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September 18, 2003
Bluefield State College
Board of Governors
September 18, 2003
Members Present: Mr. John Barnes, Mr. Norris Kantor, Dr. Louis Aikens, Dr. Frank Ball, Mr. Michael Hanna, Mr. Daniel Frost, Ms. Ann Crowe, Mr. Jack Caffrey, Mr. Jack Stafford
Members Absent: Dr. Lyn Guy, The Reverend Garry Moore
Guests/Staff: Dr. Albert Walker, Mr. Jim Nelson, Mrs. Shelia Johnson, Dr. Tom Blevins, Dr. Tom Eaves, Dr. David Perkins, Vivian Sidote
Board Chairman John Barnes called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
The motion was made seconded (NKantor/DFrost) to approve minutes of the August 21, 2003 Board meeting as submitted. Motion carried.
Introduction of New Board Members
Mr. Barnes administered the oath of office to one new board member, Mr. Jack Stafford, and one board member, Mr. Jack Caffrey, who has been reappointed. Ms. Lala Wooten, notary, notarized each Oath of Office form.
Business and Finance Report
State Appropriated Revenue Summary
Mrs. Shelia Johnson distributed a summary of state appropriated funds. She indicated that last fiscal year HEPC hired a consultant to look at how institutions are splitting the funding between the baccalaureate and community college components of each institution. She said all direct expenditures go to the institutions and indirect expenditures are different for faculty, administration, and staff. The issue that has come up is the splitting of state appropriated dollars. Shelia said that Dr. Walker sent the Chancellor a letter to review this. Shelia said her concern is how to explain expenses one way and revenue another way. There was discussion concerning this issue.
Shelia mentioned that the state college CFOs had their monthly conference call and one item discussed was the quarterly shortfall. She said out of the $8.8 million appropriated to BSC, the College gets 20% for the July-September quarter and 22% for the October-December quarter.
Budget Request
Shelia said the higher education budget requests have as their priorities a) budget restoration and b) not having any additional cuts.
Financial Aid
Shelia reported that, at the institutional level, BSC has two major financial aid programs. She also indicated that financial auditors would visit BSC in October. She said the auditors come in every three years to look at federal funding.
Purchase Cards
Shelia noted that the College will also host an auditor who will be reviewing the Institution's purchase card usage.
Academic and Student Affairs Report
Credit Cards
Dr. Eaves distributed copies of Senate Bill 217, legislation concerning credit card companies' solicitation of college students. It asked for institutions to report rules regulating this matter, and to note when these rules were enacted. Dr. Eaves said in reviewing BSC policy manual, there is no institutional policy regarding this matter. He said a proposal will be presented for Board action at the October meeting.
Homecoming Activities
Dr. Eaves distributed information concerning BSC homecoming activities and invited Board members to participate, as their schedules permitted.
MSN Program
Dr. Eaves distributed copies of the collaboration agreement between Bluefield State College/Marshall University to offer an MSN program in nursing, beginning in January. He said Marshall will offer courses and there is possibility that some BSC nursing faculty will be qualified to teach some of these courses. A motion was made and seconded (NKantor/LAikens) to approve this program. Motion carried. Mr. Barnes said that this is a major step for Bluefield State College.
New River Community & Technical College
Mission Statement
Dr. David Perkins said that in order to continue the accreditation preparation in an effective way, there is a need to work from a mission statement approved by the Board of Governors. He said a committee comprised of four NRCTC employees, one BSC employee, four staff, three administrators, and two community representatives drafted a mission statement. He noted that the mission statement is compatible with BSC's mission statement. A motion was made and seconded (MHanna/JStafford) to approve the mission statement for New River Community & Technical College of Bluefield State College as presented by Dr. Perkins. Motion carried.
Dr. Walker said the next step is to send the mission statement to HEPC and they will then give it to subcommittee for review and approval.
Institutional Board of Advisors for NRC&TC
Dr. Perkins said under HB2224 there is a requirement to set up a Board of Advisors for NRCTC. He indicated that he had identified a slate of candidates to serve on the advisory board, but noted he had neglected one mandatory portion of this legislation requiring that two of the 12 lay people must be alumni of the institution. Mr. Barnes said he would withdraw this as an action item and the Board will refrain from taking a vote until such time as this requirement has been satisfied. After this has been done, the Board will consider this as an action item, either by special vote or during a regular meeting of the Board. Dr. Perkins said that this would be on the next agenda as an action item.
Machine/GV Newspaper Clipping
Dr. Perkins gave out a newspaper clipping from the Mountain Messenger regarding on a story about a special partnership between the Monroe County Manufacturing Assistance Center and Greenbrier Valley Campus of NRCTC.
Legislative Report
Mr. Jim Nelson gave the following timelines:
1. In HB2224 there was a mandate that Bluefield State and Concord College develop a collaborative report. He said by November 1 HEPC will submit to LOCEA the Bluefield State/Concord College report with recommendations.
2. On December 1, a procurement audit report will be submitted to HEPC.
3. By the start of the Fall 2004 Semester. The College must reduce the number of low enrollment introductory courses
4. By December 31, 2004, institutional accreditation must have been obtained by NRCTC.
5. Page 55 of HB 2224 contains language that specifies that money saved by institutions' collaborative or economizing efforts shall be returned to the institutions.
6. Jim said there was a lot of discussion within the legislative interim meetings concerning the possibility of a higher education bonding issue. He said this issue will probably be a topic for the October or November legislative interims.
7. On September 11, Dr. Walker met with Delegate Browning in Pineville, and on September 22, Dr. Walker will meet with Senator Guills in Lewisburg.
8. There was a significant amount of discussion concerning proposed budget cuts that could impact West Virginia public higher education.
Enrollment Management Report
On behalf of John Cardwell, who could not attend the Board meeting because of a prior commitment, Jim presented a brief update on the College's Fall 2003 enrollment. Currently, headcount enrollment is 3693 students and FTE enrollment is 2963. He reported that 630 students have not yet paid and Enrollment Management personnel are working very diligently to get as many students paid as is possible before the census date of October 1.
President's Report
Dr. Albert L. Walker, President gave a PowerPoint presentation of the events and activities that took place at all campuses since the last Board meeting. On the last page of his presentation was a brief photo and biographical sketch of Dr. Walker, as the information appeared in a recent issue of Ebony Magazine. The Board members ask to receive copies of that article.
1. Mr. Barnes asked that a set of minutes be sent to new member, Mr. Jack Stafford.
2. A copy of Dr. Jamkhandi's Center for International Understanding activities was given to Board members.
3. There was long discussion concerning the budget cuts. Mr. Kantor indicated that years ago a tax was put on soft drinks for the sole purpose of paying for a medical center at WVU. He said that possibly a tax on beer, wine, etc. could be used for higher education. There was discussion that followed. Mr. Barnes indicated that he doesn't see why Bluefield State College can't take the lead and start discussions with other colleges' governing boards. It was recommended that a resolution be drafted and sent to the Governor and legislature, expressing the BSC Board of Governors' position on this matter. Mr. Barnes asked Dr. Walker and Jim Nelson to draft a resolution.
4. Mr. Kantor asked that Dr. Eaves give the Board at the next meeting a list of suggestions he had made regarding strategies for generating funding, creating efficiencies, etc. relative to the operation of the College.
5. Dr. Frank Ball mentioned the Board of Governors workshop that is scheduled for October 7. Mr. Barnes said attendance is not mandatory, but added that Board members could attend if they so desired. Vivian Sidote said that Board members attending this conference could receive reimbursement for their expenses provided they submitted paid receipts with a zero balance and completed appropriate paperwork.
6. The next meeting date of the Board is October 16, 2003.
7. Mr. Caffrey ask that copies of the current BSC catalog be sent to members.
8. Mr. Frost asked if there was a formal articulation guide between all institutions in the southern part of the state about not duplicating programs? Dr. Walker said there was none. He said typically before a new program is introduced, a feasibility study is conducted to determine the need for such a program.
A motion was made and seconded (NKantor/DFrost) to adjourn at 9:10 p.m. Motion carried.
Respectfully submitted,
John Barnes


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The warm and friendly woman-owned boutique of Studio Joy Li houses the brilliant, wearable collection of designs by Joy Li, a veteran designer in the fashion industry working during her career for companies such as Liz Claiborne and Guess. The philosophy of design is described by the designer as "confident, comfortable" and is unconcerned with trends. Rather, she focuses on the customer and her lifestyle with an emphasis on the European contemporary color-palette, which centers on sophistication and neutrality allowing pieces from Studio Joy Li to mix-n-match almost effortlessly. Li says, "Our Scottsdale store is our testing lab," meaning this first and current flagship boutique is where Li tests her merchandise for quality, listens to feedback from customers, responds to the market and runs her business with business partner Jean Bartolomei.
Studio Joy Li creates "styles that empower women to lead life with confidence and balance of mind, body and spirit." With three lifestyle focuses of her collection including: Go, Lead, Be. "Go" includes styles that travel well. "Lead" incorporates styles that project confidence in a professional setting and "Be," styles that work for chill weekend or personal time.
Li's current collection photographed by Christos Sewell at the award-winning Desert House by Circle West Architect's Peter Koliopoulos, is an exquisite expression of fashion meeting architecture. For Li, Desert House was the perfect setting for her latest designs, saying Desert House "speaks" with the layers of organic and modern textures from the house including rock, water and earth, like the interchangeable, contemporary and textural pieces found at Studio Joy Li. Koliopoulos said this of Li, "Joy's design aesthetic moves beyond the mere symbols of fashion. Details express what the basic idea of the design requires for each relevant piece: belonging or separation, tension or lightness, friction or fragility…When I design building environments, I try and give them this kind of presence."
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Hey guys, I couldn't find much info on this anywhere.
My baby boy is now 9 months and of a healthy weight(not sure, we are due for a check-up in 2 weeks. Six month visit he was 16lbs.150z).
He is a huge eater and has always been. He still eats as frequently as a little newborn, most times every 1 1/2 to 2 hours! it does not matter whether it is solids or breast milk, by two hours he is hungry! I sometimes even breastfeed a full sitting and then follow with solids! It doesn't matter what I give him or really how much, his stomach just seems to empty based on the passage of time. Anyway, I am getting the feeling lately my milk is doing NOTHING for him, like its water, like I'm the personal water cooler. I am very confident my milk supply is adequate, and I am of good health. Could the composition just be super low in fat at this point? I know by a year they say it is not nutrionally adequate to be the sole food, but maybe it happens in some women's milk faster than others? Or is it possible he is nursing for comfort and telling me he is done before he is full so that I should follow with solids after every bf session? He is waking 2-4x a night to feed still. He eats a huge variety food, does not turn down anything, and I am cutting down on pureed food and giving him a lot more healthy finger foods and more hearty choices, hoping he will stay full awhile!
What's going on? The only thing I found online was related to night feeding, and it said to stick mainly to one breast so the fat content is higher and baby sleeps longer. Should I start weaning? Thanks!


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Oral history interview with Peter and Riva Dechar, circa 1967
Dechar, Peter
b. 1942
Active in New York, N.Y.
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Format: Originally recorded on 1 sound cassette. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 3 min.
Collection Summary: An interview of Peter and Riva Dechar conducted circa 1967, by Dorothy Seckler, for the Archives of American Art.
Biographical/Historical Note: Interviewee Peter Dechar (1942- ) is a painter in New York, New York. Interviewer Dorothy Seckler (1910-1994) was an art historian. Riva is Peter Dechar's spouse.
This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.
Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.
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My daughter is 8 weeks old and I really wanted to breastfeed her. She was born at 37 1/2 weeks via induction, because of preeclampsia. I asked for the cord to not be clamped right away though they did anyways and moved her over to the warming bed in less then 2 minutes of her being born. I was not given the chance to breastfeed her till at least an hour and a half after she was born and by then she was very sleepy. I tried breastfeeding her as much as possible within the first 24 hours, but she would not latch on. She would fall asleep as soon as she was at the breast. She became jaundiced within the first 48 hours of her birth and I was told it was bad enough that she needed to be under the bili lights. It was not offered one single time to use a bili blanket at the hospital to try to keep her skin to skin or even to attempt to breastfeed. The bili blanket was only mentioned when I asked about her being released to come home. I seen a board certified LC at the hospital, but she wasn't really any help. She had gotten me a SNS, but only let me try feeding one time with it and when that didn't go well she automatically jumped to formula telling me to pump with the hospital grade pump there which I did. The LC wanted me to rent a pump, but I couldn't afford it.I asked for the SNS back before we left the hospital & was told "Don't worry about it, just pump" I was never given any help though at all with trying to latch my daughter on, I wasn't even told how to latch her on correctly so she fights and cries.
I bought an Evenflo single electric pump since that's all I could afford at the time. I pumped with that for a couple weeks and gave up, because the horn didn't fit right and were very uncomfortable and can't be changed. If I didn't have the pump held as tightly as possible to the breast milk would leak out the bottom of the horn. I'm still using the same pump now since I can't get a better one til the end of Jan at earliest. I know it's possible to relactate at this point and I'd like to, but I need ideas on how to. I've been using a nipple shield which has been a huge help with at least getting her to even think about taking the breast.


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Should town rejoin district?November 11,2013
Should town rejoin district?
Should the town of Northfield rejoin the Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District? Northfield voters face this question in paper ballot voting Nov. 19 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Middle/High School and I would like to offer my reasons in support of a yes vote on this question.
The most important reason for rejoining CVSWMD is the statewide need to reduce the amount of solid waste (i.e. trash) going to landfills. CVSWMD has made a commitment to this goal by offering very strong programs for removing recyclables, organic wastes (food scraps, etc.) and construction debris from the solid waste that goes to landfills. Since Vermont now has only one operating landfill, it is essential that we all cooperate to reduce the amount of solid waste it has to accept.
And this reduction of the amount of solid waste going to our one landfill is more than just a practical necessity. It is a legal necessity as well. Vermont law now requires that recyclables, food scraps and construction waste be removed from the solid waste going to landfills in stages between now and 2020.
The simple fact is that CVSWMD is in a much better position to provide Northfield with the assistance we are going to need in complying with these practical and legal realities than the Mad River Resource Alliance. CVSWMD already has the programs in existence and it is a much better fit for Northfield geographically.
My second reason for urging a yes vote is financial. The Mad River Resource Alliance is in an uncertain financial position at this time because its budget is heavily subsidized by the Moretown Landfill, which is now closed and may or may not be allowed to reopen. If the Moretown landfill does not reopen, the per capita fee for MRRA will have to increase dramatically and it will still not be able to offer the same programs and geographical proximity offered by the CVSWMD.
It is true that the surcharge imposed by CVSWMD on solid waste tonnage could result in an increase in the per bag fee in Northfield. But households can reduce their costs by recycling. We must reduce our solid waste going to landfills by utilizing the recycling programs which CVSWMD already has in operation. Recycling is more difficult for some people than for others and we must find ways to make it easier for everyone.
For these reasons, my judgment is that voting to rejoin the CVSWMD on Nov. 19 is our best choice for managing solid waste in Northfield.
Brad Denny
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But media are convinced the Badgers are merely reloading and tabbed Wisconsin as favorites to win the new Big Ten West in a preseason poll conducted by the Columbus Dispatch.
Second-year head coach Gary Andersen is unconcerned about outside expectations.
"First I heard of that was when we got here last night," said Andersen at Monday's Big Ten Football media days. "The fact that somebody says you may be first, second, third, fourth, fifth or sixth really has no bearing on where we sit as a football team. We'll worry about what we can worry about."
Still, it's Wisconsin, winner of consecutive Big Ten titles between 2010-12 and a postseason regular with 12 straight bowl appearances. Entering preseason practice Wisconsin ranks as high as 14th in preseason national polls.
"The expectations are always high," Andersen said. "You're expected to do things well off the field; you're expected to do things well on the field."
In his first season, Andersen also finished 6-2 in the Big Ten Leaders Division and was a semifinalist for the Maxwell Coach of the Year Award. He guided Wisconsin to the Capital One Bowl, a 34-24 loss to South Carolina.
The Badgers lost five starters on offense and eight on defense, many on the line.
Among the returnees is running back Melvin Gordon who opted out of the NFL draft to come back for his junior season.
"Regrets? No, but I did think about it," said Gordon, who rushed for a team-leading 1,609 yards and scored 12 touchdowns, one behind the departed James White. "But camp's coming up and I don't have time to think about it."
Melvin and right tackle Rob Havenstein were selected as two of five West Division preseason players to watch.
Replacing departed defensive starters, particularly on the front line and at linebacker, will be a top priority when fall practice begins next week.
"We're not as experienced obviously, which is a concern," Andersen said. "I believe we're athletic. We're tough-minded. We need to make substantial gains in camp with our ability to consistently play with pad level, hands, technique, pre-snap awareness."
There's also competition at quarterback between junior returnee Joel Stave and junior Tanner McEvoy. Stave played all 13 games and threw for 2,494 yards and 22 touchdowns.
"Joel Stave and Tanner McEvoy will come in and split the reps," Andersen said. "It's going to be interesting to watch. … As far as a timeline, I really have no timeline. I've been through this a few times in my career and it will all settle out just like every position battle does."
The Big Ten revamped and renamed its conference divisions with the addition of Maryland and Rutgers, assigning both to the East. Division champs play in the Big Ten championship game on Dec. 6 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.
Wisconsin kicks off Aug. 30 against LSU in Houston. The Badgers open their home season on Sept. 6 against Western Illinois and begin Big Ten play Oct. 4 at Northwestern.
NOTES: Half the Wisconsin roster is home-grown with 54 players hailing from the Badger State. … Six returning players earned All-Big Ten honors last year, including second teasers Gordon and Havenstein. … Andersen plans to add additional duties this fall directly coaching the Badgers boundary or "B" linebackers.


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Pope Benedict XVI's abdication is unlikely to lead to big changes on major issues, experts say.
Some Catholic progressives view the abdication of Pope Benedict XVI as an opportunity for the church to usher in a more liberal era, but many Vatican watchers don't see big changes on the horizon.
NBC News' Vatican expert, George Weigel, said hot-button issues like women in the priesthood, contraception and abortion won't be game-changers in the selection of a successor because all the serious contenders will have the same solidly traditional positions.
"The notion that a papal transition is like getting a new president or governor or mayor is a false analogy," Weigel said.
Rocco Palmo, who writes the blog "Whispers in the Loggia," agrees.
"The teaching of the church is the teaching of the church and it's not a pope's prerogative to change it," he said.
Weigel contends the new pope won't be under any serious pressure to loosen the doctrine because the factions of the church that "agitate these questions are dying."
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Chris Schenk, executive director of FutureChurch, says there's the possibility of change with the selection of a new pope, but not everyone agrees.
"In the United States, 250,000 people came into the Catholic Church last Easter," he said. "Those people are not embracing 'Catholic Lite.' They're embracing the new Catholic evangelism."
Sister Chris Schenk, executive director of the progressive FutureChurch coalition, said her hope is that a progressive will break away from the pack and that one day soon there could be married priests or female deacons.
"Whether it happens in this next papacy or the one after that, I don't know, but I think it will happen," she said.
She pointed to Pope John XXIII, who was not expected to bring great change when he was elected in the 1958 but later opened the Second Vatican Council, which led to modern reforms.
Palmo, though, said Vatican II didn't alter the substance of church teachings, just the "articulation of it," such as allowing Mass to be said in the local language instead of Latin, and involving more lay people in the liturgy.
"There's style and there's substance, and when we're talking substance, no change," he said.
Weigel said that when the conclave begins, the papal candidates will likely be evaluated on how well they can handle a set of less polemical challenges:
— Europe's Catholic population is declining, and the College of Cardinals will be looking for a leader who can encourage "off-brand" charismatic renewal movements that are gaining strength outside the parishes, but without letting them "careen off into the bizarre," Weigel said.
— The new pope will need the tools to promote religious freedom internationally and confront efforts to equate "biblical morality" with intolerance, Weigel said.
— The Roman Curia, which is essentially the bureaucracy of the Holy See, is in desperate need of adminstrative reform, Weigel said. The cardinals could decide that should be the top priority and choose a new pope who can get the job done, "someone who can tackle it themselves or will understand they need to hire a cardinal to be secretary of state and make it work," he said.
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ince 2001, SIM has held 13 intensive workshop sessions for 500 students from all over the globe. The sessions includes 2 masterclasses per day, ensemble coaching, a performance and 2 private lessons per week.
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Written by musicalkaratekid on 17.02.2013 at 01:15
I'm going to be honest here, this album IS just as bad as the majority make it out to be. For one thing, Martin's vocals, which I've never really admired, rarely manage to bring any song out of complete and utter boredom, proving themselves to sound rather weak. The most interesting and best thing about this album is definitely Iommi's guitar work, but that's not saying much, since in my opinion, Sabbath have always been musically charged by his input into the sound. 'The Illusion of Power' makes for a really pitiful opener, and most of the other songs suffer in the same way from uninspired songwriting and half-baked musicianship (apart from Iommi), but there are two songs that grabbed my attention and even made me call them 'decent': 'Get a grip', which for the most part is very simplistic but is pretty solid, and closer 'kiss of death', which somehow reminds me of 'Lonely is the word' because of its melancholic touches and nice balladry. In all honesty these two songs and guitar work is why I've given this album a 4 and not a worse rating. Let's hope the new BS album with ozzy will at least improve upon the quality of this one then.


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Iberian Ships
The study of Iberian ships remains a small field of research in spite of the obvious importance of these vessels. As Karl Vandenhole, a journalist from Spiegel-TV, put it, they were the space shuttles of their time. Although their role in the history of Europe is frequently acknowledged, most have been destroyed by treasure hunters, and our ignorance about these amazing machines remains appalling. Very few studies about Iberian ships have been carried out, and even less published, in spite of the discovery of more than 70 suspected Iberian shipwrecks worldwide, all built and sailed between 1500 and 1700.
There are few doubts that the particular way in which these vessels were conceived and built derives from an older Mediterranean shipbuilding tradition, probably brought to the Iberian Peninsula by Italian and Arab shipwrights in the High Middle Ages. As the Iberian Peninsula was the nexus of two worlds, the Mediterranean ships were adapted there for oceanic navigation by incorporating construction features originating in the Baltic and North Atlantic traditions. The process by which the ships of the Portuguese and the Spanish evolved and adopted structural characteristics from both the northern and Mediterranean worlds is largely unknown to us, and to make things more complicated, a number of shipwrecks have been found with similar characteristics, but clearly originating from outside the Iberian Peninsula, such as the Cattewater, the Gresham, or the B&W 7 shipwrecks.
It is difficult to define what constructional features characterize an Iberian ship from the 16th and early 17th centuries. These sailing and inhabiting machines were the end result of a long process that entailed many decisions regarding their financing, conceptualization, construction and outfitting. Moreover, they were produced in a pre-industrial world and were all different at any given time. The standards within which they were conceived and built also changed in time. State built ships were among the most expensive and sophisticated artifacts constructed during the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries, and a drive for improvement seems to have been a constant incentive for change. The study of these amazing machines is an important chapter of the history of technology, and the study of the people that sailed them encompasses the most important and exciting problems of the history of science during the period under analysis.
Below is a list of known Iberian shipwrecks, some surveyed, others looted, others salvaged, and some excavated by archaeologists. The dates are approximated and in some cases "c. 1550" means only that the ship in question is believed to be a 16th century ship.
It is therefore difficult to precisely define what constructional features characterize an Iberian ship from the 16th and early 17th centuries. These ships were the end result of a long process that entailed many decisions regarding the financing, conceptualization, construction and outfitting. They were all different and the standards within which they were built changed constantly in time. State built ships were among the most expensive and sophisticated artifacts constructed during the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries, and a drive for improvement seems to have been a constant incentive for change.
The history of the three centuries of European expansion is hard to imagine without these complex machines, which carried – as J. Richard Steffy put it – people, merchandises and ideas across the globe, and made possible the contact between populations of all continents, even if often times that contact had dreadful consequences for some of the less technologically developed players. Unfortunately, ships also carried diseases, wars, and oppression.
What is worth stressing here is that given the importance of the technical characteristics of the vessels of this period, it is almost incomprehensible how little we know about them.
The excavation of one of four 16th-century Basque galleons found in Red Bay, Canada, greatly advanced our understanding of this type of ship. Paradoxically, this excavation brought more questions than answers to the discussion: Can we define a regional type for the entire Iberian Peninsula in the 16th or 17th centuries? How different were these ships from the English, Danish, or French ocean-going ships of their time? How much did Portuguese and Spanish shipwrights change the original Mediterranean model through time? How different were the Spanish and the Portuguese ships?
The Ships
New World Routes: 16th Century Shipwrecks
Molasses Reef Shipwreck, Bahamas (c. 1510)
Highborn Cay Shipwreck, Bahamas (c. 1520)
Bahia Mujeres Shipwreck, Mexico (c. 1550)
Playa Damas Shipwreck, Panama (c. 1530)
Santa Maria de Yciar, Texas (1554)
La Condesa, Portugal (1555)
Emanuel Point Shipwreck, Florida (1559)
Pensacola Shipwreck, Florida (1559)
Saint John's Bahamas Shipwreck, Bahamas (c. 1550)
Caio Nuevo Shipwreck, Mexico (c. 1550)
Mystery Wreck of MAREX, Bahamas (c. 1550)
Cayo Nuevo Shipwreck, Mexico (c. 1550)
Francisco Padre, Cuba (c. 1550)
La Galera, Cuba (c. 1550)
San Juan / Red Bay Shipwreck, Canda (1565)
San Pedro, Bermuda (1596)
Western Ledge Reef Shipwreck, Bermuda (c. 1600)
Spanish Wreck, Bermuda (c. 1600)
Ines de Soto Shipwreck, Cuba (c. 1600)
San Cayetano, Cuba (c. 1600)
Basque galleon 1, Canada (c. 1570)
Basque galleon 2, Canada (c. 1570)
Basque galleon 3, Canada (c. 1570)
Saona Site 1, Dominican Republic (c. 1550)
Saona Site 2, Dominican Republic (c. 1550)
Saona Site 3, Dominican Republic (c. 1550)
West Turtle Shoal, Florida (c. 1600)
Angra B, Azores (c. 1600)
Angra D, Azores (c. 1600)
New World Routes: 17th Century Shipwrecks
Fuxa Shipwreck, Cuba (c. 1610)
Green Cabin Shipwreck, Florida (c. 1620)
San Antonio, Bermuda (1621)
Nuestra Señora de Atocha, Florida (1622)
Shot Wreck, Florida (1622)
Santa Margarita, Florida (1622)
Dry Tortugas Shipwreck, Florida (1622)
Nuestra Señora del Rosario, Florida (1622)
Urca La Viga, Bermuda (1639)
Nuestra Señora de la Concepción,Dominican Republic (1641)
Stonewall Shipwreck, Bermuda (c. 1650)
Nuestra Señora de las Maravillas, Bahamas (1656)
Jesús M.ª de la Limpia Concepción. Ecuador (1654)
Santíssimo Sacramento B, Brazil (1668)
San Francisco Wreck, Cape Verde (c. 1700)
Los Lingotes, Cuba (c. 1700)
Manila Galleons: 16th and 17th Century Shipwrecks
San Felipe, Baja California (1575)
San Diego, Philippines (1600)
Nuestra Señora de la Concepción, Guam (1638)
Santa Margarita, Guam ?
Nuestra Señora del Pilar, Guam (1690)
Europe: 16th and 17th Century Shipwrecks
Corpo Santo, Portugal (c. 1400)
Ria de Aveiro A, Portugal (c. 1470)
Cais do Sodré, Portugal (c. 1500)
Santo António, England (1527)
Studland Bay, England (c. 1520)
Baleal 1, Portugal (c. 1550)
Arade 1, Portugal (c. 1580)
Santa Maria de la Rosa, Ireland (1588)
Capitana de Ivella, Spain (1596)
Ponta do Altar B, Portugal (c. 1610)
Portuguese India Route: 16th and 17th Century Shipwrecks
Etoile Shipwreck, Madagascar (c. 1530)
S. João, South Africa (1552)
S. Bento, South Africa (1554)
Fort San Sebastian Shipwreck, Mozambique (c. 1560)
Santiago, Bassas da India Atoll (1585)
Stº António, Seychelles (1589)
Sto. Alberto, South Africa (1593)
Cochin Shipwreck, India (c. 1600)
Wan-Li Shipwreck, Malaysia (c. 1600)
IDM-003 Shipwreck, Mozambique (c. 1600)
Pepper Wreck, Portugal (1606)
São Salvador, Malaysia (1606)
Galleon of Duarte Guerra, Malaysia (1606)
Espiritu Santo, South Africa (1608)
Madre de Deus, Japan (1610)
Nossa Senhora da Luz, Azores (1615)
S. João Baptista, South Africa (1622)
Sao Joseph, Mozambique (1622)
S.ta Catarina, Mozambique (1622)
S. Bartolomeu (?), France (1626)
S. Gonçalo, South Africa (1630)
Santa Catarina de Ribamar, Portugal (1636)
Santa Maria Madre de Deus, South Africa (1643)
Santíssimo Sacramento, South Africa (1647)
N.ª S.ª da Atalaia do Pinheiro, South Africa (1647)
Sunchi Shipwreck, India (c. 1650)
Sto. António de Tana, South Africa (1697)
Europe: 16th and 17th Century Shipwrecks
Cattewater Shipwreck, England (c. 1520)
Lomelina, France (1512)
Rye A Shipwreck, England (c. 1550)
Gresham Shipwreck, England (c. 1574)
Calvi 1 Shipwreck, France (c. 1580)
B&W 7 Shipwreck, Denmark (c. 1580)
Saint Honorat I, France (c. 1600)
Some Current Research Groups
Group for the Study of Iberian Seafaring at Texas A&M University's Nautical Archaeology Program


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"However, the story soon turns dark. The images seduce. They are richer and more compelling than the real life around them. [Director Wim] Wenders's characters fall in love with their dreams, become addicted to them. People wander about with blankets over their heads the better to see the monitors from which they cannot bear to be parted. They are imprisoned by the screens, imprisoned by the keys to their past that the screens seem to hold."
–Reading Digital Culture, p 249
I've been thinking about the above excerpt from Sherry Turkle's "Who Am We?" a fair amount since our last class. We talked at length about the value (or futility) of establishing a YouTube canon and how events like the YouTube Play Biennial are indicative of a larger phenomenon, namely the supplanting of traditional channels of fame by the more populist digital and social channels.
I mentioned that YouTube's great innovative strength was its staggering capacity for documentation: every minute, 35 hours of new video stream their way onto the site. Quite literally, humanity is crowdsourcing an intangible codex of the human experience; we're slowly amassing every permutation and combination of recordable events that can occur in a human lifetime. This is essentially the way that many viral hits build allure: they are humorous or engaging moments once entirely transient–like the daily news– but now "preserved" in a digital archive.
Stemming from these thoughts about our pursuit to document everything, my question is essentially whether we have subtly transformed into a society facing the mirror problem of the one in Wenders's film (synopsis). With the rise of hyper-intuitive portable video, every moment is now worthy of documentation, and that fundamentally changes how we operate in reality. Our experiences start assembling themselves into a spectrum of digital value: the allure of "authoring" the next viral hit goads everyone with a camera lens and a 3G connection to capture more of reality in a pixelated shadowbox. We go forth and document, frenetically ensnaring an expanding list of increasingly trivial moments.
Our addiction, then, is not motivated by the hope that dredging the subconscious self will manifest some hidden or repressed truth about humanity, but instead seems driven by the fear of transience: without a record, how will we recall the fantastic events that pepper our lives? When I die, will my importance to society at large be my upload history? My tweets? Additionally, there may be some innate desire to misrepresent our lives: if someone can score one viral hit, can we be led to think that individual's existence is filled with moments worthy of capture?
TL;DR: The populism of social media is allowing people to become famous not by traditional means like creating new things or participating in a fictional reality, but instead by capturing increasing amounts of the current reality. This poses some interesting questions about how we interact with the analog world.


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Travelodge is the fastest growing budget hotel chain in the country with over 470 hotels across the UK including 22 in London city centre and a further 21 in Greater London. Travelodge hotels have spacious, comfy bedrooms with ensuite bathrooms, a remote control colour TV, and free tea and coffee making facilities. Basically, it has everything you need and nothing you don't for a great nights sleep! To accommodate families, we offer 'family rooms' which includes a sofa bed and can sleep up to 2 adults and 2 children under 16 (or up to 3 adults). With prices from as little as £29 per room, per night, you'll have loads more money left to spend on theatre tickets, dinner reservations or shopping trips!
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Enjoy Short Mat Bowls at The Langstone Cliff Hotel
The air conditioned Washington Ballroom is an excellent venue for Short mat bowls with space for up to 5 mats.
Short Mat Bowls is a scaled down version of the indoor bowling that is seen on television, except that it is played on portable lightweight bowling carpets, which measure 45 feet by 6 feet (13.75 x 1.85 metres). The game is played like other forms of the sport, with full sized bowls being used to bowl up and down the carpet.
Thus, any suitably sized room can be turned into a temporary bowling green that is completely unaffected by the weather. This is why the sport has grown to over 100,000 players in just a few short years. The game has become so popular that it is now being taken up in many other parts of the world.
Short Mat bowls is a completely mixed sport in which men and women compete equally together. Indeed, it has become a great family sport involving both sexes and all ages from under 9 to over 90. The mixed nature of the sport has also created a great social atmosphere and offers plenty of occasions for single players to play the game in a social and friendly atmosphere .
Short Mat Bowls holidays are available at the Langstone Cliff Hotel with competitions being held here in the washington Suite during the following dates:
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Advances in medical technology continue to help save lives and yield better outcomes for patients.
One of the latest upgrades at Mayo Clinic Health System in La Crosse is giving stroke patients precious extra minutes.
Doctors say if a stroke is discovered within four and a half hours of onset, patients can be given a special clot-busting drug to help reduce the effects of the stroke. However, after that, very specialized care is needed. That's where the new telestroke technology is helping save lives.
"It's like they're here with the patient, in the room with the patient," said Kelli Tornstrom, a registered nurse and the stroke coordinator at Mayo Clinic Health System in La Crosse.
Tornstrom demonstrated on Tuesday how video technology can now allow patients who need comprehensive stroke care to be treated by specialized doctors at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester.
"The equipment is extremely easy to use. The neurologist on the other end does most of the operating. Basically, what we need to know on this end is how to turn it on," said Tornstrom.
La Crosse and Austin, Minnesota are the first two sites Mayo has rolled out this telestroke technology in the Midwest. The plan is to eventually have it in place in all of Mayo's clinics. That will provide for expedited care, especially in rural areas.
"I think this is an excellent opportunity for us and our patients to potentially extend the treatment window. We'll be able to have the vascular neurologist from Rochester evaluate the patient in real time and decide whether there's any additional treatments," said Dr. Greg Pupillo, a neurologist at Mayo Clinic Health System in La Crosse.
The technology will also allow staff in Rochester to instantly access a patient's x-rays and medical charts. Those things all add up when every minute counts in treating a stroke.
"We just want to provide some additional options for these patients. Having a stroke can be very devastating to the patient and the family, so we want to help improve the outcome of these patients," said Tornstrom.


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Note: This recall has been reannounced.
Meijer has added its name to the retailers joining the voluntary recall in December 2009 of ALL Roman shades and roll-up blinds.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.
Name of Product: Innovations and "At Home with Meijer" Roman Shades and Roll-Up Blinds
Units: 240,000
Importer/Retailer: Meijer, of Grand Rapids, Mich.
Manufacturer: Whole Space Industries LTD, of Centereach, N.Y.
Roll-up Blinds-Strangulations can occur if the lifting loops slide off the side of the blind and a child's neck becomes entangled on the free-standing loop or if a child places his/her neck between the lifting loop and the roll-up blind material.Roman Shades-Strangulations can occur when a child places his/her neck between the exposed inner cord and the fabric on the backside of the blind or when a child pulls the cord out and wraps it around his/her neck.
Incidents/Injuries: None reported.
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Neti pots – Ancient Ayurvedic Treatment Validated by Scientific Evidence
Nasal irrigation with salt water is recommended by 87% of family doctors as an adjunctive treatment to relieve the symptoms of nasal congestion and sinusitis. The simplest method is to hold salt water in your cupped hand, block one nostril while you inhale the water into the other nostril, then blow your nose. The high-tech version is to use a Neti pot, a little jug with a spout. You pour the salt solution from the Neti pot into one nostril and it drains out the other nostril. The technique is described here.
The Neti pot originated in India in Ayurvedic medicine. Neti is Sanskrit for "nasal cleansing." Other related ancient techniques that have not been adopted by scientific medicine include using a string instead of water and a yoga technique where you close one nostril, pour the solution into the other nostril and allow it to run out of the mouth.
Nasal irrigation provides short-term symptomatic relief and may improve nasal mucociliary clearance. It removes mucus not only from the nose but also from the maxillary and ethmoid sinuses. (more…)
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Political Crisis Keeps Obama From Asia-Pacific Summit
By Frank Langfitt • Oct 7, 2013
Originally published on October 7, 2013 5:20 am
Leaders of Asia-Pacific countries are wrapping up an economic summit in Indonesia. Much of the talk in the region over the weekend focused on the event's big no show: President Obama. Because of the partial government shutdown in the U.S., the president decided to stay at home and monitor developments.


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Dark Shadows with Johnny Depp
Resident evil retribution, Dark shadows
Forrest Gump ^-^
Taken 2, stolen
The Watch
I'm watching Prometheus right now, I hope it's good.
Get the Gringo with Mel Gibson...fun comedy/action movie similar to Payback.
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Dark Shadows with Johnny Depp
This one^^
Death Note and Death Note: The Last Name
Actually the first time I saw one of the movies of the Alien/Predator series.
The Ramen Girl
Thats My Boy with adam sandler. I want to watch Breaking dawn part 2 soon.
Way of the Dragon with Bruce Lee
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
Into the Wild is awesome movie
E.T. - Extra Terrestrial
The Amazing Spiderman.
Breaking Dawn Part 2
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text: I said I'd do this for a while now, and since I'm up and bored I'll do it now. There have been many (and I mean MANY) questions about adding lead tape and so on. Their effects, their benefits, suggestions on locations, and so forth. In this thread, I have posted most of my knowledge on the subject, some of which I will reiterate here. http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=295789 I will try to outline most of the information to simplify the reading and understanding process. I'm not the best writer (English is my worst subject and "basic math" is my best), so it still might be a bit foggy. So feel free to ask questions for clarification. Hopefully I won't be the only one to answer because that would put a heavy burden upon myself to constantly check here and answer everything. With this, I can also easily edit information should I learn anything new or a previous conception be wrong (I am human after all). Hopefully all edits will be for the former reason, not the latter. I might also edit this from time to time just to reorganize the information and make it more readable, because I'm too lazy to do it on the first go. So let's begin shall we? I) General Lead Placement Locations: A) 12 o'clock (top of the hoop) - Lead at this location improves power and plow through more than any other location. B) 11&1 or 10&2 - Improves power and plow through significantly but also increases stability slightly. C) 3&9 o'clock - Improves power and plow through and increases stability by the maximum value. D) 6 o'clock - Improves power and plow through slightly. E) Throat or handle - Improves power and plow through very slightly. Generally used as counterbalance locations. (Lead on the handle is placed UNDER the replacement grip.) F) Buttcap - Used as a counterbalance location. II) General trends based on placement: A) The farther away from the balance point you add weight, the more dramatically the balance will chance in that direction. Also, increasing the amount of weight added at that location will also increase the change in balance. Basically lead at 12 changes balance towards head heaviness most dramatically. However, 1 gram at 12 won't do as much as 10 grams at 3&9. By the same token, lead in the buttcap changes balance towards head lightness most drastically. And 10 grams at the top of the handle has more effect than 1 gram in the buttcap. B) The higher you add lead, the greater the increase in swingweight. Anywhere from where your dominant hand is located and lower has either negligible or no effect on swingweight. C) Where you add weight affects the "sweetspot". For example, lead at 12 drags the sweetspot up, while lead on the handle drags the sweetspot down. This is also a change that changes more dramatically based on how much weight and how far it is from the sweetspot. This is why players rackets have tiny sweetspots, as they have a general trend of having very headlight balances. Also, weight on the sides of the sweetspot stretches it. So lead at 3&9 basically makes the sweetspot a little wider, adding forgiveness. III) The Two Different Setups This is the real juicy part of the post. Generally on the tour, there are 2 types of setups. Most advanced setups will be geared into the "Swingweight 2" range. Now what does SW2 mean? Basically, when you add weight, the racket will produce more power, resulting in more depth. As you add weight, the ball goes closer and closer to the baseline when you hit it. Finally, you get to the point where the ball barely lands in every time. This is swingweight 1 status. As you keep adding lead to that, the ball starts going long. Eventually, you reach the amount of weight that the ball won't go any farther. If you keep adding weight, your swing will be slowed down and the ball will land shorter and shorter as a result. Eventually, it comes back to landing inside the court. This is swingweight 2 status. Pros who use heavy rackets are usually using rackets in the SW2 range like Djokovic, Sampras, and Murray's old racket (I'm not sure what he's using now, but he supposedly uses less weight now). The SW2 range varies based on the player's physical strength. A) Depolarized Setup - Basically, this setup has the most stability and power. Weight will generally be added lower on the racket, resulting in a lower increase in swingweight per gram. This means you can add a LOT of weight, and still not exceed your SW2 range. More mass means more stability and power. Usually the added power means a higher tension is required to control it. ---1) Examples of users of this setup: Sampras, Djokovic, Agassi, Courier, Edberg, Becker, Connors, and Blake. ---2) Types of players supported: ------a) Aggressive Baseliner - Blake, Roddick, Lendl ------b) Big Server - Roddick, Becker ------c) Counterpuncher - Agassi, Hewitt ------d) Serve and Volleyer - Sampras, Edberg ------e) Big-Hitting All Court Player - Sampras, Becker ---3) Benefits: ------a) Increased stability ------b) Increased power and plow through ------c) Increased forgiveness ------d) Heavier shots off the racket ------e) Increased control ------f) Better volleys ------g) Better returns ---4) Drawbacks: ------a) Tends to flatten out your stroke a little ------b) The excessive power requires higher tensions to control ---5) http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showpost.php?p=788364&postcount=1 shows how to create this setup. Basically, you add lead to 3&9 to improve stability and power, then counterbalance it with weight somewhere on the handle. The above link supplies an equation to find your ideal counterbalance location given a specific amount of weight you want to add and a specific balance you want. Of course, you can do that yourself without that equation, it's not all that hard. Most people on this board like to apply counterbalance weight for this setup at 7 inches above the buttcap. Why? Don't ask me, but a lot of people like it. There have been multiple theories such as the location is equidistant from the balance point compared to lead at 3&9, that it's the perfect distance away from the hand such that it doesn't hinder mobility much and offers the best amount of power as a result of the combination of mass and mobility. B) Polarized Setup - This setup provides the most spin and power at a given weight. Nowadays, as the game moves towards a more spin orientated game, this setup has become increasingly popular. Because a majority of the added weight is placed towards the poles of the racket (at 12 o'clock with counterbalancing in the buttcap), the SW2 range is reached more quickly, resulting in a low static weight racket. However, as a result of the lower static weight (less power from mass) and increased spin production, lower tensions are usually required to make up for the overall lack of depth and power (which further assists in spin generation). ---1) Examples of users of this setup: Nadal, Federer, Wawrinka, Safin, and Rafter. ---2) Types of players supported: ------a) Any player that relies on using heavy spin - Nadal, Federer, Wawrinka ---3) Benefits: ------a) Most added power and plow through with minimal weight added. ------b) Increased spin potential (heavier spin shots off the racket) ------c) Increased consistency for baseliners ---4) Drawbacks: ------a) Requires the use of heavy spin to control trajectory of your shots ------b) More difficult to volley with ---5) To create a polarized racket, basically add weight at 12 (you can use long strips that go from 10 to 2 o'clock or longer, or short strips layered at 12) then counterbalance with weight in the buttcap. Sometimes you might feel that you're lacking in stability, so add some lead at 3&9 to fix that. Nadal uses 9.5 grams under the bumper and 2.5 grams in the buttcap. Federer adds a little lead under the bumper to a hand-picked, stock [K]Six.One Tour (now, perhaps to a hand-picked, stock BLX Six.One Tour). C) Final notes: Do you have to use one setup or another? No. Not even all pros fall into one of these categories or another (at least, not purely). Not even all pros use racket customized to SW2 status (Verdasco comes to mind). Like in the polarized setup, I suggested that if you required more forgiveness and stability that you add a little lead at 3&9. You can combine setups. Safin had quite a bit of lead at 12, and in addition had strips at 3&9 (though less than at 12; I have no idea about what he does for counterbalancing, if anything). Do you need counterbalancing? No. But should you? Probably use at least a little. Use whatever you feel works best for you and don't be afraid to tinker with it a little. However, you want to write down the setup you like so should you experiment from there, you know how to go back to it. You want to write down the placement locations, amount of lead added, and the overall specs.


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Among the most important observations by a consultant who performed an "audit" of public education in West Virginia was that the system is far too centralized. Few state departments of education have as much control as ours, the consultant emphasized.
Now Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, many legislators and even the state Board of Education want to change that. Fortunately, an effective, proven tool – regional education service agencies – already is in place.
Shifting some responsibilities from Charleston to the multi-county RESAs will make the process more responsive to county school systems, proponents of the idea believe. Opponents, including one of the state's two big teachers' unions, claim the RESAs are an inefficient waste of money.
But many county school systems have saved money by utilizing RESA programs – and just as important, the regional agencies have provided services some counties could not have afforded at all on their own.
Part of the advantage of RESAs is that they are linked closely to the school systems they serve, with representatives of the counties sitting on the agencies' boards. RESAs, in short, have some accountability to local school officials – while the state Department of Education has very little.
Not every RESA in West Virginia (there are eight) has a spotless history. A failure of oversight allowed a finance official for a RESA serving six southern counties to embezzle more than $1.3 million between 1999 and 2006. And in 2008, a Martinsburg man was accused of embezzling more than $31,000 from the RESA serving that area.
Since then, better oversight over RESA finances has been established.
As for complaints by the state chapter of the American Federation of Teachers that RESAs are not efficient, that does not seem to have been a problem in this area. Still, legislators may want to give county boards of education more authority to monitor RESA programs and insist they be of high quality.
Shifting some responsibility for school quality out of the state DOE in Charleston certainly makes sense – and may save money that could be used in classrooms instead of for layers of bureaucracy. The RESA approach to that makes sense, and legislators should move to implement it.


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The following photo is a good choice for this week's prompt, what with snow and the long furry and heavy coats. The picture was taken in 1908 outside the home of Jabez B. & Zella McPherson in Bentley, Alberta, Canada. Jabez is the man in the long dark fur coat in front of the horses. I believe his wife Zella is standing just to the left of the sledge. At this time, most of Jabez' brothers still lived in Bentley, so the other folks could be his brothers and their wives, or perhaps Bentley friends.
|Circa 1908, Jabez and Zella McPherson with Friends and Family,
Bentley, Alberta, Canada
Courtesy of Bentley & District Historical Society and The Bentley Historical Museum
Jabez's father, William Burns McPherson (older brother of my great-grandfather James Burns McPherson) led his family north from Wisconsin when homesteading land opened up in the Alberta territory of Canada. The McPherson group, which included William B., his sons Willie M, Jamie, Jabez Burns (who was a cousin of my grandfather Jabez Burns McPherson) Charles, and Victor, arrived in Bentley in 1899. They built homes, sawmills, a creamery and cheese company in Bentley; helped build schools and churches as well as participated in the town government. However by 1925, only the above Jabez Burns McPherson (my 1st cousin, 2x removed) remained in this small Alberta town. He and his wife Zella had no children and lived out their years in and around Bentley. Both are buried in the local cemetery.
|One of Jabez McPherson's sawmills
Most likely the second, judging by the cars
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Review: 'Dragon' succeeds as edgy thriller
Remake of Swedish film, book has its own style
If all of a sudden a whole crop of spiky-haired, pierced Goth type computer hackers come out of the woodwork, don't be surprised -- Lisbeth Salander is the most influential female heroine to be introduced to modern cinema since Sigourney Weaver's Ellen Ripley.
Interview: Screenwriter Steven Zaillian
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" is the first story in Stieg Larsson's "Millennium" trilogy, which has been already completed on film in Sweden, and features the fierce character at its center.
David Fincher, who has been behind the camera of "Fight Club" amd "Panic Room" and received Academy Award nominations for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" and "The Social Network," is given the task of introducing Larsson's series, and the dark and stormy Salander, to American audiences. Now that we don't have wizards and we're on the tail end of stories of vampire brides, it's time to let another sequelistic frenzy begin. And so it has.
Fincher and screenwriter Steven Zaillian certainly have their work cut out for them, for even though Lisbeth Salander has intrigue, there's pounds of other story to cut through to get to the nitty gritty.
In "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," there's another important character, Mikael Blomkvist (Daniel Craig), who still believes in the watchdog form of journalism and works at a magazine, Millenninum, that believes in it, too. When the film opens, he's been found libelous for uncovering some seemingly seedy dealings of a wealthy businessman. Blomkvist knows he's been set up, but has no way of proving it.
It's the perfect time for Henrik Vanger (Christopher Plummer) to step in and offer Blomkvist an investigative job. Vanger promises him a "handsome sum of money" to escape the city and spend time on a secluded island that has been inhabited by the dysfunctional Vanger clan for years. Decades ago, Henrik's niece disappeared and someone in the family knows how and why. There are all kinds of skeletons in the closet in the Vanguard household including Nazism, rape, alcohol abuse and greed. Blomvkist ends up hiring Salander to help him with his research, throwing the two into a bizarre and twisted universe.
Parallel subplots reveal Lisbeth's own horrific dealings, including a particularly graphic rape scene by her sadistic, state-imposed legal guardian Bjurman (Yorick van Wageningen).
Storywise "Dragon Tattoo" could be a BBC series, a computer hacker joins a journalist to uncover unsolved murders. This especially seems so when Blomkvist goes on a journey to find photos from a random picture taker and ends up in a widow's cozy countryside house going through yellowed honeymoon photos, while Lisbeth collects stacks of historical data from Vanguard Industries searching for murder clues.
But Fincher knows how to keep the story taut, and a soundtrack by Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails) and Atticus Ross underscores the edginess that is pervasive throughout.
Finding the actress to play the tattooed girl was no easy task, for sure, but it ended up she was right under Fincher's nose. Rooney Mara played Jesse Eisenberg's jilted girlfriend in "The Social Network." She's barely recognizable as Salander, but inhabits the role with a cool ease. Swedish actress Noomi Rapace originated the film role in the Swedish screen version; she can be seen stateside in "Sherlock Holmes 2." There's something more mysterious about Mara's portrayal when compared to Rapace's take on the role. There's a quiet depth that plays as a throughline throughout. However, the Swedish version does reveal more about Salander's past than the U.S. screenplay, so that could account for some of the vagueness.
Filled with brutality and sexual violence especially against women, Larsson's "Tattoo" is not an easy story and Fincher's bold direction makes it all the more difficult. If there's one bone to pick, it is with a scene where Blomvkist and Salander end up in bed together. In typical Hollywood fashion, we are given a full view of Mara, while we see much less of Craig, adding insult to the injury of female exploitation.
The film, all in all, has all the elements of a well-made movie: good acting, great directing, powerful characters and a story ready made for a sequel or two. It will be interesting to see how Hollywood slays the rest of Larsson's "Dragons" since there are two more films in the works for release through 2015.


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