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THE MODERATOR: We now welcome Coach Charlie Strong. Brief opening statement.
COACH STRONG: I cannot say enough for Paul and Jack and the Sugar Bowl committee for the warm hospitality they showed our program. And we appreciate it, and I know from our staff and from our players they've had a great time, but we know it's time to lock down and focus playing an outstanding team in University of Florida.
Coach Muschamp has done an outstanding job. You look at that football team, they're one game away from playing for a national championship, and I think about just the speed and the quickness and just how aggressive that football team is.
They got them on offense, Driskel is an outstanding football player. A lot of those guys, I recruited a lot of them there. Defensively, you look at Elam and at them, up front big and physical, and having to control the line of scrimmage and an outstanding defense, a trademark at University of Florida, always play outstanding defense there.
Our football team, we practice well. You look at this five weeks and we haven't played a football game. And we just had a team meeting this morning, I was just telling them: You know, it's all about technique. It's all about fundamentals now. And it's all about us right now just focusing on ourselves and making sure that we lock in and we stay focused and our preparation has to be there. We're one day away from game time now. I'm just excited for our football team. I'm here ‑‑ we're here at the Sugar Bowl.
Look at it, three years ago we took over this program, our seniors are 24 and 14 the last few years. They've been to the Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl and Belk Bowl and now a chance at the BCS Bowl.
We know this, we expect to have an outstanding showing, and I'm excited for our football team.
THE MODERATOR: Questions?
Q. Do you see anything in this defense that reminds you at all of the'06 or '08 defenses you had at Florida?
COACH STRONG: You look at defense, now you think about it, you look at Bostic and you think of Spikes, and you look at Elam, you think of Major Wright. And you look at those guys up front an outstanding football team. And just defensively passing team what they were number one and number two in the country and it's all categories they led.
They're just a really good team defensively.
Q. First, your reaction to Boise State announcing that it's going to stay in the Mountain West, and are you afraid that this is going to cost the Big East its automatic bid for next season, your last one in the league? And I don't know if it's been pointed out to you or not, you haven't realized, you're the first African‑American head coach in the Sugar Bowl. Do you feel like the success of you, Kevin Summerlin and David Shaw and James Franklin has made race less of an issue in coaching hirings going down the road?
COACH STRONG: Well, if you look at ‑‑ just address the second question ‑‑ if you look at just what has happened over the last number of years, race hasn't been an issue with the hiring of coaches, because you look at Texas A&M hired Summerlin and the hiring of Franklin and myself at Louisville, the opportunity is there we have a chance to go out and be successful; it opens up more eyes.
The first question, with Boise, I think the Big East is going to be fine. I think there's teams out there that want to become a member of the Big East. So I think that will happen for them.
Q. What is the state of your run defense at this point, it was an area of some concern going down the stretch and particularly vis‑a‑vis the Florida running game. Is that a worry or have you resolved that?
COACH STRONG: It's always a worry, Tim, because you look at it. You'd like to play physical. The only way you can play physical, you have to be able to run the football. And Florida does a great job stopping the run. I think the last few games we've not done a good job at all running the football.
Since the Nord went down, Jeremy carried most of the load. It's not just all on Jeremy's shoulder. We have to do a better job of blocking. That's not what we're doing. We have to do a better job blocking, controlling the line of scrimmage. That has to happen.
In order to play football, you've got to control the line of scrimmage. That's not what we're doing right now.
Q. Versus the run defense?
COACH STRONG: My run defense? We have to do a better job of stopping the run ourselves. But you look at ‑‑ you look at over the last few weeks, I think that now the last few games we've done a better job, and we have to continue to be better. You have to stop the run.
Q. Could you talk about Teddy, where he is right now, the last four, five weeks since the injuries, what will he be able to do, how will you manage the situation?
COACH STRONG: Teddy the last few weeks have really been to his advantage, because now he's been able to get healthy. And you look at it, our game plan is all about Teddy. So Teddy's healthy now. So we're going to progress and Stein has to come in and play, we'll use him. But right now it's on Teddy.
Q. He's 100 percent?
COACH STRONG: I'm not saying he's 100 percent but he's going to be better than he was in the Rutgers game.
Q. You know as well as anyone how rabid Gator fans have been in the past. Were you surprised that you guys have doubled up Florida as far as tickets sold and how much did Louisville fan support have to do with you wanting to stay there?
COACH STRONG: If you look at University of Florida, I think it's a program that has so much tradition over the last few years. And now what has happened here, the University of Louisville, it's our second BCS Bowl game. So our fans are really excited about getting to a BCS Bowl.
And I don't know if it had anything to do with ‑‑ but I think our fans are going to support it now no matter what because we have a chance to get to a BCS. The last one ever was a Orange Bowl, beat Wake Forest. Now we have a chance for the Sugar Bowl. So our fans are excited.
Q. Is it a motivating factor, you hear about the superiority of the Southeastern Conference and the consensus is the best conference in college football. And do you feel more comfortable in the underdog role?
COACH STRONG: If you look at the Southeastern Conference, look at the national championships over the last few years, it speaks for itself. And now you have a chance to go play a team from the Southeastern Conference, I think our team, they're really excited about it, because when you hear college football, everyone talks about the Southeastern Conference.
But you look at the Southeastern Conference, it's not so much the players, but it's the fan support. Because when you go to those stadiums, LSU or Auburn or Tennessee, look at the fans and how they turn out. I think that is an advantage for those teams in that conference also.
Q. I know you want to win every single game, but how important do you view this opportunity against Florida as more exposure for your program, a good showing and leading into the future and maybe even setting your team up for next year?
COACH STRONG: I always tell them: You look at a Bowl game, and I say to them this is the first game of next season. And it shows us exactly where we are. And now you have a team that it is a really good football team. And now we have to have a good showing in this football game because we need to know exactly where we are.
It's going to be a measuring stick for our program and it's going to either show us how far behind we are or how much further we need to go.
Q. You've had some guys sit out with sickness over the past couple of days. How has that affected your preparation and do you expect all those guys to be back?
COACH STRONG: The sickness, it hasn't really affected us all. Guys are getting the bug here or there. But they're all bouncing back in their practices so they'll be prepared to go play a game.
Q. It's been a month since your team has played a game. And I know you guys have been practicing, but is there any concern about maybe getting into the flow because obviously you guys want to get into the game real quick?
COACH STRONG: Can't always just go back to just when you start a fall camp. You start a fall camp, it's four or five weeks before you play that first game, even though now we played 12, you've been off five weeks. Now it's all about when you get to practice. It's about the fundamentals of techniques. And again it's the guys back in a rhythm routine of practicing.
You have to hit another opponent. Just been practicing against yourselves. So now it's going to be a great opportunity. But it's key that we just continue to just focus in and lock on fundamentals and technique and have those type of practices.
Q. Can you kind of take us through what you think of the focus of your team, where you gauge it at this point, if you came back from a little bit of Christmas break, how you've been in New Orleans a couple of days and practice is down here, the focus you've seen from them and what's going to happen over the next 24 hours for your team?
COACH STRONG: I think with the focus, even before we came to New Orleans, we started practicing in Louisville and they understand who they're playing, they understand the Bowl game.
And I think that's ‑‑ now they have a chance to get to a BCS Bowl game. Opponent, University of Florida, speaks for itself. I don't have to say much because a lot of these players on our team are from the state of Florida. So they know a lot of the players that they're going up against. So the focus and where we need to be as far as their mindset, they understand it's the University of Florida and it's the Southeastern Conference and we're in the Sugar Bowl.
Q. Given your history with Florida over the years and all the guys that you recruited that were here the last couple of years, how hard was it for you to watch what they went through in 2010 and 2011?
COACH STRONG: Well, those guys are all young at that time. But I knew that coaching staff still. So I knew that coaching staff, eventually, once these players grew up they were going to be really good players and it's happened. If you look at it right now, look at how much the growing pains and the effect of it and look where they are.
Q. Did it affect you or bother you watching them have such a hard time the previous two years?
COACH STRONG: I had a hard time myself. I was 76‑76. So I didn't worry about them. I was struggling myself.
Q. What does your time, though, at Florida mean to you, the time you spent coaching there?
COACH STRONG: Well, I spent so many years there, Chris, it was a special time for me. And if you look at I think when you start from the '80s and the '90s, I was able to work with every head coach in that program. It was a special ‑‑ it was special times for me.
I really put my career there. I had some great wins, great losses. But you always learn from it. I was able to develop and become a really good football coach because of my experience there.
Q. Can you give me an estimate of how many head coaching offers you had over your years and why you felt Louisville was the right job to take?
COACH STRONG: I just don't know the number. But I think about the University of Louisville and Tom Jurich and our president, Dr. Ramsey, they gave me the first opportunity and it's all about loyalty.
And a lot of times when you have a little success, everybody starts saying, hey, let's go try to go hire this guy away. But because of them giving me my first opportunity, it's hard to say and walk away and then for the players that I recruited there, you know, talked to them about trust, talk to them about commitment.
And a lot of times I tell those players that a lot of people have walked out of their life. Now all of a sudden here I am the head football coach, I'm going to walk away from them, who will they ever trust. I couldn't do it to that university. I couldn't do it to that group of players.
Q. With Boise State leaving next year and once you get to the ACC, this will take care of itself. But with Boise State leaving, you don't have a, quote/unquote, marquee opponent on the schedule here with the unique opportunity of all the talent you have coming back. How critical is it to replace them and maybe get a marquee opponent on that schedule maybe in nonconference?
COACH STRONG: We'll leave it up to Tom, do everything possible, what he feels we have to do to get that marquee opponent.
But we still have next season to worry about. Let's get through this game, then I'm going to start worrying about Boise. Not so much Boise, but worrying about my own team.
Q. How key is going into Florida and getting players to kind of where your program has come from and how big was it to go to Miami particularly and pull Teddy out of there?
COACH STRONG: It's key. Because you look at the state of Florida, there's so many players there. You have Miami, Florida State, Florida. And everyone else comes in there after they get who they want. But it's still some outstanding players still left there.
And getting Teddy was, if you look at it just how valuable he is to our program right now, probably one of our best football players, it was key, because we needed that quarterback.
And to go into the rest of the players, just built around him. I was sitting out there the other day just looking, not to take away anything from the state of Kentucky, outstanding players within Louisville and the state, but once we recruit that state, then we're able to go to Florida, because of the ties and the connections that we have and the relationships we have built, that we have built with the high school coaches there.
Q. How do you see this game playing out in your head, what will be some of the keys for both teams; and if this were to be a winner for you, how much would it mean to you and the program?
COACH STRONG: What's going to be key is not giving up the big play and being able to just stop the run. Both opponents, you look at Florida, look at us and being able to stop the run and try to make it somewhat one‑dimensional, the program.
And it's going to be key for our program because we have a chance to go play a Southeastern Conference opponent, an opponent that's one game away from playing for a national championship. But all games are big. So it's a great deal that we're in this position and we're in for it.
Q. Can you give us a sense of, I guess, the sentimental value? Is this the equivalent to maybe playing your alma mater, or do you just kind of tune all of that out?
COACH STRONG: Well, see, I guess what really hasn't hit me yet, I haven't seen many of the players. So probably when I walk into the stadium for the first time tomorrow night and look across the sideline, you see a lot of those players you're able to recruit. Then it kind of hits you.
Once you hear the band rev up and play the different songs that you're so familiar with ‑‑ and we had a function last night, saw a lot of the administrators. So it will be something special.
I mean, you kind of said there's a lot of possibilities, but I've got to get my team ‑‑ I've got to get refocused and get my team going also.
Q. Florida is historically known for their special teams prowess. Your team, it's been a rough year in that regard. What is your concern in that avenue?
COACH STRONG: Well, you had to play all three phases and their special teams have been outstanding. You're right, we struggle some games with our special teams. But it's always a key element in the game, special teams going to play a critical element in the next game. So we just have to make sure we don't give up the big plays special teams. And when it's time to go cover, it's time to go cover. When it's time for us to return, we have to get some return yardage.
Q. In the weeks since your decision to stay, how has that resonated with recruits, with just the profile of the program? And second part, where does your contract negotiation stand, has that been resolved?
COACH STRONG: I don't know where the contract negotiations stand right now. But just with recruits, we're still recruiting the same guys. And so recruiting has always been ‑‑ you have to go recruit the best players. That's what we're going to try to do, go recruit the best players.
Now that we're in a different conference I think that will help us get into some homes we weren't able to get into when we were in the Big East. So recruiting is always critical.
And that is the lifeblood of the program. You have to be able to recruit well. But the contract, we'll talk about that later.
Q. You said you think the Big East is going to be fine. What makes you say that from the outside looking in; looks like the conference is disintegrating, and why do you think the ‑‑ where did the Big East go wrong?
COACH STRONG: I don't know where it went wrong. But I just think that there are fine teams out there. I think there's still a lot of teams out there that are not within a conference, and I think maybe that's how they can fall in and get those teams to become part of the conference.
It's always tough because you look at everyone's trying to build and everyone's trying to position themselves to get better teams for the other conferences.
THE MODERATOR: Thank you, Coach.


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Students will meet alone with the visiting speaker 1:00 -1:30 p.m. to discuss readings provided in advance. This meeting will be followed by the speaker's talk, which is open to all.
Credit for the seminar requires attendance at Thursday meetings and completion of a research project (with written and oral presentations of results). In the second half of the semester, seminar meetings will go to 4:00 or 4:30 to allow time for student research presentations.
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A handkerchief or tissue. It is usually applied to a handkerchief or tissue that has been used and when examined the contents make you want to puke and you wonder whether you might have snorted out brain matter, as the product is foul, disgusting and should be classed as a biohazard. The word can be used to describe someone who has the same effect on people, a vile creature who makes the skin crawl and whose presence makes falling face first into a gangrenous cowpat seem positively pleasant in comparison.
"That snotrag should be burned!"
"Handkerchief or person?"
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by AKACroatalin June 11, 2015
A handkerchief or tissue. Implicit in the word is that the handkerchief or tissue has been used and that the product within it is particularly vile, greasy, and slimy; the result of diseased sinuses or a severe nasal infection. By extension the word can be used to describe a person having the same qualities, an obnoxious, slimeball whose very presence makes people nauseous.
Gordon's tried to cop off with Alice again.
Fuckin' snotrag needs a good smack in the chops.
Fuckin' snotrag needs a good smack in the chops.
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by Octopod November 06, 2003
by Keldor December 29, 2005
Handkerchief, a piece of cloth kept in the back pockets of toothless rednecks, that when pulled out and "waved about" serves as a signal that they're about to sneeze or hack up a lung in a particularly disgusting manner.
Cousin Billy-Bob, kin I borry your snotrag? I gots ta' aaah-AAACHOOOO!! Sorry 'bout that cousin Billy-Bob......club soda'll take that right out.
by The Mad Bugler November 11, 2002
Common slang in western militaries for tissue paper or any paper used to wipe a nose. Reflects the fact that tissue paper in the military was often just really crappy quality toliet paper.
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The unique size, shape and look of Sumo Citrus® distinguish it from other mandarins.
Its Asian origin makes it exotic, but since it is grown here in California, food safety and freshness are ensured at a fraction of the price that it costs in Japan.
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ISA program countries vary greatly in their visa requirements for students. While some participants may be required to obtain a student visa, others may be able to stay in the host country for the duration of their program as a tourist. The application process for a student visa also varies by country.
Depending on the foreign consulate, ISA students will either have to apply for the visa in person, via an online application, or by mailing in all application materials. ISA will inform all participants if a student visa is required or optional for their particular program. For specific visa requirements for ISA program countries, please refer to the U.S. State Department's webpage, or refer to the Embassies and Consulate Resources page to find foreign consulate contact information and relevant student visa requirements.


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West Region: No. 4 Washington (25-8) vs. No. 13 Mississippi State (23-12)
When: Thursday, 4:55 p.m., EDT
Where: Rose Garden, Portland, Oregon
1) Balanced Squad The Huskies are a very balanced team with 4 players averaging over 11 points per game. If you had to pick some "star" players they are Senior forward Jon Brockman who averages 14.9 PPG and 11.2 REB and Freshman point guard Isaiah Thomas who averages 15.4 PPG. Isaiah was given his name because his dad lost a bet on the NBA Finals (Lakers v. Pistons) with a friend and had to name his soon to be born son after Isiah Thomas. The mom only signed off on the deal after she was able to change the spelling to the biblical version of the name.
2) How they made the Dance After making it to the Sweet 16 as a 5-seed in 2006, the Huskies suffered (as if Seattle hasn't suffered enough) through two mediocre season in 2007 and 2008. They were expected to make the tourney but the season didn't get off to a great start as they went 2-3 in their first 5 games, with losses to Kansas, Florida, and the mighty Portland Pilots. Despite the slow start they have 9 wins over teams currently in the tournament; UCLA, USC (2), Arizona, Arizona State (2), Cleveland State, Oklahoma State, and Portland State.
3) What they are good at The Huskies have an up-tempo offense that led the Pac-10 in points per game at 78.9. They also rebound like maniacs, leading the Pac-10 at 41 per game while the next closest Pac-10 team averaged 33. Finally, they get to the free throw line at an absurd pace. The craziest stat of the year is that UW made more free throws than 6 teams in the Pac-10 attempted. — Porter, Seattle WA
1) One Night in March Several years before Texas Western beat Kentucky to become the Brown vs. Board of Education of college hoops, Babe McCarthy's SEC Champion Mississippi State team snuck out of the state under the cover of darkness to play in the 1963 NCAA Tournament against Loyola (Chicago), a school that started four black players. They lost the game, but their courage helped advance the civil rights movement by showing that players just want to play, regardless of the color of the skin of their opponents. Some forty-one years later, MSU continued to blaze trails into a post-racial society when it hired the first black head coach at an SEC football program. (We'll just stop there and not discuss that hire any further.)
2) A Time To Kill, Indeed It's rival Ole Miss that gets all the cred for southern and genteel, but the Magnolia State's greatest contemporary writer actually got his bachelor's at Mississippi State. John Grisham was class of 1977 at MSU before taking his law degree at the "other" college over in Oxford. He spent seven years serving as a Democrat in the Mississippi House, but it was his first manuscript about the rape of a young girl and her father's response that sent him on to worldwide acclaim. Grisham's novels have now sold over 250 million copies worldwide, and he still lives in Mississippi.
3) Eraser Man You Don't Know Everyone knows UConn's Hasheem Thabeet puts the fear of Russell in would-be lane drivers, but it's MSU 6'9", 210-lb center Jarvis Varnado, who with his 7'4" wingspan and uncannily quick elevation off the floor, led the nation this season in blocked shots with 4.7 sendbacks per game. He broke the 7'1" Shaquille O'Neal's SEC record for blocked shots in a season during the SEC Tournament, where he upped that average to 5.5 per game in the Bulldogs' four wins. Varnado is a trip-dub threat each time he walks onto the court, having had two games this season where he missed the mark by a mere two blocks. Washington may feel it has an advantage with the much burlier Jon Brockman underneath, but the Huskies would do well to remember that Varnado rejected five of national runner-up Memphis' shots in a second-round game last season. — Rush The Court
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NASHVILLE (BP) -- For each "Elijah," God has reserved to Himself thousands of unnamed but faithful servants who have refused to bow their knees to the "Baals" of our modern era.
Elijah served as prophet in the northern kingdom of Israel during a particularly wicked period in history. Reaching an emotional and spiritual low-point in his ministry, Elijah was about ready to throw in the towel.
Ministering to Elijah through a "still, small voice," the LORD ordered him to get up out of his pouts and return to his place of duty. The LORD also gave him this encouraging reminder: "I have reserved 7,000 in Israel, all whose knees have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth that has not kissed him" (1 Kings 19:18, NKJV).
On Monday and Tuesday, January 13-14, hundreds of Southern Baptist pastors and other leaders will convene in Atlanta to fall on their faces in prayer to the Lord. They will cry out to God for personal renewal, church renewal, Convention renewal and national renewal.
Their hearts, longing for a fresh encounter with the Living God, will rise in intercession for a wayward nation, spiritually weary church leaders and spiritually lethargic churches.
They will request divine wisdom to discern new ways to engage lostness and penetrate darkness with the changeless Gospel of Jesus Christ. In short, they will cry out to God for spiritual awakening.
As these spiritual shepherds gather to intercede for us, we, as thousands of unnamed but faithful followers of Christ, have a duty to intercede for them. In every church, the Lord has preserved for Himself a remnant of faithful pray-ers, men and women who have a passionate and vibrant love relationship with Abba Father in prayer!
Susie Hawkins, who directs GuideStone's "Widow's Might" prayer ministry, recently wrote in a letter to her prayer partners, "I enjoy reading anything by Elisabeth Elliott, and have just finished her devotional book, 'Be Still My Soul.' I loved this paragraph:
"'Let my prayer be counted as incense before Thee' (Psalm 141:2).
"'The four living creatures and the 24 elders fell down before the Lamb, each holding a harp, and with golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints' (Revelation 5:8).
"In these verses, our prayers are described as being like incense to God. All of our prayers are included, from the most eloquent to the most inarticulate groaning. What is incense good for? It appears to serve no practical purpose at all, and its smoke and fragrance soon dissipate. Our prayers are like that because they seem to accomplish little and they soon vanish, but God likes the smell of them."'
Hawkins then noted, "This is part of the mystery of prayer -- we don't always understand God's ways or His answers. But we DO know that the very act of prayer pleases God. I sometimes imagine those bowls of incense, overflowing with the prayers of God's people over these many centuries. Someday the bowls will be full and the time for intercessory prayer will be completed. But until then, we must press on and be faithful!"
Ask the Lord to shine the light of His holiness into every corner and recess of their hearts -- and ours -- exposing all known and hidden sins, prompting genuine brokenness, repentance and humility.
Ask the Holy Spirit to infuse them -- and us -- with radiant love, power and effectual vision.
Pray that something new will begin in that room -- and in our personal prayer closets -- that will carry back to the churches and communities where they serve.
Pray, knowing that the very act of offering prayers for these leaders pleases God.
We must never forget that the prayers of unnamed intercessors are counted as incense before God. He is gathering them in a bowl. The effect of our prayers may seem ephemeral and fleeting to us; but they have eternal value to the Heavenly Father!
Roger S. Oldham is vice president for convention communications and relations with the SBC Executive Committee. Get Baptist Press headlines and breaking news on Twitter (@BaptistPress), Facebook (Facebook.com/BaptistPress) and in your email (baptistpress.com/SubscribeBP.asp).
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Netherlands: Home of Marieke Wessels and Laszlo Balog
This amazing home is located outside of Rotterdam, Netherlands. Built in the midst of warehouses and industrial buildings, near a port, it embraces its location by using industrial elements throughout the house. Check out more photos after the jump...
The stairwell in the entryway is constructed out of galvanized metal scaffolding. The white fabric stretched between the poles is what boat sails are made of. The raw industrial quality of the entryway is softened by a huge yellow flower on the wall. It brings a perfect amount of color and sets a playful tone for the rest of the home. Mariake who is an art director painted it herself. When looking closer, you will notice that the flower, wooden chest of drawers and a small pink-roofed house create a nice composition.
Throughout the house there is a great mix of vintage and new furniture. The space is flooded by natural light and has a very open and fluid floor plan.
We came across this amazing space on Marie Claire Maison. Check out the website for more photos and the full story.
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BAAR, Switzerland, March 25 (UPI) -- Getting front-end engineering and design work done for the planned Trans-Adriatic Pipeline keeps the project in line with Azeri developments, an executive said.
TAP announced it completed its FEED work to get the 497-mile natural gas pipeline through Greece to Italy started.
The BP-led consortium working in the Shah Deniz natural gas field offshore Azerbaijan is expected by June to choose between TAP and the larger Nabucco West projects for European markets.
"Once again, TAP has hard facts to prove that our project is on schedule and fully aligned with the Shah Deniz development," TAP Managing Director Kjetil Tungland said in a statement Monday.
TAP and Nabucco West are parts of a European program meant to add diversity to a natural gas market that depends heavily on Russia.
Tungland said the project company aims to start work on development contracts with steel manufacturers and contractors with the goal of building the pipeline in 2014.
If selected, he said the pipeline would start operations in 2018, "in time for the first gas coming on stream from Shah Deniz II in Azerbaijan."


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Promoting a Community of Continuous Learning
Commitment to a vision, an innovative spirit, and strict accountability all work to create learning communities in these schools, cultures of continuous improvement.
Internal Accountability5
In most charter schools, the whole accountability process, from end-of-term comprehensive exams, to weekly teacher sessions sharing student work, is used to steadily improve teaching and learning. Yearly analysis of progress, taking a hard look at what's working well and what isn't, becomes the basis for a schoolwide improvement plan with new goals for the coming year. Schools give constant attention to refining curriculum and instruction, using student data to make instructional changes. If an analysis of math scores reveals a problem, steps are taken to solve it, whether through professional development, adopting a more effective program, or focused attention to specific areas of the curriculum.
At Roxbury Prep, faculty engage in a rigorous process of self-reflection, analyzing curriculum and student performance down to the level of the questions on comprehensive exams. Students at BASIS participate in a highly articulated examination process, taking midyear "preliminary" exams in all core subjects followed by "must-pass" year-end exams. Students at Gates are regrouped for reading and math based on tests given every four or five weeks. The Community of Peace Academy hired an outside evaluator to help them assess their overall program. At Oglethorpe Charter School, teachers explicitly reflect on their own learning, with each annually submitting a professional portfolio to the school's board of directors. At the BASIS School, a teacher's pay is partially determined by "performance bonuses" tied to achieving learning goals.
Professional development at these charter schools is driven by school goals. For example, when the Community of Peace staff learned that their students needed better preparation in reading and writing, the school hired a full-time curriculum specialist to support teachers to improve their instruction. When an evaluation showed that the school's approach to English as a Second Language (ESL) needed strengthening, the school made it possible for every team of teachers to work with an ESL specialist, weekly, to help modify assignments and assessments and scaffold learning to accommodate students struggling with a new language or learning disabilities.
At the same time, schools allow for informal, collegial professional development. Across the schools, teachers are provided time during the week for planning and meeting together. During Roxbury's regular Friday afternoon "Inquiry Groups," teachers share problems, analyze student work, reflect on practice, and agree to try new ideas.
Charter autonomy is itself a help in fostering a culture of improvement, by giving schools the flexibility to act quickly to identify areas of concern, make programmatic decisions, and put them into action. As one teacher said, "I see change happen here when we need it." It is control over budget, staffing, and curriculum that allows charter schools' internal accountability systems to work so effectively.
Most of the charter schools visited provide teachers with additional professional development and planning time throughout the year. Some also have summer sessions during which staff build ownership of the school's mission and vision, developing the systems and curriculum that will create the unique culture of the school.
Staff Commitment
Charter schools attract teachers who strongly share the school's mission and are willing to go the extra mile to achieve it. At Community of Peace Academy, Principal Karen Rusthoven seeks adults who personally live the philosophy of the school and understand the importance of a healthy balance of the whole person, mind, body, and will. Her teachers love the school so much that many have served there for five years and more, a long time in the universe of charter schools, where most are themselves less than five years old. Other schools have a harder time retaining teachers. As dedicated as the young teachers are who come to Roxbury Prep, the work load is grueling. Comparing it to the intensity experienced by recent college graduates at high-powered management consulting firms, the school's co-directors recognize that their young teachers, who "come early and stay late," cannot be expected to remain for years and years. To compensate for the expertise that leaves with each departing teacher, the school has developed systems to retain evolving curriculum knowledge, storing it in school databases and passing it on from one teacher to the next. The KIPP Academy mantra, "There are no shortcuts," applies to staff as well as students. Teachers work hard, long hours, starting their day at 7:00 and teaching until 5:00; they are also on call in the evening to field student and parent phone calls and to teach Saturday school twice a month.
Teachers at charter schools are not in it for the money. They are not earning overtime for their long days. Staff compensation at these schools is usually the same as in the local school districts. In some cases it is less.
In all of these schools, parents rave about the teachers' commitment to the students, their availability and openness for communication, and their dedication. The challenge is how to support staff who are working so hard to make a school successful. Many teachers say that collegiality with their teammates, the partnership with parents, the climate of support from administrators and board members, and even the opportunity to serve on their school board provide a boost in morale that makes it possible to engage in such all-consuming work.


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Pastor Maldonado believes he was unlucky to crash out of second practice for the Belgian Grand Prix after saying wheelspin exiting Malmedy caused him to run onto the grass.
Maldonado crashed on the straight after running wide onto the grass, causing him to lose control of the car and make heavy contact with the wall that brought out a red flag. But rather than take the blame or shift it to the car, Maldonado was more content with putting it down to bad luck.
"Today it was 50/50, I just lost the car from the beginning because of the wheelspin and I touched the grass, so a bit unlucky," he said. "Nothing related to the car or from my side, it was unlucky.
"It's difficult to drive. It was the first lap on cold tyres. It was a bit from my side, it was a bit from the car … it happened."
Maldonado said he was given the all-clear by the doctors at the circuit: "I went for a quick check-up and I was okay and the doctor said I didn't need to be there. It was not a big shunt, for sure it looks big, but it was not actually big."


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Many, if not most, of the stated goals of the Democratic Party have universal appeal in the United States. Foremost among those would be reducing poverty and ensuring that every child has access to a high-quality education.
The problem with the Democratic Party today is that its leadership seems not to understand the kinds of policies that will achieve those goals. Instead of finding out what works and implementing it, they simply call for new government programs on the assumption that those programs will work (or, if you're jaded, on the assumption that doing so will get them re-elected).
It wasn't always like that. There was a time when one of the most prominent Democrats in the nation was so deeply committed to these goals that he was willing to advocate the policies that would achieve them—special interests be damned.
Scott Walter has a little of that story at Philanthropy Daily.
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BERNINA Halloween 2011 - Charlotte LaBouff
Charlotte "Lottie" La Bouff is me in disny form, except that i didnt grow up rich haha more so in the sense, that we both love fairy tales, and dream of happily ever after, so i knew i had to make this costume :D
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Oct 30, 2011, 12.14 PMby jennidash
i have been through and through and emailed but my costumes are not showing up in the slideshow. any one else having this problem?
Oct 30, 2011, 11.38 AMby Priscilla Folley
So difficult to vote here, it takes too long to see the pictures!!
Oct 29, 2011, 06.40 PMby Joe Chatter
Hi All, I'm not affiliated with BurdaStyle or anything but I made this to show the rankings:http://burdastyleranks.herokuapp.com/
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Oct 27, 2011, 11.18 PMby Deborah Majen
Okay, i have 2 find my costume(s) lol. Flickr says I do not have access to the album. Does anyone tell us what # we are?? I want to make sure my entry is in to share with my friends to vote
Oct 26, 2011, 10.37 PMby destriedee
Please go to http://www.burdastyle.com/gallery/275?page=254 and vote for my Princess and the Frog costume :) Close to last, but definitely not least. Good luck to everyone!
Oct 26, 2011, 04.14 PMby paulacorley
If you would like to see "Degas' Lost Ballerina" costume I made a couple of years ago, hope over to my site: www.vintage-2-vogue.com I have a thing for making ballerina costumes…..OMG, I just realized I, I could be obsessed.
Oct 26, 2011, 02.50 PMby katesy
is there anyway to find out who is leading the competition? Or jump to certain pages, it is a lot to go through each time… I am sure I am missing something obvious :)
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Oct 29, 2011, 07.31 PMby Joe Chatter
I made this to show ranks:
not part of burdastyle just thought it'd help.
Oct 25, 2011, 09.36 PMby Melody Korlinchak
last Saturday my daughter and I entered the contest with pictures of her 3 kids as the life stages of a butterfly and I didn't see them in the contest?
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Oct 29, 2011, 01.17 PMby adriprints
I think they're entry #252.
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these are all so great! so inspiring
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The Department took possession of The Buckhead Community Bank pursuant to the Official Code of Georgia, Section 7-1-150(a) which authorizes the Department in its discretion to take possession of the business and property of any state chartered financial institution whenever such financial institution is either insolvent or operating in an unsafe or unsound condition to transact its business, is operating in violation of any court order, statute, rule or regulation, or requests the Department to take possession of its business and property.
Through an agreement with the FDIC, The Buckhead Community Bank will be acquired by State Bank and Trust Company, Pinehurst, Georgia.
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Old block and saltwater (can't even think) - I would stay away...risers and manifolds relatively cheap... Agree with above -if the wind whips up... it will be a rough ride....
...A bad day water skiing still beats a good day at work...1995 Pro Star 205....
There are several sections of the Hillsborough River where you can ski. Also, you can put in on the river and ride to the bay, return upriver and have most of the salt water flushed. I would still flush and wash. This will also save your trailer. Just another option.
Even in the bay, it doesn't take too much to get waves bigger than what the MC will handle in comfort.
Rtw-Travel where you from in alberta.. Ill be in Banff next weekend to so some skiing.
Maxpower .. any other places you can suggest i dont mind trailering just want to enjoy the boat and have fun..
Thanks everyone for their responses. but honestly curious about the indirect cooling and link anyone can send my way to read up on..
All you really need to do is go to a ocean resort that has a ski boat and see the damage that occurs in the short time they rotate those boats out. The last one I saw was in Marco Island. They had a Supra that I went out on. I thought the boat was 4 or 5 years old due to the condition of the seats and the metal fittings. Turns out it was the second season. Now granted their season are basically 12 months, this still seems like a short rough life for a boat. I don't care how MCOCD your are you're never going to rinse all that salt off the boat or get to all the areas salt water is going to seep.
As for the trailer..... Unless it's salt water by design kiss it goodbye in a short 2-3 years without constant maintenance.
When I'm looking for a boat I refuse to look at anything that's seen any salt water or brackish water. For that same reason I tend to stay away from any boats listed from cities near the ocean. Got enough to worry about with mechanical issues let alone corrosion.
As many of you know, I used to have an 88 Platinum Prostar. I lived on a salt water river and used it there just about every weekend during the summer. I NEVER had an issue with salt water doing any damage to that boat. sure I sprayed it down at the dock when done with it for the day, and washed the hell out of it when it came time to put it back on the trailer. Trailer was a 'C' channel type, and had no brakes. After I launched the boat, I'd go back to my house and pull the trailer over a sprinkler and turn it on for a while. Yea, I repainted it once, maybe twice. Usually right before I would go to a MC Boat Owners reunion. Oh, and by the way, my saltwater platinum Prostar won 3 'Best of Show' awards at those reunions. So all you MCOCD fanatics out there, a saltwater skiboat doesn't have to be so harshly judged. I know the guy that just recently bought that particular boat and completely redid her. he told me there was NO hidden damage that would have been caused by salt water usage.
I googled "fresh water cooling" for a PCM 351 and came up with this link - I don't know the quality of the supplier, so just look at it for information only. http://www.skidim.com/prodinfo.asp?number=RK025009D
In a nutshell, the kit converts your engine to a closed loop cooling circuit. It is very similar to a car engine. The coolant (same as car coolant) gets circulated throughout the block using the existing engine water pump. Instead of a radiator, the hot coolant goes through a small small heat exchanger. One side of the heat exchanger is coolant, and the other side would be cold sea water (or lake water) that would be picked up using the boat's regular impeller. From the heat exchanger, the hot sea water is expelled through the exhaust, and the cold coolant goes back to the engine. You can see the heat exchanger in the photo of the parts for the PCM351 kit in the link. I am surprised at the low price as I would have expected something around $2000. I have obviously not done it on an MC, but on our old boat, it was not a mechanically difficult install. It can be quite awkward due to space limitations. The benefit to this system is that the block never sees anything other than coolant.
here's a picture of one installed in an engine. The heat exchanger is on the top right of the picture.
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http://www.orcamarine.com/news.html#9 Oct 2006
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Nice info .. I wonder how much the orca system is in compared to the 1000$ system and the differences between them. But for a 1000$ i might be interested in it who knows.. I wonder if it will still fit under the engine cover?
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It's Tuesday afternoon, and Tim and I are taking our CSA box back to the car, a heavy bushel filled with watermelon, potatoes, tomatoes, eggplant, peppers, cucumbers and yellow squash. Our usual routine has been to unload this share at home, turning some into dinner with a simple salad or something roasted, storing the rest of it away on the counter or the fridge to be cooked and eaten as the week goes on. But today, instead of setting things aside, I'm cooking it—all of it—one thing after another, often in the same liquids or roasting juices of the previous pan. With two months left on our CSA, I've been reading Tamar Adler's book, "An Everlasting Meal," and, as most home cooks who've read it would tell you, the way I use vegetables—actually the way I use almost everything in my kitchen—will never be the same.
I first heard of Tamar Adler, and her book, in May, through an email from my friend Kendra. In the midst of what she called a "life-changing book," Kendra was writing from her kitchen, where she'd just boiled vegetables, one right after another, in the same big pot, then layered them with leftover rice and roasted pork that "sent [her] through the roof in euphoria." All the scraps went right back into the same water, boiling steadily for about an hour, after which she took a sip so good, tears came to her eyes. I didn't know much about Tamar Adler back then, hadn't read the New Yorker article she would later write about Julia Child, hadn't caught when people like Tara from Tea & Cookies or Tracy from Shutterbean were talking about how wonderful she was. All I knew, in May, reading a note from a friend, was that Tamar Adler's way of using vegetables was so mind-blowing and beautiful that it could evoke tears of joy—and so I promptly clicked over to the Nashville Public Library system, became #54 or so in line and, waited.
I started reading "An Everlasting Meal" less than two weeks ago, just before we went away for my birthday. I continued reading it on the seven-and-a-half-hour drive down, the three-hour drives to and from Louisiana, the seven-and-a-half-turned-nine-hour drive home. Hearing Tamar's advice is like talking to a woman who's been cooking a long lifetime, filled with wit and wisdom gained from years of trying different techniques. She reminds me of my grandma, who knew foods so well, she didn't have to consult recipes; and of Tim, who's wowed me since we met with his ability to make a restaurant-worthy dinner when we have nothing in the fridge.
Tuesday in the kitchen, the outside light growing dim, once all my vegetables are washed and drying on a towel on our counter, I push trays of salted, chopped, oiled eggplant in the oven, alongside rounds of potatoes. A pot goes on the stove to boil water for tomatoes, which get cored and skored with x's on the bottom, plopped into water for eight seconds so their skins peel right off. Then into the same water go six or seven large potatoes, which I'll eventually throw in the fridge to have when I need them (which turns out to be two days later, when I'm in a rush to a friend's house for dinner and Tim and I throw together a potato salad).
Then, in my largest, deepest skillet, I warm minced garlic in olive oil and butter, adding half a green pepper, chopped. Next goes all the diced eggplant that wouldn't fit on my baking sheet to roast and some leftover chicken broth I poached eggs in that morning. I chop the three boiled tomatoes and add them next. Last are fingerling potatoes, diced smaller than I've ever diced them, so they'll soften fully and well.
Tim's been gone this whole time, at a work meeting, and when he arrives home two hours later, he steps into the kitchen with a smile on his face. "Something smells good!" is how he greets me, and after he helps me clean up, after we salt and pepper the vegetables, then salt them again for taste, we dine on leftover roasted chicken topped with our slow-cooked vegetable hash, the fridge now packed with glass tupperware and mason jars filled with roasted eggplant and potatoes and green peppers and radishes and tomatoes—all of which will contribute to quick meals for the next few days.
Sitting across from him at the table, we take a few pictures in the chandelier light, join hands and shake our heads. This rustic spread before us, the combined byproduct of chicken broth (which I made from roasted chicken bones yesterday) and today's CSA vegetables and a few hours of time, is, without question, one of the best meals we've enjoyed all week.
(And there's more!) Once we've eaten our fill, the leftovers go into a mason jar in the fridge, providing us an intensely flavored mixture of vegetables now marinating in their own sauce, ideal for blending or eating again with pasta later on. All of the odds and ends from chopping didn't go into the trash but were saved in a pile to add to the water once the potatoes finish boiling. We cook them for hours until they've created a dark, rich, mineral-heavy vegetable broth now stored in our freezer.
The subtitle of "An Everlasting Meal" is cooking with economy and grace—and, right now, looking at our plates at dinner, the fridge stuffed with ready vegetables, stock boiling long on the stove, I want to cry with Kendra at how good and right and practical this all is.
Tamar Adler, reading your book has been the best kind of cooking school, such an education and a gift. I will be reading it for months and years to come. Thank you.
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To create a similar dinner, you need less of a recipe and more of a willingness to try: the keys are long, slow cooking; layers of vegetables; and seasoning to taste. If you enjoy the results as much as we did, you'll be satisfied indeed.


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John Peter Arborio, lost his battle with Myelofibrosis on March 23, 2013 at the age of 67.
John was born on April 28, 1945 in Eustis, FL to Peter and Louise Arborio and lived his life in Poughkeepsie, NY.
He worked along side his father, Peter Arborio and uncle Joseph Arborio in the family businesses, John Arborio, Inc. and Dutchess Quarry & Supply, Inc. before retiring in 2012.
John was an avid golfer and skier. As a life long member of Dutchess Golf & Country Club, he could be found most Spring and Summer weekends playing golf with friends, especially Al Reichin and George Spielberger. He also enjoyed spending time with good friends Vinny Zoda and Donna Pampinella.
John was a talented classical pianist. At a young age,he taught himself to read music and learned to play pieces from his favorite composers: Beethoven, Mozart, and Bach. Whether he was playing a piece as simple as Chopin's Minute Waltz or as complex as the Bach Goldberg Variations, it was always a pleasure to listen to him perform.
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Stately Brick Executive style home on large private lot that backs up to protected wetlands. This home is in Immacu;ate conditions and features a large up-dated kitchen with an abundance of cabinets and granite countertops, a breakfast ares, an oversized family room with a grand fireplace, A HUGE SUNROOM and formal dining room!...The Master suite, located upstairs, features a large walk in closet and up-graded bathroom with seperate shower and garden tub. There is also a bonus room off the master suite that would make a great sitting room, office or den. Also included upsatirs are two additional large bedrooms and a very LARGE FROG!!!!...Other features include hardwood floors throughout, ceramic tile in bathrooms, ceiling fans, up-graded light fixtures, seperate laundary, spacious 2 car garage and so much more!....The home is situated oin a large lot that backs to wetlands for maximum pricacy and is convienently located and close to interstate and shopping and just minutes to Charleston or Summerville!.....And dont forget all the amenitied Crowfield has to offer; Clubhouse, pools, parks, hiker-biker trails, tennis, RV-Boat storage and a golf course within the community! GREAT OPPORTUNITY!!!
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Griffin took early inspiration for his art from American advertising, and BG137's central Bull's Eye theme was drawn in the style of a highway outdoor advertising billboard. Common Griffin images of the bleeding heart were both obvious and hidden, and the rich color was typical of his posters.
Our t-shirts consists of vintage and retro rock t-shirts, concert poster ties, vintage rock jackets and concert hats. Many of our concert tees were created for and made at the time of a particular event or performance.
About Rick Griffin
Rick Griffin grew up in the surfing culture of Southern California, a milieu which had a profound influence on his art. After high school, he worked on the staff of Surfer magazine and created the best-known surfing cartoon character of the time, Murphy. After his move to San Francisco in 1967, be began combining eclectic typefaces and decorative borders with brilliant colors in his concert posters. Griffin's compositions were complex without being illegible. A perfectionist, Griffin often applied dozens of overlays and redrew lettering again and again until he was satisfied. In the early 1970s, Griffin became a born-again Christian and religious themes dominated his work until his death in a motorcycle accident in 1991.


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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- A trailer for Hollywood's upcoming fantasy film "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" has been viewed more than 5.1 million times since it was posted online.
The 2-minute, 29-second clip premiered on YouTube Tuesday.
Seen in the video are Ian McKellen's Gandalf, Martin Freeman's Bilbo, Richard Armitage's Thorin and Orlando Bloom's Legolas.
Smaug is the name of the giant, red, treasure-guarding dragon the heroes will encounter in the next "Hobbit" movie, which is due in theaters Dec. 13.
Benedict Cumberbatch, Freeman's co-star on the TV series "Sherlock," lends his voice to the fire-breathing monster.
"The film continues the adventure of the title character Bilbo Baggins as he journeys with the wizard Gandalf and 13 dwarves, led by Thorin Oakenshield, on an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor," a synopsis said. "Having survived the beginning of their unexpected journey, the company continues east, encountering along the way the skin-changer Beorn and a swarm of giant spiders in the treacherous Mirkwood Forest. After escaping capture by the dangerous Woodland elves, the dwarves journey to Lake-town, and finally to the Lonely Mountain itself, where they must face the greatest danger of all -- a creature more terrifying than any before, which will test not only the depth of their courage but the limits of their friendship and the wisdom of the journey itself -- the Dragon Smaug."
The movie is the second installment in a planned trilogy based on J.R.R. Tolkien's novel "The Hobbit."


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With state-of-the-art microscope, students turn nano imagery into art
May 25, 2011
Undergraduate Campus
Striving to build a nanoscience program in the liberal arts tradition, Lewis & Clark professors have emphasized a unique interdisciplinary approach. Garrick Imatani, assistant professor of art, and Anne Bentley, assistant professor of chemistry, used a high-powered microscope to help their students from disparate fields of study explore nanotechnology through art.
Students from Imatani's 3-Dimensional Foundations class and Bentley's Nanomaterials Chemistry class paired up to use a new Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) to generate sculptural installations. Students were asked to examine the implications of using technologies to generate art that no longer depends on images, shapes, or colors that are visible to the human eye.
"The great advantage of being at a smaller school like Lewis & Clark is that these kinds of collaborations can happen fairly easily," said Bentley, a nanotechnology expert. "I was drawn to work at a liberal arts college in part because I am interested in the interactions between science and society or between science and other fields of study."
The best light microscopes, those routinely used in introductory biology classes, can magnify to about 1,000 times and have limited depth of focus. The SEM, which was purchased through a $250,000 grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation, can magnify an image up to 24,000 times, and the technology allows for much better focus across many layers of a sample to create exceptional three-dimensional images.
Students worked with varied materials, drawing artistic inspiration from everyday items to create their relief and cast artwork.
Here, Imatani and Bentley discuss the value of this unique collaboration and why this cross-pollination of disciplines is useful to both the arts and sciences.
What is the value of a collaborative project that brings together such diverse fields?
Bentley: A goal of mine was to incorporate a wide variety of activities into our class time. While the class was not a lab course per se, I wanted to take advantage of the new microscope to give the students a more visual connection to what we were learning about how scientists gather information about the chemistry of small materials. Also, because educational research has shown the value of teaching in aiding learning, I wanted to put my students in a position where they would be explaining the microscope to a non-scientist.
I asked my students to write a one- to two-page reflection about the project after it was over. The words they used to describe the final installation included words such as unbelievable, surprising, incredibly exciting, amazing, and eye-opening.
Imatani: There is value in collaboration itself and especially in terms of interdisciplinary exchange. I try to instill in my students that art is not formed in a cultural vacuum. The more that students can draw on the research and knowledge of other disciplines, the more rich and informed their work will be. For example, artists have been relying on the wavelengths of light and central perspective since the Renaissance within the framework of classical portraiture. But what happens when we no longer need light to generate an image, as exemplified by the Scanning Electron Microscope? Artists have been using technological aids to aid in portraiture for over a thousand years, and yet, our methods and techniques have become completely ossified out of historical tradition. I'm interested in asking my students what our "portraits" might look like if we adopt the spirit and attitude of earlier artists to incorporate the technological advancements of imaging into their idea of portraiture or documentation of a cultural moment.
Anne, as a scientist and teacher in the field of science, how much had you thought about the intersections between art and science before this project?
Bentley: There are a number of ways in which art and science intersect, and I've always kept an eye out for interesting examples. I like to think of the intersections in two categories: "the science of art" and "the art of science." I have been less exposed to the art of science, but I am aware of Felice Frankel's work in Boston with the chemist George Whitesides at Harvard. Frankel's photography is beautiful. There is also large field of conservation science in which scientists study the chemical processes of how art degrades over time and try to develop ways to conserve art.
Garrick, as an artist, do you think there is a growing understanding between the fields of art and science or an interest in learning from each other more? Does art influence science and does science influence art?
Imatani: I'd say the influence has never disappeared in terms of artists' fascination with science. Historically, it has been more of a one-way street in that scientists borrow less from the artistic traditions. However, even as I say that, I pause. At this point, the term "science" is so broad and all-encompassing that I feel uncomfortable even talking about science as an entity onto itself that is somehow wrested from conversations of aesthetics or politics. I received my academic training through an interdisciplinary framework, so it's hard for me to see disciplines as ideologically divested from one another to begin with.
As a more concrete and perhaps helpful example of this disciplinary overlap, I'd point to Elizabeth Kessler's research, which draws connections between the Hubble Space Telescope images to the tradition of Western landscape painting. The Hubble images come back as black and white data, and yet in interviewing the scientists responsible for manipulating the data into color form, she has discovered that there is quite a lot of subjective coloration and cropping that goes into the production of those images that rely on many aesthetic predispositions and expectations rooted in the tradition of romanticism.
Were there any challenges to figuring out how to collaborate? Did you find yourselves identifying differences in approach that are endemic to an artist and scientist, or was it an easy collaboration?
Bentley: Absolutely—we had a number of logistical challenges to overcome and basically made it work by staying in touch on a near-daily basis throughout the project. At one point, Garrick sent me a copy of the material he'd given his students describing his expectations for the final installation. Garrick would tell you that he thought it was quite proscriptive, but when I shared it with my students, they though it was still quite vague. This was really interesting for all of us—it made us on the science side realize how much we like order. Grading science assignments is often fairly black and white. I think the less quantifiable aspects of the assignment were more of a challenge for my students.
On June 29, Bentley and Imatani will present at the Northwest regional meeting of the American Chemical Society as part of the symposium "Collaborations and Communities to Improve Teaching and Learning in Chemistry."
This spring, Imatani and Bentley gave a presentation at the Foundations in Art: Theory and Education conference held in St. Louis.


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About JR Smith
Too bad his junk can't be removed from existence.
I don't blame them. I wouldn't want my name associated with ANY (c)rap "song."
Oh yeah, got to keep the REAL pigs in expensive suits, Rolls cars and high-priced HOs. While they continue to cheat artists out of their due.
Yep. Like 13-yr-old girls.
No, because they simply don't care about anything or anyone except their insane love of money. None of them would survive if they had to actually work.
In a word, no. This nothing more than a gigantic rip-off. Many of us are quite weary of the feds support of these immensely greedy corporations. It's way past time to reign them in. They're out of control and it's costing us all a fortune just so a few can get more damn money than anyone needs.
Man, you are either brain-washed by the "rethugs" or you work for big pharma. Everything is about money. Those greedy people don't give one hoot about you or me. All they care about is how much they can take.
Ridiculous. He's lucky a guard didn't shoot him.
An alternative mode of transportation is exactly what many us are using. If they're losing money because of this, it's their own damn fault.
That's right, shoot the messenger. Lobbying should be illegal as it is in certain other countries. It is nothing more than legalized bribery.
We need to replace this poor excuse for a government with a government that actually serves the public interest. This must start with Congressional TERM LIMITS.
But I wouldn't hold my breath. The electorate is too apathetic and sometimes extremely stupid.
Some of the worst stuff ever as is most of today's so-called pop "music". I quit listening to FM a long time ago, with the exception of NPR. It's satellite, CDs, NPR or nothing.
I couldn't agree more but then again, with the exception of NPR, I quit listening to FM some time ago when the corporations were allowed to buy up all the stations and turn the programming into total dung. So now it's CDs, mp3s or NPR.
These people are totally blind. That ugly form of DRM was broken a long time ago and anyone with a few bucks can buy software to do it. Copy protection has never worked and it never will.
As long as we allow this sort of thing to continue, we will always have bad government. Those who noted that we are not a democracy are correct.
I'm guessing steel manufacturing.
Money? Mickeysoft?
Gotta wonder: Can this guy's ego possibly get any larger? I've never bought so much as one song by Prince nor have I ever downloaded one.
As I see it, the birds should sue as the guy recorded them without their permission.


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(Reuters) - General Motors Co (GM.N) will add a third production shift at a complex in Brazil, a move it expects will create 2,630 factory and supplier jobs, the company said Sunday in a statement on its website.
GM will add the shift at the Gravataí Industrial Complex, in the south of Brazil, where it makes the Chevrolet Celta and Onix, according to the company.
The move, reported earlier on Sunday by Bloomberg, will create 1,450 new jobs at the plant and another 1,000 at suppliers located at the same facility. The company will create another 180 jobs at a new powertrain plaint.
GM announced the move just after it averted a strike at another Brazilian complex. The company, late Saturday, reached an accord with metalworkers at its Sao Jose dos Campos facility, near the city of Sao Paulo.
The company's plan for the Gravataí plant includes expanding capacity from 230,000 to 380,000 vehicles per year at the Gravataí plant. It is unclear when GM will add the shift.
Reporting By Suzanne Barlyn; Editing by Bernard Orr


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Bayern Munich have been imperious for the entire 2012/13 campaign and most credit is going to their retiring manager Jupp Heynckes.
However, it must be said that one player singularly stands out as much as the entire squad delivered almost consistently. Javi Martinez arrived in Munich quietly in the summer after almost signing for Manchester City but has finished it with the recognition he has earned.
Martinez has been nothing short of a revelation in the heart of Bayern's midfield. His partnership with Bastian Schweinsteiger has been absolutely imperious. That duo has been the fulcrum of their dominance the entire campaign and most of the credit has to go to the Spaniard.
Javi Martinez has contributed three goals and three assists in the Bundesliga and has been ever-present in the team. That is a somewhat meagre return compared to his fellow mid-fielders but it is not what he is great at.
As much as he still is a threat going forward, Martinez's contributions are mainly defensively and by distribution. He manages an average tackles rating of 3.2 per game and wins more aerial duels than Schweinsteiger.
He has also made more interceptions than any other teammate over the course of the season.
Manchester City wanted to buy him to shore up their midfield and free up Yaya Toure. Roberto Mancini had made him his primary target for the summer and it is obvious to see why.
Martinez would have been perfect for the Eastland's outfit. He would have enabled Mancini to play Yaya further upfield where his talents are best utilised. The fact that Mancini was so hell-bent on his signature is testament to how good he is at his job.
The man they eventually signed after missing out on him, Javi Garcia, has been a monumental flop and Martinez' form is a constant reminder of what they missed out on.
Jupp Heynckes has got the best out of the Spaniard. By giving him freedom to roam laterally, tackle at will and receive the ball to feet from the defenders has put him in his element. Martinez has taken to that role like a duck to water.
His distribution has been especially sublime, the way he releases the two wide-men, be it Ribery, Robben or Muller, or to the attacking mid-fielder Kroos or now Gotze. His passing is impeccable, a success rate of 87% per game testament to how efficient he is.
Alongside Schweinsteiger, Martinez has been brilliant. He has enabled Schweinsteiger and Kroos, Ribery, Muller or Robben to play further up field safe in the knowledge that he is providing cover at the back.
He has added to the steel at the back and brought invaluable composure in possession.
Pep Guardiola takes over from Heynckes in the comfort of having a young, budding Martinez with the best years still ahead of him.
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A bunch of indie developers have teamed up to support online stores that allow developers to name their own price (like Google Play). They are calling they collective "Because We May" and they are having a massive sale on their collective software for the last week of May.
They have links to all the software available on Google Play but also check out other platforms you may use (Windows, Mac, etc) and if you can buy directly from the developer, all the better.
Let's support indie developers and shatter the myth that Android users don't pay for apps and games.


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The sweetness of the sounds, the positive energy evoked by the melody, rhythm and sometimes faster calm us back to a size serene, in a balance with the world. Feelings of love, dreams and visions will to live. Suitable for corporate videos, motivational videos, presentations, web sites, web presentations, movie.
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A rousing he said/she said endeavor, The Decline of the American Empire begins by separating the boys from the girls. Preparing a gourmet dinner, four male intellectuals begin trading stories of their sexual experiences. At the same time, four well-read women, all working out in a gym, exchange their own tales from the love front.
The film is set in the lofty circles of academia, a world well known to Canadian director Denys Arcand. The anecdotes related herein are based on actual events in the lives of Arcand's professorial friends.
There's nothing bookish, however, about the subject matter of the stories themselves, which ranges from mild philandering to S & M. The Decline of the American Empire was the winner of eight Canadian Genie awards (that's the above-the-border equivalent of the Oscar), including Best Picture.


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Hello everyone :)
I need your help. I've already searched the web but found nothing on this topic:
How to increase the spacing/padding of the tray icons in the system tray area of the xfce panel?
As a previous gnome 3 user I think the system tray icons are too condensed - I would prefer more free space between the individual tray icons. If you compare the system tray of gnome 3 and xfce you will see the difference. I know there are seperators which can be used as spacers for the panel itself but not within the system tray.
Can anyone help? I will probably have to look in the source code and compile xfce by hand :( Hope someone has some good hints! Thx
Maybe you can just build Xfce-panel.
I see that http://git.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-panel/tr … tray-box.c has
#define SPACING (2)
Maybe that's what you're looking for.
Thanks that helped I defined a new variable for horizontal spacing - the systray looks much better now!
i couldn't find root/plugins/systray/systray-box.c , can you help me?
i couldn't find root/plugins/systray/systray-box.c , can you help me?
That's in the source code.
You would need to download the source, edit it and then build and install it.
I'm not sure if it would work with the sources from your distribution's repository (which would be preferable as then you could rebuild them as a package).


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Horrorfest '08: Slaughter (US - DVD R1)
Gabe finds the exact center of the Horrorfest, and is filled with meh...
Faith (Amy Shiels) is forced to leave her home in Atlanta when her abusive boyfriend goes too far. While attempting to rebuild her life she meets Lola (Lucy Holt), a young woman looking to escape her own mundane life. The two become fast friends, and soon Faith moves into the guesthouse on Lola's family farm, and things look good for a period.
Based on a true story is pretty much code for 'we're going to try to find a new way to remake The Texas Chainsaw Massacre'. Welcome to the Texas Thelma and Louise Massacre. Well, that's a little unfair, the third act takes Single White Female's third act. If the entirely generic title wasn't a clue (so generic it's hard to find on the imdb), Slaughter isn't an entirely original trip to the old cinemaplex, but it's just well made enough to not be the worst of the 2008 After Dark Horrorfest.
Slaughter looks and acts like a made for Lifetime movie with little ripples of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre skidding through it. Thelma and Louise run down their sad little back stories, talk about how bad the guys they sleep with are, and have a water fight while washing a pony. This stuff is clearly written by a man who has no idea how girls act when we aren't around. When the horror kicks in it's pretty brutal for an R rating, but has nothing on the tough girl violence of Aja's Haute Tension, and isn't enough for us gore-hounds to really care. The two lead actresses are actually pretty good, but the supporting cast is uniformly pretty awful, and the direction is nothing to get excited about.
Slaughter features plenty of swoopy camera moves, but looks suspiciously like a made for TV movie. The print is a bit washed out, the colours are a little dim, and the blacks could stand to be a bit darker. There's not an excess of grain or noise, but there's a discolouration that spans the bottom of the frame in pretty much every scene. During dark scenes this strip is at its worst, and a sickly greenish hue. And again, there's a series of black scan lines that cut across the screen horizontally. These are most clear on hard white edges.
Slaughter is a little more aurally active than some of the other Horrorfest titles this year. The outdoor scenes are pretty active with canned nature sounds which mostly defer to the stereo channels, but make a few trips to the rears from time to time. The dialogue is mixed a little more lively than some of the other films in the collection too, and is clear over the louder music. Music is again the star of the show, and is again impressive enough to add some much needed production value to the reasonably cheap little movie.
'The Making of Slaughter' is slightly better than the usual EPK, and features a real amateur charm. There's a lot of raw behind the scenes footage, a lot of on-set interviews, and the whole thing is well edited, if not a little roughly shot. The featurette covers many aspects of the filming process, but mostly leaves post and pre-production out of the equation. It totals about 30 minutes. It's followed by four deleted scenes that run about four minutes total, and the Ms. Horrorfest Webisodes.
Slaughter isn't the worst of the 'fest, but it's entirely forgettable save a couple of decent performances. I recommend re-watching Thelma and Louise and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre again on their own, maybe even in a row, again instead. The disc features one of the collection's more substantial extras, but has one of the worst transfers, so I guess it evens out.
Review by Gabriel Powers
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i think this was ok... i liked it =P
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Disc Details
Release Date: 31st March 2010
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: PAL
Aspect: 1.78:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Subtitles: N/A
Extras: Miss Horrorfest Webisodes, Making-Of, Trailers
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Craig Singer
Cast: Lucy Holt, Antonia Bernath, David Sterene, Craig Robert Young
Genre: Drama and Horror
Length: 96 minutes
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Congressional Oversight? Dianne Feinstein Says She's 'Not A High-Tech Techie' But Knows NSA Can't Abuse Surveillance
from the oh-really? dept
Feinstein said, "I am not a high-tech techie, but I have been told that is not possible."Note that among Feinstein's jobs is oversight of this program. Yet, what kind of "oversight" is it when she admits that she's not qualified to understand the technology but "has been told" that such abuses are not possible? That doesn't seem like oversight. That seems like asking the NSA "can this system be abused?" and the NSA saying "oh, no no no, not at all." That's not exactly oversight, now is it?


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Montana man mauled to death by captive grizzly
BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — A 24-year-old man was mauled to death Sunday morning while cleaning a grizzly bear enclosure at a wildlife casting agency in southwestern Montana, Gallatin County officials said.
The man was mauled by one or both of the captive-bred grizzly bears at the Animals of Montana facility north of Bozeman, Sheriff Brian Gootkin said.
The victim's name wasn't immediately released, but officials said he's originally from Pennsylvania.
Chuck Watson, attorney for Animals of Montana's owner, Troy Hyde, told the Bozeman Daily Chronicle the grizzly bear had to be put down in order to recover the victim.
"It's obviously a tragic situation, and I don't think we'll ever know exactly what happened," Watson said.
Animals of Montana provides captive-bred animals for photography shoots and motion pictures, ranging from African lions and minks to badgers and bobcats. The company's website said it had three grizzly bears.
The man's death is being investigated by the sheriff's office and Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks wardens.
This article was provided by The Associated Press. (Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)


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gretaboy wrote:Xplora wrote:5 commutes this week so far. Yesterday managed to average 30.1kmh over the 42kms, including some storming efforts along the Parramatta Cycleway (38-39 on the flat the whole way).
Really need a Garmin to grab some segments, and track the rides better.
see someone posted that garmin 500's were going for $269 or such at the moment...a special
I'm really in the secondhand market in a big way...