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BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ - The Berkeley Heights Board of Education will conduct a "College Student Forum" 1 p.m. Monday, Jan. 6 in the Gov. Livingston IMC.
The college students will discuss their respective college experiences while providing advice and feedback to current Berkeley Heights administrators on what can be done to provide GLHS students with the best possible preparation for college study. Judith Rattner, Berkeley Heights Superintendent of Schools, will serve as the moderator for this event. For the complete information, click here.


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Adams calls for Truth Commission during Drumboe speech
In his Easter commemoration address at Drumboe yesterday, Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams TD said he was prepared to meet the families of people killed by Republicans during the Troubles.
He called for the setting up of an International Truth Commission and said he would meet victims' families as part of its reconciliation work.
Mr Adams also criticised the government's austerity measures and the violent flag protests in Northern Ireland.
He said: "The record of this government in its two years in power has been appalling. Fine Gael and Labour were elected to undo the damage of Fianna Fáil but have chosen instead to implement Fianna Fáil policies. The government's austerity policies are driving up poverty and disadvantage."
Sinn Féin, he added, are introducing a Bill to reverse the Property Tax and will campaign for its repeal.
Referring to the flag protests, he stated: "Unionist leaders have to face up to the reality that the old ways and the old days are gone.
"Playing party politics with this issue is dangerous and counterproductive. There are many genuine loyalists and unionists, including former combatants, working in disadvantaged communities who realise the dangers and risks involved.
"They also know that it is citizens from these disadvantaged communities who will bear the brunt of any violent or disruptive actions.
"These communities have more in common with their republican neighbours than they may realise."
He advocated dialogue and also said Sinn Féin are calling for a border poll on Irish unity to be held in the next term of the Oireachtas and the Assembly.
Mr Adams paid tribute to Charlie Daly, Sean Larkin, Daniel Enwright and Timothy O Sullivan, who are honoured at Drumboe.
He said everyone involved in the conflict had to acknowledge their actions. "Republicans also inflicted great hurt. Members of the state forces here, including gardaí, were killed. These matters need to be faced up to."
He said this should be done through an Independent International Truth Commission, adding "I am prepared to meet with victims' families and others as part of this."

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WWE TLC 2012 Results: The Shield Defeat Ryback and Team Hell NoDecember 17, 2012
Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns, better known collectively as The Shield, have scored their first WWE victory. They defeated Ryback and Team Hell No, Daniel Bryan and Kane, at the year's final pay-per-view, TLC.
The Shield won after a violent and incredible match worthy of Match of the Year honors. Roman Reigns powerbombed Daniel Bryan through a table to secure a victory while Kane was buried beneath a shattered barricade at ringside and Ryback was crawling back to the ring after sending Seth Rollins through a table from the top of a ladder near the entranceway.
Ryback was originally scheduled to face CM Punk in a WWE Championship match but, after Punk was pulled due to injury, he joined Team Hell No to face The Shield. The debuting trio has been running wild since making their first appearance at Survivor Series.
By defeating two established superstars (Bryan and Kane) as well as the company's most prominent rising star (Ryback), it's clear The Shield is here to stay. It's no surprise because their gimmick definitely has staying power.
At every turn, they have said their job is to ensure any potential injustices are righted. What makes that such a promising premise is the inherent vagueness. Since they don't have a defined storyline angle, there's no obvious end point.
Their arrival has brought some much-needed buzz to the WWE, and that continued at TLC. It's mostly because Ambrose and Rollins already had a dedicated fanbase throughout the Internet wrestling community. So their debuts have been eagerly anticipated.
The only question heading into TLC was how they would perform in a normal match, as opposed to the run-in tactics they have used over the past month. It's still too early to make a definitive judgment, of course, but they can hold their own.
Now that they have further established themselves, the only question left is where will they strike next? Only time will tell.
As for the losing team, the impact will be minimal. Ryback's monster push in recent months ensures he will remain in the main-event picture moving forward, although The Rock's return will make things a little more complicated.
Team Hell No will re-assume to their role as tag champions. They have done a nice job in helping the division matter again after an extended period of dormancy, which is easier said than done.
All told, there's always conversations after PPVs about how certain losses will impact superstars. In this case, it was more about establishing The Shield than anything else, and that means Ryback and Team Hell No should move forward without missing a beat.
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Last week's largely symbolic vote in which the Greek bailout-addicted parliament passed, by the tiniest of margins, the latest request for just one more monetary fix promising that this time it will, pinky swear, get its house in order (and maybe even collect some taxes, because all those previous promises were just rehearsals) succeeded in one thing: the coalition government from this summer's elections, crumbling well ahead of time. Which means the time for yet another parliamentary vote is fast approaching. So if a vote were held today, who would be the most represented parties in the Greek parliament? The answer, according to the latest KAPA poll, is the following:
- Syriza – anti-bailout, anti-austerity party, one which is convinced Greece has all the leverage in European negotiations, and one which is usually best associated with the Grexit: 23.1%, up from 20.7%
- New Democracy – current ruling party: 20.6%, down from 23.6%
- Golden Dawn – aka "neo-nazis": 10.4%, from 7.5% in June
- PASOK – socialists; former leaders: 7.5%
- Independent Greeks: 6.4%
- Communists: 5.7%
- Democratics Left: 4.6%
In other words, at this rate, when the next Greek early election takes places in a few months, the winner will almost certainly be the party that will make Germany's covert goal – to get Greece out of the Eurozone – a Greek decision, thereby washing Merkel's hands, while leading to scenes such as the following at every local beer hall…
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Have you written any letters lately?
Not e-mail. Not sticky notes. But genuine, expressing-your-deepest-feelings, handwritten letters? Have you received any?
Letter writing seems to be on its way to becoming a lost art, says author Jason Wright. Yet, he says, there's something about letters that is satisfying to the soul.
"When you have a handwritten letter, you have a piece of that person on the page. When I go out to the mailbox and pull out a letter, I rejoice. I devour it. I sit right down on the curb to read it."
Wright remembers a story told to him by a friend. The friend's parents had met during World War II, two weeks before the man was drafted. "They decided to get married. But they really got to know each other through the letters they wrote. I don't know if something like that would happen today."
Those stories and feelings about letters have inspired Wright's latest book, "The Wednesday Letters" (Shadow Mountain, $19.95). The premise involves a couple who passes away. When the three grown children come together to make arrangements and deal with the deaths, they find a stack of letters.
On their wedding day, Jack Cooper had promised his wife, Laurel, that no matter what he would write her a letter every Wednesday. The children find the boxes of letters and in reading them discover shocking family secrets. But they also get to know their parents in a different way and find strength and inspiration that helps in their own lives.
The book is about forgiveness and redemption as much as about letters, says Wright, who was in Salt Lake City recently to talk about it. But the letter aspect has seemed to strike a chord with readers.
Not only did "The Wednesday Letters" spend six weeks on the New York Times Best Seller List (reaching the No. 6 spot), it has also inspired people to write more letters. "One man told me he hadn't read a book since college. But he read this one, and then he sat right down and wrote a letter to his wife."
Another woman said she had decided to write letters to her husband every Sunday something she wanted to do for herself as much as for him.
He has heard from other readers who have told stories about old letters and what they have meant in their lives, how sometimes that's the only thing they have left of their loved ones. "My own dad died when I was in high school, and I'd give anything to have something he'd written by hand. I've been collecting some of his old tax returns just for that. It's a piece of him you don't get anywhere else."
He hopes the book will inspire people to value the letters they have and to write new ones. "People often struggle in communicating difficult emotions and experiences. Letter writing not only shows you have invested the time, it accurately captures thoughts that can be relived long after the writer has passed away."
It's not like Wright is a stranger to starting trends. His first book, "Christmas Jars," also became a national best seller and inspired people to collect spare change in bottles and anonymously deliver it to those in need.
It has also led to talks and visits with various groups around the country. "I've done a lot with middle schoolers, talking about service, talking about how if they open their eyes to service now, they will be more successful as adults. It's been a lot of fun, and it's amazing how the kids respond. They just need someone who is not a parent to tell them it is cool to be a good kid, to reach out to someone they don't even know. It helps when it comes from someone they don't share DNA with."
It is gratifying for an author to know that something he has written has touched lives, says Wright. "I'm the first to say I'm not a great writer. And I know this is not Pulitzer Prize stuff. I'll never be confused with Hemingway. But I hope I can write good stories that touch people."
To tell the truth, he says, "I'd rather be called a storyteller than a writer. Story matters."
Wright works as a political consultant and journalist in the Washington, D.C., area and is founder and managing editor of the political Web site PoliticalDerby.com. And he's the first to admit that electronic communication has a place in the world. "No one defends technology as much as I do. I'm a technology nut, and I think we're fortunate to live in this era. "
He just wants to remind people of the importance of nonelectronic communication: letter writing. And yes, he has started writing more letters of his own. "I'm even sending postcards home while I'm on this trip," he admitted.
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Berman reports big fundraising totals for hot congressional race
Rep. Howard L. Berman (D-Valley Village) said Tuesday that his campaign raised more than $1 million in the previous quarter for his already-expensive contest with fellow Democratic Rep. Brad Sherman of Sherman Oaks.
Sherman, placed by last year's redrawing of political maps into the same San Fernando Valley congressional district (the 30th) as Berman, started the race well ahead in fundraising. Last summer, he reported having nearly $3.7 million on hand to Berman's $1.5 million, according to documents filed then with the Federal Election Commission.
But Berman has worked feverishly to try to catch up since the draft version of the new maps was released in June. His campaign said he brought in more than $2.3 million in seven months.
It's another five months until the June primary. If both Sherman and Berman end up in the November runoff (which could happen under the state's new "top-two" elections system), they'll be raising money and duking it out for an additional five months after the first round. So pundits who are saying this race could go on record as the costliest House contest in history could very well see their prediction come true.
Berman said in a statement that he was " incredibly proud and humbled by the level of support and faith people have put in my work—and I am truly grateful for the generous encouragement I have received in this campaign."
The Sherman campaign could not be immediately reached for comment.
Quarterly reports aren't due at the FEC until Jan. 31, but some campaigns are releasing some of their numbers early if they believe their fundraising is strong enough to reflect favorably on their candidate.
House Democrats want new housing regulator
State sues for answers from Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac
Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown fights for PACE energy efficiency program
--Jean Merl in Los Angeles and Richard Simon in Washington
Photo: Reps. Howard L. Berman (left) and Brad Sherman at a candidates forum earlier this month. Credit: Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times


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PET from about 7 used plastic bottles are upcycled to create the fabric for each of these new ChicoBags. In addition, the cordlock's made from recycled polyurethane -- and thecarabiner clip from recycled aluminum! That means these rePETe bags are made from 99% recycled materials -- 73% (by weight) of which is post-consumer recycled materials.
Apparently, the upcycled materials are pretty sturdy, since each bag can handle up to 25 lbs. The $9 bag comes in 5 colors and, like the original ChicoBag, can be easily compacted into a pocket-sized totable form.
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Aw cute. Maddox has a big booboo on his cheek, and daddy Brad stops at a street vendor in Pune, India to buy him a toy copter.
Brad paid 200 rupees ($4.50) for the toy; about half a day's pay for the average Indian.
A kiss from daddy would make us feel better.
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"American Chopper" Star Talks Choppers, Family, and Faith
Growing up, Paul Jr.'s mom was loving and supportive. The most important thing she did for her children was instill Christian values in their dysfunctional home. "She planted seeds that would have a great impact on me years later," shares Paul Jr. His dad, Paul Sr., was an alcoholic and a workaholic who worked hard for his family but also drank just as hard. When Paul Sr. finally sobered up, the environment around the house improved for a couple of years. The family did more things together, like taking vacations, and his father even attended church more frequently, but the marital strife remained.
When Paul Jr. was twelve, he went to a filming of Paul and Jan Crouch of the Trinity Broadcasting Network with his mom. Meadowlark Lemon of the Harlem Globetrotters was one of their guests. He spoke about salvation and Paul Jr. went forward and accepted Jesus as his Savior. However, that didn't mean that his life suddenly got easier. When Paul Jr. became a teenager, the relationship with his dad became more strained. As Paul Jr. began to try and figure out life for himself, he began to smoke, use marijuana, and drink. He worked with Paul Sr. on weekends and during the school year in his steel business. "Working alongside my father that much was a bad thing for our combustible relationship," shares Paul Jr. They spent long days at the shop and then they'd be together after work too. Paul Sr. always seemed to have some type of issue with Paul Jr. "He knew which buttons of mine to push," shares Paul Jr. In his early twenties, Paul Jr. began to sprout his wings professionally and he felt that his dad responded by seeking to control him more. In his early twenties, Paul Jr.'s parents separated. The professional relationship with his dad also went downhill. For ten years, Paul, Jr. smoked pot so he didn't have to deal with his emotions. When he started experiencing severe anxiety attacks, Paul Jr. decided to stop using marijuana in an attempt to defeat the anxiety. He also decided to get involved at church and study the Bible. It was during this time that Paul Jr. began to understand who God truly is and separate his perception of his heavenly Father from that of his earthly father.
In 2002, Discovery contacted Paul Sr. about doing a pilot for an East Coast bike building show. The pilot aired on September 29, 2002 with more than two million viewers. Discovery decided to turn American Chopper into a series. "The arguments, shouting matches, door slamming, and wall-punching were no different from my life growing up with my father, working for him in the steel business and then building bikes together. The only difference once American Chopper started was that there were cameras around recording our blowups for the world to see," shares Paul. On September 28, 2008 Paul was fired from Orange County Choppers after a heated argument. Paul recalls, "At the time it seemed devastating, but it turned out to be one of the best things that could have happened to me. Working for my father had long been oppressive and it was time to leave," shares Paul Jr. Paul continued to appear on the show until it ended in 2010, but he started his own company, Paul Jr. Designs (PJD) that specialized in custom bikes.
In July 2009, Paul Jr. was sued by Paul Sr. for his shares in Orange County Choppers. Paul Sr. and Paul Jr. settled the matter out of court in 2010.
Paul met Rachael in 2007 and they began dating. He asked if she would like to start going to church together. She agreed and that set them on the path that led to many more good things. A couple of years later they met a man named Michael Guido who had an organization called PR Ministreis. He and his wife spent time getting to know Paul and Rachael. Although Michael and his wife did not agree with Paul and Rachael living together, they did not judge them. One weekend, Paul was invited to spend a weekend with Michael and Rick Marshall who directed crusades for Billy Graham. It was there Paul felt conviction about living with Rachael. Together they decided to honor God as a couple and Rachael moved out. Nine months later they married on August 20, 2010. The couple welcomed a son, Hudson, two years after they stopped filming the show.
"In spite of all the negatives and difficulties, I love my father, because he is my father," shares Paul. The relationship between the two has never had a good relationship. "I think we have tried more at certain times than others to get along well, but our relationship has always been one of adversity," shares Paul. The conflicts on American Chopper were rooted in a one-sided sense of competition that developed before the show. When Paul's creativity in designing bikes began to attract attention, the relationship became more strained. Instead of being proud, his father became jealous.
After five years off the air, Discovery Channel is reviving the iconic motorcycle-construction reality series American Chopper. Paul Sr. and Paul Jr. are back on board as the show's bike-building craftsmen. In the new show, the duo "set out reclaim their preeminent bike brands and – hopefully, rebuild some sort of relationship. Paul Sr. has revamped Orange County Choppers – turning it into a complex with a shop, café, bowling alley, restaurant and of course, the showroom – but all that didn't come without a hefty price tag and he is feeling the burden of a high overhead and a lack of foot traffic. Meanwhile, Paul Jr. has also felt the sting of a rough economy – with his business built solely on high-dollar custom-builds and commissions. Paul Jr. stresses about the long-term stability of his own shop, Paul Jr. Designs, especially now that he has his own family.
The original American Chopper premiered as a special in 2002 and ran for 10 years, airing 223 episodes before being cancelled in 2010 and then was rebooted as the spinoff American Chopper: Senior vs. Junior for another two years. One of Discovery's most popular programs, American Chopper averaged 3.4 million viewers at its peak and returns to Discovery in the spring of 2018.


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Sunday, June 7, 2009
How hard could it be to make pancakes?
"Do you know how to make pancakes, mom?" my 7-year-old daughter Jesse asked.
"Um, well, I've never made them, but how hard could it be, right?"
"I can help out," she said.
How could I let her down? Did I really want her growing up thinking that her mom couldn't follow the directions on the back of the Aunt Jemima box?
Aunt Jemima Pancakes
1 cup Aunt Jemima mix
3/4 cup milk
1 tablespoon oil
1 egg
1. Heat skillet over medium-low heat or electric griddle to 375 degrees F.
2. Combine all ingredients; stir with a wire whisk until large lumps disappear. Over-mixing may toughen pancakes. Let stand 1 to 2 minutes to thicken.
3. Pour slightly less than 1/4 cup batter for each pancake onto lightly greased skillet.
4. Turn when pancakes bubble and bottoms are golden brown.
I appreciated the perfect pancake tips on the back of the box, but it would have been helpful if I had read them BEFORE cooking the pancakes.
- For thicker pancakes, use a little less milk. For thinner pancakes, use a little more milk.
- Do not beat out eh characteristic lumps in the batter; over-mixing will toughen pancakes.
- Lightly grease skillet or griddle with solid shortening instead of oil, butter or margarine; solid shortening does not burn as easily. (Note to self: Find out what solid shortening is).
- Turn pancakes only once; over-handling toughens them. (Again, I should have read this tip before cooking the pancakes)
So you're wondering how it went? Well, the good news is that I actually managed to make my kids pancakes (from a mix, but still impressive for a beginner). Of course, I flipped a couple of pancakes too soon and they flopped into a doughy mush (and I then tossed them in the trash).
But the kids seemed impressed.
"They're not as good as dad's," said Jesse. "But almost. You just have to practice a bit more. Are you proud of yourself?"
Just as I was cleaning up, Avo arrived home.
I guess I got a bit too cocky. I was boasting about my perfectly browned pancakes when the box slipped from my hands and before I knew what was happening, my clothes and the floor were coated with a light dust of powdered pancake mix.
"Well, now you can practice your sweeping!" said Avo.
Eggo waffles for breakfast tomorrow.
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- Bernie Bernstein said...
Hi Hon,
You asked me to post a weekly menu so here is the one for the week coming up. Remember, Paula, it is flexible. I am not quite as anal as you think.
Love ya,
Monday - Grilled salmon, rice and peas. Teriyaki sauce for Mom and Korean Stir-Fry Sauce for me.
Tuesday - Publix (my favorite market)pre-roasted chicken, Knorr chicken flavored pasta sides and broccoli.
Wednesday - Roasted pork tenderloin, mashed potatoes and snap green beans.
Thursday - Lettuce and tomato salad with home made tarragon chicken salad.
Friday - A new try. Sauteed local shrimp with mushrooms,garlic,lemon juice and green onions. Have not decided on the rest yet.
Saturday - Veggie burgers and Dad's famous "oven fried" potatoes.
Sunday - eating out. Yea!!!
- June 7, 2009 at 12:02 PM
- Bernie Bernstein said...
IMM - Don't be too hard on yourself. I'm still not sure what to use when the recipe says to use solid shortening? I always thought it meant "Crisco" which I never use. I even Googled it, and I'm still not sure. If you find out, let me know.
- June 7, 2009 at 4:51 PM
- Undomesticated Me said...
Your menu looks good -- and fairly easy. I'd skip shrimp night since I'm not a fan of shellfish (not for Kosher reasons). What kind of veggie burgers do you buy?
And where are you eating tonight?!
- June 7, 2009 at 6:16 PM
- Bernie Bernstein said...
Boca Burgers or Morningstar farms. I usually look for the lowest fat content.
We ate at Reilley's Pub. Nice place for you and the kids although I think the burger at Main Street Cafe was better. We can do both.
- June 7, 2009 at 8:35 PM


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It was a vile morning of wind and driving rain, and you might have expected the male Tawny Owl to have sheltered in his tree. But no, there was was, looking as imperturbable as ever.
There was a report on the BBC web site about another highly visible Tawny Owl in Christchurch Park in Ipswich. She is known as Mabel, and bred in 2012, though only one owlet survived. But her mate doesn't seem to show himself. Evidently her tree is her private day roost, and he is somewhere out of sight elsewhere in the park. The BBC describes her behaviour as 'unique', which is a bit silly considering that we have had two owls in plain sight and breeding yearly for the past 11 years, just two miles from Broadcasting House.
The small birds were hungry in the raw conditions, and came pelting out of the bushes when I approached with some food for them. The wind made it quite hard for them to land on my hand, and a cautious approach upwind was necessary instead of the usual rush in from any direction. Here is one of the Coal Tits in the leaf yard, now completely confident about being fed by humans,. It is also less dominated by the larger birds than it was when it started, and zips in between them instead of waiting for them all to finish before it will venture out.
A pair of Coots are building a nest in a derelict-looking two-seater skiff in one of the small boathouses.
They are not very enthusiastic about it. Maybe it's too early in the season for them, but another pair on the Long Water, in the willow tree just beyond the bridge, are going ahead full speed with their nest.
Two Shovellers were asleep on the Serpentine island, standing on one leg.
Since birds usually sleep with one side of their brain at a time, the other leg was asleep and would have been of no use to stand on anyway.
One of the Little Grebes was fishing under the willow tree next to the Italian Garden.
It caught quite a large fish, but was behind a screen of twigs at the time so I couldn't get a picture. A few minutes later it started rushing around under the tree. Although I couldn't clearly see what was happening, I think it must have been chasing the other Little Grebe, or vice versa. It is often hard to distinguish mating behaviour from a territorial dispute.


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Blair and Bush to announce new famine initiative - SLA/JEM infighting kills 11 - Germany mulls over Khartoum's blockade policies
The announcement appeared intended to take the sting out of Bush's opposition to Blair's more expensive plan for doubling aid to Africa. The amount of Britain's contribution to the joint initiative was not disclosed, but it was said to be less than Washington's.
Bush and Blair are to meet at the White House this afternoon. The joint initiative will focus on the food needs of people vulnerable to famine in Ethiopia and Eritrea. It also will address humanitarian needs in other countries in Africa, a senior White House official said.
CNN Photo: An Ethiopian boy drinks water from an old bottle.
Bush has rejected Blair's efforts to persuade the world's wealthiest nations to back his plan to double aid to Africa. The prime minister, the host of this year's summit of the major eight industrialised democracies, hopes to use the meeting in early July in Gleneagles, Scotland, to raise an extra 50 billion dollars (GBP 27.5 billion) a year by selling bonds on the world's capital markets.
"It doesn't fit our budgetary process," Bush said last week. The Bush administration says the mechanism would conflict with US budget laws by binding future governments to providing money.
Bush and Blair are to hold a news conference this afternoon, where they are expected to announce their joint initiative. They will call on other countries to increase their commitment to address humanitarian emergencies in Africa, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because the announcement has not been formally made.
Blair's US visit is part of a blitz of trips to lobby foreign leaders ahead of the Scotland summit. In coming weeks, Blair is to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin, French President Jacques Chirac and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder.
Blair's wish list is likely to be a tough sell in the US. Bush opposes the Kyoto Protocol on global warming, and his administration questions views that man-made pollutants are causing temperatures to rise. The White House has also rejected many of Blair's proposals on African debt relief.
Yesterday, Blair's official spokesman said Blair wasn't looking for any breakthroughs in Washington.
"This visit is part of the preparation for Gleneagles, not Gleneagles itself," the spokesman said. "So we are not expecting ... to see the final US position tomorrow. That will come at Gleneagles."
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Press briefing on Tony Blair's visit to Washington and the EU Constitution
10 Downing Street's Morning Press Briefing from 6 June 2005 on PM's visit to Washington and the EU Constitution.
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Arms bill hits US$1 trillion
June 7, 2005 report at BBC, DefenseNews and China's Standard. Excerpt:
Global military spending blasted past the US$1 trillion mark in 2004, with the U.S. alone accounting for nearly half of the total because of its "war on terror," the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute found.
Military spending reached US$1.035 trillion last year - or US$162 for every inhabitant of Earth - compared to US$956 billion in 2003, the institute revealed Tuesday in its annual report.
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ICC launches Darfur war crimes investigation
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has launched a formal investigation into suspected crimes against humanity in Darfur.
"The investigation will be impartial and independent, focusing on the individuals who bear the greatest criminal responsibility for crimes committed in Darfur," the ICC said in a statement.It did not name any suspects. Telegraph June 6, 2005.
AFP reports that Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo will brief the United Nations in New York later this month about his plans to investigate Darfur.
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Rebel infighting in South Darfur kills 11, injures 17-AU
The last round of Darfur peace talks collapsed in December after the Darfur rebel group SLA leadership boycotted talks because of a government offensive on the ground in Darfur. Rebel divisions have plagued previous rounds of talks, AU officials say.
Last month, after the rebels met with Libyan leader Col Gaddafi, Darfur peace talks were supposed to resume May 30 or June 1. Rebels postponed the talks to June 10. You have to wonder at the reason for the delay. As stated here recently, anything could happen in the run up to June 10. And it has. African Union said today in a statement that on June 3 SLA attacks on the JEM-occupied town of Gereida in South Darfur killed 11 people, injured 17. Some houses were burnt down.
JEM occupied Gereida town, south of Nyala, despite calls for them to evacuate and allow AU forces to takeover.
"The JEM and SLA are hereby called upon to cease hostilities and pull out their forces completely from Gereida," AU spokesman Mezni said.
"The government of the Sudan is urged to continue its current laudable restraint and the rebel forces are called upon to show similar restraint at this moment when all efforts are being made to reconvene the Abuja political talks on June 10, as scheduled," he added.
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Note, graphic below showing location of refugee camps. Not many appear to be situated in South Darfur where oil was recently discovered. South Darfur is a dangerous area which many people seem to be fighting over. A horrific day-long premeditated militia attack took place there in a town called Khor Abeche in March of this year.
Reuters graphic shows a detailed map of Sudan's Darfur region and location of refugee camps.
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Obasanjo hopes talks finally resolve Darfur crisis
Nigerian President, Chairman of the African Union, Olusegun Obasanjo, hopes the next round of peace talks will make a final resolution to the crisis in the west Sudanese region of Darfur, his spokeswoman said Monday.
"The Darfur talks will resume on June 10 in Abuja (Nigeria's capital). AU Chairman Obasanjo is hoping the talks will finally meet the settlement of the Darfur crisis," Obasanjo's spokeswoman Remi Oyo told Xinhua by telephone from Abuja.
Oyo said both the Sudanese government and two main rebels in Darfur had agreed to come for the Abuja talks.
Najeeb el-Kheir Abdu-el-Wahab, minister of state in the Sudanese Foreign Ministry, said Sunday in Khartoum that the government has formulated a 18-man delegation to participate in this round of talks.
The delegation, headed by ruling National Congress's political secretary, will arrive in Abuja Wednesday, el-Kheir told reporters.
This round, which is expected to last for three weeks, will mainly focus on the issue of the political solution based on the declaration of principles which had been discussed during the lastround, he said.
And the talks would be held in a complete secrecy with little leakage to the media so as to ensure it be final and successful, said el-Kheir.
The representatives of the European Union, the African Union, the Arab League, the United States, France and Sweden are also expected to participate in the talks.
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Darfur rebels might not arrive on time for peace talks
Note Darfur rebels regret deadly internecine clashes.
Also, Tues June 8 report excerpt via SudanTribune:
SLA President Abdel Wahed Mohamed al-Nur also said he would go to Abuja, but said the AU had not given them enough time to prepare their team, which was coming from the field in Darfur and all round the world.
"They told us on June 2 and we have told them in the past we need two weeks to prepare our team," he told Reuters. "The AU just want to make it look like we are the ones delaying the talks."
Nur said the SLA had requested a delay until June 15 to collect their team. "We are a guerrilla movement, we are not a government -- we rely on the AU for transportation," he added.
The SLA leadership boycotted the last round of talks in December in protest against a government offensive launched in their part of South Darfur.
They said they would not return to talks until government forces had withdrawn from all the areas they had occupied during this operation. The AU confirmed almost two months ago that the Sudanese armed forces had carried out the withdrawal.
The smaller rebel group, the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), said they would be in Abuja on time, but declined to say whether their leader Khalil Ibrahim would be present.
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Agencies, Arab News
KHARTOUM, 6 June 2005 -- Stalled peace negotiations between the Sudanese government and exiled opposition groups are to resume in Cairo next weekend and continue until a final deal is reached, officials said yesterday. Talks between the government and the opposition National Democratic Alliance will start next Saturday, Sudanese state radio quoted Ibrahim Ahmed Omar, secretary-general of the ruling National Congress party as saying.
Omar also predicted that with many outstanding issues already resolved, an agreement could be signed a few days after the discussions commence, saying "the final agreement will be signed by the two sides on June 16." The NDA, a coalition of northern, southern, eastern and western opposition groups, including the Sudan Peoples' Liberation Movement, confirmed talks with the government would resume on June 11. "The discussions will start on Saturday," NDA vice president Abdul Rahman Saeed told AFP.
But he did not share the government's optimism that a deal could be signed five days later, saying "it was possible, but not certain." Saeed explained that the talks will kick off with meetings aimed at reaching a deal on how to implement an initial agreement the two sides signed in January, particularly on political and military issues. "We have already agreed," he said, adding that the discussions will focus on "implementing what we have agreed upon."
Meanwhile, Sudanese President Omar Bashir said he hoped rebels would join talks in the Nigerian capital next week aimed at reaching a peace deal for Darfur. "The government is committed to take part in the Abuja talks with a high-level delegation that possesses a full mandate and we hope observers and rebels will participate with high-level delegations too for reaching a peaceful political settlement that leads to peace and stability in Darfur," Bashir said.
He said he hoped the round of talks starting on June 10 "will be a final one that paves the way for convening a comprehensive conference for the people of Darfur for boosting peace, stability, development and services in the region," according to Omdurman Radio.
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4-5 Jul 2005 - Libya hosts African Union leaders, seeking African solutions in Darfur
TRIPOLI. 4-5 July 2005. Report excerpt: This second summit in 2005 of the 53-nation African Union could be sobering as it will be the one where the leaders measure their efforts to ease or end one of the continent's most serious and difficult recent catastrophes -- the conflict and humanitarian crisis in Darfur.
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Germany mulls over Khartoum's blockade policies
By Der Spiegel
HAMBURG, Germany, June 6, 2005 (Sudan Tribune) -- The Bundeswehr, German Federal Armed Forces, mission to Sudan, which was approved by parliament on April 13, might be stopped far earlier than originally planned.
Defence Minister Peter Struck is considering calling off the deployment of up to 75 soldiers, who should serve as military observers in a 10,000-troop UN force, the German news magazine Der Spiegel reported.
The reason for this is the Sudanese government's blockade policy.
With devious measures, it is trying to hamper the deployment of UN soldiers: thus, the first four Bundeswehr staff officers, who recently travelled to the capital Khartoum, were only granted visas for four weeks - although the UN mission is to last more than six years. A deployment agreement with the United Nations, so that visas are no longer required, is also being blocked.
Moreover, apparently, other countries do not keep their promises they gave to the United Nations either: instead of the planned 10,000 soldiers, the world organization has so far only 1,500 troops available.
The Blue Helmets are to secure a peace agreement that was signed between Khartoum and the rebels in the south after 21 years of civil war.
After a meeting with UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan in New York, Struck wants to decide at the end of June whether to stop the Sudan operation.
Germany already has 7,500 soldiers serving on missions overseas, with the largest contingents in Afghanistan and the Balkans.
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Note, perhaps Khartoum are afraid of this:
June 6 Deutsche Welle report Preparing Germany's Military for War report. And this:
EU may send peacekeeping force to Darfur
Copy of Financial Times report by Guy Dinmore and Hubert Wetzel in Washington, and Daniel Dombey in Vilnius, April 21 2005:
UK, French and German forces could be sent to stop the violence in Sudan's region of Darfur as part of a European Union peacekeeping mission -- that is one of several ideas to be discussed by EU foreign ministers next week, officials said on Thursday.
The proposed EU peacekeeping force, which would be the second sent to Africa, would support an African Union observer mission made up largely of Nigerian and Rwandan troops who are already in the region, although in too small numbers to have any real impact.


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Here at Eureeca we are constantly looking at new ways to improve deal flow by offering both our entrepreneurs and investors a safe and secure channel of communication and a robust yet flexible platform for doing business. Listening carefully to our clients feedback is key to improving our product offering in a way that benefits our entire equity crowdfunding ecosystem. With entrepreneurs increasingly looking for new ways to qualify investors and protect their intellectual property, we have launched a new exclusive deal type never seen before on Eureeca – the Confidential Raise.
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Kick-starting our Success Stories series is Raya Mamarbachi whose unique digital arts platform Artscoops, has seen tremendous growth since successfully raising funds on Eureeca over a year ago.
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Meet Malaysia's leading urban apparel retailer, Major Drop, who are giving young people and millennials in Southeast Asia, and all around the world, a platform to truly express themselves.
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The equity crowdfunding industry is constantly evolving and appears to be at a turning point where we would expect to be seeing returns and exits to the crowd. Up until now we were operating in unknown territory and a lot of what we forecast was based on similar markets. However, now we can anticipate the emergence of transparent and quantifiable statistics about the industry.
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Cabture, the innovative Amsterdam-based ad-tech company who are almost 50% funded on Eureeca, have added a distinctive dynamic to riding taxis as well as creating a truly engaging taxi experience for all.
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After a long night and post a result that shocked the world and the financial markets , where the complete unexpected 'black swan' event took place, and post the dust settling somewhat. We thought we would share with our dear subscribers our views and how we see this would translate into the markets that we operate in.
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The 2016 Eureeca Pitch Night calendar started off with a bang last week in Dubai with our spring edition, entitled Healthy Living & Cleantech . The event featured pitches from three businesses, either raising or soon to be raising on Eureeca, from a number of promising growth sectors including cleantech, healthcare, corporate wellness, and the Internet of Things (IoT).
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Amelia White, who will be playing at Off Broadway with Sam Knutson on Sunday, is an enveloping singer and a prolific songwriter (she runs her own small song publishing company and has co-written for artists like Tony Furtado, Anne McCue, Molly Thomas, Stephanie Schneiderman, and Tom Kimmel). And she brings up the Neil Young/Taylor Swift thing as more of an art/commerce ideological split than anything else, and in that way, she says, "I consider myself more in the Neil Young camp, and then there's the Taylor Swift camp." And then she laughs. Listen to the title track from her most recent album, Motorcycle Dream, below.
Motorcycle Dream by Amelia White
This will not be White's first stop at Off Broadway. "I love that venue. I feel like Steve [Pohlman, owner] has just been really supportive," she says. "When you tour a lot, you can just tell right away when you walk into a venue where they care. And the owner just listens to your set and says, 'Oh my gosh I love that fourth song.' I just think they care about the music."
White's next album, Beautiful and Wild, won't be out until early 2012, but it is very much in the works right now. Marco Giovino, who plays drums with Robert Plant, is producing the album -- he's been playing with White for ten years. He's attracted an impressive collection of guest artists for Wild, including A.J. Croce and the McCrary sisters.
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AT&T has developed a novel way to add speech-recognition to iPhone apps using AT&T's WATSON speech recognition engine. Called Speech Mashups, it works by running the speech recognition on a server and accessing it via standard web protocols. The method can provide control via voice commands or replace typing for text input. AppleInsider has an interesting video demonstration showing integration with YellowPages.com.
The upside is that the method requires no plug-ins, hacking, or software installs. The downside is that it only works with web-based apps or apps that make connections over the network. And, the network connection must be speedy enough or the speech recognition won't work. Unfortunately, the solution doesn't address one of the most requested iPhone features, voice dialing, though it seems possible an app could be made to enable it for select contacts. It's better than no speech-recognition at all, which is what the iPhone has now, but until AT&T moves Speech Mashups outside the lab, we're still left waiting for Apple to add voice dialing or speech control. Maybe we'll see it in iPhone OS 3.0?


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Jim Martin's column on "segregation" at CU ironically makes the point behind giving students of color a choice of living arrangements ("CU should not follow segregation model," Daily Camera, June 1). His expectation that they be placed in housing with 90 percent white students in order to educate the cross-culturally ignorant majority beautifully demonstrates why students of color might be at extra risk of failing at CU in their first years. If "minority" students, as a condition of admittance, are expected to teach their peers how to live with someone of a different culture, then they should probably be paid for their services to their underschooled neighbors. It is taxing work, it directly competes with their focus on their studies, and under Jim Martin's regime, it is a condition of admittance to the university, since all freshmen must live in the dorms.
I understand the desire to increase society's capacity for multicultural competence and comity. What I don't see is effective effort to inculcate the kind of inclusive mindset in majority students that would make mixed housing more attractive to minority students than segregated housing. Just like in the organizational sphere, we can bump up the numbers, but when employees and bosses continue to operate with unconscious bias that verges on abusiveness, we can't expect minorities to achieve the same "effortless success" as their majority peers, much less stick around any longer than they have to in that taxing atmosphere.
For some, a "safe haven" living space may be a desirable way to reduce that tax. I say, let's give it a trial for a fixed period and see what the impacts are — real research on applications, admissions, GPA, sense of safety and inclusion on campus, etc. Then we can have a discussion based on outcomes, rather than on emotional or political reactions.
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An £8 million venture capital injection two-and-a-halfyears ago gave UK consumer event organiser,Brand Events, the means to kick-start a globalexpansion strategy. Since then, the company has grownfrom five UK-based shows to 25 globally, and increasedturnover from £6m to £30m. Its ultimate objective is to tapinto people's passions with an experience they are willingto pay for, its MD Chris Hughes said. "Other people say we're a consumer show organiser, butwe're actually narrower than that and focus just onconsumer passions. We look at subjects people are deeplyengaged in," he said. Brand explorationToday, Brand Events' most iconic events are Taste and TopGear Live, while new additions in the past year areMasterchef Australia and the Golf Live show. The companyis working to find new audiences for each brand throughoutEurope, the US and Asia.Hughes said Brand Events' ability to compete globallycame through treating events as formats, then identifyingplaces where the structure could take hold successfully.Outside its London headquarters, Brand Events has jointventured or launched six additional offices: Australia, NewZealand, South Africa, Ireland, Holland and Italy, and isbuilding a presence in Hong Kong."In the main, we've done this by finding small,entrepreneurial partners that want to run our events in theircountry," Hughes explained. "We put half or more of themoney in, and start a business with them. "We have bought out or taken control of four of them sofar. What we're trying to do is operate a controlling stake ora Brand Events company in a country." It is working to extend Top Gear into these new countries,and work the high-profile brand into different event styles.The first Top Gear Festival is scheduled in South Africa inMarch, and will see 250 cars, racing drivers, celebritiesand rock bands combined in a single festival. More TopGear UK events are also on the cards."You'll still be able to see the Top Gear guys do their show,but there'll be lots of other things on track and in theatres,"Hughes said. "What we're trying to do is build out andcreate car heaven for the Top Gear fan." Taste is also being utilised to appeal to internationalconsumers. One surprising success was the launch ofTaste in Milan through ex-staff member Silvia Dorigo.Hughes said Dorigo's local knowledge, coupled with thestrong reputation of Taste through the food industry,overcame any language barriers and concerns that a well-respected food city wouldn't embrace the brand."Milan has unlocked our thinking because we now think itworks in Europe," Hughes continued. "We are now thinkingFeature| Exhibition World24| January 2011| THE MAGAZINE FOR THE GLOBAL EXHIBITION COMMUNITY WWW.EXHIBITION-WORLD.NETBrand Events has set its sights firmly on becoming a significant consumer eventsplayer outside of the UK. Founder and MD Chris Hughestalks to Nadia Cameronabout his plans for global domination.Top Gear LiveGrowing internationallyChris Hughes
Exhibition World | FeatureTHE MAGAZINE FOR THE GLOBAL EXHIBITION COMMUNITY WWW.EXHIBITION-WORLD.NET25in the next three or four years, we can go to 40 or 50 cities.We are about to establish a big rollout programme for Tastebecause it works in modern, sophisticated cities and thereare lots of those." Show expansionGiven the operational infrastructure Brand Events now has, itis also important to build up its portfolio of events from threeor four shows to seven or eight in each city, Hughes said.The newest show candidate is Golf Live, an interactiveevent launched in partnership with global sports mediaproducer, IMG. Hughes said the show will appeal to maturemarkets like the US, as well as areas where interest in golfis just starting to explode, such as Asia."The idea of Golf Show Live is professional golfersproviding 2-3 days of interactive entertainment andteaching for golf fans, plus an exhibition, and it's all on agolf course," Hughes said. "It's a hybrid between a golftournament and an exhibition. A golf course is prepared topay us to take our travelling experience to their clubbecause it gives them prestige. That's quite a long wayfrom renting an exhibition hall. "What our attendees like is that we bring an entertainment-type experience to their world. We think we've come up witha traditional Brand Events hit, which is a format in a sexysubject that no one thought you could do." Hughes agreed there are plenty of established golf showsbut argued most were concerned about selling product. "If you delve into the events, you'll find a lot of the top-tierbrands stay away from them because they see it as adiscount show; the players might turn up but you don't getto see them actually playing on a golf course; and you can'thit a golf ball except into a net. We are inventing a newformat for a traditional subject," he claimed. "It's the same with Taste - everyone said we wouldn't beable to persuade fancy UK chefs to cook in a park, but wedid and it's now an accepted concept. When we said we'ddo a motor show where you sit down and everything movesaround you, people thought it'd be cool but difficult to do."Stretching the limitSuch substantial expansion plans, even with well-knownand respected brands, are not without challenges. Hughessaid the rate of its success will come down to people,money and ideas. "The speed with which we can build in more countries isabout finding managers, or growing them. That's thehardest thing," he claimed. "The second is money. We are still a small privatebusiness so we haven't had the luxury of a huge pot ofmoney to spend."I'd say we've always found ideas to be the easiest part. It'squite easy to see what people are interested in and what's agood day out. The hard bit is making money out of it, but wehave always found it easy to think of good days out thatpeople will pay to go to, and worked backwards." Hughes is confident Brand Events can continue building aglobal empire as long as it retains its format-like approach."We have spent a huge amount of time, effort and moneybuilding the infrastructure of businesses. We are now goingback to what used to be our core focus, which is launchingnew shows," he said. | January 2011|Hughes shares his thoughts on broader exhibition industry trends.On the celebrity factor:In the main, celebrity and talent are parts of a consumersubject. The best golfers in the world for example are partof the best golfing events. The chefs of Australia are animportant part of Masterchef Australia, and this is also trueof Taste. Sometimes talent becomes so synonymous witha property, it becomes fundamental to it. This is why we'rein business with Top Gear - we're not just renting thebrand, we're partners in a business long-term. But you wouldn't want to build your whole businessaround people's fame - it has to be about their passions.At our heart, we're trying to serve a passion for great cars,or passion for food.On joint ventures:Joint ventures certainly speed things up massively. Theyare a very effective way of arriving fast in a place - it'slike going to a city and having a tour guide, rather thanbeing done over by the local taxi driver. It means youalso launch an idea faster because you've gotmanagement in place and other people's capital to tapinto. But as we get bigger, we start to become morecentrally run and think more about the culture of ourbusiness and family worldwide. Overall, partnership is great, but it doesn't necessarily lastforever. One or two joint ventures haven't worked becausethere wasn't enough collaboration, communication or trust.On revenue streams:With Taste, we have five revenue streams: stands,sponsorship, hospitality, tickets and currency [the sale offood]. It's more complicated than selling stands, but it'sworth doing. One of the things tradeshow organisers don'tlike about consumer shows is that, because you're moregate-dependent, it's more risky. The more you invent greatexperiences, the more you can charge for a ticket; the moreyou charge for a ticket, the more risky your gate model is.That means your ups and downs are more extreme. One thing I have had to learn more about is forecasting.If you are running 25 shows, you need to know in whichcountry your money is going to be when. And forecastingconsumer ticket sales can be a dicey act. But if you havethings going in enough markets, you get surprise bonusesand you get windfalls."


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The Republican Liberty Caucus is a national 527 voluntary grassroots membership organization dedicated to working within the Republican Party to advance the principles of individual rights, limited government and free markets. Founded in 1991, it is the oldest continuously-operating organization within the Liberty Republican movement.
The RLC of Florida was chartered in 2004, and was divided into eight regions at the 2009 Biennial State Convention: North West, North Central, North East, West Central, East Central, South West, South and South East, as shown on the map below.
The RLCof Florida is governed by a 15 person board. Each Regional Chair has a seat on the state board.
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SOURCE: IZEA, Inc.
January 27, 2014 08:00 ET
All Five Blue Calypso Patents Under Review by Patent Trial and Appeal Board
All Five Blue Calypso Patents Under Review by Patent Trial and Appeal Board
ORLANDO, FL--(Marketwired - Jan 27, 2014) - IZEA, Inc. (OTCQB: IZEA), a pioneer of Social Sponsorship, today announced that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB or Board) has expanded the Covered Business Method Review (CBMR) to all five of the patents Blue Calypso has asserted against IZEA and other defendants Groupon, Foursquare and Yelp.
On Monday, December 16, 2013, the PTAB instituted a CBMR for three of the five patents asserted by Blue Calypso. On Friday, January 17, 2014, however, the PTAB made it a clean sweep and instituted review of Blue Calypso's remaining two asserted patents. These patents may not even be entitled to their claimed priority dates, thereby expanding the universe of prior art that can be used to challenge their validity. The PTAB also set an accelerated schedule for the most recent CBMRs, such that the Board can make its final determinations with respect to all CBMRs at the same time. The PTAB's final decision regarding all of the asserted patents is expected within eleven months, and Blue Calypso's litigation against IZEA has been stayed by the Court until resolution of the CBMRs.
"The Patent Office's recent actions make clear that these patents should never have been issued in the first place," said Ted Murphy, Founder and CEO of IZEA. "IZEA looks forward to the patent office's final decisions on the business method patent reviews and conclusion of the Blue Calypso litigation."
About IZEA
Founded in 2006, IZEA is the pioneer of Social Sponsorship. The company builds cloud-based marketplaces that connect brands with creators who blog, tweet, pin, and post on their behalf. Brands receive influential consumer content and engaging, shareable stories that drive awareness. Creators are compensated for their participation and partnership. For more information about IZEA, visit http://corp.izea.com.
Safe Harbor Statement
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These forward-looking statements are based largely on IZEA's expectations and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, certain of which are beyond IZEA's control. Actual results could differ materially from these forward-looking statements as a result of, among other factors, competitive conditions in the Sponsored Social segment in which IZEA operates, failure to popularize one or more of the marketplace platforms of IZEA, inability to obtain additional capital, and changing economic conditions that are less favorable than expected. In light of these risks and uncertainties, there can be no assurance that the forward-looking information contained in this release will in fact occur. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and IZEA does not undertake to update such statements other than as required by law. Please read the full statement and disclosures here: http://corp.izea.com/safe-harbor-statement
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Executive Director of Resources/Deputy Chief Executive, NHS Improvement
Bob Alexander
Bob was previously Chief Executive of the NHS Trust Development Authority (TDA), the organisation which was responsible for providing leadership and support to NHS trusts and whose responsibilities transferred to NHS Improvement on 1 April 2016. Before this, he served as Director of Finance at TDA. He joined TDA at its beginning in 2012.
Prior to joining TDA, Bob was the Finance Director of NHS South of England and the Director of NHS Finance at the Department of Health from 2007. There he led on NHS financial policy and performance as well as being responsible for the national tariff programme and finance issues underpinning the Health Reform Programme. Bob re-entered the NHS as a strategic health authority (SHA) Finance Director from 2002 to 2007, first with Kent and Medway SHA, then with South East Coast SHA.
Previous to this he held senior financial positions in both the public and private sectors. He is CIPFA qualified.
Executive Director of Resources/Deputy Chief Executive, NHS Improvement
From 1 April 2016, NHS Improvement brings together Monitor, NHS Trust Development Authority, Patient Safety, the National Reporting and Learning System, the Advancing Change Team and the Intensive Support Teams.
NHS Improvement is responsible for overseeing foundation trusts and NHS trusts, as well as independent providers that provide NHS-funded care. It offers the support these providers need to give patients consistently safe, high quality, compassionate care within local health systems that are financially sustainable.
By holding providers to account and, where necessary, intervening, NHS Improvement will help the NHS to meet its short-term challenges and secure its future.


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Alpha Pulse (IVY6)
Basic Specifications
|INTEL Core i7 3770K (Free 9700K) - 6+12 Cores
Overclocked By Corsair H100 Water To 5Ghz
|ASUS P8Z77-V (Free Upgrade PRIME Z370-P II)
|CRUCIAL 16GB DDR3 1866Mhz
(Free Upgrade DDR4 3200Mhz)
|CRUCIAL SSD 128GB M4 SATA3 - 6Gb/s
SEAGATE HDD 2TB SATA3 - 6Gb/s
|NVIDIA GTX670 2GB Graphics
(Free Upgrade GTX1060 3GB)
|FSP 750W Silver Certified
|Microsoft Windows 10, 8.1 Or 7
The Palicomp Alpha Pulse, getting 8/10 from a rigorous review in KitGuru this was awarded the 'Worth Buying' award. It was originally reviewed with the older Intel Ivybridge, so we are now giving you a free upgrade to the latest Coffee Lake Intel i7 9700K processor and we have kept the overclock at a piercing 5Ghz to give you another boost in performance ensuring all cores are running at the higher clock speed. To achieve this we will also be giving a free upgrade from the Z77 Chipset motherboard to the latest on offer being the Z370 chipset. With an insane 16GB of RAM at 3200Mhz speed you will find this very responsive in the most demanding software and games. The combination of the 128GB SSD and a 2TB Sata3 HDD this system gives you outstanding performance. The older 6 Series generation of the NVIDIA graphics card has been upgraded to the GTX1060 3GB. Thermaltake's full-tower series has proven itself to be a solid platform for any enthusiast's build. With plenty of room to fit hardware and lots cooling power, the Overseer will handle your gaming component storage needs for years to come and has a convenient hard drive dock for hot swapping and data transfer. A Samsung 24X DVD+/-RW drive included to take care of all reading and burning needs for CD's and DVD's. Supplied with Windows 10, 8.1 or 7 64Bit fully installed as standard ready to go out of the box and the disc is provided for future re-installations.
Ideal for: High Gaming / Home Entertainment/ Office use
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AMD CrossFireX™ Technology
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|PIONEER 12X BluRay ReWriter
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Computation: interaction with other taxes: IT: example
Mr R buys a picture for £100,000. He pays £5,000 to have it restored and reframed. At a cost of £10,000 he equips a room having controlled temperature and humidity for the preservation of the picture and fitted with suitable security devices. If Mr R then disposes of the picture, in computing the chargeable gain or allowable loss on the disposal:
- the cost of restoring and reframing the picture is allowable expenditure
- the cost of equipping the room, although capital expenditure incurred solely for the purpose of preserving the picture, is not allowable expenditure because it is not incurred on the asset
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We share a Chinese tutor with the girls' friends M. & M. They give the tutor, Lucy, a ride to their house and we meet there, and then we give Lucy a ride home. The girls really like Lucy, and show off for her by singing songs in Chinese the whole drive. I enjoy talking with her because she's very funny and I learn a lot about her life in China and her impressions of life in the U.S. She's trying to find a home for a stray cat she and her husband took in, and her best sales pitch includes the fact that the cat speaks Chinese! She and her husband came to the U.S. for his studies, and they are pretty young.
Lucy has always asked us to just drop her at the entrance to her apartment complex instead of driving her in to her apartment. But this Thursday it was so cold and so dark, I insisted on driving her directly to her building.
After we dropped her off, Zoe said to me, "It's like she's our older sister! She's Chinese like us and you said 'it's too cold and dark' just like she's our sister, like maybe she's in college and has her own apartment."
I had to laugh and say, "No, I'm just bossy!"
But the immediacy of Zoe's connection to sisterhood struck me, an affirmation of the importance of knowing adult Chinese as the Evan B. Donaldson report says.
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Microsoft sends word that this week's pair of Xbox Live Arcade releases will be addictive RPG puzzler Puzzle Quest and advert game Yaris (which has everything to do with the motor).
Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords, we're told, is the cheapest version yet of the ultra-polished puzzle game, and should already be drawing in the certain journalists inour office who play the DS version in the pub, instead of being sociable or looking at pretty girls.
The XBLA version sports a single-player campaign mode and offline multiplayer bouts. It's yours for 1200 points - well worth the price if you know how addictive it is.
Yaris meanwhile is a Toyota advert game that we know bugger all about. It's probably going to be rubbish but we're not complaining - free Achievements!
Read more about Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords onXbox.com.
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I went to the races at The Gold Coast Turf Club on Saturday with some work collegues. I don't go to the races and don't even know how to place a bet but when you get given the tickets to the Member's Stand it gives you a good excuse to dress up. We had a great day and I even got a place in 6 out of 8 races and got 2 first places. Don't worry it won't turn be into a gambler as I only will bet small amounts so still spent $10 more than I won. I work too had to waste my hard earned money. 6 hours later and 6 bottles of champagene later (between 6 of us) and a few wins we went home. A great fun day was had by all.
As you can see I haven't done much sewing lately. I'm been spending too much time working and socialising. I have nearly finished a quilt top which I will show you when it's finished, hopefully this week.
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We started with a poem by Joseph T. Renaldi, Gratefulness, here is an extract:
I am grateful for the eyes that I can see
the activities that can be done by me.
I am grateful for the ears that I may hear
the sobbing of those who need me near.
I am grateful for the lips that I might speak
words of comfort and peace to all who seek.
I am grateful for a mind that I might know how to aid those who need me so.
Full poem is available here
The format was to focus on each of the 5 senses, so we used our listening, our seeing, our taste, smell and touch to write what the Hope Cafe gave to each.Some of the great responses are here:
What do you see here?
Friendliness, dedication, light;
I see different people all pulled together; sharing health, stories and friendship;
sharing good things
A nice group of people getting me out and about. People chattin', laughin';
Cheerful people seeing the same as me.
What do you hear in this place?…
People talking, laughter;
voices, door opening and shutting;
What do you taste here?…
Irn Bru;
Coffee – bitter, chocolate – sweetness.
What do you smell here?…
What do you touch here?…
Empathy, someone to listen , to take time, is valid in every way;
We can touch life together and feel it flowing around us.
I love the way some senses mingled with others, especially touch, which showed the open-hearted approach in The Hope Cafe.We all touch each other's hearts.
I shared my own poem, 'After Mum's Stroke' -describing how grateful I felt about caring for my mum. We moved on to write on the thoughts and emotions that we have about the Hope Cafe –
What do you think about this place?
It is so unique;
I think it is a brave place – in an uncertain life, there was no guarantee it would work out.
I think it is a good place.
I think Hope Cafe is a wonderful place where no one judges you and I feel accepted.
Hope Cafe is a lifeline.
What do you feel about this place?
I feel I am at home.
It is comfortable and friendly.
I am thankful it is near to my town.
Socialising – feels a relief to know I can go any time without any pressure. I feel I can say what I feel to volunteers and it is a release.
I feel it's a very worthwhile meeting place and I enjoy coming and socialising and of course the expressive writing!
Then we explored objects for each of the senses:
– a story called 'Oor Street' by Margaret Boyce.This was written in the voice of a wee lassie, and wis fun to read and share oor ain memories.It is in The Scottish Book Trust 2014 book Stories of Home
"A take ma gob stopper oot ma mooth, an A wonner if ma tongue's blue noo. A stick it oot as for as A kin, but A canny see it. Wiping ma sticky hauns doon the back a ma bran new pink shorts, A look roun tae see if anybidy's watching. A feel guilty. Ma daddy always tells me no tae clean ma hauns on ma claithes. Eh says it's no lady-like. Black tar fae the melting pavement oozes up the side a ma white sandal an onti ma clean white soak. A try to wipe it off oan the grass – but ma soak's streaked green an black noo…"
-Dr. Seuss picture book, I Can Lick Fifty Tigers Today a fun story too!Made us smile.
Best line "I can lick one mighty tiger today…".More Dr. Seuss here
Mango bits, coconut…
Lavender oil, a rose, basil leaves and mint leaves.
A wee soft leprechaun, a wooden goblet, a twig.
The writers had a lot of thoughtful pieces and some will be used for the coming booklet.Here is one gorgeous example:
Donna 2
Oh to indulge,
on such wonderful things created for my pleasure;
made perfectly.
It's truly a gift.
No money exchanged would I depart,
for this awesome beauty all surrounding me
makes my heart skip a beat;
Calm, peace, serenity endures.
Thanks, Donna!
We felt grateful for two new faces and voices today, and as usual, I felt happy and buzzin' at the end.


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I haven't written an update for quite a while on my case, but I guess that's because there really was never anything to update since June 4, when they testified the charges they won't weren't real, didn't happen and even denied writing the reports that were used all over main stream media to slander me.
Well, there finally is an update, well somewhat...
I filed a motion to fire the public defender they appointed, on the grounds that he hadn't called me back even once or talked with me about the case even once. In fact the last time I saw him in the court house November 4, 2010, he told me he still hadn't even looked at the case.
So here we are with a trial scheduled for February 14, after over 9 months and he still hasn't looked at the case? I mean I know they are busy and get way over loaded with all the false charges Prosecutor Merrell likes to bring about on his citizens.
Here's a scary little side note:
The national average for the prison and correction population is 1 in 100...which is obviously way too high in this so called free country knowing that MOST people behind bars never even committed a REAL crime as defined by their laws, but here in Taney County, it's 1 in 32!!!
WOW! So we have a 300% higher concentration of those behind bars here in this tiny little peaceful county...hmmmm....something reeks. Never mind the sex trafficking rings here that NEVER get investigated and when someone does say something, or a good cop does try to look in to it, he gets fired or also ends up in the Landing, like the rest of the disposable females they bring in here from all over the world to fill all their jobs during the season.
I'm not saying ALL people that work here are being trafficked, but there is a very high percentage of them that are and I have met and talked with them!!! I have even talked with police officers that were fired for asking their superiors to look in to it. It's funny, when one things of Branson, they think Bible Belt, everyone worships God and they must be good Christians and since there aren't any reports or investigations into the mob here trafficking these woman, that there is no crime! LMAO Funny how that works. Meanwhile home schoolers and ex girlfriends of cops, single mothers are losing their children and being put behind bars for the rest of their lives and their lawyers can't seem to do a thing about it...YEAH RIGHT!
I'm sorry, but I think I can speak for myself much better than a stranger can, presenting me to 12 more strangers and a dude in a dress! I know I'm not a lawyer and don't know their process, their language or their procedures, but how on earth could I sit back and let someone who works for them speak for me??? Isn't that a conflict of interest to begin with? I still don't even understand the charges and the lawyer never explained it to me! I guess I was under the assumption that I supposedly tied up my children and locked them out of the house, then they changed it and I locked them in...never mind the fact that they denied writing these reports or making these claims in the family court on June 4 which they still won't give me transcripts too. I wonder how judge Justus felt when he had them on the stand testifying that there was NO ABUSE??? We all know you are doing your job Justus, but you also much know we will do ours and expose you till you are off the bench. Why is it that everyone is afraid to run against him in the first place? He has had this seat I believe 22-24 years and NO ONE RUNS AGAINST HIM? Well, I think it will be easy to get someone to run against you next time buddy, especially when they all find out that YOU STEAL CHILDREN!
Getting back to the charges...a simple google search showed me the actual text of what is in the statutory codes they are charging me with:
Here is the text of the actual charges...
next one: (resisting arrest) I guess that's what they call it when you get beat up by a cop who walks in to your house without a warrant or charges to steal your children at gunpoint.
The removed the original charges here:
These are 4 of the charges: (2 counts each child)
[quote]"In Missouri, a Class C Felony is a crime that carries a punishment of up to 7 years imprisonment... and RSMo 568.060 is a citation to a Missouri Statute defining this offense:
1. A person commits the crime of abuse of a child if such person:
(1) Knowingly inflicts cruel and inhuman punishment upon a child less than seventeen years old; or
(2) Photographs or films a child less than eighteen years old engaging in a prohibited sexual act or in the simulation of such an act or who causes or knowingly permits a child to engage in a prohibited sexual act or in the simulation of such an act for the purpose of photographing or filming the act.
2. As used in this section "prohibited sexual act" means any of the following, whether performed or engaged in either with any other person or alone: sexual or anal intercourse, masturbation, bestiality, sadism, masochism, fetishism, fellatio, cunnilingus, any other sexual activity or nudity, if such nudity is to be depicted for the purpose of sexual stimulation or gratification of any individual who may view such depiction.
3. Abuse of a child is a class C felony, unless:
(1) In the course thereof the person inflicts serious emotional injury on the child, or the offense is committed as part of a ritual or ceremony in which case the crime is a class B felony; or
(2) A child dies as a result of injuries sustained from conduct chargeable pursuant to the provisions of this section, in which case the crime is a class A felony.
4. As used in this section, the word "fetishism" means a condition in which erotic feelings are excited by an object or body part whose presence is psychologically necessary for sexual stimulation or gratification."[/quote]
next 2:
[quote]"Endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree, penalties.
568.045. 1. A person commits the crime of endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree if:
(1) The person knowingly acts in a manner that creates a substantial risk to the life, body, or health of a child less than seventeen years old; or
(2) The person knowingly engages in sexual conduct with a person under the age of seventeen years over whom the person is a parent, guardian, or otherwise charged with the care and custody;
(3) The person knowingly encourages, aids or causes a child less than seventeen years of age to engage in any conduct which violates the provisions of chapter 195;
(4) Such person enlists the aid, either through payment or coercion, of a person less than seventeen years of age to unlawfully manufacture, compound, produce, prepare, sell, transport, test or analyze amphetamine or methamphetamine or any of their analogues, or to obtain any material used to manufacture, compound, produce, prepare, test or analyze amphetamine or methamphetamine or any of their analogues; or
(5) Such person, in the presence of a person less than seventeen years of age or in a residence where a person less than seventeen years of age resides, unlawfully manufactures, or attempts to manufacture compounds, possesses, produces, prepares, sells, transports, tests or analyzes amphetamine or methamphetamine or any of their analogues.
2. Endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree is a class C felony unless the offense is committed as part of a ritual or ceremony, or except on a second or subsequent offense, in which case the crime is a class B felony.
3. This section shall be known as "Hope's Law". "[/quote]
So, I filed the motion last week, although I haven't heard their response yet. I'm new to this court system and all their laws and procedures so it really was frustrating that this lawyer that was appointed put me off for over 9 months, while my children got sent out of state without due process and a trial! At least now maybe we can make some headway!
I figured the next step would be to file a motion for reset since 2.5 weeks is hardly enough time for me to prepare for a trial being that my representation misled me and left me hanging.
I now am ready to present my motion for discovery and and injunction on the court that the family court not proceed anymore until it is looked at and I am heard on these criminal charges since that is the reason they are using for sending my children away.
I have a feeling they are going to have a real hard time answering this, being that I already know what evidence they have and where they go it!
Boy oh boy, I can't wait to depose these people! :-)
And I can't wait to see prosecutor Jeff Merrells face when the jury sees that he did all this illegally and without due process.
I guess he forgets these jurors vote for him...?
As far as the family court goes, I hear they are going to give full custody to the dead beats who forgot they had children and never called me, sent birthday cards or Christmas cards, etc in February, BEFORE I even get to face these bogus charges. The lawyer they appointed in that court AFTER they sent my children out of state told me he doesn't want to waste any time on this for me because with 7 felonies I will never get my children back. That was right after he told me I have no rights and lost them along the way somewhere...hmmm another surprise for me.
To his benefit, at least he is the only one that does return my calls, unlike the worker Rebecca Pagent who didn't return my calls for 4 months, but I mean really...what's the point if none of them want to do anything?
PS I have the phone calls recorded and they WILL be posted soon so you can hear this with your own eyes! As well as the recorded PROOF that Merrell and others got their information about me from my stalkers. :-)
Sleep well little boys...
Sunday, January 23, 2011
I haven't written an update for quite a while on my case, but I guess that's because there really was never anything to update since June 4, when they testified the charges they won't weren't real, didn't happen and even denied writing the reports that were used all over main stream media to slander me.
Posted by ChristieAphrodite at 11:29 PM
Labels: child abuse, christie aphrodite, christie czajkowski, cps, false charges, james justus, jeff merrell, kidnapping, taney county


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Prag Cap - The Third Depression
I was going to post these two links yesterday, but I wasn't feeling well (perhaps because I read them). I believe Hussman's post is a must read for everyone.
Whether these individuals are right is not really the point, the point is to be prepared because the probability they are right is very high. Whether the markets recover from this point or continue to crash, what is clear is that the US and the world have not chosen wisely and they will be forced to pay the price at some point. We failed to bite the bullet last time around and endure the short term pain necessary to correct the excess, thus we will have to do so at some point in the future and it will hurt more.
Sorry if this feels like piling on, I swear I'm not a pessimist. I'd still be willing to buy stocks even during market turmoil if they were priced right (of course its not exactly easy to know when they are priced right).
I think one fear that is in the market now is that of another hedge fund/bank blow up from unexpected lower interest rates (which is not unexpected but predicted by many, including myself). You see, many big investors have been betting on inflation and thus a run-up in interest rates, this hasn't happen and is probably causing big losses which could lead to short squeezes or illiquidity.
Fun times.
Scott Dauenhauer CFP, MSFP, AIF


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Watch Kendrick Lamar Freestyles For GQGQ releases a video of the behind-the-scenes for Kendrick Lamar's photo shoot with the magazine for his Rapper of the Year title, and Kendrick spits a little freestyle for them too.
Experience Kendrick Lamar Freestyles For GQ, a new offering from Kendrick Lamar, which was released on Wednesday, November 13th, 2013. Things are looking better for Kendrick Lamar with each new release, which Kendrick Lamar Freestyles For GQ has proven yet again. It's worthy addition to the impressive body of work Kendrick Lamar has been developing over the years. We're looking forward to hearing what's next.
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Searching for the daily accomplishment
As the day comes to an end I find myself needing to remember even the smallest accomplishment. I remember being in so much pain this morning, while at work, and how focusing on someone else's needs took my focus from pain that was almost debilitating. What a valuable lesson that was and I hope I can remember it for future life reference.


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The last few weeks I've been dabbling with iOS (the iPhone/iPod operating system) and building an iOS application. Well, it's just about done. It's a simple utility program that calculates standard atmospheric parameters (temperature, pressure, density, speed of sound) at any altitude. The numbers can be toggled between metric and Imperial (or English) units, and there's a nice little flipside view for additional information.
I've had it working on the iPhone simulator for a couple of weeks now, but I finally ponied up the cash to be an official developer and so I can load it on development devices, i.e. my own iPhone, iPad and iPod. So far it's just on the iPhone, but it works as I hoped and looks reasonably slick...
So there's a quick look at the icon, the front view and the flipside view (accessed by touching the little "i" button on the bottom right of the main view.
I'll let you know if and when it hits the app store (free!)
Meanwhile I'll be playing around with a few more ideas.


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Normal, Dry or Sensitive Skins
Gentle Toning Lotion: (normal to dry) 8 fl. oz. Using
the herbs of nature: Chamomile, Nettle, Yarrow, Coltsfoot,
Rosemary, Birch, Horsetail and Sage Extracts, in a purified
water form; Comfrey and Allantoin join with a mild Spearmint
Oil to sooth and heal delicate skin, while it helps to close pores
and remove soil after the Deep Pore Cleansing Creme has been
used. May be used, also, after All Purpose Cleanser.


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Wear It Pink
I made tho cake to raffle off at work to raise money for our office Wear It Pink day for Breat Cancer awareness, along with assorted pink cupcakes to sell as well. Money Raise was £417 just in our department.
All cakes were coloured pink inside too.
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I like it ;)


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Albert H. Vestal collection 1899-1932, bulk 1917-1932
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|Summary, etc.:
The bulk of the collection is invitations, programs, and announcements for social events in Washington, D.C. Other items include clippings related to Vestal's work in Congress; his diary and other materials from his trip to California and Alaska (1927); speeches; a record of assistance given to World War I veterans and their families in his congressional district; and a transcript of headlines made by Vestal during 1917.
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Materials relating to this collection may be found in the following collections in Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN: L384 Maude Vestal papers, 1920-1940
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Albert Henry Vestal was born on January 18, 1875, near Frankton, Madison County, Indiana. His parents were William and Mary (Jackson) Vestal. He taught for over six years in Nebraska and Indiana. On September 15, 1895, he married Madge Horn with whom he had two children, Vivian and Ralph. In 1896, he graduated from Valparaiso University, was admitted to the bar, and began practicing in Frankton, Indiana. After a short time in the office of Wood and Ellis, he formed his own partnership with James M. Farlow. His wife died on August 5, 1899. Vestal was remarried to Hulda Maude Malone on January 8, 1903. From 1900-1906, Vestal was prosecuting attorney of the 50th judicial circuit. After leaving this office, he practiced in Anderson, Indiana, at the firm Vestal and Van Nuys. He ran for U.S. Congress in 1908 and 1914 and was defeated in both races. He was finally elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1916 and served in the next eight Congresses (1917-1932). Vestal served as the majority whip from 1923-1932. He died on April 1, 1932, in Washington, D.C.Sources: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. 13 Apr. 2006. .Brandon, Rodney H. Who is Who in Anderson. Anderson, IN, 1908.Commemorative Biographical Record of Prominent and Representative Men of Indianapolis and Vicinity Containing Biographical Sketches of Business and Professional Men and of Many of the Early Settled Families. Chicago: J. H. Beers and Company, 1908.
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In Loving Memory of Merv Corning. Merv Passed Away on September 25th, 2006. We'll miss him. Creator of Esterline's Heritage of the Air Collection of WWI aviation paintings, Merv has been making realist art on a range of subjects close to his heart, from airplanes to automobiles, landscapes to portraits, since 1945.
"My dad and uncle owned a Waco open-cockpit biplane, and flying about in that airplane at the tender age of eight left an indelible impression indeed. I've flown many hours since those less complicated times, in all kinds of aircraft, but nothing will ever match the thrill of lifting off in that Waco. I remember the sound of wind in wire, the hot fuel and oil smells, the clattering engine noise and the lurching, swooping, sometime weightless feeling of flight." Corning has the gift of translating his feeling for his subject into paint. "My goal …is the marriage of the airplane, authentic in every detail, with the rich, sometimes scarred landscapes over which these young warriors flew. I place the viewer in the air, beside these beautiful ancient machines, to experience the sensation of flight…"
In addition to the 43 watercolors of heroic WWI pilots and planes he originally painted for Leach International (now a subsidiary of Esterline Corporation), Corning is equally well known for his portraits of players commissioned by the National Football League. As recently as 2003, he was presented the R. G. Smith Award for Excellence in Naval Aviation at the National Museum of Naval Aviation in Pensacola, Florida. Corning is currently creating the final watercolor in Esterline's Heritage of the Air series. That collection, along with a special display on "Merv Corning and the Artist's Process," will be exhibited at The Museum of Flight in Seattle, opening February 2, 2006.
Mervin Allen Corning, born June 16, 1926, in Santa Ana, California, joined the Merchant Marines at age 17 and remained in that service until the end of World War II. Though he had been drawing since childhood, he began his career as an illustrator for Kleer, a Bay Area drug company chain. In less than two years, Corning worked as an art director for L.C. Cole, a prominent San Francisco advertising agency. In 1949, he became the men's fashion artist for the Broadway Department Stores in Los Angeles. In 1953 Corning's versatility led him to Studio Artist Inc., a professional group of artists committed to providing a complete art service for advertising agencies and their clients, which included TWA, Lockheed, Ford-Mercury, Sunkist and North American. Starting as an illustrator, he became a partner and eventually president of the corporation.
It was during his tenure at Studio Artist that Leach International commissioned Corning to paint the Heritage of the Air series of WWI watercolors. What started as a set of four paintings to be used in a Leach ad campaign with Aviation Week and Space Technology magazine became, due to their enormous popularity, a series of 45 paintings that spanned a decade, from 1959 to 1970. (Since that time, two more of Corning's paintings have been added to the collection.) In 1965 Corning began a long association with the Automobile Club of Southern California, creating some 16 covers for their Westways magazine. The NFL first contacted Corning in 1966-67 for watercolor illustration work; their relationship would span 30 years, with Corning becoming the official National Football League Super Bowl artist in 1977. In 1968 Corning had his first one-man show at the Nut Tree Gallery in Vacaville, California.
Merv Corning retired from Studio Artist in 1969, devoting his time exclusively to fine art painting and commissions. His work has been extensively shown and collected worldwide: the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum, the U.S. Air Force Museum and Archives, the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., the Royal Air Force Museum in England, the National Museum of Naval Aviation in Pensacola, Peterson Automotive Museum in Los Angeles and the Football Hall of Fame, as well as a great number of galleries across the country. Corning is the recipient of many awards, including " The Dillon Lauritzen Memorial Award" (1975) from the Art Director's Club of Los Angeles for the best painting of the year, "Artist of the West Gold Medal Award" (1989) from the American Indian and Cowboy Artists and the previously mentioned "R.G. Smith Award for Excellence in Aviation Art" (2003) from the National Museum of Aviation Art. More than 65 publications, such as Life, Time, Reader's Digest, National Geographic, American Artist, Aviation, Aviation Heritage and Aviation History, have reproduced Merv Corning's artwork. His exploration of other art forms led to his handmade aircraft lithographs, which were published by Circle Fine Art Corporation.
Represented by Young's Gallery in Los Olivos, California, Merv Corning resided and continued to paint in Solvang, California until his death in 2006 at the age of 80.


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Georgetown team capsule
Georgetown (23-10)
COACH: John Thompson III, six years at Georgetown, seven years in NCAA Tournament
HOW THEY GOT IN: At-large bid
MATCHUP BREAKDOWN: Ohio came out of nowhere to win the MAC tournament, but that doesn't mean the Bobcats don't have NCAA Tournament experience. Armon Bassett played at Indiana when the Hoosiers were going to the NCAAs, and is the team's top player coming off a scorching week that was capped with him winning the MAC Tournament MVP award. D.J. Cooper had been struggling, but broke out of that with 23 points in the championship game and is another player to watch. The big question is how the Bobcats will match up with Greg Monroe underneath.
GO-TO GUYS: Georgetown relies on three players for most of its offense: Greg Monroe, Austin Freeman and Chris Wright. Monroe is the inside force, while Freeman leads the team in scoring. Wright has the quickness to distribute the ball and the shooting ability to put the ball in the net. Monroe is a solid passer and the team as a whole is eager to share the ball.
THEY'LL KEEP WINNING IF: The big three keep playing well. Monroe, Freeman and Wright are as talented a trio as there is in college basketball, and when all three are clicking the Hoyas can beat any team in the tournament. Part of that is Monroe staying out of foul trouble and another is Wright avoiding falling into a "live by the 3" mindset. Georgetown left NYC a confident team despite a gut-wrenching loss to West Virginia in the conference tournament championship game.
STRENGTHS: Georgetown is efficient on both ends of the court, holding 22 opponents to less than 45 percent from the field and shooting 49.9 percent on offense. The Hoyas are a matchup problem for opponents, since Greg Monroe is hard to guard with a single opponent, but can pass out of a double-team and find Austin Freeman and Chris Wright on the perimeter. An undisciplined team is going to find it hard to run its offense, or fight through the screens it needs to stop the team defensively.
WEAKNESSES: Think of Georgetown like a three-legged stool. If one of the legs breaks, everything topples. The Hoyas need Monroe, Freeman and Wright to play well, because apart from Jason Clark there isn't another scorer to replace them, and the three total 64 percent of the team's points. Freeman was diagnosed with diabetes late in the season, and although he looked fine at the Big East tournament the Hoyas need him on top of his game. When the Hoyas start to slide, they have a hard time snapping out of it, so jumping top of Georgetown early may shake their confidence.