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Tonight season three of "The Walking Dead" came to its thrilling conclusion (and boy was it thrilling). There was blood, there was guts, there was heartbreak and actual, bleeding hearts. I laughed, I cried, and then I realized I have to wait half a year to see season four. Sound like fun? Then it's time to review the season three finale of "The Walking Dead," "Welcome to the Tombs."
The overwhelming reaction to this episode was "I did not see that coming." The way things were going, it looked like there was going to be a much higher body count among the main cast, and Rick was going to lose the prison. But at the end of the day, Rick & Co. not only remain in the prison, they get some new neighbors as well. Meanwhile, Woodbury becomes a literal ghost town.
We begin back in our horror movie starring Andrea and the Governor, with the Governor torturing both Andrea and Milton and the situation looking rather desperate. Poor, clean, nervous Milton has finally gotten on the Governor's bad side when he burned the pit walkers, and now he has to pay the price. Milton's no wimp (you can't be in the zombie apocalypse), but neither is he a particularly violent person. He is not like Glenn, who can take a beating and still come up swinging. Milton gets beaten and stays beaten.
Which is why his situation with Andrea is so heartbreaking. Is it just me, or was Milton secretly a little bit in love with Andrea? There they are, locked in a room with certain death, and Andrea can't pick up a pair of damn pliers to save her life. LITERALLY. If the dying dude who's about to eat you tells you to hurry up, then girl, you best stop your sentimental yapping and hurry the hell up!
Meanwhile, back at the prison, the group has packed up and seemingly abandoned ship. This is how we thought the episode would go: The Governor rolls in only to find Rick & Co. gone. They destroy the prison, then chase our heroes down on the road and kill all nonessential personnel like Hershel, Carol, and Beth. But that's not how it went at all. Instead, our heroes had a cleverly laid trap waiting for the Governor and his unfortunate pals. It was both gratifying and totally worth it to see the people of Woodbury running for their lives.
Enter Dark Carl: give him half a reason and he kills family friends and his own mother, so that poor kid from Woodbury didn't stand a chance. But it seems Carl has come full circle in that he's back to his reckless tricks from the beginning of season three, and the adults around him are back to being appalled at his ruthless actions without being able to keep him in check. All I'm saying is, Carl's philosophy of "better safe than undead" has kept a prepubescent boy alive at the end of the world against all odds, so he's got to have something right.
Surprise or jumping the shark? When the Governor guns down all the Woodbury soldiers but Martinez and Bowman, it was definitely shocking. But was it too convenient to the plot? It certainly made it easy for Rick & Co. to safely move back into the prison, and for the Woodburyans to join them. It also got rid of a whole bunch of extra characters that were really just zombie fodder anyway. It's easy enough to explain the mass execution as the Governor finally just snapping, but the whole thing really just smacked of the writers going "You know what would totally shock our viewers? If the Governor just, like, killed everyone!"
So now the Woodbury Army is basically nil, and convenient survivor Karen is there to explain the whole thing to both Rick and Tyreese so everyone can join hands and be happy. Right?
Surprisingly… yes. But not before the Governor's handiwork comes back to haunt them once more. Andrea fought valiantly (if slowly) for the pliers to free herself and kill Milton before he killed her. But it was all for nought. While she managed to put him down, he still go a big chomp out of her neck (which we didn't see, thanks to some cleverly suspenseful cinematography). And this is how Rick, Daryl, Tyreese, and Michonne (poor Michonne!) find her.
Let's take a moment for Andrea. Now that she's dead–and what a hero's death it was–we can get some perspective on her sometimes irritating plot this season. It was Andrea who made the wrong decision when Michonne wanted to leave Woodbury, Andrea who didn't kill the Governor when she had the chance (thrice), and Andrea who didn't save herself by just going back to the prison when the opportunity presented itself. But in the end, she is completely redeemed by her own words: "I didn't want anyone to die." She didn't want anyone to die: not her friends, not the people of Woodbury, not Michonne, and not even the Governor for awhile. This is not necessarily the Andrea of the comic books. But she is noble, and brave, and she gave her life working for a better world.
Despite the surprising death of Andrea and half the population of Woodbury, things ended on a high note this season. The prison wasn't abandoned as we'd expected, and only two major characters died ("only two" says a lot about this show). It wasn't the explosively shocking season finale we expected, nor was it a season finale to leave us in suspense all summer. But after this season, it's almost a relief to have things end as they did.
Where have the Governor and his henchmen gone? Will they return to harry the prison in season four? Will Tyreese and the other Woodbury refugees adjust to prison life or will they be at odds with Rick's group? Now that the Ricktatorship is over, will we see a kinder, softer version of our fearless leader? Will Morgan leave his hermitage to join the prison? Who will Carl kill next?
We've got half a year to wait for the answers to these questions and more. See you in October, zombiephiles. I, for one, can't wait.
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Purification steps account for up to 80% of the manufacturing costs of most biological drugs. In the vaccine industry, purification processes are particularly complex as vaccines aim at protecting healthy people. Any contaminant must be removed via multiple elimination steps, which comes at the expense of product recovery: yields are low, product costs are high. Technically, this is partly due to the lack of specific capture systems for "positive" separation of the vaccine from its environment. The EU co-funded project DiViNe will tackle these technical and cost issues with innovative nanotechnology-based answers.
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By 2025 the most competitive water consuming industries are those that apply a "water-fit-for-purpose" concept and are heading towards closed loop solutions supported by front-runner technology providers, with the required level of food quality and safety and in accordance with environmental regulations. This vision reflects that ego-efficiency is the overarching rationale implying that water efficient technologies and solutions shall enhance the competitiveness of the food industry by achieving an improvement in resource efficiency and environmental as well as economic performance. This is the challenge that technology and knowledge providers shall address and which characterizes clean-tech.
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Less than three months later on Sunday, September 9th, Mr. Nolan was baptized and I couldn't have felt sadder. I mean I was thrilled, some would say pumped, that he had a special day all to himself, but I was just disappointed that I didn't get to see the little guy get all dressed up in white and not have a clue in the world why water was being poured on him and who the heck that strange dude with a black and white collar was. I missed an important moment in Nolan's life and now I'm also missing out on Marquette's basketball season and fantasy football. Dang it!
Studying abroad is, in a way, a sacrifice. You know you are going to miss birthdays, late night study dates in Raynor, the chatter of what ridiculous event happened the night before, the hype before a big game and the genuine feel of being on a campus that turned into your second home.
Missing all those things is a debbie downer, but studying abroad is a sacrifice that only makes you a stronger, more independent individual.
Here, in Madrid, you learn to navigate the metro, think about the places you want to travel to become richer in experience, and find out how to convert Euros to US dollars and then become extremely saddened by how bad the exchange rate is. There are countless things you learn that you never expected to, however, the most strengthening experience is finding out how life is on your own, away from the people you rely on most. In all honesty, at times it stinks a little. There are moments where nothing sounds better than a venting session with my mom or moments when I want to be back home with my friends to actually see the humorous stories unfold rather than just hear them. But the reality is that these feelings are seldom once you learn how to brush things off your shoulder, not look back, keep trucking and remember how you're making your own memories with new people.
A professor and travel buddy of mine told me something really important while in India: you can't control what is out of your hands and what is unchangeable. I heard this over and over before but in India when dealing with technology fiascos and here where I am, for all intensive purposes, on my own it is finally sinking in. I've learned that you can't control everything and that it is actually enjoyable to fly by the seat of your pants. I don't miss being a control freak one bit. I have even been limiting the amount of time I spend with my planner. For those who don't know me well, that is a rather large step for me. Picture a collection of post-it notes and lists color coded for the importance of tasks along with several notes in the margin regarding upcoming deadlines, birthdays, anniversaries and more.
In the United States I am a plane ride away from my friends or an apartment away from making a lifetime of memories, I'm a button away from a conversation with my mom but here I'm a metro stop away from hanging out with my brand spanking new friends and a room away from my señora who is watching a gameshow. I wouldn't trade one for another because I know there is a time in life where I will always be missing out on something and someone.
Nolan and I have had some good moments. He won't remember them, but I always will. Jae Crowder also won't remember the time he gave me a high five either, but I will. Studying abroad is a sacrifice, but so is going to a school in Wisconsin away from my family. You just have to make the most out of every decision and moment you make. It's just how life works, so enjoy it while it lasts and don't dwell on what you may be missing out. Now, that's what I call a problem free philosophy.


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SANTIAGO, Dominican Republic (sentinel.ht) – A Dominican political leader is hoping to renew xenophobic resentment against Haitians in the Dominican Republic, claiming over the weekend that the United States would have a "well-defined plan" to merge the two countries.
In the more affluent city of Santiago, the leader of the National Progressive Party of Labor (NPF), Pelegrín Castillo, spoke to a small group of "a quiet invasion of Haitians". Perhaps for political gain, he strongly criticized the Dominican government for its "tolerance" of migratory practices at the Haitian-Dominican border and then through the United States into the mix.
Mr. Castillo, a former candidate, defeated, for the Dominican presidency, said that "the United States has a well-defined plan to merge the Dominican Republic with Haiti." The news reverberated across the Dominican media and Diaro Libre.
It is estimated that nearly a quarter-million Haitians have been deported from the Dominican Republic since 2015, many under irregular circumstances that defy international conventions on human rights. Furthermore, the Dominican Republic's actions were met with striking passivity from the United States, under then-President Barack Obama. As well, U.S. President Donald Trump campaigned on strict border control and even, at one point, seemed to support removing birth-right citizenship in the United States.
None the less, this did not stop the head of the Progressive National Labor Party (FNP), Mr. Castillo, from expressing his firm convictions. "What we have denounced for many years and the events that are happening now gives us the reason and we want to warn that there are many officials who are committed to the US plan," Castillo said in Santiago.
The harsh positions of Pelegrín Castillo, a former member of Congress, are the expression of his nationalist and anti-Haitianist ideology. He said that the National Regularization Plan has not been executed in an organized and serious way because, according to him, thousands of Haitian citizens circumvent measures instituted and are currently circulating in the country illegally and irregularly. He regrets that the Dominican government does not have control over the migration situation at the border with Haiti. He accuses the soldiers of the Dominican army of corrupt for having let hundreds of illegal Haitians pass to the border.
"But not only are there human trafficking at the border, but we also pass weapons, drugs, goods and vehicles and other things," Castillo said.
In the newspaper Haiti Libre, Jean Tholbert Alexis the Minister Counselor in charge of the Consulate of Haiti in the province of Altagracia, denies Mr. Castillo. The former president of the Chamber of Deputies "assured that there was no plan or intention, current or future, aimed at any merger between the two nations, contrary to rumors circulated as part of a propaganda campaign Hate on social networks. "


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The Finer Things in Life – Art Equity and Ultimate Car Club, Vessel Sydney
MiSociety May 6th, 2012
The Finer Things in Life – Art Equity, Ultimate Car Club, The Balvenie photos and story; MiSociety 2 May 2012
Art Equity, Ultimate Car Club and The Balvenie generate The Finer Things in Life at Vessel in Sydney
'The Finer Things in Life' drew a huge crowd of invited guests to drool over the Ultimate Car Club's Ferrari, Maserati, Bentley and Lamborghini super cars lined up alongside Art Equity's fine art with the traditionally hand crafted whisky 'The Balvenie' on offer to smooth the way.
The Finer Things in Life had guests gleefully climbing behind the wheels of the prestigious roadsters and acting out a drive on an open road before posing as 'owners' of the vehicles for camera shoots with friends.
'Vessel', at Sydney's King Street Wharf, afforded the perfect space to showcase the cars and art and highlighting that there are few venues in the harbour city of this size and class able to accommodate a stable of vehicles and large art works.
What's that? Your lotto numbers haven't netted you a fortune of late well don't despair as the idea behind the * Ultimate Car Club is that, as a member, you can have an 'arrangement' whereby you have use of their highly coveted vehicles throughout the year.
Art Equity had galleried up the 'Vessel' with a number of their striking contemporary art works created by some of Australia's most collectable artists today. Art Equity also offer a 'hire' type service for their Fine Art having Australia's largest private corporate rental program running alongside their sales and consultancy services.
The Balvenie bar at this connoisseurs' fest was another 'hot spot' with whisky aficionados and novices alike lining up to try 'The Balvenie' 12, 15 and 21 yr aged hand crafted single malt whisky as well as the (very rare in Australia) 30 yr aged single malt golden drop that is, of course, also traditionally hand crafted.
MiSociety had a great time at this event, but mused – wouldn't it be 'luverly' if these 'Finer Things in Life' played a larger role in most of our everyday lives – oh well had better get into gear now to buy this week's lotto ticket.
*Update 18 July 2012 The Ultimate Car Club's site no longer appears to be live
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Did you know today is Texas Independence Day? According to my source, "Texas Independence Day commemorates the adoption of the Texas Declaration of Independence on March 2, 1836. This event marked Texas' independence from Mexico." Pretty cool, huh?
So to celebrate, instead of giving away free beer (which is what Rudy's Barbecue is doing today..) I made Bob Armstrong Dip. Named for the former Texas Land Commissioner who asked a restauranteur's son to "surprise him" with something new to eat, this dip combines homemade taco meat and homemade queso. A winning combination, in my eyes.
Then again, anything involving cheese is a winner in my eyes…..
This was so easy to make, and I especially appreciated the omission of processed cheese in the recipe. Now before I get pelted with boxes of the orange substance that is a mainstay here in Texas, let me say that I don't have anything against Velveeta, I just don't have anything for it.
Which puts me squarely in the minority with that statement.
Bob Armstrong Dip – adapted from Lisa Fain via Matt Martinez
Taco meat:
2 tbs. vegetable oil
1 jalapeño, seeded, stemmed, and diced
1/2 small yellow onion, diced
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 pound ground beef
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp chili powder
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
Pinch of cayenne
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2 tbs. vegetable oil
2 jalapeños, seeded, stemmed, and diced
1/2 small yellow onion, diced
1 clove garlic, minced
1/2 tsp ground cumin
1/4 tsp black pepper
1 tbs. corn starch
1 cup milk
1/2 lb shredded cheddar cheese
1/2 lb. shredded monterey jack cheese
Sour cream, for garnishing
Tortilla chips, for serving
To make the taco meat, in a large skillet heat the oil on medium-low heat and add the jalapeño and onion. While stirring occasionally, cook until the onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for 30 more seconds.
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Hurricanes defensive coordinator Mark D'Onofrio opened camp Tuesday feeling the best he has ever felt regarding depth on the defensive line and in the secondary.
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Message From The Mayor
Welcome to the City of Taunton,
one of the oldest cities in the country and the seat of Bristol County. Taunton was founded as a town in 1639 and incorporated as a city in 1864. Taunton is known as the "Silver City" for its rich history in the silver industry. The "Christmas City" is another moniker that Taunton proudly wears for our Christmas display at the historic Taunton Green. Taunton is located in the hub of Southeastern Massachusetts, only 40 miles south of Boston, 18 miles east of Providence and a quick drive to Cape Cod. Taunton is proud to be a business and family friendly community. The Taunton School Department offers a first class education and we are proud of our newly renovated Taunton High School and Field House.
About the Mayor
Mayor Thomas C. Hoye, Jr. began serving as Mayor in January of 2012. Tom is a devoted husband and loving father of three. His wife, Stephanie, is an Elementary School Principal and a life-long Tauntonian. Together they have three children: Sophia (age 11), Tommy (age 8), and Lilah (age 5).
Mayor Hoye is a life-long resident of Taunton, and the Hoye family has served Taunton in various capacities for the last four generations. Tom received a Bachelor of Science Degree from Bridgewater State University, and a Masters of Education from Fitchburg State College. After college, Tom returned to Taunton where he worked in the Morton Hospital Sports Medicine Program, as a Certified Athletic Trainer. He was the first hire of the program and was employed there for 18 years until beginning his tenure as Mayor. In addition, Mayor Hoye also taught in the Taunton Public School's for 12 years until his election to the Office of Mayor. Mayor Hoye is heavily involved in youth sports, with his children, here in Taunton presently coaching or managing several softball teams in the Taunton Girls Softball League, he also is currently an assistant coach at the Taunton Western Little League and Metro West Basketball. In the past, Mayor Hoye has also coached at the Taunton Boys and Girls Club and Taunton Jr. Basketball. Mayor Hoye is also the co-owner of Tom and Jimmy's Ice Cream and Del's Lemonade located here in Taunton.
He has served as a member of the Board of Directors for the Boys & Girls Club of Taunton, and as a member of the Taunton Industrial Theatre, Board of Directors. Prior to being elected Mayor, Hoye served for ten years as a member of the Municipal Council, with distinction. As a member of the Municipal Council he held several key leadership roles, and chaired such committees as: Department of Public Works, ADA, Solid Waste, Public Property and Needs of the Airport. He was also the lead negotiator on the Adessa Impact Water Settlement.
The Hoye Administration has worked hard to make significant progress throughout the City. Below are a few milestones throughout the years.
- Mayor Hoye introduced a more effective way of doing business by streamlining the permitting process.
- City Hall hours were modified to improve access for residents.
- The first phase of the Downtown Improvement Project was completed which includes new sidewalks, stamped concrete steel railings, and modern parking kiosks.
- The City utilized $9.2 million in State and Federal infrastructure grants to redevelop 220 industrial acres in the Myles Standish Industrial Park.
- The City entered into a partnership with the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe to build a destination resort casino in Taunton. The people of Taunton voted 63% in favor of the project, and the City successfully negotiated an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Tribe. The Tribe paid for all consulting costs related to mitigation and negotiations, and the City received a payment from the Tribe of $1.5 million.
- The City was awarded its first ever SAFER grant worth $1.35 million, which allowed the Fire Department to hire and train 8 new firefighters.
- In September, Mayor Hoye kicked off the first annual Miles with the Mayor 5K road race to promote healthy living and wellness throughout the City.
- The Hoye Administration remained focused on finding innovative solutions and enhancing technology to make government more efficient to better serve the community. The City was awarded a Commonwealth Connect grant for the mobile app "See Click Fix" which gives residents the opportunity to generate work orders and track issues through the Department of Public Works.
- The Administration fought diligently in land court to take over notorious blighted properties. Most notably, the City took possession of the Star Theatre, a structurally unsound property which posed a threat to public safety in the heart of the Downtown.
- In July, Mayor Hoye held the first ever Family 4th Night, a family friendly 4th of July celebration complete with musical entertainment, fireworks, and food trucks.
- The Mayor formed a Charter Review Committee to review, and make recommendations to revise, the City's archaic City charter.
- The Administration implemented sound financial practices and re-evaluated spending practices. The City's fiscal health not only improved, but later reflected $9.8 million in free cash.
- Critical water, sewer, and ADA upgrades were planned and completed.
- A new business, Columbia Gas, was welcomed to the Myles Standish Industrial Park.
- In December the City hosted its largest event on record, the 100th Lighting of the Green and Lights On Festival, which attracted over 10,000 people to the Downtown Taunton area.
- In 2014 Phases 4 and 5 of the Myles Standish Industrial Project were well underway. Sullivan Tire joined the park, as well as The Martignetti Companies which committed to a $100M investment, retention of 800 jobs, and the purchase and reuse of over 115 acres of land on the former Paul A. Dever Campus.
- Taunton, in partnership with the YMCA, was awarded a Mass in Motion grant to promote healthy lifestyles and wellness, specifically to low-income families.
- The City's Law Department took possession of and cleaned up several properties including, but not limited to; Merrill Ave, High Street Ext., Norton Ave, and the notorious 115 Tremont Street.
- The Mayor formed the Taunton Opiate Task Force to combat opiate addiction in the City of Taunton (which today has been awarded over $1 million in grants and has 88 key stakeholders in the community).
- The Mayor formed a Capital Improvement Advisory Committee, called on to review assets, complete a needs assessment, and prepare a plan to systematically repair and upgrade our public buildings and infrastructure.
- In 2014 graduation rates soared to almost 90%, and the dropout rate fell to 1.7% in Taunton Public Schools.
- In 2015 the Myles Standish Industrial Park continued to grow, welcoming Dennis Burke and the Boston Globe headquarters. With these additions the vacancy rate of the park dropped to less than five percent.
- The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe completed the MEPA process and was granted land into trust completing the last set of approvals needed to build a destination resort casino in Taunton.
- Mayor Hoye created a new working group, Transitioning Taunton, with the objective of bringing together the major economic stake holders in our community to share ideas, strengthen relationships and to find common ground.
- The Star Theatre was razed allowing for plan and design development for the future of our historic City Hall.
- The City of Taunton reached an agreement with the US Army Reserve to purchase for $500,000 the blighted former Elizabeth Pole School.
- The District was accepted into the MSBA rapid repair program for the Bennett and Martin Schools, and began exploring the potential to replace the Mulcahey and Hopewell Schools.
- In 2015 more roads and sidewalks were repaired than ever before, and the City updated its roadway management plan.
- The Mayor's kids summer track series reached record enrollment.
In 2016 there is much to look forward to. Some early milestones include:
- The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe broke ground for the First Light Resort & Casino on April 5, 2016. The buildout will produce 1000 union construction jobs with an estimated $230 million in construction payroll. Additionally, more than 2,650 full time and part time jobs will be created within the next two years.
- Major roadway infrastructure upgrades, including Harts Four Corners, Gordon Owen Riverway, and the Route 24 and 140 interchange will begin construction.
- The City of Taunton's Mass in Motion program is planning a summer long farmers' market on Thursday nights at Hopewell Park.
- The Pioneer Institute Public Policy Research and Center for Economic Opportunity released a report "Ten Years Later: Trends in Urban Redevelopment", that concluded Taunton is a top performer in Massachusetts' Middle Cities across indicators of education, crime, population, unemployment, performance, and municipal fiscal health.


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Our vision as a music ministry is to promote an atmosphere of inspiring worship and to create an environment of prayerful participation and meditation.
The Music Ministry at Queen of All Saints offers a wide variety of musical experiences for parishioners of all ages. We are constantly welcoming new members to our ensembles. Our ministry is two-fold: to lead the assembly in worship and to enhance the liturgy through the singing of choral music.
The Saturday Adult Choir alternates with the Student Praise Choir in singing at the 4:30 P.M. Mass on Saturdays. Practice is held at 4:00 P.M. prior to the Mass. Frequently we have a combination of members from both choirs. New members and musicians who can play instruments are welcome to join us. Contact the Music Director Kathy Moskovich, 219-872-4420 Ext.114 for more information.
The Student Praise Choir invites any student in the parish to join. This choir alternates with the Saturday Adult Choir in leading the singing at the 4:30 P.M. Mass. Students also sing at the school Masses, school programs, and other liturgies throughout the year. Practice is held on Wednesday, 3:00-3:45 P.M. and at 4:00 P.M. on Saturdays during the school year. Many of our members join the adults on the alternating weeks. We would love to have some volunteers join us in playing some instruments. Contact Kathy Moskovich, 219-872-4420 Ext. 114 for more information.
The Resurrection Choir sings at all funeral Masses. Practice is held preceding the funeral and once a month as needed. Choir members are called when a funeral is scheduled at the parish. Contact the Music Director Kathy Moskovich, 219-872-4420 Ext. 114 for more information or Jerry Tillman at 219-878-0521.
Whether you are interested in singing or are an instrumentalist of any kind, you can be sure that you will be joining people with whom you will share many wonderful moments of making music and lively fellowship. We invite you to "Make a joyful noise" and prayerfully consider offering your talents to this ministry. Formation retreats are also offered once a year.
"O sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous things." Psalm 98:1
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By Eric Jansson Published: June 24 2006 Fearsome black crags jut up toward the belly of our aircraft as we float in the direction of Podgorica, capital city of Montenegro, the world's newest sovereign state.From the air, it looks treacherous. A strange, bent universe of limestone spans the horizon: the Dinaric Alps. Weirdly shaped monoliths here and there break off into deep canyons, then rise again as highlandplateaux. Many call this magnificent former Yugoslav republic a Mediterranean paradise.Yet, after all the tectonic jolts of politics and war the Balkans have absorbed during the past 15 years, first-time visitors cannot help wondering about the lie of the land when they arrive.A hopeful new chapter in Montenegro's political life is unfolding peacefully after a May 21 referendum in which voters chose to declare independence from Serbia. Yet by its very nature, this land still celebrates the violence of creation. A topographical wonderland, Montenegro is an ancient wound in our planet's skin, rendered by the furious forces that formed the planet.We begin to descend and a break in the Dinaric peaks reveals a fertile valley. We soar over the vast Zeta plain, layered with vineyardsand dotted with red-roofedcountry houses. An aquamarine river strewn with white boulders follows a jagged line through the valley, as if someone has scribbled playfully over the bright green ground with a giant blue oil pastel.Then, somewhat alarmingly, as if the pilot has fallen asleep, we pass over tiny, concrete Podgorica and its little airport, drifting onward.More vineyards and country houses appear below and the plain becomes waterlogged. Little brooks appear, then multiply and combine, forming the rim of an astonishing body of water - Lake Skadar, marking Montenegro's border with Albania, a shining swirl of turquoise and dark blue matted with lily pads and ringed byverdant hills.The aircraft angles sharply, cutting a 180° arc back toward the city. We roar back, descend rapidly and fly low over the fields before touching down on the airstrip. Disembarking in the open air, we step out into a deliciously warm breeze.The spectacular horseshoe-shaped approach to Podgorica's airport allows just a glimpse of this country's lauded "wild beauty". There is much more. Montenegro serves up a vast feast for the senses. It must be seen, felt and tasted to be believed - and nothing of what the air passenger beholds as he descends compares to the biggest draw: the beach.Now that Montenegrin independence is certain - a formality to be worked out in technical consultations between Podgorica and Belgrade - this new country dearly hopes that the rest of the world will descend upon it. Tourism, never so big here as in Croatia, will be a key factor in Montenegro's success or failure. So let the world descend; there is no reason we should not. One need only touch down in the capital to start sharing Montenegrins' faith in their future as the owners and hosts of Europe's next great playground.From the airport car park it is just a 45-minute drive to the sparkling Adriatic. The road passes through the stunning Lake Skadar region, ornamented with medieval ruins and ancient Orthodox monasteries. It then shoots through the 10-km Sozina tunnel, newly bored through the mountains between the airport and the coast.It is less opulent than Amalfi and not so enormous as Big Sur, yet it resembles both. Montenegrin beaches, some sandy and some stony - many sparsely inhabited by sunbathers - lie where the mountains slope into the sea. In some places, enormous chunks of stone rest just offshore, somehow sliced off the mainland and hurled into the water.Off Petrovac, a holiday idyll near the coastal end of the motorway tunnel, squint and you can spot a tiny stone seafarers' chapel improbably crowning one such island. Montenegro is packed with such marriages of heavenly and human ingenuity.Many of those who visited Montenegro before Yugoslavia's wars of secession will think immediately of Sveti Stefan, a fishermen's island converted after the second world war into a tourist village and linked to the shore by a white stone causeway. Sveti Stefan is still there and it remains one of the pearls of the coast. But a more extraordinary, lesser-known gem is found to the north at Perast, on the the butterfly-shaped Boka Kotorska - southern Europe's only fjord, an ever-changing body of water fed by sea tides and freshwater aquifers.Tiny, tranquil Perast was built by medieval Venetians and later adopted as a Russian naval port by Peter the Great. It is now a sleepy beauty spot. At the shore, local oarsmen wait to carry passengers to the picture-perfect islands in the middle of the fjord. One of the islands, heavily pine-clad, is home to a former Benedictine abbey. On the other, the Gospa od Skrpjele, a manmade stone platform set on a foundation of sunken ships, stands a blue-domed church. In the late afternoon, sunlight illuminates the humid air and shafts of light shine like spotlights on the jaw-dropping scene.Dive off halfway between Perast's islands and the shore. Swimming back to the dock, you can bathe in the interplay of warm sea currents and the aquifers that spout chilly rivers of melted snow, channelled through underground waterfalls, into the fjord. Delightful.The fact that ravishing, Unesco-protected Perast is not overrun by tourists is a clear sign that Montenegro's heyday has yet to arrive. This is because, for many visitors, retreats such as Perast are simply "boring" - as some tourists overnighting in nearby Kotor put it. No working hotel, no working restaurant: just the oarsmen, the humble Café Il Giardino, an ice cream vendor, the townsfolk renting rooms and the surrounding splendour.This is not enough to attract the old stalwarts of Montenegrin tourism - many of them urban party-loving Serbs and Russians. But it could be perfect for an incoming class of high-end western visitors. Enterprising Montenegrins are keen to catch the wave.If the Boka Kotorska is a butterfly, then one wingtip away from Perast lies the equally sleepy village of Morinj. Drive down a dusty road, local chickens racing you over the potholes, and you come across a restaurant called Catovica Mlini - the old flour mills of the family Catovica. Here, Lazar, the father, has built a glorious prototype for the future of Montenegrin hospitality, a "restaurant" in the original restorative sense of the word. Everywhere, brooks babble and little springs spew out of the ground. Birds tiptoe across the watery lawns, sending quiet calls out over a dining area where waiters erect great linen canopies to shield tables from the scorching sun.Increasingly, such refined means of relaxation can be found throughout Montenegro. But a different scene still prevails in the big coastalcities. Many of these, like Perast, were built by seafaring Venetians, and the heritage shows in the ancient stone. Budva, Kotor, Herceg Novi, Bar and Ulcinj contribute understated urban tone, throbbing discos and shopping to a coast otherwise better suited to laying back.Visitors who crave both action and idleness should simply stay near a city - Budva, Kotor and Herceg Novi are best - as many tourists have learned to do across the border in Croatia, where nearby Dubrovnik is already overrun by the camera-clicking horde.If there is a mystery about Montenegro's potential to become a world-class getaway, it is the country's immense and imposing northern mountains. So long tucked away as a southern backwater of the former Yugoslavia, this republic somehow failed to advertise the fact that it possesses the second deepest canyon in the world, through which the emerald Tara River flows. Although the 144km Tara attracts local white-water rafters, it remains obscure outside the region.The same can be said for Zabljak, a northern resort town. On its outskirts, peasant smallholders tend cows and bees. Spartan cabins for self-catering tourists, some going for just 15 (£10.20) a night, are scattered in the valleys. A mirrorlike Crno Jezero (Black Lake) reflects the peaks of Durmitor, the north's greatest massif. This is a playground for hikers for half the year. When the winter snow falls, it becomes a haven for skiers into the spring.While comfort in the north remains scarce, the opening of a British-owned hotel in Kolasin, south of Zabljak, offers a vision of the future. The Bianca Resort and Spa, an old communist complex refurbished to current standards, offers tourists a stylish toehold in the north.Amazingly, back at the coast, Montenegro offers another untapped resource. Daytrippers from Ulcinj and Bar have long known about it but few others visit the 12km beach at Ada Bojana. Broad fields of dark golden sand stretch as far as the eye can see.Someday this giant, empty beach may become a seashell- strewn boulevard of Mediterranean mega-hotels - a new Ibiza or Costa del Sol. Today it is only the cry of a gull, the perfume of magnolias, the lapping of waves and an uninterrupted nap under the sun.
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First it was planes and now it's retail stores. Urban Outfitters recently revealed that the clothing and accessory chain is going all Apple. That's right, Urban Outfitters CIO Calvin Hollinger recently revealed that the stores will soon begin replacing their standard cash registers with iPads.
According to a report from Business Insider, Hollinger had the following to say on the subject:
"Two or three weeks ago, we placed our very last register order... once we make sure this iPad works.. all stores will be equipped with iPod touches and iPads."
The iPads will be located at a counter just as the cash registers were before and will sit on a swivel stand allowing customers to enter personal information, sign up for mailing lists, etc. One reason for the switch is cost. While Apple devices aren't usually referred to as cheap, an iPad is apparently only 1/5th the cost of a cash register, and we all know how much more they can do.
While iPads clear up space at the counters, employees working the floor will also be getting a bit of an upgrade in the form iPod touches, which I assume will allow them to retrieve pricing info and more for customers. Let's just hope the stores still accept cash after their big switch.


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On Tuesday the 13th of March we had our school Twilight Sports.
Taj is now going to share his recount of this day:
"Today we went on a bus to twilight sports. The bus was a bit bumpy. When we got there we walked to the seats and talked and ate. Next we went to the opening ceremony and then we did our activites. They were fun and it was hot. After that we we did our running races, they went quick! Finally we went home. It was a fun day!"


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"Lorenzo de' Medici." 2010. Biography.com. 7 Nov 2010, 09:02
This source gives a good description of Lorenzo de' Medici's lifestlyle. It discusses his love for the arts and his popularity. It does not however discuss much about his wife and children or how he came to be in power. Without outside knowledge I would not have had an understanding of the importance of the Medici name in Florence at the time. There is also a quick summary of the Pazzi conspiracy that does not go into detail. There is no author to this source which may decrease its credibility, however it is from a reliable site with biographies of many important people.
Horth, Susan. The Magnificent Medici. PBS. WOSU, Columbus, OH, 02 Nov. 2004. Television.
I gained the majority of my information from this program. This was aired on PBS and discussed Lorenzo de' Medici's entire reign over Florence. The program did a great job of describing his influence over the culture of the city and the enemies he made in the process. I gained a better understanding of the Pazzi conspiracy and its effect on the country. This also discussed Savonarola and the difference in opinion between the two. It ended by discussing the rapid change in Florence after Lorenzo's death and the beginning of Savonarola's role. The program came from a reliable source since PBS produces many historical documentaries to accurately portray the subject matter.
"Lorenzo De' Medici." Renaissance Art, Artists, and Society. 2007. Web. 07 Nov. 2010.
This site provided evidence of Lorenzo de' Medici's humanism. It discusses his education before coming into power. Also his attitude towards art and life in general is discussed and allows you to infer his humanistic beliefs. I am unsure as to the reliability of this site. There is no author and it is a site dedicated to the Renaissance time period.
"Lorenzo De Medici - Definition." Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - WordIQ Dictionary. 2010. Web. 07 Nov. 2010.
This is another short biography of Lorenzo de' Medici. It gives quick descriptions of his life and his claim to power and popularity. This website did not describe the Pazzi conspiracy, however it gave information about the effects of the conspiracy and Lorenzo's need for powerful allies. The website has no author and again there is no evidence of its reliability aside from the fact that much of the information is the same as previous sources.


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Jenny Robins is
Born in Brighton in 1985
Ba Illustration from Southampton Solent School of Art and Design 2007
PGCE 2011 and MA Art and Design Education 2014 at the Institute of Education, London
Qualifications from the University of Life: Advanced making friends skills (networking), clear eyes, full heart, exceptional voice projection, obsession with birds (New Zealand 2008), special courage award (karaoke), long term commitment commendation (marriage 2013), impressive collection of interesting pieces of paper (NOT hoard – collection), drawing drawing drawing drawing drawing.
Jenny's style is rooted in the organic fluidity of line and watercolour, often matched with the serendipity of found materials collage. She loves exploring ideas visually and through the juxtaposition of word and image, so her illustration work delivers meaning and immediacy in a clear colourful package, extensively edited on the computer but still retaining the signature touches of hand drawn and painted elements (what she likes to call the yummy bits).
Jenny is currently based in North London, where she works on a plethora of projects and teaches Art 3 days a week. She works on commission for professional and private clients as well as regularly providing live drawing at events and fairs. She likes birds, words, wearing lots of necklaces at once, competitive cookery programs and riding her bike around London.
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