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MOORHEAD, Minn. -- Officials with the Minnesota Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) remind families, individuals and businesses that suffered flood damages from March 16 and continuing, they have until June 9 to apply for disaster assistance.
Residents and business owners in the disaster-designated counties can call 800-621-FEMA (3362) or TTY 800-462-7585 to register. Lines are open daily from 6 a.m. to midnight seven days a week or register online anytime at www.DisasterAssistance.gov. Individual Disaster assistance may include grants to help pay for home repair, temporary housing, uninsurable items and other disaster related needs such as employment.
May 15 is the registration deadline in Clay, Norman, Traverse and Wilkin counties for disaster related unemployment assistance for self-employed persons, or agricultural employees who do not qualify for regular unemployment insurance. The deadline in Beltrami, Marshall and Polk counties will be announced in the near future.
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) also offers residents of the seven counties low-interest loans for home-owners, renters, businesses of all sizes and private non-profit organizations affected by the flooding. That deadline is also June 9. However business and private non-profit organizations have until January 11 to file for an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) to provide working capital to assist through the recovery period.
Registering with FEMA starts the application process for federal and state assistance related to property losses caused by Red River Valley flooding. People who have registered with other agencies must also register with FEMA if they want access to federal and state aid.
After the June 9 disaster assistance deadline, FEMA's toll-free lines will still be available to answer questions about programs or the status of an application.
FEMA leads and supports the nation in a risk-based, comprehensive emergency management system of preparedness, protection, response, recovery, and mitigation, to reduce the loss of life and property and protect the nation from all hazards including natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other man-made disasters.


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Session Details
Saturday, 08 January
498A. Travel Literature and Literature as Travel
10:15–11:30 a.m., 402A, LA Convention Center
Program arranged by the Discussion Group on Romance Literary Relations
Presiding: Anna M. Klobucka, Univ. of Massachusetts, North Dartmouth
1. "Supplementing Reality: Eighteenth-Century Armchair Travels to the South Seas," Laure M. Marcellesi, Dartmouth Coll.
2. "Surveillance versus Infiltration: Alexander von Humboldt and Madame Frances Calderón de la Barca in the Americas," Jennifer Brady, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder
3. "The Governess Travel Narrative: Women Teaching in Nineteenth-Century Brazil," May Elizabeth Bletz, Brock Univ.
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The last you heard from this intrepid knitter was the sound of a gauntlet being laid. I had 2 days, and half a sweater to knit and finish.
I knit the left cardigan front on Wednesday. I felt good.
I knit the right cardigan front on Thursday. I felt good.
I soaked and blocked all pieces at 1am on Friday. Things were getting a little hairy, but the spin cycle and an optimal combination of fan and space heater ensured the pieces were dry by 7am Friday, at which point I had to leave the house.
I still felt pretty good.
But this, my dears, is where life gets in the way of knitting. Friday was an epic day. Amy and I met up, drove out to Northampton, and bought all the buttons from WEBS. We had a lovely and leisurely lunch with friends at Paul & Elizabeth's. (Where a little old lady stopped and observed how adorable we all were with our little knitting club. It was both odd and hilarious.) We hopped in the car and made our way toward Rhinebeck.
And the black hole time warp thing happened. We got to the house at like 8:30pm. There was unloading and settling and checking in at the computer to do. There was some other, more pressing, knitting. I was up until 2am, and the sweater was only partially seamed at that point.
That's when I thought, uh oh.
The whole weekend was like that. At the fairgrounds early, seeing people, walking the booths, arranging the meet-ups*, post-festival socializing meant loooong days, and not a ton of time at the house to sit and knit (or seam, as it were), even with going to bed in the wee hours.
(Oh Rhinebeck… you are so good, and oh so bad, for my sweater knitting.)
By Sunday it was seamed, and had button bands, but only 2 buttons and zero ends woven in. I tried it on.
And that was my fatal error.
You know what happens when you try on a sweater that isn't finished enough to wear in public, but is finished enough to wear? Especially when it fits you perfectly, and is warm and cozy and is exactly what you wanted it to be?
This is what happens:
You can't take it off long enough to actually finish it. This is basically what I've looked like the past 3 days, when not in public.
It's pathetic. But I don't want to take it off, and right now, it's good enough for my office. I'll have to buck up and do something about it soon, but today is not that day.
(I cannot be the only one who's done this, right?)
* By the way, it was AWESOME to see all of you at the CustomFit meet-ups. There were some beautiful sweaters, and I met so many wonderful people while taking measurements. Thanks everyone for coming! I cannot wait to see everyone's sweaters!


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June 2011 - 1st Business account opened some years ago, took 1 hour in branch. September 2013 - 2nd account opened on the phone (new business), took over 8 weeks. no explanation given. January 2014 - 3rd account opened (another new business) and still waiting. Currently 5 visits with ID into branches (seems the regular staff just take a copy, but don't bother to upload onto the system so business account opening can't see it). Endless codes sent by text and email. They have me doing what… Read Full Review
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Already have a business account, now Ltd and what a mess, its three weeks later and I'm struggling with all these texted codes and emails. Im definitely going to Barclays as Ive had enough especially after one of your customer advisors said its normal to take ages… if business takes ages then your definitely the wrong bank for my business… Read Full Review
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Made an application online for a basic business bank account. Waited 10 days for a decision only to receive an email saying to call them... unfortunately they're only open between 9-5 during which time I'm at work so had to wait a week to call them on my day off... only to be told that I need a telephone appointment with a business banking advisor to 'review' the application, the first appointment is in 1 week. ARGH! Asked the guy what the point in making an application online is if I have to… Read Full Review
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I made an application for a new business account on line, the web site advised 3 to 5 working days for a decision. After 10 I received an email asking me to ring an 0845 number to complete the process. I did this for a week – every day several times but just got to listen to very very poor quality music for periods of up to 30 minutes when I would give up. I then received a mail stating that unless I call the 0846 number I will have to start all over again with the application. I don't have… Read Full Review
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Applied for a business account online as suggested by the bank tat its quicker & easier. After many calls & many visits to my local branch after nearly 40 days we have got as far as to that all documentation is showing up to date & now since last week awaiting a decision. How long that takes I have no idea. Despite of all documents handed over to the bank it took them 10 days to bring this up online. talking to their customer services they just repeat "oh they need your this document" and when… Read Full Review
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I've been with HSBC for over 25 yrs now. I have a personal account, a business account and a overseas account. I tried opening an international currency account as my business is now international - my clients in SE Asia, Middle East, US. I don't have a massive turnover, it's fairly modest, but not small. Virtually all my transactions are electronic and auditable. Cash transactions are for petty cash purchases and limited to no more that a few hundred a month (if that). HSBC International… Read Full Review
Written on: 09/06/2014
Mate, welcome to the club. Advise to you is to write to the CEO's office. Please Google CEO email and find HSBC. Write to them, this is what I did.
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Applying for and setting up a HSBC Card has been near impossible, with the application process taking around a month. Their email notification system is backwards - you log in online to check where the status is, which then triggers and email to tell you to log in online. Dealing with customer service on the phone was just as difficult. Once approved, card activated, have had a lot of trouble activating online services, being run around in circles, directed to the website, which directs you to… Read Full Review
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It's only interested in mexican or columbian drug cartels or dubious dictators who stash large sums in their accounts or weapons manufacturers who wish to open 'expense' accounts for princes...
Written on: 25/02/2014
Excellent customer service! Very quick and helpful. 100% recommended!… Read Full Review
Written on: 23/03/2014
This looks like a false entry. In what way was it helpful? What did you require them to do? How can you say they are value for money - they charge you to have a large cash sum in their bank and pay little interest lol
Written on: 07/02/2014
HSBC are impossible to deal with face to face, they keep changing my 'relationship manager'. Keep in mind that I should be a top customer, I have been with them since it was Midland Bank and regularly put six figures through each year. HSBC are hard to deal with on the phone and have no started charging for basic telephone banking. HSBS are impossible to deal with online, their apps for ipad and iPhone do not work. They are an inflexible bank and as soon as I can get organised I am going to… Read Full Review
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It seems HSBC do not employ anyone to answer their telphones. If you have all day to waste listening to soothing music then try to open a business account with HSBC… Read Full Review
Written on: 18/05/2014
My experience too although I wouldn't agree that the music is "soothing" sounded dreadful to me, certainly after 30 minutes waiting!!
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It is hard to imagine how a global brand like HSBC can tolerate its customers being subjected to the business account banking experience that it offers in the UK. I have been a customer on the private banking side of HSBC for 15 years and only have praise for the customer service I have received there over the years. On the business banking side the service suffers from failing utterly to get even the basics of service right: it is well nigh impossible to reach anyone over the telephone if a… Read Full Review
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i agree .40 YEARS OF BANKING PRIVATE AND BUSINESS
AND NOW despite bank fees on business acc and £3.50 charge to pay acounts via telephone because i am away from the office without my 'keypad' disgusting.. closing all the accounts this week
Written on: 13/11/2013
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Written on: 25/07/2013
During various (!) chat contacts/calls with HSBC the situation of the company has been explained (in detail!). Namely, a UK limited owned by foreign shareholders and with foreign directors. As an online application was not possible, the advice was that a company director should come to the UK to open the account. The question whether any office could be visited was answered with "yes". An appointment was not necessary. However, after traveling to the UK to open the HSBC account, it turned out… Read Full Review
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Water: Nonpoint Source Success Stories
Rhode Island
The Greenwich Bay Initiative -
Shellfishing Closure Challenges Rhode Islanders
Greenwich Bay, a 4.9-square-mile embayment of Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, is one of the East Coast's most productive shellfish areas. In 1992, a severe Nor'easter triggered elevated fecal coliform bacteria levels in the Bay. Since fecal coliform bacteria is used as an indicator of sewage contamination, the bay was closed to shellfishing to protect public health. Such closures are normally temporary, but when the bacteria levels did not return to acceptable limits within a reasonable time, the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management closed the Bay's waters indefinitely until the area could be reclassified as permanently closed.
While the Department of Environmental Management and the Federal Food and Drug Administration launched an extensive investigation to identify potential pollution sources, a number of organizations mobilized to restore the Bay, including the Narragansett Bay Estuary Program, the City of Warwick, the Rhode Island Shellfisherman's Association, the Southern Rhode Island Conservation District, the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Save the Bay, the University of Rhode Island, and the Rhode Island Department of Transportation. This coalition, unique in Rhode Island, is linked together by common restoration goals, open and constant communication, and mutual respect for each one's expertise.
Resolute and successful
In 1994, the Narragansett Bay Estuary Program and the University of Rhode Island undertook the first pollution source assessment in the Hardig Brook watershed. Samples taken during three storm events tested so high for fecal bacteria that everyone suspected a broken or failed sewer line or sewer pump station. Instead, the team discovered that a dairy farm had not sheltered its manure storage pile from runoff from the barn roof and farmyard. The contaminated runoff flowed across the farm to a small tributary of Hardig Brook. Once there, the contaminants traveled rapidly downstream.
|14 months after the bay was closed, Rhode Island's Governor Bruce Sundlun boarded a shellfishing skiff and participated in the dry-weather conditional reopening of Greenwich Bay.
As soon as the farm was identified as a source of contamination, rapid coordination ensued among the farmers, the Narragansett Bay Estuary Program, the City of Warwick, and the Department of Environmental Management's regulatory branches. With the farmers' trust and cooperation and help from other partners (the USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service and the Southern Rhode Island Conservation District), they designed and helped implement interim best management practices. In fact, their work established a model for dealing with similar situations on other farms. To date, this coalition has secured nearly all the funding needed to install final BMPs.
Failing or inadequate septic systems are another source of contamination to the Bay. To counteract this problem, the partners used Section 319 funding and alternative technology to develop an innovative septic system pilot project. The project provided nearly 50 percent of the funding needed to design and construct advanced on-site wastewater treatment systems on five residential sites. These residences are located in a section of the Greenwich Bay watershed that is not well-suited for septic systems, yet is unlikely to be answered. Among the problems that residents face are constraints such as high water tables and exceptionally small lots. Advanced technologies can address these problems and remove some of the nutrients and possible disease-causing organisms from the septage.
In June 1994, only 14 months after the bay was closed, Rhode Island's Governor Bruce Sundlun boarded a shellfishing skiff and participated in the dry-weather conditional reopening of Greenwich Bay.
|CONTACT: Susan Adamowicz
Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
(401) 277-3961, ext. 7272
Flexible Zoning -
The Scituate Reservoir Watershed Project
The Scituate Watershed Zoning Project was developed to help three rural towns in northwestern Rhode Island design and implement flexible zoning. The new ordinance will achieve two goals: the preservation of the towns' rural character and the prevention of new pollution sources that could potentially degrade the Scituate Reservoir, the primary source of drinking water for two-thirds of all Rhode Islanders. Referred to by many as a new tool for saving community character, flexible zoning is not conventional or cluster-style development. Nor is it really new. In fact, many communities developed before zoning ordinances appeared used this common-sensical approach.
Impervious surfaces pose problem
Concerns about the effect of conventional land development on water quality in the area led former Governor Edward DiPrete to commission a study of the watershed. Analysis confirmed that conventional land development projects were adding too much impervious surface, threatening water quality, and destroying the area's rural character. Moreover, the development was often misplaced occurring in the middle of fields, atop ridges, and sprawling across open spaces.
As a result of conventional land development, stormwater runoff increases in volume and intensity and has higher concentrations of pollutants (e.g., nutrients, oil and gas, salts, and human and animal wastes). The higher velocity increases erosion and threatens riparian areas as well as water quality.
New plan boosts profits
Using a section 319 grant, the Nonpoint Source Pollution Management Program of the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management helped the Scituate Reservoir communities develop new standards based on flexible zoning. The new plan not only prevents environ-mental problems; it also reduces taxes and boosts developers' profits. In short, everyone wins.
Flexible zoning allows the Scituate communities to guide land development to more appropriate sites within the area. It is a tool that helps planning boards approve building placements and lot lines that conform more closely with land forms and environmental features. Thus, where flexible zoning is available, a farm here or there may be retained; a forested ridge may be preserved; or a wooded lake front may be spared. Flexible zoning weighs the placement of impervious surfaces and land clearings to lessen the impact that most development has on water quality.
|Flexible zoning allows the Scituate communities to guide land development to more appropriate sites within the area.
The Rural Design Manual, a guidebook prepared as part of the project, makes flexible zoning easy to understand. It explains the new procedures and standards in nontechnical terms and provides a straightforward reference for community officials, developers, and interested professional and lay persons.
The three towns implementing the new zoning regulations in the Scituate Reservoir Watershed are also being used as model communities. Portsmouth, a Rhode Island community outside the watershed, has recently adopted the new zoning standard. Other communities will likely follow suit.
|CONTACTS: Jim Riordan
(401) 277-3434, ext. 4421
Scott Millar
4419 Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
Section 319 Helps Common Fence Point Improvement Association -
The Portsmouth Salt Marsh Restoration Project
The Common Fence Point Improvement Association has restored a coastal wetland at the northern tip of Portsmouth, Rhode Island. Undisturbed salt marshes are critical habitat for juvenile fish, nesting areas for waterfowl, and a natural filtration system for many pollutants, but this tidal marsh and pond complex had not been functional in 45 years not since it received more than 20,000 cubic yards of dredge spoil from Mount Hope Bay. The spoil drastically altered the coastal wetland system. The marsh turned into a thicket of tall reeds, a mosquito breeding ground, and a dumping site that was also the scene of numerous fires through the years. In addition, the degraded marsh blocked tidal flow and disrupted natural habitats.
With help from a section 319 grant, the Association removed the dredge spoil from more than five acres of tideland. This action was the first step toward recreating the original tidal marsh and salt pond ecosystems. Once the spoils had been removed, the Association's work continued: channels and ponds were installed to enhance tidal flushing, which in turn eliminated mosquito breeding sites and helped rebuild the intricate chain of species dependence.
Finally, engineers built a new tidal channel to connect Mount Hope Bay with two salt ponds in the restored marsh. Then the restoration team recreated a 2.6-acre salt marsh by transplanting seeds and shoots from marsh plants near the site. The existing dike was widened to a uniform width of 40 feet, and water runoff was directed into a sedimentation basin, then filtered across the marsh to the upper road.
The Common Fence Point Improvement Association and its project have been nominated for three awards: a Greenways award, an Environmental Merit Award (from EPA), and a National President's Service Award (the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management nominated Mill Consella Sullivan for the latter).
|CONTACTS: Stephanie Powell
(401) 277-3434, ext 4418
Jim Riordan
Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
Rhode Island's Septic System Maintenance Policy Forum -
A Spearhead for Collaboration
For years, Rhode Island, like many states, has encouraged its communities to adopt septic system management programs; but while launching numerous attempts, few programs have actually materalized. Now that has changed.
Spearheading collaboration, the section 319 program of Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (RIDEM) convened the Septic System Maintenance Policy Forum. The forum is a roundtable group that includes representatives of federal, state, and local governments, as well as private associations and citizens. It has delivered two essential advances in septic system management and helped four towns initiate management programs.
Guidance for septic systems inspection
How should septic systems be maintained? How can one determine if a given septic system is working? Previously, there were no standards, but the Rhode Island Handbook for the Inspection of Septic Systems written by nonpoint source program staff, will fill that gap. The handbook describes two types of inspections:<>br>
- A maintenance inspection to determine if pumping and minor repairs are needed, and
- A home inspection for use during property transfer. It includes detailed instructions for locating septic system components, diagnosing in-home plumbing problems, scheduling inspections, and flow testing and dye tracing. Never before has the subject of inspection protocol been covered so fully.
Loan program and pilot project grants
|Never before has the subject of inspection protocol been covered so fully.
Rhode Island estimates that 90,000 or approximately 60 percent of its on-site wastewater systems predate regulation. These antiquated systems, probably cesspools, rarely serve the needs of a modern family. However, cost to upgrade as much as $20,000 for an advanced system often outstrips even an affluent household's budget.
Nonpoint source program staff, who recognized that upgrade costs were probably preventing the adoption of management programs, began to seek a source of funding. Coincidentally, the Rhode Island Clean Water Finance Agency discovered that the State Revolving Fund (SRF) could be used to provide low-interest loans to fix septic systems.
The agency, in collaboration with the Department of Environmental Management (its regulatory partner in the SRF) then established the Community Septic System Loan Program (CSSLP). Slated to come out later this year, CSSLP marks the first SRF program in New England designed exclusively to provide low-interest loans for septic system upgrades.
A related pilot project has been developed by the section 319 program to help initiate the CSSLP. The pilot project provides $150,000 in special one-time grant funds. Four communities on the outskirts of Rhode Island's very sensitive coastal salt ponds have been contacted to participate in the program. The grant funds are for management plans and startup of the community programs.
|CONTACT: Jim Riordan
Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
(401) 277-4700, ext. 4421


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(Jul 14, 2010) On July 13, 2010, Frank La Rue, United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression, criticized a draft Italian law on wiretapping. The proposed law covers surveillance and eavesdropping in criminal investigations, but some observers are concerned it may limit the work of journalists and impinge on freedom of expression. La Rue has asked for the bill to be either revised or dropped. (Italy: UN Rights Expert Calls for Scrapping of Draft Wiretapping Law, UN NEWS CENTRE (July 13 2010), http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?Ne
As it now stands, the proposed law would sanction the imprisonment for up to four years of anyone who records any communication without consent, unless the person doing the recording is accredited as a journalist. The same penalty could be imposed for publicizing information obtained by such recording. Other provisions establish penalties of up to 30 days in jail and a fine of up to €10,000 (about US$12,630)for journalists and of €450,000 (about US$568,270) for publishers for publicizing the contents of leaked wiretapped materials prior to the commencement of a trial. (Id.)
La Rue called the punishments disproportionate to the crimes and stated, "[s]uch a severe penalty will seriously undermine all individuals' right to seek and impart information in contravention of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights to which Italy is a party." He went on to say that the draft law, if enacted, could hinder investigative journalism work in such areas as exposing corruption. (Id., International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, adopted Dec. 16, 1966, and in force from Mar. 23, 1976, http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/ccpr.htm (last visited July 13, 2010.)) Journalists and others in Italy have also expressed their concerns about the draft, staging protests on July 9. (UN NEWS CENTRE, supra.)
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RIP Vibes MC Mike Potashnick
Posted 14 January 2011 - 09:01 PM
and personally, he accompanied my date to GOTV ILCC in 2006, and his actions on the drive up saved me much grief at the Vibes that year . . . RIP way before his time
Posted 14 January 2011 - 09:52 PM
Posted 15 January 2011 - 02:47 PM
Posted 15 January 2011 - 08:12 PM
RIP Michael, you'll always be remembered and cherished
Posted 16 January 2011 - 04:10 AM
I'll never forget his voice....
See you there, thanks for the memories!
Posted 16 January 2011 - 12:54 PM
Posted 17 January 2011 - 01:24 AM
BE well ,in the next one:smile:
.what bad time for us all.
Posted 17 January 2011 - 01:36 AM
Posted 17 January 2011 - 05:01 AM
Utter shock & bewilderment at the processing of this solemn news:eek:
Mike was always a piece of the puzzle that fit together to form the whole of Vibes. You never know when . . . you just never know
{{{Thank You Mike P. For The Memories}}}
Posted 17 January 2011 - 08:16 PM
I met Mike through the Terrapin Family many years ago. He was just one of those people who knew how to make others feel welcome. He was kind enough to take my favorite person in the world under his wing at Terrapin. Through Kim I got to know Mike pretty well. He was always one of the first people we would find onsite. Thinking back on all the really fun times we have shared over the years makes posting this Extremely difficult. It seems just like yesterday we were zooming through Bridgeport in a golf cart laughing and having a blast. He was a great co-pilot.
RIP Mike you really held a very special place in our hearts. May your bean boots always stay dry.
Posted 17 January 2011 - 09:18 PM
Posted 17 January 2011 - 09:28 PM
May your bean boots always stay dry.
I love this.
Posted 18 January 2011 - 01:48 PM
Posted 18 January 2011 - 02:38 PM
Posted 18 January 2011 - 04:57 PM
I understand there will also be one in CT, tho that has not been announced yet.
Posted 18 January 2011 - 06:08 PM
Much Love and Prayers to his Friends and Family...
Posted 18 January 2011 - 07:24 PM
Here is the press release
Posted 18 January 2011 - 09:54 PM
Hi VibeGawdz,
I didn't recognize his name in this thread title though, and I'm sure if it said "RIP Vibes MC Mike Potashnick" had passed away, I'll bet this thread would be even more overflowing with heartfelt condolences...
This poster has a good suggestion. Can you change the thread subject to "RIP Vibes MC Mike Potashnick"? Please?
Posted 18 January 2011 - 10:14 PM
Hi VibeGawdz,
This poster has a good suggestion. Can you change the thread subject to "RIP Vibes MC Mike Potashnick"? Please?
Posted 19 January 2011 - 12:23 AM
This is really hard. I fear I might not express myself well enough to describe the sadness or true loss I feel, but I cannot sit here idle and not share some insights I feel I have into a great guy. Some insight others might not have known or seen. I know Mike touched a lot of lives and I wanted to let you know how he affected mine.
Mike was one of the first people I worked with in the world of production.
He was always inspiring and friendly. Always ready to lend a hand. He was an incredible soul, a teacher, a friend and a positive force in the universe.
He might be remembered to many as the voice of the vibes, but to me, for many years, he was the heart of it. This is not to say that any of the other hard working people at the Vibes (way too many to list actually) are not in their own way just as much a force to the success of the Vibes, just that Mike was someone I worked directly with most of the days I spent there and his presence was always felt. He made a great thing even better.
Mike wasn't just the MC, for years he was the Production Manager. Not many people really understand what it takes for a festival (or any production event) to really happen. As the PM, sure, he could've been a hard ass and yelled at people all day to keep to a schedule. After all, there is so much to get done. Setting up, pre show, staging, dealing with artists and their touring personnel, show times, CUT OFF times, tearing down, etc. all of this in the hot sun(well most years)
Posted 19 January 2011 - 12:29 AM
Posted 19 January 2011 - 12:31 AM
The between set breaks will seem awfully strange without him.
Peace and light to you Mike!
Love and "Sweeter Memories" to his friends and family.
There's a cloud in the sky and it's raining on you
Still you try to keep dry but your troubles leak through
And you've lost all you could, feeling sad
Choose your reveries
Keep the good, leave the bad
Take a few of these,
the sweeter memories
Don't forget them please, the sweeter memories
To set your mind at ease, the truest remedies
Are the sweeter memories
There's a life full of pain and a life full of glee
So you see that the rain doesn't mean much to me
For I know that it pays making light of living's tragedies
Make your days be as bright
Take a few of these, the sweeter memories (T. Rundgren)
Posted 19 January 2011 - 12:32 PM
You best make it out to Vibes this summer! It's not the same when you're not there
Posted 23 January 2011 - 09:24 AM
I signed in to check the date for the 2011 Vibes, saw the notice "In Loving Memory: Michael J. Potashnick" and was blown away. With some internet searching I discovered it was indeed the gent I knew in the late 70's/early 80's from my time on stage @ Neshaminy HS (Guys & Dolls - he did set design, one of his first paying jobs) and @ Washington Crossing Open Air Theatre (Pippin).... and the same handsome gent who dated two of my friends!) I had not thought of him in decades and had no idea he was the voice behind Vibes or the mover behind Terrapin Presents. Wow, what a small world. Prayers for safe passage to Michael & vibes of comfort to his family & friends are being sent from Bucks County, PA. Thanks for the memories!
Edited by imjoyful_47, 23 January 2011 - 09:24 AM.
Posted 24 January 2011 - 12:39 AM
"Take nothing but memories, leave nothing but footprints"
Posted 24 January 2011 - 01:42 AM
Thanks for posting that. I'll never forget that wake up call too -- hilarious!
Posted 24 January 2011 - 12:33 PM
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Yo .. yo … imaginary powers that be
You're angry reading the poem "Sin City, Jay Bee"?…
You feel violated seems to me
Let me tell you a story
Lost I am in this sin city Jay Bee
T'was a decade before 2020
Was my last visit to my homies
When they said the city will be safe and stress-free
This regime's election guarantee
Yo Jay Bee
Wassup yo Jay Bee
From Ulu Tiram to Taman Pelangi
I feel like I am in Gangsta city
Worse than in Harlem and East Philly
Crime City Gangsta city, what I knew of Jay Bee
Beautiful names you have
Those ending in "Indah" and "Jaya"
Of "Tamans" and "Kampongs" and "Wadis" entire
Beautiful names yo
Ah.. Ulu Tiram
You are no valuable oyster
Ah … Pelangi Indah
You are no rainbow as I see her
Ah … Masai
You are a shame to that African tribe
Ah … Setia Indah
You are not loyal to those elections promises
Ah .. Johor Jaya
What victory lies in snatch thieves one too many?
I love the sound of that name Tampoi
Signifying the psychopathology of the politics of the new and old
One flew over the cuckoo's nest
Straight from the conveyor belt of progress progress progress
Yo gangsta city Jay Bee
Wassup with you chillin' in your crib?
What justice to humanity is this "my G"?
As you failed the youth yearning for a life of sanity?
Cybernetic technology
Cybercafes aplenty
Gangsta city's mantra of informational technology
Plagiarized from Cyberjaya and Silicon Valley
Those who disagreed with that poem "Sin City"
Don't get me mad, yo
Don't get me mad, yo
Don't get me mad, yo
Just clean up MY city
Its spirit, mind, and body
What has become of this beautiful city
I grew up in
safe and happy
T'is a decade before 2020 we have these killing the city;
Snatch thieves way too many
Mat and Minah Rempits those one-wheeled hellraisers and damn happy
Foul-mouth kids multiplying linguistically
Gambling places way way too many
Glue sniffing youth stoned cold crazy
Decaying city traffic crawls like crazy
Sin city gangsta city Jay Bee not safe to raise families
Hills shaved bald for housing projects deforestation what-me-worry
Yo yo yo gangsta city Jay Bee
Shape up yo
Do you want Lee Kuan Yew to tell you what to do?
Or former New York Mayor Giuliani to give a free advice on how to run the city?
Don't get mad … you servants of the people imaginary powers that be
Get cracking with your job in running this city
So that I may be proud again of what this city means to me
And my grandchildren and yours will not beg on the streets across Johor Disney
Gangsta city, sin city, Jay Bee … to be or not to be …


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The developers of Unvanquished, a free, open-source first-person shooter combining real-time strategy elements with a futuristic and sci-fi setting, have just released the tenth Alpha version.
The game development progresses slowly and a beta version is a long way off, but progress means things are moving in the right direction nonetheless.
So far, Unvanquished offers an interesting concept. You can play either with the technologically advanced humans or with the highly adaptable aliens.
You will have to construct and maintain a base with various structures, or group up with your teammates to take on the other team.
Interestingly enough, the game is also compatible with the Quake 3 file format and the modification tools allow for extensive customization and changing its setting.
Highlights of Unvanquished Alpha 10:
• The Yocto map has been added. It's set in what can best be described as an abandoned underwater base;
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• The human animations have been improved and new ones have been improved;
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• A VoIP menu was finally added, with the necessary settings. This should make it easier to use voice chat during clan games and special events;
• Experimental support for the x32 ABI architecture has been added. This means that in the future users on x86-64 (64-bit) systems will be able to take full advantage of their hardware;
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The driver tries to drive away... so say he tried to kill you and shoot the passenger twenty-four times. Makes sense. =0/ Hearings began for those in charge. Another hearing is scheduled for those who actually fired into the vehicle... one-hundred-thirty-seven times!Read more »
"We were just sitting there laughing and out of nowhere, I saw two guys grab Ferd," says Newman. "All of a sudden, I'm on the wall. A whole bunch of people just came up and threw me up against the wall," says Hunt. Those people were plain clothes law enforcement officers, nine of them State Troopers and one NOPD officer. The two young men were taken down to the ground. Hunt's mother does approach and the two young men are allowed to get up. Not long after releasing the two men, the plain clothes officers simply walked away.Read more »
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The death of innocent bystanders in foreign nations has been accepted in a very nonchalant manner.... But again, will we be so nonchalant if we frame this question in the light of homeland drone strikes? Will we care so little if it is our own schools and children being blown away by disconnected men hundreds or thousands of miles away?Read more »
People have been fighting for justice in the case of Jordan Miles from day one...He was a college student before they beat him down and yanked his braids out. Why? They thought a "bulge" in his pocket was a gun. It turned out to be a bottle of Mountain Dew.Read more »
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Written by African American Thomas Sowell. About reverse racism by the media, questions notion that criminal justice system is "racist". Will infuriate Stephanie on the Sunday show.Read more »
A course for US military officers has been teaching that America's enemy is Islam in general, not just terrorists, and suggesting that the country might ultimately have to obliterate the Islamic holy cities of Makkah and Medina without regard for civilian deaths, following World War II precedents of the nuclear attack on Hiroshima or the allied firebombing of Dresden.Read more »
If you really want to address racism then we need to address two issues, the drug war and the fact that 3 of every 4 black babies is born to an unwed mother. The war on drugs is disproportionately applied to blacks, and once a person has a criminal record you can "legally" discriminate against them.Read more »
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Several readers have asked that we take a look at Yeduc Diet Pills. Yeduc diet pills were available in the United States and several other countries before 2005. Many users purportedly were able to lose substantial weight (although some complained of no weight loss). However as more and more users took Yeduc Diet Pills, there were more and more cases of terrible side effects and even deaths.
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Catholic World News - September 28, 2010
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has named Michelle Bachelet the head of United Nations Women, a major new international agency with a $500-million budget.
A victim of torture under the Pinochet regime, Bachelet served as president of Chile from 2006 to 2010. Steven Mosher of the Population Research Institute describes her as "a politician so committed to the abortion agenda that she was willing to go against her own judiciary and spend considerable political capital to achieve her ends."
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The commission may accomplish this, after investigation and public notice and hearing, by classification of the waters of the basin, establishment of standards of treatment of sewage, industrial, or other waste, and adoption of rules, regulations, and standards to control future and abate existing pollution.
DRBC's Water Quality Regulations are divided into two main sections: Article 3 - Water Quality Standards for the Delaware River Basin (pdf pgs. 13-114) and Article 4 - Application of Standards (pdf pgs. 115-143).
Notable commission water quality programs are its review of water resource projects (project review), Special Protection Waters (SPW) program for the non-tidal river, assimilative capacity/TMDL regulations, and its Pollutant Minimization Plan (PMP) requirements for point and non-point discharges of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the tidal Delaware River.
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The New York Times has a piece today about how the economic expansion that just ended had an unusual trait: For the first time since the government began keeping records on this, median income diminished during a period of growth for the whole economy. Here's a link.
The boom that wasn't
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First of all I think you need to find more interesting articles
to carry in this Advocate section because it's all small stuff
up until now. Not exactly what was promised at the start of
the series. On the boom that wasn't, I will say that Labor
Unions have completely destroyed this country. In a single
generation we lost our entire manufacturing sector. Lost and
displaced men with no skills are no holding restaurant and
fast food jobs, and the food sucks everywhere you go. Albany
has the worst Pizza EVER !! Nobody understands the role of
fresh garlic and Italian Seasoning from the grocery aisle.
We are cranking out college grads who are dysfunctional potato
heads. So how can there possibly be any kind of a Boom??
Ross Perot warned of that great big national sucking sound
when jobs left our shores, and here it is.
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Lady Million by Paco Rabanne Review
Now that the weather is heading into the cool zone and you're begining to think boots and cozy sweaters you might be on the look out for that perfect Fall fragrance to compliment both your makeup and wardrobe looks, after all beauty is an all out affair that not only includes a great outfit and fantastic makeup but also a perfect scent!
Lady Million Eau de Parfum Spray by Paco Rabanneis a new sophisticated fragrance that should suit your Fall beautifully.
Lady Million is definitely a different scent for me as I tend to levitate towards fruity, sweeter blends for myself. This is warm, rich, and sophisticated and not my typical fragrance however I can completely get on board with it simply because it's such a rich, complex fragrance as per its name.
I'd definitely consider it for evening wear best but it's soft enough to work well in the day. It has incredible linger and a very nice throw with a simple spritz or two but don't go over that as it might prove a tad too powerful for day time use if applied to liberally.
The scent is vibrant, sensual, and very sophisticated coming across as a bright, sparkling slightly spicy floral. It has a powerful floral body but hints of bitter orange and raspberry brighten it up with a strong note of orange blossom that dominates and morphs it towards a realm of both spicy and warm.
Other notes of Sambac Jasmine, Gardenia, Honey, Amber, and even Patchouli are in the mix however they play a back seat to the stronger orange flower notes. Don't be scared of the Patchouli note as it's not noticeable in the least, believe me I'd know as I can't stand the scent of Patchouli.
Basically the scent rounds off as a very rich blend which should appeal to those with a more distinguished fragrance nose that enjoy higher end perfume.
The scent comes housed in a golden diamond shaped bottle complimenting its namesake of "Lady Million". It was designed to replicate a diamond on display in the Louvre.
This was outside my normal fragrance realm but I enjoyed it none the less and think those who like richer fragrances will find this a winning hand for Fall.
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I have to go and sniff it!!
9/30/10 9:44 Courtney:
I received a sample of this from Sephora yesterday. I really didn't it like it but it may just be the way it reacted with my body's own chemistry, as scents can smell different on different people. On me it smelled kind if woodsy (and not in the good way) and dirty. I love the smell of amber, citrus, and just about any floral scent I can get my hands on, but this just didn't do it for me. I did spray some on a paper towel and it smelled a lot better than it did on me, but I still wasn't in love. I would recommend people get a sample (it's one of the three free from Sephora right now) first or smell it in the store before ordering it. I will say though that your reviews are awesome and 99.9% spot-on so maybe this would smell like heavon on someone else. It just wasn't for me.


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Colorful baking cups make these treats look even cuter and more polished. These cupcakes would look just as sweet with decorations from your pantry. Can't find licorice? Use thin pretzel sticks as whiskers instead. Be creative and have fun decorating these sweet treats.
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From one call to another, plumbers were trying to keep pace with problems that resulted from the freezing temperatures. Ron Bevins is operations manager with ABACUS Plumbing in NW Houston.
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"They've been ringing off the hook is the understatement of the day, Yes, absolutely. We're getting a lot of calls for frozen pipes."
He says despite media reports warning residents, some people aren't familiar with their homes enough to know of certain areas with exposed pipes that may not have been covered.
"It's usually the hose bibs, the faucets outside that your garden hose is connected to, or your sprinkler system. Those are generally the ones that are gonna experience this type of freeze that are gonna cause them to freeze up."
Bevins says generally, pipes in the attic are insulated but some pipes closer to the edges near openings where cold air is brought in could be affected. As far as letting faucets drip, Bevins says there are pros and cons:
"Some people, you leave the water faucets running and they're on a septic tank, it fills up their septic tanks. Sometimes it's not the right faucet that's running, and so there's a section of pipe that's still doesn't get enough flow movements, so you end up having a problem there."
He recommends leaving cabinet doors open where faucets or water pipes are nearby, to allow the temperature of a warm house to keep them from freezing. Bevins says if you're now getting around to wrapping your pipes, make sure they are covered with material that won't get wet from the cold.
"A real simple thing that we always tell customers, take an old rag or an old towel, wrap up the faucett; wrap it up with a trash bag and wrap it with duct tape."


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Calif. hiker lost for days released from hospital
MISSION VIEJO, Calif. — One of two Southern California teens lost for several days in a rugged mountain wilderness was released on Sunday from a hospital since being treated for dehydration and minor injuries.
Nicolas Cendoya said he hallucinated but never gave up hope that he would be rescued during his ordeal that began with a planned short day hike on Easter with a friend.
While wandering in chest-high brush, Cendoya reflected on what he considered recent selfish behaviors, like focusing too much on himself and not enough on his family.
"So that's why when all this happened; I didn't cry, I didn't fear it. I just embraced everything. I said, 'This is what I deserve,' " Cendoya said outside Orange County's Mission Hospital. "I just knew I would get through it. I knew this wasn't my time to die. I knew that I needed this, to become the person that I'm supposed to be."
The 19-year-old's comments were broadcast by KNX Radio.
Cendoya was found late Wednesday when spotted by hikers in Cleveland National Forest. He was airlifted to the hospital in serious but stable condition. On Friday, the hospital released a photo a smiling Cendoya pointing his thumb up.
His friend, 18-year-old Kyndall Jack, was discovered on Thursday clinging to a rocky outcropping no bigger than a yoga mat on a near-vertical slope. She was being treated in University of California, Irvine Medical Center for dehydration and hypothermia.
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The popular trail is in the Cleveland National Forest, where the dangers of 720 square miles of rugged mountain wilderness run smack up against the planned communities and shopping malls of suburban southeast Orange County.
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Making of The Tattooed PosterTattoo // Monday, July 09, 2012
The Chaos Crew tattoo studio is well known in Munich and far beyond its city limits. They developed a poster that impressively shows the bavarian tattoo artists' skills: just as tattoo motives tell countless stories, they interwove the most important events of 2011 into one huge tattoo. History was tattooed onto calfskin to promote the art of tattooing in its most authentic form – on real skin.
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Showing some very nice style and an interesting surface and presentation choice, Munich's Chaos Crew have tattooed a large piece of calfskin, documenting the year that was 2011. If you were ever to see a tattooed canvas on calfskin that has both Dirk Nowitzki, Osama Bin Laden, and Amy Winehouse, this is your chance.


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Just because tough times call for leaner spending, there is no excuse to cut back on tips when you do consume. Basic etiquette must kick in, and your judgement only calls for common sense.
Here are a few courteous steps to get you through this conduct conundrum:
1) First, take deep breaths, then proceed to next step please.
2) Don't give up all of your luxuries, but do cut back and treat yourself once in a while. This way, you'll still be able to indulge yourself and leave the appropriate tip for those who serve you. Many people in the service industry rely on it. Look no further than your waiter or waitress, cab driver, barber, and manicurist.
3) Look at your budget, and think wisely. Do you need that coconut milk body scrub you've just booked? Most likely, the answer is no (we thought so). So just say no for now.
Only you can determine what's within your budget, but as a rule of thumb it's better to save your pennies and only indulge in luxuries you can afford right now — but remember always to tip appropriately. You'll be thankful for the service you get.
What is an appropriate tip?
There are no hard and fast rules, but here are a few suggestions:
- 15% for hairdresser or manicurist (this applies if they don't own the salon, If they are the owner, there is no obligation)
- 12.5%-20% at a restaurant (this varies, and suggested gratuity is often tacked on to bill).
- 10% for a cab driver or person delivering your food
What you tip often differs depending on where you are. The tipping culture is far more prevalent in North America. The Emily Post Institute has some helpful guidelines for everyday tipping.
Leaving a little something to show appreciation is the right and polite thing to do - chin chin to that.
What do you think? Is it right or wrong to tip less during the credit crunch?
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I'm totally against tipping, these days and ever. Except if I get a
very special service beyond the mere duty. The waiter -ie- should receive a fair salary from the owner,that's it. In some cases tips are for the owner others the waiter receives a ridiculos salary expecting the tip will push up the income.
More over in several countries like, Germany, France, Spain the waiter uses to be pretty rude with customers, shall I leave a tip?
If I were a waiter, taxi driver, or whatelse I would feel a little bit insulted receiving a few coins. And I disagree with the institution of the Gratuity, a compulsory thank.
Many people may not realize that most servers, waitresses, waiters are paid less than minimum wage. In most states the server hourly wage is only about 2.25. I wish that server staff could at least be paid the minimum wage across the board. Business owners pay lobbyists big bucks to keep the bills (laws) out of congress that would raise their pay to a respectable salary.


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LONDON – Urging all Britons to speak out against the practice, an umbrella Muslim group is condemning the scandal of grooming white girls for sexual activities as running counter to Islamic teachings.
"This is an appalling and abhorrent kind of behavior which is totally unacceptable regardless of race or religion," Sheikh Mogra, Assistant Secretary-General of the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB), said on BBC Radio 4's Sunday program on April 7.Nine Britons of Pakistani and Afghan descent were found guilty last year of exploiting girls, who were all white, in sexual activities in Rochdale and Derby in return for drugs and alcohol.
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"Some of those perpetrators who have recently been convicted happen to be from the Muslim community so we need to be at the very front of the voice that is condemning this," he said.
The Muslim leader stressed that the behavior of the convicts in grooming girls for sex totally contradicts with Islamic teachings.
"They have used drugs, they have used alcohol, they have used prostitution and all kinds of other methods which are all forbidden within Islam," he said.
The MCB leader said that the pedophile scandal should be seen purely as criminal behavior, warning that using labels of race and religion could "drive the problem deeper underground".He called for all people as a "religious duty" to speak out against the practice of grooming girls for sexual activities.
Seeking to tackle the phenomenon, the MCB is planning a national conference to educate people about grooming.
Sheikh Mogra said the umbrella Muslim body is also working with different groups as the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC), police and Muslim groups for this goal.
"You cannot hide these criminals within your ranks," the Muslim leader said.
"It is your duty to come out and speak out against it because that is what Islam requires of you."
Some analysts opine that grooming was a significant problem for some British Muslims, particularly of Pakistani origin.
"There should be no silence in addressing the issue of race as this is central to the actions of these criminals," Mohammed Shafiq, chief executive of the Ramadhan Foundation, told the BBC.
"They think that white teenage girls are worthless and can be abused without a second thought; it is this sort of behavior that is bringing shame on our community."
But police officials rule out race as a main factor behind the practice, believing that the issue was about "adults preying on vulnerable young children".
"It just happens that in this particular area and time, the demographics were that these were Asian men," Assistant Chief Constable Steve Heywood, of Greater Manchester Police, said.
MP Keith Vaz also believes that "no particular race or religion" tended to be involved.
"There is no excuse for this kind of criminality, whoever is involved in it, but I don't think it is a particular group of people, I don't think it's a particular race or religion," he said.
Debates have repeatedly arisen in Britain since the conviction of the Pakistani men last May.
In September, former Home Secretary Jack Straw sparked a controversy after accusing British Muslims of Pakistani origin of abusing white girls and using them in pedophile rings.
In 2011, he accused Pakistani immigrants of seeing white girls an "easy meat" for abuses, drawing accusations of stigmatizing the whole Muslim community.
Britain is home to a sizable Muslim minority of nearly 2.7 million.The majority of the multi-ethnic minority has Indian, Bengali and Pakistani backgrounds.
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text: Professor Steve P. Watson Institute of Cardiovascular SciencesBHF Professor in Cardiovascular Sciences and Cellular Pharmacology Contact details Telephone+44 (0) 121 414 firstname.lastname@example.com AddressInstitute of Cardiovascular SciencesIBR BuildingCollege of Medical and Dental SciencesUniversity of Birmingham Edgbaston Birmingham B15 2TT UK Steve Watson is a British Heart Foundation Professor in Cardiovascular Sciences and Cellular Pharmacology. Steve is head of the Birmingham Platelet Group. The group undertakes a multidisciplinary approach to the investigation of platelet function in health and disease with a special focus on platelet receptors and their signalling pathways. The work includes translational studies in patients with platelet function disorders. The group is recognised for the identification of the major signalling receptor for collagen receptor on platelets, the GPVI-FcR gamma-chain complex, and the C-type lectin receptor, which plays a key role in lymphatic development. Steve is head of the Vascular Inflammation, Thrombosis and Angiogenesis (VITA) grouping in the Section of Cardiovascular Sciences. Steve was the 2006 winner of the Nature/Nesta mid-career award for creative mentorin Steve Watson is a leading member of the NIHR SRMRC. Find out more about the work of the research centre on the SRMRC website. Staff detailsMedia information Qualifications Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences 2002 PhD Pharmacology 1983 BSc Pharmacology (1st) 1980 Biography Steve originally trained in the Universities of Leeds and Cambridge before undertaking postdoctoral studies in Burroughs Wellcome, North Carolina. He moved to the Pharmacology Department in the University of Oxford in 1985 where he was supported by series of competitive fellowships, including a Royal Society University Research Fellowship. He moved to a British Heart Foundation Professorship in Birmingham in 2004. Steve is currently an editor / senior editor on 9 journals including Trends in Pharmacological Sciences, Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Biochemical Journal. Steve was a member of panel 1: Cardiovascular Sciences in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise and is a former member of the British Heart Foundation Project Grants Committee. Steve was awarded an Investigator Recognition Award in 2007 by the International Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis for contributions to Haemostasis. Teaching 3rd Year BMedSci: lectures and dissertations Tutor groupleader Head of graudate studies Postgraduate supervision PhD students MRes Graduate Course: lectures and dissertations Research We use a multidisciplinary approach that ranges from in vitro functional and biochemical assays, to cell biology based studies on immortalised and primary cell lines, and studies in mutant mice and patients with bleeding disorders. The work is divided into five main themes: Signalling events that underlie platelet activation by glycoprotein receptors, with special emphasis on the collagen ITAM receptor, GPVI, the ITAM-like receptor, CLEC-2 and the major platelet integrin IIb3. The role of actin polymerisation in thrombus formation and signalling by platelet glycoprotein receptors. The molecular basis of mild bleeding in patients with suspected defects in platelet function. The events that underlie megakaryocytopoiesis and platelet formation. The physiological and pathological role of platelets in a variety of cellular processes, including lymphangiogenesis, angiogenesis, inflammatory events, and major organ dysfunction (kidney, liver and lung) Other activities Chair of the Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences Publications Recent publications (since autumn 2012) Jung, S.M., Moroi, M., Soejima, K., Nakagaki, T., Miura, Y., Berndt, M.C., Gardiner, E.E., Howes, J.-M., Pugh, N., Bihan, D., Watson, S.P. and Farndale, R.W. (2012) Constitutive dimerization of GPVI in resting platelets is essential for binding to collagen and activation through this receptor in flowing blood. J. Biol. Chem. 287: 30000-30013 Unsworth, A.J., Finney, B.A., Navarro-Nunez, L., Severin, S., Watson, S.P., C.J Pears, C.J. (2012). PKCε and PKCθ double-deficient mice have a bleeding diathesis. J. Thromb. Haemost. 10: 1887–1894 Mazharian, A., Wang, Y.J., Mori, J., Bem, D., Finney, B., Heising, S., Gissen, P., White, J.G., Berndt, M.C., Gardiner, E.E., Nieswandt, B., Douglas, M.R., Campbell, R.D., Watson, S.P. & Senis, Y.A., (2012). Mice lacking the ITIM-containing receptor G6b-B exhibit macrothrombocytopenia and aberrant platelet function. Science Signaling 5, 128-140. Dawood, B.B., Lowe, G.C., Lordkipanidzé, M., Bem, D., Daly, M.E., Makris, M., Mumford, A., Wilde, J.T. and Watson, S.P. (2012) Evaluation of participants with suspected heritable platelet function disorders including recommendation and validation of a streamlined agonist panel. Blood 120:5041-5049 Mori, J., Wang, Y.-J., Ellison, S., Heising, S., Neel, B., Tremblay, M., Watson, S.P. and Senis, Y. (2012) Dominant role of the protein-tyrosine phosphatase CD148 in regulating platelet activation relative to PTP-1B. Art. Thromb. Vasc. Biol. 32:2956-2965 Haining, E.J., Yang, J., Bailey, R.L., Khan, K., Collier, R., Schickwann, T., Watson, S.P., Frampton, J., Garcia, P. and Tomlinson, M.G. (2012). The 8Cys subgroup of tetraspanins interact with A disintegrin and metalloprotease 10 (ADAM10) and regulate its maturation and cell surface expression. J. Biol. Chem. 287, 39753-39765 Calaminus, S.D.J., Guitart, A., Sinclair, A., Watson, S.P., Holyoake, T., Kranc, K. and Machesky, L.M. (2012) Lineage tracing of Pf4-Cre marks hematopoietic stem cells and their progeny. PLoS ONE 7(12): e51361 Hughes, C.E., Radhakrishnan, U.P., Lordkipanidzé, M., Egginton, S., Dijkstra, J.M., Jagadeeswaran, P. and Watson, S.P. (2012) G6f-like is an ITAM-containing collagen receptor in thrombocytes. PLoS ONE 7: e52622 Schachtner, H., Calaminus, S.D.J., Sinclair, A., Moneypenny, J., Blundell, M.P., Leon, C., Holyoake, T.L., Thrasher, A.J., Michie, A.M., Vukovic, M., Gachet, C., Jones, G.E., Thomas, S.G., Watson, S.P. and Machesky, L. (2013) Megakaryocytes assemble podosomes that degrade matrix and protrude through basement membrane. Blood 121:2542-2552 Hughes, C.E., Sinha, U., Pandey, A., Eble, J.A., O'Callaghan, C.A. and Watson, S.P. (2013) Critical role for an acidic amino acid region in signalling by the hemITAM receptor CLEC-2. J. Biol. Chem. 288: 5127-5135 Lowe, G.C., Sánchez Guiu, L., Chapman, O., Rivera, J., Lordkipanidzé, M. Dovlatova, N., Wilde, J., Watson, S.P., Morgan, N.V. (2013) The use of microsatellite markers provides a rapid approach for autozygosity mapping in Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome: identification of the second HPS7 mutation in a patient presenting late in life. Thromb. Haemost. 109: 766-768. Manne, B.K., Getz, T.M., Hughes, C.E., Alshehri, O., Dangelmaier, D., Naik, U.P., Watson, S.P. and Kunapuli, S.P. (2013)Fucoidan is a novel platelet agonist for the CLEC-2 receptor. J. Biol. Chem. 288: 7717-7726 Tilley D.O., Albert M.A., Smolenski A., Cox D., O'Donnell J.S., Douglas C.W.I., Watson S.P., Kerrigan S.W. (2013) Glycoprotein Iba and FcgRIIa play key roles in platelet activation by the colonizing bacterium, Streptococcus oralis. J. Thromb. Haemost. 11, 941–950 Bender, M., May, F., Lorenz, V., Thielmann, I., Hagedorn, I., Finney, B.A., Vögtle, T., Remer, K., Braun, A., Bösl, M., Watson, S.P. and Nieswandt, B. (2013) Combined In Vivo Depletion of GPVI and CLEC-2 Severely Compromises Hemostasis and Abrogates Arterial Thrombosis in Mice. Art. Thromb. Vasc. Biol. 33:926-934 Cuker, A., Rux, A.H., Hinds, J.L., Dela Cruz, M., Yarovi, S.V., Brown, I.A.M., Yang, W., Konkle, B.A., Aprepally, G.M., Watson, S.P., Cines, D.B. and Sachias, B.S. (2013) Novel diagnostic assays for heparin-induced thrombocytopenia. Blood 121:3727-3732 Mazharian, A., Mori, J., Wang, Y.J., Heising, S., Neel, B.G., Watson, S.P. and Senis, Y.A. 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A framework for task-based language teaching
Introduction and overview
In the first section of this chapter, I introduce a framework for task-based language teaching. The framework defines and exemplifies the key elements in the model that underlies this book including real-world/target tasks, pedagogical tasks and enabling skills. The next section outlines a procedure for creating an integrated syllabus around the concept of the pedagogic task. The section that follows is devoted to materials design considerations. It provides a procedure that can be used for planning lessons, materials and units of work. In the final section, the principles underlying the procedures described in the body of the chapter are laid out.
A task framework
As we saw in Chapter 1, the point of departure for task-based language teaching is real-world or target tasks. These are the hundred and one things we do with language in everyday life, from writing a poem to confirming an airline reservation to exchanging personal information with a new acquaintance. These three examples, by the way, illustrate Michael Halliday's three macrofunctions of language. Halliday argues that at a very general level, we do three things with language: we use it to exchange goods and services (this is the transactional or service macrofunction), we use it to socialize with others (this is the interpersonal or social macrofunction), and we use it for enjoyment (this is the aesthetic macrofunction). Typically, in everyday interactions, the macrofunctions are interwoven, as in the following (invented) example: A: Nice day. B: That it is. What can I do for you? A: I'd like a round-trip ticket to the airport, please. In order to create learning opportunities in the classroom, we must transform these real-world tasks into pedagogical tasks. Such tasks can be placed on a continuum from rehearsal tasks to activation tasks. 19
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I'm not sure I'd argue that AGT was necessarily better written. It's certainly clever, but it kind of bugs me that the finale of the show showcases Picard at the expense of the other characters and features a largely reset-button ending.
It's a finale that certainly fits the show, in ways both good and bad. If the Pah Wraith thing had been handled better, I think I would not hesitate to call WYLB the better finale, though, but mostly because DS9 had gone so much further as a saga by that point than TNG ever really did.
The Pah Wraith business is enough of a misstep that one can certainly hesitate, I think. But, personally, I enjoy WYLB significantly more.
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Salesky, Webb named as Four-Way-Test Rotarians of the Year
At a recent meeting of the Rotary Club of Knoxville, Brian Salesky and Mark Webb were recognized as the 2013 Four-Way-Test Rotarians of the Year. This award is given each year to newer club members who, in their personal and professional life, exemplify the qualities of Rotary's "Four Way Test of the things we think, say and do" and embody the Rotary motto of "Service Above Self."
The questions of the four-way test are 1. Is it the truth?, 2. Is it fair to all concerned?, Will it build goodwill and better friendships?, and 4. Will it be beneficial to all concerned?"
Salesky is the executive director and conductor of the Knoxville Opera. Webb is a financial advisor with Wells Fargo Advisors.
This year, Webb co-chaired with Emma Drozdowski, a lawyer with Miller & Drozdowski, the club's March Madness Follies fund raiser, which netted a record $50,000 for the Rotary Foundation of Knoxville. This money is used for scholarships and other Rotary projects.
For the second year in a row, Salesky produced and directed the Rotary Follies, in which Rotarians and friends performed in a wide variety of genres, from rock and roll to gospel and opera.
"Mark and Emma did a fantastic job of pulling the evening together, and Brian enabled the performers to show off some truly great talent," said Rotary Club President Wes Stowers.
"They also set a new record for dollars raised, which helps us provide scholarships for local students, recognize outstanding teachers and fund international projects, including Rotary's worldwide effort to end polio."
Rotary is an international volunteer organization of 1.2 million business and professional leaders united worldwide to promote humanitarian service and help build goodwill and peace. About 32,000 Rotary clubs in more than 200 countries conduct projects to address today's challenges including illiteracy, disease, hunger, poverty, lack of clean water and environmental concerns while encouraging high ethical standards in all vocations.
As the world's largest private provider of international scholarships, the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International helps more than 1,000 students annually to study abroad and serve as cultural ambassadors. Rotary also partners with seven prestigious universities around the world to provide opportunities to earn a master's degree in peace and conflict and resolution.
Rotary's flagship program is PolioPlus. By the time polio is eradicated, Rotary club members will have contributed more than $850 million and countless volunteer hours to immunize more than two billion children in 122 countries.
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