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Art and Art Professions Courses
The list below includes courses that have been offered within the past five years. Since many courses are offered only infrequently or on a rotating basis or have only been approved recently or as pilot courses, please check the current schedule of classes or ALBERT for the most up-to-date listing of current courses.
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In collaboration with the Signal Depot USA, we are delighted to present this stunning range of hand-made utilitarian, military-inspired bags, made exclusively for Eastman.
Each bag is individually created using reclaimed original ex-military fabrics and hardware. Every piece of material and component is authentic military vintage all put together into totally unique, strong functional designs which look as impressive as they are useful.
The Signal Depot creations are the work of one individual - Rob Lihani. Rob sources the materials, creates the designs and makes them one at a time by his own hand, combining functionality with artistic design.
As one can imagine, they are made in very limited numbers due to the nature of the materials and the time they take to be produced by one pair of hands. They are unique, useful, tough, eye-catching and extremely exclusive - to own one is to have something very special.


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333 N. Pacific St.Oceanside, CA 92054Oceanside
Dinner: Nightly at 5pmLunch: Fri-Sun 11:30am - 3pmLounge: M-Th 4pm & Fri-Sun 3pmPlease call for holiday hours
4996 W. Point Loma BlvdSan Diego, CA 92107Ocean Beach
Dinner: Nightly at 4:30pmPlease call to inquire about holiday reservations and hours.
1027 University AveSan Diego, CA 92103Hillcrest
DINNER:Tuesday-Saturday at 4pmSundays at 5pmClosed Monday NightsSUNDAY BRUNCH:10am-2:30pmPlease Call for Holiday Hours
8384 La Mesa Blvd.La Mesa, CA 91942La Mesa Village
Dinner: Tues-Sun at 4:30pmSunday Brunch: 10:30am-1:30pmClosed Monday nights
144 Pine Ave.Long Beach, CA 90802Long Beach
Main Dining Room: Nightly at 5:30pmRoof Tap: Mon-Fri at 4:30pmSat. & Sun. at NoonPlease Call for Holiday Hours
45 Kai Ala DriveLahaina, HI 96761Maui Ka'anapali Villas
Breakfast:7:30-11:30am DailyLunch & Dinner: 11:30am- 9pm DailyHappy Hour:3-6pm DailyPlease call for holiday hours.
744 Ventura PlSan Diego, CA 92109Mission Beach
Lunch & Dinner: Noon - 8pm Daily
880 Harbor Island DrSan Diego, CA 92101Harbor Island
Dining RoomLunch: 11:30am-4pm DailyDinner: 4pm Nightly
Patio Dining11:30am - Close Daily
Sunday Brunch 10:30am-4pm
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Mon-Thurs: 4-11pmFri: 2pm - 1amSaturday: Noon-1amSunday Noon-11pmPlease call for holiday hours
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Sunday: 11am-9pmMon-Thurs: 11:30am-9pmFriday: 11:30am-11pmSaturday: 11am-11pmPlease call for holiday hours.
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Lunch & Dinner:Noon-8pm Daily
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Monday-Thursday: 11:30am-10pmFriday & Saturday: 11:30am-11pmSunday: 11:30am-10pm
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Lunch & DinnerMonday 3-9pmTuesday-Thursday 11:30am-9pmFriday 11:30am-10pmSaturday 2-10pmSunday 2-9pmWeekend BrunchSaturday & Sunday 10am- 2pmHappy HourDaily from 3-6pmPlease call for holiday hours.
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1549 El PradoSan Diego, CA 92101Balboa Park
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'The Walking Dead' Preview: Rick Fights "Indifference," Plus George Romero to Direct?
As if the latest 'Walking Dead' latest twist in this past Sunday's "Isolation" hadn't assured us to watch next week, the recent announcement of a season 5 renewal puts shambling walkers in both our immediate and distant futures. More urgently, however, how will Rick handle Carol's confession in this Sunday's "Indifference"? We've got a clue in the latest photos and clip, plus what does zombie legend George Romero have to do with it?
The first photos of Sunday's all-new episode feature Rick and Carol out on a supply mission to help the newly infected Hershel, while Daryl and his crew struggle to evade last week's herd as they continue on to the veterinary college for supplies of their own. We've got an exceptionally bad feeling about this one, considering Carol's confession to Rick last week and her willingness to go out on the road with him, while that mysterious voice heard in Daryl's car could imply a bigger threat out there than a measly old 7,500 walkers.
Elsewhere, a curious tidbit from original 'Night of the Living Dead' director George Romero emerged today from The Big Issue, after Romero had previously revealed in 2011 that he'd declined to direct episodes of AMC's original series.
They asked me to do a couple of episodes of 'The Walking Dead,' but I didn't want to be a part of it. Basically it's just a soap opera with a zombie occasionally. I always used the zombie as a character for satire or a political criticism and I find that missing in what's happening now.
Ouch! Well, whatever your feelings on 'The Walking Dead,' check out the latest photos from Sunday's "Indifference" below, and give us your predictions for the next chapter of AMC's monster hit in the comments!


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The District of Columbia has a motto on its license plates, "Taxation Without Representation." Nice...cute...makes a point.
But maybe it should read, "Just Good Enough to Break Your Heart," if the performances of the local sports teams are any indicator...
Redskins...given up for dead after a gaffe-filled loss to the Chicago Bears on December 6th, they won their last three games to edge their way into the playoffs, where the dream was snuffed out by the Seattle Seahawks (to be fair, it was one of the more inspiring stories of the sports year, anywhere).
Wizards...a heretofore .500-or-so, Agent-Zero-less team, they sweep a back-to-back set against the then 30-4 (now 30-6) Boston Celtics.
Capitals...can't beat the Panthers (5-10-5 in their last 20 games) and stuck in 13th in the Eastern Conference, but they are 3-0 against the East-leading Ottawa Senators (6-2 in their last eight meetings).


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Albert Pujols won the National League Most Valuable Player Award for a third time in his stellar career, after leading the league in home runs and runs and batting a lofty .327.
The 29-year-old first baseman was a unanimous choice, winning the award for the second year in a row. On Monday, Minnesota Twins catcher Joe Mauer won the American League's award. Pujols became the first player to repeat as league MVP since Barry Bonds won the award four years in a row, from 2001-04.
Pujols easily beat out Florida Marlins shortstop Hanley Ramirez, Philadelphia slugger Ryan Howard and Milwaukee first baseman Prince Fielder.
U.S. & World
He finished the season with 47 homers, 124 runs and 135 RBIs. In just nine seasons, he has compiled 366 homers, 1,112 RBIs and an average of .334.


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"Haikyo" (廃墟) means "ruins" or "abandoned building" in English. Previously, a haikyo and the story it told provided inspiration for an indie game. This latest discovery could, too.
Website Tokyo Times explored a huge abandoned house that belonged to a wealthy Japanese politician. The house was built from concrete in 1928. Two years later, the famed politician passed away.
Needless to say, large, old Western-style houses like this are a rarity in Japan.
This is an intriguing look inside.
Check out the full Tokyo Times post below for more photos and details.
The abandoned and beautiful home of a wealthy Japanese politician [Tokyo Times]
(Top photo: Lee | Tokyo Times)
Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points from Japan, Korea, China and beyond. Tune in every morning from 4am to 8am.


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Diary of a Time Warner Cable hostage:
Diary of a Time Warner Cable hostage:
Day 1: This won't be bad and it can't last that long. "Mike and Molly" are in reruns. Does "60 Minutes" do anything new in the summer?
Day 3: I never warmed up to Scott Pelley the way I did with Bob Schieffer. I see Brian Williams is out recovering from knee replacement surgery. I wonder if he has good health insurance. Oh, well, I'll see what Diane Sawyer is up to at 6:30.
Day 4: I didn't really care about the first Jets game, but now this blackout is going to last more than one week. I remember what we did back in the pre-cable days when Channel 2 wouldn't carry the Giants home games. We'd go to Connecticut and watch the game on Channel 3. I wonder if we can still do that. I wonder if my old friends there will wonder why I haven't kept in touch.
Day 6: So it turns out that CBS isn't the only thing that Time Warner is blocking. Al Jazeera is going to have a cable news channel this fall and guess which major cable company has no interest in carrying it? You got it. I mean, if we can survive all that propaganda on Fox, we can certainly survive whatever Al Jazeera throws at us. Unless they hire Roger Ailes. Then I'd be concerned.
Day 7: Now they're passing out rabbit ears so people can get Channel 2 the old-fashioned way until they resolve the standoff. The trouble is, some members of the family have enough trouble turning the cable and the TV on at the same time, let alone switching to the DVD player and the Roku box. If we add rabbit ears, we may never get a signal to the set again.
Day 8: I'm really trying to stay neutral because when you come down to it, both Time Warner and CBS are old friends and the last thing I want to do is take sides. If they make up, I don't want either of them remembering that when they really needed me, I was not there for them.
Day 9: What was I thinking? At times like these, you realize who your friends are and CBS is my friend. We've spent a lot of quality time together, me and Lucy and Archie and Walter. All I get from Time Warner is a lot of time on hold and customer service from people who are endlessly polite yet never seem to be able to solve my problems.
Day 11: I have my escape plan. Verizon Fios. They already have my phones, so I'll just call Time Warner and cancel the service this morning.
Day 13: Good thing they put me on hold until I gave up — again. It turns out that Fios, whatever it is, is in my ZIP code but not my neighborhood. We'll have to move. I hope we can get unpacked before the playoffs.


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Paul Ryan's been taking a lot of heat for staging a photo-op in an Ohio soup kitchen.
The president of the charity told the Washington Post, "The photo-op they did wasn't even accurate. He did nothing. He just came in here to get his picture taken at the dining hall."
Now, there's video of Paul Ryan's staged photo-op stunt. Ryan is shown walking into the kitchen with his wife and three kids, with each of them donning white aprons.
"You know, I spent a summer washing dishes," Ryan tells his children in the video. "... You get calluses on your fingers 'cause it gets so hot."
The video doesn't show Paul Ryan or his handlers "ramrod" their way into the kitchen, and he is shown washing at least two dishes -- even if those dishes looked pretty clean to begin with. (Update: A Mitt Romney rep points us to this report that Paul Ryan did indeed wash dirty dishes.)
Watch Paul Ryan's staged photo-op below and judge for yourself how staged it was (from CBS News):


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Hey TG, if you want to use mine since it's got more info on it, feel more than welcome to.
Hey TG, if you want to use mine since it's got more info on it, feel more than welcome to.
i HAVE to go to work tonight
i usually take off on our monday/thursday night games, or just watch it on live gamecast online while at work, but they blocked all live streaming websites
so now i have to LISTEN to it on the radio...HERE WE GO STEELERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
can't wait
I'm bonerfied....
Because you screwed up TG your being punished no watching the game tonite!!!
To bad you'll miss Logan taking 1 to the house.
DJ Crimefighter @ Insaneradio.us
let see us a good defensive steelers win!
(sue me...i got the titans D/ST in my fanatasy pool...i need me some points tonight!)
BITE ME ICS!...Woodsonsgirl
Nate Washington is active, but if he plays, he'll wish he wasnt
Is Deion an idiot or what? "Nobody travels better than Dallas?" What a Jagggoff!!
Here we go!!
"When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself."
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More varieties >
The most popular traditional English white cherry, widely known as Kent Bigarreau.
A traditional English black cherry from the West Midlands.
Celeste is a compact dark red/black cherry, one of the best early-season varieties, with a sweet mild flavour.
Kordia is a large late-season true black cherry variety with a good balanced cherry flavour.
An early-season black cherry with a good flavour.
Morello is a traditional late-season acid or sour-cherry, ideal for cooking with, and can be grown in north-facing situations.
Penny is a high quality late-season black cherry - ripening in mid-August.
Regina is a new late-season sweet black cherry, with a good flavour and resistance to splitting.
Summer Sun is productive mid-season cherry, and should ripen even if the summer weather is less than perfect.
Sweetheart is one of the best-flavoured late-season cherries for the UK climate.
We do not sell these varieties but they may be available from other fruit tree nurseries. Use our enquiry form and we will help you find a supplier.
Please note that our whilst our system takes many relevant factors into account, it is certainly not completely accurate
Our article on the pollination of fruit trees gives more details of the factors involved in pollination.
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Peach Ceylon Czech Glass Seed Beads feature a transparent dark sapphire color that will complement your intricate beadwork. Small in size, they are perfect in any loom or off-loom bead weaving project such as peyote stitch, brick stitch, or right-angle weave. Use them to cover beading wire, in embroidery work, and to add delightful color and texture to your fiber crafts!
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I first went to China in 1994, 16 years after Deng Xiaoping quietly unfurled a stream of quasi-capitalist experiments that would eventually transform his vast and complicated country into an economic superpower. China in 1994 had a per capita income of $469, and over 650 million of its citizens survived on less than $1.25 a day. Looking down from the eighth floor of my hotel in Shanghai, I was the highest-perched person in the city. Below me was a sea of bicycles, each occupied by two or three people wrapped in tarps against the rain, and covered by gray-hued umbrellas. When I raced, late to a meeting on the Bund, I felt I was the tallest person in town, and certainly the only one sporting a bright red suit. In Beijing, I drove for hours behind a truck filled with pigs, and wandered through tiny streets of even smaller homes, decorated only by the occasional calendar and piles of hockey pucks that I later learned were coal.
This March, a blink of an eye and 20 years later, I landed in Shanghai again, accompanied by my teenage daughter, who, like millions of ambitious American kids, already has five years of Mandarin language instruction under her belt. We were whisked to the 45-story Ritz Carlton, the site of Barnard's next-day Global Symposium, a tower that glitters but already pales in comparison to the 100- and even 125-story architectural baubles storming into the city and surrounding towns—rice fields, all, during my first visit. Gross domestic product in China is now $9.2 trillion, the result of two decades of annual growth rates of over 10 percent. Per capita income is now slightly under $7,000 and the number of families subsisting on less than $1.25 a day has plummeted to just under 100 million—a huge number still, of course, but one that nevertheless represents the greatest reduction of poverty anywhere in the world. China accounted for nearly 10 percent of the world's richest people in 2014, including 10 women.
Such growth, of course, has come at a price. Air pollution in the coastal cities is shockingly bad, filling your eyes and throat with an acrid sense, and blocking the sun for days and weeks on end. Once-fertile fields and rivers have become toxic, perhaps irreparably so, and the country remains firmly under the control of a central governing party that is quick to quash dissent and unapologetic about doing so.
Despite these flaws and failures, China has undeniably become one of the world's great powers and a model, perhaps, or warning, of how globalization is likely to proceed in the 21st century. As we heard in March from the 10 extraordinary women who spoke at our sixth annual Global Symposium, Women Changing China, the country is taking off: art is being made; media empires forged from nothing; capital markets rising to channel and support billions of dollars in annual transactions; and hundreds of millions of women, only recently sprung from poverty, are starting to make their marks on the country and the world. To walk around Shanghai today is to glimpse urbanization and growth at a pace that the world has almost never before witnessed. Over the past two decades, the city has grown faster than any other in the world, adding office towers and residential blocks and entire industrial areas built from scratch. There are 12 Gucci stores in the downtown area and four enormous Louis Vuittons. In 1994, I felt guilty and incomparably wealthy by Chinese standards; now I shudder at the prices screaming out from gleaming, glamorous malls. But the same women who are shopping in these malls, and the same women who spoke so passionately about China's growth and progress, still fear too frequently the iron grip at China's core; they fear the air their families breathe and the food they eat. They worry about both the longterm effects of China's notorious one-child policy—a generation of men with no hope of finding wives and a generation of children spoiled by the solitary affections of their parents and grandparents—and the seismic effects of loosening it.
China today is a dizzying place, full of promise, full of energy, bursting at the bounds of its own ambition. In 1994, when I wrote one of my first papers on the country's then-evolving development strategy, I began with a quote from Napoleon Bonaparte. "Let China sleep," he wrote almost 200 years ago, "for when it wakes it will shake the world." China isn't sleeping any longer. And the astonishing force of its growth is indeed shaking, and shaping, our world. No one can tell if the next decades of its transformation will be smooth or rocky—whether the country will succeed in tackling its issues through a conscious strategy of centralization, or whether power will eventually devolve and distribute itself more evenly. But I am glad that Barnard has a growing window into this crucial part of the world, and thankful for the students and alumnae and supporters and friends who have enabled us to witness this extraordinary revolution.
—By Debora Spar
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Somebody was on Sulawesi before 118,000 years ago – from john hawks.
Human-Neanderthal relationships may be at root of modern allergies – "Three genes inherited from our Neanderthal cousins may cause modern carriers to have an overly-sensitive immune system susceptible to allergies."
Grisly find suggests humans inhabited Arctic 45,000 years ago – "When they dated the remains [of the mammoth], the researchers got another surprise: The mammoth died 45,000 years ago. That means that humans lived in the Arctic more than 10,000 years earlier than scientists believed, according to a new study. The find suggests that even at this early stage, humans were traversing the most frigid parts of the globe and had the adaptive ability to migrate almost everywhere."
DNA sequencing reveals the fate, and ultimate extinction, of Ötzi the Iceman's maternal genetic lineage – h/t jason moore!
Genetic affinities of the Jewish populations of India – "Consistent with the previous observations, we detected minor Middle Eastern specific ancestry component among Indian Jewish communities, but virtually negligible in their local neighbouring Indian populations. The temporal test of admixture suggested that the first admixture of migrant Jewish populations from Middle East to South India (Cochin) occurred during fifth century. Overall, we concluded that the Jewish migration and admixture in India left a record in their genomes, which can link them to the 'Jewish Diaspora'."
Conflict among honey bee genes supports theory of altruism – h/t steve stuart williams! who tweeted: "New genetic evidence provides strong support for kin selection theory." – see also: Testing the kinship theory of intragenomic conflict in honey bees (Apis mellifera).
Review of: Hive mind: How your nation's IQ matters so much more than your own (G. Jones) – from stuart ritchie. – see also here.
The Welfare Trait – dr. james thompson on adam perkins' book. make sure not to miss the series of follow-up posts!
A Review of Adam Perkins's 'The Welfare Trait' – "Painstakingly, Perkins constructs his core argument: that the welfare state, the foundational institution of modern Britain (the Church of England having sadly declined), contains the seeds of its own eventual destruction. A large body of evidence, which Perkins reviews, supports the intuitive idea that habitual welfare claimants tend to be less conscientious and agreeable than the average person. Such habitual claimants also tend to reproduce at higher rates than the general population, a pattern found across nations and time periods. They also seem to adjust their fertility in response to changes in the generosity of welfare provision, having fewer children in times of austerity and more when governments turn on the spigot marked 'spending'. Over time, therefore, the work motivation of the general population is lowered. This occurs through both genetic and environmental channels. Personality traits are substantially heritable (meaning that a decent percentage of the variation in these traits is due to naturally occurring genetic variation). Given this fact, habitual welfare claimants with employment-resistant personalities are likely to have offspring with similar personalities." – from andrew sabisky.
Tell the truth about benefit claimants and the liberal left shuts you down – "How neurobiologist Dr Adam Perkins became a victim of the new McCarthyism." – from toby young.
The left's own war on science – "The witch hunt against Napoleon Chagnon shows us what happens if scientists challenge the core beliefs of 'progressives.'" – also from toby young.
Similar selection pressures on fluid g and educational attainment-related SNPs – from davide piffer.
Colorectal cancer more likely to affect minorities at younger age – "Study shows US racial, ethnic groups under the age of 50 have increased risk."
Genetic Correlation Between Schizophrenia and Epilepsy
Where Are We Now? – David Bowie and Psychosis – @mind hacks.
NatureNewsVietnam begins huge effort to identify war dead – "World's largest systematic identification project will use smart DNA-testing technology."
Physics Has Einstein, Biology Has Darwin. Economics Has… – from david sloan wilson who tweeted: "It's embarrassing that top economists who write about theory are clueless about evolutionary theory."
Professors moved left since 1990s, rest of country did not – @heterodox academy.
A Single Mutation May Have Sparked Multicellular Life
Supernatural punishment: the common denominator – "So here's the question: Is religion evolutionarily advantageous…? I hypothesise that supernatural punishment was a very important promoter of cooperation and a way to reduce self-interest, which was vital to the evolution of human societies."
Bronze Age houses uncovered in Cambridgeshire are Britain's 'Pompeii'
4,500-year-old rattles found in infant burial – in russia.
Tajikistan: Lawmakers Tighten Rules on Baby-Naming, Marriage – "The stricter rules on marriage have been introduced partly as a way of reducing the incidence of disabilities among children, which officials argue are the result of intensive inbreeding. Consequently, marriage among cousins and cousins-once-removed will be forbidden." – h/t the gazillion people who sent this to me! (^_^) (#BigInTajikistan)
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GIRLS BASKETBALL: Northwestern defeats Wamogo 53-33 at home
WINSTED >> One team came to the end of its quest for a state tournament berth while the other revved its engines for the Berkshire League Tournament and beyond in Northwestern's 53-33 win over Wamogo's girls basketball team at Northwestern High School Wednesday night.
"We made an effort every game," said Wamogo coach Kevin Crowley, whose Warriors (6-13) needed to win both of their final two games to qualify for the Class S state tournament (40 percent wins). "If we could have gotten this game under (a 10-point spread), I would like to have seen what would have happened.
"I have to hand it to Northwestern," Crowley said. "Every time they had a chance to sink the dagger, they made their shots."
The Highlanders, now 14-5, with one non-league game at Canton left in their regular season, can empathize with the Warriors.
"We started out as an underdog team," said senior forward Rasa Hamel, joining sophomore Emma Beltrandi and senior Arielle Oemcke in dominating the Warriors 40-17 on the boards Wednesday night.
"We lost a majority of our starters," said newcomer Beltrandi, who kicked in 14 points and 8 rebounds.
The Highlanders began their season 2-3, with disheartening losses to Terryville and Lewis Mills, then two more to Nonnewaug before they turned it around.
"We had to learn to play together," said Oemcke, the game-high scorer Wednesday with 18 points, 10 rebounds and 4 steals.
"We started playing better in the middle of the season," said Hamel, 9 points and 11 rebounds.
That's when the Highlanders became the only team in the league to beat defending champion Thomaston.
"When they did that, they knew they could play with anyone," said Northwestern coach Fred Williams. "Thomaston dominated the first half of the game and led by eight in the third quarter, but the girls wouldn't give up."
When the Highlanders beat Thomaston a second time, they began to get the recognition they worked for.
That feeling worked on both sides at Northwestern Wednesday night, one team working to get recognition for their efforts, the other not willing to give up what they already earned.
The Highlanders built the 10-point barrier Coach Crowley wanted to break by the sixth minute of the first quarter. Oemcke had eight of Northwestern's first points in a 12-2 lead with 2:10 left in the period.
Near the end of the first half, a five-foot runner by Wamogo freshman Brooke Neller (8 points, 5 rebounds) had the Warriors back to a 10-point deficit, 29-19.
Northwestern's Maura Ryan had the dagger, a 3-pointer at the buzzer.
A third-period layup by Hannah LaBonne had the 10-point spread again, 37-27.
Beltrandi sealed the wall back with a five-foot runner underneath.
LaBonne had it close with a 3-pointer one more time, with 5:31 left in the game, a tantalizing 11 points in a 41-30 Northwestern fourth-quarter spread.
Hamel played the boards with a putback. Kathleen Wysocki hit from the foul line for two, then two more on free throws. Hamel struck again.
The spread was back to 49-33, Northwestern.
Despite the battle from the Warriors, led by team-high scorer Jenna Lopardo (9 points, 5 rebounds), the Highlanders weren't giving up.
Neither are the Warriors. One more game in their season is against their cross-town rival.
"It's against Litchfield," smiled Coach Crowley. "That's all that matters."
Take the Highlanders' word for it. If there's a goal to be won, it's never too late to turn it around.


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Bioclimatic variables¶
Bioclimatic variables are derived from the monthly temperature and rainfall values in order to generate more biologically meaningful variables. These are often used in species distribution modeling and related ecological modeling techniques. The bioclimatic variables represent annual trends (e.g., mean annual temperature, annual precipitation) seasonality (e.g., annual range in temperature and precipitation) and extreme or limiting environmental factors (e.g., temperature of the coldest and warmest month, and precipitation of the wet and dry quarters). A quarter is a period of three months (1/4 of the year).
They are coded as follows:
BIO1 = Annual Mean Temperature
BIO2 = Mean Diurnal Range (Mean of monthly (max temp - min temp))
BIO3 = Isothermality (BIO2/BIO7) (×100)
BIO4 = Temperature Seasonality (standard deviation ×100)
BIO5 = Max Temperature of Warmest Month
BIO6 = Min Temperature of Coldest Month
BIO7 = Temperature Annual Range (BIO5-BIO6)
BIO8 = Mean Temperature of Wettest Quarter
BIO9 = Mean Temperature of Driest Quarter
BIO10 = Mean Temperature of Warmest Quarter
BIO11 = Mean Temperature of Coldest Quarter
BIO12 = Annual Precipitation
BIO13 = Precipitation of Wettest Month
BIO14 = Precipitation of Driest Month
BIO15 = Precipitation Seasonality (Coefficient of Variation)
BIO16 = Precipitation of Wettest Quarter
BIO17 = Precipitation of Driest Quarter
BIO18 = Precipitation of Warmest Quarter
BIO19 = Precipitation of Coldest Quarter
This scheme follows that of ANUCLIM, except that for temperature seasonality the standard deviation was used because a coefficient of variation does not make sense with temperatures between -1 and 1).
To create these values yourself, you can use the 'biovars' function in the R package dismo.


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ESPN anchor reveals he's battling cancer again
Stewart Scott tweets diagnosis; will keep working while undergoing Chemotherapy
ESPN anchor Stuart Scott revealed on Twitter late Monday night that he is again battling cancer.
"Blessed by prayers..I'm back in the Fight. C reared its head again. Chemo evry 2 wks but I'll still work, still work out..still #LIVESTRONG," Scott Tweeted.
ESPN spokesman Mike Soltys told USA Today that the Sportscenter anchor and Monday Night Football host "plans to continue to work the best he can around his treatments."
According to Touched By Cancer magazine, Scott's first sign of illness came in 2007 while at a Monday Night Football game. An emergency appendectomy revealed the presence of appendiceal cancer. After six months of chemo, Scott was cancer-free until early 2011. At that time, doctors discovered that malignant tumors had developed on his small intestine. More surgery and chemotherapy treated the cancer, but it has apparently returned again.
Scott re-tweeted and shared some of the positive messages he received from sports figures such as Redskins QB Robert Griffin III and Seattle QB Russell Wilson.


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Even though Kate Gosselin's recent performances on "Dancing with the Stars" won't have people confusing her moves with Beyonce's any time soon, she's ready to step out with a dance all her own: a brand-new reality show.
According to USA Today, TLC announced plans on Thursday for a "Twist of Kate", a new program in with Gosselin will "use fan letters from women inspired by her story as the basis for profiles of women facing their own challenges."
"I look at it as a loose concept," Gosselin told the paper. "I want to be out there learning from others, helping to provide insight whenever I can, though I don't consider myself an expert on anything."
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Throughout the 12-episode season which will starting airing this summer, Gosselin plans to meet with her fans and step into their lives to better understand their struggles.
"She will be in that person's shoes. And more often than not, it's not going to be terribly comfortable for her," TLC president Eileen O'Neill told USA Today. "She's game for things, but she also has limits and boundaries."
In addition to the new show, TLC also plans to revive the vehicle that originally thrust Gosselin into the national consciousness, though in a slightly modified form. "Kate Plus 8" will chronicle Gosselin's adventures as a single mother in a series of specials that will air on the network. "Jon & Kate Plus 8" was canceled last year in the wake of the public meltdown of the couple's relationship.
"The fact that people really support me and want the kids and I to do well ... is flattering," she told USA Today. "I never understood the importance of fans until we struggled and went through tough times."


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I always find getting my winter coat one of the most stressful shopping experiences, that is after finding the most perfect pair of jeans – but I have tracked down some beauties in the January sales. From the classic duffle coat, which is my new favourite – I quite like the Paddington Bear look, to another classic the Pea Coat that was seen on the runways at Stella McCartney and YSL. I have also added in some bright coats to brighten up any winter morning, as well as some chic two-tone coats perfect for office.
If you are after a classic, while still being a little quirky you can't go too wrong with a duffle coat – these are my top three duffles:
1. Lands' End, Wool Duffle, £110 down from £180, Landsend.co.uk
2. Uniqlo, Wool Duffle, £39.90 down from £89, Uniqlo.com
3. Vicky Smith, Women's Winter Duffle Coat, £39.99 down from £59.99, Amazon.co.uk
Everyone needs to have a colourful coat in their wardrobe. How about this gorgeous blue maxi from Reiss or the cute 60s dolly coat from Oasis – there is so much choice this season.
1. Oasis, 60s Dolly Coat, £35 was £45, Oasis-Stores.com – I just adore this pastel colour, the swing silhouette and that adorable Princess collar and large buttons.
2. Reiss, Belted Raglan Sleeve Sapphire Coat, £195 was £345, Reissonline.com
3. Wallis, Pink 1923 Fur Trim Mohair Coat, £75 was £150, Wallis.co.uk – brighten up your winter days with this gorgeous coat that has been spotted on Daybreak presenter Kate Garraway.
4. Warehouse, Mustard coat, £35 was £45, Warehouse.co.uk
For a shorter coat style the Pea Coat is a perfect solution. I have selected some varying styles from faux fur collars to a boxy shape – as well as something a little colourful. All will look perfect dressed down with jeans – my favourite has to be the Tartan print from ASOS.
1. ASOS, Tartan Pea Coat With Faux Fur Collar, £34 down from £85, ASOS.com
2. Dorothy Perkins, Red Short Pea Coat, £35 down from £45, DorothyPerkins.com
3. Dorothy Perkins, Fur Collar Boxy Pea Coat, £40 down from £59, DorothyPerkins.com
4. New Look, Collarless Pea Coat, £18 down from £44.99, NewLook.com
Two-tone and monochrome coats seem to be around every year but the two I have chosen will look amazing for the office or a smart function.
1. Debenhams, Principles by Ben de Lisi, Black Colour Block Coat, £89.10 was £99, Debenhams.com
2. French Connection, Colour Block Wonderland Coat, £97.50 was £195, FrenchConnection.com – you can't go wrong with a military coat mixed in with a retro two-tone vibe.
Happy shopping!!!


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