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"The referendum funding is essential to maintain the quality of our schools, the quality of education for all of our children, and the fabric of our community. We strongly support it."
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" We must continue nurturing and supporting all of our children and giving them the ability to reach their potential and achieve their dreams. Investing in our future now will strengthnity and prevent us from larger payments later. Let's help to keep our public schools from crumbling. Its why I'm voting YES on April 4th for the referendum, and I hope you will too."Delores Holmes, 5th Ward Alderman
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There's a vital referendum on April 4th to solve the massive structural deficit facing our schools. A Springfield or DC bailout isn't coming, and the only option is to help ourselves.
In the last 10 years, we've welcomed nearly 1,500 new students, which costs $20 million annually. We will have a cumulative $112 million budget hole over the next 8 years. To make matters worse, Illinois ranks dead last nationally in state funding for public education.
Here's what could start happening next year: Class Sizes of 30+, Closing Schools, Forcing Kids Into Other Schools, Curriculum & Enrichment Programming Slashed, Multi-grade classrooms, No Free Full Day Kindergarten and Teachers Laid Off
We can't be the generation who lets our public schools fall apart. There is no plan B.
The average homeowner would pay $1.25 more per day (see here for property tax impact) to not only help continue the long standing tradition of our diverse and strong schools, but also protect our property values.
Every $1 increase per student in school funding leads to a $20 increase in a house's value.
We moved here 2 years ago from Chicago specifically for this incredible school system. My kids previously were in a CPS school with class sizes of 30 or more. I know this impacted their learning. They're now in much smaller classes with significantly enhanced support services, which will be threatened if this referendum doesn't pass. We have nowhere else to turn. Please vote YES for District 65 schools. Bringing 30 plus class sizes to Evanston would hurt our kids and our property values.
Our children had an outstanding experience in District 65. We're supporting the referendum to make sure the schools can continue to be outstanding for years to come.
My kids are both finished with school. I have no doubt that their current success in college and technical school is in large part due to the quality education they received in D65. I am committed to ensuring that all kids can have the same educational experience that mine had. I'm voting YES!
We must continue nurturing and supporting all of our children and giving them the ability to reach their potential and achieve their dreams. Investing in our future now will strengthen our community and prevent us from larger payments later. Let's help to keep our public schools from crumbling. Its why I'm voting YES on April 4th for the referendum, and I hope you will too.
We chose to move to Evanston for the community. A community that comes together when times are tough. The people who share the burden of raising children, getting older, losing jobs, and losing loved ones. The same people who together celebrate birthdays, babies, marriages, new careers and personal accomplishments. We do these things together because WE ARE EVANSTON. The future of our community is in our children. If we can't give them the education they deserve, our community has failed them. Now is the time for the community to show its true colors. Be proud of your Evanston - our Evanston - and vote YES to the referendum.
I moved to Evanston from Chicago specifically for the excellent public school system. My daughter has had incredible opportunities to learn and play music, act and discover other fine arts; she's played sports, excelled in academics and organizational skills and has received ample support from school staff who believe in teaching the whole child - from academics to social and emotional health. To lose any of these loving and necessary resources would make a profound impact and I would never want to compromise my daughters' academic and emotional progress. Therefore, I support the referendum and will do my part in ensuring that District 65 is able to continue operating at the level we've come to expect.
My wife and I relocated to Evanston because of the community and quality of education our children could receive. Lincolnwood elementary offers a wonderful school community, a diverse student body and class sizes that provide a great opportunity for our children to thrive. The fact that it sits right in the middle of a great neighborhood makes it even more special We cannot afford to let anything negatively impact this for our children!
We, in Evanston, have always been both fortunate and proud of the way in which we support our schools. Please vote "YES" on the school funding referendum to continue the progress we have made in improving student achievement through high quality schools. That is in the best interest of the students, their families, our homeowners, and the community.
Please vote yes!
The choice is a clear one to me, and I will be voting Yes in support of District 65 Schools to not only protect the education of my kids, but the ones coming behind them as well. Based on the meetings and presentations I've attended, it's clear the board has done all they can to prevent the need to go to referendum. As a community I hope we come together and make a strong stand on the continued importance of education.
Voting YES on the Referendum is the only option to preserve the high quality of D65 education our 2 children have experienced over the last 8 years, as well as to ensure continued gains in equitable outcomes for ALL children in Evanston. We applaud the D65 school board for doing everything in their power to avoid going to a referendum. The incremental property tax increase pales in comparison to increased class sizes to 30 and significant teacher layoffs. The fabric of this unique, dynamic community we cherish rests tremendously on our strong schools. Vote YES on April 4th without hesitation!
We chose Evanston for the community we knew we would find and be proud to be apart of. Not only have we found the best place to raise our family, but a place that has the diversity and values we want for EVERY child. If our schools fail, we have failed our children and every child in this community. We have one choice; to support District 65 with a YES vote on April 4.
The value of a high quality education cannot be overstated. Access to good public schools, with strong community support, is one of the primary reasons people choose to set roots in Evanston. This vote is a turning point for D65 and everyone who calls Evanston home. The responsibility to fund our schools is not a state problem. It's not a federal problem. It is first and foremost an Evanston problem. The community must not throw in the towel or kick the can down the road. We intend to do our part on April 4th and vote yes on the operating referendum.
District 65 provided a quality education for our three children, and we want future children to enjoy that same advantage of being well prepared for high school, college, and life.
I am a parent of three children in District 65 schools. I send them on the bus everyday knowing that they are being driven safely to caring teachers, trusting staff, and helpful resources at their school. I am voting for this referendum for my kids, and for the all the kids in this community that deserve the same.
My family and I moved to Evanston, primarily for the schools. Like many families, we lived in Chicago, but as soon as it came time to enroll our children in CPS pre-K, we saw the first hand the uncertainty children faced, largely in part due to inadequate decision making , fiscally and administratively. Our children should not suffer from the mistakes for others. Our children were reassigned, due to a consolidation, and if it were not for the pre-k teacher we would not have know until the Friday afternoon before the school year were to start. After moving to Evanston, and attending preschool, our children have thrived and blossomed. We moved here for the dedicated teachers and staff, and the opportunity to provide our children with the best resources for their development. In order to continue as a first class community, we must pay the minimal price to fix an antiquated system. This is our house, and we as a community need to take this step to get the finances in line.
I'm the product of great public schools, and I want my children to get a great public education too. The referendum will help keep Evanston schools strong.
I will vote YES on the District 65 Referendum. Our schools are facing a structural deficit, meaning that the budget is increasing (driven by an additional 1,500 students to educate and rising staffing costs) faster than property tax revenue growth, which is capped at CPI. (CPI, or the consumer price index, captures a large basket of goods, including food, clothing, housing, etc. It's not a great proxy for educational-cost increases, particularly with a growing student population.) Absent the approval of the referendum, our schools will face draconian cuts that will reduce the quality of education for our children and will, I believe, negatively impact our property values. With approval of the referendum, our schools will be able to operate and improve for the next eight years, even in the face of state and federal revenue cuts. Further, many of our school buildings are old and in need of repair. The referendum will permit capital investments. With the last round of collective bargaining, our teachers agreed to share in the burden of the school's financial difficulties. Truly, they are partners in this initiative.
I know that higher property taxes are a difficult ask for many. However, public education is an investment that I believe our community needs to make. We have a unique and wonderful school district. We need to support it financially to help it move forward.
We support this referendum because we want all Evanston students to continue to have access to the best that District 65 has to offer - outstanding classroom teachers, and also dedicated music, art, drama, PE, band/orchestra, and library teachers.
As a life long Evanstonian I fully support this referendum. Investment in our schools and our children are a necessary cost for our community. It is always far less expensive to invest in our schools and children than to remediate the problems that come from disenfranchised relationships with community later in life. Vote Yes on April 4!
It's so important to our schools - and community as a whole - that this pass. No one wants to pay more in taxes and it's a real burden for some, but negatively impacting how we educate kids K-8 is not the direction we want to head in. This is an investment in what we love about Evanston, in all the children here and in our future.
Our schools are one of the strongest pillars of our community. Though Greg and I do not have children, we are strong supporters of public education. We fully support this referendum.
D65 schools have served both of my children extremely well. They thrived in the elementary and middle schools and were well-prepared for ETHS and now college (for one). One particularly important aspect of the public schools for my kids was the wonderful music instruction they both received at Willard and then Haven. Beginning their instruments in 4th grade was key to a continued devotion to music education that has carried my younger son into ETHS and my older son through ETHS into college marching and concert bands. D65 schools are a pillar of the Evanston community and should be supported through this referendum.
Our children greatly benefited from many services in D65 outside of classroom instruction -- band, reading specialists, social work support. Without this referendum, such services will have to be radically cut. Their absence would have made the experience a much poorer one for our children and many others.
Our family has had two sons who've gone through D65 elementary and middle schools. They've had committed, thoughtful, bright teachers who've challenged them. Principals who set a strong culture of inclusiveness for the schools. The D65 school board has a strong leader and school board community members who want the best for ALL kids. I've brought our sons to speak in front of the school board and gotten involved because our schools are important. I want our schools to have the resources we need for music, arts, teachers, and classrooms that we must have to keep our excellence and our reputation high. I vote a strong YES.
I'm voting yes not only for my children but also for the neediest of children in our District. It is these kids that will be most affected if the referendum fails and the cuts go into place. We need to take a strong stand not only for our own, but for all the children in Evanston. This is a moral question that we are being asked to answer. Let's answer with a resounding yes! Yes, all of our kids do matter. We do, after all, belong to each other.
Even though the referendum is not, in itself, a matter that will come before the City Council, passage of the referendum will have a direct benefit for our local economy. I support our children, and I support the referendum, and I have said so publicly and often. The strength of our schools is a prime reason why people choose to live, invest and build in Evanston, so not only are our schools good for children and families, but their continued health is vital for the city to be able to expand its tax base. The referendum makes good sense all around!
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Hello and welcome,
Today I am entering Challenge #21 'Let's Celebrate' over at A Vintage Journey. Be sure to pop on over to see all the lovely work the DT have created.
The sponsor is Country View Crafts offering a 10 pound Voucher to one lucky winner.
Oops I forgot to add my Tim Influence: to add lots of grunge and I have also used Tim's Painted Industrial Technique on the star. The 12 Days of Christmas background stamp is from Kaszazz. I have added texture paste through a stencil over the top. I have also used Vintage Photo Distress Powder around the edges.
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Doctor Olaf van Schuler's Brain
by Kirsten Menger-Anderson
This fantastic debut by Kirsten Menger-Anderson is the best book I've read in the past few months. In addition to using language to potent effect, the author plays with an unusual format of linked short stories: each chapter delves into the life of a different member of the Steenwyck family tree starting in the 1600s and progressing to the modern day. By pursuing the medical profession, each generation carries on the legacy of the original patriarch, the doomed doctor Olaf van Schuler. Odd lore from the history of medicine (from phrenology to spontaneous combustion) adds to the rich story of the family's madness and passion.
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You don't have to break the bank, to express your love. Here are some fun activities to celebrate in style, for less.
Feast on a Prix Fixe Dinner
Open Table.com has an extensive list of Twin Cities restaurants offering set Valentine's Day dinners, often at a discount. EX: Bar Abilene – $45 for appetizer, dinner and dessert for two, plus two glasses of Prosecco.
TOP TIP 1: Call the restaurant to confirm the deal, the food being offered, and that they received your reservation. Don't just rely on a website.
TOP TIP 2: If you don't see a deal being offered at the restaurant you want to visit, call them. They may have a Valentine's Day special that's not being widely advertised. Or, they may put something together, just for you and your sweetie.
Snuggle up for a Movie
This Thursday night at the Mall of America is Horror for the Holidays! They show holiday-themed horror movies for just $5 a ticket. EX: Showing My Bloody Valentine 3D at 7:30 on the 13th.
For the non-horror movie lovers, the Theatre's Skybar will be offering drink deals and sweet treats from 6:30 to 8:30 on Valentine's Eve.
Check out Free Options Around the Cities
Carriage Rides in Stillwater, Friday and Saturday, from 4 to 8 PM. Check out the downtown area's Paint the Town Red celebration for deals from local vendors. /
Minnesota Institute of Arts, free to the public every day, from 10 AM to 9 PM. Check out their Institute of Hearts and place a heart next your favorite work of art this Thursday and Friday.


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Two that go together from Karen Glass in Consider This.
"The proper nourishment for a living mind -- the only thing which will allow the mind to reach its full potential is a diet of ideas ... appetizing and varied ..." pg 69
"Everything that a person learns becomes a part of himself, and as his character is formed, he recognizes that he is made up of those experiences he has had, the people he has met, the books he has read, and the things he has thought." pg 73


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Mt. Diablo Safety Measures
A great public dedication ceremony to celebrate fixes to dangerous conditions
It was exciting to gather on Mount Diablo, the majestic centerpiece of Senate District 7, to celebrate completion of the Mount Diablo State Park Road Safety Improvements project. Today's event was the culmination of the hard work and persistence of a small, but mighty group of determined park patrons who worked with park staff to improve safety for cyclists and motorists on Mount Diablo. I am honored to have partnered with Assemblywoman Catharine Baker to provide bi-partisan leadership to ensure that the safety measures were implemented in a timely manner.
Thank you to Dan Borenstein of the East Bay Times, whose thoughtful coverage moved me to take action; Al Kalin of Mount Diablo Cyclists for being a tireless advocate for the safety improvements and for providing the facts of the clear and present danger on the mountain; Town of Danville Mayor Karen Stepper, for her leadership and for sharing her and her daughter, Shannon's personal story; the staff and leadership at the CA State Parks department, particularly, Ryen Goering, Danita Rodriguez and Gloria Sandavol for working with my office and the cyclists and motorists who frequent Mount Diablo to make these safety improvements a reality, and last, but certainly not least, thank you to my Chief of Staff, Stephen Whittaker for his dogged determination in getting this project across the finish line. The double-yellow finish line!


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South Korean air purifiers have become the latest target in what appear to be retaliatory measures by Beijing against the deployment of a U.S. THAAD battery on the Korean Peninsula.
Industry sources said Friday that eight South Korean air purifier models failed to win import approval from the Chinese government in late December. China's General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine refused to approve the imports of the products, citing issues related to performance and safety.
Earlier in December, the Chinese agency did not approve the imports of 43 South Korean toilet bowls and bidet seats for substandard product markings and problems with electrical safety. On January third, 19 South Korean cosmetics products failed to obtain import approval from China.
The cases are fanning speculations that Beijing is making it more difficult for South Korean exporters to conduct business in China by raising nontariff barriers to punish Seoul for pushing ahead with the THAAD deployment.


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BEIJING (Reuters) - More migrant workers deserted China's coastal regions last year, as lower living costs and proximity to home trumped higher wages, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security said.
Data published on Thursday found the number of migrants working in China's eastern coastal region decreased by 0.2 percent in 2013, compared with a 9.4 percent increase in central China.
"Lower costs of living and a closer proximity to home and family mean that the attractiveness of these regions will only increase," said Yang Zhiming, the ministry's vice head.
The move inland by workers mirrors the relocation among factories to western China to take advantage of lower costs. For instance, Foxconn Technology Group, the world's largest contract electronics maker, moved its main operations to inland provinces such as Henan and Shanxi.
Wages in the rest of the country are still roughly 10 percent lower than the eastern provinces bordering China's coast, which currently host more than 60 percent of the country's migrants.
China's cheap hubs for low-skill export manufacturing along the Southern Pearl River Delta and the area around Shanghai were one of the main drivers of the country's breakneck growth over the past three decades.
But in recent years, the country has sought to focus on higher-end manufacturing as its "demographic dividend", or the advantage that China enjoys with its vast reserves of young and low-cost labor, begins to run out.
Overall, China's rural work force rose by 2.4 percent last year to 269 million, slowing on the previous two years which saw 3.9 percent and 4.4 percent growth respectively.
"The quality of the work China's migrant workers are doing still needs to improve" said Yang, adding that lack of skills was currently the "biggest impediment to migrants gaining employment in emerging industries."
China's rigid residence restriction, or hukou, system also bars migrants from settling in the east, where many of the country's largest cities are located.
Under the current system residents are only entitled to a range of social services in their home town — effectively shutting migrants out of these services when they move cities.
The Communist Party promised to ease residence restrictions on all but the largest cities last November and to completely abolish controls in the smallest cities and towns, but officials did not give a date for when this would take place, saying the reform was still under discussion.
Meanwhile, some progress has been made towards granting migrants equal access to education, though Du Kewei, the deputy head of the Ministry of Education's elementary education department, said the government had only "broken the ice" on the contentious issue of allowing migrant children to sit the college entrance exam in the city where they live.
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Developer Michael Mastro misled investors, state says
Washington regulators have accused Seattle real estate developer Michael R. Mastro of violating state law by selling more than $100 million in unregistered securities to more than 175 investors.
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Bankrupt Seattle real-estate magnate Michael R. Mastro broke the law by misleading so-called "Friends & Family" investors from whom he raised $100 million, state regulators charged Friday.
Mastro made false statements to investors and omitted important information, the state Department of Financial Institutions' securities division said.
He also broke a state law barring the sale of unregistered securities, the 15-page document contends.
The division began investigating Mastro in February. In the charging papers, it said it intends to fine the developer $100,000 and order him to stop accepting any more money from individual investors.
Mastro can contest the charges and proposed penalties by requesting within 20 days a hearing before a state administrative law judge, said Michael Stevenson, the state's securities administrator. Stevenson said he expects Mastro will ask for a hearing.
Mastro could not be reached for comment; he mentioned the pending investigation in a July 31 letter to his investors, saying he'd done nothing wrong. Jerry Stehlik, one of his bankruptcy lawyers, said his firm is not representing Mastro in this matter.
Over the years, Mastro raised more than $100 million from more than 175 investors he referred to as Friends & Family, using the money to buy and develop property and make loans to other developers.
The charging papers say he provided the investors with little information when they loaned him money, failed to adequately disclose risk, and kept them in the dark when his empire began to crumble last year.
Mastro's 40-year real-estate career came to a halt this summer when three banks forced him into bankruptcy involuntarily, charging he was not paying his debts. After initially resisting, Mastro, 84, agreed to enter bankruptcy.
In documents filed with U.S. Bankruptcy Court last month, he reported $249 million in assets against nearly $587 million in liabilities, most of that owed to banks whose debt is secured by the properties that Mastro bought or developed with their money.
The Friends & Family investors are listed mostly as "unsecured" creditors, the last group to be paid when Mastro's assets are liquidated. It's highly possible they will get nothing.
While Mastro referred to them as Friends & Family, the charging papers say, some were neither.
Most learned of Mastro by word-of-mouth. Some first loaned him money decades ago. Some are in their 70s and 80s. Many, like Mastro, are Seattle natives and Italian Americans.
More than a dozen Friends & Family investors who spoke with The Seattle Times last month said their investments performed well until the real-estate and credit markets collapsed last year. Some continued to defend Mastro, calling him a victim of unprecedented economic circumstances.
Mastro issued the investors promissory notes that, in recent years, pledged 9 percent annual interest, compounded monthly, on accounts of $100,000 or more. The notes also said investors could withdraw their principal at any time.
"Most of the investors were not in the business of making loans, and they did not have any significant real-estate experience," the division's charging papers say.
"Mastro generally did not give the investors any written offering materials" or tell them specifically how their money would be used, the document says.
When one investor asked Mastro for a prospectus, according to the document, Mastro told him "we don't do that here."
Some retired investors with net worths of less than $1 million loaned more than 75 percent of their savings to Mastro, the charging papers say, and some were led to believe their investments entailed no risk.
The developer also misrepresented to some Friends & Family that their investments were secured by insurance policies on his life, or by interests in real estate, the document adds.
Mastro continued to accept Friends & Family investments in 2008 and early 2009 without disclosing to investors that his business was in financial trouble or that the market value of his real-estate holdings was dropping, the charging papers say.
Mastro apparently sold notes worth more than $1 million to three investors in January and February of this year, and notes totaling nearly $15 million to more than 20 investors in 2008, according to the securities division.
Rick Leavitt, of Bellevue, said he was one of those investors. He said he loaned Mastro money in August 2008 and asked if it was safe. "He said, 'No problem,' " Leavitt said Friday.
"I'm upset. I believed him, that he was always a man of his word ... He was taking money right up to the end, knowing he was in trouble."
Retired restaurateur Barry Bloch, another Friends & Family investor, applauded the state's move against Mastro. "I think there's both fairness and justice in the government going after him," he said.
The securities division's charges could help Friends & Family in efforts to obtain some of Mastro's assets that may be shielded from liquidation now, Bloch said.
The division's Stevenson said the investigation is continuing. He said investigators want to interview Thomas Kenyon, Mastro's chief financial officer, and Mastro's son, Michael K. Mastro, whom the senior Mastro has testified headed the business' construction arm. Both also are Friends & Family investors, according to court papers.
The charging papers against Mastro were filed Oct. 1 but were not made public until Friday afternoon. Stevenson said the delay was because officials couldn't find Mastro to serve him until Friday.
The proposed $100,000 fine would not be collected until Friends & Family investors are repaid in full, the charging papers say.
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Pagani Huayra Carbon Edition Supercar to Display at the 8th Annual Festivals of Speed Orlando
The Festivals of Speed is returning to Orlando, November 29th through December 1st, 2013. The 2013 Festivals of Speed Orlando, presented by Fields Auto Group, will unite a showcase of the best in automotive, aircraft, marine, and motorcycle design, along with the finest in culinary and luxury products. Adding to the excitement of the weekend, three-time IndyCar Champion and 1986 Indianapolis 500 winner Bobby Rahal will be in attendance as the honorary chairman. Mr. Rahal with display vehicles from Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing as well as his own personal collection. A feature vehicle of the weekend will be the Pagani Huayra Carbon Fiber Edition from Pagani Miami.
The 8th Annual Festivals of Speed Orlando will be filmed and broadcast nationally by WEALTH TV and renowned automotive enthusiast, and host Dennis Gage will be onsite filming My Classic Car for both Velocity by Discovery and MAVTV networks. Another familiar face in the automotive industry, Lou Ann Hammond, will also be attending throughout the weekend. She will be a guest judge for Sunday's main event as well. Ms. Hammond's extensive expertise has led her to hold prestigious positions as juror on the North American Car/Truck of the Year, Women's World Car of the Year, and Concept Car of the Year.
The itinerary for this luxury event weekend is as follows:
♦ Luxury Lifestyle Jet Port Reception, MCO, Friday, November 29, 2013 8:00pm–11:00pm This reception will feature a preview of unique vehicles as well as a display of aircraft, watercraft, and luxury lifestyle items. World renowned pilot Thom Richard will be attending with his P-51 Mustang "Precious Metal" as well. The setting is complete with gourmet food stations, top shelf open bar, fine wine and spirits tastings, luxury timepiece displays,and elegant jewelry, as well as a live and silent auction to benefit the Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children. Entertainment will include a full performance from the Orlando Jazz Orchestra.
♦ Wine Connoisseur's Dinner, Norman's at the Ritz-Carlton Orlando, Saturday, November 30, 2013 7:30pm–10:00pm For this special culinary event, Norman's will be closed to all but Festivals of Speed guests for the evening. Guests will enjoy a multi-course wine dinner with each course paired to a specific wine. Following the meal will be cigars and a fine cognac tasting experience.
♦ 8th Annual Festivals of Speed Motorsports Display at the Ritz-Carlton Orlando, Grande Lakes, Sunday, December 1, 2013 10:00am–4:00pm A collection of over 300 exotic cars, motorcycles, and watercraft. Guests will view a rare display of vintage and contemporary vehicles placed amidst the splendor and hospitality of the beautiful Grande Lakes resort. Automotive designs by Lamborghini, Audi, Porsche, Ferrari, Bentley, Rolls-Royce, Aston-Martin, Bugatti, BMW, Mercedes, TESLA, McLaren, and more will be on display along with fine wines, exciting culinary offerings, smooth jazz in the gardens, and luxury lifestyle displays featuring fine jewelry and timepieces. A memorable addition to this display will be the Pagani Huayra special edition finished in an astonishing Carbon fiber exposed body with a "Signature Rojo" red leather interior. Bobby Rahal will be onsite on Sunday; driver Ryan Dalzeil will be attending the event as well. Ryan has overall and class wins in some of the most prestigious races in the world, including class win at the 24 Hours of LeMans, Class win/3rd overall at 12 Hours of Sebring, overall winner the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona, and many more.
"We are thrilled to have Bobby Rahal as our Honorary Chairman this year. His achievements in the automotive world both on and off the track have been exceptional and we look forward to having him join us for this special event," stated Joe Sabatini, president and Founder of Festivals of Speed.
Tickets for the can be purchased in advance at www.festivalsofspeed.com or by calling 352-385-9450. For more information on the Festivals of Speed, please visit www.festivalsofspeed.com or www.facebook.com/festivalsofspeed.
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Perhaps tea and coffeepots, milk jugs, and punch pots provide the best record of the universality of Wedgwood's art, for they were made in continuo from the earliest days of his career to the latest and occur in all his materials and styles of decoration. He created pots and jugs which would hold a gallon or a gill, cups and saucers, cans, stirrup cups, and goblets, each designed according to the criteria of functionalism, good proportion, and fine workmanship, and with a decorative interest which would make the object harmonize with some prevailing style or appeal to purchasers of different tastes. He called those who bought them "connoisseurs of eating and drinking." They must have thanked him for spouts and lips that would pour, handles with room for the hand, covers which would fit and not fall off, and a body which was light and perfectly balanced.
Typical Wedgwood spouts included the cabbage or overlapped leaf, twisted leaf, crabstock, faceted, basketwork, reeded, molded with a female mask, straight or curved, springing from stylized acanthus or fern leafage. The lipspout for teapots was mentioned in 1777 in the blackware and is also found in jasper and other materials. The handles included loop, foliated scroll, wishbone, imperial, twisted rope, double rope, single ribbon and double ribbon, with or without flower, leaf, and tassel ornament applied at terminations. Overarching handles of self material in many types were used on teapots and kettles. Some kettles had pierced lugs for the attachment of a wicker bale handle. The coversflat, domed, or with gentle curves-might be fluted, sprigged, printed, or painted to match the body, while stylized flowers, cones, fruits, birds, lions, lambs, dogs, cupids, and seated figures frequently served as knobs.
Wedgwood's pattern books list 40 shapes of teapots ranging from globular, square, and lozenge, to cylindrical, elliptical, ovoid, upright, and inverted pear-shape. In general, coffee and chocolate pots were tall and bag-shaped or straight-sided, while creamers which came in 40 shapes might be squat and Lilliputian, and milk and ale jugs capacious enough for giants.
Teacups could be obtained in 28 shapes; coffee cups in 15; and chocolate cups in 12. Teacups had handles or not according to the customer's preference, and sometimes one saucer served for both tea and coffee cup. Saucers were plain or had a ring to steady the cup or a deep socket to hold the foot firmly in position, another idea borrowed from the Chinese. Cups intended for custards, ice cream, chocolate, or broth were usually covered. "Cans" for punch, coffee, or chocolate were straight-sided, with or without handles. There were also many mugs, fox and hare-head stirrup cups, and goblet-shaped drinking vessels. Some of these were mounted with silver or Sheffield rims.
All pieces could be obtained singly or as complete services which might include sugar basins, slop bowls, tea caddies, hot-water plates and gondolas for toast, and butter tubs and stands. The tete-a-tete or dejeuner set was intended for two and the solitaire for one, the pieces being grouped on a tray of self-material or wood according to the taste of the buyer. A caneware set on a carved mahogany tray is illustrated. The small handled cups are for coffee and the bowlshaped ones for tea.
Canisters or containers for tea were made in great variety, but because of breakage, examples are rare. The caddy was introduced in the reign of Queen Anne. The word caddy, it is said, was derived from a weight called the "Kate" equaling eleven-fifteenths of a pound. Many of the shapes were suggested by specimens in Chinese and continental porcelains and Wedgwood made rectangular, octagonal, and cylindrical models in great variety in most bodies and with many decorative treatments. The covers ranged from cap- to dome-shaped, fluted, or painted.
In general, the early bodies were used for drinking and pouring vessels, dessert dishes, bowls, tureens, and special and individual pieces. With the perfection of the cream color, however, large table services were made in that material and became the staple product of the potter, beginning about 1766.
Plates were of varying sizes, ten inches being general for a dinner plate, a size arrived at after much experimentation. Plates came in nine shapes not including designs based on shells, fruits, and vegetables. The plain shape with concave or flat rim and no footring as designed by Wedgwood suggests Ting ware dishes of the Sung period. Besides the Concave Rim and the Flat Rina there were the Queen's Pattern, the Royal Pattern, Octagon, Shell Edge, two different Feather Edges, and the Gadroon Edge. Plates were made in salt glaze, tortoise shell, agate, green glaze, Queen's ware, basaltes, caneware, "Pearl" ware, redware, and jasper, the body and its capabilities dictating ornament and form.
The rims of Queen's-ware plates lent themselves to piercing and painting as well as embossing and printing. The painted designs usually consisted of freehand lining and simple conventionalized borders of ivy, laurel, grape, bellflower, oak and strawberry leaf, thistle, feather, shell, spiral, waves, egg and tongue, and interlaced rings, in monotone or several colors. Crests and heraldic devices were also placed on the rim or in the center. Centers were plain, painted, or printed with scattered flowers or birds and insects, clusters of shells, landscape views, or portraits of prominent people.
Orders for plates were enormous. In 1776 Wedgwood received one foreign order for 1500 dozen with "all the other articles to make them up into complete services." An order for 500 dozen came a few days later. When one considers the handwork involved and the methods of transportation by packhorse, cart, and barge, one can form some idea of the problems faced by the potter.
Just as dinner plates were made to preserve "distinctness in eating," so a gravy well was invented by Wedgwood in a platter for the convenience of the carver, to free him from "poking, sloping, and splashing," as Maria Edgeworth, the novelist, expressed it when referring in 1825 to this feature. Platters were listed as oval, the largest ig inches. There were also round, oblong, and triangular serving dishes, soup and sauce tureens, gravy boats with stands, soup and flat plates, ladles, fish trowels, and spoons in variety. The ladles, illustrated on page 85, are like the one pictured in the first Queen's-ware catalogue of 1774 and bear a striking resemblance to the creamy Chinese dippers of the Sung period. In addition there were fish drainers; root dishes with pans to keep them hot; gravy cups with water pans; egg baskets and cups; oil and vinegar stands for two to six cruets; breadbaskets inspired by baskets of osier twigs; asparagus pans; monteiths far keeping glasses cool in water; cuvettes for the same purpose; glaciers; openwork dishes or "croquants" with or without compartments for hors d'oeuvre, chestnuts, and oranges; honeypots; and salts in forty shapes, the twin salt with twisted handles being among the most unusual. As in the case of the teaware, tableware was not confined to any one body, although the jasper pieces were more decorative than practical and used mainly for special dishes or figures for elaborate table settings.
For the kitchen, there were "sauce-pans for cooking that will bear a charcoal fire," strainers, funnels, jugs and bowls in all sizes, boxes for beating eggs and cream, and many molds. The latter formed a large class for pastry, jellies, ices, cakes, and puddings. Those for transparent jellies were ornaments for the table. The center or core, which was shaped like a cone or wedge or obelisk, was decorated with painted flowers. This core fitted into a form which contained the warm mixture. When this had cooled, the whole was inverted on a dish and the outer mold removed, leaving the core encased with transparent jelly through which the colored flowers could be seen.
Tiles for walls and floors added to the cleanliness and pleasantness of dairies as did many creamware utensils such as milkpans, churns, skimmers, ladles, steins, slabs, strainers, jugs, and bowls.
Mortars were produced in great variety ranging from two to thirteen inches in diameter. The pestles sometimes had wooden handles. Crucibles, retorts, and evaporating baths were made for chemists and apothecaries, and many other articles, including nursing bottles and medical utensils.
In the closing years of Wedgwood's life, he made, at the suggestion of Richard Lovell Edgeworth, father of Maria Edgeworth, artificial pies and tarts in piecrust or caneware, and cakes with jasper icing for use in time of famine. Some of the pies were dummies but others, representing standing pies, were receptacles for rice and stewed fruit instead of the scarce game. The period, 1795-1805, was a time of great dearth and distress in England and these pieces gave a semblance of plenty to dinner tables.
Cameos and intaglios were small gemlike pieces for mounting as rings, chatelaines, brooches, buttons, and other objects of use and ornament or for arrangement in cabinets for study. The cameos bore designs in relief; the intaglios resembled engraved stones and were adapted for seals. They form two large and important classes in Wedgwood's ornamental catalogues, and many of the subjects which appear in cameo were also made in intaglio, sometimes on the obverse and reverse of the same piece. Double examples of each form also exist. Wedgwood regarded gems as the "fountain-head of fine and beautiful composition." For his use, kings, princes, and connoisseurs in England and on the Continent opened their cabinets of real gems and other works of art allowing his artists to study and model and mold from them. He listed over two thousand designs including subjects from Egyptian, Greek, and Roman history, mythology, masks, chimeras, figures, and heads. The heads were not all portraits of ancients. There were many of illustrious men and women of modern times with numerous contemporaries now unidentified.
The size ranged from that of a pea to about two inches. Some of the cameos had grooved edges for mounting, or pierced edges for sewing on fabr,ics, or pierced centers for stringing as beads. Unmounted cameos were sold, each wrapped in a paper with the catalogue number.
The intaglios were made in all black resembling black basaltes or jasper or polished to resemble colored agates and other stones then in fashion, or in white biscuit or jasper. Some had polished shanks of self material, while others were mounted in gold, ormolu, or silver for rings. Cyphers in all single letters and all combinations of two letters as well as family crests could be obtained. Two of the most famous intaglios, historically, are the seal of the Society for the Abolition of Slavery representing a kneeling slave with the words, "Am I not a Man and a Brother," and the device used on the flag of the American Navy of a coiled rattlesnake and the words, "Don't Tread on Me."
In general, medallions varied from two to five inches in diameter. Plaques-round, oval, or octagonal-measured five or six to about ten and three-quarters inches. Tablets, or rectangular bas-reliefs, ranged from five to twenty-seven and one-half inches. They were made in several bodies, the best known being basaltes and white and colored jaspers. A few large plaques measuring thirty to thirty-six by fifty-four inches were made for the artist, George Stub bs, for enamel painting in i7;g, but these were extraordinary.
Encaustic painting was sometimes employed on basaltes plaques and tablets, and printing on Queen's-ware plaques arid tablets, but usually the designs in both materials were in relief. Early examples were cast from plaster-of-Paris molds, each piece being finished by a modeling tool before firing. Later the reliefs were luted to the surface of the background with slip, the relief itself having been made from a mold which had been prepared from a cast of the artist's original model. The process was difficult and success was attained only after long experiment. Many pieces required two firings. The shrinkage during the drying and firing amounted to about one-eighth of an inch, but the warping and cracking were unpredictable. There were many wasters, the loss being sometimes as much as three out of four.
The medallions were sometimes set in boxes, cabinets, trays, tea caddies and other objects for use in the home or in fine mountings for personal adornment. The large plaques and tablets were framed for wall decoration or, unframed, were used in architectural treatments of doorways, fireplaces, and windows.
The first basaltes tablets were made in 1772; white reliefs on colored jasper grounds were not successfully accomplished until 1775, the larger examples not being offered for sale until 1778.
The designs were drawn from ancient gems, wall paintings, medals, vases, bas-reliefs, sarcophagi, and engravings in books. Contrary to general opinion, all were not copies of classic art. A very large number were from the works of contemporaries. That these enjoyed great popularity may be seen by the number listed in the early catalogues and the number in collections of old Wedgwood. Those illustrated in this book were drawn from a wide variety of sources. For example, The Marriage of Cupid and Psyche was modeled from a gem in the collection at Blenheim, now in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts; The Nymph with Cymbals from a painting found at Pompeii, 1749; The Hour Before the Dawn from a painting on a ceiling of Le Sette Sale discovered near the Baths of Titus in Rome in 1683; The Bourbonnois Shepherd and Poor Maria from drawings furnished by Lady Templetown inspired by characters in Sterne's Sentimental journey; Venus Chiding Cupid for Learning to Cast Accounts from Sir Joshua Reynolds' painting; and Amalthaea Giving Drink to Zeus from a wellhead in Rome.


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Yahoo Amping Up Efforts to Fill CEO Slot
WSJ's Joann Lublin has details of Yahoo's renewed efforts to find a new CEO in the wake of former CEO Carol Bartz's departure last month. Photo: Getty Images.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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July word Play
By With thy needle and thread
This was done on a 40ct dyed linen.
I started this piece last march.
The fabrics match really nice.
Cross stitch Finishes, Patterns, displays, gifts.
This looks great, congrats!
What a gorgeous finish! Congratulations xx
Great finish Cindy!!
Looks great! Congrats!
Great finish! I need to dig mine out and get it done.
Happy Stitching
Really darling finish, Cindy! I have done two of the monthly word plays and hope to do more this year... I get kind of bored stitching the words so it is taking me longer than I anticipated!
Great finish!!


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More census fun
Submitted by Dale on 28 April 2012 - 12:31pm.
If you follow this link to my local library and click on the Fold3 link, you can get free, indexed access to the 1930 census. This means you could search the U.S. for the Schellingers and get some more information on them if there were in Flint in April 1930. You could also search or browse the Enumeration District (likely slightly different in 1930) and figure out who lived in your house then. Makes me want to buy a house just so I can do a house history.


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After two decades of strong economic growth, emerging Europe has lost momentum. Robeco Emerging Markets Equities is currently not invested in Central and Eastern Europe because of the unstable economic policy in the region. "Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic have to be careful that their economies do not end up in structural slowdown mode. Brexit is a longer-term risk."
"We are currently avoiding emerging Europe. The economies of Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic are still growing more quickly than those of developed Europe, but this growth is below average pre-financial crisis levels and is also low compared to some emerging countries in Asia. These countries have to be careful that their economies do not end up in structural slowdown mode", states Wim-Hein Pals, portfolio manager of Robeco Emerging Markets Equities (see table with GDP growth figures). Together with co-portfolio manager Dimitri Chatzoudis, who focuses on Central and Eastern Europe, he explains why – for the time being – he has no holdings in emerging Europe in portfolio.
During the 2008-2009 crisis, Poland was the only country in the European Union that managed to avoid recession. At that time, this lone economic star shone proudly. But today it's a shadow of its former self. The economy is struggling and economic policy is unstable. "There are two parts to Poland's story. The country has attractive companies with growth potential, but current government policy means that things are too uncertain to invest in them", explains Chatzoudis. "This also applies to Hungary to a lesser extent."
Index compiler MSCI counts Greece, Turkey and Russia as emerging Europe, in addition to Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic. However, in this article we just look at these last three which are EU member states.
When Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic became members of the European Union in 2004 and, by doing so, committed themselves to observing European legislation and regulation, it created a steady investment climate for companies from Western Europe and elsewhere. "There was political stability and money was available from Brussels to improve infrastructure. With more than 38 million inhabitants, Poland was an appealing market", says Chatzoudis.
Pals: "While on the other hand, Western Europe, and Germany in particular, provided an important market for goods and services from these new EU members. And after 2004 their economies grew faster than the EU average."
However, the crisis hit companies in Western Europe hard and this was followed by only marginal economic growth. Investments in Central and Eastern Europe dried up and the exports from East to West dwindled. Buoyed up by high income from raw materials, Russia looked like an ideal potential new market for emerging Europe. But this too came to an end in the summer of 2014, when the oil price collapsed.
The most recent event to weigh heavily on emerging Europe is the Brexit. "The United Kingdom is a major supplier of funding to the EU. Given the current degree of EU skepticism, it seems unlikely that other European countries will be prepared to pay more once the UK contribution stops. This means that the subsidy that goes to emerging Europe will shrink. This is a long-term risk for Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic", predicts Chatzoudis.
Meanwhile in Poland and Hungary the political wind has changed direction. In Poland, Jaroslaw Kaczynski's national-conservative Law and Justice party (PiS) is making euroskeptic and populist noises. In Hungary, at the comparable Fidesz - Hungarian Civic Alliance, headed by Viktor Orbán sentiment is similar. Poland and Hungary are particularly recalcitrant – with legislation that undermines the democratic constitution, restrictions on central bank independence and a rebellious stance on receiving refugees. They are no longer progressive and stable countries and their investment climate has worsened.
"Kaczynski and Orbán are well aware of where the money actually comes from and, as a result, they keep in line with European budget guidelines and adjust their more controversial legislation", says Chatzoudis, qualifying the politicians' behavior. He understands what causes the dissatisfaction in these countries. "The strong economic growth in Poland has not resulted in a higher income for the man in the street. People feel this is unfair. PiS wants the 'hardworking Pole' to benefit more, and the business community to pay up for this."
'Emerging Europe is no longer progressive and stable'
As a shareholder in many banks and insurers, the Polish government has a strong influence on the country's financial sector. The government wants to strengthen the sector through consolidation and make it less dependent on foreign banks. About 60% of the Polish banking sector is in foreign hands.
State-owned insurer PZU has its eye on Pekao and wants to take a significant stake in the bank. "It is difficult to assess whether this investment is voluntary, or whether the Polish government is exerting pressure", says Chatzoudis. "The same tendency is evident at Polish utilities companies that are being forced to invest in Polish coal mining entities. The Polish government's majority stakes in such companies do not always result in favorable decisions for other shareholders."
Chatzoudis and Pals feel that Poland, in particular, needs far-reaching economic and political change. A revival of the West European economy is in itself not enough to ensure recovery. Chatzoudis: "Poland scores poorly on some major points when compared to other countries in emerging Europe. The demographic situation is not that favorable. The working population is shrinking as a result of a more rapidly aging population and net emigration. Investment is limited and private-sector savings are also at low levels. Labor productivity is low and research and development spending is negligible. Hungary and the Czech Republic are doing slightly better." He feels that the risk of significant economic contraction is greatest in Poland, followed by Hungary and then the Czech Republic.
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Pete Treloar needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 157 designs submitted by 41 freelance designers.
Logo for Womens Entreprenurial Coaching Business
Graphically represnting three core values of Biz.
1. Power
2. Money
3. Influence
Power - Money - Influence
Logo for Womens Entrepreneurial Coaching Business
Graphically represnting three core values of Biz.
1. Power (of the Internet)
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3. Influence (Becoming the center of influence, creating your own celebrity)
Three women business leaders - each representative of one core component listed above (3)
Two versions of logo - one with the tagline of "Power - Money - Influence) and one without.
- Color scheme matching http://www.euwonline.com - Green & Purple
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Publisher: Lund Humphries
Language: English
Product Dimensions: 26 x 23.5 cm
Release Date: 1967
Price: $50 USD (¥5,000 JPY)
Free Worldwide Shipment from Tokyo
Condition: good (Pre-owned)
A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages. See the seller's listing for full details and description of any imperfections.
コンディション: 良い(ところどころにうっすらとしたシミがありますが50年の書籍と考えれが非常に良い状態と思えます)
24 of Spencer's black and white photographs and an intro by Spencer.
Photos taken in many countries over several years have one characteristic in common: pattern. Not formal, but expressive pattern and the mark's of man.
Published by Lund Humphries who Spencer had a long professional relationship with as Editor of Typographica.
Some yellowing to cover and minor foxing to title page, otherwise good.


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{Cancer Sucks bracelet in Thyroid Cancer colors. Because cancer REALLY DOES suck.}
This week has been really hard. Lots of anxiety about my surgery, fears about cancer in general, dealing with people, having hard conversations. I got to a pretty low point on Thursday. It is by far the lowest point I have been at in a very long time.
Meanwhile in Virginia, Phil's dad found out yesterday that he was having surgery TODAY. So yesterday when I was having a super hard day and was breaking down (a time when I really could have used my husband), Phil was trying to process the fact that his dad was having a crazy weird surgery (they went through his throat to put kind of like a stint in a bile duct).
We didn't cover this stuff in our pre-marriage counseling.
To make things even better, Ed's surgery didn't go well. They accidentally perforated the bile duct. So a simple outpatient surgery turned into at least a 48 hour hospital stay. They need to make sure bile and blood aren't leaking into his abdomen. Plus since pancreatitis is a fairly common occurrence with this procedure, they want to make sure he doesn't get that either.
Excellent news.
Did I mention my surgery is in 4 days?
By the end of the day today, Phil and I were absolutely exhausted. So many HUGE stressful things happening at the same time. Both situations would have been stressful enough on their own, but together it is a big challenge.
How do you lean on each other when you are being pulled in so many different directions?
If I am being honest, I am really not happy Ed had surgery right before my surgery. In addition to the normal fears you have when a loved one goes through surgery, I am facing my own fears about my surgery, and to top it off Ed's surgery didn't go well.
{Caregiver bracelet, Thyroid Cancer Sucks bracelet, and Liver Cancer Sucks bracelet}
Phil and I spent our Friday night going out to dinner, shopping at Target, and watching Once Upon a Time and Big Love, just trying to destress and calm down.
Cancer sucks.


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Luis Suárez's lawyer says the Liverpool forward will appeal against the eight-game ban for racially insulting Manchester United's Patrice Evra.
Alejandro Balbi, who is also Suárez's agent, says the Uruguay international is "very affected" by the punishment, but "calm because of the massive support of the club, the coach, his team‑mates and his captain".
The Football Association ruled on Tuesday that Suárez had used racist language to abuse Evra. He was also fined £40,000.
However, appealing could lead to Suárez's ban being increased as well as reduced or cancelled completely by an FA appeal board.


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The book has been useful for learning how to make an image change from a 2D look to a 3D look.
This week, I created 6 tiered Christmas tree black-lined images and 6 tiered Christmas trees that are colored green. They are beveled and have a light shining on them from the side to make them pop out. I created them in tiers of 1-6 triangles so that I can use them to add word families and math facts to.
You can now purchase them on sale for $1.25!


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Huestis Machine Corporation 8/6/13
Department of Health and Human Services
|Public Health Service
Food and Drug Administration
|New England District Office
One Montvale Avenue, 4th floor
Stoneham, MA 02180
Phone 781.587.7500
Fax 781.587.7556
August 6, 2013
Mr. Krishnan Suthanthiran, President
Best Medical International
7643 Fullerton Road
Springfield, VA 22153
Dear Mr. Suthanthiran:
During an inspection of your firm located in Bristol, Rhode Island on April 23 through May 13, 2013 an investigator from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) determined that your firm manufactures X-ray collimators, radiotherapy simulators and Universal Urology Exam Chairs/Tables. Under section 201(h) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the Act), 21 U.S.C. § 321(h), these products are devices because they are intended for use in the diagnosis of disease or other conditions or in the cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease, or to affect the structure or any function of the body.
This inspection revealed that these devices are adulterated within the meaning of section 501(h) of the Act, 21 U.S.C. § 351(h), in that the methods used in, or the facilities or controls used for, their manufacture, packing, storage, or installation are not in conformity with the current good manufacturing practice requirements of the Quality System regulation found at Title 21, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Parts 820 and 1002. These violations include, but are not limited to, the following:
1. Failure to ensure that all equipment used in the manufacturing process meets specified requirements and is appropriately designed, constructed, placed, and installed to facilitate maintenance, adjustment, cleaning and use as required by 21 CFR 820.70(g)
For example, there is no documentation of installation for the (b)(4) used for Collimator Leakage Testing (Ray Proofing: X-ray output verification). The Engineering Manager said the system has been in use for more than a year: he was not sure if it has been in use for more than two years. (b)(4) collimators were sold in 2012.
2. Failure to adequately established procedures for receiving, reviewing and evaluating complaints by a formally designated unit as required by 21 CFR 820.198 (a).
For example, your firm was not able to provide a specific procedure utilized for the handling of consumer complaints.
Also, a review of 53 reports monitored by your firm using Problem Log/Return Authorization Entry Forms revealed at least 18 of these reports involved performance issues that should have been identified as complaints, including one report involving collimator blades opening during exposure, which could result in a patient being exposed more radiation than intended; one report that has been open for over 11 months; and three reports involving collimators that have been open for over 7 months.
In addition, responsibilities for making complaint, MDR and CAPA determinations are not accurately defined in your firm's work instruction, WI-14-003.
3. Failure to adequately document acceptance activities as required by 21 CFR 820.80 (e).
For example, fourteen of fifteen collimator in-process inspection records contained in Work Order 013035-000 were filled out with passing results, initialed, and signed prior to the testing being conducted.
4. Failure to adequately maintain a device history record (DHR) as required by 21 CFR 820.184.
For example, the DHR for the Radiotherapy Simulator, Serial # SIM-4250-345, is inadequate, in that, results are not recorded or instructions are incomplete for eight performance checks in the Setup and Adjustment Guide for the CPI generator, Image Intensifier, and Camera for the Radiotherapy Simulator.
Also, The DHRs for collimators are incomplete. The (b)(4) used to measure the X-ray output during the Collimator Aluminum Equivalence test for each collimator is not recorded.
Additionally, the DHR for Universal Urology Exam Chairs/Tables, Model UCT 100, WO 004999-000, is inadequate. Documentation regarding the manufacture of 2 exam chairs, in that, your firm was not able to provide any documentation.
5. Failure to adequately maintain a device master record (DMR) as required by 21 CFR 181.
For example, the DMR for x-ray collimators is inadequate:
a) The Collimator Leakage Test, CM-21-028, Rev B, does not reflect the actual process.
b) A signed Setup Interface could not be found for the CM-21-028 Software Performance Verification Procedure in the Collimator Technical Manual.
6. Failure to suitably design a building to prevent mix-ups and assure orderly handling of product as required by 21 CFR 820.70 (f).
For example, products are not stored in a manner to prevent mix-ups. On April 24, 2013, collimators awaiting repair were stored in multiple areas next to both products destined for scrapping and products to be built.
In addition, the Open Problem Log/RA Entry forms do not accurately record where the collimators are stored. On 4/24/13, six collimators were found in Area 5 and seven collimators were found in Area 6, although the form shows that they had been moved to the non-conforming area. Also, two collimators were found in the non-conforming area although the forms indicated the units had been tested and accepted during January of 2013.
7. Failure to ensure individuals that conduct quality audits are not directly responsible for matters being audited as required by 21 CFR 820.22.
For example, in 2012, the your firm's Assistant Quality Manager and the Quality Control Inspector conducted internal quality audits in areas for which they were responsible.
This is a repeat observation from the June 2011 inspection of your firm.
Your firm should take prompt action to correct the violations addressed in this letter. Failure to promptly correct these violations may result in regulatory action being initiated by the FDA without further notice. These actions include, but are not limited to, seizure, injunction, and civil money penalties. Also, federal agencies may be advised of the issuance of Warning Letters about devices so that they may take this information into account when considering the award of contracts. Additionally, premarket approval applications for Class III devices to which the Quality System regulation violations are reasonably related will not be approved until the violations have been corrected. Requests for Certificates to Foreign Governments will not be granted until the violations related to the subject devices have been corrected.
Please notify this office in writing within fifteen business days from the date you receive this letter of the specific steps your firm has taken to correct the noted violations, as well as an explanation of how your firm plans to prevent these violations, or similar violations, from occurring again. Include documentation of the corrections and/or corrective actions (including any systemic corrective actions) that your firm has taken. If your firm's planned corrections and/or corrective actions will occur over time, please include a timetable for implementation of those activities. If corrections and/or corrective actions cannot be completed within fifteen business days, state the reason for the delay and the time within which these activities will be completed. Your firm's response should be comprehensive and address all violations included in this Warning Letter.
Your firm's response should be sent to the New England District Office. Refer to the CMS case # 398551 when replying. If you have any questions about the contents of this letter, please contact: Diane M. Prince at 781-587-7442.
In addition, this letter is to advise you of your failure to comply with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (Act), Subchapter C, Electronic Product Radiation Control, Section 538(a) [U.S.C. § 360oo(a)].
The following failures to comply with the regulations covering records and reports were observed:
1. Failure to submit annual reports for products requiring one to be submitted, as required by 21 CFR 1002.13.
For example, you have not submitted annual reports for the following products identified as containing an X-ray tube and/or laser:
a) Radiotherapy Simulator that contains an X-ray tube and a collimator. In 2012, your firm sold (b)(4) of these devices.
b) Collimators that contain lasers. In 2012, your firm sold (b)(4) of these devices.
c) Room lasers that are sold with the Radiotherapy Simulators. In 2012, your firm sold four of these products
2. Failure to forward all distribution information that you have collected (pursuant to 21 CFR 1002.40) to the manufacturer and failure to preserve such information as required by 21 CFR 1002.41(a) (1).
For example, your firm has not forwarded laser distribution information to the manufacturer of the (b)(4) lasers distributed with the radiotherapy simulators, and your firm was not able to locate a written agreement with the manufacturer.
Failure to comply with Section 538(a) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, Chapter V Subchapter C -Electronic Product Radiation Control (the Act), prohibits any manufacturer from ce1iifying or introducing into commerce electronic products, such as x-ray collimators and lasers, which do not comply with the standard. This section also prohibits any manufacturer from failing to establish and maintain required records or to submit required reports.
Finally, you should know that this letter is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the violations at your firm's facility. It is your firm's responsibility to ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations administered by FDA. The specific violations noted in this letter and in the Inspectional Observations, FDA 483, issued at the close of the inspection may be symptomatic of serious problems in your firm's manufacturing and quality management systems. Your firm should investigate and determine the causes of the violations, and take propt actions to correct the violations and bring the products into compliance.
Sincerly yours,
Joseph Matrisciano Jr.
Acting District Director
New England Distict


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Creation Residencies by artists and companies (or otherwise collaborating groups) are the defining paradigm of The Yard. The residency structure is a legacy of founder Patricia N. Nanon's pioneering work with dance artists beginning in the early 1970's, and, over the years, has become a valued local and national resource for artists and community alike.
For Yard staff, residency means the ability to transport, house and feed (and in the fairly unique case of The Yard, pay a weekly stipend to) up to 12 artists to live and work on The Yard's campus for a period of time, as well as to support their working process in an appropriately staffed and equipped studio and theater environment. Unlike other residency communities across the country, the Yard is generally focused on group/company residency, emphasizing the collaborative nature of art-making by creators and performers in contemporary dance, devised theater and music.
For selected artists, besides the chance to work in depth on their creative challenges, a Yard residency is also an invitation to work among the people and cultures who make up this rural island community. We expect that our artists will rise to that occasion.
The Yard supports three categories of residency, which may overlap depending on the artists involved:
Offshore Creation Residencies
2 to 3 weeks in length, with daily access to studio and/or theater, with option to lead community class or residency-related workshop, culminating in a minimum of 2 public performances;
Community Residencies
2 to 3 weeks in length, with daily access to studio and/or theater but with significant involvement outside The Yard, with community constituencies and site-specific contexts, culminating in 2 or more public performances;
Presentation Residencies
1 week in length, in general (except for festival drop-in performances), focused on a minimum of 2 public performances, but with a week of involvement on campus and in the community.
Residencies are often decided a year in advance, and may be designed curatorially in relationship to themed series or festivals (e.g., TapTheYard: A Festival of Rhythm and Beats; FOLLIES: Women Dance the Comic).
All residency artists are hand selected by Yard staff only after viewing live performances or showings. There is no formal application process for interested artists however, we encourage you to send press kits and information to The Yard for review. The Yard plans residency slots up to 2 years in advance.


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Singaporeans are the global leaders for the longest time spent on Facebook.
According to an international analysis by Experian on the use of social network. Singaporeans spend an average of 38 minutes on the site.
Asia Pacific also showed dominance over other global geographies, with users spending a total average time of 116 minutes 5 secs on Facebook per session.
This is in comparison to a total average time of 82 minutes and 31 secs per session spent by users in UK, US, France and Brazil.
Facebook has managed to sustain its popularity with Singapore Internet users despite the emergence of Google+ this year.
Understanding the average time spent on Facebook illustrates the need for brands to be present on social networks.
Brands can increase the likelihood of capturing an individual's attention by rolling out digital marketing campaigns through Facebook once they have established their target audience's average duration on the site.
Singapore Internet users also showed more interest in YouTube, evidenced by a 3.24 per cent increase in share of visits between August 2010 and August 2011.


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A Cure for Suicide
Long listed for the National Book Award, I thought this would be
better than it was. It was intriguing enough that I had to keep reading.
I kept waiting for that AHA moment when everything would click and I
would understand what the Heck was going on. Very sci=fi, very very
weird. One of the reviews I saw (after I finished the book) said it
"would repay a second reading" and I suspect that is true.
main character-- "The Claimant" -- has apparently suffered some type of brain
washing (i.e., his memory has been dumped, scrubbed, or otherwise
erased). We never really figure out whether he attempted suicide
(perhaps the title might have lead us to that question?????), was in a
terrible accident, had an illness, or WHAT.
He is in the "care"
of The Examiner, who guides him through levels of consciousness in the
"Process of Villages." I really can't say anything else because I'm not
sure I understood enough of what was happening to be able to report on
I suspect that there is a segment of the reading public that will LOVE this book. I didn't dislike it. I just didn't get it. I'd love to hear from readers who did.
A Cure for Suicide
Jesse Ball
Pantheon (2015) 256 pages
Literary fiction, speculative fiction
I wish I knew.
public library
Why did I read this book now? I was reviewing for the Maine Reader's Choice Awards
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Singer, songwriter, producer and engineer Josh Stevens was raised in Los Angeles, where he got his start in the music world as a member of Mental Advisory, a hip-hop group in which Stevens went by the name Speratic. The group released their debut album, Only the Few, in 2004, and Speratic released a solo album, Come Join the Circus, in 2008.
While attending the Los Angeles Recording School, Josh interned under Grammy Award-winning producers Tom Weir and Niko Bolas and later worked as a mix engineer at Rick Warren's Saddleback Church. After two years, Josh found himself wanting to get back into studio work, and jumped at the opportunity to be a personal engineer for Warren G. Through this relationship, Josh was offered the chance to work with LMFAO, co-writing, engineering and touring in support of the group's immensely successful sophomore album, 2011's Sorry for Party Rocking. Josh appears in the video for "Party Rock Anthem" and served as the recording engineer for the second single, "Champagne Showers." In addition, he co-wrote and engineered "Reminds Me of You," featuring Calvin Harris.
In the years since, Josh has worked with artists including Pitbull, Jennifer Lopez, Steve Aoki, Nicki Minaj, Wiz Khalifa, Young Jeezy and Ne-Yo, but in 2014, he decided to devote himself to a new solo project. The result was Story of Summer, a sweeping EP featuring guest appearances from Spencer Ludwig of Capital Cities, Drew Hester of Foo Fighters, Matt McJunkins of A Perfect Circle & Pusifer, and Thurz of Red Bull Sound Select. The songs tell the story of the ups-and-downs of a tumultuous romance that takes place amidst the backdrop of the sun-drenched California coast.
To learn more about Josh and Story of Summer, visit him at www.iamjoshstevens.com or follow him on Twitter or Instagram.
Who were your biggest creative influences when you were growing up? Was there a particular artist, song or album that made you want to be a peformer?
My biggest creative influences growing up were pretty much whatever my mother was playing in her big conversion van as she drove us to the beach during the summer days in California. I remember a lot of Barenaked Ladies, U2, Nirvana, and Tom Petty. When I would get a chance to sneak off and play whatever she wouldn't let me listen to around her, I was all about that West Coast rap and underground positive hip-hop. Opposites I know, but I was equally a fan of Dr. Dre and Snoop as I was of Black Starr and Guru. She didn't mind the positive hip-hop stuff, as long as it was the edited clean versions, LOL… Not even sure they sell those versions anymore.
Today, I 'm still a fan of hip-hop, especially Kendrick Lamar, Thurz, J. Cole. I'm also a fan of pop/rock bands like Mumford and Sons, Island Apollo and One Republic.
It's strange, but Bruce Springsteen, Blink-182, and even Eminem had a huge influence on me in becoming a performer. They always had those stadium anthem songs with an American "Rock Star" swag to them on stage. And to me as a kid, playing stadiums was the ultimate peak.
Do you feel that it is important to have role models in life? If so, who are yours?
I do believe it is very important to have role models, either directly or someone you look up to from a distance because everyone needs hope and quality guidance. Without that, I guess we would just exist with no sense of purpose.
I have been fortunate enough to have mentors and role models who have greatly impacted my life. First, being my family, they are a super supportive group and we are definitely a tribe that rolls though the good times and bad together. More recently I have found significant role models in long-time friends and relationships. For which I am truly thankful and find that the more honest our relationship becomes, the less is needed to be said and the stronger the bond.
How did the opportunity to work with LMFAO initially come about? Were you familiar with their music beforehand?
The opportunity came about very music industry-esque… haha. I was actually working for my friend Warren G doing sessions for his latest EP Regulate… G Funk Era Part II, which just released and features the hit song "My House" featuring Nate Dogg. One of the managers of LMFAO happened to be sitting in on another recording session at Studio City Sound in Studio City, California. He saw and heard what I was doing, then reached out to Warren G about me. Warren, being super cool called me and said I should take this meeting with Redfoo of LMFAO. He said it could be good.
At the time LMFAO wasn't very big. I think the only songs they had out were "I'm in Miami Bitch" and "Shots." Which were only club records at the time. So I had no clue who they were, LOL. But because of Warren, I took the meeting.
Next thing I know, I was with Redfoo at his home studio, quickly talking about drums and production stuff – with him in only a speedo, LOL, in classic Redfoo style. We were laughing and he was telling me about his song ideas and how they needed help finishing songs for their new album. Which eventually became the Sorry for Party Rocking album, with hits like "Party Rock Anthem," "Sexy and I Know It," and "Champagne Showers."
After the meeting, he turned to me and said, "Do you have a valid passport?" I was like, "Yeah!" and that was immediately followed by, "Can you leave tomorrow, we doing an Asia and Canada tour?" I said, "Yes I can." And so that is where my LMFAO story started, LOL.
What are your fondest memories of touring with LMFAO?
Man… There were so many, it's hard to find just one. But off the top of my head is when "Party Rock Anthem" was the #1 song in the world, so the label hired a double decker bus for the band to perform on while driving around the streets of Paris, France… Haha. I doubt the people having romantic lunches at the Eiffel Tower were too pleased with the noise, haha… But it was quite memorable.
What was the inspiration behind Story of Summer?
Story of Summer is a reflective piece inspired by a summer that I experienced after coming out a rough relationship. It goes through some of the darkest points of life to the most euphoric. Those experiences force a person to grow and learn the most about themselves. I'm super stoked for the world to hear it.
What is your songwriting process?
My writing and recording process is pretty straightforward and simple. Nothing too eccentric like writing or recording in the nude with candle lights while laying on a sheep skin rug, haha… I usually start at the piano and let the poetry pour out of me as honestly as possible. Maybe it will start with a guitar riff from my guitarist Jason Valverde (credits include Tao Cruz and Wiz Kalifa). Then the song will just start to take shape and naturally become either a song we want to put out or realize it's complete rubbish and start from scratch.
What do you enjoy most about the environment at Studio City Sound?
Studio City Sound is literally my second home. Grammy Award-winning engineer and studio owner Tom Weir took me under his wing when I first got out of the Los Angeles Recording School. That was over a decade ago! Since then, I never really left. Tom and the beautiful staff at Studio City Sound have given me a place to build my career, and for that, I am truly and greatly thankful. Not only do I produce and record here, but they have a baby grand that I love to write on. The acoustics are superb. It takes a team to be successful, and they are some of the best teammates anyone could ask for. Plus, it's one of the top recording facilities for music and post-production in Los Angeles, so no reason to go elsewhere.
Is there anyone out there that you would particularly like to work with in the future?
The list is long, haha… but to name a few, I would love to work with Bruno Mars, Pharrell, Coldplay, U2, and Kanye West. I believe each of those artists and bands are masters of what they do, and for that, I respect them greatly.
What are you working on next?
Next is to finish the second half of Story of Summer LP or Part Two. Haven't fully decided on the title, but it's suppose to come out spring of 2016. But first we need to release the EP. Haha… So, Story of Summer EP is set to release on October 21, 2015. Please phone a friend and tell a neighbor :-)
Other then that, just working to release music with other artist through my branding and media consulting firm Stadium Music Enterprise, Inc. We are excited for releases coming by Naima Mora (America's Next Top Model winner), Island Apollo, and Loren Smith.


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You wouldn't expect turtles to have the need for solar power and internet access, but some of the critters are now getting all wired up for a research experiment, according to scientists from the University of Massachusetts. In an ecological experiment taking place along the Deerfield River in western Massachusetts, two teams of researchers including computer engineers and biologists have begun testing a new wireless communication network to track wildlife: cheekily named the Turtlenet.
The team of Mark D. Corner, Emery D. Berger, and Brian Levine with biologist Michael Jones had a simple idea, to create a network to track small endangered animals, in a manner similar to an experiment being done in Africa to track zebras. Rather than wading through the murky swamps looking for the previously marked turtles, hoping that the batteries on the radio receivers haven't died, the scientists have attached a very small solar powered computer outfitted with a GPS beacon and a wi-fi connection to the snapping turtles. When a turtle gets within range to another turtle, the computers will swap information with one another, with the idea being that one of them will get close enough to a base station in order to download the information to the project's servers.
While the snapping turtles are not on the list of endangered species yet, the scientists hope that by using this information they can develop strategies to keep them from ever becoming endangered. 'We're trying to get a better idea of their range, the routes they take and where they hibernate,' said Michael Jones, who is working on a doctoral degree in biology. 'If you have that information for a good number of turtles, you can predict what their patterns will be for the next 50 years or so.'
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+ Turtles to Test Wireless Network


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Handmade stainless steel sculpture. A wonderful piece of craftsmanship. The Eclipse was created in reminiscence to the sun- and moon eclipse. This mystic event fascinates humans since the beginning of mankind. The aperture in the sculpture offers interesting perspectives. The flowing shape and the reflecting stainless steel makes the sculpture -despite its volume - appear light. Polished stainless steel sculpture (AISI 304) on a polished black granite base.
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The Consulting Network Inc., a small federal contractor in Middletown, Md., will provide the Navy with software and hardware development among other services under a one-year, $17.7 million contract modification.
The contract calls for engineering services, systems engineering, commercial products procurement and hardware and software integration in support of Virginia-class submarines and other submarine and surface ship systems, according to a March 16 Defense Department announcement.
The modification provides for continued engineering, fabrication, test, installation and training services for the analysis, design and prototyping of components related to open architecture concepts.
This effort comes under Phase III of Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) "Open Architecture Concepts," the announcement said.
The work will be performed in Middletown, and is expected to complete by March 2013.
Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.
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Funeral services for Harry L. Cunningham Jr., the first president of the Washington County Sports Hall of Fame, will be held today at 11 a.m. at Minnich Funeral Home, 415 E. Wilson Blvd., Hagerstown.
The 79-year-old Cunningham, commonly known as Junior, died Tuesday at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore. He was one of the founders of the local Hall of Fame in 1986.
"First and foremost, Junior was the first president of the organization and without his vision and those of the founding group, we would never be where we are today," Washington County Sports Hall of Fame president Gregg Delauney said. "I've been involved with the Hall since 1995 and it continues to grow."
Delauney said Cunningham remained supportive of the group throughout the years.
"He never missed a banquet, he stayed very involved and was interested in the Hall," Delauney said. "I don't think the initial group ever expected the organization to grow to this stature. They gave away a $500 scholarship the first year. Last year we awarded $9,000."


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Their Majesties the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (the Supreme Ruler) of Malaysia and the Raja Permaisuri Agong (the Supreme Queen Consort), Tuanku Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah and Tuanku Hajah Haminah attended the Tea Party in conjunction of the Supreme Ruler's birthday celebration last Sunday. The Tea Party was held at Istana Negara, Jalan Duta, Kuala Lumpur. 2,500 delegates were invited in the party, including the Prime Minister of Malaysia and his wife, Datuk Seri Mohd Najib bin Tun Abdul Razak and Datin Seri Rosmah Mansur. Also present in the event were Deputy Prime Minister, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin and wife, Puan Sri Norainee Abdul Rahman.
In the Tea Party, His Majesty the King consented to cuts the birthday cake as a symbolic for the celebration. The first Saturday of June is a designated birthday celebration of the Supreme Ruler in the federal level.
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