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This summer join artist Kim Knutson at The Garage to explore the creative world of fibers.
Every two weeks, Monday and Friday from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm, June 10th through August, Kim will teach a different fiber technique.
Starting off this wonderful series will be needle felted sculpture June 10th, 14th, 17th and 21st. Try your hand at creating palm sized lady bug or a colorful boreal native bird sculpted from colorful wool. Any age, 7 to adult and experience level are welcome.
Supply kits, (wool and felting needles) are provided by Raven's Beak Designs, located in the Garage, for $9.25 to $15.00, depending on how extravagant you would like to make your sculpture.
Fees are $25.00 per three hour session.
Please pre-register with Kim by phone or e-mail or with Linda at Raven's Beak Designs.
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Earnings is fast approaching and sell-side firms around the globe are crunching numbers to help investors make sound investment decisions. Analysts are forecasting that Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRTS) is going to report earnings of $1.85 per share. The actual numbers will be released when the company reports earnings on or around 2017-02-03.
Earnings can bring lots of surprises. In recent quarters Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. recorded a surprise factor of 8.61% with an Earnings Per Share of $0.13. Investors look at the difference to see how far off the actual numbers were from the analysts' predictions.
Wall Street Analyst: What Investors Need to Know
According to Zacks, the standard deviation for Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRTS) was $0.707. Analysts predict a price target range from $106 to $107 with a consensus target from the 2 analysts providing projections currently stands at $106.5. The mean target was revised on 2016-12-16.
What's the buzz on the Street?
Analysts make their predictions based on a whole bunch of factors – in the investment world this is known as the mosaic theory. The mosaic theory is a method used to gather information on a corporation – the information is gathered by collecting a combination of public and non-public material. Some public information includes the balance sheet and cash flow information from previous quarters. Non-public information might include a tip, which is illegal. Nonetheless, analysts use all the information they can get their hands on to make the best prediction possible.
Investors take analyst's predictions very seriously – because analysts are the ones doing all the research. In fact, that's exactly what investors pay an investment firm to do so that they can spend their free time doing things like fishing and spending time with family. But how can investors make a decision knowing that analysts can sometimes be overly optimistic? Investors can't make decisions blindly, nor would they want to when they have a lot of money at stake. Investors must be careful if an analyst's outlook is overly generous compared to previous quarters – this should send a red flag and raise questions like, does this analyst have a conflict of interest with this particular company?
More ways to make better investment decisions…
Let's look at the ABR. For those who are new to investment lingo, ABR stands for the "Average Brokerage Recommendation" and it's exactly what you think it means: it is the average of a collection of analyst's recommendation on a particular stock. The average is based on a ranking system of 1 to 5, with 1 being a "strong buy" recommendation and 5 being a "strong sell" recommendation. Right now Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRTS) has shares with an ABR of 3.5. The ABR is based on the recommendations of 2.
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Topic: Timint - a blog about the creation of a Rails app
Hi all,
I'm in the process of creating a Rails app and thought I'd share the steps of this project and things I'll learn through a blog.
Beginners or people trying to create a Rails app might find some interest in this blog.
URL is http://timint.wordpress.com
Timint will be a simple time tracking tool which should be released in less than a month now due to Rails great rapid development abilities.


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Rome Sweet Rome for US Beach Teams
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (June 23, 2013) – The U.S. men's beach volleyball team of Phil Dalhausser and Sean Rosenthal won gold while April Ross and Jennifer Kessy took silver at the FIVB Beach Volleyball Rome Grand Slam in Italy.
Both teams will play next at the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships on July 1-7 in Stare Jablonki, Poland.
Dalhausser (Ormond Beach, Fla.) and Rosenthal (Redondo Beach, Calif.), seeded No. 3, defeated Latvia's No. 6 Janis Smedins and Aleksandrs Samoilovs, 21-19, 21-18 in 44 minutes in the men's final.
"I was struggling to side-out this whole week, but Phil picked me up and kept me in the game," Rosenthal said in an FIVB press release. "That's a great team; they've been in two straight finals. We got a good start and we carried that on in the second set."
The gold medal was the first for Dalhausser and Rosenthal, who are in their first season as a team. Rosenthal won the gold medal in Rome in 2012 with Jake Gibb (Bountiful, Utah).
"For us as a team it is important," Rosenthal said. "We came off a 17th last week, to come back to a place where we've both had success and to come through. I don't think we've played our best, I don't think we've even been close, but we've kept winning games and we've stayed close together.
"It's big before the World Champs. We're the first team to have two wins and whatever team won this one was going to be the first to two wins and we want to keep building momentum and keep on winning."
To reach the final, Dalhausser and Rogers beat Brazil's No. 2 Pedro Solberg Salgado and Bruno Oscar Schmidt in the semifinals, 22-20, 18-21, 15-10 in 56 minutes.
Ross and Kessy went three sets in their final loss to Brazil's No. 5 Talita Da Rocha Antunes and Taiana Lima, 21-17, 19-21, 15-12 in 52 minutes. The silver is their third set of medals from the Rome Grand Slam. They won gold in 2010 and bronze in 2012. They are also looking at peaking for the World Championships.
"April and I for years have known when to peak and we are on an upswing," Kessy said. "For the whole year we've been getting better and better and better.
"We are sad we didn't win that game. I have about four side-outs from the third set in my mind that I could have done a lot better, but I am really happy with how we stuck together. Not many teams can come back like that."
Dalhausser and Rosenthal won $33,000 for the victory and Ross and Kessy took in $22,000 for finishing second.
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I'm in a keeper league (PPR) and have the 2nd pick in the draft. I kept MJD and Romo this year.
After running a couple of mock drafts it looks like LT, Forte and Brady are likely the top 3 that I will have to choose from.
Brady - Missed all of last year...but it is still Tom Brady.
LT - Looked a little slow last year, but I'll chalk it up to injury and bad blocking
Forte - Sophmore slump?
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Sticky proteins serve as glue: mammals
The bioadhesive glues used by mammals, plants, and mussels for adherance to mucosal surfaces (mucoadhesion) are made up of sticky proteins.
Move or stay put > Attach > Temporarily
"Bioadhesion may be defined as the state in which two materials, at least one of which is biological in nature, are held together for extended periods of time by interfacial forces. In the pharmaceutical sciences, when the adhesive attachment is to mucus or a mucous membrane, the phenomenon is referred to as mucoadhesion." (Smart 2005:1557)


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Andrew Weiss
WEISS, Andrew Lee, 32, of Columbus, Ind., died Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013, at his residence.
He is survived by his mother, Mary (John) Eberts of Scipio, Ind.; one brother, John Jr. (Kaitlyn) of Bristol, Wis.; two sisters, Jaime (Tod) Beeman of Grawn, and Becky (Mike) Howell of Indianapolis, Ind.; grandparents, Barb Weiss of Florida, Lawrence and Elizabeth King of Crimora, Va., E.C. and Wanda Eberts of Scipio, Ind.; great-grandmother, Ruth Tatem of North Vernon, Ind.; and several aunt and uncles.
Funeral service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013, at the Dove-Sharp & Rudicel Funeral Home and Cremation Services in North Vernon, Ind., with E.C. Eberts officiating. Friends may call at the Dove-Sharp & Rudicel Funeral Home and Cremation Services on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013, from 10 a.m. until time of service. Interment services will be conducted at a later date in Alpena.
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If there is anyone from Kila here, PLLLLLEEEEEEEEEZZZZZZZZZZE make some detents and/or at least eye covers for the G3. The stock covers are made of shoddy plastic and snap easily. I would purchase them in a heart beat.
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Topic: Loading pages via AJAX with jquery
What I'm trying to accomplish is the loading of page content via interaction with various links but ALSO have the page state remain if the page is refreshed.
So I have a page. I click a link that executes some jquery that retrieves content from the server and updates a div on the page. Works fine. However, if the user refreshes the page, the content goes back to what it was.
So the solution I came up with was to have an action.html.erb AND an action.js.erb that do virtually the exact same thing. So when a user clicks a jquery link to replace the div, the div is replaced using the action.js.erb code, but when the page is refreshed the new page state remains because it uses the action.html.erb file (I'm using PushState to update the URL, so when the jquery link is clicked it also updates the URL).
The whole goal is to make the pages faster and more interactive. I've investigated pjax and it won't work for my particular situation.
One thought is that I could do all the page loading via jquery, so anytime you refresh a page the html.erb file just fires off an AJAX request to the server and processes the returned JS. In this case, the action.html.erb files would really have nothing more than
$("#main").load("/controller/action"); # where action is action.js.erb
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Indians claim OF Ezequiel Carrera off waivers from Philadelphia
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Carrera, 25, has appeared in 13 games for the Phillies this season. He was in Major League camp with the Indians this spring (.279, 12-for-43, 2B, HR, 3 RBI, 11 SB) before being designated for assignment on March 25 and claimed off waivers by Philadelphia on April 2.
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Maybe someone here can help me identify who this is in the music video "In My Life". I seriously think it is Pete Best, the former Beatles drummer, but I can't think why he would be in a Beatles music video, maybe someone here can help ID who it is.
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Comparative Study of Rituximab Versus Combination of Rituximab and Intravenous Cyclophosphamide in Severe Pemphigus
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Skip to comments.U.S. Military Weapons Inscribed With Secret 'Jesus' Bible Codes
Posted on 01/18/2010 12:43:39 PM PST by DoctorBulldog
Coded references to New Testament Bible passages about Jesus Christ are inscribed on high-powered rifle sights provided to the United States military by a Michigan company, an ABC News investigation has found.
The sights are used by U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan and in the training of Iraqi and Afghan soldiers. The maker of the sights, Trijicon, has a $660 million multi-year contract to provide up to 800,000 sights to the Marine Corps, and additional contracts to provide sights to the U.S. Army.
(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...
Yes, we should only meet in catacombs and communicate with secret symbols <>< so as not to give the Neo-Comms any ammunition they can us against us. /s
You're welcome but you hit the nail so smack on the head I don't really deserve thanks for recognizing it. This Marxism and anti-Americanism has got to go.
No need. Their comments stand as a reflection of who watches and agrees with ABC News.
plus those evil crosshairs sometimes look like....A CROSS!
I'm all for the labelling on the rifles, just to constantly and consistently remind the Muzzies who their masters are.
Islam deserves to be denigrated, embarrassed and rubbished. It is a political movement in the cloak of a religion.
Who knew!
I have a set of Trijicon night sights on my latest acquisition. I'll have to check them over closely. Something from John's Apocalypse, I hope.
Let me know what you find. I'm kind of curious to see how many different verses there are.
Sometimes I wonder if reason for complaint isn't that the complainers don't believe, but rather that they think believers are seeking an unfair "advantage"?
And they will know that I am The Lord when I Smite Them Down with Great Fury!
At least it wasn't a verse that talks about a mighty hand and an outstreched arm. heehee. As in reach out and touch someone.
Heres some scary shiite from a whack site called Gods Own Party?:
Pay close attention to the story of a Caucasian Muslim soldier. Its had not to laugh at it.
Same site, mocking the death of the founder of the gunsight company:
These are evil people.
FR isn't in the Top 100,000 either.
I had to look!
Cool! I love it!
May God be honored in all we do!
I just put a TA11 on a DMR I just finished bulding, and it has "MT5:15" on it, which I'm guessing refers to Matthew 5:15: "Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.". The "lamp" must refer to the Tritium element. $;-)
mi PING.
another good Christian company in MI.
Well hey that's extremely cool. I don't know much about these things but I might have to figure out a way to need one of them sometime. :)
It would probably do better with a good shooter behind the sights... !
BTW, what does Goot Mit Uns translate into english?
God is with us.
It's time to quit screwing around and fight this thing as a war, not a damn PR operation! If that means borrowing a little of God's Righteous Might and stamping it onto night sights used by our boys to kill Muzzie scumbags in the dark, I say more power to 'em.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
How can we convince the local populations we support their religious identity when, in cases such as this, we can't even demonstrate to them that we support our own religious identity?
Dittos! Reminds me of the sniper in Saving Private Ryan! I was so sorry he got killed towards the end of the movie!
Yeah! I noticed in the movie he was a left handed shooter too which made it all the better from my perspective!
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Skip to comments.Second IRS official to leave amid tea party scandal
Posted on 05/16/2013 2:07:24 PM PDT by SopaterEdited on 05/16/2013 4:00:36 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
WASHINGTON As second top Internal Revenue Service official has announced plans to leave the agency amid the controversy over the targeting of tea party groups.
My, such a harsh response.
'Retire'. As in with pension and benefits?
Ya. Sounds like 'Take a lifetime vacation at our expense, true and faithful servant'.
well can't fire them they may lose all their benefits
But...but...but... it was only a couple of "rogue" employees in the break room at the Cincinnati office... Why should the bigwigs retire/resign?
Yep. And next year they will get a better paying job somewhere in the government.
Just heard it on the local Orlando news too ... the story has gone viral.
Normally, I resent having to provide room and board year after year for convicted criminals behind bars; but in these cases I would be happy to see my tax dollars used to support them for a few years.
These people RIGGED A NATIONAL ELECTION.
Good to know this fine upstanding organization will be so key in our healthcare.
Great cartoon!
Retire to a jail cell!
RETIRE!? And draw a retirement check!?
I wonder if this is the guy who told the flunkies to do it?
It depends. In its true form, amnesty is often given in return for turning state's evidence.
And yet somehow the taxpayers are expected to give the IRS the benefit of the doubt?
I want these B@$+@rds prosecuted, I want their property seized to pay their fines, I want their pensions revoked. After they get out of prison, I want to send them to the same poorhouse that they so frequently send American Taxpayers who make the slightest error on their overly complicated tax forms.
Show no mercy. The IRS does not show mercy to any taxpayer, so we should not be merciful to them. If this were a true "ship of state" we would be hanging these creeps by the yard arms.
The only way to ensure this never happens again is if everyone involved gets a serious prison sentence, at least as serious as the IRS gives to people convicted of tax evasion (like Al Capone). Let's reopen Alcatraz and send them all there.
Since when does someone quitting a job, insulate them from punishment, much less testifying?
Quitting is a separate act from being questioned and being punished.
Joseph Grant was a former DemocRAT staffer on the House Ways and Means Committee. Source: http://washingtonexaminer.com/tim-carney-the-irs-is-deeply-political-and-very-democratic/article/2529758?custom_click=rss
Does this keep them safe from any prosecution?
Does this mean they get a bigger retirement than they thought?
If "Retire" is an IRS term for having a "chainsaw enema" then it almost sounds ok... Yes, in that case then let's "retire" him.
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Probably another scumbag who was scheduled to retire in a month or two and this way Obama can say "See Im taking charge here" PLEASE..everything Obama does is orchestrated
Yeah, we are still stuck with the bill of paying the pensions for these crooks. #obamasideaofjustice
right! How many layers of management are there between those low level rogue employees and this guy retiring (that's 'retiring', not 'resigning' - big difference)
Oh, goody, another scapegoat.
So if an agent of the government is found breaking the law, they are given a paid vacation ?
Probably "fired" just like the acting director... PARSE their words... what they mean was that he was already retiring on June 3... the same exact date that the acting director was retiring on. We know the director was already retiring and I will lay odds that this guy was all set up to retire on June 3.
"Good to know this fine upstanding organization will be so key in our healthcare."
it just gets worse. Fox news is reporting that:
"The ObamaCare official in question, Sarah Hall Ingram, [who] had been serving as commissioner of the office responsible for tax-exempt organizations from 2009 to 2012 — the division included the group that targeted Tea Partiers — and has since left to serve as director of the IRS' Affordable Care Act division. That unit is responsible for enforcing parts of the health care law, including the fines associated with the so-called individual mandate — the requirement to buy health insurance."
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/05/16/second-irs-official-to-leave-amid-tea-party-scandal/#ixzz2TVv5sMvV
"it just gets worse."
The entire Obama Regime is EVIL!
who cares?
They leave unpunished and are replaced by people just as bad.
I am so very sick of government employee "disipline" amounting to a little 5-minute couseling followed by transfer to another lazy-butt post.
These government gold-bricking lifers (and I include Obama) have NO CLUE how hard people in the private sector work and how serious they are REQUIRED to be about the quality of their work. If this was the private sector, corporate security would have already walked a hundred of these IRS goons to the parking lot and told them "don't ever come back, but we will see you in court."
They didn't need a resume from her, they didn't need a background check, they didn't have any questions....they just wanted to know if she would be a whore for Obama.
While Obama is a total ideologue, dishonest, and a political manipulator, at the same time, the guy seems like a total ly hopeless managerial moron. Or maybe he's just pretending to be stupid?
so wierd.
Listening to the radio either on Glenn Beck or Sean Hannity, it was said that it took two - three years to fire an IRS employee because of a process that has to be achieved through legalities of the civil service employment program. the people are not rogues, they were instructed by Obama to do this as a part of way to get around the Constitution. The US Constitution has been made irrelevant
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Jamie from zapatista suppliers came in today:
it's a fiver for 500g zapatista beans (compared to 8.30ish for 1kg from Equal exchange)
all proceeds go to construction of health clinics and schools in zapatista communities. he mentioned a possible discount on bulk orders, and mentioned that prices would fluctuate according to the strength of the pound.
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""Flying is like good music. It elevates the spirit and it's an exhilarating freedom. I love the machines, I love the aviation community. I used to own airplanes and have pilots flying them for me, but I finally realized they were having more fun than I was." —actor and pilot Harrison Ford, in the Daily Mail (UK) "
Learjet 60
When it comes to pure climbing power, the Learjet 60 is hard to beat. This airplane doesn't just take off-it blasts off.
Its power comes courtesy of a pair of Pratt & Whitney Canada 305As bolted to the back that each crank 4,600 pounds of thrust, giving this 23,500-pound airplane (maximum takeoff weight) one of the highest thrust-to-weight ratios in its class. The manual says this jet will climb 4,500 feet per minute on both engines. That's not too shabby-and you can climb a whole bunch faster than the book says, although for the sake of passenger comfort, this kind of liftoff is not a good idea. The 60 will ascend to 41,000 feet from sea level in less than 20 minutes. Cracking open a beverage before reaching cruise altitude is just not a good idea-unless you want to wear it.
But an airplane with engines like the Learjet 60's demands skill and respect in the cockpit. Intelligent power management is critical and landings need to be well planned and well executed.
When they aren't, look out: the Learjet 60 has the highest accident rate in its class and almost all the accidents happened during landing (see chart on page 50). According to the National Transportation Safety Board, most of these mishaps resulted from failure of flight crews to read or understand a few key items in the aircraft manual.
One accident occurred after a hydraulic-system failure knocked out everything you need to slow down a jet-flaps, spoilers, brakes, thrust reversers-and the pilots elected to try landing on a 5,400-foot runway, anyway. (The book says you need 11,000 feet of runway in that situation.) Another resulted from a flight crew's attempt to land on a snow- and ice-slicked runway with a tailwind and the anti-skid braking system turned off. (The book says don't try that, either.) Yet another happened after the pilots landed with a ground speed of 210 knots-just a wee bit faster than the normal touchdown speed of around 132 knots-and an unsuspecting deer didn't get out of the way in time. (The airplane then veered off the runway, crossed the taxiway, impacted a ditch and burst into flames.) See a trend here?
But even under ideal circumstances, the airplane has certain characteristics-most notably small brakes and tires-that put a premium on landing skills. The brakes are a bugaboo left over from the aircraft's predecessor, the Model 55, whose brakes are even smaller. Notwithstanding their small size, however, the 60's brakes are not usually an issue when the airplane is flown by the book. That's thanks to the massive thrust reversers attached to its engines. After landing, they can slow down the airplane real fast. (Stow the beverages before landing, too.)
The Learjet 60 can comfortably operate at high loads out of 5,000-foot-long runways. And its bigger engines give it considerably better performance than the 55 when operating in hot temperatures and high altitudes.
The Model 55 entered production in 1980 and 147 were manufactured. It mated the wing of the Learjet Model 28/29 Longhorn with an expanded Model 35 fuselage. Bombardier acquired Learjet in 1990. The 60 first flew in 1991 and customer deliveries began in 1993. While the 60 has undergone various interior and avionics changes over the years, notably the SE and current XR models, the fuselage remains largely unchanged. Between 1993 and 2005, when Bombardier introduced the successor Model 60SE, it manufactured 274 Model 60s.
Better brakes and engines are just two advantages the 60 has over the 55. The fuselage was stretched 43 inches, yielding an 18-inch-longer cabin (17.67 feet) and more legroom. Cabin width is a fraction under six feet. The standard cabin layout features five single executive slide/swivel seats, a two-place side-facing divan opposite the entry door, a small forward galley with space for a microwave and an ice drawer, a forward closet and a rear lavatory. Inside the cabin, the closet provides 24 cubic feet of storage; an equal amount is in the baggage compartment aft of the lavatory. Cabin noise close to the entry door can be pronounced, and that was a major driver when Learjet gutted and redid the Model 60 cabin for the $13.65 million Model 60XR. (Deliveries began in 2007.)
Headroom in the trenched center aisle is 5.7 feet. Unrefueled range (two crew, four passengers, NBAA IFR reserves) is 2,134 nautical miles.
The airplane has received a variety of aerodynamic refinements, including winglets that improved efficiency, performance and handling over the 55. Largely because of its spry climb time, the 60 has the lowest direct hourly operating costs in its class. (The faster you get to cruise altitude, the less fuel you burn.)
The avionics system is built around the Rockwell Collins Pro Line 4 four-screen display that has proven its durability over many years.
Pilots who fly the 60 generally love it-until something breaks. Bombardier's product support for older jets, while marginally improving, ranked second to last in this year's annual Product Support Survey published by our sister publication, Aviation International News. This comment, published with that survey last year, is fairly typical of what Learjet 60 operators have to say: "The chief pilot for a southern company complimented the reliability of its Learjet 60, but added that support, warranty and tech reps 'leave a lot to be desired.'"
The good news is that the 60 continues to hold its resale value well, even as the market for mid-size used jets is beginning to soften. A 1997 Learjet 60 sold new for $10.8 million and, on average, still commands about $6.9 million. Within the midsize class, only the Hawker 800XP posts stronger resale-value numbers.
The Hawker is, of course, slower.
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Wednesday, April 8, 2009
OMG I want this...Traincase
I was reading through Specktra yesterday and I noticed that MAC is putting out a new traincase partnered with a company called Zuca. I usually ignore MAC traincases because I feel that they are overpriced and too small...however this one stuck out because it was Nylon and a rolly type of traincase - which I prefer.
I checked out MAC pro and the case was sold out! Even on Zuca's website they are on backorder, lol.
I was on the internet for hours yesterday looking it up, here are the cool things about it:
1)The luggage is only 8.5 pounds...way less than a traincase. My traincase from Yazmo is amazing but it's huge and so heavy. Try lifting that up flights of stairs...not fun! The smaller size of the traincase I think will also allow you to pack smarter.
2) It has an aluminum frame made of the same materials as airplanes which give it strength. The top of the luggage is also used as a seat for up to 300lbs...great for doing makeup in tight spaces!
3) The wheels are like roller blade wheels so they are super quiet...and they also are recessed so they don't get in the way if you're storing this in an overhead compartment on a plane.
4) They contain 5 square mesh pouches that stack on top of each other like a shelf. You don't have to open the traincase horizontally...the luggage remains upright and you can unzip it revealing the stacked shelves. Perfect for keeping makeup inside the traincase and organized! This is my favorite part of the traincase.
5) It has a cover for air travel.
6) You can remove the nylon waterproof fabric from the frame and wash it in the washing machine. Great to clean up any makeup spills!
I'm in love! But it's $295! I don't neeeddddd it since I have two really awesome traincases...but it's calling my name? What do you think ladies, should I get it?
Atlanta Makeup Artist
20 comments:
- *stars*in*my*pocket* said...
Go for it! Its a great investment, and you can always write it off on your taxes....
- April 8, 2009 at 10:49 AM
- Askmewhats said...
wow on the traincase..true , it is an investment and your body will thank you for a lighter traincase :)
- April 8, 2009 at 11:00 AM
- KiLLaCaM said...
its soooo nice! i saw this when MAC pro emailed me their update! i literally drooled all over my keyboard. so nice!
that site for the lashes were such a lucky find. their customer service is good too. glad i could be a help.
so what dates will you be in San Fran? i don't live here but i work here and would love to take you out! what do you have time for?
- April 8, 2009 at 11:09 AM
- Miss Yaya said...
and they won't let you use the pro discount on it?! :)~~ i think its a great investment, if you have the spare change of 295 laying around
- April 8, 2009 at 11:14 AM
- Ethereal Prey said...
zomg! its nice, but it would look even nicer with your logo splattered all over it! my personal preference is for the hard train cases cause i seriously bang up my stuff badly.
- April 8, 2009 at 11:37 AM
- chibi said...
I think you have been working hard and should reward yourself by getting this traincase.
- April 8, 2009 at 11:54 AM
- Witty said...
Get it and maybe sell one of your others to help defray the cost?
- April 8, 2009 at 12:58 PM
- EyezAddiction said...
nice! You should get it! I like the black one :)
- April 8, 2009 at 1:23 PM
- Vanessa said...
I love it too, but damn that's so steep!
- April 8, 2009 at 1:38 PM
- Shana said...
I say go for it! As has already been said its an investment and can be written off. I too saw this and got the bug eyed look but my wallet breathed a sigh of relief when it said sold out! LOL
- April 8, 2009 at 2:13 PM
- divinexjanice said...
Since its not limited edition I think you can pass until you needdddd it. =) but it is a VERY nice train case.
- April 8, 2009 at 4:00 PM
- Berryrachel♥ said...
hehehe I want it too but dang that a steep price! lol But you are moving right? lol Yeah thats a really nice traincase though good job on the research!
- April 8, 2009 at 4:19 PM
- JENSMAKEUPBAG said...
that looks really sleak and user friendly. i love your train case now. so much room. but the fact that it's lighter is a great investment. go for it! you're going to be doing makeup for a long time and only go further.
- April 8, 2009 at 5:42 PM
- dominican enigma said...
noooooooo, way too much.
- April 8, 2009 at 6:28 PM
- AnnaBanna said...
ooooh i need that in mah life! are we able to use the pro discount on this? not sure if i'd be willing to shell out 300 bucks on it though :/
- April 9, 2009 at 12:16 AM
- Vanessa said...
Sis! This site has been stealing YouTube guru's makeup videos, and yours is on here:
Here is the video on the stolen videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x77l-OS4aro&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fmyownjudge.blogspot.com%2F&feature=player_embedded
- April 9, 2009 at 3:07 AM
- Brown Girl Gumbo said...
You're a makeup maven so you need this to keep all of your products. It looks awesome. If I were a makeup artist, I'd definitely think about getting it! :-)
- April 9, 2009 at 9:14 AM
- jilliandanica said...
I've been wanting this for a while! I couldn't justify spending the 3bills on it though so I ordered the Yazmo one instead. After luggin my yazmo one around airports n such during my trip to Cabo, I soooo wish I bought the Zuca instead. It's steep, but you get what you pay for! Few more gigs n I'm buying this baby!
- April 9, 2009 at 2:27 PM
- Lady Virgo said...
It is beautiful. But if you don't need it, let it go.
*I would ask though, make sure the ones you have aren't contributing to future back/shoulder problem.*
- April 9, 2009 at 4:38 PM
- Amina said...
It is an investment and it is also calling my name.
- April 9, 2009 at 11:44 PM


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Editor's note: A section of this article has been taken down because of a misunderstanding between the reporter and a source about what level of anonymity the source requested. We apologize for any pain caused. The Eye remains committed to fair and accurate reporting.
Phylicia Hisel was not supposed to leave. Yet, there came a day when she realized she could not stay.
She had the same plan as any one of us: Come to Columbia, graduate in four years. Make her family proud.
That plan sounded so good, so gratifying. Most importantly, it was what we consider normal. It was—and is—the picture of success, just one part of the culturally-sanctioned life trajectory: four years of high school, four years of college, maybe a grad degree, work, and retirement. To the average (intelligent, competitive) Columbia student, straying from that track sounds scary, not to mention humiliating. At best, taking time off seems unacceptable.
So, college was "supposed" to be a four-year deal, and Hisel was "supposed" to be happy and healthy the whole time. When she instead found herself needing a medical leave, she wasn't prepared. Not one among us bright, young Columbians ever thinks we'll find ourselves in a situation like Hisel's, after all.
As Hisel's roommate sophomore year, I was there to witness her struggle in slow motion. Our conversations about Columbia developed into questions of how one can be happy at this university and whether that was possible for her. A first-generation student who chose Columbia because it offered her the best financial aid package, she felt unprepared. She found the competitive and elitist atmosphere oppressive, and had difficulty relating to some of her prep-school-bred peers.
She soon found herself trapped in a vicious cycle. She would sit down and try to work, but couldn't even start. Fear of failure kept her paralyzed and unmotivated, further convincing her that she wasn't cut out for Columbia. Combined with a bad break-up, a harsh winter, and a mounting pile of missed deadlines, depression took hold.
Hisel knew it wouldn't be healthy to stick out the rest of the semester. She realized that a series of withdrawals from classes would look better than a series of Fs, but the decision to take medical leave was incredibly difficult for her to accept.
The hard part about taking time off, for Hisel, was not the paperwork or gaining administrative approval. It was admitting—to herself and to others—that she was straying from the track that she felt she was supposed to be on.
In an attempt to fight the stigma towards taking a leave of absence, she resolved that this "supposed" track is a myth. Life isn't supposed to be set on a one-way railroad. She decided that a good life should take a few bends—that's when people grow the most.
Unfortunately, not even her own redefinition of a good life could fully convince Hisel that there was no shame in taking leave. In many ways, the cultural impression was set—leave is for people who can't hack Columbia, and depression happens to people who can't hack life. Unfair and incorrect though that idea may be, it was ingrained deeply enough in Hisel's mind to keep her at Columbia even after realizing she needed to leave. Only weeks later, with what she felt was a great leap of faith, did she decide that a break might allow her to restore a healthy internal balance that she was sorely missing in school.
When It's Not Your Choice
Hisel requested and received what the University calls "medical leave of absence" or "medical withdrawal," and sometimes "medical leave." According to the University's website on "Essential Policies for the Columbia Community," this type of leave is granted to "a student whose health prevents them from successfully pursuing full-time study." Interestingly, this type of leave falls under "voluntary leave"—because while it is not something anyone wants to do, the student ultimately withdraws oneself, and the student is typically the one who initiates the leave process.
But that's where the similarities between "medical withdrawal" and any other type of "voluntary leave" end. Students requesting medical leave must have the physician or Counseling and Psychological Services practitioner who has been treating them confirm to the student's dean that a medical leave is necessary. Luckily, when and if medical withdrawal is granted, the student is guaranteed housing upon return. This is not true of any other voluntary leave. For readmittance, a student on medical leave must usually demonstrate that he or she has recovered from the condition that necessitated leave so as to allow resumption of studies. This means sending medical records from the period of leave to the University, and having an "assessment interview"—a physical and/or psychological examination at Columbia Health or CPS about one month prior to the prospective return. For Hisel, the process of taking medical leave was an emotional battle. Still, she is arguably one of the luckier ones—the decision was her own.
Sometimes a student doesn't get to make the decision; involuntary leave is something that can and does happen. The Dean of Students may place a student on involuntary leave for "reasons of personal or community safety." According to the University's website, this occurs only in "extraordinary circumstances"—when it is clear that a student's condition or behavior could cause serious harm to others or when there is serious risk that the student will harm him or herself, and the University does not have the resources or support to eliminate the risk. If the risk is significant enough, a student might be subject to "immediate removal" before the involuntary leave paperwork and proceedings are even complete.
Similar policies at other universities have recently come under fire. In November, a student at Brown University wrote an open letter to the Brown community about the death of a student, Michael Dawkins, implicating his forced leave as a cause of his suicide. A student at Yale University documented her first-person account of the school's forced leave policy, claiming that while her year off helped her get "closer to [her] ideal center," Yale's decision to forcibly remove her came across as an inappropriate punishment for being open about her problems.
One year ago at Columbia, Juilliard exchange student Oren Ungerleider sued the University for committing him to 30 days at St. Luke's Hospital against his will in 2010. Ungerleider feels that the hospitalization and the mandated year-and-a-half leave that followed were unjust, causing "mental anguish, emotional distress, public humiliation, and dangerous conditions."
Involuntary leave, though, is rare according to administrators, because it is more likely that a student will agree to take medical leave before being forced to do so by Columbia's administration.
The University isn't subtle in encouraging a struggling student to take leave; the "encouragement" will come not only from an advising dean, but also from counselors at CPS and medical staff if necessary. An example is Columbia's eating disorders team. "Required Medical Leave for Students with Eating Disorders" is its own policy outside of voluntary, medical, and involuntary leave. This is perhaps because eating disorders, depending on their gravity, require a very specific type of treatment that Columbia is not set up to offer.
A group of four practitioners—a nutritionist, a therapist, a nurse practitioner, and a physician—constitute the "Eating Disorder Team" on campus. If a student goes to see one of these four, they are often referred to see the others as well. Then, the four practitioners, with permission, can meet and discuss a student's case, and in some cases alert the DOS that they will be suggesting medical leave. All five can meet individually with the student and "encourage" leave. If a student still refuses, he or she is informed that involuntary leave is being considered. The student is also informed that involuntary leave is a much more complicated—and much less confidential—process than voluntary leave.
One anonymous Columbia student battling an eating disorder had the Eating Disorder Team tell her that she had to take a year off, and threatened involuntary leave if the student didn't agree. Though this student has since returned to Columbia after a year away—during which she successfully recovered from her eating disorder—she recalls the conversation with pain. "That made withdrawing myself feel like surrendering—one of the most painful memories," the student who wished to remain anonymous due to the sensitive nature of her situation remarks. Though it can be uncomfortable to have to admit you need to take time off, it's hurtful—even scarring—when it doesn't feel like it is your choice.
Some campus activist groups, notably the Student Wellness Project and Active Minds, are preparing to address issues with leave of absence at Columbia. Beyond addressing financial concerns for low-income students who take breaks, student activists have largely taken up the question of what students are to do if they need to take a leave of absence but claim that they are better off at school.
Barnard College senior Rakhi Agrawal has been looking into forced leave at Columbia, Barnard, and other universities. Though she has not taken a leave of absence, she fears that at the start of this semester—her senior spring, of all semesters—academic and psychological issues may force her to leave. Even if her advisor strongly encourages her to voluntarily accept medical leave, Agrawal firmly believes that taking a leave would be far worse for her than staying at Barnard, where she has her support network.
Requiring students to take leave can be damaging to those who don't have supportive home networks to return to, Agrawal says. "I think current policies both at Barnard and Columbia don't take into account a student's home situation, and the fact that for many students, there could be more resources and support at school than at home. If students don't have emotional or financial support at home, it can be more harmful for them to be away from their support network in college."
Even for students who do come from supportive homes and who are open to the idea of taking leave, being forced by the University to take leave can be far more emotionally draining than coming around to the decision on their own. Given the stigma around taking a leave, when the decision is out of a student's hands, it can feel like the University is punishing them—worse, kicking them out—for their struggles with mental health.
On the rare occasion that a student resists the suggestion of medical leave and wants instead to remain on campus, the suggestion of medical leave may turn into a demand.
According to interim Dean of Student Affairs Terry Martinez, instances of involuntary leave—in which a student is essentially forced to leave—happen about once a year at most. "When we take a look at involuntary medical leave, it is because we believe from information from faculty, RA, advisors, that there is a serious concern about an individual, and we believe they might pose a danger to themselves or the community," Martinez explains.
The Wellness Divide
Many students tend to be wary of the University's justification for demanding leave, often citing liability as its primary motivation. For example, Agrawal notes that Barnard or Columbia can demand students battling mental illness to take leave, due to a policy that says no student is allowed to threaten any member of the community. "If you are considering suicide or make an attempt, then you are violating a member of the community—yourself," Agrawal says. Violation of this rule gives the college leverage to forcibly ask a student to take leave, even if the student does not want to.
Likewise, if a student is experiencing suicidal thoughts and CPS advises the student to check into a hospital, the University is then made aware of their psychological state. This can factor into the University's decision of whether or not to ask that a student take medical leave. While some say this is a way to ensure the student receives treatment, the fear of a visit to CPS ending with a suggestion to take medical leave—with no alternative—might deter students from getting attention in the first place.
In defense of suggesting that students take leave involuntary leave, Martinez explains, "It is our obligation to make sure students are safe and functioning, and that the community is safe and functioning."
"If students are not pleased with the outcome, I get it," Martinez says. "They want to be here. They want to stay connected with their friends. But if all the evidence we have in front of us [suggests] they are a threat to the environment, but every weekend they take pills and threaten suicide, and their friends are constantly responding—that has a tremendous effect on the community." In that sense, suggesting, and perhaps demanding, that a student take leave is as much about protecting the Columbia community as it is about protecting the student.
The question remains how and when student activists will formally address forced medical leave procedures at Columbia and Barnard. Regardless, the battle will not be a clear-cut case of good students against an evil administration. Martinez says she treats students undergoing leave procedures with genuine compassion. "None of these instances are easy," she says. "Every single one has a different tenor and is extremely emotional."
In many cases, students are initially hurt by their ultimatum, Martinez says. "Their interpretation can be very different from ours. They're embarrassed, they want to feel protected, and they don't want people to know." Yet, these same students are often grateful for the year they spend away from Columbia when all is said and done.
The fact that forced leave is such a source of discontent on campus perhaps indicates a problem much deeper than the policies themselves: If we can't agree on when someone needs to take leave, perhaps we don't agree on what it even means to take leave. Is it surrendering, or is it turning your life around? Simply put by the student who struggled with an eating disorder, "I don't know what would have happened if I hadn't taken time off."
When You Can't Afford It
Some students feel they are unable to take leave, even if they think it would be healthy for them.
Currently, there are no official financial support systems in place to help students with specific costs associated with taking a leave—like transportation, cost of therapy, or lost income associated with giving up a campus job. These costs can add up, making leaves financially burdensome for some students. Loss of guaranteed housing upon returning from a voluntary leave (for the purposes of pursuing something outside of college—like an internship, start-up, or travels, that does not have to do with a medical or family emergency), can be a financial hardship too extreme for a low-income student to risk.
Martinez suggests that these financial hardships can be addressed if students are active about voicing their concerns. "When students approach us for support, we try and make sure to support them," she says.
For example, if transportation costs for a CPS readmittance interview are financially burdensome, the first step is for the student to communicate this concern with their advisor. From there, they can work together to find potential avenues for financial support—but it is up to the student to ask for help. With regards to receiving medical care away from campus, Martinez also notes that CPS will help students locate treatment centers near their location of residence during their leave, and will look for specific centers that offer help on a sliding scale or for free, if need be. Wary of generalizations, Martinez will not readily admit that taking a leave of absence is always financially harder than staying at Columbia.
Still, in some cases financial situations and an emotional commitment to sticking out college can encourage students to forgo even medical leave or family emergency leave. Brittany Carroll-Watts, a Columbia College senior, has endured a broken ankle, a diagnosis of low-grade depression, and family deaths throughout her seven semesters thus far. Though she has considered taking leave to heal from her problems away from an academic environment that exhausted her, she felt that the stress involved with leaving Columbia would outweigh the potential benefits. Carroll-Watts believed a leave of absence would require complicated financial aid reassessments, and would necessitate that she move in with her mom, which would not be an ideal situation for her. She would not have the funds to live or travel elsewhere.
Although at times she wanted and felt she might have benefited from a break, she also felt a driving force to stick out her four years—in other words, a pressure to stay "on track." "It's not presented to us as an option to take time off while you are in school. You are enrolled, you do four years," she says.
To some, a break suggests a loss of ambition, and can scare the loved ones of those who need to take time away from the structured school-work-school dynamic. The adults in Carroll-Watts' life get nervous at the thought of her taking a break, fearing that she may not jump back on track. Though she has decided that after college she will work at an undecided job for two years in Seattle while creating an album of music instead of immediately pursuing her law degree, she is aware of others' fear that she will never reach her full potential as a Columbia graduate if she takes this two-year unstructured break. What if she never goes on to get her law degree?
It's that cultural myth again: Breaks are bad. That conviction, combined with financial complications, can be enough to prevent a struggling student from taking the break they need.
The Politics and Problems of Return
Of course, not all the disadvantages associated with taking leaves of absence are necessarily myths. When it comes to returning from a break, the social repercussions can also be exhausting.
When students return, their friends have grown together without them. Even if students grow as much or even more than their peers during their leaves, they don't grow along with the people they started college with. That isolation upon return isn't a part of the myth that one shouldn't take a break—but instead, a real, difficult aspect involved with coming back.
Peter Cohen, who returned after a year of academic suspension following his freshman year, faced this kind of difficulty in returning to campus. Like Hisel, his academic record took a dive that correlated with his depression, and he stopped going to class.
"I guess I'd say I didn't realize it was a depression at the time," says Cohen, who would sometimes ride the 1 train all the way to South Ferry and back, just to feel like he had done something with his day. He failed or received an unofficial withdrawal from all of his classes, except for Italian (B+) his first semester of college. He was put on academic probation, and not much else changed his second semester, except he failed or received an unofficial withdrawal from all of his classes. When Cohen learned of his academic suspension following his second semester, he says it felt like a "colossal failure," although the decision was not unexpected. As part of his suspension terms, he had to complete 15 to 18 credits at a four-year accredited university, so he enrolled at California State Long Beach while living at home near Los Angeles. There, he received straight As while getting support from a psychiatrist. Having satisfied his credit requirements during academic suspension, Cohen returned to Columbia fall semester only to face a new problem that prompted him to take another leave of absence in the spring.
"At the beginning of the semester, I certainly felt a strong sense of motivation, drive, and determination to do better than I had. To a large extent, I was succeeding in the first six weeks, but then the motivation went away," he remarks. In its place came an unavoidable feeling of social isolation, which brought back his depression. Reintegration was so rocky that once he was home for winter break, he made the decision to take another leave, despite having received As and Bs that semester. An academic problem had morphed into a social one. College can be a lonely place after a break.
Despite his struggles, Cohen ultimately looks back on his experience positively. "In a weird sense, I feel grateful that this has happened to me," he says. "I feel like it's been humbling. I think, what if this didn't happen to me now? What if this happened when I'm 44 and have several kids?" His leave of absence was a growing experience—a lesson that health and happiness are more important than doing well in school.
The Beauty of Going off The Tracks
Columbia College junior Jacob Jirak also took a leave. His was voluntary and bore hefty costs—namely, a loss of guaranteed housing and being considered "crazy" by his family for his plans while on leave. Feeling disillusioned with Columbia, Jirak felt he needed a break from his student life. Unsure of what to do with his time but recognizing a strong desire to travel, he embarked on a two-month journey on foot: from Virginia Beach to Apalachicola, Fla.
It wasn't an experience he could even fathom at Columbia, nor was the vision that came to him while he was walking up a hill in the middle of Georgia. "I had one of those weird moments, it's true," he says. "It was an intensely personal experience. I felt like I was standing on the tallest mountain in the world, and I could see everything. It's like the past 20 years of my life made sense."
Perhaps that is a moment that most people spend their lives searching for—and for Jirak, it took a break from the standard Columbia existence to experience it. Some time after his moment in Georgia, he realized that writing is what he wants to do with his life. "Of course that means poverty and isolation," he acknowledges somewhat lightheartedly.
Jirak decided to return after one semester of leave, but missed the deadline to reapply. After sending his advisor a desperate email, he was told he could re-enter. "In some ways bureaucracy is not as labyrinthine as we [believe] it to be," he remarks.
Not everyone who takes a leave of absence will experience what Jirak did, and in fact, some might even experience similar revelations during their time at Columbia. But for him, at least, the time off was essential for his personal growth.
In fact, this may be true of many Columbians, whether we admit it or not. Many feel that by the time we graduate we will have learned how to go to school and little else. The bigger questions—like who we are aside from students—may be best answered with a little distance from a highly academic environment, whether necessitated by health or a strong case of wanderlust. Wouldn't it be better to experience that distance while we're still young, and our true adulthood has yet to begin?
"Taking time off"—it means something different to everyone. We're quick to judge Hisel, Cohen, and Jirak for their time away—for having to leave. All the more credit to them for doing so—and for finding recovery, revelation, and pain along the way. Despite the student groups working to make the leave process easier, without administrative help, progress will be difficult.
We are more than students, and sometimes it takes a break from the University to figure out what that means.
Thank you for this. I have
Thank you for this. I have been struggling with an MDD (major depression disorder) and the initial stages of bipolar disorder for the past 3 years at Columbia and last semester nearly broke me. This semester so far I have had 2 stress-related nervous breakdowns already. I currently don't have enough points to graduate as I've been physically incapable of taking more than 4 classes a semester since I've been here. As an international student, I also have no AP credits I could add to my existing points to make up for my inability to cope. I am now facing a crisis: this is the deepest my depression has ever been, yet I have to pick up extra classes and points in order to graduate in 4 years. I'm exhausted. I cry all the time. My friends are not supportive. But withdrawing, or taking leave, is not an option for me: the flight home is expensive, my family situation is far from ideal, and most of all, I don't want to graduate a year after everyone I know and love had left; after my friends and peers are moving on with tier lives far, far from here. I can't bear the humiliation of giving up. I can't bear the possibility of withdrawing. And yet I can't bear the thought of another semester here: alone, lonely, numb. Your article has given me a lot to think about and voiced an important issue that I think many find far too easy to ignore, and for that, I thank you.
To others like me: I send you love and courage, always.
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Great piece, Sarina!!!!!!!!!!
Great piece, Sarina!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thank you for this excellent
thank you for this excellent piece, sarina, which demonstrates empathy and lots of heart while addressing serious issues that any one of us could face.
writing about your roommate?
nah nevermind seems perfectly ethical
Assuming you're being
Assuming you're being sarcastic: Actually, I think it's more ethical that the author revealed her first source was her roommate, rather than discuss her roommate like any other source. Also, I am aware that the roommate gave the author permission to use her story and also her full name. So I don't see any ethical problems here.
Do you know about ethics?
Revealing it was her roommate makes it MORE ethical, but doesn't absolve the fact she used someone she has a close personal relationship with as a source when she could have easily gotten the same information elsewhere from the many, many students she doesn't know that have experienced issues with withdrawl.
is not about how good your
is not about how good your reporting is. What she did was a little lazy, but it's not unethical. There's no conflict of interest, and she's given full disclosure. The fact is that she couldn't have gotten the same info as easily elsewhere, and that's presumably why she did it. Not going for more obscure sources is not an ethics violation.
It is sad to see several of
It is sad to see several of these students struggling with their work, while not well prepared, and having emotional difficulty as a result. This is done to them by Columbia University in 2 ways. First, Columbia has admitted less than qualified students because the admissions office wants to make their socio-economic diversity numbers, without regard to the well-being of individual students. Second, the underprivileged students written about in this article do not realize that many of their Columbia peers cheat in their college work. It should be suspected that this happens under the nose of Columbia University leaders, and that they look the other way. So the underprivileged and distraught students suffer in an environment unfairly that is stacked up against them, even more than it should if Columbia people were honest.
Woooooooww do you even know
Woooooooww do you even know how much of an asshole you sound like
People like you make it suck to be here as a poor person.
Reducing the problems of students with mentall illness to simply "being under-prepared" is ridiculous. low-income students are by no means less qualified to be here. The "emotional difficulty" they face has many sources, varies per person, and cannot be understood or assumed by their parents income.
Your a fucking asshole.
Thank you so much for this
Thank you so much for this article. I'm a fourth-year university student (ie. my last year) in Australia, and I've recently only just realised how much of a toll my deteriorating mental health has taken on my life. I've decided over the weekend that I'm going to be taking a leave of absence to go and see a psychologist about my anxiety and depression, and to reevaluate whether the degree I had chosen is actually the one that I really want to pursue.
It's kind of a relief to know that other people struggle with the same thoughts that I've had (not wanting to take a LOA because of feeling like I should just finish out the year), and that they still did it anyway and feel so much better for it.
I related to so many of the students' thoughts while reading this article, and that has really helped me.
Thank you so much!
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Keeps water cold for hours
By Elli
from Wisconsin
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Comments about Mil Tac M.U.L.E.-Discontinued by CamelBak:
I needed something that would keep liquids cold while I was outside for hours on end. I originally purchased a low budget hydration pack and it fell apart while I was filling it the first time. So I decided on a military grade hydration pack. The CamelBak M.U.L.E. fit the bill nicely as I can put ice water in it around 7AM and it'll stay cold past noon, and cool past 2PM even when temperatures during the day exceed 90-95 F. I just wish that it had a little more storage but I did not want to go up to the next size bag.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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My first Camelbak...but not last!
By Pavel N.Fedoseev
from Nyagan', KhMAO, Siberia, Russia.
Ahoy, there!A year ago, I bought a black MilTac "MULE 500"...and since that, I do not take it off!I consider this pack the best for ultralight trekking, daily use and other outdoor purposes, when you do not need to carry a large amount of gear.After 1 year of rugged use, that pack seems as good as new(lotta thanks to you for quality, guys! I really appreciate it!)Especially, I love these velcro stripes on the shoulder strap tips that help to adjust and hold the nylon straps rolled up without excessive lenght. Never seen that before! So comfortable like this!Another one detail I consider importaint is nylon fabric the straps are made of. Very tight and robust, and after 1 year of dayly use, it seems to be new, and does not get lose.Talking about "OMEGA" bladder is excessive, too. Super-reliable and easy to care. Even at -40'C. Once I filled it with snow(thanks to its wide mouth) to get some water. "MULE" is amazing and almost complete, but I added some details on my own, such as nylon sleeve over neoprene insulated tube cover, for extra-insulation and improving its reliability in super-rigorous weather conditions of where I live, especially, in winter.And also, I added a pair of nylon loops and elastic cords for trekking poles and ice axe, nylon straps for MSS/sleeping matwoobie/basha on the bottom of pack.I wouldn't mind the "MULE" with some additional MOLLE on upper pocket and on both sides of lower compartment, to carry some more gear such as canteens with boiling cup, some extra MOLLE pouches etc.Regardless of these exemptions, your "MULE 500" is just a prefect model of ultralight backpack. 5 stars, Camelbak!That's all. Oh, by the way, I am going to get some pack a bit larger than "MULE" and a bit smaller than that huge 100 Ltr. marchroute backpack I use for multi-day hikes.Make sure, it is going to be the Camelbak's one! I think it's BFM in Foliage Green. And despite of your backpacks are quite expensive(as well as shipping to Russia from the USA), I am going to buy Camelbak only. Quality's worth it.You have created new standards for backpack, guys.I repeat:When I say, "Camelbak", I mean "backpack".When I say, "backpack", I mean "Camelbak".Thanks a lot for super-quality, guys!I just adore your products(I use "MULE 500" and "SABRE").With all the respect and true to you,Pavel Fedoseev,your solid buyer from Russia.
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By Tink
from Cedar Rapids, IA
I picked mine up before I was deployed to Iraq in 2005. I use this bag everyday, the front pouch hold 4 disc golf discs or you can cram 9 cans of spray paint in the bag. If I'm riding my bike i can out every tool I need and every tool I don't need plus lunch and still have room. It's perfect for day hikes or any sort of adventuring you can think of. If you manage to rip the bag, it does not continue to rip. I ripped mine three years ago and it has not grown at all. This is the best bag, maybe best purchase I have ever made. This is the one you want.
Money well spent
By Kevin
from North GA Mountain, U.S.A.
My son and I both have these packs which we use on a regular basis while hiking. Holds enough water to last me all day, even when we hiked Grand Teton and Yellowstone last year. The cargo capacity is just right for the basics, Med Kit, Survival Kit, Food and a Handgun. The Molle Straps on the back also make attaching a supplemental pouch possible if need be. I use the side loops as hard points to carry my Tomahawk which secures it very well. The straps and back are padded enough that I can wear it fully loaded all day and it never gets uncomfortable. I definitely recommend this pack for hiking and camping.
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The Best
By Decklin
from Seattle, WA
I bought this pack in early 2007 before my first deployment. I wore it through two deployments and countless training exercises around the country.Even though I left the Infantry I still use this pack. I wear it on my sportbike, while Trail Running with a pistol in it, hiking, grouse hunting, etc.In the Infantry this thing was great. Big enough to hold whatever I needed from stripped down MRE's, an extra piece of snivel gear, IPOD, etc.I've owned this pack for 7 years and it's still going. Buy one and you won't regret it!
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Used in "Spartan Race" Malibu 2012
By MA2 MOORE
from Lemoore,Ca
Spartan Races are no joke. And since I'm in the military still,I knew Camelbak would not let me down. I even had to low crawl under barbed wire in this race.Camelbak did not rip apart when i had to drag it on the ground. Nor did it bust any when I had to tosss it 30 yds ahead of me to complete an obstical.
I have had this pack for ...
By Spencer Forman
from Undisclosed
I have had this pack for three years and use it every day at work. i work 6 days a week and the pack gets plenty of use. My zippers have worn out but i open and close this pack 10-15 times a day. So i say this pack is worth it!
I've been using this as ...
By Mainman
I've been using this as my hiking day pack for years. It's just big enough to hold the basic survival/safety equipment and a snack, though with no room left over. If you expect to be in and out of a jacket, you may be better off with the "civilian" MULE (its expandable pocket is handy, though I really wish the civilian model came with MOLLE webbing). Nevertheless, this is an excellent pack for minimalist day-trekking or summiting from a base camp.
I've had mine close to 2 ...
By Mike
I've had mine close to 2 yrs and its worth every penny this pack can take a beating and keep going.
I was issued one of these ...
By MVoog
I was issued one of these in 2001 during my first deployment to the middle east and I still use it today while hiking and mountain biking. This is the best pack I have ever owned as it has lasted over 10 years of use. Worth every penny.
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The Columbus Dispatch - February 05, 2013 10:12 AM
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