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Facilities and Services
Bradley University provides a comfortable setting designed for living and learning. A beautiful 85-acre campus contains both historic buildings and state-of-the-art learning centers. Surrounded by an historic residential district, the campus has restaurants and shops within walking distance.
Bradley continuously updates facilities to keep pace with new methods of teaching and learning. Historic Westlake Hall, home to the College of Education and Health Sciences, is currently undergoing a major renovation. In recent years complete renovations have taken place in Olin Hall (science), Constance Hall (music), and Bradley Hall. The new Athletic Performance Center and the Men's Basketball Practice Facility opened in August 2010. The APC is the new home court for women's basketball and volleyball and provides a spacious venue for concerts and other performances. In Fall 2008, the new state-of-the art Markin Family Student Recreation Center opened, offering a swimming pool, exercise facilities, and practice space for intramural sports. It serves as the social hub for student life on campus, houses the Wellness Program, Counseling Services, the Health Center, and labs to support the Department of Nursing. A 600-space parking deck also opened in 2008. Bradley is currently conducting a major capital campaign that will bring more renovations and new facilities to campus.
St. James Place, a student residential community, provides suite-style living for upper-class students and outdoor intramural facilities—Meinen Field. In addition to these playing fields, the university has lighted tennis courts on campus. A food court in Williams Hall offers a variety of dining options for all students seven days a week until 8 p.m.
Center for Academic Transition Programs and Assessment Services
For students who are unsure about what major or career would be best for them, the Center for Academic Transition Programs and Assessment Services can provide valuable information to help with their decision-making. Tests and inventories, specially selected for individual needs, can match primary interests and abilities as well as personality and learning styles. Each student receives a personalized interpretation of their test results regarding compatible majors and careers. Informational materials are provided to assist with educational and career planning.
Bradley University Bookstore
The Bradley Bookstore provides the books and supplies necessary for coursework at the university. A large selection of emblematic clothing and gifts, as well as medical, reference, and general reading books, are available at the bookstore. Any book not carried in stock can be special ordered. All students, faculty, and staff with a valid school ID may purchase academically priced software online at campusestore.com. For your convenience, greeting cards, snacks, and soda are also stocked at the bookstore.
Personal checks written for up to $30 can be cashed for a small fee. Discover, Visa, MasterCard, or American Express cards or Quick Cash are accepted at the Bradley Bookstore. Barnes & Noble gift cards are also accepted and available for purchase to be used at any Barnes & Noble college bookstore or superstore.
Computing Services
Computing Services supports both the academic and administrative aspects of university computing. Computing Services supports campus-wide computer networks, the Campus Printing Service (CPS), connections to the Internet, and electronic mail. Bradley is a member of Internet2, which provides high-speed network access to more than 300 research-oriented universities, laboratories, and companies. In addition, Internet2 participation provides high-speed access to all major research networks in the United States, as well as access to the major international research networks.
Academic resources include a variety of computer systems and software used for instruction, research, and public service. Student workstations are located in the Cullom-Davis Library and many academic buildings. All residence hall rooms and St. James suites have wireless networking and wired network connections giving access to the campus network as well as the Internet. Students are encouraged to bring their own computer with them to campus. There is no charge to access the campus data network or the Internet. HelpDesk services are available in the Reserves area of the Library.
Student e-mail accounts
E-mail and network access accounts are automatically established for every student at Bradley University. Bradley uses e-mail as an official means of communication with students, so you should check your account on a regular basis.
Romeo B. Garrett Cultural Center
Located at 824 North Duryea Place (across from Williams Hall), the Garrett Center houses the office of Multicultural Student Services. Multicultural Student Services functions to meet the various needs of international students and students of color. The Center serves as a meeting place for students and community groups as well as a place for social and cultural events. It also has a fully-equipped computer lab and small multicultural library. Named in honor of the late professor emeritus of sociology, Dr. Romeo B. Garrett, the Center is open every day during the regular academic year.
Markin Family Student Recreation Center
The hub of social and recreational activity on campus, the new Markin Center provides 130,000-square-foot of space. It features four basketball courts for intramural and recreational games, a championship basketball court, a 1/8-mile running/walking track, climbing wall, juice bar, indoor pool, weight room, exercise rooms, and other amenities.
Center for Student Health Services
Student Health Services is an outpatient clinic that provides service to enrolled Bradley students who experience health problems. Students are assisted through advisement, treatment, consultations with health providers, and referral for extended treatment if necessary. While there is no charge for most on-site treatment, services provided through referral to outside agencies are charged by that care provider and are the student's financial responsibility. The Center's qualified staff of physicians, psychiatrist, counselors, and nurses is located in modern treatment offices in the Markin Center. They provide a point-of-entry for all university students to receive health care both at the Center and in the Peoria community. Professional counselors and supportive staff are trained to work with Bradley students in their growth and total development—social, emotional, intellectual, physical, spiritual, and occupational—as well as the environment in which they live.
Personal growth and development issues of adjustment to college, relationship concerns, alcohol and substance abuse, anxiety and stress management, communication skills, eating disorders, assertiveness, and lifestyle choices are some of the issues addressed by the counselors. Visits are confidential and free for Bradley students. The Center is open during the school year 8:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m. and 1:00-4:30 p.m., Monday-Friday. The Center is open limited hours during breaks and regular summer school sessions. Students are seen on an appointment basis. At times when the Health Center is closed, patients are referred to the after hours number, 677-3200, which connects to OSF St. Francis Phone Nurses Triage.
In addition to regular medical services, Health Services also offers special men's and women's clinics during the regular academic year. All students are required to have a student health form on file at Health Services before registering. To avoid penalties and delays in registering, return the completed health form and then verify through Health Services that it has been received and is complete.
Immunization Requirement: To comply with Illinois State law, all students registering for classes for the first time in a four-year college must show proof of proper immunization or titer showing immunity to measles, mumps, rubella, tetanus, and diphtheria.
Instructional Technology Engineering and Media Services (ITEMS)
Instructional Technology Engineering and Media Services provides a diverse range of instructional media and production services in support of the academic and administrative needs of faculty, students, and staff. Primary services include: the Instructional Technology Assistance Center (ITAC); Blackboard course management system; technology training; AV equipment and staff assistance; telephone support; Internet2/IP videoconferencing; digital graphic, photographic, video, and copy production services; and a variety of general media services.
Instructional Technology Assistance Center (ITAC)
ITAC provides instructional technology training and assistance to faculty, staff, and students as they apply technology to teaching and learning. Services available include application training, instructional design, production seminars, use of mediated facilities, and multimedia support. ITAC also administers and assists faculty in the creation of Web-enhanced supplemental and asynchronous course sites using Sakai course management software.
Center for Learning Assistance
The Center for Learning Assistance provides learning enhancement services to help students achieve their academic goals. Services available include peer tutoring, study skills, contract study tables, and assistance for student athletes.
The Center for Learning Assistance can assist those students with documented learning disabilities by providing "select coordinated accommodations" as defined by standardized national service-delivery models. This includes the provision of a contact person, generic support services, testing accommodations, peer tutors, and student referral service for off-campus testing resources. These services are available only during the academic year. To be eligible for accommodations the student must provide current documentation of the learning disability (testing data from within the last three years) and possess strong self-advocacy skills. The following course is offered through the Center:
AEP 115 Study Skills SeminarDevelops reading and study skills demanded in college classes. Develops flexibility in reading rate; improves critical reading techniques, skimming and scanning, and study skills such as textbook reading, notetaking, time management, and test taking.
Turning Point ProgramThe Turning Point Program is an academic support service program offered through the Center for Learning Assistance. Enrollment in this program is required for and limited to all undergraduate students on academic probation for the first time. When final semester grades are processed, students are notified in writing about being automatically enrolled in The Turning Point Program.
Cullom-Davis Library
The Bradley University Library primarily serves the needs of the University's students and faculty. Its collection encompasses more than 1,304,000 items – including approximately 518,000 books, periodicals, and government documents, electronic resources (journals, books, etc.), and a variety of audiovisual resources, manuscripts, and archival materials. The Library is a depository for both U.S. and Illinois government documents.
The Library's resources and services are housed in the Cullom-Davis Library, which was renovated and enlarged to 107,000 square feet in 1990. The facility provides seating for 1,000 students and offers a coffee shop where students can take a study break, read, and socialize.
Among the facilities is the Virginius H. Chase Special Collections Center, established in 1979 in honor of a Peorian who became a widely recognized authority on the botany and natural history of Illinois; it houses and exhibits rare books, manuscripts, archival materials, and other resources that require special management, including the collections of the Peoria Historical Society and the Citizens to Preserve Jubilee College.
About 13,800 music scores, 10,000 recordings, and selected music reference materials are in the Music Resource Collection, which is located on the third floor. The Sports Communication Resource Center is also located on the third floor and contains books, clippings, and guides, all of which require special management.
As a participant in OCLC, a computerized bibliographic network, the Library and its clientele have ready access to millions of resources in over 6,000 libraries across the country and abroad. The Library also provides access to a wide variety of electronic journal indexes and abstracts and to many full text databases at no charge to Bradley students and faculty. Through the University's participation in the Alliance Library System, students and faculty may borrow materials from most other Peoria-area libraries. The Library is a member of CARLI (Consortia of Academic Research Libraries in Illinois), which provides an online catalog and circulation system that incorporates Bradley's holdings and those of most of the other academic libraries in Illinois.
Safety and Security
Bradley University makes every attempt to provide a safe and secure campus.
The primary function of the University Police Department is to protect life and property within the University community. Its officers are commissioned by the State of Illinois, have full law enforcement powers on and off University property, and are graduates of the Police Training Institute. University Police are on duty 24 hours a day, 365 days a year; conduct foot, bike, and vehicular patrols of the campus and residence halls; and make crime prevention presentations to student groups. University Police also coordinate patrol and call responses with City of Peoria and Peoria County law enforcement agencies.
For the safety of anyone walking alone at night on campus or in the immediate neighborhood, Bradley police escorts can be requested from dusk until dawn for an area generally bounding local neighborhoods. This opportunity replaces the previous "student escort service" and may be modified after the first semester trial period.
Numerous clearly marked emergency telephones are located strategically on campus. All ring directly into a police dispatcher and automatically display the location of the caller so that help can be dispatched.
All residence halls have limited access, with some halls having all outside doors locked on a 24-hour basis and others having main doors unlocked during daytime hours. The residence hall lobby offices are staffed during the afternoon and evening and residence hall student security staff make rounds during the night.
Security-related concerns and campus crime information are reported to the campus community through the Scout student newspaper, the University's Police Web site, AUDIX campus-wide voice mail, and other media. The University has also instituted a campus mass notification system using text messaging and public address announcements if circumstances warrant such. For more information, see bradley.edu/police and emergency.bradley.edu.
Students may borrow from the University Police Department engraving equipment to mark valuables such as electronic equipment and bicycles. Literature on safety and security is also available.
A safe campus can be achieved only with the cooperation of the entire University community—students, faculty, staff, and visitors. For more information about crime prevention and crime statistics for the campus and local neighborhood, see http://www.bradley.edu/police/crime/.
Robert H. Michel Student Center
The Student Center symbolizes the philosophy that makes this truly a "campus community center." The Center is the focus of many campus activities. The wide variety of facilities and varied programs make a significant contribution to campus life outside the classroom.
Facilities include: a ballroom, OutTakes convenience store, meeting rooms, pool table, television, browsing lounges, dining center, and Café Bradley featuring Sunset Strips, Starbuck's, Mill Street Deli, and Freshëns smoothies. In addition, meeting rooms with food service can accommodate 10 to 100 people, and the ballroom can accommodate up to 500 people for a banquet, dance, reception, or lecture.
Summer Orientation
A special invitation is extended to all incoming students and their parents to attend Summer Orientation. This program is specifically designed to introduce and familiarize students and parents with Bradley University, its faculty, student body, and special services. The program is required for all incoming freshmen and highly recommended for their parents.
Multiple sessions of the 21/2-day program are offered during June and July. A fee is charged to parents who attend, which can include on-campus housing and meals. Advance reservations are required; information will be available in May to all students who have made a tuition deposit.
The Telecommunications Office operates a telephone switch and voice mail system for the campus. Technical staff support telephone equipment and information outlets in offices, residence hall rooms, and many public areas. Information outlets supply voice, data, and video services through connections to Internet2, AT&T, and other carriers' local and long distance networks. Persons calling campus phones may call direct by dialing (309) 677- or (309) 495- and a phone's four-digit extension.
Operated by Bradley University, WCBU is the member-supported public radio service and National Public Radio (NPR) affiliate for central Illinois. WCBU's mission is to provide excellence in music and news programming with a local emphasis, while at the same time providing valuable professional experience for Bradley students.
WCBU provides a full 24-hour schedule of NPR news and information, local news, and classical music on WCBU 89.9 as well as WCBU2, a digital HD Radio service. Additional information and online streaming of both the main and digital channels can be found at the station web site, wcbufm.org.
This is the official catalog for the 2010-2011 academic year. This catalog serves as a contract between a student and Bradley University. Should changes in a program of study become necessary prior to the next academic year every effort will be made to keep students advised of any such changes via the Dean of the College or Chair of the Department concerned, the Registrar's Office, u.Achieve degree audit system, and the Schedule of Classes. It is the responsibility of each student to be aware of the current program and graduation requirements for particular degree programs.


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Fast-moving, heavy thunderstorms soaked the Metroplex Thursday, dropping several inches of rain and triggering flood advisories and warnings while knocking out power to tens of thousands of customers.
For the second time Thursday, a strong line of thunderstorms pushed eastward out of Tarrant County into Dallas County, where tornado sirens were soon activated.
For a few tense moments, a tornado warning was issued in Dallas near the Park Cities and Southern Methodist University. The warning was expected to expire at 4:15 p.m. but was canceled early.
The latest news from around North Texas.
Despite the warning there has been no official confirmation of a tornado or funnel cloud, though several trees were downed in the area.
Flooded streets are being reported at numerous locations across North Texas. Drivers are advised to use extreme caution when driving in areas where water has collected into pools. Drivers are advised to never drive into pooled water and to follow the advice given by the National Weather Service: "Turn Around, Don't Drown."
Officials with the North Texas Tollway Authority reported at about 4:20 p.m. that two lanes of the Dallas North Tollway are blocked due to downed tree limbs near Mockingbird Lane. NTTA crews are working to remove the debris; an ETA on when the road will reopen has not been provided.
Oncor reports the severe weather has knocked out power to approximately 38,000 customers; 34,000 in Dallas and 3,200 in the Fort Worth area.
Most everyone in North Texas will see some heavy rain at some point during the day. Storms will shift east during the evening. Friday, along with Mother's Day weekend, looks dry and warmer.
Flood Advisories in Effect
- A severe thunderstorm warning is in effect for Collin County until 4:45 p.m.
- A severe thunderstorm and flood warning in effect for Hunt and Rockwall counties until 4:45 p.m.
- A flood advisory is in effect in Dallas County until 5:15 p.m.
- A flood warning is in effect for Rockwall and Dallas counties.
- See the latest watches and warnings here.

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Feb. 24, 2013
THE FLATS – Junior Tyaunna Marshall wasn't going to let Georgia Tech (13-14, 6-10 ACC) lose to Miami (18-9, 9-7 ACC) on Senior Day at McCamish Pavilion. And she didn't disappoint as she finished with 37 points to lead the Yellow Jackets to a 68-64 comeback win over the Hurricanes.
Marshall's 37 points not only set a new career-best but were the fourth-most points scored by a Jacket in a game all-time. The 37 points were the most since Niesha Butler scored 40 against Florida State on Jan. 2, 1999. The 37 points are the most in one game by any player in the ACC this year.
"I thought Ty was unbelievable on both ends of the floor," head coach MaChelle Joseph said. "I really thought she did a tremendous job, not only offensively but defensively. She got stops when we needed to have stops and she made shots when we needed to make shots. On a day when other people weren't scoring, I really felt like she did a great job stepping up and making plays. She put us on her back and carried us. I thought Aaliyah Whiteside hit a big three that got us going there at the end and helped us get back in the game and get a lead."
Georgia Tech fell behind by eight early on and fought back to take a 19-18 lead when Marshall got a steal and a fastbreak layup midway through the first half. Miami re-gained the lead, 24-22, on a Stefanie Yderstrom layup with eight minutes left in the first half. The Hurricanes built their lead back to eight and led by six at halftime.
Miami slowly extended its lead to begin the second half and the Hurricanes grabbed their largest advantage, 15, with 12:21 left to play. Keyona Hayes' jumper put Miami up 60-47 with 7:41 to go.
"I think at the beginning of the season, being a young, inexperienced team, we might have folded a little bit at that point," Marshall said. "But since we've been playing strong, we've been in this position many times, in plenty of games and we just told ourselves we weren't going to be denied. We wanted a win and we wanted to keep our streak going. We want to win out the rest of the season. That's what we're going to do."
Dawnn Maye got a layup followed by a Marshall jumper with an assist from Maye to cut the deficit to single digits, 60-51.
By the time Marshall found Whiteside for a transition layup with three minutes to play, Tech had cut the Miami lead 60-59 with a 12-0 run. Marshall got a steal and a layup to tie the game at 64 with 39.9 seconds left. She added another steal and layup to give the Jackets a 66-64 lead and Dawnn Maye's two free throws with 0.2 left sealed the win.
"I knew we had to get a steal with a tie game," Marshall added. "We had to get a stop. We had a big girl pinned in the corner and she was stuck and the ball, I got a break because the ball was inches from going out of bounds. So I just tipped it to myself and went and got it and made the layup.
"It was a big 38 seconds," Marshall said about the end of the game. "We knew we had to get scores and stops to win this game and that's what we did. I'm just proud of everybody on this team, especially the people who were on the court the last 38 seconds."
Tech held Miami to just one field goal in the final 7:41 and the Jackets finished the game on a 21-4 run. Marshall was the only Jacket with double digit points. Freshman Roddreka Rogers posted her third straight game with double figure rebounds as she hauled in 13.
Georgia Tech will host Clemson in the final home game of the 2012-13 season at 7 p.m. Thursday night.
Fans are encouraged to follow Georgia Tech women's basketball on Twitter, @GTWBB, and like the Yellow Jackets on Facebook, GTWomensBasketball, for an inside look at the program.


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COLUMBIA, Mo. –University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe announced today the appointment of transition leaders at the University of Missouri – Columbia for the interim period between chancellors. They are Steve Owens, a former interim president for the system and current general counsel who will serve as interim chancellor, and current MU Deputy Chancellor Mike Middleton as deputy chancellor and transition executive. President Wolfe's appointment of the transition leadership, which was approved by the University of Missouri Board of Curators on October 23, is effective on November 15 at the close of the day.
The board also appointed Phil Hoskins as acting general counsel for the system, also effective November 15, and he will serve in that role until Owens returns to his current position as general counsel.
The University of Missouri is currently engaged in a national search for Mizzou's new chancellor, and Owens and Middleton are not candidates for the position. Current Chancellor Brady Deaton will officially step down on November 15.
"Our search for a new chancellor at MU remains on schedule, and I am confident we will get an excellent candidate out of our process," Wolfe said. "In the meantime, it is imperative that the daily operations of the university continue to run smoothly, and I am confident that Steve Owens and Mike Middleton will use their experience to provide leadership that will maintain the university's momentum during the transition period."
Owens served as interim president of the University of Missouri System from January 9, 2011 through February 15, 2012. During this period, he worked closely with other university general officers including chancellors on the four campuses to continue pursuing strategic priorities and initiatives of the university emphasizing the preservation and promotion of quality and excellence in institutional core mission.
Under his leadership, the university balanced its $2.7 billion budget despite an 8% reduction in state support and a projected $42 million revenue shortfall, while faculty and staff received their first pay raise in three years. Also during his tenure, he helped secure stability for the University of Missouri - Columbia's athletic program and budget by working with Chancellor Deaton and the university's governing board to move the school from the Big 12 Conference to the Southeastern Conference, which became effective July 1, 2012; the university's 50-year old pension plan was reformed; a rule reiterating academic freedom for faculty and protection of student classroom discussion was promulgated; and a search was launched that led to the hiring of Dr. Cheryl Schrader as the first female chancellor of Missouri University of Science and Technology.
The third generation of his family to attend MU, Owens is a 1977 graduate of the university who joined the University of Missouri System as general counsel in January of 2008.
Middleton has served as deputy chancellor at MU since 1998, as a professor in the School of Law since 1985 and as a vice-provost from 1977-1999. Middleton served as deputy chancellor during the terms of both Chancellors Richard Wallace and Brady Deaton during a period of rapid growth in the university's enrollment and research productivity. As deputy chancellor, Middleton provides exceptional leadership focused on legal, policy and regulatory compliance, operational performance and dispute resolution. Prior to coming to the university in 1985, Middleton served from 1979 to 1985 in the federal government's Senior Executive Service, providing leadership at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Department of Education where he helped guide both agencies through major organizational transitions.
Middleton received a bachelor's degree in political science from MU in 1968 and is a 1971 graduate of the MU School of Law.
"The appointment of Steve Owens and Mike Middleton as the transition leaders at MU ensures that the chancellor search committee and the president can exercise all the time needed to perform the necessary due diligence in screening candidates," said Wayne Goode, chair of the University of Missouri Board of Curators. "It also provides the university with experienced leaders on an interim basis to bridge the transition between Chancellor Deaton's departure and the arrival of his successor."
Steve Owens photo: http://umurl.us/OwensPhoto
Steve Owens bio: http://umurl.us/OwensBio
Mike Middleton photo: http://umurl.us/MiddPhoto
Mike Middleton bio: http://umurl.us/MiddBio
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Force Majeure - Thursday 11/10/2007, 16:32
Imperator - Open Casket
A new ranking basis for tourney prize distribution? yes..they made it top150 instead of top50 just today..hehe..I hope this works for everybody..Ggs
Geir - Friday 12/10/2007, 14:27
Imperator - The Fighting Love Babies
i must say i find the new ranking in tournament a little stupid, top 5 get the same amount of clintz.....and its less point to be very good, seems like me they want the bad players to be in the list.
Its almost pointless to be in tournaments now.....
Force Majeure - Friday 12/10/2007, 15:10
Imperator - Open Casket
Yes..Geir..I feel that too..that's why I don't play tourneys anymore..I only play it halfway and then go somewhere else..honestly..I don't like the new system at all..I feel like winning very little amount of clintz nowadays as compared in the past
NachomusPrime - Friday 12/10/2007, 18:35
This morning the top 3 people each received around 5500 clintz. I'D say thats incentive to participate. The more people participate in a tourney the more clintz there are for everyone. I think what the developers are trying to do is get more people to participate in the tournies.
Besides, you say its pointless to participate in tournies because your getting less clintz. By not participating you get a grand total of 0 clintz.
Force Majeure - Saturday 13/10/2007, 02:36
Imperator - Open Casket
It is not pointless to participate..we still get to have credits there..that is a good thing..but as for the prize clintz? the big prizes can only be had in the Top1-10 but not everyone gets in the Top5 or Top10 you know..that is hard work considering that random factor is present..and besides..that would not be fair for the Top1 to receive the same prize as the Top2-5 because after all.."He is Top1"..he deserves much more than that..and nowadays if you get Top11 onwards you get very less clintz than in the past..5500 clintz for the top3 people.."not everybody gets there"..the only chance other people had in the past to get a decent amount of clintz was to be in the upper Top25..that way they still get to have at least a thousand clintz..
By the way..about the recent tourney..
Top 1-5 got (1962 clintz)
Top 6-10 got (981clintz)
Top 11-25 got (392 clintz)
Top 26-50 got (294 clintz)
Top 51-100 got (196 clintz)
Top 101-150 got (98 clintz)
For 1hr and 30 mins of tourney..this is what they got..
- james19_UM - Saturday 13/10/2007, 05:39
Hell no!!! to this new rule
Mikuljonac - Saturday 13/10/2007, 20:33
Yeah i was about 300 and i got 60c...lol


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Irena Kilibarda-Table T Outdoor or Indoor Table
At Design Interviews
Interview with Irena Kilibarda : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. Irena Kilibarda : The main idea was to use Corian with all its' material properties and possibilities in combination with two other materials in a furniture design. Table T is the product that shows at the same time all Corian Illumination Series caracteristics and shows the engineering excellence and stability of a table design. .Frank Scott: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?. Irena Kilibarda : From the night when the idea came to my mind to the manufacture, one year passed. The most time was spent for the metalic holding construction, or the structure of the table. It was supposed to be very stable, but since the Corian Illumination is partly transparent, and Corian as a material needs underconstruction to be stable, we needed to think of a metalic construction that will the function and cooperate with the Table T design. .Frank Scott: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?. Irena Kilibarda : I decided to pursuit an inspiration. First there was one table, after the whole collection of Table Ts. .Frank Scott: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?. Irena Kilibarda : I started producing the design myself-dsignedby with two workshops working for us- Preparations, CNC cutting; Metal works, galvanization, solid wood and finishes. .Frank Scott: Who is the target customer for his design?. Irena Kilibarda : The tables could be used in homes, hospitality, outdoor or indoor. They are admired both by very young or older people. .Frank Scott: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?. Irena Kilibarda : Its' material combination; sustainability; resistance to heat, water and scratches. This table could be used with led light or without, which creates a special atmosphere. .Frank Scott: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?. Irena Kilibarda : Table T- It is a table, and the first letter of the table, letter T, is in a shape of a table. .Frank Scott: What is the role of technology in this particular design?. Irena Kilibarda : The role of technology in this particular design is great. The high tech material Corian needs programed CNC 3D machine to create its 3d structure out of the boards of Corian that come in 6, 12 or 19mm of thickness. .
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Slines97 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 51 diseños de 17 diseñadores freelance.
Demand Capture Systems, LLC / Demand Capture Systems / demandcapturesystems.com / demandgrab.com
Think of the stream of inquiries that come through the search engines as a large continuously flowing river. Instead of a steady of water, you have a steady flow of keyword searches – mixes of short and long-tail keyword searches.
Now picture a large water wheel (A water wheel is a machine for converting the energy of free-flowing or falling water into useful forms of power) that is set up to capture a portion of that keyword searches and use them to create energy for local factories and/or the keywords is diverted and delivered to local farmers to be used in the cultivation of local crops … we are that water wheel.
We are a local lead generation company and distributor that focuses on pull marketing methods (In a "pull" system the consumer requests the product and "pulls" it through the delivery channel) that capture consumer demand on the Internet.
"Demand chain management is the management of relationships between suppliers and customers to deliver the best value to the customer at the least cost to the demand chain as a whole. The term demand chain management is used to denote the concept commonly referred to as supply chain management, however with special regard to the customer pull.
Our target audience is composed of local small and mid-sized businesses who are looking to outsource their Internet marketing efforts to a professional Internet lead generation company.
We deliver best value marketing options according to the demand of the customers.
We will be using the design on our website, business cards and other marketing and promotional material.
I would like a logo with our name and an icon using the "river and water wheel" with the river converted to keywords as described above with a modern feel. ... not rustic or traditional.
In truth, I consider us to be more like a hydro turbine generator, but I don't know if that is as recognizable to the public or as easy to convey through design. Plus, they are usually buried somewhere in the belly of a giant concrete dam.
I would like to be able to use the name and icon together and independently.
I would like to have a design with a prairie style color scheme with a blue-centric base but with a modern touch.
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A passion for service
It takes dedicated staff to turn a flight into an unforgettable experience. Meet three people at Lufthansa who make this happen
Golda CarbonaroMaÎtre de Lounge
If they're lucky, passengers disembarking in Frankfurt end up in the supremely capable hands of Golda Carbonaro, for instance at the Welcome Lounge in Terminal 1. The blonde, 44-year-old has worked for Lufthansa for over 20 years, and has been the Maître de Lounge since July 2017. She is an anchor in the lounges for First, Business and Senator Class passengers, making sure that everything gleams, wobbly tables are repaired, the magazine rack is well-stocked and that there are fresh towels in the bathrooms.
The most important thing is that everyone feels well looked after.
There have been passengers who missed their flights because it was so comfortable here. The native Italian describes herself as gregarious, and when entertaining at home her motto is "the more, the merrier." – "But in the Lounge I like to have time to devote myself to my guests." Even on days when her alarm clock has rung at 3:15 am, she always has time for a smile. "It's the friendly gestures that count – particularly if you're on a stressful trip!"
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Christian Weyers doesn't have much time. He's just returned from a shift that took him to Delhi, Seoul and Bogota, and is now striding swiftly through Lufthansa's base. In a few days he is due to start training to become a purser, putting him in charge of the cabin. Weyers, 30, tall and slim, is ambitious. He joined Lufthansa in 2007 and studied air traffic management while working. As a child, he was an avid collector of Lufthansa cutlery and magazines, and at family parties would happily push a tea trolley and serve his aunts and uncles. Weyers has a fine instinct for what passengers want, and during boarding can always tell which passenger enjoys a chat, who's feeling nervous and who just wants some peace and quiet.
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Fixing stress fractures in leaf spring steel
Hi guys,
Since realising that stress fractures might be a real problem in the leaf spring steel I want to use (some of this spring steel could be quite old. The stuff I'm thinking of using goes back to 1948) I've found a thread that suggests heating to welding temp. followed by light hammering and then allowing the steel to cool to room temp. This proccess to be repeated three times he claims will eliminate any potential problems and also get rid of the 'memory'.
I've heard of steel memory but I'm not sure what it means.
Can I throw this out to you guys - what do you think? When I eventually start forging this stuff is there any way I could test this?
If I could cause stress fractures in the spring steel, see how it breaks and then cause more fractures in another piece of steel, do the welding heat thing and then see how that breaks it should prove/disprove - yes? But then how do I cause stress fractures? Do you think this would work?
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First of all stress fractures are one of the reasons I use virgin steel, I got tired of finding the cracks after working on a blade for quite a while then finding the crack and junking the piece.
I don't think that the welding trick will work. Memory is when a spring remembers it's curve and goes back to it when cold and some times it won't EVER straighten out. I have had this happen
and nothing I did to straighten it out worked and I did every thing I could think of, Forging won't, annealing won't, normalizing won't. Another reason to use virgin steel. The only suggestion in using old leaf springs and yes I will use them sometimes is to tell the customer what you used. And never even try to use a spring that has been broken or came from a spring pack that has been broken or over stressed and straightened out. Be very picky. Gib
Ya fix the cracks by cutting em out.
Cracks in the old leaf springs will show up as a little dark crack line at a red heat.
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Thanks for your thoughts guys,
Sweany, will fractures always show on the surface?
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It works just like Sweany said Bear. The cracks will show up as a thin, dark line on a spring that's heated up to a bright red and viewed in a dark place like under the forge. Think of it like this and it might help. The crack wants to cool faster than the solid steel so the edges of the crack, as small as they are, will get dark shortly after taking the spring out of the fire because of the faster cooling. You have to do this in a fairly dark place. That's me, a crack inspector. 5160 spring steel is all I've been using lately besides the odd file here and there. When you find a crack, do like Sweany says and just cut that section out of the spring. Mark it with a file or chalk marker before all the color goes out of the steel. Sometimes you get lucky and it's right in the middle of the spring going lengthwise. That's good because you can split the spring in half and have two slabs of steel to make knives from. I stopped buying knife steel a couple of years ago because I've had such good luck with leaf springs. Like Gib said, you need to avoid the 'sprung' leaf springs because cracks are usually what cause them to spring in the first place. Trying to weld the stress cracks back together sounds like an excercise in futility to me. Who knows how long the cracks have been there? And besides, 5160 just doesn't want to weld to itself in my experience. And believe me, I've tried many times. It must take a special flux or something. Or maybe a blacksmith's incantation at the right phase of the moon. Good luck with your leaf spring project and don't automatically assume that those old springs are going to be full of stress cracks. Do your homework and inspect for cracks as you use it. Some of that old steel is the closest we're likely to come to 'virgin' steel these days. There's alot of truth in that statement if you look at it close.
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I'll have to say I'm with Gib on this one. New steel eliminates that stress situation, but then again, may have more inclusions (?). Another subject entirely, I guess. I like to use new steel when I can, but lucking out on an old truck or tractor in the woods and cutting out the springs is priceless, and I won't pass up on them. My expectations for a successful forging just can't be as high.
I don't subscribe to the "thrice this" and "triple-that" methodology, but I do take some precautions when preparing spring steel for forging.
1) Heat the spring to non-magnetic and then anneal it. I use a 50-50 mix of poplar ash and vermiculite. I always keep a steel tub of this close to my heat source, just so it stays dry. I try to do this before I cut it to size. Some folks will heat a spring up, hot-cut it to size, and THEN anneal. I think this starts the spring out with some stress, and I believe any stresses in the steel will cause a crack right then and there because the steel hasn't had any "relief" before it gets slammed with the hammer and chisel!
2) Normalize BEFORE forging.
I don't get too many cracks doing this, and the outcome is almost predictable.
Thanks guys.
When you say 'sprung' do you mean when the leaf spring has failed and lost it's 'springyness'?
Changing the subject a little guys, I've had a short leaf in a camp fire in my garden several times now. We build a fire and sit around with a beer - you know, I've been just throwing it in and leaving it there ( it's the shortest leaf from a heavy duty spring, it's about 9 inches long 2 inches wide and a 1/4 thick). It gets to a dull yellow heat and eventually disappears into the base of the fire.
Anyway, I must have done this a dozen times by now, do you think it would be okay to forge this leaf or would it have lost too much carbon as a result of multiple heatings?
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Yes Bear. What I meant by sprung is just that. When the spring has been overflexed and didn't go back to it's original shape. That will most likely result in stress cracks, usually near the mount hole in the center of the spring. As long as they're lengthwise it's no big deal. If they go across the width of the spring I'd cut out the whole center or not even use that spring at all.
As to the leaf you've had in the fire a dozen times..... I would say that you now have a mostly iron leaf spring. At the very least, it's probably one of the most relaxed pieces of steel I've heard of. All you can do is get it to non magnetic and quench it in warm oil to see if it still has any carbon left in it. It's likely to be a spongy mass of iron though in my opinion. The grain may have grown to the point of no return. Give it a quench test and see if it gets hard. Or just leave it right there in the fire and see how long it takes to burn completely up. It will probably be a waste of time to fool with it. But you'll never know unless you try.
Hey Bear, that leaf spring you've heated so much would make wonderful furniture for any knife. Don't throw it out!
i learn something every time i get on here, aint this place great.
thanks for the great tip max. i never thought of heating the spring to a red heat and then looking for the cracks. ive never had a problem using leaf springs myself. ionly use springs that look in good shape and from older cars and trucks.
ive also had a problem welding 5160 so id say fixxing the stess cracks would be hard . boo
Thanks guys,
I'll do that quench test - you never know...
What did you mean when you say the steel would make 'wonderful furniture for any knife.'
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guards, pommels- if you're makin old style knives- it looks great. paul
Oh yes...I should have known that - thanks.
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Yeah, what Paul said!
Do you have a link to the thread about heating to welding temp to fix stress fractures? Also did you ever try to harden the campfire leafspring? How did it turn out?
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As was noted by Civil War Emancipation in its May 4 edition, by early May 1861 northern newspapers began taking note of the slave insurrection scare prevalent in many slave states after the outbreak of the Civil War. The departure of men for the Confederate army and news of military units from the North moving south, led many white Southerners to fear they were on the verge of a mass slave uprising as masses of northern John Browns in federal uniform armed the slaves, and set them upon their masters and other whites.
Clearly, some white Northerners did not share this fear. In its June 1, 1861 issue, Harper's Weekly addressed the insurrection scare in a mocking editorial entitled, "Sitting on Gunpowder." The editorial stated:
THERE is great and natural horror expressed by many of the treasonable papers of those who would excite servile insurrections.
Who is it, then, that is exciting servile insurrection ?
The rebellious citizens of the United States. In what way?
By taking up arms against the Government, and plunging into war. The slaves can not be kept ignorant of the war, and they will ask the occasion. They will learn that their masters are fighting against those whom they untruly and persistently call "Abolitionists." Is it not evident, then, that unless the slaves love slavery, they will fight against their masters in any way they can ? And is he an inciter of servile insurrection who points out to the masters so palpable a fact ? If a man sees a neighbor sitting upon a barrel of gunpowder and intently trying to strike a light by scraping a match upon the side of the barrel, is he such a diabolical fellow if he warns his neighbor that he runs great risk of blowing himself up?
Interestingly, Harper's Weekly chose not to mock the racist assumptions behind the slave insurrection scare in the South (to whit, that barbaric slaves were itching to kill whites and would do so at the earliest opportunity, especially if encouraged by abolitionist troops who armed them). What the publication chose to mock was secession, in which rebel slaveholders made an enemy of the very government that before would have provided the best guarantee against servile insurrection and stood ready to suppress it should it happen anyway. Clearly, America's great illustrated newspaper had not yet embraced emancipation, although it would soon be reporting stories of the peculiar institution unraveling in the South.


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Minister X wrote:Regarding the jaggies you see on the reduced fonts: I see some degradation of quality moving from the full to the small map, but nothing I'd call jaggies. But I wear glasses and have to squint - so I'll trust your eyes. I've adjusted the fonts on the small map from 8.68 points to an even 9, as you suggested. You'll have to tell me if you see an improvement. I know a little bit about font technology and I don't believe using even point sizes should make any difference at all, but I could well be wrong. In any case, the increase in size is easily managed.
Minister X wrote:Regarding the drop shadow on the Gladius and title: I see your point. The problem is that the title, using the incised font, is intended to simulate the letters carved in stone, and such things can't have drop shadows. Nevertheless, I applied a drop shadow just to see what it would look like. It's awful. Solution: remove the drop shadow from behind the gladius. In some ways this looks worse than before, in some ways better. I kind of like it; it's stark but the gladius stands out more. We can easily overdo it with drop shadows.
Regarding using Latin for the title: according to Google Translate, it would be "Caesar Mortuus Est". I'm more concerned by the question of whether the increase in "Roman flavor" would outweigh the fact 1) that only one in forty CC players would know what it means (though more than that could make a good guess), and 2) it would be harder to remember. "Mortuus" is a very awkward word. Because there are more letters than in "Caesar Is Dead" the font must be reduced, which isn't fatal but isn't great. I've placed the gladius where I think it makes the most sense, but it is somewhat distracting there (though still pretty cool). I just don't know. I've made the changes but I consider them temporary and I'd like to hear from as many voices as possible: is this better or worse?
Minister X wrote:Regarding the color-coded bonuses: you may have forgotten or you may have missed it, but there was a somewhat protracted discussion of how much color should be in the map. Some wanted more; some less. The compromise solution was to have some color in the terts but not under the legend. What you're in essence asking is that we reopen that debate. I'd really rather just live with the result of the previous one, which until your post above seemed to be acceptable as a compromise to everyone.
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Danville Starts Urban Services Department
The mayor of Danville says a new city position will organize the way in which it works with developers.
Wednesday marks the first day that city engineer David Schnelle is in his new role as Urban Services Director.
Mayor Scott Eisenhauer said in the past decade, Danville has not been in a position to have one person or department to handle new retail development, such as the city's new Kohl's and Meijer's stores, restaurant locations, or expansion of existing sites.
He said it is a matter of efficiency to have one department oversee all economic development.
"For example, if somebody were to send a site plan to the city to do work, it actually ended up going to four different departments," he said. "Not to say that didn't work, but it certainly didn't work as effectively or as efficiently as I think it certainly could."
Schnelle will still maintain his engineering duties, but will also oversee areas like zoning and planning, and building inspection.
While construction is underway on some projects, Eisenhauer said there areas along North Vermilion and Main Streets that need such a person in place.
"As we start looking at expansion of retail and restaurants, where are some logical places in our community where they can go and should go, and how do we put ourselves in a better position to attract those?" he said. "We have some great development going on right now, we have some we know will be going on in the next six to 12 months."
The reorganization of city departments approved by the Danville City Council last week makes Schnelle the city's highest-paid employee at $105,000 annually.
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Geoffrey Mapplebeck
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Geoffrey Mapplebeck, 25, died in a car accident on November 10. A resident of Danville, he was a smart, kind, enthusiastic young man with a bright future.
Born August 29, 1988, Geoffrey attended John Baldwin Elementary School, Charlotte Wood Middle School, and San Ramon Valley High School where he graduated in 2007. He had played Little League Baseball from the time he was 6 years old through AAA Baseball. He had also received his Brown Belt in Karate.
When he was 12 years old he became completely enamored with everything computers: programming, websites, gaming? and after graduating high school he attended Ex?pression College for Digital Arts where he graduated with his BA in Game Art and Design in 2011. Program Director Ty Carriere remembers Geoffrey as "a fun student who was definitely excited about the work that he did. He was happy to be here," he said.
Since graduating, Geoffrey created and was the head of a Danville-based website design firm and search engine team, according to associate Rich Wood of eWebsiteServices.
Geoffrey is survived by his loving parents Roy and Terry (Corona) Mapplebeck, his sister Briana Mapplebeck, his 5 year old daughter Elayna Collinsworth-Mapplebeck, and Elayna?s mother, girlfriend Christina Collinsworth. He also leaves behind his grandmother Teresa M. Corona, his uncles and aunts Rick and Beth Corona, Gary and Mary (Corona) McGahey, Leo and Nancy Corona, Bob and Dorothy Mapplebeck, John and Pat Mapplebeck, Marilyn Mapplebeck and many cousins.
He is deeply missed and constantly remembered by his family, friends and associates.
A fundraiser is ongoing and can be accessed at https://www.giveforward.com/fundraiser/v8g3/geoffrey-mapplebeck-family-fund-raiser.
There will be a Celebration of Geoffrey's Life at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 8th at Community Presbyterian Church. The church is located at 222 W. El Pintado Road, Danville.


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It's funny because it's true. Actually, it might be more accurate to describe this blog as mildly offensive and wickedly retarded, but regardless of which adverb goes where, the entire notion of said action is completely absurd. I mean, I can think of at least 100, nay, one million more valid reasons they could've canned me for, but my blog? Really?? Don't get me wrong, I can see firing someone for keeping a blog about something truly controversial, such as "The Pro Jihad" or something, but this is "The Anti DC." I mock Crocs here. And while it may be all retardulous all the time, it's hardly controversial. In fact, it's definitional of benign, in my opinion, which makes this first drama of '09 so dang absurd. But, really, isn't that what makes life worth living? The ridiculously absurd? It certainly makes it more entertaining, especially when you're retardulously benign!
Weirdly, however, while jet-setting in the Third World the other week (a.k.a., possibly my last paid vacation ever) I had decided to more or less quit this blog on account that in the past few months, as I have hinted at now and again, e-barfing all over this space has become more of a stress than a joy. But now, after finding out that, indeed, a part of Washington, DC, still can't take a joke and truly hates laughter ("If you ever want to work in this town again, you better shut that bog* down!"), I think fate decided to punch me in the face on this one. Let's just say this is probably the proverbial kick in the tight pants that I needed to get out of not only a blogging rut (which really doesn't matter), but the rut that has become a life of routine (which does matter, at least to me).
As you may have guessed, I've never been a big fan of "stability," as it were. But shambling, on the other hand...well, hello lover!
And now that I know this little endeavor is apparently not as benign as I had originally thought (although it is certainly as retardulous) and important enough to warrant a good old-fashioned pink-slipping, I am newly reinvigorated to reclaim the shambles-ridden, unstable, hobo lifestyle I was meant to have, as well as to rediscover the joy of no-holds-barred blogging (which would be totally badass, except it's, um, blogging, so it's really just dorky). Oh, and maybe get paid for something I'm possibly talented at (and I'm not referring to hooking). But we'll get to that in a bit.
What's really important here is that this almost unbelievable situation I find myself in is the ultimate validation of this blog's very existence; it proves every single one of my theories about DC correct. Mainly, Washington needs to learn how to take a joke, loosen up, laugh at itself, and at the very least understand the concept of satire. And after having several discussions with people in cities all over the globe regarding my fun Friday afternoon, I've come to the conclusion that this situation is uniquely DC, as most people living and working outside of this tooltastic, uptight world of Washington have reacted with just about as much incredulity as I did ("But you blog about Crocs!"), while my friends in DC have noted, "I could see that. It's symptomatic of DC's douche culture, which requires you to present yourself as a two-dimensional douche-bot whose sole priority is to network with other two-dimensional douche-bots to get ahead. And you're a three-dimensional asshole and a poor thespian, so...yeah. Makes sense in this warped world that something as seemingly silly as a blog that mocks Crocs could matter."
Of course it was other three-dimensional assholes (although better thespians) who told me this, which isn't surprising because it seems 3D-assholes often have the most realistic outlooks on life. It comes down to this -- many of us here (or at least a handful) are all just people, not workaholic douche-bots. The difference between me and, say, a person (read: 3D asshole) who succeeds in and can actually enjoy typical DC is probably just our interests, which doesn't make me better or worse than a legitimately content DC employee, but simply different. I'm just not that into DC. I can't stand bureaucracy, I fail at "networking" and I have an extremely low threshold for self-imposed stress. Moreover, I can't pretend to enjoy something or someone that I feel indifferent toward -- a skill that I never found necessary to excel at until I moved here. (But maybe I've just been lucky?)
Whatever it is, this incident has confirmed my suspicion that DC's douche culture looks down upon those of us who dare to publicly espouse our opinions on life that may not be politically correct, which probably explains why bloggers who are evidently more intelligent than I have made sure to remain anonymous.
So why didn't I? Well, not to toot my own
Now, I don't expect most Washingtonians to take it (and definitely not to embrace it), but I'll be damned to an eternal life of wearing badly tailored discount polyester suits before I quit this due to someone telling me it's a "bad career move." In my world, which I won't expect anyone outside my head to understand, this is the best career move I could make. This sh*t is just too legit (at least in my twisted, tiny mind), ergo, I shan't quit.
It also helps now that I have 40 more hours a week to make sure whatever I do decide to post here is worth your time to read and, more importantly in the narcissistic world of blogging, worth my time to write.
But I confess, I won't be spending the entirety of those 40 additional hours each week blogging. And not just because that would be extremely pathetic. I also need to make some money (for booze), which is why I'll be starting my word hustle, hard. See, I'd like to get paid to craft words together that don't have to do with things like "the government," "Congress," or some acronym I'll never memorize. Not that I can't, it's just that I'd rather use my hippocampus to memorize more relevant things, such as all the words to Hall & Oates' "Private Eyes" so I can attack that in future karaoke endeavors, which, incidentally, I now have more than enough free time to actually attend!
And speaking of finding other sources of income, I'll pretty much write for food (and booze) at the moment, so if you read this still benign (and retardulous), but apparently rather controversial e-rag on the daily (I'm talking to you Washington Post and Washingtonian, at least according to my brilliant StatCounter) and need someone to wordsmith an article or two together for you, feel more than free to write to me at firstname.lastname@example.com. We can discuss potential projects over a can of hobo beans that I will cook over a garbage-can fire that I light just outside of the double-wide cardboard box that will surely be my home in a couple of months. It'll be like a Parisian sidewalk cafe, except, you know, in the dumpster.
Yet while the economy blows and the chances of me gaining fulltime employment that actually means something to me are slim in the near-term (as is the prospect of me being able to get sick and afford to go to the doctor now), my spirit is surprisingly and rather disturbingly high. It's because I'm
But where the S.S. Norm Coleman will eventually end up is as mysterious as to why not everyone sees the value of having on the payroll an employee whose main talent is cracking rape jokes. However, perhaps the former mystery is better left unsolved because if I did know exactly where the S.S. Norm Coleman would dock, coasting aimlessly through this metaphorical sea of life wouldn't be nearly as exciting. Or as shambley, and we all know how I feel about life's little shambles. (♥♥♥♥♥)
But eff it. Let it be known that this will be the most personal entry I will ever type into this space, meaning anyone who doubted my claims to be composed entirely out of circuitry and wires was right. To my great dismay, I am a real person. A very strange person with a, perhaps, very peculiar set of professional and life goals, but a homo sapien nonetheless. Indeed, I am so homo. But this endeavor was never meant to be a vehicle for this kind of personal discussion, so allow me to continue to do what I apparently do most effectively and alienate humanity.
In fact, to kick off this new era of exciting unknowns and my newly recognized ability to offend to the point of necessary firing, allow me to break open a cheap bottle of e-champagne on the sail-ready dingy that is this blog by serving up my very special brand of humor to my most beloved District of Columbia. I'm sure you'll all just love it.
Knock, knock.
Who's there?
9/11 who?
*Insert awesomely long pause while I morph the expression on my visage into a warped look of horror, or as my buddy Socrates Johnson dubbed it last week, "gang-bang face."*
But you said you'd never forget!
What? Not funny, you say? Hmm...
Watch list for what was that again?
Well, then maybe my company, oops, former company was right. Having an employee on a terrorist watch list probably really is a liability. Well, I'll be damned...
P.S. -- God bless the USA. Take that, terrorist watch list! WHAAAAAT!
*And yes, during the course of my canning, it really was called a "bog." More than once. And that's not hatin', that's appreciatin'. While I certainly won't miss the work, I will definitely miss my coworkers. And the free lunches on Fridays.


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A majority of Americans prefer to work with an advisor who considers their entire financial picture, with more than two-thirds seeking comprehensive financial planning services, and certifications play a significant role when choosing an advisor, according to a survey just released by the CFP Board.
Conducted between Aug. 8 and 11 by ORC International, the online survey polled 1,012 adults — 504 men and 508 women — and found that 91% of those surveyed said they wanted their financial advisor to take into account their total financial situation, while 70% said they would prefer to work with an advisor who provides comprehensive financial planning services. Thirty percent said they'd prefer to work with someone who specializes in one area such as retirement.
A window of opportunity also exists for advisors, as 41% of respondents said that they had never worked with an advisor.
Certifications are also important to Americans when choosing a financial advisor, with 84% of those surveyed saying an advisor's credentials matter.
"As Americans' finances become more and more complex, they are turning to advisors who can partner with them, look at their total financial picture, put all the pieces together and provide a comprehensive financial plan," said CFP Board CEO Kevin Keller, in a statement.
Eighty-seven percent of those polled said they'd prefer to work with someone who has a financial planning certification, while 68% said working with someone who has a certification or designation that "demonstrate(s) knowledge of multiple financial areas" such as investments, taxes, insurance and budgeting would be ideal.
"As this survey shows, Americans want advisors who are competent in financial planning and have a designation to prove it," added Keller.
Nearly half (48%) of survey respondents also said that "strong knowledge of financial planning" was most important to them in choosing a financial advisor, with 64% of those between the ages of 18 and 24 saying it was most important. Trailing a distant second in terms of importance is ethics (20%), followed by years in business/experience (17%). Ranking last was the ability to offer a variety of financial products (11%).
Check out CFP's Goldfarb Case Illustrates Need for Clear Compliance Lines on ThinkAdvisor.


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WILKES-BARRE - Six floors of the historic Citizens Bank building in downtown Wilkes-Barre soon will be converted into 72 luxury apartments.
DxDempsey Architecture in Scranton is designing the apartments in one of the city's tallest office buildings on West Market Street.
"It's a very exciting project," said architect Michelle Dempsey, president of the firm. "It's in the works and there are still some financial hurdles to leap over, but it's looking good. Living downtown is great for the downtown. People who live downtown shop downtown and it makes it a safe place. People living downtown is the first step to a successful revitalization."
The historic bank building was designed by architect Daniel Burnham, who also designed icons like the Flatiron Building in New York City and was a main character in the book, "The Devil in the White City."
Citizens Bank formerly occupied the bottom two floors of the building, but the bank closed in February last year, leaving a vacancy. Yet, an oversized Citizens Bank sign still remains on top of the 14-story building, an iconic part of the city's skyline. In the future, the building will simply be known as "The Bank."
A majority of the bank building, owned by Citi Tower LLC, is now vacant. Remaining tenants include Riggs Asset Management, the United Way of Wyoming Valley, attorneys' offices and Bohlin Cywinski Jackson architecture firm.
Apartments are being designed on the fifth through 10th floors and construction will follow, Dempsey said. The apartments will have hardwood floors, granite counter tops and "spectacular views," she said. They will be available for rent and prices have not yet been determined, she said.
The apartments will add to several other newer high-end apartments which filled in recent years such as those on the top floors of the 14-story Luzerne Bank Building on Public Square, which were rented for $975 to $1,750 a month, and 16 in an old bank building at West Ross and South Main streets, which were rented for $885 to $1,000 a month.
The Elevations Lofts on East Northampton Street next to Wilkes-Barre Movies 14 offers a condominium living option. All 21 lofts sold for prices ranging from $121,578 to $287,752.
Nearby, Nicholas Dye's D&D Realty Group of Scranton is turning the Hampton Park apartment building at East Northampton and South Washington streets into 12 condominiums. Two were already sold for $165,000 and $275,000, four more will be on the market within the next month and all 12 will be completed by mid-summer, Dye said.
"Downtown living is the future of Wilkes-Barre," Dye said. "The two-block radius of Public Square is prime for residential development. It's that urban lifestyle where you could walk to everything."
Apartments also were completed for college students at the YMCA in Wilkes-Barre. King's College is spending $16 million renovating the former Ramada Hotel on Public Square to include housing for up to 200 students.
Larry Newman, executive director of the Diamond City Partnership, said he is pleased with the pace of residential conversions in downtown Wilkes-Barre.
"What's particularly extraordinary about it is that it occurred during a time that is otherwise difficult economically," Newman said. "It shows there is demand out there for quality downtown residential options."
When people formerly thought about downtown living, they thought of old high-rise buildings. Newman said the conversion of historic buildings into apartments is exciting for downtown Wilkes-Barre, which has emerged as a neighborhood of choice for people who like the "walk to everything lifestyle."
People who live downtown include students, young professionals, empty nesters and senior citizens. Typically, the households in downtown Wilkes-Barre do not include families with children, he said.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 32 percent of people who live in downtown Wilkes-Barre walk to work compared to 8 percent of the residents of Wilkes-Barre and 3 percent of all residents of Luzerne County. Downtown Wilkes-Barre also has the highest percent of residents age 25 and over with at least a bachelor's degree, which is higher than the state average.
"For our community to be successful, it has to provide the broadest range of housing options that includes options for people who want to live in a 'walk to everything' environment," Newman said. "There's no place better to do that than in downtown Wilkes-Barre."
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Police continued Thursday their investigation into the death of a young child at a downtown Jacksonville residence Wednesday morning.
Police continued Thursday their investigation into the death of an infant at a downtown Jacksonville residence Wednesday morning.
Alexander James Froland died at his home, according to the child's obituary from Jones Funeral Home. Alexander, who has not been officially identified by authorities, was reported as being unresponsive and not breathing at around 9:23 a.m.
Jacksonville police and firefighters responded to a home on Westminster Drive and tried unsuccessfully to resuscitate the child, who had been carried onto the front porch of the house.
Alexander is listed in obituary information as being survived by his father Christopher Froland, mother Barbara Froland and two siblings.
The Westminster Drive neighborhood was quiet Thursday afternoon in contrast to the day before when police spent hours at the Froland residence.
�Investigators are reviewing the details of the incident,� JPD spokeswoman Beth Purcell said Thursday afternoon. She would provide no other update.
Crime Stoppers of Onslow County is offering a reward of up to $2,500 for information in the incident.
Anyone with information can contact the Jacksonville/Onslow Crime Stoppers at 910-938-3273 or the Jacksonville Police Department at 910-455-1472. Callers to Crime Stoppers do not have to reveal their identities. For more information and updates like Crime Stoppers on Facebook at facebook.com/onslowcrimestoppers.
Contact Daily News Senior Reporter Lindell Kay at 910-219-8455 or email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter and friend him on Facebook @ 1lindell.


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Super Meat Boy and Binding of Isaac creator's Mew-Genics cancelled
Mew-Genics is not happening.
Mew-Genics headlines
Super Meat Boy Forever back in business
Mew-Genics is still on hold and there's a weird new McMillen game out. Swings and roundabouts, eh?
Super Meat Boy: Forever is not a one-button game
Super Meat Boy: Forever is a new runner for mobile, tablets and Steam, due sometime in 2015.
Mew-Genics characters appear depending on what day of the week it is
Mew-genics will offer time-dependent content depending on what day of the week it is, Team Meat has revealed.
Mew-genics blog post details cat identities, how to affect them
Team Meat, developer of Super Meat Boy and the upcoming Mew-genics has posted an update on their blog detailing the different cat personalities and things that you can do affect them in the game.
Mew-genics video shows the game's opening scene
Team Meat's cat sim Mew-genics is on the floor at PAX Prime in Seattle, but not playable as planned. Still, those who happen to stop by the booth can pick up the official Mew-genics comic. Even though the game wasn't playable as originally planned, folks can at least watch the opening scene for it below. […]
Mew-genics introduces Baby Jack and "pathological collecting"
Team Meat's incredible-sounding crazy cat lady sim Mew-genics includes a character named Baby Jack who needs the player's help to break his Nona out of her cluttered house.
Mew-Genics: 'Pokémon meets The Sims' in Team Meat's cat lady sim
After following along for four months of weekly teasers, the first thing I did this morning was check in with the long-awaited Mew-Genics reveal. Meet Team Meat's newest game, which is all my dreams come true.
Mew-Genics reveal set for next week; will involve cat fights
Super Meat Boy developer Team Meat will finally fully unveil new project Mew-Genics next week.
Mew-Genics soundtrack produces The Ballad Of D. Claude single
The latest update on Mew-Genics introduces D. Claude, a cat with "whiskers like spaghetti, fur just like a yeti" and myriad other complaints. Or possibly boasts. Who can tell?
Super Meat Boy: The Game on hold for Mew-Genics
Team Meat has confirmed it has put a new version of Super Meat Boy on hold while it works on Mew-Genics.
Mew-Genics teaser week 14 - You've got mail!
The latest update from Team Meat for their upcoming Mew-Genics game goes into what you can expect from the mail system in the game.Courtesy of GameInformer, mail in the game is vital, keeping players abreast of their friends and enemies movements as well as upcoming contests. It's also somewhat random and unpredictable what may arrive, […]
Mew-Genics to have a 20-track soundtrack by Ridiculon
Mew-Genics is going to have a heck of a soundtrack, if the latest developer update it anything to go by.
Mew-Genics coming to iOS, involves pageants
We went on holiday but Team Meat apparently never rests; three more teaser updates have gone live since we last checked Mew-Genics out.
Mew-Genics Trinkets to be slightly randomly-generated
Mew-Genics, the mysterious new game from Team Meat, will allow players to collect stat-changing items called Trinkets, but in keeping with the theme of randomness, no two will be alike.
Team Meat's Mew-Genics title theme released
Adding to Team Meat's trail of weekly details being released for Mew-Genics, the main title theme, a psychedelic horror-ska style song, has been dropped for week 7.
Mew-Genics has so many cats you will never get the same one twice
Team Meat has been releasing details on Mew-Genics once a week for five weeks now, and today marks week six with yet another tease from the developers.
Mew-genics teaser art finishes with Butch
Team Meat has concluded its character art reveal run for new title Mew-genics. See Butch in full glory, along with an image showing all five revealed characters, through the break.
Mew-genics' fourth character revealed
Team Meat has released the fourth of five promised pieces of character art for Mew-Genics, this time introducing Tracy. She "likes cats, but isn't a big fan of you", apparently. We don't know what Mew-genics is; it involves randomness and cats and is very strange. Admire the new art through the break.
Mew-Genics reveals third of five characters
Team Meat has released a third piece of Mew-Genics art, this time showing Frank, who "has head problems". He's one of five expected reveals following Tinkles and Dr Beanies. We still don't know anything about Mew-Genics beyond two of its features: cats and randomness. Oh, and that it's the strangest game the pair has produced.
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Super Meat Boy and Binding of Isaac creator's Mew-Genics cancelled
Mew-Genics characters appear depending on what day of the week it is
Mew-genics blog post details cat identities, how to affect them
Mew-genics introduces Baby Jack and "pathological collecting"
Mew-Genics: 'Pokémon meets The Sims' in Team Meat's cat lady sim
Mew-Genics reveal set for next week; will involve cat fights
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The Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act and the Impacts of Non-Compliance
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) is a critical piece of new legislation that affects how public organizations and accounting firms deal with Corporate Governance, financial disclosure and the practice of public accounting.
The SOX legislation is being implemented in a phased approach, with executive management already being impacted by Section 302 of the Act. Most audit firms today have established practices around SOX compliance and are actively working with their customers on how to comply with the next phase of the legislation. The impacts of non-compliance range from fines to jail terms, and includes the harsh reality that failure to comply will ultimately impact the organization's public image.
The next major section for legislated compliance is Section 404. Section 404 centers around the internal controls of an organization and how effective they are (in the context of how this may impact financial reporting). The chart below delineates the three highest profile sections of the legislation for public companies, the dates associated with mandatory compliance, and some high-level details around each.
|What is it about?
|Certification of financial reports quarterly
|Who signs off?
|Effective Date?
|August 29, 2002
|Fiscal year ends on/after:
*Note: For organizations on a calendar fiscal year, this means that compliance is an issue for January, 2004
For more information, please refer to the Securities & Exchange Commission Web site (http://www.sec.gov/spotlight/sarbanes-oxley.htm), the Sarbanes-Oxley Web site (http://www.sarbanes-oxley.com) or contact your auditing firm.
Assessing the Path to Section 404 Compliance
The reality of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act is that each public company needs to develop an individualized approach to reporting and compliance.
For Section 404, it begins with a self-assessment of the internal controls the organization has around its financial reporting process. This self-assessment will typically involve internal stakeholders as well as an external audit firm who will work through a standardized framework (COSO) to identify the gaps in compliance, as well as any associated risks. This framework allows audit firms to map internal control objectives back to SOX requirements, enabling organizations to then apply process frameworks, like the one described in the April 2004 National Cyber Security Partnership (NCSP) Corporate Governance task force report entitled "Information Security Governance: A Call to Action", to address the relevant gaps for compliance.
Once the assessment has been completed, organizations must then establish a process to achieve compliance within the relevant timeframe (as described in the chart above). Working with their audit firm, organizations will be looking to not only address the gaps that have been identified within the legislated timeframe, but do so in a cost-effective manner. In today's economically challenging times, compliance means a balance between both time and cost, particularly since this is not a one-time event and that there may be more far-reaching costs than simply implementing internal controls.
Entrust and Sarbanes-Oxley
Entrust security solutions can be used to help close a number of common gaps identified on the path to Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 compliance.
Secure Identity Management
Companies that are focused on remaining productive and competitive understand that customers, partners, and employees all need deeper access to the organization, giving them what they need, at the right time. Doing this effectively and in real-time means managing a multitude of user identities and interacting with a variety of systems in an environment of constant change – all while keeping quality of service high and the enterprise secure.
The Entrust Secure Identity Management Solution is a comprehensive, highly scalable solution that helps to address key challenges faced by commercial organizations working to comply with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, namely:
Identity provisioning
- quickly and securely view, change, audit and report on all user identities and access privileges across all users and organizations
- replace time-consuming, expensive and error-prone processes with secure one-step process to add users or remove them from systems
- workflow capabilities allow mandatory corporate approval processes to be enforced and audited
Policy-based access control
- enable user single sign-on (SSO) to the applications and content they are authorized to see
- easily extend access control to include Web services applications via standards such as SAML
- centrally manage access to applications and information via policy, providing a single point of policy enforcement and audit of access for all users
- apply rules, in accordance with corporate policy, to augment internal controls for Section 404 compliance, including time-specific restrictions or access control based on the location of the originator
- capitalize on an unlimited user, per-processor pricing model that enables organizations to only pay for the value that they are deploying through their portal
Strong authentication
- enable Web-based authentication using a broad range of identity types, including usernames and passwords, SAML, Microsoft Passport, and digital certificates stored on a user's computer or on a hardware smart card, token access, or biometric device
- enable strong authentication in a client-server environment, helping to ensure that only strongly authenticated users are able to access sensitive information contained in encrypted files, folders and email messages
Data Protection & Integrity
Internal controls around both data access and data integrity can be enforced through the use of encryption and digital signatures, respectively. Data contained in files, folders, or email messages can be encrypted to prevent unauthorized access due to security breaches or weak access controls. That same data can be digitally signed to provide both transaction accountability and data integrity, supplying organizations not only with information on who signed the data, but also verification that it did not change from the time it was signed, regardless of whether it traveled across the Internet or was stored locally.
The Entrust Secure Data Solution consists of a comprehensive, highly scalable suite of data security products and services that help organizations mitigate the risk of data loss, corruption and disclosure so they can confidently capitalize on new technologies that enable greater stakeholder collaboration and, ultimately, business growth. It includes the following key capabilities that can help with Section 404 compliance:
- encryption of files and folders on employee workstations and theft-vulnerable laptop computers; only properly authenticated, authorized individuals can decrypt and access sensitive information
- digital signatures on data for integrity, including working with industry leaders, such as Adobe, to deliver secure electronic forms for both desktop and Web environments
- end-to-end encryption and digital signing of sensitive data during Web transactions
- developer toolkits to enable encryption and digital signature capabilities in custom applications
The Entrust Secure Messaging Solution transparently adds "end-to-end" security to email applications like Microsoft® Outlook® and Lotus Notes®, making it possible to mitigate risk and help comply with Section 404. It enables email messages to be encrypted and digitally signed both in transit and while at rest on email servers or in end-user inboxes and outboxes. This ability to secure emails can help organizations better control access to sensitive information that often times is transmitted via email.


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Center for Business Law and Innovation
The Honorable Patti B. Saris
Date: 6:00pm PST February 18, 2014 Location: Legal Reserach Center, Faculty Reading Room
- © Jim Patane All Rights Reserved
Legal Reserach Center, Faculty Reading Room
THE HONORABLE PATTI B. SARIS became Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts on January 1, 2013. She became Chair of the U.S. Sentencing Commission in Washington, D.C., in January 2011. She is a graduate of Radcliffe College '73 (magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa) and Harvard Law School '76 (cum laude).
After graduating from law school, she clerked for the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, and then went into private practice. When Senator Edward M. Kennedy became chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, she moved to Washington, D.C., and worked as staff counsel. She later became an Assistant U.S. Attorney, and eventually chief of the Civil Division. In 1986, Judge Saris became a U.S. Magistrate Judge, and in 1989, she was appointed as an Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court. In 1994, she was appointed to the U.S. District Court.
Chief Judge Saris became President of the Harvard Board of Overseers in 2006 and has served on visiting committees to Harvard College and Harvard University's Law School, Education School, and Kennedy School of Government. Chief Judge Saris has been active on various judicial committees, including the Budget Committee and the Defender Services Committee, which she chaired in 2005. She also serves on the Board of the Federal Judges Association.
She has received awards for judicial excellence from the Boston Bar Association, the Federal Bar Association, and the Patent Bar Association, and is a recipient of the Harvard Medal.
She has authored various publications, including Congress: The First Branch of Government (1983) (co-authored with Hon. Abner Mikva), and Breaking Barriers, The Unfinished Story of Women Lawyers and Judges in Massachusetts (2012) (co-authored with Justice Margot Botsford and Barbara Berenson).
Judge Saris has handled many intellectual property cases during her time on the bench. She is a frequent and outspoken speaker on patent issues. Judge Saris has also sat by designation with the federal circuit.
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As the United States careened toward Civil War, the British media took greater interest in the peculiar institution as it existed in the American South. In its April 6, 1861 edition, The London Illustrated News had two stories (with illustrations naturally) on slavery in Baltimore and New Orleans respectively. That this publication chose to feature slavery in two metropolitan centers of the antebellum South is interesting. Only about 5 percent of the American slave population lived in urban areas on the eve of the Civil War. If The London Illustrated News had really wanted to capture a more typical slice of the slave experience at that moment its journalists would have ventured into the countryside, particularly the cotton plantations of the Deep South. But for unknown reasons they chose not to venture beyond these two great southern port cities, especially since the personal interest stories this publication emphasized could be readily found there. Nonetheless, the stories offer interesting and contrasting images of urban slavery in the week before the outbreak of hostilities with the attack on Fort Sumter.
The Baltimore story, entitled "The Dandy Slave," purports to describe the amicable relationship between a well dressed bondsman and his mistress. Like many urban slaves, this unnamed man lived apart from his owner, paying her half his wages as a waiter in posh hotels and luxurious steamships. While the article describes the slave as content with the relationship, it would be interesting to know what became of it when freedom came to Maryland in 1864. Below is the illustration of the Baltimore slave and his mistress.
Source: http://beck.library.emory.edu/iln/figure.php?id=v38p307a
The New Orleans story, entitled "Slaves for Sale" tries to put a pleasant face on one of the most notorious rituals in the antebellum South–the slave auction. The fine dress of the slaves suggests they were destined to remain in New Orleans as house servants rather than be sold for plantation labor. The article's contention that the slaves facing sale, "look heavy, perhaps a little sad, but not altogether unhappy," suggests nervous people trying to preserve some shred of dignity in trying circumstances.
Source: http://beck.library.emory.edu/iln/figure.php?id=v38p307b
In any case, both images and the accompanying articles, suggest urban slavery was alive and well on the eve of the Civil War. Like rural slavery it was well entrenched in the life of the American South and showed no signs of fading away. Yet beneath the surface of the peculiar institution in the cities were discontented slaves, living in close proximity to free blacks and like the Dandy Slave with opportunities for independent living, and so knowledgeable about freedom, ready to grab at the opportunities to achieve that status the war would shortly bring.