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Star Trek: Enterprise
The Complete Second Season
- 2002-03 (2005) - Paramount
review by Bill Hunt, editor of
The Digital Bits
Program Rating (Season Two): C+
Disc Ratings (Video/Audio/Extras): B+/B/A-
Specs and Features
1,111 mins (26 episodes at 42 mins each), NR, letterboxed widescreen (1.78:1), 16x9 enhanced, 7 single-sided, dual-layered discs (no layer switch), custom plastic shell packaging with inner disc holder, audio commentary by Michael Sussman & Phyllis Strong (on
Dead Stop
), text commentary by Michael Okuda and Denise Okuda (on
First Flight
), 8 deleted scenes (from
A Night in Sickbay
Cease Fire
The Expanse
- 16x9, DD 2.0), outtakes reel (11 mins - 4x3, DD 2.0), 5 behind-the-scenes featurettes (all 4x3, DD 2.0) including
Enterprise Moments: Season Two
(19 mins),
Enterprise Profile: Jolene Blalock
(14 mins),
LeVar Burton: Star Trek Director
(7 mins),
Enterprise Secrets
(5 mins) and
Inside A Night in Sickbay
(11 mins), production photo gallery, Borg Invasion promo trailer, 3
NX-01 File
Easter egg featurettes, booklet insert, animated program-themed menu screens with sound effects and music, episode/scene access (8 chapters per episode), languages: English (DD 5.1 & 2.0), subtitles: English, Close Captioned
Editor's Note:
U.K. release (and U.S. Best Buy/Musicland Group-exclusive bonus disc) includes the
Shooting Future Tense
featurette (17 mins.)
The first year of the Earth starship Enterprise's deep space mission has not gone smoothly. Captain Archer (Scott Bakula) and his crew have certainly made interesting scientific discoveries and found a handful of allies among the alien races they've encountered during their travels, but they've made a number of powerful and dangerous enemies as well. Archer has almost single-handedly pissed off half the Klingon Empire, and the crew of the NX-01 has stirred up a hornet's nest in the long-simmering conflict between the Andorians and Vulcans. More ominously, sinister forces from the future are attempting to disrupt the Enterprise's mission as part of an elaborate Temporal Cold War. They've framed Archer and his crew for the destruction of a peaceful colony on a remote outpost, causing Starfleet to consider cancelling the Enterprise's mission altogether - a move which could spell the end of Starfleet's program of exploration and irrevocably alter the future. What's worse, Archer finds himself trapped in that bleak future with little immediate hope of returning to his own time.
Picking up where the rather lackluster first season left off,
's second year could have taken the series in a number of directions, any of which would have been an improvement. It certainly opened well. Wrapping up the previous season's cliffhanger finale,
Shockwave, Part II
resolved the question as to whether Enterprise's mission would continue, and returned Archer safely to his crew. Its action-intense storyline was a welcome change from the previous year's largely aimless wandering (even despite a rather odd speech by the Captain, comparing humanity to newborn gazelles). This was soon followed by pair of great back-to-back episodes that gave fans reason to believe the show was beginning to find its legs.
, written by former
scribe John Shiban, was the series' darkest and most ominous turn yet, leaving the NX-01 badly damaged after an encounter with a mysterious alien race (Romulans, unknown to the crew). This story carried over into
Dead Stop
, in which the crew miraculously finds an automated repair station that can fix their ship... but at a higher price than they can imagine. This too was a dramatically taut, even somewhat creepy, high-concept episode. Unfortunately, the trend wasn't to last. Just as the season seemed to be building nice momentum... it was quickly killed by a dreadfully ill-timed comedic episode,
A Night in Sickbay
The basic concept of
A Night in Sickbay
was to explore the fallibility of the Captain, and play at a little light buddy humor between Archer and Phlox. It's a good idea in and of itself, and at any other point in the series, it might have worked. The problem is that the episode made Archer look so petty, and so negligent in his duties to his ship and crew, that the character was actually damaged in the eyes of many fans... JUST as he was finally starting to look like a real starship captain. The irresponsibly of bringing his dog on a sensitive diplomatic mission aside, Archer then refuses to take responsibility for his (and his dog's) actions (his dog pees on a sacred tree - no, I'm not kidding, it's that silly), resulting in the species being offended. Unfortunately, Archer needs the help of this species to replace a damaged part that's critical to keeping his ship running. Making matters worse, it turns out that his dog picked up a bug during their visit to the planet and has become seriously ill. So Archer spends an entire night in Sickbay worrying more about his dog than his ship, stubbornly refusing to apologize and then experiencing decidedly uncomfortable sexual tension with his Vulcan first officer (uncomfortable for the audience, and presumably T'Pol as well). The episode is just a disaster of epic proportions for the character of Archer... and ultimately for the season. Following this debacle, the second season delivered a painfully long stretch of more of the same directionless storytelling the first season offered - mostly recycled
plots involving encounters with various aliens and spatial phenomena of the week (although there was at least a decent Vulcan/Andorian follow-up and a workable AIDS allegory involving T'Pol and mind-melding). The low point (if it's possible to reach a lower point than
A Night in Sickbay
) had to be
Precious Cargo
, in which Trip runs around in his underwear with an alien princess on a jungle planet.
The shame of it is, there were also a few truly great episodes late in the season. In
, Archer finally realizes that maybe he hasn't been setting such a great example for his crew, when Trip's well-intentioned actions ("I did exactly what you'd do, Cap'n...") lead to the worst possible outcome during a first contact mission.
is a good episode involving Starfleet's first encounter with the Borg (a clever follow-up to the film
First Contact
by writer Mike Sussman) that was unfortunately extremely controversial with fans precisely because it involved the Borg. When most fans were desperately hoping for the show to offer more links to
The Original Series
, here was yet another
Next Generation
connection that seemed to many to be an outright violation of continuity (the series had already shown the Ferengi, and for an unpleasant time it seemed as if Q and Quinan couldn't be far behind). The best episode of the second season, however, was outstanding.
First Flight
showed Archer's days as a test pilot for the NX program, trying to put his farther's warp engine to work, and the beginnings of his long friendship with Trip. It featured an appropriately
Right Stuff
feel, along with an outstanding guest appearance by actor Keith Carradine (as a rival pilot competing with Archer to be the first to break the Warp 2 barrier). Once again, however, the good of
First Flight
was undermined by the awful
, which (despite the appearance of the
-era Tellarites) has T'Pol entering a false Pon Farr because of an accidental exposure to a mircobe. With Berman and Braga steering this series, you just KNEW there was going to be a Pon Farr episode sooner or later, and here it was, complete with T'Pol running around in her underwear and making sexual advances on Phlox and various other male crewmen. Funny how many episodes of this series involve characters running around in their underwear, isn't it? Ugh.
As with the first season of this series on DVD, Paramount has delivered all 26 episodes of the second season in very good looking anamorphic widescreen video. Once again, the experience of watching this show in widescreen is fantastic (it makes me REALLY eager for seasons three and four, I can tell you). As before, there's a little bit of softness and very light film grain occasionally, but both add to the character of the image. Color and contrast are excellent. You'll see a bit of digital compression artifacting here and there, but it's not distracting even on a very large display. Once again, this season's episodes are presented as originally broadcast with their sans-"
Star Trek
" opening title sequence and the original mix of the theme song, both of which were later changed. The audio is presented in Dolby Digital 5.1. It's still not as impressive as the 5.1 mixes on other
DVDs, with most of the action biased to the front half of the soundstage, and only occasional panning and atmospheric use of the rear channels. But the dialogue is clear at all times and it's well mixed with the music and effects. Note that Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround audio is also included, as are English subtitles (and Closed Captioning).
Building upon the first season's DVD extras,
Season Two
delivers another nice batch of supplements, including featurettes, deleted scenes (nicely presented in anamorphic widescreen), outtakes and more. Disc One includes audio commentary with writer/producers Mike Sussman and Phyllis Strong on the episode
Dead Stop
. There are lots of little insights and amusing comments about where various story ideas came from and how they were developed. Sussman and Strong seem to have a lot of history (and fun) working together. It's a nice track. There's also a cute deleted scene from the episode
, in which Phlox attempts to comfort an injured Hoshi by having her identify anatomical parts in Denobulan. Disc Two offers deleted scenes from the episode
A Night in Sickbay
, including one in which a troubled Archer confides in Trip about his dilemma. It's a shame that it was cut, because it helps you empathize with Archer's character (and his frustrations) a bit more than you do in the final episode. Disc Four contains more deleted scenes from the episodes
Cease Fire
- they're all interesting and nice moments, but you can see why they were cut. There's also another good subtitle text commentary with the Okudas on
that includes plenty of trivia for the diehard
. Disc Six features another commentary with Sussman and Strong on
, and another Okuda text commentary on
First Flight
. The
commentary is the better of the two Sussman and Strong tracks, I think, as there's just so much more to talk about, including the fan controversy over the return of the Borg, the writers' reaction to it, the development of their concept for bringing the race back to
in the
era and much more. Sussman even takes the opportunity to address some of the fans' later questions and concerns about the continuity. It's a great listen. Finally, Disc Seven offers more deleted scenes from the season-ending cliff-hanger,
The Expanse
, including one in which Archer seeks a little female companionship from an old girlfriend before setting out on his most dangerous mission yet. Again, it's a shame that it was cut, because it really humanizes his character.
Disc Seven also contains all of the set's featurette and behind-the-scenes content (presented in 4x3 video with 2.0 audio and optional English subtitles). The best of this material is another outtakes reel (this one is 11 minutes in length). We see a sweeping janitor passing through the viewscreen to interrupt a serious moment, Archer teasing Travis about the "pictures" he found in the Ensign's quarters, a funny but overplayed scene with T'Pol, Trip and Archer all drunk from
Carbon Creek
(the scene was ultimately reshot sans intoxication), lots of little line gaffs and physical flubs, etc. My favorite moment is Bakula walking into shot amid a thick cloud of smoke during a tense scene and breaking character to say, "Next year, fire extinguishers all around!"
The featurettes include interesting behind-the-scenes footage, as well as new and vintage interview clips with the cast and production crew. They start with
Enterprise Moments: Season Two
, which is a rundown of the major story and production highlights from the year - various people comment on the developments or tell interesting stories. Berman and Braga seem a little too proud of their lackluster Temporal Cold War story, Mike Sussman reveals his original concept for
Future Tense
(which ultimately evolved into the fourth season's 2-part
In a Mirror, Darkly
), Jolene Blalock tries to be diplomatic about having to play T'Pol in heat in
, Mike Okuda and Bakula provide interesting details about
First Flight
(you actually get to see some of the futuristic mission patches on the wall of the 602 Club - Man, I'd LOVE to have a set of those), etc. In
Enterprise Profile: Jolene Blalock
, the actress talks about how she auditioned for the role of T'Pol, how she's developed over time, and how the character's relationships with Archer and Trip in particular have evolved. Braga talks about how he wanted to make the Vulcans interesting again, and how T'Pol's character was always meant to have a yearning to explore the emotions forbidden by her people. Co-star Connor Trinneer (Trip) notes that Jolene has the hardest job on the show and complements her performance. He also jokes that he almost never gets to see her NOT looking like a Vulcan.
LeVar Burton: Star Trek Director
is a very nice piece that takes us behind-the-scenes on the episode
First Flight
, which Burton directed. It's interesting to see this series from the perspective of a longtime
alum. In
Enterprise Secrets
, 1st assistant director David Trotti talks about recreating the Rura Penthe mines (first seen in
Star Trek VI
) for the episode
. Finally,
Inside A Night in Sickbay
looks more closely at the creation of the season's second most fan-polarizing episode. It's clear that Berman, Braga and Bakula are quite taken with it. There's also a photo gallery containing some nice production shots and publicity stills, along with that Las Vegas Hilton/Borg Invasion promo spot again. Disc Seven also includes three more
NX-01 Files
Easter egg featurettes (interview clips with the cast talking more about their experiences on the show).
All of the discs feature very nicely animated CG footage of a flight of Klingon warships (from
, I believe), which then transitions to one of the warships being analyzed by the Enterprise's computer interface (from there you can select the various episodes and options available). As before, the package is contained in a plastic, sliver-gray outer box. Inside this is a plastic tray to hold the discs and an insert booklet with notes on the episodes and features.
As with the
Season One
DVDs, my only real complaint with the extras here is that I still want more audio commentaries. It would be nice if the DVD production team had been able to bring in more of the actors in groups - particularly the cast members who tend to get short shrift otherwise. Guest players too would be interesting to hear from - Jeffrey Combs (Shran) and Gary Graham (Soval) for example. Fox does this pretty aggressively with their TV discs on shows like
, and I wish would Paramount would follow their lead a little more. Still, you do get two audio commentaries on this set, which is one more than
Season One
offered. And both are very good. It's a nitpick, but there you go.
One more note... as with other
TV DVD sets, if you purchase
The Complete Second Season
at Best Buy/Media Play/Musicland-affiliated stores, you'll get an exclusive bonus disc containing the featurette
Shooting Future Tense
fan actually get this in the set normally, but U.S. fans continue to have to jump through the retail exclusive hoop.
When I look back at
- a series that was sadly cancelled just as it was FINALLY reaching its potential after its fourth year - I can't help coming to conclusion that
Season Two
was where things really went wrong. You can forgive a show for not firing on all cylinders (or even having a plan) in its first year, but not its second. Even the tried-and-true Borg and another attempt at titillation with a hackneyed Pon Farr episode couldn't keep viewers tuned in - not even diehard
. As
Season Two
drew to a close, the ratings were falling steadily and it was finally clear to Berman and Braga that
wasn't delivering much that fans wanted to see. The series had to change, and quickly. In response, the producers hastily conjured a 9/11-style attack upon Earth by a mysterious race known as the Xindi, and a desperate mission for the Enterprise crew to prevent an even deadlier strike. This was introduced in another season-ending cliffhanger,
The Expanse
. While it still wasn't was what fans wanted most (which was the true prequel to
The Original Series
that Berman and Braga had initially pitched), the subsequent, season-long plot arc was at least enough of a kick in the ass to infuse the series with real drama, a genuine edge to the storytelling and badly-needed momentum and direction. Those fans patient enough to have remained with the series through two aimless years were rewarded for their loyalty.
was about to get a lot better... and it was FINALLY going to be called
Star Trek
The Delphic Expanse awaits.
Season Three
here we come...
Bill Hunt
[email protected]
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The advertising market continued its downward slide in October, as predicted by media executives, falling 8 per cent for the month as free-to-air (FTA) television deteriorated further with a 5 per cent decline.
The embattled
Ratings leader
The number-two rating Nine Network held its metro TV ad market share at just under 36 per cent. SMI's Nine figures cover all five mainland capital cities including the Perth and Adelaide stations, which are owned by Bruce Gordon's WIN Corporation. However, sources close to parent Nine Entertainment Co argue its east coast stations were up two percentage points for October with the company holding a share close to 38 per cent in the combined Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane markets.
Metropolitan free-to-air TV declined 5 per cent for the month, compared with a flat result in September, while regional TV fell 7 per cent. Traditional media companies had been expecting a tough result for October, although commentary by some management during the recent annual general meeting season suggested there might be a slight, relative improvement to the advertising market during November and December.
The overall result was also affected by the five weeks that fell in October 2011, versus the usual four weeks this October.
However, it is understood the loss of the extra week mostly affected newspaper advertising, which was down 24 per cent year-on-year, and magazines, down 23 per cent.
Metropolitan newspapers plummeted 31 per cent while regional newspapers dropped a comparatively smaller 8 per cent.
In a sign of how tough the ad market had been in October, subscription TV ad revenue was down 3 per cent, whereas in the calendar year-to-date the sector, one of the best-performing, is up 10 per cent. Also, digital advertising's 20 per cent growth so far this year was reduced to 9 per cent in October alone.
Total radio advertising, although only 1 per cent down in the year to date, dropped 14 per cent in October, with regional radio down 24 per cent and metro radio down 13 per cent.
Outdoor advertising fell 9 per cent for the month, while cinema, which accounts for less than 1 per cent of SMI's advertising dollar universe, jumped 30 per cent.
In the calendar year to date, retail remains the strongest advertising category, up 6 per cent.
Automotive grew 9 per cent.
However, the worst-performing ad categories are toiletries and cosmetics (down 19 per cent), fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) (down 11 per cent) and travel (down 9 per cent).
The overall advertising market has declined 2 per cent year-on-year since January.
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The Modern American began in April 2004 with the collective financing of the diverse student organizations at WCL. Since that time, TMA has become an independently financed publication, which receives Student Bar Association funding. TMA publishes 2 issues a year.
As we increase our presence, our goal is to continue expanding within and outside of the WCL community. We are currently available on LexisNexis, Westlaw, HeinOnline, Index to Legal Periodicals & Books, and The Digital Commons; we receive submissions from law faculty and students from almost every legal institution in the US and other non-US institutions via ExpressO and LexOpus; and we maintain a robust subscription list, which includes law libraries, practitioners, scholars, college minority organizations, and individual activists. Additionally, in September 2010, TMA founded Modern America, a Law & Politics blog with regular, original commentary on news and happenings. One of our most significant accolades to date came during the summer of 2006 when we were awarded first runner-up for the Henry J. Ramsey, Jr. Diversity Award from the American Bar Association.
Today, TMA continues to trailblaze. After six thriving years the time had arrived for TMA to evaluate its achievements and its future. In 2010, the Executive Board took the opportunity to review and assess the last six years. The Strategic Plan Initiative occurred in three phases, in which participants examined the publication's vision and governance, content, and presentation & visibility, from March to mid-May. The Strategic Plan was the final part and product of the Initiative. To learn more about the exciting changes administered by TMA, please read the Strategic Plan report here.
TMA is also very active in student life. This fall TMA co-hosted the Third Annual "Honoring Our Past, Celebrating our Future" dinner with the Women's Bar Association of the District of Columbia, and WCL's Special Events & Continuing Education Office; sponsored our annual cash prize writing contest on the theme of the future of women's bodily freedom in jurisprudence and policy-making; and co-sponsored Don't Ask, Don't Tell: Beyond the Log Cabin Republicans' Injunction and Defense and Authorization Act panel with the Labor & Employment Law Forum, Law & Government Program, and others. This spring we will host our Sixth Annual Spring Symposium, "Minority Majority: The Social and Legal Implications of a Post-White America," in March. More information, including registration, can be found at http://www.wcl.american.edu/secle/founders/2011/20110323a.cfm.
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Scheduling and Review
Some families prefer a structured, orderly curriculum with fixed reading assignments, weekly milestones, and comprehensive review. Others are comfortable with loosely defined goals, lots of flexibility, and intermittent review. The Heritage History Academy can be used with either approach. This page provides guidelines for using our core reading recommendations to make a preliminary preliminary schedule. It uses examples from the British Middle Ages Academy course, but the concepts apply to all our civilization specific courses as well.
Before discussing strategies for designing student schedules we will introduce Reading Credits and Historical Eras and show how they provide structure for a flexible but comprehensive reading program.
Reading credits are assigned to each book in the Heritage History library. Reading Credits correspond to a set length of text and are intended to help estimate how long a student will take to complete assigned reading. They are based on the length of our reformatted PDF version of each book and are usually less than half the original page count. In the example below, "In the Days of Alfred the Great" has been assigned 94 reading credits.
There is a wide variation in how quickly students read but most can earn 10 to 20 credits per hour. For the scheduling examples on this page we assume a student earns fifteen reading credits per hour. Given these assumptions, a student could be expected to take six hours to complete "In the Days of Alfred the Great" but this is only a guideline. The actual variation among individual students could be anywhere from four to nine hours.
In order to set up effective milestones for comprehensive study each Heritage History Academy course has been subdivided into eight or more historical eras. The reading assignments, timelines, character lists, and study questions associated with each course are organized into study units. We recommend that students who are following a regular study program focus on one of these historical eras at a time. This means completing the core reading assignment, reviewing the associated timeline and character list, answering study questions, and selecting a supplemental reading assignment for more in depth study.
Most historical divisions have approximately the same amount of "core" reading associated with them, but some have many more supplemental texts to choose from than others. On average, each division can be expected to take between two and four weeks to complete.
The divisions of the British Middle Ages course are shown below, and historical subdivision of all of our courses can be found on the Civilization Libraries page.
Of the eight divisions into which most courses are divided, there are usually one or two that are designated as "optional". In the case of the British Middle Ages, the first five units (Early Britain to Stuarts) form the core of a comprehensive study of English history. The final three units (Scotland, Ireland, and European Middle Ages) are of interest to many students but not essential. This distinction gives students who would like to work through the course material quickly an indication of which units are of greatest importance.
In order to estimate how quickly your student should be progressing through each study unit, default reading assignments for both Level I and Level II Academy Courses have been provided. While we encourage students to customize their own reading list, these schedules can be a helpful starting point.
In our example program, Unit 2 covers the history of Britain from the rise of the kingdom of Wessex in 800 to the death of Stephen, the last Norman king in 1154. Alfred the Great is one of the key characters of this period so the suggested supplemental reading for this period is a children's biography. Core reading selections from two short English histories are given because students who are unfamiliar with a period usually need to read over the material twice in order to retain details.
According to the above information, the total reading credits for both core selections is 36. A student who is able to earn 12-15 reading credits per hour should be able to get through both core assignments in about 3 hours. The supplemental reading assignment is 94 reading credits, or about six hours worth of reading. The entire unit, therefore, can be estimated to take about three weeks to complete (assuming three hours of reading per week).
In practice, most students read comprehensive histories more slowly than they read history stories but in any case, three weeks is a good working estimate for an average student. There is, of course a great deal of variation in reading fluency among students but once you have determined your student's pace, the reading credits will help you estimate expected progress with reasonable accuracy.
Most of the time a student schedules for each unit should be spent reading. However, there is also value in reviewing essential facts of history. We recommend at least an hour should be reserved during every study unit for updating Reading Progress, reviewing study aids, and answering Study Review questions. Students who printed their study resources beforehand will have a history notebook on hand and can easily review the essentials at any time.
In addition to printable study aids, a question bank of about 50 multiple choice questions is are associated with every study unit. The review questions offer students the opportunity to improve their retention of specific facts and essential knowledge. Twelve questions are selected at random from the question bank and students who answer at least 65% correct can win Bronze, Silver, Gold or even Diamond medals.
Most students should be able to win Level I Medals after reviewing the study questions a few times. Some students, however, have better memories than others and younger students are not likely to be able to do as well as older students even if they succeed in completing the reading. For this reason we do not recommend that students younger than fifth grade attempt to review study questions unless they are highly motivated. As long as students are reading at an age-appropriate level it is not essential to take knowledge tests, but students who enjoy the challenge will greatly improve their retention of historical facts.
Once a student has completed the required reading, they should be able to complete a twelve question review session in about ten minutes. Most Level I students attempt between five and ten review sessions, so one to two hours per unit should be sufficient. Level II review questions are considerably more challenging than Level I and are only recommended for older students. Mastery of Level I Study Questions is adequate for basic competency in each historical period.
The Heritage Curriculum can be easily adapted to meet both family and individual needs. Students that are new to the program may want to start with our recommended core program, but we encourage families to be open to alterations. Some frequently adopted modifications include:
No matter what approach works for your family, remember that the best way to master history is to make reading history a regular part of your student's weekly routine. A slow and steady approach is more helpful, rewarding, and interesting, than the modern approach of ignoring world history for twelve years and then trying to cram 2000 years into a single, "Western Civilization" course during Freshman year.
Using the Heritage History program and reading at a rate of only three hours per week, a typical student will spend over 100 hours per year reading history. Extended over an eight year period (fifth to twelfth grade), students will have had an opportunity to read 80 to 200 history-related books by their high school yearsan excellent foundation for future learning.


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April 24, 2004
AMHERST, MA - The third-ranked Amherst College women's lacrosse team posted an 11-10 overtime victory on Saturday, defeating ninth-ranked NESCAC and Little Three archrival Williams College and securing the No. 2 seed in the NESCAC Tournament. Williams senior Molly Jennings (Greenwich, CT) tied the game with 16 seconds left in regulation to force the extra frames, but Amherst junior Ashley Harmeling (N. Reading, MA) netted the game-winner 15 seconds into the second overtime period to earn the win. The Jeffs face visiting No. 7 seed Tufts University in the opening round of the NESCAC Tournament tomorrow (Sunday) at noon.
Williams was dominant early, taking a 2-0 lead on goals from Jennings and junior Crista Petrelli (Harrison, NY), and stretching the lead to 6-2 as junior Tara Boyd (New Canaan, CT) netted back-to-back scores at the 16:22- and 21:05-marks. The Jeffs rallied in the final seven minutes as Harmeling found senior tri-captain Liz Martin (Baltimore, MD) for her second goal of the game, and Martin fed classmate Allison Aldrich (Cornwall, VT) just a minute and a half later to cut the Ephs' lead to two at the intermission.
Williams junior Amy Wicker (New Canaan, CT) opened the second half with her second unassisted tally, giving the visitors their largest lead of the game. Martin answered for the Jeffs, scoring off a feed from first-year Dana Kuper (Denver, CO) and netting an unassisted goal at the 7:12-mark to pull Amherst back within one, 7-6. Jennings pushed the Williams lead back to 2, but Aldrich and sophomore Scotty Hanley (Sparks, MD) each scored to tie the game for the first time since the opening draw, and Aldrich gave the Jeffs their first lead of the game on a free-position shot with 10:22 left in regulation. The Ephs tied the game, 9-9, as first-year Kaylan Tildsley (Andover, MA) scored unassisted at the 27:20-mark. With about 30 seconds left on the clock Aldrich was awarded a free-position shot after a Williams foul. She moved toward the goal, but stopped and fed fellow tri-captain Jackie Sargent (Concord, MA), who slipped the ball past the Ephs' goalie for the 10-9 edge. However, the visitors would not go quietly as they won the ensuing draw and Jennings found the net to force overtime.
Neither side could score in the first three-minute period of overtime, but Harmeling nabbed the opening draw of the second frame and sprinted straight to the goal, firing in a laser for the game-winner. Amherst's defense dominated the extra sessions, and allowed just four goals in the final 36 minutes of play. Amherst sophomore defender Margaret Chute (Pawtucket, RI) led the way, scooping up seven ground balls and forcing three turnovers, while junior Jenna Swan-Gross (Philadelphia, PA) forced three turnovers as well. Martin finished with four goals and an assist, while Aldrich added three goals and an assist and Harmeling posted two goals and two assists.
Jennings led the Ephs with three goals while, Tildsley, Wicker and Boyd had a pair each.
Amherst junior Olivia D'Ambrosio (Farmington, CT) collected 13 saves as the Jeffs improved to 12-1 (8-1 NESCAC), while sophomore Meghan Dwyer (Norwell, MA) grabbed 17 for Williams. The Ephs fall to 9-4 (7-2 NESCAC), but enter the NESCAC Tournament as the No. 3-seed and hosts sixth-seeded Wesleyan University tomorrow at noon.
Amherst faces Tufts for the second time in a week after defeating the visiting Jumbos 14-10 last Wednesday.
2004 NESCAC Championship Tournament
First Round - Sunday, April 25, 2004
No. 7 Tufts at No. 2 Amherst at noon
No. 6 Wesleyan at No. 3 Williams at noon
No. 5 Colby at No. 4 Bowdoin at noon
Semifinals - Saturday, May 1, 2004 at Middlebury College
No. 1 Middlebury vs. lowest remaining seed at noon
Remaining first-round winners at 2:30 p.m.
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Where are they now? Part 2
Catholic Digest shares the latest news on individuals previously featured in this column
By Julie Rattey
Since February of 2006, Catholic Digest has told narrative stories of individuals whose lives have been changed for the better through their interaction with a Religious Order or organization. This month, we continue to share updates on how some of these individuals are doing today.
Evaristo and Mubanga
The Missionaries of Africa
In November 2006, we introduced Evaristo and Mubanga, two teenagers in Zambia who pursued their interest in cooking with help from Father Joseph Braun of the Missionaries of Africa, who enabled them to cook for the parish convent.
It was a typical night in 2006 when Evaristo finished work for the night as a cook for the New Fairmount Hotel in Livingstone, Zambia, and caught a taxi for the ride home. He couldn't have known it was a night that would change his life.
The taxi got into an accident, and Evaristo found himself in the local hospital for weeks. Worse still, he somehow contracted tuberculosis. Due to concerns in the industry about transmitting the disease, Evaristo would not be able to pursue his culinary career. Nevertheless, he didn't give up.
"Accepting the situation [early on] perhaps helped me in facing the challenges that come with such illnesses, such as the discrimination associated with the disease itself, but thank God I managed to pull through," he writes.
Drawing on previous non-culinary work experience, Evaristo interviewed with a local non-governmental organization and was hired as a paralegal officer in charge of the group's prison program. Though struggling to make ends meet, Evaristo still enjoys the job, he writes, "because I am helping a lot of people who unfortunately are unable to hire the services of a lawyer when in need of one."
He also has an eye on the future, hoping to go to law school, marry, have a family, and, one day, pursue cooking again.
"I still miss being in the kitchen," he admits.
Despite the challenges he's faced, Evaristo is hopeful for the future. "I have challenges of how to meet my daily bills, which at the end of each month seem so unbearable, but am still able to find joy in at least helping someone out there with a legal problem. That's where my joy is!" he writes.
Evaristo is occasionally in touch with Mubanga, who is working as a chef in a lodge in the town of Chingola. The hard work feels worthwhile, Mubanga says, when people compliment the food he prepares.
Hard work has paid off in another way for Mubanga. This year, he finally saved up enough money to marry his longtime girlfriend, Angela. The two had plans to wed as far back as 2006.
"She's a good lady, a very understanding person," he says, a smile evident in his voice. "If I'm sick or low or I fight with my boss, she always cools me down."
The two will doubtless have future challenges to face, but Mubanga puts his faith in God.
"I'm still surviving," he says, "because of Him."
Though Father Joseph Braun is now living in the United States, Evaristo and Mubanga are still in touch with him by telephone. Braun says that he is proud of the young men and how they have coped with challenges they face. The praise is mutual.
"When I grew up, [Father Joseph] was that father figure in my life," writes Evaristo. "He has been a parent when I needed one, he has been a friend when I need one, a listener when I needed to be listened to, and a shoulder to lean on, but above all he taught me to be me and preached the word of God not so much in words, but in the way he lived and cared for me and many others."
Isabel and Irene
The Columban Fathers/PREDA (People's Recovery, Empowerment, and Development Assistance) Foundation, Inc.
In March 2007, we told the story of Isabel and Irene (names have been changed for privacy), twin sisters from the Philippines who suffered sexual abuse as children and were sold to pimps by Mariefe (name has been changed), the woman who called herself their mother. Through the help of a neighbor, they were rescued by PREDA, just before they were scheduled to be shipped off to Japan for a life of prostitution. At the time we published our story, Irene and Isabel were 18 and attending college, after having been cared for at the PREDA Home for Girls.
For many brides, the day they get married is the happiest day of their life. But for Isabel, it's the second.
"The happiest day of my life was when I was rescued by Father Shay from the traffickers and that awful life," she says of PREDA's founder, Father Shay Cullen.
"It was a simple but beautiful wedding," writes Father Shay, who celebrated the marriage. Friends, family, and PREDA staff were gathered, dressed in their best, to watch Isabel, clad in a white gown, walk down the flower-draped aisle to join her soon-to-be husband, Arturo. Irene, her twin sister, was a bridesmaid.
Isabel now has a healthy baby boy and plans to shortly resume her college studies, which she hopes will lead to a career as a social worker. Irene was also in college, writes Father Shay, but suspended her studies to care for Mariefe, whose health has been poor. Despite the fact that Mariefe had sold the girls, they consider it their duty to care for her, Father Shay says. Irene is currently working in the PREDA Fair Trade department and is supervising and assisting other girls rescued from traffickers and sex clubs to attend classes in literacy and garment-making. She is a "powerful inspiration," to the girls she helps, Father Shay says, and gives them hope that they, too, can overcome their pasts and live better lives.
"I want to study business management," says Irene. "I can see that I have a talent for this and it's helping so many others like me." CD
Evaristo and Mubanga - photos courtesy of Evaristo and Tommy Shamakamba, JR
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Catalina Mountain Elks Lodge No. 2815 held the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Americanism Essay Contest with the theme "What Veterans Day Means to Me." Of the 278 Coronado Middle School students who participated, three were chosen from each grade division.
Melinda Rodriguez, Olivia Callaghan and Lauren Stevenson were winners in the fifth and sixth grade division. Joey Ferrer, Savanna Taft and Karyssa Quintana were were the seventh and eighth grade division winners. Certificates and medals will be awarded to these students at a Lodge Youth Luncheon on May 4.
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NTSB says recordings take the guesswork out of what happened
ANCHORAGE – Investigators of the deadly St. Mary's plane crash find their efforts hindered by one key thing.
It's something most planes this size fly without. The Cessna 208, which crashed Friday, was not equipped with a recording device.
Cockpit voice recorders and flight data recorders are key evidence investigators use to piece together what happened when a plane goes down.
This time, that evidence is not available.
Cessna 208s are not required to have recording equipment, even though the National Transportation Safety Board recommends planes of this size install some kind of device.
Recordings are worth their weight in gold when it comes to finding out what went wrong, said Alaska NTSB Office Chief Clint Johnson. They take the guesswork out of what happened.
Johnson said investigators are now left with passenger interviews. They are, however, bringing the wreckage back to Anchorage where they'll reconstruct the plane piece by piece.
An NTSB meteorologist is looking into what role, if any, weather may have played in the crash.


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In our high fidelity simulation centres, a mannequin - or simulator - is used to simulate a real patient or person. The simulator breathes, talks, blinks, cries, and even bleeds. It generates simulated heart, lung and abdominal sounds as well, controlled and adjusted by a simulation technologist or instructor.
If you study in the bachelor of nursing, practical nursing, or paramedic programs at MHC, you will have the opportunity to experience valuable scenario training with high fidelity patient simulation to help you prepare for your future career. You will take action in real-time, using the theoretical knowledge you learn in the classroom. At the end of each event, you will discuss the event with the instructor and why you took certain actions (debriefing.)
The primary goal of simulated learning is to produce quality graduates through live event training (exposure) in order to reinforce theoretical knowledge learned in the classroom. Advantages of high fidelity patient simulation include customized learning experiences, a safe environment to make mistakes and learn from them, performance feedback and debriefing, and no risk of patient harm. Additionally, simulation functions as a bridge to clinical or practical learning sites.
Our simulated learning centres allow you as a student to practice in a safe learning environment, using current technologies and the new standard in simulated learning. Use of this technology has been shown to increase student confidence, enhance skills, and produce better prepared graduates.
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A comprehensive set of instruments has been installed for both system control and performance monitoring. Both control and data acquisition of the system are accomplished through WebCTRL, as illustrated in Figure 15.
External adjustments of the control system include:
Internal adjustments include:
Once the external adjustments are set by the user, the internal adjustments are made based on the control algorithms programmed in WebCTRL in order to achieve user specified settings. The supply air flowrate controls the supply fan frequency; the temperature, the compressor frequency; the supply air humidity, the gas flow. Other internal adjustments are controlled directly by the operator. Defrost and equipment safety modes are separately programmed.
Measurements from the sensors as well as indications of various control signals are recorded at user specified time intervals. The data are stored in the control server and can be traced back at anytime. As an example, Figure 16 shows the outside, supply and return air temperature on 25 February 2007. These data can also be reported in spreadsheets to facilitate data analysis.
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In 2010, the college completed its midterm report. The college's next step in the accreditation process is completing its self evaluation report which is due to ACCJC in October 2013. Please see the links to the left for more information.
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Hey! Im currently going to school where we learn about Network, servers etc. We have setup many Windows 7 Ultimate 32Bit computers. They are all basic with firefox 4 and some programs like live messenger, filezilla, etc. As much as an average user. We have also setup some servers Windows 2008 and 2008 R2. So the thing is to test the security. And then I need some help with what I can do to break these. The servers are running filezilla ftp servers at port 21 with enabled anonymous login and Apache, MySQL, PHP. The laptops are some with enabled firewall and some without. This is to test how easy it is to hack without.
We have tested to sniff but when I do Ettercap and ARP pois the network gets extremly slow to the victim. Is it anyway to make it faster? It mean it takes like 2 minutes to load google.com
The thing with sniffing is that we want to try to catch passwords for facebook, youtube etc. We enter the sites without HTTPS.
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Okey but Im having trouble making a meterpreter shell onto Windows 7. Also Ettercap sniffing with ARP is making the victim dc or have very slow Internet.
You said you have acces to the ftp server anonymously. Can you upload things ? And if you can upload things, where do they go ? Maybe the web root of the apache server ?
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As the name implies, the venue is school themed throughout and its focus is on the 'old school' vales. Its facilities are very authentic and, almost certainly, offer the most comprehensive coverage on the school CP scene. They comprise of a large Headmistress Study,a full size Classroom & Gym area[see School Facilities Preview]. All areas are stocked with genuine school artefacts, furniture and, of course, traditional CP implements.
The School is the longest established School of its kind in Central & Northern England. It was founded by its former Headmistress Miss W.Hastings-Gore. The School has now evolved to become known as Carlton College of Correction.
By integrating the Old School with the College all individuals desired School roleplay can be realistically covered right through to the Upper 6th Form. The Principal of the College is Miss Stephanie Hardcastle. A glamorous,yet formidable West Yorkshire Lady with several years experience in the role. She uses her experience and expertise to telling effect and brings that extra touch of realism to proceedings.
The aim of the College is to cover every scenario of Old School discipline and education. The objective being to appeal to all adults who have a passing intrest in experiencing Old School CP at its very best,whether they be male,female or cross dressers. Ultimateley to be recognised as the top venue for School 121 Scenarios, Detentions, Dayschools and Boarding Schools.
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Corticosteroids in Advanced Cancer
Corticosteroids in Advanced Cancer
Corticosteroids play a vitally important role in the treatment of patients with advanced cancer. While the scientific data, as reviewed by Wooldridge et al, are often slim, most physicians who treat patients with cancer quickly become comfortable with prescribing synthetic glucocorticoids for a variety of indications. Wooldridge et al have provided a much needed synthesis of the medical literature on the use of steroids, both as part of chemotherapeutic treatment for a variety of malignancies and in symptom control.
Steroids and Neuro-Oncology
In his classic textbook, Neurological Complications of Cancer, Jerome Posner notes that steroids are "the most widely used drugs in neuro-oncology."[1] However, despite their frequent use, the precise mechanism of action of these agents remains unclear. In the setting of metastatic disease, steroids are thought to exert their action as anti-edema agents by repairing the disruption seen in the blood-brain barrier. Indeed, Dr. Posner suggests that, "many scans [magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography] do show decreased contrast enhancement with the tumor, suggesting partial restoration of the blood-brain barrier."[1] Steroids may also control brain edema by inhibiting the effect of arachadonic acid on vascular permeability.
In the setting of spinal cord compression, steroids decrease the associated vasogenic edema and thereby substantially improve neurologic function and decrease pain. Although the one available study of high-dose vs low-dose dexamethasone cited in the review by Wooldridge et al did not demonstrate a benefit with the use of a higher dose, compelling animal data and decades of clinical experience at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center suggest that patients with acute spinal cord compression should be treated with a 100-mg bolus of dexamethasone followed by a steroid taper while more definitive treatmentusually radiation or chemotherapygets underway.[2]
Although tapering the steroid to the lowest effective dose is critical, there are no reports in the medical literature of any deleterious outcomes associated with the administration of a single bolus of 100 mg. Among the available corticosteroids, dexamethasone is used most commonly because of its lack of mineralocorticoid activity and a half-life of greater than 30 hours, which allows for more convenient daily dosing.
The best time to begin other forms of therapy after steroids have been administered is unclear. Given the tissue swelling that may occur with the onset of radiation therapy to the brain, some clinicians recommend treatment with steroids, usually dexamethasone, for a short time (1 to 2 days) prior to beginning a course of radiotherapy. In the treatment of epidural spinal cord compression, there is no evidence that immediate radiotherapy worsens neurologic function.
A rapid taper or abrupt cessation may result in "steroid pseudorheumatism," which is characterized by the onset of acute arthralgias and/or myalgias.[3] Clinicians may avoid this undesirable effect by implementing gradual dose reduction schedules, although side effects due to steroid withdrawal can occur even when steroids are tapered slowly.
Malignant Bone Pain
Bone metastases are the most common cause of cancer-related pain, occurring in 60% to 84% of patients with metastatic cancer.[4] Autopsy studies demonstrate that 85% of patients who die with stage IV breast, prostate, or lung cancer have bone metastases. In an excellent review of the pathophysiology and treatment of malignant bone pain, Mercadante notes, "The presence of pain is not correlated with the type of tumor, location, number and size of metastases, gender, or age of patient." He explains that a metastasis may develop near the primary site (eg, prostate cancer via the valveless paravertebral plexus) or at a more distal location secondary to chemotactic factors responsible for the "osteotropism" of certain malignanciesnamely breast, lung, thyroid, kidney, and prostate cancers.[5]
A variety of mechanisms for the bone pain caused by metastatic disease have been suggested, including invasion of the richly innervated periosteum, microfractures of the trabeculae causing bone distortion, mechanical stress, nerve entrapment, and bone destruction/collapse.[6] Recently, a murine model of bone cancer pain has been proposed that demonstrates massive astrocyte hypertrophy without neuronal loss, an increase in the neuronal expression of c-Fos, and an increase in the number of dynorphin-immunoreactive neurons in dorsal horn deep laminae neurons ipsilateral to a limb with cancer.[7] Because these changes have not been found in other murine models of inflammatory or neuropathic pain, Schwei et al suggested that bone cancer pain may have a unique "neurochemical signature."
Treatment of Bone Pain
Anti-inflammatory medications, including corticosteroids and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are often successfully used for the treatment of pain secondary to bone metastases.[8] Although there are few randomized double-blind clinical trials examining the role of NSAIDs in the management of metastatic bone pain, an understanding of the pathophysiology of malignant bone pain and the results of meta-analyses of the role of NSAIDs in cancer pain compel many cancer pain specialists to add an anti-inflammatory agent to the daily regimen of many of their patients with malignant bone pain.[9]
For patients with advanced disease whose cardiac, gastrointestinal, or renal comorbid illnesses may limit their ability to receive traditional NSAIDs safely, the COX-2 inhibitors now represent a welcome alternative. There are no data from randomized controlled trials supporting the use of COX-2 inhibitors in the setting of advanced cancer. However, their demonstrated safety and efficacy in other inflammatory pain settings make these agents an important addition to the daily regimen of many patients with malignant bone pain.
The risk of osteoporotic fracture and avascular necrosis associated with long-term steroid use in patients whose bone is already weakened from the spread of metastatic cancer limit their long-term use. However, in the setting of acute, severe cancer pain, a large bolus followed by a taper to the lowest effective dosage can be enormously beneficial. In addition, in patients who are unlikely to survive long enough to develop the well-known complications of systemic steroids, maintaining use of a daily corticosteroid can be helpful not only for analgesia but also for beneficial effects on respiration, appetite, nausea, and mood.
In conclusion, Wooldridge et al have offered a useful synthesis of the existing data on the use of corticosteroids in patients with advanced cancer. Competent clinical practice requires not only a thorough and critical review of the literature, but also an understanding of the relevant molecular mechanisms of action, which, taken together, may form the basis for a rational treatment strategy.
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Hawley said the change will take effect Dec. 22 and is part of a broader effort aimed at having screeners spend more of their time searching for explosives rather than small, sharp objects that don't pose as great a risk. The small implements were banned after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Under the new plan, more passengers will likely be subjected to secondary screening and pat-downs will include the arms and legs as well as the torso. More canine teams will patrol airports. Passengers also can expect more randomness at security gates so would-be terrorists won't know for sure what they might see.
For example, an airport might require all passengers to remove their shoes one day but not the next. Some passengers may have to show their identification an extra time or have their carry-on bag hand-searched.
"By incorporating unpredictability into our procedures and eliminating low-threat items, we can better focus our efforts on stopping individuals who wish to do us harm," Hawley said.
Among the items no longer prohibited from airliner cabins: scissors with blades of 4 inches or less, and tools such as screwdrivers, wrenches and pliers that are smaller than 7 inches. Box-cutters and small knives will remain on the list of banned items.
The White House approved the plan, presidential spokesman Scott McClellan said. "We support the decision that they have come to," he said.
But flight attendants and some lawmakers say the changes undermine security.
"I have not spoken to a flight attendant at any airline that isn't outraged by this," said Thom McDaniel, president of Southwest Airlines flight attendants' union, Transport Workers Local 556. "They want to focus more on explosives, but they're not even mentioning that the biggest threat to commercial aviation right now is still the fact that most cargo is not screened."
Reps. Ed Markey, D-Mass., and Joseph Crowley, D-N.Y., said Thursday they intend to introduce a bill to preserve the current list of items barred from the cabin.
"The Bush administration proposal is just asking the next Mohamed Atta to move from box cutters to scissors as the weapon that's used in the passenger cabin of planes," Markey said, referring to the leader of the Sept. 11 hijackers.
Justin Green is an attorney for the families of three flight attendants who died aboard American Airlines Flight 11, which hijackers crashed into the World Trade Center in New York City on Sept. 11. Two of the flight attendants, Bobbi Arestegui and Karen Martin, were stabbed by the terrorists. The third, Betty Ong, reported what was happening during the hijacking in a telephone call to authorities on the ground.
"The families are outraged that the TSA is planning on letting weapons back on board," Green said.
Airlines generally support Hawley's plan. So does the pilots' largest union, the Air Line Pilots Association.
Bob Hesselbein, the union's national security committee chairman, said pilots think it's more important to focus on passengers' intent rather than what they're carrying.
"A Swiss army knife in the briefcase of a frequent flyer we know very well is a tool," Hesselbein said. "A ballpoint pen in the hands of a terrorist is a weapon."
TSA screeners this year alone have confiscated 12.6 million prohibited items, including 3 million sharp objects, according to the Homeland Security Department.
They've also taken away 8.1 million lighters, the only item prohibited by law. Congress, concerned that terrorists would have an easier time igniting a bomb with a lighter than with matches, enacted the ban. It took effect April 14.
Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., chairman of the House Transportation Committee's aviation panel, agrees with Hawley that screeners should be looking for explosives rather than small, sharp objects that could be used as weapons.
"You have a huge army of pilots that are now armed, you have significant numbers of federal air marshals, you have secure cockpit doors, you have an alert public," Mica said. "Terrorists aren't dumb, they can see what the weakness in the system is."
More than 18,000 screeners have been trained on advanced explosives detection techniques, Mica said.
But Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, a member of the Senate Commerce Committee's aviation panel, objected to the policy shift. In a letter to Hawley, she wrote that the change "could undermine the progress we have made in securing our skies since the 9/11 attacks. Security demands vigilance; we cannot become complacent."


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Over the past six years, Carroll alumni have put over 221,000 meals on the tables of hungry people by donating food and money to those in need.
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These days, graphic designers also have patrons. They're called clients. But, for all intent and purpose, it's pretty much the same thing. Graphic designers have an insatiable desire to create. Clients have an insatiable desire to have things created.
It might be to sell stuff or promote an idea, cause or other type of communication. Whatever the reason, it's a symbiotic relationship based on the idea that client types need a [insert design item du jour here] and they find themselves somewhat wanting in the talent department. Designers fancy the idea of paying their rent and eating on occasion. It's a match made in Heaven, but not without its challenges.
Consider Michelangelo. Michelangelo was hired by Pope Julius II, also known as "ll papa terribile," to cover up some nasty looking stars on a blue ceiling. The Sistine Chapel gig took Mikey four years to complete for the sum of 3000 ducats. For those unfamiliar with the currency of medieval times, that's a bit more than 300 grand, USD, based on today's gold prices.
Way back in Mikey's day, it was around fifty grand, give or take. Hmmm … just 12 and a half grand per year for painting a ceiling while practically standing on his head? Okay, he didn't really paint it practically standing on his head or lying on his back for that matter. That was a notion popularized by Charlton Heston in The Agony and the Ecstasy. It made for some great cinema at the cost of truth. Nonetheless, 'ole Mikey probably had more than his fair share of neck aches.
In an effort to under-promise and over-deliver, Michelangelo took the Pope's original idea of a scene showing the 12 Apostles, which Mike thought was a "poor thing," and transformed it into a sweeping 133′ x 46′ masterpiece. A perhaps little known fact is that good 'ole Mikey was canned by the Pope during the course of the gig. A better known fact is their relationship was … er … less than amiable.
I wrote that little history lesson to say this: Does all this sound somewhat familiar to you graphic designer types? Let's see, a first idea that wasn't considered all that hot by the artist; a lot of work for what turned out to be a modest fee; a less-than-great client/designer relationship that's prone to threats of parting ways mid-gig. Sounds a bit too familiar, doesn't it? It seems little has changed over the years.
Or has it?
In an effort to find out, I did a bit 'o research and asked some graphic design clients to describe and comment on their relationship with their designer.
Almost all the respondents said their relationship met or exceeded their expectations. Whew! Good job, designers! But there were still a few caveats.
Here's a taste from Laura Benson, owner of Jeanne Beatrice, LLC:
"My creative director literally turned my business around. I hired him to design my new site: jeannebeatrice.com. But he did so much more. My initial goal was simply to emerge from our work with a new website, and I ended up with so much more. Because of Bowman Design, I have a fabulously designed and technologically advanced website, a much evolved brand and business that operates much more efficiently on all levels. In addition to the website, Bill has designed two look books, a line sheet (catalog), and several email campaigns for me. He has single-handedly taken my business and brand to an entirely new level."
That's what the client/designer relationship should be all about. Like Michelangelo, amaze your clients. Under-promise and over-deliver. Find ways to propel your client's business and make it better, more effective and exceed the project's goals. Exceeding expectations tends to have clients doing the happy dance.
Even when a project doesn't seem to be a Sistine Chapel, it can be a masterpiece in your clients' minds. It's all in how we, as graphic designers, approach the gig and bring our experience and unique way of seeing to the table. Strive to be hands-on. Mike was an utterly hands-on trooper, completing the Sistine Chapel from the brushstrokes to designing his own, rather unique scaffolding, right down to grinding all his own pigments.
Client input and feedback are pretty important, as Nancy Berton of Gardécor, Inc. notes:
… from my point-of-view being both a client of a graphic artist as well as in the middle, it takes a special understanding of the artistically creative mind and a client who is needing to get the job done to their demands. However, the client is always the one who has to live with the finalized design and when they cannot guide the graphic designer, it goes nowhere.
Mary Sue Papale, founder of Ashbury Skies credits a graphic designer's experience in the client's industry as a boost to the relationship and, ultimately, the project's success:
"Through networking, we have been able to find graphic designers that are in sync with our business. We have found that it helps if a designer has experience working in our industry. If not, the learning curve is just too steep."
Finally, for Magda Walczak a clear understanding of the project's goals, for both the client and the designer, as well as clear communications are key:
"I've worked with graphic designers my whole career. I've had some in-house, some freelancers and some in agencies. In general, you always get there with a graphic designer, but I find that the initial conversations are always tough.
Graphic designers tend to focus on aesthetics, not the practical aspects of business. For example, it's hard to get them to focus on conversion (the goal of most websites) or on SEO. I've had countless arguments over making things more practical so that the website we're working on actually brings sales vs. just looking beautiful.
Part of the good relationship is clear communication. What do you hope to accomplish with this piece? And it's best to ask for a draft in the early stages before they have gone too far down a path you don't like."
There are a few common themes running through these clients' comments – clear communications and a thorough, spot-on understanding of what the client is trying to accomplish are mission-critical. Plus, having the understanding that whether you're a freelancer, small studio or an in-house graphic designer, you're in a business and one that provides a needed, valuable service to help your client's reach their goals. Sure, your product is somewhat intangible, especially at the beginning of a project. It's often subjective, with success or failure often based on the viewer's emotional response.
But, like Michaelangelo, by going the extra mile, trusting your vision and talents, you might just create something truly memorable that goes well beyond your client's expectation. I mean, look at the Sistine Chapel. The client, ll papa terribile, just wanted his ceiling painted. The service provider took that need and turned it into something amazing.


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Watch The Pretty Reckless Video for "Heaven Knows"
The Pretty Reckless released their video for Heaven Knows on Thursday.
If you're cold and snowed in, this is something that will heat you up. Singer Taylor Momsen will certainly get your attention in this song. She spends much of the song wearing a long, black coat.
During the video, the coat opens.
You should watch the video and enjoy the song. The band's second album, Going to Hell, releases on March 18.
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Events surrounding the death of Kim Jong-il have revealed a country in transition, and an elite apparently shifting seamlessly from one ruler to another. Yet the funeral list, the promotion of Kim's youngest son as 'Great Successor' and 'Supreme Commander,' and the political movements around Kim's sisterKim Kyung-hee and her husband, Chang Sung-taek have underscored the shifting balance of power between the Kims and the National Defence Commission, the Korean People's Army (KPA), and the Korean Worker's Party (KWP).
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