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Kim Lowe Brings Holiday Joy to Cradles to Crayons
December 2, 2011
Kim Lowe is one very talented woman who wears many hats. She is a Boston-based mama and a kids and lifestyle photographer. She started her photography career at age seven as a still-life photographer, documenting her stuffed animals' lives. She grew up, graduated from the Art Institute of Boston and became an art director at several big-time ad agencies including Hill Holliday and Arnold, and even managed to win a few awards. With ten years of ad experience under her belt, Lowe decided to put it all to use doing something she loved more. She opened her own photo studio in 2003, using her art director and photography skills to add to the lives of others.
Recently Lowe was contacted by Susan Flynn, Associate Editor of Boston Parents Paper, to shoot their December holiday cover of the dance character Clara from The Nutcracker. As an avid reader of BPP, Lowe was thrilled to do the assignment. Because the publication is free, they offer full-page ads in exchange for work that is done for the publication. The free ad did not really work for Lowe and her audience, but she knew of a group who could use the exposure and promotion, especially at this time of year. Lowe used the ad space to help promote the kids non-profit organization Cradles to Crayons. Cradles to Crayons was founded in 2002, with the mission of providing children ages 0 to 12 some of the most important basics of life—free of charge. These basics include clothing, school supplies, toys and much more. They provide all the physical goods that help children feel safe, protect them from the elements and help them to learn. They also partner with social-service organizations to connect communities that have surplus resources—new or used items in good condition—with communities that desperately need access to those resources. Lowe contacted Liz Farley, Marketing Coordinator for C2C, who was thrilled for the exposure. Unfortunately, however, C2C was not able to pull an ad together in just two weeks, so Lowe put on her hat as art director. She used one of her shots of a little boy bundled up in the snow, wrote a headline, "With your $25 donation a child gets a winter coat. And the freedom to bury himself in the snow," and also designed the body and copy of the ad.
With the ad created for C2C, she started work on her shoot for BPP, which was set for Sunday, October 30th, notable this year as the weekend of the great snowstorm that hit the whole Northeast. Lowe was scheduled to shoot young ballerinas of The Nutcracker in a dance studio that also happened to be dark, was in a basement and had no windows or natural light. As luck would have it, the dance studio had a power outage from the snow storm, and Lowe had absolutely no light for the shoot or heat for her young dancers. They had to bundle up in coats to stay warm between shoots.
The challenges kept mounting but the ever-resourceful Lowe used a monolight and a few carefully placed reflectors and was able to capture the grace and joy of the young ballerina Clara meeting the Nutcracker. The girls were real troopers and continued to dance for the shots, as everyone pitched in to make the project work.
The BPP magazine with Lowes' cover of Clara jumping for joy came out December 1st and can be found all over the city. In her e-mailed response, Associated Editor Flynn could not have been happier, "The photos look terrific! Lots of choices, which is great. You have so much fun energy and helped to make the ballerinas feel relaxed. Thank you!"
The C2C ads that Lowe created will run in the Boston Parents Paper, Boston Business Journal and on local billboards, all space offered up for free. They will also appear in Old Navy stores across Massachusetts as they help C2C collect donated kids clothing this holiday season. "I was happy to do this for Cradles to Crayons because it's been a tough year for them and they need all the exposure they can get," says Lowe.
And there's more, Lowe also donates her photography for her "Two Birds" fundraiser that she started doing two years ago that also helps the C2C organization. She posts 45-minute time slots on her Facebook page, and parents can bid on those timeslots to get holiday pictures taken of their kids. Their entire bid is donated directly to C2C. "It's not just sitting down and getting a pretty picture taken — each timeslot also has a hair and makeup artist and a wardrobe stylist to pamper the kids and make them feel like superstars. It's pretty cool," says Lowe. The entire crew donates their time and talent. Photography retailer EP Levine, also in the Boston area, donates the lighting equipment, and different photographers donate their studio space each year. The idea behind "Two Birds" is that parents want a nice picture of their children for a holiday card and less fortunate kids need warm clothes for the winter — Two birds, one stone. Parents also love the idea and have remarked on Lowe's talent for capturing their children's personalities and enjoyment of the shoots.
Kim Lowe certainly knows the meaning of gift giving with her photography for all seasons. You can see more of her kids, lifestyle and product work at her site, www.kimlowe.com and see more about the Two Birds fundraiser here. For more information or how to donate to Cradles to Crayons –The Giving Factory, visit their site at www.cradlestocrayons.org.


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Fishing Report: With the Los Cabos Tuna Jackpot coming up people start thinking about Cabo Tuna fishing. Well with good reason, because there have been some big Yellowfin Tuna taken off the Gordo Banks. Our boats have been feasting on the great Striped Marlin fishing on the Pacific side up near the Golden Gate. After the Bisbee Black and Blue Tournament, the captains started concentrating on Striped Marlin. Well, they have been doing great. And a lot of Dorado. In the past week our Striped Marlin count is 130 fish brought to the boat. Along with them there were 5 Black Marlin, 1 Blue Marlin and 8 Pacific Sailfish caught and released. And, there were lots of fish that wouldn't take.
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Update: Timber! Music Fest adds more artists
The Timber! Music Festival, which takes place July 26-27 at King County's Tolt-MacDonald Park in Carnation, WA, has added some great bands to its already stellar lineup.
Additions to the festival include Portland indie rockers Quasi, led by Sam Coomes and Janet Weiss (Sleater-Kinney/Wild Flag).
Seattle bands Hobosexual, Pablo Trucker, Passenger String Quartet and Nu Klezmer Army will also be playing.
Festival tickets cost $45. Previously announced bands scheduled to play are: Helio Sequence, Fruit Bats, Lemolo, Bryan John Appleby, Kithkin, River Giant and Ten-Speed Music.
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Three months after he was unanimously chosen as executive director of AIDS Help, Joe Pais on Wednesday returned to his former job at the nonprofit, which focuses on grant writing.
Pais met with the board of directors to finalize the job change that he wanted and announced it at a staff meeting, said board member Marcus Varner.
Assistant Director Scott Pridgen will serve as acting director. But the agency is not planning a new search for the top position.
AIDS Help, which earlier this year launched a national search for a new leader in light of Robert Walker's retirement, has no plans to hire anyone else at this time, said Varner.
The board of directors has its hands full, having met over the past several weeks reviewing audits and the budget.
AIDS Help ended the 2012 fiscal year with $5.9 million in net assets, having spent $4 million for the year, according to its financial statements.
Pais, a former Key West city commissioner and cable company manager in the Keys, began volunteering with the agency two years before it was incorporated in 1986.
"I know every single department; I've written grants for them," Pais told a search committee in June at a public interview.
The executive director's job pays $131,955 in total compensation for fiscal year 2013, according to documents filed with the county.
The board's priority now is to determine the nonprofit's needs, said Varner.
The board plans to meet with a consultant who will size up those needs and make recommendations on how to meet them and stay within the annual budget.
Another change
Also Wednesday, AIDS Help lost an eight-year veteran of the agency.
The board and Director of Client Services Patrice Sanders "agreed to part ways," said Varner.
Sanders had made the short list for the executive director job, along with Pais and Guardian Ad Litem Director Alexsandra Leto.
The particulars were confidential, as they related to a personnel matter, Varner said. Sanders couldn't be immediately reached Monday night.
Walker led the nonprofit for 12 years before stepping down as he is battling cancer.
When Walker was first hired in 2001 to run AIDS Help, he tapped Pais as his deputy, which was Pais' title before the board gave him the top job in June.


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4.0 on October 12, 2014
From the moment you pull up to Mia's Cottage, you feel peace and relaxation! The grounds are immaculately maintained and the inside of the cottage is just as adorably decorated with antiques and flair! The queen size bed is very comfortable and the breakfast items such as fruits, cinnamon rolls, sausage kolaches, apples pies, cereal and juices are very tasty as well. We enjoyed walking the grounds and spotting deer! Rocking on the front porch and under the tree swing was also a very pleasant additive to our relaxing days at Tara Farms. It's located only about 10 minutes from Brenham which is a plus in our book being that we are country folks ourselves. If you're looking for a great little weekend getaway to rejuvenate your spirit, I would highly recommend Tara Farms.
5 on October 15, 2012
A very relaxing peaceful, respite for my husband and myself. From the homemade breads, fresh fruits, the perfectly set table, to the oversized bath tub and comfy bed, Mia's cottage did not lack a thing. A great place to turn in nightly. after many glorious hours of shopping in Round Top. Will def. be returning next fall.
5 on June 25, 2012
We had a wonderful weekend at Tara Farms! It is such a beautiful, relaxing place to stay and we felt very welcome with all the sweet touches that have been put into making this B&B. Will definitely recommend to family & friends!
5 on May 28, 2012
Our stay at Tara Farms was wonderful. The cottage was meticulously decorated, and every possible amenity was provided. The pictures do not capture just how peaceful and serene the cottage and property are. It is an incredible value, and we will definitely be staying there again in the near future.
4.6 on April 14, 2011
My best friend and I stayed at Tara Farms for a getaway and it was so pleasant. We loved spending our mornings reading on the front porch and taking in the view. Really nice!
4.8 on March 25, 2011
The privacy and quietness was exactly what I needed.
5 on January 30, 2011
We highly recommend Tara Farms if you are planning a trip to Brenham! Mia's Cottage was beautiful and very comfortable. We sat and watched the sun come up in the mornings from the front porch and walked the grounds, which are lovely. It is so peaceful and relaxing... we did not want to leave! The owners have thought of everything and the attention to detail is impressive. This place is amazing!
3.2 on October 07, 2010
A lovely stay in an adorable cottage. Private. We had no interaction at all with the owners. Beautiful grounds to walk around. The front porch was a great place to watch wildlife. Over all a good stay.
5 on July 19, 2010
One weekend was not enough - can we just MOVE in? The cottage is exceptional - charming and decorated just beautifully, spotlessly clean, comfy bed and 2 big comfy chairs, large (we have stayed in gorgeous rooms where we could barley walk around the room), delicious breakfast in the privacy of your own room and had everything you could possibly need or want to enjoy the weekend. The whole property is beautiful, the cottage gardens still blooming like crazy - even in the relentless July heat. We have stayed in countless B & B's across the country and Mia's Cottage is at the top of our list! We attended a great outdoor concert downtown, took the Blue Bell tour, drove to Round Top which is has a cute downtown and had an amazing meal at the cafe in Chappell Hill. Great weekend in the country! Troy and Tami are great hosts - we hope to be back soon!
5 on April 20, 2010
My wife and I appreciate all that you did to make our stay wonderful. The flowers and the weather cooperated and your place was very peaceful. We lacked for nothing and will recommend you guys to others as well as be back ourselves. Thanks Dave
5 on April 05, 2010
We came down to find treasures at Round Top and we couldn't have asked for a better place to stay at the end of the day! The cottage was adorable and everything we needed was there and more! The towels were so soft, the bed was heavenly, the kitchen was well appointed with lots of extras to get us going each morning. Tami made everything perfect! You will not be disappointed with your stay. THANKS Tami for all you did to make our stay perfect in every way!
5 on April 04, 2010
This was truly a FIND! Great little house with so much charm. We loved it so much!
5 on October 27, 2009
This is the most peaceful trip I've taken in years. The cottage reminds me of my grandmother's house, with the most beautiful landscaping. The bed was so comfortable, and I enjoyed just sitting on the porch to watch the deer at the edge of the woods. Thank you for a wonderful weekend!
5 on October 05, 2009
My 2 childhood BFF's and I get together once or twice a year and usually stay in a B&B in a small town. I am always the travel arranger and all agreed that this was the best ever! We had one night at the Farm--Mia's Room and 2 nights at the Cottage in Town. Loved them both. We will be back!
5 on October 05, 2009
This B&B cottage is so charming; like pictures out of a Southern Living magazine! We didn't want to leave. We arrived after a long day of shopping and were set to unload our luggage and then head to town for dinner. However, the cottage was so welcoming, homey and inviting that we ended up staying in, watching a movie and relaxing. The kitchen was so well-equipped for breakfast that we actually had a light dinner meal that evening. I was impressed with how immaculate the rooms are and with Tami's attention to every detail. The innkeepers certainly have done a good job of anticipating their guests needs. I truly hope to be able to stay in their facility again, soon!
4.6 on October 04, 2009
We enjoyed our stay at Tara Farms. We stayed in Mia's Cottage. It was beautiful! The property is amazing! It was so peaceful! We hope to go back again one day! Thanks so much!
5 on August 03, 2009
Loved the quiet, tranquil setting. The accomodations and grounds were beautiful. We will definitely return. Margaret and Scott Blanchard Houston
5 on July 24, 2009
Mia's Cottage is the most inviting B&B we have experienced. The front porch compels anyone to come in. It is so very clean, the flowers and walkways are well maintained. The food is delicious and just the right amount. Nature is all around and there are plenty of birds to watch. It is just perfect for any one, any age. We highly recommend it. Perry & Donna Smith
4.8 on July 06, 2009
Brenham was such a lovely place to visit. This b&b was the icing on the cake!The room was spacious, well equipped, and very clean! I felt as if we snuck in after a photo shoot for a magazine. The back yard is very nicely landscaped and allows for a treat for the eyes outside as well. I would recommend this room to my mom & best friend! Lovely!
5 on July 05, 2009
This cottage is the perfect place for a romantic weekend. The food was wonderful! The movie and music selection was wonderful. Every detail was taken care of.
5 on June 19, 2009
The atmosphere at Tara Farms is amazing. The presence of the Lord is there also. If you are looking for a place to get away with your spouse away from the hustle and bustle of the city life, I strongly recommend Tara Farms. You will also be pampered with great hospitality and good cooking by the owner's. Charles and Tanya Jenkins
4.8 on May 09, 2009
Close proximity to Houston makes this cozy cottage the perfect place to stay for the weekend! The house is immaculate and set among beautiful flowers and acreage. It is a wonderful place to relax and get away from the stress of the big city!
5 on April 08, 2009
The only suggestion I have for Nicole's room is to put some soundproofing around the door that leads into the adjoining room, as both light and sound from the bathroom come through the other room easily. That was the only thing--everything else was top notch! Tammy Smith
5 on March 22, 2009
What a great getaway! Perfectly fine with never leaving the cottage and property... even though it rained most of the stay it was still perfect! The food was AMAZING, the privacy and serenity were just what we needed! You can feel a warmth there that is certainly special!
5 on March 03, 2009
We loved our stay and look forward to coming again!
5 on February 15, 2009
This was our first time to stay at a Bed & Breakfast. Our weekend at Tara Farms was better than we could have dreamed or imagined. The room was immaculate and it felt like we were the first ones to stay there. Breakfast was great and the baked goods in the afternoon were an unexpected treat! We recommend Tara Farms B&B to all our family and friends and look forward to visiting in the future.
4.8 on February 10, 2009
Close to town, super clean and everything you need for a weekend away. Very yummy food, too! Cuter inside than out, if that's possible!
4.6 on January 20, 2009
This is a nice detached cottage with a large bath, and combined breakfast area and sleeping area. There are a good selection of movies to watch on the DVD player, a quiet porch with rockers where you can watch the sunrise, and large grounds (50+ acres) to walk around. We thoroughly enjoyed our 2 nights there.
5 on December 15, 2008
Nothing but high marks- what a B&B should be...quiet, secluded, clean, and restful!
5 on December 03, 2008
My husband & I stayed here for 2 nights to celebrate his birthday...away from our two young children. It was quite, peaceful, private, & unbelievably quaint. Breakfast was waiting for us each morning, in the fridge, and may as well have just come out of the oven instead of from the microwave. It was DELICIOUS!! We would definitely stay here again if we are ever in need of a little quiet R&R.
5 on November 13, 2008
The cottage is exactly as depicted on the website, but the pictures don't do justice to the actual experience! Having breakfast available when I wanted it, and where I wanted it (on the front porch) was an exceptionally nice touch. I really didn't have enough time to spend at the cottage as I would have liked. I hope to return soon.
5 on November 08, 2008
My husband and I decided over breakfast that we felt as though we had slipped into a Disney movie, in a good way. I was just sure that at any minute a gaggle of birds would be tidying up our room and making me a dress. This place offers sureal beauty and relaxation. Such a lovely find- I am recommending it to all of our friends!!!
5 on November 04, 2008
Our souls are renewed and refreshed after spending time in this quaint, pink cottage nestled on 52 acres of Brenham farmland. A place to come to watch butterflies, lie under a tree, take leisurely walks, or just rock on the porch. Absolutely a treasured find!
5 on November 01, 2008
We were lucky to get to stay at Tara Farms over a weekend. I was given this stay as a gift from a bride who's wedding I was in near Tara Farms. We were blown away at the beautiful cottage - the amazing bathtub - the incredible grounds - and the delicious food that was prepared for us. It was perfect, quiet, private and we had a wonderful time. Even my picky husband was delighted. Thank you!!
5 on October 11, 2008
What a peaceful place-it was a little bit of heaven on earth. We enjoyed the scenery-the landscaping was beautiful and added to the already beautiful land. We spent so much time on the porch looking at the butterflies and hummingbirds. We woke up early and watched the sunrise-it was a lovely sight and a great way to start the day. The food was delightful and the decor was elegant and homey at the same time. We sat on the swing and just soaked in the quiet. We loved everything about our stay.
5 on October 01, 2008
Precious! Owner's very thoughtful of customer's stay. I came alone and loved it. Gardens, breakfast, bed, decor, fresh flowers, munchies, privacy, service...perfect!
5 on September 08, 2008
Thank you Tami & Troy We had the best time this past weekend you have the most wonderful place. The humming birds where very entertaining to watch and it was so peaceful and clean. We will definitely be back and we will also tell all of our friends about your little slice of utopia.
5 on August 28, 2008
The grounds are just incredible. My lantana is dying, the lantana here is lush, rich and beautiful! Walking to the cottage is like walking through that perfect garden store you can not figure out how they get everything so beautiful. Walking into the cottage, you quickly forget whatever it was you left. It is beautiful, tranquil, and secluded. The food was wonderful - we ate the breakfast for dinner because we could not wait until morning! Five minutes from downtown Brenham and antique shopping. Great, great stay...plan on coming back and have already recommended to others.
5 on June 05, 2008
We enjoyed a much needed peaceful and relaxing weekend away from the city. Breakfast and snacks were wonderful. We enjoyed sitting on the rockers on the front pouch watching parent birds feeding their young. We enjoyed sitting at the picket table in the yard under the trees and walking to the ponds. Everything was outstanding.
5 on May 14, 2008
The cottage is charming, the gardens gorgeous, the breakfast outstanding, the hosts gracious. Out of the way. True peace and quiet. Many interesting things to see in Washingtom County, but sitting in a rocker on the front porch was the best. We highly recommend Tara Farm.
5 on April 28, 2008
I took my wife to Tara Farms for her birthday. She appreciated the beautiful scenery and wonderful decor of Mia's Cottage; I was impressed with the architecture and the peaceful, quiet setting where we could breath the fresh air. We were both pleased to see the Bible, on the nightstand, opened to Isaiah 40:31 (An inspiring Scripture Verse.) We are already planning a trip back to Tara Farms for our anniversary in August. Thank-you for an awesome weekend.
4.8 on April 08, 2008
My husband and I recently stayed at Tara Farms. As we pulled into the picturesque setting we could not wait to relax and explore the beautiful property. The cozy cottage was extremely clean and the breakfast provided was amazing. The queen size bed was very soft and comfortable. Our weekend was truly a relaxing experience and we are so thankful for this retreat. There was never a time that we felt that our needs were not met. The service provided made us feel unique and valued. An added bonus is that this b&b is close to local shopping!!
5 on April 08, 2008
We stay at many B & B's. This one was one of the most outstanding we have every stayed at. It immediately felt like "home". The hosts respected our privacy yet welcomed us like "family". Everything was exceptionally clean. The grounds were beautifully landscaped. The amenities i.e. food, accomodations, far exceeded expectations. There was nothing that was left out for our pleasure. We highly recommend this for anyone wanting a quiet, peaceful, Christian atmosphere. A stroll along the 52 acres and a swing to gently sway in with your beloved by the cool, still waters and meditate/pray is the order of the day. We shall return!!


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Where Do Trigger Warnings Belong?
Trigger warnings in academia, the idea that professors should flag, in advance, potentially traumatizing content for students, are a subject of hot debate this week after a series of articles on the topic showed up big venues. Content that might provoke a trigger warning include rape, violence, and historical atrocities like lynchings, slavery, even the Holocaust. Of course, it would be hard to conduct many history, film, literature and other classes without lingering on such topics now and then.
Trigger warnings originated on the web, where social justice-y folks as well as rape and abuse survivors used them to tip each other off to content that might set each other off.
Yet not all feminists feel the same way about them. I used to feel like a bad feminist when I got occasionally exhausted or irritated by the overuse of the phrase Trigger Warning (also by the exclamation "This is Not. Okay" and other hyperbolic lingo) Trigger warnings, like much progressive jargon (see "check your privilege") originate by standing for something brilliant–of course we should be as upfront about potentially upsetting content as possible–but through overuse can end up as a substitute for real thinking, even a movement away from the dialogue and back-and-forths that signal progress.
Yet their defenders say they foster dialogue rather than shutting it down. Explaining trigger warnings as originally intended, Laurie Penny writes that there is no reason to cry "censorship!"
A trigger warning is a simple, empathic shorthand designed to facilitate discussions of taboo topics in safe spaces. What it absolutely is not is a demand that all literature be censored to ensure that moaning feminists and leftists are not "offended."
On the other side, Brittney Cooper, a feminist and anti-racist professor and thinker extraordinaire, says engagement rather than avoidance is the way to go. She warns that religiously conservative students might claim to be "triggered" by LGBT or sexual content, for instance. And she notes that students in cultural, racial or gender minorities are already in "unsafe" spaces, cloistered in classrooms with ignorant or bigoted peers.
To me, such an orientation to the world – the desire for endless comfort – is an untenable educational proposition. Encountering material that you have never encountered before, being challenged and learning strategies for both understanding and engaging the material is what it means to get an education.
I come down somewhere in the middle, as I usually do with these heated debates. Certainly, reasonable warnings about graphic violence are useful and considerate. And I'd even argue that trigger warnings make some sense on Twitter and Tumblr communities, when articles don't have headlines and ledes, and when readers, scrolling through an endless stream of content, may not know what's floating up on their screens. But at schools, syllabi are available, as are course descriptions. They allow students to understand what they're about to encounter.
What's required isn't a blanket policy one way or another but a willingness for students and professors to be in dialogue, rather than confrontation. As Cooper writes, "trigger warnings won't solve or ameliorate the problems that open, frank, guided discussion by well-trained, competent instructors can."
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"The support I've received from my family and Fox Chase is just incredible."
— Cathy Van Horn
When Cathy Van Horn met with her Fox Chase Cancer Center team in 2012, she knew where things stood. "I understood that my cancer wasn't going to be cured. The best we could do was to manage my cancer and keep it at bay. The longer we could stay positive and keep moving forward, the longer I'd be here."
At the time, Cathy was also a heart patient. After a cardiac ablation in April 2011 at the age of 61, tests revealed a tumor in her pelvis. "I'd been dealing with heart procedures for eight years. This, I didn't expect. Cancer came out of the blue," admitted Cathy. She was diagnosed with ovarian cancer that had metastasized to various places in her body. The tumors didn't respond to regular chemotherapy and continued to grow.
Referred by her primary physician to Fox Chase Cancer Center for a second opinion, Cathy met with medical oncologist Lainie Martin, MD, who took the case to the hospital's tumor review board February 2012. She underwent surgery to remove the tumors, which persistently returned. Cathy was put on a different chemotherapy drug regime, and her "new normal" life with cancer began.
For Cathy, one of the hardest things about her cancer was the extreme fatigue caused by chemotherapy. "It was beyond just feeling tired," she said. "I couldn't get down on the floor and play with my grandchildren. All I could do was sleep." When Dr. Martin told Cathy about the Cancer Fatigue Program offered by Fox Chase physical therapists Jeannie Kozempel and Lora Packel, she was skeptical. "As an active cancer patient, I just wasn't sure how this program would benefit me." She decided to give the program a try and enrolled in April 2013.
"Jeannie and everyone else were so encouraging. I wanted to keep trying."
"I was apprehensive the first time I went. Everyone else there was in remission or had been technically cured. I just didn't know if this was going to work." So began a life changing experience that has empowered Cathy, and every other member of the group, to regain some normalcy and quality of day-to-day life. On their second meeting, the group walked around a path on the hospital's campus. "I managed to go around one and a half times," she recalled. "Everybody else had circled three and a half times. I felt like, 'Oh brother! I'm not going to make it.' But Jeannie and her team kept encouraging me to walk. I wanted to keep trying."
Using simple exercises and practical daily tasks, each person kept an activity diary of what they did each day. Whether it was walking, pulling a few weeds or doing seated exercises, the tasks were tailored to each individual's goals and abilities. Meeting once a week for two hours, the group started to see progress.
"By the time we were done, every one of us had surpassed the strength and stamina measurements that were made that first week," Cathy said. "I had so much more energy. The difference in my energy level in just three months was incredible."
For Cathy, one of her proudest moments came when she crossed the finish line of the City of Hope's 3.5 mile walk for women's cancer in September 2013 with her family by her side. "I didn't think I'd make the whole thing, but when I needed to rest, they all stopped with me. The support I've received from my family and Fox Chase is just incredible."
Thanks to her experience with the cancer fatigue workshop, Cathy can perform household tasks, play with her grandkids and take a walk. She serves as secretary to one of the support groups she attends, and is one of the Imerman Angels, an organization that facilitates personalized connections between cancer patients, survivors and caregivers. "The way I felt - so tired all the time - just wasn't me. Now, I feel like myself. I feel alive again. I am just so grateful for the dedication and support of everyone on my team at Fox Chase."


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I recently played Halo 4 with two people who had never
played any Halo games before. I summarized the series as best I could, but I
ran into a speed bump when they asked me to clarify the nature
of Master Chief and Cortana's relationship.
After I stuttered some insufficient explanations, one of them asked, "Is it a Tinkerbell fetish?"
an indie top-down
shooter PC game by Dennaton Games that came out in October and found
its way onto many a Best Games of 2012 list (including the
has a twist ending that you have seen before. You have seen it in
Fight Club,
and in the first Call of Duty:
Black Ops
game. In some ways, you have felt it shake you to your core in every
game that asks you to kill someone.
Jilane's "breeding farms" almost feel like a dirty little
secret, considering how few people have sought out the Gears collection of art books, comics,
and novels.
I hope you watched that entire Duke Nukem Forever trailer. Next, you should watch this compilation of one-liners from previous Duke Nukem games. Are you feeling like more of a man yet? Because I do. And I'm a woman. So that's saying something.
Duke Nukem Forever seems to be in a perpetual state of controversy.
THE SONY NGP Is this a Magic Eye image? If I cross my eyes and back away, will I see a pussy?
I realize this controversy happened a week and a half ago, but it still makes me want to punch a wall until my hand falls off, so here we go.
Mr. Jaffe, you may recall saying the following statement about the new Sony NGP:
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Nerve Root Injection
Pain relieving procedures are to provide temporary or prolonged relief from pain or inflammation in your joints or back. Imaging guidance, such as Fluoroscopy or Computerized Tomography (CT), may be used to help the radiologist place the needle in exactly the right location so you can receive maximum benefit from the injection. The goal of a pain relief injection is to "turn off" a pain signal coming from a specific location in the body or to decrease inflammation in that area.
Generally, pain management procedures do not require special preparation. However, you will receive specific instructions on how to prepare, including any changes that need to be made to your regular medication schedule. Wear clothing that is comfortable and metal-free.
We require that patients receiving hip steroid injections, nerve root injections and facet injections have someone accompany them to their appointment and drive them home.
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Using fluoroscopic guidance, the Radiologist will numb the area and then place a needle as close to the problematic nerve(s) as possible to deliver the medication. The Radiologist confirms placement by injecting a small amount of x-ray contrast dye. Then, a steroid mixed with a numbing medication is instilled through that needle. This decreases inflammation and swelling, often resulting in long term pain relief that may delay or remove the need for surgery.
The numbing medication may start working right away but it may take 12-48 hours to realize the full effects of the steroid medication.
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The 1998 Tobacco Master Settlement didn't just pay for health damages and counter-marketing, it's also been quietly helping farmers in North Carolina rebuild their local food system.
A new film offers an intimate look at the lives of farmers who become so mired in debt growing genetically modified seed they take their own lives.
What do food and farming have to do with race and culture? This food historian says plenty.
Last week, everyone's favorite pundit spoke out against updates in farm regulations that might have kept the youngest farmworkers from the most dangerous work. And it looks like it worked.
A New York grassroots campaign called Milk Not Jails sees supporting small dairy farms — not building more prisons — as a path to rural and urban renewal alike.
Evgenia Chirikova won a Goldman Environmental Prize for her crusade to stop an illegal road through a preserved forest outside Moscow. Her work has inspired activists all over Russia — and now the world.
Are you a fan of books and food? You may want to make a sojourn to this event.
The science is stacking up. Three studies in the last three weeks have shown that exposure to a dangerous class of pesticides disorients and kills bees, reduces their hive sizes, and results in far fewer queens.
Nat Turner and the hardworking young crew behind Our School at Blair Grocery are bringing healthy soil and fresh food to the Lower Ninth Ward.


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Lost Weekends
If ever there were a night made for the kind of brain-bashing mayhem that results in permanent memory loss, itd be Saturday. And if ever there were a punk club made for the kind of epic Saturdays youd totally love to remember, itd be Churchills Pub. No shock, then, this weekend is gonna be another rager full of forgotten moments, and its gonna be called Killer Night.
Kicking off at 8 p.m., the riffage will be overabundant as four brutal crews bring some borderline dangerous fun to the Little Haiti party room. Led by Austin-slash-NYC one-woman rock show White Widow (AKA Carla Patullo) and her two-piece backing band of bassist Colleen Bonner and drummer Marty Mack, the lineup will also include local heavies Murderous Rampage, Shroud Eater, and Flees. For her part, White Widow delivers gritty pop punches that sound something like PJ Harvey Frenching Live Through This-era Courtney Love. Our Miami boys, meanwhile, prefer to wallow in the more sludgy, thrashy, and hardcore end of the punk pool. Theres a $5 cover. Now go get lost.
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so Please Give me advice on How to become Full time Author , I really loved ALL this community, people, discussions, creative items and so on Thanks my friends
1) start with one item, them two, etc. Having few items in portfolio doesn't require a full time engagement, you have time to decide what to do later.
2) why should they reject your item if you follow the rules??


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More than 3500 kids from across the Hunter and the Central Coast are practicing their dance and musical numbers for tomorrow's Star Struck event. Jill spoke to one very excited grandmother, Dorothy Laws to find out how preparations are going for her 11 year old granddaughter, Shaheena and her classmates at Windale Public School.
Is social media a valid way of communicating with local councils? Jill spoke to Martin Coates, the Director of City Engagement, Newcastle City Council, Ted Bassingthwaighte, Administrator of the Save the Newcastle Lifeguards Facebook page and to David Evan, the General Manger of Maitland City Council for their views.
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text: The LT from Auburn is a phenomenal run blocker and has most of the physical traits you look for an a top tier offensive lineman (not as light on his feet as other prospects though) but due to the system they run in Auburn, there will most likely be questions about his pass blocking on the outside at the NFL level. I personally think he would be fine at RT if we wanted to move Pugh inside but he looks like he has the makings of a Pro Bowl Guard. He's great with his pad level and it seems naturally easy for him to move defenders in the running game. Let's face it...there are always offensive linemen who are projected to be 1st round picks that slip back a little that shouldn't (Cordy Glenn anyone?) and this could be another case here.


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A new installation outside the recently renovated SAT (Society for Arts and Technology) is now lighting up part of boulevard St-Laurent. Pixiness, created by the visual artist Axel Morgenthaler, is a major work that fits into the lighting attractions found all over the Quartier des Spectacles. With 960 LED lamps, this impressive artwork offers a 24-hour a day show, constantly evolving as passersby can use their iPhones to interact with this unique piece of technological art.
Society for Arts and Technology
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Yesterday, North Carolina's State elections board made decisions on two controversial voting rights cases that significantly affect college students.
The first decision was to allow Montravias King, an Elizabeth City State University student, to run for a city council seat. He was originally disqualified from running because Pasquotank County Republican Party Chairman Richard "Pete" Gilbert challenged that King could not use his on-campus dorm address to establish residency. The State elections board decided unanimously to allow him to run for the seat representing the campus.
The second case the elections board examined was the closing of an early voting and general election polling place at Appalachian State University by the Watauga County Board of Elections in Boone. The Watauga boardhad also combined three precincts into one voting site with only 35 parking spots to accommodate those of 9,300 voters. This site is a mile from the university campus on a road with no sidewalks. Students suspect the Republican-controlled boards made these changes to make it harder for students to vote, because the university community voted for the Democratic ticket in the last two presidential elections. In the hearing yesterday, the state board voted 4-1 to uphold these changes.
Watauga County Democrat Kathleen Campbell said, "To eliminate the most popular and most accessible voting location is to deliberately disenfranchise a major segment of the voting population."
College students from all over North Carolina attended the meeting to voice their opinions. "We have a voice in our community, and it's important that we be heard, because it's our future. I believe that we should have a say," said Jarius Page, a junior at Saint Augustine University, Raleigh.
Media Resources: News Observer 9/4/2013; Feminist Newswire 8/16/2013; ABC11 9/3/2013; Public News Service 9/3/2013
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2 to 5 p.m. -- Women's speed skating 3,000-meter final; women's cross-country pursuit; men's cross-country pursuit; men's luge singles.
7 to 11 p.m. -- Men's Alpine skiing downhill final; men's short-track speed skating 1,500-meter final; ski-jumping K95 individual final; men's snowboarding halfpipe final; men's luge singles final.
11:35 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. -- Women's short-track speed skating 3,000-meter relay competition and women's 500-meter competition; award ceremonies in Medal Plaza.
12:30 to 4:30 a.m. Monday-- Primetime replay
8:30 to 11 a.m. -- Canada vs. Russia women's hockey (LIVE)
11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. -- USA vs. Germany women's hockey (LIVE)
5 to 6 p.m. -- Olympic Ice
Visit www.nbcolympics.com for the latest listings
Monday, Feb. 13
4 to 5 p.m. -- Women's luge competition
7 to 10:30 p.m. -- Pairs figure skating free skate final; women's snowboarding halfpipe final; men's speed skating 500-meter final.
11:05 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. -- The Olympic Tonight Show with Jay Leno; figure skating pairs analysis; award ceremonies in Medals Plaza
12:30 to 4 p.m. -- Primetime replay
1 to 9 a.m. -- USA vs. Norway men's curling; women's biathlon 15K final; USA vs. Norway women's curling (ALL LIVE)
5 to 6 p.m. -- Olympic Ice
7 to noon -- Sweden vs. Italy women's hockey and Finland vs. Switzerland women's hockey (LIVE)
4 to 7 p.m. -- USA vs. Finland men's curling
Tuesday, Feb. 14
4 to 5 p.m. -- Women's cross-country team sprint final; women's luge singles competition.
7 to 10:30 p.m. -- Men's figure skating short program; men's Alpine skiing combined final; women's speed skating 500-meter final; women's luge singles final.
11:05 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. -- The Olympic Tonight Show with Jay Leno; men's cross-country team sprint final; award ceremonies in Medals Plaza.
12:30 to 4 a.m. -- Primetime replay
2 to 10 a.m. -- USA vs. Canada women's curling; men's biathlon 10K sprint final; USA vs. New Zealand men's curling (ALL LIVE); luge doubles final training; women's Alpine skiing final timed training.
12:30 to 3 p.m. -- USA vs. Finland women's hockey (LIVE)
5 to 6 p.m. -- Olympic Ice
5 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. -- Italy vs. Russia; Canada vs. Sweden; Switzerland vs. Germany women's hockey (ALL LIVE)
4 to 7 p.m. -- USA vs. Japan women's curling


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BBC Review
This indie-pop trickster loves to mix up psychedelic motifs, glam-rock scams,...
Sid Smith 2008
The indie pop trickster from LA, who has enjoyed stints with Super Numeri and time with Ladytron, loves to mix up psychedelic motifs, glam-rock scams, subliminal pop sonics, electronics and rock. Imagine Mud (you know, ''that's right, that's neat I really love your Tiger Feet'') crossed with Led Zeppelin's Black Dog and you have some idea of the who'da-thunk-it mix-up that is the opening big bang of Wannamamma.
The audacity of this iconoclastic combination is initially striking and startling in a so-bad-it's-good kind of way. Yet within a few minutes of this self-style assault and disassembling of popular culture, what at first appeared audacious quickly begins to wear thin and becomes simply tedious. Very quickly it's so bad it's just, er, bad.
Like some musical alchemist, perhaps Pop Levi is attempting to turn base metal into gold. Perhaps he is on some visionary quest seeking a greater truth about the world by sifting through the things it throws away. Perhaps the man who once claimed to develop his writing through the occult practice of scrying, finds connections and ineffable correspondences between musical bodies that would ordinarily cancel each other out.
Thus in Pop Levi's world the Bay City Rollers lay down Dub, The Sweet play Springsteen at his own game, and Rick Astley is the new Nick Lowe. Perhaps all of this is possible in the world of a performer who, in addition to his psychic-inspired song writing, has also declared he wants be a giant cult.
Or perhaps he's just having a laugh.
Meanwhile, back on planet Earth...
Showcasing all the emotional and spiritual depth of a gnat, he struts, pouts and cartwheels through 13 songs like some hyperactive kid in a frenzy of self-absorbed prattle. Just when you think it can't get any worse, any more gormless, or any more contrived, along comes the blue-eyed reggae tosh of Mai's Space. Sounding like Cher on helium, this is exactly the kind of abomination Jonathan King used to come up with.
If pop music is meant to be utterly disposable, trivial and forgettable then this record is a triumph.


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Do the Jaws of Death predict a bear market?
At this time both the Dow Jones Index and the S&P500 are showing a significant reversal pattern which has preceded most of the great bear markets over the last 100 years. The pattern is variously called the jaws of death, a broadening top pattern or a megaphone. The pattern is shown on the monthly chart of the Dow Jones below. This expanding pattern typically shows the waves a, b, c, d, e, with the downward sloping boundary given by the lows of waves b and d and the upper boundary provided by the tops of waves a, c and e. In all examples of this pattern, wave e is by far the longest but wave e is variable and may terminate at the upper trend line or move much higher before reversing.
This pattern appeared immediately prior to the crashes of 2007, 2000 and 1987 as well as the crashes of 1973, 1957 and 1929. While the present pattern may not presage another crash, in view of its apparent association with past crashes it is worth examining in more detail.
In past bear markets this pattern has developed over a number of months. This present pattern is different in that it has developed over some 15 years. It is well established that patterns over the longer time frames are more significant than short term patterns so the very long term nature of this present Jaws of Death pattern means that it should not be ignored.
But must this pattern presage a bear market? Since this pattern is at the top of a trend, an upward breakout is a continuation and a downward breakout means a reversal. Bulkowski in his highly regarded book "Encyclopedia of Chart Patterns" notes after analyzing many occurrences of this pattern, that the number of breakouts or reversals is split almost evenly between a reversal of the prevailing price trend and a continuation. This is in contrast to the view of most technical analysts that this is only to be regarded as a strongly bearish reversal pattern.
As for volume with this pattern, Bulkowski says that usually "the volume mimics the price pattern so that it will be rising and falling along with price". It is interesting that with this current example the pattern of volume on the monthly DOW chart is quite different. After the March 2009 low, there is a significant continuing decline in volume while price makes rapid gains as illustrated in the chart below. This may indeed be significant.
Despite the overall impression among technical analysts that this Jaws of Death pattern can only be very bearish, given the analysis by Bulkowski an entirely bearish scenario is not assured. While in the past this pattern has been a frequent prelude to significant bear markets there are a number of examples where this pattern provides a continuation and not a reversal leading to a bear market.
In this present situation, which applies to both the Dow and the S&P500, the significant continuing decline in volume over the longer term development of this pattern is a concern, as is the magnitude of the very long term nature of its development and this should be of concern.
What are we to conclude from these current Jaws of Death pattern? Are we about to witness the beginning of a very significant bear market or will there just be a correction which will offer an opportunity to buy into the next significant bull market? Given the interesting stage of world fundamentals, I rather suspect the latter.
As an aside
It is of interest to note that Elliot Wave proponents believe that equities are making a final rally to a major top which in their view will be the beginning a Grand Super cycle degree bear market. They contend that this will be a very significant bear market which will be greater than the bear market of 2007 to 2009, and rival the great depression bear market of the 1930's.


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(KABUL, Afghanistan) — More than a dozen prisoners, including members of the Taliban, escaped from jail Friday in Sar-e-Pul province, in northern Afghanistan.
Afghan officials say insurgents detonated a bomb outside the prison walls, and the prisoners escaped through the rubble. Afghan guards fired at the escapees, killing three, but fourteen prisoners are still at large.
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Articulation Of College Credit For High School Work
(Advanced Placement)
Portland Community College will allow college credit for work completed in high school. A specific articulation agreement between the high school/district and Portland Community College is required prior to the awarding and transcripting of courses. The Dean of Academic Services will initially approve and annually review all articulation agreements. The following procedures shall apply:
Lower Division Collegiate
High school courses for which PCC will give college credit shall contain substantially the same content and be taught at a level commensurate with the PCC course. Prior to the Dean of Academic Services' approval, the high school course content or curriculum guide shall be reviewed by the appropriate SACC.
High school courses that are articulated with PCC lower division collegiate courses shall be taught by faculty who meet PCC qualifications unless waived by the Dean of Academic Services.
Vocational Education
Vocational courses/programs that are articulated with PCC shall substantially meet the course/program requirements of the PCC program.
Vocational programs may initiate block or program transfer agreements when course by course articulation is not feasible and program require- ments can be identified as having been met by the high school program.
PCC will grant college credit to those students in approved high school courses who:
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Central Michigan University
| This position is responsible for, in partnership with University Communications, the marketing and branding of the College of Education and Human Services. The Coordinator is responsible for the creative design process as it relates to promotional materials, across multiple platforms, that are both internal and external to the University with an understanding of target audiences and market demands.
Bachelor's degree, preferably in graphic design or equivalent combination of education and experience.
One year of graphic and/or web design experience.
Fluency in current design and publishing software for Mac (Adobe CS5).
Strong understanding of integration of graphic design and information design for mission promotion.
Strong planning and conceptual design skills.
Strong typography skills.
Strong production skills and thorough knowledge of printing processes.
Demonstrated ability to work effectively as part of a creative team.
Ability to work with a wide range of clientele.
Excellent interpersonal, time management, communication and follow through skills.
Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and prioritize as needed.
Demonstrated ability to cultivate and maintain positive interpersonal relations.
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About Central Michigan University
Celebrating its 120th anniversary this year, Central Michigan University is one of the nation?s 100 largest public universities and the fourth largest in Michigan, with more than 21,000 students on its Mount Pleasant campus and another 7,000 enrolled online and at more than 50 locations across North America. CMU offers academic programs at the undergraduate, master?s, specialist and doctoral level...s, including several in key areas of strength and emerging interest such as biochemistry, business administration, communications, educational leadership, engineering, health services and administration, neuroscience, physical therapy, and psychology. CMU also has established a College of Medicine, which is actively recruiting students for its inaugural class that will start in the summer of 2013.
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Jen Vaughn, a CCS alum and beloved Schulz librarian, has joined The Beat as a staff writer. The Beat is one of the most popular comics news source on the internet, offering late-breaking news about the industry and the medium. Heidi MacDonald has been the primary writer and editor since 2004. She gave Jen her first assignment this November.
I asked Jen about her new gig, and she was kind enough to give me the scoop.
How did you get this gig?
"My momma always said to be nice to everyone. The first time I met Heidi was at SPX 2008 and I snapped a photo of her then. You can tell how long it was ago based on how short Alec Longstreth's beard was.
We kept meeting at conventions and I would give her my newest minicomics. Heidi lost her camera at SPX this year (she managed to snag photos with her camera phone) and I ran a fundraiser on her behalf to get her a new one. I raised over $350 in twelve hours by reaching out to cartoonists who had been linked on the Beat (and I use 'I' because she didn't ask me, I just knew it would benefit the comics community if she would continue to have a camera).
So when Heidi needed someone to cover the New England Webcomics Weekend, I rapidly responded to that (thank you, TWITTER) and I think she knew she could trust me. Plus, I'm buds with the indefatigable Matthew Murray, who writes for the Beat and his own blog, 365 Zines. Of course, fate led me to some camera trouble also but nonetheless, my con report came out after I rescued my photos. The response to my piece was excellent (I even got a little hate mail) and Heidi asked me to keep writing."
What kind of writing will you do?
"Heidi's pretty easy-going actually and I do have some experience under this worn western belt, writing for the Schulz Library Blog with wonderful cartoonists like you, Steve Bissette and James Sturm for over a year and a half now. I got the green light to write on what I like for The Beat, comics-related of course, and I am looking forward to the opportunity to write about things not necessarily suitable for the Schulz Blog. Maybe some Milo Manara or Vittorio Giardino, ehhh ehh? There will definitely be some interviews in there since I live in a cartoonist hotspot. And most assuredly, some excessively-illustrated articles on food and comics!"
Do you have any assignments?
"I'll have another article or two out before the end of the year, either way this will be great because I can get very picky over the right photos for such things and The Beat will encourage me to think faster or come up with alternative solutions. This will be quite fun since I hang out at conventions quite a bit with writers from the Comics Alliance (Chris Sims, David Wolkin) and Comic Book Resources (Alex Dueben). Friendly competition even? And yes, of course I will talk about White River Junction, how could I not?!"
Thanks Jen, and good luck!
-Robyn Chapman


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I presently have pergo flooring in living room and dining room because I'm on a concrete slab but found that pergo scratches and chips and would like one that would uphold in a kitchen with a lot of traffic. I would appreciate any suggestions.
All laminates can chip and scratch, but better quality ones do it less.
Pergo Select and Wilsonart Estate are the top 2 IMO.
If you have problems with those, then you need to move on to ceramic tile or something.
A good quality laminate is hard to find but they are out there. I would look out for Box Store Products. Go to a retailer and they can show you something better than the Pergo brand.. Pergo is a name, but not the best product made right now.
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The Buddy Deane Show
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The Buddy Deane Show was a teen dance television show, similar to Philadelphia's American Bandstand, that was created by Zvi Shoubin and aired on WJZ-TV in Baltimore, Maryland from 1957 until 1964. The show was taken off the air because home station WJZ-TV was unable to integrate black and white dancers.[1] Its host was Winston "Buddy" Deane (1924-2003), who died in Pine Bluff, Arkansas after suffering a stroke, July 16, 2003.[1] He was 78.
Winston "Buddy" Deane was a broadcaster for more than 50 years, beginning his career in Little Rock, Arkansas, then moving to the Memphis, Tennessee market before moving on to Baltimore where he worked at WITH radio. He was one of the first disc jockeys in the area to regularly feature rock-and-roll. His dance party television show debuted in 1957 and was, for a time, the most popular local show in the United States. It aired for two and a half hours a day, six days a week. Hundreds of thousands of teens learned the latest dances of their day by watching Committee Members on The Buddy Deane Show.[citation needed]
Teenagers who appeared on the show every day were known as the "Committee." Committee members included Mike Miller, Charlie Bledsoe, Ron Osher, Mary Lou Raines, Pat(ricia) Tacey, and Cathy Schmink. Viewers often emulated the Committee members' dance moves, copied their personal style, and followed their life stories and interactions.[citation needed]
Buddy Deane organized and disc-jockeyed dances in public venues across the WJZ-TV broadcast area, across much of Maryland and Southern Delaware. At such events, tens of thousands of teenagers were exposed to live recording artists and TV personalities.[citation needed]
Many top acts of the day, both black and white, appeared on the show. Acts that appeared on The Buddy Deane Show first were reportedly barred from appearing on Dick Clark's American Bandstand. If they were on Bandstand first, however, they could still be on The Buddy Deane Show. Although WJZ-TV, owned by Westinghouse Broadcasting (now CBS), was an ABC affiliate, the station "blacked out" the network broadcast of American Bandstand in Baltimore and broadcast the Deane program instead, reportedly because Bandstand showed black teenagers dancing on the show (although black and white teenagers were not allowed to dance together until the show was moved to California in 1964). The Deane program set aside every other Friday when the show featured only black teenagers (the rest of the time, the show's participants were all white).
Owing to Buddy's mid-South roots and work history, he brought onto his show many performers from the ranks of Country and Western music (e.g., Skeeter Davis, singing "The End of the World" and Brenda Lee singing "Sweet Nothin's"), who then achieved cross-over hits among rock'n'roll fans. Buddy Deane also played songs that other disc-jockeys, often including Dick Clark, refused to present to mostly white teen TV audiences, because the acts sounded "too Black" (e.g., "Do You Love Me," by the Contours, or "Hide and Seek," by Bunker Hill).[citation needed] With an ear for music, seasoned by many more prior years as a disk jockey than Dick Clark, Buddy also brought to his audience a wider array of white musical acts than were seen on "American Bandstand." For example, Carole King appeared on the show, nearly a decade before she burst to popularity with her landmark 1970 album, "Tapestry," playing her 45RPM single "It Might as Well Rain Until September." (For another example, Dean featured English artist, Helen Shapiro, singing her Baltimore hit, "Tell Me What He Said," at about the time that the Beatles were on tour around England, playing on the same show bill with her.)
The racial integration of a take-off of the show, dubbed the The Corny Collins Show, provides the backdrop to the 1988 John Waters movie Hairspray starring Divine and Ricki Lake, the Broadway musical Hairspray starring Harvey Fierstein and Marissa Jaret Winokur, the 2007 movie Hairspray featuring John Travolta and Nikki Blonsky and the 2016 NBC television musical Hairspray Live! starring Fierstein and Maddie Baillio. Although he never appeared on Deane's show, Waters attended high school with a "Buddy Deaner" and later gave Deane a cameo in his 1988 film in which Deane played a TV reporter who tried to interview the governor who was besieged by integration protesters.[1]
As with many other local TV shows, little footage of the show is known to have survived. When Barry Levinson, another Baltimore native, requested footage of the show for his film Diner, the station told him they had no footage.[2]
See also[edit]
- ^ a b c "Radio pioneer Buddy Deane dies". USA Today. 2003-07-16.
- ^ Waters, John (1985). "Ladies and Gentlemen…The Nicest Kids in Town!". Crackpot: The Obsessions of John Waters (1st ed.). New York, NY: MacMillan Publishing Company. p. 89. ISBN 978-0-02-624440-4.
- Warner, Tony, Buddy's Top 20: The Story of Baltimore's Hottest TV Dance Show and the Guy Who Brought it to Life! 2003.
- Washington Post, Winston "Buddy" Deane - Baltimore DJ obituary, Friday, July 18, 2003, Page B-7.
- American variety television series
- Culture of Baltimore
- Dance television shows
- Local music television shows in the United States
- 1950s American television series
- 1960s American television series
- 1957 American television series debuts
- 1964 American television series endings
- English-language television programming


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As it prepares to issue a new rule regarding the ongoing training of employees who work in "surface mode" transportation settings, TSA has invited the public to submit comments about such training by July 15.
The agency is obligated under the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 to mandate training for transportation employees -- such as drivers, maintenance technicians, dispatchers, station attendants, customer service employees, engineers, conductors, trainmen and others -- who are employed by mass transit systems, over-the-road bus systems and freight and passenger railroads.
"Some flexibility is allowed for the training program to make adjustments as necessary based upon the work performed by the employee," explained a notice published by TSA in the Federal Register on June 14. "For example, a dispatcher's training would likely have more focus on the appropriate protocols for sharing information during an emergency while a maintenance-of-way worker may have more training on identifying potential threats."
Comments can be submitted by visiting www.regulations.gov and citing docket number TSA-2013-0005 in the search box.
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UPDATE, Jan. 1, 2010: This post at BizzyBlog shows that the there was recognition of likely Al Qaeda involvement in two separate press reports based on sources in a position to know on Christmas evening. Thus, the administration's delay in acknowledging that reality was actually three full days.
In their initial December 26 report ("Passengers' Quick Action Halted Attack") on the attempted terrorist attack on Flight 253, New York Times reporters Scott Shane and Eric Lipton told readers that the "episode .... riveted the attention of President Obama on vacation in Hawaii."
In an article later that day ("Officials Point to Suspect's Claim of Qaeda Ties in Yemen"), Lipton and Eric Schmitt reported that:
.... officials said the suspect (Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab) told them he had obtained explosive chemicals and a syringe that were sewn into his underwear from a bomb expert in Yemen associated with Al Qaeda.
The authorities have not independently corroborated the Yemen connection .... But a law enforcement official briefed on the investigation said on Saturday that the suspect's account was "plausible," and that he saw "no reason to discount it."
Any reasonable person would say that this second report establishes "reason to believe that there is some linkage" between the suspect and Al Qaeda, and that a "riveted" president would have known that there was "some linkage" by Saturday night. That's why the following opener to a Washington Post item by Anne E. Kornblut dated yesterday is especially hard to take:
President Obama and his top advisers received new information Monday night about the attempted airliner attack in Detroit that has led them to believe there is "some linkage" with al-Qaeda, a senior administration official said Tuesday.
That's also why the following statement included in remarks made by the president at 11:26 Hawaiian Time on Tuesday (4:26 p.m. Eastern) beggars belief:
I wanted to speak to the American people again today because some of this preliminary information that has surfaced in the last 24 hours raises some serious concerns.
For cryin' out loud, they had what they needed to make a "some linkage" statement more than 48 hours earlier. Yet Obama and his peeps are acting as if they didn't learn anything important until .... Monday night, "coincidentally" after a speech that was panned by almost all who saw it, ranging from Charles Krauthammer to Maureen Dowd, as a dreadful dud. Give me a break.
Yet Kornblut and others in the media are swallowing the administration's rendition hook, line and sinker, or are pretending to. The Associated Press's version, courtesy of Philip Elliott and Lolita C. Baldor, seems deliberately gullible, while also portraying Obama as the supposedly tough guy:
Obama wants answers after botched terror attack
President Barack Obama is demanding answers on why information was never pieced together by the U.S. intelligence community to trigger red flags about an alleged terrorist and possibly prevent his botched Christmas Day attempt to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner.
.... Officials said Obama chose to make his second statement in as many days after a morning briefing offered him new information about the suspect's activities and thinking, along with al-Qaida's plans.
Even if there was even legitimate new information, based on what the whole world knew on Saturday night, it would have moved them from "some linkage" to "strong linkage," not from nothing to "some."
The only thing "new" was the PR problem Obama's listless performance on Monday presented. The establishment media ignored its own reports in giving him an undeserved lifeline.
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How Brave Walter Hunted Wolves
A little back from the high road there stands a house which is called 'Hemgard.' Perhaps
you remember the two beautiful mountain ash trees by the reddish-brown palings, and the
high gate, and the garden with the beautiful barberry bushes which are always the first to
become grown in spring, and which in summer are weighed down with their beautiful
Behind the garden there is a hedge with tall aspens which rustle in the morning wind,
behind the hedge is a road, behind the road is a wood, and behind the wood the wide
But on the other side of the garden there is a lake, and beyond the lake is a village, and all
around stretch meadows and fields, now yellow, now green.
In the pretty house, which has white window-frames, a neat porch and clean steps, which
are always strewn with finely-cut juniper leaves, Walter's parents live. His brother
Frederick, his sister Lotta, old Lena, Jonah, Caro and Bravo, Putte and Murre, and
Caro lives in the dog house, Bravo in the stable, Putte with the stableman, Murre a little
here and a little there, and Kuckeliku lives in the hen house, that is his kingdom.
Walter is six years old, and he must soon begin to go to school. He cannot read yet, but
he can do many other things. He can turn cartwheels, stand on his head, ride see-saw,
throw snowballs, play ball, crow like a cock, eat bread and butter and drink sour milk,
tear his trousers, wear holes in his elbows, break the crockery in pieces, throw balls
through the windowpanes, draw old men on important papers, walk over the flower-beds,
eat himself sick with gooseberries, and be well after a whipping. For the rest he has a
good heart but a bad memory, and forgets his father's and his mother's admonitions, and
so often gets into trouble and meets with adventures, as you shall hear, but first of all I
must tell you how brave he was and how he hunted wolves.
Once in the spring, a little before Midsummer, Walter heard that there were a great many
wolves in the wood, and that pleased him. He was wonderfully brave when he was in the
midst of his companions or at home with his brothers and sister, then he used often to say
'One wolf is nothing, there ought to be at least four.'
When he wrestled with Klas Bogenstrom or Frithiof Waderfelt and struck them in the
back, he would say 'That is what I shall do to a wolf!' and when he shot arrows at Jonas
and they rattled against his sheepskin coat he would say: 'That is how I should shoot you
if you were a wolf!'
Indeed, some thought that the brave boy boasted a little; but one must indeed believe him
since he said so himself. So Jonas and Lena used to say of him 'Look, there goes Walter,
who shoots the wolves.' And other boys and girls would say 'Look, there goes brave
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With a stay at Quality Inn & Suites Pine Bluff in Pine Bluff, you'll be minutes from Pines Mall and close to Arkansas Railroad Museum. This hotel is within close proximity of Pine Bluff Convention Center and Arkansas Entertainers Hall of Fame.
Make yourself at home in one of the 50 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and microwaves. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Conveniences include coffee/tea makers and irons/ironing boards.
Take advantage of recreation opportunities such as a seasonal outdoor pool, or other amenities including complimentary wireless Internet access and gift shops/newsstands.
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rebar in footers
I am not too far away from pouring a monolithic slab. 18" footers, 12" wide, with a 6" slab. 20' by 16'. I am not sure how best to place the rebar in the footers. This is for a workshop in my back yard.
I gather there should be 2 rows of rebar going around the perimeter a few inches off the bottom of the footers. should there be another set higher up? Should there be vertical rebar?
It really depends on a lot of factors. Sounds like you're doing a 12x18" grade beam footing. Is 18" deep enough frost protection for your area...Kinda shallow?
Rebar is cheap insurance in my opinion. Be sure to check with the city to see if they have any reinforcement requirements first. If it were mine I'd have bars in the top third of the footing and bars in the bottom third of the footing. In a grade beam it is common to use "stirrups" (or vertical bars) every 2 or 3 feet...If nothing else they give you something to tie the horizontal bars to.
Depends on local code and mostly determined by the soil type and frost line and of course the use of the structure.
Where I am at there has to be two rows of rebar in the footer, one near the bottom and one near the top. Then there has to be rebar that is bent to go down in the footer and tied to the 2 runs in the footer and continue into the main floor. These have to be every 3 feet the length of the footer.
I would add rebar whenever you can, it never hurts. Some in the lower 1/3 as has already been said and some in the upper 1/3rd. Add verticals as needed to hold the horizontals in place. or the other option is to somehow hang them from the forms with wire but I think thats more work than its worth sometimes.
Thank you.
I am going to place rebar in the top 1/3 of the slab at 1' 6" on center running in both directions, like a grid.
The code for footers in Richmond, VA is 18" deep. This is what they marked on my plans as well.
I will have 4" course layer of gravel in the slab area, also with a vapor barrier.
So, then it sounds like I should have my grid turn down into the footers and run down to the bottom 1/3 rebar running around the perimeter. I guess about 5 or 6" off of the ground?
keep 2 inches clear of the edge of the conc., lash 4 rebar in a square [::]
so it creates a grade beam than hook your vertical into that
In my opinion, allowing any building to float on heaving soil without adequate frost protection is no way to build.
Be sure and ask your local building department if you need a concrete encased electrode for your electrical service in the workshop. Now would be the time to put it in.
Be sure and ask your local building department if you need a concrete encased electrode for your electrical service in the workshop
I am not sure exactly what you mean, but the electrical service will be coming up through the slab.
Although it applies to this 320 square foot building, I'd suggest you check IRC section R403.1.1.1 Frost protection, exception 1. It states that "freestanding accessory structures with an area of 400 square feet or less and an eave height of 10' or less" do not have to have frost protection. Larger slab on grade buildings, whether poured monolithically or not, require frost protection. All habitable structures require frost protection, regardless of size.
In my opinion, allowing any building to float on heaving soil without adequate frost protection is no way to build.
I am pretty certain that where I am in Virginia the 18" below ground level is the frost protection in my area.
Thank you all for your replies!
I believe NEC now requires a concrete encased electrode rather than a ground rod on new construction. A concrete encased electrode is just what it sounds like. It is encased in your concrete footing and your rebar can actually serve as the electrode. You need to have a means to attach your ground wire to the rebar.
Yoiu need to talk to your local building dept to see if this is needed for your situation.
Yep, It's a lot easier and cheaper than driving copper ground rods. It's just that you have to remember to do it at the footing stage.
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If talking over the phone is not enough (as it's never enough for me, personally), you will probably soon have the option to place video calls, too. That is, of course, if your mobile phone supports VideoEngine Mobile platform Global IP Solutions (GIPS), the company that introduced the VoiceEngine for iPhone recently, announced on Monday.
The technology enables peer-to-peer video calling as well as multipoint video conferencing on mobile phones. GIPS says that its VideoEngine Mobile pave the way for wireless carriers, application developers and mobile handset manufacturers to provide high-quality video calls, even under adverse network conditions.
The VideoEngine works by implementing GIPS' existing industry standard real-time communications capabilities to leverage network effects and hardware limitations. This results in a better way to solve the most complex voice and video-related challenges in IP communications, such as packet loss and lip synchronization.
Currently the new VideoEngine works only with Windows Mobile hardware that is powered by the Marvell chipset and Intel XScale PX310 processor, such as the HP iPAQ series, Samsung's SGH-i780 and Gigabyte's GSmart MS808. This is because GIPS has partnered with Marvell Technology to make sure that its new VideoEngine is optimized for the mentioned hardware.
Still, this is a first step. In order for video calling to work, carriers have to adopt the technology and handsets need to be designed for it. For example, you can't have a video call if the camera of the phone is facing the other way from the screen. It is predicted that mobile TV and mobile video services are going to be popular by 2013.
Future releases of VideoEngine Mobile will also support other popular mobile platforms, including Symbian and Apple's iPhone, as well as additional hardware platforms for Windows Mobile.
The question is: when this all happens, what would be the excuse when "seeing" somebody is still not enough?


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This course will provide students with ways in which to aid their clients in negotiating the long term care system, insurance issues, family systems, Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security. Systems designed to serve aging adults will be considered from perspectives of the individual, organization, funding sources, and policy makers. Prerequisite(s): One social science course or department permission. Counts in the Social Science Area of General Education Requirements. 5 quarter hours


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Baked Brie with Kahlua & Pecans
I don't think I've seen anyone eat this and not fall in love….it is sooo delicious. I first ate this mouth watering appetizer at a friend's place years ago (thanks Mrs. Taylor!) and have been making it ever since. There are few ingredients, it's quick & easy to make, and have I mentioned it's delicious?
What you'll need:
- 1 sheet of puff pastry, thawed
- 1 medium wheel of brie or 1/2 a large wheel
- 1 cup Kahlua or any coffee liquor
- 1 cup brown sugar – not packed
- 1 cup chopped pecans
1. Preheat the oven to 410 degrees. Lay some tin foil or parchment paper on a baking sheet and spray with non-stick
2. Lay out the puff pastry sheet
3. Cut the brie in half – horizontally. This way you can layer the ingredients (I like to scrape the white coating off the outside of the brie, but it's not necessary)
4. Set 1 layer of brie in the pastry and top with 1/3 cup brown sugar, 1/3 cup pecans, and 1/3 cup Kahlua.
5. Place the other layer of brie on top and add the same amount of ingredients on top.
6. Wrap the puff pastry around the brie and top with another layer of the same amount of ingredients (maybe a little extra if you want).
***Greta is always by my side when I'm preparing food!
7. Bake for about 20 minutes or until the pastry is lightly browned and puffy.
8. Serve with crackers or bread. Enjoy!!!
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Proscuitto, Fig, and Cheese Pinwheel Appetizer
This is one of the favorite recipes that I created. They're easy to make, there aren't many ingredients, and everyone who tries these gooey sweet-n-salty delights loves them! 15 minutes prep time, 20 minutes cook time. Makes about 16.
What you'll need:
- 1 sheet puff pastry, thawed
- 1/2 cup softened cream cheese (I like to use whipped)
- 1/3 cup fig preserves
- 1 package (4 ounces) proscuitto
- 1 1/2 cups parmesan (using a mix of parmesan and mozzarella is good too)
- Preheat oven to 420 degrees
- Roll or spread out puff pastry onto a cookie sheet (lined with parchment paper or tin foil for easy clean up – sprayed with non-stick if you want).
- Melt the cream cheese in the microwave for 10-15 seconds to soften it and then spread it on the puff pastry
- Layer the proscuitto, fig preserves, and shredded cheese
- Roll it up and cut into 1 inch slices
- Lay them out on the pan and bake for 20 minutes or until pastry is puffy
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by polobrute September 05, 2006
A term for a black female who makes the effort to dress, act and imitate a white caucasian girl. The word is also used to mock black females with poor dressing sense. Derived by combining the words nigger and cinderella.
"Heh, look at Beyoncee Knowles in this picture. She's trying the baby doll look but she should just give up...she's just a niggerella!"
by Alexsuonder April 01, 2007
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The vengeful act of crapping on a lover's chest while they sleep.Buy the plush
A nigger princess. A black girl who looks like Cinderella.
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