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For Fort Worth gambler and gunfighter Luke Short (left, photo from Wikipedia), the month of February was often pivotal. For Fort Worth gambler and gunfighter and former city marshal Timothy Isaiah "Longhaired Jim" Courtright (right, photo from Tarrant County College NE), one February in particular was pivotal.
For starters, Luke Short was born on February 19, 1854. It was on February 25, 1881 that he shot and killed fellow gambler Charlie Storms in Tombstone, Arizona. (Short pleaded self-defense and was acquitted.) On February 6, 1883 Short bought an interest in the Long Branch Saloon in Dodge City, Kansas. In February 1884 Fort Worth's White Elephant Saloon held an open house as it prepared to open, and Short would become a part-owner. But three years later, on February 7, 1887, he sold his share of the White Elephant to fellow gambler Jake Johnson.
And the next day, the eighth, would make that February of 1887 pivotal for Jim Courtright as well. That night Jim Courtright and Luke Short would meet just outside the White Elephant Saloon and take a short walk into "wild West" legend.
The term wild West was not invented in the twentieth century to label western America during the late nineteenth century. By 1886 the West already knew it was wild. But to people in rowdy towns such as Cowtown the "wild West" was just everyday life, the here-and-now. And Jim Courtright, like the James brothers, already had a "wild West" reputation. About eight months before Courtright's pivotal February, the manager of Fort Worth's opera house had considered starring Courtright and Frank James, brother of Jesse, in a "wild west" road show.
But that wild West show never hit the road, and Courtright was still in Fort Worth in February 1887, operating his TIC (for "Timothy Isaiah Courtright") detective agency, which some historians say was little more than a protection racket. Courtright had opened the agency about 1884, as an ad in the city directory shows. On his staff was James Maddox, future police chief and brother of Robert E. Maddox, who owned a racehorse named . . . "Luke Short."
This Dallas Morning News photo of 1929 shows a ghost sign: A wall advertisement for Courtright's TIC detective agency survived well into the twentieth century.
After Courtright had opened his detective agency and while Luke Short had still been a partner in the White Elephant Saloon, Courtright had tried to persuade Short to hire him as "special officer" at the White Elephant. Short had refused. The result was bad blood between Short and Courtright. Or maybe mostly on the part of Courtright. Either way, that bad blood would be spilled at eight o'clock on the eighth night of the pivotal month of February:
Agitated and probably liquored up, Courtright went to the White Elephant to confront Short. (Fort Worth was a town on the gambling circuit, and gambling was a fraternity: Also at the White Elephant that night was Short's friend Bat Masterson.) Gambler Jake Johnson, a friend of both Courtright and Short, intercepted Courtright and told him that he would fetch Short and bring him outside to talk with Courtright. After Johnson accompanied Short out of the saloon, Johnson was the only witness to what happened next.
(Three years earlier, in 1884, one member of that gambling fraternity had shown his appreciation of another as Jake Johnson gave Jim Courtright a gold watch. Three years later, for Jim Courtright that watch was about to stop ticking.)
Short, Courtright, and Johnson walked away from the White Elephant, north along the sidewalk on Main Street. In front of Ella Blackwell's shooting gallery they stopped, talking as they stood three or four feet apart.
(By 1888 Ella Blackwell had moved her shooting gallery to Hell's Half Acre.)
The White Elephant Saloon was an "uptown" saloon, located at 308 Main Street, just three blocks from the courthouse, not in Hell's Half Acre and not at the Stockyards (which did not yet exist, although the "shootout" is reenacted each year outside the White Elephant Saloon at the Stockyards). The Morris Building (built in 1906 but rebuilt in 1981) today occupies the site of the original saloon on Main Street.
The Fort Worth Gazette later quoted Jake Johnson as he testified about what he had witnessed as Short and Courtright talked on the sidewalk on the night of February 8, 1887: "Luke had his thumbs in the armholes of his vest, then he dropped them in front of him when Courtright said, 'You needn't be getting out your gun.' Luke said, 'I haven't got any gun here, Jim' and raised up his vest to show him. Courtright then pulled his pistol. He drew it first, and then Short drew his and commenced to fire."
Jim Courtright, the famed gunfighter, never fired a shot. Some historians theorize that Courtright's gun jammed or that the hammer of his pistol snagged his watch chain (was that chain fastened to the watch that Jake Johnson had given to Courtright?). Otherwise, those historians ponder, how could anyone, even Luke Short, have outdrawn the gunslinger known for his fast draw? Courtright, the Gazette said, was deadly accurate with either hand and "as quick as lightning." "In a desperate emergency his coolness and self-possession never left him."
And yet there he was—dead on the floor of a shooting gallery. Short's first shot had been fired at close range. Courtright fell into the entrance of the shooting gallery, his boots on the sidewalk, his .45 still in his hand. Short fired four more times. Police officer J. J. Fulford quickly arrived at the scene. He bent over Courtright. Fulford recalled that Courtright's last words were "Ful, they've got me."
Like police officer Fulford, police officer Rowan Bonaparte ("Bony") Tucker was quick to arrive at the scene of the shooting, having been standing at the corner of 3rd and Main when a man rushed up and warned Tucker that "there was going to be trouble between Jim Courtright and Luke Short." Soon after, Tucker said, "the crack of a pistol rang out." As Tucker ran north he heard four more shots. By the time he reached the shooting gallery, Courtright was too weak to speak.
Tucker told the Gazette that Courtright "grasped his gun in one hand, a '45' of the same make as the one that killed him. The chambers were full of cartridges, showing that he had failed to get in a shot. Three bullets had taken effect. One broke his right thumb, the second passed through his heart and the third struck him in the right shoulder. . . . He was a dead man within five minutes after I reached him."
The "shootout" made headlines around the country, including page 1 of the New York Sun on February 10. This report alludes to Courtright's protection racket, Short's refusal to pay "tribute," and the resultant "ill feeling."
Page 1 of the Austin Weekly Statesman on February 10.
The Tombstone Epitaph on February 13. Luke Short had killed Charlie Storms in Tombstone.
And, of course, the Dodge City Times of February 17. Short (and Bat Masterson) had been a member of the Dodge City Peace Commission.
Luke was not the only Short boy weathering a stormy patch of time in 1887. In San Angelo just two weeks earlier, brother Henry had shot and killed a man.
Henry was five years younger than Luke.
As for Luke Short, held in a county jail cell after the Courtright shooting, Short corroborated the account told by witness Jake Johnson. Short "very calmly" told a Gazette reporter: "Of course, it is an affair to be regretted. If I felt that I was in the wrong, I wouldn't like to talk about it, but as I wasn't, there isn't any reason to refrain from telling how it happened. In the first place I want to say that it was all sudden, all unexpected by me. There had been no previous disagreement between us. Early in the evening I was getting my shoes blackened at the White Elephant, when a friend of mine asked me if there was any trouble between Courtright and myself, and I told him there was nothing. A few minutes later I was at the bar with a couple of friends when someone called me. I went out into the vestibule and saw Jim Courtright and Jake Johnson. . . . I walked out with them upon the sidewalk. . . . I reminded him [Courtright] of some past transactions, not in an abusive or reproachful manner, to which he assented, but not in a very cordial way. I was standing with my thumbs in the armholes of my vest and had dropped them in front of me to adjust my clothing, when he remarked: 'Well, you needn't reach for your gun' and immediately put his hand to his hip pocket and pulled his. When I saw him do that, I pulled my pistol from my hip pocket, too, and began shooting, for I knew that his action meant death."
(Bat Masterson's friend Alfred Henry Lewis in 1907 wrote that after the shooting Masterson had persuaded Sheriff Ben Shipp to allow Masterson, armed with two six-shooters, to spend the night in Short's cell because of fear that a mob would try to remove Short from his jail cell and lynch him. I have not found that claim in newspaper accounts of 1887.)
As for Jim Courtright, he was given "one of the largest funeral processions ever seen in this city," led by his M. T. Johnson hook-and-ladder fire company (one of the horses was named in his honor). Courtright was buried "tenderly and respectfully" with Odd Fellows honors at the "new cemetery" (Oakwood).
As for Luke Short, among the Fort Worth residents signing his bail bond were Jake Johnson, Walter T. Maddox (former sheriff and brother of James and Robert), and attorney Robert McCart (namesake of the South Side street). Short at his examining trial was represented by McCart and William Capps, who in 1884 had helped to defuse a volatile incident involving Jim Courtright.
One witness at the examining trial, W. A. James, testified that on the night before the shooting he had heard Courtright say "that there was a combination against him over the White Elephant," "that he hadn't been treated with respect upstairs over the White Elephant." The saloon's gambling rooms were upstairs over the bar.
James testified that Courtright said "God had made one man superior to another in muscular power, but when Colt made his pistol, that made all men equal." James again quoted Courtright: "Courtright said he had lived over his time. No man on earth, he said, had a percentage over him. He said that this would be settled within a week."
Luke Short was not tried for the killing of Jim Courtright. In those days, when one armed man killed another armed man, a charge of murder was rare unless the victim was shot in the back.
Luke Short was a free man.
Author Father Stanley Crocchiola in his Longhair Jim Courtright wrote that Luke Short was in love with Courtright's wife Betty: "Immediately following Courtright's funeral, Short made repeated efforts to induce the widow to marry him, using as an excuse his regrets that he made her a widow. . . . She ran him off with a shotgun."
Luke Short lived only another six years. Luke Short died in 1893. At age thirty-nine. Of natural causes.
Luke Short is buried in Oakwood Cemetery.
Jim Courtright also is buried in Oakwood Cemetery. Short is buried in section 20. Courtright is buried in section 27, well out of pistol range.
His headstone, erected by a granddaughter in 1954, reads:
"Jim 'Longhaired' Courtright
U.S. Army scout, U.S. marshal [he was a city marshal], frontiersman, pioneer, representative of a class of men now passing from Texas, who, whatever their faults, were the type of that brave, courageous manhood which commands respect and admiration."
When gambler and gunfighter Timothy Isaiah "Longhaired Jim" Courtright died he was forty-two years old. Young for a gambler, old for a gunfighter.


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Satyam's net profit up 45 per cent
Satyam Computer Services announced a net profit of Rs 5.48 bn for the first quarter ended June 30, registering a growth of 45% over last year.business Updated: Jul 18, 2008 18:12 IST
Satyam Computer Services, India's fourth largest software and IT services exporter, announced on Friday a net profit of Rs 5.48 billion for the first quarter ended June 30, registering a growth of 45 per cent over the corresponding period last year.
The net profit, which was Rs 3.78 billion in the first quarter of 2007-08, grew 17.3 per cent sequentially.
The revenues during the quarter were Rs 26.21 billion, a growth of 8.5 per cent sequentially and 43.2 per cent on year-on-year basis.
The earnings per share (EPS) for Q1 were Rs 8.16, reflecting a year-on-year increase of 43.9 per cent and a sequential increase of 17.1 per cent.
"We were able to deliver this performance on the back of three per cent volume growth, helped, in part, by rupee depreciation," Satyam Chairman B Ramalinga Raju told a news conference.
He said the company won three large deals of $40 million to $50 million during the quarter and was chasing 20 big deals worth $40 to $100 million.
"The quarter witnessed increased business activity in Asia Pacific and Middle East. Further, companies in Europe that were slow to embrace off-shoring are showing increasing interest to capitalise on our global delivery model. These regions continue to promise significant growth," he said.
The company added 34 new clients during the quarter, taking the total number to 631. It also added 651 employees. The total number of employees of the parent company and all subsidiaries now stands at 51,643.
Raju said the company planned to raise salaries of offshore employees by 12-14 per cent and the onsite wages by 3 to 4 per cent, which will impact on margins by 3 per cent.
Buoyed by the better performance, the company revised the guidance for the whole fiscal year. The revenue for 2009 is expected to be between Rs 111.81 billion and Rs 113.63 billion, implying a growth rate of 32 to 34.1 per cent over fiscal 2008.
EPS for the full year is expected to be between Rs 31.83 and Rs 32.35, implying a growth rate of 26.1 per cent to 28.2 per cent.
For Q2, the revenue is expected to be between Rs 27.43 billion and Rs 27.69 billion, implying a growth rate of between 4.7 per cent and 5.7 per cent. The EPS for the quarter is expected to be between Rs 7.71 and Rs 7.78.
"We remain positive and confident about our ability to deliver the stated guidance, notwithstanding the operational environment. For instance, in Q1, we had a loss of animation business in BPO, which led to lower-than-expected growth. Despite this, we delivered 3 per cent volume growth. We believe that this loss of business was transient, and is limited to Q1," he said.
Raju said the banking, financial services and insurance sectors did not do well during the quarter but this was managed with the good performance in the telecom, media, entertainment, retail and logistics space.
"We are yet to see clear and consistent signals emanating from the banking and financial services sector, which continues to be fluid. Moreover, the US economy has been impacted by high energy costs and rising inflation. This impacts sectors such as retail and transportation, where there is greater need for higher operational efficiency in the near term," he said.

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We were going to talk about preserving the harvest today, but honestly, friends, I looked at the calendar and realized we've got bigger fish to fry:
We've got immune systems to build.
And we've gotta get started before summer fades to cold and flu season and kiddos are coming home from school and hacking all over the place.
Here's the good news about strengthening the immune system; likely, if you've been enjoying the heck out of summer -- out in the sun, inhaling the local in season fruits and veggies and indulging in some nice relaxation times -- you're well on your way to doing good battle with the approaching cold and flu season.
Before we look at the foundations, let's first ponder mindset:
- My favorite doctor once told me something priceless: We don't have to be afraid of the bugs and germs and toxins that come our way; we simply have to help our bodies become stronger than the offenders. Now that's encouragement to take make these foundations of health priority!
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Mini Lamb Roast with Peppercorn Crust
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|¾ cup
|Pinot noir
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|Olive oil
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|400 g
|Lamb roast, leg, boneless
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|Dijon mustard
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|Green peppercorns, lightly bruised
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- Combine the marinade ingredients in a saucepan. Simmer for 5 minutes. Cool.
- Pour the cold marinade over the lamb in a small roasting dish. Marinate in the refrigerator - turning occasionally - for 8 to 24 hours.
- Remove the lamb from the marinade and pat dry. Reserve the marinade. Sprinkle the lamb with salt and rub in well.
- Spread the mustard evenly over the lamb then pat in the peppercorns. Place in a roasting dish
- Preheat the oven to 200degC. Roast the lamb for 30-40 minutes (the meat will still be a little pink inside), or according to personal preference.
- Cover with foil and rest for 10 minutes before slicing.
- Meanwhile, strain the marinade into a saucepan. Add the lamb stock and honey. Simmer for about 15 minutes until reduced by about half.
- May be thickened, if preferred, with 2 tablespoons each of softened butter and flour mixed to a paste.
- Whisk small amounts of the paste into the simmering sauce, until thickened.
- Serve with roast vegetables such as pumpkin, kumara or potatoes.


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You can wear your wellies if you want, but it's unlikely you will get stuck in the mud at the hugely popular GlastonFerret.
Yes, it's that time again where Preston pub The Ferret finds itself decked out in full festival gear - complete with hay bales and turf - to give it that authentic outdoorsy feel.
Following the success of previous years there is a couple of new additions - the most important of which is sponsorship by Old Rum. This means cheap rum drinks and signature pours from their separate Old J bar.
But of course GlastonFerret is all about the music. The ones to watch for in this year's line-up include Misty's Big Adventure, an old Preston favourite who haven't played in these parts for eight years. And look out for The Fighting Wedding Disco (Caribbean Honey Moon Special), which is a DJ set on the Saturday night from local boys Fighting, who also play a set on the Friday. This proves to be the most popular part of the event and this time it's going be the best yet.
You will also see local big hitters Ivan Campo, Saytr Play, Gigawatts, Moon And The Beams and The Jackpot Golden Boys, whilst there will be a host of talent from Liverpool, Manchester and beyond, including Kashmere, The Strawberries and Dat Brass.
Aside from music, you can also look forward to the Pop-Up Puppet Cinema, which will be playing Jaws, and there will be a pop-up swap shop - Garden Of Edith. Magi'Chris will be entertaining with his magic throughout the festival, and there will be hip-hop, Cuban, techno, funk and cheesy delights from DJs throughout. And if you want more, look out for the spray artists, dancers and a barbecue.
Tim Davies, manager at The Ferret, said: "This year is poised to be the best yet.
"We have more bands/entertainment than ever before. Starting at 6:30pm on the Friday and from open on Saturday and Sunday, there will be no easing in to things this year.
"It will be full-on from start to finish with bands from the get go and DJs playing us into the early hours.
"This year Sunday will be as much of a party as the Friday and Saturday as well. So get your weekend ticket and get here early Friday and you might want to book the next week off work."
With all that on offer, you will find that GlastonFerret is a real family affair, and the good news is that children are allowed in the pub until 8pm each day, with no extra charge for those under 15.
GlastonFerret is at The Ferret on Fylde Road, Preston, from Friday, July 6 until Sunday, July 8.
Weekend tickets are £14, with day tickets £6 for Sunday and £7 for Friday and Saturday. All are available from www.skiddle.com or from behind the bar to save on booking fees.
There are competitions to win tickets and goodie bags on Facebook - check out the event and The Ferret page for more details, including a full line-up, at https://www.facebook.com/events/555924968110936/


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This Puerto Rican Loves Rice and Healthy Living
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Look here before you start hating on the title of this post, I'm Puerto Rican and I LOVE Rice. I actually LOVE my curves too. It has taken a while but I have finally decided loving myself is so much better than whatever I was doing before. Anyways dude, I would eat rice every meal if I could. Some days I have! Arroz con Leche in the morning and my grandma's Arroz con Gandules throughout the day. These family recipes are the blessings I share with my new family and hope my children pass it down to theirs as well.
I first shared Arroz con Pollo for my family Kbebe was a one-year-old. He ate that stuff up with vigor, barely stopping to breathe. To this day he vacuums up whatever rice you put on his plate. The Sweetness well she just loves food, period. This one time when she first became mobile she pulled Kbebe's food down and was just chomping away. I didn't even notice until he yelled, "sissy stop eating my food!"
Back to the beginning rice has always been a staple in my home. Even my father, who is of Asian descent, would wake us with fried rice for breakfast on the weekends. Rice seems to always be available and reminds me of home. That really makes me feel good from the inside out.
As I grow older I am learning about health and my body is changing. I've come to realize that my body isn't a teenage body anymore. It's a grown woman who made and still feeds two children. My body is amazing but I would love to be more conscious of the food I'm putting in it! *a love story for another day* Our goals are to live more intentional lives so I wanted to come up with an easy and healthy way to hold onto that good feeling from my youth.
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Don't vote for any Republicans or Democrats running for the House or Senate, since damn near everyone has already been checked out by that pack of back-stabbing weasels at the ADL--ANOTHER DAMN LIE--and that nest of spies and saboteurs, AIPAC.
This nation needs to be turned around NOW or else get used to more Wall Street con games, aided by their grave-robbing friends in the Federal Reserve and endless wars to protect Apartheid Israel and to spread Zionism around the globe, unless you enjoy living on your knees and watching your kids shipped off to fight and die in these never ending 'Wars for Wall Street and Israel.'
Need further proof that those asshats running Congress and those trying to get on-board that gravy train, begging the Israeli-Firsters/AIPAC crowd that is bleeding this country of blood and wealth?
Here 'ya go!
AIPAC Congratulates Itself for the Slaughter in Lebanon
"My fellow American," Howard Friedman, President of AIPAC, begins his letter of July 30 to friends and supporters of AIPAC, "Look what you've done"! After warning that "Israel is fighting a pivotal war for its life," by which he means Israel's wanton slaughter and all-out destruction in Lebanon, Freiedman condemns "the expected chorus of international condemnation of Israel's actions" and Europe's call for "a cease-fire immediately." Then he exults: "only ONE nation in the world came out and flatly declared: Let Israel finish the job. . That nation is the United States of America--and the reason it had such a clear, unambiguous view of the situation is YOU and the rest of America Jewry."
"How do we do it"? President Friedman asks a little further on. The answer is "decades of long hard work which never ends." Not only is it hard work--but it's eternal. However, President Friedman is not content with generalities and gives us some of AIPAC's trade secrets. Here are two notables:
"AIPAC meets with every candidate running for Congress. These candidates receive in-depth briefings to help them completely understand the complexities of Israel's predicament and that of the Middle East as a whole. We even ask each candidate to author a 'position paper' on their views of the U.S.-Israel relationship--so it's clear where they stand on the subject." (Would it not be great to see these "position papers"? I wonder how many candidates would release them? And what do the candidates get for all this effort? A pat on the back?)
"Members of Congress, staffers and administration officials have come to rely on AIPACs memos. They are VERY busy people and they know that they can count on AIPAC for clear-eyed analysis.. We present this information in concise form to elected officials. The information and analyses are impeccable--after all our reputation is at stake. This results in policy and legislation that make up Israel's lifeline." (Another way to read this is that the pea-brained hillbillies who make up most of the Congress can be led by the nose if the memos are simple enough.)


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I would like to thank C for nominating me and sorry if I'm missing a step, but it turns out I'm illiterate… except for typing.
Rules to be followed:
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My quotes for today are:
"For what shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul."
-Mark 8:36
"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."
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"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be."
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"The world's preeminent museum and research complex"
The National Museum of Natural History is part of the Smithsonian Institution, the world's preeminent museum and research complex. The Museum is dedicated to inspiring curiosity, discovery, and learning about the natural world through its unparalleled research, collections, exhibitions, and education outreach programs. Opened in 1910, the green-domed museum on the National Mall was among the first Smithsonian building constructed exclusively to house the national collections and research facilities. Cretaceous Diorama, Dinosaur Hall, National Museum of Natural History Whether looking at the history and cultures of Africa, describing our earliest Mammalian ancestor or primate diversity around the world, examining ancient life forms including the ever popular dinosaurs, or exploring the beauty of rare gemstones such as uniquely colored diamonds, the Museum's temporary and permanent exhibitions serve to educate, enlighten and entertain millions of visitors each year. The main building on the National Mall contains 1.5 million square feet of space overall and 325,000 square feet of exhibition and public space; altogether the Museum is the size of 18 football fields, and houses over 1000 employees. With a growing network of interactive websites, the Museum is transforming itself into a hub for national and international electronic education, accessible to anyone with access to the internet.
I am absolutely obsessed with this place. It's actually quite overwhelming to visit. It's a gorgeously-laid out series of museums, but there's no humanly way you'll be able to see all of it. It's massive. 1.5 million square feet massive. The Air and Space Museum is my favorite.
You will need more than one day to really do this place justice and see all there is to see. If you only have one day, though, definitely make sure you see every hallway and exhibit, and take some time to really admire the detail.
It's incredible to me that this place is free! The kids LOVED it - especially the T-Rex.
My favorite museum! I literally spend hours and hours at this museum and still don't see everything. It's free and totally worth the time.
There was a lot of really neat stuff to see, but it was just too crowded for me to really experience the museum. Compared to the other great museums on the Mall, I would make this one a low priority, unless you have kids, which I don't.
The Smithsonian's museum of Natural History isn't my favorite of all the Smithsonians, but it's definitely worth checking it out--especially if you're traveling with kids. The place has a totally cool collection of dinosaur fossils, and then a pretty thorough exhibit that takes you through the Earth's various eras and the animals that inhabited the planet during those time periods.
Nice exhibits, good for all ages
I know this is one of the top attractions in DC, but I honestly wasn't that impressed. To be sure, this would be a great place to take younger kids, and is probably a completely different experience when less crowded.
Put on your good walking shoes! My son loved it, especially the bugs and t-rex.
This was the best museum of all on the mall. So many exhibits to keep everyone interested.
Fun for all ages.
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How to Draw a Car for Kids
Okay guys this is the step by step version of "how to draw a car for kids". I already have the video lesson uploaded, and even though you know how the car can be drawn, some people have a slow internet speed which means they won't be able to view the video without interruption. Drawing cars is and has always been an object that a lot of kids, teens and adults like to draw. For me drawing cars has always been a struggle and because of this I abandoned the concept for a long while. In my younger years of drawing, I never really drew too many cars. I think it's because I had no clue on how to create a car because there was no easy drawing books I could learn from. Today, this tutorial on "how to draw a car for kids" is going to help a lot of artists that are just starting out in the drawing field. This is a fun lesson to follow, and the great thing is, you will be able to draw a car all by yourself. Make sure to use your imagination again as you color in your car. This is a great way to express what type of vehicle you would like when you get older. Thanks guys, and be sure to enjoy the rest of your drawing day!....
Step 1
Draw a large circle for the base of the car.
Step 2
Draw the front part of the car, and then draw out the windshield. At this point the car should look like the front of a shoe.
Step 3
Before you draw more of the cars body out, I want you to first draw in the windshield like so you here. Next, draw the hood, and window framing for the drivers door window, and the side mirror.
Step 4
Now you can continue to draw out the shape of the body frame of the car like you see here. This should include the hood, trunk, and both wheel wells.
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Okay, now it's time to draw in some simple detailing for the hood of the car which is known to some folks as the hood decal.
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Now it's time to draw out the head lights, tores, and small circles for the rims. Next and lastly, draw the door line like you see here. Erase the lines and shapes that you drew in step one.
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Here is the last step and as you can see this is a finished drawing of a car for kids. Color it in, and then you are all done.
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Blender is a full fledged 3D content creation suite. You can create 3D models and animate scenes. Blender also has its' own game engine and is vastly expandable with addons.
- 3D Solids and character modeling
- Scene animation
- Physics and particle functions
- Shading
- Game engine (create a whole game using only Blender)
- Imaging and compositing
- Highly extensible
Inkscape is a superb vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw, or Xara X, using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format.
GIMP stands for Gnu Image Manipulation Program, and is a similar to Photoshop.
(Available in Ubuntu Studio versions up to 18.04)
MyPaint is a digital painting tool, designed to work with graphic tablets. It comes with a large collection of brushes, including ink and charcoal.
- Designed for pressure sensitive graphics tablets
- Simple and minimalistic user interface
- Extensive brush creation and configuration options
- Unlimited canvas (you never have to resize)
- Basic layer support
(Available in Ubuntu Studio version 18.10 and above)
PikoPixel is an easy-to-use application for drawing & editing pixel-art.
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For those of us with feet larger than a size eight or nine - the average woman's shoe size in the U.S- shoe shopping may seem like a torturous chore rather than a delightful experience. Just like our bodies and the shapes that accompany them, shoes have different stances and range from petite, to wide and curvy depending on the length and thickness of our feet.
Plus size shoes are truly not hard to find; contrary to popular beliefs, plus size shoes are being sold in many more stores and outlets because of the popular demand. Even though fairy tale movies may show ballet dancer's tiny feet and lovely glass slippers in a size six, this does not mean that extended size shoes can't be just as gorgeous, if not even more.
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Shoe sizes vary with each different style and company. For those of us with larger feet, say sizes 9-12 or even higher, shoe sizes are especially hard because of the rarity in stores. When shopping for plus size shoes, know your size in different brands! If you are a size 10 in sneakers, which are wider than most shoe styles, do not be surprised or saddened to find that in formal pointed heels, you may be a size 11.
Use plus size in a positive manner!
This may sound cheesy, but tell yourself that you love your body and your feet! Love yourself, and you will love what you put on your feet and body even more than before. There is nothing wrong with having larger feet! Or having to use plus size shoes. Having to buy larger sized shoes should not be seen as a chore or a death sentence but as something lovely and exciting! Humans come in all sorts of shapes and sizes, which include feet, some of us have wider feet, while others of us are longer, and that is okay! Plus size shoes are just as beautiful as regular shoe sizes, just like people.
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Give the shoes some sparkle! Accent the gorgeousness by looking for large sized shoes that fit your agenda. If you are shopping for a specific event and want to look classy but chic, try something in a color that isn't black. Colors are for everyone, regardless of stereotypes and shoe sizes. Wear stiletto heels with embellishments or a complimentary, yet bold, color to offset your outfit. Everyone love a show-stopper accessory.
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Dryden, L. (2019). Joseph Conrad: Transnational Identity in the Fictions of Empire. L'Epoque Conradienne, 41,
Professor Linda Dryden Joseph Conrad was a writer who crossed national boundaries both in his personal life and in his writing, particularly in his early Malay tales and in He...
Dryden, L. (in press). H. G. Wells and J. B. Pinker: Previously Unpublished Correspondence Concerning Conrad. Conradian,
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Dryden, L. (2015). Joseph Conrad and H. G. Wells: The Fin de Siecle Literary Scene. Palgrave
This is the first sustained examination of of the literary friendship between Conrad and Wells. Drawing upon archival research, diaries, letters and a close analysis of texts,...
To support work on Rabindranath Tagore and to establish a Scottish Centre of Tagore Studies (ScoTs).
To run a series of events to mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of Rabindranath Tagore.To heighten awareness of plans to set up a Scottish Centre of Tagore Studies at Edinburgh Napier.
To raise the profile of Rabindranath Tagore in Scotland. To establish a basis for the launch of the Scottish Centre of Tagore Studies (ScoTs).
Dryden, L. (2012). The Gothic: Detection and Science Fiction. In C. McCracken-Flesher (Ed.), Approaches to Teaching the Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, 96-103. The Modern Languages Association
An essay on how Stevenson fits into the genre of detection and science fiction literature.
Dryden, L. (2012). Review of Matthew Beaumont. The Spectre of Utopia: Utopian and Science Fictions at the Fin de Siecle. Review of English Studies.. doi:10.1093/res/hgt050. ISSN 0034-6551
A review of Matthew Beaumont
Dryden, L. (2009). Conrad and his readers. In A. H. Simmons (Ed.), Joseph Conrad in context, 221-228. Cambridge University Press
This is an essay in a special collection called Conrad in Context. The essay discusses Conrad in the context of late-nineteenth-century reading practices.
(2009). L. Dryden, S. Arata, & E. Massie (Eds.), Stevenson and Conrad: writers of transition. Texas Tech University Press
This edited book is the first complete book-length study to consider the work of Robert Louis Stevenson and Joseph Conrad within the same framework. It contains essays from in...
Dryden, L. (2008). Performing Malaya. In K. Baxter, & R. Hand (Eds.), Joseph Conrad and the performing Arts, 11-28. Ashgate Publishing Ltd
This is an essay in a collection called Conrad and Performance edited by Katherine Baxter and Richard Hand. It discusses how Conrad's characters in his Malay novels perform as...
Dryden, L. (2008). Times indeed are changed: Conrad, "Typhoon" and Pall Mall Magazine. Conradiana. 41, 132-152. doi:10.1353/cnd.2011.0015. ISSN 0010-6356
This is a journal article in a special edited edition of Conradiana. It discusses Joseph Conrad's publishing history prior to and during his relationship with Pall Mall Magazi...
Dryden, L. (2008). Penguin Editions of Conrad: A Review Essay by Linda Dryden. English literature in transition, 1880-1920. 52, 196. ISSN 1559-2715
This is a review essay requested by the Editor of English Literature in Transition. The essay gives an overview of the importance of Joseph Conrad and then discusses the merit...
Dryden, L. (2000). Joseph Conrad and the Imperial Romance. Palgrave MacMillan
Joseph Conrad's early Malay fiction reflects his seafaring experiences in the East and expresses his misgivings about the assumptions of `white superiority', of imperial power...
Dryden, L. (2017). Monomaniacs, evolutionary science and the influence of Stevenson in Wells's The Island of Doctor Moreau. In Hill, R. J. (Ed.). Robert Louis Stevenson and the Great Affair: Movemnet, Memory, and ModernityRobert Louis Stevenson and the Great Affair: Movemnet, Memory, and Modernity: Taylor & Francis (Routledge). ISBN 978-1-4724-6935-9
This essay unravels some of the Stevensonian influences and literary allusions that Wells drew upon when conceiving The Island of Doctor Moreau. What emerges is a clear recogn...
Dryden, L. (in press). The Inheritors, H. G. Wells and Science Fiction: The Dimensions of the Future. Conradiana,
Dryden, L. (2009). Introduction. In Stevenson and Conrad: writers of transition, 1-12. Texas Tech University Press
This Introduction assesses Robert Louis Stevenson within the context of the reputation of Joseph Conrad. It discusses the cross-overs between their works, their mutual friends...
Dryden, L. & Watson, R. (2007). Editorial-Journal of Stevenson Studies issue 5
This is the Editorial for issue 5 of the Journal of Stevenson Studies for which Linda Dryden is co-General Editor with Professor Rory Watson
Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland
Linda Dryden along with Lucille Bluefield has secured charity funding for former student Helena Roots to pursue a PhD within CLAW.
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International Employment Manager at North Carolina State University
Advanced Degree:
J.D., 1995, DePaul University College of Law
Please provide an overview of the kinds of duties you perform at this job.
Job duties: Responsible for the nonimmigrant and immigrant visa process for faculty and staff at the university, including drafting immigration petitions and applications for submission to the immigration service (CIS); advising faculty and staff on immigration issues and options open to them and their families; advising the university departments on feasibility of timelines and costs of various immigration processes for their faculty and staff members. Also responsible for the employment verification and compliance system in place at the university, to meet state and federal rules and regulations.
What additional training (beyond your undergraduate degree) did you need for your current job?
For this position at NC State University, I needed to have a law degree, as well as prior experience in immigration law. Before joining the university, I worked in Chicago for almost 10 years as a Senior Associate at Fragomen, a global immigration law firm. I supervised other attorneys, paralegals and support staff, and managed a caseload a numerous corporate clients, handling all of their immigration needs. I also gave presentations to clients and other HR and international relocation-oriented organizations on immigration and compliance topics.
In your current position, do you use any of the information or skills you learned as an IECA major in particular?
In my current (and prior) job, I do occasionally use my language skills (but not as much as one might think), and I most definitely use the cross-cultural, and general socio-political and economic background I gained to more fully understand the factors involved in every immigration situation I dealt with.
If you have had positions in the past that also might be of interest to our majors, please feel free to include information about them as well.
Please see above for my most immediate past position with Fragomen. Prior to joining Fragomen, I worked for 2.5 years at the International Human Rights Law Institute at DePaul's College of Law. In that role, I served as a Grant Coordinator, and also as a Project Coordinator (when we won bids from the federal government to host delegations of Salvadoran or Guatemalan legal scholars and public policy planners). I also served as a Staff Attorney for the Institute, and traveled to Central America numerous times on various projects, including monitoring elections in El Salvador and assisting the Interamerican Court of Human Rights in Costa Rica with background work and also during a session of the Court. In this job I used my Spanish heavily, and also really felt the value of my IECA background on a daily basis - it would have been a lot harder to do that job without having and utilizing my education at Valpo and my IECA courses.


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01 January, 2012
It's a brand new calendar year and I am feeling a bit adrift these days. 2011 was a hard year, one full of growth and of loss. I'm spending today, this first day, focusing on what I want to concentrate my energies on in 2012. Creative endeavors/work, family and friends, and cultivating better health– those are my top 3. My hope is that by focusing on these areas some of the other, more confusing, pieces of my life will fall into place. It seems fitting that, after a holiday filled with many of my very nearest and dearest, I should start two new projects on 01 January, 2012.
First, this morning I met up with my friend Chloe for a fun shoot for her blog, The Style Project. This was my first ever fashion shoot, and I had a blast. Even though it was freezing, with 20+ mph winds, Chloe got her style on and we braved the Wisconsin outdoors for a new year's day shoot that leaves me excited for more. Look for more of my photography on her site in the weeks and months to come!
Today also marks the beginning of the 30 Day Kombucha Challenge! I've been sponsored by the fab ladies at NessAlla Kombucha and will be drinking kombucha every day for the next 30 days. I've written more about what exactly kombucha is in this post, where I also have some pictures of NessAlla's magical brew. The aim of the challenge is to see how drinking this probiotic filled beverage every day changes my health. Maybe it won't do anything, or maybe it will make a world of difference… Either way, I'll be documenting the entire month here on My Year of Food!
Here I am with my first bottle of challenge bootch! Flavor: Elderflower Lemon Balm
I'm planning on adding a little more structure to my blog by starting a new challenge each month. I'm not sure what February's will be just yet… so if you have any suggestions, or know of any cool community events that are going on, let me know!
I hope everyone had a wonderful end to 2011, and that 2012 started out on a high note. I'll leave you with the T.S. Elliot new year's quote that sums up my current state of mind.
"For last year's words belong to last year's language
And next year's words await another voice.
And to make an end is to make a beginning."
January 3, 2012 11:01 am
love you! i think these are fantastic goals, and i just checked out chloe's blog – your photos are GORGEOUS! you are amazing. let's make it a resolution to hang out more in 2012, mmmkay?
January 10, 2012 12:46 pm
What a great start to the New Year! Hope it's a great one. Have you tried the Peach Blush booch yet? Yum!!!!!!!!!!