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Large format cameras and studio lighting techniques are essential tools for any student seeking a comprehensive education in serious photographic practice. Artists as diverse as Barbara Kasten, Richard Misrach, Joel-Peter Witkin, Cindy Sherman and Nicholas Nixon among others, have made these skills central to our notion of what it means to be a photo-artist in our time. This course will introduce you to the view camera and the studio as both apply to contemporary fine art photography. The class will begin with an emphasis on developing fundamental technical skills, including: basic view camera set-up and focusing techniques, the zone system, fine printing with large negatives, and an introduction to the tools and vocabulary of studio lighting. Assignments will include problems in tabletop still life work, the portrait, and tableau photography. Students will then be encouraged to produce sophisticated self-generated final projects based upon the skills acquired in this course.


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Scuba Diving in the Bahamas
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Scuba diving in the Bahamas is one of the world's most sought after pastimes for thrill seekers fascinated in an underwater world experience that will stay with them for the rest of their lives. Here you'll discover blue holes, caverns, colourful fish and a world of fascinating sights, all experienced within calm, blue tropical seas.
The weather in the Bahamas is simply perfect; warm all year round and average temperatures ranging from lows of 25c (77F) in winter and highs of 32c (90F) in summer. There is a cooling trade wind that you may feel in the evenings, so it's always best to take a warm cardigan or light jacket, just in case.
If you book into a Bahamas dive center you will be warmly welcomed by staff and shown where all the best attractions are likely to be discovered. Dive resorts in the Bahamas are well known for their warm hospitality and friendly approach. Any Bahamas dive center can point you in the right direction or take you in a boat to the areas where you'll find the best undersea views and all done with safety in mind.
You will witness a marvelous spectrum of blue and more than just a few shallow reefs, some of which you can actually stand up in. Dive resorts in the Bahamas offer so many small islands and places to witness an undersea adventure, you'll be left wondering if there is enough Bahamas dive centers to cover the vast area.
There are more than 700 small islands in the Bahamas and some of most fascinating dives can be seen at the eastern side of the Little Bahamas Bank; these major reef structures are no deeper than 45 feet at any point and most of the water is between six to 10 feet deep.
Another fascinating dive resort in the Bahamas is on the Eleuthera coastline, known locally as Current Cut. The small streams that run through these shallow seas bring tons of fish and other colorful marine life pouring in to feed. Other dive resorts in the Bahamas include Cat Island, one of the healthiest shallow reefs on offer in the Bahamas.
As any scuba diver and adventurer will tell you, the dive centers and dive resorts in the Bahamas offer some of the best, clearest and most jaw dropping scenarios available to any amateur or more serious diver.


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The differences in American culture and the culture of the Philippines are massive. One should not believe they are going to a country much like the USA. People learn that the Philippines is an English speaking country. That is more in theory than reality though. While the Philippines have two official languages, those being Filipino and English there are hundreds of languages in the Philippines. The number varies depending on which expert you ask.
Well educated and some other Filipinos will be able to speak English well. You will be able to function in large department stores and transact what you need to with government agencies in English. Once you step into the streets of the Philippines, English will do you very little good. Thousands of people that speak only English live here though.
It is much more complex than that though, anthropologist often group cultures into low context and high context cultures. The USA is a low context culture. People in low context cultures tend to express themselves with more words. They are more animated and colorful in their speech. They may say the same thing in more than one way to make sure their meaning is understood. In a high context culture like the Philippines, fewer words are spoken. A Filipino expects you to understand them with fewer words. If you try to expound on their meaning, they will likely politely repeat what they already said.
This can cause a foreigner to think the Filipino is being rude when they are not. They think you are rude for going on and on about something they already explained. They are unlikely to change the position. "This is our policy," accept it or move on.
Showing respect in every situation is critical in the culture of the Philippines. They are forgiving of foreigners because we don't know their ways. Respect is absolute and if not given much trouble can follow. A foreigner can be thrown out of the Philippines for disrespecting a Filipino. That is rare but it can happen.
Family is sometimes above the law here. When there are disputes within the family, the police will generally not get involved unless a family member asks for it. I have even seen this happen in cases of murder. If you find a significant other in the Philippines, you may never become more important to her than her family. Generally she is terrified of bringing shame to her family and this will rule much of what she does.
Of course, with any culture there are wide variances and nobody will be in the center of the culture in every way. Each person must be dealt with an as individual but these principles can guide you. These things I've discussed here will serve you as a launching point to further pursue if you are interested in the culture of the Philippines.
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SEC Proposed Rule Amendments to Remove Rating References
On April 27, pursuant to Section 939E of the Dodd-Frank Act, the SEC proposed amendments to remove references to credit ratings in various Exchange Act rules. Comments must be submitted within 60 days after publication in the Federal Register. SEC Release. SEC Proposed Rule.
GSE Alignment of Guidelines for Servicing Delinquent Mortgages
On April 28, the FHFA directed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to align their guidelines for servicing delinquent mortgages that they own or guarantee in four key areas: (i) borrower contact; (ii) delinquency management practices; (iii) loan modifications and foreclosure alternatives; and (iv) foreclosure timelines. The updated guidelines will also establish monetary incentives and penalties for servicer performance. FHFA Release.
CFTC Proposed Rules on Capital Requirements for Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants
On April 27, pursuant to Section 731 of the Dodd-Frank Act, the CFTC proposed rules that would mandate capital requirements for swap dealers and major swap participants that are not subject to prudential regulation by the Fed, OCC, FDIC, FCA, or FHFA. Capital requirements would be adjusted depending on whether a swap dealer or major swap participant is a futures commissions merchant, a nonbank subsidiary of a U.S. bank holding company, or neither of the foregoing. CFTC Fact Sheet.
CFTC and SEC Proposed Rules and Guidance for Swap Definitions
On April 27, pursuant to Sections 712 and 721 of the Dodd-Frank Act, the CFTC and SEC issued proposed rules that would further define the terms swap, security-based swap, and security-based swap agreement. The proposed rules also would adopt regulations regarding mixed swaps as well as books and records for security-based swap agreements. During the April 27 Open Meeting in which the CFTC approved the proposed rules, the Commissioners observed four different approaches between the SEC and CFTC: (i) the inclusion of anti-evasion provisions in the proposed rules; (ii) the treatment of insurance on swaps as a securities-based swap; (iii) treatment of swaps linked to futures for foreign sovereign debt securities; and (iv) the jurisdiction and applicable regulatory requirements of the CFTC over indexed credit default swaps. Comments must be submitted within 60 days after publication in the Federal Register. SEC Release. CFTC Fact Sheet. CFTC Open Meeting Webcast.
Treasury Notice of Proposed Determination on Foreign Exchange Swaps and Forwards
On April 29, Treasury issued a notice of proposed determination exempting foreign exchange swaps and forwards from the definition of "swap" under the Commodities Exchange Act. The proposed determination does not extend to other foreign exchange derivatives including foreign exchange options, currency swaps, and non-deliverable forwards. Foreign exchange swaps and forwards will remain subject to the Dodd-Frank Act's trade reporting requirements and business standards. Comments must be submitted within 30 days after publication in the Federal Register. Treasury Fact Sheet. Proposed Determination.
CFTC Proposed Rule on Protection of Cleared Swaps Customer Contracts and Collateral
On April 27, pursuant to Section 724(a) of the Dodd-Frank Act, the CFTC proposed rules concerning the protection of cleared swaps and associated collateral of futures commission merchants (FCM) customers. Among other items, the rules: (i) parallel the regulations governing the account in which FCMs currently hold futures customer collateral pre-bankruptcy and (ii) contain analysis of the costs and benefits of the four models of protection being considered, as described in the ANPR issued by the CFTC on November 19, 2010. CFTC Fact Sheet. CFTC ANPR. CFTC Proposed Rule.
CFTC Proposed Rules to Adapt CFTC Regulations to New Commodity Exchange Act Definitions
On April 27, in accordance with Sections 721 and 733 of the Dodd-Frank Act, the CFTC proposed rules to revise its regulations to reflect: (i) amendments to the definitions of "futures commission merchant" and "introducing broker" in the Commodity Exchange Act and (ii) the creation of swap execution facilities as trading platforms for swaps. CFTC Fact Sheet. CFTC Proposed Rule.
On April 28, DRBS updated its methodologies for oil and gas companies and for project finance. DBRS Methodologies.
On April 27, Fitch released its updated criteria for rating general obligation transactions of state housing finance agencies. Fitch Release. Fitch Report.
On April 25, Fitch released is updated criteria for rating airport operating lease ABS. Fitch Release.
On April 25, Fitch released its updated report on U.S. municipal structured finance rating criteria. Fitch Release. Fitch Report.
Note: Free registration is required for Fitch releases and reports.
CFTC and SEC Proposed Rules and Guidance for Swap Definitions
In addition to their effect on the financial industry as a whole, the proposed definitions under Title VII under the Dodd-Frank Act will specifically impact asset managers. Please see item above.
CFTC Proposed Rules on Capital Requirements for Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants
Under the CFTC proposed rules, asset managers would face capital requirements for swap dealers or major swap participants that are not futures commissions merchants and are not nonbank subsidiaries of U.S. bank holding companies. Please see item above.
Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston Files RMBS Suit
On April 20, 2011, the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston ("FHLB Boston") filed suit against over eighty defendants in Massachusetts state court. FHLB Boston alleges that various underwriters, depositors, individual defendants, and rating agencies made misstatements and omissions in the sale of mortgage-backed securities. The alleged misstatements and omissions include those about the originating banks' adherence to their stated underwriting guidelines, appraisals, credit ratings, compliance with predatory lending restrictions, and the enforceability of the underlying mortgages. FHLB Boston joins several other Federal Home Loan Banks that already have filed suit in courts throughout the United States over their purchases of mortgage-backed securities, including the Federal Home Loan Banks of Atlanta, Chicago, Indianapolis, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, and Seattle. Complaint.
Federal Judge Grants Motion to Dismiss Claims Against Bank of America as Successor to Countrywide
On April 20, 2011, Judge Mariana Pfaelzer of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California granted Bank of America's motion to dismiss the claims against it in a putative class action complaint that sought to hold Bank of America liable for Countrywide's alleged misstatements and omissions regarding Countrywide's loan origination practices. Plaintiffs argued that Bank of America can be held liable as a successor to Countrywide's liability because the asset transfer between Bank of America and its subsidiary Countrywide constituted a de facto merger. Judge Pfaelzer disagreed; in applying Delaware law, Judge Pfaelzer noted that "Delaware courts use the doctrine of de facto merger sparingly" and declined to apply the doctrine here. Notably, Judge Pfaelzer's decision runs contrary to an April 2010 decision by New York Supreme Court Justice Eileen Bransten which held, under New York law, that the asset transfer did constitute a de facto merger and that Bank of America could be liable as a successor to Countrywide. Pfaelzer Decision. Bransten Decision.
Bank of America and Countrywide Sued By Purchasers of $619 Million in RMBS
On April 27, 2011, a group of insurers owned by Western & Southern Financial Group filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio against Countrywide, various former Countrywide officers, and Bank of America, as successor to Countrywide, in connection with the sale of RMBS between 2005 and 2007. The plaintiffs allege that the Countrywide defendants were responsible for misrepresentations and omissions in offering materials, pursuant to which plaintiffs purchased approximately $619 million in RMBS. Plaintiffs allege misrepresentation and omissions regarding Countrywide's underwriting guidelines, owner-occupancy status, appraisals, and exceptions to low-documentation loan procedures. Plaintiffs assert federal law claims for violations of Sections 11, 12(a)(2), and 15 of the '33 Act, and Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the '34 Act. They also assert state law claims for negligent misrepresentation, fraud, aiding and abetting fraud, and various violations of the Ohio Securities Act. Complaint.


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This November, Disney will cash-in on retro gaming nostalgia with Wreck-It Ralph, an animated film that focuses on a John C. Reilly-voiced, 9-foot tall, 643-pound video game villain out for redemption. MSN has just revealed the film's first poster, revealing a character that looks exactly like the giant, angry, 8-bit embodiment of John C. Reilly's voice should look like:
The MSN report adds that there will be cameos from real video game characters ("real" as in from actual video game franchises, not "real" like John Madden is both real and video game), and right now Bowser from the Mario series and a ghost from Pac-Man are confirmed. It remains unclear which ghost will appear (hopefully a good one!) or if Dennis Hopper will posthumously reprise his masterful Bowser. If we can digitally bring back Tupac, we can surely bring back this:


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SPSOC: Team Members
CHANG Joseph Sylvester
Joseph Chang received his Ph.D from the Department of Otolaryngology, the University of Melbourne, Australia. He is presently with the School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, and is adjunct at the Texas A&M University (USA). He was the former Associate Dean (Research and Graduate Studies), College of Engineering, NTU..
He has received numerous research grants including from DARPA (USA), European Union, industrial grants from multinational corporations, Singapore's A*STAR and MoE, etc. He has active research international collaborations, including with Caltech, MIT and Cornell University. He has founded two start-ups. He is also active in professional societies, including having served as General Chairs of several IEEE-NIH and international conferences and editor and associate editors of premier IEEE journals and magazines, including as Guest Editor of the Proceedings of the IEEE. His research interests include bioengineering, audiology, psychoacoustics, and analog and digital circuit designs
GWEE Bah Hwee
Dr Gwee Bah Hwee received his B.Eng (Hons) from the University of Aberdeen, UK, in 1990. He received his M.Eng and Ph.D degrees from Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, in 1992 and 1998 respectively. Dr Gwee has both industrial and academic research experiences. In industry, he worked as a research engineer at SEIKO Instruments. In academia, he worked as a Lecturer in Temasek Polytechnic, Singapore. He was an Assistant Professor in School of EEE, NTU from 1999 to 2005 and has been an Associate Professor in NTU since 2005. He is the Principal Investigator of several local and international grants, including the AcRF Tier-2, ASEAN-EU University Network Programme (AUNP) grant, Defence Science Organization and Co- Principal Investigator of DARPA (USA), NTU-Panasonic Semiconductors, NTU-Linköping University (Sweden) joint research collaboration and projects. He has filed several patents in circuit designs and has 1 US patent granted.
Dr Gwee was the Chairman for IEEE Singapore – Circuits and Systems Chapter in 2005 and 2006. He was the Technical Programme Chair for International Symposium for Integrated Circuits, 2007. He is the Committee Member of IEEE Circuits and Systems Society DSP, VLSI Systems and Biomedical Circuits and Systems and Life-Science Systems and Applications Technical Committees. He has been serving as an Associate Editor for the journal of Circuits, Systems and Signal Processing since 2007. He has been an IEEE Senior Member since 2003. He is currently an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer (2009/2010) for IEEE Circuits and Systems Society.
His research interests are low power asynchronous microprocessor, digital signal processor design, digital class-d amplifier design, bio-informatics soft computing and acoustical noise reduction.
LIM Yong Ching
Yong Ching obtained the A.C.G.I and B.Sc degrees in 1977 and the D.I.C. and Ph.D. degrees in 1980, in electrical engineering from Imperial College, University of London, U.K.
From 1980 to 1982, he was a National Research Council Research Associate in the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. From 1982 to 2003, he was a lecturer in the National University of Singapore. Since 2003, he has been with the School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Nanyang Technological University.
Yong Ching received numerous awards including the 1996 IEEE Circuits and Systems Society's Guillemin-Cauer Award, the 1990 IREE (Australia) Norman Hayes Award, the 1977 IEE (UK) Prize and the 1974-77 Siemens Memorial (Imperial College) Award. He is a Fellow of the IEEE. He served as General Chair for APCCAS 2006 and Co-General Chair for ISCAS 2009.
SHU Wei
Wei Shu received the B.Eng. degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore in 2005, and the Ph.D. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from NTU.
He is currently Research Scientist in TL@NTU, is working on two projects. One is a collaborative project with MIT (USA) to design a readout integrated circuit for multispectral infrared sensor arrays, and the other one is to design a ultra-high speed Digital-to-Analog Convertor.
His research interests include analog signal processing, sensor and low-noise signal conditioning, power management and analog power amplifiers, high speed mixed-signal designs.
YU Yajun
Yu Yajun received the B.Sc and M.Eng in Biomedical Engineering from Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, in 1994 and 1997, respectively, and the Ph.D in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the National University of Singapore, Singapore, in 2004.
From 1997 to 1998, she was a Teaching Assistant with Zhejiang University. She joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore as a Post Master Fellow in 1998 and remained in the same department as a Research Engineer until 2004. In 2002, she was a Visiting Researcher at the Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China. She joined the Temasek Laboratories at Nanyang Technological University as a Research Fellow in 2004. Since 2005, she has been with the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, where she is currently an Assistant Professor. In 2009, she was a Visiting Professor at Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia. Her research interests include digital signal processing and VLSI circuits and systems design.
Dr. Yu has served as an associate editor for CIRCUITS SYSTEMS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING and IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS II since 2009 and 2010, respectively.
CHONG Kwen Siong
Chong Kwen Siong received the B.Eng, M.Phil and Ph.D in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, in 2001, 2002, and 2007 respectively. He is presently a Research Scientist with TL@NTU, Singapore. His research interests include asynchronous VLSI designs, low-voltage low power methodologies, audio signal processing, FPGA prototyping and digital filterbank designs. He is a member of IEEE, and a technical committee for IEEE VLSI Systems and Applications (VSA).
LEE Jun Wei
Jun Wei obtained his Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering from the National University of Singapore in 2001. He obtained his PhD degree in 2007, from both the Technical University of Eindhoven (Netherlands) and the National University of Singapore. His area of research is in digital signal processing, filter bank designs and audio compression technology.
VICTOR Adrian
Victor Adrian received the B.Eng, M.Phil, and Ph.D from the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, in 2003, 2004, and 2010 respectively. He worked as a Project Officer at NTU from 2004 to 2005. He was awarded a Singapore Millennium Foundation Ph.D. scholarship in 2005. His research interests include digital Class D amplifiers, switched-mode dc-dc converters, modulation schemes, high-speed digital-to-analog converters, and acoustic noise reduction.
SHI Yiqiong
Yiqiong received the B.Eng Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Nanyang Technological University in 2004. She is currently pursuing the Ph.D degree in NTU. Her research interests include asynchronous VLSI design, microprocessor and digital signal processor design, and CAD tools for analysis and verification.
LIN Tong
Lin Tong received his Bachelor's degree (Electrical & Electronic Engineering, 1st Class Hons) from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in 2008. He was a recipient of the Nanyang President's Graduate Scholarship, and is currently pursuing his Ph.D at the School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, NTU.
His current research interest is in Ultra-robust, Ultra-low power asynchronous-logic digital integrated circuit/system design.
LIU Jingyuan
Liu Jingyuan graduated with a Bachelor of Electronics and Information Engineering in 2012 from Wuhan University, China. He obtained his Master Degree (Master of Science) from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in 2013.
He joined TL@NTU in 2013 and currently is working as a Research Associate. His area of research is low cost, low noise MEMS Gyroscopic Sensor.
LIU Qing
Liu Qing graduated with a Degree of Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical and Electronic) from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in 2011.
He joined TL@NTU in 2011 and currently is working as a Research Assistant. His area of research includes high speed, high resolution system-on-chip ADC.
XU Saihua
Saihua graduated with a Bachelor's Degree with First Class Honors in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from NTU in 2008.
She joined TL@NTU in September 2008 as a Research Assistant in the Signal Processing on Chip group.
Saihua is a part time Ph.D student in the school of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, NTU since August 2009.
QU Yong
Qu Yong graduated with a Degree in Bachelor of Electrical Engineering and its Automation from Zhangzhou Normal University in 2010. He joined TL@NTU in December 2012 as a Research Assistant.
His research interests include switching power converters, reactive power optimization and smart grid.
LOY Tai Wei
Tai Wei graduated with a Diploma in Mechatronics Engineering from Nanyang Polytechnic in 2009.
He is currently pursuing his part time Bachelor's of Mechanical Engineering Degree in Nanyang Technological University.
He joined TL@NTU in 2012 as a Technical Executive. His area of work includes design, development and assembly of electronics hardware systems. This will mainly involve computer-aided design of Printed Circuit Boards.


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Kettering researchers refine bone re-growth
Researchers at Kettering are collaborating on a project to develop a biodegradable alloy for use in re-growing bone after traumatic injuries.
Repairing traumatic injury to a bone is do-able, but current procedures require multiple surgeries and long term recovery. Kettering University's Dr. Montserrat Rabago-Smith and her team of co-researchers are exploring the use of a magnesium orthotic alloy in severe trauma injuries where the distance between two halves of a bone can't be overcome by the human body's ability to regenerate and heal.
They are trying to develop a magnesium alloy material that is biodegradable and requires only one surgical procedure to assist the bone in healing over the "magic" distance. "A magic distance is two times the width of the bone that is damaged," she explained.
"Currently surgeons put a titanium or stainless steel rod in the gap to save what is usually a severely damaged limb," said Rabago-Smith, assistant professor of Chemistry/Biochemistry at Kettering. "This requires two major surgical procedures, one to implant the rod and a later surgery to remove the screws holding it in place," she said.
If this rod is left in the body for a long period of time, bone can build up around the ends of the rod, making it difficult to remove the screw and creating other problems such as an inflammatory reaction due to the titanium alloy shedding small pieces or leaching materials into the surrounding tissue.
The goal of the research is to help to bridge the "magic gap." "Human cells can only travel so far in the healing process," Rabago-Smith explained, "so what seems like a small distance is actually quite far on a cellular level." Their research is focused on developing biomaterials that can be absorbed by the body and that will dissolve as the bone grows and repairs.
Magnesium alloy was chosen as an orthopedic biomaterial for its bioresorbable properties. Its mechanical properties are similar to natural bone, making it appropriate for load-bearing orthopedic fracture repair applications. Non-biodegradable implants are unable to adapt to growth and changes of the human body, and the strength and density of titanium alloys greatly exceed that of bone, causing stress shielding, according to the research by Rabago-Smith and her colleagues.
This stress shielding may compromise the integrity of new bone growth and the quality of existing bone. The strength and density of Magnesium and Mg alloys match those of bone while also being stronger than bone, and so are less likely to cause stress shielding.
"Our alloy, Mg AZ31, is shaped like a tube and coated with a substance that helps to control the degradation of magnesium alloy," she said. The tube shape was designed in an effort to reduce the amount of alloy used for implantation in a shape that mimics cortical bone shape. Details of their work will be published in the Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B, according to Rabago-Smith.
This hollow cylinder acts as a scaffold for bone re-growth. The scaffold was then coated with different amounts of the coating developed by Rabago-Smith and her colleagues and immersed in simulated body fluid (SBF) and enhanced biocompatibility for mesenchymal stem cells (MSC). The coated scaffold showed a slowed corrosion compared to non-coated scaffolding.
Rabago-Smith developed the coating that slows the degradation, and then tested its healing properties with fellow researchers, Dr. Xingguo Cheng, Senior Researcher at Southwest Research Institute, Biomaterial and Biochemistry Section, Department of Microencapsulation and Nanomaterials, Dr. Patrick Atkinson, professor of Mechanical Engineering at Kettering, and Desiree White and Tyler Piersma, both 2011 graduates of Kettering. Other collaborators from the Southwest Research Institute included Dr. Gloria Gutierrez, Dr.Gianny Rossini, Dr. Stephen Wellinghoff and Sapna Desai.
"Magnesium is very reactive by itself, especially in the presence of water where the reaction occurring is oxidization, like rust," said Rabago-Smith. "Inside the body it will corrode rapidly due to the water and acids present in human tissue.
"The coating protects a little, but not completely, so degradation does occur," she said, but went on to explain that the degradation is gradual, and slow "like a long term fish pellet," giving the body time to generate new bone. "Our scaffold facilitated new bone growth across the magic distance," she said.
The gradual release of Mg2+ is not expected to lead to toxic reactions because Mg concentration in the body is high and tightly controlled.
Rabago-Smith and her colleagues are still in the process of studying the coating and improving the process. Their goal is to improve bone growth and develop a biodegradable material. However, it is still not appropriate for use in humans and significant hurdles remain regarding the design of practical implants and methods to control the alloy's degradation in the human body and biocompatibility.
To date, their findings have been presented by Kettering graduates White, Piersma and David LeCronier '06, at the 2010 and 2011 Research Exhibition of Excellence hosted by Michigan State University's Flint Area Medical Education program and Rabago-Smith presented them at the Michigan Orthopedic Society's Annual Scientific Conference in June 2010 and 2011 on Mackinac Island.
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Bank of America expects high dividend
Nothing brings out bullish analysts quite like a massive stock rally.
Bank of America stock has doubled so far in 2012, and there's room to run, according to the many bulls. The stock still trades at way less than its book value per share. Meredith Whitney is the latest to jump on the bandwagon.
"I have not seen an opportunity like this in four or five years," she told CNBC recently.
The big driver of all the good feelings in the analysts' ranks is the sense that the bank will return gobs of capital to shareholders soon. Few think that the Federal Reserve Board will stand in the way as it did last year. The bank is among the best capitalized in the industry and quite incented to boost its dividend as a way to boost its stock price.
One analyst notes that, "Once the dust finally settles from the financial crisis, most analysts, both inside the company and outside of it, believe that B of A will earn upwards of $30 billion a year if not more…That's roughly $3 per share. And assuming B of A ends up distributing a third of that, which is a conservative estimate, that equates to an annual dividend of $1. At the current price, that's a nearly 10% yield, and under this scenario, the underlying shares themselves could very realistically increase twofold if not more."
It will likely launch a share buyback as well. Whitney thinks that Bank of America could return up to $18 billion to shareholders over several years. The big question here is the extent to which this capital return scenario is way too rosy. There are lots of other risks out there, such as the risk of additional enforcement action and an unfavorable outcome to some high-risk litigation with the likes of MBIA as well as GSEs. And then there's the bad mortgage overhang.
The bank has built up $64 billion in six-month delinquent mortgages that have yet to enter foreclosure. That's more than twice the amount held by its top competitors collectively. There's plenty that can go wrong.
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Actress Eva Mendes and her dog stopped by a hair salon in West Hollywood, California yesterday (October 16, 2013) after Eva got a blowout.
Eva has not been seen with boyfriend Ryan Gosling in public for quite a while now. I know the two are notoriously private about their dating life, but we need to see the two of you together every once in a while.
Anyway, so how does Eva manage to always look so great? She spilled her secrets.
"First, you must feel great before you walk out of the house," said Mendes. "If you don't feel good when you're trying on an outfit at home, it's not going to miraculously feel great once you are out in the world. Also, find the cuts and silhouettes that accentuate what you love about your body. To keep from being bored, play with color and mixing and matching patterns."
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I'm not a scientist, nor do I have any evidence proving that microwaves are unhealthy, but my 6th sence tells me to avoid them.
I'm not a scientist, nor do I have any evidence proving that microwaves are unhealthy, but my 6th sence tells me to avoid them.
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Why do you think they are unhealthy? They just heat up water and fat molecules in food.
My wife and I are the only people we know who have never had a microwave oven. We do use them at work for our lunches, but never seen a need for one in the home.
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We're already exposed to microwaves EVERYWHERE, so avoiding microwave ovens for health reasons makes absolutely no sense.
In any case, we're all gonna die anyway.
Never wanted a cheese quesadilla in 45 seconds?
Never had a leftover chunk of meatloaf to warm up?
... Just a few reasons to use one at home. For me anyway. I'm impatient mostly.
And yeah, any bias against microwaves is pretty much unfounded. If somebody really wants to believe they're no good, I won't argue. But I've seen no reason to avoid them.
Somebody was telling me about how you chemically alter meat and vegetables when you microwave them. But... um... you do the same when you cook them on the stove top.
I use macrowaves. Bigger and more badass.
Don't microwave your head or run it with your face pressed against the glass.
It was getting too close to a M.Wave while it was operating that spawned the rumors. There's no evidence of latent, lingering radiatio in the food itself.. FACT
My sisters, both of them had other but equally mis-guided notions pertainig to a M.wave's rendering of food less nutricious, another theory debunked. To the contrary, less vitamins are diminished in M.Waves than boiling for instance. Studies can be found on the net. All they do is heat-up the water molecules from within.
somebody else was trying to debunk microwaves, talking about the 'vibratory frequency' of the food -- properly cooked was above a healthy threshold, micro food was not -- f'n kevin trudeau is an idiot.
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We had a second hand convection oven/microwave when we first married, but haven't had one since.
We hardly ever have leftovers (I eat too much or take it to work), don't have takeout much either - and if we do, it is because we're out too, so it gets eaten then. It doesn't really speed things up when you're cooking from scratch.
About the only thing my wife misses is microwave popcorn - which is probably a good thing
Marge: Your meatloaf will be ready in eight seconds, Homer.
Homer: D'oh! Isn't there anything faster than a microwave?
(Homer watches dinner cook)
Homer: Four… three… two… one… Bing! We have meatloaf!
I do not own a microwave. I reheat things in the oven or on the stove if necessary. I've been without one for 3 months and have not found a single instance where I said "I wish I had a microwave".
Wireless internet?
Cordless phone?
They all operate in the microwave frequency range.
Not to mention microwaves that are buzzing all around you, pretty much everywhere, for phone and business communications, airport radars, police radar guns, etc etc etc.
How do you avoid them? Dig a deep hole in the ground and build yourself a house there and don't come out. Though... I'm not even sure that'll keep you from them.
I love microwave ovens. so easy to operate over a conventional oven.
Food for thought: if you aren't dead by 2050, you and your entire family will be within a few years from starvation. Now that is a cruel gift to leave for your offspring. ;)


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OK, so winter is here for a while! It's dark at 5pm! I just borrowed a friends Night Rider Evolution light system and had a blast!!! Never understood why someone would ride in the middle of the night before. Now, I realize 2 things. 1- you can start a ride while the sun is setting and not have to give a rat's ass what time it is or how much further it is to the car, will you be able to see? This makes for the opportunity to see some spectacular sunsets. 2- I actually rode my bike on technical singletrack in the pitch black of night with no moon! It was very exhilerating! The light really works, and works better than I had imagined it would!
So here's my question! I liked the Evolution, but its $200. Does anyone out there know of a "SOLID" lighting system that I should consider for more, or less money than this system! I also realized how nice a headlamp would be, but who's got $400 layin' around these days?


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Recent reports of the Energy Catalyzer or E-cat device raise again the spectre of cold fusion, amid excoriating reactions from mainstream scientists, while developments in Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF)... Read more
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Offshore wind farms are far more difficult and expensive than developing on-shore wind power. If the UK is serious about providing 25% of its electricity by this means,... Read more
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So, all you wonderful people here, I am again attempting to make a map. I need one before the first, and I figured if I made my last one in 3 days, I could make one in 2, right...? I suppose we will see in the end.
This is for a book I'll be writing over the course of 2013. Whether I'll end up publishing or not is negligible, but that's beside the point. Down to the apmaking.
There is no title for the place yet. For anything really. I kind of just doodled this to be a guideline for the actual thing. I hand-draw because I suck at anything that has to do with an image editor or anything of the sort. It'll be in a similar style to Orenn, but with a few tweaks for the kind of map it's supposed to be. Anyways, off to it.
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I'm still sqeamish about running count betting. How does cover-betting affect K-O compared to high-low? In a double-deck game with 2-3 other players you might get 6-7 rounds. If you can only raise after a win then bet variation becomes more critical near the end of the double-decker.
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Today begins the first of several reports by Maryse Dejean and Don Paul from their visit to the 2014 Port-au-Prince International Jazz Festival, January 18 to January 25.
Coming soon: the guitarist and composer Lionel Louéké', born in Benin, west Africa, and recent collaborator with Terence Blanchard, Robert Glasper, Herbie Hancock, and Wayne Shorter, talks about how he feels New Orleans is his "home" and how beignets are in Benin.
And here's our first report
Eye-opening! Ear-opening!
Performances and settings at the 8th annual Port-au-Prince International Jazz Festival have been of as high a quality as any we've had the good fortune to experience over the past 10 years.
How good the sound is from stages of this Festival! How artful are the stages' settings! How accomplished and path-making much of the music! How lucky we are to catch passages of performances and interviews here!
From the first four nights of this Festival in Haiti (Ayiti), January 18 to 21, we want to share with you the guitarist, composer and improviser Lionel Louéké and his trio with Michael Olatuja and John Davis; the new sextet led by Haitian-American Willerm Delisfort; Sandra Nkake' of Cameroon and France and her band; and the soulful Haitian singer of Gospel and Vodoun themes, James Germain.
Lionel Louéké has had a journey both singular and representative of musicians who cross borders in the 21st century. He was born 40 years ago in Benin, west Africa. As a teen-ager, decided on the guitar after beginning with drums, he replaced his broken strings with bicycle-gear cables. He traveled around the countryside, recording traditional music on cassettes. He won scholarships to study in the Ivory Coast, Paris, Boston's Berklee School of Music, and the Theolonius Monk Jazz Institute. He was quickly invited into the touring bands of Terence Blanchard, Herbie Hancock, and Wayne Shorter. His second album for the Blue Note label, 2012's Heritage, includes three collaborations with Robert Glasper, another adventurous composer and improviser.
"Yeah, I will keep exploring," Lionel Louéké says in our interview, conducted two days after his trio's performance at the Festival here in Port-au-Prince. "That's what I like to do. I get bored quickly. That's why I say I'm always looking for new sounds, a new way of playing." He talks about discovering "a whole different color" from playing with distortion and nylon strings, instead of steel, on his electric guitar in the concert two nights earlier.
Later in our interview, Lionel Louéké responds to a question about what he can imagine for himself five years into the future: "Five years from now, I want to be a better musician, but even before that I want to be a better person," he says. " I want to be just a better human being. I'm realizing, with the age, you know, that music is not who I am. Just--I'm a musician. That's what I do, but I'm a human being first. If I can clear--if I can be a better human being, then as an improviser it's definitely going to affect the way I play.... Because if I feel better inside, and outside, the music will be better. Totally."
The first excerpt we'll share with you is an improvisation in which you may hear and see Lionel finding that "whole different color" through the nylon strings.
Parts of interview with Lionel Louéké, January 21, 2013:
"Yeah, I will keep exploring"
"Five years from now I want to be a better musicians, but even before that I want to be just a better human being"
Thanks to Joel Widmaier and Milena Widmaier and their great team for the Festival, thanks to WWOZ, and thanks to Michael Macy and the U.S. Embassy in Haiti. Video shot by the Creative Studio in Port-au-Prince and edited with the gifted Aristide Phillips.
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U.S. Marine Maj. Shannon Neller, Brooklyn, N.Y., the Regimental Combat Team 5 Brigade Advisor Team deputy senior advisor, discusses mentoring Afghan National Army soldiers with 1st Brigade, 215th Corps and their ability to maintain security in southern Helmand after taking the lead in counterinsurgency operations from their Marine partners. Produced by Cpl. Alfred V. Lopez. Also available in high definition.
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The Majestic is a gang car used by the Ballas in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Even though this car is fast, and is nice in appearance it is is not suitable for gang use, especially for drive-bys because it is only a two door car, meaning that only one homie can fit. This is particularly a bad choice as one member usually never hits the target. This car however is great as a show, and for racing. It can be upgraded in many ways, including hydraulics. The Majestic is based off the Buick Regal.
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Teen Mom
Jenelle Evans Dedicates Song to New Boyfriend Nathan Griffith
Say what you want about Jenelle Evans, but this girl sure knows how to treat a man! The Teen Mom 2 star is in a new relationship with a hottie named Nathan Griffith (he's a part-time underwear model, you guys), and she's making sure he knows just how smitten she really is.
On June 20, Jenelle called up Wilmington, N.C. radio DJ Matt Murphy at Z1075 to give her hunky guy a shout-out and song dedication. "She's like, 'Will you play a song for Nathan?'" Matt tells his listeners. "I'm like, 'Yeah, I'll play something for Nathan.'"
But then Matt quickly explains that he's playing the song for Jenelle, not Nathan. "I love you so much, Jenelle!" he jokes. "Damn you, Nathan!"
Sorry dude, she's taken!
So what song did the 21-year-old dedicate to her new beau? Justin Timberlake's hit "Mirrors" from his new comeback album, The 20/20 Experience. In case you're not familiar with the words, check out the chorus below:
It's like you're my mirror
My mirror staring back at me
I couldn't get any bigger
With anyone else beside of me
And now it's clear as this promise
That we're making two reflections into one
Cause it's like you're my mirror
My mirror staring back at me, staring back at me
So when Jenelle looks in the mirror she sees a 25-year-old dude? Oh, wait. We get it now. That's deep.
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Houston Says District 186 Needs To Build Credibility Before Asking For Tax Hike
By Bill Wheelhouse • Jul 21, 2014
WUIS is asking the candidates for Springfield mayor to talk about education issues facing the community. Springfield Mayor Mike Houston says he's concerned that most new single family homes in the area are in suburban school districts. He says an increase in funding for District 186 is probably needed, but says the school board needs to build credibility first.


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Susan Michelle's Compass
LOS ANGELES—When
it comes to the weekend jaunt, most folks would probably say that packing for
it should be easy. It's just a couple of days, so you don't need much,
right? Wrong! I find a two-day trip even harder to pack for
than a longer trip: I spend twice as much time selectively editing my packables
just so I can avoid my traveling companion's stare when I show up with anything
more than a purse. I run through all potential weekend activities in my
mind beforehand, packing items for every conceivable situation, even though,
chances are, I'll be lucky to fit in even 30 percent of those ideas (whereas in
a week's vacation, I'm pretty sure I'd fit in most).
What if I want to work out? I
need trainers and workout gear. Nice dinner out? Add a dress and
heels plus matching jewelry and sweater. I also want a comfortable travel
outfit. Maybe include a belt, socks and a jacket.
Oh, and I need my camera and camera charger. And cell phone charger. Without question, the laptop's getting packed in its own bag with yet another charger tucked inside. Might as well also throw that "to do" folder of paperwork in there too, in case I have some down time, as well some catch-up reading material for the beach. An iPod to listen to tunes whilst doing any of that. iPod charger. Earbuds. Speakers for playing the iPod in the room. Need a purse for going out at night, and a larger purse that serves as a beach/day bag (in addition to the laptop, toiletry, jewelry and clothing bags). Plus, I need make-up, hair and skin products. Nail polish for touch-ups. Polish remover for screw-ups. Make-up remover. Saline solution. Contacts' case. Glasses for when my contacts aren't in.
All my usual purse contents: Kleenex, mints, wallet,
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and sweeteners. For others, it might be their own pillow, teddy bear, puffy
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Cummings Seeks GOP Support to Restore Embassy Security Funds
Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) Oct. 10 asked Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) to cross party lines and join him in calling for supplemental funding bill to restore embassy security funding that was cut by the House over the past two fiscal years.
Issa is chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Cummings is the ranking Democrat.
"The fact is that, since 2011, the House has cut embassy security by hundreds of millions of dollars below the amounts requested by the President," Cummings said at an Oct. 10 committee hearing. "Restoring our commitment to embassy security would make a real difference to thousands of Americans who serve our country overseas, often in extremely dangerous circumstances."
Cummings said if the committee's goal is to scrutinize security at posts across the Middle East – as Issa claims, "We must examine the consequences of budget cuts."
House Republicans voted to reduce embassy spending by nearly half a billion dollars since gaining the majority. Even though the Senate was able to restore some of these funds, they were still far below the amounts requested by the Obama administration and those enacted by Democrats in 2010.
Cummings said, "Mr. Chairman, I ask you to join me in calling on our leaders in the House to immediately consider a supplemental funding bill to restore funding for embassy security that was cut by the House over the past two years."
According to the Joint Committee on Taxation, Cummings said, the U.S. could save $2.5 billion per year just by eliminating the tax break for oil companies. "Even Republicans now agree that we should do this, including Governor Romney," Cummings said. "We could fully replenish these embassy security accounts with just a fraction of that amount."
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Charleston's Hot Shooting Downs UMass In Bahamas, 85-61
Nov. 26, 2011
PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas - A day after putting on a red-hot 3-point shooting performance of its own, UMass (5-2) fell victim to stellar outside shooting in Saturday's finale of the Battle 4 Atlantis, falling to the College of Charleston, 85-61, as the Cougars (5-1) shot 12-of-23 from behind the arc. Cady Lalanne led the Minutemen with 12 points on 5-of-6 shooting.
The Cougars used a 20-4 run between the 12:38 and 6:50 marks of the second half to turn a five-point lead into a 68-47 advantage.
Thr Minutemen shot 34.7 percent overall and were 4-of-28 from 3-point range. The Cougars shot 50.9 percent from the field and were even better from 3-point range at 52.2 percent.
Charleston's Anthony Stitt and Antwaine Wiggins each scored 23 points and were 5-of-8 and 3-of-5, respectively, behind the arc.
A day after coming within one of the school record for made 3-pointers with 15, the Minutemen missed their first eight shots from behind the arc against the Cougars, falling behind by as much as seven on two occasions in the first half, but went four for its next eight from long range, including two from Morgan, to go into halftime down by four, 38-34.
Morgan led UMass with eight points in the first half, while Stitt led all scorers with 13. The Cougars were 5-of-10 from behind the arc in the half, but a 22-16 rebounding edge, nine of which came at the offensive end, kept the Minutemen within four.
The Minutemen never let their deficit reach more than seven until three free throws by Sundberg after he was fouled by Putney on a 3-point attempt gave the Cougars an eight-point lead, 51-43, and Stitt followed with a 3-pointer to make it an 11-point game, 54-43 and force a UMass timeout with 11:01 remaining.
Sean Carter had a near-double-double with 10 points and nine rebounds, and Jesse Morgan added 10 points as well.
The Minutemen pulled down 24 offensive boards in the game, converting them into 18 second chance points.
The Minutemen return home to host Towson on Wednesday at the Mullins Center in a 7 p.m. tip-off.
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On the afternoon of January 19, 1990, Special Agent L. Douglas Abram was shot and killed in a house located in St. Louis County, Missouri. SA Abram and other members of the St. Louis SWAT team had assembled to effect entry into the residence for a team executing a search warrant for weapons and drugs at that location. As the SWAT team entered the house, occupant James Price fatally wounded SA Abram. SWAT team Agents returned fire, killing Price.
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The Player is the deep dish on Hollywood, 1992. Mercilessly satiric yet good-natured, this enormously entertaining slam dunk quite possibly is the most resonant Hollywood saga since the days of Sunset Blvd. and The Bad and the Beautiful.
The Player is the deep dish on Hollywood, 1992. Mercilessly satiric yet good-natured, this enormously entertaining slam dunk quite possibly is the most resonant Hollywood saga since the days of Sunset Blvd. and The Bad and the Beautiful.Brilliantly scripted by Michael Tolkin from his own novel, plot hinges on a series of threatening postcards received by hotshot studio executive Griffin Mill (Tim Robbins) from an ignored screenwriter. Mill tracks down the man he suspects of being the sender – the garrulous writer David Kahane (Vincent D'Onofrio) – has a few drinks with the man and, in a fit of anger, accidentally kills him. Mill is able to continue his normal life of worrying about being edged out of the studio by the newly hired Larry Levy (Peter Gallagher). The postcards keep coming, but Mill initiates a romance with his victim's sexy girlfriend, June (Greta Scacchi), then maneuvers brilliantly on a film project that provides The Player with its showstopping capper. Centerscreen throughout, Robbins is superb as Mill. Whoopi Goldberg brings cheerful vigor to her surprising role of a Pasadena police detective. Scacchi gives the untearful girlfriend a contemporary, ambiguous amorality. Glimpsed at restaurants, galas, parties, on the lot and just around, celebs from Cher, Nick Nolte, Anjelica Huston, Burt Reynolds, Susan Sarandon and Harry Belafonte to Jack Lemmon, Lily Tomlin, Elliott Gould, Rod Steiger and, hilariously, Julia Roberts and Bruce Willis, keep turning up. Made independently on a modest $8 million, the picture looks like plenty more. 1992: Nomination: Best Director, Screenplay Adaptation, Editing
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Governor Rick Snyder is challenging all Michigan stakeholders--state agencies, local governments, community planners, businesses, neighborhood associations and others--to focus on Placemaking as a key strategy for both economic and community development.To that end, the state has started a new initiative and website:: the MI-Place Partnership Initiative (www.miplace.org). In this session at the Michigan Municipal League's 2012 Convention taking place October 3-5 on Mackinac Island attendees will learn how to plug-in to MI-Place resources that can help your community grow new jobs.Check out the full Convention agenda and more detailed list of topics to be discussed, including a discussion on some of the controversial ballot issues that may appear on the November ballot, new laws regarding cell towers, how to secure grant funding for your community, how governments can address illegal drugs in their communities, collaborative innovation by Jeff DeGraff, walkable urbanism from Chris Leinberger, how to build resilient communities by Chuck Marohn, thinking global for local issues by Clarence Anthony, using art and creativity to drive our state forward by Jennifer Goulet, local finance issues and strategies, and community design and sustainability. Be sure to register by the end of the business day TODAY, Friday, Sept. 7, 2012, to get the early bird discount.
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2010 saw the 200th anniversary of the birth of Frederick Chopin, one of history's greatest piano composers. In celebration of the composer and his incredible legacy, the Kemble Piano makers have crafted a special edition Chopin model. This 121cm-high upright piano has a beautiful romantic sound with an exceptionally warm bass tone.
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The highlight of the New York Film Festival post-screening Q&A for "The Immigrant," director James Gray's long-awaited period film, was the unlikely and rare appearance of the notoriously evasive Joaquin Phoenix. And while the press shy actor nearly stole the show from his entertaining director, funny and amusing in his own right, Phoenix did it by hardly uttering a word.
Gray's film is even more mature and patient than expected, especially for a filmmaker that has made a name on thoughtful and contemplative morality tales, with this one exploring the ideas of forgiveness and redemption via terrible characters that are nearly beyond salvation (read our review of the film from Cannes here). Set in 1920s New York, the drama chronicles Polish émigré Ewa (Marion Cotillard), who comes to America with her ailing sister through New York's famous immigration port Ellis Island. While the film documents the hardships of the era—Cotillard's character is manipulated into prostitution to pay for the care of her sick sister—the movie uses these tough times as a kind of Trojan Horse to explore a codependent relationship between Ewa and her manipulative pimp Bruno (Phoenix). Co-starring Jeremy Renner as a magician who could be the key to Ewa's freedom, the movie slowly builds to an emotionally grueling climax where Boris has to face what kind of man he truly is, and in doing so the movie also comments on the dark nature of the America Dream.
It's a somewhat challenging film that is slow-burning and threatens to change point of view midway through, but ultimately a thought-provoking one with deep emotional resonance that lingers. While Phoenix wasn't up for talking much, he still helped make the discussion lively and entertaining. Here are the highlights:
Gray describes in detail why "The Immigrant" is his first movie to feature a female as the lead.
As Gray described to us in our very recent interview, the inspiration was multi-tiered, a Puccini opera he saw directed by director William Friedkin ("The Exorcist," "The French Connection"), tales from his grandparents from the same time period, and the copious amounts of research he did, but moving out of his moody male comfort zone was part of the desire as well.
Moved by the opera and the tragedy of its female protagonist, Gray said this was a starting point to investigate a feminine perspective. "I thought there was something very beautiful about exploring a melodrama from a female protagonists perspective because all of a sudden I would be free from the constraints of, what I would call, macho posturing, male behavior and get straight to the emotional heart of it," he explained during the Q&A. "I just thought I could cut out all the trappings of male behavior and just try to explore the emotion of it and to do something very operatic—not melodramatic, but a melodrama. So that was really the inspiration for it and I found it to be quite rewarding and liberating."
The movie is somewhat autobiographical, using his grandparent's immigration tales as a launching pad to explore some bigger themes.
Gray's Russian Jewish immigrant grandparents came through Ellis Island in 1923, so several details in the story come directly from their recollections. Like many immigrants of the time, Gray's grandparents changed their last name, but he said during his research he discovered that it wasn't the government's doing like you've seen in movies such as "The Godfather, Part II."
"They shortened it," he stressed. "It's a bit apocryphal that the custom guys would change the name. That would never happen, the people themselves would change the names out of embarrassment." The filmmaker said what drew him to these migration stories is that they were much darker than the "coming to find the American dream" narrative.
"When I saw movies about the American dream, it was about 'I chame to Amerikkka and eet was fantastique and eye loveed eeet,' " Gray said in his funny penchant for putting on accents sounding half French and sort of like Borat. "The truth is my grandparents spoke no English until the day they died , they didn't really assimilate at all and there was a tremendous melancholy, especially from my grandfather who used to talk about how he missed the old country, which I never understood."
Gray's great-grandparents' were beheaded by the Cossacks in the old country right in front of their eyes (a detail used in the movie) and yet his grandparents still yearned for home. "It meant to me that the immigration experience was a bit more complicated than, 'Amerikka eez ghreat!' So that was one of the moods I was trying to impart and so many of the stories about my grandmother the trip on the boat and how dirty it was and the men being very aggressive with the women—I just tried to bring that mood to the movie. "
Many commented on how "The Immigrant" ties into Gray's debut film.
Themes of immigration and ethnic families are part of the fabric of Gray's films, especially his debut, "Little Odessa," which centers on a Russian Jewish family in Brighton Beach, New York. The movie focuses on the relationship between a wayward son (Tim Roth) lost to a life of crime, his family (Vanessa Redgrave and Edward Furlong) and his domineering father (Maximilian Schell) who was modeled after Gray's grandfather.
"I had never thought of that before," Gray emphasized. "And then when I started screening the movie people were like, 'Oh yeah, it's like a prequel [to Little Odessa],' and it's become very obvious, but it was not a conscious thing at all."
A hilariously uncooperative Phoenix barely described what it's like to work with Gray.
Joaquin Phoenix and James Gray have worked together four times in a row for Gray's last four films—"The Yards," "We Own The Night," "Two Lovers" and now "The Immigrant"—and when, asked about their creative process, and how it was different this time, the actor was typically evasive.
"I'd love to answer that," Phoenix said through long pauses which caused audience laughter. The actor also mostly refused to use the microphone which was additionally amusing. "I don't know how this was different, I think every film is different. I love how this mic isn't working—Oh, you just need to talk into it. I don't remember. I'd love to give you examples of how it was different, but I can't think of anything."
"That's so untrue, you were such a different actor back then!" Gray remarked in frustration. "Maybe that's true, James. I'm just not aware of how so." Phoenix paused and then said to the moderator Dennis Lim, "but thank you for your interest." Amusingly enough, I spoke to Gray briefly after the Q&A and he told me that Phoenix's taciturn responses, were for him, positively loquacious. "He's terrible at this sort of thing," he said of Phoenix undergoing the interview process. "I find the most brilliant actors usually are."
During the Q&A Gray said that Phoenix had taught him the very valuable lesson of enjoying the process rather than the end result. "Which is rather hard to do if you're in the narcissistic position of directing," he admitted. "It's a very egotistical, narcissistic thing and I've learned a lot of lessons from [Joaquin] and that's one of the things that's changed for me." Phoenix quipped, "That's well said, James."


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The Exceptional Children Division of the Department of Instruction has announced the students selected to attend the 2014 session of the North Carolina Governor�s School. Onslow County Schools is proud to have seven students selected.
Governor�s School is a prestigious five-week summer residential program for intellectually gifted high school students. The sessions are located on two college campuses, Salem College in Winston-Salem (Governor�s School West) and Meredith College in Raleigh (Governor�s School East), with up to 300 students each.
Here is the list of students selected, their school, selected area and campus:
Breanna Coogan, Jacksonville High, Choral Music, West
Rebecca Chisholm, Northside High, Dance, East
Samantha Thurman, Swansboro High, English, West
Malorie Smith, Southwest High, Instrumental Music, East
Asa Augustin, Jacksonville High, Math, East
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An emotional day in court as former University of Montana Grizzly football player Beau Donaldson was put in handcuffs to be transported to prison, for raping a former friend.
It was a long day in court but the judge made a decision to put Donaldson away for 10 years. Missoula County District Court Judge Karen Townsend sentenced Donaldson to 30 years in the Montana State Prison with 20 suspended.
The sentencing hearing lasted more than five hours. The victim, her family and a friend who was there the night of the rape all testified in court Friday. All of them in tears or full of rage.
The victim recounted the night Donaldson raped her in September of 2010. She said she was asleep and woke up to Donaldson on top of her. She pretended not to wake up and once she thought he was gone she ran from his home.
The victim said Donaldson chased her and she feared for her life. "I thought I was dead," she told the court. She said Donaldson grabbed her arm, but eventually gave up. At that point she called her mother.
When her mom took the stand, she recounted the phone call from her 'hysterical' daughter. She told her daughter to run from Donaldson, as she screamed into the phone 'save me.'
The victim's father testified too. He didn't cry but was instead full of anger. He called Donaldson a 'no good rapist' and a 'perverted monster.' He asked the judge to send Donaldson to Deer Lodge where he belongs.
County prosecutors also had a statement via video conferencing from a woman who said she was attacked by Donaldson in 2008, but never reported with police.
Among the witnesses Donaldson's attorney called were a Big Sky High School teacher and a former employer of Donaldson. They both admitted the crime Donaldson committed was horrific and that to hear it recounted in court Friday was hard. But both said they didn't believe prison was the answer for Donaldson, and that he would benefit from a community based sentence.
Donaldson's father testified too, his wife, Beau's mother stood next to him. "He's remorseful. That doesn't make it right, let him make it right. He will," said Donaldson's father.
Beau Donaldson himself was last to make a statement. "It just rippled down and rippled down and rippled down," he said.
"And the way I see it, when you hit rock bottom like this the only way you can go is up from here." He's headed to Montana State Prison in Deer Lodge. Donaldson could be eligible for parole after two and half years.
"Beau there are consequences for your behavior, even though you have lived a pretty good life up until this point," said Judge Townsend. "There is absolutely no excuse for what you did this night."
Donaldson sobbed as deputies handcuffed him and escorted him out of the courtroom.
When he gets out, he'll owe the victim and her family over $9,000 in restitution for medical costs and counseling charges.


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The basking is over. The battle has begun.
Seahawks fans were in full-throated form as the team Thursday began its quest to defend Seattle's only NFL Championship with a 36-16 victory over the Green Bay Packers.
"This is exactly the way I saw it going down," said fan Alton Jenkins of Tacoma, as the Hawks pulled away in the fourth quarter. "We've got some energy carried over from the Super Bowl season."
"I could see another Super Bowl coming," said Jenkins, who has had season tickets in his family for more than 30 years. But echoing Seahawks coach Pete Carroll, Jenkins added, "They have to take it one game at a time."
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The nationally televised game at CenturyLink Field capped a mammoth civic celebration that was part street fair, part pep rally and part free concert. The extravaganza taxed the ability of transit services to get people into the Pioneer Square area, and at least one parking lot near the stadium was charging upward of $100 a space.
Just before the game, a 30-yard-wide banner was unfurled at midfield, proclaiming Seattle's Super Bowl title.
Even when Green Bay led 7-3 at the end of the first quarter, true blue fans didn't panic.
"It's all good. All good," said fan Floyd Lively of Seattle. "You don't want to whip on Green Bay. You want to keep it interesting and then shut them down at the end."
As if on his cue, the Hawks marched for a quick second-quarter touchdown, taking a 10-7 lead.
Fan confidence grew as the Hawks built a 17-10 lead at the half. On a halftime break, Sue Martin of Everett, said, "We're OK. We're fine. I'm not 100 percent excited yet, because there's room for improvement."
"But we know we're going to win," chimed in Martin's mother, Judy Bradley. "There's no question about that."
Martin said she's well aware of the challenge the Seahawks face in trying for a rare Super Bowl sequel. "It's like all of a sudden, everyone hates our guts."
With the Seahawks game inaugurating the 2014 season, fans showed up as long as 12 hours before kickoff to see radio and TV network live broadcasts from the Pioneer Square area.
For several blocks north of the stadium, fans could visit dozens of booths, get their photos taken with logos of their favorite teams and try tossing a pass to the image of a receiver on the screen. Younger fans could run a football-camp-style obstacle course.
The impact of Seattle's Super Bowl crown has transcended the sport, said Brenda Poskitt of Snoqualmie, a season-ticket holder since 2002. "It has brought a lot of camaraderie and joy to the whole area." Her husband puts up a "12th Man" flag at their house every day.
For some sports fans, she said, it has taken some of the sting out of losing Seattle's NBA team.
North of the stadium, Brian Hale was doing a brisk business in Seahawks gear at his Gameday Sports Shop. Favorite items included the $14 arm warmers, though they were hardly needed as the temperature rose into the 70s.
Asked to predict the outcome before Thursday's game, Hale said Seahawks, 43-8, borrowing that result from the Hawks' Super Bowl victory over Denver.
Hale knows the Seahawks are bound to lose a game sooner or later. And when that happens, "We'll bear down and I feel sorry for the next team we play."
Fan Art Graddy of Seattle, arriving in full Seahawks regalia — including two capes — predicted the Seahawks would win 35-17. But win or lose Thursday night, Graddy said the Seahawks' focus will quickly turn to their next game.
"It's the way Pete Carroll has them," he said. "They're always looking forward."
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Students and alumni from Mount St. Mary's University in Emmitsburg, Md., traveled to Italy earlier this summer for a "pilgrimage of faith," reports the University. Led by Fr. Brian Nolan, the University chaplain and director of Campus Ministry, the group traveled through Rome and Assisi visiting important historical sites and "icons of the Catholic faith." The week-long experience helped students to come "face-to-face" with their faith and grow in it.
"During a time when many individuals are questioning their faith and its purpose, it was inspiring to witness our students make powerful connections to their faith and deepen their relationship with God," said Fr. Brian.
"Going places where the Apostles and church fathers walked and where martyrs died was truly amazing," said recent alumna Jessica DuBois, C'13, on the Mount's website. "It made everything I know about the Catholic Church feel so real and tangible to me, and it renewed my belief that our church is how God reveals himself to us."
Other students also reflected on trip highlights. "The trip was filled with the 'three F's: faith, food, and fun," said Megumi Madura, C'16. "We… had the privilege of attending the Papal General Audience, where we were able to see Pope Francis. Pope Francis passed by our group twice."
Matt Palardy, C'15, said, "Visiting the San Damiano Cross in Assisi was most-impactful…This cross has always had a profound meaning to me - I received a San Damiano necklace after my first experience of true faith, and it has accompanied me on my faith journey since."
"Having mass in the catacombs of the Vatican was a really powerful experience," David Cupps, C'15, related. "Celebrating mass while there were a bunch of masses being said in different languages at the same time in the other chapels really made me realize the universality of the Church, and the fact that somewhere in some language the holy mass is always being celebrated."
"This journey also showed us that we do not practice a faith limited to our own parish or campus but we are all connected globally," said Fr. Brian.
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