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We acknowledge that in order to fulfill our aspirations, we must free ourselves from personal biases, ingrained social stereotypes, and institutionalized forms of discrimination4. While we recognize that there are challenges in the experience of diversity, we seek to face them in a spirit of growth and learning. Footnotes 1 diversity A commitment to diversity means understanding that each individual is unique and appreciating our differences in an environment that supports individual and collective achievement. These differences can include, but are not limited to: race; ethnicity; gender and gender expression; sexual orientation; socio-economic status; geographic background; national origin; culture; age; mental, cognitive and physical abilities; religious beliefs; and political beliefs. 2mission See the university's mission statement. A commitment to diversity is infused in the goals of a Colgate education, outlined in the university catalogue: "A Colgate education should enable students to: See themselves honestly and critically within a global and historical perspective, to recognize that their beliefs, identities, interests, and values are in part a reflection of their background, education, and life experiences. (…) Grow in both confidence and humility, to affirm a set of values while respecting and learning from the diverse perspectives, identities, ways of life, and philosophies of others." 3 engagement A true commitment to diversity means more than simple tolerance of difference. Inclusion requires an environment where any individual or group can feel welcome, supported, and valued as a full participant. An inclusive community necessitates both the awareness of personal, cultural, and institutionalized forms of discrimination and the active commitment to dismantle those barriers. 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You know I love the internet don't you? And you know I love the connections I've made? And the people [ie: you!] who I get to talk to?
And you know I've taken lots of online classes and that I welcome the access we have to inspiring artists and teachers? You know all that ... right?
Well ... as well as all of that ... it never hurts me to once in a while get out into the 3-dimensional world and create alongside others! Which is exactly what I did last weekend at a workshop run by ArtisOn in Masham, North Yorkshire:
ArtisOn and take a workshop of my choice, so that I could come back here and tell you all about it. Not an offer I was ever likely to refuse.So this post is a look at my day at the Creating Collage: Inspired by Vintage workshop last Sunday run by tutors Josie Beszant and Rosie Scott Massie.
And when I say my day there, that's exactly what it was beginning at 9:30am with tea, biscuits and a quick chat with the tutors and other students. Here's the ArtisOn building:
After the biscuits were eaten, we moved into Studio 1 [which is on the right of the photo above and which has a door which looks like:
I shared a table with 3 other 'students' and, as a scrapbooker/ life-documenter [have I just made that up?!] I took a photo of my little workspace, complete with mug of tea left over from the 11:00am round of tea + biscuits [do you see a theme already? And we haven't even reached lunch-time yet ...].
The workshop itself was very well structured and we were given 3 projects to work on throughout the day. Our materials were paper ephemera and small 3D items - things I work with all the time but ... I know that you know that other people's stash is always more interesting than your own!
Can you imagin ehow I felt being allowed - encouraged! - to browse through this lot to find items to use? Can you? ... I think you can:
The thing about attending a workshop such as this is that you can be pretty sure that everyone else there will like similar things to you. That's the joy of making the effort to go out amongst other artists / crafters in your niche.
At the workshop one of the participants had brought along a crate of such supplies he'd collected:
To paraphrase the Cheers theme tune; sometimes you wanna go where people know the things you like are OK and perfectly normal thankyouverymuch. It's why I like meeting up with crafty friends at least once a month and why it's good to take a workshop like this once in a while too.
OK, enough talk for now ... how about some lunch:
Oh and did I mention there was a choice of 3 homemade desserts too? No? There was a choice of 3 homemade desserts too - because everyone knows crafting days + cake are essential companions!
OK, enough food .... back to work [don't worry, there'll be another cake-break at 14:30 complete with 3 more homemade treats to choose from!]:
I haven't really finished any of my pieces [to my satisfaction at least], so I haven't any full photos of them. However, they are in this shot of work from the whole group [if you spot a pair of jeans and a zebra ... you're in the right place!]
I think my favourite part of the day [which I'm planning a separate post around] was when we were instructed to select 3 items which spoke to us from the table-of-paper-wonderment and then take them outside, to the beautiful surroundings, to sit with them a while and be inspired.
This is the view opposite the ArtisOn courtyard:
And I'll show you what I made following this little communing with nature and a herd of curious cattle as soon as it's finished [ermmm .... whenever that maybe!]. I'm even thinking of framing it and hanging it in the house. And that's always a good sign .. when I actually feel satisfied enough with my work to do that!
It's a testament to the skill of the tutor that people with all levels of creative experience produced some wonderful work:
ArtisOn with 3 peices of work, some new-to-me paper treasures [little extras they were selling from their supplies for pennies] and a full stomach!
I also left hoping I'd get to return one day - perhaps next time it'll be with a group of friends - as they welcome group bookings and even hen parties! [No, I'm not, before you ask.]So my friends and I might have to get our heads together to see what we'd like to do.
We might have to fight off these eager souls to get in though:
- If you'd like to read more about ArtisOn and the wide variety of workshops they offer you can visit their website here.
I specifically chose to attend their collage workshop because .. well .. I'm a bit obsessed with collage at the best of times, but especially right now. I think August 2011 shall forever now be know as Collage Month:
- I visited 'Transmitter / Receiver: The Persistance of Collage' exhibition at the MIMA gallery in Middlesbrough last Saturday;
- took the ArtisOn workshop on Sunday;
- and on Monday began photographing the collages I've been making over the last few weeks;
- I've spent the remainder of the week uploading them to my etsy shop 'Julie Kirk + The Carousel Zebra', which I'm really happy with right now and would love you to take a look at if you get chance. Thank you. You're great.
Thanks for dropping by today and making it through this huge post!
I hope it's inspired you to seek out [or at least begin thinking about seeking out] a 'real life' creative experience. Once you're there and in the swing of things, drinking tea, doing something you're interested in ... then it's a lot less scary than you might initially think.
And if you're used to people reacting in a blank, bemused manner to you when you mention your hobbies and interests ... then time spent with like-minded people might just be what you need to remind you that while some people don't 'get' it ... it doesn't mean that nobody does!
We're back to Cheers again now aren't we? All together now ....
You wanna go where people know, people are all the same ... you wanna go where everybody knows your name ...
Julie :-)

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Cheese and mushroom casserole with chicken
This casserole is simple and delicious, and makes a perfect snack during a picnic (bento anyone?)—you should use it as a basic idea for a casserole, since the pasta sauce is the stable and the most important piece of the meal. It's also a very tweak-able recipe! :-)
Red pepper "pesto" sauce
Red peppers are my favorite vegetables—they are crunchy, but also can be cooked soft, and have a sweet aroma that you can twist easily with additional spices. I needed lately some pasta sauce, and decided to experiment with red pepper pesto sauce, it turned out amazing and I think you will like that too! :-)
Shepherd's pie
This one is a real pickle — it's extremely simple, and doesn't look spectacular, but packs a serious punch of flavor and deliciousness. You can easily upgrade or downgrade the recipe based on your liking, use different ingredients, but as long as you make ground meat under a blanket of mashed potatoes, it's gonna be fine ;-)
Honey meat ravioli
This delicious meal is amazingly easy to prepare, as long as you have a pasta machine and ravioli tablet — it's a small grid in which you can prepare ravioli "like a sandwich", then roll out the ready ravioli using a rolling pin. Super easy, and with just very little effort you will end up having a luxurious feast!
Sweet potato quiche
Quiche is that one recipe that I love coming back to — it's easy to make, looks delicious and tastes heavenly :-) Plus, it allows me to come up with new fillings, which makes it very versatile!
Sweet potatoes are very smooth and creamy when boiled, then baked, and shallots add a crunchy texture. The combination of them is very mild and aromatic, so make sure you spice it up to your liking!


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After Trent Roleau, 21, graduates from Vermont Technical College next year, he hopes to start a small-scale diversified farm on a property owned by his parents near where he grew up in Lincoln. Roleau's parents own Isham Brook Farm, and Trent grew up caring for pigs, collecting maple sap every spring and competing in draft horse competitions around New England. You can hear more about his story below as part of our Making a Life in Addison County series, and you can read about his family in a July 29 print article. Dramatic video of Roleau corralling four runaway horses is also available here.
You've seen the headlines, you've heard the personal stories from friends and neighbors: Vermont needs to create more opportunities for its young people or else they will leave the state. But many young adults choose to stay here and many others return after a few years away.
The "Making a life in Addison County" series will take a closer look at the lives of the 7,000 people between ages 20 and 34 who live in this county. What are they doing? Why did they stay or come back? How are they making it? Among other things, the series will look at the effect of the tough job market on the lives of young adults, whether they plan on remaining in the area and how they see the future of Addison County.
It will include profiles in the newspaper, and a weekly multimedia profile. Find them here.
And if you have a story that deserves to be told about your decision to make Vermont your home, we want to hear from you. E-mail tips and ideas to [email protected] or call 388-4944.
Young adults in Addison County by the numbers:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau


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Defenders of Wildlife produces many reports, fact sheets, tip sheets and other types of publications.
Use the dropdown boxes below to find publications related to specific animals, conservation issues, and regions.
The available funding to recover threatened and endangered species will likely continue to be limited. Given this harsh reality, explicit prioritization of recovery actions is increasingly necessary. FWS, BLM and other federal agencies can begin making smarter decisions about their funding through modest forms of prioritization. This paper describes three recent examples of programs that use explicit criteria to decide which competing conservation actions to fund. The paper concludes with recommendations on how agencies can improve and expand on these systems.
Guiding principles to encourage interdisciplinary approaches to assessing the social, ecological, and economic benefits of ecosystems and biodiversity, and their interdependent relationships. Reports developed at a workshop held in July 2013 at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon.
In 2011, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced that it will consider listing the sage-grouse under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in 2015. This pending deadline prompted federal agencies to initiate the National Greater Sage-Grouse Planning Strategy, an effort to update land-use plans with new measures to conserve sage-grouse and potentially preclude the need to list the species.
Defenders of Wildlife's comments on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's draft "Strategic Growth Policy" for the National Wildlife Refuge System. The draft policy is intended to guide how the Fish and Wildlife Service will add lands and new wildlife refuges to the Refuge System.
Testimony of Defenders' Vice President for Landscape Conservation and Climate Adaptation before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee at a hearing titled "Natural Resources Adaptation: Protecting ecosystems and economies" held February 25, 2014. In the testimony, Defenders highlights the need to maintain and restore ecosystems to prepare society for the impacts of climate change, and to provide more resources and policy direction to land and wildlife managers to assist them in coping with climate change. The testimony recommends enacting the SAFE Act, implementing the National Fish, Wildlife and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy, and conserving large, connected landscapes.
United States agricultural policy has huge impacts upon wildlife and its habitats. Historically, subsidy payments were tied to requirements that farmers take basic conservation measures (conservation compliance) on their lands. With the emergence of crop insurance as a large part of the farm safety net it is critical to link conservation compliance with these policies in order to protect our lands, water and habitat that wildlife depends upon.
Learn about the rules and details of FWS public hearings, and get tips on how to present your testimony at the wolf delisting public hearing in Pinetop, AZ.
Thinking of attending the Fish and Wildlife Service wolf delisting public hearing in Denver, CO on November 19? Learn about the rules and details of FWS public hearings, and get tips on how to present your testimony.
The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) clearly has a role to play in how projects with a federal nexus prepare for climate change.


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Richard Land, Southern Baptist policy leader
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The Southern Baptist Convention approved a new resolution at its meeting in Arizona this week advocating a path to legal status for illegal immigrants, in a move that policy leader Richard Land described as "a really classic illustration of gospel love and gospel witness."
The resolution passed Wednesday also calls on Southern Baptists to minister to all people and to reject bigotry and harassment toward all people, regardless of their country of origin or immigration status.
"I think Southern Baptists understand it's just not politically viable to send an estimated 12 to 15 million undocumented immigrants back where they came from," said the Rev. Paul Jimenez, pastor of Taylors First Baptist Church in Taylors, S.C., and chairman of the SBC's resolutions committee. "It's not humane either."
A motion to strike the reference to a path to legal status was narrowly defeated by a vote of 766 to 723, according to the SBC's Baptist Press.
When the resolution was amended to say that it was "not to be construed as support for amnesty for any undocumented immigrant," it passed by a wide margin with a show of raised ballots.
The resolution calls for "appropriate restitutionary measures" from any immigrants seeking legal status. It also calls on the government to prioritize border security and hold businesses accountable for their hiring.
Many attending the SBC's annual meeting in Phoenix where the resolution was adopted may not have known that it echoes the denomination's official position on immigration as outlined by the SBC's public policy arm, the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission.
"I've been saying for a couple of years now that this is where a majority of Southern Baptists are at," said Land, the president of the ERLC. "Some people in the media have been somewhat doubtful. ...Then this year we voted 80-20 supporting it."
Land said the fact that the resolution only got broad approval after the addition of language denouncing amnesty showed that many people don't understand what amnesty is.
"Restitution is not amnesty," Land said.
All Southern Baptist churches are independent, so the resolution is not binding on them, but it does represent the will of the Nashville-based Southern Baptist Convention, the nation's largest protestant denomination, with over 16 million members.
The resolution was one of several signs at this year's meeting that the SBC, which has been declining in membership and baptisms in recent years, sees ethnic diversity as one of the keys to a turnaround.
Delegates at this year's meeting also passed a resolution that seeks greater participation among what it sometimes calls its "non-Anglo" members in the life of the convention, particularly in leadership roles. And they elected an African-American to the position of first vice-president for the first time, possibly setting up the Rev. Fred Luter Jr. to be elected president at next year's convention in his hometown of New Orleans.
Jimenez said the two resolutions were not coordinated but both stemmed from the same impulse.
"I think what it does say is that we are now thinking of our convention's reach beyond just ... white Southern churches," he said.
The fact that the convention was held in Arizona, a state that many groups boycotted after it passed a tough immigration law last year, was part of the impetus for the resolution, but not the main part, Jimenez said.
"The most important reason of all is that we see these individuals as people who so desperately need to hear the gospel."
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It's been widely reported that illegal aliens comprise upwards of 27 percent of the US prison and jail population. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection – two agencies within the Department of Homeland Security – claim in several reports that they've apprehended over 100,000 criminal aliens whose offenses go far beyond violation of immigration laws and regulations.
Sadly, only about 25 percent of expenses for imprisoning criminal aliens is reimbursed by the federal government to state and local governments. This creates a hardship for taxpayers in states with high incarceration rates for criminal aliens. The proponents of open borders or lax immigration enforcement always point to the benefits derived from illegal immigration such as the amount of taxes they pay into the government system. Evidence, however, exists that refutes those claims. For instance, there is an abundance of anecdotal evidence that suggests a large number of illegal aliens are paid "off-the-books" therefore those wages are not taxed.
The National Research Council has estimated that the net fiscal cost of immigration ranges from $11 billion to $22 billion per year, with most government expenditures on immigrants coming from state and local coffers, while most taxes paid by immigrants who actually do pay taxes go to the federal treasury.
The net deficit is caused by a low level of tax payments by immigrants, because they are disproportionately low-skilled and thus earn low wages, and a higher rate of consumption of government services, both because of their relative poverty and their higher fertility.
This is especially true of illegal immigration. Even though illegal aliens make little use of welfare, from which they are generally barred, the costs of illegal immigration in terms of government expenditures for education, criminal justice, and emergency medical care are significant.
Californian officials have estimated that the net cost to taxpayers in order to provide government services to illegal immigrants approached $3 billion during a single fiscal year. The fact that states must bear the cost of federal failure turns illegal immigration, in effect, into one of the largest unfunded federal mandates existing today.
In addition, according to the Center for Immigration Studies, even with free trade, the United States continues to enjoy a higher real wage than other nations, due to the superiority of US technology. If taken to an extreme and the US removed all barriers to migration, most foreign workers would move to the United States, lured by the higher wages available here; Foreign labor would essentially cease to exist.
However, with all labor now in the United States, the prices of goods would return to their level of self-sufficiency, prior to the opening of trade. That is, perfectly free migration entirely eliminates the gains from trade that US natives had enjoyed. World income rose with the migration, but the natives of foreign countries in this case received more than all of this rise, since the income of US natives declined. With the world's majority of low-wage workers in the US, there would be tremendous damage to free trade and its benefits, with US middle and upper-middle class workers suffering the brunt of declining wages.
The urge for a utopian state of existence and a desire to make all things equal by the American Left has given way to a desire simply to make all things equal sans utopia. In their passion for a neo-Marxist level for the masses, they've decided consciously or subconsciously that if they could not bring the World's population up to the American level of prosperity and wealth, then they will bring US citizens down to the World's level of poverty and misery. For this is a result of seeing free trade as a zero-sum entity, and self-alienation of the American Left from their own country, the USA.
The problem isn't about the need for new laws; the problem is about the lack of enforcement of existing laws. The US Constitution provides the executive branch with a number of inherent powers such as the enforcement of immigration laws.
The Constitution also mandates that the President protect American sovereignty and the American people. That is the number one priority for our government – of it should be. And congress is mandated to provide domestic tranquility for Americans. Criminal alien gangbangers do not add to our domestic tranquility.
Why is it suddenly necessary for congress to pass laws on illegal immigration when we haven't been enforcing the laws that already exist. The executive branch has the power to add border agents, equipment and other resources. The President has the power to use the military if necessary to enhance border protection. Passing laws is an easy, painless process. The trick is to enforce those laws.
And why isn't the US government arresting illegal aliens while they are protesting in our city's streets all across the country? The protest organizers, are said to be sponsored by left-wing groups including Open Borders and MEChA, are protesting the border security bill that passed the US House of Representatives in December and is still awaiting passage by the US Senate.
The University of Texas at El Paso recently conducted a study that found the following: Treating illegal immigrants in hospitals accounts for nearly one quarter of the uncompensated costs at border county hospitals in Cochise County. That county in Arizona spends tens of thousands of dollars just picking up trash left at campsites by these illegals. Prosecuting and jailing illegals costs this county an additional $5 million a year. And 25 percent of Cochise County's budget is paid for health care for the uninsured, the majority of whom are illegally in the country.
In another study of a sample group of 55,000 criminal aliens, it was discovered they accounted for over 400,000 arrests and more than 700,000 criminal acts including felonies. In Los Angeles, the city that's hosting the protest – which was whole-heartedly endorsed by its mayor – 95% of the outstanding arrest warrants for homicides are for illegal aliens and 65% of all felony warrants are for so-called undocumented immigrants. Are they committing the crimes Americans won't commit?
Sources: National Criminal Justice Research Service, Department of Justice, The Center for Immigration Studies, National Institute of Justice
Jim Kouri, CPP is currently fifth vice-president of the National Association of Chiefs of Police and he's a staff writer for the New Media Alliance (thenma.org). In addition, he's the blog editor for the House Conservatives Fund's weblog. Recently, the editors Examiner.com appointed him as their Law Enforcement Examiner. Kouri also serves as political advisor for Emmy and Golden Globe winning actor Michael Moriarty.
He's former chief at a New York City housing project in Washington Heights nicknamed "Crack City" by reporters covering the drug war in the 1980s. In addition, he served as director of public safety at a New Jersey university and director of security for several major organizations. He's also served on the National Drug Task Force and trained police and security officers throughout the country. Kouri writes for many police and security magazines including Chief of Police, Police Times, The Narc Officer and others. He's a news writer for NewswithViews.com and PHXnews.com. He's also a columnist for AmericanDaily.Com, NewsCream.Com, MichNews.Com, and he's syndicated by AXcessNews.Com. He's appeared as on-air commentator for over 300 TV and radio news and talk shows including Oprah, McLaughlin Report, CNN Headline News, MTV, Fox News, etc. His book Assume The Position is available at Amazon.Com. Kouri's own website is located at


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Mokelumne Wilderness
IntroductionThe United States Congress designated the Mokelumne Wilderness (map) in 1964 and it now has a total of 104,050 acres. All of this wilderness is located in California and is managed by the Forest Service.
DescriptionThe Mokelumne River bisects remote mountainous terrain where elevations range from about 4,000 feet near Salt Springs Reservoir outside the southwest corner to over 10,000 feet on Round Top Peak in the north. Shallow valleys lying north of Mokelumne Peak (9,332 feet), in the southern portion of the area, hide many small lakes. The river canyon is extremely rugged and poison oak grows in profusion along the banks. In general, though, glaciers have smoothed the area, leaving the well-placed trails relatively easy to hike. In spring and summer, several large meadows scattered throughout the wild land bloom with a riot of wildflower color. You'll find stands of timber over much of this Wilderness. No fires are allowed above 8,000 feet, and in the Carson Pass Management Area including Winnemucca, Round Top, Fourth of July, and Emigrant Lakes, and on the north and east sides of Salt Springs Reservoir. The Raymond Peak area located in the eastern section, provides some additional mountain scenery. By late summer, seasonal water courses are often dry. A prolific trail system that includes 20 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail contributes to moderate to heavy human use in the Carson Pass Management Area. Most use occurs along the shores of Winnemucca, Round Top and Fourth of July Lake. The remainder of the wilderness area has far less use and provides many opportunities for experiencing solitude.
Planning to Visit the Mokelumne Wilderness?
- Print a fact sheet
- General things to consider when visiting any wilderness
- Regulations, Fees, Permits
- Contact the Forest Service
- Visit the National Forest wilderness website
Leave No TraceHow to follow the seven standard Leave No Trace principles differs in different parts of the country (desert vs. Rocky Mountains). Click on any of the principles listed below to learn more about how they apply in the Mokelumne Wilderness.
- Plan Ahead and Prepare
- Travel and Camp on Durable Surfaces
- Dispose of Waste Properly
- Leave What You Find
- Minimize Campfire Impacts
- Respect Wildlife
- Be Considerate of Other Visitors


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Many people live and work in Albany and the surrounding suburbs but few realize that just a short drive away, our county's farmers are working hard on their small family farms to provide fresh, nutritious fruits, vegetables, meats, and milk. In Albany County, farmers own and care for approximately 60,000 acres of privately owned land. These lands are not only a valuable soil resource for food production, but they also serve as wildlife habitat and buffers to water resources, and enhance the scenic landscape. By promoting local products and keeping our small farms in business, we can maintain the many benefits that farms and farmland provide.
Why Eat and Buy Local?


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13.7 Yards Robert Allen Jungle Printed Cotton Decorator Fabric in Teal. This heavier weight printed fabric is perfect for window treatments, decorative pillows, handbags, mid duty upholstery applications and almost any craft project. This fabric has a soft workable feel yet is stable and durable.
You receive an extra discount on this fabric due to the following imperfection(s): Printed off register.
- Fiber Content: Cotton
- Width: 54" (inches)
- Note: the price is for the entire yardage in this listing


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UNT Home | Graduate Studies
UNT offers 88 master's degree programs and 37 doctoral programs - with many programs nationally recognized.
Lists degrees, majors, concentrations under majors, minor disciplines, certifications, endorsements and preprofessional programs.
Requirements vary by department. Visit the specific department catalog information for required courses.
The University of North Texas is a student-focused public research university dedicated to providing superior graduate education, scholarship and artistic endeavors. We are the most comprehensive university in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. With excellent academics and distinguished faculty, UNT lights the way for graduate students.


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Zoloft rape case: An article in the Oct. 27 LATExtra section about the death of a former Westminster police detective convicted of kidnapping and rape said that California law considers an alcohol-induced blackout voluntary intoxication, "which does meet the criteria for legal insanity." The sentence should have said that voluntary intoxication does not meet the criteria.
Sonic sampling: In the Oct. 28 Arts & Books section, an article about the culture of music sampling said that a YouTube user named Hugh Atkin created a video cut-up of Barack Obama "rapping" new rhymes about Mitt Romney by adapting Jay-Z's "99 Problems." Atkin's video was an adaptation of Eminem's "The Real Slim Shady."
Kubrick exhibit: On the cover of the Oct. 28 Calendar section, an item directing readers to an article about a Stanley Kubrick exhibition at LACMA gave the wrong page number for that article. It was on D5, not D6. Page D6 contained a different article, about an early Kubrick film.
"Wreck-It Ralph": In the Oct. 28 Calendar section, two photo captions that accompanied an article about the animated movie "Wreck-It Ralph" misspelled director Rich Moore's first name as Rick.
Donald Takayama: The obituary of surfboard designer Donald Takayama in the Oct. 25 LATExtra section said that he was survived by his wife and three daughters. He had four daughters.
Catholic saints: An article in Section A on Oct. 21 about the canonization of seven new saints said that Mother Marianne Cope, a member of the Sisters of St. Francis, worked with leprosy patients on the island of Kalaupapa in Hawaii. Kalaupapa is a town on the island of Molokai.
Zillow.com foreclosures: An article in the Oct. 26 Business section about real estate website Zillow.com launching a feature that shows whether a property is in foreclosure said that the site initially would provide details on 1.8 million homes in the foreclosure process. The correct number is 1.2 million homes.
Boulder City: In the Oct. 21 Section A, an article about Boulder City, the only major city in Nevada where gambling is banned, implied that the Hoover Dam was completed in 1960. The dam was constructed between 1931 and 1936.


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Yes, I was one of those kids in elementary school that you rolled your eyes at in annoyance. I boiled with excitement at the announcement of any type of project that required research. I could already visualize myself with a tall glass of cherry Kool-aid with golf ball-sized ice cubes, flat on my belly in my grandmother's library. She had every issue of National Geographic from (seemingly) 1908 to present day. There were 32 sets of encyclopedias, yellowed newspaper clippings, atlases bigger than the console TV and Sally. Sally was my grandparents' Great Pyreneese who doubled as a very comfortable, but heavy-panting bean bag chair.
In our familial library, I researched the Galapagos Islands to the extent that I could probably still beat Charles Darwin in Jeopardy on that category. I spent countless prone hours making footnotes and line drawings of blue footed boobies, tortoises, frigate birds and the mighty albatross. I studied the aurora borealis, Orion, the Amazon, the Loch Ness monster and Bigfoot with PhD concentration.
I am still a mad researcher, especially when planning a trip—whether it's the province beside us, the Congo or Angel Falls, Venezuela.
Two weeks ago, Kim and I went to the Ice Hotel in Quebec, and added a few extra days to absorb the romance and charms of Quebec City. She had never been, and my memories were rooted in a grade 8 trip that involved a maple sugar shack, a creepy church that had crutches and canes nailed to its walls from those who had been cured of their ills, and a snore trip to the Plains of Abraham.
As the date approached, I flipped through a Lonely Planet guide and made note of the Artillery Park that housed the army barracks and ammunition factory that operated until 1964. The Cathedral of Holy Trinity seemed to be worthy of a drop in, just to see the oak pews imported from the Windsor Castle's Royal Forest by two Brit military officers.
I refreshed my Canadian history lessons that had expired long ago. As a bigger fan of geography and art class (well, every class over history), reading about the Citadel was largely brand new to me. I shared all my findings with Kim. La Citadelle, built by the British, had cannons pointing at the river and Quebec City itself. There was fear of an American invasion coupled with a revolt by the French.
I made point form notes on the Eglise Notre Dame Des Victories, built in 1688 (the oldest church in Canada and the US). A wooden ship hangs on the ceiling as a good luck charm to those making ocean crossings.
And that was enough of the history. Who was I kidding? I had to research where and what we were going to eat! I sat myself down with a glass of Malbec and pulled up Frommer's on Google. Moving on to more serious matters, I tapped in: "Best place for poutine."
Then I was on a tangent.
The L'inox had a Viking cranberry beer made with barley, wheat, local honey and cranberries. A friend of a friend on Facebook insisted on the L'inox hot dogs. Hot dogs? I do a hot dog maybe once a year at a staff barbeque, and even then it's mostly an emergency situation– so I don't tip over from half a dozen beers . However, we did as we were told, except I thought we were supposed to have the hot dog at L'oncle Antoine's, which we did. It was as long as my forearm, served on a buttered bun that somehow tasted exactly like a pogo stick, without the deep fry treatment. After braving sub zero temperatures and a bitchy wind from the east (might have been the west, it seemed like it was coming from all directions, really), that hot dog was the best thing I'd eaten in a month.
Each day I pulled out "The List," folded neater than a map in one of my pockets (often lost in one of those many pockets). I had listings for brioche with caramelized pears, elk with sautéed apples and leeks, duckling in maple syrup, the best pheasant and buffalo casserole, caribou in blueberry wine sauce, where to get yard long beers and spaghetti bolognaise, hot fresh crepes that tasted like clouds and dreams, the local secret "Epicerie de la Rue Coillard," where to get strawberry basil truffles and a place that was gaga over all things maple syrup (Le Petite Cabane a Sucre du Quebec).
Kim was my perfect food adventurer sidekick. Even when it was snowing and blowing of Arctic proportions, and we needed snowshoes to traverse the city sidewalks, she was at my side, willing to walk three miles for a wild boar burger. Because Chez Victor had the best ones. They were so good we could hardly speak after our epic walk and thaw. We drank pints of Boreale stout and Griffon Rousse, embracing the local beer-making community and swooned over our burgs. I had a Cerf (venison) burger with pears braised in red wine. Kim found love in the Le Sanglier (wild boar) burger with brandied Portobellos and rosemary-maple mayo. Our plates arrived heaving with at least a pound of fries each. Hot, oily, salty and so sublime when dunked in more of the rosemary-maple mayo that came in a side dish.
I think we were still half-starved from our dinner the day before at Le Dijon. Prior to our stay at the Ice Hotel we thought French Onion soup would be a wise and O Canada-esque choice. And it was. But, the salad we decided to split came in a shot glass with a blade of grass shooting out of the top of it. Kim and I split the grass evenly and the smoked trout and scallops that were given a beauty treatment on the menu were more suitable for a sandpiper versus humans.
I think I ate that entire pound of fries, save for three or four.
Pre-trip notions that we would eat poutine and croissants on a daily basis actually fell through because we ran out of days to eat. But we did have a high roller pit stop at the Fairmont Chateau Frontenac to take in two beers for $20. As a former Fairmont Royal York employee, it's a bit of a pilgrimage for me. I feel obliged to visit any Fairmont in my radius and breathe in that old gentleman's club feel of wood and polished brass.
We did attempt to see the Citadel, choosing a road that seemed to run parallel to it on the map. Indeed it did, but the map didn't show the 50 foot cliff of Canadian Shield that split the road and the entrance. Again, it was Arctic conditions and we opted for the semi-roaring fire and warm hug of a pub called Le Pape Georges. The exposed stone walls and rustic feel transported us back to fur trader days when a day's work required whiskey in the debrief.
A pint later, after a sunset ferry to Levi across the St. Lawrence and the bobbing ice floes, we found refuge at 1670, a swanky joint that prefers hushed voices and overly attentive staff ready to dab the corners of our mouths with napkins if need be. We found another fire to sit beside, this one a modern gas and ambient. We had been working on the caloric intake of our Pain Beni breakfast (located inside Auberge D'Armes, our fairy tale attic loft in the shadows of the Frontenac). Kim had an open-face Croque Monsieur with Bernaise sauce, as I embraced the pillowy French toast with strawberry preserves to be extra authentic while in Quebec City. It came with a side baton of bread pudding that tasted exactly like French toast, but without the mess of the syrup.
At 1670 we ordered half a carafe of a French white and the venison and rabbit stew. And I thanked Kim for not being a vegetarian. The stew was a perfect salve to a winter's day in Quebec. Thick and sinfully rich, but unfortunately, doled out in prisoner rations. We went back to our hotel room and ate 600 pistachio nuts shortly after.
In our travels that day (a failed attempt to see the Church of Notre Dame), we re-routed in Place D'Youville and happened upon a lumberjack-shirted man who was all smiles and joie de vivre. And I now know why. He was serving up hundreds of miniature ice cream cones filled with maple butter and syrup. In heaven, this will be my breakfast food of choice. With bacon.
The cones swept me back to childhood days when we would buy less palatable versions for 25 cents. The maple syrup was usually a rock hard plug that made the cone disintegrate with a single bite. These? Perfectly executed.
We moved on to the Erico Choco Musee (chocolate museum, for those who are French as a forgotten high school language). Most of the tiny museum was in French (duh), but, the chocolate was in a universal language of decadent. Kim had the Coccinelle with pacanes sautees au beurre dans un caramel a la fleur de sel. I praised my French teachers of yore, because I could translate that truffle! I opted for the Miquette with a puree de poires Bartlett et fromage de chevre (pear puree with goat cheese). We found another chocolate shop in a few hours and tried a lavender and Szechuan pepper dark chocolate. Which, as you might imagine, tasted like Nana's bathwater with a hit of Vick's Vapo Rub.
Of all our wanders, L'oncle Antoine's was our favourite hideaway. The ambience was quintessential Quebec. A fire burning bright, story-telling stone walls and the world outside carrying on, but far from our thoughts. I had a Dieu au Ceil rye peppercorn beer that mimicked the sensation of swallowing tiny embers. Kim went for a blonde (beer), and we made quick work of that gourmet European hot dog.
I always believe that you should leave something to return to in a place. A reason to go back. And our reasons will be:
The Citadel (just because we should try again), the bison and duck burgers at Chez Victor, poutine at Chez Ashton and a flaky croissant, somewhere.
I'll be sure to research that.


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Read Around the World Summer Reading Series
We first discovered this book over two years ago when looking for books about Mexico and Mexican history to read for Cinco De Mayo, and we loved it! Duncan Tonatiuh is one of my favorite authors and illustrators. This book, in particular, inspired Wild Thing to explore painting -- something he was previously reluctant to do. It also inspired some cubist play dough activities. We previously shared 4 ways to Move, Draw, Eat and Learn with this fabulous book.
I've also added this Tonatiuh book to my "must-read" list: Pancho Rabbit and the Coyota: A Migrant's Tale, which is a modern-day fable that touches on a very important (and timely) topic: immigration. It was brought to my attention recently by Latinas for Latino Lit as they shared a selection of 6 Children's Book About the Immigration Experience.
We're really enjoying all of the books we're discovered through the Multicultural Kid Blogs' Read Around the World Summer Reading Series -- and hope you are too! You can find them all on the Read Around the World Pinboard! Shared this at the Creative Kids Culture Blog Hop!
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Happy New Year!
Hopefully your 2010 is off to a great start. Price's year has already been busy and filled with visits to Price Research Center North. Today's video blog shows an interview and some clips from the latest visit from Toronto's MCW Consultants Ltd. MCW is doing a lot of work with the government of Nunavut, Canada. MCW's website explains:
"The 39 government buildings in the capital of Canada's newest territory consume $5.5 million of energy and water annually. MCW will be providing a savings-guaranteed and fully-financed energy performance program. The buildings include educational and health care facilities, office buildings, and residential buildings in the city of Iqaluit. This program is a key component of the Nunavut Energy Management Program and the Save 10 initiative."
It sounds like a very challenging and exciting project, so Price was very happy that MCW visited Price Research Center North to do some testing for an Iqaluit educational facility. Check out the video below!
Good morning, I hope you enjoyed our very first video blog on Friday. If you missed it, check it out here. Today's post is another video blog, also filmed in Price Research Center North, but it's about a completely different project. Last week a couple of researchers from Berkeley University in California traveled to Winnipeg to study displacement systems in the Radiant Test Chamber. Although Dr. Bauman explains it best in the video below, the main focus of the study was to better understand how displacement systems interact with radiant systems. Although the results are still in development (an official paper based on the results is being compiled as we speak), my sources in the lab tell me that Berkeley's findings were quite extensive. We'll keep you updated as we hear more. For now, check out how the lab team set up the Radiant Test Chamber, and see what the research was all about:
Hello everyone,
It's Friday already (the weeks seem to fly by here at the office) and I hope you all have great weekends lined up. For our friends, colleagues, and customers in the states – I hope you all have enjoyed your Thanksgivings and that you get to spend lots of time with family (or shopping all the Black Friday sales!).
Today's post is our very first video blog! I think we are really starting off with a bang! We had a team of experts in from Germany to do some product testing at Price Research Center North. The team in the lab set up our cold room so that a huge glass window wall could be tested with -30 degree temperatures. The test was part of the development/construction of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, which is an amazing building not only for the historic value it will have inside, but for its architecture and design:
A major challenge for the team building this new Winnipeg landmark is making sure that the glass walls can withstand a regular room temperature on one side, and -30 degree temperatures on the other side without having any problems (like condensation, frost, etc.). That's where Price comes in! Check out the video below for more details on how we rigged up the huge glass wall!
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ICEsoft Technologies and the NetBeans Community have announced support of the ICEfaces open source Ajax framework in the development and deployment of rich, JavaServer Faces (JSF) applications using the NetBeans IDE and GlassFish application server. ICEfaces extends JSF application support by providing automatic Ajax capabilities while preserving the server-side Java EE programming model, thus reducing the need for low-level JavaScript development.
"ICEfaces delivers a comprehensive enterprise-class JavaServer Faces solution that complements Sun's enterprise software infrastructure. The seamless integration of ICEfaces with NetBeans and GlassFish provides developers with a powerful open source Java technology-based solution for the development and deployment of Web 2.0 applications," said Arseniy Kuznetsov, NetBeans Director of Engineering.
In addition, ICEfaces offers several enhancements to GlassFish, the Sun-sponsored open source application server. ICEfaces 1.7.1 introduced the central Ajax Push Engine that allows a single instance of GlassFish/Grizzly to support multiple ICEfaces Ajax Push applications, all sharing the Grizzly Asynchronous Request Processing engine. An auto-detect feature has also been added to seamlessly auto-configure the Ajax Push Engine on GlassFish, which greatly simplifies the task of deploying ICEfaces Ajax Push applications with GlassFish.
The most recent release of ICEfaces is available here and you can download the ICEfaces NetBeans plug-in here.


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Hi friends,
I've got a Haicom HI-204-III GPS receiver (It looks like a Mouse) that I'm able to use with success on my laptop and my Zauri C-3200 USB Host port, with a ps/II to USB adaptor ( RS-USB-HT M203060 RoHS V02).
Since I have my very lovely SL-5500, which I find amazing and very useful, I want to connect the GPS receiver to the I/O port on my Collie.
I've been searching at the forum and it seems that nobody uses that kind of GPS.
I've purchased the connectors from Fivestars in order to try to build my own cable, but now I don't know exactly what to do.
First, I don't know if I have to connect the zauri I/O to the GPS PS/2 Mini Din 6 pins Male connector, which uses 4 pins (5 TX, 4 RX, 2 VCC, 1 GND), or to the USB adaptor ( I don't know how it's pinned).
Second I've found that the GPS unit has 5V DC Main Power input, 75 mA Supply Current, 0,38 W Power Consumption, and 3 V Li-Ion rechargeable Battery as Backup Power,
and VCC on the SL-5500 I/0 is just 3,2 V.
This makes me doubt about if it is possible for the Collie to work with this GPS because of the 5V Power input required, or if some kind of circuitery or conversion is needed.
I'm not a Pro in electronics, but I'm able to solder and I got lot of patience, so any help will be appreciated.
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MACON, Ga. – Caitlin Dotson was named Atlantic Sun Scholar-Athlete of the Year, announced by the conference Wednesday.
Dotson was the only student-athlete to be a unanimous selection on the A-Sun Academic All-Conference Team and is a two-time All-Academic Team member.
"The Scholar-Athlete of the Year is fantastic," Lipscomb head coach Brandon Rosenthal said. "She has worked extremely hard at her game volleyball wise and has been able to maintain an unbelievable grade point average in a pretty tough academic field."
Dotson carries a 3.84 cumulative GPA in biology with minors in chemistry and psychology. The Louisville, Ky., native writes a blog for LipscombSports.com diving into the details of being on the road.
Dotson was named Tuesday to the All-A Sun Second Team.
Dotson leads the conference and is 12th in the NCAA with 11.62 assists per set and has 1,162 assists. Dotson also led the conference by almost an assist per set with 12.05 in conference play.
The junior was named the A-Sun (10/8) and Tennessee Sports Writers Association (10/9) Player of the Week. Dotson has had 12 double-doubles on the season and 25 in her career.
Dotson is second on the team with 274 digs, 2.74 digs per set and has added 57 kills, 19 service aces and nine total blocks.
Lauren Ford was also named to the A-Sun Academic All-Conference Team. The sophomore has a cumulative 3.89 GPA in exercise science.
Ford was also named Tuesday to the All-A Sun Second Team.
Ford is second on the team with 375 kills, 3.75 kills per set, which ranks third in the A-Sun. The Lenexa, Kan., native is also third in the conference with a 242 conference kills, a 3.78 kills per set.
The outside hitter is third on the team with 255 digs, 2.55 digs per set. Ford is tied for second on the team with 25 service aces, 0.25 service aces per set, which ranks 10th in the conference.
Ford came on strong in the A-Sun schedule with 17 service aces, a 0.27 service aces per set, which ranks eighth in the A-Sun.
Ford was named the A-Sun (9/10) and the TSWA (9/11) Player of the Week and also named the TSWA Nov. 6. Ford has had eight double-doubles on the season.
"I give credit to both of these girls, and the rest of our program, for never making excuses for missing classes because of volleyball," Rosenthal said. "When girls come to be part of Lipscomb University's volleyball program, they understand the academic success and athletic success, go hand and hand."
No matter how successful the team is on the court, Rosenthal makes sure volleyball does not hurt their studies.
"We've been successful on the court, but what kind of gets swept under the rug, is how successful we've been off the court in the classroom," Rosenthal said. "It's a real credit to our girls, the time and effort they put in, not only being successful in volleyball, but more importantly being successful in the classroom."


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St. Gregory Legacy Society
"For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." Luke 12:34
The St. Gregory Legacy Society was established to remember and honor those who have made The Athenaeum of Ohio/Mount St. Mary's Seminary a beneficiary of their estate plans, either through a bequest, life insurance policy, charitable annuity or trust, or a gift of real estate or other property. The St. Gregory Legacy Society now has 340 members dedicated to keeping our Catholic faith alive and vibrant.
The St. Gregory Legacy Society allows you to change the lives of people you may never meet, by serving as the instrument to provide the future means to educate people to serve our Church and to spread our Catholic faith.
Your gift to the Athenaeum's endowment will benefit the Catholic faith forever.
We invite you to prayerfully consider establishing a bequest or planned gift. Your gift allows you to make a statement of support during your lifetime and create a legacy benefitting countless generations to come.
When Bishop Edward D. Fenwick founded The Athenaeum of Ohio in 1829 to form local priests to serve the local Church, he could not have envisioned the legacy he would leave - an institution destined to train thousands of priests, deacons, high school and college students, teachers and lay ministers.
To ensure that the Athenaeum can continue to provide the education and training needs of our Catholic community, we need a strong endowment - a permanent source of funding to sustain the ongoing training and formation of priests, deacons and lay ministers.
There is no minimum gift amount required from your estate, only a firm belief in the mission of The Athenaeum. Even a small sum will have a big impact over time.
Your charitable gift may also benefit you and your family by providing an income tax deduction, helping you to avoid capital gains, reducing your estate taxes or providing a steady stream of annual income.
Contact your financial advisor or Lori Rassati, director of advancement, at 513-233-6161 or at firstname.lastname@example.com to join the St. Gregory Legacy Society or to further explore charitable gift options.


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Valkieser Multi Media about their CD-i experience
>> Monday, December 3, 2007
Interactive Dreams traced a former employee of Valkieser Multimedia, who were responsible for several CD-i titles like Tim & Beer and responsible for other CD-i productions commissioned by larger companies including Philips, Motorola and T1 New Media (professional and consumer titles). He is introduced as following: "I facilitated design and development of several award winning interactive productions for Valkieser Multi Media BV, for international clients including Philips Media and many broadcasters like NOB." Valkieser also developed applications based on Amiga 4000 (MC68000 assembly) for television game-shows.
Unlike other contacts, he does not remember CD-i through pink glasses: "I used to develop software on CD-i as a software engineer at Valkieser. And I can tell you why CD-i never made it to a success. Philips made it nearly impossible to write games on CD-i. The big problem was because Philips designed the whole CD-i system around the Green Book, so every CD-i program had to be tested on all aspects and it should be compatible with all varieties of systems that were available. There were actually a lot of different players around and the more that were developed, the harder it got to get the software compatible with all systems. Along the years, the situation only got more complicated, and it seemed that older software wasn't compatible enough so we had to re-issue one as well.
How nice it was that Philips 'standardized' the hardware, but unfortunately you weren't able to control the hardware at low-level. Everything had to be done via the Operating System (CD-RTOS, that's simply OS/9 with loads of extensions for CD-i). Every title went to Philips first to be tested. And when your title didn't pass through their tests, you were simply not allowed to publish it. At CD-i development it was far more tight than it has ever been for Nintendo publishers on Nintendo systems. And you can imagine it cost more money than necessary to make all your software compatible on so many fronts so in that respect it was very difficult to get something done on CD-i. For example, the simplicity of the Tim & Bear games made them popular but it could be a lot better...
With this in mind, it was never possible to get the maximum out of CD-i, while the hardware of the CD-i was actually better than that of Amiga (both were 68000 machines). That was very unfortunate to Philips en very sad for developers. Because of this attitude by Philips, developers like us were not very enthusiastic about innovating our own software. That's because, when you didn't walk the line of the Philips people, your project could easily get delayed for months and the money cost raised a lot instead of that it gained money for you (and that was still the most important thing). I sound like I didn't have a good job at Valkieser but that's definately not the case, I had a lot of fun at Valkieser, it was just that we had a lot of problems when programming on CD-i.
And then, the Sony Playstation arrived. First, the design of the Playstation was far more simple so it was cheaper. Along with that, Playstation had 3D hardware, which CD-i lacked. And the developers were allowed to program the 3D chips directly. The whole hardware was also standardized by Sony, but far more simple to get the max out of it. The Playstation allowed for much more freedom to create games.
Did you know Philips shared the copyrights with Sony of CD-i development?" Yes, we know that, it's a lovely history!
Valkieser also developed applications for gameshows on the dutch television (Like NOB). For example, Valkieser excecuted the computer desk and animations of Lingo (the television show a CD-i game was also based on: Lingo by SPC Vision (not te be confused!). Those were all rendered on a Silicon, and assembled on a Amiga 4000. The pictures in this article show some of the titles Valkieser was responsible for during their CD-i period: Mega Popclassics was a gift of the dutch "Platen-10-daagse"in 1995. It's a well-known CD-i title though because it shows two unreleased games on CD-i: Discworld and Voyeur 2. Tim & Bear was the most profitable and most successfull series of Valkieser and very popular with children. Over four different themes (Hospital, Airport, Harbour, Movies...) were developed. Valkieser was also responsible for the Digital Video gift with new CD-i players: Director's Cut: Rosebud was a videoCD single featuring their clip and it was the very first digital video title available on CD-i for the consumer market. Finally, they were responsible for some reference titles on CD-i like "In the wake of Captain Cook" and "Journeys through 19th Century London"
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POSITION: Administrative Assistant
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REPORTS TO: Vice President of Instruction and Student Services
SALARY: $10.58 per hour
An administrative assistant provides clerical and administrative support for the Office of Student Services. He or she maintains and organizes an office conducive to efficiency and productivity. An administrative assistant serves as the first line of contact with students, other employees, and the public; makes them feel welcome; and provides prompt service or appropriate referrals. He or she is also responsible for communicating effectively in person, on the telephone, and through email messages. Administrative assistants proficiently use various computer software programs (e.g., Microsoft Office, Ellucian/Banner, etc.), keep records and maintain files, issue college equipment, and track inventory. He or she assists with report writing, creating presentation materials, making posters, and writing press releases.
Nature of Work: This position performs administrative and clerical duties for the office requiring attention to detail, timeliness and accuracy. Position must be able to handle several tasks under pressure in a dynamic environment. The incumbent must adhere to standards of confidentiality of information and documentation, and must remain friendly and welcoming to all persons contacted or coming into the office. He or she must effectively work with a diverse group of people.
Personal Contacts: Daily contact with students, faculty, staff, and the public.
Supervision Received: Supervision from the Vice President of Instruction and Student Services
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Essential Functions: Position requires ability to: communicate well orally and in writing; type and file, answer the telephone, determine and set work priorities, make purchases, prepare bills for payment, maintain and prepare accurate records, operate and apply current computer knowledge including current word processing and database software, assist with collecting data and submitting reports.
- Provides excellent service to students, faculty, staff, and the public, and makes appropriate referrals to other College units as necessary.
- Maintains and secures departmental records, and maintains appropriate confidentiality and document security.
- Coordinates and schedules appointments and meetings; takes minutes for meetings hosted by the department as directed.
- Proficiently uses various computer software programs (e.g., Microsoft Office, Ellucian/Banner, etc.).
- Issues college equipment and tracks inventory.
- Maintains files and processes documentation (e.g., travel vouchers, invoices, etc.).
- Creates and prepares mailing lists, posters, and brochures for workshops and events.
- Provides relevant training for student employees.
- Gathers and compiles data, creates reports, and develops presentation.
- Assists with monitoring departmental expenditures.
- Assists, as appropriate, with departmental programs, services, and tasks (e.g., proctors tests, organizes and executes conferences and events, processes mass mailings, etc.).
- Complies with College policies and procedures regarding work schedule, punctuality, leave requests, and confidentiality of all information.
- Cooperates with other staff and demonstrates respect for other employees to contribute to a positive and efficient working environment.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Knowledge: This position requires a thorough knowledge of office procedures and techniques, computers and software usage, telephone etiquette, and College services and unit responsibilities.
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- An Associate's degree in Business, Communications or related field; or experience equivalent to the required degree
- Two years of office experience with a high degree of responsibility
- Experience using Microsoft Word and Excel
- Experience in an institution of higher learning
- Bachelors' degree
- Advanced skills in writing or editing press releases and/or presentation materials
- Skills in data research
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The Wild Good: Lesbian Photographs and Writings on Love
Bea Gates
Anchor Books, 1996 - Social Science - 270 pages
An arrestingly vivid collection of photographs, letters, poetry, fiction, interviews and memoir, the Wild Good offers a multidimensional portrait of the many sustaining forms of love among lesbians. In forty-five text pieces divided into five sections, editor Beatrix Gates seeks to describe the complex constellations lesbians inhabit: from friendship to family, from body and spirit to the legacy of community, and to romantic and sexual expressions of love. The Wild Good is a rich testimony woven from the work of prominent figures like Dorothy Allison, Chrystos, Jewelle Gomez and Audre Lorde, and emerging talents like Shay Youngblood, Eileen Myles, Lisa Kron and Gale Jackson. Unique to the Wild Good are thirty-five duotone photographs by acclaimed lesbian photographers and filmmakers that provide a moving visual commentary on lesbian love. Encompassing both landscapes and portraits, both intimate family moments and erotic still lifes, the Wild Good brings the scope and power of lesbian photography to life in images from artists like Margaret Randall, Luz Maria Gordillo, Barbara Hammer, Shu Lea Cheang and Zoe Leonard.
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How I Learned to Grow a Beard, Read a Parcel Map and Write a Manifesto in Ten Easy Steps
In the past week I've received several emails asking me about how I found my land. Last year I wrote a guest article for the Small Living Journal called "Finding Land For Living".
With all the recent questions coming in, I decided to re-post the article here to hopefully answer some basic questions and issues that will come up on a land hunt.
(or "How I Learned to Grow a Beard, Read a Parcel Map and Write a Manifesto in Ten Easy Steps")
If the question is "How do I find land to live on?" then the answer would simply be "well Einstein… look!"
So in 2003, while sitting on a pile of cash from the (lucrative, LOL) sale of my house… I looked.
I quickly learned that the question SHOULD have been "How do I find land to live on that I can actually afford, have permission to build on, get onto with my vehicle, have potable water, electric power, a phone line, not get shot by crazy drug-addicted neighbors and, make sure I actually own what it appears I'm buying."
Prologue. Start your engines.
While on a camping trip in the mountains outside of LA with my buddies, I found myself in a local watering hole, chatting it up with a commercial ranch broker. I just came into some cash and was looking to buy a piece of land in some remote Valhalla where I could eventually grow old, free of the rat race (and my annoying common-wall neighbors). His advice was to start with a local agent but to do all the research myself. He confided that many realtors often don't put the same time and effort into selling vacant land that they put into houses. True dat.
Next day, I walked into the nearest mountain-town real estate office (the one festooned with the largest flags and loudest bunting) and announced I would be buying some land. I was assigned to the agent on duty, a lovely older woman with very little experience selling land. My meeting with "June" convinced me that indeed I would have to drive this land bus by myself.
The driving part was not so simple. This is what I learned.
Lesson One. Decide where you want to buy.
This is obvious but often taken for granted. "I'll see what I can afford" is usually the first step but I say re-think step one. Take into consideration that while you're building, you'll be commuting from your home base. Friends will be more apt to visit if it's closer to home. You'll spend more time there if getting there is easier. I bought my land about 120 miles from my home in LA. Without too much traffic it takes 2 hours travel time if I hustle, 2 1/2 hours on average (with a gas, burger and a pee stop).
The Internet is great for finding parcels of land but you'll really need "boots on the ground" to show you what Google Earth and Microsoft Bird's Eye cannot. Once you have your general location picked out, a local agent can send you listings that fit your needs. One factoid…with vacant land, an agent's commission is typically 10% but it's usually paid by the seller.
The further away from a city your land is, the cheaper it is. There are many factors that determine the price of land and for me, "getting to it regularly" was near the top. I scheduled viewings on weekends and would hit several lots per day. It's good to see them back-to back to compare how they feel.
Lesson Two. The better it is, the pricier it is.
Trees cost more, water costs more, paved road access costs more, a view costs more, privacy costs more. Large plots do get cheaper by the acre though. I bought 20 remote acres for the same price as a 60'x100' lot in the local mountain town. I needed trees, privacy, road access and ground water. I got it all. I looked at 30 properties over 6 months and sat down with my list of pros and cons before making my choice. It's a balancing act. Fortunately the property I chose was heading to a tax auction. I bought it for a very reduced price just 2 days before it would have sold to county insiders on the courthouse steps.
Lesson Three. Where IS the property line?
Most realtors will not know where the boundaries are. Have your agent get you the parcel maps on properties. They can usually just print 'em out at their desks. These maps will give measurements and notes on where the boundaries are. The listing sheet will often have landmark notes, "North boundary is below the fork in the road and the big oak tree".
I suggest buying a handheld GPS hiking device and use it to walk out the property. I set waypoints at the known corners and hiked the perimeters following the parcel maps. It was pretty simple to do and VERY enlightening. The GPS will tell you how many feet you're walking in any given direction. The parcel map should have those feet measurements. Many counties now put their parcel maps online, overlaid onto Google Earth satellite photos.
Lesson Four. Easements.
Make sure you can gain access to your land. If there is no road in, the land will be cheap. If there is no road in, how will you get in? Permission to bulldoze a road over your neighbor's land is legal but usually VERY hard to get and will involve years in court.
The out-of-pocket cost of bulldozing into your land depends on the terrain but it can get pretty expensive.
Make sure no one will be suing YOU for permission to bulldoze through your land to access THEIR parcel. I passed on 2 glorious parcels for these kind of easement issues. (As a note, 6 years later neither of them have resolved their access issues and one is still tied up in court)
Lesson Five. What do you mean I can't camp on my own land?
I cannot stress this enough…Check the local county ordinances, zoning and building codes!!! Many counties will not allow you to camp on your vacant land or even park an RV or trailer without a house in place. Many counties have zoning laws that won't allow mobile homes or manufactured homes to be put up at all. You MUST check the zoning. It's often easy to do this research online through the county's web page.
My land is zoned "A-1" agricultural. I cannot camp on it. Many counties will demand that you determine the use of a vacant parcel by putting up a structure. A home (residential use), a barn (agricultural use), a business (commercial use), crops, or something that will establish what KIND of use. In my case I can live there ONLY if I build a minimum 440 square foot house that is NOT a mobile or manufactured home. If I was zoned R-1 (residential) or MH (mobile home) I could live in a double-wide!
There are pages and pages of restrictions on what, where and how I can build my house, EVEN THOUGH it's quite remote and nowhere near Los Angeles. If any of my neighbors were to complain, the building department would make a total pain-in-the-ass of themselves, even in the middle of nowhere (they have already done this to my next door neighbors because of their live-in trailer).
Lesson Six. What, no mortgage?
It is virtually impossible to get a mortgage on vacant land. You must pay 100% in cash at escrow OR try and get the owner to carry a loan for you (usually with 50% cash down & 5 or 10 years of payments). Real Estate companies will often package land parcels with a low down payment and monthly terms but double-check the details. They're often used on undesirable parcels and you could end up over-paying based on the local comps.
In 2003 when I bought my land, Bank of America WAS writing mortgages on some vacant land IF there was a working water system in place. I'm not sure if this is still the case. Which brings me to…
Lesson Seven. Water.
You gotta have it. It's availability will alter your purchase price dramatically but,
You gotta have it.
If you have city water pipes already in place, you'll pay for it up-front in the purchase price (and you should check on the monthly fees). If there's an existing well on the parcel, you're in luck. If there's a well shared with neighbors, that's good too. If you need to drill one, take a deep breath.
Ask the adjacent neighbors how deep they drilled and who did it. It's a good shot that your well will tap into the same water table. My well went down 260 feet through decomposed granite (easy to drill through) and in 2003 it cost me $10,000 (original estimate was $7,000). This is just for the damn pipe in the ground. A 3500 gallon (minimum) storage tank is required by my county (for the fire dept). This will cost me another $5,000 and the pump, pressure system and piping will be another $5,000.
Lesson Seven A. Utilities.
I'm not sure how important electricity and a phone are to you but I found that I REALLY needed phone access. Power poles are often located near a property line but many parcels are beyond the reach of the grid. This can be a plus to many, especially with the advances in solar and wind power. The close availability of the grid will "up" the price of land but power is a whole other issue. I just need a phone.
I found it extremely difficult to coordinate with realtors, surveyors, contractors, friends, work and more without a phone. Many remote parcels are beyond the cell grid so communication is tough. Access to a land line was important since I've no cell service for 10 miles in any direction. I will eventually need to work from my mountain so this was on my checklist as a "must-have".
If you'll eventually need access to the Internet, DSL's are rare in the wild and you can forget about cable modems, LOL. Dial-up has become my demon.
2011 UPDATE: Satellite Internet seems to be gaining ground, HughesNet and Wild Blue are 2 services that some of my fellow rural-ites use. Both will require 120V electric power.
Lesson Eight. Do I even own it?
Vacant land can often have title problems.
"Pops said he won the land in a card game in 1931 but he's in a nursing home in Omaha with Alzheimer's, we can't find any paperwork",
"My Father left this parcel to us 7 kids but it's in probate til we find Crazy Sally",
"Winnie said the papers burned up in the trailer fire",
"When they cleaned out the cabin, all we could find was his manifesto".
Yes, 3 of these are actual quotes I heard from people with land for sale. Make sure the title is clean and your escrow company does due diligence. I have an ongoing border dispute with my neighbor Hal about an alleged easement that was hand-written on note paper in the 1930's. Hal's bulldozing a road and heading straight for my property line. The county won't get involved and neighbor Hal carries a shotgun so my surveyor is afraid to go near that border. I figure Hal's really old and has been pretty sick lately, he'll probably die before his bulldozer makes it to my property. Problem solved. But ohhh, the title issues his kids will face when they try to sell!
Check the title.
Lesson Nine. No Fear.
Ask lots of questions, even if you feel like a total dumb-ass. I'd bought and sold homes in the past but with vacant land, there were so many issues I'd never seen before (dig for my water, wtf?!). The folks I dealt with were always more than happy to explain the smallest detail when asked and they eagerly referred me to their vendors and resources.
Lesson Ten. Git 'er done.
Don't let my gas-bag bloviating deter you. The entire land-finding process was WAY fun. I learned new stuff every day and as I moved forward, I felt smarter and more in control of my own destiny. Now that I'm actually building MY cabin on MY land, I feel like I'm on top of the world and I guess, I really am.
Good Luck!


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That was part of the problem with some of the toll roads we have been on. If you are towing you can't just zip through the EZ Pass lanes. You have to go through the attendant lanes. The automated pass doesn't work.
When I was there last summer I was talking to a ranger at Cadillac Mountain. Did you know if you are on Cadillac Mountain when the sun comes up you can be the first one in the US to see it? I looked at the times schedule posted and where I was camped and how long it took to get there. Well I decided to be the first person in the US to see lunch!Glad you are having a good time.Bill
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Gyachi is Simple program Yahoo! Client for Linux Operation System,, This Yahoo! client for Linux operating system supports almost all of the features you would expect to find on the official Windows Yahoo! client: Voice chat, webcams, faders, 'nicknames', audibles, avatars, display images, and more.
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Ashley Rubin wins LSA Best Grad Paper Prize
Ashley Rubin's paper, "Race, Ethnicity, and Nativity at Eastern State Penitentiary: A Study of the Variation in Sentence Length, 1829-1871," has been selected by the Law and Society Association to receive the 2010 prize for best graduate student paper next month in Chicago. Congratulations to Ashley and to Malcolm Feeley for nominating the paper. The abstract follows:
Multiple theories have been generated and tested to explain the presence or absence of sentencing disparities at all levels of the criminal justice system. Yet these theories have been derived from and explain data coming primarily from the last fifty or so years. Consequently, little is known about the longevity of the contemporary sentencing literature's explanatory power beyond this period. This project tests the leading theories in the literature by examining the presence of disparities in and influences on prison sentence length in nineteenth-century Pennsylvania. The basic hypotheses explaining contemporary sentencing disparities, including the various group threat theories, court community perspective, and focal concerns, are tested on data for over 6,000 inmates sentenced to Pennsylvania's Eastern State Penitentiary between 1829 and 1871. This study finds that several contemporary theories have explanatory power for the nineteenth century, suggesting that the social dynamics and decision-making practices that influence sentencing outcomes remain relatively consistent over time.