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2009 Jeep GC SRT Steering issue
I have a 2009 SRT with 61k on the odometer, in the last week or so, whenever I try to turn to the right, I feel like the steering wheel is fighting me and locking up, its only for a split second then it gives in and turns, my power steering fluid levels are fine but unsure as to what the problem could be. Anyone else have/had this problem before, i'd just like to have some basic knowledge before i take it into the dealership tomorrow!
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Even present coach Mark Richt, who is enjoying the love of the Bulldog nation, had to endure a summer (2004) of answering questions about the Gators when he made his way on the banquet circuit last year. His record is now 1-3 against Florida and the heat will be on to make sure that the 2004 win was the beginning of a trend and not just another bump in the road for the Gators like 1997 win when Jim Donnan was the coach.
When the Gators took to the Gator Bowl field in 1990 there were new questions to be answered. The high flying aerial show had been grounded in Knoxville just three weeks earlier as Tennessee destroyed the Gators, 45-3. Two weeks later the Gators took their ire out on Auburn with a 48-7 win but that was in Gainesville.
When the Gators made their annual trek over to Jacksonville on November 10, there was that queasy feeling gripping Gator fans once again. So often during the previous 24 years, Florida had gone into the Gator Bowl with the better team against the Bulldogs but all too often, Georgia came away with the victory. That sinking feeling departed that day as the pendulum which had swung Georgia's way for so long began swinging back in Florida's direction.
The pendulum of Georgia momentum had begun its mighty swing November 5, 1966. Florida entered that fateful game against the Bulldogs undefeated, untied and well on its way to a very first SEC championship. The seventh-ranked Gators had won 11 of the previous 14 meetings as they squared off against the unranked Bulldogs.
Florida came into that game riding the crest of a 30-27 last second victory over Auburn, a game that all but assured All-American quarterback Steve Spurrier the Heisman Trophy. It was Spurrier's 40-yard field goal as time ran out that supplied the difference in the game.
The dream of the SEC title and an unbeaten season became a nightmare as Georgia pounded Florida into submission, 27-10. Over the next 23 years, Georgia would go 16-6-1 against Florida. During that time, if the Gators weren't getting stomped by the Bulldogs (51-0 in 1968 and 44-0 in 1982) the Gators were taking superior teams to Jacksonville and finding creative ways to lose games they should have never lost.
Some of you old Gators may want to skip the next paragraph as we recall some of those "memories".
In 1975 the Gators were undefeated in the conference but lost in Jacksonville, 10-7. In 1976 the Gators were undefeated in the conference but lost in Jacksonville 41-27. In 1980 the Gators had the game won until the "run Lindsay run" play. Florida went into the 1985 game ranked first in the nation for the first time in school history only to lose, 24-3. To cap off the eighties, the Gators lost to Georgia three straight times even with Emmitt Smith playing for Florida. What makes that 1989 loss so unbearable is that Ray Goff was coaching the Bulldogs.
The Bible tells us that "on the seventh day God rested." On the eighth day he created The Evil Genius. Florida called him Steve Superior. Georgia called him Darth Visor. Georgia fans wore T-shirts that said "Will Rogers Never Met Steve Spurrier." Spurrier only fanned the flames with his brash, cocky and always arrogant coaching persona.
Georgia fans had a number of unprintable names for Spurrier, too, but the one thing they couldn't call him was forgetful. Oh, how he remembered.
The one thing that Spurrier did not do when he was hired was put too much importance in the Georgia game to the media. His thoughts were that it was natural that the Gators would win in Jacksonville. It was in Florida, in a place called the Gator Bowl, the Gators rode a bus, the Bulldogs had to fly. He was not going to over-hype the game and put more pressure on his team than was needed.
Make no mistake about it though, this was the game. This was Steve Spurrier's chance for payback and it was VERY personal. The way Spurrier coached Shane Matthews on the field that November day in 1990 it was almost as if the HBC envisioned himself on the field throwing every pass. Every time Florida scored it was revenge for that loss back in 1966. The 1990 game against Georgia was almost as if Steve Spurrier stepped onto the national stage to tell the world that the Georgia Bulldogs were now his personal whipping boys.
The Old Ball Coach told us the Alabama game was the biggest game of the 1990 season, and while it was a big win, that game against Georgia was really the big one. I really believe that Spurrier, ever the artful master of the head games, wanted his team to have that big win safely secured in their hearts and minds by the time they got to Jacksonville. Why spend the entire season hyping the game and building up the pressure for his team. Instead of allowing his players to think of Georgia as a big game, he simply transformed it into just another win over just another Georgia team. In a way, Spurrier's failure to acknowledge Gerogia as a formidable or even worthy opponent was the ultimate insult. From a pure psychological standpoint, Steve Spurrier never allowed Georgia to have the emotional edge.
If Florida had not won that game, Spurrier would have still been successful but it was a defining moment game. It was Spurrier's statement that the Gators were not going to be kicked around any more by Georgia, at least not while he had something to say about the issue. Remember when Spurrier was once asked if the Gators would ever even the series record with Georgia? Told that Florida trailed Georgia by 18 games, Spurrier responded by saying he wasn't sure if he'd be coaching the Gators another 18 years. This was Spurrier telling the Gator Nation that this was a game he never expected to lose and it was also a way of keeping the 800-pound gorilla on the backs of Georgia.
For all the losses to the Dogs since 1966, for all the yapping and smack talk the Gators had endured in those 24 years Spurrier took a giant eraser and wiped the board clean. I am fully convinced that even though Georgia will have more talent than South Carolina in 2005, the thought of Steven Orr Spurrier on the South Carolina sideline will send cold chills and shivers throughout the Bulldog nation. The last time that Steve Spurrier took a team between the hedges at Sanford Stadium the Old Ball Coach hung a fifty-spot on the hated Bulldogs.
From 1990-1996, the Gators won seven in a row over Georgia. After the aberration of 1997, a loss to Georgia, Spurrier ran off another four wins. When Spurrier left in 2002 the Bulldog fans let out a sigh of relief. Ron Zook reminded Gator fans the day he took the Florida job in 2002 that he wasn't Steve Spurrier. Try convincing Georgia fans that he wasn't after those Florida wins in 2002 and 2003. Even though he had been fired the Monday before the 2004 game, Zooker still almost made it three in a row over Georgia.
So now it is 2005. On paper Georgia is a much better team than the one that Spurrier demolished in 1990. Even though Florida enters the game with the new coach and Richt is considered among the SEC's elite coaches, this game takes on epic proportions. Georgia is convinced that its football program has advanced to the point that even with huge losses of talent to graduation and the NFL it's simply a reloading year. The Bulldogs will reload this year with DJ Shockley at quarterback. The most memorable pass of his career so far was caught by Florida's Guss Scott who returned it for a touchdown.
Georgia fans seem quite convinced that the offense Urban Meyer brought to Florida from Utah is nothing more than a "gimmick." The Bulldogs believe that if they can stop Boise State's offense in game one of the 2005 season that the Meyer offense will fare no better. Georgia's offense in 2005 may remind fans of the old Vince Dooley offenses because it's obvious the Bulldogs have more talent for running the ball than for throwing it. Georgia will still have to prove it can throw the ball because one dimensional offenses typically don't fare well in the SEC. If Shockley can throw, Georgia could be very good by the time the Bulldogs square off with the Gators. If they can't throw, it will be a long season and the Florida game will likely make one day seem like a month.
If Georgia can win this one, Bulldog fans will be convinced that the big gorilla is gone forever, that the pendulum has finally swung back in their direction. A Georgia win and Richt will be hailed as the next Bobby Bowden in the Peach State.
They were saying similar things 1990 about Ray Goff. If he could beat the Gators to go two for two against UF as a coach, he would be hailed as the next Vince Dooley. Well, Goff didn't win against that first year Florida coach, and this year, the daunting task for Richt is to win against Florida's first year coach.
Once again, 1990 mirrors 2005. All indications are that Florida's new coach in 2005 is an awful lot like the new coach who arrived in Gainesville in 1990. If Urban Meyer wins his first Florida-Georgia encounter, his career may go on to mirror or even exceed that of the Old Ball Coach.
If that happens, Georgia fans might be wondering if they'll ever taste victory against the Gators again. I think Gator fans would gladly take an 11-1 record against Georgia the next 12 years, don't you?


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Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Beachy Moments
As summer is coming to an end, (and so quickly it seems!) I do hope to get a day or two to spend near the water — enjoying the seaside scent, sand beneath my toes and wind blowing through my hair...it's such a delightful and freeing feeling, is it not? :)
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I wish I was there!ReplyDelete
yes, the summer didn't last long at all it seems..ReplyDelete
This makes me so sad I didn't get to fit in a beach vacation this year! These images are so lovely. I know I'm going to be daydreaming about them once the cold Chicago winter rolls in :)ReplyDelete
Not for me-I hate sand and getting my hair messed up-these pictures actually make me nervous-LOL. but summer did fly by.ReplyDelete
a must do before summer ends! although the beach is lovely in the fall too :) we just have to wear light jacket, and of course our Septembers can be pretty nice!ReplyDelete
These pictures are gorgeous! Love the outfits... They remind me of the lucky week I spent this summer at the Italian Adriatic coast... Just walking for miles down the coastline, with my feet in the sand and the stars above my head. Reccommandable!ReplyDelete
Gorgeous photos, beautiful colours... xxxReplyDelete
the dress she's wearing w/ the horse, incredible!!ReplyDelete
- isn't it though? That's the color that I pulled for the pink you see in my new header for Haute Design :)ReplyDelete
eye candy...i'm a sucker for aqua and sand-hued ensembles, both in fashion and decor.ReplyDelete
so very lovely.
i'm sending a link to my blog friend at StreetStyleLondon. she loves the beach and the color aqua.
I hope she likes it! I was immediately drawn into the wonderful combination of colors, natural beauty and the accessories...ReplyDelete


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Raleigh is projected to run out of water in 20 years, and by 2060 the city will need more than twice the volume of water that it uses today, according to the city's first Water Resource Assessment and Plan.
In 2007, the city started the process to gain federal approval to dam the Little River; however, the city must first show that no less environmentally damaging practical alternatives are available.
The City Council recently authorized $355,000 to pay Hazen and Sawyer to do just that. That money is in addition to the roughly $6 million spent since 2007 exploring the Little River Reservoir option.
The Little River Reservoir is estimated to cost $263 million and will extend the water supply by just 10 years. The city already owns all of the land that would be inundated.
"It is going to take a combination of these alternatives," Waldroup said, "so if the Little River Reservoir is not the selected, preferred project of today, it will be needed for our communities to grow in the future, no doubt."
The Endangered Species Act, environmental groups, state and federal regulators, and smart growth advocates are all requiring Raleigh to show that it has explored alternatives, implemented efficiency and conservation measures, and completed environmental impact assessments before accepting that the Little River Reservoir is the best option.
The city's new Water Resource Assessment and Plan offers a comprehensive summary of supply issues and conservation and efficiency efforts.
Water is not just Raleigh's problem—there is demand for water across the region. Without it, the rate of growth the Triangle is expecting will be difficult to sustain.
The Jordan Lake Partnership, made up of communities around the Triangle, is looking at how to maximize the Jordan Lake water supply.
Raleigh's recent creation with its eastern Wake County neighbors of a water service area was in part motivated by regional thinking.
Tom Fransen, deputy director of the Division of Water Resources, said the federal government, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will look for the least environmentally damaging options.
"They are going to look at things like, is there a regional solution? Is there surplus water that a neighbor has where an interconnection might make sense versus [building] a whole new reservoir?" he said.
Raleigh's Water Predicament
Raleigh's Water Utility Transition Advisory Taskforce, known by the acronym WUTAT and pronounced woo-TAT, is a group of political, industrial and university representatives. The task force recommended that the city's public utilities department produce a Water Resources Assessment and Plan to analyze long-term water supply and demand, promote conservation, educate customers, and seek a diverse set of water supplies.
The plan looks ahead 50 years at supply and demand, new supplies, efficiency and conservation, storm water and wastewater, regional cooperation, and practices now unfeasible or illegal that might later become options. The report summarizes for city council members and residents the status and future of the city's water supply.
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Waldroup said that new water is hard to acquire "either because of the monetary value involved or because there are multiple parties that have objections to it or there is a significant environmental impact or a significant social impact."
If current projections are correct, the city needs more water by 2030.
The city reviewed 25 options, including piping water from as far away as the coast or Kerr Lake. Hazen and Sawyer will study the three most likely options other than Little River: extracting more water directly from Falls Lake, from below the Falls Lake dam, or from the Neuse River near the Johnston/Wake County line.
Because all three options rely on the Neuse, "if one is chosen, it makes the other two unlikely," Waldroup said.
Each of the choices will need to address the impact to endangered species. The Little River is home to two endangered species, the Tar River Spiny Mussel and Dwarf Wedge Mussel. Five more species that call the watershed home are on the federal list for consideration, Waldroup said.
The Atlantic Sturgeon was listed earlier this year—a species that exists in the Neuse from the coast all the way upstream to the dam.
Potential Water Sources
The city will need multiple sources in the next 50 years to meet the predicted 38 million gallons per day demand. Raleigh already can draw up to 66 million gallons per day from Falls Lake and 11 million gallons from the Swift Creek system (lakes Benson and Wheeler).
Drawing more water from Falls Lake, the leading alternative to the Little River Reservoir, seems like an obvious choice, but it requires the approval of the United States Army Corps of Engineers—the organization that manages the space above the dam for flood control, water quality preservation, and water supply and sediment storage.
Raleigh would like to convert some of the water quality portion into supply.
"It may take three years and three million dollars just to approve the project," Waldroup said.
The city would be required to study the impact on downstream organisms and water quality in the lake.
During the Falls Lake Nutrient Management Rules creation process in 2009, the data about water quality in the lake was widely disputed. If Raleigh were to withdraw more water from the lake, it could affect the ecosystem and perhaps degrade the water quality further—making the water more difficult and expensive to treat and making the efforts of upstream communities to clean up their discharge seem futile.
The lake would be lower more days per year, disrupting recreational uses and the lake's ability to serve as a drought buffer.
Another option is to extract water directly from the Neuse River below the dam. A nearby quarry would be used to store water as a buffer for drought and periods of peak use. However, that quarry is still active and privately owned.
The third option is to insert an intake in the Neuse River near the Wake and Johnston County line. There is no storage capacity with this option.
Each choice takes more water directly from the Neuse and, like all of the options, requires state and federal approvals.
Other Options
The Water Resource Assessment and Plan also looks at innovative water supply options. The capture and reuse of stormwater is considered but is rejected as too expensive.
Reusing treated wastewater is another option. It has been done in other places such as San Diego, the Philippines, and Gwinnett County, GA.
In practice wastewater is usually used indirectly—discharged into a reservoir, river or aquifer before being used as a raw water source some distance away. The practice is prohibited in the state of North Carolina, even though nearly half of the Neuse River below Raleigh's wastewater treatment plant is treated wastewater.
Waldroup said the city council has asked public utilities to request the General Assembly's permission to complete a pilot study to re-use water in one of its reservoirs.
The idea is politically unpleasant—many almost instinctively recoil from the notion of reusing treated wastewater. However, Waldroup said, the city of "San Diego figured out that the water they pull from the Colorado River has been through something like 350 wastewater treatment plants before it gets to them."
San Diego has begun recycling its wastewater.
If Raleigh receives approval for the pilot, it will be the first time the practice has been allowed in North Carolina.
Another option is to use water from Jordan or Kerr Lake; however, the state strictly regulates the transfer of water between watersheds. Fransen estimates that it would cost a million dollars and take three to five years of study just to receive permission to begin the permitting and infrastructure building process for such an endeavor.
And regional neighbors could sue to prevent the transfer.
The assessment and plan considers efficiency and conservation as a new water source. Raleigh residents have begun to use water more wisely, Waldroup said.
"In 2007, the city used 51 million gallons per day. In 2012, the city used 51 million gallons per day, yet we added between 20-30 thousand people in our service areas."
Karen Rindge, executive director of WakeUP Wake County, asks "have we done everything with water efficiency that we could be doing and water reuse? Have we really looked at using other ways to capture rain water such as large cisterns, and incentivizing those?"
Indeed, cisterns prevent rain from washing nutrients and sediment into local waters and serve as a source for irrigation. The Whole Foods built in 2011 off of Six Forks Road in north Raleigh was built with an 11,000-gallon cistern to capture rain water to irrigate lawns and flush toilets.
The plan shows that the city considered updating the fixture-replacement incentive from the 1994 water efficiency standard to the newer EPA WaterSense standard, but does not recommend it, implying that it would be culturally and socially unacceptable at this time. Waldroup added that state building codes prevent the city from mandating it.
The newer WaterSense standard requires 20 percent more efficient fixtures than the 1994 standard—the 2-gallon-per-minute shower head recommended in 1994 is reduced to 1.6 gallons per minute under the WaterSense rule. A 20 percent efficiency gain across the city would stretch Raleigh's water supply another decade.
"In the end we may need to do the Little River project, but the environmental impact is going to be significant. It is one of the last pristine rivers in the area." Rindge said. "All that land they bought for it would also make a really nice park."


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I have the talent and the intensity. I just need the tools.
Both graphic design and web design are really about coming up with new approaches to solve problems. So you'll start with the basics of both in areas like color, illustration, and image manipulation, then explore concept development and implementation courses. After your first year, you'll choose a concentration. In Graphic Design, you'll take a more traditional approach, studying product packaging, posters, art direction, and layout design. You'll work on product packaging, posters, and interactive media, including web page design. You'll work with professional technology, including image manipulation software and computer-aided design, then progress to art direction and strategies for designing a product, service, or message. If you choose Web Design, you'll work across media platforms from mobile devices to desktop computers. This is screen-based visual communication involving interactive design and development using industry software, authoring systems and web scripting. You'll explore emerging technology, work with audio and video, and more. See our gainful employment pages for possible careers that match the program that interests you.
Meet our Alumni
Ciara RiosFashion Marketing & Management , 2015
"The business, visual, retail sales management, and interior design [courses that I took at school] helped me to prepare for my career at Target."Read More
Ciara Rios
Merchandising Lead for Target
Ciara Rios is a visual merchandising lead for Target in Denver, Colorado. She works to build sales by creating visual presentations and uses specific tactics to achieve this goal. Ciara not only coaches her team on presentation, she keeps the store looking fresh by changing mannequins frequently so customers are always seeing something new. "[I make] business sales decisions based on sport/life/weather events and ensure that our furniture section is always looking like a presentation—like it's someone's home. If an aisle sells down, I need to fill it using appropriate merchandise that tells a story and encourages the customer to buy a few things [in addition to what they're] purchasing."
Ciara says that she stepped into a brand new position at Target—at the same time she was new to the Denver area. "It was super hard for me to adjust my life in Colorado while also learning a new company and a new job. No one quite understood what my role would be. I decided that [since this] role was new, I could create it in a way that makes the best decisions for the company. That's just what I did." Ciara partnered with coworkers and reached out to corporate leaders to create a task list and ensure she was adding value to the company. "By creating visual presentations based on business needs, I am coming in and changing the way that other employees see the Target brand. My goal is to use my creative techniques to grow sales."
Ciara is used to challenges. While a student, she took six classes a week while working full time in retail management. She was also a stylist at Phoenix Fashion Week. "I know how hard it is to juggle all the responsibilities." She recommends that current students stay focused on their goals. "If you work hard towards your degree, it will pay off in the long run. Another piece of advice I would extend is to not be afraid of change. Be open to new jobs and new cities because sometimes you can grow in the industry more if you relocate. I [moved] to Colorado in order to take the best opportunity for me and I have no regrets."
Ciara, who in 2015 earned a Bachelor of Arts in Fashion Marketing from The Art Institute of Phoenix, says that her education helped to make her a competitive candidate for jobs in the fashion industry. Today, she is excited to be working in fashion and pleased to be associated with a company that has strong customer and employee loyalty. "After joining the Target company, I soon came to realize that many employees have been here 10 plus years. This showed me that Target is not only a great company to work for but they are very supportive of growing their employees within the company."
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Kyle DavilaGraphic & Web Design , 2015
"I am an asset to the agency because I have capabilities and skills [that I learned in school] that allow us to keep jobs in-house instead of using third party vendors. In this industry, that's very important."Read More
Kyle Davila
Art Director at SANTY
Kyle Davila is an art director at SANTY in Scottsdale, Arizona. He's responsible for overseeing creative work for clients—everything from big campaigns to emails and web banners. "I also handle most of the in-house photography for the studio, so I have days where I spend 90% of my time away from my desk at photo shoots."
Kyle's coworkers inspire him with their dedication and creativity. "I am pretty fortunate to be surrounded by some really creative, passionate people that make what I do that much easier. The people I work with do some pretty impressive work. Personally, I have to be the hardest working one in the room and the minute I feel like I'm not is when I push myself to grow even more." Kyle challenges himself by staying up late to research and further concept ideas he's working on at SANTY.
He says that the design industry can be very challenging. "If you aren't willing to outwork everyone around you all the time, then you can't complain when you get stuck in the same spot for years and years to come." He encourages designers to always push themselves to create something better. "I began to experience the benefits of my hard work when I started working less and less on production [and was placed] in charge of larger campaigns. It was an important shift for me because [I was now providing creative] ideas, and that's where you earn respect with the upper level directors."
Kyle keeps an open line of communication at work, and is committed to helping the agency put out the best work possible. He cites a time when a new employee didn't fully grasp a client's design wishes and presented a concept that didn't resonate with the client. Kyle made the difficult decision to talk with other art directors at the company—including senior art directors—to share his ideas on how to meet the client's needs. "I have an immense amount of passion for what I do and the work I give to the clients. I had to take the difficult step to have a conversation with the directors and let them know it wasn't our best work and I could improve it. This was by no means easy. It took days of tough conversations that were heated at times. I was able to redo the creative and back-up everything I was saying with improvements to the campaign."
While situations like this can be difficult, Kyle says it's worth the challenge. He recommends that current students understand that they won't always have the best ideas—but they need to keep pushing forward. "You might think [your idea isn't great], but someone else could hear it and take it to the next level. The next thing you know, you're on the cover of magazines for the idea. It's funny because people think this industry is based on skill. That's a portion of it, but a majority of it is being able to persevere through bad idea after bad idea until you land on that great one. Dedication is the name of the game."
Kyle, who in 2015 earned a Bachelor of Arts in Graphic & Web Design from The Art Institute of Phoenix, says that his education provided networking opportunities and industry insights that have helped him in his career. "I am an asset to the agency because I have capabilities and skills that allow us to keep jobs in-house instead of using third party vendors. In this industry, that's very important."
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What Will I Study?
I'm a visual problem solver. Let's get started.
The curriculum for each concentration is hands-on, rigorous, and well-rounded. It was designed by experienced industry and education innovators to emphasize the skills you'll need to start you career. Beginning with common classes, then exploring concentration-specific areas, you'll study:SHARED COURSES:
- Color & Design Fundamentals
- Image Manipulation
- Traditional Typography
- Layout & Concept Design
- Web Page Scripting
- Digital Illustration
- Interactive Motion Graphics
- Advertising Concepts
- Form and Space, including Advanced Layout Design
- Package Design
- Business of Graphic Design
- Publication Design
- Art Direction
- Information Architecture
- Interface Design
- Audio & Video
- Design for Mobile Devices & Emerging Technologies
- Web Page Design
I'm looking for my proving ground.
At The Art Institutes system of schools, creativity is our core, our calling, our culture. Our Graphic & Web Design degree programs are built on that creative foundation. It's also built on our knowledge that a creative career is not for the faint of heart. Because it's tough out there, it's tough in here. But we temper the tough with the support you need to make your creativity marketable. We provide the mentoring and real-world experience you need to prevail, with faculty* who've worked in the field and internship possibilities at successful businesses. Here, you'll be encouraged and expected to be bold. To take risks. To push yourself and the people around you. So if your heart is telling you that you belong in a creative field, you belong here. It's the hardest thing you'll ever love.
*Credentials and experience levels vary by faculty and instructors.
Meet our Faculty
Alison KingGraphic & Web Design
"Slightly uncomfortable? Good. That means you're growing."Read More
Alison King
Was there a defining moment when you knew you were destined to become a creative professional?
It all came together for me in high school. I loved design, but had no idea what I was doing. I kept at it, and as a senior I became yearbook editor. I loved the challenge of publication design so much, I decided to apply to a New York City design school. My commitment to working in the arts started the day I stepped on that plane.
How do you weave your professional background into the classroom experience?
I have the battle scars from working in our industry, so I'm able to show my students the value of resilience. Life throws curve balls, and being able to improvise and pivot is important if you're going to succeed in this fast-paced profession.
What class assignment exemplifies your approach to teaching and mentoring?
First-year students can be overwhelmed by expectations, so I offer one of my favorite mantras: "How do you eat a whale? One bite at a time." In my observational drawing class, each lesson focuses on a skill such as sighting or perceiving values, and by midterm we start putting those skills together in concert, like a symphony. Students are often surprised how eye-opening a few simple lessons can be.
How do you inspire students to push themselves beyond their perceived limits?
Slightly uncomfortable? Good. That means you're growing. Students often don't know how far they can go until they've been pushed outside their comfort zone. I remind them that the pain, awkwardness, suffering, and self-doubt are only temporary—once the job's done, they'll want to sign up to do it all over again.
What's the most important thing you impart to students to help them succeed in class and the real world?
I tell my students that it takes thousands of hours to truly master something. Practicing your craft every day is so important.
What's the most critical advice you would offer any student embarking on a creative career?
Find mentors you admire, and make yourself indispensable to them. Work for free on something you're passionate about; Volunteer: It's some of the best networking out there.
Dapzury ValenzuelaFashion Marketing & Management
"Don't simply do enough to get by—that's not for the seriously creative."Read More
Dapzury Valenzuela
Was there a defining moment when you knew you were destined to become a creative professional?
I got involved in the layout and digital design of my high school yearbook, taking photos, interviewing students, and organizing information. The moment I started using Adobe ® Illustrator ® , I knew I wanted a creative career where I could express my ideas.
How do you weave your professional background into the classroom experience?
I treat my students as clients, and my clients as students. I try to make the classroom experience as real-world as possible. Our creative team meets to share ideas, identify tasks, and determine milestones and deadlines. Creative executions are presented, revised, resubmitted, and eventually completed. Project management is used to keep track of each member's progress. It's all about challenging and pushing everyone to do their best.
What class assignment exemplifies your approach to teaching and mentoring?
In my upper level Portfolio class, students prepare their graduating trade show displays. It's a pretty stressful time, so I work one-on-one with them to motivate and help them stay focused and positive. Being flexible and persistent is something I strive to instill in each of my grads. I often share examples from my own experience where I was able to turn challenges into opportunities to find new ways to solve problems.
How does collaboration contribute to students' success?
Team projects help students build emotional intelligence. Creative people take great pride in their work, and collaboration helps them learn to process the feedback and critique that can help them become better designers. They learn to keep an open mind and consider others' opinions—and defend their own.
What's the most important thing you impart to students to help them succeed in class and the real world?
Think positively. If you want to become a successful creative professional, you need to think like one. Read books about them, join organizations they belong to, and produce work that's on par with theirs. Finally, keep a positive mental attitude to help you get through challenges.
What's the most critical advice you would offer any student embarking on a creative career?
Over-deliver; Go above and beyond what's expected of you. Don't simply do enough to get by—that's not for the seriously creative. Be the first at the office and the last to leave.
Anything else you'd like to share?Being able to work in industry and share that experience in the classroom is the best of both worlds.
Helen NosovaFashion Design
"Commit to your work. We all have passion... but without true commitment, that passion can easily go to waste."Read More
Helen Nosova
Was there a defining moment when you knew you were destined to become a creative professional?
There was no single defining moment, but my childhood was full of wild fashion risks, customizing and altering my own wardrobe, and coordinating my friends' outfits. I ventured into theatrical costuming at an early age.
How do you weave your professional background into the classroom experience?
As a former museum professional, I require my students to visit and participate in fashion-related events at Phoenix Art Museum. They're exposed to extraordinary objects that represent some of the most important moments in fashion history, as well as current designer works. I encourage them to be scholars of fashion, so they can become more intelligent and creative designers.
What class assignment exemplifies your approach to teaching and mentoring?
While teaching a Theater Makeup course years ago, I created an assignment I called Rapid Fire Quick Change. Each designer performed various makeup and hair changes on a fellow student in under 30 seconds each—working in near total darkness to simulate the focus, speed and technical skill needed to succeed as a theater technician. It was high-pressure, but it was always great fun.
How does collaboration contribute to students' success—particularly when students from various programs work together?
In fashion, we work with other artists and designers to help us with inspiration, creation, promotion, and selling our designs. We must surround ourselves with talented professionals who support our vision and help bring our products to the marketplace. Our students have a rare opportunity to begin networking now with fellow artists who'll go on to be photographers, graphic designers, and more. They can become their "go-to" professional contacts.
What's the most important thing you impart to students to help them succeed in class and the real world?
Commit to your work. We all have passion, and that's certainly an integral part of being an artist. But without true commitment, that passion can easily go to waste. I teach my students to research and analyze their ideas, sketch constantly, understand the business of our industry, and most of all practice good time-management.
Anything else you'd like to share?
I encourage my students to surround themselves with people that inspire them, challenge their ideas, and celebrate their achievements.
Jack P. SullivanGraphic & Web Design
"When you do good work, opportunities seem to find you."Read More
Jack P. Sullivan
Was there a defining moment when you knew you were destined to become a creative professional?
My first mentor was my high school art teacher. She suggested that I put my creative talent to use in the advertising industry, and advised me to get a degree in the field of graphic design. When she showed me samples of creative work that was being done in graphic design, that really appealed to me.
How do you weave your professional background into the classroom experience?
I still work as a professional in the field, which means I can share real-world situations like dealing with clients. We talk about what clients expect from us; more importantly, I tell students not to be hindered by any limitations that a client may impose. Once we establish that, they have plenty of creative freedom to do amazing work. And when you do good work, opportunities seem to find you.
What class assignment exemplifies your approach to teaching and mentoring?
In my package design class, students create a meal-to-box for a local restaurant. Each carrier box must contain four more boxes, each one holding an individual meal. So they have to decide the best size for the entree, side dishes, dessert, etc. Then comes the creative part of applying the theme to the boxes for a consistent look and feel—not just slapping a logo on the boxes. There are so many moving parts that it really forces the student to do their research first, then gather samples, then be able to execute that solution from both an engineering and design standpoint.
How does collaboration contribute to students' success—particularly when students from various programs work together?
In the package design project, students take the role of art director and work with a Photography student on a tabletop photo shoot. They must turn in three photos: the outside box, the interior boxes and how they fit into the outside box, and a detail shot highlighting the typography, illustration, and other aspects. The teamwork involved helps them understand how things work in the real world.
What's the most important thing you impart to students to help them succeed in class and the real world?
It's not enough to have great ideas. You have to make them work visually. Break your work down to its simplest form visually, and you'll get the greatest results.
What's the most critical advice you would offer any student embarking on a creative career?
There are a lot of creative people out there, and some may be more creative than you. But if you can come up with good creative solutions and execute your design concepts, you'll make yourself valuable.
Anything else you'd like to share?
I love the fact that the faculty here all share their strengths with each other to help students bring out their best.
Michael Thomas Di CosolaVisual & Game Programming
"When most people are asleep, you'll still be up working. Your passion is what'll get you through."Read More
Michael Thomas Di Cosola
Was there a defining moment when you knew you were destined to become a creative professional?
My uncle was the chief electrical engineer at The Walt Disney Company. Through him, I got a behind-the-scenes look at the Disney magic and art. I remember watching an artist paint designs in the Enchanted Tiki Room and bombarding him with questions. That's when I knew I wanted to bring art to others.
What class assignment exemplifies your approach to teaching and mentoring, and how do you inspire students to push themselves beyond their perceived limits?
I assign a project in my Interior Worlds class that gives students one week to complete a scene from the game series Unreal following all the rules of design (rules of thirds, golden spiral, etc.) I expect them to fail. But I also expect them to give their best. To try and try again. And learn what they did wrong and figure out how to correct it.
How does collaboration contribute to students' success—particularly when students from various programs work together?
Collaboration lets students see things from different points of view. Our Visual & Game Programming students work with our [Game Art & Design] students—and that's led to many successful outcomes. One team even placed in the Independent Games Festival.
What's the most important thing you impart to students to help them succeed in class and the real world?
Making games isn't easy. Just because you love games doesn't mean you should make them. You have to have a passion. When most people are asleep, you'll still be up working. Your passion is what will get you through.
What's the most critical advice you would offer any student embarking on a creative career?
There's no one way to do something. Just dive in and start doing it.
Anything else you'd like to share?
Students ask me all the time why I don't go back to making games. I ask them to tell me where else but teaching can you help someone become the best person they can be, and watch them live their dreams. It's like a video game, only it's real.
[My education] helped me to learn how to be an effective teammate and work well with others. Calvert Griffin
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design, 2014, The Art Institute of Michigan


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Man Sought In Kruger Murder
The Douglas County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's assistance in locating 51 year old Warren J. Levering.
A felony warrant for being an Accessory to a Felony was issued for Levering Tuesday in connection with the murder of Kruger, who was shot and killed at 168th and Fort last month.
The sheriff's department says anyone with information on the whereabouts of Levering is encouraged to contact their Tip Line at 402-444-6000.
A cash reward of up to $1000 is being offered for information leading to Levering's arrest and callers can remain annonymous.
Nikko Jenkins has been arrested for murdering Kruger and three other people over a ten day period in August.


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As part of his role as a part time Structural Engineering tutor at Oxford Brookes School of Architecture, Stephen Melville will be giving a lecture on Thursday 2nd February on the subject 'Structuring Architecture'. This is a great opportunity to help convey the principles of collaboration and critical thought in the overlapping space of Architectural Design
Monthly Archives: January 2012
2012/01/31 By rcd
Structuring Architecture at Oxford Brookes University
2012/01/18 By rcd
Computational Design Lecture at TU Delft
Stephen Melville recently gave a lecture to the Architectural faculty of the Technical University of Delft on Computational Design and the practical application of the RCD team's on-going research to live projects and future directions such as urbanism. The lecture was at the invitation of the high rise unit of the school.
2012/01/05 By rcd
Riba forgotten spaces competition
With Texere Studios, this was the first time we applied the research into digital urbanism and the science of emergent behaviour. taking the free roaming ponies in the new Forest as a inspiration for a traffic calming measure in a london site we helped with a design which created an inner city farm with sheep
2012/01/05 By rcd
Maljevik Bay, Montenegro
Working with Foster + Partners we developed an in-house routine to automatically determine the optimum three dimensional roof form giving the right degree of internal solar shading in the new villa structures on the coastline of Montenegro. The application automatically shapes the roofs of villas in relation to the solar shading needed. We were
2012/01/05 By rcd
London funnel sculpture
A least energy structure the form being determined by rcd's own routines together with principle curvature mapping to form efficient framing The timber members were set out in relation to the lines of principle curvature on the efficient surface. we developed the routines to do this and it enables a simple orthogonal structure to
2012/01/04 By rcd
Riga Airport Competition
Computational analysis of caternaries enhances 3D modelling capability On a competition submission for Riga Airport, the RCD group used computerised analysis to model the undulating roof structure which was inspired by the catenary form. In the 19th century Gaudi defined the form of his iconic La Sagrada Família by making scale physical models using
2012/01/04 By rcd
Presidential Library Astana
An algorithm inspired by electrical behaviour of sub-atomic particles rationalises a complex facade Both archive and museum, the National Library will be a place for work and study, as well as education and tourism. A place for progress and a place for pleasure. As a national concentration of knowledge about the Kazakh culture and


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A Cold Day in Hell for Dances With Dirt
stu allen photo
It was literally a cold day in Hell, Michigan. My wife Shelia and I lined up in the dark waiting to start our day of adventure. That would entail 50 miles of insane terrain known as Dances With Dirt.


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Chee Tayeb – 10 Aug 2016
Chee Tayeb is a relatively new addition to the Perth CBD. Located on Murray St, they serve a range of coffees and teas but they also serve Lebanese cuisine. Open for breakfast and lunch, I popped in for lunch. I decided on the tawouk, marinated chicken skewers that were removed from the skewer and served with super light soft warmed pita bread, a rocket salad, tender slices of thick grilled potatoes, and the chicken of course which was moist, tender, and carried a light subtle marinade. The flavour wasn't overpowering and a touch of the mayo added more pep to each bite. Deceptively filling. I was also keen on dessert and the customers next to me got something interesting that wasn't on the menu. I got it too, knafeh, a semolina dessert with a most delicious gooey stringy elastic cheese topped with a fine crumb and served with a touch of syrup and pistachios and walnuts for some crunch. Oh wow, what a delicious dessert! Cheese is unusual in a dessert, but while rich, the touch of sweetness works wonders in this wonderful traditional Lebanese creation. Excellent service, pop in for a coffee, a takeaway wrap or come in and taste the menu.


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This may surprise some of you, or not. Perhaps you actually don't go around contemplating what foods I like or dislike, prefer or don't prefer. Well, if you do, and if you've wondered…I'm not a huge sandwich fan. I know. Weird huh? I usually get tired of my sandwich before I finish with it. Or more truthfully, I get tired of the bread, and end up just eating the filling. So, after I eat a sandwich there is usually a pile of discarded corners and edges and parts of a sandwich, leaving my plate looking like some picky 3 year old ate from it.
My point. And I do have one. Is that I prefer the stuff in the sandwich. The more interesting the stuff, the more interesting the sandwich. So, after smoking a turkey breast the other day, I couldn't deny the fact that some of that turkey would become a sandwich, it would be sacrilegious not to. Knowing that my favorite smoking cookbook, Smoke & Spice – Revised Edition: Cooking With Smoke, the Real Way to Barbecue also had recipes to use up your smoked goodies, I turned to it. I found "Smoked Chicken Sandwich with Summer Confetti". Smoked chicken/smoked turkey pretty much the same thing in my book. I used the part of the recipe dealing with the salad topping.
It was stuff. Stuff for my sandwich. Good stuff. So, even though there were scraps of bread left all over my plate, I managed to eat every last bit of this salad topping.
Salad Topping
- 2/3 cup chopped pimiento-stuffed green olives
- 1 small red ripe tomato, chopped
- 1/3 cup minced red onion (I don't like raw onions so I omitted)
- 2 to 3 tablespoons chopped pepperoncini peppers
- 2 tablespoons minced fresh basil
- 2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- pinch of salt
Combine the ingredients in a bowl and refrigerate.
Spoon on your sandwich and enjoy your stuff.
This will be my entry for Souper Sundays (Soup, Salad, or Sammie) hosted by Deb at Kahakai Kitchen.
And for Foodie Friday at Designs by Gollum!


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Current Residence: Ohio
deviantWEAR sizing preference: Large?
Print preference: 18x24?
Favourite genre of music: Hair Metal
Favourite style of art: Neo-Cubism, Art Deco
Operating System: Windows 7 and Snow Leopard
MP3 player of choice: iPod
Shell of choice: nah not important
Wallpaper of choice: Usually a photo of mine...
Skin of choice: my own? jk...
Favourite cartoon character: Goofy


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Summer is the time when Shoppers (bags, as opposed to people), really prove their worth. They dutifully carry your weekly and work essentials Monday – Friday, and when Saturday comes, they're ready to be packed with whatever your weekend might have in store. The ethnic look, along with the mixed colors of this sturdy weave bag makes it go perfectly with whatever you are wearing.Contrast Collar Sleeveless Shift Dress
The lovely simplicity and femininity of this unmistakably 1960's inspired, retro dress from Cynthia Steffe is like a breath of fresh summer air. Very reminiscent of the dresses that the gamine and ethereally beautiful Mia Farrow wore when she married Frank Sinatra, this frock is multiple occasion perfect.Floral Embroidered High Rise Crop Jeans
These stand-out jeans from Top Shop are absolutely the cream of the cropped! This summer is all about cropped, high-waisted jeans with embellishments. We think you'll agree when we say that one piece that packs a quadruple punch, with every box ticked is pretty hard to beat!Double Strap V-Back Camisole
Lingerie as outerwear has completely stolen the fashion spotlight this season, as has been evidenced by runway sweetheart Kendell Kardashian, as well as regular mortals on the street. This soft, comfortable and subtly seductive cami is perfect to wear alone with jeans, a skirt or palazzo pants.Stone Rings
Wearing multiple rings has a way of instantly transforming your look into a mysterious in a good way, all-knowing, beautifully earthy Boho Queen. Forget about everything you've ever heard about less. More is more with these stunning, stone rings.
You'll be reminded of the beauty of a Van Gogh painting every time you slip on this ring, which was inspired by the sparkling night sky. Alluring and elegant, this ultra-modern cocktail ring is made with natural black druzy, surrounded by white diamonds in 18k gold.Anemone Ring
There are few things more beautiful than the results that come when there is a marriage of organic materials and with the hands of supremely talented jewelry designers. The results are always stunning and exquisitely unique. Handcrafted using a flawless pear-shaped pink tourmaline and diamonds in 18k gold, this anemone shaped ring is the ultimate conversation starter.
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Some professions offer more opportunities for public glory than others. To even stand on a World Cup soccer field, for example, requires a physique that's a cliché of fitness. And that physique can do glorious things, like kick a ball 80 yards, or smash a drilled ball with its head, or pull a spin move while dribbling at a sprint.
This is all wonderful to watch—no ifs, ands or…
But the other day as I was weeding the garden—really fast and dexterously, fistfuls of weeds with nary a good plant lost—I had a thought. As I weeded, images of France's one and only goal against Brazil flashed through my mind. It was a perfect goal: beautiful plan, beautiful pass by Zidane, and a beautiful finish by Henry.
I realized then that the reason I was gardening like a rock star was because I too had set myself up for greatness. My plants were evenly spaced, so I knew where not to grab, and the weeds were few and far between thanks to all the mulch I'd spread. And because of that mulch, the weeds were pleasantly easy to pull.
What a shame, I thought, that there are so many unsung farmer heroes out there, quietly weeding one long row after another, not-so-quietly remarking in color as they fix this piece of equipment or that water line.
And what a shame, I thought, that we don't have zoom-lens coverage of today's farmers, changing tractor implements on a three-point hitch and plowing laser-straight rows, or raising a greenhouse into a jungle, or getting up early enough to make most of us nauseous, day after day.
Soccer and farming are both modern activities with deep roots in our primal past. Soccer is reminiscent of the old-school endeavors of hunting and war in the way it combines teamwork, exertion, leaps and dives, winners and losers.
As for farming, well, humans lived for centuries before they farmed, acquiring food via hunting, gathering, even stealing. These activities culminated in the annual World Series of food stockpiling, held in the dead of winter—the champion being whoever made it through 'til spring.
Today we have a slightly different set of activities with which we can tap into the stockpiling urge, including gardening, foraging, hunting, fishing and gleaning the unpicked fruit trees of the world.
And while another profession gets the nod as the world's oldest—and surely it does scratch an ancient itch—gathering food has to be a notch more important, and a notch older. The mating urge, after all, is dependent on successful fulfillment of the eating urge.
So there I was, weeding my peas like Brazil's Ronaldinho slicing, dicing and dishing his way through a pack of defenders. Noticing how many ripe snap peas there were, I popped some into my mouth. Yum. No finer garden treat exists, although many others tie for first, including strawberries, tomatoes and shelling peas if you've got the time. In fact my shell peas were ripe, too, and even more plentiful, so I picked them off and brought them to the kitchen to shell and freeze, munching all the way. It was a perfect play, combining the immediacy of a perfectly ripe pea eaten fresh with long-term sealed-in goodness to be enjoyed during the World Series of food.
To freeze peas, shell them and blanch in boiling water for a minute, then drain and freeze. For snap peas—another nice play—cut off the stem end and blanch for one and a half minutes, then drain and freeze.
The blanch and freeze technique works for much of today's fresh produce, including beans (three minutes), broccoli (broken into florets, three minutes) and greens (two minutes). Consult a food-storage manual for more.
Another one for your playbook involves fresh fruit, either purchased, homegrown or picked off an abandoned tree. The cherry trees have fruit right now. Soon the apricots come on. Then peaches, followed by plums, apples and pears. If you've already stashed away some berries or rhubarb, all the better.
The play of the day is leather. You can make it out of almost any fruit, berry or combination thereof. Remove the pits and stems and place the fruit in a large, heavy pot with an inch of water in the bottom. Cook with the lid on until the fruit collapses. If you have a food mill or something like it you might consider letting the fruit cool and running it through. If you do this, the next step is to heat the filtered pulp again (otherwise, don't cool the fruit and proceed to the next step) and stir in honey to taste. In addition to adding flavor, honey acts as a preservative—have you ever seen mold on honey? No, you haven't. You can also add juice at this point, for flavor.
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The corn has rebuffed my attempts to get it to germinate. What should I do with the largish patch of my garden that should have had corn in it by now? (I am more interested in plants that will make the dirt ready for tomatoes and peppers next year than more food at this point.)
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It sounds like you want to plant a cover crop. Cover crops are grown instead of edible crops with the intent of replenishing the organic material and nitrogen in the soil that gets removed by crops like your would-be corn. Cover crops are invariably legumes, a type of plant that converts nitrogen from the air into a form that plants can use. Legumes don't need nitrogen in the soil because they supply their own, and when you till the cover crop into the soil, the nitrogen stays there.
This is what farmers and hardcore gardeners do, Cornfounded, and it sounds like you want to join their club. And when wannabe farmers like me receive tough questions like yours, I usually make a phone call to get the correct answer. This time I called Josh Slotnick of Clark Fork Organics.
"I'd go with Austrian Winter Peas," he said. "It's too hot right now to germinate clover. You could go with rye, but that's so pedestrian—you can plant rye anytime. But now is the perfect time for a dense matt of Austrian Winter Peas. Sow it thick, keep it watered, and soon you'll have a green carpet of nitrogen. Cut it down this fall with a weed-whacker and till it in."
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There's only one Courtney Love.
And she's had a place in my life for a long time.
When I was a young teen, my life was pretty chaotic. We were moving around every year, and I was transferring in and out of schools with swiftness. I was struggling with a family situation that didn't make me feel safe, and I retreated into a world that came out of a radio.
Looking back, it seems strangely antiquated to say "Rock and roll saved my life." It didn't– I kept myself alive. But I did it with the help of music. Here's the thing though– up until that pivotal point, I was listening to r&b, top 40, and hip hop.
I loved music, but I didn't find what I didn't know I was looking for til I heard Hole.
I knew who Courtney was, of course, because she was married to Kurt Cobain, and Nirvana was all over the radio and Mtv. I wanted to like Nirvana (I still want to like Nirvana), but they never really hit me in the gut. I knew they were important though. I knew that when Kurt passed away, I was sitting next to my best friend, Crystal, and she started crying. I noticed that we were on the floor. I wanted to hug her but I didn't know how to handle the idea of death, and instead decided to look awkwardly at my typewriter. What the hell was going on? Who kills themselves at the top of their game? I was totally confused.
After that, I started to hear more about Courtney. "Live Through This" was being played more and more on the radio. Courtney's raw voice made me uncomfortable. It was the first time I had heard a woman sing like that– it was totally foreign that she didn't care about how she sounded to her audience. Crystal ended up buying the album and we listened to it. Then we pulled out her guitar and turned her tiny amp up just barely so her dad wouldn't hear it.
That was my first introduction to a lot of things. It was the first time I agreed to be in a band (like all of them, we dissolved…unlike a lot of them, we never even had an initial practice!). It was the first time I saw a woman unabashedly wear her heart on her sleeve, for better or for worse. It was the first time I felt the stirrings of teenage obsession coursing through me.
I remember feeling so connected. I had this secret, this woman to emulate. At a time where I was totally engrossed in perfection (perfect grades, perfect weight, perfect extra curriculars, keeping up the appearance of a perfect home life), Courtney was my spirit animal. She was doing the exact opposite of what I was. She was making decisions that affected her negatively, and she was doing it publicly. She was brash and smart. She was hurt and pissed off and she was totally ok letting that show.
I wanted so badly to let that side of myself show, and I couldn't.
Courtney taught me a lot when I needed it. She taught me about feminism, about standing up for yourself, even if it just starts with stating how you are feeling. She taught me that there is a world outside of terrestrial radio– I dove head first into Babes in Toyland, and from there, Kathleen Hanna, and from there, into Riot Grrrl and zines. She taught me that there was fashion outside of the mall. She taught me that you can wear ANYTHING, if you have confidence. She taught me about marketing, although at that point I didn't know that was what I was learning. She taught me about her version of fame: be ruthless, be big, talk in soundbites.
(Speaking of the talking in soundbites, I specifically remember an interview where she was asked about Alanis Morrissette and her album "Jagged Little Pill". Courtney responded with, "She's a safe version of female rage". This BLEW MY MIND! It still hits me with the same exciting energy as the first time I read it. It was a bold, articulate statement and however much I was aware that you should never slag on other women, well, Alanis was boring. Boring rage–there's no greater sin when you are in teenaged pain. Thank you, Courtney!)
My heart still has affection for Courtney, even though "Live Through This" ended up being the only album she made that I really got into. I loved viewing her work when she had an art show last year, and I'm really impressed with the fashion line she's released. When I see an article about her or Francis Bean, I read it. And despite all of the problems that engulf her, I hope for the best.When I put together my "Cathedral of Rebellion" collection earlier this year, there was no doubt that she would be one of my seven saints.
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Hiya Bill - yeah, that was a neet car gig. No politics, just some real nice cars and good people. If you're wondering why I'm up so dang early, I had this really real, live in living color nightmare last night and woke up in a cold sweat. I had to go out and check the 53 to see if it was ok. It must have been the combination of those two beers, the jalapenios on that Subway sandwich and the family-size ice cream cone I ate that pushed me over the edge..
The 53 never smoked an ounce and never missed a lick all the way home. I think what happened was, we showed up so early last night, we stopped in at that crowded little sports bar up the street and had a few beers. I had to park kinda caddywompus on this little hill in the parking lot. I figure with my hi volume oil pump slingin' oil all over the place, maybe a little oil in my motor must have drained down where it wasn't supposed to be, but It's all good now.
Don - your little 53 sedan's really straight and looks perfect in those rally wheels. I know what you mean about 53 stockers not being very fun to drive but, once you get the stovebolt stuff out from under the hood and a new frontend under it, it'll drive and move as good as it looks.
Bob - I can't wait to see that little hotrod Monza ya'll are workin' on, do a 9 second pass with your wife behind the wheel.
Had a good one guys, thanks for the invite. Comin' from my side of town traffic's the only bummer with that one... It was a good test for the cooling system though. With the cam I've got, I give the 53 a B- in rush-hour traffic.
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Outcome of vagus nerve stimulation for epilepsy in Budapest.
Authors: Muller K, Fabo D, Entz L, Kelemen A, et al.
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Nimbus Grandis: Mitsubishi's people mover has gone for a hip makeover.
MITSUBISHI Australia has released a VRX version of its Grandis people-mover, which is priced from $43,900 and receives a range of cosmetic treatments – but no performance enhancements. Among the exterior features are 17-inch wheels, unique grille, side skirts, wheel arch flares and chrome exhaust extension, while the interior gets black leather trim, aluminium pedals and "mesh print" switchgear.
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The Welsh Assembly Government has ordered the removal of a young water buffalo and a bullock from Skanda Vale in rural Carmarthenshire on Thursday.
Shambo was killed by lethal injection in July after a long-running legal challenge by monks living there failed.
Tests were later carried out on five more animals at the community.
Brother Alex, of Skanda Vale, says there would be no repeat of the ceremony which took place when Shambo was taken away for slaughter.
He told BBC Radio Wales that he did not expect inspectors to be obstructed on Thursday morning.
Wales's rural affairs minister Elin Jones said: "Formal notices have been issued to the community at Skanda Vale for two more bovines at the community to be put down to bring the outbreak of bovine TB there under control."
The move has been welcomed by farming unions.
Farmers' Union of Wales president Gareth Vaughan said: "This proves that what has happened at Skanda Vale has followed a classic trend of TB transmission with an initial infection apparently spreading to other animals.
"The Welsh Assembly Government, backed by the FUW, have already upheld the law regarding Shambo.
"The post mortem on that animal showed that the Assembly's action was appropriate because the animal represented a major risk in terms of disease transmission in humans and animals.
"The risk appears to be no different in the two latest cases. For the same reasons these two animals must also be treated as required by the law."
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The fate of Shambo became the focus of worldwide attention for months after it tested positive for bovine TB in April.
It culminated on 26 July when supporters from around the UK and overseas joined a religious ceremony as officials, backed by police, took the bullock away to be put down.
The Skanda Vale community has a wide range of livestock including an elephant, ponies, water buffalo, cows, bulls, llama and deer.
Monks say they believe in the sanctity of all life and oppose the slaughter.
Speaking ahead of Wednesday's announcement, Brother Simon of Skanda Vale said the community wanted a "constructive dialogue" with the assembly government.
"At the very minimum they should re-test [animals which are] positive reactors.
"We believe in the sanctity of all life and we are against slaughter.
"We still firmly believe that if animals are isolated and given a course of antibiotics they can be cured."
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PUEBLO, Colo. - D-60 officials have lifted a secure perimeter status at Morton Elementary School and Centennial High School. Police activity prompted the security measure for about an hour and a half on Thursday afternoon.
Police say that just before 2 p.m. Thursday, officers responded to the 2000 block of West 31st Street on the report of theft from a vehicle. The victim told police he had just arrived home when he heard glass breaking outside. The homeowner went outside and saw a man reaching into his broken car window and stealing a high-powered hunting rifle. The suspect then drove away in a green Honda Accord.
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