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Czech coach Jiri Siller: "It was very strong concentration throughout from us. We wanted to win with our good service and good blocking. I know the Puerto Rica team have good players, and they have a new libero, so we tried to play to that. I am happy after this game." Czech captain Ivana Plchotova:"We began very well from the first point of our service. It set the tone for our success in the whole match. We were so quiet and we went patiently set after set, and it was all that we can do. Today we had the luck."
Puerto Rico coach Carlos Cardona:"We were not at the level of our opponent. Everything went badly in all the aspects and fundamentals. So I have not much to say. There aren't plans to change, because the initial plans I had for this game weren't carried out properly. We made many mistakes and have to minimise that. We have to raise our level for the next games."Puerto Rico captain Vilmarie Mojica:"Today we didn't play like we were supposed to do. We expected to win this game and we didn't. We are practising very well but we are not doing it in the game. So we are not happy with the results."

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Follow all directions on your medicine label and package. Tell each of your healthcare providers about all your medical conditions, allergies, and all medicines you use.
Desonide is a steroid. It prevents the release of substances in the body that cause inflammation.
Desonide topical (for the skin) is used to treat the inflammation and itching caused by a number of skin conditions such as allergic reactions, eczema, and psoriasis.
Desonide topical may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication guide.
You should not use desonide topical if you are allergic to it.
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Also tell your doctor if you have diabetes. Steroid medicines may increase the glucose (sugar) levels in your blood or urine. You may also need to adjust the dose of your diabetes medications.
FDA pregnancy category C. It is not known whether desonide topical will harm an unborn baby. Tell your doctor if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant while using this medicine.
It is not known whether desonide topical passes into breast milk or if it could harm a nursing baby. Tell your doctor if you are breast-feeding a baby.
Desonide topical is not approved for use by anyone younger than 18 years old. Children can absorb larger amounts of this medication through the skin and may be more likely to have unwanted side effects.
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Wash your hands before and after using desonide topical, unless you are using the medicine to treat the skin on your hands.
Apply a small amount to the affected area and rub it gently into the skin. Do not apply desonide topical over a large area of skin.
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Swizz Beatz – Lotus Creative Director
After Reebok, Lotus has also announced a creative partnership with Swizz Beatz, naming him Vice President of Creative Design and Global Marketing. Lotus explains the rationale behind the decision with 3 simple statements
1. Like Group Lotus , he means business: He's a risk taker with considerable credentials including music producer, rapper, designer AND painter.
2. Like our cars, he's multi award winning: This year he shared a Grammy Award with Jay-Z.
3. Like Group Lotus he keeps good company: This man regularly works with the likes of Bono, Kanye West, Beyoncé and Alicia Keys.


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Thursday, July 29, 2010
Illustration Friday topic: double. I was too tired this week to be clever, so I'll just have to settle for being pleasant and diverting.
Thursday, July 15, 2010
The Daily Show is on vacation for the next two weeks, so I find I have large swaths of free time to spend experimenting. So I did a superhero, who is based off of a character I invented in 8th Grade french class (only it was a guy, wearing a purple windbreaker and a sheet of cardboard over his face, which goes to show that every single idea you have in 8th grade will probably end up embarrassing you later on) and whose costume I stole from a design for my college sophomore psychology class.*
Oh look. A picture.
This lady, in turn, was a rip off of "Brilliant Pussy", a character designed by "Scud the Disposable Assassin" creator Rob Schrab.
Look. another picture.
I could still learn a lot about digital coloring from this guy.
Go to http://www.sketchoholic.com/Talent/member/my_contest_items.php?ContestID=506 and vote for my entry, which won't be hard.
*It's a psychology class at an art school. This is what we do.
Friday, July 9, 2010
Dear Diary
Illustration Friday topic: diary. I just decided to let loose and do something completely fun and wild. It turned out surprisingly coherent, which means, I think, that I held back.
Next time I won't.
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Sat ellite
It's Illustration friday, which means that the following Thursday, I post a relevant picture. Today's word: Satellite.
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The case for IT's long-term relevancy in the workplace is about to head for the jury, and big data and cloud computing are going to be a large part of the closing arguments.
Ever since the last hype-cycle of cloud computing, there have been a lot of gloom-and-doom predictions about the role of IT in the enterprise. The logic was straightforward: if server operations were to be heavily automated, then what would be the need for large cadres of system administrators?
This sort of talk tends to make sysadmins understandably edgy, particularly given the standard corporate response whenever stock prices need to go up: trim the workforce. Other hotter-than-the-Sun IT concepts--such as DevOps--tend to put sysadmins on the defensive, too. After all, if developers can encode job allocations within cloud-based applications, that's even less need for system and database administrators in the loop, right?
And then there's big data, which some argue has the potential to shove IT out to the margins even farther.
The argument is not as straightforward, but it basically assumes that, as business intelligence and data analytic tools get smarter and easier to use for those employees with the MBAs, there will be less need for "pure" data managers and therefore further marginalization of IT as a whole.
Toss in the coming wave of big-data appliances and hosted big data services, and you've got yourself a recipe for more IT downsizing, right?
Perhaps not.
Based on what I saw at the Strata conference a couple of weeks ago, I would submit that there is not only plenty of room for IT in the big data sector, but that big data may actually make IT more relevant in the business place.
It is clear to almost everyone that businesses are under a deluge of data from a variety of sources, and they are trying to figure out (a) what to do with it and (b) how to apply what they learn back to their business practices.
These are tasks that, unlike system operation and automation, can't really be scaled, because at the end of the day there's going to need to be a data scientist (or a team of data experts) looking at the data and making decisions. And right now there is a huge shortage of data scientists.
Big data does not have to be a push for business workers to crowd out IT staff--instead, it offers IT an opportunity be more part of the business process than ever.
To be a data scientist, you need a lot of cross-disciplinary skills. Typically, most people assume that this is going to be businesspeople learning how to be techies, but it can go the other way, too: technologists can just as easily learn to be business savvy.
In fact, given that IT is more of a moving target than business practices (both general and within a company), I might risk the ire of businesspeople by putting forth the idea that learning about business is going to be a bit easier for IT staff than vice versa.
Even if all things are equal, big data offers a big chance for IT to become much more important to the success of a company, rather than being regarded as support staff who help get the "real" work done.
That's a huge shift in IT's role, and not every company is going to be ready for it. But those that want to be ready would do well right now to get the business and IT departments sitting down to have frank discussions on the role each side can play to make the shift to a data-driven organization happen.
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Applejack Rabbit Recipe
Let's start the weekend right--with a cocktail recipe from Paul Clarke (The Cocktail Chronicles). Need more than one? Hit up the archives. Cheers!
I can't prove that drinks made with apple brandy taste better at this time of year, but if you mix that spirit with the rich flavor of maple syrup, you may be able to work up some empirical evidence to back up that idea.
The Applejack Rabbit dates to at least the 1930s, and early recipes produced drinks that were teeth-grindingly sweet. This tweak on the recipe comes from one of the more influential books in the mixological canon, David Embury's The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks, which is now back in print after a nearly 50-year absence from the shelves. Combining the fruity depths of applejack with fresh orange and lemon juice and sweetening the mix with the richness of maple, the Applejack Rabbit combines some of the best of the season's flavors.
(This drink calls for applejack, which is apple brandy blended with neutral spirits for a lighter flavor. It also works well with Laird's 100-proof Apple Brandy, as well as with other apple spirits such as Clear Creek Distillery's 4-year-old Apple Brandy. And be sure to use real maple syrup, preferably the richer-tasting Grade B; pseudo-maple such as Mrs. Butterworth's has no business being near your cocktail shaker.)
- 1 1/2 ounce applejack or apple brandy
- 1/4 ounce fresh orange juice
- 1/4 ounce fresh lemon juice
- 1/4 ounce maple syrup
Combine ingredients in a cocktail shaker and fill with ice. Shake well for 10 seconds; strain into chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a twist of orange peel.


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We often start a narrative with those words. It marks always a day when things happen that impress themselves permanently on our memories.
July 1st, 2015 was such a day. I was taking a shower when the shouts of my husband's client alarmed me. Getting out of the shower and covered as fast as possible, I saw my husband Rufus in a chair in the living-room, his left hand moving strangely. He was visibly shaken. I called 911 immediately and reported the suspicion of a stroke. Within minutes, the fire engine arrived, shortly followed by EMS. The guys and gals were absolutely fabulous, giving a great sense of relief in a tense situation.
Rufus was taken to the emergency room and immediately had a CT scan. When I arrived at the hospital, dried and dressed, I had to wait for him. He looked still a little shaken but seemed no worse for wear except for an IV sticking in his arm. Shortly thereafter, we got the preliminary result: it had not been stroke but the symptoms were triggered by a meningioma, something that we had never heard of. We were informed that that was actually good news because it is a benign brain tumor which is not at all uncommon. They often go undetected when they do not cause any symptoms. Since that one had, the surgeon recommended surgery sooner rather than later, and Rufus readily agreed.
To rule out any other possibilities, Rufus stayed in the hospital for another day for more tests and was then discharged with the usual instructions and a whole battery of pill bottles. The surgeon suggested surgery the following week. We had, however, planned to attend the IDEA World Fitness Conference which was scheduled for July 15 to 19, and even my always optimistic husband did not think that he would be recovered soon enough to have a surgery on the 6th of July and then go on a trip a week later. He negotiated a later date for the surgery, just after the conference, and the surgeon had no objections.
We congratulated ourselves on our good luck and proceeded with our lives, a little shaken by such a sudden turn of events but confident that nothing major really had happened.
I just resigned from Rex Healthcare after more than 20 years of service. The following are the events leading up to this decision:
My husband died almost 5 months ago. He had acquired an infection in the brain during a surgery to remove a benign brain tumor. The complication brought on bleeding in the brain and a massive stroke which left him paralyzed on the left side of his body to the degree that he could not even sit up or turn himself over in the bed. He was completely dependent, a fate that most people would consider worse than death, and he certainly viewed it that way.
He suffered all the indignities that go along with such total dependency, and in the end all I could do is take him home and afford him the comfort to die at home in familiar surroundings with friends visiting him to the very end.
Never in my worst nightmares could I have imagined such a scenario. The week before the surgery, my husband and I had made our annual trip to the IDEA World Fitness Convention in California. He even indulged my craving for art, and we visited the Getty Museum together on a beautiful California day.
I have been a wellness instructor at Rex Hospital for more than 20 years, teaching first water aerobics and then MELT. I had always been proud to be associated with Rex Hospital, and when my husband needed to be admitted to a hospital, Rex was my first and only choice.
Watching the proceedings leading to my husband's death has caused me a great deal of anguish as I dealt with my increasingly ambivalent relationship to Rex. My first impulse was to resign, and I did not teach any classes at all for several months. I had a sense of loyalty, though, if not so much to Rex as to the members of the wellness center, and decided to teach on a very limited base. Stepping back on hospital grounds was more difficult than I had imagined. I had made the trip to the hospital over and over again during the months of my husband's hospitalizations and rehabilitations.
It is not easy to get one's life back together after events like those. I know that many other people have suffered a similar fate but this is of very little consolation. In addition to the grief, there is anger over an unnecessary death. My husband should still be alive, and we should be planning for our next conference. His clients should still have a trainer, and I should still have a husband. Thoughts like that rear up even if one tries to 'move on' as the saying goes.
I was dealing with all that when I got an unexpected piece of mail this week. Rather, it was a mailing addressed to my husband. Of course, much mail is still addressed to him but the sender of this letter was unique. It was a letter from the Rex Healthcare Foundation and it was the request for a donation so that Rex can continue to provide excellent care to its patients.
At first, I was baffled. Then I tried to decide whether to laugh or to cry. The longer I looked at the letter, the angrier I got. I wrote a cynical note to the Rex Healthcare Foundation which made me feel a little better temporarily. I felt and still feel as if somebody had slapped me in the face, adding insult to injury. I have been trampled upon by a hospital bureaucracy that simply doesn't give a damn. Pardon my French, I am usually not given to outbreaks of profanity. This is how I feel: "How dare they send this letter? First they kill my husband, and then they have the nerve to send this!"
I cannot possibly continue to be associated with an organization where such instances can occur. Yesterday, I sent my letter of resignation.
Not too many years ago, the term "fascia" was hardly heard. It was viewed as the body's inert 'packaging material' just as bubble wrap or packaging peanuts. It was also regarded as the domain of hands-on bodyworders such as massage therapists and Rolfers. This view has changed radically over the last years, and its wording has begun to infiltrate the fitness industry.
Let's go back to basics with a definition of what "fascia" actually is. It is not so much packaging material as it provides a stabilizing structure in the body. Better known examples of fascial tissue are tendons and ligaments, the plantar fascia and the notorious IT band. But it goes well beyond that in that it surrounds every bone, every muscle and even every muscle cell. Think of it as the membranes of an orange which give the fruit its shape.
The fascia in the human body creates an internal scaffolding which can reorganize itself constantly to the requirements of movement and rest. It is a fluid filled system based on collagen. Because of its job as a support structure, it provides stabilization particularly for those postures and movements which we execute repeatedly. It accomplishes that but laying down extra tissue much as we would use duct tape to reinforce weak structures.
Unfortunately, the one position that we as humans in our modern world assume the most is sitting, be it at a desk, in the car or even for recreational activities such as reading. When fascia deforms and reinforces itself to accommodate a sitting posture, it becomes denser (de-hydrated) and loses its ability to extend easily to provide support for other positions such as standing and walking. The consequences of this discrepancy are frequently shoulder, neck and low back pain.
Another important aspect of fascia is that it is the host tissue for a variety of sensors which form part of our autonomous nervous system. I am right now only referring to the sensors (mechanoreceptors) which allow us to sense ourselves in space, also called 'proprioception'. (There are others but this would lead us too far.) When those sensors are in the healthy environment of easily moveable fascia, they can sense their surroundings with accuracy and relay this information rapidly so that subsequent movements can be executed correctly. Watching athletes gives an excellent opportunity to see this perfect response, be it a downhill skier or a basketball player. However, when those sensors happen to be in areas of dehydrated fascia, then the sensory input is skewed, and information travels at a slower speed. A very sad example of such flawed input and slow response is when people, often older, fall. The main reason why those falls can have such catastrophic consequences is that no corrective response occurs to counteract the fall. Simply put, by the time the information about the impending fall has been received by the brain, the person has already fallen without any attempt at bracing the fall.
With all this said, it seems obvious that we should take care of our fascia much as we take care of our skin and teeth.
As an instructor for MELT (Myofascial Energetic Length Technique), TBMM (The BioMechanics Method) and (soon-to-be) RTR (Relief through Rolling), foam rollers and balls are my preferred method of massaging and manipulating fascia with the goal of lengthening and re-hydrating this tissue. The beauty of all these techniques is that they are meant for self-treatment, and a participant in a class will have take-home techniques.
At the last personal training conference, I attended a session on "Posture and Core for the Aging Spine" presented by Shari Kalkstein.
I walked away with many good ideas on how to work the core without further jeopardizing clients with osteoporosis but I also learned one fact that I had not known before.
I knew that not only women can get osteoporosis but also men. I had heard the statistics of a ratio of about 1 : 10. I have never really questioned it. It was in my textbooks, and I did not give it any further thought.
While is seem to be true that women are at greater risk for osteoporosis than men, it is definitely true that men are not screened for it. In fact, I do not know of one man who had been screened for osteoporosis. That makes me wonder whether the low prevalence is the result of lack of early detection and not because of the fact that "men are at much lesser risk". A google search revealed that men are more likely to die after a hip fracture than women.
So here is my suggestion if you are a guy: talk to your doctor to see whether a screening for osteoporosis is right for you.
A life-changing event like my husband's death brings a lot of insight in the quality of the relationships that one has and had. Those insights can be a source of disappointment but also of surprise and gratitude.
One of my fondest surprises came from IDEA. With 250,000 fitness professionals world-wide, IDEA has grown to a force in the industry, and being just one out of 250,000 makes one a very small fish in a big pond. Imagine my surprise when I got a card from the family of Peter and Kathy Davis with a wonderful gardenia plant. When I went to the conference two weeks ago in Alexandria, I got a big hug from Marco. The process of terminating my husband's membership was made as painless as possible. My interaction with IDEA over the last few months made me feel a part of the IDEA family. I have always cherished IDEA for the quality of their programs, and now I have yet another reason to love them.
The last conference was another example of great information and impeccable organization. I have summarized my impressions about the sessions I attended on my website, and here is a link for those who want to know what one does at a conference. You'll need to copy and paste it. http://www.meltnc.com/page23a.html
It's been almost two months since my husband passed away, and I am becoming an expert at stress management, at least for my own stressors.
I have always been preaching to accept what is to direct the energy toward a solution, and those beliefs have been sorely tested. They have been holding up for the most part. I find that dwelling in "what ifs" and "should have beens" takes a lot of energy away from the search toward the way to deal with curve balls and unwanted realities. I am also blessed beyond words to have friends who I can call and who will listen and give good advice.
I have been told over and over that I am a strong person and will be able to deal with everything that comes my way. Except that, sometimes, I am sick and tired of being strong.
And then there are moments when the wall comes down temporarily, and they are usually unexpected. It happened when I was asked to complete a questionnaire. The question was "Marital Status", and I realized that I was suddenly single.
Those are the moments when I am glad that I have my dog Mr. Darcy.
A few days ago, my husband passed away. He has been a trainer for the last 21 years and had intended to train at least another five. As an NASM certified trainer, he had taken advantage of the one-time charge for life-time re-certification. While he was in one the recovering phases over the last few months, he told me that he would announce those plans to his clients, thus reassuring them that he was very serious about getting well and returning to duty.
Nobody could have been more passionate about training than my husband. Fitness has been a major factor in his personal life. It started when he was in high school and college where he played football and continued when he was in the army as an airborne ranger. After that, he continued with fitness, and I never knew him not working out for the almost 27 year that I knew him.
As trainers and instructors, we are also prone to portray ourselves always as very healthy and to gloss over those little warning signs which may the non-fitness guru cause to seek medical advice. As trainers, exercise is the answer to almost all questions, and we can hardly imagine that there is a malady which cannot be improved by it.
Looking over the sequence of events leading up to my husband's death, I could see all the hallmarks of a perfect storm. With his athletic and military background, being sick was not an option. For all I know, he never missed a day of work. He also went to regular medical check-ups but dismissed little warning signs as nothing worth mentioning.
With the brutal clarity of 20/20 hindsight, it is possible that there may have been warning signs both for the growing brain tumor (no matter how benign) and even for the subsequent infection caused by the surgery. We will never know whether there might have been a better outcome if they had been heeded but I sure would have liked to have given it a try.
In an effort to have something good come out of all of this, here is my appeal to all the guys out there who are as tough as nails and indestructible: If there is something happening in your body which does not fit with your image of yourself, please take courage and have it checked. And if you are really brave, please tell your significant other. They are the ones that will have to deal with the consequences if you don't.
I would have never thought that this could become so personal. Statistics are usually abstract ideas, possibilities in percentages, usually too small to consider as anything that could have an impact on one's life.
Until it does!
According to the CDC, there were 157,500 surgery site infections in the United States in 2011. These are 157,500 lives which have been, to a greater or lesser degree, altered, maybe forever.
As in the case of my husband!
July 21, my husband had a surgery to remove a benign brain tumor, called meningioma. He delayed the surgery by one week because we had signed up to go to the IDEA World Fitness Convention, and he really wanted to go. We had a good time, as always. Two days after our return was the surgery which was supposed to be not much of a big deal because these tumors are usually self-contained. This one was not, though, and there were a few functional deficits on his left side after the surgery. Prompt rehab improved things, and my husband came back home and started training his clients again.
Then, suddenly, there was a day when the progress on his left side was all but wiped out. There was the suggestion of a stroke. We found a great physical therapist, and soon we saw signs of improvement again.
A few weeks later, there was a complete breakdown of function. My husband was back in the hospital, and a CT scan revealed an infection. The surgery the next day let us to hope that we had conquered all complications and would soon be on the road of recovery. Wrong again. There was bleeding and fluid build-up in the brain which caused another stroke.
It has been four months since the initial surgery. My husband is in a rehab facility, at present completely paralyzed on his left side. The physical therapists have now determined that he has not progressed enough to continue, and he will be discharged home on December 4. I have arranged for home health care but most of it will be done by myself.
So that is what's meant by the statement that every surgery has some risk of infection ……
PS: My husband Rufus passed away December 22, 2015.
Fibromyalgia is a multi-layered condition, and those who are suffering from it often have a difficult time communicating the complexities to others. Here is an excerpt from the Fibromyalgia Foundation's website:
"Fibromyalgia pain typically waxes and wanes in intensity; flares are associated with unaccustomed exertion, soft tissue injuries, lack of sleep, cold exposure, and psychological stressors. Although most patients have widespread body pain, there are typically one or two locations that are the major foci. These pain foci often shift to other locations, often in response to new biomechanical stresses or trauma. Fibromyalgia is more than a muscle pain syndrome, as most patients have an array of other somatic complaints. Nearly all fibromyalgia patients have severe fatigue, poor sleep, and post-exertional pain. Other symptoms include: tension type headaches, cold intolerance, dry mouth, unexplained bruising, poor memory and concentration, fluid retention, chest pain, jaw pain, dyspnea, dizziness, abdominal pain, paresthesia, and low grade depression and anxiety. Some symptoms relate to specific syndromes whose prevalence appears to be increased; these include: irritable bowel syndrome, irritable bladder syndrome, migraine, premenstrual syndrome, Raynaud's and restless leg syndrome."
How can MELT help? While MELT cannot 'cure' fibromyalgia, its unique way to calm the body's stress response can assist in alleviating some of the symptoms above. People who MELT regularly often report improved sleep and better digestion, greater body awareness and better posture and body alignment. After a MELT session, people often tell me that they feel that they just had a massage, and this feeling of well-being makes movement easier and more enjoyable.
People who suffer from fibromyalgia often use an array of modalities to deal with the condition, and MELT can be one part of the overall management.
I will have a workshop at my studio on November 3.
As the connective tissue, aka fascia, which until recently was treated like the ugly duckling is morphing into a beautiful swan, it has been attracting more and more interest from practitioners of different modalities.
MELT has been at the forefront of this movement, and it still forms a foundation stone of my training. But there are others now, and as a trainer, it is important to evaluate its effectiveness and even integrate it into practice where it is of benefit to the clients and students.
Two of those modalities stand out in my mind. The first is called 'Yoga Tune Up' and is by Jill Miller who wrote the book 'The Roll Model' which is very extensive and gives a lot of options. Maybe too many for my taste. It requires special balls, and some of the techniques are very intense. But is very well worth checking out.
The other is called 'Relief through Rolling' and is by Kevin Lucas. He is just using a roller (hear, hear) in different, yet similar patterns. It is a modality which is very compatible with MELT, and which I intend to integrate into classes and workshops and my personal training.


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There was still plenty of intrigue left in the world of ocean racing however, and records continued to fall throughout April and May. Meanwhile the buildup to the ISAF Youth Worlds continued to gather momentum, windsurfers racing on a purpose built canal came within a whisker of the magical 50 knots and the ISAF Mid-Year Meetings saw ISAF President Göran PETERSSON (SWE) at the helm of the ISAF Council for the first time.
Olympic Sailors Clash In Europe
Star Names Meet As America's Cup Clock Ticks Down
Young Eyes Focussed On Busan
Boards Flying High And Fast
Follow the blue links and click on the pictures for more on each story
Olympic Sailors Clash In Europe
By the start of April Paul CAYARD and Brian SHARP (USA) were working their magic at the ISAF Grade C1 Star Western Hemisphere Championship in the Bahamas, winning with a race to spare in a fleet which included Olympic silver medallists Ross MacDONALD and Mike WOLFS (CAN).
The ISAF Grade 1 Semaine Olympique Française saw the start of a trio of high profile European Olympic Classes Regattas and was also set to see the first of a series of format trials in preparation for the 2008 Olympic Sailing Competition. However at the start of racing in Hyères all the focus was on the sailors, with plenty of interest in some of the new paths taken by established winners. Olympic Champion in the Europe, Siren SUNDBY (NOR) lined up in the 470, whilst Shirley ROBERTSON's (GBR) gold winning Olympic Yngling team took on a new look with former crew Sarah AYTON (GBR) at the helm.
|The first Olympic Format trials prompted
much debate at the Semaine Olympique
Française and Holland Regatta
|© Gilles Martin Raget/FF Voile
Moving into the final days, the wind did an about turn, with light winds presenting a new challenge to the competitors and then thick fog making for some unexpected leaderboard changes. DE TURCKHEIM seemed unbothered the conditions however and swept to victory in the Radial as did fellow French sailors Ingrid PETITJEAN and Nadege DOUROUX in the 470. Meanwhile in the Laser Australian Tom SLINGSBY took advantage of a disastrous last race for leader Milan VUJASINOVIC (CRO) to win his first ever ISAF Graded event.
Wind curtailed the plans for grand final races across the fleet, with eventually just the top Finn and Yngling sailors going head to head. Again though the weather seemed like it just did not want to play ball, and the title went to the leaders at the end of the fleet series, PAPATHANASIOU and BARKOW, HOWE and CAPOZZI.
'We think it will be lots of fun.''I don't really like the idea.'
'It is a good idea. Our sport needs
'It is not fair for the sailor who
Yngling sailor Sally BARKOW, Hong Kong coach Rene APPEL,
The ISAF World Sailing Rankings released 4 May saw some significant changes after the racing in Hyères, with three leaders rising to the top spot. Paul GOODISON (GBR) overtook the absent Robert SCHEIDT (BRA) in the Laser whilst Canada's Keamia RASA grabbed the number one spot in the Laser Radial. Meanwhile back to back Olympic gold medallist Roman HAGARA and Hans-Peter STEINACHER (AUT) reclaimed first place in the Tornado Rankings.
Before the Olympic Classes were to meet again in the Netherlands, the Mistral World Championship saw the world's best windsurfers battle in Mondello, Italy, whilst the ISAF Grade C1 Star Eastern Hemisphere Championship took place in Switzerland. Despite some impressive races from 1996 Olympic gold medallist in the Finn Mateusz KUZNIEREWICZ (POL) in his first ever ISAF Graded regatta in the Star with new crew Dominik ZICKY (POL), Robert STANJEK and Markus KOY (GER) proved top of the Star pile. In the Mistral, Nicolas HUGUET (FRA) and Blanca MANCHON (ESP) consolidated on early leads to both claim the respective World titles with a race to spare.
The ISAF Grade 1 Holland Regatta saw star names (and old foes) Ben AINSLIE (GBR) and Robert SCHEIDT line up again in the classes in which they held the title Olympic Champion. It was to prove a more successful return for the Brit, whose dominant win laid the foundation for perhaps the most emphatic series of displays across any class of boat in 2005. Elsewhere Joeri VAN DIJK (NED) provided the home fans with a victory to savour in the Mistral, whilst CHAN Wai Man (HKG) wrapped up a narrow victory in the women's event. Tom SLINGSBY (AUS), Sophie DE TURCKHEIM (FRA) and Ingrid PETITJEAN and Nadège DOUROUX (FRA) repeated their Hyères success in the Laser, Laser Radial and 470 Women and the Yngling team of Sarah AYTON recorded an impressive win.
In the final races Stevie MORRISON and Ben RHODES (GBR) claimed the honours in the 49er, whilst Mathew BELCHER and Nick BEHRENS (AUS) came out on top in the 470 Men. In the Tornado, Fernando ECHAVARRI and Anton PAZ (ESP) won their second regatta of the year in the final races offs, a result from which they would simply not look back.
Star Names Meet As America's Cup Clock Ticks Down
The ISAF Grade 1 Congressional Cup in the USA saw a host of the world's top match racing stars gather in California, but they could do nothing to stop the event turning into a Kiwi whitewash. With Chris DICKSON (NZL) securing third place, the final pitted Dean BARKER (NZL) against his mentor Russell COUTTS (NZL). With the three-time America's Cup winner out of the 2007 event, COUTTS had a point to prove, but then so did BARKER having been on the receiving end of a 5-0 whipping back in Auckland two years ago and lining up again for Emirates Team New Zealand in 2007. Youth was to triumph over experience, with BARKER winning 2-1 thanks to a 19 second victory in the final race.
|Peter GILMOUR proved to be the star man on
the match racing circuit
|© Guido Cantini/Swedish Match Tour and
Congressional Cup
Along with the positive news for match racing development, Team Racing also had a great boost when GREY GOOSE® Vodka were announced as title sponsors for the Grey Goose ISAF Team Racing World Championship taking place in New York, USA in September/October.
The sailing world's focus once again shifted to the America's Cup as 29 April and Challenge deadline for the 32nd Cup approached. In the preceding weeks, teams from Malaysia, San Francisco, USA and Australia had dropped their bids, but still the 2007 America's Cup was the be the biggest ever, with eleven challengers set to battle for the honour of taking on Swiss Defender Alinghi in the first ever Cup in Europe. Amongst the twelve teams, syndicates from Germany and China were to provide the Cup with challengers from nations which had never before participated. Whilst the start of the year had seen Defenders Alinghi and Russell COUTTS settle their differences 'amicably', former Team New Zealand boss Tom SCHNACKENBERG took legal action against the team at the start of April.
As the America's deadline passed, the match racing world's gaze shifted to the women's scene, with the top sailors gathering in Calpe, Spain for the ISAF Grade 1 International Women Match Race Criterium. It was to prove a crucial event in the larger scheme of the ISAF World Match Race Rankings with World numbers one and two, Marie BJÖRLING (SWE) and Claire LEROY (FRA) respectively, going head to head in the semi final. LEROY won the battle 3-1 and despite losing to Klartje ZUIDERBAAN (NED), second place was to prove good enough to give her the Ranking top spot on the release on 4 May, displacing BJÖRLING, who had topped the Ranking list since February 2003, but a four month break between June and September 2004.
|'When I woke up today I
knew the starts were
going to be vital.'
After three America's Cups victories it all seems to
In the Open Rankings Ed BAIRD (USA) remained unmovable at the top, although, with the America's Cup now out of the question, Russell COUTTS was now moving back up the list, to seventh in this Rankings' release.
COUTTS was also to the fore a few days later as he began his defence of the ISAF Grade 1 Toscana Elba Cup in Italy. Despite a shaky start, the Kiwi legend was to come up trumps again, defeating World number two Peter GILMOUR (AUS) in the final. However GILMOUR was to storm back a few weeks later at the ISAF Grade 1 Match Race Germany, in what was to prove the first victory of a magical season for the popular Australian. Back in Italy, home sailor Paolo CIAN (ITA) recorded a popular win at the ISAF Grade 1 Albaria Cento Cup.
The match racing circuit moved on to Croatia and the ISAF Grade 1 ACI H1 Cup, with defending champion Bertrand PACÉ (FRA) winning an incredible 17 flights in the opening double round robin. However, the Frenchman came unstuck in the semis, and again it was GILMOUR who took his second straight win, and in doing so getting the better of his rival at the top of the Rankings BAIRD in the last four.
|By May anticipation was growing as the
ISAF Youth Worlds approached
|© Peter Bentley
Young Eyes Focussed On Busan
As the year progressed so the buildup to the Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship in Busan, Korea intensified. By the start of April, the entries for the Championship were in and promised another huge event, with over 200 sailors taking part from more than 35 nations. ISAF's Athlete Participation Programme offered funding to over 20 nations and as a result both the Bahamas and El Salvador fielded competitors for the very first time.
Meanwhile Great Britain, so close to winning the Volvo Trophy for the best nation in 2004, selected their ISAF Youth World team following the RYA Youth Championship in Largs, Scotland. Amongst the team Laser sailor Giles SCOTT caught the eye after winning with nine bullets and a second in the ten race series. New Zealand also announced their team following the 2005 YouthSail event.
|'I hadn't thought forward to Korea,
in fact when I was in Palma last
month I didn't even know where
the Youth Worlds was!'
Giles SCOTT seems a little unprepared for his forthcoming
Away from the top level competition at the ISAF Youth Worlds there was still plenty going on for young sailors around the globe. The USA Junior Olympic Sailing Festivals for one took fun on the water sailing programmes around 18 states and in Venice, Italy 2004 Optimist World Team Racing Champions Poland produced an impressive display to lift the Trofeo Marco Rizzotti. Meanwhile the International 470 Class Association launched two new programmes designed to assist youth and junior sailors.
Boards Flying High And Fast
|Windsurfers provided plenty of spectacal
throughout the year
|© Masters of Speed and PWA/Carter
In the windsurfing world there was good news as the new Olympic equipment, the Neil Pryde RS:X went into production. Whilst windsurfers with Olympic pretensions were waiting with baited breath to get their hands on the new equipment, over on the purpose built canal at St. Maries de la Mer, France another side of the sport grabbed the limelight.
Over the years the outright sailing speed record as oscillated between boards and boats, and British Virgin Islander Finian MAYNARD reinforced the former's claim the throne on Sunday 10 April, breaking his own record to lift the outright mark to 48.7 knots. MAYNARD's fantastic performance, covering 501 metres in just 20 seconds was to earn his recognition throughout the year. On the same day, Karin JAGGI (SUI) beat the eleven year old women's record, posting an average speed of 41.25 knots.
|'This is windsurfing and
we are quick.'
It is hard to argue with Finian MAYNARD
Spectacular speeds became spectacular stunts as the PWA World Tour took eye opening windsurfing around the world. In Hawaii at the start of April Josh ANGULO (USA) and Daida MORENO (ESP) turned on the style to win the Jeep Hawaii Pro. World Champion Matt PRITCHARD (USA) went on to take the honours in the first PWA Super X World Cup of the year at the Mondial du Vent in Leucate, France.
Records Continue To Tumble
Although the Volvo Ocean Race was not scheduled to start until November, already the VO70s were making waves on the world's oceans. On 4-5 April Bouwe BEKKING (NED) skippered Spanish boat movistar to a new 24 hour distance monohull record of 530 nm at an average speed of 22.09 knots. Already the Spanish entrants were looking like a formidable team. The first ever Brazilian team to enter the famous round the
|Eric BROUGLAZET captured the Trophée BPE, whilst the Rolex
Transatlantic Challenge got off to a spectactular start in New
|© Carlo Borlenghi/Rolex and Pen Duick
With against the clock sailing taking up so much of the focus of the offshore scene during the first part of the year, the Trophée BPE arrived to the relief those desperate for a bit of 'human' competition. Eric DROUGLAZET (FRA) on Credit Maritime-Zerotwo won 4,265 nm race from St.Nazaire, France to Cienfugos, Cuba.
Record breaking boats were never far away however, with CityJet breaking the Round Ireland Monohull record on 6 May. Within two weeks another record had fallen with Jean Luc VAN DEN HEEDE (FRA) on Adrien annihilating the Round Britain and Ireland single-handed record.
|'The boat literally flew!'
Spain's Olympic gold medallist Iker MARTÍNEZ
With so many groundbreaking boat designs smashing records around the globe, the start of the Rolex Transatlantic Challenge came as a timely reminder of the sports long ancestry, although predictably the headlines were taken by the predicted battle between the two maxi monohulls Mari Cha IV and Maximus.
As May drew to close Ellen MACARTHUR once again grabbed the headlines, and not just in the sailing press, winning the Alternative Sportsperson of the Year at the Laureus Sports Awards.
|Paul BORG and Don SCOTT sailed flawlessly
to win the International Match Racing
Championship for Blind People
|© David Staley
Disabled Sailing Gains Extra Paralympic Event
For disabled sailors around the world there was great news a fortnight into April with the announcement from the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) that sailing would gain an additional event, taking it to three in the 2008 Paralympic Games. The two-person keelboat joined the single-person and three-person keelboat events.
Meanwhile at the International Match Racing Championship for Blind People in Port Maurizio, Italy, Australians Paul BORG and Don SCOTT (AUS) sailed a perfect eight from eight series to take the title. It was also announced that the soon to be restored Gipsy Moth IV would be offering berths on her global circumnavigation to disabled sailors.
On The Water Around The World
The start of April saw Puerto Ricans Enrique FIGUEROA and Jorge HERNANDEZ celebrate their triumph at the Hobie Tiger World Championship
|Capri and Antigua both saw stunning yachts on the water
for their respective Sail Weeks
|© Carlo Borlenghi/Rolex and Tim Wright
Over in the Caribbean, the Antigua Sailing Week saw a dominating performance from the fancied Titan XII of Tom HILL, whilst later in May the Angostura Tobago SailWeek saw success for Barbadian yacht Blazin.
Meanwhile over in Dubai, UAE Horizon won the first ever Maktoum Sailing Trophy, whilst Ray ROBERTS (AUS) skippered Ambil Angin to a runaway victory in the IRC Racing class at the Borneo Cup on the Malaysian Islands of Sarawak and Labuan.
Towards the end of May Roman KOCH, Maxl KOCH and Gregor BORNEMANN (GER) raced to an emphatic win at the Soling Worlds in Italy. Then as May drew to a close, Italy also hosted some of the world's most stunning yachts at the Rolex Capri Sailing Week.
ISAF President Makes His Debut
Off the water the new ISAF Equipment Committee met for the first time since being appointed in November 2004. Made up of representatives from various areas of the sport including Olympic gold medallist Sofia BEKATOROU (GRE) and fellow competitor in Athens in the 470, Marta WEÖRES (HUN), the Committee met in Southampton, Great Britain just before the ISAF Mid-Year Meetings in Stockholm, Sweden in May.
|Neil PRYDE and ISAF President Göran PETERSSON put pen to
paper on the Neil Pryde RS:X
|© Neil Pryde
ISAF President Göran PETERSSON (SWE) presided at his first ISAF Mid-Year Meetings since being elected back in November 2004. On the agenda were the qualification system for the 2008 Olympics and ISAF's strategy and objectives for the next four years. The ISAF President solidified the relationship with the designer of the new Olympic windsurfing equipment Neil PRYDE, with the two men signing a Memorandum of Understanding on the production of the Neil Pryde RS:X. Final details on the price control, production, distribution and availability were also approved by the ISAF Council. In partnership with Adecco, ISAF also announced the launch of the Athletes' Career Programme for sailing.
ISAF President from 1994-2004 Paul HENDERSON (CAN) was awarded the ISAF Beppe Croce Trophy in recognition of his services to the sport at an evening hosted by Sanpellegrino. It was a fitting tribute to the Canadian, the first non-European President, who was originally encouraged to join the IYRU back in 1970 by Beppe CROCE (ITA) himself.
Awards also took centre stage in Canada, where ISAF President of Honour, His Majesty King Constantine announced plans for the new Canadian Sailing Hall of Fame, whilst Olympic silver medallist Ross MACDONALD (USA) won the Male Athlete of the Year award at the 2005 Sport BC Annual Awards.
Sailing also further increased it's representation within the International Olympic Committee (IOC), with the news that 1992 Olympic champion Barbara KENDALL's (NZL) appointment to the IOC Athletes' Commission was accepted by the IOC Executive Board during their meeting in Berlin, Germany.
'We all owe Paul a tremendous debt
ISAF President Göran PETERSSON's tribute to his predecessor
Another Kiwi sailing legend, Olympic and America's Cup sailing veteran, Rod DAVIS (NZL) took over as Olympic Director as Yachting New Zealand, whilst fellow Olympic gold medallist Tom KING (AUS) was elected Chairman of the inaugural Yachting Australia Athletes' Committee. Meanwhile Philippe ROGGE (BEL) stepped down from his position as International Finn Class Association President.
For ISAF Race Officials, the International Umpires and Match Racing Manual Edition 6/05 became available to download from the ISAF website at the start of April.
|Göran PETERSSON awards the
ISAF Beppe Croce Trophy to
Paul HENDERSON
As 2005 approached the halfway mark, the year in sailing was beginning to feel the pull of the tide towards the major events lined up during the European summer, heightened by the anticipation surrounding the America's Cup Acts set to take place in Spain, Sweden and Italy. If the offshore world had taken the limelight at the start of the year, the Olympic Classes were beginning to wrestle back the attention of the sailing world, and with Olympic Format trials set to continue through the next few months, the action on the water was set to be far from the only turning point.
However first would come the ISAF Youth Worlds, as a proven breeding ground for future success at the highest levels, the Championship in Korea was set to give sailing's new breed there first chance to hit the front pages…
Part 3 of the ISAF Year In Review will be published Friday 16 December. Subscribe at ISAF Sailor.


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Putnam ready to help struggling bullpen
SEATTLE -- After just one scoreless rehab inning thrown for Triple-A Charlotte on Tuesday, right-hander Zach Putnam is ready to come off the disabled list on Friday. Putnam has been on the DL since July 24 with inflammation in his right shoulder but was with the team in Seattle. Right-hander Andre Rienzo was optioned to Charlotte following Thursday's 13-3 loss to the Mariners to open a roster spot.
"Yes, champing at the bit," said Putnam of his return. "I felt real good. The velocity was up a little bit, but most important, the shoulder felt good."
Putnam has been a pleasant surprise for the bullpen, with a 2.35 ERA and three saves over 33 games. He will be a welcome stabilizing force for a relief crew that has been the subject of recent derision, with 30 runs allowed on 41 hits (seven homers) over the last five games.
Manager Robin Ventura knows there have been some pitchers working out of order late in games, a situation brought about by injuries to Matt Lindstrom and Nate Jones. Ventura also understands that a good bullpen is essential to a winning team.
"You look at teams that are in it every year, they usually have a pretty good bullpen," Ventura said. "That's part of being able to save ... your starters, but being able to mix and match with the bullpen, too. You are seeing different guys come in and pick up the slack. That's what you are seeing when a bullpen is in sync. It's not the same guys every night."
"Given the youth of the 'pen, guys are learning from each other, and I include myself in that," Putnam said. "It's us trying to get better, taking the ups and the downs, and trying to take something from every outing, whether it's a good one or a bad one. Try to take something going into the next outing, watch what other guys do and try and learn from that."


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The HAG-HF is a fully automated standalone machine used for the production of fused beads for XRF analysis.
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After the fusion process, the crucibles and casting dishes can be cleaned in the optional heated ultrasonic bath. The cleaning fluid in the bath is renewed at set intervals. The cleaned crucibles and casting dishes are rinsed with distilled water and dried with hot air. They are then weighed to ensure perfect cleanliness (optional).


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The Public Relations (PR) emphasis will develop competent communicators able to organize and plan events, write and produce materials for the press, and speak to gatherings of employees and customers.
"Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers." - Daniel J. Boorstin
Public relations is a field where the primary focus is maintaining a public image for a business or not-for-profit organization. Work involved may include:
Those who choose a career in public relations are excellent communicators who are able to read people and enjoy new adventures. A day in the life of a PR practitioner is never dull.
There are many on-campus jobs for students in the public relations field. Two of the more popular workstations are:
Public Relations Department
Here, public relations (PR) students have the opportunity to write press releases, give campus tours, and plan and execute campus and community special events. This is an opportunity to utilize the writing, speaking, and planning skills necessary for success in the public relations field.
Admissions Office
PR students may also choose to work in the Admissions department at C of O, where they are afforded the chance to give prospective student tours, promote the college via face-to-face and telephone inquiries, and see what it's really like to be part of the first impression of an organization.
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The debate over the fiduciary standard that will become applicable to many financial professionals may be coming to a head as the looming deadline for comments on SEC proposals has motivated some advisors to express disapproval over a perceived weakening of the potential standard. Because a heightened fiduciary standard could increase advisors' compliance costs, while simultaneously increasing consumer confidence in the quality of their advice, it is critical that advisors know the rules of the game. Recent indications that the SEC may deviate from its previously expressed intent to expand the traditional standard applicable to investment advisors, however, represent a curveball for advisors who are not currently subject to a strict fiduciary standard; the outcome once again seems up for grabs.
Today's Bifurcated Approach to Fiduciary Regulation
Under the current regulatory regime, investment advisors governed by the Investment Advisers Act unquestionably owe their clients a fiduciary duty of care that requires the advisor to make recommendations that are in the client's best interest, even if they are not in the best interest of the advisor.
Insurance producers and many other financial professionals, on the other hand, are governed by a less stringent suitability standard that is slightly less concrete. The suitability standard requires that the advisor have a reasonable basis for recommending products to the client based on an examination of the client's financial position. While the suitability standard requires that advisors act fairly in dealing with clients, it is not as taxing as the fiduciary duty imposed upon investment advisors, and the resultant liability for failing to comply is less clearly defined.
SEC Proposals Indicate Possible Softening
Though many believed that the fiduciary duty of care owed by investment advisors would be expanded to cover financial professionals currently governed by the suitability standard under the Dodd-Frank Act, the SEC's recent releases have indicated that it may be pulling back from this expansion. Many advisors and advisor groups have expressed disagreement with recent SEC pronouncements because they appear to eliminate or weaken the requirement that all financial professionals governed by the common standard act in the best interests of their clients when providing financial guidance.
For example, a recent SEC release indicates that it may allow an advisor's duty of care toward his clients to be determined contractually between the advisor and client. This represents a substantial weakening of the traditional rule that the advisor always owes a duty of care to his clients and could cause much confusion among advisors and clients alike.
Further, some perceive the SEC's release as representing a shift toward a disclosure-only standard, rather than a strict duty of care. Under this regime, it could be possible for financial professionals to avoid acting solely in the best interests of their clients so long as they have made full disclosure of all the relevant facts. Though this may be acceptable in the case of financially sophisticated clients, many have expressed concern over whether it would limit the ability of middle class clients (who may be less financially knowledgeable) to gain access to effective financial guidance.
The SEC has been careful to make clear that recently released information may not necessarily influence the eventual rules that will be put into place. Despite this, advisors should be aware of the possibility that the SEC's path may not take them in the direction they have been anticipating over the past months.


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What do you think of the snow?
Marla Muntner: "I think it's beautiful. I wish it would snow a little bit more so I could cross-country ski."
Martha Haertig: "I'd love to have one of those huge storms like we used to get in New Jersey. I think it's wonderful."
Dan Whitten: "I like it because I can take some time off and be with my daughter."


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Fashion Focus: Chicago's Fashion Week kicks off this week with runway shows and other fashion and shopping events throughout the city. Although many official city-sponsored shows sold out immediately, there are still plenty of other great (and often free) affiliated events worth checking out.
Studio 820
V. Mora 820 N. California Ave. 773- 540-4097
Put on your vintage goldfish heels and get to work with fashion consulting and development firm, V. Mora who's hosting a disco-themed networking event perfect for budding and aspiring designers. Offerings include a DJ, refreshments and a workshop on "5 Mistakes New Designers Make," by V. Mora founder Anna Livermore. 6-9 p.m. Tuesday. Free. RSVP: studio820.eventbrite.com.
Illinois Artisans, Chicago Art Spree
James R. Thompson Center Atrium 100 W. Randolph St. 312-814-5321
Get an early start on your holiday shopping at this monthly indoor art fair hosted by the Illinois Artisans Program. Check out handmade jewelry, accessories and other goods crafted by 15 local artists. If you can't make it either day, the gift shop on the second floor is open daily. 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday. Free.
Next Fashion Chicago 2013
Germania Place 108 W. Germania Place 312-573-1968
Catch the next wave of local fashion at this splashy runway show. Along with looks from veteran designers, the evening includes a design challenge featuring the work of 10 local fashion design students. The top three students selected will win fabrics and art supplies to help further their education. VIP tickets ($95) include a pre-show cocktail reception. 6-10:30 p.m. Thursday. $45; $15 for students. Tickets: nextfashionchicago.com. Use promo "catwalk" to save $10.
Comfort Chic Chicago Trunk Show
Comfort Me Boutique 5241 S. Harper Ave. 773-363-4001
Sip on a glass of vino while browsing women's wear, handbags, jewelry and make-up from four local designers and artists at this Hyde Park trunk show, including Refindefined and My Noma. Nosh on small bites while enjoying a complimentary eye make-up application; getting ready for a night out has never been easier. 7-10 p.m. Thursday. Free.
Modern Vintage Chicago Preview Shopping Party and Fashion Installation
1340 W. Washington St. 312-666-1200
From the producers/geniuses of Randolph Street Market, Modern Vintage Chicago is a shopping event that focuses on vintage fashion, jewelry and accessories. This preview party includes early access to vendors, appetizers from Belly Q, cocktails and a DJ. Tickets benefit the Costume Council of the Chicago History Museum. 6-8 p.m. Friday. $30 at gate, $25 online and free parking. Tickets: modernvintagechicago.com.
Sugar Fly 2nd Anniversary shopping event
Sugar Fly Studio & Boutique 2409 W. North Ave. 773-661-1541
See what's new in street fashion, art, music and beauty at this Humboldt Park boutique. Indulge your artsy side by walking through the a Dia de los Muertos art exhibit or show your paws some love with a complimentary mini-manicure. Jam to beats provided by Roy Kinsey and DJ Fess Grandiose while watching Sugar Fly's fall runway show. Drinks also provided. 7-9 p.m. Saturday. Free.
Fashion Forward!
The Fashion Market 560 W. Washington Blvd. 847-877-1823
The Fashion Market, a web site for Chicago's emerging fashion scene, offers entertainment, runway shows and designs from 10 up-and-comers. You can also exercise a little retail therapy at the event's pop-up shop. 7-9 p.m. Saturday. Free. RSVP: thefmarket.com.
Green Ribbon Gala
American Junkie 15 W. Illinois St. 913-515-3621
For the eco-chic, the Green Ribbon Foundation is hosting a night of sustainable fashion, entertainment and networking. The evening includes environmentally friendly businesses as well as drinks and snacks from organic restaurants. Designers include Stix and Roses by Sararose Krenger, Allison Parris, H.e. Organics by Heather Murphy and Green Goddess Boutique. 7-10 p.m. Saturday. $32, VIP: $85, which includes a reception at 6:30. Tickets: greenribbongala-efbevent.eventbrite.com.
FashionBar Chicago presents LVW (Love, Vision, Women) Fashion Show
Chicago Scenic Studios 1315 N. North Branch St. 312-274-9900
Step into this transformed warehouse for runway shows spotlightingthree local women designers. Dance along with the DJ or imbibe on a cocktail while watching models strut their stuff. Proceeds benefit Family Rescue, a non-profit striving to end domestic violence in Chicago, and featured designers include Luz Maria Diaz, Vicky Zuniga-Winkler and Wanda Cobar. 6:30-10 p.m. Saturday. $30, $20 for students, $40 for VIP (includes first-row seating and swag bag). Tickets: lvwrunwayshow.eventbrite.com.
Fashion of the Opera
Alhambra Palace 1240 W. Randolph St.312-666-9555
Opera gets a modern spin when set to the beat of hip hop and R&B.; Groove along to your favorite songs of soul while watching a runway show from five emerging designers. Arrive early for cocktails and a pre-runway show. 4-6 p.m. Sunday. $40, $100 for VIP (includes priority seating, cocktails and appetizers). Tickets: americanchamberopera.org/fashion


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Moore College of Art & Design attracts qualified students from diverse economic backgrounds through its extensive financial aid programs. A private education should be affordable to all deserving students. Financing a student's education can be thought of as a partnership among the student, her family, federal and state governments and Moore College of Art & Design. Moore wants qualified students to focus on earning their degrees without excessive concern over how to fund their educations. Moore is willing to make every effort to assist the student and her family to meet her educational costs. However, the College believes that the primary responsibility to finance a student's education rests with the student and her family.
Families are expected to contribute to their student's educational expenses to the extent that they are able. Moore tries to maintain the same level of funding throughout full-time enrollment so long as the expected family contribution, as determined by the federal government, stays the same and so long as the student meets all the necessary deadlines and academic requirements.
Moore offers need-based financial aid as determined by the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). The College is committed to awarding all need-based financial aid funds in a fashion that is consistent with current law and that works to the maximum benefit of the student. All students are encouraged to complete the FAFSA application for need-based assistance and competitive aid packages are prepared for those who qualify.
The resources listed below are available to degree-seeking students at Moore. Eligibility is typically based on full-time enrollment (minimum of 12 credit hours per semester). Any deviation from that condition, changes in enrollment may result in a change in the financial aid award. Most aid sources require students to be enrolled at least half-time (minimum of 6 credit hours per semester). Students who are not pursuing degrees are ineligible for federal aid, but may apply for appropriate private educational loans.
- Federal Pell Grants
- Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant
- Federal Work-Study Program
- Federal Direct Subsidized Stafford Loan
- Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan
- Federal Direct PLUS Loan
- State Grant
- Moore College of Art & Design Opportunity Grant
- Tuition Exchange
- Outside Scholarships
- Private or Alternative Loan Programs
- Deadlines
- National Student Loan Data System
Pell grants are a form of federal aid that is awarded to eligible undergraduate students to help pay for their first baccalaureate degree. The amount is determined by the student's Expected Family Contribution from the FAFSA. Awards range from $626 to $5,776 per year. Students may receive a maximum of 12 full-time semesters of Pell Grant. This is subject to change every year.
SEOG is awarded to those students who demonstrate exceptional financial need. The Financial Aid Office administers this grant. Awards of up to $2,500 are given and primary consideration is given to those students who have completed their FAFSA applications by December 5th.
Federally funded awards are given to those students who demonstrate financial need as determined by the federal government. Under this program, eligible students may be employed on or off campus. A variety of community service employment opportunities are available. Employment is generally limited to about 10 hours a week during the academic year. Students will be paid monthly and the money they earn can be used toward living expenses, books or supplies. Students interested in participating in work-study must complete the FAFSA by December 5th each year.
This is a federally guaranteed low-interest (3.76% subject to change) loan based on financial need. This program offers loans of up to $3,500 per year for first-year students, up to $4,500 per year for sophomores, and up to $5,500 per year for juniors and seniors. Total undergraduate borrowing cannot exceed $23,000. No interest accrues while the student is in school; repayment begins six months after the student graduates, withdraws, or drops below half-time enrollment. Students have up to 10 years to repay the loan.
For more information or to apply for Federal loans go to www.studentloans.gov
This is a federally guaranteed low-interest (3.76% subject to change) loan that is not based on financial need. Loans are available to students who do not qualify for or who qualify for less than the maximum Subsidized Stafford Loan limits, students whose parents are not able to secure a Federal PLUS Loan, and for independent students as determined by the federal government. Dependent undergraduate base loan limits are the same as the Subsidized Stafford Loan. In addition to the base loan amounts, students may borrow up to $2,000 Unsubsidized Stafford Loan annually. Independent students and dependent students whose parents are denied the PLUS Loan may borrow up to an additional $4,000 per year for freshman and sophomore years, and up to an additional $5,000 for the junior and senior years. Total undergraduate borrowing for Subsidized and Unsubsidized Stafford Loans combined cannot exceed $31,000 for dependent students or $57,500 for independent students. Repayment of principal begins six months after the student graduates, withdraws, or drops below half-time enrollment. Students have up to 10 years to repay the loan. Repayment of interest begins when the loan is disbursed. Interest can be paid quarterly or can be capitalized and repaid with principal.
This is a federally funded loan for the parents of dependent students that is not based on financial need. The program allows credit-worthy parents to borrow the entire cost of education each year minus other financial aid awards. Repayment begins 60 days after the last disbursement is made to the college, or parents have the option of deferring repayment. The interest rate is a fixed rate of 6.31% (subject to change).
For more information or to apply for Federal loans go to www.studentloans.gov.
Most state agencies will obtain information for state grant processing from the FAFSA application. Additional information is usually requested directly from your state agency. Requirements vary from state to state, but residency requirements are common. Applicants who reside outside of Pennsylvania should contact their state Higher Education Assistance Agency to determine if their awards are available to students wishing to attend out-of-state colleges. States that allow grants to transfer to Pennsylvania are: Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Ohio, West Virginia, Delaware, District of Columbia and Alaska. Pennsylvania residents who wish to be considered for state aid must have completed the FAFSA application by May 1.
This institutionally funded grant is awarded to qualified students as determined by the Financial Aid Office. Awards vary depending on the individual's financial need. Awards are usually reduced on a yearly basis as federal loan limits are increased.
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The Tuition Exchange (TE) is a non-profit reciprocal scholarship program for children and other family members of faculty and staff employed at over 600 participating institutions.
- Institutions are required to cover at least $33,000 of their charged tuition (this is called minimum "set rate" value and is subject to change each academic year).
- Moore College of Art & Design's new incoming students are subject to the set rate of $33,000 less any federal, state, and intuitional grants or scholarships you may receive.
- TE scholarships are applicable to tuition only and cannot be used for student fees, course fees, books, course overloads, or room and board.
- If you are a prospective student enrolling at Moore College of Art & Design, the scholarship commitment is for up to 4 years (8 semesters), provided that you are recertified each year by the sending institution and that you are in good standing with at least a 2.5 cumulative GPA at Moore College of Art & Design.
- For each year that you enroll at Moore College of Art & Design, you are required to complete a FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid). If you have not completed a FAFSA, please do so at www.fafsa.gov . Our school code is 003300.
- You must be a full-time student
- You must reside on campus during your first year.
More Tuition Exchange Information
- For more information about Tuition Exchange or to review a current listing of participating institutions please click here
- If you have questions about TE at another college, contact the TE Liaison Officer at that college.
- If you have more questions about TE in general, contact the Office of Financial Aid, 215-965-4041/4042 or email firstname.lastname@example.com .
If you have at least 90 days of aggregate active duty service after Sept. 10, 2001, and are still on active duty, or if you are an honorably discharged Veteran or were discharged with a service-connected disability after 30 days, you may be eligible for this Veteran Affairs (VA)-administered program. Some Service members may also transfer unused GI Bill benefits to their dependents.
Veterans Benefits and Transition Act of 2018
Beginning August 1, 2019, for any student using Ch. 33 Post 9/11 GI Bill or Ch. 31 Voc-Rehab benefits, even if the VA has not yet paid tuition and fees, no institution (public, private, for profit, not for profit), can have a policy in effect that:
- prevents enrolling,
- assesses a late penalty fee,
- requires securing alternative or additional funding, or
- denies access to any school resources (access to classes, libraries, or other institutional facilities) that are available to other students that have paid.
- However, an institution can require that such students be required to:
- produce the VA's Certificate of Eligibility by the first day of class,
- provide written request to be certified, and
- provide additional information needed to properly certify (many of you have your own form that must be completed each term and that's still allowed).
Benefits and Eligibility
The Post-9/11 GI Bill provides up to 36 months of education benefits, generally payable for 15 years following your release from active duty. The following payments may also be available:
- Monthly housing allowance
- Annual books and supplies stipend
- Yellow Ribbon Scholarship
To see the current payment rates for the Post-9/11 GI Bill.
Moore College of Art & Design participates in the Yellow Ribbon Program which may make additional funds available to cover the costs of tuition and fees without an additional charge to your GI Bill entitlement.
- Apply for benefits at www.benefits.va.gov/gibill/apply.asp
- Confirm your Chapter as we accept other VA benefits as well
- Provide the Financial Aid Office with a Certificate of Eligibility
Other Factors to Consider
- Tuition and fees are paid directly to the school.
- Tuition and fees are capped at the national maximum rate.
- You may be eligible for the Yellow Ribbon Program and entitled to additional education-related costs not covered by VA. Not everyone is eligible for this assistance.*
*Only Veterans entitled to the maximum benefit rate, as determined by service requirements, or their designated transferees may receive Yellow Ribbon Scholarships. Active duty Service members and their spouses are not eligible for this program. Child transferees of active duty Service members may be eligible if the Service member is qualified at the 100 percent rate.
For more information on the Post- 9/11 GI Bill or to apply for this benefit please visit http://www.benefits.va.gov/gibill/
If you have any questions regarding VA Benefits please contact the school's certifying official, Devon Weaver at firstname.lastname@example.com or 215-965-4042.
Ultimately the best resource for finding private scholarships and grants is the Internet. You are encouraged, whenever possible, to utilize this resource and all other resources to search out private scholarships and grants. You may sign up for a free scholarship search at collegeboard.com. Moore College of Art & Design will post any scholarship applications on the Scholarship Board. Here are additional Web sites that provide free search services:
- fastweb.com
- scholarships.com
- chegg.com
- educationplanner.org
- colleges.niche.com
- cappex.com
- petersons.com
If you have utilized all other resources and still need funds to cover expenses, you can consider a private or alternative education loan. The interest rate and fees charged by private lenders can significantly increase the cost of the loan, so always borrow smart. You have the right to choose any lender of your choice.
Sunshine Provisions
To be considered for assistance other than merit scholarships, you must complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). The FAFSA should be submitted as early as possible, but no later than December 5th for priority consideration. Do not wait for an admissions decision before filing for financial assistance. Use your estimated income data, if necessary, and follow up with actual tax information as soon as it becomes available. You should apply online at www.fafsa.ed.gov. You and your parents, if dependent, will need a FSA ID, which you can request on www.fsaid.ed.gov. This FSA ID will serve as your electronic signature. You can also create your own temporary PIN when you complete the FAFSA(ßplease remove this). Electronic applications will be processed in less than one week. Moore's FAFSA school code is 003300. For more information regarding applying for financial aid, you can contact the Financial Aid Office at 215.965.4041 or by email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
The National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS) is the U.S. Department of Education's (ED's) central database for student aid. NSLDS receives data from schools, guaranty agencies, the Direct Loan program, and other Department of Education programs.
- NSLDS Student Access provides a centralized, integrated view of Title IV loans and grants so that recipients of Title IV Aid can access and inquire about their Title IV loans and/or grant data.


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Rico Royal reeds in strength 2.5 combine the features of the traditional Rico cut with a stronger spine and a "French file," allowing for more resonance and harmonics in the sound.
Rico Royal reeds have a more traditional French filed cut for increased response, especially in the low register, adding clarity to the tone and making soft attacks easier. Available for the full range of saxophone and clarinet voices and conveniently packaged in boxes of ten reeds.
Since the acquisition of Rico by D'Addario & Co., Rico has strengthened its position as the global leader in woodwind reeds and accessories. Rico's state-of-the-art reed research center in Southern California employs a collaboration of agronomists, scientists, and musicians to produce top-quality reeds, including Rico Reserve premium reeds for clarinet and saxophone. Rico reeds are designed to benefit all levels of musicians, from the beginner to the seasoned professional. Many of the world's finest woodwind players perform with Rico reeds, such as Mark Nuccio, Jerry Bergonzi, Chris Potter, Benny Golson, Ernie Watts, Bob Sheppard, Henri Bok, Richie Hawley, Eric Alexander, and many more.
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A parliamentary official says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will sign a formal deal Friday with two leading parties to form a new coalition government.
Noga Katz, a spokeswoman for Netanyahu's Likud-Yisrael Beitenu faction, says leaders of the Yesh Atid and Jewish Home parties have given up last-minute demands to be named deputy prime ministers. Those last-minute demands delayed the deal from being formalized.
An official with the Yesh Atid party, Netanyahu's leading partner, said that the matter was resolved, and new coalition partners would sign a coalition agreement Friday. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal has not yet been formalized.
The new government is expected to curb preferential treatment for Israel's ultra-Orthodox Jewish minority and may push for renewed Mideast peace efforts.


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The service you don't see
Lake Country Power lineworkers don't work alone on our power lines. Whether they are climbing 40-foot poles, restoring power, or clearing tree limbs to prevent future outages, they are never far from the hearts of those who love them.
And when the power goes out, there is deep appreciation in the hearts of members when service is restored.
At this time of year, stores are flooded with hearts, candy, and cards professing love and appreciation. But to be honest, those sentiments pale in comparison to the appreciation and support for your co-op linemen every time a storm sweeps through our area.
If the lights go out, our lineworkers' wives and families send their loved ones out into the elements. When other electric cooperatives are in trouble after devastating ice storms, tornadoes, fires or floods, our lineworkers will travel to other destinations, when available, to bring the lights back on for complete strangers.
Working with high-voltage electricity, lineworkers find themselves in life and death situations on a regular basis. That's why Lake Country Power focuses on safety first. Just last year, our linemen went through 22 documented safety training programs, including pole top/bucket rescue, rubber gloving, arc flash, voltage troubleshooting and CPR/AED/first-aid/BBP, to name a few. We know the folks who love our 42 lineworkers appreciate the time we take to make sure our employees get home safe every night.
Marrying into this profession isn't easy. Lineworkers are often on call, and must be ready to respond at a moment's notice if our community needs them. This makes children's sporting events and family get-togethers hard to pull off sometimes. But the men who keep your power flowing do so because they know without their commitment, many of the things we've come to expect — cold food, lights, entertainment — wouldn't be possible. By devoting their lives to working on utility lines, they connect all of us to a better way of life.
This Valentine's Day I'd like to take a moment to thank our line workers for their sacrifice and commitment. I also want to say thanks to the wives, fiancés, family members and friends who support the 42 workers who brave the elements and work long hours to keep power flowing to our homes each and every day. It's all part of the service you don't see in the effort to keep your lights on whether it's Valentine's Day or any other day of the year.
Lake Country Power, http://www.lakecountrypower.coop, is a Touchstone Energy® cooperative serving parts of eight counties in northeastern Minnesota. The electric cooperative provides electricity to nearly 49,000 rural services and has offices located in Grand Rapids, Kettle River and Mountain Iron.


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My only concern right now is about freezing the pipes and stuff, but I believe that sleeping with the furnace on and the water heater on would limit that problem right?
Sierra Nevada is out to! I may stop by Mariposa because I heard there is a Shuttle service that Will take you up to Yosemite, but that's only a possibility. What I'm planing on keeping is Flagstaff, Grand Canyon, Page,maybe Monument Valley and Bryce. Other than that there will be all low altitude destinations.
I find myself agreeing with Seilerbird a lot lately. How scary is that!!
Hi guys. I'm back from the USA and the trip was great! Did many changes in the original plans and the driving went smooth! I will need some time to put all the info together but as soon as I can I will try to tell in more details. Thank you all for the help.The best thing is that it was not so cold so had no problem driving or stayng at sub freezing temps (lowest was 15 F at Zyon).Had no problems adapting to drive the monster.Had good experiences with most of the campgroundsHad a wonderfull experience boondocking at Alabama HillsMy wife and kids loved the hole thing!
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