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What's being billed as the gala event of the summer takes place under the big top later this month: CIRCUS FLORA's signature Flora Dora annual fundraiser will be held Saturday, May 31, under the big top adjacent to Powell Hall. Guests will be transported back to the sights and sounds of ancient Persia, and treated to a three-course dinner and only-night-only circus performance. Event co-chairs are RICHARD AND KATHIE WINTER.
Proceeds from the evening benefit Circus Flora's outreach programs, including the year-round Clowns on Call program in two area hospitals, as well as the Share the Circus ticket donation program and the annual Community Circus Camps. For information about gala tickets and a limited number of 'late night' tickets, call Susan Mintz at 289-4043 or visit circusflora.org. Ladue News is a proud media sponsor of this year's Flora Dora gala.
To celebrate the 800th birthday of the city's namesake, LOUIS IX, the SAINT LOUIS ART MUSEUM has announced a special exhibition, Louis IX: King, Saint, Namesake, to open Aug. 29 and run through Nov. 2. The free, two-gallery exhibit will highlight exceptional art from the reign of Louis IX and later works inspired by him. Highlights from the first gallery include pages from the famed Morgan Library Picture Bible, a stellar example of Gothic manuscript illumination believed to have been commissioned by the king himself. The second gallery, which focuses on the life and legacy of Louis, features works of art depicting the celebrated 13th-century monarch from the 17th, 19th and 20th centuries. Louis IX's birthday was commemorated on April 25.
A major announcement from last month's ARTrageous Gold Ball: Craft Alliance has changed its name to CRAFT ALLIANCE CENTER OF ART + DESIGN (CACAD) to better reflect its mission. The organization, now in its 50th year, serves approximately 60,000 people a year. It works to reveal the power of craft through programming that uncovers its unique qualities, as well as its evolving role and potential for innovation.
THE SHELDON has unveiled the lineup for its 2014-2015 concert season, which features the likes of jazz pianist CHICK COREA, singer/songwriter MARTY STUART, Grammy Award-winning singer SUZY BOGGUSS and THE DIZZY GILLESPIE AFRO CUBAN EXPERIENCE. The season includes The Sheldon's six signature series: Jazz at The Sheldon, Fantastic Folk, Sheldon Classics, Saturday Matinees, Coffee concerts, and Peter Martin Music: Live. Tickets will be available by subscription beginning May 12. Call 533-9900 or visit TheSheldon.org for more information.
GATEWAY TO HOPE has announced the recipients of its 2014 Caplin-Schuh Visionary Awards. They are BOSOM BUDDIES, FRIENDS FOR LIFE and MISSOURI PROFESSIONALS MUTUAL. The awards, named after Gateway to Hope co-founders DRS. DAVID CAPLIN and MARLYS SCHUH, honors those who have pioneered innovation, fostered the spirit of hope and empowered positive change in the lives of breast cancer patients. Honorees will be recognized during the organization's fifth annual KaleidoHope gala on Sept. 27 at the Four Seasons Hotel.
An eighth-grader at Ladue Middle School has been recognized as an outstanding volunteer. SARAH EISENMAN was one of only two youth volunteers in the state to be awarded The Prudential Spirit of Community Award. Sarah delivered more than 1,000 donated books and created a reading room for HavenHouse St. Louis, which provides accommodations for those who travel to St. Louis for medical treatment. As an honoree, Sarah received $1,000 and an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C., to participate in national recognition events. Way to go, Sarah!


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Politics force growth back on to Europe's agenda
But Philip Whyte, a senior research fellow at the CER, is skeptical that the eurozone can regain the path of growth unless it corrects what he sees as fatal flaws in the design of the single currency. In the absence of a fiscal union similar to that in the United States, heavily indebted eurozone members such as Spain and Italy are vulnerable to sudden stops in private-sector capital flows, robbing them of policy autonomy, Whyte argued. "The eurozone would still be working as an austerity machine without the fiscal compact because flaws in the structure force countries to pursue self-defeating economic policies," he said.


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Thirteen people have been sentenced to more than 40 years in prison after a police operation targeted a mass drugs ring in south west Hertfordshire.
More than 160 officers were involved in Operation Pagoda, which saw 13 warrants being carried out during dawn raids on May 8, 2013.
Those connected with, what Hertfordshire Constabulary are calling, the Mario Line were sentenced on Friday, February 14 and Monday, February 17 at Harrow Crown Court.
They had all pleaded guilty at earlier hearings in the same court.
The following were sentenced for conspiracy to supply Class A drugs:
• 35-year-old Besnik Sinanaj (Mario) from Royalist Court in Falmouth, was sentenced to 10 years.
• 30-year-old Brezar Culaj from Chencuit Way, Stanmore was sentenced to six years eight months.
• 31-year-old Brigal Culaj from Ganders Ash in Watford was sentenced to six years eight months.
• 27-year-old Fation Sinanaj from High Road, Bushey Heath was sentenced to five years and four months in prison.
• 34-year-old Reoland Sinanaj, from Draycott Avenue in Harrow was sentenced to five years and four months in prison.
• 35-year-old Sajmir Xhakrosa from Turnberry Court in Watford was sentenced to four years six months in prison.
The following were sentenced to 20 months in prison for substantive drugs supply:
• 26-year-old Claudiu Surluceanu from Enderby Road in Harrow.
• 43-year-old Ibadula Genghiz from Toorack Road in Harrow.
• 33-year-old Adrian Spulber from Furzehill Road in Borehamwood.
• 31-year-old Grigore Scripcaru from Montrose Road in Harrow.
• 43-year-old James Tweddle from Mendip Road in Bushey was given a nine month sentence suspended for 18 months and must complete 120 hours of unpaid work.
• 40-year-old Samantha Valaydon from Park Road in Bushey was given a 12 month sentence suspended for 18 months with a six month drug rehabilitation requirement.


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Former Winnipeg Goldeyes manager Hal Lanier just finished having his first summer off from baseball in 16 years but he found his way to Shaw Park on Friday to have a visit on the field with Goldeyes manager Rick Forney.
Lanier, who managed the Goldeyes from 1996-2005, paid a visit to Shaw Park on Friday prior to the third game of the best-of-five American Association semifinal final series.
He happened to be in Winnipeg this week for family reasons. His wife Pam's son and his wife are expecting the arrival of their third child, another granddaughter for the Lanier family, any day now. Lanier and Pam arrived to visit and help out for a couple of weeks and it turned out the Goldeyes were playing their biggest game of the season so far.
"We had the trip planned but I stay in contact with Andrew and Rick and I keep up with it (Goldeyes) all the time. I've got to," said Lanier, 70, who said he listens to Paul Edmonds and the TSN 1290 broadcasts of the Goldeyes' games on the internet. "I miss the game. I keep up with the Goldeyes and the previous teams I've managed and keep up with the players' stats.
Lanier had managed the Normal CornBelters of the Frontier League in 2010 and 2011. He led the CornBelters to a 44-52 record in their inaugural 2010 season and a 46-50 record in 2011.
"I've been in independent baseball for 16 years except for this year, this is the first summer off, not by choice, but I'm going to try to get back into it next year in independent baseball, of course," said Lanier, whose contract was not renewed by the CornBelters. "I'd like to come back to the American Association or back to the Frontier League where I managed two years before. He lives just outside Orlando in St. Cloud, Fla. "This summer, all I did was play golf."
Lanier, a mentor to Forney who was both a pitcher (1997-2000) and pitching coach (2000-2005) under Lanier, said what the Goldeyes have accomplished so far is "outstanding."
"To do it (win the series) in front of your home fans would be outstanding for them (Goldeyes). That would be a big achievement for all players and you really have to give credit to the Goldeyes players for what they've accomplished in the last 2 1/2 weeks," Lanier said, referring to the Goldeyes losing three of four to St. Paul in the second-last series of the season but rebounding to break the losing skid to clinch the wild card berth with a 5-1 win over Fargo on Sept. 1.
"The rivalry (with Fargo) has always been there, good rivalry with Doug Simunic and he's done a great job down there but Rick's done a great job up here. I'm very proud of what he (Forney) has accomplished getting into the playoffs six out of seven years."
Lanier said Forney invited him to "get dressed (in a Goldeyes uniform)" for the game and watch from the dugout but Lanier, knowing about baseball superstitions, declined as "you don't want to change anything" when things are going well.
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Volatile sentiment has characterised foreign currency markets so far in 2016, but what is to blame for this bearish trend in currency exchange rate and stock markets?
Since the start of 2016 global stock markets have been in a particularly volatile state, with trader sentiment turning decidedly bearish and safe-haven currencies such as the US Dollar (USD), Euro (EUR) and the Japanese Yen (JPY) seeing a sharp rise in demand.
Higher-risk assets like the Australian Dollar (AUD) and New Zealand Dollar (NZD), on the other hand, have been severely dented by these repeated stock market slides, as concerns build over the strength of the global economy.
There are a number of significant factors to which this recent and persistent deterioration in market confidence can be attributed, with a combination of downside worries provoking some dramatic exchange rate shifts.
According to ABN AMRO, there are 4 key reasons for the deterioration in market sentiment:
- "Fear of a global economic recession (with concerns focusing on the US, China, and emerging markets more widely)"
- "Worries that central banks are not willing or able (out of ammunition) to support growth."
- "Fall in oil prices leading to selling (due to outflows from sovereign wealth funds and FX reserves of oil producing countries)"
- "Lower oil prices hurting energy sector assets (equities and high yield debt securities)"
Before we continue with the news, here are today's live GBP exchange rates for your reference:
On Tuesday the Euro to British Pound exchange rate (EUR/GBP) converts at 0.916
The pound conversion rate (against euro) is quoted at 1.092 EUR/GBP.
The live inter-bank GBP-USD spot rate is quoted as 1.289 today.
At time of writing the pound to australian dollar exchange rate is quoted at 1.623.
NB: the forex rates mentioned above, revised as of 22nd Aug 2017, are inter-bank prices that will require a margin from your bank. Foreign exchange brokers can save up to 5% on international payments in comparison to the banks.
While there have been concerns over China's slowing growth for some months, particularly following the unexpected devaluation of the Chinese Yuan (CNY) last summer, investors have been taking an increasing bleak view of its implications for global growth.
Some pundits remain worried that the People's Bank of China (see wiki on PBOC) may opt to make a further devaluation attempt in coming months, as trade figures decline and attempts to rebalance the domestic economy continue to struggle.
Given China's position as one of the world's major importers the prospect of ever-shrinking demand has weighed heavily on commodity-correlated currencies, while equally discouraging investment in more exposed emerging-market assets.
This atmosphere of hesitance has been exacerbated by concerns over the monetary policy of the Federal Reserve, after weaker domestic fundamentals also called the wisdom of December's interest rate hike into question.
A stronger US Dollar is generally considered bad news for the wider economy, however, with many of the world's commodities priced in USD, as this consequently hampers the growth prospects of other nations.
As BoJ Goes Negative, Are the Central Banks out of Ammunition?
Although the Fed has since taken a more cautious tone with regards to the possibility of further monetary tightening a number of other central banks have been prompted into cutting interest rates.
One of the biggest shocks of February was the Bank of Japan's (BoJ) unexpected decision to push interest rates into negative territory, in a bid to shore up the flagging Japanese economy.
Since that decision the fourth quarter Japanese GDP was revealed to have contracted far more sharply than forecast and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged more accommodative monetary policy to come, suggesting a further drop into negativity.
With the European Central Bank (ECB), meanwhile, struggling to either encourage a pickup in inflation or satisfy market expectations there have been increasing suggestions that the central banks may be running out of ammunition.
As quantitative easing and lower interest rates were the primary tools by which the 2008 recession was combatted the fact that central banks are going into such uncharted territory at this moment has provoked some concern.
With investors worried that there will be no monetary policy left to foster growth in any potential global recession there has been increasing movement towards safe-haven assets, boosting both the Euro and the Yen while combatting the effects of their recent policy decisions.
Global Oil Glut Drives Prices Lower as Risk Appetite Declines - What Impact has this had on Exchange Rates?
Markets have equally been following oil lower in recent months, as global supply continues to vastly outpace any growth in demand.
In spite of this the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has proven disinclined to lower its production levels, with pumping having hit a record high in January, as Brent crude dropped as low as $28 per barrel.
Rumours of a potential agreement between OPEC and other producing nations have repeatedly bolstered market confidence in recent weeks, although sentiment is struggling to maintain any bullish tilt in the face of persistent oversupply.
Particularly afflicted by this turbulence has been the Canadian Dollar (CAD), although the economies of other oil producers such as Russia have also been under increasing pressure from the unsustainable trends in oil price.
Currency Exchange Rate Forecast: Higher-Yielding Assets Fall out of Favour as Market Fears Recession
While global slowdown concerns have been weighing on mining assets the volatility of oil prices has prompted an equal downturn for the energy sector, together dragging down market indices around the globe.
As the International Energy Agency has forecast that the oil glut is likely to persist throughout the coming year the outlook for oil-correlated assets seems muted, with prices likely to remain a far cry from their earlier highs for some time to come.
With the longer-term outlook of such assets looking bearish their appeal to investors continues to drop, exacerbating the wider trend of sell-offs and further encouraging speculation that another market crash could be imminent.
Can Economic Stimulus Continue Forever?
Many central banks have continued with processes such as asset purchasing for far longer than they first expected, with the European Central Bank having already extended the target of its quantitative easing programme by six months from September 2016 to March 2017 and the potential for another deadline pushback at the next meeting.
The longer banks create money to buy assets, the deeper into debt they get (the US Federal Reserve was over -$4 trillion in debt when it finished its bond buying programme), so ideally central banks want QE to be a short-term process, although as Japan is finding out, it can become a permanent aspect of monetary policy.
Why are falling bond yields a good thing?
You've probably read about how the appeal of currencies like the New Zealand Dollar and Australian Dollars lies in the fact that they are 'high-yielding', meaning investors can make a decent profit on them if the exchange rates move in their favour. So why is it a good thing for bond yields to fall?
Bond yields are inversely correlated to their value, so when the price of bonds goes up, yields fall; basically, high yields means bonds are losing value, which often means confidence in the issuer (usually a government in this case) is falling, so low yields means that bonds are in demand and their value is shooting up.


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Reminds me of Gilbert White's "The Naturalist's Summer-Evening Walk," in which the balmy weather makes everyone else "happy," "sooth'd" or full of "glee" or "relief;" but:
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The Foreign Minister, Alexander Downer, said the deaths would be proof for many that Saddam would not return.
The British Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, said Uday and Qusay "shared their father's responsibility for the many years of suffering by the Iraqi people".
He said Britain would have preferred them to turn themselves in, "but the news that Saddam's sons are no longer a threat to the security of Iraq will be a reassurance to the Iraqi people".
The British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, hailed the killings as "a great day for the new Iraq".
"These particular two people were the head of the regime, which was not just a security threat because of its weapons program but was responsible for the torture and killing of thousands and thousands of innocent Iraqis," said Mr Blair, who was in Hong Kong during a tour of Asia.
Japan's top government spokesman, Yasuo Fukuda, said the killings might help eliminate the pockets of resistance in Iraq.
New Zealand's Foreign Minister, Phil Goff, said he hoped the deaths "will assist stability in Iraq, in the interests of facilitating self-determination by the Iraqi people".
A military analyst and former US intelligence officer, Ralph Peters, said cutting off Saddam's bloodline was likely to have enormous psychological impact.
Groups that had been fighting for its restoration might lose hope, and the rest of the population might lose its fear.
'The dynasty is broken," Mr Peters said. "If Saddam is still alive, this is the worst punishment that could be devised: it is not only his sons but perhaps his oldest grandson. The symbolism is almost biblical.
"Knowing the chain is broken, it castrates him and it breaks him. The real fear was that not only he would last but his sons would last beyond him. Now, even if Saddam lives to be 90, he's a man of the past. It will be interesting to see how many of his courtiers and henchmen fade away."
An Iraqi exile in the US, Qasim Al-Hashimi, 40, said he and his children were ecstatic about the news but he would have preferred the brothers were taken alive.
"Their crimes need to be exposed to the Iraqi people and to the Arab world," he said.
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As tough as Manitoba's upcoming school board budgets will be, it's a whole lot tougher in New Brunswick.
The provincial government in Fredericton has told school boards to cut one per cent from budgets this year, and to cut two to three per cent in future years.
I was reading about this in the executive minutes of the Manitoba School Boards Association, which in turn credits the CBC for the information.
New Brunswick scrapped its school trustees a few years ago, replacing them for a while with local committees. Trustees are back now, but have no taxing power.
And the New Brunswick provincial government told trustees to cut spending without dropping any teachers.
Meanwhile, back on the planet's surface.....
A one per cent cut isn't just that, it also means no increase. So if your budget was $1 this year, you probably expected it to go up to $1.03 or $1.04, and instead it's 99 cents, you can see that your buying power has dropped dramatically. When employees make up 85 per cent of a budget, and teachers just under two-thirds of spending, and teachers expect a raise, where on earth will the trustees cut, if they can't reduce the workforce?
No heat? Bring a flashlight, kids? No more school buses? Wash your hands in cold water, bring your own toilet paper from home?
Let's watch that one carefully.
And also, through the MSBA's quoting CBC, I see that Prince Edward Island's government plans to amend legislation and allow it to disband school boards deemed to be dysfunctional or ineffective. No word yet about definitions of those terms, but if the education minister on The Island disbands school boards, who's left as a scapegoat for any shortcomings in public education?


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Canterbury centre Krisnan Inu has no complaints about his two enforced spells on the sidelines this year but admits it's been a season of frustration.
Inu was slugged with a five-game ban for a sickening spear tackle that saw South Sydney fullback Greg Inglis dumped on his head in the Rabbitohs' 17-12 win on Good Friday.
His return to action against Newcastle in May also landed the mercurial Inu in hot water as he was charged with making unnecessary leg pressure on Knights winger James McManus and handed another two-week suspension.
The 25-year-old maintains he's not a spiteful or malicious player and the incidents were accidental, but concedes they were not a good look.
"I was just holding his leg and all of a sudden he (Inglis) was on his head. I didn't try and do that, it was just an awkward tackle that went wrong," Inu said on Wednesday.
"I didn't realise how bad it was and then I saw the replay. Straight away I stretched out my hand to him and said sorry.
"I didn't mean anything by it, but I knew I was going to cop a hefty suspension for it.
"But it's just part of the game and I have no complaints, you just have to cop it on the chin if you do something wrong."
Inu's ban came in the middle of a difficult run for the Bulldogs who lost five of their opening six games.
But he said his second ban was more frustrating as it came after he'd been flogged hard in the gym by Des Hasler and his staff for more than a month without a game to look forward to at the end of each week.
"It wasn't much of a holiday I can tell you, doing all the hard stuff in the gym and not playing," he said.
"The second ban was hard to take as I had just come back from suspension.
"It may not have looked that way but it was an accident, the guy (McManus) just got caught under my arms.
"I would never go out there to try and hurt anyone."
Inu faces his former club, cellar-dwelling Parramatta, on Friday and although he's still very close to Eels stars Tim Mannah and Jarryd Hayne - he feels no sympathy for their plight.
"You don't feel sorry for any team, you want to go out there and play the game," he said.
"They are not going as well as they should, but we are going to go out there and play our best football.
"This is always a big game. When I was at Parra I never wanted to lose to the Bulldogs and now I am at the Bulldogs I don't want to lose to Parra."


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A Study to Evaluate the Pharmacokinetics of VI-0521 in Subjects With Hepatic Impairment
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This study is designed to determine the effects of a single dose of the study medication in subjects with and without hepatic impairment. 18 to 24 subjects will participate by having multiple blood draws taken to measure the level of study medication in their blood over time.
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This study will look at the effect of a single does of study medication in three groups. Each group will have 6 - 8 subjects with similar levels of hepatic impairment. Group 1 will have normal hepatic function. Groups 2 and 3 will be made up of subjects with mild to moderate hepatic impairment. Subjects will have blood taken at specific intervals to measure study medication levels. Subject participation will last approximately 7 to 9 days.
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A total of 18 to 24 subjects will be studied in 3 groups of 6-8 subjects per group. Group 1 will consist of 6-8 males or females with normal hepatic function, 18 to 65 years of age inclusive. Groups 2-3 will consist of 6-8 males or females per group with varying degree of stable hepatic impairment.
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Any Subject meeting the following criteria must be excluded from the trial:
- Known history of clinically significant arrhythmias.
- Acute illness, especially any infection, within 2 weeks of dosing.
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- Alcoholism or drug abuse within the past 2 years.
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Nashville Post names Lipscomb one of Middle Tennessee's 50 green heroes
Fall 2011
Lipscomb University has been named by the Nashville Post as one of Middle Tennessee's 50 Eco-friendly leaders, for the second year in a row. (Online article is available to subscribers here.)
Lipscomb is highlighted in the Post's September/October edition, now available on newsstands, for its continual efforts to promote sustainability education and sustainable operations in the region.
"Few educational institutions have done as much as Lipscomb to foster a regional culture of sustainability and environmental friendliness," stated the Post article. "Founding the Institute for Sustainable Practice in 2008, the school has been at the forefront of the sustainability movement in education."
Included along with Lipscomb in the list of the 50 "green heroes" were Bridgestone Americas, Earth Savers, Gaylord Entertainment, Hemlock Semiconductor, Lee Company, Nissan NA, Tayst and Urban Green Lab.
The Nashville Post recognized a "green hero" as companies and initiatives pushing the envelope in terms of energy efficiency, alternative thinking and general environmental awareness.
"Middle Tennessee has the entrepreneurial and corporate foundations to build a sustainability-based economy that will make many other cities green with envy," says the article.
Nashville Post names Lipscomb one of Music City's greenest organizations
Fall 2010
Lipscomb University has been named one of Music City's 50 Greenest Companies by Nashville Post magazine. "Lipscomb is also arguably the leading voice for sustainability practices in the Nashville area from a practitioner level," stated the Post article. "Through its outreach and example, the private liberal arts college has made going green practical."
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Princeton Review's Green College Guide features Lipscomb
Spring 2010
Lipscomb University is one of the country's most environmentally-responsible colleges according to The Princeton Review. The nationally-known education services company selected Lipscomb as the only university in Middle Tennessee to be included in a unique new resource for college applicants - "The Princeton Review's Guide to 286 Green Colleges." Developed by The Princeton Review in partnership with the U.S. Green Building Council, the "Guide to 286 Green Colleges" is the first, free comprehensive guidebook focused solely on institutions of higher education who have demonstrated an above average commitment to sustainability in terms of campus infrastructure, activities and initiatives.
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USGBC Middle Tennessee awards Lipscomb the Green Star Award
Fall 2009
Lipscomb University was awarded the Green Star Award from the Middle Tennessee Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council this past month. The award represents the first time a local university has been honored in the award program's education category. The 2009 award specifically recognizes Lipscomb's educational contribution and commitment to the sustainability movement by creating the Institute for Sustainable Practice in fall 2007. The Institute for Sustainable Practice serves community organizations and meets the university's academic needs with the help of critical support from other Lipscomb departments, Dodd Galbreath, executive director of the institute, said.
Lipscomb University received the 2009 Governor's Award for Excellence in Green Schools - Higher Education
Summer 2009
(cont'd from Green Lipscomb) This curriculum and commitment is deployed through a formal Institute for Sustainable Practice led by Executive Director Dodd Galbreath. The Institute is exclusively organized to advance the practice of sustainability through education, research, training and service to the community and the world. Nineteen graduate students have enrolled in Tennessee's first academic program in sustainability, and undergraduate students are now enrolling in the new sustainability studies. Lipscomb is one of only 66 schools offering environmental and sustainability degrees in the country, and it is the only one in Tennessee. Lipscomb is also modeling the way it creates a green campus between Belmont Boulevard and Granny White Pike. The University has added $21 million in new green construction since 2008. This includes three seperate geothermal systems that have decreased energy expenses by more than 50 percent. One system even paid for itself in 16 months. Other sustainable practices in new construction at Lipscomb University include:
- Using high performance faucets, toilets and sinks
- Using energy efficient lighting
- Using building materials with recycled content
- Purchasing materials from vendors less than 500 miles away
- Landscaping with native plants
(Taken from the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation's Time and Trails newsletter, Volume 6, No. 4, June 2009 Special Issue. http://tennessee.gov/environment/awards/09awds/2009_Governors_Awards_Special_Issue.pdf)
Photo: (l-r) Lipscomb University President Dr. Randolph Lowry; Deputy Governor John Morgan; TDEC Commissioner Jim Fyke; Dr. Kent Gallaher, Lipscomb University; Dr. Susan Galbreath, Lipscomb University; Danny Taylor, Lipscomb University; Tom Wood, Lipscomb University; TDEC Deputy Commissioner Paul Sloan.
David Lipscomb Elementary School Received the 2009 Governor's Award for Excellence in Green Schools, K-12
The Governor's Award for Excellence in Green Schools - K-12 went to David Lipscomb Elementary in Nashville. David Lipscomb Elementary School has several outstanding elements in their approach to environmental education. One key element was the creation of a new outdoor classroom for students. The outdoor classroom includes an amphitheater, math patio, a human sundail, weather station, frog pond, birding equipment, rainwater collection system and an area for vegetables, butterflies, and Tennessee native plants. In addition to providing a publicly available recycling receptacle in their parking lot, the school also recycles plastics, aluminum, paper, cardboard, and does its own composting. Since January 2008, 30,000 pounds of mixed recyclables have been collected at Lipscomb and kept out of the landfill. Due to its many accomplishments, David Lipscomb Elementary School has achieved Performer Level in the Tennessee Pollution Prevention Program. It's the first K-4 school in Tennessee to attain highets-leverl Performer status. (Taken from the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservations's Times and Trails newsletter, Volume 6, No. 4, June 2009 Special Issue. http://tennessee.gov/environment/awards/09awds/2009_Governors_Awards_Special_Issue.pdf)
Feature in the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities publication, Advance
Spring 2009
The Institute of Sustainable Practice was featured in the spring 2009 edition of Advance, the biannual publication of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities.
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National Wildlife Federation Exemplary School
September 2008
Listed as one of 65 universities in the nation of exemplary schools offering a sustainability degree in the National Wildlife Federation's "Campus Environment 2008: A National Report Card on Sustainability in Higher Education."
A Green School Performer
May 2008
After a yearlong process, David Lipscomb Elementary school is only the third school in the state, and the first private school, to earn the top environmental status of "Green School Performer," from the Tennessee Pollution Prevention Partnership. To achieve this status, the elementary school carried out:
- An energy audit of the campus
- Continual recycling at the school and bins open to the public
- Hydroponic gardening
- Intentional efforts to use less paper
- Sales of custom re-usable grocery bags to families
- Re-usable plates and glasses now used in cafeteria
- A Newspaper collection where more than 7,500 pounds of newspaper was collected and then sold to purchase 100 tree seedlings to replace trees being clear cut in Mexico
Lipscomb Serves as Pilot Campus to Develop STARS Rating System
February 2008
Lipscomb is among 93 colleges and universities across the nation serving as pilot campuses to develop the new STARS rating system, a sustainable self-exam for measuring overall sustainability on college campuses. STARS is being developed by the 440-member Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE).


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Key West, Nassau, and more Nassau: Majesty of the Seas Cruise Review by Cork-dork
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Key West, Nassau, and more Nassau
Destination: Bahamas
Embarkation: Miami
The limo brought us to the port by 11:00, and we were on-board within an hour. We set up our purser's account first thing, and bought soda packages for my wife and Dad's fiancEe. A little lunch at the Windjammer -- quite tasty, and time to explore.
There was the obvious comparisons between this ship and others we've been on (most recently, the Carnival Legend for my wife and I); the decor is much more subdued compared to Carnival -- it's nautical-themed, as opposed to the More over-the-top casino-esque decor favored by Carnival. The public areas seemed more open and expansive, and there were fewer bars.
When it came time to go to our cabin, we were surprised by how roomy it felt. Now, no mistake, we were in an interior cabin, with a whopping 119 square feet of space, so it was cozy. But, the way the stateroom is laid out, there's enough space for two people if you're willing to share it. However, I did feel badly for the four girls in the stateroom across the hall... that must have been cramped! I will note that, if the beds are in queen bed configuration, you don't have a nightstand, so expect to be hunting for your glasses, etc, on the desk. Also, the bed is in a niche formed by the wall of the cabin and the backside of the bathroom, so whomever sleeps on the right of the bed will have difficulty getting out of bed without disturbing their partner.
The in-stateroom bathroom was similarly tiny. Having two full-grown adults in the bathroom at the same time would have been well-nigh impossible. There was just enough room to shower in the shower, and I couldn't imagine how a woman could shave her legs in it. Water pressure was pretty poor (to the point of making cleaning off a used toothbrush difficult), and there seemed to be no way to get hot water out of the sink at first. We figured out the last day how to get hot water out of the sink (set the shower to hot water before you turn on the sink. Weird, but it worked.).
Our luggage arrived while my wife was sunning herself on the deck, so I put our clothes and assorted toiletries away. Another thing to note with the interior -- there's just barely enough space for two people to hang all their clothes. If we were in a triple or quad, I feel we'd have been living at least partially out of suitcases.
I'll skip the bulk of the port reviews here, with the exception of noting that we didn't get to go to Coco Cay, as there were strong winds -- 20 knots, according to our waiter -- that would have made tendering dangerous. So, instead, we spent two days in Nassau. There was some grumbling amongst the passengers (including my wife), but ultimately I feel it was a good decision; much better to be safe in port than on a forced sea day, or even worse, to be anchored out near our destination and unable to actually go there.
Dinner service all 4 nights was adequate; the food itself was quite tasty, but there were some miscues during service itself (eg, my wife ordered a Sprite before dinner the first night... that arrived after the desserts. My father and I ordered NY strip steaks another night... and our orders were reversed, with him getting my blue steak, and me receiving his medium-rare.).
My major service complaint was with the wine; we ordered a bottle of wine one night -- Belle Glos "Las Alturas" -- and we were presented with a completely different wine from the same producer -- Belle Glos "Meiomi." At retail, it's a difference of around $15-$25 a bottle (Meiomi is less expensive), but since Meiomi wasn't on the wine list, I wonder if the more-expensive Las Alturas was what we were almost charged (at a restaurant, I'd expect the difference to be around $25-$35 a bottle). However, as the username indicates, I'm pretty wine-savvy, and refused the incorrect bottle. Turns out our second choice was out of stock, so we had to go to a third choice. Royal Caribbean, if you're reading this, update your wine list to reflect what's in stock, or give the dining room staff the ability to do so (perhaps a printed-menu wine list that can be easily updated by removing and changing pages, rather than the pre printed one that the ship has? Heck, even a sticker covering out-of-stock items on the pre printed menu would make sense); it's a very irritating experience, and in fact smacks of trying to cheat your customers that may not know better. It did seem that this ship didn't have a sommelier or wine steward aboard, as the person handling the problem was our headwaiter.
However, even with that annoyance (which is admittedly minor, and essentially out of the hands of any of the crew we interacted with), the trip was a great deal of fun, and I'd happily recommend the experience to anyone looking for a short vacation. Just make sure to under-pack, and perhaps bring an AM/PM alarm clock.
Kudos to Jose and Roxanne, our waiter and assistant, George, our headwaiter (this cruise is the only time any of us, with around 20 cruises under our collective belts, can remember having any serious interaction with our head waiter; the first night, he was right there, asking if we had any special requests -- my wife indicated she wanted an off-menu dessert, a bananna split, and he made it happen!), and Garnet, our cabin steward. They overcame, collectively, some miscues that could have been more than annoying, and did it with smiles, grace, and good humor. Less
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A jump drive is better known among IT folks as a USB drive since it attachs to your USB port. My recommendation is not to use a USB drive, I would recommend that you go out and buy an external hard drive that also attaches to your USB port. The reason for this is, see for yourself, the cost per megabyte of the drive. The external drive costs a lot less in terms of dollars per space on the drive and stays permenantly attached to your drive and gets t he backup done without intervention from you.
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Flash drives (Jump drives) are Snail SLOW when compared to a standard rotating drive (even if it is in a USB caddy that runs at USB 2.0 speeds).
It took hours to (Calibre) "copy to Library" my 1200 books to a 2G Flash drive.
I can see the attraction for Flash drives. They are cheap (out of pocket) for 2-4 G sizes (US$ 7-18). That still does not make them (or CD/DVD) good longish term archival media.
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Kovacevic: Why not just enjoy these Pirates?
I've been off the hemisphere for a bit, so correct me if I'm wrong, but the Pirates' 11-0 annihilation Tuesday at the Dodgers' hands does mean we're at the cusp of apocalypse, right?
The end of days?
Where the skies roar, the ground rifts and a raging Phoenix rises in the form of Jerry Meals making a safe call?
Sure is how it sounds around here. Whether on the air, online, on South Side barstools or amid the 22,729 who booed through much of the mess Tuesday, the negativity is overwhelming.
Fans aren't frustrated. They're fatalistic.
They aren't disappointed. They're devastated.
By the time I left for the Olympics in late July, some pieces of the Pirates' downward trend had begun — starters slipping, bullpen imploding, even this odd Andrew McCutchen slump — but this city was still having a blast with its baseball team. Starling Marte had just pulled a Mario on his first pitch, first game. Old ladies were doing the Zoltan, often backward, which was even cuter. Kids were splicing tribute clips on YouTube.
Even in the wicked world of the Web, there was a happy new hashtag on Twitter every hour.
Now, it's this ...
Are fans of this team, this of all franchises, really going to be crushed by falling short of first place?
Or the playoffs?
Or the World Series?
I don't want to hear about the team falling off. That alone doesn't explain the reaction. The Pirates' record since the torch was lit in London is 8-10. That's not ideal for a pennant race, but it's no cataclysm. Of the past four opponents, the Reds were on a 17-3 roll before facing the Pirates, the Diamondbacks 11-4, the Padres 5-1, the Dodgers 6-3. The Pirates weren't those teams' only victim.
Save the stuff about choking, too. That inspired group that overcame the Padres' five-run lead Sunday is the same one the city's been supporting all year.
From what I gathered in the clubhouse Tuesday, that hasn't changed in the slightest.
"We're the same team, same mindset, same focus, everything," Neil Walker said. "And really, if you look where we are, it's not too bad."
No, it isn't.
If you're one of those who gets hung up on the nature of recent defeats as opposed to how much each is counted in the standings — invariably just once — then you might not have noticed that, even though the Pirates are now an ominous six games behind the Reds for first in the Central Division, they still hold the lead for the final National League wild-card spot.
Read that again. It's worth it.
The Pirates are in playoff position on the 15th of August.
They're also one modest winning streak, with a couple games left here against the team right behind them, from solidifying that status.
And speaking of streaks, at 12 games over .500, they're an absolute lock to break The Streak and pass the 19-year barrier of 82 wins.
How about enjoying it a little?
The current trend is bad, no question. And there are plenty of points for legitimate criticism: The underperforming players, especially McCutchen, need to snap out of it. Clint Hurdle needs to stop playing Rod Barajas over Michael McKenry, a decision that looks more nonsensical every day. Neal Huntington needs to address a blatantly minor-league bench.
And yeah, I'll repeat: Huntington should have been more ambitious at the trade deadline. He was wise to turn down most of the offers, but Chase Headley for a No. 5 prospect, a compensation draft pick and a third piece — the Padres' price — would have been ambitious and reasonable.
I appreciate all of that.
What I don't get is not appreciating what's already there.
Maybe it's 1992 forever in some minds around here.
Maybe it's Meals, for crying out loud.
"Honestly, I hear about that one a lot," reliever Chris Resop said. "Baseball doesn't work like that. Things change."
They do. And I'll stand by what I've been writing since April, that this group of Pirates is different. They aren't playing well. That's it. Hurdle aptly called "our worst batch of play all season" after this game.
He then colorfully added, "If anyone thought this was going to be easy, with the history here, with the things that we're tied to, things we weren't even part of? No! It's a tough time. We need to get out of it."
It would be impressive — not impossible — if they did.
If they don't ...
Look, it's human nature to get spoiled, to raise hopes. But it's been less than two years since the afternoon of Oct. 3, 2010, in Miami where the Pirates lost their 105th game. I was there. That was devastation.
Now, they're on the cusp not of an apocalypse but of an actual winning season. That'll happen. And that's remarkable in and of itself.
Could there be more?
Absolutely. But celebrate it. Savor it.
Enjoy it.


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Luxury problem, I know......but still....
Fairly new here, but still I could use your opinions
I have been working part time as a freelance photographer and part time as
employed in IT.
During the years I have built up quite a good
equipment for my photo jobs.
However, lately I have been working more and more in IT. There is a lot to do there and I really enjoy it. I still have some photo jobs now and then but my problem is I am loosing the lust for my personal photography. I have two kids and I love to take pictures of them.
The problem is I can't stand to haul the monster kit around.
So I'm thinking will either just sell the D4 and a couple of lenses and get a D800 to go with my D700 or I will get rid of the lot and get an 5d mark III with 24-105 and 70-200 for jobs. I feel I have too much cash lying around at the moment.
Then what to use for every day carry?
I have an M9p and a summicron 50. Not the most kid - friendly but I love the size and the images.
My current kit is
105 vr
600/4 (for birding/wildlife for fun, not paid jobs)
Would like to be able to keep using this but
If I change systems I'll get over it
M9p and summicron 50.
So some will say keep it, it will cost a fortune to get all that stuff again. But on the other hand....The worth isn't rising
What I need is this :
I good kit for the paid jobs in documentary,
Some close up sports, portraits and a little video.
And of course something for the fun everyday shooting.
The shooting I really miss enjoying.
I hope all my rambling makes some sense
and I would be very grateful for your thoughts.
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Working with the Smart Tags included with Office XP is a simple matter of typing a string such as a name, address, phone number, place name, or stock symbol, then hitting the Spacebar or the Enter key (or the Tab key in Excel) and waiting for Office to recognize what you've typed. (You know an item is recognized when the purple underline appears under it.) As you add Smart Tags, additional text strings will be recognized, depending on the specific content of those strings. Each Smart Tag installation adds to Office's store of recognizers.
Depending on your processor's speed and your system's available memory, recognition can be almost instantaneous or take as long as several seconds. If dotted underlines do not appear at all in your document, make sure the Smart Tags feature is active. In Word, select AutoCorrect Options from the Tools menu, click on the Smart Tags tab, and check the Label text with smart tags box. In the Recognizers list, check the options you want to work with, then click on the AutoCorrect tab and ensure that Show AutoCorrect Options buttons is checked. Click OK, close all Office programs, restart Word, and try again. In Excel, follow the same procedure, but also consider checking the Embed smart tags in this workbook box. This option saves the Smart Tags with the worksheetuseful if you're transferring the file to another user or machine.


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The History of Pearl Jam's Angry and Defiant 'Vs.'
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Selling millions of records has helped more than a few artists mellow out, but watching their debut album climb the charts only made Pearl Jam angrier. They took out their aggression on the follow-up, 1993's Vs.
Released on Oct. 19, 1993, Vs. found the band — who were already in a pretty dark spot on their first release, 1991's Ten — reacting to their new-found celebrity by unleashing a torrent of dark chords, crashing drums, howling guitar solos, and anguished vocals that sounded even rawer than what came before. Like Nirvana's In Utero, which arrived in stores just a few weeks before Vs., it served as a defiant rejoinder to a record industry eager to capitalize on the band's first flush of success — and just like Nirvana, Pearl Jam quickly discovered that their efforts to dodge the mainstream only brought the mainstream to its door.
For drummer Dave Abbruzzese, who joined the group following Ten, the stressful vibe surrounding the Vs. sessions came as something of a surprise. "To me, when I was younger and I heard about a band selling a million records, I thought the band would get together and jump up and down for at least a minute," he chuckled to Rolling Stone in 1993. "There's a lot of intensity over decisions, and I think it's great. But every once in a while, I wish everyone would just let it go. Make a bad decision!"
The process was perhaps most painful for singer Eddie Vedder, who found it difficult to maintain perspective — especially when the band set up shop in an idyllic Northern California studio whose peaceful vibe put him at odds with the intensity he was trying to tap into with the new songs. "There was a lot more pressure on Ed," admitted bassist Jeff Ament in a later interview with Spin. "I thought we were playing so well as a band that it would take care of itself. Toward the end it got fairly intense. He was having a hard time finishing up the songs; the pressure, and not being comfortable being in such a nice place. We tried to make it as uncomfortable for him as we could."
Whatever they did, it worked; whether or not the Vs. sessions were any fun for the guys in the band, the music that resulted cemented their status as one of the biggest young rock groups on the planet, expanding their audience in spite of their resolute refusal to fulfill traditional promotional obligations like filming videos for singles. If they felt caged by fame — as Ament said regarding his cover photo of a sheep straining to get out of its pen, "we were slaves" — once Vs. hit, they must have known it was something they were simply going to have to deal with.
And Vs. did indeed hit, topping the charts in the U.S. and breaking the Top 10 in at least 10 other countries. It set a first-week sales record for the young SoundScan era, moving nearly a million copies during its first five days in stores, and earned multiple Grammy nominations; meanwhile, even without videos to help drive airplay, no fewer than six singles ("Go," "Daughter," "Animal," "Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town," "Dissident" and "'Glorified G") entered heavy rotation at rock radio. Like it or not, Pearl Jam were part of the big time.
Then again, even in the multi-platinum chaos of their early career, they seemed to remain aware of the long view, and understand that eventually, the spotlight would train its focus on other bands. At one point in that 1993 Rolling Stone article, Ament turned to Vedder and mused, "There's going to be a point where it'll revert back to the way that it was. We'll get through this whole period right now. We'll get back out there playing. We'll get back to actually being five guys who want to work it out together." "I'd really like that," responded Vedder, and all these years later, it seems like they've finally found that place.
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New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) Three people, who provided drugs to NRI student Anmol Sarna, now dead, and his four friends for a party, have been arrested, police said Friday.
According to police, Dushywant, Nehul and Bhuvan - all in their 20s - were arrested Thursday late night from Noida in Uttar Pradesh.
Nehul and Bhuvan are the students of a prominent college of Noida, while Dushyant is a drug dealer, police said.
"Dushyant used to provide drugs to college students through people sitting overseas. He contacted the sources through internet and sought the required contraband. Their agents delivered the consignment to him," said a police officer.
Police is now trying to locate the main source of the drugs.
Sarna, 21, died in a hospital where he was taken after being found unconscious in a pool of blood outside a residential complex in south Delhi where he was partying at his friend's flat Sep 13.
He was allegedly beaten up by two security guards when he created ruckus after taking a drug overdose at the party. His autopsy said he died due to shock and haemorrhage caused by head injuries. There were major injuries on his private parts also.
The two guards are now in custody, along with the four friends, who were arrested under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act. A court Friday rejected the four's bail pleas.
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Music, I'm a child of the 80's so yes... I grew up hearing alot of stuff ( Dad was a Classical/Opera/Jazz fan. Mom liked the Big Band swing. Older sibs liked everything from Disco to Acid rock.)so yeah I like alot of stuff.
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With extended schedule, ballet costumiers busy this time of year
She has dressed Cinderella and Peter Pan, even "the queen of the Nile."
This time of the year, though, Janet Groom-Campbell is up to her neck in sugarplum fairies.
"With 'Nutcracker,' it's sort of wonderful ... a constant friend," said Groom-Campbell, 59, of Moon, in her 39th year with Pittsburgh Ballet Theater.
As costumier, she and her team of stitchers build all the costumes for the ballet company.
It can be a daunting task.
When they decided to make swans for the 2010 production of "Swan Lake," they made 22 tutus. Each took a week.
From a backstage workshop, Groom-Campbell and her team built 110 of 215 costumes for "The Nutcracker." Costumiers made the rest at shops in New York and Washington.
The ballet "Cleopatra" required 119 costumes, 44 wigs and 76 headpieces. Cleopatra herself made six costume changes.
"That was crazy. It was a joint production with the Boston Ballet and the Houston Ballet, and each of us took one-third," said Groom-Campbell, who started working here in 1973 as a stitcher.
Her connections with quality suppliers — from Fort Pitt Leather, Uptown, to The Fabric Place in Mt. Lebanon, to Ullrich Shoe Repair, Downtown — helps the ballet touch a multitude of everyday people, said David Seals, communications director for the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council.
"She's integrating ballet into unlikely communities," Seals said.
Groom-Campbell can't guess how many costumes she has built over the years, but it's a far cry from the six in her first year.
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Dr. Stephon Alexander asks big questions. How did the space and time that govern our universe come into being? Intrigued at an early age by quantum theory, Einstein's theory of relativity, and string theory, he now works to unify them in his search for a theory of quantum gravity.
"There's a world of phenomena and theories that do very well in making cell phones work," he explains. "But at the same time, other evidence we are calling 'dark matter' is still absolutely mysterious. My discoveries come through calculations as I tease nature into revealing her secrets."
Alexander has long personal experience confronting the unknown. At age eight his family moved from Trinidad to the Bronx in New York City. "My childhood was full of surprises," he remembers. "I learned that you can't always hold on to things; it taught me the idea of embracing the unknown. Our culture tells us to try and control situations. Instead, I've always coped with unexpected events by making up theories about why they may be happening."
After earning a Ph.D. in theoretical physics from Brown University, Alexander completed postdoctoral work at Imperial College in London and the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. He is now an assistant professor in the Penn State Physics Department.
During a typical day, Alexander and colleagues perform mathematical gymnastics, filling blackboards with diagrams and equations. "That interaction as we deal with a completely open slate is my favorite part," he says. "Highlights come in those moments when I've had a crazy intuitive idea ... explored all kinds of calculations and subtleties ... and then after months of work found that my hunch was absolutely correct. Those moments rarely happen, but when they do, it's amazing."
As Alexander explains, the process is intense. "You can get stuck at any stage and then it's impossible to sleep or think about anything else. For me, playing and composing music can help my mind relax, the way a muscle would relax, and allow me to think more freely."
Alexander notes many parallels between his passions for the tenor saxophone and physics. "Exploring a physics problem is like jazz improvisation—understanding the basic rules and themes lets you take off in spontaneous new directions. Music allows me to understand physics on a simpler, yet deeper level."
Alexander also uses music to reach out to young people and make the complexities of physics more accessible. "Music is a wonderful device to communicate the beauty of physics. Matter isn't a boring, dead, solid thing. It's vibrating energy that maintains its consistency through resonating, just like a unified harmonious orchestra playing. I like to demystify the Big Bang by breaking it down in terms of sound. By connecting physics with music, I want to inspire young people and open their eyes to new possibilities."
Thriving in two often unconnected worlds places Alexander in a unique position. "I reject the stereotype that scientists have to look, talk, and act one way and musicians another. I want kids to see that it's not either/or. There's an art to doing science and a science to doing art. They're both creative acts."
According to Alexander, physics can also bridge cultures. "I see this happening every day since the people I collaborate with come from India, Poland, Russia, Japan, and Iran. Physics is our common language and bond—it transcends political, geographical, and cultural differences."
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A doctor has forced his wife to film her sexual acts with her boss two times so that he has clear evidence to accuse the boss of having sex with his subordinate.
Two years ago H. M. Huynh, of Road 2 health center, caught his wife H.T.B.N, who also works as a doctor at the center, having an adulterous affair with Nguyen Manh Cuong, the center's director.
Huynh said his wife initially denied the relationship but finally admitted that she agreed to have sex with Cuong for an opportunity for higher education and asked forgiveness from him.
Afterwards N. wanted to end the illicit relations with Cuong, but he refused.
Huynh bought two cameras shaped like a pen a coat button and asked his wife use them to film her sexual acts with Cuong as a way to end their affair.
In January 2010, N. shot her relations with Cuong and gave her husband the tape. But the images in the video were not clear enough to see the 'two main characters', so Huynh asked his wife to 'act' for a second time.
One month later, N. arranged an appointment with Cuong at a hotel and informed her husband of it. When they were having sex, Huynh and some people stormed into the room and caught them in the act. Huynh required Cuong to make a report that he would not do it again.
A photo taken from the sex tape shows that Nguyen Manh Cuong, director of Road 2 health center, is going to have sex with his subordinate -- Dr. N.
However, according to Huynh, after the incident, Cuong continued to create difficulties for his wife at the health center so they decided to lodge a petition to police in Van Giang district in the northern province of Hung Yen, where Road 2 health center is situated, to ask for their intervention.
After that, the two parties reached an agreement through conciliation that they would not reveal their "secrets" and smear each other.
But earlier this year, Cuong continued to cause problems for N. at work for no apparent reason, Huynh said. Therefore, the couple has decided to let the facts be known to public.
"No one wants to put his wife's sexual relations with another person in the press. But we have no other choice to seek help from concerned authorities," the husband said.
The wife admitted that she slept with her boss three times. "I suffer great misery doing that. Sometimes, I want to commit suicide," she told VnExpress Newswire.
"In early 2012, Cuong didn't not stop asking me for sex. He often sought ways to threaten me if I refused his requests. When I let him down, he suspended me from working for three months.
When I returned to work, he continually forced me to make reports about my faults or mistakes developed by his imagination and publicly announced them in meetings at the center" she added.
In a report that Cuong made after being caught having sex with N., he confessed to all of the accusations.
"At 8:30am on February 3, 2010, I made an appointment with N. to have sex at A Dong hotel on National Highway 5. While we were having sex, N's husband opened the door and caught us without clothes in the middle of the act," Cuong said in the report.
According to the report, Cuong admitted that he had sex with N twice at the A Dong hotel.
"I would like to meet Dr. Huynh's family to compensate them fully for their material and mental losses. I pledge that I will not have sex with N. again. I promise to obey fully the law of Vietnam and will bear all responsibility for any violation," the report said.
The Directorate for Roads of Vietnam, which is in charge of managing Road 2 health center, has suspended the accused Nguyen Manh Cuong and Dr. N from work, pending investigation.
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The Street will be looking for 37 cents in earnings per share on revenue of $12.8 billion. Earnings are expected to fall almost 8%, while revenue is seen rising less than 2%. Given the deficits Intel is working to overcome, expectations have come down over the past several quarters. Essentially, no one is expecting a miracle.
What investors want to see are signs that the worst is over. Aside from beating revenue and earnings estimates, management will need to guide with more confidence that business conditions are expected to improve.
In that regard, management has laid out plans to grow the chip business in emerging markets and reinvesting cash flow into research and development. Until Intel shows that it has taken a drastic step backward, the stock remains a buy and management deserves more time.
Finally, we have Yahoo! (YHOO), which also reports first-quarter earnings Tuesday. With constant news surround a possible IPO for Alibaba, in which Yahoo! owns 24% stake, investors sometime forget that Yahoo! still has strong businesses that CEO Marissa Mayer is working to grow.
There are questions with the company's direction. Investors are not sure if Yahoo! wants to be strictly a media company that focuses on content delivery or a technology company with an innovative strategy. Although Yahoo! continues to be misunderstood, Marissa Mayer has a strong grasp of what Yahoo! needs to move forward. On Tuesday, she's certain to be pressed for details.
The Street will be looking for 37 cents in earnings per share on revenue of $1 billion. According to some estimates, both figures are expected to be flat on a year-over-year basis. But don't mistake this for a disappointment. Yahoo! is still in the early stages of its rebirth under Mayer.
Given the 15% decline the stock has suffered in recent weeks, I see this as a strong buying opportunity. Yahoo! still has the ability to post growth in key areas like online advertising and mobile monetization. The current stock price assumes Mayer won't figure it out. But with strong assets like its Finance and Sports businesses, which Mayer can use to become more aggressive, this is the wrong bet to place.
At the time of publication the author had no position in any of the stocks mentioned.
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Gluten-free apple pie is filled with fragrant, spiced apples in a buttery, tender gluten-free pie crust. This classic, old-fashioned recipe is a perennial favorite at my house. Prep Time: 30 minutes Cook Time: 50 minutes Total Time: 1 hour, 20 minutes Ingredients: 1 recipe Gluten Free Pie Dough – Enough for a 2- crust pie (see recipe link below) 7 cups, peeled Grannie Smith apples, sliced 1/4″ thick- ... Read More »


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