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For some, a vacation is supposed to be an adventure, and nothing's worse than realizing you've spent your hard-earned dough and precious holiday time in a tourist trap. That's why Rough Guides were developed. If you're looking to go off the beaten path, these guides are the perfect travel companion for a news and picture worthy trip. Packed with useful features and even a section for conversational language, these guides are designed to give you the confidence and communication skills to ask, for instance "where's the nearest gentleman's lounge?" If their rip-proof, full-color paper maps aren't your thing though, then check out their website, where you'll find digital versions for nearly every electronic device under the sun. With coverage of more than 200 destinations around our globe, there's almost no place that your Rough Guide won't be able to lead you to, or from.
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MoDA has around 40,000 original designs on paper. Most of the designs are for wallpapers and textiles. They were created by the Silver Studio, which sold them to manufacturers around the country, between 1880 and the early1960s.
These designs are in a variety of media, including pencil, inks, charcoal, pastels and gouaches.
You can read more about the Silver Studio and the people who worked for it here.
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Phil Woods, a co-founder of COTA, is a five-time Grammy winner, a perpetual Down Beat readers' poll champion and THE monster alto player of our time. Pianist John Coates, who played the Deer Head for over 25 years and inspired Keith Jarrett (who often sat in as his drummer!), has a dedicated following but is still one of those "players deserving wider recognition." He is a powerful improviser and very much a two-handed player whose style is easier for me to recognize than explain. At times, particularly in his compositions, I hear elements of blues, gospel and hymnlike sounds that seem spiritual.
There's a lot of warmth and intimacy at COTA and the same is true of this session in Phil Woods' living room, just uphill from the Deer Head. It's two friends, who also happen to be jazz masters, creating, listening,enjoying and responding . All of this was recorded with empathy by producer Eric Doney. Doney, himself a fine pianist, also produced the 1994 "Piano...forte !!" which marked Coates' return after health problems.
John Coates' compositional gifts are showcased by the duo's treatment of his originals which range from a beautiful ballad, "Much Too Much" to the funky, bluesy "Freak of the Week" to "Starting From the Back," an exercise in moods. They turn that old barn burner "Cherokee" into an impressionistic jazz waltz and swing lightly on "Embracable You." There no doubt about Woods' chops as he digs in on "Affair to Remember" while he also takes a rare and masterful turn on clarinet with the Schwartz / Dietz rarity, "How Can We Be Wrong," which dates back to the days of Andy Kirk and Eddie Duchin.
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Steamboat briefs: County historic properties applications due by Friday
May 22, 2012
Applications for designation on the Routt County Register of Historic Properties are due to the Routt County Board of Commissioners office by Friday. Applications will be reviewed by the Routt County Historic Preservation Board at its June 6 meeting. For more information, call Dee Bolton at 970-879-0108. Applications can be downloaded from the county's website at http://www.co.routt.co.us.
Early pricing deadline for ski area passes are June 1
Season passes to Steamboat Ski Area are available at preseason pass rates through June 1. A $99 deposit is required to reserve a pass, and full payment is due by Sept. 17. The adult pass is $959 through June 1, $1,069 from June 2 to Aug. 15 and $1,279 starting Aug. 16. Passes are on sale at http://www.steamboat.com or by calling Steamboat Central Reservations at 970-879-0740.
Grand Futures Adventure 5K will be held June 9
Grand Futures Prevention Coalition is holding an Adventure 5K Scavenger Hunt on June 9 in Steamboat Springs. Registration and check-in is from 8 to 9 a.m. at Steamboat Springs High School, and the race starts at 9. The event is geared toward families but is open to all. Preregister through June 1 for $100 per team of four or $75 per family team of four, consisting of at least one adult and children younger than 16. Registration from June 2 to 9 increases by $20. Teams can vie for prizes, including one for best costume. Proceeds benefit Grand Futures work toward preventing substance use in youths. More information, sponsorship forms and online registration are available at http://www.grandfutures.org or by calling Kate at 970-879-6188.
$30,000 in grants to be awarded to organizations
In June, the Yampa Valley Community Foundation will award $30,000 in grants to organizations within the Steamboat Springs community in honor of Gloria Gossard. This is a one-time granting opportunity outside of the Community Foundation's annual community grants cycle and was made possible through an additional distribution from Gossard's estate. Grant recipients will be announced at the Celebration of Philanthropy on June 24.
The Gloria Gossard Special Grants are limited to organizations or programs providing arts and culture, education, or health and human services within Steamboat Springs. Further, the grants are for special projects or eminent organizational needs. Applications are due to email@example.com by 4 p.m. June 1 and can be found at yvcf.org or by calling 970-879-8632.
Sisters in Steamboat is in need of speakers for event
The fourth annual Sisters in Steamboat weekend from Oct. 12 to 14 is in need of speakers. This year's theme is "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun!" Event organizers are looking for dynamic and interesting speakers to host interactive talks, workshops and activities to ensure local and visiting sisters have a wonderful time. Contact Tracy Barnett at 970-846-1800 or firstname.lastname@example.com. The deadline is June 1.


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- Dave Stamps: Four things to do NOW to prepare for the job market
- Jess Tate: The importance of self-care
- Derek Schardt: So much more to a grad program
- Jie Cheng: Exploring startup opportunities
- Grace Troupe: Starting your literature review
- Christy Burger: Graduation
- Adrian Lara: Planning your summer
- Grace Troupe: Places to study on campus
- Jess Tate: Starting your personal statement
- Derrick White: Creating your professional persona
- Jie Cheng: The art of Chinese seal engraving
- Dave Stamps: Take advantage of grant funding opportunities
- Jess Tate: A day in the life
- Jenny Beth Johnson: Finding your focus
- Adrian Lara: Your winter in Lincoln
- Dave Stamps: Let class assignments work for your future
- Jenny Beth Johnson: Budgeting in grad school
- Derrick White: Research tips
- Christy Burger: Getting involved
- Adrian Lara: 100 things to do in Lincoln
- Grace Troupe: Five time management tips
- Derrick White: Finalizing your application
- Jessica Tate: Valuing diversity and fit in graduate education
- Jenny Beth Johnson: Getting the most out of a conference
- Dave Stamps: Attending grad school with a family
- Derrick White: Getting to know your colleagues
- Derek Schardt: What to expect when starting grad school
- Grace Troupe: What you need to know about American holidays
- Jie Cheng: Graduate education takes you places
- Adrian Lara: Five tips to be a happier grad student
Derek Schardt: So much more to a grad program
By Derek Schardt. Posted June 24, 2014.
This is so much more to a graduate program than you probably know!
If you have a general understanding of what graduate school is like, you probably know that the classes are more difficult, your area of study is more focused, and there are opportunities with graduate programs that you cannot take advantage of during your undergraduate experience. These opportunities can include such things as working under a graduate assistantship or writing a peer-reviewed thesis. An undergraduate may think that about sums up the opportunities available to graduate students, but there is so much more.
This last summer I was given an opportunity to travel to Atlanta, Georgia as part of a UNL case competition team. The case competition was just one piece of a large conference focused on issues facing the food and agribusiness industries (I am an MBA student focused in agribusiness). Apart from the student case competition, there was a symposium where academics submitted papers for judging, speakers who presented about issues from top levels of government and Fortune 500 companies, as well as special social events at places like the Jimmy Carter presidential library and the Coca-Cola world headquarters. As you can probably imagine, it was a lot more fun than it was work. It was inspiring to see so many people discussing a variety of issues that were important to me and my specific area of study.
This trip was not something that the average graduate student gets to do during their time in school. The Office of Graduate Studies and UNL graduate advisers do an excellent job of seeing what unique events are available to students outside of the normal experiences associated with your course of study. During my time as a graduate student I have been given the opportunity to do many things that have helped direct and focus my career interests. Each program of study in the graduate department has the ability to enhance your graduate experience with opportunities, similar to the one I described above. Whether it is case competitions; special trips; research fairs; or academic symposiums, a UNL graduate student can count on the University's graduate school to provide student-unique opportunities to enhance your learning outside of the classroom or traditional research position.
The vast prospects are one of the reasons I chose my program. I had called the graduate chair (now my advisor) to ask what set this program apart from a regular MBA or Agricultural Economics degree. The first thing he told me about was the many ways I could participate in several unique events that potential graduate students never think about when they are applying to graduate school. These were not things that required much work relative to the work required for the traditional program, and these events gave me the opportunity to travel and network with others in my career field and area of study. The great thing about the graduate programs at UNL is that teachers not only facilitate your learning, they also work to find things that will help you succeed that you otherwise may never have known about!
To find out what special opportunities exist in a particular program, just contact your prospective graduate department. Contact information specific to each area of study is available via Programs Offered A to Z.


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Coming off a 21-4 season that included reaching the state semifinals for only the second time in program history, the Ridgefield High boys basketball team faced a question mark entering last season.
How would the Tigers fare without All-State point guard Bryan Galvin?
The answer was pretty well.
Seth von Kuhn made a smooth transition from the wing to the point as Ridgefield went 18-7, reaching the FCIAC semifinals and the Class LL state quarterfinals.
This winter, the Tigers face a similar challenge. Von Kuhn has graduated, leaving head coach Carl Charles in search of a reliable replacement.
But as long as Ridgefield can get competent play from that position, it should be fine. Simply put, the Tigers are stocked with talent elsewhere.
"This could be a very good season," said Charles, whose team opens at home against defending Class LL state champ St. Joseph on Wednesday night. "We have most of the pieces in place."
The key cogs are senior swingmen Kurt Steidl and Jeff Racy, who are both three-year starters.
"Kurt and Jeff have been great for us the past few seasons," said Charles. "They both want to end their high school careers by helping the team have a memorable year."
The 6'6" Steidl, who will play Division I college basketball at Vermont, led Ridgefield in scoring with 19 points per game in 2011-12 and made both the All-FCIAC and All-State squads. Steidl's most memorable effort was a 42-point performance against Bridgeport Central that left him just two points shy of Tom Cesca's single-game school record.
Steidl can hit from outside, drive to the basket, post up, and handle the ball. He's also an excellent free-throw shooter and an above-average rebounder.
The Amherst-bound Racy, who is 6'5", averaged 10 points per game last season and is perhaps Ridgefield's most deadly outside shooter. With Racy and Steidl on the wings, the Tigers can stretch the floor and bust zones.
The third returning starter is 6'6" sophomore Patrick Racy, Jeff's younger brother, who averaged six points a game as a freshman. He will be Ridgefield's primary scoring option in the paint, although he also has good range on his jumper.
Seniors Andrew Barton (6'2") and Jonathan Hicks (6'1") are the front-runners to start at the other forward spot. "We feel good about Andrew and Jon," said Charles. "They both have varsity experience and should contribute with scoring and rebounding and defense."
The point guard situation is still in flux. Senior Chipper McClelland will miss the start of the season with an Achilles injury, leaving juniors Charlie Irwin and Matt Brennan to fill the role.
"With Chip out we are going to lean on Charlie and Matt," said Charles. "I think they can handle the responsibility."
Ridgefield's bench, which includes 6'4'' senior center Chris Brewi, 6'0'' senior guard Dan Greenberg, 6'4'' junior center Thomas Haughney, 6'3'' junior forward Griffin Jones, 6'2" junior transfer forward Zachary Ward, and 6'4" freshman forward Matt Bartolucci — looks to be a strength, according to Charles.
"I could see up to 10 guys contributing," he said. "I don't think there is the drop-off that we've had some other years. We are going to try and play as many guys as possible to keep everyone fresh."
A deep rotation would allow the Tigers to make a slight stylistic change.
"We are going to try to play up-tempo more," said Charles. "I want us to get out and run more, play pressure defense and force the action."
Notes: Jeff Racy, Steidl, Barton and Hicks are the team's captains.
The Tigers lost to Trinity Catholic in the FCIAC semifinals and St. Joseph in the Class LL quarterfinals last year.
Ridgefield is ranked third in MaxPreps 2012-13 Connecticut Pre-Season Fab 5 behind Windsor and Hillhouse. St. Joseph is ranked fourth.


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No Deal: NBA Season in Jeopardy
The NBA and players have broken off negotiations without a solution or plans to talk again. You can panic now.
NBA owners and players ended negotiations after about five hours Thursday, and no further discussions were scheduled.
"Ultimately we were unable to bridge the gap that separates the two parties," NBA deputy commissioner Adam Silver said. "We understand the ramifications of where we are. We're saddened on behalf of the game."
The two sides remained divided over two main issues — the division of revenues and the structure of the salary cap system.
It's OK to cry if you're feeling sad. I am.
Melo wants CP in a Knicks uniform i really believe that going to happen ESPN and Stern want it that way.Even with new ownership in New Orleans they're going to need a new face for this franchise
Melo does want paul. correct me if I'm wrong but don't think the knicks have any money
Correct for now although a lot depends on where the new cap number is set. If it's high enough, they'll be able to give CP a base contract similar to what the big 3 got. If a low BRI number also means a low salary cap, then the Knicks have just about no shot.
I want a bag of money. My lady really wants that for me, too.
What makes me laugh is when any blogger gives warnings that if the season is canceled, fans will not come back. OK...then why are the big players threatening THEY are the reason the fans are there? If this was true...any time these egos once again hit the floor even in January, fans would run back, right? I mean it must be…just because the big boys are back. I know better. Fans love sports. We all need sports to deflect the horrors of our daily lives. It is entertainment. These goofs are NOT the "warriors" they try to make themselves out to be. They are instead nothing more than clowns, dancers, singers, piano players, ballerinas, orchestras...every sort of entertainment we as a culture pay to get relief from our miseries. I remember when long ago the subs took over the NFL. OK...the play was initially pretty sucky. But we came to watch the game. We began to find our fav underdogs to root for. And the Big Boys eventually saw the picture and came back. Look Union...it is NOT the players. It IS the game. The GAME brings us in. Yes, you are the BEST of the game today, but you are easily replaced with time. Whatever damage you may cause with your time in the game, be it drugs, punk possess,...whatever...the game will eventually survive into the future and then history. It is the game that counts.
Nothing but net, paul.
If you aere ever in south Florida in the winter...give me a call. In the summer, I am on my lake in the Ozarks of Southern MO. BTY...we picked up a rescue dog a few days ago from a kill center. BOB, is doing fine, but it will take a long time for him to heal his wounds and we will soon make him fat and happy!!! Send you your email sometime...24/7 can give it to you. Or look me up on facebook... Paul Pellico
thanks... hope all is going well this summer/fall. my wife and i took off to our florida digs early. our heart and soul, our dog John Wayne..a rescue dog my son had in college and we took over when he went to grad school...was killed by a car in MO. we simply cannot heal. his ghost is every where. really a broken guy these days.... so nba boys, other things really are more important to us than your 50 plus take on league earnings!!!!!! even our puppies.
I had to pay the price of being owned by a dog this summer. My girl, Savannah. She and her brother (Cosmo) were road dogs. Mo is still around, as is a new rescue pit, Cashew Clay, who's been around for more than a year. I went through great lengths to keep her cozy in her final days. When I take you to lunch one day, we can share scars. I still feel touched that she just `let' me take care of her. Then it was just time. I still tear up (teer) and tear up (tair) thinking about her. I miss her every damned day.
Sad, but also angry and resentful. It will be impossible to take the "season" seriously if they fail to play 82. The asterisk seasons don't really count, and asking us to throw money at them after this is unconsionable. This will be basically an extended version of the exhibition tour some of the players are planning. Chris Paul for all his "this really hurts the fans bs" is just as guilty as anyone. Ever since I learned of his "the one and only Chris Paul" handle, I've lost respect for him. The players pretending to be sharp negotiators who side with the fans is a total manipulation. The Hornets get hurt badly by what's going on. "I'm in?" In what? Warriors who were riding a high with the new ownership suffer too, as do other teams. I'm in St. Louis for the World Series. Couldn't help but compare the professional quality of the MLB, and the Cardinals' organization in particular, especially compared to the fools who represent the NBA on both sides.
Not throwing in the towel yet. They still haven't cancelled any more games and they didn't get a deal done until January 6th last time. That being said, I'm pretty disappointed that they broke talks off today. I really thought they had a shot this week but I guess not. The key is to get back to the table though. Stay away for an extended period and you're really going to start losing more games. What the fans need is hope and if you don't have meetings scheduled then you don't provide any hope.
I heard the talks got extremely heated i think thats y they broke off talks
If they cancel games in 2 week blocks, then they should be canceling games in 2 week intervals. It'll be time soon. If they cancel more than 2 weeks, then it's a either a measure of the 'gulf' or an assault on the players. Maybe both.
Time to organize a Hornets247.com basketball tournament I guess.
Bug... I would dunk over you, eat your lunch, and throw your bike in the river! (Since we can't play, I figured talking trash is the best substitute)
I would Blake Griffin u!!!!!!!!
Jump over my car . . . I parked it by a mud puddle!


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An independent music ensemble founded in 1988, the Amsterdam Sinfonietta has an international reputation and a repertoire encompassing everything from baroque to contemporary music. Prompted by a desire to broaden their audience and refresh their public profile, the string orchestra appointed Studio Dumbar to renew their visual identity.
"We created a distinctly modern identity driven by a bold logotype and typographic palette, the implementation of which remains consistent across all communications. Beyond these core elements the identity is free to evolve, with colour palettes and illustrations reflecting the ensemble's diverse repertoire, as well as the rich and varied nuances of music in general. With each poster responding graphically to the performance's musical themes, this award-winning series continues to produce remarkable imagery whilst retaining a signature style."


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Katharine McPhee is "embarrassed" by the pictures of her kissing married Smash director Michael Morris. Plus, Kate Middleton and Prince William release the official portraits from Prince George's christening: See Us Weekly's top stories from Thursday, Oct. 24, in the daily roundup.
1. Katharine McPhee Separated From Husband Months Ago, "Embarrassed" by Director Affair Scandal
If only Smash had been this consistently riveting onscreen. Katharine McPhee is "embarrassed" by the photos of her kissing married director Michael Morris, a source tells Us of the star, who separated from husband Nick Cokas at least six months ago.
2. Prince George Appears in Official Christening Portraits With Kate Middleton, Prince William, Royal Family
Picture perfect. One day after celebrating Prince George's christening at the Chapel Royal at St. James's Palace in London, Kate Middleton and Prince William have released four official portraits from the happy occasion. The images, taken by celeb photographer Jason Bell, were snapped immediately following the Oct. 23 baptism in the Morning Room at Clarence House.
3. Katharine McPhee Kisses Michael Morris, Smash Director Kicked Out by Wife Mary McCormack: Report
Mary McCormack apparently didn't appreciate what she saw "in plain sight." Married to Smash director Michael Morris for ten years, the actress, 45, allegedly threw Morris out of their Los Angeles home late Sunday -- shortly before photos emerged of Morris making out with his former series star Katharine McPhee in a parking lot, Page Six reports.
4. Jamie Dornan Cast as Christian Grey in Fifty Shades of Grey: Why He Won the Role
Welcome to the big (sexy) time, Jamie Dornan! After weeks of speculation about a crowded field of hunky, if not-so-well known, contenders, the Irish actor and model, 31, has been cast as Christian Grey in the film adaptation of Fifty Shades of Grey following Charlie Hunnam's talked-about exit, Us Weekly can confirm.
5. Miley Cyrus Spreads Legs in New Twitter Photo With Mystery Man
Miley Cyrus set tongues wagging -- again -- with a racy new Twitter photo of her sitting on a countertop with a mystery man standing between her legs. See the pic
This article originally appeared on Usmagazine.com: Katharine McPhee "Embarrassed" by Scandal; Prince George's Christening Portraits Revealed: Today's Top Stories


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Each Revit product family file allows the selection of the individual model and its associated database of critical installation information. Now, specifying engineers can easily integrate an A. O. Smith product into their building designs. Downloads are available at www.hotwater.com/lit/revit.html. Future plans include making the A. O. Smith files available from the Autodesk "Seek Site" where product models can be directly accessed from within the Revit program.
"Due to numerous requests from specifying engineers, we knew it was the right time to offer this service," said Howard Holliman, product manager for A. O. Smith Water Products Company.
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Enjoying your life does not always mean doing what you are fond of doing; in fact when you really do something different that's what makes you feel the happiest in life. But doing something different does not mean, doing something that is harmful to you or someone else.
These days, many find life boring and indulge in visiting pubs and malls, smoking and drinking, mall-hopping, seeing movies and other meaningless activities, which are not worth it, for they don't bring any meaning and real value to life.
Instead, when you bring a smile on someone's face with what you do selflessly, you really feel a lot of joy and happiness comes automatically.
You can help the poor – give clothes to someone who doesn't have any, help someone to cross the road even if it is not the route you are taking, or you are getting late to go for an important work of yours, take care of a person's health condition, feed a homeless person with your own hands, give some love and affection and make them feel that they are loved too.
If you are an animal lover, then you can take care of an animal on the streets, or volunteer at dog shelters.
You can pick up the garbage that is on the street and throw it in a bin, without thinking "why should I pick it up, I didn't throw it there" because with that small deed you are making a really big change around you by keeping your environment clean. You can plant saplings around your neighbourhood and take care of them till they grow into trees. If you are not able to this by yourself, you can enroll into a nature-loving group and participate in their greening drives.
Never give up on the good decisions you have made, even when people around you may not come to you and say that you are really doing a great job. People do observe a lot when you do something useful. The best way to work is not to expect anything from anybody but just keep on doing it, for, the best reward is personal satisfaction. We are enjoying the fruits of hard work of many before us, and it is time to pay it forward with small good deeds, if possible without letting anyone know about them.
We should learn to find happiness within us by making others happy, and thus make each minute of our life truly enjoyable.
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The Fortress Scaffold Cross Brace (2-Pack) spans 7 ft. between scaffold frames and attaches with 27-3/4 in. lock spacing for convenience. This pair of braces is constructed with galvanized steel and is weather resistant to withstand rough outdoor work conditions. The set also exceeds ANSI and OSHA requirements to help ensure safety on your jobsite.
- Used with scaffold frames
- 7 ft. span between scaffold frames
- 27-3/4 in. lock spacing on frame
- Galvanized steel tubing offers lasting support
- Exceeds OSHA and ANSI scaffolding regulations for safety
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S.C. School Resource Officer Banned From School District After Assault On Female Student Goes Viral
A South Carolina high school resource officer is under investigation and banned from the school district after a vicious assault on a young female student was caught on cell phone video and has since gone viral.
The video, filmed at Spring Valley High School in Columbia, S.C. shows school resource officer and Richland County Sheriff's deputy Ben Fields approaching the girl, who is said to be a junior at the school, and physically throwing her to the ground when she refused to leave the room after being asked. The student was apparently disrupting class and was asked by the teacher and Vice Principal to leave the classroom before Fields was called in to have her removed. According to Today.com, the female student was charged with disturbing schools and was released to her parents.
Tony Robinson Jr. was a student in the classroom who filmed the assault and spoke to WLTX to explain what happened. He explains that the girl in question had taken out a cell phone during class and as a result was asked to leave. Since she put her phone away and didn't feel she did anything wrong she refused. After the teacher and a school administrator asked her to leave and she refused, the resource officer was brought in. Robinson says that as soon as he entered the room he began moving desks acting like 'he could already tell what he was going to do'. He says the Officer asked the girl numerous times to move when she replied that she didn't even know who the officer was. He then said the assault began at that point, "I've never seen anything so nasty looking, so sick to the point that you know, other students are turning away, don't know what to do, and are just scared for their lives. That's supposed to be somebody that's going to protect us. Not somebody that we need to be scare off, or afraid."
The video, which I've attached below, has gone viral on facebook and twitter under the hashtag #AssaultAtSpringValleyHigh.
Cop Attacks a BLACK Female Student at Spring Valley High School. This is disgusting 😠😡 #AssaultAtSpringValleyHigh pic.twitter.com/WjKOa1Ws0q
— سید فیاض علی #TeamIK (@IamTeamIK) October 27, 2015
RETWEET if you agree This Racist Cop should be fired & arrested for this brutality. 😠😡#AssaultAtSpringValleyHighpic.twitter.com/AhzQ6WXM2l
— سید فیاض علی #TeamIK (@IamTeamIK) October 27, 2015
School officials are working with the Sheriff's office and Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott has asked the FBI to conduct an independent investigation of the incident that he says he was "very disturbed" by the video.
A statement by the district superintendent read "Student safety is and always will be the District's top priority. The District will not tolerate any actions that jeopardize the safety of our students. Pending the outcome of the investigation, the District has directed that the school resource officer not return to any school in the District."
It's obvious by the reactions of every other student in that classroom as well as the teacher that they were all scared of this officer and what he might do next. I can't understand where a grown man can think that kind of force can be justified on a high school student or anyone especially given the fact that while she may have been defiant, she wasn't physical or threatening at all?! Thankfully the entire assault was caught on camera and hopefully justice will be served.


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Neuroscience is the scientific study of how neural processes and structures are related to behavior. An increasingly popular field for undergraduates, neuroscience is excellent preparation for students considering medical and health-related professions, for those interested in working in biomedical research and/or marketing, for careers in pharmaceutical research or sales, or for students planning to pursue clinical or experimental graduate degrees.
The neuroscience minor at Bradley is an interdisciplinary collaboration among the Departments of Biology and Psychology. The program's goal is to provide students with a strong foundation in behavioral, cellular/molecular and cognitive neuroscience coursework and to provide meaningful access to an engaging undergraduate research experience. The contributing faculty in the neuroscience program are award-winning teachers and internationally recognized scholars who are committed to delivering the highest quality curricular and co-curricular experiences for our students.


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Safari Technical Books
With technology rapidly evolving, it doesn't make sense to stock our shelves with books for every version of an application that gets released. Instead, we have a subscription with Safari Books, a service that provides digital copies of published books. To use Safari Books, you must be connected to the college network. Once there, you can browse the available books to learn about a variety of technical skills and issues.


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WWE Superstar Discussion: Triple H as COO, Awesome Truth, CM Punk and MoreOctober 5, 2011
Hey guys, welcome to another edition of WWE Superstar Discussion. As with all of my discussions, this is a way to start conversation and for me to find out what you guys like in the WWE.
Let's start with Triple H.
Since Triple H was "named" COO, the WWE has built some pretty interesting story-lines around him. We all remember CM Punk's infamous shoot promo and the storyline that followed. For me, that was one of the more interesting angles in recent memories.
It showed that the WWE could still put on captivating television and keep us guessing.
Now, Triple H is involved in a new angle, one that has him seemingly loosing control of the WWE and the superstars. Where will this end up? Will Vince McMahon return?
I think the WWE has numerous possibilities with this angle. I would like to see them develop this even more and maybe have the superstars run wild on the show and have no care in what Triple H says.
Eventually, Triple H begins to regain control and starts finding out who sabotaged him in the first place. This brings us to The Awesome Truth.
Miz and R-Truth have developed a tag team and have really helped spice up WWE programming. Miz and Truth seem to be the tipping point to the whole Triple H angle. Whenever you have two guys who are good on the mic and can draw a fan reaction like Miz and Truth, the storyline will be interesting.
I think Truth and Miz should become even more involved with this Triple H angle and maybe bring in someone they think could run the WWE better.
Bring back some superstar or legend that puts Truth and Miz in position to run the WWE.
I also noticed that many of you think that CM Punk's push is over since he lost at Hell in a Cell. This is not the case. Punk is just fine and will be in the main event for quite some time.
You can't win every match and if you lose one or two that doesn't mean your push is over. Cody Rhodes was loosing plenty of matches before he struck gold with the Intercontinental Championship.
So what do you guys think about the Triple H angle?
Awesome Truth?
CM Punk?
Let me know in the comment section. Your responses can help me with future articles to determine what you are interested in and think should happen.
Thanks for reading.


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Whenever I'll Have Another trainer Doug O'Neill thinks the pressure of going for horse racing's first Triple Crown in 34 years is getting too much, all he has to do is look over at Larry "Thumper" Jones.
"He just makes me and everyone around here laugh," O'Neill said. "He's like that player in the locker room who keeps everyone loose. He won't let anyone get too serious."
That was Jones, dressed in his unique cowboy boots, jeans shorts, T-shirt, sport coat and baseball hat, leading I'll Have Another by the reins with jockey Mario Gutierrez along the rail of a jam-packed Pimlico just after the 3-year-old son of Flower Alley won the Preakness. A media member unfamiliar with Team O'Neill's cast of characters asked, "Who is that guy?"
That's Jones, a big Texan with a larger-than-life personality and a vise grip for a handshake. He's I'll Have Another's personal chiropractor and massage therapist. He is part of Team O'Neill, Team Zany, really, and even zanier and more fun to be around ever since I'll Have Another won the first two jewels of the Triple Crown by taking the Kentucky Derby and Preakness.
"See you in New York," O'Neill yelled to Thumper Jones as the barn began making preparations the day after the Preakness to move I'll Have Another from Pimlico to Belmont and the third jewel of the Crown. "We don't want to break up this team now. No way."
Jones said working with O'Neill for the last month has been a dream assignment. He fits right in with the blue-collar, working-class atmosphere around the Paul Reddam-Doug O'Neill barn.
"Doug lets everyone be themselves," Jones said.
Jack Sisterson, a native of England who is one of O'Neill's assistant trainers, has only been with O'Neill for a year. But he is getting an experience of a lifetime.
"The atmosphere Doug sets in the barn is what sets him apart from others," Sisterson said. "He treats everyone like an equal, with respect. That's something we've applied to the horses. Every one of them is as important as another. You always put their care first."
It has been an incredible run for these backstretch hands who are trying to be the first Triple Crown barn since the Affirmed crew won the Triple Crown in 1978.
If there's 34 years of pressure on Team O'Neill or Team Reddam it's not creeping into the stall holding I'll Have Another. O'Neill won't let it happen. It all starts with him.
When O'Neill went back to Hollywood Park after I'll Have Another edged Bodemeister by a neck in the Preakness, he was a guest on the Roger Stein radio show. Stein told O'Neill, "Doug, one of the reasons people are jealous of you is that you're having too much fun with this. Let's face it, Doug, you're on overload as far as the fun part goes."
O'Neill is orchestrating the fun atmosphere, redirecting any negative vibes that might try and sabotage the colt's date with racing immortality. And there have been plenty of negative things that could have sidetracked this group. After all, this is horse racing, isn't it? Milkshaking charges, horse abuse, traffic jams, ban on nasal strips, mandatory full-security detention barns, traffic jams, near collision during morning works — all reared their ugly heads in the last month.
But none of it has sidetracked this team. And I'll Have Another just keeps on emptying his food tub and galloping along the Long Island dirt every day.
"With all the things going on, if the horse wasn't doing well, we'd be bothered by it," O'Neill said. "But the horse is doing great, everything we ask of him. Everything. And what's awesome about it is I get to share all this with a crew that has the same passion I do for the sport. We're a family. We are having such a great time with this. It's a great crew and a lot of fun guys to be around. We work really, really hard all day, do the chores we need to do to take care of the horses, and then we know how to relax and enjoy it afterward. To get these kind of results in the Triple Crown races feels really, really good."
If you listen to the members of this team, they repeat the same mantra to the same basic questions. The main one is: "It's about the horse. We're focusing on the horse and the Belmont."
Reddam learned early in the Triple Crown run that many media members questioned the credentials of jockey Mario Gutierrez and even O'Neill.
"There may have been doubts expressed about the jockey and the trainer, but the doubts were never expressed by me," Reddam said.
Gutierrez clearly is on the same page with owner Reddam. They say similar things when asked about pressure. Reddam was asked about the increased pressure on Gutierrez when he rides for the Triple Crown at Belmont.
"Mario was very loose before the (Preakness)," Reddam said. "Now the pressure will intensify for the Belmont, but there have been a lot of horses in this position in the last 34 years, and they failed. I expect Mario to be cool and focused for the Belmont. If it happens, it happens."
Gutierrez was asked something similar, and he had a like response.
"It's not going to do me any good to be nervous or feel pressure," he said. "It will only hurt the horse. I have confidence in my horse and that he will run his race. But that's all we can do. If it happens, it happens."


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Ip Dip
"Ip dip sky blue! Who's 'it'? It's you!"
Have you ever used this rhyme to decide who is 'it' in a game?
If you were playing a game with one friend and you wanted to be chosen to be 'it', would you start the rhyme, pointing at yourself or your friend?
If there were three of you, how would you position yourself so that you were sure you'd be chosen?
How about with four of you? Five ...? Six ...? Seven ...? Eight ...? Nine ...? Ten ...? And so on?
How would you predict where you should stand to be chosen for any number of players?
Why do this problem?
This problem
offers the opportunity for children to work on some mathematics that might be meaningful to them, and therefore engaging. At a basic level, it involves counting, but it is a good context in which children can be encouraged to identify and explain patterns using their knowledge of factors and remainders.
Possible approach
You could start by having a pair of volunteers standing up together so that everyone can see them. Ask the children to imagine that they are going to play a game of tag, or something similar. How would they choose who was going to be 'it' i.e. the person to do the chasing? Take some suggestions, which might involve some rhymes that are currently popular. You could choose to go with one of these, or introduce the "Ip dip ..." rhyme with which some might already be familiar. (The important point at this stage is that the rhyme identifies the person to be 'it' straight away, having said it only once.)
Say the chosen rhyme together a few times so that everyone feels they know it well and then indicate that you're going to find out who is going to be 'it' from the two volunteers. Say the rhyme while pointing to the children alternately. You could then pose the question about who you would start the rhyme on if you wanted to be chosen. Give the whole group a chance to talk in pairs about this, then test out their ideas. You can then encourage pairs to work together to discover where you would position yourself if there were three of you ... four ... five etc.
It may be appropriate to stop everyone after some time to share ideas so far. This might involve some pairs explaining how they are approaching the problem and sharing some possible ways of recording what they're doing.
In the plenary, you can agree on solutions for the different numbers of people but also encourage children to talk about what they notice and to explain why where possible. How could they predict where to stand if there were seven people, for example, or ten people or a hundred people? Some might find it tricky to articulate where to stand for fewer than eight people, but a few demonstrations with larger numbers will mean they are able to explain where to be for eight or more relatively easily. Can they tell you why eight is the 'key' number?
Key questions
What numbers of people have you tried? What did you find out?
How are you going about this problem? Tell me what you've done.
How will you remember what you've found out?
Do you notice any patterns?
Can you explain the patterns?
Possible extension
Some children may like to try with another version of this rhyme which makes the analysis much more tricky: "Ip dip sky blue! Who's 'it'? Not you!" so that a person is 'knocked out' each time and the only person left is 'it'. What happens when there are two people? Three? Four etc? Can they see any patterns emerging? Can they explain why the patterns occur? Similarly, learners might like to test out the best places to be positioned for a rhyme of their choice.
Possible support
Having counters or other objects available to represent people might help some children.


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ATLANTA — A tall man wearing a green baseball cap recently entered a CVS pharmacy in Oakwood, Ga., intent on robbery.
The man was not looking for cash. Instead, according to police, he demanded that the pharmacist give him Lortab and Percocet painkillers.
He then grabbed drug bottles and prescription bags belonging to customers before fleeing the store, police said.
The same man is being sought in a similar robbery at a Flowery Branch pharmacy.
Pharmacy officials say such robberies are occurring with greater frequency in Georgia. Ironically, the officials link the increase to the state's recent success in cracking down on the scourge of "pill mills'' in the state.
Pill mills are clinics or doctor's offices that prescribe oxycodone and other powerful narcotics without a legitimate medical purpose. Their customers are often addicts or even drug dealers.
Georgia became a pill mill magnet after neighboring states, including Florida, passed tougher laws regulating pain clinics.
But last year, the Georgia General Assembly passed legislation to get rid of pill mills, requiring pain clinics to be licensed by the state medical board and owned by physicians. The state also launched a prescription drug monitoring program, aiming to cut down on the abuse of opioid painkillers.
The owners of a clinic that formerly operated in Jacksonville relocated in Brunswick. The owner, office manager and three doctors who worked there have all pleaded guilty to or been convicted of federal charges in the operation of Brunswick Wellness.
The only one to stand trial, Cleveland J. Enmon Jr., was convicted of 90 counts at the end of a trial in which there was evidence he routinely prescribed huge doses of Roxicodone, Xanax, sleep aid and other pills. Witnesses testified that taken together the drugs would produce the effects of heroine.
Waycross physician Najam Azmat was convicted two weeks ago of 51 counts, mostly for illegally prescribing drugs at a pain clinic in Garden City.
A spokeswoman for state Attorney General Sam Olens said this month that the pain clinic licensing and the drug monitoring program "have reduced the number of rogue pain pill clinics by making such clinics more difficult to operate.''
These initiatives also enabled aggressive enforcement action through joint investigations by the Georgia Drugs and Narcotics Agency, the DEA, GBI, Georgia Medical Board, and local agencies, said the spokeswoman, Lauren Kane.
Since the pill mill law went into effect, the head of the State Composite Medical Board says that 158 pain management clinics have been licensed. Three applications have been denied, 40 are pending, and four have been withdrawn, said LaSharn Hughes, executive director of the board.
The abuse of opioid painkillers is a major national problem.
The federal government says prescription painkillers are the nation's No. 1 drug epidemic. More than 16,000 people die annually in the United States from opioid painkillers — more than from heroin and cocaine combined.
Nationally, sales of prescription painkillers per capita have quadrupled since 1999 — and the number of fatal poisonings due to prescription painkillers has also quadrupled.
Per capita prescription sales of oxycodone in Georgia tripled between 2000 and 2010, the Wall Street Journal reported last year.
Laws in Florida and Georgia have made a difference.
But, when pill mills are eliminated, people who have addictions will look elsewhere for drugs, pharmacy officials say.
State Sen. Buddy Carter, R-Pooler, a pharmacist, says the robbery increase is connected to the progress made on the pill mill crackdown.
Times-Union Georgia Editor Terry Dickson contributed to this report.


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The Hidden Power of Photoshop CS: Chapter 2: Color Separations. Pt. 1. By Sybex | 4
The Hidden Power of Photoshop CS: Chapter 2: Color Separations. Pt. 1
Adding Color to the RGB Separation
At this point in the example, you have filtered out the color channels. To complete the process and add back the color, you can clean up the template layers you won't need anymore, and then use the Color Red, Color Green, and Color Blue layers to re-color the image, as we did in Chapter 1. Follow these steps:
1. Throw out the Source and Hue Adjustment Template layers by dragging them to the Trash icon at the bottom of the Layers palette.
2. Change the mode of the Red, Green, and Blue layers to Screen. When you are done, leave the Red layer active.
3. Move the Color Red layer above the Red layer; then group them by pressing z/Ctrl+G.
4. Move the Color Green layer above the Green layer; then group them.
5. Move the Color Blue layer above the Blue layer; then group them. The layers should look like they do in Figure 2.8.
Figure 2.8 The image will be re-created in full color, in essence, projected as light onto the black background screen.
Can you accomplish this in other ways? Sure. You can copy the channels into layers and apply fill color to accomplish the same result. But what's pretty interesting is that the result is exactly the same. This process should show light theory applied to make your separation into RGB. The Split RGB action provided with the Hidden Power Tools on the CD executes the steps just described.
That may seem like a lot of work, so what does it get you? Flexibility. Now you can use channels and control them using layer properties in a way that is more intuitive than working with them in separate palettes. This approach offers many opportunities for color and tone correction and conversion based on additive light theory.
Earlier we were looking at some simple conversions of the pumpkin into grayscale. Open the Pumpkin.psd image again and run the Split RGB action. If you look at the separations as grayscale (to do this, shut off all the layer views except the channel you want to view), the green channel will be most like the tone as you might expect it to look in a black-and-white image. Red tends to look more like infrared and the blue like ultraviolet. Green, being closer to the center of the range of visible light, often looks most like you expect tone, but matching this up to a luminosity or brightness extraction will often reveal some pretty steep differences.
This look at extracting the RGB tone is all well and good, but it tells only part of the story. Another advantage of the separation to gray components is that you can also mix the channels using layer properties to achieve still other results. How you choose the
combinations depends on the image. Having the channels as separate layers allows you to enhance and customize the conversions. Your choice may be based on theory or experimentation.
For example, going back to the kushbeggi.psd image you just finished separating,
shut off the color fill layers, and change the settings for the Blue, Green, and Red layers as follows:
• Blue layer: Opacity: 100%; Mode: Normal
• Green layer: Opacity: 30%; Mode: Normal (this blends in 30 percent of the Green layer)
• Red layer: Opacity: 30%; Mode: Normal (this will blend back 30 percent of the Red layer)
This is yet another representation of the black-and-white conversion. Now try this: Activate the Green layer, set the opacity to 0%, click in the Opacity field on the Layers palette, hold down the Shift key, press the Up arrow on the keyboard. Press the Up arrow again. This will increase the opacity of the Green layer in increments of 10 percent. Keep doing this while watching what is happening on screen—and take snapshots when the opacity of the Green layer is at 30, 60, and 90 percent. Then click the snapshots in turn to view the differences. Each should have its own interest and appeal—though each is a very different result based on the tone of the image. See Figure 2.9.
If you see how easily different tone separations can be combined, the possibilities move exponentially from here. For example, you can mimic infrared effects by manipulating channels and how they go together:
1. Open the sheep.psd image from the CD.
2. Duplicate the background and name the new layer Color Shift.
3. Create a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer, and load Infrared.ahu from the Extras folder (or enter the Hue/Saturation values shown in Figure 2.10).
4. Group the Hue/Saturation adjustment layer and the Color Shift layers. Set the layer mode of the Hue/Saturation adjustment layer to Color, then merge the Hue/Saturation layer with the Color Shift layer. This targets the change to the color only.
Figure 2.9 These two series show examples of mixing channel tone in layers to get different grayscale results.
5. Change the Advanced Blending Channel of the Color Shift layer to R (shut off the G and B Channels checkboxes in the Layer Styles dialog box) to keep the change targeted to the color. Change the Mode to Color and then use Gaussian Blur to soften the color a little (say 5 pixel radius).
6. Flatten the image and play the Split RGB No Stops action.
7. Shut off the view for the Red layer and the Green layer, and throw out the Color layers (Color Red, Color Blue, and Color Green) by dragging them to the trash.
8. Hold down the z/Ctrl key and click the blue channel in the Channels palette (any of the channels will actually do). This loads the light portion of the blue channel as a selection.
Figure 2.10 Loading the Hue/Saturation setting makes an adjustment to shift cyans, greens and yellows toward red. Look at the preview bar at the bottom of the palette to see the effect. It should show yellow, green, and cyan (upper bar) shifting toward red (lower bar).
9. Duplicate the background, name it Blue Mask, and move it above the Red layer.
This will be used in the next steps to create a mask to darken blues in the image.
10. Invert the selection created in step 8 (press z/Ctrl+Shift+I). This makes a selection
of the dark portion of the original blue channel.
11. Delete the selected area (press Backspace/Delete), and change the layer mode to Multiply. This leaves the more intensely blue areas of the shifted color by removing the dark areas of the blue channel.
12. Duplicate the Red layer, change the mode to Normal, name it Black Blues, and drag it above the Blue Mask layer.
13. Group the Black Blues and Blue Mask layers. This uses the red content masked by the blue to darken bluer areas of the image; this targets the darkening to areas which are not red or bright but have strong blue components.
14. Duplicate the Red layer, name it Infrared Glow, and drag it to the top of the layer stack.
15. Hold the z/Ctrl key and click the red channel in the Channels palette (again, any of the channels will do).
16. Invert the selection and delete. This will leave just the highlights.
17. Deselect (press z/Ctrl+D), then blur using Gaussian Blur (3–10 pixels). Set the mode to Screen.
18. Turn on the view for the Red layer.
Figure 2.11 A more traditional conversion using Luminosity is shown here in comparison to a more radical mock infrared conversion.
The result of these steps mimics a type of infrared black-and-white. Since infrared film (properly filtered) is sensitive to red and infrared light, the idea of the conversion is to play up the red response of the capture, while choking the blue image area (steps 4–8), and adding a characteristic infrared glow in bright spots (steps 9–12). Steps 2–5 shift the gamut of yellows, greens, and cyan toward the red spectrum in an attempt to mimic infrared's tendency to make foliage glow. As you can see in Figure 2.11, the effect is noticeably different from a conversion based on Luminosity.
There are other means of improving the result (such as adding film grain), ways to accomplish similar results, and ways to mimic other specific film types according to their response (different black-and-white or infrared films). While this mock infrared will never be exactly like real infrared (infrared light is not stored separately on color film or in RGB images, after all), this should give you an idea of how far you might take conversions. I have included an Infrared action with the Hidden Power Tools so you can experiment with, and re-create, this series of steps.
This type of mixing of channels is what happens (to a lesser degree) when you use the Channel Mixer function. The Channel Mixer can help you achieve similar results, but using the tool will not allow you the same flexibility you achieve working with the results as layers, where you are afforded the luxury of modes, opacities, and selective custom (rather than channel-based) masking.
When scanning color images to turn them to black-and-white, you may be tempted
to scan to grayscale. This offers only one possible grayscale result. Pouring through these options—both simple and complex—it should becomes obvious that there may often be good reason to consider scanning images that you plan to use in grayscale as RGB first. This will allow you some additional freedom to experiment to get the best black-and-white result.
As we've seen, extracting image tone from color can be complex, and can be much more of an art than science. Considering that tone is the basis of digital color representation, the complexity of your digital images increases exponentially when you're working with color. To achieve a result, you need to have control over two, three, or more color components in your image to represent the color, and you need to be able to balance the color and tone. Let's now look at how the complexity builds by adding color to tone.
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I said to Him, Lord, I place my trust in You. And He said to me, Take my hand, and you need never fear the darkness.
Lord, I am a seeker.
I have studied Your word and
accept Your promises as truth.
I find myself at a place in my life
where You are as real to me as the air I breathe.
I no longer wander in darkness for
I have found You in sunshine and in rain
and in every breeze that blows.
I have only to open my eyes and my heart
to know You are there.
I see You in the eyes of those I meet each day.
I hope also, in time, to see You when I look in my mirror.
I pray for Your patience and understanding.
I have a long way to go,
but thankfully, I no longer travel alone.
I have learned that faith doesn't put an end to all sorrow.
It provides, instead, a shoulder to cry on
and hands that reach out to help carry the burden.
And although the pain can still be felt,
I know that it cannot consume me.
I am grateful for blessings bestowed;
I have not earned them.
Today, I can stand on the mountain top
and have no fear of the valley,
for You are with me.
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If you trust me, you are really trusting God. For when you see me, you are seeing the one who sent me. I have come as a Light to shine in this dark world, so that all who put their trust in me will no longer wander in the darkness. John 12:44-46
Even though I cannot see You, I know You are there. I feel you. It came to me that You are, indeed as vital as air. Although air can be felt, it cannot be seen in ordinary circumstances; but if you pump it into a pliable container (such as a balloon), it rises to the occasion. Perhaps that is what You do with our hearts when we grant You control.
Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks.
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It now looks like the euro stands a good chance of surviving, now that German Chancellor Angela Merkel has pledged to use any means possible to rescue the 17-nation currency. But by tying the debt-burdened countries of southern Europe to a German-enforced rescue scheme, is Berlin setting the continent up for a political catastrophe?
That dire warning was given its strongest argument this weekend by billionaire financier George Soros, who echoes other observers in recent months in warning that if the currency rescue succeeds, the Mediterranean states of southern Europe could become a "permanently depressed" region whose main function is to provide cheap labour to the continent's north.
In a much-discussed essay published this weekend in the New York Review of Books, Mr. Soros notes that Ms. Merkel has now broken with her country's central banker, Jens Weidmann – and thus with the German consensus view that unlimited EU funds should not be devoted to rescuing the failed economies of southern Europe.
Over the summer, Ms. Merkel shifted her allegiances to European Central Bank president Mario Draghi, who believes that the strong economies of northern Europe should do "whatever it takes to preserve the euro as a stable currency." By cutting out Mr. Weidmann, this means that Europe's strongest economy is now solidly behind Mr. Draghi's approach.
"This was a game-changing event," Mr. Soros notes. "It committed Germany to the preservation of the euro." Mr. Draghi has pledged to purchase unlimited quantities of government debt from Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Ireland – so long as they agree to austerity programs under the supervision of the "Troika" of the European Union, the ECB and the International Monetary Fund.
With this, Mr. Soros says, "the survival of the euro is assured," as the plan is sure to save the euro from collapsing or losing member states – but in the process, it turns an economic crisis into an equally serious pending political crisis.
"The European Union that will emerge from this process will be diametrically opposed to the idea of a European Union that is the embodiment of an open society," he writes. "It will be a hierarchical system built on debt obligations instead of a voluntary association of equals. There will be two classes of states, creditors and debtors, and the creditors will be in charge."
Germany, as the main healthy export-driven economy in Europe (and the world's second-largest exporter, after China), will emerge as an all-powerful "hegemon," able to control the financial and political fates of the lesser member states – and because those states won't be able to use monetary instruments to improve their export standings, this inequality is likely to remain permanent.
"The divergence in economic performance, instead of narrowing, will become wider," he concludes. "Both human and financial resources will be attracted to the centre and the periphery will become permanently depressed. Germany will even enjoy some relief from its demographic problems by the immigration of well-educated people from the Iberian Peninsula and Italy instead of less qualified Gastarbeiter from Turkey or Ukraine. But the periphery will be seething with resentment."
There are only two ways out of this political catastrophe, Mr. Soros writes: Either Germany has to leave the euro, and thus end the dependency of southern Europe on German exports and the constant balance-of-payments inequalities that plague the euro zone.
The other, he says, is for Germany to become a "benign hegemon," and set up a Europe-wide fiscal regulation body devoted not to austerity and debt payment, but to the development of the export capacities of the southern states. This would be both expensive and extremely politically unpopular with increasingly isolationist German voters – but it would guarantee a more stable and prosperous long-term future for Mediterraneans and Germans alike.
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Youths are believed to be behind at least £2,000-worth of damage to the roof at Walverden Primary School in Bracewell Street, Nelson, between July 24th and August 5th.
Sgt Shaun Pearson said: "We believe youths have entered the grounds of the school and climbed on to the roof area.
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After pre-ordering this a few months ago, I was ecstatic to finally receive my copy of Kate McKinnon's new book, Structural Metal Clay, in the mail last week. I took one of Kate's amazing classes a few years ago, and have been making my own fine silver clasps for my lampwork jewelry ever since.
Kate won the prestigious Rio Grande Saul Bell Design Award in metal clay in 2005, and is a prolific artist and writer in the bead industry. She has recently challenged the PMC industry to promote the safe use of this material, and to educate users about the health hazards associated with using burn-out materials such as styrofoam or other plastics in their classes. This courageous mission was supported by her own scientific research, and driven by a concern for the reproductive health of a largely young female body of PMC users.
Reading this book was just like taking one of Kate's PMC classes, with tons of tried-and-true, essential information on each page. Whether you're interested in making pendants, rings, clasps, or chain, this book will teach you how to build PMC components that are strong and stylish, while avoiding toxic chemicals and fumes.
She covers everything in this handily spiral-bound 132 page book from supplies and tools, to construction and firing, to work hardening, and to applying various patinas. In addition to the tips that will help you make better PMC creations, the photos of Kate's work in this book are amazing. Her rings are fanciful and fun, and I can't wait to adapt some of her techniques to some unique designs using my lampwork beads.
You can visit Kate's website here. I highly recommend her frequently updated, well-written blog - I visit on a near daily basis.
Monday, May 26, 2008
Book Review: Structural Metal Clay, by Kate McKinnon
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Saturday, May 24, 2008
New Work and Fire News
We've had a bit of excitement here lately with the Summit Fire...a little close for comfort, but we're fine. Another reminder to get the brush cleared away from the house, although one guy with a concrete home, metal roof, and 300' of cleared space lost his home to this inferno. One former Mountain Art Guild member lost his hand-built home - a very sad and touching story about this is in the local paper. Our fire season is not supposed to start until the late summer, but our lack of rain this spring has made things very dry. Be safe where you are.
I've got some new work on Etsy - the lovely focal lentil bead shown above, and some bracelets too. Come visit and shop.
"Industrial Lynxx" lampwork and fine silver bracelet, (SOLD).
"Verdi Bleu" lampwork and silver bracelet, now in my Etsy shop.
Have a happy and safe weekend, and please try to avoid lighting fires, unless of course you're making beads or having a BBQ.
WAIT! I almost forgot the most important news of all! There is a new canine in our lives, and his name is Bodie. Come meet him on his new blog. Can you believe that some people left him behind when their home was foreclosed on? Apparently this economy has made this an all-too-frequent occurrence these days. Fortunately the neighbors called Lab Rescue, and he's made a fresh start. I am a dog mom again (contented sigh).
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Monday, May 12, 2008
Earring Explosion
Green with blue stripe FUn cOnES earrings, now in my Etsy Store.
Tan and pink polka dot earrings, now in my Etsy store.
All hell has broken loose here, and there are earrings EVERYWHERE! Earrings that match necklaces, and bracelets, and earrings that just stand out on their own two feet and say, HAPPY SPRING!
For some time now my Etsy shop has been, how shall I say, "earring challenged". No more. I am posting at least a pair a day, and will continue until order is returned to my home and studio. So bear with me, please. And if you see some you like, well, feel free to let me know. I think I have earrings to match every possible outfit in this season's episode of Project Runway, I swear.
So go. Look. Shop. Help me recover from this terrible accident.
Silver Play Series nugget style earrings, now in my Etsy Store.
Green and ivory stripe earrings, now in my Etsy Store.
Juicy FUn cOnES, now in my Etsy Store.
Small Patrician earrings, to match my Patrician Skyy necklace (SOLD).
Finally, an update on my first show this year - we had an incredible, warm sunny California day, and lots of folks turned out for the "new and improved" show with wine tasting and talent shows. I had a wonderful time visiting with friends and art lovers, and my new jewelry was well received. Have a look in my Etsy shop to see what you missed.Scenes from my booth at the Saratoga Rotary Art Show, 2008
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Saturday, May 3, 2008
OK, I'm Weak!
While my "Show This Weekend" note to my mailing list said I would not post pictures of my new jewelry here, I have succumbed to the fatal lure of the camera and perfect light.
Here are a few of the pieces I'll be showing on Sunday, May 4, at the Saratoga Rotary Art Show at West Valley College in Saratoga. Some may survive to make an appearance in my Etsy shop after the show, some may not. The show buzz is at peak levels, and I was flattered to be mentioned by Deborah Rice, the show's chairperson, in a local newspaper article.
Come on out and enjoy the show!
"Copperopolis" neckpiece with hollow lampwork beads
and handmade viking knit copper collar.
"Industrial Lynx" bracelet with my own lampwork, handmade
oxidized fine silver chain, clasp, and charms.
"M16 Eagle Nebula" necklace featuring an amazing focal bead made
from shards, stichtite gemstone beads, and one of
my own handmade fine silver clasps.
Another in the "Cool Water" series, featuring a khaos, silvered ivory,
and clear focal, handmade fine silver bail, and aquamarine beads.
and handmade viking knit copper collar.
"Industrial Lynx" bracelet with my own lampwork, handmade
oxidized fine silver chain, clasp, and charms.
"M16 Eagle Nebula" necklace featuring an amazing focal bead made
from shards, stichtite gemstone beads, and one of
my own handmade fine silver clasps.
Another in the "Cool Water" series, featuring a khaos, silvered ivory,
and clear focal, handmade fine silver bail, and aquamarine beads.
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The goal scoring was as tactically straight forward as it gets: fire the puck from the point, hope it gets past the goalie.
That's what Red Deer's Simon Wittt did in the first period yesterday at Rexall Place.
1-0 Rebels.
A power-play shot at the end of the second by Edmonton-born Alex Petrovic deflected off an Oil Kings' stick, up and over Cam Langian's shoulder.
2-0 Rebels.
Red Deer captain Colin Archer fired another power-play shot from the point in the third period.
But it took a long route: hitting an Oil King, bouncing to Brett Ferguson, who slid it over to Jordie Deagle at the circle, where he fired it home.
3-0 Rebels.
And that's the way it ended, despite the Oil Kings firing 30 shots at Darcy Kuemper in the Red Deer net.
Petrovic's goal came with 21 seconds left in the second period after an uncharacteristically undisciplined penalty by defenceman Mark Pysyk, nullifying a Kings' power play.
The question wasn't about Pysyk's guilt, but whether Red Deer's Turner Elson should have gone with him.
"We were tangled; I kind of pushed on the back of his head," said Pysyk, now wearing an A with Brent Raedeke traded.
"It could have gone either way ... the ref could have sent us both. He decided to pick just me.
"They got a good shot through, it tipped in and we kind of lost some momentum."
Oil Kings coach Steve Pleau chose to see it with politically correct eyes.
"Are you going to pay the fine?" he said, being rhetorically correct, as well.
"I just saw both of them go down. Looking at who you lose in that situation ... it's tough to have (Pysyk, the team's ice-time leader) in the box for two minutes."
Although the Kings kept the penalty-box attendant busy, Pleau said he can live with that -- as long as they get better at it.
"I didn't like a couple of our penalties," said Pleau.
"We met our goal in that I think we had five power plays, they had five power plays. At the end of the game it evened out, but they had a five-minute (PP) and that's tough to take.
"But we played hard. And that's the way we have to play. We did get ourselves in a little bit of trouble a few times, but I did like our emotion.
"I think in the first period we played hard -- we bumped, we outshot them. We need to learn how to do that over 60 minutes, be a little smarter in controlling our emotions.
"But guys are sticking up for each other, guys are playing gritty, guys are playing hard and that's what we have to do."
Pysyk had a similar view.
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Denmark and Norway have condemned as 'murder' a Pakistani cleric's offer of a reward for anyone who kills any of the 12 Danish cartoonists who drew images of the Muslim Prophet Mohammed.
A Pakistani Muslim cleric and his followers offered rewards amounting to more than $1 million for killing the Danish cartoonists, who have been under police protection since the storm of protest broke out last month.
The Danish Foreign Minister, Per Stig Moeller, said any call to murder people was forbidden by the Koran.
Danish paper Jyllands-Posten first published the cartoons last September, but Danish Muslim leaders brought them to the attention of imams in the Middle East in December and January.
Many newspapers and magazines in Europe and elsewhere have run the cartoons in defence of free speech.
Meanwhile, hundreds of students have protested against the caricatures in the Afghan capital Kabul.
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I got lost today in my excitement for the Opening Ceremony tonight for the London Olympics.
I probably just watched 100 different Olympic moment videos, which proved to be effective because my eyes got all blurry from some type of salty discharge.
Anyway, I couldn't decide what I wanted to share, a look back at the greatest summer Olympian, Michael Phelps, or the world's fastest man, Usain Bolt.
Then, I got caught up in women's soccer and Jordyn Wieber's highlight reel.
I even watched Kerri Strug's gold medal vault from the '96 games in Atlanta.
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Boys will be boys, especially boys with time on their hands.
So it was that a dozen or so male board members of the State Bar of Texas found themselves sitting around a conference table in Austin last November, killing time while awaiting the arrival in town of enough of their colleagues to establish a quorum. The start of their meeting had been delayed due to bad weather that had forced the cancellation of flights around the state.
In an apparent effort to bring a touch of levity to the wait, one unidentified board member distributed copies of a cartoon in which a husband tells his wife they can conclude a discussion about his insensitivity by either making love or having him take a gun and "paint the wall with your spoiled-little-white-bitch brains."
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The episode has outraged women lawyers across the state and, combined with the board's rejection of legislative proposals by the State Bar's Women in Law Section, is fueling a move to create a statewide association of female barristers outside the purview of the State Bar, the quasi-governmental agency that regulates the state's 54,000 lawyers (about 13,000 of them women).
The exercise in bad taste likely would have remained the directors' private joke if not for Robert Elder Jr., a reporter for the legal trade publication Texas Lawyer. Elder was on hand to cover the meeting when the cartoon was circulated. He says a female board staffer was ordered to make copies of the cartoon for distribution at the conference table.
"I was right there when one of the directors told [her] to go copy it," says Elder. "She was right in front of me. I'm all for humor, but this was ridiculous."
(It's worth noting that courts have ruled that the posting of sexually embarrassing cartoons is illegal sexual harassment.)
Texas Lawyer ran a short item on the cartoon and another "alleged bit of levity" prior to the meeting, with Elder writing that the cartoon was "met with approving chuckles" by a half-dozen board members. Elder says that after the story appeared a State Bar official informed Texas Lawyer that he would no longer be allowed to cover its meetings. He later met with the Bar's executive director to discuss the episode.
"He said, 'What should board members do if they wanted to look at something like this, go into the bathroom?'" Elder says. "And my answer was, 'Yes.'"
Nothing much came of Elder's article until Dec-ember, when the reporter, while working on a another story, mentioned the episode to Houston lawyer Beatrice Mladenka-Fowler, who chairs the Women in Law Section. She was so upset by the cartoon that she fired off letters to the State Bar's board, justices on the Texas Supreme Court and leading women lawyers across the state, demanding censure of the directors involved.
Mladenka-Fowler says board president Jim Branton of San Antonio responded by taking her aside at an executive committee meeting of the board last month and downplaying the incident. Branton, she says, failed to get the picture -- a picture that has become plenty clear to others in the wake of the O.J. case and other highly publicized episodes of spouse abuse.
"That's what upset me the most," she says. "And that was pretty much what my letters said. Every day I read the paper and some man has brutally murdered, slashed, shot or dumped in the ditch his wife or girlfriend. Or ex-wife or ex-girlfriend. And this isn't funny. This is just sick."
Disgust over the incident has extended beyond legal circles. Mitzi Vorachek of the Houston Area Women's Center says she fielded several calls from lawyers who were angered by the cartoon and the setting of its distribution.
"I'm heartsick about it," says Vorachek, who wrote her own angry letter to the board but hasn't gotten a response. "These [board members] are supposed to be leaders of this state. There's nothing funny about this."
Branton acknowledges the cartoon was in bad taste and says the State Bar is "embarrassed" by the incident. However, Elder's version of the story to the contrary, Branton maintains that no staffer was involved in the copying of the cartoon, nor was there a move to have Elder barred from covering board meetings. And Branton insists he has no authority to take action on something that happened before a board meeting.
"How can I be responsible for what somebody does on their own time?" he says.
Mladenka-Fowler says he should be.
"They are board members, and they were waiting for a board meeting, and they were in the State Bar building, and apparently used a staffer to make copies."
The cartoon controversy came on the heels of the board's refusal to include three bills backed by the Women in Law Section in the State Bar's package of proposals for the Legislature. And, according to Mladenka-Fowler, the Women in Law Section was instructed by the board not to endorse the bills on its own. One of the measures would establish a method for the civil commitment of violent sexual predators, another would create a form of ex-spousal maintenance or alimony in Texas and a third would outlaw discrimination against women who wish to join private clubs, those still mostly male preserves where much legal business is transacted.
Although the proposals were initially rejected by the board, Branton says the directors have since reconsidered and could include the items in the Bar's legislative package if its Women in Law Section and its Family Law Section -- which Branton says have the same interests -- can forge a compromise on the measures. But Branton indicates his patience with the Women in Law Section is running thin.
"If I sound like I'm annoyed," he steams, "it's only because I am."
Too bad, says Mladenka-Fowler.
"Why should we have to defer to the Family Law Section for any piece of legislation when we're just as organized a section and as legitimate a section as they are?" she says.
While Mladenka-Fowler says it would be foolish to push for disbanding the Women in Law Section, since it provides legitimacy and resources for women attorneys, she is fully supportive of efforts to recruit members for a new statewide organization, Texas Women Lawyers, which was formed late last year.
"The Women in Law Section doesn't have the kind of power we need for a statewide organization," say Mladenka-Fowler. "So we formed our own."
Lynne Clark, a Houston attorney who's the treasurer of Texas Women Lawyers, says the notion of forming a new organization for women attorneys had been percolating for several years, primarily because of the Bar's indifference to the concerns of its women members. As an example, she cites problems with a "gender bias" task force, whose creation was mandated by the Texas Supreme Court -- which oversees the Bar -- in 1991. The task force was to study whether there is gender bias in Texas courts. But neither the Supreme Court nor the State Bar provided any method of funding the study.
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"That was considered a slap in the face," says Clark.
The task force did manage to complete the study after raising money and obtaining a matching grant from the Texas Bar Foundation, an organization that funds legal education projects. Despite the State Bar's refusal to supply funds, it was "very generous" in providing in-kind support for research and printing, says Houston lawyer Iris Robinson, a task force member.
Meanwhile, there are signs that the State Bar -- which counts only six women among its 54 directors -- is beginning to take the concerns of its women members seriously. At their last meeting, Branton arranged for board members to undergo a round of gender sensitivity training conducted by Austin lawyer Kathryn Tullos.
Tullos says the first half of her session focused on the results of the gender bias study the State Bar wouldn't fund. She devoted much of the second half to explaining to grown men with post-graduate degrees why the cartoon wasn't funny.
The board members, Tullos says, seemed receptive to her presentation.
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