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Fully stocked with everything from Play-Doh to building blocks to reading books to pots and pans, UC Merced's Early Childhood Education Center (ECEC) is almost ready to start welcoming the campus' youngest pupils – affectionately called "Bobcat Kittens.
The campus marked the completion of its new state-of-the-art, sustainably built child care facility with an open house on June 4 that was attended by more than 150 members of the university and community. Parents – and prospective parents alike – got a preview of the facility's classrooms and play areas.
With the opening of the ECEC, UC Merced will fulfill its goal of providing better ways to help children learn, increasing access to high-quality early-learning programs and helping to meet the demand for quality child care in Merced.
"The need for infant/toddler care is great," said ECEC Director Danielle Waite, who has more than 20 years of experience in the early childhood education field. "Eighty children, from 6 weeks to kindergarten age, will be able to attend the center."
Waite noted that the center is about two-thirds full, but she expects to be at capacity by August.
The center will operate under a creative curriculum model with equal emphasis on care and education. There are two classrooms per age group.
"Teachers will play off the children's interests to guide their lessons." Waite said "There are no dittos or handouts. Everything is open-ended so the child's creativity will come out."
In honor of the First Lady's visit to campus on May 16, UC Merced has named the preschool garden at the center "Michelle Obama's Garden for Young Children." The garden will boast fruits, vegetables, herbs and flowers that the children will plant and harvest themselves.
"The gardens with fruit trees, rolling hills and climbing rocks allow children to experience a natural environment," said Director for Administration Sonia Johnston. "All places to learn and investigate."
For information: ecec.ucmerced.edu.


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YEAR 2 pupil Jack, aged seven, said: "I like going to the Rainbows club because you can talk to people. My favourite lesson is maths and I also enjoy playing football in the club after school."
ANNIE, nine, is in Year 5. She said: "We have a lot of after school clubs here. I am in the choir and I play the flute. I'm also part of the Shine Club which goes to Canford School on Saturdays to do fun learning and meet up with other schools."
PARENT Sibongile Kiflom has children in Years 2 and 5. She said: "I am happy with the secure and friendly school environment. Children are genuinely happy here and there are plenty of activities for them. The school is small and very friendly."
MIKE Hedley has a son in Year 6. He said: "I am very happy with the school. My son does lots of sports such as football, volleyball, athletics, cross country and netball and he has passed the test to go to the grammar school."
PE teacher Daniel Smith said: "I have been here since September and this is my first teaching post. I have been given a lot of feedback and advice and made to feel very welcome. Clubs include cricket, ballet, street dance, football, athletics, netball, cross country and swimming."
NURSERY nurse Lisa Smith said: "We are a faith-driven nursery and teach our children that God created them to be loved and accepted for who they are. We prepare them through their learning for when they start school."

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25 Incredible Examples Of Celebrity Weight Loss. The Before And After Photos Will WOW You.
Ask anyone you know and you'll find that one of the most common goals for the new year is to lose weight and get fit. But as we all know, this is easier said than done. In January, gyms are packed with people starting the new year off right. But by the end of the quarter, the line for the bench or leg press isn't near as long as people fall back to their bad habits and stop showing up for workouts.
Being a celebrity is tough, they are always in the public eye and are often the targets of harsh criticism. The following is a list of celebrities who each lost a significant amount of weight and transformed their bodies by choosing healthy foods, cutting calories and regular exercise. Some also chose surgery to assist their weight loss.
Their results might just inspire you to stay on track and reach your goals this year.
Kelly Osbourne
After her appearance on 'Dancing with the Stars,' Kelly Osbourne stopped her emotional eating habits and lost 50 pounds. She maintains her weight by eating healthy foods and working out with a trainer. Kelly allows herself one cheat day per week.
Perez Hilton
Over a period of 3 years, the self-proclaimed "queen of all media" lost over 70 pounds by working out and using portion control. At first, he started out slow by eating healthy and walking just 30 minutes a day. Eventually, he became motivated to do more exercise. Now he's a workout fanatic and keeps his gym appointments.
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Jennifer Hudson
After winning a Grammy and an Oscar, Jennifer Hudson hit the gym and ate healthy. Her hard work paid off. She lost 80 pounds and became a spokeswoman for Weight Watchers.
Roseanne Barr
Roseanne recently showed off her drastic weight loss at an awards show. When she was asked how she did it, she jokingly replied, "Crack!! I'm doing crack!" Then she added, "I'm just doing the things you're supposed to do...you know, moving more, and eating less."
It's not certain how much weight she lost, but she sure looks great!
Frazer Harrison/Tony DiMaio
Chaz Bono
Bono lost 65 pounds by adding kickboxing and jujitsu to his routine and following the Freshology program of all natural, chef-prepared calorie-controlled meals.
At one point, Bono weighed over 250 pounds. He explained that weight was a lasting effect of hormonal imbalance and long-term drug use and withdrawal. When Bono stopped smoking, using drugs and drinking alcohol, food gave him the most pleasure. But now that he's restricted calories and exercising, Bono is looking better than ever.
Louise Barnsley/ Sam Sarma
Jonah Hill
Jonah lost almost 40 pounds to play a sports analyst in 'Moneyball' and maintained his weight for his role in '21 Jump Street.' The actor credited his weight loss to a sushi diet but admitted that beer was the one thing he has a hard time with because he enjoys it so much.
Christina Aguilera
The award winning singer dropped about 40 pounds by consuming only 1,600 calories a day and practicing yoga, meditation, boxing, and running on the treadmill.
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When I start TightVNC in Windows and I put the mouse over the taskbar icon it says that TightVNC server is not listening for connections.
Edit: It started listening to connection again, and is working fine. I don't know what happened before.
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I found out what the reason was. It:s because TightVNC server was already running as a service. Its icon doesn't show until a connection is made. If you try to run the TightVNC server program while the service is already running then thats what happens.
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Miley Cyrus Broke Her Tailbone 'Doing Flips'
Late last week, we saw photos of a drunken Miley Cyrus mouth sexing a giant black penis cake, so it really should come as no surprise that she tweeted this last night:
cracked my tail bone doing a front flip… on to the couch. thats like when i tripped over a pillow and broke my arm. #onlyme
Before everyone jumps to conclusions like she was performing for daddy, or it was a freak boning accident with Liam Hemsworth which still falls under that first one now that I think about it, let's at least stop for a minute and look at the facts:
1. Miley Cyrus is an idiot.
And now back to the speculating. Dick cakes gave her osteoporosis!
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Pulp Fiction? June 27 2017
Cleon Peterson June 14 2017
Both of these works are key early pieces exhibited at New Image Art in 2010 / 2011. They are signed and dated on the reverse. Please enquire if you're interested in purchasing... they are easy to ship overseas as they break down into smaller pieces.
Jim'll Paint It Charity Tribute Prints April 04 2016 2 Comments
Today (Sunday 3rd April) we're releasing two Jim'll Paint It tribute prints to raise money for charity.
Both prints will be available for one week only (until midnight BST on Sunday 10th April), with the edition determined by the number of prints sold in that time.
The Alan Rickman print, 'Gruber Earns His 20%', imagines a different outcome to the 'Die Hard' film. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_vSWjfJJHU)
"Dear Jim,
I'm sure you've had thousands of these, but if you could do one of Alan Rickman, as Hans Gruber, sitting on a beach earning his god damn 20%, that'd be grand."
All profits from this print will be donated to Amnesty International, a charity supported by Alan Rickman.
The second print is a tribute to Frank Kelly (Father Jack), who also passed away recently. All profits from this print will be donated to the Irish Heart Foundation.
"Hi Jim.
I would love to see Father Ted's peaceful 18 years in heaven being disturbed by the arrival of Father Jack being chased by glasses-stealing crows."
Jim'll Paint It February 23 2016I have been neglecting this blog of late! There is too much news to report, but in summary...
We have recently moved to a new & larger shop in Brighton... you can find us at:
Prescription Art
83 London Road
We have just released a new by Jim'll Paint It:
We've previously released Jim'll Paint It's work under his '30 Squared' alias... but are now proud to release the first ever signed limited edition print released under his more famous pseudonym.
As usual the image started with a fan request:
"Hey Jim. Please could you paint Bert and Ernie taking a trip to Vegas ala Fear and Loathing, with Ernie worried about stopping in bat country (ie The Count) and possibly with Elmo as their petrified hitchhiker?"
And this is the result:
The print is a signed edition of 100, 50x50cm, for only £50.
Jim'll Paint it's tribute to the sadly departed Alan Rickman received quite a lot of media coverage (for example here in the Daily Mirror: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/jimll-paint-its-alan-rickman-7212451). We are also releasing this print as a timed limited edition for charity. Details to follow later this week....
Love Hurts September 26 2015New Carl Cashman screenprint, 'Love Hurts' is available on Friday 2nd October.
Carl Cashman - Love Hurts
50x50cm Screenprint
Two Colour Screenprint available in Pink Neon, Green Neon, Blue Neon or Black & White
Editions of 30
£75 each or £250 for set of 4
Special Editions with hand-applied Gold or Silver Leaf
Edition of 15
Hellbent X Ralph Lauren May 10 2015 27 CommentsNice video of Hellbent working the Ralph Lauren store in New York:
Hellbent Exhibition May 07 2015 2 Comments
The Hellbent exhibition looks so good.....
Here's the photographic evidence!
Post Punk April 27 2015 4 Comments
The Hellbent exhibition 'Post Punk' opens on Saturday evening, May 2nd.
We have a brand new Hand-Painted Multiple, 'Tension (Killing Joke)' available online now. It's an edition of 20, priced at £200:
More Pills March 22 2015 3 CommentsThanks to everyone who's ordered pills... the first completed ones will soon be heading your way....
Sunrise Energy March 16 2015 1 Comment
Coming Up....! March 10 2015 1 CommentLots of excitement about the exhibition on Friday... being interviewed by the newspaper & radio today...
Something 'Bout Those Little Pills March 02 2015 1 Comment
Order yours now!
Oddly Head in The Observer February 23 2015 81 Comments
Oddly Head, whose 'Hollywood' prints have been a great success here in the gallery, was featured in The Observer yesterday...
Ecstasy! Ecstasy! February 20 2015 2191 Comments
Announcing a new series of work, and solo exhibition by ZEUS! These 'Love Is A Drug' pills have been flying out since going online.. there are only 10 available of each design. They're hand-moulded, and hand-cast from plaster... and come framed & ready to hang on the wall for only £150.
This is the precursor to a larger exhibition, opening here on 13th March. Please come down for the opening... it should be a right rave up!
The Logger's Nightmare February 16 2015 4 CommentsOriginally drawn life-sized, this piece by Adam raises ideas started with his previous drawing / print 'King Leopold's Fever Dream'... however this time we peer into a fevered nightmare of one of the loggers or plantation owners that are ravaging the rainforests of Sumatra and Borneo.
The embodied Orangutan has wandered into the maintenance shed, found a old chainsaw and is enacting a little bit of street justice.
Prints are now available for just £50 or £100 depending on size.
New Pure Evil & K.Olin Tribu Ceramics February 03 2015 1 CommentA few new pieces in this week... first up the new Pure Evil prints, 'Roger Vadim's Nightmare' - a portrait of Brigitte Bardot designed to be a companion to his Debbie Harry print ('Chris Stein's Nightmare'). These will go fast - an edition of 100 for £200 each.
We also have two new ceramics from K.Olin Tribu. The new colourway of Emilio Garcia's 'Skull Brain' is the best one yet - created in jet black fine limoges porcelain.
Secondary Market prints available! January 27 2015 5 Comments
I've added a whole load of prints to the site, by Antony Micallef; Ericailcane; BAST, Lucy McLauchlan; Nick Walker; Jose Parla; 3D and Invader. I will continue to dig around the cupboards and see what else falls out!
Introducing... Oddly Head January 17 2015 3 Comments
I recently came across London artist Oddly Head - and after seeing these prints had to get them in the gallery. Using found collaged images in a similar style to Peter Blake, but with much greater impact, i'm sure these will be seen as classics in years to come!
We have three 'Hollywood' prints available - each is signed and numbered from an edition of 300 and priced at £165.
Seconds January 15 2015 1 CommentWe have some great new Secondary Market work available by Banksy and Faile.
First up this unique 1/1 version of 'Happens Every Day' is one of the best Faile pieces i've ever seen!
We also have a number of Banksy prints available, including NOLA, Stop & Search, Bomb Middle England, Weston Super Mare, Have A Nice Day, Jack & Jill and Flags.
Gift Vouchers December 23 2014 2 CommentsStuck for a christmas gift? How about a Prescription Art gift voucher? Available online now in a variety of denominations!
Ghost Uzi Patrol December 18 2014 1 Comment
Aroe popped in earlier to drop off some copies of his new screenprint. I only have FIVE available from the edition of 40... the gallery now has a pleasant hum of spraypaint thanks to the uniquely painted backgrounds. I love the pink background in particular... a nice contrast to the gun!
In other news, Aroe is planning to distribute 26 paintings for free WORLDWIDE tomorrow. Keep locked into his Instagram for details.... this is a truly global giveaway!
A Mullet With Headlights December 04 2014 1 CommentThe new Carl Cashman screenprint 'A Mullet With Headlights' is available now... a pinging signed screenprint in 3 colours for only £50...
Free Shipping November 27 2014 2 Comments
From now until midnight on Sunday 30th November, there is FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING on everything on the site. Fill your boots!
This Was A Hoot November 25 2014 2 Comments
Inspired by Burt Bacharach's seminal song "The Look Of Love", Hugh Hefner and the current phenomenon of online dating, Dscreet fuses the good ol days with binary code (the code actually translates as The Look Of") in this ode to courtship.
The Look Of Love : The Video
You can view the 'Look Of Love' prints online here...
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BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian security forces opened fire at protesters in several parts of the country on Friday, killing at least eight people and wounding scores, while masked gunmen burst into an apartment in the predominantly Kurdish northeast and shot dead a prominent Kurdish opposition figure.
Another leading opposition figure was beaten up by pro-government gunmen and rushed to a hospital in Damascus, activist said.
Mashaal Tammo, a well known activist and a spokesman for the Kurdish Future Party, was killed by unknown gunmen in the city of Qamishli. It was the latest in a string of targeted killings in Syria as the country slides further into disorder, seven months into the uprising against President Bashar Assad.
Tammo's son was wounded in the attack, said a spokesman for an activist group called the Local Coordination Committees, Omar Idilbi. The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also confirmed Tammo's assassination.
In what has become a weekly ritual of protests and violence, security forces opened fire at rallies by tens of thousands of marchers in the streets of several Syrian cities, towns and villages. At least eight people were killed and scores were wounded, according to various activists.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least four people were killed and 25 were wounded in the central city of Homs, Syria's third largest city. It also reported intense shooting in the eastern city of Deir el-Zour near the border with Iraq, and the Damascus suburb of Douma.
In Douma, the Observatory said at least three people were killed and several were wounded, while five were wounded in the northern town of Maaret al-Numan.
Syria-based rights activist Mustafa Osso said one person was also killed in the town of Zabadani near the border with Lebanon.
Meanwhile, Riad Seif, a former lawmaker who became a leading opposition figure and outspoken critic of Assad's regime, was beaten up outside a mosque in the central Damascus suburb of Midan, according to two Syria-based activists.
Osso and Idilbi said Seif, who suffers from cancer and had been detained earlier this year, was rushed to hospital after the beating but the extent of his injuries was not immediately known.
The Local Coordination Committees also reported heavy shooting in the village of Jassem in the southern province of Daraa, where the uprising against Assad's regime began seven months ago.
Since mid-March, the Syrian government crackdown has left at least 2,900 people dead, including members of security forces, according to the U.N.'s human rights office. The figure rose by at least 200 since the beginning of September.
The Syrian opposition had called for protests after Muslim prayers on Friday in support of the broad-based National Council, which was founded in Istanbul earlier this week. The council brings together figures from inside and outside Syria in an attempt to unify the deeply fragmented dissident movement.
Earlier on Friday, Syrian troops cordoned off mosques to prevent protests after midday prayers in the central town of Rastan, which the military recaptured last week from forces made up of army defectors. Scores of security agents were deployed around the Rastan mosques, according to Osso and the Local Coordination Committees.
Assad's troops battled defectors in Rastan for five days before retaking the town. The fighting was the most dramatic illustration on the ground so far of the increasing militarization of the uprising. The Syrian government denies any defections.
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Tehran (AFP) Nov 14, 2012
Russia's representative in international talks with Iran over its disputed nuclear programme, Sergei Ryabkov, met Tehran's top negotiator on a surprise visit on Wednesday, news agencies reported.
Ryabkov, who is also deputy foreign minister, met Saeed Jalili, who said Tehran "hopes for a swift return of the P5+1 countries to the negotiating table," the official news agency IRNA reported.
The recognition of Iran's right to enrich uranium "cannot be a precondition for talks but will be one of the topics of discussion," Ryabkov said, according to ISNA, another Iranian agency.
Ryabkov's visit came three days after he was quoted as telling Britain's Financial Times newspaper that Moscow would support direct talks between Iran and the United States on Tehran's disputed nuclear programme.
However, Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi responded Monday by saying any "decision on comprehensive, bilateral political talks between the two countries... is up to the supreme leader," Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
US President Barack Obama, whose re-election Iran welcomed with caution, said on Wednesday there was still a "window of time" to end the standoff and promised further diplomatic efforts.
"With respect to Iran, I very much want to see a diplomatic resolution to the problem," Obama told a White House press conference.
"I will try to make a push in the coming months to see if we can open up a dialogue between Iran and not just us, but the international community, to see if we can get this thing resolved."
Salehi, meanwhile, expressed hope that negotiations on its nuclear programme with the so-called P5+1 -- the UN Security Council's five permanent members plus Germany -- would resume soon.
The P5+1 has for years sought through negotiations with Iran to defuse an international crisis over Tehran's atomic ambitions, which the West believes has military aims despite repeated denials by the Islamic republic.
The last high-level talks, which all but failed, were held in Moscow in June.
According to Salehi, Jalili and EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, who represents the world powers in the talks, are to hold a telephone conversation "to decide on a venue and date".
The UN atomic watchdog has said it will hold a new round of talks in Tehran on December 13.
The Security Council has imposed four sets of sanctions on the Islamic regime, which coupled with unilateral Western restrictions on its oil sector and banks, have begun to cause major problems for its economy.
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Why BP is key to our national future
At a time when great British companies have become easy prey for buyers from all over the world, the sale of BP is no longer outside the bounds of possibility.
The immediate crisis in the Gulf of Mexico may have passed but a shrunken BP, plagued by the possibility of years of litigation, could still be vulnerable.
Almost every day another part of Britain's industrial and financial fabric is snaffled up by overseas buyers attracted by the relative weakness of the pound (it has fallen 25 per cent against a basket of currencies over the past 15 months) and the UK's free and open capital markets - a legacy of the Thatcher era.
The sale of Cadbury to the voracious American cheese maker Kraft, headed by Irene Rosenfeld, was a psychological blow to the world's biggest nation of chocolate eaters. But it was hard to claim that this loss of this part of our heritage was of strategic importance. Nevertheless, the row over the way the bid was conducted and the consequences for Britain was a defining moment in that it caught the national imagination and thrust overseas takeovers to the centre of the political debate.
BP is in a totally different category in terms of its importance. Since it was founded a century ago as the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, it has represented Britain's strategic interests overseas. It is no accident that when the details of the deal which led to the freeing of the Libyan bomber Abdul Baset al-Megrahi were peeled away, that BP was found beneath the skin. A key figure in the negotiations was former chief executive Lord (John) Browne - the son of a Jewish refugee from the Shoah - who succeeded another Jew, Lord Simon, as chief executive of the oil giant.
Over the decades the interests of BP and that those of the Foreign Office rarely have diverged. It has often been core to our national security, as well as our energy security. That is why it was so curious that in the immediate aftermath of the April 20 explosion on the Deepwater Horizon platform in the Mexican Gulf - as the political pressure was stoked up in the United States in May and June - it was strange to see our own political leaders silenced.
The denigration of the company by the Americans deliberately calling it British Petroleum (a name abandoned a decade earlier) was allowed to go unchallenged even though it did nothing to enhance broader Anglo-American relations. The Prime Minister David Cameron may have now conceded that we are the junior partner in the "special relationship". But it is inexcusable that BP's leadership team of Karl-Henric Svandberg and Tony Hayward (who departed in July to be replaced by the American Bob Dudley) were allowed to swing in the wind. The importance of BP to Britain and its interests around the world is hard to over-estimate.
Much rightly has been made of BP's direct contribution to the UK economy. In the past it has been the biggest single contributor to Britain's exchequer. BP paid £5.4bn in taxes in 2009 and has been forecast to pay as much as £25 billion in the period 2010-13 according to calculations done by City analysts Exane BNP Paribas.
Until the seepage began at the Macondo deep water rig, it has also been the biggest contributor to the nation's pension funds and other equity based savings, paying an estimated £1 out of every £6 in UK dividends.
The higher the global oil price the greater taxes and dividends that BP would generate for the people of Britain. At a time of national austerity and budget constraints, BP remains a key commercial and economic asset. Despite all its faults and mistakes - and one cannot air-brush away a poor safety and environmental in the United States - it has without doubt been one of our few national champions.
Indeed, it is just five years ago that the company's former boss Lord Browne (now an adviser to the coalition government) almost pulled off the greatest coup of all by seeking to unite BP with its biggest European rival, the Anglo-Dutch group Royal Dutch Shell. It was Browne who had earlier fashioned BP as an American colossus with the takeovers of Amoco and Arco (Atlantic Richfield) in 2000.
Where BP has shown clean heels to all of its rivals including Shell and Exxon Mobil - the American behemoth touted as a possible bidder for the British firm - is in its extraordinary ability to find and exploit new oil resources. One of the key measures of success and security for any of the major oil firms is what is known in the industry as the oil replacement reserve ratio. This measures the amount of proved and audited reserves added by an oil company each year against its existing production. The higher the reserve ratio, the better bet that the oil company is considered by investors and the stronger its economic future.
Among the oil majors, BP consistently has been more robust in laying its hands on new oil reserves than its rivals. In recent decades it has sought to minimise its dependence on the volatile Middle East. But the links remain strong and it is no surprise to find that BP has been selected as lead driller at Iraq's Ramaila oil field - a beneficiary of Britain's ill-judged Iraqi war. As a great trading power, Britain's national interests have always been tied up with its biggest firms, dating back to the 17th century and the East India Company. BP is firmly in that tradition and strongly bound up with the national interest.
The more that BP has been weakened by the American attacks the greater the risks that an opportunistic buyer will sweep in to buy it. Clearly, the Chinese with their enormous foreign exchange reserves have the cash and would like nothing better than to secure control of BP's vast resources.
But the Americans, who have already blocked a takeover of a much smaller US oil group Unocol, would never allow such a critical company to fall into Beijing's hands.
Exxon Mobil, which has reportedly hired investment bank advisers to look at a possible deal, is a very different proposition. Since the Exxon Valdez disaster in Alaska in 1989 the world's largest oil company has worked enormously hard to clean up its image and operations to run itself in a conservative, environmentally friendly way. David Cameron could do worse than rule (in advance) that such a transaction would be a deal too far and point out that BP would not be ripe for the picking were it not for the disgraceful way it has been targeted by the White House and American politicians.
Britain has been selling off its commercial crown jewels for too long. It should learn to stand up for its own national interest.
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Drifting Down the Lane (hardcover, premium)
Art & Poetry Explorations
de Harriette Lawler and Agnes Marton
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Compiled and edited by Agnes Marton and Harriette Lawler. Full color, 172 page art & poetry anthology featuring 28 artists and 77 poets from around the world. In the book's two parallel avenues of exploration, art & poetry, the contributors delve into the theme of alchemy working in our lives, resulting in many extraordinary and diverse interpretations — 87 artworks and 79 poems. Shortlisted for the 2014 Saboteur Award for Best Anthology.
A complete list of all the book's contributors may be viewed at http://www.moonandmountain.org/Drifting.html
(The book is being offered in 3 formats, which also have different prices. Please check my bookstore for the other 2 formats.)
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Originally from Louisiana, Ms. Lawler currently resides in the New Mexico mountains, but lived and worked in NYC for 20 years. As a sculptor, she has shown her work in Europe and throughout the USA; co-founded and co-directed two artists cooperatives (Matters of the Art in Louisiana and Art Jemez in NM); organized and curated many art exhibitions; and published four books under her art company Moon and Mountain. She was designer and art editor for all four books. Other publishing credentials include Rolling Stone, The Village Voice, and Popular Mechanics.
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Shorecrest pitcher Marc Brakeman was named most valuable pitcher of the Perfect Games WWBA after helping Baton Rouge-based Marucci Elite win the tournament title.
There were 85 teams at the tournament and more than 800 Major League Baseball scouts, including 14 from the Yankees. Brakeman, who already has committed to Stanford, got a nine-pitch save in one game and had a no-hitter going into the seventh inning of another.
Former Alonso pitcher Jose Fernandez, who was selected in the first round by the Marlins this spring, was named MVP of the Perfect Games WWBA last year.
Brakeman, a senior, was the 2010 Times pitcher of the year after leading the Chargers to the Class 2A state title game.


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Science And Its Transactions Cost: The Emergence Of Institutionalized Science
Cognitive obstacles to perception of novelty on the scientific frontier created obstacles to evaluating scientific work and recruiting scientific workers had to be overcome for the scientific enterprise to expand to the point where it could significantly affect factor productivity. The principal problems arise from the idiosyncracy of observations on the research frontier and the exceptional specificity of the human capital employed in identifying and validating scientific novelty. Resolution of these problems was by no means inevitable or predictable, as the scientific institutions which had emerged as the principal institutional support of 'Open Science' in the seventeenth and eighteenth century could not be efficiently scaled up to accommodate the requirements of a greatly expanded scientific enterprise. This paper recounts how in the second quarter of the nineteenth century the emergence of decentralized university-based research networks in Germany resolved the problem of scale, laying the foundations for the discoveries that powered the 'Second Industrial Revolution' of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.
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Ty you don't know who LIU is ? You *******!!!!On Sunday night, in the hallway outside the visitor's locker room in the bowels of Madison Square Garden, Indiana Pacers interim head coach Frank Vogel was asked if he thought Tyler Hansbrough (who had just torched the Knicks for a career-high 29 points in the pacers 106-93 victory) was motivated to prove he belonged in the NBA. Vogel responded thusly: "I don't know if he is trying to prove anything, I just think that his motor is really just unparalleled in this league. Nobody goes harder than that kid. Nobody. Nobody in the league plays harder than Tyler Hansbrough. Whatever his motivation is, I just know he goes hard."
That night's victory served as an excellent exclamation point on what has been the best stretch of Hansbrough's young NBA career. Not too long ago, this seemed like the unlikeliest of scenarios…
After a rookie campaign stunted by a shin injury and then cut short by a mysterious and debilitating inner-ear infection, Tyler's second NBA season couldn't possibly be any worse than his first, right? Well, being sidelined by an injury is obviously frustrating; however, being benched due to the infamous "coach's decision" (despite being physically able to contribute) may actually be more maddening.
Jim O'Brien was Indiana's head coach for the first 18 months of Hansbrough's Pacer career. Tyler still doesn't know why he never fully gained O'Brien's trust, but he and his coach simply weren't on the same page. When Hansbrough was finally healthy and ready to contribute, his minutes were still sporadic and unpredictable. There were flashes here and there, but Tyler was never given a legitimate opportunity to prove he belonged in the NBA, which was something he desperately desires to do.
Coming out of UNC, many critics claimed Hansbrough was an undersized power forward and hardly worthy of a late first-round pick. When the Pacers selected him with the 13th overall pick in the draft, the naysayers scoffed at Indiana for "reaching."
Hansbrough heard the whispers and welcomed the criticism. And he still heard the doubters as recently as January of this year, as he had yet to make a significant impact on the pro level.
However, Hansbrough's career arc took a sharp turn on 1/30/2011, when Indiana announced they had fired O'Brien and replaced him with interim Vogel. Vogel was/is an unabashed fan of the effort and talents Tyler brings to the table. Hansbrough's playing time immediately increased, and a corresponding spike in production followed.
HOOPSWORLD caught up with Hansbrough Sunday afternoon, prior to the start of the Pacers-Knicks game, to discuss his roller-coaster ride in the NBA thus far.
Hansbrough was first asked if his recent increased statistical output was simply a matter of seeing more time out on the floor.
"Yeah, it would be increased minutes, but also you know, I've been out of the game for a while, I'm just trying to get back," said Hansbrough. "I'm just starting to get in shape a little bit. I had been out for months with injuries, so it's going to take a while. I didn't have really a training camp. Just more experience and more playing time combined, it's all going to help."
He also discussed the frustration he dealt with sitting on the sidelines, and how the unfair shake he felt he was receiving fueled his efforts.
"It was frustrating, but I felt I should be playing. So I was working on my game all the time. You know, coming to practice, trying to prove my point. So it's not like I was just sitting on the bench and resting."
Tyler continued: "I mean, I was sharpening my tools. I knew I wasn't going to play, so I'd come into the gym an hour or an hour and a half before to work out. So I got better, but the more game experience, the more I improved."
The coaching change has obviously been welcomed by Hansbrough, something he didn't shy away from when questioned about it's effect on Indiana's 2010-2011 season. "The coaching impact has been really good for me. It's given me the opportunity to get on the floor get to show some things I can do. Also, it's a more clear message. In the past, you didn't know what to expect."
During the month of December, Hansbrough played in nine games. He averaged just nine minutes a night, scoring a scant 2.7 points to go along with 2.4 rebounds. He scored a total of 24 points in December.
Sunday night at MSG, Tyler exploded for a career-best 29 points in 40 minutes. Over his last five games, Hansbrough is averaging 22.6 ppg, 8.2 rpg, and 1.6 steals while shooting 55.7% from the floor.
After his great game against the Knicks, Hansbrough sat on a chair, surrounded by reporters, in the middle of the Indiana locker room, still in his jersey, with both knees heavily wrapped and both feet in buckets of ice. I told him what Coach Vogel's had just said about him a few minutes earlier. I asked him if he knew the reason why he played so hard. "I got a chip on my shoulder," he stated bluntly. "A lot of people don't feel like I deserve to be in the league. The coach didn't play me in the past because I don't know why, so I come in the gym every day, try to get a little better and prove a point."
Since I had Hansbrough's ear, and it was 'Selection Sunday,' I had to ask the North Carolina legend a few questions about the upcoming NCAA tournament. Here is the transcript of that Q & A:
HW: Switching over to UNC, obviously they took a tough loss (Sunday). But how do you feel about their chances going into the tournament?
TH: "I think they got a good shot. I mean, you know, obviously, they laid down today, but sometimes that happens. Hopefully they can get it together and make a big run."
HW: Is there any possible upside to losing a game like to day? Is it a wakeup call that can refocus everybody going into the Big Dance?
TH: "Yeah, the year we won it, I mean we lost our second game in the [ACC] tournament. It kind of refocused us towards the [NCAA] tournament; gave us some practice time. But obviously they're in the last game and they didn't really have that chance. I think, honestly, I think the tournaments kind of wear you out down the stretch. To be totally honest with you, I'd rather lose my last (pre-tournament) game than win my last game because you're more satisfied when you're winning, you're happy, you know, you just had a big win, so you're due for a letdown"
HW: What about another team I'm sure you're keeping your eye on, Notre Dame? (Tyler's brother, Ben, is a star guard for ND and was recently named the 2011 Big East Player of the Year)
TH: "Notre Dame, I hope they win it all. I mean, I'm a UNC fan, but my brother plays for Notre Dame so that's who I'm pulling for this year."
HW: So, if Notre Dame gets matched up against UNC, you'll have no qualms rooting for ND?
TH: "No question, I'm going for the Irish. It might **** a lot of people off, but that's the way it is."
While the Pacers were playing the Knicks, it was annocunced that UNC was awarded a #2 seed, and would be matched up with Long Island University. I asked Tyler about UNC's draw after the game…
HW: So UNC versus LIU in the first round, how do you feel about that?
TH: "Oh really, I didn't see that. Versus who? Well, I don't know who LIU is (chuckling), but hopefully we can win. I mean, it's better than where we were last year! But I am pulling for Notre Dame though, don't get me wrong…"
We gotcha Tyler...
Everyone knows its Long Island University - Brooklyn, home of the Blackbirds
and my alma mater


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The WSJ describes a key issue facing the big net companies, especially Google: massive (and increasing) capital spending. Last week, for example, Google stated that 2006 CAPEX would "significantly exceed" 2005's mind-boggling $800 million, prompting analysts to toss out 2006 estimates in the $1.25 to $1.5 billion range. Yahoo! spent $400 million last year, up from $250 million the year before. Amazon's cranking up spending...
This gives rise to three key questions:
First, what on earth are they (or at least Google) spending that much money on? I understand the need for "servers," but why has this need exploded so much in the last two years? GDrive? GMail? Neither of these ideas are revolutionary. Video is a CAPEX hog, but is the difference that vast? Also, why does Google need $400 million more than Yahoo! and eBay do? I shudder to recall this, but CAPEX is where companies occasionally stuff expenses they don't want to flush through their income statements right away (e.g., Worldcom and Homestore). I have huge respect and confidence for Yahoo!'s financial team, and there is no conceivable reason for Google's team to play such games. Without having more detail about exactly what the money is being spent on, however, the possibility of shifting capitalization policies can't be ruled out.
Second, is this simply an up-front investment necessary to build out global capabilities, in which case CAPEX will moderate in future years, or has running a global Internet operation become much more expensive? If the answer is the former, today's CAPEX is largely irrelevant: The companies can afford it, and a future easing back on spending will drive free cash flow growth rates through the roof. If the spending is permanent, however, these companies (again, Google especially) aren't going to generate anything like the free cash flow the market is currently expecting.
Third, returning to a point raised in question one, why is Google spending more than twice as much as Yahoo! and more than Yahoo! and eBay combined? Again, explanations about "storage" and "computational power" just don't ring true. eBay and Yahoo! need storage and computational power, too, and, right now, Yahoo! handles more traffic than Google does. The difference between the CAPEX levels, moreover, is so vast that it seems safe to assume that either Google is overspending (in which case, the question is "on what?") or Yahoo! and eBay are underspending (in which case, free cash flow is about to take a hit at both of those companies as well).
When Google releases its 10K, we'll get more insight into where that $800 million went. But this won't provide any into where this year's estimated $1.25 billion is going--or how much CAPEX as a percent of revenue will be required to run these companies for the next 10 years.


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The Life and Work of Etienne Delaune (1)
The work of Etienne Delaune creates a vivid portrait of a cosmopolitan artist who worked on a number of different subjects in various styles, and whose career was marked by both success and insecurity.Probably born in 1518, Delaune worked as a goldsmith in Paris in the 1550s. In 1552 he was appointed to the royal mint, where he would have produced metalwork designs. However, this post was cut short over disputes about wages: Delaune only held the post for six months.Keep reading


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Twitter said it has implemented a security technology that makes it harder to spy on its users and called on other internet firms to do the same, as web providers look to thwart spying by government intelligence agencies.
The online messaging service, which began scrambling communications in 2011 using traditional HTTPS encryption, said on Friday it has added an advanced layer of protection for HTTPS known as "forward secrecy".
"A year and a half ago, Twitter was first served completely over HTTPS," the company said in a blog posting. "Since then, it has become clearer and clearer how important that step was to protecting our users' privacy."
Twitter's move is the latest response from US internet firms following disclosures by former spy agency contractor Edward Snowden about widespread, classified US government surveillance programs.
Forward secrecy prevents attackers from exploiting one potential weakness in HTTPS, which is that large quantities of data can be unscrambled if spies are able to steal a single private "key" that is then used to encrypt all the data, said Dan Kaminsky, a well-known internet security expert.
The more advanced technique repeatedly creates individual keys as new communications sessions are opened, making it impossible to use a master key to decrypt them, Kaminsky said.
"It is a good thing to do," he said. "I'm glad this is the direction the industry is taking."


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Digital cameras are one of the most consistent areas of our survey, with the same leaders among PCMag readers rising to the top year after year. 2009 once again is lead by Nikon and Canon, both with a significantly better than average overall score of 8.6 out of 10. The two are also extremely close when it comes to scores for overall reliability, but Canon is the leader in ease of use. Both earn our Readers' Choice award. (Panasonic also scores extremely well overall, with a better than average 8.5.)
Nikon's strength is in the digital single lens reflex (dSLR) space, where the company's cameras always score well in this survey. This year it had an average 9.1but so did Canon's dSLRs. Canon, as usual, dominates in just about every individual camera type, particularly budget, compact, and ultracompact cameras. It's the only vendor to score at all with enthusiast cameras. The only digital camera maker to best Canon in a sub-category is Panasonic; its superzoom cameras got a BA 8.6, while Canon's 8.4 score was average.
Newer cameras always score better (the honeymoon period, you might say), and Canon dSLRs less than a year old even outdid Nikon models by a tenth of a point, which helped push Canon's overall score for younger cameras to a BA 8.8.
Cameras don't break very often, so reliability scores are generally strong; the vendor with the highest percentage needing repair was Sony at 6 percent. The overall average is 4 percent. Only HPwhose cameras scored low overall at a worse than average 7.4managed to have none (as in, 0 percent) of its cameras require repair among PCMag readers.
It's worth noting that Kodak, which had the third largest number of responses, has consistently received low ratings from our readers, earning a significantly worse than average (SWA) overall score for the second year in a row. That puts the former camera giant well behind middle-of-the-pack vendors with average scores including Sony, Casio, Fujifilm, and Olympus.
We also took a quick look at trends toward purchases of new cameras over the last five years and saw some interesting things. For example, the budget camera market took a dip early on and stayed therewe assume due to the prevalence of cheap cameras in cell phones. dSLR purchases continue to grow as photographers among our readers crave more quality, but the enthusiast cameras have droppedit seems that market segment couldn't keep up with the dSLR space. The one area that's consistent is the superzoom models. They've found their niche.
The company makes such high quality digital SLR cameras that the love spills over into Nikon's overall score, putting the popular manufacturer at the top.
Canon plays in almost every subcategory of digital camera. And in almost all of those, this camera giant comes out ahead of the competition.
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text: Brightcove (NASDAQ: BCOV), a leading global provider of cloud content services, today announced at IBC 2012 commercial availability of Google's Widevine multi-platform digital rights management (DRM) technology for its Video Cloud online video platform. Brightcove Video Cloud customers, including Television New Zealand and LG Electronics, are now able to leverage Widevine for secure delivery and playback on more than 539 million Widevine-enabled consumer electronics devices worldwide, 284 million of which are televisions, Blu-ray players, set-top boxes and game consoles according to Widevine. Commercial availability of Widevine support for Video Cloud comes after Brightcove became the first online video platform to join and complete the comprehensive Certified Widevine Implementation Partner program, an intensive process that requires extensive training, written certification and hands-on practical testing. With Widevine now commercially available, Video Cloud customers have the potential to securely reach one of largest installed DRM footprints in the market. "As a broadcaster holding a significant amount of acquired content, DRM solutions are critical to our ability to securely deliver key content to the endpoints where our viewers want us to be," said Richard Beniston, online product manager at Television New Zealand. "The Widevine/Video Cloud solution enables us to extend our service to a number of crucial connected devices, and Brightcove has demonstrated a clear understanding that cross-platform DRM is an integral piece of the puzzle for us." LG Electronics is using Brightcove's Widevine integration with Video Cloud to bolster its premium content initiatives. "LG is increasing the amount of high-quality premium video content on the LG Connected TV platform in direct response to consumer demand," said Young-jae Seo, vice president of the service division of LG's Smart Business Center. "Brightcove's integration of Widevine seamlessly automates the complicated processes associated with DRM, allowing us to securely deliver content and protect our content partnerships."


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Hurricane forecasters are watching a very disorganized low-pressure system in the Caribbean Sea that could strengthen.
The National Hurricane Center said the system, about 130 miles south of Grand Cayman, has about a 40 percent chance of developing into a tropical cyclone in the next 48 hours. After that, upper level winds will become unfavorable for development, the agency said.
Hurricane forecasters said the strongest thunderstorm activity was separated from the low-pressure system.
A reconnaissance aircraft scheduled to investigate the low-pressure system on Monday was canceled and rescheduled for Tuesday.
The system is expected to bring heavy rains that could cause flooding and mud slides in parts of Haiti and Jamaica as it moves to the north or northwest, according to the hurricane agency.
Tampa Bay could feel an indirect impact from the system as it moves to the north, according to Bay News 9. The region will see rain chances in the 20 to 30 percent range throughout the week.


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After lots of will-they won't-they, we are happy to report the head of the migration has finally entered the Masai Mara! These pictures were taken today in the afternoon.
The recon team checks out the area..
Hmm – looks good, lots of food. I think we can settle here for the next few months..
Setting up camp…
Everyone's finding a cosy spot…
The head hostess is primed.
Let the games begin!
Heritage Hotels (Kenya) manages two luxury camps in the Masai Mara - Mara Explorer and Mara Intrepids - in the confluence of the four game viewing areas of the Masai Mara. The camps are on the banks of the Talek River, with most tents spread along the banks. Report and pictures by John Parmasau, Mara Explorer & Mara Intrepids Camp ©Heritage Hotels Ltd, Kenya. http://www.heritage-eastafrica.com/


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Blacksburg Barn Laminate T-Molding- 7.5 LF
T-Moldings provide an attractive solution for blending floor surfaces in adjoining rooms.Used in doorways and borders where floors of similar thicknesses meet.
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If you're looking to do something different to your hair color but don't want to spend a lot of money, colorist to the stars Marie Robinson has some advice. A few weeks ago, Anne Hathaway requested shades of gold and caramel to help add dimension to her brown color, and you can achieve a similar look yourself.
Marie went to work applying a semi-permanent color, as she notes, Anne "doesn't have any gray and just needs shine with shades of gold warmth." If you have medium to light brown hair, Marie recommends Clairol Natural Instincts Hair Color in Chocolate Crème ($9). Then, to add more dimension with caramel accents, her secret is to highlight hair using the same technique she used on Sienna Miller's golden blond hairstyle.


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Billy is a horrible bully. So Kyle could almost find it funny that Billy's childhood invisible friend was a little dolly named Raggy Maggie.
Almost but not quite.
Because now Raggy Maggie is back, and she wants Kyle to play a game: find where she's hidden Billy - or Billy dies...
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I've said it before and I'll say it again - I wish I'd thought of this!! Childhood imaginary friends coming to life - inspired!!
I loved the first book in the series, Mr Mumbles. Mr Mumbles was horrible and scary but Barry Hutchison has surpassed the scares in his sequel, Raggy Maggie. Look at the picture (I love this picture) and tell me that Caddie isn't fantastically evil looking. And I haven't even mentioned Raggy Maggie - the sinister doll. These two are evil personified; cruel, twisted and out for revenge because, just like Mr Mumbles before them, these two imaginary friends don't take very kindly to being ignored and forgotten. In fact, they will do anything possible to make their old friends pay.
But don't for one minute think that this book is guts and gore horror, it's so much more. There are psychological games at play in more ways than one, cleverly woven into the storyline is the continuation of a plot from book one, concerning Kyle's absent father and the other world of 'The Darkest Corners' (Boy, I love that name!) The character of Kyle's friend Ameena is intriguing and the reader just knows there's more to her than meets the eye. The clever use of mundane childhood toys brought to horrific life adds a chilling dimension to Caddie's game. The Teddy Bears with skipping ropes - Brilliant!! Genuinely quite disturbing. And the startling denouement has echoes of 'Chucky' and as someone who finds many dolls quite freaky at the best of times, this has put me off them for life.
For horror lovers, this book is a must-read but perhaps isn't for the faint-hearted. Read it if you dare...
Or, as the tagline says - 'Afraid of a cute little dolly, are you? Well, you should be...'
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The first round of Syria peace talks are due to end in Geneva on Friday with little headway made on finding a political solution to the three-year-old war or delivering aid to the country's starving citizens, dpa reported.
A week after negotiations began, international envoy Lakhdar Brahimi said he was "disappointed" in the lack of progress on humanitarian aid, as the two rivals failed to find common ground on lifting the 600-day-old siege of Homs.
Some 3,000 residents have been trapped in the city's old district, where there is an acute shortage of basic supplies and buildings lay in rubble.
The government and opposition delegations are scheduled to return for a second round of talks in February.
Brahimi, who has been mediating the often acrimonious talks, said he hoped that when they do reconvene they will "be able to have a more structured discussion."
The conference, as envisaged by sponsoring powers the United States and Russia, was aimed at forming a transitional governing body in Syria.
Under a framework agreed to in June 2012 and backed by a UN Security Council resolution last year, the transitional body would include members of President Bashar al-Assad's government, the opposition and independent figures, and would have full executive powers.
The Syrian Observatory of Human Rights, a pro-opposition watchdog, says the conflict has claimed 130,000 lives. The UN this month said it had stopped counting the dead, citing an inability to access conflict zones. In July, it put the toll at 100,000.


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Sitting in her seventh-floor conference room, which looks over the Federal Courthouse, much of Newark and part of Manhattan, Faith S. Hochberg occasionally muses about what she might do if she were not the United States Attorney for New Jersey.
She could happily retire to a country home to transform her long experiences in law enforcement into a novel, or resume her painting hobby, she says, acknowledging in the same breath that such a quiet, contemplative career is improbable for a 46-year-old woman dominating a swirling office of more than 110 attorneys.
''I love being U.S. Attorney; it is the best job in the world,'' she said. ''It is the most challenging, and the one where you have the most impact on fighting crime in New Jersey.''
While Ms. Hochberg is often disturbed that cases tried in Newark do not earn the same attention that is doled out to what she sees as lesser matters in New York City, her office has been immersed in a series of high-profile cases this year. They range from the indictment of the Unabomber suspect to the resignation of Newark's police chief after he admitted to theft charges and the flight and subsequent suicide this week of Nicholas L. Bissell Jr., the former Somerset County Prosecutor.
Though her office won a difficult conviction of Mr. Bissell, Ms. Hochberg drew even more attention when he skipped bail and she publicly discounted his veiled threats of suicide. Now that Mr. Bissell has killed himself within arm's reach of a United States marshal, she must decide whether the Government should keep the property the fugitive put up for bail, including his mother's home.Continue reading the main story
Another remaining step is the sentencing of Mr. Bissell's codefendant, his wife, Barbara. Legal experts say that so far Ms. Hochberg's office has handled the case well, given the difficulty of convicting a former law enforcement official and given that the court relied on a series of expert evaluations before deciding that the usual bail practices were warranted.
''The decision that was made by the judge seems to be appropriate, given the information they had at the time,'' said Edna B. Axelrod, a former assistant United States attorney in Newark. ''Flight is fairly rare.''
Given that a court-appointed psychiatrist had determined that Mr. Bissell was not suicidal and that he was not viewed as a threat to the community, it would have been strange for the prosecutors to demand that Mr. Bissell be held pending his sentencing, lawyers said.
Both employees and renowned defense attorneys who work with Ms. Hochberg (pronounced HOTCH-berg) award her high marks for giving them wide latitude to do their jobs and for carefully weighing all points of view before reaching a decision, although some say she can be distant and heavy-handed when it comes to carrying out the decisions.
''She once described the job to me as 10 chances every day to make a major mistake, and I think it is a good way to describe it,'' said Gerald Krovatin, a criminal defense attorney who worked with her at Lowenstein, Sandler, Kohl, Fisher & Boylan in Roseland. ''That is a job where every decision that you make ruffles somebody's feathers. I think her track record as a U.S. attorney has been a terrific one, and the Bissell case is a good example.''
Lawyers in general are loath to say anything bad in public about a United States Attorney, but privately they say that Ms. Hochberg initially created great friction in Newark by importing division heads from outside the office. She is, however, credited with naming highly motivated attorneys, like her deputy, Robert Cleary, who is prosecuting the Unabomber case. And those she appointed say she gives them the support they need to do their work.
''She has been extremely supportive while at the same time giving us the independence to do tough, high-profile cases against individuals who have power and influence,'' said Larry Stephen, noting that not every United States Attorney would readily agree to execute search warrants on the office of the mayor and the chief of police. ''She truly believes that this office can be and is a catalyst for positive change in the state of New Jersey, especially in the area of public corruption,'' Mr. Stephen said.
For Ms. Hochberg, the year has not been without its setbacks. She was nominated by outgoing United States Senator Bill Bradley for a Federal judgeship in November 1995, but the Senate adjourned in October without confirming her. Although 26 other nominees were similarly stalled in this election year's heavily partisan confirmation process, it is uncertain if Senator Frank R. Lautenberg or Senator-elect Robert G. Torricelli, who won Mr. Bradley's seat, will resubmit the nomination.
Officials in Washington said one peripheral factor shadowing the nomination was a Federal insurance claims investigation into a former employer of her husband, Dr. Mark Hochberg. Dr. Hochberg has said that he has done nothing wrong and is not a target. Lawyers who follow the case said there was little chance he would become one.
Ms. Hochberg has adamantly refused to discuss the case.
Dr. Hochberg, once a prominent cardiac surgeon in New Jersey, gave up his medical practice to pursue a career in education. He recently left his job as an assistant to the president of George Washington University and is in the process of negotiating a new job in New Jersey. The couple have a home in Short Hills and two children, Alyssa and Asher.
Ms. Hochberg was born in Nutley, received a bachelor of arts degree from Tufts University in 1972 and graduated magna cum laude in 1975 from Harvard Law School, where she was an editor of the Harvard Law Review.Continue reading the main story


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Jolene Luther of Belgium, a senior at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, spent 10 weeks last summer looking at MRI brain scans of people who have the Huntington's disease gene but weren't showing symptoms. She was looking for early markers of the disease that could help in the treatment of, and perhaps even a cure for, the genetic disease that has impacted her life since she was 11.
That's how old she was when her grandfather William Holcomb — father of her mother Stephanie Bernander — tested positive for the degenerative disease that killed his brother. She saw her beloved grandfather, who died in 2011 and lived with her family for many years, deteriorate physically and mentally and vowed to do something to help families impacted by the disease. "The mountain-climbing, long-distance biking, bread-making, swim-coaching man that everyone loved changed before our eyes, and there was nothing we could do about it," Luther said in an article she wrote for the Huntington's Disease Youth Organization. "I was pretty young when he was his real self, but I have some wonderful memories," she said. Luther remembers how much fun it was camping during the summer with her grandfather, who lived in Lander, Wyo., until his condition deteriorated to the point that he needed help. Holcomb then moved across the street from her family in Port Washington until they built a home with an apartment for him in the Town of Belgium. "With my grandpa living with us, there was so much love and support we wanted to give him, but we didn't have the medical knowledge and resources," Luther said. "I think that's when I realized I wanted to be that person to provide that knowledge." Luther, who will graduate with a degree in Spanish and pre-med studies in May, originally planned to specialize in treating people with degenerative disorders, such as Huntington's and Parkinson's disease, but the summer fellowship convinced her to go into research instead with the goal of finding cures and better treatments for such diseases. She was awarded the first Donald A. King Summer Research Fellowship from the Huntington's Disease Society of America Center of Excellence at the University of Iowa. Her research involved looking for increased iron levels in the MRI brain scans of people who volunteered for the PREDICT-HD study. People with Huntington's disease have high iron levels in their brains. Luther compared the iron levels in the study group with people who do not have the gene and those who showed symptoms of the disease. If iron levels are higher in the study group than those in the control group or if iron increases as the disease progresses, it could provide a biological marker detectable in early stages of the disease. It could track the effectiveness of a therapy or treatment to slow the disease's progression and help lead to a cure. "I wasn't able to come to a significant conclusion during that time, but they're continuing to use the data and I may co-author the study," Luther said while visiting her family over Thanksgiving. "I'm very satisfied with what I got done, even though I wasn't able to complete the study myself. I got to see a different part of health care at the research center. Before, I saw the clinical side." As Holcomb's children, Luther's mother and aunt had a 50% chance of having the Huntington's gene, but tested negative, so their children, including Luther and her brother Ronnie, do not have it. Bernander is vice president of the Wisconsin chapter of the Huntington's Disease Society of America. After her grandfather died at age 75, Luther volunteered at the Huntington's Disease Center to help with her grief. She summarized medical journal articles published by the center to make them more understandable to the public. That work prompted her to apply for the fellowship. Watching her grandfather gradually fade away was difficult, Luther said. "He definitely still had his personality," she said. "He was definitely trying to let us know that he was still in there. "I was so young when his disease was progressing. He really didn't get to know me in my adult life. "This is kind of my way of getting to contribute something to him, even though he's not here to see it. I think he'd be really proud of me."
Image Information: Jolene Luther (right) and her mother Stephanie Bernander held a photograph of William Holcomb, Luther's grandfather and Bernander's father, on a bike trip before he was diagnosed with Huntington's disease. Photo by Sam Arendt


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