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A more careful Andrew Young
Hopefully, this will be my last Young post for a while. He was on WAOK (1380 AM) this afternoon. Political Insider provides the quotes:
Young said this:
"I say to [Obama], run as well as you can, and I will give him as much money as I can, but I had been committed to Hillary Clinton - in fact, I knew Hillary Clinton before I knew Bill Clinton. She and my wife worked together on the Children's Defense Fund. She was down in Mississippi in the '70s and early '80s."
And he said this:
"The thing about Southern governors, and the thing about Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton - they have grown up basically in the black community."
Wynter compared the experience that Bill Clinton had in '92, and the experience that Obama has now. "Why does he have to wait?" he asked.
"He doesn't have to wait. He's not waiting. You're trying to make me argue against Barack," Young said. "I'm supporting Hillary, because right now, before you can do anything, the economy has got to be straightened out. Now, Bill and Hillary helped to straighten out the economy after [Ronald] Reagan left us in deep debt.
"Hillary and Bill together - and basically, they have been a team, as Jimmy Carter and Rosalyn were a team, as Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt were a team. Democrats have tended to marry smart women, and their women have helped them in decision-making."
Said Wynter: "Republicans marry good women, too."
Young: "No, no.â€Â�
Wynter: "The ones that like women.â€Â�
But Young ignored the joke - an unsuccessful attempt at humor, on camera, is what got him in trouble over the weekend.
"No, I'm simply saying that I made a choice a long time ago, that I wanted Hillary Clinton to be the president," Young said. "I made that choice before she said she was going to run. Charlie Rangel and I have been good friends. Charlie Rangel was the one who encouraged her to come up to New York to run for the Senate.
"She's the only one right now that I don't think Republicans could beat."
My earlier posts on this debacle: the good, the bad, and the ugly.
Virtual-Reality Based Immersive Education
The Chronicle on funding for a Project to Build Virtual Learning Platform Within Popular Online Worlds:
Virtual-reality software that researchers are developing exclusively for educational uses will be supported by funds from the Federation of American Scientists and the Kauffman Foundation, a group that promotes entrepreneurship, a Boston College instructor announced at a gathering on Saturday at Harvard University.
The instructor, Aaron E. Walsh, is leading the ambitious multimillion-dollar project to build a virtual-reality platform within commercial and nonprofit online games and other fantasy spaces. His goal is to promote online learning through interactive, three-dimensional graphics, Internet-based telephony, Web cameras, and other digital media.
The platform standards and best practices are being developed by an international consortium of colleges, research institutes, and companies that want to use virtuality for instruction, research, and training. [...]
The project builds on Mr. Walsh's experience teaching Boston College students online in virtual spaces for three years… Mr. Walsh introduced the audience to the digital alter egos, or avatars, of some of his students as they traveled inside a three-dimensional model of an Egyptian tomb. An avatar of one student, standing in front of a digital jackal, explained that to ancient Egyptians the animal helped transport dead bodies to the underworld. The students have learned about some archaeological sites and tombs of Egypt through three-dimensional models developed by the Theban Mapping Project, based at the American University in Cairo. [...]
Also at the conference, Gene Koo, a fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School, talked about how students at Emerson College and Boston residents were using Second Life to foster civic engagement. They're using the virtual world to design real public spaces, including a park that will be located near Harvard's campus expansion project in the Allston neighborhood and adjacent residential areas. And they recreated Boston's subway system to provide tours of the city's neighborhoods. The Boston Island in Second Life will be formally presented to the city's mayor at an event Thursday.
Jeff Orkin, a researcher at the Media Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, discussed an online game he created called the Restaurant Game. It seeks to mimic the experience of being in a real restaurant as either a waiter or a patron. Mr. Orkin collects and organizes huge amounts of data about people's experiences in the game to develop automated responses to players' remarks or questions. Mr. Orkin said that Immersive Education could help similar efforts that combine artificial intelligence and virtuality.
Netscape on Firebrand
This one I watched twice…
Firebrand is cool. Here's how it can make money!
Sex offender residency restrictions rise again in Georgia
The Daily Report tells us that Georgia will try again to ban where sex offenders may live. You will recall that the state's Supreme Court declared unconstitutional the strict residency requirements approved by state lawmakers two years ago:
Under the new bill being pushed by House Republicans, a sex offender who owns his or her home would no longer have to vacate it if a center where children gather later opens up in the neighborhood. The bill would carve out a similar exception for sex offenders who have established employment, allowing them to keep their job if they had it first. [...]
The residency portion of the new bill would apply only to homeowners. Renters would still have to relocate if a childcare center, church or school moves into the neighborhood after they do.
House Republicans said they took their direction from the court's own ruling, which hinged on home ownership. The court said that to force a homeowner to abandon his property or be in violation of the law amounts to an illegal taking of property.
Via Maggie at Of Counsel:
Also, for the die-hard-residency-restriction types, how does this help anything? It's creating situations where sex offenders will be close to schools or day cares or playgrounds or all those other things they want to keep them away from. It seems to me like a rather large compromise. If they don't mind letting some of them do it, why are we bothering?
The biggest problem remains the one-size-fits-all approach. The danger of someone who's committed a misdemeanor sexual battery against another person ever hurting a child is slim to none. People who committed statutory rape twenty years ago? Pretty low. And yet we continue to treat all sex offenders like pedophiles. Worse, I don't know of any treatment regimes in place to try and better assist or monitor those who may be at risk of re-offending. It seems like a lose-lose situation, and it continues to create mountains of work for local law enforcement and probation officers, which means it's costing the state more money to do something that seems to have little value and risks losing track of offenders all together.
RELATED: Sex offender residency restrictions DO NOT WORK.
Gladwell takes on the I.Q. fundamentalists
In What I.Q. doesn't tell you about race Malcolm Gladwell looks at the work of James Flynn, a social scientist at the University of Otago in New Zealand to convincingly refute the arguments of the "I.Q. fundamentalists."
To the I.Q. fundamentalist, two things are beyond dispute: first, that I.Q. tests measure some hard and identifiable trait that predicts the quality of our thinking; and, second, that this trait is stable—that is, it is determined by our genes and largely impervious to environmental influences.
Not so says Flynn:
The best way to understand why I.Q.s rise, Flynn argues, is to look at one of the most widely used I.Q. tests, the so-called WISC (for Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children). The WISC is composed of ten subtests, each of which measures a different aspect of I.Q. Flynn points out that scores in some of the categories-those measuring general knowledge, say, or vocabulary or the ability to do basic arithmetic-have risen only modestly over time. The big gains on the WISC are largely in the category known as "similarities," where you get questions such as "In what way are 'dogs' and 'rabbits' alike?" Today, we tend to give what, for the purposes of I.Q. tests, is the right answer: dogs and rabbits are both mammals. A nineteenth-century American would have said that "you use dogs to hunt rabbits." [...]
The psychologist Michael Cole and some colleagues once gave members of the Kpelle tribe, in Liberia, a version of the WISC similarities test: they took a basket of food, tools, containers, and clothing and asked the tribesmen to sort them into appropriate categories. To the frustration of the researchers, the Kpelle chose functional pairings. They put a potato and a knife together because a knife is used to cut a potato. "A wise man could only do such-and-such," they explained. Finally, the researchers asked, "How would a fool do it?" The tribesmen immediately re-sorted the items into the "right" categories. It can be argued that taxonomical categories are a developmental improvement—that is, that the Kpelle would be more likely to advance, technologically and scientifically, if they started to see the world that way. But to label them less intelligent than Westerners, on the basis of their performance on that test, is merely to state that they have different cognitive preferences and habits. And if I.Q. varies with habits of mind, which can be adopted or discarded in a generation, what, exactly, is all the fuss about?
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Flynn then talked about what we've learned from studies of adoption and mixed-race children - and that evidence didn't fit a genetic model, either. If I.Q. is innate, it shouldn't make a difference whether it's a mixed-race child's mother or father who is black. But it does: children with a white mother and a black father have an eight-point I.Q. advantage over those with a black mother and a white father. And it shouldn't make much of a difference where a mixed-race child is born. But, again, it does: the children fathered by black American G.I.s in postwar Germany and brought up by their German mothers have the same I.Q.s as the children of white American G.I.s and German mothers.
The difference, in that case, was not the fact of the children's blackness, as a fundamentalist would say. It was the fact of their Germanness - of their being brought up in a different culture, under different circumstances. "The mind is much more like a muscle than we've ever realized," Flynn said. "It needs to get cognitive exercise. It's not some piece of clay on which you put an indelible mark." The lesson to be drawn from black and white differences was the same as the lesson from the Netherlands years ago: I.Q. measures not just the quality of a person's mind but the quality of the world that person lives in.
When you finish Gladwell's piece, check out Richard E. Nisbett's OpEd from Saturday's NYTimes, All Brains Are the Same Color:
The hereditarians begin with the assertion that 60 percent to 80 percent of variation in I.Q. is genetically determined. However, most estimates of heritability have been based almost exclusively on studies of middle-class groups. For the poor, a group that includes a substantial proportion of minorities, heritability of I.Q. is very low, in the range of 10 percent to 20 percent, according to recent research by Eric Turkheimer at the University of Virginia. This means that for the poor, improvements in environment have great potential to bring about increases in I.Q.
Comments Gladwell: "It's very persuasive. And it would be interesting to see what, if anything, die-hard hereditarians like Charles Murray have to say in response."
I'll be watching for that response too.
TiVo found it for us on the ION Network (11PM ET to midnight, Monday through Friday), and we found it strangely addictive. We immediately went to the website, and watched the two, TiVo and web, simultaneously.
Saying that it's dedicated to "commercial culture," Firebrand curates the site to include only what it considers to be the best video advertisements from around the world. You can peruse a host of ads from big-brand names like Nike, Apple and Volkswagen. Or you can watch Firebrand Live, which is a lot like MTV circa 1983. A window pops up to give you the commercial credits, and "commercial jockeys" or "CJs" walk you through the programming. This being the web, the host is, of course, a hot woman wearing a cleavage-revealing top. [...]
Firebrand is privately funded by NBC Universal (GE), Microsoft (MSFT) and GE's Peacock Equity Fund. It makes money by charging advertisers to be on the site. [And they sell ads on this all ad channel!] But the company is quick to point out that it does not just accept any ad offered.
Much as I enjoyed the channel and found it addictive, I won't likely be tuning in. Rather, when I hear about or want to go looking for a commercial or product, I'll head there.
When I was a child every mother collected S&H Greenstamps, and spent an inordinate amount of time sticking those stamps in books. Imagine a digital variation. The more commercials we watch the more digital stamps we collect.
The kind and number of "stamps" offered could be targeted by age, geography and a host of other demographic data. Instead of sticking them in books we could have an ad infested webquest game.
Ads as fun; ads we want; winners all around.
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There is a photo of this here on the site. Looks really cool!
I wish them the best of luck...
My friends are doing this project. They've curated a programme of sports art films and are screening them in a custom built solar powered mobile cinema made from reconstituted shipping containers. It will be located at the main library in Vancouver starting February 20. Go and see, I am going on Thursday.
Think of it as green cinema meets performance films. Recycled shipping containers are reconfigured to house free screenings of Canadian and international dance, sport and performance films that celebrate physicality in art and sport.Presented by Springboard in partnership with the Vancouver 2009 Cultural Olympiad, containR is a street installation at the nexus of video, public art and urban design. Sited on the northeast corner of Vancouver's Library Square, containR sits at the cross roads of mountain and urban culture; art and sport cinema, embracing public art and sustainable design.
There is a photo of this here on the site. Looks really cool!
I wish them the best of luck...
I'm not quite sure if this is relevant, but my "containr"-pics actually don't have anything to do with the containR film festival. It was just a little upcycling hand-embroidery project of mine, the motif referring to both recycling and web2.0/web culture matters :). Being from Germany, I admit I hadn't even heard of this festival before. It's a cool project, though, and I guess my pics do fit quite well, as both projects (though different in scale) have a focus on going green.
I didn't put them up but I must say they don't seem to look like the brightly coloured containers I mentioned that I saw in front of a circular building! :)
I was wondering about their significance too....Very nics pics though, I enjoyed them!
Great concept.
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Mickey Rourke is pocketing an extra $6,300 a month -- because TMZ has learned, the actor just ditched his $19,800-a-month NYC apartment ... for a MUCH cheaper alternative.
The "Wrestler" star was previously living in the Meatpacking district -- where he was renting a 5,000 square foot loft.
His new apartment in the West Village only costs $13,500 -- and features 3 bedrooms, 3 baths, a fireplace, and a pretty little garden.
New York prices.
Thirteen grand for a kitchen that looks like that and a plastic table and chairs? Someone call 911, this guy's being robbed.
Pfft, with all the money that he's wasting on rent, he could buy a nice house somewhere. He sounds lonely and can't throw money at the whores anymore.
That place is nice but not worth 13.5K a month. For that kind of cash, they could at least clean up the back yard and deck.
13k a month for THAT???????????????
I don't get why these celebs dont buy a nice house in the country. The rent on their apts in the city is ridiculous.
Is this comment section just for the idiots like the first poster and for advertisments that are scams? I am starting to think that. As for the apartment, what a dump. Looks dirty and cheap and I can't believe that he would be that stupid to pay that kind of money. Actually, who in their right mind would pay that kind of money to rent an apartment. Stupid.
"only" $13K per month?!! Why can't he just buy a place? He could be paying a mortgage and actually gain on the deal when he sells. Banks surely give mortgages to film stars - don't they?!!!!!!
It looks like a dump. He's living like a slob. $13k per month? For less than $2k/month you can live in a mansion in parts of the US.
NYC has a poor quality of life.
Most posters here have no clue how NYC works. $13,000 for a duplex in the west village is a good price, not a steal, but good. I pay $2000 for a dump here, 750 sq feet. But I am willing ot pay to live in NYC because I am simply not a suburbs type. NOt now. Second, I seriously doubt Mickey rourke let anyone come into his home and take pictures after he took possession of it. Those pictures were taken prior to his renting the home by a real estate agent or the former tenant. So, that isn't Mickey's sh*t you are seeing. Not his bottles of booze, etc. Third, I am impressed that he put his ego aside and realized it is time to economize and rent something cheaper. STill, for the annual rent amount he is making good salary, But, perhaps he doesn't not have the credit history to purchase a nice place.
The only reason he moved is because he ran out of places to bury the dead hookers in his basement.
Doesn't look like much to me, but then again it's NYC. Give me the country anytime, I'd much rather hear birds singing, crickets, chirping, than horns beeping, ambulances screaming, etc. with apt. that looks like a run-down house.
Maybe rich people just don't know they're getting ripped off. There is no place I'd want to live so bad that I'd pay $13,000 a month for a place that would only go for between $800-$2000 just about anywhere else (not just "Podunk, Indiana") NYC is A city, it's not the ONLY city.


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When I was interviewing for baking jobs a little while back, I was repeatedly asked if I had any bread-making experience. I thought to myself… well I made challah that one time, and when I was taking that baking class I made french bread, and my Mamma's Bread sort of counts, but as a whole, I haven't made a lot of rise, or yeast breads.
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I'd love to learn more about bread making because I think it's just the coolest. It grows, it's ALIVE. ISN'T THAT SO COOL?!
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Was reminded of this lovely poem last night -- it's one of my favorites. "I like to have a martini, Two at the very most. After three I'm under the table, after four I'm under my host." ― Dorothy Parker,
My CSA is still going strong and I'm still doing my best to cook as often as I can (using as much of my CSA produce as I can) while balancing work, a social life, and everything else. In the past two weeks I've made:
I was lucky enough to go see Joan Jett earlier this week at a small venue in NYC. One of my favorite songs of the night (in addition to her rendition of "Everyday People") was this one:
I fully credit T.J. Lynch of Mother's Ruin for this moniker, but this is my take on what a real fucking martini should be. Drink one -- you deserve it.
A Real Fucking Martini
2 oz gin (for this, I like Nolet's Silver) 1 oz Dolin Blanc Vermouth 3 dashes Regan's Orange Bitters
Combine ingredients in a mixing glass. Add cracked ice and stir. Strain into a chilled coupe. Garnish with a lemon twist, if desired.
As you may know, I've got a new job, which I started a week ago. One of the many things this means is the opportunity to explore a new neighborhood. Almost every day since I started, I have been able to stroll around a bit during lunchtime and take mental notes of restaurants and stores in the new 'hood. Extra bonus -- there's a greenmarket there every Thursday. Any suggestions for the Morningside Heights/Columbia area, bring 'em on!
* In the words of Sheryl Crow
Most often, when I make a roast chicken, I use the Zuni Cafe recipe, which I adore. This past week, I had chicken that was roasted according to Thomas Keller's technique (pictured above). It was also delicious. Now I'm wondering which one is better. Until I get to do a taste test closer in time, I turn to you, dear readers. Any preference?
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Prices are determined in the market through the interaction of buyers (demanders) and sellers (suppliers). In general, buyers want to buy more of the good at lower prices, less of it at higher prices; and sellers wish to sell more of the pro duct at higher prices and less of it at lower prices. How does a market deal with these opposing preferences? We need to look at these concepts of supply and demand in turn and see exactly what each entails.
DEMAND - the number of units of a good (or service) that consumers are willing (and able) to take off the market at various alternative prices, per unit of time, other things constant.
Two phrases to note:
per unit of time - denotes a flow variable; how many units that buyers will take off the market per hour, per day, per year, or whatever the specified time period.
other things constant - makes explicit the fact that there are factors other than the price of a good that influence consumer buying decisions. In order to focus on the effect of price, it is necessary to hold these other factors constant while varying the price of the good in question.
LAW OF DEMAND - there is an inverse relationship between the price of a good and the quantity demanded by consumers. In other words, holding other things constant, if we raise the price of a good, consumers will take fewer units off the market; an d if we lower the price of the good, consumers will take more of the good off the market.
In that the price of the good and the quantity demanded are inversely related, the DEMAND CURVE must slope downward to the right.
How important is price?
That question brings up the concept of ELASTICITY OF DEMAND. Elasticity is a measurement of responsiveness. Price elasticity of demand relates to the question of how sensitive consumers of a good are to changes in the price of that good. In gene ral, if c
onsumers are very responsive to a change in the price of a good, then the demand for that good would be characterized as price elastic. If on the other hand, consumers hardly respond to a change in the price of a good, we would say tha t the demand is rel
atively inelastic.
What determines whether the demand for a good is price elastic or inelastic? What are a few goods for which you would expect the price elasticity of demand to be very high? For what goods would you expect consumers to be relatively unresponsive to price c
hanges? Are governments more likely to place excise taxes on goods for which the demand tends to be more elastic, or less elastic? Why?
These "other things" are factors other than the price of the product itself that determine how much of a good that consumers will buy. For example, many things we don't buy simply because we don't care for them-regardless of price. Thus we would say tha t
consumer tastes are important nonprice determinants of demand. In general, we might say that:
Qx = f(Px, T, Y, Ep, Ey, Ps, Pc, N...)
Px = price of good x
T = consumer tastes & preferences (perhaps influenced by advertising)
Y = consumer incomes (is this a positive or an inverse relationship?)
Ep = expectations concerning future prices
Ey = expectations concerning future incomes.
Ps = price of substitute goods (positive or inverse?)
Pc = price of complementary goods (sign?)
N = number of potential consumers.
Demand versus Quantity Demanded "Demand" refers to an entire demand curve. "Quantity demanded" refers to a point on a demand curve - the quantity demanded at a particular price. How is a change in demand illustrated graphically? A change in demand is shown as a shift in the demand curve. What causes a change in demand (a shift in the demand curve)? A change in demand occurs if & only if one of the "other things" (called nonprice determinants of demand) changes. How is a change in quantity demanded shown graphically? A change in quantity demanded is shown as a movement along a given demand curve. What causes a change in quantity demanded? A change in the price of the good brings about a change in quantity demanded. Supply - the number of units of a good that sellers will place on the market at various alternative prices, per unit of time, other things constant. Price and quantity relationship? Positive, thus the supply curve slopes upward to the right. What are the "other things" this time? The other things which are called nonprice determinants of supply include: Pr = resource prices Tech = technology Pss = price of seller substitute goods Psc = price of seller complementary goods Ep = expectations concerning future price of the good u = other (see text) Supply versus Quantity Supplied SUPPLY = entire curve CHANGE in Supply =shift of curve WHAT CAUSES CHANGE IN SUPPLY? QUANTITY SUPPLIED - point on a curve CHANGE IN QUANTITY SUPPLIED - shown as movement along a given supply curve What causes a change in quantity supplied? A change in the price of the good. BE CERTAIN THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE TERMS "DEMAND" AND "QUANTITY DEMANDED"; THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO ILLUSTRATE HOW A CHANGE IN EACH IS ILLUSTRATED GRAPHICALLY; AND WHAT CAUSES A CHANGE IN EACH. ALSO, YOU MUST BE ABLE TO MAKE THE SAME DISTINCTIONS RELATIVE TO THE SUPPLY SIDE OF THE MARKET.


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Quay2c is a multi-disciplinary design practice of Architects, Designers and Artists set up in January 2000 to celebrate the new millennium. It specialises in considering design in the environment from infrastructural issues down to the finest detail. Quay2c is formed from the broad range of experience that the "Quay" workers bring to the practice. There is a mutual recognition that in an increasingly digital world, flexibility of response to shifting contexts is a key ingredient for designers in fulfilling client expectations of creativity, deadlines and budgets. In this sense, Quay2c is particularly interested in blurring the edges between the old architectural boundaries, both as a creative questioning within the practice and as a tool towards an integrated and holistic service.
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Quay 2c project featured in Eurban exhibition
EURBAN, who introduced cross-laminated timber construction to the UK 10 years ago, will be celebrating a decade of more than 100 built works within the UK with an exhibition and series of events at The Building Centre throughout September.
BUILT 1:1, which runs from 6 - 27 September 2013, features a model of Quay 2c project Fairmule House. Completed in 2006, this project won London District Surveyors Association (LDSA) Sustainable Building of the Year 2007.
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Open House London 2013
Quay House will be participating in this years Open House London. The building will be open Saturday 21st September, 12noon through to 5pm.
This coincides with the opening of the latest exhibition at the m2 Gallery: as well as showing work in the gallery space (to the front of Quay House) Iain Hales, will show a larger sculptural work in the main atrium space of the building and a number of large scale drawings.
The artist, as well as Ken and Julia, will be on site to answer any questions.
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Quay2c visit Switzerland
Quay2c visitied the Basel Art Fair, housed in the new building by Herzog & De Meuron. We also visited the Schaulager building, also by H & deM, with a special restrospective show of Steve MacQueens films. Other mpressive buildings visited were Burkhalter & Sumis Zurichberg hotel with its fantastic ramp and the chapel by Peter Zumthor. We also visited the final diploma year show at Mendrisio School of Architecture.
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m2 Gallery celebrates 10 years
On Sunday 21st April the m2 gallery opened its latest show, by artist and architect Will Lee with a celebration marking its 10th anniversary. Huge thanks from Julia and Ken to all the artists and supporters who have been a part of an amazing decade. Here's to the next 10!
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Quay2c website updated!
We have completed a comprehensive review of our website and, with the help of our original designer Edd at Cherrymark the site has been overhauled and made more intuitive and navigable. Projects have now been broken down by sector, and we have added a new area for 'connections' where we will be posting entries about people, companies and products we have spotted or been working with. Have a browse around and see if you can spot the changes!
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Quay 2c project featured in new book, 'Temporary Architecture'
Quay 2c's temporary structure - commissioned by the m2 Gallery - the 4 x m2 Gallery is featured Temporary Architecture published by Braun.
Temporary Architecture is the latest book in Swiss publisher Braun's series Experimental Architecture, which features, "50 remarkable projects from around the globe, which have impressed through their transitory nature."
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An Exclusive Insight into 100 Architecturally Inspiring Buildings in London
Quay House is featured in Victoria Thornton's new book, Open House London: An Exclusive Insight into 100 Architecturally Inspiring Buildings in London, with foreword by Alain de Botton.
The book is published to coincide with this year's Open House London weekend. Copies will be available to buy at Quay House on Saturday 22nd September, when it will be open to the public from 12noon-5pm.
19.04.12 /
An evening with Quay House - Open City
This year Open-City celebrates the 20th birthday of the organisation and their Open House Event. Quay 2c have been asked to open Quay House for one of the additional special evening tours, as part of their expanded programme of events under the 2012 theme - 'The Changing Face of London' - and in the forthcoming Open House 20th anniversary photographic book, out in September.
Come along and join Ken and Julia, with a glass of prosecco, for a special tour of their home Quay House. Artist Helen Carnac, who is exhibiting in the m2 Gallery, will also be on hand to take questions.
There are two tours on Thursday 19th April, 6pm and 7.30pm. Please follow the link below to the Open-City website to make your booking.
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Quay2c shows off 'recycled' pop-up gallery in Pimlico.
The Quay 2c designed 4 x m2 Gallery Pavilion is featured on the Architects' Journal website, with a short article by Domenic Donatantonio.
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Quay House Featured in Matchbox Magazine
An article on Quay House is featured in this months Matchbox Magazine.
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Title: | Measures taken by parents to prevent malaria |
Author: | Dihno, Anastazia Emil |
Abstract: | A quantitative, explorative, descriptive contextual study was conducted to determine to what extent the malaria control measures proposed by the Tanzanian government had been implemented by parents of children between the ages 0-5 years who lived in Bukumbi village. Structured interviews were conducted with 40 parents of children who had been admitted for malaria treatment during 2007, and the data analysed by computer. Although respondents had a basic knowledge of preventive measures they did not implement actions preventing the anopheles mosquitoes' breeding in this tropical area. The vicious cycle of poverty, malaria episodes and lack of proper malaria health education hampered the implementation of control measures such as the spraying of houses with insecticides. Although the government of Tanzania subsidises insecticide treated bed nets the respondents did not maintain these nets and did not renew the insecticide treatment of these nets. The incidence of malaria is unlikely to decline in the Bukumbi village unless all identified factors are addressed. |
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Hope Ministries' Bethel Mission men's emergency shelter has been serving Des Moines' inner city since 1915. Located at 1310 6th Avenue in the heart of the city, Bethel Mission provides a total of 110 emergency shelter beds. Our Hope Café community dining hall is also connected to this ministry center and serves free meals three times a day—not only to the men living at Bethel Mission, but to anyone from the community who comes to us for a meal.
Emergency shelter guests receive a clean and safe place to stay, hot and nutritious meals, Bible studies, case management and Christian counseling. We believe the most important step to recovery is a foundation of faith in, and a daily walk with, Jesus Christ.
Shelter guests receive 60 free days every calendar year. Once those 60 days are used up, there is a $5/day fee unless guests choose to enter our life-recovery program. In that case, the rest of their stay with us is free.
For men who wish to make lasting changes in their lives, we offer a year-long life-recovery program called Journey of Hope. This program is free. The first phase of this program takes place at our Bethel Mission facility—this is a time of structured transition and evaluation. Guests who choose to enter the first phase of our recovery program move to a separate dorm at our Bethel Mission facility. After completing the first phase, men transition to our Door of Faith recovery center.
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A guide for Parents, Guidance Counselors, and Mental Health Professionals
This section of the Web site, which is dedicated to serving children and adolescents, was made possible by the generous support of the Dolfinger-McMahon Foundation.
Cognitive Therapy (CT) has been scientifically demonstrated in hundreds of clinical studies to be an effective treatment for a variety of mental and behavioral health disorders for adults, older adults, children, and adolescents. Below is a list of disorders for which CT has been demonstrated to be effective for children and adolescents.
- Depression (among adolescents and depressive symptoms among children)
Anxiety disorders
- Separation anxiety
- Avoidant disorder
- Overanxious disorder
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress disorder
- Conduct disorder (oppositional-defiant disorder)
- Distress due to medical procedures (e.g., cancer)
- Recurrent abdominal pain
- Physical complaints not explained by a medical condition (Somatoform disorders)
- Chronic pain
Books & Research Articles
Friedberg, R. D., Mason, C., & Fidaleo, R. A. (1992). Switching channels. Odessa: Psychological Assessment Resources.
Seligman, M. E. P. (1995). The optimistic child: Proven program to safeguard children from depression & build lifelong resilience. New York: Houghton Mifflin.
Treatment and Assessment
Barkley, R. A., Edwards, G. H., & Robin, A. L. (1999). Defiant teens: A clinician's manual for assessment and family intervention. New York: Guilford.
Bloomquist, M. L., & Schnell, S. V. (2002). Helping children with aggression and conduct problems: Best practices for intervention. New York: Guilford.
Chorpita, B. F. (2007). Modular cognitive-behavioral therapy for childhood anxiety disorders. New York: Guilford.
Dattilio, F. M. (1997). Family therapy. In Leahy, R. L. (Ed.). Practicing cognitive therapy: A guide to interventions p. 409-450. New York: Jason Aronson.
Deblinger, E., & Heflin, A. H. (1996). Treating sexually abused children and their nonoffending parents: A cognitive behavioral approach.Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Dudley, C. D. (1997). Treating depressed children: A therapeutic manual of cognitive behavioral interventions. Oakland: New Harbinger Publications.
Epstein, N. E., Schlesinger, S. E., & Dryden, W. (Eds.). (1988). Cognitive-behavioral therapy with families. New York: Brunner-Mazel.
Friedberg, R. D., & Crosby, L. E. (2001). Therapeutic exercises for children: Professional guide. Sarasota, FL: Professional Resource Press.
Friedberg, R. D., Friedberg, B. A., & Friedberg, R. J. (2001). Therapeutic exercises for children: Guided self-discovery using cognitive-behavioral techniques. Sarasota, FL: Professional Resource Press.
Friedberg, R. D., & McClure, J. M. (2002). Clinical practice of cognitive therapy with children and adolescents: The nuts and bolts. New York: Guilford.
Ginsburg, G. S., Siqueland, L., Masia-Warner, C., & Hedtke, K. A. (2004). Anxiety disorders in children: Family matters. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 11, 28-43.
Graham, P. (1998). Cognitive-behaviour therapy for children and families. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Kazdin, A. E., & Weisz, J. R. (Eds.) (2003). Evidence-based psychotherapies for children and adolescents. New York: Guilford.
Kearney, C. A. (2001). School refusal behavior in youth: A functional approach to assessment and treatment. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Kearney, C. A. (2005). Social anxiety and social phobia in youth: Characteristics, assessment, and psychological treatment. New York: Springer.
Keat, D. (1990). Child multimodal therapy. New Jersey: Ablex Publishing Corporation.
Kendall, P. C. (Ed.) (2000). Child & adolescent therapy: Cognitive-behavioral procedures. 2nd Ed. New York: Guilford.
Kendall, P. C., Chansky, T. E., Kane, M. T., Kim, R. S., Kortlander, E., Ronan, K. R., Sessa, F. M., & Siqueland, L. (1992). Anxiety disorders in youth: Cognitive behavioral interventions. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
Knell, S. M. (1993). Cognitive behavioral play therapy. Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson.
Kuehn, B. M. (2007). Cognitive-behavioral therapy shows promise for children with mental illness. Journal of the American Medical Association, 297(5), 453-455.
March, J. S., & Mülle, K. (undated) How I ran OCD off my land!: A guide to cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy for children and adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Durham: Duke University Medical Center.
March, J. S., & Mulle, K. (1998).OCD in children and adolescents: A cognitive-behavioral treatment manual. New York: Guilford.
Mattick, S. G., & Ollendick, T. H. (2002). Panic disorder and anxiety in adolescents. Malden, MA: Blackwell.
Rapee, R., Wignall, A., Hudson, J., & Schniering, C. (2000). Treating anxious children and adolescents: An evidence-based approach. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications.
Reinecke, M. A., Dattilio, F. M., & Freeman, A. (Eds.) (1996). Cognitive therapy with children and adolescents. New York: Guilford.
Riley, D. (1997). The defiant child: A parent's guide to oppositional defiant disorder. Dallas: Taylor Publishing.
Ronen, T. (1997). Cognitive developmental therapy with children. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
Seligman, M. P., Reivich, K., Jaycox, L., & Gillham, J. (1995). The optimistic child. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
Schwebel, A., & Fine, M.(1994). Understanding and helping families: A cognitive-behavioral approach. New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Stallard, P.(2002). Think good—feel good: A cognitive behaviour therapy workbook for children and young people. Sussex: John Wiley & Sons, LTD.
Tanguay, P. (2001). Nonverbal learning disabilities at home: A parent's guide. Philadelphia: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Temple, S. (1997). Brief therapy for adolescent depression. Sarasota, Florida: Professional Resource Press.
Wilkes, T. C. R., Belsher, G., Rush, A. J., & Frank, E. (1994). Cognitive therapy for depressed adolescents. New York: Guilford.
Professional Books – Research
Morris, T. L., & March, J. S. (2004). Anxiety disorders in children and adolescents. 2nd Ed. New York: Guilford.
Ollendick, T. H., & March, J. S. (2004). Phobic and anxiety disorders in children and adolescents: A clinician's guide to effective psychosocial and pharmacological interventions. New York: Oxford.
Silverman, W. K., & Treffers, P. D. A. (2001). Anxiety disorders in children and adolescents: Research, assessment, and intervention. New York: Cambridge.
Vasey, M. W., & Dadds, M. R. (2001). The developmental psychopathology of anxiety. New York: Oxford.
School-Based Cognitive Therapy References
Allen, J. S., & Christner, R. W. (2003). The process and structure of cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT) in the school setting. Insight, 24 (1), 4-9.
Christner, R. W., & Allen, J. S. (2003). Introduction to cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) in the schools. Insight, 23 (3), 12-14.
Friedberg, R. D., & McClure, J. M. (2002). Clinical practice of cognitive therapy with children and adolescents: The nuts and bolts. New York: Guilford Press.
Ghafoori, B., & Tracz, S. M. (2001). Effectiveness of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy in Reducing Classroom Disruptive Behaviors: A Meta-Analysis. ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED457182.
Mennuti, R., & Christner, R. W. (2007). A conceptual framework for school-based cognitive-behavior therapy. International Encyclopedia of Cognitive Behavior Therapy. New York: Kluwer.
Mennuti, R., Christner, R. W., & Freeman, A. (2007). Cognitive Behavioral Interventions in Educational Settings. New York: Routledge Publishing.
Reinecke, M. A. Dattilio, F. M., & Freeman, A. (2003). Cognitive therapy with children and adolescents: A casebook for clinical practice 2nd Ed. New York: Guilford Press.
U.S. Department of Education. (2001). Twenty-third annual report to Congress on the implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Washington DC: Author.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (1999). Mental health: A report of the Surgeon General. Rockville, MD: Author.
CBT for Learning and Intellectual Disabilities
Kroese, B. (1977). Cognitive-behaviour therapy for people with learning disabilities. London: Routledge.
Radnitz, C. (2000). Cognitive-behavioral therapy for persons with disabilities. London: Jacob Aronson.
Nezu, C. M., Nezu, A. M., Rothenberg, J. L., DelliCarpini, L., & Groag, I. (1992). Psychopathology in persons with mental retardation: Clinical guidelines for assessment and treatment. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 19(2), 227-239.
CBT for Aspergers
Winner, M. G. (2003). Thinking about you, thinking about me philosophy and strategies for facilitating the development of perspective taking for students with social cognitive deficits. London: Jessica Kingsley.
Dr. Tony Atwood in Australia has written and lectured extensively on this topic. Dr. Tony Atwood.
Selective Mutism
Bergman, R. L., Piacentini, J., & McCracken, J. (2002). Prevalence and description of selective mutism in a school-based sample. Journal of American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 41, 938-946.
Cunningham, C. (2005). Helping your child with selective mutism. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger.
McHolm, A. (2007). Selective mutism for parents. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger.
Sadock, B. J. (2004). Kaplan and Sadock's Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry, 8th Ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.
Consumer Books
Crist, J. J. (2004). What to do when you're scared and worried: A guide for kids. Minneapolis, MN: Free Spirit.
Eisen, A. R., & Engler, L. B. (2006). Helping your child with separation anxiety: A step-by-step guide for parents. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger.
Faber, A., & Mazlish, E. (2001). How to talk so kids will listen and listen so kids will talk. London: Piccadilly Press.
Fitzgibbons, L., & Pedrick, C. (2003). Helping your child with OCD. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger.
Foa, E. B., & Andrews, L. W. (2006). If your adolescent has an anxiety disorder: An essential resource for parents. New York: Oxford.
Last, C. G. (2006). Help for worried kids: How your child can conquer anxiety and fear. New York: Guilford.
Manassis, K. (1996). Keys to parenting your anxious child. Woodbury, NY: Arons Educational Series.
McHolm, A. E., Cunningham, C. E., & Vanier, M. K. (2005). Helping your child with selective mutism: Practical steps to overcome a fear of speaking. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger.
Rapee, R. M., Spence, S. H., Cobham, V., & Wignall, A. (2000). Helping your anxious child: A step-by-step guide for parents. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger.
Wagner, A. P. (2000). What to do when your child had obsessive-compulsive disorder: Strategies and solutions. Rochester, NY: Lighthouse Press.
Wagner, A. P. (2002). Worried no more: Help and hope for anxious children. Rochester, NY: Lighthouse Press.
Waltz, M. (2000). Obsessive compulsive disorder: Help for children and adolescents. Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly and Associates.
Depression and Anxiety
Butler, A. C., Chapman, J. E., Forman, E. M., & Beck, A. T. (2006). The empirical status of cognitive-behavioral therapy: A review of meta-analyses. Clinical Psychology Review, 26(1), 17-31.
March, J. S., Silva, S., Petrycki, S., Curry, J., Wells, K., Fairbank, J., Burns, B., Domino, M., & McNulty, S. (2007). The treatment for adolescents with depression study (TADS): Long-term effectiveness and safety outcomes. Archives of General Psychiatry, 64, 1132-1143.
Reinecke, M. A., Ryan, N. E., DuBois, D. L. (1998). Cognitive-behavioral therapy of depression and depressive symptoms during adolescence: A review and meta-analysis. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 37(1), 26-34.
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Cohen, J. A., Deblinger E., Mannarino A. P., & Steer, R. (2004). A multi-site randomized controlled trial for multiply traumatized children with sexual abuse-related PTSD. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 43, 393-402.
Deblinger E., Stauffer L. B., Steer R. A. (2001). Comparative efficacies of supportive and cognitive behavioral group therapies for young children who have been sexually abused and their non-offending mothers. Child Maltreatment, 6, 332-343.
For a discussion on further outcome studies, as well as additional mental health concerns such as Separation Anxiety, Phobias, Conduct Disorder, Oppositional Defiance Disorder, Distress Due to Medical Procedures, and those listed above, please see the following two articles.
Butler, A. C., Chapman, J. E., Forman, E. M., & Beck, A. T. (2006). The empirical status of cognitive-behavioral therapy: A review of meta-analyses. Clinical Psychology Review, 26(1), 17-31.
Chambless, D. L., & Ollendick, T. H. (2001). Empirically supported psychological interventions: Controversies and evidence. Annual Review of Psychology, 52, 685-716.
Materials for Use in Therapy
Kendall, P. (1994). Coping Cat; Coping Cat notebook; Stop and think workbook (2nd ed). Ardmore, PA: Workbook Publishing.
Kendall, P., Kane, M., Howard, B., & Siqueland, L. (2006). Cognitive-behavioral therapy for anxious children: Therapist manual. Ardmore, PA: Workbook Publishing.
Flannery-Schroeder, E., & Kendall, P. (1996). Cognitive-behavioral therapy for anxious children: Therapist manual for group treatment. Ardmore, PA: Workbook Publishing.
Kendall, P. (1992). Cognitive-behavioral therapy for impulsive children: Therapist manual. Ardmore, PA: Workbook Publishing.
Stark, K., & Kendall, P. (1996). Taking action: A workbook for overcoming depression. Ardmore, PA: Workbook Publishing.
Stark, K., & Kendall, P. (1996). Treating depressed children: Therapist manual for "taking action." Ardmore, PA: Workbook Publishing.


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About the guidebook
Your Krabi is the first ever guidebook dedicated to Krabi Province in Thailand. The guide is in full colour, with more than 400 colour photographs and detailed maps in Thai and English, as well as practical information that will help you plan the logistics of your holiday, and also be of use when you are here. Special features give background information about all the tourist attractions and activities in Krabi, including those off the beaten path, while knowledgable chapters on food, people and culture offer an easy-to-digest insight into the life of the area.
Your Krabi guidebook is available in The Books bookstore in Krabi Town; as well as Ocean Mart and Andaman Sunset Minimart in Ao Nang. If you prefer to buy before you fly, you can of course order a copy from us directly, at the exclusive price of 195 THB (50% discount on the cover price) + postage, using our secure payment form above.
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Tu as faim! And you've got tickets to the opera! What to do…
As tourists, we are always juggling our time to work in as many activities as our 7-day, 6-night trip can hold. For foodies, trying to wedge in a quality meal while meeting some other "must-do" goal can create frustrating moments. Opera fans (or lovers of historic architecture) visiting Paris can ease their stress levels by dining at the Opera Restaurant in Pairs' famed Palais Garnier Opera house.
Paris' opulent Palais Garnier has recently unveiled their new Opera Restaurant. As early as the opera house's opening in 1875, designer Charles Garnier expressed a desire to open a restaurant within the building. An idea that was considered again in 1973 and 1992, the restaurant did not become a reality until restauranter Pierre Francois Blanc and architect Odile Decq recently came along to invest in this $6 million venture.
On the culinary front, two-star Michelin chef Christophe Aribert along with Executive chef Yann Tanneau have created a unique menu for the restaurant to reflect the opera house's mythical image, while combining traditional and contemporary cuisine. Aribert worked at gourmet restaurant Les Terrasses in Grenoble for thirteen years, where he prepared creative dishes utilizing local products. Along with Aribert, Tanneau joins the team, who has worked in the kitchen of the chic Parisian Philippe Starck design hotel Mama Shelter, along with pastry chef Hervé Moreau. Keeping to the locavore trend, the restaurant will boast local products, even serving honey made from the bees kept on the opera house's rooftop.
The menu lists classic dishes with a focus on fruits de mer; you may feast on lobster, whiting and sole, as well as trout. Guinea fowl is also a speciality.
Spanning three separate spaces, the restaurant also includes a cocktail bar and mezzanine area. The bar features a special drink called "Phantom by Martini" in honor of the classic novel and musical Phantom of the Opera, which was originally set in the Opera Garnier. The entire space evokes an elegant yet modern atmosphere, with grand glass structures surrounding already-existing pillars, grandiose statues, dramatic lighting, and vibrant red tables and chairs.
As one who thrives dining out in Paris (low- and high-end), the atmosphere of Opera Restaurant seems a bit cold. I have this thing about "French Modern" decor – the French don't do it well. Cute and flashy is not comfortable and welcoming – no conducive to a relaxing dining experience.
There are not many reviews available online, but I did find this one that is "so-so".
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I was thinking today.. Why can't I go to college now…?
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Hmm.. I think the worst part of Christmas is after everything is said and done and no one is in the Christmas Spirit anymore…just New Years. I'm not complaining about 2011, it's a new year, a chance to start over in a sense. Graduation and college both are creeping up soon! They need to stop creeping and just get here. Four years at a hectic high school with creepers and unappreciative people.
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I'm mixed up, I'll be blunt
Now the rain is just washing you out of my hair
And out of my mind
keeping an eye on the world
So many thousands of feet off the ground
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Schedule of Events 2013
Westover Alumni Society Weekend for classes through 1972
This is a sample schedule of events that were held in 2013. Event details and locations are likely to change during Westover Alumni Society Weekend 2014. A draft schedule will be posted as it is available.
Friday, April 26, 2013
10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Registration and Check-in
Alumni House Lounge (check-in also available Saturday 9 a.m. – noon). Final schedule and campus maps on display; 50th Reunion scrapbooks on sale ($10 each). Light refreshments provided.
11:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. Class of 1953 60th Reunion Lunch
Burton Student Center, VIP Room. Followed by the class reunion photo. Class members will reminisce and reconnect, sharing famous LC memories or proudest accomplishments after graduation. Classmates who have passed will be remembered and recognized. Class of '53: bring memorabilia/mementos to share! (Class members eat compliments of the College; $15 per guest)
1 p.m. Music Minor Senior Recital (Elizabeth Marny, piano) and Music Education Senior Recital (Christopher Badgett, clarinet)
Sydnor Performance Hall, Elliot and Rosel Schewel Hall; no tickets required.
2:30 - 4 p.m. Lynchburg and the Civil War
Drs. Clifton '62 and Dorothy Bundy Potter '64 discuss Lynchburg's role in the Civil War. East Room, Burton Student Center.
4 p.m. Music Minor Senior Recital (Caitlin Beym, violin) and Music Education Senior Recital (Nicole Balsamello, viola)
Sydnor Performance Hall, Elliot and Rosel Schewel Hall; no tickets required.
5 - 6 p.m. Westover Alumni Society Board Meeting
Schewel Hall, Room 231
6 - 7:30 p.m. Westover Alumni Society Welcome Home Reception
Memorial Ballroom, Hall Campus Center. Hosted by Sherwood Zimmerman '64, Westover Alumni Society president, with special guests President Kenneth Garren and Mrs. Sheila Garren. All alumni invited, casual attire. Appetizers and cash bar ($12.50 per person).
7:30 p.m. Wind Symphony and Orchestra Spring Concert
Sydnor Performance Hall, Elliot and Rosel Schewel Hall. Reserved seating; tickets required. Call 434.544.8344.
7:30 p.m. DanceWorks Spring Dance Concert
Staff and student choreographed pieces performed in a variety of dance styles. Dillard Theatre, no tickets necessary.
Saturday, April 27, 2013
8 a.m. - noon Registration and Check-in
Alumni House Lounge (check-in also available Saturday 9 a.m. – noon). Final schedule and campus maps on display; 50th Reunion scrapbooks on sale ($10 each). LC authors will be on hand to sign copies of their books. Light refreshments provided.
10 - 11 a.m. LC Town Hall Meeting
Join us for an opportunity to learn more about current LC headlines and current trends in education. Schewel Hall, Room 231.
10 - 11 a.m. Class Reunion 2014 workshop for the classes of 1954, '59, '64, and '69.
Begin planning for your 2014 class reunions at Westover Alumni Society Weekend 2014 (April 25-27, 2014), Burton Room, Burton Student Center.
11:15 a.m. - 1:15 p.m. Class of 1958 (55th), 1963 (50th), and 1968 (45th) Reunion Luncheons
Memorial Ballroom, Hall Campus Center; $15 per person. Classes of '58, '63, '68 and their guests are invited. Open to all alumni. Special "LC through the years" presentation by Julius Sigler '62, vice president and dean for Academic Affairs. Class photos for '58 and '68 reunion classes taken.
1:30 - 3 p.m. Reminisce and Reconnect (Classes of 1958, '63, '68)
Recall the "good ole days" while reconnecting with classmates.
- Class of 1958: Schewel Hall, Room 231
- Class of 1963: East Room, Burton Student Center (class photo will be taken; 50th reunion medallions will be presented to class members who are present)
- Class of 1968: Westover Room, Burton Student Center
3 - 5 p.m. Open House at the Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) Building
An opportunity to learn about new programs offered at LC and how technology influences the classroom experience. Vans will depart from the Alumni House at 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. A special greeting will be held by the program Director, Rusty Smith, at 4 p.m. in the DPT Atrium.
5 - 5:30 p.m. Groundbreaking Ceremony for the Student Center expansion project
Hall Campus Center brick patio area. For more information or to register, please contact Tom Cassidy '73 at 434.544.8403 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Reception will follow in the Alumni House lounge.
6 - 8 p.m. Westover Alumni Society Dinner
Memorial Ballroom, Hall Campus Center. Class Reunion recognitions, Class Gift presentations, and recognition of Alumni Award recipients. Hosted by Sherwood Zimmerman '64 and special guests, President Kenneth Garren and Mrs. Sheila Garren. Coat and tie, cash bar. Registration required; $25 per person.
7:30 p.m. LC Concert Choir Spring Concert
Location: Snidow Chapel. Concert of choral and vocal chamber musical selections by the Lynchburg College Concert Choir, under the direction of Dr. Jong H. Kim, professor of music. Free; no tickets required.
7:30 p.m. Danceworks Spring Dance Concert
Staff and student choreographed pieces performed in a variety of dance styles. Dillard Theatre, no tickets required.
Sunday, April 28, 2013
8:30 - 10:30 a.m. Westover Alumni Society Breakfast
East Room, Burton Student Center. Hosted by Sherwood Zimmerman '64. $10 per person.
10:30 - 11:30 a.m. Worship Service
Snidow Chapel. Led by Rev. Stephanie McLemore, College chaplain and director of church relations. Guest speaker: John Parker '14.
2 p.m. DanceWorks Spring Dance Concert
Staff and student choreographed pieces performed in a variety of dance styles. Dillard Theatre, no tickets required.
4:30 p.m. Roman Catholic Mass
Location: Snidow Chapel.
*Every event is open to all Westover Alumni Society members and guests.
Additional opportunities on campus and elsewhere
Campus Store (formerly Campus Bookstore)
Burton Student Center, open Friday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Westover Hall Model
Alumni House Lounge. This model of the College's founding building was constructed by Dr. Edmund "Rick" Potter, son of Dr. Clifton Potter Jr. '62 and Dr. Dorothy Bundy Turner Potter '64.
Journey Through the Years
On permanent display in the dining room, Burton Student Center. 1903-2003 historical exhibit from the College Archives collection. Display case and exhibit designed by John C. Crank Jr. '79, founder and president of 1717 Design Group, Richmond, Virginia. Gift of the class of 1993.
Lynchburg College: More Than Books and Bricks
By College Communications and Marketing staff member Betty Cooper McKinney '62 and Carolyn Austin Eubank '67 (retired). Available for purchase in the LC Campus Store.
Dining services available throughout the weekend
Burton Student Center Dining Hall
Friday, 7:15 a.m. - 7 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 10:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Westover Room Snack Bar and Deli
Burton Student Center. Friday, 8 a.m. - 10 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 2 - 8 p.m. Serves Boards Head deli meats.
Brewed Awakenings: Sandwiches, Bagels, and Coffee
SunTrust Bank Lobby, Elliot and Rosel Schewel Hall. Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Sunday, 2 - 9 p.m.
Roly Poly at Stinger's Coffee and Such
Rainsford Townhouse near the Pavilion, lower level in the rear of the building. Friday, 9 p.m. - 2 a.m.; Saturday, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. and 9 p.m. - 2 a.m.


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Ligature, a Design Symposium
University of Florida's Student Juried Graphic Design Show and Weekend Event
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The Ligature Design Symposium is a student-run, annual juried exhibit of graduate and undergraduate work from the University of Florida (located in Gainesville, Florida). In February 2008, voxGraphis, UF's Graphic Design club, hosted the 17th Ligature event, with a dynamic line up of guest speakers, including James Victore, Michael Perry, and Christian Helms (from the Decoder Ring Design Concern).
In years past, the weekend-long Ligature event was usually organized by Senior class members of voxGraphis . This year, however, the students broke down the invisible barrier between the Senior and Junior class. Senior, Beau Bergeron, and Junior, Katie Levy, were the Ligature Co-Chairs. The duo devoted a good portion of their year to organizing the weekend event, which was held on February 15th and 16th, 2008. In order to put it all together, they had to make phone calls, raise money through sponsorships, sell designed products (i.e. hand-made cards and t-shirts), organize student committees, and conceptualize themes and activities. On top of all of this, they were responsible for designing the overall aesthetic of the event, including invitations, signage, promotional materials, and designing the gallery space. Between the two, doing all of this would be too great a task, so they had the support of other students who were also lending talents and time. Beau said,
"Ligature 17 was a huge success because SO many people worked so hard … Katie and I often served as art directors: we gave people what they needed and then supervised. The Ligature website this year had a section with "design materials" that our teams use to create various materials. We created the brand and then oversaw all of its applications."
The weekend long event began with James Victore's keynote speech on Friday evening. A couple notable quotes from Victore's speech included quips like:
"It's so easy to stand out because everyone is doing the same thing."
"Get away from the idiot box!"
Saturday morning and afternoon were filled with one-on-one portfolio reviews and workshops conducted by James Victore, Christian Helms, and Michael Perry. Mike Perry taught a hand lettering workshop, which involved each student choosing one letter in the alphabet, drawing the letter by hand, and then taking a mini field trip over Gainesville's favorite copying shop, Target Copy, to print the letter on a large-format printer.
Can you describe the workshops conducted by Mike Perry, James Victore and Christian Helms?
Beau Bergeron: "In Mike's lecture and portfolio reviews, he emphasized [to] "make it real" versus fake work. For example: making your work bigger, producing 100 instead of 1, using an alternative process instead of a laser printer—[these are] all ways of making your work "real."
James Victore's workshop (as well as Christian Helms') was about telling stories and building narrative in your design work. Victore gave us a challenging "Past, Present, Future" drawing exercise, requiring participants to tell a compelling story using 3 panels. Helms' workshop involved everyone going on a scavenger hunt for various items such as "something you wouldn't eat" and "something free with a great logo."... Everyone returned to Helms' workshop with grocery bags full of weird stuff. The objects served as triggers for us to tell personal stories. He then encouraged us to create self-initiated work rooted in those personal stories.
Friday morning, started with a workshop lead by UF design alum and Gainesville resident, Steve Shepherd of Alta Inc Printing. Steve worked with a group of mostly sophomore design students, teaching them about the process of printing and the potential pitfalls."
Please elaborate on this year's theme, "Attraction and Cross Pollination."
B.B: Ligature is about the blooming of our program. [It's] that time in the year where everyone works together, trades ideas and inspiration. Everyone from Grad students to Sophomores work together in creating Ligature and in the workshops. Alums return to meet the new, fresh talent in their old studio. Even the invited guest lecturers are involved in the "cross-pollination." For example, Mike Perry sat in on James Victore's workshop and knocked out "past, present, future" sketches right next to us.
What was the process for selecting the pieces for the show and the final judging?
B.B: The 3 guest lecturers and 3 additional designers (including 2 recent alums) judged all of the submissions by viewing them online and scoring them on a 1 - 10 scale. Katie and I looked at the breakdown of last year's show—If there were 16 senior pieces last year, we gathered the 16 senior pieces that received the highest scores. Sometimes the number fluctuated slightly. For example, we selected one less senior and one more junior because the next pick would have been a 3-way tie. The guests also had a wild card pick: the piece that they MUST have in the show. This year all the "wild card" picks were also pieces that received high scores.
Based on the work selection in the show and feedback from students, the Ligature 2008 was a huge success. It was, according to Beau Bergeron, "arguably the best Ligature EVER."
Were there any insightful thoughts you want to share from the portfolio reviews with Victore, Perry and Helms?
1. Narrative: Tell a story with your work.
2. That narrative should begin a dialogue between you and the viewer about your self.
3. Be very personal in your work. Your work must tell your potential employers about you and what your interests are.
4. AVOID style. Stop stealing styles. It's a waste of time.
5. Have a 15 year plan and accomplish it in less time.
6. Pursuing a job is like searching for a serious girlfriend. It's a relationship.
The Student Winners of Ligature 2008:
Stephanie Gomez, Jonathan Hart and Mason Greenwald won best Senior piece for the collaboration for the Harn Museum of Art.
"This is a poster/mailer for the University of Florida Art History Harn Eminent
Scholar Chair in Art History Program. It transforms into a travel kit to
inform students of a series of art history lectures and encourages them to attend by providing useful cut-outs that they can use while attending the lectures."
Morgan Slavens won best Junior for her "50 foot" signage.
"This project uses 3-D type to improve an existing UF policy that states that you have to be 50 ft away from a building to smoke. The 3-D signage is a designator for the space, and also a vehicle for the smoker to dispose of the cigarette: an ashtray. Project includes 3-D type sculpture and a design brief explaining the process and solution."
Blake Suarez won best Underclassmen for his "Sasquatch" shirts.
"I have been designing shirts for several years now, starting from the basics of
stenciling. Screenprinting has allowed me to develop the complexity of my
designs. These 2 shirts were screenprinted as part of a larger series I have
designed revolving around 'sasquatch hair.'"
Honorable Mention:
Graduate Student, Kyle White, and "the Diver."
(18" x24", Acrylic & Paper on Wood)
(view all entries in the show on the official site)
voxGraphis' Ligature 2008 Student Board:
Ligature Co-Chairs: Beau Bergeron and Katie Levy
Vox Graphis President and Ligature Manager : Rachel Newell
Ligature and voxGraphis Treasurer: Kelly Jeck
Ligature Gallery Installation and Design Captain: Eric Clark
PR Team Captains: Fran Bennett and Lindsey Cull
Donations Manager: Rachel Damond
Valentines Fundraiser Captains: Blake Suarez and Gina Masi


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Stern vs CBS continues
And this time he is warning Katie Couric not to make the jump from NBC to CBS which she is expected to announce this week. He is basically saying she'll regret it.
Posts for April 3rd 2006
Puffy's Unforgivable
Puffy's Unforgivable
Diddy was supposed to ring the opening bell for the New York Stock Exchange with the Lauders to promote his new Estee Lauder fragrance, Unforgivable, but he slept through his alarm. Now that is Unforgivable.
Turning Back Time
Does anyone else think Nicolas Cage looks at least 10 years younger? Maybe I was so used to seeing him with that yucky mustache for the 9/11 movie he was just filming, or maybe it's his young wife rubbing off on him, but he definitely looks younger to me. I would have thought having a 5 month old son would age someone but Nic is looking better than he has in a long time.
- Bravo has an all new Real Housewives of Orange County
- FOX has American Idol and House
- NBC has all new Most Outrageous, an hour of Scrubs, the premiere of Teachers and Law and Order SVU
- CBS has all new episodes of NCIS, The Unit and The Amazing Race 9
- ABC has all new According to Jim, Hope and Faith, Sons and Daughters, and Boston Legal
- WB has an all new Gilmore Girls and then the premiere of Pepper Dennis
How Did Pam Get All Bruised Up?
Thanks to Beth for sending along her pics of Pamela Anderson in Halifax to host the Junos. Apparently Pam made a few really awkward comments about Coldplay and The Black Eyed Peas being Canadian when they are SO not. And if you look closely in the second pic, Pam has some very unusual bruises on her arm. Page Six is also reporting some weird drunken behaviour by Pam at the new Atlanta magazine Peaches launch party. I think it's time for Pam to take a rest. She's looking a bit beat up these days, literally.
UPDATE: I have been informed that the marks on Pam's arms are actually birth marks that are normally covered up or airbrushed out which is why they were new to us.
Is Chad Michael Murray For Real?
People reports that CMM is engaged...again. Didn't this guy just get a divorce from the adorable Sophia Bush. In fact, she filed for fraud and rumors are he cheated on her. People reports:
Chad Michael Murray is engaged to One Tree Hill crew member Kenzie Dalton, 18, PEOPLE has learned exclusively from a source close to the couple.
No other details were immediately available.
Sounds fishy. As suspected and reported by Perez Hilton, Ms Dalton is (probably) pregnant. Here's a picture of the happy couple from this weekend at the One Tree Hill 3rd Annual Charity Basketball Game. I hope Sophia wasn't there. This guy sounds like the biggest dirtbag in Hollywood.
Is Pitt Miserable?
Brad and Angie moved to Paris to get away from all the craziness in the states but a Parisian cafe worker has reported that Brad is not happy with his current living situation in Paris. Apparently it smells. Here's more:
Paris cafe worker Ahmed Shrir, who claims to serve Pitt on a regular basis, tells British newspaper the Daily Mail, "Brad is a really nice guy, but he's not too happy about this area. He says Angelina wanted to live in an ordinary Paris district, and that his security people put them in the high-rise block.
"Although Brad's great with the kids, he says there's nowhere for them to play properly, and they're both very worried about the pollution. There are hundreds of cars going by night and day, not to mention the trains.
"Brad came over here to get away from it all. He finds Angelina very demanding and doesn't seem to be very happy with the way their lives are going."
Yes, I know, it's just the guy from the cafe, but it may explain why we have not seen Brad smiling as often as he used to. To read more of the story read more
Howard Stern Attacked by Crazed Fan
Some people can't get enough of Howard but this weekend one fan felt otherwise. NY Daily New reports:
Shock jock Howard Stern got the scare of his life when a crazed fan spit in his girlfriend's face and threatened both of them on an upper West Side street, sources said yesterday.
But a frightened Stern quickly turned crimefighter, helping cops nab the screaming, arm-waving lunatic, the sources said....
Wide-eyed fan Gregory Forbes recognized Stern and confronted the longhaired satellite radio gabber, screaming, "Howard!" Forbes, 50, allegedly screamed and waved his arms, threatening Stern and Ostrosky - getting right in their faces and making them fear for their lives, the sources said.
When the couple walked away and jumped into a cab, Forbes chased after them with his fists raised and spit through the taxi's open window into Ostrosky's face, a court complaint charges.
Was he pissed that Howard recently based his fans for not paying up and following him to Sirius Satellite radio? That was this weekend's cover story in EW. Poor Beth - I hope she was not totally freaked out - having someone spit on you can not be a pleasant experience.
Did 'A.I.'s' Chris Daughtry Kill a Bird?
Did 'A.I.'s' Chris Daughtry Kill a Bird?
TMZ reports the #1 rocker on American Idol had his music so loud that a neighbor called FOX to complain that it killed her bird, Sweet Pea. Poor Chris - we hope this doesn't ruin his performance this week.
Russell Crowe Breaks the Law Again
Russell Crowe Breaks the Law Again
What is it about Russell that makes him think he can do whatever the hell he wants? This time he was smoking and drinking while performing with his band therefore he violated the country's smoke-free laws covering concert venues. At least no one ended up in the hospital this time.


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Property to rent - 5 bedroomsGoodman & Lilley are delighted to offer to the lettings market this stunning link detached town house offered in excellent condition throughout. The property is cleverly arranged over three floors, and has a delightful open plan kitchen reception ...
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Today, July 13, 2011, the Quezon City local government and the various sectors of persons with disability (PWD) made history by conducting the first ever Quezon City PWD Summit. The main goal of this event is to carry out a consultation with all disability sectors in order to formulate a law that would uphold the human rights of persons with disabilities in the city.
The main theme of the PWD Summit is "making rights real for Filipinos with disabilities". This event was organized by the local government of Quezon City and was supported by the Department of Health, the National Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA), and the Social Services Development Department. The Occupational Safety and Health Center in Quezon City was the venue of the summit.


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Military brides get big gift for their big day
Brides Across America offers free gowns to women marrying US soldiers
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This is -- okay.
Tony Greene is getting this designer wedding dress for free I actually saw this morning walking in the door.
Captain on hanging on.
And have this morning.
Her family even traveled from Oklahoma led to be a part of this special day I've got two daughters since first tendency.
When it may happen.
You know what wedding -- This is -- trainer Tony will marry Milton -- in May and he's nineteen years in the army and he just came back from a deployment in Iraq which qualifies her for a -- -- from the charity.
Brides across America and we also had nice to tarot donate five gallons US -- rest or Janet by the start and I appreciate them.
Making this moment you know and have informing.
-- that Tony last September.
The -- are being deployed for the fourth time.
And it was like wow you know I meet the man in my dreams -- two days later he leaves for Iraq you really get -- -- a person familiar.
Not physically whip him he's back now and they're together and Coleen and he's not a crier but I know -- walking down -- -- -- he's gonna cry.
Everyone in the bridal salon already -- Kansas is like wake me.
If you could be happening.
It -- -- -- -- amazing -- it's overwhelming.
Finding the right dress.
And finally at forty these two have found their purse and Alex Gary don't fox 7 NEWS at each.
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