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Victorian artists: photographs by David Wilkie Wynfield, 1860s
This collection consists of thirty-one portraits of Victorian artists wearing historical costume, and belongs to a larger sequence of photographs taken by David Wilkie Wynfield in the 1860s.[1] Twenty of the images in Wynfields series were released for sale as The Studio: A Collection of Photographic Portraits of Living Artists, taken in the style of the Old Masters, by an Amateur, from March 1864. The publication included five separately issued sets of photographs and in each section the sitter was dressed in an appropriate costume in a given Old Master style: Part 1 is in the manner of the Flemish and Dutch Schools, Part 4 after the Venetian School and Part 5 again after The Flemish Schools.[2] Information on the styles of Parts 2 and 3 is not available, although the costume types worn by a number of the sitters suggest that the remaining styles were most likely to have been Florentine and Elizabethan. The Studio sold for a guinea and was available from the photographic dealer Henry Hering of Regent Street, although no surviving sets have been traced.[3] A comparable and contemporaneous photographic project can be identified in Naudins Portfolio, which combined portraits of distinguished members of society with text outlining their particular achievements. This was issued in six monthly parts from November 1864 to April 1865. Although the images are not bound by a unified artistic approach, examination of surviving editions allows an understanding of the potential format and design of The Studio.[4]
The sitters in Wynfields sequence comprised members of the St Johns Wood Clique and their acquaintances (see below), including a selection of Royal Academicians and Pre-Raphaelites. In her study of the series, Juliet Hacking suggests that the range of artists portrayed including architects and graphic artists as well as history and landscape painters helps to explain the title of the series as representing a place where artists could meet as equals and endeavour to recapture some of the bohemian camaraderie of their art-school days. [5]
Conclusive evidence for exactly when Wynfield began or finished his photographic project has not been established. The earliest date associated with this sequence is 8 December 1863, when he registered a group of ten portraits at the Public Records Office.[6] By January 1864 the artist had also exhibited photographs at the Graphic Society and the South London Photographic Society.[7] Furthermore, in 1864 a number of his images came into public circulation and in February George Du Maurier described the artists continuing scheme in a letter to Tom Armstrong: There is a man called Winfield Junior [sic] who has been taking large photographs of several of the fellows in 15 and 16 century costume, and they are splendid.[8] Whilst the only portrait bearing a date of painter Robert Pritchett was executed in 1864, it appears that Wynfields series developed over a number of years in the 1860s.[9] The latest date firmly attributed to an image in the sequence is 1868, for the portrait of Edouard Manet. The French artist visited England only once and for just a few days in that year.[10]
Similarly, doubt remains as to where exactly these images were executed. It is natural to assume that they were taken in Wynfields studio, although there are no known documents recording sittings or planned meetings for this purpose. Given that the series may have evolved over time, it is perhaps likely that sittings occurred in multiple locations. Indeed, in her biography of George Frederic Watts, Veronica Franklin Gould implies that the artist sat for the sequence in his Kensington home. She also suggests that Watts even invited friends to sit to Wynfield at Little Holland House, and that these individuals included Frederic Leighton and Edward Burne-Jones. [11]
Wynfield was a founder member of the St Johns Wood Clique, an informal grouping of artists living and working in the area of St Johns Wood in north London, who were unified by a shared aesthetic outlook.[12] They specialized in paintings set in medieval and Renaissance times featuring historical, domestic or romantic incident. As one reviewer for The Times observed drily, these artists painted history on a scale suited to modern houses.[13] Throughout the 1860s, Wynfield exhibited numerous pictures at the Royal Academy, each work historical in subject, and his photographic sequence continued and developed this latent theme. Hacking draws attention to the artists conceptual and stylistic debt to Van Dycks engraved Iconographie, which consists of graphic portraits of artists, patrons, soldiers and statesmen. The sepia tonality of Wynfields portraits corresponds to the preparatory drawings for this earlier series. Furthermore, the costume and heightened chiaroscuro of his photographic studies implicitly identified the contemporary artists who sat for him as the equal of their distinguished forebears.[14]
Although primarily a painter, Wynfield excelled in the practice of photography.[15] Using an 8 x 6 inch glass plate camera, his method when producing large-scale head studies was not to focus his camera exactly, so that a slightly blurred outline was produced.[16] Such techniques were certainly an inspiration to Julia Margaret Cameron whom he began to advise in 1864 and she identified Wynfield as a dominant influence on her work: to my feeling about his beautiful photography I owed all my attempts & indeed consequently all my success.[17]
Bevis Hillier describes the artist as a pioneer of the medium:
By pressing a button, he achieved what he and his friends strained after for hours in their laborious canvases perfect verisimilitude. He invented, one might say, instant Pre-Raphaelitism. He was, said Henry Stacy Marks, a very good and painter-like photographer.[18]
Indeed, Wynfield approached photography as if it were painting rather than drawing, deploying form rather than line, privileging chiaroscuro over definition, using deep, soft shadows and carefully directed and reflected lights. Subjects were placed against contrasting backgrounds close to the lens to create a shallow pictorial space, and the plate exposed to relatively low light levels, resulting in highly atmospheric or poetic images that combine painterly sfumato with photographic immediacy.[19] The Illustrated London News noted that Wynfield had managed to dispel the deathlike stillness and universal distinctness prevalent in contemporary portrait photography. In contrast, his deliberate focal distortion produced an image closer to that conjured by the operation of the human eye. The result was a greater softness, lifelike animation, apparent power of movement than any other photographic copies of pictures or studies from life we have ever seen.[20]
An early reviewer in the Reader notes other features of Wynfields photographic images:
The chief characteristics of these portraits are the substitution of a medieval for the modern costume, a small quantity of background skillfully disposed to assist the figure which occupies the greater portion of the square, and the importance given to the heads by the exclusion of all that does not help to give them due prominence. The hand is frequently introduced with good effect, as by Titian and Vandyke, of whose portraits we are constantly reminded by these photographs. It is also not one of the least interesting points about them that they bring out the great importance and value of costume. The figures of these painters [i.e. the sitters], comparatively ordinary in modern garb, appear as great Venetian or Spanish nobles under Mr. Wynfields treatment.[21]
It remains unclear whether the type of apparel worn in the photographs was dictated by the artist or the sitter. The same items of costume appear in a number of the images, suggesting they were borrowed for the purpose. They may have been selected from Wynfields own costume box, but it is also possible that garments were loaned from the collection of historical costume owned by the Artists Society. This resource was used extensively by members of the St Johns Wood Clique for their paintings.[22] Alternatively, it is likely that some items were introduced by the sitters themselves. Leighton, for example, donned the same costume as the male figure in his painting Golden Hours (1864); and in an alternative image, he wears the elegant white robe worn by Cimabue in his large canvas Cimabues Celebrated Madonna (1855). Furthermore, John Dawson Watson and Myles Birket Foster were photographed in costumes of remarkable similarity to the ones they wore at a weekend garden party at Fosters home in Surrey. In unattributed photographs of this occasion (c.1860s), the sitters are depicted in the garden amongst family and friends, all of whom indulge in fancy dress.[23] This is just one example of the popularity of dressing up for photographs during this period. In the same vein, the members of the St Johns Wood Clique and their associates frequently staged fancy-dress parties and participated in amateur theatricals. Hacking judges that his willingness to engage in such behaviour positions Wynfields photographic portraits as little more than extensions of these leisure activities.[24]
Wynfields application of costume was also debated by twentieth-century writers. In 1926, Mary Smith argued that physiognomic likeness determined the type of clothes worn by the sitter and that the artist would arrange some sort of head-dress or costume which he fancied suited the type of face.[25] Hacking notes that more recent studies give the personality rather than the features as the rationale behind this process:
In fact, Wynfields use of costume sometimes relates to the physiognomy of the sitter and sometimes to their character. The employment of particular garments refers to a wider project on the behalf of artists and writers to mediate the image of the contemporary artist through the appreciation of the hand, and thus soul, of the Old Master.[26]
Nineteen of the Wynfield photographs at the NPG were purchased from the family of Sir Edmund Gosse in 1929 (NPG P7088).[27] The remaining twelve (NPG P89100) were the gift in 1937 of the theatrical historian Henry Saxe Wyndham, who owned a large collection of photographs, also including images of Italian art and portraits of children by Cameron.[28]
Images from Wynfields Collection of Photographic Portraits of Living Artists are also in the collections of the Royal Academy of Arts, London, the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and the Royal Photographic Society, Bath. Added together, with duplicates excluded, there are seventy-six known bust portraits of fifty-four identified sitters (all but five of whom wear historical costume). Five sitters in the series remain unidentified. A number of other collections of Wynfield bust photographs exist, both private and public, but the sitters featured do not extend the series.[29]
The photographs, listed alphabetically, are as follows:
P70 Richard Ansdell (18151885)
P89 Richard Ansdell (18151885)
P71 Thomas Oldham Barlow (18241889)
P90 Thomas Oldham Barlow (18241889)
P72 Philip Hermogenes Calderon (18331898)
P73 Thomas Faed (18261900)
P99 Myles Birket Foster (18251899)
P100 William Gale (18231909)
P74 John Evan Hodgson (18311895)
P91 John Evan Hodgson (18311895)
P75 William Holman Hunt (18271910)
P76 Charles Samuel Keene (18231891)
P92 Charles Samuel Keene (18231891)
P77 Frederic Leighton, Baron Leighton (18301896)
P93 Frederic Leighton, Baron Leighton (18301896)
P78 Henry Stacy Marks (18291898)
P94 Henry Stacy Marks (18291898)
P79 Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt (18291896)
P80 John Phillip (18171867)
P83 Henry Wyndham Phillips (18201868)
P82 Frederick Richard Pickersgill (18201900)
P83 Valentine Cameron Prinsep (18381904)
P95 Valentine Cameron Prinsep (18381904)
P84 Frederick Walker (18401875)
P85 John Dawson Watson (18321892)
P86 George Frederic Watts (18171904)
P96 George Frederic Watts (18171904)
P87 David Wilkie Wynfield (18371887)
P97 David Wilkie Wynfield (18371887)
P88 William Frederick Yeames (18351918)
P98 William Frederick Yeames (18351918)
Sitters in Wynfields series, outside the collection:
P225 Edward Armitage (18171896)
Sitters in Wynfields series, outside the NPG:
William Swinden Barber (active 18591898); RA, 03/6186
George Price Boyce (18261897); RA, 03/7055
Edward Burne-Jones (18331898); RA, 03/7015
Edward Burne Jones, alternate pose; RA, 03/7060
Frederick Pepys Cockerell (18331878); RA, 03/6947
Eyre Crowe (18241910); RA, 03/6946
George Du Maurier (18341896); RA, 03/7336
Alfred. W. Elmore (18151881); colls RA, 03/6582; V&A, 2184-1933
James Anthony Froude (18181894); RA, 04/4
Carl Haag (18201915); RA, 03/7054
James Hayller (18291920); colls RA, 03/5658; RPS, 2812p
Edward Robert King-Harman (18381888); RA, 04/8
Thomas Heatherley (18241914); RA, 03/7057
Robert Herdman (18291888); RA, 03/7235
Joseph Middleton Jopling (18311884); RA, 03/6579
Alphonse Legros (18371911); RA, 03/6944
George Dunlop Leslie (18351921); RA, 03/6971
Arthur Lewis (18241901); RA, 03/6190
Arthur Lewis, alternate pose; RA, 03/4510
Arthur Lewis, alternate pose; RA, 03/4431
Sir Coutts Lindsay, 2nd Bt (18241913); RA, 03/6972
Eduard Manet (18321883); RA, 03/7379
George Heming Mason (18181872) [unconfirmed identification]; RA, 03/7238
Frederick Mew (18321898); RA, 03/6975
Charles Perugini (18391918); RA, 03/7056
Henry Thoby Prinsep (17921878); RA, 03/6583
Robert Taylor Pritchett (18281907); colls RA, 03/7237; RPS, 1991p
Anthony Salvin (17991881); RA, 04/1
Anthony Salvin Jr.; RA, 03/7234
Frederic James Shields (18331911) [provisional identification]; RA, 04/3
Simeon Solomon (18411905); RA, 03/7315
George Adolphus Storey (18341919); RA, 03/6967
William Wetmore Story (18191896); RA, 03/4519
George Edmund Street / Unknown sitter; RA, 03/6580
Field Talfourd (18151874); RA, 03/5655
Field Talfourd, variant pose; RA, 03/6718
Charles Thorneley (active 18581898); RA, 03/6192
Henry Tanworth Wells (18281903); RA, 04/13
Unidentified male sitter; RA, 04/2
Unidentified male sitter; RA, 03/6191
Unidentified male sitter; RA, 03/6941
Unidentified male sitter; ref. Enghien sale rooms, 29 Nov. 2009 (14)
Elizabeth Heath
Footnotesback to top
1) These images were mistakenly attributed to Julia Margaret Cameron before they entered the collection at the NPG. In 1978, they were transferred from the NPGs Reference to its Primary Collection: NPG RP P7088 and P89100. See also NPG Report of the Trustees 19789, pp.16, 24, NPG Archive.
2) This information came to light in 1995, after the discovery of labels preserved on the mounts of several of Wynfields photographs in the collection of Birmingham MAG; NPG NoP (Wynfield).
3) As well as dealing in and publishing photographs, Hering was engaged in photographing paintings. A review of Wynfields images in the Reader, dated 30 Jan. 1864, suggests that they were on display at his establishment before being released for general sale.
4) Naudins Portfolio, edited by Hamilton Hulme, 6 parts, Nov. 1864Apr. 1865; BL, 1758.a.19. This project could potentially have been issued indefinitely. The fact that it ran for only six months suggests that it was not a commercial success.
5) Hacking 2000, p.44.
6) National Archives, Kew: Copy 1 collection (copy 1/5). The labels from Birmingham (see note 2 above) state that the prints had been copyrighted. However, only three sitters from the ten portraits registered for copyright in 1883 appeared in the instalments of The Studio: Thomas Faed, P.H. Calderon and John Phillip (all in Part 1). A print of F.J. Shields from this sequence is in the RA, 04/3. At the bottom edge is a watermark which indicates a date of 1862 or 1863, but only a very small portion of the mark remains, the rest having been trimmed off the print. Considering that Wynfield registered his prints in 1863, the watermark is likely to record the same date also.
7) Hacking 1998, p.208.
8) Letter from George Du Maurier to Tom Armstrong, Feb. 1864; Du Maurier 1951, p.228.
9) Hacking 1998, p.207.
10) Hacking 1998., p.211. This appears to be the latest known date of production for an original photograph in the series. However, there is a platinum print of J.E. Hodgson by Wynfield in the RA, 03/5748. Materials for platinum prints were not marketed until c.1879. If Wynfield did make all prints from the sequence himself, his involvement with the project extended well beyond the 1860s.
11) Gould 2004, p.61.
12) The St Johns Wood Clique was operational from 1863, before disbanding in 1890. In 1867 Wynfield set up home at 14 Grove End Road, St Johns Wood.
13) Exhibition of the Royal Academy (Second Article), The Times, 22 May 1866, p.12.
14) Hacking 2004.
15) Wynfield changed the spelling of his name from Winfield perhaps to avoid confusion with the painter James Digman Wingfield. See Hacking 1998, p.232.
16) Garner 1973, p.158.
17) Julia Margaret Cameron to William Michael Rossetti, 23 Jan. 1866, Gernsheim Coll., University of Texas, Austin.
18) Hillier 1964, p.491.
19) Marks 1894, p.165.
20) ILN, Fine Arts, 19 Mar. 1864, p.275.
21) Mr Wynfields Photographs, Reader, 30 Jan. 1864, p.145.
22) Hacking 1998, p.227.
23) For example, see Hacking 2000, p.20, fig.6.
24) Hacking 2000., p.11.
25) Smith 1926, p.152.
26) Hacking 1998, pp.2245.
27) Letter from Sylvia Gosse to Henry Hake, 13 May 1929: Thank you very much for sending us the cheque for 10 gns. for the photographs and engravings. And please let me thank you on my mothers behalf, though she is now too ill to be told about it: NPG RP P7088.
28) Letter from Henry Hake to Henry Saxe Wyndham, 5 June 1937 and memorandum, 24 June 1937, NPG RP P89100. With the Wynfield photographs, Saxe Wyndham also donated a portrait of G.F. Watts by Cameron (NPG P125).
29) Hacking 1998, p.210.
Referencesback to top
Du Maurier 1951
Du Maurier, D., ed., The Young George Du Maurier: A Selection of his Letters 186067, London, 1951.
Garner 1973
Garner, M.A.K., David Wynfield, Painter and Photographer, Apollo, February 1973, pp.1569.
Gould 2004
Gould, V.F., G.F. Watts: The Last Great Victorian, London, 2004.
Hacking 1998
Hacking, J.L., Photography Personified: Art and Identity in British Photography 18571869, unpublished doctoral thesis, Courtauld Institute, University of London, 1998.
Hacking 2000
Hacking, J., Princes of Victorian Bohemia: Photographs by David Wilkie Wynfield, exh. cat., NPG, London, 2000.
Hacking 2004
Hacking, J., Wynfield, David Wilkie (18371887), ODNB, Oxford, 2004.
Hillier 1964
Hillier, B., The St Johns Wood Clique, Apollo, vol.79, June 1964, pp.49095.
Marks 1894
Marks, H.S., Pen & Pencil Sketches, 2 vols, London, 1894.
Smith 1926
Smith, M.H. Stephen, Art and Anecdote: Recollections of William Frederick Yeames R.A, His Life and His Friends, London, 1926.
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Frederic Leighton, Baron Leighton
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albumen print, 1860s
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Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt
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albumen print, 1860s
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Frederic Leighton, Baron Leighton
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Just spent a short getaway here with my wife, and it was my first time to Geneva. I must say that it was a nice place to get away from the everyday hustle and bustle. Huge props to my Mother-in-Law for staying with the kids overnight. I love my kids to death, but both the wife and I needed to recharge our batteries.
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Water pressure powers this keen invention
Club member Steven Flack of Conneaut, Ohio, has a simple and efficient way to remove water from a footing hole without a pump. He uses a bailer, made from a small bucket or a large coffee can, with a hole and a flap valve on the bottom. When he pushes the bailer into the water, the valve opens and lets water in (figure 1). Then, when he lifts the bailer, water pressure closes the valve to keep the water from running out (figure 2). He makes the bailer by first cutting a 3- to 4-in.-dia. hole in the bottom of the bucket. He then screws a square scrap of vinyl siding (plastic or rubber also works) over the hole. The flap should be about 1/2�in. larger than the hole. Finally, he attaches a 1x2 x 6-ft. handle.
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Markets Diverge as Apple Gets Hammered
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Major U.S. stocks indices headed in different directions Wednesday as investor disappointment in Apple's
The tech-heavyNasdaq dropped 0.11% to 3,725.01 as Apple shares plummeted 5.4% to $467.83.
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In economic news, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Wednesday that wholesale inventories for July rose 0.1%, which was a boost from the June reading of a 0.2% drop, but missed expectations among economists polled by Thomson Reuters who were expecting July inventories to have risen 0.3%.


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London Broil with Steak Sauce Gravy, Smashed Cauliflower with Cheese, Ham and Red Chard
- 1 large head cauliflower, cut into florets
- 3 cups chicken stock
- 4 tablespoons butter, cut into pieces
- 1 cup shredded white extra-sharp Vermont Cheddar (recommended: Cabot brand)
- 1/4 cup grated Parmigiano
- Coarse black pepper and salt
- A generous grating nutmeg
- 1 1/2 pounds shoulder London broil steak, 1 1/2 inches thick
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil or olive oil, 2 turns of the pan
- 1/2 pound ham, chopped
- 6 cups chopped red chard, 1 large bundle
- 3 tablespoons red wine vinegar, eyeball it
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 shallot, finely chopped
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 2 cups beef broth
- 1/4 cup steak sauce (recommended: A1 or Lea and Perrin's brands)
Place cauliflower in a medium shallow pot or pan. Add stock, cover and place pot over high heat. When liquid boils, reduce heat to simmer and cook covered 10 minutes. Remove cover, raise heat to medium high and allow the broth to reduce by half, 2 minutes. Add 2 tablespoons butter, cut into pieces and the cheeses and smash the cauliflower with a masher to the same consistency as desired for mashed potatoes. Season the cauliflower with black pepper, a pinch of salt and nutmeg.
Turn broiler on. Brush meat with Worcestershire and season with salt and pepper. Cook London broil on top rack for 6 minutes on each side, for medium rare to medium doneness.
While steak and cauliflower cook, heat a second large skillet over medium-high heat. Add oil, 2 turns of the pan, and ham. Sear ham and caramelize at edges, 2 minutes.
Add chard and wilt the greens into the pan then season with salt, pepper and a dash of nutmeg, optional. Cook 5 to 7 minutes more, turning frequently with tongs then add vinegar to the pan and a drizzle of honey. Turn to coat the greens, adjust seasoning and transfer to a serving dish.
Remove meat from broiler and let it rest 5 minutes.
Place a small skillet over medium heat. Melt remaining 2 tablespoons butter, add finely chopped shallot, cook 2 minutes, then whisk in flour and cook 1 minute. Add 2 cups beef broth to the pan and bring to a bubble. Reduce the broth 2 minutes then add 1/4 cup steak sauce and black pepper, to taste.
Very thinly slice the meat on an angle against the grain (the lines in the meat). The degree to which you can slice thinly slice the meat will determine how tender it is to cut and chew, so make sure the carving knife is sharp the thinner the better!
Serve sliced London broil with steak sauce gravy all over it and smashed cauliflower and red chard with ham piled up alongside the meat.
Recipe courtesy of Rachael Ray
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Ripley Grange Honors Citizen Of Year
RIPLEY – Ripley Grange 65 recently honored Ron Bretz as its Citizen of the Year, presenting him with the Community Citizens Award from the National Grange along with a National Grange paperweight.
The award is given to a non-grange member who has performed outstanding volunteer service, contributing to the welfare and betterment of the Ripley community.
Bretz has dedicated his life to serving youth through various sports in the Ripley area by serving has a coach, mainly in the girls softball programs. Bretz grew up in the Ripley area and attended Ripley Central School, graduating in 1971. His interest was in the athletic programs Ripley offered. Attending college, he continued in sports and today serves as the assistant girls softball coach at Mercyhurst College in Northeast, Pa.
Bretz is married to Audrey Fisher; they have four children. The Bretzs say they have supported and encouraged each of their children who have excelled in sports and various youth organizations.
Many members of Bretz family, extended relatives and friends were guests of the Ripley Grange for the awards ceremony.
Those attending were Tom and Wendy Hawkins, Wendy Bretz, Paul Bretz, Melisa Fisher, Roy Fisher, Brain Fisher, Janice Whittmen and Neva Fisher, along with members from the Ripley Grange.
Art Kinney, grange master and president, asked Bretz to come forward, and together they had an dialogue of his past, volunteer programs throughout his life as an assistant girls softball coach and currently being the caretaker at the Rural Quincy Cemetery in Ripley.
Bretz is employed in the meat department at Sander's Market in North East, Pa.


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Volunteer opportunities
This column is a sample of volunteer opportunities available in Marquette County. Persons 55 or older can learn about these and other possibilities in their community by contacting Amy Mattson at the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program at 485-1782. Others should contact the agencies directly. Additional opportunities are posted online at UPvolunteer.org.
Lake Superior Hospice seeks volunteers for their team and to participate in the free Spring Volunteer Training April 12 and 13. Volunteers are needed for friendly visitor, caregiver relief, and community outreach. Call Lake Superior Hospices' Director of Volunteer & Outreach, Samantha Collins at 225-7760 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
UPAWS seeks people to help with Wish List Collection Drives. Three times a month volunteers stand outside a local store and pass out the UPAWS wish list and collect donations. Volunteers are needed also to serve as cleaners and kitty cuddlers mornings at the Petsmart Adoption Center. Sign up for the Poster Pals team to help get the word out around town. Times and areas flexible. Call the Upper Peninsula Animal Welfare Shelter at 475-6661.
Ongoing docent (tour guide) volunteer opportunities are available at the DeVos Art Museum at Northern Michigan University. For two weeks each November and May local K-12 schools schedule tours of the exhibitions on display in the museum. No experience necessary; training is provided. Time commitment is minimal; one hour training session and one and a half hours per tour. Schedules are e-mailed in advance and volunteers respond based on their availability. Must have a valid e-mail address and enjoy working with children. Visit www.nmu.edu/devos, call 906-227-1481 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
The YMCA of Marquette County seeks a caring, dependable volunteer able to work anytime between 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Friday in the Tot Watch area. Call Benjamin Platt at 228-3771 or email bplatt@ymcamqt .org.
Girl Scouts winter troops are being organized, especially suited to middle school girls with a busy sports schedule. Winter troops meet for three to five months. Volunteers must complete a background check and register as members of Girl Scouts. Basic training is available at www.gsnwgl.org. Email Jill Rady at firstname.lastname@example.com or call 888-747-6945.
Upper Peninsula Home Health, Hospice & Private Duty seeks hospice volunteers for friendly visits, veteran to veteran, community outreach or to provide a needed break for caregivers. Call volunteer coordinator Tony Evans at 225-4545 or email tonye@uphomehealth .org.
Marquette County Habitat for Humanity seeks volunteers to help with construction on homes in Negaunee, Ishpeming and Gwinn. Volunteers also are needed to help at the ReStore in Harvey. Call 228-3578, email email@example.com or visit www.mqthabitat.org. Experience not necessary.
Marquette General Hospital seeks volunteers to greet, direct and give information at hospital entrances, and to provide informational updates to families of patients in surgery. Call 225-3280.
Volunteers with basic tax knowledge and willing to give two to four hours each week from February through mid-April are needed to help as Volunteer Tax Assister for the Ishpeming Multi-Purpose Senior Center. Volunteers provide a free basic tax return for eligible clients. Training is provided. Call Elyse Bertucci at 485-5527 or email email@example.com.
Upper Peninsula Home Health, Hospice & Private Duty seeks hospice volunteers for friendly visits, veteran-to-veteran, community outreach or to provide a needed break for caregivers.Call Volunteer Coordinator Tony Evans at 225-4545 or email email@example.com.
Lake Superior Hospice seeks volunteers for office assistance, friendly visitor, veteran-to-veteran, and community outreach. Call Director of Volunteers and Outreach Samantha Collins at 225-7760 or email email@example.com.
Licensed cosmetologists are needed for two hours once per month to cut and style wigs for patients with medical-related hair loss. Volunteers are needed to greet patients and visitors and to provide hospital information once per week for a four-hour shift. Gift Shop volunteers are needed; days and times flexible. Call Marquette General Volunteer Services 225-3280 or email karol.pokley@mghs .org.
Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Marquette and Alger counties seeks Big Brothers for its community program in Marquette, Munising, Gwinn/Sawyer and Ishpeming areas. Big Sisters are needed in the Gwinn/ Sawyer and Ishpeming areas. BBBS also has a boy in Ishpeming and a girl in the Harvey area waiting for matches in the SWIM Program, which matches children with type 1 diabetes to a mentor who also has type 1 diabetes. New applications for Little Brothers and Little Sisters living in Marquette and Alger counties are always accepted. Call Liz Sherman at 475-7801.
Negaunee Public Schools seeks walking school bus volunteers to walk with elementary students one Wednesday morning each month (approximately seven to eight blocks). Popcorn volunteers are needed Fridays at Lakeview School and Negaunee Middle School. Call Diane Faust 475-0229 or email diane.faust@negaunee schools.org.
Lifetracker volunteers are sought to place ankle or wrist transmitters on people with Alzheimer's disease, other memory problems or others who may wander. Volunteers are needed in Marquette, Gwinn and Ishpeming to visit one or two clients monthly to replace transmitter batteries. Mileage reimbursement is available. Call Yvonne Clark at 475-7997.
International Experience seeks families to host international exchange students for the school year, willing to share family traditions, American culture and a loving supportive environment with a boy or girl age 15-18 from abroad. Call local coordinator Cristina Anderson at 906-250-1500, email firstname.lastname@example.com or visit www.iE-usa.com.
Bell Hospital seeks volunteers Kids Corner, the gift shop and two coffee carts. Kids Corner is an adult-supervised play area at the hospital where children are dropped off for one to two hours while parents attend doctor appointments in the building; there are no feeding or diaper changing responsibilities. Gift shop volunteers run a register and provide customer service. Coffee cart help is needed at the hospital and Teal Lake. Call 485-2750.
The Salvation Army of Marquette has volunteer opportunities in the food pantry, thrift store and working with youths at the S.A.F.E Center in Gwinn. For the S.A.F.E. Center call Tricia Coker 346-5974. Call Brittany Massoglia at 226-2241.
Teaching Family Homes seeks volunteers for ongoing efforts, including animal care, classroom tutor, computer technology, environmental, facility maintenance, fine arts, grant writer/research, group home tutor/mentor, office support, publicity and marketing, school librarian, special events volunteer and sports and exercise. Call Lisa Burtch, volunteer coordinator, at 249-5437.
American Cancer Society Resource Center seeks volunteers at its Peninsula Medical Center office to hand out literature and help patients organize information during treatment. All services are free, and the resource center is volunteer staffed. Call 475-9897 or stop by the resource center, Suite 110 of the medical center off the Fair Avenue entrance. Call 225-3507 prior to visiting.
Grandparents Teach, Too seeks retired teacher volunteers to help provide hands-on workshops for parents and grandparents. The workshops help adults prepare young children to succeed in school and a lifetime of learning. Workshops are held in schools, libraries, hospitals, churches, and bi-monthly at the Marquette County Community Detention Center. Volunteer commitment is flexible. Email Iris Katers at email@example.com, or call 228-9183.
Marquette Adult Day Services seeks volunteers to bring their special talents to its program for people with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. Examples include playing music, singing, arts or crafts projects, massage or yoga. Call 226-2142.
The K.I. Sawyer Heritage Air Museum seeks volunteer attendants from 1 to 5 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays to escort museum visitors through the museum, answer questions and run the museum store. Intensive training is available. The museum is at 402 Third St., K.I. Sawyer. Call Bob Vick at 362-3531.
The Ishpeming Senior Center seeks a retired or semi-retired nurse to take blood pressures during walk-in blood pressure clinics offered 1 to 3 p.m. the third Friday of each month. Call Elyse Bertucci at 485-5527.
The Forsyth Senior Center seeks kitchen volunteers to help prepare senior meals for the congregate meal site and for the homebound. Hours are 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. Volunteers receive free lunch. Call 346-9862.
The RSVP Non-Emergency Medical Transportation Program seeks volunteers 55 or older from the Marquette, Ishpeming, Negaunee and Gwinn areas to provide seniors with rides to medical appointments. A good driving record is required; mileage reimbursement is available. Call 485-1782.
Great Lakes Recovery Centers seeks volunteers age 21 or older with good driving records to transport clients to appointments using an agency vehicle. Call 228-7611. GLRC also seeks one or two volunteers to assist with general office duties at its Marquette administrative office. Ideal for senior or college student/intern, flexible schedule. Call 228-9699, ext. 15.
Messiah Lutheran Church in Marquette seeks adult volunteers to provide supervision, guided study, tutoring, discussion and fellowship to children age 5 and older. Volunteers are needed from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Call 225-1119.
The Women's Center and Harbor House seek volunteers to answer crisis calls, provide crisis intervention and support advocacy services. Other opportunities available, training provided. Call 226-6611.
The Peninsula Arts Appreciation Council seeks volunteers for the Vista Theater Thrift Shop in Negaunee, to cashier, sell tickets from a computer program, do simple cleaning of the building, sort and hang clothes. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Call 475-7188.
The nonprofit Divine Consign and Donated Furniture store in Marquette seeks clerks for 5 to 8 p.m. Thursdays and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays, and for furniture pickup. Proceeds benefit Father Marquette Catholic Schools. Call 458-4406.


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Arthur S. Weaver
LIMINGA – Arthur S. Weaver, 87, of Houghton Canal died on Wednesday evening, March 6, 2013, at Cypress Manor in Hancock.
He was born on Oct. 6, 1925, in Medford, Mass., graduated from Medford High School in 1942 and attended Tufts College where he was a member of the band and the lacrosse team.
He entered the Navy V-12 Officer Training Program after his freshman year and, due to the year round schedule, graduated from Tufts in 1945, cum laude in Mechanical Engineering. After Midshipmen's School, he was commissioned an Ensign, USNR in November, and, after a tour of duty in Pearl Harbor, was discharged in September 1946. He then began teaching at Tufts College that fall in the Department of Engineering Drawing, also enjoying playing in the college orchestra and in the spring, playing with the Boston Lacrosse Club. In 1948 he joined the Mechanical Engineering Department of the University of Maine, where he taught and pursued an MS degree, catching up with it in 1954.
He was married to Madelyn Dolley of Augusta, Maine on June 21, 1949. She passed in September 1992.
In 1954, to gain engineering experience, he and his family moved to Rochester, N.Y., where he was a member of a team of designers of automatic machinery at Eastman Kodak Company. In March 1958, the family moved to Houghton to the Michigan College of Mining and Technology, or "Michigan Tech." Here he rose through the academic ranks to professor, received the campus-wide Distinguished Teaching Award in 1961 and the Teaching Award of the Mechanican Engineering – Engineering Mechanics Department in 1984. He served on the Faculty Senate for several years and on tons of committees. He took early retirement in 1984, more than 10 years earlier than he anticipated.
During the next academic year, he served as a Visiting Professor at the University of Alaska on the Fairbanks campus, where he received Best Teacher Award of the Mechanical Engineering Department. He later filled in at Michigan Tech in several different quarters until 1997 when the department was faced with various emergencies.
He was a member of the American Society for Engineering Education since 1949, an original member of the Copper Country Unitarian Fellowship and the Copper Country Audubon Club. He was an enthusiastic birder and had written a book entitled "The Birds of Michigan's Copper Country."
He is survived by four daughters: Susan (Doug) Beckman of Kalamazoo, Mich., Alice of Portland, Ore., Carole (Robert) Radcliffe of Alamogordo, N.M. and Ellen (Jan) Rankinen of Houston, Texas; two grandchildren, Lauren (Scott) Bourgeois and Jordan Rankinen; one great-grandson, Korbin Bourgeois; his wife since 1998, Phyllis Boutilier; four step-children, Karen (Chris) Schwertfeger of Alameda, Calif., Elaine (Christian) Blackshear of Durango, Colo., Alan (Kathy) of Kent, Wash. and Eric (Joan) of Lake Zurich; three step-grandchildren, Janet, Joe and Elise Boutilier.
He was predeceased by his sister, Dorothy, of Liminga.
A memorial service will be held at a later date at the Keweenaw Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship in Houghton. Interment will be in the family lot in Liminga Cemetery in the spring.
In lieu of other expressions of sympathy, memorial contributions may be made to Omega House, 2211 Maureen Ln., Houghton, MI 49931 or Little Brothers – Friends of the Elderly, 527 Hancock Ave., Hancock, MI 49930 in the name of Arthur S. Weaver.
The O'Neill-Dennis Funeral Home in Hancock is in charge of arrangements. To leave online condolences, please go to oneilldennisfh.com.


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Snow day in May?
May, a month that normally heralds the blooming of flowers, instead brought seven inches of snow to Webster City on Thursday.
The snow took the city by surprise, including City Manager Ed Sadler, who said that city maintenance had transitioned from plowing snow to mowing grass. Snow removal equipment had to be prepared after being decommissioned for the season with blades having to be reattached early Thursday morning.
The heavy and wet snow did not cause as many issues on the streets as it did with electrical lines, according to Sadler. The weight on the power lines plus the gusts of wind caused numerous tree branches and power lines to be downed. Webster City police Chief Brian Hughes said the department notified the street department about the worsening road conditions at about 3:30 a.m. on Thursday. About an hour after that, he said the police began receiving calls about downed tree branches and power lines.The street department was out in the morning hauling tree branches out of the road so traffic could pass. Sadler said that a house near his had so many fallen tree limbs that it looked like a bomb went off.
Hughes said the police department received hundreds of phone calls about downed power lines and trees, with thousands of locations in the city needing attention. Fortunately, the wet snow made roads more passable, and Hughes said there were only two accidents on Thursday due to the snow. Neither accident caused injuries.
As of Thursday afternoon, Sadler said that most of the downed power lines had been repaired. More snow is possible this weekend. While trees near power lines are trimmed every five years and streets can be salted, Sadler said there is little the city can do to prevent outages. However, he said that crews will be there to fix downed lines as they happen.
The Webster City Community School District declared a snow day on Thursday. Superintendent Mike Sherwood said that the snow day now means that the last day of school will be June 5 for students and June 7 for staff. Sherwood also said that school buses will only be traveling on hard-surface roads today due to the snowfall.
A winter weather advisory is in effect until at least noon on Friday, with two to four inches of snow still possible. Sleet, strong winds and slick roads are expected.
The late-season snowstorm hit other areas much harder than Webster City. The Weather Channel reports that 18 inches of snow fell in Blooming Prairie, Minn., and parts of Colorado and Wyoming saw upwards of 20 inches. Snow also fell in the midwest from Kansas City, across parts of west and central Iowa, and into Wisconsin. In an AP story, Meteorologist Craig Cogil said this spring snowstorm is the largest snowfall in a 24-hour period in May. It's also the most snowfall total from any storm in May, and it's the most snow recorded ever in May.


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St. Paul's to host Chasin' Steel
MARQUETTE – St. Paul's Episcopal Church will host Celebrates the Arts with a performance by the bluegrass band Chasin' Steel at 7 p.m. Saturday. Donations will be accepted at the door, with all proceeds to benefit the Marquette Senior High School Music Department.
St. Paul's Episcopal Church is located at 201 E. Ridge St. in Marquette. For more information, call 226-2912 or visit www.stpmqt.org.
Experience Works open house set
GWINN – Experience Works will hold an informational open house from 1 to 3 p.m. Friday at the EW office located in the Sav-on Closeouts building across from the Mobil Mart in Gwinn. For more information, call Dennis Koers at 346-9410.
Choral Society to rehearse
MARQUETTE – Rehearsals for the Marquette Choral Society Spring Concerts will begin at 7 p.m. Jan. 14 in the Choral Room of the Thomas Fine Arts Building at Northern Michigan University. Concerts will be on April 27 and 28 at Reynolds Recital Hall at NMU.
The spring program will be taken from the "Chantry Choirbook." This is a selection of sacred choral music from the Lutheran tradition, spanning the music of Schutz and others in the 17th century to Distler and other 20th century composers.
The Choral Society, which is directed by Floyd Slotterback, is open to all interested singers. No audition is necessary. Singers may join any time during the first three rehearsals, up to Jan. 28.
There will be a fee for music and membership. For more information, call the NMU Music Department at 906-227-2563 or visit www.nmu.edu/choralsociety.
Heikki Lunta dance in Negaunee
NEGAUNEE – The Negaunee Senior Center will sponsor its first Heikki Lunta dance Jan. 19 at the center. The dance will be from 1 to 5 p.m., followed by a dinner at 5:30 p.m.
The event will feature live music by The Hart Beats. Cost for the dance only is $5 admission, at the door. No carry-ins will be allowed. Dinner tickets are available in advance only and cost $12 for senior citizens and $15 for adults. The deadline to purchase dinner tickets is Jan. 11. Dinner will be completed in time for diners to attend the Heikki Lunta fireworks over Teal Lake at 7 p.m.
A craft bazaar will be held during the festivities. Table rental for crafters is $15 for the first table, $20 for two tables. A limited number of tables will be available until Jan. 11. Applicants should call the center to have a form mailed to them.
The Negaunee Senior Center, an alcohol-free facility, is located at 410 Jackson St., in downtown Negaunee. For more information, call 475-6266.
Cribbage tourney in Ishpeming
ISHPEMING – The Venice Supper Club of Ishpeming will host a partners cribbage tournament at 1 p.m. Saturday. Participants must have a partner to play and need to register in advance. For more information or to register, call 486-9761 after 3 p.m.
Stretch, movement class offered
MARQUETTE – Superior Family Chiropractic & Wellness will host a Stretch and Movement Class at 10 a.m. Saturday at 1301 O'Dovero Drive in Marquette. Participants should wear comfortable clothing.
For more information, call 228-2600.
Record show slated at NMU
MARQUETTE – The Marquette Winter Record Show will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday in the Peter White Lounge in the Don H. Bottum University Center at Northern Michigan University in Marquette.
Available for sale will be thousands of vinyl records, CDs, DVDs, concert posters, movie posters and gig posters.
Breakfast buffet at Gwinn VFW
GWINN – The Gwinn VFW Post 5670 and Men's Auxiliary will host a breakfast buffet from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jan. 13 at the Gwinn VFW Post.
Cost is $8 for adults, and $5 for children 10 and younger.
CineArts film at library
MARQUETTE – CineArts Films at Peter White Public Library, a series devoted to foreign and independent films, will show the movie "Free Men" at 7 p.m. Friday in the Community Room. The film is shown in French and Arabic with English subtitles and runs for 99 minutes.
The film will be introduced by Nell Kupper from the Northern Michigan University Modern Languages and Literature Department. For more information, call 226-4323 or visit www.pwpl.info.
Sunday dance set in Rock
ROCK – A dance will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. Jan. 13 at the Rock Community/Senior Center, 3892 W. Mapleridge Road in Rock. Music will be provided by John Roman.
Admission is $5 with a free-will donation for lunch. For more information, call 906-356-6588. All proceeds benefit the Senior Corporation.
NARFE chapter to meet
MARQUETTE – Chapter 1900 of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association will meet at 1 p.m. Jan. 16 at Bonanza Restaurant in Marquette. A representative from the Marquette Senior Sevices staff will outline current service and facilities available to Marquette seniors.
For information, call 906 249-1610 or 906 524-6297.
Vegan transition class offered
MARQUETTE – Northern Vegans will hold a free class on how to make the transition to a vegan lifestyle from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Jan. 19 in the Shiras Room at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette. Northern Vegans will provide a free light lunch.
For more information or to RSVP, email firstname.lastname@example.com or call 906-236-1279 by Jan. 16.
Sierra Club to hear local author
MARQUETTE – The Central Upper Peninsula Chapter of the Sierra Club will meet at 7 p.m. Jan. 16 in the Peter White Public Library Community Room to hear Jim McCommons speak on "George Shiras – Shooting Wildlife to Save It."
For more information, call John Rebers at 228-3617.
Dinner to aid Care Clinic
MARQUETTE – Knights of Columbus Council 689 will hold its annual All-You-Can-Eat Spaghetti Dinner fundraiser from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Jan. 19 at St. Peter Cathedral Hall. Cost of the dinner is $7 for adults, $5 for children or $25 per family.
Proceeds from the dinner will go to The Care Clinic of Marquette which assists people with making healthy choices regarding sexuality and pregnancy.
Negaunee taking student apps
NEGAUNEE – The Negaunee Public School District is accepting applications for the second semester for School of Choice students. Applications are available at all of the school buildings, the Administrative Office located at 101 S. Pioneer Ave., Negaunee or online at www.negaunee.k12.mi.us. Applications are due by Friday, Jan. 18. Enrollment is limited at some grade levels.


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This month's edition of #DevParapo was about electronic and mobile payment systems with Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System Plc. Have a nice time reading through the live tweets.
We thought of doing a summary of what transpired at the event but the exchange on twitter was more vibrant especially when the MD of NIBSS declared at the event that Paga can not become the Paypal of Nigeria at this time so Paga came out to defend themselves and it was quite a discussion involving serial entrepreneur – Victor Asemota, Pagatech, Abiodun Thorpe of Tech360 Nigeria and Oluwapelumi Oyetimein of Opera Software & Wayopedia. Read more here. Enjoy.
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On Saturday, Dec. 14, Barry University hosted its annual fall commencement ceremony by welcoming more than 1,200 graduates to its esteemed alumni base. Among those scholars were six Bahamian residents that make up the School of Social Work's first cohort of Barry graduates in the Bahamas.
Julita Ingraham, Clarence Hield, Ettamae Jones, Andrea Newbold, Jenny Laing, and Wellette Johnson earned their Master of Social Work (MSW) degrees, joining more than 170 MSW students from Barry's main campus in graduating.
Barry first began offering degree programs in The Bahamas in 2010. The School of Social Work began their Master of Social Work degree program in the island nation in 2012 following the vision of the late Gala Munnings, former Director of Field Education for the School of Social Work.
Classes were held in both Nassau and Freeport while students traveled to Barry's Miami campus for summer sessions. Students completed their field work in various locations throughout the Miami area including the State Attorney's Office in Broward County, Destination Hope, and Kids in Distress.
The Honorable Melanie Griffin, Bahamian Minster of Social Services, was in attendance during the commencement ceremony to witness her countrymen's graduation and served as the guest of honor for the ceremony.
Barry currently offers four master's degree programs in the Bahamas – two through the School of Social Work and two through The School of Education. Barry's proximity to the islands of the Bahamas has made it a popular destination for Bahamians to achieve their educational goals. Barry University's main campus in Miami Shores currently enrolls 22 students from The Bahamas and the university has awarded 192 degrees to Bahamian citizens and residents since 2002.


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Today, Secretary Clinton participated in APEC ministerial meetings in Singapore. Following the meetings, the Secretary said:
"Here in Singapore, we've had a productive day of discussion, covering the full range of regional and global issues confronting our nations. I have stressed the Obama Administration's commitment to substantive cooperation. That is a commitment that I have felt very strongly about and made clear on my first trip as Secretary of State to Asia earlier this year. And when President Obama arrives here later this week, he will underscore our view that APEC is an essential forum for engagement and for common action."
In her comments, Secretary Clinton also addressed regional topics that were discussed during the APEC ministerial. She said:
"North Korea's nuclear program is of foremost concern, and the United States is committed to making progress on this issue. Our Special Representative for North Korea Policy, Ambassador Stephen Bosworth, will visit Pyongyang in the near future. The decision to send him was reached after extensive consultation with our partners in the Six-Party process. They share our view that Ambassador Bosworth can use this opportunity to press the basic principles of the September 2005 joint statement, including full, peaceful, verifiable denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, and work toward the resumption of the Six-Party Talks.
We have made the purpose and parameters of this visit clear to the North Koreans. This is not a negotiation; it is an effort to pave the way toward North Korea's return to the Six-Party process. Let me emphasize that our expectations of Pyongyang have not changed and will not change, nor has our commitment to the Six-Party process. We will use diplomacy and we will work closely with our partners to find a peaceful path to our shared objective on the Korean Peninsula.
We also discussed the United States approach to Burma. We have begun engaging the Burmese authorities in high-level dialogue to advance our goals of democratic reforms and human rights. Burma's neighbors and members of ASEAN have an especially important role to play in encouraging the Burmese Government to move forward on reform, to start a meaningful internal dialogue with Aung San Suu Kyi, political parties, and ethnic minorities; and to hold credible, fair elections in 2010. I reiterated that U.S. sanctions will remain in place until we see meaningful progress in key areas."
The foreign ministers also discussed climate change. Secretary Clinton emphasized U.S. commitment to working with the international community to reach a global, legally binding climate agreement. The Secretary said:
"The United States has taken dramatic steps in the past year to change the way we use energy at home, and we have taken our seat at the table in international climate negotiations. We believe all nations have a responsibility to address this urgent global challenge, and we are prepared to assume our share of responsibility.
Going forward, we are committed to reaching the goal of a global, legally binding climate agreement. And we will continue working vigorously with the international community toward that end. If we all exert maximum effort and embrace the right blend of pragmatism and principle, I believe we can secure a strong outcome at Copenhagen, and that would be a stepping stone toward full legal agreement. We cannot let the pursuit of perfection stand in the way of progress, but there are clear metrics by which we will judge the result at Copenhagen.
First, any agreement must involve immediate global action in which all nations do their fair share. We cannot afford further delay. Second, any agreement should cover all of the major issues, including adaptation, financing, technology cooperation, dissemination of technology, forest preservation, and others. It should include a commitment to strong mitigation actions like national reduction targets for developed countries and actions by major developing countries that will reduce their emissions significantly compared to business as usual.
Third, any agreement must include a commitment to a system that will ensure transparency and accountability with regard to the implementation of domestic actions. Fourth, any agreement must endorse funding facilities to assist developing countries. We are prepared to support a global climate fund that will support adaptation and mitigation efforts and a matching entity to help developing countries match needs with available resources. Funding through the new global climate fund and a technology mechanism will help developing countries identify what they need, where to get it, and how to finance, operate, and maintain it.
These are the yardsticks we will use to measure the outcome. But under any circumstance, Copenhagen is not the end of the process. It is part of our larger collective commitment to hold ourselves and others accountable, to speed the transition to a low-carbon global economy, and to leave a cleaner, greener planet for our children and grandchildren."
Read the Secretary's full remarks here.
Giuseppe in Uruguay writes:
Excuse me Madame, but I have to disagree with you that the bilateral meetings as what Bill Clinton did this or that now she wants to encourage North Korea to offer itself as a nuclear power. We must dismantle the scalation without leaving the firm or de-legitimize the positions of the six.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
@ Giussepe in Uraguay -- Perhaps bilateral engagement will also include an invitation from a very popular former U.S. Vice President to 'lil Kim to join him on a duck hunting expedition...
A little creative diplomacy can work wonders on bad attitudes,
...and the ducks won't need to worry 'bout a thing...(chuckle).
Josephine in the Philippines writes:
"for our children and grandchildren future."
Aries in the Philippines writes:
hi madame secretary.,. i would like to thank you for visiting her in the philippines,.. yes it's nice to have a green, clean and good planet.,. but the people didn't think of it, they only think of it when the disaster come.,.,


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Tennessee Smokies Update (as of 5/21/12)
The Smokies are on a roll coming off a week where they went 5-2. Currently, the Smokies sit in last place in the Southern League North Division, but it's tightly packed. Only 6.5 games separate first place from last place, and the Smokies have made up ground on 2nd and 3rd recently by going 6-4 in their last 10. The Smokies boast the 4th best ERA in the Southern League, a big reason why they have been making up ground and playing solid baseball lately.
– George
Tennessee Smokies Stats and Standings (as of 5/14/12)
The Smokies can't seem to get on track as they struggled through another week. They are 3-7 in their last ten games and have fallen 7 games back of the division leading Jackson Generals. Maybe this will be the week where the Smokies gain their footing and move forward instead of always one step forward and two steps back.
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I could really use a waste water bucket, something that would let me only make one trip to the drain (since there is none near by) a day. The "official" buckers are $77 shipped, which just seems like a lot for a bamboo bucket.
Are there any good alternatives?
I save and dry my tea leaves for crafts and compost, so having a separator would be nice.
I'm less adverse to paying a lot for a nice tray, but thought I'd ask what other use first and if they feel they get good utility out of such objects.


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QUESTION: Time-outs for high school are a total length of 90 seconds. When the umpire blows her whistle and signals the time-out, when does the 90 second clock begin ticking? Does it begin rightaway or only after the teams are huddled?
ANSWER: The 90-second time-out begins immediately. The total time without play should be 90 seconds. The manner in which a team uses the time-out period is a coaching decision. There is no requirement for either team to huddle.
QUESTION: A player shoots on goal from inside the circle. She lifts the ball high into the air but the ball goes through the net at the back of the goal. Neither the umpire in the circle, nor the other umpire sees the ball go into the cage at all. Is it a goal?
ANSWER: When the umpires arrive they should check the netting, minimizing the likelihood that this type of thing will happen. Regardless, if the umpires as you describe do not recognize that the ball went through the netting they can only judge it as a wide shot. If the umpire recognizes that the ball did actually go through the netting then a goal is awarded.
QUESTION: If a goalie has attempted to block a shot with a dive, and is then stormed by several players who begin swinging thier sticks wildly at the ball and the ball goes under the goalie on a subsequent shot should this be a stroke for covering, or should the wild swingers be called for dangerous play?
ANSWER: All players have the responsibility to play safely. No player is allowed to obstruct an opponent from reaching the ball. Based on your description, the action of the goalkeeper is perfectly legal. As long as the goalkeeper does not intentionally move onto the ball or pull the ball under himself or herself, it is the responsibility of the attacker to play safely and do something constructive with the ball. Beating it under the goalkeeper is not constructive and is dangerous. Therefore, based on your description of the play, a free hit to the defense should be awarded for the danger involved with this play.


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Convenient and quaint, this is a nice little humidor!
No bells and whistles to this humidor, just a convenient 15 to 20-cigar capacity storage unit made of premium, kiln-dried Spanish cedar. It's a perfect way to keep a steady supply of premiums at the office, or even over the in-laws house, so you can always get away for an extended cigar break. Complete with humidification device, the Fireside Desktop Humidor is an excellent choice when you just need a little more room for your collection.
Good little humidor. It actually has a better seal than my two larger, more expensive humidors.
Picked this up for my first humidor. Simple but still looks great anywhere I put it. Holds around 15 coronas with the humidifier inside. For the price it's a great buy for your first humidor or for the desk at work.
I have the same humidor with one major exception. Brass piano hinges that give the box the added benefit of "Sure Seal" technology. It makes a world of difference in how well the device holds humidity at the proper level. As far as how much it will hold. That depends on the sticks you put into it. It holds 25 Coronas, if you chuck the disc & replace it with 2 humi-pillows. Holding a constant 70% is a breeze using this trick. Overall, a nice bargain & a very good looking small piece of furniture for your desktop.
nice humidor works well for me
This is a nice little humidor to have for setting some cigars aside for the day or week. I'll be using it this way so I won't have to open my 300 count humidor as much. Also will be used for when the brother-in-law comes over who seems to turn into a cigar expert every time he steps into my house.
No frills, cutesy, little humidor. Keep it and it's smaller brother on top of each other in the kitchen. Holds humidity just fine going on a couple months now. Of course, I'm not using the sponge that it came with, but beads instead.
A nice little humidor that I got as a second humidor. The color is great. Not sure how many cigars it will actually hold, as I'm currently seasoning it. But it does look like it will hold about 15 robustos.
Received in excellent condition. The joints of the spanish cedar inside are not as tight together as I would like, but for such a low price point I am not going to be picky. Humidifier puck is a nice design and easy to install. The outside finish is very nice, the felt bottom has the manufacturers Logo screened on and it is cracking and peeling off, but that is on the bottom and does not interfere with anything. All in all, I am very pleased and this humidor will serve my purposes perfectly.
The included humidification device is weak and the size isn't entirely accurate, I only get about 15 in because of the humidification device. Still, a good price overall.
Awesome price, ok size and nice fit to an office desk.


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we are going to try and start a grown up conversation. with grown up ideas. lets keep this conversation civil. and lets not bash anyone who may or may not disagree with our own personal beliefs.
as i get older, my views on religion are changing. i believe that fundamentally (discounting any extemists, that is), all religions have good intentions. they are about living a better life by being good and by helping others. i also believe that fundamentally, different paths to god are not all that different from each other. growing up in a big city, as i did, i met all sorts of people that practiced all sorts of religions. i didn't discount someone who was different than me just because they weren't like me. and we respected each other. we acknowledged our differences...and we were fine with it. and i still practice that til this day.
but what if (and i am talking strictly hypothetically here) there was an ancient text found, probably in the middle east. or ancient texts. something that irrefutably, scientifically proved that only one of this planets religions was right...or it proved that religion in general was a man made idea to keep people in line or act a certain way. what if there was (again, hypothetical) proof that only one path to god was the righteous one (or, no path was right). would this proof be burried? kept secret? should it? if i were a religious man, and i found proof that backed up what i had been doing my whole life, my first instinct would be to tell the world. to scream it. but would that be the right thing to do? some will have faith regardless. but if a line of religion was found to be flat out wrong...or, if all religions were proven to be false...and this news came out...well...haven't wars started for less?
lets face it, we all want to be right. we all want to be winners (can't all be like charlie sheen, tho, can we?) if it turns out what we practice is the correct path, does that mean we can do what we want because we are the chosen ones? or if we are proven wrong, do we pillage and start destroying things and countries because we are wrong and living a lie...and going to hell anyway?
i am not challenging anyone's belief system. am not trying to change anyone's mind. as i said, all shapes and all sizes. and this is not about bashing anyone's beliefs that are different. in fact, it is about tolerance. tolerance of maybe learning that you may not be on the chosen path, and having to live with that. my question is...if such proof was real and it was discovered, would it really benefit humanity to make this news public? as a former practicer myself, i'm going to side with (for the betterment of everyone, worldwide) keeping it quiet. i don't see what good it could do to prove that billions of people's belief system has been fraudulant.
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HAIFA, Israel (April 4, 2012) – Two U.S. beach volleyball teams have advanced to the semifinals of the Technion Challenge, an FIVB-sanctioned exhibition event, in Haifa, Israel.
In the women's bracket, Lauren Fendrick (Carlsbad, Calif.) and Brooke Hanson (Woodland Hills, Calif.) won Pool A with a 3-0 record after a 15-21, 24-22, 15-10 win over Finland's Emilia and Erika Nystrom on Wednesday.
In Thursday's semifinals, Fendrick and Hanson will face Czech Republic's Hana Klaplova and Lenka Hajekova, who finished second in Pool B.
In the other women's semifinal, Germany's Britta Buthe and Karla Borger will face Belgium's Liesbeth Mouha and Katrien Gielen.
In the men's contest, Matt Fuerbringer (Costa Mesa, Calif.) and Nick Lucena (Santa Barbara, Calif.), who finished second in Pool A, will face Pool B winners Martins Plavins and Janis Samoilovs of Latvia in Thursday's semifinals.
Fuerbringer and Lucena fell to Russia's Konstantin Semenov and Yaroslav Koshkarev, 13-21, 21-17, 15-5 on Wednesday and finished pool play with a record of 2-1.
Brazilians Benjamin Insfran and Alvaro Filho, who won Pool A, will play Germany's Jonathan Erdmann and Kay Matysik in the other men's semifinal.
April 4 Women's results
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|Forer/Verge-Depre (SUI)
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|Mouha/Gielen (BEL)
|Tzur/Rodriguez (ISR)
|21-14, 21-17
April 4 Men's results
Pool A
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|13-21, 21-17, 15-5
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|Erdmann/Matysik (GER)
|Vesik/Jaani (EST)
|21-12, 19-21, 15-9
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Peru Looks to Footprint to Support Sustainable Development
Peru's recently-formed Ministry of Environment has stated its interest in adopting the Ecological Footprint.
As one of the world most geographically and biologically diverse countries, Peru boasts an interesting distinction: it is the only country that falls within a one-planet Ecological Footprint while meeting the UN's minimum threshold for "high human development." In recent years the country has experienced its highest economic growth ever and seen significant reductions in poverty. Even so, Peru faces constraints on critical resources, such as water, that threaten these gains. It also faces key social challenges, such as chronic malnutrition and regional poverty rates that top 60 percent in some places. Here, the need is especially keen to increase quality of life in a way that does not spur resource shortages.
Two years ago, Peru created a Ministry of Environment to deal with such challenges, and in 2010, as part of the Ministry's first full budgetary cycle, it dedicated funds to work with the Footprint. "For us, it is of particular importance to have information and indicators that account for our growing demand on the biocapacity of the planet to meet our needs," Environment Vice Minister Ana María González del Valle Begazo wrote in an official letter of interest..
Global Footprint Network is working with Peru-based consultancy Libélula (Dragonfly) to develop a method of analysis that will reflect the broad differences in biocapacity and consumption levels of various regions. Global Footprint Network is helping the fledgling ministry to find funding sources to promote this work, which the ministry hopes to broaden next year.
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We hope that you'll recognize that West End Orthodontics is a special place. Since we moved to Richmond's West End, we have been fortunate enough to develop a team of closely knit members with one goal in mind: making your experience at West End Orthodontics fun, relaxing and easy.
We simply all love our jobs and it shows!
About Dr. Iuorno
Dr. Iuorno earned his Bachelors of Arts in Computer Science in 1990 from Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, close to where he grew up. He received his DDS from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1994 and was elected to the Omicron Kappa Upsilon National Dental Honor Society.
After dental school, Dr. Iuorno completed a 1-year Advanced Education in General Dentistry residency at the Eastman Dental Center in Rochester New York. He moved to Richmond in 1995 and completed a unique combination of residencies at Virginia Commonwealth University, earning certification in both Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (2000) and Orthodontics (2002), and making him uniquely qualified to treat complex cases. He received his Masters of Science degree in 2002.
Dr. Iuorno teaches at VCU School of Dentistry and also donates his time as an oral surgeon at the Goochland Free Clinic. One of his passions is treatment of children with special needs like cleft lip and palate. He is a founding member of the Dental Specialty Consultants of Virginia (DSCVA) and serves as the only orthodontist on The Cleft and Craniofacial Team at St. Mary's.
If you look up Dr. Iuorno in the phone book, you may find his brother Joe or his wife Maria. Dr. Joe Iuorno practices ophthalmology in the West End and Dr. Maria Iuorno is an endocrinologist with Virginia Diabetes and Endocrinology in the West End.
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Tadiana came to WEO via Colombia, South America. She was originally trained as a dentist in South America and completed her studies before coming to the USA. Unfortunately, her dental license is not recognized by the US. We were lucky enough to meet Tadi and further her education in orthodontics. WEO is now proud to have another perhaps over-qualified orthodontic assistant.
Lisa seems to be well-known throughout the West End! She is coming back to work after raising two boys and we're delighted that she chose to come to work for us. Lisa shares time with Nanette at the front desk so you're sure to get to know her throughout treatment. Ask about her Pennsylvania roots and it's likely that you'll come up with a mutual friend soon enough.
We are fortunate to have Kimberly join our team at WEO as an Orthodontic Assistant. She enjoys working in the orthodontic field because it gives her the opportunity for more one-on-one time with patients. She loves watching how much our patients grow during their treatment and seeing the confidence they have with their new smiles.


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Brandt Snedeker cashed in on the trend his recent form suggested by winning the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am in record-setting fashion over hard-charging Chris Kirk with a final-round 7-under-par 32-33=65.
World No. 204 Hudson Swafford styled a 5-under-par 34-33=67 in today's final round of the CareerBuilder Challenge to post 20-under 268, good for a 1-shot win over 54-hole leader Adam Hadwin and his first PGA TOUR title in his 93rd career start (92 pro).
Making his 100th career TOUR start (99 pro), World No. 323 Bud Cauley rode a hole-out eagle-2 to a 3-under-par 36-33=69 in today's final round of the CareerBuilder Challenge to post 18-under 270, good for a two-way T3, two back of champion Hudson Swafford and matching his career-best finish.
Tommy Fleetwood confirmed victory in the 2017 Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship with a sensational approach to the 72nd hole; his 17-under-par 271 left him one shot clear of Dustin Johnson and Pablo Larrazabal after he carded a final round 5-under 36-31=67.
World No. 85 Jamie Lovemark, a pre-tourney 28/1 outright, ballooned to a 5-over-par 36-41=77 in today's third round of the CareerBuilder Challenge and at 3-over 219, missed the scheduled 54-hole cut by eight shots.
Playing the Nicklaus Tournament Course, TOUR rookie Dominic Bozzelli pieced together a 3-under-par 35-34=69 in today's third round of the CareerBuilder Challenge to reach 16-under 200, currently solo 2nd and one shy of 54-hole leader Adam Hadwin, who shot 59. UPDATE: Bozzelli will play out of the R4 final threesome and is vying for his first TOUR title in sixth career start. His best so far is T35 at the season-opening Safeway Open.
Playing La Quinta Country Club, World No. 196 Adam Hadwin fired a career-low bogey-free 13-under-par 29-30=59 in the third round of the CareerBuilder Challenge to post 17-under 199, up 48 places on the live leaderboard and good for the 54-hole clubhouse lead. UPDATE: With play completed, Hadwin leads by one over TOUR rookie Dominic Bozzelli and will be going for his first TOUR victory in his 73rd career start. His career best is T4 at the 2011 RBC Canadian Open as a non-member.
Playing the Stadium Course, overnight leader Hudson Swafford backed up with a 1-under-par 33-38=71 in the third round of the CareerBuilder Challenge to post 15-under 201, down two spots to T3 with play still in progress. UPDATE: With play completed, Swafford is in a four-way T3, two back of 54-hole leader Adam Hadwin, and will play out of the final threesome in R4.
Due to expected inclement weather, final-round tee times for the CareerBuilder Challenge on Sunday will be approximately 7:30 - 9:30 am (PT) with an anticipated finish of 2:30 pm.
Tyrell Hatton fired his way to the head of the field Saturday with a 4-under-par 36-32=68 which earned him the 54-hole lead in the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship on 13-under 203, one swing clear of Dustin Johnson, Pablo Larrazabal, Martin Kaymer, Kiradech Aphibarnrat and Tommy Fleetwood.
Battling La Quinta Country Club, overnight leader Dominic Bozzelli coasted to a bogey-free, 5-under-par 33-34=67 during round two of the CareerBuilder Challenge, reaching 13-under 131 to find himself one off the pacesetter Hudson Swafford.
Brendan Steele fired the low round of the day while taking on the Nicklaus Tournament Course in round two of the CareerBuilder Challenge, signing for a bogey-free, 8-under-par 32-32=64 to reach 12-under 132 on the week, placing him two strokes off the pace set by Hudson Swafford.


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Game Physics on Real-Time Simulation of Mobile Work Machine
Tan, JiaJing
Permanent address of the item is: http://URN.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tty-201205221151
Publication type: Diplomityö
Issue date: 2012-05-09
Language: en
Pages: 84 s.
Instructor: Ellman, Asko
Examiner: Ellman, Asko
University: Tampereen teknillinen yliopisto - Tampere University of Technology
Faculty: Automaatio-, kone- ja materiaalitekniikan tiedekunta – Faculty of Automation, Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Department: Konstruktiotekniikan laitos – Department of Mechanics and Design
Degree Programme: Master's Degree Programme in Machine Automation
Game physics has been around since the first game were created around thirty years ago, it was first developed from sparks fireworks, ballistics of bullets to a physical simulation of human skeleton in most recent years. With its rapid development, game physics expanded its usage from virtual game into various tasks in numerous areas. The thesis tests usage and reliability of the game physics into mobile machine simulation. It compares machine simulation in Matlab, as traditional programming approach, with the result in Blender game engine, a 3D application integrated with game physics. The process of developing dynamic behaviors in game physics is separated into several main steps: importing of ready-made model, setting up of physical properties, creation of interactive logic controls and finally position calculation of crane via Python scripting. Different results regarding game physics are collected and compared alongside with two methodologies and thus final evaluation of Game physics and its implementation in mobile machine area are given in the end. The quality of simulation as an example provides a high degree of realism and interaction between users and computers than traditional approaches. During the process, reader could understand the totally different modeling and simulation styles existing in two methodologies, Matlab and Blender game engine. The thesis offers readers one idea about game physics and how physics could be integrated into and thus being able to distinguish the advantage and disadvantage of game physics and get an idea on the future state of virtual reality technology in general.
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The shop is flawed.
I don't have time to post on here when things are sold and run the kitchen at the same time. Night managers don't know anything about it most of the time.
Solution - only Kitchen Managers have keys to the Shop and we keep a book in a drawer. The Shop is open between 10am-6:30pm. In the book we write the date, item sold, how many and who the money goes to.
Any objections? It's in place as of tomorrow unless anyone objects furiously.