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The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that yesterday, a small group of "Occupy Minnesota" demonstrators were augmented by representatives of local unions:
Union leaders headlined a day of OccupyMN street theater Saturday, capped when about 300 protesters marched peacefully across downtown Minneapolis, denouncing the region's three biggest banks.
"Banks got bailed out — we got sold out!" was one of several chants delivered during the march.
So, what unions were represented?
"We'll be in the streets until the one percent give up some of their wealth to the 99 percent," said Elliot Seide, who heads the union representing 40,000 state, county and municipal workers. …
"We need to stand up and yell and be the 99 percent," said Michelle Sommers, president of the union that represents Metro Transit bus drivers.
That's right: the unions that supported the occupiers overwhelmingly represent public employees. Public employees are paid more than their private sector counterparts, with better benefits, shorter hours and more job security. They represent a privileged caste, and are fighting hard to retain their privileged status. For public employees to pretend to be somehow downtrodden is ridiculous.
Moreover, if any segment of our society has been bailed out in recent years, it is public employees. Most of Obama's $787 billion "stimulus" bill went to pay the salaries of state and local government workers; the same will be true of "son of stimulus," in the unlikely event that it passes. As for the local banks that the marchers ostensibly were protesting, they got much smaller bailout amounts, which were forced on them by the federal government–the feds made banks take TARP money whether they wanted it or not, so that the public would not know which banks were actually in trouble–and all three paid the money back long ago. So the occupiers who ally themselves with public employee unions are dupes at best.
This, though, is the most interesting thing about the Strib article: its ending has changed. When I read it online last night, it ended with an anecdote about a metro transit bus that was blocked by the marchers. That concluding paragraph has now been deleted from the article, but its substance can be recreated with a Google search:
… Nicollet Mall, they blocked a northbound Metro Transit bus, but the driver was unperturbed. "I don't care," he said. "I'm on the clock either way."
Heh. The irony is palpable. That driver's union leaders were participating in the demonstration that blocked his bus, but he didn't care. No skin off his nose: he is on the clock either way! That pretty well sums up the overpaid, lethargic public sector. The reporter who wrote the story couldn't possibly have missed the point. So the question is, why did the paper's editors delete that concluding anecdote after a few hours? We report, you decide:

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The past week or so I have been living and breathing the General Vezax encounter in my mind. Our 25 man got to him last Monday night, and we just had one of "those" nights (you all know what I'm talking about, we all have them!). After a fantastic raid week, it was almost like we just ran out of steam. From bizzare multiple pulls of the boss during clearing the trash (FYI mirror image during trash clears in the room with Vezax = BAD), to just stumbling around the mechanics of the encounter.
All in all, we probably got maybe 2.5 hours worth of online attempts in on the encounter our first night…which was about 10 pulls. This fight has a number of things going against it with regards to the "learning" curve.
First and formost is that you are up against a good bit of trash every two hours; which in itself is fine. However, this is the only boss in Ulduar so far that actually has a "run back". There is no teleporter to take you right outside of the bosses room. And for the first time in quite awhile, we found it quicker to "recover" after a wipe then to have everyone release and run back. We set a five minute recovery benchmark, this means that everyone needs to be rezzed, buffed and ready to pull within five minutes. Our pulls were averaging 5-7 minutes in length a peice; add another minute to that for everyone in the raid to wipe (FYI rogues, hunters and mages, just bloody well DIE already, so we can recover faster…PLEASE). That puts each attempt at roughly 10-13 minutes, which allows you approximately 4-6 pulls an hour.
On our first night of attempts with him last week, we saw roughly 64% and we were using a poor strategy with regards to positioning. Since that time our 10 spent roughly two hours with him and netted a kill, with a less than optimal group. Last night (Sunday), we got another 1.5 hours on him. We had altered our positioning some, and we saw a number of pulls into the low 40's with a fair amount of time left on the enrage timer…I thought we were going to see him dead! But of course, as happens late in the night, we lost focus and it didn't happen. But never fear! We still have tonight's raid for this raid reset!
Positioning Strategy Thoughts
I still think that our strategy, with regards to positioning, needs some tweaking.
There are several things that work well in our current strategy that I think we will maintain.
We are not kiting the boss (even though our 10 man did a little, it was only for saronite cloud placement and not for reducing tank damage, there is no need for our 25 man to do so). We have a DK tanking him, and he is using cooldowns during Surge of Darkness. This works well for us, and we are not losing the tank. As an added benefit we get to stay stationary.
We are running 7 healers. I do not think that we need to change this. 6 of those healers are standing in melee range of the boss, with the responsibility of keeping the tank alive. One mobile healer (me) is out with the range to help when they "oops". One fairly cheap lifebloom (they fixed our mana return on that spell for the encounter as far as I can tell) is enough to keep them in order, when needed. Keeping the tank healers as stationary as possible is extremely helpful.
We are having a Death Knight on "Saronite Cloud" duty. His job is to kill clouds for the healers. He works them down, and then grips them into a spot for healers to use them. This also works well. Our casters either sneak into one of these clouds when needed, or use one of the two clouds we let them pop in the back of the room for them.
There is however, one aspect of the encounter that I think we need to change up a bit tonight, and that is our ranged positioning (keep in mind that you need to have 7 people at range at all times or he will start to shadow crash the melee and mark the melee).
Currently, we are having all of our ranged pile up in one huge group. When the shadow crashes hit, EVERYONE moves from them. The group then re-converges on themselves in the shadow crash puddle for DPS. When a mark of the faceless hits, the person with the mark runs back. Everyone else takes a few steps forward. This strategy worked very well for our 10 man, but then again we were dealing with significantly fewer pepople.
Pros to this strategy:
It's sheer simplicity. The ranged do not have to worry about who is affected by shadow crash. Basically, if there is a shadow crash EVERYONE just moves.
The ranged are guaranteed to always be in a shadow crash puddle and can DPS full time, except when they are moving from shadow crashes.
Cons to this Strategy
Your ranged have to be REALLY on top of their game every pull. If they are out of position, even like 3 yards, they cause others to get hit by the shadowcrash.
Because there are 8 or so people grouped up taking advantage of the shadow crash puddles, it invariably means that when a mark of the faceless hits, 8 people are going to be affected for 1-2 seconds. If you figure that it's ~200k heals to the boss per tick, per person, that adds up to A LOT of healing on the boss! Even with a mortal strike effect active. This is offset by the extra shadow crash DPS done…but one person failing to move quickly enough out of the mark has disasterous consequences.
Tonight, I am thinking about making a few changes to our current strategy. Almost every aspect will stay the same, except that instead of having just one shadow crash group, we will make two. The two groups will stand 20 yards from each other so that 1) I can still heal both groups and 2) they can share the same green puddles if we pop one in the middle of the two groups.
Pros to this strategy
When mark of the faceless hits only 3-4 people will be affected, which means that there will be significantly less healing to the boss.
There is the possibility that a group that isn't shadowcrashed, but has a shadow crash puddle down will not be required to move, and can increase DPS.
Cons to this strategy
Some of the simplicity is gone. Ranged will now need to know WHO is in their shadowcrash group, so that they know if they need to run or if they can stay put and continue to DPS.
There may be periods of time when one of the two groups will be without a shadowcrash puddle, and will have to wand. This has the potential to be a significant DPS loss for the raid. However, this should be offset by significantly less healing done to the boss.
So there we have it…the dreaded Catch 22! Which is better?! From my research it seems that more people favor the "two ranged" group strategy. I think that tonight, we may start the night breaking the ranged into two groups and see how that works, and if we find it helpful. If it's a disaster, we will go back to one group, but I think that we may find some success with the two group strategy.
OOM! – Healing without killing your mana!
So far, we have not really had an issue with healers failing to mind their mana, and subsequently the tank dying from a lack of heals. I have, however, noticed that members with pre-TBC healing experiences are much better at mana management than those that picked up healing with the start of TBC.
Why is this you ask?! Well, for anyone that was well versed in Vanilla WoW raiding, I'm sure the answer came quickly for you…cancel casting. That is right! You start to cast, but if the tank isn't in need of a heal you stop your cast before it goes off. While this is a little tricky for paladins rocking a fair bit of haste, it is important that it happens, or you will be OOM just minutes into the fight. It is really important on this fight not to cast more heals than the damage needing healed.
Saronite cloud tips. The magic number of ticks, I have found, is 6. Get 6 ticks, which returns 3200 mana, and step out. As soon as the debuff falls off, step back in and you should get another 4-6 ticks. Now…as a druid, if I am REALLY careful, I can hit barkskin, and rejuv myself and sneak in a 7th tick. I do not recommend this for other classes. I have been able to restore 3/4 of a bar of mana via smart saronite cloud usage.
Another thing that you want to keep in mind, is that you want to position yourself around the outer edge of the clouds. If you stick yourself in the middle, you will take an extra tick as you are running out of the cloud, which may lead to your un-timely demise!
In closing I am hoping that the few changes that we make tonight will be beneficial, and our raid can finish this guy out and wipe a few times to Yogg! I would love to hear any tips or advice that anyone else may have from their experiences with the encounter!


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Next week, Microsoft Corp. will launch the most serious challenge ever mounted to Apple Computer's iPod and iTunes juggernaut in digital music. The software giant is introducing a portable player called the Zune, an online music store called Zune Marketplace and a new music software program called Zune that links the two. It plans to put plenty of marketing muscle behind Zune, and promises to expand and refine this new product line in coming years.
This isn't Microsoft's first effort to stop the iPod, but it's the first for which the software giant is adopting Apple's own business and design model — where one company makes and controls the hardware, software and online component, and tightly integrates them. The Zune is produced by Microsoft's Xbox group, which builds game consoles on that same end-to-end principle.
Microsoft's Zune comes in black, white or brown.
In its first incarnation, the Zune comes in only one version, a big, chunky $249 model that can hold 30 gigabytes of music, videos and photos. I've been testing the Zune for the past couple of weeks and comparing it with the most similar of Apple's six iPod models — the smaller of the two full-size iPods, which also holds 30 gigabytes and also costs $249.
Zune has several nice features the iPod lacks: a larger screen, the ability to exchange songs with other Zunes wirelessly and a built-in FM radio. It solves the worst problem that plagued earlier Microsoft-based music players — frequent failures to synchronize properly music and videos between the players and personal computers. Synchronization on the Zune is smooth and sure.
Also, the Zune player and software have a very good user interface, different from, but in some cases easier to use than, the iPod's. While it lacks the famous iPod scroll wheel, instead using a common four-way navigation pad, I found song lists easy to navigate on the Zune. It has only a few buttons and is quite intuitive to use. To my ears, it sounded as good as the iPod.
But, this first Zune has too many compromises and missing features to be as good a choice as the iPod for most users. The hardware feels rushed and incomplete. It is 60% larger and 17% heavier than the comparable iPod. It has much worse battery life for music than the iPod or than Microsoft claims — at least two hours less than the iPod's, in my tests. Despite the larger screen, many album covers look worse than they do on the iPod. And you can't share music libraries between computers like you can with iTunes.
Zune's online store offers far fewer songs, just over two million, compared with 3.5 million for the iTunes store. In fact, as of this writing, songs from one of the big labels, Universal, were missing from Zune Marketplace, though Microsoft says it is confident it will have all the major labels when it launches Zune on Tuesday. Also, despite the player's capability, Zune Marketplace offers none of the TV shows, movies or music videos that iTunes does, and has no audiobooks or podcasts.
Even worse, to buy even a single 99-cent song from the Zune store, you have to purchase blocks of "points" from Microsoft, in increments of at least $5. You can't just click and have the 99 cents deducted from a credit card, as you can with iTunes. You must first add points to your account, then buy songs with these points. So, even if you are buying only one song, you have to allow Microsoft, one of the world's richest companies, to hold on to at least $4.01 of your money until you buy another. And the point system is deceptive. Songs are priced at 79 points, which some people might think means 79 cents. But 79 points actually cost 99 cents.
Unlike iTunes, Zune offers subscription plans, where you can get an unlimited numbers of songs for $15 a month. However, Microsoft is de-emphasizing this option and mostly positioning Zune Marketplace as a source of individually purchased songs and albums.
Some consumers may well choose Zune for its big screen, which looks great with photos and videos, for its wireless song swapping, or for its FM-radio capability, which requires a $50 accessory on the iPod. Others may favor Zune because they are as tired of Apple's dominance in music as some folks are of Microsoft's dominance in computers.
But Zune has only around 100 accessories at launch, versus 3,000 or more for the iPod. If you have any iPod-specific accessories, they won't work on the Zune. Also, none of the songs you may have purchased from Apple will play on the Zune, unless you undertake a laborious conversion process. Apple is rumored to be working on an all-new iPod with a screen as large or larger than the Zune's.
Zune marks an unusual turn for Microsoft. The company is abandoning its favored business model, where it builds software platforms and then lets other companies make a wide variety of products that use that platform. Instead, Microsoft is building and totally controlling the whole chain associated with the product: the hardware, the software and the online music store. Songs sold on Zune Marketplace are intended to play only on the Zune, and Zune players won't be able to play copy-protected songs bought elsewhere, even at other online stores that use Microsoft music formats.
Microsoft was driven to this approach because its platform model, so successful with personal computers, has failed miserably in the music category. Apple has simply rolled over all the hardware companies and online stores that were built around Microsoft's previous music system, called "PlaysForSure."
Zune comes in three colors: black and white, like the comparable iPod, and brown, a daring color for a consumer-electronics device, but one that has become popular in the fashion world. Each model also has a second color on a translucent band around its edge; the brown one is trimmed in green.
Placing the Zune next to the 30-gigabyte iPod provides a strong contrast. The iPod is thin, sleek and elegant looking. The Zune looks big and blocky, sort of like a prototype for a gadget, rather than a finished product. It is longer, thicker and heavier than even the 80-gigabyte iPod, which has more than twice its capacity.
Zune was adapted from a much-praised but slight-selling music player, the Toshiba Gigabeat, in order to get it to market more quickly.
The word "Microsoft" never appears anywhere on the Zune, only the new Zune logo and a cheeky, "Hello from Seattle" in tiny type at the bottom of the back of the device. The Zune's tag line, evident immediately when you open the box, is "Welcome to the Social," a phrase meant to stress the device's wireless song-sharing feature, and to reach out to the Zune's target market, young music lovers who build social relationships around favorite songs and artists.
But the wireless music-sharing feature on the Zune is heavily compromised, in a way that is bound to annoy the very audience it is targeting. Each song sent to your Zune from another Zune can be played only three times and is available for playing for only three days. After that, it dies and can't be played again unless you buy it. Even if you play the song only halfway through, or for one minute, that counts as one of your three allowed plays. In fact, in my tests, a song I sent to my assistant's Zune expired after only two plays, one of which lasted just a few seconds. Microsoft attributed that to a bug that it said would be fixed.
The Zune's other big plus, the big screen, is similarly compromised. While it is three inches versus 2.5 inches for the iPod's screen, it uses the same resolution. That combination can make images coarser and grainier. In my tests, on photos and videos, this didn't matter much, and the Zune did a good job, even automatically switching into horizontal screen mode. But images of album covers often looked fuzzy, grainy and even distorted on the Zune when compared with how they looked on the iPod.
And for a product that's all about "the Social," Zune is curiously lacking a very popular iTunes feature — the ability to view and to listen to another user's music library over a local network. This iTunes feature works in homes, office, college dorms, hotels, and other places, and it functions in mixed groups of Windows and Macintosh computers. But with the new Zune software, you can share your library only with Xbox game consoles, not other computers.
On the plus side, I really liked the interface on the Zune. In some modes, it allows you to do things with fewer clicks than the iPod does. For instance, if you are browsing through music, you don't have to go back a step to switch from, say, a list of artists to a list of albums. Those choices are arrayed at the top of the screen and can be selected with a sideways push of the navigation pad.
Also, the entire interface is more colorful and visually satisfying than the iPod's. Lists of albums are accompanied by thumbnails of their covers. Menus zoom in and out, and some are translucent. You can also select your own photo as the wallpaper or background for the device. But, unlike on the iPod, you can't customize the main menu or go to "Now Playing," or shuffle all songs with one click.
The Zune software also has a handsome look and feel. And it allows you to "guest synchronize" a Zune on another computer, something iTunes doesn't allow. You can load songs from someone else's library onto your Zune without wiping out your own library, though you can't then transfer those songs back to your own PC.
But battery life on the Zune was very disappointing. Microsoft claims 14 hours of music playback on a single charge with the wireless feature turned off — the same as the comparable iPod — and 13 hours with wireless turned on. But Microsoft bases these claims on strict and unnatural usage conditions, such as never increasing the default volume, playing only one album over and over, and keeping the backlight on for just one second.
I tested the Zune in more normal conditions, shuffling through hundreds of songs, adjusting the volume where needed, skipping or repeating songs occasionally and using a 30-second backlight. In my test, I got just 12 hours and 18 minutes of music playback, versus 14 hours and 44 minutes from an iPod under the same usage pattern. With the wireless turned on, battery life on the Zune was worse — just 10 hours and 12 minutes, even though I didn't send or receive any songs.
Overall, the iPod and iTunes are still the champs. Still, I expect the Zune to attract some converts and to get better with time. And this kind of competition from a big company with deep pockets and lots of talent is good for consumers in the long run.
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Paul Main's quiet evening was shattered by a phone ringing off the hook and a half-dozen TV crews showing up on his porch. Everyone wanted to know: Was he the same Paul Main who's been accused of visiting a prostitute in Kennebunk?
The answer was no. But a decision to release the names of alleged prostitution clients without any ages or addresses has caused big problems for men who have the same names as the accused.
For weeks, rumors about a prostitution business have run rampant in this small New England town best known for its proximity to the Bush family summer compound in neighboring Kennebunkport.
On Monday, authorities released the first batch of names out of more than 150 men accused of paying a Zumba fitness instructor for sex.
"I don't have a problem with releasing names. I think it's a wonderful thing, but I'll be darned if it's right to do it in a shoddy manner," said Main, a retired spokesman and head of the detective division for the York County Sheriff's Department.
The addresses, ages and other identifying information of the johns were withheld after a judge ruled that state law required them to be kept confidential because the alleged sexual encounters may have been videotaped, making the men potential victims of privacy invasion.
On Tuesday, Superior Court Justice Thomas Warren reversed his decision, ruling after a request from The Portland Press Herald newspaper that the addresses and other information could be released.
Kennebunk police re-issued the names with the added details, including addresses. All of the men have been charged with engaging a prostitute.
The revised list included a former South Portland Mayor James Soule, the Portland Press Herald reported, citing his lawyer, and suspects from more than a dozen towns in Maine, as well as one from Boston and another from New Hampshire. They ranged in age from 34 to 65.
The lack of dates of birth made it impossible to verify other identities of the accused. Most records released by police and courts have that information.
But many media outlets released the first list, causing problems for men like Main, whose name is shared by at least 20 others in Maine alone. The list was released late Monday by local officials and published on seacoastonline.com.
'Getting a lot of false positives'
The town had been awaiting the release of the list since 29-year-old Alexis Wright was charged this month with engaging in prostitution in her dance studio and in an office across the street and secretly videotaping many of her encounters. Police said she kept meticulous records suggesting the sex acts generated $150,000 over 18 months.
Wright, from nearby Wells, has pleaded not guilty to 106 counts of prostitution and other charges. Her business partner also pleaded not guilty to 59 counts.
Police released the first 21 names Monday evening. The list was then revised to include the men's middle initials. Main's middle initial was different from the Paul Main who was listed.
Stephen Schwartz, a Portland lawyer who represents two of Wright's alleged customers, argued that the names and addresses of the alleged johns should be kept private.
Warren declined to keep the names secret but agreed with Schwartz's contention that if persons charged with paying a prostitute are also alleged victims of invasion of privacy, then their addresses should be confidential under Maine law.
Press Herald attorney Sigmund Schutz argued Tuesday that the addresses and other information shouldn't be kept secret. He said releasing only partial information was unfair to people not on the list.
"The fact is that by releasing names only, you're getting a lot of false positives. You're implicating people who may be completely innocent and simply share the same or similar names with people charged, and that's a real harm," Schutz told the AP.
In southern Maine, two TV stations, one daily newspaper and a weekly newspaper published the list. Several others, including newspapers in Maine's three largest cities, withheld the names.
Roy Peter Clark, senior scholar at the Poynter Institute, a Florida-based journalism think tank, said that just because a name becomes public doesn't mean news organizations have to race to publish it.
"What journalistic purpose is served by publishing the name, and how do you balance that against the harm that may be done to these people, their families, their children?"
Clark said the situation would be different if the name of a public figure appeared.
"If the police chief is on the list, if the school superintendent on the list, I would approach those people directly and try to determine whether their actions are not just a personal moral failure but climb to the level of social, public hypocrisy," he said.
The Kennebunk Police Department plans to release the names of johns who've received summonses on a bi-weekly activity log, meaning the disclosure of names could continue until the end of the year. The next batch is due to be released Oct. 26.
As a former law enforcement officer, Main said releasing the names helps hold suspects accountable for their misdeeds. But, he added, other information should be released as well to protect those whose only connection to the case is having a common name.
"I don't want to see other people going through the same thing that I've been through," he said.
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His career riddled by drug abuse and paranoia, Peter Green is still regarded by some fans as the greatest white blues guitarist ever, Eric Clapton notwithstanding. As he grew up in London's working-class East End, Green's early musical influences were Hank B. Marvin of the Shadows, Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Freddie King, and traditional Jewish music.
Born Peter Greenbaum but calling himself Peter Green by age 15, he played bass before being invited in 1966 by keyboardist Peter Bardens to play lead in the Peter B's, whose drummer was a lanky chap named Mick Fleetwood. The 19-year-old Green was with Bardens just three months before joining John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, whose rapidly shifting personnel included bassist John McVie and drummer Aynsley Dunbar.
A keen fan of Clapton, Green badgered Mayall to give him a chance when the Bluesbreakers guitarist split for an indefinite vacation in Greece. Green sounded great and, as Mayall recalls, was not amused when Clapton returned after a handful of gigs, and Green was out.
When Clapton left the band for good six months later to form Cream, Mayall cajoled Green back. Fans were openly hostile because Green was not God, although they appreciated Clapton's replacement in time. Producer Mike Vernon was aghast when the Bluesbreakers showed up without Clapton to record the album A Hard Road in late 1966, but was won over by Green's playing. On many tracks you'd be hard-pressed to tell it wasn't Clapton playing. With an eerie Green instrumental called "The Supernatural," he demonstrated the beginning of his trademark fluid, haunting style so reminiscent of B.B. King.
When Green left Mayall in 1967, he took McVie and Fleetwood to found Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac. Jeremy Spencer and Danny Kirwan shortly afterward gave Fleetwood Mac an unusual three-guitar front line. Green was at his peak for the albums Mr. Wonderful, English Rose, Then Play On, and a live Boston Tea Party recording. His instrumental "Albatross" was the band's first British number one single and "Black Magic Woman" was later a huge hit for Carlos Santana. But Green had been experimenting with acid and his behavior became increasingly irrational, especially after he disappeared for three days of rampant drug use in Munich. He became very religious, appearing on-stage wearing crucifixes and flowing robes. His bandmates resisted Green's suggestion to donate most of their money to charity, and he left in mid-1970 after writing a harrowing biographical tune called "The Green Manalishi."
After a bitter, rambling solo album called The End of the Game, Green saddened fans when he hung up his guitar, except for helping the Mac complete a tour when Spencer suddenly joined the Children of God in Los Angeles and quit the band. Green's chaotic odyssey of almost a decade included rumors that he was a gravedigger, a bartender in Cornwall, a hospital orderly, and a member of an Israeli commune. When an accountant sent him an unwanted royalty check, Green confronted his tormentor with a gun, although it was unloaded. Green went to jail briefly before being transferred to an asylum.
Green emerged in the late '70s and early '80s with albums In the Skies, Little Dreamer, White Sky, and Kolors, featuring at times Bardens, Robin Trower drummer Reg Isidore, and Fairport Convention drummer Dave Mattacks. He reprised the Then Play On Mac standard "Rattlesnake Shake" on Fleetwood's solo 1981 album, The Visitor.
British author Martin Celmins wrote Green's biography in 1995. Psychologically troubled, on medication, and hardly playing the guitar for most of the '90s, the reclusive Green resumed sporadic recording in the second half of the decade. He surfaces unexpectedly from time to time, most prominently January 12, 1998, when Fleetwood Mac was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. In a rare, perfect moment, Green jammed with fellow inductee Santana on "Black Magic Woman".


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NH man charged with kidnapping in standoff asks for competency hearing
MIDDLETON, N.H. (AP) � A lawyer for a New Hampshire man charged with taking a woman hostage in a standoff with police wants a judge to determine whether Richard Penney is competent for trial.
Penney is accused of breaking into his brother's home in Middleton on Jan. 31 and stealing multiple firearms before taking a woman hostage in her home.
The woman, who was not related to him, was released safely. Penney was arrested after a three-hour standoff.
He faces charges of theft, armed robbery and kidnapping.
Fosters Daily Democrat reports (http://bit.ly/XrTUrj ) that police believe Penney was homeless but have not commented on what triggered the crime.
Information from: Foster's Daily Democrat, http://www.fosters.com


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We begin with a look at the Katherine Hooker coat Kate wore for her first official engagement with Prince William in February 2011. The couple visited Trearddur Lifeboat Station in Anglesey to officially launch a lifeboat. The Duchess has worn the herringbone coat a number of times and it has been in her wardrobe since 2006, at least. She had it significantly shortened to update the look for the Anglesey engagement.
Kate chose a Burberry trench for the couple's visit to Belfast. A piece I would love to see Kate wearing again.
The Duchess looked stunning in the Katherine Hooker Buxton Coat in dove grey for the Order of the Garter Ceremony in 2011. The beautiful skirted coat with long, slim sleeves is available made to order for £760. Kate brought back the coat for the wedding of Prince William's cousin Emily McCorquodale in June.
One of my favourite coats is the navy McQueen military coat Kate wore for her first military engagement. The fitted coat was accented by shining gold buttons and epaulettes on the shoulders. Armed Forces Day was one of the first engagements where we saw the Duchess paying tribute to the event she was attending through her sartorial choices. Something she has continued to do often since.
Kate sported the Ted Baker 'Jinan' trench during her visit to Yellowknife, Canada.
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Kate wore the LK Bennett 'Ami' coat for a UNICEF trip to Copenhagen where she and William teamed up with Danish Crown Prince Frederik and Princess Mary to raise much needed awareness for the organisation. The wool/nylon coat features a high collar and the coat worked incredibly well with Kate's colouring.
The Duchess looked sombre in a black DVF coat for Remembrance Sunday 2011. Interestingly, readers will remember Kate chose the 100% wool coat for this year's service.
Kate selected the Hobbs 'Celeste' coat in chestnut brown for a day of solo engagements in Liverpool in February. The £369 coat is made of wool crepe and adorned with leather stud fastening cuff straps and matching belt.
Kate joined the Duchess of Cornwall and the Queen for a visit to Fortnum and Mason in a blue fringed coat by M Missoni and recycled the coat on her next outing with the Queen, a visit to Nottingham. A well thought out choice, obviously in an effort not to detract attention from HM by wearing a new item not seen before. No doubt Kate is aware of the media and public interest in her style and she would have been conscious of this fact when in the company of the Queen.
Kate enjoyed a go at javelin during a visit to Vernon Park :)
Recently Kate brought back two coats she wore last Christmas Day at Sandringham. Firstly, the Duchess selected the Reiss 'Angel' coat for the St George's Park opening. We first caught a glimpse of it when the Duchess was photographed wearing it during a walk on the Sandringham estate. The £325 military grey knee length coat features a large wrap around collar and smart multi stitch detailing. A striking choice.
Kate's next engagement was a visit to Newcastle. Kate kept warm in the aubergine coat she wore to last year's Christmas Day service at Sandringham.
Following Kate's busy day in Newcastle, she enjoyed a quite dinner with William at the exclusive Lou Lou's club in Mayfair. Kate looked stunning in a black fringed coat. Despite endless searching the designer of the coat has eluded us. Another one of my personal favourites.
I think we all agree William and Kate's visit to Cambridge last month was a very special one! The royal couple would have been enjoying the magnificent news that Kate was expecting.
Kate wore the MaxMara Studio Belli Belted Wool Coat. The £980 pale pink single breasted coat with a funnel neck was an elegant choice. The Duchess wore her bow belt upside down which sent baby rumours into overdrive.
When Kate was discharged from King Edward VII Hospital on December 6 it was the only occasion where I didn't notice what she was wearing. We were all delighted to hear the expectant mother say she was 'feeling much better' following a three night stay in the London hospital where she was treated for Hyperemesis gravidarum.
Kate's pretty coat, the DVF Simyonette from the A/W 2010 Collection was a lovely choice.
Kate has an incredible collection of coats. Which one is your favourite?


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Great collection of Kauai legends and stories by author Chris Cook.
This book was written by local author Emmaline White and is a wealth of local knowledge of how to throw a proper Luau. It includes detailed directions and recipes!
This lovely book chronicle the childhood of a Kauai albatross. From birth to first flight, join along and follow the adventures of Kaloakulua.
In this book Bethany answers over 200 questions from girls including some real honest and gut-wrenching ones. Bethany's sincere answers reflect her faith, and with some of her favorite Scripture verses, here answers will inspire you, let you into Bethany's heart, and possibly help you with some of your own life questions.
Local artist and author Joanna F. Carolan has written a series of wonderful children's books.
This informative and entertaining book by David Burney details his adventures in exploring a cave complex that is unique in all of Hawaii. Stored within the cave complex is well preserved information about the ancient ecological makeup of Kauai providing an important view of what types of plants and animals were in the area at different times in history. In...
This hardcover book is filled with photos and inspirational thoughts from Bethany that illustrate how her drive and determination inspire her to live her best life as a world-class athlete.
This classic book by John R. K. Clark provides fantastic and detailed information on just about every beach on Kaua'i and Ni'ihau. A must have for any lover of Kauai!


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These are 2 layouts I did a few weeks back, but because I have been so busy getting things up and going with my new venture I am just now getting over to post them. These were done for challenges over at scrapbook.com with my ETG that I am a part of. I have to laugh, because one looks so fall and the other so springy!
This first one was done for the "AUGUST TECHNIQUE CHALLENGE: Old Meets New". Scrap any subject you like, but use some of the oldest-purchased supplies in your stash, as well as the most recent supplies you've purchased--together on the same layout! This can be anything--paper, embellies, tools, etc., BUT photos and adhesive are excluded . Be sure to tell us what you used! TWIST: inking something!
OK.. to be honest most of this is really really old! The pp in the background is actually from the dollar store. I use to buy a lot of pp there when I first started scrapping. This was really pretty and to be honest I am surprised I have never used it. I outlined all the leaves with a thin sharpie to blend with some of the black I placed elsewhere. The letters are also from the dollar store, the Autumn title I believe I got from a swap way back when and the lollipop flower is really recently new months back and the green card stock I bought actually today in a stack. I cut that out and then added the black doddle around the edges and printed off my butterflies from a program I have. The picture is back in 1996 when I was doing daycare out of my home. This was my group of children I watched. This was a our annual trip to Waterman's pumpkin patch. I always loved getting a pic with us all on the big pumpkins! I also inked the edges of the pp with moss green near the leaves.
This page is for our BOM challenge. It was to scrap a message to yourself--your past, present, or future self! Is there something you'd like to go back and tell your past self? Does your present self need a pep talk or need to address an issue? Is there something you've learned that would help your future self? This can be totally lighthearted--like, you might take a pic of your laundry and tell yourself to do it , OR, you may want to address something more serious and/or thought-provoking. TWIST: use 2 or more photos relevant to your message on the LO.
OK.. This lo is kind of simple in style and I was just hours under the deadline, so simple and quick was my motto that evening. My page actually opens like a book. The pink stipes with the birds on top are actually one piece. I cut the paper off that was on top of the birds and then placed a piece of purple card stock behind that. So, you open that whole piece from the birds down like a page in a book. The journaling is focused around the three key words I have on the front; Dream, Believe and Be. Since I am in the process of fulfilling a dream of mine with my new venture I really wanted this to be mainly about dreams being like a bird on a wire and they can take flight at any time.
I don't have all my journaling finished just yet. I am about 1/2 way through it and still in draft because how hard I have been working on other things right now. Although it is about dreaming big while you are young when you truly believe dreams can come true, about believing in yourself and your dreams when you're old enough to give up on them, because they don't seem to be attainable and then just being true to who you know you were meant to be and realizing your dreams are always at reach, if you only reach a little further then you think you can. So, that is a brief overview without really reading it here. So, of course that is a picture of me when I was about 5, 30 and 45.
OK.. well, it feels kind of good to post something other then one of my images! LOL... thanks for stopping by and have a creative kind of day! MAKE ART!
September 17, 2009
Posted by Nina at 10:57 PM
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- Unknown said...
such great lo,s!! Love them both! Btw, thanks for the prize, i got earlier this week, and forgot mail you about it! *sorry*
- September 18, 2009 at 1:44 AM
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Knicks vs Suns
Today on MSG @ 4:00PM ET
The knicks were dissapointing against the Spurs. These games dont mean anything. Im only watchin to see Wilson chandler aka will kill you aka will son you aka dont f*** with me or ill posterize your b*tch ass aka....you get the point.
Heres a list of the players who count for the knicks
Wilson chandler
mardy collins
anthony roberson
the rest of the players dont count
Phoenix Suns
10 Justin Cage G/F 6-6 225 Xavier
4 Taquan Dean G 6-4 190 Louisville
Vladimir Golubovic Arizona
12 Jiri Hubalek F/C 6-11 225 Iowa State
14 Ekene Ibekwe F 6-9 220 Maryland
17 Jared Jordan G 6-2 187 Marist
15 Robin Lopez C 7-0 255 Stanford
11 Ivan McFarlin F 6-8 232 Oklahoma State
8 DJ Strawberry G 6-5 201 Maryland
29 Alando Tucker G/F 6-6 205 Wisconsin
2 Marcus Vinicius F 6-8 225 San Carlos (Brazil)
3 Judson Wallace F/C 6-10 220 No College
From the brief research the best players are alando tucker, dj strawberry, and robin lopez.
Ghostface killa
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Two hundred and thirty-seven years ago today, America was born. Kind of. More like we announced an intention to be born.
In that year, there were just 2.5 million people living in what would, in a few years, become the United States of America, according to current Census estimates. Today, the metropolitan areas of both New York City and Los Angeles have larger populations. Essentially, America was the size of modern Chicago.
Although the country has grown in both space and population, not everybody knows exactly what we're meant to be celebrating on the Fourth of July. Asked in what year America claimed independence, less than a third of Millennials correctly guessed 1776, according to a 2011 Marist Poll survey.
But enough celebrating ignorance and more celebrating America. In 2012, Americans spent nearly $1 billion on about 207 million pounds of display and consumer fireworks. That's about 60 percent more than we spent in 2000. Interestingly, the sheer number of pounds of fireworks we bought peaked in 2005.
The U.S. imports about a quarter of a billion dollars worth of fireworks with the vast, vast majority coming from China (appropriately enough, since the first fireworks in recorded history were from 7th century China).
The American Pyrotechnics Association (actual URL: http://www.americanpyro.com) claims that the rate of firework injuries has declined by about 80 percent since 1980. But there are still 4 recorded injuries for every 100,000 pounds of fireworks today. Here's how those injuries tend to break down (graph via Wonkblog).
For a safer way to celebrate, there are always flags. The Flag Manufacturers Association of America claims its members sell more than $300 million in "fabricated flags, banners and similar emblems" each year. We still import nearly $4 million of American flags every year, six-times more than we export.
Famously, we get the vast, vast majority of our flag imports from China.
Fireworks and flags are fine, but you can't eat them (safely). Fortunately for our stomachs, the final hallmarks of the holiday are hot dogs and burgers. So where do our American-bred pigs, hogs, and cattle come from? The folks at the Census and the USDA have data on that $90 billion mega-meat business, too.
If the meat of choice on your grill is beef hot dogs, steaks or burgers, there's a decent chance your food came from Texas, Nebraska, and Kansas, which combined account for about a third of annual meat production from cattle and calves in the U.S. (The American Meat Institute has slightly different figures.)
The hog and pig industry is more centralized. There are 66 million hogs and pigs in the U.S. today. About a third of them, producing 10 billion pounds of meat, are in Iowa.
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Chris Colfer & Darren Criss Suit Up at 'Glee' 100th Episode Celebration!
Chris Colfer is handsome while attending the celebration for the 100th episode of his hit show Glee held at Chateau Marmont on Tuesday (March 18) in Los Angeles.
The 23-year-old actor was joined by his co-stars Darren Criss, Chord Overstreet, Alex Newell, Mark Salling, Mike O'Malley, Jacob Artist, and Harry Shum Jr., who posed with his fiancee Shelby Rabara.
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Chris Colfer
The first part of the 100th episode aired on the same night on Fox, but the second part will air on Tuesday (March 25).
"Guess who else is back tonight? The one & only @KChenoweth ! Can we put her into mass production so everyone can have one? LOVE her #glee100," Darren tweeted about the first part of the episode.
15+ pictures inside of Chris Colfer and Darren Criss attending the Glee 100th episode celebration…


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K. Brooke Hansen, Associate Professor - B.A. (Southern Florida), M.A., Ph.D. (Arizona)
Rebecca Lesses, Assistant Professor - A.B. (Radcliffe), A.M., Ph.D. (Harvard)
Michael A. Malpass, Professor - B.A. (William and Mary), M.A., Ph.D. (Wisconsin, Madison)
Lisa Paciulli, Assistant Professor - B.A. (Southampton), M.A., Ph.D. (SUNY, Stony Brook)
Jack Rossen, Associate Professor - B.A. (Massachusetts, Amherst), M.A., Ph.D. (Kentucky)
Joel Savishinsky, Professor - B.A. (City College [New York]), Ph.D. (Cornell University), Dana Professor
David Turkon, Assistant Professor - B.S. (Canisius), M.A., Ph.D. (SUNY, Buffalo)
Susan Barbehenn, Assistant Professor - B.A. (Marymount College), M.F.A. (Ohio)
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Bruce North, Associate Professor - B.P.S. (SUNY, Empire), M.F.A. (Vermont College)
Susan Weisend, Professor - B.A. (SUNY, Cortland), B.F.A. (Syracuse), M.F.A. (Washington University)
Nancy J. Brcak, Professor - B.A. (Vassar), M.A., Ph.D. (Iowa)
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Patricia Tempesta, Assistant Professor - B.A. (St. Bonaventure), M.A. (SUNY, Cortland)
Elizabeth Bleicher, Assistant Professor - B.A., M.A. (Georgetown), Ph.D. (University of Southern California)
Daniel Breen, Assistant Professor - B.A. (Connecticut), M.A. (Yale), Ph.D. (Duke)
Hugh M. Egan, Professor - A.B. (Brown), M.A., Ph.D. (Iowa)
Claire Gleitman, Associate Professor - B.A. (Wesleyan University), M.A., Ph.D. (New York University)
Wendy Hyman, Assistant Professor - B.A. (Smith), M.A., Ph.D. (Harvard)
Katharine O. Kittredge, Associate Professor - B.A. (Hamilton), M.A., Ph.D. (SUNY, Binghamton)
Kevin Murphy, Professor - B.A. (City College [New York]), M.A., Ph.D. (Rochester)
Anjali Nerlekar, Assistant Professor - B.A., M.A., M.Phil. (Prune [India])
Michael Stuprich, Associate Professor - B.A., M.A. (Tulane), Ph.D. (Southern Mississippi)
James Swafford, Associate Professor - B.A. (Kansas), M.A., Ph.D. (Duke)
V. Lauryl Tucker, Assistant Professor - B.A. (University of the South), M.A. (Virginia)
Michael Twomey, Professor - B.A. (SUNY, Albany), A.M. (Boston College), Ph.D. (Cornell University), Dana Professor
Kirsten Wasson, Assistant Professor - B.A. (Wesleyan University), M.A. (SUNY, Binghamton), Ph.D. (Wisconsin, Madison)
Jonathan Ablard, Assistant Professor - B.A. (Oberlin), M.A. (Virginia, Charlottesville), Ph.D. (New Mexico, Albuquerque)
Karin Breur, Assistant Professor - B.A. (New College), M.A., Ph.D. (North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
Vivian Bruce Conger, Assistant Professor - B.A. (Le Moyne), M.A., Ph.D. (Cornell University)
Jason Freitag, Assistant Professor - B.A., M.A. (New York University), M.Phil., Ph.D. (Columbia University)
Joanne Izbicki, Assistant Professor - B.A. (Stonehill College), M.A., Ph.D. (North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
Michael Smith, Assistant Professor - B.A. (Truman State), M.A. (Villanova), Ph.D. (Indiana, Bloomington)
Joseph Tempesta, Associate Professor - B.A. (St. John's University [New York]), M.A., Ph.D. (New York University)
Michael Trotti, Associate Professor - B.A. (Virginia Commonwealth), M.A., Ph.D. (North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
Zenon Wasyliw, Associate Professor - A.A. (Broome Community), B.A., M.A., M.A.T., Ph.D. (SUNY, Binghamton)
David A. Brown, Associate Professor - B.A. (Ithaca), M.S., Ph.D. (Cornell University)
James Conklin, Associate Professor - B.S. (Miami University), M.S. (Cornell University), Ph.D. (Rochester)
Stephen Hilbert, Professor - B.S. (University of Notre Dame), Ph.D. (Maryland, College Park)
John Maceli, Associate Professor - B.S. (St. John's University [New York]), M.S. (Cornell University)
Teresa Moore, Associate Professor - B.S. (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University), M.A., (Kentucky), Ph.D. (SUNY, Binghamton)
Dani Novak, Associate Professor - B.A., M.A. (Technion [Israel]), Ph.D. (University of Connecticut)
Thomas J. Pfaff, Associate Professor - B.S. (Ithaca and SUNY, Cortland), M.S., Ph.D. (Syracuse)
Eric Robinson, Professor - B.A. (Harpur), M.A., Ph.D. (SUNY, Binghamton)
Margaret Robinson, Assistant Professor - B.A. (Nazareth College of Rochester), M.A. (SUNY, Binghamton)
John Rosenthal, Professor - B.S., Ph.D. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Stanley Seltzer, Associate Professor - B.A. (Carleton College), Ph.D. (Iowa)
Martin Sternstein, Professor - B.A. (Chicago), Ph.D. (Cornell University)
Nicholas Vandam, Adjunct Assistant Professor (part-time) - B.S. (Case Western Reserve), M.S. (Cornell University)
Jack Vanderzee, Adjunct Assistant Professor (part-time) - B.A. (SUNY, Buffalo), M.S. (Cincinnati)
Aaron Weinberg, Assistant Professor - B.A. (Williams), M.A. (Wisconsin, Madison)
Osman Yurekli, Professor - B.Sc., M. Sc. (Istanbul [Turkey]), Ph.D. (California, Santa Barbara)
Gerard Beck, Assistant Professor - D.E.U.G. License, Maîrise (Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour [France]), M.A. (Michigan State)
Julia Cozzarelli, Assistant Professor - B.A., MF.A. (SUNY, Buffalo), M.A., Ph.D. (Yale)
Maria DiFrancesco, Assistant Professor - B.A. (Canisius), M.A., Ph.D. (SUNY, Buffalo)
L. Glynis Donohue, Assistant Professor - B.A. (University of London [England]), M.A. (SUNY, Binghamton)
Marella Feltrin-Morris, Assistant Professor - Laurea (Ca'Foscari [Venice]), M.A., Ph.D. (SUNY, Binghamton)
Jane Kaplan, Professor - B.A. (North Carolina, Chapel Hill), Ph.D. (Louisiana State)
Annette Levine, Assistant Professor - B.A. (SUNY, Oswego), TESOL/CLAD Certificate (California, Davis), M.A. (Chicago), Ph.D. (California, Santa Barbara)
Julio López-Arias, Associate Professor - B.A. (Santiago [Spain]), M.A. (Pontificia de Salamanca [Spain]), M.A., Ph.D. (Michigan, Ann Arbor)
Sabatino G. Maglione, Professor - B.A. (Fairleigh Dickinson), M.A., Ph.D. (Pennsylvania State)
Michael D. Richardson, Associate Professor - A.B. (Stanford), M.A., Ph.D. (Cornell University)
Bernardo Torres, Instructor - A.S. (Broome), B.A., M.A. (SUNY, Binghamton)
Gladys Varona-Lacey, Professor - B.A. (Wells), M.A., Ph.D. (Pittsburgh)
Craig Duncan, Assistant Professor - B.A. (Brown), Ph.D. (Michigan, Ann Arbor)
Brian Karafin, Assistant Professor - B.A. (California, Santa Cruz), M.A., Ph.D. (Syracuse)
Carol Kates, Professor - B.A. (California, Berkeley), M.A., Ph.D. (Tulane), M.I.L.R. (Cornell University)
Frederik A. Kaufman, Professor - B.A., B.S. (University of Miami), M.A., Ph.D. (University of Virginia)
Robert Klee, Associate Professor - B.A. (Oakland), M.A., Ph.D. (Michigan, Ann Arbor)
Brendan Murday, Assistant Professor - B.A. (William and Mary)
Olga Solovieva, Instructor - B.A. (Omsk State [Russia]), M.A., M. Phil. (Syracuse)
Rachel Wagner, Assistant Professor - B.A. (Hendrix), M.A. (Wake Forest), Ph.D. (Iowa)
Daniel Briotta, Associate Professor - B.S. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), M.S., Ph.D. (Cornell University)
Beth Ellen Clark, Associate Professor - B.S. (California, Berkeley), Ph.D. (Hawaii, Manoa)
Luke Keller, Assistant Professor - B.Sc. (Arizona, Tuscon), M.A., Ph.D. (Texas, Austin)
Michael Rogers, Assistant Professor - B.S. (SUNY, Geneseo), M.S., M.A., Ph.D. (Oregon State)
Matthew Sullivan, Assistant Professor - B.A., B.S. (Stanford), M.S., Ph.D. (Maryland, College Park)
Bruce Thompson, Assistant Professor - B.A. (Colorado, Boulder), M.S., Ph.D. (Cornell University)
Asma Barlas, Professor - B.A. (Kinnaird [Pakistan]), M.A. (Punjab [Pakistan] and Denver), Ph.D. (Denver)
Donald W. Beachler Jr., Associate Professor - B.A. (West Virginia), M.A., Ph.D. (Cornell University)
Martin Brownstein, Associate Professor - B.A. (Brooklyn), M.A., M.Phil. (Yale)
Zillah Eisenstein, Professor - B.A. (Ohio), M.S., Ph.D. (Massachusetts, Amherst)
Valere Gagnon, Associate Professor - B.S.F.S. (Georgetown), M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. (Columbia University)
Beth Harris, Associate Professor - B.A. (Evergreen State), M.A., Ph.D. (Washington)
Naeem Inayatullah, Associate Professor - B.S.S., M.S. (Michigan State), Ph.D. (Denver)
Patricia Rodriguez, Assistant Professor - B.A. (University of Richmond), M.A. (California, San Diego)
Thomas C. Shevory, Professor - B.A. (Hobart and William Smith), M.A., Ph.D. (Iowa)
Peyi Soyinka-Airewele, Associate Professor - B.S. (Uife [Nigeria]), M.S.A. (Obafemi Awolowo [Nigeria]), Ph.D. (Birmingham [England])
Bernard C. Beins, Professor - A.B. (Miami University), Ph.D. (CUNY, Graduate Center)
Mary Turner DePalma, Professor - B.A. (Pennsylvania), Ph.D. (Cornell University)
Carla Golden, Professor - B.A. (Pennsylvania), M.A., Ph.D. (Syracuse)
Jeffrey Holmes, Assistant Professor - B.A. (Baldwin-Wallace College), M.A., Ph.D. (Akron)
William Hudenko, Assistant Professor - B.A. (Michigan, Ann Arbor), M.A., Ph.D. (Vanderbilt)
Ann Lynn, Associate Professor - B.A., M.A. (Ohio State), Ph.D. (University of Houston)
Jack H. Peck, Professor - B.A., M.S. (Villanova), Ph.D. (Rochester)
Judith Pena-Shaff, Associate Professor - A.S. (Colegio Universitario de Psicopedagogia Caracas [Venezuela]), M.A., Universidad Católica Andres Bello Caracas [Venezuela]), M.S., Ph.D. (Cornell University)
Nancy Rader, Professor - A.B. (Smith), Ph.D. (Cornell University)
Cynthia L. Scheibe, Associate Professor - B.A., M.S., Ph.D. (Cornell University)
Hugh Stephenson, Associate Professor - B.A. (University College of Dublin), M.A., Ph.D. (Southern Illinois, Carbondale)
Leigh Ann Vaughn, Associate Professor - B.A. (Smith), M.A., Ph.D. (Michigan, Ann Arbor)
Andrea White, Assistant Professor - B.A. (SUNY, Potsdam), M.S., Ph.D. (Syracuse)
Judith Barker, Associate Professor - B.S., M.A., Ph.D. (Oregon)
Julian Euell, Associate Professor - B.A. (Rochester), Ph.D. (Cornell University)
Terence Garatan, Instructor - B.S. (SUNY, Brockport), M.S.W. (Norfolk State)
Belisa Gonzalez, Assistant Professor - B.A., (Southwest Texas), M.A. (New Mexico, Albuquerque), Ph.D. (Emory)
Jonathan Laskowitz, Associate Professor - B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (Queens)
Susanne Morgan, Associate Professor - B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (Case Western Reserve)
Rebecca F. Plante, Assistant Professor - B.A. (Hampshire), M.A., Ph.D. (SUNY, Stony Brook)
Margo Ramlal Nankoe, Assistant Professor - B.A. (Pedagogical Academy Suriname, Paramaribo), M.A., Ph.D. (SUNY, Binghamton)
James Rothenberg, Associate Professor - B.A. (Washington University), M.A., Ph.D. (Michigan, Ann Arbor)
Stephen Sweet, Assistant Professor - B.A. (SUNY, Potsdam), M.A., Ph.D. (New Hampshire)
Alicia Swords, Assistant Professor - B.A. (Oberlin), M.A., Ph.D. (Cornell University)
Travis VandeBerg, Assistant Professor - B.A. (Central College), M.A., Ph.D. (Loyola College)
Laurie P. Arliss, Professor - B.A., M.A. (SUNY, Cortland), Ph.D. (SUNY, Buffalo)
Ann Byrne, Instructor - B.A., M.S. (SUNY, Cortland)
Jodi R. Cohen, Professor - B.A., M.A. (Colorado State), Ph.D. (Pennsylvania State)
Howard Erlich, Associate Professor - B.A., M.A. (Brooklyn), Ph.D. (Massachusetts, Amherst)
Bruce Henderson, Professor - B.S., M.A., Ph.D. (Northwestern University)
Danette Johnson, Associate Professor - B.A. (West Virginia, Wesleyan), M.A. (West Virginia University), M.A., Ph.D. (Northwestern University)
Daniel MacGuire, Assistant Professor - B.S., M.S., Ph.D. (Florida State)
Franklin Sharp, Associate Professor - B.S., M.A. (SUNY, Geneseo), Ph.D. (Syracuse)
Robert G. Sullivan, Associate Professor - B.S., M.A. (Emerson), Ph.D. (Maryland, College Park)
P. Scott Thomson, Assistant Professor - B.P.A., M.F.A. (Wayne State)
Sarah Trenholm, Professor - B.A. (William and Mary), M.A. (Hawaii, Manoa), Ph.D. (Denver)
Barbara Anger, Adjunct Instructor (part-time) - B.A. (Hofstra University), M.A. (Vermont College)
Susannah Berryman, Associate Professor - B.A. (Wisconsin, Madison), M.F.A. (Florida State)
Angela Branneman, Assistant Professor - B.A. (Indiana, Bloomington), M.F.A. (Alabama, Tuscaloosa)
Greg Bostwick, Professor - B.F.A., M.F.A. (Southern Methodist)
Lee Byron, Associate Professor - B.A., M.B.A. (Pennsylvania State)
Mary Corsaro, Associate Professor - B.S. (Indiana, Bloomington), M.A. (New York University)
Cynthia Henderson, Associate Professor - B.S. (Troy State), M.F.A. (Pennsylvania State)
John Hrkach, Associate Professor - B.A. (Florida Atlantic), M.A. (Catholic University of America), Ph.D. (New York City Technical College)
Norman W. Johnson Jr., Associate Professor - B.F.A. (University of Rhode Island), M.A. (University of Connecticut), Ph.D. (Oregon)
Judith M. Levitt, Adjunct Instructor (part-time) - B.S., M.A. (Kansas)
Jean McGregor, Assistant Professor - B.F.A., M.F.A. (Michigan, Ann Arbor)
Amy Walker O'Brien, Instructor - B.A. (Williams), M.A., Ph.D. (Wisconsin, Madison)
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Gregory Robbins, Associate Professor - B.F.A. (Minnesota, Duluth), M.F.A. (Wisconsin, Madison)
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Jeffrey P. Tangeman, Assistant Professor - B.A. (Hillsdale College), M.F.A. (Illinois State)
Steve TenEyck, Assistant Professor - B.A. (California, Santa Barbara), M.F.A. (University of Washington)
Don Tindall, Assistant Professor - B.A. (Central College), M.F.A. (Purdue)
James E. Utz Jr., Assistant Professor - B.A. (California, Davis), M.A. (Texas, El Paso), Ph.D. (Oregon)
Barbara Adams, Assistant Professor - B.A. (University of Southern California), M.A. (Yale)
Cory Mark Brown, Associate Professor - B.A., M.A. (Oklahoma State), M.F.A. (Cornell University)
Paul E. Cody, Adjunct Assistant Professor (part-time) - B.A. (Massachusetts, Boston), M.F.A. (Cornell University)
Ron Denson, Assistant Professor - B.A. (Yale), M.A. (Cornell University)
Anthony DiRenzo, Associate Professor - B.S. (Syracuse), M.A. (Villanova), Ph.D. (Syracuse)
David Flanagan, Assistant Professor - B.S. (Nazareth College of Rochester), M.A. (Cornell University)
Linda Godfrey, Assistant Professor - A.A. (Jefferson Community), B.A. (St. Lawrence), M.F.A. (Cornell University)
Thomas C. Kerr, Associate Professor - B.A. (Colorado State), M.A. (Washington), Ph.D. (Wisconsin, Milwaukee)
Marlene K. Kobre, Assistant Professor - B.A. (George Washington), M.A. (Cornell University)
Elizabeth Lawson, Assistant Professor - B.A. (Bryn Mawr College), M.A. (Texas, Austin), Ph.D. (Cornell University)
Marian MacCurdy, Professor - B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (Syracuse)
Katharyn Howd Machan, Associate Professor - B.A. (St. Rose), M.A. (Iowa), Ph.D. (Northwestern University)
Joan Marcus, Assistant Professor - B.A. (Oberlin), M.F.A. (Arizona)
Gigi Marks, Assistant Professor - B.S., M.F.A. (Cornell University)
Diane McPherson, Associate Professor - B.A. (Maine, Orono), M.F.A., Ph.D. (Cornell University)
Jerry Mirskin, Associate Professor - B.A. (SUNY, Fredonia), M.A. (SUNY, Binghamton), Ph.D. (Wisconsin, Madison)
Mary Beth O'Connor, Assistant Professor - B.A. (Maine, Orono), M.A. (Syracuse), M.A., Ph.D. (SUNY, Binghamton)
Sally Parr, Assistant Professor - B.A. (Bethany College), M.A. (University of Pennsylvania)
Hadley M. Smith, Assistant Professor - B.S. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), M.A.T., M.A. (Cornell University), M.L.S. (Syracuse)
Patricia Spencer, Assistant Professor - B.S. (Pennsylvania State), M.Ed. (Mansfield)
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Skin problems in horses are some of the most frustrating disorders to manage for both owner and veterinarian. Skin problems can disfigure a horse, and even can cause unsoundness. In addition, many skin diseases, such as allergies, have a complex cause so that one easy treatment is not available.
Signs of allergies in many horses appear with the arrival of summer and become progressively worse each year. Often horses with this history are allergic to insect bites (insect hypersensitivity). Several different clinical syndromes have been associated with insect hypersensitivity, such as Queensland or sweet itch, which is caused by Culicoides species (no-see-ums). However, any biting insect can be involved in insect hypersensitivity. In fact, many affected horses are allergic to the bites of more than one kind of insect.
The first signs can include redness and large, flat, circular swellings (wheals) or raised nodules with or without crusting. Intense itching (pruritus) often leads to skin damage, hair loss, secondary infections, and thickened, wrinkled skin.
The best therapy is to prevent insects from biting your horse, or at least reduce the number of bites. Effective management strategies include:
- Stabling during times of high insect activity;
- Directing fans to the surface of the horse when stalled;
- Using long-acting insect repellents (either on the horse or impregnated in mesh blankets or other equipment).
Intradermal skin testing (IDST) can help detect the insect or group of insects to which the horse is most allergic. If determined, a desensitizing vaccine can be custom-made for that horse. Approximately 50%-70% of horses respond favorably to desensitization; however, six to 12 months is needed before the horse receives the full benefit of this therapy.
Another strategy to control insect hypersensitivity is decreasing the horse's immune reaction through corticosteroids. Depending on the situation, these compounds can be applied directly to the affected area(s) or given systemically.
Other skin diseases that can cause itching include:
- Hives (recurrent urticaria);
- Parasites (onchocerciasis);
- Ringworm (dermatophytosis);
Contact dermatitis.
Recurrent urticaria can be recognized by the sudden appearance of wheals in the skin, some of which might coalesce, or grow together. The skin lesions are a response to allergens that could be inhaled, ingested, or contacted in the environment. The wheals might disappear quickly only to recur, or they might remain over several days.
Identifying the allergen is done by IDST or by trial and error. This involves exposing the horse to different allergens individually, which is a tedious process but yields a more specific answer.
Onchocerciasis (awn-koe-sir-KIE-uh-sis) is hypersensitivity to the larval stage of a parasite that can live in the horse's skin. Transmitted to the horse by Culicoides, these parasites are effectively controlled by the dewormers ivermectin and moxidectin. Therefore, hypersensitivity to them is much less common today than in the past.
Ringworm is characterized by circular, patchy, or coalescing lesions of hair loss–is another skin disease that can cause itching. Contrary to popular belief, the organism that causes ringworm is not a worm but a skin fungus, or dermatophyte. A diagnosis of ringworm can be confirmed by culturing hairs plucked from the edge of a lesion.
Many horses with allergic skin disease can develop contact hypersensitivity to medications or insect repellents used to treat the disease, making the original lesions worse. For that reason, your veterinarian might request that you stop treatment with all topical compounds and shampoos (except for one or two) while preliminary diagnostic work is performed.
Finally, horses kept in hot, humid areas can develop dermatophilosis. This disease, also called rain scald or rain rot, is caused by bacteria and often is mistaken for a fungal disease. The bacteria live in the outer layer of skin and cause from pinpoint to large, crusty scabs. When removed, the base of the hairs can be seen sticking through the bottom of the scab. In early or less-severe cases of this disease, simply removing the scabs with shampoos and currying will take care of the problem. More severe cases in which the infection has affected deeper layers of the skin might require antibiotics.
Your veterinarian should be an active partner in diagnosing and treating skin disease, particularly one that does not resolve in one to two weeks. By carefully examining your horse and following the progression of the skin lesions, you can help your veterinarian choose a place to perform a skin biopsy–the best diagnostic procedure for troublesome or persistent skin disease. Once a diagnosis is made, specific therapy can be recommended to resolve the condition.


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A Call for God to Remember
In his sermon "Fine Pleading," C.H. Spurgeon says, "Everything a sinner gets must come by favor. It cannot come anyway else, for if you get what you deserve, you will get no love, no mercy, no grace." In and ...Read More
Why Do God's People Pray?
Giving thanks in all circumstances does not mean that we become thrilled with the prospect of pain. Instead, it means thanking the Lord for how He uses our greatest joys and deepest hurts to make us more like Jesus. Regular ...Read More
An Offering of Gratitude
Without an understanding of the grace of God and submission to Christ's lordship, we cannot dedicate ourselves to the Lord in thanksgiving. Sanctification follows justification; the ability to walk in holiness is a benefit that results from our having been ...Read More
Providence and Gratitude
The Heidelberg Catechism says that knowledge of God's sovereign providence enables us to be thankful when things go well for us (Q&A 28). That is certainly true. However, we can also be thankful when things go ill, not because of ...Read More
The Mandate to Rejoice
When we suffer for Christ's sake, experience the death of a loved one, or encounter the same problems and sins in our lives yet again, it can be difficult to rejoice. Yet despite the reality of pain in these circumstances, ...Read More
Honoring Christ's Servants
Those who minister to the people of God full time should be paid the utmost respect and honor. Such respect and honor involve several things, such as taking their input and opinions sincerely and carefully, providing for their material needs, ...Read More
Perpetual Gratitude
Servanthood is the path to greatness, not the position we hold or the degree of authority that we have been given (Matt. 23:11). Even those who are in authority over people — including husbands, executives, and parents — must submit ...Read More
The Price of Love
Matthew 16:24–25 tells us that imitating God is a costly endeavor, one that requires daily self-denial and the narrow road of discipleship. If we think that there is no price to following the Savior, we are kidding ourselves. This price ...Read More
The Mystery's of God's Purpose
Wisdom, the ability to put what we know into right action, seems to be in short supply these days, but Paul assures us that we have the wisdom needed to live for Christ as a gift of divine grace. The ...Read More
Giving Thanks
We might think that we are grateful to God for what He has done for us, but if we never work to serve others, especially His people, then we must question the authenticity of our thankfulness. James 2:14–26 and other ...Read More