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Acoording to this sentence: In general, the fundamental technique and procedure of architetcural nowledg has been seemingly shifted,..., from drawing to diagram. I want to know about Drawing and what it is as a proccess.
really not a very clear statement, but it SOUNDS like it's trying to make a distinction between a more descriptive and probably more detailed drawing and a diagram as a simpler analytical tool which edits out the detail toward communication of an idea, concept, parti, etc.
a diagram tends to have a specific agenda - a single idea or relationship between things - that it's trying to convey.
like i said, though, the statement doesn't make much sense. seems to me we still use both detailed drawings (er...renderings. hello.) and diagrams in communicating design ideas.
But I think something are there, that I am not sure aout it. For example I think there's a relationship between the difference between drawing and diagrams and thinking of management of architecural proccess or exactly,new way of thinking about all.
There's a distinction there that's common to the art world:
Idea vs. Technique - diagram is more about idea, drawing more about technique. In the past century, the majority of contemporary art has been about idea (with many great exceptions) - where technique has been primarily used to make the idea clearer, but not the primary subject of interest.
Art of antiquity, for example Renaissance art (and architecture) had perhaps more focus on technique - the idea behind the art existed, but was somehow bound by the technical norms of the day - Beaux Artes, etc. This makes me think about decoration when it has existed as a reiteration of the major idea behind a building (i.e. Rennaisance buildings where the capitals, cornices, etc. maintain idealized proportions relevant to the human body - the "ideal" of that period) - in other words, technique / details expressing overall idea.
I'm generalizing, but these are interesting distinctions to make - there's probably room to explore between the two poles. If you were to go after drawing unto itself as an iterative process, you might look into the thoughts of some of the minimalists of the mid 1900's - working to take out all meaning and reference other than the media itself.
What would a diagram about drawing look like?
but a diagram is always one drawing (of an observed phenomenon) and a drawing is always one or more diagrams confounded within that drawing. rather than posit an anterior opposition betwen both modii, i think it would be more helpful to see a drawing in terms of diagrammatic complexity - if you remove the outlines around the drawn shapes, the variations of dark and light patches is a diagram of light and its lack, if you remove the patches and keep the outlines you have the 'topographical' diagram of shapes in their contours.
"What would a diagram about drawing look like?"- Gabe Bergeron
the 'about' is rather vague in your question. nonetheless, a diagram (as well as a drawing) is always an indexical record of the activity of drawing. therefor, a diagram/drawing is always the indexical diagram of its drawing. since the drawing is already a complex state of the diagrammatic and since the diagram is a drawing, i would imagine that your answer would be : that very drawing itself.
the iconic vs symbolic view is interesting. a diagram is seen as symbolic because it needs to be interperated. the assumption is that one needs to be provided with layering signs that could decipher the signs dormant in the diagram. the drawing is an iconic representation that retains its umbilical cord to the phenomenal world. therefor, there is less of an intermediacy in deciphering the drawing. however i see this as too much of a forced creation of different natures of signs. the connoted distinction is between the abstracted (diagram) and the literal (drawing)...but the drawing is already an abstraction of the observed, as much as the observed is an abstraction of the environment observed. so again, i see it more as a complex and variant state of sameness rather than that of an interplay between two very different creatures.
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Alive Naturalsound Records to Reissue Swamp Dogg's First Two Albums, 3/5
Maverick soul artist Swamp Dogg (aka Jerry Williams) has been described as the "soul genius that time forgot," and "a strange combination of Sly Stone's progressive funk with Frank Zappa's lyrical absurdism." In the '70s he even made the famed Nixon's Enemies List.
Alive Naturalsound Records will bring you Swamp Dogg's first two albums, newly remastered and re-released for the very first time on vinyl since their original release in the early '70s. Total Destruction To Your Mind (1970), has been called "one of the most gloriously gonzo soul recordings of all time," while Rat On! (1971) was ranked as having one of the top ten worst album covers of all time, an achievement that Swamp Dogg is rightfully proud of to this day.
The two remastered reissues of Swamp Dogg's early '70s albums Total Destruction To Your Mind and Rat On! will be available on Black Vinyl and CD on March 5th. In addition, there will also be a very limited pressing of Colored Vinyl for both albums exclusive to mailorders through Bomp.


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It's road trip time! Now that summer is in full swing it is time to forget about that stressful semester you just had and go on that summer road trip you and your friends have been planning all year long. Now comes the difficult part, packing. When it comes to packing for a road trip things may get a little tricky. You want to be comfortable for those long hours spent cramped in a car with all of your friends but you also want to look decent in all the pictures being taken by that one friend who just has to document every moment of the trip. The best way to solve this dilemma is with layering. By layering your clothes can dress up a T-shirt with a sweater or button-down. Those top layers will also come in handy when dealing with the temperature difference while passing through states. This Fashionisto is showing off a casual layered look but added touches of his own personal style throughout his look.
Chambray shirts are a big hit this year and are a great piece that can transition between multiple seasons. Today's Fashionisto has paired his washed out chambray shirt with a classic white V-neck styled T-shirt. He has kept a neutral look by sporting a pair of anchor gray shorts from J.Crew. To top his look off he has added bracelets, made from different colored wooden beads, with a brown leather watch. He is also prepared for those sunny afternoons by rocking a pair of Clubmaster Ray-Ban sunglasses.
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Columbia State Community College�s Pryor Art Gallery is set to host two art workshops by award-winning artist Connie Erickson.
�Connie Erickson is a nationally recognized artist who has received awards of excellence from both the American Society of Portrait Artists and the National Academy of Design,� said Rusty Summerville, Pryor Gallery curator. �We are very fortunate to have her teaching two workshops here at Columbia State.�
Erickson is also a founding member of the Portrait Society of America, a signature member of the Pastel Society of America and co-founder of the Chestnut Group Painters for the Land. Her artwork will be on display in the Pryor Gallery from Oct. 28-Dec. 13, along with artist Angela Kuprion.
Erickson will conduct a portrait workshop Nov. 1-3 and a landscape workshop Nov. 8-10. The workshops will be taught in oil (or pastel if a participant prefers). Seating is limited as a maximum of 12 students will be allowed per workshop.
The cost for each workshop is $300, and a $100 deposit is required to hold a seat. Both workshops will take place from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. in room 114 of the Waymon L. Hickman building on the Columbia campus, located at 1665 Hampshire Pike. ���For additional details and to register, contact Summerville at (931) 540-2883 or email email@example.com.


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I have been using RI for years and once in a while I have awful problems with my tiny (0 or 00) getting clogged. Like, change the tip and the new one is clogged again 30 seconds later. I sift my powdered sugar every time, and i keep the mixer bowl covered with a damp towel nearly touching the icing so no crusties form on the sides that could fall in while I;m prepping all my colors. Any ideas?
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Straining your icing through a new, clean, stocking helps.
thanks! i will try that next time
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Front row from left: Karlee Square, Dakota Gadway, Astasia Myler, Lindsey Russell, Kora Millington, Morgan Amell and EmmaLee Ellsworth. Back row from left: Nicole Tedrick, Kayla Williford, Brooke Denno, Anna Gahan, Lydia Knickerbocker, Elizabeth Ordway and Coach Phil Goodman. Absent: Mikayla Glode.
JCS Girls Basketball Schedule
Nov. 28 @Warrensburg
Nov. 30 Bolton
Dec. 5 Keene
Dec. 7 @Willsboro
Dec. 11 @ Crown Point
Dec. 19 Wells
Jan. 4 @ Min.-New.
Jan. 9 Indian L.-Long L.
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Jan. 18 Westport
Jan. 25 @Schroon Lake
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Jan. 31 @Wells
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The Johnsburg girls basketball team is preparing for the season with a roster that includes six veterans.
"We have nice experience, but so do many of the other teams in the league, so we will need to work hard to be competitive," said Coach Phil Goodman.
The returning players are Brooke Denno, Mikayla Glode, Kayla Williford, Lydia Knickerbocker, Kora Millington and Emma Lee Ellsworth.
"Myler, Denno and Glode should be able to put the ball in the basket, but we need other girls to step up offensively to be successful," Coach Goodman said. "In the recent past, we have been too soft defensively, so we need more effort in that area and we need to be more energetic and aggressive."
One of the team's strengths is its experience with returning players, both the starters and reserves. And the competition shouldn't count out the new blood on the Lady Jaguars.
"Newcomer Dakota Gadway is an aggressive player and strong rebounder," Coach Goodman said.
The team begins its regular season on Wednesday, Dec. 5 with a home game against Keene.
ROSTER - JCS Girls Basketball
Karlee Square
Dakota Gadway
Astasia Myler
Lindsey Russell
Kora Millington
Morgan Amell
EmmaLee Ellsworth
Nicole Tedrick
Kayla Williford
Brooke Denno
Anna Gahan
Lydia Knickerbocker
Elizabeth Ordway
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When John Marshall High School's Academic Decathlon team was honored by the school district last month for being the large-school champion in the national online competition, El Camino Real Charter High School's own decathletes were there to cheer them on.
On Monday, the two Los Angeles Unified School District teams — who have long been friendly competitors in this prestigious battle of wits and poise — were honored by state lawmakers on the Senate and Assembly floors in Sacramento. El Camino Real in Woodland Hills won the overall national championship in Hawaii in April, and it was their coach, Stephanie Franklin, who requested that the Los Feliz-based Marshall High team be invited, too — the first time the online champ was recognized at the state level.
Since El Camino and Granada Hills Charter High School had the top-two highest scores in the March state competition and thus advanced to the nationals, third-place Marshall earned a chance to compete in the online competition in the large-school category. Both the United States Academic Decathlon championship in Honolulu and the online competition, which the Marshall team did in a computer lab on their campus, took place at the same time.
"In the years I've been coaching decathlon, it was the most amazing day ever," Larry G. Welch, Marshall's head Academic Decathlon coach, said of his students' Sacramento trip. "It was stunning to see the halls of California government actually stop and then recognize these students, who have committed in most cases their senior year to doing decathlon.
"Most of our kids were big-eyed in wonder."
Sens. Fran Pavley and Kevin de León, Senate Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, Assemblymen Matt Dababneh and Mike Gatto and Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom met with the team members. They were presented on the floors of each body, received framed resolutions from the lawmakers and took photos with the legislators.
Marshall has won the overall national championship twice, the city championship five times and the online national championship three times, Welch said.
"They are highly competitive and a great group of kids — we work a lot with them," Franklin said of Marshall's team. "I get so upset when people don't recognize the hard work these kids do and when they trivialize it … They won, and they should be going to the governor's office and do all these things."
Not to be outdone, when Welch and his decathletes were recently to be honored on the field at Dodger Stadium, he immediately suggested they invite El Camino Real. Now both will be feted during pregame festivities on June 30. Marshall High was also honored by Los Angeles City Councilman Tom LaBonge and the City Council on Friday for winning the national online competition and the citywide competition earlier this year.
Franklin said she was touched by the gesture. Both Marshall and El Camino, along with Granada Hills Charter and other area schools, host scrimmages to help prepare the students for the city and state competitions that precede the renowned national one.
And while the goal is always to win, the coaches say it's just as important for the rival teams to build relationships with one another.
"What Stephanie and I have really tried to emphasize is that it's not about knocking someone's block off and destroying them, it's about that friendly camaraderie and spirit," said Welch, who has been coaching since 2001. With social media, he added, "it's fairly easy for them to stay in touch by doing decathlon. They've made some friends for life."
The members of Marshall's Academic Decathlon team were Marvin Paparisto, Aninda Bhowmick, Alexander Guillen, Ha Min Ko, Kimiyo Bremer, John Lascano, Wen Lee, Kenneth Huh and Alayna Myrick.
The El Camino Real competitors were Justin Chau, Neelem Sheikh, Thasneem Syed, Melissa Cheng, Sandra Vadhin, Eric Yu, Jose Apolaya, Rohan Boone and Brandon Slater.


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Full-figured women rely on Skinny Ripped Jeans jeans as an essential part of their casual attire. There are many varieties and colors of jeans that are available for this group. If you are a plus size lady you can find jeans that are made for your specific body type whether you are tall or short, pear-shaped or well-rounded. There is a jean available that will emphasize your best attributes and camouflage your flaws. The right fitting jean is a great addition to any wardrobe.
It is important to accept the shape and size of your body, and get over the fact that you are not a size 6 or 8, before you go shopping for a pair of jeans. When you do not accept yourself, they are negative thoughts, and they will make you have a negative image about yourself. Focus on the fact that you are a healthy woman. This will make it easier to find a pair of jeans that is so you!
It depends upon the manufacturer, of course, but larger size jeans usually come in sizes 14 to 28. Size 14 in a plus size garment generally corresponds to a 16 regular. Larger size dungarees are offered with "Misses" measurements and with "Junior" measurements. The former term means that the legs are looser, the hip section is wider, and the waistband sits higher than it does in the Juniors.
Jeans in a "junior" cut fit snugly in the leg and sit low on the waist. They are rather form-fitting, and full-figured shoppers should try on both jean cuts, taking into consideration their comfort and style, as well as the look. Model the different cuts in a full-length mirror, or, better yet, a three-way mirror, so that you can evaluate the fit from a number of perspectives. Make sure you are completely satisfied in every way before you buy. There is no best cut-it is a personal choice.
Full figured women who have a "pear" shape prefer boot cut jeans. A pear shaped body can be described as being biggest in the middle section (from the lower part of the stomach to the upper thighs).
Boot cut jeans are popular because they de-emphasize the longer part of the body, which is a slimming look. Boot cut jeans generally look better with shoes with a heel or even platform shoes instead of shoes with a flat heel.
Tapered jeans usually do not look good on a plus size woman and should be avoided, unless you really want to draw attention to the least liked parts of your body. Tapered style bottoms should really be reserved for the very thin girls.
The fashion world is a fickle mistress. Things go in and out daily. One day the fashion gurus are declaring that plaid is the new black and suddenly all over New York City mannequins covered in plaid from head to toe suddenly appear in store windows up and down the Garment district. Fashion is fleeting but every now and then a style emerges that takes hold in the minds and hearts of fashion critics the world over. These consistent fashions are giants in a crowd of diminutive and evanescent fashion trends. One of these dependable fashion trends is that of distressed jeans.
Distressed denim is the name for jeans that are designed and manufactured to appear well worn. As if they'd been worn to a hundred rock and roll concerts or washed and folded a thousand times. This style represents the laissez faire, laid-back mentality of today's generation. If the smiley face t-shirt defined the 90s its clear that the distressed jean will define the 2000s. Hundreds of thousands of twenty something's walk the streets of New York City wearing graphic tees and distressed denim jeans and this trend shows no signs of stopping.
How can one get in on this fashion trend? It's easy. There are two options. The first option is to buy a pair of non-distressed jeans and wear them until they're falling apart at the seams. This option is cost-effective but the reality is who really wants a pair of jeans that are falling apart at the seams? The second option is far more pragmatic. Quite simple one could simply buy jeans styled to look and feel like well worn jeans but with the dependability one would assume comes along with buying brand new denim jeans. If one were to take advantage of the second option they'd be able to enjoy the best of both worlds! Comfortable and dependable fashion all rolled up into one.
The right pair of denim jeans may be the single most important piece of clothing in your wardrobe and will without a doubt be the most versatile piece in your collection. Plus size denim lines are ever increasing and the trend focused options available in standard sizing are rapidly becoming available for the plus size community. From your favorite tee to a kimono top, your entire look can be changed without ever taking off your denim. However, what looks stylish and sexy on one woman, makes another one look frumpy or outdated. So, how do you know what's right for you? Below are some basic guidelines to follow when shopping for the perfect piece of denim.
The golden rule is: Know what thyself is workin with! If you got it flaunt it, accentuate the positives. Booty like J Lo? Mile long legs? These are the features you want to accentuate. Work with different washes and of the minute denim shapes like boot-cut and wide leg that enhance your favorite features.
What is your body style? Wide Hips, avoid the temptation of drowning yourself in relaxed fit jeans, they will only add inches where you're trying to lose them. Instead draw the eye down and balance the body with a pair of slight flare boot-cut jeans in a mid rise that's fitted throughout the hips. If you have short legs, make sure you pay attention to the length; this is one of the most important aspects when choosing a pair of jeans. Denim should be about a half of an inch above the ground when wearing heels or flats. Darker washes, with a front crease from the knee to the hem, also elongate your legs. A new option re-emerging is the higher waist trouser jean, which not only slims, but creates the illusion of mile long legs. Girls with a boyish figure or a body style considered to be rectangular will want to opt for a cut that will add the illusion of having curves, such as a mid-rise flare leg jean, where the denim is fitted through the hips and thigh, with the flare beginning above the knee.
The devil is in the details; you will want to consider different details of the jean itself. A fan of distressing and aged denim? Make sure not to go overboard. Extreme fading or jeans that appear to be destroyed may be popular with 15 year old pop tarts, but in reality can look tacky and dated. Dark denim in a crisp shape is always chic, as is a medium wash with well placed whiskering. Pay attention to pocket shape and angle. Hexagonal shapes that angle in towards the center tend to work best in creating a heart shaped booty for any body. Pockets placed slightly higher on the tush tend to make a flat booty look perkier and higher. Flap, or cargo pockets, also add some oomph to a small tush. Long pockets that pass the bottom of the tush are fantastic for shaping and lifting an ample booty. Avoid excess fading on the butt and the thighs, as they will make these areas look larger. Also pay attention to a lot of whiskering around the zipper area, which can also accentuate the hips. When considering rise, most women will be best served by a mid rise (a few inches below your belly button).
When choosing the right pair of plus size denim know your body type first and foremost, it is the basis of your search. Know which styles will work with your type and most importantly, what makes you feel fabulous.
Fall and winter may have brought out long peacoats and trenches before, but not this year. One of the most sought-after pieces for the upcoming season will be the shrunken jacket, in a variety of styles. The difference between these new, tinier versions of your traditional autumn and winter favorites is their length; cuts are the same as traditional coats, but they hit slightly above the waist and often tie or button under the chest. The beauty of these new pieces is that they provide coverage in colder months without sacrificing sexiness or femininity.
The perfect jacket is one of the most important elements of your wardrobe, and with so many shapes and fabrics available this fall, it would be a crime to choose just one. The ever-present denim jacket is back with a new vengeance. Instead of the washes of last season or bulkiness of years before, this season's denim jacket is soft, body-conscious and far more feminine than the traditional denim jacket. Corduroy and leather are back again, cropped and ready to be worn over anything from your favorite dress to distressed jeans.
A new take on an old favorite is safe, but take advantage on the amazing new fabrics and styles the end of the year has to offer. Brocade is big this season and some of the most sought-after new jackets are made of the rich, detailed design. Many of these brocaded, boudoir-style jackets are trimmed in rich velvet or lace piping and can be paired with tweed trousers of you favorite jeans. Many of these new jackets are cut at the hip but some are reaching even higher--cropped just below the chest (H & M). Made in rich, new fabrics like tweed and velvet, these jackets have mixed a traditionally matronly fabric with a cut and cling that makes it youthful and sexy. Even faux fur and metallic finishes are adorning the newest trend (Allen B. by Allen Schwartz).
Getting short isn't the only new addition to a cold weather favorite. Sleeves are getting revamped this season, retro-style. Traditional coat fabrics like houndstooth are being used in a new way. Bell sleeves (think bellbottom sleeves, cut below the elbow) mix cropped length with a traditional fabric and throwback to 70s style (Banana Republic). You'll also see a mini version of the military jacket this season; a cropped, girlie take on the long, heavy style, adorned with brass buttons and zippers (Bebe).
The beauty of these new jackets is the versatility they bring to your own style: mix them with denim, dresses, skirts and trousers. Since there isn't one specific style or fabric that will reign this fall, all styles and sizes can take advantage of a new take on an old favorite.


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Final Day Saturday, in Sixties!
At Snow Trails, we are excited to announce we will provide one final fun-filled day here at the resort! The Mt. Mansfield, Competition, and Beginners Area Slopes, along with our Vertical Descent Snow Tubing Park, will be open this Saturday, March 20th from 9AM-5PM! What better way to bring-in spring than to go Skiing, Snowboarding, and Snow Tubing in sixty degree weather, with the sun shining down on you! This will set the tone for our final day of this 2009-'10 season. It has been a great one! We couldn't stand to end on any day other than a great Saturday, so here you go! In typical Snow Trails fashion, our favorite DJ, DJ Vega will play your requests as the party heats up out on our spacious sundeck! Our great food service staff won't let you go hungry or thirsty, as the delicious smells from the grill are sure to draw you in for hot sandwiches and cold beverages!
Saturday, March 20th 9AM-5PM
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Lord, I Call: 8 saint, glory: saint; now: Theotokion - dogmatikon in the tone of the glory.
Litya: 1 temple (1st sticheron at litya for the patronal saint); rest saint; glory: saint; now: Theotokion.
Aposticha: all saint; glory: saint; now: resurrectional aposticha theotokion in the tone of the glory.
Troparia: saint (2x); Rejoice, Virgin Theotokos (1x) (If vigil is not served: saint (1x); glory and now: resurrectional theotokion in the same tone (1x))
* Note: if on one day both the temple saint and another great saint are celebrated, we sing the other saint's service when the rector or superior wishes.
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War Over Water
Water Is the New Oil: Could There Be Wars For Water?
Theoretically enough water exists for everyone on the planet, yet all too often it is in the wrong place at the wrong time and in the wrong amounts. And there is no shortage of humanitarian crises when this happens.
Half the world's population lives in countries where water is scarce. Lack of it and ineffective sanitation are largely blamed for the death of 11 million children under age five; the hunger of one billion people; the inadequate food and nutrition of two billion; and 60 million girls kept out of school each year.
Water scarcity causes tension and is increasingly seen as a threat to peace, making it the new, new oil. It's blamed for causing disease, hunger, and mass migration. Many believe conflict is inevitable, and the secretary of the United Nations has even predicted "water wars."
While it makes sense that people would fight for their most precious resource, so far there has been only one war, between Sudan and Egypt, over it. Marq de Villiers, author of The Water Wars, believes this is because countries are more likely to help each when it comes to water, a necessity of life. "You cannot do without water," he said, "when shortages pinch, states do cooperate and compromise."
Will goodwill run out when the water does? Is war for water inevitable?


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Employers might grumble about state unemployment insurance taxes whenever they do their books, but the fees make headlines only when there's a problem -- and there is a serious one in Maryland, business owners say.
Battle lines were drawn Thursday in what promises to be one of the first and most contentious battles when Maryland's General Assembly reconvenes in Annapolis next month.
Unemployment insurance costs for Maryland business owners are slated to jump 267 percent from $51 for each employee to $187 per employee annually under a law intended to keep the state's unemployment insurance fund from going bankrupt as early as March. The fund has a balance of about $200 million, but the state has been forced to pay as much as $24 million weekly, or twice as much as usual, to cover unemployment claims. The fund won't receive enough new money to keep it solvent until tax returns are filed in April.
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O'Malley would accomplish that largely by bowing to changes that Congress and President Obama want states to make in unemployment insurance systems. For Maryland, those changes would mean $127 million in federal stimulus funding.
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Nearly every major Maryland business organization, however, rejected the governor's plan, saying it would provide only short-term relief in exchange for requiring business owners to support a more expensive, permanent expansion of the system.
"There's no such thing as a free lunch," said Kathy Snyder, president of the Maryland Chamber of Commerce. "Taking this economic stimulus money has strings attached that would add more long-term payouts to unemployed people than we think Maryland can afford."
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Hi i'm using the [one_third] columns option, what i try to implement is to have 3 images side by side, and after those a paragraph that describe those images centered align, after that another paragraph indicating another data left aligned, but after the columns ends, the next paragraph start on the second column, and i cant achieve what i wants.
What i have is this:

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During this appointment the surgeon places the implant in the space that needs rehabilitation, a selection of the most safe and functional place is made for the success of the implant procedure.

Appointment time is Approximate: 30min / 1 hr

Hope someone can help me.June 8, 2012 at 3:57 pm #77777
Hi marcoev,
Can you create a temporary admin account for me so that I can login and take a look at what you have now?
You can send the information to my email at DevinVinson (at) gmail.com. Make sure to include a link to this topic so that my spam filter doesn't grab it :)
DevinJune 10, 2012 at 4:34 am #77778
Hi sorry for the delay, already send the user created from WordPress, hope you can help, because this is happen to every page that i uses columns and after those columns every text start just after the las or smalles height column.June 12, 2012 at 8:29 pm #77779
I think I understand the problem you're having because I have it too with the Coherence theme.
There is a problem with the column shortcode not clearing (either using a clear: both; or
 so that content below the columns doesn't "creep up" into the columns.
I've tried to find a way to correct this in the CSS but no luck so far.
My temporary fix (which I don't think should be a solution) is to add a
 immediately after the last [/one_third] shortcode in the HTML editor (which will probably be removed once you use the Visual editor, which is why it's not a recommended solution, just a temporary fix).June 13, 2012 at 3:39 am #77780
Thanks, and yes that's the problem i have, i will try that solution, hope they release an update to resolve this thing.June 18, 2012 at 5:54 am #77781
You can try to add following css code to css/custom.css:
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Best regards,
PeterJune 19, 2012 at 12:22 am #77782
Hi Dude, the option doesn't work, have the next codeCode:
Procedure:
First Appointment

[one_third first][/one_third][one_third][/one_third][one_third][/one_third]
During this appointment the surgeon places the implant in the space that needs rehabilitation, a selection of the most safe and functional place is made for the success of the implant procedure.

and the text start where the second column begins :SJune 19, 2012 at 6:52 pm #77783
Hi marcoev,
I never received any login information so I have not been able to take a look at the page. If you can send the information to me again I can try and take a look at whats going on.
Otherwise a link to the page might help as well just to inspect the css and see something jumps out as causing the issue.
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Even though Lara Naaman is a 100 percent purebred Jew, she celebrates Christmas. Once, when she was younger, Lara lined up eight miniature Christmas trees and lit one each night of Hanukkah. Her mother had a pink and green tree color-coordinated to match her living room, as well as stockings on the mantle for Lara, her brother and their five cats. Lara even believed in Santa until she was seven.
They celebrated Christmas because the holiday is more fun than Hanukkah, says Lara, now 25.
Just about every Christmastime-sucks-for-Jewish-kids story starts out with a poor little child wishing his family could be like Lara's and buy a tree. A menorah, after all, burns for only 15 minutes. A Christmas tree goes up in November and lasts till after New Year's Day. Besides, it's insane to run a model train around a menorah.
For Jews, it's hard not to get sucked into the commercialization of Christmas. It's a Wonderful Life and Miracle on 34th Street can be found on TV practically every night from Thanksgiving to Christmas; holiday songs pour from public speakers; Santa takes orders in every mall; schools have Christmas pageants; and overzealous people write "Happy Birthday, Jesus" in flashing lights on their lawns.
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Usually Houston Jews buy run-of-the-mill Christmas trees and decorate them with blue and white balls, ribbons and blue lights, says Abraham Hakakian, an Iranian Jew who owns Plants N Petals. (Unless they want them to match their couch and curtains, like Lara's mom.) Some drape dreidels and mini-menorahs on the branches with other, less-Christmasy ornaments.
It's a hard time of year for Jewish parents, Hakakian says, because their children often feel like outsiders during Christmas, particularly when nearly every home in the neighborhood has a glittering evergreen. Jewish kids don't like going to school and handing out Christmas cards and gifts and getting nothing in return. If you've watched any Christmas cartoon (and who hasn't?), you know the only creature who doesn't have a tree is the Grinch, and no one wants to touch him with a 39-and-a-half-foot pole! Well, nobody wants to touch him until the end, that is, when he assimilates, comes to Christmas dinner, sits next to little Cindy Lou Who and carves a very unkosher-looking roast beast.
"I have two boys, and I don't know what to do for them," Hakakian says. "It's a struggle to explain why I'm selling Christmas trees and we can't have one in the house."
So for his kids, he makes six-foot-tall tin-foil menorahs (the kind some people stick in the front yard with tiki torches). For his special customers, he says, he makes Hanukkah bushes, window decorations and table centerpieces, but not trees.
"We are not vertical people," he says. "We are horizontal people. Jewish people don't like to get on a ladder. We put things where we can reach -- any higher than that, we get a goy to do it."
He also makes pussy willow menorahs and Stars of David out of glittered tree branches and twigs.
He draws a picture. It looks as depressing as Charlie Brown's pathetic little tree.
"It's not depressing," he says. "You can see the ornaments better."
He doesn't like making Hanukkah bushes, he says. Actually, he tries to discourage it. He doesn't take pictures of the finished product, and he would never have one in his own home. They're too Christian, he says. It would seem like he's trying too hard to fit in.
Which is the whole reason rabbis are against Hanukkah bushes. Hanukkah is an anti-assimilation story; it's about being Jewish despite adversity, despite the pressure to conform to the majority.
In case you haven't got your big book of Jewish holidays handy, the story goes like this: In the fourth century B.C., Alexander the Great conquered Syria, Egypt and Palestine. He left the Jews alone; then he died. When Israel came under Antiochus Epiphanes's rule, the king decided to force everyone to Hellenize. He forbade Jews to observe the Sabbath and wouldn't let them circumcise their sons. He put statues of Greek gods in the temple and ordered Jews to sacrifice pigs on the altar. Outraged, the Maccabees went to the mountains and waged war. They won, reclaimed Jerusalem and rededicated the temple. But they had only enough untainted oil to light the synagogue's menorah for one night -- the eternal flame has to be kept lit at all times. The miracle is that the oil lasted eight nights.
But not all Jews were on the Maccabees' team. There was a civil war between the Jews, since some wanted to assimilate and become Hellenists -- they didn't mind the statues, they liked the Greek gods and togas. They wanted to be like everyone else.
Centuries later that sentiment still holds. When American Jews moved south, they were far away from other Jews, and surrounded by Christians. That's when they started having Christmas trees, says Rabbi Jeff Clopper of Congregation Emanu El. Sometimes they called them Hanukkah bushes because they didn't want to call them Christmas trees.
"It wasn't necessarily seen as a Christian thing," Clopper says, "but as an American thing."
That's the way Josh Danart's mother saw it when he was growing up in Washington, D.C. She put a tree in their living room, complete with a model train running around the base, just because she thought it'd look nice, not because she wanted to be Christian.
"It was kinda eerie to me," says Josh, 28. He smashed the ornaments. "I knew we weren't supposed to have one. It was a Martha Stewart thing -- there was no symbolism."
No matter how hard you try, there can't be any Jewish symbolism or meaning attached to a Christmas tree, says Rabbi Shaul Osadchey of Congregation Or Hadash.
"A tree represents the eternal nature of Jesus and God -- it's an evergreen. It doesn't represent anything to Jews," Osadchey says. "The tinsel on it is angel hair. The balls represent the drops of blood from Jesus' crown of thorns, and the star on top is the star of Bethlehem. Even the gifts at the bottom are a remembrance of the wise men's gifts. And even gifts at the bottom aren't terribly Jewish."
Jews give gifts -- just not this time of year. (Raisins and almonds and chocolate gelt are traditional Hanukkah gifts.)
"Hanukkah is a military victory over the Greeks. We don't give gifts on the Fourth of July, right? Hanukkah is like the Fourth of July," says Osadchey.
Like Independence Day, Hanukkah is about freedom. Religious freedom. Christmas celebrates the birth of Christ. Lighting the menorah symbolizes Jews staying Jewish. Jews with Hanukkah bushes are ashamed of themselves and ashamed of being Jewish, says Rabbi Lazer Lazaroff, director of Chabad House-Lubavitch. They're covering up their past with tinsel and twigs.
"The Hanukkah bush isn't just irrelevant to Hanukkah, it negates the message of Hanukkah," says Rabbi Jonathan Kohn, at Congregation Beth Am. "One miracle of Hanukkah is that it occurs precisely at the time of year when the message is most needed by the Jewish people -- because its message is that it can be good to be different."
And being different, being Jewish, is what the Maccabees fought for, says Clopper. Hanukkah is the Hebrew term for "dedication," and when they rededicated the synagogue they didn't spend a lot of time landscaping.
It's not that Jewish people are against trees. As Rabbi Steven Morgan from Beth Yeshurun points out, we call the Torah the tree of life, and the menorah itself is metaphorically a tree. Each candle is a separate branch that stems from the trunk, he says. Therefore modern biblical scholars say the menorah is our Hanukkah tree.
It's just a less flashy "tree," and one that doesn't get much airtime on sitcom holiday specials. But the menorah shouldn't try to compete with the Christmas tree. That's the very problem with Hanukkah bushes: They're a Judeo-Christian hybrid that dilutes both cultures, explains Osadchey.
"They're disrespectful of the holiday of Christmas," Osadchey says. "They rob Christmas of its distinct message. The Hanukkah bush business is pandering to people's need to belong to the majority. To put it in a Jewish home gives a very confusing message to children. I wouldn't put a crucifix in my home."
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MP Murali Mohan's Speech at NTR Bhavan - CVR
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TDP MP Murali Mohan addressing at NTR Bhavan in Hyderabad said that Andhra Pradesh state has been struggling with revenue crisis. Even though, the state is in crisis, the chief minister is successfully handling the administration of the state, the MP said. He said that central government has been reacting softly towards AP over special status and is ready to offer the required budget needed for the development of the state. Further, he said that four districts of Rayalaseema and three districts of coastal Andhra will be given more priority as they are coming under backward categories.


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Ames, IA (Nov. 20) - The University of Connecticuts Dan Wilson (Sr., West Haven, CT) closed out the final cross country season of his collegiate career on Monday (Nov. 20) as he earned All-American status, as he finished 40th at the 64th NCAA Division I Mens Cross Country Championships in Ames, IA.
Wilson, who competed as an individual, clocked a time of 31:07.5 in the 10,000m run. The meet marked his first- ever appearance in the championship event. Arkansas, who finished with 83 points in order to secure its 11th national crown, won the team title. Keith Kelly (Providence) led the field as he finished first in a time of 30:14.5.
A total of 254 student-athletes represented the nations top 31 teams, including 38 competitors who qualified to run individually, even though their schools did not qualify as a team. Wilson qualified for the championships with a fourth place performance at the Northeast Regionals, Nov. 11, in Bronx, NY. In that meet, Wilson finished with a time of 31:03.9.
Wilson will join the entire track and field squad as the Huskies begin the 2000 indoor season on Sat., Dec. 2, at the Brown Invitational in Providence, RI. This was the same meet in which Connecticut began last season, however, no team scores were kept. Track and field captains for this season are Wilson, Trevor Sykes (Sr., Mid-Distance, Fairhaven, MA) and Laban Marsh (Jr., Sprints/Pole Vault, Erie, PA).
Top 10 Team Finishes
1. Arkansas 83 2. Colorado 94 3. Providence 121 4. Stanford 149 5. Wisconsin 167 6. Villanova 181 7. Georgetown 269 8. Northern Arizona 269 9. Notre Dame 276 10. William & Mary 363
Top 10 Finishers
1. Keith Kelly, Providence 30:14.5 2. Stephen Ondieki, Fairleigh Dickinson 30:16.3 3. Jorge Torres, Colorado 30:21.4 4. David Kimani, Alabama 30:21.6 5. Franklyn Sanchez, Georgetown 30:26.9 6. Ian Connor, Ohio State 30:29.0 7. Luke Watson, Notre Dame 30:29.4 8. Jason Vanderhoof, Wisconsin 30:30.2 9. Adrian Blincoe, Villanova 30:32.0 10. Jonathon Riley, Stanford 30:40.6
UConn Finishers
40. Dan Wilson 31:07.5


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Summer camp
Woods Memorial Presbyterian Church, 611 Baltimore-Annapolis Blvd., offers a one-week day camp from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 6-10 for children entering third through ninth grades to teach them how to express their faith through music, drama, movement and fine arts. The cost of $110 will include activities, lunch and snacks, materials and an hour swim each day at the community center pool. There will be a sleepover Thursday with dinner and breakfast provided Friday. On Friday, the campers will present a musical at 6:30 p.m. For registration and information, call 410-647-2550 or go to woodschurch.org.
Bible study
Greater Crofton Reformed Orthodox Presbyterian Church holds a weekly study class focusing on 2 Corinthians at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays at the Cross Roads School House, 1358 Millersville Road, Millersville. The Rev. Jerry Taylor leads the class. All are welcome. Information: Dave Eden at email@example.com or the church's Facebook page.


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The unlikely heroine of Peter Duncan's Children of the Revolution is one Joan Fraser (Judy Davis), a red-haired, bug-eyed Australian Communist whose fervor doesn't stop with belting out "The Internationale" in the corner pub or forcing leaflets on bemused passersby. Joan is so hot for Bolshevism that she sends a steady stream of love letters to Stalin, like other young women write to movie stars.
Imagine Joan's surprise when Uncle Joe writes back. And when, having been whisked off to a wintry Party congress in Moscow, she finds herself the object of the old guy's revived desire. What's a good proletarian to do? What else? Bed down with the leader, consequences be damned.
Thus does black comedy address the cost of blind faith. But our Mr. Duncan, a savage wit who bodes well for the future of Aussie moviemaking, is not done yet--not by a long shot. Rooting around in the Kremlin circa 1953, he gives us a hilarious (if coarse) glimpse of sycophants and yes-men in terrified lockstep behind a paranoid tyrant, and he slyly suggests that Stalin (portrayed with bluff expertise by F. Murray Abraham) had a weakness for Hollywood fan magazines and dime-store cologne. This farcical figure even leads his top lieutenants in a slew-footed travesty of "I Get a Kick Out of You" right there next to the banquet table.
Funny stuff. But Children really hits full stride when Joan gets back home, with every illusion still intact. Wouldn't you know it? On the Fateful Night, it turns out, she slept not only with Stalin but with a suave Aussie double agent code-named "Nine" (Sam Neill). When she gives birth to a son nine months later, she's understandably in the dark, daddy-wise. So she moves in with Welch, an old suitor she's always spurned. Shine's millions of devotees will be delighted to see Geoffrey Rush reinvent himself in this juicy role of a fellow who cares more for love than politics--although just why Welch is so devoted to a joyless windbag like Joan remains a mystery as deep as her stubborn attachment to the monstrous Stalin.
"Never underestimate the Australians," the dictator has told an aide. "They're not as silly as they sound."
Well, sometimes they are and sometimes they're not. Joan's boy, named--what else?--Joe, turns out to be quite a handful. At age seven his favorite toy is handcuffs, and when he starts hanging around police stations, Duncan draws us into the questionable (but not dismissable) proposition that authoritarianism just may lie in the genes. As for Joan, her fidelity to socialism never wavers. There's still a fascist lurking behind every lamppost, and when Joe (Richard Roxburgh), a strapping conscientious objector to the Vietnam war by now, "inexplicably" falls in love with a pretty policewoman (Muriel's Wedding's Rachel Griffiths), Mom is simply outraged. Real red-blooded Communists, you may have noticed, were never known for their keen sense of irony.
Luckily, Duncan doesn't suffer from the same deficiency. A thirtysomething Sydney lawyer who never really wanted to face a life of commercial litigation, he happily enrolled in the Australian Film, Television and Radio School at the beginning of this decade and made a mark with a couple of short student films. Children of the Revolution is his first feature, and it stems, he says, from memories of his own grandfather, a card-carrying member of the Communist Party in the 1940s who never wavered in his beliefs until the day he died. Thank heaven for Granddad--he's provoked a good piece of work, nicely spiked with ironies.
It wouldn't be nearly as effective without its red star. Judy Davis's brilliant career began twenty years ago with My Brilliant Career and has ranged wide in movies by the Coen brothers, Woody Allen and Clint Eastwood, among others. In Children, she manages to balance dark farce, flagrant situation comedy and serious political commentary in a character who's at once ridiculous and ferocious. There shouldn't be much to like in poor, delusional Joan unless you value obstinacy above all else--the persistence of fiction in the presence of fact. But Davis gives us good emotional reason to embrace this fool despite ourselves. Unfortunately, the film also casts some other forms of social protest in the same light as unrepentant Stalinism, a ham-handed failure to distinguish that compromises Duncan's powerful message about the limits of true belief.
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By movie's end, four decades have passed. Young Joe Welch has grown into a most peculiar Australian union leader, the Berlin Wall has collapsed under its own awful weight, and the self-martyred Joan has turned into a bespectacled, white-haired raver, strident as ever and a lot less amusing. Like an over-the-hill boxer or a discarded officeholder who's lost her clout, she has become, quite simply, History. And shouting at Gorbachev every time he pops up on the telly won't do anything to change that.
In the process, Children of the Revolution passes out of farce into the realm of something like bleak tragicomedy--not the worst choice in the world for a movie that aspires, among other things, to trace the decline of Communism in this century and give us a jolt of dark laughter en route. Despite a couple of miscalculations, it's the most enjoyable Australian film I've seen in years, and the headiest--due in great part to a superb leading lady who makes the most of a largely thankless task. Among moviedom's Davises, it's no stretch to say that Judy may now have surpassed Bette in the drama department.
Children of the Revolution.
Written and directed by Peter Duncan. With Judy Davis, Sam Neill, Richard Roxburgh, Geoffrey Rush and Rachel Griffiths.


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Venomous Maximus
Reviewed by Michael Toland, Fri., Feb. 8, 2013
Venomous MaximusBeg Upon the Light (Occulture)
Red eyes aglow and horns held high, Venomous Maximus waves its pentagram flag in the face of spiritually upstanding citizens everywhere. The Houston combo revels in black-lit tales of witches, mausoleums, gravestones at midnight, and the mystical pull of the moon, Gregg Higgins' declamatory rants dueling with sludge-riffing guitars like Cerberus snapping at the last leg bone. One song's subtitle, "Hellenbach," indicates the band might not be taking its devil worship entirely seriously, but then the rumbling riffs and raging rhythms of "Give Up the Witch," "Path of Doom," and the explicatory "Hell's Heroes" matter more than loyalty to Old Scratch.


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Supervisor: Andrew Tanentzap
Reference Code: B138
Importance of the area of research: Priority effects predict that individuals of a species that arrive into a new habitat earlier have precedence over ecological niche space and can diversify across a range of habitats (Lee et al. 2012). Thus, older lineages might have greater range sizes and be less likely to become locally extinct. But this has rarely been tested (Wang et al. 2013). Communities comprised of older species might have also had more time to co-evolve interactions that deliver important functions and services. This is one reason why conservation biology promotes the protection of native over exotic species.
What the project will involve: We will relate the evolutionary age of species and vegetation types to their abundance patterns and functioning. First, we will use large-scale datasets to test whether the phylogenetic age of species increases local abundance and range size. Second, we will relate the ages of dryland and wetland vegetation communities in existing datasets to their levels of primary production, litter decomposition, and nutrient cycling. Finally, we will use a mesocosm experiment to test our findings experimentally (e.g. Gravel et al. 2013).
What the student will do: The student will collate published datasets and analyze data using statistical models. Time-calibrated molecular phylogenies will be estimated for some of the datasets using publically available DNA sequences, and where necessary, samples will be sequenced by the student. The student will also design and execute experiments, collecting biodiversity and ecosystem function data and interpreting results.
Training that will be provided: The student will be given training in statistical modeling, comparative phylogenetic methods, and experimental design, though the ideal will already applicant have experience in these areas. To help prepare samples for sequencing, training in basic molecular biology will be provided in the Department. Instruction on scientific writing is essential and will also be provided.
- Gravel, D. et al. 2012. Phylogenetic constraints on ecosystem functioning. Nature Communications, vol. 3, pp.1117.
- Lee, W.G., Tanentzap, A.J. & Heenan, P.B. 2012. Plant radiation history affects community assembly: evidence from the New Zealand alpine. Biology Letters, vol. 23, pp.558–561.
- Wang, S. et al. 2013. Why abundant tropical tree species are phylogenetically old. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 110, pp.16039–16043.


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What has Andrea Vance said about the David Henry report, the Peter Dunne resignation and comments, and the media aftermath? The attacks and insinuations and assumptions made about her role have been widespread and often nasty and demeaning.
Misogynistic has been mentioned quite a bit – "having or showing a hatred and distrust of women".
Katie Bradford-Crozier reignited discussion yesterday with Egalitarian NZ's big step backwards in response to a column by Deborah Hill Cone – Better to blend in than be tempting target.
In one followup discussion on Kiwiblog Angry Journalists there is a lot of coments tending towards misogynistic, but a reasonable comment asked:
Has Andrea Vance herself commented on this? Has she come out and categorically stated that she did not lead Dunne on in any way? I don't know, hence the question.
Vance has been out of the country while all this has been going on but via Twitter she has given an idea of what she thinks.
@LI_politico 9 Jun
@ONENewsNZ "female journalist" wonder where people are getting the idea to undermine @avancenz as journo. #eatingtheirown
@avancenz 9 Jun
@LI_politico and neither @ONENewsNZ or @CorinDann bothered to call Fairfax or me after defaming me pretty much all day.
@mlle_elle @edmuzik @danylmc yes thank you Elle. After all, who cld take Winston Peters and Michelle Boag seriously as a moral compass?
@Westerly 9 Jun
@avancenz @LI_politico that's fairly crappy they didn't contact and seek a response to about Boag's comments.
@avancenz 9 Jun
@Westerly @LI_politico or any of it. Completely aside from the misogyny.
@TheNBR 10 Jun
Good to see Fairfax strongly backing @avancenz
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/8776490/Attempts-to-get-reporters-emails-will-be-fought …
@avancenz 10 Jun
@TheNBR thanks NBR. Shame then about the email your reporter just sent me. Would you be asking those questions if I was male?
@sineadboucher @ndbrennan As classy as their grubby questions emailed to me today. @TheNBR
@TheNBR 10 Jun
Dunne-leak reporter Andrea Vance clams up http://tinyurl.com/l4c4adx
@avancenz 10 Jun
FFx have asked for a correction. Awaiting response.
Just got a nice apology from @NBR and they are amending.
@RoryMacKinnon 10 Jun
Sending my regards to fellow reporter @avancenz putting up with all kinds of sneering misogynist horseshit today. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10889163 …
@avancenz 10 Jun
thank you Rory.
@kirsty_johnston 10 Jun
So can we assume Winston hasn't got the emails? Or what? Slippery bugger @CampbellLiveNZ
@avancenz 10 Jun
@kirsty_johnston @CampbellLiveNZ he no more has them than he had the teapot tapes.
So it's fairly clear what Vance thinks. And she has also made it clear she stands by source confidentiality:
@avancenz 10 Jun
@johnpagani thanks for your questions John. As you know, I cannot discuss sources. @johnpagani thank you, but same answer John. I won't be discussing anything about sources.
All indications are that Vance has not discussed sources.
In the meantime Dunne has adamantly denied there was anything personal, he was still denying it yesterday and today.
And although the rumour mill had been "vile", and innuendo "sleazy" regarding his relationship with Fairfax journalist Andrea Vance, he said it was a past issue.
"I think it's disgusting frankly" he said.
Dunne has also said it has been very hard on him, but especially on his wife and family.
It won't have been easy for Vance either, nor her friends and family. It's been reported she's due to be married later this year.