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MANHATTAN -- On the edge of the western frontier Hattie Cheseldine taught 12 students sewing, dressmaking, millinery and how to dismantle and reassemble the one sewing machine in their classroom.
Their 1873 classroom was the chapel stage in the old Bluemont College building. The young women were part of the new domestic science program at Kansas State Agricultural College, one of the nation's first land-grant institutions, now known as Kansas State University.
Nearly 14 decades later the K-State College of Human Ecology's plans for new classrooms involve comfortable stadium-style seats and technology the first students would have thought possible only in a Jules Verne novel.
The ultramodern classrooms will be part of a new privately financed addition to Justin Hall, home of the college, on the K-State campus. Groundbreaking ceremonies will be at 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 8, near the southwest corner of Justin. The event is open to the public.
The addition will cost about $4.4 million, according to Virginia Moxley, dean of the College of Human Ecology, and will be built to LEED -- Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design -- Silver Certification Standards, using sustainable design principles with materials, daylight, energy and water.
K-State's domestic science program -- today called human ecology -- outgrew the stage and several buildings on campus.
Justin Hall was dedicated 50 years ago. The original 100,000-square-foot building, dedicated in 1960, carried a $2.12 million price tag. Everything was top of the line: 28 teaching labs, 23 research labs and a lecture hall that seated 229. The building was even air-conditioned.
The building was named for Margaret M. Justin, who became the nation's youngest dean in 1923 and led the college for 31 years.
"Justin Hall has aged well," Moxley said. "But today our student enrollment has doubled. We teach more students, conduct more research and offer more degree programs than ever. Our mission has grown more complex and more vital.
"To meet these challenges we need more classrooms, more research facilities and more technology," she said.
The 15,000-square-foot addition will house space for student conferences and mentoring, the college's Personal Financial Planning Institute, student collaborative workspace and three classrooms that will accommodate more than 100 students each. The classrooms will be available for students campuswide.
The Justin Hall addition follows the lively K-State tradition, Moxley said.
"We built the first building for human ecology in the world. Kedzie Hall was built in 1898 specifically for the department of household economy and domestic science," she said. "We continue to evolve and grow."
More than 100 years ago the students had to learn to fix sewing machines because many lived far from repair services, and self-sufficiency was both the norm and a necessity.
"Today our students study subjects that weren't even in the 19th century lexicon, subjects such as conflict resolution, gerontology and nutritional epidemiology," Moxley said.
"But our design students still work with sewing machines -- industrials, overlocks and computers -- but no treadles."


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S.F. getting it right on domestic violence
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE Woman's death 12 years ago in S.F. changed how cases handled
For Clara Tempongko, her daughter is frozen in time. She's still the vibrant 28-year-old who gathered their big family together for birthday parties, Christmas festivities or any reason to celebrate.
Twelve years after the brutal stabbing of Claire Joyce Tempongko by her ex-boyfriend, the family doesn't celebrate much anymore. But her mother has maintained a nightly ritual that centers around the urn with her daughter's ashes that she keeps in her bedroom.
"Every night before I go to sleep, I say, 'Oh my God, I wish my daughter was still here and with her children,' " said Clara Tempongko, a 66-year-old Richmond District resident and in-home caregiver for elderly people. "My family will never be the same."
But thankfully for other San Francisco women suffering violence at the hands of their boyfriends, husbands or partners, law enforcement's response will never be the same either.
As Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi's trial on three misdemeanor counts related to domestic violence is set to begin Friday, many of his supporters have wondered why the case has wound up in court at all. He allegedly grabbed his wife's arm hard enough to leave a bruise and did so in front of their 2-year-old son.
But domestic violence activists say what has played out in the Mirkarimi case since the alleged argument with his wife on New Year's Eve is exactly what's supposed to happen. They say the city is finally handling domestic violence cases appropriately 12 years after it did just about everything wrong in the Tempongko case.
Back then, the city averaged 10 to 12 domestic violence homicides annually. Tempongko's case prompted reforms across all branches of law enforcement - including the way 911 dispatchers handle calls, how police officers respond to them, and how the district attorney handles cases. Advocates credit the changes with a plunge in domestic violence homicides, now averaging one or two a year.
San Francisco is now a national model in handling domestic violence cases, though advocates add that more work - including launching a long-delayed computer system to allow law enforcement agencies to easily share data - needs to be done.
"We see a city that's made tremendous progress ... because of some really committed folks and the city's willingness to look at this in the face of that horrific crime," said Kathy Black, executive director of La Casa de las Madres, a shelter for abused women.
A flawed system
Tempongko was killed in front of her 10-year-old son and 5-year-old daughter in her Richmond District apartment by her ex-boyfriend, Tari Ramirez. "Mommy, Mommy!" a neighbor reported hearing a child scream. "Help, help. My mom, she's been stabbed."
The first police officer on scene was so disturbed by the gruesome sight - a woman slumped in a chair, covered in blood and barely breathing - that his hands shook too violently to take notes.
The ghastly murder shook the city itself. For a year and a half, Tempongko had called 911 to report violence by Ramirez. She had cooperated with police and obtained protective orders.
But a report conducted by the city attorney's office at the request of the city's Commission on the Status of Women after the murder found that just about every department responsible for keeping Tempongko safe had failed miserably.
The district attorney, police and probation departments didn't communicate with each other. The district attorney never requested state prison for Ramirez and repeatedly dismissed or pleaded out charges. The probation department left Ramirez unsupervised for four months after his probation officer retired.
"A week after the murder, probation said, 'We haven't heard from this guy in a while. We should have him come in,' " recalled Emily Murase, director of the Department on the Status of Women. "They didn't even realize he was wanted for murder!"
Tempongko's family sued the city and received a $500,000 settlement. Ramirez fled to Mexico and was extradited and convicted of second-degree murder in 2008. A state appeals court last year overturned the conviction, saying the judge misled jurors about the legal standard for a lesser verdict of manslaughter. The matter is now before the state Supreme Court, and Ramirez remains in prison.
The Tempongko case was eerily reminiscent of the 1990 shooting death of Veena Charan by her estranged husband. She, too, had reported his violence to the police - but he killed her in front of their child on a crowded San Francisco schoolyard.
That murder, after which Charan's husband committed suicide, also led to a report that recommended 106 changes in city domestic violence policy. Some advocates say Tempongko wouldn't have been killed if those recommendations had been fully implemented.
Lifesaving changes
This time around, the work seems to have had more staying power. It led to the creation of the Justice and Courage Oversight Panel, which still meets monthly at City Hall.
Andrea Shorter, a political consultant who chairs the panel, said she knows domestic violence advocates are still seen by some as "angry women" and "ultra-zealous feminists," and said she's been bothered by those who've questioned whether the Mirkarimi incident was really domestic violence.
"There are always going to be some knuckleheads out there who don't get it, but our job is to make sure more people get it," she said. "When it's your daughter, your sister, your mother, your brother or cousin, then we can talk."
She said the panel's work has not only kept an untold number of women - and the smaller number of men who are victims of domestic violence - safe, but also serves to protect the city against liability in mishandled cases like Tempongko's.
Better communication
Much of the panel's work has centered around the fact that 70 percent of victims of domestic violence homicides in the early 2000s in San Francisco were immigrant women who spoke little English.
The city contracted with a company that provides telephone interpretation in multiple languages to 911 dispatchers, police officers and others so they can help a woman who doesn't speak English. Police carry cards with the access number for the telephone interpretation and are taught simple phrases in Chinese and Spanish that could come into play in domestic violence situations.
Thanks to a grant from Blue Shield, 435 law enforcement members have been trained in handling domestic violence cases in a sensitive way. For example, 911 dispatchers shouldn't ask a woman calling to report domestic violence whether she wants an ambulance because she'll often refuse.
"If you don't want that kind of attention in the neighborhood, you might say no even though you might be very hurt," Murase said. "An alternative way to ask the question is, 'Are you hurt? I'm sending help.' "
Other commonsense changes include now requiring sheriff's deputies serving restraining orders to note a subject's response, whether they're remorseful, threatening or deny the charges.
The Police Department has created new codes for domestic violence and stalking crimes, which often used to be listed under disturbing the peace or other tangential crimes. Several law enforcement agencies have staff dedicated to domestic violence cases.
Murase said one of the biggest changes has been departments simply talking to each other.
"We had police officers on the force for 20 years saying, 'I've never met a probation officer or a 911 dispatcher,' " Murase said.
But what could be one of the best tools for departments to communicate is still not functioning, despite years of promises. A computer system called the Justice Tracking Information System could link departments and eliminate the old-fashioned paper files.
Susan Giffin, the Police Department's chief information officer, said the department has been up and running since October and now police reports are housed in a computerized data system. They're easily accessible to any police officer and are searchable to allow officers to see whether a perpetrator had prior complaints against him.
"We had this unbelievably difficult, arcane manual process," she said. "Now, the minute the final sentence is written on the police report and the officer presses enter, all cops on the beat have access to it."
She said the records won't be accessible to other city agencies until the city administrator implements several security requirements, including the ability to track who views the data.
Naomi Kelly, the new city administrator, said she hopes to launch the system within a few months.
The city's efforts certainly haven't stopped domestic violence, but rather are designed to catch cases much earlier. There are 4,000 cases reported to police annually in San Francisco, and advocates say only a tenth of cases are reported.
"Any one of those could become a homicide," Murase said.
Clara Tempongko has become a domestic violence activist herself, speaking out at city meetings to keep alive her daughter's memory and disastrous fate. She believes the city has made great strides.
"Everything has improved," she said.
The same can be said for her grandchildren who witnessed their mother's death. The boy, who lived with his biological father after his mother's death, is 21. He now has an apartment in the Sunset, a girlfriend and a job as a manager at the Metreon's movie theater. The girl, who has lived with her grandmother since her mom's death, is 17 and set to graduate from Burton High in May. She plans to go to college to become a psychologist.
"They remember everything, and the pain won't go away," Clara Tempongko said. "But we're moving on."
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Someone needs to finish the synopoisis. Yeah, someone really should... 126.96.36.199 23:34, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
Sirius's Death
In the movie Bellatrix killed Sirius with the killing curse!!!! But in the book it doesn't say the actual spell!!!!! He shouldn't have died by the killing curse in the movie because it takes away from the affect of the veil. If he was killed by that curse it wouldn't have mattered whether or not he'd fallen into the veil, he'd be dead all the same! Anyways, the movie was way too different from the book. They removed too much. Rose W96 04:41, 3 June 2008 (UTC)Rose W96
It wasn't the killing curse that Bellatrix shot at Sirius Black. The spell she shot at him was red, but Avada Kedavra is green. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 184.108.40.206 (talk • contribs).
Left Out Quidditch Ban
This synopsis is missing a very important part of the book. During a game of Quidditch, Harry Shoved a snitch down Malfoy's throat, which resulted in harry receiving a lifetime ban of playing Quidditch from umbridge. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 126.96.36.199 (talk • contribs) 09:04, 25 June 2009.
- The synopsis is on the brief side. You're welcome to add more detail if you think something's too important to be left out. :) ★ Starstuff (Owl me!) 20:51, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
- I've finished that chapter and Harry didn't do that! Percy Jackson12 15:27, August 29, 2011 (UTC)
On page 198,the book mentions a horse like creature that only certain people can see. This creature is said to be thestral. A thestral is a creature that only people who have seen death can see them. The book recalls that Harry can see the thestrals because he witnessed the death oh Cedric Diggory die in the Triwizard Tournament the past year. Harry should have been able to see the thestrals in years past because he saw both his parents die. Although he was very young and probably did not realize that they were dead, he did see the scene when a dementor attacked him two years earlier. The dementor showed Harry the worst thing that happened to him, the death of his parents.
I agree, he should have been able to see the thestrals before because he saw his mom die. However, he had already been rushed upstairs by his mom before Voldemort killed his dad. And also, the dementors didn't show Harry the death of his parents, he only heard it.
Behind the Scenes / Errors
The last item in this section states "When arriving at Privet Drive, Kinglsey Shacklebolt says, "You see what I mean Remus, he looks exactly like James." Lupin would have already known that, having met Harry 2 years beforehand." What is the source for this? I have the original U.S. edition and it reads as follows-- "'Yeah, I see what you mean, Remus,' said a bald black wizard standing farthest back; he had a deep, slow voice and wore a single gold hoop in his ear. 'He looks exactly like James.'" George B. (talk) 22:18, April 24, 2010 (UTC)
"Happiest he had been in fourteen years"
Err... just to note, in the summary of the last edit I just undid (claiming that it had been fifteen years since the last time Voldemort had been as Happy as he was the Death Eaters broke out, rather than fourteen), I said it wouldn't be fifteen years until October 1995, but I meant it wouldn't be fifteen years until October 1996. Either way, amounts to the same thing-- "fourteen years" is not an error. --Emmy (★) 20:48, October 30, 2010 (UTC)
If Ron, Hermione and Ginny cannot see the Thestrals when they are first arriving at Hogwarts at the start of the book, how are they able to fly to the Ministry on them? 188.8.131.52 19:37, April 4, 2011 (UTC)
- They can't see Thestrals. Harry, Neville and Luna (who can) help them onto their Thestrals and Ron, Hermione and Ginny manage as best they can. Luna Lovegood"All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream ..." 05:09, August 7, 2011 (UTC)
Working on synopsis
hi, i'm working on the plot of this book. I'll split it into chapters and add the chapter art pictures. =)
Arayam Rosa 17:25, August 3, 2011 (UTC)
Anybody knows a better description for the Chapter 22 picture? I think it is the potion to heal Mr. Weasley from the snake bites. But I'm not sure.
Arayam Rosa 21:22, August 3, 2011 (UTC)
- On the part of the synopsis, due to the dividing, rewrites are going to be needed to split this off from the other chapters and that I also am adding some additional good bits that were never used before due to a different type of summary being used before. -Adv193 21:26, August 3, 2011 (UTC)
- Good, I think the article is better and more complete this way =] Arayam Rosa 21:30, August 3, 2011 (UTC)
Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix - Minor Book Info Errors
book 5 chapter 2:
Key: letter - who from - gist of what is in the letter
letter 1 - ministry of magic - expeled from Hogwarts and the destruction of Harry's wand; letter 2 - arthur weasly - Dumbledore knows and is trying to change the ministries mind; letter 3 - ministry of magic - telling of the change and Harry's hearing; letter 4 - Sirius Black - telling Harry to stay; letter 5 - ?? (howler) - "Remember my last, Petunia."
every letter but the fourth one from Sirius is the same as what is said in the page of this book.
220.127.116.11 21:29, February 21, 2013 (UTC)Jesseca King
- I have no idea at all what it is you're trying to get at here. ProfessorTofty (talk) 22:11, February 21, 2013 (UTC)


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Gaikotsu 骸骨 is skeleton in Japanese, zugaikotsu 頭蓋骨 is skull and jinkotsu 人骨 is for human bones. By itself 骨 means 'bone' and is pronounced 'hone' in two syllables.
Fatal attraction: There is hardly a kabuki play which is not muddled in one way or another. The problems of understanding and following the themes are compounded by the fact that every major play seems to have numerous versions. In one the main character is a hero in the next he is a villain. Sometimes love remains unrequited and other times it is requited very nicely, thank you. Such is the case of the monk Seigen (清玄) and the woman he burns for, Princess Sakura (桜姫). Let me explain: In one version he is having a homosexual fling with a younger man, they agree to commit suicide together, the younger man leaps to his death on his 17th birthday – while yearning to come back as a woman – and Seigen chickens out at the last moment and doesn't jump at all. Fast forward seventeen years and Seigen has made quite a name for himself as an abbot and is visited by a gorgeous young woman – you guessed it – and who, not meaning to, sweeps him off his feet and just happens to be the reincarnation of his erstwhile gay lover. Well no good can come of this I can tell you. In some of the stories Sakurahime, the princess, becomes his lover while in other stories she flees and is pursued, flees some more and is pursued some more and so on. All of this – either with her as his lover or not- is more than her devoted servant can stand so he kills Seigen and that should be that. But no, the dead man's passions are too great and he rises from the grave to haunt the princess.
The image below is emancipated (and tweaked a bit) from a 1783 print by Shunshō. It shows Danjurō V as the ghost – that's right, the ghost – of Seigen terrorizing Sakurahime. Wearing a skin tight, black suit painted to look like a skeleton he performed against a black background to heighten the effect. Only the crest on his right arm tells us who is in there.
Lust, betrayal, murders, a skeleton and a ghost: In 1796 Matthew Gregory Lewis (1775-1818) published a scandalous Gothic novel called The Monk: A Romance. It was pretty much banned because it was downright racy and obscene by contemporary standards. Lewis tried to revise it to a more respectable level, an R rating say, but the damage had been done. One part describes a very young girl, Beatrice de las Cisternas, who is forced into a Spanish nunnery by her parents. But when she reached puberty… watch out! "…no sooner did her warm and voluptuous character begin to be developed than she abandoned herself freely to the impulse of her passions, and seized the first opportunity to seize their gratifications." Yeow! She ran off to Germany to be the mistress of a Bavarian baron. She threw orgiastic feasts which rivalled those of Cleopatra. She slept with the baron's younger brother who promised to make an honest woman out of her if only she would kill the baron. So she did. Stabbed him through the heart. Ran off to the cave for a rendezvous with his brother expecting to get married only to be murdered by him. He left her body to rot there and by the time she was just little bits of flesh, hair and bones her ghost began to haunt the new baron's castle dressed in her nun's habit, carrying the bloody knife. In time she succeeded in frightening the new baron to death, but not before a long period of torment. They called her the Bleeding Nun.
The next baron called in a famous exorcist who went to the cave and quieted the spirit of the Bleeding Nun, but not completely. At that point her bones could not be moved to hallowed ground, but the exorcizer – who is said to have been none other than the infamous Wandering Jew – ordered her to remain quietly at rest as long as he lived, which wasn't very long. In time Beatrice remains were moved "…and deposited in the family vault [and] all due ceremonies were performed…"
I mention this because in one case the story is Japanese through and through, frightening crowds in 18th century Japan, while the other, a totally independent tale, was doing the same thing at about the same time for European readers. Both seem to share a common thread: No distinction was made between the moldering flesh, the skeletal remains and the vengeful spirit/ghost. Both involved uncontrollable lust, murders and subsequent hauntings. How uncanny.
Below is an image from the ossuary at Sedlec that typifies the marriage of the temporal and the eternal. This picture was placed in the public domain by Wilson44691 at http://commons.wikimedia.org. The skull is real, the angel isn't. More about Sedlec and ossuaries later.
I think it was Guy de Maupassant (1850-93: ギ・ド・モーパッサン) who gave his readers a disembodied hand which tormented a man until it killed him. For nights he had dreamt of a hand scurrying over his floors, walls and bed curtains using it fingers as though they were legs. When they found the body of the man it looked as though he had been strangled by a skeleton. At least that is what the examining doctor thought. In the victims mouth were the skeletal remains of a finger – bitten off in the struggle. Later a bony hand was found in the cemetary with a finger missing. Hmmm? Spooky!
Don't ask…. I'm clueless (but you knew that already):The doctored image below is from a Japanese woodblock triptych by Kochoro dated 1893. I believe it belongs to a category of avant garde kabuki plays which were determined to shock their audiences with all things contemporary. Performers often wore western clothing and hair styles. The three main characters appear to have been live actors. I have removed a lot of lines which represented threads coming from above and attached to each of them making them look like large marionettes. Something tells me the role of the skeletons were indeed played by oversized marionettes. Just look at the differences between the one on the left and the one on the right. I'd like to see an actor do what the one on the left is doing. Now that would be a neat trick.
And what is it with those stilts? Maybe it isn't kabuki after all. The three non-skeletal figures look a lot like circus performers. The lavender hose and the hint of a golden fringed corset (?) worn by the figure on the far left scream circus outfit. Possibly a female acrobat. And what about the fellow in the center? Who dresses like that? His stripes clash, for goodness sake. Thrift shop chic for sure. Surely he's a carnie. Looks like one to me – even his face is painted and that hat…! And what is with those skeletons?
Clueless, I am absolutely clueless but completely intrigued. Your guess as to what is happening in this picture would be just as good as mine. But who cares? It is a great image either way. At least, I think so.
In case you are having trouble imagining these figures in an unadulterated form here is a detail from the middle panel.
War, good God y'all: I was going to save this next image until the end of this post, but what the heck. It is called "The Apotheosis of War" and is one of the most powerful paintings ever created. Painted in 1871 by the Russian Vasily Vereshchagin it is a bleak reminder to anyone comtemplating sending their sons off to fight. The only life visible is the birds looking for carion. Even the trees are leafless. If there is a more poignant indictment of war I don't know what it is. It reminds me of a line from the poem by Percy Byshe Shelly that describes the ruins of a once great empire: "Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!"
This image shown above may well be under copyright restriction, but I was unable to tell for sure. I tried to find a contact e-mail address so I could ask permission to use it, but was completely flumoxed. If someone from the Tretyakov Museum sees it and wants me to remove it I will. But… I hope not. It is too great an image and deserves to be seen more.
What is the connection between the Hebrew word shalom and the English word skeleton? Probably nothing, but there is a folk etymology which says there may be. Our word skeleton comes from the Greek word skhellein which translates as 'dried up' or 'withered' body. It is a shortened version of sôma skeletón or 'dried up body.' Sclerosis and arteriosclerosis both have the same Greek source, skhleros, which means 'hard.' But what does this have to do with the word shalom? According to Ernest Klein the ancient Akkadian word for a whole corpse was shalamtu. From that evolved shalom (and the Arabic salaam) which today means 'Peace', but originally meant 'Wholeness'.
The word 'bone' on the other hand: "Somewhat unusually for a basic body-part term, bone, is a strictly Germanic word; it has no relatives in other Indo-European languages." The German bein and the Swedish ben have the same source. "They both mean 'leg' as well as 'bone,' suggesting that the original connotiation… may have been 'long bone.' " (Quotes from: Dictionary of Word Origins by John Ayto)
Skoal! To your health!: The word 'skoal' is related to the word 'skull' because skulls were used as drinking vessels. The earliest root for both words meant to slice or cut and that may be because the skull was cut from the skeleton. It would appear that the word 'skoal' came into the English language via a visit to Denmark by the Scottish king, James VI – later James I of England. The original English word for skull was hēafodpanne, literally 'head-pan.'
What I want to know is just who were the Vikings toasting? Surely not the donor of the drinking vessel. One other note: I am totally incapable – or nearly so – of exploring the etymologies of Japanese words. Perhaps that is a good thing. But, if only I could… One can only dream.
I suppose everything after this will be anticlimactic – so to speak: The Japanese were masters of the grotesque and they were also masters of the erotic. Sometimes they combined the two, but rarely. Erotic Japanese prints have a large audience of admirers some of whom are sophisticates, some who suffer from arrested development and act like teenagers no matter their age and some of whom are just downright creepy. In most cases it is first impressions which count and most viewers don't give a damn how well printed something is or even who produced it even if we know. Such is the case of the skeleton image shown below. Look closely at it because it is quite clever. Crude and jarring, but still quite clever. Not only is the creature aroused, but his entire skeletal structure is made up of penis-shaped bones. The woman is obviously startled and terrified. Don't you think? Should she survive the encounter who is ever going to believe her?
I don't know who the artist is or exactly what he was thinking, but I am not sure that matters. (I have altered the image so it reads better visually, but kept all of the most important elements.)
The truth comes out!
I now know who did the image shown below. It was by Kuniyoshi, but under a pseudonym. It is from a series of twelve genital – both male and female -related prints entitled 'Ghost Story: Night Procession of 100 Demons'. However, considering the Japanese penchant for punning through the use of homonyms it could also be read as 'Pussy Stories: 100 Night Ejaculations'. The image itself is entitled 'karikkotsu' or 'Penis Skeleton'. This information is provided in Timothy Clark's new catalogue of the Arthur R. Miller collection of Kuniyoshi prints. It illustrates the whole set on p. 258.
"If I had had to learn anatomy I never would have become an artist." I am not sure I should go down this road, but someone has to I suppose. Look at the image shown above: There are so many things wrong with it on so many levels, but one of them pops up immediately. The penis is not a bone! In 1998 the Nobel Prize for Medicine was given to three researchers who had studied the effect of nitric oxide on living organisms. Nitric oxide is a pollutant which can enter the atmosphere from a car's exhaust. The Nobel committee described it's effects as such: "Nitric Oxide, NO, is a short-lived, endogenously produced gas that acts as a signalling molecule in the body. Signal transmission by a gas, produced by one cell, which penetrates membranes and regulates the function of other cells is an entirely new principle for signalling in the human organism." I can't tell you how it works, but in the case of the human male the transmission of NO in the blood stream facilitates arousal and hence that led to the discovery of Viagra (バイアグラ). See how smoothly this works: Automobile pollution to blood stream to erections and a cure for one cause of impotence. Psychological issues are another matter altogether. Still none of this gives the skeleton of a male a bone where there was none and never will be. Perhaps the artist knew this intuitively, but was taking 'poetic' license. Perhaps he didn't.
When I entered junior high school and had to take gym classes and group showers afterwards I heard a lot of talk about boners and giving someone the bone. I had led a sheltered life in oh so many ways, was late in developing both physically and psychologically – and who can say that isn't still the truth – and didn't really have any idea what my wet, naked classmates were talking about. It was like dirty jokes: I had to laugh just to cover the fact that I didn't get them. But in time… naturally I did. And still the use of those terms – you know which ones I mean and don't make me repeat them – I can be a bit of a prude – became clear enough. Who cared how it worked on me, them or the anatomically incorrect – and some would say inappropriate – skeleton shown above. Who cared if there was a bone there or not. And yet… thank goodness for those three researchers and that insightful Nobel committee. Was there ever a better prize? Ask Pfizer stockholders: Was there?
The quote that led off this section is attributed to Ingres (1780-1867: アングル), one of the greatest artists who ever lived. He painted gloriously and like Picasso (ピカソ) was still painting images of voluptuous, languid and oh-so-sexy women when he was an octogenarian. When Ingres was about 35 years old he created one of his many masterpiece, La Grande Odalisque. Some of his critics were brutal. "She has too many vertebrae. Three too many." In Ingres' defense others have said he was taking artisic license and was thinking of the 16th century Mannerists and their preternaturally elongated limbs. Even one masterpiece by Pamagianino (パルミジャニーノ) is called "The Madonna with the long neck". But the criticism stung – what criticism doesn't – and perhaps that is what led Ingres to say that if he had ever had to study anatomy he never would have become a painter. Maybe the artist who created the ithyphallic skeleton knew better. Maybe he didn't. We'll never know. (Below is Ingres' La Grande Odalisque. Gorgeous, isn't it? That is not a real question. I know it is – extra vertebrae or not. Perhaps it is even a bit sexist of me. Women can have as many vertebrae as they want, but men can't have bones where they don't belong. That is just plain wrong.)
The Piss of Death: At the beginning of the 20th cenury the German artist, Max Klinger (1857-1920: マックス・クリンガ), painted an image of the Grim Reaper taking a moment out from his busy schedule to take a leak. This was referred to as Der pinkelnde Tod. Ten years before that Klinger had produced an etching/drypoint of the same subject entitled Tod am See. Both are interesting and both are a bit goofy. In neither one are there any human observers – others than us, of course. Finally a moment alone. Naturally they are as ridiculous as the Japanese print shown above displaying the skeleton with an erection. These images are absurd and counter-intuitive, but not in the way that quantum physics is. We get these. We relate even though these imagaes exist in a world which just can't be. (Richard Feynman – リチャード.ファインマン, on the other hand, said that no one can understand quantum mechanics. We just have to learn to accept it.) Both pictures of skeletons are silly. Everyone knows that skeletons don't drink, don't sweat and don't urinate. Everyone. But that didn't stop Klinger. (See the detail from the print below.)
Channeling Gahan Wilson – or is it the other way around? What I know about channeling – or care to know, for that matter – you could fit a thousand times over in a nanotube. But looking at their works either Klinger would seem to be channeling Wilson or Wilson him, because they share the same sense of the comic/macabre. One site notes that Wilson's earliest know drawing – age 6 – is of the Grim Reaper killing a man. Picasso, on the other hand, at that age was drawing copulating donkeys. Maybe he was 7. Then there is always the possiblity of reincarnation – another of my intellectual black holes. Klinger died in 1920 and baby Gahan was born in 1930. I am not suggesting… (K.D. Lang, born. 1961, says she is the reincarnation of Patsy Cline who died in 1963. A neat trick if you can do it, but that's none of my business either.)
I first saw Wilson's dark, but witty cartoons in Playboy Magazine. The one I remember best was that of the skeleton of a man sitting in the driver's seat of a convertible at a stop sign. The sign said "Stop" so he did – pernmanently. In a similar vein is Max Kinger's figure lying across the railroad tracks. I would sure love to know how the body got there in the first place and what in the hell happened to that damned train, but your guess would be as good as mine.
For more information about Japanese prints and culture please visit our other web site at http://www.printsofjapan.com/.


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Along with letting you know when things happen, Growl also gives you full control over how you are notified and what action (if any) you want to take in response to the notification. You can choose to be alerted with a visual indicator or an audible alert, both, or neither. You can choose the type of display that is shown, whether the display remains on the screen, the importance of the notification, and even if the notification should be forwarded to another computer. You can have notifications that trigger an email, run a script, launch a program, or are read out loud.
- updated all Growl claw icons to match new Mac icons
- made History item text copyable (select item and then Ctrl-C)
- created user-configurable setting for length of time to store
history items (HistoryDaysToStore in user.config)
- updated Websocket support to draft-ietf-hybi-thewebsocketprotocol-14
protocol version
- fixed an issue where thumbnail images for old history items were not
deleted from disk
- fixed issues with Standard display that caused issues with high DPI settings
- fixed a bug in Growl.Connector.dll that didnt handle newlines (\n)
in callback data properly


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Traci Bastian of Wickliffe celebrated her birthday Friday at the Steel Valley Super Nationals, and was excited to see her friends and family come to Quaker City Motorsports Park to celebrate.
Little did she know her boyfriend, Greg Lawrence of Volant, Pa., had an extra surprise for her for the weekend.
Just before Greg raced Traci's father, Bob, on Saturday, Greg got out of his car, got down on bended knee and proposed to Traci — and she said yes. Morning Journal/Patti Schaeffer


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Biden announces new gun-control legislation
WILMINGTON, Del. — Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden wants to make it more difficult for people considered to be a danger to themselves or others to obtain guns.
Biden proposed legislation Monday requiring mental health providers, including school counselors, to call police if they believe a person poses a danger to himself or others. Police would investigate and would refer the case to the state Department of Justice if they believe the person shouldn't have access to a gun.
Story Continued Below
The DOJ could then ask a judge to prohibit the person from owning or possessing a gun. The judge also could order the seizure of any guns the person has. In the case of a troubled child, authorities could seize any guns owned by a parent or guardian with whom the child is living.
( PHOTOS: Stars call for gun control)


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It may be one of the most important rulings the U.S. Supreme Court has made in the last 100 years.
Is the Affordable Care Act constitutional? Is it constitutional to have an individual mandate that requires Americans purchase insurance?
In a 5 to 4 vote the court ruled, yes.
Why did Chief Justice John Roberts rule the way he did? What does the ruling mean? And could this ruling actually mean that the Healthcare law is now invalid?
Ben has the Reality Check you won't see anywhere else.


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Smutty Fitness: Holiday Choices
It is mid Christmas season and like me, I am sure you are a few Christmas parties into the season with many more to go before it is all said and done. Are you starting to feel the Christmas cheer fill up the waistband of your skinny jeans? Don't fret! It could simply be water retention from eating all the sodium rich foods that surround us through the holidays as well as dehydration from a few too many holiday cocktails.
I know a lot of you at this time throw in the towel to your healthy eating program and figure you might as well go hard until the New Year and then get on track come January. I want you to know that you can actually enjoy the holiday season without deprivation and still be guaranteed to fit into your clothes come 2013. Click here for some more tips on surviving the holidays.
Do NOT eat the holiday baking and chocolate that surrounds you at this time of year. Just because they are there does not give you permission to have them with your coffee. Instead, save those delicious treats for when you can really enjoy them such as when you are baking with your children or enjoying an amazing dessert after a Christmas dinner with your family. Make the right choices at the right times. You CAN have it all just NOT all at the same time.
If you have a weekend where you know you over did it, begin your next week eating as clean as possible. Keep a water bottle by your desk and keep it full as you need to stay hydrated both before and after your Christmas festivities. If you are not hydrated your body can confuse being thirsty with being hungry and you can also store extra water which will cause you to become puffy and bloated. Snack on healthy fruits and vegetables, stay away from simple carbohydrates and sugars (knowing more tasty treats will soon be near again) and throw in a few extra workouts if you have time. I know a lot of our spare time that we would normally dedicate to exercise is now spent celebrating and shopping but even 20 minutes extra in a day can make a huge difference.
When planning Christmas gatherings with friends or family, instead of sitting down in a restaurant go out and enjoy the sights of the holidays. Walk around the neighbourhood together looking at Christmas lights, go for a snowshoe or tie up a pair of skates and find and outdoor rink. Christmas cheer does not always have to revolve around consuming calories.
Do yourself a favour and do not become one of the many people who find their scales increasing 5 or more pounds by the end of the season. Happy Holidays!
Attached - Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher walk the dog.Photos:
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Scene & Heard: WYPR 10th anniversary
Bill Nerenberg, Andy Bienstock and Dotty Nerenberg A few dozen WYPR supporters gathered in Center Stage's mezzanine for a VIP reception giving them a jump start on an evening celebrating the public radio station's 10th anniversary. "We're going to just have fun tonight," said Tony Brandon, WYPR president/CEO. He was referring to a special edition of "Stoop Storytelling" later that evening that would feature NPR and WYPR personalities sharing stories along the theme "Ten: Stories about the Perfect Number" -- something that several hundred WYPR fans would be attending. "We made it. This is not an easy journey to make," said Gil Sandler, "Maryland Stories" writer/performer. "I can't believe it's been 10 years. It seems like yesterday [that we started]. The way we've grown has been phenomenal. We've had a lot of fun and it's been a great team," said Barbara Bozzuto, founding board member and its second chair. "It's very exciting to be celebrating the accomplishments of the last 10 years," said Jack Machen, WYPR board chair. "It's been a fabulous 10 years. I'm looking forward to the next 10," said Andy Bienstock, WYPR program director. Ken Rudin, NPR's "Political Junkie," marveled at the devotion of public radio fans in general. "Wherever I go, I love the fact that people say, 'I can't live without NPR.' In my 10 years at ABC News, that never happened," he said. Meanwhile, the friend he had come to honor, Sheilah Kast, said she felt she was getting four years of undeserved credit for the station's success. The show she hosts. "Maryland Morning with Sheilah Kast" had only been on-air for six years. "I'm getting a freebie here. I get to celebrate more years than I've actually been here," she said with a chuckle. -- Sloane Brown
Photo by Karen Jackson, Special to The Baltimore Sun
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From May~2011; I thought I was going to finish it, but since it's still a sketch after a year +, I figured to go ahead and post as is. :P
Inspired from how much I love NeoFox's (?) style of drawing Invader Zim fan art... and Invader Zim; got on a huge kick for it last Summer, still wanting to own the series. *dreamsandhopes*


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Chicken Enchilada Soup
Adapted from: Homemade by Holman
3 cups chicken stock (or you could use broth)
3 skinless, boneless chicken breasts
2 tsp ground cumin
2 tsp chili powder
1/4 tsp cayenne powder (add more if you like it hotter- I had to keep mine kid-friendly!)
2 (14.5 oz) cans of diced tomatoes
1-2 jalapeno peppers, minced (I only used about 1/2 of a pepper- once again, kid-friendly!)
1 green bell pepper, diced
1 large onion, diced
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 (15 oz) can black beans, rinsed and drained
2 cups frozen corn
1 (6 oz) can tomato paste
1/2 cup cheddar cheese, shredded (you could really use any kind of cheese that you have)
1 cup pepperjack cheese
1 cup fresh cilantro, chopped (I just used a 2 tablespoons of dried cilantro because I didn't have any fresh and it still tasted delicious!)
Tortilla chips
Stove Top Directions (about 1 hour total):
In a large stockpot, add chicken stock and heat over medium heat. Add chicken breasts, cumin, chili powder, and cayenne pepper. Simmer about 20-25 minutes until chicken is cooked through. Remove chicken and set aside. Add tomatoes, jalapenos, bell pepper, onion, and garlic to the pot. Simmer about 30 minutes, covered until tomatoes have begun to break down. Add black beans, corn, and tomato paste and stir to incorporate. Add cheddar cheese and half of the pepperjack cheese and stir to melt. Return chicken to soup and cook for a couple more minutes until desired you reach your desired consistency.
If you want thicker soup, add strips of flour tortilla. They will dissolve into the soup to thicken the broth. Add cilantro, reserving some to top individual bowls if desired. Ladle into serving bowls and top with crushed tortilla chips, leftover pepperjack cheese and more cilantro if desired.
Slow Cooker Directions:
In a large slow cooker (at least 5 quart size- this makes a lot of soup!), add chicken (cut up into bite size pieces), chicken stock, cumin, chili powder, cayenne pepper, tomatoes, jalapeno peppers, bell pepper, onion, garlic, black beans, corn and tomato paste. Cook on low for 6 hours or high for 3 hours. About 20 minutes before serving, add cheddar cheese and half of the pepperjack cheese and stir into soup so that it melts. Let cook for about 20 more minutes on HIGH until you reach desired consistency.
Add cilantro (if using). Ladle into serving bowls and top with crushed tortilla chips, leftover pepperjack cheese, and cilantro.


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Tie::Redis - Connect perl data structures to Redis
version 0.26
use Tie::Redis;
tie my %r, "Tie::Redis";
$r{foo} = 42;
print $r{foo}; # 42, persistently
This allows basic access to Redis from Perl using tie, so it looks just like a a hash or array.
Please think carefully before using this, the tie interface has quite a performance overhead and the error handling is not that great. Using AnyEvent::Redis or Redis directly is recommended.
General usage
Tie::Redis provides an interface to the top level Redis "hash table"; depending on the type of key you access this then returns a value tied to Tie::Redis::Hash, Tie::Redis::List, Tie::Redis::Scalar or a set type (unfortunately, these aren't yet implemented).
If an error occurs these types will throw an exception, therefore you may want to surround your Redis accessing code with an
eval block (or use Try::Tiny).
There are some cases where Redis and Perl types do not match, for example empty lists in Redis have a type of "none", therefore if you empty a list and then try to access it again it will no longer be an array reference.
Autovivification currently doesn't correctly work, I believe some of this may be fixable but haven't yet fully investigated.
A redis shell in Perl and the main reason I wrote this module.
An experimental attribute based interface.
Another Redis API.
David Leadbeater <email@example.com>
This software is copyright (c) 2011 by David Leadbeater.
This program is free software. It comes without any warranty, to the extent permitted by applicable law. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the Beer-ware license revision 42.


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Here we shall have a list of websites that may be of interest to the H3S and friends. As Annalist I
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== SCA Related Links==
== SCA Related Links==
Revision as of 10:28, 9 July 2007
Here we shall have a list of websites that may be of interest to the H3S and friends. As Annalist I am holding the following guidelines: No Porn (Erotic story/art sites are okay on a case by case) No Warez (Including PtP sites, MP3 piracy sites, etc...) Nothing Illegal (If it violates a US law, it's a nono)
SCA Related Links
SCA Homepage Main Society for Creative Anachronism site
Eastkingdom Homepage The Kingdom which barely can contain House Three Skulls.
East Kingdom Rapier Rules For all your SCA stabbing needs.
East Kingdom Hardsuit Rules For all your SCA bludgeoning needs.
Barony of An Dubhaigeainn Homepage The Home Barony of House Three Skulls.
Crown Province of Ostgardr Homepage The Province that we'd need to conquer first should we wish to expand our borders.
Armour and Weapons Related Links
The Armour Archive Need information on period armour? This site has it most likely.
Plastic Lamellar Need pre-moulded, pre-drilled lames for lamellar armour? Here you go!
Dark Victory Armory For those who need plate armour, but want plastic instead of metal.
Darkwood Armoury For higher end fencing equipment (Mainly Schlagers and Sideswords)
Zen Warrior Armoury A sub-branch of Triplette Competition Arms. Decent lower-mid range fencing gear. From foils/epees to Schlagers and protective gear (One of the only places to sell SPectra-cloth body guards).
Art Sites
Michael Manning's Website He's the Annalists favorite artist. Adult themed material mainly.
Stories Sites (Including fanfics)
The above 2 sites are listed together because they are both just sites dedicated to pitting one Sci-Fi/Fantasy group vs. Another. Think StarDestroyer vs. Enterprise


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IRVINE, CA -- Eight fitness club franchises made Entrepreneur magazine's 2008 Top 500 franchise list, including two key-card clubs, a personal training studio and two well-known brands. Several of the companies also made Entrepreneur's list for low-cost franchises and fastest-growing franchises.
Most startling, perhaps, was that Curves, the women-only fitness center founded by Gary Heavin, continued its drop in the rankings this year in a more pronounced fashion. It dropped from No. 15 in 2007 (after ranking No. 3 in 2006 and No. 2 in 2004 and 2005) to No. 185 this year. The company also showed a drop in U.S. franchise numbers. In 2006, the company had 7,865 franchises and in 2007, it had 7,269. However, the Waco, TX-based company increased its foreign franchises from 2,005 in 2006 to 3,185 in 2007, moving it up from No. 7 to No. 6 on the magazine's list of top global franchises. Curves had ranked third in 2006 in this category and second in both 2004 and 2005. Although Curves fell off the fastest-growing franchise list this year (it ranked No. 23 on that list last year), it remained on the low-cost franchise list, coming in at No. 36.
Anytime Fitness, a 24-hour key-club franchise headquartered in Hastings, MN, not only ranked the highest for fitness clubs, but it also moved up the most in rank, jumping from the No. 353 spot last year to the No. 75 spot this year. The company, which started franchising in 2002, had 196 franchises in 2006 and 444 franchises in 2007. It also came in at No. 13 in the fastest-growing franchise list, up from No. 36 last year. It ranked No. 19 in the low-cost franchises category, up from No. 94 last year.
Fitness Together, a personal training studio franchise headquartered in Highlands Ranch, CO, wasn't far behind on the Top 500 list, coming in at No. 78, although that represents a one position drop from last year when it ranked No. 77. The company, which has been franchising since 1996, had 355 U.S. franchises in 2007 compared to 261 in 2006. It also made the fastest-growing franchise list, ranking No. 41, which is the same rank it earned last year.
The second key-card club on the list also made a big move on this year's list. Snap Fitness, Chanhassen, MN, came in No. 96 with 293 franchises, up from No. 206 last year when it had 141 franchises. Snap Fitness, which started franchising in 2004, ranked No. 24 on the fastest-growing franchise list this year, up from No. 51 in 2007.
One of the oldest franchisors in the fitness business, Gold's Gym International (which has been franchising since 1980) ranked No. 183 on the list this year, a drop from No. 63 in 2007 and No. 76 in 2006. Even though the number of U.S. franchises listed for the company in 2007 was 467--a 159 club drop from 2006 when it had 626 U.S. franchises--the company still made the fastest-growing franchise list, coming in at No. 89. Gold's Gym did increase its foreign franchises from 104 in 2006 to 116 in 2007 and its company-owned stores from 48 in 2006 to 53 last year. It did not make the low-cost franchise list. The total investment needed to start a Gold's Gym franchise is $961,000 to $3.6 million compared to $28,000 to $286,000 for the fitness franchises on the low-cost franchise list.
Contours Express, a women-only franchise company based in Nicholasville, KY, ranked No. 329 this year, making it the fitness franchise with the biggest drop in ranking. It ranked No. 141 last year. Its U.S. franchise numbers dropped from 335 in 2006 to 251 in 2007. However, its foreign franchises rose from 120 in 2006 to 222 last year. The foreign growth was not enough to move Contours onto the fastest-growing franchise list, which it had fallen off of last year. The last time it appeared on that list was in 2006 when it ranked No. 91. Contours also was not included on the low-cost franchise list this year. The company, which began franchising in 1998, had ranked No. 33 on that list last year.
The last two fitness club franchises were children's fitness companies. The Little Gym, Scottsdale, AZ, ranked No. 145 this year compared to No. 140 last year. My Gym Children's Fitness Center, Sherman Oaks, CA, ranked No. 300 this year compared to No. 221 last year.
Two other fitness-oriented franchises on the list were Fun Bus, a mobile children's fitness program, which came in No. 495, and Jazzercise Inc., the Carlsbad, CA-based dance-fitness program founded by Judi Sheppard Missett, which came in No. 44 on the list, a drop from No. 35 last year and No. 25 in 2006.
Rankings are determined by objective, quantifiable measures of a franchise operation, according to Entrepreneur magazine. The most important factors include financial strength and stability, growth rate and size of the system.


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VANCOUVER -- The federal government announced Wednesday it will install a new inshore rescue boat at its naval base in Vancouver's inner harbour to replace the soon-to-be closed Kitsilano coast guard station.
At the same time it says its Coast Guard Auxiliary volunteer search and rescue station in Indian Arm will be moved to a new location under Second Narrows Bridge to assist in boating emergency calls in that area.
But the government stood steadfast in its decision to close the storied Kitsilano Coast Guard station at the entrance to False Creek, saying the new rigid-hulled inflatable boat it is placing downtown at HMCS Discovery will adequately serve boaters during the six months it will operate annually. The new three-person boat will go into service in May.
Against the backdrop of a shiny new inflatable boat perched on a trailer for cameras against Vancouver's skyline, Parliamentary Secretary Randy Kamp (Pitt Meadows) said this was a tremendous addition to Search and Rescue services in the Vancouver Harbour.
But under questioning from reporters he acknowledged the only new announcement was the plan to locate the already-announced rescue boat at the naval base off Stanley Park.
The move is an effort to appease critics who denounced the station's closure as a dangerous cost-cutting measure.
Ottawa says it will save about $700,000 a year by consolidating what it sees as an unnecessary amount of Coast Guard infrastructure. The station, one of the busiest in Canada, annually responded to between 300 and 350 calls for assistance.
Even before Kamp had finished speaking there was criticism from the city itself about a lack of consultation in the decision.
Vancouver Coun. Kerry Jang told reporters neither he nor Mayor Gregor Robertson were invited to the announcement, adding he had to "sneak in with Chinese media."
While Kamp told reporters the government was continuing consultations with local governments, Jang countered there had been no consultation, nor had the city been advised the boat would be based at HMCS Discovery. Concerns that closing the base would increase response times also went unanswered, Robertson later told reporters.
"Once again, no matter what they do, the issue of response times has not been addressed," said Jang, who worried the inner harbour base is too far removed from Vancouver's busy False Creek and English Bay.
Kamp said Ottawa only consulted with the Department of National Defence about putting the inshore rescue boat at the downtown base. Jody Thomas, the deputy commissioner of operations for the Coast Guard said search and rescue specialists analyzed in detail the history of responses and decided they could locate the inshore rescue boat at HMCS Discovery and still meet international standards for rescue response. During winter months when the inshore boat is out of service the Coast Guard will still be able to meet those standards, she added.
But the Coast Guard depends upon getting assistance from municipal services and other "vessels of opportunity," she said.
Federal NDP leader Thomas Mulcair also weighed in, calling the closure of the Kits base an "irresponsible decision."
The smaller rescue station at HMCS Discovery will be operated by three people from May to September, during the peak boating season. One person will be a Coast Guard coxswain or boat manager, aided by two students who will be paid between $14 and $18 per hour.
Protests have been ongoing since the Conservative government announced the closure almost a year ago, prompting Vancouver's police and fire chiefs to express their concerns in a letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper.


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A teaching assistant broke down in tears today as she confessed to sending a schoolboy more than 40 years her junior sexual photographs of herself.
But she vehemently denied having a physical relationship with the teenager, telling the court: "I've never had sex with him."
Elaine McKay, 58, is accused of starting a sexual relationship with the 15-year-old while working at the 1,700-pupil Clacton Coastal Academy in Essex.
Teaching assistant Elaine McKay leaving Chelmsford Crown Court
The married teaching assistant allegedly had sex with the boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, after visiting his home to drop off a friendship cake with his family.
Taking to the witness stand at Chelmsford Crown Court in Essex, McKay began to cry as she admitted sending explicit pictures to the schoolboy for around a year - including a suggestive photograph of her biting a cucumber.
And she confessed to performing "graphic sexual acts" on herself as he watched on Skype.
Maria Dineen, defending, said: "You accept that there were messages and pictures sent by you and activity on Skype that was of a sexual nature."
McKay, a mother-of-two and grandmother-of-two, replied through tears: "Yes. Sorry, yes."
Taking a sip of water to compose herself, the teaching assistant - who has been suspended from her job - insisted it was the schoolboy who started it by asking for a picture of her.
She pointed him in the direction of her Facebook picture, but then he sent her a naked photograph of himself, she claimed.
She told jurors: "Then he asked 'can I send you a picture of me?' I said 'I don't want a picture of you'. He said he was just going to send one anyway. He sent me a picture and when I looked at the icon I could see it was a picture of his (privates).
"I didn't open the picture. I just deleted it.
"I was just totally shocked and I just text back saying 'What are you doing?'."
But the 58-year-old admitted she failed to report it to her school head of department, as she should have.
And instead over the next year or so she sent a string of provocative photographs to the teenager, including naked snaps and one of her in a compromising pose with a cucumber.
She told jurors: "He kept pestering and asking me 'Please, just one picture, just one picture, even if it's just a pair of knickers'."
McKay agreed there came a time when she "effectively gave him what he was asking for".
She said the first explicit picture she sent him was a "silly" picture of her shower that inadvertently had her underwear hanging in the background, and things escalated from there.
She admitted sending him a photograph of herself biting a cucumber - but insisted this was a jokey picture of her lunch.
Asked why she sent the pictures, McKay through tears said: "I have no idea whatsoever. This is my regret. I don't know, I don't know the reason."
The schoolboy claims the pair had sex after McKay visited his home to drop around a friendship cake to his family.
His relatives were not in, and the teenager said he went and had a shower. He claims that on his return McKay was waiting in his bedroom, ripped off his towel and had sex with him.
But McKay today vehemently denied having sex with the schoolboy, and insisted she had never been alone in a room with him.
Ms Dineen asked: "Did it ever become actually a physical relationship between the two of you?"
McKay, who had to be asked to speak up because her voice was soft as she began her evidence, replied: "No, never."
She added: "I would never have had sex with him. Nothing ever physical. I would never have had sex with him, ever."
McKay, of Banister Close, Clacton, Essex, denies intentionally touching a boy aged 15 by having full sex with him and inciting a child to engage in sexual activity.
She has admitted causing a child to look at sexually explicit images.
Under cross-examination, McKay said she was terrified the schoolboy would expose her if she ended their relationship.
She admitted she was probably subconsciously sexually attracted to the teen and said she began sending pictures to the schoolboy for "a joke" and "banter".
But she admitted being foolish in having an "inappropriate relationship" with the teen and told jurors: "I hold my hands up to it. It's my biggest regret."
Pressed over why she continued to send the explicit pictures, she said: "I hated every minute of it. I sort of switched off.
"I just saw it as something I was doing. Something I was regretting. Something I didn't know how to get myself out of. I don't know why I did it, I feel like I'm not talking about me when I say it."
But she said she was too scared to put a stop to the relationship.
McKay told the court: "Each time I refused him, he would get angry with me and I thought this it. He is going to tell somebody."
But Richard Scott, prosecuting, accused her of lying and trying to get the schoolboy to take part in the "cover-up" by lying to his family.
He said she had crossed a boundary by having sex with the teen. But McKay told the court: "I'm not lying to you."
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- A Tactical-Action-Shooter (FPS) that focuses primarily on tactical combat (skirmish-warfare) in exotic exterior and claustrophobic indoor locations; between, the player against groups of skilled mercenary soldiers.
- As the player, you will augment your abilities with various weapons and equipment to aid you throughout the game, as the enemies become more cunning and better equipped themselves.
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- Voice-over by Mr Michael Griffiths | Styling by Mr Mark Anthony
- Words by Mr Mansel Fletcher, Features Editor, MR PORTER
Welcome to the second instalment of Style Clinic, a series of films in which we provide some answers to a customer's sartorial query. This week's enquiry is from Mr Donnie Little, whose late summer wedding means he's ready to buy his first dinner jacket. The question is, which one?
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Illinois Eastern Community Colleges
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Undergraduate: Accounting (ACT) D140
Program Length: 64 weeks
Students graduating on time
16.67 of Title IV students complete the program within 64 weeks
N/A* Fewer than 10 students completed this program within normal time. This number has been withheld to preserve the confidentiality of the students.
Program Costs*
$ 7,820 for in-state tuition and fees
$ 20,828 for out-of-state tuition and fees
$ 2,870 for books and supplies
$ 12,242 for off-campus room and board
Other Costs:
Fees and Exp $ 110 lab grad
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*The amounts shown above include costs for the entire program, assuming normal time to completion. Note that this information is subject to change.
Students Borrowing Money:
N/A* % of students who attend this program borrow money to pay for it
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$ N/A* in debt
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: $ N/A per month in student loans with N/A* % interest rate
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$ N/A* per year after leaving this program
N/A* Fewer than 10 students completed this program within normal time. This number has been withheld to preserve the confidentiality of the students.
Graduates who got jobs:
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13-2011.01 - Accountants
13-2011.02 - Auditors
15-1199.08 - Business Intelligence Analysts
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Making A Square 'Bird Cool
It's been six years since I reported in Rod & Custom about a 1960 Thunderbird custom project underway based on some Eric Black illustrations that had appeared in R&C the previous year. That project never took off, but the illustrations managed to inspire another second-generation T-bird enthusiast. Now a slight variation of Black's original concept is under construction at Hollywood Hot Rods (HHR). Most of the sheetmetal modifications (including the chopped top and reshaped fins) are very subtle, but required an extensive effort to achieve. On a stock body, the spears lose their shape once they get past the rear wheel openings, widening to match the bumper. Altering that to match Black's design involved an extensive amount of reshaping to the quarter-panels and the rear bumpers. Take a look at the amount of work involved in extending this fabulous Thunderbird's side spears all the way back to the bumpers.


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Sander is fluent in English, Swedish, Finnish, and Estonian.
He has given a number of lectures on various topics on maritime affairs, and also on ancient history and the faults of contemporary social movements.


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Steven W. Squyres
James A. Weeks Professor of Physical Sciences
Specialty Areas
Planetary Sciences
Research Projects
Mars Science Laboratory APXS, Mars Science Laboratory SAM, Mars Science Laboratory DAN, Gamma-Ray Spectrometer Investigation for the 2001 Mars Surveyor Mission, Mars Express High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) Investigation, MER: Mars Exploration Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, Cassini Imaging Science Subsystem, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) for the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter mission, Gamma-Ray Spectrometer Investigation for the Mars Odyssey Mission, Participation in the HIRISE Mission, Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity, Mars Exploration Rover Pancam Investigation, Mineralogy and Weathering History of the Martian Surface
Steve Squyres' research focuses on the robotic exploration of planetary surfaces, the history of water on Mars, geophysics and tectonics of icy satellites, tectonics of Venus, planetary gamma-ray and x-ray spectroscopy. Research for which he is best known includes study of the history and distribution of water on Mars and of the possible existence and habitability of a liquid water ocean on Europa.
Prof. Squyres has participated in a number of planetary spaceflight missions. From 1978 to 1981 he was an associate of the Voyager imaging science team, participating in analysis of imaging data from the encounters with Jupiter and Saturn. He was a radar investigator on the Magellan mission to Venus, a member of the Mars Observer gamma-ray spectrometer flight investigation team, and a co-investigator on the Russian Mars '96 mission. Dr. Squyres is currently the scientific Principal Investigator for the Mars Exploration Rover Project. He is also a co-investigator on the Mars Express mission, and on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment. He is a member of the Gamma-Ray Spectrometer Flight Investigation Team for the Mars Odyssey mission, and a member of the imaging team for the Cassini mission to Saturn.
Selected Publications
- The Athena Mars rover science investigation (with R.E. Arvidson, E.T. Baumgartner, J.F. Bell III, P.R. Christensen, S. Gorevan, K.E. Herkenhoff, G. Klingelhofer, M.B. Madsen, R.V. Morris, R. Rieder, and R.A. Romero). J. Geophys. Res., 108, 8062, doi:10.1029/2003JE002121 (2003).
- The Spirit rover's Athena science investigation at Gusev Crater, Mars (with the Athena Science Team). Science, 305, 5685, 794-799 (2004).
- In-situ evidence for an ancient aqueous environment at Meridiani Planum, Mars (with J.P. Grotzinger, J.F. Bell III, W. Calvin, P.R. Christensen, B.C. Clark, J.A. Crisp, W.H. Farrand, K.E. Herkenhoff, G. Klingelhofer, A.H. Knoll, S.M. McLennan, H.Y. McSween, R.V. Morris, J.W. Rice, Jr., R. Rieder, and L.A. Soderblom). Science, 306, 5702, 1709-1714 (2004).
- The Opportunity rover's Athena science investigation at Meridiani Planum, Mars (with the Athena Science Team). Science, 306, 5702, 1698-1703 (2004).
- Sedimentary rocks at Meridiani Planum: Origin, diagenesis, and implications for life on Mars (with A.H. Knoll), Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 240, 1-10 (2005).
- Rocks of the Columbia Hills (with R.E. Arvidson, D.L. Blaney, B.C. Clark, L. Crumpler, W.H. Farrand, S. Gorevan, K.E. Herkenhoff, J. Hurowitz, A. Kusack, H.Y. McSween, D.W. Ming, R.V. Morris, S.W. Ruff, A. Wang, and A. Yen). J. Geophys. Res., 111, E02S11, doi:10.1029/2005JE002562 (2006).
- Two years at Meridiani Planum: Results from the Opportunity rover (with A.H. Knoll, R.E. Arvidson, B.C. Clark, J.P. Grotzinger, B.L. Jolliff, S.M. McLennan, N. Tosca, J.F. Bell III, W.M. Calvin, W.H. Farrand, T.D. Glotch, M.P. Golombek, K.E. Herkenhoff, J.R. Johnson, G. Klingelhofer, H.Y. McSween, and A.S. Yen). Science, 313, 1403-1407 (2006).
- Overview of the Opportunity Mars Exploration Rover mission to Meridiani Planum: Eagle Crater to Purgatory Ripple (with the Athena science team). J. Geophys. Res., 111, E12S12, doi:10.1029/2006JE002771 (2006). Pyroclastic activity at Home Plate in Gusev crater, Mars (with O. Aharonson, B.C. Clark, B. Cohen, L. Crumpler, P.A. de Souza, W.H. Farrand, R. Gellert, J. Grant, J.P. Grotzinger, A.F.C. Haldemann, J.R. Johnson, G. Klingelhofer, K. Lewis, R. Li, T. McCoy, A.S. McEwen, H.Y. McSween, D.W. Ming, J.M. Moore, R.V. Morris, T.J. Parker, J. Rice, S. Ruff, M. Schmidt, C. Schroder, L.A. Soderblom, and A. Yen). Science, 316, 738-742 (2007).
- Detection of silica-rich deposits on Mars (with R.E. Arvidson, S. Ruff, R. Gellert, R.V. Morris, D. W. Ming, L. Crumpler, J.D. Farmer, D.J. Des Marais, A.Yen, S.M. McLennan, W. Calvin, J.F. Bell, III, B.C. Clark, A. Wang, T.J. McCoy, M.E. Schmidt, and P.A. de Souza, Jr.) Science, 320, 5879, doi: 10.1126/science.1155429 (2008).
- Exploration of Victoria Crater by the rover Opportunity (with A.H. Knoll, R.E. Arvidson, J.W. Ashley, J.F. Bell III, W.M. Calvin, P.R. Christensen, B.C. Clark, B.A. Cohen, P.A. de Souza Jr., L. Edgar, W.H. Farrand, I. Fleischer, R. Gellert, M.P. Golombek, J. Grant, J. Grotzinger, A. Hayes, K.E. Herkenhoff, J.R. Johnson, B. Jolliff, G. Klingelhofer, A. Knudson, R. Li, T.J. McCoy, S.M. McLennan, D.W. Ming, D.W. Mittlefehldt, R.V. Morris, J.W. Rice Jr., C. Schroder, R.J. Sullivan, A. Yen, R.A. Yingst). Science, 324, 5930, 1058, doi 10.1126/science.1170355 (2009).


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Goldsmiths Choral Union
Carols for Choir and Audience
- Robin Kimber
- organ
- Stephen Jones
- piano
- Brian Wright
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GCU's carol concerts have been bringing Christmas cheer to London audiences for over sixty years.
This year at Cadogan Hall, the choir is again delighted to be supporting Save the Children. Music Director Brian Wright introduces and conducts a lively programme of carols old and new. There are favourites for the audience to join in and entertaining seasonal music from the accompanying piano and organ duo.
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