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A3.1 Report Released
You may recall that earlier this year, we issued a draft of the Automated Records Management Report and Plan. This document has now been finalized and is available here. The report addresses categories of suitable approaches for automating electronic records … Continue reading
Recent Opportunities for Comment
Over the last few weeks, we have posted several items for comment that we want to remind people about. Please take a moment and go back through these posts if you have not yet had the opportunity.We welcome any comments. … Continue reading
Comment on and Discuss the Automated Electronic Records Management Report and Plan
We, with significant assistance from the Electronic Records Management Automation Working Group, have completed a draft report and plan to satisfy Managing Government Record Directive Goal A3.1. This draft is available here (.pdf) for your review, suggestions, and discussion. We decided … Continue reading
Revised Format Guidance Issued
We are pleased to announce that we have issued new guidance for Federal agencies on transferring permanent electronic records. NARA Bulletin 2014-04, Revised Format Guidance for the Transfer of Permanent Electronic Records replaces all previous guidance identifying file formats that … Continue reading
Capstone Briefing
One of the highlights of the past year was the issuance of our Guidance on a New Approach to Managing Email Records. Capstone, as the approach is known, attracted significant interest among our Federal customers. When we released the Bulletin, … Continue reading
RFI Responses Available to Federal Agencies
In September, we reported on the industry event to support automated solutions for electronic records management: Managing Government Records Directive: A Grand Challenge for Industry. You may remember that we issued a request for information (RFI) shortly after industry day … Continue reading
Opportunity for Comment: Transfer Guidance Bulletin
We are requesting comments on a draft of an upcoming NARA Bulletin that replaces all previous guidance on identifying file formats acceptable for use when transferring permanent records to NARA. There are two parts to the draft; the draft Bulletin … Continue reading
A Grand Challenge for Industry
We hosted a very interesting and successful industry day – more accurately an industry morning – on Tuesday, September 10, 2013. The theme? The Managing Government Records Directive: A Grand Challenge for Industry. This event supported Goal A3 of the … Continue reading
Bulletin 2013-03 Released
We are pleased to announce the release of NARA Bulletin 2013-03, which discusses guidance for agency officials on the management of Federal Records. This Bulletin is being issued to reaffirm that agencies and agency employees must manage Federal records appropriately and … Continue reading
Capstone Bulletin Issued
Today, we have issued guidance for Federal Agencies on a simplified approach to managing email. NARA Bulletin 2013-02: Guidance on a New Approach to Managing Email Records introduces a new approach to managing the billions of email messages that are … Continue reading


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Spring wildflowers remain, despite onset of June Gloom
Look for paintbrush, purple nightshade, coreopsis, sea fig, popcorn flower, and red monkey flower
noon, May 28
On December 13, 2008, Thuan Phat Market celebrated its grand opening in Linda Vista at the site of the former Vien Dong Vietnamese supermarket at 6935 Linda Vista Road. The first 500 lucky shoppers on opening day were treated to a free bag of rice. Crowds were heavy, and shoppers were parking out on the street due to all of the spaces in the parking lot being full. Now that Thuan Phat has been open a couple of weeks, there are spaces in the parking lot once again. Thuan Phat is a Chinese-Vietnamese-American grocery store specializing in imported items from Asia, including specialty foods from Vietnam, China, Japan, and Thailand. The owner of Thuan Phat has eight other California locations. The supermarket portion of the store is open but there is still ongoing construction inside where a Yum Cha Dim Sum location is planned that will serve take-out dim sum.
Sounds cool. I will check it out and give you the official word later. I went into the previous market, Vien Dong and I was freaked out by canned angelfish! I used to have those as pets when I was a kid. Talk about culture shock.

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The England manager Roy Hodgson has said he will use his country's friendlies to give his younger players a chance to stake their 2014 World Cup claims.
Tuesday night's 2-0 win over Poland at Wembley ensures England will take their place alongside the other world heavyweights in Brazil next year.
The Club England managing director Adrian Bevington said on Wednesday that England expect to play Germany at Wembley on November 19, four days after another friendly, which will also take place at the national stadium.
The opponents for the first fixture are to be confirmed, but it is thought that either Australia or Argentina could be the visitors to London.
"We are in talks with non-European opponents at the moment with regards to the first game which would be on Friday [November 15] or Saturday [November 16], that is still to be confirmed.
"We had been looking to play Uruguay in the first game, but they are now in the play-offs so we are now speaking with other opponents. We expect to announce that on Thursday."
While opponents for the 5 March date ringfenced in the Fifa calendar might not be arranged until after the finals draw in December, Hodgson has already decided on a plan of action.
"We have some interesting friendlies coming up," said Hodgson. "That is a chance to give one or two a chance to put that England shirt on.
"I have been quite consistent in my team selections. A lot of players have played a large number of these 10 qualifying games.
"These friendlies will give me a chance to give one or two others a chance.
"More importantly, it will give (Daniel) Sturridge, (Andros) Townsend, (Chris) Smalling, (Jack) Wilshere, (Alex) Oxlade-Chamberlain, who we didn't have at the start of the campaign, a chance to play a bit more football.
"We know what some of the others – (Leighton) Baines, (Ashley) Cole, (Michael) Carrick, (Steven) Gerrard, (Frank) Lampard, (Phil) Jagielka, (Joe) Hart – can do."


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The way we board airplanes makes absolutely no sense - Vox
Eric Nakagawa stashed this in sciencing
Stashed in: Science!, Charts!, MythBusters
Yeah science:
The fastest ways to board a plane are Southwest's boarding method — where people choose their own seats — or a theoretical boarding method known as the "Steffen method" that's not currently in use.
Both simulations and real-life experiments have proven the standard method (back to front) to be the slowest out of several different ones. In 2012, the TV show "Mythbusters" recruited 173 people to compare four methods in a replica airplane interior and found that Southwest's boarding method was the fastest. A close second was allowing all windows seats to board first, then all middles, then all aisles (outside-in).
I always thought it should be by persons speed, maybe they could test you, and the fastest people get to get off first lol
I wonder if fastest people to board are also fastest people to deboard.


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I'm not a doctor, but I have been instrumental in helping over 40,000
people eliminate the symptoms of severe digestive disorders.
Entering into Summer 2017 we know you want to start over with better digestive health and a fresh start.
We are going to help you do something that works!
If you were referred here by your gastroenterologist, just scroll to the bottom to order the book.
Everyone Told You Diverticulitis, Colitis, and Crohn's Symptoms are a Life Sentence of Suffering. It is not true!
Hi, i'm Mike Hohlweg, author of Pain Free Foods. I have developed an extremely helpful diet for those suffering with diverticulitis and diverticulosis symptoms. We are a family business that strives to help every customer become pain free, inflammation free, symptom free, and attack and flare-up free. Please take five minutes for what might be the most important information any diverticulitis sufferer could ever learn. We will not waste your time…
With the few facts above, it is easy to see that particular countries and cultures are more prone to developing digestive disorders. Through years of research I have been verifying my theory that certain food combinations seen more often in these countries are causing digestive disorders. I found avoiding five "trigger foods" and catalyst food mixes makes all the difference.
What are the 8 Most Common Treatment Options for Diverticulitis Sufferers?
- If you have tried these, you know that they are short lived treatments and do not offer long term relief from diverticulitis.
- Drink plenty of water. Apply a heating pad or hot water bottle.
- Consider invasive, risky procedures (-oscopies), or even removal of all or part of the colon (-ectomies).
- Use antibiotics and other prescription meds and acid blockers.
- Maintain regular bathroom habits; avoid straining and laxatives.
- Undergo a clonoscopy, barium enema, X-rays, or scans.
- Take over the counter pain and acid blocking drugs.
- High fiber diet, low fiber diet, or a bland diet.
What Your Doctors Are Taught !
Doctors, nutritionists and gastroenterologists consider diverticulitis to be incurable. In fact, if you see a doctor for your diverticulitis or diverticulosis, he/she may have told you that you will get worse over time. Doctors know that diverticular disease (diverticulosis and diverticulitis) is simply a disease of inflammation, which in many cases is so severe that bulges (diverticula) are beginning to rupture through the wall of the patient's colon.I believe that inflammation of the colon in diverticular disease patients is caused by eating foods I call "Catalyst Foodsand Trigger Foods."Your time is valuable. Please give me just a couple of minutes to explain why I believe this theory is accurate and why it might be the most important information any diverticulitis patient could know
I'm not a doctor, but I have been instrumental in helping over 40,000 people eliminate the symptoms of severe digestive disorders. I believe I discovered the exact cause, and have been extremely successful in proving it so far.
What Causes Digestive Diseases?
Please Don't Skip This Section!
- http://www.marczaremd.com/diverticulitis-of-colon.html
- http://www.gastroassociates.com/WhatbrWeTreat/DiverticulosisandDiverticulitis.aspx
- http://www.bettermedicine.com/article/diverticular-disease-1
I completely agree with doctors and pharmaceutical companies when they admit that they don't know the cause or cure for diverticulitis. I Asked Myself: "What reaches our colons that could be causing the inflammation? My belief is that it had to be either stomach acid or food, since that is all that reaches the colon. As it turns out, it is both that may be causing the inflammation and damage.
This allergy example is also a good way to explain to you how these digestive diseases that have some very different symptoms, can have the same cause. Lets say for example, two people are allergic to strawberries… for person 1, strawberries break them out in hives and make them itch. For person 2 their throat swells closed. The same food causes an inappropriate response in both, but the problem food is the same.
Imagine a hay fever patient doing yard work every day for years. Eventually he will have severe respiratory problems and possibly lung infections. His lungs, like your colon, will be inflamed. A doctor may offer nasal sprays, decongestants and antibiotics. He may feel better, but if he keeps doing yard work, the suffering will continue and the inflammation will get worse. Does this sound like you? Do you keep eating the same foods the same way but hope to somehow get better? We can all tell the "allergy guy" how to get better. Somehow it is harder to fix ourselves. Are you still eating the same way that got you sick in the first place?
Inflammation and infection becomes worse in different areas depending on the individual person. For some, it can stay in the colon causing your doctor to label it colitis… for another it may cause severe upset stomach and diarrhea and be labeled IBS. Its also common over time for doctors to diagnose someone with one disorder, for example IBS and later tell them they also have diverticulitis. In many cases we see someone with a colitis diagnosis change to Crohn's. It's just the inflammation progressing and becoming more severe and your doctor has to put a "label" on it that "fits". The core problem hasn't changed… It's your body's response to too much stomach acid being produced.
How Can We Know If Mike's Theory is Correct?
I used to suffer from my own acid related digestive disorder. Then, for two years I lived overseas. While abroad, I ate what locals ate. During that time, I noticed that my digestive symptoms simply went away. Why would my symptoms go away just from changing what and how I ate? When I returned home my symptoms came back. I eventually understood that it was my food that was causing the problem. It was obvious to me.
Digestive diseases exist predominantly in seven countries. The other 180+ countries, with billions of people, have very few cases of diverticulitis, colitis, Crohn's, IBS and IBD.
Doubt what I am telling you? Here is what doctors at Cornell University said (paraphrased): 30% to 65% of the population in the "Western world" have this disease. Then they compared that rate to the rate elsewhere — Africa and Asia for example. The disease is epidemic in seven places, almost nonexistent in much of the world. We need a food program and it can be simple! Again, here are the medical citations:
What Do These 7 Hot Spots Have in Common
With the few facts above, it didn't take a medical degree to see that the over/under production of acid (and bad food combinations) may well be what is causing diverticulitis inflammation. Could avoiding five "trigger foods" and catalyst food mixes be the solution? I am confident that it is. My next question was: If diet causes diverticulitis, could a diverticulitis diet (and diverticulosis diet) also end diverticulitis symptoms? I tested my theory on myself and for me, the answer was Yes. Note: It is not legal to claim a cure for any disease including diverticular disease. I believe that the inflammation that leads to diverticulitis is completely preventable and reversible when we stop eating in a way that causes the inflammation in the first place. I do not call this a cure but rather, an "elimination of symptoms." For almost two years I tested my diverticulitis diet theories out on myself and two willing friends, who shared my digestive nightmare. Eventually I figured out which foods, when mixed together, seemed to cause all the trouble… I named those "catalyst foods!" I found that we could eat almost any food we wanted, but when we ate any two of the "catalyst foods" at the same time, the results were dramatic… dramatically bad. Sometimes the result was immediate, and sometimes delayed, but the result was always one or more of the following: heartburn, feeling acidic, bloating, horrible cramping, abdominal pain, gas, meals "just sitting there," discomfort, and toilet "drama."
Doctors Are Not Your Only Option
As we proved earlier from the medical websites, doctors are taught that the cause of digestive issues are a mystery. Would you hire a professional in any other field who told you he/she didn't know the solution to your problem? If your mechanic told you he/she did not know how to fix your car… would you hire them and "hope for the best?"
Will this plan be hard to follow?
Pardon me while I switch from enthusiastic researcher and author, to a no-hype father and husband. Although the program is straightforward, changing your eating style is difficult. Yes, there are some who sell capsules, ebooks or diets, claiming "cures without effort". That is not us, this is a real food plan and you will have to change some things. You will still be able to eat 95% of the foods you are used to, but you will have to exercise restraint and avoid the catalyst foods and trigger food combinations in your chart. Rules are hard to follow but let me ask you this: Is it easy going through your current pain and attacks?
PFF is not intended to diagnose, treat or cure any disease. If you are seeing a doctor or taking medications, continue to do so and consult with your physician before starting any new eating or nutrition program or changing your medication regimen. Even if the program works for you as it has for so many, your digestive tract may be inflamed or injured to the point where complete healing may be a multi-week, month or even a yearlong process. We do believe in this program and stand behind our guarantee 100%, but we are never going to be aware of all the conditions or complications that may exist in an individual patient. Doctors or nurses do not supervise PFF nor have any trained personnel in any country evaluated its theories or recommendations. None of the statements on this website or within the program have been evaluated by the FDA or any other agency of any government of any country. The theories herein represent the beliefs of the author, Mike Hohlweg


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Fire. Fairy/Effect. 10. 0/0. Cannot be Special Summoned from the Deck. If you control no monsters, you can Normal Summon this card without Tributing. This card cannot be destroyed by battle or by card effects. You take no Battle Damage from battles involving this face-up Attack Position card. At the end of the Battle Phase, if this card attacked or was attacked: Return all other monsters on the field to the hand, and inflict 300 damage to your opponent for each card returned. During your Standby Phase: Shuffle this card into the Deck (even if face-down).
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Fat Princess's Story Mode Beginning[ Edited ]
(NOTE: I'd never played Fat Princess, nor Killzone, however, I know that Fat Princess likes to eat, and I know the whole idea of the game.)
Fat Princess sat in her thrown, in her new castle on 'Princess Island'.
"Princess, Princess!!" a voice yelled, flooding her throne room as a minion of hers rushed in. He kneeled down at her feet, bowed his head and announced, "They're gone! Your gems! They've been stolen!!"
"What?!" Fat Princess exclaimed in horror, "Bring me a pie, Minion #33! A cherry pie! And a blueberry pie! And seven apple fritters!"
"Yes Ma'am," the minion replied, "But what should I do about the gems?!"
"Oh! Right! Minion, I've just been getting these strange cravings lately. Call upon the prisoner we placed in prison last week! If he helps us get this intruder, I shall pardon him!"
"Yes, your majesty!" He bowed once more.
The minion ran down the hall, rushed into the storage room, and grabbed a heavy chest and placed it on a cart. He then rolled the cart out, ran down the hall and grabbed a key from the security room. He rushed to the royale dining hall, where hundreds of other minions sat and ate their daily meal, provided by the royale family; "Minions! A crafty racoon stole the Princess' gems! To your positions! Search the town, men! Every alley! Every nook! Every inch of that town!! I will follow shortly!"
The minions rushed out of the dining hall, haulting their meals and rushed out the front gates of the castle into the city.
Minion #33 fled out of the room and rushed into the dungion where the prisoner was placed. Names were written on the dungion's doors;
Cell #1: StoneHand, Cell #2: Recktor, Cell #3: Reynolds Trace, Cell #4 Kratos, Cell #5, Radac.
The minion passed the first five cells, finally reaching the fifth and unlocked Radac's cell, telling him the situation;
"Prisoner 5! The Princess agreed to pardon you, provided you can retrieve her stolen gems. He pulled the chest from the cart, and placed in next to the prisoner's cell.
"These are your belongings. Take them. Do you agree to the Princess' terms?"
Radac replied, "I do."
Radac rushed out the front gates, attempting to hunt down the intruder.
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"Your Majesty. Radac speaking. The racoon's been shot. He's in the water, unconscious as we speak."
"Your job is done. I want him alive so that I may personally make him countable for his crimes against the royale family."
"Thank you, Princess."
"Your pardon will be granted once you bring the racoon here alive, with the gems."..........
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Thank you so much again!
I'm currently writing Sackboy's! His will be up soon! I may even create a blog thing and upload all the starter stories on the site, and I'll probably expand on them so they can meet other characters and I'll write from their beginnings to their ends
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Another excellent story from 333. I like the direction you went with for Fat Princess, not to mention Colonel Radec's involvement. Although, I am interested in how she got the God of War in a cell. Something tells me the explanation will be pretty interesting.
By the way, just call me Count for short.
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And I guess I'll do villians, sure! ^^
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It's almost 12am here, so my creativity is fading haha! But, I finished Sackboy's and I hope it's sufficient


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Study and Costing of Low Voltage Switch Cabinets
Office ELEC is a software solution for electrical installation estimates, ordering, invoicing and monitoring.
Office ELEC is multi-manufacturer and designs automatically the distribution cabinets, performs the costing and ensures effective management of the project.
The software enables the company to delete all discontinuities between the design department, the administrative services and the business managers.
Multi-manufacturer Catalogue
In its complete version, Office ELEC enables you to select the electrical equipment from a standardised interface offering close to 500 000 products from the catalogues of over 100 manufacturers!
These catalogues are regularly updated for customers under maintenance contract.
Automated design of distribution cabinets
Following an electrical study, Office ELEC automatically determines the casings, enclosures, mounting plates and accessories required to mount the equipment, according to configurable rules.
The cabinet's components are then costed and the orders edited.
Automatic costing of the electrical installation
Office ELEC recognises automatically the equipment represented on a DXF diagram, and costs the equipment automatically (cables, protective devices, receivers, junction boxes, etc.).
It also adds automatically the cost of the casings, enclosures, mounting plates and accessories required to mount the electrical equipment.
Automatic import from ALPI software suite
Office ELEC performs automatically the implementation of the costing and cabinet layout of the cables and protective devices in your Caneco BT study. Connected with Caneco Implantation, it also costs the receivers, junction boxes and wiring layouts in the project.
Ease and speed of use
The ergonomics of Office ELEC have been particularly well thought and will save you time! Its connectability to Caneco BT, Caneco Implantation and AutoCAD Plan software eliminates entry duplication, saves you time and reduces the risk of error.
Edition of a complete folder
Once the distribution cabinets have been designed, Office ELEC enables you to edit the orders and a technical folder to be sent to the design department.
You can export the front views, without our without parts lists, and the single-line block diagram.


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Impress guests with this simple, homemade Basil-Orange Vinaigrette, This citrusy dressing will be a favorite.
- 1/2 cup sweet orange marmalade (such as Smucker's)
- 1/3 cup red wine vinegar
- 6 fresh basil leaves, torn
- 1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger
- 1 garlic clove, sliced
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1/2 cup canola oil
How to Make It
Pulse orange marmalade, vinegar, basil, ginger, garlic, kosher salt, and pepper in a blender or food processor until blended. With blender running, pour canola oil through food chute in a slow, steady stream, processing until smooth.


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Hungering for life
My first experience with pain, and how I deal with it even today. Share your own!
It all began one Thanksgiving
When little 12-year-old me saw
A slavering, ravenous mob of
Loved ones shoving ripping and tearing
The turkey apart to satisfy their cravings,
Gravy oozing unnoticed down their necks
and small vicious stabs of utensils into their
stationary prey, and the look of relief,
of unearned ecstasy plastered over their faces.
How easy it was to hate them.
How easy is still is.
They tell me I'm the one who's sick
But they don't know that their addiction
is killing them every, single, day.
My way is the only one I know of that kills slower
that's why I don't eat: I consume.
And I do it on my own terms.
Many have tried to break me of this
But I've had more success breaking them.
Some have even joined my anorexic revolution
And I hope you will do the same.
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Confira o resumo do livro Livro Cross Stitch Myth & Magic – David & Charles Usa – ISBN: 0715312219 e veja onde comprar em loja online.
Inspirational ideas from all over the work have been combined in this book by nine respected artists and designers. From the Orient, there is a detailed Chinese dragon and good fortune emblems. From the West there are cherubs and angels and from the world of myths comes Merlin, as well as an enchanting unicorn. The final chapter features all the signs of the zodiac to be made up individually as cards or gift bags – or as one large sampler. Projects all have clear making up instructions and the full colour charts for all the cross stitch designs should help beginners and experienced stitchers alike. The contributors are – Saifhon Borisuthipandit; Sue Cook; Maria Diaz; Linda and Roger Garland; Susan Penny; Rungrat Puthikul; Mary Stockett; and Teresa Wentzler.


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Odavad lennud Tuktoyaktuk -sse ainult läbi Bookinghouse.ee! Our sophisticated search system will find the best flight deals from dozens of different airlines, such as Ryanair, WizzAir and many others. Bookinghouse.ee is fast and easy to use. But most importantly, it's completely free!
Below you can see not only the best flight deals from Tuktoyaktuk , but also the most popular flights from Tuktoyaktuk and flights from surrounding cities and countries. Kui Te ei leia sobivaid pakkumisi, kasutage meie otsingusüsteemi (üleval).


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Radio 4's Summer Nights late night talk show, which started on Monday by discussing sex ends, suitably enough, by discussing boredom. This is a subject which inspires great anxiety in the minds of parents at this time of year, but almost certainly not among their charges, who are fully occupied constructing dens in the neighbour's skip. Monks called it acedia – the midday demon. The early fathers of the church believed boredom to be the worst sin, since all others were derived from it. But it is even more interesting than that. Boredom is wonderfully productive. Without it, Kierkegaard said, the gods would not have created humans. Nor would Adam have needed an Eve. Kant mused that the pleasures of life do not fill time, but leave it empty. Thomas Mann railed against the false perceptions of tedium in the Magic Mountain – that novelty is what makes time pass, whereas in reality monotony checks its flow. See how rich this subject is?
The early fathers of the Christian church believed acedia to be the worst sin - but it is even more interesting than that


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Happy Piggy Tea Pet
$ 12.00
This happy piggy tea pet will be a fine companion on your tea journey. All they need is a good home, a name, and a little bit of the tea you're drinking every day. This happy little piggy tea pet is about 2 inches long. When you pour boiling water over their head they will bubble from their mouth.
Tea pets have a long history in China. We talk about tea pets and their role in Chinese culture on our blog here: Tea pets are the perfect companions on your tea journey!


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The boys of One Direction made their MTV Video Music Awards debut Sept. 6!
The ladies — and Taylor Lautner, apparently — went bananas for One Direction as the fivesome stormed the MTV Video Music Awards stage for the first time ever Sept. 6, belting out a pitch-perfect rendition of their hit "One Thing."
It was actually a pretty big night for the British-Irish boy band! Zayn Malik, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan and Liam Payne also took home the Best Pop Video Moon Man, once again beating Justin Bieber.
The boys also won the Most Share-Worthy Video award for "What Makes You Beautiful."
What did you think of One Direction's much-hyped performance? Was it everything you dreamed it would be? Drop a comment with your personal review!
— Andy Swift
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Don't Know What To Do?
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- Getting blackouts
- Getting withdrawal symptoms
Becoming an Alcoholic
When it comes to alcohol dependence, the catalyst is drinking for the effects of alcohol. The drinker wants to change his mood to get rid of tensions, anxiety or grimness or to get more appreciation. Most people drink every now and then to change mood, but the real drinker-to-be strives for a more intense change of mood. He wants to experience a real turn, and wants to feel good again. When he does this several times, the problem is not solved and he runs the risk that his body gets used to the alcohol.
Getting used to the alcohol, or the development of tolerance
As the individual continues to drink the body gets used to the alcohol. This is called the development of tolerance. At a certain moment, the drinker doesn't feel the effect of the alcohol anymore and he needs more and more. After all, his mood has to change.
Getting blackouts
A person who continues to drink and gets drunk regularly, he will eventually get blackouts. A blackout means that you miss a part of your intoxication. The next day you forget, for example, what you have said or how you got home. This startles the drinker in the beginning, but later on he deals with it indifferently. This is risky; he becomes blind to the disadvantages of alcohol abuse.
The development of problems related to alcohol use
Due to the excessive alcohol intake, often problems arise for the dinking. These can be physical problems, losing social contacts, problems at work or school, or financial problems. The question "do I drink because I have problems, or do I have problems because I drink?" becomes of current interest. You drink because you are using a bad problem solving method.
Getting withdrawal symptoms
As time goes on, the body gets so used to alcohol that it will get withdrawal symptoms if it doesn't get a certain dose. You can start to tremble, sweat, sleep badly and feel restless.
Losing control
Those who continue to drink find that it gets harder each time to drink less. The drinker resolves to reduce or quit after a few drinks, but can't stick to that.
Drinking maintains itself
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I am experiencing wide application problems with how the classloader works in Tomcat. Using Tomcat v3.0.1 (something like that) JDK v1.2.2 Sun OS Please respond back to my JPMorgan account. Here is some history. I built several servlet based applications on the Java WebServer - but management asked me to move them into one architecture and choose Tomcat. So I began to move them, however they wanted one server, to use on process - with all my applications under one house ... We began by implementing a CVS repository and I used Ant to make by builds. But when I began to install the applications the server got crazy. So what happened? The classloader seems to be getting things wrong. First the Lotus XSL implementation from IBM does not work right with Jakata. The Sax classes in Jakata seem to not be correct with lotusxsl v1.0.1 - I tried the previous v0.2.0 - but that failed too. I have custom XSLT applications which are server side and parse XML using XSLT, and the XSL has custom Name Space programs in the XSL - which help in parsing. When I run them they fail. If I load the classes in front of the main libraries that Jakata uses - it works. Can someone please address this issue. See in the Java WebServer - it has no notion of Sax (it was before Sax - atleast the one I am using is) - so it works fine. But Jakata chokes. The next problem is how the classloader works when having my API run in the global lib, and having it try to access properties in my application level class path. I use WebMacro to build my servlets. When I load the WebMacro libraries in the global lib (via mod'ing the start script 'tomcat.sh') it fails. The problem is WebMacro is looking from its properties in the global classpath and not in the application classpath. This is a serious error in the server itself. It should look in its local path first, then to global. In this case it looks in global since the API is in global, and never even looks in application level classpath. Here is another problem with the classloader. If I have TopLink API in the global lib, and it tries to map the SQL rows to the objects which are in my application lib classpath, it chokes. TopLink can not access the classes in the application level classpath. This is a serious error. I am trying to build large scale applications in Jakata - but the way it works prevents this. I believe that you must be using the security mechanism in the Java VM which is preventing the global API to access the application level API (in the case of TopLink) above. Here is the TopLink output. I have confirmed that TopLink is connecting to the database (in my case IBM UDB v7.1) and is calling the SQL fine. EXCEPTION [TOPLINK-1011] (v2.5.1 GA May 11 2000): TOPLink.Tools.BuilderReader.BuilderException EXCEPTION DESCRIPTION: Could not convert: com.jpmorgan.ams.jxmlive.model.MessageAuditHolder into an accessible Java class. INTERNAL EXCEPTION: EXCEPTION [TOPLINK-3001] (v2.5.1 GA May 11 2000): TOPLink.Public.Exceptions.ConversionException EXCEPTION DESCRIPTION: The object, 'com.jpmorgan.ams.jxmlive.model.MessageAuditHolder' of class, 'class java.lang.String' could not be converted to 'class java.lang.Class', INTERNAL EXCEPTION: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.jpmorgan.ams.jxmlive.model.MessageAuditHolder Later this weekend I am going to run the application in JProbe to profile the application and try to trace it. Can someone give me a clue on how to get around these problems? Is there some security properties that I can set to allow global API to make calls into application level classes? What am I doing wrong? Thanks Sean Bowes This communication is for informational purposes only. It is not intended as an offer or solicitation for the purchase or sale of any financial instrument or as an official confirmation of any transaction. All market prices, data and other information are not warranted as to completeness or accuracy and are subject to change without notice. Any comments or statements made herein do not necessarily reflect those of J.P. Morgan & Co. Incorporated, its subsidiaries and affiliates.
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With a stay at Hotel Laumon in Barcelona (Sant Andreu), you'll be convenient to Hospital de Sant Pau and Sagrada Familia. This hotel is close to Casa Batllo and Palau de la Musica Catalana.
Make yourself at home in one of the 26 air-conditioned rooms featuring flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and digital programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms have bathtubs or showers and complimentary toiletries. Conveniences include phones, as well as safes and desks.
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By Rod Nickel
SASKATOON, Saskatchewan (Reuters) - Manitoba's biggest city of Winnipeg will defend itself against the Red River's highest crest without its prized floodway, an C$858 million ($692 million) ditch designed to channel floodwater around the provincial capital.
Backhoes and specialized ice-breaking machines have instead assembled along the river as the first of two crests, caused by ice jams on the north-flowing river, hits Winnipeg as early as Tuesday.
Freezing temperatures in the Western Canadian province have been a mixed blessing: preventing flash floods from a sudden melting, but creating potential ice-jam flooding that the floodway wasn't designed to handle.
The provincial government is counting on backhoes perched on the river bank and two ice-cutting barges trolling the Red River to break up ice enough to keep the river flowing.
"We're using every tactical resource we can," said Steve Ashton, Manitoba's minister responsible for emergency management.
The floodway's gates will remain closed until either the ice has passed by or if the crest is forecast to exceed 20 feet, said Steve Topping, a spokesman for the Manitoba government's Water Stewardship Department.
This spring's flood scenario brings with it a triple threat, Ashton said. Culverts in fields are frozen shut, ice jams are slowing the flow of rivers, and there's a large volume of water on its way from already-flooded North Dakota.
The first Red River crest to hit Winnipeg -- caused by the ice jams -- is expected on Tuesday or Wednesday, rising as high as 20.5 feet. On Monday morning, the Red's level was at 17 feet. Continued...


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Stephane Peterhansel remains in a comfortable Dakar Rally lead despite losing a lot of time when his X-raid Mini became stuck in sand dunes on today's Arequipa to Nasca stage.
The dunes also caught out Peterhansel's team-mate and nearest rival Nani Roma, who was therefore only able to gain just under three minutes, so remains 20 minutes behind in the overall standings heading into the final weekend.
"As soon as we crossed the first dunes, we went over a crest and behind it was a sink hole, immediately penalising us as we got stuck," Peterhansel explained. "Time passed and the minutes seemed long. We lost at least 20 minutes, which meant that we would also lose the lead in the general standings.
"We cleared some sand and moved the car forward centimetre by centimetre to get out of there. Afterwards, I have to admit I took risks to claw the time back. That was the 50km where I've attacked the most during the whole rally.
"In the end we caught up with Nani several kilometres from the finish, so he must have had problems too.
"I've been saying for a while that by getting stuck in the dunes it's possible to lose half an hour. Today we came close to a real setback."
The stage victory went to Robby Gordon, who is competing under appeal after his Hummer was adjudged to be contravening the regulations on Wednesday. The American was 15 minutes quicker than second-fastest man Leonid Novitskiy's Mini, though he remains fourth overall behind Giniel de Villiers' Toyota.
With the rally win now out of sight, Gordon said his priority was just to prove a point to his rivals.
"Minis are for girls, because we beat them by 20 minutes. It was a great stage, with big dunes and the car's fast," he said.
Gordon added: "We schooled these boys. I'm pissed. I'm pissed at Stephane and I'm pissed at Nani for challenging my character about being a cheater and today I kicked their asses. I'm going to prove something every day for the rest of the rally. We're going to win every special from here home."
Leading positions after stage 12:
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1. Stephane Peterhansel Mini 11h19m04s
2. Nani Roma Mini + 20m00s
3. Giniel de Villiers Toyota + 1h06m40s
4. Robby Gordon Hummer + 1h44m04s
5. Leonid Novitskiy Mini + 2h00m01s
6. Lucio Alvarez Toyota + 3h52m06s
7. Bernhard Ten Brinke Mitsubishi + 4h14m24s
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A New Opera Competition
Flourish is OperaUpClose's biannual new opera writing competition. The competition aims to provide a platform for emerging and established composers and librettists, and to raise awareness of the wealth of contemporary opera being written today.
OperaUpClose is known for work that is large in ambition and small in scale, and the parameters of Flourish reflect this. Composers and librettists are invited to write a piece for up to seven performers (this seven includes instrumentalists and singers) to be submitted before Monday 5th June 2017.
The first stage of Flourish will be judged anonymously (i.e. the judges will be unaware of the identities of composers or librettists). Five shortlisted operas will then have extracts performed at a showcase event in September/October 2017, at Kings Place in London. A panel of industry judges will choose the winning opera on the night. This year's judging panel will be announced shortly. Judges in previous years have included playwright Mark Ravenhill, producer James Clutton, opera critic Anna Picard and composer Robert Saxton.
The prize is that OperaUpClose will professionally produce the winning opera in autumn 2018, giving the composer and librettist a year to develop the piece into a full length production.
The winner of the inaugural 2012 competition was Two Caravans, an adaptation of Marina Lewycka's tragic-comic novel of the same name, composed by Guy Harries with a libretto by Ace McCarron. It was produced at the King's Head Theatre in September 2013. Due to the high standard of submissions, OperaUpClose also produced another opera from the inaugural competition, Young Wife by Katarzyna Brochocka, which opened OperaUpClose's 2014 season in a double bill with Purcell's Dido and Aeneas. The winner of the 2013 competition was The Blank Canvas, an opera about an artist suffering from Charles Bonnet Syndrome, composed by Spyros Syrmos with a libretto by Fay Wrixon. It was staged at the King's Head Theatre in September 2014 and won the OffWestEnd.com award for Best Opera Production in 2015. Last autumn we made our debut performance at Kings Place with the 2014 competition winner, Ulla's Odyssey. A family-friendly opera about a young girl's solo sail around the world and the mythical creatures and environmental obstacles she encounters on her journey, composed by Anthony Young with a libretto by Leanna Brodie.
Last year's winner, They Came Back tells the stories of five individuals struggling – in a familiar world made unfamiliar – to come to terms with the phenomenon of the deceased returning to life. Composed and libretto by Martin Ward, this production combines an electronic score with live performance and will premiere at Kings Place in autumn 2017.
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This sounds very intriguing, and I'd love to come along and work on it. If you'd have me, that is :)
@Ty694 Hi Ty... I'd like to discuss this further, but I do have a minimum age of 18+ on this project. My apologies for not mentioning it earlier, and thank you for the interest. :)
@GregPappasJr Ah, age limit, eh? Unfortunately, I'm just a little over a year under that limit. It does sound very cool, though. :)
So this sounds super cool. Could I jump in? (I'm 21, so no age worries here)! :]
@taliko Hiya taliko... :) Let's talk about this when you get time. I prefer Skype (no video). If that's cool, my Skype name is Greg.PapppasJr (note the period after Greg). If you prefer another method, let me know, but I'm a verbal kinda guy. :)
@Ty694 Thx again Ty :)
@GregPappasJr Anytime :)
Still need another writer (or two). :)


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Lockley involved with three museum exhibits that feature specimens from CU Denver-founded Dinosaur Tracks Museum
Moab Giants, a $10 million dinosaur museum, is being built about 10 miles north of Moab, Utah. It will feature some specimens from the collection of retired CU Denver Professor Martin Lockley, PhD.
A dinosaur museum and open-air park is rising from the sandstone bluffs near Moab. Just as he did during a 30-year career at CU Denver, dinosaur footprints expert Martin Lockley, PhD, is leaving his imprint on the moon-like landscape of eastern Utah.
Lockley, who officially retired from CU Denver in 2010 but continues research from a basement office in St. Cajetan's, is science director for Moab Giants. The $10 million museum, being built on 45 acres just north of Moab, is expected to open in summer or fall 2015.
It's a testament to Lockley's scientific reputation and the public's fascination with dinosaurs that the "retired" professor is in the spotlight as much as ever. His paleontological discoveries are also currently on display in the year-long "Steps in Stone: Walking Through Time" exhibit at the CU-Boulder Museum of Natural History—a reprisal of Lockley's CU Denver-based Dinosaur Tracks Museum. Meanwhile, an exhibit of fossilized dinosaur tracks is in the works for where it all started—the CU Denver campus.
While the Dinosaur Tracks Museum might have been relatively small in physical space—it was located in St. Cajetan's basement for 16 years—it was large in stature. The collection, which moved to CU-Boulder in 2012, after Lockley's retirement, boasted some 3,000 specimens from 24 countries.
"The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has realized that this (museum) is part of our history as a campus and wants the exhibit to commemorate the work that was done here," Lockley said. "We've been deeply involved in the dinosaur milieu of Colorado, and we've done it all through tracks research. We're the track people."
Lockley's paleontological partner is Research Professor Karen Houck, PhD, the only other doctoral dinosaur tracker still on faculty at CU Denver. They were core members of the CU Denver-based Dinosaur Trackers Research Group, whose examination of track sites included the near—Dinosaur Ridge near Morrison—and the distant—far-flung fossil sites across the globe.
The triumvirate of exhibits currently under way—a site has yet to be finalized for the CU Denver installation—all spring from the Dinosaur Tracks Museum collection that Lockley, who served as museum director, and Houck assembled over the years. Replicas of their work—castings of actual dinosaur footprint discoveries, including many in Colorado and Utah—are being displayed, or are soon to be displayed, in the high-profile museum exhibits.
Moab Giants will exhibit more than 30 species of dinosaurs, including some replicas from the CU Denver collection. It will showcase tracks of the mighty creatures that roamed Earth millions of years ago, but especially those species found in the Western United States. Moab Giants, and other facilities like it, serve a dual role, Lockley said.
One aspect, naturally, is to be entertaining and solvent. "The other is to be repositories for scientific specimens that belong to the government," Lockley said. "I can't collect these tracks without a permit, which is issued by the state or federal government—whoever owns the land."
Because the surface typically can't be disturbed, researchers prefer to cast rubber molds in order to create replica footprints. In certain cases—such as where tracks are close to falling from a rock outcropping or being covered by spring rains—the entire trackway can be removed.
Meanwhile, the general fascination with dinosaurs just keeps growing. Moab Giants is primarily being built by Polish investors who have experience building dinosaur museums in Europe.
"These are extinct animals that were of mythological proportions," Lockley said. "These animals are not hunting us today, but they were real. It's something for our imaginations to play with."
From Wales to Colorado
Martin Lockley, a native of Wales, began his research in early marine fossils, but switched to dinosaur track hunting after being hired to teach geology at landlocked CU Denver in 1980. He started with a fossil find in a coal mine near Gunnison, followed by a major dinosaur trackway discovery near La Junta, the latter receiving extensive news coverage—one of the first times CU Denver research landed in the national media spotlight. Anyone interested in seeing the "Steps in Stone: Walking Through Time" exhibit at the CU-Boulder Museum of Natural History has plenty of time. The exhibit runs through Dec. 31, 2015.
The research collection from the Dinosaur Tracks Museum went to CU-Boulder, but many replicas remain in the basement of St. Cajetan's. "I'm holding them here to use as part of the exhibit here (at CU Denver)," he said.
The appraised value of the Dinosaur Tracks Museum, and subsequent fossils added to the collection, is close to $2 million, Lockley said. Part of the value comes from the extensive re-creation of fossils as they appear in their natural state.
"The making of a dinosaur track involves two components—there's the animal's foot and the substrate," Houck said. "Martin does more (scientific work) on the animal and I focus on the substrate. It's a good combination."
She noted that unlike bone diggers, who can display skeletons in a variety of settings, fossilized trackways must be set in the context in which they were found. "With footprints, you have to show the animal in its setting—you can't avoid it," Houck said. "When the animal was walking it was interacting with its environment. So you have to show that environment."
Lockley's research environment spans the globe. He recently finished a collaborative research project with Korean dinosaur tracker colleagues. Three years ago, the Korea contingent, interested in exploring a fossil site near Moab, signed a formal agreement with CU Denver to fund the effort and partner with Lockley. The teams have since exchanged replicas of dinosaur footprints found at the site.
Lockley, who has authored hundreds of research papers, has also studied prints left by pterosaurs and birds, ancient mammals and hominins. For his work on the latter, he was recently appointed, along with CU Denver Associate Professor of Anthropology Charles Musiba, to an international team who will oversee creation of a museum in Tanzania to showcase the world's earliest collection of bipedal hominin footprints.
With equal parts whimsy and reality, Lockley says of footprint trackers—both dinosaur and hominin: "You can't get rid of us."
So by late 2015, his work will appear in another museum, this one just across the state border to the west. Lockley keeps his eyes on the next horizon, the next discovery. "We haven't found many mammal tracks from the dinosaur era," he said. "There's always a new frontier."


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β2AR = β2-adrenergic receptor
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genetic determinants. To study novel genetic determinants of
COPD, we enrolled 44 severe, early-onset COPD probands
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increased risk to current or exsmoking first-degree relatives of
early-onset COPD probands for reduced FEV1, chronic
bronchitis, and spirometric bronchodilator responsiveness.
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β2AR gene in COPD is unknown. Therefore, we performed linkage
analysis and family-based association analysis using the β2AR
amino acid 16 polymorphism with categorical phenotypes including the
following: mild airflow obstruction (FEV1 < 80%;
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(FEV1 < 60%; FEV1/FVC < 90% predicted),
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responsiveness (FEV1 increase > 200 mL). Nonparametric
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Hey, we were a Republic for a short time in the 19th century....
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Fox Valley Arts Hall of Fame unveils group of six inducteesChronicle Media — February 10, 2016
The founder of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chorus is among six new inductees into the Fox Valley Arts Hall of Fame.
The late Margaret Hillis, who founded the chorus in 1956 and spent 37 years as conductor, joins
a journalist and author plus four representatives of visual arts who will be saluted at an April banquet in Bartlett.
Members of the eighth class of inductees will also be honored with plaques at the Hemmens Cultural Center in Elgin.
Joining Hillis will be author Philip Burnham, originally from Batavia, plus artists Guy J. Bellaver of St. Charles, Joseph Hernandez of Aurora, Sandro Miller of Elgin and Roy J. Solfisburg III of Aurora.
New classes have been inducted every two years since the Hall was founded in 2001.
The Hall was founded to give public recognition to artists associated with the Fox Valley by birth, education, residence, or service who have achieved national or international acclaim.
The group will be inducted as part of an April 14 banquet at Villa Olivia Country Club.
Following are profiles of each new member:
Guy J. Bellaver, visual arts/sculptor
A resident of St. Charles, Believer became a full-time sculptor in 1975. He has obtained national recognition for many of his works of art in addition to having them in private collections around the country. Guy's monumental works include major public art and liturgical projects in Geneva, Elgin and St. Charles, IL, Latrobe, PA and Boston, MA.
His sculptures appear in business, university and municipal collections around the country, including the corporation collection of H.J. Heinz, Forest County Potawatomi Cultural Museum, Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Hiram College.
In the early days of his career, he was self-taught. He then studied at Carnegie Mellon University in PA, Northern Illinois University and The School of the Art Institute in Chicago.
Bellaver is active in his community. He currently sits on the Board of the St. Charles Arts Council and is the Past and Founding Board Member of the St. Charles Visitor Cultural Commission.
View his entire portfolio of work on his web site – www.BellaverStudios.com.
Philip Burnham, literary arts
Born in Elgin, raised in Batavia by his father, President of Marshall Fields and his mother, Ruth, along with his siblings, now resides in Washington, D.C. Burnham has taught college-level writing, history and literature at the University of New Mexico, the University of Massachusetts (Amherst), Johns Hopkins University and as a Fulbright Fellow at Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar, Senegal. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Composition at George Mason University in Virginia.
He began his teaching career on an Indian reservation. This experience and his research in the Dakotas has given him a great understanding and relationship with the American tribes, which he truly enjoys sharing via his writings.
His first full-length book was How the Other Half Lived: A People's Guide to American Historic Sites revealing the life of minority groups in America. His work, Song of Dewey Beard: Last Survivor of the Little Bighorn is a biography of a Lokota who witnesses the Battle of Little Bighorn and survived the Wounded Knee Massacre.
Burnham returns to the Fox Valley area for many events, including book signings, book discussions, and most recently the Batavia Public Library's monthly book program, Books Between Bites to discuss his new biography followed by a book signing at Town House Books in St. Charles.
Joseph Hernandez
Visual arts/arts educator
A life-long Auroran, graduate of Marmion Military Academy and Northern Illinois University is known for his tremendous talent and willingness to share his skill with students from our community and throughout the world.
Associate Professor Emeritus of Art/Ceramics/Drawing and Design at Waubonsee Community College, Hernandez has been a member of many Fox Valley/Kane County community organizations. He has international exposure through exhibits and seminars and his work has been featured in numerous one-man, two-person and group shows for over fifty years in the regional, national and international level.
Some of his international accomplishments have included his participation in the Korean-American Clay Camps, China, Europe and South America.
Hernandez is truly someone who exemplifies an art educator/artist who has given back to his community and art education. Some of the more significant awards and recognitions he has received have included: NISOD Excellence in Teaching Award; Illinois Community College Trustees Association Faculty of the year Award; Waubonsee Community College Teacher of the Year Award; the Hispanic Pioneer Teachers Award and many more.
He continues to be a volunteer at schools, demonstrating his mastery of Raku ware – a type of Japanese pottery traditionally used in Japanese tea ceremonies. It is hand shaped, fired at low temperatures, removed from the kiln and allowed to cool in the open air.
Dr. Margaret Hillis
Hillis is truly an amazingly accomplished musician who has reached musical heights with her superb Chicago Symphony chorus, which she was invited to start by Conductor Fritz Reiner in 1956. During her 37-year tenure as Conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chorus, which she founded, the Chorus made 45 recordings with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra – 9 of those were given Grammy Awards.
In 1971, she was invited to conduct the Elgin Symphony Orchestra. Under her direction the Elgin Symphony Orchestra matured from a volunteer orchestra to one that was fully professional.
Her legacy and achievement as director, teacher and conductor mark her as a gem in the field of performing arts. The contributions made by Hillis to the Fox Valley cultural community are permanently embedded in the character and mission of the Elgin Symphony Orchestra. It was under her direction and tutelage that ESO received outstanding achievements, accolades and even rocketed Fox Valley to the world stage. Under her guidance, ESO was recognized as the Illinois Orchestra of the year three times.
Hillis studied at Indiana University, where she received her undergraduate education in music. She then continued studies at the Juilliard School, studying choral conducting under Robert Shaw and Julius Herford. After graduation, Hillis had numerous conducting positions in New York. Some of these positions were: teaching conducting at the Juilliard School, Choral Director of the New York City Opera Company and the Director of the New York Concert Choir. She focused her energies and gained fame as an innovative creative director and conductor and became the first woman to lead the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in a subscription concert in 1957.
Hillis has received numerous honorary doctorates, appointments to the National Council of the Arts; the Governor's Award from Chicago Chapter of the National Academy of the Recording Arts and Sciences; a 1994 Distinguished Alumni Service Award from Indiana University and the Margaret Hillis Achievement Award for Choral excellence established by the Chorus of America.
Hillis was a unique woman of her time and a woman who broke boundaries. The YMCA of Elgin created an award to honor her for her contributions to the arts in the Fox Valley area and this award, in her name, is given at the Annual Leader Luncheon to an individual with unique contributions to the arts in the Fox Valley area.
Sandro Miller
Visual arts/photographer/director
Miller was born in Elgin in 1958 and is an alumnus of Elgin Community College. He became interested in photography at the age of sixteen after seeing the work of Irving Penn and has devoted his life to creating expressive images.
Miller has photographed many national advertising campaigns, been published for his editorial work in many magazines and has received international awards. He contributes his talents to community and national charitable organizations.
Miller has won the Lucie Award, honoring his great achievements in photography and he is also an accomplished, and award winning, film maker.
He continues to support Elgin Community College through donated works of art and has worked with several students in the area in addition to offering lectures and showing of his work in the Fox Valley Area. Miller practices an "open door policy" at his studio, inviting students and aspiring photographers and artists to sit in on photo shoots to learn the process and ask questions.
He believes that his childhood and upbringing in the Fox Valley area is a huge reason for his success. He believes he has a role as a leader to influence many and to teach many that Fox Valley provides the education, the influences and the greatest leaders for all of us to achieve our highest potential.
Roy J. Solifsburg III
Visual arts / architecture
Sofisburg grew up in Aurora and graduated from West Aurora High School. He then attended the University of Munich, Germany and Williams College in Massachusetts where he received a degree in Art History. It was at the University of Pennsylvania that he received his Master's degree in Architecture.
He joined the prestigious firm of Holabird and Root in Chicago and eventually became the Senior Managing Partner/Designer Partner. In 1982, Holabird and Root was given the American Institute of Architect's "National Firm of the Year Award" for distinguished architecture. This award was bestowed to the firm under Solfisburg's guidance, design and management of the firm.
He became best known for his performing arts centers, corporate buildings, hospital architecture and later his residential designs. He was instrumental in designing the Chicago Cultural Center, DePauw University Performing Arts Center in Indiana and Northwestern University's sports arena now known as Welsh-Ryan Arena.
Solfisburg received numerous awards and accolades in the area of residential design as well. A notable project here in Illinois is his house in Wilmette, which was featured in the Chicago Tribune for its unusual design. Architectural Digest brought worldwide attention to several of the homes he designed in Florida, where he currently resides.
Solfisburg was a lecturer on the Prairie School of Design and Domestic Architecture styles, which former Fox Valley Arts Hall of Fame Inductee, George Grant Elmslie was a strong proponent. He continues to maintain a strong interest in the fine arts, especially art created on paper, such as etchings, silk screens and watercolors.
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