No longer can he conjure that vague sense of unease among his targets, nor inspire jihadis bent on our destruction.
But his legacy of hate lingers. The 9/11 attacks changed us as a people and a nation. We're reminded of it every time we stand in line, shoes in hand, at an airport security checkpoint. We lament it with the death of every soldier our nation sends to right the wrong that bin Laden and his ilk have unleashed upon the world.
For us, his death during a brief battle, face to face, at the hands of our warriors is important. This was no anonymous bomb from a remotely controlled flying drone. This was personal.
Yet, even as bin Laden remained forefront in our nation's imagination, he and his Islamist following had grown irrelevant to an increasing portion of his audience in the Middle East. The protesters of the Arab Spring this year in countries across the region have rejected the idea of replacing one form of oppression with another.
These fledgling movements still face a fight ahead to keep al-Qaida, Hamas and other factions with terrorist ties and pasts from filling the ensuing vacuum of leadership in their countries.
Bin Laden is gone, and with him his power to proselytize his particular brand of hate.
May that bogeyman join the pantheon of others who have tried to impose themselves upon the world.
Place the name Osama bin Laden on the ash heap of history.
And never, ever, forget.


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Watch Liberty's Kids
The animated television series Liberty's Kids is geared toward audiences that range in age from 7 to 14 with the purpose to teach them about the origins of the United States of America. The series focuses on major events that happened in the U.S. such as the Revolutionary War, Declaration of Independence and the Boston Tea Party just to name a few. Celebrities such as Walter Cronkite, Sylvester Stallone, Ben Stiller, Billy Crystal, Dustin Hoffman, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Don Francisco's voices were used for the series.
Liberty's Kids was originally Kevin O'Donnell's idea and written by Doug McIntyre. It then was produced by DIC Entertainment and later aired on PBS Kids. The series aired on several networks until finding a home on qubo in 2012. It's a 30 minute show that includes commercials, guessing games, riddles and continental cartoons.
September 2, 2002 was the airing of the first episode of Liberty's Kids which was titled Boston Tea Party. Through My Own Eyes was the theme song which was performed by Aaron Carter and Kayla. The Boston Tea Party episode was basically about characters named Sarah, Moses, James and Henri who was at the wrong place at the wrong time. They were caught in the middle of gang patriots whose sole purpose was to aboard the ship and destroy the tea cargo. In this episode Adam Sandler made a guest appearance.
Liberty's Kids is a historical fictional television series that educates young kids about the United States history. It's an adventure for kids to explore and learn about events and heroes of America. It covers events that happened starting from 1773 to 1789 and the Revolutionary War as well as the aftermath. Liberty's Kids began on Labor Day and there were a total of 40 episodes all of which ended on April 3, 2003 but PBS continued to play the series until 2004. Shout! Factory released Liberty's Kids DVD which contained all 40 episodes on October 14, 2008.
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- Episode 40 - We the People
America's leaders meet at a convention in Philadelphia and decide to write a radical new Constitution.
- Episode 39 - Going Home
With the signing of the Treaty of Paris, loyalists are forced to leave their homes. Many slaves move to Canada to avoid being returned to slavery.
- Episode 38 - The Man Who Wouldn't Be King
Ben Franklin and John Adams sign the peace treaty with England. In New York, some members of Washington's officer corps want him to become king.
- Episode 37 - Born Free and Equal
Massachusetts slave "Mum Bett" sues for her freedom. When she wins, she renames herself Elizabeth Freeman.
- Episode 36 - Yorktown
- Episode 35 - James Armistead
- Episode 34 - Deborah Samson
- Episode 33 - Conflict in the South
- Episode 32 - Benedict Arnold
- Episode 31 - Bostonians
- Episode 30 - In Praise of Ben
- Episode 29 - The Great Galvez
- Episode 28 - Not Yet Begun to Fight
- Episode 27 - The New Frontier
- Episode 26 - Honor and Compromise
- Episode 25 - Allies at Last
- Episode 24 - Valley Forge
- Episode 23 - The Hessians Are Coming
- Episode 22 - Lafayette Arrives
- Episode 21 - Sybil Ludington
- Episode 20 - An American in Paris
- Episode 19 - Across the Delaware
- Episode 18 - American Crisis
- Episode 17 - Captain Molly
- Episode 16 - One Life to Lose
- Episode 15 - The Turtle
- Episode 14 - New York, New York
- Episode 13 - The 1st Fourth of July
- Episode 12 - Common Sense
- Episode 11 - Washington Takes Command
- Episode 10 - Postmaster General Franklin
- Episode 9 - Bunker Hill
- Episode 8 - The Second Continental Congress
- Episode 7 - The Green Mountain Boys
- Episode 6 - The Shot Heard Round the World
- Episode 5 - The Midnight Ride
- Episode 4 - Liberty or Death!
- Episode 3 - United We Stand
- Episode 2 - The Intolerable Acts
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'Les Miserables' Helmer Tom Hooper Is Willing to Direct a James Bond Film
After helming critically-acclaimed movies like "The King's Speech" and "Les Miserables", Tom Hooper admits that he's interested in directing a James Bond pic in the future. The English filmmaker opens up to Collider that serving behind the lens for a big franchise like 007 will be an honor for him.
"Oh I'd certainly be willing to talk about it," Hooper tells the site. "The 10-year-old in me would think there's probably no higher honor than talking about that... I think [Bond producers] Barbara Broccoli and Michael [G. Wilson] are making some really interesting choices about who they use at the moment, so I think they've reinvigorated that franchise in a brilliant way."
Asked if he'd be interested in directing a comic book or superhero movie, the London-born filmmaker responds, "I suppose I've always felt like I've had a kind of epic filmmaker hidden within me trying to get out, and 'John Adams' was my first opportunity to sort of paint a world on a much bigger canvas which I felt very grateful for."
"But in the end there is something in a comic book drama that you get to build a world from the ground up and follow a vision through physically, which I think is exciting," he continues, before stating, "I don't know, we'll have to see."
Hooper has once again received a stream of praises thanks to his latest work in "Les Miserables". After introducing the star-studded movie in New York last week, he was praised for presenting the best musical film since "Chicago" which won an Oscar for Best Picture.
"Les Miserables" itself will make its way out onto theaters across the U.S. on December 25. Building the anticipation of the film's release, Universal Pictures unveils a new clip for the film which sees Russell Crowe showing off his vocal chops as Javert. He is seen releasing Hugh Jackman's Jean Valjean from prison.
The much-talked-about musical focuses on ex-prisoner Valjean (Jackman) who is hunted for decades by the ruthless policeman Javert (Crowe) after he breaks parole. When Valjen agrees to care for factory worker Fantine's (Anne Hathaway) young daughter Cosette (Amanda Seyfried), their lives change forever.
- Amber Rose Cozying Up to 'DWTS' Pro Val Chmerkovskiy at Her Birthday Party
- Fans Petition 'Deadpool 2' to Hire Quentin Tarantino After Tim Miller's Exit
- It's Not a Perfect Illusion. Lady GaGa Exposes Bare Crotch in Super Tiny Shorts
- Watch President Obama's Perfect Response to Donald Trump's Mean Tweet
- Khloe Kardashian and Tristan Are 'Getting Serious' as She Finalizes Divorce From Lamar Odom
- New 'John Wick: Chapter Two' Images Reveal Bruce Lee's 'Enter the Dragon'-Inspired Setting
- Kourtney Kardashian Channels Evil Queen in Halloween Costume
- Watch Dwayne Johnson Sing 'You're Welcome' in New 'Moana' Clip


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Most professions, like lawyers, doctors, scientists, and sociologists adopted a code of ethics long ago but that could change soon for one of the lone holdouts, the curmudgeonly economists. Their big conference kicks off today in Denver. On the agenda is whether they should adopt such a code. A little movie called Inside Job might have something to do with it.
Should Economists Have A Code Of Ethics? They're About To Vote On It
The Inmates Get Thinner And The Sheriff's Bank Account Gets Fatter
Here's a grim economics lesson: In Alabama, there's a law that allows the Sheriff to keep any money that's left over after feeding the prisoners in the county jail. Can you guess what the result of this conflict of interest might be?
FTC head said she won't recuse herself from the review of Google's acquisition of the DoubleClick online advertising firm, despite petitions by some consumer groups alleging conflict of interest. [AP]


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Nesquik Neapolitan Pound Cake
Total Time
Prep 15 mins
Cook 45 mins
THIS IS A FUN AND GREAT RECIPE! WE LOVE IT! Winter 2001. Moist and tasty. This fun cake with three different flavors will be a hit with kids of all ages. Serve it at your next birthday party for a neat change of pace. Makes 16 servings. Printed from Allrecipes, Submitted by Nestle Nesquik.
Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- 4 large eggs
- 1 (18 1/4 ounce) package white cake mix
- 3⁄4 cup milk
- 3⁄4 cup double chocolate-flavor Nestle Nesquik powder
- 3⁄4 cup strawberry-flavor Nestle Nesquik powder
- 1⁄4 cup powdered sugar
- PREHEAT oven to 350 degrees F.
- Grease and flour 10-inch, 12-cup fluted tube pan.
- BEAT cream cheese and eggs in large mixer bowl until smooth.
- Beat in cake mix alternately with milk.
- Beat on high speed for 2 minutes (batter will be thick).
- Remove 2 cups batter and place in separate bowl; stir in chocolate Nesquik.
- Remove 2 more cups white cake batter and place in separate bowl; stir in strawberry Nesquik.
- SPOON strawberry batter into prepared pan; tap pan on counter lightly.
- Spoon white batter over strawberry batter covering it completely, and then spoon chocolate batter over white batter.
- BAKE on center oven rack for 55 to 65 minutes or until wooden pick inserted into cake comes out clean.
- Cool in pan on wire rack for 45 minutes.
- Loosen edges with butter knife if needed; invert onto wire rack to cool completely.
- Sprinkle with powdered sugar.
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I made this for my son's 12th birthday party. I had to use a 9 x 13 pan to get the right base for the decorated cake that he chose. Layering the batter was a little tricky because it's so thick, but it worked GREAT! He's thrilled with it!
This is truly a fun cake! I have to admit that I cheated. I didn't have a white cake mix and wanted to make it so badly, but I did have a marble cake mix, so I just made as directed, using 1/3 of the batter with strawberry Nesquik, 1/3 with the chocolate packet from the marble cake mix, and adding a teaspoon of vanilla extract to the plain batter. The cake slices are beautiful! The strawberry layer was moist, but for some reason the chocolate and vanilla layers were a tad dry. I will certainly play around with this recipe! I might spoon the batter into ziplock bags and make cupcakes, and might make a 3 layer cake, 1 layer of each flavor, and frost with marshmallow or 7 minute frosting. But I will make it again...my DH who doesn't really like cake went back for a second piece last night! Thanks for posting such a fun recipe!
Realy striking colors, just like opening a carton of neopolitan ice cream. The cake is moist and flavorful, but the flavor of the strawberry is understandably artificial tasting. This is particularly easy to make with the cake mix and I think a glaze drizzled over the top would be quite good, although it doesn't need it. Better the next day. Thanks for the clever recipe!


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Local runner Joanna Harper did a great job recruiting a talented field of masters women, both locally and nationally for Saturday's Team Red Lizard Masters Women's 3000 meters at the Portland Track Festival. The head-to-head competition as well as the age graded race within a race made for an exciting event. Trina Painter outlasted tough challenges from Christine Olen and Carmen Troncoso, pulling away to win in under 10 minutes.
The Top Three:
1. Trina Painter, 9:56.26
2. Christine Olen, 10:03.25
3. Carmen Troncoso, 10:10.01
Carmen Troncoso from Austin smashed the 50-54 AR with her 10:10. Event coordinator Harper says, "I spoke to Carmen before the race and she said the last time she raced at L and C, she set the AR for 40-44 women at 3K. So maybe she should run here more often."


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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- To believe Nyjer Morgan, he has signed a minor-league contract with the Indians that includes an invitation to big-league camp.
ESPN.com's Jerry Crasnick wrote that Morgan confirmed the signing in an email Tuesday. Crasnick wrote that a source said that if Morgan makes the major-league roster and reaches specified incentives, the total value of the contract would exceed $1 million.
As of late Wednesday afternoon, however, Indians General Manager Chris Antonetti declined to confirm Morgan's signing.
Antonetti has more pressing matters, including five arbitration-eligible players who need to be signed. Or, perhaps, the Indians have a different view of the value of incentives in Morgan's contract. Whatever the reason, a delay in confirmation makes sense given what typically surrounds Morgan and his alter ego, "Tony Plush."
Morgan has been involved in multiple on-field incidents in a major-league career that began with the Pirates (2007-09) and continued with the Nationals (2009-10) and Brewers (2011-12). Morgan played in Japan last year.
The speedy Morgan takes pride in getting under an opponent's skin with a hard-charging style and trash talk, much of it generated by Tony Plush. A Wednesday tweet presumably from Morgan's account, @TheRealToneP, read: "Looking forward for (sic) this great opportunity to bring Plushdamental's to the Tribe Nation. TP''
In 119 games for the Brewers in 2011, Morgan batted .304. He parlayed it into a one-year contract worth more than $2 million, but fizzled for the Brewers in 2012 (.239 in 122 games). The Brewers let him walk, and he ended up with Yokohama in the Japan Central League.
Morgan is a .280 hitter with 117 steals in 583 major-league games.
Assuming Morgan is in, he becomes the second notable outfielder this month to sign a minor-league contract with Cleveland. Former Royals right fielder Jeff Francouer also received an invitation to big-league camp.
Francoeur, 30, played for the Royals and Giants last season. He batted a combined .204 (50-for-245) with 10 doubles, three homers and 17 RBI in 81 games. His OPS was .536. In 2011, Francoeur batted .285 (171-for-601) with 47 doubles, 20 homers and 87 RBI for the Royals. He signed a two-year contract but has struggled since.
Francoeur was Atlanta's No.1 pick in 2002. He drove in 103 and 105 runs for the Braves in 2006 and 2007, respectively.
As of early Wednesday evening, none of the five Indians remaining in the arbitration process -- pitchers Justin Masterson, Josh Tomlin, Marc Rzepczynski and Vinnie Pestano and left fielder Michael Brantley -- had agreed to terms. Reliever Josh Outman signed Tuesday.


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[Technology 911] Disucssion on Hand-Held Devices in the Classroom
Mariann Fedele MariannF at lacnyc.org
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Dear Tech List Colleagues,
This is a reminder that the Technology list will be engaging in a
special discussion on the use of hand-held and portable
devices in the classroom beginning Tuesday, April 17th through Thursday,
April 19th. Marilyn Williams, an instructor who participated in a
practitioner research project on the use of hand-helds to support
student learning will join the tech list to share her three years of
experience in integrating this technology in to her classroom.
What questions or comments do you have that I can share with Marilyn in
advance of our discussion that will help inform what we discuss?
Please send responses to the list as a whole or to me off-list.
Following is a brief introduction that Marilyn asked me to share with
the list:
Bio: Hi there! My name is Marilyn Williams and I am a middle school
teacher in Eugene, Oregon. I've been involved with a number of research
projects through the University of Oregon and have enjoyed finding new
ways to incorporate technology into my classroom. Although I'm
definitely not a 'technie' I've been using handheld computers for the
last few years and have found them to be a fantastic way to boost
student involvement and learning.
Discussion: As educators, we are always striving to better meet the
needs of all our students. In my inclusion language arts/social studies
classes, I have found that using handhelds helped to do just that. I
was so excited to see how this technology motivated my students as well
as allowed them be more successful in their reading and writing. I'm
looking forward to discussing this technology application with you.
Mariann Fedele
Associate Director,
NYC Regional Adult Education Network
Literacy Assistance Center
NIFL Technology and Literacy Discussion List
32 Broadway 10th Floor
New York, New York 10004
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Biking for a cure
One hundred and fifty motorcyclists participated in a benefit bike ride for law enforcers that have fallen ill.
Sergeant Mike Sangster of the Crisp County Sherriff's Department is going through his second battle with cancer.
Riders stopped at the Lee County Sherriff's Office Saturday to raise funds to help cover the cost of the Sergeant's chemo treatment, which is over one thousand dollars a month.
Lee County officials prepared food and drinks while their riders took a break at the office before they made their next trip to Tifton.
A bird house built by inmates in the Lee County prison was auctioned off, with the proceeds donated to the Sergeant.
"It means a lot because he means so much to the community. As far as the law enforcement community, he went to different agencies and taught classes and not just an instructor but he has become a friend to you," said Lee County Sherriff Reggie Rachals.


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Europe reverts: Belgian deputy trashes Israeli flag by stomping on it and embraces Hezbollah banner, June 2. There's a petition for his removal. Google translate: (thanks to Diana)
Petition for suspension of the Belgian MEP Louis Laurent walked for the Israeli flag to be burned later.
June 3rd, 2013 Europe-Israel.org
The Belgian Zionist MP Laurent Louis, pro-terrorist and support the Syrian regime has trampled the Israeli flag to be burned then showing the flag of the terrorist group Hezbollah to the Israeli Embassy in Brussels last Sunday, June 2, 2013!
We request the suspension of the Belgian Parliament until proceedings are instituted against him by the Belgian Justice


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Dan Theurer explains what Browser Based Authentication is and walks through an example of how it works in this very short (5 min.) and very low-fi screencast.
(We did this in one take, and, yes, that is in fact my laptop's backup software that pops onto the screen at minute 4.)
Matt McAlister


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Add to your ornament collection, or give it as a gift to a local history buff: Hackley Public Library is featured on the limited-edition porcelain ornament produced by the Muskegon County Museum for the 2008 Holiday Season.
This American Romanesque style library opened its doors on West Webster Avenue in 1890. The library was the first of many gifts to the Muskegon community from lumber baron Charles H. Hackley. Readers and researchers continue to flock to this important downtown landmark today.
The ornament ($14.95 with a stand to display it for $2.99) is for sale at the Muskegon Mercantile inside the Muskegon County Museum and at the gift shop at the Hackley & Hume Historic Site. Both stores offer a variety of other holiday decorations for sale and gift items for all ages.
Also, time is running out to see the Hackley & Hume Historic Site homes at 484 W. Webster and Fire Barn and Scolnik Depression-era house (a block away on Clay) decorated for the holidays. Hours are noon-4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday and Dec. 29-30. Admission: $3 for visitors 13 and older; guests 12 and younger, free. (231) 22-7578.
In case you missed last weekend's West Shore Symphony Orchestra holiday concert, there's still a chance to hear the festive pops program with solos by Muskegon native and Broadway star Gilles Chiasson and the North Muskegon High School Norse Singers.
Blue Lake Public Radio will broadcast the concert at noon Sunday on WBLB-FM 90.3. Gather the family around the radio like they did in the old days, then spend the afternoon playing games!
Coffee and chocolate -- what better way to get going on a cold and snowy weekend? Warm up with a hot drink and indulge in chocolate delights 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at The Coffee House, 255 Seminole.
It is having a holiday sale and a local company, Chocolate Gourmet Truffles, will be sampling and selling their "World's Largest Truffles." (231) 733-5535.
There's another candlelight yoga session being offered along the lakeshore — this time to mark the winter solstice, when the sun's position in the sky is at its greatest angular distance from the equator in the Northern Hemisphere.
That means after Sunday, also the first official day of winter, it will start to shift back and stay lighter longer. Woo hoo!
Candlelight Yoga on the Solstice will be 6:30-8 p.m. Sunday at White River Yoga, 8724 Ferry, Montague. The group will practice yoga by candlelight to celebrate the shortest day of the year. Appropriate for both beginning and intermediate students. Cost: $10. 740-6662.
Express your creativity, save money and be good to the planet with these eco-holiday ideas: Spice up your holiday packages with twine, cinnamon sticks, sprigs from pine trees and holly berries instead of cliche and wasteful plastic bows and ribbon.
Use scraps of festive fabric to wrap the pots of herb plants, such as a small rosemary tree, you've grown over the year or purchased -- turning them into decorations or holiday gifts that keep giving (as cooking herbs) long after the holidays end. Or make a personalized spiced pomander.
With a pencil, draw a pattern on an orange. Try family members' initials or seasonal symbols such as stars. Pierce the fruit along your lines with a needle, spacing the holes about a clove's width apart, then insert cloves into each hole.
Arrange pomanders in a bowl or glass jar and place on a table or your mantle. For more green tree trimming, gift wrapping and home decorating ideas under $10, see the December issue of Body & Soul Magazine.


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Surveys are a great way to determine the wants and needs of your customers. They're also a great way to get feedback on your products and services, which can help you improve your product and drive more sales.
You might be asking, why do I need to survey my customers when I can get great information from my analytics program like Google Analytics or Clicky?
The answer is simple: no matter how sophisticated your analytics program might be, the data is often passive, and gives you insight mostly into your customers behaviors after they've already arrived at and interacted with your site. You don't learn much about what brought them to your site, or what they thought of your site, your products, or your services.
To determine what the customer really desires, or what he or she felt about your product or service, you need to poll her directly, and that is best done with a survey.
Online Survey Providers
There are dozens of third-party survey applications on the market, some of them more expensive than others. Among them are:
- SurveyMonkey
- Zoomerang
- Google Forms
But rather than creating another login and relying on an outside website to host our surveys, we're going to create them right in WordPress using a popular form plugin, Gravity Forms.
This post, the first of two, will discuss creating your online survey, choosing form fields, and editing the settings to allow for conditional responses.
The second article will discuss embedding the survey on your website through the post editor and through short codes, viewing the survey entries, and exporting the data for editing in third-party spreadsheet programs.
When we're done, you will have created an online survey hosted right within your own WordPress website, and it will look like this:
Before we get to the nitty-gritty of creating our survey, it's a good idea to discuss some of the features any good survey service should offer.
Survey Services
There are many survey services available, some for free, some better than others, and some which integrate with WordPress. A great survey service has 5 features:
- Function and Aesthetic
- Custom fields
- Conditionals
- Exporting
- Embedding
Function and Aesthetic
An architect will tell you a great building has both form and function. It is pleasing to the eye while it serves a structural purpose.
Boring, drawn-out, long text box forms do not encourage your viewers to continue past the first few questions. Extremely long surveys are almost assuredly abandoned a few minutes in.
Like a classic piece of architecture, a survey needs to be easy to navigate and to fill in questions, but it must also fit well on the page and be attractively styled.
Custom Fields
Standard survey services allow for placement of standard form fields, like name, address, email, etc. For the most part, these are simple text fields. More sophisticated form applications give you the ability to add paragraph text fields, radio buttons, check boxes, and drop down lists.
Custom fields give your applicant a better user experience and make filling in the survey a more interactive experience. Custom fields also cut down on variances in answers.
For example, one could create a survey question asking for the applicant's most recent salary level. That could be handled with a simple text field and the applicant would enter the exact number or something general. When you view the entries you could have numbers that vary wildly, and if you wanted to categorize them into ranges that would need to be done in a separate spreadsheet.
Instead, you might try a custom drop down list whereby you create the ranges inside the survey and allow the user to select the option that fits his situation. That way, your survey entry will be standardized and no spreadsheet work will be needed to edit the data.
A conditional is a field which displays only when a certain condition is met. For example, you might create a survey in which you ask the applicant if he is currently employed, with a check box for "yes" and one for "no." If the answer is yes, the salary survey field appears right below it. If not, the user never sees the salary field, and is directed to the next survey question.
Conditionals make the survey process quicker and more intuitive for the end-user because he is not burdened with seeing extra fields that he may not need to fill out.
The ability to export your data is essential. Not every application allows you to slice and dice data or to analyze in its own control panel. This is especially true with surveys that garner massive amounts of entries. This kind of data needs to be edited, analyzed, and manipulated on a spreadsheet program like Apple's Numbers or Microsoft Excel.
A good survey application will give you the ability to export your entries for editing outside of the program.
Most online survey applications want to keep you on their own websites, making the survey you create available only via a link. Some survey applications will allow you to embed the survey in your own website, but unless you know html, this might not be very intuitive.
WordPress survey plugins take the guess-work out of embedding, allowing you to create survey questions directly in the admin panel and them embed survey forms directly into your post or page editors.
And that brings us to Gravity Forms.
Survey Integration in WordPress
Gravity Forms is a popular plugin for WordPress known mostly for the creation of complex forms, but it can also be used to create and manage beautiful online surveys.
Download and Install Gravity Forms
Gravity Forms is a paid premium plugin, but well worth the money you spend on it. For $39 you can create unlimited surveys with unlimited questions and get 1 year of support and updates.
The plugin allows you to keep the surveys, and more importantly – the responses, directly on your server and securely in your database, where they can be accessed, exported, and manipulated any time you like.
Gravity forms is installed like any other WordPress plugin and is accessible through its own panel right in your own blog's admin interface.
Creating a survey in Gravity is easy as inserting form field elements and designing the headings as questions. But before we do that, let's take a moment and plan out the structure of our survey.
Planning Your Survey
It helps to plan the layout and order of your survey questions. A common customer feedback survey which can be used in business and in nonprofit organizations will include the following questions:
- Name
- Email address
- Was it easy for you to receive the service?
- Yes / No
- If no, what were the problems?
- Too far away
- Too expensive
- If no, what were the problems?
- Yes / No
- Was the service helpful to you?
- Yes / No
- If yes, how did the service help you specifically?
- Yes / No
- Favorite feature of the service
- Location
- Pricing
- Convenience
- Possible improvements to the service
- Overall Service Rating
- Rating Scale 1 to 10
- Would you recommend our service to others?
- Yes / No
- Would you like to be contacted about your response to this survey?
- Yes / No
- If yes, which method of contact to your prefer?
- Phone
- If phone, Phone entry field
- If yes, which method of contact to your prefer?
- Yes / No
Creating the Survey in Gravity Forms
The following video tutorials walk you through setting up an online survey in Gravity Forms according to the questions we've planned and outlined above.
In Part 1 of the video tutorial we will be adding survey question fields into our form. We cover the types of questions and form fields needed and the order in which they should be added to recreate our structure listed above.
Part 2
In Part 2 of the video tutorial we edit the survey fields, change headings and field names, and add our conditional field functionality.
In the second article, we'll discuss editing the remaining fields, complex conditional functionality, and previewing the finished form to check for errors. Once the survey is complete, we'll learn how to embed the survey in a WordPress page via the post editor and short codes.
We'll setup notifications such that the admin will receive and email whenever the survey is filled out, and finally, we'll learn how to view and manage the survey entries and export them to third-party spreadsheet programs for data analysis and management.
Related posts:
- 11 Free Add-ons for the Gravity Forms Plugin Did you know that there are tons of free extensions…
- Daily Tip: Add a WYSIWYG Editor to Gravity Forms in WordPress Check out this very useful free extension for the Gravity…
- 1) Create Front-End Profiles, Forms or Courses… 2) Smile. Now your users can update private or public data from…


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CHICAGO -- Cavaliers forward Omri Casspi had no comment on a Yahoo Sports report on Monday that he or his representatives asked the Cavs to trade him, but he said he was happy in Cleveland and would like to stay.
"Of course, I like Cleveland," Casspi said before the Cavs faced the Bulls at the United Center. "Cleveland has been great to me. The fans, the city, the organization. That's where I'm focused. I don't have any other focus but help my team win. Whatever the future holds will happen."
Before Monday, Casspi had fallen out of coach Byron Scott's rotation and, except for one minute against Indiana on Dec. 21, he hadn't played significant minutes since playing 12 in the victory over the Lakers on Dec. 11. He is averaging 4.9 points and 2.5 rebounds in 13.3 minutes per game. He has played 19 games, started one, and is shooting 39 percent overall, and 44 percent from 3-point range.
"He hasn't done anything [to prompt a demotion]," Scott said Monday. "It's just the number of guys we have at that position. Omri's been great. . . . As far as him playing and things like that, he's probably going to get another shot at it. It's just a matter of time and me finagling some other lineups and things like that. As far as I know, he's been great."
Scott said Casspi has not been disgruntled in practice.
"By no means," the coach said. "He's been great at practice. He's been great in the games, cheering for his teammates. He's been a true professional in every sense of the word, I expect him to continue to be that way."
Scott said he likely would talk to the young forward in the future. Casspi said the two have an open relationship and a good one.
"I haven't talked to him," Casspi said. "To be honest, I think I've done everything I can over the course of the summer, over the course of training camp with the opportunities I got. It's just different rotations, and I have to accept it.
"It's been a while. It's been a good month I'm not playing. Basically from Hanukkah, when my mother was in town," said Casspi, who did miss a few games in mid-December with gastroenteritis. "I've got to work for my opportunity."
Samuels gone: The Cavs waived Samardo Samuels on Sunday, a tough call for Scott.
"Sometimes you've got to do things you feel are right for the team moving forward," Scott said. "Samardo will be in the league. I'm pretty sure somebody will pick him up. I can't really explain it, because I have a hard time understanding why we did it, but I do understand why we did it as well. He's been with our organization three years, [we] haven't really seen the growth we wanted to see, but he was a guy that we really loved, too, so it's kind of hard to explain."
The Cavs recalled forward Jon Leuer from their D-League affiliate in Canton on Monday.
Alumni relations: Former Cav Donald Sloan was signed to a 10-day contract by the New Orleans Hornets. . . . Former Cavs coaches Bill Fitch and Paul Silas, and former players Kevin Johnson and Mack Calvin, were among 31 candidates for the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Class for 2013. . . . Former Cavs General Manager Danny Ferry, now general manager of the Atlanta Hawks, was fined $15,000 for inappropriate interaction with the game officials following the Hawks' 89-81 loss to the Boston Celtics on Jan. 6 at Philips Arena.
The last word: From Scott, on Chicago's Joakim Noah: "Playing as hard as he plays is a skill. . . . If you don't play as hard as him, he will embarrass you."
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The man is described as black, in his 30's, 200 pounds and 6 feet tall. He had facial hair and was wearing blue pants, a green quilted jacket and a black hat.
The 40-year-old Cleveland woman had shopped at 3778 West 117 St. about about 11:55 p.m. and was putting the bags in her car when a man parked next to her told her he had a gun and ordered her to get into his silver Ford minivan, police said.
He was trying to pull her into the van when another customer came out and saw what was happening. The woman pulled out of the suspect's grasp and he drove off.
Anyone with information is asked to call detectives at at 216-623-5725 or Crime Stoppers, 216-252-7463.


text: Considering the high price tag for a college education, it was necessary for me to get a summer job these past few months to make some extra cash. It was a part-time job, but some days felt much longer than others. Every day as I left work, unpinning my nametag and stretching out my back, I would mentally count how many shifts were left until my day off. To be honest, though, when that elusive day off arrived, I'd often squander it with sleep and Netflix.


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Q. My dad passed away recently. Before he died, he requested that $20,000 be left to my granddaughter, age 4. My dad said he didn't want to revise the will but wanted to make sure that she alone would be the recipient, and that the money would not go down in value. She has a 529 account, but I was hoping you could suggest something else, long term, that would have additional earning power.
A. We're sorry to hear about your dad, but we're glad to hear he wanted to take an active role in your granddaughter's financial future.
It makes sense that your dad didn't want this $20,000 to go down in value. Still, given your granddaughter's age, it's possible that your dad was being a little too conservative on her behalf.
At a mere four years old, time is on her side. Unless that money is invested in a growth investment — which means taking on risk and the chance the value would go down in the short-term — inflation will eat away at the investment's spending power over time.
Before tossing out any advice here, realize that the Brain knows very little about your granddaughter's possible future needs and wants.
Any investment, including 529 plans, is subject to market risk and can fluctuate in value, said Robert Bacino of Insight Financial Services in Flemington. He said it might make sense to speak with an advisor who knows more about your granddaughter's entire financial picture.
It's hard to offer advice without knowing more about her investment goals, risk tolerance and time horizon, said John Tarantino, a financial advisor with Merrill Lynch in Westfield.
That said, if you want to stay conservative, you may want to consider a "bond ladder" for those funds, he said.
"This strategy attempts to reduce the interest rate risk associated with bond investing," he said. "Rather than investing in one bond with a single maturity and coupon, consider buying four or five bonds with different maturities."
Each of the bonds represents a "rung" on the ladder. As a bond matures, proceeds can be reinvested at prevailing interest rates with the goal of smoothing out the interest rate risk over a longer time horizon, Tarantino said.
Any bond sold prior to maturity could result in a loss of principal, he said, so it's important to be sure the investor not need access to the funds during the investment period.
If you wanted to veer away from your dad's wish that the money not go down in value and you're willing to take a little risk, consider investing the funds in an index fund. Historically, the stock market goes up over the long-term. An investment in an index fund today could become a healthy home downpayment or college supplement by the time your granddaughter is ready to use the money.
Karin Price Mueller
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