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Endowment Activism: How Students Can Move Big Money
Students are known for having an abundance of ideals, but not much money or power. But student organizations around the country are finding ways to put thousands, sometimes millions of dollars behind sustainable companies.
At Middlebury College, members of the school's Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) club are working to guide the school's $900 million dollar endowment toward more sustainable investments.
They've joined a growing number of other schools in invoking the kind of ownership rights seldom embraced by the left: the right to influence the world through the tools of Wall Street, using their role as investors to spur change in powerful corporations.
"Colleges have the opportunity to be leaders in socially responsible investing because we combine liberal ideals with a huge amount of money," says Olivia Grugan, a Middlebury senior and president of the SRI club.
Responsible investing
At Middlebury, a group of students started a Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) club and began working with the administration to set aside a part of the school's $900 million endowment to be managed in a socially responsible way.
Having ethically managed funds was a priority for the club, and they initially asked that the school allocate 1 percent of its endowment to a fully transparent fund.
Middlebury's administration was wary of sacrificing too much of the endowment's money-making potential.
"Our endowment supports some major commitments we've made," says Patrick Norton, chief financial officer of the college. "We have a commitment to future generations of students and can never put our funding stream at risk."
But values and profits don't have to be mutually exclusive, notes Dan Apfel, the executive director of the Responsible Endowments Coalition, which regularly works with students to incorporate the principles of SRI into their schools' endowments.
Grugan argues that socially conscious investing is part of the school's responsibility. "Middlebury has a mission statement that includes language like 'environmental stewardship' and 'global community,'" she says, "and those values are something we want reflected in the entirety of our endowment."
In 2010, the school created a socially responsible fund of $4 million, to be matched with another $4 million raised through fundraising efforts.
The current size of the fund is $2.5 million, but students and administrators are hopeful that it will grow in the next few years. Although the fund is not managed by students, they were able to provide input on the general direction of the investments.
"When we got this fund, we had a couple of choices in what direction we could take it," says Grugan. "We could try to make it the greenest fund ever, or we could aim to make it a model for how the entire endowment could someday be run. We chose the latter."
The fund runs along the same line as a regular pool of investments, but weighs its decisions according to the "triple bottom line" of profit, people, and planet. As a result, its assets are spread among companies that lead their fields on environmental and social issues.
Shareholder activism
Steering money towards sustainable companies is not the only way to encourage the triple bottom line. As the stewards of significant pools of capital, colleges can also use their position as shareholders to influence the way the company operates.
"This is a really powerful type of investment activism," says Grugan, "some would argue that it's the most powerful—you're utilizing your position within a company to change the way it operates."
When Grugen discovered that a Middlebury-based fund owned shares in Exxon Mobil, she wondered if they could use their position as shareholders to influence Exxon's position on the proposed KXL Pipeline that would carry tar-sands bitumen across the United States.
The students decided to join a coalition of socially minded Exxon Mobil investors who were attempting to bring a resolution about the risks of tar sands development to vote at the annual shareholders' meeting. The mere act of holding a vote would signal the importance of the issue, and if the vote were to pass, it would put real pressure on the management to consider the risks of pipeline involvement.
Before the resolution could go to vote at the annual meeting, though, Exxon lawyers challenged it through the Securities and Exchange Commission, and it was dismissed.
The SEC dismissal of the Exxon shareholder resolution was a setback, but Grugan was encouraged that the small club had had a real impact on how the school managed its funds. "We had a five-student club, and we got $4 million allocated. What could we do if we had the whole student body on board?" she wondered.
Currently, the SRI club is devoting its energy to getting more students involved in the management of the school's endowment. "This is a unifying tool," says Grugan, "because no matter what your issue, you can use shareholder advocacy to further it."
The potential of socially responsible investing
Values-based investing is a growing trend, and not just on college campuses. In 2010, almost one dollar out of eight was invested in a fund that is ethically screened in some way.
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In 2008, the endowments from U.S. four-year institutions totaled over $400 billion. That represents a huge body of influence—if its custodians choose to wield it.
"Endowments are leaders in the financial world," says Apfel. "We can lead in the shift towards making socially responsible investing the norm."
And students aren't the only ones who can participate in the direction of endowments; as a major source of donations, alumni can have a major influence. Says Apfel, "just sending a letter to your school asking where they invest and expressing your desire to donate to a socially responsible fund can be influential."
"Where socially responsible investing is great is in its potential, which is largely untapped," says Grugan. "Colleges are not doing all they can. This isn't a solution story yet, but it could be. There is a lot of potential."
The Occupy effect? Last winter, Americans switched banks at three times the normal rate.
When companies are owned by workers and the community—instead of Wall Street financiers—everything changes.
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Today the Tallapoosa River quietly winds its way through east-central Alabama, its banks edged by the remnants of the forest that once covered the Southeast. About halfway down its 270-mile run to the southwest, the river curls back on itself to form a peninsula. The land defined by this "horseshoe bend" covers about 100 wooded acres; a finger of high ground points down its center, and an island stands sentinel on its west side.
This tranquil setting belies the violence that cut through Horseshoe Bend on March 27, 1814. On the peninsula stood 1,000 American Indian warriors, members of the tribe European Americans knew as the Creek. These men, along with 350 women and children, had arrived over the previous six months in search of refuge. Many had been part of a series of costly battles during the past year, all fought in an attempt to regain the autonomy the Indians had held before the arrival of European Americans. Surrounding the Creek were forces led by future President Andrew Jackson, then a major general of the Tennessee Militia. The core of his force was 2,600 European American soldiers, most of whom hoped that a victory would open native land to European American settlement. Yet this fight was not simply European American versus American Indian: on Jackson's side were 600 "friendly" Indians, including 100 Creek.
The Battle of Horseshoe Bend, as the events of March 27 became known, illustrated three long-running conflicts in American history. It was yet another fight between European Americans and American Indians, in this case the decisive battle in the Creek War (1813-1814). That day and those leading up to it also provided an example of tensions among American Indians, even those in the same tribe. Finally, both Creek factions received support from white governments, thereby continuing the long tradition of European nations attempting to defeat their rivals by enlisting the native population.
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Determining the Facts: Readings
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Since it's totally pre-occupied with its latest rover roaming the surface of Mars, we figured we'd give NASA a hand, specifically when it comes to restocking its gift shop. Unfortunately, South Korean designer Jeongmi Lee's lovely space-themed Spacionery office accessories don't exist yet. But NASA put a man on the moon and a robot on Mars — it can certainly make this happen.
The Saturn tape dispenser is the more clever of the two designs, with its famous rings recreated in translucent blue plastic orbiting the roll of tape in the middle. But that doesn't mean the Abandoned Planet pen holder isn't fantastic in its own right. With gashes across the rubber planet's surface designed to hold your zero gravity pen, or pencil if you're in Russia. Now where's our Uranus pencil sharpener? — no, wait, that would be awful.
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Regarding your report that Baltimore needs an outside consultant to advise its police department, my question is: Really? ("Baltimore police seek an outside consultant," Jan. 18).
Does Baltimore really need to pay yet another consultant to advise the department about how to execute its mission? Isn't that city Police Commissioner Anthony Batts' job?
When interviewed for the commissioner's post, didn't the interviewers ask him what strategies he had in mind to reduce crime in Baltimore? And was his response "hire a consultant to tell me?"
I seriously doubt it, especially given the fact that Mr. Batts left Oakland only a year after having brought in a consultant for that city's police department.
But if Mr. Batts is determined to seek outside advice, and if the powers that be are inclined to provide the funding, my vote would be for him to hire author and TV producer David Simon or another local artist, who can offer a larger vision that embraces the school system, City Hall and local media as well as the police department.
Our local artists have a passion for Baltimore and understand its needs. They can propose a broader perspective on the role police can play to make the city a better place to live for everyone, now and in the future.
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Buddy Holly
Rock & roll as we know it wouldn't exist without Buddy Holly.
The bespectacled '50s teen idol roughed up familiar musical influences—rhythm & blues, rockabilly, country & western—with upbeat tempos, a jittery vocal approach, and youthful lyrics filled with edgy declarations of love, lust and heartbreak.
With his black-framed glasses, sharp suits and tousled hair, Buddy Holly looked like any other earnest young man entering adulthood in the late 1950s. Yet the Lubbock, Texas, native's approach to music was anything but standard.
A fluid, nimble guitarist, he brought velocity and intensity to his rockabilly- and rhythm-and-blues-inspired riffs. Holly's voice could also have a gritty edge (see the early hit "Oh Boy!" and the ragers "Ready Teddy" and "Rave On"), although his gulping vocal delivery and playful rhythmic contortions kept his songs light. Still, he was a sympathetic, expressive singer: On "Everyday," a sparse song driven by clapping percussion and a twinkling celesta, he was positively wistful about the possibility of finding his perfect match.
Indeed, Holly sang about topics to which modern teenagers could relate—love, lust and loss—and his tunes favored lyrics full of bold, dramatic declarations. "Modern Don Juan" lamented romantic miscommunication; "Peggy Sue" mooned over the absence of a "pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty" gal; "Ting-A-Ling" didn't shy away from admitting to (and expressing) sexual desire; and "(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care" celebrates how opposites attract. The main character of 1957's No. 1 single "That'll Be The Day," meanwhile, swears that he'll die from heartbreak if the girl he loves ever leaves him.
By the time "That'll Be The Day" hit it big, Holly was a seasoned performer. Born Charles Hardin Holley, he started playing guitar, banjo and mandolin as a kid, and cut his teeth performing bluegrass and country tunes for his classmates during assemblies. Later, Holly and junior high pal Bob Montgomery paired up under the moniker Buddy & Bob for public concerts—anything and everything from supermarket openings and talent shows to club gigs—as well as a Sunday radio show on Lubbock's legendary country music station, KDAV.
In addition to these appearances, the country-leaning pair opened for Elvis Presley in early 1955. For Holly especially, exposure to the King changed his worldview: The burgeoning pro was certainly already moving toward embracing a wider palette—after all, Buddy & Bob's business card tagline read "Western and Bop"—but he was enthralled. And so on back-to-back nights in fall 1955, when Holly, Montgomery and upright bassist Larry Welborn (a frequent Buddy & Bob live collaborator) opened for Bill Haley & The Comets and then Presley again, the ambitious singer was primed for sonic rebellion.
It wasn't an easy ride, and rock & roll stardom wasn't immediate. His first label deal with Decca Records—earned in early 1956 thanks to an agent, Eddie Crandall, who liked what he heard from Holly at the Haley concert and other gigs—fizzled out after a year and no chart hits. Still, Holly kept plugging away: On February 25, 1957, he recorded "That'll Be The Day," in Clovis, New Mexico, with producer and future manager Norman Petty. His band that day featured old pals Welborn and drummer Jerry Allison, and a relative newcomer, guitarist Niki Sullivan. The latter two, along with new bassist Joe Mauldin, formed the nucleus of the Crickets, a band alias created so Holly could avoid potential legal issues with Decca.
This time, he hit pay dirt: The Crickets landed a record deal for "That'll Be The Day" and future recordings, and by November, The "Chirping" Crickets full-length LP arrived in stores. Simultaneously, Holly started releasing songs under his own name under a separate record deal: 1958's Buddy Holly LP produced the hits "Rave On" and "Peggy Sue." Couple these studio tunes with a busy touring schedule and well-timed appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show and American Bandstand, and Holly finally achieved cultural ubiquity.
Ever restless, however, he shook up his life during the later half of 1958. Holly married Maria Elena Santiago and moved to Greenwich Village with her, and decided to part ways with both the Crickets and Norman Petty. Plans for a solo career were tragically cut short, however: On February 3, 1959, while traveling between dates of the Winter Dance Party Tour, Holly died in a plane crash alongside fellow idols Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper. He was only 22 years old.
This sad occasion was "the day the music died," as Don McLean put it in his song "American Pie." Still, posthumous releases followed in the aftermath of Holly's death, and artists ranging from Elvis Costello and the Rolling Stones to Bruce Springsteen have kept Holly's spirit and music very much alive. Decades after his too-brief career and time in the spotlight, Holly's legacy and work instead remain fascinating and incredibly vibrant.


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Update: Post-Prison Garden Project Grows Earth Stewards
YES! published the story of the Garden Project. Cathrine Sneed, a counselor at the San Francisco County Jail, started a project in 1984 to connect inmates with the land by teaching them gardening. The prisoners gained self-respect, and many wanted to continue the work after their release. So, in 1992, Sneed started the Garden Project, which employed ex-prisoners to garden, plant trees, and landscape Bay Area public property. At the time of our story, participants tended a garden that produced food for low-income residents and had planted more than 7,000 trees on the streets of San Francisco.
The Garden Project has expanded to reach out to at-risk youth as well as ex-prisoners. In October 2000, the project received an Oprah Winfrey "Use Your Life Award" of $100,000 and a tractor for the garden. The inmate program closed in 2002 due to lack of staff and funds, so Sneed left her counseling job to focus on the Garden Project. The Sheriff's Department let her continue to use the jail's 12-acre farm plot.
Alumni have been the project's biggest evangelists, touting its transformational power to their friends and families. By 2004, relatives of former members were frequently turning to Sneed seeking jobs. So the Garden Project collaborated with the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) and the Sheriff's Department to create Earth Stewards, which hired 12 at-risk young adults to remove invasive plants from city property and replant with native species. Stewards receive wages and health benefits, but Sneed believes the wisdom they gain about ecology, hard work, and interconnectedness is the real payoff.
"Doing this work empowers them," she says. "With just their hands they can make this huge difference. And they can see it."
In 2009, the San Francisco Housing Authority identified as potential troublemakers 80 young adults from its housing projects. Sneed hired them for a summer of hard work, including monthly week-long trips to Yosemite's Hetch Hetchy Valley, where the crew cleared an average of two miles of road each week in 100-degree temperatures. Sneed taught lessons on ecology, horticulture, and nutrition. Only three quit.
"She is able to take an entire childhood of positive role models, like most of us had, and squeeze it into six months to a year," says San Francisco Sheriff Michael Hennessey. "And she does it by being a combination of Mother Teresa and a drill sergeant."
When summer ended, some Earth Stewards headed back to school, but those who were beyond school age were unsure what to do next. Sneed convinced the SFPUC to extend employment for anyone who wanted to continue in the program.
Today there are 37 Earth Stewards and seven full-time Garden Project employees. The two programs work side by side on the jail's farm plot, which contains a vegetable garden and a native plant nursery grown from cuttings and seeds collected locally. In 2009, the garden produced more than 25 tons of vegetables for donation to groups serving indigent seniors and families, including Project Open Hand, the Alviar Mission Education Project, and the Double Rock Baptist Church. Sneed hopes to sell some produce to Stanford University's dining services in the coming year to raise funds for employee housing and other program costs.
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- : The old apprenticeship model of learning by doing gets new life as people who've been left out of the job market train to meet the growing demand for green-collar workers.


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For more than a year, organizers with the City of Dallas planned to mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy with a solemn and dignified event that reflects upon JFK's life, legacy and leadership.
The event was held on Friday, Nov. 22, 2013, in Dealey Plaza, just steps from the former Texas School Book Depository, where the fatal shots are believed to have been fired.
Below is the schedule of events, as released by The 50th Committee. We have embeded video below for several of the sections of the event.
- A pre-show concert was to begin at 11:30 a.m. with musicians from the Dallas Symphony Orchestra performing selections during a pre-program to The 50th: Honoring the Memory of President John F. Kennedy event. (This was canceled due to cold weather.)
- The Dallas Police Department Honorary Color Guard and Dallas Metro Police Pipes and Drums opened the remembrance ceremony with the presentation of the color flags.
- Monica Saldivar, a 2012 graduate of Dallas' Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, sang the National Anthem. Saldivar is currently attending Dallas Baptist University and majoring in Music Business & Performance. (Watch below)
- Bishop Kevin J. Farrell, of the Catholic Diocese of Dallas, read the Invocation. (Watch below)
- Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings, the main speaker of the event, delivered piognant remarks that led to the tolling of the bells and a moment of silence at about the time shots rang out in Dealey Plaza 50 years ago. (Watch below, or click her to read his speech along with the video)
- Tolling of the Bells throughout Dallas.
- A Moment of Silence at 12:30 p.m.
- The United States Naval Academy Men's Glee Club, under the direction of Dr. Aaron Smith, will perform "America the Beautiful."
- Remarks delivered by author and historian David McCullough included readings of Kennedy speeches. (Watch below)
- The United States Naval Academy Men's Glee Club will perform "The Battle Hymn of the Republic."
- Closing Prayer, read by Rev. Zan W. Holmes, Jr., pastor emeritus of the St. Luke's Community United Methodist Church. (Watch below)
- The United States Naval Academy Men's Glee Club will perform "The Navy Hymn."
- "Missing Man" flyover salute by the Commemorative Air Force, Centex Unit (This was canceled due to cold weather.)
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The city only allowed 5,000 people to attend the event. Those who wanted to attend but were not granted tickets were invited to watch the event at one of three plazas in Downtown Dallas, including AT&T Plaza at American Airlines Center, Annette Strauss Square and the JFK Memorial at Founders Plaza. Each location was equipped with a large screen LED display, with closed captioning.
In addition to watching some of the segments on this page, they can also be viewed inside our JFK50 iPhone app.


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"Happily Divorced" Starring Fran Drescher Begins Production October 1st And Premieres Wednesday, November 28th At 10:30PM ET/PT
September 18, 2012 - New York, NY - Some of the biggest names in pop culture history are joining fellow TV icon Fran Drescher ("The Nanny") on new episodes of TV Land's hit sitcom, "Happily Divorced," it was announced today by Keith Cox, executive vice president, development and original programming, TV Land. Joan Collins ("Dynasty"), Robert Wagner ("Hart to Hart"), singer Cyndi Lauper and Debi Mazar ("Entourage") will appear, as will returning guest stars Ralph Macchio ("The Karate Kid"), D.W. Moffett ("Switched At Birth") and Renée Taylor ("The Nanny"). Inspired by Fran Drescher's real life, "Happily Divorced" revolves around LA florist Fran Lovett (Drescher) who finds out after 18 years of marriage that her husband Peter (John Michael Higgins, "Best in Show") is gay. Production begins on October 1 and the sitcom returns to TV Land with all-new episodes on Wednesday, November 28 at 10:30pm ET/PT immediately following the season premiere of "Hot in Cleveland."
This season, Peter gets a job working as an assistant for Joan Collins (who plays a fictional version of herself). Peter is thrilled to be working for an icon - until he realizes that two demanding women in his life is two too many. Additionally, Robert Wagner appears as Elliot's (Moffett) handsome father, and Marilyn (Taylor), the longtime frenemy of Fran's mother Dori (Rita Moreno, "OZ"), will return - daughter (Cyndi Lauper) in tow. Debi Mazar plays a potential new roommate for one of the Lovetts. In the season premiere, Ralph Macchio will return as Frankie, the New York born-and-bred pizza shop owner who has been romancing Fran. "Happily Divorced" also stars acclaimed actors Tichina Arnold ("Everybody Hates Chris") as Fran's best friend Judi, Rita Moreno ("OZ") and Robert Walden ("All The President's Men") as Fran's parents Dori and Glen and Valente Rodriguez ("George Lopez") as Cesar, her flower shop employee.
"Between her unforgettable roles in films like 'Saturday Night Fever' and 'This is Spinal Tap' and her iconic turn as Ms. Fine in 'The Nanny,' Fran Drescher is the epitome of pop culture," said Cox. "The addition of these amazing guest stars speaks to the widespread appeal of Fran and 'Happily Divorced.'"
Fran Drescher, Peter Marc Jacobson ("The Nanny"), Frank Lombardi and Franco E. Bario are executive producers, and Larry W. Jones and Keith Cox serve as executive producers for TV Land. "Happily Divorced" is filmed in front of a live studio audience.
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Johnson's Household Book of Nature 1880
While our images are electronically watermarked, the antique prints themselves are not.
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This series of chromolithographs come from Johnson's Household Book of Nature, "containing full and interesting descriptions of the Animal Kingdom based upon the writings of the eminent naturalists Audubon, Wallace, Brehm, Wood, and others." The prints come from the ORIGINAL volume published in 1880,
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Italian Kitchen Designs: Style and Originality
We had a recent post here on Freshome about Scandinavian kitchen designs. They were all about color and let out a peaceful feel. Today we would like to show you a few Italian kitchen interiors from Ernestomeda. In comparison, these designs look more sober, but that does not make them any less captivating. The color and freshness of the kitchens in our previous post is replaced here by elegance. The main colors are black, gray, white and brown which are pleasantly combined in creating modern designs. Plants and other decorative elements manage are nicely integrated in the decors. Please check them out and let us know what you think. Do you prefer colorful kitchen designs over more "serious" interiors such as the ones below ?


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Recent News
July 29, 2013
Gold Star Smoked Fish Corp. Recalls Rybacka Wies Brand Herring Fillets in Oil
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services received information regarding a recall of Rybacka Wies Brand Herring Fillets in Oiii"Matjes Sledz w oleju" due to contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.
The recalled product is packaged in 17.64oz/500 grams plastic containers and has an expiration date of 10/31/13 stamped on the back of the container. The UPC Number is 021 143241228. The product was sold nationwide.
The full recall can be found at www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm362730.htm?source=govdelivery.


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The Mamiya RZ67 camera rental line of medium format single-lens reflex cameras manufactured by Mamiya includes three successive models, the RZ67 Professional (first model released in 1982), RZ67 Professional II (released in 1995) and RZ67 Professional IID (released in 2004). RZ67 is a modular camera system, meaning lenses, viewfinders, ground glasses, film winders and film backs are all interchangeable. It is primarily designed for studio use, but can also (though with reservations) be used in the field. The RZ67 Sekor lenses have built-in electronic leaf shutters which are cocked and triggered from the body. Focusing is performed with a bellows on the body instead of the lenses.
The camera accepts 6x7, 6x6 and 6x4.5, 120 and 220 film magazines and Polaroid as well as Quadra 72 4x5 sheet film backs. Mamiya RB67 backs are also supported via the G-Adapter. The film speed is set on each RZ back via a dial. There are two versions of the 6x7 and 6x4.5 backs, the model II versions have a second film counter to always show the film count on the top. The RZ67 operates on one 6V silver oxide 4SR44 battery, or 6V 4LR44 alkaline battery. It can be used in emergency mode fully mechanically with a fixed 1/400 sec shutter speed. Multiple exposures are possible in the M-mode. Mirror flip up is supported. The body has one standard flash hot shoe on its left side, one plug for a standard remote shutter cable release, and a socket for an electronic shutter trigger. The RZ67 measures 104 mm (W) x 133.5 mm (H) x 211.5 mm (L) with the 110mm f/2.8 lens, and weighs approximately 2.4 kg (5.29 lbs). The flange distance is 105 mm.
The RZ67 name is adopted from the model name of the Mamiya RB67 (where RB stands for Revolving Back), which was first introduced in 1970, thus the RZ67 also takes backs which can be rotated 90 degrees to provide a horizontal or vertical composition. The orientation is shown in the viewfinder with black guides. The viewfinder also hosts LEDs informing of the state of the camera (flash ready, low battery, dark slide not removed, shutter not cocked). In addition to manual operation (photographer chooses aperture and shutter speed), the RZ67 is able to operate in AEF mode with an AE viewfinder (AE being an abbreviation for automatic exposure), which transmits exposure information directly to the body. In RBL compatibility mode, the RZ67 is able to use RB67 lenses. The biggest difference between RB67 and RZ67 is, that RB67 is completely mechanical. The RZ67 has also mechanical couplings between the parts, but the shutter is electronic, and parts are able to transmit exposure information with electronic couplings. In addition, the RZ67 has plastic exterior body, which makes it somewhat lighter.
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Sterling has traded to a 5 year low in the currency markets against the US dollar on the back of poor construction and production data released by the ONS. On Thursday the Bank of England's MPC announced their decision to leave interest rates and quantitative easing unchanged as expected, with the pound weakening following disappointing trade deficit figures. Thursdays close was the lowest level for Cable since June 2010, in part due to a strong dollar combined with the weak UK d…Continue Reading →
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COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. -- Hall of Fame president Jeff Idelson was shoveling snow in his driveway one New Year's Eve a while back when he heard a familiar voice.
"Hey, there," Phil Niekro called from his car. "Need any help with that?"
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. -- Hall of Fame president Jeff Idelson was shoveling snow in his driveway one New Year's Eve a while back when he heard a familiar voice.
"Hey, there," Phil Niekro called from his car. "Need any help with that?"
To Idelson, that moment speaks volumes about the hold the Hall of Fame -- and Cooperstown -- has on its honorees. It's where they come to be young again, to catch up with their buddies and tell war stories.
"The idea is to have them feel this is their home away from home," Idelson said.
It's special every year when new Hall of Famers are inducted. For those like Niekro, there's an enduring magic that draws them back at various times through the year.
"It's a sacred place for me," Niekro said.
The former knuckleballer, winner of 318 games, inducted in 1997, loves the place, its setting, its beauty. So do others.
"For me, it's a small town, peaceful, serene," Andre Dawson, the former Expos and Cubs outfielder, said. "It seems like life kind of slows down there. You get to kick back and enjoy the scenery. I always look forward to getting back there."
Dawson also loves what the Hall of Fame represents. Being chosen to be in it is baseball's highest honor, and after all the hard work and all the dreams, returning to Cooperstown is a chance to be part of one of the most elite clubs on the planet.
Only 211 players have been inducted into the Hall of Fame, out of the 15,000 or so who have played Major League Baseball. There are 306 inductees in all, including managers, club executives, umpires, etc.
One of the greatest tributes to the people who run the Hall of Fame is that so many Hall of Famers return to Cooperstown each summer for induction weekend. This July, the Hall is expecting around 50 of the 67 living Hall of Famers to return when Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, Frank Thomas, Tony La Russa, Bobby Cox and Joe Torre are inducted.
That weekend, Hall of Famers will welcome the newcomers and catch up with one another, tell stories and soak in the atmosphere.
"I call it a connection," Niekro said. "It's a connection to fans all over the country. It's a chance to shake hands and sign autographs. The people at the Hall of Fame -- [chairman] Jane Forbes Clark, Jeff -- they do such a great job. They make you feel like it's our town. You're sitting out there on the back veranda of the Otesaga [Hotel], and it's just beautiful. It just doesn't get any better."
Some of the Hall of Famers will be in Cooperstown on Thursday when the Hall of Fame celebrates its 75th birthday. Like induction weekend, all the right touches will be in place.
"Everything is done right," said Rollie Fingers, the former reliever who was a three-time World Series champion with the A's and was inducted in 1992. "We stay in the Otesaga, a beautiful hotel. They cart us around, take us to parties, have nice dinners."
Beyond those things, though, is the honor that all the hard work and all the commitment have gained them the highest possible honor.
"You're sitting there with the best to ever play the game," Fingers said. "I idolized some of those guys growing up."
It's a surreal experience for a baseball fan to look at that stage during the induction ceremony and see Willie Mays, Henry Aaron, Frank Robinson and so many of the other legends of the game.
"To see them in one place at one time and enjoying being here, I still get goosebumps," Idelson said. "For a baseball fan out in the audience, to not only see their favorite player get inducted, but to see the greats of the game welcome their favorite player into their fraternity, it's pretty moving, as it is to the players themselves."
Indeed, it's an amazing experience for everyone.
"My childhood idol was Sandy Koufax," Fingers said. "I grew up watching him from the fourth deck at Dodger Stadium. Now I'm sitting there having dinner with him, having a bottle of wine. That's one of the reasons I go back."
As Earl Weaver was about to give his induction speech in 1996, he was greeted by an ocean of Orioles fans applauding warmly and chanting his name.
For that one moment, Weaver must have been transported back to perhaps the best days of his life, when he managed Baltimore to four pennants and a World Series title.
"Don't make me cry," Weaver pleaded as the fans continued to shower him with love.
Hall of Famers run down a list of things they like about induction weekend, from seeing the guys again to feeling the love of the fans.
Some weekends in years past, there would be Ted Williams out on the back porch of the Otesaga holding court on hitting.
Or Stan Musial playing a few notes on his harmonica.
"Another attraction is the camaraderie of seeing fellow Hall of Famers," said Jim Palmer, Weaver's star pitcher who was inducted in 1990. "The war stories are priceless. Also, very important, is the way baseball fans, old and young, come to Cooperstown to continue their love affair with baseball.
"It doesn't matter what team you root for, they just love the game. The connection Roger Kahn talked about in 'The Boys of Summer,' of being able to compare one generation to another, is palpable. It is a great weekend and a great destination for baseball people."
Palmer fell so in love with the Cooperstown experience that he got married at a spot overlooking Lake Otsego in 2007.
"First of all, how special is it that you have gained entry to the Hall of Fame?" Palmer said. "You are treated royally by Jane Clark and Jeff. Cooperstown is very Norman Rockwell-ish. Upstate New York, Lake Otsego, is idyllic."
Fingers said his induction was a hectic time. Since then, though, he has attempted to soak in the entire experience.
"Now I like listening to the speeches, especially the guys I played against," Fingers said. "It's an honor to go there in the first place. I've gone back every year."
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Raising of the Eagle Totem, April 24, 2010
Honoring our Cultural History
The UAS Auke Lake Campus is located on lands originally inhabited by the Tlingit Indians. Tlingit, meaning "The People," are divided into Moieties, which means "each of two parts." There is the Eagle moiety and the Raven moiety.
In March 1993, the UAS Auke Lake Campus was given a Raven totem pole. The pole was carved by four Tlingit carvers from Haines during an exhibition at the 1964 World's Fair in New York, after which it was dedicated and displayed at the Nikiski Standard Oil (later Chevron) refinery on the Kenai Peninsula. When the facility was sold, Chevron wanted the pole returned to Southeast, home of the Raven people, and generously donated the pole to UAS.
After accepting the gift of the Raven pole, UAS became aware that, without an Eagle pole to complement it, the Tlingit sense of balance between the moieties would be missing. One of goals of the UAS Totem Fundraising Campaign is to teach students about our local Native cultures and to honor them by correcting the imbalance of the moieties through the commission of an Eagle pole to match the Raven.
Brothers Joe and T.J. Young were hired in 2009 to carve an Eagle totem for the University of Alaska Southeast (UAS). The pole will balance the Raven totem already on campus. In Southeast Native society, people are either of the Raven or Eagle moiety and both sides need to be represented for social and spiritual balance. The project is sponsored by Sealaska Heritage Institute and Sealaska Corporation, which donated the 15-ton, 45-foot, red-cedar log. The artists are Sealaska shareholders who live in Hydaburg on Prince of Wales Island. They have carved other totems, including a 40-foot pole for the Sitka National Historical Park and a 32-foot crest pole for the Hydaburg Totem Park.
Totem poles are an ancient tradition of the Indian tribes of the Pacific Northwest Coast. Historically, a totem was raised for several reasons: in honor of a deceased elder; to show the number of names and rights a person had acquired over their lifetime; to record an encounter with a supernatural being; or to symbolize the generosity of a person who sponsored a Potlatch ceremony. Today, totem poles are carved for both Natives and non-Natives. The poles have come to represent Northwest Pacific Coast Native tradition and pride and are considered works of art.
Alaska is facing a cultural education crisis: Alaska currently ranks 50th, or last, in the number of ninth-graders who will likely have a bachelor's degree in 10 years. These figures are even more dire for Alaska Native students. Here in Juneau, Alaska Natives have composed 40 to 45 percent of the dropouts from local high schools in the last four years.
During the Fall08-Spring09 Academic Year, UAS served 296 Alaska Native students at the Juneau Campus and 493 throughout Southeast (all campuses). The Raven and new Eagle poles will serve as a proud reflection of our Native Students' commitment to getting a college education.


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Blue Hill Tavern (938 S Conkling St., 443-388-9363, bluehilltavern.com): The Canton restaurant is serving a $39.99 three-course prix fixe menu of Thanksgiving fare in addition to its regular a la carte menu. There are three seatings, between noon and 12:30, between 2:30 and 3 p.m. and between 5 and 5:30 p.m.
Cafe Troia (31 Allegheny Ave., 410-337-0133, www.cafetroia.com): The Towson restaurant will open at 2 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day, serving its regular menu as well as a prix fixe Thanksgiving dinner. The cost is $45 ($22.95 for children 12 and under).
The Capital Grille (500 E Pratt St., 443-703-4064, thecapitalgrille.com): The Inner Harbor steak house is offering its a la carte menu on Thanksgving Day along with a featured Thanksgiving entree - slow roasted Tturkey with butter brioche stuffing, mashed potatoes, greenbeans with almonds, accompanied by gravy and pear chutney. The special dessert is a pumpkin cheesecake with a gingerbread crust for $10. The turkey entree cost $36 per adult and $15 per child. Open noon-9 p.m.
Charleston (1000 Lancaster St., 410-332-7373, charlestonrestaurant.com): Cindy Wolf's Harbor East restaurant is serving a $79 fixed-price, Southern-influenced Thanksgiving dinner, including home-style sides and dessert. A vegetarian option will also be available, and Tony Foreman will offer a selection of wines to accompany the menu at varying price points. Open 3-7 p.m.
Darbar (1911 Aliceanna St., 410-563-8008, darbarbaltimore.com): The Fells Point Indian restaurant will serve a $12.95 buffet brunch on Thanksgiving day from noon to 3 p.m. The restaurant will serve from its regular menu at dinner, from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Elkridge Furnace Inn (5745 Furnace Ave., 410-379-9336, elkridgefurnaceinn.com): The inn is taking reservations for a fixed-price, multi-course Thanksgiving dinner from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. The cost is $60 for five courses, $52 for four courses and $44for three courses; $19.95 for children 5-10 Children under 5 eat free.
Grille 700 (700 Aliceanna St, 410-895-1879, www.grille700.com): On Thanksgiving Day, the restaurant at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront will serve a breakfast buffet from 6:30 a.m-11 a.m. The cost is $18. Then, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Grille 700 will serve a special Thanksgiving buffet with carved turkey, stuffing and other holiday items in addition to the breakfast buffet fare. The cost of the Thanksgiving buffet is $24.
Kali's Court (1606 Thames St., 410-276-4700, kaliscourt.com): The Fells Point restaurant is offering its limited a la carte menu on Thanksgiving. The menu includes both holiday favorites and the restaurant's seafood specialties. Open noon-8 p.m.
Kent Manor Inn (500 Kent Manor Drive, Stevensville, 410-643-7716, kentmanor.com): The historic Kent Island restaurant is serving a fixed-price traditional Thanksgiving dinner. The cost is $44, $22 for children 6-12, free for children five and under. Open 11 a.m.-6 p.m.
Mama's on the Half Shell (2901 O'Donnell St., 410-276-3160, www.mamasmd.com/MamasSite). The Canton favorite is open regular hours, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., on Thanksgiving day and serving its regular menu.
Manor Tavern (15819 Old York Road, 410-771-8155, themanortavern.com): The Monkton restaurant is serving a grand Thanksgiving buffet with seatings at noon, 2:30 p.m. and 5 p.m. The cost is $38, $15 for children 3-12.
Maryland Live Casino (7002 Arundel Mills Circle, Hanover, 443-445-2500, marylandlivecasino.com) is offering a fall heritage buffet of traditional holiday favorites. Seating is first come, first served. The cost is $17.99. Open 5 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Milton Inn (14833 York Road, Sparks, 410-771-4366, miltoninn.com): Brian Boston's Baltimore County destination restaurant is offering, in addition to its a la carte menu, a fixed-price, three-course Thanksgiving dinner. The cost is $52, $26 for children. Open noon-7 p.m.
Mt. Washington Tavern (5700 Newbury St., 410-367-6903, mtwashingtontavern.com): The tavern is open on Thanksgiving Day serving its regular full menu and a special holiday dishes. Open noon-8 p.m.
Oregon Grille (1201 Shawan Road, Hunt Valley, 410-771-0505, oregongrille.com): The perennial Baltimore County favorite will be open on Thanksgiving day, serving a menu of traditional favorites iucluding butternut squash bisque, fresh roasted turkey with sausage dressing and pumpkin cheesecake. .The cost is $49. Open 1 p.m. to 8 p.m.
The Prime Rib (1101 N. Calvert St., 410-539-1804, theprimerib.com/bal): The classic Mount Vernon steakhouse is offering both its regular menu and a fixed-price three-course menu of traditional Thanksgiving favorites. The cost is $45.95; $24.95 for children. Open 1-8 p.m.
The Prime Rib at Maryland Live Casino (7002 Arundel Mills Circle, 443-445-2970, marylandlivecasino.com): The casino steak house is offering a three-course fixed-price "flavors of the season" Thanksgiving menu including leek and parsnip soup wiht caviar and black pepper cream, maple-horseradish glazed turkey breast with bourbon gravy and bruleed pumpkin pie. The cost is $75 and the the menu is paired with a choice of two cocktails or two glasses of wine. Open 5:30 p.m.-10:30 p.m.
Regi's (1002 Light St., 410-539-7344, regisamericanbistro.com): The Federal Hill bistro is serving an a carte menu of holiday favorites including baked ham, lamb chops and cider-brined free range turkey. The regular menu will be available as well. Open 10 a.m.-9 p.m.
Rusty Scupper (402 Key Highway, 410-727-3678, rusty-scupper.com): The Inner Harbor seafood restaurant is offering a buffet dinner of traditional Thanksgiving favorites and seafood. The cost is $46.95 adults, $23.95 for children 10 and under. Open noon-6 p.m.
Ruth's Chris Steak House (1777 Reisterstown Road, Pikesville, 410-837-0033): The Pikesville steak house is offering, in addition to its regular dinner menu, a three-course Thanksgiving Celebration menu. The cost is $38.95. The bar and lounge will be serving as well. Open noon-7 p.m.
Sheraton North Baltimore (903 Dulaney Valley Road, 410-321-7400, sheratonbaltimorenorth.com): The Towson hotel is serving a traditional Thanksgiving buffet from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., with seatings at half-hour increments. The cost is $29.95, $26.95 for seniors, $15.95 for children 4-14.
Tersiguel's (8293 Main St., Ellicott City, 410-465-4004, tersiguels.com): The French restaurant is serving a limited a la carte menu. Open noon-7 p.m.
Waterfront Kitchen (1417 Thames St., 443-681-5310, waterfrontkitchen.com): The Fells Point farm-to-table restaurant is serving a three-course, fixed-price dinner, with both traditional and non-traditional options. The regular menu will also be available. The cost is $59 ($84 with wine pairings). Open 2-7 p.m.
Watertable Restaurant (202 E. Pratt St., 410-547-2590 ): The restaurant in the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel is serving a menu of traditional Thanksgiving favorites, seafood and chicken from noon to 4 p.m. The cost is $48; $18.95 for children 5-12.
Wit & Wisdom (200 International Drive, 410-576-5800, witandwisdombaltimore.com): The restaurant in the Four Season Hotel Baltimore is serving a three-course dinner on Thanksgiving Day from 1 p.m.-8 p.m. The cost for the special menu is $69; $35 for children under 12. And the restaurant will serve an a la carte breakfast from 7 a.m to 11 a.m.
Good morning Richard,
With Thanksgiving just around the corner, I wasn't sure if you would be in need of additions for any round-ups on offerings around town. If so, here are a few places to keep in mind:
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Note: Ideally every tileset should be given an independent entry with descriptions and screenshots. Right now I just added the TIGSource thread and some posts in the NAG thread.
Change Your Tileset
Click on the "Tileset" button in the main game interface. Type in a directory name and you are good to go. The game will automatically "hunt" through the designated directory name in the "tilesets" directory.
Alternate Tilesets
- Derek Yu's tileset: The original post.
- Hangedman's Roguelike tileset: reply #18, #21
- Hangedman's Oryx tileset: reply #23
- Pencil_In_Pain's Strain tileset: reply #29
- bluddo's Gameboy themed tileset: reply #34
- Dugan's ZX Spectrum themed tileset: reply #44
- vintersphrost's Makai Toushi Saga themed tileset: reply #97
- Pumpkinburger's female classes and other stuff
- prestige's plainer tiles and glyphs
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KEF has been laying its egg-shaped speakers all over the place recently. A couple of months back we were treated to a basket of its KEF Picoforte iPod docks, and now the same speakers are ready to bring your movie soundtracks to life in the form of the KHT3005SEs.
The SE is an update of 2006's KHT3005, which impressed us back then. It has the same looks and smooth elegance, but brings a wealth of changes to ramp up the performance.
Getting the horn
The biggest is the addition of a 'crown-horn' optimiser over the tweeters. A what, you say? Without descending into hi-fi geekery, this essentially means a smoother response and greater sensitivity at very high frequencies. Perfect for Mariah Carey videos then.
Elsewhere the subwoofer has had tweaks to its equalisation and the satellites and centre speakers feature modified crossovers.
Improved timing and rhythm
But do these extras boost performance? They sure do. For a surround sound system, KEF's Special Edition package is impressively agile and articulate, with notably improved timing and rhythmic ability.
You also get far more adjustment control over set-up than earlier speakers, helping smooth integration between the component parts.
Its predecessor was a solid product, but the KHT3005SE is a genuine star. There's tangible excitement from the SE, and it's a similar story where music reproduction is concerned.
Apparently KEF hates it when you call their speaker 'eggs'. But whether you refer to it by nickname or model number, this is a tasty and peerless surround sound package.


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Friday, 1 June 2007
Blue and Orange
Today I just had to make something using blue and orange. I guess its not a 'normal' combo, but it's so vibrant and I love it.
In February at SMAC (the Paris trade show) I met Mona from Creative Imaginations who was doing the most fabulous make n takes with their Bare Essentials line. At the end of the show she gave me a gorgeous goodie bag of bits and bobs, and a cropadile (to lighten her load home). So today I learned how to set eyelets with the cropadile into the tags. I guess that's kind of basic for those of you who know how to use these babies, but I must say, the tag thingy is really fat, and the eyelets (soft aluminium) seemed to set perfectly and evenly...a feat I have not achieved before with the other cazillion setters I own! So big thanks to Mona!
To make the tag I started with Ranger Acrylic dabbers (Sail Boat Blue/ Sunset Orange) and dabbed onto cut and dry foam, then smooched all over the tag back. This gave a scratchy covering. Over that I stamped a PaperArtsy Mini (MN#20) in Red Pepper/Sunshine Yellow, and stapled randomly blue and orange ribbons around the edge top make an arch. German Scrap (Fancy Border) got rubbed with Archival Black ink (Ranger) and glued over the staples. The image is Mini #10. I set blue star eyelets at the foot and gave her a party hat from a background I made with the blue and orange dabbers.
On the front window panel I inked up the mini #20 in blue/ orange and randomly stamped around the acetate frame. Then softly sponged blue and orange over the top. I set eyelets (metallic blue and orange) around the edge, attached book corners, and hand drew dashed lines to make the frame more 'finished'.
I just found out that Wednesday stamper is doing a ''door" challenge this week, I figured my Ribbon Arch could maybe fit that brief too. Blow me down, Belinda has got a gorgeous Blue and Orange (and pink) door! Go take a look the work there is so inspirational.
32 comments:
- Nicole said...
Great work you did there, looks really lovely. ;)
- June 01, 2007 8:03 pm
- Loona said...
beautiful tag :)
- June 01, 2007 8:05 pm
- stamp and scrape said...
This is so vibrant. You showed me how to use these daubers at the NEC, but I've never had much joy with them - I'll have to try again.
- June 01, 2007 9:27 pm
- xela said...
Very nice
- June 01, 2007 9:27 pm
- Nancy Maxwell James said...
this is just beautiful!!! love the color combo!
- June 01, 2007 9:59 pm
- Benshirin said...
Really great and interesting colourcombination!
- June 01, 2007 11:11 pm
- Maggie Ann said...
Wonderful colors!!
- June 02, 2007 5:11 am
- Viola said...
Beautiful work!
- June 02, 2007 7:16 am
- fatma said...
wonderful colors, nice artwork
- June 02, 2007 8:25 am
Beautiful artwork.
- June 02, 2007 8:38 am
- Silvia said...
Wonderful idea, looks great.
- June 02, 2007 9:07 am
Great tag!
- June 02, 2007 9:19 am
- johanna said...
wonderful idea, love the vibrant colors!
- June 02, 2007 9:44 am
- DymphieM said...
Love this colour combo, the 'look through'tag is wonderful :-)
- June 02, 2007 12:36 pm
- Clau said...
I'm all for blue and orange. Looks great!
- June 03, 2007 5:54 pm
- ~magic-sparkles-of art~ said...
wow, so a beautiful tag
- June 03, 2007 8:55 pm
- belinda said...
good to see you play leandra! your blue-orange goes indeed well with my blue-yellow. as long as there is a stamp involved, you can stretch the theme as much as you like! yet your door fits perfectly.
- June 04, 2007 8:21 am
Beautiful Leandra,
greetings from Anja Roseboom
- June 05, 2007 7:56 am
- Gillian Hamilton said...
Wow what a fun piece...just love it!
- June 05, 2007 10:23 am
- ATCLindaB said...
lovely work, the colours go so well together
- June 05, 2007 1:26 pm
- IsaNorris said...
Fantastic tag Leandra ! you've gotta love that crop-a-dile... you def. used it on there LOL
- June 05, 2007 8:48 pm
- Sharon said...
Your tag is stunning, Leandra ... the colours look great together. :D
- June 05, 2007 11:45 pm
- joanne wardle said...
love those vibrant colours, made me smile
- June 18, 2007 6:02 pm
gTKsQc Very good blog! Thanks!
- November 02, 2007 3:08 pm
2VUiOb actually, that's brilliant. Thank you. I'm going to pass that on to a couple of people.
- November 02, 2007 5:14 pm
Nice Article.
- November 02, 2007 6:09 pm
Hello all!
- November 02, 2007 6:57 pm
actually, that's brilliant. Thank you. I'm going to pass that on to a couple of people.
- November 02, 2007 7:48 pm
actually, that's brilliant. Thank you. I'm going to pass that on to a couple of people.
- November 02, 2007 8:53 pm
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- November 03, 2007 10:27 am
Wonderful blog.
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Liberty News
High school senior wins full-year scholarship from Priority Program
Completing the admissions process at Liberty University has resulted in a one-year, full-tuition scholarship for one fortunate high school senior in the 2010-11 academic year.
Ryan Hartman, an 18-year-old from Delaware, Ohio, was announced the winner this week in the first of four rounds of Liberty's Priority Program. Hosted by the admissions office, the program is a way for students who exercise due diligence in the enrollment process to secure a place in the fall 2010 incoming class. Students who meet certain criteria and deadlines are eligible for the scholarship drawings.
Hartman was entered into a drawing with other incoming students who completed the admissions process within the first deadline of Feb. 1. The process included the necessary steps in the enrollment cycle – the Four A's of Admissions: Apply, Accept, A.S.I.S.T., Attend.
The remaining deadlines are March 1, April 1 and May 1.
- Learn more about how to apply and enter Liberty's Priority Program at www.libertyu.com.


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Summer weddings flash by in a blur of "oohs" and "ahs," sartorial finery, inebriated speeches and intimate moments of familial love.
Amidst the joyous whirl the videographer and photographer go about their respective work, unobtrusively recording the event for posterity – from those rambling toasts to snapshots of rings being slipped on previously unadorned fingers.
"It's their day not mine. It's my job to be there without anybody noticing," says documentary filmmaker Doug Block. In a sense, to be "invisible." Two decades of witnessing and recording such events, or being a "fly on the wall," has given New York-based Block a unique perspective on the act of conscious coupling.
In "112 Weddings" (airing June 30 on HBO), Block ("The Kids Grow Up") revisits a handful of couples who had previously enlisted his video services for their unions, and discovers the act of living "happily ever after" is just as complicated as orchestrating the most complex of wedding celebrations.
"It's an extraordinary gold mine for a documentary filmmaker to stumble upon. To be a kind of paid voyeur at a strangers wedding," says Block, 61, who began chronicling nuptials as way to supplement his filmmaking earnings. "The gamut of emotion they go through, and to be with two ordinary people on the most extraordinary day of their lives. It's unreal."
Block employs a cinéma vérité working style, and says his role is simply to "record the day ... And not just moments of the newlyweds together, but the things they are not always privy to. My job is kind of to be everywhere at once and capture the little quiet moments that make the day special."
That sentiment is echoed by Kate McElwee, a Boston-based still photographer who began shooting weddings in similar documentary style in 2007, and guesses the number of ceremonies she has worked to be somewhere in the 200s. Primarily a wedding photographer, McElwee, 35, describes her role on the day as chronicling "the little relationships between people, a nervous smile, emotional tears. Maybe the first time a dad sees his daughter all dressed up. Trying to capture that moment without having to set it up or make it fake."
Doug Block (r) Photo: Bob Krasner/HBO
While McElwee understands that posed, traditional images are extremely important, she believes it's the moment-based work that over time retains a higher resonance. "Posed images are really important for the couple over the initial few years. 20 years down the line they want to be able to look at an image and be able to say, 'Oh I totally remember when I was getting into my dress and was really nervous and one of my bridesmaids said something to me and it made me cry.'"
Block's film is honest, occasionally brutally so, as those captured moments of a couple's initial union are revisited, and then filtered through the years following that landmark event. The participants address issues affecting most married couples: the decision to have children, the health of those offspring, career highs and lows, infidelity, and for some, the decision to part ways permanently.
Of those 112 ceremonies Block has recorded over the years, nine couples agreed to take part in the film. Two of the featured couples are divorced, or were in the process thereof during filming. Overall, Block says less than 10 percent of all his subjects have split.
That number bucks the current trend (the divorce rate in the United States is roughly 40-50 percent according to a 2011 survey by the CDC), but Block insists his video skill has no magical influence. "I didn't ask people if they were happy, just if they were still together," he says.
"Happy weddings are a dime a dozen. Happy marriages are much more rare and therefore much more precious in the world," says Rabbi Jonathan Blake in "112 Weddings."
Olivia and Dennis, couple 49 in "112 Weddings," tell Block their wedding day "feels like a lifetime ago. Like a dream." After nine years of marriage, Dennis says there were, and are "happy moments." Olivia says they consciously address aspects of their relationship, both as a unit and individually, but believes through it all you have to maintain an ability to find the humor in life.
"We don't really go into marriage having thought through what it is. We tend to conflate the wedding day with the marriage," says Block. "Our image of it is walking down that aisle looking the best we've ever looked. So that was a bit stunning to see how few people are prepared actually for what comes next. It confirmed my view of marriage, which is it takes a lot of work."
Anthony Abbatiello (l) and Chad Johnson (c) Photo: Kate McElwee
Though statistics show Americans are now marrying in fewer numbers compared to decades past, the business of betrothal is still big in the United States. In 2012 more than two million American couples flocked to obtain a marriage license, with the average wedding costing over $25,000, according to the Wedding Report (a research company that tracks and forecasts number of weddings, spending, and consumer trends for the wedding industry).
Following the legalization of same-sex marriage by the federal government in 2013, and with 20 states and the District of Columbia also now recognizing such unions, the wedding industry is getting a further injection of cash from a previously untapped market.
For their Provincetown-set wedding last year, New Yorkers Anthony P. Abbatiello and Chad Johnson enlisted McElwee to record the celebration, but chose not to employ a videographer. Though Johnson praised McElwee's "ability to capture emotional moments in a still frame," in retrospect the couple wish they had recorded the live-action as well.
"We would love to have had that bird's eye view of the ceremony and the speeches," says Abbatiello, whose initial decision was based on the comfort factor of guests who chose to cut loose on the dance floor during the reception – an arena McElwee cites as perfect for capturing the unfiltered joy of the day.
Though a wedding always, ultimately belongs to the couple tying the knot, it's the invisible guests who are treated, weekend after weekend, to ringside seats at one of life's greatest celebrations. Irregardless of what the future may hold.
"It's the subject of a lifetime," says Block. "I'm in a very privileged position to tell these stories."
"It's why I love my job so much: I'm surrounded by happy, joyous, excited people the entire time," adds McElwee. "And it really bolsters me. No matter how crappy a week I have had, I show up at the wedding and everyone is having the time of their lives and you absolutely get swept up in that."
(For the record: Block and his wife have been married for 28 years, and McElwee and her husband will celebrate their eighth wedding anniversary in July.)


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mark cavendsihSheffield: The failure of the Tour de France race jury take action against British sprinter Mark Cavendish for his role in the crash that took out Orica-GreenEDGE rider Simon Gerrans in the finale of Saturday's first stage is "disappointing" says his team head sports director, Matt White.
Cavendish did not start stage two on Sunday – 201km from York to Sheffield – after sustaining a dislocated right collarbone and ruptured ligaments in the high speed crash.
Gerrans did race though, despite the pain and limited mobility from the severe abrasions on his back and bruised ribs that he received from the fall on Saturday in the last 250m
While Gerrans could continue in the Tour, his team asked the Union Cycliste Internationale race jury why it did not even recognise Cavendish's error, especially as he admitted several hours after the incident that he was to blame for the crash.
Cavendish telephoned Gerrans on Saturday evening to apologise for the crash. The apology was accepted, but Orica-GreenEDGEbelieve the UCI jury should still have taken a position on the incident.
But before Sunday's stage, won by the new yellow jersey wearer Italian Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) from Belgian Greg Van Avermaet (BMC), Pole Michal Kwiatovski (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) and 18 others in a lead group of 21 riders, Orica-GreenEDGE sports director Neil Stephens still met with the UCI race jury to ask it did not act on Cavendish's sprint.
White, meanwhile, did not want to dwell on the issue, but he still showed his dissatisfaction for the UCI's position and response to Stephens request.
"I was happy 'Cav' apologised. It's a good sign for him. That's the truth," White said.
"The problem was his. Simon accepted his apology. It was a nice thing to do."
But White said he was still found what happened "disappointing." And when asked if it was also "disappointing" that the UCI did not take any action, he said: "It is a little disappointing.
"Neil went and had a word with them … just for an explanation and they didn't really have one.
"It's not the first time the UCI didn't have an explanation for something."
Many agreed that the UCI race jury should have acted, citing how in 2010 the UCI jury at the Tour quickly disqualified Cavendish's lead out man, Australian Mark Renshaw, for head butting in stage 11.
Gerrans, who stayed with the leaders until the last 25km of Sunday's stage before finishing 58th at 1minutes 45 seconds to Nibali, said he accepted Cavendish's apology; but he was still lamenting what may have been without his misfortune.
Asked if the gesture took some sting out of the incident, Gerrans, who may have won Saturday's stage without the crash, and also taken the yellow leader's jersey, said: "No … because I'm going to be stinging for several more days to come actually.
"[I'm] in a lot of pain just getting through the stages. At the end of the day it's nice that he acknowledged it – it was his fault – but that doesn't really take much of the plan away from what could have been a great couple of opportunities for myself."
For Gerrans, Sunday was not spared of drama either. He crashed again early into the stage, but while sustaining another cut to his leg, did not further aggravate his injuries.
Asked how that crashed occurred, Gerrans said: "Spectators on the road basically. .. I didn't come down too hard, just caught up. I had to change my bike."
When it comes to crowd attendances, the Tour's start in England that includes Monday's 155km third stage from Cambridge to London, has been a huge success with most of the roads in stages one and two being lined with thousands of spectators.
However, that success has also triggered concerns about the safety of riders in the peloton with both first stages ending with riders recalling numerous incidents of near-misses – or as in the case of Gerrans on Sunday, actual collisions.
This story Administrator ready to work first appeared on Nanjing Night Net.