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I looked at Rayne a completely different way after that. Now that I knew that he wasn't a complete tease, all I could think about was his mouth taking all of me in him. His sweet yet sexy kisses. His rockin' body. Rayne should regret doing what he did. He released the sex-crazed maniac in me.
I took Rayne home later that night and then picked him up the next morning so we could be ready to tell Dad about us. Rayne walked out of his house these butt-hugging jeans that drove me insane immediately.
He greeted me with a kiss but this time I wouldn't let him go. I kept my mouth on his and forcefully thrusted my tongue down his throat and he soon had to push me off with all of his strength.
'Not now, sweetheart,' he said with a giggle.
We got back to my house and went back to my room. My mother wasn't home so I was hoping Rayne would blow me like he did yesterday so I unsuspiciously laid back on my bed with my legs wide open as if silently inviting him to do it, but Rayne casually sat down on the bed next to me and started messing around with his phone.
How could Rayne turn me on so effortlessly yet I had to go to extreme lengths to garner the same reaction?
Despite the weather being fine, I took my shirt off and threw it on the floor and pulled my arms up behind my head, my smooth tanned abs almost glistening in the morning light. I didn't take my eyes off Rayne and grinned when I noticed his eyes travel from his phone to my navel and down to my crotch and then back up again.
Come on Rayne, I thought, you know you want it.
Rayne's eyes trailed up to my firm pecs and then back down to my abs and I would've sworn I saw him lick his lips. After staring at me for another moment, his phone fell out of his hand and he snapped back to reality.
'You okay, babe?' I asked him, hiding the humour I found in this situation.
'Yeah, I'm fine,' he said, taking his eyes off my stomach.
He retrieved his phone and continued to search through it but his eyes soon fell back down to my abs and the bulge in my pants.
'That's it,' he said.
He threw his phone onto the floor and mounted me, burying his head into my neck with a flurry of hot kisses. I immediately moaned in pleasure and placed my hands on Rayne's ass as he continued to neck me vigorously. His mouth moved down to my nipples and his tongue teased them to full erection.
'Yeah, Rayne, keep going,' I whispered.
Rayne licked the contours of my abs like a thirsty dog and he soon got above the belt. He unhooked my belt and pulled my pants down to see my pitched tent underneath my blue boxers. Rayne moved back up my stomach and my chest and soon we were face-to-face.
'Permission?' he said.
'It's all yours,' I replied with a grin.
He kissed me quickly before pulling my boxers down, my dick springing to life immediately. Rayne took me into his mouth and made my body tingle like it did yesterday; his mouth worked wonders on my hard cock and he managed to take all of it in his mouth. He licked up and down the shaft and took it back into his mouth before I ejaculated into his sweet mouth, my sweet manjuice filling him up. He eagerly swallowed my load and licked off the drops from my cock.
After our hot blowjob session, Rayne rolled off me and cuddled up to me. I pulled my boxers and my pants back on and held him close to me, completely satisfied and happy.
I heard the door slam shut signalling my father's return. Rayne gasped and looked at me for emotional support but I told him everything was going to be okay. I quickly put a shirt on and walked downstairs with Rayne not too far behind me.
'Hey champ,' Dad greeted me when he saw me.
'Hey Dad, how was your trip?'
'Bloody boring,' he replied with a smile, 'who's your friend?'
'Dad, this is Rayne Marshall.'
My father grinned and extended his hand out for Rayne to shake which he gladly accepted.
'Before you unpack, I have something to tell you.' Dad froze and turned to me still with a smile on his face. I wasn't the least bit worried about telling my father because I knew he was accepting of his gay brother.
Looking over at Rayne, I reached out and took his hand in mine and looked at my father.
'This is my boyfriend.'
Dad froze. His smile had disappeared. He was absolutely still. It was fair enough, I thought, Mum didn't react too well until she thought about it and got used to the idea. Maybe it would be the same for him.
'Are you a fag?' Dad asked.
'What? N-no,' I stuttered, taken aback by the anger in his voice.
'Well what are you doing holding a guys hand? You're a fag!' Dad dropped his things and his fists were clenched. He was absolutely angry. What had I done?
'No, Dad, please, let me explain-'
'No, Brendan, if you're holding a fucking guys hand and you're dating a fucking guy, you're a fucking fag.'
'Dad, calm down, this isn't-'
'Who the hell do you think you are?' he shouted, turning to face Rayne whose grip on my hand was tighter than before. 'Are you proud of yourself for turning my son into a fucking queer?'
'Dad, that's not-'
'Say something, you fucking poofta!'
This had set me off. I didn't care if he called me every name in the English language, but I would not stand here and watch him insult Rayne who had done absolutely nothing wrong.
'What the fuck is your problem? Rayne's done nothing to you!' I felt the anger boiling up in me, an emotion I tried very hard to suppress.
'He turned my son into a fucking fag, that's what he done!'
'What the fuck! Uncle Greg's gay and you accepted him!'
'That's because I knew all along that he was fucking queer! But you? You're the captain of the rugby team, ladies man and my only son. This isn't right!' Turning to face Rayne who was trembling in fear next to me, he shouted 'Get the fuck out of my house, you fucking poof!'
I immediately let go of Rayne's hand and charged at my Dad. Using all my strength and weight, I tackled him into the wall and we both fell onto the floor in a crumpled heap. I punched down angrily, my fists connecting with his face easily, spit coming out of my mouth as I angrily beat down on my father.
'Don't you fucking speak to him like that!' I shouted.
Rayne had let out a scream and immediately jumped on me, trying to pull me back but he wasn't strong enough to stop me.
'Brendan, stop it please!' I heard the pain in Rayne's voice so it made me freeze instantly. Dad was bleeding already and his eyes were shut and he laid there with his arms over his head. There was a huge crack in the wall and my knuckles were stinging from all the punches I threw.
What had I done?
'D-dad, I'm so sorry, I-'
'Get out,' he said quietly, 'get out of my house.'
'I'm sorry Dad.'
'Out,' he repeated.
I got up off the floor and hugged Rayne who was silently crying next to me. I looked down at my Dad and he was staring at me as if he didn't know me. With Rayne in my arm, I grabbed my car keys off the table and left my house without looking back.


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Wycombe v Sheffield Utd preview
Team news ahead of Saturday's League One clash between Wycombe and Sheffield Utd at Adams Park.
Last Updated: 23/09/11 4:43pm
Team news ahead of Saturday's League One clash between Wycombe and Sheffield Utd at Adams Park.
John Halls could be included in the Wycombe squad.
The defender has been sidelined by an Achilles injury for the past month but came through the full 90 minutes unscathed in a practice match against AFC Wimbledon this week. He could be included on the bench.
Winger Kevin Betsy will wear a protective cast for the next six weeks after breaking his hand in the defeat at Yeovil.
Defender Dave Winfield has been given the all-clear to resume training in early October following his groin operation, while striker Matt McClure will see a surgeon on Monday to discuss his rehabilitation from a dislocated ankle.
Wycombe are staring down the barrel of an unwanted club record in Gary Waddock's 100th game as manager.
Defeat would be their sixth league loss in a row and if Wanderers fail to score it will be first time they have not hit the back of the net in half a dozen games in their entire 124-year history.
Sheffield United midfielder Nick Montgomery hopes to return to the squad for his side's first-ever game at Adams Park.
Montgomery, who has missed the last five matches after damaging ankle ligaments against Yeovil last month, is expected to return to the substitutes' bench.
Central defender Neill Collins has been missing from training this week after being forced out of last week's win over Colchester with injured ribs and he could face a late fitness test.
French defender Lescinal Jean-Francois replaced Collins last weekend and will retain his place if Collins fails to make it.
Manager Danny Wilson has no other new injury or suspension worries as the Blades look to extend their four-game unbeaten league record away from home this season.

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Dear beloved Everythingtarian readers,
I wrote a really awesome food + travel post today.
Germany. China. Canada. Texas.
It's an around the world foodie tour in 1,170 words. I don't mean to brag, but the blog really has it all, including a picture of me with a Chinese bun stuffed in my face.
The fact is however, you will find that blackmail photo and its corresponding post nowhere on this blog.
But you can find it here.
So go on.
And I'll see you again tomorrow with more foodie fun.
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Effect of Tillage and Chemical Weed Control Practices on Soil Moisture Losses during the Fallow Period1
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- A. F. Wiese and
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Maintaining surface residues with stubble-mulch tillage or chemical weed control significantly improved moisture conditions in the seed zone and markedly reduced surface crusting. Field and laboratory studies showed the drying rate of the 0- to ½-inch portion of the soil profile was greatly reduced by plant residues on the soil surface. However, under field conditions soil moisture content below 2 inches was not materially increased by surface residues. The value of surface residues to increase moisture storage during the fallow period is discussed.Please view the pdf by using the Full Text (PDF) link under 'View' to the left.
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School Starts September 1st
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Welcome to the 2016-17 school year! School starts Thursday, September 1st.
Grades 6-12, 7:40 AM - 2:10 PM
Grades K-5, 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM
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The 2017-18 Student Calendar is not available, at this time.
Calendario Estudiantil 2016-17
Bus Route Schedules Online
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Parents are able to access individual student transportation information on-line! Versatran eLink is the portal to access bus route, stop time, location, and the bus your child will be riding. At the login page the "User Name" and "Password" is your student's 7-digit identification number.
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Please contact your child's school for more information.
REMINDER: All students need to be at the bus stop 5 minutes prior to their stop time.
Kindergarten Parents: To assure your child's safety, please arrive at the bus stop in the morning and after school 5 minutes prior to the scheduled time for pick-up and drop-off. Parents or guardians MUST meet the bus in the afternoon or your child will be returned to the school or transportation center.
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Yes, we're on Facebook!
Stanwood-Camano School District created a Facebook page to share news and information. Click on the icon and "Like us."
Water safe to consume
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In light of concerns surrounding lead levels in school districts, the Stanwood-Camano School District submitted water samples from all of our school buildings to the City of Everett Environment Laboratory. On May 11 the test results showed that lead levels in all schools fell below the EPA safety standard. The water in our school buildings is safe to consume.
Planning for the Future
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Long-term investment in our schools:
- No increase in tax rates - replaces the expiring School Facilities and Technology Levy.
- Addresses the educational and technological demands of the 21st century.
- Improves security and safety for students and staff by reducing the footprint of the existing school, eliminating nearly 80 exterior doors, and other security measures.
- Eliminates physical barriers for handicapped students.
- Eliminates the use of all 16 temporary portable classrooms.
- Provides facilities to address student learning including appropriately designed classrooms, laboratories, shop areas, arts and drama, physical education, special education, community use, and other critical services.
- Addresses the long-term needs of students attending Lincoln Hill High School/Lincoln Academy and Saratoga (parent-partner) School.
- Uses existing site and improvements already paid for and useable.
Planning and construction timeline:
August 19, 2014 - Citizen Facility Advisory Committee recommended that the School Board authorize planning to replace Stanwood High School.
December 16, 2014 - A citizen and staff committee screened and interviewed architect applicants. The school board approved selection of McGranahan Architects.
March 18, 2015 – The High School Planning Committee composed of 42 members of the community and staff began meeting.
November 2015 through May 2016 - Community meetings were held in Stanwood and Camano Island seeking input on the location, conceptual design, and financing plans for the new school. Architects will prepare a conceptual design based on input from community, parents, students, and staff.
April 2016 through January 2017 - District presentations to the community.
February 14, 2017 - Bond election
February 15, 2017 through February 28, 2018 - Design and bidding
March 1, 2018 through June 30, 2020 - Construction
September 1, 2020 – Estimated occupancy
Employees Award
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The Board of Directors will recognize the Classified Employee of the Month (March), Roseann Lindell, Stanwood High School Lead Cook, and the Teacher of the Month (March), Riita Dunning, Utsalady Elementary 1st Grade Teacher, at the Regular Board Meeting, April 19, 2016. The meeting is held in the Administration & Resource Center Boardroom at 7:00 PM. The public is invited to attend.
Other awards will be given to the Cedarhome Elementary and Utsalady Elementary Shining Stars and Volunteers.
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Agilent Technologies released the test procedures for physical and protocol-layer device testing according to the Serial ATA International Organization: Serial ATA (SATA) Revision 3.0 standard. The SATA Revision 3.0 standard defines a maximum transfer speed of 6.0 Gb/s, which is double the speed of previous-generation technology. Faster transfer speeds enable higher-performance storage for applications such as emerging solid-state drives and enterprise business storage. This new specification will enable users to move large quantities of data at faster rates, which is increasingly critical for today's high-resolution photos, videos, music, and multimedia files.
The new test procedures cover transmitter, receiver, return loss, and protocol specifications. The test procedures are also in line with Unified Test Document (UTD) Revision 1.4, which describes the overview testing requirement for devices and products to achieve interoperability. The procedures, also known as methods of implementation, are available on the SATA-IO Web page. Complete methods of implementation for the SATA Gen1 and Gen2 standards are also available.
Engineers can use the Agilent J-BERT N4903A/B high-performance serial BERT for physical-layer receiver compliance testing and characterization. They also can use the Agilent DCA-J 86100C TDR system to characterize transmit and receive termination impedances and return loss per the requirements of the upcoming SATA specification. Agilent N5990A test automation software, with its SATA compliance test-automation suite, offers high-level system automation and test integration across physical-layer test requirement categories and provides a broader set of receiver characterization tests and margin analysis capabilities. Agilent also recently expanded its SATA solution portfolio with the U5031A/U5032A SerialTek BusExpert SATA protocol analyzer, which covers link speeds from 1.5 Gb/s to 6 Gb/s for protocol testing.
Agilent also provides capabilities for physical-layer testing of high-speed serial data technologies. Agilent's Infiniium 90000 Series oscilloscope offers the industry's lowest noise floor, deepest memory, and flattest response. Using the 90000 Series oscilloscope and Agilent's automated N5411B SATA compliance test software, engineers can maximize their design margins and gain greater insights into their system performance.
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Maria Goodavage | Feb 10th 2012
I can't remember the last time Jake had a leather collar or leash. He used to chew them at any chance. But at Vice's Doggy Fashion Show at Westway in NYC, dogs decked from head to tail in soft, supple leather — and they weren't trying to eat it.
If you couldn't tell, the theme of the show was bondage. It's sort of a natural for dogs, who walk around in a collar and leashes anyway. You can read more about the party at the above Vice link, or at Gothamist. (A big thank-you to Janine Kahn for the tip!)
Too bad the fashion show couldn't have been at the same times as the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show next week. Now that would have been interesting…
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3.41 acres in Marion County, Indiana
Build your dream home nestled in a wooded ravine. Traders Point Farm Estates is comprised of six select sites on a total of 50 acres, twenty five of which is part of a nature conservancy. The entire community is part of the Zionsville Historic District. Maximum privacy yet a quick commute downtown. Dining and shopping minutes away in Zionvsille. Only two lots remain!
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Minden Baptist Church held its grand opening service on April 17,2011 with 82 people in attendance. In the last 6 years, God has truly blessed our church. We are currently saving funds to build a new facility on our future location on the Interstate 20 frontage road.
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About the Author
A. J. Hartley is a native of Lancashire, England, and was born near the town where the witch trials featured in Tears of the Jaguar occurred four hundred years ago. He lived in Japan for several years and traveled extensively throughout southern and eastern Asia before moving to the United States for graduate school. After earning his Ph.D. from Boston University, he taught college-level Shakespeare in Georgia and North Carolina. Today he works as a dramaturg, director, theater historian, and theorist in Renaissance drama at UNC-Charlotte, where he holds the Robinson Chair of Shakespeare Studies. He has written fiction for twenty years and is the author of Macbeth, a Novel with David Hewson, Darwen Arkwright and the Peregrine Pact, Act of Will, Will Power, The Mask of Atreus, On the Fifth Day, and What Time Devours.


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Sup-norms of Eigenfunctions on Arithmetic Ellipsoids
Let B be a positive quaternion algebra, and let O subset of B be an Eichler order. There is associated, in a natural way, a variety X = X(O) the connected components of which are indexed by the ideal classes of O and are isomorphic to spheres. This variety is naturally equipped with a Laplace operator and a large family of Hecke operators. For a joint eigenfunction phi of the Hecke algebra and of the Laplace operator with eigenvalue lambda, the hybrid sup norm bound parallel to phi parallel to(infinity) << (tV)(-delta)t(1/2)parallel to phi parallel to(2) for any delta < 1/60 is shown, where t = (1 + lambda)(1/2) and V = vol(X(O)).
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Keywords: Automorphic-Forms ; Surfaces ; Subconvexity ; Series ; Values ; Bounds
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My Hometown "Ulsan"
My hometown is Ulsan located south area's sea-coast of South Korea, so Ulsan has several ports. Long time ago, Jang-Saeng-Po is the most famous port for whale hunting port in Korea. These days, we can't hunt whales as you know. Therefore, we can't find whale hunting anywhere. But we can find the whale museum in Jang-Saeng-Po area. And we can see real whales at whale ecology experience center. And also there is a tour that we can meet real whale in the sea.Ulsan has become the synonyms of Korea's industrial growth. Ulsan has lots of company because there is a big industrial complex because having several good port. The most famous company is Hyundai Group including Hyundai Motor, Hyundai Heavy Industry Group, Hyundai shipyard. So, there are so many people for working around 1.2 million population in Ulsan. And there is the Ulsan Munsu soccer stadium which was used 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup. Now Ulsan pro soccer team uses that for home ground. And Ulsan citizen enjoy and have a good time as a sports park. I also went there often for enjoying inline-skating.This is my hometown, Ulsan.


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Frequently Asked Questions
Do your courses provide educational credits?
Yes, you will receive a certificate that can be used to apply for credits from your credentialing professional body. All of our courses meet the requirements from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, the College of Nurse Pracitioners and the College of Nurses to change your "scope of practice". Please note, however, that the Canadian College of Family Physicians (CCFP) no longer provides ANY M1 study credits for a course that has any cosmetic components. Even the sclerotherapy course, which is highly medical is not allowed to have M1 study credits because spider veins are taught on the same day.
Is the training really 100% hands on?
Yes – Dr. Martin has created DVD's which you will watch before you arrive at the courses in addition to a binder of printed materials and pictures. After you review the entire package, you will be in a position to actively apply the knowledge to the treatment of clients. Dr. Martin has pre-selected clients for you to inject that will best suit your training needs. All the courses are taught in very small groups with intensive hands on and endless opportunitities to ask questions.
Will I be able to provide these services immediately after taking the course?
Yes, in fact, we recommend that you start right away so that you can immediately incorporate your new knowledge base into your practice. Please note that nurses require a doctors order before they are able to inject Botox, Fillers or sclerotherapy
Are Dr. Martin and the staff available to answer questions after the course?
Yes, they are available by phone or email and will attempt to assist you with any questions that you may have regarding injections, assessment or business. If significant coaching is required, then you will be offered a package of coaching sessions by 30 minute segments.
Can nurses provide treatment like Botox, Filler or sclerotherapy without a doctor's order?
No, a nurse must have a physician's order to provide any injections. The doctor however only has to see the patient at the beginning of therapy to outline the treatment plan and provide informed consent. After that, he/she may delegate the actual injections to a nurse.
I am a doctor – should I bring my nurse with me?
Yes, bringing your nurse would be of great benefit. As a physician, you will be able to delegate many of the procedures, plus the nurse will learn from the source how to organize the clients, order supplies, give preparatory history and physicals and grow your business much faster (and often more efficiently) than you could by yourself.
or... I am a nurse – should I bring my doctor?
If a nurse is planning to provide Botox and Fillers or sclerotherapy and the doctor has no experience with them, then the doctor needs to attend the course. Not only does the doctor need to understand and appropriately plan the treatments, he or she cannot provide informed consent or delegate a procedure that he/she is not familiar with.
If, on the other hand, the physician is an experienced injector, then he/she is not required to attend this course, unless of course, he wishes to !
What about my clinic manager?
We would be happy to have any clinic managers attend the business portion of the course.
Are there any office materials provided with the course?
Yes, Dr. Martin has spent years perfecting her charts for various treatments. These, as well as FAQ sheets, Before and After questions and many others are provided as part of your package.
I am a doctor in Ontario – what is this about changing scope of practice?
The College of Physicians and Surgeons in Ontario has created a new process by which physicians may add new areas to their "scope of practice". The application form is provided at the website for the College – www.cpso.on.ca. Please call them and ask for a "mandatory questionnaire". You will need to fill that out and provide them with evidence of your training at Martin's Training Centre in order to change your scope.
I am a licensed doctor in Canada - will the CMPA cover me?
Yes, the CMPA at this point does not have a separate category for cosmetics. If you are covered for family practice, emergency, or obstetrics, you are automatically covered for botox, fillers, sclerotherapy and most lasers. It will NOT cover you for IPL (which is a form of light treatment) or for resurfacing treatments. We will discuss the details of this during the business portion of the course.
I am an International Medical Graduate - can I take these courses?
Yes, absolutely, you can take the courses, but just like a nurse, you will require a doctors order to inject botox, fillers or sclerotherapy solutions.
Does the Doctor or Nurse Pracitioner who is delegating the procedure have to be in the building?
In Canada, this varies by the province. The answer in Ontario and most other provinces is "No, the doctor does not have to be present".
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Dagwood Bumstead was a fictional character who featured in comic strips of the 1930s. He was especially notorious about his love for rich improvised sandwiches.
When Indiana Jones sneaked into a German U-boat disguised as a Nazi naval officer in 1939, he created a sandwich to tempt a German soldier out of his post. He likened his sandwich as being 'worthy of Dagwood Bumstead'.
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The oldest city of the Bay. Originates from the III century BC. It was a trade, naval and commercial center of the Illyrian state. Arrival of the Romans in Risan built palaces with najbojim Greek marble, decorated with beautiful sculptures and mosaics that are still up to today and is a cultural treasure of immense value. Among the large number of mosaics distinguishes the Mosaic God Hypnos, which is the only mosaic figure of the god of sleep in the world. Nearby (10 km) is an airport Tivat as well as a neighboring Croatia Dubrovnik airport (50km). Transportation can provide as you want. The apartments are in a newly-built house located in a peaceful part of the town, 100 m from the beach. The location is very suitable for the families with small children. There are 4 apartments. The size of each apartment is 37 m2. There are 1 bedrooms in each apartment (total 4+1 bed per apartment), kitchen / dining room & bathroom. Each apartment has its own terrace (with a table and the chairs). Also in the apartments are fridge and air conditioning, In front of the house is the common yard (200 m2) with reserved parking space
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I've been researching appropriate dress/wedding gown necklines but can't seem to find one source that can give me all the information that I need. From what I've found, it seems like a v-neck would meet all of my needs, but I'm hoping there are some fashion conscious people on here who can give me some tips. Thanks!
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The Great Mountain Crags of Scotland is an aficionados's pictorial guide to Scotland's best climbing areas. A sumptuous and weighty book that'd look great on any mountaineers coffee table.
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The Great Mountain Crags of Scotland is a celebration of climbing in Scotland's wild places, compiled by Guy Robertson and Adrian Crofton. Featuring contributions from many of Scottish mountaineering's great writers and climbers, and beautifully illustrated with breathtaking photography, it delves deep into the heart of some of the oldest mountains on Earth. A great addition to any mountaineers archive.
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This is a book for anyone with an interest in Scotland's wild places, where the mountains and cliffs, rather than the climbs, take centre stage, transporting the reader far from towns and cities, and deep into the wilderness. The crags are the tallest, steepest and most majestic anywhere in the British Isles. They are all situated in a high mountain environment, and always a good hike from the nearest road. A visit to any of these great crags is therefore a worthy end in itself. For those wishing to venture onto the crags, all the climbs described are highly adventurous, relying solely upon leader-placed protection. Many of the crags and climbs are described and illustrated here in detail for the very first time.
Among these pages are accounts of some of Scottish mountaineering's greatest triumphs, but also accounts of necessary failures - chasing elusive conditions, knowing when to go down, when to return. The authors relate their personal experiences of these cliffs and the climbing, and contained here are real treasures: schoolboy Dave MacLeod soloing on The Cobbler in winter after catching the train from Dumbarton, Mark McGowan's gripping first-hand account of soloing Shibboleth on Slime Wall of Buachaille Etive Mor, Grant Farquhar's recollections of a cherished first ascent on the Great Prow of Skye's Bla Bheinn, Es Tresidder falling under the spell of Creag Meagaidh's Pinnacle Face, and Brian Davison's 15-year waiting game for the first winter ascent of Mort on the Tough-Brown Face of Lochnagar.
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This story appeared in the Jan. 25 edition of the Yorktown & Cortlandt Express. Watch the video from the event here.
Lessons outside the classroom
Engineering students design and test catapults outdoors students: Engineering class heads to football field students
YORKTOWN Usually the classrooms nearby are where the learning takes place, and the football field is the place for brute force and big yardage.
Students in Lakeland High teacher Joe Felipe's engineering class combined the two, though, for a lesson that could launch some technical careers. Or at least a few pumpkins.
"Really, it was having the kids learn through discovery," Felipe said of his catapult assignment.
His students spent a month researching, designing and building catapults that ranged in size from knee-high to taller than a doorway. And their range in field tests on a recent morning, when loaded with snowballs and field hockey balls, was between a few feet and just shy of the opposite end zone.
"What makes this a success is if we can hit 50 yards, but I don't know if that will happen," Stephen Ieppariello said. "We're shooting for 50."
He and partner Kevin Sawler were the first to go. They hit 40 yards, which wouldn't be topped until a later session when another team hit 90.
Snowballs sailing through the frigid morning air was a sight to see.
"It took a lot of work, definitely a lot of modifications," Sawler said. "A lot of stuff we figured out did not work. It took a lot of engineering knowledge to realize what would or would not work. It's a big work in progress."
Felipe said his students learned by testing their catapults independently and making their own adjustments rather than waiting on him to point out potential flaws or improvements.
"Some of them broke when they put on too much pressure," he said. "Some of them were shooting a little bit longer, and they tried to shoot it further today and I think that backfired for some of them. Then some of them cleared personal bests."
Michael Pirone attached layers of metal plates to construct a spring system that proved more durable than the wood that buckled the catapult next to his.
The metal made for a durable but smaller catapult.
"It was just more expensive in the end, and it didn't hold the high energy densities," Pirone said. "Because what happens with metal is once you get to a certain amount of tension it just starts to bend. With wood, it will keep that amount of tension. And if there's too much tension it'll just break apart."
He and partner Quinn McClernan exceeded the 10-yard minimum for the assignment and called it a success.
Chris Agugliaro said figuring out how to build the frame and how many elastic bands to use took trial and error.
His catapult misfired when the trigger piece held the energy too long, he said.
"We've got to get a quicker release on it. It should go a lot farther. We're hoping for 50 yards at least," Agugliaro's partner, Nick Belger, said.
Schools Superintendent George Stone had to see the medieval demonstration for himself.
"It's a great way to combine learning with some fun as well," Stone said. "It's a great project for team building and for learning the basic principles of engineering."


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IF MATT McKay is going to be Australia's left fullback at next year's FIFA World Cup, he must play in that position as much as possible between now and Brazil 2014.
The current East Asian Cup has presented national coach Holger Osieck with a great opportunity to get McKay, a natural midfielder, more accustomed to the left-back role he has occupied semi-regularly in a full-strength Socceroos XI.
It was therefore odd that McKay lined up at left midfield in Australia's 0-0 draw with South Korea in Saturday's opening East Asian Cup clash.
The former Brisbane Roar skipper has previously said he needs to further develop the defensive side of his game to master the left fullback position, which has been a constant headache for Osieck.
This tournament - part of Australia's World Cup preparation despite the fact a lot of the players in Seoul will not be in Brazil next year - is a chance to give McKay three games in nine days in the role.
But in not using McKay at left back on Saturday night, Osieck indicated he perhaps was not sold on him staying there permanently.
Michael Thwaite, better known as a centre-back, worked hard in the left-sided defensive role against the rampant South Koreans, who did everything but score in a performance that the Australians would like to forget.
That's of course barring the brilliant effort of goalkeeper Eugene Galekovic, who must now be close to securing his spot in the World Cup squad.
With Thwaite being another makeshift left-back option, maybe Michael Zullo is still a chance to fill the role.
Converted from a left winger, the Netherlands-based Zullo was part of the squad for last month's three World Cup qualifiers, but did not play.
Hopefully McKay will revert to left-back against Japan on Thursday night but Osieck's selection decisions for the remainder of the tournament will be fascinating.
Ryan McGowan picked a perfect time to produce his heroic defensive display in Australia's draw with South Korea.
Not only has it boosted his chances of being in Australia's World Cup squad, but it could go a long way towards securing him a move to the English Premier League. Scouts from at least one Premier League club were at the game to watch McGowan, who plays for China's Shandong Luneng.
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Saturday 12 May 1945
It was Saturday, under the sign of Taurus. The US president was Harry S. Truman (Democratic).
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- Pascal Clément: French politician, a member of the Union pour un Mouvement Populaire (UMP).
- Patrick Ricard: French entrepreneur and Chairman and CEO of the liquor & wine group Pernod Ricard, which he inherited from his father Paul Ricard, the founder of the company.
- Jean-Pierre Xiradakis: French restaurateur, the chef-sommelier at La Tupina in Bordeaux, France.
- Alan Ball: Jr. English footballer and manager (d. 2007)
- Ian McLagan: English-American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Small Faces Faces and The New Barbarians) (d. 2014)
- Argentinian labour leader Jose Peter declares the Federacion Obrera de la Industria de la Carne dissolved.
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Updated: Homicide suspected in case of Springfield man found on Pittsfield street
Photo Gallery | Scene of Jan. 23 homicide at 129 Fenn St. in Pittsfield
PITTSFIELD — Police are investigating the death of a Springfield man early Saturday as an apparent homicide.
James Dominguez III, 30, was found near 129 Fenn St. about 1:30 a.m. by officers responding to a 911 call about an unresponsive male, according to a release from the Berkshire District Attorney's Office.
When officers arrived on the scene, the parking lot behind Lach's Lounge, they found Dominguez laying on the ground and immediately began administering CPR.
Dominguez was transported to Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, where he was pronounced dead a short time later.
Police did not say what may have caused the man's death, but several bullet holes were visible in a grey Toyota Camry at the scene.
An autopsy will be performed at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Holyoke at a date and time yet to be determined.
Lach's Lounge was the scene of an altercation on Oct. 31 that police believe led to a shooting a short time later near Pleasant and Lincoln streets. The victim in that case was shot in the stomach but survived.
The suspect, Anthony "Dollar" Robertson, 33, was arrested Nov. 12 at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Conn. He is being held on $50,000 bail on assault and weapons charges in that case.
Anyone who may have information about Saturday's incident asked to contact the Pittsfield Police Department at 413-448-9700.
No further information was available.
If ruled a homicide, it would be the city's first of the year — and second in as many months.
Timothy Gill allegedly strangled his wife at her Madison Avenue apartment in December. The city also saw homicides in the shooting deaths of Ronald Pinel, 25, on July 4, and Keenan S. Pellot Jr., 18, on July 31 last year.
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I am considering doing so starting in Nov. to run into Feb. and skipping the bridal shows altogether. If you do advertise on TV what channels do you get the most response from and if you don't advertise on TV is it only because of the cost?
Any Pros and Cons?
O.K. I hear crickets... no one here has advertised on TV?
I've been on shows several times, and the results have always been the same. NOTHING. Ditto for all my wedding vendor friends.
The problems with TV are several:
1) crazy high cost
2) you can't make a human contact with your potential customer like you can at a bridal show
3) they're fleeting. At a bridal show you can at least get written materials into their hands. With a magazine ad brides may carry it around for 6-12 months.
I would never consider it, mainly because of the cost, and also the scatter-gun approach - fact is, the vast majority of people watching will not be in the market for a high-end cake.
I'm sure there are better ways of using the marketing dollar.
The main reason I am considering it is because I have been on shows several times here and I am so swamped after that, I advertise in 2 mags now. And I am a full bakery, it probably would not be worth it for just weddings, we are doing about 40- 60 birthday cakes and about 2-3 tiered cakes a week-- and well over a thousand cupcakes, none of this includes the breads and lunch hour and cookies and pastries.
Anyone else with a full bakery?
ummm . . . how much excess capacity do you have? You really need to advertise at all?
Leah, I am glad you asked me that, because sometimes we are to busy to take more orders, but then there is Tuesday, our slowest day of the week, I am considering adding sheetcakes and hiring 1 other cake decorator.


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"Androids vs. Civilians" is a soundtrack composed for the FUNimation Dub of Dragon Ball Z. It is featured in Android 18: The Androids Saga.
- Episode 111/126 "The Androids Appear": when Android 19 kills two men with his hat, while Android 20 blocks a man's car and subsequently removes the engine and killed the man.
- Episode 114/129 "Upgrade to Super Saiyan": when Android 19 attacks Goku during their battle on the Southern Continent.
- Episode 115/130 "The Secret of Dr. Gero": when Android 19 attacks Super Saiyan Vegeta.
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Alice Heeren is a PhD student in the RASC/a: Rhetorics of Art, Space and Culture program. She received a BA in Art Education and a BFA in Printmaking from the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais in Brazil during which time she worked at the Laboratório de Ciência da Conservação (Laboratory of Conservation Science). In 2011, she received a MA in Art History, Theory and Criticism from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago with a thesis entitled "The Inhotim Cultural Institute: the museum in the Neodevelopmentalist era." She spent time as a curatorial intern at the Museum of Modern Art in NY (MoMA) and was an editor for the Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism. Her research focuses on Modern and Contemporary Brazilian Art and Architecture with emphasis in memory studies and affect theory. She is currently working on a dissertation that examines how the semantic, semiotic and affective experiences of space and place shaped the body politics and the ideal of the nation in twentieth century Brazil.
Asiel Sepúlveda is a doctoral student in the Rhetorics of Art, Space and Culture: Ph.D. Program in Art History. He received a bachelor's degree in Art History from Florida International University, and an M.A in Art History from Southern Methodist University. His interests include nineteenth-century Cuban visual culture, commercial advertising, and urban studies. Asiel has received various grants and awards including the Dahesh Museum of Art Prize Best Paper at the 12th Annual Graduate Student Symposium in Nineteenth-Century Art(2015), co-sponsored by Dahesh Museum of Art and the Association of Historians of Nineteenth-Century Art. A version of his Master's thesis titled "Humor and Social Hygiene in Havana's Nineteenth-Century Cigarette Marquillas" will appear in the fall 2015 issue of Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide. He is currently pursuing a doctoral dissertation that examines interactions among print, industry, and urban reform in nineteenth-century Havana.
My name is Autumn Garcia. I am a second year M.A. student in art history at Southern Methodist University. My research interests include the art of ancient Greece, particularly study of female figures in Classical ceramic ware, with emphasis on the portrayal of Amazons. My thesis will examine the ways in which masculinity was constructed in ancient Greek society through depiction of Amazonomachies (the mythical Greek battle with the Amazons) portrayed on ceramic vessels of the symposium drinking party. I graduated with a B.A. in history from Hardin-Simmons University in 2012 and was fortunate to have the opportunity to study abroad in Greece and Italy during the summer of 2009. After graduating, I completed an internship at the Meadows Museum in 2014 in which I assisted in the research and creation of educational materials for the Goya exhibition.
Carol Mach Barreto Pino is a M.A. candidate in the RASC/a program at Southern Methodist University. She was born in Rio de Janeiro and immigrated to the United States at a young age. She received her B.A. in Art History from Goucher College in 2014. While at Goucher College, she interned with the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, the Sítio Roberto Burle Marx in Barra de Guaratiba, the Museu Historico Nacional in Rio de Janeiro and the Baltimore War Memorial. Her current interests lie in Roberto Burle Marx and his involvement in shaping the urban landscape of cities in Latin American including but not limited to, Caracas, Rio de Janeiro, Recife, Buenos Aires and Brasilia during the twentieth century. While working on the transnational influence of a singular landscape architect, she is able to draw on the intersection between man-built environments and human interaction in the post-colonial world.
Claire Haley Cho is a second-year Masters student in the Department of Art History at SMU. She graduated in 2014 from the University of Southern California where she received her B.A. in both Art History and Fine Arts. While at USC, she studied abroad in Florence, Italy where she interned for the fototeca at Villa I Tatti: The Harvard University Research Center for Italian Renaissance Studies. She graduated with departmental honors upon completing a Senior Honors Thesis titled "Old Testament Typology in the Stammheim Missal." In her studio practice, she works mainly in oil painting, printmaking, and ceramics. Her current research interests are in medieval art, especially in its intersection with contemporaneous Christian theology and doctrine. Her M.A. thesis will examine the development of Marian iconography in the twelfth-century, focusing on her changing visualization in monumental sculpture in French church portals.
Claudia Zapata is pursuing her Ph.D. at SMU in the RASC/a: Rhetorics of Art, Space and Culture Program in Art History. She received her B.A. and M.A. from University of Texas in art history, specializing in Pre-Columbian and U.S. Latino/Chicano art. From 2010 to 2014 she served as the curator of exhibitions and programs at the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, Texas. Her recent projects include the co-founding of ChingoZine, a Latino art zine and Chingolandia, a Latino designer toy line as part of her Latino art collective, Puro Chingón Collective, LLC. Zapata has curated over 30 exhibitions at the Mexic-Arte Museum and other Texas institutions on subjects such as the commercialization of the Day of the Dead holiday, Mexican dance masks, Contemporary Chicano art, lucha libre in popular culture and more. Her most recent publication acted as the main catalog essay for Margarita Cabrera's Uprooted Dreams, a recent Austin Art in Public Places installation using Oaxacan woodcarving to discuss cultural displacement. Her research interests include curatorial methodologies of identity-based exhibitions, Texas Neo-Chicanoism, exhibition design and people-of-color zines and designer toys. For contact and further information please see her website.
Danya Epstein is a second-year PhD student at SMU in the RASC/a: Rhetorics of Art, Space and Culture Program in Art History. She received her AB in French from Princeton University and her MA in Art History from Arizona State University, where she wrote her MA thesis on anatomical distortions in the work of JAD Ingres. A former naturopathic physician, Danya now brings her medical eye to the study of 18th and 19th century French art, with a special interest in art and science, in addition to a new focus on Franco-American relations in art.
Delanie Linden is a first year M.A student at Southern Methodist University. She received her AB in Biopsychology, Cognition & Neuroscience and Art History from the University of Michigan in 2014. While at Michigan, her coursework focused on eighteenth- and nineteenth-century French art, which lead her to study abroad in Paris, France in 2013 and also to work at the University of Michigan Museum of Art as a curatorial intern from 2013 to 2014. Her broader interest in the cognitive sciences, more specifically the study of perception, behavior, and identity, narrowed her research interests to the examination of identity and selfhood in early modern portraiture. Following graduation, she moved to Paris, France from 2014 to 2015, which nurtured her desire to pursue research on this art at a graduate level. At SMU, Linden plans to explore a multitude of questions she has regarding portraits including: cross-cultural relations and their influence on portrait making, female agency in eighteenth-century French portraits, and issues of diaspora, to name a few.
Jillianne Laceste is a first year student in the MA Art History program at Southern Methodist University. She received a BA in Art History and a MA in Museum Studies from Seton Hall University. Prior to entering this program, she lived in Chicago, where she worked as a Collections Assistant on a collections stewardship project at the DuSable Museum of African American History and helped Chicago's homeless animal population as a charity runner and shelter volunteer. Her primary research interests are Christian iconography, gender, and eroticism in Italian Renaissance and Baroque art. As a former museum collections professional, Jillianne is also interested in exploring the history of collecting.
Joe Hartman is a sixth-year Ph.D. candidate. He has a BA in Studio Art and Spanish from Goshen College; and a MA in Art History from the University of North Texas. He currently serves as a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Texas at Dallas' Edith O'Donnell Institute of Art History. Hartman specializes in the history of modern/contemporary art and architecture, with an emphasis on Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Western world. Hartman's research, broadly speaking, focuses on relationships between art, politics, and ecology in the Western Hemisphere.
Hartman's current book project deals with the visual culture and public works program of the Cuban Dictator Gerardo Machado (1925-1933). It refines his dissertation "Modern Dreams: Building Machado's Cuba," which he developed under the guidance of Roberto Tejada and Adam Herring. Hartman has published articles and reviews related to this material and wider research interests in The Latin Americanist; The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians; The Middle Ground Journal; Hemisphere: Visual Cultures of the Americas; and Athanor. He has presented his work at numerous academic institutions and museums in Europe and the Americas, including professional conferences: the College Arts Association, the Urban History Association, the Latin American Studies Association, and the Caribbean Studies Association. His research has been funded by grants from SMU, UNT, and internationally competitive fellowships at the University of Miami's Cuban Heritage Collection and UT Dallas' Edith O'Donnell Institute. Hartman currently resides in Dallas with his wife, Jenna; two sons, Harvey and Oscar; and cat, Monty Rico.
Julie Borger is a second year MA student concentrating on late medieval art and architecture in England and France. Her current research interests include beasts, hybrid creatures, and representations of vice in architectural sculpture and illuminated manuscripts. After studying for two years at the American University of Paris, she received her BA in Art History from the College of Visual Arts and Design at the University of North Texas (UNT) in 2010. Her undergraduate thesis, "Goya's Los Caprichos: An Enlightened Bestiary," was published in the 2011 edition of the Eagle Feather, and was subsequently presented at two undergraduate symposia. Julie's MA thesis will focus on the thirteenth-century bestial sculptures of York Minster's chapter house.
Kailey Fairchild is a first year M.A. student in Art History at Southern Methodist University. She completed her B.A. in Art History with a minor in French at The Ohio State University with Latin honors in 2016. While completing her B.A., she spent a semester abroad in Paris, France within an intensive language program. Her research interests lie within the 17th and 18th centuries of France, specifically painting and portraiture. More broadly, she is interested in the social and financial constructs of a society and its manifestations in art, visual culture, and phenomenology.
Lauren Richman is a doctoral candidate focusing on modern and contemporary art, photography, and film of post-WWII Europe and the United States. Her research interests include historical aberrations of violence, the intersections between art and visual mass culture, and studies of surveillance and political propaganda. Lauren received her B.A. in Art History (2011) from Vanderbilt University and her M.A. in the same subject from SMU (2013); her thesis is titled "Perform, Cough, Critique: Christian Boltanski's Cinematic Tactics in 1969." The first recipient of the Gayle and Paul Stoffel Doctoral Fellowship in RASC/a, Lauren completed a specially designed year of coursework which included a fall 2013 residency at London's Courtauld Institute of Art under the mentorship of leading scholars Julian Stallabrass and Sarah Wilson, as well as coursework at Berlin's Freie and Humboldt Universities in summer 2014. Lauren currently resides in Berlin where she is conducting dissertation research on the multilayered, postwar 'reconstruction' of German cultural identity in the Cold War-divided city. The project investigates photographic and filmic media as integral to ideologically-driven exhibitions and programming and traces the subtle emergence of subcultural and subterranean practices under occupation.
I am currently a Ph.D. candidate in the RASC/a Program in Art History. I studied Architecture and Urban Planning at the Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil, and received an M.A. in Museum Studies from the University of Southampton, England. After working in different museums in Brazil and the United States, I returned to academia to pursue my interest in space and the ways it is perceived, represented, and symbolically produced in images, especially photographs. I am currently writing my dissertation on the photographs documenting the construction of a railroad built in the Amazon in 1912. My research examines how the interactions of visuality, narrative, and performance create different imaginary geographies of this construction site in the forest.
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By Michael Birnbaum
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Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Middleburg is conspicuously quaint, with a gourmet butcher shop, an old-fashioned ice cream parlor and one very tiny elementary school.
In these times of budget woes, a school with just 85 students could find itself in serious jeopardy. Prince George's County and D.C. school officials are targeting low-enrollment schools for closure to save money.
But Loudoun County school officials, who face twin challenges of budget pressure and the region's fastest-growing enrollment, have drawn an outcry for even broaching the possibility of closing century-old Middleburg Elementary. Residents of the town, population 923, have launched a preemptive fight to save the school, which serves students through fifth grade.
"It's a jewel in our crown here," said Middleburg Mayor Betsy Davis, who has spent her life in the area. "It's more than just numbers. It's a part of our history and a part of our town."
For most of the Loudoun school system, however, it is all about numbers. The county had 56,900 students as of September. Enrollment has surged 40 percent in five years and more than doubled in the past decade. To handle such explosive growth, the school system has perfected the technique of building cookie-cutter schools. Which Middleburg Elementary decidedly is not.
Some local families have sent children there for generations. Others moved to Middleburg for the small class sizes. The building, with a handful of classrooms and just five full-time teachers, still looks like the rural schoolhouse it once was.
By contrast, the newest elementary schools in Loudoun can handle 10 times Middleburg Elementary's enrollment. The school system expects flat revenue in the coming year and 2,500 more students. So officials are considering whether it makes sense to keep open Middleburg Elementary and three other elementary schools in the county's farm-speckled west -- Aldie (115 students), Hillsboro (142) and Lincoln (147). If they closed, students would be routed to newer and perhaps less intimate schools.
But that scenario seems unlikely. Even though closures were listed only as contingencies should school funding drop precipitously, community opposition has been deafening. Residents have lined up to speak at School Board and community meetings, and some county supervisors have spoken out against the idea.
Superintendent Edgar B. Hatrick III said the issue has dominated budget discussions, even though class sizes countywide could balloon and funding for programs such as summer school, special education and outreach could vanish.
Hatrick said at a meeting last week that he had expected strong community opposition.
"I don't dislike small schools. I didn't go after small schools," Hatrick said. Nevertheless, he said, given tough budget choices that have to be made, he wants to keep school closures as an option to avoid cutting teachers or other classroom programs.
"When we talk about closing small schools," he said, "not a single child will have a diminished education as a result of that closure."
He added, presumably in jest, "I'm probably being fire-bombed at home right now."
Some parents say that in education, smaller is better. Amy Birtel-Smith, who sent a son to Middleburg Elementary and has a daughter there, is president of the parent-teacher organization. She said she was told her son was "slow in reading" when he attended a large Prince William County school. Her family moved to Middleburg for the small school, where he ended up in a gifted program after teachers noticed his abilities.
"It's like heaven," she said "I didn't realize it was going to make this much of a difference in our children's lives."
Although the schoolhouse might fit Middleburg's image as a well-preserved example of small-town America, the principal and teachers are cautious about pointing to differences between the school and others in the county.
"There is no difference, really, between the curriculum a third-grader gets in the eastern part of the county and what they get here," said Gary Wilkers, principal of Middleburg Elementary.
Second-grade teacher Nan Parrish praised the school's sense of community.
"There's such a family feel here," she said. "I'm not saying it's more or less than at another school."
The classrooms look a little different, with ceilings that must seem miles high to first-graders, cast-iron radiators that stretch as long as a tank and real chalkboards dominating the front. But math lessons still cover the basics of multiplication and division, reading lessons are standard, and the books in the library, officials said, are the same as anywhere else.
Several School Board members have suggested that administration of the four schools could be more efficient, perhaps by assigning principals to more than one school.
"I think that they need real restructuring if they're going to stay open long term," said board member John Stevens (Potomac). "They cannot be sustained at this level."
Meantime, the Prince George's school board is considering closing a dozen schools to save $10 million a year. The D.C. school system has proposed closing three elementary schools, including 84-student Draper Elementary. It appears to edge out Middleburg Elementary by one student for the title of smallest regular public school in the Washington region.
Next fall, Middleburg Elementary might have the distinction all to itself.
"We desperately are trying to keep it open," Davis said. "It's an amazing little school."
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Powerless: Easter Eggs and Things You Might Have Missed In "Sinking Day"
"Sinking Day" is apparently an Atlantean holiday -- one which marks the date when the city sank into the ocean, as its name suggests.
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Quite a bit, as it turns out. Powerless continues to be a haven for Easter eggs, knowing winks and sly nods of all kinds.
In tonight's episode, we got meta jokes, metahuman jokes, and either mentions or cameos from a number of comic book characters, comic book creators, and beyond.
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Justin Halpern, Patrick Schumacker, Len Goldstein, Marc Buckland and Dean Lorey are executive producers of Powerless. Buckland served as the director of the pilot. The series is produced by Warner Bros. Television and is based on the characters from DC.
MORE: Joker Reference in Wayne Security Commercial for Powerless / Alan Tudyk Explains Why Batman's Cousin Admires Lex Luthor / Showrunner Explains How Powerless Connects To DCEU / New Powerless Promo Reveals Alan Tudyk is Playing Batman's Cousin / Powerless Promo Drops Superman Joke / Powerless Image Contains Batman Easter Egg
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Last year, a presidential hopeful named Donald Trump made highly publicized calls on social media to boycott Macy's (M) Today, Trump is visiting the White House to prepare to assume the world's most powerful office. In the meantime, shares of the storied department store retailer have struggled, but Macy's chairman Terry Lundgren thinks his company did the right thing.
The dispute between Macy's and Trump started in July 2015, when the company said it would discontinue its Donald Trump line of menswear as a result of Trump's derogatory comments about Mexican immigrants. Macy's said it stood for diversity and that Trump's statements were inconsistent with that philosophy.
"We made our decision about a year and a half ago, and stand by our decision," Lundgren told TheStreet in an interview on Thursday. "As I have said, we wouldn't carry product from a political candidate -- and now a politician -- whether they be Republican or Democrat. If Hillary Clinton had a line of women's suits or handbags I wouldn't carry those either. I just think we don't want to be a politically associated company, we sell to everybody at Macy's and have a broad and diverse customer base."
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text: Cigarette Smoking and Dementia: Potential Selection Bias in the ElderlyHernán, Miguel A.a; Alonso, Alvarob; Logroscino, GiancarloaEpidemiology: May 2008 - Volume 19 - Issue 3 - pp 448-450 doi: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e31816bbe14 Commentary: METHODS Abstract Author Information Article Outline We conducted a systematic review of published prospective studies that estimated the association between smoking and the incidence of Alzheimer disease and dementia. The relative rate for smokers versus nonsmokers ranged from 0.27 to 2.72 for Alzheimer disease (12 studies) and from 0.38 to 1.42 for dementia (6 studies). The minimum age at entry (range: 55–75 years) explained much of the between-study heterogeneity in relative rates. We conjecture that selection bias due to censoring by death may be the main explanation for the reversal of the relative rate with increasing age. From the aDepartment of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA; and bDivision of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. Submitted 5 January 2008; accepted 1 February 2008. Correspondence: Miguel Hernán, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115. E-mail: email@example.com. Abstract: ABOUT THE AUTHORS REFERENCES Cited By The article by Euser et al1 in this issue of Epidemiology shows that study participants with complete follow-up are healthier and have better age-specific cognitive scores than those with incomplete follow-up. A well-known potential consequence of these differences is selection bias: when the analysis is restricted to individuals with complete follow-up (eg, those not too ill to participate), it is possible to find an exposure-outcome association that is not due to the causal effect of the exposure on the outcome.2 An extreme case of "incomplete follow-up" for nonfatal outcomes is death; hence censoring by death may introduce selection bias. In studies of old people, this selection bias may be large because the death rate is high and death is often affected by the exposure.3 Here we provide some empirical support for selection bias due to censoring by death in epidemiologic studies of the effect of cigarette smoking on risk of dementia. We conducted a systematic review of published prospective cohort studies that estimated the association between smoking and the incidence of Alzheimer disease or dementia. We searched PubMed using the following query: "(smok* OR tobacco OR cigar*) AND (cognit* OR Alzheimer OR dementi*) AND (cohort* OR follow-up OR incidenc* OR prospective OR epidemiolog*)." We excluded studies that relied exclusively on death certificates to ascertain the dementia diagnosis.4,5 Table 1 summarizes the characteristics of the 12 studies that met our criteria.6–17 The relative rate (RR) for smokers versus nonsmokers ranged from 0.27 to 2.72 for Alzheimer disease (12 studies) and from 0.38 to 1.42 for dementia (6 studies). We hypothesized that part of this between-study heterogeneity could be explained by the between-study differences in minimum age at entry (range: 55–75 years). Table 1 Figure 1 plots the log RR of Alzheimer disease versus the minimum age at baseline. The weighted average RR was 1.71 for studies with minimum age at baseline 55–64 years (2 studies), 1.17 for 65–74 years (7 studies), and 0.52 for 75 or more years (3 studies). The results did not materially change when we restricted the analysis to studies in which the rate ratio estimate was adjusted for age and sex. Figure 2 plots the log rate ratio of dementia versus the minimum age at baseline. The weighted average RR was 1.42 for studies with minimum age at baseline 55–64 years (1 study), 1.26 for 65–74 years (2 studies), and 0.72 for 75 years or more (3 studies). Figure 1 Figure 2 Our findings can receive at least 2 interpretations that are not mutually exclusive. First, the effect of cigarette smoking on the risk of dementia is modified by age: smoking harmful at younger ages, beneficial at older ages. Second, the effect of cigarette smoking is harmful overall but appears beneficial at older ages because of selection bias, eg, most smokers who are susceptible to developing dementia due to their smoking do so by age 75, and thus the group of 75-year-olds without dementia at baseline is depleted of susceptible smokers. The data from these observational studies, or even from hypothetical randomized experiments of cigarette smoking, cannot conclusively rule out either of these interpretations. However, it is interesting that similar differences of age-specific estimates have been previously reported for the association of body mass index18 and high blood pressure19 with mortality. All these "bad" exposures—smoking, obesity, high blood pressure—are apparently associated with a reduction (or even reversal) of the RR with increasing age. Although it is biologically conceivable that the effect of each of these exposures is dramatically affected by age, a simpler explanation may be that much of the variation in age-specific RRs is due to selection bias by death. Like Euser et al,1 we have provided another example of potentially large selection bias in studies of old people, which has implications for study design, comparison of estimates among studies, and biologic interpretation of the results. As the number of epidemiologic studies of aging-related conditions increases, readers should beware of age-specific estimates of RR. Selection bias due to censoring by competing risks may be near. Back to Top | Article Outline ABOUT THE AUTHORS MIGUEL HERNÁN is Associate Professor of epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health and an Editor of Epidemiology. He studies the methodologic challenges that arise when trying to make causal inferences from longitudinal data. ALVARO ALONSO is Assistant Professor of epidemiology at the University of Minnesota, with an interest in neurologic diseases. GIANCARLO LOGROSCINO is a neurologist and Associate Professor of epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health. Back to Top | Article Outline REFERENCES1.Euser SM, Schram MT, Hofman A, et al. Measuring cognitive function with age: The influence of selection by health and survival. Epidemiology. 2008;19:440–447. 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A 2-year follow-up study of cigarette smoking and risk of dementia. Eur J Neurol. 2004;11:277–282. Cited Here... | View Full Text | PubMed | CrossRef 8.Katzman R, Aronson M, Fuld P, et al. Development of dementing illnesses in an 80-year-old volunteer cohort. Ann Neurol. 1989;25:317–324. Cited Here... | PubMed | CrossRef 9.Launer LJ, Andersen K, Dewey ME, et al. Rates and risk factors for dementia and Alzheimer's disease: results from the EURODEM pooled analysis. Neurology. 1999;52:78–84. Cited Here... | View Full Text | PubMed | CrossRef 10.Lindsay J, Laurin D, Verreault R, et al. Risk factors for Alzheimer's disease: a prospective analysis from the Canadian Study of Health and Aging. Am J Epidemiol. 2002;156:445–453. Cited Here... | View Full Text | PubMed | CrossRef 11.Merchant C, Tang M-X, Albert S, et al. The influence of smoking on the risk of Alzheimer's disease. Neurology. 1999;52:1408–1412. Cited Here... | View Full Text | PubMed | CrossRef 12.Piguet O, Grayson DA, Creasey H, et al. Vascular risk factors, cognition and dementia incidence over 6 years in the Sydney Older Persons Study. Neuroepidemiology. 2003;22:165–171. Cited Here... | PubMed | CrossRef 13.Reitz C, den Heijer T, van Duijn C, et al. Relation between smoking and risk of dementia and Alzheimer disease: the Rotterdam Study. Neurology. 2007;69:998–1005. Cited Here... | View Full Text | PubMed | CrossRef 14.Tyas SL, Manfreda J, Strain LA, et al. Risk factor for Alzheimer's disease: a population-based, longitudinal study in Manitoba, Canada. Int J Epidemiol. 2001;30:590–597. Cited Here... | View Full Text | PubMed | CrossRef 15.Tyas SL, White LR, Petrovitch H, et al. Mid-life smoking and late-life dementia: the Honolulu-Asia Aging Study. Neurobiol Aging. 2003;24:589–596. Cited Here... | PubMed | CrossRef 16.Wang H-X, Fratiglioni L, Frisoni GB, et al. Smoking and the occurrence of Alzheimer's disease: cross-sectional and longitudinal data in a population-based study. Am J Epidemiol. 1999;149:640–644. Cited Here... | View Full Text | PubMed | CrossRef 17.Yoshitake T, Kiyohara Y, Kato I, et al. Incidence and risk factors of vascular dementia and Alzheimer's disease in a defined elderly Japanese population: the Hisayama study. Neurology. 1995;45:1161–1168. Cited Here... | View Full Text | PubMed | CrossRef 18.Stevens J, Cai J, Pamuk ER, et al. The effect of age on the association between body-mass index and mortality. N Engl J Med. 1998;338:1–7. Cited Here... | View Full Text | PubMed | CrossRef 19.Prospective Studies Collaboration. Age-specific relevance of usual blood pressure to vascular mortality: a meta-analysis of individual data for one million adults in 61 prospective studies. Lancet. 2002;360:1903–1913. Cited Here... Cited By: This article has been cited 1 time(s). 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