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2010: The sci-fi action movie "Avatar," written, directed and produced by James Cameron, becomes the first film to gross more than $2 billion worldwide.
2010: Beyoncé sets a Grammy record for females when she wins six Grammys in one night for Song Of The Year, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance, Best R&B Song, and Best Contemporary R&B Album. Adele would tie the mark on Feb. 12, 2012. Michael Jackson holds the overall one-night record, having won eight Grammys in 1984.
2005: The People v. Jackson trial begins in Santa Maria, California, with pop singer Michael Jackson facing 14 counts after a 13-year-old boy he had befriended accused him of sexual abuse. Jackson faced four counts of molesting a minor, four counts of intoxicating a minor in order to molest him, one count of attempted child molestation, and one count of conspiring to hold the boy and his family captive at his 2,700-acre Neverland Ranch, as well as conspiring to commit extortion and child abduction. On June 13, 2005, Jackson was acquitted on all counts.
2001: A panel of three Scottish judges sitting in a special court in the Netherlands convicts Libyan Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi and acquits another Libyan citizen, Al-Amin Khalifa Fhimah, in the Dec. 21, 1988, bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. The terrorist attack killed all 259 people on the plane and 11 more on the ground. Megrahi served more than eight years before being freed on compassionate grounds by the Scottish Government in August 2009 following doctors reporting that he had terminal prostate cancer and was expected to have around three months to live. He died on May 20, 2012, nearly three years after his release, and remains the only person to be convicted for the attack.
2000: Atlanta Braves relief pitcher John Rocker is suspended by Major League Baseball for disparaging foreigners, homosexuals and minorities in an interview published by Sports Illustrated. The suspension was originally for all of spring training and the first 28 games of the 2000 season, but an arbitrator later allowed Rocker to attend most of spring training while reducing the regular season suspension to 14 games.
1996: Comet Hyakutake is discovered by Japanese amateur astronomer Yuji Hyakutake. The comet's passage near the Earth was one of the closest cometary approaches of the previous 200 years.
1992: Sportscaster Howard Cosell retires with the last airing of his daily five-minute radio spot, "Speaking of Sports," which had run for 39 years. Cosell, arguably the best-known and most controversial sports broadcaster in the history of the medium, had been winding down his career after surgery in June 1991 to remove a cancerous tumor from his chest. He would die of a cardiac embolism at the age of 77 on April 23, 1995.
1990: The first McDonald's in the Soviet Union opens in Moscow. At the time the largest McDonald's in the world, it proved extremely popular, with waiting lines of several hours common in its early days.
1987: Singer and musician Marcus Mumford, best known as the lead singer of Mumford & Sons, is born in Yorba Linda, California, to British parents. His family moved back to their native England when Mumford was 6 months old and he grew up in London.
1981: Singer and actor Justin Timberlake, who became famous in the late 1990s as the lead singer of the boy band 'N Sync, is born in Memphis, Tennessee. Timberlake found success as a solo artist after 'N Sync broke up and has starred in movies such as "The Social Network," "Bad Teacher" and "Friends with Benefits."
1977: Actress Kerry Washington, best known for roles in movies such as "The Last King of Scotland," "Ray" and "Django Unchained," and for the TV drama "Scandal," is born in The Bronx, New York.
1974: Polish-born film producer Samuel Goldwyn, best known for being the founding contributor and executive of several motion picture studios in Hollywood, dies at the probable age of 94 in Los Angeles, California. Born Schmuel Gelbfisz, Goldwyn used the name Samuel Goldfish before joining with Edgar Selwyn to form Goldwyn Pictures in 1916. He then legally changed his last name to Goldwyn, a combination of his and his partner's last names. Goldwyn Pictures proved successful, but it is most famous for its "Leo the Lion" trademark, which was sold with the company in 1924 to Metro Pictures Corporation, soon to be renamed Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer or MGM.
1973: Actress Portia de Rossi, best known for her roles as lawyer Nelle Porter on the TV series "Ally McBeal" and Lindsay Fünke on the sitcom "Arrested Development," is born Amanda Lee Rogers in Horsham, Victoria, Australia.
1971: Astronauts Alan Shepard, Stuart Roosa and Edgar Mitchell aboard a Saturn V rocket lift off on the Apollo 14 mission to the Fra Mauro Highlands on the Moon.
1970: Actress Minnie Driver, best known for her Oscar-nominated performance in "Good Will Hunting" and for her roles in other movies such as "Grosse Pointe Blank" and "Sleepers," is born in London, England.
1961: Ham the Chimp becomes the first chimpanzee launched into outer space by the American space program when he rides a Mercury rocket on a 16-minute suborbital flight. Ham had his vital signs and tasks monitored using computers on Earth before splashing down in the Atlantic Ocean.
1959: Actress Kelly Lynch, best known for her roles in movies such as "Bright Lights, Big City," "Drugstore Cowboy" and "Road House," is born in Golden Valley, Minnesota.
1958: With the launch of Explorer 1, America puts its first satellite into orbit around the Earth. It would become the first spacecraft to detect the Van Allen radiation belt, returning data until its batteries were exhausted after nearly four months. It remained in orbit until 1970, and has been followed by more than 90 scientific spacecraft in the Explorer series.
1956: English author A. A. Milne, best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh and for various children's poems, dies at the age of 74 in Hartfield, East Sussex, England.
1956: Singer Johnny Rotten, best known as the lead vocalist for the punk band The Sex Pistols, is born John Joseph Lydon in London, England.
1951: Singer and musician Harry Wayne Casey, best known as the lead singer of KC and the Sunshine Band, is born in Opa-Locka, Florida.
1950: U.S. President Harry S. Truman announces a program to develop the hydrogen bomb.
1947: Hall of Fame baseball pitcher Nolan Ryan, an eight-time All-Star who holds the MLB record for career strikeouts with 5,714, is born in Refugio, Texas. Ryan, who played for the New York Mets, California Angels, Houston Astros and Texas Rangers over his 27-year career, is the all-time leader in no-hitters with seven, three more than any other pitcher.
1940: The first monthly Social Security check is issued to Ida May Fuller of Ludlow, Vermont. Fuller, a legal secretary who worked three years under the Social Security program before retiring in November 1939, received $22.54 in that first check.
1937: Composer Philip Glass, one of the most influential composers of the late 20th century, is born in Baltimore, Maryland. Glass has written operas, musical theater works, 10 symphonies, 11 concertos, solo works, chamber music, and film scores, three of which have been nominated for Oscars.
1937: Actress Suzanne Pleshette, best known for the TV show "The Bob Newhart Show" and for her work in movies such as "Rome Adventure" and "The Birds," is born in New York City. She died of respiratory failure at age 70 on Jan. 19, 2008.
1931: Hall of Fame baseball player Ernie Banks, who played shortstop and second base for the Chicago Cubs from 1953 through 1971, is born in Dallas, Texas. Banks, who won the National League MVP award in 1958 and 1959, would finish his career with 512 home runs, and his 277 homers as a shortstop were the most ever at the time of his retirement. He died of a heart attack at age 83 on Jan. 23, 2015.
1923: Writer and journalist Norman Mailer, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist whose works include "The Executioner's Song," "The Naked and the Dead" and "Armies of the Night," is born in Long Branch, New Jersey. He died of acute renal failure at age 84 on Nov. 10, 2007.
1921: Actress and singer Carol Channing, best known for originating, on Broadway, the musical-comedy roles of bombshell Lorelei Lee in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," and matchmaking widow Dolly Gallagher Levi in "Hello, Dolly!," is born in Seattle, Washington. She also has appeared in movies such as "The First Traveling Saleslady," "Skidoo" and "Thoroughly Modern Millie," the last of which earned her an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
1919: Hall of Fame baseball player Jackie Robinson, who broke the sport's color barrier when he debuted with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, is born in Cairo, Georgia. Robinson, who won the inaugural MLB Rookie of the Year Award in 1947 and the National League Most Valuable Player Award in 1949, was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962 and his uniform number, 42, was "universally" retired across all major league teams in 1997. He died of a heart attack at the age of 53 on Oct. 24, 1972.
1914: Boxer Jersey Joe Walcott, who broke the world record for the oldest man to win the world's Heavyweight title when he earned it in 1951 at the age of 37 years, 168 days, is born Arnold Raymond Cream in Merchantville, New Jersey. Walcott, who successfully defended his title once before losing it to an undefeated Rocky Marciano in 1952, would hold the oldest age record until George Foreman won the title at age 45 in 1994. Walcott died at age 80 on Feb. 25, 1994.
1913: Don Hutson, the first star split end in National Football League history, is born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Hutson, who played 11 seasons for the Green Bay Packers from 1935 to 1945 as a wide receiver, kicker and safety, was a charter inductee of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He helped Green Bay to three NFL championships in his career and was named NFL MVP twice. Over his career he led the NFL in receptions eight times, in receiving yards seven times, and in scoring five times. He played college football at the University of Alabama and was also inducted in the College Football Hall of Fame. He died at age 84 on June 26, 1997.
1893: The trademark "Coca-Cola," used in the marketplace since 1886, is first registered in the United States Patent Office.
1872: Author Zane Grey, best known for his popular adventure novels presenting an idealized image of the American frontier, is born Pearl Zane Grey in Zanesville, Ohio. Grey, whose best-selling book was 1912's "Riders of the Purple Sage," died of heart failure at age 67 on Oct. 23, 1939.
1865: Congress passes the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which proposes abolishing slavery, thereby submitting it to the states for ratification. The amendment was formally adopted when Georgia became the 27th of the then 36 states to ratify it on Dec. 6, 1865. Pictured is the amendment in the National Archives, bearing the signature of President Abraham Lincoln, who was assassinated in April 1865 before the amendment was ratified.
1801: John Marshall is appointed the fourth chief justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. The longest-serving chief justice in Supreme Court history, Marshall would dominate the court for more than three decades and play a significant role in the development of the American legal system.
1797: Composer Franz Schubert, one of the leading exponents of the early Romantic era in music, is born in Vienna, Austria.
1606: Guy Fawkes is executed for his plotting against the English Parliament and King James I. Fawkes was part of a conspiracy to blow up the Palace of Westminster in London to destroy the House of Lords. He was discovered and arrested on Nov. 5, 1605, while guarding 36 barrels of gunpowder in the cellars under the palace. While the head of the conspiracy, Robert Catesby, was killed as the conspirators fled the city, eight others were tried and convicted for the plot.
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|DM Azure_Zero
The ramshackle town of Falcon's Hollow rests
perilously close to the infamous Darkmoon
Vale. The jagged shadow of nearby mountains
casts a shroud of gloom on the desperate souls
who call this place home. Many are drawn here
to make their fortune cutting a swath of darkwood
lumber through the lush forests of the
vale. Others journey to these remote fringes to
start over, piecing together their shattered lives
on the edge of an untouched wilderness far
from the things of man. Persecuted zealots and
outcasts flock to Falcon's Hollow. Here, these
fanatics practice their strange and often deviant
rites unfettered by the mores of civilization.
Still others are lured to Falcon's Hollow by the
promise of great adventure. Peril and splendor
await within the accursed halls of dwarven
kings of old, whose glorious civilization long
ago shattered and crumbled to dust.
After the Black scour taint outbreak was dealt with;
Bertrand had enough adventure, but would have a tale for his children.
Barnabus returned with the shrooms and helped Laurel,
in making the Cure and were assisted by Arianna Willowwood and Gardenia.
During the outbreak;
Lady Cirthana was doing what she could against the outbreak and was assisted by Nalita Bakji and Yuuki Frostfell.
Carnider "Stinky" Dravonic was making Home remedies and selling them,
but the Root's and Remedies was more popular.
Having arrived in the Falcon's Hollow 3 days ago,
Dennvyn Fealthan having heard of the taint and wanting to help,
but arriving 4 days after a cure was found.
Jund on the other hand was a wanderer and decided to rest here for a bit.
Little did the people of Falcon's Hollow know that a new problem would a rise and require heroes.
Would they be Triumphant Heroes or Defeated and Dead?
And this is their story.
|Barnabus II
|Arianna Willowwood
Arianna walked towards Roots & Remedies, as she had for much of the last few weeks. With the herbs and curatives that had been found, it seemed that the epidemic had been stopped, and she'd spent the last week roaming the outskirts of the townseeking any unnoticed pockets of infection that might threaten to start a second wave.
It appeared as if the cure was exactly that, and the surviving townsfolk were in the process of putting their lives back together. Usually, a time like this would be exactly when Arianna headed back into the wilderness, either doing guide work or exploring on her own, yet for sme reason she felt a strong inclination to remain in town a while longer.
"Indeed it is Barnabus,
And I still can't thank you and the rest for going out and getting the ingredients for the cure."
|Arianna Willowwood
|Barnabus II
"Starting to feel like I should be out there doing someting, maybe on another adventure. I ave learned much bout brewin an tink one day I might settle intah such a job as this......someday."
"Arrianna yah headin intah tha wilds anytime soon?"
|Dennvyn Fealthan
Dennvyn throws a few more coins across the bar, taking his cider with a smile, Well, I think, despite what I wanted to believe, this taint probably wasn't a Lumber Consortium plot... which means I should just smile, and join in the celebrations -- after all, I'm sure all the corruption will still be here to ferret out tomorrow...
He smiles again and raises his mug in thanks, then heads toward a table, avoiding the longshanks who refuse to look down as they walk. He takes a pull from the cider and quietly surveys the room, and catches himself listening for rumours, despite his earlier pledge. (Perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9)
Jund walks through the town taking everything in.
So this is Falcon's Hollow. Small town indeed. Guess I'll have a look around. Should also find a place to stay. Might need some work and save up some gold if I am going to keep traveling
perception 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22
|Carnider "Stinky" Dravonic
Once more the sound of thunder, well a single loud crack, is heard in the back of Davonic's Healing Emporium. A gnome, with singed and wild looking hair full of a black soot enters the shop. Two small whitened areas on his face show where his special glasses had be placed, before the explosion and smoke covered him with black carbon residue. A pink tongue pokes out between his lips, before the creature spits on the floor. "That's it Radiner, I'm done for the day!" And with an impetuous stamp of his boots and a slam of the door the gnome makes his way off from his small shop front. Taking out a small notebook, he starts scribbling and scratching out writing found on its pages, as he mumbles and grumbles head down, paying no heed to whatever goes on.
His feet take him, as if by some automatic sense to the 'Goose 'n Gander'. He walks though the door, and walks towards the bar, still looking at his notebook. However, the layout of tables has changed ever so slightly, as he walks straight into the stranger sipping his cider. His panda face looks up in surprise, "Oh!"
|DM Azure_Zero
|Nalita Bakji
Nalita busies herself in the kirk helping Lady Cirthana clean up from the events of the last couple weeks. She is currently on her hands and knees scrubbing the floors in the room they let the sick stay in. After a few moments she stands.
"I'm done with the floors miss Cirthana anything else you'll be needing my help with today?"
Sorry I haven't posted before now...busy day yesterday.
|DM Azure_Zero
in the Goose 'n Gander
"Will that Cider be all good sir."
She looks like a Human(Ulfen) woman of about 6 foot 0.
She has a muscular yet boxum and curvy human build with comely features and pale skin.
Her face looks attractive for a human.
She has Golden eyes and lose Copper Red Hair that ends at her mid back.
She is wearing a Brown mid Calf length skirt, a white short sleeved shirt and a Brown bodice that assists with her figure.
"Alkaid, can you help me with the Kegs in the back."
She looks like a Human(Ulfen) woman of about 6 foot 0.
She has a muscular yet boxum and curvy human build with comely features and pale skin.
Her face looks attractive for a human.
She has Golden eyes and Braid Copper Red Hair that ends at her mid back.
She is wearing a Brown mid Calf length skirt, a white short sleeved shirt and a Brown bodice that assists with her figure.
|Dennvyn Fealthan
Dennvyn looks up at the woman and smiles, Sigh, the pretty ones are always just too darned tall. "All for now, thank you. I might trouble your kitchens a mite later, though." He stops a moment and is struck by a random thought, calling out slightly as the young woman turns away, "Will there be a singer or storyteller later this evening?"
He is jostled by the sudden impact with a sooty gnome, and laughs, "I guess we were both looking up and didn't see each other coming. Still, nothing spilled, so no harm done, good sir."
|DM Azure_Zero
|Dennvyn Fealthan
|Carnider "Stinky" Dravonic
"oh! you shouldn't have been there ..... you weren't there yesterday.." the gnome mumbles, as he sees black smudges over the man's clothes. He reaches out ... "Sorry, didn't mean to get you dirty. Here .. let me..." a dirty handkerchief is pulled from his pocket and proceeds to smudge and make worst the black marks that now appear on man's trousers.
As the cleaning, dirtying, process goes on, the gnome looks up all of a sudden, "Carnider Dracovic of Dracovic's Healing Emporium. Come over, I might have something that'll help clean your clothes. Give you a discount this time. We specialise in alternative medicines." A small semi clean hand comes out from the bundle of activity, offering itself to the larger man.
I'm sure that the barstaff and patrons would know Carnider by the Stinky name, from being a fairly regular customer and know of his 'experimentation'. Or at least, him arriving is similar fashion at other times ...
|Dennvyn Fealthan
Dennvyn smiles cheerfully and says, "No need, no need -- as I said, nothing spilled, so no harm done... though I do note that the cider keeps disappearing out of this large hole at the top of my tankard..." He chuckles at his own joke and holds up a hand to the gnome, "Truly, no need to rush to your shop -- at least not in terms of finding something to clean me.." He waves his hands in the air a bit and Prestidigitates himself clean, then continues, "Though I will certainly stop by tomorrow and take a look at your wares."
He pauses, eyes the gnome up and down, and then smiles with a raised hand and an arched eyebrow, wordlessly asking the gnome if he'd like the same treatment.
|Carnider "Stinky" Dravonic
The gnome stops his cleaning as the halfling waves his hand in the air and suddenly the clothes take on a new sheen. "Well, if you can do that, then surely you can stop the cider disappearing?" He takes out his notebook and a pen, "Though its not so very hot in here, evaporation shouldn't really be making that much of a difference to the level." Holding his finger up, he twists it one way then the next, "No, not much of a breeze in here." He writes a few more lines, caught up in his own mind games, "A real little puzzler eh?" then seeing the man's laughing grow, he stops, his face reddening under the soot.
Shamefacedly he bows his head down, "Oh .. sorry, a joke." Instead he asks, "Sir, let me buy you a refill, for the um...er...inconvenience."
The smell of burnt hair and other smells, rise from his clothes, Carnider seems blissfully unaware of them.
|DM Azure_Zero
Walking around and seeing the layout of the town seems interesting enough, but a rubble from his stomach reminds Jund he has not eaten since his morning exercises.
Best make my way to a tavern or inn. Get some sustenance. Maybe make inquiries about work and lodgings. A week or so I would think.
|DM Azure_Zero
she enters the main room of the Kirk and approaches Nalita.
"Hey Nalita, since the taint problem's over and the place is all clean.
How about a little singing at the Goose 'n Gander, and hopefully those two didn't rack up more of a tab."
Yuuki looks like a Human(Ulfen) woman of about 5 foot 9 and around 240 pounds. She has a athletic curvy human build with comely features and pale skin. Her face looks attractive for a human. She has Sapphire Blue eyes and Silver Platinum Blonde Hair that ends at her mid back.
she is wearing her regular clothing
|Barnabus II
"I think she is just in some deep thought on if see needs anything from the vale or is their is someone she wants to guide in the vale."
|Arianna Willowwood
"Yes sorry, I was distracted. Usually about now I'd be picking up a guide job out in the vale,but given everything, nobody's in a hurry to head out. I keep feeling like theres a reason for me not to leave yet though, but I'm definitely missing the outdoors."
She glances over at Laurel.
"You need to get some rest, you've been workingtoo hard."
"I hope that was not subtle way of telling me, I'm old.
But your right, I should rest from that nightmarish week of work."
|Barnabus II
"Laurel you should take some time an clear tha soot from yer glasses."
"An Ariana yah aren't gonna find a job sitten here, how bout we poke round town till we find some mischief?"
"True enough, but at least I can see through mine, I have seen some of Stinky's Goggles and you'd swear it had obsidian for lens."
|Carnider "Stinky" Dravonic
Carnider sits down with his new friend and starts to refresh his body with the contents of a mug of cider. He is just about to explain to his friend the best way to make cider, when his attention is taken by an unusual stranger entering. He blurts out in surprise, to the halfling "Another! ... oh sorry my friend, but now that we're free of the blight of illness, it would seem we're open for busine ... I mean visitors. and this one is indeed unusual looking. Do you know him?"
|Arianna Willowwood
Arianna grins at the banter. "Far from old Laurel, but even the wise need rest. Who elese would save the town from the next great plague. The people here need you to take care of yourself, so that you can take care of them." She places a supportive hand on her friend's shoulder squeezing gently.
"Well Barnabus, shall we leave Laurel to some peace aand quiet and see what awaits at the Goose n Gander"
|Barnabus II
"Aye maybe I will let the men o tha lumber camp know I have a hex tah does minor healin fer cheap."
Gets his gear and heads for the door....
Flips the sign of roots n remedies to closed as he leaves.....
|Dennvyn Fealthan
in a slightly playful tone
"Have some Fun you two."
she thinks to herself
"Ah Youth, so full of life."
|Nalita Bakji
Nalita shakes her head I remember last time you had me singing. I'll go but I'm not drinking that much tonight. Besides I don't need to rewash the floors after a night of partying with you, I'm a frail woman after all." Oh how I miss Bakji...at least he could hold his liquor... she thinks to herself as she heads for the door.
|Nalita Bakji


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Dr. John Shilling is an early-career atmospheric chemist at PNNL with expertise in measuring aerosol gas- and particle-phase chemical composition and gas/particle interactions. He came to PNNL in 2008 as a staff scientist and led a project to design and build an aerosol measurement laboratory and environmental chamber in PNNL's Atmospheric Measurement Laboratory (AML). Dr. Shilling is an expert in aerosol gas and particle measurements and in applying mass spectrometry to problems in atmospheric chemistry. Currenly, he is conducting laboratory experiments investigating the lifecycle of organic aerosol particles and their climate-relevant properties. Dr. Shilling has also applied his mass spectrometry expertise to field studies. He served as the principal investigator for both gas- and particle-phase mass spectrometers deployed onboard the G-1 research aircraft during several field campaigns including CARES, TCAP, BBOP and GoAmazon (upcoming).
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- Secondary organic aerosols
- Heterogeneous kinetics and chemistry
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- Post-doctoral Associate at Harvard University
- Ph.D., Analytical/Atmospheric Chemistry, University of Colorado
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- American Association of Aerosol Research, Member
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- Selected to attend the Atmospheric Chemistry Colloquium for Emerging Senior Scientists (ACCESS)
- NASA Earth System Science Fellow
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- Berg LK, JD Fast, JC Barnard, S Burton, B Cairns, D Chand, JM Comstock, S Dunagan, RA Ferrare, CJ Flynn, J Hair, CA Hostetler, JM Hubbe, A Jefferson, R Johnson, EI Kassianov, CD Kluzek, P Kollias, K Lamer, K Lantz, F Mei, MA Miller, J Michalsky, I Ortega, MS Pekour, R Rogers, P Russell, J Redemann, A Sedlacek, M Segal Rozenhaimer, B Schmid, JE Shilling, Y Shinozuka, SR Springston, JM Tomlinson, M Tyrrell, J Wilson, RM Volkamer, A Zelenyuk, and CM Berkowitz. 2016. "The Two-Column Aerosol Project: Phase I - Overview and Impact of Elevated Aerosol Layers on Aerosol Optical Depth." Journal of Geophysical Research. D. (Atmospheres) 121(1):336-361. doi:10.1002/2015JD023848
- Kleinman LI, C Kuang, A Sedlacek, GI Senum, SR Springston, J Wang, Q Zhang, JT Jayne, JD Fast, JM Hubbe, JE Shilling, and RA Zaveri. 2016. "What do Correlations tell us about Anthropogenic - Biogenic Interactions and SOA Formation in the Sacramento Plume during CARES?" Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 16(3):1729-1746. doi:10.5194/acp-16-1729-2016
- Kulkarni GR, S China, S Liu, MI Nandasiri, N Sharma, JM Wilson, AC Aiken, D Chand, A Laskin, C Mazzoleni, MS Pekour, JE Shilling, V Shutthanandan, A Zelenyuk, and RA Zaveri. 2016. "Ice nucleation activity of diesel soot particles at Cirrus relevant conditions: Effects of hydration, secondary organics coating, hydration, soot morphology, and coagulation." Geophysical Research Letters 43(7):3580-3588. doi:10.1002/2016GL068707
- Lee BH, C Mohr, F Lopez-Hilfiker, A Lutz, M Hallquist, L Lee, P Romer, RC Cohen, S Iyer, T Kurten, W Hu, D Day, P Campuzano-Jost, JL Jimenez, L Xu, NL Ng, H Guo, R Weber, RJ Wild, S Brown, A Koss, JA de Gouw, K Olson, AH Goldstein, R Seco, S Kim, K McAvey, PB Shepson, TK Starn, K Baumann, ES Edgerton, J Liu, JE Shilling, DO Miller, WH Brune, S Schobesberger, E D'Ambro, and JA Thornton. 2016. "Highly functionalized organic nitrates in the Southeast United States: contribution to secondary organic aerosol and reactive nitrogen budgets." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 113(6):1516-1521. doi:10.1073/pnas.1508108113
- Zhao C, M Huang, JD Fast, LK Berg, Y Qian, A Guenther , D Gu, MKB Shrivastava, Y Liu, S Walters, G Pfister, J Jin, JE Shilling, and C Warneke. 2016. "Sensitivity of biogenic volatile organic compounds to land surface parameterizations and vegetation distributions in California." Geoscientific Model Development 9(5):1959-1976. doi:10.5194/gmd-9-1959-2016
- Lin P, J Liu, JE Shilling, SM Kathmann, J Laskin, and A Laskin. 2015. "Molecular Characterization of Brown Carbon (BrC) Chromophores in Secondary Organic Aerosol Generated From Photo-Oxidation of Toluene." Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. PCCP 17(36):23312-23325. doi:10.1039/c5cp02563j
- Wang B, RE O'Brien, ST Kelly, JE Shilling, RC Moffet, MK Gilles, and A Laskin. 2015. "Reactivity of Liquid and Semisolid Secondary Organic Carbon with Chloride and Nitrate in Atmospheric Aerosols." Journal of Physical Chemistry A 119(19):4498-4508. doi:10.1021/jp510336q
- China S, GR Kulkarni, B Scarnatio, N Sharma, MS Pekour, JE Shilling, JM Wilson, A Zelenyuk, D Chand, S Liu, A Aiken, MK Dubey, A Laskin, RA Zaveri, and C Mazzoleni. 2015. "Morphology Of Diesel Soot Residuals From Supercooled Water Droplets And Ice Crystals: Implications For Optical Properties." Environmental Research Letters 10:114010. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/10/11/114010
- Kassianov EI, LK Berg, MS Pekour, CJ Flynn, JM Tomlinson, D Chand, JE Shilling, M Ovchinnikov, JC Barnard, A Sedlacek, and B Schmid. 2015. "Airborne Aerosol In situ Measurements during TCAP: A Closure Study of Total Scattering ." Atmosphere 6(8):1069-1101. doi:10.3390/atmos6081069
- Fast JD, JD Allan, R Bahreini, JS Craven, L Emmons, RA Ferrare, PL Hayes, A Hodzic Roux, J Holloway, CA Hostetler, JL Jimenez, H Jonsson, S Liu, Y Liu, A Metcalf, AM Middlebrook, J Nowak, MS Pekour, A Perring, L Russell, A Sedlacek, JH Seinfeld, A Setyan, JE Shilling, MKB Shrivastava, S Springston, C Song, R Subramanian, JW Taylor, V Vinoj, Q Yang, RA Zaveri, and Q Zhang. 2014. "Modeling regional aerosol and aerosol precursor variability over California and its sensitivity to emissions and long-range transport during the 2010 CalNex and CARES campaigns." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 14(18):10013-10060. doi:10.5194/acp-14-10013-2014
- Kassianov EI, JC Barnard, MS Pekour, LK Berg, JE Shilling, CJ Flynn, F Mei, and A Jefferson. 2014. "Simultaneous Retrieval of Effective Refractive Index and Density from Size Distribution and Light Scattering Data: Weakly-Absorbing Aerosol." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 7:3247-3261. doi:10.5194/amt-7-3247-2014
- Setyan A, C Song, M Merkel, M Knighton, TB Onasch, MR Canagaratna, DR Worsnop, A Wiedensohler, JE Shilling, and Q Zhang. 2014. "Chemistry of new particle growth in mixed urban and biogenic emissions - insights from CARES." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 14(13):6477-6494. doi:10.5194/acp-14-6477-2014
- Xu L, MS Kollman, C Song, JE Shilling, and LN Ng. 2014. "Effects of NOx on the volatility of secondary organic aerosol from isoprene photooxidation." Environmental Science & Technology 48(4):2253-2262. doi:10.1021/es404842g
- Zaveri RA, RC Easter, Jr, JE Shilling, and JH Seinfeld. 2014. "Modeling kinetic partitioning of secondary organic aerosol and size distribution dynamics: representing effects of volatility, phase state, and particle-phase reaction." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 14(10):5153-5181. doi:10.5194/acp-14-5153-2014
- Shilling JE, RA Zaveri, JD Fast, LI Kleinman, ML Alexander, MR Canagaratna, E Fortner, JM Hubbe, JT Jayne, A Sedlacek, A Setyan, S Springston, DR Worsnop, and Q Zhang. 2013. "Enhanced SOA formation from mixed anthropogenic and biogenic emissions during the CARES campaign." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 13(4):2091-2113. doi:10.5194/acp-13-2091-2013
- Wang B, ST Kelly, RE Sellon, JE Shilling, AV Tivanski, RC Moffet, MK Gilles, and A Laskin. 2013. "Field and Laboratory Studies of Reactions between Atmospheric Water Soluble Organic Acids and Inorganic Particles." In Nucleation and Atmospheric Aerosols: 19th International Conference, June 23-28, 2013, Fort Collins, CO. AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 1527, pp. 465-467. AIP Publishing, Fort Collins, CO. doi:10.1063/1.4803305
- Renbaum-Wolff L, JW Grayson, AP Bateman, M Kuwata, M Sellier, BJ Murray, JE Shilling, ST Martin, and AK Bertram. 2013. "Viscosity of a-pinene secondary organic material and implications for particle growth and reactivity." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 110(20):8014-8019. doi:10.1073/pnas.1219548110
- Shakya KM, S Liu, S Takahama, LM Russell, FN Keutsch, MM Galloway, JE Shilling, N Hiranuma, C Song, H Kim, SE Paulson, L Pfaffenberger, P Barmet, JG Slowik, ASH Prevot, J Dommen, and U Baltensperger. 2013. "Similarities in STXM-NEXAFS Spectra of Atmospheric Particles and Secondary Organic Aerosol Generated from Glyoxal, a-Pinene, Isoprene, 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene, and d-Limonene." Aerosol Science and Technology 47(5):543-555. doi:10.1080/02786826.2013.772950
- Song C, MS Gyawali, RA Zaveri, JE Shilling, and WP Arnott. 2013. "Light Absorption by Secondary Organic Aerosol from a-Pinene: Effects of Oxidants, Seed Aerosol Acidity, and Relative Humidity." Journal of Geophysical Research. D. (Atmospheres) 118(20):11,741-11,749. doi:10.1002/jgrd.50767
- Liu S, JE Shilling, C Song, N Hiranuma, RA Zaveri, and LM Russell. 2012. "Hydrolysis of organonitrate functional groups in aerosol particles." Aerosol Science and Technology 46(12):1359-1369. doi:10.1080/02786826.2012.716175
- Setyan A, Q Zhang, M Merkel, WB Knighton, Y Sun, C Song, JE Shilling, TB Onasch, SC Herndon, DR Worsnop, JD Fast, RA Zaveri, LK Berg, A Wiedensohler, BA Flowers, MK Dubey, and R Subramanian. 2012. "Characterization of submicron particles influenced by mixed biogenic and anthropogenic emissions using high-resolution aerosol mass spectrometry: results from CARES." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 12(17):8131-8156. doi:10.5194/acp-12-8131-2012
- You Y, L Renbaum-Wolff, M Carreras-Sospedra, S Hanna, N Hiranuma, S Kamal, ML Smith, X Zhang, R Weber, JE Shilling, D Dabdub, ST Martin, and AK Bertram. 2012. "Images reveal that atmospheric particles can undergo liquid-liquid phase separations." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 109(33):13188-13193. doi:10.1073/pnas.1206414109
- Zaveri RA, WJ Shaw, DJ Cziczo, B Schmid, R Ferrare, ML Alexander, M Alexandrov, RJ Alvarez, WP Arnott, D Atkinson, S Baidar, RM Banta, JC Barnard, J Beranek, LK Berg, FJ Brechtel, WA Brewer, JF Cahill, B Cairns, CD Cappa, D Chand, S China, JM Comstock, MK Dubey, RC Easter, Jr, MH Erickson, JD Fast, C Floerchinger, BA Flowers, E Fortner, JS Gaffney, MK Gilles, K Gorkowski, WI Gustafson, Jr, MS Gyawali, J Hair, M Hardesty, JW Harworth, SC Herndon, N Hiranuma, CA Hostetler, JM Hubbe, JT Jayne, H Jeong, BT Jobson, EI Kassianov, LI Kleinman, CD Kluzek, B Knighton, KR Kolesar, C Kuang, A Kubatova, AO Langford, A Laskin, NS Laulainen, RD Marchbanks, C Mazzoleni, F Mei, RC Moffet, DA Nelson, M Obland, H Oetjen, TB Onasch, I Ortega, M Ottaviani, MS Pekour, KA Prather, JG Radney, R Rogers, SP Sandberg, A Sedlacek, C Senff, G Senum, A Setyan, JE Shilling, MKB Shrivastava, C Song, SR Springston, R Subramanian, K Suski, JM Tomlinson, RM Volkamer, HA Wallace, J Wang, AM Weickmann, DR Worsnop, XY Yu, A Zelenyuk, and Q Zhang. 2012. "Overview of the 2010 Carbonaceous Aerosols and Radiative Effects Study (CARES)." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 12(16):7647-7687. doi:10.5194/acp-12-7647-2012
- Hiranuma N, M Kohn, MS Pekour, DA Nelson, JE Shilling, and DJ Cziczo. 2011. "Droplet activation, separation, and compositional analysis: Laboratory studies and atmospheric measurements ." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 4(1):691-713. doi:10.5194/amtd-4-691-2011
- Chen Q, Y Liu, NM Donahue, JE Shilling, and ST Martin. 2011. "Particle-Phase Chemistry of Secondary Organic Material: Modeled Compared to Measured O:C and H:C Elemental Ratios Provide Constraints." Environmental Science & Technology 45(11):4763-4770. doi:10.1021/es104398s
- Song C, RA Zaveri, JE Shilling, ML Alexander, and MK Newburn. 2011. "Effect of Hydrophilic Organic Seed Aerosols on Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation from Ozonolysis of a-Pinene ." Environmental Science & Technology 45(17):7323-7329. doi:10.1021/es201225c
- King SM, T Rosenoern, JE Shilling, Q Chen, Z Wang, G Biskos, KA McKinney, U Poschl, and ST Martin. 2010. "Cloud droplet activation of mixed organic-sulfate particles produced by the photooxidation of isoprene." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 10(8):3953-3964. doi:10.5194/acpd-10-213-2010
- Shilling JE, Q Chen, SM King, T Rosenoern, JH Kroll, DR Worsnop, P DeCarlo, A Aiken, DT Sueper, JL Jimenez, and ST Martin. 2009. "Loading-Dependent Elemental Composition of a-Pinene SOA Particles." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 9(3):771-782.
- King SM, T Rosenoern, JE Shilling, Q Chen, and ST Martin. 2009. "Increased Cloud Activation Potential of Secondary Organic Aerosol for Atmospheric Mass Loadings." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 9(9):2959-2971.
Selected Publications
Shilling JE, Q Chen, SM King, T Rosenoern, JH Kroll, DR Worsnop, PF DeCarlo, AC Aiken, D Sueper, JL Jimenez, and ST Martin. 2008. "Loading-Dependent Elemental Composition of α-Pinene SOA Particles." Atmos. Chem. Phys. 9: 771-782.
- King, SM, T Rosenoern, JE Shilling, Q Chen, and ST Martin. 2009. "Increased Cloud Activation Potential of Secondary Organic Aerosol for Atmospheric Mass Loadings." Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss. 9: 1669-1702.
Shilling JE, Q Chen, SM King, T Rosenoern, JH Kroll, DR Worsnop, KA McKinney, ST Martin. 2008 Particle mass yield in secondary organic aerosol formed by the dark ozonolysis of α-pinene. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8, 2073-2088.
- King SM, T Rosenoern, JE Shilling, Q Chen, and ST Martin. 2007. "Cloud Condensation Nucleus Activity of Secondary Organic Aerosol Particles Mixed with Sulfate." Geophysical Research Letters 34:Art. No. L24806. doi:10.1029/2007GL030390.
- Shilling JE, SM King, M Mochida, DR Worsnop, and ST Martin. 2007. "Mass Spectral Evidence that Small Changes in Chemical Composition Caused by Oxidative Aging Processes Alter Aerosol CCN Properties." Journal of Physical Chemistry A 111:3358-3368.
- Shilling JE, BM Connelly, and MA Tolbert. 2006. "Uptake of Small Oxygenated Organic Molecules onto Ammonium Nitrate Under Upper Tropospheric Consitions." Journal of Physical Chemistry A 110:6687-6695.
- Shilling JE, MA Tolbert, OB Toon, EJ Jensen, BJ Murray, and AK Bertram. 2006. "Measurements of the Vapor Pressure of Cubic Ice and Their Implications for Atmospheric Ice Clouds." Geophysical Research Letters 33: Article No. L17801.
- Shilling JE, TJ Fortin, and MA Tolbert. 2006. "Depositional Ice Nucleation on Crystalline organic and inorganic Solids." Journal of Geophysical Research 111(D12): Article No. D12204.
- Shilling JE and MA Tolbert. 2004. "Uptake of Acetic Acid on Thin Ammonium Nitrate Films as a function of Temperature and Relative Humidity. Journal of Physical Chemistry A 108:11314-11320.
- Wise ME, JD Surratt, DB Curtis, JE Shilling, and MA Tolbert. 2003. "Hygroscopic Growth of Ammonium Sulfate/Dicarboxylic Acids." Journal of Geophysical Research 108(D20): Article No. 4638.
- Fortin TJ, JE Shilling, and MA Tolbert. 2002. "Infrared Spectroscopic Study of rthe Low-Temperature Phase Behavior of Ammonium Sulfate." Journal of Geophysical Research 107(D10): Article No. 1029.
- Hudson PK, JE Shilling, MA Tolbert, and OB Toon. 2002. "Uptake of Nitric Acid on Ice at Tropospheric Temperatures: Implications for Cirrus Clouds." Journal of Physical Chemistry A 106:9874-9882.


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College websites to help untangle the budget & the budget decision making process
This page contains annotated links to series of college wide informational web pages about the current budget. By clicking on the links below you will come to a brief summary about what is on the website. From there you can link directly to the website(s) for more information:
- The colleges budget policy and how it addresses the states expectations
- Governor's Budget Recommendation
- Analysis of Governers Proposed Budget Recommendations
- Memorandum outlining Evergreen's budget planning process for this year
- Overview to how Evergreen's budget works
- Legislative news & updates
- Don Bantz's Budget Update
Note, the answers to the specific you outlined at the retreat are in the process of being addressed. Thanks for your patience.
The colleges budget policy and how it addresses the states expectations (College handbook)
- Overview of some of the requirements in the Budget and Accounting Act;
- Who develops the TESC budget proposals, who reviews and revises the proposals, and who approves them;
- Timeline of budget requests that TESC needs to meet;
Governor's Budget Recommendation:
Analysis of Governers Proposed Budget Recommendations (Edie Harding and Steve Trotter)
- Explains some reasons for the states budget situation;
- Explains what the governer is proposing;
- Outlines the legislatures role in responding to the proposal;
- Gives information about how to stay up to date about the nature of those legislative conversations.
Memorandum outlining Evergreen's budget planning process for this year (President Les Purse)
"The President published a memorandum to the campus describing the budget planning process for the year. The memo included a charge to the College Budget Council, the Financial Futures Group, a Core Values Group and a Communications Group. It also included a diagram outlining the work of the four groups." (from the Office of Operational Planning and Budget)
Overview to how Evergreen's budget works
(Steve Trotter and the Office of Operational Planning and Budget)
"This Guide to Evergreen's Budget is offered, as a community resource to Evergreen's faculty, staff, students and other interested people to provide a clear and simple overview of the college's various budgets and sources of revenues. It describes:
- the four basic college budgets and their interrelationships,
- the sources of revenue that support those budgets,
- how the money is spent,
- and the general timeline for budget decisions.
This guide was developed in response to campus community requests for a brief and easy-to-understand document about Evergreen's complex budget environment to help demystify the college's various budgets. Evergreen produces a number of documents and reports on budget, expenditures and revenue collections and well as the many programs and services that the college provides. This guide provides a quick insight into Evergreen's budgets and sources of revenues."
Questions that this document specifically addresses:
- Just how big is the college's budget? Where does it come from?
- What are the major college budgets?
- How is the operating budget spent?
- What are the major ativities in the operating budget?
- How is Evergreen's capital budget spent?
- Why do the operating and capital budgets change year after year?
- How is the State's operating and capital budget created?
- How is Evergreen's operating and capital budget created?
- Timeline of capital and operating budget decisions
- What is the Grant's and Aid budget?
- What is contained in the Auxiliary budget?
- Glossary of commonly used budget terms
Legislative news, updates & newsletter
This site, which is in development, will give you information about the role of the legislature with issues that are of concern to Evergreen. It will also explain things such as the different roles of CFR (College Faculty Representative); what the student representation looks like.
NOTE: Edie Harding puts out a regular newsletter, the Legislative Update,during the legislative session which keeps the campus informed about legislative issues that may affect the college.
Academic budget information will be posted on this page in order for all faculty to have access to the latest information.


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Mayor George Heartwell next speaker at Wheelhouse Talks
Posted on December 23, 2013
Grand Rapids Mayor George Heartwell will be the first speaker of the new year at the Wheelhouse Talks series hosted by Grand Valley State University's Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies.
Heartwell will present his thoughts on leadership, entrepreneurship, and more during the event at the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts on January 8.
Mayor George Heartwell Wheelhouse Talk
January 8, 2014
12:30-1:30 p.m.
UICA, 2 W. Fulton Street, Grand Rapids
RSVP at HauensteinCenter.org
The third-term mayor of the city will discuss his passion for the well-being of the environment and the community, and explain how his previous experience as president and CEO of Pilgrim Manor Retirement Community and as an ordained minister of the United Church of Christ at Heartside Ministry helped shape the views he uses to help govern the city.
Heartwell's Wheelhouse Talk is one of just three left this season. Heartwell will be followed by Kelly LeCoy, founder and owner of Uptown Kitchen, along with ArtPrize Top-5 finisher Michael Hyacinthe, who runs a nonprofit that helps wounded veterans become entrepreneurs.
For more information on the Wheelhouse Talks, visit hauensteincenter.org.


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Galeries Lafayette Paris
A picture taken on October 31, 2012 at the Galeries Lafayette Paris department store, shows a big Christmas tree decorating the central ground floor. (Credit: BERTRAND GUAY/AFP/Getty Images)
People take pictures around the Christmas tree on Orchard street in Singapore's famous shopping district on December 24, 2011. (Credit: SIMIN WANG/AFP/Getty Images)
Colosseum in Rome
A picture taken on December 17, 2011 shows a Christmas tree in front of the ancient Colosseum in Rome. (Credit: FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images)
St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City
A picture taken on December 16, 2011 shows an illuminated Christmas tree in front of the St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City on December 16, 2011. (Credit: FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images)
Galeries Lafayette Paris
A picture taken on December 15, 2011 at Galeries Lafayette Paris department store, shows a big Christmas tree decorating the central ground floor. (Credit: FRANCK FIFE/AFP/Getty Images)
The Vatican
Workers decorate the Christmas tree at St Peter?s square on December 7, 2011 at The Vatican. The tree is a 60-year-old and 30-meter-high spruce coming from a forest of the Transcarpathia region of Ukraine. (Credit: FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images)
Washington, DC
The 2011 National Christmas Tree is lit by US President Barack Obama and the First Family during a ceremony on The Ellipse near the White House in Washington, DC, on December 1, 2011. (Credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)
Trafalgar Square, London, England
December 1, 2011 in London, England. (Credit: Chris Jackson/Getty Images)
Tanglin Mall in Singapore
People take pictures around the Christmas tree at Tanglin Mall in Singapore's famous shopping district on December 24, 2011. (Credit: SIMIN WANG/AFP/Getty Images)
Rockefeller Center, New York
The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is lit on November 30, 2010 in New York. Originally from Mahopac, New York, the 12-ton, 74-foot Norway Spruce is adorned with 30,000 environmentally friendly LED lights on more than five miles of electrical wire, and topped with a Swarovski crystal star. (Credit: STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images)
Manezh Square in Moscow
A Christmas tree is shining at the Manezh square in Moscow later 21 December 2005. Moscow prepares for the New Year festivities and the Orthodox Christmas which Russians celebrate on January 7th. Moscow Kremlin is on the background. (Credit: MAXIM MARMUR/AFP/Getty Images)
Tokyo's Akasaka Grand Prince Hotel
A 100-meter tall Christmas tree is illuminated from the wall of Tokyo's Akasaka Grand Prince hotel on November 4, 2009 for the upcoming seasonal holidays. School children and a Santa Claus from Norway celebrated the lighting ceremony. (Credit: YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images)
A Christmas tree shines at the centre of Moscow, 24 December 2006. New Year's is the biggest holiday of the year in Russia, and is followed by the Orthodox Christmas on 07 January. (Credit: MAXIM MARMUR/AFP/Getty Images)File Phot of Christmas tree. (Credit: MAXIM MARMUR/AFP/Getty Images)
A woman walks by the Christmas tree at TANGS @ Tang Plaza shopping mall in Singapore's famous shopping district on December 24, 2011. The mall is awarded one of the best dressed buildings in Orchard Road after 12,000 people voted online for their favourites in a contest. (Credit: SIMIN WANG/AFP/Getty Images)
Venice, Italy
A glass Christmas tree (8.52m), claimed to be the world's biggest is placed in the central Campo Santo Stefano square in Murano, an island of the Venice lagoon, made by a Venetian artist glass master Simone Cenedese. (Credit: ANDREA PATTARO/AFP/Getty Images)
Lisbon, Portugal
Europe's tallest artificial Christmas tree stands in Praca do Comercio in down town Lisbon 12 December 2005. The tree is 72 meters tall, weights 180 tonnes and is lit by 2.2 million micro light bulbs. (Credit: FRANCISCO LEONG/AFP/Getty Images)
Prague, Czech Republic
People gather 30 November 2003 while visiting the biggest of Prague's traditional Christmas markets on Old Town Square which opened Sunday. All around there are wooden stalls selling everything from toys and clothes to newly forged metalwork and freshly baked bread. There are also the traditional very tall Christmas trees. (Credit: NGUYEN PHUONG THAO/AFP/Getty Images)
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My mom gave me this hideous couch. I chose to keep it because its better than sitting on the floor. I am so embarassed of it so i hide it in the basement when my friends comeover and i pull out the folding chairs. Please help me win so i dont have to look at this hideous couch anymore
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says ... on Thursday, Oct 1 at 8:50 PM
It looks so old....are the springs even there anymore? It looks so uncomfortable. You poor thing. I've seen some ugly couches before, but this one is bad b/c of the color scheme. How do you decorate your house to match? BLAH.29998769
says ... on Thursday, Oct 1 at 8:29 PM
I would only bring that thing out at Christmas time....it's time for a new one! I think she deserves it, give her one please!29997874
says ... on Thursday, Oct 1 at 11:28 AM
nice multi tone couch you got there, i would hide it too, its almost as bad as my carpet downstairs.29967749
says ... on Thursday, Oct 1 at 10:35 AM
Wow!! That is truly an UGLY couch, some of them I see on here are just torn apart and looking like they were torn from a dumpster.......this is just plain UGLY!!! I would hide too. Give her a new couch!!!29963779
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Ew...is that velvet?29963682
says ... on Wednesday, Sep 30 at 5:37 PM
OMG....It's so time for a new couch....I'd hide it too :(29927609
says ... on Wednesday, Sep 30 at 11:53 AM
omg that is a bad couch it's not even the same color i hope you win a new one soon then i will come and see u lol j/k but it is bad29906444


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Jill Buchner, Canadian Living
Summer's a great excuse to head outside. Here's why you should exercise under the great blue sky.
Kick your run up a notch
When you're on a treadmill, boredom can take over before you hit your workout goal. But take your run outside and your workout becomes an adventure. Every trail, beach or road offers new scenery and motivation, while challenges like hills, uneven terrain, wind and sand help kick your run up a notch.
In fact, a study published in The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research found that those who ran outdoors exerted more energy than those who used a treadmill. Aside from burning calories, running improves your heart health and boosts mood and mental health.
Try it under the stars in one of the Night Races across Canada, where participants do 5 or 10K through a city park in the moonlight.
Get climbing
At the gym, you might use a StairMaster, pull-up bar, lat pull-down machine and a host of other equipment to work your legs, back and arms. But why not go rock climbing and use the weight of your own body instead?
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Ok, I made it to batting practice on Saturday. I spent half of my day at the yard sale and the other half in the hospital with Hunter. Krista and I got up really early on Saturday and started hauling our stuff outside. About 8 am Hunter wandered downstairs and when I saw him I had to do a double-take. My poor guy looked like somebody clocked him in the jaw hard. It was all swollen and his face was all puffy.
We're waiting on the tests to come back to be 100% sure, but most likely it's the mumps. Can you believe this,… the mumps? I guess I thought that stuff was wiped out along with scurvy a long time ago. Not so is the case, mumps has been making a resurgence in the mid-west.
So looks like Hunter will miss nine days of school as per state law.
I don't have mumps but yesterday at BP felt like I got hit by a train. I had one good opportunity to snag a ball. The ball landed right on my hand inside the glove and bounced out. All I can say is I was pitiful.
After that missed snag, I started feeling really sick and by the end of BP I could hardly stand up. My back, legs and neck were killing me. I headed home and listened to this game on the radio.
Saturdays game was the first Rockies game that I've been to in which I actually had my camera and didn't take a picture.
I feel bad too because a friend that I work with wanted me to mention the Fatima Choir and take a few pictures of first grader Myles Krick. She is the little girl who threw out the first pitch on Saturday's game and the Fatima Choir sang the National Anthem.
To my friend at work, I apologize this doesn't happen often.
Friday Hagg'n points.
1 point for buying a foot-long brat.
1 point for snagging a Spilborghs toss-up which I gave away to a young boy.
2 points for snagging a BP homer caught on the fly which was given to Emily from "I live for this".
Friday Hagg'n total = 5 points
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1 point for showing up.
It's Sunday morning right now, my lower back still hurts but hell or high water I'll be there.
I haven't snagged a single autograph since the regular season started and I just can't have that.
Krista and Mylee are doing the yard sale today, Hunter is home sick and I'm out to get a few signatures today because it is autograph Sunday. Alex, I'll see you there.
Go Rockies kick lets kick this dude right in his big Manny Ash, cause he's sure been kicking ours…D
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I hope Hunter and you are both feeling better! And I hope no one else in your family gets the mumps.
D- I hope you and Hunter feel better. And really… the mumps?! Also, thank you so, so, so much for the snagged ball. I'll pick you up a beer next time I see ya at the ballpark.
Also, I'm pretty sure I just saw you right by that Ryan Spilborghs homer. I mean, I'm pretty sure there was a shirt that said, "Rockpile Ranter." Sorry you didn't snag that one… I mean… if that was you.
Hey Don! You had some huge air-time after Spilly's HR! Very cool. 😀 I hope both you and Hunter are feeling better today. It was great meeting you last night. I'll be there again tomorrow, so I'll try to get over and say hi during BP.
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I've never ever heard of the mumps. I hope Hunter feels better and you or any of your other family members don't come down with the virus (?) if it is considered one. You feel better too my friend…Congrats on the long awaited win!
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JULIA-Thanks, Hunter is ok, I'm feeling not bad.
EMILY-You're welcome, it was me after that ball. Robert got it.
JOY-Did you see it on FSN? It was great to meet you too.
DONNIE-Thanks brotha, any win against the Dodgers is good…D
I sure did see it on FSN, and then every time they replayed it (several!) and then again on the post-game show! You're a RoxStar! 😀


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Hope everyone had a nice Memorial Day.
Thank you to all that have given the ultimate sacrifice and for those that are currently serving in the military. God bless you all! You are our true heroes !
I was wondering why all the red baseball hats then Vin explained it that all MLB teams were wearing. Then he recited a poem written by Moina Michael titled "We Shall Keep the Faith." that was in reply to the poem "Flanders Fields." We love you Vin Scully!
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Two more days before I fly to Chicago for my first trip to Wrigley!!
Update on Manny: He is working out at Dodger Stadium while the team is away.
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I think it was a beautiful tribute to wear the red/patriotic hats and I loved how all the games paused at 3pm local time to take part in the National Moment of Remebrance. Our country coming together is a good thing.
I like the red hats even though they don't look right on teams that normally don't wear red. I bought mine earlier in the week, and wore it proudly yesterday. The proceeds from the sale of the caps go to a great cause, which gave me another reason to buy another Orioles hat. Have a great time at Wrigley! Its always been a dream of mine to attend a game at Wrigley Field and Fenway Park. Maybe one day I'll get there too!
The red was nice but did look strange. I tend to think more about the Cardinals than the Angels when it comes to red caps. The Dodgers were playing in SF at some point last year I believe when both teams were wearing dark blue hats with the red white and blue logos. The Giants announcers were complaining as if the Giants were having to wear Dodgers colors. I'd bring back the blue just to see the Giants squirm…
Congrats on your blog being honored!!! Well deserved. We're just one week from our visit to Chavez Ravine. I'll remind you again Friday or Saturday.
Take care and Go Dodgers!!!
I would have preferred to just change the logo to that color or the whole hat red/white and blue. I stay away from red. If those people on the train would see me wearing red, they would tease me to death. I loved the pausing at 3:p.m. Vin warn us with plenty of time to do that.
I would rather donate the money and they can keep the hat. I've been to Fenway and that was a great experience. I am so looking forward to Chicago!
Oh, the abuse I would take on train, especially from those that transfer from the Orange County train to the Ventura train would be too much if I ever wear a red baseball hat. With the LA logo it would look like an Angel hat now that they call them themselves Los Angeles Angles.
Thank you Digs!
Yes please, remind me. I will miss the game on Sunday 6/7 as I fly to New Hampshire that morning.
The red was cool but I loved the blues more because they matched the Padres' uniforms! Oh well. I wouldn't wear a red hat either🙂
I liked the sentiment behind the red hats but they just looked plain weird on teams that wear blue. Stars and stripes or some other symbol would have worked, but red? I kept blinking to make sure I wasn't watching the Phillies, since the Yanks had just played them for three games. Have fun at Wrigley!
The RED cap was a bit confusing. When I had first change the channel to see my boys play. I thought I had the wrong Channel. I eventually did figured it out. American flag patch on the uniform would of been better!
EMMA have fun in Chicago. It is my favorite place to visit. Go to Harry Carries to eat. I love his Italian cuisine restaurant next to the River. You Can't miss the big glasses!
It was cool for Memorial Day but having to wear them also for the the 4th of July and 9/11. Good thing we do not play a team that wears red on those days. We play you guys on the 4th. Most likely I will be in SD!
Stars & Stipe on the logo would have been very nice! Thanks! Chicago should be lots of fun.
Hey Rose!
I thought the same thing that I had the wrong channel! American Flag patch would have worked
We played the Brewers yesterday and it took me a while to figure out why they were wearing red hats. I like the idea of what it stands for but it was weird seeing other teams with red on. Of course being a Cardinal fan I love red and have a whole closet full of it but I can see were it would be hard wearing red if it wasn't part of your teams colors.
Yeah, I found the red confusing too. I'd seen the caps ahead of time on the Phillies website, but since they wear red anyway, I thought the only difference was the logo. But then in yesterday's game against the Marlins, they showed the Marlins pitcher and I wondered why his cap was red. Then I realized all the teams wore red caps.
Enjoy Wrigley Field! Where are your seats for the game(s)? We have been there twice (4 games altogether) and sat in a variety of locations. The only one I didn't care for was in the lower grandstand behind home plate – it is very tight in there with limited air flow, and there are some of those annoying support beams blocking parts of the view. Hope you see a great game!
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I can imiagine your closet full of red gear. Mine is blue everywhere and slowly I've been getting rid of red clothes.
My friend was in charge of getting the tickets and I of booking hotel. she got one set between home plate and 1st and the other set between 1st and RF. on the field. I talked to her Sunday and she said she is working on the Satuday and not to worry that she will get them. One one of the sets, the guy included parking but we do not need it.
Thanks for the restaurant suggestion! I usually try to go on diet prior to a trip but it was hard with two all you can eat games I attended on the weekend. The first one was in those baseline seats that include the field level restaurant and the second one was the beach BBQ on Sunday. I enjoyed both of them too much🙂
It was a great tribute to wear those hats. They should do the same for the uniforms. Have fun at Wrigley!! Hope the Dodgers win!!! By the way, how's Manny? Sorry, had to say that. Hope you had a great memorial day!!
Manny is working at Dodger Stadium while the team is away. About the hats, I just wish it would have been a red patch instead or a star & stripes. No red or orange hats for me. Cubs have lost 8 in row! Ouch. I hope my Dodgers win in Chicago. Thanks! My Memorial day was great. I hope your was too. I love the moment of silence yesterday at 3:p.m.
I am COMPLETELY jealous you'll be at the Cubs games. I was offered tix for the thursday game but my money source (aka my dad since I don't get a pay check until monday) had to turn them down. Sad day.
The red hast left my hubby thinking all these guys were defecting to the Angels. He was making up new lineups! It was an awesome thing for the team to do! Have fun in Chicago!
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Stephanie, I could have met you!
Ginny, LOL it confused me!
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Jan. 12, 2010--The public is invited to hear a panel of distinguished North Central College alumni discuss the 50th anniversary of the historic visit and speech by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the College's Naperville campus.
North Central alumni and friends who had personal contact with Dr. King will share their experiences and reflect on their encounters with the great civil rights leader during the panel discussion "Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King Jr." at 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 16, in the College's Meiley-Swallow Hall, 31 S. Ellsworth St.
Panel members include:
• Rev. George St. Angelo, Class of 1943, was North Central's chaplain from 1955 to 1966 and invited Dr. King to speak in 1960.
• Rev. Robert Harman, Class of 1959, marched and was arrested with Dr. King in Chicago in 1966.
• Rev. Dr. Kwame John Porter was a founder of Operation PUSH and key organizer for Dr. King in Chicago during the summer of 1966.
• Rev. Thomas Reinhart-Marean, Class of 1967, helped organize North Central's student trip to Selma, Ala., in March 1965.
• Dr. Doward Douwsma, Class of 1961, is a retired professor of business management and former editor of the College's student newspaper.
• Katheryn Agne Dutenhaver, Class of 1960, is a law professor specializing in mediation at DePaul University and was an adult chaperone on the trip to Selma.
Refreshments will be served during a reception following the panel discussion.
The discussion is among several events this week commemorating the 50th anniversary of Dr. King's visit to North Central College. On King's birthday, Friday, Jan. 15, civil rights champion and author Dr. Cornel West will speak at 7 p.m. from the same stage and lectern as Martin Luther King Jr. did in 1960. Doors open at 6 p.m. in North Central's Pfeiffer Hall, 310 E. Benton Ave., Naperville. Tickets are $10; call the North Central College Box Office at 630-637-SHOW (7469) or visit http://northcentralcollege.edu/show.
On Saturday, Jan. 16, the Chicago Sinfonietta will mark the life and work of Dr. King with an unforgettable performance of "The Dream Lives on: Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr." at 8 p.m. in Wentz Concert Hall at the Fine Arts Center, 171 E. Chicago Ave. The Chicago Sinfonietta is the nation's most diverse symphony and will conclude their concert with audience participation of the spiritual "We Shall Overcome." Tickets are $50 and $40; call the North Central College Box Office at 630-637-SHOW (7469) or visit http://northcentralcollege.edu/show.
On Monday, Jan. 18, the College will host its annual Dr. Martin Luther King Prayer Breakfast for students at 7 a.m. in the Harold and Eva White Activities Center, 325 E. Benton Ave. The guest speaker will be North Central alumnus Rev. Robert Harman. This event is by invitation only; however, all other events are open to the public.
At noon on Jan. 18, the College will present a panel discussion on the leadership qualities of Dr. King during the civil rights movement. The panel will meet in the Harold and Eva White Activities Center, 325 E. Benton Ave., and includes members who were eye witnesses to Dr. King. They are
• Rev. George St. Angelo, Class of 1943, was North Central's chaplain from 1955 to 1966 and invited Dr. King to speak in 1960.
• Rev. Robert Harman, Class of 1959, marched and was arrested with Dr. King in Chicago in 1966.
• Rev. Robert Burkhart, Class of 1961, is a retired United Methodist pastor who heard Dr. King speak during the College's chapel service in 1960 and became active in the civil rights movement.
• Rev. Thomas Reinhart-Marean, Class of 1967, is a United Methodist pastor who helped organize the student trip to Selma, Ala., in March 1965.
Founded in 1861, North Central College is an independent, comprehensive college of the liberal arts and sciences that offers more than 55 undergraduate majors and graduate programming in six areas. Located in the Historic District of Naperville, Illinois, North Central College is just 28 minutes from Chicago's Loop. With more than 2,798 undergraduate and graduate students, North Central College is committed to academic excellence, a climate that emphasizes leadership, ethics, values and service, a curriculum that balances job-related knowledge with a liberal arts foundation and a caring environment with small classes.
North Central College is affiliated with the United Methodist Church. It is recognized as one of "America's Best Colleges" by U.S. News & World Report, which cites it as one of the top six schools in the Midwest for "Strong Commitment to Undergraduate Teaching"; as "a college for high-achieving students" by Peterson's Competitive Colleges; as one of "America's Best Colleges" by Forbes; among a select number of schools profiled in Kaplan's Unofficial Insider's Guide to the 320 Most Interesting Colleges; and as one of Princeton Review's "Best in the Midwest" Colleges.
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AP Photo Vermonter Alyson Eastman, far right, president of Book-Ends Associates of Orwell, is among those testifying Monday in Washington before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on immigration reform. From left are Arturo Rodriguez, president of the United Farm Workers, and Charles Conner, president and CEO of the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives.The U.S. Senate began work Monday on immigration reform with a focus on farmworkers.
Sen. Patrick Leahy, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, called a witness from Vermont to make the case that farmers need access to foreign workers to harvest crops and milk cows.
Alyson Eastman is president of Book-Ends Associates in Orwell, a company that assists employers who hire workers to pick the apple crop. The program now allows only seasonal workers to enter the country legally. Eastman told the committee that it needs to be expanded to include non-seasonal workers, such as those employed on dairy farms. She said the workers pay taxes in the U.S. and need to be granted legal status.
The public does not seem to understand that these undocumented workers have been paying into Social Security and Medicare with the expectation that they would never benefit from it, she said. It seems ludicrous to me to even think about sending all of the undocumented workers home because it would significantly impact our Social Security and Medicare funding, while at the same time doing jobs that Americans dont want to do.
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