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According to reports, Anna Wintour has been sporting a softer side lately, and I don't just mean pastel sweater sets. ArtInfo.com said the Vogue Editor-in-Chief signed "Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty" catalogues on the last night of the legendary exhibition and has also made mention of a conversation she had with a Metropolitan Museum of Art mail room employee who loved the show. Is this the same woman who was proud that she had earned the nicknames "Nuclear Wintour" and "Wintour of Our Discontent?" "I'm the Condé Nast hit man," she once boasted to a friend.
But according to a recent revealing interview with Forbes, Anna doesn't think she is that intimidating. Besides nabbing spot number 69 on Forbes' 2012 list of most-powerful women, she thinks a lot of her reputation is a result of media hype. "I assure you all the people that work with me on a day-to-day basis don't think that. That's just something that's been fabricated by the media. And as you well know once something is out there, particularly in today's world, it just gets exaggerated. I keep my head down and do the job to the best of my ability."
It sounds like Anna may have the same problem that many women in powerful positions are affected by: the "Queen Bee Syndrome." According to new research, if a woman is put in a position of power, especially in a sexist environment, she tends to behave like an alpha female. "These women are concerned that if they are seen to be helping other women rise to the top or supporting other women in the workplace, they will be derided by the men at work, and will be seen as operating counter to the culture rather than acting like one of the boys," according to the research. Now, I really don't know if Vogue is a sexist environment at all and I have a feeling the majority of people who work at Vogue are women but as Editor-In-Chief, Anna has to be focused on the business aspects of the job which may means she works with quite a few men. "It's not so much about powerful women. In some cases, there are stereotypes about women. I often don't hear men talked about in the same way. It's more a sexist stereotype than a powerful stereotype," she told Forbes.
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Bankruptcy Law Questions? Ask a Bankruptcy Lawyer.
this is a common issues,
if you file a chapter 13 bankruptcy, it would stop the Civil Court action,
and the lawsuit cannot go forward,
the case will not be able to proceed until your chapter 13 case is dismissed, which can take several months to years,
A chapter 13 filing will stop a foreclosure suit at anytime, except if filed after a sale,
Ok, so I should wait until the foreclosure case is completely finished. I own the house in foreclosure with an ex-boyfriend who is an attorney who has a serious gambling problem. I need to be off the title.
you can wait to file,
as long as you file before a sale date,
you can stop the foreclosure and live in the home longer,
I don't live there. He does.
Psychologically & emotionally, I need the foreclosure case to end. Until it does, we're collecting rent. I had to file a TRO to cause him to want to split the rent with me. Messy situation.
It's a 3-family.
if you wait to file the foreclosure suit will end in an eventual sale date, and then a sale,
If you wish you can file a chapter 13 now, and surrender your rights to the house
and the foreclosure lawsuit can continue,
you would discharge any debt you owe from the mortgage
Yes, that's all that can happen now. We had a private sale pending, and the IRS finally caught up with him. They filed a federal tax lien on him for $116,454.
Ah, that's interesting.
if you need to discharge your personal debts, a chapter 13 now should be considered, just surrender the property,
you have that option in bankruptcy
I don't need to eliminate any personal debts or settle them for less than owed. Just need a payment plan. I owe the IRS also. Want to take care of it properly. $35,000 in unsecured debt. Other secured debt.
Is it possible for you to call me? I will pay you.
a chapter 13 would help you with that,
no, we cannot take calls,
If you do not want the house, file the chapter 13 now and start the process,
After the foreclosure completes, I will have my home and one other real estate parcel I want to keep.
That other real estate parcel has rental units.
Hope I still qualify for Ch. 13.
you would have to list those assets in your bankruptcy,
and if they have significant equity they can be taken
No real equity there. If I were to sell it, I would owe more in deferred capital gains than there is equity.
if you have limited or no equity, they would not be taken in a chapter 13
Ok, thank you. Sounds like filing Ch. 13 now would "muddy the waters" of the foreclosure. Maybe working out a payment plan with the IRS is the best thing to do. My unsecured debt is in debt mgmt.
Try working out a payment plan, however a chapter 13 would help you as you can get a 60 month payment plan for the debts, and pay a small portion of the unsecured debts,
I make $107,000 a year.
you can still do a 5 year payment plan,
Not sure what my withholding to the IRS should be. Hope it's right now, going forward. Had to short-sell a house in CA. That's what most of the IRS debt is from.
in bankruptcy
Yes, that's what an Indiana attorney mentioned. It could still be the best option. I'm waiting to hear from him on a few other questions. The foreclosure is in Ohio.
I have an Ohio attorney also.
Where are you? :-)
I am in NYC,
I handle corporate bankruptcy and individual bankruptcy matters
bankruptcy is Federal law, so it is basically the same in all States
Ok, great. How much equity can I have in the other real estate, such that they won't take it? There hasn't been an appraisal done for awhile. I'm guessing there's about $50,000 when you just look at fair market value vs. what's owed. But again, deferred capital gains would have to be paid if it were sold, so, conceptually, there's no real equity.
Ohio Revised Code.
$132,900 of value in one parcel of real or personal property (home, manufactured, or mobile home) that you or your dependent uses as a residence - 2329.66(A)(1)(a)
To learn more, see The Ohio Homestead Exemption.
$450 of cash on hand or deposit - 2329.66(A)(3)
$3,675 of value in one motor vehicle – 2329.66(A)(2) (To learn more, see The Ohio Motor Vehicle Exemption in Bankruptcy.)
$12,250 of value in household goods, such as furnishings and appliances, up to a value of $575 per individual item – 2329.66(A)(4)(a)
$1,550 of value in jewelry – 2329.66(A)(4)(b)
Interest in one burial lot – 2329.66(A)(8)
75% of wages - 2329.66(A)(13)(b)
In re Jones, 318 B.R. 841 (Bankr. S.D. Ohio 2005)
Private pensions - 2329.66(A)(10)(b)
Tax exempt retirement accounts, including 401(k), 403(b), and profit-sharing plans - 11 U.S.C. § 522
IRAS and Roth IRAs to $1,171,150 – 2329.66(A)(10)(c)
Unemployment compensation benefits – 2329.66(A)(9)(c)
Workers' compensation benefits – 2329.66(A)(9)(b)
$1,225 of value in any property – 2329.66(A)(18)
Spousal or child support, to the extent reasonably necessary for support – 2329.66(A)(10)(b)
$2,325 of value in implements, books, and tools of your trade, occupation, or business
You would be able to protect your primary residence equity,
investment property equity is limited,
Foreclosure is in Ohio. Bankruptcy would be in Indiana.
I live in Indiana.
Under Indiana law, a homeowner may exempt up to $17,600 of the value of a house or other property covered by the homestead exemption.
If married it is double,
Ohio, is better,
Yes, so I can exempt my home. I don't have $17,600 in equity in my home. But the other real estate would have to be listed. Hope they won't try to take it. Would be messy.
It doubles if you are married and filing jointly
Not married.
they can take the other property if their is equity,
if their is some equity you can pay it to your creditors in your 60 month plan and keep the property.,
I have sufficient income to pay my creditors. Just would like to stop the interest accruing & pay off as soon as possible.
I would consider the chapter 13, go to an experienced chapter 13 bankruptcy attorney to file it for you, you should be able to keep your properties, and settle all matters.
Ok, thanks very much. Would be nice just to make one payment to the trustee each month. Would make life a lot easier. Son has medical problem. I'm too busy as it is.
It is possible, good luck, and if you have any further questions please do not hesitate to ask.
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Anyone know how long can I leave a cake with a chocolate ganache unrefrigerated?
As long as there's nothing else in the cake you need to worry about, you can leave the ganache out for days. I've been eating cake today (Friday) that has been sitting on the bench in a container since Thursday last week, and it's fine.
If the ganache is whipped, can it still stay out for say 2 days? I thought I read somewhere that whipping it can cause it to go bad faster...
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ELYRIA -- Usually students are discouraged from bringing electronic devices into the classroom. The fifth grade classes at Ely Elementary School in Elyria, though, are encouraged to bring their iPhones, iPads and various other personal electronic devices.
"Ely School's fifth grade is piloting the Elyria School's rollout of a nationwide movement called Bring Your Own Device, or BYOD," Ely Elementary principle Jack Dibee said.
The concept behind BYOD is a simple one, according to Dibee. Technology is the direction that education is heading, so we should embrace it rather than try and fight it.
"It just makes sense," Dibee said. "Most of these kids know how to use these devices better than us. This is really the first generation that has ever grown up with fully digital technology."
The BYOD program involves students in the fifth grade either bringing in their own personal electronic devices or using ones already available within the school system.
"The kids can use laptops, iPhones, iPads, iPods, Kindles, pretty much anything that has the ability to use Wi-Fi works," Dibee said. "Most students prefer to bring their own devices from home, but we do have some available at the school that they can use."
One day a week, the fifth grade students get to participate in a BYOD class. The class does not take the place of a subject that is usually taught, though. Rather, it becomes integrated with the lesson plan for the day.
"We don't simply cut a class so that students can use electronic devices," Dibee said. "Our teachers are able to integrate the use of the technology into a lesson plan for the day."
As of now, the subjects that have been or will be integrated are math, reading, writing, science and social studies, Dibee said.
"It has been as much fun for us as it has been for them," Dibee said. "For example, today the students had a BYOD math lesson. They participated in a scavenger hunt that had them identify various geometrical shapes."
The BYOD program has been months in the making.
"We had the opportunity to go to a technology conference in January," Dibee said. "That is when we were first exposed to the concept of BYOD."
The January conference led to Ely Elementary being chosen as the pilot school for the program.
"We decided that the fifth grade class made the most sense to use as the pilot class," Dibee said. "We already knew that a lot of them had the devices and that they were very proficient with them."
A second trip in March allowed the teachers to better understand how the program would work. The trip was also when the pilot program was finalized, Dibee said.
"When we got back, we got to work," Dibee said.
The school installed 15 Wi-Fi hotspots in the school. They also went about changing various policies to make the program possible.
"We had to get the board to change some policies," said Brian Kokai, director of information technology. "Up until this point electronics like this had basically been banned in the classrooms."
The rules were changed and the BYOD program began in May.
"The kids have loved it," said Ann Schloss, director of academic services. "We have been able to show the kids that, while the devices can definitely be used for fun, they can also be educational."
The students have also admitted that they are having fun.
"It's been pretty cool," said student Mick Burnett. "We've been able to do things like scavenger hunts and stuff like that while still learning."
Burnett said that the main reason that he has enjoyed the program is because it makes doing school work easier and more fun.
"We can interact with each other without a lot of noise, so it's been easier to focus," Burnett said. "Plus it's a lot more fun than just doing a lot of papers all the time."
Burnett's device of choice has been his iPhone, but he said that he has also had the opportunity to work with classmates on their iPods and iPads.
"It's just been fun," Burnett said. "I'm happy they picked us to be the first class. I hope that we get to keep doing it."
Burnett's classmate, Emily Weaver, had similar things to say.
"It's been a cool experience," Weaver said. "It's been fun to work together like this."
Emily's mother, Alesha, also expressed her satisfaction with the program.
"It's been amazing to watch," Alesha Weaver said. "It is a program that was needed. It's really going to help our kids stay competitive with other school districts."
The pilot program has been a success so far, Schloss said. As a result, the district is hoping to expand it.
"This type of a program really is the perfect marriage between information technology and education," Schloss said. "We are hoping that, come fall, we will be able to roll the program out into other buildings."
Schloss said that, as of now, the plan is to spend the summer putting together the infrastructure. However, that will only happen if they can do it without ruining the momentum they have already gained.
For now, though, Dibee is simply happy that the program has been successful.
"It has been a tremendous experience being the pilot school," Dibee said. "It's a very exciting experience and I'm glad that we were chosen and that we did not let anyone down."


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"Pinball tables/ Gold and Silver/ Altars to the Master's plan!" -- "TV Studio", The Who
Metroid Prime Pinball is best enjoyed like good chocolate: savored frequently, but in small doses. The more you play less of it, the better the game becomes. Eventually, you will play it so often and for such short bursts that you will strike a sweet, magical balance (around the seven minute mark) where you achieve a perfect increment of maximum exhilaration. Honestly, this is an awesome game. Just don't play too much of it at once.
As the title suggests, Metroid Prime Pinball is Metroid Prime as a pinball game. Samus acts as a copper-colored ball, bounced about by your flippers. You hit her, and she goes places, and, well, that's essentially the game. There is no plot--except that which you can infer from Metroid Prime--nor cutscenes, dialogue, or additional characters. While there are missions, such as shooting beetles, collecting artifacts, and blasting Metroids, they aren't the point of the game. Like any pinball title, Metroid Prime Pinball is an exercise in Zen, with the point being not to win but to experience.
There are two single-player modes to the game: multi and single. In multi mode, you start on one pinball table, but depending on the missions you complete or unlock, you can progress to others. In single mode, however, you are confined to a single table with the purpose of reaching some pre-set mission goal: achieve the high score; beat the boss in the shortest time; etc. As you defeat bosses in multi mode, additional tables are unlocked in single mode. This is a good thing too, since throughout the game, multi mode offers only two playable tables, the Tallon Overworld and the Pirate Frigate; to access exotic locales like the Phazon Mines, you have to play in multi mode without "˜dying' until you unlock a warp. Single mode offers you table variety without the worry of surviving until that warp appears.
Additionally, there is a wireless multiplayer mode, set in the Magmoor Caverns. The goal is simple: first person to 100,000 points wins. In terms of gameplay, the multiplayer mode is nothing exceptional, but it is here in versus mode that one of my life-long dreams has finally been achieved: finally, you can sic Metroids on people. I cannot express how gratifying this is; English lacks the proper adjectives. It's just that cool.
Just like in arcade pinball, individual matches are short; when you run out of balls, it's game over. No continues, no saves--just a mechanical, feminine voice informing you that your "Mission Failed". The multi mode game is short too, comprising of only five tables, three of which are boss fights. In any other type of game, the brief gameplay and the lack of save states would be fatal flaws, but in Metroid Prime Pinball, it's just part of the frenetic package.
Metroid Prime Pinball is a beautiful game, arguably the best looking and best sounding on the DS to date. The tables are dynamic works of art, interlaced with twisting pipes and crawling with colorful enemies. In the Tallon Overworld, thunder rumbles and rain falls; in the Magmoor Caverns, lava burbles to the surface. These seem like minor irrelevancies, but when present on a screen as tall as my thumb, these simple details mimic an entire world of atmosphere. Even the music is top-notch; the songs are rock/metal remixes of the Metroid Prime score, and even though I heard the same five songs for hours, I never tired of them.
This is a game that could only have appeared on the DS, but not because of the touch feature. Since the action spans two screens, the game essentially recreates the length and feel of a real pinball table. One annoyance, though, was that the gap between the screens appeared to block out a substantial chunk of the pinball table, which hurt my eyes at first. Although I eventually adapted to the disconnect, I did develop a splitting headache the first few times I played for more than ten minutes.
There are other drawbacks to the gameplay and design worth mentioning. The tilt feature is, plainly put, worthless; moving the touch screen with your thumb does not tilt the table but rather nudges it gently--even apologetically--and in the end, does very little good. Also, you are unable to pull back your own pinball plunger, removing a certain amount of strategy from the game. However, the greatest irritation by far is the Rumble Pak feature, activated whenever Samus strikes an object; when triggered, the Rumble Pak does not rumble so much as shudder. Accompanying this eerie pulsation is a buzzing, plunking sound, reminiscent of a beetle flying repeatedly into a gong. Occasionally you will trip a ball lock, which activates a horrible palpitation in your palms, and with all the sound and fury, you will think the DS is trying to shatter your soul. Really, the only good thing about the Rumble Pak feature is that it can be turned off.
These objections aside, Metroid Prime Pinball is about as good a pinball experience as you're going to get outside of an arcade. Unfortunately, this works against the game to some extent. In an arcade, you almost never tire of a particular pinball table, because rarely do you have enough quarters to thoroughly tax the game. On the DS, however, with infinite opportunities to play, the gameplay can grow grating and repetitive. The best cure for this is to take frequent breaks: if you play the game only in short bursts, you'll continue to find it fresh and engaging.
Ultimately, the title tells you everything: it's Metroid, it's pinball, and so what else do you need to know? That it's a beautiful and enjoyable game? That's understood when Samus is involved. That it can be repetitive? That's understood when pinball is involved. Metroid Prime Pinball offers no more and no less than its title promises, but if you enjoy the game simply for what it is, you might be surprised with just how much fun you have. For ten minutes.
[i]Metroid Prime Pinball[/i]
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Release Date: October 2005
Developer: Fuse Games
Publisher: Nintendo
Nice read. Always an idea to get the SO off my back when I want some time to myself and some BF2. I am curious however how you came up with the "magical balance (around the seven minute mark)" conclusion, was this a lot of trial and error? Do you have data to support your conclusions?
...but if you enjoy porn simply for what it is, you might be surprised with just how much fun you have. For ten minutes.
Great review, It's been on my "consider" list for awhile, but may get bumped a notch since I only play the DS on bus rides and bathroom breaks anyway.
This is a game that could only have appeared on the DS, but not because of the touch feature.
Maybe I'm a filthy skimmer and missed it, but how does the touch feature work in this game?
[Edit:] Neeevermind, I just re-read it and it actually computed this time. I was up till 3 am playing Civ4 and haven't had my coffee yet. As you were.
I can't believe I'm wishing I had bought a DS over a PSP, thinking back to when the PSP first came out. Damn, it sounds like there are some really nice games for it. I'd love to get mario kart when it comes out (in a few weeks I think), but I have to justify to myself buying a second handheld when I rarely use the one I already have.
Nice review, btw, you certainly have a knack for it.
if ever you were intimidated by the impressive review Fly produced yesterday, no need... Excellent stuff!
Makes me wanna play a pinball game, on my trusted pc... Cause I ain't got no money for no DS
Thanks for the review. I'm more certain now that I'll own this game before too long. I've always enjoyed Pinbot and Black Knight in the arcade and to date haven't found a video pinball game that comes too close to my experiences with those classics. I'm hoping that this might capture a little of that magic.
I bought Star Trek pinball for the pc around '98 and that was decent, although the reviews weren't very stellar. I remember that it had a trailer for a great looking Star Trek game called, "The Secret of Vulcan Fury" that never did get released, but I digress.
By the way, I've enjoyed your Fry avatar. Have you ever considered a Zoidberg Jesus avatar?
Great review! I picked the game up a few days ago, and it's now my "Play during the commercials" game on the couch:)
A couple of things:
-While I like that there is a variety of "video game" style elements to the tables ('shoot the metroids with the ball, etc), I find myself wishing that they stayed truer to "real" pinball. One of my favorite games of all time is "Balls of Steel" on the pc...probably the best example of blending "real" pinball physics and the capabilities of a video game.
- Some of the tables (the boss battles) kind of disappointed me. They really aren't "tables", but play areas for the purpose of shooting at one thing.
- I kind of like the rumble pak:)
-Agree on the table nudging...it just doesn't work the way it should.
All that being said, I am thoroughly enjoying this game:)
but I have to justify to myself buying a second handheld when I rarely use the one I already have.
Maybe if your current one had any games worth playing?
Wow, it really does look gorgeous. I'm reminded of how much I loved Metroid Prime, and inspired enough that I think I might actually attempt to finish Echoes over the weekend.
If I had a DS, I'd definitely put this on my rental list. It seems like an ideal game to enjoy for a few days, then return.
Plus, Edwin used the Zoidberg Jesus avatar for a while. None of us wants to go there now.
Thanks for the excellent review, Katerin. Of late I have tried several times to convince myself to buy a DS. It's scary.
(rather than "What's a Jenova?"
Aren't those the guys that come to my door every sat morning?
Wow. I would have never thought one could type that many words about a simple little pinball game. Very fun read.
You diss on the Zoidberg? Now I must invoke the sacred ritual of Claw Plock! *click click clickclickclick*
I picked it up last night for my brand new DS. Great for commercials...or pretty much anything on TV when Lost isn't on.
Great for commercials...or pretty much anything on TV when Lost isn't on.
Good for waiting for the map to load in CS:S or DoD:S. Or for waiting for your comp to boot up. Or at a long light. Or on the john.
One annoyance, though, was that the gap between the screens appeared to block out a substantial chunk of the pinball table, which hurt my eyes at first. Although I eventually adapted to the disconnect, I did develop a splitting headache the first few times I played for more than ten minutes.
That's very interesting.. Does this mean that a portion of the game board is actually obscured, meaning that the ball disappears off of both screens completely at some points in time? I would expect it to be annoying, but not painful.
It definitely seems like there is a slight gap in the playing field, where the ball is half on one, but not on the other. It's not too large, tho.
I just unlocked the two boss maps for single mission practice! woot!
Aren't those the guys that come to my door every sat morning?
No, Ulairi, those are Jenova WITNESSES.
I just bought this game about 20 minutes ago and am really enjoying it. Although, the last digital pinball I played was the Pinball Fantasies series.
Damn that was about 10 years ago....
Anyway, very entertaining game.
I remember Pinbot for the NES and Kirby's Pinball for the GB way back when. I loved both, especially Kirby. These kinds of games are just straight-up fun, if you enjoy this sort of thing


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Trustus Executive Director Larry Hembree made the announcement Tuesday, saying that the space, to be called Marv's, will be used for small musicals and a late-night gathering place.
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Hearst Corp. announced today (Feb. 24) that its San Francisco Chronicle, the city's major newspaper (by far) will be sold or shuttered within weeks if the company can't achieve major personnel economies -- both union and non-union. The company says the paper has suffered major losses each year since 2001 and lost more than $50 million last year. Hearst announced last month that it would try to sell the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, or close it down in 60 days. The San Diego Union-Tribune is among the many U.S. daily newspapers up for sale, and some believed that a possible buyer would be financially-strapped MediaNews of Denver, which has been getting monetary backing from Hearst. But Hearst has clearly shown during the last year that it has no more interest in newspapers. Last weekend, two newspaper groups, the Philadelphia Inquirer and its cousin, and the Journal Register, went bankrupt. Since December, Tribune Co., which includes the Los Angeles Times, has gone into the tank, and so has the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. Denver's Rocky Mountain News is also on the block, and the owner, Scripps, thinks there will be a decision by the end of next month.
San Francisco losing its signature newspaper? Whether you liked it or not, it is as much a part of that strange city as the Golden Gate Bridge, Coit Tower, cable cars, foghorns, and steep hills. A major city with no big newspaper is impossible to imagine, yet it could happen before the year is out.
The implications of having these big-city daily newspapers folding would have been impossible to imagine a few years ago, and now the possibility of it happening is all too real. Doesn't the public need them? Don't curious citizens need the news? Guess not. This is a sea change in mass communication and for a free press, and most observers just don't see that.
The newspapers are going under because they will not sue Craigslist to stop its abusive business practices. The U-T should file a request for an injunction in Federal Court without delay to stop Craigslist from offering free classified advertising. David Copley should sue Craigslist to recoup the losses he has suffered from the decline in U-T's marekt value. Craigslist uses funds from EABY and other investors to underwrite huge losses it incurs providing free classified advertising. When the newspapers are put out of business, Craigslist will begin charging advertisers what the market will bear.
Response to post #1: Some of the papers that are expected to close down or go completely online are in two-newspaper cities that can't support two newspapers: Seattle and Denver, to name two. The Chronicle's loss would be traumatic. Newspapers have a demographic problem (few young readers) and a technological one (the news is delivered too late at too large an expense.) Best, Don Bauder
Response to post #2: You have used that argument before. It may well be valid, but there has to be a reason that the papers haven't taken Craigslist to court. Best, Don Bauder
Classified advertising does not a profitable newspaper make. The larger source of revenue was once the display advertising run by retailers. Macy's, as an example, cannot reach its market through Craigslist. But it is no longer getting the necessary bang for its buck from the daily newspaper either.
As to the matter of the U-T suing Craigslist, Burwell needs to remember that The Reader offered free classified ads to its readers for many years. (Back in the low-tech days, they were submitted on a postcard!) I know this; I used them to sell household items, and successfully. So, is Burwell suggesting that the U-T sue or should have sued the Reader?
This is all an ongoing revolution in the field of communication, on par with the invention of the printing press. Only now it is the printing press that is being superseded by the digital computer.
Herb Caen is probably roilling over in his grave at this awful news.
Response to post #5: Increasingly, I fear you are right. Daily newspapers are going. ( I think weekly free-circulation, alternative papers still have a good future.) People thought daily newspapers would not survive radio. Then it was TV. Now the Internet seems to be digging the grave, finally. Best, Don Bauder
Response to post #6: You may remember Herb Caen's classic line about San Diego: "beautiful but dumb." Best, Don Bauder


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It's been an awful year for initial public offerings for just about every Wall Street firm. But it's been downright brutal for J.P. Morgan Chase ( JPM), which has dropped to 20th place in the industry rankings of lead underwriters on domestic IPOs. The lowly score leaves J.P. Morgan trailing the likes of Keefe Bruyette & Woods, Morgan Keegan and William Blair -- niche players that lack the storied history of J.P. Morgan. Last year, according to Thomson Financial Securities Data, J.P. Morgan came in at a respectable seventh place in the rankings, which are based on the total dollar value of new stock offerings an investment bank brings to market. On Wall Street, investment banks that don't break into the top 10 in underwriting IPOs usually are either specialized boutiques or struggling also-rans. No one would think to classify J.P. Morgan,
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Beirut – At least 20 people including eight children were killed as Syrian army tanks blasted a village in the northern province of Kahtaniyeh on Wednesday, a monitoring group said.
"At least 20 people, among them eight children and three women, were killed in shelling by regime forces of farmlands in Kahtaniyeh village, west of the city of Raqa," said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Amateur video posted online by activists and distributed by the Observatory showed several bloodied bodies, including at least one of a child, laid out on blankets in a house.
"Dozens of people have been injured in farmlands of Kahtaniyeh, among them a whole family," according to activists in Raqa.
Raqa has seen an escalation of violence in recent months as rebels have launched an assault to seize several areas of the province, strategically located on the Turkish border.
The Observatory's head Rami Abdel Rahman said the casualties were caused by tank fire and that the victims were from farming families.
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Funding for health studies near drill sites looseningJuly 29, 2014 12:00 AM
Science requires replication, and lots of it.
So it's been difficult to gauge the health impacts of shale development from a few scattered studies, says Bernard Goldstein, a public health expert who once led the University of Pittsburgh's Graduate School of Public Health and remains an active voice in the fracking health debate.
What's more, it's been difficult to get such studies funded, he said, although interest and money for research is increasing.
"There is much more enthusiasm to fund these kinds of studies now than there was before Obama got re-elected," Dr. Goldstein said.
Public health concerns with fracking have intensified in recent weeks, although the issue has been bubbling for years in Pennsylvania.
Earlier this month, half a dozen environmental groups called for an official investigation into the state health department's handling of complaints related to oil and gas development.
The groups, including PennFuture, PennEnvironment and the Sierra Club, said they had been provoked by news accounts revealing that the Department of Health had a list of "buzzwords" relating to Marcellus Shale activities that, if said by callers, would mean their complaints would be handled differently than other complaints.
And former Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Eli Avila was quoted saying the state did not study the potential health impacts of shale gas exploration.
Mr. Avila, who resigned in 2012, now heads the Orange County Department of Health in New York State, where shale drilling is under a moratorium. In an interview with the Associated Press earlier this month, he said the Pennsylvania legislature yanked $2 million in funding for a statewide health registry that was proposed by the governor's own Marcellus Shale Commission.
Dr. Goldstein, who is listed as a member of the Marcellus Shale Commission's health and environment working group, says no such group was actually convened. Instead, faced with criticism that the commission failed to include public health experts, the commission came up with the idea of a statewide health registry. Mr. Goldstein approved of it.
But, as Mr. Avila noted, it was never funded.
Allegheny County takes the lead
"I like to think that was all in another state," said Bruce Pitt, chair of the University of Pittsburgh's Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, who has overseen several studies exploring links between health and Marcellus Shale development.
What's comforting to him is that the Allegheny County Health Department seems to be approaching the issue with forethought.
In April, the department hired LuAnn Brink, a former assistant professor at Pitt, to lead its epidemiology division.
Ms. Brink was one of the researchers at the university looking into the pregnancy outcomes for women living near well sites.
She declined to talk about her study as it is being prepared for publication now.
Ms. Brink said she would like to see some kind of health registry for fracking complaints and "we would hope that would be at the state level."
But locally, Ms. Brink said the county health department will investigate any health complaint that comes in, focusing specifically on "clusters of illness around drill sites."
So far, she's not aware of any such calls.
People who think they may have been sickened by nearby oil and gas operations typically complain of headaches, nosebleeds, lesions, nausea, and dizziness.
"These issues are pretty nonspecific," Ms. Brink said. "There's no really definitive health outcome or issue that's been associated with it at this point."
A 2013 study from the University of Pittsburgh showed that the most common health outcome from exposure to shale gas activity is stress.
"We're really keeping a very close eye on what's going on in the published literature to just maintain awareness of the potential health effects, and, to that end, we are being pretty proactive in our air monitoring around the fracking sites, especially ones that are coming up," Ms. Brink said.
"We just believe that it's very important to monitor the air before drilling commences and through every phase of the operation — drilling, fracking, flowback, and of course while they're extracting the natural gas."
Ms. Brink said the health department also will work with the state Department of Environmental Protection to get water samples at Deer Lakes Park before and after drilling begins.
Also, the health department is currently compiling a list of government and peer reviewed studies chronicling what is currently known about drilling health impacts which will be posted on the agency's website sometime next month, Ms. Brink said.
Mr. Pitt said it's comforting to have someone like Ms. Brink at the health department of a county about to embark on two major drilling projects.
"We're familiar with her skills and looking forward to a closer interaction," he said. "We're lucky in Pittsburgh."
Current research
So far, several studies have focused on the impacts of shale gas exploration on pregnancy outcomes.
A study out of Colorado published in April in the journal of Environmental Health Perspectives drew a link between a pregnant woman's distance from oil and gas wells and the increased prevalence of congenital heart defects. The study used publicly available data — Colorado's well location database and the state's birth records registry — for its analysis, which also found that babies born to mothers living near well sites were slightly less likely to be born early or have low birth weight.
Ms. Brink's study in Pittsburgh looked at birth records from Pennsylvania to explore similar inferences.
So far, studies have relied only on the location of a well to establish links to health outcomes. But Brian Schwartz, co-director of the program on global sustainability and health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, is breaking down exposures by what's happening on those well sites.
"We're going to really look at health outcomes by the phase of well drilling and stimulation," Dr. Schwartz.
Knowing the date a well was spud, or when construction began, could be a clue for estimating truck traffic. Knowing the frack date corresponds to diesel pollution and possible hydrocarbon emissions. The team of researchers on the project are also mapping the location and capacity of compressor stations, using paper records from DEP regional offices.
Dr. Schwartz is involved in a series of studies at Geisinger Health System, a mostly rural network in northeastern and central Pennsylvania that serves about 3 million people. Geisinger has the advantage of pulling detailed patient data from its electronic medical records.
Dr. Schwartz is overseeing two studies at the moment: One will measure pregnancy outcomes for women living in proximity of a well site. The other will look at medical events for 38,000 asthma patients, assessing how many times they were hospitalized, if their medication regimens intensified and if their asthma was under control at critical periods in the shale gas development process.
The first round of results will be ready within the next year, Dr. Schwartz said.
"I think we're taking a much more careful approach to exposure," he said. "The one thing we're not doing is we're not measuring anything new. But don't forget, most of our health outcomes happen in the past."
In theory, findings from the Geisinger studies could be generalized to other areas in Pennsylvania, although different drilling conditions may elicit different responses.
Broader research
Last year, a group of stakeholders convened by the University of Pittsburgh's Institute of Politics recommended establishing a fund for health and environmental research, something akin to what the Health Effects Institute in Boston has been doing for the past 34 years.
The Boston institute gets half its money from the Environmental Protection Agency and half from the auto industry and doles it out to scientists doing research into the air pollution impacts of cars.
The organization is branching out into shale research and held its first meeting in Pittsburgh in June. By the end of the year, Dan Greenbaum, president of the institute, hopes to have an assessment completed of existing research studies and gaps in research that could and should be addressed.
"Some people feel that, gee, we already have a lot of this. Why are we doing research?" Mr. Greenbaum said.
Indeed, more than 7,000 unconventional wells have already been drilled in Pennsylvania. But if industry estimates pan out, there might be more than 60,000 wells on the ground in the future.
"Sometimes you have to take the long-term view here," he said.
That's not to say even preliminary research can't have immediate impacts on industrial operations and regulations. In fact, it often does.
"You usually need a couple of ways of looking at this," Mr. Greenbaum said. "Very often, the most knowledge you can get about cause and effect is [from] smaller studies, smaller geographic areas."
That points researchers in a certain directions and develops testable hypotheses for broader studies.
"Health tracking is not a panacea," said his colleague Bob O'Keefe, who is vice president at the Health Effects Institute. "It's one of a number of tools."
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Opening up with a revving engine reminiscent of the Beach Boys' auto-anthem "409", Oxford Collapse's second recording on Sub Pop announces its intentions immediately: this baby is built for speed. Or so we're lead to think, at least. Bits is an album like that; an album of leading questions, inferences, sly suggestions buttressed by active eyebrows. This often-frantic trio from Brooklyn never quite get to where they want you to believe they're headed. Instead, they offer a snapshot in mid-stride, action photography with no particular context, arc, or closure.
It's initially (and ultimately) difficult to reach much beyond Oxford Collapse's staunch commitment to fashionable indie-rock tropes. They revel in tinny, low-fi over-underproduction, muddle the off-kilter yelps of singer Michael Pace while pushing forward the retro jangle of his lead guitar, privilege bratty youthful exuberance over technical proficiency or precise songcraft. The lyrics are blared out as through a muffled megaphone. As usual, it doesn't matter if they make any particular sense or even if they're remotely intelligible, as long as they include a lot of thesaurus words and sound vaguely clever—I picked out "enthralled", "filibustering", "acquiesce", and even "thesaurus" from the rubble. Even their name encompasses basic countercultural concerns, enfolding indie's inevitable higher-education pedigree with the attendant breakdown anxiety in a manner that fits their chosen vernacular snugly.
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All of these predictable generic elements lodge together in the common loft-space of "Young Love Delivers", a sort of catch-all smorgasbord of indie culture. International travel ("My love came back from China / Brought me a pocket camera"), casual "artsy" photography ("Ran through familiar cities / Took pictures of all the same things"), and intellectual pretension ("My love came back from Sweden / Brought me some bathroom reading") all get checked off the list, but Pace betrays a restless dissatisfaction with the narcissistic demands of his subculture that twists the song away from navel-gazing and towards critique. His sardonic evenness as he sings "We're so mature / Memorizing words" comes off more as a rebuke of a social circle of archly witty Juno MacGuffs than as winking solidarity for their righteousness, and "we can't believe we lost our cool" could well have a sneaking double-meaning in this context. And it doesn't hurt that "Young Love Delivers" might be the sharpest, most dynamic cut Bits has to offer, careening from infectious verse to glorying chorus without as much as a breath.
It's a nervous dynamism that much of the rest of the album approximates but never really recaptures. These boys can relax enough to muster simple, appealing power-pop ("Featherbeds") and coil themselves tightly enough to harmonize with sophisticated strings behind them ("A Wedding"). And late in the running order comes the beguiling "John Blood", the narrative of a touring pro wrestler that makes up for its lack of lyrical focus with lithe rhythm, Clash-y guitar strums, whispery female-voiced interludes, and Monster-era Peter Buck power-sustains. But moody exercises like "Children's Crusade" or breakneck ravers like "Back of the Yards" have less to offer. Even lead single "The Birthday Wars", though undeniably striking in its early-Spoon-esque mountain of sound, cuts out too early to take full advantage of the sheer-cliff juxtaposition of its sonic superstructure and its counter-melody.
Like so many of their generic contemporaries, Oxford Collapse reside firmly in the moment. In some ways, they demonstrate succinctly why indie-rock is no longer tangential to mainstream pop music but rather runs parallel to it: both indie and pop are predicated on immediacy and feel, not on scope but on currency. No introductions necessary, no set-up required; we always arrive in medias res. Meticulously composed to simulate spontaneity, the sort of alternative product exemplified by Oxford Collapse may not make you feel like you're part of the Movement, but it certainly makes you feel part of movement. Or, at the very least, that you're watching it from the sweaty first row.
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I think this stone is rather fascinating for several reasons. First, I wonder what the top graphic is above Ellen's name. Is it a letter T or a letter I? Is is something completely different. Why would this be there?
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However, what I really like about this stone is the painful lesson it taught me. Slow down enough to write down the inscriptions that are on the tombstones. You won't always be able to read the inscription on your photograph when you get back to your computer. Point taken and hopefully lesson learned.


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Lawson admitted that they like to compare themselves to U2 because they are a "real band" who play their own instruments but make pop music.
When asked who they compare themselves to, the band's Joel Peat told BANG Showbiz: "U2. They're a proper playing band playing pop music. Even though they're rocking out and stuff, it's still pop music at the end of the day."
Lawson, which also includes Adam Pitts, Andy Brown and Ryan Fletcher, have supported a variety of acts including The Wanted and Bruce Springsteen, and are now confident in their ability to work a crowd.
Adam added: "We're a band. We can rock out even though we play quite poppy music, but when we do a live show, it's a rock show."
Lawson were originally called The Grove, but changed their name in honour of Doctor Lawson, the man who treated Andy, 25, after he was diagnosed with a brain tumour when he was just 19 years old.
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CEDAR KEY, Fla. - A Cedar Key man has been killed in a hunting accident.
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission investigators said 63-year-old John Freddrick Alford was hunting hogs with a youth on private property in Rosewood on Saturday.
At some point during the hunt, the pair separated. The youth saw several hogs crossing a narrow road and allegedly shot one with a 16-gauge shotgun loaded with buckshot. Alford was about 200 feet from the shooter and was hit by buckshot.
He was pronounced dead at a Gainesville hospital.
Wildlife officials are investigating the shooting. No other details were released and authorities did not reveal the youth's age.
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Anti-Syria Coalition's Victory in Lebanon Raises New Tension
By JOHN KIFNER
Published: June 21, 2005
Lebanon's anti-Syrian movement swept the voting on Sunday in the country's far north, official results released Monday night showed, giving it a firm parliamentary majority.
But euphoric notions of a new era in national politics were mitigated by the fact that the election also revived religious hostilities that seemed buried when hundreds of thousands of Lebanese rallied last spring in revulsion over the assassination of the former prime minister, Rafik Hariri, and over Syria's power.
Final results from the last of four rounds of voting found that the anti-Syrian slate led by the slain prime minister's son, Saad Hariri, a Sunni Muslim, and Walid Jumblatt, the Druse chieftain, took all 28 northern seats, giving them a majority of 72 of 128 deputies.
The young Mr. Hariri acknowledged the difficulties at a news conference at his family's palace tonight -- Lebanese journalists burst into applause at his entrance -- dodging questions on who would be prime minister and whether President ?ile Lahoud, an ally of Syria, would be replaced.
''We have to maintain dialogue with everybody,'' he said. ''We will not close the door on anyone.''
But his chief rival, the former army commander Michel Aoun, a Maronite Catholic who returned from 15 years of exile and broke with the opposition grouping on his return last month, was having none of it.
''There's a dispute over values,'' General Aoun, whose bloc has 21 seats, said Monday. ''We will be in the opposition. We can't be with a majority that reached through corruption. We can't collaborate with people who don't have the minimum of morality.''
General Aoun also accused his opponents of using ''the ugliest and most provocative confessional tactics'' to turn out Sunni Muslim voters in the north, where they have a slight population edge.
The campaign, which began with an unlikely coalition of former civil war enemies seeking to bridge sectarian rivalries, upended some political traditions in this beautiful, battered country, but made others worse, particularly the religious divide that devastated the country in the 1975-90 civil war that is estimated to have killed more than 150,000 people.
The strong-willed General Aoun, who had left 15 years ago as an enemy of Syria, has now formed somewhat paradoxical tickets with politicians widely seen as vassals of Syria, including Michel Murr, the longtime interior and defense minister, and Suleiman Franjieh, the northern Christian clan leader. While General Aoun railed at every turn against ''corruption,'' Mr. Murr was widely seen by Lebanese as the politician who had most enriched himself.
But, General Aoun stunned everyone by winning 15 of 16 seats in the Maronite mountain heartland in the third round of the four-stage election on June 12, virtually eliminating the Christian establishment of wealthy families and old militia leaders who had joined the multireligious opposition.
''What Aoun did was to work on the nerve of the Christians,'' said Jad al-Akhaoui, a Lebanese journalist, meaning their fears.
The turnabout was particularly upsetting to Mr. Akhaoui, because he was a close friend of Samir Kassir, a fellow journalist and outspoken critic of Syria who died when his car blew up early this month, in an assassination, like that of Mr. Hariri, for which Lebanese blame Damascus. Mr. Akhaoui had worked with Mr. Kassir organizing a huge demonstration in March that helped build pressure for the final Syrian troop withdrawal in April. ''The Christians had no leader to gather around,'' he said. ''He worked on the confessional thing. He worked on the Christian nerve, that we are weak, surrounded by Muslims.''
That sentiment was voiced on Sunday by a young voter in the northern Maronite mountain town of Zgharta. The voter, Simon Finianos, 29, stood with a clutch of supporters of Mr. Franjieh.
''It is not fair to the Christians, this election,'' he said. ''They are more than us. If we are 50,000 they are 100,000. All the Christians are very frightened. They are frightened for their existence.''
Zgharta was linked in a large electoral district with the Sunni Muslim city of Tripoli. A last-minute surge of Muslim voters there -- turnout had been hovering around 30 percent, election workers said, until Mr. Hariri went on his family's television station a little before 4 o'clock with an appeal -- carried the area for the opposition slate and, for the first time in memory, threw a Franjieh out of office.
''What we feared is happening,'' Mr. Franjieh, whose father was slain in 1978 by a rival Christian warlord, told Lebanese television. ''I think the north has been divided along sectarian lines. We have arrived at what we used to warn against.''
Other supporters of Syria echoed the theme, with a former prime minister, Omar Karami, from a powerful Sunni clan, calling for the ouster of the Sunni mufti of Lebanon, Sheik Muhammad Rashid Kabbani, whom he accused of making inflammatory sermons supporting Mr. Hariri.
Photo: Saad Hariri, the son of the slain Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, seen in posters in the background, at a news conference in Beirut yesterday, after his anti-Syria political movement won control of Lebanon's Parliament. (Photo by Hussein Malla/Associated Press)


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RIGHT: Seniors share a laugh during the graduation ceremony.
LEFT: Graduates exchange hugs and smiles as they say goodbye to their teachers after the ceremony.
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Bow Wow those magic tats did nothing to help you in the hoops showdown with Kobe but you might have won the battle of best ink art.


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The Bobby Flay interview takes a weird turn when Heather gets ticked off and (jokingly?) starts insulting him. Will he be back on the show in the future? I mean, he does cook good burgers.
Bobby, in all honesty – is a very nice guy. In honor of the first Boston-area opening, BBP Burlington will donate $1 for every burger (including ground turkey burgers and chicken breast sandwiches) sold during the first week of opening (January 27- February 3) to People Helping People's Burlington Community Food Pantry.


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" Brand: Tupperware / Misc House Type: Storage "
A few months ago my husband and I decided to go on a bit of a 'money diet'. We took a look at our finances and realised there were direct debits from our accounts for things that we no longer had the time or inclination to use. So long Lovefilm subscription! Farewell gym membership!
One evening, we decided to take the money diet a bit further and bought two tupperware lunch containers one Ebay. I only work two days a week and my canteen is subsidised, but even so it's still £3 a go. My husband, on the other hand, works in the city and lunch for him often tops £7. That's £1680 a year! Obviously the sandwich ingredients at home aren't free, but we still figued we'd make some huge savings by bringing our own sandwiches to work.
The Lunch n Things container is pretty good at what it does. You have a main section that comfortably fits one sandwich (or two, if you make them with thin bread and squash them down) or a couple of rolls. There is a section for a carton of juice (or biscuits, in my case) and two other sections for fruit or vegetable snacks (yep, those get used for biscuits too).
I find this lunch box plenty big enough for my lunch, and just about big enough for my husband's lunch (he has two rounds of sandwiches). I'm not sure how it would fare for a child's school packed lunch, as I don't think it would be big enough to fit the yoghurts and pots of hummus they're encouraged to take to school these days (it was all Kit Kats and packets of crisps when I was at school - much easier to fit in, and may also explain my sweet tooth!)
The plastic it is made from is pretty sturdy and the catch used to seal it is solid and not too fiddly to use. I've had mine for about three months or so now and it's still in good condition.
We bought our boxes on Ebay for a couple of pounds. I had a quick look on the internet and it looks like you can only get Tupperware products directly from the company and from Tupperware parties. I couldn't see this box listed on their website, so maybe your best bet would be getting a second hand one!


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DEAR DR. BLONZ: What is a good approach to the problem of intestinal gas?
DEAR B.I.: After we swallow, the foods we have eaten are exposed to a series of enzymes and churning actions designed to break down large, complex nutrients into sizes small enough to be absorbed through the tiny portals along the walls of the digestive system. That which is not absorbed travels on to the large intestine and waits in queue for elimination. This bulk includes such non-digestible items as bran and other fibers, bits of food and phytochemicals the body does not handle well. Our intestinal flora, composed of microorganisms that inhabit our large intestine, now have a chance to devour these compounds — that's what they live on. Gases are produced as a byproduct of their action. Some gas can be absorbed back into the body, but if the rate of production exceeds that ability, the passing of gas will result.
A normal, healthy individual will pass gas an average of 10 times per day, and most of the gas produced does not present an assault to the senses. Some gaseous compounds are on the other end of the spectrum, and when you add 10 grams of a nonabsorbable carbohydrate, the type that flora feast upon, the incident of gas passing can rise substantially. With any increase comes the awareness of the bloating and the need to let it out.
The gassy nature of foods, however, can vary from meal to meal, and depends on portion size, timing and other factors such as how often we eat a particular food, the speed at which we eat, or even how completely we chew. The best bet is to keep track of the foods and any coincident factors to find out which combinations give rise to the undesired effects.
A bowl of beans on an empty stomach, eaten by someone who doesn't eat them often, will produce more gas than the same serving eaten slowly as a part of a full meal by a regular bean-eater. Having a combination of protein, fat and carbohydrate tends to slow the rate at which food travels through the digestive system. In this case, gas absorption into the body can keep up with production. By contrast, when a single gassy food is eaten, the flora are able to go one-on-one with the problem-causing material and the results will be more obvious.
Key foods include legumes, as they contain a type of carbohydrate that the body has trouble digesting. Lactose in dairy products can also be a problem. Note that there are over-the-counter products that can help with these two types of foods
Although foods are the first thing people think of with intestinal gas, other factors also need to be considered. These include medications, especially antibiotics, laxatives and the inadvertent swallowing of air. Health problems with the digestive system itself can also be an issue. Any persistent digestive problem should be brought to the attention of your health professional.
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During summers and breaks, students may choose to work in paid internships to develop professional skills and earn hours for the Intern Development Program (IDP). IDP requires the candidate to work a certain number of hours in each aspect of the field as an intern. Most states require completion of IDP and the national Architecture Registration Exam before awarding state licensure.
To assist students and alumni/ae with this process, the following services are provided by the School of Architecture:
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All students and alumni/ae seeking a summer or permanent position receive individual assistance with resume and cover letter writing, interviewing techniques, and guidance in the networking and research process.
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When the School receives notice of an open position, the notice is posted by e-mail to all students and alumni, and advanced positions are also posted on the school's website.
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Are genres even relevant anymore?
Compartmentalizing is how people make sense of the world. While it gives a sense of order, it also restricts people from being able to do anything outside of the category or label given. This is the struggle many artists within the music industry currently face.
Genres are a way of compartmentalization. Though music types can define a group of musicians, it leaves no room for growth. Genres cause more issues than actually helping artists. Linkin Park, well-known hardcore and rap band, teamed up with Kiiara and released a pop-influenced song on Feb. 16, "Heavy." Even more recently, The Chainsmokers and Coldplay released "Something Like This" last Wednesday.
This hasn't been happening in just the past few weeks — it's been going on for a while. It took time for people to get on board with Lady Gaga's album "Joanne" because its mixed rock and folk vibe isn't what the audience was expecting from such a pop powerhouse.
Putting an artist into a genre can skew a listener's attitude to their music and expectations. I still have not listened to Childish Gambino's most recent album, "Awaken, My Love!" all the way through because it's unlike any of his other music. So far the songs I've listened to are good, but my expectations crave his usual avant-garde hip-hop. It's nothing against the musician, but the idea of genres and expectations reflects a fear of change. It's the fear of falling in love with something and then watching it morph into something completely different.
But artists rarely remain in their so-called genre over the course of their career. Popular artists are starting to tackle the restrictions genres have by creating albums with various types of music. Each song on Beyonce's "Lemonade" could fit into a different genre. Ed Sheeran's newest singles for his soon-to-be released album, "Divide," plays with acoustics, rock, and electronic dance music beats. Rihanna's "ANTI" goes back to her Barbados-roots style, yet could also fit into dance, R&B and trap music categories.
Although big-name musicians are in a more secure position to release music outside of their assigned genre, the risks are high. Fans have expectations for their favorite artists. Their original music is what made a fan love them in the first place.
The world almost exploded when Mumford & Sons said that "Wilder Mind" wouldn't have any banjo in it. It still reached the No. 1 U.K. Billboard charts within the first week of its release, but at the same time faced a lot of criticism from fans who missed the band's energetic banjo instrumentals. But with mixed reviews, the band definitely took a major career risk.
One of the biggest issues in the music industry is the pressure for musicians to make music that sells. New artists face the problem of choosing to make more mainstream music that isn't necessarily reflective of their own styles or release the music they want in hopes that people and companies like it.
Artists shouldn't be held accountable for the music they release in the beginning of their career because just like any human being, they grow and learn. Artists will experiment with different things to figure out what they like and what they're good at. A rapper can decide to try doing something more country — remember Nelly? — and a rock artist can try to do something EDM. Forget genres, and let artists do their thing.
Christine Chung is a senior communication and rhetorical studies major. Her column appears weekly in Pulp. She can be reached at email@example.com.
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Police weight loss challenge 'sabotaged' by firefighter bake-off
Police Chief Rich Simmons insisted the department slim down in a friendly three-month competition, but the fire department may have derailed the plan by hosting a colossal bake sale
Several Portly County police officers from the 8th Street precinct are enraged, claiming the neighboring fire department's untimely fundraising bake-off sabotaged the results of the department-wide weight loss challenge.
Police Chief Rich Simmons insisted the department divide into teams by precinct to slim down in a friendly three-month competition after the department reportedly had to order a dozen duty belt extenders.
"We had one officer on bike patrol actually bend his bike frame," said Simmons. "And we only switched to bikes because our poor horses were out on injury."
Monday marked the final weigh-in for each precinct, and the 8th street team, comprised of nine officers, had gained a staggering 41 pounds combined since the start of the competition.
But officers are claiming they were sabotaged, perhaps in an effort to solidify the fire department's grasp on annual beefcake calendar sales.
The fire department, which sits directly across the road from the 8th precinct, hosted a colossal bake sale during the final three weeks of the weight loss competition. Firefighters claim it was to raise funds for a "new product on the market that they're dying to get their hands on". Reports that it was in fact a 3-in-1 foosball, air hockey and pool table could not be confirmed.
Banquet tables along the 8th street sidewalk displayed everything from peanut butter fudge to thick gooey brownies and buttercream cupcakes. To add insult to injury, treats were offered to law enforcement at a 70 percent discount.
"It didn't feel right to charge our brothers in blue full price for our sweets," said Ari Herman, a Portly County firefighter. "They put their lives on the line for us every day, and we think they look great even if they're carrying a little 'something extra'."
The winners of the weight-loss contest were awarded heart rate monitors after having lost an astounding 450 pounds. The sculpted crew wouldn't reveal their secrets, though an anonymous source said they were the only department affected by layoffs during the challenge.


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