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Taking second place in the national KidWind competition was not exactly a breeze. For the students at Desert Mirage High School, it took hard work and experimentation for their model wind turbines to run circles around the competition, says Arthur Kimball, who facilitates the school's GREAT Academy.
GREAT stands for GReen Energy And Technology, and students built the contraptions as part of the academy.
"The absolute best thing about the experience is that students learn about wind energy and demonstrate their knowledge through their own building of a turbine," says Kimball. "The hands-on project was a welcome diversion from the textbook theory of wind motion and energy."
Kimball is proud of the team members, Arturo Gutierrez and Jesus Gutierrez (no relation). They competed against some elite private schools in the national KidWind competition in April. While in Washington, D.C., for the competition, Kimball made sure students visited the Smithsonian Space and Aeronautics Museum — which has huge propellers — as well as other landmarks.
The KidWind program is designed to stimulate interest in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) by having students design model wind turbines. The windmills are less than 3 feet tall, and students hook them up to a voltmeter to measure how much electricity is generated. The faster they go, the greater the electrical output. Students put their creations in a wind tunnel and adjust the angle of the blades so they can determine factors resulting in the highest speed.
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An Efficient Test Pattern Generation Scheme for an On Chip BIST
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Testing and power consumption are becoming two critical issues in VLSI design due to the growing complexity of VLSI circuits and remarkable success and growth of low power applications (viz. portable consumer electronics and space applications). On chip Built In Self Test (BIST) is a cost-effective test methodology for highly complex VLSI devices like Systems On Chip. This paper deals with cost-effective Test Pattern Generation (TPG) schemes in BIST. We present a novel methodology based on the use of a suitable Linear Feedback Shift Register (LFSR) which cycles through the required sequences (test vectors) aiming at a desired fault coverage causing minimum circuit toggling and hence low power consumption while testing. The proposed technique uses circuit simulation data for modeling. We show how to identify the LFSR using graph theory techniques and compute its feedback coefficients (i.e., its characteristic polynomial) for realization of a Test Pattern Generator.


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First shot goes high
Rifle - 25-06 Ruger #1
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hand weigh powder
consistent shell lenght mic each shell
checked scope mounts
first shot goes 6 to 8 inches high
then drops to my 3" high sight in with moa of .5
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What kind of rest do you use? Sandbags, bi-pod, etc.
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Is that the first shot out of a clean barrel? If it is, it could be oil or solvent in the barrel.
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If it is the fouling shot in a clean barrel, that may be the problem. However, Rugers are notorious for having a drunken monkey occasionally break into their factory and go absolutely ape with the air torque ratchet on their lug screws. Improper heavy screw torque can cause the problem you describe. Loosen, then gently, but firmly retighten the front lug screw. If this does not improve the problem, read
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Clean barrel
Yes, the first has been a fouling shot...
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Thanks for the tighten of the front lug screw comment. I will back it off and firmly refasten. That might be where the hidden crazy monkey is lurking.
It's so funny that the first one goes high and the next two shots are kissing each other.
Good article will try that if the screw adjustment doesn't solve the problem
I have a 22-250 Ruger # 1 that shots as sweet as a krispy cream hot out of the oven.
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I own two rifles that do the same thing - 6" high and 2" right from a perfectly clean barrel. It's perfectly normal to take a fouling shot or two before you start measuring groups. If you hunt with it, be sure to put a couple of rounds down the pipe before, and don't clean it until after hunting season.
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fouling shot
About 1/2 my rifles throw the fouling shot out of the group about 1/2 dont. It pays to know your gun and load. Of the guns that need the fouling shot,most thow the first shot off about 1moa. One .223 throws the first shot 6" low at 100yd. Agian,it pays to know your equipment and how it behaves. My 3006 will shoot the first cold clean shot into the same group as the 10th hot dirty shot. The fact it is a 2moa gun may help cover some of the first shot blues, but it chronos the same too. . I have seen some evidence that the type of oil / solvent left in the bore makes a difference too. Ie. rem oil vs mobil 1. I have become a big m1 user and never looked back.
Will work for brass.
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|October 15, 2006, 04:59 PM
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Thanks for the info
I just backed off the screw
I also checked the amount of space between my hanger and the barrel. There is plenty of clearence so there should be no barrel pressure from the hanger. It's close to a nickel thickness of clearence.
I rechecked my free float and its all the way back to the bedding.
I will heat up the barrel with a fouling shot before I shot at my antelope next weekend in Wyoming.
Thanks again
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A new report says taller people are more likely to develop common cancers.
But it's definitely not all bad news for the likes of Peter Crouch, Sophie Dahl and Penny Lancaster.
The shorter you are, the more likely you are to become a football hooligan, according to a study of more than 400 young men from South london. David Farrington, professor of psychological criminology at Cambridge University, said of small men at a conference on youth crime: "They seem to have an Adolf hitler complex."
Short people are more likely to be injured in car crashes, says a report by a london hospital.
They sit nearer to the steering wheel so are more likely to be injured by the airbag. However, other studies claim they generally suffer fewer injuries, probably because they don't have as far to fall.
Taller women are more likely to have twins, according to a study. New york's Jewish Medical Centre found multiple-birth mothers were an average 5ft 5in, more than an inch taller than the average American woman's height. The report, in the Journal of reproductive Medicine, said the reason could be the growth hor- - mone IGF-1 - positively linked with both height and twinning.
Short people earn less than tall people, studies show. researchers who compared two large groups of both short and tall people found that each additional inch gained in height adds roughly 2% to average earnings. Women who are at least 5ft 8in are twice as likely to earn over £30,000 a year, too, a poll found.
TAll passengers are more likely to develop deep vein thrombosis on longhaul flights.
A study by the University of Tromso in Norway found men of 6ft or more were 2.6 times more likely to develop blood clots in their legs than men of 5ft 8in or shorter.
The clot risk is increased, they believed, because in tall people blood must be pumped a longer distance, and flow can be affected.
Scientists at Bristol University who dug up 490 skeletons from a churchyard in 2001 discovered the taller you are, the longer you live. They said bone lengths just one point above average cut the risk of early death by 10% to 20%.
Tall people are happier than short people, according to research published in the economics and human Biology journal.
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Tall people are more attractive to the opposite sex, a study by the University of Gdansk, Poland, found.
They concluded the ideal height of an attractive woman was 5ft 9in and it was 6ft 2in for a man.
Scientists studying the feeding habits of the Scottish biting midge found tall people are more likely to be attacked by the insects.
The study, by the University of Aberdeen, concluded that midges preferred taller people because they emit more heat, moisture and carbon dioxide, which encourage them to bite.
Men who are verticallychallenged are more likely to be jealous, concluded Spanish and Dutch researchers in 2008.
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Finnish researchers looked at evidence from studies of more than three million people and found short adults were around 1.5 times more likely to develop heart disease and be killed by it than tall people.
This appeared to be true for both men and women.
A number of studies have found the taller you are, the better your job prospects.
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The home side enjoyed plentiful possession but the creative players all had a night off as Brugge went home with a thoroughly deserved draw. Brugge played out their game plan to perfection in the opening 45 minutes, denying the home side any space at all in the final third of the field.
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Chances were few for both sides but it was Peter Van der Heyden who twice came closest to opening the scoring, sending a ferocious free-kick just past goalkeeper Faryd Mondragon's right-hand post after just six minutes.
Second chance
Two minutes later Norwegian Rune Lange sent a low cross right across the face of the Galatasaray goal but Van der Heyden narrowly failed to connect with the goal empty in front of him.
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Galatasaray pushed forward with Arif Erdem posing the main threat. With nine minutes remaining of the first half, he made space for himself eight metres out but Dany Verlinden pulled off a quite brilliant save to deny him. Two minutes later the goalkeeper pulled off an even better save to deny Ümit Karan with a point-blank stop.
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Galatasaray dominated the last 15 minutes, averaging 60 per cent of the possession, but the incisive touch in front of goal was missing all night. Ümit Karan capped a mediocre display right on half-time, blasting his shot over the bar from six metres.
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Galatasaray coach Fatih Terim brought on Elvir Balic in the place of the ineffective Hasan Sas at the start of the second half and the 28-year-old forward immediately added a liveliness previously lacking, shooting wide twice in his first four minutes on the pitch.
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Arif looked the sole player likely to break the mould for the home side but too often he mislaid his final touch or did his best work outside the Brugge defensive zones.
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A return visit to the Jan Breydelstadion and a daunting trip to Barcelona await and Brugge clearly saw the draw as a positive result. Galatasaray coach Fatih Terim's annoyance was visible as he paraded up and down the touchline, all to no avail.
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The two chances of note for Galatasaray were not followed up and Brugge could have stolen the game had substitute Andrés Mendoza showed more composure in front of goal with just 14 minutes left. His header from ten metres went high over the bar when there was no defender in sight.
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The Municipality of Tripoli receivedon the 15th of January 2016 a grant from the European Union (EU) to realize the project" Improvement of Development Process and Local Governance in the Municipality of Tripoli" over a period extending to 36 months.The overall objective of the project is to improve the institutionaland operational contribution to governance and development process in the Municipality of Tripoli.The Specific objectives of the project are to improve access in Bab El Tabbane, Jabal Mohsen and El Ghouraba to basic and adequate socialservices on a sustainable basis.All three communities will benefit from a positive impact on different levels especially on Health, Education, Job Creation and awareness levels. Five Expected results derive from the project.
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The project derives from four basic facts advanced by the Municipality of Tripoli:
The local authority and civil society are in need for capacity building,
Health is a fundamental human right and should be available to all people regardless of gender, social class, ethnicity and age,
Job opportunities are very limited due to the deficiency of educational skills,
Recreational activities allowing the cohesion of the dissimilar zones allow a better synergy.
The above third issue originates from the facts that there are no vocational schools in Bab El Tabbaneh except one in Jabal Mohsen with an afternoonshift, that local NGOs play a role in organizing vocational trainings especially in sewing, ceramics and plastic, hairdressing, and make-up, while other associations are providing educational support to enroll students and the demands are increasing.
The project will target persons with disabilities through the elaboration ofa special vocational training on topics such as Jewelry, Handcrafts, Furniture, etc.
The Expected Result (5) of the project (subject of the present TOR) is to provide youth with skills and know how in order to have access to the labor market.
For this purpose, the Municipality of Tripoli is seeking to contract a short-term local expert to perform the following tasks to be realized in two consecutive phases:
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Realize an assessment of all institutions, technical institutes organizations, Ngo's, associations and international structures who are conducting in Tripoli vocational training and specify the type of vocational training realized, targeted gender and age and number of people enrolled.
Identify the type of vocational training needed corresponding to the needs in the local job market specially in the three identified communities of the project Bab El Tabbaneh - Jabal Mohsen and El Ghouraba .
Identify the potential market needs for persons with physical disabilities.
Coordinate with the expert working on the education support activity of the project R 5_H and with the Ministry of social affairs in order to identify the disabled people and their vocational training needs.
Consult with the steering committee created by the Municipality of Tripoli in all issues related to the vocational training program.
Suggest the members of an activity based committee.
Validate the above assessment with the project steering committee, the concerned council committee(s), the activity based committee and the Partnership Forum in a plenary meeting.
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Design the vocational training program based on the above assessment (courses, number of hours, number of days, technical practical modules, and number of trainers), the program should include at the end a marketing part to train the trainees on how to market themselves and accordingly find a job.
Design the vocational training program for the disabled people based on the assessed real needs (Not limited to Jewellery, Handcrafts, and Furniture etc.,)
Identify the needed trainers professional experience and skills to carry the vocational training
Identify the trainee's kits, equipment, tools, supplies and consumables needed for the vocational training according to the available project budget lines.
Participate in the choice of trainers and trainees.
Participate in the closing ceremony of the vocational training activity.
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- The contract duration is three months and will start on the day of its signature with the Municipality of Tripoli.
- The maximum number of working days that the expert is expected to spend during the duration of his contract is: 15 Days
- The ceiling of the contract is: 3750Euros
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Proposals will be evaluated by the concerned committee. Methodology and CV will have a grade over 80 and the financial offer will have a grade over 20.
The professional local expert will report to the Project Coordinator and will coordinate his/her work with the Mayor, the project committee, the steering committee and the Partnership Forum
The following deliverables are requested from the local expert:
Report about the institutions, organizations, Ngo's, associations and international structures who are conducting in Tripoli vocational training and the type of vocational training realized, targeted gender and age and number of people enrolled.
Report on the type of vocational training needed that corresponds to the needs in the local job market specially in the three identified communities of the project Bab El Tabbaneh - Jabal Mohsen and El Ghouraba .
Report on the potential market needs for persons with physical disabilities.
List of members of the proposed activity based committee
Report on the plenary meeting and the validation of the phase I assessment by concerned parties
Detailed vocational training program based on the elaborated assessment
Detailed vocational training program for people with physical disability based on the elaborated assessment
Report on the required trainers professional experience and skills
Report on the identification of equipment, tools, supplies and consumables needed
Report on the selection of trainers and trainees including people with physical disabilities
Report on the closing ceremony
All above deliverables should be presented in English. A synthesis (summary) in Arabic of the deliverables should be presented as well to the Municipality.
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- A Gantt chart of the proposed schedule of activities
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Janet Jaecke Mariano Beloved Mother & Grandmother
Janet passed away peacefully June 25, 2011 after a long struggle with health issues.Janet was born August 20, 1956 in Salt Lake City, Utah. She married Robert T. Mariano on February 4, 1976. Janet was a member of the LDS Church. She is survived by her two children Brandon and Amy, as well as her one and only special granddaughter Jaclyne, sisters Marsha (Rich) Fisco, Carol Denny, Billie Jo (Dave) Petersen, brothers Michael (Alexandra) Jaecke, Dale (Cathy) Jaecke, many nephews and nieces, and Jim Wallace. Preceded in death by both parents William and Louise Jaecke and her husband Robert. A special thanks to her nurses at OneCare Home Health & Hospice. Janet - we love you and miss you. A viewing will be held Thursday, June 30, 2011 from 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. at Jenkins-Soffe South Valley, 1007 W. South Jordan Parkway (10600 S). A graveside service will follow at Salt Lake City Cemetery, 200 "N" Street, Salt Lake City, Utah. In lieu of flowers please make donations on Janet's behalf to Jenkins-Soffe South Valley, 1007 W. South Jordan Parkway, South Jordan, UT 84095. Online condolences at www.jenkins-soffe.com.


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The geography might be different but the attitude is the same in Seven Psychopaths, the follow-up for British filmmaker Martin McDonagh to his sizzling breakthrough comedy In Bruges (2008).
Yet while this edgy ensemble comedy retains McDonagh's crackling dialogue from his previous film, it's a disjointed effort that has difficulty sustaining its narrative momentum.
McDonagh downgrades in terms of setting, trading the urban architecture of Belgium for seedy Hollywood and the California desert.
At the center of the story is Marty (Colin Farrell), a fledgling alcoholic screenwriter whose offbeat friend Billy (Sam Rockwell) is part of a clumsy dog-kidnapping operation with a free-spirited associate (Christopher Walken).
When the pair swipes a beloved Shih Tzu from a ruthless gangster named Charlie (Woody Harrelson), however, they and Marty become targets for revenge. Meanwhile, Charlie becomes an inspiration for Marty's script about psychopaths roaming the streets, with several other ultraviolent scenarios dreamed up by the trio also candidates for inclusion.
So who exactly are the psychopaths referenced in the film's title? It could be argued there are more than seven, but that's not really relevant, although there's a half-hearted effort to keep track.
The script is episodic by nature as it blurs fantasy and reality, with some vignettes more amusing or compelling than others. Much of the film is dialogue-heavy, which makes the shocking jolts of violence more potent.
That's probably McDonagh's intention, yet while the film contains scattered moments of brilliance, too many of them aren't fully developed. Plus, the central narrative thread involving the meandering male-bonding misadventures of Marty and Billy is less interesting than what happens on the periphery. And then there's an ill-timed plot twist that is revealed well before the extended climactic showdown.
The film benefits from its casting choices, including some quirky supporting roles filled by the likes of Harry Dean Stanton, Tom Waits, Abbie Cornish and former Bond girl Olga Kurylenko (Quantum of Solace). Walken is at his deadpan best as a Zen master of sorts, while Harrelson contributes plenty of freewheeling energy whenever he's on screen.
McDonagh brings a unique comic vitality to his films, and Seven Psychopaths is no exception. But while the film is never tedious, it also isn't as clever as it aims to be.
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The clinic assisted J, a longtime lawful permanent resident ("green card" holder) of the United States with citizenship in Jordan, in being granted his request to keep his green card and remain in the United States with his family. J faced removal for two minor criminal convictions, one of which took place over two decades ago and the other nearly ten years ago. As a Palestinian refugee, J has made the U.S. his home and works tirelessly to provide for his wife and their U.S. citizen children.
Nayna Gupta ('13) and Julian Simcock ('13), building off the work of Chris Skelton ('13), spent countless hours preparing for J's trial before the San Francisco Immigration Court. They prepared an extensive pre-hearing filing (including a pre-hearing brief) documenting their clients strong family, community and work ties; they prepared their client and witnesses to testify in Court (including preparing their direct and cross examinations); and they prepared opening and closing arguments to present to the judge. The judge applauded Nayna and Julian for their excellent work in representing J.


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It was exactly four months ago when I discovered I'd be spending the fall of 2007 working at The Museum of Modern Art. I had long dreamed of the opportunity to live in New York City, yet never imagined it would arrive in the form of an internship at arguably the world's finest Modern Art museum. A heavy application process (including three essays) had ended with a carefully coordinated trans-atlantic telephone interview with a certain Larissa Bailiff, MoMA's internship coordinator. I was extremely nervous beforehand, and spent that morning researching extensively the museum's current and upcoming exhibitions. Fortunately, Ms. Bailiff immediately put me at ease, and we settled into a breezy chat which lasted over forty-five minutes. I like to think my British charm and wit over the phone was what secured me the position of marketing intern, as less than a week later, I received confirmation via email that I'd be spending the next three months stateside. I barely had time to obtain my visa and update my iPod before I was jetting off across the Atlantic to confront a healthy mix of the familiar and the unknown.
Having spent the last four years livin' la dolce vita in Italy, how would I cope when suddenly tossed into the ultimate modern metropolis that is Manhattan? Quite well, as it turned out: all those years spent studying the city combined with intensive previous visits had earned me something of an honorary self-taught degree in Newyorkology, and I felt confidently able in dodging such infamous New York pratfalls as subway navigation, the delicate art of tipping, and the correct pronunciation of Houston Street.
It seemed like an eternity before I finally had to go to MoMA on Monday morning. In my eagerness I had arrived spectacularly early, and spent almost an hour reading in Central Park before I was due to meet Ms. Bailiff and the other interns. When I arrived at the entrance to the Cullman Building on 54th Street I was informed by the receptionist that the other interns had elected to go to Starbucks. Putting aside my usual boycott of the Seattle-based coffee giant I walked over to Sixth Avenue where I met three other interns — from Connecticut, Los Angeles and Paris. I was surprised to discover such an international bunch — something had told me I'd be the sole Brit. Instead nearly all of North America and Europe was represented. I was relieved to find all the interns smart and instantly likeable, yet I felt a bit like a reality show contestant meeting my competition rivals. I suppose this would make Larissa Heidi Klum. Larissa in person was as I had found her to be on the phone: warm, friendly and a very entertaining speaker, to the extent that a side career in stand-up comedy would not be out of the question.
After our welcoming talk and initial introduction I met my supervisor Julie Welch, who immediately struck me as bearing an uncanny resemblance to the actress Annette Bening. Julie gave me an extensive behind-the-scenes tour of the museum before introducing me to the rest of the marketing team, including marketing coordinator Zoe Jackson and director Peter Foley. She then showed me where I'd be working: a tiny cubicle the size of a phone booth (but without the windows). When Peter suggested to Julie that I'd go crazy in there she gave me the option of sharing the back office with three other interns. But for some reason I chose to stick with the private cubicle, despite its lack of space. I took off my jacket and got down to work.
Though I never quite got over the fact I was spending most days sitting feet away from all those Picassos and Pollocks, it wasn't long before I began to feel more at home within the field of marketing, a feeling which was enhanced when I attended our weekly marketing meetings. These would generally last under an hour, but I was fascinated to learn first hand of the department's operations (as well as interdepartmental gossip). One day Zoë gave a report on her visit to Tate Modern, and it was interesting for me to hear how the Tate's marketing department compared with that of MoMA. I was also amused to hear my colleagues' take on their London counterparts, and it seemed odd to think I was on the New York side of things. Peter was an impressive director with a sharp sense of humour. I admired his absolute support for his department and the confidence he showed in forcing his opinion for the good of the museum.
By this time Julie and I had begun working closely on a guerilla advertising project, for which we held a meeting with two of Downtown's hottest young media talents. They were "humbled" to have been contacted by MoMA and enthusiastically bombarded us with ideas, from posters to a MoMA blog (which they felt I should write). It was from this meeting that I began to expand on the MyMoMA idea, a concept I'd originally toyed with before my arrival in New York. MyMoMA is essentially a two-fold idea: 1) a fun, alternate MoMA brand designed to introduce the museum to a younger audience, and 2) a prepaid card with which a larger proportion of the city's inhabitants could gain regular entry to the museum. I created a marketing outline for MyMoMA, including possible advertising techniques. The guerilla media project never got past the concept stage, and it was frustrating not to be able to follow it through. That's something I soon learned about MoMA: as cool as it may appear from the outside, in reality it's also a big business, and ideas must go through everyone from curators to directors to trustees themselves before you see anything happen. While I think the department was generally satisfied with my performance, I don't feel like my work challenged me enough, and nor was I given the opportunity to show my full potential or range of skills. Of course much of this was due to the relatively brief three-month period of the internship itself.
Perhaps the most pleasurable aspect of the experience was the friendships that came about among myself and the other interns. Even Larissa said we were an especially terrific bunch. We'd all meet once on a Tuesday for our intern lecture, which each week focused on a different department within the museum. One week we were even granted an audience with museum director Glenn D. Lowry. I asked him why the museum was so expensive yet only stayed open until five o'clock, a question to which he seemed unable to provide a satisfactory answer.
I'd often meet my fellow intern buddies for lunch at Remi To Go or coffee at Zibetto Espresso Bar, while an ever-expanding group of us began to enjoy regular evenings at parties in Chelsea or bars on the Lower East Side. I would have ideally liked to have taken more advantage of the various perks offered by the internship, but somehow my plan to visit every New York museum on my days off was never fully realized. My volunteer work for NYC CultureFest and PERFORMA 07 kept me busy, as did frequent trips to West Virginia and Florida. I was probably too caught up in the excitement that living in this remarkable place inevitably creates. I often felt overwhelmed after work when having left the office at 5:30 I was suddenly faced with an entire city at my disposal. Some nights I would walk all the way back to my East Village apartment simply for the pleasure of being on the street, taking it all in.
The internship provided me with a truly unforgettable experience and made me the envy of almost everyone I've ever met. I learned a lot about MoMA, museums, marketing and working in the United States. It helped me focus my career in a more specific direction, and confirmed my suitability to this particular field. I met some great people, and the whole thing just flew by, as I knew it would. My long-term plan is to remain in New York, and a great deal of passion, patience and dedication is required in order for that to happen. Yet even if I do one day work in Manhattan again, nothing will ever quite compare to the feeling of strolling down Second Avenue and jostling with New Yorkers aboard the V train up to 53rd Street, where my very own midtown office — OK, cubicle — was waiting just for me.
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Hey there, I just googled "moma internship" and your blog came up. I'm planning to apply this upcoming summer and was wondering not only how it went for you, and was wondering a bit more about the application process. If you get this, could you shoot me a quick e-mail? I'd appreciate two sentences. Thank you.
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I am also interested in appyling for an internship at MOMA. I'm not sure whether to apply for a 12-month position or just the fall internship programme? Any advice would be great.
I am also interested in applying for an internship for 2011 spring term. I am wondering about appliction process especially writing an essay part like how much do I have to be specific in the essay. It is only 500 words.. and also I am not sure about the tone of the essay, descriptive or just full of enthusiasism (like cover letter I can do what and what blah blah…) ???
I will be apprciated if you give me any advice via email.
i just read your blog on moma, thank you it gave me it a lot of insight. ive been looking at applying for internships at moma for a while as i feel it would be a fantastic oppotuninty. ive just fininshed my first year at uni, so i want to apply when i have finished.
what type of background or experience did you have before you applyed? and what accomodation did you have?
any advice would be great
I am also interested in applying for an internship for 2011 spring term. Since I live in different country and have never been to the States before, I need lots of advices.
If you read this, could you respond me so that I can ask some specific qustions?
I am also interested in applying for an internship for 2011 spring term. I am from Argentina, but I am studying graphic design in Oakland City University, IN (This is actually my last semester). I am wondering about application process especially writing an essay part like how much do I have to be specific in the essay. I would like to have you advice or have your samples as a reference. It is my dream to be an intern at MoMa, so I want to do my best to get it and call the attention of the Staff. I know you get it, you are really very lucky and fortune!!!! I will be waiting your reply!!!! Thanks!!!!!!
ha, love this article, specially the last line. Don't worry, I won't ask you questions about being an intern and how to go about getting hired – but i liked reading this, and oh do i love moma
As most of us posting on this article, I've been searching for experiences on the internship program at MoMA, and your blog came up. According to the date of the posting, it's going to be 5 years since you took that internship!
I'm about to apply (will be sending paperwork within this week), and would really appreciate some insight on the application process.
Thank you very much!


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The Lake Placid Sinfonietta has announced its 2013 summer series schedule.
The Lake Placid Sinfonietta is coming to Ticonderoga.
The oldest orchestra in the Adirondacks, the sinfonietta will perform Friday, Aug. 3, at 7 p.m. at St. Mary's Church on Father Jogues Place. The concert will be free of charge.
The show is being sponsored by the Ticonderoga Festival Guild and the Ticonderoga Revitalization Alliance as part of the alliance's new cultural arts initiative.
"The sinfonietta is the longest standing orchestra in the Adirondacks, approaching 100 years," said Justin Woods, alliance CEO. "It contains 20 superb musicians performing under Music Director Ron Spigelman. This promises to be an enchanting musical evening in a fabulous acoustical setting as the alliance and its partners continue to engage the public in various cultural arts initiatives."
Cathie Burdick, executive director of the Ticonderoga Festival Guild, said her group is looking forward to collaborating with the Ti Revitalization Alliance.
Woods said the alliance is now seeking sponsors for the concert.
"Sponsors will not only be giving financial support to help make this concert possible, but will lend credibility and leadership to alliance's efforts to revitalize Ticonderoga through cultural arts initiatives," he said. "We hope you will accept this invitation to support and attend the event. Sponsors names will also be printed on the invitation and in the program for the evening."
Following expenses, event proceeds will benefit cultural arts programs offered by the alliance and festival guild, with a portion being donated to St. Mary's Parish.
Interested sponsors can contact Woods, Betsy Lowe or Jim Major at 565-0054.
Lake Placid Sinfonietta traces its roots to 1917 when an 11-member Boston symphony ensemble began performing at the Lake Placid Club. In 1939 the Boston artists discontinued their Adirondack performances, but Dr. Paul White, then associate conductor of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and Eastman School Symphony, created the Lake Placid Club Sinfonietta with 10 Rochester Philharmonic musicians and ensemble pianist Carl Lamson.
The group was forced to sit out 1945 because of World War II, but re-organized in 1946 and has been performing since.
This summer the Lake Placid Sinfonietta will perform a series of concerts at the Lake Placid Center for the Arts and will offer free outdoor community concerts each Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the Paul White Memorial Shell in Mid's Park in downtown Lake Placid.
The group will also take to the road, performing in several Adirondack communities — including Ticonderoga.


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While confidence in oil markets…
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Record high prices for natural gas in Northeast Asia have caused a huge decline in LNG imports being delivered to the UK as exporters prefer to send their product to the Asian market to fetch the higher prices. In the first half of 2012 LNG imports to the UK fell by 53% compared to a year before.
Norway has been the biggest beneficiary, supplying record amounts of natural gas to the UK last year. In January 2013 natural gas imports from Norway rose to 138 million cubic metres a day, compared to an average of 76 million cubic metres a day last year.
This dependence on Norway, which provided 48% of the UK's gas in December 2012, has left the UK incredibly vulnerable to the possibility of high gas prices if Norway experiences any disruption to production.
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On the 4th of March a power cut at Norway's Ormen Lange natural gas field halted natural gas supplies and led to a 64% increase in market prices, sending them to the highest level in seven years.
Craig Lowrey, a consultant at the Utilities Exchange Ltd., said that "the recent price spikes highlight our reliance on Norway in a period when there isn't the LNG arriving that we got used to." As said to Bloomberg on the 8th March.
The shortage of LNG being supplied to the UK compounds problems caused by the reducing output from North Sea wells. In 2012 the UK produced just 41 billion cubic metres of gas, down from 86 billion in 2006, and 117 billion in 2000.
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Photo Flash: Atherton, Spicer, et al. Sing UNWRITTEN SONGS
Michael Bruce is the most commercially promising new composer of the last four decades. His debut album Michael Bruce: Unwritten Songs, on which he is joined by a plethora of talent that encapsulates the future of the West End, was launched with a live concert on Sunday 20 March at the West End's opulent and prestigious Delfont Room at the Prince of Wales Theatre.
Michael Bruce: Unwritten Songs featured Anna-Jane Casey, Avenue Q's Julie Atherton and Paul Spicer, Wicked stars Mark Evans, Alexia Khadime, Ashleigh Gray and Sarah Earnshaw, award-winning West End favourite Daniel Boys, newly crowned Glinda in The Wizard of Oz Emily Tierney, Mamma Mia's Alex Jessop, We Will Rock You's Ross Hunter, Spring Awakening's Charlotte Wakefield, 'I'd Do Anything' stars Sarah Lark (Oliver) and Jessie Buckley (A Little Night Music), and double Olivier Award nominee Michael Xavier (Love Story). The album will be available for the first time at the Delfont Room at an exclusive pre-release price, ahead of its release on Monday 21 March. Michael will be joined at the launch by a selection of the artists featured on the recording.
Michael Bruce is currently composing the music for the Sonia Friedman produced David Tennant and Catherine Tate star vehicle Much Ado About Nothing at the Wyndham's Theatre, having recently written the score for Josie Rourke's acclaimed production of Men Should Weep at the National Theatre. He is Resident Composer at London's Bush Theatre and orchestrator of the current Confused.com TV ad campaign featuring the well-known songs Somebody to Love and Chain Reaction.
Michael Bruce: Unwritten Songs is produced by Neil Eckersley & Paul Spicer for Speckulation Entertainment, with musical direction and orchestrations by Michael Bruce.
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PORT EWEN, N.Y. --ĀThe irony of a statue memorializing her life as a child in this town of Esopus hamlet would not be lost on the tall, reedy, back-scarred fierce advocate for emancipation she would become.
"Her name then was Isabella. She comes down through history and legend to us as Sojourner Truth," said Ulster County Historian Anne Gordon, a member of Esopus' Sojourner Truth Memorial Working Committee.
Truth was born a slave in 1797 in what is now the Esopus hamlet of Rifton -- then part of the town of Hurley -- one of a dozen children of Elizabeth and James, according to Gordon. She spent the first 30 years of her life in Ulster County.
"The years in Ulster County, as a slave and as a free woman, defined her character. She refused to let them define her life," Gordon said.
In 2005, the state Department of Transportation widened U.S. Route 9W (Broadway) in Port Ewen and created a small park at the corner of Salem Street on the former site of the Esopus Town Hall, which had been razed to accommodate the road project. State transportation workers constructed the park, complete with plantings.
In 2006, the Esopus Town Board determined the park should become a memorial to Truth. The Sojourner Truth Memorial Working Committee was formed in 2008 and held numerous events to raise money for the memorial. Ultimately, the committee decided the memorial should take the form of a life-size statue of Truth as a child, and the committee interviewed four internationally known sculptors before selecting Trina Greene of New Paltz.
"The statue of Isabella will be placed within yards of where Isabella herself walked on her way back to the Jug Tavern," Gordon said, referencing a building on the property where the girl lived. She said the sculptor depicts the child carrying two heavy jugs, one of liquor and one of molasses, back from the Rondout Creek area, where she would have purchased them for her owner. "It may be the most significant representation in the world of a slave child doing the owner's work," Gordon said. "We hope that for children, the statue will be an educational tool. They will see a child as a slave."Ā
The committee and town officials will unveil the memorial at 2 p.m. Sept. 21. The featured speaker will be Nancy Giles, the Emmy Award-winning on-air contributor to CBS-TV's "Sunday Morning." Music will be proved by Amadu Diallo Drum Group.Ā
There are several monuments to Truth that portray her as an adult; Gordon believes Port Ewen's life-size depiction of her as a child of about 12 is unique.
The statue
The bronze statue still is at the foundry, Sculpture House in New York City, to have patina applied to the surface, Gordon said. The granite foundation on which the statue will stand is in place at the Port Ewen site. "We have deliberately kept the statue, especially the face, a secret," Gordon said. She said the statue would be installed two or three days before the dedication.Ā
She said the committee members -- herself, Tim Allred, Evelyn Clarke, Connie Nyquist and Esopus Supervisor John Coutant -- have not seen the bronze statue but have seen a clay model of it. "We were in tears when Trina showed it to us," she said.Ā
Gordon said there are quite a few photographs of Truth as an adult, but none as a child. In the early 1800s, photography was still in its infancy, an experimental medium.
"Even though photography may have been available at the time, no one would have bothered to take a photo of a slave child," Gordon said. "Trina had to work from her imagination and from what she read."
Gordon said the sculptor portrayed the child as a serious person, someone hoping for a better life.
"We can see from the expression on her face, though, that she's the one who's going to make that better life. No one is going to do it for her," she said. "The face, for a child, is a noble one. It's possible to envision, in that small face, the adult who became Sojourner."
Gordon said Truth was a tall woman, standing close to 6 feet. The sculpture depicts a thin, lanky girl of about 5-foot-6. Gordon said although the sculpture is beautiful, it's not pretty. "Slavery wasn't pretty," she said. "Isabella is shown in a skimpy garment because slave children were poorly dressed. ...
"Isabella was severely beaten by her owner, John Neely, not quite a year before because she could not understand English. She spoke only Dutch," Gordon said. She said the wounds would not have entirely healed, so the sculptor shows the child pulling back her dress as she's walking back uphill to the Jug Tavern, so the jugs won't rub against her sores. "Sojourner carried the scars from that terrible beating throughout her life," Gordon said.Ā
Years later, when she was giving a speech at Kalamazoo College in Michigan and some of the students were heckling her, Truth created a sensation when she undid the collar and sleeves of her dress, revealing the network of scars on her arms from Neely's whippings, Gordon said.
"The statue's distinction is that the committee believes it is the only one that shows a slave child doing the owner's work," Gordon said. "The sculpture is placed so that a child can walk up and stand next to it. It's our hope that they'll see the real cruelty of slavery forever captured in bronze." ĀGordon said the committee raised about $15,000 for its $90,000 working budget but that the project would have be a long way from completion without the assistance of state Assemblyman Kevin Cahill, who secured about $75,000 in state funding for the memorial.
Isabella's life
Isabella's family was the property of Johannes Hardenbergh, a Revolutionary War colonel and wealthy landowner. The Hardenbergh family and their seven slaves all spoke Dutch, reflecting the culture of the first European settlers in the area.
Isabella had 12 brothers and sisters, all of whom but the youngest had been sold as children. She still was a toddler when Hardenbergh died, and her family was inherited by his son, Charles. After Charles died in 1806, Isabella was auctioned two years later for $100 with a herd of sheep to Neely, who owned a store on the Rondout Creek.
Neely was a cruel master, severely beating the 9-year-old girl when she failed to understand his commands because they were in English,.
When Isabella was about 9 or 10, Martinus Schryver bought her and she moved to his tavern, the Jug, in a stone house that still stands at Broadway and River Road in Port Ewen. The Schryvers were crude Ābut relatively kind.Ā
In 1810, when Isabella was about 13, Schryver sold her for $175 to John Dumont, who owned a farm overlooking the Hudson in West Park. She had, by now, learned English, though with difficulty, and she earned Dumont's respect by her incredible hard work, serving until she was 29.
In 1826, New York state announced the emancipation of all slaves effective July 4 of the following year. However, children and young adults still were the bound servants of their owners until age 27 -- in effect, still slaves.
Dumont had agreed to set Isabella free a year early. However, when the date approached, he changed his mind, claiming a hand injury had made her less productive.
Isabella spun 100 pounds of wool for Dumont, which she considered a fulfillment of her obligation to him, then escaped one night in the fall of 1826 by walking with her infant daughter, Sophie, for 7 or so miles to the house of a Quaker.Ā
Eventually, she ended up in the home of abolitionists Isaac and Maria Van Wagenen in the Esopus hamlet of St. Remy. When Dumont tried to take her back, the Van Wagenens paid him $20, plus $5 for the baby, so that she could stay with them. She took the Van Wagenen family name until she chose her own name.
Becoming Sojourner
A commanding presence -- tall, with a deep, resonating voice, and renowned for her wit -- Isabella knew all the prominent political and religious leaders of the time. She traveled from Maine to Kansas speaking at abolitionist and suffragist conferences and advocated for freed slaves during and after the Civil War.
In 1843, Isabella filled a pillowcase with her belongings and took to the road as a traveling evangelist. She was a powerful singer of gospel music and supported herself by selling her songs, photographs and memoir.Ā
As Isabella prepared to leave New York on her mission, on June 1, 1843, she decided to change her name.Ā
As she later explained to Harriet Beecher Stowe (the author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin"), according to "Sojourner Truth: Slave, Prophet, Legend": "When I left the house of bondage, I left everything behind. I wa'n't goin' to keep nothin' of Egypt on me, an' so I went to the Lord an' asked Him to give me a new name. And the Lord gave me Sojourner, because I was to travel up an' down the land, showin' the people their sins, an' bein' a sign unto them. Afterwards I told the Lord I wanted another name, 'cause everybody else had two names, and the Lord gave me Truth."
Truth died at age 86 in Battle Creek, Mich., in 1883.


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Gov. Charlie Crist's grand energy schemes, founded on high ideals in VIP-packed ballrooms, have come to this: a kitchen sink of a bill, stretching more than 150 pages, so crammed with jargon that you have to be paid to read it.
Still, Senate Bill 1544, which could face a vote as early as this week, has a little something in it for everyone. If passed, it will allow Crist to trumpet the success of his broad plans to revamp Florida's energy policy. But it also leaves a lot of work unfinished, while granting substantial concessions to the state's utilities.
Crist will secure his cherished greenhouse gas cap-and-trade scheme, meant to reduce the emissions believed to cause climate change. Investors and environmentalists might win expanded grants and tax breaks for renewable projects. But the utilities win rules that speed eminent domain, ease regulatory oversight of power plant siting, and make it easier to run transmission lines through state land.
"I think that the governor has invested a lot of his political capital in moving his climate and energy agenda," said Holly Binns, a lobbyist for Environment Florida. "I think the utilities are savvy enough to know that they have a lot of leverage in the Legislature, and they've made it clear from the beginning that if there's going to be an energy bill moved, then this is the price."
Lobbyists on both sides say the bill appears poised to pass, despite some wrangling over how much the state can afford for grants and tax breaks. The Senate bill, introduced by Burt Saunders, R-Naples, has an as-yet undrafted companion in the House, which is expected to closely mirror the Senate version. Lobbyists say it could pass this week.
As the bill made its way through the Senate, environmentalists and utility lobbyists embraced an uneasy detente. Lawmakers tweaked the proposed rules giving utilities easier access to state lands, allaying concerns that power companies would slash their way through nature preserves, said Frank Matthews, who lobbied on behalf of a utility industry group.
However, clean-energy lobbyists have run aground on a proposal that would force utilities to offset 20 percent of demand growth with conservation measures. The requirement will likely run into opposition on the Senate floor, lamented Melissa Meehan, a lobbyist with the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, which has fought for the conservation standard.
David Daniel, a lobbyist for the Florida Chamber of Commerce and an opponent of the measure, said, "We need a comprehensive energy policy to take us from where we are today to the economy of tomorrow. We need to do that today in a way that doesn't bankrupt Florida's pocketbook."
Although the bill's passage is a big step, it still just provides "a starting line," said Binns. It "punts" some of Crist's more controversial ideas, like renewable energy requirements and the structure of the cap-and-trade market, to state agencies. Binns wearily predicted, "The utilities will live to fight another day."
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The Largo Community Recreation Center craft class had a busy 2008. The group made more than 400 items, ranging from shawls to baby caps, receiving blankets and scarves, and donated them to hospitals, nursing homes, homeless people and others in need. The crafters are hoping to be just as productive in the new year. That's where REX readers come in. If you have yarn to donate to Dorothy McDade and the rest of her classmates, it would be most appreciated. Please call Dorothy at (727) 584-0983 to learn more.
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Need any Xerox copier parts? D. F. Jewett of St. Petersburg has a model he estimates to be about 10 years old (the XE Series, complete with instruction booklet) up for grabs. It doesn't work (needs a new drum and toner), but he figures it might be useful to someone who is looking for extra parts or someone who wants to fix it up and get it running again. You can reach him at (727) 397-3612.
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Caroline Kromphardt of New Port Richey is in a bit of a jam. She likes to make kumquat marmalade, but her kumquat tree, which used to be quite productive, is dying. If you have any kumquats to give Caroline so she can keep her marmalade-making hobby going, please call her at (727) 372-6455.
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Are you an experienced needleworker? If so, Mary Nizowitz of Clearwater may have something that will be of interest to you. She has a 21- by 27-inch canvas of a lady reading a book by an artist named Fragonard and all the thread needed to complete the needlepoint project. She finished one herself and said it is "quite beautiful.'' You can give Mary a call at (727) 531-1254.
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Barack Obama's next stop on his overseas tour is Israel where he will focus on the complicated issue of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
Upon landing in Tel Aviv late Tuesday night, Obama said he will address "profound security issues" that affect the United States and Israel and reaffirm the relationship between the two nations.
"I am looking forward to spending the day tomorrow not only traveling around the country but also having discussions with Israelis leadership about some of the profound security issues that both the U.S. and Israel are going to have to confront in the years to come," the presumptive Democratic nominee said. "I want input and insight from Israel's leaders about how they see the current situation. I'll share some of my ideas."
"The most important idea for me to reaffirm is the historic, special relationship between the United States and Israel. One that cannot be broken, one that I have affirmed through out my career, and one that I would intend to not only continue but actually strengthen in an Obama administration."
ABC News' Jake Tapper and Sunlen Miller report that Obama has a packed schedule of meetings in Israel Wednesday. He has sit-downs with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Israeli President Shimon Perez, as well as Defense Minister Ehud Barak, and opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu.
Obama will travel to Ramallah where he will meet with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad. From there he heads to the southern Israeli town of Sderot where he will meet with a family affected by violence there.
Obama will also visit Yad Vashem, the Israeli memorial to the victims of the Holocaust. It is possible that he will visit the Western Wall. John McCain paid a visit to the site when he was in Jerusalem in the spring.
Tivo Alert! ABC News' Charles Gibson sits down with Obama in Jerusalem for an interview that will air on Good Morning America and World News on Wednesday.
John McCain holds a town hall meeting and press availability in Wilkes-Barre, PA. The presumptive Republican nominee sits down for an interview with ABC News' David Wright in the Keystone State.
McCain continued his stateside barrage against Obama on foreign policy and today used some of his strongest words when talking about Obama's judgment compared to his own, ABC News' Jennifer Duck reports.
"This is a clear choice that the American people have. I had the courage and the judgment to say that I would rather lose a political campaign than lose a war. It seems to me that Sen. Obama would rather lose a war in order to win a political campaign," McCain said in Rochester, New Hampshire today around the same time Sen. Obama was speaking with reporters overseas.
GOP Officials Talk Strategy in Battleground States
RNC Chairman Mike Duncan kicks off a three week "Victory 2008 Tour" on Wednesday and hits the road with McCain Political Director and Deputy Campaign Manager Mike DuHaime, RNC Political Director Rich Beeson, and RNC Strategy Director Bill Steiner. The group will meet with state Republican leaders to discuss strategy and discuss John McCain and the Republican Party's strategy for victory this fall.
Duncan and Co. will go to Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Florida and North Carolina to discuss GOP registration, microtargeting, GOTV and fundraising efforts leading up to Election Day.
"The point of the trip is to rally the troops and see our grassroots operations firsthand. Elections aren't won inside the Beltway," an RNC official said. "This is a good time to take stock and get set to turn out the vote. We have a strong grassroots operation in place and will be ready."
McCain: Turning on his "base"?
The McCain campaign, frustrated with what they perceive as over-the-top glowing coverage of Obama on his overseas trip and so far in the general election campaign, released a video today mocking the press. The video uses clips of several reporters (with a heavy dose of MSNBC's Chris Matthews) fawning over Obama on air.
ABC News' Rick Klein notes that this criticism from the McCain campaign is "particularly striking" given that McCain "has long enjoyed a cozy relationship with journalists."
"In 2000 and 2008, his Republican rivals accused members of the media of being too close to McCain, and McCain once jokingly referred to the political press corps as 'my base,'"Klein reports.
On the campaign front. . .
-- 10:00 am ET: Attends town hall meeting with voters, Wilkes-Barre, PA.
-- 11:45 am ET: Speaks to members of the media, Wilkes-Barre, PA.
-- Traveling abroad in Jerusalem, Israel.
At the White House. . .
-- 10:45 am ET: Signs H.R. 3403, the New and Emerging Technologies 911 improvement Act of 2008.
-- 1:10 pm ET: Attends defense department briefing with Secretary Gates and the Joint Chiefs at the Pentagon.
-- 3:25 pm ET: Participates in photo-op with 2008 Boys and GirlsNation delegates at the White House.
-- 3:45 pm ET: Signs proclamation in honor of the 60th anniversary of Armed Forces integration, White House.
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Obama in Middle East
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ABC's Ron Clairborne follows the GOP Candidate. LINK
Obama Defends Position, Explains Iraq Improvement Sen. Obama says gives the surge strategy only partial credit for gains in Iraq. LINK
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The Bottom Line on Obama's Trip
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Obama's Hot Zone Tour
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Obama in Iraq
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