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'"It's pretty embarrassing," Sabres center Chris Drury said. "We didn't come down here and expect an effort like that."'
Archives for February 2004
Devils' EGG line leaves Sabres scrambled
Devils Make It Easy as Brodeur Sets Record
'The line centered by Scott Gomez, which includes Patrik Elias and Brian Gionta, was once again a force. Elias had two goals and three assists. Gionta had two goals and an assist, and Gomez had three assists. The line has 11 goals and 15 assists in three games.'
Devils rattle Sabres
'But at present, the Devils have the hottest line in hockey, not to mention the most consistent goaltender in hockey history. Things could be worse.'
Brodeur sets mark as Devils roll
'Martin Biron replaced Noronen, who allowed six goals on 26 shots, but the Devils wasted little time in scoring again. Jeff Friesen did some figure skating in the left circle before his pass deflected off Sabres defenseman Brian Campbell and into the net at 3:07.'
Brodeur notches record 9th straight 30-win season
'"It's nice to go through a game like that and not have it go down to the wire," Brodeur said. "I could breathe a little bit."'
New Jersey 8, Buffalo 2
'"I thought we were poor everywhere,'' Sabres coach Lindy Ruff said. "We were poor defensively. Our goaltending wasn't up to par. When you have only one line that was in on the scoring, then you don't win.'''
New Jersey 8, Buffalo 2
'"There wasn't a damn thing good about this game."'
Nightmare In New Jersey
'It was a big loss for Buffalo, who had gotten themselves back into the playoff race going on a 9-1-1 tear, but have now lost two straight.'
Kalinin's learning curve on fast track
'"There's some improvements to do," the 23-year-old said. "I need to get defensively a little bit better, play maybe a little harder. It's not always perfect, but you try and you try, and sometimes you get rewarded. It's never enough. You have to keep going, keep going, never stop. I just want to be the best player you can be, the whole season long, all the time."'
Briere doubtful for tonight
'"We thought in a couple days it'd calm down, but it's still affecting him," said Ruff, who hinted if Briere can't dress he'd move Curtis Brown up from the fourth line to skate with left wing Jochen Hecht and right wing Miroslav Satan. "That's a huge loss for us, but we can move Curtis up the lineup if Danny isn't able to play. There's still a chance he could."'
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Sabres at Devils
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Sabres recall Milley
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Asleep at the Wheel plays Breckenridge Thursday
August 13, 2012
The Blue River Series of the Breckenridge Music Festival presents Asleep at the Wheel at the Riverwalk Center at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. The Western swing band has won nine Grammy's since 1970.Now in their 41st year, Asleep at the Wheel continues to introduce the Western swing genre to a new generation on tour and takes audiences on the ride of a lifetime with their play, "A Ride with Bob." "It's been an amazing ride. From Paw Paw to San Francisco to Austin, we've seen it all," says Wheel frontman Ray Benson. "But, rest assured, there is still so many exciting projects in the works. The Wheel keeps rolling!" It all started when Ray Benson, Floyd Domino, and Lucky Oceans, along with a Vermont farm boy named Leroy Preston; Virginian Chris O'Connell; and Gene Dobkin, a bass player and fellow classmate of Benson's from Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, joined forces. They began with a simple goal: to play and help revive American roots music. Asleep at the Wheel landed a gig opening for Alice Cooper and Hot Tuna in Washington, DC in 1970. At the height of Vietnam, many Americans were using their choice of music to express their stance on the conflict in southeast Asia. "We wanted to break that mold," said Benson. "We were concerned more with this amazing roots music, which we felt was being lost amid the politics. We were too country for the rock folks and we were too long-haired for the country folks. But everybody got over it once the music started playing." A year later, they were coaxed into moving to California by Commander Cody, leader of Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen. But, the band's big break came when Van Morrison mentioned them in an interview with Rolling Stone. The record offers started coming in and The Wheel got rolling.
What: Asleep at the Wheel, Western swing bandWhen: 7:30 p.m. ThursdayWhere: The Riverwalk Center, BreckenridgeTickets: $20 advance, $25 day of, $30 reservedInfo: (970) 547-3100 or http://www.BreckenridgeRiverwalkCenter.com


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The Bush administration is sending strong signals that U.S. troop reductions in iraq will be slowed down or halted in the coming months, a move that would jeopardize hopes of relieving strain on the Army and Marine Corps and revive debate over an open-ended Americ an commitment in Iraq. This move is in response to pressure from military commanders in Iraq who fear any further reduction in the size of their forces would reverse the success they have achieved over the past few months in dealing with terrorism. General Petraeus is to report to the president and Congress in April about his recommendations regarding the size of US forces in the coming year. There are indications he believes it is best to halt further reduction and consolidate success. Bush emphasized in the State of the Union address he will base his decisions on recommendations of Petraeus.
A major problem is the uncertainty as to what will happen once the size of American forces in Iraq are cut back. Will the Sunni-led Awakening Movement be a factor in reducing insurgent attacks or will it become involved in fighting with Shiite troops who are loyal to the government?
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State of Green: Sustainable Urban Transportation
In collaboration with The Cycling Embassy of Denmark, State of Green just published their newest white paper on sustainable urban transportation. Each white paper from State of Green summarizes the sustainable best practices and experiences from Denmark on various areas. So far State of Green has published state of the art solutions on mostly anything, …
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Once upon a time four aspiring authors met at their very first writers' conference. Ten years later they're still friends, survivors of the ultra-competitive New York publishing world. Mallory St. James is a workaholic whose best sellers support a lavish lifestyle. Tanya Mason is a single mother juggling two jobs, two kids, and too many deadlines. Faye Truett is the wife of a famous televangelist and the author of inspirational romances: No one would ever guess her explosive secret.
Kendall Aims' once-promising career is on the skids - and so is her marriage. Her sales are dismal, her new editor detests her work - and her husband is cheating. Barely able to think, let alone meet her final deadline, Kendall holes up in a mountain cabin to confront a blank page and a blanker future.
But her friends won't let her face this trial alone. Together they collaborate on a novel using their own lives as fodder, assuming no one will ever discover the truth behind their words.
No one is more surprised than they are when the book becomes a runaway best seller. But with success comes scrutiny and scandal...as these four best friends suddenly realize how little they've truly known each other.
©2009 Wendy Wax (P)2012 Tantor
"Wax sheds insight on the writer/reader relationship and nurtures this invisible bond throughout. Sure to appeal to fans of women's fiction and aspiring writers." (Library Journal)
"Meh....just okay."
this is another one of those "middle of the road" books. Nothing actually bad and not exactly boring, but....not much happens. A group of women that are friends, help one of them out, have problems that each are struggling with individually, get caught for helping the friend, get in a fight and then make up. The End.
At times, I felt that the author just skimmed over each character and didn't make their struggles interesting enough to engage me.
It passed the time, but is not memorable. Narration was probably the best part of the whole experience.
Thanks and respect to the women that served and paid a high price. You are still gorgeous Shi; your scars make you even more beautiful.
"If You're A Fan"
If you're a fan of writer Wendy Wax then you already know the major components of this story. First we have three women who are very good friends. One of whom lacks financial resources; one of whom has a husband with at least one foot out the door; and finally one who is well-to-do and in a sensitive marital situation. In this case one of the principal characters has a bad case of writer's block and has not only lost her husband but her publishing deal as well. In order to get out her final book for her old publisher her friends decide that they will pitch in and get this one done.
There is unfortunately the small issue that all three of these ladies are under contract to different publishing houses. Then there is the nasty New York rep, determined to ignore whatever book the writer puts out.
So will these ladies overcome the obstacles before them? Well of course they will.
Like a great many of the writers in this genre the inability to come up with a creative plot line is compensated for by the knack for creating three dimensional characters that people can relate to and care about. In addition the narrator is an excellent reader and seems to have found the voice of each character. Though Ms. Wendy doesn't seem too creative when it comes to different story lines, her characters are universally likable and her books leave you feeling happy.
"More like "the accidental use of my credit.""
If it was marginally good.
It just spent too much time describing fairly unlikable women. I found it difficult to empathize with these self involved, self important, boring women. I'm usually not so critical of books. But I was really disappointed after reading such favorable recommendations. I couldn't even finish it.
The narration was the only redeeming quality.
"Book within a Book"
This is not your ordinary "triumph over adversity" book. Wendy Wax has created a story about writing a book and the publishing industry into a believable story about the lives of four diverse female authors. I really loved the insights into writing and publishing, but most of all I enjoyed the individual voices of each character. You can almost believe that this is something that really happened. You won't regret the credit or the time you spend on this book.
"Good book, but not quite as good as the Ocean Book"
A group of women that all have writing in common come together for a writing awards ceremony. They are all facing difficult situations and possible failing writing careers. These women become supportive of each other as they come to understand the challenges that each other face.
Ten Beach Road and Ocean Beach just because it discussed the lives of four completely diffferent people.
Perhaps looking into the life of the character that lived with her mother and children.
Not as much as I did the other books.
I was slightly disappointed in this book. Perhaps because I had high hopes compared to the other two books I'd read. It is still a good read and I would recommend it, just not as highly as the other ones.
"Easy and enjoyable Chick Lit"
As per the summary this book is about 4 writer friends. 1 of the friends has hit hard times and owes 1 more book to her publishing house before they drop her for good. For several reasons she has trouble writing the book so her 3 friends join forces with her to help her write it. This story is told from the POV of all 4 characters which I always like. Each woman has her own set of life issues she is dealing with which all come to a head when the book they write becomes a bestseller.
I found this book thoroughly entertaining, though it is pretty predictable chick lit. But, it's aways motivating to see women find their own inner strength and sense of self and this book does not disappoint in that aspect.
I enjoyed it from start to finish. the narrator was great. the characters were well developed and I was cheering them on!
"Wendy Wax does not disappoint"
Another enjoyable story by Wendy Wax. Strengthens my belief in friendship. Enjoyed the clarity of Khristine Hvam's narration.
"Not my favorite."
I'm typically a Wendy Wax fan but this one is not a favorite. The plot was supposed to be meta - a book about writing a book - but was mostly dry and uninteresting. The conflict seemed unrealistic as did the resolution. I'd skip this one for sure in favor of the Ocean Rd series instead.
"A testament to friendship!"
The Accidental Bestseller is a testament to friendship. Authors Kendall, Mallory, Faye, and Tanya meet at a writer's conference and become the best of friends. When Kendall's writing career and marriage hit the skids, they all decide to help by collaborating in secret on a new book, Sticks and Stones, to be published under Kendall's name only. When the book becomes a bestseller, Kendall struggles with guilt because she cannot give credit to the others, while the others come to grips with their jealousy over Kendall's success. And what if the secret is exposed? They all work for different publishers plus they have used the secrets in their own lives for their characters. Will disaster strike and they all be found out? Friendship is a powerful bond but will it triumph over chaos?
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Republic of Korea Colonel Kwang-Jin Kim speaks on, "Finding a New Solution to Nuclear North Korea." Colonel Kwang-Jin Kim serves as chief of North Korea Policy Division in the Republic of Korea's Military Joint Staff. He has a Ph.D. in Political Science and from 2012-2013 was a Fellow at Harvard's Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. Colonel Kim will discuss the East Asian regional security situation, focusing on North Korean nuclear status. He will draw from a presentation he will give at the upcoming "NATO Partners and US Rebalance Conference" hosted by NATO Defense College in Vancouver, Canada. According to Colonel Kim, regional actors must find a new solution to the North Korea nuclear problem. He recommends that, under America's "rebalancing policy," the US develop a close relationship with China and encourage American allies to improve their relations with China as well. He discusses the utility of a US nuclear umbrella and allied conventional forces in the creation of a credible deterrent against nuclear aggression. Colonel Kim previously worked in the Ministry of National Defense US Policy division for 4 years, where he was in charge of a variety of alliance issues. He also was responsible for the US-ROK-Japan Defense Trilateral Talk consultation. He is the author of a forthcoming book on the use of force by democratic governments. This seminar is off the record and comments cannot be published without the consent of the speaker. The seminar is open to Harvard students, fellows, faculty and ID card holders.


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Took a walk through one of my "look-see" places just for the heck of it.
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West Valley City • Utah Grizzlies forward Riley Armstrong, ever the opportunist, helped turn disaster into triumph.
In a wild second period, one that had Utah defending the Stockton power play for what seemed like the entire 20 minutes, Armstrong scored a pair of short-handed goals to spur the Grizzlies to a 5-1 blowout victory Monday night in the Maverik Center in front of 8,226 spectators.
And Utah (13-11-2-3), which will be hard-pressed this season to play a more opportunistic 20 minutes, scored three times and also escaped unscathed from a 5-on-3 Thunder power play.
"We're last place in the league with our [penalty kill], so we've been slowly trying to bring it around," Armstrong said. "That should help our percentages a bit."
Armstrong stole the puck twice for two clean chances, the second a three-quarter ice race to the net.
"He's a gamer," Utah coach Kevin Colley said. "To score a couple shorties obviously gives you momentum. It was a huge period for us, and I liked the way we kept on pushing through in the third.
"It's been a long time since we played a third period like that."
To cap the second period, Utah forward Colin Vock, sent sprawling behind the net, sprang to his feet and skated unnoticed behind Thunder (17-10-4-3) goalie Tyler Bunz. Utah's Brad Mills' surgical pass gave Vock a wide-open net with 3 minutes, 18 seconds to play in the period.
Later on, in the third period, Vock scored a franchise record third short-handed goal.
Utah goalie Andrew Engelage complemented the Grizzlies' offensive outburst with a series of saves. Engelage was a brick in goal and needed to be.
"Having Andrew in net is a big lift for our club," Colley said. "When we got run around a little in the first period, they could have had a goal or two."
The first period was notable for its missed chances, of which there were several.
Certainly, Trevor Lewis, who scored for his third consecutive game with Utah on a third-period assist, would like to have back his off-target effort during a power play at the 9:50 mark.
Lewis, who had enough time to line up a putt, fired high and wide.
Donovan and Vock also went begging as the puck found them in the Stockton crease.
O Utah sets a franchise record with three short-handed goals.
• Riley Armstrong scores his 13th and 14th goals on a pair of short-handed chances.
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Blog post - NIA budget update
February 12, 2014
Last month, Congress and the President finalized NIA's budget for the fiscal year. Dr. Richard J. Hodes, NIA director, has a new blog post about what this means for the aging and Alzheimer's disease research community. He explains, "the NIA got good news about our budget for fiscal year 2014: $130 million more than last year."
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About the International Baccalaureate in Indiana
The International Baccalaureate (IB) offers high quality programs of international education to a worldwide community of schools. Indiana is proud to have schools authorized in all three programs offered: the Primary Years Programme (PYP) for students aged 3 to 12, the Middle Years Programme (MYP) for students aged 11 to 16, and the Diploma Program (DP) for students aged 16 to 19. All three programs strive to develop the intellectual, personal, emotional, and social skills to live, learn, and work in a rapidly globalizing world. IB programs include a curriculum framework, age-appropriate student assessments, professional development for teachers, and support, authorization, and program evaluation for the schools. Click HERE for detailed information about the IB.
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PANORAMA CITY (CNS) - Firefighters today put out a fire on the second floor of a two-story apartment building in Panorama City, a firefighter said.
Firefighters were dispatched to 8718 Parthenia Place at 1:06 p.m. and had the fire out within 17 minutes of their arrival, said Brian Humphrey of the Los Angeles City Fire Department.
Humphrey said fire officials were investigating an early report that a civilian was injured.
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By Chris Harris
Arsène Wenger believes his players will learn a valuable lesson from their draw with Wolves: don't let your guard slip.
Arsenal took a deserved first-half lead at Emirates Stadium on Tuesday through Gervinho but were pegged back before the break when Steven Fletcher nodded past Wojciech Szczesny.
Wenger watched his team lay siege to the Wolves goal after the break but, ultimately, he feels they paid the price for briefly losing their focus.
"The only problem in the game was when we were 1-0 up and we became a bit too easy and we conceded a goal in the way that we should never concede," he told Arsenal Player.
"That was where we were guilty but apart from that you cannot fault the players. They tried absolutely everything, they gave everything and their goalkeeper made the difference.
"The lesson that we learned is that when you look to completely control the game, if everybody is not focused then you can still be caught out."
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"Touch Tunnel"
Liberty Science Center
Until Tue Dec 31 2013
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Photograph: Antony Morales
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Time Out says
Mon Jun 18 2012
A new version of the museum's labyrinthine Touch Tunnel is back due to popular demand. Now visitors can once again crawl through the pitch-black maze, finding their way using only their sense of touch. (No need to worry: Infrared cameras allow museum staff to see and talk to little ones if they get stuck.) Kids are bound to appreciate their eyesight as never before once they emerge. Ages 7 and up.
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I recently read an article that made the case that Picasso was particularly prolific because "he never went anywhere." The author wrote that Picasso only left France twice and got up every morning, including during the Nazi occupation of France, and worked. He didn't hold with the idea that to understand life it was vital to travel. His inspiration came from museums in his area, reading books and magazines, and watching films. The author concluded that "the greatest artist of the 20th century was basically a shut-in."
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So I'm ordering some gifts from catalogs and/or online!
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I both love this time of year, and hate it!
We're close enough to Christmas that I start to Get That Christmassy Feeling, but far enough away that I can't share it with everyone in my life.
Soon, I'm going to have to start hearing the moaning & groaning from everyone "It's not even Halloween yet, why is there Christmas stuff out?" - when I actually LOVE IT!
I have my little joys, like you said, Shopping for gifts...
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i find 9 cents per copy is standard here. At one place the price goes down the more you print, i figured if i decided to print 60 copies it was going to be 75 bucks but if i print 100 its 1001 bucks! i havent produced this quantity but it seems like the way to go when ready or able......more is less? i use the work copier for small runs here and there......and my laserprinter actually works really well, i scan the pages into the computer then print out the (even pages 1st) pdf document. I then flip them over and run them through the printer again(odd pages). Its a bit of a process but it works well again for small runs. :)


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Wittenberg Center For Musical Development Announces Summer Classes
Springfield, Ohio – The Wittenberg University Center for Musical Development (CMD) announces its summer 2013 music enrichment opportunities for children and adults to take place from May through August. Pre-registration is underway, and pricing includes registration fees.
Beginning Piano for Elementary Age Students, Grades K-6, offers first piano lessons in a small group setting to learn to read music and musical notation, find keyboard landmarks and play rhythms. Students will learn to play the piano in Wittenberg's state-of-the-art piano lab. Classes will meet from 3:15-4 p.m. every Tuesday from May 28 through June 25 in room 301 Krieg Hall, with Tiffany Cary providing instruction. Textbook for the class is Bastien Basic Piano Primer Book (pink – $6.95). The cost is $65 for five classes.
Start-Up Piano Class for Ages 12 through Adults offers two opportunities for students to learn to play piano, or to resume lessons after several years, with small group instruction on how to read music, musical notation and rhythms in Wittenberg's state-of-the-art piano lab. Students have the choice of attending classes on Wednesdays or Fridays from 7-7:45 p.m. All classes meet in room 301 Krieg Hall. Wednesday sessions run from June 12 through Aug. 7, and the Friday classes run from June 14 through Aug. 9 with Jack McPeek providing instruction. Textbook for the class is The Older Beginner Piano Course WP 32, by James Bastien. The cost is $100 for eight classes.
Voice Class to work on vocal skills teaches students to warm up, use proper diction and breathing to perform songs chosen by the teacher and the student. Two identical classes are offered for different age groups in June and may continue by the month. School age children meet from 3:30-4:30 p.m. and high school students and adults meet from 6-7 p.m. on Tuesdays from June 4-18, in room 402 Krieg Hall with Nancy Davis providing instruction. The cost is $53 for three classes.
Discovering Music For Young Children offers an opportunity for caregivers, parents and grandparents to participate in the learning process with their children. Everyone in attendance participates at his or her own level in singing, moving, chanting, listening to music and stories, watching and exploring musical instruments. Classes for infants through age 2 meet from 12:45-1:15 p.m. and classes for children ages 3-5 meet from 1:15-1:45 p.m., both on Tuesdays from July 9-30. All classes will be held in room 402 Krieg Hall with Nancy Davis providing instruction. The cost is $37 for four classes.
Guitar Class: Beginning to Intermediate teaches students to play the guitar in a group format. Students learn to read music and play chords and rhythms on either flat picking acoustic or electric guitar, with students bringing their own instruments. Classes will meet from 4:30-5:30 p.m. on Tuesdays from June 18-July 23 in room 229 Krieg Hall. The cost for six classes is $100 with Janet Ogg providing instruction.
Recording Class in Garage Band teaches students to record live instrument, voice or write digital music within the Garage Band Program or a combination of these. Classes will meet from 4:30-5:30 p.m. on Tuesdays from June 18-July 23 in room 229 Krieg Hall. The cost for six classes is $100 with Janet Ogg providing instruction.
Songwriting Class teaches students how chords progress with a song and how to phrase a melody within the formula of a song, in addition to how rhythm defines a style. This is a class for musicians who write or want to learn how to write songs and sing. Classes meet from 4:30-5:30 p.m. Wednesdays from June 19-July 24. All classes will be held in room 229 Krieg Hall with Janet Ogg providing instruction. The cost is $100 for six classes.
Rhythm Class teaches students musical notations and how to count them. Students will learn how to write rhythms and create their own ideas. Classes meet from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Wednesdays from June 19-July 24. All classes will be held in room 229 Krieg Hall with Janet Ogg providing instruction. The cost is $100 for six classes.
In addition, private lessons are available in piano, organ, strings (including electric or bass guitar and lute), wind instruments, voice, percussion, Suzuki violin and piano. For complete information go to www.wittenberg.edu/sce, click on Center for Musical Development.
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Weber State University dancers have been learning about the business end of art. In addition to dance classes and rehearsals, the students are discovering what it takes to produce a professional dance concert in a major city San Francisco.
When Amanda Sowerby, associate professor of dance, decided on the project, San Francisco was a natural place to turn. She had danced professionally in the Bay Area for 10 years, after receiving her master's degree in modern dance from the University of Utah and her bachelor's degree from the California Institute of the Arts.
"I really wanted to give the kids this opportunity," Sowerby said. "And I felt comfortable taking the students to a city I knew and had strong professional connections in."
To self-produce their concert at the Dance Mission Theater, they'll need to raise $4,000 in the next 30 days. They're relying on Kickstarter.com, the fundraising website that's become increasingly popular for small arts organizations and musicians.
On its website, Kickstarter describes itself as "46 people based in a tenement building in New York City's Lower East Side" who fund creative projects. It works on the same principal as blogs, Twitter and Facebook, by aiming to turn social-media traffic into financial pledges and donations.
Since Kickstarter campaigns are based on an "all or nothing" funding model, all funds are returned to donors if the WSU project doesn't reach its 30-day goal by March 14, Sowerby said.
WSU doesn't offer classes in grant writing, arts budgeting or nonprofit management for dancers, so Sowerby is teaching students about those subjects on their own time.
"I got a BFA and MFA in dance and never learned anything about the business aspect," she said. "I don't want my students to be in the position I was when I got out of school and suddenly realized I needed certain information to survive."
Before their trip to the Bay Area, dancers will perform in the Rocky Mountain Choreography Festival, the American College Dance Festival and the school's spring dance concert on April 4-6.
"I wanted to give our kids an opportunity to perform in a more professional venue," Sowerby said. "I wanted to give them the chance to learn about producing, touring and performing in a professional venue."
So if the 24 dancers, and one theater production student, can raise enough money, they'll have one tech week and three performances in San Francisco a concert that will help them better understand the business of art.
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Donations • To follow the Utah dance students project or to make a donation, visit kickstarter.com and search for "Weber State University."
Performance • To find out more about the Dance Mission Theater performance in San Francisco on May 24-26, visit www.dancemission.com.
Local concert • See the Weber State Dance Company's spring performance at 7:30 p.m. on April 4-6, at the Browning Center's Allred Theatre, 1901 University Circle, WSU campus, Ogden. Tickets, $9-$12, at 801-626-7000 or at weberstatetickets.com.


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Model masters has chrome paint. also layer in silver, black. Use a lot of dry brushing when layering. Also see if using metal tape may benifit you in some areas. All in all you just have to se what works and what you like. Awesome kit.
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im no expert on paint at all,.. but i think a lot of light layers will help you. you can grab chrome paint at any auto supply shop. i think madmudder's advice was best.
silver and black layers for a base, with many thin coatings of chrome paint. and i believe an airbrush would probably be required to pull it off.
Get it chromed.
Here is a pic of a T-800 in the back seat of a friend's car. This is one of the props from the most recent film.
There is no substitute for real chrome in my opinion. Or real teeth.
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Lufo, that is the coolest thing i have ever seen! I bet that wasnt cheap :thumbup
Imagine how cool that would be to have in your room or something!
was that T800 going back to the 1800ds to substitude abe lincon..hihihi
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Discussing the 2010 Financial Markets Conference
June 2010
Moderator: Welcome to Research Insights, an occasional podcast from the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. We're talking today with Paula Tkac, assistant vice president and senior economist with the Atlanta Fed. Earlier this month [May], Paula helped organize the Atlanta Fed's 2010 Financial Markets Conference. Good to see you, Paula.
Paula Tkac: Hello, Bill.
Moderator: For our podcast today, Paula is here to talk about some of the highlights of the conference. And the first question is, What were some of the broad themes of this year's conference?
Tkac: Well, this year we chose to tackle four topics that are central to the ongoing evolution of financial markets in the aftermath of the recent crisis. We know that institutions, business models, markets, and regulations will not return to some precrisis conception of normality. And while financial markets are always changing, the term "new normal" is often used as shorthand for the fundamentally changed world that we will find ourselves in. This new normal is now being shaped as institutions, policymakers, and regulators learn lessons from the crisis and adapt their actions accordingly.
The topics we chose to focus on were structured finance, or securitization markets; the market for financial information, including a discussion of rating agencies; the problem of too-big-to-fail institutions; and the role of macroprudential supervision. While the interaction between market participants and regulators or policymakers was an important aspect of all our sessions, the first two topics really focus relatively more on how markets and institutions are changing their behavior while the latter two address the role of regulators in reshaping the rules of this new financial landscape.
Moderator: You mentioned issues with credit ratings. Tell us about that discussion. How do things need to change in that area?
Tkac: Credit rating agencies—or nationally recognized statistical rating organizations [NRSROs], as they're more technically known—have been the subject of much scrutiny and criticism. These are firms such as Standard and Poor's, Moody's, and Fitch. They were important players in the crisis because they were the firms providing the analysis and ratings for the AAA subprime mortgage-backed securities that were spread around the world and, notwithstanding their safe-sounding ratings, experienced severe losses. It's natural then to ask questions about how this happened. Were the rating agencies somehow at fault? Did they have bad models? Or is the fact that securities issuers pay for the ratings, and can shop around for them, somehow to blame? Why did investors rely on these ratings? And, of course, in line with the theme of our conference, how will or should the new role of these agencies change and adapt?
Professor John Hull's paper in the structured finance session focused on assessing the complex models used by the rating agencies while Professor Chester Spatt's paper framed a discussion on how to think about the larger market for this type of financial information. Investors rely on information intermediaries like these rating agencies because of the economies of scale in analyzing information; doing your own due diligence can be very costly. As the crisis unfolded, investors learned that they could not rely on a AAA rating to mean "safe." They learned the value of looking under the hood and finding out more about how models were used and ratings were calculated.
A particularly interesting aspect of this discussion was the institutionalization of ratings by both private markets and federal regulations. Investment guidelines that render non-AAA securities as ineligible for investment by pension funds and incorporated into money market mutual fund regulations add value to this AAA rating by increasing the pool of investors who could and would invest in such a highly rated security. Indeed, even the Federal Reserve, in its liquidity facilities, used ratings by the NRSROs when defining eligible collateral.
While most participants acknowledge an already increased demand for detailed information by investors as they begin to increase the amount of analysis they undertake on their own, we also heard about how rating agencies are adapting their models. Finally, we discussed the difficulties with some regulatory alternatives to rating agency ratings such as utilizing market-based measures like credit default swaps. We've all learned that credit rating agencies are not infallible, but neither is there a clearly superior, and inexpensive, alternative.
Moderator: Interesting. Well, in the aftermath of the crisis, we've heard a lot about securitization, both for private mortgage securities and more generally. Why hasn't this market returned to precrisis levels, and why is this important?
Tkac: Following up on the last question, the securitization market shut down precisely because investors realized that they couldn't rely on ratings as accurate measures of risk. When a security becomes hard to value, like collateralized debt obligations made up of subprime mortgage-backed securities, investors demand a higher risk premium to hold them, which translates into a much lower price. During the crisis there was disagreement about the value of securities; the owners of them didn't want to sell at fire sale prices, and the buyers were unwilling to buy at anything but. This is a market shutdown.
As we move forward investors are demanding much more information about the securities underlying these structured products as they ramp up their own analysis and due diligence.
On the supply side, it is now no longer profitable for some institutions to issue structured securities. Changes in accounting rules now require that they bring them onto the balance sheet and hold capital against them.
So what types of securities can we expect to see in the future? Well, there's a definite demand for simpler securities, ones that are easier to value. And the bread and butter of asset-backed securitization has restarted and is likely to survive—securitizations of credit card receipts, consumer loans, things like that. It's important to note that, despite all of the negative press that structured products have received, securitization is a very efficient means of allocating risk across investors. The financial intermediation it provides generates benefits for both household borrowers as well as investors and savers.
Moderator: Well, a couple of other issues that we hear about in the discourse on financial markets—those issues would be macroprudential supervision and too big to fail. How did the conference advance those difficult topics as we deal with them in practice?
Tkac: Professor Mark Flannery and Charles Goodhart contributed the excellent discussion papers for these sessions. Both sessions included interesting and important insights on conceptual problems as well as discussions on concrete proposals to address these challenges. Macroprudential supervision is the idea that, rather than solely focusing on the safety and soundness of individual institutions (which we term microprudential supervision), regulators also need to address the stability of the overall financial system. This means comparing institutions, as was done last year with the stress tests of major banks, as well as monitoring the interconnections between firms, the spread of risk throughout the system, and markets for innovative securities.
Too big to fail is a situation that also focuses on potential damage to the entire financial system—in this case due to the failure of one particular institution.
In both of these cases, a general conceptual issue is raised: how do we want to design regulations to support the goal of financial stability? Should we focus on minimizing the probability of failure or minimizing the loss due to failure if it occurs? The first approach is often used to argue for more monitoring and regulatory enforcement actions across a wide array of firms and markets to prevent risks from building. The latter can be thought of as increasing the resiliency of the system to a negative event, although the two are not mutually exclusive.
More concretely, participants debated using new securities such as contingent capital (a bond which would transform into equity if an institution was in financial distress). Institutions could then become recapitalized automatically and lower the probability of failure. But what would the triggers for such a transformation be? How costly would this financing be for institutions? How would the introduction of these securities potentially change the dynamics of a firm's stock price, especially in a distress situation? These are the type of details that stand between the conception of an idea and its implementation.
In the case of macroprudential supervision more generally, there are also controversial operational aspects of proposed solutions: capital and liquidity ratios, tax policy, and limitations on activities such as those proposed in the Volcker Rules. In addition, there are important organizational and governance details such as, Which agency will have the authority to monitor and enforce such regulations? The central bank (in the United States, the Federal Reserve) is the lender of last resort, and some argue this function should not be separated from macroprudential supervision. But if so, then how does pursuing financial stability interact with the price stability objective of monetary policy? Finally, an issue that we only touched on but lurks behind all of these questions are the really difficult challenges to be overcome in terms of cross-border regulatory coordination.
Moderator: Okay, Paula, thank you for that summary.
Tkac: Glad to be here, Bill.
Moderator: We've been speaking with Paula Tkac, senior economist with the Atlanta Fed. This concludes our Research Insights podcast on the Atlanta Fed's 2010 Financial Markets Conference. All the papers and presentations Paula mentioned will be on the Atlanta Fed's Web site at frbatlanta.org. Thanks for listening, and please return for more podcasts.


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A lot of kickboxing/K1 fights and some unified amateur (if that's what they're called). A few decent pro fights on to finish off with Marley Swindells going 9-3 with a viscous K.O of Josh Ramage after about 20secs! Phil Raeburn also returned from a long lay off and fought at bantam against the always tough and game Joe Orrey. Raeburn took a good win with some heavy kicks and then a tight guillotine off an Orrey takedown. He himself moves to 5-3 (2-0) since his 3 year lay off. Marley is definitely flying under the radar, a big featherweight with serious skills both on the feet and on the ground.
Also on the show David Round fought pro kickboxing and put a serious beating on some guy, getting a KO win after a minute or so. Owain Ap Gwyn looks a scary heavyweight prospect 3-0 in amateur rules now and it'll be interesting to see when he decides to make the move to pro.


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Riparium planters with a eurobrace
I'm in the very early stages of thinking about a new aquarium project to showcase a really nice driftwood stump that I've been carting around for the past few years.
I'm thinking of a large, shallow tank (approximately 60" X 30" X 16") that will be almost entirely full of water but will have some emergent driftwood and emersed plant growth above the tank. I've thought about building a rimless glass aquarium, but I think I'd rather go with acrylic primarily because of the weight of the tank (this tank is going to be in an apartment and will probably have to be moved at some point in the future so I'd rather that it was as light as possible).
To prevent bowing, I'll probably need to have a eurobrace that's at least 2-3" wide and I'm wondering if it will be possible to use riparium planters with this sort of setup. Has anyone set up a riparium (with plant growth growing out of the tank) with a eurobraced tank? Will the brace be too much of an obstruction?
I have a 20g tall acrylic tank that I tried every way but Sunday to figure out a way to add riparium planters in it... the only way I could come up with is some type of background that is the depth of the brace, thus making the planters about even with the bracing. In the end I decided that I did not want to add a background to the tank as I love the tank and didn't want to do anything that permanent to it and ended up with a custom rimless starphire tank. Another possible way is to add an acrylic box like set up against the back that is the depth of the rim and about 4 inches tall (or more) - maybe an overflow system of some sort incorporated into it? That would allow you to suction the planters to the box and span the brace. The Riparium planters are about 2 1/2 inches deep with the suction cups and 3 1/2 inches tall.
I know what you mean about wanting an acrylic tank, they are lovely for viewing and for weight.
Ps. loved you Paludarium!
This could work well with mangrove plants by just hanging the planters lower in the tank so that the stems will have some space to lean forward. Most kinds of riparium plants do best with their crowns about even with the water's surface, but the mangrove trees and associated plants that I have tried have grown just fine with the planter several inches or more underwater. And mangroves would look good in a big tank like that.
Here's a quick picture of the mangrove planting in my 65G.
Here's a quick list of plants...
These are pretty cool plants. They will all grow in either freshwater or lightly brackish water. The black mangrove and red mangrove will also grow in higher SG brackish to full-strength marine water.
Hanging the planter down in the water will encourage the formation on stilt roots on the red mangrove and the P. tectorius. Here are the stilt roots on my tectorius...
There are a lot of great fish you can keep to represent a mangrove environment, too.
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Beyonce Knowles: Art Basel Babe in Miami
Making the most of her time in the Sunshine State, Beyonce Knowles showed up at the Art Basel 2012 contemporary art fair in Miami Beach yesterday (December 9).
The "Crazy in Love" songstress was surrounded by fans and photographers as she made her way through the festivities in a leggy floral playsuit with a big smile on her face.
Perhaps Beyonce's ear-to-ear grin has something to do with the fact that she just signed a $50 million endorsement deal with Pepsi.
Knowles explained, "Pepsi embraces creativity and understands that artists evolve. As a businesswoman, this allows me to work with a lifestyle brand with no compromise and without sacrificing my creativity."
"[The deal is] a hybrid project with Beyoncé that will include standard advertising like commercials as well as a multimillion-dollar fund to support the singer's chosen creative projects," shared an insider.
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Fluffy white azaleas and hydrangeas piled in containers resemble snowballs. Forced into flower for the holidays, both plants are sold at nurseries, garden centers, and grocery stores, usually in 6-inch containers (www.hanabayflowers.com for store locations). Lightweight fiberglass-clay planters, 16 and 20 in. wide; from $69; www.smithandhawken.com or 800/981-9888.
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This is my first attempt at any helmet. I've been working here and there on my custom armor for awhile and I finally finished the helmet. It's a DP '97 (Only thing I could find in my price range at the time). The only thing I think I screwed up on is that the rank bars from Boba show through the silver for some reason. They weren't there when I primed, sanded, primed and even after the silver job. They only reappeared once I sealed it, weird huh? Oh well, they're not that noticeable in person. Anyway, please be nice, this was my first attempt at a helmet, I'd like to get some opinions on it.
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Telltale founder and president Kevin Bruner says that, "on the heels of the success of Walking Dead," a lot of executive higher ups understand better what Telltale does with licenses in their games.
The studio is getting a growing number of gentlemen callers, and they are some Telltale "never would have imagined" to be. Bruner says they'll be making more licensed game announcements in 2013.
Jurassic Park 360 won't hit retail in UK
The Xbox 360 version of Jurassic Park: The Game will not be available at retail in the United Kingdom, publisher Kalypso reports. 360 players who want to try the game out will have to settle for the Xbox Live Arcade downloadable version.
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Yep, small scale sample of what our country will be when TSHTF.
When the Power Goes Out: Its Like a Bunch of Savages
What happens when the power goes out?
Mass panic, chaos and intolerable conditions.
The most recent breakdown of a Carnival Cruise liner gives us a prime example of what it looks like when it hits the fan. And for the 3000 passengers on that boat, thats exactly what happened.
It hit the fan, the walls, hallways and everything else.This Carnival cruise was just a closed microcosm of what conditions will look like should it happen on a regional or national scale. Lucky for them help arrived, and passengers have disembarked and many are now headed home.He said that the conditions have gotten so bad that theyre asking them to use the restroom in bags, and they were eating onion sandwiches, McKerreghan said.
The call was the last she has heard from them.
Much of the ships electrical power went down in the fire, causing widespread malfunctions, including taking out sanitary systems.
Passengers have reported sewage sloshing around in hallways, flooded rooms and trouble getting enough to eat.
Its disgusting. Its the worst thing ever, passenger Ann Barlow said.
From what I understand, theyre walking around in a lot of urine and fecal matter, and the sewers are backing up, McKerreghan said. Her doctor gave her antibiotics to give her daughter as soon as she gets on land.
Via Click Orlando
The sanitation situation was gross and the stench was awful, according to a 50-year-old from Dallas woman who spent her birthday on the ship.
A lot of people were crying and freaking out.
Via Jezebel
Ttrapped aboard a floating petri dish without power, air conditioning, or fresh water
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Soon after, she said some passengers panicked.
People were hoarding food boxes and boxes of cereal, grabbing cake with both hands, she said.
Toilets stopped working and the 3,143 passengers and 1,086 crew had to urinate in sinks, she said, and eventually red plastic bags. She saw sewage dripping down walls. Sometimes people slipped on it, she said. Soon, the ship began to smell.
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And people have stopped being polite.
Its like a bunch of savages on there, said Brent Nutt, whose wife, Bethany, is onboard. If you get on the blogs, theyre saying that people are fighting over food and stuff.
Some quotes from passengers:
All I can do is cry.
My mother is a diabetic, and they would not even come to the room because she cannot walk the stairs to help her with insulin. She hasnt had insulin in three days.
Just imagine the filth People were doing crazy things and going to the bathroom in sinks and showers.
It was horrible. Horrible.
It was inhuman.
Its degrading. Demoralizing, and then they want to insult us by giving us $500″
But, consider what it would be like should the power go out in your city for an extended period of time and there is no going home.
Though unlikely, it can and has happened. In fact, in recent history we have examples of conditions deteriorating so severely that thousands of people have died as a result.
Hurricane Katrina is one well known incident where tens of thousands of people were left without power, food or even clean water. They were packed into a makeshift FEMA shelter and promised help, which didnt arrive for nearly a week. Those who didnt make it to the FEMA Dome were left to fend for themselves in contaminated flood waters and without a law enforcement presence.
After the Haitian earthquake, large groups of people were left with no basic essentials, which resulted in the rapid spread of disease not just for a few days, but weeks and months. When Hurricane Sandy struck the northeast and took down the power grid and transportation infrastructure, people were rummaging through the trash to find anything of sustenance. Within 72 hours they were begging their government for a bottle of clean water.
It took days before help arrived, and even that wasnt enough.
Powerful earthquakes, once in a lifetime weather events, nuclear power station meltdowns, Tsunamis, region-wide power outages and rogue attacks all are unlikely events.
All have happened in the last fifteen years.
Plan on the schumer hitting the fan, because one of these days it just might, and probably will.
The first things to go will be food, clean water, sanitation and human decency.
Do you want to be the one fighting for a piece of stale cake and walking in your own sewage?
As disgusting and horrific an image as that is, this is what awaits the non prepared.
Author: Mac Slavo
Views: Read by 16,340 people
Date: February 15th, 2013
Website: SHTF Plan - When the Shit Hits The Fan, Don't Say We Didn't Warn You.
When you're born you get a ticket to the freak show. When you're born in America , you get a front row seat. - George Carlin
Yep, small scale sample of what our country will be when TSHTF.
I'd rather be a "has been" than a wannabe!
2TIMOTHY2,4 No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairsof this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
God, Guns and Guts made America free,
Lets keep all three.
was like this after Sandy hit the east coast the animals were in control for a few days
Sprat and sprat1 are one and the same.
The mini SHTF situations have revealed only a glimmer of how it will be in a long term SHTF situation. The people involved had the HOPE that help would arrive. A long term SHTF will be much different. IMO


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By Joseph Ellis
The awkward truth is that not much happened on July 4, 1776. History is almost always messier than we remember, and both the popular play, "1776," and John Trumbull's iconic painting, "The Declaration of Independence," reinforce several popular misconceptions.
The Trumbull portrait shows five men approaching a desk. The most recognizable of the figures are John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin. The man behind the desk is John Hancock. Most viewers think the painting depicts the signing of the declaration on July 4. But the date is really June 28, when the committee responsible for drafting the declaration presents its draft to the president of the Continental Congress.
The culminating scene in the musical "1776" has the main characters, again Adams, Jefferson and Franklin, stepping forward on July 4 to sign the document that Jefferson drafted. This is dramatically correct but historically incorrect. No one signed the declaration on that date. Most delegates signed the parchment copy that now resides under bullet-proof glass in the National Archives on Aug. 2, but stray delegates and reluctant revolutionaries were adding their signatures as late as October.
A letter from John Adams to his beloved Abigail on July 3 further complicates the confusion: "The Second Day of July 1776, will be the most memorable Epocha, in the History of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the great anniversary Festival. ... It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shows, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one end of this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more."
Adams got everything right, including the obligatory fireworks, but he got the date wrong because he thought the vote on independence itself more significant than the vote on the declaration two days later.
He had a point, because the vote on the Virginia resolution "that these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states" on July 2 was the decisive moment politically. But history has chosen to remember the approval of the declaration on July 4. All the delegates did on that day was send it to the printer.
Fifty years later, on July 4, 1826, Adams and Jefferson conspired to sanction the problematic anniversary. In a scene that no novelist could have plausibly imagined, they died a few hours apart, symbolically signifying their consent. Jefferson's last coherent words were, "Is it the Fourth?"
The debate over dates has been lost in the mists of time. What remains for us to contemplate during the barbecues and exploding skyrockets are Jefferson's words, which have levitated out of their historical context in 1776 to become the magic words of American history. Here they are.
"We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
In 1848, the women at the Seneca Falls Convention thought these words sanctioned sexual equality. In 1861, President Abraham Lincoln believed they necessitated the end of slavery. In 1963, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. argued that they demanded the end of racial segregation.
None of the delegates to the Continental Congress in July of 1776 foresaw the meaning of Jefferson's words for subsequent generations, including Jefferson himself. But there they are - the seminal statement of the American creed. The question for us to ponder is what those words mean to us. My sense is that gay men and women are about to be folded into our revolutionary legacy.
Your chance to meet the author! Joseph Ellis will be speaking at The Commonwealth Club on Thursday, July 11, 2013. More information here. Ellis is a Pulitzer Prize winning author, whose most recent book is titled, "Founding Brothers, American Sphinx and Revolutionary Summer: The Birth of American Independence."
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I'm dying to find out some more info & pics!
What's the width of the receiver? Length??? (It looks more compact than the original)
How did you do the bolt carrier mods & feed lever pin, & recoil springs???
The more I look at this one, the more ingenious ideas I see incorporated in this design!
You, Sir, have won the title of 'Homebuilder of the Year' for two years running now in my mind! SWEEEEEEEEET gun!!!
Also, Does the Bolt Carrier modifications require you to use BOTH 'rails' created by using the shelving steel, or is the 2nd 'rail' part basically functionless?