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Jose Karl Pierre-Fanfan seems keen to remain with Rangers.
Jose Karl Pierre-Fanfan seems keen to remain with Rangers following the arrival of Paul Le Guen as the club's new manager.
The stopper had been linked with a summer exit from Ibrox after struggling to hold down a regular place under Alex McLeish last term.
A clutch of French sides, headed by Rennes, are keen on bringing Pierre-Fanfan back to Ligue 1 and had been awaiting developments in Glasgow.
They could find themselves out of luck as Pierre-Fanfan is ready to fight for his place at Ranges.
"It will be different football under Le Guen," sad the 30-year-old. "He doesn't want direct football, but a patient, measured game.
"It will be better for me, as that is the football that I know."
Le Guen is assessing a number of options in the market and Real Sociedad's Jeremie Brechet is believed to have crossed his radar.
The Basque club are reportedly ready to send the defender out on loan and his versatility has caught the eye of Le Guen.


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Guys Are Born Sleazy, But They Can Be Trained
I don't put much stock in that whole men-being-hard-wired-to-want-to-spread-their- seed thing, because I don't want to believe it. I hate thinking that guys are made to be with more than one person, because I don't want the person I'm with to want to be with anyone else. But I think I better suck it up, because a study was published published in the July issue of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology about people in relationships and flirting.
The study says that when a girl who's in a relationship meets a hot, single guy, she's more likely to work to try to strengthen her current relationship. But if a guy who has a girlfriend has a flirtation with an available women, he's more likely to look at his girlfriend in a more negative light, like being pissed at her if she canceled a date or told friends an embarrassing story about him. This makes me feel sad inside, but according to the lead author, men can learn to resist the temptation when trained to think flirting with an attractive woman could destroy their relationship. Women don't even need to be be trained to respect and work on their relationships, because, as the study's author said, we've been "socialized to be wary of the advances of attractive men." [Medical News Today]

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EAST CHINA SEA — Anti-Japanese protests rocked Chinese cities on Sunday after nationalists from Japan landed on an East China Sea island at the heart of a territorial dispute between the two nations, the largest flare-up of Chinese public anger over Japan in years.
In several Chinese cities, thousands took to the streets, including in Shenzhen where small groups overturned Japanese cars and shouted slogans denouncing Japan's claim over the islands, in footage carried by Hong Kong's Cable Television.
Some used bare fists to smash in the windows of a white Honda Chinese police car as others rocked and pushed the car over to jubilant cheers. Others stomped on the overturned vehicles, screaming and waving the Chinese flag. Police arrested several protesters in Shenzhen after the demonstrations.
"The illegal behaviour of Japanese right-wingers has violated China's territorial sovereignty," China's foreign ministry said in a statement, saying Beijing had lodged…
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I have noticed an increase in people wanting to get out of NJ. I can't imagine if that is because of the lovely job that our Governor is doing, or if the people think that the economy is better elsewhere. The house I am in was worth far more 2 years ago than it is now. Pretty ugly market we have going.
A few years ago everyone was looking into the Carolinas housing market. Wilmington NC real estate, Charlotte SC, and other areas in the Carolinas. I don't blame people for wanting to move, but from everything that I have read about the economy… It is hurting everyone… everywhere.
I was looking at offers in the Florida area, and I could go there and get a house for 1/2 of what I own my house here for. The most ironic thing about that is that the houses were 2 times the size of my current housing. There are no jobs that are worth it in Florida for me, so we totally trashed the idea.
I would leave NJ in a heartbeat if I could get a job paying what I earn currently. NJ has gotten so expensive to live in.
Would the last person out turn off the lights?
How is the economy hurting you, your family, and your housing? Would you move if you could?


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-This is a PURE Dragunity Deck, with a little more support. Please help me w/ my deck and side deck.Thanks.
Jampong (talk • contribs) 01:32, July 19, 2010 (UTC)
- I'm not so sure about 3 Laevatein and 3 Misteil. That seems to me like it would be a major dead draw. Also, you NEED to include Dragunity Knight - Vajuranda. It is so good in combination with Phalanx. Runer5h (talk • contribs) 01:42, July 19, 2010 (UTC)Runer5h
-3 Misteil is not a bad draw, because I need it in my hand, and the 3 Laevatein can be discarded by Dragon Canyon, send by Future Fusion. I don't have a Vajuranda yet,LOL. Also thinking on putting on my Side Deck 2 Koa'ki Meiru Drago.
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A tip For New "Dragunity" Users :I would add one "light and darkness dragon" to make the so called "laevatin rider" add in some more "dragunity" tuners too, and there is no need to use a "gale", cuz you should make fine with only "dragunity" tuners. Add two copies of "dragon control technique" and One Copie of THese : "Foolish Burial", Flying Kamakiri#1(x3), "Icarus Attack",and "Spirit Ryu" (At Least put Them in the Side Deck). /- Danielrez
1 Dragunity Arms Laevatein would be enough instead of using 3 remove the two and use Flying Kamakiri #1(two would be enough) Remove 1 Dragunity Arms Misteil and add 1 Sangan(for searching Dragunity's) the faster you search and get the dragunitys takes you advantage from the game Shana flamehaze001 (talk • contribs) 14:41, December 4, 2010 (UTC)


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As an office-less adjunct, I have traditionally shied away from one-on-one workshops about writing with my students. It takes a huge amount of time to do, especially since I and my students are generally on the campus only at night. I know the value of such personal feedback, though, so in the last two semesters I have experimented with ways to make it work.
So now we lose one week of whole-class instruction to make way for individual time with the final paper, a purple pen, and me. Instead of our usual 2 hours 40 minutes of class time, meeting with everyone who chooses to (about two-thirds) takes about four hours per class.
I've got to say, this last round of workshops was highly gratifying. I saw such improvement in my writers. Not perfect papers by any means, but evidence of students ready for English 101 in the fall. They'll be well equipped for the next step in their education.
I worry sometimes whether I'm adequately preparing these developmental English students for the courses that follow. I try to touch base with them once they've left, and ask for feedback. Face to face, reading their culminating work, I feel pretty good about things. My courses demand a lot of writing—that old thing about practice makes perfect isn't exactly true, but you definitely can't improve without practice.
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Sometimes these mistakes can result in dead ends and you'll simply be met with a "No results found" message then find your search typo, correct it, and be on your merry way into the internets. Sometimes, however, these typos can have some potentially perilous consequences, such as if you mistakenly search for a term that, while resembling your intended destination, isn't what you want and, instead, leads you to a site run by spammers. Spammers who register these slightly misspelled sites are known as typosquatters and their whole raison d'être is to lure in unsuspecting internet users.
Then again, let's assume you're a flawless typist and just have incorrect assumptions about a site's URL. You presume that "yahoo.com/mail" is where you want to go in order to check your email, but the actual site you should've typed is "mail.yahoo.com." Again, simple mistakes, but left to continue on that mistaken trajectory could leave you wasting time trying to find Yahoo Mail's log-in page or, worse, unwittingly land you in the palm of some sneaksies spammers.
Dr. William Ramsey, the Principal Development Manager of Bing's Research and Development, detailed in a blog post today about how Bing has been working to become better at detecting the mistakes that we internet users make when typing in a search term and then predicting what we actually meant to type. Bing's effort to redirect our suspect searches ranges from indexing the URLs that Bing can confidently correct to noticing spelling errors in terms to recognizing that you would like to check your Yahoo mail and therefore giving you the "mail.yahoo.com" result when you incorrectly search "yahoo.com/mail."
By becoming better at predicting what searchers are in fact intending to search has helped Bing eliminate recourse links, those "Did you mean...?" notices at the top of your results that always appear with a disciplinary red font to let you know that the search engine has no idea what you're trying to search. Ramsey explains how better a understanding of search behaviors is improving the quality of search results:
Recourse Links are the phrases that occur underneath the query box that indicate that we changed your query due to spelling or expansion and give you the ability to turn off all of our alterations as a recourse. For example, if you type "qyotes about success and hersos" we'll show "Including results for quotes about success and heroes" but will give you the ability to only show results for "qyotes about success and hersos" in cases where we may have made the wrong assumption about your intent. The same holds true for expansions in cases where the expansions have significantly altered the results.
Bing's also working to improve your search results by including links that might not include your exact search term but contains a variation of the word or words that will are relevant to your query. For example, if you type in "define bubbles," instead of seeing the notice at the top of your screen that Bing has included results for "definition of bubbles," you'll simply see all the links related to the definition of the word "bubbles." In other words, Bing knows you want to know the meaning of the word "bubbles," so it's going to give you all relevant links to that query regardless of your verbage.
Another intelligence boost Bing received is the ability to catch instances when you mistakenly search for a website with, for example, a .net ending when the website you're looking for actually ends in .com. For instance, a website with the URL twitter.net does actually exist, but chances are you're probably trying to find twitter.com (unless you're an ornithologist). Instead of simply assuming that you know what you're doing - which, no offense, sometimes people don't - Bing includes links to webpages associated with the popular micro-blogging site and not pages related to avian statistics.
Ramsey also explained how the Bing Team has improved the quality of the Related Searches suggestions. By improving Bing's relevance models, Ramsey wrote, they were able to reduce the amount of off-topic suggestions made by the search engine. For instance, Bing will be better at recognizing that certain abbreviations, such as AMD, might not refer to "age-related macular degeneration" when you've actually searched for "AMD L3 Cache," something that is wholly unrelated to ocular disorders. The Related Searches that Bing produces will also be smarter when it comes to combining like concepts, such as "Disney Channel Games Games" and "Disney Channel Games" so as to eliminate any redundant suggestions.
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Movies: The Princess Bride, All Keven Smith movies, Star wars, the Matrix, Donnie Darko, Star Trek movies (particularly the old ones) Super Hero movies, Scott Pilgrim Vs the world (movie and Comic), LOTR,
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"At the beginning of this year, starting with camp, Coach (Willie Martinez) was kind of hesitant about me," Knox said. "He still put me up there with the guys at second string, he always knew I could do it, but I just had to keep doing it consistently every day to get his trust."
It had been a steep learning curve for Knox, but one that was expedited with the preseason injury to fellow safety Quintin Banks.
Banks was sidelined for seven weeks, which left the Bulldogs with Knox, sixth-year senior Andrew Williams and a group of inexperienced true freshmen behind their starters.
Knox showed some improvement throughout fall camp – enough that coaches felt comfortable putting him on the field – but his playing time varied from occasional substitute to sideline staple. Starters Reshad Jones and CJ Byrd carried the load – until last Wednesday, that is.
After his impressive showing on the practice field, defensive coordinator Willie Martinez pulled Knox aside to commend his efforts.
"He just told me, 'John, you had a good practice, and if you keep it up, good things will come,' " Knox said.
That reward came three days later when Knox earned the first start of his career for the Bulldogs' game against Arizona State. He finished with just two tackles in the game, and he eventually gave way to Jones on the field, but it was a good reminder of just how far a little hard work could take him.
"I feel like I've progressed a lot," Knox said. "I feel like each and every week, I'm progressing, learning the system more an more, buying in."
Working his way into a permanent spot in the starting lineup will get a bit more difficult this week, however, as Banks makes his return from a knee injury he suffered in the second week of fall camp.
Last season, Banks played in 12 games and was being counted on to be the veteran leader off the bench among Georgia's safeties. Instead, he's played the role of cheerleader while his teammates have picked up the slack.
"It's been one of the biggest challenges I've had in a long time," Banks said. "I haven't really dealt with a big injury before, but it keeps you humble, keeps you knowing you've got to work hard every day. It's a good and a bad thing."
Taking nothing away from the job Knox has done during Georgia's 4-0 start to the season, cornerback Asher Allen said Banks' return to the playing field will have a big impact on the Bulldogs.
For starters, another warm body is a blessing for the two starting safeties, who have rotated far less than most of their teammates so far this season because of Georgia's lack of depth at the position.
Banks brings a level of toughness to the field, too, Allen said, which makes his return particularly timely against a physical Alabama team.
"Q.B. is a great hitter, just a Greg Blue type, putting fear into the ball carrier or the person coming across the middle," Allen said. "Byrd and Reshad can do the same thing, but Q.B. brings a more physical aspect to the game, and we need that."
Whether or not Banks lays any big hits on the Crimson Tide remains to be seen. Head coach Mark Richt said Banks is clear to play this week, but no determination has been made regarding how many snaps he'll be on the field.
Even Banks admits he might need to take things a little slow at first while he shakes off the rust.
"My knee is feeling pretty good," Banks said. "I'm not exactly back to 100 percent just yet, but if I just keep working on it, it'll get there. It's one of those things you've just got to be patient with."
Banks hopes his patience will pay off the rest of the season, but it has already had a big effect on Knox.
While Banks was sidelined, he made the most of his free time to play the role of teacher – even if that's something he was already familiar with.
Banks still hasn't started a game in his career, but Knox knows his first start wouldn't have come without the dedication of his injured teammate.
"Q is on me every day," Knox said. "He's probably just the same as Coach Martinez and Coach (Mark) Collins are on me. Before he got hurt, he was always on me. He was always telling me, 'Do this, do that,' because I was learning. In the film room, he was doing the same thing. Then when he got hurt, he kept doing it consistently each and every day."


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From: "Elizabeth O'Donoghue" <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] TRMCA for R1b1
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 20:36:18 -0000
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Tim, thank you for addressing my questions. Table 2 in Karafet's paper is
what I was looking for. It certainly has some disparate ages from the
different studies listed. I can understand why some are reluctant to use
her date for CT as a secure starting point, if even she herself has
hesitations about it.
Vince said:
'It is a challenge for the Semino theory to explain how it is that the
forms of R-M269 found in the eastern end of its range (that is, into
the Near East and Central Asia) are the most ancestral forms (from a
phylogenetic standpoint) and **yet have very similar STR haplotypes**.
The haplotype similarity can not be reconciled with long periods of
isolation and separation (during the LGM, for example), yet a mad dash
from Iberia to Iraq after the LGM seems equally unlikely.'
**I've tried to think about what it was like for man while the ice sheets
were descending. They would have been coming from the mountains down into
the valleys, where many of these men were living. Would they have been able
to determine that the ice was moving north to south? It could be that the
majority of those living within the area of the LGM eventually died out and
those in the 'Iberian refugium', whoever they were, were there the whole
time and basically all that was left. That would certainly be a bottleneck,
but those few would just as certainly have been in the best place to
repopulate Europe as the ice retreated.
Would it have to have been a 'mad dash' to travel east? We don't know how
long the European Taklamakan peoples were on the Steppes, only what age the
mummies were that have been found there. It's not as if man in Western
Europe couldn't travel during the ice age, he would only have been
restricted in his choice of routes. Maybe R-M269 were the nomadic types.
Maybe they liked sea travel.
If Karafet's age for CT is inaccurate, then all the dominoes may be going to
wrong way. A discrepancy of 20,000 years or more would make a vast
difference to the big picture. I sometimes wonder how anyone can be sure of
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He played Brandt, the happy-go-lucky assistant/boy Friday to millionaire Jeffrey Lebowski (David Huddleston).
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, particularly associated with the founders of modern genetics.
How does natural selection work?
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Spp change
based on a divine law, sometimes they disappear (great catastrophe).
do not show evolution (gradual changes), rather spp seemed to appear and disappear.
The evidence for NS wasn't there.
It makes the case for
It is logical, it is simple, but has Mr Darwin seen spp originate by NS? Can he prove that it really exists? No.
Can't be seen
It doesn't work
How spp transmit their features from one generation to another?
Darwin thought progeny was a mix between two parents (e.g. skin colour).
Fleming Jenkin
attacked Darwin's theory of evolution, suggesting that any new variation would be swamped by the greater numbers of the old version.
That was a question that Gregor
could have answered, but the monk's work was not known to Darwin.
The origin of variation
was a serious weakness in the explanation of evolution.
If variation blends it disappears. If there is not variation, there is not natural selection
Difficulties on theory - on the absence or rarity of transitional varieties
Darwin avoided a direct confrontation but confessed that some of Jenkin's arguments were troubling and in the last edition suggested, incorrectly, that perhaps
acquired characteristics
could be inherited.
Evolution is a fact... but natural selection?
Hugo Marie de Vries
One of the first geneticists.
The concept of
Introduced the term
Developed a
mutation theory
of evolution.
Oenothera lamarckiana
1889, Intracellular Pangenesis
Modified version of Darwin's theory of Pangenesis of 1868
Different characters have different hereditary carriers: inheritance of
specific traits
in organisms comes in particles.
He called these units
a term 20 years later to be shortened to genes by Wilhelm Johannsen.
Series of experiments
varieties of multiple plant species in the 1890s.
Unaware of Mendel's work, De Vries used the
laws of dominance
and recessiveness, segregation, and independent assortment to explain the 3:1 ratio of phenotypes in the second generation.
His observations also confirmed his hypothesis that inheritance of
specific traits in organisms comes in particles.
Dutch botanist
Oenothera lamarckiana = genetic freak!
Few spp mutate so spectacularly
1894, "Materials for the study of variation".
Interested in species
& heredity.
Experimental approach that should be used to study
hybrid experiments
with poultry and butterflies.
Bateson is credited with coining the terms
"genetics," "allelomorphs"
(later shortened to allele),
"zygote," "heterozygote" and "homozygote"
to describe the genetic interaction of two independent traits.
William Bateson
Mutation was the real creator force behind evolution, and natural selection wasn't needed.
50 years: scientific consensus shifted against Darwin
Germ plasm theory
, according to which (in a multicellular organism) inheritance only takes place by means of the
germ cells
—the gametes such as egg cells and sperm cells. Other cells of the body—
somatic cells
—do not function as agents of heredity.
August Weismann
In Weismann's opinion the largely random process of
which must occur in the
(or stem cells that make them) is the only source of change for
natural selection
to work on.
Some female morphs share a very
similar pattern
of colouration with various species of
butterfly (e.g. from the family Danaidae), while others have been found that mimic male appearance (andromorphs).
Batesian mimicry
Evidence that Darwin was right:
Only natural selection working slow, in tiny steps, could possibly make 2 unrelated spp so very much alike.
de Vries:
spp create instantaneously by single spontaneous mutations
spp evolve gradually by the accumulation of great many tiny mutations
Experiment on fertilisers
Visualised things
Invented new statistics (and maths)
NATURAL SELECTION = Evolution
Equation: Fundamental theorem
Peppered moth: the equation works!
Ronald Fisher
NS existed
It was more powerful
Evolution fast swifter
Natural selection
Mendelian heritance
Mathematical theory
'Modern synthesis' of Darwinian evolution through natural selection with
Mendelian genetics.
The transmission of characteristics from parent to child through the mechanism of
genetic transfer,
rather than the 'blending process' of pre-Mendelian evolutionary science.
Neo-Darwinism can also designate Darwin's ideas of natural selection separated from his hypothesis of Pangenesis as a Lamarckian source of variation involving
blending inheritance.
'Modern synthesis'
German evolutionary biologist
Ernst Mayr ranked him the second most notable evolutionary theorist of the 19th century, after Charles Darwin
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U.S. Congressman Dennis Ross (FL-12) voted yesterday in support of H.R. 6684, the Spending Reduction Act of 2012. This bill stops the remaining automatic sequester on all defense and non-defense discretionary spending for FY 2013 and replaces it with mandatory spending reforms. Included in H.R. 6684 are provisions regarding civil servant pension contributions from Ross's bill that passed the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform February 2012.
"Our country has a spending problem," said Ross. "I am pleased to support this common-sense legislation that funds our troops and saves hard-earned taxpayer money."
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Alaska's Native Citezenship bill circa 1915
A great deal of the research for Tlingit family ties must start at the beginning. It may take some time but as said " a thousand mile hike begins with the first step". What i am going to be looking for are individuals from alaska who would have had to leave for fear of imprisonment for being a shaman. I think my second clue is from Dye Alaska. There is so much documented on the culture that is is redundant to exercise repeating what is written. what you wil see are snaps of my journey as i discover them or who leads me to the next set of clues. So lets get started. I found an excellent site www.tlingitculture.com and even joined a talk site and have begun the information chase. you can join in if you like. I will be asking tlingit family that are still around for some information maybe someone will have a name or a location to look at.
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Tlingit Blanket (unknown) circa 1800
It might have been highly unlikely for me to ever have seen a real blanket if i did not see one in a museum collection. That is a rare thing in and of itself. As an artist i am inspired by the skill and level of imagination of the past.
Tlingit Elder wearing Chilkat Blanket
It was never an easy lifestyle as some would like to imagine. Life on the land is rough and very risky. It took very rugged and strong people to live under these conditions. Yet wonderful art forms were created, stories remembered and songs danced.
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Nothing really cutting edge here, just trying to write something that i would want to read. I realize that it is a total chuck rip off, but it's just something i am planning to casually write and was looking for feed back. I don't mind criticism as long as it's with a perpose so please tell me what you think...
Chapter 1
This doctor calls what I have Pavor Nocturnus. That's what he called my night terrors. But, a couple of years ago, another doctor, called it Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Common mistake, he told me. This new doctor said it was caused by misfiring of nerves during my non-REM sleep cycle. He also asked me if I was a persistent drug user. What he doesn't know, is how I ended up on the tourist deck of the Sears Tower, naked and sweating so bad that they still have yet to completely clean the piss-yellow stain I left. I was covered in blood. Not my blood. Actually they still don't know who's blood it was. But who ever it was, the doctor says, they were probably dead.
Wait-- lets go back a minute. I'm Dan. Daniel Stidham. I had a pretty normal life. I worked as a journalist for the Chicago Times. I lived in a condo in the downtown area. I could walk to the Sears Tower from where I lived. The night terrors didn't start until just recently, which for all intents and purposes, really should not have happened in the first place. But, with the amount of hallucinogenic I was doing, the doctors said, I could have caused my brain to over produce DMT, or Dymethotriptomine, which could have in turn triggered the night terrors. DMT is a hormone secreted by the pineal gland, he says. It's what makes you dream. It's also one of the most illegal substances on the planet, according to the doctor. But, it is so common that you could even harvest it from curtain types of grass.
From the hospital bed in my own private room, I realized that this was probably the most attention I've had in my entire life. With all of these doctors and nurses surrounding me and asking me questions, I saw myself becoming some kind of icon, maybe like the next Charlie Manson, or maybe even the next Hunter S. Thompson. Really though, I was just biding my time because as long as I was in there, I was safe from the law.
Usually, night terrors are something that you develop early on in life and grow out of by the end of adolescence, but not me.
I asked my doctor what all of this meant. I asked him if I was going to jail. And he said maybe.
"But, I can't be held responsible. Can't you tell them that?" I say, fidgeting back and forth in the hospital bed, with sweat racing down my face.
"Look. They don't even really have a crime on you yet. Other than, maybe, indecent exposure…" The doctor said all of this behind a clip board as he turned to the EKG machine. He ran his finger down the paper and made a check. "All that you need to do is cooperate." He didn't even give me eye contact. I'm here in the middle of the biggest crisis of my life, and this asshole won't even give me the time of day.
I asked him if he was done yet and finally, he gave me some genuine attention. "Look. I'm trying to help you out here, buddy." He says, cocking his head to the side and tilted it over towards to me; his glasses sliding down his nose, as he grabs the plastic end of the bed. He tries to stare me down the way a 6 year old might during recess. Just go, I say. He laughed under his breath and all I could think about was jumping out of my bed and punching him square in his perfectly tanned forehead. Douche bag. But with all of the I.V. tubes and suction cups, I felt staring right back at him would be enough. The sound of fuzz from the TV was the only noise in the room. We must have stared at each other for an entire minute, before he finally turned on his heel and walked out of the swinging doors like some gun slinger. Fuck you, buddy.
Looking down at my hands, with the bones and veins defined and bulging through the skin, I knew that this was my breaking point. With the amount of drugs I was doing, I would forget to eat for days. Nurses coming in and changing my I.V. must have thought I was a cancer patient with the looks they were giving me. Nobody wanted to give me eye contact and it pissed me off.
Its weird how clear things felt. Really, you don't realize how boring the world is until you remove yourself from it. I was doing any trips I could get my hands on. LSD, Mescaline, Adreanochrome, Ecstasy, Salvia… you name it. I was altering my perception any way I could.
I scanned the roll away table for the TV remote and changed it to the local news channel. One of the nurses told me that the police still can't figure out how I got into the Sears tower in the first place. I couldn't help but laugh. What else could I do? All I could think about was what it must have been like for the person who found me. God. Could you imagine? You're just doing your job, cleaning the gum and shit from peoples shoes off of the glass floor and you see a crumpled up skeleton of a human being, lying there in his own bodily fluids and moaning about spiders.
All I could think of was: What should I wear on the Letterman Show? And what could the anchorman be thinking seconds before he has to go on air and break the story to the world? I was right there in everyone's comfort zone, spitting and pissing all over. Already, only three hours after the fact, they had footage of me being rushed out on a stretcher with cameras flashing and audio of me mumbling about a giant black figure. What else could I do, but laugh?
The fact is: I loved my job. I had this great little niche as a small time journalist, writing conspiracy stories about how fast food is worse for you than if you smoked two packs of cigarettes a day, or how the medicine companies and the FDA had a pact to make as much money off of your pill popping ass as they could before their "cure" killed you. I really felt like I was reaching people. So what if you had to flip all the way to page D-4, in The Way We Live section, I was making a difference. But now, I'm really set. I have my platform and I 'm gonna use it. So what if I'm a freak show now, I've got power. Look at Michael Jackson.
A couple of hours later, the walking hard-on comes strolling back into my room. According to him, Valium is my best bet. It will lower my brain activity, so hopefully it will cut down on the nerve misfiring. I ask: what if I refuse? What if I don't want to be a dope fiend? The doctor just laughs.
With his, all-to-familiar, nervous little bitch laugh, he says "Well… This court order says, you don't have much of a choice." He went on for a few minutes after that, but I only picked up parts of what he said. I think he said something along the lines of: The police have a warrant, giving them executive control over any medical decisions pertaining to my well being.
So I said, "wait. I have rights man…" and the doctor just laughed.
"You lost your rights when you defiled a national monument." He went on to say something about national security and how this type of publicity stunt may shock U.S. citizens out of their sense of safety. He said all of this behind a clip board, he was so smug. Asshole. Pretty much, he says, I'm fucked. They wanted to question me and he wasn't going to stop them, he says.
Inch by inch I slip into the hospital bed and raise my knees to break eye contact. I look up at the ceiling and try to concentrate on something else. Anything else but right here and right now. Everything just seems to real. With my hands covering my face I ask how long I needed to take these pills for. The doctor says, forever.
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The American Association of University Women will be hosting an author's tea as a scholarship fundraiser on April 9 from 2 to 5 p.m. at Morton Hall, St. Paul Lutheran Church, on the corner of Tokay and Lee Streets. Several local authors will present their books, talk a little about themselves and tell how they began writing.
The following authors from a variety of genres will be represented:
Susan Crosby, romance: Crosby started writing contemporary romance stories to entertain her when her children were small. When they entered school, she returned to college to receive her Bachelor of Arts in English. She then began writing as a career. Crosby has been published since 1994 and has garnered many awards as well as appearances on the USA Today and Waldenbooks bestseller lists. Her new book, "Mendoza's Return," is being released in March, and three other books will be released in May, September and December respectively.
Robin Burcell, mystery: Burcell retired from her position as a criminal investigator in Sacramento County and is pursuing a full-time writing career. She is an FBI-trained forensic artist and has worked as a detective, hostage negotiator and police officer for the city of Lodi for 18 years. In 1999, she started a series of Anthony Award-winning novels about SFPD Homicide-Inspector Kate Gillespie. Her next series of novels has centered on FBI forensic artist Sydney Fitzpatrick in "Face of a Killer" and "The Bone Chamber." The working title on her next novel about Sydney Fitzpatrick is "The Bone Mantle."
Nancy Claus, children's stories: Claus, or Mrs. Claus as she is known, writes stories that give all of us insight into the activities that take place at the North Pole. Her books propel you on an adventure with all the excitement, the surprises, and of course, all the magic of Christmas. Claus had always written for her own enjoyment, but when her grandchildren were born she began seeing life through a child's eyes and she started writing children's stories.
Danna Smith, children's stories: Writing for children is Smith's passion. She wrote her first poem when she was five and never stopped. She took her notebook with her everywhere she went. After college, she married, had a family and a full-time job. Of course, she was always practicing her writing. She finally decided it was time to learn all she could about writing for publication. In stores now is her first book, "Two at the Zoo," a counting book. It is now in its second printing. It has received several awards and was reviewed in the March 2009 issue of Parenting magazine. A new book, "Pirate Nap," will be released in September.
Debra Ann Ristau, Lodi wine: Ristau has had varied life experiences, from raising cattle, training horses and riders, working as a photojournalist in the Army National Guard, and experiencing life in many more ways too numerous to list. Her first book, "Horse Whispers and Lies," was published in 1999. Two golf history books followed and her fourth book, "Lodi On the Label," was published in 2010. After a delicious day of wine tasting in 2008, the idea took hold to write this book, a tribute to the wine and winemakers of Lodi.
Autographed books will be available for sale. AAUW members will decorate tables with their own tea services and will provide cookies and tea for the enjoyment of those in attendance. Tickets are $20 each and are available from members, at the door or by contacting Joanne Hildenbrand at 369-1707. Seating is limited. All proceeds will go towards scholarships, which are given yearly to each of the four high schools.


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STUTTGART, Germany - The last three spots in the second round of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix were snapped up on Wednesday evening, with former champion Julia Goerges among the winners.
Watch highlights, interviews and more video from Stuttgart all week right here!
Goerges was cruising against Kirsten Flipkens, 62 21, when Flipkens had to retire due to illness.
"I saw in the beginning that she wasn't really feeling well or moving as well as she usually does," Goerges said. "Before the match I thought it was going to be a very tough match but unfortunately she wasn't able to play at her level. She's a great player and you never want to win a match this way."
This is a special tournament for Goerges, not only because it's on home turf, but because she won the title two years ago - she talked about the difference between coming in as defending champion, which was the situation last year, and coming in this year without that kind of pressure on her shoulders.
"It was a completely new situation for me last year, coming into such a big tournament as defending champion," the German said. "This year I'm much more experienced and I'm coming here more relaxed, not really nervous at all, and with no pressure. I just want to enjoy playing this tournament. It's a great court and the crowd is fantastic, so I'm really looking forward to the rest of the week."
Goerges Vs Flipkens Video: Goerges Interview
Next on Center Court was an all-star clash between a Grand Slam champion and a former No.1, as Sam Stosur took on Jelena Jankovic. Jankovic had won five of the pair's seven meetings, but Stosur won their only previous clay court meeting, a 61 62 win at the French Open in 2010. But big picture won this time as Jankovic broke serve once per set and beat the No.6-seeded Stosur in two, 64 64.
"Sam plays very well on clay and she beat me at the French Open, so of course I expected a tough match," Jankovic said. "In the first few games her kick serve was giving me some trouble as it pulled me out of the court, but I felt that if I got a decent return in, I was in good shape for the point.
"It's great to win against a Top 10 player because it's my goal to be back there. Each win gives me more confidence and the motivation to work even harder. I'm enjoying tennis again - I want to be here, I want to compete, and I'd really like that blue Porsche - it would match my blue tennis shoes.
"There's room in my garage."
Jankovic has now won 15 of her last 18 matches, having won Bogotá (5-0), losing her opening match at Indian Wells (0-1), then reaching the semifinals of Miami (4-1) and the finals of Charleston (5-1).
The former No.1 also scored her first Top 10 win in more than a year - her last win against the elite came 14 months ago in the quarterfinals of Dubai, when she defeated - coincidentally - Stosur.
Jankovic Vs Stosur Video: Match Highlights | Jankovic Interview
American qualifier Bethanie Mattek-Sands also moved through to the last 16, holding all eight of her service games and breaking four times to beat Yanina Wickmayer in straight sets on Court 1, 62 61.


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text: John Warner February 2, 2006 Story Share Surprise, surprise. Gazette journalist Ken Ward Jr., investigating the Sago mine disaster, discovered that regulations set by the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration — that body created in 1969 by the strong congressional leadership of Ken Hechler — have quietly been scuttled by our good "Christian" president, George Bush, Republican.Under the banner of deregulation, this Republican administration has repeatedly attacked the rules which govern our mines and our industries, calling them "Gestapo" guidelines, and has invested its trust in the interests of those who own our mines, our industries, our workplaces. The Sago mine was a safe place to work, says mine owner Ben Hatfield.I remember a line from "War and Peace." The peasants, trying to eke out a meager living on the Russian steppes, completely adored the Russian Czar. The czar was God's representative on Earth, assigned by the Great Almighty to serve as the loving father to the Russian people. The peasants were starving, suffering from disease, fatigue and from the cold Siberian winds. Oh, if the czar only knew how we suffer. To which Tolstoy notes, the czar knew only too well. And he cared not a whit. Remind you of someone? Remind you of New Orleans? Remind you of the body armor our soldiers in Iraq are supposed to wear? Remind you of Sago?Nobody likes rules. Nothing sounds nicer than "deregulation." So what do you think? On Sept. 11, 2001, we had hundreds of rules for airport safety. But they were not enforced. Security guards at Logan and Dulles Airports approved the passage of Mohammad Atta, Marwan al-Shehhi, and 17 other members of al-Qaida and friends of Osama bin Laden.This is what is meant by the simple term "deregulation." Don't make us wear seat belts. Don't make us wear motorcycle helmets. Don't set speed limits. And don't make the coal mines observe safety rules, either. Let us smoke where we want. And hunt when we want. And burn our autumn leaves when and where we want.Deregulation is a catchword spoken by GOP legislators when they want to lighten up on the rules protecting workers and consumers of American industry, commerce and transportation. "That government is best which governs least," comes the voice from the political right. Don't tell us how to run the Sago Mine. Don't tell us how to build the Pinto, comes the voice of the Ford Motor Company. Don't tell us about coal dust and black lung. Those dirty black lungs come from smoking too much, not from coal dust. Don't tell us how to build a dam, comes the voice of coal from Buffalo Creek. Don't tell us how to dig coal, comes a voice from Farmington. Don't tell us how to run an airline, comes a voice from Logan Airport. Don't tell us how to handle chemicals, comes a voice from Bhopal. And don't tell us how to raise money for political campaigns, comes a voice from Republican House members working with majority leader Tom DeLay — including Shelley Moore Capito.I often complain that Republicans represent the rich and the very rich. One of my friends pointed out that many Democrats are wealthy, too. "Take Jay Rockefeller or Edward Kennedy, for instance," he says. That misses the point. I do not complain that there are rich people in the world. I complain that Republicans devote their entire legislative lives to the enhancement of the rich at the expense of the poor. The Kennedys and the Rockefellers have been responsible stewards, and in Congress they represent those of us who are not as well off as they. And there are many like them. Not so in the Republican Party.Our GOP government is no friend of the middle class. No friend of the poor. The Republican Party has never in my lifetime been a friend of the common fellow. Let us step back about 40 years. Medicare came into being under Lyndon Johnson in 1965.You could peruse the voting records year after year and find only that same thing. The interests of the Republican Party are with the rich, not the middle class or the poor. It is no surprise that our dear "Christian" President whittled away the safeguards those miners needed in Sago. He's a Republican. What do you expect?I say this because I study voting records in Congress. It is no aberration of Republican ideology that Bush relaxes the rules for coal mine safety. If you work for a living, the Republican Party is not your friend.I add a footnote: Gov. Joe Manchin, planning a really exciting evening watching the West Virginia University Mountaineers defeat the Georgia Bulldogs, returned immediately to West Virginia and to the Sago Baptist Church in our brokenhearted little county. He and Mrs. Manchin spent hour after hour with the families of the 13 coal miners — during and after the crisis. Like the Russian czar, Gov. Manchin knew only too well how these families suffered. But unlike that czar, our governor and his wife came to share their suffering with them. Thanks, Joe. Thanks, Gayle.Dr. Warner, professor emeritus at West Virginia Wesleyan College, is a Gazette contributing columnist. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Senate rejects measure to partly repeal Affordable Care Act 2 Kanawha Electric & Machine Co. closing after 80 years 3 Alderson Broaddus' financial decline causes accreditation woes 4 Caitlin Cook: Congress looks to stifle one of our fastest growing industries (Gazette) 5 Boy Scouts unearth buried treasure in West Virginia park Mine bill targets MSHA Previous Story Mitch Nuckols Next Story


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4.1 Evaluation
Evaluation is often viewed as a chore or, even worse, as an unnecessary add-on. The reality is that evaluating a project can be a positive and satisfying experience. Each project is different and there will be a range of motivations for wanting to develop an evaluation process. The first step is to ask 'why am I evaluating the project and what will I gain from this?'
Outlined below is a list of common reasons for evaluating a project. This list is not definitive and you may find other reasons, however it does provide you with some considerations. It will:
Allow ongoing evaluation to assess if the project is developing in line with the stated objectives.
Develop feedback and connections for those involved in the delivery of the project - community and other professionals.
Allow you to assess and present the outcomes and benefits of the project.
Provide the evidence which is required by funders and other stakeholders.
Allow you to weigh up what went well and what could be improved, thus
Improving the delivery of future projects.
When assessing the project for funders and business led stakeholders there are six types of economic benefit that should be evaluated and weighted according to the agreed project outcomes.
Attracting investment
Increasing land and property values
Attracting visitors
Increasing tourism
Improving business (productivity)
Improving cultural / aesthetic image
Barriers to evaluation
While the benefits of evaluation may be clear, there may also be some reluctance to carrying out the evaluation. This issue may be more prevalent when working with a wide range of stakeholders. Some common reasons you could face are:
Time constraints The artist or any stakeholder may say they are too busy
Lack of benefit There may be a sense that evaluation is not important or that no clear benefit can be seen.
Responsibility Often a project lead or artist can feel it is not their responsibility to drive the evaluation.
Undermining An artist may view an evaluation as an attempt to undermine their work or that an evaluation will fail to grasp the true outcomes of the work.
It is important that you embed the evaluation as an integral part of the project. This must be done from the very beginning, with everyone involved fully informed on the requirement to evaluate. The evaluation of the project lies with the project lead or artist and the evaluation process must be planned before the project begins.
Should a situation arise during or after the project then the project lead must take the lead role. If there is a reluctance to carry out an evaluation, then it should be discussed between both parties. The issue may be legitimate and it is up to the project lead to examine different appropriate forms of evaluation and find a solution which is agreeable to both parties.
Time lines for evaluation
As previously stated the evaluation process should be embedded into the whole working process of the project - the artist should be keeping a diary throughout and the other partners should keep similar documentations that can be part of the formal evaluation analysis at the end.This process can be communicated through an evaluation schedule devised as part of the management plan.
Current timescales for the evaluation of permanent public art projects are often too short.There is need for long-term investment in evaluation to identify the sustained value of a project that is revealed over an extended period of time after the art work has been sited.This may be a process that is adopted by other city organisations or the local authority in liaison with the original commissioner/artist.Key times for evaluation can be placed into four areas: on agreement of final funding at the start of project; during the development of the art work; on the completion of the project; and regular monitoring / staged reviews post completion.
Types of evaluation
There are three main types of evaluation to be considered:
Outputs refer to the practical aspects that are delivered during the project and this usually forms the basis for a statistical evaluation. For example, it could be the number of volunteers working on the project, the money spent, number of hours worked on project or the number attending the opening. This part of an evaluation can be important as it provides a certain base level of evidence which can be provided to funders or other relevant stakeholders.
While there is a tendency to value outputs as the key part of an evaluation, it is outcomes which should always be considered as the most important aspect of any public art project. Often difficult to assess and present, outcomes refer to the expected consequences of the outputs - they are the answer to the question of 'why am I doing this project?'. For example, there may be clear outcomes such as an improved use of space or aesthetic improvements. However there are also outcomes which are not obvious or hidden. For example, consider: how those involved will benefit; how an outcome could be an increase in community participation or a greater sense of community or civic pride; or how it could inspire an individual to get involved further in the arts.
The evaluation of the process is, ultimately, to assess how well the project was managed and delivered - both by artist, stakeholder management and other professionals. This may include an analysis of the different stages and can also include self reflection from all those involved in the project - this is where diary information becomes important. Process evaluation will indicate project strengths, where there are areas for improvement, and recognised failures, to inform how to develop future projects.
Using evaluation as a learning tool
Evaluation, when carried our correctly, can be an important tool for learning. The ability to effectively monitor a project and to use the information gathered to learn and develop, is a key skill which is at the heart of good management.
Before beginning the project, consider the areas you feel you would learn from and build your evaluation around this. For example, this may be set areas of the process such as the selection of the artist or the community consultation, or it can be a reflective process that examines your role in the project. In order to do this an evaluation framework needs to be created, which allows for both strengths and weaknesses to be recorded. For the majority of projects this will require both self-evaluation and the evaluation of others.
The final step is to take the results of the evaluation and process them into useful data. Creating set areas within your evaluation will allow you to look at particular strengths and weaknesses and while all projects are different, it should provide you with some practical steps which can be used in the future. The personal feedback on your role in the project may be more difficult to interpret and use practically. The nature of this aspect of the evaluation, particularly when sought from others, can often be viewed as subjective or time-bound but must be collected and incorporated in a positive and constructive manner.
Evaluation Methods
There are no clear rules on what can and can not be used as part of an evaluation process, as all projects will have their own individual identity.Whatever the process, it is important to understand that monitoring and evaluation needs to be resourced, so this should be built into the project costs. Presented below is a list of those who may be involved in a project and evaluation methods to be considered for each - including an example template to assist the development of a specific project can be found in the 'Evaluation and Monitoring templates' section.
The Artist(s)
All artists in the selected projects can be asked to keep an introspective journal throughout the entire project. This could cover the process undertaken, documenting the artistic objective, research and consultation undertaken, reasoning and decisions, relationship with partners, impact the project has had on individual practice and any challenges faced in the project. This journal should be comprehensive and can contain a combination of written and visual documentation. The use of a blog or social networking site can provide a live and interactive approach. Above all, evaluation should be integrated into the artist's development of the project, so that the process becomes part of the artist's genuine working practice.
The Participant
In the context of an evaluation process a 'participant' is anyone who is not the professional artist or project manager. As detailed previously, they should be engaged in the evaluation from the beginning and at all key points. Consultation with participants will vary and consideration should be given to: completing questionnaires; asking them to keep a personal journal; participating on social networking site and participating in focus groups and interviews.
The Audience
The audience is classed as the general public who may view the final result of the project. This aspect of the evaluation will differ greatly depending on the type and delivery of the project. For temporary and permanent pieces, a plan should be drawn up on how and when to evaluate. This may include questionnaires, feedback forms or use of social networking.
Feedback provided through questionnaires and interviews will give an immediate perception, however observed behaviour aligned to the aims of the project can provide longer term evidence of the project's impact. For example, if a public art project has an aim of improving and increasing the use of a public space, then monitoring the number and type of use over a structured period will provide further evidence. This can be particularly effective when the exercise is carried out before and after the project, in order to provide a comparator. Examples of methods to do this can range from basic on-street evaluation using worksheets, through to more complex tools such as time-lapse photography.
The vast majority of public art projects will require a series of partners in order to be delivered effectively. This may include the local authority, community groups, the local business community and residents. There is again a range of formal methods of consulting with each group through interviews, questionnaires or meetings - all relatively easy to document and analyse. However informal discussions, either face to face, by telephone or email, can be more difficult to consider as part of the process. Using a diary format that indicates who has been spoken to and on what topic, can allow a clear picture of the informal communication to be presented and included in the overall evaluation.
When consulting with community groups that are not used to filling in questionnaires or who are reluctant to detail information through writing, consider alternative oral methods of collecting information, particularly in small groups.Given thoughtful consideration of group dynamics, this can allow a variety of voices to be heard that would not usually express views.
When developing issues that need to be tested in the evaluation, consider questions that are the same or connected, that can be asked to a variety of different partners (community, artist, developer) so that useful direct comparisons can be made.


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Back to University of Wollongong
Casual Academic Forum
Precarious employment in Australian higher education institutions & why it's a union concern
plus the launch of
Smart Casuals NTEU handbook for UOW casual academic staff
Speaker: Genevieve Kelly NTEU State Secretary
Venue: 19.1038 Bldg 19, Level 1, Room 1038
Date: Wednesday 7 March 2012
Time: 12:30–1.30pm Lunch & refreshments provided
This is a special event for all casual academic staff, for NTEU members and those yet to join the Union.
RSVP by 6 March (for catering) by reply email.
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Fall preview 2013: Top five events and festivals
Get out of the apartment and see a new side of New York at these fall events that offer culture, construction sites and cannoli.
Wythe Hotel
"East Berlin: Film, Fashion, Fotography" at the National Arts Club
Feast of San Gennaro
Atlantic Antic
There's plenty to look forward to this fall: big-ticket lectures, exciting museum events and the reopening of the Queens Museum. We've collected the top five cultural events and festivals to get you prepped for the autumn's deluge of great events.
RECOMMENDED: See all things to do in New York this fall
Feast of San Gennaro
Celebrate the martyred third-century bishop and patron saint of Naples at this 11-day festival that fills the streets of Little Italy every year. Watch the professionals in action at the cannoli-eating competition and you won't feel so bad about indulging in calorific treats from the food vendors; return daily for live musical performances. Mulberry St between Canal and Houston Sts; Grand St between Baxter and Mott Sts; Hester St between Baxter and Mott Sts.
Kings County exhibition producer United Photo Industries takes over Brooklyn Bridge Park's Pier 5 to create a pop-up village honoring the art of picture taking. This year's festival also includes a beer garden dispensing Brooklyn Brewery suds. Peruse 45 shipping containers, which provide venues for curated gallery installations—from photojournalism chronicling Liberia's civil war to Yeah Yeah Yeahs guitarist Nick Zinner's intimate on-the-road shots of his fellow band members—and interactive workshops, as well as panel discussions with photographers, editors and publishers. Then wander past a 1,000-foot-long fence displaying 200 large-form prints made out of photographic mesh that correspond to the theme "Community: Home/Street/People/Creatures/Play."
"East Berlin: Film, Fashion, Fotography"
This exhibit and event series at the normally private National Arts Club celebrates ten artists who work in what was formerly East Berlin. On Sept 25, toast the opening of the art show with a live feed to the Friendly Society gallery in Germany. Four films will screen, including Comrade Couture (Sept 26), about fashion designers who worked in the then-socialist country during the 1980s, and on Oct 1, attend a gallery talk on the different forms of music and art considered "degenerate" by the postwar government. On Sept 27, the space hosts a cabaret party and fashion show, featuring music by swing band Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks and German singer Adrienne Haan (free tickets are required; visit NAC after Sept 18 at 1pm to reserve).
Atlantic Antic
More than 500 vendors and ten stages will close down a busy Brooklyn artery for the Atlantic Antic. It's billed as NYC's largest street fair, so there's more to see than stands hawking pashminas and MozzArepas (although there are plenty of those, too). Look for a full lineup of bands and vendors to be announced in September. Atlantic Ave between Hicks St and Fourth Ave, Brooklyn
Open House New York
This annual festival gives attendees access to more than 200 of the city's coolest and most exclusive architectural sites and landmarks. Past years have included behind-the-scenes tours of venues such as the Park Avenue Armory, the Gustafsson-Wells House, the Museum of the Moving Image, the Four Seasons and Prospect Park's in-progress Lakeside construction site. Look for the full schedule (and the ability to preregister for certain events) in the first week of October.


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Five-time Paralympic gold medallist Evan O'Hanlon is fearful for his future in sport after the announcement of moving athletes away from the AIS.
O'Hanlon holds the world record in both the 100-metre and 200-metre sprints for an athlete with cerebral palsy and he thought the changes to athletics at the AIS could mean he can't afford to continue competing.
In addition to his Australian Institute of Sport scholarship, he's currently on an Athletics Australia contract for $10,000 per year - the top able-bodied athletes have contracts for $50,000-$60,000. He was worried the new AA scholarships, which replace the AIS scheme, would be calculated in a similar way.
O'Hanlon was also concerned about losing the medical and sports science backing of the AIS, as well as the rental allowance he receives.
''I'm the first person to say that I don't deserve what Sally Pearson has, she's doing a whole different thing, she's the best in the world,'' he told The Canberra Times.
''And I'm the best in the world of a very small pool, but I don't think that a one-to-five ratio is very fair - I think it should be a lot closer.
''I'm a little bit worried from the financial side of things.
''AIS support is really good - we get all our medical and all our facilities plus we get a rental allowance.
''I can't see how Athletics Australia can offer that to people around Australia without it being reduced and that's a bit of a worry for me as I only just get by at the moment.
''The AIS has really kept my career alive.''
AIS director Matt Favier confirmed the athletics program would switch to AA-controlled scholarships, but he did not know the specifics of what AA had planned. He did help allay some of O'Hanlon's fears, stating the AIS would continue to provide medical and sports science support to the Canberra-based athletes.
Everything else would now be decided by AA.
''If they are in Canberra in programs like track and field, we would expect to underpin those athletes in their programs through a level of service delivery … [of] physiotherapy, medicine, soft tissue, as well as strength and conditioning,'' Favier said.
He said sports would have to provide details of where they think they can succeed and then apply funding from the AIS to those areas.


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You could own this lighthouse near Mackinac!
Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association photo
This is the Round Island Passage Lighthouse. It is up for sale and the current bid is 20-thousand dollars. The auction is open only to not for profit organizations. But once you own it, the sky is the limit. You could open a bread and breakfast, or any other feasible use.
The 71 foot tower is made of steel plate and it sits on a giant hunk of concrete. If you want it, here is the link to place your bid!